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9 days ago
Current You underestimate the number of people who use ghost mode.
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1 mo ago
Isaiah 41:10
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1 yr ago
The virgin "My post was so bad it killed the RP!" VS the chad "My post was so good it concluded the RP."
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W I T H R I G H T E O U S H A N D S





Did you know that Dante's inferno is called a divine comedy because things work out for the protagonist? Back in the day, the only two genres were comedy and drama. The only difference was that in a comedy, the protagonist is better off at the end, and a drama is the opposite. So that's why a story about going through hell can still be considered a comedy, even if it's not funny.

Name:
Broken Promise, BP, Boss

Age:
Old enough to know better, too young to care. (that is to say 30's)

Preferred RPs:
I Prefer to make my own, but will occasionally join something if it looks interesting. I'll join just about anything so long as it isn’t overly edgy/sweet, though it's rare for me to do. I don't do 1x1s too often either.

Preferred Roles:
I tend to play adorable characters everyone wants to befriend or proper assholes everyone wants to stay away from. I try not to play moral paragons or prime evils.

RP Conquests:
I've completed quite a few RP's off site, but most of them are on private forums or have simply been lost to the ravages of server crashes. As for stuff here, I'm sure everyone who sees me post in the off topic sections has seen me find an excuse to talk about Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage. It's a project that took over 4 years to complete and I feel pride not only for myself but all the wonderful people who helped make it enjoyable during its run. Re: Zero: The High Council Is technically my first, but it was just something I kind of took over and ended up ending the story after just six months. It finished, but eh...

Last RP I finished was Symphony of Espers which turned out pretty good.

RP's in progress:
For some reason I can't seem to stay away from Ari's magical girl RP, even if I'm not sure why I'm still in it.

As for my own projects, I'm doing Symphony on High to continue the gigachad adventures of the espers in Pax Septimus.

RP Graveyard:
I've been pretty fortunate on this forum. I think I joined one when I first came on the site that didn't really do anything, and there are a few 1x1 things that didn't go anywhere. It's disappointing when an RP ends before it can be finished, but I've come to look at them as learning experiences.

And then there's that london magical girl RP, and that dark magical girl RP. I think I'm done joining magical girl RPs for a while.

Other interests:
Videos
I watch a lot of educational videos on youtube. Usually as research for something I’m writing or purely because a topic interests me. I like channels like Tier Zoo and Daryl Talks Games, and I’ll also watch things like Critical Drinker or Literature Devil to deepen my understanding of story telling. Though I also like memes and jokes, to which I’ll find myself watching stuff like Sseth, but usually find myself surfing through meme videos. I gotta work on that.

Games
I have a rather long history of playing virtually every platformer to come into existence during the indie boom, as well as quite a few other indie games. I’ve played Meatboy, Binding of Issac, Gunvolt, Cuphead, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Classic Metroid, Warcraft 3, Final Fantasy 7,8, and 14, Left 4 Dead, Shantae, Celeste, Danganronpa, God Eater, the list goes on. What I’ve played is kind of all over the place. I don’t play many games these days, I tend to pick things that look interesting and go on a decent steam sale.

Painting Minis
I do this in moderation. Otherwise, it's a pretty expensive hobby to start...

Music
I listen to everything, save most country/rap songs. I have too many favorites to name.

Personality:
Not one to take life or the internet too seriously. Is only serious about writing well and having a good time.

People to Insult:
Dalton is a Dingus.

Most Recent Posts

I wanna thank the academy, and I wanna thank @Exit and @PlatinumSkink for joining the contest because I asked them to. I also wanna thank @Vocab for going super saiyan.

I know I clicked thank on everyone's review, but I also wanna write a thank you to everyone who commented on my story. I found myself agreeing with all the criticisms. I'll do better in the future.

Oh, but one point about your review for my entry @Calle:

Grammar wise, the thing I noticed a few times in the story was the passive form where you could have used the active.
she knew that papa was going to come in --> she knew that papa would come in
While she was recovering --> while she recovered
Fortunately she was wearing something other ... --> Fortunately she wore something other ...
There are more, those are the first three I came across.
I know I used the passive voice a lot too, until someone pointed it out. Nowadays I try to avoid using passive when active can be used and I seem to spot it more easily in other people’s writing too :) which is why I decided to mention it to you.


The advice that you're offering is good. You genuinely want to write in past tense unless it's in dialog. But what you're talking about is past/present/future tense, which isn't the same as passive/active voice. Passive is "Running for the door, Bob put on a coat." Where the active voice is "Bob put on a coat while running for the door." In passive, the verb comes first where in active it comes after the subject. Active voice is preferred in story writing because it's less confusing.

I just wanted to clear that up because if people are saying you're writing passive VS active voice, that's what they're referring to. Or they don't know what they're talking about!
You guys are great, btw.
Whoa shit, I had to edit my post because I made Thomas call the herbalist by name. whew.
@Gareth Yes, I read that.

Um, if it has merit or not depends on if you can get enough people running games every day of the week in various time zones so that you will always have something to join, when you feel like joining it. And while I can't possibly know how many people are interested in an idea like this, the sheer manpower required to pull something off like that probably doesn't exist on this forum. You're asking a large group of people to fill a niche this forum doesn't really cater to. Which is why I suggested roll20.


It seemed like an entire month had passed since Jezebel posed her question to Daimyon. He didn't budge of course. Thomas was bleeding out of his arms, and Faith's life was at risk. Daimyon was just as hard to sway as Thomas was. Both were incredibly stubborn individuals, determined not to back down. While it wasn't clear what Thomas wanted the notebook for, it was apparent that he would do anything in his power to get it. Just as Daimyon was determined not to surrender it.

“We're totally past words huh? ” Jezebel spoke as she stepped behind Daimyon's seat. She put about ten feet between herself and his back, practically standing up against the wall.“Like, I dunno why I didn't think of it before but...” She raised her arm. “You so can't get to a poet with words, you totally need to use a little action!” With Jezebel's arm leveled with the back of the poet's chair, it was a simple matter for gadget-propelled-fist to launch out of her sleeve and strike the back of the chair. The blow wasn't strong enough to break the wooden chair, which served to evenly distribute the force over Daimyon's back. The blow was hardly lethal, but it hurled the poet onto the floor hard enough for him to drop the handbook. Marianne's handbook skidded across the floor and bounced against Denis's foot. The Spy was quick to bend over and pick up the handbook, which he now held with both hands. After giving it a quick examination, he looked up at Thomas.



"How interesting." Thomas stepped away from Faith, and by extension, Noah. He was swift, but the bio mechanic would have fallen over if there wasn't a wall to catch him. "It would seem that after all that, everything went just as expected." While Thomas was barely able to stand, he still possessed the strength to smile in satisfaction. "But this is hardly a loss for you, Poet. You enjoy turning the suffering of others into song. I would not be surprised if you drew things out hoping this would turn into a tragedy." After taking a few steps, he started to regain his footing. Denis's eyes turned back towards the floor. "I will explain why I needed the herbalist's handbook to you in time. But we need to finish our preparations for tonight." Thomas stepped outside of the study and the door shut. All was as quiet as when the meeting first started.

“Meeting's over.” Jezebel walked towards the door, ignoring glances from anyone else looking her way.
@FamishedPants@Vocab@Mateotis@Majoras End@addamas

Almighty, so...

#1) Posted. I've been waiting for this. Hopefully my Thomas persona is close enough to pass muster.

#2) I decided not to take us all the way to the NoC YET. I will do that over the weekend most likely. I thought it would be bad to just cut directly to the NoC being how Jezebel handled the situation. I would be up for writing a collab or doing some back and forth with Jezebel and/or Denis if anyone wants to collab.

#3) I've tried to contact a few people, and if you're tagged in this announcement, you're one of the few people who are still active in this RP. @Aewin has been "semi-active" in discord, but I know most everyone else is either not interested in posting or is MIA. Point is, if you have any collabs in the works, you might want to post them before the time skip to the noc arrives.

Get ready to trash some robo waifus.

Or get trashed, heh.

"Don't order Mexican at a Chinese restaurant."

If the panic pace of jump-in free RPs isn't your thing, I'd suggest trying roll20 or a similar service if you want something like that.




Stanislav Petrov was once the most powerful man in the world. It was his job to decide moment to moment if the Russians would fire nuclear missles in response to a threat. He could start and end a nuclear war with the push of a button. Despite the power he held under his finger, he was not a celebrity, politician, or anyone else that you would view as being a powerful person. What made his position interesting was that he had little controll beside nuking the world or not nuking it. Outside of that, he had little urgency in other people's lives.

Sometimes, Tonya felt that way about her spool of thread.

She could do so many things since she knew what the future had in store for her, for everyone. There were a lot of things she could do, from correctly guess the lottery every day to leading a perfect life. Yet here she was, serving an unspeaking, uncaring patron. Ensuring whatever was suppose to happen, did. Never challenging the higher powers, always conforming.

She had to follow the law of the universe.

That was expected of all civilians.

But especially those in law enforcement.

Even so, Tonya's head was filled with "what if" scenarios as she turned the spool over in her hand. Well, if she did something wrong, that would probably be it for employment by her new boss. Probably best to not even think about those things.






(And Helga Too)


It was noon, and Boteg had called all of the magical girls under his control to a meeting. Typically the golden dragon would remain hidden in the confines of the upper floors, but it was easier to talk about what was going on with everyone assembled, instead of via telepathic link. Fortunately, the golden trove was no stranger to big business meetings. Once upon a time, the original owners noticed that their rooms were largely rented out by business startups, corporate branches, and other such groups of people. They installed their own conference hall that they could rent out to those who needed one. Though at the moment, it was open for their use. Boteg had shape shifted into a man in a blue tuxido, but kept his head very much as it usually appeared. He was standing in front of a projection screen, and in front of him was a long table with Su, Helga, and Mika in attendance. They had all transformed, and were waiting to see what their patron was going to say.

” Me thinks it would be right splendid if thou could listen to me hither.” The dragon nodded before resting his hands on the podium. His smooth human hands didn't match his scaly face.

Mika glanced between Helga and Su. ”So he's going to tell us about the terrifying one?”

”He's going to try.” Su folded her arms.

”A time ago, there be many gold dragons like myself. We doth lived on a far off world, creating gold and treasure in peace. Making such treasures and adding to our hordes was most splendid. We did need to trade them away for important commodities, but verily that was our nature.” The dragon shooh his head. ”I had me a family, friends... and that was when it sent the terrible shadow at us!”

Mika sat up. ”Terrible shadow, what did that lo-”

”A Terrible shadow from the Terrible one! It hath destroyed everything!” Boteg pounded the podium with his fist. ”This not be the first attack, but it was the last. I had me no one left!” He groaned. ”I flew me to this blue marble, only to find the terrible one was here too. And he hath come for me. That is why we must slay his champion!”

”But the Terrible shadow, what did it look like?” Mika pouted.

”It hath a head that look like a cross between a black nipper and a sparkle swimmer.” The dragon stroked his chin. ”Claws like... orange spinners!” He looked around frantically. ”And toes verily be cotton suffers!”

”It's no use.” Su whispered. ”It's impossible to get specifics out of him. Boteg just barely understands how we think and process information.”

”Oh.” Mika looked at Boteg. ”Sorry big guy. That souds horrible.”

”But I have some leads.” Su looked at the list she made earlier. ”The terrible one's champion is either a beacon girl or Mariette. Going anywhere near Beacon right now would be a big mistake for us, so I'd like to see if we can get near Mariette.” She folded up the paper and tucked it away. ”I've been meaning to see Mariette recently anyway, Eli too. Only problem is they are quite reclusive.” She turned to Helga. ”I think you should come with me for this.”

”Does that mean I've gotta hold the fort?” Mika folded her arms.

Su didn't look at Mika. ”It's not an ideal situation for me either. But Helga is a lot better at not drawing attention to herself. You like playing with Boteg anyway, right?”

Mika sighed.”I guess. Gives me a chance to perfect my new trick anyway.” Mika placed a pot on her lap, which had a hole towards the bottom. After fishing her tail into the hole, she picked up a flute and started to play. Only now her tail had transformed into a snake, and was rising out of the pot in her lap.

”Right.” Su turned to Helga. ”Ready to go?”
Unfortunate to hear, @Herringson. God speed, and good luck.

The RP will be moving forward a bit sooner than expected. I hope everyone knows what they want to do.
I have opinions everyone!

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