Technically, she's talked to two, the student and the cafe worker. ^-^ But yes, just as a heads up, any actual creatures you bring in should be run by me first. Any she thinks she's talking to but actually isn't is just fine.

Edit:

I'm going to start putting in dice rolls. It looks like they took out the actions for rolling, so I'll have to roll for you guys. I'll let you know when a dice roll needs to be done. Lemme explain how it works, for those who are new:

Remember those stats? Those numbers are how many ten-sided dice you roll. If your stamina is 4, then you use four dice to roll. You roll all the dice and if you get a 1, it counts as a failure. If you get a 0/10, it's a success and then you reroll it. 1's cancel out 10's. The number to beat is usually 6, so get 6 or better. For example, your need to use your charisma to charm someone into letting you into a club. Your charisma is five. You roll five ten-sided dice. Your rolls are: 5 9 10 1 3. The one cancels out the ten, so you get one success. If you hadn't rolled a one, then you would reroll the ten and count it as one success, unless you roll at or over six for the second roll, then it would be two successes.

You don't have to worry about rolling anything, because I will do the rolls for everyone, but I want you all to understand the process, so you will understand why you succeed/why you failed. When I roll anything for you, I will post the results in the game. That will be the only OOC text in the game. Do not use any OOC in the game thread. If you have any comments on the rolls, please pm them to me or post them here, in the OCC thread.

The way the rolls will be posted is as followed:

If a character tries lying to someone, as my character did, then they would roll Manipulation. The character being lied to would roll Perception to see if they can detect the lie. You pit the results against each other. My character got three successes against Creed's two, so she succeeds in lying to him without him noticing. If he had gotten three successes, then he would notice something unusual. If he had gotten one more success than me, then he would have known I was lying about something. If he had gotten two more, then he would have known what the lie was (For instance if I had said several things, he could pinpoint which one was a lie, even if he didn't know what the truth was. He would simply know that the statement was false.) If he had gotten three more successes than me, then he would have a good idea of what the truth was. Four or more and he would pretty much hit the nail on the head about what the truth was. Since he did not beat my successes, however, he doesn't know I lied. If he had gotten no successes, the thought of me lying would not have even crossed his mind. If he had botched (Gotten at least one 1 and no successes), then he would pretty much have believed anything I had said, even if it were outrageous and absurd.

Any questions? If not, then that is all. If you do have questions, please post them here. ^-^

Bippy, I will post a reply to your character when I get a chance tomorrow. I have run out of time, I am afraid.

Hey Kierys, i was checking out the front page and discovered upon clicking my characters name, it took me to a picture of a beautiful blonde girl known as senaii. Haha, wanna check up on that? Also Iposted, and some foreshadowing/blatant discovery is made for my character. Does anyone have any guesses as to what I keep hinting at in my posts?

Bugger, the links might have gotten mixed up. Give me a sec and I'll fix that up.

Edit: Should be good now.

Quick question, Tyko should I wait for you to post or should I just go ahead and continue on?

Are you interacting with Tyko's character in any direct way, Bippy? If the answer is no, then you do not need to wait for him. Unless your post somehow links in with other characters, then it is not necessary to wait for other players. As I said on the front page, there will be no significant time jumps until I say so, so players can move at whatever pace works. Right now the only one who should be worried about posting before Tyko is myself as Jessica. Perhaps I should make this clearer on the front page, since people don't seem to be catching on.

Please Review the Rules Section. (10/08/09 2:37 AM Central Time)

I asked because sometimes other players have things in mind for interacting with other PCs. As I can't read other people's minds I felt it fair to give him a chance to either post IC, or to post here.

Yeah, but like she said it wouldn't matter anyways because your character has had zero interaction with mine.
Yes, she does get pissy about this, but she also has had to remind just about every person of this. Plus she wrote it all in the rules haha, we should already know it.
As for the "reading people's minds" thing, obviously you can't. There's no need to treat Kierys to that kind of attitude for your mistake hon.
Also: Thank you for being kind about making sure I wasn't going to post. Yes, it was wrong to do, but i thank you for being sweet and caring enough to ask.

BTW: Loving your posts, they seem pretty cool so far! And sorry if we seem to jump out at people.

I apologize for my kind of attitude, but I have had to tell people to follow the rules I have set down ever since the first day of this game, and it has become very wearing on me. Because people keep assuming rules from some other game apply here, rather than ones I have laid down for that very specific reason. If you are ever unclear on something, you really should just ask, so I am sorry for telling you otherwise. In this game though, you should behave as your character and not concern yourself with what the other players are planning on doing. It isn't about creating the story as they ideally see it; it's about creating a story based on the reactions and actions of many different people, about not being able to predict how it is going to turn out. This game is meant to be surprising and new for everyone. I do not know how it will end, even though I am the GM. And that is the point. We are writing a story with no script, no preset plot. That is the best kind of game, in my opinion, because it really makes us explore ourselves and our characters, to grow as writers. I am very passionate about this kind of thing. So please, excuse my rudeness, but it is important for this game for everyone to just concern themselves with their character's reactions and not everyone else's. So, because your character would not know anything about what Creed may or may not want to do, then she should just react as she normally would, right? If he had said he wanted to do something, would you have waited for him? That would be abusing Player Knowledge though, because your character couldn't possibly know these things. So please, just concern yourself with how your character would naturally react and go according to that. The other players will find their own ways to do what they want, if the opportunity is available. And if it is not, then they will make do with what they can do. That is how this game works. Time will not wait, and if you miss an opportunity, you just have to wait for the next one, or do something else.

Edit: Also, please be sure to reply before the end of the night, since it is the third day since your last reply. I look forward to your character's reaction to such direct interaction with the blond woman.

I'm sorry, in no way did I mean for my previous post to be viewed as rude in any sense. Now that I fully understand what Kierys expects when it comes to how a character is played I can only hope things will improve. A lot of this game's finer details I felt couldn't be found in the rules (it would be impossible for Kierys to write a set of rules answering any questions that might come up within the duration of the game) and I continue to hope that if any further questions arise that the rules cannot clarify that I will be able to ask in this forum and receive guidance.

That shouldn't be a problem at all, Bippy. And again, I apologize for myself, and for my brother as well, if either of us offended you. We are both very proud and a little stubborn when it comes to these sorts of games. I will try to be a little less defensive about this kind of thing. We are all learning things in this game, so we should all do our best. I will try to keep updating the rules as things arise, and so I hope you can be patient with me as I find the best way to make things clear and how to make this the best game for everyone. For now, let's continue. Thank you for posting, by the way, I was glad to see you made it in time. *Chuckle* Right at midnight!

Edit: Tyko, I will make a post to yours later today, most likely either before I go to work, or after I get back. I'm really looking forward to it too. We're really moving along nicely, I think.

Oh! I should probably inform you I live in Alaska, (4 hours off Eastern Standard time) so while I will make an effort to post within a reasonable amount of days my posts may be a few hours off just because of the time difference!

Ah, that is understandable, and I will keep that in mind. Thank you for informing me, Bippy. I need to go to work now, so Tyko, my reply to your post will be up tonight after work.

Edit: Replied to your post, Tyko. Fun fun fun ahead! Yay!

The Facts
Name: Ramunas Øyvind (Goes by "Ram", "Ray," and, most commonly, "Rujiel")
Counterpart:(This will be explained later. For now, leave it blank)
Username: Yuutousei
Class: Dreamer
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 19

Attributes
Strength: 4
Dexterity: 3
Stamina: 3
Charisma: 3
Manipulation: 1
Appearance: 2
Perception: 2
Intelligence: 3
Wits: 4

About You
Past/Bio: Ramunas hails from Eastern Europe where he worked with his parents as transient farmers. Not the most glamourous life, fer sure, but he enjoyed working and learning anything he could from the people he met on the road. He very recently got his English up to snuff and applied to go to college in the states. His "home-schooling" and his yearn for learning seemed to be good enough to land him a nice scholarship to a college in the Bay area where he currently resides in pursuit of a degree in Literature or Creative Writing.
Personality: A bit of an optimist, Ramunas is constantly looking at the bright side of things, with his favorite phrase being "It could be worse" (oh, how he annoys people with that). He's good with people and, although he has no aspirations to do so, many of those who have met him want him to run for government. It's not a part of Ramunas's plans, so he merely shrugs off their suggestions with a smile. Speaking of smiles, Ramunas is the type of person to make jokes and smile, doing his best to make others happy to hide his own discomfort. He's not one to say no, especially if the person asking him for help seems earnest. Because of his nature, he gets pulled along in a lot of things, but very rarely does anything too bad come of it.
Just... try and keep Ramunas out of a funk - if he seems depressed, then it might be a good idea to get away from him. He's small, but powerful and often times lashes out when people try and hep him.
Description: Oh, how Ramunas wished he could say he had perfect, creamy white skin, hair golden as the sun, soulful blue eyes... Well, sorry to say, Ramunas is none of that, and short to boot. His skin has pretty much aquired a permeant tan due to working out in the fields for a good portion to his life, complete with calluses. His hair is a sort of mousy, dusty brown that he wears in a short "wavy" style (it's too frizzy and unmanageable for anything else, really, and he'd look ridiculous with a crew cut). His eyes are blue, though, a steely blue that would probably make one think that Ramunas was piercing his soul, if they weren't obscured by a pair of prescription shades. If he wasn't wearing them, Ramunas would be running into all sorts of things. At about 5'3", Ramunas weighs a measly 120 lbs and he often pokes his ribs and scowls when he can see it. Despite his meager stature, Ramunas is much stronger than he looks and stays in shape through farming (or gardening) and parkour.
Normally, the young man wears a pair of shorts with suspenders (ugh, why are American pants so weird? He knows his size, but buying the right ones fall right off his slim hips!), rugged, black all weather boots, and some sort of tee-shirt in an earthy tone. A cross charm on a necklace is always around his neck.

The Keys
Desire: 8 - Ramunas wants to write a book (well, a novel) that will be beloved and insightful, and he wants to see it be written in his own mother tongue(s) before he dies.
Reality: 4 - There are certain things Ramunas feels are true; the world turns, leaves change with the season, the moon affects the tides. He believes in the certainty of the natural world and that he and no other human will ever know all of nature's secrets.

Alright. Your profile is definitely interesting, but we are not done yet. I need to know why you only have a 4 in Reality. And once you have explained that, I need you to write up whatever you would be posting as your first post to this game, but post it in this thread, not the game thread. Also, could you tell me, in your own words, what the rules are?

Here's my first post <3

And, to me, the rules are pretty simple - no power-playing, god-moding, mary-sueing or bein' an ass, right?


Ah, blasted introduction to the humanities. Like he even needed an introduction to the humanities! With an irritable huff, Rujiel began to walk back to his dorm intent on doing something more productive than wasting away in that lecture hall. The moment the mic was turned off, Rujiel was out of there, not even taking the time to say 'goodbye' to the rest of his friends. He knew it was standoffish and, really, quite out of character for him, but Rujiel could care less because -

"HEY! Where ya headin'?"

Rujiel flinched and back-pedaled, turning around a bit to look at his roommate, who was giving him a shit-eating grin. Uh-oh, that didn't look good. "Um, out?"

His roommate wasn't known for beating around the bush. "You headin' up north towards San Jose?" the other male asked, slinging an amiable arm around Rujiel, herding him towards the dorms.

A quick shake of the head. "Nooo~ I'm going the opposite direction, sorry."

The other wilted a bit, before letting go when the passed by Rujiel's junky old Toyota Camry. "Mkay... Comin' up for dinner first?"

At that, Rujiel gave a small smile. "Sorry. I'm going to this cafe. One of the professors in the Creative Writing department suggested I check it out"

The other boy was walking away already, but threw a smirk over his back. "Jus' don' do nuthin' I wouldn' do, yeah?" he yelled back before going into the building to, presumably, get himself cleaned up for dinner.

Rujiel smiled and stuck his key into the car door, only to sigh and struggle for the next minute and a half to get the temperamental thing to open. Ah, well, just one more hurdle in his quest to get some Krupnikas, right?

The trip down to the city took a bit less than an hour, but traffic wasn't too bad. Parking was a bit of a disaster but, eventually, the perfect spot was waiting for him. Rujiel made sure to lock his car (and put a lock on the wheel and a lock on the tire; never could be too careful, especially when he still remembered what happened in Poland) before heading off to look for the cafe. "Let's see... 23rd and Lark... 23rd and Lark..."

Yay for iPhones! The cafe was right in front of him and Rujiel nearly squealed at the thought of good, tasty honey liqueur. It was the whole reason why he was here; well, that and the professor's suggestion, but more so for the Krupnikas.

Oh My God? Another male character?!? My heart be still!!!

Please Kyoko, can we keep him?

Hahaha, sorry hon, didn't mean to :P

Ha ha ha, no prob <3
I was like "wait, there's a lot of female characters" so I just reworked Rujiel until I made him a male~ Turn the tides a bit, right?

The Facts
Name: Morgan Foyatte
Counterpart:
Username: JeRegretRiens
Player's Name: Katie
Class: Dreamer
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Age: 26

Attributes
Strength: 2
Dexterity: 2
Stamina: 2
Charisma: 3
Manipulation: 3
Appearance: 3
Perception: 4
Intelligence: 3
Wits: 3

About You
Past/Bio: Once upon a time, Morgan had a lot of dreams. Once upon a time, she dreamed she was a fairy princess, a pirate, an indian, a hero, a superstar... She grew up a bit and dreamed she would become a writer. Now, at twenty six, her house is full of half-written books and unfinished stories. Each time she got an inspiration for the story, she would get to the middle of the story, and the dream would dry up. So instead, she is locked into a dead end job as a telemarketer for one of the mobile phone companies in the city, constantly wishing for more and never really believing she'll get it.
Personality: Morgan's personality is a double-sided thing because of her subconcious choice to abandon her dreams. Although she believes that her dreams for some reason abandoned her, the truth of the matter is that she gave up on -them-. Not only does she doubt herself and her abilities, she does not have the nessicary drive to follow them through. She is bitter, cynical, and most importantly jealous of people who -do- have dreams and desires that they are bold enough to act on.
Description: Standing at an unimpressive but thoroughly normal five foot four, Morgan is the perfect specimen of "average American female". Her brown hair is shoulder length and just wavy enough to be frizzy without being curly and thereby particularly attractive. Her face makes up for the usually tousled mess that frames it, her hazel eyes set over a small nose. Her lips are perhaps her best facial feature, elegant and plump without being over-large and appearing pouty. Her usual favoured clothing is based in comfort rather than fashion--jeans and casual shirts, usually with a brown or forest green colour scheme.

The Keys
Desire: 1 - See personality and past for further details on why it is so low, but in a few short words, her dream is "to become a writer on par with JRR Tolkein".
Reality: 9 - Morgan gave up her dreams, and in so doing gave up a large chunk of her imagination save short bursts. Sometimes she may feign belief in strange things and mystical occurrances, and sometimes will force herself to act on things as though she does believe, but her fundamental nonbelief will always be a nagging thought in the back of her mind.

Other Things
The Rules in My Words: Treat Kierys the same way I would my RL DnD DM and WoD ST. Treat other players and their characters with respect. When in doubt, ask.
Writing Sample: An example of my writing can be found here.

Sample First Post

The banks in England were at fault. Or so they said. Maybe it was the banks in Finland or some such up in the Nordic area of Europe. Whatever it was, it had killed the economy. People were tightening their belts everywhere, calling in to cancel their accounts constantly. Cell phones were, after all, a -luxury- item. But...every person that successfully got by her up-sell, got past her offer of discounts of extras...each one was a black mark on her record. And if they ever overtook her number of sales...she would be fired. So with all of those things preying on her mind, she tumbled into bed.

So many things going wrong with the world, and she was just one of the many cogs within it.

Expendable.

Disposeable.

She curled under the blankets and shuddered, trying to pretend for a moment that she was warm and safe, happy and protected despite whatever might rage outside her home. Wrapped in a coccoon, safe and protected, waiting to burst forth into a world with untold dangers and untold wonders. A fairy, growing her butterfly wings to take her out into the world. But what would happen if her little coccoon was tampered with before she made it out into the world at large? Like the urban legend went, would she simply die? No, but her beautiful wings would crumple under the harsh touch, never to grow into the beautiful banners they were meant to. She would have to walk everywhere, despite the flying fairy she should have been...

She could feel the story bursting forth in her mind, all but see the main character she would write, and she would name her Lera... And then it was gone again. No plot, no story, just an opening scene that simply stopped and went away as soon as it had come.

She rolled over and cried into her pillow, trying to pretend she'd never had the thought.

Okay, Yuu, what are the most important rules? They are the ones in bold in the "Rule" section.

Also, what is honey liqueur? If you are going to the cafe the party is at, you are not going to find alcohol there. Think of it as Starbucks, only better. ^-^

jeregretriens, thank you for your submission and for including your first post as well. Can you please, in your own words, tell me what the most important (bolded) rules are? Also, you mention that sometimes she feigns belief and sometimes she acts on things as if she does believe, but what is that? Could you give me an example?

The rules can be summed up as "post every day or, at least, every three," "be literate," and "ask if you don't get it" "3

And I think honey liqueur is just a drink, ha ha ha. I'm assuming it's like apple cider but with honey~

Also, be sure to visit this thread often. Once a day if you can, but at a minimum, every time you post. All of the important announcements and changes to the game or the rules will be made in this thread, so it would be best to subscribe to it now so you'll know when new posts are made. But if you understand it all and accept the rules, then we should be fine, yes?

Fabulous. ^-^ Alright, Yuu, you are approved. Please quote your post in the game thread as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please ask. From whenever you post, you need to post again before the end of three days. I may remind you once or twice, but ultimately this is your responsibility. So please take care not to miss any deadlines, or you will receive warnings. You only get so many warnings before I suspend or expell you. Good? Good. Welcome aboard!

Yosh! I posted <3
Thank you~

Yuu, you have to put quote tags around either your rp post here or in the game thread. You can't copy and paste it without putting the tags around one of them. It's against the site rules. You should probably go read those real quick hon, or else you'll get in trouble.

The bolded rules are to post daily with three-ish solid paragraphs of good and meaty writing (I left out repeating that one because I'm neurotic about posting daily, and preferably two or more times a day if I can manage it). To keep up with the rules because ignorance is not an excuse. And to ask and abide by the GM's wishes.

By feigned belief, I mean she'll do things that someone who was a pure sceptic might not necessarily do. Like going to a supposedly 'haunted' house with the alleged intent of finding the ghost, or putting a reputedly 'lucky' charm under her pillow. And then spend the entire rest of the trip to the haunted house or the night with the charm annoyed with herself for acting childish and participating in such foolishness. Or in a more extreme example, the scene from The Matrix jumping roofs, she would go ahead and take the flying leap....and fall spectacularly because she still fundamentally believes it isn't possible.

Also... The main page of the OOC says that you 'wake up in a room with lots of beds', so that's what I took just as a writing prompt for my 'sample first post', but going back and reading the front page of the actual IC threads says to just take the time and date into account and -go- with it based on what your character would genuinely be doing, so I think I should have a different 'first post'. And...Morgan -would- be at work until evening (nine to five job) so I'm not sure how it would work fitting in?

That said...

The banks in England were at fault. Or so they said. Maybe it was the banks in Finland or some such up in the Nordic area of Europe. Whatever it was, it had killed the economy. People were tightening their belts everywhere, calling in to cancel their accounts constantly. Cell phones were, after all, a -luxury- item. But...every person that successfully got by her up-sell, got past her offer of discounts of extras...each one was a black mark on her record. And if they ever overtook her number of sales...she would be fired. The thoughts tumbled and twirled through her mind, each one just a bit more dire than the last.

So many things going wrong with the world, and she was just one of the many cogs within it.

Expendable.

Disposable.

Like everyone else calling in trying to weasel their way out of their phone accounts. Like everyone else out there in the rain. She stared out the window quietly, watching the people go by and waiting for her headset to beep her to attention and signal to her that it was time to begin another call. And so it did.

She began the call flawlessly, rattling off her caller ID number and the thousand myriad things that policy dictated she had to say at the beginning of the call. And that unspoken policy dictated she say just a little bit too quickly to follow easily before slowing down again to introduce herself and begin the difficult task of talking someone out of doing something they wanted to do, sweet talking them into doing precisely the opposite. "My name is Morgan, how may I help you?"

The introduction at the very beginning actually comes later. Consider us at the prologue. The actual story begins when you all fall asleep, but we need to introduce the characters first and get into our skins, so to speak. When you fall asleep is when everything really starts. Don't worry about meeting up with the party, it isn't necessary, but some people feel more comfortable that way. Also, the posting rule is to post once every three days. How much you post doesn't matter, as long as you post well. But I don't believe anyone can post well in a couple of sentences. So it doesn't have to be three paragraphs, but it does have to be well written. Anyways, everything looks good, jeregretriens, so go ahead and quote your amended first post and put it in the game thread. You are accepted.