Kalleth

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Hey, is there room for a teacher?

@Silver Carrot

We've got a Chemistry, Math, Philosophy, Phys. Ed, Art, and a couple substitute teachers. We have Fire, Air, Earth, Water/Darkness, and Light as their elements.

So yeah we have room for more teachers, but have a look through the CS tab to make sure you aren't covering something already called for.

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Jideh Basrah

@Arya10108909

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"It's fine, I'd prefer to eat here if it's all the same to you. Besides, I wouldn't worry about studying. The exams at this school, the ones that don't have to do with regular classes like Biology or Calculus, I'm going to guess that they'll be much more practical than theoretical. Which means you shouldn't say you haven't studied, but rather, that you haven't trained enough. But I suppose I don't really know myself, have you trained enough? In fact, Amelia, why don't we play a game? If I win, you have to take care of a plant of my choosing. If you win, I'll read that Highmoor Crypts book, or whatever it's called."

Jideh took the pitcher of water that a waiter had dropped off at their table and poured a glass full enough so that the meniscus could be seen pressing outward, held back only by surface tension. He placed another glass at the other end of the table, empty, and grinned widely at his little challenge. Privately, he wasn't even sure if he'd be up to the challenge, but this seemed a delightfully entertaining way to grab the girl's attention and try to accommodate her worry at the same time. He looked at her expectantly, his eyebrow raised and his hands waving with dramatic flair. Jideh enjoyed playing the showman, especially when it came to silly pursuits such as these.

"Well? Have you figured it out yet? The game? This can't be that inscrutable." Jideh chuckled as a passing patron's steps shook their own table, causing the water to ripple dangerously, almost overflowing but not quite. "Well I'll just up and tell you then. The objective of this game, Amelia, is for us to each in turn attempt to move the water in this glass to the other. Obviously, we can't use anything but our elemental powers to move the water, and we also can't break anything, or in any other way make a scene. This should help to exercise our fine control of our abilities, and as neither of us is a water-elementalist, this shouldn't be childishly easy. You can go first Amelia, since your element is less likely to make a mess than mine will.

Jideh sat back and relaxed, intent on studying how proficient she was at her own element, while he toyed with his own ideas in the back of his mind. Depending on how well she performed, he wouldn't need to worry about doing all that well himself, and could even perhaps beat her with a single drop of water in the other glass. He would have to wait and see, because he had guesses as to how she'd try and accomplish the task, but there was no real way for him to be certain.

Ironclad Flashback I (wip)

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Jordan Manilow (Flashback)

IRONCLAD: PART I

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0600 Hours, Monday, Week 17, BTU-#K862

Jordan spluttered awake, his bunk soaked with icewater. He forgot where he was for a moment, his instincts abandoning him when he most needed them. He felt somebody's powerful fingers crunch down around his neck and fling him out his cot and across the room. The force of the throw slammed him against the next cot over, waking its occupant who was similarly disoriented. A subsequent splash of icewater washed over them both, and they were then blessedly ignored as the next row received the same treatment. This process flowed through the bunk as did the icewater, which had a short distance to flow into one of the permanent drains that interspersed the floor. Jordan and his row-mate untangled themselves in the meantime, and began to get dressed.

"Hold fast pussywillows!" The drill sergeant roared, and both Jordan and his rowmate froze. He turned around and loomed back through the dorm to glower down at them. "You had your chance to get dressed and be ready, to be standing at attention, waiting for your commanding officer to come collect you!" Jordan winced at every loud, spittle-covered syllable, and stepped out of his pants. He was shirtless, and wearing just briefs. It had been hot last night. Now he shivered, water dripping off of his body. The rest of his unit, also dripping and mostly naked, excluding one person Jordan remembered from yesterday who had packed his bags and left the night before, all followed the drill sergeant out of the dorm.

The military compound expanded out beyond a short wall which encompassed the recruits' dorms. That short wall was a secondary barrier that denoted where the real soldiers were, versus the greenies. The only place where the two groups intermingled, was in a compact underground chamber referred to, as Jordan heard the drill sergeant loudly declare, "The Hole! That's where you'll be headed after today's little warm-up greenies! It's also the only forward, since you can either climb outta the hole, or get tossed back to wherever the hell we picked you up from!"

Word association Game!

Falls (Previous poster misspelled Niagara btw.)

Give the avatar above you a Porn Name!

When MeMeMe Becomes YouYouYou

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Whiskey is my nemesis. Reg gets his wish, and ill be postponing the little jump for a few more days, let everybody get involved with stuff first.

@Zelosse

Kalleth wonders if he should admit his co-GM to an AA meeting...

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Yoo @Kalleth I'm active! ... Well, actively reading at least. Trying to keep up with y'all's post. Still having trouble transitioning from the usual once-a-week thing to oh-wow-another-new-post days I guess. Lyra will probably join a smaller group so I won't slow down too many people (sorry, @Regitnui).

@Pseudo Stygian

When I update the activity list at the start of December, if you've posted less than a month before that point, you'll be considered active. But don't worry, the activity list is just a means of tracking who's participating in the RP atm. It doesn't acknowledge OOC stuff, and doesn't preclude you from posting even if it says you're inactive. Since I update it on a monthly basis, at least a post a month keeps you in the active status. I absolutely get what you mean about actively reading, and I even mentioned in the list post that there may be times where either Zelosse, me, or both of us are listed as "inactive" but that doesn't mean we aren't doing stuff. Our first collab post for instance took a good three weeks XD. Second one was thankfully a lot faster at about a day to post. Hope the list helps you guys though, for reference's sake.

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*Jordan bursts into the room.*

"Rule 34 is the universal principle of the internet that if it exists-"

*Jordan gets blasted out of the room by Kano.*

*Jideh looks up from his text book.*

"-There's porn of it. And if there isn't, some will be created."

@Arya10108909 @Regitnui

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@Kalleth
Also, Hailee is not being resurrected unless the Boss Man tells me to pull her back out.

@Arya10108909

But she didn't die in a fire. She just rejected being Jideh's roommate. Inactive, as far as the system is concerned.

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Jideh Basrah

@Arya10108909

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Jideh nodded to the waitress, a middle-aged Asian woman, and asked for a plate of assorted sushi rolls, some tempura, and three servings of wasabi-slathered open rolls. His mouth started watering as he spoke, and he swallowed weakly once she repeated the order back to him. "You know, I think I'd also like to get a plate of udon too. Thank you." The waitress took Amelia's order, and left them. Another waiter soon came by and offered them water. Jideh accepted the jug graciously and topped his glass off. He drank the whole thing in one go.

After he felt his throat grow a little less dry, Jideh cleared it and replied to Amelia's question. "You know, I guess I don't have a favourite book. It's not that I don't like to read. I didn't have tons of time to do it on the farm is all. I've been reading plenty of biochemistry, elementalism, and botanical textbooks, the library has tons, but I don't think that's quite what you were asking for. Fact is, you seem like you've read a lot more than I have." He blushed as he said it, than blushed harder when he realized he blushed. He grit his teeth, chastising himself. Not being a bookworm is nothing to be ashamed of you idiot! And why are you even blushing in the first place! Jideh exhaled and took a deep breath. He pulled at his jacket collar, and felt uncomfortably sweaty. Since when was it so hot in here? He took his jacket off and laid it out on the back of his chair. He tried to sit still and cool off which only partially worked.

"Look, I may not have read much fiction, but I can name any of the plants that they've "installed" in the restaurant. Just by sight too. I'd like to think I've got a pretty huge catalogue of plants in my head, and that's why I've not had time to read your... Steampunk, was it? That one just behind your head for instance, it's known as Prunus mume in Latin, but more commonly in Japan for instance, it's called Ume. Basically, it's a Japanese apricot. That cut of it has the flower, but it's purely ornamental. A ya... Yabai?" Jideh got out of his seat and rounded the table to kneel next to Amelia, getting a closer look at the flower. He brushed his hand lightly along the branch, feeling the petals, and one fell into his open palm. Jideh tsked, and laid the petal on the corner of the table, before returning to his seat.

"They must have to replant these poor things every few business days. At least, the ones that aren't plastic. They could cut costs and use authentic flower arrangements if they had actually done their homework. When the waitress comes back, maybe I can ask her who's responsible for this disaster. I kept a garden along with my Aunt, and she used to tell me that if I ever came across trampled stock, I ought to have a word with the person responsible. Suppose old habits die hard."

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Any of you want to familiarize yourselves with the current roster of players and their characters, head on over to the Zeroth post in the CS tab! And praise me on my organizational acumen!