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[color=green]I think you're slightly confused -- this thread belongs in the Recruitment forum, which is a subforum specifically for recruiting people to join into your RPG. In addition, even RPGs that are only in the recruitment stage should still have a good backstory, which you as the creator of the RPG should detail. Also, please keep in mind that good punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization are expected all over OtakuBoards. I advise you to review the rules, along with the sticky at the top of this forum. And come is spelled "come." Feel free to begin this RPG again in the Recruitment forum with the above requirements fulfilled. Welcome to OtakuBoards :) feel free to PM me with any questions or if I was unclear. --terra[/color]

It was Anya who came over to poke Flint with the toe of her shoe at 3AM. "Captain. Your turn as guard." Flint rolled over and groaned, rubbing his eye with one hand, and his back where she'd poked him with the other. "We're in the middle of the wilderness," he moaned. "Why do we even [i]need[/i] to keep watch in the night?" Anya shrugged. "It was your idea, Flint. Now get your ass up and watch." She walked away without waiting for a response. Flint grumbled, "I thought my pirates were supposed to treat me with [i]respect[/i] ..." Grumbling notwithstanding, Flint managed to crawl out from under his blanket and head towards the fire, where he could make out another silhouette amongst the flames. Odd, he mused. The cowboys hadn't been bothering to post a guard nights, being quite used to the country they were riding through, but Flint had wanted one just to be safe. Strange that they'd finally post a guard tonight. As Flint neared, he groaned inwardly. Of course Finn would have the same shift as he did. Of. Course. Flint took a seat on the log placed next to the fire and threw a couple more dry sticks on it, not acknowledging the other man. The fire sparked satisfyingly, but that was about it. Flint stifled a yawn and wondered how he'd possibly get through two hours sitting next to Finn like ... well, like a bump on a log. What was that guy doing, anyway? Finn had stood on the log and was sniffing the air, squinting out into the distance, like some sort of weird dog. And then Flint heard it. A howling, a low sound and distant, but unmistakably coming from something that wasn't planning to snuggle up with you while you were sleeping. Well, maybe it would be, but with its teeth unpleasantly bared. "Coyotes," Finn said quietly, using the stereotypically cowboy two-syllable pronunciation of the world. "Coyotes?" Flint repeated with all three syllables. "Here?" "It's coyote country," Finn said, stepping off the log to load his ... shotgun? Flint couldn't quite tell in the dark. "You stay anywhere in this twenty-mile radius, you can expect a visit from them in the night." "Why didn't you tell me?" Flint exploded, no longer caring about keeping his voice down. Apparently he'd be getting his men up in about a second to fight off some howling beasts that could easily have been avoided. Finn shrugged. "You're stubborn. You wouldn't have listened." "And your not telling me because of it isn't part of your stubbornness?" Flint said pointedly. Finn didn't respond, turning back towards his half of the camp. "You'd better get your men awake," he said over his shoulder. "Coyotes aren't pretty when they're hungry, and I can tell you that [i]my[/i] men aren't gonna be the ones doin' all the fighting." Black as thunder, Flint headed over to his men and bellowed. "UP! COYOTES!"

Heehee, I wanna play, yay woodland creatures! Though I've never actually read [i]Redwall[/i] ... perhaps I'll go pick up a copy, I do have a week off from school :D. [b]Name:[/b] Emma (if it needs to be some hyper-cutesy animal name, I can change it) [b]Age:[/b] 6 seasons [b]Species:[/b] hare [b]Description:[/b] Emma is a light yellow-colored hare, with a white stomach and long ears (surprise). She usually wears a red cloak that covers her little puff of a white tail, which she is somewhat ashamed of because it isn't as big and poofy as the rest of her family's. [b]Bio:[/b] The youngest of seven children all brought up in Mossflower Wood, Emma was rather shy growing up. While the others were loud and competed for attention, Emma would often get lost in the background, not being one to do silly things like compete in the carrot-eating competition and get sick all over the burrow. Still a Dibbun, Emma is still shy, though a little bit less so now that most of her brothers and sisters have grown up and moved out to start families of their own. Her sense of humor is rather different from the rest of her families, more of a sharp witty kind instead of loud and obnoxious, and she does not often voice it among her family, as they'd just look at her funny. (I'm not sure if this next part is at all probable, so please let me know if it's not.) When Emma was three seasons old, and had gone wandering alone from her home, she once went a bit further than her mother and father had always told her, and encountered the most gigantic rat she'd seen in her entire life. Actually, she'd never seen a rat in her life, but she assumed this one was abnormally large, as it was almost as big as her. (Though she was also quite small at the time. Which she didn't keep in perspective.) The rat, seeing Emma was quite alone and very young, made moves as if to advance threateningly, more for his own ego boost than anything else, as he expected her to simply run away. Emma was terrified at first, but after a moment attacked the rat, though she had no idea why. Some punching, biting, and kicking later, Emma realized with even [i]more[/i] terror that she'd pummelled the rat dead. (In reality, he was only unconscious, but she had no idea.) At that she came back to herself and scampered back home as quickly as possible, but never told her family what had happened.

Ms. Arcadia, find your banner attached. I'm glad you guys like it :). Since I didn't want to just be a cheapo and have a post solely for the sake of attachment :p, I threw together this RahXephon banner. Well, I meant to only throw it together, but ended up cutting all this stuff and ... I can't believe I spent the time cutting out the entire RahXephon icon. Anyway, here. What do ya's think? [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/rah02.gif[/img]

Thanks as always for your comments :). Though ... the porn thing was ... a little disturbing. Anyway, I'm a horrible person. Sorry I am so freaking slow, Arcadia, plus I hardly did anything on these banners because the picture you gave me was already so beautiful. Actually I had a hard time finding a piece of the picture for the avatar, so if you have an idea for the avatar that I didn't make, or want me to change anything on anything, let me know. Also if you need OB to host the banner, let me know. (A request for Arcadia. Obviously I have troubles with decisiveness.) [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia1-ban.gif[/img] [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia2-ban.gif[/img] [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia2b-ban.gif[/img] [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia1.gif[/img] [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia2.gif[/img] [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia3.gif[/img] [img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/arcadia4.gif[/img]

Man, then I missed an episode. :) Yeah, Tara Reid is the girl who plays his new girlfriend, sorry for not making that clear. She was in American Pies 1 and 2 and I never thought she was a good actress, but she was really cute in last night's episode. Thanks for the info, DeathBug! Now, to find a way to watch the episode I missed ...

Wow, I've recently been looking to buy one of these books too. Not for me, though, for my friend. Flipping through it, she actually said it didn't look as useful as some other art books in the store (it was a comic store). Er, I'm not sure what they were, and I'm not an artist so I really have no input here. Anyway, suppose I'm just letting you know that there might be better things out there. The How to Draw Manga books I saw were pretty cheap, though, so that's a plus for them. :p

For some reason Scrubs has been really erratic recently, but tonight there was finally another new episode which ended about 12 minutes ago. (Yes, it was on at 9:30 instead of 8:30 ... why? I have no clue.) I really liked this episode. A great deal. But I really like all of their episodes. Does anyone know if there was a back story on Tara Reid's showing up that I missed in a previous episode, or was this her first appearance? Anyway, I thought she was surprisingly good in the episode. Though now that I think about it she didn't really have many lines ... I thought JD and Dr. Cox were so cute in this episode in their usual fighting-for-the-sake-of-fighting way. Okay, I don't even know if there's anyone out there who keeps up with the show, so right now I won't waste my time writing any more about it. :p

I'd definitely prefer Sarah MacLachlan, by like a thousand. Well, not really. I do love Dido's songs the first few times I hear them, but I find they get old really fast. Sarah MacLachlan songs, on the other hand, I can listen to forever and never get tired of them. That's key.

Oh my God, Solo, can I be your new best friend? I thought that song was so hysterical, and I don't even know what this Gladiators thing everybody's talking about is. Man ... it was just something about the beautiful simplicity of the phrase, "The moderators!" That or I had a bad day and this perked it up :).

Queen Asuka, my God, I really really hope your sister was all right and everything. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i] [B]I say we just get rid of the whole crappy forum and then everything will be solved....[/B][/QUOTE] TRAVESTY. Anyway, I've been thinking about this as well, and haven't really come up with any solid opinions. Like others have been saying, the maturity of the posts doesn't depend on the age of the poster. The idea of a 12-year-old writing a sex scene in an RPG disturbs me as well ... [strike]but if she can write a [i]good[/i] sex scene then why stop her?[/strike] But I really can't think of any good way to preclude them from it.

Captain Flint was annoyed; he was still in mourning for his beautiful Damned Mistress, who'd been with him and his father for as long as he could remember; and worst of all, his butt was incredibly sore. Did cowboys just have rawhide for asses or something? because as tough as he was, he didn't think he was cut out for this horse-riding thing. It was three days into their journey and somehow the Captain had avoided speaking to Finn the entire time. The Desperados rode ahead with Finn at the forefront, the Caballeros slightly behind with Flint in a parallel position, and so far there had been no overlap between the two groups. It was probably a curious sight, Flint mused, two groups obviously travelling together and yet so obviously separate. Damn Finn. There wasn't any particular reason for his curse at the moment, but it had nearly become a reflex, particularly over the past three days. Riding all day and sometimes into the night was taking its toll on the Caballeros, who were unused to the constant movement and the uncomfortable saddles, and Flint was no exception. At least Flint had a gorgeous ride. He had to admit that when he looked down at his own steed, he could finally see what was appealing about horses. She was a chestnut mare, with a fine form and eyes that seemed almost human. Damn straight that Finn had gotten him a horse that seemed nearly as good as his own. He deserved an animal just as good as Finn's. [i]Better[/i], even. Flint realized his mind was wandering and took a swig of water from his canteen to bring him back to Earth. He turned his head slightly at a noise to his right, and was met with the sight of Anya riding up to him. She was a good pirate, one of his best probably, and Flint didn't hold with that silly superstition about women being bad luck if you brought them on ships. "How's it going, Anya?" he said easily. "To be honest, not good, Cap'n," she replied, and he could see lines of fatigue on her face. "We're all damn tired and nobody's pleased. Think we might be able to catch some rest anytime soon? The sun's about to set and we've been making good time, haven't we?" Flint's company wasn't known for complaining, and Flint was feeling the strain of the ride himself. He nodded curtly to Anya and coaxed his horse forward, merging the two groups for the first time during their journey. "Finn," Flint hollered before he reached him, so that he'd know he was coming. Finn didn't turn even when Flint had ridden up along next to him. "I said, [b]Finn.[/b]" Still no response. Flint pulled out his cutlass and stabbed it towards the other man's head. It sliced cleanly through his cowboy hat and Flint pulled his cutlass back, taking the hat with it. Flint heard noises from the Desperados just behind them, but a small hand motion from Finn kept them in check. He finally turned his head slightly to meet Flint's eyes. "Oh, hello there, Captain. Is there a problem?" His falsely polite tone made Flint want to stab his cutlass towards him again, but with rather a different target. "Finn, we need to stop for the evening," Flint said, holding the reins with one hand and swinging Finn's cowboy hat around his cutlass with the other. "My men are tired as all hell and I can see why. We're not like you stupid cowboys, we're not used to riding day and night until our asses fall off." "I don't think it'd be a good idea to stop just yet," Finn said, turning again to face forward. "Damn it, Finn, we're stopping now and that's that," Flint growled. "At least I know my pirates and I are, so if you want to stay with this half of the map, you might want to stay with us as well." And with that he veered to the right towards a small copse of trees, and as one, the Caballeros followed him. Finn rolled his eyes and turned his horse to go the same way. One of his men rode up behind him and said, "Finn, we're not stopping here for the night, are we?" "Flint and his men are tired, so I guess we are," Finn drawled lazily. "But don't they know this is coyote country?" "Of course they don't know. But you know Flint, stubborn as a mule, telling him wouldn't have made a difference." Finn sighed. "Besides, the son of a gun has my hat." [size=1](Cowboys/pirates: you guessed it, the coyotes are coming in the night. Feel free to be awoken by them and fight them off. :p)[/size]

I do like the colors a lot. They're so cute and bright. Haha, after I look at it the second time, the banner looks a little girly ... I think it's the purple. Don't take offense :). I like the boxes in the middle very much. The only thing I don't like is the "scrawl" second from the right, that yellowish color just rubs me the wrong way. I like your banners, Baron, though I don't always comment on them. :p

What would really be fun is if we just gave the rating and you had to guess what the movie was. Example -- Me: 4/10. You: Er ... [i]Gothika[/i]!? Me: Nooope. Try again. Just kidding. That would be spamlicious, and I haven't even [i]seen[/i] Gothika. Anyway ... the last movie I saw was a rerun of [i]Honey, I Shrunk the Kids[/i], oddly enough. Really old movie, but really funny and classic. I loved rewatching it more than I liked watching it the first time -- it was just so cute and early 90's. (Though it was actually in 1989 ... just looked it up.) Definitely a great movie if you're in that cutesy mood.

OOC: Random, cuz I just feel like it. [color=green]" 'Entertainment'?" Aissa snorted, her sarcasm coming to the forefront inadvertantly. "Anubis, I'm really not that type of girl." Anubis looked bemused for a moment, and then he smiled. It was something Aissa and Leile hadn't exactly grown to expect from him. But it was not unpleasant. "I have something for entertainment," Aissa said, standing, no longer really caring what Anubis might think of her type of magic, so different from his. Opening one of the dozens of pouches that hung by her side, Aissa pulled out a bit of dust and sprinkled it over the fire, murmuring a quiet incantation as she did so. After a few moments, the fire seemed to move, and a tiny flaming figure, barely one finger's length high, stepped forward out of the bigger mass. "It's a tiny person!" Leile said with delight, scooting forward to get a closer look. Anubis looked over too, slightly interested in spite of himself. "You can touch it," Aissa encouraged. "It won't burn like normal fire." Leile seemed a little skeptical at first, cautiously approaching it with one finger and then pulling back quickly, but soon got used to the idea of non-burning flames and picked up the little fiery figure of a man. "And watch this," Aissa said with a little grin. "[i]Kaluri'i Anubis.[/i]" At her words, the little flame leapt out of Leile's hands and ran towards Anubis, who stepped backwards in some surprise. Ignoring his movement, the flame -- attacked? -- pummeling its little "fists" into the heel of Anubis' shoe. It didn't hurt or burn, of course, and somehow the image of a tiny fire-man attacking Anubis was indescribably amusing. Aissa smiled, and Leile burst into laughter. Anubis' mouth quirked again as if he were resisting a grin. "Something I came up with to entertain my brother when we were younger," she said by way of explanation. "He loved it -- except that one time I said the incantation slightly wrong and it actually burned him. [i]Haran bukas[/i]," she said, and the little figure abandoned its pursuit of attacking Anubis and jumped back into the fire headfirst, immediately disappearing amongst the flames. An eyebrow raised, she looked over to Anubis. "And just what is your idea of entertainment, then?"[/color]

*rubs eyes* But there's no rainbow border! That can't be an AzureWolf production ... Haha ... just teasing. Although it is kind of weird to see a banner from you without that rainbow border, I do like it better. It looks good, though. I'm curious as to what it says, and I agree with Dagger's advice about the, er, glowing girl, she doesn't quite fit in with her border. I realized why it looks kind of strange to me -- the three Naruto characters and the leftmost girl are 2D, while the other two characters are 3D. That strikes me as a little odd.

[color=green]The rules for the forum override your rules, unfortunately. RPGs should generally start in the Recruitment forum and include as extensive and detailed a back story as possible. Please read the sticky at the top of this forum, as well as the OB rules. Also look around at other RPGs if you'd like to see examples of what is acceptable here. I am closing this thread; feel free to begin the RPG again after you've read through some of the rules. Also feel free to PM me or Arcadia, the other moderator of the Adventure Arena, if you have any questions. Thanks, --terra[/color]

I've seen Rent in New York twice (... three times? I forget. I think just twice) and I really like it. It's one of those musicals directed more towards us and the "younger" generation. The first time, I went with my parents, and they didn't really enjoy it, what with the incredibly loud electric guitar and things like that, heh. I also love the story and found it really touching, and an interesting view of a time that I know nothing about. I'd highly recommend it.

The Quest has begun in the Adventure Arena. And, it was my 500th post, how sweet :). Go post -- and fight to the death!!! I mean ... fight. I mean ... go on a quest. ... Oh, you know.

Cast: ([url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33490]recruitment thread[/url]) [b]Caballeros (pirates):[/b] [i]terra[/i] -- Captain Flint [i]Dragon Warrior[/i] -- Damario Dantes / "Notorious" [i]Wolf Maximas13[/i] -- Lang / "Wolf" (if you could run your posts through spellcheck before putting them up, it would be much appreciated :)) [i]SilpheedPilot[/i] -- Conrad Crowe / "Spar" [b]Desperados (cowboys):[/b] [i]Arcadia[/i] -- Finn [i]Ben[/i] -- Benjamin Waterdike / "Buckshot Benny" [i]Mitch[/i] -- Mitchell Smith / "Beater," "Itch," "MG Smith" [i]Wondershot[/i] -- Vincent R. / "Saladman" Expectations: readability of posts, intelligence, but above all, common sense. [center][img]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/fun/r_zubeida.gif[/img][/center] The entrance of Captain Flint caused the full saloon in Galveston to go from bawdy laughter to silence in 2.2 seconds. All eyes turned warily to a figure sitting at the bar, a certain man by the name of Finn, before returning to the silhouette that stood against the bright light filtering in through the saloon doors. Flint?s voice was calm and quiet. "Everybody out." A few moments later, Flint easily made his way through the now-empty room towards the bar. "You, too," he said shortly to the bartender, who nodded, mouth agape, and fled the room, relieved to have been excused. "Now, what's this about you having the other half of my map?" Flint inquired as he ducked behind the bar to help himself to a glass of hard whiskey. Finn chuckled, a deep, patient sound. "[i]Your[/i] map?" he repeated in his easy drawl. "I thought we agreed we were going to have a reasonable meeting for once." Flint smirked as he thought of their last meeting. The shootout that had taken over half the town probably couldn't have been termed 'reasonable.' It was no surprise that the saloon had emptied so quickly; the townspeople would've been shocked to see Flint and Finn occupying the same room without being at each other's throats. And Flint had had no particular desire for that idea to dissolve. Hell, he still wanted to be at Finn's throat, and the man hadn't even said much of anything so far. "All right," Flint said, coming around to the customer's side of the bar to take a stool one away from Finn. "Let's see your half of the map then." Finn nodded and pulled a well-worn piece of parchment out of an inner pocket of his vest, placing it on the bar top. Flint laid his own piece of the map next to it, and it was easy to see that the two halves fit together perfectly. "Now who's to say I don't kill you and take [i]your[/i] half of the map right this moment?" Flint said, his voice casual as ever. Out of the corner of his eye, Flint could see Finn smiling. "I could've guessed you would say that," he said. "You might want to turn the map over and read what's there." Eyebrows knitted in unwilling curiosity, Flint did as Finn suggested. After quickly scanning the page, the pirate turned to actually face the cowboy for the first time. "This isn't some scam of yours, is it? Why is this on here?" "Your guess is as good as mine," Finn shrugged. "Think smart, Flint. There's no reason on Earth I'd have written that on the back of [i]our[/i] map. I don't want to share the treasure with your incompetent Caballeros anymore than you probably want to share it with the Desperados ... but it looks like that's the way it's going to be." Flint had only been half-listening, instead flipping the parchments back over to study the map. "Well, if we're going to have to work together, I suppose we could fit both our crews on the Damned Mistress," he planned aloud. "Ship'll be the best way to get there, at any rate." "You might find it harder to set sail than you'd expected." Flint looked up, his eyes suddenly hardened. Finn met his gaze placidly, a small smile dancing across his face. "Just what is that supposed to mean?" Flint said, his voice possessing a deadly calm. "If we're going to be working together," Finn said deliberately, "I want just that -- a collaborative effort. Half the journey's going to be across the plains on horseback, Desperados territory. We'll head towards the port at Baltimore, I hear you have connections there. Then the other half of the journey will be on sea, Caballeros territory. Half and half -- it's only fair." "And what makes you think I'd agree to hijacking or finding a ship in Baltimore when I've got my own Damned Mistress right here in Galveston?" Finn's small smile grew imperceptibly wider, and he checked his watch. "I'm afraid an unforeseeable, yet unfortunate accident has made your precious Mistress quite unsuitable for sailing." Flint's mouth would have dropped open had he not been so expert at controlling his facial expressions. As it was, his eyes appeared to be aflame. "I must say, Finn, if this is your way of starting a collaborative effort, I don't have very high hopes for this quest's success." "I believe that our collaborative effort only started a couple minutes ago, at most, and the accident was probably at [i]least[/i] five minutes ago," Finn drawled calmly, taking a sip of whatever liquor he had. "I suppose it's an unfortunate relic of our past misunderstandings? But here's to our peaceful future." And he raised his glass. Flint drew his arm back and crashed his whiskey into Finn's drink so that both the cups broke, glass tinkling to cover the floor. "I gotta say, I see why you did it, Finn," Flint said, eyes boring into Finn's. "And I'll agree to your little half horsey, half boat scheme. But any more treachery like this crops up on the journey and whatever effort we had towards 'collaboration' will be out the window. You understand?" "Absolutely," Finn nodded, flicking a bit of blood off a cut on his hand that had resulted of the collision. "I'm glad we're on the same ground, Flint. Now I think we'd better head to the pier and break our men up. The Caballeros probably didn't take kindly to an explosion while they were on board." Teeth grit together in anger, Flint was the first out of the saloon, Finn close behind. [size=1](OOC: I'd encourage ye pirates and cowboys to get in an introductory post for your character while in the midst of a Desperados/Caballeros "battle." Picture ... a sinking ship, a stereotypical wild Western town, and angry pirates and cowboys :p. There are other pirates and cowboys besides you guys, so feel free to kill any of those non-playing characters if you're feeling bloodthirsty. After a little while, Finn and Flint will arrive to break things up.)[/size]

You guys are [strike]disturbed[/strike] hysterical. As an action figure I'd probably come with a lot of spare time in my hands. Possibly with dozens of extra outfits that you could put me in and RP with. In a nice way, not a nasty way.

I absolutely love the soundtrack and the songs for Phantom. The music of it is great. I didn't find the story particularly impressive, though, so I was actually really disappointed when I went to see it. Er, it was a long time ago so I forget why ... but it just didn't affect me as much as some of the other great Broadway plays do, like Les Mis or even Aida. And I thought the [spoiler]chandelier falling[/spoiler] was kind of dumb, to be honest. Perhaps I'd been expecting too much. Incidentally, I saw Lion King (though not in New York, so probably not a good a version as the one there ... I forget where I watched it unfortunately, though I feel like it might be California). Similarly disappointing ... :p But still cool to watch.

[quote][b]Track designs, on the whole, are crude and uninteresting. There are a few shortcuts in each, and these are the only true solaces for skilled players. They often require having a mushroom handy for a speed burst over a chasm, or in one of our favorite instances riding up the thin, arched railing of a bridge.[/b][/quote] Blech. I hate shortcuts, and if I may say so myself I'm a pretty skilled player, so I'm not sure why IGN would say that. Perhaps I'm not a skilled player after all ... But I particularly hate the shortcuts that require a mushroom for the speed-over-chasm thing. Just a little rant. I do think I'll miss the hop maneuver, as well. Does this mean the turbo deal is also gone? I always thought the turbo in the 64 version was a great addition.

Bwee, I'm the first to post! (... Did I just say "bwee"?) Nevertheless. Nice chapter. I got a little confused at some parts because I'd just skimmed it at first, but looking back it pretty much all made sense again. :p Except I'm not sure how Adam, etc.'s HTML from the last chapter fit in, as they didn't seem to know their way around the OB building. I would've thought that since they were doing the HTML modifying, they would've known where everything was instead of needing OtakuBot to show them around ... but whatever. Speaking of OtakuBot, he appeared! ... Not like I was here the first time he did or did not appear. But yes. I still appreciate the reference. I was looking back to the first chapter and I was impressed by the bit of conversation in the first part. I don't know Ken all that well, but the "army of the doomed" bit sounds just like something he'd say. And the "you'll be our first mortal enemy" was hilarious. Good job at both getting the personalities of your "characters" (I think, sorry if I'm wrong DeathKnight, agh I'm getting all mixed up) and making it funny. :) The cookie reference in this chapter was quite hilarious. I'm dying to know what admin decisions they made/needed to be made, but I suppose I'll have to wait for the next chapter for that. I'm also very curious as to how the A. Arena will be ... :p That could be fun. Anyway, nice job again. You're really creative with this thing and are very good at working in the personalities of the people you know. Sweet! (... Did I just say "sweet"??? Time to go to bed.)

I have real problems being consistent with any type of computer graphics stuff ... :p Anyway, I'm working on a new layout for my personal website and a mock version is up. Tell me what you think? [url]http://pantheon.yale.edu/~elc23/testing/[/url] The links along the top will eventually ... work ... And I'm not sure about the "do you dare" before them, I may take it out. It was meant to be a reference to [i]J. Alfred Prufrock[/i] ("Do I dare to eat a peach?") but I don't think that's particularly clear.