everything that's random

So we have The City walking around in a human body and going by the name Thomas Townsend. Any character can meet up with him at any time.

We've decided to put up this "sign up sheet" for you guys, so you can let us know who you want to have meet him. We'll do first come, first serve. If your character isn't ready when we get to them, don't worry, we'll skip them for the time being and then come back around to them later. We want everybody to have a chance to interact with The City in this human body.

Please sign up for your characters individually. If you get on the list with a couple in a row, we might mix it up a little bit, but we promise to get to everyone.

The more people talk to Thomas, the more apt he is to hold a conference so that he can talk to everybody at once. This also means that City secrets will be revealed. Imagine, finally being able to get answers for those questions that you have!

And go.

Edit: We will let you know when your character's turn is up to play, so that you can start the thread.

Something big has happened to The City!

Now, before we get into details, we'd like to make one thing clear. All posts made before this one should continue as normal. If you want your characters to react to what's going on in their current setup, start a new post.

Now, as you may have noticed in this log, the City has been placed into a human body by force. It has been cut off from all of it's power. So what does that mean for you?

The streets and buildings will not move, everything will stay in exactly the place it was when The City was captured. For the first time, maps will mean something, everything will always be where it was the last time you saw it. The rooms inside of buildings will always be the same. If you leave your car on 10th street, it will be on 10th street when you go back for it.

The wall surrounding The City will not grow. It will stay at one size, which is still fairly tall, but perfectly climbable for any who wish to try. This means that there's potential to get outside of The City for the first time. The forest on the other side of the wall will continue to move, as the trees are alive. If you go through the trees, you will find that on the other side of them there is nothing more than a drop off. You will be able to see space beyond that. Stars, planets, the whole works. And you will be able to see that The City is not motionless in space, it constantly moves, even now.

Your cupboards and fridges will not restock themselves. Your food will rot if you don't use it, just like in the real world. It will not be replenished or replaced. Your wallets will not automatically be filled with money when you need it. Nothing that was provided for you previously will be provided now. If you already had a home, business, etc, it will not be taken away. FOR THE SAKE OF EASE, we're going to say that places like grocery stores, minimarts, restaurants, etc. are all still getting shipments. That it's so ingrained in The City's mind to provide for it's citizens that it's something of a fail safe.

Your characters' powers are fine, they won't be altered by this in any way. The only thing being changed here is the functions of The City, not the people within it. Though, if The City put some kind of restriction on your character's powers, it isn't there currently.

The City itself is currently walking around in a human body. Anybody is welcome to interact with it, just let Mila or Nels know, and we'll step into that role for you. If enough people ask it questions, there's a possibility it will hold a conference to answer things.

ALSO: During this plot, new characters will not be brought in.

If you are curious about something we might not have thought to address, or something isn't quite clear enough, please ask your questions here.

Welcome to the activity check! It begins today.

You must have posts and/or comments on new posts dated JANUARY 20 or later to get a pass with this activity check. You must post with each character you have. You will have until FEBRUARY 27 to get this done. If on that day you have not had the required activity, you will be placed on the naughty bad list and sent and email. If you do not update within a week of the email, or send a reply to the email stating why you cannot, your character(s) will be removed from the community.

Well, well, well. It's that time again. Time for the question kitteh to ask those probing, insightful questions we all know and love. And, yes, darlings, there is a theme. Bet you can't guess it. Same rules as always.

1) Who would you rather: Zombie or Ghoul? Siren or Succubus? Troll or Goblin?
2) If you and the person of the opposite sex who you cannot stand really were the last two people in existence, and it was up to you to repopulate, would you?
3) Who would you kiss and tell to and about?
4) Why do we celebrate a day devoted to a saint that had nothing to do with romance with..romance?

WC Friends,

I return from my job-induced hiatus TODAY! I can't promise that I won't disappear again suddenly later -- they may well lay me off anyway, and then I'll be in a world of panic -- but they've also offered me a new job that I can't resist, so.... I owe it to myself to stay.

And now that I've made that decision, I don't have to keep on job hunting -- and so BEAUTY RETURNS!

My first thread is with Eric, that devilishly divine vampire; and then the next is with Charlie, eee! -- but after that, I'm free. COME AT ME, BRO!

Fae

Zoe does indeed feel guilt for those she's killed. Alfred thinks she should talk to someone rather than just keeping herself busy.

Fred doesn't find the desired demon, but instead a misplaced rich boy. Interestingly, he isn't bad at the listening.

No, really, he can get a girl that easily, Lois. Just like he can pull a gold coin out of the air.

This could be very bad: Baba meets Crowley.

Chivalry as an insult, Dean really knows how to work it. Or not, according to Zatanna.

To JLC or not to JLC, that isn't so much a question as a request by Dinah. Batman decides to not.

So, who better to greet the talkative communications officer than a sometimes talkative bartender? No one really.

Who knew accidentally hacking into the wrong computer could lead to drugs and molestation? Jensen does through very personal experience.

Rufio makes good on his promise to the woman who helped him fly; he also greatly disturbs Hank with the blood letting.

Well, well, Rufio meets a Pixie more to his size and liking. They even share cake.

The still slightly injured mystic bumps into a lunching new mayor. He lets her know about his Fred issues, and she tries to cheer him up with the offer to introduce him to Christmas. It just might work.

Jensen's "torture" continues, only now it's at the Angel Investigation office instead.

Looks like the City won't take Jensen's plight lying down. It sues the daring female duo of Fred and Dinah, and Jensen gets a pretty sweet new day job out of it.

The turning of the Beast begins along with a little information and agreement retrieval. The crone will have her way.

Looks like Zatanna did have it right. Christmas did cheer the mayor up.

Lois doesn't get further than the first floor in her search for an interview with Bruce Wayne. She does get to see the cafeteria, thanks to Ms. Zoe Washburne.

Fred helps get the man she molested settled into his new job, which happens to be her old one. Awkward? No, not at all.

Zatanna uses google fu to find the man who hit her with his truck. Turns out she might be able to help Lindsey in return.

JLC first time roll call: Black Canary, Zatanna Zatara, Baby!Beast aka Dr. Hank McCoy, Jake 'No Nickname/Call Sign' Jensen, Green Arrow. With special guests, Batman, Jennifer Government, and Fred Burkle.

Logan and Veronica have a pretty normal Christmas. How adorable.

Sorry, kids, he really isn't dead after all. Watch out.

Charlie checks out the god in his partner's building. He had to make sure the guy was on the level, or at least not the kind who'd make with literal golden showers or swan diving the woman. Some gods are the worst.

He thought he could get away with it. Jeannie and Lois let Dean know otherwise.

Pixie doesn't try to hide who or what she is, especially since the wings make that difficult. But, there are some people she probably shouldn't be so nice to. Too bad she hasn't learned that about a certain magical type...yet.

Charlie gets to do some detective work that has nothing to do with murder. Annie gets a free meal from a strange man and a watch from some disrespectful idiot.

If she shows him hers, he'll show her his. What are Rufio and Jo sharing? Scars, of course!

Finally! Zoe and Jesse come to a very agreeable agreement. Though, it does mean Jesse has to curb his lecherous ways. Sorry, girls.

Looks like there are more people with happy Christmases. In this case, normal-ish is definitely a step in the right direction.

Could Ted have finally found something to do with himself in the City? Will Jack get help with the brain taxing number crunching and paper pushing? How great would that be?

Something wonderful and dreadful happens all at once. The Viking and the crone share blood.

First Godzilla, now King Kong. Really, City, really? At least this time there's the JLC to save the intrepid reporter.

Rufio gets to share more cakes with a girl. Annie finds a good home for a wayward console named Buzzer.

Greatest image every: Hank's hanging from Eric in an attempt to choke the already dead vampire.

Yes, Dean, Jo's back. Thankfully the NYE kiss wasn't too awkward. Tiny Pixie cameo.

Yet, another nudge at his Beastly side. Baba tries to show the doctor a good time in the Library. She leaves behind a souvenir.

Hannibal agrees to help Hank out with finding his true self. Hannibal is just a little excited about this.

So, it's really, finally over. Fred and Jack are finally done; it's so sad.

It's okay, Fred. Jensen will make it all better with a little bit of jealousy at the kiss the paparazzi captured. He's kind of cute that way.

Dinah checks on her latest recruit after his first attempt at heroics.

Lois may have finally gotten a front page story that she was not part of. Veronica may have gotten an ear to listen.

Dean and Dinah make up, finally. Who wouldn't make up with a guy who'd just been slapped by Lois Lane? Especially when he knew where the good burger joints were and admits he was a jackass?

As his first official act as mayor, Jack releases a not so nice statement about vigilantes. Oh, Jack, this might not go over very well.

Nope, it didn't go over well at all. Zatanna lets know just how badly it went.

Jo decides to take things into her own hands and look up one of Dean's women. Turns out, Fred's not so much one of Dean's gals as a cute friend type who is more than willing to farm out jobs to anyone who can help, including Jo.

Is it a real date? Zatanna gets to hear Lindsey sing. She also sings a little and agrees to help singing cowboy out with a personal project.

Zatanna enters Caritas angry, but with the help of a lovely green demon empath with a set of gold pipes, she gets to turn that frown upside down.

He honestly did just come for some flowers, and now she's got to deal with the dreams, oh, the dreams. And the worry that there's a vampire out in the daylight.

Dean and Jennifer go on a date. There's definitely going to be a happy ending to this little adventure.

Jack's life really is not going to get better anytime soon. After a mad mystic, he gets to run into his ex and the guy she may have molested and may be dating. Much posturing ensues.

Once more Zoe runs into Rufio, only this time she's got on a disguise. Rufio just might respect the Bat, what will happen when he finds out who the Bat really is?

Lois has lunch with an ex. Said ex fills in a few things for the reporter, say like a whole year of life back home. See, Ollie can be a decent fellow sometimes, Lois.

Zee's not the only one upset about the mayor's statement. Dinah is definitely willing to take out her aggression out on some gym dummy for how things went with King Kong and the mayor's reaction. But, that being said, both women are more than happy to share girl talk about a certain lawyer.

Date #2? The mystic meets the singing cowboy lawyer at a tattoo parlor. It's that project Zee agreed to help out with.

Taking the expected heat for her decision to work for/with Fred, Jo makes a preemptive strike and tells Dean before any jobs come her way. Dean isn't happy about it. He's also not happy about the sexual tension. Make up your mind, you idjit!

A vampire walks into a hunters' bar. No joke. Really. Lestat so walked into the Roadhouse, and he so talked to Jo. Jo isn't too awestruck; she lets him know just she'll end him if she needs to.

Murphy seeks a little one on one time with the City's own God with a capital G.

Out of curiosity, Megan spies on the mayor and gets caught. She doesn't get what she expects; she's got some thinking to do.

Jensen apologizes for the posturing. Fred forgives even if she does wonder why they can't just all get along. So, the day doesn't turn out so bad.

The crone gets a little more blood for her collection. So it shall be complete! Will she go to Disney World once she gets them all? No, something much more exciting will happen. Hopefully Logan's battle wounds will heal by then.

Once more Lois hears the clarion call of a story. She rings Arthur to see if he can help out.

It's the meeting of the pixies! How adorable, and possibly a little dangerous.

Dr. McCoy puts out a call for medical info and quick check ups. To his surprise, people actually show up.

Let this be a lesson to you. Do not sit on your JLC communication devices. You just might get an upset Batman on the other end of the line.

Nothing like a coffee conundrum to make the day go by. Jensen, meet a reader who has some great moves. River, meet a telecomms genius with a mad addiction to feed.

Zoe, he's not dead. And, he may be ready to play; he may be inviting you to join. This can't be good.

The Pan and the Pixie would be kind of cute if they'd just get on the same page. Maybe if he grew up, and she accepted who she was? Nah, they're just cute as they are.

So, as you may or may not have noticed.. I really haven't been active lately. There was a lot going into that:
+ I had some serious financial issues that stressed me out and made me not want to do anything, let alone rp.
+ I then had to try to do holiday shopping on a budget of pretty much nothing for 12 people
+ Then a financial miracle happened and I had to travel to Indiana to visit the in-laws.
+ Got a second cat.
+ Then was my annual NYE bash that required preparation
+ Then I just went meh. The holidays were over and I just was meh.
+ And suddenly I realized it was February. Holy hell, where did the time go?

But, I'm feeling better. I want to play, I just need to get back in the zone. I have good news, too. Sometime in the next 6 weeks I'll be working from home permanently. As in my workplace is going to install separate phone and internet lines in my house and supply me a computer, a printer, a shredder and a locking file cabinet so I can do my job from the comfort of my home.

2-6 weeks is when I'll be set up. Mostly waiting for the company to schedule the install with me, then for the computer to be ready and then BAM! Which means I'll be able to rp on my breaks because I'll have my computer with access to the sites (company provided internet has a lot of things blocked) and the ability to type stuff up.

This has the potential to be awesome!

So, with that being said. I'm looking for plot for Crowley. I think Kate and I are going to do a Jeannie/Sweeney thing, which is always fun and funny, and I'm ready for that whenever she says 'go!' I'm looking for something perhaps with someone Crowley already knows. Like maybe Dean? I dunno.. I'm open to ideas.

I'm not around tonight, but you can comment here, email me or shoot me an AIM message and we can plot.

~ Dawn
Mad Sweeney and Crowley

Here you go, Kelly!

We'll be seeing some pretty exciting things in this game in the next little while. Big things, fun things, strange things.

***There will be an activity check. Standard issue.

***There will be what has to be one of the funniest/crackiest challenges we've had in a while.

***A round of ads!

***More Kitteh Qustions, of course.

***We'll be doing awards! It's been a while for them,and we've decided it's time!

***Most importantly, though, will be our very large, very important game-wide plot. This will be the plot to answer questions you've had about the City. What it is. How it works. Why it does what it does. You've been waiting, the time is come.

This plot will also restrict the entry of new characters for a while, so if you have any, have friends who want in, get apps in as soon as possible.

+++We'd also like to note that we won't be sending mass mails about plot or game announcements (aside from activity) from this point, we've gotten information spanning from people being annoyed by the emails to outright ignoring them. We apologize if you're one of the ones that found them obnoxious, we were only trying to create excitement. If you have people you think need to see this post, and aren't sure if they've looked, feel free to spread it. Otherwise we're counting on your interest in the game to keep yourselves informed.+++

We hope that you guys had fun with this challenge. Now here are the results!

Our winner is Kelly! Your prize will be done soon!

The answers:

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If you're in the current challenge, from now until Wednesday evening, you may post any last minute guesses that you have. No need for a log. Just comment in your designated space.

Just wanted to remind everyone playing that the Scavenger Hunt is still going on. It will be ending Wednesday, Feb 1, at midnight. Participants, don't forget to put up your threads and guesses here.

So, the question kitteh has decided to go a little morbid and dark. Even the fluffy critter likes to show its fangs sometimes. (Doesn't help that a mod or two has been watching vampires and werewolves lately, very bad vampires and werewolves.) Remember the rules, kiddos.

1) Would you live forever? As what: vampire, Immortal, fairy, Neverland denizen, etc.?
2) There's a fire. What would you save? What would you grab first?
3) Favorite breakfast food: what is it, do you share, do you make it for someone else to eat?
4) When/if you die, for what would you like to be remembered?

i keep forgetting to mention it here, and i think most of you already know, but...i am changing my name in the near future. legally.

i already swapped my email address over, and am slowly changing other things over, as well. basically, i have never felt any real attachment to my first name. and i've thought about changing it for over 10 years. i will understand if you have a hard time not calling me lauren. i DO ask that you use the new email addy, though. it is: lilah.wrote@gmail.com.

and once i get the paperwork and court date, my name will be lilah.

just wanted to make people aware, in case they were confused at why i haven't been using anything but 'L' to sign off on stuff.

<3
L

lindsey/river/lestat/lorne/veronica

It seems that we've been getting some spam on the main community recently. This should have been impossible, because as far as we were aware, the comment settings were such that nobody but members could post to WC, but somehow that setting was changed.

We have reported the spam, banned the spammer, deleted the comments, and made sure that the comments settings were set back to where they should have been.

However, if you discover more spam, please let us know. Don't delete it, send us a link to where it is. There are extra steps that we can take to get rid of these people that you guys don't have access to. We don't want your posts ruined by these idiots, so please allow us to exact vengeance on your behalf. They will be crushed as completely as we can crush them.

dear awesome writer folks:

i will be laid off from my current job as of feb. 1.

so... this *might* make me slower on replies, since i now must do a lot of job hunting to make sure i can get by. i am still here, and i will still be around enough not to need a hiatus--it's just that i am sometimes a crazy quick bunny with replies, so i wanted to mention that there may be times i just can't move quickly, or am online but really can't talk because i'm trying to get job applications out. (if that's the case, i'll set my away/status message to something relating to doing that, so you'll know.)

also, balls. :(

- L
lorne/lindsey/lestat/river/veronica


PS- as a side note, who would like to play with lestat? i think i have plot set up for everyone else right now. if you want to, drop me a comment. he's been at the front of my brain the last day or two.

This will be the only time you're allowed to use your knowledge as a player IN GAME. This challenge is about figuring out what clue belongs to what character. The characters won't know that there's a scavenger hunt going on, so you'll have to come up with reasons for them to be in scenes together.

1. Read the list of clues. If you think you've figured out who a clue is, get them into a log. You can use any one of the characters you have for this task, it will all go to the same point pool for you.
2. The log has to have at least one response from each of you to count.
3. The clues are not just about people participating in the challenge, but all the characters in the game. So while the mods have been disqualified from competing (it's cheating, really), our characters DO have clues.
4. Once your log has been started, place a link to it in the comment under your name in the post, adding which clue number you think it goes to. At the end, we will tall who has the correct answers.
5. These must be new threads/logs.

Bonus - If you think you know which clues belong to YOUR characters, place your answers in a comment here. If you're correct, you'll get these points without needing to do a thread.

We will put each participant's name in a comment on this post Wednesday, that's where you will place your answers. Just place the number of the clue, followed by the thread.

You get 2 weeks for this challenge. Good luck, everyone!

Clues under the cut
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People are wondering about the rules for the challenge and want to know them before they sign up. SO, what we're going to do is put the rules up on Monday and give you guys until Wednesday to choose if you want to be a part of this or not. Wednesday will be our start day.

Remember, the rules are NOT the go signal anymore. WEDNESDAY is the go signal.

We said recently that something's coming up, and now is your chance to sign up for it. This is for a very interesting round of scavenging and hunting. You'll get a week to sign up. Your start signal will be the rules of the challenge. We hope you enjoy yourselves on this scavenger hunt!

You only have to sign up as a player, no need to do it for each character.

I don't know how long I'll be gone, or how often I'll be able to reply. Some work is going to be done in the house, and I'm disappearing to elsewhere. Sunday night to possibly Wednesday evening. I don't know. I may be able to post if I can get online at the library. I will be able to get email, so feel free to email me, yus.

Just giving a heads up! Sorry if you have to read this twice for some reason. Hugs!

I gots Fred, Dean, Charlie, Zoe, and Baba.