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Current Mood in One Gif

Getting the gears going

Literally.

The best thing you can do is just hop right in. It'll help you test the waters of your current comfortability and ease in back into writing normally, even more so given that RoleplayerGuild tends to be a slower site when compared to other roleplaying forums such as RPNation. Whereas you might find people posting multiple times a week on other sites, RPG averages around one weekly post per person, personally speaking from my own experience roleplaying here. If you can handle at least one IC post a week, then you're already on your way getting back into the groove.

Personally, I'd suggest finding a Casual RP to join since the section is more or less a hodgepodge of practically everything and everyone at this point. You'll find people of varying writing level and skill there, with hardly any actual post length requirements or concerns towards quality. It's usually "just write a post" there. If you think what you've written is good, then it's good enough to be posted.

Delbrook Academy High School

"I'm still searching for what can't be found—purpose."

Scout Czajkowski

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___________________________________ Character Info N A M E - Scout Czajkowski O N L I N E H A N D L E - Czaj2004 A G E - June 11th - Seventeen G E N D E R - Cis Female S E X U A L I T Y - Pan Asexual N A T I O N A L I T Y - American P R O V E N A N C E - Lakewood, CA (from Fargo, ND) Appearance V O I C E - Click Here H E I G H T - 5' 1" W E I G H T - 106 lbs H A I R C O L O R - Ginger E Y E C O L O R - Grayish Blue B O D Y T Y P E - Ectomorph M A R K I N G S - Freckles Relationships Love Life R E L A T I O N S H I P S T A T U S - Single C R U S H E S - TBD C U R R E N T - No One P A S T - No One Family F A T H E R - Alexander Bennett M O T H E R - Katarzyna Czajkowski G R A N D M O T H E R - Agnieszka Czajkowski U N C L E - Henryk Czajkowski Pets P E T S - N/A ___________________________________

L I K E S & D I S L I K E S ✔ Bad weather often being an excuse to kick back and do nothing that day ✔ Studying paleontology; c'mon, who doesn't love a dino fact every now and then? ✔ Dogs and how man's best friend is the epitome of pure joy ✔ Pretzels - doughy, salty goodness in a easily transportable form ✔ Being able to sleep in longer than normal, especially on a school day ✔ Silence, or rather the chill, relaxing mood peace and quiet can bring ✔ Camping - it has to be real camping, not glamping! ✔ Indie/alternative music - Lydia Loveless, Modern Baseball, The War on Drugs, etc. ✘ Polish food - there is only so much bigos stew you can eat, much to the dismay of her grandmother ✘ Being the center of attention or pushed forcibly into the spotlight against her wishes ✘ Overly sweet and sugary flavors typically found in drinks at Starbucks or similar places ✘ "Peppy" and "upbeat" people; her social battery drains quickly around them ✘ The idea behind overpriced, expensive designer brands and the status effect they have ✘ Anyone who tries to tell her jam and jelly are the same thing (they're not!) ✘ Sports; she'd like to meet the devil that decided to invent them one day ✘ Most mainstream music - it just doesn't sound pleasing to her ears P E R S O N A L I T Y Adrift | Distant | Enervated | Gloomy | Indifferent | Pessimistic | Solitary Typically, Scout tends to vary between three different mood sets—"please don't talk to me", "what the hell are you doing," and "I just wanna chill". On a regular basis, however, she often sticks to the first and third. It isn't so much because Scout lacks confidence or anything, but more so that she hates the idea of socializing. Scout is the epitome of Midwest moody through and through, finding high school life unappealing and rarely showing an interest in the clique lifestyle that has consumed others. After all, why should she go through the trouble when it'll all just fall apart in the end? B I O G R A P H Y Life started out as a mess for a young Scout Czajkowski. At an early age, her parents, being unable to properly care for their daughter, signed their parental rights away, leaving Scout in her grandmother's care. Sad as it was, however, Scout never took much issue with the decision; what memory she had of her biological parents clouded by childhood amnesia. They were foreign to Scout, and for all Scout figured, her babcia was her mother. And so, Scout began her childhood under her traditionally Polish grandmother—her "Polish Journey", she dubbed it, being raised around all things Polish. She learned the Polish language, ate Polish food, and even partook in Polish traditions from the Drowning of Marzanna to Fat Thursday. At first, such times were fun and full of cheer, but as Scout grew older, she ultimately began to drift away from her Polish heritage, wanting a chance to follow her own path rather than what had been set out for her already. Little did she know what such ideals would cost. Seemingly out of the blue, her grandmother's age and ailing health gave way to a costly medical emergency. No longer was she able to take care of her granddaughter like before, but unbeknownst to Scout, her grandmother and her distant uncle had already planned for such an event. Though Scout swore to stay by her grandmother's side, circumstance said otherwise. Before she even knew it, Scout was off packing her bags for California to live with an uncle she had never met before—at least long enough to finish her schooling. S C H O O L I N F O Y E A R L E V E L - Senior ⧿ Year 12 G P A & A V E R A G E - 3.6 GPA / Mostly As, some Bs F A V O R I T E S U B J E C T- Science ⧿ Geology E X T R A C U R R I C U L A R - TBD R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S - Other than keeping up with schoolwork, not much T R A N S P O R T A T I O N - School bus, her own two feet P L A N S A F T E R G R A D U A T I O N - Like a number of high schoolers, Scout isn't sure what she wants to do after graduation. She does want to visit her grandmother, of course, but is it better to stay in California or return to North Dakota? Or is it worth going to college over taking some time off or working somewhere? Scout isn't certain, but at least she still has a year to figure it all out. A F T E R S C H O O L I N F O E M P L O Y M E N T - TBD F A V O R I T E P L A C E S - TBD R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S - TBD H O M E S W E E T H O M E - Guest Bedroom O T H E R M I S C E L L A N E O U S F A C T S • Scout was named after the character from "How To Kill a Mockingbird", a book her mother enjoyed. • Most of her attire probably looks dated and not up to the trends to others. • She doesn't quite understand people complaining about the cold—just put on more layers! • A simultaneous bilingual, Scout is capable of speaking fluently in Polish and English. • Has a habit of collecting fidget spinners and Silly Bandz despite both being fads of the past. • Makes a mean grilled cheese, especially the kind that isn't just bread, butter and cheese. • Absolutely hates the smell of tobacco and vapes, but weed seems to be fine. • Directions are not Scout's strong suit, which is only likely to get worse in California. • Prefers to keep her hair short and boyish instead of long, seeing it as too much trouble otherwise. T H E M E S O N G - "Going To Bed Now" by Modern Baseball F A C E C L A I M - Sophia Lillis | #BAB86C ____________________________________________________________________________

Delbrook Academy High School

"I'm still searching for what can't be found—purpose."

Scout Czajkowski

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___________________________________ Character Info N A M E - Scout Czajkowski O N L I N E H A N D L E - Czaj2004 A G E - June 11th - Seventeen G E N D E R - Cis Female S E X U A L I T Y - Pan Asexual N A T I O N A L I T Y - American P R O V E N A N C E - Lakewood, CA (from Fargo, ND) Appearance V O I C E - Click Here H E I G H T - 5' 1" W E I G H T - 106 lbs H A I R C O L O R - Ginger E Y E C O L O R - Grayish Blue B O D Y T Y P E - Ectomorph M A R K I N G S - Freckles Relationships Love Life R E L A T I O N S H I P S T A T U S - Single C R U S H E S - TBD C U R R E N T - No One P A S T - No One Family F A T H E R - Alexander Bennett M O T H E R - Katarzyna Czajkowski G R A N D M O T H E R - Agnieszka Czajkowski U N C L E - Henryk Czajkowski Pets P E T S - N/A ___________________________________

L I K E S & D I S L I K E S ✔ Bad weather often being an excuse to kick back and do nothing that day ✔ Studying paleontology; c'mon, who doesn't love a dino fact every now and then? ✔ Dogs and how man's best friend is the epitome of pure joy ✔ Pretzels - doughy, salty goodness in a easily transportable form ✔ Being able to sleep in longer than normal, especially on a school day ✔ Silence, or rather the chill, relaxing mood peace and quiet can bring ✔ Camping - it has to be real camping, not glamping! ✔ Indie/alternative music - Lydia Loveless, Modern Baseball, The War on Drugs, etc. ✘ Polish food - there is only so much bigos stew you can eat, much to the dismay of her grandmother ✘ Being the center of attention or pushed forcibly into the spotlight against her wishes ✘ Overly sweet and sugary flavors typically found in drinks at Starbucks or similar places ✘ "Peppy" and "upbeat" people; her social battery drains quickly around them ✘ The idea behind overpriced, expensive designer brands and the status effect they have ✘ Anyone who tries to tell her jam and jelly are the same thing (they're not!) ✘ Sports; she'd like to meet the devil that decided to invent them one day ✘ Most mainstream music - it just doesn't sound pleasing to her ears P E R S O N A L I T Y Adrift | Distant | Enervated | Gloomy | Indifferent | Pessimistic | Solitary Typically, Scout tends to vary between three different mood sets—"please don't talk to me", "what the hell are you doing," and "I just wanna chill". On a regular basis, however, she often sticks to the first and third. It isn't so much because Scout lacks confidence or anything, but more so that she hates the idea of socializing. Scout is the epitome of Midwest moody through and through, finding high school life unappealing and rarely showing an interest in the clique lifestyle that has consumed others. After all, why should she go through the trouble when it'll all just fall apart in the end? B I O G R A P H Y Life started out as a mess for a young Scout Czajkowski. At an early age, her parents, being unable to properly care for their daughter, signed their parental rights away, leaving Scout in her grandmother's care. Sad as it was, however, Scout never took much issue with the decision; what memory she had of her biological parents clouded by childhood amnesia. They were foreign to Scout, and for all Scout figured, her babcia was her mother. And so, Scout began her childhood under her traditionally Polish grandmother—her "Polish Journey", she dubbed it, being raised around all things Polish. She learned the Polish language, ate Polish food, and even partook in Polish traditions from the Drowning of Marzanna to Fat Thursday. At first, such times were fun and full of cheer, but as Scout grew older, she ultimately began to drift away from her Polish heritage, wanting a chance to follow her own path rather than what had been set out for her already. Little did she know what such ideals would cost. Seemingly out of the blue, her grandmother's age and ailing health gave way to a costly medical emergency. No longer was she able to take care of her granddaughter like before, but unbeknownst to Scout, her grandmother and her distant uncle had already planned for such an event. Though Scout swore to stay by her grandmother's side, circumstance said otherwise. Before she even knew it, Scout was off packing her bags for California to live with an uncle she had never met before—at least long enough to finish her schooling. S C H O O L I N F O Y E A R L E V E L - Senior ⧿ Year 12 G P A & A V E R A G E - 3.6 GPA / Mostly As, some Bs F A V O R I T E S U B J E C T- Science ⧿ Geology E X T R A C U R R I C U L A R - TBD R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S - Other than keeping up with schoolwork, not much T R A N S P O R T A T I O N - School bus, her own two feet P L A N S A F T E R G R A D U A T I O N - Like a number of high schoolers, Scout isn't sure what she wants to do after graduation. She does want to visit her grandmother, of course, but is it better to stay in California or return to North Dakota? Or is it worth going to college over taking some time off or working somewhere? Scout isn't certain, but at least she still has a year to figure it all out. A F T E R S C H O O L I N F O E M P L O Y M E N T - TBD F A V O R I T E P L A C E S - TBD R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S - TBD H O M E S W E E T H O M E - Guest Bedroom O T H E R M I S C E L L A N E O U S F A C T S • Scout was named after the character from "How To Kill a Mockingbird", a book her mother enjoyed. • Most of her attire probably looks dated and not up to the trends to others. • She doesn't quite understand people complaining about the cold—just put on more layers! • A simultaneous bilingual, Scout is capable of speaking fluently in Polish and English. • Has a habit of collecting fidget spinners and Silly Bandz despite both being fads of the past. • Makes a mean grilled cheese, especially the kind that isn't just bread, butter and cheese. • Absolutely hates the smell of tobacco and vapes, but weed seems to be fine. • Directions are not Scout's strong suit, which is only likely to get worse in California. • Prefers to keep her hair short and boyish instead of long, seeing it as too much trouble otherwise. T H E M E S O N G - "Going To Bed Now" by Modern Baseball F A C E C L A I M - Sophia Lillis | #BAB86C ____________________________________________________________________________

Tips for writing POC, LGBT+, and other minority characters in RP

Men, women, black, white, we're all people.

<Snipped quote by Dagger>

Interesting. I don't know if I've noticed that but its good to take note of. On the flip side, men do make a lot of women less than experienced which frankly, is just stupid. Of course it can be written well, but I never understood the 'purity' trope as a prerequisite for a goodly woman protag.

@POOHEAD189

A lot of it has to do with religion. A notable example was the push by Evangelicals only 30 or so years ago for "purity pledges" and abstinence from sex before marriage so that they remained pure and a good Christian in the eyes of God and/or Christ. Other than that, @Andreyich basically summarized it for me a few posts above.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

Pokemon Unite is surprisingly entertaining for what it is. Though its P2W elements are already pretty outrageous. (And I know they're not bound to improve with time.)

@SleepingSilence

Mhm; I've heard good things about Unite despite everyone's fears. But nonetheless the game was made by Tencent, so I'm still in the middle ground of whether or not I want to try Unite whenever it eventually comes to mobile in September.

Delbrook Academy High School || SOL RP

Tentative interest, but a few things I wanted to note/ask:

1) Some of your image links for the school are broken. From my own experience, anything hosted under the googleusercontent url acts as a temporary link, eventually refusing access to the picture after some time. Best bet is probably to find them again and upload the images to a place like Imgur.

2) Which grade level(s) are we looking at here? You mention the end goal is graduation, so I imagine seniors are okay. But later on you also mention first years/freshmen in the school info, which raises the point that if we're also including them and the other two grades (sophomore and junior) in the PC cast. I'm assuming you are including all four years of HS as an option, but I figured it was something worth asking regardless of my assumption.

3) The map mentions two story buildings, with the 800 building having a third story. Which buildings are two story?

4) Is there a list of classes available (other than the basics, obviously)? Are there any named individuals so far that teach said classes?

Anyway and with that out of the way, I'll likely reserve Sophia Lillis as a FC if I do join.