@Bazmund@VirdidianIgnis

I concur with the thief/alchemist idea, and for what it's worth my metaphorical door is always open, just shoot me a PM.

Also, I'll try to get a post up during my lunch hour today, that's 12:00-1:00 CST

Sorry for the absence guys. I'll catch up in a moment.

JESUS CHRIST @13900IpForThis THAT IS ONE HELL OF AN ALCOHOL TOLERANCE

Resistance to poison or not, "a couple bottles of whiskey" could put a grown man in the dirt. Adrion is a 17 year old weighing 150 lbs, and with his life as a hunter, likely very little body fat. Goddam.

I'm a professional college kid. If its one thing I know about- its alcohol tolerance. Granted I also do volunteer work at a hospital, but I'm pretty sure its the college kid experience.

@Bazmund

Forgot Adrion had "Immune System," and alcohol is a chemical compound. That's why I love Fantasy: anything can make sense.

Edit: OHHHHHH THAT'S WHY YOU WERE....Hang on a sec.

@vietmyke

oh shit a couple? I had a couple? I thought I wrote one.

.1: So the not so funny thing is that at first I thought I would put beer, but because I wanted Adrion to waste most of his money on something useless, I had to upgrade it to whisky, since its more expensive. In the end, I combined a "couple bottles" with "whisky."

@13900IpForThis@vietmyke As someone who has a very high alcohol tolerance myself, thanks both to body mass and good genetics (fuck yeah Kurdish heritage) it does not take nearly that amount to kill almost anyone. Dragonkin, Dryad, Human, Elf, that's one hell of a tolerance. I mean, I'm not gonna ask you to change it because honestly this IS fantasy, and they could be bottles of any size, but... woah. I'm impressed.

@13900IpForThis "granting him the displeasure of having to swallow a couple bottles of piss-flavored whisky in order to to become intoxicated." - aye, a single bottle would be considerably more believable, with his enhanced immune system.

As far as poisons go, Alcohol is pretty weak- its not the strength of the alcohol Adrion's immune system is fighting, rather the volume it was dealing with. Alcohol as a poison is something the normal human body can filter fairly efficiently. Its when you start drinking it by the liter that your liver starts crying.

@Bazmund - I didn't clarify- 'In the dirt' is a saying my club has, doesn't imply dead, just unconscious. Or rather, it does imply dead, but in the knocked out from alcohol way, not literally dead. In our pseudo-frat-cultural club, we introduce all the new kids to the party, then we put them in the dirt.

@CollectorOfMyst That Journal is one hell of a cool idea. I propose, if you don't have it in mind already, to also record memorable moments throughout the RP, even if you weren't there. Saying something like "So I heard this shit happened..." would keep it in your point of view.

@vietmyke Whatever you meant, rest assured that a couple bottles of whiskey could conceivably kill most human beings if consumed in a single night. Assuming they're 70cl at least.

Then again, I'm hardly a toxicology student. It's the concentration of alcohol in your bloodstream that matters most in terms of immediate physiological consequences - the total volume over time is what will effect the liver. That's as much as I know.

@vietmyke@13900IpForThis@Bazmund Whiskey, as liquor, has an Alcohol-by-volume that ranges from 40% to 70%, compared to beer's 3%-5%, and wine's 12%. Assuming it's of a cheap variety, it would contain a higher concentration of alcohol. Adrion, as someone in his late teens, not quite at adulthood, would be more harmed by alcohol than someone like Daniel, Sam or Ekaterine would, as his body is still in development, in particular his brain. Additionally, it is a drug, and you can overdose on it. Being drunk is caused by alcohol not being broken down and entering the bloodstream. A stronger immune system is unlikely to reduce the effects, because it is the digestive system that does all the work when it comes to alcohol. The higher the blood-alcohol content, the more dangerous it becomes - and so the stronger the drink, the quicker it could become lethal. 0.3% BAC can cause amnesia, blackouts, and vomiting. 0.45% BAC results in loss of consciousness, suppression of vital functions such as the gag reflex, increasing risk of choking to death on your own vomit, and straight-up death from alcohol poisoning. If Adrion MUST blow his money on something, I recommend wine at the most. If you're wondering why I know this, when I was 13-through-15, there was a mandatory lesson that we had to take, 'Personal and Social Eduction' that taught us about things from STDs, to creating CVs, and then natural disasters and internet safety. I had to find my old notes to pass on this information, but even

Also, for the codex, at the very end, there's a section labelled 'Entries'. This is where Cole writes down recent events - giving us a recap, effectively, - and where he might make note of any monumental happenings, though given that he's working with the others, it is entirely likely he's more than likely to hear it from them than from street rumours. However, if you want for Adrion to make a comment on that, that's what I proposed the Notes function for - he comes across the journal, sees the entry and writes down something, provided Baz approves it.

I apologise for the wall of text, but even fantasy is based in realism. Wine also tends to be more expensive than liquor.

@CollectorOfMyst Thank you. I also don't think we should have anyone but Cole writing in it. Nobody but Cole has any business in Cole's property, and I don't think anyone who would deface something of someone else's on their own team is the kind of person who would be recruited for this mission in the first place.

(This is a void. No longer applies)

OK, so it definitely wasn't during my lunch hour (wound up occupied during it) but I'll get a post up today. On the topic of collabs, if anyone wants to do one with me just let me know.

@Deadnaut After reading Aura's new post, why do I feel she's that one person who'd be watching a couple from a bush with binoculars, and sort of cheer-leading them on, saying things like 'Now kiss!"?

@CollectorOfMyst she wouldn't be in a bush with binoculars though, she'd be hovering behind them.

@CollectorOfMyst@vietmyke

Guys guys, you've both got it all wrong.

She'd be watching from a tree, squeaking excitedly

There will be a semi-story post today, to create a higher sense of urgency, as well as introduce a new (couple of) antagonist-esque character(s). Keep an eye on the thread, and on the OP in the characters tab for updates.

Solid copy Baz. I'll get a post up later today

Keep going, my boy Adrion will keep a keen eye for any interesting shapes that might appear in the middle of the night.