Kidd

Deep Ground Online

Cypher says this is open again? I'll be working on a character sheet if that's alright.

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Loreal
Loreal's plate of salad stuffs was placed in front of her and she shimmied in some excitement of the meal ahead. She picked up a fork--though at home she was used at eating with really only her hands--and stabbed into the fruits and vegetables. As she raised the food to her lips, however, an orc sat down at her table. She blinked and politely lowered the fork, eyes flickering to the orcs that accompanied the female. The elf tensed a little bit, lips pursing together. She was slender and small compared to the bulky orcs and even one would be intimidating to her. And here were three. They weren't exactly handsome creatures either. "Um. Hi," she responded carefully, shifting in her seat with a subconscious glance to her quiver sitting on the bench beside her. "I'm Loreal. Can I help you?"

{{pretty short but Idk what else to include atm.}}

Musings and criticisms about description and its common role in roleplaying.

I think description in a role play is particularly important. You don't know other peoples' characters, yeah? So I think it's important to give plenty of description to allow that character to interact with whatever they want.

Example, character A is tall and thin and has long hair.

Character B reacts to character A like a normal person would react to anyone.

BUT THEN character A has red hair.

Character B, holy shit, has the biggest fucking fetish for red heads. Suddenly, character B is going to have to react differently to this new information even though this already should've been known to the characters. Kinda breaks the realism of RP if a character has a delayed reaction to something he should already know about.

It's not usually details as basic as hair color that is skipped out on, however, but I think I make a point. Something pointless to your or your character might be important to another player and/or their character. Like, I have a female character I repeatedly use who looks like a boy. If I skip out on details that emphasize this, characters will interact with her as if she's just another woman. However, many, many characters react (positively and negatively) to a character that doesn't necessarily look like its assigned gender. So if I don't include these details that even I find trivial, I miss out on potential relationship (again, positive or negative) building.

Role playing isn't just putting up your work to be read like writing often is. It's writing for interaction.

Details in writing, however...Well there's far too much variation in possibilities here in my opinion. It's hard to decide on good/bad rules of writing 'cause many an author can break these "rules" and still make a great story or poem or whatever.

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I'd recommend starting at lunch since that's where everyone is now. Maybe throw in an introduction during class in the beginning. Maybe pop into the Chatzy so it'd be easier to talk about it.

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Loreal
Loreal continued to the cafeteria, Ariadne following her. She shivered against the cold as they walked and was asked, "Did I do anything wrong?" Oh, perfect. This is just what Loreal wanted--a reason to be more of a bitch. It's not that she liked making people unhappy--she just liked drama. She liked holding attention for better or worse. So a smile came to her lips and she opened her mouth to respond, planning on starting on expressing distaste for the new nickname--

"Um, sorry, I need to go say something to that guy."

Loreal blinked her green eyes at the snake girl and watched as she ran off toward a Light Draconian. She slowed to a stop. She was never ditched before. Um, ouch. The elf exhaled sharply, "hmph," and continued to the cafeteria with a roll of her eyes.When she arrived, it was mostly full, and orcs took up many of the tables. She eyed them for a moment. They weren't the best look of creatures and they all looked and acted so...harsh. She wrinkled her nose and averted her gaze before sitting down to order food: vegetarian, of course.

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Dagny
The snow around Dagny was slowly melting as she continued to flame-and-feed. She had to eat far more than most people her size since her true size was much larger. In the middle of chewing, she caught sight of the Draconian she flicked a paper football at in class 4-Q. She frowned a bit and swallowed, contemplating whether or not there were other Draconian here at Academy of the Arcane Artes. "Hmmm," she hummed, eyes narrowing slightly. She set the slab of meat she was nomming on aside and-- and just as she was about to stand up, Ariadne approached the Draconian. Quite quickly too.

Dagny snorted, smoke streaming from her nostrils in irritation. The fuck would she want with him? Unless he really was the one who apparently attacked her today. Then, Ariadne was in the guy's lap. Be cool, be cool, Dagny thought, eyes flickering away momentarily as she rain a hand through the fuzz on her head. Awh, fuck that, she decided, her pupils momentarily elongated like a lizard's as she stood up. She left the meat where it was, partly because she wasn't thinking about it and partly because she knew she could always just come back after kicking some ass, and approached the two.

"This guy bothering you?" she questioned, gaze flickering between the two of them. She swallowed back smoke that threatened to rise from her throat. Ariadne admittedly looked pretty fine, but she was definitely missing some context here.

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Loreal
Her first class of the day went about as it did last year: introductions then actual work. Admittedly, the introductions were at least kept short since, as a freshman, all the general information was covered about the Black Gate. Admittedly, though, Loreal didn't remember many specifics. She was cold through the whole class, too, her hands constantly rubbing together or up to her mouth as she breathed hot air into the palms. As people talked about themselves in the room, her attention was pretty lacking. She was busy of thinking what she would say. Though she realized she missed something interesting with the vampire-snake-lady sat down with half the class' attention still glued to her as introductions continued.

When it was her turn to introduce herself, she stood up and flipped her hair with confidence. "I'm Loreal. Just Loreal. We don't really have surnames at home," she explained with a shrug of her shoulders. "I'm also used to warmer weather," she added before sitting down again and rubbing at her shoulders. Then introductions continued and wrapped up before class started--about as boring as one would expect, as well.

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Finally, the bell rang for lunch period to start and Loreal gathered what little she had and stood up to leave. Though, the vampire-snake girl caught her on the way out. She blinked in genuine surprise and pursed her lips, remembering she was the same vampire-snake girl to strip in front of the school. She remembered her name because it was similar to an old friend's--Arianna. "Ariadne, right?" she asked, mostly assuring herself that she did indeed remember the name. "Er, you could eat," she suggested pointedly. Then she added with a sigh, "I'm not eating with anyone yet, if you want to join me." With the offer on the table, she started for the door again, her stomach rumbling.

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Dagny
Dagny wasn't a fast person, but when that bell rang for lunch, she could suddenly rival an Olympic sprinter. The dragon gathered up her bag--a small bag with just a notebook and pencil and any collected paper--and headed for the cafeteria. She was quick to stack her tray with food—well, meat. And really only meat. Before she left the building, she had two trays stacked high with slabs of meat: steak, chicken, pork, you name it. Though, instead of finding a seat with the other students, she started for the door…

Though, she frowned when some rumors caught her ears.

“Yeah, he just assaulted her—“

“…second year vampire chick…”

“…after her stunt this morning.”

“The Draconian—“

Dagny’s scowl furthered and she paused in her steps. Though quickly decided that she couldn’t do anything about this on an empty stomach. So she moved outside and to the court yard where she came to a snow covered bench. With a full tray in each hand, she found herself struggling to stay balanced as she kicked some of the snow off the bench. Then, she sat down and set a tray on either side of her.

As she picked up the first piece of meat, her throat started to glow. Then she held the meat aloft and spit a stream of fire at it and her hand until it was charred to her liking. From there, the dragon took steady bites of her meal, chewing only a minimum as she looked around at the snow covered grounds.

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KabenSaal said
I never really got the feel that Earth was super-Tech, but I can change it to Lucis.

That's what I'd recommend. Earth is at 2066-ish? I forget exactly year-wise. So it's pretty advanced with technology. Changing to Lucis would solve that for you, since its magic is more developed than Earth. Might match your character better in the long run

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ERode said
Yo.This is now the OP of the RP. No backtalk allowed.

I am okay with this.

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It'd actually also be awesome if you could bump your character up a couple years 'cause there are a LOOOT of first years. (Not necessary, I'm not a GM, but yeah.)

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Class 4-Q
Once all the introductions were done with, Dr. Li closed the event with, "And I'm honored to meet you all. Hopefully we'll all become well acquainted with one another before the end of the year. It's your fourth year, so I know that many of you know each other already, but take a good look around the room. These are your comrades and you'll be able to count on them through your final two years here.

"Now, class specifics since this is a maths class. We'll start off with review of what you should have retained from last year," he explained, standing up again. "You'll have homework everyday since constant practice is the best way to learn math. However, you'll get points for trying on the homework. None of us are perfect, and homework is an excellent opportunity to mess up. We'll review correct answers in class and then continue with the day's lesson." He shrugged his narrow shoulders. Students were never excited at the prospect of daily work, but they had to do what they had to do.

"As for tests," he continued, "we'll have one every two or three chapters. The occasional one if the content is a little heavy. When it comes to the tests, nine times out of ten, you won't be required to show work. So long as you somehow get the right answer, you'll get points. Though showing your work provides a chance for partial credit. In addition to credit, I do not do extra credit." His nose wrinkled at the prospect and he ignored the expressions of frustration on some students. "However, I might give you chances to make up work. This is a combat and magic academy, after all. I can't expect us all to make it through the year without suffering injuries that force you to miss out on class time."

Dr. Li sighed and gazed around the room with those perceptive and cool blue eyes. "With all that said, does anyone have any questions?" he prompted as he adjusted the cuffs of his sleeves.

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Dagny
Student introductions managed to hold Dagny's attention admittedly. She liked hearing what other people had to say, particularly those from Lucis. When the Draconian was picked on, she snickered at the awkwardness he brought out in the teacher. Soon after Joseph was called upon and she resisted the urge to call him out on getting shot. Any other day she would've, but knowing they together were already designated troublemakers--under threat of becoming partners on top of that--kept her quiet. So she just snorted and rested her head on the desk.

When Dr. Li started talking again, the dragon spaced out. Her eyes flickered to the window where they stayed glued to the snow covered grounds. She knew Ariadne was a second year and wondered how her class was going and where it was held. Maybe I can find her at lunch, she thought, eyebrows raising in speculation. No, you don't wanna come off too strong, she reminded herself, frowning. She sighed and stretched her arms above her head as the teacher droned on, bored and ready to do something about that.

She ripped a piece of paper from her notebook and folded it into a paper football. Without a second person to play the goalie, she adjusted it under her finger and glanced between her football and target: Joesph. However, when she flicked it, Dagny utterly misjudged the trajectory and she watched it fly and the bad-mood-Draconian. She pursed her lips together to stifle laughter and rested her head on the desk again, shoulders shaking from the internal laughter.

Eventually, it grew silent again and she looked back up to the front as Dr. Li adjusted the sleeves of his dress shirt.