Character Death & Respawn

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CHARACTER DEATHS

Character death is a bit of a unique feature in The Box. After five years of wasting valuable resources, the Technicians got quite a bit more clever about how they do things here. Instead of constantly wasting resources to lure or drag in new subjects, they simply added a new process instead: cloning. This way, they can easily and efficiently keep the box stocked with fresh lives. What does this mean for the game? Well, here's the breakdown. CHARACTER DEATH The Technicians sync the clone body and update it to that of the now deceased character. This process does take a bit of time and it's usually 5-7 days before they wake up in the morgue, an open grave, or the ocean raft, up to date to the last seconds of their life. New scars may be retained if a player wishes. When your character dies, please report it to the death toll. MULTIPLE DEATHS The Technicians get bored sometimes, and the more often your character shows up the more likely they are to mess with them. During processing, a character's mental/physical state might be tweaked with. Technicians seem to get a kick out of adding new defects to the clone bodies they process. It doesn't always happen, but if your character dies often, it's more likely to occur. Consider it a bonus for your frequent dier miles. RE-APPED (by the same player) There must have been a problem with that clone body because that sure did take a while. They will wake up along with everyone else in the app cycle, possibly with all their memories (this is left up to player preference). If they stumble across the Memory Board, they may see their own name among the list of the dead. RE-APPED (by a different player) Whoops. Looks like there was a big problem. The character will wake up with everyone else in the app cycle remembering nothing of their previous time in The Box. If they stumble across the Memory Board, they may see their own name among the list of the dead. RESPAWN POINTS There are currently three places the Gophers will take your characters when they respawn: ✖THE MORGUE South of Northtown lies the morgue - and characters that respawn here will either find themselves on the filthy metal tables in the embalming rooms, or tucked away in cadaver storage boxes in the walls. However, the morgue has definitely seen better days, and after the wildfires last August, it's gotten even worse. Fire damage is everywhere, and you may wake up sloping sideways on a half-melted table or stuck in one of the storage boxes due to the locking mechanism jamming. ✖THE GRAVEYARD Located behind Northtown's church, characters who respawn here will wake up six feet down in an open grave. Getting out alone may be a bit difficult, as the dirt around ranges from dry and crumbly to slick and muddy depending on the recent weather. ✖THE OCEAN RAFT Floating in the sea roughly 100 feet out is a raft, anchored only by a single rope to the southernmost part of the Southtown Boardwalk. Characters who respawn here will have the options of either waving like a fool and hoping someone rescues them, or braving the creatures lurking in the sea to swim for the shore. Please note that the mermen have been especially agitated with land dwellers lately, and getting to shore can be especially dangerous. If untied or cut free in any way, the raft will drift out until it hits the barrier and comes to a sizzling halt... only to be anchored to the exact same spot the next day.