Down in the Gutter: OOC, The Nuts and Bolts of Staying Alive Options

[WinterRat1]

Meriss -

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You'll have to ask Mister Juan if he wants to share that information, I don't think I should give it away if he doesn't want that information revealed.

[Meriss]

@MJ: No worries. Just don't let on to Ink.

[ Spoiler ]

Just out of random curiousity, what spell was it?

@Winter: Mkay

[Slipshade]

Grendel, Merris, and MJ

If you follow Baby she may not take the most direct route, but it will be the fastest with the least ambush points and most escape options that she can figure out.

[WinterRat1]

Hey All -

Had a sudden mold infestation in the house I had to take care of last night, and it's taken me a little longer than I planned to figure out exactly what I want to post next with Caitlin.

I'll have a response up tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest, then give it until Sunday afternoon for Vegas/Pragma/Lindt to respond. If they don't respond by then I'll bump everyone (including Aziz) forward a couple hours to regroup at the HQ, and set up that post to turn you all loose for whatever you want to do next.

[ChipheadCharley]

Be sure to check your ceiling and base boards, I replaced a section of my wall and later had to redo because I didnt check the ceiling. There's nothing like doing the job twice!

Also, working on 30 questions and will submit to Vegas

@Vegas: I know you dont have RC, but if I stay below the points for middle lifestyle and divide by 30 for my daily cost is that acceptable?

[Vegas]

Also, working on 30 questions and will submit to Vegas

@Vegas: I know you dont have RC, but if I stay below the points for middle lifestyle and divide by 30 for my daily cost is that acceptable?

Looking forward to the 20 Questions and seeing the character fleshed out!

As for not having RC, I've fixed that and now have it in my posession, however the Chargen rules specifically state no one starts with a lifestyle above low. We're too small-time to suddenly have someone with that kind of amenities (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Plus where's some of the struggle and strife if you have consistent running water? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Vegas]

WIKI UPDATE

Just a heads up guys. Currently the Wiki is suffering from some Caching problems which means pages aren't rendering as they've been edited. Namely the Navigation bar is totally jacked. Wikispaces is aware we're having issues and they've fixed it once, but since it's the weekend I'm guessing it's not going to be fixed until at least Monday at the earliest. If you guys need to access pages and you don't have things bookmarked, let me know and I can help you find them if necessary.

Sorry for the inconvenience, however I think the restructured wiki will make things EASIER to find in the long run.

Thanks!
-The Wiki Mistress Wikisaurus Rex (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Lindt]

I thought you were Wiki-saurus Rex? =p

[Meriss]

Actually I think that was Sparky. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

EDIT: @Grendel: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Nice man.

[Vegas]

I thought you were Wiki-saurus Rex? =p

You were right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Sparky was the Wiki-tron

I think my mind is going at my old age.

@ALL
Temp fix on the wiki. Main page has the new navigation links. Eventually they will move to the sidebar, might as well get used to them now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Whipstitch]

I didn't really think this baby was gonna make it; glad I was wrong. How should we go about getting me back in on things? I believe Cuervo was in transit to check out the new digs when the game stalled. I wouldn't be averse to just saying Cuervo is just bumming around the new place if that's the easiest way to go about it, since it sounds like that's where WR1 is taking things next anyway. If nothing else it'd give me some more time to catch up a bit and re-acquaint myself with game locations, although I've already been giving my sheet a good once over to reacquaint myself with the character.


P.S.

Blech, I took that cheesy ass Disarm maneuvers combo? I've come to hate that thing as an irl GM; lemme know if there's any chance I could tweak my style/maneuvers one last time, because I doubt I'd ever use Disarm these days just on principle.

[WinterRat1]

All - Sorry for the deviation in my planned posting, this weekend has been pretty screwed up, unfortunately. Not much went according to plan.

Anyway, I got the post up for Child/Thumper/Nevada. I'll give you guys a day or so to respond while I work on the 'sync up' post. Since it promises to be pretty long (they usually are) and I have a quiz on Tuesday, I probably won't get it up until Tuesday afternoon or so.

That post will bring everyone in the gang to the October Ravens HQ at the same time, a few hours forward from where everyone is currently at, most likely early evening.

I know people will show up at the gang HQ before then, but I'm going to gloss over Caitlin's presence for those few hours by saying she goes to sleep before anyone else gets there. I'll further sidestep the issue of why no one interacts with her upon their return by saying during those few hours, everyone will also be on GM-enforced rest. Many of you have been awake for quite some time now, so consider this a cat nap to rest up before you head out to do whatever nefarious things you have planned for the evening. You will all be free to do whatever you want following my sync up post, including interact with Caitlin or the rest of the NPCs.

Whipstitch - I'm going to say that following Cuervo's transmissions with Ink, fatigue and battle wounds caught up with him. He found some abandoned tenement to sleep and heal up in before finding Ink. That's where he's been all day. I'll introduce you as arriving at the October Ravens HQ shortly after or in the sync up post.

You may tweak your style/maneuvers one last time. Clear all changes with Vegas.

[Fresno Bob]

Aw, I can't wait to be called Mr. Aziz.

[Bearclaw]

WinterRat - Don't forget about me. When should I adjust my posts date/time?

[WinterRat1]

Bearclaw - Didn't forget about you. Just delete the section of your post that shows you arriving back at the HQ. Your return and unloading of the truck will be narrated in my sync up post.

[Meriss]

@Winter: Seriously Caitlin is like the single sweetest NPC ever. LOLs and kudos.

[Bearclaw]

I liked that part. OK, will do.

[Lindt]

And Child's miserable attempts at being quiet and observant.

Agit+Infiltration=4+0. 02 03 01 05
Int+Perception=3+0. 03 04 01

Dear Thumper. Child is here by excused from being the look out for anything.
Dr Lindt.

[WinterRat1]

Everyone - Sync up post is still in progress, I am doing a bunch of OOC housecleaning at the same time (healing time, setting up addiction test and lifestyle trackers, etc.). I want to start making those things a regular occurrence and I'm trying to figure out how best to work it, but I want it up approximately the same time as the IC post.

I have a mid-term Thursday so I may not make too much headway tomorrow, but Thursday night and Friday during the day, you should expect to see some progress.

The sync up post is being written in the form of an entry in Shade's Journal, and one thing that would really help me with the sync up post (because Shade is tracking important events) would be if you guys could list in the OOC thread any significant/major/important/noteworthy events that you think Shade would know or have been told about. If you can put up the post number from the IC thread, found in the upper right hand corner, that would be awesome as well.

Also, a rewards opportunity is currently being offered for any 'IC interviews' any of you would like to write up for Shade's Journal. They can be for any events prior to or during Red October, as always, or they can be for any of the IC events of the last 48 hours. They don't have to be particularly significant or noteworthy events, they can simply be personal reflections or individual POVs on anything and everything. Specific events (especially events Shade was not present for, so he can be aware of them IC and thus include them in his journal), group/interpersonal relationships, or just ramblings to the group historian are all fair game. Since everyone left is pretty much a veteran who was around from the beginning, you know what I'm looking for. For those who are newer, samples abound in Shade's Journal, and feel free to ask for guidance in the OOC thread.

That should give you guys something to do (and incentive to do it!) over the next few days, and it would really continue to add depth and enjoyment to the game world. I won't post your interviews in the IC post, but I will put them on the wiki. Also, interviews and fleshing out the history of the game world are one of my favorite parts of this game, and make me happy. And a happy GM is a good GM. <hint, hint> (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

OK I think that about covers the announcements, I'll try to get the sync up post done ASAP so we can keep this thing rolling merrily along.

[Slipshade]

A little bit of a new fluff piece for Baby. Part Shade interview, part location and NPC fluff.

Read if you like.

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Oh hey Shade.

Yeah, I got a minute. My shift on overwatch ain’t started yet.

Five Corners? Yeah, I’m from Five Corners.

No, I doubt you would have heard of it. We kinda had a saying. Nobody lives in Five Corners.

I know weird, huh? Kinda had to be from there to understand, but you don’t live in the corners, you survive. Ya, didn’t end up there unless you had nowhere else t’go and that is saying something in the ‘gate. Guess it doesn’t even really exist anymore anyway.

Huh? What do I mean ? Well, it used to be where 8-Ball, Corsair, BP, HeartBreaker and Steel Demons turf met. Since some of those don’t exist anymore the name don’t really fit no more does it? Can’t really give you a better location than that, since turf boundaries are kinda fluid ya know.

Anyway, you survived in the Corners by knowing who was who, what was what and how to be invisible. You fly any colors in five corners and you would get a bullet in the skull before you made it a block. So if you declared, you were pretty much moved out of the corners and into your new turf.

What’s there? Nothing really.

About the only building left standing that is worth anything is the Kings Arms. Was an old hotel at some point. Mr. Chen somehow managed to keep the place neutral ground. Probably because they actually had some running water, even some that was drinkable. The old man had threatened to poison the water if anyone tried to muscle him out and I guess nobody wants to test him on it.

No, I wouldn’t call it safe. It was more like one giant crack house really, but if you were a local you probably knew enough people that you wouldn’t get shived in the night. Probably. Some of the families took turns watching each others backs. If you knew who they were and were liked by them, you could live feeling reasonably safe. It was how Rags and I got by.

Mr. Chen? I was pretty young when I lived there, but I remember he was a nice man. His family had been there before I was born and did there best to help when they could, but really that was pretty minimal. Just keeping the Kings Arm’s from falling is work enough.

Hey I gotta go, my turn at watch. Catch me later if you wanna know more.

[ChipheadCharley]

PM'ed everything to Vegas, and hopefully 'the Pimpingest pimp to ever pimp in all of pimpdom' will be joining soon.

[Slipshade]

CHC - Including the questions and takes?

[ChipheadCharley]

Questions, but not the takes as that would require interaction with the others first, no?

[Slipshade]

Not really. no.

If you have read the IC threads and looked at everyones character on the wiki you should have a pretty good idea on how your character would react or interact with them. So I would suggest writing them up as if you have already interacted with those characters for a little while. That was how we all did our takes.

Remember, takes on other gang members and gangs are not set in stone. In fact you are encouraged to update them periodically.

[ChipheadCharley]

I can edit all that in.

Sent you what I had sent to Vegas