[OOC] Magical Notes - A Tale of Songs and Knights [Hiatus]

[Zardoric]

@RiverMaiden Bad Idea, even Mary would know that using magic on a crowd like this is frowned upon at the very least. Song Knights are supposed to be protectors, not suppressors, and all song knights (should) know this. Otherwise we wouldn't be in this situation, the crownd would fear us too much. It would be better is the most charismatic of us made a speech of some kind.

[RiverMaiden]

@Zardoric
True... *erases her post* I'll just have to think of something else. Maybe her constant instances of "public speaking" could alleviate the problem somewhat for others to expand on.

[Kimiyosis]

There we go, gaming and recording out of the way, time to finish the CS and send it here!
Extremely sorry for the long delay!

[Zardoric]

One of the characters chewing her out while making a speech and her apologising for her reckless behaviour could be a good route.

[Rakurai]

Have you people not learned anything yet? xD
When you're thinking up a solution to a problem, you need to consider the ways in which things could go horribly wrong. Actions which are fueled by the best intentions don't always lead to the best results.

Is now really the best time for the Song Knights to start turning on each other? From a player perspective it'd be organized, but from a character perspective is it really a good idea to start pointing the finger at certain individuals and start 'chewing' them out? xD
Talking to the crowd is also a risky move, as upset people usually don't like being lectured to. An apology could work, but what's Mary going to say? "Sorry, I didn't know that riding a meteorite into town could cause trouble?" xD

[BurningCold]

There have something normal going on with all of the craziness.

[Zardoric]

@Rakurai We have to make some sort of speech to appease the masses, and having Mary acknowledge her mistake openly and accept some form of punishment would go a lot further then trying to defend her actions. The only other good option is to have our characters gather together and then wait for a fully trained song knight, or the city guard or equivalent to show up. Speaking of, where are they? I would expect then to be on their way if only because a dissonance appeared in the capitol city of the largest and most protected nation.

[Eklispe]

Discussing our course of action OOC bears little fruit for actual decision making(but is useful for making fun of people XD) as our characters can't act based off of it. :<

[KoL]

Hey guys, I have the slightest suggestion to you. Maybe acting instead of dilly dallying could get you all much better results, after all, your characters can't read the mind of one another IC, mind that.

Any plan that relies in a high amount of unspoken communication might be void as meta gaming, mind you.

[RiverMaiden]

@Eklispe
Very true, so I'm probably just going to have Mary be Mary, and hopefully nothing gets screwed up any worse than it already is... Unless someone is going to have a character go chew her out for some reason or another.

[TheWendil]

@Eklispe
Unless someone is going to have a character go chew her out for some reason or another.

@RiverMaiden

I might do that since I need a way to put Farrah into this.

[Rakurai]

@Rakurai We have to make some sort of speech to appease the masses, and having Mary acknowledge her mistake openly and accept some form of punishment would go a lot further then trying to defend her actions.

@Zardoric

The question is, why do you have to 'appease the masses?'
Obviously you have to acknowledge the existences of angry peasants wielding crude weapons, but it's not like you all have to stand there and act like a collective group of officials trying to cover up a botched job.

As I stated previously, there's no reasonable way for Mary to apologies and admit fault, since technically she was committing and act of terrorism xD And explaining that Taylor isn't a skeleton/necromancer is just a waste of time. I think it's plausible for Ueno to go unnoticed since he was controlling his living armors from a distance. And Moros.... well he's already decided to observe.

@KoL
Don't 'guys' me! Rawrs!
I would have done more acting and less babbling, but I'm admittedly not involved with the scene. Hence the only thing I can actually do is rant and babble. I don't think positing ideas is a bad way to go since it does encourage communication and engagement between players, but if the planning does go over board I can see it as an issue. Metagaming is already happening with things like the baby anyway xD

@RiverMaiden
I personally think the next post for Mary will be quite important.
How she responds now will really define her as a character, as she most likely has a routine she goes through when her crazy escapades go awry.
Coming up with a solution would be nice, but I think it'd really detract from the character is you sacrificed her personality and character for the sake of conflict resolution. She's known as the "City's Madness" and I'd hope she lives up to her name xD

[KoL]

@Rakurai

I know, I know. I already have plans for Shakrais, to say the truth. I was just remembering people that meta gaming is bad thing.

Now, I just wonder how much money Claudia can squeeze of Sakrais, if he really wants to marry her Spirit?

[Rakurai]

@KoL
I really have no idea what I'm doing with that scene to be honest. I initially thought it'd be funny for Shakrais to become infatuated with Cass, and then take forever to realize the Cass was a guy, but then figured it'd be just as amusing to see Shakrais pursue a spirit. xD Especially since I'm assuming the combination of a man and spirit would be either taboo, unheard of, or at least highly unusual. (Though who's to say it doesn't happen behind closed doors)~

Figured I should also reiterate that Shakrais hasn't realized Ravel is a spirit yet xD
Might be fun to play things along, but I'll leave that up to you.
If Claudia forbids it, Shakrais will just have to convince her with gifts!
Starting with carving out several nudes of Claudia before turning them into statues made of precious metal/gems. We can put one ontop of the fountain in the marketplace, one at each entrance to Arpeggio, and one on either side of the entrance to the tournament grounds! x3

[Zardoric]

@Rakurai Meh good point. Honestly this isn't Zachary's (or my own) strong point. so Zachary is likely to not do much except protect some of the others. @Pikmin Eye is going to have to do something though, he's one of the focuses of the crowds anger, and is out of the way for support.

[KoL]

@Rakurai

Hmm... you convince me in strange ways. Actually Claudia will milk the fun out of it, but marriages between humans and Spirits have been reported, mostly between an Spirit and its respective Knight, like how people can marry body pillows and visual novel characters on those weird places known as Korea and Japan. Outside relationships aren't that common though. Either way muggles and even other Song Knights/Spirits tend to frown at such relationships.

Even then, there's stories about half-Spirits, in the legends, though none of them has ever been confirmed to be true.

[Rakurai]

@Zardoric So essentially you were doing what I was doing?
Trying to poke people into action while taking a back seat~ xD
In all honesty I wouldn't be surprised if a few people just leave the scene.
Song Knight's are probably a lot more physically adept (especially if enhanced with their spirit).
Normally this could cause fugitive scenario's... but considering how several got involved, it's possible for one to slip away unnoticed, and considering the situation it's unlikely for the authorities to send out warning posters. Actually think it could be pretty funny if they weren't criminals, but got boo'ed during the tournament xD

@KoL
I'm pretty sure the government of Japan and Korea don't actually recognize marriages between lonely men and their anime-character pillows. xD Though if they do I'd happily get married to one and reap the benefits of social security. Hell why not buy a smaller pillow and claim child support while I'm at it? xD

Sort of expected that response, but it's good to get clarification on the matter. For most song-knights I'm assuming the concept would be like marrying a sibling or best-friend, and be highly awkward xD Haven't yet decided if Ravel being a spirit would change Shakra's stance; since he's unlikely to care what the plebeians think, it comes down to how I set his own personal beliefs on the matter. Setting it against could lead to a lot of interesting direct drama, while dismissing it as a trivial hurdle could result in interesting opportunities for others... Hmmm, eh I'll wing it when the time comes xD

On a completely unrelated note, I'm curious as to what the inactive policy is for this RP?
I know you mentioned that you didn't want to give off the whole "You need to be a no-lifer to be apart of this roleplay' vibe, but how long would you be willing to wait for someone who's absent from both the IC and OoC, before safely ruling them out as departed?

[KoL]

@Rakurai

Well, Claudia will only play it as a prank on Ravel, what Shakrais thinks or not might turn this either into comedy or drama, the choice is mostly yours. Ravel will just be pouting through it all, since she's 7/10 of gay for Claudia, like basically any other Spirit (They literally only live for their Song Knights, since w/o their bond they can't remain on the Human World, much like how the Crimson Lords of Shakugan no Shana are seriously over protective of their Flame Haze).

On the matter of absence, we usually don't kick people for disappearing, but instead "freeze" their characters. If the situation allows for it we can accept more people to fill the place, but we don't make a habit of forcing people that have gone absent for whatever reason to abandon the RP. Obviously anyone is still free to leave at any point they wish to, in this case we might or not negate them the chance to come back again later. It all depends on the situation and context.

[Alina13]

@Rakurai
I will be posting soon. Real life has been chaotic lately so I haven't had much time to be on the guild. Could someone tell me round about what I'm supposed to be doing?

[RiverMaiden]

@Alina13
Do an introduction, and depending on where you are you could interact with certain people. Most of us are dealing with the societal fall out of fighting a Dissonance within the city's walls. Others are just interacting in other sectors of the town.