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[ | Jan 24th, 10
10:29 am
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Hi guys,
I'm here to offer Dalia and Cedron up for any scenes you might have in mind. I'm happy to introduce them if you'd like, I'm just itching to play these kids. So don't be shy, go ahead and ping (either here or on AIM at captaindeelin).
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[ | Jan 17th, 10
2:52 am
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Hey guys! I'm MaryMo and I'm new to the game. I can't lie, I'm really looking forward to being here and playing in this setting - Firefly is one of my oldest loves.
I bring to the table Daeva, portrayed by Olivia Wilde, a registered Companion aboard the Corvus. She hails from Sihnon, is twenty-six years old and excels in the musical arts. Though she's aboard an Alliance ship, and though her family is very firmly rooted in the Alliance, she supported the Independents during the war. Her father abhors scandals, though, and since she (accidentally) caused one when she was younger, she was sent away and she hasn't really looked back.
My AIM is 'scrtsocietygirl' if you want to find me for plotting or chatting, I'm always around (though I'm US-PST). Can't wait to get this party started!
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[ | Jan 17th, 10
12:18 am
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Hello all! My name is J, and I'm a newbie to this community but certainly not to Firefly fandom. Firefly is basically my religion, meaning it's essentially Christianity with guns and dinosaurs. Which is awesome. Who doesn't want to see Jesus riding a T-Rex into battle while wielding a sawn-off shotgun?
Anyway, I'm bringing Henry Widmore to the Corvus. He's the executive officer, and tends to be an easily irritated cynical jerk most of the time. Got to love how the Alliance brings people together. His PB is Reed Diamond, who you might remember from Journeyman (though I doubt you do) or more likely, from Whedon's Dollhouse as Laurence Dominic.
My AIM is operative36 if anyone's up for plotting. Glad to be here!
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| Welcome back to the 'verse. |
[ | Jan 11th, 10
12:19 pm
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After some small reshuffling, ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mruniverse is coming back online. A small number of changes have been performed to facilitate the transition. First and foremost, it bears noting that this is a continuation rather than a reboot of the community. Plots in play a month ago are not retconned. For purposes of continuity, the timeline has simply jumped a full month ahead. What has happened in the interim is up to the players to decide.
Secondly, having lost a great number of players over the winter holidays, one of the ships, the Athena has been removed from play - temporarily. Should there be sufficient interest, we will open it right back up for crew to join. Part of the former crew has been reassigned to the Nekhbet. However, the players are welcome to contact the mod if they would like any changes made and we will accommodate.
The way things stand at present, there are two ships in play, the Nekhbet and the Corvus. Many positions have opened up so if we need anything, it's active promotion and active players. Threads and scenes are the life blood of any community, so please, please do your best to stay active and interact with your fellow browncoats.
Two distinct but connected threads have been open to the crews. They are located here and here. Please don't hesitate to do so.
Welcome back,
trusty mod#2
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[ | Dec 29th, 09
8:12 am
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So...
Loathe as I am to admit this, I'm thinking there's a very distinct possibility that we might be pretty dead in the water, and I'm not entirely sure how to fix it. Yes, the big winter holidays just passed and a lot of people might be freed up now, but...
I have to confess I'm not nearly as enthused about modding here as I was in the beginning. I have another game going that's taking a lot more time and energy than I can commit to making both this place and the other thrive simultaneously. So, rather than shut this place down completely or keep half-assing things, especially if people are still interested in playing out the ideas we came up with a couple of weeks ago, I'd like to abdicate my position as moderator to anyone who might be more inclined to take it up and give this place the full attention and love it deserves.
Any takers? I can PM the password to someone who is interested and dedicated. I wouldn't mind keeping on as a player with Soheila, but I just don't think I have the time, energy, or brainpower that it takes to maintain the information in this journal and/or run this game's plot. Of course, I'd be happy to keep churning out graphics and helping with things like directory upkeep or application review if the assistance needed, but if there's someone who would like to take over steering this place in the right direction, it would be great to put it in your hands.
Thanks for your patience, enthusiasm and understanding through all of this! If this really is the end, I really do appreciate being able to play and write with such a talented and brilliant group of people, and I apologize for not being able to keep it going as long as I would've liked. I hope I get the opportunity to run into you again somewhere in the world wide internetz. If this isn't the end...well, let me know ASAP! :]
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[ | Dec 18th, 09
3:41 pm
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Wow. Holy lose-half-the-players, Batman.
I took a hard fall on the ice and have been laid up with a sprained wrist and elbow, so typing has been/still is a bit of not-fun. But still. I must say that I really do hope that we make it through this--I do love Rezek's little black heart and don't want to stop playing him. :-)
I'd hate to lose the Nekhbet--and it would have to be a near-disaster that took her, as they're supposedly nearly impossible to board in a hostile move--but I agree that consolidating the crews is probably the best idea for continuing any sort of play.
Rezek's loyal to Dalia, so if she did want to try for a hostile takeover, he'd throw in with her, particularly if the plan held any sort of chance for success. I'm not sure I'd want to be in Sohei's boots, honestly. :-) Her wisest choice would probably be to strip them naked and toss them into an empty cargo bay and lock the door securely behind them, and even then, she'd have to watch her back constantly because they'd escape, if they could. But that's not a scenario likely to happen, so we need to work out some sort of "you don't kill me and I won't kill you back" agreement.
Rezek's been accustomed to being the second-in-command for a few years, but he'd step into a pilot's role if needed. He's no Wash, but he can fly. Of course, would Sohei trust him at the controls?
The dynamics of this could be *very* interesting. :-)
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[ | Dec 15th, 09
11:57 pm
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Sad as we are to have such a significant loss of talent, a huge clean out of inactive players/characters who did not respond to my check has just been performed, so please run the f-button here ASAP. Because we lost so many people, if you know of anyone else who may be interested in filling a role, I would appreciate it if we could get back into a more aggressive pimping/promotional campaign once again.
Now, given that we're about a week away from Christmas and all other kinds of holiday shenanigans, plus people are still caught in the midst of that dreaded finals time, we're still not going to force anyone to meet an IC posting requirement just yet. If people do want to continue having threads, you are by all means welcome to keep playing, but for the most part we're currently on pause as far as plot development goes.
However, once people do have more time to spare, there are a few paths we could go with the plot, and this is partially dependent on whether or not we manage to get a few new characters to replace some of the ones we've lost. Under consideration is the possible (and violent) merger of the Athena and Nekhbet crews, which would basically flip everything upside down, but allow for the consolidation of characters, action, and some really, really juicy drama, action, and adventure as they engage in a power struggle. However, this is only off the top of my head and not entirely fleshed out yet -- if anyone thinks this could work, I'd love to have some input.
In general, any ideas you guys have for how we can turn this game around would be stellar. I'm more than happy to work on steering this game in a direction you would like to see it go in. Like I said earlier, my personal job as a mod is more to facilitate reaching your RP and story goals than to dictate them, so any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you once again for your patience and your effort! :]
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[ | Dec 10th, 09
12:15 am
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Understandably, due to it being that time of the year, our activity seems to have slowed down a lot recently. Because of this, I'm not going make a posting requirement just yet, but I would like to get a count of who is still interested in playing and intends on writing a bit more after the hang ups of RL have passed. It's alright if you still need a couple of weeks -- or heck, even until next month -- I just want to know if the interest is there. Hopefully, most of you are willing to stick around a little longer, but if not, I'd really appreciate being told.
So, if you could all do me a favor, if you would like to continue playing, please leave a comment to this post with your character's name and journal by SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH. Those who do not reply by then will be removed at the same time I am set to do adds.
Thank you all for your wonderful writing and cooperation! :]
EDIT: I'm going to give people a little more time to respond, but for my own ease of mind, those up for removal are the following:
esterianihe
lawman
radhaking
bronislo
iolanta
carolna
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[ | Dec 9th, 09
10:42 pm
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Hey guys,
Due to an overwhelming overload of RL problems, I'm having to cut down on my 'net time quite a bit. Though I love Ollie, I think this is my goodbye to him. I simply don't have time to juggle as many games as I currently am, and though my muse for Ollie is hardly dead, I think you guys deserve to have a captain for the Athena that's capable of being around more than I am.
You guys are some of the friendliest players I've ever had the pleasure of talking to, and you're all wonderful. ♥ Believe you me, if it weren't for the fact that the spaces in the game are so vied for and so very limited, I'd just be going on hiatus until I found a way to manage this game with my other ones. As it is, it breaks my heart to give up my sweet lil' Cap'n. But keeping him is just me being selfish.
♥
- Megan
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[ | Dec 9th, 09
8:26 pm
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BEE ARE BEE. Finals are my death. Sorrysorry Dalia, and for lovely Soh/Sheera - if you want to continue on and pretend Eti just went quiet, please feel free to do so. I, on the other hand, will be back on the 16th. See you when I'm not full of death!
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| Nekhbet crew! |
[ | Dec 5th, 09
5:52 pm
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We're going to have a big caper going on, so we all need to get together and figure out who does what and when. There was a meeting this morning (which I unfortunately missed) in which generalities were ironed out, but for specifics, we need to get the group all in one place to chat. Or at the very least, a plot thread. I'm not particular as to which one, but we do need to discuss stuff.
Hope to hear from everyone soon!
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| we can has shiny plot |
[ | Dec 5th, 09
12:44 pm
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Things are (hopefully, potentially, maybe) going to go down in the 'verse. A bunch of us chatted this morning to try and untangle the tangled web of threads we've got going at the moment. Here's what we've got:
- Regarding Newhall and the Sheera/Dalia/Ollie/Sohei/Zeke thread, the most sensible thing would be to have them come to fists at this point. Sohei/Zeke could start us off (with Sohei-mun's accord, of course) and everyone else could follow like dominoes.
- Regarding Verbena and the ball, the Nekhbet is headed there on a job to retrieve a group of five whores stolen from a powerful man on Newhall. Since the original thieves were supported - if not part of - the Tongs, the mob mothership could have gotten wind of the deal with the Nekhbet and sought to counter it with a deal of their own. After the brawl between the two smuggler crews, it would make sense to hire Ollie to stop them. Essentially, it would be a war fought by proxy.
To make things even more interesting, the Alliance and the two smuggler crews could potentially meet at the ball introduced in Soren's thread.
That is, in a nutshell, what we came up with. Feedback/criticism/ideas are deeply encouraged.
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[ | Dec 4th, 09
11:46 am
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Hello everyone!!
My name is Jon and it looks like I'll be bringing you young Calum Jing, the Technician on the Alliance ship The Corvus. Cal's the quiet sort of soldier, more books and theory and less 'hands on' as they say.
Anyway, I'm open for ideas and plotting. Right now, trying to find the best place to throw him into the story.
Feel free to contact me on AIM any time you see me on at norshallwedie- I'm always up for a bit of a chat and plotting out anything you have in mind!
See you in the 'Verse! ;)
Jon
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| chat? |
[ | Dec 2nd, 09
5:09 pm
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mstrauss has suggested a group chat to brainstorm. Anyone up for that a bit later on?
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| just a bit of housekeeping... |
[ | Dec 2nd, 09
12:04 am
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I've changed my aim name from somanypocketses to rezektheraven. Feel free to IM me any time!
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| in which i fail a wee bit |
[ | Nov 30th, 09
4:58 pm
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'Allo. I'm going to be mobile most of the evening and thus not able to tag BUT i figured since Rezek and Zeke split from King in our thread, you guys can keep going til they get back to the mule at which point i'll swing her back in. I AM tracking - when IJ is not eating my notifs - so I'll be on it when I'm back online and if not, prod me at king the crow on AIM to wake my ass up.
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| thread? |
[ | Nov 27th, 09
9:01 pm
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The first day of planetfall on Newhall, Rezek's going out to get supplies. Any of the Nekhbet crew want to go along for a thread?
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[ | Nov 27th, 09
1:49 pm
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Okay so! Starting Monday, I should be more freely available for game (NaNoWriMo has swept up lots of us, hasn't it?). For those of you I've missed, welcome! This is Ollie, the Captain of the Athena. He's a bit of a jerk, likes to start fights with people outside of his crew, and treats those on his ship like the closest thing to family he's ever known (despite the fact that the O'Freeme clan populates a good two thirds of the Three Hills moon).
For those of you on Ollie's ship, I'd like to work out how he knows you and how you came to be on the ship. As far as the Nekhbet and the Corvus are concerned - well, Ollie and Dalia don't get along too well; it's sort of a 'friendly nemesis' thing at the moment, and he's got some sordid past with the medic of the Corvus, Soren. BTW, Soren-mun, we need to do some developing on that!
Anyway. I'm on AIM as FalleNeStarr and Ollie's communicator usually has him logged onto the Cortex under the ID olliefr33. We're open for conversation whenever you see us.
I'm gonna go tag some threads and bounce on you guys. Love love love.
- K
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| All aboard the plotmobile |
[ | Nov 27th, 09
11:58 am
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How does Verbena sound like a bit of a vacation? straussmd has opened a fantastic thread on that little backwater, Alliance-ridden corner of the verse and the possibility of a close run-in with the Alliance shouldn't be a deterrent. I was thinking of throwing Dalia into that vipers' nest to take that illusion of respectability down a peg or two.
Of course, as something like this would involve the Nekhbet, crew input is much appreciated. As we have several threads with the ship being stationed on New Hall, the Verbena thread could be set prior or following their current dealings planet-side. I'm also open to ideas/suggestions as to why they might go to Verbena (and risk running into Alliance patrols). The most obvious seems a job that was just too good to pass up - something that could tie in with Rezek's contact on New Hall, if we all agree to set the Verbena adventures slightly into the future.
On Verbena proper, there is likely to be a ball and much fun to be had as a result of many country nobles convening in one place. Perfect setting for hostage-taking robbery...
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| IJ as messageboard |
[ | Nov 25th, 09
10:37 am
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Dalia-mun, you have a PM. :-)
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