The Forge of Vision

[WaywardDreamer]

This is the OOC thread for The Forge of Vision. So, you know, OOC it right the hell up, and all that.

Let's all totally be awesome, kay?

I suppose this is as good a place as any to ask questions about the RP, too, mainly because if you have questions it's probably safe to say other people do too, and responding to questions once is much more efficient than responding to them many times by PM or PMS or whatever.

Oh, and also, I'll make efforts to schedule chat sessions through this thread. Whenever I mention a time, assume it's Pacific, GMT -8, because that's my timezone and I'm pretty terrible about being considerate of other people's timezones.

[Kurokiku]

Interesting idea; a genre mix i would not have thought of. Submitted a profile for the drummer, which hopefully is up to snuff, so to speak.

Just out of curiosity: what's the Otherworld like, exactly? Or are we supposed to wait and find out?

~Kiku~

[WaywardDreamer]

I believe it's a product of reading too many indie comics, and too much Ursula LeGuin, if such a thing is indeed possible, which I doubt. I should probably give Nathan Fillion credit, too, just because it can't hurt to have his name associated with my RP by Google.

Estelle is actually pretty much exactly the sort of character I was hoping to draw. A lot of potential for growth and exploration, doesn't try to be anything more than it is. Nicely done.

As for the Otherworld, it's as wildly unpredictable as dreams, or a monkey with an assault rifle. Both have the potential to be good or bad. The main thing is, Otherworld doesn't seem to be bound by any of the usual rules of the real world, at least not consistently. Perhaps sometimes there isn't gravity, and perhaps sometimes interpretive dance is the language of choice of the locals. I'm hoping for a lot of player input in describing and bringing Otherworld to life. :)

[Kurokiku]

Ooh, fun! That sounds like quite the opportunity for getting those creative juices flowing, as they say. I'm quite looking forward to it. =)

And I don't think it's possible to read too much good literature, nor could it ever be a mistake to credit Nathan Fillion with anything. The man is seven kinds of awesome, at least!

Glad you like Estelle, though. I'm never sure if GMs want like twenty pages of everything I can possibly think of or something with enough gaps to make the RP itself interesting. >.<

~Kiku~

[WaywardDreamer]

Personally, I think it's better for a character to evolve organically than to try fleshing every possible angle out on paper right away. Especially in an RP like this, where really the main point is to explore the minds and motives of all the characters. I was soured to the other approach years back.

[Kurokiku]

It definitely makes sense, especially when the story itself will obviously be more character-driven. I guess for stuff where the GM has a pretty regimented plot or whatever, it helps to know when you have your "tech geek" or your "obvious team leader" or whatnot, but as you get further from a plot-driven story, you can sort of allow the characters to develop themselves in the IC. But that's just my two cents.

By the way, have you put something up in the "Roleplayers Wanted" forum? We need a fourth band member at least, right? It might help a little, anyway. Or not, it's your ball game.

~Kiku~

[WaywardDreamer]

Yeah, I put up an ad last night.

I've got at least one person interested in playing a fourth band member, either way, whenever I get a fourth player I'm going to start things up, and we'll introduce additional characters along the way. The nature of the RP makes it pretty easy to work new people in, so I'm not too worried about filling a large cast immediately.

[Desire]

Y HELO THAR. I'm co-modding this shit storm and I also play Calvin. Good stuff, good stuff. In other news, I'm listening to an angry Swede sing about her past lovers, even though I should probably be asleep right now. Oh well.

[WaywardDreamer]

I've started with a post in "City of Victoria", please respond at your convenience. We'll have more members soon enough, and we'll work them in as they get here.

[Kurokiku]

Oops, my post is in the wrong place, and it won't let me fix it. Sorry. It's actually Victoria. >.<

~Kiku~

[WaywardDreamer]

Eh, nothing to worry about too much. Loved the post. Just as long as we keep real world/otherworld separate, that's all that really matters. I've got a superfluous location there that I can't remove, but life goes on, eh?

[Kurokiku]

Indeed it does. Hello Desire, I'm Kiku. Nice to meet you and all that jazz. Glad we're underway; I already enjoy the sort of atmosphere this is projecting, if that makes any sense at all.

~Kiku~

[Desire]

Howdy Kiku! I agree. Now that we at least have the basic band set out, we can rawk hardcorez. Also you get cool points for being a Fire Emblem fan.

[Kurokiku]

Not gonna lie: for a second there, I was wondering how the heck you knew that... and then I remembered it's in my profile somewhere. Cool points to you as well, then, since you apparently like it too! =) And also for putting up a post that made me laugh. I kind of died a little when I read the part about the scooter... hilarious!

~Kiku~

[WaywardDreamer]

You people are all totally awesome. Thank you for joining and helping me with this RP. I'll be making a post later tonight.

[Desire]

Hah, glad to hear you liked it. I've been watching random ass horror movies that I've wanted to see and haven't managed to see yet. Watched "Dead Snow" the other night, a little ridiculous, but then again the movie IS about zombie Nazis.

[Kurokiku]

Zombie Nazis, eh? What that movie needs is a few ninjas and a pirate or two. Then you might officially have the most ridiculous film ever- well, after anything Ed Wood made, anyway. :P

~Kiku~

[WaywardDreamer]

I don't know, Kiku. John Woo made a lot of movies too, and any one of them could contend for the most ridiculous crown.

[Kurokiku]

A valid point, but I'm not sure anything could beat Plan 9 From Outer Space... though M. Night Shyamalan is trying really, REALLY hard lately.

[Desire]

Manos the Hands of fate is my favorite bad movie. Seriously, it's like an endurance test in film form.