At this time I am mulling over in my mind if I want to offer entry into the fruity 5 to some of the people here on the site. As for how I intend to play it you will have to wait and see. Like many ideas of mine it is a living thing and will no doubt evolve as I play through it. Will it be purely serious? Satirical? Silly? Maybe all of those I'm not sure yet.

As for outing who the player of a PC is I'm just disappointed because it prevents me from creating this PC in a vacuum, people will no doubt look at the creation differently knowing from whom it comes from.

Makes no difference to me. If it's any consolation I though you were someone else before the beans were spilled.

*shrugs* It's no less credible, and no more game-breaking in terms of verisimilitude than characters who are already in play. I don't know who Citronic's player is, and I honestly don't care. Yes, it's a rather wacky concept, but whether the player intends to treat the character and his story humorously or seriously, he was approved by the moderators just like everyone else.

I have since come to appreciate the character, so its fine with me. Its certainly possible given the strangness of other novas with bodymorphs.

When are we going to start the birthday party thread?

I'll start the thread here in just a few minutes. Everyone is welcome to join. I hope the Story Mod will also jump in and throw something interesting our was as well.

So yeah this weekend is busy with both work and social function. I'll resume my usual rate of posting during the week including the party thread. A quick question for Elspeth's player. Is Elspeth herself going to be teleporting people or has she contracted the services of other novas?

Heh. I love it when my work computer can't recognize teleport...

El contracted others to do it for her. It's her birthday after all.

Character sheet question for Citronic. You have his bodymorph as including Density Decrease. However under his vitals his Grapefruit form is actually heavier. Which one is in error or is there something I'm not seeing that reconciles the two?

Apologies, that mass is with his "armored rind". Also he has a larger volume as a grapefruit which accounts for some of the mass. In this case DD is meant to simulate that he is squishy (or Extra Ripe -n- Juicy).

Hmmm, well looking at 1 dot of DD, it gives you a +1 to dodge and lets you ooze through cracks, albeit slowly. Maybe not the best thing to simulate a solid that is ripe and juicy. As a solid Bodymorph you already get the +1 difficulty to hit you so that helps. Have you considered something like Bounce? I don't especially care what you do with it but mechanically speaking it doesn't seem like the best dot to simulate what you want. No offense intended, just noticing.

After reading your latest post in the plane thread it gave me an idea: Quantum Conversion: Juice! Juice to juice baby! Im thinking maybe 1 Quantum point should get you at least 5 to 10 gallons of ruby red....

Hey PW, whats this snowshoe business I keep reading about? I'm not too familiar with the (long and illustrious) history of the character.

Sure, why not. Werewolves and Dragons are 'matter' around here, juice may as well be 'energy'.

What are they then, besides mythical?

Yep, pretty much everything IS matter and energy. Interchangeable concepts really. And I think the idea bastion, is to not confuse a description with an appropriately applicable game mechanic.

Looks like we lost some people. Pity. I was looking forward to the ongoing adventures of Jazmine. Was she supposed to be Bastion's daughter?

The world will never know. I agree, it's a shame, but the Mods made their decision and it's final. Neither side is going to convince the other that they're right, so it doesn't really matter.

Just a factoid I wanted to bring up about the smell of grapefruit on the plane. This of course doesnt affect what already occured and by the nature of quantum aberrations it could easily bypass the normal way of things. Our sense are designed to tune out constant stimulation. For example if something is touching your skin with a constant rate of pressure, the nerve feeling its touch turn off. Adjust the pressure though even slightly and the sensory nerves fire again. Same thing with smell. If you are subjected to an unpleasent smell, after a few minutes you dont smell it anymore as your sense adapt. I remember this was illustrated quite pungently in middle school when one day water damage to the building left our classroom smeeling strongly of mildew. After a few minutes though, we couldn't smell it anymore.


This also applies to hearing, as when in a quiet room if you turn the sound down, it will eventually sound normal again and not "quiet" and taste. Its why some nutrition experts reccommend eating desert in small amounts a little taste at a time. After the fourth or fifth big moutful of sweetness its not as potent as that first taste.

This lesson in science brought to you by The Fool. Carry on.

I also fudged the science on the Petrified Lightning btw. The image I used was actually palagonite but it came up in a search for fulgerite, the technical term for lightning glass. Fulgerite is normally very ugly as I discoverd, but if Sweet Home Alabama can fudge reality for the sake of the story than I can too...

Notice: I will be out of town from Tues the 19th through Thursday the 21st. Camping at the Hot Springs for my birthday! Depending on how far we move down the column this might effect Nodesparks post but maybe not since it looks like the fight may be over before it starts.

Looks like Dave brought Bastion back. Are his fics going to be reposted? What about what's her name, his daughter?

Bastion didn't have a daughter. And, no. Jazmine will not be back.

Well, as always you're on top of things.

1. His fics were never removed.

2. As Vivi said, he didn't have a daughter, and no she won't be coming back.

Ah. Jazmine's fics were removed so I (incorrectly) assumed Bastion's were as well. My bad for assuming. So what's the deal? You missed us or something?

Not especially, no.

Well anyways, glad to see you got over whatever it was that made you delete your character in the first place. You silly guy you!

I didn't get over anything, the problem still exists believe me. The moderators and I disagreed, I let em have it with both barrels, and they requested I remove my PC from the roster. In that debacle, the fault lies with me.

We were mad, now we ain't, they invited me back. The reason I was asked to leave and things I need to 'get over' are two totally separate monsters.



WTF is this? This is the most condescending, cheek pinching bullshit I've read in a very long time. I'm not five years old, quit typing like a retard, or at least don't direct it at me.

You actually talk to people that way on the street?

Anyway, yeah, I'm back. Hoorah...

See hostility where you will Dave. I am so done with any kind of conflict with you. Certainly a man like you wouldn't begrudge me a little slightly sarcastic humor now would you?

Is this trip really necessary?

Stop. Just stop.

???

I didn't come back to this to see you all sitting on your asses. Get it it in gear, I wanna see some posts in this place.

Let's go people, hustle.