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You know, most people would think there was a problem when they have to make a new metaboard long before they had to make a new thread for the actual RP.

I know. We talk too much ._.

I'm disliking my post, and am considering redoing it before anyone reads it. :(

>>5 I just read it and it seems fine to me. But if you want to change it, go ahead, I'll wait.

>>6 Nah, you can post. I'll just put more of an effort into my next post. It's not like my post was completely shitty, I'm just upset because I know that I can do better.

Sorry I didn't post sooner but as you must have guessed schools got me really busy. But I got a chance so there you go.

Okay, I'll probably be on less often still. I'll try to check once a week to see if there's an update. I just thought I'd warn you, since I haven't been on in the past few days.

>>9 Same here. School is taking up a lot of my time :l

Going to post soon. Just have to finish writing something else first.

I'll post soon too. I just went back to school this week, so I'll be busier from now on. :\ I'll be checking up on here though.

Glad to see that we're all going to be busy. That way we can all understand each other when one person can't post for a long period of time.

Hello?

I'm here :l Waiting on Scythe last I checked.

Don't mind the random space between my name and my tripcode. At school and I don't want anyone offline to see it either :O

Oh hey. The space doesn't really show up.

And, yeah. Ayaka poofed.

Did Ayaka disappear from BBS? I mean, will she even be RPing, or do I need to do something to just, continue the plot that's forming at Sarah's house?

Sorry sorry sorry! I've been kinda busy and not in the right frame of mind to RP lately, but I'll post today. I'm still in the RP.

>>19 No rush, I just haven't seen you post at all lately, and I just wanted to make sure that you still did come here. I didn't want to be waiting fr someone who left the site you know.

I apologize as well can't seem to stay online for more than a 2 minutes. I'll try and post by tomorrow.

No stress guys ;o
Like Leigha said, it's just nice to know that everyone is still checking back since you guys tend to not post on other parts of the site much.

Since it'll take a while before anyone misses the RP thread, I'll just post in a few days. I plan on making a perfect post. IT'LL BE PERFECT I SAY!

I really wanna add another character and have them fuck around while my other characters are doing something, since it's looking like they'll stay together. Any objections to that Barabi?

Of course not >O

>>24 I'll be making another character then! Let me come up with an idea and create them before I post. I'll try to keep this character out of what Thom, Sarah, and Srenal does because I already have those three stuck together, I don't want another one stuck in there.

I have a question for Barabi.

The enforcers in the Outer Line don't particularly like doing their job, and they usually don't do it, correct?

What I'm trying to say is that I want my new character to be an enforcer in the Outer Line and I figure I'll make him lazy and not do shit unless someone, Sarah, comes to him to tattle.

>>26 Although I am not Bunny I'll still say that it sounds good.

>>26 Some do, some don't. However, most of those who believed in The Church and enjoyed their jobs didn't feel that way for long after they got into the Outer Line. The OL sort of breaks their original ambitions .o.

They DO do their jobs. Just... their jobs aren't what The Church says they are. Most of them follow Daube's rules instead, and slacking off on his work generally doesn't end up pretty. They generally slack off on any work Cross gives them, though, since noboy there really likes him. (They also slack off on work that Daube gives half-heartedly. If Cross tells Daube to make everyone search for something, Daube's tone will make it obvious he doesn't care and very few people will actually do it.)

If that makes any sense... o-O'

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>>28 So, will the lazy ass character work or not? I just want to make sure before I actually make him.

>>30 He'll work. Aside from his laziness, though, he should probably have a funny/cruel/honest personality (or something else distinct like that). Either that or he and Daube could have known each other since they were young.

Just need a reason for your character to be an exception to his wrath :O

There we go. I believe my work paid off int the end. Wouldn't you guys agree?

>>31 If he's known Daube all of his life, then we'd have to discuss their past and figure it out. As far as personality goes, I was thinking about trying to do something to make him an interesting character.

When I think of this character, he reminds me of Shikamaru from Naruto. He's smart, a good fighter, but lazy as fuck. He doesn't cuss, and he has a large vocabulary and uses interesting or fun words. I'm trying to point out a word that he'll use often when he has to do something.

>>33 Honestly, a lot of discussion isn't necessary. There's nothing wrong with making it up as we go, and I'm not going to roleplay their pasts.

The easiest idea would be that they went through the Academy in similar classes, neither gave a fuck about The Church, and they just connected through time as close aquaintances.

>>32 Scythe. What part of Anu's and my past posts through the entire roleplay did you not understand?

IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL SHE'S FROM THE CHURCH. There, caps'd for easy understanding.

We specifically stated that. You can't just change that fact because you feel like it. Daube noticed it because he's very sharp with small details. I figured you had Dante notice it because he's a Time Demon and has good senses. However, it's already been said that it's not easy to tell where she's from. Cloaks are normal in the Outer Line (as also previously stated), and there's on reason to suspect her unless she takes it off.

Changing how noticable a character is once it's already been stated is the description-equivalent of godmodding. It's not your character, you're not the RP owner, and you can't just change things already said xl I'm sorry, but that just bothers me.

there's no reason*

Well, I've got shit to do so let me get started on that before I make my new character and post. If anything, I'll at least make my new character by the end of the day.

I made the character. It's kinda shitty, but the only way for me to develop him better is by actually RPing with him.

Sorry about that Barabi. I finished writing that in the last minute and didn't review it. I'll change it in a sec.

>>39 Np. As long as everything gets fixed, it's fine. Just avoid it next time.

>>38 I know what you mean; I'll check it out in a bit.

Damn it this thing won't let me erase my post.

Is that better?

Yeah, it's fine :O

One more thing to keep in mind, though. Most of The Church legitimately believe in everything they're told. Only the Head Monk and "The Pope" (perhaps along with some higher ranking officials) know that there are issues within The Clocktower. The rest of them just consider it a holy relic and are unaware of the prospect of Time Demons and such.

The Enforcers are generally aware that there's something fucked up, but their reports go straight to "The Pope" and aren't seen by many other members of The Church. Even the Head Monk doesn't know a lot about the Puppets; he can barely comprehend the Puppet he personally controls (The Pope).

In all honesty, most (but not all) of The Church members just live happy and pampered without worrying about the problems of other Lines. They consider themselves superior and shouldn't need to fuss with it much. They of course have to do some things (which have been spoken of previously), they avoid it as much as they can.

Although your post contradicts this a bit, it's fine. No need to rewrite that part, as I'm just pointing it out for future reference.

If someone wants to make a character that contradicts my stereotypical Church member definition, they can go right ahead, but that's the general mentality behind most members.

Tell me what you think of my character once you read it Barabi. Once I get the okay from you, I'll post using him. I just want to make sure all checks out first.

>>44...I think I already did that

>>46 Well, yeah /o/ Your character is also young, though.
>>45 One sec. Checking it now.

Character is fine. Don't forget that Enforcers have uniforms. Even so, I could definitely imagine Outer Line Enforcers not wearing them properly (or at all) /o\

Thom told Mirabelle what the plan was. Sarah's upset by it. Srenal finally found out, but wants to know more. Luke's lazy as fuck, but is headed towards Dante and his group because of what Dante said. Luke heard Dante mention people disappearing and the part where Dante said to never listen to what the church tells you.

>>49 I hadn't meant to post that. Either way, people in Dante's group need to read at least the last section on my post seeing that it pertains to them. My new character's out and about! Getting himself into more trouble than he wants to be a part of.

>>49 Oh boy....

>>51 Won't this be fun?!

>>52 Depends. If the girls follow Dante into the alley they might be able to avoid dealing with Luke. If they take too long Sally or Dante will have to come up with a good lie. So yeah it might be fun.

Oh my, looks like things are getting interesting. I'll post soon.

>>53 We shall see! Despite how boring and lazy Luke is, he is an interesting character.

>>55 You know I was thinking about making another character just to add more chaos. XD I already have everything planned but I'm not sure.

>>56 My characters are already adding plenty of chaos. Srenal is planning on fucking everything up. Sarah's probably going to try to tell the Enforcers about Thom's plans. Luke's just getting involved, but he'll add chaos later. I have plans for Luke later.

>>57 Mine aren't not yet anyway. That's why I'm thinking of making another one. One that's already adding chaos.

>>58 Dante would be adding chaos if Noel hadn't got involved. Your characters added together prevent chaos where mine put together adds chaos.

>>59 That was what I was aiming for. But you'll see just how much chaos will ensue thnx to Noel and if I do make another character lets say I hope the Cross and the line captains are prepared for some serious vandalism, robbery and murder.

Hey Barabi mind if I make a normal citizen?

>>60 If you make a character like that, I hope they either cross paths with Thom or Luke.

>>62 She probably will. I'll let in on something. She's a 'doctor' and a 'psychologist'.

>>63 Would a psychologist even exist in Oblitus?

>>64 I was gonna go with the explaination that she read some forbidden texts on the human being and learned all the things she knows.

>>63 Perfect character for Thom or Luke

>>66 Finished her. Now all I need is to post done I'm can go on ahead.

Should I like post the profile and post as her?

Screw it I posted her profile. Those who are curious about her go on ahead and check it out. Also Barabi if I have to change something let me know.

I say that after Luke deals with Dante and his group, then Luke should run into her. Just to annoy Luke.

>>70 I'm actually going to have her go after the group but decides to distract him instead. XD

That'll annoy Luke even more. Having a character that enjoys doing nothing is kinda funny because every post has to be the character actually doing something. Therefor, every post as Luke will annoy him. Especially since the character is boring unless they run into other characters. The only problem is that running into other characters means that's more work Luke has to do.

>>72 I have the post ready want me to post it?

>>73 You can, but I won't be able to post a reply as Luke until you post and Dante and you can't do that until everyone else posts because Luke's following Dante.

>>74 Ok. All I really wanna do is post as Nephele cause I have her post here with me.

There. What do you think?

>>76 Depending on what the others do, I already know what Luke's going to do. Just a note, Luke really doesn't want to confront the group on anything, but he's doing it to avoid getting in trouble later. If Nephele can give him a good excuse to ignore the group, he'll take it. Same thing if someone in the group gives him a good excuse to just leave them alone.

>>77 Also, any excuse would be good for him, but it also has to be good enough of one for Luke to give to Daube in case the group left and did something weird and Daube finds out that Luke had heard them talking about something suspicious. It's just to make sure that he had a good reason for not suspecting anything or had something more important to deal with.

>>78 Ok then either Sally has come up with an excuse or I have break my head making a midly good one. Cause lets face it Sally's awesome at lying.

>>79 ikr? I love my character.

Should... probably type in my trip now :l

/meep

Magic :O

At school, so, yeah. If I can magically figure out how to type at a decent speed on these weird keyboards, I'll post. I'm too far ahead of the class right now anyway :\

We shall see what happens, but I already know what Luke will say for the instance where someone does make a good excuse an the instance where no one makes a good excuse. I can post for Luke any time.

Sorry for the short post :\ Still hard to type on this.

Shall anyone acknowledge Luke following? Or will I have to make him catch up?

>>84 You never specified that he was following, sooo yeah. He argued with himself about following, but he didn't come to an obvious conclusion at the end of the post :l I figured you intended to have him catch up. Otherwise, I would have had Sally notice him.

OHWOW.

I misread that.

I'll just add that into my post. /rewriting

Even though my ID is the same, it's not letting me delete the first one :\ Ah, well. New post is new.

>>89 Why aren't you signed on as Bob!

>>90 There was only ten minutes left of class, so I had cleared out all the history and got ready to sign off when I saw your post. Didn't feel like putting in my trip again when there was only a few minutes left :O

>>91 Ehh.. just from your post style it was obvious that it was you. I forgive Bob, though I doubt she cares!

On a side note, who else has to post before I can post as Luke again?

Going to be posting the backstory of Sally's family soon ;o It will be a good reference since some of you are starting to talk about our plans for The Clocktower now.

>>92 ...seriously? The ID was the same as when I was using the trip :|

Anyway, I think we're waiting on Kim since we're not sure if she went ahead or not while Sally was spacing out. Dante is farther ahead, so we should be able to get a few posts of dialogue in before (if) he slips back to see what the fuss is about.

Hey, I was thinking of maybe posting a backstory for Mirabelle's past, too. Like before she was a Time Demon. I could use it to show what she was like before she became all frozen up inside. Do you guys think this is a good idea?

>>94 Since it's only one person, I'll just post as Thom and Sarah when I post as Luke next. Since I know Sally's character, I figure she'll be able to come up with a good enough lie to allow Luke to take it and leave, then he cane deal with Dante's new character.

To tell you the truth, I already have a plan for my characters. It'll happen no matter what the other characters do. I'm not sure when it'll happen, but I know it will.

>>95 Why not? I think it'd be cool. I'll be posting more on my characters pasts some time. I know what it'll be, but I don't want to post it until certain events happen. I feel like the RPer having more knowledge than the character kind of fucks up the character's actions and ruins the fun, so I won't spoil it it until the time comes.

>>95 I like that idea. Hmmm on a side note do you think I should post a back story for Noel and Dante? I made a draft but never really got to finishing it.

>>98 I'll tell you the same thing I told Ayaka. I think it'd be cool, but won't post any more back stories until the information in them is revealed. For instance, I want to post a back story that involves Rxnion. I don't want to do that until she comes out though. I feel that the RPer knowing more than the character fucks up the story, so I don't want you guys to know some information on my characters until they reveal it.

>>99 Well it wouldn't be anything new since I already introduced them both and how they met is something most of you already know. Well if you read Noels profile anyway.

>>99 I know what you mean, but I forgot the term for i-OHWAIT.

Metagaming, that's it. When people take knowledge from sources that weren't in the original description (such as things from other character's profiles, separate backstories, or roleplay events that happened between other characters) and have their own character know about it without good reason. It's pretty annoying; in fact, what Scythe did with his last post could be an example of it - because he knew that Kim was a Church member, he felt that Dante should know.

That's why I've waited until now to post the backstory. I didn't want the Time Demons to magically know who Sally was in relation to the last people to enter The Clocktower.

>>100 I'm just saying if there's anything special that might be revealed about Dante or Noel that you don't want to reveal, then be careful. If there isn't, then go on ahead! I'm looking forward to reading it.

I'm just hesitant because there's so much about Luke that's a mystery still. There's also a lot about Rxnion that's a mystery. I don't want to spoil it until you meet them.

>>101 I usually have nothing said in a straight forward manner to prevent myself from doing that. For instance, instead of having Luke know that Dante was Dante, I simply had him have heard about Dante. Since Dante sticks out like a sore thumb, I figured that would be okay.

Other than that instance, I had my character elude to knowledge, but never say it.

Let me give you an example. Before Thom knew about Time Demons, if I knew about them, I'd have Thom say, "There are some odd people out there." Instead of saying something like, "Time Demons exist." That way it's much more broad and it could be about anything.

>>103 Same reason that Sally thought Dante was talking about the suicides and such at first. Even if the reality is obvious to me, I'm not going to have my characters completely understand the situation right away unless it's realistic for them to.

>>104 That's also why I plan out things ahead. That's why Srenal got caught returning Dante's book. It also allows the character's actions to be based on the character and not my knowledge.

Still don't like the fact that you plan ahead as much as it seems like you do, though >I

>>106 The other characters usually mess it up anyways. Why don't you like it?

>>107 I've shared my reasoning enough times; I don't really feel like repeating myself :l

Backstory may come later than intended. I really need to upload chapters of another story I'm working on before I get slap myself for never finishing what I start. I also have to participate in some stupid Veteran's Day Essay Contest as part of my History class :\

I slap*
(or)I get virtually slapped by my non-existent readers*

Quick question: If Feral, Ivory and Roka aren't active anymore or just don't come around before a certain time, will we still keep their characters?

>>110 Their characters aren't in the way right now, so there's no reason to kill them off. If they were holding up the roleplay, then I'd remove them, but they're not, so let's just leave it be. The RP can operate without them. Unless someone who has been in the RP for a while requests their character positions, I have no intention of getting rid of them or godmodding them elsewhere.

At least give them a month. If they don't post, put up a message dating that the character positions can be taken. For the people who want to join but don't know

>>112 saying not dating

Well I finished the side story for Noel and Dante. Going to post it for anyone who's curious.

If I don't get a post for Kim in two days, or tomorrow if I'm bored, then I'll just post as Thom, Sarah, and Srenal and leave Luke alone.

There's no rush on the Kim post, but I figured it'd be easier to have one post for all of my characters instead of two separate posts, but I don't want to hold up the RP when it's not necessary. I just thought I'd wait for a week, since I was busy anyways, to see if I could do it.

>>116 Just do whatever works best for you :O

>>117 It's kinda 50/50. but I really don't want to hold up the RP much longer since we just recently went off of our month long hiatus.

Uh should I like post?

>>119yes

Piece of shit internet. I'll have to post tomorrow. Sorry guys.

>>120 typo on trip

A warning though. Do not hate me for the major bullshit I'm about to pull.

>>123 Oh, what fun!

Damn internet won't stay up.

I'm curious. IF someone tried to hurt Sarah, would Thom protect her? I mean, knowing Srenal, there could be a chance that Sarah could be in danger if Thom pisses Srenal off.

Damn it, I don't even know how my own characters would react. Either way, I'll be checking in every once in a while to see if Scythe posted. I'll probably have to end up posting a response tomorrow, so we'll see.

Was able to get on my step dads computer. Yes.

>>127 Right before I have to leave. I'll post a reply to it later.

Now it really is me holding up the whole RP. Have no fear! For I shall post my reply if I have to force myself to! I can't wait to see what happens next.

Shitty post is shitty. Please don't bother telling me that my next post as Luke is OOC compaired to this post. I'm having major writer's block when it comes to him. I hope i can remember his personality again soon.

>>129 It's not shitty in opinion. Also you gotta love Dantes actions to the situation causing the exact outcome he wanted. XD

>>130 Both of your characters are pissing off Luke because they're making it more complicated than luke had originally hoped it'd be.

>>131 Yep just what I wanted to happen.

Sally to the rescue!

>>133 Wow. Bravo just bravo. This is why I love Sally. Also sorry I intentionally almost screwed us over. Couldn't help myself. Oh an just to let you know there's one detail that should let you know the girl's Dante. His clothe didn't change. It's still the same grey coat, gloves, pants and shoes.

>>133 Fuck, now I want to respond as Luke, but it's not my turn. I'm just hoping the other posts don't make this complicated again.

>>134 Let's just pretend that Sally wasn't paying attention to clothing at the time ;d

>>136 Good luck? /o/

>>134 With that in mind, Luke would have noticed that. I don't think that's really important though. We can just say Luke was too lazy to pay attention and he was looking fro a reason to leave not continue to pester them.

Crappy post is crappy. Damn, it looked much longer before I actually posted it. I'm sorry.

Also, I'm now the only one who's controlling only one character. Barabi, could you please reserve me a spot for a Puppet? I'll work out character details later.

>>139 Sure ^^

I'll just post as Thom and Sarah instead of waiting this time.

>>139 Your post may have been short, but it had a lot in it, if that makes sense.

I've made a new personal rule. Three paragraphs per character. That means that if I'm posting as two characters in one character change (like Sarah and Thom), then I will post six paragraphs. There's exception to this personal rule, but I doubt you care. Just keep an eye outfor my longer posts!

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Hatash, please don't bump the actual RP thread :l Even if it's under something saged, it'll get bumped up with our own posts eventually.

... He bumped your RP. Bahaha.

For the record, I've posted as Thom and Sarah so you can post Ayaka.

I'm not rushing, but I posted so that you wouldn't have to wait.

>>147 Okay, thank you. I won't be able to post today but hopefully I should be able to tomorrow. I have a rough idea of what I'll write.

>>148 I'm not rushing you. My internet will be down for a few days anyways. My internet will hopefullybe back up in 1-3 days.

I'm making my puppet character. I'm having trouble deciding what materials were used to build her though. :|

>>150 Try to think about it both figuratively and literally. Say that your puppet was made out of ivory, wolf hair, platinum, and glass (don't take that combination since I'm using it with a puppet later) - that would give it an air of importance, confidence, and beauty over strength, right? Say a puppet was made out of steel, cotton, stone, and wood - that would give it strength over beauty, intelligence, or class and may imply a stiff personality, right?

My puppet is a bit of an exception since he was one of the first ones made, so don't use him as an example, but you can also make them out of unconventional materials. You have to remember that The Puppeteer is pretty much God; if you want to say that your puppet was made out of blue fire, liquor and canvas, go right ahead ;O

>>151 How many puppet spots are left?

>>151 Alright, that helps a lot. Thank you! ^^

Posted my new character! I'm going to find her very entertaining, I think. Feel free to read through her profile if you're curious. Please tell me if there are any problems, Barabi.

I'll try posting tomorrow. If I write anything right now I'd probably try to kill everything off.

>>152 I added some more. I think there are 4 left now.

>>153 np
>>154 I'll check her out in a moment ;o

>>155 o-o please don't kill everyone

The character is fine :o I'll update the Positions page in a bit.

>>156 Oh ok thnx. I was wondering in case I decide to make one later on.

Short post is short, therefore I'm sad.

If the group isn't at Noel's place after Mirabelle leaves, I'll wait until you guys get there before posting again. Hopefully Thom's change in plans should give you more time though.

Thanks to my English teacher at my vocational school, I'll be using this story as a concept for a video game, and I only have a week to completely design all aspects of the game itself. I don't have to code it, just have a written design of everything along with a spoken, one minute lead. I'm going to record my main lead because I need some input. Any of you guys willing to listen to it and give me any advice you've got?

Also, can I have your permission to use your specific characters in it, or would you rather I make new characters for it? I don't want to steal anyone's characters unwillingly, but I want to be serious with this project since it just keeps sounding more and more awesome.

>>160 I'm willing to try and help you out if I can. ^^ Also, I don't mind you using Mirabelle, since it's not like you'll be profiting from this or anything. So, it's a green light from me.

On another note, I'll post soon.

>>160 I wouldn't mind helping whenever I can it sounds cool. Also a green light from me too.

>>160 Thank you for asking Barabi. I believe we had this discussion before when you first started the RP, but I'll tell you again since there are more characters involved. Thom, Sarah, and Luke are all characters in the book I'm writing, so it's strictly off limits. Srenal/Niser/Rxnion can be used though. That's a charcter that I came up with that isn't from my book.

I'm willing to help you create the game if you want. I can also come up with characters that can replace the ones that I don't want you to use.

May I also give advice? And sure, you can use whatever characters I'll toss out there, since I plan on adding maybe just very few more. And your project's so cool! You're lucky to be doing something like that in school.

As I add more characters, I'll put a message here stating whether they're on or off limits.

Uh question. Whose turn is it?

>>166 You and Ayaka

First Version!
It's a bit over a minute (about 1:30 total, 1:00 ending just after the "Players will be given the chance to find" part.My voice sounds weird because I'm sick.

I need advice on what details I should weed out. I've recording this several times, and I must have removed as many details as I could. What do you guys think can be removed from the spoken part?
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>>166 You and Leigha for our part, as well.
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Of course, Kie ^o^ And thanks to everyone~

I kind of knew that was coming, Leigha :O I remember the conversation. You don't mind if I have a character that's inspired by Thom, though, right? Not derived off of him - just inspired by his appearance and personality.

The thing is, I need a male main character, and I like Thom's appearance. I have Sally as the female main character. I intended to let the player change the characters' names, but do you think I should let them change their appearances, too? The problem is, making cutscenes would be really annoying, and there are already a lot of other things going on in the game. The male and female character will each have their own backstory that will be slowly discovered throughout the story, and the gender that wasn't used will be the player's neighbor that they have a chance to become allies with at the start.

When the player makes allies who become close enough to join as party members, it opens up a multiplayer option, as well. I thought that would be a cool little detail, so, yeah. I'm not making the game right now (although, if I get rich or get a great sponsor in the future, I might), but it's really fun to come up with all the details and imagine it as a game.

Seriously. Am I the only one that would buy a game like this? It sounds so fucking awesome. I'm not sure if my ego is clouding my judgement or not.

Oh god. Dem grammar errors.

I don't feel like reposting it, though.

part.) My*

I've recorded this*

>>168 My. Fucking. God. That's awesome! I'd buy a game like that without a second thought.

>>170 ♥♥♥ I'll post the entire project on the clockwork site if I'm pleased with the results at the end. ♥♥♥

God. I can't believe I have to wait a week to present this :<

But anyway, do you have any ideas on what part of it I should cut out? The second and last paragraphs can be altered, but the information can't be changed. Here's it written out:

"My project would be a videogame adaption of a story of mine called Maniacal Clockwork, preferably for the Xbox gaming console. Maniacal Clockwork started out as a written roleplay amongst various online peers and slowly expanded to the point that it is at now.

"Because it was based off of a written roleplaying game, the videogame itself will be following the same idea that character interactions are the driving force of the story. All of the characters have the potential to become the player’s ally or enemy. Much of the game is timing and conviction; you have to know what to say to each character to get them to approve or disapprove of you and your ideals.

"At the start, you’re a human citizen of the supposed last city on Earth, Oblitus. Depending on the paths the player takes, there are various abilities, powers, and endings. There are many different types of characters, and the art would flip between many different styles and genres to set the mood that this city is very out-of-place and patched together.

"This game would mix logical arguing, fighting, puzzle-solving, exploration, creation, and rebellion. Players will be given the chance to find or create their own weapons, collect necessary resources, freely explore the city, and choose what side they want to fight for. There will be mini-games and a second play-through where the player has the option to play as one of the NPCs.

"I estimate that this game is going to cost between 25 and 35 million dollars by the end of a five year process to produce, excluding marketing costs, and at least 5 million will be necessary to jumpstart the project. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time."

>>171 Sounds good to me. Do you guys agree?

>>172 But it can't beeeeeee. It has to be exactly 1 minute :O

>>173 Well that sucks. You can't limit someones creativity.

>>168 I'll have no issues with you creating a character inspired by Thom, but you have to be careful in doing so. You see, Thom was unintentionally inspired by a character in a book I read, as I've found out a few months ago, and they are similar. They look similar, they have similar personalities, and so on. In the book I'm writing, there more details that separate Thom from the character that inspired him, but I had to change the details to make sure that they'd fit in this plot-line.

This means that Thom is more similar to the character that inspired him in the RP than in the book. I don't want you to get into any legal issues when you make the character because you didn't know that. Since Anu has also read the series that the character comes from, you can either give me or her the character information and we'll tell you how close you cut it to the character in the book.

I'll also want to read over the new character to see how close it is to my version of Thom for possible copyright issues. As long as the characters can be different enough, I have no problem in it. I'll even help you create the character, since that's always been a strong point of mine.

As far as character description goes, I think that might be cutting it kind of close too, since my character description of Thom is cutting it kind of close to the Thom in the book I read, so tread carefully. I'm just trying to avoid any possible issues you can have copyright because it would unintentionally be my fault. I'm still trying to work out trying to make my version of Thom as different as possible from the character in the book I read to avoid these issues.

In this situation, I'd normally just throw the character out, give it to you, and make a new character to avoid this, but he's a main character in my book and I've already written out the major plot-points, which all involve him, for my book. It'd be just too much work if I had to redo all of that. Again, since this is unintentionally my fault, I'll help you in any way I can on creating a replacement character based on Thom.

I guess I should have told you earlier about the problems I'm experiencing with my character, but I kind of forgot that we had that discussion until recently. I guess I also didn't see it as that big of a problem since he was going to be a minor character, but a few months ago, when I was writing out the plot points and scenes in my book, he kind of became a major character unintentionally. I kind of feel bad now because of this, and I don't want you to get into any legal issues because of me.

>>171 It sounds really good to me, it's a shame you need to cut some of it. D: Maybe shorten or cut out the second-last paragraph? List less of the features of the game, maybe the ones that you think don't sound as interesting as the others. I'm not really sure though.

The game itself sounds really good, though. I'd totally buy it without any hesitation.

I heard the thing and read it over, and there's some details that you can exclude.


"My project would be a videogame adaption of a story of mine called Maniacal Clockwork, preferably for the Xbox gaming console. Maniacal Clockwork started out as a written roleplay amongst various online peers and slowly expanded to the point that it is at now.

"Because it was based off of a written roleplaying game, the videogame itself will be following the same idea that character interactions are the driving force of the story. All of the characters have the potential to become the player’s ally or enemy. Much of the game is timing and conviction; you have to know what to say to each character to get them to approve or disapprove of you and your ideals.

"At the start, you’re a human citizen of the supposed last city on Earth, Oblitus. Depending on the paths the player takes, there are various abilities, powers, and endings. There are many different types of characters, and the art would flip between many different styles and genres to set the mood that this city is very out-of-place and patched together.

"This game would mix logical arguing, fighting, puzzle-solving, exploration, creation, and rebellion. Players will be given the chance to find or create their own weapons, collect necessary resources, freely explore the city, and choose what side they want to fight for. There will be mini-games and a second play-through where the player has the option to play as one of the NPCs.

"I estimate that this game is going to cost between 25 and 35 million dollars by the end of a five year process to produce, excluding marketing costs, and at least 5 million will be necessary to jumpstart the project. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time."


The parts I underlined can be cut out of you absolutely need to make it shorter. The two parts in bold you need to choose between. They say similar things, so you can combine them into a short sentence since you need to save time.

>>175 In that case, I'll just make a new character. Plus, I just checked his profile, and I just realized I thought Thom looked differently o-O' Either way, it wouldn’t have been a big deal if I made a character that had the same appearances. Unintentionally, every book has a character that looks like a character from another book because you can only be so original without be surreal.

>>174 It's not limiting creativity. It's just preparing you for when you're in a situation where you only have a minute to sell your idea. How will you sell it?

>>177 Ironically, you pointed out the things that need to stay.

"All of the characters have the potential to become the player's ally or enemy," is an EXTREMELY important line that took me forever to perfect (along with the line before it). That specifically states the difference between my videogame and previous videogames that we’ve seen. I told you, the second paragraph cannot change much.

The bolded things are not the same. Abilities, powers, and endings are entirely dependent on the choices the player makes throughout the game. Finding or crafting weapons, collecting resources, and exploring are things can always be done by the player.

Here's the outline of what has to be in the 1 minute summary:

+cost/what you'll need (<- I'm just saying the cost and what I'll need money-wise to start. There's not enough time to explain everything with this.)

+what makes it different (<- this is the interactivity/otome-style gaming where there's no set side or type of power for the player to follow or use)

+types of characters (<- I probably didn't get into this as much as I could have.)

+what it does/how it works (<- since mine is a videogame, this isn't really important)

+target audience (<- I forgot this part)

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Alright, so, lemme rework this so it has everything it needs to have before we really shorten it.

"My project would be an Xbox 360 adaption of my written roleplaying game, Maniacal Clockwork.

"Because it was based off of a written roleplay, the videogame itself will be following the same idea that character interactions are the driving force of the story. All of the characters have the potential to become the player’s ally or enemy. Much of the game is timing and conviction; you have to know what to say to each character to get them on your side.

"At the start, you’re a citizen of the supposed last city on Earth, Oblitus. Depending on who the player sides with at specific game points, there are various abilities, powers, and endings available to them. Within the city, there are many colorful characters with all different personalities, races, abilities, and levels of authority for the player to interact with.

"This game would mix logical arguing, fighting, puzzle-solving, exploration, and creation. Players would be given the chance to find or create their own weapons, collect necessary resources, and freely explore the city. The rating would be Mature, and it would be intended for both genders.

"I estimate that this game is going to cost between 25 and 35 million dollars by the end of a five year process to produce, excluding marketing costs, and at least 5 million will be necessary[needed] to jumpstart the project. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time."

TRY TWO.
I subtracted my pauses, clicks, and stumbles, and I'm still about ten seconds too long. I've also bolded some things I may get rid of and [bracketed] things I may put in.

I find that, if I get rid of the last part and the bolded things, it will be 1 minute, but do you think it would be appropriate to end it without that last tidbit?

That last tidbit being the, "Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time." Or do you think that the teacher wouldn't count that part anyway?

I dunno :l

>>160 I'm fine with you using Kim if you're still asking. Good luck with it all.

>>179 You have a nice presentation there. I think it'll be fine with or without the last tidbit. Good luck!

>>179 The physical description wouldn't be so bad if they both weren't named "Thom".

>>182 The characters don't have names :l The player would name them.

Well, wait. I lied. The main characters will have names when they're not chosen. Say, if you choose to be a male at the start, the female character would be called by a preset name, but the male's name could be changed. Vice-versa with that is also true.

I'm definitely not naming the male Thom, though :l

I kind of modified your original script, which in this version hopefully has all the necessary components. I was able to read out loud the whole thing in under a minute (I timed it online with two seconds to spare) so maybe this version's okay with you, Barabi?

"My project would be an Xbox 360 adaption of my written roleplaying game, Maniacal Clockwork.

"Because it was based off of a written roleplay, the videogame too will follow the idea that character interactions are the driving force of the story. All characters can potentially become the player’s ally or enemy. Much of the game is timing and conviction; you must know what to say to each character to get them on your side.

"At the start, you’re a citizen of the supposed last city on Earth, Oblitus. Within the city, there are many unique, colorful characters of different races, abilities, and levels of authority. Depending on who the player sides with at specific game points, there will be various abilities, powers, and endings available to them.

"This game would mix logical arguing, fighting, and puzzle-solving. Players can also find or create their own weapons, collect necessary resources, and freely explore the city. The game would be intended for both genders and would be rated Mature.

“The estimated cost for production is between 25 and 35 million dollars by the end of a five year process, excluding marketing costs, and to jumpstart the project a needed 5 million. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time."

Also, can I (maybe) start a cult in the RP?

>>186 That's fine :O Just remember that things of the 'cult' sort are going to have to be realllllly underground. The thought of people worshipping a system other than The Church's is a pretty big deal.

>>185 I find the wording of your version really choppy and hard to read out loud. I like the idea of cutting out the "exploration, and creation," part since I do mention it in the next sentence. I also like the re-ordering of the intended audience part and the way you flipped the character and ending sentences. The few sentences you changed before those ones were too odd for me to say aloud, unfortunately. Everyone has a speaking style, and people tend to write in their own style, so rewording a lot of the sentences is kind of a no-no that would just make the reader talk slower and more awkwardly.

With the changes of yours that I'm keeping, though, I think it's going to be at just the right lenght.

Re-do:

"My project would be an Xbox 360 adaption of my written roleplaying game, Maniacal Clockwork.

"Because it was based off of a written roleplay, the videogame itself will be following the same idea that character interactions are the driving force of the story. All of the characters have the potential to become the player’s ally or enemy. Much of the game is timing and conviction; you have to know what to say to other characters.

"At the start, you’re a citizen of the supposed last city on Earth, Oblitus. Within the city, there are many colorful characters with different personalities, races, abilities, and levels of authority. Depending on who the player sides with at key game points, there are various abilities, powers, and endings available to them.

"This game would mix logical arguing, fighting, puzzle-solving, and more. Players would be given the chance to find or create their own weapons, collect necessary resources, and freely explore the city. The game would be intended for both genders and may be rated as Mature.

"I estimate that this game is going to cost between 25 and 35 million dollars by the end of a five year process to produce, excluding marketing costs. At least 5 million will be necessary to jumpstart this project. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you for your time."

AHAHAHA.
I just timed it, and it's perfect. It's one minute at, "jumpstart this project," and I had stumbled speaking a bit earlier, so it's pretty much exactly one minute. I have to speak a bit quickly, but if I decrease the length of the breaks I take between paragraphs, I should be able to talk normally and still fit it in.

I love you guys. Thank you bunches~♥

Now, I'm going to go overboard and write an obnoxiously detailed paper about the story and videogame, concept art and detailed character profiles included, just so I can properly fuck with my teacher's head.

Hey, Barabi, can characters belonging to different people that have "puppet keys" wind another persons puppet, or will they have to wind their own puppet?

Of course. Just ask the owner of the puppet first to make sure it's alright. Some of the puppets use the similar keys, so one key may work on several puppets, as well. Not all "keys" go to puppets, by the way - there are a lot of lock objects and areas (which you can make up at will, honestly) in The Clocktower that you may need a key for. That's why Sally has different sized keys: they go to different things.

Generally, puppet keys are small, but some puppets may have larger keys.

Sorry I couldn't post sooner. I wasn't able to get my hands on a computer with internet. Anyway sorry of my post confuses you. If you have any questions about who's doing what ask me.

>>191 No rushing. I'll post after Ayaka does so that I can kill two birds with one stone. That way I can post as Thom and Luke.

Wait, does the other women have the accent or does Dante have it? It's alright for Dante since he's a time demon, but I don't think accents are really plausible for normal citizens. Maybe from Line to Line, but even those accents wouldn't be related to accents from before Oblitus' time.

You don't have to change the post if it is her; we can just leave that part out when responding.

I'm also not sure about the chapel you mentioned. Could you elaborate? I'm fine with you guys adding things, but explain them properly in your post or OCC.

Finally posted, sorry for the wait, Leigha.

>>193 This is why I said it might be confusing. I'll clarify your doubts Barabi. Ok the first thing the accent is being spoken by Dante. Second the place that I mentioned called White Chapel was or is (I'm not sure if it's still called that) a district in London if I remember correctly.

>>194 No problem, I'll have to wait until Sally and them get to Noel's before I can post again as Thom once Mirabelle leaves, so the wait allows them to catch up.

It'll take me a while to post, because of my many characters and self-assigned post lengths, but I'll try to do it as soon as I can.

Thom's and Srenal's posts are crappy. You can ignore Srenal's part, because that's basically putting her into place to stalk Thom some more.

There you go, Leigha. That Daube/Cross post was a cute little present for Luke. Have fun with it~

I can't help it o-o Writing out fighting sequences with those two is just too much fun.

That's interesting. I don't know how Luke would respond to that.

My posts are getting shorter. I'm sorry, I can't help it. >_< I think it's because at the moment I'm only controlling one character. I would use another, but Tabitha's supposed to be mostly dormant right now, and since she's in the Clocktower I can't use her until there's another character to interact with. :\

Anyway, I'll post shortly.

>>200 Just have him react the way he would react. It's not like you really have to fix the situation. I'll tell you now that if Luke can give them a good reason to stop fighting, they will, but if it's more in Luke's personality to just walk away and not get involved, that's another fine option. Don't worry about making the situation better - just have Luke do whatever Lukes do.

Luke's choosing favorites!

Just to clear this up, Sarah's mind is extremely warped. Just because she think Thom cares about her doesn't mean he does. I just want to clear that up so you all don't get confused if Thom's heartless towards her later.

Sorry for the long, awkward post. Daube and Cross are kind of ignoring Luke but not completely; you can interject him anywhere in there and have him follow them or not. I'll separate the two so Luke and Daube can have a proper conversation in the next few posts.

I think I'll just have Kim hang back and listen until there's a good place in the conversation she can stick herself in. Assume she's hearing whatever you're saying.

Sorry the post was short, but you didn't give me that much to work on Barabi.

>>206 I know, sorry about that. Their reactions are entirely reliant on the other when they're together, so it's hard for me to roleplay them in the same post with other people. I think I'll separate their areas next time so that this doesn't happen again.

Anyway, posted, short post, deal.

I came up with the male lead for the video game idea. He's smexy, but I can't come up with a decent name for him :\ I really like the name Lincoln for him, but I don't want people relating it to some creepy, old president. I also like the name Christian... Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have a different character by that name :\

Yes got my hands on a computer long enough to finish my post and send it. Anyway two things: First I couldn't resist doing the whole Dante trying to open the coat scene and second I hope the posts good cause I'm not sure about it. What do you think Barabi?

I can just imagine Luke getting into a fight. I feel like he'd be too lazy to try. I wonder what would happen... either way, I posted again. Maybe Bob will return to post so that I won't get bored.

I'll respond as Daube and Cross by the end of the day. I've got ideas, but I need to do some things first.

I'll post as Thom when I post as Luke since Bob's going to post some time today anyways.

Crest is so cute ._.

>>212 So true. I hope that he doesn't encounter one of the more.... 'dangerous' characters.

>>213 I think I'll cry if anyone kills Crest. I just want to bring him out of the roleplay and cuddle him.

And he has encountered Aro and Pierce, but he didn't end up being killed thanks to his naiivety and adoraburuness.

Just made new characters (well, one that are two, like Aro and Pierce.) As soon as Barabi approves, I can post. I can't wait to RP them!

>>214 And yes, Crest can just go to a corner and be cuddled by anyone that wants too. Yay for adorableness!

Ummm Barabi I have a question when do think you'll get the chance to post as Sally? Cause I'm really excited at how things are going in the Rp.

I doubt Crest will get into any trouble if he were to run into any of my characters. Thom probably would try to manipulate him, but that's about it. Srenal would just ignore Crest. Sarah would probably love Crest and might attempt to cuddle him.

Unless Crest encounters Rxnion, my characters won't be the ones to kill him off. Niser might cuddle him too.

>>217 I figured we were waiting for Anu to post next :\

>>216 Yay for cuddling ♥ Also, your characters are fine ^o^

Sally would probably dote on him and try to open him up enough to convince him to play with her like a normal kid. She loves little kids~

Obviously, though, Daube doesn't like kids. He likes cunning, interesting kids, but if there's a hint of naiivety, he just gets pissed off by them.

So, yeah. Crest might be in bad company if he ends up interacting with Daube o-O'

>>219 Ah.... Ok. I wasn't sure. XP

>>220 Thom loves kids, mostly because they are naive. Thom sees that as a perfect opportunity to manipulate people.

After posted as Thom and Luke, I realized something. I would hate to have them interact. There are so many reasons that I'd hate for them to interact. They'd hate each other. If Luke decides not to be lazy, then I'd have to have two intelligent people compete. A battle of minds is not what I want to post. Just posting as Thom drains me. I have an aching feeling that Luke and Thom will run into each other in the RP future. I just don't want it to happen! That would be such a long and complex post filled two people that dislike each other trying to outsmart each other. I just hope that Thom or Sally can come up with something if Luke were to confront Thom to make Luke leave.

Hey wow, Mirabelle is actually going to do something!

Inner character conflict. Oh joy!

Damn it, Leigha. Your character is making my character all unsure and confused and shit. ಠ_ಠ Now look what you did, calm and confident Mira is calm and confident no more.

...I do love putting my characters in tricky situations, though.

What a shitty post. What a shitty character. I almost want to make Thom kill Sarah now.

No need to worry about Dante's place guys. I've had it planned for a while... Though some of you are gonna have to share a room. XP

>>227 I already know Sarah and Thom will.

I'm just going to throw Sally in with my next post.

While I was reading through your post, Scythe... I couldn't help but notice... (and I'm just point it out for lols)

She "sowed" her coat herself, huh? Wish I could do that. Too bad I don't know where to get Jacket Seeds. I would love to plant some Jacket Plants in my backyard. I'd have an eternal supply of leather trench coats >O

>>230 Yeah I noticed...... I'll be frank english isn't my first language and sometimes misspell or use incorrect words. Curse my schools crappy english education.

>>231 Nah, it's fine ^o^ Everyone makes mistakes. For English not being your first language, you're damn good at it. I know plenty of people who have English as their first language and write a lot worse than you do.

I just felt like pointing that one out ;o

I just have to point this out. Daube is such an adorable character. I mean, I can't help but think about what an awesome character he is.

I am most certainly not used to writing for a character like Luke. This is harder than I thought.

This sounded weird, so I'll clarify this for you, Scythe. Where I said, "Sally had whispered her identity," It's referring to the last part of her last dialogue. She whispered when she said, "Doc." The rest of the statement was said in a normal tone.

>>233 Whai thank you ♥

>>234 I'm having similar trouble with Daube, ironically. Like I said a little while ago, he's a completely new character for me. I actually enjoy figuring out what he's going to do or say next despite how annoying it can be.

If Thom gives her any extra trouble in addition to Dante keeping his bullshit up, I think Sally is going to blow up emotionally, turn her voice into a whip, and force you all into submission.

Well, she might try to, at least. She also might also break something. Or just sit down and stare at everyone until they shut up and let her rerail the situation.

I'm trying to imagine Sally pissed off, but I just... can't... :|

>>235 I'm thinking way in the future here, but I want model a character after Daube's personality in my second book if that's fine with you Barabi.

Again, I'm not even half ways done with the first book, so this is way in the future. You have much time to think about it, but I like his personality. I wish I could fit him in the book that I'm currently writing, but I already have too much of my book planned out and all of the characters picked out, so there's no room for such an, amazing, personality to fit in.

Either way, I don't really care about the looks, history, or anything like that. I just want the personality, but everything else would have to be changed drastically in order to fit in my book.

>>238 That's fine. As long as you're not taking the entire character (appearances, backstory, et cetera included), it's fine. If you just want to work off of one aspect, I don't really mind.

>>237 Don't worry about Dante and his bullshit Barabi. It might seem like he's doing random things without thinking them through, like invinting Nephele, but you'll see just what he's really planning soon and why he's being soo open with complete strangers. -cue evil laugh and thunder-

Luke! How can you be so sexist? Yes everyone, it would appear that Luke hates women wanting a long term relationship. I should make him a manwhore. HOLD ON A SECOND DON'T READ MY POST! I WANNA ADD SOMETHING TO IT!

>>240 It's not a matter of me knowing it - it's a matter of Sally knowing it. As far as she's concerned, Dante is just a super-powered idiot with no common sense who keeps making every situation worse.

>>241
/waits

I didn't change much, but Luke's getting way out of character from what he is like in my book. It's not like I care, but I find it super funny.

>>244 XD Oh my God. >>242 Hehehehe I know but I think Sally will change her opinion on Dante soon.

CRAP!! Now the whole thing just sounds choppy. I'm so sad! It's nice that I get the chance to try out a new type of character though.

Oh. My. GOD! Daube is SUCH an awesome personality. I must thieve him from you for my second book. I absolutely need this kinda of interesting personality. I swear, I want to hug him right now.

You know, I would love to see Daube and Cross get together while drunk. The ensuing fight would be hilarious. Or just have Cross and Daube drink together; Cross can't hold his liquor at all, so it would be interesting to see how Daube would react to seeing his eternal bother intoxicated.

Also, is it bad that I'm kind of shipping straight male characters who generally dislike each other?

>>245 Hopefully. After that, we just have to hope that Thom doesn't get too pushy. Even if Dante gets better, she's still got pent up frustration from the whole situation, and Thom tends to make the situation even worse thatn Dante tends to.

>>246 Seemed fine for me :O

>>248 I don't think it's bad and yeah Thom seems to have a knack for that.

>>248 based on Thom's current mood, Sally's going to snap. Thom's just go a huge ego boost after convincing Mirabelle to join. He'll probably be distracted until I can think of a way for him to convince Sarah that nothing illegal is going on though. In case you haven't noticed, I have no idea how to clean up the mess I made with those two characters.

It seems like Sarah should have had a second freak out long ago and Thom should have come up with a better lie the first time. Damn it, I may just have to shrug it all off as Sarah being ignorant and not paying attention. It'll make for one hell of a long post though.

Another note. Cross, Daube, Luke, Thom, and Sarah all talking to each other. Would that be disastrous or what?

>>251 Cross and Sarah would probably make good company, and I could see Luke and Thom getting along rather well. Once you throw Daube in that combo, though, you're screwed.

Luke would hate Thom. Especially since Thom would only mean Luke has more work.

I think I want to make some back stories to flesh out Luke a bit more. Is that okay with you Barabi? It really doesn't have much to do with the RP, but I am tired of being surprised by my character's actions.

>>254 That's fine.

And I'll post tomorrow. I need to sleep now :\

>>255 That's fine. I was just getting excited about Luke's actions.

Sorry if I made mistakes in my post, I didn't get time to proofread it properly. Hopefully everything in there still makes sense.

At least your character doesn't have to deal with Sarah. Why did I make two characters that are so conflicting so close?

Mirabelle, Thom and Sarah have been more or less standing still for a while now. I know that's partly because Mirabelle took a while to make her mind up, but perhaps we should move them along a little bit? Unless there's anything else that you want to happen first, Leigha.

Yes I got on the computer. Now to post....

>>261 Yay~
>>260 Just go at your character's pace, Akaya (>259 Because you're silly?

I just noticed this but Kim never actually told Dante her name. XD

Could you explain just how it's normal for them to know about how your character changes appearances? Demons are a pretty big deal. I'm curious as to how you have acquaintances who are perfectly comfortable about it besides our group.

It's fine; I just want to know how it worked out that way.

>>264 That's Noels mom. At first she was freaked out by Dante and threatened telling the Enforcers. But she realized that he wasn't really bad and only wanted the best for Noel. After knowing him for about a year she got used to his abilities. Though she's still freaked out by his animal forms his human forms aren't anything new.

>>260 There's really nothing that I want to happen first. I just want to continue RPing, but I don't want them to leave until Sally and the rest of the group get to Noel's house. I just didn't want to stop posting and make you wait, so that's why I got Thom to try to convince Mirabelle to join.

I really don't know how much alcohol Luke can take. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I guess I should post soon, huh :l

Seeing that you said that you'd post yesterday, it's to be expected. Had you not said that, I probably wouldn't really care much.

I know, I know :I
I'm getting there.

Doing separate posts for each character?

Okay, then.

Fine.

/hitReplybyaccident

Thom's post is long.

Luke's post is short.

That sounds legit.

Maybe I should put more effort into Luke's posts.

Quick question. Should I wait for Anubis to post or should I post?

>>273 Yeah, we need to wait for Anu from here on. If she doesn't contact us in the next five days, we'll temporarily continue without her character.

>>274 Ok.

>>274 Uh hey Barabi mind if I post as Noel?

>>276 Of course you can post as her :O She's not being held up by any other characters, right?

>>277 Nope she's free as a bird. I'm gonna make her bump into someone familiar since that person is still in the Outer Line and not doing anything... I'm talking to you Leigha. XD

>>278 Srenal's by Sarah's house. She'll probably want to stay there since she's waiting for Thom to leave. As long as you understand that, you can have Noel confront Srenal. I'll just have to come up with something when Thom does leave instead of the standard, "Srenal follows Thom," which is fine by me. Improvisation makes for the best RPs!

>>279 Ok note taken. I'll have to post tomorrow sadly.

>>280 It's chill. I'm busy either way.

Hmmm Noel's post was shorter than I expected... Oh well. Hope it's enough. Let me know if I should change something Leigha.

>>282 Noel's post was fine. I'm pretty sure Srenal has a sure post too anyways.

Besides, Luke's last post was really short. I need to improve my RPing with Luke's character.

For the record, I've posted as Sarah, Thom, Luke, and Srenal. Nobody should be waiting for me to post. That's all the characters that I have.

Ugh Noel's post is so short. Oh well whatever hope it's good enough Leigha.

Since reading all of the posts will take to long, can someone tell me when and if the group reaches Dante's place? I may or may not get Thom to leave right after that happens, but it'll keep me from having Thom do nothing for too long.

>>286 The groups already at his house. Though they're going in now.

>>287 Mmk, well we'll have to see when Thom can leave then since there's not much reason for him to be standing around in Sarah's place.

Yippee! Internal conflict promises much instability in the future! Let's hope the characters can survive it!

Oh, crap. Sorry about the wait. I'll post in a few.

>>289 Don't worry about it Barabi. Like you said take your time.

Short post is short. I'm sorry. I hope there's enough in there for you to work with, Leigha.

Why is everyone worried about me saying their posts are too short. Am I really that terrible?

I'll assume Bob's going to post some time today, so I'll wait for her post and get two posts done at once.

>>292 It'll have to be tomorrow morning. Been a really busy day ._. I just want to sleep right now.

>>293 that's chill.I kind of figures that an hour ago, so I decided I'll post as Thom and Sarah now and worry about Luke later.

Said it once and I'll say it again. Noel is so deceiving and great at passing herself off as a little girl that I find it adorably creepy. XD Though I wonder how Dante will feel about this 'friendship' between Srenal and her... -dramatic thunder accompanied by evil laughter-

Wow!! When did that get posted! So many amazing things shall ensue from here.

Hey, sorry for the wait, but some personal stuff happened today and I'm just not in the right frame of mind to write anything decent right now. It's a pain that I'm holding stuff up, but just give me a few days to pull myself together and post properly. I'll probably get over it quicker than I think anyway.

So... much... writer's block ._.

In addition to my computer being crappy, I have no idea what to post. I have too many story ideas in my head right now that I can't focus on MC right now :< I'll see if I can post later or in the morning, but no promises. I just don't want to rush and give you guys a half-assed post.

Oh, fuck. This could turn out interesting. I hope Noel follows Srenal. I really want Srenal to end up in Sarah's house with Noel. Imagine an overprotective Srenal protecting Noel and an overprotecting Thom protecting Sarah while Srenal throws a threat and Sarah with Mirabelle there watching the tension in the room rise.

Although I don't want Srenal's bod to be taken over again, I think that happening in that situation would be amazing.

Alright. I will definitely be posting by the end of the day. Sorry about the long wait.

I'm not liking my post, but I don't have time to fix it. It just seems way too wordy for Thom. Well, Thom'll have to be a bit out of character for this post.

Okay, I lied. The morning.

This won't go on forever, I swear ;-;

Alright, time for another little dump of questions in regards to how Oblitus works!

Is there a prison in Oblitus? Or rather, you get executed for doing any of the Forbiddens, but what happens if you commit something that is illegal (like say, thievery, rape, torture, (would abuse count?), fraud (if that's possible with this technology), impersonation, or any other thing that we would consider illegal as of our standards today in the real world? The Enforcers are there to help establish order, but what guidelines do they follow exactly other than stopping the people to commit any of the Forbiddens? What are the "laws" besides the Forbiddens?

Just to, you know, reference in the future and all, since apparently the "main" group is going to get into lots of trouble and I'd like to see the possible consequences of their actions.

>>304 I'm not even sure if they'll get to the Clocktower by the end of the thread. There's too much interesting stuff happening.

Bob!! You never posted!!

Is anyone going to post? Don't tell me all of you have lost your power because of the hurricane.

I have power since Sandy didn't even hit where I live. I'm not sure about the others though.

Sorry, sorry, I know I need to post, I've just been preoccupied lately. It's coming very soon, I promise. I wasn't even affected by Sandy in the least.

mmk... Just curious as to why there's been a significant lacking of posting..

>>309 Well I'm waiting on Barabi to post as Dante and Nephele and while I'm at it Noel too.

I wanna post as Luke..

Apologies for the wait! I finally posted. I hope it's decent.

Don't worry. Something came up, so I may or may not be able to post today. We'll see, so cross your fingers!

Sorry. I know that I was pushing you to post Ayaka, and then I took a while to post myself. I actually wanted to post as Srenal before Thom, but then something came up. If it takes too much longer for Scythe to post, then I will wait before I post as Thom again. It would be out of character for him to stall much more.

>>314 Sorry haven't been able to get my hands on a computure lately. But now I do have one in my hands and will post.

>>314 It's completely fine, don't sweat it. I won't be able to post today but I'll most likely do so tomorrow.

>>305 I kinda, you know, HAD NO ELECTRICITY? It also went out yesterday, which was annoying =_= It seems like it's staying back now, though, so I'll post soon.

>>318 The 317 was a typo. I meant Scythe.

Again to Scythe

Do you notice anything between these two posts of yours that I've screenshotted?

>>320 ... Fuck... Wrong reply.... Ah crap I think I erased the other one. Let me check and let ya know tomorrow. Sorry.

.... Yep I erased the one I was gonna post. But never fear I'll re-do it in and post by tonight.

Sorry, Ayaka. I don't want to make Thom stall anymore, because it'd turning into a point of an awkward amount of stalling. I'll post as Thom again after Scythe posts as Noel.

Sorry I took so long. Accidentally erased the post and had to do it from scratch and this internet is getting really crappy.

This is so perfect! Although, then I'll have three characters in one place. Depending on stuff, my mood, I'll try to post as soon as possible.

Oh and Barabi I wanted to know if you could reserve me a slot for a puppet.

I wanted to put Srenal's plan into action, but I want to give Ayaka and Scythe a chance to put out their character's responses first.

Master-Sama. I don't think you understand. Please stop doing whatever it is you're doing on the RP.

Sorry, guys. I had shit I needed to do and had to take an unexpected break from BBS. Posting now.

Uh guys I'm not gonna be able to post for a while sorry. Sorry taking a trip. But I'll try and post as soon as I can. Again I'm sorry.

I'll post when Scythe posts. I'm too busy to post as well.

By the way, what the fuck just happened with Daube, Barabi? There's a random guy shooting, and I'm not sure how Luke would react to that. Correction, I'm not sure how a tipsy Luke will react to that.

Well, you'll just have to figure it out ;D

I am about ready to be able to post as Luke. I can't post as Thom and them until Scythe posts. I also have something else, that I see as rather important, to write up too. I'll probably speed up my posting speeds after things calm down a bit. Just so you guys know.

No worries guize ^o^

Like I've been saying from the start, I don't like it when roleplays turn into obligations. Just take your time, and post when you can.

Twas about to apologize for holding up the thread, then I realized that Scythe needs to post as Noel before I can even post for any of my characters, except for Luke.

EITHER WAY! I'll probably post as Luke soon just cuzz.

Well, I was waiting for Scythe to post as Noel before I posted, that way I can get all of my characters out of the way at once. Scythe is holding up almost the whole RP. I guess doing so much longer would be just stupid.

I'll post as Luke. Again, I can't post as anyone else until Scythe posts as Noel.

Whatever happened to Scythe anyway?

No clue.

Scythe, you have until Christmas to respond to this, so I know you haven't ditched us. If you don't, then I'm godmodding your character at my own connivance, meaning most likely some time after New Years.

That is, unless Bob's no chill with it.

I'm chill with that. It has been long enough :O

It's been a while. It'll be nice to get this going again, especially since I'm on my break now.

Definitely ^^ I've got a few more hours left, then I'm on break ;u;

>>341 I've kind of been patient with Scythe cuzz I've been busy, but I'm on vaca too, so I figured that I can't keep you waiting.

Scythe, this is another reminder, so that you can see it, of the fact that you have until Christmas to tell us you haven't ditched us. If you don't respond by then, I'll godmod Noel at my connivance. This will post likely result in the death of your character, because I have no idea where you were going with Noel or what to do with her.

I guess anyone can godmod Dante at their own connivance as well, again, you have 'till Christmas.

>>343 Leigha, no. It's one thing to godmod, but it's another to kill them off. If you don't know what to do with them, godmod them out of the way. We can just move Scythe's characters to another unrelated situation so that we can continue without them but, should he come back and say there was a situation, he still has a chance to be in the story.

I can come up with realistic excuses for you to use or I can move them out of the way for you. Or you can suggest an excuse better than mine.

Dante - The Puppeteer had an urgent summons for him to ask about his current activities.

Noel - Dante tells Noel that he has to go and asks her to not get involved with us anymore in fear of her safety.

Doctor - I have detailed ideas for her, so I would like to godmod her for a while as an excuse to start some drama ;I

fearing for her safety*

>>344 Then you godmod his character unless I can come up with something witty. I mean, maybe my creative juices are just lost to the world due to lack of use.

Sorry I haven't posted yet guys. I had some... Personal things I needed to settle.. But I'll post by tomorrow once I get on the computer. Sorry again.

>>347 Don't be sorry, I just wanted to make sure that you still existed. Now that I do, there's no rush.

Yay ^^ Scythe is alive~

Since when does Linda exist?

> Checks previous posts.

Oh.. Since then.

Is Linda an official character now? Can she be? I want one of my characters to play with her!

>>347 Scythe?! You're alive!? Praise the forces that be!

>>351 Yes my friends I live. Also it's your turn to post Anu.

>>352 Welcome back Scythe! I hope that your problems have been resolved, or at least toned down a bit.

>>350 Yup, she's an official character, though I might've not announced it? Maybe, I dunno, but her and Crest's dad profile have been up on the site for a couple of weeks now. And I can't wait to see what you'll exactly do with her~

Baba, sorry for asking, but can you please answer my questions from >>304 ?

Eyyy! Scythe is here! Welcome back, Amigo. ^^ It feels good to get the RP moving again. I kinda missed it. ;u;

>>353 Oh, sorry ^^' I missed that. It was within that 2 week period when I had no electricity :L

>>304 I remember having a good idea for this that never got written down, but I forgot o_o Lemme try to remember what it is. You guys can feel free to contribute, as well.

If it helps, keep in mind that the security in the Center Line is stronger than that in the Outer Line.

(I kind of wish someone would make the Center Line Captain... :I)

>>355 Barabi if you'd like I might be able to make him. ^_^

>>356 Make whatever you like :O

I mean, I'd have nothing against it.

I'll get to posting soon, although I might not get active until after Christmas. We host the family party, so it's hectic here, and I've also gotten active writing and sharing my main novel. (Trying to keep up with a chapter a day, but I'm already behind because Christmas has taken its toll o_o)

>>357 I can relate. -.-' Also ok thanks.

I would make Center Line captain, but I feel like I have too many characters.

If Thom was there Thom would have food. Nope, Thom can't be there because Srenal's causing trouble. Thom is causing trouble. Too much trouble is going on where Thom is for him to be anywhere on time.

Uh anu you mean turn back into a boy right? Because he was already a girl the entire way back and now he turned back into a boy.

Hope you don't mind what I did Barabi. I had planned since Dante joined the group.

I like having one of my egotistical characters be protective over a character that isn't mine. I dunno, but I feel like it makes the whole thing more realistic.

I'll post in a few days. I'll try to not make you wait too long.

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Sorry, I didn't have any internet during the break :< It went out and stupid fucking Verizon is too stupid to fix the problem (it's their problem - not ours). Anyway, I'll take a quick look at the posts.

Goddamn, Scythe.
And I mean that in a good way.

>>365 What do you mean by goddam? XD

Damn, it's been so long that I don't remember the order of the posts or if everyone has posted yet. I'll figure that out now. I have a feeling that it's my post now for Srenal, Thom, and Sarah.

>>367 Yep and Luke too.

>>368 I forgot that.
I knew I had forgotten something.

I'll have to double post to post as Luke then.

I was debating between combining Thom and Srenal into one post, but then I thought that I'd go too fast and not leave room for the other characters to respond, so I separated their posts. This way I can also explain the complex thoughts within their heads as well.

By the way, woot! Silent war between my two manipulative character has been started! Sorry, Barabi. This will take a while for Thom and Srenal to deal with. It took a while for Thom to manipulate Mirabelle because she's smart.

This is so much more complex than that though. These are two intelligent manipulative people trying to manipulate each other without getting manipulated. It's an internal battle that could last a while.

For some reason, this reminds me of Eragon. When two mages would get into a duel where they're battle silently with their minds, and they would just stand there, not moving. So much fun!

Alcohol seems to make Luke even more lazy. He also seems to have a bit of an ego. That's interesting.

Ah, is it my turn to post now? I'll read through what you guys have posted.

>>371 Yep it's your turn. It's good to see evryone's still checking in frequently again. ^_^

Argue with yourself as much as you'd like, Leigha.

Uh Barabi I was wondering if I could creat a special guard group hand picked by the Center Line Captain to serve as her most trusted men/women. It wouldn't be an official position created by The Church but by the Captain. That is unless you'd like it to be created by The Church which is fine with me.

Oh and it would be like 7 Enforcers only.

Uh, I guess it's fine :I

I don't really understand what the problem is with being a regular Enforcer, though. Everybody seems to think that they need a high position to have any fun playing an Enforcer :< I just have Daube because I need him for an idea with Sally (and he's pretty badass) and Cross was from the original RP. If I had less characters, I'd do a normal Enforcer myself, but... yeah :L

Anyway, it's fine :\ Is there any specific name you want to give it?

That reminds me. I was drawing out The Pope since we're finally getting to the graphics of our English project (which I'm doing the MC videogame for), and while I meant to draw him as a bald creepy guy with a veil, he kind of, well, turned out to be a bishounen robot, and I then proceeded to come up with all these doujinshi inspired plot concepts where the Head Monk and The Pope well, yeah, even though he's a machine, and, uh...

NEEDLESS TO SAY, it was scrapped.

It's kind of fun making up crack fanfictions of your own story, though LOL

>>376 It's not that I want a high position just thought it be fun to have a Captain and I myself am sorta scheming something which requires a Captain. CX Also it's the one you wanted, you know the Center Line one. Anyway I do have a name for them it's Certae which is Latin for trustworthy, but if you don't want me to do it tell me because this is your RP Barabi.

>>377 Lol Barabi. XD

>>376 Luke isn't in a high position. I'll have you know that I have no plotting that involves Luke. As far as Thom and Srenal goes, I have no idea what they're doing.

Well I uploaded the character sheet Barabi. Let me know if I should make any changes. Also I'll post soon.

Alright, I'll look at your shtuff in a little bit.

loleigha.
You said Dante instead of Daube.

Not that it's a big deal; I just felt like pointing it out.

I knew I messed up somewhere. There are so many similar names that they all gte mixed up in my head.

Hope you don't mind me posting as Castiel Barabi.

I really want to make a new character to have them mess with the others, but I feel like I have too many characters. This makes me sad.

Sorry, I know it's my turn to post and I've kept you waiting for a while, school's been keeping me kinda occupied. I'll try to post by the end of this weekend. ;-;

>>386 If I can make you guys wait a month, then I have no right to complain

>>386 I'm with Leigha. Take your time Ayaka.

>>386 You haven't forgotten about us, have you?

You still here Ayaka?

>>391 Anyone post yet Leigha? I haven't been on for a while so yeah.

>>392 Not yet. I'm trying to see if Ayaka is even still here.

Crap, I'm really sorry. I haven't forgotten about you guys. I've been super preoccupied lately and I know I've held the RP up for a while now, but I'll start writing up my response right now!

Sorry for breaking my last promise btw //shot

Alright! Posted! Very sorry for the delay, I'm hoping it won't happen again.

>>394 I wasn't rushing you, just making sure that you didn't forget about us. Either way, I promised a post to someone else a long time ago, so I'll post on that RP before I post here.

The group is getting large. This shoudl be entertaining.

>>396 Ahh, whether you were rushing me or not, I still felt bad for keeping everyone waiting so long. I think I'll be able to be more punctual from now on though. ^^

With so many different personalities mixing together, something interesting is bound to happen. I wonder if any of them will clash with each other?

>>397 That reminds me, who's turn is it? Is it really just me Ayaka, and Scythe in this? It feels like so much more, though that's just probably because I have over half the characters in there.

>>398 It's been just me, you and Scythe for a while now, at least with the Thom/Sarah/Mirabelle situation. I'll need to skim through some of the more recent posts again because I'm not so clear on some of what's happened, but as far as I remember, wasn't the plan for all of them - Thom and Sally and all that lot - to head over to Dante's place? If so, then I guess more of us will be involved in the same situation.

Sorry if that's wrong, it's been a while so I've forgotten half of what's happened ._.

Oh. I should probably post, huh ._.

I have no idea what has been going on with the other group.

I'm working on my post so hopefully I'll have it up soon.

Do people seriously forget about this or something?

It appears so >>402

>>402 Well I'm not able to get online through my computer until it's fixed so I have to improvise. I already wrote my post but I can't post it because of the whole computer not working thing... I'll see if my friend'll lend me his.

>>404 I don't just mean you, I'm just saying the long gaps between posts when the person has obviously been online. I'm not mentioning anyone in particular, because I do the same thing.

Sorry I've been really late, guys. Exams, a new semester, and vacation does not make internet time. That said, I'll try to have my new post up by next weekend at the latest so that Baba or anyone else that'll interact with my characters can post.

>>406 I won't be able to do that until I can start seperating my characters. I hate having them all up in one spot, but it just so happened to turn out like that.

I have come to the conclusion that this RP shall be forgotten about and will die a horrible and lonely death.

Your meta thread will live on, though.

>>408 Oh come on don't be so negative. Remember some people have school so they're busy. Give it some time while everyone takes care of their stuff.

>>410 I have college, a job, and a social life. I'm always busy, so I know how hard it is. It just nevr took more than five minutes out of my day to write one post.

Yeah, this RP isn't in great shape right now :< I'm not going to be active on the site for a while because I have had and will continue to have other shit going on, life's busy, but if you guys are welcome to continue it. I'll post when I get the chance.

Whatever happened to this?