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mm_mod (mm_mod) wrote in mm_plots,
@ 2010-09-04 11:41:00

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Summary and admin

Two weeks this time because I completely forgot about it until 31st, by which time it was a bit late.

Saturday 21st

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/953114.html - Sibyl has an impromptu 'date' in order for Urquhart to have dinner with Ruth and finally get his feet under her table and his end away in her bed. Now he's a fixture and is free to roam around the Manor.

Sunday 22nd

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/953114.html - Anghara is being efficient in the Mocha but remains alone.
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/953762.html - a discreet notice is posted warning that the pool will be open for business from Friday the 3rd.
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/953921.html - Emma and Lucas wake up in bed together.

Monday 23rd

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/954297.html - Cleo hangs out in the garden pondering the madness of lovers.

Tuesday 24th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/954576.html - domestic bliss for Roxy and Spencer.

Wednesday 25th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/954683.html - Jazz has enlisted Memphis's help to find exactly the right shade of pink car for Cleo.
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/954898.html - Urquhart pushes and pushes Kris over his methods of people management until Kris gets up and goes away. Gregori chats to Charlie about H&S.

Thursday 26th July

No posts

Friday 27th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/955257.html - Urquhart's first OTA in the Mocha and he gets a variety of Sal's pups.

Saturday 28th

No posts

Sunday 29th

No posts

Monday 30th

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/955635.html - Kel's pups OTA. Gabe is joined by Sarah and they get on like a house on fire until she realised that WHOA he is ISN'T gay but straight and interested. It takes a while for her to relax with him again but the good ol' Gabe charm does it's work. Then Isabella joins Micah and gives him the glad news that De Rossi is opening a branch in LA and she wants him to check out the security there. Then they talk about trashy romance novels and the unlikely euphemisms for genitals and how they apply to themselves. Urquhart is given some tips on hair and skin care by Gabe, whether he needs them or not. Max, who is annoyed, is calmed and made happy by a lapful of Sterrin. They discuss vacations and sex as a means of dealing with his anger issues. Also, Seth chats to Allan, D chats to Chas and Jimmy chats to Max.

Tuesday 31st

No posts

Wednesday 1st

No posts

Thursday 2nd

No posts

Friday 3rd

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/morningstar_mnr/955880.html - Jazz goes to pick 'Olliekins' up from the airport.

Also it's been a long busy summer and we've all been all over the place. Now that kids are back in school and people's schedules are calming down a bit I think it's time for a roll call. It's difficult for people to generate plot and pace relationships when they aren't sure who's doing what and how much they'll be available. So please comment below with the following info:

which pups you are most interested in playing

which pups you are no longer interested in playing

which plots/relationships you intend to develop

any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot

any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes]

I know that there are plenty of players who no longer check the comm, no longer read threads etc. If you know what's going on with them and whether they want to remain friended to the comm so they can play occasionally as NPCs or just in specific private plots/relationships, it would be handy to know that as well.

Many thanks.

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essayel
2010-09-04 05:00 pm UTC (link)

Which pups you are most interested in playing? Charlie, obviously, but I have some plots for almost all my pups.
Which pups you are no longer interested in playing? Leo and Gil only get trotted out when they can make themselves useful so I suppose they are really just private NPCs.
Which plots/relationships you intend to develop? That depends on who's available to play with.
Any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot? This doesn't really apply to me.
Any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes] On 25th September my daughter leaves home to go to university. After that my husband and I will have the house to ourselves for the first time for 23 years. I will probably spend more time with him, but we are both used to our own space and doing our own thing so possibly not. I'll play when I can and try to be more efficient about admin.

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I'm still heeeere

ilmatar_b
2010-09-04 06:31 pm UTC (link)

Honestly! I've been following the community too, reading posts late at night after work when everything else is a little too much trouble.

# which pups you are most interested in playing
Emily, Thomas, Susan. Emily because she's dear, Thomas because he's fun to write, Susan because she's interesting.

# which pups you are no longer interested in playing
Robbie I already kind of dropped, but I'm still feeling around Lucas. We'll see.

# which plots/relationships you intend to develop
Susan/Robin plot possibly mixed with some Riley, Emily-Vincenzo, Thomas-Jazz. Emma-Lucas might be able to save Lucas from dropping, if I feel like writing him at all. He's just a little 'meh' in my head. I would love to continue friendships with Emily and Icene, Anastasia and perhaps Anghara, Celeste and Jazz at least, and it would be great to have Susan hang out with other staffers more. Also La Fee Verte's book needs writing and photographing (Andras!), and the restaurant really wants co-operation with Gregori's chocolate shop.

# any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot
My experience would me more enjoyable if I would get a grip and not drop out of sight every time I get a little bit more stress in my Real Life. Perhaps stress might be less stressful (eh, you know what I mean) if I held on to MM for an escape. *slaps self with a large trout*

Otherwise perhaps more mingling would be fun, and characters forming friendships without sexual tension. Realistically, not everyone wants to bang everything that moves, even if most of the Manor's tenants are smoking hot.

# any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes]
Well, I work a lot. And at the moment I'm working to cover for two chefs on holiday and one on sick leave, while I'm getting more and more sick with each day. This should ease up next week, though, and I plan on going to see the doctor on Monday. >_> Like I said before, I'm fully aware that I tend to drop Internet Life whenever there's any hassle in Real Life, which I realize is not the best idea - not for continuity and not for my own mental health for dropping an important way of escaping and entertaining myself. *Slaps self again.*

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Re: I'm still heeeere

sam_mm
2010-09-07 08:33 pm UTC (link)

Now, see I was hoping Lucas would be a keeper, because Emma is kind of fed up with her boyfriends vanishing off into the ether.... But I guess if you want to drop him they can break up first? Before he vanishes? Of course, I'd still rather he stayed...

There's also the Cleo factor there, she's now 21, and that leaves Emma at 20 without a leg to stand on if the other two want to go out and get drunk. So that could cause tension or maybe a few hiccups? I'm sure we can come up with something fun for them to do where someone gets in trouble?

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mm_phreak
2010-09-08 01:03 am UTC (link)

Travis could be available if you wanted to dabble with that, but given his and Emma's previous encounters I doubt it would get far. Might be nice though, not the usual smut revolving relationship posts.

Also a guaranteed non smut relationship type post could invlove Logan. He's feeling a bit reclusive since Chad paired up with Olivia and it's not like he and Emma aren't already friends.

But that's just me tossing ideas out to you. Feel free to turn them down.

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Re: I'm still heeeere

sam_mm
2010-09-08 06:24 am UTC (link)

I'm not going to turn down any ideas, they're all worth considering. Travis and Emma could well become friends, but no, not a relationship like that I don't think, certainly not if Lucas sticks around. But friends, well yes, friends can do stuff when boyfriends are working (Lucas does work a lot of an evening!) and there's also Cleo so we can throw a few things in the mix there. Not sure Emma would date Logan, since they are probably still good friends and likely to be swapping dog stories over walkies round the gardens... but definitely friends there too they can do... plus he is younger than her and she sort of sees him a bit like a kid brother type? Yeah, she's a picky brat herself.

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pups_dt
2010-09-05 02:35 am UTC (link)

# which pups you are most interested in playing:
Jazz, Riley, Joe, Adam

# which pups you are no longer interested in playing:
Alec comes and goes in spurts - some days I really wanna play him, other days, not so much.

# which plots/relationships you intend to develop:
Riley/Susan, Jazz/Tom, Jazz/Anghara/Rhiannon/Emily 'cause girl needs some girlfriends besides her sister, and Joe/Cleo 'cause boy needs some friends period.

# any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot:

I think for long term plots, I'd like to work it out with the other members before hand what to do if the plot gets dropped. I always feel bad just making a plot disappear, even a worst-case emergency brake ending might feel better than just leaving it all hanging.

# any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes]:

The start of school means high school sports are starting up again: specifically football. Starting next weekend I expect to start working 7-days a week until the season ends. On Saturdays especially expect me to pretty useless as I'll be covering my own shift plus the game(s).

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mm_j
2010-09-05 03:09 am UTC (link)

which pups you are most interested in playing: I'd be interested in playing all of them, though it depends on who's available. Bea, Anastasia, Niles, and Rhiannon are my favorites right now. I also like Isabella, Sterrin, Callan, Jude, and Olivia, though how much they are played depends on who's available. If there's no interest, one or two of them will also be knocked down to NPC status.

Which pups you are no longer interested in playing: Without Laura Smith is out entirely, though I'll keep Drew, Seamus, Kate, and Declan on the back burner as private NPC's should they be useful or should their partner or someone in general want them for a thread every great once in a while. There is some plot for them, but once again, it depends on who's available. So for the time being, we'll count Smith out and the rest as my own personal NPC's.

Which plots/relationships you intend to develop: Again, this depends on who's available, how much, and what they want.

Any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable: Some advertising to get more new people into the game would be nice. New faces and new characters will liven the place up. Non-ship interactions would be nice too. I have characters that are platonic friends with other characters that don't get to play much (as I'm sure most players do). And group chats. Can we do group chats for plotting ideas? I think someone mentioned that it used to be a staple in the game a while ago, and I think it would be a fabulous idea.

any information we might need to know that might affect your availability : Nothing for me has changed. I still work the same wonky schedule during the week and every other weekend.

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	ilmatar_b 2010-09-05 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	NO WAIT YES - Laura! :D Sorry, I totally skipped her in my own post. That's what you get from trying to think when you're tired and sick and working too much! :D Definitely do want Laura, and Mr. Pilot Sun Glasses. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mm_j 2010-09-05 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Sure :) Since Laura is the only character he plays with, I'll keep him as a personal NPC so that way we can still play them together whenever you're around and in the mood for them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

mm_phreak
2010-09-05 05:05 am UTC (link)

○ Which pups you are most interested in playing My main pups for playing are Tristan, Erin, Roxy and Eli currently.

○ Which pups you are no longer interested in playing Chad, Logan, Memphis and Travis didn't really have a whole lot of plot when they were apped, and they continue to have not much plot. So I suppose they are mostly NPC's right now.

○ Which plots/relationships you intend to develop I've intended to develop the relationships I have currently going, unless the counterparts have other things happening and if that is the case I'll likely drop the pup involved all together. All of my pups are open to friends as well. Some of them have grumbled about not knowing their neighbors

○ Any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot
More following through with the plots that were proposed. There have been a few things started to play and inevitably something in RL rears it's ugly head then the whole thing turns to moot. I think we could use some advertising and new faces, but I'm not up for making more pups myself. The random selection of pups to play with thing we did a while back went over well, maybe we could try that again?

○ Any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes] School starts on Tuesday, 7th September, which leaves me with some time to be mom cleaning up house the way it should be cleaned/organized. I expect that it will be running smoothly again in two weeks, in which time I'll have a whole lot of time to play because my daily routines take less than two hours to do when all is not scattered. I don't have college for myself any longer, nor a job, so other than fitting in dental appointments, physical therapy and orthopedic appointments, that should be my limitations. If there are any further, I'll post about it.

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antique_apparel
2010-09-05 04:53 pm UTC (link)

which pups you are most interested in playing: I only have the one, so...erm....Celeste. :D

which pups you are no longer interested in playing: N/A

which plots/relationships you intend to develop: the serial killer plot, if that's still ongoing? I am still around, honestly, but RL has reared its ugly head. Other than that, Celeste needs more friends. And more flings. I like her being a tease. ;)

any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable: Uh...my real life not being utterly shit would help. Sadly it seems that RL misery no longer fuels my creativity. It just makes me want to curl up and hide away. I'm trying to be better, though, and Celeste will be around more.

any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity: I'm starting a new job part time this week, and will be doing evening classes. I will be around more, though, since I'm now single and not working full-time.

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mm_kel
2010-09-05 09:30 pm UTC (link)

Pups still interested in playing: Deacon - obviously, but pretty much everyone I'm interested in. Just depends on who's about.

Pups no longer interested in: Loki, Ruprecht and Goblin have sort of become NPCs. There are lots I want to do with them but the supernatural aspect of things has died down in the comm so we'll see what happens there. Everyone is around if someone wants them. Hugh is one that I had ideas for and they sort of fell through. I need to think about him.

Plots/relationships: I'd like to keep all my current relationships going.

Suggestions: Smut is all well and good but I'd like to play pups in relationships without the threads always ending up there. More day to day normal stuff, hanging out with each other, fighting/making up that kind of thing would be great. I would really like to play Jason more but need plot for him. Same goes for Gabe. Anyone have suggestions?

Info about play time: School is back so my days (during school hours) are more my own again. However with my photography I'm sometimes busy editing photos. Weekends are almost impossible to play because that's family time. I'll try to be on during school hours but the best thing is if someone wants to play to ping me on IM.

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radioinmyhead
2010-09-05 11:30 pm UTC (link)

Hey-o. I haven't been around for a long while 'cause I've been stuck in a plot rut and haven't been feeling very inspired.

# which pups you are most interested in playing Just Lara, pretty much, as an every once in a while sorta thing. She's a little hard to let go of.

# which pups you are no longer interested in playing Probably everyone else.

# which plots/relationships you intend to develop There's Lara/Stone, of course. Other than that, I've always been open to developing other stuff with other people, but nothing ever happens 'cause I'm not much of an OOC instant message chat-er. Like there was talk about stuff with that drug plot, but I guess that got nixed? It's my fault for not asking around about it, but I'm not extremely talkative and am usually hesitant to bug people.

# any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot I agree with Jen that new people in the game would be great. I mean, just look at when she joined and Megan re-joined. It kind of breathed life into things for a good while. And yeah, interactions between not-mating people.

# any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes] I'm really busy with school and other things, so I guess I'll put myself down as someone who'd like to just play occasionally. MM's my first real big game and I wouldn't want to leave it.

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stones_throw
2010-09-06 12:10 am UTC (link)

which pups you are most interested in playing, I'll say just Stone, for occasional frolicking, like Kris was saying.

which pups you are no longer interested in playing I guess the rest of them since it's been so long since I've posted*

which plots/relationships you intend to develop Stone/Lara

any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot I am in agreement about new people in game, but I think that requires some game overhaul for the info links and all that jazz. non-mating interactions seem to be rare since most effort goes toward mating-pup plots. I'd say gamewide plots but some of those are hard to get pups into or involve things a pup wouldn't be involved in. Or RL causes people to miss them, etc. Also, more 'enemy' storylines. Everybody is buddy buddy most of the time because they're afraid of offending people I guess? But enemies might make non-mating interactions more interesting? I dunno!

any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes] My work schedule has switched form afternoons, to evenings to night time and then to early morning about ever two to three months, so my body, sleep schedule and ability to mentally process tags gets limited while I'm adjusting (I just started 4, 10-hour shifts with 3 days weekends, but I'm thinking that won't last much longer after September unless I'm lucky). On top of that, with a little luck, I might actually be switching jobs so that would probably make things sketchy, which is why I would put myself in the 'occasionally' category. MM was the first game I ever joined, I've missed it.

*sorry about that, I suck.

/Ramble.

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manorplayer_m
2010-09-06 05:58 pm UTC (link)

# which pups you are most interested in playing: Oh, Elspeth always. Sarah. I'm all for playing Conn if anyone needs him in the Lamb!

# which pups you are no longer interested in playing: Not uninterested in any of them, that sounds so sad. But time prevents doing stuff with them all.

# any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new npcs, help with aspects of plot:

adverts would be good. New players. The chats were always fun and got people together -- they could happen "as is" or be hosted by someone, somewhere at set times and whoever makes it, makes it.

I think the key thing is that the Manor was always a place for people to play what they liked -- I like smut plots, I like multi character, long arcing plots, I like a mixture. I like long range planning with flexibility. Honestly, I never really care what anyone else is doing so long as they're having fun!

# any information we might need to know that might affect your availablity [for instance work commitments, RL changes]

Well, honestly, I have deadlines that are eating into my "play" time and so when I have time to play, it's slow time. I hate letting things drop so I don't start them up because I don't want to be the one who bugs out. I love the Manor but realistically, I can't commit to any major plots because I simply can't keep up. I do read the threads, though, and I will always love the Manor.

My suggestions: advertise it. Get new blood in here. Get people playing a combo of short and long term plots. Some people only like to ship. Some people only ship because that's what's available. Some people like to ship AND do other stuff. Some people like to just relax and play without hardcore plotting. I think there's room for everything here.

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sam_mm
2010-09-06 08:20 pm UTC (link)

I'm gonna be simple, I want to play all of my pups, not drop any, more plot less smut (I so can not believe I'm saying that, but wow!), and yeah, new players would be nice.

RL: Well with the little man away at school term time, I'm mostly free every evening.... at least after nine pm UK (4pm EST), and most of the weekends.... I am going to NEED to play to keep my sanity as the nights draw in and the silence begins to get to me.

I will do better at posting and replying, and even tagging into OTA's with random pups, because I can not believe that there are pups who never speak to each other but live in the same building!

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mm_maru
2010-09-07 04:12 pm UTC (link)

Which pups you are most interested in playing: Mostly, these six. Andras, Cindy, Chandika, Ricky, Sibyl, Urquhart.

Which pups you are no longer interested in playing: I think I'll keep the remaining live Temmincks around for when Clare pops up, but Charlotte has shrunk to an NPC that'll turn up for rare occasions, and I feel I should finally let the ghosts go. Their story is so very done. I have an idea for that, too.

Which plots/relationships you intend to develop: Andras and Fin still have the whole thing with their big scoop on the back burner; and then there is Urquhart, about whom I am no longer quite certain what to do, as my original plans seem to have fallen through.

Any suggestions for making your playing experience more enjoyable, eg interactions between non-mating characters, new characters, new NPCs, help with aspects of plot: There are two things I might need help with: one, sending the ghosts on their way. I am thinking about breaking the mirror on Halloween during the party, and would love to make that part of somebody else's plot. If anybody has a reason for their charries having a big row by the bathrooms outside the ballroom, or to be so unhappy they drink to a point where they fall about breaking things and relationships, please ping me!

Any information we might need to know that might affect your availability: In the course of this autumn, I will have to work more, on occasion, because of those damn catalogues we produce every year at my slavery. But that won't be different from the last three autumns. Around Halloween, I am going to be gone to Wiesbaden for a long weekend because my sister's fourth (!!!) kid is due on October 30th. Otherwise, I plan to be available as usual.

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	mm_phreak 2010-09-08 01:09 am UTC (link)
	I might have some pups that could assist with the freeing of ghosties. Halloween is Memphis's birthday and he's been known to celebrate a bit rowdily (if that is a word). (Reply to this) (Parent)