[OOC] Rising Winds and Shifting Sands

[Nemaisare]

Allright, we'll see how second impressions go. Lol and hope they're mostly good. That, or we'd just ensure that once Curdle does get out she'd be either first contact or safest contact. Or she could help him out some other way. We'll find out what's necessary I suppose.

I'll be doing some homework stuff today and possibly tomorrow if I'm slow, so posting shall sadly have to wait for that, but soon soon. :)

[Alfbie]

How is Curdle in navigating the desert? If Miria somehow misses her time to leave with the necessary caravan, she'll be pretty screwed and will need some guidance.

Otherwise they can meet up while she's traveling with the caravan, or who-knows-what-else :)

As for when to post: Whenever you're free; you were patient enough for me :)

[Nemaisare]

I'd prefer to have Curdle not really know how to navigate, simply because I don't think it's ever been part of his need to know repertoire. He might potentially have picked up something just from conversation, but that's not really the best way to be safe when suddenly running into the desert. lol

Sooo.... I suppose we have three options. Unless I'm missing something, which I could be...

1) Miria leaves with a caravan and that's how Curdle finds her. Which would bring up other possible problems given as there's more people around who may or may not be aware that Curdle is an escaped jinni.

2) Curdle might have the potential to follow the caravan's jinni if they stay close enough, though Miria's cart could be problematic. Which could mean she might have left with the caravan and Curdle's arrival makes them say uhhh nope, bye, you're out, or she didn't leave with them, thinking that she'd be able to remember the way to her next destination without trouble.

3) We bring in a third party who is not part of the caravan and does know what they're doing without jinn magic.

4) Yep, there's the bit I didn't think of. lol Miria can find her way to her next destination without help. And it's mostly by road. Probably a short distance then, though, which would mean they wouldn't want to stay long.

5) Curdle can navigate.

I'll probably be happy with any of those. Though 1 or 2 would be the better of the four, methinks. Possibly. Maybe...

[Alfbie]

#1 seems the easiest and most plausible *nod-nod*

[Nemaisare]

Allrighty, we'll aim for #1 then. :)

I have to admit, thinking through my ideas, if you can manage to at the very least not have Miria call the guards over, that would be most helpful. I don't need her to dump the urn though, changed my mind there, just need it to still be in her cart when Curdle gets out of the city.

That being said, if your first instinct is that Miria would give him up, or might accidentally give him up, or that guards might notice the Curdle lump... Go for it. If I can't figure out how to get out of it with a jinni as my character, I'm really not much of an rper. lol :P

[Alfbie]

This post is a little shorter; I decided it best not to gloss over Curdle getting out of the cart for the sake of RPing an angry guard. Feel free to shorten your next post as well; quality over quantity, and I don't need to worry about trivial things like post length with you :)

At first I was going to have the guard kinda wander over and start asking questions, but then Curdle would have to make some sort of break for it, and I think Miria will be less likely to talk to him again in the future if she sees him try to escape the guards like any jinni criminal on the run would, if that makes sense.

However, if you were eager to display some of Curdle's tricks, I can have a guard discover him after he leaves Miria's cart or while he's trying to leave town. There'll be plenty of chances for excitement between Curdle and Miria once they are on the road (I haven't thought of anything solid yet, though I am forming a few vague ideas, depending on how things go) :D

In any case, thank you so much for letting me know what you want ahead of time :) It's much better than having me write something that makes you go, "Oh crap, I have no idea how to get out of that pickle," and then you lose interest and the RP dies. On the other hand, if this RP starts to get dry/boring or you need something off-the-wall exciting to happen, please let me know and I can swing it :) Sometimes I focus so much on characterization and interaction that I forget about action. Yikes. (But in case you're wondering, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself so far :) )

[Nemaisare]

Short, maybe a little too short, had to get it done a little faster halfway through, whoops... But the encounter with the guards wasn't the part I wanted to focus on anyway, so it's all good. :P

The tricks I'm planning shall involve his escape and the final rites, hence the lack of urn dumping. My brain came up with a nice scene for that, so that's gonna happen at some point. :P

And yeah, I'll remember that, I'm getting better at telling people these things. Feel free to tell me if you've got a specific direction you're hoping for too. :) I like character interaction too, a good mix of chatter and quiet times and action-y excitement works for me juuuust fine. ;) I've found I have an excessive enjoyment of cultural question and answer sessions. Fun times, making beliefs up, seriously. (And yeah, I'm enjoying myself too, most wondrously)

[Nemaisare]

Oh, also, I've been having fun in the character section, you might have noticed... >.>

If you ever have a thought you'd like added into one of the posts, or would rather have your own list of NPCs or notice that I'm missing something, or whatever, seriously, just give me a poke. :) Have fun with it. :D We shall make awesome stuff! Some of it I don't entirely know why I'm writing it down, but hey, it might be relevant later. One never knows. :P I just don't want you worried that since I've made the post, you ain't allowed to touch nothing! Cuz, like, you totally are. I just really like this three thread grouping format and plan to take full advantage of the awesome. Yepyepyepyepyepyep

[Alfbie]

No worries :) I find the tidbits fascinating, and I'll be sure to add my own when the time arises. I'm... kinda terrible at recording technical details of a story, though, haha! But it will happen :) Also, your description for "him" made me chuckle :)

[Nemaisare]

Lol, I usually don't keep a record, but since it's so handily there, I figured it would be a good way to keep track of things and maybe help with plot points later on. Just you watch, it'll turn out to be an unnotable NPC that we'll be trying to remember things about. Chances are good. :P

Haha, yeah, I amused myself with that one. Had to go through, make sure you hadn't named him. Wouldn't be quite the same otherwise. :P

[Nemaisare]

I'm getting a post slowly put together, I accidentally backed myself into a corner with a sudden, well, why the heck didn't you do that in the first place? moment, so I'm dabbling about with different explanations that may or may not hold water. But I assure you, it is coming along.

[Alfbie]

Hehe, I've done that before!

If need be, I can revise segments of my previous post to make the transition easier. Just let me know :)

[Nemaisare]

Nah, s'all good. I think I've got it now, just need to write it out properly now. :) thanks for being patient with me.

[Nemaisare]

Nyah! Did it! Phwew, sorry bout that wait. Especially since it doesn't really do anything that involves Miria. Speaking of which, if you'd like me to give her something to interact with other than a donkey and caravan peeps(like, say, actual caravan NPCs :P) I can totally add a bit. That stuff easy peasy. ;)

Curdle is now gonna bother Miria in her dreams when she goes to sleep tonight, provided he finds her before she wakes up... Because bothering her in person once just wasn't enough! :P

[Alfbie]

Doesn't matter to me regarding the NPCs. I'm fine either way :D

Sorry for disappearing like that -- trying to figure out how to get homework done on a very busy Easter weekend was stressing me out a little too much, lol. But the crisis is over and I'm back! I should have a post up soon :)

[Nemaisare]

Hey! No worries, good to hear the stress is over for you. *hugs*

I won't be getting anything out until later Wednesday so if you manage a post before that, no NPCs. If you haven't posted before noon then I'll start writing an add-on. If you've got something started, just let me know and I shall avoid stepping on your toes. :p

[Alfbie]

*is confused*

So, I was gonna get my post done during lunch today, but... I'm assuming that because it is past Wednesday at noon that I can write NPCs? (not sure what you mean by "add-on".) I've only got one such person in mind, enough for filler and to help us get to know Miria a little better, but nothing solid. If you'd like me to go to no NPCs, that's fine.

[Nemaisare]

Nah, nah, that was a just in case, so we weren't both working on posts that might go at cross-purposes, but I've not had the chance to do anything, and I'd never say you cannot have NPCs. That'd be sacrilege. :P

Nope, you go right on ahead with whatever you've got planned, I shall gleefully await your post. :)

[Alfbie]

Whew! That took a while for me to post!

To be honest, I wasn't sure what to write, lol. I had vague ideas, but nothing solid. Your writing in your last post was absolutely gorgeous (why I gave it a thumbs up :) ), and I struggled to match that. I also didn't want something too short, especially with such a long wait. All these things combined lead up to the delay. Blah.

the jinni girl was thought up on a whim as I was writing the post. Her look somewhat resembles Katy Perry's doe look in her Extraterrestrial video, except she has deer ears :p And she looks younger, haha. And she has normal feet. Anyhow, the reference pic is below. I have no definite plans for her or the boy yet, but it was fun to write them :)

Now I'm ready for Curdle to make his grand re-entrance, mwahaha!

Thanks for your patience :)

[Nemaisare]

Eeeheeheee! I love it!

And no worries on the wait. I'm moving slow with just about everything at the moment. :/ And I never mind waiting for good posts. :) I'm really glad to hear you liked my post. It's always nice to please. :D (and get compliments >.> :P)

I really like this new girl jinni though. Makes anice fantastical image in my head. ANd the boy and Miria just all argh, wherefore are you talking at me?

It might take me a while to get a reply out, but since I know it's going to either end right on contact with Miria or sometime a little later, do you have any thoughts on what she might be dreaming when Curdle pops in on her? I'm not sure if I want him to be in her dream and they can have a brief moment of 'oh hey, it's you... get out of my head!' (or however she might react depending on whether or not she realises), or if he'd just be vaguely aware of her dreams because of his current out of body state. Either way, he will need to have her be aware of his presence before he can make use of having found her. Thoughts?