in the city of the dead, fall in love and fall in bed

closed.Over the past couples of days there have been quite a few discussions on what to do with CoS and it seems the best thing to do is close this version. A reincarnation of CoS will be opening shortly in a new community with a new plot though still based in the world created here.

The decision not to send an e-mail was due as it is assumed that if you want to be apart of this you would check the community. The choice of joining those who've decided to stay with CoS is still open to everyone and you are welcome to join us whether now as we build or once we've opened.

Please run the below friend update as it will remove all journals connected to CoS.

 
friend remove cityofsinmod
friend remove thecityofsin
friend remove thecityofooc
friend remove thecitylines
friend remove unawares
friend remove beside
friend remove blackvelvet
friend remove markedbyblood
friend remove feelingyou
friend remove behindscenes
friend remove huntings
friend remove lavishly
friend remove mrvalentine
friend remove troubling
friend remove electrotribal
friend remove dream-unseelie
friend remove fallsonherknees
friend remove ethan-doyle
friend remove blagdan
friend remove calvin-watts
friend remove suavely
friend remove knowledges
friend remove brokenbones
friend remove vlan
friend remove leadthewatch
friend remove midnightstalker
friend remove watcherink
friend remove ivan-kozlov
friend remove protecting
friend remove gweasles
friend remove ithuriel
friend remove consecrated
friend remove evensong
friend remove Grigore
friend remove aristology
friend remove lady-faustina
friend remove venomous
friend remove emrycroft
friend remove diamondsilence
friend remove the_ace

Thank you for sticking with CoS through it's ups and downs and I wish you the best of luck in whatever the future holds for you.

- Steph

Hi everyone!

As we can all tell CoS is somewhat dead in the water. However, I don't want to give up on it just yet really, or at least without your thoughts on the matter.

Some of the options are:
● Closing it. Simple, tidy.
● Continuing as we are and hoping it'll suddenly find a pulse.
● Moving it to more of a PSL. A small player base with unlimited characters each so that the story of CoS can be shown.
● Moving it onto a forum rather than on the journals. This will mean a new player base really and might suit the game well. If this was done it would obviously take a little time to sort this out. If you'd like to see what the forum may potentially function please go here this links to a lot of games already on forums.

Lee has also pointed out how we could re-vamp the storyline enough to give it a breath of fresh air. I think the ideas she threw in my direction would work really well. It simplifies the families and takes the whole story back however it is easy enough to do a little revamp to current characters in order to make them fit.

I'd love to hear what you all think about it and then we can all decide what direction CoS should go.

- Steph

EDIT; The pros and cons of each option (my opinion of at least) can be found here while there is a poll here.

Hey everyone! just wanted to say sorry for being rather absent lately <3 and I will be until wednesday. I'm out all tomorrow, though I'll try and be around tomorrow evening, and then I'm sleeping over at a friends on monday night and out all day tuesday so it'll be likely wednesday when I'm back.

Hopefully we can sat getting things wrapped up to finish the chapter by next Saturday (30th!) then we can start moving on with things :D I don't think my pups are too heavily involved with the Watch goings on (Brett can be assumed to be helping out as discussed? kept on the sidelines just in case kind of thing) then when I'm back on wednesday everything else can start going up :)

Hope you're all ok! <3

- steph

Back from hiatus.

Oh joy.

If I really need to respond to something, let me know or if anyone wants to play with Charlotte, let me know that too :D

Hi! General updates are still going on as I'm picky and a pain in the bum when it comes to things being right namely images. Currently debating about scraping them on the business pages, surely y'all can use your imagination? ;) or you'll put up with the placeholder images for a little while.

I've began the most important part of what I wanted to do in so much as the NPCs now included on the Elari/Raidan page, this will likely be done on the Watch, Moroi and Varcolac page also. Perhaps the unaffiliated also, depending what ideas bubble up. Go have a look! Raidan / Elari. They're currently without images and really I wasn't planning on doing so but if people would prefer their being maybe a quick phsyical description up I can do! They're all (mainly) up for being killed, tortured, kidnapped, used in anyway possible without having to ask me. Currently there is only one which is not killable without permission and that's Joséphine's PA! :D Anyway. If you have ANY ideas for NPCs you'd like to see let me know. Also it's noted that they're adoptable so hopefully that'll encourage people to pick people up. :D

Hmm...new layouts too? Also the activity guidelines has been updated (activity posted at the end of each chapter and each PLAYER, not character, must have at least three threads in the IC comm!)

Because ELLE comment rot attacked the last post for it: Chapter Two Finale Discussion can go on here as well as posting anything you might want to play out with others before the end of the chapter, might as well get it all out in one post, right?

Currently in planning for finale.
» A secret for the Raidan. :D
» The Raidan are going to throw a ~party~ which will be fun and...the Watch can do whatever they may desire with THAT one.
» There will be an awakening of one of the Seven.
» Greg/Watch betrayal craziness!
Much more is welcomed around this obviously!

WHAT STEPH WANTS BEFORE THE END:
» Lilith/Jeremiah! She has a task for you darling.
» Evie wandering into the city. Anyone want or I can leave it open.
» Abigail/Helen.
» and anyone else? :D

First, I need to figure out Irissa's interactions with those in her organization. At the moment this primarily effects Dante and Jane because they've been around long enough to where she would have some longterm interaction of them. I wanted to wait and see how her interaction with Thane ironed out before I got into it.

Second, I feel like Irissa needs a pet, a messenger/toy person for her to play with. Irissa likes to write letters, so having someone who can carry those letters for her that she can trust would be most helpful. Preferably male, some kind of teleportation ability, preference toward a warlock.

Third, Dan (Dante!mun) should you or I set up a thread for Fiona and Dante?

Just so you know I'm doing some general updates and stuff so if you go on pages and it's a bit...wonky that's why! :D Such as possible new layout. Maybe, we'll see.

I'll update this once I've done everything and let you all know so you can tell me where I mucked up. Lee, Elle, I'm looking at you for that :P

I've posted up a 'world faq' which can be seen here which gives some general details on what things are like now and who runs what cities and what they're like. If you have any other questions on it just let me know and I'll answer and put them up on it.

Also, I've switched the needed players to the 'wanted characters' page. If there are general things you'd like to see (concepts or storylines and such rather than exact characters) feel free to comment there and I'll post them up. It can honestly anything! From just something general to any back plot you may want but don't have a specific character in mind or maybe it's something someone in game can pick up.

Hello everyone! I'm new here so this is my grand entrance! I'm Nick and I'm here bringing you Jeremiah Calcove and he'll be somewhat everywhere! Every story has that wild card that only looks out for themselves and plays every angle to benefit in some way, well thats Jer. He's a shape-shifter and a good one at that. He has been around for a good couple hundred years and has polished his abilities to become an expert snoop and assassin. He's been skulking about Vegas under the influence of Elari for a while but since the Raidan have shown up, he has been playing both sides as spy for Elari and a hired killer for Raidan when they'd rather not get their hands dirty.

He's a lecherous killer who constantly has a snarky grin on his face and will hit on anything thats moderately good looking on two legs.

He also is not so publicly known as Richard Kingston a lawyer who often works with the LVPD and who Jer uses to dodge the law. More popular however is Jer's other personality he often shifts to just for fun. The witty, clever, large breasted gossip reporter Charlene Swanson who normally broadcasts from LA or the Strip.

Anyway....check out this journal for his full bio! I look forward to playing with you all and I am certainly open for plots and relationships of the sort! Thanks guys! If anyone ever needs to contact me my AIM is 'bowser1214" and my email is jacksnightmare@gmail.com

-Nick

Please re-run the friends add! Lee has brought Irissa Raidan in and we have a new player in Nick as...a shapeshifter with way too many names, we'll let him explain! :D

Hi guys,

I gotta take a hiatus until the 15th so I can get all this school stuff done. I'll finish up things I've already started though. :)

Hi everyone! Just wanted to pop in here and say hi and introduce Emilian Marku Radacanu Dragomir.... yeah we just call him Emil. Sounds like evil, and pretty accurate description too :) He's the leader of the Moroi and likes being a trouble maker because it amuses him.

He is principle owner of After Hours and live in the penthouse above.

I know there is and to quote Steph, "buckets and buckets of plot out there" for him, and the Moroi so let's have it, for both he and Ben *G*

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Jessica

Please run the friend add! Dus has brought in Edria and Jessica Emil! both of the Moroi. Thank you.

As promised I come bearing plotting gifts. The outline of the plot!

You do not have to read it if you'd prefer to stay completely in the dark about exactly what is going on, completely up to you!

( more information for those who'd like it and for those who would like to apply for one of the mentioned seven )

I meant to post this on tuesday/wednesday but didn't get chance/kind of forgot. I put it up my CDJ and I forgot not all of you have me on there.

So, this is x-posted from my journal:

I lost my job yesterday, it decided to go for a wander and didn't become back. So, if I'm a bit...scatty the next couple of days, more so than usual, that is why. I'm emotionally all over the place and I don't like that so I'm trying to reign it all in! Really just to let you all know.

I will really try and get tags done tomorrow as I know I owe a lot (Elle, Dus, Jewels, Dan and then Dus/Jessica).

I have the dubious honor of being the first to take a CoS leave of absence. I'll be gone until Sunday. Laterrr

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Shay

Hello everyone, I'm V. and my character is a demon called Zillah. I apologize about being so late in getting started here, it was a busy weekend. I meant to put up a player-friendly bio but just haven't gotten to it yet, so in the meantime I've unlocked Zillah's application. It's a mess, particularly since I'm still working out the specifics about her relations with the Elari, but I suppose it's better then nothing!

( Cut for length )

Hello, I am Lee as Steph has so graciously pointed out. I bring you Fiona Michelle Neilsen, called by those who know her well Faustina. She's a fairly long standing member of the Elari Cabal that people rarely see because she's rarely around. You know kinda like that loony Aunt who sends you postcards from the other side of the world, she's in that category. There for a year or so, gone for the next ten. Case in point, the Elari have been running Las Vegas for 150 years, she still has not managed to stick around long enough to actually decorate her apartment.

While she does not consider herself the smartest individual alive, Fiona is pretty certain she's close to that and hands down she is the most well-read creature on the planet. Knowledge is her game and obtaining it is her raison d'etre. She sold her soul to the Devil to get it and when he renigged on the deal and she went to Hell; Fiona crawled her way back out and started right back into her old ways. Determination she has in spades.

Fiona is a chill person, clinical, methodical, the kind of person who knows she has a hundred years so why rush. Non-confrontational but not pacifist. Basically that means she won't start the fight, but she will happily finish it for you. While others seem to move like fire, she seems like ice, slow, deliberate, and still all consuming.

At the current moment, she's in the remains of Rome, plundering the vaults of the Vatican. Yes, it is somewhat ironic that a demon is plundering the knowledge of the church. With Steph's permission, there has been a Raidan agent or two dispatched to put an end to her before she finds out of the current goings on in Las Vegas and returns to the side of Mistress Lilith. Michael, being the Knight in Shiny Black armor that he is, is going to arrive at approximately the same time as the death squad and fun will ensue. At which point, the pair will return to Las Vegas together and Fiona will be open for play with anyone who wants a piece. Preferrably Lilith first so that she can get a thorough debriefing on the current situation.

Then the question becomes: who wants a piece of her?

Please run the friend add and welcome Lee with Fiona Neilson.

Please update your friends add and welcome V with Zillah to the game.