OOC Chapter 3 Lone Wanderers
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welsh
Junkmaster
The Oprezki and the plot thickens
Oops, mistype. Yes, Jacen, it's poor Juan who gets left behind and Julio is the witness.
To answer Gunslinger's questions. The folks coming North are Mexicans. The idea here is that Mexico (old Espaniole) was split by civil war and US conquest (for oil) before the Great War and was divided by local lords, the Dons. This structure more-or-less survived the war as it was not targeted by nuclear weapons (at least not as badly as the US). The de Silva's also trace their lineage to a pre-war British soldier who had been moving weapons.
Rather than fight the Others, they had decided to leave, with the wife of the Don, Isabella, leading the group north while the Don himself tries to delay or distract the Others from chasing. However, the Don has recently been hit.
The idea is that we will meet up with this group somewhere between Tabis and Grey Cliffs.
Yes, the people chasing the Don are the Oprezki (the Oppressors). ANd yes Sanchez is an agent of the Others and his little speech is a bit about the Others ideology, which is something of a counter-ideology, but also one allowing little restraint to man's more natural instincts.
But Gunslinger, this part really is important. The only real presence that the Others have in Fang's world are the scouts, like Sanchez. Mandrake came across them in Chapter 2. There will be a bit more about the scouts in this chapter, another caravan encounter. But the closest military force the Others have is the Oprezki, and they are still hundreds of miles South in Mexico. The Oprezki are a raiding and some what terrifying force, whose aim is to terrorize the populace into submission. Think of them like Genghis Khan's Mongols, but only as a forward force.
The folks at Grey Cliffs, facing the Blades encamped there, cannot be the Others. To explain why would be to provide too much in the way of spoilers. Let's just say that these are the folks who are causing problems for the Blades have their own survival in mind. Besides, this kind of screws up Gabriel's story if its Others and not other folks.
One thing I'd like to know from Stranger, do you want to develop this thread you've developed here further in Tabis or do you want it to move to other places?
Oops, mistype. Yes, Jacen, it's poor Juan who gets left behind and Julio is the witness.
To answer Gunslinger's questions. The folks coming North are Mexicans. The idea here is that Mexico (old Espaniole) was split by civil war and US conquest (for oil) before the Great War and was divided by local lords, the Dons. This structure more-or-less survived the war as it was not targeted by nuclear weapons (at least not as badly as the US). The de Silva's also trace their lineage to a pre-war British soldier who had been moving weapons.
Rather than fight the Others, they had decided to leave, with the wife of the Don, Isabella, leading the group north while the Don himself tries to delay or distract the Others from chasing. However, the Don has recently been hit.
The idea is that we will meet up with this group somewhere between Tabis and Grey Cliffs.
Yes, the people chasing the Don are the Oprezki (the Oppressors). ANd yes Sanchez is an agent of the Others and his little speech is a bit about the Others ideology, which is something of a counter-ideology, but also one allowing little restraint to man's more natural instincts.
But Gunslinger, this part really is important. The only real presence that the Others have in Fang's world are the scouts, like Sanchez. Mandrake came across them in Chapter 2. There will be a bit more about the scouts in this chapter, another caravan encounter. But the closest military force the Others have is the Oprezki, and they are still hundreds of miles South in Mexico. The Oprezki are a raiding and some what terrifying force, whose aim is to terrorize the populace into submission. Think of them like Genghis Khan's Mongols, but only as a forward force.
The folks at Grey Cliffs, facing the Blades encamped there, cannot be the Others. To explain why would be to provide too much in the way of spoilers. Let's just say that these are the folks who are causing problems for the Blades have their own survival in mind. Besides, this kind of screws up Gabriel's story if its Others and not other folks.
One thing I'd like to know from Stranger, do you want to develop this thread you've developed here further in Tabis or do you want it to move to other places?
welsh
Junkmaster
heads up?
This is just a heads up to see how you are all doing?
So what do you think of this chapter so far?
Honestly, I am glad the caravan finally got moving! Some interesting posts, especially from Gunslinger and Stranger.
This is just a heads up to see how you are all doing?
So what do you think of this chapter so far?
Honestly, I am glad the caravan finally got moving! Some interesting posts, especially from Gunslinger and Stranger.
Blimey, things were moving slowly and so I took a little time out of reading the posts while I was busy with revision and now things havew moved on. I'm rally sorry I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, I would have liked to have had some input on our first day on the trail. I'll have to make up for it later.
welsh
Junkmaster
moving along
As grandma used to say "Ya snooz, ya lose."
Will probably post something tomorrow, so get your licks in when you can.
Cheerio!
As grandma used to say "Ya snooz, ya lose."
Will probably post something tomorrow, so get your licks in when you can.
Cheerio!
welsh
Junkmaster
Well I am looking forward to your posts.
welsh
Junkmaster
post
Post folks. Our little group has yet to have any adventures together and this might be fun. It would be lovely if Jim and Virgil got a bit more action.
What it is could be many things, but post away. This is a minor side quest but it migth be fun.
Post folks. Our little group has yet to have any adventures together and this might be fun. It would be lovely if Jim and Virgil got a bit more action.
What it is could be many things, but post away. This is a minor side quest but it migth be fun.
I think I'm going to agree with stranger because although a subterranean railway out in the middle of the desert sounds a little far-fetched, it will provide a good adventure to break up the monotony of a caravan trail (at least our characters will probably think so)
However, a bunker of some sort could prove interestig as well. It has all the possibilities of mutant and critter infestation.
On that subject, what are people's feelings about human mutation? I'm not talking supermutants or ghouls- I mean unnaturally small people or unnaturally huge people, folks with three arms and all sorts of weird malformations. I know it hasn't been done in fallout but I generally think it fits in well with the post-apolcalyptic atmosphere.
However, a bunker of some sort could prove interestig as well. It has all the possibilities of mutant and critter infestation.
On that subject, what are people's feelings about human mutation? I'm not talking supermutants or ghouls- I mean unnaturally small people or unnaturally huge people, folks with three arms and all sorts of weird malformations. I know it hasn't been done in fallout but I generally think it fits in well with the post-apolcalyptic atmosphere.
Gunslinger
Mildly Dipped
In reply to Reaper:
I think human mutation was seen in Fallout. You know, the extra mutated toe. But that was due to direct contact to radiation, that acidic green muck.
I don't think mutation in humans is feasible in this time frame, assuming that the fallout in the world is still floating around. Maybe radiation poisoning is still possible, but I'd say mutation would probably occur more in the children in utero during the time the bombs dropped. If they weren't killed right off, they would probably have malign growths or severe mutation.
Now, regarding the last post. Let's just say that Marcus meeting up with Hans happened one day before he gets snatched, all right? After that, the time frame in which I am writing is the same in which you guys are writing, okay? Because I never intended there to be a time gap, I guess it was just assumed. While you guys were recovering, Caleb was on the move, not defying the temporal continium. Sooo, no more time gaps from now on, okay? It just makes the story confusing.
I think human mutation was seen in Fallout. You know, the extra mutated toe. But that was due to direct contact to radiation, that acidic green muck.
I don't think mutation in humans is feasible in this time frame, assuming that the fallout in the world is still floating around. Maybe radiation poisoning is still possible, but I'd say mutation would probably occur more in the children in utero during the time the bombs dropped. If they weren't killed right off, they would probably have malign growths or severe mutation.
Now, regarding the last post. Let's just say that Marcus meeting up with Hans happened one day before he gets snatched, all right? After that, the time frame in which I am writing is the same in which you guys are writing, okay? Because I never intended there to be a time gap, I guess it was just assumed. While you guys were recovering, Caleb was on the move, not defying the temporal continium. Sooo, no more time gaps from now on, okay? It just makes the story confusing.
welsh
Junkmaster
Time, mutants and other assorted messiness
Well, this little side adventure is really for you folks to have some fun. You can only spend an hour on it in game time so its not a delay.
As for game time- It seems that Caleb and Jeeva are about 6-8 days after the events of Wainright, the rest of the group is about 6 days after Wainright.
Lets not get too caught up with in time. We should figure, to give space to Fangs World, that the trip to Grey Cliffs will take somewhere between 4-8 weeks. That's a pretty good haul. Within that time, there will be some pretty freaking boring days where, "The caravan traveled a long way that day, but nothing happened"
At the same time, Jeeva and Caleb, who have been getting individually wacky in the desert, are likely to be getting lost, wandering about, and in some ways will take longer to get there. Still we can figure that they too will have long boring days. This was the "And so Caleb and Jeeva continued to walk through the wastes, ate rad scorpion for breakfast, lunch and dinner, slept under the stars, and otherwise nothing happened."
As long as we stay close, we should be fine. If this was a novel, it would all be rough draft kind of stuff anyway. If we were to polish this (God forbid!) then we would have to edit to make sense. But until that fateful day, I think as long as we stay somewhat reasonable we should be fine.
This kind of thing is going to happen when characters split off and do their own thing. No worries.
Ideally, we all come together at Grey Cliffs at about the same time. I am guessing from what Caleb has posted me, that he will probably want to get there a bit ahead of the rest.
Ok, as long as we are writing from the same page. In otherwords, we need to be writing the same story, same general badguys, same general stuff. Once a character is dead, he's dead.
Mutations, well we have some already. In some ways we could think of the FEV as a mutation forming agent. I am generally against the idea of mutants as "super powers". Lets leave that for X-man. But mutants that look like hillbillies, from Deliverance, or the folks in the Hills Have Eyes, yes I am cool with that. It just has to make sense.
Gunslinger-
As for the Marcus issues, we can't assume that outside readers are going to read this in conjunction with the ICC post. I think, for the sake of the readers who might read this (are there any readers?) than a cut and edit is not a hardship. I have Pm'd you a response. It simply makes reading easier. You could add it as an addendum to one of your earlier posts and it would cause no real problems.
Again, we're just fucking around here, so it doesn't have to be perfect. However, I think making the reading easier to follow helps. If a reader is following a story and it goes," He was captured and tortured," and then, "he meets a friend," the reader is likely to say, 'What the fuck? I thought he was dead!" and might respond negatively.
Is cool?
We need some sense of rules. For instance, generally sticking to the Fallout 1 and 2 lines, trying not to go for the super character mode, keeping it real, etc. Keeping it internally consistent should be followed as well, and if it can be done with minimal effort, why not?
I would like it to remain where it is, for the time being, so everyone has a chance to read it. Give it a few days then move it up a bit.
Please.
Well, this little side adventure is really for you folks to have some fun. You can only spend an hour on it in game time so its not a delay.
As for game time- It seems that Caleb and Jeeva are about 6-8 days after the events of Wainright, the rest of the group is about 6 days after Wainright.
Lets not get too caught up with in time. We should figure, to give space to Fangs World, that the trip to Grey Cliffs will take somewhere between 4-8 weeks. That's a pretty good haul. Within that time, there will be some pretty freaking boring days where, "The caravan traveled a long way that day, but nothing happened"
At the same time, Jeeva and Caleb, who have been getting individually wacky in the desert, are likely to be getting lost, wandering about, and in some ways will take longer to get there. Still we can figure that they too will have long boring days. This was the "And so Caleb and Jeeva continued to walk through the wastes, ate rad scorpion for breakfast, lunch and dinner, slept under the stars, and otherwise nothing happened."
As long as we stay close, we should be fine. If this was a novel, it would all be rough draft kind of stuff anyway. If we were to polish this (God forbid!) then we would have to edit to make sense. But until that fateful day, I think as long as we stay somewhat reasonable we should be fine.
This kind of thing is going to happen when characters split off and do their own thing. No worries.
Ideally, we all come together at Grey Cliffs at about the same time. I am guessing from what Caleb has posted me, that he will probably want to get there a bit ahead of the rest.
Ok, as long as we are writing from the same page. In otherwords, we need to be writing the same story, same general badguys, same general stuff. Once a character is dead, he's dead.
Mutations, well we have some already. In some ways we could think of the FEV as a mutation forming agent. I am generally against the idea of mutants as "super powers". Lets leave that for X-man. But mutants that look like hillbillies, from Deliverance, or the folks in the Hills Have Eyes, yes I am cool with that. It just has to make sense.
Gunslinger-
As for the Marcus issues, we can't assume that outside readers are going to read this in conjunction with the ICC post. I think, for the sake of the readers who might read this (are there any readers?) than a cut and edit is not a hardship. I have Pm'd you a response. It simply makes reading easier. You could add it as an addendum to one of your earlier posts and it would cause no real problems.
Again, we're just fucking around here, so it doesn't have to be perfect. However, I think making the reading easier to follow helps. If a reader is following a story and it goes," He was captured and tortured," and then, "he meets a friend," the reader is likely to say, 'What the fuck? I thought he was dead!" and might respond negatively.
Is cool?
We need some sense of rules. For instance, generally sticking to the Fallout 1 and 2 lines, trying not to go for the super character mode, keeping it real, etc. Keeping it internally consistent should be followed as well, and if it can be done with minimal effort, why not?
I would like it to remain where it is, for the time being, so everyone has a chance to read it. Give it a few days then move it up a bit.
Please.
Gunslinger
Mildly Dipped
I'll move it to my last post tommorrow, once Rogue Hex and Stranger have read it. I already assumed that you and Reaper already have.
welsh
Junkmaster
Thanks
Sorry for being a pain in the ass, and muchos gracias.
Sorry for being a pain in the ass, and muchos gracias.
Okay, we're cool with the underground train idea. Good.
I know it is presumptious of me but given the likely low-light conditions, I would suggest the Gabriel leads the way as his night-vision makes him the perfect scout in this situation.
I have three days of exams coming and I am busy revising so if someone posts before me I don't mind if you take control of Gabriel - just don't kill him, please.
I will try to post tonight but I don't want to hold other people up.
I know it is presumptious of me but given the likely low-light conditions, I would suggest the Gabriel leads the way as his night-vision makes him the perfect scout in this situation.
I have three days of exams coming and I am busy revising so if someone posts before me I don't mind if you take control of Gabriel - just don't kill him, please.
I will try to post tonight but I don't want to hold other people up.
welsh
Junkmaster
go for it
Reaper-
that's fine. Look forward to your post. Got lots of homework for today anyway. In the meantime if anyone else wants to start this, great.
Reaper-
that's fine. Look forward to your post. Got lots of homework for today anyway. In the meantime if anyone else wants to start this, great.