Here's where you post stuff OOC.  Hence the name.

The fireman doesn't see the devil or angel either.

Hi I'm Diren and I'll be your new guy for today.  I read what happened so far and look forward to bumping into you at just the right moment.  =P.

Welcome, Diren! So excited to have you here! :) Looking forward to RPing with ya.

Diren isnt good at meeting people... =P.
>.>
<.<

Sometimes it's best to push your character out of their comfort zone in order to stay in the game.  I find I have to do this a lot any of my sane characters who'd rather avoid danger, heh.

Well he went ahead with it.  Lets see how it turns out.

Can i change the temperature of metal? If i can imma dry off the papers with it.

  I'm gonna have to go with no there myself.  Your powers as we intended are already more versatile than... Well, the whole cast already.

OK then.

  Did you want some more time to respond to the hospital stuff Diren?  Or are you all right with us time skipping to post hospital?

Go ahead and skip.  I dont have anything to add.

My backstory probably wouldn't go over well with the press.  I'm technically a fugitive from a 'nonexistant' organization... ^_^

Heh, the press doesn't know a thing about you other than "this is Diren" so far. :p

"Why won't you tell us about your past, Diren?"

"Two words: Plausible Deniability."

>.>
<.<

  "Why won't you tell us about your family Joe?"

  "One, shame.  Two, you already have news stories about my family."

  "If they didn't want a petition to make women eligible for the draft snuck in then they shouldn't have held a Women's Military Equality Rally."

If I had a baseball size/weight piece of metal, could I double the speed thrown by combining my powers?

Ex: Average 15 year old baseball throwing speed is 70-75 mph.  I have a metal 'baseball'.  Could I throw it 140-150 mph using both powers and physical strength?

http://www.chacha.com/question...ar-old-pitcher-throw

Got the speeds from that site.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:38, Sun 15 Aug 2010.

Liberty: "I agree. It's the 'snuck in' part I have a serious problem with. But then, I'd have a problem with that for guys too."



Liberty: "Too bad I can't read narrative. But then, neither can Joe." XD



That depends on the velocity your powers normally grant without the aid of a throw. I'd say no, based off the "can't kill people with bullets" bit. But that's just me. Dunno what Mitts/Joe will say on that.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:38, Sun 15 Aug 2010.

I can apparently do that, im just seeing if it applies to throwing things made of metal.

  That's tricky, but for sanities sake no.  Semi sciencey(semi science can [prove opposite end of argument to, but eh) reason being since your 'holding' the objects with your power, it drags it back to 'normal' force.

  Even more reason it wouldn't work if you tweaked the aim or did anything outside of 'make a normal Human throw with adult human force' considering you would be forcing it in a different, or completely opposite direction of where your body threw it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:59, Sun 15 Aug 2010.

I'm fine with that but your explination makes no sense.

Uuuuuh...  What Diren said.  You totally lost me there.

Curse you Physics!  By the laws of physics, what i said would work.  Lets just go with it doesn't work for some inexplicable reason and move on ^_^.

Had long chat /w Joe to figure out where the disconnect was...

joe was translating Diren's request to: "i touch a metal. now magically when i let go, i can do more with it than before even though i'm not touching it."

he doesn't even want the HINT of power creep to turn up.

so to put it nerdily: you can impart inertia at a distance with your brain to metal in the same manner and rate that you could normally with direct contact with a tool.

And on this board, that means from now on and forevers.  No additional powers or abilities, k?  Mittens will never get more powerful with her power.  Nor Liberty hers.  Or Emerald hers.  And so on.

You of course can gain skill in ordinary stuff like any ordinary human such as "now I know first aid!  yaaay!"  (Which btw will be insisted upon.)
This message was last edited by the player at 05:54, Mon 16 Aug 2010.

  Yeah, a good section of that conversation was also them having missed the fact I was talking about 'throwing' and thought I was naysaying the 'lifting/swinging' aspects ;D  And yes, Power creep has always had a tendency to ramp up spectacularly the second it shows up. (Ah, I remember when a cut to the jugular would kill Wolverine, and when he couldn't resurrect from a scrap of brain leftover when hit by a nuclear bomb).

  And yay for just moving on.  Let me know when those laws of physics lets us actually do things like heal with a touch or move metal with our mind Diren.  I want laser eyes in RL.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:59, Mon 16 Aug 2010.

Ok joe, I need 2 contact lens focuses, 2 mini fusion reactors, a lot of luck, and you can never close your eyes ever again.  But laser eyes ARE possible.  We just need extreme heat containment and ludicrous amounts of power.

may be a little while moving plot along 'cause plot is being worked out between 3 GMs who have conflicting schedules.

OK final decision reached.  The X-Men do not exist.  Nor individual members.  The brotherhood does not exist.  Nor members.  No cannon character from Marvel exists in the My Mutation is Awesome world.  While this will force me and the other GMs to be more original, but I think we'll survive.  :p

Oh... and Diren is up in the pose order.  Is Diren going to do or say or even think anything?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:01, Wed 18 Aug 2010.

Pose order?  I aldready posted my comment to the media.  What  do you mean?

unless time warp interrupts, people here post in order.  so others don't get left behind in RP.  so....  Mittens/Narrator posts, then Timothius/Liberty/Emerald, then Joe, then Diren.  Then Mittens/Narrator, then Timo.... and so on.

Oh.  Well i don't have that much to say in the current situation.

  I suppose Diren really doesn't care what kind of topping his pizza has then.

I don't think he's ever had pizza.

I'll say something like 'What's pizza?'

Great!  Looks like I'm the new guy... High school student by day, Bookworm by night!

7:58am.  Looks like he's an early worm.  Watch out for those early birds!  :p  Welcome aboard!  You're welcome to post into the opening scene if you like.  No secret where the Citizen Patrol's base of operations is, and would only take asking a police officer where to find us.  :)

Welcome aboard, Sarah Backers! :)

What Mittens said.

@_@  Shiney new player!

Good morning and thanks for the welcome :D
Yah, I’ll be the next helpful ball and chain hero to join this little group. I’m not very shiny though… But I do have a radiant personality. Many people have been touched by my graceful punch in the face attitude. :P
This message was last edited by the player at 10:58, Sun 22 Aug 2010.

Welcome to the game! Looks like Liberty has someone to look up to. :) She has a fiery temper too. We even have the same color text for talking! So excited to see how this goes! :)

red is a good colour for a somewhat fiery character. ^^
dunno if I should have waited for everyones reply thoug. I got a excited and wanted to awnser. If its too fast its ok to remove the post ingame.

  A bit late from me for both new arrivals, but hey better late than never at least when I'm late.  Welcome aboard Rodney Senica aka Wyrm and Sarah Backers.

  Who knows, I might also list my Cast click one of these days too... Excuse me, I need to go have a shame emergency.

Don’t worry about the lateness Joe, it’s the thought that counts. ^^
It is somewhat difficult sometimes not exactly knowing how someone looks. For example I wasn’t really sure if Timothius is furry. But since his description says he’s catlike and his avatar seems to have some fur I presumed Tim had too. If I’m wrong please tell me. >.<
It would be nice to know your appearance too Joe. Makes it allot easier for Sarah to get a first impression of you. :P

A word on post order:  Not going to strictly enforce any particular order, but we want to avoid a situation where two dozen things happen before a player can react.

Example of a bad scene:
Emerald, Mittens, and Officer Bridget are having a conversation over lunch.  Emerald says, "I sometimes wonder about the authorities making criminals join us as a punishment."

Bridget says, "We shall see. Be patient and go along with it. You will learn in time their judgment had nothing but moral standing in mind."

Mittens snirks the moment Bridget asserts 'only morals in mind' but makes no actual comment.

Bridget looks at Mittens and says, "Is something funny?"

"Well when you said 'nothing but moral standing in mind,' I found the way you framed your point to be rather exaggerated," Mittens answers, "Something I don't expect from you.  I'm sure they at least had SOME thoughts in mind at the time besides just moral ones when choosing whom to send."

Bridget is cold as ever and seems unaffected... maybe. "Exaggeration is not something I practice on a regular basis. However, I did not even mean it as an exaggeration as I have lived here my whole life and thus understand the authorities here, at least the ones I choose work with, are paragons of good and justice. Mock that if you wish, but you only laugh because of your ignorance of the people here. I hope you will learn to have more respect for these people I speak of as they deserve nothing less. Some day you will look back to today and laugh at yourself for laughing at the idea that they are, indeed, that hero-minded."

"In other words you're completely convinced that they would agree with every last one of your answers to the limitless moral questions there are," Mittens answers Bridget, "And the thought of simply eating doesn't cross their mind when their hungry.  No they only eat because it's the moral thing to do.  If that's not an exaggeration, I don't know what is.  But don't take offense to my lack of understanding your point of view, no offense intended.  I laughed not in mockery of your heroes, but in amusement to my own thoughts of how one uses the bathroom with only moral thoughts in mind."

What's wrong with this picture?  Emerald only got to say one thing compared to the six from Bridget and Mittens!  At this rate, it'll be as though Emerald's not even in the scene even though she started it!  Hence the concept of pose order.  The occasional out-of-post-order post is fine, but if two players want to have a one-on-one without giving other players the chance to react, please take that to Private Messages (PMs) or request a separate thread.

It may be beneficial if the players were to give everyone an idea of the times they'll be available to post.  As mentioned elsewhere, I'm usually available to post all week except for Sunday.

Thanks for the example, I will try to keep it in mind.

It might be an idea to make a separate topic for everyone’s time schedule. It would be easier to find as well as keeping it organised. At least those are my 2 cents. :P

I’ve still got about a week of vacation time, so my posting times are pretty erratic for the moment. After that time I will probably post mainly in the evening. ( Around 17:00 CET)

A second word on post order:

If it's your turn, but your character doesn't have anything to add, please say so.

From the above example:

Emerald, Mittens, and Officer Bridget are having a conversation over lunch.  Emerald says, "I sometimes wonder about the authorities making criminals join us as a punishment."

Bridget says, "We shall see. Be patient and go along with it. You will learn in time their judgment had nothing but moral standing in mind."

Mittens snirks the moment Bridget asserts 'only morals in mind' but makes no actual comment.

Emerald has nothing to add and says nothing.

Bridget looks at Mittens and says, "Is something funny?"

"Well when you said that" Mittens answers, "I imagined you turning into a blue eagle muppet."

Emerald has nothing to add and says nothing.

Bridget is cold as ever and seems unaffected... maybe. "How very childish."

"Why thank you!" Mittens answers Bridget.

Emerald has nothing to add and says nothing.

By saying "My character says nothing" you let the other players know it's OK for them to continue their conversation.  If you post nothing, the other polite players wait for you to post and weeks go by with nobody being able to post while they wait for you to post something.  This is not good.

Even if you post only 2 words, "Skip me" it would be much appreciated.

Ok.

Welcome aboard, Haalima!

Hi new person.

*waves* Hello everyone!

  Signs we're totally more original than X-Men.  Even though half our cast are fuzzy people (okay, so more like %44ish), we don't have any Blue fuzzy people.  So there.

  But yes, Hi there dancing lady.

  El Edit:  And finally, Joe has a cast click.  Not the best one in the universe, or even on the scale of some already in this game. But it's there.
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:31, Tue 24 Aug 2010.

Hello Haalima and welcome to the game. ^^ Hope you will enjoy yourself here. :D

*noticed Joe’s cast click button* ooh, there is text now. :D I’m going to take a bath first but after that I’ll take my time read it.


*edit* I rather liked it. ^^  Especially the part about his parents.
I Still haven’t finished mine. *pouts* Need to glue her history together and enter her 1st skill (which will be the ability to play some mean bass lines and guitar riffs. :P Not a very useful skill but I think it fits her)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:32, Tue 24 Aug 2010.

Please feel free to jump into the scene any time, Haalima.  You could be the emo mcmuffin pizza delivery gal if you like! ;)  Nice charsheet there, Joe! 
Seems we're pretty popular.  Got another applicant in the wings!  :)
This message was last edited by the player at 20:33, Tue 24 Aug 2010.

I could go emo if we wanted an emo character.  I have the backstory for it =P.

*leaps in with both feet*

Welcome aboard, Michael Reaver!  Please feel free to post into the opening scene if you like!  :)

Will do glad to be here:)

Hi and welcome

Welcome Michael ^^
Hope you dont mind me falling asleap now. it's been another one of those sleepless nights. *rubs eyes* x.X

Hope you rest well.  Nini!

*yawns wile stretching* thanks ^^ I think I slept well, but I never know for sure until I finish my first cup of coffee.
If nobody minds I will be editing my last post ingame a bit. No huge changes, just been pointed at something I overlooked… Witch is pretty hard to overlook *points at the 7 feet tall Haalima* I blame the insomnia of the last couple of days. :P

You've lost before you even know our backstories.  Once you do it's crushed.
>_>
<_<
=P

Emerald: "Could be worse. I could have a dad like yours."

Just kidding, of course. She wouldn't say that.

I'd say something like 'I wish i wasn't raised in a lab with needles inside me for the majority of my life.  Oh well, at least i escaped when they tried to shoot me in the head.'  If it was a competition.

Reaver,"My wife just died and I have nothing left to live for."

Does that work? Though Diren yours would definitely be high on the list of WTF moments.

I'm sure you'll have something to live for veeeeeeery quickly.  The game is a bit crazy that way.

seems like it, though I'm going to try and keep him the brooding hero for a while.

I'm the akward one with the horrifying past.  Though i'm nice once you get to know me.

I think on the scale of "My life sucks", Diren wins. Emerald and Michael would be tied. But fun thing about her is that she is cheerful despite it all. Though why and how messed up her background is, you all will just have to wait and see.

Didn’t hear any objections so I took the liberty of changing my post a bit. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Today's been busy.  Glad you went to the effort of including Halima.

No problem at all, there was just so much going on. x.X
Thanks for the suggestion though, since not noticing her would have been pretty strange. I will try to keep up with you all but its quite hectic at times. :P

Are we alone at this point?  If not, just skip Diren and assume he is messing around with his metal, he won't talk to the media.  But if someone talks specifically to him he'll answer.

we got a pair of variety pizza's Diren

You might be curious.

Oh by the way, i was going to add some weaknesses for Diren.  They have npthing to do with his powers but i think they make sense with his backround.

1.  Diren has nightmares of the Lab occasionally.  If it is cold where he is sleeping, the chance of this happening increases greatly.

2.  Diren hates the cold.  It reminds him of the Lab, which was kept at 35 degrees(F) at all times.

3.  Diren sometimes has crippling flashbacks.  While having a flashback, he thinks that it is real.  He will use his powers accordingly.  Ex: He will try to move things that aren't there, or if something metal is there, he will look like a crazy person.

Love the idea!  Adding flavor to your character like that is great!  :)

4. He is slightly paranoid.  No photos.  He doesn't want the lab to find him again.  In a related note he hates the number 247.(his name at the lab was Subject 247, he named himself Diren after escaping)

Hehe.  Guessed the bit about photos.  Good stuff!  :)

You  will find all this out in-character once everyone not in the group leaves.

Very interesting Diren. I await how you will use them during the game. Hope we don't have to fight Mr Freeze:/    Though at some point, having the lab scientists show up at recuring bad guys could be interesting

Boy.  Things are going much faster than I expected.  o.O

I'm accustomed to games plodding along at a rate of 1 post every couple of days or so.  Sometimes more than a week between posts.  Here I thought my expectations of "one post a day" were on the speedy side of things.  I need to find a way to keep the frequent posters interested without the less frequent posters being left in the dust.

One technique I've seen used a lot elsewhere is to have a separate thread for different locations.  So for example: I could start a thread called "3rd and Main, Outside the 4th precinct Police Station" where Sarah and Michael could go to have a smoke / conversation.  Their conversation wouldn't spam the "opening scene" off the page and they could return to the "opening scene" when the pizza arrives.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?

I'm in 2 games right now that have different threads for different locations and it seems to be working rather well. The only thing I don't like about it is trying to go back and read through things, because if you want to do them in order you have to thread-hop. But it does seem to take out a LOT of confusion and "Who exactly heard that conversation or that comment" things. It can also make scenes go a little easier if one group is playing a bit faster than others, because then things are contained in one thread.

Short answer? Might be a good idea. Especially if the group splits up quite a bit.

works for me:) the longer games I have been in usually end up splitting the team (if it is big enough) into two. 1 group for fast posters, the other for the slower posters. Our group seems plenty big so it might not be a bad idea

sorry for the trouble. Guess i was just having too much fun. ^^' I like the idea of more locations and agree that the street just outside the police station is a very useful one.

Going outside might be a better plan but Sarah doesn't know if she's allowed to leave the building. She will try to stay in sight. If there is no balcony or fire escape Sarah Would open a window and climb out. sticking herself to the outer wall of the building. She hasn't had the liberty to have a smoke for quite some time so she's getting pretty desperate.  >.<

Though they are not really a priority I’d like to see a location like a bar called “Paradox” or “The triple rock”. Sarah probably knows every bar in the town by now, but one has to be ones favourite.

The local hospital might be another good location the have a separate topic for. I bet some of us are going to visit that place occasionally.

It might also be interesting to make a location for the Science lab where Diren escaped from. If there are going to be any bad-guy groups, that would be a great place to start.
(as a side note, i don't mind playing a bad guy once in a wile if needed. have some fun idea's for a couple ^^ )

again, they are just suggestions. if they are useless or too much of a fuss the idea's can be thrown into the nearest trashcan. :P
This message was last edited by the player at 19:36, Fri 27 Aug 2010.

I'm looking at the rates here and as impressive as they are... I might have to drop the game as I am moving to a different job soon and won't have nearly the time for 'extras' as I might like...

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!  Will be getting on that as time allows.

Sorry to see ya go, Rod.  ;.;  Your char app had all three GMs floored for it's pure awesome, and then you bring in that great Jamaican accent in your posts.  You will be missed.  *Cries in a corner*

Of course, you're more than welcome to return once RL settles down for you.  Your character will be waiting for you.  :)

In reply to Rodney Senica aka Wyrm (msg #85):

Nooooooo... *sobs* Always hate saying goodbyes...
Hope you can still play once you started your new job. If not ya will be missed. (Maybe there is some way to keep the character in the background for the time until you have more time? and than plan a glorious return. ^^ )
Anyway, good luck at your new job. Hope everything works out.

*edit* lol, i guess mittens had the same idea. :P
This message was last edited by the player at 16:38, Fri 27 Aug 2010.

I'm going to try not to have to duck out... but if I really vanish for more than the weekend, then well... I may have moved and started a new job that doesn't let me play so much... but I'd still hope to get on once in a while.

Alright.  Life happens.

Also Diren's non-mutant strength-  He is extremely smart.  Being raised by scientists to be their weapon, the scientists taught him pretty much everything they knew.  He is a genius, but doesn't like to show it off much.  Much of the time he seems the opposite of this due to his social akwardness.

Glad to hear you are not giving up Rodney. ^^ If the bosses are giving you a hard time just tell me and I will teach them the value of having fun. *evil laugh*

As for the recent developments: Yay. :D reporters to terrorise.

Finally had a chance to run this by the other 2 GMs, and the consensus is thus: Request to add "genius" to Diren's character sheet denied.  We've no problems with players adding flavorful weaknesses, drawbacks, and quirks such as what you did with #1-4.  We don't feel it fair to the other players to add after-the-fact strengths to your character such as genius.



It's very likely we would have asked any applicant so far to remove genius from their character application if they had asked for it up front.  (Other than maybe Rodney because his power is so... Turn-into-a-worm.  Or maybe Haalima because she's all "I'm tall and can dance.")

So to be as clear as possible: player characters can grow in knowledge, character, and wisdom like any human being, but they will not gain more power or "it's been there all along, honest" perks.  With player consent, they can also gain new flaws like any other human.  (Players can also add flaws that they wanted to be there all along.)  We will NOT force anyone to have nightmares, phobias, etc. if they don't want them.)

A note on guns:
A weapons liscence will likely be denied any new applicant, or any existing character.  If players using guns ever becomes a part of this game, they will be using rubber bullets, and for a mutant like Miss Marksman who's mutant power of super accuracy would otherwise be entirely useless without being allowed to use guns.  As a gun owner, I have no problems with use of guns RL, but in this game, it would be kinda unfair to players like Rodney if we allow a mutant with Firebending or Telepathy powers to also have a hunting rifle.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:15, Sun 29 Aug 2010.

Alright.  That's fine.

I have no problem with the gun control policy. Though if allowed there is probably a rifle at Sarah’s apartment in a display case. (Fathers rifle, wont be used since she’d never forgive herself if something happened to it)

I see Emerald has been working on her character sheet. Looks nice. ^^ Have not been able to read the background properly yet, since it was pretty late when I noticed the change. I will be sure to check it out after I get back from the dentist today.
I have been working on Sarah’s background too, but it is getting a bit long. Keep forgetting I’m not writing a book. >.< Going to try and shorten it a bit before I post it. And I will be sure to run it by the GM's first thing when it’s done. (Still has some things in it which I I’m not sure about.)

Due to much frustration in the past experienced by Joe, Mittens and myself, I was considering adding a precaution to applicants not to apply for the following SEEMINGLY innocent, harmless powers:

Super Smart - By being super smart, I have seen characters duplicate everyone else's powers. In one place, my character Pan has X-ray vision and Empathy. Within the first few months of that character's creation, I bumped into a super genius who not only was able to detect my empathy power working, but was able to make himself immune to it. These days, anyone can have X-ray Vision sunglasses and, if they want, could attain empathy via technology (Thankfully, Joe and I have taken full advantage of this and are benefiting from it, but the principal still irks me.). Because there are 4 or 5 super-geniuses who can do anything through science. Nevermind that they all have robot clone bodies and their personality exists in cyber space that is claimed unhackable. Yes... super smarts gets abused very fast and very easily.

Generic Magic - Read "Super Smart" listed above. Same thing, but with magic as an excuse. "Oh! I can do that too because I can cast this incantation" or whatever.

I could go on a long tangent about how made of awesome the game City of Heroes is, but the short version is that one of the things I admire about it is that science, magic, mutation, technology, and even NORMAL (like Batman?) are all treated equal. Granted, the name of this place is "My Mutation is Awesome", so we're focusing on mutants here. But the point is I don't want someone making a Forge clone whose mutant power is how smart they are or that they cast magic generically.

I posted this on OOC to get feedback from you all on this and what you think would help outside of downright banning "I'm smart" and "I use magic" and such. I know a few answers myself, but I wanna see what you all say/think.

Easily breakable superpowers will receive special attention during the application process, yes.  I've got another idea:  What's say we include players in such?  They could offer suggestions and such for balancing out new applicants as they come.  I don't want to outright ban any specific character idea before it even has a chance of being apped for...  Someone might actually have a sane idea for a rich, magically telepathic genius who isn't ridiculously overpowered... somehow...

If they had muscular issues that required the use of their powers to communicate or interact with EVERYONE, so they could only choose one target or effect at a time and were otherwise prone and vulnerable in any hazardous situation?

What if Diren had the intelligence of an average College student.(Majoring in science, in their second/third year?)  Perhaps just a bit more than average scientific education would make sense.(Note: I don't expect anything but would like him to know a little about science due to being raised by scientists).  Not super-mega-ultra-destroy-the-world-with-a-thought-genius level, but smarter-than-average?

Picking up some terminology and "What did you mean by that?" "Well since you asked..." seems fair enough. Especially since you're giving up things like having ever had PIZZA (I'm convinced those scientists are aliens from outer space for never ordering pizza. Or they are heartless monsters for eating it in front of him while not letting him have any... but then Diren would be just as scared of pizza as he is of getting his picture taken)

Shooting him because they considered their lab rat a failure is mean... but eating pizza in front of him!?  Egad!

Also.  YAAAY RODNEY'S BACK!  WHEEEE!!!  *Flops on the ground gleefully.*

And I've no problem with "knows some science" and "smarter than your average bear" for Diren if no one else does.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:38, Mon 30 Aug 2010.

No problem here, as long as people don’t expect me to make any smart moves. *puts on fake halo*

The Mutant power discussing seems fun too. I love hearing what people make up. There might be some interesting idea’s there too.

As we are on the mutant power topic anyway, I wanted to ask about someone in my background (that is still being written >.<). Namely Sarah’s grandfather, who has the ability to taste the exact value of objects at that time of tasting. Aside from that he is blessed with a very long life span and a good memory. He could easily make it to the age of 150 as long as he isn’t killed by unnatural causes. He’s usually away on business and will probably not show up in the game. He funds Sarah’s living situation.

The main reason for writing him in was because it enabled Sarah to not worry about rent and food. (I gave him a long lifespan to make sure Sarah isn’t going to get a dime more than what she needs for essentials.) She will have to work for anything else though. Sarah will probably get fired regularly and her mother doesn’t want anything to do with her. (since Sarah a mutant like her dad and grandfather) so I needed something else to fall back on. That’s where the dear old grandpa came in my mind. :P Her father had a very scary ability too, but since he’s dead I’m keeping his ability a surprise until I finish the background.

I don’t mind having to remove him from the background though. So what do ya all think?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:40, Mon 30 Aug 2010.

Mittens and Timothius come from a family that supports them and they live comfortably, but Mits spends some of her time making pocket change for incidentals such as pizza, doughnuts, and coffee for the group.  And megaphones.  I figured it wasn't a stretch for Diren's adopted parents to shell out a few hundred for him to have a nice lump of soft metal for him to sculpt with.  Joe too has a family making sure he has spare pants and such.  I figure it not a big deal for any character to assume such incidentals and RP how they come by them so long as they don't just suddenly drive up with a Lamborghini.  A car that costs 6 figures is not an incidental.

In short, like the idea.  :)

Unless the dm's don't like it, Michael works for his living by playing gigs in local bars and restaurants. Whether it is playing classical piano in a fancy place or guitar in sum bar he gets his money that way. He has a few regular places where he plays.

Works for me.  :)

correction Rodney hasn't left yet... stuff is a bit hectic but not so much that I've had to drop stuff just yet.  We have at least a week before that, I just like to give people advanced warning.

So anyone up for starting a band on here? we have a few guitarists already as well as a singer. I think we just need a drummer. We could even have to fight an enemy by playing music:)

...

So anyone else see Scott Pilgrim vs the world? I thought it was really well done

And I could dance in the background! lol

lol works for me:)

Someone has been watching a little too much Black Heaven...

black heaven? never heard of it. I'm assuming it's an anime?

Legend of Black Heaven? That anime was frickin' AWESOME. Ridiculous, and the ending disappointed me, but it was awesome.

Basically this guy who used to be in a band is contacted by aliens because his music powers the big weapon that can defeat the bad aliens. Again, ridiculous, but awesome.

lol sounds like it. I'll have to check it out:)  I'm not usually big on anime but some of them have been really good. Like highschool of the dead:) so awesome!

LOL!  That's awesome!  I'll have to check that out some time.  And HELLZ YEAH to the rock band idea!  \m/ >_< \m/

Timothius was suggesting that his characters would love to take dancing and music lessons from the others in the group, but RL distractions I think got in the way of his mentioning such OOC.

Yay for still with us one way or another, Rodney!  Thanks for the advance warning!

Oh, and shameless plug:  If you'd like to meet me, or Timothius in person this fall, go to Anime USA convention in Washington, D.C.!  http://www.animeusa.org/
This message was last edited by the player at 19:47, Tue 31 Aug 2010.

Lib can play a little guitar and can dance on DDR VERY well. Emmy is a musician generically. She likes dance and plays an instrument or two, but like Lib, only the basics. Emmy's thing is she can sing. Timothius, being based on my RL self to some degree, is still too young to have all that much to do with music (I started getting musical at around age 14 or 15 and can now make music about as good as I can draw).

HEY! I'm going to be at that convention too, y'know! ;) Don't be leaving me out!

Yes... our lovely co-host Haalima will be joining in the fun at A-USA because she's married to the guy organizing it.  Speaking of shameless plugs, visit the coolest ever podcast on RP gaming: http://rhopigamma.wordpress.com/

Timothius wrote the music!  He's an artist too!  Visit his gallery at timothius.deviantart.com !

Ahem.  Enough shameless plugging of people I like doing awesome things.

We have an application or three in the works for some fun new characters, one of whom might have a secret!  So super secret that even the players aren't allowed to know!  Until it comes up in RP of course.  So, to avoid situations like the following:



(actual thing that's happened to 2 out of 3 GMs.)

To avoid this, you can hide text in your charsheet thusly:

[Private to GM: This text hidden]
This message was last edited by the player at 02:57, Wed 01 Sept 2010.

Rodney beat me to the ADD joke!

Me?  Hyper?  Um... Thanks!  I aspire to be hyper!  >.>  <.<

Also... I <3 Hammy!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LugiEJ58k

...wait...

<.<
>.>

Mavrick is an OLD GUY!?

Maverick was a child who got turned into a vampire. :) I usually don't RP him so old, but in that, he was over 3k years old.

Yay, ^^ three new players to terrorise. And one with a secret. :O Just don’t let Sarah notice your hiding anything and she wont be much of a bother about any secret thingies.

The Anime USA convention is a bit too far for me too swim though. >.< Might go to the USA some time when I got more cash, but I don’t see that happening any day soon. Still collecting money to pay for a trip to Japan. (damn expensive -_- but I still want to go there some time. )

Most likely wont be going to anime usa. Iz be a poor college kid:/ I really need to go to a con at some point though, never been to one.

Out of curiosity, where in the world is everyone? I'm int New Jersey, USA

Netherlands. ^^ in a small town called Loon op zand. :P

Currently Waynesboro, PA, USA...

I looked up Loon op zand on google maps...  So many familiar places near there!  I'm almost certain I visited Rotterdam when I was a kid.  Eindhoven rings a bell too.  Of course, there's other relatively familiar places in Belgium too.  Antwerpen for example.  You're only a 4 hour drive from where I grew up near Heidelburg, Germany.  Ah memories.

Just outside Washington DC, USA

^^ yeah, everything is rather close to each other here in the Netherlands (or in Europe for that matter). And that’s a good thing since there isn’t much to do in the town I live in. though there is an amusement park close by which is pretty fun. Now Antwerpen or Rotterdam is a different story. There is always something to do there. :P Never been in Heidelburg but since its pretty close I might go there some time to check it out. What kind of place is it?

Greencastle, PA here. Right down the road from Mittens. :)

Never been to the netherlands. Only place in Europe I've been is England and Wales. pretty place but the whole exchange rate kind of killed me:/

D.C.?!  Sweet!  Come to the anime con then, Rod!  Heck, if you want to be there all 3 days, I could see if they could use another hand on staff.

Heidelburg was your basic traditional German town with vineyards in the countryside and a castle in the middle of town.  Boat tour on the river was fun, but I'd probably only bother to visit if there was something fun going on like Oktoberfest or a Christmas thing.  I grew up in Patrick Henry Village ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry_Village ) so most times I was around other American kids...  But around Christmas time there was a Nutcracker truck that drove around town playing ice-cream-truck music and selling nutcrackers and such.  We still have quite the collection of nutcrackers thanks to that, heh.

Meh... I have had encounters of the disturbing kind with Anime lately and I'm thinking about giving it up more or less.

I appreciate the offer though.

pheew:/ Nothing like rereading your own post and realizing you are power gaming. it's been edited and is now fine:)

anyway.... What anime have you seen that was disturbing?

A friend of mine with some slightly stranger tastes than me gave me a compilation CD... I don't know the titles, but lets say that I wouldn't let kids of any age watch it and I expect to stick to Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Robotech, and others not built 'for adults'.  Mature stuff is where I draw my lines.  Call me a pansy if you must.

I'm 28(as of this saturday), but I dunno... it was like alcohol when I was 7... it left a 'bad taste' and I don't want to do it ever again.

makes sense to me. Some anime out there is just weird and sometimes just flat out wrong on so many levels. There are only a few I have really enjoyed (gundam, evangalion, HSotD) but they are the exceptions.

You tried alcohol when you were 7?

It was a party for the office my mom worked at and I saw

::Kid Vision::
Several adults getting juice/ginger ale from a cooler/dispenser.

::Reality::
Several adults getting beer from a keg.

Knowing that some drinks are for adults and some for kids, I asked one man who just got a cup, "What is that?"

The man looked at me and said, "Heheh, it's apple juice kid," then he walked off.

I went and got a glass and got some for myself thinking, "I like apple juice and it beats the water..." after taking a sip or two to be sure it was the drink and not something in the air at that moment... I first discreetly poured the vile drink into the bushes, then, maneuvered through the crowd and told my parents in a low voice, "Mod, Dad, I think the apple juice has gone bad."

My dad asked where I found apple juice and informed me that contrary to my prior experience a dispenser such as that was a Keg... for beer... not a cooler for juice.

lol sorry for laughing but that is really funny:P  That guy is mean though for telling you it is apple juice. He should have seen something like that happening. hmm maybe he did:/  messed up man

I might not have been 7 exactly, but I was young... and I think the guy was self conscious about telling a kid he's drinking beer.  But Apple is such a common kid juice.

I laugh about it too now. so don't feel bad.

Anyone want to make pictures of themselves?

http://www.ugo.com/games/super...ator-heromachine-2-5

it's a fun website:)  For those of use that have trouble visualizing at time:P

HeroMachine is pretty cool. I've played with it a few times. I wish there was some more variety in the body types and some of the options though. And that some of the features weren't so widgety to use. The color picker gives me a fit. @_@

I do most of my own stuff... I like to pretend I'm an artist sometimes (another reason anime is an entertainment and not a hobby or a way of life).

I love to draw as well and have a sketch around here somewhere of Michael. unfortunately my scanner is broken:/  so hero builder is what I'm going to use until I can get a real copy up:)  But yeah I agree it has a lot of things that I wish could be different. for basic characters though it can be fairly useful.

I do my own stuff too. Actually, my official "job" at the moment is "Freelance Artist and Writer"... Which mainly consists of me trying to sell commissions and drawing pages for my web-comic.

Tentacle monsters need love too: http://ooples.com/images/thumbs/0000196.jpeg ( Safe for work.  Or elsewhere. )

Yeah I'm with you on that one.  I remember a time when things like bugs bunny and Mickey Mouse were no big deal.  Now if you want to play a character who looks like an animal, you're obviously a perv.  >.>  Ah well.

Never developed a taste for all that "cool" or "adult" stuff forbidden to kids.  Beer tastes bad, smoking is worse, etc.  Last year the anime con made no bones about supporting cartoon porn, but at least they draw the line at kiddie porn.  I think.

sounds fun:) What comic? I wonder if I read it?  I have been wanting to do a comic, but my art isn't to where I would like it to be fore that. I've been working on a zombie story though:D it's quite fun if I do say so myself

I doubt very seriously that you read my comic. I just started actually posting it live in April and I probably have about 3 people that read it on a regular basis. XD It's called Adrastus, I can give the link if that's okay. It's still pretty early in the story (60 pages, less than two chapters) but eventually there's going to be some awesome giant mecha action. :)

And yes, the con doesn't ban adult art entirely, but kiddie porn is a BIG no-no.

I'd like the link:) I'm always up for reading a new comic.

as for the whole porn/con thing that's really weird and I think they should stop that. Porn is for personal use only, not meant for a convention. oh well:/ people are strange

Well, they don't have it out in the open at conventions. If people in artist's alley or the dealer's room have it, it's to be out of sight and you have to card people who want to see it. IDs are checked if there's any questionable content being shown in the video rooms, and that stuff is ONLY shown at late hours. At least, at all the cons I've ever been to, which have been very family-friendly cons. I dunno, maybe there's some all 18+ cons out there or something but I wouldn't go to one. I have no problem with the adult stuff but I'd feel quite uncomfortable if a whole convention was nothing *but*.

Link to the comic is http://adrastus.comicdish.com It's black and white, though there is a color version of Chapter One. It's been entered in to a contest though, and while I'd *love* to spam that link everywhere for votes to help me and my colorist win something, I'll refrain unless the GMs tell me it's alright. ;)

I demand that the link be posted!  That colored version is awesome!

Far be it from me to disobey a GM. ;)

http://thefabler.com/comic/view/58 I am a bit miffed that the quality on that site DESTROYED the fantastic coloring job and all the details that my colorist put in to it. But... You know, if you guys wanted to help her and me have a chance at winning some really awesome stuff, there's some little stars at the bottom that are for voting. You gotta sign up for an account with the site to vote, but it's free and takes two seconds. :)

You got my vote Haalima:)

Yay, thank you!

Arg >.< I only get Canada and the United states to select as country with the register stuff on that site. Now its asking me:

•  Please select a province
•  Please enter a valid postal code
•  Please enter a valid year of establishment

Havn’t been able to sign in becouse of that, but I will try again tomorrow. ^^

Hmm.  Didn't ask me for all that.  All it asked was:

Email:
Login:
Password:

Oops >< your right. I checked it again and found out I accidentally clicked: signup for a retailer account here

My bad :P registered now. ^^

Diren, you do realize Joe just more or less asked you a question. Granted, without asking, per say, but he did address you and more or less open up a chance for your character to, at the very least, give him the bird if not say "OK, here's my background", etc...?

And... well... TELEPORTING duo?  And music?  Dancing horse?  Prophecy for craziness?  Guess we're too boring for Diren.  o.o;

Oops im sorry. I'll edit, i guess i didn't see that. =.="

I feel kinda DERP now.

Aaaaaand done.  I edited the crap outta my backstory to make it first person and such.

Wheeee!  So Haalima's up next!  :)

One backstory is enough for now =p I can sense that we will be bothered by scientists soon

Alright, bring on the explosions!

And thank you all for the votes! My colorist and I feel like underdogs in this contest but we're making a climb up the rankings page over there. :)

There. Voted! XD

Can i do something crazy involving Mittins' megaphone?

Tell us what. Besides... you could always ask Mittens in game to borrow her megaphone.

Was gonna take it, walk to the window, turn it on and say "Alright then people.  Next time how about we let the monster destroy the entire town.  That sound good?"

We'll see. I wrote up some posts. Mittens may or may not let those posts fly, but let's see what happens. XD

Well im not gonna do it now.   The 12 year old girl has it covered.

He are we on the second or first floor? I want to decide if Michael will be worried about Liberty jumping out of the window.

Good question. I kept imagining second floor. Mittens will be home in about an hour and maybe they can answer. But Liberty can survive that fall like a kid jumping off a four foot-tall wall. XD

Yeah I had been picturing 2nd story as well, and I don't think Michael realizes how damage resistant Liberty is.

Go Liberty. Your pretty scary when your mad. ^^

I’m probably going to remove the last part of my in-game post. Nothing very important, but it wouldn’t make much sense commenting on the protesters when a 12 year old kid is jumping out of the window.

Well you could have been commenting just before she jumps out

Yeah, maybe you are right. ^^ there is some time before she takes off her shoes and jumps down.

Yea let's go with 2nd floor because it's more fun that way!  Also... what Michael said.  No need to removes stuff from your post, Sarah.  :)

Thanks ^^
* in suspense of the reaction of the protesters* arg >.< can’t take it.

  Sarah's protest reaction expectations bar?  Hi, this is Joe.  You've been raised.

Your father has great timing. xD
And yeah >.< my protest reaction expectations bar is almost at it’s max. Had to post to lower it down a little, knowing I won’t post for a wile now. :P Fingers keep itching every time a post arrives.

I keep telling Mittens how much Sarah reminds me of Liberty. I seriously think those two will be chums in short order. XD

That gave me a great laugh:)

^^ yeah, Joe’s posts usually crack me up, though he did a great job at taking out that water mutant/monster thingy. I bet Liberty and Sarah will be getting along pretty wel, though I think Liberty is allot sweeter. (Not as cute as Tim though, Sarah would hug him to death if no one was looking. :P)

Haalima internal monologue because she's not sure what to say or do. Fail post, sorry about that. @@

  While I may question the credibility of my GM tag, it's always nice to know I get the important things right.  Like proper inane banter.

Sarah will move out of the way once she notices the captain wanting to shout out the window with a microphone. :P I’ll post about it when more people have posted, but thought it was relevant to let you know this beforehand.

Wheee!  TY for for making that known so fast!  Edited in a little more craziness to my post.  Hope the crowd reaction was up to at least half the expectations put on it.  o.o

Yeah the protesters reactions are satisfactory. :D Especially the part where the megaphone man yells that we just made his point. :P

Eeeep!  I kinda sorta skipped Rod last round!  *Grovels and begs forgiveness!*

And lolz at the "so ugly you should be against the law" jab!  Maybe I can get Timothius to dig up our favorite movie scene with that in it.  :p

don't worry about me.  I'm choppy in attendance... as long as it is only every 2 rounds or so, I'll catch up as best I can...

Curious how Diren will react to a winged catboy hugging him, so I'll hold off posting Liberty or Tim until Diren's post. :)

You guys can skip over me this go around. Haalima's just going to stand there and watch what's going on. I don't think we need more of her inner musings. ^_^;

but inner musing is fun:)  or at the very least entertaining:P

Well, yes, but that's pretty much all she's done her past few posts and there's only so much of it, in my experience, that can be really entertaining. ;)

hmm true I suppose

You and I will get to dancing, darns it!

geeze rpol's so dead today. Nothing is going on:/  I hate being bored. oh well don't mind me I'm just ranting:P

on a different note: DM's: think we can get a thread to talk about combat strategies and tactics?
-I'm thinking we could either have it in "book format" meaning it would be in the binder given to Michael earlier that everyone can read from.
-The other idea could be a psuedo-OOC thread where we all talk in character about strategies. This way we can continue with the story while still working on everything else

That is a WONDERFUL idea. I love it.

:D  glad I can help then:)

On a completely unrelated note, a friend of mine is having a My Little Pony contest, and I couldn't resist doing this... http://lizstaley.deviantart.co...le-Haalima-178545875

Heh, Michael kinda read my mind in a way.  Yes, I was planning to have that happen, but on a much broader scale.  Before everyone leaves the meeting, Mits will schedule a 1-on-1 with each of the characters to better get to know them.  I wasn't quite sure how we wanted to handle that, and I'm anxious to get into the next bit of action, so here's what I had in mind:

For those who want to be mysterious to the other players, I will PM your character an opening pose and we can go from there.

For those who'd like to share their wonderful RPness, I'll make a new thread for the back-and-forth with Mittens.

While technically simultaneous on the board, IC time wise, this will be spread over a week or so, so the next action sequence will take place about a week in the IC world's future...  Which brings me to the next question.

Any objections to me running that at the same time as the 1-on-1 rp?  Or is that too much multi-tasking for you guys?

Also, I would like to read Haalima's mind on her thoughts about Emerald, Joe, Liberty, Mittens, Diren, etc's latest actions.  She's got a LOT to inner-monologue about!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:09, Wed 08 Sept 2010.

In reply to Haalima (msg #195):

Aww ^^ how cute.

I'm fine having multiple things going on at once:) I'm in a game where the dm literally said we can be in multiple places at one time. Makes things interesting when being stealthy, as the group can be out in the field in different places while they can all also be in the guild talking and working on their attack plan.

Anyway... what was the question? Oh yeah the 1 on 1 thing. I'm fine with it being open to the public:)

Unfortunately, doing action while doing interviews can result in some major oops.

Liberty: "I TOLD you I'm allergic to elephants!"
Mittens: "You did? When?!"
Liberty: "When you interviewed me!"

OK, so Liberty isn't allergic to elephants, but you get the idea. I say: See how everyone feels about whether they wanna do action first or interviews first. Nothing says we can't have an action scene before the interviews.

Oh. And obviously, Timothius doesn't need to be interviewed by his sister. :p
Emerald and Liberty, though... ;)

yeah true to that. I don't see the interviews being to long anyway right? a few post back and forth?

Yeah, it could cause some timeline problems.

*nods at Michael and Mittens* it’s rather useful to know what you are thinking and doing Haalima. Since we than know why and how you react to certain things. Though we don’t know what you are thinking IC (except for the mind readers) it can still be considered useful information.

I don’t mind the time hopping/multi-area thing. Most 1-on-1 monologues can be any time when people are off duty and stuff. Tim does have a point with the interviews, and I don’t mind them being in the main story since it’s rather relevant. But stuff like ‘after the meeting Emerald and Sarah go to a pub to talk about the Prevention job’ for instance, can be put separate from the main story in any time frame. (Though it is probably best to consider most or all conversations like that taking place after a main plot event. It would prevent people saying “I just told you that 3 hours ago”.

(on a side note: I’m also rather interested in Direns reaction to Tim. ^^ )

*edit* hope that makes sense ^^;
This message was last edited by the player at 19:52, Wed 08 Sept 2010.

In that case I'm gunna go ahead with the interview bits now and assert that they're taking place in the future.  Anything discussed in them will not be known in main story line until that RP is completed.  That way no conflict if IC knowledge.

In reply to Sarah Backers (msg #203):

I'll put up my reaction after soccer practice.  Can't be late or I'm screwed =.=

Yeah I'll be headed out the door in 40 minute m'self.  Just throwing up threads for people to post up times and locations for their char's meet.  :)

  I was thinking Josh meant something more like this by 'only the freaks'.
  http://media.ebaumsworld.com/p...ped-collars_cool.jpg
  http://img156.imageshack.us/im...017/onionheadyg7.jpg
  But then some days I can be optimistic about people's intentions.  It's easier when my optimism about one thing involves pessimism about another thing.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:27, Wed 08 Sept 2010.

LoL! Well there is another problem that Michael took care of... Mittens is 16, so she normally shouldn't be allowed in a place like that. But since the guy decided to be all anti-freak about it, she'll wind up passing through no problem.

Well theres my response.

wheeee

WH(Over 9000!? Es)

I think I'll keep the dots.  Gives me something to remember them by.  And remember why they must die.  We can say they're scars so they wouldn't heal or something like that.

Aaah.  So...  surgical needle scars.  For some reason I thought you meant pine needle pricks from sleeping in the woods.  Maybe flashbacks from my own childhood.  Ah... fond camping memories....

Yeah, they basically make a grid on his body.  EVERYWHERE.(Yes, there. They are CRUEL and EVIL)

So is this like... tattoo grid? Or is it "Oh crud it hurts and won't heal for some reason" grid? Because if it's like a tattoo? Tim can't heal scars since, you know, scars are just the body having healed already in a certain way.

Well they were created by having needles in his body in those areas for most of the day every day except when doing other tests in the lab, so it still hurts a little.

Ah OK. Well hurty would disappear. Enjoy putting that in your next post whenever you post.

Oh.  And I'd like to know if Diren, Haalima, and Rodney would go out of their way to avoid a 1-on-1 meet with Mits.  If not I'll set up a thread for each of them.

No, he wouldn't.  He doesnt have much of a concept of lying, just not telling people things.  He either tells you or doesn't answer.  He'd meet with you whenever he was awake.  And pretty much anywhere that isn't cold or a doctors office.

El Edito:  Hes not exactly well adjusted to life in any culture.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:12, Thu 09 Sept 2010.

So Mits will be interviewing Diren at her own house then.  Posted up the thread.  Apologies to those I didn't get to today.  Been busy.  Work in the morning.  G'nite!

Ninight.  I'll be sleepin soon myself.

sleep wel you all ^^
i just woke up *rubs eyes* seems there has been allot of posts since i fell asleep.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:31, Thu 09 Sept 2010.

Haalima would be fine with a chat. :)

So how has everyone's day been? just about to finish up a day at work then off to my night class:/ this semester is going to have me so sleep deprived

I’ve had a pleasant day, thanks for asking. ^^ Been rather rainy though so didn’t do allot, visited my grandmother and did some painting. Sounds like you are going to be pretty busy Michael. Hope you will get more sleep than I’ve been having. :P.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:01, Thu 09 Sept 2010.

Things have been good here too, though I was cold all morning. (Anyone who knows me IRL is going "So what else is new?") Been drawing, finished a new page for my comic, worked on some digital painting. Phew...

I wish I had time to do some drawings. I've been meaning to get back into charcoal but work and school take up so much of my time:/

Yeah, a day just doesn’t have enough hours -__- especially when things get in the way.

I haven't worked with charcoal in a long time. It was fun, but I prefer "cleaner" mediums. Used charcoal a lot in college though. Went to art school so we did all kinds of crazy stuff there. I have days though where I really wish I had picked a different major. -_-

Me too, Haalima. It seems charcoal is a requirement for getting through any kind of art class. XD

Mike, you gotta show us your stuff some time.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:48, Thu 09 Sept 2010.

I'll try to get some stuff up at some point:) I took a few classes and used a whole bunch of things: oils, watercolor, pastels, markers, etc. But I always kept coming back to charcoal. It had the most feeling for me, though it did make a huge mess. I think that may have been half the fun though:P

All around greatest guys. The boss I had when I was guarding the threading factory is awesome. His name is Joe. Second best boss I ever had, me thinks, and only because I've actually had my MOM as a boss at a job before. And she rocks muchly.

500TH POST!  Lets have a party!

This is quite the milestone, as most of the games i've played slowly die off around 450 and are dead on the 500th post.  Congrats people!
This message was last edited by the player at 04:27, Sat 11 Sept 2010.

Wheeee!  *Brings in a cake with 500 candles on it.*

Mittins... That cake is horribly dangerous.   I suggest a much larger cake if you want that many candles.

http://geeksaresexy.geeksarese...ds/2008/11/cake4.jpg

;P

W...Wh... WHAT!? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! THE CAKE CANNOT BE A LIE!!!!!!! *cries*

Whew!  Finally all caught up on posts here.  Today's schedule's been... weird.

*Armtwists Haalima, Diren, and Rodney to post in the Opening Scene.*

Also, Diren...  Waiting for your post on the "Chat with Diren at Mittens and Timothius' house" thread.

I'm waiting to see who i stay with.  That way i know if im going to your house or if i was already there.

Edit: Also i'm waiting on everyones response to the "letting me stay with them" thing.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:27, Sat 11 Sept 2010.

YAY on the 500+ posts ^^

I have just about finished the Google search on Sarah. :P Be posting it in a bit. I hope It will be satisfactory, If not I’ll gladly add some description / biography thingy about the band and/or pictures, but I didn’t think it would be very relevant

I will try to catch up with the story a bit later today, some people coming here in a bit.

This made me LOL!  XD

^^ glad you liked it.
Wanted to add the ska cover on Sesame Street too but couldn’t find it. -__- anyway, I think the main theme of the band is clear. ^^

Hi all just wanted to say a quick hello and meet everyone. I'm a close local friend to mittens and timothius.

=P hope all is well

AH! Run from the DBZ villian!

But hi and welcome.

lol hehe I haven't watched dbz in a longass time
but thanks =P

Hello and welcome Cell :D
all is well ^^ just a bit tired from work. and how are you ?

Welcome, Cell!

thank ya , thank ya for the warm welcomes

and I feel ya on the tired part lol
This message was last edited by the player at 01:54, Mon 13 Sept 2010.

/comfort for the early shift at hell's kitchen, Cell.  Welcome aboard!  YAAAAY intro post!  :)

yea everytimes I get up in the morning, i sad monkeys and sigh to myself and think .... why me?... lol

and I know ! yay... finally =P

Combo birthday party for dad and a friend today, so...  may be a while before I can get to the individual threads.  So pick a place for your char to meet with Mittens, Cell, and post up a description in the Chat with Cell like the other chars did.  Game wise, this conversation is happening some time in the near-ish future after the "Opening Scene."

have fun at the party/s Mittens and Timo  ^^

*edit*
finaly Home from work and glad to see it's time to greet cell in the story *Wiggles of joy*
This message was last edited by the player at 23:31, Mon 13 Sept 2010.

haha awww thanks, defs going to be a lot of fun

hope workies was good
This message was last edited by the player at 03:55, Tue 14 Sept 2010.

*nods agreeing with the fun statement* Yeah, been enjoying this game allot. :D

As for work, it went ok. We had expected some trouble with one of the machines but it wasn’t as bad as we had initially thought.

Working early shifts in Hells kitchen sounds allot more interesting than my job though. *Thumbs trough copy of Anarchist cookbook* Are Burning Barney’s and Flaming Freddy’s still on the menu?

Yaaaaaay!  You made my day!  ^.^

Hehehe, glad I could do a small thing in return for all the fun and games. :D

Just you wait until Sarah gives Mittens a CD of her old band. Hope you like albums with a Theme *snickers*

FYI, Timothius and Myself will be going on a vacation from Sun 26th to Thurs 30th where we'll likely have very limited internet access much less time to post.

ok no worries GMs:)

Cell glad to meet you:D Yay new peoplez:P

Nice to meet ya too mich

and have fun tim/crow hope you guys have a blast you better bring the amazing dretastic something back for a tribute to his epikness.... =P

In reply to Mittens (msg #257):

Thanks for the heads up and have fun ^^

Em you don't think I could be leader? :P haha I love reading everyone else's stories:)

Heh. Well like she pointed out... you aren't outgoing enough and/or assertive enough to be a leader. Emerald can feel that from what's been in RP so far. :D

lol yeah I know:P I'm just messing.

I wanted to tell you guys THANK YOU for your votes in that comic contest I'm a part of. We got an email today telling us that voting is over and we'll be moving on to the judging portion since we're ranked third in the contest and third overall on the ENTIRE SITE! We'll find out who wins on the 20th!

YAY!!!

np and GZ Haalima. tell us how it turns out. ^^

Wheee!  Cheers, Haalima!

gratz haal ! *crosses fingers*

i wish for the best for ya

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Awesome Haalima!

Psst.  Diren.  You're up in post order in the opening scene.  ;)

=O ok then.

I'll definitely keep you guys posted. Will tell you all as soon as the results are in.

My husband has been going through the characters on the Marvel Wiki, and for some reason a few reminded me of this game...

http://marvel.com/universe/Eye-Scream
http://marvel.com/universe/Squirrel_Girl

LOL!  I wonder why...  *Halo*

That's hillarious!  Eyescream... Hahahaha

Whaaa , Liberty, your character sheet grew since the last time i checked it. :D

*nods to Diren* yeah ^^ that one was great. Don’t remember him from the comics though. Squirrel girl on the other hand I can remember quite well, Only from the Deadpool series though.

You musta checked it ages ago. Like back when all it had was powers. XD

But yeah. Lemme know what you think. :) Now that it's complete.

Love it. :D
Lib and Sarah might have some quarrels on what’s right and wrong but overall they will get along just fine. ^^

Think the biggest difference between the 2 will be that Sarah usually does things for fun and kicks while Liberty will probably be more concerned with what’s right (and ethics, something Sarah lacks allot :P)

You know, that and the 14 year age gap:P

hehehe , dunno about that. Sarah might be 26, but she's still sorta got the mind of a child (and I guess her liver would be her senior part :P )

The latest Liberty post in the "Chat with Liberty" thread has a youtube link. Mitts and I have labeled this specific style of blushing as the Frieza blush because of how perfect it was for the scene (and how much it stands out for Frieza to actually be embarrassed).

We sure did!  Went to see the movie Takers.  Tonns of family visited.  Got to hang out with friends.  Pizza, cake, ice cream, so forth.  :9

  Bit of a heads up, I've been having some Computer bizarreness (had a quick 'video driver something something removed' message go by in the bottom left, then hard freeze, then nothing accessible but 'would you like to restore to factory settings?. Then thank God actual restore option after that seems to have worked... With another blarg crash along the way).

  I got my RPOL bits up to now backed up at least now, but yeah.  Heads up if I'm less on than even usual.

Glad to hear the party was fun. ^^ Cake, friends and movies are always a good combination.

Hope your comp is fixable Joe.  I’d send Muppet if you’d live closer. He always saves my comp’s life. >.< Thanks for the heads-up and lets hope for the best.

Muppet?!  For fixing a computer?!  That might not work out quite so well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8

LOL. He is going to love this. It’s a friend of mine, glad he’s allot friendlier with computers than most Muppets.  ^^

lol ok so I followed the link in Mittens last post (the one about muppets) and then saw another link to the best commercial ever:D it is hysterical!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=related

lol :P yeah good one

  Muppets are always a good idea, no matter the cost.
  Bizarrely, it factory default formatted my other drive, which was from my last computer and  just crammed into this one still with windows and everything on it.

  So, while I have no idea what exactly happened, it seemed my old drive (which had less, if a pile of stuff on it) acted like a decoy for 'lol you must reformat no matter what' situation.

*yawn*. Hey guys/girls/others.  I started drawing yesterday and was wondering if you could yell me if these are any good.  Unfortunately my scanner is terrible but =P oh well.

    Well, it's better than anything I could draw.
    ...I... can't decide if that's an insult of a compliment.

Heh.  Thanks Joe.  Maybe.

Seriously?  You're this good after just 1 day of practice?  You're either the most talented artist ever born, or I'm taking you way too literally.

Also, Diren can post in Opening Scene.  And the Diren thread.

Aww, thanks Mitts!

Opening scene- Ok!  In the morning when I'm not typing on my iPod.

Diren thread- Ok!  In the morning when I'm not typing on my iPod.

Art- I actually did just start yesterday.  I was, however, looking at those characters, not drawing from memory.  Also I don't know who/what to draw next...  Any suggestions/requests?
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Lol, good to hear it sorta worked itself out Joe. ^^

And looks good Diren :D I dont have many suggestions except keep drawing stuff you like. ^^

Only watch the last 5 seconds:  http://youtube.com/index?clien...er&v=1D1cap6yETA

Yeah...  I'll have to do all my posts on my iPod for a while.  Really annoying.

/comfort on the iPod annoyance.  And linky no worky for me or Timo.

Also, Haalima:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=related
Sarah linked me to this, and it made me think of you for some reason.  ;)
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Gonna have that song stuck in my head all day now. Thanks, Mittens. XD Known about that song for years. I think I've actually seen it done as a Transformers video...

Diren: Nice drawings! I will suggest to you what I suggest to every new artist: if you really want to get serious about drawing and really learn how to see the world as an artist, get a book called Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain. Do the exercises in it. It's a HUGE help.

Heh, I figured you might wind up with that stuck in your head as badly as it did to mine.  :P

I second that book recommendation.  Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain.  Available now at libraries around the nation!

Loved the song the moment I found it. ^^ (which would be about 2 weeks back.) Youtube surprised me with having some covers I didn’t know yet.

And only just noticed the "Sarah's appartment" headline above the post :D My own space ^^ YAY
This message was last edited by the player at 14:03, Mon 20 Sept 2010.

Cell, Diren, and Haalima can post in the Opening Scene and their respective one-on-one threads.  Cell's player informed me that he will be working early shift tomorrow and post when he gets home from work.  I have morning shift too.  Likely will post a wrap-up post sometime tomorrow night or Wed morning, then the next bit of crazy can begin.  :)

Yes, Sarah, that thread was intended to forever be your own personal space.  :)  Anyone else who wants a thread to call home, just ask.  ^.^  (Suggestions for making a bar or some such have not been forgotten.  Just hadn't had a need for making those threads yet.)
This message was last edited by the player at 03:33, Tue 21 Sept 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=feedrec

Busy days >.< arg. Anyhow I will try to post in the opening scene tomorrow.



Yay ^^ more adventure. Happy days of the future.

*edit* dont worry about the bar thread, It's no priority. Sarah can always drink at home :P
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*Bangs head*  \m/ (>_<) \m/

Cookie Monster ROCKS!

And Scene 2 is now live!  ^.^

I dont think Diren HAS a cellphone.

>_>
<_<


Edit: OOPZ! shoulda read opening scene first =P
This message was last edited by the player at 03:49, Thu 23 Sept 2010.

  Well, considering Mittens was just giving people them, he does now!
  Unless he hates free Cell Phones.

geeze rpol is so dead right now:/ I hate being bored

hmm.. can we post in scene 2 if the opening scene isn't done yet?

Yessiree!  I would like for everyone to post out of the opening scene too, though.

for the opening scene: Michael has sent a mass text to all the numbers in his new cell phone, so everyone would be receiving a text saying"This is Michael Reaver"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00T0t06Ol-I
sorry, just couldn't resist :P

Lol!  Awesome!

By way of reminder, me and Timothius go on vacation tomorrow morning.  I plan on trying out the new Final Fantasy MMO when I get back.  Anyone here play that?

Well I don't.

Also I thought of a useless super power:  Laser Pointer Vision

Have a good trip you two and bring souvenirs :P

As for final fantasy, I’m still playing FF6 to FF9 sometimes. Been trying to stay away from MMO’s since they consume allot of time. Especially when they are fun it tends to get addictive. ^^

Thanks!  And wow at the latest Sarah/Ishida post!  o.O  That'll be fun to reply to on the trip.  :)

Hehehe , glad you like it, thought that since you’d be away for a week it would be fun to try and write a weeks worth of post :P

In reply to Mittens (msg #311):

I'm more of a FPS kind of guy. If anyone wants to ever join me on a Steam game, let me know:)

Left 4 Dead 2 is wonderful and prefered!

Hope you guys are having a good vacation:D

Heard loads of good things about Left 4 Dead but never tried it.  The only FPS I play once in a wile is Unreal tournament 2004, its old but fun.

Unreal was/is a great series even if it is a bit old. I love playing the original UT:) so much fun!

Thanks for the well wishes.  :)  Am in a coffee shop with wifi at the moment.  Just got done taking a boat on the lake and will be eating out tonight.  It's been non-stop fun, so I haven't really had a chance to write up posts yet, heh.  May be a bit after I return before I can get to that, since friday-sunday are pretty busy too.  So Monday at the latest before things should pick back up.

Sounds like fun. just take your time and enjoy, Worry about posting once you’re back and ready. ^^

As for UT, I’ve enjoyed it allot. People still kick my bottom regularly though -__-

We're back, folks! Don't expect posts right away, but for now, saying hi! :)

welcome home:)

Yay ^^ welcome back.

Thanks!  T'was fun.  :)

Yay!  We have out hyper-active catgirl and fuzzy winged healer back!

  Hmm... I should probably post something shouldn't I?  I'll get right on that!...  As soon as I have food.

*slides Crunchy bar under Joe's door* Enjoy ^^

  You fit this under a my door?  Must have been a Skor bar... or a smushed bar.

  TL:DR News Team!™

• Water monster causes fires.  Electrocution solves problems.
• Protesters and Protested go home after argument becomes nonsensical by protest standards.
• Drunk kid falls off building, Mutants Blamed... Or Drunk kid does not fall of building, crowd goes home disappointed.

Had to squeeze it trough, so it could be a little squashed…but still edible ^^

Love the headlines :D

  Headlines?  Those are the articles.  Written for our modern audience's attention span... And my effort threshold.

Lol. i stand corrected. nice articles :P

So does anyone else thoroughly enjoy the quotes Mittens comes up with? or is that just me:P

Wheee!  Glad you like!  Uh oh... now I'm quoting you!  XD

I'm a little slow and my posts are made of fail right now. Sorry guys. :( Dealing with some depression issues at the moment, and I've been trying to finish up a bunch of projects (before I either get more commissions or my supplies come to make more stuff), so I'm feeling a bit stressed too. Bear with me, hopefully it will pass in a few days.

Hope things will be going better for you soon. Don’t worry too much about the posting and try to take some time to relax when things settle down again. ^^

((IM's sympathy to Haalima's player.))

oops!  was writing my post and diren beat me to the punch!  i'll tack on some narration to take that into account.  :)
This message was last edited by the player at 21:04, Wed 06 Oct 2010.

The sympathy is appreciated. Thanks guys. I did get a ton of work done in the past 36 hours, so that's good. I'm tired as anything, but at least I'm being productive!

I'll only commission you when and if you are ready for it. Please try not to take on anything I ask unless you know you can handle it. :) /sympathy

Thanks Tim! Though to be honest, one of the reasons I'm trying to finish up old things is so that I can take on more commissions. ;)

I'll probably feel a lot less depressed once we know if Hubby's gotten one of these two jobs, too...

Remember how I showed you guys that My Litty Haalima design I did? Well she won that contest I entered and is being made as a real custom pony by a buddy of mine. She posted progress pictures of her tonight and I wanted to show you all.

http://modesty.deviantart.com/...IP-Haalima-181876557

I about flipped when I saw the furry feet. XD So cute!!

I want one too. >.<
Paintjob looks nice and the customisations are great. ^^ Pony with a tiger tail. *Rawr* What is it made of? Was an old pony used or did they make it from scratch? Anyway looks nice, love to see the end result when its done ^^

ps. hope no one minds Sarah being late at the scene. She'll be arriving soon but fate willed it that she'd be one of the last to arrive (her fate being mostly controlled by me *insert evil laugh*)
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She's made from an old pony that's been repainted. I'm actually going to try to start doing that too. Some of the customs are AMAZING and I've been interested for years. Just got my first four ponies in today as "Pony Bait" actually. :)

sounds fun :D once you’ve made one don’t forget to share it here, love to see more.
need to get some sleep now, gotta be up in a couple of hours. ^^;

I was thinking of making a rich Minor Character with the ability to transmute up to one cubic foot of material to up to one cubic foot of another material.  Using the power makes him extremely tired, and using it more than once in a day could put him in a coma.  He could take care of the team financially.

Whaddya thing?  Good/bad/maybe?

oooo are we playing with alchemy? Woot lead to gold!

Oh but he cant transmute organic/living materials.  Or materials inside organic/living materials.  Turning your lungs to gold would be cool, but he can't do it.

He can, however, use it on air.

so the air in someones lungs then?

That pony is made of win.  Original, naturally flavored win, not artificial win.  Making it a pwny.

As for turning air or lead into gold for the sake of financing the group...  Well the very next scene after the character posed in, they'd be kindnapped by the Midas guild, (membership comprised largely of leprechauns, chromatic dragons, and genie) and forced to work in the alchemy mines while eating a diet of sugary cereal.

In other words, that power doesn't fit into this setting, and won't be allowed.  Not even the GMs are allowed "unlimited wealth" powers.  Appreciate the thought, though.  :)
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