I honestly don't remember where to even find the pre-2008 Board archives.
I guess that's what we have you oldbies for. ^-^
--Ls
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Two main periods of activity: 2004-2007 and 2009-2012, roughly. Mentioning it only as a reminder that Board archives before mid 2008 are sketchy at best, so shouldn't be relied upon as the sole source for what did or didn't happen then. {= )
~Neshomeh
Congratulations on becoming a scientist and soon-to-be PhD! That's a wonderful achievement. May I ask what field you plan to go into?
I must say, I hope you'll find we're a little nicer than we were back in the early days, haha. That said, I have always believed we're a positive influence on our members, and it's always great to see that belief borne out. ^_^
Since you remember Tungsten Monk, I would guess you'd remember me, too! I don't know if that helps at all, though, since I've been around practically forever at this point. {; P Still, if you weren't too much of a lurker, I might be able to place you if you recall any more details from your time here?
~Neshomeh
Yukinbo is the name of an actual yōkai type, of course. There are several snow/ice yōkai types and variations thereof, but my rendition is a rather "inspired by" one rather than an accurate reproduction of the mythical creatures.
Arare (霰) means snow pellet or graupel. Asagi (浅葱) is a shade of cyan, while usu (薄) means pale; usuasagi thus means a light shade of cyan. The title of this entry is a reference to this Grimm tale; the title of the previous entry, Mirror Flower, Water Snow, is a reference to the idiom "mirror flower, water moon" (鏡花水月, desirable things that are just illusions and not real)
Oh, wow, I had heard of yuki-onna before, but never yukinbo, so I wasn’t expecting Arare to be such a creature! I always love it when characters who are “villains” join the PPC (without threatening the PPC itself), and I’m looking forward to watching Arare try to further his goals—and, perhaps, to the four demonly kings trying to thwart him?—while also having to complete badfic missions. I’m loving his caustic personality, and I like the idea that his species is being weakened by humans losing their belief in spirits. It makes his goal simultaneously pitiable, since his culture is dwindling, and reprehensible, since his culture is full of monsters who want to scare people. It’s going to make for some interesting conflict, going forward!
—doctorlit humbly requests to be encased in a giant snowball at work today, please
I can find results for Tungsten Monk on the Board from 2008 to 2012. Looking over some posts from 2012 to 2014, I can see quite a lot of names, some of which I recognize (some of those being still around, even) and many of which I don't. Did you ever get Permission? Maybe one of the oldbies might know you.
--Ls has only been around for a little over two years
If it helps "date" me, I seem to recall tungsten_monk being active around the same time I was? But otherwise, don't recall anything in particular lol.
Its honestly just so comforting to know that PPC stuff is literally the same as it was back when I was a kid. Helps give a little bit of perspective in these days of a 24/7 news cycle and the worries of real life, that ultimately people are still the same as they always were.
I think I can credit a lot of who I am today to the PPC, ultimately. I wasn't doing very well in school back then (today I am a scientist and a PhD-in-training :P,) and getting home and turning on my mom's old Pentium and just reading the funny stories people would post was a source of escapism for me.
And I think in general, internet fanfiction has influenced a lot of the values I hold today, strange as that is to say. I grew up in a third-world country, and if I had instead taken things osmotically from the people around me, I could have ended up a very different person with very different beliefs.
It's always nice to see a returnbie. Here, have a box of antigravity chocolates.
So, you say you were posting sometime from 2012-2014? Do you remember participating in any specific threads? If so, we might be able to figure this out.
--Ls likes mysteries
I think the last time I posted here was when I was like 12, a good 10 years ago. Just remembered now and figured I'd check up.
Amazing that this website is still around, even more cool that I still recognise some names posting haha (but I don't recall my own.)
With most of the original cast. Trailer
I've got the Optime III at work and they're very good - to the point there's even a company retrofitting them as studio headsets for drummers! Being earmuffs, you can also wear eaplugs under them if thing get that bad but, at that point, the noise reduction you'd be using would be at the point you'd be basically unable to hear anything else so to need that the nightclub would be surely breaking some law.
As Linstar said, though, try to get advice also from your workplace and your relatives and friends. While we can give some advice, we're lackign most of the context so our ability to help is very limited.
“Charlie, what is this.”
It wasn’t a question; Jiwon was too tired for that. His oversized tail trailed on the ground behind him, not even having enough energy to sweep. Its fur was matted and tangled, not helped by the fact that the gumiho had slept on top of it the night earlier. Usually he went into fox shape when sleeping, as it was his natural form, but a nearly day-long mission had left him too exhausted to bother when he made it back, only making it a few steps before collapsing to the RC floor. At least his tail had been comfy.
There was the sound of bootprints pattering on Generic surface, then Charlie emerged from their room, dimly smiling as per usual. The tabaxi, unlike their partner, showed no signs of sleep deprivation at all. This wasn’t unusual for them; what was unusual was what the fact that they were wearing a human skull on their head like a cap.
“Heyo, mate! How’s the weather?”
Jiwon didn’t turn from the console screen, scrolling down and up on the screen as if the strange readout would change or go away if he kept trying. Then he dimly registered the question and glanced to the ceiling. “Ah, hi. The weather’s probably fine, I guess. Why are you wearing a skull?”
“Oh, this? This is Jeremy! Found him in the skelly hole, all lonely and without a body, so now he’s here!” they leaned down to whisper conspiratorially in his ear. “He speaks to me. Tells me things…”
Jiwon was too groggy to really think negatively of this. “What kind of things?”
“He’s the one who wanted me to ask you the weather!”
“Ah.”
[bip], went the console.
Jiwon yawned, then scrolled down until he saw that new words had appeared below the initial mission report.
[The previous mission alert was sent out in error. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.]
“False alarm?” said Charlie, looking over Jiwon’s shoulder - to be accurate, looking over Jiwon’s everything, as they were two heads taller than him.
Jiwon traced his finger across the screen, but he had reached the bottom and there were no more words to be found. “I guess so.”
Then Charlie whipped the skull off their head, threw it to the ground, and crushed it with their heel.
“Woah, hey! Charlie, what was that for?” Jiwon said, backing away.
“Called you a slur. Can’t have that, nah.” Crouching down, Charlie began to sweep up the pieces of bone into their Bag of Holding, humming cheerfully.
“Do I want to know which one?”
“Already forgot, mate. Died with him.” They finished disposing of the head and wandered over to the mini-fridge, rummaging through its contents. A few wheels of cheese fell out, remnants of when Charlie had been allowed to stock food a week ago. It was a wall of yellow in there.
Jiwon sighed and shut off the console, trying and failing to stop another incoming yawn. “I’m blaming Intel for this,” he said once that had finished.
“You always blame Intel.” Coming from Charlie, this wasn’t an insult or accusation, but merely a statement of what they saw as fact.
Jiwon knew this, and just shrugged. “Maybe. It still feels right here. If they’d do their job right and actually care about the fics dumped on the chopping block, we wouldn’t have things like this happening. Seriously, with how little info the console gave us this could be another Harry is a Dragon situation.”
“Or maybe they just messed up.”
“People don’t mess things up for no reason, Charlie. I mean, not here, not in the PPC of all places.”
Charlie shrugged. “Eh, aight. So whatcha gonna do about it?”
Jiwon was already at the door. “I’m sending a complaint to Intel.”
“You have a complaint? Where?” Charlie perked up at the idea of this. They were the type to be intrigued by any sudden reveal of a new item. Jiwon could’ve said ‘I have a grenade and just pulled the pin,’ and they still would’ve perked up and said, “Really? Where?” before they both blew up.
“Right here.” Jiwon spread his arms out and gave them an expectant look.
Charlie stared at him, stock-still and dead silent for nearly a minute. “Don’t see it,” they said at last. Jiwon looked disappointed.
“It’s me. I’m the complaint… complaining. Yes, that.”
“You’re walking all the way to Intel? What for? You sure it’s even the right place?”
Jiwon sighed. It was a defeated sigh, caused by more than just this stretch of conversation.
“I’m tired, Charlie. I’m tired, and this stupid console and whoever’s behind it is to blame, and I may be a spirit but that doesn’t mean I can operate off four hours a sleep a day. I’m taking this to Intel directly. With my mouth, to be clear.” He added, “And I don’t know who else other than Intel it could be.”
“Eh, alrighty,” Charlie said with a shrug, reclining onto the couch (it creaked). “Gonna get some good steps in, are ya? Have a good one, mate.” They waved.
“See you,” said Jiwon, then slipped out into the halls. The door clicked quietly shut.
There was a short bout of silence.
[He’s not going to come back], beeped the console.
“Don’t be a pessimist,” Charlie replied.
and get stronger ear protection.
... I do work in Regulatory, and it sounds like a potential legal problem for someone.
I would suggest taking a decibel meter out there - looks like you can get an app for your phone - and then looking up the legal decibel limits where you live. Purely as an example, in the UK there are protections kicking in from 80dB. If you can use your decibel meter/phone to figure out the volume with ear protection, and demonstrate that it's above whatever your legal limit is, then in theory your employer has to take action.
hS
This seems like a matter to discuss with your family and IRL friends. I don't think that we, your online buddies, are really equipped to help you out here.
I hope you can find a solution to this issue.
--Ls
I work next to a nightclub that plays music too loudly; they even have outdoor speakers on the sidewalk playing loud enough to rattle our door every night and sometimes knock things over. I have to wear ear protection, but recently they've installed two more sets of speakers. I'm afraid ear protection will no longer be enough, and my hearing will be completely lost in a few days. We cannot tell them to turn down the volume or they will lose business. I need help in order to cope with almost certain hearing loss.
"What? No way." Mina stomped her foot. "I don't know anything about... PoCaCo...whatever it is either! We should get someone else to help us."
Carlisle didn't move from his position on the couch. "Go ahead. See if you can find someone. Until you do, I'll stay here."
"No fair!" Mina said. "Why do I have to go find someone? Why can't you do it?"
"Because I'd rather read this issue of The Truth of the Sunflower than talk to anyone." Carlisle didn't look up from his newspaper.
"Fine!" Mina said. "But when we get back, we're absolutely taking down this 'Test alert' badfic. Weird name, really."
Carlisle didn't respond.
As Mina huffily walked out the doorway, Carlisle called after her. "Don't forget to get a crash dummy! Oh, and hazmat suits, for the diseases."
Mina mumbled something vaguely affirmative under her breath and left RC !111.
Carlisle heard a soft "bip" after she left, but he was too engrossed in learning about the false SO's plan to enslave all the other Flowers with mind-control soil to bother paying attention to the alert.
((Maybe Mina can encounter someone else in the hallway? I'm not really sure where to go with this.))
((--Ls))
Title: Test alert
Author: Tomash
Fandom: Proof of consistency and completeness of a model of Peano arithmetic
Rating: G
Warnings: 1st person, 2nd person, tense shifts, airborne hazards, infohazards, infectious disease, severe reality distortions
Summary: Words that go in this field so there's something there
Intel notes: *shrug*
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[bip]
The previous mission alert was sent out in error. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.
(( That is, I've now just set a bunch of people's consoles off for no good reason. What happens? I figure this is either a writing prompt or RP depending on if people begin to angrily storm DoSAT ))
They're useful for adding to discussions
Since I've put Kaguya in lolita outfits twice already, I figured it would be fun to imagine other PPC agents in various flavors of lolita fashion. Do note that I'm not a fashion or lolita fashion expert. I'm only doing this for TOS agents and my own agents; you can feel free to continue the thread for yours.
Since neither Jay nor Acacia are particularly feminine women, I think they'd look best in prince lolita, an explicitly tomboy/masculine style.
Luxury shouldn't wear lolita fashion at all, for obvious reasons.
Makes-Things would look best in steampunk lolita. Prince lolita could work too.
Momoka is wa lolita (like her master) or China lolita.
I'd put Urato in gothic lolita for the sole reason that it'd be funny. He'd probably rock it too.
Inasuke is obviously sweet lolita.
Fáelán is obviously gothic lolita.
It's quite hard to put Helena in any fashion style; she'll just ruin it in two seconds with paint and other art stuff.
Sheen might work with any style except sweet. He has long hair so it could be easier to wear more girly stuff.