This:<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=63583.msg3279997#msg3279997">Quote from: rick957 on 12-07-2010, 09:00:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">For an illustration of what I'm talking about, see the recent posts where Ana had Athena "try" to stop Happy from running off.  No offense meant to Ana, and I'm not upset about this, but the post she wrote wouldn't have made sense unless Athena succeeded in stopping him -- she wrote a piece of dialog for Athena to say to Happy, which wouldn't make any sense if he wasn't there to hear it, and my post had already made it clear that he was gone. ...<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I disagree. My intent was that she was speaking as she went to catch Happy, and really, he's so fast (from what I gather) that Athena's brain wouldn't be able to stop her mouth from moving until it was too late. Okay, that's maybe over simplifying, but I really didn't think I was limiting your actions Rick. Rachel could have just been calling out to him as he disappeared into the treeline. We've got to keep in mind that a speedster's great advantage over pretty much everyone else is that he's by large just too fast for anyone to really stop him from doing anything unless he lets them.<br/><br/>If there was any meta-think at work there, I was only hedging my bets, so to speak, by including that line of dialigue so you could respond to it directly, or not, at your whim without having to wait for a second post from me should you have decided to allow Athena to stop Happy. And the only reason I spaced it out was so that the little orange asterisk didn't get lost...I added the line break after seeing it next to purple text and thinking it was a little invisible by comparison.<br/><br/>As to everything else game related...<br/><br/>I cannot stress enough how much I dislike the idea of discussing IC 'plans' ahead of time via OOC. No, not unless it makes sense, say we're going over something that our characters had practised in training drills prior to the start of the game. I know it would suck some life out the game for me, not having that question in my mind of just what everyone is going to do at each little moment. I<em>like</em>being surprised by everyone elses posts, and what you are proposing looks to me to be in direct conflict with that. This is a major part of my enjoyment of roleplaying (in the game sense), the uncertainty and unpredictability.<br/><br/>As far as her explaining, Happy hasn't asked 'why not?' anywhere that I can see, so why would she when Rachel has making sure her team gets out of there alive before Elemental comes back (perhaps with backup) as an immediate concern. And that one line of dialogue did express that she was thinking of Happy's well being:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=63819.msg3246401#msg3246401">Quote from: Anathanasia on 05-07-2010, 22:38:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Stand down, people. Happy, stay put! If he can control the earth, are sure you want to go running around on jungle trails that could turn into a quagmire under your feet?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Believe me, there's a whole lot more where that came from, just from what thoughts entered her mind after hearing the name 'Elemental' and that the Defenders had trouble dealing with them. You want the details, ask IC, but what it all boils down to is that we don't know SFA about Elemental or Ramac or what the hell is going on around here. Sun Tzu would not advise taking an offensive stance under these circumstances.<br/><br/>And, as has been noted, by myself in the IC thread, by Darwishi...I think be everyone at one point or another, Rachel is used to leading Marines. She's used to following her orders because that's their job, but she has also at least a couple times in the game thus far been more than willing to listen to other peoples suggestions. Doctor Wilson most recently, and Oscar once before...<br/><br/>Anything else I have to say on the matter would tread to far into things I'd really like to save for IC, so that's what I'm going to do.<br/><br/>Like Cogs said here:<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=63583.msg3279713#msg3279713">Quote from: Cogs on 12-07-2010, 07:28:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">... There's nothing stopping JD from ignoring her orders, just like Dr. Wilson ignored the order to hide. If JD's not the kind of guy to disobey an order, then that's how you like to play him.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>If you want Happy to disobey, then do it. Play Happy how you want to play him, that's all there is to it. Follow orders, or don't, either way I have really been enjoying your posts, Rick. I'm just not interested in OOCly discussing things that should be purely IC matters. It would really be a downturn in the game for me, if we started doing that.