Looks like the first thread is getting a bit full so RPOL suggested making a new one. Here ya go.

I am beginning to wonder if maybe Penny has a death wish. Given her guilt it makes sense.

Or perhaps she is just very brave ;P

Yes I can see her bravery. It just a question of where does it come from. Some are brave out of a sense of hopelessness, ie death wish. Some out of a sense of hopefulness, ie self sacrifice. I was just wondering aloud that given her Penny's guilt if perhaps her bravery is out of a sense of reckless disregard for her own life. That's all.

This is really just speculative curiosity. It doesn't matter one way or another in or out of character. I am just wondering aloud...or in writing...or whatever.
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I just see her as brave and plucky, eager to catch her foe, and as a strong-willed person who won't readily back down from a fight or challenge.

There's a Penny in my head whom I try to understand and translate to the screen each day with varying degrees of success. :)

Plucky seems to indicate hopeful. That is actually good to know. =-)

Started a new job this week so my posts may be a little slow for a week or two. Sorry if I hold things up :)

No worries. R/L first. Good luck with the job.

Good luck!

For interest, the Codex Gigas, the "Big Book", also known as the Devil's Bible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas
Legend has it that in 13th-century Bohemia, a disgraced monk sentenced to be walled up alive vowed to write a grand book in a single night to forgo his punishment. Failing, he sold his soul to Lucifer, who one way or another helped him complete the task in the night. (Though studies suggest one hermit-monk working for 20 to 30 years is more likely). The so-called Devil's Bible includes a terrific image of Satan on page that has turned black as if burned (darkened by continual exposure to light, actually). Also included are magic spells, including ways of exorcising demons and preventing demonic possession.

The Codex Gigas passed through the Sedlec Monastery, later site of the Sedlec Ossuary for victims of the Black Death:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary
Later it came into the collection of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, a devotee of the occult, astrology, and alchemy. It was later taken as war booty to Sweden. When their castle caught fire in 1697, the Codex Gigas was rescued and hurled out the window, hit and injured a bystander, and several pages were lost and blown away. They were never retrieved.

Actual medieval occultism is so much more interesting than what a lot of modern TV shows and novels make up. I saw the National Geographic documentary yesterday.

I watched that a couple months ago! Soooo interesting! You should watch Hitler and the occult if you haven't. I love wacky documentaries :D

Has anyone seen Attack on Titan? I'm not an anime fan by aaaaaaany means. I've barely seen any and it's all pretty mainstream stuff. But this is epically awesome intense stuff. Amazing. Also veeeery violent and a lot of people die...love it anyway :D

Me too. I watched a few about Nazi occultism, they were just insane.

I've seen Attack on Titan, the whole first season of the anime. I'm not an anime fan either, but it was okay. The concept of the siege by giants is intriguing, but frustratingly, you don't learn much more at the end season than you do at the start. The main character is annoying as hell at first (ALWAYS SCREAMING DEFIANCE!!!) but settles down a little. Or you just get used to it. The action scenes are great. It doesn't need action lines and effects on the arguments though. Nor lengthy monologues at inopportune times, like in the middle of battle. There's too many characters; though it's nice to get the views of the other people involved, I tended to forget who they all were after a while.

Yeah, they are laughably over dramatic and the theme song...*snickers* but the action and drama are addicting. I'd love to see the voice actors faces while they record. Prolly crazy entertaining...

The theme songs change halfway through the season.

I was bewildered at first, but after a while I really got into the series.

Hey
Just FYI you said to wait, so I am. I have not abandoned you.

Lol! Thanks so much! I just posted for ya since who knows how long Kate will be with her new job.

Friends in town so will be spotty this week. I'm mostly going to be gone tomorrow and friday. The other days should be fine.

Geeze do I as a player hope she says no. I really like Simon and do not want to loose him as my character.

Lol! Well no worries, I think I might be able to help there ;P

So sorry guys! Things have been crazy with this job. I will try to keep up better but if needed just pull Kate along :)

No worries! I probably won't get to post today, my day got a bad start. Took to much zzzquil so now I'm behind on everything!

I will be less/unavailable tomorrow through next week to the following monday.

No problem! Thanks for the head's up!

I made up an identity for Jack the Ripper earlier, but this documentary:
http://www.channel5.com/shows/...isodes/episode-3-616 (not available outside Britain)
presents a very good candidate in Charles Allen Lechmere, rather extensively outlined here:
https://unsolvedwhitechapel.wo...rles-allen-lechmere/
It's circumstantial, but his presence as first witness on the scene at one of the murders, apparently moments after it happened, and his prime-serial-killer background made a very compelling argument.

I finally got the chance to read this. Really interesting stuff! It sounds pretty suspicious to me... I wish I could go back in time and investigate, because the problem is we'll probably never know for sure. This is pretty intriguing though...

Plus, he was a delivery man for a butchery, so walking about spattered with blood wasn't even unusual.

Just something funky I saw today, the rollerskating craze of the 1800s:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31831110

How silly! I love it! Somewhere my family has a picture of my grandfather skating down the highway during the Great Depression. Couldn't get away with that now...

I just finished the first season of the Netflix Daredevil show. I liked it a lot. It is extremely gory in places, but my husband tells me no where near so as Walking Dead. Vincent D'ONofrio is awesome as Kingpen. The guy who plays Matt Murdock is OK, better than the movie version by far. In all I would give 4 out of 5. Worth watching.

Walking dead is ridiculously gory. I've heard daredevil is good, I'll have to check it out! I always thought he was under used. I'm pretty wary about Affleck being batman worries me after what he was like as daredevil. Batman is my favorite superhero so I'm picky about who plays him.

By the way if I don't get the chance to post I apologize. Might have to go to the dr for something minor that sprung up. Sorry!

I feel the same way about Batman. I was so excited when they got sexy Christian Bale to play him! Now I am infuriated with Ben "No Talent" Affleck.

Take care of yourself sweety.

So my health issue turned into a kidney stone. I was at the ER all night and I'm very dehydrated and puny from so much vomiting. Needless to say no posts today, so sorry! :(

8-0 OH NO! I am praying for you right now. Feel better.

I swear I'm not quitting! With the new job and the baby and I also just rescued two week old kittens I just can't keep up right now. I'm hoping this will level off soon but for a few weeks Kate is gonna step into the background :(

No problem! Especially with kittens to consider!

So it's 3:43 a.m. and I'm trying to eat saltines so I can take my pain meds since the wretched thing hasn't passed yet. It's been 5 days since this all started and I'm going crazy. No post today, bear with me guys :(

OUCH! No worries. Take care of yourself.

Ouch. Sorry to hear that, good luck and get well.

And I hope to see you again soon, Kate.


I've heard good and bad things about Daredevil. But Netflix has finally come to Australia, so I can finally watch all this stuff. I just need to get through my current shows before I can check it out.


Supernatural: No, damn it, Sam, don't do that. It never ends well. Just let it go. Sigh. The last few season arcs seem to be triggered wholly by the Winchesters doing something stupid.

I'm probably going to be out all week. Went to ER again last night for dehydration. Can't stop throwing up. Sigh.

Oh sweety! Please feel better. We will be here. Take care of your body.

Still alive but still very sick. Was on ivs for 5 hours friday and was violently ill all afternoon/night yesterday. I'm fighting off a fever now, hopefully doesn't turn into anything more.  I was on a lot of meds so I'm hoping it's just after effects. Thanks as always for waiting guys :(

No worries. Please just feel better.

Ugh. I hope you get better.

Thanks so much for your good wishes everyone! It seems to have worked cause I'm finally getting better! I have never had anything so unpleasant in my life, I've been so lucky! I have a new respect for anyone who has ever dealt with health problems and have determined I am a huge pansy, which really bothers me. I wish I had handled it with the steely resolve you hear about but I was just about the biggest whiner you'll ever meet and I'm lucky I have a family who puts up with it, lol. Oh well, I did the best I could. Maybe next time I'll be cooler.

So I'm pretty drained and I'm taking it easy this week but I will post either today or tomorrow for you guys. You've been so great for being patient and supportive and waiting for me.

Take your time and heal.

Good to hear!

You guys are only level 8 correct? I'm thinking it's time to change that...Go ahead and level up at your leisure. I will have the appropriate hunter/MoL bonuses this week though if by Friday I haven't posted them please remind me, I'm still a bit scatter brained from everything.

Only? Penny's now my highest-ever levelled character!

Thanks! I'll work on it later this week, I hope.

Just to let everyone know, I am going with Acolyte. I have been building to this for the last few levels, and now I can. It will greatly open my "spell" selection. I know having a pure caster in the group often changes how people advance.

Are you still a Shadow Hunter?

I might dip into Mage, if I qualify now. Otherwise, it's another level of Investigator.

Yes I will be Dedicated 4, Shadow Hunter 4, Acolyte 1.

Well you guys earned it so I'm glad you're excited! Also, we have a new player folks. Everyone welcome Josephine!

Also, before I forget, Kate is still pretty busy so her character will be out of the action for a bit, though she informs me she will be coming back as soon as she's able.

Welcome Josephine!

Hi! And thanks for the welcome!

Welcome to the gang!

I think I've missed something important.

Lol! Yeah, you will have a lot to talk about when you guys meet up again!

The rumour from Dark Lily is that Penny and Kate are related. The most likely explanation is that Kate is Penny's great-great...-great-granddaughter.

I cannot resist this - so at some point Penny has sex...with a man?

Not necessarily...

Supernatural:

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Noooo!

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I couldn't help but find out a few things on accident. I have a feeling I'm not going to like this season....sigh. Why do they always have to ruin things? I've noticed the majority of tv shows crap out the longer they've been on. There are only a handful of shows that are good all the way through. I hope they find a way to fix things but my hopes aren't up. Of course I only know the bare bones of what's going on. Lately I've been watching a lot of cooking shows just to get away from all the drama of everything else I watch. No one dies in cooking shows... I get way too attached to characters.

Spoiler-free whinge follows.

Individual stories are still good, there's some gems and some average ones, but there's also too many episodes dedicated entirely to the season arcs, as usual now. But the season stories are just floundering. The first five revolved around demonic schemes, from the Yellow-Eyed Demon's plan to the Apocalypse and were well-structured, but after that, it's just after-effects and increasing problems. They're triggered only by Sam and Dean or Castiel just making obviously really dumb decisions that have obviously catastrophic consequences, or just ignoring and overriding each other's wise decisions because they can't bear to be be without each other. It's particularly egregious now: Dean's got a handle on his curse, has accepted it, is in control, is patient about finding a cure in their own way, and is at last happy and content with his life as a hunter. So Sam sees him as spiralling out of control, on the verge of succumbing, and is panicking and desperate to find a cure, whatever the risks. And it's just the reverse of last season's problem anyway. Each big problem of a season is just the reverse or repeat of one in the last.

A whole new mob of bad guys have appeared in the last few episodes of the season (and one of them has already appeared in this game ;) ), like they were getting to the end and needed something to end the season on. Like with Metatron when he appeared at the tail end of Season 8. Meanwhile, villains at the beginning who could have been interesting new threats are resolved early on.

It's good not to keep upping the ante on threats, but this new pattern is just tiring and doesn't reflect well on the characters. But then, I'm just not a fan of season arcs and big over-season stories. Good, independent stories are what you build a series on and attract viewers with. But every TV series needs an arc these days, even if the writers are out of ideas what to do with them. Ten years is an impressive run, but it's understandable they'd run out of ideas. I think a shake-up is in order: a new format (the city-based Bloodlines spin-off could have been a good set-up), new regulars (Sam & Dean take on apprentice hunters, say), and a new villains with a plot that doesn't come out of the actions of the regulars. In 2012, they could have done the Mayan Apocalypse instead. Unfortunately, Sam, Dean, Castiel, and Crowley are too popular with fans and the writers know it, and keep turning back to them to carry the seasons.

Wednesday my son jumped out of a swing at school. He got a hairline fracture in his foot. I spent yesterday being mommy and today he went back to school with his "boot" on. He is in less pain and I think eager for the attention.

I did that as a kid and fractured my wrist and compressed my spine. I'm so sorry.

Ouch so it could have been much worse? Well he seemed much more chipper this morning, so...

Yikes! Sounds painful! We grew up without insurance so we always knew to be extra careful if we didn't want to financially destroy our family, lol. Of course we did stupid stuff anyway so I think it was luck combined with divine intervention that kept me from breaking anything. Kids were always busting their hands playing tetherball too. Good thing I sucked at it!

Glad to hear his mood is up! That always helps!

And hurling yourself off a swing several meters up into the air and landing in sand seems like such a fun thing to do too... And this was after being the very last kid in school to dare try it, at the end of the year, I was the first to have an accident.

Maybe it could have been worse. He could've landed on his butt. :) The fractured wrist was the main problem, I just had a cast for a while. I barely noticed the spine thing as a kid, but maybe I do now as an adult.
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I tried that once! I was barely moving cuz I was a chicken and landed on my face in the barkdust and split my lip. Could have been a lot worse. Man, some of the things kids do! I still think I have occasional back twinges from an old red rover mishap. I can't imagine the disk thing. Hopefully it doesn't affect you much, spines are finicky things.

Crazy week. Will try to post tomorrow.

Crazy week just crazier. I randomly seem to have obtained a new client (for now anyway) who is coming tomorrow so it throws off my day. I'll try to squeeze in a post but we'll see. Friday I work all day so no posts then either though Thursday looks benevolent so far..,

How dare you?

Guys, can you believe the audacity? GM thinks they can have a real life or something! REBEL! OVERTHROW THE POWA!

Mwahahahahaha! Yes, I am truly impudent am I not? Just wait til I tell you that tomorrow is possibly a no go because of work and Monday the same because my husband is off for the holiday. Oh wait...I just did... ;P

And Friday the 29th may also be out...lol! I swear I normally post quite regularly!

On another note I couldn't help myself and read a recap of the supernatural finale. I won't discuss spoilers here but sigh. Just, sigh. And not the dreamy pleasant sort of sigh.
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Unacceptable!

OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT!

You say that as if its a bad thing.

I am entirely patient and respectful of our GM's time and needs. :p

The finale is still next week here. Ah well. Carry on, my wayward son.

Thanks for your patience everyone!

Yeah, I only skimmed the episode description but it's all a big mess it would seem.

Welp, that's it. A series of spectacularly bad decisions by the heroes has led directly to the end of the world. Again. But I shouldn't be too critical; just about every series seems propelled by dumb decisions these days. The Flash just ran on stupidity.

Oh well, the new threat for Season 11 could be interesting, even Lovecraftian, if it's not aborted.

I have only seen bits and pieces but I must agree.

Yeah, I hate it when shows have the characters make stupid decisions and then they always snowball into more. It makes it hard to sympathize with them and you just want to hit them about the head and shoulders in the end. That's why I really loved Firefly. Mal was one of the few people who actually did what we're all thinking instead of the cliche crap typical heroes do. Such a good show.

Might not get the chance to post today. Sorry! Next week should be back to normal.

Whew! Thanks for your patience guys! Trying to get back to my routine now.

On a scary note the other evening I went out to dinner with my husband and we were going to go out to Ice cream right after and walk to it from the restaurant. He decided to go on a short walk first and then wasn't feeling well so we went home. Turns out that while we were on our walk there was a drive by shooting right in front of the ice cream shop! Had things gone slightly different we would have been there when it happened. Three people were shot but no one died thankfully. I believe they are still looking for the guy who did it. There have been 25 gang shootings in the month of May alone in that city. Fortunately I live across the river but we go there all the time and my husband works there too so it's really scary! I'm feeling a bit paranoid now...

Holy moly, that is terrible! Drive-by shootings seem so pointless, and horrific. I'm just glad you're ok!

_{Psst, Artemis, I realize that I'm your favorite player, but I told you, we're supposed to hide that from the others. You know, let them feel special and stuff too? We have to keep up appearances!}

Thanks! Me too! To think, my love of ice cream could have killed me. That's just wrong!

Lol, shhhhhh!!!

The universe owes you for that. NOBODY should ever be punished for their love of ice cream!

_{I'm whispering! There's no way they know what we're talking about!}

That was a lucky save for you. I remember when I was 10/11, we stayed at a motel in LA. The morning of our Disneyland day, the police were arresting bikies on the other side. It's the kind of thing that would make me a bit wary of visiting the USA.
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Oooh LA? I'm wary of big cities like that too. The place I was last week was a pretty big city too. Fortunately where I actually live is much safer and the place we will end up down the road is a tiny little town half an hour away where you don't have to lock your doors (though I will anyway) and everyone knows each other and it's all beautiful pines and forests. I hate the twilight films but they were filmed about twenty minutes from there so the scenery is exactly the same. Gorgeous. I do recommend visiting the states, just not the big cities. They are overrated and stressful. Well have plenty more to offer;)

http://www.cascadianscot.ca/up...993/6357913_orig.jpg

No drive by shootings in the mountains! ;)
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An internet rumor that I am happy to pass along.

Jason Stathum will play Bullseye in the next season of Daredevil on NetFlix!

Cool! He's a fun actor! Will do much better than Colin Farrel did. I don't know if I spelled his name right but I'm too lazy to look it up.

I agree, but I did liiiiike Colin Ferril errrrr....in a purely platonic was of course. <_< >_>

Has anyone seen the Supernatural anime? A local station has been playing it, but I only discovered it rather late in the series.
http://supernatural.wikia.com/...atural_The_Animation

Lol! Sure...platonic.... ;P

It was on my queue to watch as it was on netflix but I don't know if it's still there or not. I'll have to check it out again. I only recently started getting into Anime as I always thought it was weird corny stuff that seemed silly to like and stupidly avoided it for years. Now though I realize that was stupid of me and have been very happily plunging into the world of anime with gusto. I've been missing out all these years! So far my very favorite is Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. Crazy good stuff. I hope to make an RPOL game of it down the road. Let me know if the supernatural one is any good!

Still there :)

Lol. Yeah, for some reason it had a stigma for me for the longest time. My sister still makes fun of me for it. Surprisingly my dad is who got me into it. He's this 67 year old man who just got into anime himself and we are always recommending stuff to each other. Pretty funny when I think about it.

If you can get past the thought of it being weird you will find it is startlingly good, at least the ones I've seen. I'm sure there are still weird ones out there. The English dubs are probably easier to start with as they'll seem more normal than the really exuberantly acted Japanese versions (which I've gotten used to). Full metal is pretty normal, nothing too weird really. But the storyline is really intricate and amazing and it is funny and sad and heroic and has awesome gritty fight sequences. I was really blown away by it. If you haven't already seen them the avatar last air bender series are an easy way to get into anime as they are pretty main streamed and very Americanized. They are excellent too. Of course if such things are not your cup of tea you can always stick with what you like. There's plenty out there for everyone ;P

I just find cartoons hard to get into, for several reasons. One being that whenever I see a cartoon squint its eyes and wiggle (hard to describe) its ridiculous. No anime I have seen (and I've seen a LOT) truly captures ANY emotions well. They're simply incapable of it. They OVER-emphasize a ton, and that isn't a true capturing of anything, though I've heard people try to claim the contrary.

Still, I like people happy, so I won't try to discourage them from something they like. More power to them if they do!

I didn't watch it. It's already nearing the end of its run on the catch-up service. I prefer to start series at the beginning. But I think I'll try to jump in. It covers Series 1 and 2.

Like any genre, there's some good anime, and some bad and weird stuff as well. I watch some anime series if they interest me, but don't make a point of it. I watch things that interest me from any country. I don't get the obsession some people have for it as a thing in and of itself. Why is it "anime" and not "cartoons from Japan"?

I often find the titles off-putting. Subtitles and dubs might be properly translated, but the titles tend to be half in gratuitous Japanese or badly locally translated. "Attack on Titan" is just grammatically poor: is it "Attack of the Titans" or "Attack the Titans"? As an editor, it really grates on me. :)

I liked Cowbow Bebop and anything from Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki. Their movies are just beautiful.

Okay, Supernatural: The Anime in progress. I've got the streaming speed of a slug and no buffering, so it might as well be still images. And so many unskippable ads that play even when I rewind :( This one's all about John Winchester, no Sam and Dean. Well, no wonder Dean got on with Benny so well; John looks just like him. And I think he drives a hearse? Oh, and regular demons have glowing purple eyes and act like zombies, standing and groaning. Well, it was pretty much as expected: overwrought, gloomy, and flashy, but alright as anime goes.
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Yeah, anime definitely takes a certain willingness to be silly at times. I can understand.

Yeah I only watch the stuff that looks good and I read up on it first so I don't waste my time. I am into a lot of different shows and I really enjoy what the BBC has put out too. They have some excellent stuff so I'm just as likely to be watching something from that as I am anime. Or my cooking shows, I love watching my cooking shows ;P

I guess I'm still fairly inexperienced as to watching things from other countries other than anime and British television. When I was a kid we did watch round the twist which I believe is Australian? I've also seen the occasional kung fu movie which is fun. Still a lot of entertainment out there I've not been exposed to.

Cowboy Bebop is on my to watch list. Studio Ghibli has some amazing stuff! I have watched that for years actually. Joe Hisaishi is my very favorite composer and he does most of their music. I have a lot of piano music of his and I love to play it. Right now I'm working on Nausicaa and the Sixth station from Spirited Away. Even if you don't like anime that man is a musical genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgkGHGzTEk8

Round the Twist! I think every Australian of a certain age has seen the series, and read the books, and had the nightmares. ;)

I love my kung fu movies, no matter how old and tatty. :D

If you like Cowboy Bebop, then try Samurai Champloo, a similar series set in feudal Japan from the same people.

I've read the books too though it's been a long time. I did get really freaked out by them. Wasn't there one with a haunted outhouse or bathroom or something? Because that's one I still recall whenever I'm in a creepy bathroom.

My dad suggested Samurai Champloo too! It will be my next series then :)

I will be out of town and without internet all next week.

It'd have to an outhouse for that perfect combination of Australiana, crudity, and horror. :) Always check for spiders! And yep, it was the very first one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...d_the_Twist_episodes

Have a good trip!

Ha ha! I remember the spaghetti pig out and the microwaved underwear so well! I loved that show!

Thanks for letting me know Simon! Have fun!

Thank you both and I will. I need to relax badly.

I have returned. Could I have a cliffnotes version of what I've missed please?

You didn't miss much. You, Lily, Ian and Penny are in Central Park in the middle of a rainy night with a wagon and Emma Bentley's headless body under a tarp in the back being questioned by a police officer. Penny just told a brilliant lie so things are looking well. How funny that you didn't miss much. But there was a lot of private conversation between Penny and Ian while you and Lily prepped the wagon.

Glad to have you back :)

By the way: you guys can have Ian, but I claim Lily. She's my favorite so far :P

So glad you like her! She's by far my favorite npc. Fortunately you'll be joining the others in the next week or so and then everyone can enjoy her spunky splendor ;p

No, no... no, no, no. She's all mine :P

Lol! Well maybe you two can be besties down the road ;P

Sorry sweetie, but my claim supersedes your own. Simon is officially courting her and she is a one man woman. ;-)

Lol, too true! But don't worry Jo, you can still be friends ;)

Alright, so step 1: make Father Cole cheat on Lily.

Step 2: World domination.

On it.

...Not with Penny.

I enjoy the banter between Ian and Lily. Good NPCs have lives outside the PCs. :)

When are Josephine's and Colin's threads occurring in relation to ours? Before or after? Obviously, they can't die in one thread...
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Thanks! Glad to hear it! I tend to enjoy my NPC's as it's my way of playing. It's really hard to find good games out there so I never get to just be a player. Gotta have fun somehow!

As for timeline Colin is about four days prior to your thread but he's in upstate NY. Jo is about a week prior. She'll join you in the near future.

I've decided I'm way too chicken to live alone. My husband has a work emergency and won't be home til 3am and every little noise is freaking me out. My mind goes to demons first then ghosts then psycho killers. I shall be sleeping with the lights on.

You can try all you like.



Yes...that will be tricky.

Hey, nobody said Father Simon ACTUALLY had to cheat.

Some of us built characters that are freaking amazing liars :P

Lol, that might work for about an hour and then you'd be in big trouble... ;p

Yea, but for that hour... Simon's life would be a living hell :)

And who knows. You don't have to prove anything, you just lie effectively enough, and suddenly, the girl's trust in Simon is shot, or at least questionable. Going from 100% trust to 99% trust is debilitating, in terms of "chinks in the armor".

Its a slow-play game, mwahaha, and I'll rule the world in a matter of... well probably centuries, but still!

*tries to do a super evil laugh, but coughs mid-way*

Goodness you are evil! And here I thought Jo was so nice!

I know what you mean about slow though. That's the flaw of play by post, sigh. I miss old school tabletop! You get things done. Plus I always had my lucky dice.

Oh no, I was just teasing, haha, I'm terrible at being evil. In fact, I've recently joined an evil game where players are private messaging me to TEACH me how to "properly" be evil, because apparently I'm too nice, and everyone can tell I'm easy pickings, haha.

I don't like being evil, and I'm terrible at it in RL and in gaming. I just do my best to shake things up a bit in the OOC :) In the back of my mind, I'm thinking things like "Ooh, Simon must be a really nice person, I'd love to be on his team!" but in the OOC, I try to act feisty :P

And I meant "slow-play" not in terms of the game, just in terms of my world domination, haha, my fault!

I do the same thing as a GM, and try to play through good NPCs. Fortunately, my PCs also enjoy it. :)


I could never play an evil game, I just wouldn't like my PC and couldn't enjoy the campaign if I can't expect a happy ending. And it would be dull. Of evil or dark characters, I prefer those who've been redeemed or reformed. That's a more interesting story.

Good to know Josephine. I find it interesting that Vampires are not Damned. Perhaps because they are unintentionally becoming vampires? That would be intriguing to explore IC, the whys of it I mean.

Lol, no worries Jo! I knew you were being feisty and rather enjoyed the banter ;P

Yeah, I'm pretty bad at being evil too. When NPCing bad guys I try to make them bad but I always tend to make them similar. Got to work on that. I've been writing a couple of stories and the villains are the hardest part. You have to avoid the  monologing megalomaniac stereotypical archetype found in so many films and books. I love the villain in The Incredibles when he said, "You've got me monologing!" So funny.

I know what you mean Penny. I very much prefer happy endings. Sometimes I will deal with dark endings when the storyline is good enough but overall I do want things to end well.

And Simon yes, vampires are quite different in Supernatural. I will have to get deeper into it for sure. One of my favorite episodes on the show was when Sam beheaded one of the vamps with a piano wire. Pretty awesome stuff.

I give all NPCs, even villains and mooks, their own motives, needs, and stories, and have them act accordingly. Some run, some surrender, some switch sides or fight to the death. Good villains don't know they're villains. I swear, my PCs now try to save all the bad guys and take them prisoner, just to hear their stories or see if they might be friendly. Which works well when they're the kind to trick and corrupt via conversation and persuasion...


I still remember the barbed wire. Erk. The series seems less grisly now.

I need to work on that. Practice makes perfect right?

Oh yeah, I think it was barbed wire wasn't it? You're right it does seem less violent now, probably because they are dealing with angels and demons so much versus other things. I'll never forget the episode with that haunted hotel thingy where that guy fell down the stairs and his head twisted around backward and broke his neck and his mouth was opening and closing cause he was still alive somehow. That actually upset me at the time so much I had to pause it and freak out a bit. Unfortunately I'm getting a bit desensitized now. I blame the walking dead, that show will harden anyone. I think the reason that scene upset me so much is because I just felt really bad for the poor guy. Some things still get to me and if there is ever an animal involved, forget about it, not ok. I can't watch that stuff. So I still have a little bit of my humanity left right? Right...?

Has anyone ever seen the Killing? It's a completely wonderful amazing show but it is so gritty and depressing that it can really bring you down if you're not careful. It's always raining in it too since it takes place in Seattle and no one ever smiles either, surprising how that can wear on you when there's so little humor to break it up. The last season was so bad we actually had to take a break from dark shows and we watched Muppet Treasure Island. I think balance is important with entertainment sometimes. That's why I love big bang theory, just good old fashioned geeky laughs.

I couldn't watch the Valentine's / Horseman of Famine episode. D:

Yeah, I tend to balance my viewing, preferring something light and simple when I'm stressed or to follow something very intense or complicated. I also try not to watch two series at the same time if they have a similar theme.

I only really watch 3 shows. I am watching AD the Bible continues right now, but it will end this week I think. I usually watch Sleepy Hallow, Gotham, and Criminal Minds. I sit through Survivor for my Husband's sake. FYI new people I am a woman "cross dressing" as a man here.

That episode was awful! I won't watch it again. I also hated that witch episode where that lady's teeth fell out. Way too many nightmares like that. Yeah...I forgot how bad that show used to be violence wise! Much tamer now.

Good idea Penny. I tend to watch several things all at once and since many of them get pretty gritty it can make for heavy entertainment. Thank heavens for Iron Chef America and things like that. We've been re watching Firefly lately and it's been so wonderful. It's almost more depressing than the dark stuff I like though because it's so tragic to have been cancelled. Sigh.

I've been meaning to start Sleepy Hollow sometime, it's on my list for sure.

The killing? Sounds awful!

Lol, well it kind of is but it has some of the best, most complex interesting characters I've seen. It's about two cops in Seattle and the first two seasons I believe are about a single murder. It shows the point of view of the family too and all their reactions throughout the whole thing. Incredibly well acted (albeit depressing). The main cop woman really breaks the whole sexy high heeled wearing tough talking cop woman stereotype that drives me batty. I hate how all female cops are depicted the same, not so with her. She wears no makeup, big outdated sweaters, jeans and has her hair in a constant ponytail. She's pretty plain actually and she makes terrible life choices and is emotionally a wreck. She's very quiet and thoughtful without all the stupid cop cliche lines and in spite of all her flaws she's a great cop. Shes paired with a trashy loveable gangster type guy who is hilarious at times but also a jerk at times, their interactions are really unexpected. I just love how unconventional the show is. One episode in particular has literally the best acting I've ever seen in anything in the history of ever. So for these reasons I love the show. Funnily enough it has a happy ending too, which I never expected.

The power supply in my computer has died, so I'm going to busy and have a hard time updating for a while.

No problem, my availability will be pretty crappy until monday anyway as I have a ton of stuff to do to get ready for floor installation next week. I'll see what I can do here and there though but take your time and no rush! Sorry to hear your comp crapped out, that always sucks.

Okay.

Fortunately, I found a better replacement PSU in a junker PC and, after a day of rebuilding and research, I think I'm back in action. So tired though.

Glad to hear it! That's impressive that you can fix it all yourself. I myself am terrible with technology. I'm really lucky that my husband is in IT and quite good at what he does. It assures me that at least I'll always have internet going. Now if I could get him to be handy around the house that would be perfect. Unfortunately he seems a bit lacking in those skills... I'm going to have to learn them myself, sigh. Thank heavens for Youtube! You can learn a lot on there.

I didn't actually know how before I started, though I'm familiar with other aspects of computers. I just decided I would try and it was doable, did some research online, checked that everything worked and was compatible, and carefully worked through it. I'm feeling rather satisfied, too: I dealt with it calmly, got it done myself, learned some new skills, fixed some other problems, cleaned the house of old computer components, and got a few scavenged upgrades.

My family are always so paranoid about computers, so I have to fix and set everything up. I don't have any special knack or training, I just don't get upset, I take the time to look and learn what I can, and have a go at solving problems myself, which is the best way to get a handle on computers.

I like to think of it as modern home handyman skills. :) I can't fix a tap (especially as my father would never teach me) but I can fix a computer or set up an entertainment system.


That's it, Penny really needs a faithful black dog / hellhound companion. It could be her sniffer dog, guardian, mount... :D Juliet is apparently the size of a pony, so riding it seems feasible.
http://www.supernaturalwiki.co....php?title=Hellhound
http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Hellhound


Also, invisible hellhounds. Supernatural can be so cheap with its SFX. :)
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See that's really impressive! People who try actually get places in life (not that I am always the best at trying new things...) My husband would like you because he says so many users aren't willing to learn anything and a lot of the times the solution is simple and even when he explains it they don't want to try it. I myself am pretty wretched at computers so I kind of take his expertise for granted sometimes. One of our favorite shows is the IT crowd. It is soooooooo funny and has very little to do with computers so anyone could appreciate it. There's even a hilarious episode about roleplaying that cracks me up every time.
http://img.memecdn.com/More-li...e-of-sex_c_90782.jpg

I know what you mean about handy skills dying out and computer skills replacing them. Definitely seems to be the case! Funnily enough a lot of women are kind of taking over the handy skills these days because they are often so involved in remodeling their house that they do a lot of it themselves.

And yes, I do love hellhounds. Scary stuff but when they are on your side it's a different story ;P

Your link looks dangerous, what, with the word "sex" being one of the only completed words in the link :P

Don't worry, it's safe-for-work. :)

Oh I know that, I instantly clicked it, haha. I was just teasing Artemis, since "sex" was the only full word that appeared on the link :P

Lol! Sorry didn't even think of it!

:P Still love you, of course :)

Yeah, I noticed too and had to think about it. :P

And there, at last, inspired by events in game, I finished my tie-in to The Hound of the Baskervilles:
https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/html/houn.html

Very nice! Well written :)

Thanks. That and research the hellhound gave me some good ideas for Penny's background. :)

Long day may not post.

And the slow destruction and murdering of Father Simon Cole begins...

Glad to finally be in a thread with others! :)

We meet at last!

I figured it would be fun to try the Sherlock Holmes party trick on you. :)

Sorry friends, very busy.

Question, how late in 1890 are we?

Around 4 pm :P :P

Lol, smarty pants.

It is feb/early March or so in 1890 I believe. Current time is 1:17 a.m.   ;p

Heheh :P

Next week I have both an MRI and a Job interview on Wednesday. The interview is first. Its my first interview in 2 years. I would appreciate your wishes of luck and prayers on both fronts. Thanks my friends.

Good luck, and good luck!

You'll do fine, and be fine!

Absolutely! I hope everything goes wonderfully for you!

Wish I could help you with diplomacy here, as that's my specialty, but Jo hasn't the faintest idea where the conversation has gone, haha.

Good luck!

Given my situation today, I will not be likely to post. My interview went wonderfully, but I am always wondering if I got the job or not. I don't know yet. We will see.

Ok guys, I'm fairly new to the system, but I read up on aiding another with skills, and it seems like if I roll a 10 on a diplomacy check, I can help Simon out with his dealing with the woman.

The thing is, my character is BUILT around diplomacy, and sure enough when I rolled my check, I rolled a 40. I'm not sure if I should take Jo in a different direction, and step in to do the diplomacy herself, and have Simon help her (a 42 would be one heck of a success, I'd think, right?) or if I should stay in the background and continue aiding another.

Help? Tips? I REALLY don't want to step on Father Simon's toes, if that can be avoided.
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That being said, Josephine spoke to you in private, not in the open. Just to be clear. If you want to run away from me when I approach you, that's an option however :)

Simon would not allow her to be in total privacy with him. Remember he is an Orthodox Priest who has chosen the woman he will marry. being totally alone with any other woman is just not something he will allow. Sorry.

If you are a total Diplomacy build out, then I would suggest you accompany Simon and just make the roll. Let the GM decide whose roll is used to "aid another." Simon often falls into the aid another roll, so I am good with him in that role here, though Emma specifically requested to see only him. I am not making an exception to the above, so if Jo doesn't come with him he will take some random person from the group, probably Victoria, as a chaperon.

So Simon is never alone? At all?

Alright, in that case, I suppose Josephine wouldn't be able to walk towards him and speak to him privately. I just didn't expect that level of... I don't know what to call it.

So I guess I'll keep Jo out of his hair then, no worries! I'm sure she'll find other ways to contribute in the future. Thanks for the input!

Edited my in-game post to reflect the changes I've discovered here.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:42, Thu 16 July 2015.

Simon is alone at times. Lets say she came to the door of the closet he uses as a sleeping quarters. He would gladly speak with her, either in the hallway or perhaps in the confines of a confession. A confessional closet has a physical wall between them and that might provide her with what she is looking for. He would of course expect to take her confession as well. ;)

So, shall Simon take her confession? If so would you care to actually R/P it out?

If Simon slept in a closet, Jo would probably just come over, bang on it softly, get his attention, and start speaking.

Unless he shouted, "AIYEEE!" and sprinted out of there, she'd already have gotten her tips out.

Still, since you seem to want that to be impossible, I've already adjusted my post. Its not a big deal.

:-)

Just considerate of Lily, that's all.

Sure.

Crazy day unexpectedly. My apologies! I shall post on Monday.

Nope, too late, I'm picturing Mark Sheppard as Badger in Firefly. :D

Ha! I confess that is who I imagined while describing him. Just re watched that lovely show so couldn't help it. Also saw him in Leverage recently, gotta love Mark Sheppard!

Also, I am going to post for Penny real quick because of the time difference and that way you won't have to wait another day for me but the other two will get their posts later today. I have some unexpected stress that has me really on edge and I got very little sleep and though I will try to nap I doubt I'll get much more. Still gotta try though! ;P
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Oh, don't worry about me. I post when I have time, but don't mind waiting. With a one-on-one conversation going, I tried to squeeze out an extra line to speed it up.

I hope there's nothing going terribly wrong. Take it easy.

*Shoulder massages Artemis*

Just remember, everything gets better... as long as you grant Josephine diceroll bonuses all the time...

lol, I'll remember that Jo.... ;P

Thanks Penny! Yeah, my neighbors ran some teens off my property twice now and they seemed like they were going to break in so I'm kinda freaked out. I'm home alone all day and the fact that they are targeting my house specifically makes me edgy. I have a split level house so it's far too easy to break into. I just bought a heavy metal pipe and some mace and a guy is coming in to go over security systems tomorrow but I slept like crap and it's been throwing my schedule off majorly which I despise. I left a no trespassing sign and a semi snarky note on the fence for them in the meantime but I'm pretty paranoid. Maybe it's just dumb kids but a break in is a break in no matter how old they are and frankly I don't trust teenagers these days. At least the police station is only three blocks away...

So that said I may not have a chance to post today, my utmost apologies! All my subsequent errands and lack of sleep have thrown me off.

Something one of my girlfriends did in a similar situation, was she purchased a black gun (a children's toy) and cut the orange nose off. She waved it around when she saw some kids trying to break into her garage, and they freaked out, running off. It made her feel better, because it wasn't actually dangerous, so it didn't raise her chances of getting into trouble, but it sure scared those punks off, haha :)

Ha! I bet they had a good story to tell too!
That's a hilarious idea!
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I am a total gunchick! I have 5 of my own, and 12 in our house.

I see I have some reading to do! Kate should be ready to return in a week or so. Just whenever the GM can fit me back into the story :)

Hurray!!! Well, I already knew you were coming back but that does not diminish my excitement! :D

Hooray! Penny's been raising hell to get you back. ;)


Well, I hope you're safe, GM, and don't let anyone worry you.

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Yeah, I'm pretty excited about Kate coming back. It looks like I won't have to wait so long to reveal my plans after all ;P

She meant that literally! She raised a hellhound.

Have to cover at my old work today so no post today. Getting security system tomorrow morning too so may post a bit later tomorrow as I have to prep for that though I'll try to do what I can earlier. Thanks!

So Simon, are you giving us our privacy?

I'm sure he will, Simon's a very respectful character ;P You can just go ahead and post accordingly and then if for some reason Simon deems to stick around we can adjust it but this way it saves time :)

I made up the stuff about hellhounds tracking by soul. It seems reasonable for what they do, interesting and different, and it matches the series lore about ghosts being attached to personal items. It doesn't seem to contradict anything about hellhounds in the series, and shouldn't change the process of tracking at all. But if it's a problem, I can drop it.

I think it's perfect! Some of the lore isn't explained all that well and there's room for tweaking like I did with Crowley's deal for a soul. If it fits it fits right?

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Diplomacy_Skill

That is an exert from the Wiki on the specific skill. Note the time constraints to use it.

I think (but not my character so merely suggestion) a better to use here would be to Bluff for a feint, that would drop her AC by negating her dodge bonus.

=-D

No, in d20 modern, a negotiator can spend a full round to talk somebody down, with a DC of 10 + class level + charisma, which is what she's doing.

I'm not dropping her AC to get her hit, and I'm not even fully sold on "which" side is better to join!

DoH (Simpsons). Your right! Bravo, wonderful tactic.

Haha I use to love the simpsons :)

Yay, I DO have evasion!

*Dances in celebration*

Uhhuh, ooh yea, got me some evasion. Mmmhmm, shake that butt, wiggle all around!

*Continues dancing*

For this to work, Josephine, you'll need to roll Bluff for innuendo and we will need to roll sense motive to "get you."

Ok, I rolled a 30 for bluff.

Is there any way I can also "aid another" or something similar, since I'm, in effect, working with you guys, and I'm sort of a master of these things? (Mechanics wise. I don't want to cheat the system, but it'd be hilarious to see high level negotiators unable to send secret messages)

OK I misread it.



What it is saying is you make a roll, DC 20 and we understand your message. If the NPC makes a DC 30 Sense Motive check then the jig is up.

Oh ok, awesome.

So message was delivered properly, no matter what, the only downside being if the NPC somehow rolls a 30, they NOTICE the message?

Yup-o

Sweet! Let's send tons of cool messages like Josephine slowly sending the entire trilogy of Star Wars through thousands of covert messages. That way, if the enemy catches on, they'll only be able to complain, not understand.

"What do you mean these aren't the droids you're looking for?"

I love it when my players do all my research for me :D

And that would be awesome Jo!

While I'm thinking about it I may as well give you a head's up that the next month and a half I will be decreasingly available. I'm covering for vacations at my old job and when I have the early shift it throws me off. There's plenty of times I will be able to post real quick but next week for instance could be rough. I may be able to do some next weekend though, we'll play it by ear. Oh well, gotta pay for that kidney stone somehow! ;P

Okey-doke.

"I shall call on 90 degrees! The Acutes and obtuses! I shall even summon the 135 degree monstrosity of old!

:P Heeehee, had to tease :P

It was actually a reference to Isaiah 37:36

36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead.

There are parallels to Elijah 2nd Kings 6:16 and 17

16 So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." 17 Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 18When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Strike this people with blindness, I pray." So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.…
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Seriously can you imagine being that poor servant. One second your alone with this old man who keeps babbling about God and Angels and the next second...BAM...you've got an army of fire. Kind of makes me shiver.

Haha, I know, I was teasing you more about using the word "angles" instead of "angels", which is why I made references to obtuse and acute angles :P

*Face Palm*

I blame auto-spell correct. Yea that's it.

Haha, no worries :) I just wanted to have a little fun with you :)

Actually, you'd want an angle of no more than 120° if you want to summon a Hound of Tindalos. And I believe a certain irrational-valued angle somewhere between 90° and 120° will open the way to the city of the Elder Things.

I think Simon inadvertently outed himself as a cultist of Azathoth.

;)

Okay, I'm referring to Lovecraftian horror and the Cthulhu Mythos.

I have read some Lovecraft, and enjoyed it, but it has been more than a decade.

I've read a handful of his stuff and loved it!

I'm currently watching a documentary on freemasons and there's a theory linking them to Jack the Ripper. So interesting!

I'm watching Monster Quest. Ep 3 about the giant squid is AWESOME!

Pardon the ignorance, but what is Monster Quest?

In reply to Josephine Hartley (msg # 207):

TV show from History channel. I found it on netflix. Basically cryptozoologists hunting things like Bigfoot or giant squids. Fun and interesting.

Oh cool, if that's still on netflix, I'll start watching it.

Thanks!

In reply to Josephine Hartley (msg # 209):

Episode 3 is the best in season1.

Excellent!

Hello Monster Quest, goodbye social life :P

I have opened a d20 modern Horror game and am seeking players:

link to another game

If interested please apply.

So it looks like I have to cover for work tomorrow due to illness so I might not get to post after all though I will give it a shot! So sorry about all this:(

No problems. Take Your Time.

Thanks!

On another note, I just heard that a bunch of Australian firefighters are coming to the pacific northwest to help with the raging wildfires. It's crazy bad. The smoke is even where I am and it's miles away from the actual fires. Scary stuff, the air stinks and it's really creepy. I'm very grateful for their assistance! Especially since they are used to such conditions whereas we are not. Plus, you know...Australian firefighters. Who wouldn't love those? ;P

Oh my! Accent and muscles? I may have to take a trip just to ogle.

Yup, that's my thinking exactly. Can't think of a better kind of firefighter ;P

Guess who got a new portrait!

Woo hoo! I think one day I'm going to have to color that thing so it stands out a bit more. I'm quite flattered you chose it!

09:07, Today: Father Simon Cole rolled 21 using 1d20+10.  K: Arcane Lore.
09:07, Today: Father Simon Cole rolled 10 using 1d20+4.  K: History.

We're going to the Winchester Mystery House? :)

Bingo! ;) I've been looking forward to this for ages.

Lucky! I've always wanted to go to the Winchester Mystery house. Kate will miss out on all the fun :(

We have to rescue you first then.

Yup! Definitely my idea as well. Can't have Kate missing a fun trip like that!

I personally love the winchester mystery house. I got to go for my anniversary a few years back and I liked it even more than Disney Land, which I had never been to either. But then I like creepy stuff a lot more than theme parks. Was a great anniversary, we even hit up Vegas and got to see Phantom of the Opera. Good times. But yeah, we paid extra for the Winchester tour and got to go in the creepy basement and everything. Loved it!

Stephen Amell says that if Kanya West runs for pres, he will run for PM of Canada. Even with their terrible bacon I will consider moving there if Arrow is their PM.

What, even after his disastrous handling of the League of Assassins in Season 3?


I've only heard of the Mystery House through Mythbusters and Ghost Hunters, and then looking it up online.

Some ideas:
* The house was designed to be a labyrinth and imprisons a minotaur.
* Like Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch House", certain weird angles between ceilings and walls open portals to non-Euclidean realms of Elder Things.
* It's bigger on the inside and is actually a TARDIS (I really should have done this for my Who game, where the TARDIS was a haunted house.)

Yes, even heroes fail. Did he learn from his failure or did he just go out and rename a mountain?

He went ahead and joined them, so no, he didn't learn. I'd want a PM who's tough on supervillains. :)




I'm not sure what you mean. Was it this line: "She answered Simon 'I can: magic. Time is of the essence. Mr Castiel might spirit us there in the blink of an eye.'" I didn't give any particular tone to that, only that she hopes Castiel can help. Penny likes Castiel, though it's hard to be in awe after he visited her in the shower (and Castiel isn't the sort to provoke awe anyway).

I guess I got the wrong impression. It seemed that Penny was not happy with Castiel. Edit on the way.

Got edit up.

Okay, thanks.

Better?

Yes, that's just fine.

Cool.

Yeah, there's tons of stuff one could do with the Winchester house. It's a huge labyrinth and it's supposed to be really haunted. I just adore the thing.

LOL after this, Lily is going to think Josephine is a professional fighter, and throw her in the ring with bad monsters, where her dice luck will leave her, and it will become death for Jo time, haha.

Lol! You never know ;P Though I'm sure she'd always come and save you.

Investment completed :P

OMG the GM is tricking me into draining my good luck now! I'm doomed in the future!

Mwahahahahaha!

NoOoOoOoO!

Soooooo...

At this juncture, Colin's Irish luck and dexterity have kept him clean in a fist fist with a demon. Now his prise and cocksure attitude will keep him in it. Lord, please help him.

Yeah, he is gonna need it, lol. The dice roller will be cruel to me for only so long...

*Pays the diceroller off again*

Guys! We're running out of money here!

Being honest, Penny needs a confession. That feeling she has, confessing helps.

Atavistic horror at the crimes of her ancestors? I don't see what she herself has to confess.

Confession isn't just telling what you have done wrong. It is about talking through things. Priests are really as much psychologists and bar tenders as spiritual advisers. I am not saying she has sins to confess. I am saying she needs to talk to someone about this. =-)

Not even necessarily Simon. Penny tends to keep things close to the vest. She might feel better to confess or talk about what is troubling her.

Can you guys suggest supplies?

I'll be glad to, but err, for what?

Well, for an expedition into the interior, we'd need weapons, several weeks' food, tents, tools, machetes, medical supplies, a team of porters and native guides, plus an elephant. :)

Apart from our weapons and usual equipment, I can't think what we might need, not knowing what we might run into. Maybe some money minted at around the time, and 1863 British almanac, and a history book or newspaper for the time. It could be useful to know the weather, events, etc. in advance, or we can just cheat on horse-races. :D


This could be awkward when we find out who Penny's mother is... ;)


Unfortunately, Penny and Simon aren't yet back to the level of being able to share stuff easily. I've suggested before that they speak on some matters, like Castiel, but the nature of the campaign at this point means we don't get much of a chance. TBH, brooding privately on our issues until they become major problems is something of a theme in the Supernatural series. :)

I apologize! I didn't mean to rush you through too fast! Take as much time to talk as you like or feel free to use that conversation thread on here somewhere

I understand. Simon would not intrude on Penny's space as it were but rather would wait for her to ask him to talk. That was my reasoning for bringing it up here. In any event pack for an English summer then yes?

More like Spring ;P

Its actually an expression. Packing for an English Summer means to Pack for any sort of weather. Its from the era when England controlled most of the world, so Summer in England meant Winter in one of its colonies.

Oh! Lol, well I feel silly! Better educated now, but silly! ;P

By the way in case I forget, I have the early shift on monday so I likely won't get to post. The rest of the time I will probably be able to do as I have been though. Thanks!

I just figured you meant we should expect rain. :)

LOL

Well sure, that goes without saying, it is England after all.

I picture Simon almost choking on his words. He would never be so presumptuous as to demand an audience with a Messenger of God. It would be comical, in fact. Feel free to use that.

Characters pray to him in the series, kind of like telephoning, I think mainly for the humour. :)

Ah well...interesting.

We were at the brownstone, which I imagine doesn't have a chapel. We could move along to the Men of Letters base.

Jo can tag along if she wants to get to know Penny and Simon, though I imagine it might get cramped in the confessional. :)

Well if Jo is there, another room would be fine. Otherwise yes MoL HQ.

Wait, it started raining and Simon choked on his words?

Is he a turkey?

:P

LMFAO! Your funny.

:P

I try, haha.

Oh my....*fans self*...Castiel is very handsome. I can see why Penny would be smitten.

I thought you would like him! ;P

Yes, Castiel is crazy good looking but then practically every guy on that show is. Hence there are so many female fans >:D

There's a lady at work who really likes the show too and she did me a favor by squeezing in a patient so I drew her a picture of Sam and Dean in the Impala as hamsters with a piece of pie for Dean and a plate of fruit for Sam. Why hamsters? I used to work in a petstore and the little demons have left an impact on me ever since. I am known for my hamster doodles. Plus it's a lot easier to draw hamsters then it is people. But anyway we both enjoy the show thoroughly and she keeps me posted when characters I love die since I am a season behind.

As part of my morning workout I watch an episode of Twilight Zone (original run) while walking on tread mill, sometimes two if I am in the mood for more activity. This morning I watched "The Silence." Even though I had the ending figured out early on it was still a fun thing to watch. Maybe I had seen it before or something. Anyway my favorite episode is "Night of the Meek" about a wino who wishes he could be Santa so that he can give presents to the poor kids on skid row. He gets his wish and I always cry when I watch it.

I love the original twilight zone!! I saw the santa one, that was really sweet. Was the silence about that guy with the bet that he wouldn't talk for a year or whatever? That was upsetting. I'm on the second season right now though I used to watch it at my grandparents as a kid and loved them. I would watch them every day if I could but my husband is making me wait for him. Grrrrrr.

Yes that is the one exactly. In a glass room for a year without making a sound. Like I said I had the ending figured, probably because I had seen it before. I watched them with my dad, who watched them with his own grandmother in their first run. She called them (along with The Outer Limits) her "Boogery Movies" and he passed along the love to me and my siblings.

I keep watching but I skip the ones I have seen very often or remember immediately. Changing subjects, did I do Simon's reaction to Castiel justice?

Absolutely! Perfect in fact!

I figured Penny would be. :)


I now really have to see a hamster Penny. :D


I've seen a little old and new (now old) Twilight Zone, but I really wish I could see more. Some episodes still give me the creeps. Before my time, unfortunately, and for all the new channels, repeats of classic shows are still scarce. (I'm currently watching my way through Thunderbirds. :D )

The original run is available on Netflx, if you can get that now.

Yes, you figured right Penny. I can't think of many women who wouldn't appreciate that man's looks. I've always thought Benny was good looking too, and naturally the Winchesters go without saying, and their dad. Well shucks, just about everyone on that show is disgustingly attractive. Pssssh.

Alright then, I shall do a group hamster portrait in the near future ;P Note, it is extremely simple doodling so don't expect anything fancy. It's just something I like to joke around with, takes me about three minutes. I used to have to take care of them at the petstore and after being bitten a couple times, picking up their poo and cleaning up their headless cannibalized bodies (hamsters are wicked things!) I found myself a tad mentally scarred. Ever since then they are my doodle of choice.

Go watch the show Banshee if you like a bit more 'rough' looking men. Otherwise, just about every man on Supernatural is attractive enough to work (except Sam... I don't get that emo-ish look at all, personally).

Sam did have a good season though where he started working out. That wasn't bad.

I shall have to check it out as I do prefer my men rugged :D

And yeah, Sam is good looking but more so without his shirt, he had to grow on me before I found him attractive. I am a huge Dean fan but even I have to admit that he's got nothin on Sam when it comes to muscles.

mmmmmmmmm

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I too will need to check this out.

Lol, I feel sorry for the men here, this game is clearly quite populated with women >:D But then what's wrong with that? ;P

I'm a big fan of the pie. It always looks good. ;) lol

Lol! I completely agree! There's a town about forty minutes away from us full of orchards and farms and the like. We go there sometimes during fruit season. With the creepy orchards and the local pie stands and bakeries it feels just like that Scarecrow episode. I love it :D And the bakery is amazing, free samples of all the cookies! Yay!

Ah, hot men and good food, my two favorite subjects ;P

I think the handsome guys has been the show's drawcard. As a straight man, I can note these facts objectively. :)

Me, I adore Charlie. :D

I am a bit older than our GM, so my tastes run to men with some grey hair. =-D I can appreciate the handsomeness of a younger man, but it feels strange to me to look at younger men and think of how sexy they are.

And I just love Penny. :D

Also, are we all going to get tatts? I think anti-possession amulets were used at first, though the tattoos are more reliable. Can we get the designs customised?

If so, I think Penny's going to have to get a tramp-stamp on her butt.

(Face Palm) My daughters are bugging me for permission to get those. "Over my dead body" was my exact answer.

I love charlie too!!

And yes for the tattoos unless you prefer the amulet. I just find it fun, plus there were plenty of tattoos back then:)

And Jo, feel free to insist upon the inner thigh if you wanted. Marcus just chickened out;p

Oh, well in that case, Jo would insist, just to playfully pressure him. She'd probably say "be careful, Lily's watching you" too, sticking her tongue out, but considering I nearly critically failed my pain save, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna end up dead or unconscious.

Okay, how about something like this:
http://www.newmoon.uk.com/ritual/lunarpentsmall.jpg
Merging the so-called Seal of Solomon pentacle (the key part of the anti-possession symbol/devil's trap, it seems), with a moon symbol (rather than a sun) and the Celtic triple spiral, in a Celtic knotwork style. That nicely suits Penny's heritage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_spiral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskelion

Jo, I laughed so much at your predicament that my husband thought I was nuts! It really makes me laugh that she's trying to be flirty and then gets such a low roll. Hahahahahahahaha!!!!


And absolutely Penny! Pretty design! A pity so few will see it considering it's future location, lol.

I actually thought Lily was a Wendigo Hunter, like Penny thought her a Berserker. It fits, especially since the first time Simon/I encountered this phenomenon was when she tore the wendigo apart in central park.

That makes sense! Well that would have been really neat! Too bad I'd never heard of them until now. Wendigo yes, wendigo hunters no. I'm going to have to do more research now because that's crazy interesting!

Actually, since I found something nice and flavourful, I think I'll put it somewhere more elegant on Penny. A shoulder blade maybe. The extra layers of clothing at the time keep tattoos well hidden wherever they are.


A wendigo hunter is a perfect fit!

*Shrug* its the way of Jo's life, I suppose.

Play harmless games of hide and seek? Natural 20!

Monsters trying to kill her? Natural 1!

:P Its why she's so spunky. She can get through anything... she's seen it all!

I may not get a chance to post much today but I will try!

Wait...

are you trying to say you have a life?!?!?! How dare you!??! Oh my goodness, you can't have a life! The game IS your life! Get back in here and post!


:P

Lol! Oops! Too late!

Trust me, I would have rather been posting! I was attempting to change out a car part on my own and though it was a simple job (it would have to be if I were doing it) the stupid electrical connector took almost two hours and a hair dryer to get it out. Stupid thing was stuck like a mofo >:| But I got it and now my heat/ac blower works so yay!

Look, I've been meaning to tell you this: just duct taping a hair dryer to your car doesn't mean the heater works.

Sorry :( Should've said something sooner :P

That really made me laugh!

I love the drawings. :)

Yay! I'm so glad, thanks!

I think Penny and Simon decided it was better to have Emma with them so that could (and kill if necessary) her rather then leave her alone in 1890.

Did we need her for anything?

Not that you know of. I imagine she could be useful but she isn't really necessary for this like she is for obtaining the ring of Solomon. You will have Castiel with you so that helps. Just let me know :)

As long as she's well guarded in 1890, I think she's better off there. We'll have a hard time doing what we need to do and keeping an eye on her at the same time. Meeting people, with Emma tied up in tow, will be very awkward.

Sure I understand. Question: why is it that evil seems uninterested in Boston? At least there Simon would know his way around and best off all...cream pies. mmmmm

Mmmmmm! Boston cream pies!!!

And okie dokie Penny! You shall be Emma-less!

Simon's parents are bakers...so there would be unlimited treats. =-)

Ooooooh! Lily is a lucky woman!

Unless she picks Josephine, then "No Treats For You."

Lol! I suppose some would find Jo tempting too though because she could get her unlimited alcohol but honestly baked items are sooooooo much more tempting. Jo will have to find another means of tempting her. Hm...what was pub food like back then? If they had french fries and hamburgers like we do now that would be quite a battle! ;P
She would probably just play you both and have it all, mwhahahahahahahaha!!

Here's the kicker: Jo is OK with Lily dipping her hands in both pots, so I think in the long run, Jo wins :P

Oh, also, Artemis, we're going to have to demand full pictures of our new outfits. I, for one, have no idea what we look like, so I guess *sigh* you'll have to draw all day and night for us, again...

:P

*crosses fingers*

And dangit Penny, causing our Fort saves!

Sorry!

Here you go, Jo. Presumably we're in huge crinoline skirts. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860s_in_Western_fashion

This site could be pretty useful: every myth and legend of Dartmoor, including maps of supernatural landmarks, hauntings, and fairy sightings.
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/index.htm

For example, the talking ghost pigs of Merripit Hill: :)
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/merri_pig.htm

Oh Lord, Jo isn't going to wear anything like that.

She'd kill someone who tried to make her, haha. I hope the 1800s are prepared for jeans! :P

Err, I mean those links didn't work. I guess Artemis will have to draw us more pictures!

Oh no you don't Penny!

You failed your initial fort roll, and after Josephine becoming world famous for her screams of agony, you're sticking with those! :P

As we found with Kate, no, the 1800s are not prepared for jeans. Though you can join Penny in her cross-dressing scandals back in 1890. :)

Also, this is the time when tight-laced corsets reached their narrowest. :o

We'll just have to dress more lower-middle class.

Jo would probably rebel at corsets too, but it wouldn't be IMPOSSIBLE (only like a +40 diplomacy mod needed :P).

I honestly just don't know how else she would dress. Not sure. Maybe a skirt or something, that I think would pass. With leggings underneath just in case

Pretty much all of that made me laugh ;)

And I'm always happy to draw for folks Jo! I love to draw but I run out of ideas so I tend to use rpol stuff as a chance to practice. I just didn't want to get annoying and post too much or make you guys think I didn't have a life!

Ooh, ooh, draw Josephine and Lily, with Jo having a grumpy face, and Lily helping her change into 1800s clothing!

Haha, I think that'd be awesome!

If you do that, Josephine will be grudgingly willing to wear the clothes :P

Simon and Lily first kiss.

Yea, read what I quoted. He got it right the SECOND time :P

It really isn't that funny anymore, sorry.

Maybe not to you, but don't be a party-pooper for those of us that want to have fun.

:)

I do take requests so when I get a chance I will draw almost anything you want;p

And Jo, I was thinking Marcus might be a fun distraction for you considering Lily is otherwise spoken for...he's certainly already gotten past formalities considering the tattoo;)

I dunno... Lily's just so darned cute! And our skills really compliment one another so well!

Plus, I know she's got my back, haha.

May not get to post today as I will be off at an apple orchard getting pie! Yay! The whole area is uncannily like the scarecrow episode and therefore we will think of it as field work for further inspiration...see I'm actually doing this for the good of the game! ;p

I may be able to post tomorrow though at least.

No worries, I think I've got us talking for a while. Sorry for the delay; partly I figured Penny would in the circumstances, and partly I needed to stall for time to research. :)

Dang-it Jim Simon is a priest not a psychologist...oh wait he is both. Penny why don't you just lie down on this nice couch and we can have a chat about your mommy.

Lol, I feel like Jo from Supernatural. In certain episodes: background character should disappear :)

I'm here, reading, but I'm being quiet and letting ya'll have your scenes. Don't worry.

Hey, don't be shy, talk away. Penny's talking to everyone, not just Simon.


Simon, I think it will be more about her daddy.

No, not Freudian psychology!

Haha, I know, I just don't have much to say. Just wanted to let ya'll know I'm still around. Josephine isn't exactly from this time, place, and doesn't have any links to anybody, so I'm alright with being a 'token character' from an episode for a bit.

And no psychology! That's smart stuff, and Jo will be having none of that, lol.

I've been in a few token or background character roles, and gotten used to using it subtle ways, like nudging forward conversations by asking ordinary questions or saying something dumb. Like Jo could supply the obvious answer, and I continue on (I just didn't want to make a wall of text unbidden). Sometimes, you can be in the background for ages, then suddenly step in and save the day.

It is very Penny-centric at the moment, but I don't know what Artemis has planned for me. Maybe next time we'll discover Jo is a werecat or something.

Hey, is Jo any good with babies?

Jo is extremely similar to Jo on Supernatural, if that answers that :P

I watched The Awakening last night, a neat ghost story. The heroine reminded me a lot of Penny. I recommend, good story and creepy.

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it.

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I had a side idea to take care of, which got rather long. I'll update Penny at the village later. Otherwise, you can visit her at the bottom of the cave.

I liked what you wrote. It was very well written.

Thanks, If you like, Simon can meet Penny, confront her, or something. I have an idea for Simon.

I was going to have him hang back. This "mother earth" stuff is fine in the context of the game and for Penny, but I would be uncomfortable playing it IC. Sorry to spoil.

No worries. I was going to have Penny ask Simon to baptise the idol, the idea being that some of the better old gods/spirits converted to Christianity, just as elements of pagan religions were adopted by the early missionaries.

*shrugs* Let me think about it. We can always retcon it.

Back to Character Conversations, perhaps?

If I decide that it is something I can handle, then sure. This is a sticky area for me. I beg patience.

Of course, it's nothing we need to do, nor soon.

Aha, Supernatural is back. Luckily I noticed it in the TV guide in time.

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So, Sam & Dean have ruined the world, again. It's getting to be a habit.

Also, I just thinking it was Sam's turn to be cursed and made monstrous, and bingo! There he is.

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Thanks I did not even realize it. =-)

What do you think? Penny might have to work very hard to make it seem as though Simon is in charge. LOL

Actually, I was going to have Penny recommend that Simon take the lead, just as I had her step back from decision making earlier. She's logical and knows her own mind well enough to know this is too close to home to handle unbiased and with a clear head, that she's emotionally compromised and will find it difficult to confront her own domineering father and break ingrained responses from childhood. Furthermore, her father would respond better to a man like Simon (not great, but better)

Plus, this will be such a Penny-centric part of the story. I didn't request it, I don't know what Artemis has planned. But to avoid crowding out you and Jo, I thought it best to have Penny formally step aside and let you two make the decisions. Not that Penny won't jump in if she has an idea or information.


Oh, and this is the source of Penny's current pseudonym: :D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...elope_Creighton-Ward
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Cd0xOHx7Q

New Dear Kitten, watch and enjoy

I actually have plans for them as well and obviously Kate has her own upcoming involvement :D

Ok, all jokes aside, I have absolutely no idea what we're doing in the game thread.

Do I just need to b.s. some random guy about something or other to get us in a door? Or is there something we're doing in particular?

Simon is hoping Jo will act as the "face" of the group. We need her to convince the butler and Penny's father that we are here to collect for the poor in the US. Its the "busy body" cover Penny talked about. We have pamphlets (at least Penny had some at some point). If it helps make things make sense she can talk about how the poor and mistreated natives are being ignored by other charities and the Church is here hoping to collect something from the wealthy of Britain to perhaps shame the wealthy of the US.

Ok.

Wait, I thought the guy we're trying to get at IS rich. We want to be open with this butler guy about our goal to shame the rich? Or is that just a 'ploy' as in 'what we're pretending to want to do'?

Its a ploy. Think about it as competing rich, you get this guy to want to give to shame the rich "over there" and show how much better their cousins across the pond are.

Ahh, ok. I'll try to post about that later tonight. I'm getting ready for an early shift today.

Penny's story in post #46 also involved a kind of lecture tour, claiming that Simon was here to give formal talks about missionary and charity work in America. He'd give a talk and a show, preach, exhibit Lily as a successfully converted and civilised native (I wish I could I say was joking), and ticket prices and donations would be collected to continue the work. I borrowed the idea from an old Sherlock Holmes TV series, so I presume it was done and what was not unusual. After all, they didn't have movies back then. :)

So I imagine you'd introduce yourselves, say what you intend, ask for the use of a hall for a night in which to give the talk, and hope to get invited to dinner. Meanwhile, encourage/shame businessmen and the gentry (any you meet here in the manor, in nearby villages and manors, and at the dinner and lecture) to buy tickets, attend, and donate. And that's all a cover for investigating and distracting from Penny and Ian exploring elsewhere.

Unless you think of something better, of course. The general idea would be get inside on some pretence, ask some pointed questions, and snoop around, as they do in Supernatural.

I assume Simon won't hide his collar and crucifix on principle, so all Penny's stories use the charity-work/philanthropy angle. And with three Americans together in England, there wasn't a lot else to go with.


I forgot to call up the hellhound to sniff out Kate earlier (in my defence, it was late and I'd spent the day babysitting, in which my niece screamed for two hours). Can I work that in retroactively during the night? Well away from Lily, Penny will summon Juliet, get her to identify Kate's location but not pursue, then let her run wild on the moor with the native black dogs. And hey, Crowley can thank Penny if she comes back with hell-puppies.

Concentration 9. Well, that's not good. I guess that's why Juliet ran wild on the moor?
15:26, Today: Penny Dreadful rolled 9 using 1d20+6. concentration.
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Lol! Yeah, we'll say you tried but she kind of just ran off for now. You can try again later of course though I'm sure she's having fun.

And thanks for clarifying stuff for Jo guys. I've been busy covering for work so I appreciate it. I will only be available a smidge until wednesday because of that though I should be able to post in the mornings.

No worries, I'm patient, even if Jo isn't. :p

I just finished the best documentary! I will probably watch it again soon I enjoyed it so much! It's called the poisoner's handbook and it is based off a book of that name I've been meaning to buy. It's all about the history of poison both intentional and accidental in New York in the 1920-1930s and the creation of medical forensics, toxicology and science as crime solving techniques. Pretty grisly and dark sometimes but just crazy amazing. It's on netflix. Also while I'm at it I recommend the book Will Storr vs the supernatural. Penny I think you in particular would like it. It's a man's attempts to find if there is any merit to ghosts and at times it's almost poetically written. As much as fiction has to offer I can honestly say I do prefer non fiction when it comes to books. The world is a fascinating place.

Ok, did my best. We'll see what happens.

Thanks, I'll keep any eye out for them. I'm not on Netflix, but it's finally come to Australia, so I'm considering it while waiting for a gap in regular television viewing. :)



That's the Stag Ballroom of Mar Lodge, Scotland. It is available for wedding receptions, of all things. :o I suppose they hold the stag parties there too. :)

I was looking for another, creepier antler room, but came across that instead.


Apparently I can't roll above 15 today.

One thing I have to say about our GM is that even though I get the feeling that I'm a "level 2 in a level 10 group", so to speak, I never feel "weak" or unimportant. That takes a good deal of foresight and planning, on her part, I'd wager, and its appreciated.

It helps that you're the same level as the rest of us too. :p

Oh am I? Lol, I thought I was way lower. Just sounds like everyone is more capable than me is all. Maybe that's because I have 0 combat stats, lol. Though I can convince a paper bag to go plastic, so there's something.