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[Candy]

This RP idea, as specified in the introductory, was a collaboration of both myself and ELGainsborough.

[A Man Is No One]

Spectacular!

Very well done. Setting the bar so high, I hope the rusty cogs can scrap by. On any accord, I'll refrain from our PMs given that this medium is more sufficient for our purpose. Given that the Allaria thread I am participating in is currently on the slow go to its goal I'll be taking some time off from my world building to try and draw a character up. I'll see what I can get done this morning before I turn in (third shift is a bitch). On any accord, Kudos for a job well done.

Let's hope I can keep up.

[Candy]

Flattery will get you everywhere, Mr. Gains. And thanks!

I'm looking forward to seeing how the RP will play out - and nah, *sticks a knife in your modesty* and I don't believe you'll have any trouble keeping up. As for the Characters, I'm still wrestling to get one together myself. I'm interested to see what you come up with as well.

All good.

[Candy]

I have just one thing to say about your Character profile, ELGainsborough... That's just awesome!

I wasn't actually expecting such a big character, but I guess I should have coming from you. I've been busy with rl stuff myself today so I don't know when I'm gonna get my character finished. I also might be taking a bit of a different approach to the situation than you, since I'm considering leaving a lot about my girl a mystery for now. Maybe. Hopefully I can get it posted tomorrow. Somehow I managed to screw up my first attempt.

But I really like your Ed a lot. He's great!

[A Man Is No One]

Thank you,

I will hopefully be able to get a little bit more up this afternoon/evening. It is my intention that I'll be able to at least begin working on my introductory post tomorrow. But that is a very loose tentative date for my post. If you are having trouble finding a siutable image, try Pinterest. Great for photos of all kinds of writing stuff. I'd like the ability to throw some background information in there from time to time. On any accord, I"m sure you'll have your character finished before I get to the background stuff I want to throw together. This is something I believe we both should have. After our character posts, two additional sections that we can edit in order to throw together a little background information for each other. But that's just a thought.

[Candy]

No problems at all.

I agree with you Gain, after a snooze I've decided to throw in a little background to my mystery girl, if only for an extra few benefits of your own, give you some idea as to why I'm keeping her details more... classified, for now. But yeah, I woke with a fresh perspective, so let's see what I can pull together at periodic times over the next 12 hours or so. and naturally, adding details to the character profile in the future would work a charm. I may be a little behind on you in regards to an opening post, so don't push me, I have a little bit of action going on outside of this site, as you do too. No rush, let's just enjoy it at our leisure :) I also have a few Abbreviations I wanna post here a little later that you could possibly work into your own scheme if you so choose. With that said, I've gotta get to work.

Have fun!

[Candy]

Okay, finally posted my character, but I'm still working on Delu's personality write-up, but I just wanted to stick those abbreviation here that I was talking about:

WS (World Sovereignty).
IAA (Interstellar and Astronomical Academy).
CSE (Convention of Space Exploration)
CSEO (Convention of Space Exploration, Ordinance #)

let me know if I left anything out by chance. You may not need to use them or anything, but they're here if you would like.

On another note: Since we are getting closer to starting, I was thinking about where to starts in terms of story. My obvious conclusion was to just start from the point instantly after they crash on the planet. Just kinda pulling themselves from the rubble kinda thing. Hope that sounds good to you as well. I don't see the two characters emerging close together, probably separating them to some extent intestinal might prove extra interesting. But that's just my view. Let me know what you think. I still haven't started on my first post yet, but just thought I'd throw that out there now anyway.

Alright, better go finish typing up that Delu personality, which isn't proving to be easy.

[A Man Is No One]

All looks fairly decent. Pretty awesome with that personnel report. How'd you manage that background and such? As for posting it is my intention to finish the cs this weekend and try and get something up before thanksgiving as an first post. Weekends are typically tough.

[Candy]

Well I spent too many hours on those images today, first spending a couple of hours frustrated with paint.net, blacking out the background of the personnel image and running over it with transparent color to soften it, add green eyes, darker lips, then put into Picasa to wash it out a little and cool it down. Secondly I spent another hour or so finding a full figure image that only remotely came close to what I wanted and subsequently put that face through an entire makeover to try and make it resemble the personnel image to some relative degree, as well as black out the background to match. Then I spent another hour or so typing out the Personnel report and aligning it so it looked somewhat like a computer image, and saved it to jpeg so i could upload it in the style i wanted to present it. After all that I spend another hour or two composing the wirte-up for the character. In the end I'm glad it turned out decent XD

To answer your question, you can use paint.net, to black out a white background then type out what you want in the font and color you want, then copy and paste an image to it. Alternatively you can scan a black piece of cardboard, add it to your pics, and do it that way.

And yeah just post when you can. like I said, no rush. Relax and enjoy your thanksgiving! We don't get that festivity where I live. I'll make a post in the IC at some point in the next couple of days, after I finish with the character personality thing.

[Candy]

Updated my character. I hope it's ok :)

Still gotta add one or two things to her strengths, and maybe considering changing a few things.

(edit)

btw, I'm a little curious about two specific yet related matters that I would like to pick your thoughts on.

Thing is, I've got some ideas on a follow up IC post to bring my character into play there, but I'm not really certain if maybe it will conflict with your own planned introduction Somehow. I'm therefore hesitant to make my followup post on the IC, in case of said possible conflict, or in case you simply just had your heart set on making your character introduction there first. Simply put, do you see any issues arising or have any objections to my making that follow up post on the IC before you do?

One of the reasons I'm a little boggled about this is because I have some hopeful ideas on details surround the crash of the vessel, but more-so what the general atmosphere of the planet could be like. I'm guessing you have your own ideas on these points too. Hence my conflict, which, to you, may not even be an issue. But then again it might be.

If you want, I could slap together a general depiction of the planet’s atmosphere and post it here, and if you like how it sounds I could then add that description to the character thread maybe, or something like that.

In any case, I really hope you’re enjoying Thanksgiving! Relax and enjoy it :)

[A Man Is No One]

Alright, so my character sheet is as done as it is going to currently get. I am going to being working on my opening post probably tomorrow morning and we will see if it gets done then - probably not. But I'm trying. Another thread I am in seems to be slowing down drastically, so I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to apply myself a little more here as well as keep working on a few entries for my persistent world, Ein Sof. But we'll see what's up for sure.

[Candy]

Good to see you've finished the character sheet. looks good!

also err... Did you by chance happen to read the inquiry I made in my last post here? (see above) Maybe I should have just made a new post instead of editing D:

Basically I have two things prepared for my next IC post, those being:

1. A flashback pertaining to certain details involved with the crash of the vessel.

2. A brief description of the planet from Delu's perspective, seen from where she wakes up after the crash.

I just don't want those two things to conflict with anything you're working on.

[A Man Is No One]

Well Candice,

I haven't actually started composing my initial post. I was intending to start it this morning. It was my intention to begin the post in the same manner. A flashback pertaining to the events leading up to the events of the exploratory dropship being lost and touching upon the events that fill the space between the last recieved transmission and the crash itself. Then of course, the obligatory intiation of his own exploration and observations of the planet. However, given that you have already started your post I am more than willing to wait and see what you've generated. Please, take your time. I will start of course, but I would be more than happy in my preference to wait and see what you create.

[Candy]

I want you to know, I think you're great. Thank you.

I put off working more on it until I heard back from you, so now that you've said that, I'm just gonna go back and finish it. Should be done in a day or so if rl stuff doesn't hold me back. Gosh damn, now after that I'm feeling pressure that it turns out fine lol

[A Man Is No One]

Well, please don't feel pressured.

My apologies for my abscence yesterday. I just couldn't bring myself to a computer. Writing is one of two major hobbies I currently partake in. The other being Warhammer 40K. Are you familiar? On any accord, between the family and work it is sometimes hard to adequarely split up my free time between one hobby and another sometimes. As it were, I'll be reading your post shortly and with any luck starting my own. I can't say when exactly it will be finished but I'll be aiming for Monday morning at the very latest. I'll be cooking tomorrow for Thanksgiving - Kids all day friday by myself with preschool closed. Then the weekend is pretty open so I should be able to gather up some time. Keep yours eyes peeled.

[Candy]

I'm not familiar with Warhammer, actually. But it would seem by your Bio that we have a couple of things in common. first, I like doing some art as well (painting and drawing). And secondly I love writing, though I wanna get a lot better at it. In any case, I hope you like my IC post.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving and spending time with the kids. Sounds good! And yeah, I'll keep my eyes peeled for your post. Don't feel pressured or rushed either :)

[A Man Is No One]

Hello there,

I just wanted to say that I am still alive and I am still here. Unfortunately, things were a little more hectic this holiday weekend than I expected. However, I will be updating my shell of a post in the immediate future. So if you could just bare with me - I really am trying to squeeze some time out of somewhere...

[Candy]

Hi,

No problem, Mr. Gains. Look forward to seeing the shell filled - and enjoy the squeeze!

But really, take it easy and do it when you can. I won't turn into a gnashing bitch for having waited a few extra days, so don't feel stress over it :)

[A Man Is No One]

So here is a little update...

I've got my first section up and running. I'm fairly proud of it. Certainly not my best work but it is certainly up to par with what I was expecting. If the color is an issue please let me know. I didn't realize it was so awkward untl I finally got the entire section in there. I'm going to keep working on the subsequent sections but (not to sound like a broken record) I've got quite a load on my plate. But I'll keep chugging along. As it were, I might suggest peering into the advanced sections or even some of the interest checks in the 1x1 or Arena. You might find it interesting.

[Candy]

It was well written, Gains, that is true. Good job. I will more than likely have many flashback accounts of Delu's life as the RP continues as well. And don't worry about the cardboard cutout Delu might seem to be atm, there is reason for it. Her character is quite established in my mind, but for your own perception of her I'm aiming for the block by block build.

Not to be picky though, I understand why you chose red for that segment, at least what I think are the reasons, but the red really does mess with my vision in larger quantities, and kinda dampens the enjoyment. I can always copy and paste it somewhere else to read it in the future if you like using it.

As for your suggestion, I've done my share of strolling through Casual, Advanced and 1X1's, but didn't spend too much time in Arena. My posts normally lean more toward the Casual side, but if you feel the need for me to step up to a more advanced level I can do that as well.

Btw, forgot to mention earlier that I like the world you're creating in 'Encyclopedia Ein Sof', kinda inspired me to create my own thread for both characters and worlds. Might get around to doing something like that myself.