Darkraven

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

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I've also had internet cut-outs (no excuse, I know)

@The Fated Fallen

Well, at least it's only been 4 days, not 9 days :D

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

Well, as long as lesson's learnt and you don't do that here :-P lol... In any case, can't wait to read.

Video Game Music Appreciation Thread

@Darkraven hey i think you are supposed to review the post above you out of 10

@Dynamo Frokane

Whoops! I'll do it once I get back. Sorry!

EDIT: Fixed! Now let's get back to business as usual! :)

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

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Or just copying the text before posting, if it fails to upload you can just paste it back

That being said, saving it means it's less prone to derps like accidentally copying a link and losing loads of work (I mean who would do that, right, right? Right? (nervous sweating))

@The Fated Fallen

Lemme guess... You lost everything and have to rewrite?

Show & Tell

>When should you show?

I tend to show during the important bits of the prose, where it matters. Everything that you put down on the page has to have a purpose, and when you're showing all those details and pointing fingers at something, that's when you want to produce a profound effect on your readers.

>When should you tell?

I tell when I need something abridged and skimmed over. There are plenty of people who'd keep chanting 'show, not tell' as if it's a universal law, but they're just being sheeps chanting 'two legs good, four legs baaaaad'. Telling has just as much use in the prose. There is no point in pumping so much detail into a story and bloating it up when not everything is essential. The other method is total omission, but if you use it too often, it's going to destroy the pacing of a story and make it hollow.

>Which do you prefer to read?

Both. I want a prose that has found a harmony between the two.

>In which areas of RPing do you prefer to see either/both?

Ideally, a harmony achieved between show and tell should be everywhere.

>Do you have any examples of really great/impactful "Showings"/"Tellings"?

I'm sure you can handle finding examples of this.

>Is it appropriate to switch from one into the other? When?

Urm... Yes? You switch from show to tell when you've gotten the impactful moment out of the way - impactful moments can be things such as a revelation, a fight between protagonist and antagonist, an encounter with the primary antagonist, uncovering a clue... You switch from tell to show when you've fast-forwarded past low-impact moments - low-impact moments referring to parts of a journey where nothing much happens, of a few days passing with little incident.

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

And guys, there's been a lot of network errors and connection failures lately with roleplayerguild's server. I would suggest writing and saving your post on a text file...

Video Game Music Appreciation Thread

Or anything by Paul Anthony Romero for that matter.

Here's a symphony he'd put together with some of his best videogame music:



Oh, and how do I embed videos here? Seems that the usual methods doesn't work...

EDIT: Oh hey, fixed!

EDIT2: Okay, listened to the soundtrack again. Too repetitive at times but the vibe is absolutely dripping with personality and has captured its era and style perfectly. 7/10.

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

Jezebeth had thus far neglected to listen to the conversations in the Elvish language - while she wasn't a prodigy in it, she would have been able to translate a few words and glimpse some truth in her fate. But fate had its own way, independent of the machinations of intelligent hands.

Somehow, the elf companion of the group had bought her freedom, with what words or price, the knight didn't know yet. With so many words in favour of her released like arrows to blot out the sun, she was sure that the others had a part in her release as well. While grateful, her freedom meant little to her - it wouldn't bring her fellow knights and servants of goodness back. It wouldn't undo her folly, and unbar her way back home to her Order's castle, which had been her home for over a decade, and her daughter, who was left with a close friend, a nun with the Order.

Then this elf who was with her saviours, who she observed to be quite handsome, knelt before her and said, "If you'd have us, we can take you along our road and see your true intentions. Forgive them, but my people have been battling evil for longer than the memories of man."

His eyes met Jezebeth's, told her that she was safe. The knight searched them, her silver eyes as if peering into his soul, reading it, trying to find the truth. She believed him whole-heartedly - any bad intentions would have resulted in a very different outcome, considering that she had been forced hours ago into a submissive position.

"I am yours," Jezebeth said, putting as much meaning into her words as possible. What else was she to do? The Guardian Knight knew that she could not go back, and her mission to hunt down demons and possibly stem the flow of their armies into the realm was stalled by her army's utter defeat and annihilation, and she couldn't very well do anything by herself. "And you will see that I am not the demon these paranoid elves seem to think I am."

Her hands were still bound vindictively tight that she couldn't even wriggle them under the ropes. Even a slight movement would sting under such conditions, and it'd bitten her hard when she'd gotten up. But Jezebeth wasn't quite worried about it, no. Looking down at her elf friend's feet, then to the bare ground, she wondered if anything could truly set her free - set her mind at ease, and her heart to calm. Because it'd felt at the moment that she was damned, for the weight in her was as heavy as before.

@POOHEAD189@Fetzen@BCTheEntity@Banana@The Fated Fallen

((Kept forgetting to tag you guys, but problem solved))

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

@POOHEAD189 Good idea, I'll leave it to someone else. Can't have it magically come off in an instant.

Into The Dark: Tales of Maroleth

Hmm I find some things a bit unclear, @POOHEAD189. Am I right to say that we're staying in the Elves' camp for the time being?

Also, I guess I'll write myself that some Elvish guard cut the ropes binding Jezebeth's hands? Either way is fine with this one, just thought I'd mention it.

Otherwise, I'll be coming up with a post. Probably a shorter one this time, as there isn't much to work with. Might've been a mistake that I posted before you :D