@Expendable I pictured Qaymu more as the sort to hoard old steam-trains, honestly.
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Well, the good news is I have dodged food poisoning, for now.
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So I found out my fridge broke *after* having some leftovers, so I may/not be doubled-over in pain for a bit.
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But the real question is: Are you lighter than a duck?
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Autism be like: If it quacks kinda like a duck and looks like a bigger duck, it's probably a goose. But they lump it in with all the other ducks anyways, because a duck is a duck even the Canadians.
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With weather like this, it almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...
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-There will be delays in replies. Largely due to working overtime, voluntary obligations; other RPs and online-things may compete for my attention.
'Bout me:
Started RPing (badly) back in '05, mostly doing nation-RPs with an emphasis on technology and strategy, later edging out to character-espionage and military-tactics before doing "less serious" character roleplays that were outside of the 2005-2008 continuity.
That's when I went to Dead-Frontier, and found the RP community there, joined a clan, did some pretty good roleplays and pretty much loosened-up my online-personality. When the clan-leader decided to move her RPs here, most of the clan followed.
Took a course in technical-writing back in '08, so now I may sometimes use the semicolon correctly.
In 2010 I dusted off the old nation-RP continuity I had, doing a few hetelia-esque RP-shenanigans there..
RP-Habbits: I tend to geek-out on little technical-details, and sometimes infer how those details would impact the background of the roleplay. Great for world-building, not so great when you had a perfectly good plotline and I just MacGyver it off the rails (though I usually er to the side of amusement, sometimes it creates very grim side-stories).
'Bout me:
Started RPing (badly) back in '05, mostly doing nation-RPs with an emphasis on technology and strategy, later edging out to character-espionage and military-tactics before doing "less serious" character roleplays that were outside of the 2005-2008 continuity.
That's when I went to Dead-Frontier, and found the RP community there, joined a clan, did some pretty good roleplays and pretty much loosened-up my online-personality. When the clan-leader decided to move her RPs here, most of the clan followed.
Took a course in technical-writing back in '08, so now I may sometimes use the semicolon correctly.
In 2010 I dusted off the old nation-RP continuity I had, doing a few hetelia-esque RP-shenanigans there..
RP-Habbits: I tend to geek-out on little technical-details, and sometimes infer how those details would impact the background of the roleplay. Great for world-building, not so great when you had a perfectly good plotline and I just MacGyver it off the rails (though I usually er to the side of amusement, sometimes it creates very grim side-stories).
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Well, I figured-out the hardest part of my next post, pairings.
The second hardest part is how Didani was going to survive the landing with just a pike and a really bad temper.
Everyone else is pretty much sorted. Lilith is going to spook Mimi with a shot going over her head, though, and Xuno is going to make a bit of a splash since even with all the wind in her favor she'll still fall like a brick.
The second hardest part is how Didani was going to survive the landing with just a pike and a really bad temper.
Everyone else is pretty much sorted. Lilith is going to spook Mimi with a shot going over her head, though, and Xuno is going to make a bit of a splash since even with all the wind in her favor she'll still fall like a brick.
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Qaymu hasn't eaten any resident here (as far as you know). For a dragon, he's being very accommodating. And he certainly didn't have anything to do with any sudden departures of the maid service.
Forklift-certified Dragons hoarding forklifts.
Ah, we're approaching the "Oh good, now we can all die together" stage.
And Didani gonna be out there with only half her arsenal. Which, to be quite fair, if she had her full arsenal, and used her abilities, would've been a tad overpowered when she could flash-fry half the forest.
-The initial concept for Didani as-mentioned earlier, was a perpetually angry wyvern-kitten with wrist-mounted shotgun-gauntlets. But that kinda didn't feel original enough. Still would've been fun, and that entire character is gonna be living rent-free in my head as a funny background event for quite awhile in case there's going to be a need for a team-JNPR.
But yeah, flying critter vs flamethrower would've been an too easy for her, so she's stuck fending off a bug with a stick unless it goes far enough away for her to slap it with a rocket. Khathi can probably score plenty of hits, but actually doing damage is another matter unless she poisons or ensnares them (so she'll probably win, but it'll be a tough one). Lilith will probably win at stealth since she can deaden how much noise she makes, increase her hearing, can climb trees, and has more eyes than the rest of the team combined; although Momo is probably using many of the same abilities.
Xuno would be looking for Hasuno, obviously. And figures the river is a safe place to look. She'll also be traveling the most cautiously since she doesn't have any advantage to stealth, on the other hand her shotgun and mace would likely put a stop to most monsters.
If you wish, you can suggest they run into someone who isn't their room-mate, based on this. Like Didani running into Momo or Xuno getting paired with Nella.
And Didani gonna be out there with only half her arsenal. Which, to be quite fair, if she had her full arsenal, and used her abilities, would've been a tad overpowered when she could flash-fry half the forest.
-The initial concept for Didani as-mentioned earlier, was a perpetually angry wyvern-kitten with wrist-mounted shotgun-gauntlets. But that kinda didn't feel original enough. Still would've been fun, and that entire character is gonna be living rent-free in my head as a funny background event for quite awhile in case there's going to be a need for a team-JNPR.
But yeah, flying critter vs flamethrower would've been an too easy for her, so she's stuck fending off a bug with a stick unless it goes far enough away for her to slap it with a rocket. Khathi can probably score plenty of hits, but actually doing damage is another matter unless she poisons or ensnares them (so she'll probably win, but it'll be a tough one). Lilith will probably win at stealth since she can deaden how much noise she makes, increase her hearing, can climb trees, and has more eyes than the rest of the team combined; although Momo is probably using many of the same abilities.
Xuno would be looking for Hasuno, obviously. And figures the river is a safe place to look. She'll also be traveling the most cautiously since she doesn't have any advantage to stealth, on the other hand her shotgun and mace would likely put a stop to most monsters.
Gotta find Yang... Gotta find Yang... Gotta find Yang...
If you wish, you can suggest they run into someone who isn't their room-mate, based on this. Like Didani running into Momo or Xuno getting paired with Nella.
A case in point was how I glossed-over what sort of food everyone took at the cafeteria. Since students tend to migrate towards the most calories per dollar spent, minus food allergies; if it was a meal-plan, whatever the cafeteria felt like serving. If a character took some exotic food choices to personalize their meal then that may be noteworthy.
A softer skip was to fast-forwards through a bunch of dialogue to bring Lilith up to speed with how Khathi has been treating Momo and Didani being Didani. Plus Khathi asking Lilith what her and Mimi have been up to, and of course the housing they have and the additions they've made. So Didani will know Mimi has an onsen large enough for almost-everyone if they plan to pay them a visit, and Khathi added tiny little steps for Momo even though the gesture wasn't necessary.
So here would probably be where Didani or Nella points out the elephant in the room at how alike the room-mates are; that Momo and Khat should probably start a band.
A softer skip was to fast-forwards through a bunch of dialogue to bring Lilith up to speed with how Khathi has been treating Momo and Didani being Didani. Plus Khathi asking Lilith what her and Mimi have been up to, and of course the housing they have and the additions they've made. So Didani will know Mimi has an onsen large enough for almost-everyone if they plan to pay them a visit, and Khathi added tiny little steps for Momo even though the gesture wasn't necessary.
So here would probably be where Didani or Nella points out the elephant in the room at how alike the room-mates are; that Momo and Khat should probably start a band.
Timeskips would be alright, with provisions of OOCly working out if anything important may have happened during the skip afterwards, and maybe a side-quest RP if we really want to go into detail about it later-on.
So basically the Sear's Tower approach to writing through the path of least resistance.
Like if you don't want to get too in-depth ICly about general zoology, science, math, and history that had already been covered extensively OOCly; we can canvas over it. As roleplays tend to have higher footnote-to-post ratios than a Tolkien book, a deleted scene is far less detrimental to storytelling.
That said, if you want to roleplay a scene, is that not reason enough to roleplay it?
So basically the Sear's Tower approach to writing through the path of least resistance.
Like if you don't want to get too in-depth ICly about general zoology, science, math, and history that had already been covered extensively OOCly; we can canvas over it. As roleplays tend to have higher footnote-to-post ratios than a Tolkien book, a deleted scene is far less detrimental to storytelling.
That said, if you want to roleplay a scene, is that not reason enough to roleplay it?
Didani just shrugged, since even she was doubted they'd be sparring with each other from day one. But she had to stop herself from laughing at Ms. Clair's most unhelpful clarification as to the nature of their next class. "I guess that all-but confirms it'll have something to do with the secrecy surrounding this school's curriculum." A short while later Xuno added, "Perhaps we could all be right?" Khathi nodded at this being an acceptable compromise. Lilith then spoke, "We should probably switch to a different topic... Mimi, this is your twin sister?" The drider's voice quickly trailed-off as it went into a private discussion with the twins for a more detailed introduction to the rest of her family, how Momo's room-mate had been treating her, and even how Momo and Hasuno were in the same housing-unit and how Mimi was holding-up being relatively isolated in a cabin with a complete stranger since... almost forever. Basically bringing her up to speed with everyone else by the time the bell rang.
On the way to lunch, the prevailing attitude persisted with the twins asking if Nella and Didani wanted to hang out, which then snowballed into inviting Khat (and Lilith, who was going to be hanging with Mimi anyways). Didani pretended not to be interested, for fear of frightening the twins, but a combination of the twins' pleading and not wanting to offend Nella by being rude had swayed her over to accept the offer. They each managed to make their way through the line pretty swiftly thanks to the presence of Nella, and Didani purposefully clearing a path for the rest of them, while Lilith and Khathi acted as bodyguards for the twins so they wouldn't get swallowed-up and lost in the crowd. Khat was the first one to point out Lilith hadn't recognized Nella from the assembly, and had started Mimi with her sudden and unannounced appearance at the cabins; leading to Lilith sheepishly admitting she'd gotten side-tracked on the way to the school and missed the assembly completely. "You know Mimi, the way you ran over and pick up your sister Momo isn't that much different from how I picked you up by surprise earlier." Lilith joked, "So maybe we'll need to start doing that more often!~" Khathi nodded in agreement, while Didani glanced over at Nella, considering if she'd like to be in on this pact of being swept off her feet by surprise on a regular basis.
"By the way, Didani, aren't you supposed to have two ranged weapons?" Khathi asked. The tiefling's eyes went a bit wider at the realization she'd be going to survival-training under-prepared, "I... I must've left my flamethrower back at the dorm..."
Meanwhile, Xuno had accepted Hasu's invitation to eat outside, laying on the grass in the warm sunlight by the waterside. "Your sisters appear to being doing well, even Momo seems to have hit it off with Lilith. Didani... She's trying to be helpful, I guess. But what about you?" By now Xuno had gotten the impression that her room-mate had often kept to herself due to being the only mermaid in the family, but that was also why Xuno felt it all the more important to be with them, in case things weren't all right behind her colorful exterior.
On the way to lunch, the prevailing attitude persisted with the twins asking if Nella and Didani wanted to hang out, which then snowballed into inviting Khat (and Lilith, who was going to be hanging with Mimi anyways). Didani pretended not to be interested, for fear of frightening the twins, but a combination of the twins' pleading and not wanting to offend Nella by being rude had swayed her over to accept the offer. They each managed to make their way through the line pretty swiftly thanks to the presence of Nella, and Didani purposefully clearing a path for the rest of them, while Lilith and Khathi acted as bodyguards for the twins so they wouldn't get swallowed-up and lost in the crowd. Khat was the first one to point out Lilith hadn't recognized Nella from the assembly, and had started Mimi with her sudden and unannounced appearance at the cabins; leading to Lilith sheepishly admitting she'd gotten side-tracked on the way to the school and missed the assembly completely. "You know Mimi, the way you ran over and pick up your sister Momo isn't that much different from how I picked you up by surprise earlier." Lilith joked, "So maybe we'll need to start doing that more often!~" Khathi nodded in agreement, while Didani glanced over at Nella, considering if she'd like to be in on this pact of being swept off her feet by surprise on a regular basis.
"By the way, Didani, aren't you supposed to have two ranged weapons?" Khathi asked. The tiefling's eyes went a bit wider at the realization she'd be going to survival-training under-prepared, "I... I must've left my flamethrower back at the dorm..."
Meanwhile, Xuno had accepted Hasu's invitation to eat outside, laying on the grass in the warm sunlight by the waterside. "Your sisters appear to being doing well, even Momo seems to have hit it off with Lilith. Didani... She's trying to be helpful, I guess. But what about you?" By now Xuno had gotten the impression that her room-mate had often kept to herself due to being the only mermaid in the family, but that was also why Xuno felt it all the more important to be with them, in case things weren't all right behind her colorful exterior.
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IC post up, highlighting the shortcomings of Didani's advanced training/education having apparently excluded teamwork from their curriculum.
Didani smirked a bit at the mention of Nella having a skittish younger sister attending class, "I'll try not to startle her too much, then." she giggled, leaving her flamethrower up in the dorm since she probably wouldn't need it just for homeroom, if anything, she seemed in a hurry just to get her paperwork sorted-out for class than actually being prepared for any of the classes. During the walk she seemed to part her way through the crowd with that same false aura of burning malevolence, clearing an easy path for Nella to follow towards homeroom.
Didani had barely managed to take a seat close to Nella, when she heard shouting and saw a flying mermaid rush up to her room-mate, startling her to her feet and reaching for her pike before realizing this was one of Nella's sisters she'd been talking about. She squinted trying to find the family resemblance as the others filed into the classroom. She bowed at Hasuno when introduced, and gave a slightly lower curtsey for Momo and their room-mates as she slowly found her manners at what was beginning to shape up to be a family reunion. Khat just waved tiredly at the group while Xuno enthusiastically insisted on shaking everyone's hands.
Lilith was probably the one most confused by the situation in front of her. Despite being weighed down by all of Mimi's things, Lilith managed to keep pace with her smaller companion; what she'd seen is Mimi running up and hugging a fairy Mini-Mimi named Momo, and suddenly didn't feel so bad about startling her earlier. She had gotten the shortend introduction of names, excluding Nella since everyone assumed she'd heard her name mentioned a half dozen times by now, she pointed and Didani tiredly announced it was Nella: their student council president.
It was only then they resumed taking their seats at the teacher's behest, with Didani seated beside Nella closer to the windows, Lilith seated behind the twins, and somehow Xuno managed to drag Khat to sit with Hasuno in the back of the class. Hearing the discussion of homeroom being followed immediately by lunch was quickly dashed by news of the next class being survival-training and the sounds of wishful-thinking.
"It's where we fight against each other, eventually." Didani dryly interjected to the discussion.
Xuno's eyes went wide at this revelation that she may be asked to fight her room-mate she'd just met, and Khat. "But why?!" She cried.
Didani sighed, looked at Nella, then back towards the freshmen in the back "Hitting static targets can only teach you so much, at some point you'll need to be learn how to deal with things that can hit back, harder than yourself."
"And teamwork." Khathi added, "We also learn to use our abilities together to solve complex problems. I guess they didn't teach you that where you come from?"
Didani had barely managed to take a seat close to Nella, when she heard shouting and saw a flying mermaid rush up to her room-mate, startling her to her feet and reaching for her pike before realizing this was one of Nella's sisters she'd been talking about. She squinted trying to find the family resemblance as the others filed into the classroom. She bowed at Hasuno when introduced, and gave a slightly lower curtsey for Momo and their room-mates as she slowly found her manners at what was beginning to shape up to be a family reunion. Khat just waved tiredly at the group while Xuno enthusiastically insisted on shaking everyone's hands.
Lilith was probably the one most confused by the situation in front of her. Despite being weighed down by all of Mimi's things, Lilith managed to keep pace with her smaller companion; what she'd seen is Mimi running up and hugging a fairy Mini-Mimi named Momo, and suddenly didn't feel so bad about startling her earlier. She had gotten the shortend introduction of names, excluding Nella since everyone assumed she'd heard her name mentioned a half dozen times by now, she pointed and Didani tiredly announced it was Nella: their student council president.
It was only then they resumed taking their seats at the teacher's behest, with Didani seated beside Nella closer to the windows, Lilith seated behind the twins, and somehow Xuno managed to drag Khat to sit with Hasuno in the back of the class. Hearing the discussion of homeroom being followed immediately by lunch was quickly dashed by news of the next class being survival-training and the sounds of wishful-thinking.
"It's where we fight against each other, eventually." Didani dryly interjected to the discussion.
Xuno's eyes went wide at this revelation that she may be asked to fight her room-mate she'd just met, and Khat. "But why?!" She cried.
Didani sighed, looked at Nella, then back towards the freshmen in the back "Hitting static targets can only teach you so much, at some point you'll need to be learn how to deal with things that can hit back, harder than yourself."
"And teamwork." Khathi added, "We also learn to use our abilities together to solve complex problems. I guess they didn't teach you that where you come from?"
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