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SP's been quite active on Discord of late.

...said Thoth, adjusting his costume.

Tom shrugged, his grey cloak obscuring his face. "Hey, you can probably blame Derik somehow. I certainly would. Just avoid offering anyone Mjød this time. The residual smell of the vomit hung around for quite some time."

"Very well." said Thoth. "I do not wish to see this costume ruined in any case. It took significant effort to get it in the proper size." The fur-lined jacket he was wearing looked it: while it was cleanly stitched enough, it appeared just a bit ad-hoc. There were more seam lines than might be expected, as was required to fit a Astartes' frame.

"Hey, I had to put in some effort too!" Tom waved the implement in his hand, so as to draw attention to it. "I had to find a distaff! I didn't even know what a distaff was when I started doing this!"

"And I had to research anything about this uniform that the novels did not reference."

Tom squinted at Thoth. "And what possessed you to want to go as a Dragonrider anyways?"

"It's what I've been reading of late. Care for some Klah?" The tone of that response made it clear Thoth wasn't getting any more information.

--

In another corner of the party, two men were engaged in an argument.

"I don't look like him!"

"You absolutely do."

"I don't at all! The build's off, I tell you, not to mention the hair!"

"Then why'd you go as him?"

"Because everyone says I look like him!"

Ialthos grinned. "You're not getting out of this one that easy, dragon."

Ferrux, laughed, his eyes twinking. "Oh, really, then? Well then I guess I can do... this!" He planted a large hand atop Ialthos' head, rubbing it back and forth through his hair.

"Aaaugh! Stop that!" cried the knight. But he was smiling as he said it. "I'm too tall, and not even in the right costume for that to make sense!"

"We could have gone as a pair, you know..."

"Please. You can pull of Iskandar easy, but if you think I could do Il-Melloi II, you're out of your mind."

"And what is your costume, anyways?" asked Ferrux (who, despite what he might claim, could put on a decent show as The King of Conquerers if you didn't look too closely).

Ialthos puffed out his chest in mock pride, pulling his mottled green cloak close around himself. "I," he said, "am the formidable Ranger, Halt."

"...Huh. Why that?"

"You know how everyone says you look like Iskandar?"

"Yeah..."

"Everyone says I'm a discount Ranger."

((Yes, I've brought in two groups this year. Meet Tom and Thoth, once again, and for those of you who haven't yet, meet Ferrux the Dragon (presently in human form) and Sir Ialthos! I trust you'll find them pleasant enough.))

Threw Ix and Charlotte in to start, will probably see Ave, Zeb, and Elanor sooner or later as well. :)

Ix stopped just inside the doorway, nervously gripping the hilt of her rapier. "I'm starting to have second thoughts."

Charlotte gently tugged Ix farther into the room with one hand, using the other to keep the skirts of her red gown off the floor. "I'm sure," she said firmly. "Your mask isn't going to fall off this time—you'll be fine." She paused, then reached up to adjust the black bandanna on Ix's head. "Though hold still for a bit. You tied it crooked."

Ix's mouth quirked up in a smile. "As you wish," she said, and offered Charlotte her arm. The pair set off towards the snacks table, Ix feeling significantly more confident about this year's Halloween party than the last.

I've been seeing SillyPhilly a bit in the Discord recently, although I really need to get more active in #generic_channel.

Since I figured the weekend before Halloween was an appropriate time to kick it off, here's a link to the Halloween party RP on the T-Board

- Tomash

The annual PPC Halloween party was slowly ramping up. In the back, tables were piled high with candies, cakes, and more substantial food for those feeling responsible; the punch gave off an eerie green glow. There was an array of tables filling about half the room, at which several agents were sitting and talking. Technician Tomash had just finished setting up the jack-o-lantern speakers, which had been dug out of a closet somewhere for the occasion, and was now off hiding in a corner somewhere.

1. It looks like your last activity on the Board was in March. Are you active in the Discord? In other words, do people know who you are? (Discordians, do you know SillyPhilly?)
   
   2. Are you looking for betas for your Permission request, or for a mission you intend to publish assuming you get Permission, or both?
   
   ~Neshomeh

Hello!

I am looking for Betas to read my first mission as per the Permission request guidelines. I currently have characters finished, two prompts written and a fic chosen that I would like to be my first mission. Everything listed can be found in the Doc link below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OiARPnQdYGQmgAschTM1DSI4MaEjOK8uyhlU-erC5Lw/edit?usp=sharing

Mission is WIP until I can get betas.

I'm Twistey, and you'll probably know why you should groan at me, I mean get to know me, pretty soon.

For your newbie present, here's a device that can scan your old art and determine what you were thinking when you drew it. I sure as heck need that IRL right now.

Welcome to the PPC!

-Twistey

Since I don't read fanfic that much outside of certain contexts, I actually hadn't heard of WBWL before, so it was new to me. But anyway, when your post then introduced me to the concept, I thought to myself: "A prophetic hero whose twin is mistaken for the prophetic hero? That sounds like something I'd write!" Except I'd obviously write it into an original world, and make the one who's not the hero the protagonist of the story, et cetera you'll see how I interpreted the general premise below.

So I came up with this activity that's kind of a cross between Round Super Robin (hS, BRING THAT BACK!!!) and Fill the Plothole, based around the idea of taking a trope from fiction or fanfiction and actually writing it well, with or even without the transport to an original story. What one does is take one or two tropes from the game's list of tropes (which I shall start below) and write a fanfic or story premise stemming from a skillful reinterpretation of it, then come up with a new trope to replace the old one in the list, and put it at the end of the post. Those who feel inspired by a particular premise another person made can write one-shots or scenes as they please.

So, here's an example where the result is original fiction:

Trope: WBWL
Title: The World Belongs to Amalie
Premise (pitched like on the back of a book):
They've got the wrong girl!
Kate and her twin sister Amalie are two girls growing up in a world where such things as warriors and sorcerers roamed long ago. On the last day of summer, Kate receives a surprising message: she has to transfer to a special academy because she is the heroine of an ancient prophecy. The only problem is, Kate knows she's not the real heroine - it's Amalie, who Kate has seen fulfill the first part of the prophecy by developing magic powers. Kate would do anything for her sister, and it's killing her to see how unhappy Amalie is at having her special destiny unrecognized. But it seems like no one can be convinced that quiet Amalie could possibly be fated for greatness, and Kate fears that it might send her down a dark path...
Other Info: The part of the prophecy that had to do with which of the twins was the heroine was mangled in translation - maybe one has a feature that the other doesn't and the prophecy originally said the twin who doesn't have it but the translation says the twin that does, or vice versa. Also, in case it's not clear from the description, this isn't so much of an urban fantasy setting as it is a post-high fantasy kind of world, if that makes any sense - it's the result of what happens when a high fantasy society undergoes all the societal development that our world has.

And here's an example of one where the result is fanfiction, in this case Creepypasta fanfiction:

Trope: OC x Jeff
Title: Chasing Jeff the Killer
Premise:
One had a crush on him in high school, but was never able to confess before it was too late. Now a criminal psychologist, she’s determined to fix him. The other is his partner in crime, and just as determined to get into his pants. Ten years after Jeff started killing, two women are fighting to decide his fate.
Other Info: I wish I had a scene prepared for this. If I did, it would be NSFW, because my really disheveled adult Jeff and his OC partner-in-crime-then-mistress both curse like sailors. The psychologist doesn't "win" the fight for Jeff, but she still gets a happy ending: Jeff and his mistress are imprisoned, and the psychologist realizes that he's just not worth it anymore.

Now here's the list of tropes we'll begin with!
-The protagonist, a teenage girl, learns she's not human. (YA novels)
-The protagonist's love/hand/body is sought after by a significant number of people. (Fanfic and, of course, the entire genre of harem anime)
-The story has an ensemble cast, and every protagonist has their own antagonist to fight. (Not sure if it's a trope, but it was one of the more retrospectively humorous things about the RP group I was in some years ago.)
-The story's title is "[Big Bad's name here]'s [something]." (Er, historical fiction and nonfiction... let's leave it at that. The tricky bit about this one is that for it to work, people have to know that the name they're looking at is that of the Big Bad. Which is part of why you don't see it anywhere else!)
-Love is a literal power. (Stories aimed at kids and teens)
-The protagonists, while they're not going saving the world and possibly going to school, have a band or idol group. (Magical girls in both anime and Western cartoons)

So, let the game begin! Have fun, everyone!
-Twistey

Which I get why people don't post their faces online, but for the ones who do, it's still nice to put a face to a username. :)

-Twistey

I still argue for restrictions on who gets exposed to Sue-killing in the theme park, as most kids aren't as mature as Ella Darcy and we also don't want to be accused of brainwashing our kids to doubt themselves and their unique potential to be the special brave individual they truly are~...

Wait a sec, I remember I said earlier that in order for this theme park to even exist, it'd have to be an alternate universe where that mentality is rare, if existent at all. Never mind then! All systems go for "The PPC Story"!

-Twistey

Whereas I was with all the... er...

Plort Wiki's page on "Sk'ratsh" was written entirely by me. You should check it out, it's a good summary of all the stuff I had to deal with.

-Twistey
plort.wikia.com/wiki/Sk'ratsh

P.S. If you think I'm kidding about anything in that page, let me know and I'll tell you if I am or not.

I wonder how many calamari rings you can get out of one of those?

Scratch is insanely primitive, and I never jad much fun with it. OTOH, the Scratch Advanced Topics board is fscking magic if you're a kid who wants to get into math and technical subjects, full of shiny wizardry and general cleverness and friendliness.

A fun thing I learned a few years back is that the hugely prolific AT member Hardmath123 is actually still on the web He's a student at Stanford these days, and I found some fun shinies on his Github.

...but the online community is absolute crap. Thanks!

-Twistey

That's the second chocolate cupcake I've received for my birthday, the first one being IRL from my family. Yay, thanks!

-Twistey