Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Role Playing => Topic started by: Seryna on March 27, 2009, 10:43:29 PM
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Hello. This is the thread for any out of character remarks about Prologue: Origins RP. Any questions or clarifications should come here, keeping the RP thread clear and RP only. Here is where you can ask to join and here is where the Bios shall be kept for reference.
The reason that no one was told about this group was simple- they failed. They were the ones that couldn't hold it together, the ones who didn't save the world - the ones who the Ellimist used as a platform for who he *didn't* want to choose in the last effort to save humanity.
Yet who were these people? Did they fail because they couldn't adapt? Perhaps because they couldn't make sacrifices or because they made too many?
Characters
Bio for the characters:
Name:
Age:
Appearance: (Anything one can tell from walking up to your character- hair color, height and so on).
History/Information
Played by: Fubar
Name: Alice Rex
Age: Several thousand years.
Appearance: Alice's hologram has shoulder-length straight light-brown/dark-blond hair, stands 5'5" tall, has hazel eyes, and dresses in a plain-jane style so-as to not draw too much attention to herself. She wears glasses, but they are not ugly. If given a serious style-makeover, Alice would look quite pretty, but as she is most boys don't pay her a second glance.
History/Information: Alice is a Chee with a slight malfunction in her programming that allowes her to do a limited number of things that Chee normally cannot do. She has been aware for some time now that a boy called Eddie keeps looking at her, and has her suspicions why that might be.
Created by:BRAD the BRIT, played by Seryna
Name: Brit Walsall
Age: 17
Appearance: Short with blond hair that always seems to stick up at odd angles. He is built stocky and has dark blue eyes, that makes him look board all the time.
History/Information: Born in England but Moved over to America when his dad got offered a job. He is currently training to be a nurse and already has numerous first aid qualifications. He hardly ever see his dad (who works at the local hospital as head surgeon) , and spends most of his time with friends or studying. He is immensely loyal to his friends and will do whatever necessary to protect them.
Created by:Damien, played by Seryna
Name: Damien Daziel
Age: 15
Appearance: He stands at 5'12" and on the skinny side. He has brown hair about 6" and is brushed to the right to keep it out of his blue eyes. Usually he wears dark colored clothes, usually with blues and blacks to help enforce his fake disguise.
History/Information: On the outside he appears uncaring, calm, collected, sarcastic, and almost bored. However that is just a mental disguise he uses to keep himself from becoming friends with anyone. Once you get past that outer shell he is friendly, caring, basically the opposite of what he wants people to think. He is smart and has a photographic memory, his IQ is rather high (around 160-170) but he keeps to himself most of the time so no-one knows he is highly intelligent, even his parents. He likes to study biology and the solar system, mainly stuff to do with DNA and and the possibility of alien races, he finds these subjects fascinating.
He had just recently moved from a different town. His parents have become busy with work and so on leaving him to do what he wants. Most of the time when his parents are home with his little sister (she is usually at daycare) he likes to play with her and when the rare occurrence of his parents being home before dinner occurrences he is spending it with his sister. However without his sister he just wanders around town seeming to study the area. He had been enrolled in the school for a month, no-one talks to him except to tease him about his low grades.(since he doesn't bother to do his homework)
Played by: Fubar
Name: Eddie Stobart
Age: 17
Appearance: Due to a motorbike accident, Eddie is wheelchair-bound. He has short black hair and is trying to grow a mustache. If he could stand, he'd be about 5'8" tall. He has blue eyes. His arms are overly-muscled, from operating his wheelchair. Conversely, his legs look withered from lack of use - He is paralyzed and can't move them.
History/Information: Eddie lives alone and hasn't seen his family for over a year. He makes a living programming and webmastering for several companies worldwide, though he still attends school. Academically, school isn't all that important to him any more, but he has his reasons for still going: Chief among them is that Alice Rex goes there. He fancies her and thinks he's in love with her, he just hasn't had the bottle to actually talk to her yet.
Created by:Shalner(Jess), played by Seryna
Name: Kasey Romenesko (prounounced K.C.)
Age: 16
Appearance: 5'10", medium/athletic build, dark brown hair, green eyes, dresses in higher-end clothing (and not by choice)
History: Kasey has lived in (this town) her entire life. Her father has served six consecutive terms on the city council, and is currently running for mayor. Her mom works as the marketing director at The Gardens. She has an older brother who is currently away at college (Duke). She also had a younger sister who was killed in a hit and run accident last year (at the age of six). Because she's the only child left at home, Kasey's parents are incredibly over-protective, and she is often forced to make appearances at campaign events that her father hosts. Kasey herself is primarily in AP courses in school, and has already been slated to follow her brother's educational path (despite her own wishes.) She has an intense interest in hiking and backpacking, and is in the woods at every available opportunity (and from this has good knowledge of how the terrain is layed-out). Her own plans after high school include leaving (home town) the day she turns 18 to backpack through South America.
Played by: Ossanlin
Name: Jas Kirogi (pronounced Jayce Keerohghee)
Age: 21
Appearance:
Jas appears at first glance to be purely Caucasian, though if you stare long enough you can determine the slightest tilt to his eyes belying that he has some Asian heritage. He stands about 5’11” and is slightly built at a moderate 170 lbs. His hair is very light, almost white, though he doesn’t seem to bleach it. It almost reaches his shoulders in length and has a slight natural curl that gives it a perpetual ‘feathered’ appearance. His dark brown eyes are a stark contrast to his hair, another indicator of some of his Asian heritage. He takes after his mother…Some would call him good-looking, others would call him cute, but he’s never seen with a girlfriend or anyone really. He usually wears simple t-shirts and nice jeans, not designer, but not Wal-Mart denim either. He can generally be seen wearing slip-on sandals and nice sun-glasses.
Played by: Seryna
Torrence Woodward
Age: 17
Appearance: Torrence is 5'8'' with short, bobbed dark brown hair. Deep blue eyes stare out of a fair face with a light sprinkling of freckles. She is of average build and doesn't have a set 'style'- she tends to shop at Anchor Blue and likes to dress in layers.
History/Information
Torrence is in the college prep courses in school, AP Level, although she suspects that unless she can somehow keeps her grades up and land some scholarships,she'll likely be attending community college for computer programming.
She has a younger sister of whom she is protective (and yes, likely very annoying for her sister.) [If any one wants to play the sister, feel free]
Played by: Breekan1
Name: Reece Steel
Age: 17
Description: African-american, with a round, friendly face and the steely build of a swimmer. He keeps his head shaved, and dresses sharply- buttoned shirts, crisp slacks, slick shoes, etc... He's tall, about six feet and two inches. His eyes are bright, vivid green.
Personality: A wise-ass, but charming enough that people don't notice. Is very friendly and fun to be around, and as a result gets away with a bit more than he should. Teachers are more lenient when grading him, and whenever he finds himself in a tough spot he excels at talking his way out of it. He's never gotten so much as a parking ticket, though he's not a very attentive driver.
Story: Captain of the men's swim-team and recently-crowned homecoming king. Can be seen volunteering with local kids, tutoring, coaching little league, etc... Isn't quite sure what he's going to study for college- plans to go to the state University. He's currently seeing a girl named Sandra, whom he has dated for one year. They plan to get married some day, the way kids their age always think they will.
Some time last year, Reece was involved in a hit-and-run accident. He didn't look back. He's spent most of his life since trying not to look back. Uncannily astute observers may have noticed a slight weariness around Reece's eyes in the following months- the sense that he was hiding from something, avoiding it. Unfortunately, Reece's loved ones are not uncannily astute observers. His parents (a very successful dentist (his mother) and a community center drama coach (his father)) are proud as peaches of their "star" son (and only child) while Reece's easy-going nature and pseudo-star status naturally keep him at a distance from his friends. Reece has done everything he's been able to to forget the incident- his greatest fear, other than himself, is that Sandra might somehow find out what happened and be subsequently horrified.
Played by: Myitt
Name: Samantha (Sam) Wagner
Age: 22
Appearance: Sam is pale white with freckles and dirty blonde hair--she burns easily in the sun, and it really annoys her. She's a bit big for her height, 5'5", just a hair overweight but lately she's been trying to work out. Since that doesn't always happen, she's decided to channel her energy into community service to try and get the best of both worlds. Her straight blonde hair is almost always up in a pony tail or a french braid; it's a bit past shoulder length when it's down. Although she looks more Irish than anything, freckles reaching down her arms (from her mother's side), her eyes are bright blue and are definitely her father's German contribution. She still has braces after a long series of orthodontist visits that started when she was 18. Her usual attire is bright and clean, nothing really special--mostly whatever's on sale at Old Navy, but she does really like boots, and will frequently be seen wearing a pair of black Doc Martens that she spent a week's pay of part-timing at RadioShack on.
Played by: SigardTormel
Name: Vincent Keene
Age: 18
Appearance: Vincent’s appearance is very different from his personality. He stands about 6’3” tall and weights only 180. He has unruly red-brown hair that is cut short. He doesn’t have facial hair. Vincent’s most notable feature is his storm cloud gray eyes. He has a slight muscular build. His height is mostly in his legs. Vincent has skin that is more reminiscent of his mother, who was Spanish.
Personality: Unlike his more striking looks Vincent is a loner and bookworm. His less then social behavior and quiet demeanor often make people forget him. Though he loves to read especially about history, he does also like to run and keep in shape. Of course he normally does this alone. He isn’t very religious but he does have a moral code that he will follow. Vincent is very intelligent, even has an eidetic memory, but doesn’t often tell what he knows unless asked. Unfortunately Vincent is very prideful and believes himself right even if there is some evidence against him. And that is just his most notable qualities.
History: Vincent was born to two archaeologists, Robert Keene and Britney Caquas. For the first half of his life Vincent traveled with his mother and father around the world. They often worked on the same digs so Vincent wasn’t separated from either often. He would travel with his mom when they were separated by different digs. He learned and lived in many different cultures learning they were all equal. His mother home schooled him teaching him history, Math, English, and science.
It was only when he turned ten that they decided he needed a stable home and a proper education. His parents decided to have his aunt and uncle on his mother’s side take him in, of course with their approval. His aunt and uncle agreed though reluctantly. They didn’t have any children of their own and didn’t really approve of the way Vincent’s mother and father were raising him. They didn’t believe archaeology to be a very useful job. All their efforts to change Vincent’s opinion of archaeology haven’t come to anything yet.
When Vincent was thirteen a tragic event occurred, his parents were killed in a car crash in Cairo. Or that was the story anyway; they didn’t get the bodies intact but the ashes as they had apparently been cremated. Vincent had always thought there was something odd about this but could never put his finger on what. Vincent still hasn’t gotten over their deaths though he doesn’t let it affect his grades.
In the five years since their deaths his aunt and uncle moved around four times. Because of this he hasn’t been able to make any permanent friends since. Vincent and his aunt and uncle have only recently moved to town. Vincent hasn’t made many friends yet and though he has started volunteering at the local public library he has only made a few acquaintances.
NPCs
Jethsa - Samarane - Castant
- Andalite who commisioned Samantha, Jas and Alec to obtain the Escafil device for her.
Alec (Last name unknown)
A Black man in his early twenties wearing a button up shirt and Dickies shorts.
Morph List
Alec
Alice [Assumed she's already 'acquired a great deal, this wll only list what she uses]
Gardens Guard
Egyptian
Autumn
Brad
Christina
- Caranda ( A sea urchin)
- Cheetah
- Chimpanzee
- Coast Garter Snake
- Condor
- Common gray fox
- Cougar
- Double breasted Coromant
Link (http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/reptiles/coast_garter_snake.php)
Link (http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/birds/double_crested_cormorant.php)
Damien
Eddie
- Burrowing Owl
- Gentoo Penguin
- Harpy Eagle
- Killer whale
- Puma
- Leopard
- Clouded Leopard
- Peregrine falcon
Kasey
- Black Lab Canine
- Dolphin
- Hippo
- Leopard
- Steller's Sea Eagle
- Salamander
- Redtail hawk
Jas
Reece
- Bald Eagle
- Condor
- Chimpanzee
- Crocodile
- Gorilla
- Gardens Guard Miller
- Ladybug
- Orca
- Oxpecker
- Rhino
- Red diamond rattlesnake
- Salamander
Torrence
- African Grey Parrot
- Forrest Falcon
- Kiang
- Leopard
- Meerkat
- River Otter
- Salamander
- Upbuck
Kiang Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiang)
Otter Link (http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/mammals/river_otter.php)
Upbuck Link (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/fanaticofyou/Animorphs/Zoo046.jpg)
Samantha
NPCs
Jethsa - Samarane - Castant
Alec (Last name unknown)
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Just so everyone knows: I've c&p'd some of Alice'n'Eddie's stuff off another RP. They are both my chars and always have been, so I'm not ripping anything off. It sorta-fits with the setting of 'end of school day' we have here anyway, so close enough for me. I cut off at a point within the original version of the post(s) where a change of location is inferred, so someone can try to interact with one or both of them before they wander off. ;)
On an unrelated note:
I think it might be a good idea for all players to exchange IM information so we may better keep in touch with each other... My IM details can be found along with my other information: Below my screen-name and avatar-icon usually found on the left of my posts. (Unless you have disabled some features like image-loading, or have a non-standard layout for some other reason.)
Feel free to add me on whatever network(s) you prefer - I'm on several networks, as you can see.
The sun is rising now where I am, so I better get some sleep I suppose... G'night folks!
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Seryna, is Raven from RPC ;) Should I post my character here?
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I only have AIM, it's in my profile.
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Hi Raven! *waves enthusiastically*
Welcome to APO! (That's the acronym I'm adopting for this RP; Animorphs Prologue: Origins = APO. I did try including the : in the acronym, but it kept getting converted to an emoticon *shrugs* )
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im on msn its the same as my email.... anyway just pm me if you whant me to do anything spasific...
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I'm MessiahDave9 on AIM if anyone needs me
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I used to have AIM but my mom deleted it off the computer because no-one ever used it.
Anyway I have one question. So in this rp our group is supposed to fail in the end, I"m only asking because it says that in the first post?
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Excellent idea- let us exchange messengers. My messenger is winnifredburkle @yahoo- and as Jess and I conversed well in a private chat hosted by RAF, we could do that too if any one wants to chat other than here.
Raven, its good to have you! Glad you found your way over okay. Yes, please let me have your character, you can slip in as soon as its up.
Fu, please don't go on about other RPGs in this OOC. Raven will get to it when she gets to it and you can talk to her at RPC about that.
Anyway I have one question. So in this rp our group is supposed to fail in the end, I"m only asking because it says that in the first post?
Yes, this group is intended to fail. They are not the Animorphs. However, I'd like for us to write together for some time, exploring why they failed- and of course, its not all going to be bad. We can see where they succeeded too :)
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A Pyrrhic victory would be pretty interesting- perhaps we self-destruct in the course of our final mission, but are able to complete one of our objectives, which somehow enables/aids the Animorphs that do eventually come to be. It could be something seemingly inconsequential, almost accidental, that we accomplish en route to attempting some larger goal that we die (or are otherwise "taken out") in the pursuit of.
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I do like the idea of being functional for a bit- for example, they learn and adapt well but then something starts to unravel. In talking around, a few players have a few ideas for a rift or implosion to occur in the group, as well. It would be a bit of an honor if we can cause a reason for the Animorphs to exist- my minds churning out a few ideas now, lets keep it coming.
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If I do say so myself, we are MIGHTY promising group. :)
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A bit much trashed, Brad? :drunk:
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Name: Autumn Fayth Dresden
Age: 17
Appearance: One thing you will notice is her wild beauty, dark/vivid pinkish red locks of hair falls just past her shoulder blades, normally layered, messy and spiky, almost like a mane on a wild animal, except while most would think it would look pathetic, it doesn't, merrily it shows what type of person you are dealing with. Her long, lithe limbs along with a strong frame, this girl is anything but weak, and yet anything but perfect. To call her perfect and pretty will earn you a title of enemy in her eyes, because to her, shes not perfect(no one is anyway), and in her eyes, she doesn't think shes that pretty. Along with all this, her eyes are deep sea green, with a small nose and pale pink lips. Her skin is slightly pale, and often wears dark clothing, gothic styles or her favorite, old victorian era outfits
History/Information: Her parents, still deciding on a name when their daughter was born, gave her the name Autumn Fayth, Autumn because that was the season she was born, and Fayth in honor of her late grandmother. The girl grew up in a rather happy house hold, what she wanted, she would get, never having to work hard for virtually anything. School was a breeze for this female, who made friends with ease, and everything seemed fine. Until her older brother was killed in a car accident, forcing the Dresden's to move to another state, their old home just held too many memories for them to comfortably life there anymore. So from being happy, Autumn began hating her parents for the move, losing her friends and feeling very alone. It was at this time, when her parents were too busy working to numb their pain, her babysitter happened to be more than what meets the eye. The man, who was a well known babysitter, often abused the young Autumn, from sexual to mental, causing her to lash out and refuse to be with anyone.
Growing up with this pain, Autumn became depressed, suicidal and self harmed, eventually turning away from her family to stand on her own, because no one else was going to do it for her. Being strong willed, Autumn never looked back and spent her days at the school which her parents still paid for, and hopes to do something with her life, perhaps join the army, or play the violin which has been a passion ever since she was younger. She isn't a people person at school, sometimes quiet, other times she can get angry and violent, Autumn is a fighter and refuse to give up, or give into her depression nature.
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Brad, is that Pimm's you're talking about? I visited the UK this summer and had a bit of the stuff- it's not as easy to come by 'round here- it's pretty lovely, from what I recall.
And it's no excuse for bad typing! After 3 shots of whiskey, 3 of vodka and one and a half of everclear I'm typing QUITE efficiently, thankyouverymuch. ;)
In all seriousness though, glad to hear you are having a nice night, mister!
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Ookay, lets keep the hilarious drunken antics from derailing the ooc.
Raven, good to see you & Autumn- she's approved. The characetrs have already entered the scene- feel free to arrive at or already be within the Sharing's first unveiling.
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Thankies! I've posted, erm, trying to figure out if I should post third or first, so it may change in the next few posts. Trying to get a feel for it ;)
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Whatever you want. Animorphs was greatly in first, but you know what you're doing ;)
Gumby, please post any requests over here, in the OOC, where they belong. There shouldn't be any OOC chatter in the RP. You're free to join as a non Animorph, but only if you understand the story would focus on the Animorphs. Also, the character you submitted to the RP wouldn't be allowed because of:
Possesions: A dracon beam, two pistols, an AK-47, a couple knives and a longsword
1 - A dracon beam could possibly be possessed due to the car accident, but I'd want to know how you learned to use it without blasting a hole in your house.
2 - Two pistols were obtained where? A 16 year old can't buy or legally own pistols.
3- An assault rifle? No.
4- Yeah, feasible.
5- A long sword? Why does he have a long sword, was he in the SCA?
Its feasible to have one or two weapons for the 'war', but these kids aren't Rambo.
Could every one whose in the RP make their entrance posts? I want to ensure every one has a chance before the plot progresses.
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Hey Seryna. Most of the time here (from what I've seen) all in character and OOC communication is done within the thread, there's usually not a separate thread. People who post over there wanting to join might not see your responses here. It might be better for you to send him a private message...
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Hm... thanks, Jess. To the players, all our ooc communication will occur here . I have pmed Gumby.
I'll be posting our next plotty bit later tonight, please post on if your character plans on attending the Lock in and if they are heading in now to sign up.
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Um, assualt rifle? Pistols? Black market. longsword, that is for close range with Hork-bajir. And the dracon beam, it is notto hard to use. You point, and shoot.
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Um, assualt rifle? Pistols? Black market. longsword, that is for close range with Hork-bajir. And the dracon beam, it is notto hard to use. You point, and shoot.
I'm sorry, but I'm not comfortable with black market items being brought in so early in this RP- nor would I approve so many weapons for just one character.
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Okay, no AK-47, 1 pistol, 1 dracon beam, occasionally knives, and longsword.
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I'd approve the knives, but not the dracon beam or the long sword. You'd have to get those through your characters action in the RP.
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Why not the sword?
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I don't believe this is an unreasonable request, Gumby. You can't find one character in the books that have a knife, a gun, a dracon beam or a long sword. Its just not canon. I don't want teenagers running around shooting each other with pistols and AK 47s. That's not Animorphs.
If you need 5 weapons to be in an RP, then perhaps this RP isn't for you. If you can make do with a pocket knife, then you can RP in Prologue: Origins.
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Heya- I wanted to give a site that describes what Lock - ins are exactly. My church used to do them (in Ohio, although I've never heard of them on the west coast.)
http://www.tntdynamiteparties.com/celebrate.htm
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Ah cool, thanks for that Seryna!
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It was pointed out that a picture would be nice, so I whipped this up:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/fanaticofyou/Animorphs/building-layout3-1.jpg)
The sloppy has marks that look like = are doors.
Sandra, Autumn and Britt are in that long hallway past the red (locked) door, represented with their initials. Greg and Damien's parents are within the long room marked with a '?'
The others are by reception, near the Racquetball courts as Kasey pulled us over there away from Damien's parents, also represented by initials.
If you have a question, let me know.
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nice thanks for the diagram gives alot of perpective. btw have you got any idears on how we're going to comeacross a cube yet?
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Thank you. I'll be updating it nightly to help us keep track. Oh, because Fu asked- the Damiens' with Greg refers to Damien's parents. Damien is represented by the D with Kasey, Reece and Torrence in reception.
Yes, I have an idea ;)
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ok guys i have to ask.... what is racketball??
help the brit out!
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I was thinking the same thing, Brad.
I'll assume it's not Tennis, 'cos surely that's called Tennis everywhere. It can't be Badminton, as that doesn't use a ball. Could it be Squash? I just dunno. Heck, it could even be lacrosse for all I know.
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i was thinking ping pong... bt that would be silly.... maby it involves a rope...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racquetball
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*slaps head* why dident i think of that...... looks complicated though... :-\
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Looks like one of my guesses was pretty close - Squash. another few games along the same lines turn out to be Raquets/Rackets, which I also hadn't heard of. Apparently Squash used to be called Squash Raquets and distinguishes itself from the original by using a squashy-ball instead of a solid one. (Raquets renamed to Hard-Raquets in some cases for clarity.)
Very weird stuff - I thought Squash was the only sport of its kind!
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Are there any windows here? I'm thinking maybe in the office and bathrooms, at least?
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Thank you. I'll be updating it nightly to help us keep track. Oh, because Fu asked- the Damiens' with Greg refers to Damien's parents. Damien is represented by the D with Kasey, Reece and Torrence in reception.
Yes, I have an idea ;)
Nice map, however Damien's last name is Daziel meaning it would be the Daziel's ;D
But I could never make a map, for some reaosn my mind just can't do that sort of stuff... I might have a mentla condition... would talking to yourslef constantly while no-one is listening a sign of a mental condition?
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can i save Sandra or do you want her to be a controller...? just dont want to mess up any plans you guys have
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*edit*
Someone asked if someone mentioning there weren't any windows is god modding. It isn't in this instance because there *aren't* many windows. However, please ask for any clarification on buildings and such and I'll give full explanations. Feel free to post looking for something in particular and I'll give more details.
Indeed, the link explains what Racquetball is. Its played in an indoor court and you play against a wall :)
The scene is fluid, so you can do whatever your character would do in the situation.
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ok then hear no evil see no evil.. i wont save unless she screames or someone else intercts with her... if i dont know anything i carnt save her any way...
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Awesome.
I wanted to let every one know that Fu and I have talked and he's preparing for Alice's 'introduction' for the characters. I'll do a cutscene preparing us for Alice's speech some time tomorrow, so feel free to flesh any thing out before then.
~Anne
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Please post all OOC comments here to keep the RP for RP only.
Location update: Every one please post where your characetr is- in the bathroom or in the reception with Kasey & the Controllers!
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UGGGGGH WHAT NOW!?
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The wonderful, fluid nature of an RP. Anything can happen!
Currently, only these two Controllers can be seen, all others present are PCs. Sandra stayed behind in the auditorium.
As GM, I'll point out that the windows in the bathroom (one each in male & female bathrooms) can be unlocked and slid open.
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Is the auditorium that large room labelled with Greg and Damiens' or a different one?
I must sleep. May be able to post in 12-16hrs time. If Alice is alone in that bathroom she's gonna alter her hologram so even if she's seen by a controller she can't be recognized as Alice. If there are others already in that bathroom with her, she won't risk altering her hologram in their presence.
The controllers may have 'noticed her presence' but this does not necessarily mean they've actually seen any part of her yet.
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sorry guys, had group therapy yesterday and doctors today so i haven't posted yet. Seryna, every Thursday i have group therapy(it runs for ten weeks) so on those days if i dont get a post in, feel free to play Autumn and move here into position and stuff :)
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Reece will be in the bathroom
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(I put Damien in the bathroom too, if that is alright...)
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hmm... there are 2 bathrooms, M and F, so they wouldn't be in the same one as Alice. Any girls wanna be in bathroom? or all in Reception instead?
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There are two bath rooms and I have posted what those within can hear. I also put Raven and Brit with the others in the Reception so they're not left behind.
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cheers ;D
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thanks Seyna!
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Hey folks, I'm going to be out of town until Sunday. Brekan1 has my permission to play Kasey if it's needed.
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its 1540 here and i wont be at a computer again utill late... got work.
anywho iv done my piece so just godmod me till im back.... ill check i on u all when i get back from work. Hve fun guys ;D
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Alrighty, hope to see you soon!
TSEEW!!
The bolt of light an heat sailed centimeters from Brits face burning a hole through the ceiling taking a portion of Brits hair with it. With one of her assailants arms occupied the girl saw her chance, and bit into the flesh of the older woman's hand. Mary screamed, her grip loosening enough so that the damp-haired girl could run towards the bathroom.
Brit grabbed the other wrist and slammed the woman against the wall. "RUN!" he shouted at the other teens as he struggled against the older woman's seemingly inhuman strength.
TSEEW!!
The woman had managed to twist her gun around to point at Brit. He felt a sudden numbing pain flash up his arm. He glanced at his arm, part of his jacket just below the shoulder was smoking. He felt something warm flow down his arm and a sudden realisation took him. He had been shot!
He howled in rage and pain and slammed his head into Mary's. The woman's eyes rolled back and she slumped down the wall, into a unconscious sitting position. Brit grasped his wound tightly, trying too ease the pain shooting up his arm.
I wanted to point out that in this RP, its run like a standard RP- the player posts the action and the GM determines if the action was viable. I'll let this one stand as I know RAF runs on different rules, but from now on, please leave posts open ended.
For example, ramming with intent to knock someone out. Not assuming that the NPC in GMs control takes action such as firing a weapon, that NPCs take action such as biting someone or falls unconscious.
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ok sorry im alittle tired iv just got off a seven hour shift at the hospital do you whant me to take my post down... i dont mind or anything cuz like i said im tired and have probably forgotten most of the RPG rules.... just PM me if you want me to change it or anything.... ;D
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No, it can stand (as I didn't explain properly as the start of the rp). Just remember not to post for NPCs actions and to leave posts open ended.
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ok sorry... im off to bed now ill look in on you guys tomorow....
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Understandable.
Congratulations on some excellent writing- (and ideas- TP masks and toilet paper dispenser projectiles!) - and your character has managed to escape! Brit has a burn to his hand and Reece is dealing maiming and possibly fatally wounding the man - but the world stretches out before them with limitless possibilities.
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Wow, everything's happening now, eh? :D
I want to post right away, for Eddie as well as for Alice because Kasey tagged him, but I'll be busy IRL for a couple of hours at least.
I'm not sure how much time would have passed since Eddie saw the doors get locked; a lot has happened since then including a lecture. I'm also not sure how long it would take him to reach the car park, as I don't know how far away it is. Given these two unknowns, I would assume he has reached the car park and is either still getting into his car, or is already inside it and listening to music for a few minutes before he would have driven home. Either way, Kasey would find him either in or near his Black Triumph Acclaim, an old British car from the 1980's. As such, it is right-hand-drive.
Here's the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Acclaim If you're interested in his car. He has looked after it: From the outside it appears unmodified except for tinted side-windows, but Eddie is mechanically-minded and the car runs as-new.
If enough time has passed that he'd be inside the car, Kasey would see him through the windscreen enjoying some music, but would not hear it because the car has been acoustically-deadened to make up for Eddie's expensive sound-system. The only other noticable modification is hand-controls because of his disability.
- I hope Eddie's car is GM approved; It doesn't have anything that isn't commonly found in a young-man's car around here, and it's too small to accomodate the whole group. It's also not particularly fast with it's tiny engine compared to most American cars I know of, though it would corner better than a lot of them because it's built for bendy British roads.
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ok this is going great. but im confused.... is everyone in the bathroom apart from Kasey Eddie and alice??
.... map update if its not too much trouble..... sorry i have a bad hangover.. :-\
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From what I've gathered so far: Eddie is in the school's car park, Kasey is either in or approaching the same car park, and the others are gathered outside the building near the bathroom window they just escaped through. I'll be working on Alice's location in my upcoming post.
... I think that's about right, anyway...
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Car has GM approval stamped on it.
'is everyone in the bathroom apart from Kasey Eddie and alice??' - Every one was in there, but they escaped through the bath room window.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/fanaticofyou/Animorphs/building-layout3-2.jpg)
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Aren't Eddie and Kasey in the car park?
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They are in the parking lot, indicated on the map. My paint program just cant fit all that by 'parking lot'.
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ok im off on holiday for a week and i dont have any connection untill i get back..
so untill then have fun guys and just godmod me for a week ok ;D
c u
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In case anyone wondered about Alice's "Scooter"; My intention is for it to just be another hologram.
Now, most of us probably know that the cannon-Chee can move pretty fast in the books (Specific citation: Book 27, The Exposed), but not to worry: Alice will have a GM-governed cap on how fast she can move. Example, in the first RP I played her in with Seryna, it was decided that she could not travel faster than a Cheetah while maintaining a hologram.
The GM of that RP also would not allow Alice to be flight-capable, despite my tech-ideas how she might achieve it, ;) which would be quite a heavy restriction on her in this RP assuming Seryna gives that same restriction. Hopefully if this is the case, Alice would still be able to communicate with the others if they're at altitude?
Anyways, the hologram-scooter is a convenience Alice cannot really share, as I don't think it'd be fair for me to use her that way. This is the reason I chose a scooter rather than a larger vehicle. A tech-limitation I could use for this is her force-field: Perhaps for this RP her forcefield is limited to a certain distance from her body? So she couldn't, say, create a working passenger-seat, it'd just be a hologram.
Anyway, that's my idea with relation to the scooter-thing. It's always up to GM interpretation/modification. :)
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Damien was able to keep up with the others easily. He was about to answer Torrence's question however tripped on an invisible root and slammed into the ground and hard. He was dazed and confused not knowing what was happening around him. He let out a cry of pain as he bit his tongue, not loud enough to be noticed by the others especially in the dark.
What's going on with Damien, Damien? If he gives a cry of pain, the others are able to hear him if he chooses.
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I'd like to bring up the subject/question of Estreens:
As memory serves, Estreens are neither common nor rare among Andalites themselves. I'd extrapolate that their number should be in the region of 1-in-6 of the morph-capable population. (16.6% or thereabouts.)
I figure in our new group there could be as many as two true-Estreens, though an exact number is of course GM's decision.
As I appear to be the first to bring up this subject in this RP, I'd like to submit Eddie for consideration to become one of the Estreens in this group, and I invite my fellow players to post here if they wish their character to also be in the running for becoming Estreen, and additionally to what extent they want their skill in this 'art-form' to reach.
Eddie himself is rather technically-minded, so if he's accepted to become Estreen his slower morphs would progress as though they were a technical-drawing rather than more freelance creative art styles. I hope the simily is good enough to convey my intentions.
I have no other rights of claim to making Eddie an Estreen other than being the first to bring the subject up. If the concept proves particularly popular among the other players, I'll trust Seryna to make the fairest choices.
PS: Oh, Crikey! This post turned out looking a whole lot more formal than my original intent... *facepalms* Yup: Including this post-statement. Heh, ah well.
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As I appear to be the first to bring up this subject in this RP, I'd like to submit Eddie for consideration to become one of the Estreens in this group, and I invite my fellow players to post here if they wish their character to also be in the running for becoming Estreen, and additionally to what extent they want their skill in this 'art-form' to reach.
I might want Damien to be one but might not be possible since I have a suggestion for my character already... read on.
Ok this was a pm I sent to Seryna however she replied wanting your guys opinions.. Here is the PM I sent
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Hey I have two ideas, one is how we can get the animorphs involved (at the end of the rp)
For some reason the group finds out that there are andalite ships near Earth (the one Elfangor and Ax is on) So they decide to hijack a yeerk ship to try to reach the andalite crew, however the only thing they accomplished was getting the andalite crew noticed by the yeerks. And then... its history...
(And even then we could continue the rp by continuing and adding our characters to the book, somehow, I doubt that would be a good idea, or they could get off course, hurtled into Z-space or whatever and end up on another planet or something... just a few ideas to kick around)
Instead of having Damien resist yeerk control completely how about he is able to block some, not all, of his memories from the yeerk, like he could chose to block his memories of what happened since the night the rp started. However this would take all his concentration and mental exhaust him, if he passes out mentally the yeerk would have complete access to his memories.
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Thoughts and opinions on both of these suggestions?
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Damien, I really like your first idea. I think that would be the perfect segue. :)
Fu, I'm fine with Eddie being an Estreen. I'd love for Kasey to be one as well, if no one else wants it (I don't have my heart set on it, I'd be fine with someone else being one.)
And...to my main point. Even though I'm not GM, I just want to point out that some characters seem to instinctively know an awful lot about the Yeerks. I think we all need to keep in mind that none of us (with the exception of Alice) should know anything about the Yeerks. I think that it's also important to keep in mind that none of us (again, with the exception of Alice) should be able to tell if someone has a Yeerk in their head. None of the characters should be able to tell by the actions of NPC's whether or not they've been made into a controller (remember in the books, Marco and Jake had family memebers who were controllers and they had no idea for a LONG time, same with Melissa Chapman.) It seems in some cases there are some subtle, gradual personality changes, but I think it's important that we remember that we can't detect controllers. *steps off soapbox*
On another note, you all rock, and I'm lovin' this RP.
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Fu, glad you posted this here. I'd be interested in one or two people being estreens, but obviously not every one and I'd have to decide it fairly.
Would every one be okay with having estreens in the group?
Damien, that's exactly why I wanted you to post your ideas here so every one can weigh in on if thats an angle they'd like our story to take. I did want to tell you that you'd get one special consideration- via your Yeerk idea OR the estreen idea.
How does every one feel about Damien's idea that if infested, he could block memories from them? I have devised a reason for this (and a realistic cost for such an ability).
How do you feel about Jess's mention that our characetrs are being way too chill about this? Lets amp up the confusion, folks. If everyone is 'this is fantastic, aliens', I have no problem giving you what you want. Muhahaha.
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I'm less concerned with how chill the characters are, and more that the characters seem... inadequately confused. Like, I feel like we're projecting a lot of knowledge we already have onto our characters, and insisting that it is logical for them to have these insights, when they're really kind of odd.
I'm fine with Estreens, though I'm not personally that interested in playing one. And I like the idea that we'll be the ones to call attention to the Andalites, thus destroying our little group and enabling the creation of the Animorphs.
And if there's an in-story reason for the Yeerk resistability, I'm all for it- peculiarities are the things that stories are made of.
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Okay, my response to Damien's yeerk-resistant character idea:
NO.
Well, that was my first thought, anyway. After that, cogs started working in my brain in that random way that's common to my brain and I came up with a possible way a host 'might' have some slim chance of disrupting Yeerk-control/access: Autism.
An autistic person's brain does not function the way it should, so various 'pathways' etc might be a labyrinth for the Yeerk to navigate effectively.
However: Playing the part of someone with such a condition for a player who doesn't suffer that condition themselves would be very challenging to pull-off.
I'm also concerned with where such a character's allegiance lies. Every 3 days, the Yeerk would need a dip in the pool, or else die. During separation of Yeerk and host, how would each act? How could it be safe for the group to let this Yeerk join his kind on a regular basis like that?
If you want to play a 'bad-guy', that's fine with me. I'm sure we could whip-up some reason the char might lose some (or all) his memory prior to being infested... Or you could apply for a second character to be this 'bad-guy'. You're not restricted to one-char-per-player, you know.
I'd also like to second Jessica's observation implying that there seems to be some meta-gaming going on:
Every sentence Alice has spoken, I have carefully constructed. Where she has been vague, this is by player-intention. Throughout the 'big speech' post, she only made one reference to the Yeerks being parasites, and that was when she used the word 'host'. She did not elaborate and say they control people from within. Yet. She has previously implied something along the lines of 'mind-control' being used by this enemy species, but for all the other chars know, this could have just been a brainwashing-ray or other kind of technology/implant/etc.
I realize there may be some impatience to get all chars 'in-the-know' about all this background stuff, but it is appreciated when people show they have taken the time and effort to actually read the posts, rather than skimming and assuming everything that should be said has been said, especially when that is not the case.
... I'm gonna stop there before this post turns into too much of a rant. I would like to point out that I've also noticed a few really attentive players in this RP, that I very much enjoy RPing with.
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Actually I wanted Damien to have a 'defect' with his DNA which gives him an unusually high IQ for a human (but doesn't even compare to a android etc.) and that same defect allows him to block some, however not all, of his memories from the yeerk. However even blocking one single memory is mentally exaughsting and if he passes out mentally the yeerk would have complete access to his memories... I don't know if I already said this. And I don't want Damien to be evil, just... socially awkward. I wanted him top be captured and infested managing to hold off the yeerk form accessing his memories of the others involved in the lock-in and somehow gets away, through the others rescuing him or he makes a run for it once the yeerk leaves and succeeds (the second more unlikely) But it doesn't matter to me ether way, it was just an idea.
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You want Damien to have a high IQ as well as partial Yeerk-blocking abilities of any kind?
Again, NO.
One or the other, dude. If you want your char to have a high IQ, that's plausible and the GM might even accept it, but on the condition that it is the only positive 'quirk' of the character. Play fair, dude. Sorry if it sounds like I'm having a go, I'm seriously not trying to flame you.
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To be honest, Fu isn't flaming you, he's being honest. I know he's not taking any of this personally and neither should you.
'Actually I wanted Damien to have a 'defect' with his DNA which gives him an unusually high IQ for a human (but doesn't even compare to a android etc.) and that same defect allows him to block some, however not all, of his memories from the yeerk.'
To be honest with you, you're not going to be able to pick and choose what memories Damien could block from his Yeerk occupier. I will be playing the Yeerk and I'll be rolling a die (with a 20 - 40% accuracy of Damien being able to block anything). I also have devised a drawback if you want to go with Damien having a mental defect. It might not be one you'd want, but it will tie into the RP. Let me know if you would like to discuss it. If you want to become a controller, it has to work with the RP (so no one suddenly deciding they were infested during the Lock in.)
This goes for every one in the RP- your character DOES stand a chance of being infested- just like Tom or Jake. You have to be comfortable with that. If you are infested, I'll be controlling what your Yeerk does - and to be honest, he may race immediately towards the Yeerk Pool to betray the other PCs. That could be the PCs first mission to intercept or 'save' one of you, but if Damien (or if someone else becomes a Controller and is the one racing to betray you) reaches the Yeerk Pool and gives up your identities, expect the heat to rise.
NPC wise
Every one whose introduced an NPC, they are off limits for you to control them. Right now, they are involved in plot things that you will see soon. This includes Damien's family and Sandra.
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You want Damien to have a high IQ as well as partial Yeerk-blocking abilities of any kind?
Again, NO.
One or the other, dude. If you want your char to have a high IQ, that's plausible and the GM might even accept it, but on the condition that it is the only positive 'quirk' of the character. Play fair, dude. Sorry if it sounds like I'm having a go, I'm seriously not trying to flame you.
I don't like the tone in your keystrokes ;D
That was why I said it didn't matter to me ether way, I already figured that my idea would be rejected because he already has a high IQ, however I still want the fact that he might be taken over just doesn't get a chance to say anything, or something... I don't want him to be evil, just experience what it is like to have a yeerk in his head, and have the yeerk use his IQ to try and escape... if oyu can't fight your way out physically use your mind, that is what I say... although my mind is a bit unstable... I may act stupid (in real life) but I'm actually quiet smart... now only if I did my homework I'd get straight A's... *embers he is putting off doing homework by being on the computer right now* ah nothing to worry about!
And don't worry I don't think you're flaming, trust me I know the fine line between flaming and... not... flaming?
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im back!!!!! hello and flameing is fun ;D
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Yay your back. *Rainbows explode around me, flowers bloom unexpectedly*
*Mood suddenly changes, the flowers catch on fire* "It isn't flaming!" *Fire bust form cracks in the ground behind me, my eyes glow red,"Get it right! Rawr! *grows claws and lunges at Brad.*
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aaagggh an evil cat like hell beast *repels the attack with my Britishness*
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Argh, your foreignness, burns! *melts*
I'm just kidding, I think the British are awesome... sort of... except this jerk at school who thinks be knows everything... he is a foreign exchange student... and he uses a over exaggerated accent that he knows annoys me... and I mean way over exaggerated...
Anyway I think we got a little off topic...
So anyway, what about my other idea, not the one with Damien and the yeerks?
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To tell you the truth, if you want to do the Damien has a special ability relating to a Yeerk, you can. I've devised a way to make it fair for the others. We should be clear that Damien's IQ isn't so much higher than the others. He also may have a unique angle if you want to go through with infestation.
I really like the idea of our group causing the other Animorphs. Its a wonderful effect- through trying t save the world, they altered one little thing, a nothing thing- that changed the course of Elfangor and in the long run, saved humanity. So while *they* failed as in they didn't physically do it themselves, they had a hand in it all along.
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yer like we could bee ther reson there is only one blade ship on earth ot something like that. ;D
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Bio for NPC
Christina
Age: 17
Christina has very pale skin and light blue colored eyes. She wears very thick almost coke bottle glasses with pink rims. Her hair is white blonde and in tight spirals worn long and pulled into a ponytail presently.
She stands at 5'5'' and is currently wearing a black tank top with a black hoodie and jeans.
*editing in*
As we're talking about hitting the Zoo in the chat (come on in!) heres an interactive map so you can start deciding what animals you'd like your character to acquire.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/zoo_map.html
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Autumn wanted a wolf but darn, they don't have it(unless I'm blind which can be the case :P) however, Autumn will happily acquire a tiger :D
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Raven, lookee here: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-wolf.html
I'm currently leaning towards Crocodile for Reece.
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By the way,
Bio for NPC
Sandra
Age: 16 1/2
Sandra stands a little on the shorter side, with bright red hair and black hornrim glasses. Her attire tends towards "scene"- shirts of obscure or vintage bands, black jeans, suit jacket covered with buttons and patches, etc...
Sandra is a theater kid who takes mostly AP classes except for math and science, which she has considerable difficulty with. She's currently in the school's psychology class (assuming it has one) and is interested in studying psychology when she goes to college. Her mom made her play the violin when she was a kid but she is currently trying to learn how to play the guitar. She is helpful, clever and perceptive.
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i call Bear battle morph for Brit ;D
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Brown bear or black? ;)
You guys have awesome choices. Go ahead and think of two or three morphs you'd want from the zoo, we can spend a bit rping acquiring them. Also (as was mentioned in chat) you can acquire your pet cat, the fly buzzing around your head and so on.
If you say your character acquired seventeen animals though, assume it took them all day and they'd be off screen until they come back to the group.
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Hmmm. After a bit of review, I am looking at:
-Hippo or Crocodile
-Bald Eagle
-Dolphin (leaning towards Orca!)
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Nice choices. We can get to the scene where your characters are face to the face with the Blue Box very soon - keep an eye out for FuBar's Alice post.
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Thanks!
Er, my list:
Tiger
Wolf or Snake
A raptor. Maybe an owl, red tailed hawk(preferred), or a golden eagle.
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I totally said hippo or croc yesterday in Chat.....
Ok, well, I guess we can have some the same, but here goes:
- Battle: hippo and leopard
- Air: Steller's Sea Eagle and redtail (if everyone's okay with that)
- Water: Dolphin
- Small: mouse, ****roach, flea
Are those okay?
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As long as you RP getting your hands on the animal to acquire it with me (playing the animal/any complications that arise) you can definitely get whatever animal you want. These animal choices look sound to me. You can IC 'claim' an animal as 'yours' such as Rachel with her bear, but as long as another can touch the animal, they can acquire and morph it as well.
I also forgot the " at the beginning of 'Hello, I am Jenny', sorry about that. It *is* speech that you can hear and reply to. How you convince 'Jenny', Alice's superior Chee will affect how easily you will be granted the Blue Box. Do so convincingly and you can come to a 'drop point' to touch the Box and acquire the Power and be on your way without knowing of the Chee. Fail to convince her and Alice may have to do some work on the groups behalf.
We *did* mention the Chee volunteering to have holograms of those with compromised identities such as Damien and Kasey to be 'infested' in order for the compromised to have relatively normal lives. Would you be interested in that?
If so, the fact that you were exposed would have to be explained to 'Jenny'.
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We *did* mention the Chee volunteering to have holograms of those with compromised identities such as Damien and Kasey to be 'infested' in order for the compromised to have relatively normal lives. Would you be interested in that?
If so, the fact that you were exposed would have to be explained to 'Jenny'.
I don' think there's any way around it. They saw Kasey and Damien. Damien's mom was there, and Kasey's family (remember, her dad's up for election for Mayor) is plastered all over the news. They'll know those two were there even if we get the list back... I'm thinking that Reece will have to be protected as well, since Sandra knows he was there...
Would the others be okay without protection, if we can get the list? I'm guessing that they weren't noticeable enough in the scrabble to remembered? What do ya'll think?
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I think that the group should decide on the Chee matter, I'll watch for your consensus.
I also need every one to make a list of who in their lives is a 'Yeerk'. I've heard a lot of 'his dad is, his mom is'- but please post if your characters have relatives who are Yeerks. I'll be making up NPC bios to interact with you as needed.
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Re Alice's "morphs": Due to her morphs being faked by her hologram, Alice doesn't need to acquire anything to 'morph' it. She can excuse this IC by saying she's already acquired whatever animal she 'becomes' before meeting the group, as she's had the 'ability' a while now.
To counter the convenience of this, Seryna has already put a block on Alice being able to thought-speak. I imagine this will become a serious pain-in-the-neck during the time she's trying to convince the others she can morph just like they do.
From cannon I believe Erek received thoughtspeak without any apparant problems, though I don't think he ever transmitted any.
I may have Alice attempt to engineer some way of transmitting thoughtspeak herself over a length of time, but she certainly won't be successful in the near future, or ever dependent on GM's whim. Suffice to say she will never transmit thoughtspeak until/unless GM states her experiments finally succeeded. Meh. It'll prolly never happen, but that doesn't stop Alice trying... ;)
The other major morph-related problem Alice faces is that her real Chee form cannot change size. This is no problem when the 'morph' is bigger than the android, but if she's to morph something smaller, she could not stay within that hologram and therefore could not give it a force-field to make it real - things would just pass right through such a hologram.
Also, if she's projecting a 'small-morph' hologram, her android self would have to remain within hologram-transmission range of it at all times, and preferably line-of-sight too. Depending on situation, either me or the GM may decide to stop Alice's small-morph proceeding beyond a certain (out of range) point.
External holograms do not prevent Alice's android self from keeping a surrounding-hologram, so there would be no 'naked android' walking around trying to keep near the 'small-morph' projection.
If it comes to the point where Alice has to extend a hologram around several people to disguise their presence or what they are doing, all those within the hologram who look her way will see her true android form.
I guess I may be going overboard on the technical again, but it's important to me that people don't see Alice as a godmody character, when she could so easily become such without the restrictions placed upon her.
Alice will not be able to keep up the pretense that she has the same morphing-ability as the rest of the group indefinitely. Indeed the GM may decide a future event to force the issue as part of a plot-line, assuming she hasn't revealed her identity voluntarily in the interim of course.
And of course Alice cannot fly. A projected morph could, up to a finite altitude above which would be out-of-range. To make up for this, I propose Alice be able to jump quite well: Strength and speed is all that's needed for a good jump, and the Chee have those in spades.
Eddie. Now he will have the same morphing powers as the others, and the same restrictions. He will have to acquire things the hard way, with all that entails.
I haven't decided specific morphs for him yet, but I'm giving him an affinity with felines: Having been restricted to a wheelchair for so long, he will relish any morph with that 'liquid steel grace' that all cats have. He will be attempting to get as many feline morphs as he can find, starting with his own pet kitty: Pentium.
Other morphs I'd like for him are: Gorilla, Orangutan, Peragrine Falcon, and a Barn Owl. Though I haven't checked for their availability yet.
Gorilla would certainly useful if Eddie ever has to drive while in a battle-morph...
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Errr you do know that alice would also be unable to battle aswell right.... no chee can harn another liveing thing.... :-\
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Oh yes, I know all about that. But as it was so obvious, I didn't see the point in mentioning it.
I didn't feel like posting the more-than-7-pages-worth of exacting details and restrictions related to my Chee character in one go, and what I've thusfar posted should not be considered an exaustive list of what she cannot do.
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lol ;D
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Fu, I think that what you've said makes sense and keeps Alice as a "grounded" player.
Brad, well, they're currently talking about trying to get the list IC, so we were hoping that if we get it, anyone who they can't be SURE was there would be able to go back to their normal life. It'd make things a lot easier.
I don't think Kasey has any controlers in her life. If we need someone to be, her brother who's away at college could be, and I'm sure her mom could be easily infested...I'm kind of expecting them to both end up as controllers at some point in this RP, due to dad's status.
I vote FOR the Chee helping. :)
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I am FOR the Chee helping, and I agree that Alice's powers sound reasonable, and their restrictions a good source for future conflict.
The only Yeerk in Reece's life is (probably) Sandra, assuming the inevitable is occurring at the Sharing meeting.
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The Chee should help I believe...
And the controller sin Damien's life would be his parents, since they are the only people he knows except for his four year old sister, yeerks don't want hosts that are to young. And I also want Damien to try and 'save' his sister after the night of the lock in, like he heads to her day care to 'pick her up'.
Damien's Morphs would be, if he could get them....
Wolf (If two people can have the wolf morphs, I wuv them)
Spotted-necked otter
Dolphin
Guenon (A type of Monkey)
Harris's Hawk
Barn Owl
Fly
****roach
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Alright, every thing is good in here and is stamped with GM-y approval. In order for the Chee to help, the characetrs will have to tell them that they were exposed. Also, they'd have to come up with a reason to explain how they could 'play' as your characters- as of now, the Chee have set it up so that Alice is a normal teen just like you. How will your character accept that a classmate knows of robots who can do holograms?
Damien, if he saves his sister, who will look after her while he attends school/Animorph things?
I am assuming Alice will start leading the group 'home' and they will arrive shortly to acquire the power and talk to Jenny.
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I take it this safe-house that was mentioned will be Jenny's house with Jenny's parents? or did u mean Alice's parents? I wasn't quite sure there. I'll assume it to mean Alice's friend's house and parents.
Also, u mention it'll be a few minutes drive, but it'll be a tight squeeze getting all those people into Eddie's car... Unless he does two trips, or something... I mean, the car comfortably seats 4 passengers and the driver. Conceivably 4 could be squeezed along the back bench-seat, with another laid across their laps, and two could sit in the front passenger seat, one on top of the other's lap, maybe someone might fit into the boot (trunk) but that would be be very uncomfortable for all but the driver, not to mention highlly illegal on the road if they should be spotted by police or something... Ya, 2 trips may be the better option...
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I said 'On Chee - net, Alice was contacted with the address of a 'safe house' that would function as her own, complete with Jenny and a set of parents. ' which means the person Jenny that Alice introduced and a set of Chee to play Alice's parents (as Alice's father did call Damien.)
It will be a five minute drive in the car. You can decide who is driven first and who waits IC, that sort of obvious thing doesn't need GM approval or anything.
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Just a quick quick idea before we start deciding who goes and who stays....
If the Chee are going to help with hiding Damien, Kasey and whoever else that needs to be hidden, this might be the time to do it...Eddie could take those people first and then Alice/the Chee could quickly de-brief them...if that makes sense.
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*Nods*
It would be a good time. The Chee 'temping' would need to speak to the temped people for some time. Its possible to come back and do the history lesson the next day, but it would need to be done before the Chee can temp any one.
Also, no ones explained the need for hologram doubles to the Chee...
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Hello,
I wanted to check in with you on how you felt about the RP. Is it moving too fast? Too slow? Let me know here.
If you're ready to get the power, be sure to tap Fu. I'm sure he's waiting because he doesn't want to rush you, but if you're ready go ahead and say so.
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i say go go go !!!!!! ;D
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Just thought I'd add a few more notes:
One of the reasons I wait so long between posts is to give everyone a chance to post for their char(s) in between, so we don't accidentally leave someone behind.
Please don't assume my characters are stood idly doing nothing just because I haven't posted them yet. If I want for them to idly do nothing, I'll post that they're doing nothing.
Remember: Inaction is still an action, a choice that should only be made for a character by its player or the GM (or substitute player, if one is nominated).
If you've tagged a character that hasn't responded yet, and you can't post again until they do, the OOC is the place to say so. That, or contacting that player directly (IM etc).
I hope what I've said makes sense and doesn't upset anyone.
My second note is a reminder that compound-eyes are not fully tricked by Pemalite holograms (See book #10: The Android). Alice (and the other Chee) already know this, and so she will be wary any time bug-morphs are involved. - Until such time as her true identity is revealed one way or another anyway. I believe the same should also hold-true for Andalite/Yeerk holograms, as their technology is not as advanced as the Pemalites.
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I'm fine with the pace so far, but I understand if people would rather hurry up and get the gift. My main concern is that the time it'd take for us to get the morphing power, figure out what battle morphs are (have we even clarified we can morph animals? So far, all of Alice's morphs have been of people), acquire some and then break into the community center is more time than it'd take for the list to disappear.
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I can deal with the pace, but I'd love it if we could kick it up a few notches. :P
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I've talked to Fubar whose working on a post to get every one where they need to be - to the chee and to the Center. It will be up tonight :)
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Uh... what am I supposed to make Damien do exactly? It said Alice walked into the car park, signaled the all clear and walked off in a random direction... so what does Damien do, they didn't discuss a plan or anything....
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Yeah the random direction is a bit.. random. I suppose that was an all clear for no surveillance, so he could move in.
I am planning a GM post, so every one please post after it- and clearly state where you are as we now have two groups in different locales and don't want to reply to people who aren't there!
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Kasey in the back seat of Eddie's car, sitting behind Reece, and next to Torrence.
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Anyone whose not Damien, Reece or Jess- where are you? We need to step up the pace right now, not come to a screeching halt.
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Yes, please do!
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*raises an eyebrow* Well... Alice is with Damien, and Eddie's on his own right now, driving back to pick up the remaining passengers.
I leave it to GM discretion to cue Eddie's arrival back to pick everyone else up; We do not know how much time it takes to drive from one place to the other but, more than that, it would be good for his arrival to co-ordinate with any current plotline in progress, rather than interrupt one prematurely.
Similar would probably hold true for how long it takes Eddie and his remaining passengers to join back up with the first group, after they leave on their way there.
In the meantime, I still have Alice to play. ;)
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sorry sorry i had work to do so i couldent check in as much... ill post now ;D
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Fu, you know I don't micromanage you. Eddie can arrive whenever you actually make the post. Feelf ree to do so ASAP.
And yes, please do play Alice. She's been doubly tagged.
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Hello every one- Autumn's player has contacted me and let me know that her house has lost internet connection. She'll be back with us in the beginning of May.
Let's focus on getting the list, people who are there- Christina started an avenue for getting it. Want to back her up or try something else?
People at the Chee house, Jenny can drive you back to the center if you like, or you can talk to an Operative to get set up with a Chee double.
I'd like to move onto the next day (and getting morphs) tomorrow.
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RL will be keeping me busy most of today, but I'll try to get a post in later when I can. I already started typing one last night, but fell asleep, and now I don't have time to complete it before I need to be somewhere.
Preview: Alice has an answer for Damien, and Eddie will arrive.
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Ok guys im not going to be here for the weekend.
God-Mod Brit untill i get back ill see ya on monday.
have fun guys ;D
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Have a good time, Brad!
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We are now officially at the Gardens, every one! ;D
Go ahead and start towards the animals that you want to acquire. I'm using the San Diego Zoo website for what is at the Gardens, so feel free to use it to pick out your animals.
I'm starting to get worried about some of you- I know Brad's on vacation, but where are the rest of you? :o
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It's my sister's birthday today. And it's MY birthday on the 5th, right after starwars-day*. Parents are keeping me busy with RL stuff, running me into the ground.
I was up 6am yesterday to go ASDA with mum and spend several hours and a few hundred pounds on foodstuffs, party stuff, a little clothing we spotted, and a present from me to my sister. Oh, and a not-so-secret present to me, in the form of 5 DVDs. After getting home, I had to try and make the yucky green/brown goop in our pool into swimmable water with the aid of chemicals (still isn't clear yet). Sound busy? That's only half of it! When my dad got back from coaching snooker, we went and bought a Gazebo, then we spent a few hours constructing and securing it.
Fun, eh? I tried to start a post last night, but I was too knackered to do anything and simply fell asleep. I didn't even get as far as reading the new posts yesterday - My eyes wouldn't let me.
I might be able to get a post done late tonight, or perhaps on starwars-day*, depending how busy everyone keeps me IRL.
I have to get up now, so as my c-u-l8r msg I'll explain *starwars-day: "May the 4th be with you!" :)
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Gah, sorry for someresn I was mentally avoiding this roleplay... don't know why.. maybe my creativity has been drained by art class (I've been drawing/painting the same thing for two weeks, two weeks! and I"m not even halfway done *grumbles* )
And then when I looked at how much posts had showed up since I last posted I avoided it some more, I'm lazy like that... Sorry I'll post right now.
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i morphed.... and it was fun ;D
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Oh yeah Fubar, remember Eddie will have an easier time controlling the animal instincts than the others.
Oh B-rad, it didn't look very fun due to his freaking out, XD
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lol for first time morphs even Cassie freaked out in the books. But i plan for Brit to be a Marco type morpher. i.e. bad at controlling the instincs on new morphs but better than the others at controlling familiar morphs... if that makes sense ;D
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I see...
On an unrelated note has anyone ever told you your sig scares the crap out of them?
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says the man whos sig has no eyes...
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You got me there, actually my sig is me scanning my face I wanted ot see how it would come out XD
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psst... lets get back on topic before we are told off ;D
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I switched off display of signatures to improve my page-load time.
Also, Eddie may be better at shaping his morphs 'cos of the Estreen thing, but that doesn't mean instinct doesn't play its part.
BTW I'm working on an Eddie post right now.
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awesome ;D
hes gonna walk.... but hell need to keep it a secret... poor ed.
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Oh no he isn't. Atrophy's a ****, eh? ;)
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lol Brit could steal you a DR's note for school ;D
im really proud of my morphing sequence. ;D its one of the best things iv written in ages ;D
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It's quite good :)
And yeah, you siggy is scary. No lie.
*sets out cupcakes for posting up a s***load of excellent rp*
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*munches on cupcake*
cheers Seryna
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(+1 Karma) to Seryna! Cupcakes and being a super GM are FTW!
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Aw thanks!
Here, I found this map to give us an idea on what animals one can acquire and where it is.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/zoo_map.html
Locations- to keep from getting confused, please include a location in your post.
We've split up now and it will be crazy if we reply to people who aren't with us. Sound off with where your character is- your salamander can skedaddle wherever you want!
Entrance (outside entrance)
Christina, Reece & Brit
Cat Canyon
Torrence (with wheel chair) & Kasey
Anywhere else?
Morph List
Yes I like to be crazy organized. Fu and I use the Anibase that lists what morphs the characters have and because that's uber cool (and handy if we forget). I'll jot down the morphs the characters get as we go. I may miss a few, so point them out here if you want to maintain your character's list.
Alice
Autumn (AFK)
Brit
Christina
Damien
Eddie
Kasey
Reece
Torrence
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Heya!
Just wanted to give you the A OK to start acquiring some animals. So far we have the salamanders we found outside of the Gardens :D
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Finally my nets back. sorry for that guys. pain in the butt internet -growls-
i see its now 24 pages. thats good, but it may take a bit to read it all and get caught up so an Autumn post may have to wait a few extra days.
-hugs all-
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*hugs*
Welcome back,hun! If you need a play by play Reece, Kasey, Autumn and Torrence went to 'Alice's house' and got the Morphing Power while the others stole the list with every one's name. Every one got together at Alice's house and every one got the power and discussed some 'operatives pretending to be the exposed teens'. Then every one went to the Gardens, acquired salamanders (some morphed them) and now we're acquiring animals :)
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-hugs back-
oooh, awesome! thanks muchly :)
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Awesome, Raven. Take as much time as you need.
Heres a slideshow from Wild Animal Park and the Zoo. Feel free to acquire any of these animals. Aren't the meerkats cute?
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/fanaticofyou/Animorphs/?action=view¤t=7e8d87db.pbw
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Wanted to let every one know that the Gardens RP time *has ended* I know some of you had more animals planned, but we've been rping the Gardens for 15 days. Go ahead and auto acquire what you'd want your character to get (bear, elephant, puma, maybe some birds) and just post it here, you don't have to write that all out to the RP. Raven and Damien, go ahead and list whatever you want your character to have gotten.
I did edit the first post to list the morphs we've acquired and will do so again after every one has posted here with what they acquired.
The next part of the RP won't disappoint, I promise. One night of dealing /appraising Chee doubles and we launch into our first mission!
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Hippo, leopard, Steller's Sea Eagle, redtail hawk, Dolphin, and salamander, for Kasey.
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Slamander, Condor, Rhino, Oxpecker, Bald Eagle, Orca, Chimpanzee, ladybug, gorilla, crocodile, red diamond rattlesnake
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Excellent, I'll get on editing these in after a GM post to the RP. If every one could post to the RP stating who stayed over or where else they went, that'd be very helpful.
I found a link on the Wild Animal Park that lists some animals, feel free to claim any that look interesting to your character. I also am basing us on the coast of California, so coastal animals were a good idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Wild_Animal_Park#Attractions_at_the_Wild_Animal_Park
California animals:
http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/ocean_animals/
For some reason, we lost the Morph List I added to the first post. I don't understand why, but I'll reconstruct it here. Please check the list and add any morphs that were lost in a post here.
Alice
Autumn
Brad
Christina
- Caranda ( A sea urchin)
- Cheetah
- Chimpanzee
- Coast Garter Snake
- Condor
- Common gray fox
- Cougar
- Double breasted Coromant
Link (http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/reptiles/coast_garter_snake.php)
Link (http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/birds/double_crested_cormorant.php)
Damien
Eddie
- Burrowing Owl
- Gentoo Penguin
- Harpy Eagle
- Killer whale
- Puma
- Leopard
- Clouded Leopard
- Peregrine falcon
Kasey
- Dolphin
- Hippo
- Leopard
- Steller's Sea Eagle
- Salamander
- Redtail hawk
Reece
- Bald Eagle
- Condor
- Chimpanzee
- Crocodile
- Gorilla
- Ladybug
- Orca
- Oxpecker
- Rhino
- Red diamond rattlesnake
- Salamander
Torrence
- African Grey Parrot
- Forrest Falcon
- Kiang
- Leopard
- Meerkat
- River Otter
- Salamander
- Upbuck
Kiang Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiang)
Otter Link (http://california-wildlife.inkart.net/mammals/river_otter.php)
Upbuck Link (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/fanaticofyou/Animorphs/Zoo046.jpg)
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Hippo, leopard, Steller's Sea Eagle, redtail hawk, Dolphin, and salamander, for Kasey.
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There we go :)
We're missing Damien and Raven for some time. Are you alright?
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Hello all. This is Role Call for Animorphs Origins.
If you would like to keep writing, you need to get a post into the RP within a week. If you do not, I will assume you are no longer interested in playing and your character will become an NPC.
If any one has been watching this and wants in, come on down, throw up an ap and once I approve you, feel free to enter the RP immediately.
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Seryna invited me to the RP, but I didn't feel like joining back when I first saw it. I don't want to be in an RP where I have to lose.
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Your call, Chad. :P But it's an interesting way to play. A whole different challenge.
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I may well be interested, thanks for the PM Seryna. I've never had experience playing a human. :p Only aliens. I don't know how an andalite would have come to earth before Elfangor or Ax, so maybe that won't work. I'm sort of in Shal's shoes...same Animorphs char for about ten years. :p I suppose I can think on it...perhaps if not an andalite then perhaps a rebel hork-bajir controller escaped from guarding the pools and gone rogue, hiding in the shadows until acquiring morph abilities and a human morph? Hrm...I'll have to think about it, sounds like a fun RP though. :)
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Every one, please welcome Myitt and Ossalin to the RP! Their characters' bios have been added to the first post.
You won't know Jas and Sam immediately, but they'll be doing another parallel story along with me in the RP thread :D
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I'm really confused as to where everyone is. I'm going to assume that Torrence, Kasey and Jayden are at Kasey's house. Jayden is getting ready for the banquet, and the other two are waiting for the other members of the group to arrive. Reece and Christina are on their way from the Chee Safehouse?
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Jayden already left the house, but Torrence is with Kasey there.
Reece and Christina are at the Chee HQ, heading over.
Eddie is at his house.
No one else has posted in with where their character is or what they were up to for the two hours of down time.
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Mmkay.
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I also wanted to clarify that this RP is situated on the west coast, I'm thinking California if not only because we're utilizing the oo website for the Gardens info; in case you want to start using the locale.
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Seryna, post was removed from the Origins board. I had planned on erasing it after you knew that I had placed my hand on the device also. I was going by the part where you said "Please, brace yourself.>" (using singular reference instead of plural), and "Jethsa and Sam soon felt a tingling sensation travel through thier bodies." (Jas wasn't included in that sentence.) So I figured you hadn't seen the post. Sry for the misunderstanding.
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Ooh right, I should have altered that. I took out the sentences about Jas not morphing, but didn't change those parts. Editty coming up.
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No prob. Sorry for the confusion. :) Just wanted to make sure everything was the same in everyones' minds.
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No prov (X 2 ).
I have a reply typed up, but Fu is having trouble catching up on the RP and so I'm holding off on posting until Fu is caught up and gets a post in. If you could perhaps save your posts for a few hours until he catches up and posts, it'd be appreciated.
I wanted to ask all of you something- would you like for our RP to have location- related RP threads? We could have a thread for Jas, Sam, Alec & Jethsa and one for Kasey's house, for example. I could list links to the threads here in the ooc for easy navigation.
What do you think?
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I like having it all in one place.
I think it might be helpful if we have different font colors for different places,
perhaps? It can get a bit confusing.
Chee compound=black
School/lock-in=red
Kasey's house=green
Woods=brown
In Transit=purple
Something like that?
I think that multiple threads would be a bit too confusing...but colors, or people CLEARLY labeling at the top something like (LOCATION=CHEE COMPOUND) might help to keep things straight.
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I personally am a fan of multi-thread RPs, providing time is still linear (ie, no char being in more than one location simultaneously).
*goes back to reading the IC thread.*
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Honestly, I'll probably drop out if it goes to a multi-thread RPG. That's too much for me to keep track of. I have a hard time reading through everyone's posts when they're on one thread.
Plus, I think it's harder for people to join in if it's on multiple threads. The readability loses it linearity? (WTH, I don't know WHAT word to use there! :P)
That being said, It's obviously not up to me. So happy deciding. :)
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That's what I was thinking of, reading the posts when they're in one thread- for example, Jas & Sam's players don't necessarily need to read the posts by the other characters, as they don't exactly pertain to them yet.
But it would add more clicky clicky.
Lets go with announcing your character + where they are at the start of every post.
Black = The lakeside clearing [Jas, Sam, Alec & Jethsa]
Green= Kasey's House [Kasey, Torrence, Reece & Christina]
Pink = Chee compound
Red = Anywhere else [ie, Eddie at his house, the mall, separate homes]
Purple= In transit
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Yeah I was invited to join, and have been considering it. But my only internet is on my phone. Its a workout to read thru, only shows me 6 replies per page so multiple threads wouldn't work for me, but ill wait to join until its been decided
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Yeah.. I typed tha too slow to see your response before I posted lol
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*G*
Multiple threads has been voted down. Love to have you on board, though!
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I'm usually pretty clear where my chars are located in their posts, even without blatently labelling them. I may try that next time around though.
As for colours determining location... I'm already using colours to distinguish my characters from each other.
It's a shame the QRB doesn't give the option to alter the post-title, like you get when you click the normal reply button.
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As long as you clearly state 'Alice' or 'Eddie' + location in the beginning of the post that'd be okay. That way if someone's in a hurry and just scanning for replies or interaction where they are, they don't need to read posts that aren't related to their character.
For keeping the rp moving fluidly, I gave Fu the okay to have someone let Alice in so she can be present with every one.
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Well....we could make it a requirement that everyone use the regular reply button, and denote in the topic where they are. That's actually a REALLY good idea, Fu.
So, are we doing colors, or are we doing what?
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Well, from my personal POV, colours would add confusion, as I'm already using colours to denote which of my characters is posting. This has always proven an effective means of distinguishing separate characters, especially when using first-person perspective.
I hope to continue using my usual colours for the usual purpose. I'll get used to adding a location bit eventually ;)
I don't mind compromising though: It should still be readable with colours for locations, providing the location does not use either green or purple. I think.
I would personally prefer for colours to be used to distinguish characters rather than locations, of course. Especially for players playing more than one character.
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I already posted that we're doing colors + names in my last post [ie, [Red for Eddie's house + Eddie]. I replied to your YIM message, Fu. You could keep using your green and purple colors if you really can't adapt to the other colors, but be prepared to answer 'where are you?' to the ooc if someone gets confused.
If you want to change the reply to text for location, that would be awesome!
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Hey Alic, I hope you can join the fun :D
I'd vote for having one thread, it's much, much easier to keep track and then people don't have to go jumping back and forth to see what the other thread is doing. I'd probably drop out if there were more than one, too. I still have to remind myself just to check the OOC thread :P
As for colors, you guys can do whatever you want for them, but I'd like to continue using black and just marking where I am. Also I'd like to request that yellow not be used, if it ever comes up, it's really bad on my eyes against the blue background o___O but I usually just highlight it to make it easier so whatever you're all used to is fine.
Yay :) This is fun so far.
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Good stuff.
If possible, it would be great if every one could try and and use the color coding. Fu and Myitt have requested that they keep their colors purple; green and black, but I had lissted those colors in use for color coding. I've changed out the green (Kasey's house) to brown.
Please be sure to post whom you're posting for (as Fu has two characters) and your location so that no one is confused.
Here is the color code:
Fubar
The lakeside clearing [Jas, Sam, Alec & Jethsa] - Black
Kasey's House [Kasey, Torrence, Reece, Christina & Alice]
Chee compound
Homes [ie, Eddie at his house, separate homes]
In transit
Brad has contacted me that he's very busy in Real Life and should return in a week. He says 'hi' to every one. I'll be tempting his character.
Damien, Brad and Autumn have one week to post in to the RP; or they're characters will become NPCs for every one to interact with.
Happy gaming!
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Okay I'm here(again). My laptop has been spazzing and not loading any pages or anything so its been sent to get fixed. I'm on my [parents comp so please let me know where Autumn is and I'll get a post done for her.
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Odd question: When does this RP take place, year-wise? In the Animorphs books, the internet is written about as if it's still relatively new. People still use something very much like America Online, even. Are we assuming the books are timeless, and current events really take place in 2009 or so?
I ask because Reece's initial instinct in 2009 would be to look up the girl whose face they found on Facebook. But if we're in 1994 or something, the resources available are very different. Also, we'd need more flannel.
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Also, we'd need more flannel.
I agree with this comment.
Also, I say timeless.
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Heh. I need to consider that a moment. Also remember, this is situated before the Animorphs were created- hence why Jethsa has been explaining that the 'Lock In' people aren't really set up yet, the Sharing literally just formed and no, not every one you know is a Controller yet.
Wiki lists 'Published between June 1996 and May 2001'
I'd peg it at June of 1995.
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w00t! Thanks for the colour-thingy Seryna! :)
Can I just say 'ouch' to the year thing? I mean, luckily for me Eddie's car is old enough for him to keep, given its year of make, but other than that I'm bound to make some 'temporal-mistakes' here and there...
I'll try to play it as 1995, but I may get things slightly wrong. Oh, and can I say: Windows-'95 sucks!! - For this and many other reasons, I generally prefer to play Earth-based RP's present-time. *sigh* I'll give it a go though, if I must.
Peace.
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Oh hell yes. Our characters are a year away from the existence of Space Jam.
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And a year post-Cobain...*sniffle*...
And a year post-The Lion King! *hooray!*
Well, hand me a Mondo and some Pogs!
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Well yeah, kind of a must, Fu. Alice isn't a time traveler :P
I won't be a stickler though- do your best and we'll be find. Perhaps we should break out POGs and talk about how awesome sega genesis is. ::)
Also, Raven is back and preparing postage :)
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Wow, '95 through '99 were horrible horrible years of my life....Middle School was the singular worst thing that ever happened to me. But on the bright side I get to sit down and watch English dubbed DBZ and Sailor Moon on Toonami again...
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I just realized that if my character's 22, she would've been born in 1973 o__O She could've seen Star Wars in theatres! XD
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Hehe, pepper her with star wars quotes!
Ossalin, what sort of snake did Jas acquire? I'm starting Jas a morph list in the first post.
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Oh. Well, nothing dangerous, just a common bull snake. I wonder how we'll get other morphs....hrm..
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Hey, where's Seryna? No one's posted on the Origins board for a couple days....
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Sorry; IRL happened over here....
Tara, is your char on the side of a house where Kasey's dog morph would be able to hear/smell her? They're exiting out the back door to her house.
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Hey, yeah, I'd say it's Kasey's house, so once they come around the side they'd be able to see her. And of course, the dog can probably smell her :P Note that she's got a hastily hidden gun tucked into her shirt, hanging from an even more obvious gun holster around her shoulder, plus some guy's clothes under her arm, with a snake inside them (may or may not be visible). Plus she's out of breath and holding a black boxlike device that looks like either a 2-way radio or an alien device, depending on the angle.
Suspicious, much?!
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I'm here! I just don't want to dictate to you how your characters are going to react to this situation. You're all together now- what is your character going to do?
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I'm waiting for Torrence to let Kasey outside, then I'll be set to respond.
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"Not very pretty," Torrence said, setting down the pot. "- but serviceable."
She leashed up Kasey and opened the door, walking indirectly towards the mysterious woman.
I posted that a bit ago. I'll check back for your post so that we can write together.
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Oh crud, I don't know how I missed that.
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Don't feel bad, I missed a post of yours awhile back!
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About Jas' thoughtspeak in the last post (#523): I wondered how open it was, as it doesn't actually say. - Would Alice/Kasey/Torrence have 'heard' it?
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The case with that is Jas is really "whispering" the thought-speech, they would have to be within about three feet to hear it. The reason I don't post things like this is because Jas doesn't really have any knowledge about thought-speech. He's just doing what comes natural to him. He would normally be whispering in this situation, so he naturally whispers in thought-speech. But if your character is able to sense it, perhaps your character could tell. I don't know your abilities, but I doubt the others would even be aware of the thought unless they have special abilities.
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Okay, sounds good. I told Fu that Alice can't hear thoughts peak not directed at her, so that's a no. Alice does have good hearing though, so she may pick up a few words from a whisper.
Timeline: It has NOT been 2 hours. It has been 20 minutes since Jas's group split with Jethsa. Plenty of time in morph still. I will reply with time changes in bold. Just walking and chatting back and forth takes a few minutes, not hours.
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Hey all I was wondering if I could join in the fun... unless you have enough players already.
I've got a few ideas for a character but if any ody has anything they would like to see played out I could definitely work it in to one of my ideas.
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Welcome, Sigard.
I'm sure Sernya will PM you about your request. She's the lady in charge here. :)
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Hey Luke? Was that last bit privately directed to Sam, or was it still open? I'm guessing that he's probably getting the hang of it by now...I don't want to post anything until I know that.
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Oh, it was fairly private I suppose. But I've changed back now so it should be pretty easy to post. :)
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Does the scanner signal morphing energy? If it does, it should've beeped when Jas demorphed, right?
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Question: Do we have a definitive list of who all has been NPCed? I know Autumn posted something a while ago, but are we still waiting on Brad and Damien to say something or are they officially under the GM's control now?
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Good question. Jethsa never stated exactly what the scanner does, but it did *not* beep when Jas de - morphed.
Brit & Damien have been NPC'd due to not coming back at the time line/communicating with me.
Raven is communicating and catching up, she's still using Autumn as her PC.
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I wonder if for simplicity's sake Brit and Damien shoud just ne dropped...
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Sorry guys, my posts are gonna be riddled with time-inappropriate boo-boos. I just realized that Gravitation didn't come out even in Japan until 2001 or something like that. But I'm not gonna change it because I like the way it came out and the way it illustrates portions of Jas' character. I hope it's not that big of a deal. In order to keep everything limited to 1995 I would actually have to do research...and I guess maybe it's just me but doing research for a forum RP...that's a bit much in my book. I hope you guys don't mind...I'll try to keep it time-restrained but I'm not gonna agonize over it.
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I agree, Luke. I noticed with the cell phone thing too...not many people, ESPECIALLY students had cell phones in '95. Beepers? Those would be a little more realistic.
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Haha, beepers...yeah, I tried to play it up with the "I don't know how to contact you guys"...and my first Star Wars reference, heh :P
Not to worry, though, Luke.
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Hehe. Beepers. That takes us back!
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Sorry if I missed it but what kind of dog is Reggie? Thanks :D
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Black lab
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Cool! For some reason I was picturing a reddish golden retriever, but close enough! :D
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Well, oddly enough. I've been bit by two black labs. One of which was named Reggie. Go figure, that's what I randomly pick for Kasey's dog. :D
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Aww! Man. Labs are usually pretty sweet...we used to have our yellow lab Toby...but yeah o.O Yikes.
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Alice hasn't left Kasey's house yet, she's only left the bedroom. She did ask via Chee-net if they wanted her to fetch the box on her way back to the complex. I hope, whether they reply or not, it's at least made clear IC that they have/have not replied.
Eddie is currently driving from his appartment to Kasey's house. I'm not sure what sort of distance/time this should take, nor how long he has already been driving for in RP-time. I also had him leave an open-tag to any character he's met, including Autumn. If she doesn't want to be left-out of the rescue-mission etc, she could get a lift to Kasey's off Eddie. I wanted to give Raven a fair chance to post a response before I have him arrive, but he could still go pick her up even after he arrives...
IMO, pets should NOT get their own post. Having a pet do something in a post for your main character(s) is fine, but not just posting for the pet on its own. Having said that, I obviously have no GM-type authority in this RP, so I hope Seryna can clarify this point, whatever she decides. I do remember in a previous RP of hers that I was in, she didn't allow such things.
Annoying, aren't I? :-*
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Yeah. Just a little. Reggie got his own post because no one else is posting, so Kasey has nothing to say, and I needed to respond to Sam. I don't see anything wrong with that, especially since it was done in respone to anoter playee. It's not like I was oing it for the heck of it. I also want some clarifiation on whether or not we're allowing cell phones and texting. Cell phones were around at that time but thy were not common and they were expensive. The first text messages were being sent at this time but I doubt that a group of random kids would be sending them.
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About the cellphone thing: Looking into each character's background, there are reasons for some of them to have cellphones. Eddie is a tech-head making his own money, he has one 'cos it's a gadget. Alice has one 'cos she's Chee. Kasey's family are reasonably wealthy, right? In which case, she may well also have a cellphone. Up to you.
I personally never liked the idea of RPing in the past, but that's out of my hands. I'd hope that cellphones should be generally available though, as it's easier to RP that way and get the plot moving faster than not having them. I did like Reece's beeper-idea, though of course it is possible to SMS a beeper through an intermediary.
I remember my family sharing a mobile phone back in the days before GSM technology, when the signal was analogue. We got a second one when GSM was introduced, and I'd often take one or the other to school with me. We are by no means well-off.
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I'm with ya on the not being a fan of RPing in the past. Good calls on the cellphone stuff. I think that it would make sense for those three to have cells and the others to have beepers. :)
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Those were just a few examples for you. Obviously Torrence also has a cellphone, as she has used it several times. Autumn also has one, as she received Torrence's first SMS. There may also be other examples.
We know Reece has a beeper, because Breekan stated so IC. Looking back on previous posts, I'm sure you'll find some other characters who received Torrence's first SMS about meeting at Kaseys place; I just can't spare the time to check.
Still, you could have Kasey respond to Eddie's SMS, if she's gonna have a cellphone, if for no other reason than to post to the RP. 'Respond' doesn't necessarily equal 'reply', of course. You may have her respond however you wish, or not at all. She's your character after all.
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I like Jess's idea. It's still probably statistically unlikely, but hey, we're playing California teenagers. We're hip, man. We're trendy.
And I don't really see why having someone RP their pet is an issue. It's not like Jess is spamming or anything. It adds richness and the like. More importantly, there's nothing really obviously wrong with it, so the only person whose playstyle it should have to conform to is the person posting. :)
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You're right Fu. She's my character and I'm quite capable of playing her.
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I don't see anything wrong with a doggy reaction. Takes something off my plate. Fu, Alice did get all the reply that she's going to, so it'd be nice to get a post from you.
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Your wish is my... Well, I posted anyway. ;)
I hope you like it, it took about an hour before I was happy with it myself.
BTW, what time-of-day is it in RP-time now? Eddie's mission-morph will be different depending how dark it is.
Shame Autumn/Raven missed her chance of a lift, eh?
PS: 3 (or is it 4?) Black Labs and one cat in the same house ;D Poor Eddie... Muahahahaar!! [/evil-pirate-laugh]
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Jess, I support the post for Reggie, it is quite viable. For example, I was planning on having Jas acquire Reggie also, but now that he's left the room, Jas probably won't bother. This could have big ripples down-time as it will be one less morph Jas has that could cause him to react differently in different situations.
As for the time thing...I agree that trying to limit time to the past is difficult. That is in the hands of our GM. But I'm not gonna fret if I make some mistakes linked to time as I said earlier. :)
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I actually kind of like the idea of RPing in the past, but I'm going to forget about it all the damn time x3
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I wonder how many of the dogs can detect the black kitty in the hall's scent from their present locations...
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I, too, dig the past RP. It gives us a certain flavor, and keeps us a bit more grounded in the world and tone of the books. Jake and Marco play Sega, not X-box. ;)
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Hey guys,
I definitely won't be a stickler. Its fun to have accurate postings (beepers, few cell phones, reasons why X has a cell phone), but if you forget, its okay! We can always suss out a good reason for a post later.
I also have a bit of a 'cut scene' for the dog morphs searching out the ship with the bolded part to help move the story along and have something new to reply to.
As Fu asked, I'm sure more are wondering, its 3 PM. Sunset is at 5:30
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As the ass morph caused me to shoot upwards and for my feathers to become itchy as they melted away into fur, I posed another question to the group.
Um... Did Torrence just go from one morph straight into another without demorphing first?? Tsk tsk, please do explain?
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As the ass morph caused me to shoot upwards and for my feathers to become itchy as they melted away into fur, I posed another question to the group.
Um... Did Torrence just go from one morph straight into another without demorphing first?? Tsk tsk, please do explain?
Does it reaaaaaaaaallllllllly matter? I read it as her "rushing" the morphs- a bit of figurative language, rather than actual morph-to-morph morphing.
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This is what happens when I do a 'quick post' from my boyfriend's house. His computer set up (and keyboard) are vastly different from my own. I ended up selecting 'select' and 'delete' twice, so by the time that I realized that I had sliced off a few demorphing sentences, I just didn't have the time to fix it. Tending to a boyfriend on Vicodin after his surgery took just a bit more priority than proof reading (and yes, I do feel guilty for not spending as much time on this RP as I have in the past. I will make it up to you!).
Sorry if it severely impacted your reading pleasure in some way.
I also just got a PM from Damien stating he'd like to come back, so woot! I let him know that a phone call after someone he knows has ten digits again would be an easy way in, or any other way he could think of. Lets welcome him back :)
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Yeah I'm really sorry for leaving again, I have an idea for a re-intro post but I need to know what has happened since my lasr post. (Right when everyone split up to get their morphs at the zoo)
EDIT; And what is currently happening, that and how much time has past. Thanks in advance to whoever supplies this information.
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Yeah I'm really sorry for leaving again, I have an idea for a re-intro post but I need to know what has happened since my lasr post. (Right when everyone split up to get their morphs at the zoo)
EDIT; And what is currently happening, that and how much time has past. Thanks in advance to whoever supplies this information.
Off the top of my head:
-We got our morphs, then returned to the Chee compound to rest. Some of us (Eddie, for instance) simply returned home.
-Those of us in danger of being controlled arranged to have the Chee pose as us to keep us safe.
-We found out that the morphing cube had been stolen from the Chee compound.
-We ALSO found out what the heck the Chee were, but not that Alice was one, though some of us certainly have our suspicions. ;D
-We researched the people that stole the cube, and learned one of their names/faces: Samantha (Sam) somethingorother.
-A Spaceship appeared, we chased after it. In doing so, we intercepted the thieves of the cube.
-Eventually we came clean with the thieves, and discovered that they knew where the cube was, and that they had stolen it for Jestha, an injured Andalite waiting in the woods. We then teamed up, with significant arguing occurring to get there.
-Alice returned to the Chee compound, discussed our fates, and left.
-We're currently in the woods, one team having just discovered the location of the device, the other having just discovered Jestha (the injured Andalite)'s ship, as well as the Hork-Bajiir hanging out outside, which Jestha fired upon with her laser beams.
Did I forget anything?
And Seryna, I think it's safe to say that infirmed loved ones take priority over interactive fan-fiction for a defunct sci-fi children's novella series on an internet message board. ;) I hope your boyfriend recovers speedily!
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That looks excellent, Breekan. Thanks!
He's doing much better now :)
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Oh jeez, I forgot to thank you, so uh, Thanks ^^'
Yeah I wouldn't have known what to do without that information.
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Hello,
I want to let every one know that a cutscene to a different scene will be occurring tonight. Get in any posts you'd like to do to the current situation. I will be controlling the circumstances, but not the characters. After the cut scene, feel free to do a back post explaining what your character did during and after the cut scene.
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I will be out of town from July 1st through 7th. Breekan1 will be taking over the role of Kasey (with Seryna's approval, of course.) :)
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SigardTormel and Damien, you still with us? :)
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Yeah sorry just a really busy week sorry bout that. :(
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No problem! I'd like to let every one know that we are going to have a cut scene to another scene tonight in about six hours. Please get a reply in to every one else' post and the GM post. I will make some assumptions on your characters' actions if you don't get a reply in.
Write on!
~Anne
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Hi guys, sorry for being MIA, I was also away from July 1st-7th. Thanks for picking up Sam in the interim. I've been really busy lately and I've kind of lost track of what's going on in the thread, so maybe it would be better if someone else picked up Sam semi-permanently?
Let me know, thanks guys :)
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Hey Myitt,
I play all NPCs without players so I could play Sam, yet you say 'in the interim'. How long do you expect to be MIA?
I'm also doing the cut scene tomorrow afternoon to give every one a chance to reply.
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I meant while I was on vacation, I don't know if I have the time to devote to building up this character and keeping up...I'm really sorry Seryna, I hate to burden you with another NPC. I'll keep watching and maybe I'll be able to jump back in to the story, but I wouldn't wait for me.
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The latest GM post (#710) seems to suggest that the Andalite morph-form contains some actual memories that can be accessed by the person in that morph...
...actively searching through numerous memories and education.
Since KAA has covered this topic in cannon (most notably book 33) saying no memory is transferred this way, even when morphing a sentient creature, can I assume this is meant to refer to something gathered through their computer interface? (Or is this perhaps a point where the RP's AU differs from Cannon?)
I'm not trying to be 'difficult', this is merely a point of clarification I'm asking about.
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Just a favor...I'm going to try my best to get back into my RP's, but I don't have the time right now to read through the pages of postings.
Could someone let me know what Kasey's doing?
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We're all still on the ship; while you were away, Kasey eventually got off of Vincent (due to needing to demorph), remorphed into leopard form (out of eyesight), reminded everyone to keep their guard up and not namedrop in front of a stranger, and encouraged Eddie to see if the ship has a medbay (which he's just determined it does indeed have) while she did her best to monitor Jestha's life signs (which aren't looking swell).
Hope to see you back in soon!
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It's new Fu. New and exciting.
I would like to get a post from every one whose with us, to let us know where they are and what they are doing, especially Damien and Alice. Fu I know you said you were waiting on Damien, but you could perhaps react to unfolding events and give him something more to reply to.
I will be doing a big GM post to move us to a new scene, but I want every one to have a chance to write first!
After discussing with FU, I want to point something out about the earlier statement that the andalite morphers are getting memories.
Roleplay Identity: but if Ed and Jas were just getting her body, that's one thing. If they're getting her memories too, that's an entirely different prospect. - I dunno if I'd be comfortable someone morphing me if they got my memories...
Roleplay Identity: r they only getting distant memories so far? like early stuff, childhood etc?
Roleplay Identity: or more recent stuff like how to fly the ship?
Roleplay Identity: and understand the weird levels thing
Seryna: The knowledge of how to fly/the ship basics/ are meories, like the first time a teacher walked her through
Seryna: they ARE NOT getting personal memories
Seryna: I'm imagining stacks of folders with memories that open with pieces of relevent information flowing out at times, or can be opened to discover things
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Hey guys, I wanted to get your opinion on what you'd like to do next in the RP.
Vote option 1 - Stay in the current scene, talking to Jethsa or the Chee.
Vote option 2 - Move scenes to the next day, where a new mission awaits you...
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Option One for me, thanks. I know you're queen of all things cut-scene, and so far all cutscenes have been well-placed, but I'm interested in how Jethsa and the Chee will react to each other and what might happen with the spaceship. Will the Chee look after it like they did with the Andalite they got the cube from originally? Will Jethsa ask them too or even get along with them at all? I know you play both parties as GM, but it is still a compelling enough bit of the storyline that I'd like it played out rather than skipped over, ya know?
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Option 2; since Seryna's playing both Jestha and the Chee, and just about everything interesting will happen with those two, it'll be easier to do a cut scene where she can write out what happens without having to wait for us to pitch in.
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I have to say option one for my character simply because Jas has never met the Chee, he doesn't know what the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is going on and unless you want to GM my reaction Seryna, I think it should be RP'ed out. Sorry Breek, but from the viewpoint of my own char, I have to go with option one, even if it's only a couple of posts.
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BTW just wanted to let you guys know that I'm fairly slow to respond...I have a ten-week-old pup at home that I have to spend the majority of my time with and then I still have work and I do like to sleep from time to time. sorry if it's an inconvenience, I'm doing my best to keep up.
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Puppy! ;D
If we do choose the Chee- Andalite interaction, I'll be sure to give opportunities to respond to conflict. Standing around and staring won't be much fun! Jenny might not even be around, and the Chee doubles would likely want to talk to their people doubles.
I do want to warn every one that I am going to go on vacation for three weeks starting the fourth of August. Its the first road trip that my boyfriend and I are taking together, so I fully intend to get horribly lost, even with the mounds of maps we're buying and the GPS :P
The RP won't stop though, it'd be a great time to interact with each other. The people who have to catch up on the RP can have time to read up and find a spot to jump in. Feel free to attend school, attempt to spy on suspected controllers, get more morphs and get to know the new people. You can choose when the day advances to the next day to keep things interesting for you.
I have to get up early to get the car serviced for the trip, but I'll be replying tomorrow!
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Ok sorry guys but I definitely won't be in here with any regularity (if at all) this weekend. So in case I don't get to see you guys till monday: a) drag vincent along and b) have a lot of fun. :)
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Hey, I just realized that I've forgotten completely whatever became of the Escafil once we found it, that having taken place a few weeks or so ago, but I don't think Reece would have over the course of about twenty minutes; any chance someone could refresh my memory??
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The Escafil box is in the ship, wrapped up in something. Someone brought it aboard after they dug it up, but I can't remember who. Hope that helps.
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I'm not sure how you know that its wrapped in something, Fu. Did one of your characters do that and not post it? The only one who posted wrapping it was Alec (he wrapped it in his over shirt). It wasn't mentioned if Reece kept the covering on.
Here is the history of the Escafil with links where all this happened.
Reece scoops the box up out of the ground and cradles it in his arms. "Alright, we should go find the others at the space-ship and see if they need our help, yeah?" He smiles at Alec. "You've done way good, bro. Totally rad. Now you just need to take us to where the ship was- can you do that?"
http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2657.670.html
GM post:
Reece and Alec find the others at Jethsa's ship, although it was greatly complicated by Alec's refusal to slow down and wait for Reece. Reece was forced to run the whole way and arrives at the ship some what fatigued.
Reece's actions after that:
Reece stalls behind a few trees to demorph. As Miller's features melt away, he pauses for a breath. He'd rather not waste any more energy morphing again than he'd have to, so instead he enters the ship cautiously, hands in front of his face. He is greeted by the sight of his friends, the unknown human, and the unconscious Andalite.
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Thanks a bundle!
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No problem! I will be tallying and starting whichever option won in a few minutes.
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Back! :) and I'd prefer option one because I think the whole group will need to figure out how they will interact with Jethsa and the Chee and who they are going to trust, including their trust for Vincent (more then likely discussed in private) lol.
It'll be interesting to see what people come up with in either case.
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Hey guys! Nice posts going on up there. I wanted to warn you that I'm not going to be able to post until the 24th. Post away, have fun!
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I'm not sure if you were responding to me or not Seryna...I think Reece is still in the compound talking about morphing birds. It was my character, Jas, who walked out the door and started down the street. Just clarifying, it seemed like maybe you thought it was Reece who took off.
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Yeah, I haven't gone anywhere yet. ;)
Also, Oss, are you leaving the RP? That's what I'd interpreted your post as, but if you're not, I think Reece would be inclined to try and go after Jas to see what's up.
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Actually, I'm not sure Breek. It seems like there aren't a lot of people in this RP anymore...you, me, Fu, and Seryna once in a while, and maybe Jess is coming back. *shrug* I guess I was just gonna let the other chars decide if Jas got brought back in or not. It's up to the others in the RP, they can go after him if they want. If not, he'll probably just wander back home and I'll leave the RP. The fact is, I'm trying to play in character here and I know Jas wouldn't just stand around whilst being ignored like a piece of furniture. He's gotta be doing something, moving, being engaged, anything but standing there like a wallflower.
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Ossanlin makes a good point, actually... Now that Jethsa and the Chee have met up, there's only one reason left why we shouldn't cut-scene: Vincent. Anyone wanting to interact with him in the current time/location? Or should we just let Seryna cut-scene now?
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Where *is* Vincent?
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Hello! Yes, my laptop had 2% battery life left. I'm sorry for the mistake!
I am, however, back. Washington DC and my family are great, thanks for putting up with my absence.
If Jas and Oss want to go, I'm sorry for that. You are a great writer and its been a lot of fun seeing what you've brought to the RP. The NPCS are off screen now, making the characters front and center. I intended every one to decide what they wanted to do and maybe get to know each other a little bit. With the down time, I was wondering if the absent writers have had time to catch up and if they'd like to re join us.
I am going to start using the characters that were introduced at the beginning of the RP as main characters- Autumn for one, will be back tonight! Damien as well if his writer doesn't return. Lets decide where we want to go- and if they do not return, maybe this is a reason for our heroes to be hindered into failure!
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sorry for the disappearance. Been helping my brother move and plan for a baby shower so was a bit busy but am going to finish up the little I haven't read of the thread and post.
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Welcome back ST!
Anyone fancy talking on the phone with Alice? Eddie's holding the phone out for someone to take, it doesn't have to be Reece if someone else wants it, I just picked his name 'cos Breekan posts a lot ;)
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Hello,
The current scene will be cut scened in two days, unless we RP it ending sooner. We've been on this scene for awhile and some may be getting bored, but I wanted every one to have a chance to have Chee & Jethsa interactions. Vincent also needs a chance at the Blue Box, if he decides he wants to go for it.
After that, the skys the limit!
Whose up for rescuing Alice and Damien? What else do you want to do?