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I didn't mean to be sexist, and saying that stupid thing was a mistake. I apologize to you all.

Now, while we're on the subject: Is anyone, and I mean anyone, willing to volunteer to beta read my Permission Attempt?

A field with a few of the classic blue police boxes scattered around, in various attitudes and one in the middle of a postmodern deconstruction. It's an art piece, you know, and an extra TARDIS or three can go easily unnoticed if one drops in.

Word of warning, your rather ridiculous attitudes toward the gender of someone offering a considered opinion on your writing aside (I... really don't get how it's relevant, to be honest), calling the community you want permission to contribute to unimportant isn't exactly the attitude that gets you a warm welcome. And, to be honest, from what I've seen in the Discord, you should probably hang around a little longer before deciding if this is a universe that you really want to contribute to in the first place.

--Aegis

It's just the risk of people falling into that trap, I guess. It's certainly possible. I do not see you as subhuman and I certainly see you as friends, but we all have desires.

If there's at least one other person present, it's fine with me. Maybe we could work something out with two beta readers?

I hope you realize that by refusing to interact with women one on one, you're essentially locking yourself out of any sort of private interactions with a huge chunk of the community, and I can guarantee a lot of the guys aren't going to want to beta for you now that you've admitted to seeing us as, what, subhuman? Not worthy of conversation? Or are you that afraid we're going to accuse you of sexual misconduct over PMs?

Because either way, it really doesn't look good, and already says to me you've epically failed the 'community interaction' part of the Permission process.

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

If you're using login, don't. I've heard that it's very temperamental and there's no benefit to it. Just fill out the "author" field each time.

...whew, that's a mouthful. Do you mind if I asked you how you prefer to shorten that?

Anyway, I'm Neo Skater! You may have heard of me on the Discord (I've seen you there), but it's nice to see you on the Board.

Add to your possessions a single loaf of Undertale!

I think I at least went for the spirit of the PPC here, but I can tell that there are a lot of parts that need some serious paring down. Unfortunately, I can't tell which ones or how to pare them down. On top of that, there may be other flaws in my writing. I need someone who would be appropriate for this situation. SPaG checking is not needed.

Also, as a personal rule I do not communicate with girls one-on-one unless it's important enough to qualify, and unfortunately the PPC does not qualify. Keep that in mind.

Email is neo.skater.ppc@gmail.com.

Is this something that's been established in Who canon, or is it just something presumed to exist, or something made up entirely for New Cal?

How big is this one, anyway, considering that a) it saw fairly heavy use in 2008-2009, but b) people seem to have parked wherever it was convenient?

~Neshomeh

Distressed as Dafydd will be to hear he's been moved out from the centre, being mistaken for Jay will no doubt make up for it. ^_^

I don't think the sketch map I did should hold a significant place in the canon; it's definitely superceded by published fics. It was mainly there to let people find the locations we'd decided were shown on the MMC map.

(The clock tower, by the way, also appeared on MMC. In my head that building is The Appetiser, but I don't believe I ever explicitly claimed so.)

hS

Maybe Tawaki goofed and wrote "Rue Jay Thorntree" where he meant "Rue Dafydd Illian"? If the story is to be read as Tawaki starting from Tour Prend Pion, then walking to the hospital whose location he gives as Rue Dafydd x Rue Imbolc, and travels by way of Rue Fait-des-Choses (skipped) -> Rue des Fleurs -> Rue Imbolc, it makes more sense, though it would mean Rue Dafydd is two blocks from Rue des Fleurs, not one.

A later Tawaki story definitely has Rue des Fleurs and Rue Jay intersecting. That's how we know where the clock tower is, and that it seems to count military time.

~Neshomeh

Ignore that third paragraph, I don't know what I was thinking. More when my brain works again.

~Neshomeh

I might change the arrangement of the streets a little. A little research led me to the conclusion that 100x100 m would be a reasonable block size, so the major roads (thicker lines) are arranged at about that distance, with alleys/minor roads in between... but I reckon if it has a name it ought to be a major road, right? And I think there's room enough.

... But either way, yeah, I goofed on Tour Prend Pion. And I dunno how big the average building front is. Is 5 m usual?

I just guessed where to put half the streets. It's all subject to change, and I'm happy to fix anything that needs fixing! What if we make Rue Imbolc parallel to Rue Fleurs instead of Rue Jay—the street that's currently a question mark, perhaps?

If we move 1-Nou-1 as indicated while we're at it, I think everything would really fall into place very well, but that's only if you don't mind.

~Neshomeh

I'm assuming 'du Nord' is measured from the baseline, so Rue des Fleurs. At ~50 meters along a block, should something at 104 be only halfway up the very first block? Assuming a 5m front for each address, and addresses in some way occupying both sides of the road (I'd assume alternating), I get 250m north, or around block 5.

I'm guessing you're basing it off Tawaki's first interlude in the city, but there's a definite scene break between Tour Prend Pion and Rue des Fleurs.

... also Tawaki's route in that story makes very little sense. He (presumptively) leaves the pawn shop at FleursxFait, heading for DafyddxImbolc and walking down Fleurs, but somehow reaches FleursxImbolc and heads for FleursxJay by turning left. The only thing this tells us for sure is that Fleurs and Jay didn't, originally, cross.

I suspect what happened is that I took the names he'd mentioned and slapped them willy-nilly on the map, because otherwise the geography makes even less sense than usual. So... sorry?

(But the map is amazing if you ignore me messing up way back. ^_^)

hS

I knew you had some stuff somewhere. I didn't realize how much you were behind this from the start, though. I don't think I paid it any attention back then, figuring it would be one of those things that just went away eventually. Ha!

I'm glad you mention the idea of a Door 1-Nou-2 inside the city, because I don't think anyone had a mile-long hike in mind when writing about visits to New Cal. {= )

[One hour later]

I got distracted from finishing this post because I started doing this instead. Not much there yet, but what do you think?

~Neshomeh

The TARDIS dock! I forgot both that it existed and that it's in New Cal, but I'm pretty sure that's where "Cale Sèche" takes place (in 2015). I can't remember what details, if any, we put in about it, though, apart from it not being particularly cramped and there being a somewhat clear line of sight from it to whatever path leads people there? Whatever's there will mostly be at the beginning of the interlude, though at some point the Guardsman brings in some sort of cables that might connect to the dock itself...? I'd have to go looking. Maybe tomorrow, if no one gets there first.

~Z

So I skipped the initial Zaph+Faust intro to avoid spoilers for Good Omens, and I was debating not reading this one too, but then I realized it was dumb to put off reading an entire spin-off that way, so that's why this took me so long.

I'm short on time, so very quickly:

Excellent find of a badfic to send a demon and angel into. I really enjoyed seeing both "species's" takes on some of the things happening in the fic, and the general characteristics of the Supernatural world. Also liked the witty interplay between the agents, and the humor derived from Zaph's naivety.

I assume Zaph's sword got replaced with an angelic sword from Supernatural canon?

Errors, might be repeats, no time to read HG's comment:

"'This must be the remote,' he said after a moment, tossing the box in his hand once and catching it deftly before tucking it into a jacket pocket before taking another look around the RC."

Just an awful lot simultaneously happening in this sentence, maybe split it up a bit?

"'Sam wouldn’t hear her out, and then she came back in the coma patient’s body to offered her help in tracking down Lilith and getting Sam his revenge.'"

Dat verb tense, yo.

—doctorlit really is sorry for the shortness, many weekend plans. Byeeeeee!

Well, you sure did a very good job of adding some character development to Kat. We never did get to see that particular side of her.

In "Only Sue" (https://archiveofourown.org/works/19727326), Edward and Kat have to deal with Hermione Granger's uncanonical twin sister and the mess she makes of canon. Kat is less than happy about it.

Welcome to the PPC! (Don't worry about time zones, most of us are in America but there are quite a few (me included; I'm in Britain) on different time zones.)

For your newbie gift, have a raspberry and blueberry muffin (since I'm now giving virtual versions of stuff I've baked IRL, apparently).

One of the few cases where a game produced a part of PPC canon (along with Agent Supernumerary, as I recall). We really did just pick New Cal because there were few other cities there and we might be able to top the scoreboard, didn't we? And then Tawaki turned it into a real location, and I started mapping things...

I should note that the "map" was my attempt to show people exactly where things we'd started naming on the MMC map were. It didn't last, because MMC likes to delete things when it expands, so the purported temple isn't there any more. So I'd love to see a better version! :D

(I should also note that the door link/image were my doing, and based entirely on that 'doorstep'-looking area out front. I'm really glad you've managed to find a way to make it make sense. :))

I've mentioned the city a few times; let's see.

-The Musee's Wiki page lists all its mentions. I should note that it has a plaza in front of it.

-Nita steps out into the City in Fallen Feathers: Nita. That story names the building where the (or a) door to HQ emerges as The Appetiser. Clearly the original door 1-Nou-1, created during the Cascade, has been partially superceded by 1-Nou-2, in the city centre. Assuming you can find it. Which you can't, because it's HQ.

-The same link creates Club Aujourd'hui. Said club is noted in Driftwood: InterMission as being close to the Musee.

-"Always Together" introduces C.A. Milverton's, "For All Your Discreet, Personal NEEDS". That scene follows immediately after this one of Tawaki's, which places the Rue Imbolc Telyan two blocks along from the Rue Jay Thorntree.

I think that... might be it from me?

... you know, I'd swear that at one point we had a map that identified a stadium on the MMC map as a TARDIS dock. Hrm.

Anyway, just for kicks and/or people to look at, I've put together a topographic screenshot of the area you're talking about. It really is a big obvious flat area, isn't it?



hS

Thank you, I love bananas!