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    1. Hylozoist 10 yrs ago

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2 yrs ago
Current I remember when I used to be into nostalgia.
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9 yrs ago
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, there's a few white fluffy clouds in the sky. I am closing the curtains and going back to bed.
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9 yrs ago
"What kind of solicitor doesn't have sweets on their desk?!"
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9 yrs ago
"His multiphasic torpedo will penetrate your rift / and cause a quantum singularity in your transwarp conduit!"
9 yrs ago
"You make a pretty good sheep."

Bio

I live somewhere in the wilds of East London with a couple of friends, a pet rat and a collection of RPG books that is slowly consuming our house. I've suggested possibly getting rid of some of them, but it's pretty much got to the point where the books are the only thing keeping the building upright and if I move any of them the whole thing could come crashing down.

In terms of games - well, I'll consider anything, except that. As can probably be gathered from my posts, I find myself generally playing characters that let me bit a little bit light-hearted. I am reasonably certain that I can play serious characters, but I know that getting to post things which makes me chuckle as I write them keeps me far more engaged. I like fandom-y things (because I can't, apparently, still get enough Undertale, Adventure Time and various Nintendo stuff, good job brain), and non-fandom-y things, and will one day get around to rebooting a RP I'd made on here seven years ago.

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So these meanwhile posts give each of us the freedom to add to the lore of the Interplanetary Space Friends universe? I'm so into that! How do you feel about adding additional side villains?


That's the plan, yes! As for side villains, that's fine too; it seems like we're on the same page when it comes to needing to discuss throwing anything too ridiculously over-powered into the galaxy. These side-villains could be pursuing their own nefarious scheme that intersects with the players down the line, or perhaps they've joined up with Doctor Frosty and his ill-considered plot(s) to reclaim the Quest For Flavour, or perhaps they don't have anything to do with the crew or the ship, and they could just be somebody that we may, or may not, run into at a later date.

Incidentally, one of my favourite "indie" RPGs to play is Microscope, which is basically "collaborative world building: the game", and so it was only a matter of time before I started taking elements from that and throwing it in here. It's always fun to see people being creative, and seeing that creativity inspire more creativity. It's why I'm enjoying running a game here, because every time somebody posts something, I'm going "oh, oh, oh, that gives me an idea!" and so plots and themes and characters that I would never have thought of on my own get scribbled down to be thrown into the game when I can.

Okay, that's enough rambling, it turns out I get a bit sentimental and gushy after midnight and too much hot chocolate. I hope everyone has a good weekend; I'll probably get an opportunity to catch up and post tomorrow (Saturday) evening when I ought to be asleep. Speaking of sleep...
Charlotte frowned her way through the orientation speech but, given her rather short stature, it was rather unlikely that anyone would notice her eyes narrowing with every other word that came out of Frieza's mouth. She desperately wanted to make her displeasure known, to lash out and keep lashing out, but all she could muster was a folding of her arms to back up her frown. Occasionally, she'd sneak a glance up towards the others who had gathered for the speech, checking to see their reaction to being called 'maggots' and generally being looked down upon by this strange person.

The speech concluded rather abruptly, with one last threat for good measure, and the speaker leaving before any of them could say a word. There were all sorts of questions that Charlotte wanted to ask and, no longer being able to get an answer from the person who was put in charge of squad one, the little Witch raised an arm into the air, waved it about a little, and then asked her question to the Main Hall in general.

"Why did he not have trousers on?"
Will have a post soon, it'll be a quick one addressing and moving the plot on since I'm having a light case of writer's block rn


I will save the post I'm writing then for after yours, and modify it to take into account whatever you end up doing.

I'd make a *Meanwhile!* post, but I'm afraid of revealing some secrets that will, hopefully, come as big surprises later.


It doesn't have to be about your character, don't forget. It's probably obvious to everyone but, just in case, if you're going to do a "Meanwhile!" post, please talk it through with the people involved if it's going to be about things in their background and/or character in general. This isn't to say you can't touch on those subjects, just that you should talk it through with them, and that they've got the final say in terms of whether it's okay or not. No blowing up people's home planets in a Meanwhile, you hear me, you crazy kids?

Edit To Add: Something of a heads-up; my posting schedule tends to grind to a halt during the weekends. I'll likely be able to sneak some glances at the site during the weekend, and can probably quickly dash off responses on my phone, but there probably won't be many big, meaty posts to sink your teeth into from me during Saturday and Sunday!
One last question. Are you going to cut to another area with a transition type post? If so then I'm cool with that. I could just recap what happened with my character during the transition some time in the next story arc.


I'd like to go to a bit of day-to-day-life-on-the-ship while it haphazardly swings through space on a course for Ofromia. I realise that the IC has stalled a little, and I can step in to encourage the crew to get to the ship - I wanted to give Vonny a chance to pipe up with input on a plan for approaching the party problem. Thinking about it a little more, it might be best if I provide a bit of encouragement, and I can also use that to describe the ship in slightly better detail. It'd be less of a transition and more of a "you probably want to get back to the ship shortly" situation for people to deal with, if that makes sense.

I am spectacularly terrible at explaining things quickly, but the format for how the scenes are going to go from one to the other is likely going to end up being:

Henderson's Ribs, the current scene, ending with the crew boarding the ship. Handled in a blow-by-blow sort of style.
Life Aboard The Ship, where we see the characters going about their day-to-day life aboard the ship while they travel. More like a series of linked vignettes, rather than trying to fill in the whole amount of time the journey takes.
Arriving at Ofromia, the ship arrives. Mostly back to blow-by-blow style.

From that point on, my notes descend into scribbled pictures, descriptions of NPCs, some paragraphs setting the scene in Ofromia and a whole list of things that could need doing and complications.

If no new posts are made in a while then I could do a filler episode type post. Just like when you introduced the insect doctor and the bear guy separate from the crew. Your thoughts?


I wholeheartedly encourage you do a "Meanwhile!" type post. I probably should have tagged people in the post where I was discussing it, because it's likely got lost in amongst everything else in this thread, but the short version is - feel free to do Meanwhile! posts, just put them behind a hider saying "Meanwhile!" so it's neat, tidy and obvious that's what it is. There's a whole galaxy to fill up, and seeing the creative efforts of others speeds that up, gives me more ideas and it helps give me a better understanding of what everyone likes.

Apologies if I've missed the mark entirely there. I think I've covered the questions.
@Hylozoist Are you from the EU/UK? How is it over there?


I live in East London. It's chilly, and it's probably going to be a pretty nippy weekend as well. I'm guessing you don't mean to ask how the weather is, so let me give you my Really Quick Rundown Of London.

It's busy. It's expensive. There is nearly always something going on if you want to do something. Get familiar with how public transport works. In that way, it's probably like most other cities. I like to think that we're all very polite and tolerant folk, but a great deal of that is probably due to nearly everyone here never really talking to one another. In fact, that'd be the first rule I'd want to impart on you for a visit to London; don't try and strike up a conversation with somebody on public transport.

I say this only because there's always at least one tourist who breaks this rule on any given tube journey. I've seen it happen. The look of panic in the eyes of the person who is being spoken to, the shocked looks of everyone else, it's awkward and uncomfortable and God help you if you do it, because nobody else on that tube carriage is going to help you.

Some places in London are pretty rough. I assume this is the same for most cities too, really.
Also that duck in top hat thing sounds like Howard the Duck.


Maybe my past self was trying to warn me about never, ever, ever sitting through the Howard the Duck film again. If this is the case, it's my duty to draw a crude duck as a warning to my future-self every now and then, lest I let my guard down and watch it again.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to the stories to come from aboard the ship.


I should probably keep working on that. The good thing about doing a day-to-day-life bit on the ship is that it gives me more time to flesh out Ofromia. Some of my notes were scribbled when I was half asleep, and so require some time to decode. I'm sure there's a very good reason why there's a picture of a duck in a top hat with a monocle in there. Really makes me wonder about people who claim to be able to connect to past lives, when I seem to struggle to connect with me from a week ago.




Its not that I haven't really tried, its just hard to find people online my age in my area (small rural town) where people can meet up to do stuff like that.


Yeah, that's not a great situation to be in, you've got my sympathy on that front. The last time I lived in a small rural-ish area was when I was growing up, and so my advice about how to meet people in that regard is probably a little dated (and obviously there's cultural differences and what-not!). I wish I could be a bit more helpful on that front, really. At least there's always the internet, and for all my talk of doing social stuff with people, most of my socialising is still done through a screen and keyboard. If it weren't for the fact that I live with two other people, who have become my sort-of-surrogate-family, I'd probably end up becoming some sort of hermit.

Okay, clearly, the tea has yet to kick in.
Don't worry, I'll try to capture squirrelking's... unique writing style.


Times like this, it makes you think: why isn't there a fourth option (alongside like, laugh and thank) for "mostly curious but a little bit scared"?
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