Play@YSDC

Posted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:48 pm**

Welcome to The Condemned!
This thread is for chatting about anything out of character. Speak your mind!

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:36 am**

Hello everybody! Hope we have ourselves a good game!

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:58 am**

Welcome aboard, HellBlazer. We're pitching character ideas and doing some rolling in the Character Gen. thread (though you and I have already chatted about what you might be). Give it a look and ask any character-related questions there. Then either PM me your character or post it in that thread for me to look over.

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:31 pm**

I'll be following this game. Good luck everyone

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:29 pm**

Hi Hellblazer....we meet again!! Glad to see you made it over here, after the premature death of our other game!

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:52 pm**

Zombiedla wrote:I'll be following this game. Good luck everyone

Hey there Zombie! Thanks for following along. I hope it's a fun game.

Also, Miss Scarlet is going to be our sixth player. I'm not going to close this game to new players as 6 is plenty and I don't really want more than that right now. So I'm looking forward to getting things started! We're almost there.

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:31 pm**

Throw in a "Visitors" thread, so visitors can comment on our gaming skills and keeping skills

And an itsy bitsy rules idea: if we could bold any character or NPC names(I saw that on some other thread).

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:04 pm**

zielonobrody wrote:Throw in a "Visitors" thread, so visitors can comment on our gaming skills and keeping skills And an itsy bitsy rules idea: if we could bold any character or NPC names(I saw that on some other thread).

Good ideas. I'll get those in sometime today. Thanks!

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:40 am**

O Great Keeper of Ye Olde Mysterese!

Since the student and coach are ready to go, we might as well begin(maybe that'll mobilize the rest of the players to hurry up with character creation

)

Alright alright, I'll wait quietly

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:26 pm**

lol...I'm good to get started when you're ready too, amarriner!! Aren't we an enthusiastic bunch??

Looking through zielon's background, there' s not going to be much common ground - jock baseball coach vs uber-nerd. Assuming just a vague association?

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:50 pm**

Maybe you're gonna be the newest addition to the team

Come to practice, I'll see if there's anything I can teach you(if you're any good). As I've written I employ mostly nerds to the team

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:50 pm**

Hello folks,

I'm glad to join you in this game. I posted in "Character Ideas and Generation" about my character.

If Keeper approves it I'll be ready to play soon.

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:56 pm**

We're glad to have you along on the death squad(or insanity squad, whichever it'll turn out to be)

I'll be trying real hard to go insane asap and I intend to have a lot of fun along the way

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:00 pm**

zielonobrody wrote:O Great Keeper of Ye Olde Mysterese! Since the student and coach are ready to go, we might as well begin(maybe that'll mobilize the rest of the players to hurry up with character creation )

Well, actually I'd considered that.

I'm looking forward to getting started and since you guys are pretty enthusiastic (as Dondero mentioned), I'd hate to lose that. In order to get you two together, I was thinking of having one of the two students mentioned in the adventure description be on the baseball team so Donald knows him and since he's a botany student as well Mickey would know him, too.

I guess my only hesitation is that Riotopsys would be left by himself for a while until the lawyer and the investigator get started as I thought his character would start with them. Although, maybe I can work him in with Miss Scarlet's character as well.

I guess let's see how today goes and I'll make a decision from there. Sound good?

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:03 pm**

I usually try to get alive, but get insane is always an option.

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:08 pm**

I'm ready when you guys are

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:13 pm**

I'm sorry the delay in posting the Character Sheet, but for me the site was out until now...

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:33 pm**

Miss Scarlet wrote:I'm sorry the delay in posting the Character Sheet, but for me the site was out until now...

same here just got it back within' the last hour or so.

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:36 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:
Miss Scarlet wrote:I'm sorry the delay in posting the Character Sheet, but for me the site was out until now...
same here just got it back within' the last hour or so.

Me, too. I think it was down a bit last night as well. Hope everything's okay!

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:09 am**

I submitted my character, sorry for lagging a bit, awaiting approval and am otherwise ready to go. I'll post a background once our respected Keeper gives me the thumbs up.

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:59 pm**

Samuel's and Hellblazer's characters are complete (though Samuel's is not in the DP thread just yet) so we're all ready to go! I'm going to get the initial scenes up today and you can start posting in them. No one had any issues with what I mentioned in the Character Gen thread so that's how I'm going to start things.

There will be two separate threads for the two groups until you meet up (which shouldn't take too long). I don't mind if you read both of them, but be sure you keep your character's knowledge separate from your own.

Lastly, thanks again for playing. As I mentioned this is my first time as a Keeper so I hope it goes well. Feel free to let me know if you think it can be going better or tips on improvement. Thanks for bearing with me!

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:24 pm**

Sorry for the double-post. The two threads are up and players can post any time. In the "Students" thread, only Mickey is active right now, but he'll be picking up Albert and Donald in short order. Enjoy the game!

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:42 pm**

Great intro, amarriner...hope we can all do justice to all your hard work!!

Forgive me for being old, stupid and a technophobe, but what's a RSS Feed? Would I know if I have or need one???

PS Don't worry about being a new Keeper, we'll be gentle with you!

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:47 pm**

RSS: "Really Simple Syndication"

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:24 pm**

Dondero wrote:Great intro, amarriner...hope we can all do justice to all your hard work!!

Forgive me for being old, stupid and a technophobe, but what's a RSS Feed? Would I know if I have or need one???

PS Don't worry about being a new Keeper, we'll be gentle with you!

Hey Dondero, thanks! I really hope I can do a good job.

As Riotopsys mentioned (and linked to), RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Essentially there is RSS reader software out there (Google reader is one, Firefox has something I believe) that you can give RSS feeds to which are no more than web addresses (URLs). The reader software periodically checks these feeds to see if there is new content and if so will tell you about it. It's somewhat analogous to an email inbox (sort of). So, if you subscribed to the RSS feed for this game, for example, any time there was a new post in The Condemned forum your RSS reader would tell you about it. It's pretty slick. I use Google Reader, but I'm sure there are others that might be better or just as good.

So instead of going to 10 different websites to see if there's anything new, you just use your RSS reader and it will tell you (all in one spot) whether there's new content (and what it is) on all 10 sites. Of course you can subscribe to more than 10 feeds, too, natch.

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:48 pm**

That sounds pretty good...if I'm feeling brave, I might give it a go...thanks guys!

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:38 pm**

Dondero wrote:That sounds pretty good...if I'm feeling brave, I might give it a go...thanks guys!

Most email/news clients can read RSS as well (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) I use Thunderbird and it's nice to see all types of new messages in one place window.

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:34 pm**

I'm sorry if I missed anything important, but I think not. I'll be going to sleep in about an hour(yep.. different time zones) so if anything is to happen to me today, I hope it happens soon

Otherwise, I'll reply in the morning(around 1AM NY time). I hope It won't be too big a burden for everyone. I hope you don't use me as a living shield(yet

)

Cheers!

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:59 pm**

I think we're almost ready to meet our Human Shield, zielon!!

Phew, this has been quite a night of posting for me.....exhaustion looms

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:31 am**

Nite everyone

Hope you don't mind me barging in on the action

Keeper, please don't kill me in practice

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:33 am**

I just got in, but am headed to bed so I'll be replying to both threads in the morning!

Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:16 pm**

In case it's not understood, you don't need to wait for me to post in response before someone else posts. Especially if you're in a conversation or one character is asking something of another.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:16 pm**

amarriner,

Speaking of locations, which map are we using? I do not have the Arkham supplement, and the maps online either show different parts of town or conflict with each other. It isn't the biggest deal, but I'd like to get a good visualization for the area we are in. Can you point me to an online map that agrees with yours or something?

-Samuel

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:27 pm**

I'm using the one from the arkham supplement which I believe was the one reproduced in the newer rulebooks. I'll see what I can do about getting a copy up here. I'm not sure there is one online already, but I'll try to find one.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:01 pm**

I scanned this map. Is this the one you are using?

Map of Arkham City: http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/8166/arkham2jh6.jpg

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:19 pm**

Miss Scarlet wrote:I scanned this map. Is this the one you are using?

Map of Arkham City: http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/8166/arkham2jh6.jpg

It's similar to that, but expanded a little. I'm working on getting it up for you all. Should have it relatively, soon.

On another subject, I'm typically far less active over the weekend, so you might get a post or two out of me, but most of the time I'll be posting during the week.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:31 pm**

I'm sorry. Only now I realize this is only the northern part. This is the complete one.

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8595/mapaqt5.jpg

But it's not detailed as the other one. I'll scan the other half and post here, if it's OK for you.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:35 pm**

Sure if you want, you can post it. That's the map I have, I believe. I'm going to mark it up with the locations we've been to and post it. Probably won't be until Monday, though, unless I can find the time to do it this weekend. Thanks!

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:50 pm**

I'm sorry the map is already marked. It belongs to my husband that has used him a lot. But I'll scan the other half.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:58 pm**

Oh no problem at all, thanks! I might just end up using the one I have, but it can't hurt to have yours up for the time being. If I do get mine up, I'll post it in a new thread so there's no confusion.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:22 pm**

Come on "Students, Professors & Coaches"!! The "Lawyers, Interpreters & Investigators" are beating us 29 posts to 28....and we were thrashing them yesterday! They must have had a surge of posts today What? You mean it's not a race? Oh, OK then.....

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:23 pm**

Dondero wrote:Come on "Students, Professors & Coaches"!! The "Lawyers, Interpreters & Investigators" are beating us 29 posts to 28....and we were thrashing them yesterday! They must have had a surge of posts today What? You mean it's not a race? Oh, OK then.....

And it looks like the two groups might be merging soon ...

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:18 pm**

Dondero wrote:Come on "Students, Professors & Coaches"!! The "Lawyers, Interpreters & Investigators" are beating us 29 posts to 28....and we were thrashing them yesterday! They must have had a surge of posts today What? You mean it's not a race? Oh, OK then.....

Phew! That was close!

I tied the game. we're going into overtime. It's golden goal or bust, ladies! (no pun in ten did).

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:25 pm**

Since all six of you are in the same physical place now, I've locked the two separate threads and started a single new one. Any of you can post in the new thread now as you're all together, though you haven't all met and two of you inside the sanitarium while the rest are outside.

If I'm jumping places too quickly please let me know, or if I'm not giving you enough time to roleplay well let me know. In other words, if there's something you'd like me to do or not do just tell me.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:33 pm**

Well, I'm thoroughly enjoying this so far....don't think I've ever played in such a fast paced start, it's great! Kudos to all my fellow players where English is your second language, those are some pretty amazing posts!

Just one question, amarriner - do we need to think about equipment and/or weapons?

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:39 pm**

amarriner wrote:Since all six of you are in the same physical place now, I've locked the two separate threads and started a single new one. Any of you can post in the new thread now as you're all together, though you haven't all met and two of you inside the sanitarium while the rest are outside.

If I'm jumping places too quickly please let me know, or if I'm not giving you enough time to roleplay well let me know. In other words, if there's something you'd like me to do or not do just tell me.

I'm still waiting to hear from Jack, in case he has something to say or do, but as Odine has already inferred a bit more than a business relationship, I would assume Gregory would be a gentleman enough to have gone outside after her to ask what is wrong, and inquire if she needs help.

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:43 pm**

[concerning weapons] What good will it do if you KNOW you''l be disassembled in the long run?

I can improvise with a tree if I have to. Any redwoods lyin' around?

[concerning kudos] Actually I learned English as my second language in Pennsylvania for 5 years... no wait... darn! that means no kudos 4 me

That was a long time ago though and I was seven...

[concerning down-time] Since the Keeper's informing us about his down time, I'll inform that I'll be out on Wednesday, as I'm playing a concert. and the next weekend goes down the drain with two more concerts. free beer for me

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:49 pm**

I know what you mean...I'm also playing in the Haunting, and I'm getting more use out of a crowbar, a screwdriver and I've just put together a lassoo. I like how Cthulhu gets you to improvise. Besides, what kind of weapons could a botany student have access to - a trowel maybe? Some clippers...you never know when they'll come in handy I suppose

Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:52 pm**

A scythe! Buhuhahaha!

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:03 am**

Great idea....although with your planned absences, zielon, Big Donald may end up meeting a scythe up close and personal courtesy of the Grim Reaper....

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:07 am**

Oh please, as if I didn't know already. What I do for fame...

myspace.com/fugufish

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:19 am**

Hey, rock on Fugu Fish!! Great site - good luck with the concerts....don't forget your Cthulhu buddies though when you're a big star

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:28 am**

Samuel wrote: I'm still waiting to hear from Jack, in case he has something to say or do, but as Odine has already inferred a bit more than a business relationship, I would assume Gregory would be a gentleman enough to have gone outside after her to ask what is wrong, and inquire if she needs help.

Sorry, I just got the idea in my head that she want's to be married by thirty I hope i'm not stepping on your concept, Gregory just jumped out as a good candidate.

by the way I am enjoying the way this is going my self, I've never done a pbp before how am i doing.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:40 am**

Dondero wrote:Well, I'm thoroughly enjoying this so far....don't think I've ever played in such a fast paced start, it's great! Kudos to all my fellow players where English is your second language, those are some pretty amazing posts!

Just one question, amarriner - do we need to think about equipment and/or weapons?

"Muito obrigada", which means "Thank you very much" in Portuguese. I've studied English only in Brazil, but playing pbf help me a lot.

About guns, Winston has a gun...

Edit: And I'm loving this game, specially the players (you folks are very good).

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:15 am**

Arkham Maps

The map is big so I scaned it in four parts.

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| 1 | 2 |
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| 3 | 4 |
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Part 1:

Part 2:

Arkham Sanitarium is at East Derby St. with North Peabody Ave.

Part 3:

Miskatonic University is indicated on the map (top left side).

Part 4:

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:22 am**

omg
you are ALL beating me in posts.....sorry for being so quiet....
I just got home and it is 230 in the morning....so iam going to bed but i promise as soon as i wake i will catch up on all that is going on in our story.
so just bear with me for a few hours and ill read all the new stuff in the "lawyers , interpreters and p.i" thread ect.... and ill add to the story , i dont want to hold you folks up but i do appreciate it.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:27 pm**

Don't worry. Take your time. We, fortunatelly, got more time than you, but you don't need to hurry to catch up on us. This is the beautiful of pbf, you can play when you can play.

Have nice dreams...

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:53 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:Sorry, I just got the idea in my head that she want's to be married by thirty I hope i'm not stepping on your concept, Gregory just jumped out as a good candidate.

by the way I am enjoying the way this is going my self, I've never done a pbp before how am i doing.

No problem at all, doesn't change my character at all. He has had a bit of a hard time, so with a new job and a nice girl that seems interested, maybe he's starting to think things are finally looking up. Oh the poor sap, how little he knows, Mwuh ha ha ha ha (cue dramatic music).

My first also, I like it. Trying to get a weekly meeting together when everyone has jobs, kids, etc. does not work like when we were in high school. I am no judge, but it seems like everybody, including yourself, is really into their characters and that makes a good game. I would guess that the real game killers in play by post (or forum, or mail, etc.) is going MIA or not playing a character consistently.

Out of curiosity, where is the "Grayest place on earth!"? Seattle? Wales? Maximum Security Prison? A gray paint factory?

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:18 pm**

Grayest place on earth!

Is an inside joke between me and a college roommate about Western New York, after looking out our window we decided we only needed a pallet of 4 colors to paint any scene here black, white, brown, and safety yellow.

It's an abysmally depressing place.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:31 pm**

Does invisible castle just like to give high numbers or something? at this rate we might as well reserve a room at the sanitarium now.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:09 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:Does invisible castle just like to give high numbers or something? at this rate we might as well reserve a room at the sanitarium now.

you're telling me!!! I might have to pull my gun to get us into that patients room!

just kidding of course.
But now I know what skills as a private investigator that I should have focused on in character creation , oh well if i stay alive i can upgrade him later.....

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:45 pm**

Anyone want to figure the odds on if we'll make it through the first day? Is there another dice rolling service out there? I'm beginning to think that some malignant force may be exerting its dark will against us.........

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:58 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:Grayest place on earth!

Is an inside joke between me and a college roommate about Western New York, after looking out our window we decided we only needed a pallet of 4 colors to paint any scene here black, white, brown, and safety yellow.

It's an abysmally depressing place.

Here's what it looks like out my window (if I walked a few hundred yards with it in my hand). I'm only bragging because it has been seriously storming for almost a week straight, but finally, the sun is out again!

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:12 pm**

Ok as soon as the batteries charge for my camera I'll show you how lousy it is here.

I've been to CA everything was gorgeous even the trash.

Posted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:50 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:Ok as soon as the batteries charge for my camera I'll show you how lousy it is here.

I've been to CA everything was gorgeous even the trash.

You obviously didn't spend much time down Fresno and Bakersfield, nor the trailer parks in the north part of the state. I do like Sonoma County though. I must, considering the rent I pay (ugh).
Last week at this time I was at a friends house riding out the storm. Power was off at my place and the 70+mph gusts had their way with my trees. It isn't always perfect weather here, just usually.

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:25 am**

Samuel wrote:
Riotopsys wrote:Ok as soon as the batteries charge for my camera I'll show you how lousy it is here.

I've been to CA everything was gorgeous even the trash.
You obviously didn't spend much time down Fresno and Bakersfield, nor the trailer parks in the north part of the state. I do like Sonoma County though. I must, considering the rent I pay (ugh).
Last week at this time I was at a friends house riding out the storm. Power was off at my place and the 70+mph gusts had their way with my trees. It isn't always perfect weather here, just usually.

we caught part of that storm too, took out several trees, and 30k houses were without power. we faired well ourselves thow

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:14 am**

Lots to respond to so I'll do my best here. As I mentioned, weekends are tough for me so it's likely I won't post much on them, sorry. I shall do my best, though. I'll post in the IC thread tomorrow.

Invisible Castle rolls
You should see my character in Miss Scarlet's "Murder in Arkham" game. He's had two rolls of 100 on SAN checks so far so I feel your pain.

Game
I'm definitely enjoying the game so far so I'm glad you guys are, too. Seeing as it's my first game as a Keeper, I'm really hoping for things to go fairly smoothly!

New York
Ah a fellow New York Stater. I'm on the east side of the state just outside of Albany.

Equipment
Yeah it would probably be beneficial to give a bit more thought to equipment that you might be carrying as well as things you might have where you live. Not a huge deal just yet, but it might come into play soon. As a general rule, if it makes sense for your character to have something I tend to let you have it. Certainly feel free to run things by me, though.

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:54 pm**

Back in business for the week. Again sorry for delaying things over the weekend, but that's going to be a constant thing, unfortunately. I feel bad because we have a good amount of momentum going and I don't want to stop it.

Incidentally, I was happy with the way the two groups met up. I wasn't sure where they were going to meet up, but the Sanitarium is a good a place as any and certainly the timing seemed to be just right.

On with the game!

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:25 pm**

I have another proposition. That when a new page appears in any topic, we look back to see if there is any ooc stuff that we posted earlier or some dualities in our posts and remove them. I think that way we can make the story more readable to future viewers. Or when we finish a topic maybe?
Another thing I thought of. If the topics could be numbered in the order that things were happening, sort of like chapters, it would be clearer to viewers, no?

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:02 pm**

zielonobrody wrote:I have another proposition. That when a new page appears in any topic, we look back to see if there is any ooc stuff that we posted earlier or some dualities in our posts and remove them. I think that way we can make the story more readable to future viewers. Or when we finish a topic maybe?
Another thing I thought of. If the topics could be numbered in the order that things were happening, sort of like chapters, it would be clearer to viewers, no?

Yeah that's a good idea to number things. This adventure isn't really broken down into chapters, per se, so I've labelled them as scenes for now. Well only one scene so far.

As for editing the old posts. I don't want to do that too much, but maybe if there's something really confusing or some conflicting posts we can do that at some point.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:27 pm**

Winston is waiting for Mickey or the Coach to introduce him or for the others to introduce them. I'm not considering what Jack said because he came out before Albert.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:32 pm**

I think Donald doesn't have anything to say at the moment. wake up people

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:38 pm**

Yeah, he's too busy making eyes at Ondine!!

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:48 pm**

Sounds like Albert wants to take Mickey or Donald. Just let me know who's going and I'll get you in to see the patient. You'll also have a chance to talk to the detective, if you want to as he leaves.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:51 pm**

Does Donald know The Patient?

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:56 pm**

Nothing against the other group

but I think it would be better for the patient to see a face that could recognize from the campus. Maybe it'll help him to begin talking.

I'd rather be the Coach, because Mickey it too agitated and it won't do any good for Henry. zielonobrody, do you want to see the patient?

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:00 pm**

I was thinking the same thing, but I wouldn't want to scare him even more with my looming presence... But I'll go. I won't be available tomorrow though, so we might hit a stop if we don't finish in an hour, cause I gotta sleep a bit. Tomorrow's the big day for me. My band's first full length concert

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:04 pm**

I'll be here. Now everything is in our keeper's hands.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:06 pm**

I'm done for the day, unfortunately, so we'll have to pick up the patient talk on Thursday. There can still be more discussion between the characters outside the asylum before then, though, if they want to.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:08 pm**

On Thursday will be.

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:19 pm**

I'll try to squeeze in a post or two around 1230 CET, but that's probably all I can manage. Till then!

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:54 am**

Sorry guys like I said earlier work to day was nuts, I didn't ever get to read my mail till 6 hours into the shift.

You can tell your supervisor that the equipment is obsolete until your blue in the face. he won't understand until its got smoke rolling out the back out it and no vendor wants to touch it, that it is, indeed, time for a succession plan.

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:03 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:Ok as soon as the batteries charge for my camera I'll show you how lousy it is here.

I've been to CA everything was gorgeous even the trash.

got my camera fixed, behold the horror

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Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:40 pm**

This is what I see from my window. On the left is the Sheraton Hotel, on the right is one of the 8 buildings that compose the area where I live. It's usual here to have some buildings surrounded by a fence (no need to be a high one), with swimming pool and sport areas, some small shops.

It's now 6:40 pm (daylight saving time).

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:51 pm**

Wow nice, a little bit of an ocean view, and sun.

thanks for giving us a look.

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:02 pm**

Nice:) My view is similar to none of the three shown, but it's not very interesting. This is the view from my window: http://flickr.com/photos/zielonobrody/1113225688/.

My hearing has been wasted today. But it was fun

I put in earplugs halfway through... boy, what relief. I'm never waiting that long again. It'll be better tomorrow... hopefully

Since I'm totally wasted(tired, not drunk), I'll hit the bed in 5. Till tomorrow!

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:53 am**

Smooth move HellBlazer! I wouldn't have thought of that myself. I guess I was anticipating entering too much and it clouded my vision

Beer4U !

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:00 pm**

Sorry for the extended silence, I unexpectedly got laid off Monday and have been scrambling to get things in order. I'm glad to see the scenario carried on without me. I will have a good amount of free time for a while, so expect more direct involvement. I think it would be useless to go back and fill in the missed dialog, so assume polite responses, small talk and attentive listening from Jack's part in the previous exchanges.

-Samuel

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:04 pm**

Wow, sorry to hear that, Samuel. That really sucks.

Hope everything turns out okay.

Obviously no worries on the game. Yeah we've progressed a little, but not too much really so you're not really that far behind or anything. Feel free to respond whenever you'd like.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:57 pm**

Samuel wrote:Sorry for the extended silence, I unexpectedly got laid off Monday and have been scrambling to get things in order. I'm glad to see the scenario carried on without me. I will have a good amount of free time for a while, so expect more direct involvement. I think it would be useless to go back and fill in the missed dialog, so assume polite responses, small talk and attentive listening from Jack's part in the previous exchanges.

-Samuel

Sorry to here that, I know how much it sucks to find work. Just remember when on an interview Lie to everyone, especially your self.

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:19 pm**

I hope you find something soon, Samuel. My best luck wishes for you.

Winston will post now. Busy day for me and quiet for him...

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:05 pm**

I guess I should roll for Listen if I bend down and try to listen, yes? I will be doing so. I mean Donald.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:09 pm**

zielonobrody wrote:I guess I should roll for Listen if I bend down and try to listen, yes? I will be doing so. I mean Donald.

Actually, don't bother. Once you get closer you'll be able to hear the words he's saying without rolling. Don't worry, though, I'll call for another roll after the next post.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:12 pm**

oh well. i'll just remove it then. I got a bit ahead of myself. sorry.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:13 pm**

zielonobrody wrote:oh well. i'll just remove it then. I got a bit ahead of myself. sorry.

Nah, don't worry about it. You can leave it. No big deal.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:10 pm**

I'll wait to see if zielonobrody was succeed in the History roll (I wasn't, it was close though). Then I'll post with Winston.

Good luck, "old chap".

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:15 pm**

I have failed MISERABLY!
History Check (1d100=91)

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:50 pm**

I ran 400 1d100 and compared it with a flat distribution. invisible castle's mean, median and, standard deviation all checked out close to the flat distribution. We're just really unlucky i guess.

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:03 am**

That's fantastic!

Oh, no wait... no it's not

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:05 am**

I've been reasonably lucky. I got 22, but I only had 20% (basis skill).

History: 20% (almost)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1465783/

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:12 pm**

Zielonobrody, did I step over your character's action? I sincerely hope not, at least it wasn't my intention. As you wrote "So they either leave or stay, no difference." I thought it'd be better if they had left the room, so I placed the following dialogue outside the room.

Then when they left the Sanitarium, Albert went to talk to Mickey and consequently with Detective Stuckey.

I sincerely hope you don't mind Albert's actions regarding your character.

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm**

No. Just as I intended

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:14 pm**

That's fine, then.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:24 am**

Hey guys--my weekend is extended by one day this week so I'll be resuming posting Tuesday. Just wanted to give you a heads up so you didn't think I'd disappeared come Monday.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:55 pm**

I've never played a Woman before this is quite liberating. Shes an emotional powder keg.

Posted: **Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:28 pm**

Darn, what'll you stir up next? PMS anyone?

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:39 pm**

Hay I found something interesting at the same time as out game

The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft wrote:In the summer of 1927 Wilbur repaired two sheds in the farmyard and began moving his
books and effects out to them.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:52 pm**

Riotopsys wrote:Hay I found something interesting at the same time as out game

The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft wrote:In the summer of 1927 Wilbur repaired two sheds in the farmyard and began moving his
books and effects out to them.

That's cool! If you go to Dunwich maybe you can check in on the Whately's. On second thought, maybe that's not such a good idea.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:51 pm**

Sounds like you guys are getting ready to head to the campsite. Since I'll be gone over the weekend as usually try to figure out how you want to get there. It's a few miles outside of town. Albert has a car, but it might be a pretty tight fit for 6 people and not much room for anything else. Speaking of which give some more thought to what you'll be bringing if anything. We should be able to get you there on Monday, hopefully.

Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:35 am**

hi all , sorry for being silent for a while.....work is swamping me.. ill try to read up and post this weekend..for just say i stick with the group?

Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:36 pm**

No problem. We'll just use you as a live shield next time

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:13 pm**

So what's it going to be, all? Heading to the campsite? How are you getting there and what are you taking? If you're not going there, then where to?

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:29 pm**

As I understand it, we are not far from the Law Offices of E. E. Saltonstall and Associates. We could go there, Mr. Gregory Atkinson could get another car (they said the company will let them have one for the investigation), then we head to the campsite. Winston could follow their taxi.

I suggest Winston takes Donald Lutherhagen and Mickey O'Dwyer, and Gregory Atkinson, Ondine Dumont and Jack Roberts take a taxi to the offices and from there they could go in the company's car.

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:38 pm**

sounds good to me

Posted: **Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:39 pm**

Sorry all, today's been crazy. I'll be back in the swing of things tomorrow.

Posted: **Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:45 pm**

Go git'em Cowboy!

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:08 pm**

Samuel wrote:Sorry if it seems like I'm railroading the story, but my character's situation and persona makes me think he will be wanting to satisfy his boss ASAP, and not dilly-dally with contemplation. I know this can be lethal in Cthulhu, but I have to be true to him.

No problem for me. Winston would do the same but he doesn't have any boss on his tail, so he can consider going back to the Campus before heading to the campsite. But I think we can consider we'll arrive there at almost the same time, because I don't think it will take much time to Donald and Mickey get ready.

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:46 pm**

Okay so here's what I think we have so far:

Gregory, Ondine and Jack are heading right from the law offices to the campsite. Someone else mentioned you getting a car from Saltonstall, but I figure it's probably more likely that he'll just want you to take a cab. I don't think he'd have a car for the firm. So that's fine, and the firm will pay for it so you guys are set there.

Mickey, Albert, and Donald are going in Albert's car, but are stopping at the University again first, right? You'll probably arrive shortly after the other group, but not that much different.

You guys all got to the cafe at 11:05 am. Figure it took about an hour to eat and then another 45 minutes or so to get straightened out and on to the site so you'd get there in the vicinity of 1:00 pm or so.

One last thing to ask: Stuckey mentioned two ways of getting to the site. You can take Cabot Road off the Aylesbury Pike and walk a half-mile up the river or take Bowen Road and be a closer, but the Detective did mention that the bridge was out that way and it might be tricky. Just need to know which cars are taking which route and what the second group is going to do at the university. We can finish up all the pre-campsite stuff in the Bijou thread.

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:08 pm**

First, I understand Ondine would go to her apartment.

Ondine wrote:When Gregory arrives with the car Ondine takes a seat and asks to swing by her apartment, where she collects an electric torch and a set of unstylish practical boots.

So, it'll take a little longer for them too.

Second, Albert won'd do anything. He'll just take Donald and Mickey to the University to get some stuff. He'll be waiting for them.

Third, what Donald is going to do:

Donald wrote:Donald will search the attic for his old trekking backpack. He'll take a hunting knife and a utility knife, a blanket, trekking shoes, spare socks, an electric torch. He'll change into something more comfortable for the outdoors and he'll take a coat. Something to make a fire. He might look wierd with a backpack on his back, but what the heck.

I don't know about Mickey because he didn't post yet.

Fouth, Winston will drive out the Aylesbury Pike, take Cabot road and hike a short way north along the river. No tricky roads for him.

Posted: **Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:33 pm**

Sorry I've been AWOL for a while, work has been a bit of a nightmare. I'll try and get a post in tomorrow, once I've caught up a bit. My posting will be a bit patchy over the next week, got loads going on. I'm also on a work jaunt to India for a week or so from next Thursday so no posts from there....normal service shall resume weekend of 16th Feb!

Posted: **Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:27 am**

You think that'll stop us? You'll be dead when you come back, mark my words. Gah! that sounds as I knew something. I mean your character will be dead ^^

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:13 pm**

Um.. Is this game dead?

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:16 pm**

No this game isn't dead. I just didn't get a chance to post yesterday (I did post on Wednesday). Thanks, Miss Scarlet, for updating me on the second group's travel plans so you're right they will arrive roughly the same time. I'm just waiting to hear how the second group (Gregory, Ondine, and Jack) want to get to the campsite then I'll start up a new thread for you there. Post any pre-campsite tasks you want to accomplish in the Bijou thread.

I'm still in on the game, and I hope everyone else is too. I know HellBlazer and Dondero said they've been busy of late and Samuel as well so I think that's the cause of the downtime. By no means is the game dead, though, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:50 pm**

amarriner wrote:Thanks, Miss Scarlet, for updating me on the second group's travel plans so you're right they will arrive roughly the same time.

You're most welcome. That's why I'm here.

And btw, I'm still really here.

This game is not dead, it just takes a slower pace. Nothing to worry about.

Posted: **Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:50 pm**

Treat this like the normal break between RPG sessions

You can't really focus all your thoughts and strength into everything at the same level all the time. I'm sure we're all anxious for it to get back to the original speed

I'm afraid it'll take a week or two, but we'll get there, so "no worries, eh?"

Posted: **Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:36 pm**

Exactly. There'll be fast-paced times and slower-paced times, but I'm definitely not abandoning this game by any means. Again, the current status is this:

Group 1 (Albert, Mickey, and Donald) are heading out to the campsite in Albert's car via Cabot Rd (route #1) after making a quick stop.

Group 2 (Ondine, Gregory, and Jack) are going as well in a taxi paid for by Saltonstall after making a stop as well. I just need to know which route you're following and then we'll open up another thread for the campsite stuff.

Posted: **Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:16 am**

amarriner wrote:Group 2 (Ondine, Gregory, and Jack) are going as well in a taxi paid for by Saltonstall after making a stop as well. I just need to know which route you're following and then we'll open up another thread for the campsite stuff.

Since nobody else has responded, I'll say we take the same route as the others, with a mention to the cabby that we'll be wanting to be picked up at the same spot just after sundown, whatever time that is.

Posted: **Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:58 am**

Perfect, okay then you're headed to the campsite all in the same direction. As Miss Scarlet mentioned you'll be getting there about the same time. I'll have a new thread up tomorrow for that.

HellBlazer, you still with us? Haven't heard from you in a bit ...

Also, I know Dondero mentioned he'd be a little less active for a short while here so we'll probably keep this slightly slower pace until he's back with us full-time.

My apologies, too, for not posting yesterday. I strive to post every weekday, but the last couple have been rather busy. Sorry about that. Should be back to normal now.

As I said, new thread/scene tomorrow!

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:53 pm**

Okay I know we're in a slow-down period, but I'm getting a little nervous. Miss Scarlet is still around, and I know Dondero is away for a bit. I've not heard from HellBlazer at all, though. Riotopsys and Samuel, are you guys still in this? I'd like for people to at least post here in the OOC thread (if not--as is preferable--in the IC thread) just to say you're still in the game. I just want to make sure we have our players.

I'll send HellBlazer a PM to see if he's still around and if I don't get a response by say Friday or so I'll look for a replacement. If you others could just post here in the OOC thread at least by around Wednesday that would be great. As I said, I know Dondero is away for a bit and I know Samuel has been busy so if we just want to go slower I'm okay with that (I have to go slower sometimes too!). I just want to make sure we're still going!

Thanks!

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:08 pm**

You know I'm still here. You can't get rid of me so easily.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:29 pm**

Yup. i'm here. I just totally don't know what I should be doing. This whole examination session at my U and the slowness has sort of pushed me off track. I'll try to contribute something tomorrow on what Donald is doing.

Posted: **Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:02 am**

A briefing: we went to the Sanitarium, spoke to Henry, met the Detective Stuckey, had lunch and now we are at the campsite, as volunteers, trying to find Richard. Winston saw something odd about crows and he's heading to the place where they are concentrated.

Donald is at the campsite to help find Richard too.

Posted: **Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:01 pm**

Miss Scarlet wrote:A briefing: we went to the Sanitarium, spoke to Henry, met the Detective Stuckey, had lunch and now we are at the campsite, as volunteers, trying to find Richard. Winston saw something odd about crows and he's heading to the place where they are concentrated.

Donald is at the campsite to help find Richard too.

Yep, that's a good synopsis. Thanks! I'll wait for another player or two to post IC before posting about what Albert finds near the crows.

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:21 pm**

I'd like to give Donald a bit more charachter, by suggesting that he used to go camping and hiking a lot. Denmark is a beautiful place, I'm sure there's lots of places to camp and trek, so Donald knows a bit about camping and will try to look for things that were done wrong. I don't know, maybe they made a fire and didn't dig around it to make it safer? Maybe the tent was put up sloppy? What should I be rolling for if this is OK?

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:38 pm**

still here, nothing to say

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:59 am**

Hi, still here, but wondering what happened. I've been a little busy, but not overly. I have been relying on the email notifications for updates, but haven't received any since Feb 4. I realized it had been over a week since I last got one and decided to check in. I guess something went haywire somewhere, because obviously the game has moved on since the 4th. I posted quickly in hopes of getting things going, and will check manually from now on.
We can always say Jack got drunk and passed out at the cafe....

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:37 pm**

zielonobrody wrote:I'd like to give Donald a bit more charachter, by suggesting that he used to go camping and hiking a lot. Denmark is a beautiful place, I'm sure there's lots of places to camp and trek, so Donald knows a bit about camping and will try to look for things that were done wrong. I don't know, maybe they made a fire and didn't dig around it to make it safer? Maybe the tent was put up sloppy? What should I be rolling for if this is OK?

Sure that sounds fine. You don't need to roll at all, just post in the IC thread to say that's what Donald is doing.

riotopsys wrote:still here, nothing to say

What is Ondine doing? Is she helping with the search? Helping Albert check out the crows?

Samuel wrote:Hi, still here, but wondering what happened. I've been a little busy, but not overly. I have been relying on the email notifications for updates, but haven't received any since Feb 4. I realized it had been over a week since I last got one and decided to check in. I guess something went haywire somewhere, because obviously the game has moved on since the 4th. I posted quickly in hopes of getting things going, and will check manually from now on.
We can always say Jack got drunk and passed out at the cafe....

No worries. Glad you're still here. It might be that you missed the new thread that came up so weren't subscribed to it. You can subscribe to the entire sub-forum, too, as well as using the RSS feed which might be better. YMMV, of course.

Looks like we're getting back on track. I'll give HellBlazer until tomorrow and then I'll NPC Jack and possibly look for a replacement. True, Samuel, it would be okay to leave him behind, but he might be useful to you guys. Dondero should be back next week per his last post. I just need to know what Ondine and Donald are doing (I know zielonobrody mentioned what he'd like to do, but I want to see the IC post first) and then I'll move things along IC. Let me know if you have any questions.

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:07 pm**

Miss Scarlet wrote:Albert Winston

I can ID him too, if it's him. Richard is my student. Albert comments with Gregory, being positive until there is no more hope.

Oops! I guess I should check my facts first. I thought Albert didn't know him, but obviously I was wrong. Best to read up on the past stuff next time.....

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:58 pm**

Don't worry.

Gregory didn't know Albert. They've just met. He doesn't have to know all about him. It's perfectly reasonable he made that remark.

But, if you want to know...

Donald and Albert are Richard's professors
Mickey is a friend.
Gregory, Ondine and Jack were hired to find Richard, by his father.

Am I correct?

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:11 am**

Miss Scarlet wrote: Donald and Albert are Richard's professors
Mickey is a friend.
Gregory, Ondine and Jack were hired to find Richard, by his father.

Am I correct?

Quite correct, I just forgot, it had been a bit since I went over the earlier posts, but I remedied that now.

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:54 pm**

ah, finally the Castle had mercy on us

Sorry for the delay. I changed computers and totally forgot I was playing here

Posted: **Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:00 pm**

Hi all, I'm ba-ack!! Looks like I've got a bit of catching up to do. Wow, looks like you kept Mickey relatively unscathed too!

Normal service will now resume from me (at least until my Easter holiday anyway!)

Thanks

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:17 pm**

welcome back

One question concerning rules:
Do we change our sanity level ourseves after losing some? I'll just change mine right now.

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:29 pm**

Yes, welcome back, Dondero.

Re: Sanity
Sure, you can change it yourself. That would be great, thanks. If you edit it on your own, though, be sure to leave the original value there for reference. Same goes for any other "disposable" stats. Disposable Sanity ... I like that.

Re: Jack/HellBlazer
I haven't heard back from HellBlazer so Jack will be NPC'ed by me for now. Would you guys prefer to keep it that way or do you want me to look for a replacement player? Either way is fine with me so I figured I'd give you guys the option.

EDIT
Jack just failed both his other Sanity rolls and has thus far lost 15 sanity points. He's not doing well, needless to say. He's lost more than 1/5 of his sanity in less than a game hour which, per the rules, puts him at indefinite insanity. However, I'm thinking of just keeping him at temporary insanity so he can be back with you guys shortly after the campsite scene. Sound good? So I still need to know if you guys want him to be NPC'ed by me or if you want me to get a replacement player.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1498805/
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1498808/

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:37 pm**

NPC's is fine by me

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:50 pm**

If you're ok to NPC Jack, amarinner, then that's ok by me!

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:23 pm**

Let's give the guy a chance

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:46 pm**

Might want to take a look at what Gregory rolled before making any long term character decisions........

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:25 am**

Samuel wrote:Might want to take a look at what Gregory rolled before making any long term character decisions........

Actually, no, Gregory is okay (to an extent, anyway). He didn't take more than 5 in any one roll and he hasn't lost more than 20% of his Sanity in a game hour. So other than the fact that he's pretty shaken up, he's okay on the insanity front.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:35 am**

amarriner wrote:
Samuel wrote:Might want to take a look at what Gregory rolled before making any long term character decisions........
Actually, no, Gregory is okay (to an extent, anyway). He didn't take more than 5 in any one roll and he hasn't lost more than 20% of his Sanity in a game hour. So other than the fact that he's pretty shaken up, he's okay on the insanity front.

Oh that's good. Some past GMs I've played with would have taken that 100 as an extra blow to the SAN, bastards. I'll just wait until the shock wears off.....

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:57 am**

Samuel wrote:
amarriner wrote:
Samuel wrote:Might want to take a look at what Gregory rolled before making any long term character decisions........
Actually, no, Gregory is okay (to an extent, anyway). He didn't take more than 5 in any one roll and he hasn't lost more than 20% of his Sanity in a game hour. So other than the fact that he's pretty shaken up, he's okay on the insanity front.
Oh that's good. Some past GMs I've played with would have taken that 100 as an extra blow to the SAN, bastards. I'll just wait until the shock wears off.....

Yeah I considered that, but seeing as how you had to roll three times in quick succession I think that's plenty!

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:06 am**

About Jack, did you roll another Idea roll when he lost 7 points? He might get two “temporary insanities” and one “indefinitive insanity”.

As the character got them, I think the best to do is NPC him until you could give him an honor death. If he was in better shape, and you think the player won't come back, I advise to get a replacement. We are at the beginning of the game and it'd be easier for someone the get where we are and what we are doing.

Did the crow rip the finger off?

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:10 pm**

Miss Scarlet wrote:About Jack, did you roll another Idea roll when he lost 7 points? He might get two “temporary insanities” and one “indefinitive insanity”.

Oops, no I didn't. I think I'll just rule that he has a fairly severe temporary insanity for now. He won't be of much use until the following game day, let's say. I think it would be good to keep him with you guys, but he can take a break.

Thanks for the thoughts, all. I'll NPC him for now, and if the need arises I'll look for a replacement.

Miss Scarlet wrote:Did the crow rip the finger off?

Yep, and flew away with it. The finger is completely gone.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:12 pm**

I'm sorry for the bad joke, but is this a crow + 1?

How strong is this crow to rip a finger like that? I'd like Police protection to be standing near those vicious creatures...

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:05 pm**

that is not the question. the question should be "how rotten was the finger to have come off so easily?"

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:24 pm**

I think I prefer a stronger crow instead of rotten fingers...

Posted: **Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:02 pm**

zielonobrody hit the nail on the head. It's not so much the strength of the crow as it is the current "freshness" (or lack thereof) of the finger ...

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:38 pm**

I'm guessing my Natural History check came up with a big fat zero?

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:50 pm**

Dondero wrote:I'm guessing my Natural History check came up with a big fat zero?

Oops, I must have missed that somehow, sorry! I'll give you the results in the next post (but by way of a preview, nah nothing much showed up

).

Sorry guys, a little busy today. I'll send Cardigan's body and the new person back to Arkham in my next post tomorrow and you guys can then decide what to do next. Sorry for the delay.

Posted: **Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:21 pm**

It's roughly 3:30-4:00pm now and it'll take you 45 minutes or so to get back to Arkham proper. Just let me know where you'd all like to go and what you'd like to do and I'll get you there!

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:08 pm**

Missed posting yesterday, sorry. Looks like Albert and Mickey are heading home for the night. What are Ondine, Donald, and Gregory doing?

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:42 pm**

Remember, if there's still time, Winston will go to the hospital to check on the old man. I was thinking more check on his conditions, than talk to him.

I'd like to know which exames they did to check how he is and the results. Maybe talk to the doctor in charge.

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:00 pm**

Miss Scarlet wrote:Remember, if there's still time, Winston will go to the hospital to check on the old man. I was thinking more check on his conditions, than talk to him.

I'd like to know which exames they did to check how he is and the results. Maybe talk to the doctor in charge.

Sure, that's fine. There should definitely be time. Just waiting to hear from Donald, Ondine, and Gregory before moving on.

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:45 pm**

Donald will go home but will ask Albert to contact him come the morn. He'll be glad to accompany him to see Atwater again and the old man and wherever they took Richards body.

Posted: **Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:27 pm**

Just have someone drop miss Dumont off at home.

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:38 am**

Winston can do it.

Posted: **Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:42 pm**

Okay, Albert is taking Mickey, Ondine, and Donald home, but is going to stop off at St. Mary's for any extra information. I'll get a new post up for that today or tomorrow (still waiting to hear from Gregory, too). Once that's complete we'll move on to Day 2!

Anyone who wants to (who's going with Albert) can post in the new thread, of course, too. If you'd prefer to stop off with him before going home, that is. I'd like to try to pick our pace back up a little bit. I've been slow in posting, I know, so I'll do my best to be more on top of things. Hopefully everyone else feels likewise. If there's anything else I can do, please let me know. We're still at the very beginning, but things are starting to pick up!

Posted: **Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:26 pm**

yay!

Posted: **Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:51 pm**

C'mon people, let's get this show on the road shall we?

Posted: **Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:49 am**

zielonobrody wrote:C'mon people, let's get this show on the road shall we?

Okay. I now have something resembling a normal schedule, I'll get caught up and can commit to more regular postings. I'll come up with a good short post to cover what has been neglected.

Posted: **Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:03 pm**

Here I am saying I want to get things moving and I don't post yesterday.

Sorry about that. Should be good from here on out. Hopefully we can get roughly one post from everyone per weekday.

Posted: **Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:42 pm**

Okay looks like we're ending the first day. I'll let you guys decide what the first stop tomorrow will be and when you'd like to arrive there. I'll get you there either tomorrow if you've decided by then or Monday otherwise! Let me know if you have any questions.

Posted: **Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:12 pm**

I guess Gregory will head down to the Sanitarium like he said, and wait around for the rest, as he and Jack do not have the best rapport going with the doctor there. Maybe Jack can see if the cops have found anymore evidence, as I would assume they will be getting pressure to go over the whole scene again.

Posted: **Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:53 pm**

I'm thinking I should like to know where we all live. It might clear things up a little

Donald will be taking his morning jog in the morning (duh) and I think he might just take a walk to the Sanitarium to be there around 9AM, unless he's got lessons on Tuesday(and I think that's for you to decide, so go ahead

)

What's the deal with Hellblazer? I think I haven't seen him around some. Any word Keeper? Might I suggest trying to find a replacement if he's not responding while we're still not knee deep in dead?

Posted: **Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:10 pm**

Guys, I'm dropping out, this games is just so slow I no longer care what's happening.

Posted: **Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:18 pm**

Well, I'm still here. Still enjoying things!

To be honest, the slower pace suits me for now...no complaints from me!

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:45 am**

same here. anyone else left?

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:04 pm**

Of course.

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:25 pm**

It's very fine by me. No problems at all. I'm enjoying the game.

About what Winston will do.

Next day will be Tuesday.

I'll have to check Winston's appointments. Can we consider he has one class early in the morning? He could have students to attend in the afternoon, but he can cancel that if it's necessary.

After his morning class, he'll call Dr. Hardstrom in the Arkham Sanitarium and ask about Henry Atwater.

Then he'll go to the hospital to check the old man.

Albert lives near the Miskatonic University.

Posted: **Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:31 pm**

Any chance of joining a game...plz help

Thanks for any reply

Deckard

There's no fool like an old fool

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:30 pm**

Okay replying to several things here (sorry I missed a day yesterday).

zielonobrody wanted to know where everyone lived. I don't mind too much where you all are so if you want to specify where you live, by all means go ahead. Otherwise I'll just assume to head to your work or an appropriate place in the morning.

Hellblazer, I'm assuming is gone. I PMed him a while back. I'm going to NPC Jack for a bit but if we find we need another player I'll look for one.

Sorry to see you go, Riot. As Dondero mentioned the slower pace works for me, too, and I'm glad we still have zielonobrody, Samuel, and Miss Scarlet. So the question is, do we drop Ondine from the game, or NPC her, or find a replacement? I think I'll treat her like Jack for now and NPC her (though it looks like we have an interested player who might be able to take over). Deckard, give us a bit to determine what we'd like to do with Ondine and you might be able to take her over.

Lastly, things people are doing for the next day. Jack goes with Gregory to the Sanitarium in the morning and will meet up with Donald there. Albert has an 8-9 class and is going to call the Sanitarium afterwards. That just leaves Mickey. What're his plans, Dondero? Ondine will not go to the Sanitarium, but she'll be available should you guys want to meet up with her again. Once I have Mickey's plans I'll posts new IC threads.

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:47 pm**

As everyone seems to be heading to the sanitarium, Mickey will head off to the hospital to check on the patient. I think Albert's going there later on too?

btw, this may be really be bad timing, but.....I'm going on holiday to the Maldives for two weeks over Easter. Apologies, but there'll be no posts from me between 21/3 - 5/4. Never fear, I will be back!

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:55 pm**

Winston will call the Sanitarium to check on Henry. If there is no news, he'll go to the hospital. Mickey can come with him. They could meet early in the campus and talk about what to do that day.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:44 am**

I'd like to say I misunderstood, but, frankly, I just screwed up. I thought (for some reason) that the old crazy man was going to the Sanitarium, but he is obviously going to the hospital (St. Mary's). Since this is the case, Gregory will be going to the hospital in the morning, since that makes soooo much more sense. I won't speak for Jack, but I will assume he will be doing something useful.

As to the (now) NPCs, I think Jack is a viable, useful character, and should be given to another willing player. However, Ondine seems to have written "herself" into a corner, and could disappear gracefully (perhaps to reappear at an opportune moment in the future...). Another player, PC, could be brought in at this point without any issues (the circumstances are wide open, with the hospitals, police, lawyer's office, etc., etc.). I think someone else to add to the dynamic would be good.
Just my thoughts, but the game will continue regardless.

Cheers,

Samuel

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:58 pm**

I agree with Samuel regarding Jack and Ondine. Just my thoughts...

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:45 pm**

Okay, I'll think about having another character join (maybe Deckard) possibly next week. No worries on Mikey being gone for a bit. I'll just NPC him until you get back.

On to the new thread. I'm going to post it in a moment. It'll be one thread even though you'll be split up momentarily. I have a feeling you'll all be going to the same place soon.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:24 pm**

I await my que

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:45 pm**

Sorry all. My easter duties extended a day further than I expected.

Back in business!!!

Posted: **Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:53 pm**

here's a rhyme:
well well well.
what the hell?

thank you. can we now get on with the show?

Posted: **Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:55 pm**

I'm following the game, I'm just giving you some time to talk then Winston and Mickey will arrive at the Sanitarium.

Posted: **Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:51 pm**

I think we're done talking

Posted: **Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:21 pm**

Just let me know what you guys want to do and I'll get another post up. As Miss Scarlet said I was trying to give you guys some time to roleplay and discuss the situation.

Posted: **Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:52 pm**

As Zielonobrody said they were done with talking, I posted with Albert.

After greeting Donald and Gregory, Winston will excuse himself and enter the Sanitarium. He'll try to talk to Dr. Hardstrom (if it's possible). If it's not he'll look for someone that could tell him the details of what's happened.

Posted: **Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:55 pm**

Well, I think I made my Spot Hidden

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:14 am**

Here's a little side note. I read lots of webcomics and always look for more (yes, I am a geek, but then playing this game makes that an easy assumption...). Anyway, I found a Cthulhu related one today and thought I'd pass it on if any are interested:

http://shadowgirlscomic.com/index.php

It's set in present day Innsmouth. The author has apparently done at least one previous work in that "world" which I am going to track down. This one is just getting started, but has my interest so far. Check it out, maybe someone else will enjoy it.

-S

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:18 pm**

Samuel wrote:Here's a little side note. I read lots of webcomics and always look for more (yes, I am a geek, but then playing this game makes that an easy assumption...). Anyway, I found a Cthulhu related one today and thought I'd pass it on if any are interested:

http://shadowgirlscomic.com/index.php

It's set in present day Innsmouth. The author has apparently done at least one previous work in that "world" which I am going to track down. This one is just getting started, but has my interest so far. Check it out, maybe someone else will enjoy it.

-S

I enjoy webcomics, too, actually so I really appreciate the heads up. I only subscribe to a few, but certainly anything Cthulhu related is welcome in my RSS reader! Thanks!

I probably just have to familiarize myself with the comic, but is this part of an overall storyline? Is the entire comic based on the Mythos? You said you just stumbled on it so you might not know. Either way, thanks I'm definitely interested! And if you do find the other work, feel free to pass that along, too!

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:37 pm**

amarriner wrote: I enjoy webcomics, too, actually so I really appreciate the heads up. I only subscribe to a few, but certainly anything Cthulhu related is welcome in my RSS reader! Thanks!

I probably just have to familiarize myself with the comic, but is this part of an overall storyline? Is the entire comic based on the Mythos? You said you just stumbled on it so you might not know. Either way, thanks I'm definitely interested! And if you do find the other work, feel free to pass that along, too!

I haven't delved far enough into the author yet to know if it is "Canon" or whatever, but without giving away too much, Deep Ones have already appeared and it is not very far into the story. I think this story is continuing an earlier work, but that does not seem to be in a web based form, so I am not positive until I find some excerpts or something. I guess we'll have to keep reading to find out.
BTW, probably NSFW, as there are some gory bits and some nudity (not too much, just enough to offend the faint of heart).

-S

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:01 pm**

Samuel wrote:I haven't delved far enough into the author yet to know if it is "Canon" or whatever, but without giving away too much, Deep Ones have already appeared and it is not very far into the story. I think this story is continuing an earlier work, but that does not seem to be in a web based form, so I am not positive until I find some excerpts or something. I guess we'll have to keep reading to find out.

Gotcha yeah it looks like the archive goes back to last June or so. I'll probably start from there and then get going with the more recent ones as I catch up. It's already in with my RSS feeds so I'm in!

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:41 pm**

I've read them all already

Posted: **Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:47 pm**

On another matter, Could you please be more specific about the hole in the ground that Donald and Greg found? How small is it? Does it look like a bowl with wet cheerios stuck to the walls(as for the pebbles)? In which place is the stick stuck in? Are there more than one stick, more than the one with a piece of cloth? What type of cloth is it, what color is it, how big is it? A pic would be helpful

Thanks.

Play@YSDC

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