HPU:Richmond Acres OOC

hypernovatic · Post by **hypernovatic** » Sat May 10, 2014 5:05 pm

Introducing Pyre and Ryze. Drawn by the amazing Hukley.

Roarin · Post by **Roarin** » Sat May 10, 2014 6:48 pm

Hey hey, that pretty cool ^_^
Helps with better picturing how they look in the RP too

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:28 pm

You forgot the plaster cast.

It looks amazing though!

Post by **Serence Frostbite** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:55 am

so....what happened to Koa ?

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Sun May 11, 2014 1:43 pm

Sorry I've been out the past few days, sleeping through a killer cold.

Post by **Serence Frostbite** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:34 pm

it's fine , your health come first after all ^^

Keeshah · Post by **Keeshah** » Mon May 12, 2014 2:14 am

Staggers in like a Zombie..

I think i survived mother's day hell week.. "thump!"

MrNeonShot · Post by **MrNeonShot** » Mon May 12, 2014 3:13 am

*limps in, holding side*
Garsh Darsh kidney stone attackin' me ;-;

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon May 12, 2014 3:17 am

Ouch! Hope that clears up real soon, Neon!

*offers Keeshah some coffee*

MrNeonShot · Post by **MrNeonShot** » Mon May 12, 2014 3:23 am

*needs more water*
Keeshah, *pant pant* Glad to see you-- ugn!... made it. (might as well be shot :p)

69eist · Post by **69eist** » Thu May 15, 2014 3:39 am

Hey guys can I make a guest character of a bat?

Esper · Post by **Esper** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:01 pm

Go ahead

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:31 pm

Hello, I'm a nocturnal placental mammal of the order pterodidae, or ptero-didn't-I... In case you can't tell, I'm a bat!

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu May 15, 2014 4:32 pm

Alwaes thort you were Batty, Mr Cinamon.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Thu May 15, 2014 5:01 pm

Yo, the name is Batty
The logic is erratic
Potato in a jacket
Toys in the attic
I rock and I ramble
My brain is scrambled
Rap like an animal, but I'm a mammal.
I'm Batty!

I been brain-fried, electrified, infected, and injectified
Vivisectified and fed pesticides
My face is all cut up
Cause my radar's all shut up
Nurse, I need a check-up from the neck up
I'm Batty!

Keeshah · Post by **Keeshah** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:09 pm

Argent wrote:Yo, the name is Batty
The logic is erratic
Potato in a jacket
Toys in the attic
I rock and I ramble
My brain is scrambled
Rap like an animal, but I'm a mammal.
I'm Batty!

I been brain-fried, electrified, infected, and injectified
Vivisectified and fed pesticides
My face is all cut up
Cause my radar's all shut up
Nurse, I need a check-up from the neck up
I'm Batty!

I feel like i need another rabies shot now...

69eist · Post by **69eist** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:34 am

Okay I'm using my second human character slot now. Do I need to make a ref sheet for both my human characters?

Also would it be alright if you guys met my bat later in the tunnel exploration?

Post by **Serence Frostbite** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:36 am

I don't think human characters need a sheet

as for a bat in the tunnel , sure , why not ^^

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:55 am

For that to happen either they'd have to get right to the end of the tunnel where it opens and has a wide and exposed entrance in the woods somewhere, like Mister Badger's burrow, for instance, but I can't see them walking that far. The other option would be if the bat had somehow gotten lost in the tunnels and couldn't find his way out again so he could rely on the others to get him out again.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:18 am

Cinnamon passed an entrance near town that was blocked by a tree. A bat could probably get in and out, depending on how big bats are in HP!world.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:21 am

How far are the pets going to walk though, Argent?

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:44 am

It's a bit farther than the lodge.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:54 am

I wonder if Sixtoes knows the way...

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:03 am

He already mentioned it when he came up the first time.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:15 am

He did too. So the real question is whether or not he can find it again.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:21 am

Of course I can! It's not even in the caves yet! The real question is whether I want to find a bat, I mean really, they're just mice with wings. And they don't really rap like in the movie. They just fly around eating bugs.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:36 am

Funnily enough, the French word for bat translates literally as "Bald Mouse".

Ever met an Australian Flying Fox, Sixtoes? They're a little more than just flying mice.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri May 16, 2014 10:51 am

No, he hasn't. I have, though.

Speaking of debates over polyphyletic genera, by the way...

[Saturday update:

Cinnamon doesn't think he's being creepy at all.

]

[Tuesday update:

Splunk is the best typo ever.

]

Esper · Post by **Esper** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:58 pm

Argent, I'd like to request that you use commas while writing dialog

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Tue May 20, 2014 2:26 pm

But that's how Cinnamon talks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhQkf-LmsGZw

Except mustelids start off hyperactive like that.

Except sea otters because all they do is float around all day and eat starfish and clams and things and groom their fur I mean if I groomed that much I'd look like I had mange.

Uh, yeh, anyway, that's the baseline. Cinnamon is hyper for a mustelid.

Esper · Post by **Esper** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:29 pm

I understand that, but it makes your text harder to read. Do you think there is a way to compromise here?

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:47 pm

I'll see what I can do, but coming up with coherent run-on sentences is already hard enough and one of the reasons I dropped out of RP was that I couldn't get the energy together long enough to pull it off.

Esper · Post by **Esper** » Tue May 20, 2014 5:10 pm

I'm not asking you to strain yourself here, but I really am required to make sure that text doesn't need much extra processing to understand

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue May 20, 2014 5:21 pm

Personally I don't find Sixtoes too difficult to understand because at least his sentences, although long, are coherent. I can see how some punctuation could streamlines things though.

Kateleo007 · Post by **Kateleo007** » Tue May 20, 2014 6:19 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:Personally I don't find Sixtoes too difficult to understand because at least his sentences, although long, are coherent. I can see how some punctuation could streamlines things though.

I agree, though it might be harder for people whose first language isn't English. Do we have any RPers like that?

Post by **Serence Frostbite** » Tue May 20, 2014 6:25 pm

I find the lack of commas in Six's speech is one of his really fun and unique points , when I read his lines I keep imagining a hyperactive weasel , who can't stop talking while jumping around doing all sort of signals like in the cartoons , and that's pretty funny to think about and one of the reasons I love him for . Beside like Hlaoroo said ,his speeches are actually not that hard to understand . I get that it is encouraged for people to use normal way of writing/speaking , with punctuation and all that , but I think this one should be an exception . But that's just me

Kateleo007 wrote:
Hlaoroo wrote:Personally I don't find Sixtoes too difficult to understand because at least his sentences, although long, are coherent. I can see how some punctuation could streamlines things though.
I agree, though it might be harder for people whose first language isn't English. Do we have any RPers like that?

I don't know about anyone else , but my first language isn't English and I'm having no problem with that ^^

Esper · Post by **Esper** » Tue May 20, 2014 6:33 pm

They exist around the forums.

The issue here is with actual processing of his speech, the same reason I'm not generally keen on having characters around with intense accents. It all comes down to how well any given person can get the intended meaning out of a piece of text. While this is a light case, it still hard to get past the weird cadence of the words.

I'm not asking Argent to completely remove his character's long-winded speech pattern, but I must request that it be made a little easier to process.

While I understand that this all sounds silly, I do believe that this is a genuine obstruction to some readers

Kateleo007 · Post by **Kateleo007** » Tue May 20, 2014 6:52 pm

How deep is the river? Or will we not be going there as Nadia said? I just don't want this happening in the, presumably, cold tunnels:

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue May 20, 2014 7:03 pm

Who knows? They river comes into the cave at one end and flows out of the other. Underground rivers don't tend to be too deep as far as I'm aware but I'm not an experienced spelunker so I could be wrong. This river has a strong, swift current though and it was deep enough to be over Flynn's head, so they won't be swimming at all. Besides, it'll actually be quite cool underground. Caves (at least in my area) tend to stay at around 9C/48F year round. The water temperature will probably be colder than that. Flynn does want to take some pets down there though because that cavern is quite impressive with the stalactites, stalagmites, curtains, straws, and other rock formations.

Esper wrote: I'm not generally keen on having characters around with intense accents.

You must hate the molespeak over in Redwall.

Esper wrote:I'm not asking Argent to completely remove his character's long-winded speech pattern, but I must request that it be made a little easier to process.

While I understand that this all sounds silly, I do believe that this is a genuine obstruction to some readers

It's not silly. Your request is quite reasonable. Since we're communicating only via text, it is important to be clear as to our intended meaning, especially in the RPs where that's integral to telling a story. I think what we're worried about is that changing Sixtoes' speech patters will change the way he appears or acts as a character. Would you be okay if Sixtoes' keeps the long sentences if Argent puts punctuation in, Esper, or would you rather them be removed altogether?

I actually quite enjoy trying to read Sixtoes' dialogue aloud in one breath.

Esper · Post by **Esper** » Tue May 20, 2014 7:06 pm

I will be honest, I am not a fan of molespeak.

I absolutely would be okay with that. My request is only that he modifies his speech just a bit to make it a little easier to process. I never had anything against long sentences