Welcome to you all.

In reply to Gm (msg # 1):

Hello!

In reply to Countess Alisette Blackthorn (msg # 2):

Hello.

In reply to Gm (msg # 3):

Bello, nice to meet you.

In reply to Rowene Gray (msg # 4):

Nice to meet you too.

What a mysterious game! I'm hoping for romance and mystery, but I have no idea what the flavor of Jolant is. Steam punkish? Regency froth? Gilded Age? Maybe all at once?

Camilla is headstrong and wild. She is highly sensuous, open to almost any liaisons. She's looking forward to meeting you all.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 6):

Definitely romance and mystery. The flavor of Jolant is not steampunk, but definitely Gilded Age, late 1870's .

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 6):

Welcome!

In reply to Gm (msg # 7):

Welcome! Nice to meet you.

We shall be starting soon.

Hello everyone I am Doctor Edward Villet pleased to meet you I am sure.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:01, Sun 27 Mar 2022.

Hello, Doctor Villet, and other players. Looking forward to the game.

In reply to Doctor Edward Villet (msg # 11):

Hello.

In reply to Doctor Edward Villet (msg # 11):

Hello.

Do we all make our way to the station for our own reasons and meet there?

Camilla’s back story has her returning from Paris. She could be arriving rather than leaving. If we all need to get on the same train, maybe she’s finishing her journey.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 16):

I was thinking of being there to collect some goods that had been sent to me.  I could meet you getting off the train and offer you a lift into town.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:32, Mon 25 Apr 2022.

In reply to Doctor Edward Villet (msg # 15):

Yes.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 16):

Good idea.

Just wondering if we are playing a plot-driven game in which the GM will set events and provide clues towards an ending she has in mind or is it more of a sandbox setting in which we make up our own stories through generating interactions with other players on our own initiative.

I had been wondering the same thing.  If it is a sandbox type of game we could do with some more characters though.  Are we allowed to play more than one character?

I realize your attention is not focused on Jolant. Fair enough. But I like the setting and I like my character. I agree with the doctor that we can play here and create our own secondary characters.

Would you be willing to grant me GM privileges at the site to create new characters and build up the setting? I don't want to take it away from you, but I would like to breathe life into it.

This game does not seem to have any rating, mature or Adult which could restrict the characters we are trying to play, is it mature?

In reply to Doctor Edward Villet (msg # 23):

It is mature.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 20):

Normally, in my other games I use the previous option, but for this game, let's go with the second one.

In reply to Doctor Edward Villet (msg # 21):

Of course you are. Sorry I haven't been able to answer.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 22):

I wouldn't mind. Do you want me to make you  a co-Gm?

The setting is not steampunk. It is more of a Gothic horror setting.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:51, Sat 04 June 2022.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 20):

The sandbox style sounds fun.

Yes, please. I have some ideas.

Glad you clarified the steampunk vs gothic horror setting.

Does anyone object to setting an Adult status on the game? And then we can have an honest discussion about what we would like to write.

Thanks

Gothic sandbox sounds good.  I agree with change to adult, it just gives more freedom.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 30):

Of course. I'll do that.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 30):

I moved you to GM status, but unfortunately I cannot change the rating of the game to Adult. Shall I make it mature instead?

Let's start by summarizing what we know about the setting and then talk about possible story lines. Our GM tells us:



Is the fantasy series something we might read?

I like the Duchy -- implies a Duke (and Duchess) as well as other aristocrats. We could actually come up with a court (unless it already exists).

Anyhow -- how about a plot against the Duke that will start to become clear to the Players when they all attend an Event -- a royal Ball sounds good. An event for us all to plan for and then attend -- we can work on plot points as we go along, but I'm thinking that things will happen at the ball:

• A foreign ambassador will make a sudden accusation and then drop dead from a poison air gun dart before he can name the culprit
  
• The Lady Arielle, only daughter of the Duke, about to turn eighteen, is to be betrothed a Crown Prince from another Balkan nation, but he is a no show at the ball
  
• Revolutionaries protesting the monarchy explode an Infernal Device in an attempt to assassinate the Grand Duke

Any or all of these could catch up the PC's in a plot. The incentive to get involved will be that somehow the PC looks guilty and must solve the real crime to prove their innocence -- or that of someone close to them.

It's not steam punk, but technology will still be changing fast -- steam engines in factories, locomotives, hot air balloons, Babbage's Difference Engine.

And in the dark corners -- a vampire? A werewolf? Witches for certain.

I'm happy to build all of these, but the game still needs your help (I mean all the other players). Spend a bit more time on your character description. Pictures would be wonderful. Decide three things you would like to have happen to your character in Jolant.

And we'll go from there.

Thank you, dear GM, for entrusting me with your creation. I hope I can breathe life into it. And send along those stories. Sounds like you've already done a lot of the work yourself.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 34):

Yes, that sounds like a great idea. The Duke has three daughters, Lucette, Roxane, and Lily; also a son, Vladmir. Yes, technology is coming into Jolant, especially in the well-populated north. The Ducal family lives in the east.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 34):

Yes, there are vampires, werewolves, and witches! Also rusalkas, which are a kind of Slavic mermaid, and wilis, the spirits of girls who dance men to death- also from Slavic folklore- if you've ever heard of the ballet Giselle, you know what they are.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 34):

The series is something I'm currently writing. It's on paper at the moment, I haven't got around to posting it online. When I do get around to posting it, I will probably provide a link.

Everyone still here?

Yes.

Me too.

I am indeed

Still here, my darling, but not quite sure what to do. Are you looking for story ideas? Do you have kernels you'd like help fleshing out?

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 42):

I believe we are going for the plot against the Duke of Jolant.

I hope I'm not being too forward with the Captain. Mostly just trying to provoke some action, dialog. Happy to pursue or abandon, based on preferences.

In other business, we have a new applicant who would like to know what we do behind closed doors. Shall we give her a peek?

I'm happy to post a synopsis of where we are, but hesitate to overstep myself. It's not my game. And as a game, it's rather more moody than most. Not much happening other than significant looks and a quick bottom caress.

Shall we step it up?

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 44):

Post a synopsis. I don't mind. And as for the Captain, his interest in Rowene is probably something that's expected of him in polite society. That is probably the only reason he went ahead with it in the first place, and it's not something that will last between them.

Ladies, ladies, the Captain will no doubt return! What fun.

In reply to Camille Dubois (msg # 46):

Definitely.

Happy New Year, everyone!

In reply to Gm (msg # 48):

Happy New Year.

In reply to Gm (msg # 48):

Happy new year!

Happy Valentine's day! Where is everyone?

In reply to Gm (msg # 51):

I'm here.

In reply to Countess Alisette Blackthorn (msg # 52):

Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Easter.

Where is everyone?

In reply to Gm (msg # 55):

I'm here.

In reply to Gm (msg # 55):

Me too.

Merry Christmas and happy new year, everyone.