The Gang of Five
Role Play => Role Play Discussion => Topic started by: Petrie. on August 18, 2010, 06:58:21 PM
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The RP is located here: http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...?showtopic=8490 (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=8218)
Make sure you put your character profile in the Character Profiles section of this subsection so all readers will know a bit about your character so you don't have to unnecessarily explain the character out in the story. ;)
Any discussions about the role play will end up here naturally. :DD :DD I haven't role played in three years, but I'm willing to try again. :yes
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Sometime or another we'll need to put a flame thrower into the story. Just a thought. :D
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I'd like to join if that's alright.
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Of course. Make sure you get your character description up so anyone who joins later on will have an idea what your character is like. :) :wave
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Here's a link for anyone who's rusty on the Lapine terms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapine_language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapine_language)
We'll be using them a lot.
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I might give it a try with a character whose nature would permit the character to join and leave the story again without this being implausible (in case I don't stay).
Name: Cinankhen
Outward appearance: Somewhat inconspicuous, earth colored fur (perhaps partly because his fur tends to be covered with earth and dust), lanky physics (but a relatively fast and arduous runner).
Personality: Cinankhen is a hlessi who doesn't usually stay anywhere for a long time. He is very much on guard against any attempts to make him part of a warren (in which he fears he would always end up at the bottom of the social scale due to his unimpressive physics). He holds a high suspicion against owsla members though most of the time he has the sense not to show that too distinctly when he happens to be in contact with them. One of his main philosophies is that Frith made the rabbits runners rather than fighters, that rabbits would be well advised not to strive for what they are not, but instead should make good use of those blessings which Frith bestowed on them. Because of this he dismisses the idea of permanently staying at one spot or setting up elaborate burrows. Much rather he thinks of using the swift legs Frith blessed the rabbits with to see as much as possible of Frith's world and at the same time avoid all its dangers and troubles rather than battling them. If reassured of the possibility to leave whenever he wants to Cinankhen does not avoid all company of rabbits and made the experience that his carrying of news, sometimes messages, and tales (he is rather adapt at storytelling and remembering all that he sees and hears on his journeys) may sometimes earn him a save sleeping spot for a night in a burrow. As for the other nights he does what he can to be as little visible as possible seeking whatever shelter he can find. He has found some inspiration in the ways of life of hares whom he often points out as an example when questioned about whether it is possible at all to survive for long outside any warren. On his journey he repeatedly tried (with varying success) to establish contacts with other animals which pose no thread to a rabbit. As a result he knows some of their tales and stories which are not very well known among rabbits. Being always half alert to run from whatever danger might appear he often comes across as kind of fidgety.
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That'll work Malte. :) In case you run into time constraints, I think the character's personality will allow him to "come and go" and not be missed for any extended length of time.
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That'll work Malte. :) In case you run into time constraints, I think the character's personality will allow him to "come and go" and not be missed for any extended length of time.
That can work for me too. It'll be nice seeing you in this, Malte
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I'll be a bit late coming in this one as I haven't yet figured up a character for myself just yet. I already told Adam that I'll be catching up on my WD facts before I officially do make a character of any kind
But this is to let everyone else know that I'll definitely be in this :)
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I've decided to take on a rabbit character by the name of Darrin
as for his background? I'm still uncertain.. but once I get my facts straight I'll post a character profile asap :)
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I've got my character bio right here!
Name: Mayberry
Gender: Doe
Age: 1 year
Personality: She has a major temper and is absolutely NEVER afraid to show it…which might explain why she has no friends.
Appearance: Her fur is white with a grey underbelly. She is the smallest doe in her warren but her ability to fight and vocalize her opinion is the only reason her warren recognizes her at all.
Backstory: Contrary to the standard Warren, Mayberry was the first and only Owsla captain ever in her previous warren. In order to gain this position however she literally had to fight and bad mouth her way up to through the ranks. This would also explain why the two friends she did have were Owsla guards.
Unfortunately a routine patrol ended in the death of one of the scouts in her command and as per the warren rules she was to be executed for her failures.
This obviously didn’t sit well with Mayberry who ran the first chance she got and hasn’t looked back since.
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Sweet! A new character, who's kinda similar to mine. Will you be appearing out of the woodwork in this?
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Yes.... yes she will. :yes
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Just a note to anyone who finds my character to be mean or something: Rankin does not reflect what or how I feel personally. It's just part of his personality. :)
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Ooooh, Watership Down! I'd love to join once I read through the roleplay thread, if that's alright with you guys!
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That would be awesome, we'd like a character sheet if possible
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Alright, here we go! I have another character in mind, a doe, but for now I'll go with this guy.
Hope this is alright! It's been a while since I've written up a roleplay character. I'll probably go more in depth once I get a feel for him, too, just the basics for now.
Name: Chehalem
Physical Appearance: He's a bit stocky, but average size for a buck, and well-built. Dark brown(quite dark, approaching black) with a lighter grey-brown midsection that pales out around his belly.
Personality/History: He's a little lacking in confidence and tends to be overly submissive to individuals with stronger wills, usually taking orders without question. Due to this, he has quite a history of being taken advantage of. He was in training to be a member of his birth warren's Owsla, but they were content to use him as a grunt and 'whipping boy' rather than give him any real opportunity. Unable to confront his superiors, he left home with an idealist's enthusiasm and tales of El-ahrairah burning in his mind. He had more than a few hard lessons to learn, a great deal of luck, and aid from a few good natured rabbits cleverer than he. After a brief stay at their warren, he's found himself back in transit. Not the brightest bulb in the box, but he has the heart of a dreamer and more than his fair share of courage.
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Oh wow, that chars gonna listen to everything arvens commands isn't he? XD
You can post RIGHT NOW if you want, I'm just waiting to see what happens. I got way more time on my hands then the others
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Haha, probably :smile
I actually have to get some sleep right now :p But I'll try to write a good introductory post tomorrow right after work call.
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Just so you know, I haven't forgotten :p
Having him wandering around in the dead of night is just seeming a bit OOC. So I will certainly post soon, but I think I shall wait a little for a more appropriate moment :yes
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Good planning, I can't wait :D
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Hey Adam and Dillon, could you post your character descriptions here too? I think you even have some drawings of your character Adam, could you share them with the players here who haven't seen them?
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Name: Rankin
Species: Rabbit
Sex: Buck
Fur color: Brown
All you need to know about this char is he killed an owsla captain and belonged to a tyrannical warren. After the murder they kicked him out instead of killing him. Everything else is unknown.
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Is this based off the show, the book, or the film?
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Is this based off the show, the book, or the film?
The book. (Although you should have enough of an idea if you've seen the show or film)
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Ok, so does it have anything to do with the water ship down warren?
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Ok, so does it have anything to do with the water ship down warren?
Nothing at all. It would be too difficult to stay within the boundaries of the film, so we've simply chosen to base the rp on WD, and use elements of the book when creating characters and situations. The characters aren't going to meet up with Fiver or anything. ;)
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For the "A New Journey" Watership Down roleplay
Name: Arvens
Role: (former) Captain in the Thornbrush Owsla
Age: 3 years
Sex: Buck
Characteristics: Arvens is a no-nonsense rabbit, a trait that earned him his role in the Thornbrush warren. He can be amusing with chortles of dry humor and sarcasm, but typically will not goof around. He is of a medium-large build, which no doubt helped his chances of becoming an officer. All Owsla in the warren had red-yellow feathers in their right ears to easily identify those in charge from a distance. Despite the collapse of Thornbrush due to human involvement, Arvens still wears his feather with pride as he seeks a new warren to call home.
Image (drawn by someone else for me):
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/mr300/captainarvensportrait-1.jpg)
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could I play as another animal besides a rabbit, like a skunk. cause I was thinking of a lab rabbit and skunk duo who are trying to learn how to survive in the wild.
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I don't see why you couldn't.
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Name: Nostradamus
Species: Rabbit
Sex: Buck
Age: 3 years
Fur color: Black
Personality: Nostradamus knows nothing of Rabbit traditions and ways. He does however have a lot of knowledge and understanding of man and man's world. He can come off as disrespectful and spoiled to other rabbits. He bases a lot of his beliefs on fact, logic, and reason. He does however know when not to get things started.
Bio: Nostradamus is able to see into the minds of others (Like silverweed), and get visions of the future( like fiver). Nostradamus has spent most of his life as a pet rabbit, along side his best friend Winston, a skunk. Nostradamus loved being a pet, playing with his owner, being read to every night, living without fear of predators or traps. Until his owner died from sickness, which was also his first vision. he and Winston were sold to a lab as test animals, He and Winston escaped and are now trying to survive.
Name: Winston
Species: Striped Skunk
Age: 3 years
Sex: Male
Personality: Winston is witty and funny, he is open to new possibilities and ideas. Winston is a trusting, friendly soul. He is more adventurous and headstrong than Nostradamus, he does however take Nostradamus' s visions and abilities to heart and often refers to his friend as the brains, and himself as the Predator-repellent.
Bio: Winston has Know Nostradamus all his life and as such is his closest friend. He and Nostradamus survived the death of their owner, terrifying lab experiments, and their escape. Now they are trying to survive.
Is this OK?
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That's freaking awesome. Heck yeah it's ok! :)
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What the heck! There is a new Watership Down RP going on and I didn't know about it? :blink:
Can I join, Petrie? :D
And if I can then can I use my old characters from previous "Watership Down" RP?
Name: Thyme
Gender: Buck
Age: 1 year
Personality: He is rather an independent soul and is known for being very complaining and sarcasting.
Appearance: He has gray fur with white underbelly. He is rather small, as he is still an outskirter.
Backstory: Thyme had to fight for survival for almost all his life, since he was outskiter and couldn't join the Owsla (perhaps it was more releted to his attitude than his small size). He hadn't many friends and the best of them was Neltita, whom he always called a bit strange. Now, as he left destroyed warren, he is looking for a new place to live in or at least some other group of rabbits.
Name: Neltita
Gender: Doe
Age: 1 year
Personality: She is a very gentle rabbit, who almost never gets really angry, which was perhaps the reason why she could put up with Thyme.
Appearance: Her fur is brown with white underbelly. She is not very strong, but when it comes to running she has almost no competition.
Backstory: Like Thyme Neltita was an outskiter, living on the edge of the warren. What was interesting about her it was that she had from time to time feelings about the things that will come in near future. Once she warned the Chief Rabbit and said that some disease may strike the warren. Rah didn't listen to her as no rabbit had shown the sings of sickness yet. When eventually White Blindness becames evident to everyone it was already to late to do anything except running away from warren, which Neltita did and she left with Thyme...
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Sure..join in. :)
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A question, Petrie. Could I create a character of elil, that would follow our group of rabbits and try to hunt them down?
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Personally, that sounds pretty interesting. I'm not sure it would work as well, but you should wait to see what adam has to say.
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To all, please read and consider:
When I started this RP, I expected to be able to come home after a day at work and make a reply and go on my merry way. Its nearing the end of September and I can safely say, this has not been working. I put in long hours and do not get home until after 7 or 8pm some nights (by choice). I love my job, and I'm going to continue to do this. I just don't have the spark by the time I get home to reply. I read forums, but I hardly will say anything, I'm mentally worn down. This will definitely create a problem as the story continues and Arvens needs to be out among the rabbits. We're lucky he's dozing in a drain, non-essential for the moment. I probably can make a reply Friday night or Saturday morning, but those are the only real opportunities I'm seeing for a chance for a reply from me. This will definitely bring this story to a halt very quickly and it hurts all the people involved. I'd like to suggest having a second person besides myself play Arvens in the RP so that these long pauses do not occur. If this cannot be reached you might have to drop the character entirely because I will literally be an RP killer if you have to wait for every Friday for Arvens to do something in the story. ;)
Please give it some thought and let me know if anyone is up to playing Arvens during the week so the story can continue smoothly. :yes
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Arvens would be a character most sorely missed. There are many situations of possible conflict between him and Cinankhen with neither of them being entirely right or wrong but with very different concepts of looking at the world. Such conflicts would add a lot of spice to an RPG and create a lot of chances for others to join in on behalf of the view of the one, the other, or an entirely new view of their own. I very much hope that somebody is willing to pick up Arvens but am not keen on "bickering with myself" in the respective situations so it would be great if somebody else could take care of Arvens too :lol
As for my own character there are quite a number of possible situations and I have a number of events / actions / tales in mind that could take place in case of the right "circumstances".
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I agree with Malte that it would be a shame, if your character wasn't active. If you wont be able to post during the week, then I would like to try to play as Arvens, unless someone else wants to pick him up. Since I already have two characters (and potentially one more on the way), it would be better, perhaps, to allow someone who has just one character to play as Arvens. In any case it's your decision, Petrie. ;)
By the way... What is your opinion on what I proposed in my previous post, Petrie?
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I don't mind elil characters....they're part of the rabbit world after all.
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Name: Whitetail
Gender: Male
Species: Weasel
Age: 2 years
Personality: He is for most of the time rather calm and collected. When he hunts he tries to avoid greater risk.
Appearance: He is dark-brown with white underbelly and tip of tail, from which comes his name. He is a big (but not much bigger than average weasel) and strong.
Backstory: Whitetail's story isn't very different from the stories of other weasels. He was born as the strongest amongs his siblings and he had set out on his way before others did. The life on his own taught him to rely on himself and to be cautious...
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Myrkin if you so choose, you may play Arvens if the need arises and he needs to do something for the story to move forward.
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Okay. I will play him as best as I can. ;)
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I'm sorry I haven't posting as much. :(
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I was planning that our group will move up, after Cinankhen or Neltita had some feeling about what direction we should take, and march for awhile. Then Whitetail (weasel) would suddenly attack one of rabbits and injure him/her to slow down the others. Is this plan fine with you? Do you have other ideas?
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I'm all up for it, Myrkin. :)
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Fine with me. But why will the weasel leave after wounding a rabbit?
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I imagine that the rest of the rabbits will stand against weasel, so he will have only enough time to injure one rabbit. After that he will follow the group, expecting them to leave injured behind, so he/she won't slow them down. However, if they decide to march as fast as the wounded, then weasel will have easier job to keep up with them.
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This will be interesting. :yes
I wonder who the victim would be >.>
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I wonder who the victim would be >.>
Do we have any volunteers perhaps? :D
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well, if no one else takes it, than I will
:p
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Good for you. :)
I think we should wait for GVG to post as Mayberry, then we can set direction and then we can start moving.
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To continue the RPG I think there is one thing we need to settle. Rankin started to hop east in the last message posted. Does that mean that he is leaving the ditch or staying in it?
We did not determine which direction the ditch runs. Because it is an important element in the setting that would have to be considered in future events I think we need to know if they continue to travel along the ditch or if they are leaving it. Since events are likely to differ depending on whether they take place in the ditch or near it or somewhere else I think we need to know about that. What would you prefer?
I think that something can be done either way and am therefore fine with either decision you (everyone) opt for.
In any case I need to know about this before I can make my next post.
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Well... I vote for leaving-the-ditch option, but if you choose otherwise I can adapt. ;)
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Hey guys, everything going okay? I notice no one has posted after me. The rp isn't my top priority as well, but I'm just asking. ;)
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OMG I'm attacked!! ^^'
alright, time for me to make an appropriate response. I think I lost interest lately but this really gets me back into the mood. I'm probably gonna spend a small while on it
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I'm glad that Whitetail attacked you then. ;)
And I hope others didn't lose interest in this RP even though sometimes there isn't many posts in it.
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Well I have to apologize myself for the lack of activity. I have been lazy, honestly, interested in other things
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There is no need to apologize. I've been lacking in activity too, so I understand how it is.
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This is rather exciting. Will any of you be assisting me?
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I'm already involved in this action as a weasel, so maybe someone's else characters should help you. :)
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I almost forgot that you control more than one character! well, I did call for malte's char for help, or perhaps mayberry would lend in? if not, I'll have to do something!
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For several reasons Cinankhen is decidedly unsuited for combat. I guess it would have been a lot more in character if I had let him run away, but addressed the way you did I couldn't do so without being the d*** of the rpg ever after :p
But what I did was about the best he could do and he will now be out of planful action for some moments.
Seeing the number of Owsla members and declared fighters in our group you will get something to hear from Cinankhen about the use of Owslas in case he lives through this unless you do something now rather than letting the weakest of the group launch kamikaze attacks! :lol
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:smile
I'm going to wait till Myrkin makes the next post. Then I'm gonna focus on protecting you, if i can!
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So I made a post. Sorry if you wanted that fight to last longer, but since Whitetail is a weasel it was more in character for him to use tactc of hit&run, rather than engage in open combat.
And I hope it's not too hard to understand my posts. English isn't my native language after all...
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You post was fine, and in fact it was fun to read. it had a little backstory in it, which was great. gives us the mindset of a predator.
edit: i'm writing my response now, and i think I'll write a little backstory or give hints like used to as well
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hate to double post, but I think i might write a fic about Rankin's past, just because I would like to open up a little more on his background XD
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A fanfic? Here? About Rankin's past?
Bring it! :yes
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It might be a little... Dark. But hey, it's how I want to develop him.
also, my following post will take a small while to write, as always
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Hmm... About dark... I was thinking about killing one of my characters to make things more dangerous. Not Arvens of course, since he is Petrie's character and I only temporarily play him. Besides... Thinking doesn't mean I will actually do it, but who knows? :smile
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That sounds REALLY interesting. I was also thinking about your latest post with the weasel, and how he was hoping for a companion... Hmm.. ;)
if you do kill off a char, if available and if it's what I'm thinking, I want to fight the weasel again XD
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Yes, that sentence was a hint that I would like to have another weasel join Whitetail. However, since I already play more than half of characters in this RP, I was hoping that someone else would be that new weasel. ;)
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Well if you think about it, there's only four players in this. From the way it sounds, GVG kinda seemed like he wanted combat in it. If not, maybe I'll lend in
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I think I'll wait with posting till Cinankhen regains his consciousness completly. ;)
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Alright, no problem. Guess that means it's your turn, Malte...