Shadowrun Pub
Shadowrun RPG Play-By-Post Games => Welcome to the Shadows => Topic started by: BornKrazi on February 23, 2007, 05:41:35 PM
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Alright it has begun!
The order is as follows:
Patch
Ark
Starhiker
Trinity
So Patch, you're up. Remember I enjoy the roleplaying aspect of this game more then anything! Good luck chummers, and remember to have fun for frag's sake!
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Where you at KV?! I'm gettin nervous...
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are we playing????
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I know that he usually posts in early afternoon, but weekends may be a little wonky for him.
Perhaps it would be best to just post our day so far, until we get the call?
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I'll post right now- I didn't know that your email asking for "good luck" also meant that you were posting right then, and I should come here and post too.
Sorry, I was up watching Jackass Number 2 with my brothers and fiance and Dad.
-kv
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Should I post now? Or let KidVid and Krazi dialogue? I think I will post afterwards. . . makes more literary sense.
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The dialog should be brief, but yeah go ahead and wait for KV to finish...
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And just to let you know, I have school and work during weekdays, so most of my posting will likely be at night (local). I can sometimes get on tues and thurs mornings, and Fridays I have a class in a comp lab. Weekends, it depends on what I've got going on.
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Well at the rate we're going that shouldn't be a problem...
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Quick question. Would you prefer every character to have their own text color to help distinguish between them, or would you prefer use a standard color system (IE, green for speech, yellow for thoughts, etc.) ?
Or any other color/grammatical issues?
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Well, last game I used one color for speech and a second for dice rolls. Everything else, I think, was the default color.
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well I would like to use purple if that is ok and fine with everyone. 8)
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I have no problem- I typically use blue as my speech color, but because this was a different type of character, I decided to do a different color. I'm a little color-blind, so I didn't even realize that you were using green too- should I switch to something else?
Or is it okay, as long as I'm bolded green[/b], and you're regular green?
-kv
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Green is my favorite color! So if you want blue, no problem by me.
I just advise using color, because in PBP it is a near approximation to voice. An easily identifiable quantity by which to determine a speaker.
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KV you can use bolded green or blue and that's fine. Curris you can green if you want (it's also my favorite color). I'll use pink for the female NPCs and I'll switch to orange for the male NPCs
I don't really mind what color you guys want to use. Red is reserved for the day/time, and I was gonna use it for dice rolls possibly. If you guys want to share colors for speech that's fine, if you want to use your own that's fine too. It doesn't matter to me, whatever you prefer.
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I'm not picky so whatever color will work for me. ;)
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Alright Curris...you're up!
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Did you mean Ark handles "legwork" or "wetwork", Krazi? Ark can handle himself in a scrap, and fight back, sure, but killing is an avoided duty, if possible. . . Hence the need for the ruthless one. . .lol
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Oh yes I meant legwork and I will edit that now...and the whole point of that was Fuzzy talking to himself...doing a little roleplaying myself, as well as droppin hints as to what your characters can look forward to...
<Edit to Nike: I noticed you have 69 posts baby ;D >
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hehehehe Thanks baby fo rnoticing, love ya :-*
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Alright everyone is set up to come to the meet, now is the time to add any type of roleplaying or any preperations you might want in. If nobody has anything to add, I'll begin the post again. The time will be 19:00.
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I'll give everyone over the weekend to answer and if I don't hear anything then I'll post sometime Monday the 5th
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sounds good sexi, ;)
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I want to post something this weekend, about Patch taking every extra precaution that I can think of, while moving in to the meet. I'll post it today or tomorrow.
-kv
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Alrighty...I'll be waiting. I might be busy tomorrow and/or later tonight...but I can still probably sneak on a couple times in case you need to roll for anything...
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No, don't worry about it- this is mostly going to be flavor text, with no real rolling.
The plan is to have Patch set up near matchsticks, looking for people watching the building, and then figure out the best way to get on the premises with the minimum number having seen him, and then go in and sweep the area the meet will take place for bugs, and be waiting once Fuzzy gets there.
-kv
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Sounds like somebody is fishing for some extra karma...I LOVE IT!!!
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Not so much as just trying to play this character the way I envisioned him- paranoid and ulta-careful.
-kv
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Which is beautiful. I love it when a player gets inside their characters head. I mean this one particular character I'm creating (the one I emailed you about), I've written 12+ pages of his background and still maybe only 3/4 a way done. I haven't even touched his character sheet yet.
Do any of you know a half decent artist that would draw a rendition of him for me?
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I know someone who posts to DeviantArt, but I'm not sure if she's taking requests. Work and Grad school and all that.
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I'll let u know when I do.
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No worries...Hey KV are you posting that today?
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Yeah, I put it together in my head, now I just need to type out the whole thing and post it.
I do need to get ready for church, though, so I'll be back on later.
-kv
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Have fun at church.
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Sorry if my post is a little big. I can break it up into pieces if you'd prefer.
P.S. I'm blue now for thoughts and speech.
P.P.S. My text block is ugly. How can I beautify my post?
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I haven't really had a chance to read through Curris' yet. I didn't even realize you had posted until I looked in the OOC thread. I'm gonna be honest I've been running around like an Asian in a sweatshop for the past couple days and I'm tired. So I'm gonna lay down and relax, and give it a fresh look tomorrow. So this gives AJ and Nike a chance to post anything (if they want) they are doing until 19:00
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Curris, it isn't hard to make you text easier to look at. You can do the fantasy novelist thig, and have your character do say something every time he does something, but I try and use color to break up the monotony of a post. Especially in a game like this, where Krazi already gave us the "24" style clock to monitor our time passage. I included driving time, but eliminated the boring stuff- I didn't bother to explain that he got something to eat while he was waiting the hour for his second run. It wasn't really important, so I just left it off.
Anyway, I liked your writing, so don't worry about it. No one is going to win any awards for design here anyway.
-kv
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Unless someone decides to make one...
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First order on the agenda. I nominate myself for awesome. As we wait on that motion pending. . .
I may add timestamps in a later edit. And some carriage returns to break the blocks up. I'm sleepy now.
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Alright guys it's about dinner time, I posted a few details for you guys. I'm ready to start the post again, I'm gonna start with Patch at the service entrance. I'm gonna eat my dinner so I'm giving everyone one last chance to post anything they might feel relevent before I continue...I think Nike wanted to post something too, so we're all good. Sorry about the delay but I've had a very busy last few days, but I'm rested now and ready to go!!!
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Just checking in on everyone, making sure you guys are still alive and well...
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I'm still breathing.
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*checks pulse* I'm here.
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Just a reminder, the actual meet isn't until 21:00.
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are we still following as kid, curris, aj, Nike? Just curious I dont wany anybody to have to wait on me....
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Well KV is pretty much done now, AJ has showed up, but we are still waiting on Curris...of course if he decides to show up later then it would be AJ's turn. Then yours Nike...
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yup yup
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I'll get a post up later today. Working now.
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I just dont wanna post when I am not suppose too. I dont wanna mess anybody's role playing up that they might have planned ..
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Don't worry about messing up anyone's roleplay- otherwise people who are more vocal posters (like me) will run over you, and you won't ever really get a chance to do your thing.
Post away!
-kv
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I told you Nike you can post whatever you've done from the time you got off the phone with Fuzzy up until the current time in the game. And I'm also ready for whatever AJ wants to do, or if she's happy sitting outside on her bike staring at my enomorous troll in his 1930s pinstripe suit and hat...
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Don't you mean Pimpstripe?
-kv
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Oh that troll is a certified pimp (he carries it in his wallet), and while yes it would be a pimpstripe suit...it is actual a vintage 1930s pinstripe suit with hat he had modified by a chinese woman in a sweatshop in New York...he's a reoccuring character in most of my stories.
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He had modified? Modified from what? A pinstripe tent?
-kv
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Actually they were multiple suits (he wanted the exact fabric)...he's a pretty fun character, I use him to let out my frustration... ;D
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Ok, I got my post up, but it's still behind the timetable you're at. Ark is just looking at the astral of Matchsticks, wondering about the setup. One quick peak and he'll go back to his car to read a book before coming in at 19:00.
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Nothing unsual in the astral...and if you just look into Matchsticks you wouldn't see Fuzzy, cuz he's not there yet.
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Sorry I haven't posted. Between midterms and broken internet access, I haven't really been able to get on to post, but I should be able to now that it's Spring Break.
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No problem just post whenever...I think Nike is waiting on you to post everything she's done up till that point.
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Take your time, It really isn't no hurry ;)
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I guess it falls back on Patch now...
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Sorry for my absence this weekend. I will have my posts up by monday afternoon/evening.
Family visits.
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I guess it does fall on patch again... I dunno
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Yes it does...
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cool beans.....sounds good...
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Okay I'm gonna try to repost this. It's your turn again Kid, your phone is ringing, and Fuzzy will answer your questions when you answer. Sorry I figured maybe with a sudden turn of events it might get everyone "motivated" to play again.
<Edit: Sorry didn't see you had edited your post, Fuzzy replied, so it's back on you again. Next time I'll be sure to double check the IC posts before making a fool of myself here>
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Alright I think I'm caught up and waiting on Ark...
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Please tell me you guys haven't given up on this run yet? The fun stuff hasn't even happened yet...
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not given up on at all
its just that i work a double and a half shift every sunday. reply will be up monday afternnoon
sorry for delays.
(I'm slow.)
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No problem. I can wait. But I haven't seen AJ around in awhile...if she doesn't show up, I might have to cut her out the run so that we can continue on...
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She's still around just fine. I think she's waiting for me to post. Sorry for the hold up.
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well whnever she decides to post... Then I guess it will be on me again....She is prolly buisy with school and such. :D
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Alright Curris I'm gonna hold you at the door for now and let AJ and Nike catch up.
<Edit: Sorry Kid...I didn't realize you were there too. I'm gonna hold off for a second on you too so they can catch up>
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That's cool with me. Standing in lines is something I excel at!
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LOL Well that's good. So has anyone seen AJ around? It's her turn...
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*dances slowly in place, imitating the movements of a robot while waiting*
-kv
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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. . .
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well what's up, are we ever gonna get this game going on?
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Yeah what's the deal with AJ? If she's hasn't replied by tomorrow I'm just gonna cut her out. Any objections?
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does anyone have a way of contacting her in real life? like Email or something. Might work better.
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I dunno Kid Vid might...but I don't. So if someone could do it today that would be great, if not when I get home from work around 1:30-2:00 in the morning I'm gonna just write her out and have Nike go.
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The only thing I have is the email address she has listed for the Pub, so I emailed her just now.
I'm not worried about this so much- whatever has come up for her is probably more important than posting with us, I just want to make sure she's okay and not lying in a hospital somewhere.
Go ahead and write her out of the story. In the event that she comes back, perhaps you can try to throw her in.
-kv
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I could easily implament her into the story again, and I agree with you, I hope she's okay. Although we have just come across another problem. Nike will not be joining us (as far as I know) anymore. So now she's out to. So that just leaves you and Curris. While the run is doable with just the two of you, I'm not sure if you guys would have as much fun. Just get back to me and let me know what you want to do.
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I'd say proceed. I can have fun with anything. . .
Ok team, Awesome is Go!
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I'm still up for it. It just means Curris and I will have to split the money two ways instead of four.
Especially when we lie to the Johnson and tell him that we work as a team, and because he changed the meet place, two of our team aren't able to make it without blowing thier cover identities.
Double the pay for double the fun!
-kv
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Alright I say let's proceed. I'll post ASAP
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Im back.... How you gonna let me go like that? ;D
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Well I'll spare everyone for sharing to much information. So I guess I can keep you in...
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Well thanks you so much..... ;)
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So AJ, who dissappeared, is out, and Nike is still in?
Let's go let's go let's go!
-kv
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To clarify, since people may not be aware. It is Nike's turn to post. Due to the editing of previous post.
That is all.
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I know it is my turn... I have some things going on so please bare with me... I am new to this and I havent posted in a minute so I am trying to remember how to do it... I do apoligize.
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That's fine. I didn't mean to be mean, sorry if I came through that way. I've been slow and late myself often. ;D
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your ok, you didnt come off mean... I will try to get something up on here later tonight.. I need Krazi to remind me on how to to the coloring and things like that.. ;)
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Alright it's all good...
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Where we at, boss? No more AJ- that's pretty apparent, if a little sad, but Nike posted, and we're crawling ever-closer to our meet.
-kv
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I'm sorry chums...things are starting to quiet back down again. It's been a bit krazi in krazi's world. But things should be rolling again like a poorly lubed oldsmobile.
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. . . Rust and smoke,
heater's broke,
the radio? It's okay. . .
. . . I light a match,
to see the dash,
and then I start to pray. . .
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Exactly so I guess in the sequence we've been going...Kiddie the Vid would be up!
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Uhhh... I already posted something trying to get in the front of the club- am I taking it from there, or do you want me to just ad-lib something to fill in the dots, and meet with Fuzz at the table?
-kv
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Oh drek that's right...alright let me reply to your door post!
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Will post on Friday afternoon. Am sleepy now.
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Posted!
Question though. As this message board does not support spoiler text code tags or a similiar mechanic, how do you suggest we add relevant meta-game information?
For example, dice rolls, predeclaration of actions, or player to player communication?
Recently, Patch checked his scanners to see if I was on the level. I planned to write the following.
His bag under the table reports no unusual activity on the scanner. Everything is powered down, and nothing is recieving signal. Except a cell phone on Ark's person, if that counts.
But that wouldn't fit into a In-character post, as it refers to a previous post's meta-game mechanic. . .
So, with that in mind, how should we post semi-OOC/semi-IC stuff?
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I think you just did it-
actually, the purpose if this thread is to discuss everything not having to do directly with the game itself, so discussion about the game, meta-actions, and stuff like that goes here. We usually just drop dice rolls into our posts. At least, that's how we've done it in the past- Krazi is a new GM, and he might want to do things differently.
-kv
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Yeah I don't care how you want to post them. I'm fine with doing it in the normal IC post maybe with some brackets or something just so we know its not something you're saying or anything. If you rather post them in the OOC post that's fine too. I've played both ways really and neither one of them seem'd any easier then the other. And I will post later but I have to get ready for work and I've been busy since yesterday was my birthday! So I'll post my reply when I get home from work, hopefully Trinity will have her post up as well.
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I'm still waiting on Trinity, but I'll post a lil something for you two now
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Hey guys, sorry for the delay. I haven't been feeling up to par these past couple days But I promise I'll post tomorrow.....Sorry ;)
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Null sheen. Been there before, I have. I mean, I have what? Four delay posts of my own, eh?
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Yeah, don't worry about it. Although, might I point out the irony of writing a post, and saying that you don't have time to write a post? ;D
Maybe it's just me. Take your time- I've been here for a long time, and I'm not going anywhere.
-kv
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What she means is her creative juices aren't up to par at this time, I believe I wore her out a little bit. I guess we just aren't teenagers anymore! LOL
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Juices not up to par? Quick! To the pharmacy!
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LOL, so funny!!! ;D
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CREATIVE juices...other juices are just fine ;D
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Are you gonna post anytime soon Nike? Or would you just like out of the run, we've been waiting awhile now!
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Alright guys I know you've been waiting awhile, and I apologize, but Trinity is suppose to post tonight so that we can get started again. Hopefully this little break has gotten everyone's creativity pumped back up again!
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just out of curiousity when isn't it rainy in seattle been stuck here for two days now and it is still rainy
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Yeah it rains a lot... I was kinda going for Just Another Day type deal... so my slight bit of creativity said "hey why not a rainy day in Seattle"... so yeah there it is...
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Is this dead? I hope not. . . I'm too full of life and bad intentions!
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I'm gonna have a talk with Nike and see if she's gonna post, if she doesn't feel like it we will continue with you and KV.
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Ok. If she is on delay, and you dont want to drop her, you could say that she already meet with fuzzy, or had a phone conference, and so was at the target area, or setting something up. Leaving her ready to rejoin whenever.
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Im posting now!!! sorry guys..
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You are more than forgiven. ;)
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She's been working on it today, but we've been busy cleaning and getting things ready for our move.
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We can do negotiations 2 different ways. Either one person negotiates for the group, or each one of you can negotiate for yourself. Either way is fine with me!
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Well, let's see if we can't get more money for everyone, and then I'll try and get myself a bonus. ;D
-kv
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I say more money too!!!
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If you wanna play actual numbers so be it. I'm a die hard role player, and some things can be handled easily with good role play!
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oh well then you can count me out...I suck at role playing..
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Why you gotta be so negative towards yourself?
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Im sorry, I just feel like I should write for lifetime, lol......sound familiar...lol :-*
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Exactly and Lifetime movies are full of drama. If you played on here the way you play at home I'm sure everyone would be impressed!
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LOL, I'll try my best.
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Yeah- and even if you just wanted to do what YOU would do in your character's position, no one would fault you for that.
Sometimes it's hard to get in your character's head, so just do what you can until then, and move on until you can get inside thier head.
-kv
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Here's a motto which sometimes works.
"Fake it, 'til you make it. . ."
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Yeah with this new job venture that motto is my life right now!
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When it comes to jobs, it's now about what you know- it's about how much they think you know. If they think you know a lot, then you'll be the problem solver and the wiz kid. If they don't think you know enough, then they'll never utilize your talents.
The object is to let them know that you have more information, and never tell them you don't know how to do something.
-kv
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Well I might've gotten myself in over my head, but so far I'm surviving with my head just above water. They've enjoyed everything I've done, and I haven't gotten a compliant yet. I got about 3000 pages worth of information to memorize that will help me tremendously. But my rescue will be when I start taking classes to get Certified.
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I have a question. If Fuzzy is the fixer, why did we meet him in place of the Johnson? No face to face meet?
And in response to your OOC Krazi. I'm cool with Fuzzy. It's business for him. Besides I don't see a threat in what he said.
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Well, I plan on investing some of my hard-earned illegal funding in finding out who is pulling the strings, and who wants this girl dead.
I'm also curious how much someone else would pay to keep this girl alive. ;D But we'll leave double-crosses for another run and another character. Patch doesn't go back on a deal, although he's not really comfortable making a deal without all the details.
So, is Fuzzy leaving so we can discuss business, or... ?
-kv
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Yeah I was sorta leaving it up to any last minute questions you guys might've had. If there is none then Fuzzy will excuse himself.
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2 questions.
1 In Patch's latest post, the timestamp is inaccurate. Ok, that wasn't a question.
2 In Patch's latest post, he takes a credstick and checks the balance. But isn't Patch the one only takes cash?
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Very true Curris, in fact I gave you a karma for it. Patch is the one that only takes cash, and if I forgot to mention the cash on the table I'll be sure to go back and make an edit!
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Actually, I think you did, but I was half-asleep when I wrote that post, so I missed that the cash was for me.
I edited my post, so months from now, when people look over this thread they'll be like "Wait, he took the cash... what is that guy talking about?!?!"
MUAHAHAHAH!
-kv
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Oh Kid. . . Clever befuddling future generations for our enjoyment in the here and now. . .
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But they will read the OOC post and see you edited the info. LOL
Sorry for the delay in posts, I hardly slept last night, was on the go all day, and then when I got home and thought I could relax... there was some killer drek on Nike's computer that I just now was able to eliminate. Don't ask me exactly how or what I was battling, but it's all gone now and I'm happy!
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I am so sorry ,but thanks honey for fixing it..I was going on computer withdrawl, lol....Just kidding ;)
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No problem, just as an update (even though this should be in the Tech section), I still had errors on it when I started it up when I woke up. But thanks to (here comes the free marketing) SpyBot Search & Destroy, I was able to successfully remove everything dangerous on the machine. Including a very interesting registery issue that was actually deactivating my Virus Scan and Firewall.
Anyway back to Shadowrun, so yeah it's like 3 in the morning, I'm still frickin exhausted, but I'm gonna post something (honestly I don't remember without looking where we left off), and get this rolling again. I appreciate everyone being so patient with me, I hope I can make it worth it!
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As a point of interest, I have finals this week and will be out of town for may 10- may 14. just be aware, I won't be posting then. . ,
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Thank you for the heads up!
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So are we waiting on Curris? Isn't he out of town for a few days? You know Nike this would be a good time to work on your roleplay some ;)
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So what's the deal with this run? Did it die?
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I don't know. From all appearances, no one has posted in like a week. But it was already down to Nike, Curris, and me, and Curris had to take ten days off for his finals. So I already posted, and we're waiting for either Nike or Curris to post.
It doesn't look like Nike is getting into this (it sucks, but it happens), so that leaves me or Curris.
I say we wait for Curris to find his way back around, and go from there.
-kv
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um, Im sorry but curris posts before me.. I am into it remember "I'm learning" I havent done this as much as yall..
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Okay, folks. I'm back from finals, and also ACEN 10. (That's Anime Central for the uninitiated) So let the rejoicing begin. Yay!
I'll get my post up in a wee bit.
Thanks for your patience.
P.S. Post about ACEN to come later.
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welcome back!!! ;)
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Welcome back little homie...I've been away myself working some odd hours tryin to swtich departments and all, plus I've been getting back into WoW a little bit (mostly cuz of co-workers). But my loyality stands here :D
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Ditto sorta. I also am getting back into WoW.
Turalyon server. And you?
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Laughing Skull
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I'll politely remind Nike that it's her turn to post...
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Is it truely dead?
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I hope not- I'll still keep up with it, if Curris is still in, and we can get Nike to post more regularly...
-kv
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I'm still in. Maybe we could pull another forumite into the game to round it up to a better number. Neo, you in?
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Yeah, wanna play the girl? ;D
Actually, from what Krazi was saying, it sounded like Nike is still interested, but just has a hard time knowing what to do with her character (her being a new player and all) so we can keep her on as an NPC until she jumps in, and maybe just grab a fourth, and say he was there all along?
Normally I would say ROOTless or Gabe, but they've both been pretty quiet recently.
-kv
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You're right. They have been awfully quiet. Too quiet. I smell an ambush. . .
I got the vibe that Nike was interested, but had too many obligations vs. available time. I've been there before.
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I am very sorry, there has been alot of drek going on in my life...Just :(bear with me. Unless krazi kicks me out. :(
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Well, Gabe, like Apoc, is moving house at the moment, and he should get back right about the time I go full-time into the EMT Academy, which means that I'm going to be scarce until I get my feet under me and know what I'm dealing with, and how much bookwork I'll actually have to be doing.
In any case, Nike, you haven't been kicked out of the game. And we all know that drek happens. So don't worry about that. But we'll continue the run once Krazi gets back, and you can just chime in when you have a urge to.
At least, that's my .02Y.
-kv
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Hey, you're our friend here. You're forgiven of anything. Bear with it and be tough. We'll keep the seat warm for ya. ;)
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I really appreciate it but where did krazi go, lol... ;)
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Technically, this is our planning time, so we don't need him, but once we've decided on something, we have to turn to him to find out if our course of action yeilds any good results.
I'm hoping we get more information than we have right now, before we run in guns blazing to find ourselves in the middle of a mob hit or some sticky business like that.
-kv
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sorry about the tardie I've hinted in another thread the reason why (ill post after this the full explanation). but yeah I agree we need to proceed. the sad thing is it has been so long I almost forgot most of my ideas. but I still promise to deliver!!!
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Am I still in Krazi?
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nike as far as I know you are
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I thought the point of this conversation was letting you know you're out. you never really posted and everytime I said something about it you said you were busy and you'd do it later. so we're gonna continue without you and maybe next game you can try again.
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NIce posts guys, let me know if you want me to provide those answers you're looking for... I dunno how you wanna handle the matrix stuff...
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If you could run a description of the motel, I would appreciate it. I'm going to stick around and look for watchers, pay attention to everyone who shows up- maybe I'll get blackmail on someone cheating on his wife, and use that later for a little capital.
-kv
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I figure I'll run most of the Matrix stuff in character. I'm not going to do any major hardcore work here in an unsecure and easily traced 'Trix Cafe. Just a few browses on some cheap public access databases.
Should anything require a roll, let me know, or/and I'll mail them to you using a third party dice server.
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Sorry for the delay. My computer is broken (I'm at a library.)
I'll post when it's fixed. Sorry.
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It's cool. I haven't posted again either, so I think we're kind of waiting for something to happen (me, you, or perhaps Krazi will post something and get the ball rolling again.
-kv
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I think the description is in New Seattle but I gotta check and post later