[bangbangtequila]

I fudged my roleplaying a little to reflect my blind faith in the contact and Seamus, and am trying to keep things a little more light and breezy and speed the introduction along the honeymoon and into our first house together. After Mercer weighs in, I think we will be good to wait on Spitfire, unless you decide to bring Flickr in (I'm really rethinking the name. Just why did I decide to knock out the 'e' for no reason? It is kind of silly...) and begin discussing mission topics.

[rednblack]

I like the name.  It's a little self indulgent, but Flickr seems a little self indulgent on that front.  Operators gonna operate and all.

Really nice IC posts from everyone.  @Zwei, do you have an ETA on when you may be able to chime in ICly? 

@bangbang, there's a human male, Amerindian, maybe 105 kg, who seems to be paying a little bit of attention to Flickr when he crossed the club and stood at Achak and Mercer's table before finding his seat.  Looks like ex-military, and otherwise like he belongs there.  Probably nothing. 

@Tec, Flickr, the table, and the rest of the crew don't seem to be bugged.  Achak can pick up a faint signal from above his head, where the Champagne Room is.  If he's run a Bug Scanner in Kadie's before, he'd know that they bug that area in case one of the patrons gets a little aggressive.  He sincerely doubts those faint signals would be able to pick up anything that's said across the faux velvet curtains, much less down at his table. 

[Zweiblumen]

I can get a post in by tomorrow.  I need to get a post in TbF also.  My wife was sick this weekend, so all of the prep for moving fell on me

[Malevolence]

I think we're just about ready for Spitfire to enter stage left. Everyone's said their piece and gotten a feel for each other and settled into a relatively comfortable place. Not that any one of us couldn't spice it up if they want to drag it on, but if Zwei is ready, we can continue. Or he could walk in to a Mexican standoff. I'm fine either way...

[Tecumseh]

I don't think we're particularly near a standoff. Achak isn't feeling violent, or threatened. If anything, Achak is tempted to speak up and mention that there is an operating fund of sorts, lest Flickr feel that he's working with broke amateurs. Hopefully Achak's nice suit (and Mercer's extensive cyberware) helps to counter that notion.

I sense some culture clash, which is potentially good for RP. Achak and Flickr don't have to like each other, and it might even be better drama if they don't.

Potential areas of friction, in descending order of my personal curiosity:

Old World Europe vs. Old World Americas (Achak being Amerind and all)
Mentor Spirit Wolf vs. Mentor Spirit Dog
Military vs. Smuggler/Ganger/Merc
Magician vs. Adept
Sperethiel vs. Or'zet

And so on. Bangbang and I will just have to whisper and coo to each other OOCly, saying "I didn't really mean that, I'm sorry" while simultaneously swearing at each other ICly.

[bangbangtequila]

I couldn't agree more. I'd love to keep the family thing under wraps if we could, insofar as nobody actually KNOWS he has a super powerful family, or that he's under a banishment. We have had a few mentions of it in the IC thread so far, because it is the major talking point of my background, but I would prefer we focus on other things. The contact would've mentioned his magical talent and special training but nothing of the military or family.Feel free to speculate, I'm not opposed to that because nobody with 4 in small unit tactics could be expected to have learned it from Cal of Duty, but nobody is supposed to actually know he's alive so I'd prefer that stay quiet unless/until the GM decides to plot-twist us in a big way. I'd like to give Mercer a big shoutout in the way he speculated family power or just gaining the inherent authority of being magically gifted, which is an excellent use of the setting.

Other than that, this is awesome. As Tec says, there's a huge culture clash, and part of that will be resolved through understanding the other's perspective (at least on Flickr's behalf, I can't speak for Achak), but part will forever cause some friction (the mentor spirit, the king and country vs the ganger/merc backgrounds - though that bit will inevitably lead to grudging respect as the parallels become clear, now that I think of it). I'm perfectly ok with IC clashes as long as we metagame to not doom everyone, and discuss any nastiness with each other and/or the GM to allow for more dramatic issues that don't end the game because I wouldn't want roleplaying to come at the expense of another. Which is all a long rambling way of saying I love this, and give you free reign to do as you will!

I'll put something about accepting and making a handshake deal tonight or tomorrow, with some thoughts and whatnot before Mal posts, or just a brief handshake post describing the acceptance of the deal if he(she?) posts first to not hijack or retcon. If you do post first, just have SF walk in on them releasing a handshake and then do as you will!

[Zweiblumen]

Anyone opposed to me bringing SF in at the handshake for dramatic timing?  I'll get a post up early tomorrow either way.

[Malevolence]

No objection here.


About the Mexican standoff, I was just saying that even though things appeared to be resolved IC, I didn't want to assume that either party wouldn't keep the tension going for dramatic purposes, and that if that were the case, we'd still want to bring Spitfire in soon even if it were in the middle of the tension.


With the discussion over bbt leaving the "e" out of Flicker and Achak and Flickr's posturing, I kept imagining it devilving into name calling and Achak calling him "Sphinctr" by "accident". Or poking fun by removing vowels from other names, like addressing texts to the team as <<@Flckr, Mrcr [Achk] blah blah blh>>. Having said that, I like the name for all the reasons that rnb gave, and it sounds like a retro future thing since it was a popular way to name things in the first decade or so of the century (Tumblr, Grindr, and of course, Flickr). It's just also ripe for some friendly ribbing.

[rednblack]

Works for me, Zwei. Looking forward to seeing how all the dynamics play out as this game progresses.

[bangbangtequila]

For all the surface reasons to be in conflict, upon reading more and more, I realize how similar the core tenets of the two philosophies are. I see things like loyalty, tenacity, and honour. I see a tough, determined man, with intense loyalty to those who earn it. That is simply a version of Flickr that grew up a Amerindian with no family name that ruled one of the most influential nations in the world, no military training or world and a whole lot of little differences that almost make them aliens to one another.

At any rate, I' looking forward to all of this.

[Zweiblumen]

Sorry, morning got crazy.  I've got my post almost completely done.  Got to the part where he walks in on the handshake and it occurred to me that the handshake didn't actually happen yet!

BBT, want me to write that part in or do you want to post that before I do mine?  I basically just have to hit "Post" and it's ready to go, just don't want to screw with the flow of the IC.

[bangbangtequila]

I'll put it up right now! I've just been working in the fields. It's just a simple little thing. Give me 10 minutes maybe.

[Zweiblumen]

No worries mate!  I just didn't want to steal any thunder.  I wrote up SF's version already and will edit with details from your post.  Sorry for the delay guys!

[bangbangtequila]

Up and easy. You shouldn't need to change anything. Just a handshake haha

[Zweiblumen]

Ayup hope the editing isn't too bad!