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6 yrs ago
Current I love those times when you've got a few really good, high-potential stories in the making and all you wanna do is write. It's like all my stars have aligned.
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6 yrs ago
I also feel like the idea that there is now a hypothesised generational divide between people who used to 'RP' on IM and people who write good content on forums is pathetic. Why start this crap?
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6 yrs ago
You could also have long-form stories over text, however complaining about long-form, detailed posts (as this began as), seems both ludicrous and worthy of IM.
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6 yrs ago
Sometime it's less about writing some shitty slice-of-life RP in IM, and more about creating a coherent and valued story among like-minded people. Something you'd need an actual platform for.
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6 yrs ago
I always forget how quiet it is here in the British mornings. Timezones are not our friend.
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On the bright side I can butcher the english language deliberately this time. XD


Still write better than I would hahah.
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I certainly don't mind. I was just wondering how Maki was going to convey the message that she has useful skills to jack. She's a brilliant cook and a black belt in Kendo and Aikido so she could run the kitchens, using the monkey see monkey do method, or teach martial arts in basically the same way.


Well I suppose you could communicate in a basic fashion by talking through Vanessa, but I think the best way would be to actually demonstrate in front of Jack. We could find someone who would work with Maki in a permanent basis and begin to train them up to be a translator for her.
Okay I'm having serious internet issues or I could have posted like an hour ago. No more from me tonight, I may not even be on. As always any of you can railroad Aria until I get back. Hopefully on sunday, but no promises, because my father is tinkering with the internet. Well, he's disentangling the wire rats' nest that lives behind our desktop computers. He keeps unplugging important things like the internet and at one point he unplugged a lamp or something and tripped the circuit breakers on the entire house. .-.
So no more posting for me, and then tomorrow and the next day is my birthday party and sunday I'll be judging the writing contest. Assuming my dad hasn't killed the internet.


It's alright, that last post will hold us off for a while. I actually read your post about about 12.30 last night, gave me the creeps. Bravo.

I don't know what to post x.x

Also, Ro would develop a severe case of strong-dislike for the people who all refer to him and the people he's placed above as "nerds."

He'd actually hate it, like the rest of them.


I see where you're coming from, but I disagree. It's about tone and context. Jack's helped them and they've helped Jack. They're in a friendly working relationship. It's like when your friends or your parents call you a 'dork' or whatever, they're not being mean, it's more affectionate than anything else. I don't mind being called a nerd if it's by someone I like. Ro can hate Jack if he wants, I'm just trying to argue the other side of it, y'know?

Working on a way to incorporate Ro's two puppies into the roleplay. At first, I was thinking less ermagawd-outside-scary-as-poop and more ermagawd-must-find-supplies-and-crap, so going home and getting his puppies and any of his little knicknacks is out the window.

Herm. Perhaps his transportation could be not-too-far and might have a firearm? Maybe a bring-your-pet-to-school day for one class or another, allowing him to have his pups since they ain't too big.

What do you think, @The Scotsman?


I would love to have the puppies in this. That would be adorable. But we should wait until we start venturing outside which will be quite soon. Like someone (you, possibly) pointed out, we will have to go get supplies soon to keep everyone going. We could totally grab the gun and figure something out about the pups then. Don't know about the show-and-tell idea. PM me at some point and we can discuss it for when the time comes.

Sorry. I really want to join this but I have not had a spare minute to sit and write. >_< I'm moving, so... yeah.


No worries, post whenever you can, moving is difficult and time-consuming hahah.

I am writing a sequence of things and current events. Maybe @The Scotsman can put it somewhere safe! So everyone can easily keep track of each other.

Timeline

    Day 1
  • An eclipse darkens the earth. The school faculty disappears, and the power grid fails. The world is in darkness.
  • Jack Smith rallies together the nearby students, including Valerie Peterson, Cecil Ambrose, Aria Johnson, Robyn Capuche, Avi Raclaw, Vanessa Lockheart, and Braden Welles.
  • Jack charges Aria and Vanessa to check the office for supplies and information, and Valerie and Cecil to find floor plans and a generator. Jack patrols the school for stray students, and everyone else moves to the main auditorium.
  • A horde of unknown creatures appears outside the building, and a thick mist shrouds the air.
  • Foreign student Fujita Maki finds herself alone and terrified after she is forced to kill her only friend in self-defence in the office.
  • Aria and Vanessa stumble upon Maki near the office and offer their aid. They find little medicine and an attendance sheet.
  • Jack lays down some rules and begins the rudimentary organization of the students.
  • Robyn sends a group of students to the cafeterias for food and another to the gymnasiums to scavenge firewood and build dwellings.
  • Valerie and Cecil find the custodian's office vandalized and the medical keys, kitchen keys and basement keys stolen.


Current Events

  • Several students are experiencing hallucinations and uncharacteristic states of mind.
  • Jack, Robyn and Braden are organizing the student body.
  • Aria and Vanessa are helping Maki through a traumatic experience.
  • Valerie and Cecil are seeking floor plans and an electrical generator.


You are a godsend. Simple as that.

Just making sure before I start working on my post; Is anyone going with Braden to check the power grid? Just wanted to make sure before I accidentally wrote around you.

And @The Scotsman When we do get to working on the power grid, is it plot related whether we fix it or not?


I was intending on Jack going down with him. He's pretty technically-minded and would do well with the Monkeys. Yeah, it is plot-related.

On a semi-related point from above, would anyone mind if I added Auto Shop to my classes bit and said that Jack enjoyed the electrical and motion portions of Physics? It seems like it would fit the characters better is all.
No worries!
@The Scotsman Is Robyn going to be teaching fighting or one of the lead people here? Will she be like Newt? xD


Totally up to you! Your character, you play her the way you want! I'm totally cool with you being my Newt though hahah. Originally I was just going to get you to be in charge of the majority of the students, but you do whatever you want.
I do have time to write a post, it turns out. @ViolentViolet @The Scotsman I'm thinking I'll have Aria bring the first aid kit, then go retrieve the papers, then find the body and totally freak out and then ultimately report back to the auditorium.


Yay! Sounds great, looking forward to it.
No worries dude. Hopefully you can manage, of course, but if not we have it under control.
Me too, but I don't want to post so soon when Swarley may want to get another post in. It seems trivial but I don't want anyone to miss out on anything they want to say, y'know?
How's everyone doing? Should I get Jim to talk to Casey and start us heading off to the cabin?
I've posted, not far off the cc for my last post surprisingly. It's a lot of talking, sorry for that.
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