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Well, it seems that some more Neshomeh/Iximaz cowrites will be in store, yes? I, too, wonder how Farilan will react to that Monster Book of Monsters.

One error and one comment:
The error:
Where did he get that? Never mind," he interrupted as Ilraen started to respond; "he pulled it out of his a**, that's where."

That semicolon should be a period or a comma.

The comment:
Sandra pulled out her wand and began chanting, almost singing. "Vulnus Sanetur . . . " She waved the wand over the wound once . . . "Vulnus Sanetur . . ." twice . . . "Vulnus Sanetur."

Correct Latin, but perhaps incorrect spellcasting? The HP Wiki lists the spell as Vulnera Sanentur, and it doesn't show that the incantation switches to the singular if a singular wound is being healed. My HP knowledge is very limited, so I don't know about this.

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So, I think the proposal Nesh outlined is a good one, and it actually feels like what we tried to do in the Glarn situation. I agree with Des that a chat ban shouldn't be separate from a general PPC ban, and so actual bans need to be discussed on the Board.

Also, the chat is one of the PPC's spaces, just like the Board and the Wiki, so separate bans and controlling invites (like Skarm proposed) don't seem right.

I've also got a few minor points I'd like to tack on to the 'Sassafras process' that seem like good ideas:

1) Kicks should be announced publicly in chat in a somewhat prominent way (@everyone-ing and/or posting the message in #notice_board seems appropriate here) and the announcement should include some explanation of why this was done (quotes and evidence might be wise here, if possible). If this doesn't happen, there should be Drama.

2) Warnings have a reasonable expiration date

3) If someone is kicked and then comes back, they're presumed reformed. If they keep doing the bad stuff, the remedy is a Board thread so that the community can decide what to do about this.

I think, Nesh, you've done a good job of summarizing the arguments for a mod channel, and I agree with them. As far as I'm concerned, the point of the mod channel is to keep a relatively clean log of bad stuff/warnings/etc. and to call for second opinions if someone thinks they're not uninvolved enough in something.

As a general reminder, you can summon the mod team to something with @Moderator.

Because why not have something silly and lighthearted for a change?

To try and prevent this chat from getting spammed with posts, you pick one animal that you think is the absolute cutest of them all, and put a picture (or two, or three, or...) in your post.

I've always been rather fond of harp seal pups.







D'awww.

but that's just an idea I had a few minutes ago

Your Mysterious Voice from Above is here to get you through this in perfect safety, and/or make sympathetic noises while you die. So! Take a good look around you.

What do you see?
-A forest.
-Ruins.
-A massive chasm.
-A blasted wasteland.
-Nothing except a howling storm.

((I've been putting this off because I know nothing about Tython, but then I remembered: nor does anyone else! At this point it's been a thousand years since the last visit, and an undescribed cataclysm has been and gone. So I can mix all three eras with impunity. Mwahaha.))

I was wondering why Glarn was no longer listed on the chat, and I wanted to ask him personally, but I was too afraid that something bad had happened and that he'd lash out at me if I asked him about it (as he's done at least once before).

Having been involved to some extent in the tense situations with Glarn on the chat, and having tried to field him before as a friend and confidant, I can say with confidence that he isn't a victim, and if you'll forgive my being the pot that calls the kettle black a little, I can't condone his behavior in general because for the love of Arceus, I've been there before. I've repeatedly stated that he has to stop and think about what he's done, since I'd rather not witness a repeat of what happened to me while I was in that one DeviantArt group project that kicked me out a few years ago. I wasn't around to see the aftermath, but from what I heard, the drama caused by this and several other bad situations pretty much forced the group to start over from scratch (since they'd been around for only one to two years and not the PPC's ten or more).

That being said, I have to second Des regarding the matter of holding back. I still stand by the notion that the entire fiasco regarding Glarn was handled poorly and with no consistent communication between ANYBODY, period. Nesh's rules on handling chat offenders are pretty solid IMO although I also agree that Board and chat posting are different enough to warrant their being handled separately - at least on the Board, mishaps like blowing up at someone can be seen publicly and can thus be more effectively handled by any and every mod available. Now, I realize that I am in absolutely no position to get into any arguments, since my jumping in has backfired on me too many times to count, but at the same time I want to make sure that difficult situations like this don't happen again.

So to this end, may I propose another addendum to Nesh's suggestion? I'm honestly not so sure if it would be a good idea for Discord chat invites to be handed out arbitrarily and to everyone who visits the Board without the assurance that they understand the Constitution. So next time you guys intend to invite someone to the chat, perhaps you could contact them privately beforehand and ask if they understand the Constitution well enough not to cause any trouble while they're there? I'm aware that this may sound a little harder on the Boarders, especially the newbies, but I think it'd be better for everyone in the long term. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they say. (With this in mind, I also approve of RP channel rules as well, for the same reason as with the chat and its participants in general.)

And speaking of missions, I think I should be available next week to continue our co-write, maybe this coming Sunday even if I can get computer access! Tuesday and Thursday are my best days for being able to write, seeing as Dad teaches on campus on those days.

[The following opinions have been run through rot13 to protect people who haven't read the mission yet but still clicked on this thing]

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. . . But in examining the responses to your last two missions, you've never specifically responded to any of the concrit you've received.

I'm looking here and here, if that helps.

You generally don't respond to specific questions and vanish awfully quickly after reviews are posted. We'd like to help you improve, it's just difficult to do so if you've already run away.

For example, when someone points out issues in the mission, it's usually a good idea to take their advice under consideration, then either alter the text or give specific reasons why that doesn't work for your mission.

I can take a look sometime next week. I don't know anything about Persona 4 though.

and I think I responded to it. I honestly don't know why you keep saying that I haven't.

Paging Neshomeh, could you please check your email?

I thought that wands wouldn't respond to non-wizards. It's nice that they had a chance to get nice ones, but as showpieces instead of functional magic.

It took a moment to see that MoM was Ministry of Magic.

They at least beat "Go to your room." by a fair margin.

Two betas should be plenty for a short, straightforward fic. Thanks for the offer!

Can you please take a look at the concrit from your last two missions? I've been trying to catch you but you always disappear before you see anything.

And sorry for jumping to conclusions. And, uh, bothering you now. I'll show myself out.

I might be a bit slow to respond, but I can take a look at it.

Witchcraft made that go away about half an hour after I said it. I have fairly strong complaints about the previous chats, yes. But I haven't said, and never intended to say, anything about the current one.

Also: for a wonder, given how I've been the past day or so, you actually didn't bother me. So, uh, well done?

hS

It feels like roleplay with the POV switching at just about every paragraph.

Still, it shows that things are not always fun an games for the agents.

I could have sworn in one of your posts that you'd said something about your having to be careful with what you type about chatrooms because "this is me being nice" but I guess you're right. Went looking for the quote and it wasn't there, so... product of my imagination?

And sorry for bothering you, it won't happen again. :(