Mokley

Candlewick [CLOSED]

@Mokley When our characters interact with the ship, will the short-term effects be ours to write out under guidelines, or will all effects be informed by you in or out of character?

@Antarctic Termite

Good question. Please do proceed with logical assumptions based on the information given. There's no need to "try to" pull a lever or climb a bookcase or pick a flower. Just do it. Break things, carve your name into them, paint them, jump on them, push all the buttons, whatever, go for it, it's all there to be abused. If you find a room full of random metal parts you can assume you can build whatever might be logically built from such things. But I'll tell you what happens when you pull that lever or push that button, and I'll tell you what happens when you touch that weird evil-looking glowy thing. In other words, I'd appreciate if everyone leaves the ship mechanics and magic to me (to avoid chaos and ensure a continuous story). Everyone's free to post or PM me and we can work together on a single post to speed things up if you like.

Candlewick [CLOSED]

Checking in: I've mostly mapped out the ship, which will probably be as big as a galleon after all. I think I'll include descriptions of each room in the first post of the OOC as they're explored IC, and group everyone by which room they're in. Three groups of five to start, each group will wake up in a different room.

How this is going to work: There are no NPCs (that you know of) onboard. Interact with the environment to make things happen. Discover information and potential tools/keys/potions/magic thingamabobs that might help you later. Interact with your fellow characters. Every little thing your character does has a chance of drastically affecting everything and everyone else. Doing nothing does nothing.

Now, it's just a matter of writing the first post.

Candlewick [CLOSED]

@Bunnita Tamara Jane is approved! Please copy to Characters.

Lantern

Eep, I didn't mean to rush anybody, I'm just bored and caffeinated constantly, sorry. Life comes first, and I'm just here to entertain you, after all. ;) good luck on your exam, Zealous! And as always, let me know if you need more from me. I always have a few tortures up my sleeve.

Candlewick [CLOSED]

@Aura Lodestone bleak is absolutely fine, it's just the detailed worldbuilding that's slightly restrictive. What you've got now is great, and more personal to the character. Thanks! Approved. Please copy his CS to Characters.

How big is the ship compared to a traditional Spanish war galleon? Just curious :P

@BingTheWing

I ... have never seen a Spanish war galleon. Think cruise ship sized. It doesn't look like a sailing ship should. But it will be explained.

@Antarctic Termite Innocent is approved, please copy to Characters.

Lantern

Next mod post, then. ;) Unless Randold does something profound, that is.

Candlewick [CLOSED]

If we're to begin in groups, that changes the original idea for the opening scene. Now there shall be several opening scenes.

Which, I think, will (hopefully) be far more interesting.

And this ship? Far bigger than anything any of us had assumed. I'm getting ideas. Many, many ideas. Oh yes, no one shall be bored.

So... any thoughts on when we are going to start the IC thread?

@Stairdweller

SOON.

Lantern

Ooohhh hi there! <3

@TheDarkTemplar Talan may be bound and gagged, and coming out of a drug-induced stupor, and .... yeah I see your point. xD So, then, perhaps I should add a bit more? Ah, he is wearing monkeybats isn't he? Probably soaked in their blood, yes? That .... is unfortunate for him. Bwahaha--cough. Yes, I could add something. If you like.

Lantern

Heeyyy where did you guys go? Don't get distracted! Who still needs to post?

Reminder, at latest I plan to post on Saturday!

Candlewick [CLOSED]

@Aura Lodestone Ok, following some feedback and a lot of thinking, I don't see anything wrong with having a cat-eared, cat-tailed, gene-spliced human character from Earth's distant future. However! Could you possibly edit your CS to be more vague about the historical references? This way no other characters from the future would feel pressured to comply with the history you wrote. You could simply say that due to Elin's genetic dysfunctions in the womb he was crossed with a cat to save his life. You could say he comes from a certain society in the future where people don't really work but either walk, run or jump. Anything else you'd really like to have in his history, just narrow it down to one society instead of the entire world, and you should be golden.

@Skythikon Connor is approved! Please copy his CS to Characters.

@MokleyI think I would prefer the grouping... it made the game quite organized while there were lots of people. I can imagine the groups will merge a lot quicker since we're on a ship not in a forest, but at least the start won't be messy since large groups can get that way.

I'm curious about how other people feel about it.

@drewccapp

I like groups.

@t2wave

That's two votes for groups! I'd rather shy away from calling them "teams" this time, though (the competitiveness isn't always great) and I would definitely reply to everyone all at once instead of letting one group charge ahead. ;) So ok, we'll have pockets of characters instead of trying to herd you all. It makes for an easier understanding of what's going on, too.