 Living in the Shadows: OOC, never relax... |
  |
 May 16 2005, 09:17 PM
Post
#1151
|
|
|
Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,507 Joined: 27-January 05 From: ...and I'm all out of bubblegum Member No.: 7,021  |
grendel: edited my last IC post to reflect the fact I missed a large, beige truck right in front of me that I have keys to.
And Extreme Ways always conjures up The Bourne Identity whenever I hear the song. Not a bad thing. |
 |
 
|
|
May 16 2005, 11:35 PM
Post
#1152
|
|
|
Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,763 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Special Hell Member No.: 284 |
That's part of the reason why I chose it. Also, you're clear until 1400 on Wednesday, so post as desired.
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 04:12 AM
Post
#1153
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
Sedna- Decision time again. Please be clear in your response, since Alleycat's thoughts can sometimes be a little confusing, especially with the random thoughts thrown in there. :)
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 04:53 AM
Post
#1154
|
|||
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 269 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 7,235 |
Heh, I have been commenting more often there, haven't I? I think it's because most of my PBP RP experience has been in a more freeform environment like that, and it really settles in me a little more easily; I'm used to everyone being halfway between player and GM, and all the insanity that entails. :) I like the idea of having random shadowtalkers basically open for everyone to use. Some of course would have to be reserved, as they're either PCs or otherwise important to a particular player/GM, but it would be interesting to open up the majority of the more random talkers for general use. In fact, it might be a good idea to have a list of who's available, with short personality notes for easy reference, such as: Neal the Code Barbarian: Open -Naive, agressive, inflated view of his own intelligence. Basically your average script kiddie. Code Warrior: Open -Slightly older decker. Iinsightful; either is naturally wise or has been running the shadows for some years. Blondie: Reserved by The_Eyes -Intelligent, but not at all streetsmart. Fan of the Otaku. Ask The_Eyes before posting due to concurrency restrictions. Diamond: Open -From Talia Invierno's Infiltration Challenge thread. Good social skills, modest decking ability. Feels its his job to be a mentor to those that know less about life--and the shadows--than he does. Solitaire: Open -From Talia Invierno's Infiltration Challenge thread. Very good decker. Witty; tends to get snappish if under stress. Sound like a good idea? |
||
|
|
|
||
|
May 17 2005, 10:08 AM
Post
#1155
|
|||
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 269 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 7,235 |
I kinda liked that comment too. :) And it's true, isn't it? I mean, take a look at this OoC thread, specifically bandit, tiredronin and WinterRat's posts. Obviously they know each other from outside the forum, so some little in-jokes are going to slip in here and there, veiled references to past history that just won't exist in this thread, or for that matter anywhere online. Sometimes it's not even intentional; it's just part of human nature. It's something that really brings the Shadowland node to life, so to speak, which is really neat to me. Of course it's also good that players can actually get (most of) the whole story by reading both the IC and the Shadowland threads, as it helps keep them from feeling disconnected. There are some notable exceptions, many of which are deliberately written in by the players themselves (somr of your stuff is sometimes frustrating but fascinating to read for this very reason Sedna), but for the most part the sum total reads very much like a George RR Martin novel, with all these divergent viewpoints mashed together, and it's a fun thing to be a part of. |
||
|
|
|
||
|
May 17 2005, 02:11 PM
Post
#1156
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 582 Joined: 30-July 04 Member No.: 6,525 |
The-Eyes: Posting that list of open and reserved Shadowland deckers was an excellent idea. I hope that everyone uses that list as an opening to begin adding some additional conversation to the SL thread, I know that I will ;) Your efforts have also inspired me to open up another opportunity to the LiTS community. As everyone has seen, I post as SheepDog and supply information based on each 'game-day's' police action. All of those events are real in the LiTS world and can affect the lifes of a player.
I would like to offer all PC's the chance to submit (to me) any stories that they would like to appear in a SheepDog report. These would be events that you feel might involve one of your PC's contacts or associates. Events that add color to the world and to your own personal story. These will all be reviewed to make sure that they do not clash with the current story, so don't worry about that, just be creative . . . . Sedna: Virgil knows what Jonah looks like, but a description of him was never presented in-thread. Do you want to post here? Or at least throw in a description of Jonah and I will pick up from there? Thanks a bunch. |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 02:55 PM
Post
#1157
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,546 |
Do you need more of a description, bandit? It's difficult to tell from the photograph, but Virgil would know he's slight of build, on the small side of average, dark brown eyes with the usual slant, coarse black shoulder-length hair usually tied back into a ponytail. Cindy remembers him as wearing a plain off-the-rack business suit, the kind that no one really notices, it's so common. She thinks he can probably handle a gun, but rarely carries one (she's pretty sure he wasn't carrying one that day, and she'd thought of herself [at the time] as good at spotting those things); and he probably has some martial arts training, but so does everyone in those kinds of positions.
I'm going to assume that everyone with a wristphone with a screen has the capability to send pictures. Considering how pervasive phoneshots are currently, I'm thinking that's only reasonable. I'll try to follow up your idea a bit later, Eyes. It's a good one. Right after the calendar ;) (Weekend downtime occurred right when I was free to try catching up.) It's literally that I never considered any one of those NPCs "mine" -- I'd pulled more than half of them from the existing thread before I was part of it -- but some of the other half do have active plotlines going on around them. Oh, and I never explicitly mentioned it: I liked your "random friends" posts :) |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 04:00 PM
Post
#1158
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,546 |
I see a decision to say/accept or not to say/accept. She won't say those words, because she can't (yet?) accept what they represent. Was there anything else you needed from me here?
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 04:05 PM
Post
#1159
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
Nope, you did great. I'll get a response up later today. Love when work is slow. It's about time! :)
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 04:34 PM
Post
#1160
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
You're up Sedna. Feel free to post any actions you undertake or thoughts Alleycat has.
If you decide to leave the bedroom and explore, she will see that apparently she's on the second story of a house, with three bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor along with the master bathroom and the master bedroom. Downstairs there's a kitchen, living room, family room, dining room, den, and foyer. The basement is something along the lines of a rec room, with a workout room down there as well. Please stop with her either deciding not to leave the bedroom, or if she does leave, stop with her in one of the rooms (your choice) and examining that room, and I'll pick up from there. Does that make sense? Bandit- I'll be waiting on you for our storyline, just fyi. |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 05:02 PM
Post
#1161
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,546 |
More immediately relevant is whether she sees the sun outside the window :)
After that she's systematic: going through each room in order. (Have you any idea how much the intensely visual descriptions are throwing me? :D) |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 05:24 PM
Post
#1162
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
Sedna- She does see the sun. I will describe her reaction. And yes, the visual descriptions are quite deliberate, and intended to convey numerous points/symbol(isms). But yes, the intensely visual descriptions are doing their job well then, if they're throwing you, because after all, Alleycat should be thrown just as much, if not more. :grinbig:
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 06:59 PM
Post
#1163
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 1-May 04 Member No.: 6,295 |
Alright, I believe it was a force three Watcher so Force test. I don't know what modifiers I face so I'll just give you the numbers.
Force: 07 04 02 |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 07:21 PM
Post
#1164
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
Paul- OK thanks. Was there anything else you wanted to do before heading off to the meet with Max? If not, you can just skip ahead to that point and we'll go from there, otherwise post what you do in the interim. You're free to post until you either arrive at dinner with Max, or do something that requires my intervention beforehand.
Scrapheap & Slipshade - You guys are free to post for now. Interact away. Sedna- Welcome to Domestic Shadowrun 101! :) Digital- Do you want me to NPC your character again like last time then? |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 08:32 PM
Post
#1165
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 1-May 04 Member No.: 6,295 |
the only thing would be if the wacher shows up before then. If that's not going to happen I'll most on to the meal.
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 08:44 PM
Post
#1166
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
It will not show up before the meal, so feel free to move along.
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 09:03 PM
Post
#1167
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,546 |
bandit and WinterRat: speculate at will. There aren't any surprises, desired or otherwise, in your imminent future.
ronin: don't forget that you're an active part of this discussion -- and we'll assume that you've been filled in on the group's objectives, such as Dragon's summarised them to be. Edit to add a "grr" ;) So which one were you self-betting Alleycat would choose? |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 09:13 PM
Post
#1168
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
Exactly what you did. I self-bet that she would examine the place room by room in a systematic fashion. And lo and behold...behind door number 1 (or in this case, 2)...heh heh heh. Alleycat as a wife and mother. This is truly priceless, from a GM POV. Just so you know I'm having a blast over here. :D
Also, is there a certain time period we should/can/should not/cannot jump past. I.e., can we move ourselves forward to the meet at the appropriate time whenever we desire? Also, can we meet up with Susan beforehand to pick up the stuff we asked for on the way to the meet without any undue surprises? |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 09:26 PM
Post
#1169
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,546 |
I thought you might be [/grr]
You didn't set up a time to meet with Susan, right? But she already has the locker drop set up at that mall near Sea-Tac, your stuff, Sybersnake's stuff, and lots of clothes all around. No complications there, so long as you do it reasonably soon from now. |
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 09:28 PM
Post
#1170
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,546 |
Have to cut it off early. Tomorrow is a better day.
|
|
|
|
|
May 17 2005, 10:17 PM
Post
#1171
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 582 Joined: 30-July 04 Member No.: 6,525 |
The time in my latest post is the actual game time. I made an error in my previous post that got copied into Sedna's latest post. When you post next Winterrat (which I will wait on) please use the time indicated in my last post.
P.S. Waiting on your response Moirdryd. |
|
|
|
|
May 18 2005, 12:44 AM
Post
#1172
|
|
|
Jesus Freak Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,141 Joined: 23-April 04 From: Anaheim, CA Member No.: 6,274 |
Grendel: I'm gunna take another crack at the chip with that funky encryption. Trying to see if it will tell me where the lock is now that I have the key.
Computer: 14 09 07 05 05 03 03 01 Hacking Pool: 17 09 05 05 02 02 02 01 |
|
|
|
|
May 18 2005, 03:04 AM
Post
#1173
|
|
|
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,289 Joined: 20-April 04 Member No.: 6,260 |
You guessed it. Decision time yet again Sedna. And yes, I am keeping track of all your choices, cause they all add up to significance. :D
|
|
|
|
|
May 18 2005, 07:15 AM
Post
#1174
|
|
|
Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,763 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Special Hell Member No.: 284 |
Karma awards for my players:
Shadowrunner13: 1 pt (May 11th - May 17th) Ecclesiastes: 1 pt (May 11th - May 17th) Bastard: 2 pts (May 11th - May 17th) Bclements: 2 pts (May 11th - May 17th) The Eyes: 2 pts (May 11th - May 17th) Morgannah: 2 pts (May 11th - May 17th) |
|
|
|
|
May 18 2005, 07:32 AM
Post
#1175
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 803 Joined: 16-March 02 From: The Great White North Member No.: 2,386 |
Go team!
*dances around a bit* |
|
|
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 24th February 2025 - 01:55 AM |
Topps, Inc has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. Topps, Inc has granted permission to the Dumpshock Forums to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with the Dumpshock Forums in any official capacity whatsoever.