I like everything except for the unforgiving way kicking is handled. Grief is different for everyone. If I lose someone close to me, I might not want to even bother drop a message for a month and half, maybe more. Disrespect won't mean much to me. Or, going away from the extreme(and may it never happen) case of death or accidents or some such, RL might drop something on us that consumes pretty much all of our time for a month and a half. Surprise, you have a presentation that will pretty much make or break you career to make and sell to a panel of people who are pretty cold! In your hurry to not lose your job, I imagine you could forget to stop by and say 'By the way, all my time is gone' What I'm basically saying, is the system should punish people who are simply lazy(like me) and not people who have lost their muse for their characters(Also like me, but mainly the lazy bit), or have had RL drop a bomb on them. It should be fairly simple to tell who was just lazy in this RP and who actually had problems. Just look at their activity on the guild or on the chat. If they've been posting a lot in other RPs, but not this one, and haven't mentioned before about how they've lost their muse for this characters, it's a safe bet to assume they're simply lazy(like me, only its RP wide) Now, did any of this make sense?

So as another way to free up posting and the RP somewhat Synth and I are proposing/deciding that it keeping posts chronological seems to be causing more trouble than it is causing good. Everyone should still mark what time of day their post takes place in and the location or whathaveyou, but it is no longer required for it to be the same time of day for you as for everyone else. However, we must all be on the same day, which we are defining by a 24 hour cycle (so a single day-night cycle) and will not switch days till things are finished on a single day. I figure no one will have any particular problem with this as it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out what happened at roughly the same time and what happened after or before other things by continuing to mark the time of day in a post. Thank you for your time. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In light of the discussion of the SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT Synth and I are going to speak amongst ourselves in regards to everyone's thoughts and suggestions to see if we can come up with some solutions or at least responses to the issues and ideas that have been put forth. That is all.

*salutes*

Merlin can my PCs be students of Lazarus's class ? They will be late because I see what you have say in the chat.

Yes they can, although the class is posted so they could be part of the practice portion of the class or any future classes with Lazarus. I don't have any immediate plans for another class but I know I will be doing more.

Lucius and me suggested something that might help, I passed it onto Syn, so it's worth a try at least if anyone's game? Essence has massive collabs and those types of scenes take up a lot of time which might be part of the problem, so what if we break down large collabs? Like post up sections of a collab at a time? This has some natural positives to doing it this way. One it moves the IC and a scene at a nice pace, possibly keeping it from being nearly weeks before a new post is put in. In addition, you do not have to wait until a scene is completed to post. This enables the scene to go onward without making a long read, adding life to the IC. Another perk is that it allows other players outside of the scene to more naturally pop in rather then miss out on a chance to be included after it's over, possibly missing out on a change to be dragged into the mix of events related to that key scene. This also prevents Players from having to wait until the scene if fully done and say their PC leaves during the collab and can interact with others shortly after that section is posted, making it possible to jump from one collab to another between scenes occurring within the IC. Example: Say Olivia and Aeris were talking in Aeris's room, with the first section posted all Players are aware of an ongoing scene between those two PCs. Now Rtron could have Mary over hear, possibly Olivia and Aeris voices got louder, then started to earsdrop out of worry. That enable many different options from Yoshua's Mairyell walking in behind the little peeping tom to someone noting Mary's current actions, then over hearing Aeris and other voice (one they might know shouldn't be there) and likely knocking on the door to interrupt. This could end up drawing the other PCs into the action as it easily interrupts the scene and allows changes to be more fluid.

k thx Merlin i dont think they can attend the practice portion that is now. I do not complete my CS yet. Yes a future class they can attend. Lazarus can give them extra assignments to make up maybe ? i think that could be a funny thing. Fallen you wow me. These collabs gave me no idea that they are so large.

Fallen you wow me. These collabs gave me no idea that they are so large.

They can be, I suggest looking in some of the IC to get an idea of length. XD

The collabs can be huge death count. Right now grin and I's collabs have been averaging about 8-10 pages and we're on number 10. However their kind of specific to the two characters in question so it's easier for us to move at the pace that we do. But I can see merit to what Fallen is saying

The collabs can be huge death count. Right now grin and I's collabs have been averaging about 8-10 pages and we're on number 10. However their kind of specific to the two characters in question so it's easier for us to move at the pace that we do. But I can see merit to what Fallen is saying

Even if you post a section of the collab, Merlin, doesn't mean if someone asks to be apart of it then you don't have to allow it. We're all mature here and I'm pretty sure if you explain the reason and ask they be patient, the player would understand. Some scenes serve a purpose and that's alright. :p

it is the big boys here as they say

yes for other collabs I can see that being a great idea. This is just like 80 pages of character development and plot for a romance. So there is room between the scenes we have for others. But this is a pretty specific case though

yes for other collabs I can see that being a great idea. This is just like 80 pages of character development and plot for a romance. So there is room between the scenes we have for others. But this is a pretty specific case though

I meant if you don't want to include others, then you don't have to. Nothing wrong with it and we're all mature and respect each other enough to not take it personally, I'm sure. And if they are already established than in my eyes, that's another matter and are exceptions to that suggestion. I'm likely to do Juan's dealing with the Kitsune (just to save my sanity) and hold off on posting it until Lucius and Slade get their bit done. I've not heard anything or been told I'm needed by any of those I'm involved with, making me rather nervous tbh. On a better note, that was nice classroom scene and wished I could've had Olivia as part of that, or in some classroom interaction really, to meet all these interesting characters. Though likely Olivia would be more of a wallflower due to her magic phobia against her own. XD

Is this RP still accepting characters? I had an idea for one based off of a mythological character by the name of Pan Twardowski. Although I obviously won't be straight-up ripping off the folktale, I will be using it as a base. I had a few questions first, though. Firstly, how much can lifespan be extended by way of magic? And, secondly, does an instrument user need to be affiliated with the Academy?

Yes it is Jeddaven, welcome by the way :)

Is this RP still accepting characters? I had an idea for one based off of a mythological character by the name of Pan Twardowski. Although I obviously won't be straight-up ripping off the folktale, I will be using it as a base. I had a few questions first, though. Firstly, how much can lifespan be extended by way of magic? And, secondly, does an instrument user need to be affiliated with the Academy?

:D New Victi- I mean player! ^-^

nah fallen. Victim is a good word.

nah fallen. Victim is a good word.

Shhhh! We don't want to scare him away!

oh right! and btw Fallen I'd be happy to do more Collab's using Lazarus as an instructor so that you can join in. That collab has just been sitting around for a while and I felt it might set a bad standard if I didn't finish it up in a timely manner.

oh right! and btw Fallen I'd be happy to do more Collab's using Lazarus as an instructor so that you can join in. That collab has just been sitting around for a while and I felt it might set a bad standard if I didn't finish it up in a timely manner.

Good boy! *passes cookie to Themerlinhawk* That would be fun as I know Olivia's going to likely be behind compared to the rest in her magic access and could us all the tutoing she can get. She's got some issues to work out with hers after all which won't be easy. Currently in a collab with Celaira and Yoshua so hopefully Olivia's registered and magic is revealed soon. Girl's a little rattled and lonely after all. :p Right now, I can't get Issac (Emmet's ancestor), Alma (2 months preggers) and Clarissa's (either a gaurdian angel or battle angel step sister) story from going around in my head. >.< Fighting...with reason that I have too many rps...help! *drowning... In mental conflict*