OOC5 - "Adventures in Gunrunning" RP

POSTED BY: Astriana
UPDATED: Saturday, February 7, 2004 04:43
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ASTRIANA

Monday, February 2, 2004 4:37 PM (P)

Okay, folks, the previous Out of Character commentary threads just got too full and was getting difficult to load, so I'm starting the next one now.

If you need a refresher of what went before, you can reference the OOC1 here...:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3384

...the OOC2 here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3417

...the OOC3 here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3496

...and the OOC4 here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3549

Access the latest story thread here...:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3587

...and the Chat Room here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/fireflychat.asp

Let the comments begin!

Edit: Apparently I forgot to title the thread BEFORE I hit the 'post' button... This is the second try.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

CAPNRAHN

Monday, February 2, 2004 4:42 PM (P)

Copied from previous OOC - just 'because'!

Yes the Cap'n knows ...

and about !$*#%#&^!!!! internal clocks too!

Oh, I will fill my 'RESERVED FOR FLASHBACK..' post today ... gotta re-read the last few scenes and do Niska's move right!

OH, fellow Dragonfly'ers ... sorry about hte delays in starting the game ...

Like Astriana said ... hairy times! And waxing just won't do... sorry - had to go there!

We STILL don't have a closing date ...

... grrrrr, BARK BARK BARK, snnarlllll!!!

Yes, I feel better now.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

CIARA

Monday, February 2, 2004 6:05 PM (P)

'ah loves a good fresh thread. Posted, Geezer, I'm lovin your Mal AND Thorne...hope you can keep up with it all! Any word on a new Mal?

ahh I made some geeky Firefly LJ icons....go make fun of me!

www.livejournal.com/users/imagechild

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

ASTRIANA

Monday, February 2, 2004 6:30 PM (P)

I was waiting for word from Humble as to whether he's comin' back before I posted the casting call. I'm guessing that, since it's been a week, he's probably not.

Geezer, do you want to carry Mal in a more permanent capacity, or would you prefer that we open the floor to a casting call?

(Personally, I'm kind of interested in seeing if it's possible to pull off a love triangle where two of the three involved are you! )

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

GEEZER

Monday, February 2, 2004 6:44 PM (P)

I'll give the dual roleplay a try for a while (unless Humble can come back. It's really his spot). It might be fun to see if I (Thorne) can make me (Mal) jealous enough to fight for Inara.

Now, if the chance appears for some quality time between Thorne and Inara, should he 'take her in a manly fashion' or just have a civilized tea ceremony and conversation?...and then he and Inara tease Mal about it?

Hmm. Guess I'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

SQUEE

Monday, February 2, 2004 7:03 PM (P)

Good morning all! I'm having a lot of fun reading everything that's going on. The kiss, River/Slight, Niska... good stuff. But would someone please tell me where Damon is... I lost him somehow. Is he in the infirmery?
Loosing my own character... not a good thing

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

CIARA

Monday, February 2, 2004 7:07 PM (P)

ahhhh I can't wait to see :) since Thorne is NOT employed by Mal, he could certainly take her in whatever fashion he wished, as long as she was willin' *to be determined*

don't want the rest of the RP'ers thinking she's a space-whore!

Though some genteel and not-so-genteel flirting and courting would not go amiss :) we'll see what crops up!

P.S DAMON: I thought he was around the infirmary..when Kaylee gets finished kissin' and I get done flirtin', we'll pick him up and fix 'em

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

CIARA

Monday, February 2, 2004 7:34 PM (P)

*laughs happily* just read the post, Geezer---ahhh yes there is much fun to be had here ;) did he just proposition 'Nara!? wheee!!

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

SQUEE

Monday, February 2, 2004 7:36 PM (P)

Thank you, Ciara, that would be most appreciated. Though I'm not sure what there is to fix. Simon patched him up after cutting him open... though he seemed to be in a bit of a rush so he may not have done an A job.
But I know where he is now, and that was my main concern ^_^ thanks again.

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

GEEZER

Monday, February 2, 2004 7:43 PM (P)

Ciara -
Darn right he did! Thorne is no fool. Unlike some Firefly captains we could mention. Hey, quit talking about me like that.

(This playing two characters may not be good for my incipient schizophrenia.)

"Keep the Shiny side up"

ASTRIANA

Monday, February 2, 2004 8:01 PM (P)

Hey all! Just got a message from Boomer's husband (really nice, BTW). She's having computer difficulties at home and may not be able to post today, but should be able to by tomorrow afternoon. (Her computer probably shorted when Simon and Kaylee kissed! ) We should probably not do tons with Kaylee until she can make it back on.

On a related note, I am, as noted on the tag, having severe difficulty focusing. No focus means work doesn't get done. This particular work not getting done means no Zoe/Wash postings. This makes me want to cry.

I think the main problem is that I'm having severe Firefly withdrawal....

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

TEELABROWN

Monday, February 2, 2004 8:49 PM (P)

I posted. And I'm confused. What do I have? A switch? What's that? I'm the one usually doing random and confusing stuff.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

CHANNAIN

Monday, February 2, 2004 8:53 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
I think the main problem is that I'm having severe Firefly withdrawal....

Man, you crashed from your happy place after the Jacksonville shindig pretty fast, Astri. Only cure for Firefly withdrawal is to tell regular TV to go hang and watch the DVD. I read fanfics I've saved too - helps keep my head in. Hard to do when you're at work. I'm home today, which is a good thing since we're getting buried under "snow showers." That sound like an oxymoron to anyone else?

GEEZER: Here's hoping you can keep the Thorne/Mal duality going.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

SERENITYSSON

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:10 PM (P)

The one thing I have always hated about con and show parties is the inevitable letdown when you return to mundane life. Sorry Astriana, I know what your feeling though.

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

SQUEE

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:12 PM (P)

AAHH!!! Everything is upside down! River is confused, Simon is crazy, Kaylee is playing nurse in love with her patient, and Inara is carrying a gun!!!!!!!

*skips through the RP watching all the characters interacting*
The Hero of Canton, the man they call JAYNE!
I've had that song in my head ever since SerenitySon posted in in his signature.
This is fun, even though Damon is out of action. You guys sure know how to keep things interesting.
BTW, what time is it in the RP? do you guys keep track of days? is there a 'night/bed' time?

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

MANIACNUMBERONE

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:30 PM (P)

I'm guessing it's some time in the late afternoon, Squee.

SERENITYSSON

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:38 PM (P)

I'm guess it's time for some thrillin' heroics...

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

CIARA

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:40 PM (P)

ooh ooh I need quick answers ;) how many med-beds do we have? two or THREE? working on a post

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

CAPNRAHN

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:54 PM (P)

River
I think Slight ment River had a mental switch. It was mentioned in ACT 7 dining room scene, was it not?

Infirmary
1 bed/chair, Counter that can be pressed into service as a bed.

I posted a quickie and left a place for Boomer and I to finish the scene with Kaylee and Simon.
We'll have to IM or she can send me her move to be inserted there in my post.

Sound OK?

Niska's move
STILL working on it ... rereading and trying to think like Niska ... will post his move in the place holder of mine waaaay up there in the thread ... I'll let you know when I do - here on the OOC.

AAARRRRGGHHHH ... ManicMonday!!!!

END OF LINE...

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

CIARA

Monday, February 2, 2004 9:56 PM (P)

OK I think I got it to work :P PHEW--first thing, we need to remodel that infirmary, or everyone has to stop droppin'

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

MANIACNUMBERONE

Monday, February 2, 2004 10:10 PM (P)

I kind of like the fact that Niska hasn't posted yet. It makes it more mysterious. He he he.

Anyway, thought here... I think we should end Act I. We are getting done with Scene 8 now, 98 posts! It might be pushin it to go to Scene 9.
Whoever it is that likes setting up post number 1... whadda ya say?

ASTRIANA

Monday, February 2, 2004 10:13 PM (P)

Sounds like a good idea to me. I'm getting ready to leave work right now, but should be able to take care of it a little later this evening. We'll switch from Acts (threads) to Scenes, is that the idea? With everything that's happened so far being Act I?

Let me know, and I'll do the new post when I get home.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

CAPNRAHN

Monday, February 2, 2004 10:45 PM (P)

How does this sound ...

We have ACTs 9 and 10 then the coda to finish this 2 part episode.

Then we impliment our agreed upon ideas on how to make this work better in the NEXT episode.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

TEELABROWN

Monday, February 2, 2004 11:18 PM (P)

Quote:
I think Slight ment River had a mental switch. It was mentioned in ACT 7 dining room scene, was it not?

Okay, I'll look.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

GEEZER

Monday, February 2, 2004 11:22 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:

GEEZER: Here's hoping you can keep the Thorne/Mal duality going.

[computer voice] WE ARE THE DUALITY. WE WILL ENDURE.[/computer voice]

I'm finding that it's fun to have Thorne get the better of Mal, for his (Mal's) on good, of course. Maybe he'll learn something, if that's not going against canon.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CAPNRAHN

Monday, February 2, 2004 11:24 PM (P)

And now fer yer pleasure!

"Mechanics of RPing workshop"
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3640

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

TEELABROWN

Monday, February 2, 2004 11:25 PM (P)

Can't seem to find it...someone care to help?

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

CIARA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:05 AM (P)

ahhhahaha Geezer, you're my bestest pal :) I'm so glad you picked up my gun reference :) it was too fun to pass up *sighs happiy* when RP's go right....ahhh

sorry about the bed/infirmary mixup earlier, all...hope things are all straightened up

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:14 AM (P)

Sorry Teela, I misremerbered the ACT it was in and I forgot to tell you to look for RavenWhiteWing's posts ...

SO here is the whole post with the revalant part bold'd.

RAVENWHITEWINGs POST
Slight stares at Book, then takes a deep breath.
"Look, Shepard, I have no problem whatsoever in sending you to your God. Hell, I'd love to send him a message or two that way. But. That girl is in plenty of danger. Right now, there's something growing inside of her, a failsafe that was designed in all of us, Thorne among them. I barely found out, as it was. But if you think she's lost her mind now, she will descend into a whole new level of madness. I won't be able to tell her brother how to help unless I can look her in the eye. So do what you will. But believe me when I say, I'm here to help her."
Slight pauses, enough to show what he means. "I'm not here to help anyone else."

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:16 AM (P)

Keeping in mind that Mal won't be to happy once he finds out Thorne's gotten the better of him. Downright crotchity, in fact.

FYI, folks, Rowan is also proficient in bo staff techniques. She's not a big fan of projectile weapons, but she can fire one accurately if the occaision calls for it. I just keep thinking how fun it would be for someone who doesn't know Niska on sight to take him down - and a girl no less. not to mention it could put her in Mal's good graces...finally. He might even remember her name

ROX-anne...you don't need to wear that dress tonight...

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

TEELABROWN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:20 AM (P)

Thank you very much, Capn. I did look for Raven's posts, but I couldn't find it. Oh well. Thanks again!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 12:28 AM (P)

Anytime Teela.

That was the post/referance I think was foreshadowing the 'switch' Slight mentioned.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

GEEZER

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 1:11 AM (P)

Ciara - You could have taken the punch line if you'd wanted. Expect me to set Mal up for all sort of double entendres. That which does not kill him makes him stronger.

Channain- I think Rowan taking Niska down would be neat. Her acting all scared and air-head then picking up a convenient pipe and beating the stuffing out of him while quoting Sun Tzu from The Art of War.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CIARA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:07 AM (P)

ooh no no no Geezer, I wanted that one to be yours!! It must be so hard playing both parts! Just wanted to say you're doin' a spiffy job :) now make Mal moon over Inara! *laughs*

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:23 AM (P)

Okay, looks like it's time for me to do a little catch up. I should have Zoe's and Wash's moves posted shortly. (I'm going to have to back up a bit to make sure I catch everything, so it's going to be a long post.) Once I have that finished, I'll go ahead and post the newest RP thread.

Before I do, we need to figure out whether we're going to continue the current naming/numbering scheme or not. Maniac put forth the idea of calling the previous threads 'scenes,' and heading the story into a second 'act.' I believe CapnRahn also suggested that we perhaps use a 'Part 1' vs 'Part 2'... In either case, the next thread would be the beginning of the 2nd 'act' or 'part.' I think either of these will suffice, what do y'all think?

We should probably also come up with a loose outline for the remainder of the story arc for this RP. (Otherwise, this could drag on forever, with no real conclusion... )

One final idea... We should probably check the Green Room Chat and the 'Community' links before posting, to see who all is on to make it easier to integrate scenes/posts.

I believe CapnRahn's "Mechanics of RPing Workshop" thread
( http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3640) will explore these ideas in more fully, but it's a good idea to get started talking about them before we start another new thread. Can everyone's system handle the current thread for a little bit longer while we discuss this in the OOC?

*off to post for Zoe and Wash*

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

SQUEE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:35 AM (P)

Yes my system can handel it and starting a second part sounds good. I vote for calling them part 1 and 2 cuz there are usually more that 2 acts in a play or script or movie.
Tallking about/planning the end of the RP sounds like a great idea. Will we do that here or at the link you just gave us from CapnRahn?

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:42 AM (P)

The planning we'll probably do here. I believe CapnRahn's thread will be for giving the basics of how something like this would be structured in the future. Kind of like a "how to" manual for beginning RPers.

Capn? Is that right?

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:48 AM (P)

OK... cool

What I said was in this vein:

Let's continue with the current naming till we finish this 'episode' ...

There are only 2 ACTs left (9 & 10) and the coda of this 2 part episode (AiGR). Since we sorta already have started the Episode type Thread Titles.

Gives us time to suss out just what we should switch to and THEN impilment it in the next Episode.

On that note ... we should start throwing out Episode Arcs ideas for the players/actors to chaw on before we start the next Episode.

So,good, bad, ulgy?

Any other ideas floatin' in yer gray matter(s)?

EDIT
Astri, yep close ... the workshop is to toss around general RP ideas and refine them.

Now, the 'Gunrunners' (unoffical name I have given to our RP troupe) may not choose to utilize the ideas presented in the RpMechWS thread.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

GEEZER

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 3:27 AM (P)

I'd like to see AiG wrapped up neatly, but have concerns about doing it in two more acts, considering we don't even have the guns on board yet.

I see that we have several threads that need to be, if not brought to conclusion, at least brought to a satisfactory stopping point.

We have the gunrunning, which we should probably close out.

There's the apparent Niska in Simon's brain, which could continue for a while.

There's the River, Thorne, Slight, Damon interaction, which could go either way.

Also the Thorne, Mal, Inara triangle, that I enjoy, whichever fellow wins.

Kaylee apparently has some secret about Serenity. Plus she and Simon are finally becoming an item.

Then there's Rowan, who seems to have an interesting story in there somewhere.

Would it be worthwhile to keep this entire crew for another episode or two? Would it be interesting to have each character, or grouping of characters (Zoe/Wash, Simon/Niska/Kaylee, Thorne/Inara/Mal, River/Slight/Damon/Simon/Thorne,
Rowan/?, Book/?, give direction to an act or story arc?

I have no idea how RP is supposed to work, so I may be just babbling. I enjoy the surprises in AiG so far, but sometimes things get a bit too hectic. Maybe if we had an Idea where we were heading, even if just for an act (baselined at 100 posts, perhaps) we'd get to a conclusion sometime. Or maybe we don't want to reach an end, and just sort of stream-of-consciousness off into the distance.

Damn sake(rice wine, not 'for goodness...').

"Keep the Shiny side up"

SQUEE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 3:40 AM (P)

Ok, I'm sorry but I'm lost. Could someone please explain to me what an 'episode' and an 'act' is?
And for the record, right now Damon belongs in the Damon/? category. He has very little to do with the Slight/River/Thorne thing.
Oh, and I love the name Gunrunners for the group.

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

BOOMERGOODHEART

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:55 AM (P)

*runs into the room, looking around wildly*

What did I miss? Damn, have to go spend an hour catching up with the story.

Edit: I'll work up my move that eventually gets Simon sitting on a stool while Kaylee patches him up and send it to CapnRahn. *frowning* I'm sorry that Kelso had to bow out...our fellow RPers are dropping like flies! Hope CapnR can take over Niska for the time being.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 3:38 PM (P)

Edit: This turned into a gargantuan post (catching up), so be prepared...
*takes a deap breath*

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
I'd like to see AiG wrapped up neatly, but have concerns about doing it in two more acts, considering we don't even have the guns on board yet.

I see that we have several threads that need to be, if not brought to conclusion, at least brought to a satisfactory stopping point.

I agree. These are my concerns as well.

Quote:
We have the gunrunning, which we should probably close out.

Closing out of this one is pretty necessary to end the episode at any point.

Quote:
There's the apparent Niska in Simon's brain, which could continue for a while.

Not to mention Niska currently on the loose, running around the ship. Niska on the loose needs to be resolved; Niska in Simon's head could go on... indefinitely, I'm guessing.

Quote:
There's the River, Thorne, Slight, Damon interaction, which could go either way.

Not really sure what to do with this, since it really only just started. I'd hate to leave it hanging as completely open as it is now; it needs SOME kind of resolution, if only temporary.

Quote:
Also the Thorne, Mal, Inara triangle, that I enjoy, whichever fellow wins.

I'm guessing Thorne could end up being a recurring character that gets under Mal's skin where Inara's concerned (a la Atherton Wing in Shindig).

Quote:
Kaylee apparently has some secret about Serenity. Plus she and Simon are finally becoming an item.

The secret could be an ongoing thing, or could be something resolved now - maybe related to whatever Early did to sabotage the ship in the very beginning. Personally, I think the Simon/Kaylee interaction would continue throughout several episodes, the way their tension does now...

Quote:
Then there's Rowan, who seems to have an interesting story in there somewhere.

I feel the same about this as the emerging Blue Sun stuff that's coming up... Not really sure what to do with this, since it really only just started. I'd hate to leave it hanging as completely open as it is now; it needs SOME kind of resolution, if only temporary.

Quote:
Would it be worthwhile to keep this entire crew for another episode or two? Would it be interesting to have each character, or grouping of characters (Zoe/Wash, Simon/Niska/Kaylee, Thorne/Inara/Mal, River/Slight/Damon/Simon/Thorne,
Rowan/?, Book/?, give direction to an act or story arc?

I have no idea how RP is supposed to work, so I may be just babbling. I enjoy the surprises in AiG so far, but sometimes things get a bit too hectic. Maybe if we had an Idea where we were heading, even if just for an act (baselined at 100 posts, perhaps) we'd get to a conclusion sometime. Or maybe we don't want to reach an end, and just sort of stream-of-consciousness off into the distance."

This is the first time I've done any kind of online RP. I agree that there are times when there is so much going on (and usually all at once) that things get a bit jumbled, but I like the interesting directions that the story has taken. In a live pen and paper RPG, we'd have a GM/Director who already had an idea of the story arc and some set obstacles along the way, but that would be somewhat fluid and malleable to the characters' (and players') actions/interactions. Since we don't have that structure set up here, it's more difficult to figure out some means of wrapping the story/episode to everyone's satisfaction. (We don't have a GM that can say, "Great! You've accomplished ____! Game over!")

My assumption was that when we got to New Hikido, dropped off the cargo, and got paid would be then end of this particular episode, but that was at the beginning. With some of the interesting twists and turns we've had, it's harder to see how/if this story would conclude.

Squee: Episode vs. Act... we're still working that out. Until recently, we were thinking this RP would be the equivalent of one

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:04 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
Episode vs. Act... we're still working that out. Until recently, we were thinking this RP would be the equivalent of one TV episode of Firefly; however, it's become quite intricate and it may have to be more than one "episode" to get everything wrapped up to our satisfaction. A TV episode has a teaser, the opening credits, 4 or 5 'acts' (I think), and a coda that shows the resolution (think Mal & Inara in the cargo bay at the very end of Shindig). We've obviously FAR surpassed that, so if we were thinking in terms of episode, we'd have to claim this as a two- (or now three) parter.

We may be limiting ourselves by trying to control this RP as a single encapsulated episode, which in JW format, is teaser, 4 acts and the coda. If we think of this as a miniseries instead, I think it will help in the general structure. Besides, as has previously been stated, we've already reached the edge of a single two-hour episode.

Back in the day, miniseries meant a full-week event of up to four two-hour episodes (North & South comes to mind). That may sound like a lot, but the way we're going, I think we could easily utilize that kind of format.

Just a little more food for thought.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:29 PM (P)

Folks I think I screwed up ... i feel ill today and dinna follow my own suggestions ...

Anyhoo, checkout the SIMON freakout post ... I finally wrote it ...

but I think it may change a few Players moves...

Let me know if I should change my post if it is too much...

I just thought it was an appropriate action, considering Simon's mindset at this particular moment.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

CAPNRAHN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:39 PM (P)

Quote:
By Channain
Besides, as has already been stated, we've already reached the edge of a single two-hour episode.

Yep, we have 2 ACTS - 9&10 (6 to 10 Minutes apiece- TV wise) and CODA (anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes)left in a 2 parter.

The # of acts in an episode depends on how many commercial slots sell.

A single American produced 1 hour episode, with commercials edited out, is usually 38 to 46 minutes in length.

The mini-series idea has MUCHO merit ... lets see if we can streamline and finish this 2 part EPISODE {AiGR} THEN impliment a Miniseries ...

In my opinion, Niska is destined to escape. He is too good of a villian and information source to dispose of yet.

The guns ... I forgot where they are! Anyhoo, that would be the only MAIN ARC to close out before the CODA.

The rest of the character, rerlationship and other ARCs can be carried over to the mini-series.

SEGUE TO...
SO, if everyone like Channain's idea: What plot ideas for the MAJOR arc(s) for the mini-series do we want to toss around?

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

SQUEE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:59 PM (P)

I agree that Niska is too important to kill off just yet, but I think that it would be interesting to introduce a new villian if we are going to continue this as a mini series.
I just got a picture in my head of the Firefly crew having to join forces with Niska to 'defeat' a greater threat. Desperate times... well its just a thought, lemme know what you guys think.
Oh, and thanks for the explanation, Astriana, the discussion makes a lot more sense now
I think the Simon/Niska thing could go on for a while, and I like the lov triange with Inara, Thorne and Mal. And the Kaylee/Simon thing is definately a yes in my vote
The River/Slight/Thorne thing doesn't have any long term development that I can see, it looks like something that could be wraped up easily, depending on what we want to do with the rest of the story.
Well, that's all I have for now... I'm off for school, so I'll be back in a couple hours.

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 7:04 PM (P)

Another suggestion I would have is to move the "Last Time on Firefly" info on a different thread. It's a lot of great information to bring a newbie up to speed, but it's becoming a huge "first page" that promises to be giganimous once all the synopses are posted.

I would say list the previous act (or whatever we end up calling them) thread and synopses in the most current thread. Then put in the thread leading to the "Outline" or somesuch of all the previous acts. Then list the Gunrunners - that is to say, US - and the usual disclaimers. Like so:

RP - "Adventures in Gunrunning" Act 8

Act 7
address for act 7 thread

Previously on Firefly
Prior acts and greenrooms for character discussion and development
address for Outline thread

Players
Directors
Disclaimers, et al.
Definitions
Guidelines

Seems like a lot of work. And since it is my idea, I'd be happy to set it up. Also GULP if the new director needs any assistance, I'd be happy to do whatever I can.

(put an "n" next to an "o" and what does that spell?)

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

ASTRIANA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 7:28 PM (P)

Shiny idea, Channain! This is actually something I meant to do once all the synopses were written. (Guess I'll have to step up the synopses-writing efforts! )

Also, since Channain brought up the "new director"... It seems that we're seeing the need for some direction in the RP at this point. I would like to offer my own self to be said director. CapnRahn has offered to assist (and so has Channain, apparently! ), and between us, we can solve a lot of the questions we've been having recently, as well as those we've had from the beginning. I will post more on these things a bit later (probably this evening after work).

What say ye'all?

Oh, in answer to Channain's riddle:
(put an "n" next to an "o" and what does that spell?)

"On?"

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 7:45 PM (P)

My vote goes out for Astriana as director and Channain for co-director.
I can see things really becoming much easier and more fun for all involved.

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 8:03 PM (P)

It spells "On?" huh...who knew

Co-director? Maniac!

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

BOOMERGOODHEART

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 8:43 PM (P)

My family games a lot (pen & paper). I tried DMing once, wasn't very good at it. I much prefer to have a character (or 2 or 3), so whatever you guys decide to do is fine by me. I love gaming, so I can play from now until....well, whenever.

Hmmmm....it would be interesting to try and get my hubby involved as an add-on character during the mini-series.

Hey, Maniac, how did you get that cool little beer mug smiley on here?

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 8:45 PM (P)

ah, that's the cheers emoticon with ::'s around it.

BOOMERGOODHEART

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 9:09 PM (P)

Haken needs to add more smileys to his list over there <<<<.

LOL. Funny bit about Bill & Ted. Love that movie.

Love the fact that Mal keeps calling Rowan every "R" name he can think of, except her own. That always kills me. I'm all for Geezer playing two parts--You're doing a great job with Mal! I think you've got his cadence and vernacular down exceptionally well. Keep it up!

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

SPYMAY

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 10:34 PM (P)

I usually don't post,but I gotta tell you all that I have really enjoyed reading the story thread.Great job!

spymay

SQUEE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 11:17 PM (P)

Thanks Spymay!

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

CIARA

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 11:20 PM (P)

*cheers* WOOOHOOOO now I feel good :) thanks so much spymay...so glad people enjoy this

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

CHANNAIN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:40 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
Channain- I think Rowan taking Niska down would be neat. Her acting all scared and air-head then picking up a convenient pipe and beating the stuffing out of him while quoting Sun Tzu from The Art of War.

I think she'd scare him more than beat the stuffing out of him, subdue him in an efficient but non-lethal fashio. Not that there wouldn't be some manner of pain involved. However, the consensus is to keep him alive (mostly) to continue as the baddie. Sorry y'all, I just never saw Niska as a hands-on kind of villain.

By the way, love how Mal can't remember Rowan's name.

ROX-anne...you don't have to turn on the red light

Had that song going through my head since he called her that. A good resource for names is www.behindthename.com (hint, nudge wink)

Anybody else think we may have reached a good stopping point for Act 8? Not to complain or anything, but my 56K is starting to slowwwwww dowwwwwn.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

GEEZER

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 2:46 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
I think she'd scare him more than beat the stuffing out of him, subdue him in an efficient but non-lethal fashion. Not that there wouldn't be some manner of pain involved.

As has been noted, 'pain is scary'.

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
By the way, love how Mal can't remember Rowan's name.

ROX-anne...you don't have to turn on the red light

Thanks. I sometimes wonder if I'm being too lighthearted with this...if some RP Nazi is gonna suddenly jump up out of nowhere and castigate me for not being sufficiently serious. But the Gunrunners seem to be a pretty loose bunch, thank Bog.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

TEELABROWN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 2:51 AM (P)

RP Nazis? Man, I thought it was Blue Hands an' Reavers we were s'posed lookin' out fer.

............................................................................................
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 3:43 AM (P)

Nope, no RP Nazis here. Not even the director...

Anyway, I can appreciate that the thread is getting slow. Channain and I are working on getting the new thread together. But it may not be until tomorrow. Bear with us for a little while longer...

Looks like we'll be using Channain's new & improved format for the alpha post of the thread, and will probably look at wrapping this particular RP within the next 2 acts (and possibly coda), before moving into the miniseries. We're still working out the kinks.

Edit: Yay, finally got Zoe and Wash caught up a bit on the action!

Will see y'all in the AM, as hubby is working on a vicious cold that I fully intend to avoid - which starts with getting some sleep!

Until tomorrow, stay tuned, Gunrunners!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

SQUEE

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 6:27 AM (P)

Hi all, I was wonderin' somethin'... how are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

GEEZER

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:09 PM (P)

Squee wrote: "how are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?"

Since we don't have anyone playing Niska right now, I suppose whoever wants to interact with him can just have him do whatever is needed to move their story along. It's not like he's a major character (except maybe in Simon's head). More of a Mcguffin.

Not trying to be all directorish, but I still like the idea of Rowan catching Niska. Maybe saving Jayne's bacon at the same time. This would give her street cred with the crew, plus set up an interesting Rowan/Jayne interaction.

McGuffin - a Plot Enabling Device, i.e. a device or plot element that is deliberately placed to catch the viewer's attention and/or drive the logic of the plot, but which actually serves no further purpose - More specifically, it is usually a mysterious package or superweapon or something that everyone in the story is chasing.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

GEEZER

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 12:40 PM (P)

Submitted for your approval. Alternate resolution for the "Niska in Simon's head" problem.

As SIMON seals the recaptured NISKA back in the cryo-box, MAL nods to THORNE, who removes a small blackjack from his coat pocket and expertly clips SIMON behind the ear. SIMON collapses, and MAL and THORNE lift him to the examination table and strap him down.

SIMON struggles to consciousness and fights wildly against the straps for a few moments. Calming, he begins to speak, but in an eastern european accent.

"Ah. You think you have me, but I will own you yet. Your pain will be a work of art. Ha ha ha."

As SIMON continues to cackle maniacly, his head rotates 720 degrees in a counterclockwise direction. boils and pustules break out on his face. A blast of evil-smelling slime fountains from his mouth to the ceiling. The entire room shakes.

Suddenly, everything is still. Shepherd BOOK stands in the door. He is wearing full Shepherd regalia and carrying a censor that is producing pungent smoke. He speaks:

"Exorcizo te, omnis spiritus immunde, in nomine Dei Patris omnipotentis, et in noimine Jesu Christi Filii ejus, Domini et Judicis nosti...noshty...nasty...Oh, Heck, Plan B."

Approching the writhing SIMON, BOOK strikes him on the forehead with the palm of his hand, one, two, three times, chanting "Out, you Devil! Out, you Satan! Out, you mother-f**king son-of-a-bitch!

With superhuman strength, SIMON breaks the arm restraints and sits bolt upright. From out of the air, a voice is heard, crying "I'm melting...melting...melting." The voice fades and the room brightens.

SIMON awakes, as if from some vile dream, and notices he is strapped to the table. "KAYLEE, where are you? Were we playing 'The Mental Patient and the Naughty Nurse' again?"

MAL Smiles. Everything is back to normal.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 1:30 PM (P)

LOL! You guys slay me. I'm on for a few minutes before I head to work (when I'll be on again). Since we have so many storylines to resolve so we can close this "episode" and move on to the miniseries, I have been working on way to get this closed out. I will be e-mailing everyone individually to work out storylines/resolutions, so as not to ruin any surprises, character issues, and back stories that the players have worked out and the other characters/players don't know about yet. I'm thinking I should be able to make the first GM post sometime later today/tonight and we can work from there.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

TEELABROWN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 1:35 PM (P)

That's hi-larious! Love it very much. Very many good lines.

............................................................................................
"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.

CHANNAIN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 2:24 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer
"...Oh heck, Plan B.

Geezer, you're a hoot! The blooper that never was!

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

SAINT JAYNE

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 3:10 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:
How are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?

Look under those placemats in the galley. Fugitives like to hide under them.

SQUEE

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 6:24 PM (P)

LOL, Geezer, how in the 'verse did you come up with THAT? It's like Firefly as a comedy. Oh that's funny...

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

GEEZER

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:13 PM (P)

Thanks. I've been thinking about a parody story that has the Serenity crew meet various figures from the sci-fi/fantasy world. I can imagine Jayne coming back from a hunting trip with Jar-Jar Binks slung over his shoulder, throwing him down on the ramp, and saying "Here's supper. Them's good eatin'. Noisy though."

"Keep the Shiny side up"

SQUEE

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:35 PM (P)

LOL!!!!! *wipes tears from her eyes* Oh, Geezer, you should write it, I would so love to hear what else you can come up with...
*continues laughing all the way to the RP*

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

CHANNAIN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:36 PM (P)

DO IT!!!

Seriously, there have been two parodies written here in the past. One was the Browncoat Chronicles, which took various browncoats (that is to say, us) into an odyssey searching for true fandom...at least I think that's what it was about. It was removed from the site without being finished *ahem*

The other was a sort of Mad Magazine take on the first episode, substituting browncoats (again, us) for the Firefly crew et al and other characters. The "ship" was an 18-wheeler.

Not saying it's been done - saying it would definitely be accepted...hint, nudge, wink.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:48 PM (P)

Channain, I'm starting to think we should have asked Geezer to be director... Wacky Fun!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:48 PM (P)

Geezer, I need to read that again when I am no longer sick.

101 degree temp has a tendacy to eliminate my sense of humor.

One point I have noticed in the RP ...

...so, I 'suppose am an RP nazi ... but here it is anyway.

That players are getting information THEY know mixed in with what the Character has 'seen' or experanced.

If you all think the Niska in Simon's brain is too stupid, I'll eliminate it ASAP.

ASTRIANA

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:54 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by DragonFlyDirector:
One point I have noticed in the RP ...

...so, I 'suppose am an RP nazi ... but here it is anyway.

That players are getting information THEY know mixed in with what the Character has 'seen' or experanced.

That's one of the dangers of not having a director - we'll get that straightened out, too.

As for Niska being in Simon's head, I think it's a fine plot device - plus we've been playing it for a bit now, it'd be a little difficult to eliminate.

I'd keep it and see what we can do with it for the miniseries.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

CHANNAIN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:04 PM (P)

There with ya, sister!

You and I need to discuss the mini-series deal...listen to me, I sound like a producer. sheesh!

CAPN - You're talking to us with 101 temp? Go lay down man!

SERENITYSSON - I sent an e-mail out to him, letting him know that there is Jayne-ness needing to be written. If he doesn't respond soon, I may do a Ciara *poof* and try my hand at Jayne-ness of my own. Just doesn't seem right to have Niska runnin' about and no participation from Jayne.

Man...I'm starting to sound like Maniac does in the taglog Never been quite this impatient.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

CAPNRAHN

Wednesday, February 4, 2004 10:02 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
That's one of the dangers of not having a director - we'll get that straightened out, too.

As for Niska being in Simon's head, I think it's a fine plot device - plus we've been playing it for a bit now, it'd be a little difficult to eliminate. I'd keep it and see what we can do with it for the miniseries.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

I'll reread the whole RP while sittin'.

(I'll DL the threads to my Clie pda, so I can read it and NOT be at the comp - see, Rahn will lissen ta Channain...)

No worries, Book and Simon could make another 'cleanser' and fix the NCNiska (Neural Clone) right up ... or out - so to speak. The mixup 'tween character and player knowledge has sorta blown the arc I was working on. I have seemed to frell up and not make it clear who is in the drivers seat of Simon's brain. Rahn too wordy...

OR, LOL, follow Geezer's idea - cept it would be Book instead of Thorne handlin' the excorcism...
Simon --->

<--- Mal or Thorne or Book.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

MERCEDESTROY

Thursday, February 5, 2004 2:46 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:
How are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?

Look under those placemats in the galley. Fugitives like to hide under them.

Have you tried behind the refrigerator? Always works for me.

Merz

If Justice is the dish, then I am your waitress

CIARA

Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:01 AM (P)

OOh ooh Channain: I got sometin' named after me?! Ahh the Ciara *poof*

sorry I didn't get to post today, guys--I was out in weather not fit for man 'nor beast. I'll try to get a post in later, leading River to the common area...guess Inara just needs to set down the syringe and BACK AWAY SLOWLY!!!

Just a humble supplicant in service to all things Joss

CHANNAIN

Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:19 AM (P)

The Ciara *poof*
How to become another character in, well just a word in the middle of two asteriscs. Kind of had an I Dream of Jeannie thing about it, only MUCH classier. More like an imperical wave of the arm rather than the genie boing

As yet still no word from SerenitysSon. Maybe he has player's block?

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

MANIACNUMBERONE

Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:22 AM (P)

"That's one of the dangers of not having a director - we'll get that straightened out, too."
-- Haken's new Rp land will allow us to handle that all very nicely too.

"Man...I'm starting to sound like Maniac does in the taglog Never been quite this impatient."
-- Have I somehow given the impression I am crazy?

ASTRIANA

Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:50 AM (P)

Nope, chances are he's closing the restaurant again. He's been on closings lately - working til 2 or 3AM...

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

SQUEE

Thursday, February 5, 2004 5:21 AM (P)

Responce to St.J and Merz (having a quote in a quote in a quote looked too confusing)

Look under those placemats in the galley. Fugitives like to hide under them.

Have you tried behind the refrigerator? Always works for me.

LOL!!! Somehow I missed this post of yours St.J. I was actually wondering why the Feds were looking under the placemats the last time I watched that episode. And were they looking behind the refrigerator too? Well, wouldn't surprise me. I think I'd check behind the fridge before I checked under the placemats though...
Well, night all... see y'all in the morrow.

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 7:03 AM (P)

Astrianna and Channain
Realized we needed to go ahead and make the ACT 9 thread ... when Channain gets the new 'Previously On ...' format done I'll replace the alpha post.

So ...
Astriana = Director
Channain = Asstiant Director
CapnRahn = Keeper of Continunity/Head Writer

Sound good?

SERENITYSSON

Thursday, February 5, 2004 7:08 AM (P)

You forgot one officer

Serenity's Son= Head slack poster, malcontent, part time comic relief.

Sorry folks but Real Life is hitting me kind of hard right now, working 14 hour days trying to move the restaurant forward ( thus making my bonus bigger... That BMW Z4 3.0 is calling my name rather loudly now every day I drive past the lot). I will keep trying to post as frequently as possible, please remember there may be a time delay for Jaynes reactions to things so leave space open. Now I better get postin' or I'm going to wind up being as un-needed as Tito...

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 7:19 AM (P)

SerenitysSon
We couldn't FORGET you!

I hear ya SSon - I know what ya mean about Real Life Issues!!!

Been doing the "Broker Dance" in trying to get a closing on the house since the middle of November!
razzle*frazzle*snarl*snort*grrrrrrrr...

But on to my request:
Can we move your post to the ACT 9 thread?

SERENITYSSON

Thursday, February 5, 2004 7:26 AM (P)

Sure go right ahead...)

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 7:33 AM (P)

I see you made a placeholder over on ACT 9 ... cool ...

Gonna change yer post over on ACT 8 to a "commercial"?

SERENITYSSON

Thursday, February 5, 2004 8:08 AM (P)

Commercial posted, hope its not to stupid, spur of the moment 3 am creativity can sound funnier to me than it really is

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 8:11 AM (P)

Bout knocked ME outta my chair, I was laughing so hard...

Heh, meebe I can get ahold of Adam Balwin's agent and see if he would make YER commercial!

For some reason yours makes me think of the 'commercial' for Umbrella Corporation's product 'Regenerate' - which is actually a trailer for "Resident Evil - Apocalypse".

This could be come a habit ... funky commercials after the ACT closer/cliffhanger post.

Ah commercial TV!

SERENITYSSON

Thursday, February 5, 2004 8:16 AM (P)

I would be happy to oblige.

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 8:47 AM (P)

LOL, meebe Geezer could adapt the "Excorsim of Simon" into a commercial ...

hummmmm ... A commercial for Book's order?

SERENITYSSON

Thursday, February 5, 2004 9:13 AM (P)

Maybe we could make it Excorsist X , like Friday the 13 X, It can be in the future in space and simon could spit up Mothers Milk, spin his head around and scream Niksa, Niksa! Oh wait then it would be as bad as the Jason in space thing....

Or Kaylee for Strawberries.

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

BOOMERGOODHEART

Thursday, February 5, 2004 9:25 AM (P)

I heard that, SsSon.

By the by, that commercial is hilarious! I vote that Jayne do every commercial from now on. LOL. Would love to see him do one for the futuristic equivalent of the NRA.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 10:55 AM (P)

GUNRUNNERS ...PLEASE besure to take a peek at the last few posts on ACT 8 before you post in ACT 9

Yer humble COC/HR {interim}
{ baaaaad acronym!!!}
Cap'n Rahn

P.S.: BTW, I am going to use this ID {DragonflyDirector} to post things that are more the mechanics of the RP or if I am playing a 'non-player' character: like I am doing with Niska at the end of ACT 8.

I'll use my CAPNRAHN ID to only post as SIMON here on the GunRunner's RP.

GEEZER

Thursday, February 5, 2004 12:36 PM (P)

Over in Act 9 DFD wrote:...WASH will find out there is a(re) Fed ship(s) that just flew into the outer marker of the Serenity's radar.

whoop whoop whoop ... and Serenity MUST lift off ASAP...or be shot at by 3 Federal Marshal fighters. {like the one the 'cops' had in "The Message"}

Getting chased by Feds is gonna make picking up the cargo pretty difficult. Wash couldn't shake one ship in atmo in "The Message", so losing three without leaving Hera just doesn't seem reasonable. We're into Act 9 of "Adventures in Gunrunning", and have yet to obtain any guns to run. Perhaps we could say good riddance to Niska (although Thorne really wanted to carve him up, just a little), jump to the Valley, load the cargo, maybe have Kaylee/Rowan mount the laser cannon while everyone else is loading, and then have the five-0 show up for an exciting pursuit/dogfight.

I'm really just trying to look out for Thorne's interest, since his reason d'etre is delivering the guns.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

CHANNAIN

Thursday, February 5, 2004 1:38 PM (P)

Capn, I think your creating all manner of confusion for yourself. Man in your medicated condition needs to be careful with that.

Maybe we should come up with an acronym like GMC (GameMaster Comment) or DRC (Director Comment) rather than different IDs?

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

DRAGONFLYDIRECTOR

Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:35 PM (P)

Geezer,
I stated they needed to lift off, not break atmo. I just cnsidered that WASH was agood enough pilot to get the Serenity to the pickup point.

Astriana was going to chat with eack individual and see what they wanted to 'wrap' up in the next 300 posts/3 threads.

{note: around 100 posts per therad X 3 (Acts 9, 10 and Coda}

Channain,
This is my method for working on DF. I don't expect anybody to pick up my type of formtting oe ID use.

I probably won't be making very many comments at all with the new ID.

DOULBLE DOH!!!
I htouhgt you meant, from the chat, you would not have the alpha post ready till the 6th. My very frelled misunderstanding!

Sorry about the new thread format mixup of mine! ... it wasn't really touched on in the 'story breaking ' session.

Does mistress want smeagle do as punishment ... smeagle should drown himself ... never hurt mistrressess' ... pleasssssse smeagle only wants to praise and do good things for pretty mistress.
*cowers*

CHANNAIN

Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:45 PM (P)

Actually it was. Astriana asked if I could and at first I said no, then changed my mind. It turned out to be a quick and easy thing this morning. I had originally volunteered to do it in the first place when I suggested breaking the full outline into a different thread in order to make the Alpha Thread (the actual RP thread) a little bit shorter.

Does that make sense?

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

CAPNRAHN

Thursday, February 5, 2004 4:18 PM (P)

AH I now see what I missed or was not privy to.
!!!

I read over the chat we had and it was SEEMINGLY apparent that you were goingto be busy today.

OH ... new 'production crew list'

Frau Direktor: Astriana
Frau Co-Direktor: Channain
Smeagle-Keeper of Continunity: CapnRahn

EDIT
Hee, with so many threads, soon we are going to need our own section ... GunRunners Room, LOL - like the VIP lounges at Airports...

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

ASTRIANA

Thursday, February 5, 2004 5:29 PM (P)

Channain: Good idea! Let's use the acronym DRC (Director's Comment) in the RP to denote some direction/input from the directors. (I already created a new ID - FrauDirektor - but I'll probably only use it for whole posts, not just commentary.)

Geezer: The bit about the Feds is a bit like crime & politics (go figure), situation is always...fluid. We can work that bit out a little better after I have the individual convo’s with everyone about how they see their characters going.

All: I'll start a new OOC thread later this afternoon.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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