[OOC] RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

[Phantomlink959]

indeed. wait until you meet what we cooked up for initiation *demented laughter*

[The Fox Without]

This is a post to inform all players we will be continuing to the next round in 6 hours

[Phantomlink959]

Fox, Rost's color us meant to be lilac #C8A2C8
just a heads up

[Phantomlink959]

Kilt, still waiting on you to post.

@Cyrania
Just a friendly warning,

Phantom:Tierra got maybe a few seconds glance at Argent's weapons while he was cleaning them, not nearly long enough to figure out the hidden functions like that.

Fox: We mainly bring this up as it is not the first instance of metagaming we've seen from Tierra. Thus after this warning, we may have to consider penalties to the character herself, and worse should it persist. Just so you know, we aren't trying to dissuade you from playing, and I do look forward to playing with her. Thank you for your attention.

[Cyrania]

Sorry, I was thinking that she had noticed him and Argent did clean his sword, shield, and guns while she was noticing. From there, she would work out where the guns came from. Since it seems this kind of reasoning is wrong and is part of metagaming, I'll refrain from more such observations for Tierra in the future. (How do you do an observant character without metagaming?)

[Mcmolly]

I think maybe honing down the interests a bit might be a good start. Kinda like, in those few moments why would Tierra decide "yes this I am going to right now apply my mind to figuring this out about the weapon." As well, being wrong every now and then doesn't hurt. Nobody's perfect, and with the wide varieties of weapons in Remnant, there's probably a whole slew of things she could have thought about it.

[SpiritedDream]

Observant characters can be difficult to play without metagaming, but you must keep in mind what the other characters are doing. How long did your character actually get a glance at them? What kind of surroundings are there - is there any interference with their sight? How well does your character actually know what they're looking at?

In the case of the two weapons she has mentioned, and automatically deducted precisely what they were, it was unfeasable. Argent cleaned his sword, yes, but the only mention of his gun form was a minute, quick check of the barrels before he put them away. Even if your character glanced over at him at the time, The most she would see was either the sword itself, the guns themselves, or it starting to shift between froms simply due to the sheer amount of people that would have been wandering around between your characters, blocking her view. In the case of Cereza's weapon, I tried explaining that it was in it's compact form - literally a rectangular box with three blades folded against the side. Cereza was not within Tierra's eyesight when she had the weapon unfolded, and there are plenty of weapons that collapse down into boxes with blades - Crescent Rose is the main one I can think of and a wide variety of gun-swords and -axes, as well as the polearms. For Tierra's mind to automatically leap to polearm when the weapon was hidden behind Cereza herself and she was trying to make sure Cereza wasn't hurt, it was simply too contrived.

With character interactions, unless your character is a highly suspicious and paranoid about the underworld kind of character, or a snob, they would automatically think normal jobs for anyone they meet. A thin, almost sickly girl would be seen as someone who might run messenges rather than automatically being a thief, as Tierra's personality and background don't give her the mindset that would make that connection.

So, you need to keep an eye on what other characters actually do and how long they do it for, where they are in relation to your own character, what the surroundings are like and how they could interfere with anything she may notice, and how well does your character actually know what she is looking at. However, if a character states something clearly in their interaction with her or an event is made clear in a GM post that affects Tierra in some way, she can use that information as any person would, drawing her own conclusions or questioning the others about it more.

We wish to assure you that this isn't an admonishment, but simply our attempt to make you aware of ways to cut out metagaming while still playing an observant character. Penalties are a possibility, however we would prefer not to do so and give you this chance to improve on your roleplaying skills and character.

[SpiritedDream]

Cereza was one of the last people off the ship, and she is dawdling towards the auditorium. That being said, she's free to collab with anyone. I'll available for writing in a few hours.

[Phantomlink959]

@KiltmanBagz@SpiritedDream@Mcmolly@Cyrania@The Fox Without@Madninja324@Against This

Round start, kids.

[SpiritedDream]

I'm here and available for collabing, yay! And will be for the next seven odd hours! Anyone, and I really do mean anyone, I am willing to collab with you! (even multiple if you guys wanted)

Cyrania and I are starting a collab here now if anyone wants to join in

[SpiritedDream]

Cyrania and I have posted! Yay!

[Madninja324]

@Against This Wanna do a collab post? since Leon and Argent are going to be partners they should have some interaction before initiation

[Against This]

@Against This Wanna do a collab post? since Leon and Argent are going to be partners they should have some interaction before initiation

@Madninja324

I can get behind that message. I may even be able yo use my laptop even!

When are you available?

[Madninja324]

any day, after eight usually

[Phantomlink959]

Don't forget timezone, Mad. we've got at least 3 different countries represented in this roleplay.

[Madninja324]

right, that's Eastern standard time, I think

[SpiritedDream]

EST is American, right? Cos Oz has AEST which is Australian Eastern Standard Time

[Phantomlink959]

yup, EST is american east cost.

[SpiritedDream]

Okay.

[The Fox Without]

5 hour warning for the next round

Sorry it was late, time go away from me