Maya
Crystal Role-playing Cross-world Linkshell and Mateus Free Company
"Just as echoes are created through conditions
In caves, mountains, and canyons,
All that is composite is known to be the same:
The entire world is like an illusion, a mirage."
The Linkshell and Free Company Maya, and its associated café and girl's bar Illusion, specialize in quests and guests of an unusual nature. Though they might come from disparate lands and times, truly they come from no place, and though they may war with one another, they all travel together on a journey with no destination.
Themes
Maya is an organization of loosely affiliated people. No central tenet or goal binds them all together except their history and karma.Our interest is story-driven, character focused serious role-play with queer, trans, and monstrous themes, and creating spaces for characters that may not fit in elsewhere.Our approach is lore-plausible. We stick to the spirit of the setting but aren't afraid to color outside the lines (maybe much too far for some people's tastes).Character strength ranges from mundane to extremely powerful.Our story is set in the 'present' of the setting.The following are some of the subjects of stories explored, in no particular order:• Dragons and Ishgardian reconciliation.
• The Thirteenth, Voidsent, and how they might be understood.
• The nature of the divine and the profane, Hydaelyn's religious history and living cultivation practices, like Shugendō, Rhalgr tantra, and the Thavnairian Divinities.
• Anti-Imperial resistance cells, and the aftermath of the fall of Garlean Imperial power.
• Auspicious beasts, enspirited relics, and ancient curses.
• The ancient and old worlds, and beings that may recall them (both pre and post sundering).
• Courtesans and hostess clubs.
• Detective work.
• Sky piracy.
• Vigilante activity.
• Hannish alchemy.
• Allagan technology and science; chimeras, cloning, starships, summoning, and the crystal tower.
• Omicrons and Omega.
• The implications of time travel via methods like the primal Alexander and others.
• Villain redemption arcs.
• Heel turns.
• Supernatural slice of life.※Our stories may contain violence, sexual themes, abuse, drugs, alcohol, and other disturbing and extreme elements. They may or may not be the primary focus, depending. Discretion is advised.
Style
Method roleplay with a focus on character realism.Dialog focused.Discord is preferred for more involved Rp.Content
Sorry folks. We're Skyrise Celebration mains we don't even play this game.Hierarchy and Free Company Ranks
Company ranks do not correspond to any IC hierarchy (the same is true for Cross-world Linkshell admin status). It's just a collaborative storytelling space.About Us (Out of Character)
We (the two founders of Maya) have been Rping in FFXIV on and off for around five years, and more elsewhere.
☸"There is more ugliness than beauty in this world.
To live is to suffer.
To drink of calamity and drown in anguish.
To toil and be tested, always and ever.
'Tis a perilous path you walk.
Death lurks in the dark, and is the sole promise that awaits at journey’s end.
You will tremble with terror.
You will weep tears of anger and despair.
But do not avert your eyes.
See your life for what it is.
Then will you see how the hardships make you strong.”
Rules for Linkshell & Company
Rules for the Free Company, Cross-world Linkshell and Discord:Discrimination, jokes based on race, gender, orientation, ability, status, and so on will not be tolerated. This does not apply only to interactions between Linkshell or Company members.No fascists.We reserve the right to ask anyone to leave at any time, and accept that others may do the same.
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“Delusion comes from ignorance;
Ignorance too is nonexistent.
Where there is no delusion,
There can be no confusion."-
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Joining the Linkshell
*"The king thought, ‘These are nonhuman spirits! *
*Flesh and blood like that can’t be had without killing someone. *
*Well then, if they are going to adopt the path of the ten virtuous actions and abide by it, *
I will satisfy them with my own flesh and blood.’ "
Cross-world Linkshell & Discord: Closed. Please read our rules first (wouldn't hurt to read our venue's rules too).Free Company: Closed. Unless you are looking for a purely Rp Free Company, you wouldn't want to join anyway.Affiliates & Alliances: If you want to be associated with us some other way, let us know how and we can talk about it.-
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↑ please click above for full carrd ↑Illusion | Plot 38, 7th Ward, Mist | Mateus, Crystal
Café (Ground Floor) & Girl's Bar (Basement)
Illusion is an establishment connected to the Free Company & Linkshell Maya. It operates as a sanctuary for those who need protection, especially the monstrous & the outcaste, or simply as a place of brief respite for the weary traveler.Upstairs is a café, open to the general population. It is not well known or heavily advertised, but sees the occasional queer visitor from near or far; it serves adventurers, militants, civilians, tribal visitors, and stranger folk. Seating at the bar only.Downstairs is a semi-secret hostess club, open only on special occasions. Private booths and large party accommodation, accessible only to those with the proper password.Additional facilities may or may not be available.【Illusion is queer and trans run/friendly ic & ooc】Refer to our carrd for more.
"Phenomena have no characteristics; all characteristics miss the mark.
They are peaceful and not really there, like a reflection of the moon.
Neither mind nor thoughts can move toward them.
They cannot be conceived or perceived."