PR0METHEUS wrote:
I think what Adreanna meant was to keep the RPing ingame, and not continue it out in forums and such. That seems to be where her definition of obsessive comes in to play, when you continue the RP outside of the game.
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I guess one could say if you're really going to role play your SRO character, the character does not exist outside of the game, so it wouldn't make sense to continue your character's story in a forum or chat room.
I could see it either way. Even if you don't actually DO the RPing in the forum, there's nothing wrong with discussing ideas there, and then actually carrying them out in-game.
might not be essential to proper RP but certainly they are accepted as an integral part.
This is my SRO "Backstory" in part:
INTRODUCTION“
Jen’ke, you will appear before the venerable Madame Sakshi of Donwhang tomorrow; are you ready?”
Jen’ke studied the floor as he considered his answer and tried to bear up under the scrutiny of his master. He summoned his courage and answered “
y-yes, master,” his spoken voice barely a whisper. Over the past several moons young Jen’ke had been enrolled in the Academy at great expense. He had never understood what Master Sun had seen in him to consider him worthy of such attentions.
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Speak up, worthless boy! Toss your folly away and consider your answer carefully!” Patience oftentimes eluded Master Sun when dealing with children, the brunt of his anger was not lost on Jen’ke. Timidly, with eyes still downcast, he began to recite his lessons.
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Honorable Master Sun, within your servant is the energy of death, decay rebirth and transformation. The power shown manifests itself as willpower, passion and determination and my focus follows these portents. Force Healing has chosen me, I have not chosen this.” Jen’ke knew the power of a soft answer, that it alone is able to turn away much wrath.
The voice of the master softens as he considers the words of boy, “
You have spoken well Jen’ke, but Madame Sakshi will see beyond cunning words. I ask you to think this night again and answer to your own heart before you meet her, Are you ready?”
Later that night, while tossing on his sleeping mat, young Jen’ke’s thoughts turned to great battles where he imagined himself single-handedly defeating Tiger-Girl. He had not yet turned his bow upon even the slightest in stature Mangyang, but his tutelage with General Sonhyeon had been going well. General Sonhyeon considered him only as an ignorant errand boy and it seemed indeed that it was his lot in life to become content in obeying the wills of those over him.
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Am I ready?” Within my spirit, I knew that I was not. When I was very young, I told my mother that I thought someone had poked a hole in her eyes and all the ink had drained out, which she thought was very funny. The fortunetellers said her eyes were so pale because too much
Wind was in her personality, so much that the other elements were not present at all – and this, they explained, was why her features were so mis-matched. I too have pale eyes and am much like my mother. Perhaps the elements of wind have captured me as well? My young spirit was worried of this because aspects of Force Healing require the steadiness of earth and not the flight of Wind. My bow weapon followed the wind in my personality as did my love for hawks and birds.
Dreams entered me as a final riddle was asked within my now drowsy mind. Asked, but not answered, “
A peach has a lovely taste, and so does a mushroom but you can’t put the two together.” This was the terrible trick that nature had played on me. I could still hear the taunting of the other children as they tortured me with their cruel words. Their haiku, cast at me in sing-song was the worst of all.
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Taunting Haiku wrote:
Wind from the mountain
Heedlessly bought from sorrow
Heal yourself, windboy
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CITATIONS ANNOTATIONS and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1*) I shamelessly 'borrowed' the concept of water personality, poking the mother's eyes and the flavor of peaches and mushrooms from the well known book, Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden.
