I just read through them all. A lot of sneaking around blindly in the dark, lighting lanterns to aid you guys, yelling at people in authoritive tones, and trying to find invisible people. Hmm...
I sees, and sorry for not saying so earlier. The past couple of weeks have been my busy period, but there'll be much catching up I imagine as we prepare for the next plan.
Uhh woops. So I meant to let you guys know a few days ago, I'll likely be disappearing until teusday, as I'm working 44 hours over the next 4 nights at work. So... yeah :p posting will be sparse/non-existant.
Yeah we've got some ridiculous loading thing instead of OT at my workplace, considering I work mostly night it's kinda crappy, but it pays well enough to let me afford all my roleplaying stuff :p
I thought I'd drop this in before I sign off to get ready for work. What would everybody's thoughts be on me 'retiring' Simza and bringing in a different character (in game she'd ask for a transfer at the end of the current case)? I've been considering it for a little while, her temperament is perhaps not the best suited to this group but I can't quite decide if that's a good opportunity for some roleplaying, or if someone else would work out better.
So I thought I'd see what you guys think (Nazard included), is she too much of a stick in the mud, or is she the voice of reason? Thoughts, opinions, all appreciated (as long as it's constructive anyway :p)
I think it's a quite interesting dynamic between herself and the boys, with Issceran thrown in to further imbalance things with his mild-mannered, whatever-it-takes philosphy.
I'm alright with Simza; it's good to have the softer, concerned voice in a group with an ecstatic gnome, a dour dwarf, an overly relaxed and aggressive half-orc, and a bookish-calculating elf.
But as Rasil says, as long as you're having fun with Simza, that's all that matters. And if any of us can help you with that, just ask (particularly since I know I RP Koraq to be fairly insensitive to playing stereotypes, not sure if that makes anything harder or easier for you).
I think I'm kind of getting frustrated with Koraq a bit yeah, more because while for her she's known him for about 4 or 5 days, actually playing it out has been what... coming up on 9 months :p so it feels like there should be some more character development there between the two than there has been. I think there could be an interesting relationship there, I'm just getting impatient more than anything.
Of course it doesn't help that I've worked waaaaaaay too much the last week.
In honestly, I think it's only been 3 days at this point :P
Although I do agree that I think as time went on, Koraq's relationships with everyone would improve, just in different ways, and for as long as we've been doing this, it's a bit of a shame that it such bonds haven't matured as I thought they would. As I see it...
Simza: Depending on how things panned out, Koraq may actually take a bit of a protective big brothery view. The sort of "only I can pick on her" mentality.
Barin: Oddly, I think Barin would be the closest Koraq would consider a friend, if nothing else but the friendly rivalry and the belief of strength both have (and the fact he's the person Koraq would most likely share a beer with and be more comfortable around).
Rasil: He's too friendly to not like, despite the 'history' the two may have. At the very least, Koraq would see the benefits of having the small sleuthy gnome as an ally.
Issceran: Still may be the most volatile of any relationship due to both having completely different mindsets, histories, and beliefs. The best I think this would turn out to be would be acceptance and respect for each other's strong points that would be justified to handle getting on each others' nerves.
Mmm, so I guess I probably will stick with Simza and just ride things out. I probably won't be able to work up a suitable post today however, so sorry to hold things up :)
It's fine, she'd rather talk the info out of the Madame that have torture goin' on. I am just lazy and not getting enough sleep at the moment between work and family stuff.
All right. Thanks everybody for your patience. Christmas concerts and Christmas are out of the way, so let's get this game back on the road (so long as we can all tear ourselves away from Superstar voting...)
Non-gypsy, which I am extending as a way for this Varisian to basically declare Simza an outsider, denying her true Varisian-ness.
The woman basically slapped her in the face, spit at her feet, and called into question her parentage and loyalties to her people, that's all. Feel free to do whatever you like with it.
(Given the tumultuous history between the Varisians and the "colonials", and her people's normal distrust of outside authority figures, she can see where the woman is coming from, even if she doesn't agree with it. Simza also knows that if the woman is truly stuck in her ways, there's not going to be anything she or anyone else could say to her to change her opinion.)
To be honest, I'm not sure anymore. It has nothing to do with you folks or how you're progressing in the game, and everything to do with me. I've been having fun running the game, but of late, I have found myself completely unmotivated to engage in any of my PbP games, as either player or the ones I'm running. Normally I would check my campaigns tab ten times a day, but last week I realized I had let three days go by without even opening it up!
Typically, I experience a slow down around the holidays in PBP posts as I become engrossed in the Superstar competition (as evidenced by my marathon voter tag), and pick back up once I yet again fail to make top 32, but I don't know this year. I just can't explain it at all.
If folks don't mind going on hold for a bit, we can see if my motivation returns (because I despise leaving things unfinished like this), but I totally understand if folks are keen to move onto other projects.
Well, I've got enough on my plate at the moment that I'm not looking at any new projects, so whether or not this picks back up won't affect me in that way; so I'll just wait and see what happens :)
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