Adventures of Caelereth

Set it up you guys :)

Where should the guest characters CDs go? Into the thread for permanent CDs?

Maybe best to start a new thread for them, as when they leave, they will no longer be relevant and will only clutter up the main group CD's.

OK, I'll set it up and post Lori Lo and Ana'Mirl. We will see, how naughty Lori will be and if she is allowed to accompany Ana to Strata ;)

Alt, Garret, could you wait a bit with delivering this letter? I would like to bring Lori in right now, but it is past midnight now and my neck is stiff from sitting at the comp so long... :)  She would love to tease Altario a bit...

Yup, we can wait a bit.  Can I assume then that Altario will know both of them, Lori and Ana, as he has been staying there for awhile now?

I just wanted to ask, how well knows Lori Altario? I would assume, they know each other, Lori has surely brought him the one or other drink, but he might not have noticed her much, dirty as she sometimes is. Or does she remind him of his daughter?

I thought, I let her be a bit older than in her CD, maybe 10, for she has already been at the horse festival in Salasair!

Alt, how would the people in the Herald call you, Ana'Mirl e.g.? You are there for two months now. Mr Shialt-eck-Gorrin, Sir, or would you have allowed them to say Altario?

He would go by Altario.  He's not the young proud noble of his youth.

No, I wasn't sure if you were starting both Lori and Ana as established characters at the Herald.  But doing so makes sense.  Would you like me to change my post from the NPC waitress to Ana?

Fine :)

No, just leave her. So busy as the tavern is, she will be needed. This way I can play Ana if I like, but otherwise everbody else can play Moira (?) if needed. Ana'Mirl will be in the kitchen. And as she is from Strata, you can ask her who could guide you, and she offers herself, at least she could propose to find somebody first (in Strata), but as this person is not available she  does it herself.

Great first posts, Grallen and Lori. :D

One tiny little thing though, Lori.  Alt's brother has the bright blue eyes.  His are grey. :P

Hey!

I just wanted to say thank you for accepting me into the story. I've very much enjoyed reading the opening posts, and am excitedly pondering my entrance. If nothing unforeseen happens, I should have an opening post for you tonight (London time - so that means within 12 hours from now).  :)

Oh, Grallen: that's an excellent choice of colour for Grallen's thoughts, given her character, I find!

Hey all, just thought I'd say hi to everyone.

Thanks for adding me Alt and Garret.

Looking forward to rp'ing with you all  :)

yeah, i was gonna say hi last night but i was kicked off the computer. :angry:
thanks for inviting me into this story! looking forward to getting to know you all.^.^
@Lili - only problem now is what colour her voice can be. my vaguely synaesthaesiac mind says it should be mid-grey, but somehow i dont think that'll go down well with everyone else...

    :grin: :grin: :grin:    New interesting guest for the Herald!     :grin: :grin: :grin:


*hops up and down*

Altario will be relieved!

*remembers, that she has to post and shorten her story....*

I dislike scrolling down, I ilink the CDs.

Works for me.  It's cleaner.

And next time I add the return thingy ;)

Could it be, dear co-mods, that we are in need of a picture as heading for our story? I could provide a quick desert one as long as we are there, for later we can use a different one... ???

Oh, Yes.  You know I love the Banner pics.  The one for FD is great.  It adds a bit of class to a story. 

Hurray! Lili is in the inn! I don't know whether the barmaid is supposed to be a mod-played NPC, but if not, I may  have her serve a drink each for Lili and Kassandra in my next post? Unless, of course, unforeseen things happen ...

About colours: Airyn has a handsome green-grey in her first Kann Kemruhnt post - but I don't actually know how you get this colour. Is there some special code?

Oh, and it's great to have Talia along for mischief-making!

Lili , dear, you did a great post as expected - just one question - why do you think, Altario looks out for a Shendar guide through the desert?  :buck:

I mean, the fees for a ship from Varcopas to Strata are not so high, you could work for your transport! ;) Put a hood over the head of your bird and try to no annoy somebody and you might not get thrown over board too soon!

A hood over Kassandra's head? You cruel woman!

But I see your point. I'm not up to scratch with the details of Sarvonian geography, so I do really appreciate hints like this.

On the other hand: I did not write that Lili crossed the desert without a guide.  ;) I just didn't tell the details of that trip. Is it okay to leave the post as it is, or do you want me to make a change?

Let me read it again - you were quickly fast as well, so it seems, but as you have not mentioned a timespan, you might be off the hook!

On second thought, Talia: actually, it's probably more fun if Lili & Kass haven't seen the desert yet. There'll be more surprise and hardship to describe when the treck is on the way. So I'll make a few changes. Do let me know if the timespan is unrealistic, though.

Yes, I think you need more than just two months to ride from Ciosa to Varcopas, I have forgotten how long the ship will need to go to Strata. But not as long as travelling through the desert, I suppose. You would probably not choose the route through the Sharadon, I'm not even sure there is one - but around it on the westside.

And be aware, that the education of any "normal" Shendar man does not allow him to be other than respectful to any woman ;)

I see Talia is going to be the guardian of accuracy.  Best we all brush up on our desert knowledge. :D

Oh dear, changing posts is more difficult than I thought. Hope it's all consistent now!

But Talia: Lili's admirer just goes to show that you don't know your Shendar men as well as you thought you did!  ;)

Oh no!  Do they now have an own life? 

I just had the thought, that it is a bit like in Tintenherz (Ink Heart?), that book from Cornelia Funke, where writing (and reading aloud) changes people, history, everything. So don't write too much about Shendar men, otherwise I have to re-rewrite them ;)


Edit:

Lili, are you now for the first time in the Herald? Maybe you have missed to change that little bit. It would be important to know for how Lori would react to your bird.

I just looked at the map and I can't blame you for riding over the Nirmenith mountains, but the only way to get to Varcopas would be the road along the coast. The mountains are fairly impassable (no paths except those the Shendar know)

It was easy to prevent Lili and Kass from becoming pioneer mountaineers - I only needed to change one word!

But they have been in the Herald before, on a day trip from Strata. (As the post says - I know it's long.)

Let's assume that they didn't stay long, didn't interact with Altario, Lori or any other significant character, and that Kassandra was well behaved (she can whistle and croak, too, you know - like a well brought-up bird should!). Feel free to make up things Lori may have noticed. But nobody needs to have noticed Lili, if you don't want.

And don't fear for your precious babies. Lili won't start a cultural revolution in the Shendar lands. Not before she's completed her quest, anyway!  ;) I'd enjoy it, though, if I could feel free to use artistic license with individuals Lili meets, as long as these individuals are not central to the story.

Little question out of personal vanity: can everyone see my picture? I'm asking because Mannix tells me that he is deprived of beholding my beauty, and only sees the "error" square with the red cross.  :cry:

I can see it fine...

I can see it as well!

Lili, that little half sentence which I have missed!

Well, I just needed to know, if Lori knew you already or not. Now I need to decide, if I should wait for a reaction of Altario or if I let him get away with not reacting to such a selfless sacrifice of a young girl!

Of course you can take your artistic licence with normal tribe members (as long as you have read the entry, which is not always the case in CD writing), but be aware, there is  somebody around who might put you some pfepper in your drink, if she is angry with you  :buck:

Maybe I had just a "problem", because I could not really understand, what my own creation said ;). The Shendar have a dialect, but I can't speak it.

I Shall post uhm.. post haste
 :D

Thanks, Talia! Debate closed. Lili likes pfeppered drinks!  :)

I'm really looking forward to seeing how this story develops. What a great assemblage of characters! With Altario's fine post, the tension mounts  suspense increases ...   :D

[edited, with apologies: tension and suspense are the same word in my native language]

"Sorry for the wait everyone, has been an odd few days for me and I had hoped to have it up last night."

 :heart:  Most definitely worth the wait, Val.  A wonderful post.

Hey guys  :)

You can probably expect a post from me in a few days, still working out some stuffs.

Amazing posts so far, by the way.   :grin:

We await your post Airyn. 

If the posts that the characters of this story continue like what I have read so far, then I applaud each and every one of you. Destiny will definately be I think in my opinion an award winner for best new story, if it continues to draw talent such as what you have here. Altario, you should be commended for bringing forth and choosing such talent(s)

I cannot say enough...

Thank you for the compliments, Capher. :)  Yes, I think I have a very talented bunch of writers here for this story.  A great foundation for any story.


Grallen, haha, you are really painting yourself into a corner for when we head back to Strata.

i like corners. atleast then everythings in front of you. :evil:

Wohoo! Welcome to the Tavern, Valannia, Airyn and Grallen!  :D

"I must agree with Capher, beautiful posts so far everyone! Although Altario, you have presented me with a curve ball of a post! Not exactly what one expects after their entrance into a story." :heart:

Hit the ground running, Baby!   :heart:  Altario had to do it quick, before he lost the nerve.

"Well your pace is profoundly 'running'! Just hope I can keep up with all the great posts going on." :heart:

Edit: "My apologies to my fellow writers, I forgot to state that italics are my way of expressing thoughts. Writing to Altario in this way has sorta become second nature. The erratic placement of thoughts is a bit more pronounced than in my standard posts, yet I do hope you all can understand the reasons why."

Altario has to everything quickly, before he looses his nerve.... :evil: :rolling:

He only feared, that Lori could come back before he had settled this "issue". If she would have known what would await her, she surely would have slipped under the table instead!

Val, I admire how you dealt with Alt's post, I would not have known , what to say!

"Altario seems to like torturing my characters! Honestly Talia, we had RPed a few romantic moments with these two characters in TH. Although I never expected a post like I received! Gotta love surprises." :heart:

It was a great post though, well done Alt and Val  :D

(I wouldn't have known what to say either)

Hey Lili, do you mind if I puppet you ever so slightly in my next post?

You are bored, right, Airyn? Nobody around who talks to you ;)

Let me see, what I can do, so that you don't need puppeting Lili when it is not necessary. (You could just pour your glass of wine over her or talk to her, that would not be puppeting, but surely lead to a reaction :) )

But frst I have to post in the Heart!

Hey Talia,

'old your 'orses! I think I'll be able to provide some conversation and mayhem before Airyn's back from Australia.

Lili

Hi Airyn,

I hope you don't mind I just posted myself instead. The way I read the timeline, I thought Airyn was still thinking gloomy thoughts while Lori-Lo was running about, so there was a time gap to fill for Lili, anyway. I hope you can still play out your idea in some way? Alternatively, there is a pfeppered drink from Lori-Lo! Make sure you check out the lilnk. This Talia lady is evil, I tell you!

I wasn't sure about the puppeting, mainly because we're both new to this game and don't know each other well. I may relax as I get used to roleplaying! In the future, feel free to PM with details, if you want to provide a surprise for the others.

Anyway, I hope I've given you a set-up that leaves you freedom and makes writing your next post fun!

Looking forward to what's coming,

Lili

Oh, and Vallania: beautiful, beautiful post. Very moving, actually. What an insight into your character's soul.

It is not pfeppered! There was not even Pfepper around when already Shendar Love existed, I didn't let Lori fetch Mil'no fire as Pherryn suggested!

And she only wanted to do something good! And where is the story? The poor girl is still waiting while you are chatting with other customers!

Relax, Talia. It's just a turn of phrase! And those other customers might provide excellent entertainment! Or maybe they'd like to listen to the story, too? You ever thought of that?  :)

Oh, and for the record: I had the idea of handing Airyn my drink before Talia posted her devious plan. Lili sure is glad I did!

 :lol: "Glad my character doesn't drink often, never know what you'll get around here!"

I think after two months there, Altario will have learned the hard way to sniff each drink before actually swallowing them; especially if Lori is the server :P

Lili, don't worry, I'm most times relaxed ;)

......
The poor girl, she only wanted to give Lili the better wine, but now you are acting as if she gave her on purpose give  some awful drink and not the best liqueur Santharia knows! The world is ungratefully acting towards small girls! *sighs* And if I think what might happen if Ana'Mirl gets to know, what she did!

I really should look out for the post where it is described what she did last time!

Edit: You are lucky, the ezboard crash has eaten these posts where Lori has once really been naughty..

Alright, yall are havin' all sorts of fun without me and I'm tired of waitin' on the other side of the door. I'll be postin' later tonight, just a heads up. :)

Hah... there is a certain thief in Salsair who knows how naughty she can be.  He might make a reapperance one day soon  :evil:

Good job Garret.  I like the post. :thumbup:

How are you able to write such long posts!

Garret, I', insulted, that you don't like my dessert ;) (Just joking!)

But apart from that, I think I need to start to rework my desert entry soon. And add, that it will cost a lot more  - time and money - to cross it with a Shendar guide than taking the ship. The Shendar don't earn a lot money by guiding people, they have other incomes and prefer to be alone there. They may just refuse to guide somebody through their lands, if they don't like his face!
So be nice, when you will come to Kiri'i and look for a guide. :D

And I will prepare a map with distances...


Altario, the more I read from you the more I admire you! Your fairly dry Remusian descriptions didn't prepare me for your eloquent way of writing. And your ability to include an aching knee within such a great love scene. I'm jealous! (I fight instead with vocabulary, past tenses of verbs, this damn lying , lieing  - no , laying ..oh well)

Just a question, why is destiny invisible for non-logged in members? I'm sometimes just looking if a new post is here, but I need to login to see that - a disappointment, when nobody has posted something new ;)

Dry Remusian descriptions???    :P


I'm not sure why it is invisible.  I'll check the settings today.

And I always fight with lying, lieing, laying too. :D

And I've played with both Garret and Val long enough in other stories to know that they are talented writers that can write a wonderful 10 paragraph post on near nothing to work with, so it is pushing me to try and keep up.  I don't wanna look like the illiterate troglodyte of the group.   :buck:

comparatively dry ;)

It's not just your desert I don't like Talia  :grin:. I technically live in one and I hate it so very, very much.

Garret, do you? Where do you live?

See, I'm half a desert expert now, so much I have read for Santharia (well, not half, a tiny little bit ;) ), and I always wanted to visit a desert, but it never was possible - lack of money (that solar eclipse in the Sahara would have been great) - not really the time to do it. My husband visited only two months ago the Atacama in Chile and brought back desert dust on his macbook! *sigh*

I have been crossing the Atacama as well, years ago - and it was raining the very day the train crossed it (from Antofagasta to Potosi) ! That occurs every 20 years or so for a short time.

Probably I would not be able to endure the climate - but I long to visit a desert since the time Artimidor said I should look into Shendar housing.

I hope the post is to yer lik'n.

I'm out in Southern Nevada, Las Vegas area, kinda near the middle of the Mojave Desert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert). Just as a side note: I hate the city as well. I'm not a fan of the desert bein' from Houston, Tx with a lot of rain and the humidity. Prefer the humidity over the dry heat.

The pictures are beautiful, Garret.

I think I would need some heat to cure my aching back and my permanent running nose... though a moist climate is surely something I would miss as well.

Damien, what an arrival at Strata!

Damien, I like the post.  :D  I hope that it forms the basis of a flawed character who needs to find himself once more.  It adds an interesting spin.  It will interesting to see how Altario reacts when he sees an old friend who has obviously hit bottom.

Edit:  I'm glad that you starting in Strata.  I hope that you do not get all cleaned up and sober by the time that Altario comes across you.  Better this way.

As much as I love the mountains, I can't stand the place. I prefer things a little more green.

Hey guys, just saying hi and it seems that I've missed out on a bit  :D

Lili, I was just gonna introduce you to Airyn because it seemed to make the post I was writing flow a little better but I can't wait to read what you and everyone else has posted.

How have you all been?

By the way, welcome to the story Damien!  :grin:

Wow, sensory overload, here.

@Talia, thanks.

@ Altario, does that mean that I stay in Strata until you cross my path or I find my way to TH and cross yours? And yeah, Damien is a lost tortured soul needing to find his way back. I thought it would be a nice twist to things.

@Airyn; "Tis my pleasure, M'lady" Damien replies, slipping his large hand under Airyn's and ever so gently brushing his lips against her knuckles. "Baron Damien Scar at yer service."

You won't have time (game time) to get to the TH.  It is after sunset now, and I plan on getting started toward Strata by morning, so that we are in the city by tomorrow night.  We will need to find accommodations there, so we can run into you by happenstance at that point.

Ok, is there an inn or something in Strata that we cross paths. Perhaps a map by the famous map maker Talia with a name of an inn would help.

We will meet at the "Water's Edge". I will surely incorporate it in the map, maybe at the southernmost point of the docks? Near the waterfront? With a nice view on Baveras' temple which is, say 200 peds away?

"Garret and Altario hug much more and Val might wonder if Garret should be wearing the ring!" :P

I'll try to get a post up tonight or tomorrow afternoon, good posts everyone. :heart:

Ah... so my little turtle dove is a raging jealousy queen??  :P

Well get a proposal and '0' hugs, show up dirty from the road with a letter and it is a tree-hugger fest. :lol:

Long as you two don't start kissing ..... we're all good. :)

the author would like to point out that Grallen's views on the relationships of other characters in no way reflect her own.  ;)
not a particularly brilliant post, but i didn't want to leave her just standing there like a lemon. :P

Fiddlesticks, Grallen! A splendid post! I'm beginning to be afraid of your fierce orc-lady.

I hope you don't mind I had Lili notice the yellow eyes. Wasn't quite sure where Grallen is sat in relation to Lili. I'll change it if you prefer.

Airyn: a lovely post, too! It's great how you played on Lili's uncouth manners - it gave me inspiration to write a little bit about that.

[EDIT: Ignore the brown bit in small print. It's only here for documentation of my foolishness.]
Just one thing: I think Talia will be disappointed if Airyn doesn't feel something rather more unpleasant as a result of sipping that drink. If I understood Lori-Lo's post right, that wine is meant to be diluted rather heavily, and in its current undiluted state would taste like a combination of toilet cleaner and wound disinfectant. Have a look at the link Lori-Lo provided at the bottom of Reply #13 in Chapter 1. But maybe you decided to play a delayed reaction? In which case, ignore me. If Lili gets the drink back, she'll certainly feel something unusual!

Exciting posts everyone, by the way! And welcome to Chapter 1 for Damien and Garret!

Wonderful posts all round! :D

I believe we have ourselves a wonderfully eclectic band of wanderers on which to lay the story on.

Lili, no, no, no, what do you think of poor Lori, you have not read far enough! Stopped by usages - toiletpaper, or what?

Lori thought, she would take the expensive wine and dilute it for normal guests. Airyn, you got served one of Santharias best liqueurs!


Ok, I'm now going to read all!


Edit:

Hoho, I love it all!  That makes so much fun to think out own posts if the previous were so good! Lili, your story was great! I wished your story could somehow be used for the dev-board...

Airyn, your reaction to the Shendar Love was alright!  And I'll drown you in Mil'no fire next time , Lili!  :evil:

Unfortunately I have to do some of my household chores first, *grummel*

Hey Altario, Damien may make a play for Val, without knowing that she is your fiance.  :grin:  Might make for a good bar fight.  See you all in the Waters Edge.

Only if you wanna get beat up by a girl  :P  She fights her own fights.  Alt is the emotional sensitive one.

Now that would be an interesting bar fight... :grin: Would make Damien even feel worse than he does now... :(

 :shocked: Oops, my mistake about the wine! I had read your entry, Talia, but drawn the wrong conclusions. I thought Lori-Lo had made an innocent mistake. Oh well, good for Airyn! I hope Lili still gets some of that stuff.  :rolleyes:

Now knowing what it is, you dare to drink it! ;)

Fantastic post from Lori! What a nice twist of fate (or should I say Destiny?) that a curious child links up the previously isolated characters. Oh, this is such a great story!

What a wonderful place for a little girl to grow up and explore.  Makes us all wish we could have grown up in a smoke filled tavern with a large group of drunken knife weilding quasi-criminals. :buck:

LOL, well, definitely better than the life she had before - and I doubt she wants to be in the place of that poor rich girl she was mistaken for.  She has somebody who loves her and all the interesting people come to her!

I think I know why Lori came to life ;)

Thanks Lili!

And please - tell me if I have some crude grammar errors in my posts, want to correct them  :evil:

Have no fears Damien, Valannia is probably one of the most peaceful warriors you'll ever encounter. Plus hints of future intrigue always sounds fun! :heart:

All of your posts have been fantastic Talia! I believe you are challenging the rest of us to keep up! :)

Lili and Talia, I had absolutely no idea what the drink was and was sorta hoping no one would notice  :P

But thankyou for letting me know, I'll edit a bit.

Wonderful posts everyone, this is really looking great!


Also: Lili, you might have to watch that drink. I think Airyn's taken a liking to it :grin:

Nice post Airyn.  Keeping this story going along strong.  It's good to see. :)

Thanks Alt, I think I'm starting to get the gist of how rp'ing works now that I'm finally doing it myself.

Just quickly, how much (playing) time do we have until morning?

Well, all you individuals have to throw your lot in with Altario, and he has to announce that hes going... so, we have a few posts each left.

Alrightie. Haha... got a few ideas coming now lol

I had to have a look (my night is over now) before I leave, no breakfast yet. But this time I don't have to catch a train.

Airyn, Lori should not be out of your sight, we are all sitting on the bar, and there is just one counter. I imagined Lili sitting on one end, the one where the good stuff from the kitchen passes, you next to her and Grallen maybe a seat or two away from you, so Lori should be in your view.

Do you think Lori would have dared to speak to Grallen with you both not there to intervene? ;)

Hurrying...

confused? how did Lori combine isolated characters?

Never mind, it is just because she goes and talks to them...I got it.

Hi Airyn -- I've put Lori and Grallen at your back. Can change this if need be, so don't feel bound by it.

Oh, and sorry that Lili's not very good at polite conversation, even though she'd love to be. ;) But Airyn can deal with her, I expect!

That was how I read it, Lili.  I hope it is correct, cuz I've written my next post, pretty much, just waiting to see if Val wanted to post first, and Altario has stepped between Airyn and Grallen.  But, I can always edit if it is wrong.

Hey guys.

Whoa lotsa posts.  :D

@Talia: Okiedokie, I'll get to that edit in a sec

@Lili: It should be fine, I don't think Airyn expected an overly polite conversation but I haven't got around to reading it yet :P Doesn't matter anyways, different types of language makes things interesting. :D

I suppose I should get to reading everyone's posts now....... I'm lazy lol

Hey Altario, is it daytime or nightime? Your posts say it is nightime, but the thread that has the day, time and hour says it is daytime; make up your mind will ya, LOL

No, 1st hour of Greyshade is right after sunset (between 6-7 in the evening) :D

That is not what I read before...did you change it on me when I was not looking?  :grin:

 :P  Nope, was that way even before Garret wrote the first post for Chapter One, having the sun setting

You mixing up the time with FD?  It's morning there. :D

Hey Alt, what is the Waters Edge supposed to look like? I am assuming like a waterfront bar with drunken sailors, whores and other types of sub-humanity in it.

Or is it a better class of establishment...both I and Rhia would like to know.

I think that would be a safe bet, though Talia is gonna put something together I think.  I'm sure it can't be as nice as the TH. It is, afterall, a waterside tavern for sailors, like you said.

HI, I'm back, but too tired to write anything! I will do it tomorrow!

Water's Edge: As Altario invented it, I don't know, how it looks like! I found a nice place for it though, but there it might not be a low level tavern. I didn't think, that Altario would take Val to such a tavern, nor would Airyn stay there over night, nor would Ana'Mirl  recommend it.

The place I found for it would even suggest a tavern on a higher level than the TH, but it is still outside Strata at an exposed place, so I would propose that it looks like a noble restaurant and accommodation place, but due to its exposed location a lot of fine clad criminals could meet there, if that is a help. (But foreigners don't know that ;))

Damien, if you need a different type of tavern, we could have one half a stral down the pier  - named "The Drunken Sailor"?

I've a crude sketch (map) of Strata, but need to bring that in a nicer shape to post it.

 

Good to have you back Talia  :)

Can't wait to see the map, It'll make things a bit easier.

Thanks heaps for doing that by the way  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm kind of forced somehow to decide how exactly Strata should look like. Have a sketch in my drawer for some years now, but was never content with it. (My precious town should look splendid, and it never did with my meagre means). Well, I have it on paper and need to convert it to a digital form, but I think I get it done today, at least roughly. :)

What about having a (secret, but every citizen of Strata knows it) high-prize establishment in the Water's Edge? So the "Beauty of the South" could not only be the town Strata itself, but a woman working there.

Would be a cool NPC to play ;)

Talia, thanks for the information about the inn. I was thinking also that Airyn would not work at a dive, so I was in a quandry as I first told her what I thought Waters Edge would look like and give the reigns to her to describe it, which by the way Airyn, was not fair of me...sorry.

So then I asked Altario what the place should look like and he kind of agreed with me, but I was not quite satisfied, so I was kind of waiting for what Airyn would come up with and play off of that.

I think you let a secret out Talia. I had no idea who or what the "Beauty of the South" was and now I know and so does everyone else.

However the idea of having Strata and a woman being both, is very intriguing and very imaginative.

BTW how long will the night last?

Well, Damien, that Strata is the "Beauty of the South" is common knowledge all over Santharia  (see entry, ):buck:, so I did not give away a secret... that other was just  a proposal and Ana'Mirl would reveal that anyway shortly to Altario..

Damien, I'm a bit at loss, where did Airyn describe the tavern, or did you mean Rhia?

Btw, welcome Rhia! :)

I have to look into something and may have a proposal  in a few minutes..

Not common in Remusia  :P

Hey guys.

@Damien: I do not recall you asking me about the water's edge, but I am sorry if you did and I missed it. I haven't posted in the actual story in a couple of days, so if you kinda hinted that you wanted its appearance there then I'm sorry  :)

@Talia: Though, if you do need a hand in deciding on the appearance of the town then just ask :)

EDIT: *smacks head* Sorry, Damien.... I just read your PM. As soon as we all agree on a particular appearance of the Waters Edge then I'll come up with something. Sorry bout that

:) Airyn - you are mod, please read the childboard! Edit: You have read it! Sorry-

If Garret agrees, then we will not meet in the Water's edge, that is reserved for something else, but in the Seashoal's Inn, another tavern in the middle of the harbour at the seaside,  not an exclusive one, but not a dirty one either. Ana'Mirl would not recommend something bad, would she?

That is the disadvantage of being mod - you know too much about the story, nearly no surprises. Maybe you should have played first for a while before applying for a mod position - is this your first roleplaying - experience?

@Damien, Rhia, just describe a normal tavern where "normal" people can meet and sleep, not unlikely the Herald. People may be a bit rougher there, but who of the group would go in a *misses the word*, apart from you, Damien? The search for his brother might force Alt in such low level taverns, but  otherwise? You could meet him in the street as well. You could run in Rhia in the street!

@Airyn: The Herald has no horses to sell and I doubt, that it fits to your char to steal one. You could have a ride on Ana'Mirl's cart in the morning. How did you come to the Herald ? By foot? That's very unlikely. You could easily assume, that you have already a horse/donkey/mule, even if it is not listed as familiar. This way you could  get rid of it as well at a later time.

To the appearance of the town - that is fixed!  (--> points at entry), but I'm not pleased with the look of the map, if the town walls should have this curvature or that ;)

@Airyn: it is already past sunset - if you ride to Strata now you will arrive in the middle of the night and then the doors are closed. Even if you manage to get in, what next? what are your motives to ride during the (dangerous) night?

Well, you could say it is my first actual roleplay experience, the others I was in weren't too exciting or active, but I wanted to be a mod for a bit of a challenge. I like the whole "coming up with ideas, plotting and scheming" kind of thing. Altario suggested that he was looking for a newbie mod so I thought hey, this could be fun.

I didn't think the Herald sold horses, and she came over on a boat. I think she could handle walking to the other tavern, unless staying at the TH is possible  :grin:

Oh, I didn't know, that the Herald could be reached by boat , must have been an addition while I was away .

Better not walk to the other tavern, if you want to participate in the story - in Strata. It would take you at least (!) two days. We could of course pick you up on our way back to the desert, but I don't think, this was your intention, right?

--> The Thirsty Herald is at least several hours riding away from Strata, I need to decide that finally when we will reopen it again.

Airyn, what would you say, if you share Ana'Mirl's cart tomorrow morning. You need a mount though for the desert later. I would propose an aka'pi, that is what Shendar children ride or any other person venturing the desert which has no horse. The only problem is, they are normally not sold in Strata, but rented out by the Shendar guides.

And believe me, they are better suited for the purpose of riding through the desert as those overbred horses! ;)

There is just the question, how will you come to the Yar'Dangs? Let us decide that later!

Another thing I wanted to mention - you don't have to write posts which take several pages! It is fairly common now because we have so many excellent writers aroound, but a shorter one can be as good, it should just not be a mere "Ay, sir!" If it happens , that two players are online at the same time, they could exchange somewhat shorter posts in a row as well, if the situation is right. Sometimes it is difficult to write long posts without violating the "don't act for your fellow player", so shorter ones might be necessary. It is just so, that you should describe your feelings, the surrounding if needed as well, not just your action.

Edit: Have a look at the last page of the Heart - not everybody can write as good as Capher, I have my difficulties. But there you can see, that short posts can be as effective. What else should Ta'las have written? Too long posts can be tiring for your fellow players as well.

Lol, I don't actually know if it can exactly, but I needed some way for a woman that jumps at every shadow to travel safely from Xaramon.  :grin:

I had no idea about the distance, I think I should read more about it now..... *clicks furiously at the Main Site button* ... but taking Ana'Mirl's cart would be great if that's alright with you  :)

We'll see what happens, and I have absolutely no idea how she will get there, but I'm thinking. This is a lot different to other rp's I've been in, so I'm just trying to understand everything bit by bit. I know that sounds so noobish  :D

Thanks for your help Talia. Really appreciate it  :)

Don't worry about your lack of knowledge, it will come with the time. I'm here now for several years, this is my area of interest and my baby, so I have to know more than you. ;)

You find an unfinished distances thread on the dev-forum, in the left menu.

here (http://www.santharia.com/dev/index.php/topic,12613.msg150662.html#msg150662)

Thankyou    :D

So, now that the Remusian Brandy has finally wore off and my head is clear.

I have a few things wrong. It is Rhia that I am too meet at the now SeaShoals inn, and not the Water's Edge, instead of Airyn, who I mistakenly have been pm ing with.

The Seashoals is not a waterfront dive, but just a bit above it, or as good or better than TH.

If that is correct than I can think of a post.

BTW is Rhia still around?

Hahahahaha.... ok, so a bit of a misunderstanding here. :D   Yes, Rhia will be starting in Strata with you, Damien, not Airyn. 

Thought something seemed a little out of place there  :D

Sorry Damien

Airyn, would you like to play an NPC in Strata?  We could use someone to keep Damien and Rhia busy until we get there.  Doesn't have to be anything big or fancy.  A waitress at the inn perhaps?

Twas not your fault Airyn, but mine.

Is Rhea around? My last post kind of lets her get into the story now.

Yup, I am still around! I am just now working on a post- thanks for the segue by the way, Damien!

Means you gotta sing for us now :)

Poor you guys- Rhia's voice may be nice, but I am seriously starting to doubt my poem/song-writing abilites!

By the way, is Damien in the Seashoals Inn or a Baveras' Shrine?


EDIT: Wait, never mind, I remember...

I thought he was in the Seashoals Inn, though, he writes the girl like a servent of the temple...  :undecided:

I think I've got it worked out. :P Hopefully.

Anyway, you won't have to hear one of Rhia's specific songs just yet. My little sister might claim the computer any moment now, so I'm a little bit pressed for time... I'll put in a few details about how Rhia came to Strata in my next post.

OK, Welcome Rhia :)

My only issue, is that it is not midday... its after sundown... I have a Day, Time and Weather thread in the board area so that you know the specifics of each day

Welcome Rhia! I like your posts, your sideremarks are always very enjoyable! :)

Damien has to be in an inn, for there is not such a thing like a Baveras shrine where you can sleep in, which has rooms where somebody can be healed.. all temples are not cared for, not in the sense, that they are continuously looked after by the priests of Baveras. There is not such a thing as a congregation either, or several priests in one place. Though the younger Baveras' Aids are adddressed as "sister", there is always only one, maybe two or three, who learn by accompanying one fully learned "Baveras's Will". And they surely don't only drink water... they don't want to be different to common people, they either travel or live in the community as any other citizens do. They are not allowed to marry, but they can have a partner...

No need to change anything, Damien, it doesn't matter, just keep it in mind next time you meet somebody related to Baveras ;) Or read my entry  :buck:

Edit: We can solve the problem easily, if we assume, that one Baveras' Aid with her two apprentices has just rented a room in the inn for a couple of days.

Sure Alt, I'll do an NPC for you if ya want  :)

Any particular type of person you had in mind?

Waitress sounds awesome  :D

Waitress, or ask Rhia if you can usurp her bartender and continue to run him for our stay in Strata.  Since she has created a character that works there already, it saves introducing another name.  But, I leave it up to you. :D

As usual, if you don't do the research, do not post...I just assumed and we all know what assuming does to you, don't we.

I will be more careful and I think with a few editing of my last few posts I can fix the problem.

Sorry Rhia but with my editing, you will now have to edit your last post a little.

Sorry about the time mix-up, everyone! :nerd: I'll get that fixed and modify my post according to Damien's changes.

Bye the way, Airyn, if you want a completely different character than Pagran, I can just rewrite his bits in my post later.

I think I'll go with Rhia's bartender - if that's okay with you Rhia - but do I make a new account for him? Or just say who I am playing at the beginning of my post?

Thanks guys  :)

No, by making a new ccoount, you turn him from an NPC into a player... Just post with your account.... many mods will put the NPCs name across the top of the post,  For example:


Pagran: Seashoal's Bartender

Pagran watched the crowd with interest, as his hands nimbly worked a cloth into the inside of a dirty flagon, cleaning it in one swirl......



Then write the post as you would do normally. :D

Is Pagran the innkeeper, or the bartender? Or is there a difference? :huh:

if it's a small inn, probably not. great posts everyone! sorry i've not been around much lately, the past few weeks have been kind of weird, mostly in a good way. :grin:

Ah sorry Rhia, innkeeper and bartender mixed up  :D

Ah, Altario I knew you had a big appetite, but to take food away from the lady you claim to love??  Shame on you!!  :azn:

*whispers*  She needs to lose a pound or two anyway... just been sitting around the Herald for months eating bon bons... though, I haven't the heart to tell her....

 :rolling:

I hope I did not classy the joint too much. and I doubt there would be a fireplace in the desert, would there?

@Rhia, I hope you do not mind me dressing you? In your post and in your CD you do not mention the colors of your dresses, so I just chose one for my post. If you prefer a different color than tell me and I will edit my post.

Damien!  :rolling:

Damien: Desert nights can get pretty cold, so quite likely there's a fireplace :)

Of course there are fireplaces... we don't eat all our meat raw ;)

@Damien: It's fine, thanks for doing that for me! First entering the inn, Rhia probably would have been clothed in a brown serge traveling dress, but she would have changed into that nicer blue dress you described to perform in (and I'll add that to my post). But (*nitpick!*) I'm gonna describe her as standing on the raised floor section, rather than sitting. Somehow, more proper? ;)

Ok, Rhia...more proper.

Hey! This is just to confirm that I'm back, and enjoyed reading up on Destiny's progress. I think I need Airyn's post-in-preparation to be up before Lili can rejoin the story. So I'll wait for Airyn before posting.  :D

WB Lili. :D

I shall respond to you shortly, Ana. :D

Oh, Grallen, BTW, that smelly man that is to Altario's right... it's you :P

I hope my post gives you something to work with, Altario and Ana. Sorry if Airyn was a little rude, Lili, she has a short attention span sometimes. :D

Okay, see you later guys. You can puppet me from there.

No worries, Airyn! Nice post.  :) Good luck for your exams and all, and I look forward to your return.

Ditto. :D

same here! good luck Airyn!
@ Altario - aww, so sweet. :angry:

I know there would be fire pits to cook food, I just did not think there would be fireplaces in the common room. However after looking up deserts and seeing how cold some of them get after the sun goes down then I can see the need for a fireplace.

Good luck on your exams Airyn.

@Rhia, I hope you do not mind that little puppet I did of your character.

That was good, it fit right in, Damien! :)

Blast, that was a great post Rhia. I wish I could write like that. To be able to write like you did for Pagran, with all of the correct way to put the apostrophe's, and other punctuations marks in someone's speech to make their character come alive.

I really need to work on that.

Or you could do like I do  Send Rhia a check in the mail, and have her go through your posts and change them so they look good.  I do the same with Twen.

For example, here is my post for Altario in the Herald before Twen looked at it.

"Alatreo walked into the in.  He saw Val.  Wanna get hitched.  ?  he asced her.  When she sed yes, they climmed on his hoars and rided away onto the sunset.  Thee end."

As you can see, Twen tweaked it to where it was now two or three posts in length with much better spelling and grammer.  Just an option.  It's what I do.  :D

:rolling: 'Wanna get hitched?' Strong silent type alright... :lol:
Great advice, Altario... Thanks, Damien :heart:

Altario, I don't know, if you have heard Airyn or not - tell me, if I shall answer her question about the donkey or if you want to react to her.

I Will write a post today, though a bit later.  Working on a Dev side thing I'll be posting soon... which I hope you will look at  :D

But, I will respond both to Ana and to Airyn in the post.  I have it in my head, but my patch cord is broken, so I cannot download it directly  :buck:  and I will need to type it like everyone else does.

What would I give forsuch a thing, or for the possibility toletpeople lookin my head when I think it would be good...

I'll have a look at the dev-board.

Hi there,

my turn to post, I think. I'm too tired to post tonight, but will do my best to post tomorrow. I suppose I have to find a reason for Lili to join the party. Can I puppet Airyn a bit, or should I leave that to the moderators? I'm thinking that Lili would attach herself to Airyn, you see, as she is curious about the elfess. That would be Lili's rationale for going back to Strata, rather than north as she had planned.

Airyn gave permission for minor puppeting, so should be no trouble.  Provided of course, you don't have her start a barroom brawl with Altario for insulting her pet.  :D

Lili, I think I got a better idea - you will have enough chance to get attached to Airyn. You have no horse either, right? So you can join her on Ana'Mirl's cart.  Ana'Mirl will recommend a tavern to you, so you are in the same place over night anyway and might get to know each other.

I propose for now, that Lori persuades you to go back to Strata - she just promises you to show you around, lead you to all the nice shops and other interesting places, and then...  :fish:
would fit greatly!

 :D :rolling: :D

BUT, that was of course just a proposal!  :grin:

Now, there, I just realised, that Ana'Mirl rarely would recommend that tavern with Pagran in it. Maybe he is fairly new and she doesn't know him, the tavern has deteriorated lately...

Sorry Talia about the tavern, was it my post? Is that my fault?

It could be that the owner of the Seashoals does not know anything about what is going on. The owner could be out of the city, on a trip or something and after hiring Pagran left it up to him to run it until he or she came back.

Of course even good inns have bouncers that take care of trouble makers.

I hope you guys get here as quickly as possible...Y'riss and Rhia, may start fighting over me... :evil:

We got a horse, Kassandra and I, but we're delighted to travel with Lori nonetheless!

I wonder how Grallen can be convinced to go back to Strata ... I'm sorry, Grallen, I was looking for a way of involving you, but there have always been so many people around Lili that I never seemed to have got the chance. Maybe I'm worrying unnecessarily, but it seems that Grallen has got rather less interaction than everyone else so far, and may feel a bit left out? None of my business, maybe, and suits the character, perhaps ... Just muttering ...

@Damien, no worries, as I said, Ana'Mirl might not know, that it is a bit rougher now in this tavern, or she heard a recommendation and didn't know it herself.
.... but, just in case I got your hint right  ... Baveras's Aids are allowed to lie with men, they should not marry , but there is no need to be celibate.

@Lili - looked for your horse, but didn't find it (have to look better next time). If Lori can ride with you, that would be fine, but she could have her own mare (Ana'Mirl's) as well. Let's see. She just has to have the chance to eavesdrop on Altario and Garret....

@Grallen: Lori will try to see this frog - before she goes to bed!

Edit: I forgot to say how I enjoyed the two last posts. Damien, you caught that feeling well, the warm air from the sea and the wind playing wiht the clothes. And Lili, "Fetching bloke" for Altario and some of the next sentences - that made me grin widely! :)

thanks for your concern, lili and Talia, i'd been wondering about that. my only thought was maybe Grallen's a bit bladdered, wanders outside and falls asleep nicely concealed in/under the cart? by the time she wakes up there's no chance to turn back? just a thought, and obviously if it doesnt fit or anyone can think of a better idea i'm open to suggestions. :)
Earnest, however, is completely sober, quite hungry and keen to meet Lori. :P

That would be a good idea. There could be some big blankets on the cart to protect the goods from Strata, you could hide there.

Let's see, if Lori can meet that frog before we leave, right now she is very tired ;). But anyway, she will defend you and your frog, should you be discovered...

thanks Talia, i'll move towards that next post. :thumbup:
can't vouch for Grallen being particularly grateful for any protection, though.  ;)

Thanks Talia for the nice comment and the information about the sisters.

Grallen, let's see, how the relationship of Lori and grallen develops, Lori has a strange taste concerning her friends. Unwillingness from the other side does not hinder her to try , if the counterpart is interesting.

*Makes sure no one is looking and sneaks online*

Hey guys, quickly sneaking on *evil grin*

The words in my notes kept fuzzing together... very odd. Well, one exam down, one tomorrow, and the other four next term. Yippee.   :P

How is everyone? AWESOME posts, I couldn't stop myself from giggling.

Alt, my dog may be small and useless and will do nothing to protect me but...... oh, you're right. You win.

Rhia, I found that I missed your birthday. Hope you had a fantastic day and got LOTS of presents  :D

I'll be back to post in a few days, probably on the weekend. This actually took less time than I thought it would. Oh well, I guess that's a good thing  :)

Okay, see you later everyone.

Rhia, waiting on a post from you, in case you did not know.

Beautiful song, Lori! And great response from Grallen. I can see how things may be sliding downhill from here, especially things such as states of mind!

EDIT: Oh, and glad to hear that you're preparing your return, Airyn! Good luck for those remaining exams.

From me as well, Airyn!

And thanks, Lili :)

So, I removed myself and went to bed - but please take me to Strata with you, don't leave me behind!

@Damien: I apologize, Damien. How rude of me! I have a post almost finished, I'll finish it immediately and put it up as soon as I can.

can't really vouch for the coherence of this post, as it was completed whilst i was nearly as tired as Grallen, if less drunk, and interrupted by a powercut.
good luck in your exams, Airyn!

@Rhia, nice post, however Damien is not on a litter. The men are carrying him. I extremely like the way you describe things and your thoughts on matters. I chuckled at the sentence where you described the two groups of characters and then yours all following each other...as well as your manner of speech for the bartenders.

And no need to apologize, I was just giving you a heads up in case you were busy with other things and did not notice that's all.

Now for me to try and come up, at close, to as good as a post as yours was... :azn:

@ Grallen, I loved your post. I laughed so hard, tears came to my eyes. I wonder if you wrote from experience... :D

OK, Damien, I have changed the post accordingly. :)

I put Lili to bed. I hope that's in the spirit of proceedings!

Lili, you have outdone yourself! possibly my favourite post anywhere! well done and thank you for cheering me up! :thumbup:

Everyone join me in doing the happy dance!

One: I don't have to study any more for another two weeks, and then I'm off again.

Two: Lili, your post had me laughing so hard I nearly fell off my chair.

Three: Well, this isn't so much of a thing to dance about but my brother decided to join.

I love how this story is coming together, and it's finally good to see how everyone's been involved in the writing. ... Hey... Where's Val?

Damien and Rhia, I loved your posts. It's good to see the two different points of views of the same situation. I think I just like the way you two write :D

Sorry, kind of hypo tonight. Mum and Dad brought home one of those Wii things so we've all spent the entire day playing it ^^

Don't get lost to this wii-thing, Airyn!

Lili, I would have expected not Shabakuk coming to the Herald, but an introductionary post of the new stableboy-poet! Now I'm waiting for a story of Shaba for the compendium....

And I'm waiting for the moment when grallen wakes up, and to meet the others as well.

I'm really thinking hard, if I not should do these Shendar guides, just to be able to stay as a player in the story ;)

(But I'm too afraid to not get them past our CD-mods...)

Edit, I knew I missed somethign:

Airyn, is he already here? :)

@Rhea, if my post offends you or takes liberties with your name, then I shall gladly edit it. When ideas pop into my head, I sometimes just write them down, not thinking that it would not be the best to do so.  I was thinking of some mystery between us and why when we all finally leave Strata that you should come along.

Of course Alt, and the other mods had already figured that out and I overstepped my authority.


@Airyn, yes, do not get caught up in playing that Wii thing. We would lose you and that would be a tragedy.

Your brother joining? Should be interesting to find out if writing talent runs in the family... :grin:

damien, something that's been bugging me (in a good way i think) for a while - Salome? for a preistess? is there a reason for that? :grin:

I apologize for being unexpectedly gone for a week.  (I know, I Know... you're thinking You were gone? :P)

But, I'm back now.  I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of activity here by you guys.  Great job. :thumbup:

Hey, Damien, would that mean that Rhia is famous or semi-famous? Because she's only been out in the world for about a year, I don't think her name would have spread in that amount of time. :P (I could be wrong... I was never a minstrel in her century! ;)). But I have no issues with how you use her name in this particular story aside from that. Um... Your thoughts? Or anyone else's for that matter?

Welcome back, Alt! :)

Well, you're name is Rhia. I was just playing on the nomclemnature, "Songbird of the Sea", which would be like the "Sirens" that would lure ships to rocks and cause them to crash into them and sink, as well as drive men mad.

What I was thinking is what Salome will tell you.

@Grallen, no reason really. I just picked her name out of the air as I was thinking of deserts and harems and Salome, with the dance of the seven veils just popped into my head... :grin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome) :evil:

Oh, so that is where Salome comes from? I should have known, probably did, but forgot. My mind is a sieve these days.

Did I hear talk of stable boys?  :D Sorry for gatecrashing with a hobbit! I am a reincarnation of Lili.

I just wanted to say that I enjoyed following proceedings in Strata.
Also, I wanted to show off my fine new portrait. It's a real Grallen!

Airyn, I think I spotted your brother. Lucian, no?

And thanks for the appreciation a while back; glad you liked old Shabakuk's cameo!

@Damien: Okees! Fine with me. :) (Jeez, all I seem to be doing is criticizing you, huh... :blush:) I will get a post going as soon as I can.

Ok, kids, I think it is time we closed up the place for tonigt so Ana and Lori can get some sleep before tomorrow.  I'll give everyone a chance to post once more before I move the clock forward to the next morning.  When I do, I'll post first, so you know what where and when we are.

Thank you all for the great posts and help in making this a success so far. :D

Pitti, you probably did. He's been more active than me lately.

I'll try to get a post out for you soon, Altario  :)

@Rhia, you are not criticizing me, you are just keeping me on my toes and I should explain myself better when I post. It is a fault of mine, sorry.

No fault! I'm just being dense old me... :P

Damien, do you mind if if kind of embellish a little bit sometimes, describing those NPCs of yours? Because they're not, well, Damien himself, fully described in a CD by you?

No I do not mind. NPC's as far as I am concerned as long as they stay in character can be used by anyone...so go ahead and describe them if you wish.

Hurray, welcome to the story, Tharoc!  :D

Lili will sleep 'til the morning, so don't wait for me to post before you let the taenish cock crow.

Fanks, Lili. 'Eres 'opin we c'n 'elp Alt wiv 'is quest, eh?

Welcome to the group Thar.

Garret is now offically out for the night as well.

Just need Grallen to find a spot under a ouple of horse blankets in the back of Ana's wagon and we are ready to go.  I have been contacted, via third party, that Val intends to keep playing, she is just unavailable for a bit, so she will be puppeted out for now.

Isn't Grallen already where you want her? (Reply #49)  (sorry, got the number wrong in Fu's shout)

Uhm... yup... thanks for pointing out my incompetance, Lili  :P

Ok, so I'll post shortly the next morning.  I'll start a new thread in case that Ana or Lori have one last post each they want to make.

Damien and Rhia, you can have a little more leaway allowed in your first night, as you aren't right with us.  But, when we hit Strata tomorrow night, we'll all have to be in sync time-wise.  Tharoc will be joining you as well, either this night, or in the morning.

Alrighty... Damien, do you want to have Salome tell Rhi the story, or is it okay if I just write Rhia into bed at the inn?

A very enjoyable post, Tharoc! Great entrance!

Why thank you, Lili. It wasn't as good as I had hoped, but no doubt that will improve as the tale progresses.

It's strange how styles between people are so different.  My starting posts are usually my best, and then later, while reacting to other people, my level of posting deteriorates.  And other people find it easier after they get that first post out of the way.

It remains to be seen in which direction I fall, Alt.

Welcome, Tharoc. Nice post  :)

Also depends on what time of the night you write your post    ;)

Tharoc, what a surprise!  Welcome! Looking forward to more great posts like this one!

Thank you all for your kind words and welcomes. I only hope I can match the quality of all your writings during the forthcoming events!

And that I don't annoy you............too much. :evil:

Rhia very nice post...sorry for not responding right away to your question. I have not been feeling well and was resting. Most here know of me, but just in case you do not, I have MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and sometimes I just need rest. I hope you understand?

Welcome Tharoc, and very good post. Damien looks forward to our first fight... :evil:

I think you mean your last fight, Damien!

New thread, new day. 

Those finishing up the previous night keep using the old thread.  To the three people in Strata, Damien, Rhia and Tharoc, I'm not going to spend a lot of time on the road, so don't get too involved in anything during this day.  Perhaps we can all meet tomorrow, but we shall be arriving in strata after dark this evening.  By next morning, I want us all in sync, time-wise.

Dear moderators,

as I announced in the 'What a pity' thread, I'll be gone for almost two weeks after Monday. I can only manage one post before that. I thought I'd have Lili get up and join the treck, so that you can puppet her along to Strata until I'm back? Or would you have another idea?

Inquiringly, Lili

Thanks for the heads up.  Yes, that sounds like a good plan.  You can be puppeted while we travel.  I've nothing big planned anyway, just a sort of get to know one another period.

Thanks, Alt. It's a shame I'll be missing out on the journey, but it can't be helped!  :cry:

@Damien: No need to apologize, I don't mind time inbetween posts. (I did the same to you a few times, didn't I? ;)) Hope you're feeling better!

nice post Lili! seeya soon. i'm gonna wait to post for a while - Grallen won't wake up until there's no chance to turn back.

Cruddy, but passable for bein' the monday mornin' after spring break.

Though it was weird writin' a post on the schools computers as it tells me all sorts of words are wrong when I know they are right ... Was confusin' me, which is fairly easy to do, especially at this time...

What do you mean by last fight? Tharoc? I would have you to know that you are an orc, and just a researcher, while I am a veteran of several wars, carries a Sengren, and if you do not know what that is I suggest you look it up, and I am taller than you...though I am also very wounded, have some sort of problem with my chest and breathing and a drunk...so I guess the odds are against me... :grin:

Fantastic post Altario. The way you described everything you did in the morning was excellent...made me feel like I was there...

Lili, great post...I really liked the way Kassandra woke Lili up, and her thoughts while doing so. Such imagination!  If Destiny writers do not win any awards thiis year I will very well boycott the ceremony!

Garret, what can I say? You have a way with putting yourself in your character and making it believable...great work.

LOL, Damien, in your present condition you are not a big match ;)

And Tharoc is an orc after all.... maybe you are surprised by his way of reacting a bit slowly when you are expecting some quick responses ;)

Well, it is enjoyable to read all these new posts. I try to do some posts tomorrow. This week will be very busy for me though, holidays , all my children at home, my husband as well, so... and next week comes my little Carlos, but I'll find some time, be assured! :)

Hey guys, how are we all?

Nice posts to everyone by the way.

Hmm, Airyn, no good idea to ban Ana'Mirl out of the kitchen. Actually I wanted to answer Altario, in the tavern room. The kitchen would have been ok as well, where I could have heard him and come out to talk to him. You don't actually know where I am, so you should not write that I'm not here either, but formulate your sentence accordingly, leaving the options for me open. I will see, what I can do, but could you please remove that part, where you look into the kitchen?
Thanks :)

Oh, sorry Talia I'll get to that right away for ya  :)

Wasn't really thinking  :buck:

Hehe.. and here I thought the dream schtick was mine... now everyone is dreaming :P

It seemed like a good idea to run with   :grin:

No problem, unfortunately I can't write somethign right now, housework is growing over my head, the weather is fine and the garden untended - and everybody at home ;)

I'm sorry I didn't post yet, but I had, along with the all-the-family-is-at-home-stress a bad headache now for three days, coming and going and a visit to the doctor didn't help much. Right now I feel a bit better, but have to hurry downstairs again. I hope I get some rest and a clear head tonight to post at least a little short post.

Get some rest Talia. :D

We shall wait on you a little longer.  Just post enough that I can get Altario leading them into the desert.  Then conversation on the road need only be done by those with time to do so.  Once Grallen is discovered, we can wrap it up and arrive in Strata.

Is it ok for me to post a little 'extra', just to amuse myself and Thar?

Of course.  Keep amused until we get both groups together. :D

Altario, just move me on and Lori as well.

Outside Ana'Mirl will wait with the cart, an old mare in front of her cart, but it is still at good health and arduous (?). Lori sits next to her. Later though Lori will want to ride with Lili on Fiddle stick and maybe she ask you as well - that could be the possibility where she overhears what you talk to Garret about your brother.

But maybe I can post some lines, this night I'm back on my comp again, my daughter leaves today ;).

Unfortunately, I didn't see your 'ok' until this morning Alt. I'm busy with mt friend's wedding today, so I'll add Thar's current doings tomorrow.

Rhia, just need a post to put us all to sleep from you. I believe Alt and the others will be in Strata very soon and then we have to be in the same time zone.

Okayyy, well I changed my post cause I kinda felt bad for stealing Alt's idea *apologetic face* but where should I put Pagran's post? Part one or two?

Rhia, if my post offended you or anyone else for that matter than I apologize and will gladly edit it.

what's to be offended by? it made me snigger like the immature schoolchild i am Damien, i liked it.
btw, Airyn, your dream sequence was good - and a really nice insight into your character's history. i doubt Altario minded that much. ;)
it looks like most people have moved into the second section, so i'd guess part two, correct me if i'm wrong.

I agree. Although I often forget that many of the players are actually minors, I see nothing in there that they wouldn't be aware of already.

No, I did not mind at all, Airyn.  I was teasing.  Please don't change things on my account.  If I gave the impression I was upset, then I apologise.

Alt, you have absolutely nothing to apologise for, I'd written two posts anyways. It had to be one or the other  :D

Damien, your post was great!

Thank you Grallen, Tharoc and Airyn for your nice and informative comments. I just hope Rhia agrees as well.

So how much time do we have before the rest of the gang end up in Strata?

I am so sorry! I have been super busy this week and haven't been able to get on very much at all. I'll try to get a post in tonight, maybe at around 7 or 8 my time. I am a *really* bad time-manager.

Damien, no offense taken whatsoever! Your post really made me grin; Tharoc is right (although I *would* draw the line, for me, at writing about sleeping together. None of that happening, sorry, unless Rhia gets married to one of the men... Sorry if that disappoints, you, Damien! I just wouldn't feel comfortable doing that, plus sleeping unwed is against my morals and religion.) In fact, thanks for your concern, it heightens you in my regard. :)

Well, that and this isn't a primetime soap  :P (Alt and Val not-with-standing)

Np Rhia there...I will pm you with an idea I have.

Hey Alt, did you think you and Val can have all the fun?  ;)

Well, seeing as Val has gone MIA, Alt is having all the fun by himself... er.. that never came out right... :buck:

Hello everyone,

this is just to say that I'm back and have brought myself up to date with Destiny! I think maybe I'll let Garret and Airyn step outside of the inn and start their journey before posting myself?

Glad you are back! I hope I can post today, I', terribly busy and distracted.

Wb Lili. Talia good to see you on the boards as well...do you ever slow down? ;)

Ok.  A brief respite so we can introduce Grallen into the mix. :D

(Respite.. heh.. that's Val's influence :buck:)

All right, folks. We can't just let Altario describe the whole journey on his own! I'll do my best to post by the end of the week. I wouldn't mind at all if I wasn't the first to join our favourite Remusian in the desert, though!

I'm up, I'm up already...^=^

Ah, good afternoon, sleepyhead.  :azn:

Now I spent the time I wanted to use for writing with reading ;)

But, as Lili said, we don't want to let Altario write the whole story alone, so I hope I will get something up soon..


...  I don't want to annoy you ;) (no, I believe me!), but may I remind you again nevertheless, that there are no temples any Baveras's Aid could go back to? At least not to rest or sleep or eat etc, just for worship... they do live 'solitary' most of the time, sometimes they have an apprentice, very rarely two! Salome would have the same chances getting to know nice people as any other girl of her age. Just that she may not stay too long (more than a few weeks) at the same place. Older Baveras's aids, not able to travel any more far or too tired to do so,  settle in a village. Apprentices only are addressed as "Sister" by people, but they would not call each other like this.

Thanks for the information Talia. Since I am sure you are directing it toward me since I seem to take liberties of the Baveras Aid's. Who said they were going to stay there? I just mentioned that they had to go to the temple. As far as Salome calling Rhia one of her dearest sisters, it was meant as an endearment.

If you want me to edit my post I will, but does it really matter since the three will no longer be in the story anymore?

@Rhia, I really admire the way you tunred my post into something I can appreciate as a writer. I cannot believe you are 14 or 15 yrs of age. You write like you were born to, and I think you were.

There are special ones that come along that can write like you and I admire them all and a lot of them are right here in Caelereth, too many to mention in fact, even if I could remember them all.

No, no, no need to edit! :D

Hee, hee, Grallen, wanna play tug-of-war? Feel free to decide how much, if any, of the canvas Lili manages to pull off.

Sadly, I won't be able to post again until after the weekend, cause my parents will come over from Germany for a visit. I may be able to sneak in once or twice to read up on proceedings, but I am inclined to predict that I may be too busy showing my exalted guests around London.

Anyway, I'll be looking forward to coming events!

Lili, I chuckled at your post. I too want to see what Grallen is going to do?

@Talia, ty. I hope your mother is doing better.

I'll post soon, most likely tonight. Sorry, just been gettin' more and more busy.

Thanks for asking, Damien. Yes, she is better, she got on Monday her second balloon kyphoplasty and this time it worked obviously better than last time. She came home today and is better, not painfree though (still needs quite heavy drugs, but at least no opium based anymore), but back at the state where she was before the last vertebra broke.

Now, this is my third attempt to write something, maybe I'm getting it finished now ;) Ana'Mirl is about to answer Alt's question.

Sorry for by short and not very elaborated posts, but I'm a bit short on time these days.

Was fine :)  Elaborate is not always needed, as long as it propels the story.  Good posts all.  Good to see the activity is still strong.

Airyn I am going to take Talia's place for a moment. (not being nit picky or anything, but you and the others have stopped, watering horses and mules, and Grallen has been discovered. Your post is good, just a bit behind in time that's all)

Ok, that was Talia. Now this is me. I liked your post, but as Talia and I am sure others will have eventually pointed out; your just a bit behind in time.  :buck:

Hu, my place? What's that? Has my pointing out some errors about Baveras' Aids been so bad? I just wanted to point out things, which might be in my head only for further post.

You can well speak for yourself only, Damien.

Airyn, sorry, I forgot, that you are travelling on my cart! Just add some more to your post to catch up with us, and please puppet my answers. It is no problem, if you have something in your posts about me/from me I have not. I will change mine to include you sitting on the other side of me.

Airyn, I added you, saying we had a pleasant talk! (with Ana) and that your dog refused to come to Lori.

Now Talia I did it in jest. I did not mean to hurt your feelings and if I did I apologize. You could be jesting with me as far as I know and I would not even know it.

I will keep my thoughts to myself from now on. :undecided:

Sorry, I was tired last night. Wasn't paying as much attention as I should have. Edit comin' right up :)

Aw, Damien don''t keep your thoughts to yourself. It's good to hear everyone's opinions.

Yes it is good to hear everyone's opinions Airyn however I think it best that I choose my words a bit more carefully or else I put foot in mouth and get hit by fish. :fish:  :grin:

And here I thought I would have to apologize to Rhia again for not posting because Satuday was the first nice day we had here all year and it was fishing season opener. I caught several nice fish which I threw back, I am a catch and release guy,

Anyother fishermen/women out there?

i like fish, but only when alive and happy. we have two, called Steve and Tracey, and they're almost as mad as me. :D
i'm gonna wait to post until Lli's reacted.

I prefer to visit fish, myself. I learned to scuba dive a little less than three years ago, and have been fascinated by underwater life since. I'm still hoping to meet a dolphin underwater one day.

I'm writing a reply to Grallen now, by the way. I was going to wait for others' reactions, but as none have come, I hope it's all right to play out the scene a bit more...

Thanks Lili, but don't feel you have to rush.
i'd be wary of dolphins: never trust an animal that grins all the time, it's probably planning something.

Naah, I'm enjoying the writing! It's a welcome break from a long day of, erm, trying and failing to write a presentation I need to give this week. It's because I was shortlisted for that job I talked about a while ago: Thursday I have to give them a talk and convince them that I'm their ... their man, I suppose.

I made a slight assumption about the positions of Altario and Garret, there. I hope that's okay - I'll change it on request, of course.

Wasn't a huge assumption, so I'm good with it. :)  Great posts folks.

Thanks, Alt.

I made a small edit to yesterday's post: Lili takes a swig from her bottle before tossing it to Grallen (hoping to avoid a rather obvious misinterpretation of her offer).

Airyn, help me, what effect does your cooling spell have tous, to Ana next to you. Does she notice a cold air or somethign like this?

@Damien: No apology necessary whatsoever! Besides, you have good excuse.

Fionn, er, Seth, er Grallen- Grafieth, you always make me laugh. I love reading your posts! This is not the first time I have burst out laughing... :lol:

Damien, I'll try to have a post for you soon! I apologize for my extreme lateness... :wakeup:

Oh, I remember what I was thinking! About what time are you guys on the road to Strata going to arrive, so that Damien and I can kind of choreograph this?

I was trying to play it safe with using magic, but if that's allowed then absolutely  :D

I think by the time Altario and company arrive in Strata I shall be more blottoed than Grallen was the previous night.

Grallen, I agree with Rhia.  :lol:

In game terms.. after sundown.. unless Talia corrects me on this  ;)

In RL, I do not plan on staying on the road too long.. just wanted to get Grallen involved and part of the group.. once we are done with that.. we will move forward to the city gates.

I hope Tharoc gets out of jail before everyone gets to Strata, or are we going to break him out.

You know you are tired when you have to respell someone's name three times.  ;)

Arrival in Strata: Before sundrown, I would suggest, for then the gates close and we will have trouble to get grallen in... maybe even an hour before the sun sets, so that we do have a bit of light when we arrive at the inn, but that is up to you!

If I have the time to post soon, I'll will move the party on if you are ok. After all, grallen sits on my cart..

I', glad I'm here  - our DSL connection broke down, the hardware was ten years old, so it was no surprise. Thanks to my son who stays with us his last week we have a new, better Fritz Box now, even with WLAN :)  But I tell you, you get withdrawal symptoms alone of the thought that you might not be able to use the internet, even when you don't have the time to use it...

I've tried to leave your options open with Tharoc. I initially aimed at Garret having to 'bail' me out, but now he could also be kicked out just to save the sanity of the guards, or you could bust him out. I'll leave it up to you guys!

Now, where was I........Oh yes.....

"Ah gots ter get outta vis place, if'n it's the las' fing ah ever does."
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG

 :rolling:

You can still have Garret bail you out, Tharoc.  Garret and I have discussed it somewhat and have an idea for that.

I'll be postin' soon hopefully. Nothin' today unfortunatly, as I've got tons to do and playin' softball later tonight, so by the time I've got the time to sit on my computer, it will be time to sleep. However, somewhere between three essays and helpin' two friends with their three essays this weekend, I should be able to pull somethin' together. Sorry for the delay. If need to, go ahead and puppet Garret thought this little stop in the movement, as I'm not completely sure I'll manage a post.

Took the liberty of a minor puppet Ana.   :D  Hope that is ok.  Unless you have a plan for the watering hole, I'd rather play out Grallen's part here and go to the city gates afterwward.  If you have an idea for the watering hole, let me know and we can still stop there for a few posts.

No problem with a little puppeting, there is nearly none, for I could just ignore you.  ;) I might even do that. I have no plans with the waterhole, just that I thought it could be a good place for Lori to eavesdrop on you and Garret talking about Denkymar (did I got his name right?). For otherwise , it might get difficult, even if Lori is allowed to ride on fiddlestick, we won't get near enough.

I'll think I'll push us on, and your intervention is great, for then we can be a bit across with each other, you have a reason to go to the other side of the well, under another tree and speak with Garret in private. I will rapidly allow some more bushes to grow, so that Lori can crawl behind you and listening to your talk. Just announce, that you need to talk in private, so that Lori has a reason to go after you. 

And I'll try to get the Strata map ready, it is nearly finished.


If you want to go on, I'll post a little description of the 'shady place':

The resting place:

A waterhole, about ten peds across, shallow, more an area where water emerges from the soil, a waterhole for the desert fauna mainly. Nevertheless a famous place , for four trees growing close to it provide shade for the travellers from Strata to the Herald: Three Bombax Palmtrees are growing on one side, accompanied by a small, but dense forest of Miln'no Plants, though directly underneath, some free space is cleared for travellers to rest. On the other side is a huge, old Dari'ii tree (acacia), which gives far more shade than the three palms together. However, beware of the fauna living in such a tree!

You and Garret --> Palm trees (a good place for Lori to crouch towards you)
Rest of the group --> Dari'i tree

OOooh!  :shocked: Just read Anna and Alt's latest posts. Consider yourself told, Alt!

I'll hold your coats if you want to fight it out.  :lol:

Hehe, this should be an interesting trip   :P

Oh I agree Airyn. Interesting is an understatement.  ;)


Rhia perhaps this my last post will help you come up with something.

LOL

No Strata Map today, my comp is occupied. Just now I'm sitting on a macbook with an American keyboard, but the keys are German when I type (y and z exchanged, but that is the easiest part). That's annoying, I tell you!

Hey Talia,

if Lori decides to finally have the ride she was promised, feel free to puppet Lili and Fiddlesticks a little (e.g. Lori getting into the saddle and they all riding off to the oasis).

Short post, but I should be sleeping already, you know. I wanted to be away from that cart and Ana, in case she moves on right now, better ride on Fiddlestick than in the cart , despite Earnest being there!

Welcome on horseback, Lori! We'll have to think of a few naughty songs to sing together.

sorry guys, i was unexpectedly dragged away for the weekend, but back now. awesome posts!

Grallen, there are so many brilliantly concise formulations in your post that I don't know which to be most envious of.

And I agree: great posts all around. Did you write that song yourself, Rhia?

Yes... But I don't like it as much as I did when I wrote it. (Neither does Rhia, as you can see. ;))

Well, it's much better than Lili's song, but Lili ain't caring 'bout that.  ;)

OOPS! Altario ain't gonna be too happy when he sees who's waiting for him in Strata!
 :evil:

Hehe.. nope.  And when he finds out Garret is Tharoc's buddy.. well, that will slip the sauce off his noodle for sure  :buck:

Poor Altario. Maybe it will be good when he finds Damien. For Damien hates orcs as much as he does, if not more!

Rhia, very well written post. I liked the song, especially since I have found out you wrote it yourself. It has meaning behind it. Now as everyone holds their breath. Will Rhia spurn Damien, or will she take the offered hand? Only she knows... ;)

Awe, Lili, I liked your bawdy song. I was hoping for a bit more "bawdy" if'n you know what I mean? But with child sitting in front of you perhaps the more bawdy songs will come later...*hint hint*

Should be a very interesting trip indeed...hehe.

Did someone mention bawdy songs?

I have a copy of Septimus Smallpiece's Bawdy Tavern Tunes somewhere abouts.....

He, he, Damien. Be careful what you wish for. I used to be an avid player of the Corrupted Wish Game! Anyway, wait 'til Kassandra remembers the other three verses!  :rolleyes:

EDIT: Ahem! With Lili's response to Grallen, we've reached 500 posts in Destiny. Warm congratulations to our moderators, who have set up and run an inspirational story! I am particularly impressed by the number of in-character-posts. There are 93 of them in just 10 weeks: well over one per day on average! It's great how busy we've kept ourselves!

(Sorry for the number-crunching. I am in treatment for professional deformation.)

Sorry for being so inactive, computer time has been short so I haven't had the time to write a post yet.

Yes, on behalf of the Destiny staff, we would like to both congratulate and thank all of our wonderful players for their hard work, talent, and dedication to helping us make it to 500 posts.  Way to go people.  :D :thumbup:

Yeah, way to go...congrats to all of you hard working people...Hey! I am one of those people, yeah congrats to me too... :lol: :thumbup:

Great posts everyone. Altario if you do not get to Strata soon, Damien's going to be so drunk that he may pass out!  :grin: Just kidding.

I like the interaction between Grallen and the rest of you. Besides Rhia rejected Damien. That just might make him a little angry. Pagran and his thugs may have to step in again... :evil:

Yes, great posts all around once again! I bet Grallen didn't expect to be met with so much courtesy. Time to get the veteran orc-slayers into the mix again!

*Tharoc stops sharpening his knives, raises an eyebrow in Lili's direction and awaits further developments*

I am tired.

Hehe, Damien. You really pull the ol' heartstrings. (I mean in the story.)  :)

Lori, please feel welcome to puppet that daggerbeak! If you want to offer her a drink, she'll jump on your arm or lap and gratefully accept.

But be careful not to loose your balance on that horse!

poor Damien, if we don't hurry up Rhia'll have made him a nervous wreck before we arrive... to, err... watch, I guess. :evil:

Sorry for not postin' yall. Been busy and when I've had the time, I really haven't had the motivation/energy to write somethin'. Hopefully I manage one post to set Garret up to be puppeted away for a bit or just dragged along before I leave.

I hope to get some decent posts done today, get us to the waterhole, at least, that is my plan ;)

@ Lili, ty for the compliment and you too Grallen. I was once told I was a romantic. I guess it shows in my writing.

I was going to start a fight, but it was too soon as I want you all to come into the inn at the time that Damien is fighting and loosing. I would hope that Alt's friendship with Damien would put him into action. Of course if any of you else want to join in, hop right on in.

That is when the time is right.

@Rhia, see what you are doing to me?  :grin:  It is going good.

"Miss Grallen!" LOL

Airyn, you are playing your chatacter very well, do you know that?

Edit: Airyn, i forgot about your request for a needle nd a thread , I'll edit something in. I did not understand what happended to you though.

Airyn, I assumed you would not jump immediately from the cart with your hurt hand, please tell me, if I misunderstood you!

Btw, do we already know, how to integrate Grallen? Will she just follow us for a while? Into Strata?

Miss Grallen just sounded so catchy :grin:

You were right, Talia. That was what I was hoping to do. I'm working all day tomorrow so I'll get a post out tonight or sunday night.

Wonderful posts everyone!


EDIT: Thankyou for your praise Talia, I'm having a lot of fun writing.

I had vague thoughts that she'd just kind of end up getting dragged to Strata, as she can't exactly strike out across the desert onher own, and from there, I dunno, maybe end up sticking around for some reason? what are other people's thoughts?

And Airyn, I swear, I'd never eat your dog - he's too hairy and small, it wouldn't be worth it. :evil:

Well, I was hoping that Grallen would just kind of come along for the ride into Strata.  Once there, events will unfold that will cement and bond us as a group. :D

that sounds scary... I like it! :)

Well, I'm all for it, but I thought it might be difficult to get grallen into Strata, after what she thought about watchmen and his likes. Grallen, maybe you should tell Ana, that you fear the watchmen (because they hate orcs without reason ;) ), and she might agree that you hide again under the canvas.

Somehow grallen needs to get the favour of  some of the group. Maybe Airyn's dog vanishes in the Mil'no and grallen brings him back - after Ana promised her to get her through the gate unharmed. This would be a first possibility for Altario to see a helpfull orc  :buck: Airyn, not knowing orcs as well as Lili and Altario and Garret might even try to defend her, out of gratitude towards her. (if there is a tight situation at the gates)

Something in the line..

So, let us force our orc girl to do some good deeds!  :evil:

Hey Talia,

if I let you play Kassandra more often, that bird might end up winning a poetry competition!

I shall withhold my approval to taking Grallen along anywhere until she swears by the legs of her frog that she doesn't eat birds, either.

Wonderful posts, all!

LOL, be careful Grallen, Sage might lick you to death first!

AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

I just spent the best part of an hour writing a post about Capt Illogical, and how he came to have a smashed nose courtesy of Grallen. I went to poist it and I'd been timed out. Somewhere amidst all the confusion I lost the post.

GGGGRRRR. I'll have to re-do it tomorrow now.

Damn, blast, poo, bum and flip.

That's a shame, Tharoc! My sympathies! I'm looking forward to reading that post, when it comes ...

Oh, poor Tharoc, it's horrible when that happens. I expect you've already looked everywhere, but are you sure it wasn't saved under recovery on word or something? i lost my longest post by Grallen from a powercut, sulked all night, then found more than half of it in the morning when i endeavoured to retyp it.
btw if it makes things simpler i intended to write that so that it could be any of the watchmen who'd broken their nose, but Grallen did kick captain Illogical, quite hard. :grin:
and lili, i think kassandra might be more than a match for grallen.

Thou art too modest, orc-lady!

Unfortunately, this will have to be my last post before I go away. Airyn, feel free to puppet Lili so she can help you down from the cart (I think she'll manage?!).

Otherwise let's assume that Lili will do sensible things for a change, such as filling water bottles and keeping in the shade.

I look forward to reading what will have happened in 10 days' time.

So long!

Will do, Lili, you will be missed. See you soon!

Have a great time Lili.

Tharoc, that was a great post.  :thumbup:

I apologize for the sporadic-ness of my posts! Now that summer's come, I'm looking, hopefully, at a lot more time on my hands.

With this last post, I'm experiencing a bit of the bad writer's block, so you may not have much to work with, Damien- sorry! But, come midday, Rhia gets her break, so I'll have her do some things then. Right now she's pretty much stuck to that little dais. :) Unless something happened with Pagran! By the way, will Pagran continue to be played by Damien until everyone leaves for Strata?

Good question Riha. I don't have a clue.

The two of you can keep playing him and the subplot you have going.  As long as said plot does not interfere with the main plot when we get there.  But, I'll keep watching your posts and nudging you if it is going contrary to what I need.  But so far, so good. :D

Oh thank you great one!  :lol:

Damien and Rhia, you two are really cute!!

Is anyone else here a klutz? I managed to tear the tendons in my knee yesterday and all I did was put my foot down the wrong way after doing a kick in taekwondo.

Hey, is it too early for another post from me?

ouch, that sounds painful, hope you're OK, Airyn. I don't think it's too early for another post. I'm trying to write one now, and after venting my frustrations on Kassandra I've kinda run out of stuff to say. If you can think of enough to fill a post then I'd love to see whether you pick surly-but-dashing Altario, or freindly-and-a-little-odd Lili. :grin:

Yeah, I'm good. Sore, but good.

Airyn is scared of offending Altario, but also scared of offending Lili, and can't decide whether to be a people-pleaser and take both their hands, or just try and jump from the cart herself. Hey, she'll probably end up with a buggered knee as well given her clumsiness. Then I'll really have something to write about   :D

ahh, the perpetual dilemma of the polite personality. Grallen never has that kind of problem, although I expect Airyn doesn't get as many shouts of "there! that's the one that >insert crime here<! get her!"

 :lol: @ Grallen.

Airyn, I actually tore two tendons on my left knee when I planted my foot wrong throwing a baseball. I had to have surgery to repair the damage. And yes in real life I am klutz, always have been for some reason. Probably why I was always chosen last to play sports in gym class. However I made up for it with a pretty high IQ, but what girl in high school wants to go on a date with a klutz instead of a jock, even if the klutz did have a brain?

Damien may make a play for such a lady as you, Airyn. Of course after he shaves his beard off, cuts his hair, and washes up that is.

Getting a regular little harem, aren'tcha, Damien! ;) :devilish:

By the way, I really really like how you write, Airyn!

Hey Damien, sorry if there wasn't much for you to go off of in my last post!

If Damien is going to die, he may as well die happy and with a smile on his face.  :kiss:

I think I did ok with what you gave me Rhia. You may have a hard time coming up with something though. But I trust your talent will come shining through.  :)

Hahaha Rhia, I wonder how many saw that?  Prolly no one but me.  Our secret.  ;)

I do that every once in a while... :blush: Heh heh... I'm getting to be like Fionn! ;)

what exactly is that s'posed to mean? :huh:
great post, though Rhia. you are queen of the thought-track, definitely.

I don't know about that- I would say you and Ylva have got us all beat!

Not an insult, Fionn! I forgot that I wasn't logged in as Rhia while I was typing my post, and accidentally posted it logged in as another character. :)

 :lol: go Rhia. And thankyou, but I reckon yours are absolutely awesome.

@Damien: Surgery? Wow. That musta hurt a LOT. How long ago was that?

I tend to steer clear of all sports which involve a bat or a hard ball. Once I managed to hit myself in the head with a tennis racket and missed the ball completely. Personally, I think looks are overrated. Yeah, I'm cheesy but it's what's inside that matters the most.

Also, all this character changing is making me dizzy. If no one minds me asking, what other characters does everyone play?

I think most people know, but I'm also Fionn and Grallen. Trying to keep it at three for now.
@Rhia - ahh, suddenly everything makes sense. :D

I'd need a couple pages and few days to list all my characters. I've currently got 17 approved and many work-in-progress ones I haven't worked on in months.

Well, approved characters, I've got Rhia and Twigga, plus another character, my first one, whose CD I hate; then I've got about a few idea characters with half-completed CDs, the latest, as Altario noticed, Bridwen. ;)

I am Damien Airyn as well as ghun. So I have three and three is enough for me... :grin:

Capher are you trying to make me angry? Airyn don't pay attention to him. I am the one and only Baron Damien Scar, roughly handsome rogue.

*shakes head* You is a funny one, Mr. Damien.

I was thinking of doing another one, but can't decide what race do do.

How about a mixed breed, Airyn. Elven and Human, or just a different human tribe. I think any race you chose you would be good writing for. Let's see there are the.
1. Brownies,
2. Dwarves,
3. Halflings,
4. Humans,
5. Orcs,
6. Ogre's,

I know there are more but that is all I can recall at the moment. I think you could do any of them justice.

Can always use more Remusians  ;)

And now, my rewrite is finished.  Just going through the editing process in order to get it on site, so its only a matter of time. :D

I, for some reason, find myself addicted to humans. Don't know why... But do a hobbit, Airyn! You would play one well. And we could use a few more mullogs as well... ;)

Yeah, mullogs are vastly underrepresented at the minute, and very fun to play. Orcs are good fun too. :evil: personally I'd think of what kind of person you want to make, and find a race which works well with whatever aspects of culture, history, etc. you had in mind.

Aww.. Don't clean up too much, Damien.. I was looking forward to Altario seeing you in such a state of disarray and drunkedness.  His brutal honesty was gonna come at you like a slap in the face. :D

I believe you are still going to have that chance Alt. Rhia will once again reject him once she gets him to the inn. Or something else may happen, who knows?

Alt slap Damien in the face? looking for a fight that you can't have with Grallen, huh?  ;)

I just had a sudden thought of creating an orc to go annoy Alt in FD.... :grin:

That would do it, Airyn :evil:

Do it!  One, we need more vilians there, and two.. Alt needs some more targets dummies, haha

 :lol: at Altario. Target dummies.

Uh Rhia, I really hate to do this since your posts are so much better than mine, however there are some things you should not do and somethings you may have not thought about or forgotten.

1. I am not sure Damien would appreciate it being thrown into water, especially since his bandages would get wet, and men carrying him would certainly casue his ribs much pain. So Damien, I believe, would definately wake up.

2. After Pagran telling you how deep Damien's pockets were you told him and his barkeeps, who just the previous night had beaten him, to take him up to the roof where the bath was. What do you think they would do with his money belt?

3. After all that you go to the dias? And without your pipes or lute, were you going to sing acappela perhaps? Why did you not just go back outside to the markets and find your lute string? After all you were on your break.

4. Oh and the water on top of a roof in a desert would be awfully warm, if not steaming. Are you hoping to boil off Damien's stench?  :lol:

No need to edit your post though I will take care of it Damien's way. Just somethings for you to think about the next time, ok.

Oh... Good points, Damien... :blush: Well, now at least I know what happens when I try to write posts at two o'clock in the morning! I apologize for my thoughtlessness. Thank you for calling those to my attention, I hadn't even thought of them! (Except for maybe #4. I was gonna deal with that one in my next post! ;)) Thanks for taking care of that; if you want me to edit my posts any time all you need do is ask.

By the way, Damien, despite my horrible posts, have you noticed that the two of us have had ten consecutive posts? :lol:

Rhia do not ever ever say that you have terrible posts...you are one of the best writers here in Caelereth. I could never write something as imaginitive and spirited at two in the morning, so give yourself some credit.

I think the others are taking siestas at the oasis... :D

Besides reading your writing is like teaching me how to write better, though I admit I have a horrible time writing dialogue unlike you do as well as your thought processes's. If I can manage to master those two things I will be extremely happy. However, each writer has their own style at least that is what I have been told.

Keep up the good work Rhia.

BTW you are going to have to edit you last post when it comes to the time; seems Alt us using two different calendars when posting the time. It is confusing for one time says it is noon or an hour past while the second time says it is the time that you used. So it is not your fault, however if by reading their posts and ours it is much later in the day than what you wrote.

Hey Alt could you please either use one or the other time clocks, please.

Sunreign comprises the noon hour on one time piece however Sunblaze, which is on another time piece, says it is only between 4-9 in the morning.  I think I know what you were trying to do Alt, you were trying to do hours and the time of day...they are the same, in terms, but in substance, they are completely different and can be quite confusing.

If it were only between four and nine in the morning, some of your posts, Grallen's, Airyn's and the others would have to be edited. However if it is noon or there abouts then the only post that needs editing would be Rhia's, unfortunately.

So perhaps you should just use one or the other time pieces when you post the time, month and day, unless I am wrong in this matter, then in that case, you can tell me so and hit me with a fish.  ;)

Not 4-9 in the morning.  The 4th to 9th hours of daylight.  Daylight starts at 6 AM so 1st hour would be 6-7 Am, 2nd hour would be 7-8 AM, and so on, therefore the hours of Sunblaze would be would be covered from 9 AM to 3PM. :D

Though yours and many others surpass my own skills, thank you for the compliments, Damien. I'm adding more and more to my meager skills learning from you guys than I ever would have just at school. :heart:

So Alt, which clock would you like me to use? :D

You can use both.  Its 12 PM, which is Sunreign, which is the start of the third hour of Sunblaze.

Oh yeah. Post edited. Prolly coulda said that earlier, huh. :P

Ok, hit me with a fish Alt. I misunderstood the timepiece. Say when are you guys going to get here. I really want to get slapped in the face with some reality :lol: and then get cleaned up.

looks like we've hit a bit of a sticky point. Me and Airyn are being imminently dragged away by exams, Lili's away, and Altario was last to post. I'd post now if I could think of something to write, but not sure what could happen next...
any suggestions?

That's ok Grallen. I understand. I hope you and Airyn do well on your exams.

Besides Rhia and I are having fun. We like throwing verbal barbs at one another. ;) Though I think Rhia has one up on me when it comes to that, she has a tongue that could strip the flesh off a shark. :evil:

I hope you know I am just kidding Rhia...

I dunno, Damien, you're pretty darn good at those blowups... ;) But truly, great speech. It got Rhia where she's tender! :devilish:

I survived the great event, but now I'm exhausted, but will try to get a PST till I vanish for Taize next week. Pictures from my pretty daughter will come :)

*Thar digs into his trouser pocket and produces a fluff-covered coin. Blowing off the worst of the detritus adhering to it, he offers it to the shifty-looking bloke lurking in the shadows nearby.*

A san sez th' pretty wench wipes th' floor wi' 'im!

*Kicking an old, sleeping dwarf off his stool, Thar sits down, rubs his hands gleefully in anticipation and waits for the fun to begin*

 :rolling:@Tharoc.

*Rhi looks at spectators gathered in a loose circle around Damien and herself, noticing the huge orc person who just bet on her. "Good choice," she mouths silently to him. Spitting on the ground, she cracks her slim knuckles machofully and glares steadily at Damien as she stretches on the ground.* :devilish:

Ding Ding went the bell...Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the first bout of words this evening. In one corner, the lovely, sharp witted, girl from the R'unior Isles...Rhia! :grin:

Some of the crowd cheered especially a funny looking orc.

And on the other corner we have the dark eyed, roguishly handsome Kyranian...Damien Scar. :evil:

Let the fight begin... :fish:

I'm afraid I get nothing done until Friday (late) night, till then!

Take care of yourself Talia...see you on the boards as soon as you can.

By the great spiderturtle! Only having been gone for ten days, I return to read that a major romantic drama has unfolded! It seems almost a shame to interrupt the flow ... but nonetheless I am planning my next post, as I've managed to catch up with the oasis part of the story. Give me a day or three. :)

"Glorified taenish" indeed!  :angry:

Hope the exams are going well, Grallen & Airyn!

Lili, Rhia and I were bored waiting for you guys... :grin:

You did well, you two!  :)

I give all the credit to Rhia...she inspired me.

To be honest, I'm just waiting on Talia to post.  She wanted us at the watering hole, so she might have something in mind.  Then its off to Strata. :D

Ahhh the dead arises... :evil: Hi Alt, no time, no see.

Huhu, I don't know, if I find time to post today, but let's see, there are some hours left till 10 pm when we have to leave for a night trip on a bus (not my favourite..)

Alt, basically I wanted you and Garret to be at this other place in the oasis, not under the dari'i-tree like the rest (maybe you don't want to stay with that orc), but under the palm trees with the Mil'no around. Then Lori can go and chase a stripped kara (little stripped pig) and accidentally overhear you and Garret talk about your goal, finding Denkymar (?), so that she can go searching for him on her own, when we are in Strata.

You all know Ana and Lori by now very well, so just puppet us. I'll try to at least post the not-yet-finished Strata map today, so that you know where to go.. ;)

I'm away till the 16th, but then no major event will take place in my life for the next time.. hopefully.

I'm in  Taizé (http://www.taize.fr/), with some of the youths of Helen-Elise's confirmation group.

And for all, who have no access to the moot, here is my nearly grown up youngest daughter! (14 years old)

Talia, she looks as pretty as her mother. I really like the blue dress on her. So how much trouble are you having with boys hanging around the house?  ;)

Have never seen her mother, but I agree she is very pretty. :D

Ok, I'll post right away then, so we can get this motley crew on the road before Rhia and Damien kill each other.  :rolleyes:

Well, thanks Capher, though you better say, as pretty as her mother once was ..lol

Have taken her down as long as I'm away.

And now I'm gone...  I'm a bit nervous..

HA! Ah knew it! *Tharoc nudged the peasant stood beside him, slapped his large meaty hands onto his thighs, rose from the trembling stool beneath him and turned to look for the human he had given his wager to. Spying him in the same shadow he had occupied earlier, the orc pushed his way through the departing crowd towards him. *

*Spotting Tharoc's approach, the shifty character hurriedly stuffed his ill-gotten gains into his pocket and turned to leave.*

OI! An' where d'yer fink you're goin', young fella m'lad? We 'ad a wager, a wager it appears ah won.  

*Reaching behind his neck, Tharoc drew one of his throwing knives, and in one smooth, graceful movement, launched it into the shadows between the buildings. There was a loud THUNK!, followed by a choking noise which was itself followed by the unmistakeable sound of coins being spilled onto stone.
On reaching the place he had thrown his knife at, Thar found the swindler pinned by his coat collar to the wooden wall behind him. A handful of well-used coins were strewn at his feet.
Putting on his best scary face, Thar bent and rested the tip of his nose against the tip of the skinny humans nose and stared menacingly into his eyes before slowly stooping and gathering all the coins he could find. Taking 2 san for himself, he once again stood and stared the trickster straight in the eye.....*

Now then, ah've taken th' liberty o' 'elpin' misel' t'mi winnin's, seein' as 'ow yer fergot t'and 'em over in yer 'aste t'get away. Ah' imagine a fine upstandin' fella such as yersel' won' object t'makin' a small donation t'the poor an' needy o' this 'ere town. Would yer?  

*The trapped man weighed up his options and decided that, under the circumstances, he wasn't in any position to disagree. He tried to speak, but all that he could muster, considering he was hanging from his jacket collar, was a strangled "Naaarrgghhh"*

There's a good 'un. Now, if'n ah lets yer go, yer promise yer'll fink twice afore tryin' t'rob someone o' thur 'ard earned coin?
*To add a sense of urgency to proceedings, Thar gripped the man by his coat front with one hand and lifted him off the ground.....Furious nodding! Quick as a flash, Thar's other hand appeared beside the mans face, making him flinch and shut his eyes tightly. When the pain didn't come, he slowly opened one eye and saw that the orc had removed the knife which had pinned him to the wall. He licked the blade and wiped it on the mans sleeve before resheathing it. Tharoc let go of the trembling human and he collapsed in a heap on the floor.*

There's a good chap. Reet, be off wi' yer, an' remember what ah said, no more thievin'.

*Chuckling to himself, the orc walked out onto the street, dropped a couple of coins into the bowl of an old blind man sat against a tavern wall, and threw the rest onto the ground amidst the crowd of children that seemed to gather around him wherever he went.*

YAY! No more exams! I'm soooo happy.

1. Damien and Rhia, you guys are AWESOME and the posts between you two are incredible!

2. Talia, I saw that picture of your daughter before and she is so beautiful! Have a good time in Taizé.

3. Grallen, would you mind if Sage found your frog? Even if he climbs on you to do so? I just got an idea  :grin:

Well done on completing your exams, Airyn! Hope they went well. of course Sage can find Earnest, but remember that frogs taste bad to dogs. :grin:

@ Tharoc- claps wildly, wolf-whistles, etc.  ;)
@Talia - Taize sounds awesome, have a great time!

Hey, Tharoc don't start counting your winnings yet!

@Airyn, well done! I hope you got all "A's" on them. Thanks for the compliment but it should go to Rhia, I just followed her lead.

@Alt, yeah! I look forward to our meeting... :evil:

Pish! Pishfiddles, Damien! (I don't know if that's an actual word, but... pishfiddles!) Who was the one offering me advice and fixing my thoughtless mistakes? I depend on you heavily, my friend! :heart:

So about how long before the traveling group hits Strata? Rhia could continue her little shopping spree (fighting with herself about Damien of course) and come back and find Altario with Damien, therefore being unable to talk to him alone because of her pride and vanity issues, causing her to have to wait even longer to do so. Go tension! Man, I love messing with Rhia... :devilish:

Sorry that I haven't posted quite yet! I was away all yesterday and today because of our volleyball state games. Sorry again, Damien!

Np my little songbird. I actually like your idea about having Rhia wait and when she does see him he is all cleaned up and roguishly handsome once again, and of course once he meets Lili and Airyn...well talk about tension?  :grin:

I sure do like messing with Alt's stories... :lol:

Ah, Damien, trying to save your womanizing reputation by attempting to play the jealousy card, eh? I'd be careful with your charm, though, if I was you - lest you attract Kassandra's   fancy!  ;)

Grallen and Airyn, I loved your responses! And after Alt's fine post, I'm getting ever more curious about what will happen in Strata.

Airyn, I thought I better stick with my initial description of that needle, and act on it ... If Ana gives us a suitable instrument, we can put on the green rubber gloves and start operating.  :D

PS, to Airyn: I just remembered that Talia is away, but has given permission for gentle puppeting. Maybe you could have Ana bring a needle, if you want?

Oh, and belated congratulations on surviving your exam week!

Sorry I haven't said hello to you guys in a while, been here there and everywhere lately. Thanks for the nice comments, and im looking forward to getting the results. Grallen, I hope yours went (or are going) well!!

@Lili: Airyn may not seem to like the needle too much but I think it's cool  :grin: I think I will have Ana bring the smaller one. Green rubber gloves sounds fun, who's up for a game of Operation?
Thanks for being so patient!!

@Grallen: Thanks! I'll be having Sage jump on you in no time :P

Lets try and keep it brief though.  I'd like for us to get into Strata so we can meet up with Rhia, Damien and Tharoc.

Fair enough, Alt! I'm looking forward to meeting the others, and can't wait to play in whatever will happen in Strata.

Before the characters leave the oasis, are we going to play a sub-plot that ends in Grallen earning some more acceptance somehow, as Talia (http://www.santharia.com/adv/index.php?topic=6588.msg261101#msg261101) has suggested a while ago? Seeing as both Grallen and Talia are (kind of) away, we could also leave that out, and just wing it at Strata's gates?

I don't mind either way, really - I'd just like to know how soon we'll move on from the oasis. As far as Lili is concerned, she'll only need one post to botch a little operation ( ;) ) and to welcome Kassandra back under the pink hat, then she's ready to go. But she'll also be happy to wait around and watch a few mirages ...

Oh, about the operation, Airyn: feel free to PM if you have a preference concerning how well or how badly Lili should do the needlework (if you want to trust her with it in the first place, that is!). No hurry, though. I might not be online again before the weekend, anyway.

Well, we can have Grallen earn her acceptance once we reach Strata, as in a subplot that concerns Lili, as the two of them have already bonded more so than anyone else at the moment.  I can't remember if you and I have discussed it fuly yet, so let me know, and we can PM each other. :D

Thanks, Alt - sounds great! This is the first time I hear about this sub-plot idea with Lili in Strata. We haven't discussed anything so far, so feel free to PM whenever you see fit!  :D

Hey Alt and the others sitting by the oasis having some fun in the sun. Please get to Strata soon, very soon, as Damien needs that *slap in the face* by Altario, ;) Rhia needs to see Damien cleaned up :buck: and poor Tharoc needs to get out of the dungeon or I am afraid he will be singing those idiotic songs once he gets out for his brain has rotted :grin:

Just wondering...and to Tharoc it was just a joke, I don't need an orc attacking me, though Damien does not need much provocation to try and lop an orc's head off.

@Grallen, Damien would not hurt a woman, even if she was an orc. ;)

Back!  *waves*  almost..

Wb Talia.

Just so you know, Garret has asked me to puppet his meeting with Tharoc in the Strata City Jail. Then I think Alt will be taking over.

Right, as you were! *Thar goes back to wondering why you always have bits left over after re-building a Harley engine......*

 :lol: I always wonder the same about anything I take apart and put back together. *now where did this "O" ring come from? This nut, I do not recall seeing it when I took this apart. Now where does this spring go to? Everything looks good, it works, so it just must be extra parts...I will keep them for some other project.*

The desktop computer I use has decided to make life difficult for me and is un-usable. Most likely I won't be able to get on for a while, two weeks max, minimum a few days. I, unfortunately, don't have time to write a post tonight- my apologies! Go ahead and puppet Rhia as you see fit. Mods, I think you know Rhia well enough to have a general idea of what she would do. Damien, I think we’re still on with our plan; go ahead and describe Rhia’s actions and reactions based on what we’ve talked about. Once again, my apologies, and hopefully the computer problem will be solved soon.

So sorry Rhia. Is your computer completely fried? Damien has no idea what to do or say on your behalf. Damien cannot even imagine on how to write like you.

Please don't leave! Use a libraries computer, a friend's, anything...JK

I hope your computer problems are fixed in a timely manner. We will miss you.

No computer, awwwww! My condolences! ;)

One good thing about not having a computer Rhia...you do not have to deal with Damien :evil:

Oh no! I don't think, I will be able to post tonight, for I'm still reading. Just finished the word duel of Damien and Rhia! I want more! We will extent our stay in the oasis to have more of this :D

That dialog could be the best fight in the next contest!

Welcome back, Talia!

I agree with your praise of Damien's and Rhia's interaction.

I thought that we wanted to bring the desert group to Strata sooner rather than later, so that we can open the next chapter (and get involved in bar brawls, singing contests with Tharoc, etc...)? But maybe you were joking when you announced to extend the stay at the oasis ...

Myself, I'm waiting for Airyn to post, so I can describe what a terrible seamstress Lili is.  ;) Any chance of a post sometime soon, Airyn? *nudge, nudge*  :)

I am hoping to get to Strata.  Poor Tharoc has nothing to do right now.  Plus, Rhia won't have puter access, so....

I agree, Alt.

My computer was fixed much sooner- *much* sooner than I had anticipated, to my relief! I guess that's one good thing about the unpredictability of my puter :P Even those two or three days when I was unable to get on Santh. were torturous. Sorry about that. I truly did think it was going to be longer; it usually takes a few weeks when an issue comes up with my computer! :buck:

lol.. Don't apologize.  We are much happier having you here.  :D

Yeah, but first we have to *finish* this year's awards! :buck: Anyway, it was all Damien! :thumbup:

I was joking!  :buck:

Rhia, good to hear, that it didn't take this long as expected.


Well, now, what do we have to do right now in the oasis? Lili mending Airyn's hand or should Ana'Mirl intervene, doubting Lili's ability to do it well? Then I could bring us in one post to Strata, or near the gates (outside).


Unfortunately I'm the only person online right now. I will go and console grallen a bit...

Ok, I left some options open.... 

Kitten? A kitten? grrrrrrrrr...

So you liked our little spat on the streets of Strata, Talia? And you want more? Do not worry Damien and Rhia's relationship will have plenty of time to have a few more spats here and there throughout the story. Don't we my little songbird of the sea :evil:

Anyway it is good to see your computer problems have been fixed and that you are raring to go, Rhia.

Talia, welcome back!

@Grallen, do not eat that poor kitty. It is a pet not food.  :lol:

Were off to see Tharoc, the wonderful orc of the north, da da da da da la la la la...

Nice posts, Ana and Grallen!

But, but, but ... - there is no needle!  :cry: I had looked forward to doing the operation (whether wise or no, although there is  a medical case for stitching as soon as possible, if you're gonna stitch at all; not that Lili would need that argument ...).

Seriously, though: Airyn, it's up to you whether you want to conjure up a needle from somewhere. I've got my 'operation post' half-written. But I'm happy to file it under 'exercises' and resume the ride to Strata, if you want to heed Ana's advice instead.

Just in case, Ana, would you have a needle for Airyn if she insisted on getting the stitches?

Of course I have one, but I don't trust you to do it right! Maybe that little brat gives it to you! But please use mil'no for desinfection!
I have been too long here, if you want to make this poor little elven hand unusable, puppet Lori (and Ana), just let her come and offer one.

Damien, I'm looking forward to those duells..

grallen, there are big kitties as well, those of leopards or such..

Ok, thanks Ana!

So, Airyn, up to you!

I am so sorry for making you guys wait, I know that took ages. Alt, I know you wanna get to Strata asap, so I decided to skip the whole operation process. It's a pity, cause I wanted to do that but I think I've wasted enough time already. Perhaps we can figure something out for when we get to Strata, Lili? I'm sorry that we can't do the operation here :(

Hey, here's an idea! We could always make it really unusable and stitch it on the way  ;)

Yeah, so here's my post and again I apologise for it's lateness.

No worries, Airyn. It's a fine post you've written there!  :)

I think the plan is to get us from the oasis to Strata in one post, though ...

If you guys can do it in a only a post or two each, go ahead.  I don't want to stop your creativity, but don't go off on any tangents either.  No long conversations until we hit Strata. :D

Rightee-ho. As far as I'm concerned, I'm ready to make tracks to Strata. I'll save my creativity for what awaits us there!

Deal :D

O, I write a final post at about  3 o'clock this afternoon (CEST) and bring us to the gates of Strata, I'll wait though with posting in case grallen wants to react to this dog in her lap, but I will be ready by then.


Lili, save your operation description, we might need it later...

Talia, don't wait for me, I only need, I think, a short post to defend Earnest, so if I'm not done when you want to post I'll tack it onto the start of my next. Not sure if that makes sense, I've been writing backwards for the past hour. :rolleyes:

grallen, I have most of my post done, but I can't go on right now. So I will probably post in 5 hours or so, when Garret is in bed :) If you have not posted by then, I just write , that you kick him (nicely, without bones broken) away, ok?

i think i can probably get a short post up in that time, but Dad's in a turning things off mood, so if i don't that's fine by me. :)

I hope I didn't write too much nonsense! I stopped, so we have some options with grallen..

Is all alright, any changes necessary?

Not from my end.  Looked good to me.  But, I need Altario and Garret to go through the main gates in order for Garret to learn about Tharoc.  I'm not sure Altario would feel like sneaking into a city in order to ensure the safety of an orc he just met anyway. :rolleyes:

No no, of course not!  I wanted to open an alternative for grallen to get in, she could hide under the canvas too, if that seems the better option for her.

I'm fine with either - which is more convenient for people?

Rhia it seems they are here. Are you going to wait to appear after Altario sees Damien, or reappear, give him a what for, go to your room and then when you come back down to sing, Damien has had his comeuppance by both you and Altario. Of course then he will be cleaned up and Lili and Airyn will catch his eye, whether they will reciprocate will of course be up to them, but it will be fun.  I cannot wait until I meet Kassandra and visa versa I am sure.  :evil:

@Tharoc, finally you may get released and get to sing bawdy songs with Damien, Pagran, his co-horts and even Garrett and Altario...maybe even Lili will join in... :lol:

What I have been planning to do is have Rhia come back when Damien's all prettied up. However, I am fine with whatever you want to do. Then, like you said, Damien will cosy up and flirt with Airyn and Lili, and Rhia will (predictably) become jealous and try to get "revenge" by flirting with Altario or Garret, or, if they don't want to, I'll just concuct up some guy eating in the inn. :P Work for you? I'm flexible.

Cosy up with us? In his dreams!   :azn:

I've got no preference about how Grallen gets into town. But get in she must!

I'm not sure what to post now, so I'll wait and see what happens.

@Rhia, Damien does not get prettied up! He may get cleaned up and even presentable and at the best roguishly handsome, but pretty?  :lol: jk I am sure you are flexible Rhia and so am I so just do what you wanted to do in the first place. It is fine with me. I am not sure about Altario, and Garrett is going to be puppeted by Tharoc. Hey, how about Tharoc, Rhia. Now that would get Damien's attention. It may make him jealous enough to even give Grallen a look or two! :buck: Though I doubt Grallen would give him the same... :lol:

@Lili, what? You don't want to get cozy with Damien? With both scarred faces we might have something in common. ;)

Of course a cute elfess might be a better catch... ;)

Or Damien may not a younger woman and go for Ana instead... :evil:

*slaps slightly on an approaching hand*

Young man, you are too worn out just now and inexperienced on top,  I prefer a well preserved older one who knows what women of my age need ;)  (http://home.arcor.de/Salixgrey/Smilies/dev_grin.gif)

Ah, more like Altario!  :evil:

*Ooh! Another bout of verbal fisticuffs is in the offing! Looks round for the thieving bookmaker from earlier*

Actually, Alt is going to be puppeting Garret (she didn't trust him in my hands  :evil: ).
I'll only be doing it for their meeting when he goes to bail Thar out.

Damien: I was just kidding, of course.   :) I look forward to roleplaying with you!

Lili may enjoy the fistfights more than any coziness you may have in mind, though!  ;)

My apologies folks. I have just been reliably informed that I shall be yanking Garret;s strings for the entire city portion of the tale. Apparently, Alt will take over when we hit the sand again, as Garret doesn't like sand and he'll be moody. And as we all know, if there's one thing Alt does well, it's moody.

 :(  I'm a happy guy.

:shocked: *Rhia somehow thinks that neither she nor Tharoc would be happy if she started flirting with him* Yeah... Capher, you're starting to scare me a little here. ;)

Anyway, Rhia is where I want her. I'm going to procrastinate -hey, at least I'm up front about it- until the travelers get to the inn, into which Rhia will rush soon after that. Then the drama shall build with creaky violins.

OOH OOH *jumps up and down*

Can I use magic to distract the guard?

Where are we going first?

You can try, but I get to play the guard.   :P

yay.  :evil:

*wanders off to plot evil scheme*

Oh, Ana wanted to object to grallen hiding under the canvas! What should she say to the guard who might know her, once they are there? You will all be gone, but Ana'Mirl has to stay and face a bad reputation! But I will write around it!

Airyn, just let me write my post first! Of course you can use your magic... 


And did I say, how I enjoy the interaction with you?  I fear I have to invent some decend NPC (guides maybe?)

Capher, we have to do something with the heart... 

Talia, don't worry, that was a great post. Alt, d'you want to post first or can I puppet the guard?

Not to quibble, but should not the time be changed? It is dusk now right?

Correct. :D  I shall change that.  Twas an oversight on my part.  Thank you for pointing it out.

Talia, sorry about that. :P  Hope you aren't as put off by me as Ana is about Altario. :rolleyes:

I was going to post once more, and I'll be making the guard go, unless you want to PM with a plan. :D

@ Alt: Were you, by any chance, thinking of using the guards to drop the news of Tharoc's incarceration within Garret's earshot?

I will have the guards give Garret the news, yes.  Providing they get his name. ;)

Alt, no need to be sorry - as I said, if I would have posted earlier, that would not have happened. Mea Culpa.

And by now you should know, that I'm never cross with you despite how my wording might sound sometimes ;)

To Tharoc - Ana has mentioned anyway orcs already, so someone could mutter about orcs in the town.

@ Alt: I'm on it!

@ Talia: My thoughts exactly!

Airyn was hoping to post something to distract the guard as well, so I shall give her tonight to post.   :D

If not, I shall post the guard tomorrow.

Nice posts, everyone!

I'm not sure I understand what's happened. I guess I'll wait to post until Grallen's explained where she's disappeared to.

Yes, me too, though Ana could look as surprised as I was! ;)

does that help clear things up?

Oh yes, it does! Unfortunately I don't have the time to do a post right now...

It was a surprise! :D

Well done, all! We like surprises!

I believe little suprises are important.  :D  Keeps you all on your toes, and keeps the interest.  Thanks goes to Grallen for the help on this.  Great post, Grallen.

To the rest, there will be more surprises.  My PM technique will be used again. :evil:

Altario, what a clever way to bring the group together!    :thumbup:

I will post later, now I have a last look at that city map. It is ugly and not at all to my liking, but it will have to do for now.

Posted! Information Desk! But now I'm too tired to do a decent post, but I have some time in the morning.

Altario, I agree wholeheartedly with Talia.

That you are too tired to do a decent post?  :shocked:

No, that you did a fantastic job to put the group together.

@Talia, how come on the Rhaz map there is no picture of the Thirsty Herald? How can we tell how far we travelled if there is no reference point?  Also I think that the Seashoal's inn would be fine in the old harbour district, but a bit much nicer than most of the inn's in that area.

Damien, because it doesn't exist on the dev-side. I had plans to do it lately, but I have so many other plans as well and as my future there is less than certain, I might not get to it. When the map was done, this tavern was not very old.

Finally, not very inspired though...

Fiddlesticks, Ana! A fine post!

I was waiting for Airyn to respond next, as Lili is hoping to attach herself to the elfess. But I'll post tomorrow the latest.

I is writing :).. will have a post today.

Sorry for my recent absence folks (Whaddya mean, ya didn't notice I'd gone?). We've had internet 'issues' for the last week. Hopefully it's all sorted now, thanks to my very smarty-arse geek friend.

Don't even ask me what the problem was, I got lost after the first three words of his explanation! :buck:

Right, I'll just read through what's been happening and see where I can add some stuff.

Whoops. Just posted my next part of the tale into here. Move along now, nothing to see.....

The Seashoals Inn Ana. Direct them to there. Damien is awaiting.

Speaking of that I was thinking that perhaps Altario when you all walk into the inn that you seem to recognize me, but I do not, at first...and then of course I offer you all a drink and that is when you get to give me my *slap in the face* either literally or by words or both. I leave that up to you.

I await the pleasure of your company...ladies and gents.

Sorry for the hold up everyone, my parents whisked us away for a few days to a place with no internet.

How is everyone?

WB, Airyn. :D  Nice post, as per usual.  As a group, we are better with you than without you.

I know Damien! I thought grallen might want to come out from under the cart, but I can post today, if she wants to stay uncomfortable... ;)

If it's OK, I was gonna wait until peopled had headed for the inn before I followed at a discreet distance, unless anyone's got a better idea?

No, then I'll drive on.. I mean Ana .. ;)

Lili, I know you want to do a surgery - but maybe you can keep it for an event in the desert?

Just write, that somebody comes your way, maybe the priest who tried already to do Damien something good!

Maybe I'll do a little post with Lori still..

Nice posts, Airyn & Talia!

I don't know how elven wounds heal, but with humans on Earth stitching is quite useless unless done within the first few hours after the wound was incurred. Not that Lili would know that, of course.

Anyway, I really don't mind if we forego the surgery. Thanks for remembering it, though.  :)

Of course Lili will be up for messily treating people's injuries later, should anyone incur any!  :shocked:

You want injuries? Just say the word. :evil:

Good post, Alt!

Is it okay for the traveller characters to enter and describe the Seashoals Inn with the next post?

Yup, I don't see why not.  And thx :)

Fine post, too, Grallen!

Okay, so Lili didn't end up entering the inn just yet. Sue her!

PS: Oh, and I made up the Kuglimz'seitre. I don't think the language is developed beyond a few bits of vocabulary?

I am a bit curious Alt and others. How are we to meet? Are you going to post that you came into the inn and then Damien recognizes you, Alt. Or are you coming in and you recognize Damien? 

Also will Garret have Tharoc in tow with him as well?

In your decrepit state, I would think that Damien would recognize Altario easier than Altario would recognize Damien.  Damien at the moment is a mere shadow of the glorious self he was in Voldar, while Altario is pretty much the same.

I hope that works, unless you have a plan, in which case, PM me. :D

Sorry people, not much time to post...

Hey, I'll have a post up tomorrow :)

I'm back but quite exhausted. It was a great fishing trip. Hope to post sometime tomorrow.

Ok, regale (sp) us with stories about the "one that got away"  :P

Hi Airyn,

A well written post! But I'm confused about the timeline. Altario asks Airyn to take care of Lili after Lili has entered the inn. But when Airyn, reacting to Alt's request, speaks to Lili in your post, Airyn is still outside. So she couldn't have spoken to Lili. And it wouldn't make sense for Airyn to invite Lili to go inside, where she already is.

Or did I misunderstand something? If I haven't, one way to resolve the inconsistency could be to change your post, so that Airyn enters the inn first, and speaks to Lili there?

Welcome back, Damien!

Um, I hope Lili's switch to Tharian doesn't seem too contrived. I mainly switched because I thought it would open up more fun possibilities for interaction.

I'll be gone until Saturday, by the way. (Not posting in the "Away, what a pity ..." thread, because it's only for a few days.)

Hurry back Lili and ty for the welcome back.

A belated welcome back from me, Damien! :heart: Hope you enjoyed your trip.

We'll miss ya, Lili. Have a good time if it's a pleasure trip, and hurry back if it's not! ;)

Hi Rhia, it was great and thanks for the welcome. Hopefully Airyn and the others will enter the inn and then Damien can get cleaned up and you and I can begin to spar again from where we left off :evil:

Hahaha, great post, by the way. :lol: You have a knack for humor.

My thanks lady Rhia. I be thy humble servant to try and bring mirth and laughter thine and others way.

Yeah sorry I was a little confused as to where everyone was... ill just edit a few words placing airyn inside :)


EDIT: I hope that's better. Let me know if I've missed anything :)

Airyn, so was I. If you are in the inn you must have noticed what had happened between Damien and Lili, and of Damien's mishaps. Perhaps before I answer Altario's last post you could post something along the lines of at least watching Damien and Lili, perhaps laughing and yet worried about what is happening before Altario comes in.

His post assumes that I am accosting both of you. So if you are not in the picture then he has to edit his post.

Altario, I truly believe you came in just a bit early as I think that Lili had something in her mind and Airyn did not know where she was supposed to be.

Even in my posts I did not acknowledge Airyn's presence, which I shall edit into at this moment.

So, the question is, how do we fix this?

lt needed to get here, as he's away for the next wee while. with Lili away as well for the next few days, I think it'll be up to us three  - Airyn, Damien and me, to push things a bit further onwards.  :grin:

Hmm. I've been given more shifts at work so I haven't been on for the last few days, sorry bout that.

Well, I could write another post as a continuation from my last so you two don't have to read and re read that post with Airyn leaving the cart. Perhaps Alt's last post was a little rushed? I could understand the confusion.

I guess now that we know where everyone is, it's all cleared up but should we just continue from those places or start a new scenario entirely? Since Lili and Alt are absent for the time being, it might be easier.

Well, I'm back! Thanks for the well-wishes. I have three pleasant days of cycling and walking and cave-visiting with my girlfriend behind me. We even saw transparent shrimps in an underground pond! And many wonders besides.

I see that there's been quite a muddle in this story recently. I'll make a suggestion about that in a minute, but first I must say something else.

Damien, I'd be the first to admit that playing Lili is great fun, but I was not happy to have her puppeted. I was only away for four days, had not given permission to puppet, and puppeting wasn't necessary to roll the story forward. I don't think you know Lili well enough to be sure what she would do next. Why, most of the time I don't know what she'll do next!  ;)  But I rather guess that seeing a man falling to the floor and coughing up blood might have triggered something other than giggling.

And as you can see, puppeting is infectious. After you puppeted Lili, Airyn did the same, albeit much more mildly, and in an attempt to clear up the muddle of mutually inconsistent posts. Whether it was necessary to drag Lili to the table without a chance for her to resist, I don't know. I had said I'd be back today, and as I write this, Airyn's post is only a few hours old. It's not as if I was holding things up for weeks!

To summarize my feeling: I came back from a short absence, eagerly reading your posts. I was looking forward to thinking about what Lili would do next, only to find that this had been decided for me. This ain't no fun, my friends. It rather spoils things. Please stop puppeting my character without permission.

As we're having a bit of a muddle on our hands anyway, I suggest that you don't change your posts, though. Let's just leave things as they are: Altario and Damien standing in the room, Airyn & Lili & Sage at the table. Altario's post is still inconsistent with the others, but he can sort that out when he gets back, if he wants. By ignoring this inconsistency for now, we open up the space for ourselves to post and continue the story.

How does that sound?

Two smaller things remain to be addressed:

Damien, Lili's pink hat hasn't got a feather, as you suggest in your last paragraph but one. It never had one.

Airyn, I think you've misunderstood Damien's post. Damien didn't grab Lili's thigh, and Lili didn't stab him with a feather (even though he deserved it  :kiss: ). There was a third woman, an NPC, who indeed had a feathered hat, and with whom Damien interacted for a while before returning his attention to Lili.

I've really enjoyed this story so far, and I am hopeful that I shall enjoy it in the future. But can we all please read one another's posts carefully? And can we please all look for ways to continue to write brilliant and enjoyable and suspenseful posts without puppeting other people's characters? If that means that the story moves more slowly, so be it. Says I, anyway.

All right, enough said. Have a good weekend, all!

Lili

PS: I don't mean to say, of course, that puppeting should never be done. I've given permission myself in the past. Also, as a story grows and the players get to know one another's characters, they may become better at playing each other. And in that case, it might be worthwhile to puppet to speed up certain scenes. But I don't think we're at such a point yet in this story. I'm not, anyway.

I was worried about what Lili has so clearly said as well. Not just the puppeting, but that the others posts are not read thoroughly enough.

And I would like to add something else which I observed: Sometimes a post is written longer than it should be (timewise), for it would be necessary, that another reaction came first. The example is not the only one, Airyn, I just take your post, because it is the last.

Altario lays his hand on Damien's shoulder. I would think, that there should come a reaction in the next few seconds, at least the next minute. But you push the time forward, Airyn, with bringing Lili to the table and fetching two drinks. Maybe there is no barkeeper who can give you a drink, for Damien and Altario have meanwhile killed him? Do you all see, what I mean? And sorry, that I just take your post Airyn, but this was the easiest example ;) (And you are allowed to make your mistakes, freshly rping as you do).

This writing too fast in the future is nearly the same as puppeting, for it leaves not enough room to react for the other player. Of course it is sometimes necessary, e.g. when we want to move forward (like Ana pushed us to Strata).

This feeling for timespans is of course a special thing, and everybody has surely a different one. I thought it would be high time, that Altario came in from the stables. So let us be a bit more carefully in this respect also.

Sorry, now that I've read Damien's post again I read it completely wrong. Sorry Lili, for the puppeting. I'll ask next time  :(

Fixing immediately.

EDIT: Okay, I've just taken out the bit about Damien and Lili and the feather-in-the-hand section. Reeeeeeeally sorry for upsseting ya Lili. And Damien, sorry I've sounded rude in my post in the story.

I'll get used to the whole timing thing eventually  :)

Apologies accepted, Airyn. And no grudge held!

Let's play!  :D

Lili, I should know better! Please forgive me for puppeting your character. The reasons you gave are logical and reasonable and I, for RPing as long as I have been, should know the rules by now. I am sorry.

Talia, your thoughts on this matter of timespans are also very logical and reasonable. It makes sense to speed things up when it is necessary, but, as you stated, it does not help the Rping process when you do it unnecessarily.

I also apologize for my absence these last few days as I was very busy in RL.

I will read the posts more carefully as well.

I believe I am going to react to Alt's post now. If any of you see any discrepencies please inform me and I will edit as soon as possible.

Again Lili I am terribly sorry for puppeting your character and not allowing you the fun of running your own character. I be a bad boy... :fish:

Delighted to be repeating myself: Apologies accepted and no grudge held, Damien.

A detail, though: Lili is blonde, too! (It's her eyes that are brown; I already noticed that misunderstanding in an earlier post of yours, but forgot to mention it then.)

@Lili, that is what I get when I mix up my women!  :buck: I will edit my posts accordingly.

So I answered Alt's post, but if Alt is not going to be back for two weeks what do we do, wait?

I suppose I could develop the little side-plot of Tyrr, Gres and Quar more...but I did not even ask permisiion of the mods to do even that.

Mods, if you wish I can PM you about what I had in mind with those three, or I can drop them like a "hot potatoe" if you would rather. Just tell me which.

Also when is Garret and his orcish friend going to come into the inn?

Thanks, Damien.

Personally, I think there's no harm in waiting. Six days ago, Alt said that he'd be away for 1 or 2 weeks, so with some luck he'll be back before Pagran closes the inn for the night ...

I be back.  Will post as soon as I'm caught up on everything. :D

Ok, I edited my post to reflect that Lili was by herself when Damien was "accosting her".

Is this the only change now?  While Alt and Damien talk, Airyn took Lili away?  That is being left as is?

Just want to be sure before I post.

And I apologise for any screwing up of the story before I left.  I was worried that I might be gone longer than I was, so I was kind of hurrying my posts in so that no one would be waiting on me.  I'm usually more careful than that.

Hi Alt,

Good to have you back! Don't worry about your post, as far as I'm concerned. It will doubtless happen to me one day (though I'll try my best to avoid it as long as I can!).

My understanding is that we'll leave all the other posts as they are, and take it from here. Rather than fiddle with the details of the last posts, I think it's better to move on with the situation, which is, after all, an intriguing one!

Hope the move went well!

Lili

Welcome back my friend. Let's have some fun shall we?

Besides I am sure Rhia is anxiously awaiting to get back into the story.

Yup, have been following your posts, guys, and, mistakes or no mistakes, they are as can only be expected with the fine array of writers you all are- that is to say, excellent. :)

Damien, our plan still stands, correct? :pet:

Um...I believe so, if I can recall them, otherwise I will just follow your lead Rhia.

sorry, guys, i know that's a pitifully short post, but the combination of having a good idea for a post, but too much of a headache to write much, isn't very conducive to verbosity.
 :P i used "verbosity" in a sentence. how weird.

Grallen it was great post. Gives something to write while I wait for Altario to deck me.

Alright Altario time to deck me for me talking like that about your daughter.

Hah!  Take more than that.  Alt's had to live with Denrykmar.  A stranger, maybe, but Alt knows Damien, thus words and pity hit harder than fists. :P

Of course, Damien could slug Altario.....

Hi there,

Just to say that I'm still around, but short on time. Will post by the weekend. Honourable bandit promise!

Lili

Very good post Altario. You were right on the money. Perhaps I rushed my post a bit and should not have come down the stairs yet and let Grallen and Pagran speak to one another, and to allow you, Alt and the women to gather together and talk some yourselves and also to allow Rhia to come into the inn during the time I was bathing.

I think that is a good idea and I shall edit my post accordingly.

One post coming right up! (Oh, I've missed you, Destiny :heart:)

And Desitny has missed you our songbird of the sea, :heart: Don't forget to read Damien's edited post before you post yours.

Damien, you are going to give a few posts time in for those of us in the bar before you come back, no?  Time must be kind of funky here if you can go upstairs, get a bath and cleaned up, all in the ttime it takes Altario to cross the floor to the table. :P

We won't take too much time, I promise. :)

Good point, Alt. I can do a farewell post on Sunday if there's something for me to respond to. No pressure, though!

I will answer Lili today, so that we are at the table. :)

Oh, good!   :D

Alt, sometimes I really wonder if you read all of the posts, including the OOC ones?

I edited my post so that I am still in the pool bathing and thinking so that things down in the bar can be more fleshed out; story wise.

I don't blame you though, you are a very very busy man.

I read.. but I'm dumb.  In one ear out the other. :buck:  Last time I read your post, you had come downstairs.  My mistake. :D

Capher, didn't that happen to every one of us story mods now and then? ;)

Yep, it sure did and does and will probably continue to do so... ;)

Test!  Kassandra!

(http://home.arcor.de/Salixgrey/Avatar/Seeker_Gossiper_A.jpg)


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(http://home.arcor.de/Salixgrey/Avatar/Seeker_Gossiper_A1.jpg)

I prefer the first, cropped, version.  :D

Me too! :)  Just experimenting with the size and sharpness, 60x60p like for the avatars is so small.

The last is 80x80

I agree with whatever you guys agree on. Not much in the way of making decisions right now...not feeling well....headache, enough pain to make me nauseus. I will cu all later...

Get well my friend! :(

Yes, please do, get over it soon!

Sorry to hear that, Damien. <hug> Hope you're feeling better soon. :undecided:

Glad to see you online Damien.  Hope you are feeling better. :D

Hey Alt, I am not quite up to posting yet...just reading to keep up. Headache became worse yesterday, went to hospital, fixed me up with some powerful pain pills, only awake a few hours and then I sleep. See my neurologist tomorrow on results of MRI scan the hospital took.

Not sure what it all means...

Great posts Rhia, and Grallen and everyone.

My apologies to everyone for posting here. I merely wanted to send my fondest wishes to Damien and let him know I am praying for him. :heart:

 :(  Hope the headache goes away.  I've been afflicted with terrible headaches all my life, so I know the pain/nausea they can cause and how debilitating they can be.  We all will be wishing you the best.

Shen Caz'na, thank you for your concern and prayers.

Alt, you really should have an MRI or CT scan done. They found an aneurysm that caused my headache. It had not ruptured, nor is it big enough for them to do anything about it except watch it and treat my high blood pressure better. My neurologist may in near future think about clipping it, especially if it starts to grow.

So, I am back....lets see what we can and shall do.

I have had all sorts of tests done over the years.  Never found anything.  Meh.

I hope it all works out for you.

Damien, I think you should PM me your plans with Tyr.

I have a story planned, and introducing Pagran into it so that you and Rhia had a stotryline while we journeyed to Strata was fine, but you are now introducing more NPCs and coming up with a storyline on your own, and I want to be certain that it does not interfere with the plans the mods and I have so far.

Sent you a PM Alt. I am terribly sorry Alt and mods if I overstepped my bounds.

is there any direction i should be heading/ stuff i should be aware of, or is it ok to just let Grallen be her usual belligerent self?

Be yourself :)

Talia, I was wondering if you could tell me what the average height of Stranarian men were? Are they short, like a little over 5' tall? I could not find a reference to their height.

That would depend on the heritage - more Shendar, more from the Tristin stock or from Aeruillin, but if you go with 1,7 to 1,8 peds, you can't go wrong.

Did I miss an absence note from Airyn? Thought about posting for Lili, but wanted to wait if Airyn would add something to the conversation.

I have not seen one, and its been three weeks.  Not sure what to do about Tharoc either, as he was taking control of Garret so that realistically takes 2 characters out.  We may need to open up for a new player or two.

I'll try to get a post up for Lili tomorrow, but it is harder as I thought! I think she might see Damien before Alt ...

If I had time I'd suggest me postin' for me and Thar, but never in a million years could I manage to play the orc. Plus I'm leaving London and heading to Belgium today and kinda think I'm getting sick unfortunatly. I might try something if my computer will remain charged long enough on the train.

Hey Garret, I hope you feel better. Nice to see that you are still around.

Take care;

I bathe, shave, cut my hair and no speaks to me...I think I will go back to being a drunk ;)

It is so hot, my brain is not working....

know how you feel, Talia. irn bru in large amounts seems to help. ;) Damien i'm working on a reply, should be up sometime this evening - sorry to keep you waiting, i had work last couple days, and spending all day fending off lemurs and tourists, shovelling the combined output of some really big animals, and generally working too hard, tends to make me too tired to post when i get home. loved your post, though. :grin:

I heard that there was some sort of heat wave going on in Europe...I guess they were right. ss Talia, I hope it cools off soon for you all.

@Grallen, they way you were talking it sounded like you worked at a zoo. Do you work at a zoo? And if you do, what is the name of it, if you would not mind me asking?

Yeah, i do, but only as a volunteer to fill the rest of the summer - it's kessingland wildlife park, or "Africa Alive!" as they so exuberantly call it on all the signs. :rolleyes:

Would you want to be a zoologist?

i did for a while, and spent last summer teetering wildly between impossible-to-get-into (for me) unis, but now that i've settled on a creative writing course, i can relax and stop trying to remember what on earth biochemistry is s'posed to be, which is nice. :grin:
nice post, by the way!

@ Grallen, thank you.  Do you like your creative writing course? I was thinking of taking one, but cannot find one online, that is free...or not that expensive.

@ Rhia, where are you songbird?

@Talia, I hope your heat wave has subsided.

@ Alt, please PM me.

Damien, Altario, I know I should post with Lili now, but I'm still hesitating how to write, I need some more time to get it done right. We are away till Sunday afternoon also, so don't expect something before Sunday night.

And it is raining now, so my brain works again ;)

Why then don't I post, so that it takes the pressure off you?  You can jump in when it feels right.

I'm back! And I'm going to study Lili and Kassandra now to be able to transform into both...

Rhia, I see you already as the future Robin Hobb!  :)


There is some little error in your last post though. Damien is not sitting at the table with the ladies, but standing behind Altario.


Damien

Rhia

Should be not a big problem to fix that.

Robin Hobb? I don't know who he/she is, sorry... :undecided:
edit: Just looked her up. (Yay for wikipedia!) Thank you very much, Talia, though I've yet to reach the high quality of writing that you and our co-rpers exhibit!

Sorry about the mistake! Thank you very much for pointing it out, Talia. ^.^

Oh, I like the Farseer Trilogies so much, currently I'm reading the liveships...  ahhhh. Worth reading!

Yup, definitely good. I've read all three and looking forward getting the chance to read the new book at some point soon.

Am I to wait for Altario to respond to me or should I do something else?

Also Grallen, waiting on a post from you as well.

Rhia, excellent post as usual.

Talia, never read the Farseer trilogy. I will look them up.

Yes, I think you should wait for Altario's response, seems the most natural way now that Lili has pointed towards you.

*pokes Altario*

Sorry.. been a bit bleh lately.. partially writer's block.. partially flu I think.. lots of sweaty sleep... :undecided:

Actually... I've been halfway through a post twice.. and lost it twicce cuz its taking me days to write and when my scheduled puter scans happen during the night, it closes everything down and I lose my progress... for the 1000th time, I will say I need to write my posts in Word first... but alas... I'm stubborn... and dense :buck:

You and I both Alt. We are both stubborn men.  So sorry about you perhaps having the flu. I hope it is not the h1n1. Writer's block is hard to overcome. My trick is to just go through old papers of mine, stories or ideas, newspaper clippings, anything I have collected, photographs, memorabilia, just anything and begin to just write gibberish about one or more of them and then before I know it I have a viable sentence or a semblance of a plot will poke its head out of the chaos.

Then I turn it onto the project I really want to work on, like a post for Santharia and most of the time it works, sometimes it does not and I start all over again...just my way, yours may be different.

or alternatively you could try my way and fill yourself with sugar and caffeine until you can't sit still long enough to feel sick, and just keep writing until you've used up all the energy. you won't live very long, but you will use up an extraordinary anmount of ink, and upset a lot of people with your grumpiness thereafter. :grin:
@Damien: sorry, again. lemurs, results days, and "Danger socks" have been taking up what little mental space i have. i'll get you a post today, if at all possible.

I'm away for a few days, but I think Lili's reaction is not needed immediately.. I think it is ok, if you mention, that she furrows her brows when watching all.

Take care Talia. We will miss you and hope to see you soon.

@Alt, are you coming up with a reply to Damien, or should I write something along the lines that you did not care, and Damien goes back to the bar.

I have a post in the works.  Will be up tonight, or tomorrow by the latest. :D  Had a couple FD posts I had to crank out first.

i am having a terrible exacerbation. I hope it will subside soon, until then take care.

Hello everyone, I just wanna say how sorry I am for just leaving you guys without saying anything. My parents grounded me for being a little too stupid with some friends, so I had a month of nothing that plugs into a powerpoint. Still waiting for my phone  :(

Have I missed too much to continue with you guys? Just say the word. Again, I'm so sorry for ditching you all.

No, we are still in the tavern, and have simply referred to you in our posts.  If you read up, you could easily jump back into the story.  Feel free to post. :)

WB.

Thanks :)

Hey everybody I am back from the hospital, but not up to posting yet. Probably in a week. Just wanted to let everyone know that I am fine, tired as an ole hound dog, but alive and still praising God.

ugh!!  I hate this @Q@%#@ story!!   Again, 3X I have lost my post.  Never in FD, always in Destiny.  I'm cursed.

Hi all, unfortunately my recovery is taking longer than I expected...I guess it must mean I am becoming very old.  I am sorry for those of you who were depending upon me to post. Perhaps one of the mods can take over. I am not sure how long yet before I am ready....so very very sorry.

Take care, I miss you all so very very much.

Capher.

I'm so sorry to read that you're not feeling well, Capher. Get better soon!  :heart:

Well, I'm back! Airyn, it's great to see that you are, too! I had missed the worrywort elfess.

Talia, that was a great post you wrote for Lili and Kassandra. Your description of Lili's thoughts about Altario's suggestion that she go to bed while he starts looking for his brother - it's pretty much exactly what I imagine her reaction would have been. And I loved the details of Kassandra's curses. That bird knows more about Santharia than I do! Thank you so much for looking after us! Also, I hope your parents are better.

I'm looking forward to rejoining the story. By the weekend I should have caught up with reading, and will then have a Lili-post!

Excited to be back,

Lili

Aargh! I just have time to wave bye to you all before I go - hopefully I won't be too long away from the computer, especially seeing as I'm just in time to see Lili's back!
Get better soon, Capher. :kiss:

Hopefully I'll find a wireless connection soon, but not sure when. When I do I'll see bout a post for Garret and another enterance.

I am back and raring to go...nice post Altario.

Airyn, my condition is a disease(no name) caused by all of the sea water and my drinking that has affected my lungs just in case you needed that information. Beware though, I have a tendacy to fall for pretty girls, especially when they either heal me or insult me... :lol:

Hi Lili!! *Waves*

Sorry guys, work had me in a bit of a rut this last week.

Thanks for that Capher, I was going to ask you about that today actually :D
I'll just make sure that she doesn't spill anything on you :grin:


So, how is everyone?

Was wondering if we should skip ahead to the next day.  I don't want to get bogged down in minutia.

Fine by me! I'll wait with posting, then, until that decision is made.

Glad to read that you're better, Capher!

Welcome back Lili! I wished I had posted more, but somehow the holidays were not as lazy as I had hoped for. Now life is slowly regaining it pace, though I'm always still on alert to jump to help my parents, which is tiring in itself.

Capher, I hope you soon feel better!


Well, Altario, I thought you wanted to go out tonight already? Don't know,if you want to visit that special tavern. And Lili surely has to do it as well, for you told her to stay at home... so skipping the night might not be usefull.

But I know what you mean, we should not sit at that table for weeks.. but you have raised anyway already.

I will have a look in the mods only forum... ;)  And try to get a post done for Lori and Ana.

Hey, I'm just wondering how 'fast' can I post seeing as Airyn has volunteered to try and help Damien out. I'm nearly finished my post, but do I let her follow those men upstairs and into the room to have her hang there for a while until someone else comes up, or do I start the whole healing process?  :huh:

Thought I'd ask before posting, just in case.

Start healing, so we can progress faster, me thinks :)

Awesome. Thanks Talia


EDIT: Would I be okay in giving Damien something to cure scurfy or something along those lines?

Hope it's not too long. Was kinda nervous in picking the right thing to use, so don't be afriad to tell me if I'm wrong about the tea part.

Oh well, at least I know most of the herbarium backwards  :D

Ah, nice to see this story picking up speed, with four splendid posts today!

Does anyone know what happened to Tharoc, actually? I miss him!

Welcome back Lili! I hope you had a great time and no I have heard from Tharoc in quite awhile. I hope he is ok? And I too miss him.

@Airyn, Hyram is a healer. You can find him way back in page three I believe. He took over from the Bavaras girls who had first begun to try and heal Damien. It was a good post.

@Altario, I can quickly finish the conversation between Airyn and Hyram and also I need to finish my conversation with Grallen. But if she is gone, who is playing her? Or do we puppet her? I need to know that.

@Rhia, please write something just to let us know you are around.

I'm back!
well, sort of. I might be a bit irregular for the next week or so, but I have now conquered the internet system, so I should be around every now and then.
I was wondering about the whole conversation thing with Tyrr and co - if Alt wants to wrap this day up, should we not try and tie that up, if possible?

Hey Grallen, Yeah I will post something tomorrow as now it is becoming late, and I have already posted in several other places and I need to get some rest besides I also need to reread Tyr's and your posts to orient myself as to where we were with everything. So give me till tomorrow and I will have something up...I promise.

I'll try and finish my post today for ya Damien :)

Hey Altario,

I just wanted to let you know that I'm around and ready to post if you want me to. At the moment, though, I can't see what to write, as Altario the character is focused on Garret, and as it doesn't make much sense for Lili to intervene with either the 'healing scene' upstairs or the 'shady business scene' with Grallen & Tyr.

If Altario was planning to look for Denrykmar this same night, Lili would certainly (try to) come along (as Talia's post so cogently suggested). But otherwise I'm happy to wait with posting until the morning starts.

We'll wait.  I jumped the gun with Garret.  I thought he was going to be able to post soon, but circumstances have delayed it.  However, as soon as Damien and Airyn have finished, I plan to jump ahead to the next day...  I am thinking that it would be best to jump to tomorrow late afternoon, early evening.  Because of the heat of the day, we can assume that the city comes alive more so after the afternoon heat has faded.  We can all meet for dinner, themn start our own searches for Denrykmar after that.  Gives Damien a full day in bed to heal.

On a personal note, its good to have you back. :)

Oh, you old charmer, you!   :azn:

OK, if Grallen answers then I will end our discussion for the night. 

Alt are you going to change the time and day?

Lili, nice to see you back.

Yes, I'll change all f that once it has all been wrapped up

sorry that took so long to write - various things have kept me from doing what i want for the past couple days. anyway, i think  that's my side wrapped up - hopefully that's an alright response as far as you're concerned, Damien?

I think it's a fantastic post, Grallen - especially the last paragraph!

I thought I'd just mention that I might not be able to pop in for a week. The next few evenings are burdened with annoying little obligations, and on the weekend I'll be away on a short trip to the city of Bath, to inspect what's left of the old Roman spas. It should be interesting, but I'll miss Santharia!

So long,

Lili

(who is very much looking forward to posting in this story again)

Lots of Pics!!!

So, what is happeining now? Where are we as far as time?

Also has anyone seen or heard from Rhia?

Suppertime the next day.  Haven't seen Rhia. :(

I really should read the posts first before writing in the OOC. They would answer my questions and then I would not feel like a complete fool when Alt or someone else answers my question, when the answer was staring me right at my face if only I would have read it first.

Sometimes I wonder about myself... :azn:

I do hope Rhia shows up, I miss her.

Yes, Rhia, I too miss you and your elegant and inventive prose!

Hey Lili, are you back? Or still on your trip? How was it?

Airyn, I am not sure whether or not you left Damien's room and I do not want to assume anything, though I am guessing you did leave I was hoping you had stayed and talked with Hyram and showed him a some skills about how to help my rib heal faster, though it would be your magic, but he would not know about it.

Lili lol


I'll think about some info Lori could come up with, till tomorrow.

I thought I'll post what I have, though I still need to cover my day. I'm not sure yet, when to meet you or how. Altario, can you PM me, if it is something "secret" . Are you going out to the  seek out that beauty of the south? Lori could simply wait for your arrival in the tavern, or better, you'll find a notice from Ana'Mirl, that Lori knows something.

I have an idea as well, though, how she could get lost down at the beach, if a search party would be required (while you are away). After she is found, she would need to contact somebody who gives her the required info.

Hey guys, sorry I disappeared. Our internet got cut off because the company had a fit or something and we changed to a new one so we had to wait for the modem to come.

Can I still post?

I think you can. Glad to have you back.

But, Airyn, this was the second time you vanished without note. There are internet cafes where one can drop a short note, or maybe even computers at school, or a friend with a connection, so that your fellow players are not left to guess where you are now.

Yeah, please come back, Airyn!

I'll be out of action until Monday at least. My best friend from kindergarten will be getting married this weekend, so I'll be travelling to Germany (and have some preparation to do before).

See you all soon!

Lili

Yes, Please post Airyn. :)  Though Talia does make a good point and offers a great option.

Headin back to Vegas for a couple weeks this weekend to babysit my brother while my dad's traveling. Hopefully while I'm there I'll get the chance to catch up and post with Garret.

My little sister and brother here got me running constantly here and spending most the time visitin family. Though I should find time to post occasionally.

Hey Garret; nice to see you back safe in the U.S.  I hope you had a great vacation. So, what are your plans now that you are graduated? Are you planning on going to college? Whatever your plans are I know you will do well in it, for you are a good worker and have the drive and ambition to anything you set your mind to.

I'll be away till Monday also, but then the next post from Lori will come hopefully!

*Pops the cork on some Shendar Wine* 

Congrats to everyone as this self serving post is #1000 for Destiny.  Should we make it to 2000, I will splurge and get a hold of some Desert Love, or maybe some Mil'no Fire.  Great work to all.

Prost!


(http://home.arcor.de/Salixgrey/Smilies/glaeser_prost.gif)

Congratulations to us!

Congratulations to a great team of writers and mods.

Altario, whom will Lori meet now? Is Drusai the big boss in the background who might know something about Ryk? And Lori finds a go between, somebody who will lead us eventually to Drusai?

Talia, you make extremely valid points which I completely agree with. I'll be more considerate of you all next time :(

I haven't had any free time lately, but I'll have my post up tomorrow :)

Rhia you are back, welcome back! I missed you and very nice post indeed.

No, Dru was not to be the boss, she was to be the go between.

Ok, then, tomorrow Lori will meet her old "friends", one of them knows Drusai, he brings her to Drusai who brings us to the "boss", ok?

Or do we still need the episode, where she gets lost for a short time, near the harbour? Or should she observe something? Maybe Kassandra?

There is a 't' in my name btw, Talia. ;)


I guess I should go post in the CD thread since I'm joining in.  :)

Welcome to Destiny, Drustai.  :D

Wellum... Looking back on my post, I'd gotten the timing wrong and it doesn't fit well... Would it be alright if I deleted it and started over? (I realize now that I had a few incorrect assumptions *contrite look*)

@Capher: Hallo! It's nice to be back; I'm not full-time yet, though. I've had quite a lot going on lately, so weekends are pretty much my time for Santh.; though *hopefully* as of next week I should have some more time on my hands. :)

*put on her glasses*

Oh well, ok.

Oh, I might have found a way to tase the great Drus..Drustai? ;)

Ah, what I wanted to ask is this:

I think Drustai/Lori need aother go-between, a boy or girl who knows of Dru, suspects that Dru might know something. Does Drustai know Ryk? Has she been seen in his company? Or in what relation is she to that 'boss'? Is it possible, that this boss was seen with a Remusian?

Ahh, my poor Lori, has to face great dangers...   :shocked:

Drustai, I just set the internal links in the the char description thread. After I was skipped three times from the site when I used your return link, I replaced it with mine, which leads to the top of the thread. If somebody wants to go to the top of your CD, it is just another click away.


Btw, I do not read the full CD of a new char. I read as much as needed for a moderator, but otherwise I do prefer to find out the characteristic in the play. So I can play my chars more true, for normally they don't know a new member and do not know about their strenghts and weaknesses. Appearance, yes, a bit personality maybe, but not more. After several weeks of playing I might do so though...

I sent you a PM on the dev board, Talia. :)

Thanks, I'll tell Talia to look there!

Welcome to Destiny, Drustai!  :D

I feel like Lili's had enough chit-chat in the Seashoal's Inn. I'd like to take her to the harbour area in my next post, in search of Denrykmar. Any objections?

Posted again, but I am still not finished!

No objections on my end.  I'll get Altario on his next journey as well.  Very nice to see Lori out and about. :D

Alt, before you go out, Lori needs to meet you to get some mney from you! But I need a break until I'll write the  bit where I need you.

Don't expect such a long post more often from me! That has to make up for many smaller ones! :)

There you go, hope that's okay :)

Welcome Drustai! Nice to meet a fellow Kayr!

Actually, you might not like to meet her! ;) Her char is quite opposite from you, she is a much more powerful mage than you (is frost the same as water?) , older, you might experience some frustrations...  the interaction between you two will  surely be interesting!

I'm wondering Airyn - did you not notice Altario and Lili, Damien and Grallen? Or have you been so bussy with yourself, that you just did not see them?

Yes they are the same, Talia. :P


*waits patiently to be discovered so she can start posting* :pet:

She hasn't noticed them yet Talia, but my next post was going to have her go say hi :)

Lori needs some coins from Alt to pay her thieves, then she will go and make a deal! And go and search you, Drustai!

Altario, I altered my last post and puppeted you a bit, so that we all can go on with posting and no one has to wait for the other. I hope this was ok.

I hope I can post tonight, then I will find Drustai, come back with the information, that she (Drustai) would speak to you at a place she told Lori.

But when would I find you back in the inn?

Or do we just see, how the story evolves and look then for a solution ?

Excellent post, Lori. This story is getting better and better!

Thanks, Lili! :)

Your praise helps me to feel not so small between all those excellent players!

(Tell me, how an orc can write so well! ;) )

Finished for today, added the last bit! Now Drustai can come!

Hurray! :clap:

Ermm, did there someone hurry to write his post?

Drustai, Lori wrote it was dark already and she could see the lights from the "Beauty". No problem though, just that she can't  fall asleep now. Maybe she is a bit absentminded..

Alt, we do have a map (http://www.santharia.com/adv/index.php?topic=6590.0), the Sea Shoals Inn is where you are staying (at the waterfront) and the Beauty is NOT in the town! ;) What for did I do this map!  :buck:

Hehe... it is more a lack of good writing skills than a lack of research, Talia.  I looked at the map, and knew it was not in the city itself.  In my head, I knew that it was down by the shores past the harbour, but I see that my description of Alt's travel there makes that unclear.  I'll clear that up. :P

I am not sure whether anyone reads and gets the timeline's correct, including myself, Talia. Rhia had posted a good post about yelling in the inn about quitting, but no one even wrote anything about it. Of course I may have mistaken her timeline as she may have ours.

Welcome to Destiny Drustai. I hope your stay will be a happy one.

Admittedly, with the scattered aspect of the party at the moment, and the jump in time to the next night, it became a bit confusing here with everyone trying to encapsulate what their character had done throughout the day.  I'm sure it will all coalesce once we all reform into one group.  Till then we must just read carefully the last post of the characters we are interacting with and keep moving forward. :)

EDIT:  I did read Rhia's post, and enjoyed it.  But, Altario has not yet met Rhia (through Damien later on, I presume) so would have no reason to pay attention to her yet.  You know Alt.. a bit self centered. :P

Thanks Damien. :)




Talia, I was unsure how dark you meant. I was figuring that it was dark, but not like, pitch black night yet. So there would still be some dark blue in the sky, and one could still see things, albeit in shadows. Something along the line of the first hour of Greyshade.

Yeah, right,  sorry for being over.. whatever.

 Hope I didn't sound too unfriendly.

Nah it's okay. :) I can always change my post if you'd prefer it to be even darker. I'm just not sure what time it's actually supposed to be atm.  :shocked:

Hey Talia,

Would it be okay if I used Kaltoora in my next post? Or if not her, then Mido? Or if not him, then another member of the gang?

It would only be a short appearance, nothing story-changing.

Lili

Lili, anyone you need!

Dru, it is ok!  I hope to get a short post up now!

Damien, I don't know, if your post fits, Rhia may not be here


Rhia has deleted that post, see here:


Here last one is here (http://www.santharia.com/adv/index.php?topic=6827.150), Nr 153 (?), and that is yesterday...

So then my post needs to be edited then. Thanks Lori.

Oops! Sorry about the formatting errors when I first put the post up. I was trying to post and cook dinner at the same time.

Anyway, I've corrected everything, I hope. Now let's see how that dinner's turned out. Hope I haven't messed that up, too ...

Alright, as you all seem to have left the inn before I woke up (thanks Alt for keepin me up all night and lettin me sleep all day), I'll just sit around and wait for yall to return ... :)

You could have said something... :P

Hey Garret nice to see you back. Are you going to play our friendly orc too, or perhaps you can contact him. I miss his crazy humor.  

Garret would Damien recognize you from Voldar when you were just a kid? I wonder?

Wasn't I on the other side of that story? I believe Garret was in Nyer for a little bit.

Plus, even if that wasn't on a different side, its best not to go into that as I've messed with Garrets timeline enough. It wouldn't work, cause I aged Garret for this story to match Alt's 13 year age. Though Alt was about the same age in Voldar as he is now, if I recall correctly.

Garret, yes you were on the other side, however if had ever had the chance to finish the story you would have been on Voldar's side eventually. But that is another whole mess of beans...

So, no you and Damien would not know each other.

Dear friends, I have a request.

Would you please tell me, if I use in my posts strange, not fitting words or have eclatant grammar issues? I often go to the dictionary to look for the right word, but then I have a couple of choices and I do not know, if the one I take is really the right one.

Thanks  :heart:

NP Talia; English has so much slang in it that sometimes even I do not know what word to use.  ;)

I thought your post was fine, Talia. I liked the word 'gabby'.

Instead of 'onset of bravery' I would have said 'fit of bravery' - but I'm not a native speaker myself, as you know.

I myself like the idiosyncracies of your speech with Ana and Lori, as I chalk it up to their exotic Shendar accents.

Lol, Altario, that's a good excuse, thank you!

Lili, you caught exactly the word I looked up!
I wanted to have something for "Anfall von Tapferkeit" - fit would have been the better (or only correct ) choice. I should have deduced it from 'a fit of pique'.

So, thank you :)

I really would like to improve my English, just reading is not enough, though it helps.

Back to Destiny!

I'm a bit at loss what to tell Drustai now. I only can say, that Altario stays at the inn and that I don't know, where he went. Hmm, I could remember, that Ana'Mirl told him to have a try there. (Ana'Mirl might know it and advise Lori , but I can't go to Ana'Mirl now with that elf in tow.

Will have to chew this over.

*too lazy to switch to Dru*

Talia, you could just have Lori and Dru go back to the normal inn you all are staying at, to wait for him. Alt's post indicates he could easily head back.

Yes, do that.  Alt has no place else to go.

aww, poor alt.  :grin:
i'm afraid i'm being contrary again. sorry for the mediocre postness. i've been jumping in puddles and my cold feet appear to hamper creativity.

Alt has plenty to do and probably likes the respite from posting if just for a little bit. But if he really is bored he could always go back to the "Beauty of the South" she seemed to be willing to ease his boredom.  ;)

Jumping in puddles? Cold feet? Hampered creativity! What will happen next viewers? Stay tuned to Destiny. Same Destiny time. Same Destiny thread. Lalalalalalalalal...Destiny! :grin:

Grallen I did not see anything wrong with your post at all and your creativity seems well intact. I just wish I had the same.

BTW Did we lose Rhia? I miss her. She was another creative writer. In fact you all have more talent in your little fingers than I do in my whole body. I know I may sound like I am feeling sorry for myself, or perhaps looking for praise, but I am not and do not want either of them. I am just stating the truth as I see it.

Ah, Damien, don't speak so badly of yourself, you know, it is not true.

Ermm, I wonder, what Damien would have done in the "Beauty", well, actually not! After Alt's post before the last I thought he would stay...  you have chickened out, Alt!  :buck:

Honour =/= Chicken :P

Talia, I wasn't sure which you'd prefer--to take Drustai to the inn or to have Lori go home. Whichever one is preferable to you is fine.

I made a few slight changes to my post from a few hours ago - not changing the gist, but hopefully explaining Lili's train of thought a bit better.

Apologies to those who'd already read the first version.

I've got a question (possibly a daft one): how do I insert a picture into a post, like Altario is wont to do in Frozen Darkness (e.g. here (http://www.santharia.com/adv/index.php?topic=4948.msg269533#msg269533))?

If you want to have it in your post and not attached, you need to upload it on a webspace (I can do that for you) and use that image icon from above (second from left, lower row) and out the urlof your picture in it.

I'll could ask Art for the address of the santharian stuff server again, then I can creare you a file there if you have more to uload.

Like this

(http://home.arcor.de/Salixgrey/Avatar/Lili.png)

[img]http://home.arcor.de/Salixgrey/Avatar/Lili.png[/img

I did not add the last bracket ] , so you can see the url now.

Drustai, if I don't get around to post today, please puppet Lori. She wants to be seen with you and bring you to the inn!

Who do you want to get to the inn first?  I can get Altario there before you, or have him get there and spot Lori once you are there.

Thanks, Talia!

Would you either upload the attached picture of Kassandra onto a suitable web space for me, or show me how to do that, please?

Much obliged,

Lili

I used photobucket to do the pictures in the post, when we did them like that for WKW. Just upload it to photobucket and they have various options for using the link to the photo. One of those options has the [img] around it already and works here.

(http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af180/PeterM_2009/Kassandra3.jpg)

Aha!

Thanks, Garret!

eep!
Lili you are a bonafide genius. I laughed out loud and confused the pertson i was talking to massively when i saw that. :grin: :grin: :grin:

Ahh, Lori would like to run to the  beauty to tell Altario about her success. Maybe if she has arrived in the inn with Drustai, Ana'Mirl could be there and suggest , that Alt has went to the Beauty, or does Damien know, where he went, think not.

I'll be able to post in an hour or so.

Altario was careful not to tell Damien.. he still has trust issues with his old friend.

Go with your plan with Anas then.  They can meet Altario walking back from the Beauty to the Sea Shoals.

I'll pic you up where ever you are, Altario :)

Thanks, Grallen!  :)

I thought that this opportunity to smuggle in a little Tolkien quote was just too good to pass by.

Talia, we may not need to go to the Seasholl first and then backtrack to the Beauty. Judging from your Strata map, in the direction we're going (in my post I chose the path towards the Beauty first), the wall seems to end right at the edge of the Beauty. So there is a good chance of us running into Altario right there.

Though, I could alter my post to take the path along the south wall instead, if you really want to go to the Seasholl first.

No, no, it is fine, then we run into Altario who sits outside, right?

I'm so sorry Altario, if I have hurt your leg!  :shocked:

Grallen - since Damien is away and has given permission for puppeting: do you want to include the actions of Quar and Tyrr in your next post?

Else I'd be happy to puppet them - either before or after you've posted. Just let me know what you prefer, please. So I suggest that either you post yourself next, or tell me to describe Quar & Tyrr's reactions first.

(And I hope I haven't made things too complicated with my last post  :undecided: -- I thought interactions are more fun if they are unpredicable? Also, I recently had occasion to visit a firework display in the company of a 4-year-old, and have taken inspiration from the resulting observations of exuberant capriciousness and sudden changes of mood.)

Lili, it's an awesome post and i wouldn't have your brilliantly surprising writing any other way.
it would make things simpler if i could puppet Quar or Tyrr - i'll pm you with detalis, so you can check things'd still work from your end.
hopefully i'll have a post up tonight, unless something major distracts me. ;)

eep, wait a minute - that's a promise i can't keep. i'll post once i've had ideas from Lili about puppeting etc. and not before. there. :grin:

With kind permission from Damien, and after consultation with Grallen: a puppeting post.

Damien, I hope my post is consistent with the characters of your backalley rapscallions! ;)

Sorry for the delayed post, Alt/Talia. Been a bit sick last few days.

No problem, Drustai! Get well again!

No swine flu, I hope?

Get well soon, Drustai!

I am back, sort of. I am home from the hospital, but hurting quite bad and taking heavy pain meds. I had a slight tear that needed repair and they also removed a polyp from my colon, turned out to be benign, which is good; no cancer. Doc wants me to take it easy for at least a week if not more, so do whatever puppeting you feel necessary.

I read the posts and Lili, blast it woman did you have to throw the contents of a chamber pot on yourself and Grallen and Tyrr and Quar. I laughed so hard that it hurt when I read it yesterday after I got home. I hope I did not split any stitches...just kidding.

So for now, take care and see you soon.

Damien.

Glad you are doing ok, Capher! I was worried when I noticed people mentioning you being in the hospital again. :(

Take care of yourself and we shall see you soon!

Thank you Kali for your concern.

I hope my post is sufficient for you Grallen and Lili?

Altario I still have not received the name of the ship yet.

Blasted all, I forgot to change my avatar. Sorry.

Talia, are you planning on posting with Lori?

I wanted to write something about how Lori felt in Altario's arm, not knowing a father, but as I had yesterday and still have a nasty headache and we want to go out tonight, and it is Saturday, I can't . Just go on, I might be able to add those thoughts later as well. And puppet me a bit, if needed. Tomorrow morning I might find some time.

Talia you get headaches pretty often. Is it your eyes, or something else? Anyway take care of yourself  and have enjoy yourself on your night out.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone even to those who do not celebrate it I am sure there is something you can be thankful for. I am going to have a full house starting tomorrow, Wednesday, so I will probably not be posting until the following Monday.

Until then take care;

Damien.

I'm back, but ill (mildly, but annoyingly ill) - I hope I can catch up with reading Destiny on the weekend.

Damien, I hope you have recovered well from your operation.

aw, poor Lili, hope you get better soon.
(if you have a quick look on the dev side, you might see something to cheer you up... ;))

Thanks, Grallen! I've recovered sufficiently to get back into action. The surprise on the Dev Board did help indeed! (I wonder if doctors should start prescribing Santharia.)

As far as I can see, there's nothing for me to post at the moment. Lili is unconscious, and Kassandra will remain perched on that shop sign for a bit, the night being too dark for her to fly around without bumping into things. So I'll watch and read for now.

I too hope that you feel much better Lili and thanks, I am doing fine now, though I think I ate too much, have to store up for the winter... :grin:

Umm...I think we can get you, if not Kassandra, and Grallen back to posting again. Lili, now if you wish you can revert back to your old self or not, it depends upon you.

Grallen I hope you did not mind my little puppeting of you. It was something we discussed anyway in pm, I think.

it's fine Damien, nothing i wasn't expecting from pmness. hope Grallen's sulking isn't problematic, and sorry for the shortness of post. deadlines keep jumping out at me and stealing all my brain.

Well Grallen and Lili it is now up to you to post if you wish. I left plenty of room for both of you.

All right, all right! I'll wake up on Saturday!  :D

(No time to post before, I'm afraid.)

Oh, Lili, Grallen, you are not in a very nice situation!

Beautiful post, Lori.  Brought tears to my eyes. :D

I agree with Altario!

Grallen, of course you can post before me, if you want - or you can wait for my weekend-post, just as you prefer.  :)

i'll have to see what i've time for - lots and lots of reading to do. :undecided:

No pressure, Grallen! Take it easy, and enjoy your reading.  :azn:

Lori, I agree with Altario. It too almost brought me to tears.

Grallen and Lili I cannot wait until I read your posts; you two are such good role-players. And yes Talia, they are not in a very nice place and if the rescue is going to wait until the morning, then there had better be a reason why the ship does not sail at first light...perhaps a storm comes up??

Anyway Altario is not feeling very well, so time is on Grallen's and Lili's side.

BTW Altario your post was very well written. I liked the analogy a lot!

Did we lose Airyn? I have pm'd Rhia, and she wrote back saying she was going to write up a post but I have not seen one yet.

BTW Lili and Grallen, great posts you two, except I would think Lili that you would have mentioned how you smelled, but you do have other things on your mind and hands-pun intended- :lol:  Umm as far as washing, I was thinking that you, Grallen, would move the tub over far enough to Lili, where then you would help her with her clothes and the chains should give her enough room to climb into it. And then after you both washed you could wash your clothes. I forgot in my last post to mention that along with the soap I also put rough cloths to dry yourselves off with. The cloth should also be long and warm enough to keep you until your clothes dry.

To be honest, neither I nor Lili are too worried about washing at the moment. Lili used to disguise her smell (in order to remain undetected by hunted prey) by sitting in worse things than the contents of a butcher's chamber pot. In any case, Lili was wearing a wide-rimmed hat when the stuff came down ... Not that I don't appreciate your care for Lili's hygiene, and the provision of a bath tub, no less (although Tyrr and friends may be thinking rather about the bad impression stinking wares tend to make?).

I was a bit surprised anyway how much Ques and Quar and Tyrr made of the smell - we're talking about the contents of a single woman's chamberpot, after all, not about a dungheap left behind by seven Krroahaxpattl monsters. But different interpretations of events by different characters are part of the joy of roleplaying, I say! So let's say Lili is not as delicate as those city thugs!    ;)

Just to reassure everyone, and the moderators in particular: although Lili is doing everything she can think of to get away, I'm quite happy for her to fail, if the story so demands (I don't actually know if she'll ever get out of there, and if so, when and how - and I don't need to know yet, either). But I must play Lili's nature: she won't give up so easily! (And meanwhile she'll ignore unpleasant smells - you're quite right, Damien: that's another reason she hasn't noticed anything [yet].)

Yes, I too miss Airyn. Wasn't she on the way to have a look at the sick Damien Scar?

You'll have to excuse my absence of late.  Still very sick.  In consultation with docs.  Limited time sitting up before naseau and exhaustion take hold.  Not very conducive to good prose, and the level of each of your writing abilities deserve at least my focused attention.

aww, Alt, i hope you're ok - take it easy and get better soon, alright? :heart:

I'm sorry to hear you're not well, Altario. Get better soon!

I'll be out of action for a few days at least, too. My mother is in hospital, and I shall probably travel to Germany to visit her. I probably won't be able to post before Sunday. If I need to be absent for longer, I'll post in the "Away, what a pity" thread.

Grallen, that was another fantastic post. I especially admired the flashback scene with Lucien. I look forward to replying, when I'll finally be able to.

Wow, you two could start, middle and end a story all by yourselves...great posts!

Just one small quibble, Gres and Quar are the brothers, otherwise what you said about them Grallen would be correct in your opinion, but I think Tyrr would argue over the matter of Gres being more clever than himself; after all he is the leader and brains of the group. It is not a boat but a ship, a boat is smaller than a ship, just for information's sake. The Runner, as she is called, carries a compliment of fifty men including the captain and officers.

BTW Tyrr does not trust anyone so I doubt that Gres would have the keys to anything. But, Grallen you could use Gres's infatuation with you to try and sway him to your side...good luck though. ;)

ah, thanks Damien, should have checked the brother thing before posting but forgot. as for the brains thing, Grallen is making assumptions, as she does. she hates Tyrr so she's decided he's an idiot. and she calls anything that floats on the water a boat. :rolleyes:
thanks for the heads up on crew numbers, that'll be useful i'm sure.
Lili i hope your mum's alright, send her our wishes.

My post should put a bit of distrust between Lili and Grallen.

I assumed that Grallen was making assumptions, I was just trying to help you out.

And Lili, I hope and will pray that your mother is well, or will get well soon.

Can anyone get a hold of Airyn?

I have pm'd Rhia and she is very busy with RL issues, such as homework, but she promised to have a post up soon.

I suppose I could write a post with Airyn and then leave her be as Damien goes back down to the common room of the inn, awaiting Altario's return. But since he is sick, that may be some time. I guess Damien could start up a conversation with the other fellow,( I forget his name at the moment, a brain fade, sorry) and his wolf.

Thanks for your well-wishes, you two. I really appreciate it.

Nice post, Damien. I look forward to responding, but it'll take 8 days at least from now. I'll travel to Germany to look after my mother, and then will have to catch up with work. Sorry about that.

Lili

Grallen I should never drink anything when I read your posts. I almost choked on my Coke when I read the part about you finally discovering what Gres's intentions were. I did not know that orc's knew the meaning of gross... :rolling: 

it has a very specificmeaning, relating largely to what humans and other non-orce get up to. ;)

argh, Lili, you ask the hardest questions!
merry christmas everyone! :heart:

... and you're giving the crypticest answers.  :azn:

A happy New Year, everyone!


EDIT: Grallen, I assumed in my post that you'd go on to wash Lili. Hope that's okay.

that's fine Lili, i'd hoped you'd do just that.
sorry about not being around for the past few days - i kinda forgot we were going to see relatives until the day before. back now, though.
 :grin: and Happy New Year, everyone! :grin:

Grallen and Lili, I truly believe that you could do a whole story all by yourselves with such great writing and imagination!

I want to wish everyone here a belated Happy New Year! I hope and pray for a fantastic 2010. I especially will pray for our story creator Altario. Get well my friend. You are missed.

I would like to also put out a shout to those players who have seemed to mysteriously drop off the map and have stopped posting in Destiny. I hope it is nothing serious in RL, but just the realities of it. I certainly hope it is nothing that I, personally, or any of my characters that have chased you away.

I look so much forward to seeing you back posting this year.

I'm back, my friend. :)

I'm putting together a post right now.  If I'm not distracted by Word Association today, like I was last night, I hope to get one posted today.

As for Lili and Grallen, yes, they are a very talented duo, and we are lucky to have them with us. :D



Rhia has sent me a PM expressing her sorrow at having to drop out of the story due to RL being too hectic.  She will be missed.

Which means we may need to replace her, and Airyn methinks.  Have not heard from her in a long time. :(

I'm glad you're back in business, Altario!

Hurray for postiness, and a toast to the many twists and turns of Destiny that I hope we'll write in 2010!

Rhia, I'm sad to see you leave. I hope your Real Life busy-ness is enjoyable as well as hectic?

Is Airyn definitely gone? I guess you've tried PMing, Alt?

And thanks for the compliments, you two. It's a great experience for me to collectively write a story with so many people. Destiny is a work of imagination that is becoming larger than the sum of individual minds that take part in its creation.

PM and email sent.  I will keep you appraised of any reply.

I'm back home now, so my internet access has returned. Figured I wasn't causing too much trouble cause Garret was on his own. Within the next day or two I expect to try and catch up reading posts.

Wohoo, I'm slowly getting around to post something too - maybe tomorrow!

Welcome back, Garret and Talia!

:)

Hmm, don't know, if Lori can post. As soon as she will post, she has to leave Altario.  :(
But maybe .. there is a bird somewhere waiting...

Kassandra, sorry, I've got a cold, nothing serious, but the kind, where you fight for air and feel overall, that life could be better. Lori will be back tomorrow!

Get better soon, Talia!  :heart:

(And there's really no hurry.)

Yeah, get better soon Talia. Take care of yourself first.

Hey Garrett, in case you did not figure it out Damien is trying to talk to you. But of course you figured it out, you are smarter than I and I am putting my foot in mouth again...sorry.

No worries Damien, thanks for the reminder. I'd seen it, but been a fairly busy/exhausting weekend, I didn't get around to it. Hopefully sometime this week. Sorry for the delay. :)

Sorry Garret did not mean to push.

Altario or the other mods just a quick note, should not the time and weather be changed?

I was kind of hoping to have a storm come blasting in from the ocean to keep the Runner from sailing so that you guys all have time to get a rescue party together. However if that is not in your plans Altario, that is fine with me as well.

Sounds doable.  I think I will keep it simply to high winds and waves... I'll keep the rain off the desert this night. :D

No worries at all I appriciate the reminder and the chance to interact again. Feel free to 'push' anytime I'm fallin behind.  :grin:

I'll see what I can do in the next day or two. Haven't been particularly inspired to write unfortunatly.

Um, anyone home? Destiny is not falling asleep, is it?

I am wondering about the next events in the story. Is it the case that Grallen & Lili should wait around until either the boat leaves or a rescue party comes? If that's so, Grallen & Lili's conversation could get very long, because their & Tyrr's story line has moved forward at a faster pace than the other story lines have. That was so for very understandable reasons, given RL events, and I'm not complaining. I'm just thinking about how the story might develop.

I really enjoy playing the conversation with Grallen, but I do wonder whether it might be months of RL-time before the different characters come together again. Maybe there's a way to drive the story forward a bit? Or to adapt the plot so as to create a bit of interesting confusion or mayhem or action, which would maybe encourage players to post again, too?

If discussing this would mean giving away surprises, please just tell me to shut up and play on the Dev Board.

By the way, Grallen - you did  see that Lili  responded? If you want to take your time, that's fine - I was just worrying that the Lili-post might have gotten overlooked due to the Kassandra-post that followed it rather closely.

Talia, I hope your absence doesn't mean that you got seriously ill! Wishing you all the best, and also wishing everyone a pleasant Sunday,

Lili

I'll send out some PMs in order to get your rescue party going. :)  And see if I can wake the Pirate captain. :evil:

Thanks, Alt! You know I'm bugging only because I enjoy this story so much!

Thanks Lili, for your concern  :heart:

No, I'm quite well again, but we had a very difficult guest which occupied all my time and mind (so that I forgot a medical appointment though I would have had the time to go to see the doctor). Sorry, I forgot you don't have yet access to the member's moot.

I'll try to do a post with Lori tonight, that brat needs her bed! ;) (After havig met Kassandra of course!)

I do hope your guest doesn't read this board!
Glad you're well.  :D

sorry Lili - i was planning to reply today (did see your post and loved it), but got a bit bogged down in other stuff. critical quotes are a nightmare to memorise. i'll have a post up sometime tomorrow. :)

Not to worry, Grallen! Please take your time. I just saw that you were around, and as you're usually so quick in posting, my mind began to generate hypotheses. 

Good luck with those critical quotes!

posted!
yeah, i'm afraid i might be a bit unreliable until beginning of next week - exams have made me realise i've kinda forgotten how to write an essay in an hour. :undecided:

Alt I think our captain is ready, he just needs a wake up call.

Ah, the dreaded exams! I hated those things, but now I wish I could do them all over again with the knowledge I have acquired since then. However memorizing critical quotes,(what are those anyway?) does not seem like fun. So I do not envy you that at all Grallen.

I believe if we can gather a rescue party within a week, perhaps two in RL if we really want to. I think a week would be better, then the story can go back to Alt's original plan.

Besides, Grallen is beginning to foam at the mouth :evil: