Raineh Daze

Mahz's Dev Journal

@Mahz Yeah, the part that concerns me is that if you're away for 15 minutes, you might start getting an email every time there's a post. With the pace of most things, that's generally fine, but at others... well, getting one ever couple of minutes can get annoying fast. Maybe some sort of rate-limiting logic if you haven't checked since the last update?

I was also thinking of how chat clients like Slack or Teams will only send one email collating missed messages (somewhat configurable, but that's another question) rather than one per.

Also, the copyright thing on the bottom of the page still says 2017? xD

Mahz's Dev Journal

@Mahz Don't know how doable it is, but could limit the emails to once every X period of time?

Might get a bit frustrating when anything moves quickly for a bit.

Mahz's Dev Journal

There is Dark Mode extention for Firefox for example, and it even has "light mode" option it. Those who love light modes can use that, such as those who absolutely detest light mode due to light sensitivity can choose to have a dark mode extention.

@Ti

Yeah, that would be my suggestion if someone wants a light mode. Multiple themes when people are going to go around using coloured fonts and stuff is just asking for trouble. Not a lot of trouble, tbh, but it still just shifts the burden of making sure people can read your posts around in weird ways.

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I'd be fine with alternate theme options. It'd be just like old school forums. The only thing I'd ask for is that the current theme/layout of RPG stay as the default version.

@Kuro

Ah, but the issue is when people with alternate themes start doing stuff with coloured text or images lacking transparency. Everyone starts working from opposite baselines etc.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

Walking into the fort, the oppressive weight within--accentuated by the way the sinking sun was casting the entire courtyard into steadily darkening shadow--pressing down... well, maybe the bodies didn't get as much a response from the vampire because she'd already been able to smell the huge quantities within. Maybe because there had been some things just as bad over the past two hundred years. Or maybe it was something even simpler, such as that bad eyesight. Nonetheless, once Tyaethe had trailed the captain inside, she took a sharp left towards one of the thin staircases that would lead up to the ramparts, jumping up to sit on a spot that at least lacked fresh bloodstains.

Her gaze looked out to some spot in the courtyard, rather than following the newcomer, and she piped up with an addition to the captain's instructions. "There are more inside, don't forget to check those."

Shadow Contract: A Demon-Slaying Action RP

Thanks. I'll look into it when I go on lunch.

@Emeth

Asura are very thematically similar. Just, you know, not Kali-level of destructiveness and overkill. xD

The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

Gisela

Although she was more outwardly calm than the merchant that had run off to get backup, Gisela was still internally panicking. This was a witch, and even if they were only being played with or tested, she was a mage with a fairly restricted repertoire of offensive spells. Even if she wanted to try anything, there was no way to target only the dolls whilst excluding their controller, without including all of her allies in the targeted zone as well.

Both were bad choices. And not being able to contribute against someone like this left her with far too much time to worry, eyes going back and forth to check that nobody had gotten injured and in need of attention just yet. Something that she still remained at liberty to do due to the defender right in front of her, ensuring that even if one of those little dolls did push through the ring of knights pushing out towards Tabitha or engaging the much larger enemy--

--it was promptly shattered, even the magical reinforcement not standing up to the force that could be brought down from above in a single swing. As expected, the demon looked rather bored by this lack of a challenge.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

"Oh, it's definitely blood," the vampire answered, leaning against the wall and turning her head within, "Enough of it, and strongly enough, that there's a good chance some of it hasn't dried yet. Watch where you're stepping."

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Knight RP

Tyaethe

Riding out in a hurry... well, there was only one thing to be done after throwing on more appropriate clothes: hitch a ride with someone else. She barely weighed anything anyway, and it made for a far less annoying situation than riding at speed on a horse that she was frankly too small to easily control. Not that she couldn't--after all, she had enough practice if it came down to it, all other abilities aside--but it was a pain.

Holding on to Fionn (what did the man have against saddles? Oh well, it made this less inconvenient, from her perspective) the entire journey was still annoying. But that was travelling for you, there wasn't really a way to do it quickly and comfortably, you could only pick one.

"If you want to break down gates, the Ingvarr would probably be more appropriate..." Tyaethe said with a sigh, nonetheless jumping down and advancing on the gates. There was always the little matter of body mass, and there was no way she would have the same mass as one of them throwing himself at the fortifications. Naturally, she was probably the last person to realise that the gates were ajar, although it made the job much easier: just grab one of the partly-opened edifices and heave. The hingest were well oiled and surprisingly balanced, so it didn't take all that much work to pull it open.

Not that she was paying much attention to that, something quite different catching her attention. Blood. Lots of blood. The fault didn't seem like it had been assaulted at any point, but the stench, even in the open...

"There's going to be a lot of bodies," the vampire stated dully, finished shoving the gate wide.

Shadow Contract: A Demon-Slaying Action RP

• Name: Honda Akira
• Age: 29
• Gender: Female
• Appearance: Still dresses like a junior high student. Generally gets mistaken for one, too.
• Personality: "Quiet and keeps to herself" is often the description newer co-workers will come up with, something that's hard to dispute. Akira rarely starts conversations, and doesn't seem to have many friends outside of work (if any), hanging around the office at all times of day and often falling asleep on some out-of-the-way couch in the break room. If spoken to, she's polite--if notably gloomy--and less lazy than she generally seems, helping out without a complaint when asked about the boring parts of the job.
  Her opinions towards others can actually get pretty vitriolic, although the only one who could possibly repeat this is Andrea. If demons don't have emotions, who better to vent to? Not that she'd ever admit to summoning outside of combat, that would potentially cause a lot of problems...
• Skills: She's pretty good at baking, and Akira's main contribution around the office is bringing in cookies or other desserts for people to try. Aside from that... well, if you're into mobile games, she might be useful to talk to?
• Contracted Shadow: Andrea. Her shadow doesn't seem to quite agree with 'being cast by light', it seems to have quite the mind of its own.
• Contract Type: Summon (Demon)
• Contract Rank: A
• Contract Abilities: Obviously, as a summoning contract, the only thing Akira does directly is... well, summon the demon. Despite the slender appearance, Akira has seen Andrea use those nails to cut through metal, and with enough strength to throw things around that she doesn't even have any business lifting. She's strong, fast, and has the standard demonic ability to regenerate damage and return from certain death as long as her soul is intact.
  Mostly, though, she's more noticeable for the lasers. Watching incredibly complicated magic circles--why, Akira has no idea, it's not like a normal person copying them does anything (she thinks, she's tried a few times, but they're so hard to get right)--carve themselves in bright light into the air, or outright onto a solid surface, is entrancing, and the effect is even more so. Mostly, she just fires them off in immediate, sustained salvos. But if the circle is bigger, its construction visibly longer... well, there's more time to avoid it, but the resulting beam is even more devastating. If carved into a solid object, they make for excellent traps, firing only when the demon triggers them.
• Brief Backstory: Seventeen years ago, Akira was a just another schoolgirl--kind of low down the class ranking, but she had a few friends, even if she'd much rather be lazing around at home. Like everyone else, she knew the drill--if the alerts went off, find shelter immediately, there was nothing your ordinary civilian could do against demons except run, hide, and wait for the DDF to come to the rescue. What you never knew was how useless shelters would be if a demon was able to follow your class as it made its way to hide.
  She should have died there. The DDF weren't going to arrive for another five minutes, and everyone else was already gone. What hope did she have? Maybe if she'd been a bit older, or a bit braver, or had even a slight interest in the occult, she could have made a Shadow Contract in desperation, although if Akira had done that it wouldn't really be her that was making the choice. Instead, she was saved by that most unlikely of things: another demon, seemingly more interested in going for its own kin than the terrified schoolgirl.
  Akira was weak. Terrified. Maybe if she'd been less scared, she would have noticed the offer of a contract was an offer, the demon's proud attitude dismissing her as not worth eating compared to the real meal that had just finished. Instead, she agreed, binding to herself the very thing that had upended her life.
  Her transferral to a DDF academy was immediate, the girl an outlier in her new class: not eager to fight the demons, an entirely passive participant in a fight, and her own contract one under extremely strict supervision. Aside from the obligatory 'practical exams', Akira started missing more and more classes, to the point she'd barely scrape by in a normal school, and definitely never have gotten into a high school. But the inherent utility of her contract meant she passed, so far as the DDF cared, as long as she could memorise all their rules and showed no signs of wanting to use the contract to her own ends.
  Attached to Department 247 for the past decade, Akira's deployed far less than you'd expect any A-rank contract holder to be, especially one in such an overstretched department. The DDF is always apprehensive about strengthening any demon, after all, and her contribution tends to be under strict restriction as a result.