OOC5 - "Adventures in Gunrunning" RP
POSTED BY: Astriana
UPDATED: Saturday, February 7, 2004 04:43
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Hi all, I was wonderin' somethin'... how are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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Squee wrote: "how are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?"
Since we don't have anyone playing Niska right now, I suppose whoever wants to interact with him can just have him do whatever is needed to move their story along. It's not like he's a major character (except maybe in Simon's head). More of a Mcguffin.
Not trying to be all directorish, but I still like the idea of Rowan catching Niska. Maybe saving Jayne's bacon at the same time. This would give her street cred with the crew, plus set up an interesting Rowan/Jayne interaction.
McGuffin - a Plot Enabling Device, i.e. a device or plot element that is deliberately placed to catch the viewer's attention and/or drive the logic of the plot, but which actually serves no further purpose - More specifically, it is usually a mysterious package or superweapon or something that everyone in the story is chasing.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Submitted for your approval. Alternate resolution for the "Niska in Simon's head" problem.
As SIMON seals the recaptured NISKA back in the cryo-box, MAL nods to THORNE, who removes a small blackjack from his coat pocket and expertly clips SIMON behind the ear. SIMON collapses, and MAL and THORNE lift him to the examination table and strap him down.
SIMON struggles to consciousness and fights wildly against the straps for a few moments. Calming, he begins to speak, but in an eastern european accent.
"Ah. You think you have me, but I will own you yet. Your pain will be a work of art. Ha ha ha."
As SIMON continues to cackle maniacly, his head rotates 720 degrees in a counterclockwise direction. boils and pustules break out on his face. A blast of evil-smelling slime fountains from his mouth to the ceiling. The entire room shakes.
Suddenly, everything is still. Shepherd BOOK stands in the door. He is wearing full Shepherd regalia and carrying a censor that is producing pungent smoke. He speaks:
"Exorcizo te, omnis spiritus immunde, in nomine Dei Patris omnipotentis, et in noimine Jesu Christi Filii ejus, Domini et Judicis nosti...noshty...nasty...Oh, Heck, Plan B."
Approching the writhing SIMON, BOOK strikes him on the forehead with the palm of his hand, one, two, three times, chanting "Out, you Devil! Out, you Satan! Out, you mother-f**king son-of-a-bitch!
With superhuman strength, SIMON breaks the arm restraints and sits bolt upright. From out of the air, a voice is heard, crying "I'm melting...melting...melting." The voice fades and the room brightens.
SIMON awakes, as if from some vile dream, and notices he is strapped to the table. "KAYLEE, where are you? Were we playing 'The Mental Patient and the Naughty Nurse' again?"
MAL Smiles. Everything is back to normal.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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LOL! You guys slay me. I'm on for a few minutes before I head to work (when I'll be on again). Since we have so many storylines to resolve so we can close this "episode" and move on to the miniseries, I have been working on way to get this closed out. I will be e-mailing everyone individually to work out storylines/resolutions, so as not to ruin any surprises, character issues, and back stories that the players have worked out and the other characters/players don't know about yet. I'm thinking I should be able to make the first GM post sometime later today/tonight and we can work from there.
~A~
...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.
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That's hi-larious! Love it very much. Very many good lines.
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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!
Teela Brown, keeper of bad typing.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer
"...Oh heck, Plan B.
Geezer, you're a hoot! The blooper that never was!
We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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Quote:
Originally posted by Squee:
How are our characters going to find Niska if we don't know where he is ourselves?
Look under those placemats in the galley. Fugitives like to hide under them.
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LOL, Geezer, how in the 'verse did you come up with THAT? It's like Firefly as a comedy. Oh that's funny...
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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Thanks. I've been thinking about a parody story that has the Serenity crew meet various figures from the sci-fi/fantasy world. I can imagine Jayne coming back from a hunting trip with Jar-Jar Binks slung over his shoulder, throwing him down on the ramp, and saying "Here's supper. Them's good eatin'. Noisy though."
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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LOL!!!!! *wipes tears from her eyes* Oh, Geezer, you should write it, I would so love to hear what else you can come up with...
*continues laughing all the way to the RP*
I'm not broken, in my dream I win...
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