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@Bluef, the guy throws himself into situations that, by now, even a two year old would begin to recognize he cannot win. He is way too balls to the wall, with no chance for victory, all of the time to not be joking.
7235h, 6020m, 31161e, 18894w cxkd- (-15m)
Dipping a bolt into a gelatinous silver substance, a Riverwall bow-maiden nocks
her arrow and looses it into your gut, a serene smile crossing her face as the
poison takes effect.
You are confused as to the effects of the venom.
Twirling her sword through the air, a Blackstone swordsman slashes into you with
sharpened steel. At once, blood begins to pour from the gaping wound.
With a haunting smile, a Naxian mistweaver pushes her hand against your chest
and mutters an unintelligible invocation. A spasm of pain grips your features as
the shock from the spell reverberates through your body.
The sharp point of a Duskmere brawler's halberd brutally skewers your flesh and
slams into the bone, the collision swiftly followed by a sharp stab of immense
pain.
Your right leg breaks with a loud crack.
Stepping in closer to you, a Shornwall defender slams the butt of his broadsword
against the side of your head.
Your shield completely absorbs the damage.
346h, 6020m, 31161e, 18894w cxkd- (-6889h)
You think of your true love, Jarrod, and travel to him.
Parapets above the gate of Ashtan.
Thank you, based SoA.
AVGN is much more classy than that.
Yay it's official!
EVERYONE ELSE BETTER BACK OFF.
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
Getting drunk in Hashan with Shara, Ryldagh and Wei when..
Jarrod tells you, "Could you swing by the Parapets of the city, when you get a moment from that party?"
You tell Shadow Matrix Jarrod Lucoster, Lunar Shade, "Sure thing."
OH GOD WHAT DID I DO I MUST BE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE BETTER HAUL ASS
Parapets above the gate of Ashtan.
This room has not been mapped.
The bright sun shines down, blanketing you with its life-giving warmth. A rune resembling a horse has been sketched into the ground here (raido: return location). A runic totem is planted solidly in the ground. Mounted atop the battlement, a mighty wooden ballista points out over the gates. Shadow Matrix Jarrod Lucoster, Lunar Shade is here. He wields a shield of arcing lightning in his left hand and a blackened dragon's talon dirk in his right.
SHIT LOOK AT ALL THESE LETTERS AND MESSAGES I'VE BEEN IGNORING WHICH AM I GONNA GET YELLED AT FOR
Jarrod says in a smooth, low voice, "I wanted to do something for you, from the House, because you have gone far above and beyond working with novices and full members alike."
You tilt your head curiously.
Jarrod says in a smooth, low voice, "So, without further ado, I hope you like it."
Jarrod gives a Shield of Absorption to you.
WHAT SORT OF CRUEL JOKE IS THIS P SHIELD
This large shield glows softly yellow. Emblazoned on its enchanted surface are ancient Aldar runes
that seem to undulate before your eyes.
It weighs 0 ounce(s).
It bears the distinctive mark of Cyla.
You may use this item to parry with.
It will reset to you.
I love you @Jarrod. This is the biggest gift anyone has ever gotten me in the history of ever. Thank you.
(Party): Marcalo says, "You will want hypno in place."
(Party): Marcalo says, "When you attempt this lock."
(Party): Marcalo says, "So as to make it roughsex."
Get a room already you two.
Album of Bluef during her time in Achaea
He went to Jarrod
@Cyla: Plot Twist - Jarrod and the Shield of Absorption were actually extremely convincing hallucinations brought about by:
Jokes aside, congrats on the awesome!
Pretty sure @Jarrod just wants a chance to stay at that awesome cabin of @Dunn's without paying $900+ a night.
"Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to? You will never find that [everlasting] life for which you are looking. When the gods created man they allotted to him death, but life they retained in their own keeping. As for you, Gilgamesh, fill your belly with good things; day and night, night and day, dance and be merry, feast and rejoice. Let your clothes be fresh, bathe yourself in water, cherish the little child that holds your hand, and make your wife happy in your embrace; for this too is the lot of man."
So, @Carmell ignored me since some time ago (I have always been very polite, not sure what happened) and she witnessed my solo defiling earlier, I decided to poke fun at her since I'm bored.
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You see that Carmell is at Amid the vast Mhojave. (315) (Mhojave Desert (Central)) (315)
You say in a thick, hoarse voice, "Duanathar."
You quickly utter "Duanathar" and your wings flare with power before swiftly carrying you up to
on the clouds.
~running to Carmell
Amid the vast Mhojave.
Filling the firmament is a lattice of heavy grey clouds. A plump white duck waddles around.
There are 2 guardian angels here. The Golden Dragon Greys' imposing form looms. Predicant Kaiu
Silvertongue Obuun is here. She wields an Yggdrasian splinter in both hands. Seifur Maurois is
here. His face is partially concealed beneath a raised hood. He wields an ornate steel rapier
in each hand. Halos Vorondil, Herald of Redemption is here. Devout Tanaquil is here. She wields
an elemental staff in her left hand. Aurora, the Lightbringer is here, golden motes weaving
through Her resplendence. She wields the Scimitar of Righteousness in Her left hand and the
Scimitar of the Dawn in Her right. The Green Dragon Carmell's imposing form looms. Oathsworn
Lowen is here. He wields a spiritual mace in his left hand. Dawnlord Havyn Shu'in-Crescent,
Grace of the Lightbringer is here. She wields a Shield of Absorption bearing the Divine Order
arms of Aurora in her right hand. Soldier Rohai Shu'In-Crescent, Ward of Excellence is here.
Soldier Lauria Ashaela, Ward of the Dawnblade is here. She wields a bard's harp in her left
hand. Draqoom Van Helsing, Iron Fist is here. Predicant Aodfionn, the Ice Troll is here. He
wields a gleaming scimitar in each hand.
You see exits leading north, northeast, southeast, and west.
Your aura of weapons rebounding disappears.
You mutter words of death and decay, and suddenly the ground breaks open all around as hands of
rotting flesh and white bone push out of the ground.
who here
You see the following people here:
Greys, Kaiu, Seifur, Halos, Tanaquil, @Aurora, Carmell, Lowen, Havyn, Kyttin, Lauria, Draqoom,
Rohai, Aodfionn, Chiam
Havyn peers about herself unscrupulously.
Halos stares implacably at you.
There is no exit in that direction.
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Nearing the edge of the desert.
Filling the firmament is a lattice of heavy grey clouds. A sinuous sidewinder blends in with
the desert sand. A monitor lizard pads across the dry, cracked desert earth.
You see exits leading east, south, southwest, and northwest.
You say in a thick, hoarse voice, "Duanathar."
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Uh. Wrong party. Sorry guyz
That's what it's called now? Man, innuendo sure is weird!
Ran into a similar situation. Did a random check on relics and noticed Lauria had Lifegiver, and saw her in the Aerinewilde, so I ran up there to get it from her (the -hard- way.) Walk into the forest, send up the falcon to see who's around, see ninety percent of Targossas and Lady Aurora.
Falcon recall; shipreturn go. If I wasn't Hashani I would have wandered in and wished Ada and Tesha a happy wedding, haha.
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Achaea is now RP optional? That sucks.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but I assume it's a misunderstanding of the RPWHO feature. Anyway no, RP is not optional I promise!
Come join the Achaea discord!
I mean I see people talk OOC all the time IC, however I thought that it was against the rules.
I remember the first time I tried to deal with it ICly (insanity). They just ignored me so I left the room. Pissed me off though.
Very understandable! If people want to talk about OOC things, they can do it privately and not in front of other people. Or take it to a clan that's intended for OOC chatter.
Agreed. I think people may be confused about what roleplay being mandatory or optional really means.
Roleplay is not mandatory in Achaea. You can log in, hunt, level, fight and generally do your own thing without any roleplay whatsoever. Sure, you're a <insertclasshere> and you belong to <insertcityhere> and you have access to cool abilities and places for whatever you may be doing, but that's not roleplay.
Roleplay is really all about character development and interactions and that isn't something everyone is interested in doing, so it's not required.
That said, I think a RP-friendly environment is enforced at all times. That means that unless you are somewhere private and with people who are 100% comfortable with it, you shouldn't be talking about things that could potentially disturb other people's immersion in the game. OOC clans are a space for this. Private houses are too.
Your soul ranting about your internet connectivity in a public, city or forest room, where you just died to a bunch of defenders is not a good space for OOC communications at all.
[Edit: If people can get credibility slips for offhandedly mentioning things like waffles once (because waffles do not exist in Achaea) without ever really intending to break character, then someone who does this purposefully should be docked much moreso.]
Album of Bluef during her time in Achaea
For those unaware, in Melodie's short stint of less than fifteen years in Eleusis, she's had no less than half a dozen letters sent to various leadership people in Eleusis about her "behavior" and "who she spends time with" and whatever else. Most of them are pretty seriously written, but the following either has to be a joke or the person is so disillusioned I'm not sure if they should be attempting to spy as hard as they do:
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The imagery is so bad it goes from insulting to hilarious - not only are the quotes butchered to make them seem worse, they're extremely taken out of context, and some of it is just plain incorrect. Apparently she's an Occultist beneath those Sylvan vines, too. And unsigned to boot!
Melodie must be sweatin' like a sinner in church right now.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
That is, by definition, roleplay. You don't have to go around doing sermons and busting out a thesaurus to be effectively RPing.
People saying OOC and psuedo-OOC things (damned aeonic soul reflexes!) in public is certainly an issue though.
Come join the Achaea discord!
"I'm going to go. My soul is getting tired."
I want to punch people in the face who say this. Just say you have to go and I won't bat an eye.
At least they're making an attempt.
They're making an attempt to be OOC within the "rules", not an attempt to roleplay or even stay IC.
IMO things such as 'reflexes' are okay. But things like 'My soul is getting tired' is very borderline, if not going over. In that case, just say you're going.
Another one I find acceptable are talking about aeon, i.e. 'Darn aeon' or 'Lots of aeon' etc. Could be talking about the tarot/aff, but I find it an acceptable way IC to talk about lag.
Mindless or daydreaming also applies for being AFK.
I pretty much have two modes - full RP mode, where I'm completely into immersion and so on, and testing mode, where I'm pretty much OOC. It's pretty hard to roleplay "OK please stand here while I break your limbs for science. The key is separating the two and making sure people you're interacting with are on the same page.
I always thought being IC was important so as not to break other people's immersion.