[OOC] Old One Rising (A Lovecraftian adventure-horror RP) (Reboot)

[gohKamikaze]

@Sigurd I know, right? And it only took me several months! :P

@ONL Thanks man! I'm hoping the rest of the year is relatively problem free and I can actually focus on my writing. I do need to work on the whole communication front though, I apologise for not giving any advance warning about my absence :/

[ONL]

@gohKamikazeI hope so too, it feels like the post-rate has just declined for every month. And a heads-up would have been nice, but what's important is that you're here now. And you posted, so that's good.

Now we only need to gather our thoughts and focus on where we're going from here. I think the fellowship soon shall vacate Arkham for a certain fishing-village.

@Fish of Oblivion You still around?

[Fish of Oblivion]

@ONL Yeah, finished third year and got settled back into a decent routine at last. Sorry for not being around in forever, but if this is waking up again, I'd be happy to read over, catch back up and work on something to get up in the next few days?

[ONL]

@Fish of OblivionCongratulations, how's it going then? It is, at least I hope. I for certain will do what I can to bring it back. That would be great, take your time to read and write. I'll do the same and get my thoughts around where we're going from now.

[Fish of Oblivion]

@ONL Not too bad, me going almost completely AWOL for the better part of a year netted me a First! Gonna be out of uni for a decent while whilst I sort things out, though, so should have time to get caught back up on things at last. I'll do what I can to help resuscitate!

[ONL]

@Fish of OblivionAwesomesauce! Congrats, if that means you did very well (which I hope) :D And not much has happened since you posted last, so no worries.

How's everyone else doing as well? Alive and well?

[RBYDark]

Alive at least, yes c:

[Sigurd]

@Fish of OblivionAwesomesauce! Congrats, if that means you did very well (which I hope) :D And not much has happened since you posted last, so no worries.

How's everyone else doing as well? Alive and well?

@ONL

Alive, but... I am afraid I have kind of, perhaps, maaaaybe forgotten most of the story so far. :-(
So...I am thinking of how to make a post. But I will tomorrow, by all the insane, blind, cosmic gods!

[Fish of Oblivion]

@ONL Yeah, a First is pretty much the UK's equivalent of an A, so pretty solid on the whole especially since i only had to sacrifice what was left of my self-respect after sixth-form instead of a live sacrifice to the Great Old Ones!

And in which case, I'll be on it as soon as possible! Seems like work doesn't need me this weekend, so I may have time to crack on with it tomorrow, so long as I don't forget.

[ONL]

@RBYDarkIt's always a very good start to be alive, that's for sure! :D But seriously :c

@SigurdIf I remember correctly (and please do correct me if I'm wrong, folks), Emil went with the university to the Arkham Sanitarium after having witnessed a professor kill himself AND breaking into his office alongside ANOTHER professor named Arthur Steiner. In the sanitarium (Madhouse, let's me honest), he and Professor Dupree met Faye Desdemona (the unknown and psychic woman who's appeared in all our characters dreams). She told them to find a city beside and beneath the sea, and alongside Arthur Steiner they made their way BACK to the deceased professor's office to find any clues (Yeah, they're going to Innsmouth, SPOILER). They were interrupted by the arrival of the special agent Lichfield and the dynamic duo of an Irish mechanic and a midwestern(?) police officer.

Was that all?

@Fish of OblivionYou can't complain about that (except the pain, toil, tears and sweat you sacrificed to ur human overlords). What did you write about actually?

[ONL]

@SigurdA group of random 'pious' men discussing the occult and events of a murder in a church? I love it!

[Sigurd]

@ONLPriests are the eeriest part of the whole story.

[Fish of Oblivion]

@Fish of OblivionYou can't complain about that (except the pain, toil, tears and sweat you sacrificed to ur human overlords). What did you write about actually?

@ONL

Nah, definitely not complaining. Who needs self-respect/sanity, anyway? :'D

As for what I wrote about, my dissertation/major project ended up being on different adaptations/versions of Arthurian Legend: @RBYDark can vouch that it was a bit of a wild ride, what with the edgelords, sexual politics and Mordred generally being a bad lad.

[ONL]

@Fish of OblivionNow that does sound really interesting! I'd be sure to read it if it was available somewhere :D But between the two of us, what was your conclusions in short?

[Sigurd]

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Nah, definitely not complaining. Who needs self-respect/sanity, anyway? :'D

As for what I wrote about, my dissertation/major project ended up being on different adaptations/versions of Arthurian Legend: @RBYDark can vouch that it was a bit of a wild ride, what with the edgelords, sexual politics and Mordred generally being a bad lad.

@Fish of Oblivion

That only sounds like ... the coolest dissertation ever

[Sigurd]

Browsing /x/ for the first time in ages and thinking of you, lads.

[Fish of Oblivion]

how in the fuck did i get distracted for this long

@ONL @Sigurd Was definitely a fun thing to write, all last minute existential crises and nitpicking aside!

Conclusion wasn't quite as elaborate as the buildup to it, admittedly. The big point that came out of it is that the significant Arthurian texts of each period almost completely differ in how Camelot collapses, and the cause of that collapse in each corresponds to a major social/cultural/political issue of the time (e.g, The Wars of the Roses in Le Morte d'Arthur, Victorian gender roles in Idylls of the King, pretty much everything to do with the British Empire and Germany between World War I and II in The Once and Future King because White was an angry, angry lad).

[ONL]

@Fish of OblivionI have no idea except to invoke a goldfish-pun xD An obvlivious goldfish. Please don't murder me.

That is actually interesting, and surprisingly it fits into one of my subjects for the semester on how history has been viewed in the past. And of course it was the Germans who brought down Camelot! Or the Belgians...or commies...

[Sigurd]

>go through the interest check, browsing around, seeing if there's anything interesting
>oh, this sounds cool
>open the thread
>it's anime

ENOUGH

My Hider

[ONL]

@SigurdKILL IT BEFORE IT LAYS EGGS!