[OOC] The Spirits Within

[JJ Doe]

Okay so: unnamed planet, unnamed continents, and unnamed countries (though based on some of the IC posts we will need a "US", "Germany", and "Asia"). Nautilus is a independent city-state. And just forget everything from the old version. Gotcha.

Is Oakridge and Helston (actually any of the cities except Nautilus) in the same country?

[Insatiable]

Can't post today or tomorrow but I WILL (yes, will) have my post on Tuesday. Again, busy times but since I constantly view the IC posts on my phone, I can construct some ideas and put them altogether for my post whenever free time is available. And Tuesday, well, I have a day off from everything (including school) so that would be a perfect (kind of) time. #apologiesagainforthedelay #penguins

[Mirandae]

Technically, anything from 'the real world' doesn't exist in this one, so the designations U.S., Germany, and Asia wouldn't exist, but there could certainly be countries/continents that share cultural similarities. I'll work on the map a bit more today. However, I think I will skip countries and just go with continents, and then 'regions' within the continent. As it is now, all the markers on the map, except Nautilus, are part of the same continent, but not in the same region. But, yeah, I'll dust off my photoshop 'skills' and clear this up today/tomorrow.

Glad to hear it and looking forward to it, Insi.

[Ozerath]

Hai guys, back from the cottage weekend, post later tonight or tomorrow prly.

[Sixsmith]

Some family things came up. Ugh, busy weekends suck.

If I don't finish the post tonight, I'll do my best to get it up tomorrow.

[Mirandae]

Good to still have you with us, and thanks for your notices!

So, I've introduced our first battle. The enemies are fairly weak, and there is plenty of them to go around. In the post, there is a hider for information about the enemy itself and a picture, and there is also a hider for the stagger meters of every single enemy, which are all named after the Greek alphabet (so that we don't get confused!). Read the "Combat Guidelines" at the end of the Codex, again, before you get into combat—especially the 'enemy behavior' section, there isn't much to keep track of besides that.

@Rockette, I was 'accidentally' listening to Vincent's theme when I read the first part of your post. I got goosebumps! It fits so well with Magdalena. I might be biased, but I'm sure it's not just me.

[Rockette]

Awesome, our first battle! c:
I'm already eager to write something for it, but I'll temper myself for the moment. Let everyone catch up to where we are.

Prisk, I went back and read over my post whilst listening to it, I can't help but agree it fits Mags to a certain tee!
I have so many songs and themes I've managed to associate with her and everyone in the role play, I like to create playlists designated for certain things I write. It's nice that when I came back after four months of not having role played, I could easily get back into it with this particular story.

Of course, it being inspired a lot from FF helps tremendously.

[Archangel89]

As a question Prisk, is there any idea of how many of each creature is attacking which group? Oh and before I forget...since Aaron is a slave to his temper he may or may not break Olivia's orders. This is not meant to specifically to contradict how you as GM wanted this to go but I'm just playing this as Aaron would think and act.

[Mirandae]

Rockette said
Prisk, I went back and read over my post whilst listening to it, I can't help but agree it fits Mags to a certain tee! I have songs and themes I've managed to associate with her and everyone in the role play, I like to create playlists designated for certain things I write. It's nice that when I came back after four months of not having role played, I could easily get back into it with this particular story.Of course, it being inspired a lot from FF helps tremendously.

I indulge in music quite a bit when it comes to roleplaying, spending a great deal of time to find the correct pieces for some particular mood. Share your playlist here, in the ooc, if you want to—would be interesting to hear some of your selections.

Great to hear it, Rockette!

Archangel89 said
As a question Prisk, is there any idea of how many of each creature is attacking which group? Oh and before I forget...since Aaron is a slave to his temper he may or may not break Olivia's orders. This is not meant to specifically to contradict how you as GM wanted this to go but I'm just playing this as Aaron would think and act.

If I don't specify something, I'm leaving it in your hands. However, the creatures never move alone, that is for sure.

That's the point, Archangel. Always roleplay your character genuinely. Even if I'm the GM, the point is not for me to direct the outcome of the roleplay in any specific way, that's your job. I just set things up, and then we let our characters do the rest. Olivia might react to what Aaron does, but I won't, unless you cast some 'end of the world'-spell—I might object to that.

[Archangel89]

Fair enough...I just thought I'd throw that out there. Man Liv is going to make Aaron nervous lol I mean the boy is already sweating profusely and his heart is pounding like a bass drum then she turns and asks him to lay beside her...I think the poor guy might actually have a stroke lol.

[Mirandae]

Hah! Wouldn't that be a sight. It's fun though, to create these situations. It makes for good drama down the road.

@Everyone, I've updated the map. The world has a name: Atlas. Not very original, but it's something. Your character can say "Atlas" or "Earth," it doesn't matter. Each continent now has a name. The continent that the characters are currently in—Cetra—has all of its 'regions' named as well. I will update the map as we progress through the story, and maybe write some Codex entries for each continent.

[Adorabadass]

JJ Doe said
@Adorabadass: Did you still want to do a collab post?

Yeah, sorry. Had drill this weekend and as a result was tired and busy. Wanna get in a chat room or pm or some shit tomorrow?

[JJ Doe]

Prisk said @Everyone, I've updated the map. The world has a name: Atlas. Not very original, but it's something. Your character can say "Atlas" or "Earth," it doesn't matter. Each continent now has a name. The continent that the characters are currently in—Cetra—has all of its 'regions' named as well. I will update the map as we progress through the story, and maybe write some Codex entries for each continent.

Yay! It looks wonderful Prisk! Can't wait to read about them.

@Adorabadass: No worries. I have a feeling I'm going to have a lot to do this week too :P Responded to PM.

[Insatiable]

Managed to post in time~ It's a bit rushed but I'm finally recovering from writer's block. Thank goodness. I'll be posting for the battle scene after a few posts from you people ;)

[Blackwell]

Fan of Guild Wars, eh Prisk? Haha.

I'm working on my response now, should have it up tomorrowish.

[Ozerath]

Posted for last cycle! Will post for battle soonish

[Mirandae]

Insatiable said
Managed to post in time~ It's a bit rushed but I'm finally recovering from writer's block. Thank goodness. I'll be posting for the battle scene after a few posts from you people ;)

Writer's block is a myth, dear Insi! In the words of Stephen King: writing is like laying bricks when building a house. There is nothing to it other than writing one word after another.

Blackwell said
Fan of Guild Wars, eh Prisk? Haha. I'm working on my response now, should have it up tomorrowish.

Oh yes! I played the first one, fanatically. I have the second one, but they excluded everything that made the first one unique, so it's just another copy of some other copy.

[Tenish the Mighty]

Anyone in particular feel like collaborating on the next round of postage?

Remi's a little hard to swallow on his lonesome dry as he is.

[Sixsmith]

Finishing up my post, but I'm exhausted. I'll have it up tomorrow ASAP... probably when I wake up really late. ._. Because I staid up so late already. Wanna make sure it's good and I gotta add duh fight scene stuff, though the collabish with Oz helped alleviate some of the length. :P

[Mirandae]

Good to hear!

‘Blog Post’ for Everyone
I don’t know what to call this, but I want to explain a few things about me and how I think when it comes to roleplaying and my decisions for this particular story.

When I began to write the ‘script’ for this story, I carefully considered something that I’m highly allergic to: Game Masters that indulge in being the focal point of a roleplay. I realized that a story like this, which is blatantly inspired by Final Fantasy, requires a strong protagonist that other characters can gather around. However, if I had taken upon myself this role of being the ‘protagonist,’ I would have indulged in the same thing to which I’m allergic. This is when I got the idea for Samuel; he is a community character, a protagonist of sorts that all other characters can gather around, and I don’t control him. Olivia was inspired by the same idea. She is a quasi-community character that other characters can gather around, but I can control her without indulging, as she is only a partial focal point in the story, with your characters being the other parts.

Therefore, I’m always available to provide all of you with Olivia dialog for your posts (even if it's just a single line), just as I did with Ex the other night. We used a terrific alternative to Google Docs that I will begin to use as well—The last Outpad.

If and whenever you want to know the reasons behind some particular decision of mine or design choices, all you need to do is ask. I’m rarely offended by anything, unlike most people in this world.

I'll probably write more of these 'blogs' every now and then.