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Sorry,sorry, guys. Internet connection unexpectedly fritzed. I can post three days at end of week only. I'd like to stay in, but if that makes workarounds difficult, I guess Ruari got expelled, or declared too young, or whatever Balrogga wants to RP.

I'll be back on Wednesday to see wassup. I'm expecting normal connections from June 26.

You can only post a couple days a week? That is fine, I've been waiting ICly for everyone to get done before continuing the tour to the lunch room the next floor above.

Don't get me wrong, we are all here for character interaction so I am having galvenor not say anything because I don't want to put a damper on anyone. The more you interact the more fun things will be. When you are ready ICly, just step out to the center where Galvenor is waiting quietly.

I would say I am kinda dissapointed nobody took the opportunity to comment on Marcus' question as to why there is a funny chair in the washroom full of water... You know these back-woods types. HEHEHEHE

Ah but none of our characters heard it!

For all you masters of spelling and spell checks out there, I have a question for you.

What word is always, without exception, ALWAYS spelled incorrectly?

Oh WH, you pose too easy questions. INCORRECTLY is always spelled incorrectly.

Well, besides "incorrectly," there are always a few other juicy ones like "illegal," "improper," and the good ol' standby, "wrong," which, contrary to some opinions, is NOT the past tense of "wring." ;)

(What good is the @$#*$@# curmudgeon training if I never get to use it?)

:) :) :)

(BTW, I'll let you know the MOMENT I start being serious.)

Oh WH, you pose too easy questions. INCORRECTLY is always spelled incorrectly.

Yes, but if it was spelled wrong, would it still be spelled incorrectly?

No, then it would be spelled "wrong." :p

Well, besides "incorrectly," there are always a few other juicy ones like "illegal," "improper," and the good ol' standby, "wrong," which, contrary to some opinions, is NOT the past tense of "wring." ;)

(What good is the @$#*$@# curmudgeon training if I never get to use it?)

:) :) :)

(BTW, I'll let you know the MOMENT I start being serious.)

I wonder how people can come up with "wrong" for the past tense of "wring" when it's clearly "wrung."

Ah but none of our characters heard it!

I thought I posted him coming out of his room and asking "someone"...

Stench, you fail.

Stench, you fail.
LOL

Stench, you fail.

THE IRONY

DEAR GOD THE IRONY IT BURRRRRRRNS XD

No, then it would be spelled "wrong." :p

Alright then,

What walks on Four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?

Alright then,

What walks on Four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?

Man.

I'm not done yet!

With potent, flowery words speak I,
Of something common, vulgar, dry;
I weave webs of pedantic prose,
In effort to befuddle those,
Who think I wile time away,
In lofty things, above all day
The common kind that linger where
Monadic beings live and fare;
Practical I may not be,
But life, it seems, is full of me!

Of what do I speak?

A RIDDLER OR RIDDLE

olol

WH fails too. :p

It's round but does not roll
It flows but does not spill
It dumps but does not dirt
It runs but does not move

What is it?

My beer gut.


AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAA!!!

Ok, I simply can NOT get caught up with the IC thread. You guys were busy this weekend. Anyone care to summarize anything pertaining to Josh, Mali, or Zena?

Summary- Nothing of Import happened - save that Marvel returned from his room, as did the blind guy. Drai'lee and Khat will be back out in a minute.

So just take up where you left off...:p

Oh, ok. :D

It's round but does not roll
It flows but does not spill
It dumps but does not dirt
It runs but does not move

What is it?My beer gut.


AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAA!!!

Wrong.

I will give a Teddy Bear to whoever gets it right.

Also, I'm waiting for Snake Eaters reply, that's why I haven't posted much yet... that and because I've been busier with the other side (http://z4.invisionfree.com/NSDraftroom/index.php?showtopic=3509) of Soviet Steam. Personally I prefer roleplaying techies over magicians whenever possible, and I admit I would love to RP, with a character-centered focus of witnessing events, a WW1 or Russo-Japanese war of sorts with Past-Tech NSes, or at least trying to make an original take on the magics stuff for Fantasy instead of just CTRL+C CTRL+V D&D.

I was thinking a river, but round?

Time?

Oh wait, that would SO not fit now would it...

I was thinking a river

I thought the hint I gave with the "prize" was obvious... now I doubt there could be anything more obvious than this.

It speaks but has no voice
Nothing can walk through it
Therefore it would not run
Ending that claim, it actually runs
Rivers also bathe seas like it does
Nonetheless it bathes all it goes
Enduring more than all rivers
Together making drops flow
Showing even the end of the rainbow

Wind? Wow, suddenly I suck at these.

The rain.

Apparently, when I posted that last comment, I hadn't reloaded the page in quite some time and thus not seen all the new posts.

Part of my problem with your riddles SS is that the grammar doesn't make sense :p nor does it rhyme.

What clings to you?
Bear it - you cannot.
Accept it - you cannot.
But hidden - it is from you.
Recite its name.

Part of my problem with your riddles SS is that the grammar doesn't make sense nor does it rhyme.

Or maybe the fact it's not a conventional styled riddle. Think outside the box and it (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13739703&postcount=277)'ll be very, very obvious the answer.

What clings to you?
Bear it - you cannot.
Accept it - you cannot.
But hidden - it is from you.
Recite its name.

Your shadow.

That's a REALLY close answer according to my source, but I can't accept it. Sorry DMG.

I thought the hint I gave with the "prize" was obvious... now I doubt there could be anything more obvious than this.

It speaks but has no voice
Nothing can walk through it
Therefore it would not run
Ending that claim, it actually runs
Rivers also bathe seas like it does
Nonetheless it bathes all it goes
Enduring more than all rivers
Together making drops flow
Showing even the end of the rainbow

The sun/sunshine.

That's a REALLY close answer according to my source, but I can't accept it. Sorry DMG.

Fine. The name of my shadow. We'll call it Egon.

Fine. The name of my shadow. We'll call it Egon.

I hate you. You got it right (aside from the Egon part).

Do you mind another hint to my first charade?

Teddy Bear says:

I see something tubular
Coiling like a snake
What it says on one side
Comes to the other
Yet it does more than saying

A frickin slinky.

What does that have to do with a teddy bear?

A frickin slinky.

What does that have to do with a teddy bear?

I concur.

A frickin slinky.

What does that have to do with a teddy bear?

Sorry, but it's not that either.

I mentioned the bear because it is also deeply related with someone or something which name is very similar to "Teddy".

Surely you don't speak of who the phrase "teddy bear" was coined for: Theodore Roosevelt.

Sorry, but it's not that either.

I mentioned the bear because it is also deeply related with someone or something which name is very similar to "Teddy".

No, you are mistaken. It is.

I imagine this link is very stretched. "It," which I can only assume is the answer, is related, like a bear, to something or someone that's name is similar to Teddy.

Actually, Hoyrel, the blind guy, is standing in the exact same spot Galvenor is. This is possible because Galvenor is not a solid being, he is naught more than a pure mind, he dont need no body. So Hoyrel's standing where his mind is, uhh, existing. Galvenor is waiting for us all to join him to continuate the tour, when we're ready.

Actually Galvenor is projecting a photonic illusion over a telekinetic feild he is using as his physical body. I mentioned that in Post #207 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13721518&postcount=207)from earlier in this thread.

Here is what I posted:

... is projecting a photonic illusion of his body surrounding a telekinetic field allowing him to interact in the physical world. He is also keeping ...

You can stand next to him but not inside him. If you tried you would run into him.

So if someone dropped a quarter in his mouth, would it jingle around inside his "foot?" :p

Actually, Hoyrel, the blind guy, is standing in the exact same spot Galvenor is. This is possible because Galvenor is not a solid being, he is naught more than a pure mind, he dont need no body. So Hoyrel's standing where his mind is, uhh, existing. Galvenor is waiting for us all to join him to continuate the tour, when we're ready.

Another blind guy?

I'm ready.

So if someone dropped a quarter in his mouth, would it jingle around inside his "foot?" :p

Presumably, based on Bal's post, no. It would hit him in the face/mouth.

I'm still waiting for Snake Eaters to reply to my post. I don't want to make a confusion with time continuity by progressing before the reply.

My, aren't WEEEEEEEE the serious one!

::Sits on SS.::

::Out pops a Teddy Bear.::

O_O

Since when do teddy bears pop out of people!?

OK, here is it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqCJN8PYaUg)... including the obvious hint, and I have to recommend you to learn Internets lore and lurk moar :P

round (It is a series of tubes!)
you dump something on it, but it does not dirt (It is not a big truck)
flows (like data)
(always) runs

Teddy (Stevens) Bear

It speaks but has no voice
Nothing can walk through it
Therefore it would not run
Ending that claim, it actually runs
Rivers also bathe seas like it does
Nonetheless it bathes all it goes (because it covers the entire world)
Enduring more than all rivers (the Internets has to endure a lot)
Together making drops flow
Showing even the end of the rainbow (search for it in Google)

tubular (Internets tubes)
it says
yet does more than saying (because it does more than a telephone)

That was it... THE INTERNETS

OK, here is it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqCJN8PYaUg)... including the obvious hint, and I have to recommend you to learn Internets lore and lurk moar :P

round (It is a series of tubes!)
you dump something on it, but it does not dirt (It is not a big truck)
flows (like data)
(always) runs

Teddy (Stevens) Bear

It speaks but has no voice
Nothing can walk through it
Therefore it would not run
Ending that claim, it actually runs
Rivers also bathe seas like it does
Nonetheless it bathes all it goes (because it covers the entire world)
Enduring more than all rivers (the Internets has to endure a lot)
Together making drops flow
Showing even the end of the rainbow (search for it in Google)

tubular (Internets tubes)
it says
yet does more than saying (because it does more than a telephone)

That was it... THE INTERNETS

Then I'm afraid that the riddle is incorrect. There is only ONE internet and so making it plural throws things off quite a bit.

Another blind guy?

I'm ready.


Presumably, based on Bal's post, no. It would hit him in the face/mouth.

You're just noticing that there's another blind guy? Also, I said if someone dropped it in his mouth. You explained nicely what happened if Joshua should pick up a random quarter and chuck it, but not what would happen if Zena were to walk up, tilt his head back, open his mouth, and then drop the quarter in.

Then I'm afraid that the riddle is incorrect. There is only ONE internet and so making it plural throws things off quite a bit.

lurk moar

Also I would consider Internet as a valid answer as well.

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Actually Soviet Steam is to Communism what Curst is to Evil

Yup, it's is "in the planes" of sort. But with no Good, Evil, Lawful or Chaotic stuff.

I can't ponder exactly on how the "Communist Plane" looks like. Only that it'll be quite different from D&D planes.

Well then we're good.

You're just noticing that there's another blind guy? Also, I said if someone dropped it in his mouth. You explained nicely what happened if Joshua should pick up a random quarter and chuck it, but not what would happen if Zena were to walk up, tilt his head back, open his mouth, and then drop the quarter in.

To be honest, I haven't been following the IC thread that closely.
Well then it would have to go through his digestive tract.

@SS: Except making a riddle based on what other people have incorrectly said is a bit like saying "the answer was dog, even though the clues pointed to cat, because this guy once made a mistake of saying dog when he meant cat."

We should get this RP on track now. I have given everyone plenty of time to interact and now everyone who is done meet me in the Core (the central levitation chamber).

Assume Arkane is ready to move on and at the meeting spot.

I will continue the tour in a few hours after I get home from work. Typing on a cell is a pain.

I will continue the tour in a few hours after I get home from work. Typing on a cell is a pain.

I can't imagine actually writing a full post from a cell phone, but then I don't have a cell phone capable of it (yet!).

I can't imagine actually writing a full post from a cell phone, but then I don't have a cell phone capable of it (yet!).

If I REALLY wanted to, I could do it on mine. I have the LG AX260 (aka the LG Scoop). But that would incur the wrath of my dad because of the astronomical bill it would ring up for pulling up a web page.

I'm getting the second generation iPhone when it is announced in a couple days. I imagine I'll be able to write on that.

Oh you suck. The iPhone doesn't work out here because rural Minnesota is ALL CDMA networked, so the GMA iPhone doesn't work. Now if I head up to St. Cloud or to the cities, it'll work. But not out here. Besides, the price for the service is nuts!

The writing doesn't bother me (I have a Sidekick LX) but when you take the time to write up anything and then you submit it to JOLT and the server eats it then you stop making long posts using your cell. It sucks having to remember what you wrote hours later.

Ok, that would stink. There's simply no two ways about it.

Here is a little map I tossed together showing the floors and the general idea of what is on each.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/citadelmapsmall.jpg

Please note, the Classrooms are not in the little towers, they are for the Deans or Head Instructors.

O_O

Since when do teddy bears pop out of people!?

They don't, but SS can be a LITTLE BIT STRANGE sometimes...

(MWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! SCORE ONE FOR THE GONZO!!!! HOOK, LINE AND SINKER!!!)

For Dastardly Stench:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBpXlZumNg

I would be tempted on having a Tubesnet in SS.

The Internet
1900
A SERIES OF TUBES

Dastardly Stench;13748214']They don't, but SS can be a LITTLE BIT STRANGE sometimes...

(MWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! SCORE ONE FOR THE GONZO!!!! HOOK, LINE AND SINKER!!!)

Just a LITTLE bit? Score one for understatements.

Just a LITTLE bit? Score one for understatements.

I like to subvert tropes.

Yelena thinks that a dwarf is "a short overweight human, probably someone with severe dwarfism and with a stomach larger than his beard", that a dark elf is "a freaky African woman which got her ear tips stuck in an hydraulic press when she was young and got them stretched, but not enough to tear then apart, or who perhaps did some weird self-mutilation on her own ear", all to add LULZ to RPs and as I'm mostly MT in NS, I bring some MT influences as well.

I'm not strange, for I don't wear Spock ears in fan conventions, nor papercut armors and plastic swords, nor tennis ball as lightning bolts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw)

I'm here for the LULZ, but quality In-character LULZ instead of generic spam.

I'm also here for the serious business (http://computershopper.com/shoptalk/serious.jpg) of roleplaying.

I didn't mean offense. It is funny, just really odd for me too. Nice description for a dark elf too.

LOL Thats close to a steal from StarTrek Saves the Whales ( I don't remember the number ) III? IV?

That's not subverting figures of speech, SS, that's going off into your own world. Subversion requires acceptance from others, and your little jokes, though certainly humorous in a dark, cynical sort of way, don't even seem as though they're intended for use in the common vernacular.

for the record, there are standard items on the menu and specials will be added by the students. Generic stuff like steak and salads or normal foods are what is on the menu right now. We don't need to RP people submitting them but just have it happen in the background later on.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Demon from hell. Nine alarm chile (or however it's spelled). A match made in...well...

And Marve wants to know where they keep the beer. I TOLD him that I'm a teatotaler and don't care where the alcohol is, because I don't get drunk on the stuff (an ice beer is good with dinner sometimes, but I don't get drunk), but he wanted me to ask anyway.

And in response to that, Zena wants me to help send him to Alcoholics Anonymous, or whatever the equivalent is in this world. Mali supports it, but so long as he doesn't drunk dial her or anything like that she's fine.

Oh boy, I really have to get caught up. Good thing my character is an old man who is used to living alone without any attention... otherwise he'd be going insane from my lack of posting.

And in response to that, Zena wants me to help send him to Alcoholics Anonymous, or whatever the equivalent is in this world. Mali supports it, but so long as he doesn't drunk dial her or anything like that she's fine.

And to think that he hasn't had so much as ONE SIP of anything alcoholic during this RP...

(Sometimes I have a running gag where I see how close he can come to getting a beer without actually doing it, and how funny the circumstances can get. Normally, when I do this, I invite others to help me...)

( :) :) :) )

Oye, 15 pages or so to read... Anyone want to give me quick update of where we are?

Right now almost everyone is in the cafeteria trying the food while Eldrad and a couple students are way up top talking and debating magic. I posted a map of a sort of what is on each level a page or two back in the OOC Thread.

Alright then. I'll probably have Arkane hop on in to the cafeteria to grab some grub then go talk to Eldard or Galvenor. Most likely I won't read the pages I've missed right now, so forgive any little errors (there shouldn't be many if any).

Galvenor is in the cafeteria currently wiating for everyone to finish eating before continuing on to the classrooms and the instructor's offices.

Galvenor is in the cafeteria currently wiating for everyone to finish eating before continuing on to the classrooms and the instructor's offices.

Alrighty then. And would he be the one I speak to about a position at the school?

Alrighty then. And would he be the one I speak to about a position at the school?

Teaching Positions will be interviewed after the tour and both Eldrad and I will conduct them while the students are wandering around familliarizing themselves further with the place. First we must get everyone to know the layout so no one gets lost, especially wiht a couple blind attendees.

By the way, those Imps are not the demonic types, at some point you will find out what they are for sure but do not try to harm any.

Balrogga, I sent you a message about joining the RP. I want to join as a student. However, I do want to discuss some things privately first. I don't know how to get to the messages on here, but you can email using the board, or message me on regular ol' NationStates.

And in responce to the internet answer a while back, wasn't there a second internet being worked on a few years back? I know that the Deaf World Web could be accessed by the same internet browsers, but it was a different network and seperate from the World Wide Web. So I think that should count. :D

In the Night, what in the world is the "Deaf World Web?" And yes, I'm translating your name for the fun of it. :p

I actually use the translation "In the Dark," but I like the "Night" substitute.

The DWW was launched to bring services to the Deaf, and those who worked with them, like work places and schools. But it died in about 4 years. Too bad. It had some useful features.

However, Google is more accurite now. :)

By the way, I love the writing of the RP. It's pretty fun. And I am keeping up thus far. I can't wait to join!!!

Great that you've been keeping up. And I didn't look at a translator. I got noir and nuit mixed up, thus giving me what I got. :p

That is a very good talent. To be able to speak French ... I am jealous.

As for the roleplay, I have a question ... is Marvel suppossed to be Hellboy with wings and magic?

1) It's some pretty basic french. I took french last year in high school, that's it.
2) It's good to speak a foreign language, period.
3) He's a gargoyle essentially, but without the whole turning to stone thing.

That is a very good talent. To be able to speak French ... I am jealous.

As for the roleplay, I have a question ... is Marvel suppossed to be Hellboy with wings and magic?

I've answered this question before.

No. They're both variations on a common theme, the old pagan Horned God (actually, there were several variants on THAT, too). The guys who made Hellboy took it one way and I took it another. They made a lot of money off of theirs, and I...well, let's not get into that. ;)

Hellboy has big horns and a rock hand. Marvel has hardly any horns and wings, and a stinger on the end of his tail that shoots a hypnotic narcotic venom. Hellboy's just this side of indestructible. Marvel isn't.

Marvel's species reproduces by laying and fertilizing eggs in host bodies. Marvel was magically altered so he doesn't do that anymore. But he was hatched in a man's body and ate his way out--and he had a girlfriend once before he learned just how cruel a mistress evolution can be. Having sex with him killed her...slowly, destroying her mind in the process (and it was like a form of torture for him to be caught up in it all). Hellboy never reproduced that way, and wasn't born that way, and doesn't have that problem with women, and doesn't have Marvel's guilt over the whole thing.

I never said I didn't KNOW another language. I said I couldn't SPEAK another language. I am majoring in Educational Interpreting (American Sign Language). I've been signing since I was 10.

However, I can say choice phrases in other languages. Mostly bad/naughty.

Sorry about the mix-up with Marvel. I was watching previews for Hellboy 2 when I thought of it.

I have been working on character. I have more weaknesses than strengths at the moment. I'm trying to make it more balanced.

Oh now that's a clever way to put it. I can't sign worth a darn more than the letters A, B, and C, and that's only thanks to my science teacher from 6th grade.

Dare I ask what you have thus far? We may be able to help.

I'm on my phone. The character bio is on the computer (someone else here has the same phone I do, the sidekick lx. I love it, but it sucks for long writing). I can give you the rundown, though.

To understand Emberlea Jax, I'm going to spoil her entrance. She is an energy mage from the Earth renaissance time period, who has the ability to use her energy to travel through time and space. She is a princess of a small nation in northern europe, but to keep her powers secret, her parents sent her to be raised with a healer, traveling with a gypsy clan. At the age of 17, she was discovered, and she began running.

She was captured once, and just narrowly escaped. On the verge of being taken again, images of the school fill her head, and she and her familliar (Chula the red tailed hawk) begin making the jumps. She is pursued, and a spell hits her as she runs through the gates. The school's barrier blocks the worst of it, but she is knocked out for a time, and wakes with none of her memories.

Some of her weaknesses are: she is too timid, and has no self-confidence. She is not physically strong. She was taught to supress much of her magic, instead of use and control it. Obviously, the memory loss. The spell that altered her memories also gave her empathic tendencies, so she is dealing with feeling every emotion around her.

Some of her strengths are: she is an avid potion maker, and shows promise for Alchemy. She can shield herself from almost any attack when in a healed physical state. She is also very intuitive, and mixed with her reason, she thinks through and is an excellent leader when forced to be.

Also remember as your character learns more at the Tower, he will gain advantages and powers. Figure out what you want your character to become and then regress him to the point he would be just learning them. That would make a great student.

She was taught to supress much of her magic, instead of use and control it.

Someone is really going to empathize with her sooner or later, provided she mentions this fact to her...

As for my other character Boris... he is a sleepy old man with a serious deficiency in stamina. And yes, ICly he still is sleeping.

Hmmm ... she will retain her knowledge of potions and herbs. Maybe in exchange for not kicking her out, Jax can be added to staff as an herbal healer/Apothecary. She will not be good in teaching, though, till she learns more.

She will come when its dark. You know, for effect. :P

I never said I didn't KNOW another language. I said I couldn't SPEAK another language. I am majoring in Educational Interpreting (American Sign Language). I've been signing since I was 10.

However, I can say choice phrases in other languages. Mostly bad/naughty.

Sorry about the mix-up with Marvel. I was watching previews for Hellboy 2 when I thought of it.

I have been working on character. I have more weaknesses than strengths at the moment. I'm trying to make it more balanced.

There's nothing to apologize about. You asked and I did my best to answer. Even made a rather dry joke in the process. No 'blems this end.

Irony of ironies, I'm a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, which also happens to share its campus with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf...and took one entire quarter of sign language on a for-credit basis...which means I know JUST ENOUGH ASL to make a few rather neuronically deprived individuals think that I'm stone deaf.

:) :) :)

...and then there was the woman in the checkout counter who started signing what she was talking and got asked (in kind), "Why you signing?" Her cute little eyes almost popped out of her head for a second there. She was happy at the end of the ordeal, though. I got to get taught the sign for "because" (which I promptly--yep, Mr. Genius strikes again--forgot).

I can't use it conversationally; but it's fun sometimes.

Wow. What a story. Lol.

I have a good sign story! When I was a Freshman in HS, I passed out on the football field. It was discovered that I had a stomache infection or apendix issues. So I got an ambulence ride, and my mom met us at the ER.

Now, when I started sign classes in the college level, my mom began to take them with me because I was too young to be on campus alone. So her signing is limited, but I can understand her.

So at the ER, they pull me into a room, and the RN comes to take blood. I am petrified of needles. I was upset, and to calm me down my mom signed, "he thinks he's gorgeous, he wants to date you ..." (a spinoff of a line on Miss Congeniality). He turned around as she began, and he interrupted her. In SIGN. He was completely Deaf. :D

I wish I had a story that good to tell about signing. All I've got is one time in EB Games while I was trying the Wii. A kid around 8 or so came up to me and started signing to me. Well of course I had no idea what he was saying until his older brother came over and saw the look on my face. He asked if I understood him (to which I replied the obvious no) and he went on a signing spree in which I stared open mouthed. After all that, the older brother looked to me and said. "He was having fun watching you and just wanted you to go faster." (it was a racing game that I can't remember the name of)

Thing is that I wish that EVERYBODY knew sign language. There are times when it is preferable to spoken languages. For example, one could use it to communicate with someone across a store window, or over long distances...and...

At this time last year, I was in a hospital in a coma. On June 8th of last year, the pneumonia that I had unwittingly been nursing for a good month finally got to me and I had a heart attack. Tomorrow, June 23, marks the first anniversary of my re-awakening.

When I woke up, I had a trake tube blocking off my vocal cords. Couldn't say a word. It was then that I realized just how useful sign language could be--if only somebody else knew it, too. NONE of the hospital staff could so much as finger spell!

In my family, we're raised to always have a backup plan--some skill or angle that can be used in times of trouble. We're calm under fire. We're knowledgeable when things go wrong. When I was in college and had the opportunity, sign language was a skill that I thought would come in handy--especially considering that the men in my family lose their hearing as they grow older (I'm only 44 and the process has already started, though I'm currently the only one who would really notice).

Still, my crafty scheme was thwarted by the fact that others simply did not recognize the utilitarian nature of the skill. ::scum-buckitt::

:) :) :)

Hospitals are required by the ADA to provide interpreting for ASL, but if your chart doesn't say Deaf, they aren't going to bring in a team of freelancers who charge $65/hour or more each. I agree someone on staff should have the basics. But then again, you hit the politics of misinterpretation and grounds for suing. Someone "just on staff" who knows the basics won't have the proper insurance to cover suits like that.

Ah, corporate America! :P

So you guys should keep going. I am waiting for darkness!

Yes, sign language would be helpful, but at the same time, it's something that takes practice and some people just don't have the coordination to do it or the desire to learn it. Of course, some people don't have a desire to learn proper English either. And Dans le Noir, you are IN the DARK already! What are you waiting for!?

Laughs ( in a good way ) at the Dans's characters name

You'll have a tg shortly as to why.

I'm glad that the meaning of "Jax" is significant to more than just myself. I sent you a message back, explaining the other half. :)

Because of the nature of how Emberlea Jax will enter the school, she will be in need of attention. To get help. So if it's dark, I can let the spell cast by her attacker and the mix of protectant spells from the school and her ring combine to make a physical reaction, that can draw some attention.

Ha ha. Very good point. Well, I'm finishing up my character sheet, and then I will start my new post. Sorry in advance. It will be very long.

Or (I'm assuming you're talking a bang and light) you could do the reverse. A bang and darkness appearing. Besides, it's going to take DAYS for darkness to arrive at this point.

Ha ha. Very good point. Well, I'm finishing up my character sheet, and then I will start my new post. Sorry in advance. It will be very long.

We can work with long. It's kinda typical around here.

That's good. I can get pretty into it.

Almost done with my sheet! I swear!

Character Type: Student

Name: “Jax” (Full Name: Emberlea Jax) (http://lh6.ggpht.com/_cOZ_UHFrGFQ/RzOqqG6OP_I/AAAAAAAAACk/kSwlyhjVAdY/1178992041_rdWomanWOW.jpg)
Title(s): **Princess of Enden “Dragon” Clan
Age: Approximately 17
Race: Half Human, Half Elf (Her lineage is not known. She assumes she is a mere human. The Elvish side of her is the source of her abilities, as well as her unusually soft features)
Gender: Female
Appearance: Jax is 5’4”, slender, and obviously not athletic. She weighs 120 pounds. Her hair is long, falling just past her waist, and is usually a mess of dark brunette (looking almost black) waves. She has dark green eyes with a golden edge between the color and the iris. She has a dragon tattoo (http://images.elfwood.com/art/d/r/dragan/dragon_tattoo_3.jpg) located on the small of her back with “Jax” inked just below. Her facial features are slightly angular and slender, but not in an obvious way. Her ears have a slight sharpness about their shape, and remain unpierced and usually hidden in her hair. Her skin is fair, contrasting with her dark hair and eyes. She has a translucent beauty about her.
Clothing Style: Jax arrived wearing a long chemise with a simple and very outdated red peasant overdress (Irish style), with plain tan boots. Since it was in shambles and she was issued some plain wizarding robes, she has taken a liking to well-fitting, simple robes that cover the body and preserve modesty; however she will dress differently, according to the moods of those around her, without knowing it. She also prefers to be barefoot.

Possessions:
-Power Crystal: A small, square crystal with geometric cuts made to reflect light, no matter the angle or amount. It is on her neck tied with a simple hemp string, sitting long enough to be hidden by her robes.
-Celtic Trinity Ring: A small Celtic Trinity Ring holds protection spells and sits on her right ring finger. Jax does not remember her former protector giving her the ring before she fled for her life. It causes her attacker to be unable to enter the Tower.
-Familiar: Jax’ Familiar is Chula, the red tailed hawk (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=46476591&albumID=42915&imageID=6385502). Chula was a gift from her “Brother” as an egg, and she hatched and raised the bird herself. When they were both older, she read about a spell that would bond the bird to her. She performed the Familiar incantation, and was very soundly punished when it was discovered that she had used magic.

Secrets:
-Memory: When the half-spell hit Jax, she lost all of her memories. She only knows her name because of her tattoo. She experiments with herbal based potions to restore the damage, but has not been successful. Her knowledge of protective spells, healing herbs, and limited magic do not seem to have been compromised.
-The Spell: The spell cast by Marcoz the Hunter was not aimed to kill, merely disengage. However, his heightened anger caused him to lose control as he cast, and the repercussions have allowed Jax empathic tendencies, reading people more by emotions than by physical expressions. It also is the reason Marcoz is not permitted to enter the school.

Abilities:
-Potions: Jax was raised in a Gypsy caravan, and was taken under the wing of the Wise Woman. She taught Jax all there is to know about plants and herbs to make cures to sicknesses and maladies. As Jax grew, she was taught to use the “eight ingredient” rule to make potions of immense magical capabilities in secret from her “Brother.” She became very practiced in the art.
-Plane (physical/locational) Travel: While not always an exact art, Jax can use her conscience to transport herself to a new plane based on sight. She uses this to keep moving, staying far from the sight of her predator. However, this is limited to what she can SEE. If she cannot see where she is going, she tends to end up in random places.
-Empathic Tuning: As an adverse side effect to the spell, Jax has become in tune with the emotions of all around her. While the range is only those around her directly, as she develops close bonds, the range on reading that specific person’s emotions increases. But this is an untested art, so her boundaries are not yet known.

***This is in addition to earlier stated strengths and weaknesses. Jax is not aware of her royal lineage as of yet.

Okay, I posted. I had it ready, but I guess it was too much for my phone to transfer. :)

Blame the GM, kinda :cool::eek:

And folks, just a bit of explanation - I'm an old, and old school RPer, a table top / PNP gamer - to me what many dcall the OP, is the gm, The Game Master - or in some cses the Game Monster - I'm well aware that there is also the Nation of Garbage Men and I didn't want to seem to be putting blame on him... though I do have to say that technically his name is The Garbage Men, and so might be abbreviated as TGM, but still, I wanted to cover all bases...and now that I have thoroughy confused all of us lol... back to our regularly scheduled mysteries...

Tanara, what the hell are you smoking?

Grins evilly, and says nothing :D

I started on RPing back in 78. I know exactly what they are talking about.

You don't need to be a Psion to understand...

Oh wow...

Sticks tongue out at Bal, Ha!

I've got you beat by about 3 years.

And had the absolute luck to fall in with a group of RPers who had been doing it back before it was called D & D... Chainmaile ( I think) but with their own add ons until the first black box, three booklet D&D came out in '74 just before I met them ( lordy those dice were flat out ugly )

Sweet mother of pearl I'm trapped with a bunch of old schoolers! :p

...that means between Tanara and myself alone, we have over 60 years of RPing experience.

...that Means Between Tanara And Myself Alone, We Have Over 60 Years Of Rping Experience.

o_o

Just an OOC advice for an IC thing... it's better to no fully piss off Yelena.

or something like this might happen...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel)

If it wasn't obvious already, the only mean to use magic in Soviet Steam's world is through innate paranormal skills(ESP, telekinesis, etc.). Yes, her skills are affected by emotions.

I'm a relatively new gamer, but I work game central at phoenix con games as the overnight manager, and I go to gen con every year.

My friend and I took Wiz War and made a life-sized pirate version. It's amazing!

SS:

Ohhhh...I can just see what it would be like if she started chasing after Marvel.

This comes to mind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZDnFlCq_jI&feature=related

:) :) :)

Well folks, my dad will be here any minute and I'm just taking the time to say goodbye for now. I might be on a little bit this weekend (doubtful), and I couldn't get my cousin's laptop so minimal internet for me at the hotel. See you after my vacation.

Hmmmmm...does this mean that, while he's on vacation, his characters are going to be

COMPLETELY VULNERABLE????

::gloat::

Kicks my kidnapper in the shins, waking them up "YOU, yes, You! Go TG The Stench what he needs to know to play this out right - I'm doing my part"

and wheres Galvanor...sheesh just what ones needs, more missing mages...

Galvenor is doing a 64 hour work week in RL. When I get a chance to catch up on the reading, I will try to figure out how to respond.

@ALL: If you didn't know, I've been away for the last two weeks on a boat without internet access. I should be back Thursday or Friday and hopefully then I will get the energy to catch up on allllll that I have missed and post.

Yeah...and they say that I'm never all there anyway...

:) :) :)

(BTW, Friday is the 4th of July, a national holiday in the USA. Am I to take it that DMG is on the east side of the pond?)

Dastardly Stench;13805147']Yeah...and they say that I'm never all there anyway...

:) :) :)

(BTW, Friday is the 4th of July, a national holiday in the USA. Am I to take it that DMG is on the east side of the pond?)

Oh, no, no. Quite the opposite. I'm situated in the capital of the west side of the pond. Thing is, I'll just be getting back from a two week trip on Thursday, so I'll be damn exhausted and not really wanting to do much for the 4th.

Dastardly Stench;13797465']Hmmmmm...does this mean that, while he's on vacation, his characters are going to be

COMPLETELY VULNERABLE????

::gloat::

Um, no, because that would be godmodding to say what happens to my characters, I need to be able to react accordingly.

Anyway, I'M BACK!!!

Oh, and happy Independence Day folks!

Party pooper! :) :) :)

There's a funny, yet disgusting story you reminded me about when saying that.

TG back to ya, Sylvonia

and to you to DS.

And Tanara, I replied.

There's a funny, yet disgusting story you reminded me about when saying that.

DO tell (tg me if it can't be printed on the forum).

I will TG it to you. It only reminded me of it because it got brought up on our regional forum too.

EDIT: the TG was sent.

Just to explain precisely, my character is not evil, even because I roleplay with shades of grey rather than black and white. Yelena is bigoted(the farther from human someone looks, least she will care about), coward, prideful, selfish, but she is a decent, honest person, just not a (Mary Sue) hero.

Would it be acceptable for one of my character's personal dreams to serve as a screen for her journey in dreamland to locate Drai'lle? As an old example, this is how far her dreams can get on the darker side, but there are other types of dream she tends to have too:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13594010&postcount=255

An update:

One of the control operators has had her baby meaning she will be out for at least a month.

The situation is I am one of the few people that have been trained to cover her position. The end result is this week I will be putting in about 48 hours of OT (beyond my own 40 hours) and it looks like it will be like this for a couple weeks.

I will do what I can but I will not have time for lengthy posts that take hours to get just right.


The current situation in the RP, a summery of what is needed for Galvenor would be apreciated.

I have a pretty good idea what happened, the mysterious person approached me on MSN and asked me about the kidnapping of a student. I told them if it happened so it was not magical or outside the school it should not trigger anything nasty. They also would have to get in tough with the target and arrance things with them. I can tell you nothing else for that was all we spoke about. I will not tell you who it was so don't ask, I don't want to tell you the end of the movie while you are watching it.

An update:

One of the control operators has had her baby meaning she will be out for at least a month.

The situation is I am one of the few people that have been trained to cover her position. The end result is this week I will be putting in about 48 hours of OT (beyond my own 40 hours) and it looks like it will be like this for a couple weeks.

I will do what I can but I will not have time for lengthy posts that take hours to get just right.


The current situation in the RP, a summery of what is needed for Galvenor would be apreciated.

I have a pretty good idea what happened, the mysterious person approached me on MSN and asked me about the kidnapping of a student. I told them if it happened so it was not magical or outside the school it should not trigger anything nasty. They also would have to get in tough with the target and arrange things with them. I can tell you nothing else for that was all we spoke about. I will not tell you who it was so don't ask, I don't want to tell you the end of the movie while you are watching it.

We're not watching it, dude, we're making it. The watching argument doesn't apply.


I know who our mystery date is, too. It's...


..........


..........


Sorry. Sworn to secrecy. I might not believe in propaganda, but, when I make a promise, I keep it. :) :) :)

So can Marvel reveal them? This is driving me nuts because I'm dealing with not one, but TWO ways of tracking Drai'lle, and I know neither will work.

No, Marvel cannot reveal the kidnapper. All that he can reveal is that Morpheus is not the actual kidnapper. To him, this is a moot point, however.

Worth a shot I guess.

I can say... naw even that might be too much.

but I will say my posts have contained clues, especially if you think about my characters and their natures.

I will say that you all are doing an excellent job of thinking inside the box.

That is not meant as an insult- you are thinking like young mages. and being incredibly creative.

It was true. Drai'lee hadn't noticed Marvel eating. Sometimes she just got so lost in her thoughts she wouldn't notice a demon if it came and kissed her on the nose...but she really did try not to let her thoughts wander that far afield.

She blushed and apologised "I guess I was day dreaming"

She took the offered glass, sniffed it, as she'd seen her mother do, then sipped it carefull. drawing her breath in in a gasp of pleased surprize. "Oh Marvel that is delicious!" She finished it quickly. Then abruptly she stood, looking towards her room. "You all just stay right here. I heard Rosh calling me." She kissed Marvel on the cheek "Thank you that was a wonderful finish!" and hurried out.

She was certain she heard Rosh call...but while she didn't realise it herself, she was absolutely plastered - her body was treating the wime as if she were still Fae sized...but no one could tell this outwardly...Fae normally acted a bit tipsy.

Khat sipped his slowly, humming under his breath. "She's right, this is simply Maaavelllous!" He twitched his whiskers at Marvel "She'll be back soon enough, she just worries about Rosh, him being a baby and all. He was nearly dead when he showed up and it took her forever to nurse him back to health." The feliniid explained further...

Drai'lee noticed none of this. Gliding happily along just certain she could get back to her rooms she noticed a wide banded ring on the floor. "Oh some ones dropped their pretty" she mumbled to herself, and with a drunks careful grace picked it up. It didn't seem to have any markings on the outside, but she could see fine writing on the inside as she looked it over.

"Oh so thats who's it is! It looks far to big for them, but I could be wrong" she giggled tipsily and began to follow the directions to return it. Though she did notice how dark it suddenly was, but that made no matter to her, the Fae saw perfectly well in the dark.

Once she reached her destination she smiled brightly, it was just where any Fae would think it a wonderful place to put things. It was so in tune with their natures, as well as the one who'd lost the ring...

But as she began to place it in...

she suddenly found herself somewhere else, a dimly lit, cold cube...

The ring fell, blank both inside and out now...

"let's go find your other half. Something strange is going on here."

Khat looked about, his ears going flat against his head as he too - though his way of senseing was different form Marvels - could no longer sense Drai'lee's presence. He bounded to his feet and with a quick paw motion to Marvel bounded out of the room, trolling for Drai'lee's scent.

Though just outside their room he came to a halt and looked around bewhilderedly.

"Her scent stops here" He said frowning.. then, flemhing, he took in a long pull of the air "New scent here though, familiar but not..." He darted into the room, only to come back with drooping whikers and eawrs, shaking his head negatively.

Drai'lee frowned as she suddently realized that she was back to Fae sized, her human cloths hiding her all but foot tall figure. Exasperated she struggled out of their entrapment. The blank walled cube seemed to have just enough room for them and her. The corners seemed to be seamless, and from all she could see at the moment there was no door.

"Hey, let me out! Let me out now, or I'll Pix you good!" She shouted as loud as she could but there was no response. Standing she went over - just a small step really - to the nearest wall and pounded on it. Hoping that ...hoping a lot of incoherent things, but mostly that she could get out quick. It felt so very wrong in here..

Khat caught the satchel that Marvel tossed to him and when the demon told him to go find Galvenor he hustled to do just that. He headed at top speed bak to the dining room, the last place he had seen Galvenor

"Galvenor...Galvenooooooooorrrr" He screeched at the top of his lungs...

Dari'lee cried out as she saw Marvel break open one wall, and she fought to climb over her clothes to get there - there just wasn't enough room to fly. But she couldn't seem to reach the opening, with every move it go further aways it seemed. Then small cube filled quickly with a monsterous stench and Drai'lee cried out as the rent snapped shut. She choked for a moment, her eyes watering barely able to breathe then abruptly the smell was gone, transformed into a tiny hard cube.

She kicked at it petutalantly, then hopped about on one foot rubbing the now aching big toe. The cube seemed to be heavier than it's size would account for.

"Damn you Stinky Butt, how could you do that and not get me out of here!!!!! Get me out of here !!!!!" She screamed. pounding on the bare walls some more, far more frantically now. She was too busy to notice that the small hard cube had simply vanished.

The small cube of solidified flatulence appeared in mid air, just outside of the perfect hiding place and fell to land next to the ring.

In side the bare, dank cube Drai'lee was pacing in circles, trying not to get any more upset than she alreay was...and it wsa getting colder, or so it seemed...Eventually she was shivvering too hard to keep walking and she thought to bury herself in her human sized clothes, but her wings kept snagging on the lace, and the leather wasn't very warm or flexible, and the silk scanties just weren't...

Soon she was in tears.

Khat burst into the dining hall, still screaming for Galvenor at the top of his not inconsiderable lungs. He stopped short when he saw all eyes on him and then drew another breath.

"Dari'lee's been Fae Napped. We have to find her! Where's Galvenor?" the short Felinid bellowed, looking about frantically.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rash had tried he reallly had, but Dari'lee had not returned to her room since she'd snuggled him down to sleep. And he couldn't feel her anywhere - he tried telling the demon that but he wasn't sure it got through. She'd come back, she always had, to his mind there was no other possibility, and thus no reason to worry.

Now pettings? Pettings were always to be garnered whenever and however possible.

Drai'lee sobbed for some time, but the memory of Marvel almost finding her made her hiccup and sniffle, the tears ending on their own..."He'll find me, he has too!...Then she found herself getting dizzy, a wave passing over her..odd and cold a darkness descending...

she toppled over on her side, forced into the arms of Morpheus.

Drai'lle stirred and snuggled up to her much loved and equally tattered blankee...only to find that she couldn't. She awoke then, groggy and disoriented, finding herself completely unable to move, cold, stiff, and sore all over. Tight bands held her spread eagled on a cold metal table. Her wings were trapped under her and they hurt abominably.

Some one was talking to her. She couldn't understand the words at first but when she could they didn't make any sense. The voice sounded sickening overly sweetly female, but among the Fae, some men affected such voices.

"Sorry for kidnapping you...all for the good of the people...experimenting... must be..."

Oh that sounded way to much like something out of one of the forbidden mangas she had hidden in her treehouse, or worse the hentai rags she'd caught her mother's secretary sneaking peeks at.

There are lots of clues there, really there are.

Oh great, a needle in a haystack. Your posts are long, any number of things could be clues.

And what box do you refer to? I don't even know where the nearest box is! :p

LOL that in the quote box is everything from the start to the currrent where Drai'lee is concerned. thats only a couple of loose paragraphs. If you ignore anything by Khat, or by Rosh, leaving just this...

Gliding happily along just certain she could get back to her rooms she noticed a wide banded ring on the floor. "Oh some ones dropped their pretty" she mumbled to herself, and with a drunks careful grace picked it up. It didn't seem to have any markings on the outside, but she could see fine writing on the inside as she looked it over.

"Oh so thats who's it is! It looks far to big for them, but I could be wrong" she giggled tipsily and began to follow the directions to return it. Though she did notice how dark it suddenly was, but that made no matter to her, the Fae saw perfectly well in the dark.

Once she reached her destination she smiled brightly, it was just where any Fae would think it a wonderful place to put things. It was so in tune with their natures, as well as the one who'd lost the ring...

But as she began to place it in...

she suddenly found herself somewhere else, a dimly lit, cold cube...

The ring fell, blank both inside and out now...

Drai'lee frowned as she suddently realized that she was back to Fae sized, her human cloths hiding her all but foot tall figure. Exasperated she struggled out of their entrapment. The blank walled cube seemed to have just enough room for them and her. The corners seemed to be seamless, and from all she could see at the moment there was no door.

"Hey, let me out! Let me out now, or I'll Pix you good!" She shouted as loud as she could but there was no response. Standing she went over - just a small step really - to the nearest wall and pounded on it. Hoping that ...hoping a lot of incoherent things, but mostly that she could get out quick. It felt so very wrong in here..

Dari'lee cried out as she saw Marvel break open one wall, and she fought to climb over her clothes to get there - there just wasn't enough room to fly. But she couldn't seem to reach the opening, with every move it go further aways it seemed. Then small cube filled quickly with a monsterous stench and Drai'lee cried out as the rent snapped shut. She choked for a moment, her eyes watering barely able to breathe then abruptly the smell was gone, transformed into a tiny hard cube.

She kicked at it petutalantly, then hopped about on one foot rubbing the now aching big toe. The cube seemed to be heavier than it's size would account for.

"Damn you Stinky Butt, how could you do that and not get me out of here!!!!! Get me out of here !!!!!" She screamed. pounding on the bare walls some more, far more frantically now. She was too busy to notice that the small hard cube had simply vanished.

The small cube of solidified flatulence appeared in mid air, just outside of the perfect hiding place and fell to land next to the ring.

In side the bare, dank cube Drai'lee was pacing in circles, trying not to get any more upset than she alreay was...and it wsa getting colder, or so it seemed...Eventually she was shivvering too hard to keep walking and she thought to bury herself in her human sized clothes, but her wings kept snagging on the lace, and the leather wasn't very warm or flexible, and the silk scanties just weren't...

Soon she was in tears.

Drai'lee sobbed for some time, but the memory of Marvel almost finding her made her hiccup and sniffle, the tears ending on their own..."He'll find me, he has too!...Then she found herself getting dizzy, a wave passing over her..odd and cold a darkness descending...

she toppled over on her side, forced into the arms of Morpheus.

Drai'lle stirred and snuggled up to her much loved and equally tattered blankee...only to find that she couldn't. She awoke then, groggy and disoriented, finding herself completely unable to move, cold, stiff, and sore all over. Tight bands held her spread eagled on a cold metal table. Her wings were trapped under her and they hurt abominably.

Some one was talking to her. She couldn't understand the words at first but when she could they didn't make any sense. The voice sounded sickening overly sweetly female, but among the Fae, some men affected such voices.

"Sorry for kidnapping you...all for the good of the people...experimenting... must be..."

Oh that sounded way to much like something out of one of the forbidden mangas she had hidden in her treehouse, or worse the hentai rags she'd caught her mother's secretary sneaking peeks at.

Come on thats not that much to read through for clues...

It's certainly better, though it's still a needle in a haystack, the haystack is just a bit smaller. Thanks for the help though, this is much better...

EDIT: I read it a couple times, but I still don't get it. I'll just go with the flow and see where we end up. Besides, it's not good to ruin the ending of a movie for yourself now is it?

I have some guesses, but it's pointless as ICly my character knows only what others told her about the incident.

So I'll just go the lazy way with this. Because my mind just got lazy on thinking about it.

I wonder if it is someone who was inside the tower who did it in secrecy. Actually that would make sense. Who would suspect of an insider?

Well, we can narrow it down a bit, it's not Drai'lle obviously, or Khat. Nor is it my trio, Yelena, or Marvel. It's not Jax, I'm talking to Dans le Noir right now and and she's as confused as I. Though from what we've been told, it's nobody we've even met yet, so I don't think insider is the word I'd use to describe them.

Yelena does not trust the undead. But maybe this is just a wild guess.

There is no clue that points to something that came out of the tower(after all, a ring would not spawn inside it without calling any attention at all), specially as I have no idea about the nooks and cranks of this Fae stuff.

Plus that undead character seems to be of the type who likes rings.

Don't worry, I'm as confused as anyone else who doesn't have contact with this mystery person.

Soviet Steam's post was about Yellena, not the kidnapper. He's expanding on something he did with me in another thread.

They're not being fair here. You have to have participated in other threads--not all of which I did--to get the clues. The clues relate to other threads in which our mystery date has participated.

The cube points to one thread, the ring to another. I'm not sure of the size change, though.

I'm writing all of this because I didn't find it from asking the mystery date. I reasoned it out myself. Because of this, I might be wrong.

If you need someone with Galvenor's/Eldrad's Degree of magic and could represent the school in efforts to kidnap a rescued student, from someone with more time than what Bal and snake has availible, I can help.

Teachers from The White Tower from long ago, teachers who are, quite technically, still apart of the staff, even though they had to temporarily leave to deal with a massive crises. Infact, you've already met them. No, their not Hoyrel and Lerim, but I'm sure Bal already knows who they are. I bet he didn't know, their already inside the tower, and have been there for some time.

So, yeah. If you need to change roles around to accomodate RL difficulties, I'm here to help.

I will say but one more thing- nothing in this involves anything from another thread that I am aware of. This has all been engineered by someone in the thread.

I will say this again. You are thinking like mages, a, lovely creative box to think inside of...now think outside of it!~

Tanara, are you trying to tell us we're going about this the wrong way?

Put it this way: I have a collection of close to 1300 books - about a third are mysteries, so while I am no detective, I'm a bit more than "stay in a Holiday Inn Express" :p

You people make my head hurt. At any rate, I'll see where this goes.

LOL then you aren't exercizing your brain enough.

No, I am. It's just summer, I don't feel like thinking. :p

No, actually, I didn't participate in previous threads so I can't pick up on the clues. I'll have to stand back and watch then.

Honestly - I have no idea either as to what other clues in what other threds they believe there are.

I still don't understand the clues and to what they point to. I don't know if I even found the clues. We're looking for a needle in a gigantic haystack. She could be in the castle, she could be in some other plane of existence. We don't know because we don't know what the clues are. We think we found some of them, but we may not have found any.

Search for it in Google.

Sorry, couldn't resist, it's just that there are too many modern thrillers where that happens.

~_~

That's not even in the same zip code as funny.

Hit point. Take a point of damage.

~We know its someone inside the tower

~We know that we find the location when the box of "flatulence" is located. It's outside the "box" where she's being held

~We know it's someone smallish in stature

So, with this much decided, we need to add any other final clues we KNOW, not guess, and decide who it is.

Could it be someone from the beginning of the thread, where everyone was active and many tapered off into inactivity? Maybe it's someone who was active there.

I hope that my post wasn't utterly wrong. Otherwise, I guess a retcon will be needed.

I think that solving this and moving on would be good. :P

It's never that simple.

Sad. But true.

Maybe we could get another clue?

I doubt it.

Also, Josh and Jax don't know what they're supposed to see on the other side of the portal, it'd be nice to have some info as to what they see.

Heads up: I joined 5 million other Americans today. I have dropped my phone in the toilet ... :(

This means:
~No instant messanger access
~No email
~Limited internet access

Yeah. Life sucks. I should recieve my new phone by the 10th, which is Thursday.

Hope things go back to normal by then!

Oh wow... And here I thought you were having problems with it before! Also, you shouldn't give into peer pressure like that, just cause 4,999,999 others do it doesn't mean you need to too!

Heads up: I joined 5 million other Americans today. I have dropped my phone in the toilet ... :(

This means:
~No instant messanger access
~No email
~Limited internet access

Yeah. Life sucks. I should recieve my new phone by the 10th, which is Thursday.

Hope things go back to normal by then!

What were you doing with a PHONE by the TOILET!?!?!?!

Oh. I forgot. You're female.

NE-VER MIIIIIIND!

(LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!)

DS, you are soooo... and I wish I could give you all more clues, but I don't have them to give, but I will say this y'all took a metaphor and ran with it in a way I totally did not expect y'all too - it wasn't a clue but y'all have turned it into a very interesting aspect that wasn't any part of it at all.

Kicks the faenapper in the shin - HEY, lets get a moving - they aren't going to wait on you forever! You've got 24 hours before... Well I'll thik of something.:eek::p

Blame my dog. That's all I have to say on the subject.

Waiting for what we see so we can post!

DS, you are soooo...

Rustic?

Boorish?

Crude?

When I'm joking around, HECK YEAH!!! AIN'T IT FUN?!?! :) :) :)

Not when I'm serious. I'm well aware that...

(Yoda voice): When what you are doing a farce is, but SERIOUS you are, then have you fallen to the Dark Side of the Farce.

May the Farce be with you all! :) :) :)

I wsa going to say... male...

I have no talent for writing farces, even French ones - tho. they make me giggle hysterically.

My Favorite - How Much for Just the Planet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_for_Just_the_Planet%3F) -a full blown, fully over the top Star Trek farce.

and honestly I don't know what to post. I've gotten one more dribble of info, but I'm totaly unsure how to work it in.

You mean the one where everyone on the whole planet turns Kirk and the Klingons into a stage show, where characters burst into song in the middle of their speeches? And where the Klin and the Feds end up in the middle of a giant pie fight?

Wouldn't know what you're talking about. Never read it. ;)

giggles madly - and my original copy is so old it's falling apart. and yep, thats the one.

Blame my dog. That's all I have to say on the subject.

Want me to share the story then? :D

And DS, bursting into song in the middle of a speech is something I've been doing for the past few years now. It's called the school musical. :p

You know I really am surprized that no one has made a list of students and thought to notice which ones are missing...

and more clues are up

and since this was purely on my own...the metaphor - it's an old one for being sleep...

A list of missing students? You mean like this one? I haven't noticed any of these in a while.

Miyu Otsuki
Ruari Dhurigh
Yuki Harada
Miki Harada
Crisi Ikarus
Halna LeGavilk
Jenna Marioc
Karia Larestin
Kyle
Marcus
Hoyrel

I hope you guys know just how much my eyes hurt after scanning 11 pages of posts at 40 posts each.

Ruari Dhurigh and Khat and Drai'lee and Marvel were all in the dining hall chatting together so you can cross him off...and Hoyrel, the blind Bard was in there as well iirc...There is the purple robbed wizzard who's name I haven't quite caught yet - he was talking to Marvel inthe dining hall

and Kyle and Marcus are Balroggias, so I doubt its them.

and you know Yelena has never trusted Ivan Berezovsky - and we haven't seen him for a bit.

and what about June RoverMouse, the artificer mouse, or the grumpy knight, Gustav von Stueben, Graff von Stueben, who has seemingly vanished.

and where are Lerim, the wand weilder Mathus Magnus, the elf king Tulael and blind instructor known as Arkane, or the charms instructor Miyu Otsuki - though I don't think that instructors would have a part in this.

I don't think that Crisi Ikarus ever got brought in? ..no wait one she is mentioned as arriving...

But what about these three: Halna LeGavilk< his intro was half written and never finished, per the note on the post > Jenna Marioc, Karia Larestin - I think they never got brought in, or haven't by post 285, so I think we can count them off...

Didn't Yuki Harada & Miki Harada have tribbles? I don't think they ever left the courtyard LOL

Ivan is hiding somewhere.

Supposedly sleeping, but after midnight, the dead want to speak, and he is the only one who can listen to them.

I have plans to bring him back, but he would definitively not bother about a Fae. Actually his return will be quite interesting. The knight Gustav? Why would he be there for the sake of capturing a Fae?

I suspected of the purple robed wizard, but thinking again, this is more complicated and I'm too lazy for mind games.

June and Arkane are teachers, that's why I left them off. I should have ignored Miyu in this list too cause this is students...

So then that leaves my list as follows. Bold names are accounted for. Italics are courtyard or never brought in.

Ruari Dhurigh
Yuki Harada
Miki Harada
Crisi Ikarus
Halna LeGavilk
Jenna Marioc
Karia Larestin
Kyle
Marcus
Hoyrel
Purple Robe
Lerim
Mathus Magnus
Tulael

This then leaves us with anyone in italics or normal text.

erm June is not a teacher.

A quick search of the thread reveals this.

Teacher Character - June RoverMouse

It's from Miceland's post.

Technically there are only two Instructors at the Tower, Galvenor and Eldrad. The interviews for the teacher positions have not been held yet.

I do recognize there are characters people made with the intention of becoming teachers here, it's just they have not been given those positions yet...

thought so -waves at Galvenor

and Kyle and Marcus are Balroggias, so I doubt its them.



Another technicality, they are just generic humans not associated with my nation in any way. Balrogga has no humans in it anymore for over 500 years ICly. I do occasionally pull a character or three from a generic stockpile I saved in an old sneaker for RPing purposes. The stinky sneaker keeps them fresh without having to thaw them and dealing with freezerburn afterwards.

The fact Soviet Steam is human-only is also a technicality. Actually there are fae folks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies), but they should not be called "a different species", because they are not made of flesh and bones, but instead are spiritual beings.

Or in basic words: there are humans, and there are ghosts and spirits.

And they are really mythical, because 99.99% of Soviet Steam population never seen any of these beings and think they are fairy tales, and of the 0.01% remaining, most are not alive or sufficiently sane to be convincing.

I have my phone, but I will be at a concert tonight. Expect my normal activity to return tomorrow after work, and a much needed nap.

Hoyrel and Lerim are in the cafeteria minding their own business. They were on the otherside knee deep in thought not paying much attention to anything.
Also, while they appear Human, niether actually is human, but all the schools tests and all the schools powers can't yet crack the secrets they hold.

Also, I promise I am completly uninvolved with this, despite having an unusually large variety of fantasy creatures in Warhaven.
EDIT:
Also, this old man I'm introducing, he's only there to help indirectly, he won't actually fight unless it's neccessary, but he will keep the portal open and otherwise enable y'all to save Drailee yourselves. But, I'm not really introducing him, so much as Re-introducing him....

Ruari Dhurigh
Kyle
Marcus
Hoyrel
Purple Robe
Lerim
Yuki Harada
Miki Harada
Crisi Ikarus
Halna LeGavilk
Jenna Marioc
Karia Larestin
Mathus Magnus
Tulael

Same rules as before apply. Does anyone have anything else they want to add to eliminate more suspects?

As far as Sylvonia goes, it's a general mix of a lot of things. Demons, humans, fairy tale folk, and angels. What's not human usually has magic, but it's rare to find a pure blooded human that can use magic unaided. Zena's an exception to that, even Mali needs an instrument most, if not all of the time.

When I was rolling stats for Yelena, I got Luck 1.

Ouch. If you'll pardon the pun, that's bad luck. :p

As a note on what is happening, since no one has gotten back to us on what they will see, Sylvonia and I have decided to take things in our direction.

We have decided that the portal will show the worst fears of whomever is inside of it. Kind of like the visions that can harm the body, but aren't real, even if they seem to be.

So that's what's going on.

And no, Jax at least is too frightened to hear you or your thoughts.

We have decided that the portal will show the worst fears of whomever is inside of it. Kind of like the visions that can harm the body, but aren't real, even if they seem to be.

Call it Room 101. Soviet Steam is not Oceania, but it almost got there once.

Also good thing I refused to send Yelena there, it would be too traumatic and deadly as well(or in brief words: 50% death chance). To be trapped to a giant spiderweb and be dismembered by huge spiders while their poisons provoke further unbearable pain. And even if no real physical harm came, she would take a week to forget it.

Wait until Marvel tries to teach her some "basic practical magic." Eldrad may understand all that high-level, highfalutin' stuff, but Marvel thinks he understands street magic better than anybody else (laugh track, paleeeeuzz!). So he's going to try to show her some "basic" stuff (if she's foolish enough to let him), and, boy, does he not know what he's getting into when he tries to "motivate" her or what?

("Teleport the little ball away from you, Yellena. What's that? You can't? Well, then maybe it'll help you if you just think of it as my newest pet..." ::POOF!:: Little ball turns into (illusion of) nasty-looking spider...)

A few seconds later, when they've teleported Marvel's cruel little heart BACK into his body (along with a few other parts that I won't mention) after Yellena has shown just how good she REALLY is at teleporting small, round objects, I'm sure he'll believe that he's made a fitting sacrifice to the art of education... ;)

Lol!!!

LIke I said I don't think that teachers would be involved in this and as there are only two teachers - Galvenor and Eldrad - it does put her back on the list of the missing...

Leaving out those in the dining hall, and those who never left the courtyard,

Lets see
the missing mouse June Rovermouse -never heard from again once she wandered off

Mathus Magnus of steamy soviet - scuttled off for some sleep, supposedly

Arkane - last seen entering the building with the others

I think that is alll...

But I am going to tell the Fae-napper- I think they are letting things hang too long, and people are losing patience with all of this.

Well, at least ONE of us is...and he's getting ready to drop that nation's name so fast you'd think it was yesterday's trash...

It's time for this to end.

LOL - If you didn't stink so I'd hug you.

Good, cause Pondera's got to get goin pretty soon anyways.
He has Hijinx and pranks to pull on innocent bystanders who deserve it in bizaar and convoluted schemes of revenge so far reaching that it would make your head spin just thinking about it.

Well, I mose well start posting, I thought you would have acted in a different manner, sometimes there's things which just staying still and casting magic can't fix.

And, yes, If you haven't seen the IC Post June RoverMouse is the Fae-napper. Reasons and details as to why and whats going to happen will just have to unfold.

Well, I mose well start posting, I thought you would have acted in a different manner, sometimes there's things which just staying still and casting magic can't fix.

There was very little to none of ICly available clues to begin with. I've played lots of Adventure games, so I know what I'm talking about, it needed to have at least one item that can be combined in a completely random manner with another one to make something that shows something like a map written with lemon juice(blank piece of rag somewhere + candle), or something like that.

The descriptions given about what Drai'lle saw and felt were OOC, so I did not focus on them for it would make no sense in-character. Also, my character was just on a "I will pretend I care so they don't scorn me", so she would not really dedicate much about it.

To be honest, I was surprised you stayed basically in the one spot.

You could of tracked where Drai'lee went, I admit there was a bit of a mix-up with the cube.

Drai'lee was obviously not on campus and the divinitions that were cast ended up in a dead end. So if you couldn't find her directly, then surely there are ways to find her indirectly. Which really was what I was looking for you to do.

Magic abilities are nice and all that but it's more than, problem, cast a spell, resolution. With the cube you could have tried to work out where it went. Finding more IC clues and such as you went along.

I think what really hampered this was the lack of Balrogga, just the timing threw everything to pieces. And which was why Tanara said "You're all thinking like Mages" to try and suggest looking at other avenues. such as perhaps as going out and looking for her, with the information that you ICly had. Sort of like one of those treasure hunts, where one clue lead on to the next onto the next and so forth until you arrive at the Fae-nappers cave.

the ring was to be returned to some place that a fae thought was a good hiding place for both her and the one who lost it.

The ring fell to the ground -with no note of it making noise as if it landed on stone or wood - carpet? leaves? grass?

Clues:

"Oh so thats who's it is! It looks far to big for them, but I could be wrong

was just where any Fae would think it a wonderful place to put things. It was so in tune with their natures, as well as the one who'd lost the ring...

The small cube of solidified flatulence appeared in mid air, just outside of the perfect hiding place and fell to land next to the ring.

sickening overly sweetly female, but among the Fae, some men affected such voices.

And later I posted that Drai'lee knew that she had been moved, to the top of a mountain.

and if you will reread the mouse's entrance, it's posted that she came down from her hole in the mountain.

And yes I was trying to encourage people to physically investigate, not just majically

Add to that the fact the knowledge of what lies beyond the Tower is extremely sketchy. And I couldn't remind such detail of a nth post while I was busy remembering for the finals.

Also, no resurrections please.

Good, cause Pondera's got to get goin pretty soon anyways.
He has Hijinx and pranks to pull on innocent bystanders who deserve it in bizaar and convoluted schemes of revenge so far reaching that it would make your head spin just thinking about it.

Oh...is THAT all...?

LOL - If you didn't stink so I'd hug you.

I, personally, don't...so...if you can find a way to stretch your arms across the internet... :) :) :)

*hugs* then

and yes Drai'lee is very intent on killing that mouse, one way or another - and she has more than just a couple of ways available to her.

Nothing against Miceland, but you really, really pissed her off.

...and not just her...

:) :) :)

Damn I missed a lot. You guys enjoy doing that to me don't you?

I'm not going to lie, I didn't like the way this turned out. At all.

Those acting in this assumed that we could pick up on clues that only made sense if we knew who the napper was, and the napper wasn't even active this entire time.

Also, the people who could have steered us in the right direction weren't active in their roles, so how were we suppossed to understand it all?

I kinda agree with her. June just vanished and we had no indication of where she went. At the same time, if you look at the clues, they could have been another Fae or even a creature we hadn't met yet. I'm glad it's over though, the clues were so small and so well hidden that it was impossible to find them.

And SS, my bad, our interpretations were clearly different on what happened to Yelena's remains when Marvel moved them. Name the phrase "It grabbed her body and shuffled it off...somewhere." made me think it was moved from the tower.

Dans, my apologies for the clues not being given out better.

I too feel that it was allowed to go on too long without direct input from the one that engineered this.

And to be bluntly honest I did not like Warhaven's new character suddenly popping in.

Niether did I, but he's forever gone now, so you don't have to worry about him. Also, he's actually the oldest character I have.

That's OK. I needed an excuse to get Marve good 'n riled up.

I don't expect those combat spells he just used to have any affect, BTW..."the shell" should protect the place from him...for now.

THIS IS SOVIET STEAM:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ew9YQVRSlHE

Only without the last part of the video.

Creepy shit that is.

That's OK. I needed an excuse to get Marve good 'n riled up.

I don't expect those combat spells he just used to have any affect, BTW..."the shell" should protect the place from him...for now.

The fireballs won't work... that's right.. .but the compression wave. The source of the waves would be magical but the actual compression would not be.

I'd also like to point out that the shell is almost like a complete magical barrier. Magic shouldn't be able to pass in or out, but once inside it's un-hindered.

Sorta like a nuclear bunker, nothing gets in or out but life to the extent it can in such a confined space is normal.

So now that Marvel is there he's basically unhinded in attacking June.

As it is, my guy's "stuck" in the dining hall. Mostly because I've been going all kinds of -_- from the path the story took. Not that my character would've given a damn about yon kidnappings nor deaths. ALthough he would probably be out there to try to take a hold of the soul of the dead Yelena and bind it to the Empire. :p

In fact...

BTW, he may not look like it, but Marve's on the edge of a major collapse. He's used up just about all the physiological resources he has. If Drai'lee decides he's lost control and smacks him good (hint), it'll drop him once but good.

Oh don't worry Drai'lees seen every James Bond movie out there -

As it is, my guy's "stuck" in the dining hall. Mostly because I've been going all kinds of -_- from the path the story took. Not that my character would've given a damn about yon kidnappings nor deaths. ALthough he would probably be out there to try to take a hold of the soul of the dead Yelena and bind it to the Empire. :p

In fact...

Atheists have no afterlife! :P

Also, if you tried to raise her as an undead, it would pop another Stalin Zombie.

Atheists have no afterlife! :P

Also, if you tried to raise her as an undead, it would pop another Stalin Zombie.

That's what the atheists on the planets conquered by the Ashen Empire thought! :p

whut am a Stalin zombie plx

And he wouldn't go off raising any corpses but rather do nasties with the disembodied spirit!11

whut am a Stalin zombie plx

See the Youtube link on the end of my signature

Her case is like that one from Planescape Torment where the Nameless One convinced a guy he doesn't exist and he vanished. Only this time she is so heavily convinced she has no soul that her consciousness and existence became linked with her physical body.

He's trying to devour her soul, dude.

Not exactly devour it. What's the point in eating souls? Merely... Reroute it and bind it to the service of the Lord!

Not exactly devour it. What's the point in eating souls? Merely... Reroute it and bind it to the service of the Lord!

Nourishment, of course...and who's this Lord guy, anyway? ;)

Nourishment, of course...and who's this Lord guy, anyway? ;)

He doesn't use souls for nourishment. Nor does any being in the Ashen Empire. However, if one is turned into an "inhabitant" of the Netherworld or even the Underworld itself, s/he can be brought forth as a... Productive member of the Ashen Empire later on. And the Lord is none other than the Lord of the Underworld, who is the main reason why the Ashen Empire exists in the first place (although that doesn't mean that the Lord of the Underworld would care at all about what happens to the Ashen Empire).

Note that this Underworld is strictly separate from the Inferno (and shouldn't be confused with the Underworld you've been talking about). The Inferno, which is the realm of devils of all kinds, is also far less a place of afterlife than the Underworld is. Magically speaking, summoning demons from Inferno uses the path of Blood and requires human sacrifice (which is a reason behind the ancient hatred the Ashen Empire fosters against the demons), while bringing forth undead beings from the Underworld (or reanimation of corpses) uses the path of Death which uses magical gems procured from sites of death (such as old battlefields, age old places where animals go to die, even ancient graveyards).

Only Science! can bring the dead back, and only if their bodies are still not rotting. Or at least doctor Vyankostanov says so. They "bury" their dead ones in the permafrost because of his claims, and because it allows places that would serve as graveyards to serve as farms because of the scarcity of arable lands.

All it needs is a huge lightning and a sinister castle of a mad scientist, plus Victorian Era styled pseudo-science made real.

He doesn't use souls for nourishment.

Never said he did. You asked a question and I answered it. You didn't ask me to relate that answer to your character (heh heh). :) :p :)

Note that this Underworld is strictly separate from the Inferno.

Read that book. It was boring. Too much name-dropping. :D

(BTW, I'm not ignoring your points, I'm just adding a little levity to the situation. I will file this information away for times when my character interacts with yours.)

Only Science! can bring the dead back.

Good gracious, Miss Sakimoto! You're BEAUTIFUL!

Well, in Ermorian lore you can't bring the dead "back" without considerable changes to their person. This means that they'll be undead, with or without corporeal bodies. There's only one way to get even close to returning them to their original form, too, and still they'll be quite different.

Basically, you can only have a truly ancient spectral master of many paths of magic create himself a living shell.

Read that book. It was boring. Too much name-dropping.

What book? :confused:

My next character will be called Linyos Torovoltos

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone.

And before someone goes WTF?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine

Now I could have several analytical engines connected to each other by a series of tubes.


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*Edit.

And this fits perfectly for the Kingdom of Yaga, or as "Ivan's theme":

http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=K8KQK08bOa4

That "Is Your Son a Hacker" thing was pretty lame, dude. Anybody can rewrite history. It takes a truly warped and twisted mind to make it funny, though--and the guy who wrote that article only managed to make it to "loonie."

Have you ever corresponded with Linus Torvalds, or are you just going to "wing it" with your new character?

BTW, I have a pair of mobile racks installed on my desktop machine at home. One of the advantages of having built the thing myself. When I feel like running Windows, I pop in a hard drive with Windows on it (I'm using XP now). When I feel like linux, I have my choice between Debian, Ubuntu and Linspire. Usually, I use Ubuntu. I like their update manager.

When Miceland is ready to bring in their next character (probably after his current one is done) Galvenor will be returning with them. His leaving to fetch them is the only logical explination I can come up with to explain his non-involvement.

When he returns he will lock down the school. There will be no transporting into or out of the sachool other than by Instructors. People will have to arrive outside the front gate of the courtyard because it protects everything within the walls of the grounds.

Hey Mar - a tg headed your way

Balrogga, just to clarify, if the people who report to the "gate" of the grounds will be let in, right?

Anyone trying to teleport after Galvenor returns will be automatically rerouted to appear outside the courtyard walls standing in front of the main gate. Anyone trying to leave will find their spell/ability failed to function.

If they can get someone's attention by using the pull bell someone will be out to answer the bell and to see who is there. If they have business and should be there, they will be let in just like any other secure place. If they are just sightseers they will be directed to the Arena down the hill or some of the other places of interest.

Not just anyone will be let in, just like in your RL home. Only people who have a reason to be there will. Galvenor will not want another incident to happen and will take steps to keep you safe.

Edit: Please note, instructors are allowed to teleport themselves but only themselves. Eldrad and Galvenor are the only ones that can take the barrier down but they can "open" a lecture hall for a class in these modes of transportation. Summoning creatures or things would also be blocked.



We would not want this to happen:

"Today we talk about the metaphysical differences between the red-eyed Squirk and the..."

The Instructor stops as a tour guide walks through the lecture hall, "...and in here we can see an actual class being held. It is..."

Good to know. And yes, that would be very bad to see tour guides in a school. Of course, should that happen, Mali would probably grab her flute and watch their eardrums bleed.

Tour guides couldn't be worser than the Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия or than the чрезвычайная комиссия. And they have a serious agenda of defeating magic with Science!

Tour guides couldn't be worser than the Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия or than the чрезвычайная комиссия. And they have a serious agenda of defeating magic with Science!

whatever you said....

Ok, SS, not to be rude, but this has been bugging me. You say "worser" a lot, and it's one of my pet peeves that that is improper grammar. It just bugs me because "worse" is the proper term. Sorry if I sound angry or annoyed or like I'm trying to be mean, it just bugs me.

On a more serious note, I'm opening an specific thread for the events that will unfold again in Soviet Steam regarding Ivan and Yelena. Would it be an issue to inform about it here, as it links with this RP?

To you, they're Soviet Special Forces; to Marvel, they're victi--er--friends to have some fun with. :gundge: :gundge: :gundge:

::Soldier runs toward Marvel, raising gun.::

::ZAP! Illusion appears of soldier's pants falling down, so real that the soldier trips over them.::

I have no issue with side adventures and other Threads as long as there is an IC reason to have them associated, they do not reflect badly upon The White Tower, and they do not detract fromthe fun of the White Tower or steal players away.

Ok, SS, not to be rude, but this has been bugging me. You say "worser" a lot, and it's one of my pet peeves that that is improper grammar. It just bugs me because "worse" is the proper term. Sorry if I sound angry or annoyed or like I'm trying to be mean, it just bugs me.

I can be worser than that (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/grammarian.htm)

Heil Grammatik!