“WELCOME TO CARRY ME HOME! WE ARE A REAL LIFE ROLEPLAY SET IN THE FICTIONAL TOWN OF AVALON, CONNECTICUT. FOUNDED IN 1858 BY FOUR FAMILIES, AVALON’S ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS TO SERVE AS A COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE WEALTHY AND ELITE OF NEW YORK CITY. HOWEVER, AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, IT CHARTERED AS A TOWN. WITHIN WEEKS THE SMALL ELITIST COMMUNITY BLOSSOMED TO INCLUDE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND IT HAS KEPT GROWING SINCE THEN. PLEASE REGISTER WITH YOUR CHARACTER’S FIRST AND LAST NAME IN LOWERCASE.” This is how Oedipa Maas felt when she got a Google alert about W.A.S.T.E. a fictional character with her name on a ‘Shadowplay Topsite,’ huh?

•  17 May 2012  •  1 note