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When it comes to genres, I excel in fantasy. Quite a bit of sci-fi gets mixed in as well.

Nice to meet you! What's your favorite genre, beit of writing or of movie? Welcome aboard, and enjoy your stay. Have a pair of sneakers with laser pointers on the ends. You'll never know when you'll need them most.

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay! And don't worry, we don't bite... much.

If you haven't yet read them, may I point you towards the Original Series and the Constitution? They're pretty much the only required reading around these parts. Another useful resource you might use is

Hallow! The name is Avarice, and that's what I'll go by when I appear here. I hope I can be of use around here, fair warning I'm a pun lover. Oops. Well I guess that's all I have to say on this matter. Let's all hope to get along.

I don't know that much about Cato Sicarius, but from what I have heard, I suspect Kyrastus would probably hate him just like he hated Androch. {= )

~Neshomeh sadly has neither the knowledge nor the time to write a Where Is He Now? for Kyrastus.

If there are any others, I'm not aware of them. It is funny, though, since there have been several agents from the 40k continuum and there are plenty of fans in the community. I feel like a total poser having my name on the first mission there, having only gotten into the Horus Heresy novels about a month before starting it, but it's been such fun I'm glad it happened this way. ^_^

Was there anything in particular you liked about the story?

~Neshomeh

Is this the first completed mission in the Warhammer 40,000 continuum? If so, congratulations on breaking new ground. If not, the mission is still good and the wiki is inaccurate.

(If this had been Scratch and you had announced that you were ceasing to make Scratch projects, people would have cried in all caps and even made entire sad projects about it. They would have said "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLZ DONT STOP!!!!11!! UR PROJECTS R SO AMAZING & I WANT MORE OF THEM!!!11!!1!1!! D': D': D':" They would've made and signed petitions to try to make you begin again, because Scratch likes to think it's capable of actually changing the world.

If you had left, they would've acted like you'd died and told people who wanted to contact you things like "THEYRE GONE OK!?!?!!?!?!?!" After they'd accepted that you were gone, which would be several sad projects and "bring them back" petitions later.

Whereas here, people respect your decision and the motivations behind it. The PPC is capable of dealing with a member who can't contribute anymore in a mature manner.

The PPC Boarders are far from the fanfic cops I thought they were when I came, and I really like that.

-Twistey)

And if said blocking happens to be due to any family mindset that wouldn't sound out of place as an entry on the For Other People page, I salute you again.

Funny, I should probably introduce myself. I've heard of you already, so maybe that's why I didn't go into "eyyyyyyyyy returnbie!" mode. Or maybe I do know you, ish, meaning maybe I've seen you before. I joined back in April 2017, so... Hi?

-Twistey

AAR stands for "After-Action Report". They're stories (or dry summaries, but usually stories) detailing the occurences inside of a gaming session. They often provide extra detail not given by the game, and they're frequently written from the perspective of the character, although not always.

They originated in the world of Wargaming (I think) and made the jump to RPGs quite easily. Only a few videogames really tend to produce them (Dwarf Fortress, and basically any game by Paradox (heck, they've got a dedicated subforum for them), and that's mostly it). Anyways, here's a list of some famous/relevant ones and/or ones I happen to care about:

-Record of Lodoss War: One of the few commercial examples, this is a novel/anime/manga franchise from Japan. But the originals, as written in a magazine, were "replays" of a D&D campaign between the author and his friends.

-Boatmurdered language: There are many Dwarf Fortress Let's Play/AARs. There are many pass-the-save-file Dwarf Fortress games. Many of them are legendary. But Boatmurdered stands head and shoulders above the rest as easily the most famous. Probably because of just how much went wrong as anything else. Seriously. It was an unmitigated disaster of the sort that must be seen to be believed.

-By definition, every Nuzlocke Comic.

-Knud Knytling Prince Of Denmark (https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/knud-knýtling-prince-of-denmark-and-other-assorted-tales.235468/): This list wouldn't be complete without a Paradox game AAR. So here's an old one. It should give you a feel for at least one style from that AAR community. It's also really funny.

-The All Guardsman Party NSFW: A personal favorite. Boatmurdered came from SomethingAwful, this one comes from its estranged child, 4chan. Don't worry, it's not as bad as that makes it sound. But it is hilarious, insane, bizarre, and full of Discworld references. As in, one of the PCs is a Nobby expy. Also, it's getting a new chapter tonight. So I'm watching for that. :-)

Happy reading, everyone!

As you've explained it, yes and no. I'm more or less in lockstep with the game in these first couple chapters, apart from the odd interjection of (what I hope reads as) sense and critical thought, but I expect it to diverge more the further I go. At the very least, the goal is to blend two major questlines that don't acknowledge each other at all in-game, but that logically should enhance each other.

I know it's been done before, but I haven't done it before, so I'm doing it anyway. My way. {= )

~Neshomeh

I'm not sure what to think of either of these, really. They both seem pretty alright, at least. I haven't listened to the song properly yet, so I can't say for sure.

The fic is... hm. I could be wrong, but this is an AAR, right? If so, I kind of have categorical issue with it, in that I'm not sure what I'd get out of reading this over playing my own game of Skyrim, as the mainline quest (probably the main aspect of what will be covered) doesn't, as I understand, vary that much from player to player. Am I wrong about this? I mean, sure I'm getting a strong main character, who does seem interesting, and I'm looking at their choices, but that doesn't really make up for the fact that were're going through the motions of a story I've already seen. Part of the problem may be that I've just been playing through Skyrim for the first time, so all this stuff is perfectly fresh in my mind. If that wasn't the case, I might have enjoyed the fic more.

Indeed, for what it is, it's a very well-written piece. The extra flourishes, things that aren't expressed in the game, work very well to give us a sense of who this character is. I'm just not sure what it is satisfies me.

As if there wasn't enough reading material on the Board at the moment, I decided to post the first couple chapters of my Dragonborn's story, since it's been sitting around long enough. There's plenty more where this came from, but I'm not sure it doesn't suck yet, so we'll see how long it takes me to add more.

"So the Mountains May Echo"
Ethne Duval swore off the adventuring life years ago, but Tamriel isn't finished with her yet. Suddenly, it's her job to save the whole world, and even the so-called Dragonborn can't do it alone.

On AO3 and on Fanfiction.net.

Will probably go on deviantART too, but I only just remembered about that and it's a less important and more annoying platform for fanfic, so later.

~Neshomeh

P.S. You guys, my friend and I wrote a song. I'm kind of super-excited about it, because I've never done it before, so I decided that yes, I am desperate enough to beg. Please give it a look and a listen and a comment if you would. *puppy-dog eyes*

Sorta. But anyway, *tosses Spikes* :D

I completely understand everything, and it has been an honor working with you throughout your stint as a PPC writer. I'm glad to know you as a friend, and I'll happily cheer you on and talk to you whenever I myself am not busy being swallowed whole by my own work! X'D

And sadly, I can't really play WoW at this time due to the paywall/subscription fee, but I'll try to reason with my family once I get paid better. We'll see how it turns out!

RC 112358 echoed with the sound of a furious search. Drawers were being systematically opened, rummaged through, emptied, re-filled, closed, and then opened again several minutes later. Anything resembling a container in the room was checked and re-checked, including pockets. The beds and furniture were moved to check for the lost item. Peregrin even tried to move the console, which didn't budge, but it was worth a try. Throughout all this, muttered questions like "now where did I leave...?" and "where could I have put...?" could be heard, usually paired with Peregrin scratching his head or beard.

Peregrin scoured the room about two and a half times before coming to the conclusion that what he was looking for was likely not there. He stood around and tried to make a list of where he had been recently, and when he last remembered having this thing.

"I had it out on the mission ... and then I put in that bag over there..." he said, pointing at the bag and going to check it (which yielded no results) "and then when we returned I went to ... where did I go? Rudi's, I believe. Or was it... Hm... . Either way, I took it out there, and so I did not leave it on the mission. I think. So where...?"

Peregrin sat down on the floor, took some deep breaths, and tried to remember.

Right as he got to thinking, the RC's door opened. Taq walked in, looking as if he'd just finished practicing with his sword - for that was what he had been doing.

"Eh?" Peregrin said, looking around. "Oh, Taq! Would you happen to remember where our CAD is?" he asked. "I, ah," he looked down sheepishly, "seem to have misplaced it."

Taq took a step back, just to make sure he was out of easy striking range. "Sir, it exploded, sir. On th' mission, sir. Ya took th' bits t' DoSAT, sir."

Peregrin stood up with his memory thoroughly jogged. "Oh, yes, yes, it did. Right. Thank you for reminding me." He then walked over to a chalkboard that he'd managed to get installed on one wall, circled something, and told the air "So that experiment will need to be delayed to the arrival of a new CAD. So now ... oh, idea! What if the total flux through a stable plothole were non-zero. That would imply plotholes were directional, which is contradicted by, so no, unless... hold... it could be..." All of this mathematics was accompanied by occasional marks on the chalkboard, which made no sense to anyone else, and often didn't make much sense to Peregrin a few days later either.

Taq, meanwhile, shrugged and walked back out of the RC after setting down his sword. This human the Flowers had put him under was weird, even by their standards, and Taq was not needed when he was like this. So, he went to go get a drink, wondering how Peregrin had managed to get promoted to any sort of senior position to distract himself on the way there.

Faolan's head jerked off her chest and her cheeks pinked when Jessica snickered beside her. "Yes! Yes, sorry, what is it?"

"I asked you to pass your essay up," Professor Longbottom said gently.

"Right, yes, of course," Faolan stammered, scrambling for her bag and digging through it. There were her textbooks, and her Charms essay, and her star chart for Astronomy that night, but her essay over fanged geraniums was nowhere to be found. "Er." She looked up, face burning with embarrassment. "I think I forgot it in my dorm, Professor."

Professor Longbottom nodded as he collected the remaining essays. "Would you mind seeing me after class, Miss Saibhir?"

She nodded, keeping her eyes on the table in front of her. Jessica leaned over to Denise and whispered something, and the two girls giggled.

The bell rang and students rose from their seats, and Professor Longbottom had to raise his voice to be heard over the clamor. "Elspeth, ten points to Ravenclaw for answering all my questions correctly. Next week, we'll be starting on Screechsnaps, so don't come late!"

Faolan slowly approached Professor Longbottom's desk, stifling a yawn. She'd stayed up all night working on not just her essay, but Jessica's and Denise's and Alisha's. And tonight she had to do their manticore diagrams, and start on their Transfiguration homework—

She was jolted out of her thoughts when Professor Longbottom snapped his briefcase shut. "I didn't want to say something in class that would be seen as favoritism," he began, "but if you can run back to your dorm and bring me your essay before the end of lunch, I won't count you late."

Relief spread across Faolan's face and she nodded. "Thank you, Professor," she said. "I'll go get it right now—"

She turned to leave, but Professor Longbottom cleared his throat. "I hope you know you can talk to me if there's anything bothering you."

Faolan turned back, forcing a smile. "Nothing's bothering me, Professor," she said, internally cringing at the thought of what her dorm mates might do to her if she tattled. "But thank you for the offer."

Professor Longbottom studied her face, her gaunt cheeks and sunken eyes with their dark circles. He knew something most certainly was bothering the girl, but without seeing proof for himself, his hands were tied. "Alright," he finally said. "I'll see you later."

"Bye," Faolan said, and bolted for the door. She had to get to her essay before her dorm mates could.

She sprinted across the grounds, praying nobody could be bothered to look twice at her lurching gait—up the wide stone steps—across the entrance hall—up another flight of stairs—another—another—

"Doxy bites," she panted when she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, and it swung open. She scrambled through the portrait hole and drew on her last reserves of energy to run up the stairs to the girls' dorm, sending up a silent prayer of thanks that they hadn't decided to flatten on her today.

She was too late. Of course she was too late. Her bedside table was empty, and when she checked inside her trunk and under the bed, it was nowhere to be found.

Her dorm mates would be in the Great Hall now, she knew, and Caitlyn had taken to haunting the library in preparation for their O.W.L.s, so that refuge was no longer safe. Faolan trudged back down the stairs, resigned to spending another lunch period in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

Still, that all sounds great! =D I don't have any way to play WoW, though, otherwise I'd join you on there. I do still have GHangouts if you want to chat with me that way sometime, though.

Let me give you an update on what's happened in my absence.

I have a job, a driver's license, and a car! I'm an electronics associate at Walmart, and I love working here. It makes my day knowing I've made someone else's. I've had my job for eight months, and my new set of wheels is a 2015 Nissan Versa.

Yes, my PPC stories have concluded. My family has Circle with Disney in place, which filters out a lot of websites. Everywhere I can get fanfiction is blocked, Google Hangouts doesn't work at home, and the Board itself was deliberately chosen to be filtered (I'm posting this from my workplace). Because of all this, I can't really continue writing stories for the PPC. Discord is also filtered, so I can't access that.

I can use Hangouts on my phone, though, so that's still an option for communication. If I don't respond for a while, you can probably assume that I'm either asleep, at work, driving, or playing a game. Such as World of Warcraft.

Speaking of: Iximaz got me into World of Warcraft, and apparently I bit eatpraylove with the WoW bug as well! If anybody else here plays, my battletag is Voyd2194, and I usually play on Aerie Peak.

I apologize for not trying to touch base with everybody sooner. It's been so long that I'd honestly be surprised if anybody remembers me, aside from the three people I've kept in touch with after the Circle happened.

I'm semi-thinking of expanding this into a proper interlude someday, but it hasn't quite solidified in my mind yet . . .

AoS is definitely my favorite part of the MCU, simply because we've had so much more time to get to know the characters, compared to the movie folks.

—doctorlit, possible 0-8-4

I've been pointed at a summary of an interview with Iain M. Banks about A Gift From the Culture being in the running for a movie adaptation and the adaptation of Player of Games that fell through.

I don’t think Intel would be too bad to work for, assuming you got to go into fics for recon frequently. Still, Dax is happy to get into an action department, and Lorson is... well, he’s not usually happy.

Dax does indeed do Sunset Shimmer. :)

We'll see how Dax handle her 'vacation' from Intelligence (You're not getting the idea that Intelligence is the worst Department to work for out of my head). Also curious to see how Lorson's story will come into play in this spin-off.

Oh, one last thing... Does Dax do Sunset Shimmer too?

I ope your spin-off will continue for long and be as fun as that mission was to read.

One thing though *Look again at te way the bit captain behaved*. Are you sure the captain you neuralized didn't decide to change name after the mission to something like... Cato Sicarius? Because cool spin-off or not, I'f that's the case, I'mm not sure I could forgive you for creating the Worst Ultrasmurf Ever.

And a Flower so obnoxious that even the other ones can't bear its presence. Not that the sympathy for them go much further than that, they're still inflicting it on other Agents to get it out of their way. These ones get all my sympathy.

Now, I wonder where that bogus Department will go from there...