NorthernKraken

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Still here :) We're just still doibg the trial thingey

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@ZAVAZggg I wouldn't worry about it too much :) I don't thknk the exact layout's necessarily the most important thing lol, and I don't think I've ever been in an rp where people are on the same page about these things lol xP

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Question, are we all in the same room or seperate ones? I'm having a bit of trouble keeping track of where everyone is.

@ZAVAZggg

I though it was a single corridor, with doors along it leading off into three separate rooms -

Finlay stopped for a moment to retrieve a parchment from his back pocket. "Dragomir, Cohen, Chase and Fendrel... Move your arses, you're in this one," he said, pointing to the room to the immediate right. "Album, Devout, O'Shay and Whitlock... This one," he said, pointing to the room to the left, across the hall from the first. He began to backpedal to the next set of doorways as he called out the last group. "Celestina, Von Lilen, and Rivington... Here ya are."

@Marrok

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@Phlegm Welcome! =D (Is this who Finlay's gone off to get?)

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Jaw set, Colin eyed Kiri as she approached. Candlelight from the sconces lining the walls flickered over her stony features, casting them in a grim light. The urge to take a step backwards swelled, but he stayed firm, meeting her cool eyes dead on. About to say something, he opened his mouth, however, he stopped at the sound of another voice popping up from the back corner of the room - “U-Um...so...it looks l-like we're all roommates..?”

There was someone else in there with them?

He cast an eye over the room – skimmed over the four rickety cots, the chest of draws, shoved into the corner and blanketed in a thick mat of dust, the bookshelves, home to what appeared to be a tattered copy of some previous occupant’s personal bestiary, missing half of its pages – all absolutely fascinating, but still not a third person - whom he assumed was 'Celestina'.

Except – what was that? A green glimmer, out of the corner of his eye. He directed his attention towards it, taking a moment to make out the shape of an, incredibly small, young woman. He rubbed his bottom lip with the back of his thumb, an unusually considered movement, brow furrowed, “Are you… some kind of spellcaster?”

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Colin watched as Gottfried was escorted out.

He shot Eliza a nervous look. The knight had seemed strong, not just physically – although being able to take a hit seemed like it would have been a useful skill to have on their side. Beyond that, if someone like Gottfried couldn’t make it, then what chance did he have?

They’d let him go though. With relatively little fuss. It seemed, perhaps, like this would be their last chance to leave. Colin would have been lying if he said he didn’t want to join Gottfried and walk right out that door – but he couldn’t. The knight looked like a formidable opponent, and Colin believed him when he said he’d be ‘fighting the good fight’ alone. Colin on the other hand, was under no delusions that he would be capable of the same thing.

It took a while for Finlay to return, time he made use of to prepare for the upcoming trial. Pointedly avoiding eye contact with the few stragglers still milling about the hallway, he walked up to where his arrow was still sticking out of the ceiling gripped it firmly in his right hand, and managed to pull it out with just a few good tugs. He inspected it for damage – it seemed pretty much okay – and placed it back in his quiver. He counted them up – fifteen arrows. Not too bad, depending on what they were about to face. If it came to it, he always had his daggers as back up.

He went back to where he’d dumped his back on the bed, rummaged around for a second until he came up with his arm guard and glove. His forearm was still red and sore from firing without wearing it earlier, and would likely bruise come afternoon – a rookie mistake, and one that he was lucky hadn’t been more costly. He slipped the guard on now, so that he didn’t forget.

Feeling at least a little more prepared than before, he poked his head back out of the room at the sound of approaching footsteps.

Finlay was back, behind him young woman followed. She had a vicous looking sword strapped to her waiste, and was wearing the look of somebody being escorted to their execution – this was Gottfried’s replacement? An expression that Colin couldn’t quite place crossed her delicate features – it hadn’t been pleasant, whatever it was - an intuition she confirmed as she brushed past and into the room without a second glance.

Well, wasn’t she just delightful?

He turned to follow her, watching as she dumped her belongings on a bed in stony silence. He should probably introduce himself if they were going to be roommates.

He cleared his throat from where he stood by the door, “The name’s Colin, by the way. Not that you seem all that interested.”

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Is it overdone? Cliches, popular genres, ect.

I don't have a problem with cliches as a general rule. Some character archetypes are used a lot for a reason; they work.

But in RP, there's often another reason certain character archetypes are used a lot; they're easy.

Even when using cliches, they're just the base you need to build on. It's when people don't build upon cliches that you really notice them.

@Silver Carrot

Yes! I feel like this is true for writing as a whole. I had a creative writing teacher once who gave us all some pretty good advice - it's impossible to avoid characters who fall into one cliche or another, just like in life, it's impossible to avoid cliched behaviour in yourself. However, like a real person might fall under the umbrella of a certain stereotype, that's not all there is to them. The human brain adores putting things into cateegories - it's the only way it can really cope with the crazy amount of information we have to process just to understand the world. The categories, 'cliches' in and of themselves aren't particularly interesting - theyre just a way of sorting information. What's interesting to us as writers is the variation within those categories.

Cliches aren't necessarily good or bad, or even, if you want to get meta, neccessarily a real thing. They're literally just a relic of the way our brains process information - another strange facet of human ecology that wiggles its way into our writing.

Rabbit Doubt-esque Horror

I remember reading that aaages ago, could be cool for an rp :D Potentially interested

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Cool, it would be interesting to see how they get along. Maybe Vitius can even help Colin overcome his fear of vampires by showing him that not all of them are necessarily evil.

@ZAVAZggg

I mean... he could try? Colin's pretty set in his ways - and for a very specific (as of yet undisclosed) reason. I mean, a not insignificant part of it is nearly being killed by vampires on multiple occasions, but that's not the whole story ;)

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Oh and if anyone wants to collab with me, then start a PM with me (and whoever else) so we can actually do the collab and I'll post it into the IC.

@ZAVAZggg

Would probably be fun to do a collab between Colin and Vitius at some point :D Probably not feasible rn, but deffo would be interested to if they both survive the trial :D