OOC: Chapter 1 - NEW YORK, Starts 12th Jan 1925

[Laraqua]

So long as Caroline doesn't say yes, I have a cunning plan...

[Raiko]

So long as Caroline doesn't say yes

I'd be more worried whether she's still got Johnny's handgun.

Also, up to Raiko's whether it's a real diamond ring though perhaps a cheap one. I figured he may have won them at gambling ages ago though I'm willing for the diamond ring to be only as good as his Credit Rating deserves.

I don't mind. He's your character and I'm enjoying his story.

Your familly used to be wealthy in Russia before the revolution anyway.

[Raiko]

You know, if Caroline fanced being Doctor Caroline Rukov, this is a very romantic time for Maksim to propose.

As everyone seems to be having a good time, I'll wait until Monday to post the beginning of chapter two. I should have the chapter one summary completed tonight, I've gotta stay in tonight so I might as well make the most of the time.

[Decrepit]

You know, if Caroline fanced being Doctor Caroline Rukov, this is a very romantic time for Maksim to propose.

Aw.

[trixie]

HA HA HA

Me thinketh the devious plan failed? lol

[Maksim Rukov]

Wealthy Russian family? That's right. Rather than have him win someone's wedding rings (which I think he's a bit too sensitive and romantic to do) let's assume he stole his mother's engagement ring and his parents wedding rings. That's far more his style and so much more likely for him to fritter away! Be a big expensive engagement ring then. Also, gonna really get under Timour's skin.

[Laraqua]

Be funny if Caroline means it. I mean, I didn't realise (and Maks surely didn't) that it was such a romantic proposal. An ocean liner, an eclipse, both in their best clothes... The diamong ring, if we go with it being his mother's, would be quite fancy as well. A real engagement you can talk about...

What have I got Maks into?

[trixie]

You've got him into a bachelor party he'll never forget.....


Timour will INSIST!

[imme]

[Laraqua]

The real crazy thing is, if Caroline's serious, she'd be giving up her career for him! Might be different in America, but in Australia, married women couldn't work unless they kept the marriage a secret. Then again, I think she's got an active job patching us up when raiko gets mean.

[Laraqua]

Hey, does Maksim have a title? Or just his parents or something? Coz the old Russia was split into the nobility and everyone else wasn't it, rather than the rich and the poor?

Lord Maksim Rukov does have a ring to it! Or maybe Count Maksim Rukov!

[Grafster]

Wow, I am very shocked too.
If I'd read the IC thread first I think I would have dropped my drink.

Hehehe, this game gets better and better.

[Laraqua]

Need Decrepit! To see what happens...

[Grafster]

Got 2 more points for Sneak.
Johnny's been doing a tremendous amount of lurking and skulking, so it seems like a reasonable thing.
And I took back the point of sanity I lost at Juju.

Am I correct in understanding that every time we cross the ocean on a boat we get 1d3... and each trip takes 5 days?
Why don't we just spend a few months going back and forth?

[Laraqua]

On the luuuuuuuurve boat!

Ooh yeah!

The luuuuuurve boat!

It's gotta be The Love Boat, right?

How else could Caroline, she who disdains Maksim, say yes to marriage?

I vote Timour and Johnny next.

Equally opportunity luvin!

[Laraqua]

Does the boat look like this?

[trixie]

On the luuuuuuuurve boat!

Ooh yeah!

The luuuuuurve boat!

It's gotta be The Love Boat, right?

How else could Caroline, she who disdains Maksim, say yes to marriage?

I vote Timour and Johnny next.

Equally opportunity luvin!

Hell no! There's no way Timour would settle down. Nuh uh. He'd be far more likely to sweep Elizabeth off her feet if nothing more than to anger Andrei.

The upside to all this though is that Timour will be unsettled, unpredictable, and yet determined to show Maks his tomfoolery. He'd have to get him drunk and have a little sit down to explain the proper way to string a girl along.

It'll be quite hilarious to watch.

[Decrepit]

I wish I knew what were going to happen next. That Caroline has a mind of her own, I swear.

[Laraqua]

I doubt Timour will have the time to make an impact the way Caroline's going. It's gotta be some sorta trick or test. No way would Caroline marry Mr. Sulky Pants.

[Decrepit]

Haha. Well, you forget that she's a depressive, too.