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Yes, today is my birthday. Twenty One today. I have to admit, it's a little strange. I'm now a full adult. No more major milestones, no more excuses. I can drink now. That's cool. I guess. I mean, I don't really like alcohol much, but I can.

So, this is what adulthood feels like. Rather the same as before. Still, I can't help but feel excited! Bring on the new year.

The deer-person leaned towards possibly-Alleb. "Um, are you okay? Should I call for help?"

(Let's just say that Steele likes to change. It's rare for her to keep one form for too long; in fact, this is kind of an outdated description of her! Her most recent form looks a lot more doglike. Is there any particular reason that this form in particular freaks Alleb out? Because they recently released a set of shark mods... and some feral-seeming dog mods... and I've kind of been wondering how a six-legged cat would look when spliced with bee parts...)

He looked down at his card. He looked up at the Mysterious Host's mysteriously shadowed table. He looked down. He looked up. He shrugged.

He meandered over to the Host's table and sat, trying to see the man's face through the thematic gloom. It proved impossible. "Howdy," the cowboy said, tipping his hat. "The name's Jesse."

((-Alleb))

He sat up, still chuckling occasionally. He took a drink from his mug before saying, "Well, Michael, I guess the Host didn't take sexuality into account; I'm straight. I don't mind talking for a bit, though, Michael." He grinned.

((BrOTP.

-Alleb))

Her brain felt like a strand of hair that's been tossed into a fire--burning up quickly, leaving only smoke. She couldn't quite convince herself that she was seeing what she was seeing. "Uhh..."

((Good grief, I can't think of a being that would freak her out more. XD This is going to be interesting.

-Alleb))

"Dunno why the plot hole was there. One of the other agents said one of the other cowpokes mighta had a bad novel in his saddlebag." Jesse shrugged. "How'd you end up workin' here, Miss Ami?"

((-Alleb))

Welcome aBoard! Everything I wanted to say has been said, I think, so, have these voidkittens! Basically just holes in spacetime that acts like kittens. Be careful with them, I got them from someone else and they'd probably be mad at me if they got hurt. Though I don't know how this could exactly happen.

After much careful meandering around the edges of the room, definitely not trying to avoid attention, she found the right table. "Here we go," she murmured, "round one, first match of the night." Sitting down, C realized that the chair was softer than almost anything she'd sat on before. "Oh my gosh this is perfect." Her eyes slipped closed, just for a moment. Probably. Maybe, say, fifteen seconds. Definitely.

She bent her head forwards slightly and grinned, looking Cat dead in the eye. "I can't speak for how the majority of my continuum works - I was created via roleplay, and my only connection to any 'real' continuum is the continuum used to generate me, so that's the one I consider to be mine - but as for my own story, I was designed to look a certain way. I am a hybrid - my 'base' DNA is that of an arctic fox, layered over with succubus and gryvain modifications. I won't go into the whole story of my life, but--" Lu tapped her eyepatch with one claw. "--Father decided he didn't like me and that I deserved to be given a horrible childhood. I thought he was doing everything he could to make me miserable just because he could. He, on the other hand, thought that he was justly dealing with a 'malfunction' - or so I've been told."

Lu leaned back, accidentally popping her spine with a few sharp cracks. "Now, then... did I answer your question?"

(Lu forgot that they had only a little time to talk - otherwise, she would definitely not have spoken of her past. Feel free to deal with this however you want to; I won't be bugged by any question you have, I promise. Or any reaction, really, positive or negative. Unless you tell me my character sucks, in which case I will go cry in the corner and then desperately try to fix her.)

Suppose we can generally mark this one down as a victory, oy?

Thank youuuu, for reading the fic and enjoying it and explaining what you liked in such a way as to imply that Alleb and I (or probably just I, honestly,) knew what we (but probably just I,) were (was) doing!
And also for pointing out those SPaG problems! They were both on my end. Er.
I'm getting better!

"I'm mixed-race -- most Vulcans are at this point, segregation based on phenotypical differences is totally illogical -- but I'm one species, of course. Some biologists are working on technology so that Humans and Vulcans can have children together, but it's new stuff. When I left canon they'd only had one success. Anyway, ancestry isn't considered important where I come from. The Federation is a utopian paradise which provides equal opportunities to all, regardless of race, gender, creed, or planet of origin." She smiled, an grotesque mimicry of hundreds of personable representatives and cheerful recruitment posters, then let her mouth fall back into a stern line. "Do you come from a society less in denial about its failures?"

((I love the original Star Trek series, but sweet Ghezen is it gross about racism.

--Key))

Thanks, for both your kind words and the Draw a Box link. From the FAQ, it sounds like it could be a big help.

"Who's that?" She made a mental note to ask Miguel what fighting Jesse had referred to after this was over. "For that matter, what was a plot hole doing in Kansas? Did you wander onto Gale property or something?"

Don't think we had one of those yet, and I'm curious: what are PPCers reading right now? Is it interesting? And so on.
I'll begin: I'm reading two books. The first is Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein — it's the autobiographical-ish story of a reporter in Japan; the second is How to do Things with Words, by JL Austion, which is Philosophy of Language (specifically — speech act theory, or "how are we doing things with words").

She leaned forward slightly in her seat. "That sounds less like a partnership than it is a dictatorship. And, uh..."

Sonia looked over to Harris, who was now chatting with Apecian. "Sorta-not really. I mean, I'm still doing my work, he does his work, but I shadow him to make sire he doesn't destroy anything or get himself killed out there. He's... actually not as bad as most people think he is. He's quite conpetent and a quick thinker and funny and..." she trailed off as she realized that she was talking a little too much. "Yeah. Um."

((Edit: spelling))

Steele looked around to see if there was anyone who looked like an Alleb. Hmm... well, she never was any good at telling someone's name from their face before she'd learned it. After a bit more of a wait, she decided to see if her card had directions... well, would you look at that. It did! Following them led the deer-girl to a table occupied by a very strong-looking female. "Hello! Are you Alleb?"

(I learned from my mistake last time! Here's a mostly SFW description of Steele: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kXo-LT7IYel7FwPiJN_x9U3Y93fc4N9QcIskqJytMNg/edit?usp=sharing. There were some things about her that I really kind of wouldn't have felt right leaving out, but anything that I deemed NSFW had been highlighted in black. These are optional reads, mostly there as a sort of "if one studies the right spot, one can see..." thing.)

"Steele and I have two jobs, almost. First off, we're Floaters - though from what I've heard and seen, most Agents are. Secondly, we were recently made into a trio - girl named Calliope. So we're also trying to make sure she doesn't die."

Lu glanced away from her date for a moment. "Question of mine, now... would it be - rude - if I asked what you are? Biologically. You look a bit... that is, you look like a hybrid, or you would be, if..." Lu promptly shut her mouth and stared at what was probably a spot past Cat's left ear.

I like the tension created by the non-linear setup, the different ways Alleb, Yocherry and the not so omniscient narrator tell the story, their respective partners different reactions, the vivid fighting scenes and gentlepersonly conversations …

In the end, we didn't get the full story from any point of view. But that's not a bad thing, it just tickles the imagination.

There's actually nothing I didn't like, except this:
He glanced at it his arm
and
He couldn’t even even shift

HG

'But call me 'Finch,' everyone thinks it-s less of a pain.' Finch didn't really see the problem, himself. He thought it had a nice way of hopping out the speakers.

Finch ran 'Grishaverse' through the archives. He came up with one result, and that was from when his sentence formation algorithms mixed up and he spent five hours babbling straight, until the technicians finally figured out what the issue was. He babbled a little bit afterwards, but that was out of regular anger that it took them five hours to find the "self-fix" program. 'I-ve not heard of it, so I suppose you-re right. It-s better, anyhow, not coming from something with much of a fandom. Makes it easier to distance yourself from all the bloody weird nonsense.' He began to turn the opposite direction, but stayed enough to face her. 'You want a table, or something? I-m fine without one but, then, I don-t have any arses to put on any chairs or legs to feel tired.'

((If you want to blame anyone for my jumping to that assumption, blame the Good Mod Addict. And Aegis. They'd suck the innocence out of a teddy bear orphanage. They'd find gutters to stick their heads into on a hot air balloon. They've come up with four innuendos within this message alone, by now, I don't doubt. Ahem. Pardon me!

Also, that series honestly does sound really bloody interesting. Is the world actually as interesting as the brief snippets of Wiki I've looked at suggest? I'll look into it, anyhow, maybe despair a touch as my reading list grows ever larger!

And, you know what, I will admit: Finch would make for a really spooky horse.))

"If anyone wants to carry anything we may need later, place it in this bag. Carefully," he added gruffly as he went to inspect the weapons and armor for something he could use.

She then proceeded to examine the armor for something she could use, specifically some kind of bracers or gloves, or maybe an upgrade for her belt.

Virro: (9) Looking at the map you notice it is fundamentally different to the other maps you have seen in the other rooms of the dungeon. Passages and even entire rooms are shown on this one where there is naught but empty space on the others. Given what you've seen so far, the orange lines indicate normal doors, purple lines are hidden doors and black lines are the walls. Unfortunately you cannot find a way to remove the map from its frame and you suspect such a thing may be all but impossible. https://s7.postimg.org/ymlalaky3/SWATCOTHA_full_map.png

Evard: ()

Uriel: (5) You search the room, not looking at any specific, but you do find that there are no more traps in the room and that there are no other doors out of the room.

Keegra: (8) Of the 3 potions you pull out, 1 seems to be some kind of healing potion, The second looks like some kind of elemental resistance potion, you can't quite tell without trying some. The third potion is a bit of a mystery and you have no idea what it does. Each potion has enough for 3 doses inside.

Xiv'riit: (10) You are able to pick up and look at 4 scrolls. Each scroll is a single use and essentially casts a spell on the rest of the occupants in the room. You know that generally Scrolls are also more powerful than potions. The first Scroll has a healing spell on it, the second some kind of fear spell on it, the third Has a scroll that will reveal anything hidden in the room you are in and the fourth... Well the fourth looks like a recipe for some really delicious Chicken Broth that a previous adventurer has left in the chest. Perhaps once you get out of here you may try and make it.

Kali: ()

Yeleni: ()

Priya: ()

Bellas: (5) You walk into Room 6 and start to look around. You manage find a decent looking Short Sword(+2), You hold onto it just in case, but it doesn't look any better than your own Swords.

Centorea: (7) You search through the armours and find what looks like a nice set of Heavy Armour. However, as you touch it, an old illusion falls off of it and you see that it is fairly rusty and battered and that your current armour would offer you more protection. You pick it up anyway, just in case.Gained Banded Armour(+1)

Davug: (5) You hurry over to the weapon racks and find yourself a decent looking Handaxe(+2) that should go nicely with your mace. Whilst your looking through the weapons you do glance over at Keegra a couple of times, which is probably why you were slightly distracted.

Shaban: () You wait in the Room 4 for Virro's next orders

Room 5: There are five male warriors standing a little bit back from the door in a line. The outer two are Lizardmen, whilst the other three are all dwarves The dwarves are clad in plate mail, and wield a shield and an axe each, the two Lizardmen are wearing some kind of Heavy Armour and are wielding Greatswords. Each of the Lizardmen are also holding the collars of a Guard Dog and seem ready to release them at a moments notice. Further back there is a female elf wearing Leather armour, wielding a Longbow with a full quiver of arrows on her back, Next to her is a female Centaur wearing Mail Armour with some Javelins strapped to her back. Finally, almost out of sight is a small Kobold in Light armour with a sling. The room itself is another long rectangle, although this one is thinner than room 4. There do not appear to be any other doors in this room, although a lone painting seems to stand out almost at the far end of the North Wall and two lighter shades of stone are almost opposite each other on the North and South Walls about a third of the way down. The rest of the room looks well used, a temporary smithy/kitchen seems to have been set up alongside some benches and desks with things going on on them and a small sleeping area. Noticing you are not Undead, the Warriors seem to relax slightly, and bid you welcome to, as they call it, "The Last Bastion."

Room 6: The room is relatively small, probably the smallest room you've been in so far, although the contents of the room may make it feel smaller than it actually is. In one of the corners there is a massive amount of weaponry, in another a massive collection of armours, a third has rings, belts and amulets galore, whilst the fourth corner holds a single chest. Directly opposite you is a map that looks different to the ones you have seen previously. The door that lead into this room has mysteriously disappeared, and in front of the now vacant doorway is a small rectangular welcome mat. This must be one of the treasure rooms scattered around the dungeon that you have heard about.

Rudig: () Arms full on new armour you take it back to The Last Bastion to begin Improving and fixing so that it'll fit who it needs to.

Gikur: () With Rudig's arms full of armour you go and search through the weapons in case anything is better than what you, and the rest of The Last Bastion currently have.

Urouk: () You stand guard, looking out of the known entrance to The Last Bastion.

Trijask: () You continue to guard the door to The Last Bastion and watch for enemies to kill.

Gantuxuz: () You stand in room 6 watching out for any traps, and offering a hand to Gikur to help him carry the weapons back.

Guard Dogs: () you wait for Trijask to give you an order and attack.

Renna: () You move over to where Rudig has put the armours down and help him go through them.

Prilanos: () You move back to The Last Bastion and move to help Rudig.

Blearm: () you giggle quietly, the normal people in The Last Bastion ignore you as they always do, you know you're not right in the head, if you were you wouldn't be where you are.

Characters:

Virro: Weapons - Pure Longbow (+8 (5 + 3), +1 Dam against Undead) Quiver(35 Arrows), Armour - , Other - (+1 Cir when guarding a door or doorway), Orc Bodyguard (You control what your Orc Bodyguard does each round), Undead Orc Bodyguard, Necromantic Genius (+2 Cir when trying to raise undead), Necklace of Poison Immunity Health 26/26

Evard: Weapons - Dagger(+2), Dagger(+1), Armour - Studded Leather Armour(+4, Invisibility), Other - Invisibility (Can turn invisible for one round (counts as a passive action), Cannot be noticed or attacked by enemies whilst invisible, +1 Circumstance when attacking whilst invisible. Invisibility can be activated once every 4 Rounds (Rounds Remaining 0, Invs ready to activate)), Health 27/23

Uriel: Weapons - Club(+2), Armour - Sturdy Robes(+1), 2 Leather Armour(Light +2 Can't be Worn) Other - Belt of Advanced Monk Training (+3 Dam when unarmed.), Knife-Hand (+2 Dam when Unarmed, Can only hold items with one hand, Improved.), Club(+2, Not used), Tea, Ring of Hardened Skin (+2 Armour) Health 37/29

Keegra: Weapons - , Armour - , Other - Ring of Thur ('Rub thrice and drop it' and a mysterious stranger may arrive to help you for a turn, One use only), Belt of Monk Training(+1Dam when unarmed), Undead Bane (+3 Cir When fighting Undead), Rudig's Horn (Can be used twice to summon Rudig and a random number of others from the Last Bastion to help you until the end of the fight, can be used as a free action whilst in a fight), Healing Potion (3 uses left), Elemental Resistance Potion (3 uses left), Mystery Potion(3 uses left). Health 26/22

Xiv'riit: Weapons – Spork(+3), Fatal Touch (+6, Lethal Touch, Return Policy), Armour - , Other - , Ring of Thur ('Rub thrice and drop it' and a mysterious stranger may arrive to help you for a turn, One use only), Known Enemy (+2 Cir when interacting with Zombie Lords), Undead Bane (+2 Cir when fighting Undead), Lethal Touch (Once per room you can activate Lethal Touch to double the attack bonus you gained in the round you activated Lethal Touch and the damage dealt by Fatal Touch in that round, this is done before the dice roll for combat. However you lose 1D6 Health every time you activate Lethal Touch), Return Policy (If the item with this rule is not in your hand, or on your body it will automatically return to your hand (if one is free) or sheath itself to your side (otherwise). Bag of Holding (Inside, spiked metal ball) Health 28/28

Kali: Weapons - Deer Shot(+3, Deer Fling), Armour - Leather Armour(+1), Other - Deer Fling (Once per room, you may fling a Deer instead of a stone at an enemy. This does +1D8 damage, and the difference between the offence and defence scores (either way) is taken as damage by the Deer. If it survives this it stays around as a permanent companion following your orders), Health 16/12

Yeleni: Weapons - Quarterstaff(+2), Armour - , Other - , Health 30/26

Priya: Weapons - Monk's Spade(+2), Armour - Banded Armour (Heavy, +4), Other - , Health 19/25

Bella: Weapons - Shortbow (+5 (2 + 3)), Quiver (99 Arrows), Short sword (+2), Short sword (+3), Short Sword(+2, Not Used) Armour - Sturdy Robes (+1), Other - , Health 16/12

Centorea: Weapons - Long sword (+4), Armour - Shield (+3) Studded Leather Armour (+3), Banded Armour(+1, Not Used) Other - , Health 24/20

Davug: Weapons - Mace(+2), Handaxe(+2) Armour - Studded Leather Armour(+3) Leather Armour(+2, Not Used), Other- Admirer(+2 Cir when fighting alongside Keegra), Health 22/26

Shaban: Weapons - , Armour - Leather Armour (Light +2), Other- , Health 3/7

Gikur Ironfeet: Weapons - Waraxe(+2, Improved), Armour - Full Plate(Plate, +7), Shield(+3) Other - , Health 25/21

Udouk Goldtank: Weapons - Waraxe(+2, Improved), Armour - Full Plate(Plate, +7), Shield(+3) Other - , Health 28/24

Rudig Stoneheart: Weapons - Waraxe(+2, Improved), Armour - Full Plate(Plate, +8), Shield (+4) Other - , Health 29/25

Trijask: Weapons - Greatsword(+3), Armour - Banded Armour(Heavy, +6), Other - , Health 33/29

Gantuxuz: Weapons - GreatSword(+4), Armour - Banded Armour (Heavy, +7), Other - , Health 22/18

Guard Dog 1: Weapons - Teeth(+2), Armour - , Other - , Health 10/6

Guard Dog 2: Weapons - Teeth(+3), Armour - , Other - , Health 8/4

Renna Liaran: Weapons - Longbow(+5 (2+3), 99 Arrows Remaining), Armour - Leather Armour(Light, +3), Other - , Health 29/25

Prilanos: Weapons - Javelins(+1, 22 Remaining), Armour - Holy Scale Armour(Mail, +4, +2 Cir When Healing/removing injuries, +4 Health given when restoring Health), Other - , Health 31/27

Blearm: Weapons - Sling(+2), Armour - Padded Armour(Light, +3, Can only be worn by Kobolds, Goblins and Halflings), Other - Hyperspace Market Stall (Can trade with people), Health 14/10

Loot in Room 4: 2 Leather Armour(Light +2), Mace(+1), Scale Mail(Mail. +3)

Oh man, I know how that feels. At least you got yourself interacting with the community immediately instead of bottling yourself up out of fear of messing up. The fact that you have just enough determination to jump straight into live chat with no plan is still a feat worth commending. Good job.

So, you're in a rut and need practice? If you haven't discovered this yet, may I recommend Draw a Box?
Furthermore, I suggest that you try to work 10 minute practice sessions into your daily schedule. Try to find a certain time in your day that you can easily spare free time from and work on making it into a habit.
Of course, if you want to.

But I'm afraid I still can't stand to read them however well they're done. 'Here is something squicky' just... isn't to my taste. And it wasn't present in the original and early PPC, so it's taken a while to come to terms with the innovation existing.

hS

Lu didn't seem very interested in the event's stated purpose, but good only rarely came from lying, even lying for the sake of smoothing over a social interaction. Humans did so compulsively, she remembered -- Sarah sprung to mind, with her countless "he didn't mean it"s and "I already have plans"s -- but there was no reason for Lu's species (whatever it was) to expect the same.

"I'm looking for romance," she said, "But if you're not enthused by the idea, I'd settle for a conversation with someone interesting. What is it that you and Steele do for the PPC?"

((EDIT: Apology accepted :)

--Key))