FloatingFatMan

OK, my most memorable RP moment was in Coh, way back in October 2005. My character Ellie had been stabbed in the stomach by her best friend Kiyarii (Yancha Kitty), and she was attempting to reconcile with her. This is what happens when you try angsty RP at the statue, and one of the members starts to DC again and against and again, before finally vanishing completely..

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anyone wetting their pants when reading this!

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21:55:34 Jessica Kade walks up to the statue, keeping a very tight grip on Kiyarii's hand.
21:55:47 Grav Mistress: You'll have two Jessica's making sure you don't get hurt then
21:56:00 Miss Ellie: k.. kiyariii....
21:56:00 Lyn-Legend Notices Kyrarii. "Uh-oh..."
21:56:02 Yancha Kitty looks afraid to be at the statue and holds Jess' hand tightly
21:56:21 Miss Ellie looks pretty scared too!
21:56:38 Grav Mistress places a hand on Ellie's back for comfort
21:56:43 Miss Ellie takes a deep brath
21:56:51 Jessica Kade: We should find a comfortable place to sit, yes!
21:57:00 Miss Ellie nods
21:57:07 Miss Ellie: you.. you go first jess...
21:57:12 Yancha Kitty nods nervously
21:57:50 Jessica Kade sits and puts Kiyarii on her lap, keeping her arms around her waist.
21:57:50 Miss Ellie: k.. kiyarii....
21:58:09 Grav Mistress knees so she can get up fast, if nessesary
21:58:15 Yancha Kitty holds Jess tight "...."
21:58:23 Miss Ellie: are... you ok?
21:58:41 Yancha Kitty: ...I....
21:58:51 Lyn-Legend looks over briefly at the cat gathering, incase something happens, even if she isn't in any form of condition to fight, though she continues on with the conversation she was on.
21:59:07 Yancha Kitty her eyes seem to flicker from sharp to normal
21:59:44 Miss Ellie: K.. Kiyarii.. .I... I want to say... I.. I forgive you.. it.. it wasn't... your fault....
21:59:54 Yancha Kitty: ....
22:00:08 Grav Mistress touches Ellie's knee briefly
22:00:17 Yancha Kitty: f...forgive me....?
22:00:46 Miss Ellie nods...."for... st.. stabbing.. me..... it.. wasn't your fault..."
22:01:13 Yancha Kitty: I....
22:02:14 Yancha Kitty her pupils become thin and speaks softly "Who said I was sorry"
22:02:57 Grav Mistress faint green glow becomes slightly vissible around her hand
22:03:15 Jessica Kade 's eyes flicker slightly, keeping her arms locked around Kiyarii's waist.
22:03:42 Miss Ellie looks down.. tears at the edge of her eyes...."I... I.. just.. wanted you..to know.... I... don't blame... you.... it's.. my fault... what I did.... I'm... so sorry... I.. betrayed.. you..."
22:04:21 Jessica Kade: That is not needed, Ellie. Kiyarii, apologise and make up.
22:04:32 Yancha Kitty: Heh, well if you blame yourself then this'll count as suicide
22:05:29 Yancha Kitty tries to ignore Jess, but her eyes flicker to normal for a second as Jess speaks
22:05:53 Miss Ellie: !
22:06:19 Miss Ellie pales at Kiyarii's words.. ."Kiyarii.. please..."
22:07:08 Yancha Kitty: Why? You're part of Mileena now, and she needs to be killed, every part of her!
22:07:55 Jessica Kade: Kiyarii, you are forgetting what I said.
22:08:19 Grav Mistress looks a bit stern, observant
22:08:28 Miss Ellie looks down, tears starting to make their way from the corner of her eyes.."Kiyarii.. please... I.. I know what.. I did.. was a mistake... but... she..she's trying to find a way.. to break our link...."
22:08:37 Yancha Kitty growls slightly at Jess and shakes her head before she starts to become normal again
22:10:25 Yancha Kitty: The only good way I can think of is killing her, but then she'll still have a hold on you, so I kill you both and there's no problem *smiles, her fangs poking between her lips*
22:11:20 Grav Mistress: Who are you?
22:11:20 Miss Ellie: Kiyarii... please... we... we were friends once.......
22:11:57 Jessica Kade gets up and sets Kiyarii on her feet, before stepping in front of her.
22:12:31 Yancha Kitty looks up at Jess "Hey...I'm trying to talk to her"
22:12:39 Jessica Kade: Kiyarii, you are being entirely unreasonable. Please stop saying things like that and apologise.
22:13:37 Yancha Kitty growls "She said it herself that this is her fault, why not let her take responsibilty and be punished!"
22:13:22 Dark Stone: yeah, thats gonna end in tears...
22:13:37 Memory nods, "Yep"
22:13:47 Lyn-Legend: What is?
22:13:59 Grav Mistress remains seated
22:13:59 Dark Stone motions his head at Kiyarii and jess
22:14:05 Memory sighs
22:14:07 Lyn-Legend: I think I'll stay out of this one....
22:14:28 Jessica Kade 's hand moves from her side, palm flat. Slapping Kiyarii on the cheek, her hand comes back.
22:14:39 Dark Stone shakes his head
22:14:57 Miss Ellie looks shocked
22:15:02 Lyn-Legend: I know it seems callous but is there any popcorn?
22:15:03 Yancha Kitty is slapped and looks both shocked and scared of Jess
22:15:51 Yancha Kitty starts shaking nervously "J..J-Jess...I...what was that for?!?"
22:16:17 Dark Stone: (*starts up the peanut gallery*)
22:16:32 Molok looks over to the figures on the grass
22:16:35 Molok frowns
22:16:48 Molok seems angered
22:16:55 Miss Ellie: (( bloody DC's! ))
22:17:08 Jessica Kade: You are being unreasonable, mean, selfish, arrogant, silly, cruel, and your attitude at the moment is making me unattracted to you. If you do not pull yourself together and start acting like my Kiyarii I will pack my things and leave.
22:17:13 Grav Mistress: (( if she wasn't bussy guarding Ellie, Grav'd make some popcorn for Lyn... ))
22:17:37 Miss Ellie: (( LOL ))
22:17:39 Memory frowns
22:17:59 Lyn-Legend: ((DC! WHOO!))
22:18:18 Yancha Kitty looks scared of Jess "No...you can't leave me!...I need you!"
22:18:34 Lyn-Legend: Yeeeep... ending in tears....
22:18:37 Dark Stone: (who else is going to change her litter tray?)
22:18:42 Dark Stone nods
22:18:45 .Shadow whistles
22:18:48 Lyn-Legend: ((Tray?))
22:19:05 Miss Ellie: (( GRRRRRRR!!! ))
22:19:13 Dark Stone pulls a note out of his pocket "Icecream's gonna be needed..."
22:19:18 Jessica Kade shrugs. "You had best decide what you want more, me or somethign silly like revenge."
22:19:22 Memory nods, taking the note
22:19:25 [Team]Miss Ellie: stop that!
22:19:37 [Team]Yancha Kitty: *stabs connection*
22:19:44 Dark Stone: ("dont leave me!" *poomph* Jess: "Hypocrit!")
22:20:13 Dark Stone: I think jess likes anything... get something Girly.
22:20:33 Lyn-Legend: *In true movie style* Sssshhh
22:20:44 Miss Ellie: (( having fun over there you lot? ))
22:20:46 Dark Stone narrows his eyes slightly at Lyn
22:20:54 Memory: ((Yes, thank you!))
22:21:01 Lyn-Legend blushes slightly and smiles sheepishly.
22:21:04 Miss Ellie: ( oh FFS!!! ))
22:21:10 Grav Mistress: (( Hmmm, from this distance, Lyn's skirt isn't showing... ))
22:21:10 Dark Stone: (toldya. peanut gallery. Didn't you guys know im actually one of the old men outta the muppits?)
22:21:15 Lyn-Legend: ((sorry))
22:21:27 Miss Ellie: (( she forgot her knickers too! ))
22:21:28 Dark Stone: (its not? *checks*)
22:21:48 Sylpheed: ((from this distance, jess Kade has no hair))
22:21:52 Lyn-Legend: ((O.O???))
22:21:54 Dark Stone: (cant see... dammit. cant add her to 'the list')
22:22:11 Dark Stone: (OOC moment!)
22:22:16 Memory: There's "girly" ice cream now??
22:22:26 Dark Stone: (TOnight, Yancha will be played by Dark stone)
22:22:31 Dark Stone: (Miau?)
22:22:37 Memory: ((Yep! Amazing vanishing skirt))
22:22:40 Grav Mistress: (( lol ))
22:22:46 Grav Mistress: (( rofl ))
22:22:48 Jessica Kade: ((Jared you dire *******!))
22:23:02 Dark Stone: (Lyn's undies are black)
22:23:07 Miss Ellie: (( kiyarii not coming back? ))
22:23:10 Lyn-Legend: ((What happened to Yancha?))
22:23:11 Dark Stone: (*adds it to the list*)
22:23:35 Grav Mistress: (( makes me scarred for Grav... both jacket and skirt... ))
22:23:47 Lyn-Legend: ((The list?))
22:24:02 Dark Stone: (Light grey undies and bra for grav)
22:24:06 Dark Stone: (*adds*)
22:24:08 Lyn-Legend: ((Grav, you're in a bikini))
22:24:12 Grav Mistress: (( they're pink! ))
22:24:23 Miss Ellie: (( Ellie's commando ))
22:24:47 Miss Ellie: (( [censored].. where's yancha? ))
22:25:19 Grav Mistress: (( DS, looks like you'll have to fill in anyway... ))
22:25:33 Miss Ellie: (( he'll make a mockery!! ))
22:25:44 Dark Stone: (WOOHA!)
22:25:58 Lyn-Legend slaps forehead Out of Character.
22:26:00 Miss Ellie: (( besides. he needs a dress... ))
22:26:00 Dark Stone holds face "but jess, you said you'd never leave!"
22:26:17 Lyn-Legend: And breasts.
22:26:27 Jessica Kade: (("Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."))
22:26:35 Dark Stone: (please note, i am actually OOC filling the void till yancha gets back :P)
22:26:55 Dark Stone: Its the baby eating, isnt it
22:27:05 Dark Stone: i know you hated the smell of my breath because of the sauce...
22:27:25 Miss Ellie: (( stop it!! I'm wetting myself here! ))
22:27:25 Jessica Kade: ((*Kick to the crotch* *Clothesline* *Big Boot* *Tears off shirt* *Jess' Elbow*))
22:27:34 Lyn-Legend: Who wants to raid Up and Away?
22:27:45 Dark Stone: (we allready did that as pirates... no kiding)
22:28:06 Lyn-Legend: (I was there remember? I kept hitting my head on the sign))
22:28:06 Sylpheed: ((Sharp-blaster))
22:28:07 Dark Stone girly slaps jess into submission
22:28:13 Jessica Kade: (("Yes. And your stubble."))
22:28:16 Dark Stone: (oh yeah :P)
22:28:42 Dark Stone: Yeah? well frankly, you look like a house designer.
22:28:46 Memory: ((tosses Jess a steel chair!))
22:28:52 Jessica Kade: (("I should have gotten you a Lady Remmington for your birthday, Jared Kitty.))
22:29:01 Miss Ellie: (( this is gone all [censored] now hasn't it? ))
22:29:02 Dark Stone: Who did you get your fashion tips from, Laurence Llewellyn bowen?
22:29:15 Grav Mistress: (( What gave it away? ))
22:29:15 Dark Stone: Miau?
22:29:22 Lyn-Legend: ((And welcome to ringside where our fighters are trash talking each other.. the fashion way.))
22:29:30 Jessica Kade: ((Yup. We need Yancha back! :&lt)
22:29:31 Dark Stone: (Diva!_
22:29:36 Sylpheed: ((throws D's ikdea catalogue into the ring))
22:29:39 Miss Ellie: (( lovely timing! guess we roll out the fudgecannon tomorrow! ))
22:29:50 Dark Stone: Wait! let me go get my bikini! i can do better!
22:30:01 Jessica Kade: ((*Snaps her fingers* Like, whatever. You couldn't even get a prom date."))
22:30:20 Dark Stone: Like, dude! im so, like, utterly utterly dissapointed, man.
22:30:38 Dark Stone: i mean... Miau!
22:30:48 Jessica Kade: Aww, y'know, whatever! Aww, y'know, like, whatever. Aww, y'know like totally whatever!
22:30:49 Dark Stone looks cute, then savages anything within arms reach
22:31:18 Dark Stone: dont leave me! im only a savage beast on holidays!
22:31:30 Dark Stone: I can change! i'll... buy a puppy!
22:31:35 Miss Ellie: (( that's it.. no biscuits for DS! ))
22:31:38 Sylpheed: ..and then eat it
22:31:39 Dark Stone greif
22:31:41 Molok feels his anger return a little, but manages to supress it
22:31:45 Lyn-Legend: ((Would anyone care to help me with a TF sometime? I still have yet to do one...))
22:31:50 Dark Stone: Noooo!
22:31:59 Lyn-Legend: ((RP TF! WHOO!))
22:32:00 Jessica Kade: ((We're completely OOC here, because... we lost Yancha. :&lt)
22:32:18 Dark Stone: (hi, im standing ni for Yancha. please imagine a bikini)
22:32:18 Hikari-Hime: ((Eep! timefreeze!))
22:32:20 Jessica Kade: I'm so leaving you for Minako. She puts out.
22:32:27 Miss Ellie: (( dreadfull bloody timing too! he's the only one who knows how this ends!!! ))
22:32:31 Dark Stone: What?!
22:32:44 Molok looks away fro Lyn, in shame
22:32:46 Dark Stone: But she pokes badgers with spoons! Miaow!
22:32:47 Jessica Kade: You're fridgid like an Alaskan Winter.
22:32:56 Dark Stone: (we're OOC, molok :P)
22:33:02 Molok: I...
22:33:06 Molok: I.. have to leave
22:33:14 Lyn-Legend: Goodbye Molok....
22:33:22 Lyn-Legend: See you soon.
22:33:23 Molok: Take care dear friend
22:33:24 Jessica Kade: You also dance like my dad, Jared Kitty.
22:33:25 Dark Stone: its my dancing, isnt it...
22:33:30 Hikari-Hime: I'm sorry, Jared-san...I thought it could work between us....
22:33:39 Dark Stone: Who put the bomp in the bompa bompa bomp...
22:33:43 Dark Stone: its my dancing, isnt it...
22:33:43 Molok backs off as the blood tears begin to return
22:33:45 Miss Ellie: actually.. he dances strangley like kiyarii!
22:33:45 Memory: And her dad was a pile of computer parts and nanites!
22:34:12 Dark Stone: i know! we can pass the time with...
22:34:17 Jessica Kade: You said whut? I pity the foo that insults my father!
22:34:32 Lyn-Legend: Wrong.... I... am your father!
22:34:39 Jessica Kade: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
22:34:48 Memory: Chop her hand off!
22:34:51 Lyn-Legend: Serch your feelings! You know it to be true!
22:34:52 Jessica Kade: Stop pointing at me you dire *******.
22:34:53 Miss Ellie: (( really is about time CK installed bloody messenger! ))
22:35:03 Lyn-Legend: ((lol!))
22:35:22 Jessica Kade: Your hairs gone white... just like that song!
22:35:29 Jessica Kade: Mmm mmm mmm mmm, Mmm mmm mmm mmm.
22:35:41 Dark Stone: you mean"Oh [censored] my hairs gone white?" i love that song!
22:35:48 Memory: *starts singing Bon Jovi*
22:36:00 Miss Ellie grins.. it was fine till I woke up next to jared
22:36:06 Sylpheed: *snipes memory*
22:36:14 Memory: *eats Gid*
22:36:17 [Team]Miss Ellie: it's gone all silly now!
22:36:18 Dark Stone: Yeah. then she realised how big he -really- was
22:36:21 Hikari-Hime: Sami gonna kill you....just like she killed that Cabal [censored]
22:36:24 Jessica Kade: ((I think CK's computer might have ran away.))
22:36:26 Dark Stone: big headed!
22:36:28 Sylpheed: Even Bon Jovi can't sing Bon Jovie
22:36:36 Miss Ellie: more like when I saw your face mate.. Ewwww!
22:36:40 Lyn-Legend: 3
22:36:42 Lyn-Legend: 2
22:36:43 Lyn-Legend: 1
22:36:46 Lyn-Legend: Now
22:36:57 Dark Stone: (Ok, i've worn out this puppy... So, what are we going to go now?)
22:37:02 Lyn-Legend: Dang!
22:37:08 Jessica Kade: Oh yeah slag? You're cheating on your boyfriend with his best friend, his best friends girlfriend, your 'sister', Dire ******* there, and the entire Dallas Cowboys team.
22:37:14 Miss Ellie grabs Jareds pants and gives him a mega wedgie
22:37:19 Miss Ellie: Yoink!
22:37:27 Dark Stone: (*has +Res Wedgie*)
22:37:30 Jessica Kade: ((I don't know. CK hasn't posted anything on the forums.))
22:37:35 Dark Stone: (also, he doesnt wear undies)
22:37:38 Hikari-Hime: I am not! Sami would kill me if I touched Jared....
22:37:45 Miss Ellie: (( he must be totally offline.. just PMd him ))
22:37:57 Sylpheed: and it's not cheating with you sister.
22:38:23 Miss Ellie: hey jared.. kissy kissy!
22:38:26 Memory: Listen, I slept with all of you in past lives so you're all cheating on me!
22:38:28 Lyn-Legend: And I'm STILL bigger than you!
22:38:38 Miss Ellie: no you aint
22:38:40 Miss Ellie: shrimp
22:38:48 Lyn-Legend: It's not much off!
22:38:57 Dark Stone moonwalks
22:39:12 Dark Stone: OOOOOOOH!
22:39:14 Miss Ellie: kissy kissy!
22:39:29 Dark Stone: no, you just stamped on my fot. cow
22:39:32 Miss Ellie: missed!
22:39:34 Jessica Kade: ((:&lt)
22:39:36 Lyn-Legend: Or did I?
22:39:39 Miss Ellie: well.. big feet!
22:39:57 Miss Ellie: ooh!! scary!
22:40:08 Dark Stone: (Ok, so really... what ARE we going to do?)
22:40:12 Miss Ellie picks jared up and snogs him
22:40:21 Miss Ellie: ((no idea))
22:40:23 Dark Stone: (Tastes like chicken!)
22:40:29 Memory: ((never rely on CK's PC ever again?))
22:40:32 Sylpheed: eeewwww, white dwarf drool
22:40:44 Miss Ellie: (( his PC's fine.. it's his [censored] BT connection.. ))
22:40:48 Jessica Kade: ((USe the forbidden arts of godmod. *Puts on robe and wizard hat* Jess takes Yancha's hand and drags her off home?))
22:40:58 Memory: ((and beats her silly?))
22:41:05 Lyn-Legend: ((I want one of those wizzard hats...))
22:41:06 Dark Stone: (Chokeslam!)
22:41:09 Jessica Kade: ((No, you're thinking of Sophie and Issac))
22:41:10 Miss Ellie: (( that'll have to do.. carry it on another day I suppose.. bugger ))
22:41:28 Dark Stone: (anyway... adopt the positions!.... that we were in before)
22:41:29 Jessica Kade: ((Make it so, Number One.))
22:41:35 Sylpheed: ((anyway, as you were ladies, gentlemen and Reb))
22:41:35 Miss Ellie: (( oh yeah.. Bad Z for suggestion Ellie work there!! no biscuit!! ))
22:41:54 Dark Stone: (Lyn! shift yer black undies over here...)
22:41:56 Jessica Kade: (([censored], Doc T isn't about to be Riker. And It was Hiki, not me!))
22:41:59 Lyn-Legend: ((Anyone want o try that new TF so we can all get wizzard hats?
22:42:08 Miss Ellie: (( eep! told you my brain was buggered! ))
22:42:13 Dark Stone: (I kiss you and you say yuck?)
22:42:14 Miss Ellie: (( sorry! ))
22:42:45 Dark Harlequin looks around
22:42:49 Dark Stone: (ssh... nothing happened)
22:42:51 Jessica Kade grabs Kiyarii's hand and drags her off. "We will continue this at home, Kiyarii. Goodnight everyone."
22:42:55 Grav Mistress: (( Oooh, if anyone here get a hat without inviting me,... I'll..... I'll.... ))
22:43:00 Dark Stone: hmm...
22:43:08 Dark Stone: (i have a hat.)
22:43:12 Hikari-Hime: ((sowwy, full team ))
22:43:15 Lyn-Legend: ((Saterday! Lets all get the hats!))
22:43:31 Miss Ellie: I... I've made it worse haven't I jess?
22:43:47 Dark Stone: Tears. Toldya
22:43:51 Miss Ellie: (( yes!! hat!!! saturday!!hat!! ))
22:43:53 Hikari-Hime comes over, sucking on a mint frappuchino. "Jared-san!"
22:43:59 Grav Mistress: No Ellie, you haven't
22:44:01 Dark Stone: Hey Mina.
22:44:05 Memory: Is it too late for ice cream?
22:44:09 Miss Ellie: she still hates me...
22:44:20 Lyn-Legend: Too late for icecream.
22:44:27 Memory: ((welcome to Ignoreville. Population: You))
22:44:29 Dark Stone: yeah? i like to ram hellions into very small, square holes. the ultimate round peg!
22:44:33 Grav Mistress: (( Hat on saturday? I'll be online all day if I have to!!! ))
22:44:39 Dark Stone: (also, what Wordie said)
22:44:43 Lyn-Legend: Look at the breasts dude. Do I LOOK like a boy?
22:44:45 Dark Stone ignore .shadow
22:45:05 Grav Mistress: Did you expect it to go any differently?
22:45:07 Dark Stone: (ahh, the stupid noises stopped! like magic!)
22:45:08 Miss Ellie: (( he's SO dead! ))
22:45:25 Miss Ellie: I.. hoped.. she would.. be better...
22:45:27 Hikari-Hime glances around. "So...what did I miss?"
22:45:31 Lyn-Legend: ((Please tell me how to ignore!))
22:45:35 Dark Harlequin: I don't think you look like a boy, dear lady
22:45:37 Dark Stone: Yancha and Jess...
22:45:39 Memory: Hi Minako
22:45:43 Miss Ellie: (( /ignore ))
22:45:45 Dark Stone: (/ignore Playername)
22:45:46 Lyn-Legend: Thank-you kind sir.
22:45:47 Dark Harlequin: In fact...
22:46:01 Dark Harlequin: ...to me you are a vision of beauty
22:46:05 .Shadow: who wants to touch me?
22:46:13 .Shadow: im free
22:46:25 Grav Mistress: I know, Ellie, but hopes and expectations aren't the same...
22:46:27 .Shadow: touch me or i will poke you in the eye
22:46:29 Lyn-Legend blushes heavily. "W-why thank-you." She feels her face, which is all red and a little warm.
22:46:33 Grav Mistress: It is good that you still hope
22:46:44 Dark Harlequin: Please, I did not mean to embarass you
22:46:51 Miss Ellie: I just wish I knew how to help her...
22:46:55 Dark Harlequin: but I cannot silence the beating of my heart
22:47:03 .Shadow: my bum is itchy
22:47:03 Miss Ellie: but all she wants is me.. dead...
22:47:07 Lyn-Legend is bright red now.
22:47:09 Hikari-Hime glancs over at Dark Harlequin and frowns slightly.
22:47:10 .Shadow: who wants to scratch it?
22:47:14 .Shadow: i cant reach
22:47:21 Memory: Oh, smooth
22:47:26 Memory rolls his eyes
22:47:31 Dark Stone: i say he aint trying hard enough...


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To be frank, I've had to put up with Issues which contained, for example, PvP and the Arenas, which were of no use to me what so ever. If it turns out that the MA is of no interest to 80% of players (which I doubt), it will still have been interesting to more people than some of the Issues were.

Sense of perspective, please. (Kidding myself... Interwebz.)

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You aint had to put up with an issue that contained one thing only that had no interest to you what so ever.

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Uh, yeah, he has. He just TOLD you he has.

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The 5 CEO's were, Shadowe (Who'd IC name I forget far too much), Zortel, Richard, Molly.Exe

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Snipped a bit: Shadowe and Richard are the same person. Do you perhaps mean Shadow'er (whose IC name I can never remember, either)?

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Technically, Ellie could go on that list, as she owns and runs her online clothing boutique. She is, however, also the only member of staff as well as owner/CEO...

Mind you, it's not a mega-corp and though in brings it plenty of money, it's never going to BE a mega-corp...

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Pedant mode:

It's not the lowest figure ever montly access wise but it is for highest concurrent users.

Dec-2004 15,741 124,435 11
Sep-2008 13,443 124,939 15

504 in difference...so we're not quite there just yet.

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Was the game released in the EU in Dec 2004? I thought it was April 2005 when the EU started.

*Edit : In fact the Number of Servers figure indicates I'm right (11 US, 15 US & EU).

*Does the anti-pedant dance*

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Feb 04 2005 was when the EU version launched. Dec 2004 was when EU Beta started.

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So even though I agree in extent on Posi's point that the issue is chock full of amazing content (that I for one cannot wait for), it resides around one area of the game that may not appeal to everyone...come on Posi share the love mate

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Chock full of what amazing content? I couldnt give a monkeys about the mission architect and im not alone in that sentiment.

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He's agreeing with you, London. Issue 13 IS chock full of amazing content for HIM (and me, and many many others). What he's saying is that even so, it needs more for those NOT interested in the Mission Architect...

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I really don't think it's too big a request, do you?

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There's lots and lots of things iv not considered much to ask, sadly very few get done.

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Well, as my dad always says... if you don't ask, you don't get!

My biggest concern here is outlevelling story arcs. I don't want to have to go back and do them in Ourobouros (I dislike expemping to be honest), and I also would rather play whilst still earning rewards, so shutting the XP off altogether isn't an option for me either. All I want to do is continue to play normally, getting XP that I've actually earned rather than XP that's been given to me for not playing...

Sure, on SOME characters I fully intend to make use of Patrol XP... But there are others that I just don't want it.

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Please return to discussing the topic of the XP / no-XP toggle.

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GR, as you're reading, do you know, or can you ask, if the devs are planning for there to be a way to disable Patrol XP without disabling normal XP earning as well?

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who still want to earn XP, but don't want to earn DOUBLE XP, and at the moment it appears to not be possible to do that unless you play every character all day every day (which isn't actually possible!).

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I'll ask and pass along the feedback from this thread. I think the option was added in response to feedback we provided (and have been consistently providing since Issue 12) that many in the community over here was getting a little worried about the rate of gain for XP becoming too fast. We specifically mentioned Patrol XP as being the key concern of late, and I'll definitely include this into our next feedback report.

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Thanks GR.

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Am i missing something here, where is the problem with just turning xp back on when you want it? Or is that not possible?

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Yes, you're missing something here. What's the one thing that a lot of people ask for when there's a DXP weekend about to start? They ask for a way to NOT get it. Some people want to earn the normal rate of XP whilst they play. They don't want to turn it off completely, and they don't want DXP, they just want the normal rate.

I really don't think it's too big a request, do you? It wouldn't be a problem if you didn't earn Patrol XP in Day Job locations, but you do so it's impossible to avoid it.

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GR, as you're reading, do you know, or can you ask, if the devs are planning for there to be a way to disable Patrol XP without disabling normal XP earning as well?

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who still want to earn XP, but don't want to earn DOUBLE XP, and at the moment it appears to not be possible to do that unless you play every character all day every day (which isn't actually possible!).

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Does the bar full up for every minute you are offline? Or is it only every 24 hours? Cos you could just log in with every toon every day. (A real pain I know, just curious)

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Every minute you're offline counts towards it, as far as I know.

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Thanks guys, sounds like a waste of time TBH.

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It is to everyone but the guy doing the mission.

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GR, as you're reading, do you know, or can you ask, if the devs are planning for there to be a way to disable Patrol XP without disabling normal XP earning as well?

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people who still want to earn XP, but don't want to earn DOUBLE XP, and at the moment it appears to not be possible to do that unless you play every character all day every day (which isn't actually possible!).

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Why is clicking something on and off such a problem.


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But it is a problem!!! Have u not seen the later part of this THREAD ??

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Oh, you mean the one you trolled and took off topic?

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Though I have had a tactical tell in PvP before. A tell saying, "Behind you" came up, I stopped to reply "huh?" at which point the stalker that sent it AS'd me...can't believe I fell for it and personally found it quite clever.

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Now THAT'S funny!

I do know one thing.. On SOME of my chars, I shall save up to 10 bulbs for when the next DXP weekend is due. Quad XP for some speed levelling!

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I'd be interested to know exactly how much patrol experience is gained over time. Some of my characters could strongly benefit from this system (Hey, I have a lot of characters, some of them get left behind!) and im having a play with the test server to see if I can work it out on my own, but my maths is almost as bad as my hair was this morning...

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The max you can have is 10 bars, or one level.

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This is set in a possible future.

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I'd just like to point out that, of all the potential snippets of future in my story, the least likely one to actually ever happen was the Ellie one.

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Oh absolutely, I completely agree. But remember, if you pay lip service to the multiverse theory (and in CoH, we do!), then every eventuality happens SOMEwhere...

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Voyd was the Nictus that inhabited Ellie at one point I think?

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Not quite. He implanted a Nictus shard in Ellie which drove her batbleep crazy (kind of like how Galaxy Troopers are made), and eventually resulted in Eloise, her duplicate (who's since become a Warshade).

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Great story, but I've no idea what happened at the end.

How did Ellie survive / reform and who / what is Voyd.

Excellent writing though, slightly angsty but you can blame Ravens for that
Did you come up with all that this afternoon?

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She reformed due to Reform Essence. Khelds are a SOD to kill permanently.

Voyd is the one responsible for Ellie being a catgirl in the first place. A thoroughly nasty metaphysical entity who's been after her since her arrival in Paragon.

And yeah, wrote it today.

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It'd be interesting to read everyone's "Future Imperfects" I think, don't you?

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Well, I just posted mine, so go read it.

(( Inspired by Ravenswing's story here, and because I wanted some revenge, please enjoy! This is set in a possible future. ))

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Future Imperfect - Cat O' Nine Lives

Ellie crouched behind the crumbling wall, watching the entrance to the building up ahead carefully. Her once beautiful face was now marred by a dead expression, and her eyes; once bright and vibrant, were filled with a cold blue light. Gone was the fun loving woman of so many years ago; too much had happened to her, too much pain and loss.

A small duffel bag lay at her side, and within, one last hint of a humanity she'd all but left behind. A small framed picture of her family; Jess, Hannah, Yoko and Josie, her little girl. Her last treasured possession, her last keepsake of that which had been so cruelly taken from her.

Pushing the duffel under a pile of rubble to hide it from view, her mind flashed back over the last 30 years. Yoko had been the first, killed one night whilst out on patrol. They'd never found who did it, just her body lying in a dark alley, a single puncture wound in her lower back, travelling straight up and in to her heart. A poisoned blade, the sign of a coward.

Next had come Hannah and Ryan; an apparent overload in his mutant abilities whilst training some New Vigilants had overwhelmed and killed both of them, along with the entire team; frying them all to a crisp.

Not long after, Zori, Tessa, the twins, they'd all gone, along with the island itself. Nothing but a radioactive crater had been left. An accident, they'd said. An overload in the power core of the Unity Vigil headquaters hidden beneath the island, but Ellie knew better.

Then it had been Josie; her dear sweet Josie; taken from school one day by someone claiming to be from social services. They'd never seen or heard from her again. No ransom note, not even a body to mourn; she'd just... disappeared.

Finally, Jess. 5 years ago now, though it seemed an eternity. They'd been following a lead, a hint that Josie'd been seen in New Zealand.

Ellie closed her eyes and pushed the memories away. There was a wealth of pain there that she'd walled off many years ago, and now was not the time to dwell upon it. Not when she was so close to the one who'd taken everything away from her.

Every time she'd lost someone, a little of herself had died with them, and when Jess had gone... Her lovely, beautiful Jess; the last bit of humanity left in Ellie had also died. She'd become cold and brutal, little more now than a killing machine filled with a burning need for revenge. She'd lost count of the number of scumbags she'd ripped to shreds in her hunt; had even become the FBI's number one most wanted after her attack on their archives in Quantico; but she didn't care. All she'd wanted was the information they'd held, and if they'd given it too her, she'd have left peacefully.

Her armoured foot scraped on the rubble as she shifted position, getting ready to pounce, and the two guards looked up as the sophisticated sensors in their own armour picked up the sound.

The warning didn't help. With a tigers' roar, and a blur of light, Ellie leapt over the ruined wall, her claws fully extended, and ripped in to the guards. Three seconds later it was over and the two bodies crumbled to the ground, ripped nearly apart by the brutal attack. Not even sparing them a second glance, Ellie moved to the door and punched in the keycode her source had given her.

With a faint hum, the door slid open and Ellie slipped inside.

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Several hundred meters away, Annette lounged back in her leather chair, watching Ellie's entry on the security monitors with a small smile on her face.

"You've become so ruthless over the years, Ellie." She mused to herself. "It's almost a pity to have to put you down after all this time."

Sitting up, she tapped a button on the console in front of her, activating the silent alarm to notify the guards of an intruder. "Sorry boys, but she needs to think this is real, or she'll never go for the final bait."

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Ellie moved silently down the dimly lit corridor, moving on all fours as had become her habit in recent years. Her feline nature had grown stronger recently, as the last of her humanity had slipped away, and instinct had taken over much of her technique. Her body, once small and slender, had bulked up considerably, with bulging musculature barely contained by her worn and stained armour.

Pausing at a junction, she tilted her head as she heard the sounds of a squad ahead. Her eyes seemed to pulse slightly as she shifted her vision, moving from night sight to aura sight. The ability to see bioelectrical energy granted by her Kheldian symbiont revealed the shapes of 12 soldiers through the intervening wall, apparently lying in wait for her.

Ellie smiled, her greatly enlarged canines showing through her lips, and her body seemed to ripple as it faded from sight. Invisible and silent, Ellie slipped around the corner.

Ahead, the 12 guards she'd seen were crouched behind a heavily barrelled weapon, a crimson glow emanating from its stock. Slowly, Ellie crept past the quantum array cannon, keeping to all fours, until she was behind her prey.

Rising to her full height, she let her energy claws slide from her fingertips once more, and her body rippled as she reappeared.

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Annette winced at the carnage being wrought in the corridor, even her own hard sensibilities wounded by what Ellie had become. "It's no wonder you've survived so long, Ellie." She muttered. "And those were some of the best troopers we had, too."

Rising from her seat, Annette moved towards the door of her control centre, activating the masking systems of her armour. "Time to finish this."

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Deep in the base, Ellie crept forward, upright now as she moved closer to her goal; a room which, her sources said, held the information she sought. The identity of the one responsible for destroying her life.

The base was quiet now, Ellie's senses showing that, what guards still survived in this place were doing their best to get as far away from her as possible; all but one. She couldn't tell who or where, but she was sure there was another presence down here, somewhere near.

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In a hidden space within the wall, Annette watched through a concealed peephole as Ellie crept by; hardly daring to breathe, aware of Ellie's heightened senses. She frowned a little as she noted the splashes of red marring Ellie's battered armour, and a thought flitted through her mind. "She's not even human anymore. It'll be almost a kindness to put her down..."

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Ellie stopped as she approached what appeared to be the door to a vault, locked obviously. Checking the area carefully, she moved to the door and examined it, peering briefly through the viewing aperture set in the centre. A security panel sat to one side, and pulling a slip of paper from her belt, she tapped out the long security code written there. A series of clicks followed, and slowly, the large vault door swung open. Inside was a bare metal room, and at its centre, a single file cabinet lay.

Wary of a trap, Ellie looked around again, her senses stretched to the max. She still felt... SOMEthing, nearby... But unable to get a fix on what it could be, she turned back to the door. The filing cabinet almost taunted her with its closeness, it's promise of revealing who was responsible, but still Ellie hesitated as her hackles rose.

Finally, unable to resist any more, Ellie stepped in to the vault and tore open the cabinet. Inside, a single white envelope lay.

Tearing it open, Ellie's eyes widened as she read the document within. The orders to someone she knew, someone she'd called a friend. The orders that led to destroying everything she'd held dear.

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Annette slipped quietly out of her hiding place, through the hologram of the wall, and crept slowly up to the vault. Reaching the door, she passed her hand through another hologram, and pressed the emergency close control.

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The sound of the heavy metal door closing behind Ellie rang in her ears and she spun around in time to hear the latches lock shut. A familiar face looked at her through the viewing aperture. Annette smiled. "Hey, Ellie."

"A-Annette, it was you?" Ellie ran to the door, clawing at it. Her Kheldian energy claws ripped into the metal, but it was going to take time and Ellie did not think she had any.

"Yeah, yeah it was me. I killed all of them. Ryan, Zorielle, Dinah. Even Jessica," she paused and thought about it, "both of them."

"Why? What the hell reason did you have?" Ellie yanked a panel of metal off the door and began attacking the struts that held the latches in place.

"You didn't figure it out? Always said you were about as bright as a bag of spanners. I've been working for the Shadow Council for years." She reached out and slapped her hand onto a button beside the door. The chamber filled with quantum resonance energy. Ellie barely had time to scream.

Annette watched the energy blasts slam in to Ellie's body, literally ripping her body apart as the quantum resonance disrupted the Kheldian energy matrix that held her together. Finally, when it was over, she smiled and shut down the blasters.

"A pity, and here's me thinking cats had nine lives."

Turning, she walked down the corridor to clean up the mess Ellie had made.

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In the vault, a single wisp of smoke rose from the charred ashes; all that remained of Ellie. Ever so slowly, that wisp began to grow thicker, changing from a dark colour to pale blue. Several seconds later a brighter glow appeared around the ashes and they faded from view. Brighter and brighter the light grew until a form appeared inside the light; growing more and more distinct as the energy matrix grew rapidly stronger, reforming itself.

Finally, the light winked out, and Ellie rose from the ground. Naked, and once again as slender as she used to be; whole again, alive again. Almost calmly, she reached out for the struts holding the door in place, and with a tortured shriek of metal, she ripped it from it's frame and threw it down the corridor, straight at Annette.

The door slammed into the traitor, smashing her to the ground as its weight landed on top of her, crushing her under its weight.

Slowly, Ellie stepped out of the vault, her entire body glowing brightly with energy, and she floated down the corridor. Barely visible beneath the door, Annette lay pinned, a trickle of blood running from her mouth as she stared up at Ellie in shock.

"A cat DOES have nine lives, Annette." Ellie whispered, her voice oddly resonant.

Reaching down, Ellie lifted the door from Annette and cast it aside, then grasped the front of her tunic and lifted her half crushed body up, so that they were face to face. Green healing energy erupted from Ellie's hands, healing Annette's injuries as Ellie almost spat in her face. "I'm going to make you pay, Annette. Pay for everything you've done, pay for all the pain you've caused me. You're going to BEG to die, Annette. You hear me? BEG! But you never will... Ever."

Turning her head to the wall, energy erupted from her eyes; a torrent of raw power pouring forth and tearing in to the wall. But instead of melting, a rip in the very fabric of space began to open, growing wider and wider, until it was large enough to step through.

The energy stopped, and Ellie called out. "It's time, Voyd. Time to come claim what you've always wanted."

The rip wavered and flickered, and then what looked like a shadow stepped through, formless and cold, with tendrils of even darker blackness twisting around it.

Ellie turned back to Annette, who's eyes were wide with fear at this apparition. "Welcome to my nightmare, Annette."

Ellie bent her head and kissed the woman, and as she did her whole body became indistinct. Energy erupted around them both and slowly, Ellie began to melt into Annette, merging her essence with the woman’s. A piercing scream echoed through the corridor as Ellie invaded every cell of Annette, and all of the memories and pain Ellie had suffered these past 30 years flooded into her mind.

The dark shape watched quietly for several minutes as the bonding process continued, then with an echoing laugh, rushed forward and enveloped them both.

A moment later, the corridor was empty.

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I admit, even some of my RP friends look at me funny if I say I'm currently playing a 19 year-old sword-swinging nymphet...

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Well, imagine some of the looks I'd get if I told my non-RP friends about Ellie, then...

Work? Me? WORK? EEeeeewwwwwww!

Anyway... Be well squire.

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I would just like to say that I now have stories from both FFM and Shadowe to read through, and I think I'm coming down with something buglike. I'll get you both replies ASAP, but right now I feel dizzy and I'm gonna have a shower.

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Boo!! I want to post! Excuses excuses!

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I'd feel much less uncomfortable telling someone I RP a crazy scientist who turned himself into a walking compost heap with uncontrollable flatulence, than, say, a superstrong blonde pornstar with a BDSM fetish...

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You mean you've not told your missus about Libby?

Well.. Generally, I don't talk about it... My wife thinks I'm "strange", although she thinks screaming obscenities at the TV whilst watching tennis to be quite normal...