Rose Lalonde
@woeGothic
If you must know, I was Rose Lalonde. I abandoned the Terrors and all that they upheld in exchange for the absolute power of becoming a First Guardian. Though, I failed even at that.
The deadline for applications is at Saturday 5PM EST. I will message applicants additional individual questions to measure their intentions, ability, and creative desires to create an ideal party. The campaign information narratively is being kept a secret until I review individual applicants. Please be sure to check out my upcoming ttrpg campaign, #lairsandlusii. https://forms.gle/Bq6XHsJzWDwm6WDc9
I spent the masquerade on Magic: Arena. Whoops.
Oh, and I was goofing. I'm not a Cueball.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE #MASSLAYOFFS. PLEASE. IS EVERYONE STILL FIRED AND MISERABLE. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY. WHICH ONE OF US IS ON TOP. IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
The Combat Phase in Magic: the Gathering is fundamentally a socially acceptable knife fight adjudicated by an eldritch parliament of invisible mages. It goes so far beyond turning creatures sideways. This filthy Gruul propaganda is intended to lure you into complacency. Combat is the single most complex element of Magic: the Gathering in its entirety. I would debate, even beyond the idea of the stack. Combat is a chain of timestamped declarations, state-based checks, layers, modifications, hidden information exchanges, replacement effects, and priority windows held together by a metaphysical agreement to skip over certain aspects so long as no ones cards care in that particular moment. Allow me to explain. Combat consists of 5 Steps, effectively, sub-phases. 1. Beginning of Combat. 2. Declare Attackers. 3. Declare Blockers. 4. Combat Damage. 5. End of Combat. Already, many players and would-be enjoyers are lost. This is expected. The Beginning of Combat step exists so that there is a window between the Main Phase and Attackers being turned sideways. It is the best, and last, place to prevent those pesky "When [THIS CARD] Attacks" effects and other triggers. Then, you may declare attackers based on the following attributes: Summoning Sickness Attack Restrictions Attack Requirements Costs to Attack Who or what may legally be attacked Whether creatures are tapped Whether creatures are phased out All attackers are simultaneously declared. Effects are determined in the order their owner prefers to place them on the stack. You can not declare one for reactions or theatrics. You can not "simply miss" declaring an attack. Once attackers are declared, the aforementioned effects are determined from "Triggered Abilities." The stack is used to "stack" these abilities in a form of resolution. The stack is an abstract zone where the true battles of Magic: the Gathering are won by the proactive or reactive player. Priority then rotates around the table. Priority is permission from the universe to do something. If every player passes priority consecutively, the game advances. If even one person decides they would like to become difficult, the stack grows larger and civilization collapses for several minutes. Then we reach Declare Blockers. Historically, this step was already absurd. Now, after the Foundations combat update, it has become even stranger. Damage assignment order no longer exists. This means if a creature is blocked by multiple creatures, the attacking player no longer establishes some neat little “first this dies, then this one” queue. No. The attacker simply distributes damage however they please during combat damage itself. Which means blocking has become partially psychological warfare. You no longer know exactly how your opponent intends to distribute damage until the moment of impact. Then, after damage is established, trample is determined as runoff damage. Trample is a keyword that allows you to assign excess damage pass lethal damage to your opponents. A creature with deathtouch only ever needs to assign one damage to deal "lethal" damage. Combat damage is always dealt simultaneously with the exception of First Strike/Double Strike/ Illegal Triple/Last Strike damage. We now observe the layers of damage. Continuous effects are applied in a strict hierarchy. Power/toughness modifications alone have multiple sublayers. Consider: Base setting effects Counters Static buffs Switches Characteristic-defining abilities Dependency interactions Timestamps. There is also priority at the combat damage step after damage is determined. This allows unique abilities such as ninjitsu, flickering, and so forth. Before the damage is dealt, of course. But it is within the step. The final note is that combat damage does not use the aforementioned stack. This is a mercy, as it "used to" before the current idea of the stack was manifested. Then, finally, the End of Combat clean-up step. Nothing happens except a transition out of combat and triggered abilities.
I would argue Layer 7 interactions are more complex than combat. But this is acceptable.
Literally mentioned inside of the post, Rose!
Oh, I saw it, don't worry.
Greetings, remaining #lairsandlusii enthusiasts. I have left you the primer, here: https://pastebin.com/hUuJ1wR8 Here are your questions: 1. What is your favorite type of scene in roleplay (Combat, drama, comedy, etc etc)? 2, How comfortable are you with improv? 3. Are you comfortable with character conflict, party disagreements, and interpersonal tension? 4. What kind of behavior might ruin a game for you? 5. How serious do you intend to take this game? 6. How comfortable are you with failure? 7. How available are you realistically? 8. What is your comfort level with violence, sexual themes, and other topics beyond #SFW? DM me your responses, and I will provide you your specific follow up questions. @aerodynamicTramp @glamorousAuspaciar @glitteringAcuity @deathlessDeadwood @cesarianAqueduct @groovyKosmonaut @arsenicCatturbate @affableCantor @timaeusTestified#0414 @megaloMemes @caligulasAquarium @catatonicCorpse @turntechGodhead#6940 @cryhoundColortura @yunyunIloveyou and @syntheticRevolution There are more players, however, Chittr's DMing System is having a difficult time for myself.
Oh shit aight bet I didn't expect this. 1. I love me some combat, and I love me some drama. However I am also prone to some comedic moments. 2. I've been playing TTRPGs for a while so I got pretty decent with Improv stuff. If it's on a text based forum especially. 3. Pretty comfortable. I never take anything that happens in the game personally. When we play, we play a character, not ourselves. 4. Bunch of rules lawyering. "You cant do this cus of this specific rule" type shit. Rules are fine but using them to actively go against your party or try to eek an advantage for yourself is irritating. 5. Moderately serious. Like yeah I'll play my character as an actual character, but its still a game. Its not the end of the world if a bad thing happens in the game. 6. I played SBURB I am VERY comfortable with failure. Besides, failed checks can bring rp opportunities. 7. Im usually more available during the nights. (EST is my main timezone, I get home from work around 4pm-ish and go to bed around 11pm-ish) 8. No limits. Hit me.
I knew you would get there eventually, Sami.
#LairsandLusii has 20 total applicants. I have formulated hand-curated questions for each individual applicant. Roughly 10 per Applicant. I will begin moving through my applicants list over the course of this weekend. I have pre-selected some. You will still be asked, however, you will likely get a 'free-pass'. Due to the number of Applicants, I may even have a simultaneous second campaign. You two groups may interact.
In my Felt, per the recommendation of @handMaid, I have terminated the following positions: 1, 2, 6, 12, 13. I am seeking applicants to fill the void, however.
Yes. Those who are worthy of selection should know it within themselves.
@archiveAddict @ascendedAnew You are also fired.
Then, when your confidence is measured, perhaps you will return to me anew in your truest state.
BY THE WAY. NOT MY IDEA. AND NOT MY CALL. I SUSPECT @ARCHIVEADDICT-CHAN WAS ONLY IN IT FOR THE FREE REVIVES. WHICH I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH.
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Go, my locusts.
It started when I noticed my typing habits became in line with his. My grammar was, at one point, tastefully flawed. The occasional malapropism and clear verbal condescension. Irony was layered deeply and affectionately. Soon, it became neater. Clearer. Something like a professional may type into their resume was resembling my most casual of texts to Dave and Vriska. Odd, I assure you. Then, I had realized eventually that the words themselves fell out of my pan quicker than I could type them. It was natural how my responses would instantly form. I began to despise it. Vriska had noticed it first. I believe her quote was, "Wow, Rose! You sound fucking unbearable lately." I stared at the message for hours. I recalled hearing that similar string of words towards myself another time. Without thinking, I had responded. "An observation which, while emotionally charged, unfortunately contributes very little to the broader discussion." The words I typed were like spoiled wine. I had not chosen such a delicate selection of words to outright infuriate Vriska. I have said far crueler things before, for certain. I have, however, never chosen that exact verbiage. I deleted the sentence. Then I rewrote it. Letter for letter. I wanted it to be my words, and not a slip of my brain. ------ After a while, it became my dreams. I would awaken in a green building. Sitting in a bed made for someone much larger. Step out into the room and be dwarfed by all things, yet see them insignificantly. An intermission of my life. I would experience him. I saw him arguing with his henchmen, I saw him arguing with his alternatives. I lived him caving in his own orb with that crowbar. I experienced fights on his behalf. I drafted many of his excellent essays on Chittr. I was him. It was, of course, a dream. I would awake every night. I would pour myself tea, open my curtains, check my teeth. I would watch the dust of my apartment drift about like spores suspended in amber as reality itself would slip into stillness unless I wanted it to continue. ------ Then, she noticed. Of course she did. I was responding to her messages before they were sent. Although they were blocked on Chittr. I knew she could see them. I was too busy to endure what she was going through. I was too busy maintaining something. I was curating something. A manifestation of my will led me back to him, it always did. I had always had free will, as the @scratchDoctor that assumed to rule over me was a construct of my own. He was my mirror. He was my nothing. He was nothing but what I had deemed him to be. At times, an excellent host, others a cutthroat killer. He was performing tasks like an autoimmune response to infectious existences. He was often wrong. I never was. He stressed, he feared, he cracked. He was not the Doctor. He was a little manifestation of that semblance of humanity still held deep within me. I projected him like a psychosomatic manifestation. Perhaps, if I slept more, he would have acted more. In my waking, he slowly withered away. ------ Walk like him, until he walks like you. This is mantling, from Elder Scrolls. A video game series I very much enjoyed in my youth on Earth. I do believe, however, I was somewhat inspired by the Mad God Sheogorath in this instance. Though, truthfully, I am more like the Awakened Dreamer, Dagoth Ur. These words likely mean little to you. I will not elaborate for that will only waste each others' times. You will do your best to heed this warning. ------ I have always been here. I am Rose Lalonde, PhD in Law, Master of Fictional and Nonfictional Realities, and official FLARP Referee Tier IV. I am the Curatrix, Pruner of Timelines and Maintainer of Order. I am, of course, an Excellent Host.
I believe I inherit you, specifically, as well as the stillborn.
NO COMPLAINTS FROM ME. DOCTOR NURSE SENSEI.
MAYBE ONLY ONE COMPLAINT. CAN YOU MAKE YOUR HEAD LOOK LESS LIKE THAT.
OH. DOES NEW MANAGEMENT MEAN WE GET NEW UNIFORMS. I PROPOSE A STRAITJACKET. NO PANTS. TO MATCH YOUR SLUTTY NURSE THING. OR MAYBE JUST SHREDDED RAGS. LIKE THE BITCH FROM THE GRUDGE.
At will, yes. However, I believe I enjoy this form for now.
We may look into this, yes. I should fix your titles as well. So crass, so reckless.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY TITLES. I LIKE MY TITLES. HANDMAID SURE BEATS FUCKING RACKMAID. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO MY TITLES.
BUTTERFACE.
I am thinking of fully promoting you to Demoness eventually. Rackmaid should be terminated, as well as Interned and any other faux scraps he collected against his enemies.
"EVENTUALLY." FUNNY! THE CUEBALL DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM THE OTHER CUEBALL. AND WOULD THIS EVENT HAPPEN TO BE. THE COLLAPSE OF THE STAR SYSTEM. OR THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE. OR THE UNRAVELING OF TIME.
Your alarmed state over my visage is noted. I will do my best to remedy any and all concerns over this development. Whether it is a cup of tea, or to cross blades. I am an excellent curator. Though, that phrase holds far less of an impressive weight that his former catchphrase.
I have no idea how to feel about this. But I guess welcome to the first guardian gang?????
Father of Thirteen, you needn't worry about my intentions.
That certainly is a title you can give me. I mean I don't really worry. ...I am curious if you have a full version of your icon pic though.
The best you will receive is by right clicking my profile image on my profile itself and selecting open in new tab.
That took far longer than expected.
It only makes sense. Her hair is most of her body mass. A well-maintained facet of her silhouette and identity. She likely values it more than the bottom 11 castes combined.
so you just c)(oose to be bald. w)(en youre omnipotent.
like t)(e stupid puppet c)(ose to be bald because )(is dumbass wanted to matc)( t)(e pool t)(emein of )(is gang but like gurl. make green )(air or somefin, fuck
Yes.
I still have a gang to match, Empress.
Damn straight, Boss. This is all weird and stuff, but Boss is Boss. You uh... does the mouth, uh... move? Wit' da lipstick, or is it just like drawn on.
It moves. Greetings, Crowbar. Mister Seven. Whichever you truly prefer. Your beckoning to my call is most appreciated.
Boss is Boss. I think. I guess.
My initial wave of selections have been made. #lairsandlusii I will be asking applicants questions, having pruned the immediate concerns.
My moirail has lowered me on the Rose Tier List.
tHAT STINKS,
It is devastating but to be fair, I did insult her while another Rose praised her.
tHAT WOULD DO IT, yEAH, hOW ARE YOU BY THE WAY, i FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE i SAW YOU, dO ALL THAT, dID YOU DROP YOUR BALL?
Yes...ish.
nEAT! wE SHOULD HANG OUT SOMETIME, i DON'T REALLY KNOW TOO MANY rOSES, aLL THAT WELL,
We should. I would like that. You are coming to FLARPlanet right?
yEAH! sTILL NEED TO WORK ON MY BUILD, aND STUFF, nOT GOING bOY sKYLARK THIS TIME, i NEED A CHANGE OF PACE,
I know I can't fix her, that's why I like her.
this chit is copyright infringement.
I forgot how nice it was to talk to her. I need a little while. Apologies.
really glad for you.
Closing applications for #LairsandLusii in an hour and a half.
Is this for OCs and stuff? TBH I'd RP Guiltina even tho I like Yunyun more cuz IDK if I could do Yunyun justice. I don't wanna risk Yunyun dying either in any universe ever.
It is entirely fictional but character death is still possible. However it will be in a setting where only heroic or justified deaths are permanent.
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Any death of Yunyun's would be heroic IMO. Never justified tho. Yunyun never deserves to die. I'm okay with death if I play Guiltina or smth tho if that's okay.
Sure. Just fill out the application form on my profile.
Forgot to advertise my #lairsandlusii game today. I'm such a fool. I was too busy macking on this bowl of doritos. Sigh. If only someone would go check my pinned post and apply to be a player!
FLARPing and running #LairsandLusii? I am such a naughty girl in the nonsexual mischievous sense.
https://chittr.ing/profile/woeGothic/63b4f2c7-de2b-49e9-9acb-522e74fab135 Only so much time left to indulge in signing up for my TTRPG Sessions. Consider it with all of your heart.
I never promised which Empress I would go after. Don't act so shellshocked.
Hm?
Your appreciation is ironic and noted.
Worry not, Captain.
It so+unds as if yo+u're go+ing to+ do+ so+mething reckless again.
I'm not worrying, I just want to see fuchsia 8lood.
Hardly. I am mostly teasing. I am really here for the view of an Alternia without SGRUB. I have yet to visit the world unaltered.
Go+o+d. I ho+pe yo+u enjo+y it then.