[Project]Tandem Writing

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:21 pm

*MooCow hurls a snowball at Flameblade from their side of the fence*

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:00 pm

FWIW, I was going with Eli's timeline there, I really was simply trying to tie Vanessa and Grieg back in after we accelerated the timeframe way too fast there. From what I understood of his post, he saved Diane in whatever way and had remained on the ship unnoticed with her, and Eros had somehow planted a decoy on the outbound ship that everyone could chase.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:18 am

Unless there's no objection...then let's keep up this project!

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:21 am

If I have stepped on anyone's toes yet, let me know.

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:59 am

Ancient - You're good, dude. I think everyone just got kinda nuts due to the confusion, on all of our parts.

Okay, so this is my deal - I'm still a bit lost. There are so many different ends of the story, and different understandings of what's going on within each of those sections, that I keep starting to try to write up my current turn regarding certain characters, but before I can get too far into it, I've already forgotten what's going on in the many other areas. It's making it difficult for me. This, possibly, could just be my own personal writing weakness, but I've spoken to others and confusion about the storyline is still evident amongst us.

So, what I'd like to ask is for Eli or Kai if they would be willing to make an out-of-turn post tying the multiple storylines into a smaller amount to make it easier for us to continue. If this is out of the question, that's totally cool, because I know y'all wanted to keep true to the rules, but I know for me, at least, it'd really help. If you'd rather keep it how we are currently, I ask then that you allow me to pass my turn. By next round, I will hopefully be of better understanding and consensual interpretation.

Sorry if I'm being a pain! Thanks, though, guys.

Just lemme know.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:39 am

I would be happy to make an out of turn post, I'll get working on it, and if there are no objections by tomorrow morning, I'll put it up

[edit: Alright, I lied, I just cranked out two and a half pages and Damned if I was going to have to throw it out. I hope, I hope that I haven't stepped on anyone's toes. If I have, then I will go back and edit. I have tried to stay as true as possible to everyone's interpretations and posts up until this point. All I really wanted to do was give a definite mark of here's the stuff that's happening simultaneously. So here we are, all of the events in my post have happened at the same time and we can choose where to go from there.

That being said, I think we need to be more careful readers, both of our own posts before we post them and other posts before we write our own. I know that I have missed a couple details on occasion and I know I can do better. This also means we have to be careful in our motion through time. IF it seems like some character have looseends to tie up before a future event happens (for example, Grieg and Summers still being on the Cruiser before they end up on the Mother of Skies (now a Moot point)) then maybe it's better to pass than carry on. Regardless, things have a set point now, and I think now that more characters can interact with each other we might get back on track.

Well, there it is.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:07 pm

Good stuff, E.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:11 pm

Aw, thanks AH. *wuffles*

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:11 am

I'll echo Ancient History here.

Good stuff, Eli.

Now, whose turn is it? Teja?

And also, we need to, perhaps, establish one more rule to ensure that we don't get too out of control at times, leaving everyone else lost, ya know?

Hmmm...

Maybe, if we slowed down a bit...hmmm...

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:55 pm

Sweet! Thank you so much Eli. I didn't want to piss off anyone by asking for that, but I really thought it was needed. It is my turn now and I will have something up by tonight. Wait for my ding. Heh.

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:58 pm

Okay, DING!

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:22 pm

That would be Reika's turn!

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:11 am

And it would be whomever is after me now.

Hope you guys don't mind the twist I added, I couldn't resist.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:27 am

Me, and very nice I must say.

(Yay for Eros having a purpose!)

Ding

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:18 am

In the interests of everyone involved, I've decided to also take control of Diana and start revealing the reason why everyone is after her.

Ogion, of course, is the Wizard who taught Ged the Archmage in Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea Triology. Anyone who has read those books knows what happened to Ged when he read a particular volume from Ogion's collection. I'm supplanting a part of that mythology here. Part of my reasoning is that people would have to work pretty hard to want to keep this seemingly innocent girl in custody. I figured she had some knowledge that would be immensly valuable. Or maybe she was a weapon.

Either way, I've decided she was a Wizard, the only one of her kind. On an archeolgical dig on Ea she found the old dusty tome that Ged had read such a long time ago and gained understanding of the mystical energies. Does it fit the science? No. But perhaps this is the reason why she's so popular with well, everyone. She's an Anamoly of a different sort.

If this is far too implausible, I can just make it so she's schizo I have that option. Let me know

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:04 pm

Give me some time...

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:13 pm

Let me also state that she's a wizard in the Earthsean sense of the word. She must know something's truename to be truly effective, and that gets more difficult as she remains away from Ea where this type of magic originated. Though not impossible because some truenames remain the same wherever you go. She doesn't, however, necessarily know this yet.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:00 pm

Sounds good to me

In case it wasn't terribly clear, Pantheon is a sort of a cross between Bab5 PsiCops and the Order's elite Esper guard. I have more plans for Eros and Esper history, but I can write that in later I think

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:17 pm

Eli - Is all cool, it's no worse than my making humanoid spiders that all have the "sameness" of features.

And actually, that fits in quite nicely what I had in mind for the Arachnae.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:24 pm

Ding Dong!

Kai, then you'd best talk to me...regarding Espers, because at the moment, I'm just delving into the effect of Gas Belt on Espers, and how Espers use the Gas Belt to their advantage, especially on Mother of Skies.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:56 pm

Oh just go with it, I can work anything in to history that you feel like creating there

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:05 am

Tag.

[/edit] I'm gonna apoligize...my section reads pretty piss poor.

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:36 am

Ancient History, were Joe and Mia ramming the Mother of the Skies, or were they ramming the one that Eros, Grieg and the Spider on? Am slightly confused.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:16 am

I don't know. I couldn't tell which ship got hit be the EMP bomb. So I aimed it at the bastards that orderd them to surrender. They had the iron triangle DeusExMachina, right?

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 4:13 am

Read my post above in conjunction with Ancient History's post. It should be quite clear that that ship with Spark and Mind Blind is ramming Mother of the Skies at the moment...

EMP bomb hit Mother of the Skies, by the way...at least I think. I'm too tired to think. I'm too pissed to think. I'm too everything to think.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:14 pm

My apologies if I came off with a pissy fit. I assure that you guys have nothing do with it. I'm just in not that great mood at the time thanks to a class.

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:49 am

UNO!

Oh wait. Wrong game...

DING!

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:08 pm

I can't really formulate any thoughts on what I want to do, so I'm going to pass.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:46 pm

Kai go! WHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:09 am

Why yes, I am off in my own little world, why do you ask? :7

Ding

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:27 pm

Want to post, trying to work on a post. If anyone wants to continue the Mother of Skies half of the show, then go ahead, I don't see as any of that conflicting with what I have planned.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:01 am

I'll see what I can do about Mother of the Skies storyline tomorrow morning, in conjunction with my weekly creative writing exercise...

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:50 am

and so it came few days later. I took LONG time to think about it, and all consequences, etc, and I was being careful in trying to keep a lot of open ends out there for you all to play with.

Ancient History, it's your turn to continue this plot line.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:02 pm

And I just spoke to Eli. He said that he's having too much going on.

So as for Eli. "Pass"

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:30 am

Okay. I might have taken too many liberties. Flame, I really hope I came across as impartial rather than a game of one-up-manship 'twixt Joe and Jacque. I left some room for him to survive.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:54 am

It's good to have both gone because it may come to a stalemate in essence and we kinda have Lloyd and Mia left. And this could be fun.

So many different directions we could go with Lloyd and Mia.

Reika · Post by **Reika** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:24 am

I'm sorry to do this, but I'm going to withdraw from the writing project (don't worry, I'm doing the same with the other). I haven't been very creative lately, and have lacked the whole "plays well with others" attitude that's needed for a project like this. Please feel free to continue to use my char in the story if you like.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:33 am

So the list is now this (for reference.)

Kai
Eli
Flame
AH
Teja

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:05 am

And one open slot. First reply takes it.

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:44 am

Next.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:09 pm

Until further notice, I'm passing. I have a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it in. Have fun guys, I'll be back soon enough.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:56 pm

Okay Flame, tis you again, as Eli is passing, and we don't seem to be connected with you quite yet anyways

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:07 pm

Will get around to it. Thank gawd I just finished term paper and stuff like that. And also, it appears that Ancient History is taking a short haitu from internet. Soon as I'm done, I'll attempt to contact him, then if I haven't heard anything from him, then I'll give a go-ahead to you guys.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:10 am

*Ding, and I can't seem to find Ancient History's e-mail...

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:55 pm

Flame: It's JOE, not Jon.

And can I go next? I'm ready now.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:17 pm

Please do, I really would rather not figure out how Greig and Eros and company get to everyone else all by my lonesome

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:12 pm

Eli: I know it's Joe, but somehow, I keep thinking Jon...sorry.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:16 am

I'm trying to figure out who would go next...considering that we skipped Kai and Teja.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:09 am

Nah, we're just a tad out of order. AH, then Teja, then back to me, Eli, and then you

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:17 am

Considering how recently AH posted. It's Teja's turn.