Ozerath said
Mine is an ancient mostly broken Razer diamondback. Seriously, I'm the only one who can operate it.Also, DAMNIT EX. Now I have to scour the web to find a Thael theme!

Dragged me into this mess too. And by mess, I mean searching with Oz for Thael's theme. QQ

Also, I have a crappy laptop with a crappy logtech mouse that was 5 bucks. >_>



There's Roy's theme lol.

Now you guys have me multi-tasking in writing AND scouring for a theme song.
Thanks! dx

..And, I guess my finger counts, as a mouse? Other than that I have a rat named Master Splinter.

That's funny. I've been trying to choose appropriate theme music for when each character dies.

...no reason.

I've actually been thinking about Freddy's theme song. My findings is that he has several.

Clearly, at least one needs to be loud and angry. This would be Give it All by Rise Against. This is because Freddy puts 100% of himself into the causes he finds important(which is a lot of them). He shrieks and yells a lot, but when he's angry on behalf of someone else, "there's a reason why I sing".

Next would be Fort Minor's Remember the Name. Clearly not all of the lines apply to him(he isn't exactly quiet and humble) but several of the descriptions fit him well, and it does describe his psyche pretty well. Freddy began with the luck of meeting Sam. After that, it's been him struggling to be a good person and be worthy of his new friends(skill). Freddy deals with a serious mental disorder and refuses to stand down when his friends are in trouble(concentrated power of will). He has found some measure of happiness with these people. He even loved Puck, though the guy irritates the hell out of him(pleasure). And so, Freddy stands through his suffering, because he's got things to live for. So what if one half of him hurts and the other half hurts worse? He can deal with the pain.

His main one, however, would be this:

Because Freddy is angry, pissy, emotional, boisterous, brutally honest and kind of a mega douche, but god dammit he's not fighting for himself. He's fighting for his friends. He yells at them, and he stumbles and fails and messes up and is generally a substandard human being to them, and he knows this. He is grateful that they put up with him, and he loves them far more than he loves himself. They brightened his world, and helped him to grow as a person.

Plus I find it hilarious to think of Freddy ruining this beautiful song by shrieking the lyrics and adding in expletives.

"YOU INSUFFERABLE DICKWAFFLES, NOW THAT YOU'VE TOUCHED ME I NO LONGER COWER, LIKE A PUSSY, I'M WRECKING SHIT FOR YOUUUUUUUUUUU. I'M FIIIIIGHTING FOR YOOO-, GOD DAMMIT PUCK WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT HOTDOG YOU MALFORMED TROGLODYTE."

I wrote a few quick-comments about everyone’s posts so far. They are purely subjective, but I thought that they might give some positive vibes.

Ozerath
The “Jyn and Tonic” gag was hysterical. Thael would probably know Britney Farron somehow, considering that he is the captain of the football team and she is the head cheerleader.

Tenish
The post reminded me of the Hunger Games, the second installment, when Katniss is practicing against holographic targets. Not sure why this popped up in my head, since I’m not a fan of the hunger games, even though I’ve seen the films.

Perhaps you would like to elaborate on “B.A.S.I.L.I.S.K.” with a synopsis paragraph in a Codex entry?—purely optional, of course.

Sixsmith & Adora
This bro-force thing that is going on is quite humorous—a clever character device.

Insatiable
The ringtone was a nice touch, made me chuckle.

Good innovation on ‘Herlen University.’ Any thoughts on where it might be located?—City-State, town, somewhere else? What makes it well-renowned and prestigious? If you want to, you can write a synopsis paragraph about Herlen University for the Codex.

JJ Doe
I chuckled more than once in regards to Kim’s Samba hallucination. The whole post reminded me of an episode of Family Guy in which Brian pops mushrooms and has himself a trippy ride.

Blackwell
I’m a sucker for conciseness and clean prose, this post had both and it was an utter delight to read.

I'll post by morning, which it technically is, but I'm exhausted from work and pulling an all-nighter of other work.
See you in a couple hours after I sleep.

So I found a song I feel fits the group as a whole. Some of the lines are creepily accurate when it comes to Samuel.

"We are the reckless,
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there."

Edit: Oh, I also got a new mouse yesterday. Razer naga 2014. Loving it so far. What kind of mice do you guys have?

I have a Logitech g400, which I adore. It's the most comfortable mouse I've ever used. I'm not a fan of Razer mostly because I've heard nasty things about their build quality, and I don't find them as comfortable as the Logitech design.

Update: I have posted. Here's the song I intended to go with this post; I didn't wanna just link it in there, though.

Alright, nice posting Ex, and all around. There is now only two people who have not yet posted their introduction posts, but that's okay. I'll move things along today/tomorrow.

I'm not sure how familiar you guys are with roleplaying multiple timelines. If you are, then that's great. If you're not, it's really simple. Whenever I advance the story, I'll break it off as a new 'timeline' from whatever we are currently doing. This ensures that all the interactions from the previous timelines have a chance to close properly. It will look something like this:

Olivia did this and that, said this and this. Text text text. Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.Text text text.

——λλλλ——

Later, this and that happen. Oh my, big drama. Text text text. Text text text.Text text text. Text text text.Text text text. Text text text.

So, you just break your post into as many segments as there are timelines, if you wish to linger in a previous timeline. And whenever you want to close a timeline and move on, you just do so. Multiple timelines are only ever needed when the story advances from one 'scene' to the next. For example, from before the WARG ceremony to during it, and then after it. The ceremony is basically just the headmaster/general of the academy talking, so there isn't much interaction to be had.

I will give each timeline a name in order to avoid confusion.

Just thought I'd mention this. Let me know if this is rocket science, and I'll explain it further.

I'll be posting today finally, no matter what, just some things came up yesterday that I needed to take care of. Just typical distractions!

Alright I think that Ive finally gotten through my RL bullshit so I'll try and get a post together as soon as possible.

Great post Rockette, and nice attempt at 'holding back.'

@Archangel, take your time, no rush!

My second post is up. Posting from now on is a bit more free-form without any particular order. Remember to get at least one post in every seven days from your last. Also, make sure to acknowledge everyone and what they write—if I or someone misses something, then just point it out and we'll edit our posts.

My next post may not be for a few days, but if anybody would like to get some interaction in with Emily (at any point in the storyline) I'd be happy to do it - she needs friends! and enemies! Let me know.

Let's hop on gmail or something and collab sometime soon, Ex. It'll be cool. :D

Cool stuff guys, like the dynamic we're forming already :D!

I'm sure we could collaborate something, Ex! I have an idea already for what it could be.
And on this subject: if anyone wants to work out something's with Mags, that'd be fantastic. Otherwise I'm going to let things just happen. dx

And Prisk, my original post was so much longer! I ended up scrapping most of it to save for later purposes. I'll be able to post in a couple days. c:

Just letting you guys know that I may not be around for a few days(possibly for 2 days). My part time job has taken it's toll and my regular shifts starts tomorrow( which is 4 hours a day + school) so, yeah that would be the problem. However, I might be posting at the weekends or maybe at Thursday ...hopefully I won't fall behind. D:

Hey Rockette, do you mind if I add as a sort of offhand minor detail that Thael and Mags can't touch? Well, not that they can't touch, but their spirits are so completely opposite that they get weird feedback when they do touch.

I just thought it might be a neat little thing, since Thael would want to hug Mags most of all, but he wouldn't be able to. Sort of emphasize her isolation a bit?

I'm just throwing thoughts out there, let me know what you think.

Hmm.
I actually really like that idea!
Good thinking. c: