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Malphaestus
Touched by the Apocalypse
Tell me when your character is done.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Hello everyone.
I just wanted to notify ya'll I haven't been feeling well lately (to the point I've been sleeping entire days away smh), but I believe I'm recovering from my stupor and am working on things starting from today. I started to re-work some of the GM spaces before I entered this fugue and that work will now continue. Furthermore, I'd like to remind folks that I would appreciate people joining me in an effort to update all character sheets to the new template.
Thanks to everyone for their continued interest and trust in me as GM.
I just wanted to notify ya'll I haven't been feeling well lately (to the point I've been sleeping entire days away smh), but I believe I'm recovering from my stupor and am working on things starting from today. I started to re-work some of the GM spaces before I entered this fugue and that work will now continue. Furthermore, I'd like to remind folks that I would appreciate people joining me in an effort to update all character sheets to the new template.
Thanks to everyone for their continued interest and trust in me as GM.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Just notifying everyone that the collab between
Tanya Degurechaff
and I has been finalized. This means that we can all welcome them back fully and officially.
Anyway, on to my GM duties. I realize there isn't actually much for me to work on that has immediate importance, since EP-2 is going to be effectively player driven. In that case, I'll be thinking over, writing, and reading over the world at large to prepare for reasonable happenings for EP-3 and beyond. If you have any requests for the next operations, please elucidate me to your needs and I'll help to fulfill them.
Thanks for reading!
Tanya Degurechaff
and I has been finalized. This means that we can all welcome them back fully and officially.Anyway, on to my GM duties. I realize there isn't actually much for me to work on that has immediate importance, since EP-2 is going to be effectively player driven. In that case, I'll be thinking over, writing, and reading over the world at large to prepare for reasonable happenings for EP-3 and beyond. If you have any requests for the next operations, please elucidate me to your needs and I'll help to fulfill them.
Thanks for reading!
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Malphaestus
Viper Actual
SkyHawk MK IV
YsFanatic
Tanya Degurechaff
AnonyMouse
After some considerations I'd like to give everyone a reminder. We're not starting EP2 until everyone has finished what they wanted to add, if anything, to this 'ending sequence' of EP1. We aren't in-between narratives or anything like that, this is just the final opportunity to do things before we take a short (several days) break like we did after EP0 and before EP1.
To solidify some things, here's the plan just to make sure everyone is on the same page as I am:
Everyone finishes immediate after-mission things for this story, then
We take a collective break, then
I may provide an intermission, then
I provide an actual starter post for the new episode.
Consider this S.O.P. going forwards.
Viper Actual
Ask me about my tourniquet fetish.
Sounds good. I'm just waiting for the literal party to get started. Not sure what to throw in between that though.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Nothing is absolutely necessary, of course.
YsFanatic
Senior Member
I haven't forgotten about the character sheet deal. its been one of those weeks where everything pops happens at once is all.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Thank you for the heads-up fam
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Just notifying everyone that I actually got a great question about the setting in private that may be answered by that person's next post, but that inspired me a little to build on it further whether or not it gets explicitly shared. Relatedly, I have a few actual non-joke ideas about the party/gathering I'd like people's opinions on. Of course, Azata's place is where it's happening so
AnonyMouse
has the most control over the concrete facts of the setting (obvious reasons).
Anyway, the current idea for how the party actually goes is that everyone gets there on time and all that basic set-up stuff I'll be leaving mostly up to you guys, and we can presume that some are just being lame and not really participating and just watching TV just like in real life, which will give me an excuse to dump some more setting info (related to some of those questions I keep getting) in-character and organically like how I like to do by way of a documentary that's on.
I have a side-storyline I'd like to introduce by that method, and it could let me generally foreshadow and mention stuff. "Spoilers", but that side storyline involves a freelance reporter character I have in my back pocket getting involved during a later episode and asking for some interviews. I plan for him to keep showing up as a side character and as a way for me to introduce a 'guy who knows stuff' who's regularly available to the main party, cause every game needs one of those.
Related to other requested developments, I'm also hoping to get the fact it was already mentioned to be a 'smart-house' to be further developed, because that already has great synergy with some themes and developments both I and
Viper Actual
wanted to explore and be a part of the story.
If anybody else has ideas on what should happen or anything else they'd like to see for the episode, please discuss in public or mention them to me in private. Thanks for reading and staying notified.
AnonyMouse
has the most control over the concrete facts of the setting (obvious reasons).Anyway, the current idea for how the party actually goes is that everyone gets there on time and all that basic set-up stuff I'll be leaving mostly up to you guys, and we can presume that some are just being lame and not really participating and just watching TV just like in real life, which will give me an excuse to dump some more setting info (related to some of those questions I keep getting) in-character and organically like how I like to do by way of a documentary that's on.
I have a side-storyline I'd like to introduce by that method, and it could let me generally foreshadow and mention stuff. "Spoilers", but that side storyline involves a freelance reporter character I have in my back pocket getting involved during a later episode and asking for some interviews. I plan for him to keep showing up as a side character and as a way for me to introduce a 'guy who knows stuff' who's regularly available to the main party, cause every game needs one of those.
Related to other requested developments, I'm also hoping to get the fact it was already mentioned to be a 'smart-house' to be further developed, because that already has great synergy with some themes and developments both I and
Viper Actual
wanted to explore and be a part of the story.If anybody else has ideas on what should happen or anything else they'd like to see for the episode, please discuss in public or mention them to me in private. Thanks for reading and staying notified.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Malphaestus
Viper
SkyHawk MK IV
YsFanatic
Tanya Degurechaff
AnonyMouse
Alright, realized that I forgot to give an actual date for the break. We've sort of already been on break, so this won't be too long this time. This hiatus will fully end on the 22nd; but since we have people still working on important posts, don't think you can't post what you have now or anything. Please continue working quietly in the background at your own pace. If you feel like you can't complete something you deem to be important for your character, you can save what you've written up and post it as a flashback sequence or something of that line later on.
At the 22nd I'll be providing an introduction to EP2 and providing all of what I have for an episode framework for everyone to base themselves around IC. Essentially, just expect an objective list of scenes that should occur and themes to be explored. I'll also be providing various miscellania such as that documentary concept I mentioned.
Furthermore, on the character sheet thing; that can also be left on the back-burner for a while if you just don't have the time or energy lately. As long as things are getting worked on, I'm very patient.
I'd like to thank everyone for their continued trust in me as GM and I hope that EP2 is a lot of simple livin' goodness, and act as a good seedbed for character and relationship development.
Viper Actual
Ask me about my tourniquet fetish.
AnonyMouse
either Fitzroy got game or Halliwell ain't picky.Also please have him come to the party I beg you.
Malphaestus
Touched by the Apocalypse
Don't forget to invite that one obscure government agent we all know is secretly the number 1 number 1, Twelve'o'clock Cowboy.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Fitz is a good boy.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Anyway, some minor news. I have a basic proposal/script/document thing like I mentioned for EP2 at the ready in case anybody would like to read it. Technically, it's 'spoiler-y' and all, but this is just an idea springboard for everyone to get the creative juices flowing before we get down to it. In case you aren't interested in things not involving your character and want to be surprised, please take advantage of the fact that I seperated the post with inline spoilers where reasonable.
Don't take any of this as gospel; I intend everything in it to be a friendly suggestion and merely to offer framework and inspiration to grow from. If you like the ideas, that's great! If you don't, that's great too; you can go "off script" as much as you like. Don't consider it an actual script, I just don't have a better word for it.
A reminder, this is just a basic skeleton that can either be used or ignored. If you have anything to add, remove, or otherwise modify or suggest; please tell me and the rest of the players involved. I hope that this, and similar 'proposals' in the future can be used to provide a sense of direction, and opportunity as the RP continues.
Thanks for considering my proposal for EP2 and I hope you work with me to build on the basic framework here further, to everyone's enjoyment of the story.
Don't take any of this as gospel; I intend everything in it to be a friendly suggestion and merely to offer framework and inspiration to grow from. If you like the ideas, that's great! If you don't, that's great too; you can go "off script" as much as you like. Don't consider it an actual script, I just don't have a better word for it.
Scenario begins with everyone having just finished arriving at Azata's home, a smart-home in the MAVERICK/GR privatized suburbs, similar abodes used by Adam and Hazel nearby as neighbors. Littered with random gubbins and trash as per Azata's wont (pizza boxes as mentioned and presumably mechanic related bits, as she's surely resumed working on her franken-car).
With the fact the house is 'smart' and is doing its best to accommodate the new guests with automatic functions, I may play the role of the dumb A.I. brain of the house trying to do things and make some fun random events to happen as it attempts to communicate with its new wards. An in-built advertisement for the manufacturer (a mentioned quantum-computing and A.I. firm) should play out or be otherwise mentioned, for use as a foreshadowing and 'organic' introduction of A.I. alongside its limitations into the story.
As this is meant to be a low-key scenario, no major combative events can or should happen; as some PC's have skill-sets leaning towards direct combat, I hope for them to have things to do to express those skills in other ways.
Azata/Hazel Stuff:
Hazel likely has a similar tier of personal dexterity as Azata, for different reasons, and with this in mind, a scenario to showcase both their similarities and their differences is in order.
As Azata is more of a 'civilian' engineer, and Hazel is more obviously 'militarized', a scene conveying the differing attitudes may be appropriate. Example: Hazel and Azata might be working on something that suddenly broke during the party (I imagine the smart-house detects an electrical fault and notifies the home owner) and take the time to fix it; Azata pulling something that works out of her ass and Hazel having a stroke as it doesn't conform to regulations, could easily make a good scene.
Adam Stuff:
Adam can't really do much normal party things, so I think something related to his previous past-times when he was younger is in order: an impromptu video game tournament or anything else involving intense gamer action. I think the concept of everyone playing not-Smash with Adam wrecking the competition is pretty good. Since it's already been implied he just has a high natural accuracy, something COD-like could also work. Azata probably isn't an elite gamer, so maybe Adam brings his own console along with him.
Niko Stuff:
Further, I think Niko should be involved in the video game competition as the only other top-tier competitor, as he's been conveyed as a bit childish so far and can approach the scene from the opposite angle of being a lucky beginner who just has the reaction time and twitch-movement advantage. This seems like a good way to remind everyone he's the youngest character involved.
Adam/Niko:
In general, I just like how Niko and Adam interact in my imagination for the future and I think a stronger friendship between these two should develop.
Streuben Stuff:
Streuben has the 'fish out of water' and 'holy shit how do I interact like a regular person' issues, which has some good synergy with Peyton; but admittedly Streuben is more of a wild-card so far, and this should be maintained for now. He's a distant weirdo and I'm sure we like him that way. And of course, he should hit his head on a doorframe or two lmao. This world just wasn't built big enough for such an elite chad.
and have a drunken make-out with Hazel but that's neither here nor there.
Peyton Stuff:
Peyton is sort of alone here admittedly, which does also fit in with her character so far; her trying to hover around Azata as the only distinctly familiar face would be an obvious thing, but kind of boring. An alternative something she could be doing is messing with the house A.I., because that fits with her electronic warfare and tech-y or hack-y themes. I think it'd be cute if she was trying to optimize its code or something for Azata as a gift of a sort.
With the fact the house is 'smart' and is doing its best to accommodate the new guests with automatic functions, I may play the role of the dumb A.I. brain of the house trying to do things and make some fun random events to happen as it attempts to communicate with its new wards. An in-built advertisement for the manufacturer (a mentioned quantum-computing and A.I. firm) should play out or be otherwise mentioned, for use as a foreshadowing and 'organic' introduction of A.I. alongside its limitations into the story.
As this is meant to be a low-key scenario, no major combative events can or should happen; as some PC's have skill-sets leaning towards direct combat, I hope for them to have things to do to express those skills in other ways.
Azata/Hazel Stuff:
Hazel likely has a similar tier of personal dexterity as Azata, for different reasons, and with this in mind, a scenario to showcase both their similarities and their differences is in order.
As Azata is more of a 'civilian' engineer, and Hazel is more obviously 'militarized', a scene conveying the differing attitudes may be appropriate. Example: Hazel and Azata might be working on something that suddenly broke during the party (I imagine the smart-house detects an electrical fault and notifies the home owner) and take the time to fix it; Azata pulling something that works out of her ass and Hazel having a stroke as it doesn't conform to regulations, could easily make a good scene.
Adam Stuff:
Adam can't really do much normal party things, so I think something related to his previous past-times when he was younger is in order: an impromptu video game tournament or anything else involving intense gamer action. I think the concept of everyone playing not-Smash with Adam wrecking the competition is pretty good. Since it's already been implied he just has a high natural accuracy, something COD-like could also work. Azata probably isn't an elite gamer, so maybe Adam brings his own console along with him.
Niko Stuff:
Further, I think Niko should be involved in the video game competition as the only other top-tier competitor, as he's been conveyed as a bit childish so far and can approach the scene from the opposite angle of being a lucky beginner who just has the reaction time and twitch-movement advantage. This seems like a good way to remind everyone he's the youngest character involved.
Adam/Niko:
In general, I just like how Niko and Adam interact in my imagination for the future and I think a stronger friendship between these two should develop.
Streuben Stuff:
Streuben has the 'fish out of water' and 'holy shit how do I interact like a regular person' issues, which has some good synergy with Peyton; but admittedly Streuben is more of a wild-card so far, and this should be maintained for now. He's a distant weirdo and I'm sure we like him that way. And of course, he should hit his head on a doorframe or two lmao. This world just wasn't built big enough for such an elite chad.
and have a drunken make-out with Hazel but that's neither here nor there.
Peyton Stuff:
Peyton is sort of alone here admittedly, which does also fit in with her character so far; her trying to hover around Azata as the only distinctly familiar face would be an obvious thing, but kind of boring. An alternative something she could be doing is messing with the house A.I., because that fits with her electronic warfare and tech-y or hack-y themes. I think it'd be cute if she was trying to optimize its code or something for Azata as a gift of a sort.
A reminder, this is just a basic skeleton that can either be used or ignored. If you have anything to add, remove, or otherwise modify or suggest; please tell me and the rest of the players involved. I hope that this, and similar 'proposals' in the future can be used to provide a sense of direction, and opportunity as the RP continues.
Thanks for considering my proposal for EP2 and I hope you work with me to build on the basic framework here further, to everyone's enjoyment of the story.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
Forgot to mention everyone; please read the above post.
Malphaestus
Viper Actual
SkyHawk MK IV
YsFanatic
Tanya Degurechaff
AnonyMouse
Aldur
Malphaestus
Viper Actual
SkyHawk MK IV
YsFanatic
Tanya Degurechaff
AnonyMouse
Aldur
SkyHawk MK IV
My other CIWS is a Kashtan.
Aye, I like the Hazel/ Azata idea you had. Definitely is a good and fun scenario to play out.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
thancc
SkyHawk MK IV
My other CIWS is a Kashtan.
Azata: "So we fix it like this see?" Azata fits some random mesh of quickly built electronics
Hazel: "You can't be serious? What happens if it explodes?"
Azata: "Fireworks...?"
Hazel: "You can't be serious? What happens if it explodes?"
Azata: "Fireworks...?"
AnonyMouse
Senior Member
LOL, Azata doesn't like 'smart' stuff. If it broke, she'd probably leave it broke and then look for ways to break other parts of it. Or, since it's so damn smart, try to fool it into breaking itself, hahaha.
As for party scenarios, I'm down with all of those. I could see her getting involved in any of those, at any time. If she invites someone to her house, she's not gonna let you stand in a corner and stare at your feet all night. Introverts are going to have a tough time. (Yes, that includes Fitz.)
BTW,
Windsock
when would you like the party to happen? I feel like having it happen today (in RP time, of course) would be the most fitting, riding that post-mission high. But, most of the PCs are tired and about to go home and, if a party was going down, I feel like I should've mentioned that in my post. Then again, I think it's still pretty early, maybe around noon, so there's still time for Cammy to shoot out a mass text, time for everyone to head home, catch a breath, and regroup in the evening or at night. It alo gives time for her to clean up a little before they come over... and by 'clean up' I really mean shovel her shit into a corner and throw a rug over it. That can all be covered in the opening post of Ep 2.
As for party scenarios, I'm down with all of those. I could see her getting involved in any of those, at any time. If she invites someone to her house, she's not gonna let you stand in a corner and stare at your feet all night. Introverts are going to have a tough time. (Yes, that includes Fitz.)
BTW,
Windsock
when would you like the party to happen? I feel like having it happen today (in RP time, of course) would be the most fitting, riding that post-mission high. But, most of the PCs are tired and about to go home and, if a party was going down, I feel like I should've mentioned that in my post. Then again, I think it's still pretty early, maybe around noon, so there's still time for Cammy to shoot out a mass text, time for everyone to head home, catch a breath, and regroup in the evening or at night. It alo gives time for her to clean up a little before they come over... and by 'clean up' I really mean shovel her shit into a corner and throw a rug over it. That can all be covered in the opening post of Ep 2.
Windsock
Two Thousand Club
As for party scenarios, I'm down with all of those. ... Introverts are going to have a tough time. (Yes, that includes Fitz.)
BTW,
Very good point on the timing there. 'much later that day in the middle of the night' seems like the best particular option overall. Furthermore, I was in talks with
Aldur
on how to introduce their character by way of this episode and that has good synergy with what DeKay and I had in mind.RIP Fritz, he gun die. Speaking of; I'd like for everyone to focus on 'main' Linker characters for development, but it's still a good idea to balloon up the size of the party a little and presume more dudes are gonna show up. If anybody would like to further develop side-characters (or introduce some new ones), and their relationsips, feel free to use this opportunity.
Anyway, about the Queue and all that stuff: for such low-key, no-danger episodes, we can throw it out the window; no harm, no foul after all.
Malphaestus
Touched by the Apocalypse
You cannot hide your peculiar fetishes from my discerning eyes.
I'd want to expand more on my head mechanic, but he's probably busy fixing the NC. Costs more, takes more time.
I'd want to expand more on my head mechanic, but he's probably busy fixing the NC. Costs more, takes more time.
Malphaestus
Touched by the Apocalypse
Secret that no one can ever reveal: my head mechanic is actually the same dude as Mr. Suit.
Secret secret.
Secret secret.
Aldur
Memory Dealer
Viper Actual
SkyHawk MK IV
YsFanatic
Tanya Degurechaff
AnonyMouse
I've been told I could do this and get off scot-free and I'm not one to turn the opportunity down. I've officially posted my Sheet!
Malphaestus
I did it, I posted it. This is a formal notification of me notifying you I posted my sheet.
Malphaestus
Touched by the Apocalypse
I've been told I could do this and get off scot-free and I'm not one to turn the opportunity down. I've officially posted my Sheet!
I did it, I posted it. This is a formal notification of me notifying you I posted my sheet.
I notify you in the present moment that I have received your formal notification of you notifying me you posted your sheet.
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