Polychromatic



"what I want to know is, when i'm asleep"

poly_chromatic (2006-2014) was a Journal Roleplay hosted on Live Journal and moved to Dreamwidth in 2012. It used to be a "spooky jamjar" game, but became more of a crack/slice-of-life set in a city called "The City." Deities kidnap characters and make them go through periodic curses.


 * Accidental Kiss - Mistletoe curse inspires random bouts of this.
 * Accidental Pervert - Might as well change that to perverts...
 * Aerith and Bob - Unavoidable, considering the panfandom nature of the game.
 * Alternate Universe - Possible with several different curses and events, including:
 * A Road Not Taken - Cursed characters are changed based on whether they made a different life-altering choice.
 * Genre Switch
 * The Years That Never Were - What would have happened if a character's life was changed due to events outside their control.
 * Another Dimension - The setting for the game. The City also has its own in the form of the Shadow City, which also doubles as a Pocket Dimension.
 * Anyone Can Die - Though usually, they return.
 * Axe Crazy - Induced by some plots and curses, such as the Heads Will Roll curse. Characters came down with the irresistible urge to behead each other.
 * Back From the Dead - Characters who have died in canon can be played in the game and characters who die within the game are revived in an undead state; both are known as City dead. Also applies to curses that carry death exemptions, where killed characters are revived afterwards without consequences.
 * Baleful Polymorph - The Safari Day curse, which changes characters into animals, among many others.
 * Big Damn Heroes - Whenever there's danger, this will burst through like nuts.
 * Bishie Sparkle - One curse caused City!dead characters to sparkle in sunlight.
 * Body Snatcher - During a plot involving alien slugs.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall - The popular 4th Wall Day curse, a seasonal regular.
 * Brought Down to Normal - Curses such as Average Joe rob characters of superpowers.
 * Censor Box - Averted with the curse Black Bars Prevent Mental Scars.
 * Chivalrous Pervert - Several.
 * Crack Ship -
 * Crazy Awesome - A good number of the curses.
 * Crossover Ship
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome - There's typically one happening nearly every other day or so.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy - Look no further than Luca.
 * Deadpan Snarker - Many characters
 * Death Is Cheap - Characters can be resurrected after even the most horrific of deaths.
 * De-Power - Although not strictly enforced, it is requested that very powerful characters be toned down in order to keep the game relatively fair.
 * Distracted by the Sexy - It's highly common.
 * Dream Land - Characters were trapped here during the Nightmare Vortex curse.
 * Easy Amnesia - Stems from various character reboots and old characters being brought in by a new player.
 * Ethical Slut - Certain curses will make the female characters become this.
 * Failure Is the Only Option - Characters' efforts to escape on their own always result in this.
 * Fan Service - Some days, the players just cater to their fellows and readers.
 * Five-Man Band - The deities:
 * The Hero: Mouse
 * Anti-Hero: Bertol
 * The Smart Guy: Laszlo
 * The Big Guy: Rumblelina, Loud is big
 * The Chick: Sabine
 * Flat What - Uttered by every character during some absurd situation. Which at the moment has gone over 9000.
 * Genre Blindness - Justified in many cases due to characters originating from alternate times or worlds.
 * Genre Savvy - Some characters, especially those from canons set in modern-day Earth.
 * Girl-On-Girl Is Hot - Umi and Fuu + Compelling Imperative to Kiss = AWWW RIGHT. Giggity.
 * Ho Yay
 * Les Yay
 * Loin Cloth - He Who Kills sports one.
 * Memetic Mutation
 * Yo City- Yo, City, I'm real proud of you, and I'm gonna let you finish, but this was the best curse OF ALL TIME!
 * BZZRZRZRZRZRRZZZ- Vuvuzelas were everywhere
 * The Curse Your Curse Could Smell Like
 * Musical Episode - The Sing and Shout curse.
 * Not What It Looks Like - Everyone has these moments but Huey Freeman looks like he's becoming the reigning champ of this trope.
 * Overnight Age-Up - The Age Reversal curse. Characters can become either older or younger.
 * Play-By-Post Games
 * Race Against the Clock- In a much more indirect way. The clock counts down to the end of all worlds.
 * Running Gag - Considering how long this game has been going, there's a lot.
 * Sibling Rivalry - Characters who band together during the Family Day curse.
 * Sinister Subway - The Midnight Express Train event. Characters trapped on a nightmarish train couldn't leave until the event was over, while mysterious and bloody murders took place in various compartments.
 * Spirit Advisor - Due to one curse, some people get their own little Dæmon.
 * Status Quo Is God - Anything that might change the direction of the game is reset in some way by order of the mods. One of the main complaints against Poly.
 * Testosterone Poisoning - The Old Spice curse.
 * Trapped in Another World - The basic premise.
 * The Undead - City!dead characters
 * The Woobie - Everyone takes a turn at this. EVERYONE.
 * Worthy Opponent - Every character typically has at least one.

"The Clock still ticks. The Carousel still turns. The City, that wondrous place that never needed any other name because there was and could be and would always only ever be The City, still stands, as glittering and dark as ever, as full of possibilities and sorrow as ever. It is every city, it is only The City. It is that multicolored, iridescent, rainbow, polychromatic City.

It stands, now and forever.

As the last person departs from the City, leaving it in the hands of the native-born Citizens, the Animal Trinity, the Deities, and the Anonymous Movement, the Carousel plays a sweet and haunting song, a requiem for all those who have come and gone from the City..."

- berryfloss, closing statement