[OOC] The Spirits Within

[JJ Doe]

JJ’s Random Comment of the Day:

[Mirandae]

Rockette said
Well I'm finally back home, and it was so nice to get away, I advise you guys do so before all the Holiday junk.

I'd like to, but uni is preventing it. However, the holiday celebrations in my tiny family are pretty low-key and casual, so things aren't that stressful.

Also, where are Archangel and Anima? Is anyone writing with any of them?

[Ex]

Anima and I were supposed to have a collab some time ago but I haven't heard from her - to be fair, I have not prodded her recently, either.

[Mirandae]

Okay. She seems to be active in other threads. Maybe she'll come around once she's done with those. Hopefully!

[Archangel89]

Im here but my intetnet is being screwy. JJ at some point we need to collab.

[JJ Doe]

[Mirandae]

I'm having Olivia respond to Kimberly and Aaron's little confrontation in my next post, so if your collaboration is about that we can do it together in the in-character as a timeline.

I've also updated the Codex. New entries will be rolled out as they are completed.

[Rockette]

Oooh fun. looking forward to how all that pans out. d;
I immediately started on secondary character banners earlier I just had to add all my resources to this laptop to work with.

[Mirandae]

Thinking that I in the future might randomize who that enemies attack, so that I or you guys don't control it, with a higher chance for them to attack the nemesis. But, I'm not sure how I would do that... ideas?

[JJ Doe]

Hmm... I've never actually used it so I'm not sure of the details, but I believe there are online virtual tabletop tools that might help. Or you can assign numbers to each character and use a random number picker to decide who gets attacked.

Edit: P.S. Prisk, I should probably mention that Kim pulled out Alpha's tongue in my last battle post.

[Mirandae]

I knew I missed something. Thanks for pointing it out, JJ! But, while it's okay and no big deal this time, that kind of action is one of those that I want to try and avoid (fatal wounds and disabling). If we didn't have the system, I wouldn't care, but now we do. Anyway, think about it for the next battle! And in your next post, just describe it as if the Alpha attacked Kim with whatever was left of its severed tongue — perhaps it grew back!

Also, the extremely heavy and crucial weeks in school for me begin on Monday and lasts until the 15th of December. But, considering our current speed and attitude towards the roleplay, I don't think you'll notice my other obligations that much.

[JJ Doe]

Oh, I see. I'm sorry. I did not consider the ripping out tongue part "fatal", disabling, yes, but not fatal (especially since the wound was cauterized and the enemy was a xenomorph). I wrongly assumed that "fatal wounds" were only wounds that directly lead to death (combat/enemies section says: "When you attack a champion you can auto-hit, but avoid actions that entail death or fatal wounds, as these enemies are independent characters."). With all the spirit abilities, I thought it would be possible to kill an enemy without wounding them, so "actions that entail death or fatal (deadly) wounds" didn't sound redundant to me despite my wrong assumption concerning "fatal wounds".

...Hmm... this actually means we won't be able to knock weapons out of enemies' hands since it can also be considered disabling (as in, not being able to perform a certain attack)... WARG is going to have to be careful (well, mostly Kim since he would have preferred to disarm them).

[Mirandae]

Oohhpp, I think you're over-analyzing things again, sweetie. It's just poor wording on my part; "fatal" should be "disastrous," perhaps. Disarming guns from random soldiers or some such nonsense is okay, because they usually carry some manner of sticks and stones to fight with anyway.

[Ex]

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately, my real life responsibilities have gotten to a point where I just can't continue to post consistently. I haven't really been posting regularly for a while, and I've discovered that my attempts to resume doing so just take a prohibitive amount of time. I let Prisk know this morning that I'm going to be taking a pretty much indefinite leave from TSW; until mid-December at the earliest, but probably for longer, and possibly permanently. I wish I could make guarantees about my availability going into the future, but given how busy my life has become, I just can't. This leave of absence (or whatever you want to call it) is gonna apply to RPGuild as a whole (but since TSW is the only RP I'm still in, it's the only one I'm posting about it in).

I do want to say for the record, though, that I've enjoyed TSW immensely. It's been a pleasure to work with all of you, and it's a rare RP that stays this good for this long, with this many dedicated players. This is definitely way, way towards the top of every roleplay I've been in during my time on this site. Thank you all for making it so memorable and enjoyable for me. I'm sorry that I can't stick around, but I know that being part of this group is a responsibility, and I don't want to act like I can handle it when I'm not in a position to do so.

Thanks for everything, guys. Bye for now.

[Mirandae]

Thanks for your time with us, Ex. We love you and wish you good fortune, be back soon!

If anyone else feels the need to leave for whatever reason, now is the time to announce it. I will assume that Anima isn't coming back, because she hasn't been in this thread for a long time while being active in other threads on the forum, and I'm not going to poke people about activity anymore; if you don't have any personal interest, then I can't force you to roleplay with me/us.

[JJ Doe]

@Prisk: Yeah~ I should really learn to stop over-anazlyzing things… but who would JJ be without such needless skills? And don't worry, I'll still be here :)

@Ex: You shall be missed Ex…

[Rockette]

I'll still be here as well! No worries there. c=

We'll miss you so much Ex! D: Best wishes though! <3

[Archangel89]

You can count on me to be here...I've got too many plans for Aaron to let him go. Hope life finds you better Ex.

[Mirandae]

Good to know!

However, I'm gradually making a move over to RpNation. I will stay here for this roleplay, but if I create another roleplay in addition or after this one, it will be over there. It would be awesome to have you guys there for support and to chat with. I have the same user name over there. Also, they have a 'follow' feature, which is cool.

[Rockette]

I've been thinking about making an account over there, I haven't committed yet to the entire idea.