# Holloway  
(Text-based sandbox Role-Play with me as the main ST/curator)  

* Genre – mystery, horror, drama, investigations, noir, urban legends, romance   
* Era – 2010s; U.S. southern coast (Louisiana) with an alternate history branching off in the 1940s  
* Inspiration – Generation V, noir vibes, Stranger Things, True Detective, The Covenant and Ready or Not, American Horror Story, Supernatural, Anne Rice, etc.  
* Format – text on Discord, game language is English. We only recruit adults (18+) to avoid any potential awkward situations. Best - 26+.  
* System – Abyssal Wake: a compact, very lightweight homebrew engine in test mode; specific parts may change as the game goes on. A character sheet is not required right when applying.  
* Who can you play? A Holloway University student, a full-time or visiting professor, a member of one of the families, doctors and scientists, visiting detectives, priests, government agents, and so on.  
* Should you expect magic, mysticism, superpowers - yes, but everyone starts as ordinary humans. The game is not currently planned as a setting where the supernatural is normal and known to everyone.  
  
**What do we play:**  
* Life beyond the supernatural – clubs, archives, night shifts, field trips, romance    
* Investigations – disappearances, strange grants, quiet scandals  
* WHAT-IS-HAPPENING-TO-ME?!  
* Edges of reality – what manifests where science collides with the unknown  
  
**Who we’re looking for:**  
* Players who enjoy mystery, investigations, and social scenes  
* Semi-literate, meaningful posts and a steady pace. Please warn about pauses in advance when disappearing from an active scene more than for a day.  
* Respectful, easy to talk to, ready for team play  
* Age – adults only (18+, ideally 26+)  
  
**Agreements & safety:**  
The basic tone is serious, without exploitation and without shock for shock's sake. Medical and criminal details are moderate by default. Romance is only by mutual agreement. We use a simple form of boundaries - you note what is acceptable for you in a scene, and what should remain off-screen.
The admin has zero tolerance for toxicity. There are many players, people have different personalities, so the ability to harmlessly coexist with different players is important, even if you don't play with them.
  
## Why was a university chosen for the Holloway role-play?  
If it were some single corporation, like Umbrella from Resident Evil, everything happening would become too obvious.  
The university format, firstly, imposes certain legal restrictions (well, or their appearance) on what can be done. And secondly, it shifts the game into a more civilian direction, allowing for an organic and diverse distribution of professions and character roles.  
  
Disclaimer. We are not playing schoolchildren or a magic academy! Holloway involves adults in a completely ordinary (officially) institution.  
  
## Holloway University – what kind of place is this  
  
A private university with four large campuses on the southern coast of the United States, overseen by four Founding families. Young in years but ambitious in scope. The architecture is mixed: classic red brick, new glass-and-concrete buildings, fragments of an old fort and port facilities. 
People talk about Holloway as a quiet, elite institution. Reports, forms, and etiquette are the norm. Funding comes from donors and trusts. In the press, the university is linked to port facilities, clinics, and environmental projects. Scandals don’t come to light – or quickly sink under paperwork.
  
But why? Is there something wrong? No one talks about it.  
  
To join the game - enter https://discord.gg/rolecult and go straight to #Join-roleplay channel for the needed button! Nothing more is required - it will tag you in the needed channels and will give roles and instructions! 

Place of Mystery, Horror and Romantic Drama (my art on photo ^.^)