Son of a bitch, she did it again

[itakesouls.livejournal.com]

*Dies from the heartache, and goes to bed MUCH sadder than before*

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[leplusbeau]

Fleur-mun is going to bed. Please don't kill my inbox or Indigo? Thanks so much. Night everyone! It's always get to play with everybody! If some got left hanging or anything, I'M SORRY! Too many people to talk to at 3AM. *facepalm* Bed now. *faints geekily*

Mulder/Krycek

[agent-dkscully.livejournal.com]

Meh, sorry I wasn't around tonight. I've had an exhausting day and crashed a little after 10:30.

I will be around Mon through Thursday evenings after 7 pm if ya'll like to touch base and such. I'm usually invisible on YM, so just give me a ping.

*crawls back to bed*

A (rabidly) different view of the Sandman-verse

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

theferrett has a somewhat-interesting rant on the Sandman comics, here. Personally, I don't agree with him, because he overgeneralizes the fanbase and puts everyone under the same umbrella - without acknowledging that there are non-rabid fans.

Still I thought it might be interesting to some of the players here.

When Odysseus Met Kassandra

[kassandraloxias.livejournal.com]

Things start off quietly, as a sleepy, guilty but neatly-attired Kassandra leaves the staff quarters in search of dinner. That was her first mistake, I think. But she meets up with Tonks, and the two of them discuss Sirius, and the evening shapes to look morose but redeemable.

John Constantine inquires as to Kassandra and Sirius' welfare, and goes all gruff. He makes courtly-bastard banter with Tonks. Kassandra and Tonks wind up the discussion of Sirius, and Kassandra admits to having weird dreams that may actually prove suddenly relevant.

Odysseus speaks to Kassandra. He's not doing well, poor lad. He tells all hearers that she's a witch, among other things. Kassandra begs her friends not to believe him, and Tonks goes all protective. Constantine goes all... I'll-be-kicking-your-arse-now...ive. He'd like Kassandra to get away from Odysseus, and tries to steer the salty veteran away, but Kassandra is an idiot and Odysseus invokes the Pallas Athene, their shared goddess, so now she has to talk to him even though he keeps saying mean things, the meanie.

Somewhere in there, Kassandra screams her head off for Sirius, but she'll do that again. Coupla times. Notable is Tonks, for her wand-at-the-ready stance when Odysseus makes the tactical booboo of touching Skandra, and Constantine's form of address for Odysseus.

Kassandra irritates Constantine with her insistence on the not-lake-pitching of Odysseus. He does say several nice things before that, but shhh.

Odysseus and Kassandra swop insults. A lot. Odysseus just wants to get home. He thinks Kassandra can tell him how to do that. She's not forthcoming, because hello, king who sacked her city, much? Along the way he insults Sirius, whoopsie. And her daddy. And her brothers.

James appears. He speaks to the king in epic hexameter [there will be an MQuotes post of Epic James] and makes the king wibble, and is basically all "Step off Sirius' woman, kthxdie." ['I was a soldier, one of the Phoenikoi...' ...SIGHS]

[Mogget, Snow and Hornblower arrive. Kassandra's mun cannot cope, and beams apologetic looks across cyberspace. At that point, honestly, I was focusing on ithakan_king  so as not to lose my mind. Cheers, y'all, for being brave and jumping in!] Odysseus meets Death, and Constantine meets Sniper Wolf, and it is pretty much universally agreed that Odysseus hasn't made a good first impression.

There was a fifteen-minute intermission while the players said what? And the chatters-with-the-players said what? And the people in the back room said what? ...

And then Odysseus half-begs, half-goads Kassandra into prophecy. She's so angry, and so insulted, and so flaked out, she invokes Athene. Invoking a goddess in Milliways is not a brilliant idea, and when she warns people, oh do they back up.

Kassandra brings the War-King of Ithaka his prophecy, courtesy of Athene. 

She runs out of the bar, by the front door, which she can't do, because she's Milliways Bound. James, Tonks, and Mogget go after her, as does Odysseus.

 

[bows, claps, apologises for missing anything]

The invocation to Athene is courtesy friede .

 

 

gah

[i_vanquish_evil]

Apologies for Van Helsing not doing more than just standing at the bar like a wet rat - but as VH-mun's power suddenly died as a result of someone driving into the powerline pole on about 2130 EST - and wasn't back until 2358 EST - there wasn't really much else he could do. *sigh* (*sigh* b/c I couldn't play - not b/c someone hit the pole)

So - if I'm not too exhausted tonight - I'll poke in and maybe VH'll dry out a bit and chat with people...

145 comments, and counting...

[mnt_raph]

Okay, I'm going to try and summarize this beast of an ongoing conversation.
It starts the day after this conversation with Death.

Raph hasn't slept since Fleur left, and the only thing he's had to drink is his beloved JD. We begin the scene with Death dragging Raph into the bar with a killer of a hangover. Shortly after arriving Dionysus arrives with a pitcher of water and some soup. Bless him.

Then, much to Raph's chagrin, Tonks and Bernard appear with a very important question. There might have been some alpha-male posturing. Maybe just a little.

There's talk of the state of Raph's family. Wagers involving cookies are made and ultimatums are given.

Then it's Death's turn to share, and eventually let go. Declarations of friendship are exchanged, and the eternal question: What do turtles smell like? is answered. In the end it's all ruined by a Prancing John Constantine. Yeah, think about that for a while. If you don't share it with someone else, you'll die in Seven Days!

At some point between the part where Raph threatens Bernard with flatware and the prancing, Raph has a run-in with George. Raph might have been a tad on the brisk side with her. But totally undeserving of the treatment he gets in return. So of course he has to retaliate with flatware. It's like, the law, or somethin'. Things get very loud and Death steps in to bring some order to the scene, by threatening to put George out of a job.

In the end Raph blames Death, and there's nothing about spoon throwing fatalities. Nothing at all.


Edit
Gah! The lesson of the day is: proof read all posts for html errors before posting.
Dear lord, I'm so sorry.

When Odysseus Met Kassandra, Part II

[indy-go.livejournal.com]

Right! *cracks knuckles and rubs hands together* Selkie's brain was going to explode if she had to summarize both of these monstah-plot-thingums, so I will be doing the grunt work this go-round.

When we last left Kassandra, she was blindly hurtling herself out the forbidden front door of the bar. This thread begins with what she finds there, namely echoes of the war and a whole lot of black. Tonks and James both run after her, also becoming enveloped in the blackness. James, however, has the presence of mind to light his wand, finds Kassandra, and drags her back inside, Tonks right behind them. Odysseus is more than a little freaked out at Kassandra's prophecy, and Kassandra pulls it together enough to make sure he's gotten the message. He has. Kassandra is extremely gracious, offering him hospitality, but also lets Odysseus know that she'll not be taking any more of his insults, thank you very much. Odysseus is a wee bit cranky about his current situation. Kassandra declares that she does not hate him, and that Hektor respected Odysseus. He is still bitter, but Kassandra is again gracious and offers him a room. Both tired, of war and in general, they part in peace.

Epic-James (guh) also speaks with Odysseus, challenging him to pull himself together and be the master of his own being. Odysseus isn't keen on listening, just wanting to get the hell out of the bar, until James pulls the "Kassandra and I can't see our respective kids anymore, but you could if you got your shit together" card, and goes on to tell Odysseus of Harry, and oh dear God, the sobbing of many players is heard. Oddyseus shares his own story, and they, too, part as...well, not as enemies, anyway.

Meanwhile, Mogget appears in his albino-hermit form, worried for Kassandra and offering help. Tonks thinks he seems familiar, but can't quite place him. Since, you know, not a cat. Kassandra greets Mogget with affection. James informs Tonks of the stranger's identity, and Tonks menaces. Mogget stands his ground, and says he would not fight back if Tonks strikes at him. Tonks wants to know why he did what he did, and Mogget gets defensive and sad. Kassandra calls Tonks off, and James is forgiving, and pragmatic. Tonks feels appropriately guilty, and tries to make peace, but Mogget cuts her no slack, and actually makes her feel pretty damn bad about herself before he leaves. Ow. :) Kassandra is sympathetic, and they both realize that the place hasn't worked properly since the angel and the demon left. The two of them proceed to make each other cry, as do their muns. Tonks wants to do something for Kassandra, anything to make it better, but 'Skandra calls it even and goes to bed.

Meanwhile, James absorbs the fact that Tonks refers to Sirius as her cousin, and has a wtf moment. Tonks, when faced with one of her childhood heroes, gets all shy while re-introducing herself, but James is thrilled to see her. They go on to have a nice conversation about current events in another thread here, but not big enough to summarize, so nyah. *blows raspberry*

There! Am done. Apologies to all for any gaps/sweeping generalizations/butchering of Greek mythology.

Calling all wizards

[indy-go.livejournal.com]

For all the HP folk: have you found yourself pulling spell incantations out of your ass, when wanting to do one that JK has not provided? If so, share what you made up in this post, and we can keep it as kind of a dictionary of spells. I myself am limited by my lack of Latin knowledge, but hey...if a German wizard ever shows up, I'm all over that. :P

For all non-HP folk: feel free to chime in. The more, the merrier, as always.

Extra points for humor and/or double entendre.

A request for help in naming

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Okay, guys. I'm having a bit of trouble doing the last bit of narrowing down of the name list, and I am getting pretty close to the easy way out, so this post will just be a vote:

Should I name the kids Millie and Wade?

Edit: *headdesk* I figure it's a good idea to now remove yea and nay as options(though they weren't intended as such). These kids are going to be twisted enough as it is.

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[leplusbeau]

Fleur-mun has to disappear for a half an hour. Consider convos on pause for a bit. Thanks guys! I'm having so much fun tonight!

Threadzilla Slogans!

[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

Thought up via an AIM conversation with Jack-Mun:

Threadzilla: Damn the grammar, full speed ahead!
Threadzilla: Because it's not a good night at Milliways if you don't end up with a brainache

*dives back into the fray*

Achtung, Meg's player & Paul's player...

[toddbaby.livejournal.com]

...Can you guys either ping me on AIM or let me know here when you're around to finish that scene? I don't want to miss everything this time. Thanks. :}

::falls over::

[minkhollow]

I just updated the second of the summaries I posted last night. Both those threads are over 100 comments (the first stopped at 105), and are two of the three top comment spots I've had a major stake in anywhere.
The second is still going, far as I'm aware (Tim's RPer isn't online at the moment).
Now all I have to do is summarise part four, insofar as it's done, and then the next two parts'll be ready to go.