Lady Absinthia

🦄 Soulless Regency - Merged With T.S.

@mnkee Okay, cool. Won't catch you up any but at least you won't be falling behind another round when I post tomorrow.

🦄 Duplicity - D&D Style Fantasy Rp Adventure (Completed)

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Kyra & Sana

Location: Smithy -> Tavern
Interacting With: Various
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The silver passed enough for the cost of the items and the leather worker nodded as he took it and pocketed it. Turning he sat down and got back to work on the jacket. It made quick work of the tears and gouges. His fingers working quickly with thick needle and thicker thread as he patched it up. Pulling each newly made seam together and tightening it down. From the outside of the coat one could barely see where the torn pieces of fabric pulled together when hanging straight, on the inside just simple lines of re-enforced stitching.

Cutting the last piece of thread he shook out the garment after a little while and stood back up, double checking his work. "There ya go, close to as good as new as she's gonna get," he said as she laid it down over the counter. "Will there be anything else?" he asked.

The Apothecary nodded and thanked them for their business, informing them that he hoped that come the next day there would be a shipment arriving. There had been several scheduled but none had made it through, fingers crossed that tomorrows would make it the gate of the city and through its walls.

Kyra wrapped up the items she went to the smithy to ~upgrade~. She had her arrows and handed Sana hers. For all intensive purposes they were done, had paid for the services, and ready to go. There was more Kyra would have liked to have done but for now this would do and there were a few coins left to redistribute. The pair made their way out of the smithy, Ash on Kyra's heels and Epona following along side Sana as she took her mares reins.

"Anywhere else?" Kyra asked as she looked over towards Sana. Sana gave a shake of her head. "Okay, back to the tavern then I guess and see if the others are done as of yet." With that the two headed to the tavern, exchanging a quiet conversation amongst themselves as they took a seat in the main area and glanced around. From what Femnal told them they were the first back.

🦄 Soulless Regency - Merged With T.S.

@Morose Day 6

🦄 Soulless Regency - Merged With T.S.

@mnkee Cool, you can edit your Cs to put a clarification in on Thalken if you want.

🦄 Soulless Regency - Merged With T.S.

@mnkee Okay, then lets put him... ~looks at the simplified map of London that is posted in the original OOC~ Near Somerset House, that is far enough away from Scotland Yard for them to not feel under the eyes of the law constantly, near the "docks", and in the right area of town to have a nice estate. That sound good?

🦄 Soulless Regency - Merged With T.S.

@mnkee That is actually going to depend on something I meant to ask you before and totally forgot about. His residence is listed near the London Docks. Now the official London Docks are far to the eastside of London. Yet there are other "docks" in London, some of which are between Westminster Bridge and Blackfiars Bridge. Now the housing over near the official London Docks wouldn't be "estate" like, but run down, poor side of town. Where between the two bridges it would be much higher since it is so close to the Palace, Westminster Abby, and so forth.

So if you are wanting him down by the actual London Docks, yes, he could walk but it will take till this evening in RP >.> Now if you want him to have his housing near a "Dock in London" closer to the Strand, we can do that and just assume that I meant by foot instead of by horse back with the time frame.

Common Sense - A Post-Post-Apocalyptic Revolutionary Tale

Sunie Marks

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Sunie had not heard this tone from Flo, then again she had never said no to a job from the woman. Granted, she also hadn't had to deal with such a dramatic time frame change just after an order was placed. "Just wait until I find out if I can get the supplies. I will contact you as soon as I know," Sunie said. She didn't want Flo to come up there that evening if she couldn't get the supplies in as quickly as they would need them.

Staying on the line to wait for confirmation, she sat down and rolled her chair over to her computer. Making notes on a piece of paper of what she would need, what she had in stock, what she could pick up quickly herself; or at least try to. Then there was the inevitable items that she knew she would have to order from either out of town or off world even. With what she had in shop she could get started on the molds this evening.

Mahz's Dev Journal

@ArenaSnow I have seen this done before on other forums - It can both work and fail, as with all things. The best system I have witnessed before was when there were a set of nominees placed from both staff and members of the community. Yes, the final say would have to lay with Mahz since he is the Admin. (Sorry but Hank would not do for this since he while he is the co-admin, he is part of the moderation staff) - General vote after ~background check~ - The check would include checking through the previous posts of a member and any complaints made against them, as well as a time frame for people to post their concerns for each. All pro's and con's for each would need to be listed out before a final vote is taken.

Who they report to, it would be Mahz, but they wouldn't have power persay, only the standing of recommendation for or again said ban/staff member.

Now, I do understand that this is a another level bureaucracy and that is something I am normally against. Yet due to the current issues, it does not seem that a compromise would be found. I am more than open to better ideas, this is just a suggestion for something in the meantime.

Personally I don't think it would even be a suggestion if there was some sort of checks and balances for the staff members and bans put into place, or any complaint on the forum for that matter. Just does not seem to be right now. I also feel that the staff should have been put through a more rigorous check and monitored more carefully before being given a position of power on the forum. (Perhaps it would have avoided some of the issues.)

Some of the staff I have the upmost respect for, others I believe should be stripped of their title. I do not bother to report anymore because of several reasons. Yet that is neither here nor there but this has been an idea bouncing around in my head for about the last year. Due to present concerns I felt it was time to voice it.

Will it work? Lord only knows. It could, it could back fire completely. If anything, hopefully it will at least start a discussion of ways to better monitor not only the forum but the staff themselves. The forum could disintegrate into chaos without the mods, there would be no forum without its members. Both sides need a system of accountability; the members have that because of the staff. The staff does not and leaves the current environment far too lopsided.

Again, if anyone has a better suggestion or a way to make something work - I am all ears. This is just a simple suggestion to ring attention to the need.

In Defense Of The Genre [Part II]

After reading through this, and other issues that have come over the years, I have placed a suggestion in Mahz's Dev Journal to implement a 3rd party Peer Review Council for Bans/Staff. I believe it would give members of the forum better peace of mind and the staff someone to be held officially accountable to.