So would anybody want to work on an intro post? The only two links Krsnik has to the group are through Heng and J.D., and based on how their last collaboration went, I don't think Krsnik will be teaming up with Heng again anytime soon.

I'm free for some intro post collaboration.

Just out of curiosity, do we have a location on the lab? City-wise or something? I figured the first thing to do would be to fly/drive to that location. I was messing around with summing-up some important NPC interactions before Krsnik heads out of town (like actually giving a personality to Radix Kane, Lady Lavender and Geoffrey). If not, it's no big deal.

I texted Fenris about the location and he said is was referenced in an earlier post but he can't look for it till much later so either we look ourselves or just keep it vague.

As for my help with the post Priye will be popping in and out of the astral using spirit powers to assist the group or soaking mundane weapon's fire since most of it will bounce off of her. So feel free to post her appearing tossing lightning then disappearing or answering questions about magic.

Sadly she doesn't have much in the way of skills so there's the extent of my help but once I get more karma RAWR! Speaking of karma your current total from the weekly drip should be 6.

I'll post tomorrow for my bit for the springing out action.

I skimmed through the various posts, but didn't see a location. I'll go through those posts again to see if I missed it.

Correction: It was in the background for the slick face dwarf since he's been to the faculty before if that helps.

Okay, cool. Thanks. ^_^ I'll check that out.

I'll probably need a deadline extension if possible. I'm moving to another city tomorrow and I'm not sure how fast I'll have internet access again. Could take a few days if I'm unlucky, but I'll try to check in semi-reguarly from outside internet sources.

I'm going to go ahead and shove my post up tonight. If anyone still wants to collaborate, I can always edit the post or add a little bit to it here and there.

I think I'm going to do the same. Sorry, guys, this week was pretty hectic.

Also, as another char-introducing thing, AStarshipforAnts and I thought about giving a quick tvtrope summary of our characters.

Here's a one sentence summary of Krsnik AKA Aleksander Ceh:

The Unchosen One with a nasty case of Chronic Hero Syndrome who often gets through by the skin of his teeth, The Rule of Cool, and an insuperable infusion of the Heroic Spirit.

Errr..might want to check your links there. They all point to errors.

My post is up.

Oops. Wrong code tags. I fixed it so the links should work now.

As long as we're putting up trope summaries:

J.D. is a Badass Driver with the Cloning Blues who is Shrouded in Myth due to mysterious origins, and is an unwitting Sweet Polly Oliver.

Alright boys and girls, let's get the ball rolling again. I'm going to post the intro post for the actual IC game starting tomorrow. We've had a great batch of history posts, lots of mixed stories and some really good interaction between characters, and I don't want to lose that. I'm not going to drop anyone for not posting the final run post, because I myself have had some issues come up and wasn't able to be as on it as I'd hoped. But, when I start the actual IC thread tomorrow, I'll be starting the timer on my initial set of rules regarding how long people could go for without posting. If people drop, people drop, and we'll work them out and recruit new people in.

See everyone tomorrow for the official start of the story

So, here's where the rubber meets the road, gentleman. I have character sheets for J.D., Tiger, Priye, Krsnik. If I don't have your character sheet within the next two weeks, I'll bump you and grab the next person on the list. If you don't post something within two weeks, I'm going to bump you and move on to the next person on the list. Harsh, but I hate the idea that this great thread founders and goes belly up. So, I'm going to push it along with a cattle prod.

I've put up an IC post to set the scene. We're basically picking up an hour after the successful extraction. Please note the initial description of posting format conventions.

Questions? If not...

POST!

I think I gave you my character as well Fenris. If you lost it I can send it to you again.

So...just out of curiosity and because I'm a n00b, do we need any rolls with contacts?

Also, should we handle contact-PC interaction ourselves, or wait for Fenris to respond?

Re-sent my sheet last night.

Collateral - I may have lost it. I don't think I currently have it, but it's not there now

JxJxA - If you're looking for something specific, like acquiring gear or trying to track down specific information, there are social rolls, with bonuses since your contacts are...well, your contacts

AStarshipforants - Normally, I'd roleplay them, but I've been really impressed with you guys as a whole, and I recognize that the medium makes it hard to have extended conversations.

So, I'm going to let you guys roleplay your own contacts and the conversations...let me know in the OCC thread if there's information you're getting from them that you don't have (Hey, what's going on with Universal Omnitech rightnowatthisveryminute? )

Bishop - Got it, thanks.

Fenris: Cool. J.D. is going to ask Hermes about where she would recommend a couple miscreants lay low for a while outside of the city, possibly out of the country, and acquiring transportation for that sort of adventure.

1d6 Rolls for getting in touch with contacts:

Lady Lavender (Loyalty 6, Connections 6): 3
Geoffrey (Loyalty 5, Connections 6): 2

...bugger...

I'll roll for J.D.'s contacts.

Reaching Contacts First Die: Hermes Second Die: Mr. Fix Third Die: Sergei (1d6=3, 1d6=3, 1d6=4)

Hermes: Loyalty 2 Connection 5 (3)
Mr. Fix: Loyalty 1 Connection 2 (3)
Sergei: Loyalty 1 Connection 3 (4)

If I'm correct, that's a hit on Mr. Fix and Sergei.

If I haven't already borked my chances on this one, I'm hoping to salvage soon. I'm still four days/several hundred nautical miles from home, and access to my computer, but writing is priority on my return.

Rolling for my contact:

Netzach Loyalty 6/Connected 3 (4)

BOOYA!

All - Don't forget your weekly point of karma if you haven't already taken it.

Digital Heroin - You've got about a half a week before the two week tick from the beginning of the game. I did say 'without saying something', so I'm willing to toss in another week, but if I don't have at least one post by the 27th, I'm going to have to move on. After that, you'll need to post regularly like everyone else.

Aw, I didn't mean for Lav to be ludicrously endowed like Jessica Rabbit...maybe just Salma Hayek...

If I don't manage to claw a post out of my skull by the 27th, I deserve to be shot, let alone not play in what's shaping up to be a hell of a game, eh.

The 27th also marks my first 12 hour shift as the new job. Thus begins 3-4 years for me of only working 4 of 10 days... oh hell yeah.

Threw up a post to keep us moving along and I also realized I should probably talk to my contact - you know the one I called and paid points for.

>.<

Are people going to respond to my IC question or should I just push on?

I thought we were deciding on where to go, but I missed the "blacklist part"

Whoops. I thought I had replied to that question, Bishop.

I think it's time I admit to myself I have no idea how to write for Sam... seriously... I dredged a post or two out of my brain, and I'm lost...

I apologize, because I seriously do want to be a part of this, but every time I sit down to write for Sam, I draw a blank.

Start out slow and then let it flow. Kick a few ideas around and don't worry if it's not perfect. You can't force writing.

I've got a quick question on remote vehicle operation. Krsnik's Suzuki mirage has all the stuff for remote operation (motorcycle gyro stabilization, upgraded pilot programs, satellite communication, etc.), so would I have the vehicle make the driving test to reach Krsnik or would Krsnik make that roll?

Alright, so, I was just going to chastise and kick out a whole bunch of people for not posting at least once in the two week period, but I realized that I only posted twice in that same period, so there's not a lot of incentive for people to post regularly. So, I'm going to give everyone a buy, and re-commit myself to posting more regularly. I should be able to put up a new post every day or two, and I'm going to start the clock on the posts again.

Lets not let this die, it was way too much fun writing all the history not to keep it going now!

For the record, if someone else wants to step up and be a nominal team-lead, go ahead. I just started giving directions since no one else was.

I'm fine with that, you guys are all vets at this and I'm just a greenhorn.

For obvious reasons my character should not be a leader or in charge of most anything. I'm fine with someone taking charge and if no one objects then go for it. I would like to add if you do not object then you have little room to complain later about someone taking the spot.

It's not really within J.D.'s character to lead. At this point, it's probably safe to say that you're in charge.

Fenris, do you need me to make any rolls for Krsnik as he heads home (like stealth, driving, taking out punk-asses, etc?)

No, and I've pretty much just totally ruined this. I mean to post more often, and it completely slipped my mind this last week and a half. So, I'm going to give myself one more two week block. I'm going to try and post to this every other day at the absolute latest, and I'm going to hope that Buddha, JxJxA, and Starship are willing to post a little bit too. If I can keep the posts up, then it means I have time for this, and I'll try to get things up and running again, including recruiting more if we need to.

If not, I might just have to admit I don't have time

I'm willing to post as much as need be to keep up on my end of things.

No problem, I'll try to get something up tonight to at least keep a story going.

Hey guys, I'm busy with the male equivalent of giving birth (passing a kidney stone) so I'm going to be out of it for the next 5 days or so

Actually things are a little more complicated than I thought so I will be going in for a non-invasive procedure early Thursday to deal with the kidney stone. So if everything goes as plan (which it should) I will be back up and running early the following week. I'll make sure someone posts here how things are going since I will be heavily drugged at that point. Thanks for hanging in with me through this and I really appreciate your patience.

Good luck, dude. I'm sorry to hear that you have to go under the knife for it.

Eh...noninvasive isn't the knife. I imagine it's the laser, and that's more unpleasant.