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...and I just want to see how it'd be received before I actually did it.

Amy Keane, daughter of former Supreme General Yunger Keane and Consul of Klonor, is the woman who'd be the bride if I decide to do this. I was actually planning on having her be involved in a long-term relationship with the Grand Duke Solomon Klonor (My main character and leader of Klonor) but recent events (Namely the Duke getting a new girlfriend who kinda mentally raped Amy by accident) have pretty much ruled out that plot.

She's smart, attractive, in a position of great power in Klonor (Her position would be equated with the Prime Minister in Great Britain, although their responsibilities differ quite greatly) and of good social standing (Her dad is pretty much the Klonor equivelant of George Washington, U.S. Grant, or any of a dozen other generals in US history). However, she has recently been severely mentally scarred and will likely be dealing with some severe issues in the near future.

What would you think of getting involved in this RP and sending a possible groom?

EDIT: Info on the marriage RP

1) This is going to be a long term RP, probably taking weeks and possibly taking months.

2) I doubt it will 'fit' to have the groom be a person of power in whatever nation is RP'ing him; the character would need to be a person who could just happen to be in a restaurant/movie/on the street in Klonor, and how many times does the President of the US go watch a movie in England? He can still be a native of your nation, but it'd need to make sense for them to meet (But if you can find some way to have your Vice-President be in a Klonor bar then go ahead).

3) This RP will cover the entire range of the relationship, including meeting for the first time and the relationship before they even consider getting married. We're going to go through the whole thing. Hell, it might actually end without them even getting married if we RP some problems.

4) Whoever plays the groom will have to be willing to take place in Klonor RP's later on as First-Man, the spouse of a nations head is usually involved in things. Likewise, I'll be willing to RP her in any RP's of yours that would need her.

5) To tell you the truth, this is really freaking me out a bit to be plotting having a relationship as a woman.

6) Seriously, I'm starting to wonder if this means I have some serious gender issues.

7) Well, not really, I don't think I have any gender issues, but this does just seem weird to me. Normally my characters do nothing but go to bars, take shots, then collapse under the table and accidentally kill people with their telekinetic powers cause they're drunk beyond all belief. I don't even know what kind of alcohol tolerance this woman has!

8) Any nations (or races) that have telepathy (mind powers) are automatically out, there's no way it would work. Hell, there's no way she'd even let him off the planet alive.

EDIT2: The Thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408149

Wow, I didn't realise that Klonor citizens were that unappealing

What kinda man are ye looking for?

Well, I was planning this to be more of a personal marriage than a political one, she and the husband are actually in love (Or he's exploiting her to get to her father, or he just wants Klonor citizenship, or he's on a bet from his friends, or he wants to get rich in a divorce, etc.) rather than just two rulers of a a nation who want to form an Alliance, so he doesn't need to be in a position of political power (Although it wouldn't hurt).

Beyond that......well, I really don't know. Being a guy in real life makes it kinda hard to list what she (that character) would be interested in, I really don't know what to look for in a man. I guess intelligence would be a priority, with looking good being a close second, and a sense of humor.

Tell you what, as long as he's avoided any genocidal acts in his past I think he'll do.

I was asking for the traits Klonor. I hate political marriages, so bleh.

And err... sorry. You won't find that here. Sorry I couldn't help you man. You know due to the Genocide part.

5CN definitely has its share of eligible bachelors who have been equally scarred by past events. The most eligible would be Vice Admiral Hamilton Sol Crusade, the second in line to the throne and the commanding officer of the Five Civilized Nations Moon Base. He originally commanded the Cala Special Research Center that designed several of 5CN's ships.

The event that scarred him was during the death of his father and the civil war that resulted. Hamilton was nearly killed over Caladan when battleship he commanded was destroyed by rebel forces utilizing forbidden technology. He was rescued, but the horror of watching his command destroyed and his comrades die has inexorably shaped his life...

He does not see anything beyond his military duty, so unless your girl is stunningly beautiful, it is unlikely, Hamilton will even notice.

TIR, by traits do you mean personality traits? Well, just someone who's reasonably smart, reasonably funny, and who can make themselves a sandwhich when the cook is busy (Being from Klonor high society she's mainly been surrounded by, and gotten sick of, people who wouldn't be able to wash their socks unless they had an entire service staff there helping them along). About the genocidal history......you know, that actually excludes like half of Klonor itself. I'm sure if you're interested we could overlook that part.

5CN, she is pretty darn attractive, but in todays world of easily accessible plastic surgery anybody can be a Playboy centerfold if they're willing to spend a few thousand dollars. She's not in a class of her own physically. If he wont even notice her then I don't think this is going to be a very long and fruitful union.

Hmm. I've got two characters that I could afford to marry off. One of them a major player in my government, and another who is an ex Paladin.

Bachelor number one's name is *technically* Michael Church, and he's one of my Leader's tiny clique of immortal advisors. (Think, a human mind downloaded onto a computer which is then placed into a cloned body. Note that Michael church is not his real name, it is the codename he would assume for this assignment.)

He would likely, at first, try to marry Amy for influence in the Klonor government, but he would steadily realize that he's fallen in love with her. Then he would then have to make a choice to either obey his oath to the Emperor, or follow the love of his life.

Physically, 'Michael' is twenty five years old and is in nearly perfect health.

Mentally, he's got a couple of centuries of experience under his belt (said experiences include his original wife being tortured to death by space pirates.) So he's got some issues too.

Or, if Amy doesn't like older guys, then there is always Jacob Dalton, ex Paladin. The Paladins of Sol are a secretive order that I've got, they basically go around and help people. They're sort of a counterbalance to my government's obvious evil.

Jacob has serious doubts as to himself. (His last girlfriend committed suicide in front of him.) He would be looking for someone he could help, rather than someone to become romantically involved with. Although a relationship would likely develope from there. He's basically looking to atone for his failure in preventing his love from death.

Jacob is roughly twenty eight and is highly fit, although his body shows the scars of hard training and combat as befits the brutal training for Paladinship.

His demeanor is a calm one laced with a hint of repressed sorrow and sadness.

Well, they've both got issues. :p

So, people are interested. Nifty. I guess I'll have this RP after all. Well, once I've finished having Amy be rehabilitated that is (It's kinda hard to have a wedding when the bride collapses into a whimpering mass whenever somebody walks near her).

OOC: You might also shuffle her into seclusion via the "In Harem's Way" thread (it's in II, but linked through here). I've got an interest thread on this forum, and will forward details if you like. Seems a good way to "shuffle her under the rug" so to speak.

Thread is called "OOC Backroom Politics (Interest Thread)" on this forum, it contains a link to the other one.

But I don't want to shuffle her under the rug, she's one of only four named and consistent characters that I have. I want to bring her to prominence, and this would be the first RP to feature her as the central figure (All the RP's so far have had her supporting the Duke).

Okay, I've been giving this some thought and I think I've got an idea of what this RP will be like (and it will probably drive off a few of the people who would otherwise want to be in this). Now watch me list:

1) This is going to be a long term RP, probably taking weeks and possibly taking months.

2) I doubt it will 'fit' to have the groom be a person of power in whatever nation is RP'ing him; the character would need to be a person who could just happen to be in a restaurant/movie/on the street in Klonor, and how many times does the President of the US go watch a movie in England? He can still be a native of your nation, but it'd need to make sense for them to meet (But if you can find some way to have your Vice-President be in a Klonor bar then go ahead).

3) This RP will cover the entire range of the relationship, including meeting for the first time and the relationship before they even consider getting married. We're going to go through the whole thing. Hell, it might actually end without them even getting married if we RP some problems.

4) Whoever plays the groom will have to be willing to take place in Klonor RP's later on as First-Man, the spouse of a nations head is usually involved in things. Likewise, I'll be willing to RP her in any RP's of yours that would need her.

5) To tell you the truth, this is really freaking me out a bit to be plotting having a relationship as a woman.

6) Seriously, I'm starting to wonder if this means I have some serious gender issues.

7) Well, not really, I don't think I have any gender issues, but this does just seem weird to me. Normally my characters do nothing but go to bars, take shots, then collapse under the table and accidentally kill people with their telekinetic powers cause they're drunk beyond all belief. I don't even know what kind of alcohol tolerance this woman has!

8) Any nations (or races) that have telepathy (mind powers) are automatically out, there's no way it would work. Hell, there's no way she'd even let him off the planet alive.

So, thoughts?

But I don't want to shuffle her under the rug, she's one of only four named and consistent characters that I have. I want to bring her to prominence, and this would be the first RP to feature her as the central figure (All the RP's so far have had her supporting the Duke).

OOC: *cough* Klonor, the referenced thread has the potential to be a major upheaval, so it could well bring her to prominence. Though it would not be in her nation. Ah well.

I mean bringing her to prominence OOC'ly, making her well seen by people who read NS. IC'ly she's already very prominant, she's one of the four most powerful people in Klonor.

Well, I'm starting the RP now. I'll post the link here once it's done. I hope to see you there!

Here it is: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408149

Okay, if you'd like to be in the thread, possibly as the guy trying to wed her or as somebody else, it'd be good if you introduce yourself and your character here, then bring them over to the IC thread. Just have them walk into Rory's (or wherever Amy happens to be at the time) and have them bump into her.

I shall use a Drow, should it please ye, let me make him

Ah now, here we go. Your normal civilian night lifer, literally. Stats, need stats don't we?

Name: Seke Ssinssrigg
Age: 28
Skin: Pure Black
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Red
Emotional State: As stable as anyone can be
Personality: MUCH nicer then most Drow, if his hair was black and his eyes a dark brown then he could pass off for a short African, besides the Evilised Accent, that just doesn't go away

Picture (http://images.quizilla.com/V/varnol/1053714735_drow1.JPG)

OOC: So which one should I use to vie for the lady's hand? Old guy who is only in it for the connections (at first) or ex goodguy who's trying to deal with psychological problems of his own?

5CN, she is pretty darn attractive, but in todays world of easily accessible plastic surgery anybody can be a Playboy centerfold if they're willing to spend a few thousand dollars. She's not in a class of her own physically. If he wont even notice her then I don't think this is going to be a very long and fruitful union.
There is actually another way that Hamilton and your character can get together. Hamilton is in search of someone who can help him overcome the pyschological damage of what happened aboard his vessel. If the two can find tranquility and calm each other's pain then I'm sure their union would be fruitful.

Well, I'm honored that I have so many men to chose from (I swear to God I almost retched when writing that sentence) but, like I said in the list on the last page, it'd need to make sense for them to just bump into her on the street.

CF, use whichever of the two is more likely to simply walk into the same restaurant as her or go jogging down the same park pathway. Right now she still hasn't restarted her ruling duties so if she does meet anybody it's going to be perfectly innocent (Unless your guy who wants connections wants them really badly and has been spying on her for quite some time. Hell, you could even play it that he saboaged the ship so she'd be stuck there for a while.).

5CN, same as CF, all you need to do is find some way to have the two meet. But right now she's just finished her mental healing (Sadly in the very thread where I jumped my shark), so in all likelihood she's not the best partner for a person seeking to overcome their own psychological damage and seeking solace in another anothers pain. But it could work out anyway, in the movies the healthy women always fall for the man who's hurting and needs help.

I thought it would be fun to (what am I actually saying) to have a "that guy" character. You know, the one the girl always cries on the shoulder but never in a million years would be in a relationship with...

Mathew Nathan Peterson
Age:36
Nationality: Cawahabian
Height 5'11"
Hair: light brown
Eye color: brown
Description: Mr. completely unremarkable, cute but not really "Oh, I like him cute...

Occupation: Writer, primarily humor murder mysteries but uses the Psydonym Balthus Flynt. Although he writes non-fiction works on naval history under his own name.

Not a major best seller, but loved by his fans. Most of his income comes from the family's land trust in Guleph City rather than his writting.

And now for my second character :eek: :
Name: Ukie (Peterson)
Age: 10 months
Height 2'-1"
Fur color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Occupation: Pet
Breed: Labrador

*Laughs Slyly.* Oh this will be fun, since this guy has NO idea how to court a girl outside Usual Drow ways. And they have some weird shit. He will be Extreamly awkward at first, ((Think Teenager who knows very little of Local langauge trying to ask out a girl who Doesn't speak English, Got that? Then add he doesn't know how to ASK A GIRL OUT!)) and will most likely make a fool of himself. Still, knowing he is tracking you will be near impossible in the dark methinks. I will post soon, when I get back from School, and MY Girlfriend! *Goes and Dances to the School*

OOC: Well, he's in a better position that I'm in. I OOCly don't know how to court a girl, so I'm at a disadvantage when trying to write about it! :p

Well, since she's never been courted I think we're all in the same boat. IC'ly I think everybody here is pretty wet behind the ears.

OOC: Is my character(s) the only one here not a gung ho joe (out of the males)? The only one with out major relationship/proffessional trauma?

It looks like it, so far everybody seems like they're on the brink of collapse.

Heh... My character will have quite some fun if he gets together with drugs...

Well then let's get those two together!

OOC: Jesus you two post fast! I just spent the last few hours typing up that post, and you've gotten what, three in during that time? :p

See, it's how you look at the quantity/quality ratio. While I try to make sure each post is more than one line and doesn't just have a single sentence of dialogue, I also don't work to make every single post a sensational masterpiece on par with Shakespeare or Asimov. If you try that then all you do is get out one post a week and nothing ever gets done.

If you try that then all you do is get out one post a week and nothing ever gets done.

*points Klonor to the two RP's in my sig*

*points Klonor to the two RP's in my sig*

*Notes that some people simply work faster than others.*

Me, I'm one of those nitpicking twits who will go over and over an indepth post to make sure it's right. And then it of course turns out wrong. :p

*points Klonor to the two RP's in my sig*

*Points to disturbing growth on the underside of my heel.........hey, I think somebody needs to look at it, it's starting to smell*

See, I pay the price of being in a relationship in real life, I have less time to make my Drows one work, oh, if people want to know how I got the idea?

Its my way of doing it, get them interested then talk to them. Moblies store phne numbers!

OOC: My guy's strategy is to take her by surprise with his frankness. Not a lot of people that I've met IRL speak their mind. :p

Edit: You may want to actually consider Alcona's IC fears about kidnappers and assasins. It could be an interesting way to spice up the RP. I mean, my character is a man of action, and I think that 5CN's is the same way.

You realize my character is going to distrust you...all of you...

Oh, and he is only a Corpsman.
The unarmed naval medics that hit the beaches with Marines? Almost
Universal military or equivilant in the United Duchies.

Military Skill (about zip)
Medical Skill (He might be able to keep you alive after she pounds the ground with you)
Wimp Factor (0, you have to be a little bit nuts to sign up to go into a hot LZ without a weapon and only an armband to protect you.)

Heh. My guy is very physically oriented, with lots of experience at combat and survival, but practically no experience at the finer points of 'civilized' life.

So I suppose that going by the loose system you just described, he would be thus:

'Military' skill: Pretty good. Not experienced at following orders, but is a great single combatant.
Medical skill: Marginal. Minor first aid only.
Wimp Factor: 0. (Before his lover killed herself, he was hard and dedicated like most of my other characters. Now he's just got a lot of gothic apathy heaped on top of that. :p)
Cultural value: 10 (out of 50.) He knows how to eat with a spoon and fork, and he knows basic decorum, but not much more than that. Or rather, he is completely unpracticed with more than that. He is *aware* of such, but...I'm rambling on again. :P

Well, if you want to get a kidnapping into this it could be the guy who wanted to marry her for the political connections, maybe he sabotaged the ship so he could stage a kidnapping and then walk in and be her rescuer (Hey, you try thinking outside the box every day! Eventually it's hard coming up with new ideas.)

Decorum score: 40/50 Wealthy Cawahabian Family, (Think U.S. Anabellum South without the slaves just lots of poor tenant farmers)

Now I need to go get dinner and stop thinking about previous girlfreinds and how I met them. Matt is going to hold his tounge for the moment and let the lady speak.

Matt would probably get along with the Imperial (somewhat) if he didn't think you were a cad for listening in to a private conversation without any tactical reason (if you were a spy then he could at least understand doing so). If he wasn't a Quaker (standard, not the militant kind) he'd demand a duel of honor.

The Drow is just going to be on his s*it list...hiding in the bushes and throwing magic spells about the place. *Shakes his head*

Well, if you want to get a kidnapping into this it could be the guy who wanted to marry her for the political connections, maybe he sabotaged the ship so he could stage a kidnapping and then walk in and be her rescuer (Hey, you try thinking outside the box every day! Eventually it's hard coming up with new ideas.)

I could...Hmm...That could work. Okay. I suppose I could introduce my other character. It's likely that he'll end up being impaled on some sort of sharp, pointy object in a duel with Jacob though. So long as his head is intact... And more importantly, if it's okay with you. :p

Oh great, just what romance needs. An international kidnapping incident. Which will likely mean Matt getting killed...which will result in that former roommate's former girlfriend sending some people to deal with you all in a horrible fashion.

I'm an open minded guy, do whatever you want as long as we don't end up erasing from EP the face of the Universe (This system has the most potential of any I claim, I've got over a dozen civil wars and criminal organizations planned for this place)

EDIT: And don't worry about Matts safety, Amy might be traveling incognito but there are still safeguards to make sure nothing happens to her. If there's a single blade of grass out of place there'll probably be a few thousand Marines there in 1/10 of a second and frying everything that moves.

I'm an open minded guy, do whatever you want as long as we don't end up erasing from EP the face of the Universe (This system has the most potential of any I claim, I've got over a dozen civil wars and criminal organizations planned for this place)

EDIT: And don't worry about Matts safety, Amy might be traveling incognito but there are still safeguards to make sure nothing happens to her. If there's a single blade of grass out of place there'll probably be a few thousand Marines there in 1/10 of a second and frying everything that moves.

yup...including one pup and one writer. Actually, he was created because I wanted to work with someone outside of the Alconian noblity. Of course his age and backstory (based so he won't completely wig out about who Amy really is) sort of makes killing him an afront to Landgravine Hubris, Outer Consul of the Klatchian Federation.

Uh-huh, and of course the government of Klonor would never think of insulting anybody. ;)

Anyway, the odds are that she'd say "Oh, and don't kill that guy that belongs to this cute dog that I've fallen in love with"

Oh great, just what romance needs. An international kidnapping incident. Which will likely mean Matt getting killed...which will result in that former roommate's former girlfriend sending some people to deal with you all in a horrible fashion.

Naw, My kidnapper wouldn't really be of the 'burninate all bystanders' camp. In fact, leaving a trail of bodies would likely be bad thing for his plan. :p

I'm of course going to wait a bit before I introduce my antagonist character, I don't want to use all my ideas early on and have none for the rest of the RP. :D

this cute dog that I've fallen in love with

Sorry boys...as you can see the winner of Amy's heart is:

a furry, four legged, inmature, smelly (after the trash can), happy go lucky, guy with bad breath and pronounced canine teeth. Has a habit of urinating and deficating in public, and will scratch himself whenever he feels like it. And the worst thing is that he will always leave Amy for his one true love (and then come trotting back like nothing is wrong) 'stick'.

I can't say I blame him, that stick is one sexy piece of inanimate matter.

I can't say I blame him, that stick is one sexy piece of inanimate matter.

LOL

OOC: Gareth Lodias, am I correct in interperating that the lights won't go away unless Amy recieves the unopened note?

Oh, G.C. to avoid you being 'blasted' I thought it best if we used Ukie to take the flower. I doubt either Matt or Amy would appreciate it if you got too close...

Also, It would be cute if "Blackwood Knights" was the first book by the same author who wrote Amy's present light reading. At least I find it humorus.

Uh....A&H, you do know that she's reading Jennifer Government, right? By Max Barry? Inspiration for this site and whatnot, his first novel was also Syrup, not Blackwood Knights

Hey, think I'll join in on this RP, Klonor. So, you know, heres some info about my char:

Basically just a Reptilian Humanoid, got a char pic if anyone wants to see it. Komodren, race is called, he stands about 7'2". His age would be about 32, I'll leave his real age out of it.

Thats basically it about that....

Anywho....

Uh....A&H, you do know that she's reading Jennifer Government, right? By Max Barry? Inspiration for this site and whatnot, his first novel was also Syrup, not Blackwood Knights

Nope...did not recognize it at all...Bought it...but never got to reading it...along with Cold Mountain, and Moo (and a few others), I've been reading way too much non-fiction myself recently (and writting too much fiction)

(I will go make a correction about the author...where I referenced 'her' but I leave the Nike=critic bit...although now I know why he is called Nike in the book. I still like the underhanded connection)

I thought it was obvious, but whatever. You should read it, it's great.

I don't get much time to read anymore...at least pleasure reading.

Well somewhat Obvious...
(I thought it was Hack Nike not Jhon Nike...)
And it would be obvious if in your head Nike=shoes/international conglomerate

not

Nike=Greek Mythology/Bringer of Victory :headbang:

Hack Nike is a character, but so is John Nike. Also, I though having Jennifer be a character was the kicker (Jennifer Government). But, like I said earlier, it's no big deal.

Jennifer...my first girlfeind's name was Jennifer...I was engaged to a Jennifer (although I always called her Jen) common name...not say like Charlize or Murrianna, or even Betsy...(Mooooo)

Any way looks like Ukie is up ten doggie treats.

Hey, like I said earlier, this is going to be a long RP, not just meeting once, love at first site, then a wedding the same day. People, at least smart people, don't willingly go out with people they've never met and know nothing about, except that they were close to you earlier in the day and you didn't even know it.

Hey, like I said earlier, this is going to be a long RP, not just meeting once, love at first site, then a wedding the same day. People, at least smart people, don't willingly go out with people they've never met and know nothing about, except that they were close to you earlier in the day and you didn't even know it.


My character is paranoid (well somewhat...after all when you live with an Apex preditor that breeds like rabbits you tend to get that way)

And a bit jadded about women and romance. Her not going out with the Drow(which was sensible yes) will just raise her up in his estimation.

Ar, slow down PLEASE! I am still in school, and have to make sure my real life is happy, then I come on here and my whole thing is now a page ahead of what it was two hours ago! Ah well

Hey, just do what you can. NS is a hobby, it's not reality, and reality is what's real......I think.

Yea, You didn't post as much as I thought, since I was thinking somewhere like two pages, but the posts where not that long so.

Anyway, If Seke fails this, he will become very fun charicter anyway. Thanks for helping me create him!

Yes, the lights go away once she read it. As a matter of fact, they are gone now.

Hmm, how is he going to do this without getting yelled at for stalking, oh right, tell her its how Drow court, and he knows only a bit about "Highlander" Scociety.

I think I saved you a bit of a hassle, she just doesn't pick up the phone. It'd probably be better if, if he manages to find her later, he just doesn't mention the flower at all.

The course of true love never did run smooth...

Anyway...it appears that the Savanah site has had some...er problems with the recent rain. Therefore I will be down there, (and off line) from Thursday to Sunday. I may or may not get on line this evening.
(One problem with having a cable modem only ISP is when your not on the cable modem)

Yup, especially when the two people haven't even met each other yet.

What size glasses are these? If it's shot glasses no problem, if we are talking highball glasses or larger then he might be in trouble.

These are full glasses, not shots, and even shots are usually enough to knock out a normal guy.

I'm working on a post. :p

Also, I hope you don't mind, but I'm making Jacob make a passing remark to Mark as he leaves. (Apologizing in advance because I'm not sure if you'd want to respond to it or not. If you want, you can always having Mark remember it as he gets more and more drunk.)

Based on your ingredients I'd say the alchol was about 170-180 proof. Or about the level of Vrakian Vodka.

Oh there's more than what I listed there, I just can't remember everything (I invented this back in Sept. of '03) so I usually just have my characters say "And God knows what else" when I run out of what I remember.

Oh, and Elarian Ale is a fictional beverage made up by the nation of Elara (not sure if he still plays NS). It by itself is illegal in most nations.

EDIT: Oh, and I'm having her give you some scrubbers in case you happen to like your liver

CF, I just realised a problem. Your national motto is "Purge the Alien, the Elf, and the Demon." Well....uh.....you do know that Epsilon Pegasi is half-Elf, right? Klonor as a whole has an Elf population about 1/8 of its total pop. We're talking several billion Elves. Are you sure your characters would be willing to even be in a nation like that?

CF, I just realised a problem. Your national motto is "Purge the Alien, the Elf, and the Demon." Well....uh.....you do know that Epsilon Pegasi is half-Elf, right? Klonor as a whole has an Elf population about 1/8 of its total pop. We're talking several billion Elves. Are you sure your characters would be willing to even be in a nation like that?

Yes, my characters would. :p You see, the elves are typically only purged when their uselfulness as pleasure slaves has ended. But more importantly, my characters would likely see the EP condition (and the situation in Klonor at large) as one where the humans are keeping the elves enslaved behind the scenes to prevent a diplomatic backlash, regardless of the truth. Mainly because a lot of them are so racist that they can't believe that humans would live in servitude to elves. Stupid? Yeah. I never said my characters were particularly rational.

But either way, Jacob isn't like that. He never had much contact with the elves, he was more of a 'purge the demons and heretics' kind of guy, as you'll see in my latest, detailed post.

CF, I have a message for you in the ESUS forums, can you please check them?

A+H tends to be anti-Sithril but not really anti-elf. And why do I just want to drop a Var in on the middle of all of this suddenly.

Ah, okay. Just wanted to make sure you were up on all the info so later on you're not like "Wait, you have Elves here? What are you, nuts? Damnit, now I need to have my favorite character kill himself for soiling his reputation and we have to go to war. Darn!"

A+H tends to be anti-Sithril but not really anti-elf. And why do I just want to drop a Var in on the middle of all of this suddenly.

A what? What is a Var?

Allanea, I checked and responded.

A race of demonic looking aliens. You should love them...
They belong to the Lords of War (who doesn't Rp much)

CF, you've also got an NS TG.

Wow, dude's done some pretty interesting things. I kinda feel bad for the heretics

CF, you've also got an NS TG.

Checked. Replied.

A&H, how tough are these guys? Jacob is mostly unarmed at the moment, so I doubt he could take one. He'd likely try though.

Edit: Feel bad for the Heretics? Yeah. That's kind of the point. It's supposed to be tragic. It's leading up to a major revelation about Jacob's already damaged beliefs.

Well, the fact that they were participating in a human sacrifice to Lucifer makes my sympathy for them equal what I feel when I swat a fly. If what the guy says at the end is true and they really were deluded then I might change that belief, but not just now.

Oh, and I'd already replied to your reply when you said that you'd replied.

One man's Heritics are another man's Holy men.

Well at eight foot tall with claws (and usually armed with high future tech) Jacob would be toast in twenty seconds if he tried to take one out at present. There is no reason for one to be around at the moment though as they tend not to like us pure Terran nations too much.

More my response to your Christofian view point.

Oh, and sorry Klonor but Ritz-Carleton was the only hotel chain I could think of that would likely have a hotel in this setting and is known as 'pet freindly' But I can correct to something else if need be.

edit: need to go make dinner...likely won't be on again until sunday. Oh and the he look do is just a edit reminant that I forgot to delete...but I fixed it.

Nah, it's fine.

You're standing me up? You're standing me up? My God, what has the world come to? How could you do this to a woman you just met? I am hurt and traumatised!

Okay, see you on Sunday.

One man's Heritics are another man's Holy men.

But of course. My society regards devil worshippers as evil, and thus they are persecuted by the Paladins whenever found within my borders (or anywhere else where they can get away with the purges.) I am sure that your society is different. As is Klonor's, or Gareth-Lodrias', or 5CN's. (Come to think of it, will 5CN be posting again?)

Well at eight foot tall with claws (and usually armed with high future tech) Jacob would be toast in twenty seconds if he tried to take one out at present.

Youch. I'd need a whole bunch of Paladins to take those guys on. And they'd likely have to break out the D-Rifles, voidblades, and maby even the nukes. If one of those things shows up, you can expect to be seeing Jacob run like a little girl.

More my response to your Christofian view point.

My government isn't particularly religious. (They're motivated to Xeno and daemonicide mainly through past experience with vicious alien invasions and an encounter with powerful demons of killing +1) It's only the Paladins who are religious. And they're totally independent of the government.

Ah, now, how to make this much funnier then it already could be, I KNOW! *When post is done you will see.*

Who liked what happened? Seriously!

If one of those things shows up, you can expect to be seeing Jacob run like a little girl.

Yes, and then once Jacob's done running expect the Marines to show up and stretch this thing flat on the ground http://www.esusalliance.co.uk/forums/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

Remember guys, we're not in a lawless and government free place, this system is the home of Klonors richest people (Picture futuristic Bill Gates x20) and the military keeps a pretty obvious presence here. If anything starts blowing up I'd expect a few thousand troops rather soon. Unless, of course, there's some kind of massive invasion somehwere else at the exact same time that would draw the military away (hint, hint)

GL, they'd stop you for I.D. and ask for your room key before they let you out of the lobby and into the elevators. This is where visting Heads of State and multi-billionaires stay, you're not allowed to just walk in and head to the rooms.

Oh, and FYI, what teleported Amy before (and now you) is a Phase Gate, they're pretty much everywhere in Klonor and teleport you from point A to point B. Really convenient if you don't want to bother walking or getting a cab.

Uh...I'm open to suggestions for what Jacob is supposed to do between now and his next dream sequence.

I'm thinking about having him going to a shooting range, because he finds blowing holes in things to be soothing. Come to think of it, what are the weapons laws like in Klonor?

Oh, new idea! I need somebody to play a normal Klonor citizen, possibly staying at the same hotel Amy is or living nearby, to serve as a kind of anchor. When she's not subjected to the constant advances of everybody around her she's not going to just sit in her hotel room and wait for the next suitor, she'd need somebody to go to the movies with and watch the Vids with at night (Vids = Really nifty 3D and Interactive TV with over 3,000 channels that's mainly just used for porn). Basically just a normal Klonorian (I really need a better word to describe a citizen of Klonor) to hang out with.

I'd like it if the non-suitor wasn't played by somebody already in this RP, since then he'll only be around when the would-be husbands are and that would kinda ruin the point.

Some info common to Klonor so you'll not freak out whenever Amy mentions something common in Klonor that we've never seen anywhere else:


'The Duke' refers to the Grand Duke Solomon Klonor, Head of State and worshipped nearly as God, even though he's done nothing to encourage such worship (Well, despite coming back from the dead on many occassions, being the first one in Klonor to have telekinetic powers, and inventing the drink that keeps us face-down in the floor 24/7).
Phase Gates are a point-to-point teleportation device used throughout Klonor. There are ones out in the open for public use, inside house for families to use, inside restaurants, etc. You go up to one, type in the address of another, and step through. It's as easy as stepping through a door. Be forewarned, many private Gates either require a password to be used or are shut off to unauthorised access from other Gates. Meaning that you can't just teleport into the head of Klonors military headquarters or right into Amys bathroom.
'The Corps' refers to the Klonor Space Corps, Klonors main branch of the military (Other such branches are the 'Klonor Temporal Corps' and the 'Klonor Sea Corps', which is practically non-existant) and whose responsibilities cover everything from repelling foreign invasions to mixing the Dukes drinks in the morning.
Drink a lot, drink often, drink deeply. Alcohol should come damn near close to replacing your entire blood supply.
The unit of currency in Klonor is the Floren
Drink more.
Klonor society is descended mainly from Western Europe and America (A bit odd when you consider they're biologically from southern Africa) so act as if you were just a normal dude walking down the streets of a normal city. Well, as normal as it could be when people are telekinetically floatings dogs and teleporting to their hotels.
The predominant religion is a revival of Ancient Romes, expect to hear "Jove help me", "Mercury, give me speed", "I wish that Mars would just kill you right now", and so on. Other currently existing religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hindusim, Shintoism, etc.) also exist, but the main rival to the Roman religion is a fictional "Way of the Spirit". Picture it a blending of Christianity and Hindusim (If such a blending could happen).
Are you drinking yet?


I think that covers everything you'll need to act as Klonor citizen, and a hell of a lot more that really wont serve any function. Glad I could help. Any applicants?

EDIT: Forgot something important


Phase Gates have the ability to recognize basic weaponry and can refrain from transporting it along with the bearer of the gun. That option is usually only turned on in Gates which lead to private and quiet places (Such as restaurants, banks, etc.) but keep it in mind if you plan on just zipping around the planet by Gate.

Uh...I'm open to suggestions for what Jacob is supposed to do between now and his next dream sequence.

I'm thinking about having him going to a shooting range, because he finds blowing holes in things to be soothing. Come to think of it, what are the weapons laws like in Klonor?

I was thinking this would be a good time for him to get to know Amy away from Jacob, but I think that's what GL is aiming for so I guess not. Don't worry, your time will come. Of course, if GL's character suddenly disappeared with no apparent cause that would open up Amys near future ;)

Gun laws in Klonor are practically non-existant, the only things really prohibited are weapons that can kill more than a single person with one shot (not counting simply shooting somebody through somebody else). As long as its not explosive you're probably allowed to carry it.

OOC: Oops. Those new fangled 'phase gates' are so complicated! :p

Why you diabolical bastard, for some reason I think you're trying to get in touch with Amy

Or trying to exterminate some dark elves. :p

Just kidding, GL. ;)

Hey, try not to be exterminated yourself.

Heh. I've tried to avoid that thus far. :p

I think this 'solution' will be most interesting. I wonder what Amy's reaction will be.

Simple, she's going to step on your neck and keep threatening you.

I might not have the military training this man has, but I don't think his situation has improved much ;)

Ahh, but you see! That is the point. A boot the the neck is far easier to extricrate ones self from. (If I seem incoherentt right now, pay it no mind. I'm not fully awayke right now.)

Edt: I see! She's using her kill-o-zap implants! :p Post coming tommorow at some pont, after I've had a chance to sleep!1

Tracks down Gareth Lodias and smiles Found you bastard. Hey Klonor, I could do that citizen, For no reason besides I want yo mak Sure you don't screw up a female Character. Knows you will anyway since guys can't make female Charicters for shit

Well, provided you can put in the time to make this a regular character I'd say "Welcome to the game, try not to steal my husband"

LT, it'd be better if this person you're playing was from Klonor.

Also, now wouldn't be the best time to show up. I was thinking she'd be the person Amy was with when she wasn't with the suitors. Well, maybe later when everybody has gotten to know one another and we're not in the process of strangling each other.

She can easily be from Klonor, Illetrians have been migrating around worlds since the Gaia-Tsurani was ((Which is some fifty odd years ago IC)) Combine this with the fact that Illetrians are long lived, it would mean she would have been in Klonor longer then she had lived ((Possibly, not exactly sure))

A good point, a large part of the Klonor pop is alien, but I'd still like it to be a while before she enters the fray. Wait a bit until all the main characters have at least let Amy know their names (Or until nobody's posted for a day or two)

Sure, post deleated. Please tg me when

Now, I have edited this and made a new post. I am considering if things go well with you and the other guy, he can meet Kimiko, since according to Tsurani ((Who is speaking in my ear)) most girls make a note of their Girlfriends dates and such, now, time to do some other stuff.

CF, I thought you RP'd CF as being on Earth. What's with him being from some distant star system?

CF, I thought you RP'd CF as being on Earth. What's with him being from some distant star system?

I do have more than one system you know. :p I've got about four 'core' systems, Sol (in which my government is based at present; and which I share with a metric shipload of other nations), Opterra, Boreas, and Gehenna. I've also got a few other 'minor' systems on my frontier. Arcadia, Beran, Mardalla, Dobo, and Odon. Those minor systems are almost undefended anyway.

Ah, right, I need to remember that people do change over time.

You're standing me up? You're standing me up? My God, what has the world come to? How could you do this to a woman you just met? I am hurt and traumatised!

Okay, see you on Sunday.

No one is standing anyone up...well Amy appears to be going to the restraunt while little old Matt is waiting in his hotel lobby...

Ah.....right. Whoops.

GL, you keep deliberately following her around like this and you'll probably end up with a blade sticking into your kneck.

Keep it up!

FYI: The 'Dealers' are the Elite of the Klonor Elite. We're talking a combination of the Marines, the Navy SEALS, and the Secret Service with some telekinetic powers thrown in. Their duties are, like the Secret Service, the protection of the Duke and other members of the government. Out of the 10 billion+ population in Klonor there’s only about a hundred of these guys, and by themselves they’re more than capable of conquering (and holding) a foreign nation. If these guys don’t like you, you should start looking at updating your will. I don't how good your characters are, but if they were any existing Klonor character (Including the Duke) they'd be no match for these guys in combat.

I thought it'd be nice to give you guys something to play with while I'm on my date ;)

EDIT: Wow, this post came off way more threatening and arrogant than I'd meant it to be when I was writing it. I'm just throwing these guys in so that you'd have something to respond to in case this date goes on for a while and the rest of you get bored. This doesn't need to come down to combat.

Klonor, what is the city's sewer system like? Similarly, are there any abandoned buildings nearby?

Picture the city as a circle surrounded by several rings. In the center the city is the epitome of high society and wealth, with not a single piece of trash to be seen. The further out you get the more and more run-down it is and towards the outermost edges you'll start finding the abandoned buildings and run down neighborhoods and whatnot.

For the sewers, they're pretty much normal sewers except made out of more futuristic materials than steel and regularly patrolled by the police. Since there's so many people living so closely together the government knows anything happening to the waste disposal systems would be very bad for the people living there and they make an effort to keep people, animals, and vandalism out.

Oh yes, I am aware of that fact. However, your not going to be able to kill him that easily, since he is now going to just stay at the hotel. You can't stop him from staying there can it?

GL, I'd say that threatening one of Klonor's secret police... err I mean body guards would result in them killing you out of principle...

Now Klonor, I've got another question. What kind of gun would I be likely to find in that place? Specifically, I'm looking for some sort of heavy caliber automatic pistol. Something like a .666 cal, or .70 cal. And it's got to be automatic, or at least capable of three round burst? Would I be likely to find something like that in one of your weapons stores? Or must the spaceport workers find his other piece of luggage, the one with the pistol and sword? :p

GL, I'd say that threatening one of Klonor's secret police... err I mean body guards would result in them killing you out of principle...

Now Klonor, I've got another question. What kind of gun would I be likely to find in that place? Specifically, I'm looking for some sort of heavy caliber automatic pistol. Something like a .666 cal, or .70 cal. And it's got to be automatic, or at least capable of three round burst? Would I be likely to find something like that in one of your weapons stores? Or must the spaceport workers find his other piece of luggage, the one with the pistol and sword? :p

People haven't used that heavy a caliber since WWI (when the german's showed that KE=mv^2. Although a 9mm is a bit on the too low side personally...

edit: (The only calibers used that high RL were for Gatling Guns between 1875-1908) To have even decent range, a conventional hand gun barrel would need to be over 16 inches long...

GL, CF has a major point. You'd be dead the second you made contact from a dozen people shooting you repeatedly with very fast moving bullets. Or the guy you threatened would just telekinetically hurl you off himself and burn your head from your shoulders (Although not nearly as neatly as Amy would have, this time there'll be blood everywhere). Also, they're not going to just be staring directly at you. Come on man, give me at least some credit. This guy is probably chatting away with a random person he's sitting next to, not even facing you, with a small camera on a table twenty feet away from that leads to a video screen surgically implanted into his eye.

CF, since I've never really given much thought to Klonor hand-held weaponry except for military-grade firepower unavailable to the public, just pretend it has everything you could ever possibly want. Go wild!

People haven't used that heavy a caliber since WWI (when the german's showed that KE=mv^2. Although a 9mm is a bit on the too low side personally...

edit: (The only calibers used that high RL were for Gatling Guns between 1875-1908) To have even decent range, a conventional hand gun barrel would need to be over 16 inches long...

In my kinetic weapon designs, I perfer to increase both mass and velocity. That's how I get guns that fire .666 caliber rounds at a few kilometers/sec. Of course, it also means that my guns are bigger, heavier, more complex, and more difficult to make, along with being much harder to use. But I think it's a fair price to pay. (Those countermeasures to make sure the user's arm isn't taken off when firing are particularly difficult to construct properly.)

Anyway, most of my weapons of that caliber are grossly overpowered grav accelerated monsters, certainly not 'conventional' handguns by any stretch of the imagination. Admittedly, Klonor's guns probably won't be, so I'll have to likely have my character get his gun back...

But you see, I have a fetish for overpowered guns. Jacob's .666 Dante for instance is one of the gravitic accelerated monsters that I mentioned above. It's got all sorts of FT goodies that let him fire it without snapping his arm back at sickening angles. Inertial dampners, recoil compensators, buzzword enhancers... Yup! ;)

Another reason for why Jacob's gun in particular is so big is that he usually fights Demons that have heavy armor and thick skin that can often turn lesser rounds away. My military typically uses smaller .2mm rounds accelerated much faster, but I digress...

Basically, when thinking of my military and the weapons it has (along with quasi-military groups like the Paladins,) you shouldn't think so much of conventional, modern armies as you should the nobility of the middle ages. I overemphasize quality, giving my tiny number of troops some of the best equipment and training in the universe to compensate for the fact that in any real engagement, they'll likely be outnumbered hundreds to one. Is my model realistic? Probably not. But this is future tech, where things don't necessarily have to be 'realistic' so much as 'make sense for the situation they're in.' My society encourages this military model, and I OOCly like it, so that's how it is. I tend to think it brings the focus more down to individual characters rather than the "Rawr! I invade you with X troops in a gigantic human wave!" Paradigm that I sometimes see in modern tech, and even some future tech wars.

Geep, I ranted more than I thought I would. :(

In my kinetic weapon designs, I perfer to increase both mass and velocity. That's how I get guns that fire .666 caliber rounds at a few kilometers/sec. Of course, it also means that my guns are bigger, heavier, more complex, and more difficult to make, along with being much harder to use. But I think it's a fair price to pay. (Those countermeasures to make sure the user's arm isn't taken off when firing are particularly difficult to construct properly.)

Anyway, most of my weapons of that caliber are grossly overpowered grav accelerated monsters, certainly not 'conventional' handguns by any stretch of the imagination. Admittedly, Klonor's guns probably won't be, so I'll have to likely have my character get his gun back...

But you see, I have a fetish for overpowered guns. Jacob's .666 Dante for instance is one of the gravitic accelerated monsters that I mentioned above. It's got all sorts of FT goodies that let him fire it without snapping his arm back at sickening angles. Inertial dampners, recoil compensators, buzzword enhancers... Yup! ;)

Another reason for why Jacob's gun in particular is so big is that he usually fights Demons that have heavy armor and thick skin that can often turn lesser rounds away. My military typically uses smaller .2mm rounds accelerated much faster, but I digress...

Basically, when thinking of my military and the weapons it has (along with quasi-military groups like the Paladins,) you shouldn't think so much of conventional, modern armies as you should the nobility of the middle ages. I overemphasize quality, giving my tiny number of troops some of the best equipment and training in the universe to compensate for the fact that in any real engagement, they'll likely be outnumbered hundreds to one. Is my model realistic? Probably not. But this is future tech, where things don't necessarily have to be 'realistic' so much as 'make sense for the situation they're in.' My society encourages this military model, and I OOCly like it, so that's how it is. I tend to think it brings the focus more down to individual characters rather than the "Rawr! I invade you with X troops in a gigantic human wave!" Paradigm that I sometimes see in modern tech, and even some future tech wars.

Geep, I ranted more than I thought I would. :(

True, although you get into the upper limits of human ability to use it effectively as a handweapon just due to size limitations personally. I guess it would be less of a problem if you were a larger non-human species...and it being non-conventional sort of thows my argument out the window.

True, although you get into the upper limits of human ability to use it effectively as a handweapon just due to size limitations personally. I guess it would be less of a problem if you were a larger non-human species...and it being non-conventional sort of thows my argument out the window.

Typically, said weapons are used inside power armor. It's just that Jacob doesn't have power armor, so he is going to have a tougher time of it. A much tougher time with it, but he'll still manage to use it *passably* since he is really good with a gun. Along with having enhanced muscles and bones, as per standard physical enhancements for any of my characters who goes into combat frequently.

But thanks for pointing out that a Klonor shop probably wouldn't have access to the kind of guns that you'd find in a typical Paladin's chapel. Good thing I left myself an escape hatch with his gun being in a set of lost luggage...:)

He'll likely pick up some sort of energy weapon, perhaps even a personal beam cannon? Those FS beams were pretty snazzy, Klonor. Especially if they're green. :D

Ack! I'm getting off topic again!

Hey, I can match anything you've got! Don't think I can't! You want to take this outside? Let's go!

Anyway, based on what I've had most civilians posses in past RP's the shop probably has a whole slew of assault rifles, pistols, etc. but nothing with physical ammunition with as much oomf as you're describing. If you want to stick with bullets this place will let you put quite a bit of lead in the air (Well, not actually lead, but you know what I mean) but it wont let you put a hole through a tank when it's half a mile away.

Oh, before I forget, that thingy which Amy put into her palm that disappeared is a small bomb designed to go off if you don't pay your bill. With Phase Gates abounding it's easy to slip out the bathroom without even being seen by the guards at the front, this way they can still get you for your little 'dine n dash'.

Oh, before I forget, that thingy which Amy put into her palm that disappeared is a small bomb designed to go off if you don't pay your bill. With Phase Gates abounding it's easy to slip out the bathroom without even being seen by the guards at the front, this way they can still get you for your little 'dine n dash'.

It's a good thing Matt doesn't know that. Otherwise he might just spend his evening mulling about being considered dishonrable by a bunch of expensive cooks and stewards. Of course he is a traditional Quaker, but he might just go militant with that kind of blatent insult.

And I very much doubt Matt can't pay the bill.

The bomb's in Amy, not you. Why would you be considered dishonorable?

Anyway, it's not actually going to be used tonight (At least I hope not, I kinda like Amy) but I like to keep the continuity in my RP's strong and this is a standard part of fine dining in Klonor.

Hey, I can match anything you've got! Don't think I can't! You want to take this outside? Let's go!

Anyway, based on what I've had most civilians posses in past RP's the shop probably has a whole slew of assault rifles, pistols, etc. but nothing with physical ammunition with as much oomf as you're describing. If you want to stick with bullets this place will let you put quite a bit of lead in the air (Well, not actually lead, but you know what I mean) but it wont let you put a hole through a tank when it's half a mile away.

I think I'll just go with some sort of particle beam pistol. You've got one of those in stock, right? :)

Edit: Don't be too worried. A Paladin's chapel has everything from the rounds I described above to five megaton fusion bombs and anti-matter tipped rounds.

Tell you what, it might cost you an extra thousand or so florens, but I think you'd probably enjoy a Thumb Gun. It wont be available at this store, it's a strictly military weapon and you'd need to get in touch with the criminal underbelly of Klonor society to get one, but it's easy to carry & use, doesn't require any re-loading, and is more than capable of obliterating a few dozen soldiers in one bang.

Tell you what, it might cost you an extra thousand or so florens, but I think you'd probably enjoy a Thumb Gun. It wont be available at this store, it's a strictly military weapon and you'd need to get in touch with the criminal underbelly of Klonor society to get one, but it's easy to carry & use, doesn't require any re-loading, and is more than capable of obliterating a few dozen soldiers in one bang.

Sounds like an excellent souvenir... :D

I'll consider seeking out some lawless weapons vendor. After all, you never know when you'll come upon a gibbering, hell-spawned demon. Or hippies, they're just as bad.

The bomb's in Amy, not you. Why would you be considered dishonorable?

Anyway, it's not actually going to be used tonight (At least I hope not, I kinda like Amy) but I like to keep the continuity in my RP's strong and this is a standard part of fine dining in Klonor.

:eek: In Amy?

A true gentleman honors his debts (well in Alconian Society) By emplanting a bomb in someone would state that you were assumed not going to pay their debts, ergo that person was not honorable. The very fact of assuming that they had no honor, would likely draw the response of them demanding satisfaction from you, someone who has publicly declared them to be without honor.

Actually, a thumb print or other information to identify a dishonrable individual would not garner such a response. After all, it would be seen as establishing the true identiy of someone so dishonrable (who might be using another's name). It really has to do with degree really...putting a bomb into a diner would be considered an exstreme measure.

All moot at this time.

Oh, I need a similar dish to the Lorin without it being the backed Lorin. Likely he will pick something from the same part of the menu as her without picking the same item.

Yup, in Amy. The explosive is right now swimming in her blood stream.

CF, I think you'll be safe, there hasn't been a single Hippie seen in Klonor since the Great Massacre about fifty years ago. It managed to penetrate even their mental stupor. ;)

Anyway, what the Thumb Gun is comprised of is a small atomic battery attached to the back near the base of the spine and a small wire leading from the battery up the back and down the arm towards the energy emitter taped (Or glued, or tied, or stapled, etc.) to your palm. You point your hand at somebody, flex your fingers, and suddenly you're coughing on ashes that wern't there a few minutes ago.

EDIT: A&H, just make something up (I just made up the words Roon and Loirn as I was writing that post)

Interesting. I don't suppose there's an actual gun version of that? Or is this sort of like a black market version of Amy's implants?

Nah, this actually pre-dates the implants that Amy (and the Dealers) have, this is just a weapon and only shoots lethal energy straight out from your hand. No moving stuff with your mind and whatnot.

And no, there's no actual gun version. It's designed to be unseen by anybody (Everything is under your clothing) and so that you don't need to actually hold it and your hands stay free for other use while still leaving you with a weapon in your hand. I'm sure if you're really determined at making it into gun shape you could buy some kind of plastic gun, glue the battery to the grip and the emitter to the barrel and rig the trigger so that it activates it, but I think that's just more work than its worth.

Nah, this actually pre-dates the implants that Amy (and the Dealers) have, this is just a weapon and only shoots lethal energy straight out from your hand. No moving stuff with your mind and whatnot.

And no, there's no actual gun version. It's designed to be unseen by anybody (Everything is under your clothing) and so that you don't need to actually hold it and your hands stay free for other use while still leaving you with a weapon in your hand. I'm sure if you're really determined at making it into gun shape you could buy some kind of plastic gun, glue the battery to the grip and the emitter to the barrel and rig the trigger so that it activates it, but I think that's just more work than its worth.

Okay. My concern was that somebody would get one and tape the battery to their back like you suggested. Then, when they went to turn, the cord would be ripped out or something.

Hmm, strange...Elian (sp) ale reminded me of italian house wines. Which carry quite a punch. Actually, I had just finished off a pitcher of house vino, and was slightly tipsy when I ran into some nice gentlemen who had blocked off the road between me and my hotel.

After, indicating in my poor italian that I needed to cross. Said gentlemen (who looked like the secret service) were kind enough to let me cross. As a crowd gathered along the street. A few minutes later, several swiss guards rode buy and then his holyiness. It was a bit strange to be less than 10 feet from the Pontiff (who was not in his popemobile but praying on a moving altar completely unprotected.)

I just found that strange as he is now dead...likely the closest this protestant will ever get to a Pope...

Sorry just a fuge moment for me. Drunk and looking at the Pope...only me

This is one of my oldest weapons still being used, we've managed to figure out all the kinks. The wire is taut against the skin (It wont snag on anything or be grabbed by somebody in a fight) but is elastic and stretches when you extend your arm or turn your body. The odds of anything that isn't the fault of a third party going wrong are very unlikely, as with any other well-tested and long used technology.

Okay, if (when) your guys search the room, they'll find the following things:

Jacob's beam pistol, lying on the nightstand.
Jacob's training drones, scattered around the room
Jacob's Ammunition Synthesizer, clearly labeled with "Keep fingers away from opening!"
Jacob's folded dress uniform. It's ash-grey with silver trim, with a few medals and two insignia. The Sword-and-Earth of the Imperial citizen, and the blue/green vortex with cross of the Order of the Paladins of Sol.
Jacob's formfitting body armor, with the same two symbols upon opposite shoulders.
Jacob's glasses, lying on the nightstand.
The note from Grand Master Weathers, pinned to the dress uniform
The faded picture of Jacob and Amber.
One pair of Imperial Military boots.

Oh yeah, before I forget: Jacob's T-Shirt and Jeans.

Edit: Peh, that IC post was my worst yet. But that's okay because it was meant more to give your guys an oppertunity to search through Jacob's stuff while he wasn't there.

CF, that post was just fine. You're to much of a perfectionist. Right now I'm not going to have the inspecion teams go to in-depth about what they've found and what it means, it's just so that later, if the government feals that Jacob actually is a threat and didn't just stumble into the hotel by accident, they'll know stuff about him and be able to proceed accordingly.

Damnit, you know, the fact that you'd actually mentioned the drones really should have given me a clue that they'd be there. Drat!

Gotcha... ;)

Hey, at least I have a reasonable explanation for how my guy is going to find out that he's being trailed. Of course, he won't know who's following him, but still... :D

Edit: Actually, he probably won't notice he's being trailed right away. He'll only know that his room was broken into and that nothing was stolen. Of course, he'll be a lot more paranoid, but I trust your guys to watch him discreetly. :)

He might not even know anybody broke in, for all he knows there was just a power failure http://www.esusalliance.co.uk/forums/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

Unless those drones happen to have EMP shielding, but why would they possibly something like that? I mean, what purpose could it possibly serve?

He might not even know anybody broke in, for all he knows there was just a power failure http://www.esusalliance.co.uk/forums/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

Unless those drones happen to have EMP shielding, but why would they possibly something like that? I mean, what purpose could it possibly serve?

Well, actually, most of my computing and power distribution technology isn't electron based, it's typically holographic, string, or warpbased. So it wouldn't be affected by EMP in the least. But I made an exception for most of the drones here. Except for a few seconds recording on one... http://www.esusalliance.co.uk/forums/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

Hmm, well quite nice there. I'm expecting the same soon in Matt's suite. Of course puppies are EMP proof...

Nah, the government didn't see you and Amy in a life and death situation, they don't go into anybody's personal life without reason and a mere date isn't enough.

EDIT: Unless she just tells them to, of course. If she gave the order they'd probably find out the first job your great-grandparents had.

Nah, the government didn't see you and Amy in a life and death situation, they don't go into anybody's personal life without reason and a mere date isn't enough.

EDIT: Unless she just tells them to, of course. If she gave the order they'd probably find out the first job your great-grandparents had.

That would be good...a bunch of Klondor researchers digging around in parish records...yup like that wouldn't go unnoticed, although they might think it was the ghost of his Great Aunt Martha, come back to claim her rightful inheritance...ooooohhhhh

Yea I am aware of the fact he would not, however, please note to drow, who live in a city where everyone is watching everyone else, you learn how to know when you are being watched, even when they are masking it. And Please be remembering this is the first time I have done Free form Roleplaying, and mostly the first Major one I have done as well.

I know, and you are doing good for your first time (Better than I did, at any rate) but that doesn't change the fact that if he does what you have him doing he's going to be dead in about five seconds. No exaggeration there, either. You threaten a Dealer and you're dead, not even the Duke himself could call off the hordes that would chase after you.

Plus, even if you do notice the nearly microscopic camera on the table occupied by two completely innocent people, how the hell would you connect it to the person who's just sitting and talking/drinking/eating/reading/etc. on the other side of room? Seriously, these guys aren't going to be wearing dark sunglasses and constantly staring at you, they're professionals that have been at this for decades.

God this thread has been a dark trip down memory lane for me now...*shivers* Well I pulled up everything I remember from the experts on how to deal with rape victims...

I should point out I wasn't planning on this...I just picked a Quaker as not to be a "Gung Ho Joe" like the rest of them...that just automaticly made him a medic if he went to college...

Item2:
As to the drow knowning about the survallience we get into the use of magic in a future tech Rp problems (after all he has been using magic for most of his previous posts) so the Drow likely use spells to detect other people observing them (which makes some technical tricks of the Dealers mute Klondor :( )

In the end, I am afraid that Mr. Drow has dug himself into a pit he must extract himself from...Of course I wouldn't kill him, just take him in alive to find out how he detected your personel, Klondor.

OOC: Whoops. I didn't realize you responded to me as well as A&H in one of your posts, Klonor. Sorry for not noticing it earlier. :p

A&H, there's no "d" in "Klonor". You've been dropping it in the middle for a while. Just thought I should point it out.

Anyway, as long as you don't start digging into her Father/daughter relationship or how she knows the Duke you should be able to avoid any real emotional trauma.

A&H, there's no "d" in "Klonor". You've been dropping it in the middle for a while. Just thought I should point it out.

Anyway, as long as you don't start digging into her Father/daughter relationship or how she knows the Duke you should be able to avoid any real emotional trauma.

Sorry...Klonor Klondor :headbang:

And He is fairly sure where that nice little landmine is somewhere related to her family. Although he also beleives it involves recent trauma of some kind. But that is the end of his analysis at present.

Also, he really doesn't know how well she 'knows' the Duke...well actually the Duke of Klonor since he happens to know the Grand Duke of the United Duchies...so he just thinks of Alexander III scowling at him when she says Duke anyway.

*Starts chanting* Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig! *stops chanting*

Come on, you know that any guy with half a brain would be curious about how a cute girl knows the leader of a nation. It's be like some chick you picked up in a bar knowing Bush or something. :p

*Starts chanting* Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig! *stops chanting*

Come on, you know that any guy with half a brain would be curious about how a cute girl knows the leader of a nation. It's be like some chick you picked up in a bar knowing Bush or something. :p

That is unless you happen to have gotten into a minor boating accident with his neice in Kenebunkport....

Ergo Matt knows enough 'powerful' people himself that he isn't going to be enchanted by name dropping by other people.

And she 'knows' the Duke, well that only says she is some semi-important beuracrat or coutier.

Finnally she just told him to 'back off'...but you'd dig huh?

Actually, I don't think she's mentioned the Duke of Klonor yet. I'm just saying in case in the future she mentions it. I dunno, maybe some story "You know, one time I went into the Dukes room and he was....."

Of course those stories are always hilarious, most of them end up with the Duke dying and it's not very often you get the same person dying in twenty different stories.

EDIT: And don't try pushing your luck in her hotel, she means it when she says they're just there to watch TV and you try to pull any funny stuff and.....well, let's just say you wont be trying much afterwards. ;)

Finnally she just told him to 'back off'...but you'd dig huh?

Me? Yes. But that's because I'm an asshole. :p

Oh, we all know that.

Oh their is a CAMERA! Now, that does help, wish I had seen THAT! Meh, I assume the post never happened, so now I need something to do while I wait...

But I just responded!

A+H the last hold out of Chivilry in the world. (It might be because there is a tradition of women in the arms service...or perhaps that Hubris was once called the "Isle of Amazons" has something to do with it.)

And bloody hell, my character wanted to make sure that bed and T.V. were in seperate rooms Do you really think he is going to make a move?

I should like to point out that there is no such thing as a 'private' conversation in public. Especially if you happen to slander someone nearby. :p

No, but that's because I've been reading his thoughts as you type them. Amy has no such luck, and she can't talk to the being controlling his actions, either. Think about it, she's an extremely attractive woman who has shown that she has access to large amounts of cash; in what Universe wouldn't you try to make a move? ;)

Besides, the TV and bed are in seperate rooms in her hotel, too.

CF, what's wrong with slander? It's what makes life interesting

Okay, I'm more than used to having my characters duke it out in a gunfight and having them hurl energy at one another in a mind fight, but how exactly do we have a blow by blow sword fight?

Okay, I'm more than used to having my characters duke it out in a gunfight and having them hurl energy at one another in a mind fight, but how exactly do we have a blow by blow sword fight?

Remember, motion. Motion is key. :D

No, but that's because I've been reading his thoughts as you type them. Amy has no such luck, and she can't talk to the being controlling his actions, either. Think about it, she's an extremely attractive woman who has shown that she has access to large amounts of cash; in what Universe wouldn't you try to make a move? ;)

Besides, the TV and bed are in seperate rooms in her hotel, too.

CF, what's wrong with slander? It's what makes life interesting

One in which the Titanic didn't sink...No seriously it is an invevitalbe cultural clash. He is from a culture that accepts pre-mairtial sex...but is really quite 'formal' about things at times. The people of the Dark Sea don't even shake hands unless it is with an outsider. So life sort of dictates that one usually goes through long preliminaries before an initial sexual encouter.

Matt tends to be a bit more straitlaced than some. Being accused of improper relations with the Duke's younger daughter (and the horrific penalties that he might impose upon you) tends to make guys a little gun shy.

Now, imagine sitting on a day bed watching T.V. with a very attractive millionare's daughter and you seriously want to kiss her. However, you know the damage she can do with her fists (and you've seen the damage) if she doesn't want it. Now then would you go for it? All men who raised their hands get to enjoy an hour of ER. as a patient.

All guys who didn't raise their hands go help me get the spackle and paint.

Amy is more and more reading like my former tomboy flat-mate.

Matt doesn't exist actually since Chivilary is dead.

He also doesn't exist because this is a fictional reality on the internet

He also doesn't exist because this is a fictional reality on the internet

??? somehow that is so obvious....?

edit: My orginal statement was more of that you wouldn't find anyone even remotely analogus to an RL individual like Matt...(although I've been up for 16 hours now so I'm a bit out of it in the typing department)

Although Amy (well besides being armed with uber tech implants) with her serious problems with her father, desire not to show emotion, and hard drinking did seem oddly familiar.

Post coming tommorow. Not enough time to type something out now.

See you tomorrow then

Okay, a few things about my post before I actually post it.

Basically, each of my characters who gets into combat frequently has a stimgland, a small implanted organ in the brain which releases... you guessed it, stimulants into the body as part of their standard combat enhancements. These stimulants (refered together as 'Jackup') are a potent cocktail with everything from adrenalin to pain inhibitors to neural accelerators. Basically, they make a man stronger, faster, yada yada.

Point being that the gland releases stims automatically when its host is under duress. They've got no major side effects, it's just that when you first use them, or haven't used them for some time, your body gets... antsy at them. So it takes time for the gland to fix the body's chemical imbalance.

Fleh, I'm tired and my explanation sucks, but oh well.

Tip Johnson is an eligible bachelor. He kinda a playa, but is settling down. His mother is the prime minister and his late father was a popular rapper, T.I.P. Though his mother has plenty of money she raised him modestly and they both resent their rich relatives. He is managing a record label and has made a few film apperances along with Welfare Ministry work, but rught now is taking a break. He is bright skinned (of course being halfblack/half white). About six foot four inches tall. Muscular. He likes to treat a woman well. He has made it known that he will run for office in the near future.

Before I get comments, yes there are parts of the First World (and the U.S.) that get no/one broadcast T.V. channel. :rolleyes:

Oy, I forgot to tell everybody, I'm going camping tonight and tomorrow (and maybe Sunday). I'll post for a few more hours but then I'll be off until the 10'th. Sorry dudes

Have fun...

I've been working on another series of important RPs recently, sorry for my lack of posting. I'll try and get one in tommorow.

Boogie oogie oogie!

Boogie oogie oogie!

Sorry, I kind of got sidetracked by other RPs and of course the ominous spectre of Real Life. Post incoming.

Yikes, sorry I've been absent for so long, these threads simply stopped showing up when I did a search and I thought nobody had posted. Typing now

You learn something new every day. Stims are apparently some sort of nasty drug in Klonor, right? :p

Fine, fine I will let Matt dig a bit. Although a bit obliquely and with the mention of someone else that should draw most women's attention.

Stims (Technically "Mentalic Stimulants") are one of only three drugs illegal in Klonor (The specific three vary in each RP). It's lethal to the user after three or four doses, and once you've had your first dose you will take the other two. Users are granted the usual drug-like euphoria that people associate with most illegal substances (Whether it be something like marijuana or the stronger cocaine) but also gain a huge telepathic boost. Minimal mind-reading, empathy, etc. That's what's really addictive about it, suddenly (in additon to getting a great high) you're reading peoples minds and feeling whatever they are. It's kinda hard to walk away once you've had a taste of something like that.

Oh, so it's a lethal drug that promotes telepathy in those who take it. Okay. Well, if Jacob gets brought in, a simple blood test will confirm that he isn't on that kind of drug. Post coming today/tommorow.

Oh, I know that Jacob's clean, and so does the Dealer, but he's still acting like he isn't a marine/bodyguard/James Bond wannabe and thus acts like he doesn't know. You know?

Okay, I'm doing up one of those big character development posts, so... yeah. Tommorow or Wednesday afternoon.

Are we going to get a breif snopysis of the movie? Something to work with besides Ukie falling asleep?

Well I guess Matt could try to cop a feel but really, with a girl who can turn you into a blood smear on the wall in less than a second, one tends to avoid annoying them.

Well, I'm just kinda making the movie up as I go along. The legend of the Garden of Suma is that it's a garden (duh) that is impossible to find with gold in it. The catch, which nobody outside the garden knows about, is that once you're in the garden it's impossible to leave. Not only that, you're stuck with whoever you entered the garden with. You and your group can never seperate. Good times.

Anyway, I think Amy and Matts night might be drawing to a close. Except for certain things which she's not going to do on the first date there's not much they can do once the movie ends. Well, except for talking to each other, and who wants to do that?

Well, I'm just kinda making the movie up as I go along. The legend of the Garden of Suma is that it's a garden (duh) that is impossible to find with gold in it. The catch, which nobody outside the garden knows about, is that once you're in the garden it's impossible to leave. Not only that, you're stuck with whoever you entered the garden with. You and your group can never seperate. Good times.

Anyway, I think Amy and Matts night might be drawing to a close. Except for certain things which she's not going to do on the first date there's not much they can do once the movie ends. Well, except for talking to each other, and who wants to do that?

So he laughs, jokes he should write a new book on the garden of Suma. And makes sideways glances at Amy when the guys try to all woo the girl. And then walks Amy to the port gate where he tries to see if she is willing to kiss him. Well that is my plan in all of this...

Okay, so it's a bit late. The reason for that is that the post sort of mutated from one of those filler/minor character development type posts to a major, major, major character exposition post.

Oy, and I thought the Duke had seen some disturbing things in his life

Oy, and I thought the Duke had seen some disturbing things in his life


Yeah well, I have a much sicker mind than you do. :D

Are you sure? Cause there are some things I've done that would earn me an instant IP ban if the Mods saw me posting it.

Are you sure? Cause there are some things I've done that would earn me an instant IP ban if the Mods saw me posting it.

Okay, perhaps not then. I am just less cautious about my sick mind then. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I added any viewer discretion warnings. I should do that, huh?

Nah, when you read an RP of mine you should go in expecting carnage and decapitation. If you're unprepared for it it's your own fault.

Well it would appear somehow I've got Matt looking quite foolish. No book signing which appears to be dead along with normal books in world history.

Oh well...so the question becomes is Matt's publicist insane or what...

Matt's publicist is really a Miniature Giant Space Hamster in human form. -Cookies for reference.

But I've run into an impasse. What exactly should I have Jacob do? I'm planning to introduce an old buddy from his past, but I would like to have some filler before I do a post like that.

Matt's publicist is really a Miniture Giant Space Hamster in human form. -Cookies for reference.


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That would explain the large wire wheel he uses for exercise.

I think we've all hit a bit of a wall. It'd be pushing the bounds of believability to have Jacob and Amy 'accidentally' run into each other again and....well, I actually think Matt's not at a wall at all. He calls his publicist, swears at him repeatedly, learns the correct address or learns that his publicist is a moron, and then calls Amy for another date. They've both got free time.

Jacob could.....uh....he might try to....well.....he should go to.......does he likes movies? Maybe he could go see a play? Race go-karts? Have a tour of EP's closest museums? Is anything here making the tiniest bit of sense?

Oh, Idea! Jacob is obviously tormented by his past and would probably like supressing those memories somehow. Have him go drinking! Come on, it's Klonor and I haven't seen him get smashed even once yet!

Oh, Idea! Jacob is obviously tormented by his past and would probably like supressing those memories somehow. Have him go drinking! Come on, it's Klonor and I haven't seen him get smashed even once yet!

You know, that could actually work. I'm not quite sure how to write about a drunkard though. Feh, I'll figure it out. Thanks for the idea.

I just realised something, where'd everybody else go? I'm pretty sure we started off with more than two suitors.

I just realised something, where'd everybody else go? I'm pretty sure we started off with more than two suitors.

We only had four to begin with. 5CN's guy, who apparently is still eating lunch in that burger joint, Jacob, Matt, and Gareth Lodrias' Dark Elf who is stalking Amy and staking out her hotel room.

Actually, the Elf is right now being threatened with death by the Dealers after he assaulted on one of them. But that happened several days ago, did the player drop out?

Rped himself into a corner and vanished.

5cN has a tendency to appear and then vanish in threads worse than Sithril herself. (likely because Amy didn't walk over to him say 'Hi' and procceed to have sex on the kitchen counter with him...actually I'm joking there...)

Oh the statue...it occured to me that if Amy's father was the Klonor equivlant of Grant then someone might have stuck his face on a new bronze sculpture of Aries. I forget what famous general had that done...some meglomaniac...not Patton he beleived in reincarnation...not God hood.

Louis XIV of France had himself sculpted as Apollo, but I don't know of any General scultping himself as Aries.

Oh, by the way, wrong religion. Aries is Greek, Mars is the Roman God of War.

Louis XIV of France had himself sculpted as Apollo, but I don't know of any General scultping himself as Aries.

Oh, by the way, wrong religion. Aries is Greek, Mars is the Roman God of War.

That is true...but strangely booksellers tend to go to the Greek refrences not the Roman ones. Mainly because most consider Roman literature to be primarily erotic art on walls and dirty limericks?
*Shrugs* when was the last time you heard Mirvina refered to rather than Athena. Which is why I went with Aries and not Mars in the first place.

True, but the primary religion in Klonor is the Roman religion, not the Greek religion. Jove instead of Zeus, Neptune instead of Posiedon, Pluto instead of Hades, Juno instead of Hera, and Mars instead of Aries.

If you're customers are primarily Muslim you don't have a statue of Jesus in the front hallway (Although Jesus is a part of the Muslim religion)

Eh, it's not that big a deal. Not every single person throughout all of society conforms to the rest.

before I post, what's Matts last name again?

Well I didn't know Klonor followed the Roman Religion. (Which was always a bit morphic)

And that is half the joke actually. A good deal of the surviving Roman statues of their Gods are actually copies of Greek Bronzes. Which were quite popular and collected regularly by the Romans.

If you go up to a Roman statue and look closely you will find small pits located in the statue where the method of copying using metal shafts was used. Primarily because a good deal of late Roman art was just copied from Greek Originals. :p And if someone told me I would be using my art history background here last week I would have laughed.

And it would not be like placing Jesus before a group of Muslims (ignoring the fact that they would be offended by any statue of a religious figure)

It would be more like placing a statue of Moses before a group of Christians, but leaving the orginal Hebrew spelling on it.

But it could easily be the Mars Bookstore. Which would explain a good deal of confusion.

Peterson...

The predominant religion is a revival of Ancient Romes, expect to hear "Jove help me", "Mercury, give me speed", "I wish that Mars would just kill you right now", and so on. Other currently existing religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hindusim, Shintoism, etc.) also exist, but the main rival to the Roman religion is a fictional "Way of the Spirit". Picture it a blending of Christianity and Hindusim (If such a blending could happen).



Post 95 on Page 7 of this thread. Ha!

Mathew Nathan Peterson

Post 23, Page 2.

And that info was headed under 'someone to play a Klonor citizen' or some such. So I didn't read it since I already had a character, two actually.

Yeah, but I knew the name once and then forgot it (As I often do with the names of my own characters), I didn't not know it at all.

Yeah, but I knew the name once and then forgot it (As I often do with the names of my own characters), I didn't not know it at all.

Well my point was sometimes we get to point of overloading just on details around here. Especially when we happen to be a couple dozen threads co-currently.

Okay......I really don't know much about the war in the book, I don't think I'd be able to RP fans there trying to get an autograph.

I'm working on a post, but the going is slow because I can't think of a valid reason for Jacob to drop years of sobriety and just go out and get a drink. Don't worry though, I'll think of something. :p

It could be he simply doesn't know he's drinking. He goes to a restaurant for breakfast, orders pancakes and a glass of orange juice, and it comes back a glass filled with vodka with a few drops of orange juice thrown in. Remember, here in Klonor you start drinking the second you wake and don't stop until your face hits the pavement. For some restaurants it's simply assumed that the patron wants something with a kick.

Damn it I miss spelled Mongolian back there didn't I. Or are there no restraunts of that type anyway. Sort of like damn friken Atlanta.

Yup, you spelt it Monoglian

For some restaurants it's simply assumed that the patron wants something with a kick.

Oh? That's good to know. *Rewrites incoming post.*

Ack! I hate school. Barring a stroke of luck and inspiration in a school project, I won't be able to do up a good post until friday.

CF, I was Forumbanned and I still managed to get out a post before you. Tsk, tsk.

CF, I was Forumbanned and I still managed to get out a post before you. Tsk, tsk.

Now how did that happen?

Well, I typed a post and clicked 'Submit Reply'.

Any other questions?

Okay, my guy is basically wandering around aimlessly right now. Or at least he will be once I post that post. :p

You know, in the summer you're supposed to have more free time, not less. This is my first post in almost a week!

You know, in the summer you're supposed to have more free time, not less. This is my first post in almost a week!

Well, it's not quite summer yet, and I've got the damned teachers breathing down my neck to get everything done. :(

For me it is, I finished all me exams and ended classes a few weeks ago. I'm home for the summer now.

*Wanders around in a drunken stupor*

~A bump by another name.~

Switzerland?

So, anybody besides me and A&H still in this thing?