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6	''[[http://anemoi.dreamwidth.org/profile Anemoi]]'' is a [[OntologicalMystery jamjar]] JournalRoleplay game hosted on Dreamwidth. It started in 2011 and then lost steam in 2014.
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8	Upon their arrival, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia characters lose their memories]]. Newcomers are brought to the laboratory in the center of the city of Sirocco, where they are employed by the government and told that the way to get memories back is to find [[MineralMacguffin anemoi]], either out in the wilderness or through taking jobs in the city, and bring them back to the lab for processing.
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10	And once you get more than a few miles out from city limits, the wilderness can be pretty damn wild. There are all sorts of creatures out there, including creatures from the characters' own worlds. Sirocco is the only known bastion of civilization, and its numbers are dwindling -- hence the influx of newcomers. Characters don't know how or why things got to be this way, but perhaps they'll find out sooner or later...
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12	!!''Anemoi'' contains examples of:
13	* BackFromTheDead: Characters who are killed discover themselves on a train headed to the afterlife. Should they choose to get off at the Sirocco stop, they'll return back to life.
14	%%* ButtMonkey:
15	%%** There's quite a few already, but [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Axel]] dwarfed the rest by an order of magnitude when he was around.
16	%%** [[Anime/TigerAndBunny Kotetsu]] comes close, especially in the adventure logs.
17	* CoincidenceMagnet: Not any particular character, but rather the Ermis Suites themselves. The RNG has come up with some ''incredible'' rooming assignments. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer and Shirou]], [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Prussia and America]], and [[Franchise/TheDCU Jaime and Booster]] all ended up as roommates. The RandomNumberGod certainly has a sense of humor for this game.
18	* DeadToBeginWith: [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny]] is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-ghost]], so he only half counts -- but he showed up in ghost mode, and doesn't remember that he's still alive.
19	%%* EldritchLocation: Some of the areas within the wilderness can be these.
20	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou and Rin]]. However, [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Vriska]] seems to think they're [[FoeRomanceSubtext waxing black for each other.]]
21	%%* FantasyKitchenSink
22	* GameMaster: The moderators, of course, but the game allows players to run their own anemoi-gathering expeditions if they so choose.
23	* JerkassGods: The "gods" (for lack of a better term) in this setting, including [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kyogre]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Shiva]], are responsible for the amnesia in the setting. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Doomtrain]] may be the exception -- no one can remember it causing their amnesia.
24	* KilledOffForReal: In contrast to BackFromTheDead above, characters who choose to stay on the train are permanently dead and can never be apped back into the game again.
25	%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Part of the premise.
26	* MegaCrossover: Not just the characters -- the indigenous life and even mechanics of other worlds can be introduced into the game, like the magic from the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Elibe games[[note]]''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''[[/note]] or the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' world or the Bands function from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears''.
27	%%* MineralMacguffin: The anemoi.
28	* NonPlayerCharacter: The "gods," including [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Doomtrain]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kyogre]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Shiva]].
29	* NoodleIncident: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Isshin]], [[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Joachim, Yuri]], [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky]], and [[VideoGame/{{Suikoden}} Lyon]] went on an anemoi hunt... and had a miserable time of it. None of them will ever talk about it.
30	%%* OfficialCouple: [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou and Rin]].
31	* OneSteveLimit: Averted with [[VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo Rin Tezuka]] and [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin Tohsaka]].
32	%%* OntologicalMystery
33	* ShipperOnDeck: [[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Joachim]] and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Ran]] ship [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky]]/[[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Kaguya]].
34	* ShoutOut: These sometimes appear in anemoi-gathering expeditions.
35	** [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou, Rin]], [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Dave, and Vriska]] went on a hunt and found themselves fighting [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros walking mushrooms, flying turtles, and a giant, fire-breathing turtle in a lava-filled castle.]]
36	** There was a three-day event that consisted of [[ColonyDrop the moon plummeting toward Sirocco.]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Sounds familiar, right?]]
37	%%* ShutUpKiss: [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou]] gave one to Rin.
38	* SuckECheeses: Sirocco has one! [[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Kaguya]] tried to take [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky]] there. [[HilarityEnsues For Valentine's Day]].
39	* SummonEverymanHero: Characters range from the superheroes of ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' and Franchise/TheDCU to normal humans like [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Tsuruya]].
40	* SuperTeam: A bona fide Justice League, or at least as bona fide as one can get with ComicBook/BoosterGold as its manager and only member actually from Franchise/TheDCU.
41	%%* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Occurs frequently in anemoi-gathering logs.
42	* TimeTravel: Often casually utilized by [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Dave Strider]], but special mention goes to the Ao Oni plot, in which Dave and [[ComicBook/BoosterGold Supernova]] came back to the present of the RP from a BadFuture in order to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
43	%%* TrappedInAnotherWorld
44	* WideOpenSandbox: While there are self-contained, mod-run plots, the game does not have an overarching plot. This leaves characters and players to do much of what they please. Characters can get jobs in the city, go on trips into the wilderness to explore and collect anemoi, or anything else one can do in a city of Sirocco's size.
45	%%* WriteWhatYouKnow: Sirocco's layout is based on the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia -- which is where the founding mod is originally from.

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