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Just Emerald

That reminds me. What's the policy on NPCs around here? I've seen different takes on it. Some people don't care what you do with NPCs at all, others draw the line at using an NPC's POVs (or any POV other than your character's, unless there's a specific reason) and some can be quite strict about usin...

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Great characters so far! Lots of depth and variety, especially liking the wide range of ages. Everyone's 'approved', or whatever it is you call it. I'll have a profile up myself in a bit. Been wondering about where, specifically, to set it. I haven't quite decided on why these people were picked (or...

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I dunno about anyone else, but if we have two characters, Charly and Charlie, I'm going to get a tad confused. I've already been thrown once or twice by the similarities of 'Cire' and 'Cace'. Rosie would work fine to differentiate them, though. Also, you could pick from the five-or-so ability ideas ...

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I was thinking that too, actually. Perhaps a (temporary) villainous character, brought in by the researchers to antagonise the other subjects and get things moving. He'd be administered with a higher dosage of the drug, which would enhance his abilities and give him the edge he needs to survive as a...

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I'm having trouble trying to figure out what you define as 'salt'. Do you just mean sodium chloride, or any ionic compound? Plus humans need salt to survive, and the slightest imbalances in the right place could kill them. The rather innocuous-sounding ability to manipulate salt could turn Furen int...

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I'm not too familiar with Silent Hill. I actually have Silent Hill 2 and have been meaning to play through it. I think I get the basic gist, but you might have to help me if I start to break the setting you have in mind. Name : Daniel 'Dan' Drinker (sounds like an unlikely name, right? Funnily enoug...

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Also, just to throw in on the advice-giving: you don't need to double-space every sentence. In fact, it makes it pretty hard to read. Double-spacing is used to separate paragraphs. Paragraph structure is also important. Every paragraph holds a single basic idea. The beginning of the paragraph presen...

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Er, I have been called many different things but I have to say this is the first time someone has called me either crazy and/or simple-minded, or as a type of bird which I am not particularly fond of. Loon? It's short for Lunar Eclipse! ... Well, it's short for lunatic, but it was meant affectionat...

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Robert approached the serving counter. It was sticky. He made a mental note to get one of those kids to do their damn jobs for once. Gerald was at the till, no doubt liberating it of its contents. The guy was trouble -- Robert knew that much -- but he actually had a secret penchant for Gerald's stra...

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Haha, sorry Loon. I didn't think of PMing her. Is there a way to delete the post?
You can call me Emerald by the way. Or Em. Or E. Or .

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Robert busied himself by taking the hard, uncomfortable chairs which had been stacked along the walls by the cleaners and putting them at the tables. It was six am, and they would be opening soon. As manager of the restaurant, Robert didn't have a whole lot to do. Except for everything. The entire s...

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I made #3, but I think I could handle a second, too. Maybe. We'll see how it goes.

Here's the OOC thread.

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In one week you will be dead. Here's how it will happen: there will be a flash in the sky, and something will appear, bright as the sun, perfectly white. It will spread, becoming larger and larger, consuming everything around it. Some people will think it is a nearby star going supernova, some will...

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The fact that it involves scientific research resulting in special powers means it's sci-fi, essentially. Heroes was considered sci-fi, and it dealt with similar themes -- ordinary people discovering they have power, and figuring out what to do with it. (Speaking of which, have you ever read Neverwh...

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I agree. What's the point of a rating system if everyone ignores it anyway? For example, the thread I made yesterday is now in the 'best threads' category (twice, actually... Probably because it was moved). Now, I doubt more than 20 people have read that thread, and I doubt more than 5 bothered voti...

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It does, Ulysses. Although I'm starting think I'm being a bit obsessive about trying to make the perfect RP. It's only going to be as good as the sum of its parts. As long as we're all good writers on the same page we could make even a crap plot a lot of fun. Anything that's decent will work, I gues...

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LMAO! Unique, that has to be the funniest character description I've ever seen. And the MSPaint appearance is hilarious. One of the greatest parts is how fleshed-out and thought-through the character actually is. Anyway, this sounds pretty cool. Let's see... Names: Robert Bliss, William Bliss, Rebec...

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Quick question: what does 'literate' mean around here? I've seen people throwing that phrase around a lot on this site and it's been confusing me a bit. Does it mean 'good grammar & spelling', or 'good understanding of plot and characterisation' or just 'not illiterate'? It struck me as a little...

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Crim's suggestion is interesting, but it lacks any immediate danger/intrigue, to keep things moving and prevent it from getting stale. Plus there's no real mystery to it, unless the nature of the earthquake is mysterious. And there's nothing really to explore (another penchant of mine), assuming at ...

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Haha, sorry Ylanne. I wasn't implying you were trying to steal centre stage. I just missed the "can be revised in any way" part and was simply thinking that if we did use one of your one-on-one ideas, it would result in the RP being built around two specific characters, with the rest as a ...

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