Character Development Thread--Discussion

I feel the same way. I'm having trouble thinking how it's going to end cause I was at least hoping for a draw, or Naoko losing but putting up a tough fight. Same with Kiyumi cause Kiyumi's thing is she will be very persistent and will keep fighting until she's exhausted. lol

If Kiyumi keeps calling her attacks, eventually Samantha would normally try and deck her mid-call. The problem is that writing something like that in an RP-format like the CDTs isn't so easy.

No post today! Sorry!

Also, to repeat a question I asked earlier: Is it safe to consider Resort dead now? It's going on a week since it got its last post, and no one seemed hopeful about its survival earlier.

If it really is dead, then maybe we ought to be making some more progress on the next thread.

Holy shit, has it really been that long? My thrilling description of the death-defying task of getting onto a ski-lift seems to have failed to invigorate the thread.

Or killed it dead.

One of the two.

I'm all for serious discussion about a new wilderness-y/borderland-ish setting.

I was thinking of mixing the two most liked ideas together (Border-place between words and wilderness).

I'm not sure it could work, but, this is a starting place since no one else had figured something. I'm just throwing out ideas here.

There's a settlement in-between worlds. It's located in the middle/in a clearing of a jungle, and if you go beyond the trees, you'll get lost, and get either diverted back or turned loose into another universe.

It's a lost settlement, so everything's in a bit of disrepair. Buildings are crumbling, an ancient language is carved on everything... Maybe some entity found it and tried to make it tourist-y? Maybe things from other worlds cross to here by themselves on accident (like how your character may arrive)? Other than your characters, lost things could be like lost technology or Eldritch Abominations? Maybe someone is there to help lost people?

For living space, there would be tents set up or ruins of buildings that aren't about to collapse. For food, maybe there's a functional farm (this would only work if there's an intelligent benevolent entity there) or the characters have to get it for themselves.

For features of included locations, I was thinking catacombs and/or a unused mine. There could be a beach which leads out to and ocean which its purpose is alike to the jungle. Maybe a still-standing ancient tower?

Hopefully this breaks away from the usual civilized settings we've had in the past with that weird element thrown in. But again, this is just brainstorming.

I lied.

I...I don't know if I can continue posting. While some things in life have settled down, I feel too busy with other things to really deal with CD Ts at the moment

But at the same token, I want to churn out one more post, which probably won't be tonight (right now) seeing that its almost 1 am and that I'm once again, very tired.

I'm very tired a lot. I'm sorry about that.

Hmm. That's a good starting point, but there are a couple of things I'm not sure about. It sounds almost too temporary; I was thinking more of a frontier outpost sort of place. And I'd prefer to have the jungle explorable.

(Actually, I'd prefer more of a desert setting, but a jungle works too).

I'd prefer it if you didn't drop out, but obviously you're the best judge of that.

I'd prefer a desert setting over a jungle too, although I suppose you could always combine the two somehow?

& I thought the jungle would be explore-able, but you can't go too far in.

A desert would be interesting. Maybe there'd be a desert near the jungle (like an overblown oasis), but the area would end up pretty massive as I imagine. It would allow for more stuff to do and see, so it could happen.

A frontier outpost of sorts would make sense though. But I'm not sure why they'd want to be there other than starting a settlement or exploring the area (not like that could be the case).

edited 2nd Jul '15 12:28:08 PM by electronic-tragedy

Perhaps some sort of military reason? Could be an interesting bent on the setting.

Definitely explorable jungle/forest - and some idea of what the flora is like would be nice. Is it near impenetrable with chest-high undergrowth and dangling lianas or is it more open with low undergrowth and easy to walk in most directions (aside from random small clumps of dense bushes)?

Perhaps scattered ruins and small villages within the forest/jungle.

One thought I had for an excuse for my characters would be trying to find someone from their world who has gone missing and all the clues point to that place. So once they get to the area, they would have to explore the forest. That'd at least be sufficient excuse to get them there.

@nrjxll: I paused Gwion's action to give you a chance to have Seon react if you wanted. If you've got nothing to add, I'll just go ahead and introduce "Mr Jackson" for him to interact and negotiate with.

edited 2nd Jul '15 8:26:27 PM by Wolf1066

Will post, for Echo at least, before end of day, but will be out of town for weekend.

I posted.

HELL. FUCKING. YES.

Sincere apologies for the ridiculously long wait. It was rude of me, especially when I haven't even explained my absence, which mostly is a busier day with less free time, necessitating more productive computer time, which I am not very used to (I dilly-dally about for hours before doing a thing I meant to do before calling it quits and going to bed), much less good at.

I got this done because I told myself I would finish the post before I went to sleep tonight, and I'm so relieved.

I do not think I will drop out, mostly because this would be an inconvenient time for me to, thread-wise, and because my days are not stuffed to the point where I cannot touch the computer. It is mostly a matter of using my time more wisely, and stop reading random articles on the Dwarf Fortress wiki.

edited 3rd Jul '15 8:49:53 AM by Tehpillowstar

I will try to post later on today before the weekend gets busy.

Realized as I'm working on a post: wow, we've seriously underused the canals in Capital.

They're not something most people would think about.

Also, seriously. Room for two more? Anywhere?

There are canals in Capital?

As far as I know, most people are embroiled in their own plots by now. Though Ryuhza's character is new, might consider having them meet up with him?

My point exactly.

Edit: I think Qrlil and Angua have gone about as far as they're going to, so waiting on Corvidae for that group now.

@Night: electronic-tragedy introduced a couple of characters a few pages ago that haven't done anything since. They might make a good choice to introduce new characters by.

edited 3rd Jul '15 12:20:43 PM by nrjxll

Posted, sorry it took me awhile. Husband has days off and we've been playing Terraria quite a lot since its new giant update.

Yeah, I was thinking of taking them off soon since no one's open.

I will be working a lot during the next month or so, and my posting speed will decrease a bit. Though hopefully not too much.

You want the company, just say so.

Ok then, the two's description post are linked on the thread page, and I believe they're in the Museum Park, en route to the City Center.