[OOC] A Life in Salem - A Fallout RP

[f8lcobra]

I usually write on my phone during my lunch break.

[SkrtWithAWeapon]

I know this really makes no difference in the grand scheme, but I just want to point out that in the order of things, Nut was meant to go first in speaking to Skirt IC. I don't know why, but the fact it got overlooked has be a bit bothered. Not mad or annoyed at anyone, just more bugged the oversight itself happened.

@Kouropalates

I interpreted it that way which was why I formatted the response to have him go first. Hope that was okay :s

[Kouropalates]

No, it's all good. I was just mentioning the correction because for some reason I just felt the need to correct it so there's a coherent timeline. It honestly doesn't matter and I'm not sure who really started it off, I just wanted to correct that point. There's no harm or foul, just kind of making a sort of 'editorials correction' comment. No one's got any reason to apologize.

[SkrtWithAWeapon]

@Kouropalates I figured Adam would go back into the inn as invited but by no means does he have to stay or accept any food or coffee. Celeste is a little...forward, like that. ;)

[Kouropalates]

@Kouropalates I figured Adam would go back into the inn as invited but by no means does he have to stay or accept any food or coffee. Celeste is a little...forward, like that. ;)

@SkrtWithAWeapon

Oh he knows. But I haven't really finished shedding more of his layers yet. He can tell Celeste is being a bit flirtatious, but he's not really interested in romance yet. He'd actually be okay with sitting down to coffee, but he'd probably panic or be uncomfortable the moment romance begins to come into play. I haven't pulled that backstory out yet since there hasn't really been a context for it to come up yet. He's built up as a character that can basically described as 'Good man, tragic life yet he still keeps going.'.

[SkrtWithAWeapon]

@Kouropalates Oh it's all good! I worried I CC'd a bit much (bringing Adam back into the inn), hence my post here. Adam can rebuff or reject her all he wants, if he wants. It's all up to you :)

[Stitches]

Who's Betty?

[2sky11]

@Stitches Shes an NPC, so anyone can control her. She is a waitress/cook at the diner.

[2sky11]

@Kouropalates

😭 so sad :'(

[Kouropalates]

@Kouropalates

😭 so sad :'(

@2sky11

Lol, I know it's a bit heavy as a topic. But I enjoy exploring these. A lot of RPs people like to be strong and powerful bosses and all that, but I enjoy exploring who a character is. Adam's story's not really one of grieving over loss so much as it is letting go of the past and trying to accept the realities of existence. He didn't kill his son, it was just a series of unfortunate events no one could have foreseen. But for him, he feels that it's all his fault and his failure to keep his son with him caused his death. The raid's history is a bit undefined at the moment, but just a casual raid feels silly and I think the idea I'll have in mind is it was a bigger raider group trying to make raiders and settlements their subjugated tributaries and their town was the last holdout and refused to pay. But it's not expected to come up in the RP unless someone can asks about his past. Otherwise he's more trying to live in the here and now. Discarding his photo of his family he raised is less about him abandoning/coldly discarding or anything like that and is more intended as a sort of beginning road to letting go of the grief that's made him the man he is now. He's spent the past six years celibate and refused to even date and it was all driven by feelings of guilt. Guilt he couldn't prevent Ellia's cancer (reasonably no one could, but guilt and grief aren't always reasonably driven) and his son's he feels he could have prevented and it's his fault. He's let off the first shackle by letting go of his wife (he isn't going to forget her, but his photograph is an emotional chain on his leg, not simply a loving memento) and letting go of his son's death will be even harder since there's more room for blame there.

[Grec]

About to make my first post, give me a bit

[SkrtWithAWeapon]

@Kouropalates sorry it took me a couple days, there! I posted some responses for your interest :)

[Kouropalates]

@SkrtWithAWeaponIt's all good. I wrote it intentionally so that way you could get to it at you convenience but also advance the storyline. : >

[2sky11]

@GrecJust posted, Ace "welcoming" Abel to town

[Grec]

@2sky11 Cool, but I'm gonna have to read it tomorrow. Gotta get up early.

[Stitches]

I don't think I mentioned, but me and Dino are still here - we're just busy for a couple weeks so whilst Sumner is unconscious Royce is out doing her dirty work. We'll get back into the swing of things with a collab explaining what went on after we're back.

[2sky11]

@Stitchesthats fine. Please don't feel rushed to post

[2sky11]

@Grecquick question about abel, is the pic on the cs what he looks like? im mostly curious about the eye, whether he has one normal looking one and the other looks red like pic

[Grec]

@2sky11 Yeah, I would say it looks Terminator esque, one damaged eye and one normal

[2sky11]

@Kouropalates betty is an NPC, so feel free, dont want to say use as it sounds dirty, to control her