<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Rules &amp; Guidelines</strong></span></span></div><br/><strong>General</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Adhere the rules of Elliquiy</strong>. Especially the civility rule. Please treat your fellow writers with kindness and respect their comfort levels and boundaries.</li><li><strong>Dotley is running this story and Cloudcraft is the co-admin</strong>, but all writers are encouraged to foster their personal creativity and enjoyment of the story. This is a collaborative story so we must collaborate with each other. Speak up when you have worldbuilding questions or ideas and always feel free to contribute to the plot. Just talk with the group about it first. If it doesn't conflict with something that's already been established, is sensible, and doesn't interfere with a future reveal it'll probably be welcomed and adopted into the story. But be respectful if Dot and Cloud issue a final word on a matter.</li><li><strong>Lieges, Ladies, and Lords are all welcome here</strong>. Writers are allowed to write characters with any sex, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation they wish. Writers are free to write queer and trans* characters. The setting of the story specifically allows for this as ADAMS is a diverse and inclusive organization.</li><li><strong>Maintain communication with the group</strong>. If life gets busy, if your muse fails you, if you lose interest, if you're going on vacation, if you need a break from the story, or if you just get confused - let us know! If you want to leave the story than please be honest and let us know so we're not worrying about what happened to you. If you need or want to go on a hiatus than please let us know and we'll arrange something so you can return when you're ready. If you're just going to be slow posting for a while than just let us know so we can either wait or work around your characters.</li><li><strong>Consensual romance and sex is allowed to occur between characters, but it’s optional</strong>. Flirting and sex can be a great way to express or deepen character relationships, but sexual encounters are not the focal point of the story. If a writer doesn't want their character to pursue any intimate relationships or they opt to “fade to black” before a romantic or sexual scene their character is involved in becomes explicit than their decision will be respected. The scene by scene format of the story requires that sex scenes have some pre-planning so it doesn't slow down or interrupt the rest of the story. Please PM Dotley if you and another writer decide to write your characters in a sex scene and options on how to handle it will be discussed.</li><li><strong>For right now the story is being hosted in Light: Small Human Groups, though it may change in the future</strong>. Due to mature themes it will never be moved into the Non-Adult forums. While sexual content will never warrant the story being moved into Extreme, there's the possibility that plot content (the war, the horror that is the demons, etc) might warrant a move later on. There's also the chance that characters might engage in some BDSM that would warrant a move into Bondage: Small Human Groups. If it looks like we need to move we'll have a discussion about it in the OOC before I PM a mod to move the threads.</li><li><strong>Multiple characters are allowed and encouraged</strong>! Due to the episode and scene formatting of the story it isn't always possible for every single character to participate in every scene. Playing multiple characters allows writers the chance to be involved in more scenes.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Posting</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>No dice and no system. This is structured freeform</strong>. When you make a decision about your character's actions please be sensible about it. Keep the overall story, character development, and what is fun or interesting for you personally and for the whole group at the forefront of your head. If you're ever lost on what to have your character do remember how crucial communication and collaboration is to the story. So pop into the OOC and ask your fellow writers for help. The resolution to IC fights or conflicts should be agreed on OOCly, and all writers with characters involved in a fight or conflict should be excited to write it. While there will be plenty of opportunities for characters to be awesome and glorious that shouldn't be your only goal for them. Be open and excited to also see them fail and struggle. It makes for great character development. And remember - IC drama is fun and delicious, but OOC drama is not. Do not confuse the two.</li><li><strong>Do not godmod another writer's characters or the NPCs</strong>. Do not write about the thoughts, feelings, dialogue, or actions of a character that is not your own unless you are outright given permission to do so.</li><li><strong>Write your posts in past tense and in a third person limited point of view</strong>. In the event that you're writing two of your character in the same scene it's crucial that you stick with limited to avoid confusion.</li><li><strong>Do not bold or color your character's dialogue or any part of their posts</strong>. I understand many writers on E are used to doing this or prefer to do it for a myriad of reasons, but in this story the use of bold and colored font will have a special significance. Please refrain unless we grant you permission to do it. Likewise please stick to the forum's standard alignment, sizing, and font for easy readability. You may use italics for a character's direct thoughts or for emphasize.</li><li><strong>Try to aim for at least two paragraphs per post, but one paragraph is permitted</strong>. We understand sometimes one paragraph is the only possibility if the scene is heavy with action, dialogue, the scene is just moving quickly, or you just can't think of anything else to add. All posts should contain some substance though. Your character should be saying, thinking, feeling, or doing something so they contribute to the scene and reacting to the other characters they're around. Try to really dig into your character's head and show us who they are. And please use some sort of spell check program and read over your own post before putting it up. Spelling and grammar errors happen, but if the errors are so numerous the post becomes difficult to read you'll be asked to edit it.</li><li><strong>Try to post once a week</strong>. If ten days pass and you have a character in a scene where a response from them is vital for other writers to continue moving along the story, and you haven't posted in the OOC chat or otherwise been in contact with the group, you will receive a PM reminding you to post. If you don't respond to the reminder and let us know what's up your character may be temporarily sidelined so other writers can continue to post.</li></ul>