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Canceling the Apocalypse ;; ClosetMonster && El Taco Taco

Oooookay, so that was a seriously long lag on that one. And for such a small post. I'm so sorry! I'm thinking that's kinda a crap post even. :(

So it's gotten silly busy here and I'm keeping up barely, and your posts are just lovely. Please don't let a few bad posts on my end chase you away. Nor the lag.. it will get better, I promise!!

Canceling the Apocalypse ;; ClosetMonster && El Taco Taco

Ribsy crinkled her nose and laughed. “Helluva way to induct the newbs,” she admitted. “But I'm guessing it's just more of the same from here on out.” It wasn't so much a statement as a check on her reality which, considering how exhausted the lieutenant looked, wasn't far from the truth.

She took a step back, gave Shankari a shrug, then settled against her bunk, one arm over the top as she dragged out a pack of cards and threw them atop her pillow. “Anyway, just so long as I can get some kinda chance at changing this damn invasion.”

Shankari rolled her eyes and, free of the salute as well as taking some hint through the interplay between the other two women, grabbed her shower things and hooked her towel from the side of the bunk. “That's all it is to you, a chance. You'll get nowhere you keep actin' like it is only a chance.”

The taller woman grinned. “At least I won't be a whiny bitch when I don't get first crack. I'll get my piece of flesh. Just gotta wait it out.” She glanced at Olivia. “Everyone's working on a new fighting technique. Seems less fightin' and more a dance class. You wanna get us up to speed on that? It's not that I don't like it, just been wondering on the why's and wherefore's.”

Despite the topic, Shankari left the room, heading to the bathrooms, no doubt, which Ribsy should have been directing herself toward as well after the long day, but Ribsy was not going to leave behind a chance to get to know their roomie. Even less so with Olivia being almost nice about it.

1x1 RPs

Silverwind Blade said
Actually, dude, even that would be a change from what I keep seeing o.0 And while I do see your point, non-romantic pair ups of any kind are popular for stories - buddy-cop duos are the first one I can think of, as are 'hero and sidekick' combinations too (Batman and Robin, the Doctor and companion, etc). While it might not be 'tactically sound' from a realism point of view, in terms of storytelling and fiction it's very popular and common to have a non-romantic pair of characters. And it doesn't necessarily need to be super-realistic all the time anyway. But that kind of plot doesn't seem to be something popular, or at least easy to find in the 1x1 forum.

I'd have to agree that the hero/sidekick duo-nature role plays aren't common in the one to one forum. Neither are non-romantic role plays, yes. However, I'd second those who have stated they can be found and it takes some digging. This is almost (but not quite) as true in the group role play thread - in order to find a role play which meets your needs (and, I have found in the past, partners which will ensure the story is going to be fun). That the least common denominator is more prevalent in the one to one role play thread, I dunno. Everyone has something they're looking for. I find when I post interest checks, it helps for me to give enough information which will weed out most of those who might not match up with me (otherwise, I end up with a lot of unfinished role plays) and to be honest myself when I read someone else's posts to see if I feel we would make a good fit. A "verdant green eyes staring into blah blah blah" post might indicate to me that someone is going to steer things toward romantic tripe.

Not that romance isn't a very powerful motivator in a character creation (or world creation, even) just as much is revenge, frustration, sadness, extreme emotions of any sort, being stuck, being lost, etc, etc, etc. Should it be the main drive behind a story, though? Only if you like chick-flics.

Does this mean there are NO good role play partners hiding in the one to one? Heck no. I have found some incredible writers who are willing to build a world and fill it to the brim with characters who interact in all manner of ways, from dealing out death to romantic manipulation to just trying to get a person out of their hair. So if you are unwilling to sift through the posts for someone who is offering something you are interested in as well, then set out your ideas (I realize you've done this), make things open ended enough to allow for collaboration, and I find putting down something in your stance on romance. To be utterly against it is close minded, however it is fair to give warning that you're not overly interested in it, that if it became a plot point then it might be something to entertain but that it's highly unlikely your characters would be anything but asexual earthworms (awesome characters, btw) just so folks know - at least you're still open if they make an earthworm interested bird who might just want to have a crush on his wriggling little segments and want to invite him to dinner. (I'm of the mind that it takes my characters too long to form a romantic bond, so it's best to just know that even if there was supposed to be romance, it'd probably never show up. Letting people know this tends to make them give up or respond in enthusiastic kind, at which point we have an accord and the game may be played.)

Edit: Just looked at my list of RPs and realized, top of the list is a retelling of The Highwayman. In that one, the romance MUST happen. Because how else are we supposed to kill off Bess? I mean, really. Bess'd be all, "Oh, wait.. yeah, he's coming and you're about to shoot him? Anh - go ahead. By the way, someone wanna get this gun out of my ribs? It's bruising seriously bad right now." So - plot point, real important. And SO fun!!!! So that was worth it to track down someone who had a mxf thingie going on. Seriously though? It takes a while to get a cadre of good role play partners. Keep it up and you'll find them.

Light in the Dark

I remember them introducing themselves as well.

Sorry for the long incommunicado. Am at a conference all week. Yay ;)

The Highwayman Came Riding

I am currently at my convention and will look forward to your post when you get around to it! And now to the audio... :)

The Highwayman Came Riding

You have probably already seen this, but it bears repeating.

And - I think the story will progress nicely as will Bess come out and play eventually. She's just being shy and I'm trying hard to grasp her. I generally start with a much more plain pad to create on. She has bones, it's the filling out bit she and I are arguing over. (It's really which petticoat she should wear, if I were to be honest, and the fact we really can't afford silk stockings).

Ah - and I've not managed to catch the Theater.. I'll have to look it up. :)

The Highwayman Came Riding

I will be honest. I'm struggling with Bess. The wife was stilted at first but she came alive for me when she was more than just greed for upward mobility. Bess, however, being a heroine, is almost two-dimensional. It is silly to be so hopeful that she'd leap out of the page pre-packaged within the first few posts just because she has a Destiny, doesn't she? Those of us with Destinies do seem a bit more reluctant to find form. I'm sure with some more interaction with the other characters, she will gain some weight.

A convention? Will this one include costumes and such? (I say that in hopes of fantastic stories from you because the one I've got next week is just a lot of talking and lectures and grown-up meals without a single Kid's Table in sight - always a let-down when one is going to a convention type thingie.)

Also - YES! You get the cookie and the candybar and the honorary seat at the Kid's Table because it is from Lackadaisey, a real favorite of mine. :) Have you read the asides she's done? I'm particularly fond of the introduction of waffles by Mordecai to Rocky. Hee hee. If you haven't found them, I'll send my favorites. They are just marvelous.

Over the Hill ~ ClosetMonster x PopeAlessandros

So I'm not quite back, but enough to get a post in. :) It'll be a busy couple of months yet.

Over the Hill ~ ClosetMonster x PopeAlessandros

His guest gone to bed without the promised stones, still Wren does his best to follow through on his promise. He sets stones, half bricks, really, from his fire into a metal bedpan and then wraps this in a thick cloth. At the hearth, Annie sets her nose to tail as if she were sleeping, though her eyes glitter in the firelight while she watches her master as he goes about his business. The main room of his small home crackles with warmth and calm now that his guest has left it and Wren takes a breath which he lets out over his tongue, calming himself.

Wren leaves the cloth to warm and goes to the sidetable which he opens and removes one platter and table setting. These, he sets atop the sidetable and leaves as he dives back inside and withdraws a moment after with a heavy rye bread and salted meat in a small loaf. With his food out upon the top of the sidetable and without time to make it into a proper meal, he contents himself with opening the trapdoor which leads to the rope hung platform under his home, a miniature root cellar. This, he draws up and takes butter from the box he sets upon the floor. Making do with bread and butter and meat is not his usual, but the morning will prove to have problems aplenty for him to deal with and he does not look forward to meeting it without proper rest.

Prior to settling into his meal, Wren goes to the fireside and tests the cloth wrapped bedwarmer. Content it is warm but not overly hot, he lifts it and walks into the back bedroom. He sets the bedwarmer upon the bedside chair and looks at the young man asleep on the coverlet. He is young, Wren realizes, and looks particularly so when he is in an exhausted sleep.

Heaving a great sigh, the shepherd plucks a woven blanket from the chair, neither of which are not in full abundance in his home. Settling the warming pan beside the mage, he spreads the thick blanket out over the boy, then exits the room and closes the door so that his own evening activities will not waken Chall.

Morning bursts into life through a deeply inset window. Sunshine curls contendedly on the sill and sprawls with lazy decisiveness across the wooden floor and the foot of the mage's bed. The shepherd is already at his chores many hours before and he stumps into the house with Baxter at his heels and Annie watching the flock's gate. He cleans his night's dishes and begins breakfast – a pan of mutton and eggs as well as parsnips sliced into pale moons and onions. The sizzle from the far kitchen keeps Baxter's attention and the dog's tail thumps in rythmic hope upon the floor.

Wren sings softly to himself, a comfortable baritone rolling his r's in the traditional manner as he sings first one weaving song and settles into the next – his collection a formidable one.

There are two settings upon the table with bread set and sliced, covered in a tea towel, as well as chilled butter in a dish and covered by a plate. Milk rests in a small pitcher and pepper beside it. Outside, a plough horse blows her breath through her nostrils and stamps the yard dust as she waits, tied to a small tree which grows just beyond the front door.

All is prepared and Wren feels better for having organized it so. Now he needs only for his guest to waken.

Peregrine [Closet & Glaw]

Your muse is worth waiting for!!! :)

And no worries - I've been incommunicado for about a month or more now. I'm entering into my hell months and can't promise to be here much more than now and again. :) So plenty of time for muses to dance about.