First up, I'm really sorry that we've lost you @Hank - things have been a bit hectic posting wise, and my post about not wanting folks to get left behind was a few days too late. It just goes to show that there's quite a lot to running a game, and it was remiss of me not to think about that sort of thing earlier (especially as I had to drop out of a game recently due to the speed at which it was going!).

I didn't think the posting speed would be a problem either since not all that much was happening story-wise, it was mostly just conversations and character development. Though I guess it was a lot to keep up with to read and all too. Either way, its unfortunate to see Hank go. I hope he can find something better paced for him in the near future.

Edit: That encounter worked out better than I expected it to.

Though I guess it was a lot to keep up with to read and all too.

It can be quite intimidating, especially when Real Life is also trying it's hardest to interfere with things.

However, even the grumpiest looking of clouds has a silver lining, there's space for one more - @Fancy Party, you were top of the waiting list, so first dibs goes to you. Bunz is good, we just have to put our heads together on how best to insert an octocat into the crew. My initial thoughts are:

1) Restaurant Patron! There's all sorts of people at the Henderson's Ribs above Nurr-Slugg, it's entirely feasible that Bunz is there. Perhaps Bunz has been separated from their old crew. Perhaps Bunz has been abandoned by their old crew. Perhaps the old crew had an accident and they're, you know, not around anymore.
2) They've Always Been There! It's an option, but my least favourite (like caraway seed cake, seriously, yuck).
3) This Warp Engine Is A Bit Experimental! Sort of like Option 2, but warp engines are notoriously fickle and weird in how they operate. Warp technology sometimes can sometimes cause "anomalies". Bunz could be that anomaly! Be the anomaly you want to see! Or something.
3) Meet At Ofromia! The crew is, I believe, going to head towards the planet of Ofromia to help Zane Heron throw a party. This presents quite a few opportunities to get involved, either as a party-goer, an employee, a random passer-by, a member of the Space Friends who is also trying to help, etc. etc.

It probably goes without saying at this point, but these are just the first set of ideas to pop into my head to get the ball rolling and, Katamari style, pick up other, bigger, better ideas to run with. If none of these appeal, that's fine, we can come up with something else. After I've had another mug of tea.

Edit: That encounter worked out better than I expected it to.

I was re-reading the posts and thinking that, in a weird sort of way, the actions taken actually worked quite well together - a bit of diplomacy-ish, an implied threat, a distraction, a sneak attack.

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It can be quite intimidating, especially when Real Life is also trying it's hardest to interfere with things.

Yeah, I understand. As someone with very little of a life though, I have a lot more options roleplay-wise I guess. :P

However, even the grumpiest looking of clouds has a silver lining, there's space for one more - @Fancy Party, you were top of the waiting list, so first dibs goes to you. Bunz is good, we just have to put our heads together on how best to insert an octocat into the crew. My initial thoughts are:

1) Restaurant Patron! There's all sorts of people at the Henderson's Ribs above Nurr-Slugg, it's entirely feasible that Bunz is there. Perhaps Bunz has been separated from their old crew. Perhaps Bunz has been abandoned by their old crew. Perhaps the old crew had an accident and they're, you know, not around anymore.
2) They've Always Been There! It's an option, but my least favourite (like caraway seed cake, seriously, yuck).
3) This Warp Engine Is A Bit Experimental! Sort of like Option 2, but warp engines are notoriously fickle and weird in how they operate. Warp technology sometimes can sometimes cause "anomalies". Bunz could be that anomaly! Be the anomaly you want to see! Or something.
3) Meet At Ofromia! The crew is, I believe, going to head towards the planet of Ofromia to help Zane Heron throw a party. This presents quite a few opportunities to get involved, either as a party-goer, an employee, a random passer-by, a member of the Space Friends who is also trying to help, etc. etc.

It probably goes without saying at this point, but these are just the first set of ideas to pop into my head to get the ball rolling and, Katamari style, pick up other, bigger, better ideas to run with. If none of these appeal, that's fine, we can come up with something else. After I've had another mug of tea.

Yeah, I was thinking either the Party as a party-goer or a later rescue mission where Bunz's crew had been slaughtered and he'd been left for dead. But joining at a restaurant after the party works for me too. While, he could join now as an awe-inspired patron, I feel like a little too much has happened all at once for a new crew member to be added in the same restaurant. Either way, anything that works, works for me. I'd probably prefer the party or a later rescue mission though to be honest.

I was re-reading the posts and thinking that, in a weird sort of way, the actions taken actually worked quite well together - a bit of diplomacy-ish, an implied threat, a distraction, a sneak attack.

The only thing I was worried about is that they might be reprimanded for that final action, since technically all Guerlaghiix did was threaten to eat some fries that didn't belong to him. :P

I'd probably prefer the party or a later rescue mission though to be honest.

That works for me - I'll wait for other folks to get online and weigh in, because there's no doubt some downright amazing idea I hadn't thought of that'll seem blindingly obvious to them. If we do end up going down the party-guest route, I may have to send you a private message or two about stuff. Double-super secret stuff.

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That works for me - I'll wait for other folks to get online and weigh in, because there's no doubt some downright amazing idea I hadn't thought of that'll seem blindingly obvious to them. If we do end up going down the party-guest route, I may have to send you a private message or two about stuff. Double-super secret stuff.

Yeah, sounds good to me. Send away if you want, no matter what route we go. It'll probably be best to flesh out in private anyways. Though I'm gonna get a few more hours of sleep at the moment, so I'll look forward to any other suggestions others might have too. Looking forward to joining the game anyway, I'll do my best.

I have put up a new post for everyone, please tell me if anything is wrong.

@Hylozoist Well to be fair, In Canida, whats his face would be getting 5 years in jail for instigating a fight. xD.

@Hylozoist Well to be fair, In Canida, whats his face would be getting 5 years in jail for instigating a fight. xD.

You guys take chip theft pretty seriously over there!

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You guys take chip theft pretty seriously over there!

Why do you think Canida is so nice? Its illegal to start fights! though its less illegal to finish them.

5 years for starting a fight, while its 2 years if you grow 2 acres of pot and heavily deal in it. Think about it...

I don't live in Canida, but I know some canadians and they told me that was one of their laws xD.

Is there anything I need to add or change about Bunz's character sheet before adding it to the Characters page? Btw, I'd like to join somewhere at the Party I think, after thinking about it a little, that's probably the best place.

Also, I like how The Mind duct taped an ice-pack to Guerlaghiix's head. I guess duct tape is still running strong in other parts of the universe.

Why do you think Canida is so nice?

I honestly thought it was down to the climate. God knows, when it gets cold here, the last thing on my mind is "causing trouble". As soon as it gets cold, all I want to do is wrap up warm, drink hot drinks and eat cake. In fact, I'll be honest, that's pretty much all I want to do even when it's not that cold.

Is there anything I need to add or change about Bunz's character sheet before adding it to the Characters page?

Afraid so! Don't be afraid though. It's not too scary. Also, apologies if this gets rambling, haven't had enough tea this morning and so my thoughts are everywhere. The two things I'd like to ask are:

1) How common are Octocats? Are they a rare sight in a galaxy full of weird things, or the sort of thing that most folks wouldn't bat an eyelid at seeing? Or somewhere in between? I like to know this sort of thing, so that I'm not accidentally having some NPCs freak out about a character when their expectation was that their species was relatively common.

2) Ofromia! The planet the party is being hosted on is called Ofromia. How did the character end up there? They could be a native (broadly speaking, it's quite multicultural there), a visitor, stranded by the cruel winds of fate, woken up there after a brief spell of cryonic suspension, a time travel accident, there's... there's a lot of options there. If you're wanting to be from Ofromia, I can finish typing up my notes into something a little more readable and send them your way.

Afraid so! Don't be afraid though. It's not too scary. Also, apologies if this gets rambling, haven't had enough tea this morning and so my thoughts are everywhere. The two things I'd like to ask are:

1) How common are Octocats? Are they a rare sight in a galaxy full of weird things, or the sort of thing that most folks wouldn't bat an eyelid at seeing? Or somewhere in between? I like to know this sort of thing, so that I'm not accidentally having some NPCs freak out about a character when their expectation was that their species was relatively common.

2) Ofromia! The planet the party is being hosted on is called Ofromia. How did the character end up there? They could be a native (broadly speaking, it's quite multicultural there), a visitor, stranded by the cruel winds of fate, woken up there after a brief spell of cryonic suspension, a time travel accident, there's... there's a lot of options there. If you're wanting to be from Ofromia, I can finish typing up my notes into something a little more readable and send them your way.

It would be somewhere in between. Its common to find their corpses, the shells of their bodies left behind, but to meet a living one is fairly uncommon, but not to the point anyone should be overly excited to meet one. They're more common in some parts of the galaxy than others, particularly they're more commonly found around oceanic planets.

Time travel accident sounds like fun, what did you have in mind for that? Or should I come up with something?

It would be somewhere in between. Its common to find their corpses, the shells of their bodies left behind, but to meet a living one is fairly uncommon, but not to the point anyone should be overly excited to meet one. They're more common in some parts of the galaxy than others, particularly they're more commonly found around oceanic planets.

Got it! I'm quietly working on populating this potential party with various peoples, may have to throw in some kind of super-excitable marine biologist.

Time travel accident sounds like fun, what did you have in mind for that? Or should I come up with something?

Come up with something new, or build on something I've said, or field suggestions from the rest of the players, or pick up the nearest book, skip to page one hundred and twenty one and take your inspiration from that.

On the time travel front, it's the Holy Grail of Mad Scientists. Accidents are more common than successes. There are people who claim to be from the future, travelling back to the past with dire warnings about various calamities or simply hoping for a chance to beat up their childhood bully (a nod to @TwelveOf8, and an idea to be thrown into what is tentatively being called The Backstory Arc). There are people claiming to be time-travellers who are in the business of stopping other time-travellers from causing some future calamity in their attempt to stave off another. Accidents arising from time travel involve being sent back to the wrong time, the wrong place, appearing in the wrong body, spontaneous combustion, destroying entire dimensions, summoning weird creatures from outside time and space that call themselves "Paradox" and waking up to find your family tree looks more like an ouroboros than something nice, like a pine or an oak or something. Most Mad Scientists involved in this dangerous field opt to send other people forwards and backwards in time, because even Mad Scientists have some sense of self-preservation and think twice before stepping into a "time machine" made in their basement from parts they'd ordered off SpaceNet.

Even if time travel is successful, few people would believe such a claim. It doesn't help that most who claim to have done so have wild hair, crazy looking eyes, refer to themselves in the third person and generally insist on shouting about the "end of time".

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Got it! I'm quietly working on populating this potential party with various peoples, may have to throw in some kind of super-excitable marine biologist.

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Come up with something new, or build on something I've said, or field suggestions from the rest of the players, or pick up the nearest book, skip to page one hundred and twenty one and take your inspiration from that.

On the time travel front, it's the Holy Grail of Mad Scientists. Accidents are more common than successes. There are people who claim to be from the future, travelling back to the past with dire warnings about various calamities or simply hoping for a chance to beat up their childhood bully (a nod to @TwelveOf8, and an idea to be thrown into what is tentatively being called The Backstory Arc). There are people claiming to be time-travellers who are in the business of stopping other time-travellers from causing some future calamity in their attempt to stave off another. Accidents arising from time travel involve being sent back to the wrong time, the wrong place, appearing in the wrong body, spontaneous combustion, destroying entire dimensions, summoning weird creatures from outside time and space that call themselves "Paradox" and waking up to find your family tree looks more like an ouroboros than something nice, like a pine or an oak or something. Most Mad Scientists involved in this dangerous field opt to send other people forwards and backwards in time, because even Mad Scientists have some sense of self-preservation and think twice before stepping into a "time machine" made in their basement from parts they'd ordered off SpaceNet.

Even if time travel is successful, few people would believe such a claim. It doesn't help that most who claim to have done so have wild hair, crazy looking eyes, refer to themselves in the third person and generally insist on shouting about the "end of time".

How about him being a diplomat from the future for the octocat people who at this point in time are dying off and no one knows why, but in the future it is understood that it is because their people try to survive outside of ocean planets without a proper means to survive out of the water. So, Bunz has created a suit that he wears for people like him to be able to survive out of water, to try and bring them back from the brink of extinction. Though in his travels into the past, he discovered there were potential investors and industrial producers (who could produce the parts to his suit in mass) here in Ofromia, attending the party. Sound reasonable?

Sound reasonable?

Yup. But (there's always a but, huh?) you'll end up, through some way or another, working as part of the Quest For Flavour, as that is more-or-less what will be keeping the group together. That and, naturally, the shared love of Henderson's Ribs. So it might be worth thinking about how that'll come about - the backstory is a-okay, it's just something to consider. Somehow, Bunz is a member of the Interplanetary Space Friends, after all.

I shall add Bunz, Diplomat from the Darkest Octocat Timeline to the list of characters on the first OOC post. Throw Bunz (gently) over to the character tab.

Yup. But (there's always a but, huh?) you'll end up, through some way or another, working as part of the Quest For Flavour, as that is more-or-less what will be keeping the group together. That and, naturally, the shared love of Henderson's Ribs. So it might be worth thinking about how that'll come about - the backstory is a-okay, it's just something to consider. Somehow, Bunz is a member of the Interplanetary Space Friends, after all.

I shall add Bunz, Diplomat from the Darkest Octocat Timeline to the list of characters on the first OOC post. Throw Bunz (gently) over to the character tab.

Added, let me know if I need to change anything on the sheet. I'll give some thought to how they'll end up joining the Quest for Flavour.

Appearance: Basically a mostly bipedal human-sized octopus with a cat's ears, snout, tail, and toe-beans (built into his tentacle suckers).

So i am imaging Octodad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTmONNEUXjI with cat features and an exo-suit. how of base is that?

So i am imaging Octodad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTmONNEUXjI with cat features and an exo-suit. how of base is that?

Hopefully not too far off base, although I also got a bit of a github's octocat vibe, but that might be more due to my enduring love of adorable mascots and the common species name "octocat".

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Hopefully not too far off base, although I also got a bit of a github's octocat vibe, but that might be more due to my enduring love of adorable mascots and the common species name "octocat".

Never heard of it.

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So i am imaging Octodad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTmONNEUXjI with cat features and an exo-suit. how of base is that?

Yeah, pretty much.