Fantasy Mess Hall (OOC)

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight

Before I accept your character, I will need a bit of elaboration on the magic your character possesses. The dark fog is what I'm referring to

Does it affect only the target, or everyone in the vicinity? Does it affect them if they are shrouded in it? If they breathe it in? If it touches their skin?
What is the effect of the fog?

The purpose of this is so we are all clear on the abilities. It needs to be clear and concise to prevent OP abilities and to prevent stretches of ability use due to ambiguity
In other words, the dark fog is too vague. You don't have to change it. You just need to tell us specifically what it does

 

[Emira Blight]

The fog only affects the target, if it touches them or they breathe it in they will be fine, it’s like a normal fog just darker in color

 

[Kylesar1]

The fog only affects the target, if it touches them or they breathe it in they will be fine, it’s like a normal fog just darker in color

Gotcha. Your character is accepted

 

[WayfaringWaaksian]

Emira Blight Kylesar1

Y’all can post ahead of me if you want, I have a reply lined up but my internet crapped out again and I’ll have to head out later today to mooch off of library WiFi (post is too long to bother retyping on my phone). I don’t know when it’ll get fixed, so I might be limited to a post a day/every other day until then.

 

[Kylesar1]

WayfaringWaaksian
No issues. I will use this time to integrate the new player into the RP

 

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight WayfaringWaaksian
We're about to time skip 2 days forward because it's time to explore the ruins in the sky

Emira Blight
I need Melody to join Demi so we can get the ball rolling and keep the time consistent. We're gonna skip the scenes of actually finding the chest. It's not important and you entered during a transition phase, so we need to get you on the ship into the crew ASAP because some dungeon crawling is about to start

 

[Kylesar1]

WayfaringWaaksian
If Melody is mentioned in your post, hold off on it


Emira Blight
I've got to put a stop to this before we go into what's about to be a big plot setpiece basically, with a lot of world-building and developments to happen. There are too many things I guess you just don't understand, or didn't read, or that isn't clicking based on what Sebas, Demi, and Fatimah all have told Melody. If I proceed, the only option is pretty much to kill Melody

So I will explain Melody's sequence of events since arriving on The Canine

• The 1st thing she did was bare her teeth at the Captain of the ship she's currently on, already putting her on thin ice to be shot dead on the spot for her display of aggression against a captain of the crew that just took her in. He warned her to not test the waters because they had just gotten done killing a few traitors and they are wary, on top of being anxious for this raid that they are about to embark on

• Demi tells her that, given their interactions on Dead Man's Isle and in Sebas's Office, Melody is coming off as a scared cupcake, and this isn't the cupcake life, explaining to her that things are about to get REAL. Really dangerous, really quickly. A castle ruins in the sky whose LORE I posted about

• Instead of meeting with the raid captains that Sebas said she would be working under and not testing the waters as a newbie on thin ice, she misses that meeting, goes into her room, rips up her starting clothes (which gives her minimal protection since it's still dress cloth), breaks a picture that belongs to HER (since it's in HER room) and uses glass shards to cut her hair.........instead of just using the sword she carries on her

• Then she storms off to the armory, blinds everyone in there trying to get weapons and armor for this highly dangerous raid, steals a weapon and runs, all the while asking one of the crew leaders (as specified per my most recent post) to assist in what's essentially about to be attacking a member of the crew right before this dangerous raid. The strongest member of the Canine crew is either Sebas who is the captain or Ash who is the best warrior on the ship overall. The strongest in the entire crew, all hands considered, is Lostrogret, a Gorgon Child possessed with an ancient demon, who will literally turn Melody to stone the moment Melody looks in her general direction.

So all in all, logically speaking, Melody should be branded as worthless and then just killed unceremoniously on the spot, or tied up and fed to the beasts. I can't think of a single other viable scenario, given what Melody has been doing so far. She is literally being a loose cannon with plans to attack someone of the crew, after slowing the prep in the armory and then stealing a weapon

So I'm not sure what you're going for, but I will say that in general, you need to reel it in, think about what it is you're typing, WHY YOUR CHARACTER IS DOING IT, and think about how actions are gonna be taken regarding those actions. You also need to read the posts, read back if you need to, hit up the LORE page to see info about the world, or just hit up the OOC to ask me about what's going on


With that in mind..........

But that's in general. Now is now. Basically, Melody is GOING to die if you don't choose an entirely different course of action with your post. Like I mean, if you want to not have your character dead in my next post, I say delete it and retype it with actions that make more sense. You said that Melody was scared around people she didn't know, then you said she was determined to prove her worth to the crew, then she engaged in actions that just made her look like an enemy right before this dangerous raid

The first warning shot was Sebas telling her to reel it in or she was going to die.
This second warning shot is me as the GM telling you that Melody's death is in my next post, and giving you a chance to delete your post so you can redo it

 

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight
I thank you for editing the post. Those actions are a lot more sensible for a newbie who wants to prove themselves to the crew

But WayfaringWaaksian 's post acknowledged that Melody had left for the armory. So here's how we're gonna correct things to get it back on track in a way that makes sense. This is what I will need you to acknowledge in your post, Wayfaring, in whatever way you see fit:

• Melody did indeed go to the armory to pick up some armor and maybe a weapon. She is strapped and ready to go
• Melody is LATE to the meeting with the raid captains under that excuse, which is a valid excuse.
• Melody comes back in time to meet Fergie and Bogrum before it's time to draw up the battle plans

All of this is done BEFORE Ivy's current post, so you can just then have Fergie/Bogrum respond to the post itself

Melody will be introduced to everyone and she will stop being a loose cannon. With that, everything should be corrected and we can get the train moving again

 

[WayfaringWaaksian]

My post frequency is going to be stunted again for a bit. Having yet ANOTHER internet outage, just when it seemed it might be fixed. So yeah, still one post a day/every other day until it gets sorted out for good, sorry about that.

Kylesar1 Emira Blight

 

[Kylesar1]

My post frequency is going to be stunted again for a bit. Having yet ANOTHER internet outage, just when it seemed it might be fixed. So yeah, still one post a day/every other day until it gets sorted out for good, sorry about that.

Kylesar1 Emira Blight

All good. No worries

 

[Emira Blight]

My post frequency is going to be stunted again for a bit. Having yet ANOTHER internet outage, just when it seemed it might be fixed. So yeah, still one post a day/every other day until it gets sorted out for good, sorry about that.

Kylesar1 Emira Blight

i wish you well

 

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight WayfaringWaaksian
Alright, peeps. I got a flight today and then a 40 hour roadtrip starting Monday, so my posts may be hella spaced over the next like week or so

 

[Kylesar1]

Ordination of Misfortune round 2

 

[WayfaringWaaksian]

Ordainin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

 

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight
There seems to be an issue with time scaling, something we (the more experienced RPers) can compensate for now, but something you'll need to be wary of in the future when you RP. In one post, Melody went to the infirmary, got fixed up, and returned to her post. And this is a recovery from bashing her head on the table, faceplanting and potentially breaking her nose, potential concussion etc. Just something to think about

Realistically, this should be 2 posts. Go to the infirmary and get fixed up in your most recent post, and then return to her guard duty in your next post

As of right now, this is not a big deal. Just be wary of it for future reference. This is constructive criticism

 

[Kylesar1]

WayfaringWaaksian Emira Blight

We'll adjourn the meeting due to all of the stuff that went down, and they'll pick it up after the ruins are revealed

In other words, these will be the last posts of the scene until I unleash the ruins

 

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight WayfaringWaaksian
Sorry this took so long, peeps. I was launching another RP: The Guild of Desperation
Managing a second RP shouldn't take up too much attention from this one

 

[Kylesar1]

WayfaringWaaksian Emira Blight

The point of that big beefy I just posted was to establish that Demi is the one paying the fee to get Melody's Ord removed. Ivy, just know that the Ord hits every post and lingers until it's removed. It's best to avoid being put under one. Getting the fee removed this once is kind of a warning shot about that type of thing in the future.

The Weapons and crew inspection is just filler, and I wanted to expand on Ash and Naka more as characters since their stuff is filler. I'm expanding a bit more of the character stuff as I flesh out the Basenjis at large

Wayf, since it's just weapon/crew inspections, getting the Ord removed is the plot stuff. After the discussion with Avery and Melody, we're gonna time skip to reveal the ruins. You are of course free to have some interaction. Nothing of plot importance to gleam from it. Just character development

 

[Kylesar1]

Emira Blight
This post has 2 parts, separated by the line of dashes "-------------"
While it's fine to hit the first part, it is more important to hit on the second part as that's where the plot is, especially since it's a 60 minute time difference between part 1 and part 2


WayfaringWaaksian
Since part 1 is all filler, it is not important at all for you to hit on part 1. You're free to, of course

 

[WayfaringWaaksian]

I have a post ready, but I'll wait for Ivy to make their edit before I make needed edits and send it

Also, the internet situation might be fixed now? Tentative yes. It's been working for a few days fine, which is a good sign, but we'll see.

Kylesar1 Emira Blight

 

[Kylesar1]

I have a post ready, but I'll wait for Ivy to make their edit before I make needed edits and send it

Also, the internet situation might be fixed now? Tentative yes. It's been working for a few days fine, which is a good sign, but we'll see.

Kylesar1 Emira Blight

Eh, just send it. We'll go ahead and move along to the good stuff. It's a minor thing. I can just say Melody was recruited to Avery's team and she currently stands among the rank and file. This is the transitional part, where my posts will get to be more of a pain in the ass to write, but more plot and world-building centric for this scenario

And that's excellent about your internet. I know the rage bad or shotty internet will produce

 

[WayfaringWaaksian]

Sure thing. And I do enjoy your long, lore-rich/character building posts, a pain they may be to write out. Here to read as much as write, after all.

And thanks. Even more infuriating was that there was literally no internet at all. Like, zilch, for a month, and the internet company was being mad sus about it. I literally had to go to the library every time I had to make a post/do whatever safe stuff, and depend on phone data to do life important stuff that I didn't trust open wifi for. Fun stuff! Something something world gone crazy, I dunno. I adjusted, so the rage subsided, but it's good to have things back to normal now.

Kylesar1

 

[Kylesar1]

WayfaringWaaksian Emira Blight
I'm working on my next post. Army is doing an operation exercise and it ate every bit of my freetime in the last 2 weeks. With a by-week this week, I should be able to reply more often, then it's another 2 weeks for part 2/2 for the operation exercise.

Also Wayf, I'm gonna begin the Guild of Desperation before my window [of interest] closes. That post should be out near the same time as my post here. Thenceforth, I will be dropping Desperation posts around the same time as Basenji posts

 

[WayfaringWaaksian]

Gotcha. Thanks for the update.

Also, internet connection has been stable for a while now, so I feel safe saying that issue's been resolved for now.

Kylesar1 Emira Blight

 

[Kylesar1]

WayfaringWaaksian
That was a damn good opening scene for Nancy Noi. Really captured the feeling of moving time after 200 years


WayfaringWaaksian Emira Blight
This entire post took me AGES to write. It was a massive pain in the ass because I also needed to get the debut post of Guild of Desperation up. If you're not tracking, Ivy, Guild of Desperation is essentially a guild that is small part of the current raid. That's where Vespera and Nancy are a thing in THIS RP, The Stoneroses. The RP Guild of Desperation takes place BEFORE the events of this RP. Join if you desire especially since it's in the beginning, but it's not essential to understand LORE of this RP. At most, it'll give you LORE early


As always though, as much as I complain about how much of a pain in the ass these posts are to write, I do it because I enjoy the RP. I got a 2 week death march for the army coming up, and I'm typing after recovering from a 24 hour shift. Just for perspective's sake