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[@Thundercrash] Don't worry, everyone I know here's pretty much the most relaxed and fun people you can meet. Hell, Trickster's brand spankin' new to roleplaying! We're popping her RP cherry (sorry Fallen, hands off. I will use the squirt bottle) with this very game, as a matter of fact. It's part of why I joke around a lot and have silly responses, I want to let people know this is a fun place to enjoy yourselves and have a nice friendly relationship with the other players. I've seen so many OOCs where it just comes across as all business and I think that kind of dries up people's enthusiasm. I think everyone here is definitely on board with having a fun OOC, so don't feel like you have to feel excluded or anything like that. :)
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I'm not great at dealing with people in the first place, for exactly the reason that we're having this conversation (little too afraid that people won't understand what I'm trying to say and then things escalating from there), but I'm getting better. Those who know me know that I'm a rather snarky bastard once I relax more. And all I'm looking to do is enjoy myself. 

[@Fallenreaper] This is really the reason that Tia made her deal with the Eclipse and is so desperate not to break it: she's good in a fight and difficult to take down, but if people keep trying then eventually somebody will succeed. Her greater experience than Vellios would give her an advantage, but it would be a small one, and not something that she would be willing to stake her life on. Compared to most of the asari that I'm sure we'll encounter, Tia is still an amateur. 

I've done a few RP's before, but this will be my first ME attempt. The whole "longer view" idea interested me, and I'm really just feeling this character out as I go along. I don't know for sure what she'll do until the moment I have to write it. Plus, I think we all know how easy it is to fall into the "raar, my character's an uberbadass who can kill a thresher maw bare-handed and blind" mindset. 

Depending on how things turn out, though, Tia just might take Vellios up on that offer. Both the sparring one and the more personal relationship. What I figure, it's been probably 70 years or so since she last "embraced eternity".