Great acting! I love the great role playing, and this is a prime example.  Good scene.

Thank you, it's always good to feel appreciated )

Tom has a very slight vein of paranoia (not enough to qualify as a mental drawback, though), but the funny thing is: he can be wary about something, mistrustful of a situation, and cautious about the person(s) involved... And then he will jump into the thing anyway because it might impress somebody, or he's getting bored - or both.

I was thinking: in another Unisystem game, we used to put in our description the full value of our Influence bonus, on the basis that that is how you are really perceived by people who talk to you, all bonuses included.

What do you think, good idea, bad idea... ?

I like to include some basic info at the top of character bios -- things like height, hair color, age, and so on. I don't expect you to include those details in every post your character makes and, since these games can take awhile to play out, it is easy to forget little stuff about the other characters. Putting them in your bios is a useful reference for your fellow players (and your GM). You don't have to be precise. You can list an age as early thirties or mid-forties. You can describe a height as tall. However, those are just my personal preferences. You should feel free to reveal as much, or as little, as you want about your character in your bio.

I usually include things like Attractiveness and Charisma. We can include Influence, too, if you want. I think the reason I haven't done it before is because Influence can sometimes vary depending on the situation. Negative Attractiveness (from a scar) helps when trying to intimidate somebody but, it isn't as helpful when trying to smooth talk a date (unless your date is into that -- "chicks dig scars"). What would all of you prefer?

It helps me when the character name is highlighted at the top of the bio in the text color you've chosen for your character's "voice". I reference that when I'm picking colors for NPCs. For example, I wouldn't want Jack's informant to have the same text color as Jack.

I can never remember... Does seduction use INT (like in Classic) or does it use WIL?

Tom doesn't necessarily love the press - on account of them being wrong most of the time. He knows Jack's newspaper has a reputation of fairness, but he probably will not volunteer a lot of information.

So... Who wants to go next? :P

One person quit right after we fired someone else so - guess who's been taking up that slack. Sorry for my delays.

That's rough. Hope you get some qualified help soon.

My plan is, after Jack wraps things up at Tabu, that we will follow him to Liar's Club for a scene between Zoey and him to establish some of their character background.

Let me know if there is anything else that Krystal or Tom want to do tonight, either off camera or on. We can always come back to you guys after the Liar's Club scene, if you want.

Well, I think Tom's evening is pretty well ruined. Not as much as Ashley's, probably, but still. He'll try to visit he in the hospital, but unless there is something else we should see at the club Tom's mood is not quite appropriate.

Krystal's going to do what she does best... read a book.

Sorry about the delays. Last week got a bit crazy for me.

At this hour, if you aren't family, you won't be able to visit Ashley in the hospital, or get much info from the staff. Tom and Jack are welcome to drop by the hospital tomorrow, during visiting hours. Let me know if you'd like to do that on camera.

I will be out of town for a week starting tomorrow. I don't know what kind of access I will have. I will log in when I can.

Sorry guys, it took me a couple of days to get settled back in but, I'm unpacked and ready to move forward.

I think we are about ready to wrap the Liar's Club scene. Next up, we will be going to the next morning and a phone call between Tom and Jack. I think that is going to take place mid to late morning, is that correct? Is there anything else anyone wants to do tonight or early the next morning, before we go to the phone call?

Correct, time of the phone call is set to 'approaching noon' timeframe. I don't need anything between now and then.

Good news, everyone: I might lose my internet connection at some point between now and next month.

I also might be able to finally switch provider between the end of the month and some time in September.

If everything seems very confusing, it's because it is :P

To accommodate this unfortunate series of events, Tom is temporarily parked in a safe place, where he will remain until I have a stable internet connection once again.

Blessed be the Lord... I finally have wired Internet.

However, I will only know on Thursday if it's stable: when the technician came, he managed to make my line work... but broke the neighbor's. On Wednesday, the neighbor's tech will come to fix his line. I hope that won't break mine :P

So, yeah, keeping my fingers crossed.

Got to love competing tech interests. I have heard of one cable company cutting the access cables to a competing company in an apartment building. Just not cool.

Heh, had it been that simple i could have fixed it myself... Anyway, good news: the tech came, fixed my neighbor's network, and mine is still working, so... Yeah. I'm back :)

I want to thank everyone for being patient. It was a sad couple of weeks for my family and I just wasn't in the frame of mind to focus on the game. But I'm ready to jump back in and move forward. As a thank you for being patient, I'm going to give everyone a couple of extra experience points.

Talk me off a ledge people-
I played the Demo for Minecraft and lost an hour of my life - thank the gods the demo ended and forced me to stop playing. Here's the problems... I want more. I want the game. But I know it will suck hours from my life. Hours that I could use for soo many other things... but I was just getting into building my cave fortification. I was going to live like a Hobbit. Just a cave and a door... and a furnace... and a workbench... maybe a sign out front... I could spend a whole day doing NOTHING...

Someone stop me.

Dude! Put down the mouse or stylist and step away from the screen. It IS a hole. Why do you think it is a mine -craft? Just saying.

Hours of your life? Try days. Try months :P Now, if you are lucky, you will lose interest eventually - or you'll find that for some reason it just keeps slowing down every time you play it, and eventually lose your patience.

My current time sink is Kerbal Space Program. So many good, cheap games, so very little time...

Thanks guys! I think I just needed warning of impending doom, that and to start watching Breaking Bad (so I'm behind on a lot of things!)
Man, I just suck at being unemployed (yes, again).

For me it's the Sims. "I just need to do this one thing." Five hours later I'm wondering, "When did the sun go down, why am I so hungry, and are the cats still alive?"

Sorry you're out of work, but it sounded like that last job was killing you. I hope the next one is a better opportunity.

Sorry Tom, I had to temporarily delete your last post because Jack's scene isn't quite finished. The rest of Jack's scene should be posting soon, and then I will put your post back.

I want everyone to be thinking about what they want to do next. I plan to jump ahead a day or two. Let me know if there's anything you want to do before that happens, and if your activities will be on or off-camera.

Fair enough, I thought it could also work as an interlude, but if you prefer to have an uninterrupted scene, then I might add something to it... What time is it, as Jack leaves Corbin's house?

Edit: fixed spelling.
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I think I would like to do a short scene where I finally get the girls out of the slammer and find out the mystery girl is Krystal.