Run! Recruitment, 2075/6 Persistent Game World Thread Options

[Digital Heroin]

I can see that!
I'm almost glad Cailin is asleep in the other camp, even if the repercussions will probably be felt everywhere. No idea what will come of it...
Except probably that Blank will be forever alone that is ^^ Or at least, for a good while (unless something so big happens that his fighting skills override any other concerns that is...)

Or until 'the funny thing' happens.

...well, even then it might not mean a lick. I have found a way to introduce Scrap, and her penchant for recording everything she sees is going to give people a sneak peak at their bogeyman.

[Gilga]

or until Blank takes Ricks place.

[Digital Heroin]

Oh he has no designs on Rick's spot. The purpose of the ambush was to make Rick think so, and to put him on tilt, but Blank just wanted a head start down river.

[Imladir]

If you have a burning itch to post you can always do a flashback from earlier in the day if you like (or even a flashback to 'before this shit happened')...as long as the 'timestamp' makes it clear!

Here, a little something posted to counter all that violence from Blank (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I'm not sure it was really the place to put it instead of on OP but since you offered...
I have an idea for a follow-up, I'll try to add it tomorrow I think.

[irn0rchid]

Gilgas mentioned the camp having "bought" the meat. Did I miss a post with the trade happening?

[Mercy]

If you did, then I missed it, too. I have not seen a post where that happens.

[Imladir]

I don't think you did (or that's three of us ^^).
Probably some confusion over the trade/give/nothing discussions.

[Mercy]

OK. Just so there is no misunderstanding, I expect that we will be trading, not giving the meat away. My initial thought was flawed and Maya went with the majority.

[Aria]

Rick was going to fob you off with 'trade in the morning when I can see what I'm buying, or some such... Blank's attack will put paid to anything further i expect (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Digital Heroin]

Blank doesn't do politics or commerce. He does shows of force.

[Mercy]

I would expect that the trade takes second place to dealing with the attack. It would seem that Blank was created to not fit in with any grouping. I wonder why?

[adamu]

Blank's Mother Theresa compared to Lindsey.

[irn0rchid]

Pfft, Lindsey is pure sweetness and sunshine! Anyway, catching her up on the timeline. Waiting for news of the hurt peeps to get into the camp for her reaction (and if anything comes back from the spirit she sent out).

[Imladir]

I must say I'm more with Adamu on that one, no offense (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Mercy]

Maya remembers an old Thai proverb she picked up on a trip there: "Twisted snake hidden in grass is much more dangerous than a tiger in the open."

[Digital Heroin]

Blank is a sweetheart.

Wait, no, that isn't right. He has held a still beating heart. That makes more sense.

[Mercy]

LOL It does make more sense.

Maya has held a warm beating heart in her hands. And eaten of it to gather the strength of the creature into herself. But she cannot explain the motivation of Blank hunting the people out here. That sort of puts him in the same category of the cats they killed in the cave. She would hope that there is a purpose behind it and one that can be harnessed to help everyone. In other words, Blank is welcome at the smaller camp if he comes in and works with them to build a civilized society. There is room and a need for civilized people to have weapons that can be used to defend themselves, but not for having weapons that are used solely to terrorize or cow others. Philosophy of Maya.

[Gilga]

As someone that has also built a character with a dark side, you should consider the possibility that Blank would become the antagonist after that attack.
It may complicate things and bring a lot of emotions if it come to PC vs PC though - need to consider that.

[irn0rchid]

Beta: I wasn't sure how you wanted to do Addie tonight. You'd mentioned her wanting to join up in the girls tent, so she can come out with Lindsey, or do whatever. They'll make room for her (but not Dot (she's too big!), if you want to press that issue, you're welcome to have Lindsey or Nora/Gem turn her away again). I figured Addie would have something to say about Lindsey badmouthing Maya's group, so I stopped there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Digital Heroin]

As someone that has also built a character with a dark side, you should consider the possibility that Blank would become the antagonist after that attack.
It may complicate things and bring a lot of emotions if it come to PC vs PC though - need to consider that.

Blank has always been a possible antagonist in my head. The way things are going, with the two camps at odds, I might not even be the first involved with PC on PC conflict. I write in the spirit of mutually satisfying storytelling, however. It's not about winning, it's about telling a good tale.


...oh, and Scrap is here! She always was, people just don't pay her much mind and she is totally okay with that. For reference she is perfectly normal looking, cute even. She just thinks she is ugly because of the accident, even though she had a damn good doctor.

[adamu]

@Aria - been leading up to this for a while, but time now to get down to brass tacks.

What's it gonna take to make a bow and some arrows?

I generously figure I've got -5 dice in penalties (poor conditions -2 [not bad conditions since got food and a dry cave to work in], -2 for inadequate tools [not tools unavailable, since I've got the main tool, the knife], and -1 for working from memory [based on my Logic]).

But still leaves me four dice to work with from my pool of nine (Logic 4, Armorer 3 with spec in Archery).
Also I think I've now got all the necessary materials (yeah, been Interwebbing bowmaking, and primitive but effective bows are not that hard to make - no, I sure as heck couldn't do it, but it turns out it is not as long and complex a task as my city-softened-weakling self had imagined).

So if you approve those mods, I need you to assign threshold and interval.
Hopefully the threshold will be that applicable to a professional bowmaker, not a little kid in the woods (my skill level is above the 4 "professional" level).

Let me know what you think!

@Mercy, seems like Maya is pretty busy with stuff - don't know how you feel about her working on this pretty much full-time like Raf is (been avoiding other time-consuming activities), but maybe a teamwork assist - noticed you also have a lot of dice in this....

@Aria - any thoughts on thresholds/intervals for bows/arrows?

[Aria]

Lots of catching up for me to do, hope to have more for you this evening!!!

[Beta]

Beta: I wasn't sure how you wanted to do Addie tonight. You'd mentioned her wanting to join up in the girls tent, so she can come out with Lindsey, or do whatever. They'll make room for her (but not Dot (she's too big!), if you want to press that issue, you're welcome to have Lindsey or Nora/Gem turn her away again). I figured Addie would have something to say about Lindsey badmouthing Maya's group, so I stopped there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Will try to respond today, catching Addie up on early evening through being taken out to the (unconscious) bodies (at least).

[Beta]

[ Spoiler ]

Addie bargaining with Gem: Addie bargain with Gem: 11d6t5 7

Gem bargaining with Addie: Gem bargaining with Addie: 10d6t5 3

Well that one went Addie's way. I figure taking a dawn watch that costs her nothing is 'winning' the bargaining session.

And sorry that Addie is agreeing with Lindsey about Dana -- but Addie didn't have the best experience with Dana, so it seemed to me that she'd go along with that line of reasoning.

[irn0rchid]

Sorry?! You should be happy to agree with her! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)