Chaos Theory: A Buffyverse RPG

Who?: Doyle and Angel.
Where?: POD.
When?: Probably around two PM. He and Kali didn't wait very long before storming the castle, just long enough to gather a few weapons and find Doyle another boot.
Why?: Doyle was gonna rescue Angel and Cordy, duh. >_> He just got in a little over his head, and now he's being held in a back room until their Big Boss/Angel can see what the deal is about the random attack by a Brachen demon and a hellgoddess. Of course, the hellgoddess escaped, though. -leer-
Status: Ongoing.

( Not much of that went as planned. )

Who?: Doyle & Kali.
What?: Freshly resurrected and lost as lost can be.
When?: A little after ten PM. Okay, let me clarify. xD He resurrects a little after ten PM, probably walks for quite a while, and then ends up falling asleep on a bench. Should you choose to respond, your character can be waking him up at any point between maybe four AM and noon. Sound good?! I hope so!
Why?: Why not?
Status?: Ongoing.

( There were cars. People were alive. None of them knew that they owed it to him, but it felt damn good nonetheless. )

Who: Riley Finn & Spike
What: Out on the water, sailing very far away
When: Week Six, Saturday Night
Where: The unofficially named Jolly Cocksucker.
Status: Ongoing

( With a few red lights and a few old beds, we make a place to sweat, no matter what we get out of this, I know we'll never forget. Smoke on the water, fire in the sky )

Who: Elena Casimiro & Shiva.
What: Working out.
When: Week Six, Sunday, late morning. (I'm re-posting this thread to put it in the current week.)
Where: In & around the Pod.
Status: Active.

Becoming a Watcher again had not been the most fluid transition in the world. For years, Elena had put the supernatural out of sight and out of mind. Sure, there was the occasional cover-up of a vampire or demon killing at the NYPD, but otherwise, she had completely forgotten how to be a Watcher. She thought it would be like riding a bike, just simple muscle memory. It was not. There was so much to remember, so much to learn all over again; lately it felt like she spent all her time in the library, devouring any book she could get her hands on. Catching up with her peers was like trying to win a race after starting a hundred yards behind everyone else. Always an early bloomer in life, that was not something Elena had really experienced before. And around Beth, she felt more lost than ever. Training Esperanza had been so easy -- but that was over a decade ago, and Elena was no longer the same person. She was tough, hardened, bitter, and while Beth was a nice enough girl, she was not her best friend. Elena would never be the Watcher she had been before. Now she just had to figure out how to be one at all.

After finishing up in the library, Elena ducked into a semiprivate corner to change, her sense of modesty long gone. She stripped down quickly, trading her cargo pants for a pair of stretchy black yoga pants and her turtleneck for a sports bra. Pulling her hair back, she emerged to leave her clothes (and the duffel bag containing them) at an empty table before heading outside. Nearly half an hour later, she was back from a six mile run, sweaty and breathless and more at ease than she'd felt in days. The crisp air -- cooler than usual that morning -- reminded her of home; if she closed her eyes and listened to the sounds of traffic, she could almost imagine she was back in Manhattan. Not the safest thing to do while one was out running, but it worked for a few seconds at least. As she stood outside the Pod, stretching her arms over her head, Elena glanced around. With all the people milling about this place, it shouldn't have been too hard to find a sparring partner. Even if it did mean she'd probably have to make small talk. She could handle that. For a little while.

Who: Beth Holden, Angel
What: Pleeeease be my study-buddy?
When: Week Six, Tuesday
Where: The Pod
Status: Active

( Be my study buddy! )

Who: Beth Holden, Kali
What: Beth feels a little out of sorts.
When: Week Six, Saturday
Where: Entente
Status: Active

( Resentment by Edna )

Who: Maricha (Mod!Plot)
What: Distributing a few gifts
When: Week Six, day after Thanksgiving
Where: The Pod
Status: Mod!Plot, Complete

Maricha was smiling, and it wasn't pretty. Rows of razor-sharp teeth glittered in the shadows as she faded into them. One of the benefits of being rakshasi was invisibility. She had eavesdropped on Wesley's return this way, and now she was putting it to work for her.

It would've been easier if she could've changed her shape, but no. She was bound to change only between the outward human shape, and her rakshasi self. Luckily for her, the rakshasi's invisibility worked in either shape, although it was easier to manipulate in her true form.

The long-fingernailed claws clutched four shopping bags, tied with brightly colored bows and labeled with four names. The clothes inside the bag were from Edna, the enchantment had been strengthened by their combined magics, and Marsha was delivering them.

The first bag was bulging and heavy with nubbly, cable-knit sweaters in browns and grays. These she left on the doorstep of Rupert Giles, matching tag to nameplate. The second bag was incredibly light, and this bag was left on Angel's doorstep, woolen scarves, all black, with shimmering threads shot through them to throw a glimmer and shimmer in the light. The next bag was for a Slayer, and Marsha crept through two floors of apartments before finding the one that belonged to Beth Holden. She left the shopping bag full of jeans on the girl's door, and then took the last bag to the room at the end of the hall, that belonged to Davan Collins. Hooded sweatshirts, in a rainbow of colors, were nestled in the bag, and she rubbed her hands together.

The clothing had all been enchanted; each person received a special gift. Giles' sweaters were full of indifference, because who wanted to deal with the world when wrapped up in warm and cuddly softness? Angel's scarves were full of regret, each silver thread in the black wool another memory that Angel could not stop thinking about. Beth's jeans were full of resentment, boiling up in the denim and copper fasteners like stonewashing. Davan's hoodies were full of anger, growling and furious as the hoods hid his true secrets from the world.

Once all the packages had been delivered, Maricha fled the building before she could be detected.

She couldn't wait for the fun to begin.

Who: Davan and Beth
Where: Beth's room at the POD
When: Friday night
What: Davan is bored, too bad for his only friend.

( ... though it was rather annoying to constantly pretend to be his own son )

Who: Buffy Summers & Dean Petrado
Where: Pod Lobby/Common Area
When: Week Six, Saturday
Status: Closed & Finished

Buffy was taking everyone's advice, albeit rather reluctantly, and spending a lot more time wandering the Pod and doing the mingling thing, instead of being holed up in her room. She had spent more time in the training room working with the other slayers. And had even ventured to the library to do some research amongst other people.

But, right now, she was taking a break after having her nose in one of Giles' books for the majority of the morning. She was sipping on a cup of hot chocolate, flipping through a gossip magazine near the window, when she spotted a man she didn't recognize--and boy, there were a lot of those--wandering the lobby in bewilderment. She peeked her head over the top of her magazine, glancing around to see if anyone else was here to greet the newcomer.

After waiting a few minutes to see if someone would come to his aid, she set her magazine and cup down, smoothing her shirt as she crossed over the room to him. She stuck her hand out, a smile coming into her features as she said, "Hi, can I help you? I'm Buffy Summers."

She knew that no one would ever step foot into the Pod, unless they had a specific purpose or knew of what they did. So, this guy--who, she noticed as she met his eyes was what she would stereotypically describe as ruggedly handsome, much to her personal delight--had to be either a watcher or someone else hired to help out with their mission.

Who: Riley Finn and Spike {M}
What: Into the great wide open, under them skies of blue
When: Week Six, Monday night (8 pm & later for full dark)
Where: Marina Sailing and the houseboat
Status: Closed but Active

( His leather jacket had chains that would jingle, they both met movie stars, partied and mingled )

Who: EVERYONE/OPEN
What: Thanksgiving!
When: Week Six, Thursday
Where: The Pod Cafeteria
Status: ACTIVE GROUP POST

Of course they'd choose the Englishman to be in charge of Thanksgiving preparation. Because that had gone so well the last time. At least this time, Giles had made sure there were no cursed artifacts or magic books accessible to anyone, so with a bit of luck, there'd be no wild animals created on this Thanksgiving.

Still. It both annoyed and amused him.

The tables had been laid out, small round tables seating about six or seven a table, and they had laid enough places for hundreds of people. Some of the Slayers, he was sure, had gone home to their families, and he wondered if they'd be back. He'd hoped that some of the girls would stay gone, for his own peace of mind as well as proof that you COULD leave and not come back. But they'd planned for all the Slayers to be there, and Giles sincerely hoped that the holiday observance would bring no surprises.

Unlike the surprise he'd gotten that morning, encountering a brightly-dressed little Hindu man dancing in the lobby. The man had introduced himself as Devdas Sharmas, but the gold-flecked eyes that had winked at him spoke of a lot more than that. He hadn't even asked. He didn't want to know, yet, and Devdas-Please-Call-Me-Dev had clarified that he'd met a young god by the name of Dolos who had invited them to the building, them being himself and his wife, Ursula, who owned the club where the Halloween party had been thrown.

Giles pinched the bridge of his nose and had welcomed the hyper little man, and Devdas had glued himself to Giles' side after that, keeping up a stream of chatter that had finally ended only when Devdas' wife tracked him down and tempted him away with promises of Titanic on DVD until lunch.

He'd also run into several of the Slayers, had gotten a message that Richard had absolutely no intention of stirring forth to take part in "this ridiculous charade of a holiday" and had noticeably not seen Angel or Spike, which he assumed meant neither vampire was going to grace the gathering with their presences.

He was ready to throw himself off the rooftop and the meal hadn't even started yet.

The last thing he'd heard was the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on the televisions in the lounge, and most people were still watching the parade before dinner.

Next year? Someone else was being festival organizer, because he was officially retiring.

Week Six
Monday Nov. 22 - Sunday Nov. 28th, 2004

Moon Phases
The Full Moon rules this week, occurring on Friday, meaning Thursday-Saturday will be peak werecreature activity time. The Full Moon is at it's brightest and this is a time of great power. Any Magick done at this time is directed toward the manifestation of goals. Incense Jasmine, rose Crystals Clear quartz crystal (especially sphere), white or rainbow moonstone, selenite, snowy quartz, white opal, silver are all beneficial elements during the phase of the full moon.

Adds
dean_petrado

Removes
notsorogue
crosskeeper
chaos_magician
slayercovax & wolvencovax

Please Run The Friending Tool
Because there is no IC AIM requirement, there is no pre-made buddy list. However, check the contact post for OOC contact information.

friend add chaosrpg_mod
friend add chaostheory_rpg
friend add chaostheory_ooc
friend add chaos_storyline
friend add rupert_giles
friend add sgt_finn_riley
friend add bethholden
friend add andrewskywalker
friend add inrazorkit
friend add immortallydavan
friend add vampirewithsoul
friend add _watcher
friend add bloodspeaks
friend add broodypants
friend add verybritish
friend add octoberwitch
friend add bitcaewedoe
friend add deathandbirth
friend add on_a_missiongal 
friend add elenamc
friend add artfreak
friend add ritchiearts
friend add theslayer_buffy
friend add bookman_price
friend add qareen 
friend add dean_petrado
friend remove connorreilly
friend remove theonegirl
friend remove theshell
friend remove primordialsmurf
friend remove thefelineone
friend remove pyleanmisfit
friend remove bitunremarkable
friend remove nathansliver
friend remove kaeo
friend remove rosewillow
friend remove slayednlaid
friend remove sonofthemoon
friend remove x_to_the_ander
friend remove notsorogue
friend remove crosskeeper
friend remove slayercovax
friend remove wolvencovax
friend remove chaos_magician

Important Information
1. Thanksgiving is this week, in game. I will be putting up a group post shortly, so that we can take advantage of the full playing period to make sure we have time! Since Christmas and New Years is coming up in the real world, our next week change will happen on January 11th, instead of January 4th, which will give us three weeks.

2. The mod!plot is moving along nicely, though a bit slower than I'd expected. But that's okay. Things are brewing, and once they start happening, I'll be posting OOCly to clarify and let you all know.

3. Activity is slowing down a bit with the holidays, but please be assured, your mods are doing everything we can to try and make sure this game doesn't die. If you have any ideas, please feel free to let us know. My AIM is havocdogsofwar, and I ghost (that is, lurk invisibly) 99% of the time because I'm away from the computer. Leave me a message there, hit the mod email, the mod dropbox, any OOC community post, or, just PM the mod journal. We're accessible for a reason!

4. The Thanksgiving post is mandatory, except for Spike (the Spike player has already obtained a pass for him). Everyone else is expected to "attend." Please be aware that if you do not participate in the Thanksgiving post, you'll be removed, because I'm using it as a way to gauge interest in the game.

ETA: A bit of clarification here. If you have multiple characters, it's all right if only one or two of them come. (For example, your mod plays Shiva, Giles, Beth, Riley, and two mod!plot characters, Wesley and Marsha. Riley is not going to be at Thanksgiving, but my others will be.) I realize how complicated it can get, and I don't want anyone stuck self-threading. :) The requirement is for the player, not every single character you play.

5. Make sure you are on the birthday list.

In-Game Announcements
1. The Thanksgiving dinner will be held in the cafeteria of the Pod. It has been catered, so no one had to be responsible for cooking unless there was a particular dish that catered to a food allergy or tradition that was not covered. (For example, the caterers did not make gluten-free dishes; if your character is gluten-allergic, they would have prepared their own dishes. The menu is predominately Americanized, so if your character has a non-American dish, they are welcome to prepare and bring it as well.)

2. The lower level of the Pod has been mapped, and is being drawn by our resident artist, Ritchie Eckerson. Each floor will be done at different times, as time and situations allow. There has been discovered a rather plentiful stock of building materials in the basement, including glass, brick, mortar, and framing.

3. With the full moon coming on, the holding cells will be opened (although I don't believe we have anyone in the game who needs them)

4. There are a couple of posts that need replies; I'm listing them here for brevity:
Elena's looking for a sparring partner
Kali & Shiva are looking for signs of life in the Pod