Hey lads, you all may not know me (well, a lot of you do know me since I was the GM for the last one...) but I've asked permission from the GM, and done a little bit of prep work already, so I'm going to officially introduce myself... as the temporary GM!! Supertinyking, like others have said, has some real life problems to take care of, so I'll be taking his place until those get resolved.

Now this may feel sudden and out of nowhere; and it'll feel somewhat pointless (if you were from the old RP) to be having a new thread and new GM (at least initially) and then to just go back to the old one, but... that is all pretty much dead on. It was sudden, maybe not out of nowhere because STK already wasn't communicating for some time before he officially told us about his problems. But somebody's gotta start something, and I do at least have a baseline of experience to work off of.

That being said, what'll end up happening is hopefully going to be just as much up to you guys as it is to me. Since, what ended the last RP was a good few things, and Real Life was definitely one of those factors; and they could really take me again at any time, I'm sure.

To that end, I'm suggesting a structure to take going forward in regards to our playing the RP. To avoid the RP being stalled on any single person as far as the GM/NPC side goes, stories from now on can go a little something like this. We have a role which is assigned to the player that makes the arc. They're the [b]Plot Master[/b], and the running of the overall arc goes to them. 

Progressing stuff and advancing the story is their responsibility. They're the ones with the details about what should be happening, and what's really going on behind everything. But crucially, they don't have to write it all out themselves. They can delegate [b]Scenario Writing[/b] and [b]NPC Duty[/b] to another willing player if they so choose. The Plot Master will forward the relevant details if they aren't available to write the details themselves, and hopefully this can keep things moving in those times.

At least for me, I will need a couple of people on NPC duty for my initial arcs, but I've already more or less got the right people that can do it. To those people though, this post is definitely the first you're going to hear that I've put you up for NPC duty, so... sorry ^^;.

I have two arcs planned right at this moment which I'll list below;
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[h1][color=purple]Midnight[/color][/h1]
[b]Plot Master[/b]: [@RoflsMazoy]

[b]NPC Duty[/b]: [@Crowvette] [@KillamriX88]

Midnight is a bar. That may come as a surprise to some old patrons of it, as it has stretched its rules to accommodate a new kind of clientele, and a very old kind of event. The storied Midnight Tournament, is a sequence of tournaments held weekly for the benefit of Students far and wide to test their mettle. 16 students test their might on a given day, and the winners from each night, plus winners of previous weeks; or at least those who had close fights and are strong enough fighters, enter into the final 8 man tournament at the end of the school week.

All of it legal, of course. No alcohol is served before dark, and no minors are allowed after. One can gain a wide variety of experience here against many opponents, or they can just enter for the thrill of being Midnight's Champion.

This particular night however, a challenger arrives unexpectedly, burning right through the competition. Is this unknown person a hidden talent that has only just now come to light? Or is it something else...




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[h1][color=firebrick]Afterschool Incursion[/color][/h1]
[b]Plot Master:[/b] [@RoflsMazoy]

[b]NPC Duty:[/b] [@AtomicNut]
The sun is setting. The school grounds are bathed in warm, red light, but as the source of day's unapproachable radiance continues to dip below the horizon, the shadows begin to encroach on what is unrightfully theirs.

The halls have already emptied. Some bastions of life still remain, but they have very little reason to still be here. The student at the Library who had lost track of time. The delinquent on the roof who had simply fallen asleep. The sun sinks lower over the horizon, and unfortunately for them, the shadows are growing stronger.

It is known and taught that the Ancient Evil is a threat from a bygone age. All but defeated; rarely, if every impacting any lives in this modern day. But it seems that this is not one of those days. If the source is not found, the shadows will swallow them all. They must survive, or even their tales will all end here.
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If anyone I've put up for NPC duty wants to decline, then feel free to tell me in the discord or in here. Speaking of which... I don't know why we don't have the link here (EDIT: Found out why. The links expire in 7 days now). It's the same one from the old thread though, we're still putting it to good use. ^^;

[@Letter Bee] We don't specifically need to coordinate over discord now. With the way I think I can potentially run things, we don't need to use it all that much. If you still want to join it, tell me and I'll PM you the link.

[@Lewascan2] My bet is that we'll start off at a decently fast pace, but we'll slow down eventually to something very much manageable. Once again, real life must rear its ugly heads for us, and we do, and have often had to put off RPing for it. I'm hoping the new structure makes it not nearly as bad as it was before, but... well, I'll leave further details for if you want to ask.

I do recommend you go ahead and join the discord if you're worried about that kind of thing. We can coordinate character responses around each other easier over there, so we don't have to trip over characters that can't be moved. You wouldn't have to be in the server much, just occasionally we'd like to hear you say "Oh, I need to post for my other RPs so I can't post in this one right now," if that needs happen.
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There's still the issue of approvals which I've asked STK on whether I have the authority to do or not. But besides that, we can start as early as tomorrow potentially if these arcs seem good to all of you. Afterschool Incursion does only take place in one school, but I haven't exactly decided which one yet. It's just whichever has the most players that would want to do it.

If you all also have other ideas for starting arcs for your characters, I'd love to hear them and run them with you if you want. This RP is the space for all of our ideas to come together, so really, don't hold back on my part! I know my own limits, and will express them as such if necessary.

And with that long post out, I'll be going to sleep soon. Once again, we could start tomorrow if we're all happy with it, I'm ready whenever you all are ready!