What Started All This?
The quiescence of the Observatory is comforting. It doesn't at all resemble the hustle and bustle most people might expect of such a place -- Sarnins nap hither and thither across the viewing room, heaped on pillows or with pillows heaped on them, and the sunlight filtering through the huge windows is warm and languid, flowing lazily like molten gold.
It is, all in all, quite a surprise, then, when the splintering slipshod door of Kat's office bursts open with a noise like a rapport of gunfire.
And out rushes the ballerina herself -- except she isn't wearing her funky drooping white hat anymore, nor has she donned her Sinister Cloak of Evil for weeks and weeks. Instead, she's decked out with, it seems, war in mind: camouflage this, camouflage that, and the edge of her tutu has a splotch of green on it, and her hat is gilded with silver and sparkling with metal studs and, somewhat startlingly, is tipped with two horns, curving upward.
A ballerina viking? Who would've thunk.
Kat comes sprinting into the middle of the lobby, and clutched in her arms is a wild, unwieldy bundle of papers and scrolls. She leaps to a table, pushes off the books and such already arranged there, and dumps out her load, beginning to spread out things that look like tactical maps and other things bedecked with tiny red Xes and tiny blue Os.
"All right," she huffs, and the green bundle around her neck unfurls, flapping his wings slightly and grinning at anyone who happens to pass by the table. "All right, the situation is this: remember that huge, pink Godzilla from a few weeks ago? Well, yeah, I know it was a plushie and all, but somehow it's mated and laid little plastic eggs and I didn't know about it, and now there's a small army of tiny pink Godzilla plushies running around my office, just waiting to be released."
Kat glances to Soleil, who obediently flops off from around her neck and scrabbles to go slam the door.
"We need fighters! I've got three sets of plans here -- an attack for Friday evening, an attack for Saturday evening, and an attack for Sunday evening, which I hope will be the one to drive them off permanently. I'm begging anyone who can lend a hand -- please sign up for one of these evenings! Just sign your name, here," she gestures to one piece of paper in particular, covered with scribbled untidy tables, "making a note of which attacks you'll be available for. Like so."
She takes out a feather quill from the depths of her tutu, and signs her name at the very top -- "Katerina Mortissa Rosalina Forbes" -- and then, beside it, "Fri, Sat, Sun." Kat stows away the quill again, and Soleil leaps nimbly onto the table beside her, and together they beseech passersby.
It is, all in all, quite a surprise, then, when the splintering slipshod door of Kat's office bursts open with a noise like a rapport of gunfire.
And out rushes the ballerina herself -- except she isn't wearing her funky drooping white hat anymore, nor has she donned her Sinister Cloak of Evil for weeks and weeks. Instead, she's decked out with, it seems, war in mind: camouflage this, camouflage that, and the edge of her tutu has a splotch of green on it, and her hat is gilded with silver and sparkling with metal studs and, somewhat startlingly, is tipped with two horns, curving upward.
A ballerina viking? Who would've thunk.
Kat comes sprinting into the middle of the lobby, and clutched in her arms is a wild, unwieldy bundle of papers and scrolls. She leaps to a table, pushes off the books and such already arranged there, and dumps out her load, beginning to spread out things that look like tactical maps and other things bedecked with tiny red Xes and tiny blue Os.
"All right," she huffs, and the green bundle around her neck unfurls, flapping his wings slightly and grinning at anyone who happens to pass by the table. "All right, the situation is this: remember that huge, pink Godzilla from a few weeks ago? Well, yeah, I know it was a plushie and all, but somehow it's mated and laid little plastic eggs and I didn't know about it, and now there's a small army of tiny pink Godzilla plushies running around my office, just waiting to be released."
Kat glances to Soleil, who obediently flops off from around her neck and scrabbles to go slam the door.
"We need fighters! I've got three sets of plans here -- an attack for Friday evening, an attack for Saturday evening, and an attack for Sunday evening, which I hope will be the one to drive them off permanently. I'm begging anyone who can lend a hand -- please sign up for one of these evenings! Just sign your name, here," she gestures to one piece of paper in particular, covered with scribbled untidy tables, "making a note of which attacks you'll be available for. Like so."
She takes out a feather quill from the depths of her tutu, and signs her name at the very top -- "Katerina Mortissa Rosalina Forbes" -- and then, beside it, "Fri, Sat, Sun." Kat stows away the quill again, and Soleil leaps nimbly onto the table beside her, and together they beseech passersby.
"Please, sign up and help fight this battle of plastic and plushie!"
Sign-ups for Friday Evening
Ben-sanX
Ice_Dragon_Demon
Quicksilver the Archangel
Aqua Drageen
Aluetian
Bluefire Dragonz
Fearless Kitty
lilwerewolfgirl
Ice_Dragon_Demon
Quicksilver the Archangel
Aqua Drageen
Aluetian
Bluefire Dragonz
Fearless Kitty
lilwerewolfgirl
Sign-ups for Saturday Evening
Ben-sanX
Ice_Dragon_Demon
Quicksilver the Archangel
Aqua Drageen
Aluetian
Bluefire Dragonz
lilwerewolfgirl
Ice_Dragon_Demon
Quicksilver the Archangel
Aqua Drageen
Aluetian
Bluefire Dragonz
lilwerewolfgirl
Sign-ups for Sunday Evening
Ben-sanX
Ice_Dragon_Demon
Aqua Drageen
Aluetian
Bluefire Dragonz
lilwerewolfgirl
Ice_Dragon_Demon
Aqua Drageen
Aluetian
Bluefire Dragonz
lilwerewolfgirl
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Please Play by the Rules
Since I want this to be a fun event, there aren't going to be too many rules... but what few there are, I'm upholding strictly. Break any of these and you're out of the game for the night. Break them again, or talk back to me about taking you out? You're exempt from the rest of the event. No prizes, either. So think carefully.
01. Absolutely no twinking. This means, don't anticipate the actions of another with your post, and don't pose their character for them.
Bad RP Example!
Soleil leaps upon one of the Godzilla plushies and tears off its ears. The Godzilla twists beneath him, screaming in pain.
That is BAD. Not only are you making your hit an instant success, but you're also posing a character that isn't yours!
Good RP Example!
Soleil flings himself bodily at one of the Godzilla plushies, claws bared.
That is GOOD. That way, the other person can choose how they want their character affected -- but also remember that not everyone is perfect! No one can dodge hits all the time!
02. Keep the policing to the GM. I can't stress this enough. If you see someone twinking, don't point it out -- chances are, I'll have already sent them a PM about it with a warning. Let me do my job, please, and you do yours -- which is to enjoy the event.
03a. Stay in-character, and pose no more than once per round.
03b. If you have to leave, please post saying so -- OOCly, in brackets.
03c. If you're entering, or signing up late, please post saying so -- OOCly, in brackets.
04. Just to confuse you, there is no number four.
Handy FAQ Box!
How about us non-owners? Can we participate, too, although we don't have Sarnins (yet)?
All I ask is that you're a member of the guild, which is where I'll be hosting the thread. There's a question about that somewhere down there. *points vaguely* So yes, you can be non-owners, as long as you're part of the guild. XD
So Kat, how are you planning on handling this event?
Well mysterious-person-with-no-name-that-I've-made-up-to-ask-questions, I'm glad you asked that. After the Event That Shall Not Be Named, I realized that for events that have the potential to get HUGE, I should do some prior planning and set up a "roster" -- an order for people to post their poses in, such as
Person 1: *pose*
Person 2: *pose*
Person 3: *pose*
Person 1: *pose*
Briefly, I had this running in "sets" -- no specific order to adhere to, just as long as you posted only once per round. However, the masses called for an order... so one will be decided at the beginning of each event, based on who is attending and who isn''t, and who has yet to show up.
Generally, I'll probably tack you onto the end of the list when you arrive -- nothing personal; I don't "order" them in any particular way, and I don't play for favorites. Feel bad that you're near the bottom? Look at it this way -- you've got a LOT more to react to, before anyone else!
However, you can only post ONCE. There will be nothing like
Me: *pose*
Person 5: *pose*
Person 2: *pose*
Person 4: *pose*
Person 3: *pose*
Person 4: *pose*
If you try that, and it's not an accident, you'll be disqualified from the event. If it is an accident, or to ask a question, I'll allow that, but with a warning. (If you have a question, edit it into your last post!)
In other words, everyone will only have ONE POST between each of mine, so think carefully before you act.
Ah, I see. So you're a slave driver?
Something like that. >w<
Where are you going to hold the event?
In a thread in the guild, so that we don't have noobs stumbling in going 'HAY GUYZ WUTZ UP KIN I PALY?//' because honestly, who wants that?
What if we sign up, but we show up late?
Sign-ups are important! If I see when we start that you've signed up, but you're not here, I'll "hold open" a space for you -- basically, the event will go on, but if you show up later you can still fit in. Post OOCly that you're here, and wait for the next round to post ICly, and all works out dandy for everyone. :3
How late are you allowing sign-ups?
As late as needs be!
All right, say the event began at 5pm PST. You thought you had to work late, but it seems that you got off at 7, so you'd like to participate now that you're here; just post OOCly saying so, and I'll fit you into the set, and you can post ICly with the next round.
Can't I just jump in ICly without posting OOCly to let you know first?
No. If I see that happening, I'll happily ignore you until you let me know OOCly that you'd like to join. What's the point of planning for participants if just anyone can jump in, willy-nilly, without permission?
That's not saying, of course, that if you ask OOCly I still won't let you in; I'm not as mean as that! ;3 It all depends on whether you ask first, or just assume.
What do we get for participating in this event?
The warm fuzzies of making one ballerina feel competent?
No seriously, there will be prizes... but I'm not going to spoil the surprise yet; you'll just have to participate and find out for yourself. ninja
All I ask is that you're a member of the guild, which is where I'll be hosting the thread. There's a question about that somewhere down there. *points vaguely* So yes, you can be non-owners, as long as you're part of the guild. XD
So Kat, how are you planning on handling this event?
Well mysterious-person-with-no-name-that-I've-made-up-to-ask-questions, I'm glad you asked that. After the Event That Shall Not Be Named, I realized that for events that have the potential to get HUGE, I should do some prior planning and set up a "roster" -- an order for people to post their poses in, such as
Person 1: *pose*
Person 2: *pose*
Person 3: *pose*
Person 1: *pose*
Briefly, I had this running in "sets" -- no specific order to adhere to, just as long as you posted only once per round. However, the masses called for an order... so one will be decided at the beginning of each event, based on who is attending and who isn''t, and who has yet to show up.
Generally, I'll probably tack you onto the end of the list when you arrive -- nothing personal; I don't "order" them in any particular way, and I don't play for favorites. Feel bad that you're near the bottom? Look at it this way -- you've got a LOT more to react to, before anyone else!
However, you can only post ONCE. There will be nothing like
Me: *pose*
Person 5: *pose*
Person 2: *pose*
Person 4: *pose*
Person 3: *pose*
Person 4: *pose*
If you try that, and it's not an accident, you'll be disqualified from the event. If it is an accident, or to ask a question, I'll allow that, but with a warning. (If you have a question, edit it into your last post!)
In other words, everyone will only have ONE POST between each of mine, so think carefully before you act.
Ah, I see. So you're a slave driver?
Something like that. >w<
Where are you going to hold the event?
In a thread in the guild, so that we don't have noobs stumbling in going 'HAY GUYZ WUTZ UP KIN I PALY?//' because honestly, who wants that?
What if we sign up, but we show up late?
Sign-ups are important! If I see when we start that you've signed up, but you're not here, I'll "hold open" a space for you -- basically, the event will go on, but if you show up later you can still fit in. Post OOCly that you're here, and wait for the next round to post ICly, and all works out dandy for everyone. :3
How late are you allowing sign-ups?
As late as needs be!
All right, say the event began at 5pm PST. You thought you had to work late, but it seems that you got off at 7, so you'd like to participate now that you're here; just post OOCly saying so, and I'll fit you into the set, and you can post ICly with the next round.
Can't I just jump in ICly without posting OOCly to let you know first?
No. If I see that happening, I'll happily ignore you until you let me know OOCly that you'd like to join. What's the point of planning for participants if just anyone can jump in, willy-nilly, without permission?
That's not saying, of course, that if you ask OOCly I still won't let you in; I'm not as mean as that! ;3 It all depends on whether you ask first, or just assume.
What do we get for participating in this event?
The warm fuzzies of making one ballerina feel competent?
No seriously, there will be prizes... but I'm not going to spoil the surprise yet; you'll just have to participate and find out for yourself. ninja
