[OOC] Ianus Congreatio: Secret societies, horror, and mystery in the shadows of Prague.

[Antediluvixen]

@Astarael42

I'll try and throw something up tomorrow - putting the finishing touches on an assignment and there's eleven pages of it.

[Astarael42]

well no rush. Not supposed to be any stress with this story so definitely don't worry about it too much. I'm not going anywhere.

[kapuchu]

@Astarael42
No need to get so passive aggressive, Asta.
I, for one, am busy with assignments. One due to the day after tomorrow.

[Antediluvixen]

@Astarael42

Post.

Extremely sorry for the delay. I don't have a good excuse to give, and I hope you'll forgive me for taking so long.

[Astarael42]

@kapuchu I wasn't aware I was being passive aggressive. That would be pretty hypocritical of me; I keep vanishing abruptly myself. I genuinely meant what I said-- no one should be stressing out about this RP and that there isn't any real rush. I apologize if it sounded that way or if I came off that way. Truly sorry.

@monochromatic Rainbow no excuses or forgiveness needed! Hope things are settling down some.

[kapuchu]

@Astarael42
It did sound a little bit like that <.< S'why I commented on it.

But glad to see you didn't mean it :D

[kapuchu]

@ConteAmarula
Hey. Is it possible for you to post soon? I know I'm slacking, too, but... yeah xp I'm a hypocrite. Astarael also expressed interest in moving the Creature bit forward, and asked me if you had posted, a few days ago.

[ConteAmarula]

@kapuchu

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[Antediluvixen]

@ConteAmarula

Just to clarify - did you take control of Aleksandra or something, or did I misread things? She wasn't uh, unconscious.

[kapuchu]

@ConteAmarula
I will inform Astarael :D

[ConteAmarula]

@Monochromatic Rainbow
I don't recall saying she was. In fact, I did just the opposite. I specify she was totally conscious.

"The women seemed conscious but she wasn't moving away, instead she laid where she was, facing the beast."

Which is the position you left her in. On the ground, facing the monster.

So yes. You misread.

[kapuchu]

@ConteAmarula
Hmmm... Conte, I'm not one to usually grump or the like, but there's a few things in your post that don't quite... fit? Two things actually: Powerplay and Godmod.

Liliana being able to handle a gun is one thing, as that doesn't require a lot of physical strength, but being able to shove a sword through a skull? In her character sheet you've written that she can't lift anything more than an average size book, and twice that if within fifty feet. Not only is a skull really freaking tough (it's designed to protect the most important part of our bodies, after all), but a sword also isn't really all that great to pierce bone. If Liliana can't lift more than a few hundred grams in her Spectral Form, there's no way for her to realistically be able to pierce a skull with a sword. Nevermind the fact that your average arming sword is around an entire kilo in weight (so she wouldn't even be able to lift that, really).

And then there's, perhaps, the worst bit: Godmod. It's true that you didn't outright take control of Aleksandra, but everything that you've written is assuming that Aleksandra does nothing. I mean, her ankle is only sprained, and even if she's on the ground when Mono ended her last post, Aleksandra was still moving, not "lying still" as you imply.

I'm not Astarael, so I don't really have the authority, but I do think there's grounds to ask you to rewrite your post. It's not really fair to Mono that you just decide that Aleksandra does nothing, and that you break the limits of Lilian's powers.

[ConteAmarula]

@kapuchu

The post makes it clear she was on the ground and had accepted her fate, she was not moving. Everything that was written made it very clear that she was staying where she was, that was not something I decided on my own. At no point did I take control in anyway and I am not about to have someone else's character start doing things in my post without asking the owner of that character first. You are acting as if not taking control of someone's character without their permission is somehow a bad thing. I did not "Assume" Aleksandra wasn't doing anything, I know for a fact she wasn't doing anything because Rainbow's post clearly states that Aleksandra was making no attempts to fight, or flee, and had accepted her fate.

"Silently, she made peace with the fact that she would likely die any second now, and dragged herself around to look at the tree and monster she had only moments before stood in front of. "

She was on the ground, and beyond moving to face the monster, she was simply laying there with the mindset she was about to die.

If I seem upset about this it is because I very much am. I do NOT like being accused of things that I have not done, and I am very confused as to how you even came to the conclusion you did given that it is completely clear in Raonbow's post as to the position Aleksandra had been left in. I didn't "Decide" Aleksandra does nothing, I didn't decide anything for a character that isn't mine. All I did was reiterate the position of a character.

"The women seemed conscious but she wasn't moving away, instead she laid where she was, facing the beast." this is one of two times where I mention Aleksandra and it gives the same information that Rainbow's post did. Aleksandra is conscious, not moving, and facing the monster. Which in no way deviates from Rainbow's post.

In regards to the issue of Lillian's powers, It has been sometime since I wrote her character sheet and the issue of weight has not come up till now. I simply forgot I had given her that limitation. I will of course change my post to correct this mistake and have her do something more inline with what she is actually capable of. I will mark the change with a different colour so it can be picked out. I apologized for that, I simply forgot about that detail.

[Antediluvixen]

@ConteAmarula

Perhaps I should amend my own post, but Aleksandra would have silently accepted she was probably about to die - but she wouldn't have been merely sitting there. She would indeed have been reloading her weapons, at the very least. Additionally - I was hoping for the GM to decide whether or not her tactics had any effect, rather than someone else.

[ConteAmarula]

I made a change to my post to fix a mistake regarding a limitation of Lillian's powers. The change is in red.

To be honest I think I like this version better.

[ConteAmarula]

@Monochromatic Rainbow
I didn't decide her tactics had no effect. I was asked to make a post and at that time the GM hadn't made a post yet describing if what Aleksandra had done had had any effect. I did no decide anything. I was asked to do something and operated with the information I had.

[ConteAmarula]

After speaking with Mono I made some more changes to my post to reflect some of the things we talked about. Once again the changes are in red. Apologies for making so many changes.

[kapuchu]

@ConteAmarula
Thank you for, well, being open to make changes :)

And I'm sorry if I annoyed you, and while it's a moot point at this point, I'd like to elaborate a bit on what I meant. When I say you took control of Aleksandra, I did not mean that you had her do anything. Rather, you had her do nothing. Lilian taking her sword, the shots hitting the creature, it pausing, and so on and so forth. There are quite a few points where Aleksandra could have done something, but in your post Lilian continues as if Aleksandra hadn't done anything. That was, essentially, my point. It's an honest mistake, really, assuming that X character proceeds with the same cause of action (or lack thereof) in the period of time that ones own character does their stuff. I have done it myself. Please understand that I am not doing this because I want to be a prick. Quite the opposite. I'm doing it because, if I don't, Mono would've had to contend with being overlooked, which is kind of a sour experience. I've had it happen to me, and I've done it myself. So, please, trust that I'm not out to be a dick.

Lastly, I apologise for being a stick in the mud and for calling you out. I realise I probably made you feel... singled out, I suppose, but that wasn't my intention. I just want everyone to get an equal opportunity in this RP :)

Also, as a side note, I'm not sure if either of you remember, but Lucie gave Aleksandra her revolver before she ran off to chase Isabeau a while back. As I recall, Aleksandra didn't register it, or dropped the gun, so there's a chance one of you'll find a fully loaded revolver in the grass somewhere nearby.

[Astarael42]

putting this here so I don't loose it. need it for my next post or the one after that or whatever.

[kapuchu]

@Astarael42
Oooh. That's interesting.