Wow, you've all been so chatty today. That's nice.<br/><br/>Well the 'going toilet in public' thing seems to generally have a decent amount of support so we'll include it but please talk such scenes through with your direct partner(s) beforehand and just make sure its okay. I think for the character template I will add a heading for this specifically so as we all have a better idea of who's in 100% and who's more reluctant.<br/><br/>Please be aware that as far as my understanding goes, we are including this<em>merely as a device to humiliate the pet</em>. In that regard I hope players will focus on that aspect and not on the blow by blow account of the act itself which may be a bit gross even for me. Descriptions of colours, textures and smells I think are unnecessary... I hope most would agree we can convey the actual act without the grisly details... The act could even be mostly glossed over in a few words but the expression of shame and embarrassment on behalf of the dog (or rather the obligation to<em>hide it</em>while experiencing it) is the main thing. That is the real mind fuck here - not that the pet has to endure the shame of pooping in the nude in a busy street, but that if they were a dumb dog they would have no shame at all over this, so to hide the shame and still do the act is the real nasty here and a sadistic owner could really mess an easily humiliated pet up big time.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=76387.msg3349987#msg3349987">Quote from: Lithos on 24-07-2010, 22:21:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I have been thinking about what sort of Dom character I would likely have in such a world, and my thoughts so far are something like this. Training, humiliating, at times regarding training of course punishing, and possible sadistic pleasure regarding that are a given. There is one strange thing though, when I have been thinking about the general mentality and them really being seen as animals. The kind of character that I was thinking would probably find actual sex (the penis finds the vagina thing) with them repulsive. Would there be any need for dom that does not really want to fuck the pets though, I wonder? :P</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I think you might be expected to fuck the pet at some point, or to be precise to have it fucked, maybe if the owner himself does not wish to then he could ask a friend to or get other pets to. Remember we can NPC other owners and pets in the public areas, so having the poor pet made to endure rape by 2 or 3 NPC dogs would be high on my list of really juicy things things to RP in this setting.<br/><br/>But I guess like much of this games ebb and flow between characters, you should check with your playing partner(s) first. Someone may be into heavy and repeated sexual abuse so they may not be a good fit with such a proposed character.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">As for playing a pet.. I cannot say that I have ever tried, and I have no desire of doing so but in the interest of the game running smoothly I might be able to pull that off. Whether or not I would enjoy it I cannot tell though, but I will not put a boy dog out of the question for now.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>What I think I will do is leave it open to the players. The minimum number of characters you may play is 1 (a pet or an owner) and the maximum is 3 (with at least one of each type being in that mix to ensure a decent spread of owners and pets). As Jessica so wisely pointed out we need to keep the numbers of each in close balance.<br/><br/>I would be in favour of players playing only their own gender. I'm still a teensy bit weird on that subject, so please forgive me.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=76387.msg3349785#msg3349785">Quote from: Chrystal on 24-07-2010, 21:32:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">AHHHHH! Evil witch, Haibane!<br/><br/>I was seriously considering dropping out, but she talked me into reading the one-on-one RP she did. I read the first page and I'm hooked again.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>*hugs* What I think I'll do is revamp those first few posts of the old game and compress them down into one long opening post so it sets the scene and general mood and technology of the game and will serve to illustrate a typical dog's experience. It won't be my character but just an opening mood-setter and information-provider of a post.<br/><br/>Now, I have had another small idea, so I'll run it by you all - if we go with owner/pet couples (or 'family units' if 3 are involved) might the game risk breaking down into a series of small games? I'm worried it might so first I'd like to suggest we use the Club Premises as the main base thread of the game where everyone will start so that it begins as a community. Private suites (or yachts in the marina or apartments in town) are fine for private play when its needed but keeping the communal aspect might be good to start with.<br/><br/>That brings in a second idea which came to me earlier and which I'll confess was<del>shamelessly stolen from</del>inspired by my Maid Mansion game, which is that these illegal self-aware pets are not owned by individuals (which would be too risky possibly) but by the Club itself. The Members buy membership which entitles them to attend the club and use the hotel-like facilities and they then pay an additional fee for renting out a dog. They can take the doggie for walks in town, or go for some exercise on the beach, or take it to bed and fuck its brains out or have it enjoy group play in the Club Lounge or tie it up and whip it or anything you want but after the rental period (say max 24 hours?) it is returned to the Club Cages. Any damage (such as whip marks that mean it can't be rented out for a day or two or a really sore sphincter which means it can't have anal sex for a day) means the member pays an additional damages charge.<br/><br/>So my proposal is would we like to have private ownership or communal renting?<br/><br/>My thoughts are that the communal rent system will allow more pets and owners to interchange in a series of shorter scenes, so everyone has more opportunity to enjoy more variation, plus its kind of a more humiliating existence for the pets. They're now really no more than whores who don't get paid. There can still be nice relationship developments between pets and between owners as well.<br/><br/>Against the communal system is the fact that the chance of owner/pet relationships is pretty much killed off completely which could be a bad thing, though it depends what your preferences are.<br/><br/>As always, feedback please.