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To those who still remember me and/or care what I am about to say:

I realized a few weeks ago, as I was stuck in my best with the worst case of mono, that it had been since June that I actually kept up with the ongoing and massive story of Steel Butterfly and the Orion Sector. Now I had taken breaks before, often during the middle of some of my best RP’s, but never one so long, and never one without even thinking of the stories swirling around my little created Empire.

As for the stories themselves, as I’m sure Clairmont and Tappee can attest to, we are still very much in the middle of Realm of the Risen III: Underworld's Ascension, which to all you Sol people takes place on Earth, and having wrapped up the opening and setting phase of the RP rather well we’re ready to dig even deeper into the action and the mystery.

On top of that I have resumed work on two separate side stories (that actually take place after RotR:III) that I have had in planning since January 2006. If you click on the links in my signature, you will see how much they’ve actually been written, lol.

Finally, I have begun working on a separate, non-Realm of the Risen related story that will be released upon the conclusion of Realm of the Risen III, and will effectively show what the Empire has become in what will be at that time, the decade since the Civil War came to a close. This story, entitled Shadow of Orion, will coincide with both a news story detailing the Empire’s newly aggressive military imperialistic efforts, as well as an Open RP for those who want to be involved.

The best part about this Open RP is that it is only in its first stages of planning. This is intentional, for I want those who want to be involved to have an active part in its planning. I feel, over my years of NationStates RPing, that this will give it the best chance to accomplish what I want it to accomplish. I want other nations, and not just my closest NationStates friends, either, to be able to roleplay within the Steel Empire and the Orion Sector without me forcing them down a set storyline of my own creation.

So, if you have ideas for the “Open RP” or if you merely want to say hi after months of me not really talking to anyone, post a comment. As far as who I want in this RP, I will take anyone and everyone, from the most experienced RP who has grown bored with what they’re currently doing to the least experienced who simply wants to get their name out there and practice their writing.

OOC: I believe I speak for everyone when I ask:

'What exactly do you have in mind?'

Bah...well put haha.

The thing is, I have little in mind for this currently. It could be a party, a diplomatic meeting, or something a little more complex.

What I can tell you is that by the time this open rp takes place, the Steel Empire will have expanded beyond the Orion Sector, effectively blitzkrieging planets neighboring the sector, so if people want to take a "what the hell are you doing, hitler?" type stance then perhaps that could be a topic as well.

Basically, why I want to do this is because my RP's as of late have been closed to anyone other than Tappee and some others simply because the amount of backstory involved is literally over two years in the making. I want to meet some new people or reunite with some old, and I feel that an open rp of a random topic is the best way to go about it. In-character wise, my Empire has had minimal contact with anyone outside for over a decade, so perhaps my leaders/people are wishing to reach out.

I honestly have nothing in mind. Granted I can always come up with something if need be, but I was going to let that up for discussion.

Dead people come alive :o

Run to the hills, the zombiegeddon is nigh!

Dead people come alive :o

Run to the hills, the zombiegeddon is nigh!

Hah...another thing that I'm looking to get away from. All I've done lately is zombie threads or things of the sort.

..and while I'm no where near done it seems and I don't really mind it, I would like to get involved in something else.

sounds interesting =)

Ah, SB. Been a while since I've seen you on, and I think it's been at least three years since we were ever in anything together. I'd be interested in pretty much anything involving RPers of such high calibre.

How about you finish your damned 'Wasteland' RP for once instead of starting a new RP that you won't finish?

How about you finish your damned 'Wasteland' RP for once instead of starting a new RP that you won't finish?

Haha...no compliment in the post unlike the telegram I see

Anyhow, Wasteland, to me, is a failure. With all the success I've had over the past few years, there are bound to be a few failures. Although few and far between, Wasteland seems to have fallen into the realm of my RP with the Trium, and Realm of the Risen: Black, which was deleted for graphic content and got me a forum ban for a month I believe. Wasteland truly has no purpose and really no direction, and I've learned from that.

RP's of its nature need planning, and for Wasteland, I didn't do my part before setting it up. The failure is mine, because I had no explanation of where the Wasteland was or what it was, nor how to get out of it or even a reason they arrived. If you read back over my posts in the thread, they all were nearly identical, and likewise, the posts of everyone else began to follow the same trend.

But, since you expressed concern here and even more so in the telegram, perhaps I will take a second look at Wasteland and really try to find a way to work with it. Not to be pompous or anything, but I truly do try to hold my RP's and stories to a certain standard, and to me, Wasteland was falling far behind the cut. Perhaps I also should have learned to take into account those I'm RPing with a bit more, but like I said, I will revisit it and see if it has any hope.

Ah, SB. Been a while since I've seen you on, and I think it's been at least three years since we were ever in anything together. I'd be interested in pretty much anything involving RPers of such high calibre.

Aye, it's good seeing you around as well. I'm interested in any ideas you have for the content of this RP. Honestly I'm open to whatever would get the highest number, but most importantly, the highest quality of involvement.

sounds interesting =)

Likewise, I'd be interested in your ideas as well.

I will revisit it and see if it has any hope.

I have, and I have posted. That is all for this sidenote, however. Back to the discussion at hand!

OOC:

With your experience and expertise, I'm sure you have something hidden up your proverbial sleeve.

While I'm trying to stick to modern-tech stuff these days, there's such a lack of decent content lately (since Jolt, it's gotten harder and harder...) that I'm thinking I need to branch out a bit.

Come to think of it, Ms. Shentavo's 'The Elite' is the only decent RP I've been involved with in a very long time...

Whatever you propose will be a refreshing change of pace.

While I do not normally participate in modern tech such, I am willing to participate considering that a good majority of the people who responded to you are also in my little black book. Since it's your return, run what kind of rp you want to. If you start it...they will come.

Though it helps if you give them vodka...*cheers*

Hmm...well it seems that it's going to be up to me to come up with a plot haha. Given that my nation is, in fact, future tech, the RP will probably be as such, regardless of the plot. Sorry to those who are strictly modern-tech. Still, modern-tech nations who are a bit more flexible (i.e. recognize that although they are modern tech, much higher tech levels exist) should still be able to be involved.

As far as plot is concerned, I want it to be something along the lines of a scientific discovery made by the Imperial Army on the outskirts of Orion as the Army continues its planet blitzkrieg type activities, expanding the Empire beyond the sector.

I'm fairly interested in a science vs. military politics type thing, in which the Military wants a certain thing from the planet, while the international science community (where you all come in) want to defend/experiment on/rescue the discovery. I think it would be interesting to portray my military as the "enemy" of the story instead of the hero role the soldiers usually take.

Of course what I've still yet to come up with is an interesting "discovery" to be made, and if I want the military to be after the discovery itself or merely the planet for it's strategic value or whatever. I want to try and avoid any obelisk or something else cliche being the discovery if possible, for I think it really has to be something that all of our top scientists would be interested in, and not just the ones from my empire. As always, any suggestions would be appreciated, i.e. what would interest your scientists enough to travel to Orion?

Sounds interesting!

Although I probably won't want to participate if it is a Nation RP (still don't get those much lol), if it is a character RP, I may join up!

Perhaps the interesting discovery can be an ancient alien artifact that can be used as a devastating weapon or something that can be of great knowledge to civilian life- perhaps a better way to get rid of harmful bacteria or vaccinate against deadly "uncurable" diseases.

Or perhaps a Nation's/Civilization's lost probe that crash landed that would give invaluable information to an army looking to invade (galaxy or planet, either), or invaluable information for future poplating a planet to a planet bursting with overpoplation, starvation, war, etc.


Or it could be something like an alien creature calling out to certain key figures to help save their dieing race from the slaughters or brainwashing the attackers are doing.

Or possibly the alien creature itself can be used to help people by building cities, solving problems- like a saintly creature, while the Military wants to manipulate it to use it's enormous powers to aid in their invasions.


LoL yeah, they may be a bit "bleh" but I had good ideas earlier that I had forgotten when I left my computer...

OOC: Are there any rare elements that your military uses for either weapons or fuel? Perhaps a strange mineral with properties to enhance the durability of your shipboard armor plating or provides a boost to the shields when installed within the generators by increasing the energy output? That might take a while to research, thus giving the military and scientific communities time to bicker over who gets what.

I'm sure scientists could come up with more peaceful uses for such items, and the military would want them for the aforementioned applications.

Personally, it seems a bit cliche, but it might work.

Is there a particular year this will be set in? I keep three different story-lines around for past-tech, modern-tech, and future-tech RP's. In the time line of the third one, the Argonian people finally have their own planet. Of course, I can adapt it, too.

Haha...there are two parts to my response, Blastit.

First of all, as I'm sure you will learn, everything for me is a character RP, regardless of if it is a war or a sporting event, and regardless of the character involved is a simple insurance employee or the Emperor himself. Years ago there were a number of us who started the character RP trend, and I haven't looked back since. NationStates was a lot different back then haha.

Anyhow, as for your ideas, first of all, thank you for giving them. I like them in varying degrees. Please take no offense to any of my thoughts on your ideas, I'm just kinda thinking out loud here and anyone can disagree.

The "alien artifact" idea, be it a devistating weapon or somethat that can be "of great knowledge to civilian life" is kinda cliche, and both are rather one sided. My military would have no problem allowing such a great benefit to civilian life to be studied, and would never allow any foreigners in if it was a weapon.

The information probe is better, although it would potentially make for a boring story. The information itself would have to be outrageously secretive. Actually, perhaps it wouldn't be boring...hmm...it definately has potential

I don't know about an "alien" creature. I really don't want an ET-type thing...or a horror movie where the creature is a badass. Not a bad idea, but not really what I'm looking for. As for the military manipulating somethings "powers" for their own benefit while scientists want it for another thing is quite similar to a storyline I did about a year ago. I like it, obviously, but I don't want to repeat.

OOC: I take it you're referring to the days when the forums crashed on a regular basis, and engaging, enjoyable RP's were a dime a dozen.

Now that you've heard from both of us, what did you have in mind?

everything for me is a character rp


amen. *hands him a bottle of vodka*

OOC: Are there any rare elements that your military uses for either weapons or fuel? Perhaps a strange mineral with properties to enhance the durability of your shipboard armor plating or provides a boost to the shields when installed within the generators by increasing the energy output? That might take a while to research, thus giving the military and scientific communities time to bicker over who gets what.

I'm sure scientists could come up with more peaceful uses for such items, and the military would want them for the aforementioned applications.

Personally, it seems a bit cliche, but it might work.

Is there a particular year this will be set in? I keep three different story-lines around for past-tech, modern-tech, and future-tech RP's. In the time line of the third one, the Argonian people finally have their own planet. Of course, I can adapt it, too.

My military uses phased energy weapons, and that's really all the more I've gotten into it. Writing was always my strongsuit...not science haha. Also, I've written of a "doomsday" weapon before so I don't want to go down that route. A nation really shouldn't have multiple doomsday weapons. It gets kinda wanky.

What I'd say to your idea is, why couldn't it be simply researched for both the civilian and military uses, kinda like nuclear technology?

As for what year...it's kinda difficult to put it that way. Granted I'm not really a fan, but I've always taken a sort of Star-Trek like approach to different tech levels. There were many different cultures, each with varying levels of sophistocation and technology on the show. Likewise, in NationStates, while some modern-tech nations simply ignore future tech nations, others interact with them but know that their technology is inferior. In the same way, I've interacted with modern-tech nations, knowing that my technology is superior.

For me, it's the year 2006 in the Steel Empire. However, while on Earth people were being conquered by Romans and killing Jesus 2000 years ago, people on Steel Butterfly had just won a massively destructive war against an army of artificial intelligence and founded what would become the Steel Empire of today. I've always had it in mind that humanity either grew faster or started earlier in Orion than in the Sol system.

If that causes a problem for anyone, I can just not bring it up though.

OOC: I take it you're referring to the days when the forums crashed on a regular basis, and engaging, enjoyable RP's were a dime a dozen.

Now that you've heard from both of us, what did you have in mind?

Haha yes, when there were two types of RP's:

1. A "shocking" news report followed by responses from the leaders of every nation.

or

2. Wars always ending in invasion and total destruction of the losing nation.

Both entirely realistic of course...lol...

As for what I was thinking...um...haha...I need to keep thinking...

A little more information on the plot:

This RP, when it starts, will go hand in hand with a solo story of mine, and the two will be somewhat connected, but the two plots will be independant.

Basically, my Emperor will be the newest member of an unknown international Cult-like organization that has been prophecising a certain something for years and years. After all their research, they have concluded that the person who fulfills the prophecy is in, or close to, Orion. Hense why they inducted my Emperor into their society, as well as the real reason why my Emperor is now invading the areas and planets surrounding the Orion Sector.

He is searching for the person to fulfill the prophecy. My solo story will be about that. In this RP, I kinda want to go with him/them/us finding something else. Haha...however I still don't know what I want yet.

LoL Wow...sounds...like a riot...back then when the forums crashed...*cough*

I'll keep trying to think up ideas...maybe I should meditate on it...lol

I'm finding it hard to come up with my own creative ideas...lol it's bugging me!

OOC: When that third story-line is occouring, I've got little scout-teams spread across the universe, looking for new and interesting things to study or destroy, depending on the mood. It'd be a lot more believeable when a decently-advanced civilization arrives via scout craft than a modern-day space shuttle, which wouldn't have that kind of range anyway.

My nation just recently underwent a modernization effort that sparked a civil war. The space program has taken a back seat to pacifying the insurgents and getting the rest of the country to a modern-tech level.

I'll figure something out...

Anyway...

1. What if this element is so rare that there's only enough for one or the other?

2. How did you get banned for explicit content? I take it was violence?

I'm finding it hard to come up with my own creative ideas...lol it's bugging me!

Eh...I'm the same way. There are times that I can just sit down and write for hours with the utmost satisfaction...and then other times when I read what I'm writing and it sounds like I'm twelve years old, and I have to delete it all. Depends what mood I'm in I guess...

OOC: Perhaps what they find is this person they're so intent on finding?

I don't know how we'll factor the military/science conflict into that, however. The 'person with special powers' bit has been beaten to death one too many times, and I'd rather not re-hash it.

Tg, Sb.

OOC: I'm out for the night, I'll check back later...

1. What if this element is so rare that there's only enough for one or the other?

2. How did you get banned for explicit content? I take it was violence?

1. Hmm...then that would almost mean that it was too rare for all of the nations that would be involve to benefit from it. A crude example: if there is only one of this element, so it either goes to the military or the civilians, what happens if my civilians or my military get it...would there be enough for your military/civilians and everyone else's who is involved?

2. My first real Realm of the Risen sidestory was Realm of the Risen: Black. It was written entirely by me and I had gotten like 3 or 4 pages full of good-length posts when I wrote something that the mod squad didn't find really appropriate. A part of the story was the "bad guy" stalking this girl, and to get whomever was reading the story to hate the main "bad guy" even more, I wrote that he raped her, and while I wouldn't call it porno writing, it was rather discriptive.

I got forumbanned for a while and promptly made a puppet to fight with the mod squad in the mod forum for about a week straight, and basically I was banned for not keeping it PG-13. Well I was rather livid about that, being as there was, at the time, no real rule saying that whatever was written had to be kept at a certain level. Obviously rape, let alone the horrific experience that I wrote, is not appropriate for a "PG-13 audience", but I was unaware of this "rule" when I wrote it.

Not only that, but they deleted the thread entirely, instead of simply editing or deleting the one post. Luckily I save all of my RP posts on an invisionfree board, but I was rather upset about that as well. Needless to say, nothing came from my protests and I served my forumban without much noise for the rest of the month, but for a good while there I was quite the unhappy person haha.

OOC: Perhaps what they find is this person they're so intent on finding?

I don't know how we'll factor the military/science conflict into that, however. The 'person with special powers' bit has been beaten to death one too many times, and I'd rather not re-hash it.

They're going to find this person in the solo story though. And I agree on the "person with special powers" bit...I'm one of the main "beaters" hahaha

-snip-

Wow that sucks ass, man.

...anyway, depending on the plot, I'd be willing to get back into the game.

Wow that sucks ass, man.

...anyway, depending on the plot, I'd be willing to get back into the game.

Eh...it happened over a year ago I think...either way it's long over with.

As for you, I'd be more than happy to be able to do something again with you. This is sorta my "get back into the game" RP as well.

lol

Shhh *shifty eyes* I made a thread that got explicit in a few parts...


But I have to say, I love it to death. My first RP that I started and crafted. And when it was finished, it was one of the most posted ones too lol (I think that's why no one caught it- it's size is daunting). Tis a good'n!

Anywho, I'll keep trying to think up something

lol

Shhh *shifty eyes* I made a thread that got explicit in a few parts...


But I have to say, I love it to death. My first RP that I started and crafted. And when it was finished, it was one of the most posted ones too lol (I think that's why no one caught it- it's size is daunting). Tis a good'n!

Anywho, I'll keep trying to think up something

Heh...I just find it amusing that I can write about tearing through undead flesh with blunt knives and people being eaten alive and dying in other terrible ways...

...but sex or rape...no way!!!

lol Rape, slightly understandable

Sex? Aww come on, written porno! We can even charge fees!

LoL

Heh...I just find it amusing that I can write about tearing through undead flesh with blunt knives and people being eaten alive and dying in other terrible ways...

...but sex or rape...no way!!!

I got banned a while back for writing a sexually explicit piece, no rape in it. It was damn well written though, and came with a warning label. It was twenty three pages on microsoft word. So much time ::sigh:: ah well.

lol Rape, slightly understandable

Sex? Aww come on, written porno! We can even charge fees!

LoL

It's really the society we live in. Some crimes are acceptable to be shown on TV and written about, while others are not. It's ok to be stabbed or shot on TV, but it's not ok to show boobs. NationStates is no different it seems. Violence is cool, but sex is dirty apparently.

lol did they delete it also?


I am working on a 23 page Bio for a character I want to introduce in a soon-to-be-paused RP of mine...because someone else had a 23 page intro and I said I can beat it...


2 months later...LoL

That's cause of time and procrastination though. I have my ideas fleshed out

yea they deleted it. Still have it on my comp though. or rather, the first half.

when your done with that 23 page bio, i'll create one that's 24 =) we can start a movement.

I got banned a while back for writing a sexually explicit piece, no rape in it. It was damn well written though, and came with a warning label. It was twenty three pages on microsoft word. So much time ::sigh:: ah well.

Ya mine had an enormous warning at the beginning of the thread and then once again before the post. Guess that's what tipped some loser off who then reported me to the mod squad. People have nothing better to do with their time then tell on others for what they write...real mature...

Anyhow, I'm hijacking my own thread. Back to thinking about what this "discovery" should be...

my old deleted 23 page thread...

It's really the society we live in. Some crimes are acceptable to be shown on TV and written about, while others are not. It's ok to be stabbed or shot on TV, but it's not ok to show boobs. NationStates is no different it seems. Violence is cool, but sex is dirty apparently.



LoL well, if we weren't allowed violence in Nationstates, it'd probably be:

"In the headlines today..."

and boring stuff like that...lol

yea they deleted it. Still have it on my comp though. or rather, the first half.

when your done with that 23 page bio, i'll create one that's 24 =) we can start a movement.

LoL Yeah! Let's start it! We can call it something like "The SoAP"

The Society of Advancing Pages

lol Steel Butterfly, perhaps it is some sort of religious creature who is calling for people to come to "Heaven". The military sees it as a good way to distract people, and take over their planets while they run away to this "god".

LoL Kinda just thought up something on the spot.

Steel Butterfly, perhaps it is some sort of religious creature who is calling for people to come to "Heaven". The military sees it as a good way to distract people, and take over their planets while they run away to this "god".

LoL Kinda just thought up something on the spot.

Once again, I like it, but I've done something like it.

What if, rather than a discovery, it was that an international team of scientists invented (possibly inadvertently) something which, while intended for scientific purposes, could potentially be quite dangerous, or, better still, do something else which the military wants, like for example find the person your Emperor is searching for. The scientists want to retain it, while the military wants to take it. Basically a variant on the cliched storyline. Still, just ideas.

Ah, I remember when character RPing was first invented. I recall that, as SB mentions, there were a group of us that sort of created it. I recall the first one I ever entered, in May 2003, with Gothicum, Nathi, Silver Cities, and some other people. Fun stuff. I like to consider myself one of those who invented character RPing. Since then, I just can't get into 'I made a twenty paragraph description of the technology of why my aircraft carrier is undetectable by your radar'. I don't even specify plane types, for instance. I'll just say fighter, bomber, etc. I believe vagueness can help a story evolve a lot better, the same way insane amounts of description can help it in a different way.

Ya I mean it could go either way, but once again we have the problem, this time, of what will be invented, just like the "what will be discovered" problem.

I'd almost rather it not be something tecnological, or at least not a weapon. I just think that going another, even "similar but not," route would make the end result more original...

What the hell happened to the forums? Anyhow…here’s a list of things that could be discovered/invented if we wish to go down that route. Feel free to add to the list yourself or comment on the ideas.

1. Something that could bring a person back to life, but only once, and only if administered right after. This would probably be discovered by accident (like someone getting killed then coming back), although I’m not sure if this is too fantasy or out there for some of you. I know I could make it interesting, however, if we want to go down that route.

2. Invisibility would be interesting, and most likely something that would be more invented than discovered. I don’t, however, want to make it a gimmick or rewrite “Hollow Man.”

3. 10-second time travel. This could be either invented or discovered, and it would be a way to travel back in time ten seconds in order to avoid something bad that could be avoided if you knew it was coming. This is stolen out of the movie “galaxy quest,” although given the quality of that movie I am convinced that we could do it better.

4. An alien. Yes, I know I said I didn’t want it, but the “revealing” of it at the beginning would certainly be stunning enough to draw people in, and it would be an exciting story to tell. The only problem, like I said, would be the ending. I don’t want the scientists to be fighting for their survival, and I don’t want it to actually be a nice helpful alien. I really don’t know another route to take with this one…

What if it was part of a long-dead alien? Just enough to get DNA from it? Then it could be a mean, vicious alien, and the scientists would want to study it, and the military would want to alter the genes slightly to make it subservient to them before recreating it in droves. Since either way would take a long time, we wouldn't have the issue of worrying about the actual alien, it would be purely scientists in favour of studying it against military wanting to recreate it as a weapon.

Hmm...I hate to continue to shoot ideas down when obviously I'm lacking solid ones of my own...

But once again...what would stop them from both studying it for different reasons? If the military found this when they landed on the planet, they would report it to the Emperor, who would send scientists to research it for whatever purpose the Emperor thought of.

This almost has to be something that NEEDS international support/help/assistance.

More on the military, they don't necessarily have to want to item. It could be something where they simply want where the item is...ie...the planet.

Two ideas:

First, the alien DNA could be discovered by an international team of scientists which could therefore claim it as their own and not allow your military to take it.


However, if you don't want to carry on with that one, my second idea:

There could be a basically dead planet, but which contains valuable minerals or something, or is in a strategic place so the military wants it. But there could be something there from an extinct civilization that science wants to study, that could probably be expanded on.

Alternately, there could be a primitive civilization (Much like Earth, say, 2000 years ago) on most of the planet's surface which the scientists want to preserve, cultivate, and study. The military wants the planet for whatever reason - resources, placement, whatever. If you wanted to make this one more complex, you could make the person the emperor is seeking one of the people on the planet, one of the 'uncivilized' primitive ones.

I don't want to be simply a think of my military taking it and pissing off the international community...

...however...

...I actually really like your second idea, although altered a bit. First of all, the prophecised person has already been determined, and that will be taken care of in the story anyhow. But beyond that, I think it would be interesting if the "discovery" is a previously unknown of civilization on this planet, more akin to Earth in say...the early 1900's. This is quite odd, considering that the Empire can scan for lifeforms from far away, and this civilization has never been picked up. The RP can start with our international team of scientists undercover in the society, trying to find out what it is about them that lets them evade scanners, a trait that obviously would be useful to any military.

However, to change this up, I'm going to have my Chief General be the one who doesn't want to land on the planet and disturb the people until they are studied more, since he wants to be able for his men to avoid scanners. The Emperor, however, driven by the urge to find the prophecised person (which won't be known of until during the RP) grows more and more impatient as the person isn't found, and starts believing that this person is on this very planet. (which ultimately he isn't haha)

So what do you think? Does it give you stuff to work with?

Hey SB, good to see you back (having just returned myself this week after an absence). I hope everything is going better than the last time I talked to you.

This sounds quite interesting, having just read through all these ideas. I was going to suggest a cover-up or conspiracy, but the last one seems to be where you hit the nail on the head.


I am working on a 23 page Bio for a character I want to introduce in a soon-to-be-paused RP of mine...because someone else had a 23 page intro and I said I can beat it...

2 months later...LoL

*cough* It was 28 *cough*

Well, you could always go back and look at the plotlines of long dead allies, the plotlines those allies were based on or the unfinsihed ideas of them.

Such as The Brotherhood of Nod.

Whatever planet you're using at the moment getting hit with an asteroid carrying a crystal that has the characteristics of a plant and the ability to mutate humans. It's also very useful for weapons of war and technology of peace. And it's also trying to 'terra'form your planet to be more habitable to aliens.

Not sure how much Tiberium actually influenced his RPs though. Ah well.

28? Nonsense! LoL

Anywho, that idea sounds fun and exciting (all of them recently lol)

I don't want to be simply a think of my military taking it and pissing off the international community...

...however...

...I actually really like your second idea, although altered a bit. First of all, the prophecised person has already been determined, and that will be taken care of in the story anyhow. But beyond that, I think it would be interesting if the "discovery" is a previously unknown of civilization on this planet, more akin to Earth in say...the early 1900's. This is quite odd, considering that the Empire can scan for lifeforms from far away, and this civilization has never been picked up. The RP can start with our international team of scientists undercover in the society, trying to find out what it is about them that lets them evade scanners, a trait that obviously would be useful to any military.

However, to change this up, I'm going to have my Chief General be the one who doesn't want to land on the planet and disturb the people until they are studied more, since he wants to be able for his men to avoid scanners. The Emperor, however, driven by the urge to find the prophecised person (which won't be known of until during the RP) grows more and more impatient as the person isn't found, and starts believing that this person is on this very planet. (which ultimately he isn't haha)

So what do you think? Does it give you stuff to work with?

Sounds good to me. Would you want citizens of your nation to be played, or from various nations? If so, how will international people get involved with this event.

Sounds good to me. Would you want citizens of your nation to be played, or from various nations? If so, how will international people get involved with this event.

Hmm...well first of all these people who have this trait aren't quite citizens of the Empire yet since they weren't even officially "conquered" yet.

Anyhow, how these "international community" RP's always start is with three pages of character introductions, the characters meeting up, and then introducing themselves to each other. I'm guilty as well. I want to try to avoid that, and instead put our characters already in the situation and then tell, through narration, how they got there.

As this RP will deal alot with the Empire of Orion's Temporal Directive, which basically forces citizens of Steel Butterfly to go out of their way to avoid interrupting or involving themselves in societies and cultures unaware of higher technology or life on other planets, all of our scientists will have to hide or otherwise conceal themselves when observing and studying these people.

There will be a hidden base/lab of sorts set up on the planet where our characters, who all already know each other since they've been working there for a month or two, will sleep, eat, and do their research and experiments.

My first post, as it looks now, will be my three characters (I'd suggest 2-3 for everyone, not including national leaders or whatnot off the planet. Enough to be able to post alone if no one else is around, yet not too many that it gets ridiculous.) on a scouting mission, observing the people from afar. When one of my characters does something stupid (like make a sound...I haven't figured it out completely yet) they'll run back to the base and meet up with the others.

You guys should plan your opening post accordingly, making them seem as though they are "middle of the RP" posts that still manage to introduce your characters in a more subtle manner. Also, don't feel anywhere near rushed, for I need to finish something else up before this starts so that it fits the timeline. I also haven't even begun on my first post, so don't feel like you're behind.

In the meantime, we should begin to finalize who all will be involved in this RP. I want to keep it "open" until about a week before it begins. If you know anyone who you think may be interested and who are quality writers who would give it the time it needs, be sure to let them know about it.

I guess I'll probably join.

I'm in also, though the characters I use won't be Harakian in origin because my 'this version of Haraki is slowly going FT' thread keeps getting delayed by Scolo and Tib never having that much time, and the APN being inactive. So until that's over and done with, any characters I use in FT RPs will have to not be Harakian.

I'm in also, though the characters I use won't be Harakian in origin because my 'this version of Haraki is slowly going FT' thread keeps getting delayed by Scolo and Tib never having that much time, and the APN being inactive. So until that's over and done with, any characters I use in FT RPs will have to not be Harakian.

Haha...where exactly will they be from?

I don't know. Probably unspecified and ambiguous members of an 'international team of scientists', or whatever has replaced that group by the time we start.

Anyhow, how these "international community" RP's always start is with three pages of character introductions, the characters meeting up, and then introducing themselves to each other. I'm guilty as well. I want to try to avoid that, and instead put our characters already in the situation and then tell, through narration, how they got there.

As this RP will deal alot with the Empire of Orion's Temporal Directive, which basically forces citizens of Steel Butterfly to go out of their way to avoid interrupting or involving themselves in societies and cultures unaware of higher technology or life on other planets, all of our scientists will have to hide or otherwise conceal themselves when observing and studying these people.

There will be a hidden base/lab of sorts set up on the planet where our characters, who all already know each other since they've been working there for a month or two, will sleep, eat, and do their research and experiments.

My first post, as it looks now, will be my three characters (I'd suggest 2-3 for everyone, not including national leaders or whatnot off the planet. Enough to be able to post alone if no one else is around, yet not too many that it gets ridiculous.) on a scouting mission, observing the people from afar. When one of my characters does something stupid (like make a sound...I haven't figured it out completely yet) they'll run back to the base and meet up with the others.

You guys should plan your opening post accordingly, making them seem as though they are "middle of the RP" posts that still manage to introduce your characters in a more subtle manner. Also, don't feel anywhere near rushed, for I need to finish something else up before this starts so that it fits the timeline. I also haven't even begun on my first post, so don't feel like you're behind.

In the meantime, we should begin to finalize who all will be involved in this RP. I want to keep it "open" until about a week before it begins. If you know anyone who you think may be interested and who are quality writers who would give it the time it needs, be sure to let them know about it.

I’m quoting this so it doesn’t get lost, and also putting my characters up for display, and so you know what kind of characters to create/bring along. No secret agents for this RP, haha. By the way, the planet in question is named Vespia.

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Steven Bradford
While enrolled in Esthar Research College Steven graduated at the top of his class with various degrees in biology. He is energetic and eager to prove his knowledge despite his young age. Easy going and excitable, Steven is quick to steer clear of conflict and avoid confrontation.

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George Atwater
While George is whiny, annoying, and generally dumb when it comes to most things, he is the patron of the mission, using his inherited wealth to finance the international team. He is often rude and insulting to Steven, who naturally tries to ignore it, and he often butts heads with Marissa over multiple issues.

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Marissa Corrigan
Marissa is an archeologist as well as a sociologist who specializes in localized evolution. She has written many papers and books on the subject. Gentle and motherly most of the time, she is quick to anger, especially when dealing with George.

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Emperor Dave Bivens
While the Emperor claims to be expanding the Empire to benefit himself and the people, he is really doing nothing more than searching for the person who is prophecised. While Valkare convinces Bivens to ignore Vespia originally, Bivens becomes increasingly more convinced that the prophecised is on Vespia.

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General Jack Valkare
Valkare, more than anything, is interested in the Vespians ability to avoid lifesign scanners without a cumbersome body suit. He pleads wth Bivens to ignore Vespia until the research is done.

Should we post the characters here, in this thread?

The two I've got right now in my head are a cultural anthropologist and a data analyst, plus maybe a third if I think up another character type that would fit into the situation and that isn't already taken by someone else.

Should we post the characters here, in this thread?

The two I've got right now in my head are a cultural anthropologist and a data analyst, plus maybe a third if I think up another character type that would fit into the situation and that isn't already taken by someone else.

Ya go ahead. This may as well be the OOC thread.

What about a military scientist (like from a defense contractor or something)?

Simon Federov is a culutral anthropologist whose first case study was that of a primitive civilization discovered in the thick and resource-rich jungles of an already-colonized world. His case study was instrumental in understanding how the civilization's culture would be affected by relocation to a different part of the world in order to access the resources, and it gained him a patron from a fairly prestigious university, who after some time has managed to get him assigned to study the Vespians. His morals can be a bit lacking sometimes (He did, after all, conduct an entire case study to see how to most efficiently destroy an entire culture's way of life) but he is fairly dedicated to the cause of gaining information about his subjects.

James Fenway is a data analyst and technician, who stays in the base, usually on his computer, taking the data the others collect and inputting it into his computer, which is probably the single largest source of data on the Vespians. Once finished with that, he analyzes it, sees patterns and incidents and draws conclusions about their society. As he spends most of his time on his computer even when not working, he's quite good at lots of those handy computer things, like web searches and solitaire.

http://www.freewebs.com/genesisversai/sun.JPG

Sun is a chemist whose main focus deals with genetic makeup of various beings as well as certain characteristics linked with similar genomes and hereditary traits. She believes that 99.9% of things can be explained with science, but the other .1% can only be explained with faith. She does, however, take any opportunity to study what she can, and with a new opportunity presenting itself, she is attracted to Vespia like a moth to fire. While she is quick to anger, she prefers to let her words deliver the lashing rather than her hand.

What about a military scientist (like from a defense contractor or something)?

Ya that's cool. I'm just trying to avoid the hardened spec ops badass stereotype that someone always brings along haha. A military scientist would make sense. As I said, avoiding lifesign scanners would be a rather large tactical advantage.

along with a prophesy

The "prophecy" is known to only a handful of my characters, and will be in the story not this RP haha.

The "prophecy" is known to only a handful of my characters, and will be in the story not this RP haha.

edited.

Something is really wrong with these bastard forums tonight. It keeps telling me that Haraki's character post is the last one, when I know that Rave's post saying 'edited' is...

yea, the forumns went down for a little while there.

I'm probably in...but I have writers block and haven't RP'ed since Rotr II. I'd like to see a bit more where this is going, so I might make a post after you guys make a couple. Btw, does this prophecy have any influence from the failed "Messiah" RP?

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Dr. Daniel Ni Aures - Geneticist
Daniel graduated the top of his class two years early and was already impresisng professors with his wealth of knowledge and unique insights. He graduated with doctorate in Genetics with a focus genomics as well as lesser degrees in various biology and chemistry studies. Considered a genius in his field, he soared to the top over his twenty plus year career.

Somewhat socially awkward, Daniel can have trouble expressing himself - that is until talk turns to his passion: science.

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Anna EVitza - Military "Jack"
Anna is something of a jack-of-all-trades in the military world. The intergalactic corporation she works for tasks her with various jobs from research to testing to public laisson. When it comes to anything military, she knows what she is talking about and has even received some basic training. She also has a degree in psychology. Young and passionate, in her personal life Anna is playful, sensual, fun and sexual, but she rarely opens up to those she does not know, especially when dealing with work.

Btw, does this prophecy have any influence from the failed "Messiah" RP?

It'd be more accurate to say that Messiah would have influence from this RP, since it will technically take place before Messiah does. As for Messiah, it is still well in my plans, just in a form that was 90% different than what we were planning it to be. The problem with Messiah is that it is the definitive end for an absolute ton of characters and a story arc that is literally three years (real time) in the making. But fear not, for a year or so from now (probably longer with how these things tend to go) in real time, Messiah will take place, haha, don't you worry. Just be waiting for that telegram...lol...March 2008. ;)

I also want to tell everyone how excited I'm becoming for this RP to take place. Instead of working on my current RP's like I should be during my NS time, I've been diligently writing my first post for this one. I have to say, I have already fallen in love with this post, which is something I that tends to happen maybe once or twice an RP during the course of it. Perhaps this is a good sign. My characters are quite easy to write it seems, and the less omnious tone of this RP compared to many of my others is quite refreshing8

Ok, so here’s the current list of participants:

Definite
Steel Butterfly
Haraki
Rave Shentavo
DMG
New Genoa
The Blastit Empire

Potential
Wandering Argonians

Also, it seems I got to, and surpassed, 11,000 posts without realizing it! Horay for me for having either no life or way too much free time on my hands haha.

…and here’s a current character lists. Both these posts will be updated from time to time so that they can be effective reference tools.

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Steven Bradford
While enrolled in Esthar Research College Steven graduated at the top of his class with various degrees in biology. He is energetic and eager to prove his knowledge despite his young age. Easy going and excitable, Steven is quick to steer clear of conflict and avoid confrontation.

http://209.85.48.8/237/117/upload/p698793.png
George Atwater
While George is whiny, annoying, and generally dumb when it comes to most things, he is the patron of the mission, using his inherited wealth to finance the international team. He is often rude and insulting to Steven, who naturally tries to ignore it, and he often butts heads with Marissa over multiple issues.

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Marissa Corrigan
Marissa is an archeologist as well as a sociologist who specializes in localized evolution. She has written many papers and books on the subject. Gentle and motherly most of the time, she is quick to anger, especially when dealing with George.

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Emperor Dave Bivens
While the Emperor claims to be expanding the Empire to benefit himself and the people, he is really doing nothing more than searching for the person who is prophecised. While Valkare convinces Bivens to ignore Vespia originally, Bivens becomes increasingly more convinced that the prophecised is on Vespia.

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General Jack Valkare
Valkare, more than anything, is interested in the Vespians ability to avoid lifesign scanners without a cumbersome body suit. He pleads wth Bivens to ignore Vespia until the research is done.

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Simon Federov
Simon Federov is a culutral anthropologist whose first case study was that of a primitive civilization discovered in the thick and resource-rich jungles of an already-colonized world. His case study was instrumental in understanding how the civilization's culture would be affected by relocation to a different part of the world in order to access the resources, and it gained him a patron from a fairly prestigious university, who after some time has managed to get him assigned to study the Vespians. His morals can be a bit lacking sometimes (He did, after all, conduct an entire case study to see how to most efficiently destroy an entire culture's way of life) but he is fairly dedicated to the cause of gaining information about his subjects.

(no available photo)
James Fenway
James Fenway is a data analyst and technician, who stays in the base, usually on his computer, taking the data the others collect and inputting it into his computer, which is probably the single largest source of data on the Vespians. Once finished with that, he analyzes it, sees patterns and incidents and draws conclusions about their society. As he spends most of his time on his computer even when not working, he's quite good at lots of those handy computer things, like web searches and solitaire.

http://www.freewebs.com/genesisversai/sun.JPG
Sun
Sun is a chemist whose main focus deals with genetic makeup of various beings as well as certain characteristics linked with similar genomes and hereditary traits. She believes that 99.9% of things can be explained with science, but the other .1% can only be explained with faith. She does, however, take any opportunity to study what she can, and with a new opportunity presenting itself, she is attracted to Vespia like a moth to fire. While she is quick to anger, she prefers to let her words deliver the lashing rather than her hand.

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Dr. Daniel Ni Aure
Daniel has been one of the leading researchers and scientists in genetics since the day he entered the field nearly twenty years ago. He is quite serious and a little awkward in social contact.

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Anna Maria Guarva
Maria is one of the top researchers and developers for a military defense contractor. She is young, beautiful, seductive, and playful despite the seriousness that her job bestows upon her.

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Alfonso Anderson
Alfonso graduated in the top of his class at Wallace University, earning a degree in archeology. While Alfonso primarily specializes in the study of ancient human societies (particularly the ancient New Genoese empire of Kallium), he is also well-versed in cultural anthropology. Alfonso is a natural born leader, but still suffers from a short temper and an occasionally over-sized ego...

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Michael Stanley
Michael Stanley works along side Alfonso, aiding in performing chemical tests and analyses of Alfonso's findings. Like Alfonso, he also graduated in the top of his class at Wallace University, where he befriended him. Typically reserved and collected, Michael can be considered the most rationally inclined of the group.

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Richard Robertson
Richard is the team's technological expert, handling and managing the team's recorded data, developing software to perform statistical analyses, and generally managing the team's equipment. Richard is typically mild-mannered and laid back, though certainly works hard.

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Chris Avestar
Chris is a bright young man with immense desires but lack of motivation to do so. He would quickly advance in rank and placement if he set himself to work seriously on a project rather than goof around, play games or pranks, and create robots out of spare parts, however he grows bored easily with seriously things. He is much like a child when it comes to playing around, but he can be serious when "persuaded" to...

Alfonso Anderson - cultural anthropologist/archaeologist
Alfonso graduated in the top of his class at Wallace University, earning a degree in archeology. While Alfonso primarily specializes in the study of ancient human societies (particularly the ancient New Genoese empire of Kallium), he is also well-versed in cultural anthropology. Alfonso is a natural born leader, but still suffers from a short temper and an occasionally over-sized ego...

Michael Stanley - chemist
Michael Stanley works along side Alfonso, aiding in performing chemical tests and analyses of Alfonso's findings. Like Alfonso, he also graduated in the top of his class at Wallace University, where he befriended him. Typically reserved and collected, Michael can be considered the most rationally inclined of the group.

Richard Robertson - technician
Richard is the team's technological expert, handling and managing the team's recorded data, developing software to perform statistical analyses, and generally managing the team's equipment. Richard is typically mild-mannered and laid back, though certainly works hard.

lol sorry for the wait, SB, I will read what I have missed ASAP

Dunno if this job is needed, but it just kinda popped into my head (may also be related to a few other jobs, but hey, there are always teams of same-job scientists working!) lol

Chris Avestar- Techinician, engineer, trickster, slacker.
Chris is a bright young man with immense desires but lack of motivation to do so. He would quickly advance in rank and placement if he set himself to work seriously on a project rather than goof around, play games or pranks, and create robots out of spare parts, however he grows bored easily with seriously things. He is much like a child when it comes to playing around, but he can be serious when "persuaded" to...

No worries. I'm just on break from college and unemployed...so until I go out at night...I have all the time in the world. I understand that some others might not.

No worries. I'm just on break from college and unemployed...so until I go out at night...I have all the time in the world. I understand that some others might not.

...*in college and employed*

...*in college and employed*

*is lazy* haha

*Is in the same boat as SB*

Hooray for slackers! LoL

So I suppose the question that presents itself now is this: when should we start?

For me at least, it wouldn't make sense in my timeline for this RP to begin until some other ones end, however...

...since none of you are really involved in my timeline up to this point, or at least not for a while like New Genoa, I suppose that wouldn't matter.

How are your schedules, both NS and real life, looking?

So I suppose the question that presents itself now is this: when should we start?

For me at least, it wouldn't make sense in my timeline for this RP to begin until some other ones end, however...

...since none of you are really involved in my timeline up to this point, or at least not for a while like New Genoa, I suppose that wouldn't matter.

How are your schedules, both NS and real life, looking?

NS and RL is slow for me until I go back to school on the 9th... and then it becomes hell.

ugh


the 9th...lol

Mine is the 10th, but I still have a lot of time.


I love college

I get the 2nd. High school ftw. Although, admittedly, I have no life, so even with school I've got plenty of time.

So say this RP started hmm...within the next two days...

What would be better? Tonight? Tomorrow? (Not tomorrow night haha. New Year's baby!) The 1st?

Basically what I'm asking is if I start it tonight, since I have a post written already, and since it seems that a good number of us are on, would it take off, or should I wait a day or two?

hmmmm possibly late tonight/tomorrow early morning (1-3 AM). I have a headache and I am kinda bleh! right now lol.

lol I mean when I'll pos.Not when to post it lol

Well you don't have to post instantly haha. I'm just wondering if you guys have been getting ideas for a post or so or if you haven't given this much thought and need more time. If say, I posted tonight and you didn't post tilll tomorrow or even a few days, it'd be ok haha. I just figure since everyone has to go back to school that we should start as soon as possible.

So say this RP started hmm...within the next two days...

What would be better? Tonight? Tomorrow? (Not tomorrow night haha. New Year's baby!) The 1st?

Basically what I'm asking is if I start it tonight, since I have a post written already, and since it seems that a good number of us are on, would it take off, or should I wait a day or two?

I have work tommorow, but i have a feeling i'll be staying up tonight for someone else, so go ahead and start it. my msn is ravelynshentavo@hotmail.com. i find it sometimes easier to talk over that then tgs as i have to be not lazy and open a new web browser.

So say this RP started hmm...within the next two days...

What would be better? Tonight? Tomorrow? (Not tomorrow night haha. New Year's baby!) The 1st?

Basically what I'm asking is if I start it tonight, since I have a post written already, and since it seems that a good number of us are on, would it take off, or should I wait a day or two?

I haven't given it much thought yet, but if you post now it will give me some reason to start thinking and writing.

(Your a New Year's baby!?! So is my bro! And I am the day after!!!)

(Your a New Year's baby!?! So is my bro! And I am the day after!!!)

Someone was planning...

Someone was planning...

lol... random as two ducks in the same pond...

...
...

Wait!

lol. i'm going to try and have kids, if i have any, on the same day of the same month at the same time. That way, i will never forget their birthday.

It will be great trying to plan that. *looks at watch* okay dear, we should start now....damn it you missed it. let's try again next year.

Back on topic...start it tonight.

I should warn you that if we start it tonight I might get off one post over the next three days. After that, well, tomorrow's new year's eve, so you can probably guess what I'm doing. The night after that I'm busy as well until around midnight, which leaves little time for NS. Which would mean I probably wouldn't get another (or a first, maybe?) post out until the 2nd or around there.

In other news, my schedule is always fairly lax, but especially so for the next week, maybe two.

lol. i'm going to try and have kids, if i have any, on the same day of the same month at the same time. That way, i will never forget their birthday.

It will be great trying to plan that. *looks at watch* okay dear, we should start now....damn it you missed it. let's try again next year.

Back on topic...start it tonight.

lol, but if you forget one, you forget both... eek! :p

Aye, tonight works for me, but at the same time I don't care if doesn't start for a couple days.

Start it tonight (if the damn forums permit you); it'll give us a better idea whats going on.

lol I mean when I'll pos.Not when to post it lol

Oh my god! It's a ghost!

(Your a New Year's baby!?! So is my bro! And I am the day after!!!)

Lol...I'm not a new year's baby hahaha. I meant New Year's, Baby! My birthday is August 15th hahaha.

Oh my god! It's a ghost!

Bwahahaha I am the Phantom of the Forums! *starts Phantom of the Opera overture music*

Bwahahaha I am the Phantom of the Forums! *starts Phantom of the Opera overture music*

Amazing music at that. I'm a closet Phantom/Michael Crawford buff.

Bwahahaha I am the Phantom of the Forums! *starts Phantom of the Opera overture music*

I played Christine at NSMT =)

http://209.85.48.8/237/117/upload/p698789.jpg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=512818)

Here it is, folks...click the pic!

Lol...I'm not a new year's baby hahaha. I meant New Year's, Baby! My birthday is August 15th hahaha.

...you crushed my dreams.

...you crushed my dreams.

Well hopefully the RP makes up for it at least somewhat lol

I played Christine at NSMT =)

I am not getting a pic lol


But what is NSMT? Sounds cool!
LoL

I'd, of course, sign up to be the Phantom...great character! Saw the movie and loved it lol. I want to see the actual show though. I know some people who tell me it is absolutely amazing.

North Shore Music Theater

its an amazing show. Can never compete with sarah brightman though. She is my idol lol.

OOoo ahhh

You can sing Opera, Rave?

LoL I can too, however I am only a mere Novice. But I can sing Largo Al Factotum- the Figarro Figarro Figarro song for some of you non-Opera buffs lol (atleast at one point I was able to...now I ccan't remember half the words)

Saw the movie and loved it lol. I want to see the actual show though. I know some people who tell me it is absolutely amazing.

I've seen it three times. Once in Toronto, once in Chicago, and once in Pittsburgh. If you loved the movie you would cream your pants at the show. It's even better in my opinion, and there are much better phantoms out there than mr. butler, with far superior vocals.

I've performed both "Music of the Night" and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" at different recitals, and not to boost my ego any more than it already is, these recitals weren't little hometown events.

I was somewhat of an enigma in highschool. I played varsity football, but I also had the lead in the school musical. I'd go out and get hammered with my friends, picking up girls and what not, and then come home and spend hours writing on my computer for NationStates. I always loved not fitting into stereotypes haha.

OOoo ahhh

You can sing Opera, Rave?

LoL I can too, however I am only a mere Novice. But I can sing Largo Al Factotum- the Figarro Figarro Figarro song for some of you non-Opera buffs lol (atleast at one point I was able to...now I ccan't remember half the words)

Don't let it get around. I have to keep my bad ass image.

North Shore Music Theater

its an amazing show. Can never compete with sarah brightman though. She is my idol lol.

Aye, as is Michael Crawford mine. His range makes me cry hahaha. But as for Sarah Brightman, I applaud you, for the originals are the best. ;)

I now wish I could hear you sing.

I've seen it three times. Once in Toronto, once in Chicago, and once in Pittsburgh. If you loved the movie you would cream your pants at the show. It's even better in my opinion, and there are much better phantoms out there than mr. butler, with far superior vocals.

I've performed both "Music of the Night" and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" at different recitals, and not to boost my ego any more than it already is, these recitals weren't little hometown events.

I was somewhat of an enigma in highschool. I played varsity football, but I also had the lead in the school musical. I'd go out and get hammered with my friends, picking up girls and what not, and then come home and spend hours writing on my computer for NationStates. I always loved not fitting into stereotypes haha.

I was captain of my cheerleading squad and gymnastics team. I dated the captain of math team. o.O;

Aye, as is Michael Crawford mine. His range makes me cry hahaha. But as for Sarah Brightman, I applaud you, for the originals are the best. ;)

I now wish I could hear you sing.

I have some of my songs recorded if you want to hear. i left my msn somewhere on this thread lol.

I have some of my songs recorded if you want to hear. i left my msn somewhere on this thread lol.

haha i don't have msn messenger

haha i don't have msn messenger

shame lol.

LoL I want to hear!


And hey, Opera singers are the baddest of the bad! Come on now!

I can go around the bronx singing Opera and everyone would hide!

Anyone have anything to say about the RP? (Getting us back on topic haha. I could go on about the Phantom for far too long.) Good? Bad? Funny? Dumb? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Anything lol?

I am not getting a pic lol


But what is NSMT? Sounds cool!
LoL

I'd, of course, sign up to be the Phantom...great character! Saw the movie and loved it lol. I want to see the actual show though. I know some people who tell me it is absolutely amazing.

You mean PotO? My favorite ever. Was the best show I ever saw.

You mean PotO? My favorite ever. Was the best show I ever saw.

lol...this is what happens when Phantom enters a conversation...it takes over two pages

lol...this is what happens when Phantom enters a conversation...it takes over two pages

Mysterious... no?

(<.<) (>.>)

Oh...and while we continue this hijacking...just in case anyone was wondering...

Final Fantasy XII is amazing. The PS2 still lives on!

Now, lets see some posts...

Oh...and while we continue this hijacking...just in case anyone was wondering...

Final Fantasy XII is amazing. The PS2 still lives on!

Now, lets see some posts...

I fucking want that game! I love the FF series, but I don't have playstation (well, I have the original, so I have beaten 8 and 9 about a million times). You know FFXIII for PS3 is coming out sometime this (coming) year.

I fucking want that game! I love the FF series, but I don't have playstation (well, I have the original, so I have beaten 8 and 9 about a million times). You know FFXIII for PS3 is coming out sometime this (coming) year.

Ya...and there's two of them! Granted I don't have $600 but...eh...details are for losers haha. You really should pick up a used PS2, man. There are so many great games...not to mention FFX and FFXII.

Hijackers!!!

You never see me hijacking threads... :p

Righteo then!

Made the first post. If there is a problem, please tell me and I shall fix ASAP!

Ya...and there's two of them! Granted I don't have $600 but...eh...details are for losers haha. You really should pick up a used PS2, man. There are so many great games...not to mention FFX and FFXII.

How much is used? Cuz I just bought a comp...

How much is used? Cuz I just bought a comp...

I'm honestly not sure. Check like www.gamestop.com or something of the sort. Oh, and Blastit, I'll read it now.

Righteo then!

Made the first post. If there is a problem, please tell me and I shall fix ASAP!

Good post...well written for sure.

I'm just somewhat confused by it. Are you and Rave the same person? If not...you're using her character rather freely...

Haha...I feel somewhat left in the dark about something

Well, SB, Ravelyn and I combined to form

RaveIt

and now we write as one, with our powers combined!


LoL nah, we agreed to have them connected in the past and I was asked to involve Sun in my post- So I did :D

Again, if anyone wants me to fix something, do tell!

I've never seen Phantom...

Though I almost saw it once while walking down a street in London. There was suddenly a big sign advertising it, and we walked in, and there were seats left, and we almost saw it ...

... but there weren't enough seats for all of us, so we didn't. Didn't want to leave some people out on the street for four hours in a foreign country.



I'll see about a post tomorrow. As for me, it's 3 in the morning, so I'm off to bed since I need my rest before tomorrow night.

Well, SB, Ravelyn and I combined to form

RaveIt

and now we write as one, with our powers combined!


LoL nah, we agreed to have them connected in the past and I was asked to involve Sun in my post- So I did :D

Again, if anyone wants me to fix something, do tell!

Well I suppose that'd be better than RaveTit...which would be rather crude...lol

Anyhow, I figured that if you weren't the same person there were definate past connections so I was right...kinda...in a roundabout way...

Still, I liked it, and thank you for being the first to post haha.

LoL

Lucky, Haraki...where was this if you don't mind me asking

It's funny how people notice that part of my name. I never noticed it until one day when some guy brought it up when I was playing a game. LoL was a funny conversation...

Hey tis always a pleasure. I was anxious to get it started. Plus, I was forced to :p

Oh...and while we continue this hijacking...just in case anyone was wondering...

Final Fantasy XII is amazing. The PS2 still lives on!

Now, lets see some posts...

i got 100% completion. and i have ps3 =)

bah! PS3! *runs*

i got 100% completion. and i have ps3 =)

100%?

Does that mean you have done 1-12 including X-2 and XI which was online?

Well, I've read all the posts. Now I have to formulate an idea of where I want to go with mine, write it, and post it. Hopefully by today.

Well, I've read all the posts. Now I have to formulate an idea of where I want to go with mine, write it, and post it. Hopefully by today.

Aye... same here... (save the reading part :p)

Rave, I will forever be jealous of you - until I get my own PS3 and copy of FFXII. The second one will probably happen first. But the first has to happen by the time Mercenaries: World At War is coming out.


And Blastit, I forget. Somewhere in London, England.

It think that a diplomacy RP would neat, and nice change. However, I've been feilding the idea of moving Tappee temporarly to towards more isolationist policy. Truth is I have had some idea's for temporal RP's (ie time travel) and would like to get some of those off the ground, not to mention a change from zombies would be a good idea.

If you want some of my character to make an appearence in the diplomacy RP it can easily be a arrage, but I think I would prefer a less active role as it would with what I have planned long term for Tappee.

Rave, I will forever be jealous of you - until I get my own PS3 and copy of FFXII. The second one will probably happen first. But the first has to happen by the time Mercenaries: World At War is coming out.


And Blastit, I forget. Somewhere in London, England.

Don't be jealous of me Haraki. I'm by myself for new years. ::sad face::

Eh. All my plans fell through. For now I'm in the same boat as you.

spend new years with me? XD

Of course. Unless, of course, my phone rings - now highly unlikely since everyone I know is already out doing stuff. But for now - hell yeah.

Happy new year. May 2007 bring you all the best.

*hands him a glass of Vodka* you can't have new years with a russian without vodka *says in explaination, then, hands him a blini and sour cream* can't go without those either.

Ah, if only you could come to Canada and give me some vodka in person. I would love you forever.

would you still love me if i didn't have vodka? I'm going through it pretty fast...

As long as you bring me something alcoholic. I'm nowhere near drunk enough* for New Year's Eve.





*read: perfectly sober

So you wouldn't love me forever if i didn't have alcohal ? *sniffle*

What's forever minus one? Just curious.

forever.

question: What happens when you leave Rave Shentavo and Haraki in the same room on New Year's eve, two computers, and a thread...

What happens is Haraki gets called away on the phone for an hour talking to three good friends of his. Ergh.

And you forgot to add some alcohol to the situation.

I drank all the alcohol. o.O;

Shucks. How much was it, by the way?

And you didn't even ship me any? Rats. There goes my last hope. I doubt Canadian liquor stores are open at 10:30 on New Year's Eve.

two bottles of Staraya Sloboda vodka.

What kind of bottles? Are we talking airplane-sized ones, or 26oz bottles, or something in between?

decently sized around 32 oz.

So much vodka, and you couldn't save any for me ...

Oh well. Anarchist ska-punk gets me high on life.

I WOULD have saved some for you but you talked on your friend for three hours.

Three friends. For one hour. And they called me. So that doesn't have anything to do with it, but at least it wasn't really my fault, or something like that.

Eh, whatever. I'm happy at least one of us has drunk a bunch.

Seems like you two had a little party.

Hey, I was there in spirit!

Here's a sad fact: I only managed to find some alcohol after midnight. About four shots of rum (spread between five different bottles) left over from about two years ago. So, being the rampant drinker that I am, I proceeded to down them and comment out loud to myself (while alone) on how good they were.

Good morning 2007!

lol oh yeah, Happy New Year!

Poor Haraki lol. However your post reminded me of

"Where's all the rum gone?"

from Pirates of the Caribbean

"Where's all the rum gone?"

from Pirates of the Caribbean

A line repeated about fifty times. :rolleyes:

would you rather have me say

"Hide the rum!"

Personally, I am more into Davy Jone's quotes.

Here's a sad fact: I only managed to find some alcohol after midnight. About four shots of rum (spread between five different bottles) left over from about two years ago. So, being the rampant drinker that I am, I proceeded to down them and comment out loud to myself (while alone) on how good they were.

Good morning 2007!

I was with you...or maybe you don't remember...I kind of drank the fifth shot. ^_^

I was with you...or maybe you don't remember...I kind of drank the fifth shot. ^_^

Hahaha ... If you manage to patent the technology that let you travel that many kilometres that fast, well ... I demand half of the proceeds.

Fun night. I'm glad I finally got liquored up.

Wow...I can't even explain how I feel about you guys right now hahaha.

Anyhow, my night was rather eventful. First of all I made dinner and burnt my forearm rather badly by touching it to the oven door like a retard. At least the lasagna was good...my arm still has a cute second degree burn on it.

Next, I got a somewhat random call from a girl that I had a major crush on in highschool. She was two years older and absolutely gorgeous. Well...she's still both of those things...but anyhow...we've been pretty good friends for a long time but eh...I haven't talked to her for a while so I wasn't expecting it.

Nevertheless I go over to her place instead of the party I was going to and pounded some whiskey and cokes like a champ, a martini as the ball dropped to be classy, and a shot of gin because we were morons. Then around 2 she got rather ill and puked for a good hour. Me, being the general sweetheart that I am, held the hair back, got her water, and all that good stuff...even got her to brush her teeth before she went to bed.

Now, she demanded that I stay with her, which as a guy who is not an asshole, presents an interesting problem, considering she's one of my best friends, she was completely wasted, and she's been dating some guy for a year and half. Luckily she passed out rather quickly so I managed to simply fall asleep, avoiding anything unfortunate at the time.

Somehow, we both manage to wake up with the sun (however that happened...), and upon confirmation that she was now sober, we proceded to...well...make me the "other guy" lol. So afterwards her hangover began to hit her (how she avoided it...) and we fell back asleep. That was all cute and fine, up until her roommate, and best friend, walked in on us to check on her and found us in a rather...compromising situation hahaha. This I didn't know about until I got dressed to leave after lunch and saw her roommate on the way out. Luckily, her roommate likes me much more than her boyfriend haha.

I always end up getting myself into these situations lol. I don't cheat myself, but I have a serious problem with "taken" girls. This is hardly the first time something like this happened haha. Ah well, at least her relationship is within a week or two of ending. Previous ones had been going much stronger.

Either way, it was a new years I'm likely not to forget for quite some time. I got to act out a fantasy from like...oh...six or seven years ago I guess and brought in the new year with whiskey, rather amazing sex if I dare say so myself, and a disgusting burn on my forearm. Eh...two out of three ain't bad hahaha.

LoL Wow


that certainly does seem like a fun start to the New Years. In all truth, I was at a party...and there was a lot of talking...

yeah...

LoL it was fun though. Been to better, but I was with freinds

So you're the guy my girl was with last night! I'll fucking kill you!


j/k

So you're the guy my girl was with last night! I'll fucking kill you!


j/k

That would be quite ironic haha. Your name wouldn't happen to be Craig would it? lol

That would be quite ironic haha. Your name wouldn't happen to be Craig would it? lol

Are you serious? I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!


j/k again

I had my roomates walk in on me and the girlfriend last night while the two of us were on the couch. It's not fun when people get home sooner the expected

Somehow, we both manage to wake up with the sun (however that happened...), and upon confirmation that she was now sober, we proceded to...well...make me the "other guy" lol. So afterwards her hangover began to hit her (how she avoided it...) and we fell back asleep. That was all cute and fine, up until her roommate, and best friend, walked in on us to check on her and found us in a rather...compromising situation hahaha.

o.O;

why do people always walk in at the wrong time?

Back on topic...I finally posted again

Aye, I need to post too. Been a bit busy with all the celebrating.

Haha...New Year's is a multi-day event now?

By the way, everyone, unless it's specifically designated (either here or in the thread) as being hidden from him, as James is the team's data organizer and analyst, I'm going to assume he has access to all information and sources of data that the team has collected, such as the live feeds of the wires planted in Fred and Anne's house.

As for Simon, well ... he's stir-crazy and fed up with observing from a distance. I think I might get a post up where he spies up close and personal on Susie's house, which I've designated as the main group he's been watching, same way SB's have been watching Fred and Anne. After all, you can't get a good image of a culture by watching one family, especially a rural one.

For reference, basic idea of Susie's family.



Susie (stay at home mom) plus as-yet unnamed husband (works in a factory in the nearby town which their house is on the very edge of, gets to and from his house by a vehicle very similar to a rudimentary bicycle) plus three or four kids, none of whom are old enough to have begun working or schooling yet (I'm thinking 1-8 years old). Wires have been planted throughout the house for at least a couple weeks, and combined with Simon(and possibly others?)'s long-range surveillance, they have gotten a fairly good profile of the family and James has been drawing some conclusions about the culture form it.

As for James, from the wires and his sheer boredom at hardly ever leaving the cave, he has the ability to rudimentarily speak the local language.

Haha...New Year's is a multi-day event now?

Birthday celebrations...

By the way, everyone, unless it's specifically designated (either here or in the thread) as being hidden from him, as James is the team's data organizer and analyst, I'm going to assume he has access to all information and sources of data that the team has collected, such as the live feeds of the wires planted in Fred and Anne's house.

As for Simon, well ... he's stir-crazy and fed up with observing from a distance. I think I might get a post up where he spies up close and personal on Susie's house, which I've designated as the main group he's been watching, same way SB's have been watching Fred and Anne. After all, you can't get a good image of a culture by watching one family, especially a rural one.

For reference, basic idea of Susie's family.



Susie (stay at home mom) plus as-yet unnamed husband (works in a factory in the nearby town which their house is on the very edge of, gets to and from his house by a vehicle very similar to a rudimentary bicycle) plus three or four kids, none of whom are old enough to have begun working or schooling yet (I'm thinking 1-8 years old). Wires have been planted throughout the house for at least a couple weeks, and combined with Simon(and possibly others?)'s long-range surveillance, they have gotten a fairly good profile of the family and James has been drawing some conclusions about the culture form it.

As for James, from the wires and his sheer boredom at hardly ever leaving the cave, he has the ability to rudimentarily speak the local language.

Haha...I like you taking the initiave here. Good work.

Anyhow, I've been looking for the whole multi-family aspect from the beginning, however I didn't want to be here making OOC demands. Once again, haha, good work on that.

And I like the idea of James having access to the wires and such. This goes for everyone...as long as it fits your character's description and job. I applaud anyone who is willing to expand on the plot or this society that "we've found." Just don't change it. Everyone knows the difference.

New Genoa and DMG, you guys are on the clock haha.

Oh, and vote for the thread when you get the chance, so we can get those pretty little stars beside its name, lol.

sorry, my laziness impedes me from conjuring a good post

sorry, my laziness impedes me from conjuring a good post

Lol it happens

Aye, I'll post today.

Damn Forums went down for hours and I never had a chance to read... thus I will be reading and writing tomorrow.

I have a post prepared. Two bits of it need to be rewritten.

I have a post prepared. Two bits of it need to be rewritten.

Lol...editing?

And ya...I was pissed that the forums went down for hours upon hours last night since I had nothing better to do than waste time on NationStates last night...

OOC: For me, New Years is a multi-day celebration. I've just now gotten back on line and seemed to have missed a world of postings since I signed off for the weekend. Has anyone decided on an RP yet, or are we still in the discussion phase?

http://209.85.48.8/237/117/upload/p698789.jpg (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=512818)

Click the pick, WA

And I'd recommend reading say...page 6 I believe of this thread. Honestly two people still have yet to post, so you can still join if you wish.

i got 100% completion. and i have ps3 =)

Just wondering, Rave, what characters were in your final party and which type of weapons did they use?

Hey SB, are all the scientists working together and live in The Cave or is everyone living apart and working seperately?

I believe it is an international team, so we're working together. George Atwater is financing the expedition, Haraki's character is the lead data analyst, etc.

Aye, I believe everyone is together.

New Genoa is quite right: it is most definately an international team.

DMG, on the other hand, while saying the same thing, is still wrong cause he hasn't posted yet haha. ;)

New Genoa is quite right: it is most definately an international team.

DMG, on the other hand, while saying the same thing, is still wrong cause he hasn't posted yet haha. ;)

*grins*

I know, I know... very sorry. Jolt has been quite unreliable for me for the past couple days and I am busy for all but about fifteen minutes (right now) today.

*grins*

I know, I know... very sorry. Jolt has been quite unreliable for me for the past couple days and I am busy for all but about fifteen minutes (right now) today.

It's understandable. In a week and a half my situation will be quite similar.

So then would they all be living in the Cave?

Sorry, but some things I read confused me (could also be the fact that I've been going on with less than 6 hours of sleep almost every night for the month) lol

So then would they all be living in the Cave?

Sorry, but some things I read confused me (could also be the fact that I've been going on with less than 6 hours of sleep almost every night for the month) lol

Nah it's alright. I have the luxury of creating this situation...so I know what's going on.

They're all living in the "cave," which is really a lab/dorm-like complex carved out of the inside of a mountain on the planet Vespia. "Cave" is just a nickname they, or somebody, nicknamed it, since I guess that's what it kinda is, and it's something easy to refer to it as.

They all live, eat, sleep, and work out of the cave. Transporting back and forth between the planet and somewhere else would alert people to higher technology and the presence of the observers...both which would break the Temporal Directive. While your individual nations may not have anything against the TD, the situation which the scientists find themselves in is a sort of international law limbo.

It's kind of under Imperial law...but then again...since Vespia isn't yet an Imperial planet...it's also not part of Imperial law.

We could say that it's under Imperial law because the funding is coming from an Imperial source. So then we could have a nice conflict point from the scientists thinking they shouldn't be bound by Imperial law but knowing that if they break it the mission ends and the Empire invades (though they might not know that part).

So then I am guessing not every scientist has free access to all the research?

LoL again, sorry about all the questions

So then I am guessing not every scientist has free access to all the research?

LoL again, sorry about all the questions

I suppose there should be some limitations...but nothing too much. Just enough to stop a poor scientist from selling secrets to the highest bidder haha.

And Haraki, I like that angle. Some one, perhaps you (I can't remember), already kinda went down that route and it worked well.

Also, Rave, just so you know, lol, one of them has been kidnapped and is now in a great glass tube in the middle of the lab. Read back over my posts...it's in there haha. Sun wouldn't have a problem getting DNA, in fact that's something Steven's trying to do as well. Also, she'd have trouble not noticing the body that, by now, has been there for a good day.

It's not something that my characters only did, in fact, with how it's written my characters wouldn't have been the actual ones to do it. Just making sure the story makes sense...

Yes, I've already read that. I didn't know that that information was information that was accessible. I didn't know if that was restricted or not, so played it off like it was.

Yes, I've already read that. I didn't know that that information was information that was accessible. I didn't know if that was restricted or not, so played it off like it was.

Nah I mean I figured that's what it was. I'm just trying to sculpt this RP a bit. I don't want it to be as much "the steel butterfly team" or "the haraki team" or whatever among the scientists. I want it to be truly an international team, and one team at that. You and Blastit are doing quite well in that regard...the rest of us haven't been interacting much up to this point I suppose. Also, like I said, the dude's on the table in a big glass tube in the middle of the lab haha. Kinda hard to hide him. ;)

allright. She'll figure that out in a bit once she starts to wander and leave chris to his work. He'll finish, she'll come back, "Oh ^^ we already have DNA samples, you can scrap that. ^^"

lol poor Chris...

he could find another use for it, I suppose...:p

I suppose there should be some limitations...but nothing too much. Just enough to stop a poor scientist from selling secrets to the highest bidder haha.

And Haraki, I like that angle. Some one, perhaps you (I can't remember), already kinda went down that route and it worked well.

I mentioned (briefly) full faith and credit clause.

Ah...posted once more. I'm really beginning to like these characters. I just wish I could do a little more with George. He's rather two-dimensional and ridiculous haha. I'm really happy about this RP so far. It's quite promising. I have to thank you all for making it this way. Other than DMG though...no one likes DMG lol. ;)

Just making sure if having my guy try and go meet up w/ his "family" will mess up the storyline, or cause too much of a disturbance, because I can derail that.

Just making sure if having my guy try and go meet up w/ his "family" will mess up the storyline, or cause too much of a disturbance, because I can derail that.

Nah. As far as storyline goes, I have the ending planned, but everything else is off the cuff. That way, it still makes sense in the end and the story has a "goal" to move towards, but how it gets there is up to the whims of all of us.

I'd suggest at least that your guy meet with his family kinda under the radar. Being that it's rather illegal and the punishment is quite severe (as I noted in my latest post) he should keep quiet about it. I'm not sure all the scientists would approve. But by all means, do it lol. I'm not sure everyone approves of kidnapping and smashing pots over people's heads to save identities either...doesn't mean its not done haha.

Stuff like that makes the story that much more interesting. I don't want Blind Reflection to turn into a documentary of the Vespian people haha. There's only so many times characters can sit there and observe the culture, especially since they've been doing so for over two months now as the story goes. It's only natural to want to raise the stakes a bit.

NG, would you mind if my character Simon joined you on the visit to the family? I believe I made it fairly clear that he was fed up with watching from a distance, and this seems like the sort of thing he would do. He is, after all, a cultural anthropologist, and thus used to working with the people he's studying, interacting with them to gain information.

Ya...just make it clear in your respective posts that they are doing something illegal. It would sound silly for me to go on and on in posts about why they can't be noticed, and then have certain scientists go get noticed on purpose haha.

Other than DMG though...no one likes DMG lol. ;)

"Poor DMG... he tries so hard."
-Socrates

"Poor DMG... he tries so hard."
-Socrates

Hahaha...a wise man that Socrates was

NG, would you mind if my character Simon joined you on the visit to the family? I believe I made it fairly clear that he was fed up with watching from a distance, and this seems like the sort of thing he would do. He is, after all, a cultural anthropologist, and thus used to working with the people he's studying, interacting with them to gain information.

Sure, maybe right before he leaves or something, he'll join up with your guy. I haven't decided what the repercussions of this visit will be though.:D

TG me for ideas

I haven't decided what the repercussions of this visit will be though.:D

Well you have nearly infinite possibilities.

In other news we made page two of the RP. Time for a celebratory whiskey shot! Whooooooo!

I will drink to that. But if you want me to be on tonight, you should probably stop me by 8...

As usual, I can't afford and don't have the drink. but if you mail me some...

Of course, I could get high on life by listening to very loud punk music. That'll do the trick.

Good thing I'm already doing that, then.

Come over here Haraki. I just poured you a glass...

i got 100% completion. and i have ps3 =)

Just wondering, Rave, what characters were in your final party and which type of weapons did they use?

It's been so long between playing 10-2, 10, and the new 7 at the same time. I believe my party at the end was the below with a visitation from Reddas.
Vaan:swords
Ashe:daggers
Balthier: guns

I think I am about to acquire a PS2 from a friend so then I can play X, X-2, and XII. w00t!

In other news, DMG fell asleep on his bed as he was about to begin on Blind Reflection.

DMG gets a thundering round of applause for laziness, and coming from someone as lazy as I, that thunder should touch you emotionally in the form of a compliment.

DMG is gonna get a big whoopin' from Blastit's beating cane soon...

I'll have you know Rave that you made me do actual research for a post, something I haven't done for nationstates since my early days dealing with fighter planes and submarines. I feel enlightened now, capable of doing a spinal tap on my own to anyone I so please. Luckily, I'm not drinking tonight haha.

=) <====med student. LOL. No research, just studying lol.

don't let the girl become reculsive again! she'll never stop analyzing. lol

New Genoa, I think I'm not going to have Simon go with you tonight. He's going to go get some books for James instead. However, since they're probably misery buddies, mad about the investigation techniques they have to use, when he hears you went and met them he'll be jealous and will want to go with you next time. That would be perfect timing for, ah ... what you mentioned to me about things not going exactly to plan.

New Genoa, I think I'm not going to have Simon go with you tonight. He's going to go get some books for James instead. However, since they're probably misery buddies, mad about the investigation techniques they have to use, when he hears you went and met them he'll be jealous and will want to go with you next time. That would be perfect timing for, ah ... what you mentioned to me about things not going exactly to plan.

Keeping secrets from me now, eh? This I like.

don't let the girl become reculsive again! she'll never stop analyzing. lol

Perhaps I'll send Steven to check on her. Let me edit my last post.

Oh...and Blastit...haha...Chris cracks me up every time.

lol I'm glad.

Was working to make Chris a comic relief character :p

It's true =) I love him almost as much as Haraki drunk.

lol I'm glad.

Was working to make Chris a comic relief character :p

As every good story should have. The "is that legal?" question made me laugh for whatever reason. You have good comedic timing I guess. As good as I write, as I sit here and toot my own horn lol, it's something I never really got. Ironic maybe...but definately not comedic. This RP really is made up of a truly talented group among the lot of us.

Haha...and Rave, I edited the post. Sun has a visitor.

Didn't Sun just go across the room?

Comedy is something I can't manufacture from scratch. Everything I've ever said that's been funny has been a prefab joke that I didn't make up, or something topical to do with something that just happened.


I also like the character of Chris. Makes me laugh, especially his cluelessness and obsession with COW. Not to mention the fact that he named a robot COW.


I like how this RP is shaping up. It may not be going anywhere fast, but it's high quality while it lasts.

yes, sun is at a lab station across the room sulking in her work because she wants chris to disappear. lol.

yes, sun is at a lab station across the room sulking in her work because she wants chris to disappear. lol.

Hmm...my attention to detail is astounding...

Hmm...my attention to detail is astounding...

I believe the phrase you are looking for is 'non-existant'


and Haraki, you can be extremely funny...when your drunk =P

I believe the phrase you are looking for is 'non-existant'


and Haraki, you can be extremely funny...when your drunk =P

Agreed. My mistake for the understatement haha. Anyhow, my error has been corrected.

Maybe I should be drunk on NS more often. I'm sure we would all enjoy that.

Maybe I should be drunk on NS more often. I'm sure we would all enjoy that.

You promised to love me forever. Considering you have given me no love since this has been said, you now owe me 2694.23 love to this day. You should probably start catching up with your debt...

Sonofabitch


Have I ever told you how much I love you, Rave? No, really. Have I?




Wait, wait, wait a minute. Didn't I say I promised to love you forever if you mailed me some vodka? Or something like that? My memory's a bit hazy, but ... damn, I'm screwing up my typing.

And don't say it's been lost in the post or something equally silly!

remember, I drove out there, gave you one shot, then drove back. I'm really insulted you forgot :-( I even wore that dress. :-(

*scratches head*

Shit, I must've been really hammered to forget that. I'm sorry. I love you, Rave. You can tell my typing's getting worse because I initially typed Rzave. Oh well. Three hours of sleep will do that to a person. And I wish I could blame it on the drink.

*scratches head*

Shit, I must've been really hammered to forget that. I'm sorry. I love you, Rave. You can tell my typing's getting worse because I initially typed Rzave. Oh well. Three hours of sleep will do that to a person. And I wish I could blame it on the drink.

You always could. Granted, while I have web-cams in your house watching your every move no one else does. I won't call you out if you lie...

I feel special with all these Chris comments :p

LoL and Haraki, it was pretty entertaining, your woes of not getting anything to drink and finally finding something. :D

You always could. Granted, while I have web-cams in your house watching your every move no one else does. I won't call you out if you lie...

Hmm ... So if I promise to share some of my nonexistent drink with you...?

O_O you have webcams in his house?!

:headbang:

^_^;; where exactly? And was it before or after new years?