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Dropping Drake and Tegan. Not possible to return from hiatus, unfortunately. Life is taking too much of my time. Would like to keep in touch though, and thank you to all of you who I've played with over the last X months (at GH and here). Best wishes!

failure

SO LIKE...given activity's seen a major drop (mostly from me, mea culpa, my work load has tripled mostly due to my own doing) I come to you with some options-

1. continue the comm with no activity regulations - play when you want. Tho someone else may have to take over haha.

2. drop the comm.

I had an idea for a

bakerstreet-esque meme comm for side-on playing...but I also don't know when I'll have enough time for any proper games through April & May.

Sorry dudes!

failure

App round now open!

I haven't been around much, so I don't really think it's fair of me to judge other people's activity? So I won't do an activity check this round!

APP ROUND DETAILS-

Basically, along with survivors from the first flight, stuck on a different part of the island, soon to be washed up on the beach are parts of a boat-led rescue mission. They had been piloting the boat over to identify the exact area the plane went down when a rogue wave brought them to the beach.

I've modified the app to allow for details for those characters who are part of the stellar rescue team.

AND

PLOT, DELICIOUS PLOT

Further in the island, in an overgrown clearing, covered in weeds and mud and all that, is the remains of the metal structure. It's about the size of two small houses shoved together and while most of it is just barebones right now, there's still a few complete rooms here and there. It's empty though, as though it's been cleared out in a hurry. ~~aliens did it~~

HAVE FUN STUMBLING UPON THAT.

ex_ludo717

Characters: Drake and Tegan.

Friend visiting for a week :) see you soon!

asimplemistake

The Honesty and Trust Meme!

1. players tag with the list of characters they play.

2. Characters tag back with up to 3 questions, directly asking one character. These don't have to be questions they'd actually ask IC.

3. The character that got asked the questions must reply to the three questions in-character. The trick is that they would reply exactly what they would say IC if forced to answer that question if it was asked by that person. (i.e.: Marnie asks Mari a question, Mari must reply as she would if she had no choice to when Marnie asked her this. In other words, Mari replies as he would to Marnie. The answer doesn't necessarily have to be the same that Mari would give if say, Oscar asked the same question)

The answer given does NOT have to be the truth. The character can't abstain or refuse to answer (answers such as 'it's none of your business' or 'why do you want to know?' are out, they must give a valid answer).

4. The character who asked then must tag back and, according to how they would feel IC when given that answer, must state whether they believe it to be true or not.

5. And then the player can reveal if it was a truthful answer or not!

asimplemistake

I totally did

Just now.

( washed ashore stuff )

sweetsummerchild

Hello! This is Calla Stark. And she is all Rere's fault.

She prefers being called Callie, and like Maggie below, she was on this plane to study abroad. She is the youngest of three and is originally from Maine but goes to uni in Colorado because have you met her mother? (Three guesses whom her mother is! Any you are so sad remarks can be directed to Rere.)

Callie is friendly and outgoing. She also likes adventure and fun and bending as many rules she can without being too illegal. College is a time for experimentation and fun, she believes, and she lives by that! She is for spontaneity and is rash and reckless and doesn't think as much about her decisions as her mother would like her to.

She is a Biology major. She knows first-aid and CPR, and she went camping a lot as a child. But she camps with the comfort of modern tools, so idk just how much help she will be.

In the airport/during the flight, she would have been talking to Maggie and another redhead or playing on her DS.

I think that's all?

butforthegraceof

Hello I am a Rere and this is a Maggie.

not to be confused with other maggies we have known and loved ~~SORRY LISSA~~

Probably everyone knows who her parents are and if you don't, just know that this is a habit of mine.

Maggie is a junior physics major from Colorado and she will be your Professor for this three hour tour, if you ever want to make a hot dog bun toaster out of driftwood or whatever. She is the youngest of twins and she is tiny and adventurous and a complete pisser.

Her default volume is YELLING ACROSS A STADIUM but her voice is pretty reedy so it evens out. Right? Right. Right right right! She is chronically afflicted with a (GENETIC!!!! but not really) predisposition for italicsing at people.

On the flight over she could be found draped across three seats and two gingers, either asleep or trying to look out the window or whatever. They were going to study abroad!

She hates school.

Post-washing up she is suffering from a) being apart from her sister for the longest time in years and b) losing her lifelong best friend in the crash, all at once. But she is very good at feelings denial! Instead why doesn't she just help all of you with your problems! Yes.

Since it seems like this plane didn't really carry a lot of people old enough to be eligible for the US presidency, she's probably had very few problems trying to be sassybossy. And then when the day is done she drapes herself over her remaining ginger and sads when she thinks she's asleep.

So uh building a car out of coconuts let's go go go.

brightlywound

Stolen from my_slate as per usual. It's a good character building meme, imo.

1. Tag your characters in.

2. Others will tag your character with a five things challenge. Examples of five things challenges can range from memory-based, like 'Five Times I was Ecstatic,' to something that pertains to their current situation like 'Five Reasons Why I Don't Want to Leave the Island.' 'Five Things I've Never Eaten' and 'Five Things I Want to Do Before I Die' are options, too. Of course, any five thing challenge has to have something to do with the character you're tagging. Be creative and have fun with it. You can come up with some truly bizarre challenges. :3

3. Respond to the challenges. It can be as long or as short as you want, but extra points for drabbling your responses. Feel free to sketch or thread scenarios out OOCly, too.

Here's an example of how we did it in an old game.

failure

1. The app round is now closed! The next round will open on March 20th. The activity check will be March 19th.

2. The poll was pretty evenly split with a bias towards action tags, so I'm going to go ahead and say you can make the choice between third person and action tags when you post, so long as it is consistent through out the post itself.

3. I'll be releasing a list of things to be washing up on the beach tomorrow. Use your last few hours to suggest things!

4. This plot meme will get posted after every app round. Tag in with your characters and tell us what you want to get done with them. Then other players will tag in with ways their characters can help. Yus.

bricolaging

Hey dudes! I've seen the difficulty of the format referred to a few times, so I come baring a poll.

Poll #9656

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 5

Post formatting

Present tense is fine
2 (40.0%)

posts with action tags would be cool
3 (60.0%)

By action tags, I mean [like this]. All comments to this post are screened.

I'm also figuring out ways to bring in some first person interaction, so watch out for that.

Also, not long until the app window closes so. Yes!

aiguille

This is Sean! I AM APPARENTLY UNABLE TO USE A PB WHO IS NOT INVOLVED IN MUSIC IN SOME WAY.

He's played by Green but is not a dick! Nope, he is actually a really sweet guy. But, he's also lived a pretty charmed life. This is probably the first time he's had to branch out and do things for himself. Don't ever let him near the fire.

He was pretty popular and sporty in school, but that's faded now he's in the adult world. Despite the fact that he's continually trying to put a good spin on every situation he finds himself in, the fact that he's stuck doing data entry for people who hardly speak to him is a pretty significant bummer. And now his plane has crashed over the Atlantic sea or something and left him alone with a bunch of strangers...but it's cool. It'll be fun! Right?

He comes across as fairly laid back and mostly that's because he wouldn't know the phrase 'hard work' if it slapped him between the eyes. He's charming and likeable but tell him you don't like him and ~~he'll go Leslie Knope on you~~ he'll act like you're some kind of alien. He lives in a very narrow plane of existence and while he's always willing to learn more he knows so little anyway that nobody really knows where to start.

The line to bet on how fast he accidentally sets the camp on fire starts ---------------> over there, ty.

disingenuous

Hey, guys! This is Adelle.

Most of you know her, and she is pretty much the same except maybe a little less imperious and a little more casual (ie. less careful about the way she says things). Still selfish, still awful, still spoiled, and still playful and looking for whatever will entertain her. And still very much a teenager.

From Anaheim, California, you can bet Adelle went to Disneyland just about every month until she was 12. She's on her way to Australia to miss school but mostly to spend time with her brother Valentin and get away from her awful, awful step-family. (Read: they're actually pretty nice, not that Adelle would ever hear that.)

At the airport, she was on her phone or her iPad or talking to her brother, most likely! She would have been looking pleased or excited. Happy, like she was about to go on the best vacation ever.

Whoops!

After the crash, she'll be a mess of mood swings. Sorry! She's not very useful unless you make her a bow and arrows or... don't want to get lost or something. Otherwise, she can tell you if you look awful in that outfit or not. Or make over your face with salt encrusted make up, I guess.

failure

1. I figure game start will be about 11pm GMT tomorrow night? I might not be around until later, but I don't think that'll be a problem.

2. About app rounds: My basic idea for the game was that the only people to be on the island would be the people app'd, just to make it harder for the characters - they quite literally only have themselves to rely on.

But! Not everyone will be coming in from the aeroplane crash! In subsequent app rounds I'll be opening it up to other people, brought to the island for different reasons.

So, this app round (...most of February) only people from the crash are accepted.

In the next app round (March 20-27) the app round will be open to people from the crash who ended up on the different part of the island (homg this is turning into Lost) and would-be rescuers. The app will be modified slightly when that happens.

The current app round is closing on the 27th, so if you want to play but can't think of a reason for them to be on the plane - idk, maybe think about having them be a rescuer?

3. If you want to suggest more things to wash up (something dear to your character or something useful for example) there's a post for that.

I think that's it.

afterglowing

This is Deirdre. She's a bit hard to stomach at first, but once you get used to her particular brand of cattiness, she's actually very easy going. She takes nothing seriously unless it's obvious that it HAS to be taken seriously, then she becomes the biggest hardass on the planet. If people start crying or feeling sorry for themselves when they could be of use to the group, Deirdre will shout them up and down. It's surprising, coming from someone so small and feminine, but make a comment about it and she'll only get louder and crueler.

Casually, and under better circumstances, Deirdre is fun-loving, playful (though a bit mean) and flirtatious. That side will come out in bursts on the island, but, as she's good as dead and going through a hell of a nicotine withdrawal, she'll be doing her best to avoid anything with a pulse she might be tempted to stop.

Before the flight, you might have seen her at one airport bar or another, pounding bloody marys. She was notably agitated as she texted and at one point had to stop herself from throwing her phone. Impatient and disagreeable while boarding, she calmed down once the plane took off. Then came more vodka and tomato juice.

PS: Drake, she heard what you and your fuckhead friends said about her clothes and she wants you to know that once they find the volcano, you are the first sacrifice.

agirlandhergun

This is Tegan Jones, more commonly known as Tig.

Her bearing is obviously military, and she comes with a variety of useful skills and implements that suggest the same. She hails from Essex in England, and although she can tone down and fake accents at will, she still speaks... well, like an Essex girl. Despite the military shiz, she's relatively easy to get along with so long as you're willing to pull your weight - but she doesn't suffer fools gladly. Plus, if you decide you really hate someone on the island, she could help you out there, too.

She was on the plane disguised as an air hostess in Economy, but as soon as the final alarms went off, customer service (and anyone in her way) was tossed aside in favour of digging out a myriad of bits and pieces she had stowed away in the cabin. If she got you with a fist or elbow, she'll apologise.

wineandvinegar

This is Valentin.

In short: He's here with his little sister. He's kind of a dick more often than not. He has no real survival skills to speak of.

I suspect he won't make many friends. :)

ex_ludo717

~~Tony Stonem~~ Drake Chevalier.

Profile Here

An arrogant, mafia-linked elite with nearly all of the cons and very few (but worthy, once you find them) pros, Drake will first arrive on the island amid histrionics because he doesn't get along with large bodies of water. After that, life will revolve primarily around too much pride and vaunted independence whilst not actually being able to take care of himself unless it involves technology, linguistics, or animals. Can also hold his own in arguments about politics or business, but generally not very chatty. He's fluent in French and English, and conversationally comfortable with Spanish and Italian.

On the flight he and his group of equally 'elite' studenty pals were in Premium Economy (a compromise; Drake would kill someone if he had to go economy, but the other students couldn't afford First). They would have kept to themselves and probably been a little tipsy from alcohol, so apologies if they said anything nasty about your outfit or luggage when you walked through, Average Economies.

He likes: academics, trolls (and people who can take being trolled), being independent, the idea of staying on the island forever and therefore not having to face his father.
He dislikes: large bodies of water (cannot swim), any form of personal contact (touch him, lose a hand), people, having to depend on others, being dirty.

So really this is going to go very well for him.

Looking for potential friends, enemies, and everything in between.

failure

I-- DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS? A proto meme of sorts!

Comment in with characters you've apped and characters you're thinking of apping - even if in future app rounds.

Leave a six word message to other characters. The message can be anything, threatening, friendly, stupid - but it can only be six words.

Have fun!

eta: because it's hard to think of 6 word replies, let's say you don't have to after the initial message!

waniandmoon

Hello~!

This is Vincent! He is a quiet librarian who wasn't even supposed to be on this particular flight but a surprise snowstorm (woo Canadian winter-spring) held up his original flight out of The Great White North, and is also why he's overdressed for the weather. It was (will be?) his very unremarkable birthday on Tuesday, the tickets to Australia were a ~~bribe~~ gift from his father, so basically this is the worst birthday present ever.

Vincent is a nice guy, if rather shy and awkward. He will try to be helpful insomuch as he can. His only really relevant skills are first aid, and maybe a bit of cooking and mending.

He also has a ridiculously detailed inventory so, uh, if anyone wants to take advantage of that and go through his things, let me know?

ETA: If you saw him at the airport before they left, he was probably reading or texting someone on his phone. He probably looked a bit nervous, restless, especially going through security. He's just paranoid because of all the stories of power-happy TSA people, don't mind him and his pile of unseasonably warm clothing.

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