You and your Forever Match 5 years later...
Earn your Perfect Parent licence by raising a "problematic teenager" A.I.
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Date: 6 November, 13:00-20:00 GMT.
Platform: Discord. Cost: £10 + donations. |
About the larpTogether Forever: Perfect Parents follows several programme-matched couples applying to have a vat-grown baby. Having children is still seen as a human right, you just need to prove you are ready to be a parent by passing this one simple test...
To obtain the Perfect Parents licence, prospective parents have to spend several months taking care of an AI believing it's a human child. You and your Forever Match have already successfully passed the baby, toddler, preschooler, primary school and pre-teen stages, and are now faced with the most notoriously difficult part of the test: dealing with teenagers! |
In the larp, you'll be able to either play:
Read more about the setting. |
Playstyle & SafetyThe larp is a mildly absurdist family drama set in the Together Forever universe. The main topics are: parenting, coming of age, married life and family relationships. Romance may be a theme for some characters, but it's not a larp primarily about romance and you can request a character with no romantic plotlines. While the larp features A.I.s, exploring the nature of artificial intelligence is not the focus of the larp, nor is A.I. rebellion.
The larp is not intended to be “misery porn”, though there may be some difficult themes in the character backstories (e.g. depression, bullying, substance abuse). However, there is no sexual abuse. Couples of any gender can apply for a Perfect Parents licence: babies are grown in vats and created based on the genome of both partners regardless of their sex, so any couple has the option to procreate. The larp's safety approach is to provide a brave space where participants feel supported and confident in exploring their emotions. We emphasise player agency: there will be a single safeword, "offgame", which can be used for all purposes. Players will be encouraged to negotiate relationships as necessary before playing them, and it is always encouraged to go offgame for discussion when the need arises. |
Practicalities & Sign-up
The larp will be played over Discord from 13:00 GMT to 20:00 GMT. The scenes will follow a fixed schedule, but it is always fine to take breaks, and we actively encourage you to try out other forms of communication as well: e.g. talking with your child on voice chat while making lunch, scrolling through and commenting on our "Facebook" while drinking tea, or texting your partner as you're taking a walk.
The sign-up is currently open and will close on 23:59 GMT on Saturday, 13th February. It is not first-come-first-serve. We will then circulate a list of names of all the players who signed up and give you a couple of days to tell us whether there is anyone you wouldn't want to play with. On Monday, 15th February we will we will choose participants based on how well their preferences and character ideas align with the larp design and inform you whether you got a spot in the larp. We will ask you then to pay the £10 contribution (+ optional donations). You will get your full character sheet 1 week before the larp (a bit less for Run 1). To sign up, fill out this form! |