The Knights Next Prequel

[xinoehp512 he/him]

2 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

It wasn't decided, so I would be glad if you would phrase it accordingly. And yes, we've got some NPCs that know about Investiture, because that setting was meant to be more open. I would like to stress that "knowing" doesn't mean "understanding" or "every little detail". Just like only a few here know how paper exactly is produced, most of us should know that there are machines that do that, and maybe have a vague idea how they operate.

Rereading our planning pm actually quite a few people have been in favor of her being imprisoned and because of what happens at the perpendicularity she will be freed. So maybe that is another consequence, we could implement.

In general ShaTheoxis wasn't relevant in this setting so far, so I wouldn't force her into it. What she is doing exactly has no impact on what we've done so far and even if we decide to set her free, it won't be more than a post, or a vague hint at something our characters can't grasp.

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The original reason Sha-thoexis was introduced was because it just isn't possible to hide the use of Surgebinding from the public without supernatural assistance.  If Sha-thoexis is not in the world, then the world knows. Not just a few random NPC's; everyone. I feel like that's not what we're going for, especially considering that the world doesn't know in the present day. In order to make this work, we would need to find some way to explain how Sha-thoexis gets released before the perpendicularities split- she can't get released with or after the split, because then she would only affect the American West.

If you want her to be not relevant, then have her exist in the background. People do exist who can resist Sha-thoexis similarly to Invested, so the story can still work.

2 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

I would prefer to leave all this ascending stuff out of it. Why make it more complicated than it needs to be.

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To provide a motivation for the bad guys that we can all agree on. Everyone seemed to like it in the plot PM.

2 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

Just let it be a bunch of criminals that found something powerful and want to use it. They mess it up, accidently split the thing and TKND is the consequence.

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The problem is that- well, actually, there are a few problems. First, I don't think the location of the perpendicularities is secret (although I could be wrong). I feel sure they are not undiscovered, not with the centuries people have had to discover them. Second, I think that the breaking would have to be done individually at every perpendicularity. Thirdly, I don't think it's easy enough to split the perpendicularity that it could be done by accident. The idea, I think, is that you have something that un-mixes the Investiture, separating it into the individual perpendicularity-pieces, and then you get rid of all the non-native pieces. (I might need to explain this better :P)

Now, obviously this could all be changed or explained away. But given that people seemed to be able to agree on the attempted Ascension idea, and this one would require even more complexity to implement, I don't see why we should.

2 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

Additionally: a longer discussion severly impacts the flow of this rp and it also has a negative impact on my fun. I am sorry, but after TKND I am done with these endless pages of deciding nothing. I don't want to offend you, but it really, really wants me to close this thread and just stop posting here. So far we went really, really well without it. I would prefer if we could stop it.

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But how else are we supposed to solve the issue? We stopped discussion before; that didn't work. Discussion just happened again. The answer to this issue is making these debates more efficient, not stopping them entirely.

2 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

Apart from that I am waiting for the opinions of the others that actively rp here, as like I said it I think the worldbuilding should mostly be up to those using the setting.

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For worldbuilding purposes, this RP and TKND are the same, because they have the same & intertwined canon.

 

[AonEne he/him]

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I'm not gonna get into the worldbuilding stuff because I agree with Sorana that it should be the active RPers deciding what happens. 

3 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

We stopped discussion before; that didn't work. Discussion just happened again. The answer to this issue is making these debates more efficient, not stopping them entirely. 

This is simply not true. Xino, I'm like 99% certain at this point that you are the only one who wants these discussions and thinks they're working. They keep happening because you're starting them.  

If there is anyone else who shares Xino's POV, please speak up because if no one does I'll be assuming there is no one else. 

 

[Eluvianii he/him]

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More than agreeing with the Ascension idea, I was curious as to if that had been decided, which it wasn't.

About the, evil-group-playing-with-things-they-don't-understand idea, I think it's great. TKND already has Voidbringers plotting stuff so I don't think we need another massive world-dominating villain here, just something that went very wrong.

Lewis walked up to the others from his spot in the wall. He had been watching them talk and it had been, uncomfortable. But fortunately, the conversation was back to evil plots, and the more it went on, the more proof there was that checking that alley had been the end of his luck, and he wasn't even getting paid. But he couldn't leave now, these people, they weren't just killing random persons in an alley, they had taken hundreds of innocent lives and there was no one to stop them.

But now there was.

"Looking for someone to pick us up sounds like a good idea but, will we make it? It could take time to find someone willing." he said.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

2 hours ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

This is simply not true. Xino, I'm like 99% certain at this point that you are the only one who wants these discussions and thinks they're working. They keep happening because you're starting them.  

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If I didn't, things would get worse. We don't have easily understood bullet-point lists for all the stuff we're covering in TKNP yet.

4 hours ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

More than agreeing with the Ascension idea, I was curious as to if that had been decided, which it wasn't.

About the, evil-group-playing-with-things-they-don't-understand idea, I think it's great. TKND already has Voidbringers plotting stuff so I don't think we need another massive world-dominating villain here, just something that went very wrong.

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It shouldn't be accidental- it has to happen at every perpendicularity (although I suppose it could be triggered from one), and it most likely isn't very easy. At the very least, it isn't obvious, or the perpendicularity would be way better guarded. Nobody seemed against the Ascension idea; why can't we go with that?

 

[AonEne he/him]

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10 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

If I didn't, things would get worse. We don't have easily understood bullet-point lists for all the stuff we're covering in TKNP yet.

Do we need it? There's AT MAX five people in TKNP (Sorana, Itiah, Hope, Eluvii, Dapper) and so long as they grasp what's going on no one else should have to. TKNP is smaller - at minimum two people, half of it is Marcel/Wita. I understand that this is your belief, but my belief is that this makes it worse. You see, people have different opinions, and in this case they all hold the same weight, so we are assigning more weight to the RPers, full stop. As Sorana said I'm sure they're fine with hearing thoughts and suggestions, but their input is what TKNP will likely be working under.

12 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

It shouldn't be accidental- it has to happen at every perpendicularity (although I suppose it could be triggered from one), and it most likely isn't very easy. At the very least, it isn't obvious, or the perpendicularity would be way better guarded. 

Clarifying question, because I'm legit confused - aren't they all one perpendicularity right now?

14 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Nobody seemed against the Ascension idea; why can't we go with that?

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13 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

I would prefer to leave all this ascending stuff out of it. Why make it more complicated than it needs to be.

^^^^^ ??????????

I'm not active in this so my opinion (which is the same as Sorana's) doesn't really matter, but she just expressed this.

 

[Eluvianii he/him]

23 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

 

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Alright, I didn't really want to discuss it but this has to end somehow. There ARE easy to understand bullet points, some are there from the beginning and some set themselves as the story progressed but don't need an explanation. The story is iirc about separating the perpendicularities which are all in the same place and that's all, it's all it needs to happen to lead to TKND. The scope was going to be bigger, yeah, but since so few people are currently active, it would be meaningless, so a story about Ascension wouldn't fit.

Now, can we please stop this before the thread gets deserted?

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

15 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

Do we need it? There's AT MAX five people in TKNP (Sorana, Itiah, Hope, Eluvii, Dapper) and so long as they grasp what's going on no one else should have to. TKNP is smaller - at minimum two people, half of it is Marcel/Wita. I understand that this is your belief, but my belief is that this makes it worse. You see, people have different opinions, and in this case they all hold the same weight, so we are assigning more weight to the RPers, full stop. As Sorana said I'm sure they're fine with hearing thoughts and suggestions, but their input is what TKNP will likely be working under.

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TKNP=TKND when it comes to worldbuilding. Especially if the perpendicularities play a role in the future, which it seems like they will. The worldbuilding that happens in one affects the other.

I think I get now why people are upset about me using my characters more, but if I have a right to worldbuild for TKND I would have a right to worldbuild for TKNP; the rights are, essentially, one and the same.

20 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

Clarifying question, because I'm legit confused - aren't they all one perpendicularity right now?

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No!

Wait... is that what everyone has been thinking?  Because that's not how it's supposed to be at all. All the perpendicularities are where they are in the present day, they just provide Investiture for everything.

22 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

I'm not active in this so my opinion (which is the same as Sorana's) doesn't really matter, but she just expressed this.

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I don't see how it's more complicated...? In my opinion, having it be an accident is more complicated, because we have to deal with all the things I mentioned.

25 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

49 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Nobody seemed against the Ascension idea; why can't we go with that?

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Everyone who commented about it had a positive comment.

31 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

Alright, I didn't really want to discuss it but this has to end somehow. There ARE easy to understand bullet points, some are there from the beginning and some set themselves as the story progressed but don't need an explanation.

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We have nothing on how the perpendicularities work; that needs to get decided, and everyone needs to understand it so that we don't get any more conflicts.

 

[Eluvianii he/him]

16 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

 

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We've been through this before but, yes they are together, it was one of the first things that were decided, and yes, there will be discrepancies between this and TKND but I don't think anyone else really minds because, as it's been said over and over, the worldbuilding here is flexible and there will be a lot of soft points that won't have definitive answers and that's perfectly fine. And this will most definitely sound rude so I'm sorry but I don't know how else to say it, but I don't know why someone who isn't actively participating in the RP should set rules for it.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

We've been through this before but, yes they are together, it was one of the first things that were decided, and yes, there will be discrepancies between this and TKND but I don't think anyone else really minds because, as it's been said over and over, the worldbuilding here is flexible and there will be a lot of soft points that won't have definitive answers and that's perfectly fine.

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Again, flexible does not and should not mean inconsistent.

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

And this will most definitely sound rude so I'm sorry but I don't know how else to say it, but I don't know why someone who isn't actively participating in the RP should set rules for it.

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The current plot is a school day. My character does not fit in there anywhere, unfortunately, and also has the minor downside of being kidnapped.

 

[Eluvianii he/him]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

 

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Inconsistent is exactly what it means. It is so we don't have to worry about little details and can focus on whatever's on the spotlight at any given time. If as a side effect, some things in the background don't make sense, then so be it.

About your character no fitting with the story, I can't help you there but I don't know how I feel about someone contributing only with worldbuilding. Besides, I was talking about TKNP. Both stories are connected but are not the same. The rules for each one are decided as the players need them, so this conversation in itself is kind of meaningless.

And seriously, let's stop this. These discussions only make people not want to post and I don't really want to see one of them have major consequences.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

12 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

Inconsistent is exactly what it means. It is so we don't have to worry about little details and can focus on whatever's on the spotlight at any given time. If as a side effect, some things in the background don't make sense, then so be it.

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Sure, but these aren't little details we're talking about. How the perpendicularities work is a huge part of the roleplay, especially going forwards. We're going to have to decide how they work and what exactly disconnecting/connecting them means.

And I especially don't think we should be making inconsistencies when we don't have to.

14 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

About your character no fitting with the story, I can't help you there but I don't know how I feel about someone contributing only with worldbuilding.

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Just... let me be, then. Because I don't have a solution either.

16 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

Besides, I was talking about TKNP. Both stories are connected but are not the same. The rules for each one are decided as the players need them, so this conversation in itself is kind of meaningless.

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But they are the same. *exasperation* They share a world. The worldbuidling is the same. The decisions that are made here affect TKND.  Their plots are intertwined.

27 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

And seriously, let's stop this. These discussions only make people not want to post and I don't really want to see one of them have major consequences.

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I don't see any other way that these issues are getting solved. And I can't just leave them unsolved, not without deserting the RP entirely and letting apathy take over.

 

[Eluvianii he/him]

7 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

 

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That's one of the things I'm talking about, we haven't decided how the perpendicularities work because we aren't there yet, until then it's not necesary, and it doesn't really matter what we decide here because, even if it's a shared world, new rules will likely be decided in TKND or TKNG when the time comes as they have different players that may not like whatever we end up doing here. Those are the kind of inconsistencies that are going to come up and we shouldn't take that seriously.

And I'm sorry but this is the last I will say in this discussion because this is close to getting a full page on the thread and I don't really want anyone leaving the RP for something so trivial.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

That's one of the things I'm talking about, we haven't decided how the perpendicularities work because we aren't there yet, until then it's not necesary, and it doesn't really matter what we decide here because, even if it's a shared world, new rules will likely be decided in TKND or TKNG when the time comes as they have different players that may not like whatever we end up doing here. Those are the kind of inconsistencies that are going to come up and we shouldn't take that seriously.

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But we are there. The fact that we are having this discussion indicates that the time has come to decide how the perpendicularities work. Knowing that will help us decide what exactly the enemy group is trying to do, and how the climax of this story should be portrayed.

8 minutes ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

And I'm sorry but this is the last I will say in this discussion because this is close to getting a full page on the thread and I don't really want anyone leaving the RP for something so trivial.

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Do we need to move to the planning PM?

 

[AonEne he/him]

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1 hour ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Everyone who commented about it had a positive comment.

Ah yes, Sorana's comment was super positive.

...okay, I'm sorry, I just needed to get the sarcasm out of my system. It tends to build up in these discussions.

1 hour ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Just... let me be, then. Because I don't have a solution either.

I have an idea, though I don't know if you'll like it. As it stands, nobody knows Draug has been kidnapped - and it might not occur to them even when they discover he's missing. The much more likely explanation would be that he just up and left, especially since he didn't know them well and has a built-in method of transportation. And if someone does think of it, I'm not at all convinced that they'd rouse the whole party to go after him on this off chance it happened, if they even could. (For example, OOC I'd of course want to rescue a character, but Cassie has no reason to care. She's not the type to save someone for the sake of saving them, not when she's known them for so little time.)

So the cast, or even just some of the cast, isn't guaranteed to hop on the Save Draug Side Quest train. They may very well not even realize the train exists. So to involve your character, I'd suggest simply retconning the kidnapping idea. You didn't write it (at least, not that you've posted), so it would be easy to explain away his absence and have him rejoin the rest in the school building. If you want, I could have Cassie mention him in the car right now and strike up a conversation.

I'm happy to get you involved - and there are other ways to do it too - I'm just not really sure if your current plan works.

1 hour ago, Ookla the Blue said:

I don't see any other way that these issues are getting solved. And I can't just leave them unsolved, not without deserting the RP entirely and letting apathy take over. 

And I don't want that to happen. I wouldn't wish apathy on my worst...okay actually my worst enemies deserve it most people, because I know apathy and it sucks. I don't want you to leave, either. But I also don't want anyone else to leave, and I don't want other people stressing out about this, and at this point this is causing so much pain and misery on all sides - why not just let it end? If you let the rigidity go and just RPed, it might help?

Because in the end we're not here for the OOC discussions, we're here to write, and there's a very easy way to fix that. I know it feels to you that we have issues and you want to help solve them, but really it's the people who are actually directly impacted by the worldbuilding because they're doing the writing and creating the story who should be controlling what happens to them.

TKND and TKNP are set in the same world, yes. Their worldbuilding is interwoven, yes. But that doesn't mean we can't change things. It doesn't mean we shouldn't change things when those changes are for the better of the RP - and the better of the RP is what's best for the majority and especially for the people actually RPing. I know the fact that stuff is going to be imperfect is going to annoy you. I'm genuinely sorry about that. But there comes a point when we have to deal with imperfection, because - to steal a bit of doctrine, which I only risk because I know you're LDS too - nothing here on Earth is ever perfect. We've just gotta do as well as we can.

*refrains from segueing into The Next Right Thing*

And that means letting some stuff go in the name of letting other people have fun, too. Then we can all have fun together.

1 hour ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Do we need to move to the planning PM?

I don't think that'll help. It's not where or how this is happening, it's that it's happening.

 

Edited December 13, 2019 by Ookla the Roleplayer
I seriously thought I had all the typos -_-

[+Sorana she/her]

9 hours ago, Ookla the Evil Penguin said:

"Looking for someone to pick us up sounds like a good idea but, will we make it? It could take time to find someone willing." he said.

Wita turned around and shrugged. "There will be a way." She said and tapped her bracelet. "You could always make up some sad story about me needing to go to the hospital." Curiously she slowly crept up on the stairs, until she finally reached to door. It was silent, and after a while she gently pushed it open. Nothing. The police was gone. Now they only needed to go to Big Ben and then they could see what these criminals were doing.

"They are gone!" She called to Ryan and Marcel and straightened. "We should hurry?"

@Ookla the Maybe-Existent

[I think I am here. he/him]

3 hours ago, Ookla the Dreamer said:

“They are gone!" She called to Ryan and Marcel and straightened. "We should hurry?"

“They are,” Marcel said, and turned Lewis and Wita.

“But we shouldn’t be too hasty and make mistakes. Sunrise is 6AM, it’s...” he checked his watch. “About midnight. We have time in plenty. But yes, we should go,” he said and stepped out of the cellar looking to the door he stepped close and examine do the house.

“Kira?” He called.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

13 hours ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

15 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Everyone who commented about it had a positive comment.

Ah yes, Sorana's comment was super positive.

On 8/14/2019 at 0:35 AM, Ookla the Dreamer said:

I like the idea.

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I wouldn't say it was super positive, but it was positive.

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15 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Just... let me be, then. Because I don't have a solution either.

I have an idea, though I don't know if you'll like it. As it stands, nobody knows Draug has been kidnapped - and it might not occur to them even when they discover he's missing. The much more likely explanation would be that he just up and left, especially since he didn't know them well and has a built-in method of transportation. And if someone does think of it, I'm not at all convinced that they'd rouse the whole party to go after him on this off chance it happened, if they even could. (For example, OOC I'd of course want to rescue a character, but Cassie has no reason to care. She's not the type to save someone for the sake of saving them, not when she's known them for so little time.)

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Yeah, I wasn't expecting anyone to rescue him. 

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So the cast, or even just some of the cast, isn't guaranteed to hop on the Save Draug Side Quest train. They may very well not even realize the train exists. So to involve your character, I'd suggest simply retconning the kidnapping idea. You didn't write it (at least, not that you've posted), so it would be easy to explain away his absence and have him rejoin the rest in the school building. If you want, I could have Cassie mention him in the car right now and strike up a conversation.

I'm happy to get you involved - and there are other ways to do it too - I'm just not really sure if your current plan works.

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None of my plans so far have worked, so that's hardly a surprise.

Draug doesn't really have any sort of connection to school. He's too old to be a student, and I feel it's unlikely he'd work at a school. All he really cares about is fighting Voidbringers.

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15 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

I don't see any other way that these issues are getting solved. And I can't just leave them unsolved, not without deserting the RP entirely and letting apathy take over. 

And I don't want that to happen. I wouldn't wish apathy on my worst...okay actually my worst enemies deserve it most people, because I know apathy and it sucks. I don't want you to leave, either. But I also don't want anyone else to leave, and I don't want other people stressing out about this, and at this point this is causing so much pain and misery on all sides - why not just let it end? If you let the rigidity go and just RPed, it might help?

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I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.  Again, I cannot leave these issues unsolved.

Besides, very little or at least not all of this is about inflexibility. For instance, the perpendicularity question.

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Because in the end we're not here for the OOC discussions, we're here to write, and there's a very easy way to fix that. I know it feels to you that we have issues and you want to help solve them, but really it's the people who are actually directly impacted by the worldbuilding because they're doing the writing and creating the story who should be controlling what happens to them.

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What happens in this RP affects my ability to RP. Isn't that the criterion for who has a say in what?

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TKND and TKNP are set in the same world, yes. Their worldbuilding is interwoven, yes. But that doesn't mean we can't change things. It doesn't mean we shouldn't change things when those changes are for the better of the RP - and the better of the RP is what's best for the majority and especially for the people actually RPing. I know the fact that stuff is going to be imperfect is going to annoy you. I'm genuinely sorry about that. But there comes a point when we have to deal with imperfection, because - to steal a bit of doctrine, which I only risk because I know you're LDS too - nothing here on Earth is ever perfect. We've just gotta do as well as we can.

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We should always strive for perfection.

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*refrains from segueing into The Next Right Thing*

And that means letting some stuff go in the name of letting other people have fun, too. Then we can all have fun together.

15 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Do we need to move to the planning PM?

I don't think that'll help. It's not where or how this is happening, it's that it's happening.

 

Edited December 13, 2019 by Ookla the Blue

[AonEne he/him]

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10 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

I wouldn't say it was super positive, but it was positive. 

I meant her more recent comment. 

10 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.  Again, I cannot leave these issues unsolved. 

What I'm saying is that this has had very bad effects on everyone involved and it just needs to stop. 

10 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Besides, very little or at least not all of this is about inflexibility. For instance, the perpendicularity question. 

All of this is about inflexibility in some way, or these argument literally couldn't happen. It's because of an unwillingness to compromise. 

10 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

What happens in this RP affects my ability to RP. Isn't that the criterion for who has a say in what? 

The criterion is someone who is active in The Knights Next Prequel, because they are the ones affected most. They are the ones actually writing. The rest of us can do whatever; our characters aren't hanging in the balance of plot and worldbuilding. 

10 hours ago, Ookla the Blue said:

We should always strive for perfection. 

It is not possible to achieve perfection. We should certainly try our best, but perfection won't happen. 

The RPers here have found solutions that work for them. Sorana and Itiah have communicated and Eluvii has agreed. We're not going to interrupt their enjoyment. 

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Edit: Never mind, actually, let’s move to the TKNP plot PM so as to not distract people here from roleplaying. 

 

Edited December 14, 2019 by Ookla the Roleplayer

[Eluvianii he/him]

There was no one outside the basement, what had happened there?

"Kira?" Lewis said. "Is everything alright?" It sounded silly to ask something like that, but they hadn't seen anything since they left the living room.

@Ookla the Random

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Also, Sorana, this has been happening for a while but I think you're mixing my characters. Ryan is the one I'm using for The Universe.

 

[WrathofaShardKitten]

On 12/13/2019 at 3:21 AM, Ookla the Maybe-Existent said:

“They are,” Marcel said, and turned Lewis and Wita.

“But we shouldn’t be too hasty and make mistakes. Sunrise is 6AM, it’s...” he checked his watch. “About midnight. We have time in plenty. But yes, we should go,” he said and stepped out of the cellar looking to the door he stepped close and examine do the house.

“Kira?” He called.

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Sorry! Stuff's been kind of busy lately.

The police man raised his gun and fired. Only the stormlight she held stopped Kira from getting shot. Without it, she would have frozen. She started moving as soon as he raised the gun, dodging to the side. It still almost wasn't enough. The wind of the bullet's passage made drifting stormlight swirl in it's wake, and Kira's heart started to pound. She could feel every beat. The police man fired again, and Kira flinched, moving too late to dodge this one. Luckily for her, the policeman's aim was thrown off as fright took hold. He'd fired as he ran, retreating, and the bullet missed.

Kira watched as the man fled, heart pounding. She'd almost died.

"Kira?" Lyssa asked. Kira didn't respond. "Kira. You did it."

She finally shook herself out of whatever daze she'd been in. "Yeah, I. . . Did it?" I did it. She took the bag of gemstones from her side with fingers that felt numb, breathing the rest of her stormlight into the gems. Kira was left feeling dizzy as the light left her. So much, gone so soon. She pressed her hand against the wall using it to both support her self against the sudden loss of strength, and to guide her in the darkness. She headed for the window, peering through it to watch as the police car drove away.

Lyssa had followed Kira, vines weaving around things on the floor. "Kira, you did it. Aren't you happy? You did it, and it was exactly like you said!"

"I. . . Of course I am. It's just. . . I just. . ." I'm scared, too. She couldn't say it, but her hands still trembled on the window sill. Someone had shot at her. Someone had tried to rob them, earlier. "There's so much. . ." She fell silent. Lyssa, not really sure what to say, just twisted around Kira's finger, circling it so she would know someone was there. Kira always had Lyssa.

"Kira?" Marcel called.

"Oh! I forgot about other people. I wonder how Wita's doing. She's nice," Lyssa said.

"Kira, is everything alright?"

Kira glanced at Lyssa once again, wrapped comfortingly around her hand. "Yeah. I'm here!" She said more loudly. "The policemen are gone."

[+Sorana she/her]

Wita waved at Kira and stayed behind Lews and Marcel, holding the box in her hands. "We found some clues that Christopher was hunting criminals." She explained. "They kill people, and they will try to do something at Big Ben."

She peeked outside, and when there was no police she turned around to the others. "I think we should leave and try to get as much distance as possible between us and this place. Then we can try to get a ride to Big Ben and see what they are up to."

Contrasting earlier her voice was earnest, no fun at playing detective in there. It had been a close call - the next time could easily be closer, or too close. Turning around to her friends she smiled at them, tried to remember details about them, how they acted what they did, how their faces looked. She wanted to keep it when she started storing again.

[Eluvianii he/him]

Lewis felt relief flowing through him when Kira answered, none of them were missing, now they could make their way to the Big Ben without worries. More than they already had anyway.

"Agreed." he said when Wita suggested they started moving, the police would probably send more people when they heard there was something odd here. "Though we should be prepared for more obstacles when we get there, this gets more dangerous as we go on."

[I think I am here. he/him]

“Yes. The rabbit hole is only getting deeper from here,” Marcel said and opened the door carefully, was happy to see no police cars in sight. It looked like he hadn’t needed that stamp anyway. It remained there still, and would continue to do so until someone broke it or in 24 hours, when the blood went stale. And if anyone was investigating, it would be a sign that a bloodsealer had been here.

“We should walk to the main road,” he said, stepped out into the cool outside air. He crossed his arms in an effort to keep himself warm at this time of the night. “It’s a short walk, will out some distance from this house, and we have a better chance of catching a ride.”

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It would be so fun if our characters got a ride from a bunch of hippies or something  perfect time period.

 

[+Sorana she/her]

Wita followed him outside and looked around. The street was dark, not too many cars around and she relaxed a little, wondered if she could get along without storing at all. The night was calm, nobody hurried along the paveway and she slowly, tentatively took another step and then another, while she looked along the road. She hadn't seen, hadn't really seen a street like that in ages. To see it and to comprehend it - she knelt down and touched the stone under her fingers, wondered what had been so exciting about some of the stones she'd picked up. They had had nice patterns on them. Or they had been colorful. But they still had been stones.

"I agree." She said and looked around, tried to orient herself, but failed. She hadn't paid attention on their way here, so she wasn't sure where to go now. "Do you know where the main street is?" Picking up a pebble she looked at it and smiled, when she realized that it was shaped in a special way. It reminded her of an animal, it's jaws open, with a long tail and feet. She pocketed it and straightened again, waited for one of the others to lead the way.

[I think I am here. he/him]

“Yes. Follow me,” Marcel said and led the way. It was pretty simple, just a few small turns, but Marcel didn’t question why Wita didn’t know. As they approached the street Marcel could hear the occasional car passing by.  That was good, it meant there was a still a chance to be hitchhiked. Standing to the side of the road Marcel paused, then shrugged.

“Does anybody here actually know how to hitchhike? I haven’t really done it much...” he said. Was he supposed to make some sort of hand signal or sound?