Dinh AaronMk

Today's been a lot

Living near to one of the few places in the US with the largest Arab-American populations one hears a lot about what goes on in the Middle East. The bombings in Beirut made it big here in Michigan due in part to the large Lebanese population in the Dearborne and Detroit area. They're enough that the local news defaults to having to cover it, and then it gets more coverage because the local Lebanese leadership begins talking about it and iterating why it's really rather important.

On the local NPR station too they were talking about it. Contrary to common belief about the region, Beirut has often been an island of stability in a currently insane place. Beirut was one of the more accesible cities in the Syria area prior to the civil war and even through it. For it to be targeted and for its prevailing tourism industry to put the city under threat like it has actually threatens Lebanon a lot more than Paris' attack does to France.

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So some time ago when doing confirmation research on Hong Kong for my vignette arc I found that the New Territories - that core area that's a part of my Hong Kong or "Chinese Graffiti" stuff - is or should largely be rural area, and the newest addition to what was once colonial British China. Although the discrepancies between what the New Territories should be and how I wrote them is easy to reconcile (more so since I still have large parts of it technical rural: see Pui Tui's home [if that is on RPGuild at all]).

And now I've just read: There are wild cattle in Hong Kong that I could pass off as being a part of the background reconciliation of what I presumed vs what I researched.

What Are You Listening To?

A RP that jumps right into the action.

Probably to some, but I can't see it really. I've tried things like that in other RPs and it's broken apart really fast. Usually when someone that assumes an important role doesn't post for one reason or another. So fundamentally you'd need writers who you know will be able to write without complaining they can't write anything to their stylistic satisfaction.

But also on some fundamental story-telling principle you need some manner of character establishment. Some starting point that establishes a character's norm and their personality. This will serve as the basis of that character and as a comparative point as the story moves and they evolve as a person. A hot start for all characters may fundamentally remove this aspect unless it can be handled creatively and organically over the course of the story.

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Only took a year and a half to write my way out of Sevan. And two and a half years to unmask Sahle as being Sahle.

@Vilageidiotx

And it'll be another year before he leaves Russia no doubt, lol.

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"What now?" he asked Vasily.

"I am taking you to my boss. I am thinking he will be interested in meeting an Emperor."

"Where is he?" Sahle had a hunch, but he could not be sure about anything anymore.

"Home." Vasily smiled. "Russia."

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@TheEvanCat

America's greatest weakness is in its littering problem.

If Bahgdadi knew how to take advantage of this he'd have the military paralyzed as they carefully go about the parking lots picking up cigarette butts and scraping out smashed pieces of bubble gum.

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And right when I thought I'm caught up, Vilage posts.

Today's been a lot

Lol wake up to a lot of death?

You must not keep up with the world, eh?

@genghismike

That or he's Parisian and works the night shift.

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@Vilageidiotx

It's like Vilage visited /pol/.