In fact that last OOC thread was getting full, here's a new one

Thanks GM

See you tomorrow !

Love the title of this OOC.
Suggestions for V = A New Hope and VI = Undiscovered Country

No no-- V was The Empire Strikes Back.

You are correct, I just realized it when you pointed it out.  I apologize. :)

No need for an apology...

I'm not gonna tear up your geek license

Thank you GM!

Also I completed the Corwin saga and started the Merlin Saga.

So far, very interesting.

Congratulations Jon.

Your caught up for the most part I think.

In reply to Jon (msg # 7):

Yes, the Amber prequels are interesting,  but probably not worth the read

Thanks!

So far not a fan of Merlin.

I do like Fiona so far. She is one of the stand outs in the Merlin saga.


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Corrected
This message was last edited by the player at 15:39, Mon 03 May 2021.

You are now a fan of Merlin? What'd he do?

I corrected it, I am NOT a fan of Merlin.

He has done nothing of value IMHO to warrant the lead of the series.
I am far more interested in Rinaldo.

So far Fiona has been my favorite character in the Merlin series.

I haven't made it to Merlin's Saga yet. My husband isn't a fan of Merlin's Saga at all.

I haven't met anyone who is a Merlin fan but plenty of Rinaldo, Jasra, Julia, Mandor, Fiona, Florimel just about everyone but Merlin in the Merlin saga.

Yeah, I feel that Julia got a really RAW deal.

My husband pretty much refuses to reread the Merlin saga. Says he read them as they came out and that's all he needed. He has reread them once, but that was because of a game he was rp in. The games he tends to play, or run, are Corwin saga timelines. In fact, in his current game, Oberon has only been out of Amber for a year.

I can see why he would do that.
I don't think I will be re-reading the Merlin Saga once I finish it.

And a bit credit to the GM here, I came into the game with 0 knowledge of Amber and he helped me fit into this world.
Then the Players around him also help keep me on course, it has been a very welcoming game.

I am always happy to find people who have not read the Amber novels but are willing to try a game. It is nice to introduce them to the world and elders etc.

It is a shame that we don't get to see more of each elder but the one good thing the Merlin saga does is it let's us see the Princesses more.

I'm with your husband, Janessa. Have reread scenes from the Merlin chronicles when I need the reference or to doublecheck context for a game I'm in that uses them as backstory where my character would maybe have that context, but whenever I've run my own Amber game I always throw out everything from said chronicles (except the existence of Rinaldo and soooometimes Mandor), 'cause I just don't like the tone.

If I'm being honest, I think Zelazny sucks at writing women... and he's not too great at being consistent. He does all right with Vialle and Fiona, but Llewella, Jasra, Julia, Dara, don't even get me started on Coral and Nayda but especially Coral... Who could've been cool, but yeesh.

I agree with Ballad, that Zelazny was terrible at writing women.
To me they didn't even get the depth of the other male characters did.
Here was a lot of great potential there and it was left unutilized.

I much prefer the GMs take so far on all of the Elders.  I love his Vialle!

I think it is the age that Zelazny wrote in.

This was mostly pulp with characters like Conan carrying naked or nearly naked women around. Two fisted male heroes with the female characters not given much depth. It was a sad message of those times but you find it in a lot of art as well.

I don't disagree that it was a work of the times.  It just makes is less fulfilling in the current age.
Since I am reading them now, I don't have the nostalgia around them of someone who read them even 10 years ago.

Do get me wrong, I am not hating on the books or the writer per se.  It just that there was so much potential, potential that HE seeded the Princesses' with and many of the female characters with that he just didn't make use of.

Which is different than a lot of the books of that time.

The Princesses get a wee bit more face time in the Merlin saga because they are not overshadowed by someone like Corwin. Alas Ballad is right about Coral and some others.

I liked Julia

I don't want to reveal more since your reading now but I am sure you will find favorite characters in it. It's not bad, but Merlin is not the best protagonist.

Indeed, to paraphrase another franchise, Merlin is definite not a great protagonist "like his father before him".

I do plan on reading Merlin's stories once I get done with Corwin's. Meanwhile, I just pick my husband's brain. Drives him nuts since he doesn't know if I'm needing the knowledge for the game he runs or one of the other Amber games I am in.

LOL, that is too funny.

I find it entertaining! I play four Amber games on here, including this one, and two on Discord. Two of my other games have since gone dead. I've been the daughter of Delwin, Sand, Random, Caine, Bleys, Oberon, Fiona, and Finndo. I also have a character that is the son of Benedict and one that is the son of Mirelle. There have also been characters that were nieces to Oberon. In those games, Oberon had an older brother who was my character's father. So they were full on Chaos....

WOW!  That is a lot of characters and lots of Amber Games!
This is my first Amber Game :)

Perhaps someday I'll try and find another Amber game when I have time.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:15, Mon 03 May 2021.

Personally,  i have trouble playing in more than one Amber game, because of how mentally intense and immersive they can be, unless my characters are incredibly different

  So, what have the strangest or most favorite parenting combos that characters have been inflicted with in Amber games, either as player or GM?

  I had one where my character didn't know who it was, so he walked the Pattern and commanded it to send him to his father.  It placed him right next to where Benedict, Dworkin and Random stood talking together.  Dworkin saw it happen and immediately said "Not it!".  The other two had no idea what it was about and just gave him the fish eye for interrupting their conversation.

In reply to Lance (msg # 31):

That's so Dworkin.

I had a character Yvette, who was a daughter of Corwin,  conceived with a French noblewoman during the mid 1700s.  He uad vanished, so she wandered the world searching for him in vain. Realizing she was apparently immortal,  and superhuman,  she desperately tried to find her place and purpose in the  world
Instead,  she found two dozen other illegitimate children of the randy Amberite, and all 25 of them then proceeded, due to a tragic combination of ignorance and ego, to have a Highlander style battle to the finish,  hunting each other throughout time and space,  until Yvette emerged as the sole survivor.
To her annoyance,  there was no "prize", but soon after Gerard showed up and found her.   He asked if she knew of any siblings on the Earth shadow, and she smiled sheepishly and answered "Um.....no?"

Well, the one with the bulk of the characters has been spotty lately, and most of my characters are in limbo (AKA one's in the library reading, one is painting, etc.)to be played when needed. The GM had their schedule changed and then got vaccinated. She's finally back on her normal schedule and feeling better. Two on here, the GM gets swamped with work (independent contractor or something) so post there happen probably twice a month.



In most of my Amber games, I got to pick the parent. Though it was from a list given to me by the GM. Though the one run by Lance did surprise me.

So, what day is Janessa showing up?  Day 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10?
As this can impact who is available to bump into her.
As would the time.

As an example, Jon was just in the library on Day 5 before lunch and headed to his room also near the library.
But after Lunch, Jon and probably Ari were heading into town to apologize to the old woman :)

My dude, heck if I know.

I have faith that y'all can work out the answer to that very proper question.

I'm good with that.

(swoops in to help with timelines)

Janessa, if you go to the Game Wiki, you'll see what we have been keeping track of timeline stuff as best we can since it got a little bit hinky.

Days "1-4" are donezo. Technically the concert scene I'm running for Jon, Ari, and Jade happens the evening of day 4, but as soon as it's done, it's off to day 5 for everybody.

Days 5-7, Jade's AFK. Days 5-??? Ballad's AFK. Lance is being very responsible and sticking to his timeline, which means he's on Day 8 right now, about to head back to Amber for an appointment. If you're arriving on Day 8, there's Lance.

The morning of day 5, Jon and Ariadne have some plans (I believe), but are also free for run-ins. Ditto day 6, day 7, and day 8 is the 'catch up' goal for everybody.

In conclusion, what makes the most sense is probably having Janessa appear on Day 5 (for a run-in with Jon and/or Ariadne before they go chat with a certain old lady) or Day 6 (for the same).

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 37):

Will do!

I have a question about the wiki timeline....where does Janessa's timeline fit in? She's done stuff before Day 1 of the timeline.

You don't have to worry about putting anything 'before' down on the timeline, although if you (or people) want individual pages on the Wiki to keep track of their PCs timeline more in-depth, that can probably be arranged. So for you, I'd just start with your re-entry to Amber on what we've got marked as Day 5 and go from there. Its existence is really just because we were all getting a bit lost with some time jumps etc.

I wouldn't mind a page, just for my own sanity! But I will put Janessa back in Amber for day 5.

Jonx let me know when you're ready for Ariadne to join the conversation.   I'll try to be ready.   :)

I'm good with you showing up whenever!

Ari, anytime that you feel ready jump in.  the "Plan" for Day 5 was lunch and visit to Lucrecia Grizelda Chandler to apology for the accident :)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:14, Wed 12 May 2021.

Who is Lucrecia? :P

I stand corrected, Grizelda Chandler.

I shall edit the post.

:) Thank you! LOL
This message was last edited by the player at 17:15, Wed 12 May 2021.

Y'all - I've been heckin' busy but am aware I owe posts. Concert peeps - I'll get to you tomorrow evening. But in the interest of getting everybody onto Day 5, I'm probably not going to be as Nefarious and Dastardly as I'd planned, isntead planting seeds for Nefarious and Dastardly Doings, to be cashed-in later. :P

To that end, think about what your character might want to accomplish/what they might want to seem like when they're surrounded w/ Amber's nobility and send me a private message bout it. I might ask y'all for a roll, I might not. This might be a roll worth XP if you fail, it might not. TBD.

I'm back... for the moment, anyway...

YAY !!!

Welcome back.  :)

Yay!  Welcome back!

Wooo-hooo! Welcome back GM!

Excellent!  Hopefully Order is restored and Chaos is put back in it's place!

Lady Lorelay is great ! All that energy

In reply to Jade (msg # 54):

I'll admit that I was expecting Maggie Smith from Downton Abbey, rather than one of the Gabor sisters.   She's definitely a fun character.

Sorry for the slow response Jon, wanted to make sure I was giving the correct highlights, and it's been a little crazy here. I've started planning for my trip next month.

Very nice post Janessa !

Pssst Jon remember Jade told you they had taken a woman captive they probably used her to make the sound that drew Jade. ^_^ Just want to remind you.

Thanks! Corrected

Yeah it shows how vile these beings are. It was a good trap to draw Jade.

Thanks!

Jade Fierce Look on Earth...Grrrrr

LOL, I love it!

When I saw that I really liked it.  I could see Jade doing her hair like that. ^_^

Talk to me later, Jade, about that look.

I know just the stylist for you.    :)

YAY ! Thanks that will be fun !

Here's the IMDB page for Ariadne.
I had, at first, thought about having Ari from a different Earth shadow from Lance and Janessa, but I decided that that wouldn't be as much fun.  :)

So here's a brief bio for Ari.
She's been a minor actor in mostly "art house" movies from a small production company that specializes in LGBTQ movies and productions.  The exception is her "breakout" role as a member of the all female "squad" for the main villain in the third movie in the "Fast Cars" franchise, which she's reprised a few times.
Her career was just starting to take off, with each role getting more and more attention and quality.


Ariadne Arrington   IMDB page

 Fast Cars 3: Fast Cars, Faster Death (medium budget action movie in the Fast Cars franchise, about car driving thieves/vigilantes)
       Character: Boudicca Jones, Henchwoman for main villain, General Argus (Third henchwoman of three in total, with leader Isis Castillo, and second Cleo Omura)
 Studio: Universe Pictures (Major Hollywood studio)

 two year hiatus after "misunderstanding with a handsy Hollywood producer", then she started working with an independent movie company that specialized in LGBT movies.

 Vampire By Night (low budget movie about lesbian vampires terrorizing a town)
       Character: Angela Twilight, main muscle/consort for vampire queen
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Deep Space Treason (low budget sci fi movie about a rag tag group of female space smugglers who stop a galactic coup)
       Character: Sasha 4000, humanoid android serving the captain.
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Long Live the Queen (medium budget fantasy movie about a woman who becomes queen of the Vikings after the king is killed by assassins from Rome, loosely inspired by Irish folktales)
       Character:  Astrid Olafsdottir, who becomes the lover of Queen Sigrid, widow of King Torvald.
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 A Day In The Life: (medium budget movie about a woman falsely accused of killing her abusive husband)
        Character: Jana "Ivy" Barbary, cell mate of the main character, Sally Jenson.  (nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor)
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Assassination Tango: (medium budget action movie, about a winner take all assassination competition)
        Character:  Suzy Icepick, knife/icepick wielding assassin
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Zombie Town:  (high budget action movie,  the first from Umbrella Productions, about survivors of a zombie apocalypse in a small American town)
       Character:  Skeeter Davis, former NASCAR driver and farm girl.
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Fast Cars 7:  Faster Than Life (big budget action movie in the Fast Cars franchise, about car driving vigilantes)
        Character:  Boudicca Jones,  former Henchwoman for main villain of Fast Cars 3, joined by Isis and Cleo, who believe the Fast Cars crew killed their boss, and want revenge)
 Studio:  Universe Productions

 Vectortown Rules: (medium budget LGBTQ superhero movie about masked vigilantes who fight for control of an embattled city overrun by the mob)
        Character:  Allison Bramble/Madame Mink (martial artist and chemist specializing in knockout gas and smoke bombs)
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Fast Cars 8: Faster Cars, Faster Life (big budget action movie in the Fast Cars franchise, about car driving vigilantes)
        Character:  Boudicca Jones, former antagonist of Fast Cars 7, who joined the Fast Cars team after discovering that government framed them for the murder of her former employer.
 Studio:  Universe Productions

 Coming to Dinner:  (medium budget romantic comedy from small LGBT studio about
 a young woman who brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving dinner with her conservative family)
        Character:  Samantha "Sammi" Nealson, stunt driver and girlfriend of the protagonist.   (Also listed as an Executive Producer on the project)
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Under Par:  The Babe Didrickson story. (medium budget bio pic from the LGBT studio about female athlete Babe Didrickson, famous for blazing the trail in women's sports, especially golf, and her relationship with her husband and girlfriend.
        Character:  Babe Didrickson, Olympic athlete and pro golfer.
        (nominated for Best Actress, Nominated for Best Picture as Producer)Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)

 Fast Cars 9: No Life Without Fast Cars: (big budget action movie in the Fast Cars franchise, about car driving vigilantes)
        Character: Boudicca Jones, Operative in the Fast Cars gang.  Character would be recruited by the CIA by the movie's end for possible spin off.
            Also listed as Stunt Coordinator, and Executive Producer
 Studio: Universe Productions.

 Madame Mink: (medium budget superhero movie)
        Character:  Allison Bramble/Madame Mink, a vigilante specializing in martial arts and chemistry who navigates balancing fighting crime, her job as an accountant, and her girlfriend, while being hunted by a chilling new super villain.
            Also listed as Stunt Coordinator and Executive Producer
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)
 (movie has a bit of a cult following, but is considered a box office bomb)

 The Life and Times of Julie d’Aubigny  (medium budget costume drama by the LGBT studio about  Julie d’Aubigny, famous trouble maker in the 17th century, who dueled men and seduced nuns)
        Character:  Julie d’Aubigny
        Also listed as Stunt Coordinator and Executive Producer
 Studio:  Umbrella Productions (Small LGBTQ production company)
    (movie got lukewarm reviews and broke even at the box office, insiders fault multiple studio rewrites and interference.)

 Other than the films in the Fast Cars franchise, where Ariadne was a minor character with more fight scenes than lines, all the movies have only been moderately successful art films (or considered so by the viewing public)

 Vectortown Rules and Madame Mink, despite good reviews by audiences, were considered late entries into the superhero genre and mostly ignored by critics.

 Under Par and The Life and Times were more highly regarded, but not seen by as many people.

Sweet! Thanks Ariadne!!

That is amazing Ariadne !


*Claps*

That is awesome!!

*smiles*  thank you,  all.

We want to see Lance's works !


Hi Ariadne !

Looks like Jon and I are ready for a wild Ariadne to pop up! ;D

I'll be there soon.   :)   Just wanted to get my history in order.


And it's completely and totally acceptable for both Lance and Janessa to have not heard of all of the movies on Ariadne's IMDB page, or just have heard of the Fast Cars stuff (or to just think "she looks familiar, but I can't figure out why").
Most movies were art house ones that didn't get a wide release.
Though that might change as Ari's star rises.

  Lance's list of screen credits is significantly shorter, most of his time having been spent working the renn-fair circuit across the USA, a dalliance playing in the re-enactment groups, and a few bit parts as un-named individuals as things like "swordsman #2".  His behind the scenes work had been primarily as a contracted personal sword trainer for individual Hollywood stars in preparation for their roles.  In this manner he worked with several of the GOT cast members, as well as the cast of Snow White and the Huntsman, and Valhalla Rising.  He did manage to get credits for sword choreography in the latter two films.

  He had met and become friends with Arnold Schwarzenegger at one of the renn-fairs in California when the former Conan star took a liking to Lance's greatsword form.  Arnold had had Lance come out to work with him for a few weeks for a possible Conan sequel, but unfortunately the project got scrubbed before production even began.  The studio decided that the Arnold was past his box office prime.

Big Green Glow starts wavering between Chaos and Amber as Jades Subconscious misses the mischief she can get into with her cousins causing a time and space anomaly.
This message was last updated by the player at 15:08, Sat 29 May 2021.

Another busy week ahead. I'll be around as much as I can.

Looks out from portal.

Drat Ballad is busy !

Got first shot. Sleepier than usual for Thurs afternoon. Will try to catch up more this weekend maybe?

Hi GM,

Hope you recover from it well.
Whenever your able that would be great.

There's been a lot of health issues going around,  certainly

Stay safe, sleepiness seems pretty normal.

Feel better!

Sleepiness and a dull ache (like they over did it exercising) are the chief complaints of most of my friends and family that have received their shots. I'm still on the fence. I want to get it, but with some of my health issues I'm not sure if it would be wise. Trying to get an appointment with my Doc is a bit of a pain in the rear right now too.

In reply to Janessa McCoy (msg # 83):

I have a bunch of health concerns,  and my shot went through well, so hopefully your doctor can advise you

Thankfully I was able to get an appointment for the end of the month. The only other one they had was right in the middle of my vacation.

Hey kids

Traveled to visit family out of fears getting our shots might kinda knock us out

It did a bit

But also I left my computer glasses at home

Will be reunited with them and my home computer tomorrow tho

Sorry for the delay

In reply to The GM (msg # 86):

We'll be here when you get back.  :)

No problem we will hold down the castle till you get back !

Not a problem. Like Jade said, we'll hold down the castle...though we do not guarantee it to be in one piece....

Starts to reach out towards the anomaly sensing people are playing and talking and having fun somewhere.

  Well, at this point Lance has concluded his day 8, ready to move onto day 9 whenever anyone else is!

I am ready to tangle the time continuum and show up as multiple Jade's to play in each thread.

I don't mind continuing my conversation with Ariadne and Jon, though moving on so we catch up to Lance probably wouldn't be a bad idea either....

Well, Day 8 is on hold because of quantum timeline issues around what is actually known about Weirmonkin.  For instance, Jon might be gaining new insights or information that was relevant to the story that was told so far.  Additional, I believe both Jade and Ballad might have new information that can affect that story line.

Ari and I, and now Janessa are on Day 5, which has a side plot run the by Storyteller to wrap up.

I will then need to work with the GM and probably Storyteller to get Jon caught up on the information for day 8.  After all Day 8 is when he owes the Queen a report on his findings.

Which I am fine with doing in parallel to Day 5.

Days 6 - 7, I expected to skip (at least public threads) except for those things that have already occurred like the disagreement between Jon and Lance (Night of Day 6) and Jon's apology letter (Morning of Day 7).  But both of those are already complete.

So to Jump to Day 9 might be difficult because of what may occur yet on Day 8, which currently sees Jon and Jade knocking on Ballad's door.
The same for Day 10.

I hope this helps layout where we are and why we are were we are.

Bursts into four Jades "Where ready !" in quartet.

Sorry for the quiet!

I will wrap up concert and be at ready for ax apology adventure (which Janessa is welcome to tag along w/ if you guys invite her, or she can have something else of her own as she explores Amber on Day 5 or Day 6) ... Friday. My work projects should be well and truly wrapped by then.

Yr friendly neighborhood,
Storyteller

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 96):

No worries,  my friend.   We're here for you

Janessa!  Thank you for those images!  A Marine Sniper and Air Force Pilot :)
Jon is definitely not envisioning the same thing as you meant :)
The advantage of coming from a "fantasy world" similar meaning to words or extrapolated to a semblance of understanding :)

Lol!! I was hoping for a confused reaction from Jon, but that was brilliant!!

I've got to get through this week and then VACATION!!!! I'll be offline from the 19-28.

*Wishing you the best Janessa !*

Enjoy!

Thank you! I’m looking forward to it. We’re surprising my Dad for Father’s Day and my niece and nephew don’t know we’re coming. Then we’re heading to Wyoming to visit my aunt, uncle, cousin and her family. It’s been almost 18 years since I’ve seen my cousin and almost 17 since I’ve seen my aunt and uncle.

That's fantastic!  It's been too long since I've seen my extended family as well, so i know how wonderful this is

Wow that will be great family reunion !

Awesome!  Have a blast!

Psssst Ariadne Jade didnt do those things I am saying if Jade had not been tame toned down.

She had Lorelay to help coach her ^_^ so probably a princess clap or fanning herself with the fan she had for the evening or much more tame approval.

In reply to Jade (msg # 107):
Oops!  Sorry, I'll edit

No problem

Jade is doing her best this is her first outing and she wants to reflect well on her cousins and Sandwyn. She also doesn't want to embarrass Lorelay. She is representing the royalty !

Ughhhhhhhhhh fighting her own mayhem is so tiring !

I should just follow aunt Florimels advice be yourself !!!

KABOOM !!!

In reply to Jade (msg # 109):

Don't worry,  i know I'm little "magical grenade" will go off eventually.   :)

Janessa will join the cousins, unless her meeting with Random and Julien needs her to go elsewhere.

You guys should work out whether Janessa is invited/coming with in your IC thread, and move over to the new thread when you are ready!

I want to RP somewhere

Huge kittenfish eyes.

In the Library thread, I believe we are awaiting direction from Random.  And unless Ari wanted to, I was planning on skipping the meal scene.

I'll figure something out for you, Jade :P Might not be 'til tomorrow, though!!

Thanks Story Teller !

And we are working as fast as we can to get back to day 8! :)

YAY !!!

Jade loved the concert and can't wait for day 8.
See you then Jon and Ariadne to chat before you both get ready for your Pattern Walks !

I'm up for anything.   :)

Leaving it open for Storyteller to pop in with Random or Julien. I don't want to hold up the apology thread if Janessa can't go.

I am officially on vacation!! I will be hitting the road early tomorrow morning. Also, I've packed my laptop, but I should have time in the evenings to post!

Random and Julian are all the GM, alas. I run smaller things. If you wanted, I'm sure Julian could be busy N/A for now and it just be a brief Random check-in and you can skip ahead and revisit them later when the GM is around. Up to you though, Janessa!

Jon, Ari, I'm not popping into the other thread until y'all have moved over (or not) - doesn't look like anything's been worked out IC yet unless I missed it! Just lemme know.

I hope to try to post later today...

YAY !!!

Um, so, yeah, hi-- tomorrow I go to visit family, and then the day after I get my second shot.

The last one knocked me out (made me sleepy, lots of naps for days) and I've been fighting to get energy back on and off since then.

No telling what the SECOND shot will do.

Also I've heard a lot of places are running out of Pfizer (which I had) and just giving Moderna. If that happens, who knows what THAT will do (although I've also heard it actually might give one better protection).

Just a heads-up

Thanks for the heads-up and enjoy the family time!

Congratulations on getting your second shot!
Take your time,  my friend.   I don't mind waiting for you.

Your health first we will be ok.

WOW

I found a pic

I think I would title it....

uhm

Jade discovers plastic surgery is a thing

Here we are
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 18:55, Sat 26 June 2021.

In reply to Jade (msg # 130):

Not seeing anything.

Uhm I don't know if you should see this Jon

LOL

*chuckles *   I'm not sure if I should be seeing this either.
I mean, Ariadne isn't trying to be attracted to her cousins,  but this is pushing her luck.   :)

Work work work. Apparently summer is my busy season. I'll post for peeps on Tuesday at the latest! You too, Jade. I have ideas. :)

YAY ideas !!!

Ideas are very dangerous, but I'm looking forward to it    :)

Cool!  Thanks!  Stay safe!
And as for ideas, expect the unexpected :)

Tuesday is my B Day so thank you Story Teller !

Vacation is officially over. Took an extra day to rest, but still not rested enough. Oh well, back to the daily grind.

Happy Belated Birthday Jade!!

Today is my B Day so not belated at all !!!

Thank you !!!

Happy B-Day!!!  I hope you have a wonderful, beautiful day!!

Thank you very much !

Happy birthday!

Thanks, Ariadne !!!

Happy Birthday!!

Thank you Lance !

Meep ?

meep, meep.

meep. meep. meep?

I think I'm caught up on things for now...

In reply to The GM (msg # 151):

Janessa is still waiting on Random and Julian....

OOH, good point. Thank you for reminding me...

I see posts ^_^

but but but...

I think Jade is lost in the megaverse, I don't know where to do anything.
Waiting for the Parasol to be completed and for her cousins Pattern Walks.

Perhaps you could pop off to somewhere in the Golden Circle and see what fun you can find??

I guess

No if I do that I will mess up the time lines.

Where was the timeline again?

Right now Jon is apologizing to the elder woman he almost axed out at the competition.
Your with him and I think Janessa is joining you.

Jade is just locked in this stupid police call box someone left beside this cool yellow brick road she found in shadow. She hates being separated from her family.

First Amberite to ever say that.

We're definitely trendsetters

We are at that !!!

I think she meant, the game wiki page.

http://wiki.rpol.net/72364

Which has proven to be helpful to me, by the way. Y'all keep updating it as appropriate, please.

In reply to The GM (msg # 163):

Do we have access to change it?

Yes, all of y'all should be able to edit it.

Hello everyone !

^_^

Hello there!

Had some Emergency Things, but am back and larger than life!

Er, well. I am back. Larger than life (aka me, posting) will happen tomorrow evening. So sorry, I hope nobody was too concerned.

Pounce !!!

CATCH!

I got my Parasol Ballad !!!

Hi Ariadne !!!

Welcome back,  Ballad!

I have always believed this, especially about Amber.

Very true.    I'm a bit fussy about what i like in my gaming, but Gatekeeping is a terrible thing to do

Nice to see you Ballad!!

Gatekeeping is never fun. If the first group of players did that, I never would have gotten into Amber. And I hate to say it, but I probably would have never met my husband.

lol, Jade giving Lance and Ariadne heart palpitations...

Janessa can't wait to see that parasol and Lance's hammer in action! Heck, she's looking forward to meeting them in general!

Janessa I wish you were there ^_^

That scene was Jade all over the place ^_^

She's probably there, just in a different part of the castle. Unless she got sent off by Julian and Random after their meeting.

Then she might be here !!!

Crazy green haired daughter of Fiona ^_^
This message was last edited by the player at 17:52, Thu 15 July 2021.

Okay I'm back for now, and... I think I'm caught up...?

YAY Welcome back GM !

Welcome back GM!!

Welcome back!!!

It's good to have you back

Jon are you in the castle on Day 9 ?

I don't know yet.  There is too much on day 6 & 8 (and possibly 7) that could/would impact what Jon knows and how he could/would interact with the rest of the gang.  I am hoping to finish up the discussing with the Older Generation so that we can complete Day 8, because alot of what is pending on Day 8 will affect day 9.

Ok it's just were all here it seems

GM, can you catch people up to Day 9 please so we can all get ready for the Day 10 Pattern Walks ?

No, I really don't think it's as simple as that.

I suppose one could just as easily say: "Players, would you please do uninteresting things until day 9, please, so that everyone can get on the same page time-wise?"

That is not what I meant, I just meant could you post to them and maybe post Odile.
I miss the way you played her.

Post to them?

If this is about Jon's private thread, I realized that it was my turn and that I was keeping him waiting a little while ago, and I posted.

(Y'all are allowed to nudge me now and then, you know.)



As for Odile, I have been letting Storyteller handle things in the public threads... I did consider posting an Odile reaction when it came up, but then I realized that things had moved on and any reaction on my part would be a bit belated...

Awwww ok, I just really love Odile ^_^

I'll admit that I'm actually okay with "filling in the blanks" for the previous days.  All this jumping around is hard on my tired brain.  :)

OOPS, Jon, stand by, I answered Jon's immediate question, but then forgot to give information for the succesful roll... give me a while and I'll update

Okay buddy, that one post is edited/updated now

Thanks!

Uh, Janessa? You okay?
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:55, Tue 20 July 2021.

I hope she is.

Yah that's what I intend to find out...

(Janessa, see above posts)

I'm good! Was going over what had been learned so I could give a proper report, had it all typed up on the work computer, and then the internet at work died... Sigh. It was finally fixed today, but when it reloaded it ate what I had typed up so I had to go back and retype it...
This message was last edited by the player at 20:19, Tue 20 July 2021.

AK, I hate when that happens!!  Glad you are OK!

Yes eaten posts are a horrible thing.

Me too! And trying to type it on a cell phone is a major PIMA!

Big work proj w/ deadline tomorrow, so if I manage to post today, there won't be any follow ups/I won't be very around. Sorry! I'll try to give y'all something today though.

Wow thank you for trying to get something in ST !

  Hey all, I may be a bit scarce for a week or so.  It's become a nightmare at work, with most nights having a 6 to 11 hour waiting times in an ER that has 30 people waiting to be seen, the majority with Covid symptoms.  To put this in perspective, our hospital is only about 100 beds, and I am one of only 2 security officers on duty for the entire facility until 03:30, then am alone until I end my shift at 07:30.

  To top it all off, we had to put our dog down tonight and it's hitting us pretty hard.  We had him for twelve and a half years and loved him very, very much.  My wife and I need some time to grieve and regroup.  Will be posting this in the other games I'm involved with, so bear with me.

Take care of yourself my friend.   We're here if you need us

No pressure or push from us.  Please understand we care about you Lance.
If you need time, take time. We are here for entertainment not to be an additional burden you need to worry about.

I especially understand about the pet and feel for you. They really do become like family.

In reply to Lance (msg # 206):

Lance, I concur with Ari and Jade, RL, Health and Family first.  I am sorry about work and my deepest condolences on the loss of your puppy.  Pets are family.  Stay safe, and if you ever need to talk, we are here.

I'm so sorry to hear about your pup, L. I know how much you love them. :hug:

They thought you were Deirdre for a moment Ariadne ^_^

*smiles*  I'm better looking.  ;)

In reply to Ariadne (msg # 212):

And way less damsel in distressy as well.

You know Jade would be hiding if you guys were making those comments IC about Deirdre because nothing makes a dead Amberite come back like being dissed.

Well, that is good to know.  Ari, we need to dis your mom more so she comes back!

Hmmm now that is a GOOD idea

Hmm, OK it seems like I am now caught up to day 8.  There are a few outstanding items but are not necessarily critical to completing Day 8. (i.e. Day 5, which might have some impact and day 7).

Ballad will you be back on Day 7 or on Day 8 by the time that Jade and I are knocking on her door?

Janessa and Jon can have another run in on Day 7 if you like.  Otherwise, we will retcon you in to the Weirmonken expedition that was planned earlier on day 8, but in RL was before Janessa and the cousins were introduced back on Day 5.  Yes, timey-wimey shenanigans :)

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the player at 18:25, Mon 02 Aug 2021.

Can't wait for Pattern Walk Day !!!

Me too.

Posts/attention from me later today.

Yay!!!

It's always a good day when Storyteller or GM pay us some attention!!

Throws confetti !!!

YAY !

Ok, life is getting back on track!  Got a pair of new rescue dogs, and work (while hellish) has evened out a bit.  So I'm back!  :)

Welcome Back Lance !

Welcome back!

Good to see you again

Good to see you back Lance!!

Hey all, starting on later half of Thursday through at least the following Wednesday, will be mostly offline with limited ability to post.  I don't know if I can post during that time, I will try.  So if you see me check-in, but not post that is why.  I hope to be back to normal by next Thursday (8/19).

I hope it is vacation and nothing bad Jon.

Good luck to you either way,  Jon

So, Janessa is good to rejoin the cousins! What day is everyone on?

In reply to Janessa McCoy (msg # 232):

  Lance is mucking about around noon of Day 9 currently with the artist he commissioned for some portrait work.  Will be in the Yellow dining room for lunch, then the flower garden afterwards trying to find the best backdrop for portrait stuff.

Lunch date with Lance it is!!

My apologies to Jon.  I probably saw his Day 7 invitation on a day i was working, so i read it and promised myself that I'd  post later, and then i became distracted and forgot to follow up on it

Flying back to the East Coast after dealing with some emergency family stuff. Just a head's up/update. I know some of you have been asking after me on Discord/Facebook. Expect to be able to be present soon. Sorry about the abruptness of it all.

Take your time, my friend.  We're just happy to hear that you're safe

I am just glad your ok !

Just glad that you are OK.  Stay safe!

I too am glad you're safe Ballad. Sorry, I disappeared myself, food poisoning is no fun...

You had food poisoning !

I am so sorry Janessa :(

Glad you are OK Nessa!

It's good to have you back

Definitely not fun, but I'm better now!

I had some health issues come up (was diagnosed with diabetes, anemia, and a thyroid issue on Friday.) so I've been a little preoccupied. Will get a post up soon!

I am sorry Janessa that is a lot of info to be hit with at once.

Indeed it is never fun to receive that type of info.
Take of your self first, we'll be here.

Stay safe!

Health issues are never fun.  Take care of yourself my friend

https://ih1.redbubble.net/imag...00x600,f8f8f8.u2.jpg

With a tattoo "Born to Sparkle"

LOL, that is awesome!!!
And I love Ari's addition!

I like the born to sparkle addition too, but Jade will always be a Narwhal Gal ^_^

Hey now!!  Don't make us start a Rumble right here!

*starts snapping fingers, Westside Story style*
This message was last edited by the player at 01:12, Wed 15 Sept 2021.

Dance battle !  Jade is all in !!!

Jade's ballet vs Ariadne's jazz-tap.   It's on!!!

In game this has got to happen ^_^

Perhaps a twin contest,  one of Dex, for technique,  and one of Cha, for style?

Sure sounds good

Ariadne started the first round with a light tap dance.
It was okay, though she was obviously a little rusty
OOC:  20:58, Today: Ariadne rolled 6 using 2d6 with rolls of 2,4.  Cha.
20:58, Today: Ariadne rolled 7 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 2,3.  Dex

Jade Began a spinning and tip toed approach to Ariadne's snap jazz battle. She was obviously enjoying it all but like most things got into it a little too much. Smiling and adding flourishes of magic to her skirts as she spun.





20:05, Today: Jade rolled 9 using 2d6 with rolls of 5,4.  Dexterity Ballet.


20:06, Today: Jade rolled 7 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 3,3.  Charisma Performance.

First round was close, but goes to Jade!!!    (Best 3 out of 5?)


Second round, Ariadne broke out some jazz moves to supplement her tapping.  It was a bit more polished in technique, though her presentation was about the same.


OOC:
21:17, Today: Ariadne rolled 7 using 2d6 with rolls of 2,5.  cha.

21:17, Today: Ariadne rolled 9 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 4,3.  dex.

Jade practically falls after a particularly bad spin  skirt caught a moment and lessening her performance notably. Round two certainly went to Ariadne.



20:21, Today: Jade rolled 3 using 2d6 with rolls of 1,2.  Dexterity Ballet.


20:22, Today: Jade rolled 7 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 1,5.  Charisma Performance.

Ariadne smirked a bit at Jade's mistake, and decided to try a complicated tap move.
But her arrogance caught up with her and Karma hit her in the knee with a proverbial pipe
  It wasn't a bad mistake, but her hesitancy made it look worse than it was.
OOC:
21:28, Today: Ariadne rolled 3 using 2d6 with rolls of 1,2.  cha.

21:28, Today: Ariadne rolled 6 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 2,2.  dex.



What is going on with us today!?!?

Jade gathered herself up and performed some practiced skips and leaps using her parasol to land after particularly high leaps to slow her landings. Her confidence regained after the earlier blunder she really put on a performance it was different with no water to help but she was getting used to her time above the surface of the sea and part of her nature as an entertainer shined through a bit.



20:34, Today: Jade rolled 10 using 2d6 with rolls of 5,5.  Dexterity Ballet.
Using this to carry a +1 forward

20:36, Today: Jade rolled 11 using 2d6 with rolls of 6,5.  Charisma Performance.
Oooh another +1

Round 3 is a resounding win for Jade, and Ariadne,  with a wry grin, conceded  the rest of the match

Jade happily hugs her cousin.

Dance battles the safe way to resolve problems in Amber, kids !

Ariadne laughs and hugs her cousin

So like um

Ballad/Storyteller...?

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like you keep checking in...

We would like to move on to Patternwalk Day for those who haven't... we've held off because the kids'll miss you if you're not present to see them walk the stage and get their diplomas the Pattern BUT IF YOU CAN'T WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE REAL LIFE IS A KAFKAESQUE NIGHTMARE OF PLAGUE AND LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM.

But... if you could just kinda... give us a hint?

Choose one:

A. OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS I LOVE YOU YOU KNOW THAT BUT REAL LIFE IS A KAFKAESQUE NIGHTMARE OF PLAGUE AND LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM AND MY TUMMY HURTS AND I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT PLEASE WALK IT WITHOUT ME AND KNOW THAT I'LL BE ROOTING YOU ON IN SPIRIT

OR

B. OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS I SWEAR I WANT TO BE THERE JUST PLEASE GIVE ME LIKE X MORE DAYS AND I THINK MAYBE I CAN MAKE IT

We will love you no matter which you choose.

We do, it is true. Love you Ballad !

I agree, we miss you Ballad and love you no matter what!

I'm in no serious hurry, I'll admit.

Uhhhhh Ballad/Storyteller? Checkin' on you again...

Great post, Lance.

Nice post Lance!

And don't worry, we will duel across the pattern, like good Amberites.  After all that is what happened effectively in BOTH series!

"...Duel across the Pattern..."?

Corwin and Brand, Merlin and Hmm who was it ? I forget who he dueled while walking his fathers pattern was it Jurt ?

So we are just keeping up the Tradition ;)  What is the worse that could happen.

...My point is, you CAN'T duel ON TOP OF the Pattern, because if you get blood on it...

Now if you mean PSYCHICALLY, as with using cards (like Eric attacked Corwin while Corwin was trying to deal with nautical problems), sure, that would kinda make sense...

LOL, no worries, GM, things would have to go serious sideways for an actual duel on the pattern to occur.
I don't expect Lance to jump on the pattern and chase Jon down.  Nor do I expect Jon to toss Lance onto the pattern and fight.

I hope you both do !!!

That way Ariadne and I could go out onto the pattern to stop you for being silly ^_^

Yes, don't make Me and Jade start kicking booty and taking names...

All This !!!

Sinus headache/pressure. Just feel really bad today. Please respond to this so the game lights up for me for tomorrow...

In reply to The GM (msg # 283):

Feel better!

Feel better soon,  my friend!



*makes chicken soup*

I'M HERE I'M HERE! *scrambles to read up so she can have Ballad appear LATE to the Pattern party in some Ballad-y way!*

In reply to Ballad (msg # 286):

Yayy!!!  The triumphant return of Ballad!!!!!!!!!!!

Only one not joined in recently is Janessa!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!! Ballad !!!

Welcome Back

Yes Janessa come back to us too !

Heh, yeah! Sorry. As soon as I kinda popped up again, we had... other cat get put down, a family hospitalization, ANOTHER (family) pet have to get put down, and then my best friend lost her baby at 5 months :( which is why you mighta seen me check in MEANING to post but get distracted/wind up being too drained.

If anybody has any sort of IN with the universe, please ask it to chill the hell out over here in Ballad-land.

Welcome back!  I am very sorry to hear of all the RL trouble!

I'm so sorry that Life has been so different,  Ballad.  We're here if you need anything

Question 1: So Ari's starting first?

Question 2: So, Ari's starting NOW?

If so, fine.. just confirm//let me know.

To my understanding, Yes Ari was going to go first.

I was hoping to be back down there shortly, as I just have a short errand to run.
Jon wants to be there for Ari, but also fully understands if she jumps in to get it done :)

I think that Lance n' Ari are just pre-walk chatting, is my read on what's going on in that part of the thread rn while Jade stands by.

I am on standby yeah =(

Don't worry, Jade. I'll have Ballad sweep in to dazzle you momentarily. :P No silent standbying while Ballad's around, or I'll now the reason why!

YAY !!!

Ari, post taking one step onto the Pattern when you're ready, and I'll jump in from there.

In reply to Ballad (msg # 294):

Correct!  Just a little conversation before the time comes!

Wish Janessa could be here !

I posted a last conversation with Lance.  I'll step soon.

Is everyone there?

I can do a quick time jump to finish my conversation with the Queen and be in the pattern room.
There isn't a knowledge issue this time.

Nope! Ballad was finishing up in the tunnel, Jon was on his errand. Buuuuut... there now. Go Ariadne. Rah, rah! etc.

Lovely to see you,  Ballad.  :)

Ari, I know the feeling.  The Dice Roller is "kind" to me when it isn't important.  But when the chips are down, it tries to kill my characters.
This has been my experience across different games and different systems over the years at RPOL.

But you will survive!!!

I appreciate the happy thoughts.  :)

So uh incidentally-- asking in connection to another game, nothing to do with this one-- has anyone here ever played any of the FALLOUT series of video games

I played the original.  But I've read up on and watched many of the promo lore videos for Fallout 3 I believe.

I have played Fallout, yes.

Jade is looking for him ^_^
This message was last edited by the player at 16:46, Mon 15 Nov 2021.

So THAT's what Dworkin looks like!!

LOL, that is funny!

Slammed with work, stretched too thin, and not great health lately, but trying to catch up some now...

Sorry to hear that GM =(

Hugs

Save the hugs for Ariadne, who may or may not be about to learn the danger of making Willpower an Amberite's dump stat...

I understand that GM!  Take you time, get well.

Yes, low willpower seemed an interesting character trait.  Until now

Don't feel too bad, I am right there with you.

Jade SO wants to see Ariadne do this ! It is important to do it on your own but she is also terrified and now Ariadne is so far along Jade doesn't think she could run out there in time to help.  O_O

Ariadne: XP. Sweet, sweet XP, and also a long long bath after. It might hurt, but I think you'll be fine. :)

XP is lovely,  if i survive.   :)

Tears pour down Jades cheeks.

Dice....Amber...dice....Pattern....dice...

Shakes head crying

Time to compound the fun!!

Yay, the dice roller actually liked Lance this time!  :)

I figure that even if I Said What I said  doesn't apply, then the It's Nice When Families do Things Together would cover that +1

  Hang in there Ari, Lifeguard Lance is on the way!!

  Worst case scenario is we both fry together!

*smiles* I'd prefer if you lived, but i won't refuse help

To paraphrase Dr. Harrison Wells from the Flash "Run, Ari, Run!"

Didn’t know if I could still carry over any Said What I Said or It’s nice
When bonuses, so just made a straight roll!
Hitting that second veil like a boss!!!

Maybe it’s because Ballad is watching!!

Maybe because Ariadne is your true love instead ;)

In reply to Jade (msg # 328):

*laughs*  bite your tongue, Jade

Bites tongue "OWWW."

LOL, wouldn't THAT be the fly in the ointment!!

  Glad Ari got the good roll finally!!  Doubly glad that she's not angry at Lance for moving to help if needed!!

In reply to Lance (msg # 331):

Well...she IS angry, but not necessarily at Lance.

That's okay....Lance still has to make it through the 3rd veil himself, and that was rough last time.  Least he's going into it unscathed this time around!

Lance is blowing through the veils very impressive.

Well if Lance fails now, at least Ari is there to pull him through!
The rescuer becomes the rescuee.

That would definitely help to rescue her ego, if she could end up rescuing him.   :)

I said what I said should not Keep On helping.

It's Nice When Families should be a constant... as long as what you're doing would actually help a family member... But once Ari no longer NEEDS help... then not so much.

Perhaps the Pattern is sending Lance a message?  Jade could be on to something.

Way to go Ari!!

YAY Ariadne !!!

Whew!!!  I think I've had actual marathons that were less stressful and exhausting than that was!!!   :)

Heck yeah Ariadne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and good on Lance for not dropping because that would have been awfully sad (grin)

will try and post up an IC "yay" at some point - holiday has me pretty busy

Hey yall. Sorry I went MIA, been dealing with health issues. I'm hoping to be back to normal posting after Thanksgiving!

Janessa ! Hugs

We will be here !

NP :) Glad you are getting better!  Stay safe!

My verb tenses are weirder than usual but in this context I think it's a feature rather than a bug, highlighting the warped feelings of the sense of time passing as one is walking the Pattern, so I make little effort to correct them

No, I had no issue with it.  I felt appropriate for what was happening.  I tried to incorporate that and Jon's near failure.
I hope I did you justice!

Well that was all pleasantly exciting and dramatic.

It was! I still haven't had a chance to fully catch up what with Holiday Stuff, but the bits I've read are very dramatic! Go team.

No blood massacre on the Pattern, so that's a plus...

No blood massacre on the Pattern, so that's a plus.