Shoryu Magami

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

Yeah.. I don't know why I did that.. Sorry.

Anyway! Thank you! I enjoyed visiting the places I mentioned through my character probably as much as the character did! haha

Every time I picture Lucifer entering the room this song starts playing in my head and he hasn't even been introduced in the RP yet! lol (Be sure and play it louder then normal so it has a bigger effect. Particularly the first 2 minutes)

Heap241

It's alright. I wasn't angry about it or anything.

I've never been to those places, but I like how you were able to draw from personal experience for the post like that. I know it's a bit unusual (to some people) that I comment on people's IC posts, but I always thought one of the purposes of OOC was for people to be able to chat about how they thought regarding things going on within the IC.

I like that piece of music. It's also cool when I get to hear people thoughts regarding NPCs or other potential events that will come in the story. It's definitely helpful to my motivation when I see players excited or engaged with all this, and generally I always welcome people's opinions.

Hey, I'm here and I'm still interested. Just been having some difficulties coming up with an opening post.

Ailyn Evensen

I appreciate you saying this.

Also, since you decided to open the door to an extent, I think it's time I bring up something that's been due for roughly a week now...

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@Aewin@Pudding@Melo@Ailyn Evensen@Snagglepuss89@tsukune@Shadow007@Eidolen@MayLien@Heap241

Important.

I don't have a new status update in the conventional sense, but there's something I've been thinking about asking for a bit under a week. Specifically, I want to confirm if people are actually still interested. This has nothing to do with the activity within the IC, because we're currently in the non-obligatory opening phase anyway, but I've noticed a sharp decline in activity within the OOC/PMs lately and - as Snaggle put it - a healthy role-play is usually largely related to a healthy OOC. Certain people have reasons for why they're more busy, but that doesn't seem to really be stopping people from posting IC/OOC in other threads, so it did make me wonder if maybe they'd lost interest or if I'd done something wrong here somehow.

Honestly, I'd appreciate everyone being straight with me about this. I have and still do put a lot of time and passion into this role-play, and while I don't have a problem putting in that much effort it's all fundamentally a waste of time if the players don't actually care/have interest anymore. A few of you have (in and out of the thread) even complimented me on multiple occasions about my level of dedications and detail with this project, and how you believed it'll be really enjoyable due to that and how the premise is exciting and anticipating. That's why I find it sort of disheartening that things've become so quiet no more than a week later from those statements.

If the fact that we currently lack a Discord chat is somehow causing issues for people maintaining communication (I know some people don't like really using the OOC for their, well, OOC discussion), I'd even probably be willing to create it for us earlier than planned. Overall, I just want to know how you all feel about the thread, because I'm actually not the only one who finds the current state of the OOC concerning. I'm not inherently trying to pressure people to post in the OOC often, nor do I want to come across as a tyrant regarding anything in this role-play, but without actually knowing what's going on in people's heads regarding this it's becoming more difficult to motivate myself to work on the role-play. This is another reason why I appreciated it when Snaggle kept me up to date about his collab with Aewin during that last quiet period.

Among our group, I should point out that Eidolen and MayLien speak to me fairly regularly about the thread outside the site, so I know they're interested. tsukune confirmed his own interest over Skype shortly prior to me making this post, due to me bringing up the concern with him.

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

I shouldn't have aired my issues out like this, it's not exactly kosher.

@Ailyn Evensen

In theory, it's what this thread's for anyway, so you hardly need to apologize for staying on topic. It's not like you started creating a flame war like other individuals have in this thread in the past (I guess take that as my bitching for the day, if you like -- I've got a lot bigger problems I could be bitching about right now but I couldn't be fucked). I just wish I'd gone on my gut feeling regarding the implications of your post when I saw it a couple days ago.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Melo

Your response is up. Would've had it up hours ago, but figured I'd wait until I got that PM back from you.

As stated privately, you've also been given a picture over PM of the person who they're looking for. What you choose to do with it is essentially up to you.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

NPCs

Outdoor Setting of a Café in Central Paris | April 14, 2012 (08:11 AM)

_{♫ 10.000 Bullets (Tsukiyo ni Saraba) OST - Target}

The expression on Lawrence's face was relaxed and friendly as Olivia responded back to him, clearly showing she was glad to be of assistance. From what he could make of her appearance, she seemed to be some sort of scientist or doctor -- she had fairly basic clothing consistent of a blouse and jeans, but it was the white coat worn over them that immediately stuck out in his mind as someone who worked in one of those professions. She had a kind expression on her face too, so she came across as quite approachable. This was not so different to the way Lawrence himself came across, even if his physical appearance was a bit more threatening than the personality he presented to others.

"I'm probably repeating myself, since you might have heard me just now, but my name is Lawrence Cody and I'm a travelling journalist." he said, repeating a greeting somewhat similar to the one he had spoken to the man before and giving the impression that he had to introduce himself like this quite a lot during his work.

Olivia's assumption about what the tall stranger wanted was completely accurate. Without really giving any further delay, Lawrence held his hand out and offered Olivia a copy of the same photograph he had previously handed the man. It depicted a young man who was likely in his early twenties, and - exactly as Lawrence had told the other person he handed the photo to - there was also a contact phone number on the back of the photograph, alongside the words 'Lawrence Cody (Freelance Journalist)'. The picture itself was clear and very easy to see the details of, meaning that if Olivia encountered the young man shown she would have no difficulty recognizing him as the person Lawrence was looking for.

"As I just mentioned before, I'm looking for the person in this photograph. I'm quite certain they are somewhere in Paris right now, but this city is huge..." Lawrence explained, speaking as though he tended to be very professional and work-focused most of the time, more or less repeating what he had said previously, "If you find any information, would you call the number on the back there? I'm offering compensation to anyone who can assist us."

Lawrence had found throughout his career that networking across a city for leads like this had usually payed off much better than simply searching on his own with his daughter. He had enough money to pay those who actually did provide him with some sort of viable lead regarding where the young man in the photograph was located, so it was mostly a matter of time and patience. At the same time, he would continue his own scouting alongside his daughter. Granted, it would have been a lot easier for him if someone he showed the picture to had encountered the target already.

While the discussion was going on, Colleen was still enjoying her burger, occasionally shifting her emerald eyes in the general direction of her father and the young woman he was talking to. At this point, she was mostly just minding her own business, but she made sure to listen to the conversation to an extent.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Heap241

Nice opening post. Once again, an introduction that did a good job of reflecting and showing the 'feel' of the character without spoiling anything. I actually found listening to the music you picked for her CS very fitting to that post as well.

'Private CS' is accepted now too, as you know. Since you posted the 'Public CS' into the character tab prior to me making the acceptance official (against the rules, but I was okay with it only because I was planning to accept it anyway), I don't need to tell you to do it now.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Snagglepuss89

Ah, right. That makes sense. Sounds like a good plan too.

I've already got about five paragraphs (a little on the small side compared to my usual paragraphs) worth of content for Melo's reply, but I wanted to see if he was interested in converting his post into a collaboration or not before I go ahead and actually post the response.

Either way, hopefully work won't be a pain in the ass for you. I'll be back in about an hour or so.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

I'll be heading up the road to get lunch (even if I haven't slept in almost a day), but a post has been in the work.

@Melo

Like I said in the PM, there's no need to worry about the post length, considering you met the 'two paragraph' minimum, and without collaborations (which I potentially would be open to) there's a limit to what you can say in a conversation without the flow coming across as unrealistic. I pretty much set two paragraphs as the minimum because even in a conversation or battle situation I feel like one paragraph for thoughts and one for actions/dialogue is reasonable as a minimum.

Even if I do tend to write a lot more than this, I'm not obligating others to do so because in my eyes the 'Advanced' tag is more about quality characterization and attention to detail rather than about posting a lot -- I simply post a lot because of my detail. The tag is also about being dedicated to a role-play. Since you've mentioned collaborations are more viable to you only on weekends, we can just post back and forth in a shorter manner like this.

I'd have tried to create more of a situation to respond to, but I didn't want to make too many things happen without you being able to react first. Not only that, but it could've felt unnatural or forced.

@Snagglepuss89

How're things going on your end? In general, I mean -- not just with the post.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

Work's been pretty rough on my end too, given how uncooperative the PC's being; in fact, I've had a very nasty headache for a while now. I'm still managing to get something done though, even if I'm pretty tired. It sucks that you keep getting called in, but I'm looking forward to seeing the responses from you, Aewin, and Melo.

On the subject of Paulette (apart from being amused about the harem comment), I figured I'd give you all some random trivia:

During the initial draft phase (so when I drafted this role-play the day or so prior to posting it up in the interest checks), Paulette was originally conceived as the 'main character' (I say it that way because, as a role-play, all the player characters are technically the lead character, but you get what I'm saying) instead of Leonard (who was yet to be created). It just didn't end up happening when I completely fleshed out and reworked the ideas, and her role changed considerably.

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@Aewin@Pudding@Melo@Ailyn Evensen@Snagglepuss89@tsukune@Shadow007@Eidolen@MayLien@Heap241

Status update:

• The entire roster of characters currently listed in the 'NPCs' section of the character tab have undergone a bit of an edit, mostly adding details that I didn't include due to having so much going on right now. This information is still subject to getting replaced by different/more fitting stuff, particularly in the 'Notes' areas, but I figured you should all know they're potentially worth giving another read if you have time. By the time the role-play 'officially' starts, I don't imagine I'll need to edit them again outside of potentially 'Theme Music' changing or getting added.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Heap241

Just for the record, if you'd like to actually add an additional note in your 'Notes' section stating that she physically resembles X person and make their name a clickable link to that original picture you used, I'll have no problem with that. I know one other person thinking of joining us who modelled their character on a real life person too. I just need the portraits to fit the intended aesthetic for consistency in terms of map icons and opening post stuff, otherwise I'd have not made them obligatory.

As for the 'Public CS' itself, with the minor fixes done it's now been accepted. I know you don't have a lot of time right now, so if we don't get the 'Private CS' accepted before you head off to work then we'll deal with it later. Either way, I'm going to do what I always do to 'stamp' a 'Public CS' as accepted.

First Edit: No need to worry about character portrait icons, since no one else followed a set rule for this and I never asked them to. We'll be created those for people, and then making sure everyone's happy with what we create. The examples my fiancé gave were just that -- an example.

Second Edit: Wasn't able to say this earlier (PC issues means I can't click links sometimes, and I hadn't used my other method of listening to the music until now), but I really do like that piece of music you've picked too. Sounds really great. I'll have to listen to more of their music. Big lover of classical music here, so this struck a cord with me.

𝕲𝖗𝖎𝖒 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖙

@Eidolen

Yeah, the main issue was the whole 'don't put live action portraits in an anime role-play, or put anime portraits in a live action role-play' problem. So that'll need to be taken care of. It wouldn't be a problem if I hadn't already explained to everyone that I plan to create map icons using our character images and I'd like them to be somewhat consistent in appearance.

I'm around on Skype mate, just so you know. There's something I want to bring up without spoiling information about your character here in the OOC.

I don't know the person who it's a picture of, but it doesn't work for an anime-orientated role-play.