Season Seven OOC

[Geekyfanboy]

Works for me. So how should we alter the breakdowns? Dunn can go with team one and shyn can be on team two. That gives each writer a person on both teams.

Shyn is a cat creature and will not be able to be completely altered.. she can not go on the away mission.

[X]

That makes perfect sense to me. I was thinking about that before I replied.

[Jen]

Thank you guys for working on the list for the landing parties. I think your solutions are well thought out. Something to keep in mind is if you're playing a main character on one team, you can also have a NPC on the other to help them write. I was thinking about having one of my NPCs, Ensign Nareen Tev-Awash (science) or Lt. Enapay Witko (engineering), on one of the other teams to make sure that the writing is kept up in both parties.

[Jen]

Oh, and if anyone wants to collaborate on a scene to describe the landing party... I'm back from the trip obviously and can help. PM me.

[Jen]

What was the plan submitted in the briefing for hiding the ship in orbit? Whoever posted that, can you post the detail here again?

[Jen]

I've started a post featuring Sevryll to get the mission started. It will be posted soon.

[Omra]

I apologize to everyone for the glitches and screwups that have been caused by my poor posting within the RPG.  I have come to realize that what has transpired in my life over the course of these last two-plus months has taken a far greater toll on me than I wanted to admit.

On top of the usual 40+ hours of work per week, I have been serving on a Grand Jury two days a week.  And while initially the only symptoms were tiredness and fatigue, it got worse.  You see as a Jury gets more experienced and efficient they get progressively more complicated and difficult cases.  And I mean difficult not only in terms of the evidence presented, I also mean difficult as in 'to listen to'.

The child molestation/porn/prostitution cases are the worst.  I used to just drive home in a funk, but today I literally cried all the way home on my 30 minute commute from the courthouse.  I am emotionally drained.  Listening to these horrors week after week is taking its toll on me.

I am so lucky to have a boss that is so understanding.  I used to joke around and chat with everyone at work but now they just leave me alone.  I have grown distant and have even found my self developing that famous '1000 yard stare' I have heard about.  My work has become as muddled as my writing here, but bless his heart my boss keeps encouraging me and checking in with me.

So to borrow a phrase from the courtroom, I am recusing myself from the RPG until the middle July.  If this was simply a case of embarrassing myself with sloppy writing or having my characters referring to things you don't know about because I forgot to post them earlier, that would be one thing.  But to become a burden to everyone else is intolerable to me.

You are my newest friends and you deserve better.  I can't have you all cleaning up my messes for me, it isn't fair.  My characters are not doing anything of importance right now so I do not think this should effect anything within the story.

My place of employment will be closing for two weeks in July and my term of service with the Grand Jury ends on the 17th of July.  So hopefully I can rest up and clear my head of all the evils I have had to listen to by the middle to the end of July.

I thank all of you for your patience and understanding.

[moyer777]

Hang in there friend.   I understand what you are going through.  If you need to talk, PM me.

Bless you!

Love,

Rick

[Geekyfanboy]

Well I wish you the best.. will be here when you are ready to come back.

[Jen]

Hang in there. I hope things get better. We'll keep Korridan going until you get back.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Hang in there man.  We'll be around when you get back.  I can't imagine being the jury for that sort of sick stuff....come back as soon as possible. 

An FYI to those who didn't know/figure it out.  I am returning NEXT season whenever that is.  I don't care if its a month from now as I still have some RL issues to work out.  (Such as finding a job.) 

Thanks

King

[Meds]

Hang in there mate we'll all be thinking of you. These things creep up on you and do finnally take their toll.
All the best, and we'll see you very soon.

[Jen]

Hi all. FYI, I will be out of town this weekend. My little niece (the one who will be playing N'Vall and M'Rynn) has turned four-years-old and we're celebrating at the zoo.

If you need direction for the RPG while I'm away, here are some options.
Sevryll's team: while KTan, Aria and Spring are gathering intel the rest of our characters can be preparing for the mission and/or relaxing until their return. Maybe someone brought a deck of cards and our characters are all playing poker in the shade of the runabout. Bryan, I think you and Meds are the only writers who have active characters remaining behind. But Meds will be out of town too, so you're flying solo. Feel free to use my character in your posts.

Aeric's team, you have to head back to Ter'Oss. Captain Quinn is on the Arabella again. The Courage Of Tiberius is in Shuttlebay 2 and Aeric James just boarded the ship. He is taking over for the Captain. Drett will be keeping an eye on him in Sickbay, but he's fine now that he's back on the  Arabella. Land the ship in a unique area and describe the scene. Maybe check in with Sevryll to let her know what happened.

Those who have characters on the ship, help Zremm with the probe if you are a science or engineering officer. The rest can work on character development until the ground teams start sending data back for you to study.

Continue to encourage one another in the Comments and Complement section. That thread has gone dead. Everyone needs a pat on the back every now and then. I'm a little guilty of this too... Let's try to be more specific in our complements. Don't just say "Great job everyone!" Or "I'm really enjoying the posts." Single someone out and tell them what you like about their post or their character. Encourage them. Sometimes that's the best cure for writer's block and it can help to bring up the quality of posts. Offer suggestions here and complements there. :)

I can't wait to read what you've written when I get back. You guys are all doing a great job describing scenes. I want you to really bring this planet and its people to life. Treat it like another character. The same goes for those on the Arabella. Bring the ship to life. Describe the scenes your character sees. There doesn't have to be a single line of dialog in your post.  Don't forget to do a little character developing for your own people as you write about their duties.

I'll talk to  y'all Sunday or Monday night. Have a good weekend. :)

[wraith1701]

Thanks for the heads-up, Jen; have fun.  :)

Omra- sorry to hear about the wringer the trial is putting you through.  Hang in there, man; I look forward to your return to the forum.  Your writing has been an asset to the RPG.

-Eric

[X]

For those of you that are on Aeric's team / Quinn's old team, let me know if you want to do a joint post. I'm going to write something quick about them returning to the planet, but we should do a joint post about them heading on the mission.