I'm interested in working on a couple of old projects/concepts of mine and wanted to make mention of those. (Also, note to self: going to need to mess with Personal category some. Going to try and consolidate 'rants' and 'annoyances', maybe.)

Belladonna and Blackbird - Yes, the original Multiversal Investigation Agency idea. I want to actually write it or at least conceptualize it as I had originally intended, which is something like episodic but related chapters with an overarching plot, protagonists and recurring antagonists. This would be prose, this time, not RP. :P

Tower Between Worlds - I am considering reopening the Tower forum, pending some decisions that need be made about what TYPE of forum and whether I will code dice for it or make all the rolls myself. The system I am interested in using is Final Fantasy RPG, which I mentioned earlier (rules in pdf form here)

I wasn't really able to play FFXI at all these past couple days. x.x Just had too much to do the day before yesterday, and then we lost our connection for several hours due to another lameass contractor messing up our cable connection.

I kinda feel bad for Rin since I don't have nearly as much time to put into playing (with all the other activities I do as well, free time or not). FFXI is harder to play solo and I wanted to try to keep up together as a group. Just don't know if I can manage it... especially in the coming weeks with sis over and all that.

Oh, I wanted to mention that the anniversary celebration was actually very nice and relaxing. Thanks to all who gave well wishes! Unfortunately, I'm in a bit of a sour mood lately, and that really put a damper on the good feelings I got from relaxing with husband.

My D&D 3.5 Forgotten Realms character, Lyseria Dawnclear.

She's a chara for a RPoL game. The last name's taken from Thyria and her mother in Exalted B&B. The first is a derivative of Lysistrata, which Kalli suggested but I felt too shy to use, since people might recognize the Greek play it came from. :O

I'm not going to post the sheet, but I will say she's a level 5 half-elven swashbuckler. And I'm very likely going swashbuckler all the way, though I did kind of regret not deciding on starting with a couple Ranger levels. (Rangers get more skill points + they get two weapon fighting for free at 2nd, which I had to buy as a feat. Still, doing that would have made feel too twinky, so I didn't!)

My one complaint after working on this is that Forgotten Realms is just too friggin' HUGE. Way too many countries of origin to choose from, and places to have traveled to. I had a hard time settling on Lyse's god (Tymora) for a while, too.

It's MOSTLY related to Soul Collectors, and my frustration trying to plan for it and then procrastinating horribly.

So I'm throwing in the towel. :P

Not because I dislike Soul Collectors as an idea -- I still love it. And I intend to run it again one day. However, I think I need players with a similar playstyle to me. Players who'll appreciate my descriptiveness, because I prefer writing paragraph(s) long descriptions, actions and interactions than trying to keep up with fast paced oneliners. I want my players to at least *try* to stunt regularly, if not all the time.

I didn't start this thing to have a chat RP. :x And honestly, agonizing over my lack of inspiration was KILLING me. I've been horribly depressed, unmotivated to go outside, eating irregularly, etc. I just... don't want to deal with that any more. Not for a GAME.

So... I'll be back on Thursday.

Just hiding around here messing with Dragonrealms (training Talliska in serpents and vipers now. Owie, viper poison! But I've gotten lots of combat and skinning ranks!) And poking at RPoL posts (I keep making charsheets for games that don't run... helps me practice learning Ex2 rules, I guess).

Other than that I've been coming up with a new idea for a RP for Jon and me. Actually, it's not new so much as a... retelling of something old.

More or less, I'm trying to rewrite Exalted Ryshy's history. I left ADoA and I don't want to mess with anything Col or the other players created, but I still like that particular version of the character and her history. So I'm doing a sort of "Belladonna Revival", I guess you could say.