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Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37026: Oct 27th 2018 at 9:31:52 PM

Given all this busyness entering/existing within our schedules, has anyone given thought to possibly dividing the big Forest group? We're now at 6 writers in that one zone, and with Mael busy elsewhere, I don't forsee a lot to naturally disturb the status quo, meaning long periods of time for each post round without much going on beyond introductions, lunch, and maybe some magical failings.

If Arnora gets the idea to ask about Ozurr, then Mequoql and her sister in orbit can give her directions, which will give Arnora a reason to split from the party.

Do the mirages have a mind to control? I need to know just in case either I toss Sarquoql into the legion of doom or Mael gets an idea.

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 27th 2018 at 9:39:29 AM

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#37027: Oct 28th 2018 at 11:59:35 AM

First: Thank you all for the congrats!

Now, @Miss, I'm confused about your question. Are you referring to the traveler? Because he's not a mirage, lol.

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37028: Oct 28th 2018 at 1:31:43 PM

No, I'm not referring to the traveler, of course he's not a mirage. I was asking for future reference.

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 28th 2018 at 1:32:03 AM

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#37029: Oct 28th 2018 at 1:47:29 PM

In that case, I don't think they do?

Edit: Miss, you Miss the forest.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Oct 28th 2018 at 11:10:48 AM

Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#37030: Oct 29th 2018 at 9:00:49 AM

The Scar/Wagon group has been pretty stuck for a while now. Miss_Desperado and apocalemur, how would you feel about time-skipping our characters back onto the vehicle and further down along their path? Whatever happened before they left can be kept as vague as necessary until they run into other characters from the group again.

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37031: Oct 29th 2018 at 10:53:58 AM

[up]Hmm, I'm slightly reluctant but I'll go along with it. It might work, given Slysheen bowing out.

@Masterofchaos: I burned through most of my predictive drafting and I don't have anything for the forest yet.

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#37032: Oct 29th 2018 at 1:33:55 PM

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Well, if you need some ideas, Morpho could react to being called dick, considering that, so far, none of the Web of Friendship really swears and use Gosh Dang It to Heck! instead, or react the the holy sword or giantess name.

And if you (or any of you) need some help in the Wasteland, the brainwashed traveler is getting closer to the group.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Oct 29th 2018 at 4:34:15 AM

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#37033: Oct 29th 2018 at 1:51:04 PM

I believe we're just waiting on Pyxo for the Wasteland stuff.

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#37034: Oct 29th 2018 at 3:03:25 PM

[up][up][up][up] Hmm...on the one hand, I feel like Rosalind was planting some very important seeds in Zarokh's mind, and if we did timeskip, I'd have to decide what to do with him, which I haven't thought that far ahead about.

On the other hand, if nothing happens, their entire subplot will stall out, and I don't want that either.

So, I guess I'd be amenable to it.

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#37035: Oct 29th 2018 at 3:53:40 PM

Alright, I'll get to work on it soon then. I know it's not ideal, but large groups tend to become hard to manage in the CD Ts, and I'd like to get back to writing again.

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37036: Oct 30th 2018 at 10:04:21 AM

@apocalemur: Oh, right, Zarokh! That's why I'm reluctant to time-skip. The other reason is that now that Rosalind is wearing her Game Face, she's ten times more alert and more likely to notice the horses' bite marks in the grass from when they moved upstream snacking along the way.

Slysheen was one of the slower posters, maybe the pace will pick up now that Slysheen has bowed out. I sent a private message reminder to Daird and Ladytanuki.


Has anyone given thought to possibly dividing the big Forest group? We're now at 6 writers in that one zone...

Since the rules say to discuss disruptive spectacles before implementing them, is it OK with everyone writing in the forest if Morpho goes all Trickster Mentor on the Not-Chaos-Hunters, tap-dancing on the sore topic and goading them into brawling with him just beyond the campsite boundary?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 30th 2018 at 10:57:03 AM

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#37038: Oct 30th 2018 at 11:51:12 AM

...Why does Morpho want to fight? Like, from what I've seen, this seems out of his character and it'll just make the NCH want to stay away from him and the Web of Friendship.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Oct 30th 2018 at 2:52:51 PM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37039: Oct 30th 2018 at 1:03:54 PM

[up]Primarily because of the cuss word. The Web of Friendship ignores undirected cuss words until they're used to insult them, and then The Gloves Come Off and a much more in-your-face Intimidation Demonstration than usual ensues to scare the cuss words out of whoever said them. That happens to be tangled up in Morpho's newly-activated desire to dare the Not-Chaos-Hunters to be badass, and the tangle is doing weird things to Morpho's brain. He thought a brawl would be the quickest way to get the Not-Chaos-Hunters to see their own dangerousness so they'd stop panicking at everything.

Since it sounds like my first iteration of my idea would fail, how could I re-work Morpho's gambit while still having it center around Dare to Be Badass?

On an unrelated note, how would Mael's pawn react to touch?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 30th 2018 at 1:57:10 AM

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#37040: Oct 30th 2018 at 1:47:44 PM

The best thing I can suggest is first berate Nick for calling him a dick, and then have him question why Nick automatically assume the things he doesn't know or understand automatically mean that they're jerks or a threat. Then have him ask an Armor-Piercing Question while still trying to do a Dare to Be Badass thing. The question is whatever you decide.

As for Mael's pawn's reacting to touch, they react like how most people do when touched unexpectedly or not.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Oct 30th 2018 at 4:48:33 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37041: Oct 30th 2018 at 2:03:29 PM

So this is my first iteration of what Morpho might do, already it's close-ish to what you suggest...

Morpho calculated that if the Not-Chaos-Hunters physically attacked him for what he was about to do, it would be evidence that they had the metaphorical spine he would try to get them to grow. He stepped away from the butcher site towards the Not-Chaos Hunters, ranting, "Oh, you cussed at me! That's it, you just crossed a line. Right now, the only reason the Web is watching you is because of what Mael did to Mequoql. If you insult either one of us with cuss words too many times, we will infer that you are ungrateful for our alliance, and we will leave you to fend for yourselves, which you should be capable of, assuming you don't once again forget about your gems and paralytic orbs."

"Dirty mouth aside..." Morpho spun his head 360 degrees to see who was paying attention to the argument — good, Mequoql wasn't — then loomed over the Not-Chaos-Hunters. "Well, excuse me for pointing out that you forgot your advantages! You got a problem with that? Huh? You have those paralytic devices, your gems can apparently be used as flamethrowers, how could you possibly be scared of a giant?" Morpho poked Nick in the chest twice with a light but still forceful fraction of what he was capable of to emphasize his next word, "Unprofessional, that's what you are!" He goaded, "Here you are panicking like wimpy civilians. Well, guess what, with those gems and orbs, you are no longer wimpy civilians, you're roughly as dangerous as the average of your present company. Live up to your potential, start acting like you're dangerous, and hit me!"

I could trim out the very last phrase and probably some of the body language, what else would I need to alter?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 30th 2018 at 2:09:35 AM

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#37042: Oct 30th 2018 at 3:47:48 PM

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Well, like that, it's not so bad. That'll do. (As in all of this without the goading part)

Edited by Masterofchaos on Oct 30th 2018 at 8:42:41 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37043: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:08:52 PM

[up]By without the goading part, do you mean without the "hit me" phrase, or do I have to trim more?


@Pyxo: Is the Adventure planet Nasur's home planet? Are the Crystal Caverns on the Adventure planet? I need to know for when the spaceship scans for the caverns' contents.

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 30th 2018 at 6:13:18 AM

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#37044: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:11:25 PM

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Yeah, that's what I mean. I thought Morpho was gonna start fighting, lol. In this case, Nick will be pissed off but Marie will calm him down before things escalate.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Oct 30th 2018 at 9:12:03 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37045: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:14:59 PM

[up]Morpho wouldn't throw the first punch, he'd try to get someone else to throw the first punch. Can you give a more precise recommendation of what to trim?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Oct 30th 2018 at 6:16:36 AM

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#37046: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:30:26 PM

Just trim out the "then hit me" part and everything else is good.

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#37047: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:35:08 PM

[up]Gotcha, thanks.

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#37048: Oct 31st 2018 at 4:59:30 PM

Happy Halloween, guys! Hope y'all got lots of candy!

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#37049: Oct 31st 2018 at 6:39:39 PM

Saen is officially out of Adventure, as I've done enough rough drafting for her that I feel comfortable with her.

Forward, boys! For God's sake, forward!
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#37050: Oct 31st 2018 at 6:40:32 PM

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All that bone rot? No way, nothing but milk, leafy greens and fish until the skeleton overlords arrive.

Edited by Ryuhza on Oct 31st 2018 at 6:41:19 AM

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