Timeline and Subplots
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I thought it would be a good idea to keep a timeline, because right now we're sort of working without any time frame and if we're going to have a better organized RPG, it'll be good to have some sort of reference to work with. ^_^
First of all, I have a proposal with regards to time...
What I suggest is that we allow the RPG to move in its own time, without limitations of dates or times. However, we need some sort of time frame so we're not just randomly RPing in an alternate universe without any sort of reference to real life.
Thus, how about we not impose times or dates, except where change of seasons, holidays or character birthdays are concerned? ^_^ Himeno's birthday is coming up in July; we could try to at least start a birthday party RP or something on the real-time day of her birthday. And so forth. That way the RPG will at least have some sort of recognizable time-flow, and some sort of reference to real-time. _^_ So what do you guys think? Doable?
Next, I've put together a vague timeline of what we have so far, without much specific reference to date/time:
Summer 2005
Camping in Leafeania
-Goh and the kids by the river
-Sasame and Kei in the forest (C)
-Mawata and Yayoi in the park
-Takako and Himeno somewhere by the river
-Hayate and Kei at the campsite
-Mayune and Kaoru at the Awayuki mansion
(C) - Completed
I'll try to keep this as up-to-date as I can as the RPG progresses
As you can see, we have a lot of unfinished RPs to get done. @_@ We're really going to need to get a move on if we want to move into the plot in any timely manner. If any of you who are doing RPs with just two people could catch each other on AIM, things would go a LOT faster. ^^;;; Hopefully by next week things will have calmed down with Goh-mun/Mawata-mun; I think you and Yayoi-mun can probably see each other on AIM because I see both of you at times. ;3
Also, Mayune-mun, it'd be nice if you could RP, ne? ^^; If Mawata and Yayoi can get settled (provided they don't just finish the thing over AIM once they can), you could probably have Mayune crash their little ice cream trip, because from what I know of her she'd do something like that. XDv
Some more things to discuss...
Possible Future RPs
-Himeno and Hayate
-Sasame and Takako
[Since these are the canon couples and so far they haven't interacted at all (although they probably will soon)... I'm thinking that after the camping RP is over the players could maybe do one RP for each pairing, just to test how well the muns mesh. ^_^ This won't delay the storyline either; basically I was thinking since Sasame and Takako probably won't reintegrate immediately back into the Pretear/Knight circle after the camping trip they could stay in Leafeania and talk things over and maybe decide to venture back out into the real world together... And Himeno and Hayate could maybe discuss their feelings on Sasame and Takako coming back... Up to you guys, I'm just offering ideas. _^_ What I'm saying is, these will contribute to the story, but we needn't wait for them to be finished before we move on to the next plotline. ^_^ Sound good? It's really up to the muns for these couples whether you want to do these or not.]
-Kei, Goh and the kids
[Since Kei lined up an LJ tutorial session for the kids (well, the younger ones; Goh and Mannen won't know about it unless they've read Hajime's journal entry/its comments) after the camping trip, this will be a good opportunity for him to interact with them and Goh on a closer basis than during the mass-thing that was the camping trip, where Sasame took precedence anyway. ^_^ This isn't an essential RP, though; like the Himeno+Hayate and Sasame+Takako RPs already suggested, it needn't be finished before moving on to the next plotline, or we can just assume it, make journal entries about it and not RP it out at all. I'd like to do it, though, it'll be fun having Kei try to educate three hyperactive children. :P]
-Sasame and Kei
[Yes, Sasame-mun, I'm still on about that idea. Y'know, the one that involves dancing. :P Since Kei was the one who dragged Sasame out of his angst rabbithole of DOOM, Sasame might want to return the favor by helping him 'lighten up'. (Really, only Sasame would thank someone by doing that to them...) I'm just musing on the idea at the moment, but since we were saying we wanted to get some (PLATONIC, KTHNX) fluff for these two, this is as good an idea to go with as any. _^_ We can do this anytime--it might be a step for Sasame to reintegrating with the Knights/getting out of his Leafeania exile for something other than work. I don't mind offering Kei for use as a springboard to further interaction with everyone else; because since he was the first to approach Sasame in exile, Sasame might feel more comfortable around him for a little while. We don't want him to get too reliant on Kei, though, so I'll probably have Kei extract a promise from him to join the Pretear and other Knights for some outing or other (like, say, lunch at Goh's restaurant) in return for getting dragged off his laptop to that evil place. What thinkst you? :D]
-Girls' sleepover
[Dunno how the muns want to work this; most of you girl-muns seemed keen on it, though, when it was suggested, so it's here. :P This can happen anytime, really.]
These are just RPs I thought we might do outside the main plot. None of them are set in stone; they're ALL just ideas. Everything depends on what the players involved want/don't want, so feel free to consider/accept/reject them (do tell me if you've nixed one so I can take the huge chunk of text out :P). And please propose more! I'll add new ideas as we go along. :D
Before the Main Plot
What I mean by that is, before we start focusing on the villain and stuff; the Ensife disturbances and so forth can still happen during the spawning, and the kids can maybe even meet the villain already while this stuff below happens. It'll distract the older Knights, for sure (see plot post).
-Get Sasame and Takako out of Leafeania and reintegrated with the Pretear/Knights: Because I don't think just the camping trip will immediately make them all one big happy family again. ^^;; It might take a little more musing on the part of these angstbunnies before they venture out into the real world again with everyone else...
-Get Mawata and Takako a support network with the girls: At least have most of the girls know each other/talk to each other/interact or something; maybe get to the point where they can have that sleepover together? _^_
If I've forgotten anything (which I very likely have), please bring it up. And feel free to suggest ideas, as always. *nod*
This post will be kept as up-to-date as possible, so check back regularly. _^_ Thanks for reading and sorry for another humongoid mod post. ^^; *bows*
I thought it would be a good idea to keep a timeline, because right now we're sort of working without any time frame and if we're going to have a better organized RPG, it'll be good to have some sort of reference to work with. ^_^
First of all, I have a proposal with regards to time...
What I suggest is that we allow the RPG to move in its own time, without limitations of dates or times. However, we need some sort of time frame so we're not just randomly RPing in an alternate universe without any sort of reference to real life.
Thus, how about we not impose times or dates, except where change of seasons, holidays or character birthdays are concerned? ^_^ Himeno's birthday is coming up in July; we could try to at least start a birthday party RP or something on the real-time day of her birthday. And so forth. That way the RPG will at least have some sort of recognizable time-flow, and some sort of reference to real-time. _^_ So what do you guys think? Doable?
Next, I've put together a vague timeline of what we have so far, without much specific reference to date/time:
Summer 2005
Camping in Leafeania
-Goh and the kids by the river
-Sasame and Kei in the forest (C)
-Mawata and Yayoi in the park
-Takako and Himeno somewhere by the river
-Hayate and Kei at the campsite
-Mayune and Kaoru at the Awayuki mansion
(C) - Completed
I'll try to keep this as up-to-date as I can as the RPG progresses
As you can see, we have a lot of unfinished RPs to get done. @_@ We're really going to need to get a move on if we want to move into the plot in any timely manner. If any of you who are doing RPs with just two people could catch each other on AIM, things would go a LOT faster. ^^;;; Hopefully by next week things will have calmed down with Goh-mun/Mawata-mun; I think you and Yayoi-mun can probably see each other on AIM because I see both of you at times. ;3
Also, Mayune-mun, it'd be nice if you could RP, ne? ^^; If Mawata and Yayoi can get settled (provided they don't just finish the thing over AIM once they can), you could probably have Mayune crash their little ice cream trip, because from what I know of her she'd do something like that. XDv
Some more things to discuss...
Possible Future RPs
-Himeno and Hayate
-Sasame and Takako
[Since these are the canon couples and so far they haven't interacted at all (although they probably will soon)... I'm thinking that after the camping RP is over the players could maybe do one RP for each pairing, just to test how well the muns mesh. ^_^ This won't delay the storyline either; basically I was thinking since Sasame and Takako probably won't reintegrate immediately back into the Pretear/Knight circle after the camping trip they could stay in Leafeania and talk things over and maybe decide to venture back out into the real world together... And Himeno and Hayate could maybe discuss their feelings on Sasame and Takako coming back... Up to you guys, I'm just offering ideas. _^_ What I'm saying is, these will contribute to the story, but we needn't wait for them to be finished before we move on to the next plotline. ^_^ Sound good? It's really up to the muns for these couples whether you want to do these or not.]
-Kei, Goh and the kids
[Since Kei lined up an LJ tutorial session for the kids (well, the younger ones; Goh and Mannen won't know about it unless they've read Hajime's journal entry/its comments) after the camping trip, this will be a good opportunity for him to interact with them and Goh on a closer basis than during the mass-thing that was the camping trip, where Sasame took precedence anyway. ^_^ This isn't an essential RP, though; like the Himeno+Hayate and Sasame+Takako RPs already suggested, it needn't be finished before moving on to the next plotline, or we can just assume it, make journal entries about it and not RP it out at all. I'd like to do it, though, it'll be fun having Kei try to educate three hyperactive children. :P]
-Sasame and Kei
[Yes, Sasame-mun, I'm still on about that idea. Y'know, the one that involves dancing. :P Since Kei was the one who dragged Sasame out of his angst rabbithole of DOOM, Sasame might want to return the favor by helping him 'lighten up'. (Really, only Sasame would thank someone by doing that to them...) I'm just musing on the idea at the moment, but since we were saying we wanted to get some (PLATONIC, KTHNX) fluff for these two, this is as good an idea to go with as any. _^_ We can do this anytime--it might be a step for Sasame to reintegrating with the Knights/getting out of his Leafeania exile for something other than work. I don't mind offering Kei for use as a springboard to further interaction with everyone else; because since he was the first to approach Sasame in exile, Sasame might feel more comfortable around him for a little while. We don't want him to get too reliant on Kei, though, so I'll probably have Kei extract a promise from him to join the Pretear and other Knights for some outing or other (like, say, lunch at Goh's restaurant) in return for getting dragged off his laptop to that evil place. What thinkst you? :D]
-Girls' sleepover
[Dunno how the muns want to work this; most of you girl-muns seemed keen on it, though, when it was suggested, so it's here. :P This can happen anytime, really.]
These are just RPs I thought we might do outside the main plot. None of them are set in stone; they're ALL just ideas. Everything depends on what the players involved want/don't want, so feel free to consider/accept/reject them (do tell me if you've nixed one so I can take the huge chunk of text out :P). And please propose more! I'll add new ideas as we go along. :D
Before the Main Plot
What I mean by that is, before we start focusing on the villain and stuff; the Ensife disturbances and so forth can still happen during the spawning, and the kids can maybe even meet the villain already while this stuff below happens. It'll distract the older Knights, for sure (see plot post).
-Get Sasame and Takako out of Leafeania and reintegrated with the Pretear/Knights: Because I don't think just the camping trip will immediately make them all one big happy family again. ^^;; It might take a little more musing on the part of these angstbunnies before they venture out into the real world again with everyone else...
-Get Mawata and Takako a support network with the girls: At least have most of the girls know each other/talk to each other/interact or something; maybe get to the point where they can have that sleepover together? _^_
If I've forgotten anything (which I very likely have), please bring it up. And feel free to suggest ideas, as always. *nod*
This post will be kept as up-to-date as possible, so check back regularly. _^_ Thanks for reading and sorry for another humongoid mod post. ^^; *bows*