OOC3 - RP: "Adventures in Gunrunning" Commentary by Astriana

Goodness! I go a way for a little while, and y'all are plottin' world domination and sexy scenes in my absence... You guys have all the fun! *pout*

Squee:
I'm pretty much of the same opinion as ManiacNumberOne ~ The more the merrier. The only thing I really do in an "organizing" capacity is *try* to keep up with making sure the new threads get posted, and occasionally post a quick synopsis for everyone (usually when someone asks where everyone is/what everyone's doing). (I've also been working on the Act-by-Act synopses, but as you can tell, I've fallen a little behind.

) We run mostly by concensus ~ You've read the RP threads, so you know what I'm talking about here.

The mercenary thing sounds like a cool idea... if we (the group) can get a little more detail, we might be able to help you find a way to work your character into the role play. We probably won't be leaving Hera right away, since there's still Thorne's (Geezer's) side job to pull and Helsing (RavenWhyteWing) to get on board as well.

Idea thought: Geezer and Raven had mentioned the possibility of having been connected in some way to facilitate Helsing getting on board before we leave atmo. Maybe that same kind of idea will work for bringing you in. Maybe an acquaintance of either of those two (you'd have to work it out with them, of course). Of course, you could come up with your own ideas, too. We're pretty flexible...

Also, the best way to get into the "Green Room" chat is to click on the link in the thread. My computer doesn't like IRC very much, but the links work great for me. I'm going to start a new out of character (OOC) thread, too, since the one we're using is getting too long and bogged down. I'll post the links in the thread, so everyone can get to them.

Welcome! See ya in the sandbox theater!

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 5:56 AM

Astri, I script formatted most of the Infirmary Scene ... didja get to look at it yet?

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3409

If we are doing this in conjunction, we ought to synch up and see what works for the both of us and then split the work.

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 5:57 AM

Actually haven't had a chance yet. (Doing this while at work has one major disadvantage... WORK!

)

I should be able to take a look at it this afternoon, and also get the synopses finished today or tomorrow.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 6:03 AM

Heh, the Cap'n 'njoys working from home!

BSF: I can work on some old scenes while I ma incommunicado next week.

After you read the transcript, meebe we'll need to IM...

(or just email - since FFFn mail dos'na seem to be working: CapnRahn@aol.com)

...sometime this weekend... I have the cable turned off on Monday at this home. So,

duh, anytime before then, just let me know!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 6:08 AM

This weekend is going to be difficult for me. My home computer is a laptop, and the keyboard on it died the day before yesterday (why I wasn't on last night). Until it's fixed, I'm doing everything from work, with will only be til 5:30pm EST today, then I won't be at work again until 9:30am EST Monday. I'll see what I can do.

BTW, What is BSF?

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 6:16 AM

OK ... the just-in-case plan: I'll continue to work on the Infirmary scene ... any 'string' of scene you already have been working on?

Sorry, comedian slang ...
BSF = But Seriously Folks.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 6:35 AM

Working on them pretty much as they come off the thread, but haven't had the chance in the last 2 or 3 days... I have some catchin' up to do ~ and some more formatting!

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 7:14 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Condolences on your computer troubles, Astriana. Thanks for the new Thread!

Came to me this morning why Rowan knows as much as she does about Companions. Pretty as she is, her sister was the REAL pretty one and was taken in at the Academy on Sihnon. She's currently in the occupation - possibly on one of those luxery liners Mal mentioned in OiG - but during her training, she visited home and shared her knowledge in sister talk with Rowan.

Humble brought up the idea in a previous post that Rowan is going to New Hikara (sp? promise I'll look it up right now and write it down) for a reason or two. I'm thinking one would be a high stakes nine-ball tournament, rather like the set up in "Maverick". Large entry fee, winner takes all. She'll also meet her sister while she's there. She'll have to do it secretly, however, for both her sake and her sister's.

Rowan's nine-ball nick name is "Black Dragon"

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Friday, January 23, 2004 7:58 AM

BOOMERGOODHEART

Hey, guys! Glad we've got the new OOC thread.

CapnRahn or Astriana (whoever put up Act 6) my email is BoomerGoodheart@hotmail.com, not yahoo.com.

I'll be out of touch tonight, as we're going out with family & tomorrow, as we're gaming then going to the car show. Hope to at least check in either late tonight, or later tomorrow. I'll definitely be back in Sunday.

See ya soon!

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:05 AM

Boomer
DOH ... is it frelled up in every alpha post on the ACT threads?

I'll check the alphas I started...and fix 'em. Soooory!

Yep, tiz my fault ... I musta mis-read yer email addy and posted it wrong in the first alpha post (ACT 2) with all the info.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:18 AM

Hi all, thanks for the new thread (getting into this new lingo ^_^) its loading much faster now. I think I'm ready to make my first post, but I still don't know what the current situation is. who are the new characters and whats the deal that the crew is working on?
BTW: how do you guys get the quotes and small pics of ur characters on the top of your posts?

Might make a new sig... getting tired of typing that whole thing...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:21 AM

BOOMERGOODHEART

No problem, CapnR.

Wouldn't have caught it myself if hubby hadn't been reading our little story.

What's up with that dream sequence, Capn? LOL. The first one was good, but confusing. Too many big words. LMAO. I don't consider myself a stupid woman (I do have a relatively high IQ), but for the life of me, that was hard to follow! You're supplement was much better, very descriptive but not "wordy", if you catch my meaning. Anne Rice is a very "wordy" author. The woman would take 5 freakin' pages to describe a street car. Sheesh.

Anyhoo, end of rant.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:25 AM

Boomer
OK, fixed ...
(just in case ... I dunno why, jus'cause!)
... on ACTs 2 & 4

ACT 1 dinna have an info alpha post and ACT 3 SerenitysSon dinna c-n-p the info to his alpha post (he started ACT 3 Thread).

Soz, Astriana, will have to fix your email on ACTs 5 & 6.

OK ... off to Bloomin-gulch (Bloomington, IN) fer me!

Squee
goto the FFFn homepage and look at the top 'bar' ad look for "My Firefly" ... the rest is pretty much self explanatory - 'update my profile', I believe.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:26 AM

Squee: The situation on the thread has changed quite a bit in the last few hours... Might wanna take a look at it to catch up before posting. (I've gotta do that myself).

Boomer: I'll take a look at the threads I started and make sure it's corrected there, too.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:30 AM

Astri, if you dinna correct it, it ain't corrected ... as the Alpha Info is your post.

Unless I misunderstood you and you met for Boomer to check and see if you had corrected it ... well ... correctly.

EDIT ...
Totally mis-read yer post, 'less you edited it 'afor I posted this one...
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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:35 AM

Nope, I didn't, but the edit function ain't workin' for Act 4, so I can't fix that one. Fixed all the others, though.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:45 AM

BOOMERGOODHEART

Thank you much, guys!

Maniac--love the new avatar! LOL. Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Love the new post, too! So rare to see Sheperd absolutely oblivious.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

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Friday, January 23, 2004 8:45 AM

Astri
Because, in ACTs 2&4 I posted the 1st post! And I fixed it! I thought...

Boomer
The first half of the dream, I was 'flushing' folks out and seeing if I could get 'em to give me an honest eval'

Only a few took the bait (

redux) ... the rest just plowed on by it or somesuch.

Thank you for bustin' my chops, it allows me know what level to set me cereberal thesaurus.

Anything 'strike you' from either?

EDIT...
I hav'na seen Manaic's Avatar ... on the RP? I sorta hope it is the 'bushed out' Book... I was gonna screen-cap that one and see if he liked it.

*running to see it now*

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:02 AM

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Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:
Love the new post, too! So rare to see Sheperd absolutely oblivious.

Heh, what about Mal and Rowen, they are around 10 feet from where Simon just bellowed and Inara heard it all the way in the upper catwalk of the hold.

Not to mention Mal missed seeing Inara seeing him and Rowen ... missed an opp for a good quick 'Mal/Inara-snippy ripost' scene!

Book has a reason

silppery hands and singin'! ROLF ... ahhh man!

EDIT
Nope I bet Channain and I posted at nearly the same time, me just ahead of her, soz she dinna get to read my post.

Raven, we need to get you an the new Avatar, yours is easy to confuse with Humbles, it it ain't 'zactly the same one.

Last call (fer a week) for Avatars!
What I got so far...
I am 'fixing' {the men & wimmin both will wince at this)James Marsters pic for Raven.

BTW : I HATE PHOTOSHOP... lucky got it as a gift and dinna buy it! Frelling ... well, you know!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:25 AM

Can someone please answer my questions? I don't want to screw ur story up and make things confusing.
Who are the new characters?
Whats this new job or deal that the crew has?
What kind of world are they on?
What kind of world are they planning to go to?

Oh... and what happened to Simon?

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:38 AM

Originally posted by Squee:
Can someone please answer my questions? I don't want to screw ur story up and make things confusing.

I'll do the best I can here, but remember that the RP is pretty fluid, so things can change before you read this. Best thing is to keep an eye on the RP thread to keep up-to-date.

Who are the new characters?

Roosevelt 'Rosie' Thorne - played by Geezer
Rowan - played by Channain
Brink Helsing - played by RavenWhyteWing
Damon - played by Squee

Whats this new job or deal that the crew has?

That's really a two-parter. The entire RP starts with us picking up some cargo (we're asssuming guns) for Badger and dropping it off. In dealing with Thorne, we've picked up what is supposed to be a quick side job at the docks (Dock 4) before we can pick up our initial cargo and finish the initial job.

What kind of world are they on?

They're on Hera - it's an Alliance planet, but I don't think it's in the Core (not sure). Specifically, they are in Serenity Valley for the pickup.

What kind of world are they planning to go to?

They are heading for New Hikido to drop off the guns from the main job. No idea what kind of planet that is. Haven't heard much about it yet. I'm guessing it's an outer/rim planet. I imagine they will then head for Persephone to turn over Badger's share of the take.

Oh... and what happened to Simon?

The exact answer for that has to come from CapnRahn, but my best guess is that Simon injected himself and/or Niska with something to give him psychic/mindreading abilities so they can get some answers from Niska without having to set him free.

Hopefully that clears it up a little.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:49 AM

Thank you very much, that helps a lot.
How often do you guys post? I'm not sure how often I should check for updates. I don't want to fall behind or get too far ahead.

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:53 AM

Everyone's posting times/styles are different. Use the thread as a guide. Mostly, we try to integrate our moves with everyone else's. Sometimes one of the more experience players will be able to bring the group to a coherent spot where the entire game can move forward. Don't worry, we're really easy to play with. If you do something that needs help being integrated, we'll let you know (probably in the OOC thread, rather than in the IC thread), and there's always the 'edit' function for your own posts.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:53 AM

Astriana
Not 'just' injected ... but you'll see it when you get a chance to read the Infirmary transcript ... speaking of that ...

Squee
For Simon look here at the transcript (all the infirmary scenes edited together) and more will come to light, not just stuff about Simon.

Here: http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3409

Heh, have fun catchin' up!

Now I REALLY have to ride off to Bloomin' Gulch (Bloomington, IN)hour drive ... gotta beat rush hour!

See ya!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:54 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Good summary, Astriana.

Lets see if I can place the players.

Mal, Rowan, and Inara - Heading towards the engine room. Rowan scantily clad.

Kaylee & River - Kaylee carrying the passed-out River out of engine room.

Simon - In his bunk, having just awakened from a terrible dream

Book - Kitchen; singing and cooking

Wash - Out in town buying 50 cases of tequila.

Zoe - Bridge, I guess.

Jayne - workout bench.

Niska - cryo-stasis in sick bay

Thorne - waiting for Mal and crew to show up for the robbery, near Dock 4

Jubal Early - Off somewhere being King of the Reavers

Helsing - On fireflys ramp, hearing shots

Damon - running towards dock, Feds in hot pursuit.

Any errors, someone please correct.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:54 AM

Thanks Boomer, what a good heart you have.

It's fun to try out different aspects of what I think Bookk is like. He's multifaceted for sure.
I much enjoyed making that avatar, and I'm very thankful to Haken for taking time out of his busy life to screw around with such a piddly little thing for me. Thanks again Haken!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:57 AM

Simon is actually on the floor and has just bellowed to beat the band.

Basically a 'get the cast together' thingie, like what Astriana talked about.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 9:58 AM

I'm not sure if they moved Niska to the cargo bay or left him in the infirmary.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 10:03 AM

Niska's still in the infirmary, last I checked.

Zoe is indeed on the bridge, probably about to move toward the commotion (being that I haven't posted a move in a bit).

Wash - Haven't heard from Zachsmind since Wash was on the bridge, listening to Zoe give instructions for getting ready for the mini-job. Bearing that in mind, I'm assuming that Wash is still on the bridge for the moment. Hopefully Zach will be able to post a move for Wash soon.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 10:21 AM

Ok. Niska's in the infirmary. Is he in the cryo box though? Cause I thought that thing was too big to get into the infirmary and had to be left in the cargo hold. Is Niska still strapped to the med table?!?! Heaven forbid we left him there. Good grief! Who's down by the infirmary!? Who saw Niska last?

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Friday, January 23, 2004 10:29 AM

Uh oh, better check. I'm pretty sure it was specifically stated that Niska was in the Cryo-box. Maybe I just assumed that the box was in the infirmary.

Will check in a bit.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 11:06 AM

WEEE! This is fun! How am I doing? If I do somethin' I shouldn't, just let me know...

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 11:17 AM

You doing great! I like the action.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 11:24 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Hey! I just had a brainstorm - I think for future users to get a better handle on the story, all us new characters should gather all our biographical info into one place so we can plop it into its own thread.

Squee, our latest newbie, actually inspred this brainstorm. She asked for info on the new characters and I could only give good info on Rowan.

Note to self: Read Simon's moves first before posting Rowan's. Never know what CapnRahn's gonna do next!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 11:26 AM

Good point. But where to collect said info?

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 11:36 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

I've been thinking about that - there is a category here called "Firefly Universe" which is where Haken's been filing the RPs and OOCs suppose I put one there where the four new characters can add our own info as they go along?

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Friday, January 23, 2004 11:43 AM

That would probably be best, to start a new thread under "Firefly Universe". Maybe call it "Character Backstories" or something, so people would know what it was.

~A~

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

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Friday, January 23, 2004 12:11 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

Yup - I put the title first though, just in case yet another RP gets started here

"Adventures in Gunrunning" New Character Biographies.

Now it's up to the newbies to start and update their own. Quick and easiest way to get the avatars in there as well.

Squee, Raven, Geezer - that means us!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 1:28 PM

Ok, I put up my profile. ^_^
Where is everyone? Only three of us have posted recently. Is there a time frame when everyone is off work and posts a lot?

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 1:49 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Squee

Timeframe is catch-as-catch-can. It's interesting this way, because if folks are off for a while things might drag, and then everybody gets on at the same time and the action gets hot and heavy. Just seems to happen at random as people go off to their mundane real lives and come back to the happening world. Just roll with it and it works pretty good.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Friday, January 23, 2004 1:52 PM

Is there any specific time that things get busy? or is it always different from day to day?

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 1:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:

Where is everyone? Only three of us have posted recently. Is there a time frame when everyone is off work and posts a lot?

I come and go all day long, looking at the RP. When it seems as though enough time has passed for my character to have done something different, I'll make a new post. Right now though, I can't say as more'n a minute or two has passed in game time since the "real" day began. We need for people to arrive at each others locations and interact.

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Friday, January 23, 2004 1:59 PM

Okie dokie... thanks for the info guys and sorry if I'm bugging you with all the questions. Just trying to understand the way of things. Message board RPing is very different from live chatroom RPing, but I think I've got it down. Keep flying!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 2:25 PM

Wow, Geezer, your profile makes mine look... well like nothing much at all. Do you guys want to know Damon's background, personality and that kind of stuff up front? or do you prefer to find out in the rp?

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 4:17 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:
Wow, Geezer, your profile makes mine look... well like nothing much at all. Do you guys want to know Damon's background, personality and that kind of stuff up front? or do you prefer to find out in the rp?

Everyone dies alone...

I guess as much backstory as you'd like to give. Us "Guest Stars" might need to supply a bit more than the regular characters. Everyone pretty much knows how Mal, River, Jayne, etc. would act in a given situation, but we might want to provide a bit more history so folks will know how to interact with us. It doesn't hurt to have a few secrets, though. Thorne does.

Besides, it's fun to figure out the details of a character and make him/her come alive.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Friday, January 23, 2004 4:38 PM

Ok, that sounds like what I had in mind. Thorne sounds like he's gonna be interesting to figure out... Rowan too. This is gonna be fun ^_^

Everyone dies alone...

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Friday, January 23, 2004 6:20 PM

TEELABROWN

Okay, just a little note.

I know some secrets about Simon. That's all I'm sayin' 'till I have permission to give those away. (Ah, the power of AIM.)

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Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Friday, January 23, 2004 6:36 PM