I had to write something for the OOC first, so I figured I'd repost my character's info. Not sure about the age though. If you can remember what we agreed before about the age, please let me know :)

Name: James Flanagan a.k.a. Nicholas Rochford IV
Age: 24
Appearance:

Name: Claire Abbot
Age: 21

Lol we now have avatars! Mine looks angry.

haha it does look really mad! I hope we can personalize them soon lol

I was wondering if we could discuss this war and what Claire's objective would be if she's on the "other side", and can eventually be convinced she's in the wrong. I can't remember the name of the war, what country would she be helping out? Btw sorry I've been slow I promise to respond tomorrow around lunch or so.

It's called the Crimean Wars (I honestly forgot all about it and had to look for it all over again. LOL). This war is actually between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, but because England and France were threatened by Russia's advance, they joined with the Ottoman Empire. I don't think we need to be too accurate with the historical details. The only issue I have, which I only recently realized, is that Crimea is far from England.

Here's a picture:
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This means that if Claire is doing spy work for Russia, it will take too long before the information reaches the right ears. Although for the sake of the story, we can always assume that it won't take too long :) Her goal is to steal military info like how many weapons, men, horses will be deployed, supply routes, technology blueprint, etc. Nick's goal is to intercept all the stolen information/documents and discover who is behind it. My idea is that at one point Nick will secretly suspect her and she might also suspect that he works for the Queen. They'll try to throw each other off track, but she'd be closely watched, then would either be fed with false information with the help of his contacts or her messages will be tampered. Because of that, her employers will think that she's a double agent and will send one of their agents to abduct or kill her. Maybe that will be the point where she walks out of her deal with the Russians and starts running for her life. So their problem will be how to save her from both the Russians and the English law.

This is just me making a suggestion, everything is flexible. Feel free to add or erase or edit anything. :)

No, that's GREAT. Really helps me! Let's totally assume information more quicker, because- well, no need to make this more complicated than it needs to be lol

Hmmm I'll be thinking on the whole tampered/false info, I love it.

Wow, we actually have like...a goal. This rp could potentially have an ending and not just drop lamely because we don't have a plan. How exciting ;)

I'm glad you liked it. :D We can edit the story as we go. So after the lunch, should we fast forward to maybe the day before the wedding or are you looking at throwing a little something before they get married?

No, everything I'm planning and imagining in my head happens after marriage, so that's great.

Sorry I'm being slow, and might continue to be the next couple days, I'm not sure. I coach an archery team and I'm trying to get everything read for Regionals this weekend, and have had doctor stuff going on and will again tomorrow. And this insane weather has me all stressed. Anyway, I'm sure I'll get a post in sometime this week, but I won't be able to post every day like I want to until after Saturday.

Ok, good. :)

And it's cool that you are an archery coach. I wanted to learn archery in school, but I never got any slot. Take your time and good luck with regionals. :)

Sorry about the delay, there was an even in the university and I won't be able to reply tomorrow because of the same reason.

I didn't know you were still at school. For some reason I thought you were graduated :)

Yes, actually I'm already an alumni. Every year the University holds a fair during the week of Valentine's day. We call it the Feb Fair. :) Graduates come back during this period to meet with college friends and check on what's up with the student organization they joined during college.

Have you ever had trouble connecting with a character, and you struggled to get into "their" mind to make decisions? Like I know what she's doing I just don't know why. I feel like that's been me with claire and I have no idea why, I've never had so much trouble. But I did a little more research and sat and thought a lot more, and finally with this post it clicked. I'm on her level and in her head and I'm so excited. I've been so unhappy with my posts but now I think ill be able to feel so much better lol

Nice to hear that :) I do feel that, though not with Nicky (not most of the time). I had characters in the past too that I regretted creating, because I can't relate. This happens more often when I try something new (like sci-fi I suck at sci-fi).

Aww well didn't that end beautifully! ;D

And now to make him love her for real....haha

And he had to work for her affection as well, while ring hard not to mix work with pleasure. :D

wedding gown inspiration. just fyi, I don't like their dresses back then. Just a comment haha well, it's more that I don't like their head pieces. That is NOT her headpiece. lol

also, this is where I kind of got some info from, to make it easier if you haven't read anything yet. If you're like me and you want to get things at least semi correct. Not on the dot, but you know. Just so I knew that yes there was a ring for the woman, yes weddings happened in the morning...

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=581620

I loved your post. Actually, I felt really inspired to write after reading it and the the link you shared above, but real life happens and my work was kind of demanding lately.

I'm sorry, I'm just very busy these days. I've done about 1/4 of my intended reply, but I'll finish it by tomorrow night. I'm really sorry :(