MSFY-001 - Welcome to Aurora

Welcome to my Actual Play!

OMG hi, kia ora and mabuhay, fellow nerd!

This is an Actual Play, which means it is a log of me roleplaying a tabletop game. I'm sharing my Actual Plays because I thought it would be fun for people to join me on my fictional adventures.

Maybe these logs will entertain you, give you ideas or make you want to send me irate emailsโ€”maybe I messed up a rule? ignored something obvious?!โ€”whatever it might be, I hope you get something out of me sharing with the ~internet~.

๐Ÿ’– Making Space for You is a solo roleplay campaign set in the Iron Valley TTRPG system.

Actual Play Style

Actual play style

This actual play series tries to keep separate the roleplay from the gameplay, for convenience. ๐Ÿ’—

Roleplay

I will attempt to focus more on action and dialogue of the roleplay than the style of my writing.
(I'm not sure how successful I'll be at this ๐Ÿค” โ€” but the idea is to speed up play, while paying attention to story beats. This is an experiment!)

Gameplay

Detailing game elements like dice rolls, Oracle pulls, moves, inventory changes and my commentary will be contained in callouts and written as bullet points.

This Actual Play episode page is currently not completely accessible to screen readers. ๐Ÿซ  I am currently working on improving this. Thank you for your patience ๐Ÿ™

๐Ÿ“Œ Table of contents

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Textual Actual Play

Episode 1

System/s and/or resources:

Entry worked on:

2022-09-25
2025-09-27

Emojis as visual keys (or cues!)

  • ๐ŸŽฒ Dice: for game decisions influenced by dice
  • ๐Ÿ”ฎ Oracle: for game decisions influenced by cards, Oracles, etc.
  • ๐Ÿ’ญ Commentary: for any random meta thoughts I might have during roleplay
  • ๐Ÿ“ฆ Inventory: for any changes to main character inventory
  • ๐ŸŽฅ {Move}: for any {Move}s that affect gameplay (Movie camera = action)
    • Examples of Moves: Time Passes, Combat (presumably??)

๐Ÿ”— [North:: Why have a legend for roleplay logs] ๐Ÿค”

One-line synopsis:

Amaya reunites with her Aunt. Conflict already?

Events

Year 1 Summer 5

Day left: โŒšโŒšโŒšโŒš
๐Ÿ“Œ Location change

  • PC-Amaya changed location: A few km from Aurora

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] The young woman named Amaya jumps off the wagon, some distance away from the town of Aurora. The wagon driver says there's not much to see there, so they won't be passing by this time.

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya waves goodbye and starts the long trek to the small town she used to live in. Lucky she wore her work boots. Aunt doesn't have an animal spare to come get her.

New Character

New Promise

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] A dwarf named Makisig introduces himself to Amaya. He tells her about his fledgling plans of potentially reopening the old town mine, as they walk/ride side-by-side. Amaya promises to find out what the townies think of his plans.

Amaya waves him on โ€” he's on a horse! He shouldn't have to wait for her. He goes.

Item

  • ๐Ÿ“ฆ Inventory: Change: โž• Wild Honey (1) PC-Amaya#Backpack
  • ๐ŸŽฅ Move: Time Passes.

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya spots Wild Honey just on the outskirts of town.

Day left: โŒšโŒšโŒš
๐Ÿ“Œ Location change

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya makes it to town and her Aunt spots her straight away! The two talk right where they are, and Amaya asks about the state of the town. Aunt Eskama talks about a large payment that the town had to pay to buy out the old owners and safely close down the mine โ€” townies were split on whether to do it or not.

Day left: โŒšโŒš
NEWBIE MISTAKE ALERT

๐Ÿ’ญ Commentary: I was fixing the formatting of this Actual Play when I realised that I was doing things wrong. :(
In-game Amaya was doing things related to Promises. These actions should have been Move: Try Your Best (and not just roleplay where I use Ask Spirit of the Forest or use MUNE). So I have accidentally completed more Moves in a day than I was allowed ๐Ÿซ 
I was also inconsistent with Move: Time Passes.
I have left the mistakes as-is and will play correctly going forward ๐Ÿ’—

New item

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya and Aunt Eskama eat together and hang out at the Old Mine Museum. Amaya bravely asks about what happened all those years ago. Aunt Eskama says it's too early to ask. And to make up for her silence, she gives her a gift from the museum shop.

The gift is a Pink Flute. Amaya does NOT know how to play this, but she can use it to call animals?

Aunt Eskama has arranged for her to meet and greet people she could work with while she lives in Aurora. Everyone who lives here works to help each other out and make sure everyone is fed.

Amaya and Aunt Eskama finish eating.

Amaya says she remembers where the old house is and will come find her around dinnertime. It might be Rest Day, but she feels like wandering around. Aunt Eskama recommends checking out the Request Board.

Day left: โŒšโŒš
  • Interpretation: Ooh! Instead of Animal Tamer/Keeper, she will be the Wildlife Rescue person (which is one the people Amaya needs to meet for one of her promises!!!!). Also, I think I'll give her a kid.
New Character

  • ๐Ÿ‘ค NEW Character: โž•๏ธ NPC-Hollow (Human) She/Her. Human. Androgynous. Wildlife Rescue. Has a kid.

New Promise

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya checked out the Request Board and will look for Hollow to "Find out if that house is haunted". Amaya thinks this is odd but might be a cool way to get to know the neighbourhood...

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya got an idea to help with figuring out what happened between her mum and Aunt all those years ago. She'll try and grow closer to her Aunt Eskama.

Day left: โฐ๏ธ
New location

  • ๐Ÿ“Œ Location: โž•๏ธ LOC-Lil Cafe n Resto Lil Cafe & Resto is an outdoor-only spot that lets you drink & dine while swimming in the lake. Open only in Summer and Spring.

Inventory change

New character

  • ๐Ÿ‘ค NEW Character: โž•๏ธ NPC-Stefan

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Nubelli fly overhead, and Amaya plays the flute (badly). Two Nubelli like it and decide to swoop at her. She ducks and they keep swooping at her playfully. They show signs of wanting to come home with her. Someone sees the swooping birds and Amaya waving her arms. That person starts yelling while rushing towards them. Amaya is startled and freezes. The two Nubelli settle on her shoulders.

The stranger says they were worried that someone would get hurt. Amaya says it's... fine. It's not really fine, Amaya's spooked, so she decides to head back. She leaves the stranger.

New Promise

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya strengthens her bond with the Nubelli, which helps with her promises! Time got away from her as she kept stopping while doing this on the way to Aunt's.

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] Amaya notices the stranger from earlier behind her... She thinks it's weird but doesn't say anything.

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] They make it back to town. He's still following her. People-pleaser that she is, she doesn't say anything...

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] He's followed her to the door! Amaya's so freaked out, she confronts him. Before he can explain himself, the door swings open. Aunt Eskama comes out and explains the situation. Excuse meโ€”he lives here? Yes, his house got destroyed in a recent landslide, and Eskama took him in for now. He has no family left.

Amaya feels bad, and she apologises. He apologises for coming across creepy. They introduce themselves. They have dinner with Aunt Eskama. It's kind of awkward... but it's... fine. It's Day 1, Amaya omg. She tells herself to let it go and not hold a grudge just because he yelled at her earlier.

New Promise

[๐Ÿ“–ROLEPLAY] It's time for bed. Where is everyone sleeping? What? Both Amaya and Stefan are staying in the living room? What? Okay, the room that was going to be Amaya's got damaged recently. Need to repair it before she can stay there. Right. She holds her tongue even though she's thinking she could have delayed her move to Aurora until she had her own room... She promises herself that she'll get that room sorted as soon as she can. Good night.

That's it for the episode, folks!

Reflection

The Enemies to Lovers thing is kinda promising at the moment, except for Amaya's people-pleaser doormat tendencies... Hmmm... Stay tuned.

Also, I appreciate that I can play for a bit, do something else, then come back two days later haha.

Want more of this solo adventure?

Go to Making Space for You for links to all available Actual Play logs and relevant lore.

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