This is the auto-generated OOC topic for the roleplay "Swan Song"

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You can started posting now. Unfortunately I am once again constrained by my current schedule and won't be able to make a proper introduction post. Introducing your character and what the are currently up to in Lost Haven would be a decent way to start it. Don't forget to ask others to join either.

um...anyone going to post?

Looks like we're getting off to a slow start. I will be posting again ASAP. But I'm more concerned that we haven't heard from the GM in awhile. I don't mind RPing this thing blind but it'd be nice to know the GM is at least watching...

Urrg. I hate it when GM's make RP's and then they themselves leave the RP. It totally defeats the point of making one in the first place.

FYI: Hey folks just so you know my home computer got hit with a massive virus this week and so until I can get it repaired I'll be running over to my local library for internet access. I'm planing to be there at least twice a week and maybe once on the weekends if I can swing it. Either way I'll be around and try to get back to people as promptly as possible.

I'm running my own interactive story on here so I really need to check in regularly.

Anyway I'll keep you all posted. Thanks.

~Cass

Come on guys its been a week! -poke, poke, poke-

At this point I'm waiting to see if anyone else is gonna post, but this RP might be dying if not already dead.

There's only three of us and these characters have alot of potential. It'll be a pity if it dies. I'm all for still posting. Our characters are still separate enough that those of us still active can pretty much run with it as far as I'm concerned.

I agree with continuing, but how would this work without a GM? Would the job be passed on to someone else, or should we just run with the plots we have?

Sorry for leaving the RP. To be completely honest, a post by a certain someone ruined the direction i wanted to go with it.

Well to be perfectly frank you could always just tell said person they disrupted your plans and we can easily fix the problem. Our posts are editable after all and In all fairness I suspect most of us didn't know what the "direction" was supposed to be. I think you have a decent concept going and if you want this to continue it can.

My main gripe with this site in general is that I can't exactly just erase my characters and back out of this game. If I could we might just as well let it go as a concept that didn't quite work out. But personally I think we have some decent writers here that have some very interesting character concepts. I realize Lycos this is your game. Your baby. As a fellow GM I completely understand this. I've certainly had Roleplays not succeed in other venues on my watch but that doesn't have to be the end of the proverbial world..

Perhaps if you were to give us an idea of what you would like we can accommodate you more completely. I really am enjoying this concept. I don't know if its original to you or if you borrowed the idea from other existing material but it has alot of potential. Now if you honestly don't want to continue with this game yourself, might the rest of us still interested have a wack at it?

If you'd be so kind to let us, I do have a plan.

Because you are the GM we as of current can't approve new characters but all you need to to to fix that is switch the settings so that players don't need your approval to join in. Interested writers can thus openly submit characters and they'll either write and contribute to a collaborative RP effort or they won't. As for the rest, most of that can be worked out in the OOC board we shouldn't need access to the smaller details of the format to communicate what we need to communicate to perspective writers and those of us still active can recruit through the main OOC request boards if we want to fill out our cast. We can designate new aspects as needed.

You wouldn't even have to be active if you didn't want to and if such a time ever comes where this site develops to the point where we can erase the game then wonderful. But where not there yet and this would be a way to salvage this.

What do you think? What do the rest of you still active think?

And I'm going to assume said person was me...sorry. If you wanted me to edit, then I'll go edit it now, say it was just someone else. (Actually, I'll just say I found him dead...or is that still bad?) Not that big a change. But really, you just had to say something to me, and it wouldn't have been an issue.

(Then again, I could have just asked you about something like that....again, my bad. I'll make sure that doesn't happen again.)

Wow. I just realized you actually abandoned your character. I must admit I'm really confused over the correct protocol in this situation...Then again, since this site is kind of fuzzy in general I really feel like those of us still writing should just go on with it. There's no reason we can't continue to honor the concept of this RP and continue writing in it.

Lycos I would really like your blessing on this matter since you did create this RP and are technically still going to be connected to it. Ideally you'll continue writing with us I very much hope.

Still I strongly feel that this form of RPing is a collaboration. Everyone who contributes to the story has a creative stake in for as long as they participate and when a creator seems to back out I do feel, unless the structure of the protocol dictates otherwise, that we should continue on.

Basically I intend to keep posting. Unless you Lycos explicitly ask me not to. When it comes to collaborative RPing we writers need to fight for our characters voices and stories.

That's where I stand on the matter.

geezus, now I feel real guilty now...

You can go ahead and continue. NPC the characters if you want.

Looks like the consensus is that we keep going with this. From what I can see we've all pretty much set up small story arcs for our characters or at least implied some connections that could bring about plot development.

I suggest we move forward under the unifying idea that the attack on the Lennox building will cause a huge anti-swan backlash that will encourage other groups to mobilize. Some of our characters already have connections to these other groups while others don't. As for adding characters I also suggest that instead of submitting a a new character profile for every NPC we create, those controlling various NPCs should just post some added information about that character in their original profile. That should help keep things organized until such a time when the site evolves to the point where one or all of us can more effectively keep up with OOC housekeeping.

I'm planing on using Anel as we go to create opportunities for plot development involving everyone. I might also tap A.R.C.H.A.N.G.E.L. and incorporate the other remaining operatives from that program. But that'll develop as we go. Right now I think we should just worry about our characters reaction to the current crisis and build from there.

Communication is going to be imperative to keep this RP alive and well.

My character Lizabeth is relatively easy to find and interact with. She tries to keep a low profile and because of the nature of her abilities she's usually left alone by Anti-Swan individuals. She's pretty street smart but does ocassionally run into trouble.

Anel on the other hand is pretty high profile and mostly stays in hiding because certain groups and people fear what he's capable of and what he knows. Some swans probably are familiar with him by reputation and name as Anel has intervened several times over the years in both Swan and non-Swan related crises but he's not generally an easy figure to locate. As you might have noticed Anel and Lizabee have a special kind of connection. They are almost never seen together and its unclear if Lizabeth has over met him in person. Nevertheless they are telepathically connected and do watch out for each other. In Anel's case, he tries to watch out for Elizabeth because of the delicate nature of her health which is largely compound by her abilities. Lizabee on the other hand probably sees Anel as a kind of obscure father figure.

If people want to work out sub plots they can post their thoughts here or reach me through PM. I'm on often because I run another RP on the site.

~Cass

The idea of having some sort of anti-Swan movement take place is one that interests me. Of course, as you said, we will all have our own sub plots, but this will probably make a decent main line to follow.

I find I have two characters in a similar position. One will definitely have a high influence on everything, being a high profile figure, who makes absolutely no attempt at hiding. This is Justin Krammer, who so far has not been introduced into the Rp. Jeremy Krammer, however, is easy to find and interact with, and won't be as influential as Justin. The connection between my characters is that they are twins. Originally, they had been artificially desgined to be born and grow as a very typical super soldier, with the abilities of both, but before this could happen they split. Instead of one person being born, twins were, with the abilities seperated between them.

I have a number of sub plots in their planning stage that involved other characters. Once they are complete I will send PMs to those involved to see what they think.

Hmm, my character, with the way he is, and how he uses his powers of illusions, JC will never let himself be found by anyone on purpose. That being said, he's a nosy character and if he's curious, he will go snooping around for any kind of information that he could use it for his own purposes. He's part of the anti-sanctuary group, but if it suits him, he might go off and do his own thing, so really he's more closer to a freelancer in terms of his behavior.

I wasn't really planning on doing anything with him right now, I guess it would depend on how the story progresses, but I'll try to stay involved as much as possible.

I'm waiting on people to start posting again. Just checking in.