Come in and talk OOC

Hello, I'm in here as Vicky Miller. :)

Hello! I Have MS so I May not be the best Im just running in a desperate fight against my condition.

I understand.

I realized I should ask if you'd like me to generate the character while it's just us in here, or if you think I should wait for some others to make it in.

go ahead and write your char up.

Awesome, I'll get started tomorrow, and hopefully be done soon. :)

Hey. I'm Bob Miller, a detective with a drink in one hand and a bottle in the other. I completely spaced on the fact that Miller was already being used as a surname. If you want an uncle, here he is :)

Miller is my real life surname lol

It was meant to be! :)

auspicious I suppose.

Indeed.

should I go ahead and start an IC thread?

Ideally I imagine we'd have one to three more people but I don't have a problem with it personally if you'd like to start us up.

started a thread to get things rolling

If I took too much liberty, let me know.

We've got a lot of Millers in here. :)

The question is, are Vicky and Bob related?

I'll be able to put in a character sheet once it's unlocked. I might toss it into the description until then, and I should get in a post tonight.

Or are both of them and me related:)



Bob Miller a bit of  OOC Info

I thought they could be but I'll leave that up to you :)

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This message was last edited by the GM at 02:23, Fri 01 Oct 2021.

In reply to The night (msg # 19):


I'm halfway through the Endowments. It really seems more streamlined now but I can't say for certain as I only looked through first edition cursorily.

(Go ahead))

Yes! Incidentally, I use the last name Miller for many WoD characters, including most recently, Leonard Miller, a Thinblood living isolated from his family in Las Vegas, Nevada. So, maybe there's another Miller lurking in the shadows somewhere. :)

I think Vicky being Bob's college-age daughter or niece is a great idea. We can chat over PM if you like/our GM prefers.

Works for me :)

wanted to ask anyone want to buy some of the merits barred at start? e.g. thinking on buying psychic abilitys.

Not as of yet and I'm spent on XP. I think with more exposure to the supernatural, it could dig up something latent in Bob but not right now.

Hello everyone! I look forward to playing with you

Same! :)

Hey Bob,

Would there be any reason your character spent time in the DA's office in the last three years or would there be any reason he spent time in the DOJ building where the DAs office is located?

If the DA was particularly persistent, Bob might be called in again to recount his story about the gang case that resulted in almost a whole squad being found culpable of corruption, trafficking, evidence tampering and other acts. Bob was found innocent of all charges but the circumstances surrounding him in relation to the case are murky to everyone. He didn't testify for the prosecution so there was no deal in place to obtain that verdict. Potentially, as retribution for not being more cooperative, he was demoted from Detective 2nd to 3rd class and the DA could have been responsible in part for that.

He could also be the liaison between DA investigators and the department, assisting the DA investigators when available. Given his two career failures, this would either be unlikely or a mandate from his sergeant as a duty no one else wants.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:16, Sun 03 Oct 2021.

Cool. Andrea is the DAs personal assistant and if you've met with her or been around more than once or twice, then she will remember you. So, which scenario would you prefer? I like the second one as it would increase the number of times they have been in contact with each other. She's one of those people that remembers everyone's birthday and wishes you happy birthday if it's close.

I think the second works better too for the same reason. So liaison it is.

Your Very good at Detailed Posts Andra!!!

I was just trying to live up to the standards set! Thanks.

I Honestly am not half that good at description.

Gladys is warming up to me now, as a player. You made her real. Very nice :)

Thank you!

So it was definitely not intentional to make Andrea's sister's name Kat, thus making them all looking for missing Cats.  I kept laughing to myself as I was writing my post.  How macabre!

I just thought maybe it could end up being connected for same strange reason but coincidence is probably best haha.

It could be, I guess we will see how it plays out.  I have left a lot open for future discovery.

Night, how do you want to do rolls as needed?  I'm not sure if there's anything I would need to roll for, but I am curious if you will do the rolling or tell us what you want or if we should be preemptive when we realize we need to roll for something.

you turned a pretty simple encounter with the night into something greater.

Greater good though, I hope.

Hopefully we didn't run away with your game too much.  I am having much fun so far.

I feel the same as Andrea and hope this is inspiring ideas rather than smothering.

From the sounds of it, I think our GM is enjoying things. :)

I am thinking it would make sense for Andrea to own a pistol as well as have access to guns if she went home (not that she'll do that tonight). I'm just wondering if that's acceptable or if there was some kind of something I needed to buy at character creation to make that legal.  I figure as a small town girl moving to a big city from the farm her dad ensured she had a gun. Sister too, probably.

She does have two dots in firearms.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:39, Fri 08 Oct 2021.

I'm just guessing but Resources probably will come into play with that and even then, beyond a handgun is probably not happening.

not at first anyway, when you encounter the supernatural you can easily start buying such things.

Night,

You are ok with her having a hand gun?

It wouldn't be because of the supernatural, but because her father, a traditional farming guy with a healthy suspicion of those who live in the big city insisted so that she could 'protect' herself.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:19, Fri 08 Oct 2021.

Maybe a rifel rather then a pistol?

Lol. Ok. That does seem a but more in that line. Or a shot gun.

I mean, working for the DA, O'Connor probably expedited a carry and conceal permit for Andrea and her people in general for their safety if they chose.

Yes. I can definitely see that happening, but I don't know that Andrea would have gone out and purchased a pistol, just kept whatever her father gave her.

To humor her father, I do imagine her keeping a gun in her apartment. So, she has a shotgun (if night is ok with it) with both shot and bullets available to her in her apartment. I think a shotgun makes more sense. It is something that Dad would have multiple of on the farm and more fitting for protecting your home, due to the closer range, than a rifle.

I think that this will give her a perfect excuse to acquire another gun and I also think that I could use her allies merit to get one fast or even get one on the DL.

Yes once You take up the vigil you can acquire a pistol or automated weapon.

Cool. I will post later today or tomorrow. I am currently out of town with my family. Sorry for the delay guys.

Sorry for my delay. Swamped with school work.

Ok. I have no points in investigation. With a -3 penalty, is there even a roll for me to make to see if I notice anything at the apartment?

 (A chance dice)

I rolled and should have an extraordinary success based on Investigative Aide since I have three successes. That's my understanding anyway.

Nicely done.

What time is it in game?

say 2 in the morning?

So, were waiting on Night to give you the results of your roll?

Its a bit awkwardd I allready rolled for him.

I meant the results of what he found based on the roll?

Oh. Ok, how did I do? >_<

You got 2 succeses thats enough to get 1 clue  your making good progress towards completing your investigation.

Are we using that result for the search at Andrea's? I didn't want to presume what I found and trying not to steamroll.

that was when you found the dead pets.

I just assumed one of the clues at the scene, which granted I wrote out, would be covered by the success and Andrea's is a new search. Where do we go from here?

we go to finding another animal body to narrow things down. and find out the truth.


andd fair enough I'll let you keep both clues.

Bob are you going to change your post before I post?

Yeah I'll work on my post. Sorry about delay.

No problem. I just wanted to make sure you weren't waiting on me.

Nope. Just got buried with school. Post is done :)

I figured Vicky's college would be a flashy place to set up the next animal display since there's probably testing being done there as well as dissections. Lot of potential to do freaky deaky. If you guys want to push that scene up, that'd be good with me.

I don't want to hold the timeline hostage for us, Night.

I was just waiting to see if Vicky wanted to post. I thought we were going to head to Eileen's next. Andrea is all in.

Eileen can be really quick or maybe Vicky could be insistent on wanting to check in on her roommate to jump to university first. The animals lead into what Night has planned and I'm hoping the Yorkshire Rock killer can be worked in either separately or as the same perpetrator.

But right now, it's been more about emotional throughlines and I just want to be aware of everyone and their home turf or environment where they shine in the roll sense also.

Ok, either the Uni out Eileen's is fine with me. Though it might be hard to go to a university lab at 2 or 3 am

True but lets say theirs someone in at all hours.

It's been a busy few days, I'll write a post out tomorrow, promise. :)

Sounds good :D

am leaving for branson MO latter today. see you next week.

Enjoy your trip!

We could still RP while Night is out, unless you guys are waiting on info from him/her.

I'm fine with more scene setting. :)

I'll be able to update tomorrow--I've been fixing my computer for a good part of this week.

In reply to Victoria Miller (msg # 84):

Sounds good. Always a pain when hampsters need refeeding to make the computer work :p

I'll have to postpone again--this weekend was very busy and I'm just beat. I'll try to post tomorrow, and early-ish on, so that we can keep things moving.

In reply to Victoria Miller (msg # 86):

Just take care of yourself.

Out of curiosity, is Bob a uniformed or plain clothes detective?

Vicky, hope your computer is shaping up!

The plainest of plain clothes.

The computer is fine now, getting going again after the better part of a full week without the laptop has been tough. Thanks. :)

I'm writing my post at long last right now.

The animals are front and center, Night. Let's do this!

Good to have you back, Vicky. :)

Read and post later today. School is kicking me in the bum.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Happy Halloween and posting presently. Saturday classes are the worst.

They really are...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a lab that is working with anthrax have heightened security requirements? Locking doors and specimen cases? Alarm systems? Clean rooms? Guards? Certainly the lab would have to be a stand alone for ventilation and I doubt lower classes or even undergrads would be doing research involving anthrax. Right?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:22, Mon 01 Nov 2021.

Undergraduates certainly wouldn't, but it's already established that post-graduates also study and research in the same spaces (this isn't entirely uncommon here in the states, I'm uncertain about the UK). Since we haven't actually seen the other lab at all, any requirement for anthrax research could be in place.

It seems likely that there would be restricted access to the lab, or the part of the lab, with anthrax, yes.

Safety and security standards are sometimes not all they're cracked up to be, though. Remember those Greenpeace activists who walked into a nuclear plant a few years back? And the 85 year old nun who got into a nuclear weapons plant? Those two cases were infamous for how easy it was to get in.

How are you feeling, Night?

I have a post ready but it's going to result in combat inevitably which is roll heavy. Night, you're still with us, right?

yes just not sure your in a combat inevitability.

It's almost certain. I just am trying to leave my NPC actions somewhat open ended so you can take over when you want.

I'll try to update tomorrow, I had jury duty on Friday and my asthmatic lungs are still recovering from the strain.

Jeez I'm sorry. You should just get rest. It sounds like you were there awhile?

That sounds horrible.  I was planning to wait until you post since we've posted without you a while and Vicky is back in. I'll still wait.

I was waiting for you to collect another 2 clues and bring things back to the investigation but oh well.

Well, we are going to Eileen's next. Won't there be clue collecting there?

Night, for the animals?

I thought with finding perpetrators, we'd be able to progress the animal storyline. I didn't mean to trample on more clues in the sense that finding them were the clues. And bringing in the supernatural threat.

I also rolled 3 successes on my roll to identify the powder left by the perp, which is an exceptional success for me.

At any rate, I think we have at least...two clues, and a variety of elements?
This message was last edited by the player at 10:06, Tue 09 Nov 2021.

That's true. Vicky chemistried like a bose :)

I'm writing a post right now, but it's been a long weekend, so it'll take a few moments for me to do. :)

Absolutely beat at the moment, I'll update in the morning I hope.

We must always take care of ourselves first. Do not worry :)

Busy with school but I should have a post up no later than tomorrow if not later tonight.

Hope school isn't throwing you too many long papers and involved assignments.

Yeah I'm sorry for the slow down. Post is coming today for sure. I was just really tired last night. But there are lots of projects and things going on. Fortunately, I have a final and then I drop down to three for the remainder of this semester in December. After that, I have one more semester and then I can get a job as a paralegal :)

Nice!  I understand being tired, I have a 2 month old! Different circumstances, same result. Hope you get rested soon.

Oh wow. Yeah, you too. You must be starved for rest.

Like our Storyteller, my big problem is also just chronic illness. Looking forward to trying to get a post in, once I've read yours. :)

I hope you're feeling ok, Night. And you too Vicky.

I am feeling good, but at the same time, Tuesdays are often overly busy for me, so I'll have to post tomorrow I think.

im ok a bit confused but ok.

Confused how?

My mouse is completely non functional am on tablet just bought new Mouse
On Amazon

Ah, that's annoying :\

How's everyone's November going?

The days are going by fast. I'm grateful for this week which is sparse in school obligations. Just one Tuesday class this week.

That'll be nice. Do you have family nearby for the holidays or do you go somewhere to celebrate?

my folks pick me up soon

Pretty well, although I am extremely tired these past few days.

I have family nearby that I'll be visiting :)

Family time is great. I am also spending time with my family on Thursday. My maternity leave is almost done, so I am soaking up as much kiddo time as I can, too.

I'll be catching up on work but it's finally doable and then I have about three weeks left before I have a blessed period of time off.

Did I kill the IC thread or is everyone just too busy?

I think it might be the time of year. And I also wanted to leave room for Vicky to post but I can probably get a post in today.

Oh, yes. This time of year wreaks havoc on a lot of voice, IRL, and PbP games.

I want to make a post, but it's the end of the day (the only time I am able to make posts anyways), and I am exhausted and brain fried, so I'll give it a sincere shot tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving :D

Happy thanksgiving, all!

I'm sorry. I'll have a post in tomorrow. I have this project for Microsoft Excel and I do not excel. So, I'm plugging at it tonight.

anyone object if I Retake control now? Sorry ive been silent.

It's your game. Please, run it how you want to.

Hey, life happens. :)

I wasn't trying to be controlling, Night, and I apologize if I was. I'm sorry that I've been absent lately. School is closing in toward these last couple of weeks.

I'd be relieved :)

How do you prefer to GM?

Do you want to give us information OOC and have us do detailed posts IC or will you make posts for us to respond to?

Do you want us to wait every time for you to tell us what's next or can we continue to build the world/describe things that don't effect the plot?

Should we wait for you now to make a post?

Hope night is doing ok.

And everyone else too, of course.

Just plugging along at school. Hope everyone else is ok too.

I'm doing fine. Last week of my maternity leave.

You have finals and papers these weeks leading up to winter break?

I have an oral presentation on the 16th and a scattering of homework along with a final project due by the 18th for another class. And then I'm blessedly free for a month of time :)

How has your leave been? Do you feel ready to go back to work?

A month! Nice. My longest was a couple weeks. I had a January term in college, which it sounds like you don't have?

My leave has been great. It's sad to be going back to work since I won't see my kids as much. I have a three year old and a three month old. But it will be good to go back to work too and interact with more adults.

Id like to get people back to investigating the mysterious animal corpses...

Alright. Seeing as things have been very quiet we probably need a kick start in that direction. Where the characters intend to head is not really that way.

It was my birthday yesterday so I haven't been focused. With this being the last week too until mid January, I need to buckle down.

I'll be glad to post though if we can characterize what clues we have for the animal corpses. All I know is we discovered a certain number of clues but not the content (besides what we'd made it when the story was veering in the direction it was).

If you don't mind setting the scene, Night, I'll be glad to start fresh or whatever you'd like.

And Happy Holidays in advance to everybody :)

everyone ready to get the game back on track?

Yes, looking forward to posting again.

I'll be glad to jump back in. :)

Absolutely

Say they come back to investigate the animal corpses.

Hello?

Are we resetting altogether? I'm not sure how to reconcile what we've done with going back to the corpses. If we are going back to the corpses, can you set the scene with what clues we have? That's been my issue with knowing how to proceed.

That's also been my issue. I am having difficulty figuring out how to proceed without some prompts. I also hope we're not going to completely abandon what we'd been building because I was enjoying our game, even if we hijacked it, sorry.

Maybe Tripp can suddenly remember some 'clues' they were supposed to find at the lab?

I'm having a similar issue. I'd very much like to go ahead, but I feel like at this point in time we need to have some new reason to examine the animal corpses again.

say the info youve learned...

Seeing if you figure sometthing out looking at them.

Ok. Please remind us about what we have learned so far?

I will take some time to go through the old posts. I believe we left it open though for the explanation of the corpses to be both wrapped up with Red or Red took advantage of the confusion in the area with the corpses to further his own agenda.

Speaking of that, this is the last I'd had an idea of for plot or direction. Since we've been playing so far without the strictest of boundaries, I just wanted to put it out there. You can use this or not :)

Red wants to meet up with the gang because he's trying to hunt down the vampire responsible for turning him. Red is a revenant and control is increasingly slipping. He's trying to create a quid pro quo situation. Andrea is sought after by Red for the purpose of surreptitiously putting a flash drive into the DA's personal computer to open a window where a confrontation will be made inevitable for Red and this mystery vamp to Red's favor. Think like Homeland Security for a day or two, enough of an authority that the DA would be compelled to mobilize the city to hunt for Red. It needs to be limited or it could trace back to Red and doubt gets cast on Andrea possibly, which makes her useless for potential shenanigans down the line.

Without knowing the full implications of the Vigil, they may or may not be making a bargain with the devil by presumably going along with his plan. There could be an opportunity to go with Vamp No. 2 instead of Red. No. 2 could have more to do with the corpses.

Eileen and Yorkshire would be more jazz at this point. I would welcome help fleshing that out as we play.

I have no desire to control anything. This is just where I saw things going and so far as Yorkshire, he's the bugaboo that is Bob's white whale that can be used at any point.

Oh my! I had no idea about the OOC stuff.

Here's what is going on IC as far as Andrea knows: Yorkshire kidnapped 6 ladies and have their IDs and tongues to Red who in turn have them to Tripp to put in some strung up cats. Then Red sends his lackey Tripp with some more dead animals to the Bio lab at the U to make another scene. We caught him in the act.  Also, Red was at Andreas apartment and stole her earring, which he returned in the confrontation he had with Bob and also in which he claimed he and Yorkshire we're different people.

One way we could go is that the only solid lead is Red's connection to Yorkshire and if we want to see if we can find more clue to Red we can examine the evidence he sent to the lab(animal bodies) which we didn't do before. Perhaps we decide Eileen's place will keep, but the lab scene will be crawling with cops soon and we ought to go back?

I tried to create  a very dirt cheap and super simple introductary post but he tried to


"Improve" On it.

I think maybe we just approached it in too sandbox a style for you? But if that's the case then I think it would help us to have GM posts that would give us leads and directions so we aren't filling in so much? Honestly I have very much enjoyed the game so far and what we have been playing. I'm sorry if it's gotten off the beaten path. Players will sometimes do that, which is honestly why I admire GMs a lot, dealing with what players throw at them and changing their plans or learning to swing at the wild balls and field them anyway.

Are you interested in working with the other part of the story we've started building (Yorkshire and Kat's missing person case) or were you hoping we would drop that all together?

I want to be a team player and player is the operative term. It doesn't sound like it will be constructive for me to weigh in. I would like to remain as a player if you'll have me, Night.

I Think I Can incorporate the kidnapping plot into something.

do you mind if I just roll for you to solve the investigation that should take you back to the original crime scene?

Works for me.

Ok for me

In reply to Andrea Juneau (msg # 174):

Yep, that's fine.

Just a little confused. How much are we reconning? What are we assuming didn't happen?   What did happen?


For some reason I thought we were keeping everything and just going back to the theater, but that's not how.ita coming across.

Bob, Vicky, night, what are your understandings of it?

I presumed complete retcon. If I'm wrong, there will be a welcome mea culpa and gratitude. And a hearty rewrite.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:26, Mon 07 Feb 2022.

sounds good

Hey, how are you doing?

What sounds good---complete retcon?

Hi Night. Glad you're still around. It had been so long that I wasn't sure. I'm sorry but I don't really want to retcon and it's just gotten too confusing to figure out where to go from here and what you want and what we want. I am going to be bowing out of the game. Thank you for letting us sandbox for a while. It was fun.

I appreciate being able to explore as well. Thank you.

This message was deleted by the player at 17:34, Wed 02 Mar 2022.

would you all be ok if I just throw you into a fight?

am bak my comp got fucked up

everyome still here?

my arms been broken but is on the mend

got my hardcover of hunter 2ns edition a week ago

anyone want to get the game started again

Hi guys,

this looks strangely quiet. I'm new blood burning to play. My character is a police pathologist who has started to wonder about the things he gets to see in the morgue.

How many of you are still around?