The Lab [OOC]
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		<h2 id="linktree">Play-By-Post: Extreme =&gt; Extreme Small Groups =&gt; Topic started by: Xillen on 04-01-2011, 18:24:09</h2>
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				Title: <strong>The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>04-01-2011, 18:24:09</strong>
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				The Lab - Interest check (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=93896)<br><strong>The Lab - OOC/Character thread</strong><br>The Lab - IC/Story thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=93929)<br><br>This will be the OOC thread for the "The Lab" game with Silk, Haibane, Kate and Litzi.<br><br>Each player, please make one reply to this thread, as a placeholder for your character, and do not make further replies in this thread until after my approval. This way, the characters stay on the top of the thread, and will be easy to find.<br><br>As for the characters, what I need from you:<br>- Name<br>- Appearance. This does not need to include clothes/jewelry/piercings, as you're not likely to keep them for long.<br>- Reason why your character submitted herself to the laboratory.<br><br>Anything else, including biography or reaction can be included by your choosing. If you rather not include them and work them out as the game develops, that's fine as well.<br><br>Including a photo of your character is allowed, but not required. I'm one of those people that likes to just describe characters with words and leave them up to people's fascination.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=93928.msg4087695#msg4087695">Quote from: Haibane on 04-01-2011, 22:16:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Um... may <em>I</em> please request a photo of each players character? I'm one of those people who is very visually oriented and I struggle to imagine characters without an image. I find it a turn off to not have an image and even will go and find one of my own and use that as a guide if one isn't supplied.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Ok, since on of the players is preferring it, having an image in your character sheet is preferable. I know myself how annoying it can be to find such pictures, so if you have problems finding the right one, feel free to ask for some assistance from your fellow players.<br><br>I'll try to find an image for the lead NPC... It shouldn't be THAT hard to find an image of a queer scientist :P<br><br>I DO prefer images only in the OOC thread, keeping the IC thread story only. If you want to post additional images for visualisation, please post them in the OOC thread separately.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Litzi</strong> on <strong>04-01-2011, 19:08:41</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Winifred "Winny" Hart<br><strong>Age:</strong> 23<br><strong>Interests:</strong> Politics, Environmental Issues, Women's Rights<br><strong>Career: </strong>Student at UCLA<br><strong>Appearance:</strong> She is 5'7" with a slim frame.&nbsp; She has vibrant brown eyes and long black hair.&nbsp; She is a little lacking in the breast department with a 26B bust size.&nbsp; She weighs 102 lbs.<br><br><strong>Background:</strong> Winifred is a senior at UCLA with a major in political science and a minor in women's studies.&nbsp; She is a student leader in many organizations on campus, such as, American Civil Liberties Union, Women and Youth Supporting Each Other, Bruin Democrats, Jewish Awareness Movement, Bruin Feminists for Equality, Chabad Chai Jewish Society, Coalition for Action Against Rape, Environmental Science Student Network, Golden Key International Honour Society, Habitat for Humanity, Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Sisters For Empowerment, Young Americans for Liberty.&nbsp; She was a secret member of Pool Sharks and Poker Club at UCLA, but they have since kicked her out for trying to raise the stakes in their small, fun games.&nbsp; Winny has a serious gambling problem.&nbsp; During the week, she is Winifred,&nbsp; a model student, one of the top 10 in her class, and with a bright, bright future.&nbsp; But when the weekend roles around, Winny comes out to play...She goes to the seediest parts of L.A. to get her fix and is usually very good at what she does.&nbsp; But she has had a string of bad luck and owes some very scary people some money.&nbsp; She needs to get out of town and make some money to pay those she owes.&nbsp; She finds the ad for the experiments and is able to convince her adviser that it is a mission to help villagers on the island and she should be given credit for spending a semester there.&nbsp; <br><br>(http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/RazyCal/Elliquiy%20Characters/silence_must_be_heard_by_darkvenuspersephonae-d36dxha.jpg)
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>04-01-2011, 22:16:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f0/KelleyThompson_02.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/44/KelleyThompson_01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Maureen "More" Portman<br><strong>Age:</strong> 23<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Physical statistics:</strong> Height 5' 6", Weight 125 lbs, 34D-24-35<br><strong>Hair:</strong> Auburn<br><strong>Eyes:</strong> Hazel<br><strong>Marital Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Sexual Preference:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Employment Status:</strong> Full time student, London University of Fine Arts<br><strong>Background:</strong> 'More' as her friends know her was a bright and bubbly young woman with a happy outgoing disposition from a moneyed background with every privilege at her feet. A good education, supportive and loving family and good grades in her first two years at the London University of Fine Arts studying photography. Then, tragically, while returning home from her 21st birthday party the friends car she was travelling in was involved in a traffic accident - hit by a truck whose driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. Her friend was badly injured and in a coma for three months. The third person in the car died on the way to hospital. Maureen, among less serious injuries broke both her legs and her hip. She underwent several extensive (and expensive) surgical procedures and a long course of rehab and physio but during her treatment she developed an addiction to the painkillers pethedine and methodone, even one day assaulting her therapist in her desperate attempts to demand more of the drugs.<br><br>The therapist sued her and a long and ugly court case followed. Maureen found herself, eighteen months after her car accident, with a criminal record and much of the large compensation sum she had been awarded by the court for her accident gone, wasted defending her case. She was subject to a court rehabilitation order and spent six months in detox in an expensive retreat south of London.<br><br>She has recently come out of rehab and found her life in tatters. The University will not accept her reapplication and she feels afraid of crowds, motor vehicles and enclosed spaces. She has also, unknown to herself developed a heavy submissive streak, requiring people to effectively take control of her and provide for her, her fear of being pro-active in her own right has turned into a twisted need to be dominated and led, both socially and sexually. This sudden need to be sexually abused and humiliated frightened her as much as it aroused her and in desperation she turned to the internet for advice and came across Dr. Bennet's medical practice and his request for test subjects. Hoping that anything would help 'cure' her unwanted perversions, Maureen applied.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kate</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 12:44:59</strong>
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				<strong>Name: </strong>Hillary Roe<br><strong>Age:</strong> Mid 30's<br><strong>Interests : </strong>Surreal Art, Mythology, Paranormal<br><strong>Career: </strong>Journalist<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5 flat<br><strong>Weight:</strong>80 lbs<br><strong>Bust:</strong>B cup<br><strong>Photo: </strong><br><br>http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hilary-rowland-pro.jpg (http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hilary-rowland-pro.jpg)<br><br>(http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hilary-rowland-pro.jpg)<br><br><strong>Background:<br></strong><br>Currently Hillary is a semi-successful journalist for a newstation due more to her looks than action talent at asking probing questions and as such she is often assigned to articles concerning entertainment or novel social events. Although she certainly can do herself up to look like a stunner, she is one dependent on dietary requirements to do so which manages a blood condition that stumps most of the medical community. This affliction creates radical changes in the behavior of her lymph system and subsequently her skin complexion and facial muscle tone on any given day. She herself can be prone to withdrawal and has been off and on antidepressants for the better part of her life,&nbsp; after attempting different prescription drugs to manage the see-saw nature of her emotional landscape she has settled on medicinal marijuana, something she tries her level best to keep others unaware of. When down she often seeks to talk to others about abstract notions which seldom would be of interest to any which don't often internalize the world also. Past times such attempts at conversation have been dismissed as "too weird" or "too intense" has distressed her greatly which she often ponders while sad.&nbsp; When things seem up however a very different personality appears which is highly affectionate and empathic to those she meets. <br><strong><br>Lab landscape<br></strong><br>&nbsp; She is submitting to the laboratory in hopes it will cure her ailments as well as for money.<br>&nbsp; She does have marijuana with her and has explained her situation and her dependency (and like) of it to the laboratory representatives.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Silk</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 17:28:45</strong>
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				Name: Emma Valeintine<br>Age: 19<br>Interests : Stuffed animals, reading, playing her flute<br>Career: Homeless<br>Height: 5.4 flat<br>Weight:84 lbs<br>Bust:A cup<br>Photo: (http://www.surfcitynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/homeless.jpg)<br><br>Background: Emma has had a poor lot in life, she was brought up in a orphanage from as far as she can remember, she was always an awkward child, generally keeping to herself, and her stuffed animals, even though the other children often tore them apart in front of her. At the age of 18 she had to leave the orphanage and has been homeless since, although she still keeps her animal close.<br><br>Lab landscape<br><br>While Emma was begging for food, she came across a flyer offering money and accomidation for several months, she would've been a fool to pass that up.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 18:00:25</strong>
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				Your Emma character looks good, Silk. (And so do the others, but I already informed you so over PM) Seems we got a nice, diverse list of characters here. :)<br><br>I updated the first post in the IC thread to initiate the story.<br><br>The third paragraph refers to Kate's character, but that is just an example piece. The other three players can each imagine an arrival very similar to Kate's character, only just prior of that. Since the characters aren't from the same location, four different planes flew you in from different locations, arriving at a slightly different time.<br><br>You can all describe your character entering the little building/be present in the waiting room. Do keep in mind that your characters have not met prior to this scene.<br><br>Haibane: I recall your request for photos. I will provide one for characters in the lab itself, but since the pilots and clerk are merely minor NPCs that have no part in the future of the story, I'm not going to bother about them.<br><br>And as a reminder, if you want to include pictures for clarification/detail, please keep the pictures in the OOC thread.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 19:19:30</strong>
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				That's fine Xill, just the main characters you'll be using would benefit from a face. Or a body pic...<br><br>EDIT: I hope my opening post is okay and that I haven't God-moded anyone too badly. I based the arrival order of everyone on Xillen's post which mentioned my girl being there first and Hillary last, so I tossed a coin and fitted Winny and Emma in between.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Litzi</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 20:50:24</strong>
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				Let me first admit, this is my first group forum roleplay.&nbsp; I have done most of my roleplay on IRC really.&nbsp; <br><br>Ok...I'm not sure how its supposed to go but I know I would feel more comfortable if someone who hasn't met my character icly or has never played with me in any other game, not play her for me.&nbsp; I mean, I could be playing her an uber snob and she could have refused to talk to her...It just feels like she's not mine if someone posts what I do before I even have a chance to...Ya know? But then again, I've never played a forum group thing so that might be done all the time...Lemme know please.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 20:59:46</strong>
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				I'm only going from what you have written in your character sheet and the rest is impressions my character has of her. The thing is my char was planted there first by Xillen and it seemed quite logical that the two women would talk and swap the very obvious information. I didn't even have your char say where she was from, only her name, so I really did the barest, barest minimum there but I think I had to do something since Xillen had written his opening post with the last woman arriving so my post had to enclose that whole hour of waiting into one post. I couldn't, for example, have opened a conversation with your char and left it for you to reply since then we'd be in danger of getting stuck in an exchange while later events had already been described and it felt quite wrong for me not to have any conversation with these three strangers at all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:33:35</strong>
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				Hmm, I can understand Litzi's problem. Haibane, if you don't mind too much, could you end your post the moment the next woman walks in, so to say? Allowing Litzi or whoever would post next to properly introduce herself.<br><br>You can describe your reaction to that character in the beginning of your next post, and only react to other characters that entered the room later in your post.<br><br>Or if that is confusing, we could ask one or two players to hold back a few posts, before introducing themselves so it all feels natural. Or one of the other characters could check around outside before entering inside.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:36:44</strong>
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				Ah, I misunderstood your intentions. I thought, by describing the arrival of the last lady that it was your intention to wrap this scene up in one post each and move on rather than RP at length in the admin building.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:44:32</strong>
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				It could go either way. If you girls want some time to get to know each other, I'd rather you take your time for it and do it correctly, rather than rush it. Sorry for not making that clear before.<br><br>Your post up to there is nice. Since I didn't specify much about the airplanes, everyone is free to fill in the details regarding the aircraft that brought them here.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:46:41</strong>
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				I trimmed it down to my girl's opening small talk. I hope that works better for everyone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:51:01</strong>
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				Yeah, much better. That would leave the other side open to react as they wish.<br><br>You might perhaps have left out the details of the other woman's appearance, so it would work regardless of Silk or Lizti being the next poster, but that's not a must.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:54:56</strong>
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				Ah, yes. Um... Damn. I simply assumed Litzi since she posted here earlier and I imagined she'd be back first. Or something.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>05-01-2011, 23:58:51</strong>
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				She seems to be AFK on IRC, and I watched Silk check out the IC thread, so I have no clue.<br><br>So far, we spent barely 36 hours from opening the interest thread to starting the game, I don't mind spending a little extra time on good character development. :)
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Silk</strong> on <strong>06-01-2011, 00:23:43</strong>
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				Just having a little writers block since I've only just got home from work after a pretty stressful shift, sorry if I'm holding peeps up
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>06-01-2011, 00:25:35</strong>
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				There you go everyone, trimmed a bit more off so that now either character can enter. Please accept my apologies for the confusion and for upsetting you Litzi *offers hugs*
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>06-01-2011, 00:26:22</strong>
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				I'd rather give you more time and await a good post, than forcing a crappy post out of you right now. :P<br><br>I know the feeling. I'm not always in the right mood to post either.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>06-01-2011, 14:59:28</strong>
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				As a general request I would ask you ladies not to "rush" things by having your initial post cover thirty minutes of time, if it would be likely that one of the other characters would like to react to your character long before the end of your post. Please give each other chance to interact.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kate</strong> on <strong>06-01-2011, 15:50:21</strong>
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				hey btw i dont mind others god-moding my character for small things that seem consistent with her profile if it helps move a scene or plot - can fully understand (and will respect) others not wanting or liking that though. (misinterpretations happen all the time - but all seems clarified now so cool)<br><br>- on the whole well done all :) its good this thread is moving now i think im gonna love it :)
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>07-01-2011, 03:42:32</strong>
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				Sorry for the small posts from my side. I don't really want to interfere just yet, until all four of you are gathered. We still need Silk's character to arrive, but in the meantime Haibane or Litzi can have her character react to Kate's character, who just arrived. Or they can wait.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Silk</strong> on <strong>07-01-2011, 05:12:06</strong>
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				Sorry for the delay.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>07-01-2011, 10:14:08</strong>
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				No worries. Since you're all there, I'll give you a little more time, in case one of you wants to interact with someone else, and will then push the story forward.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Haibane</strong> on <strong>07-01-2011, 10:47:37</strong>
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				Since we've turned this scene into an interactive one I will do another post, in fact a few more may be needed to get some character relationships going. I should be able to do one later.<br><br>Xillen - any news on that PM I sent you yesterday?
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Litzi</strong> on <strong>07-01-2011, 12:28:14</strong>
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				Sorry I didn't post yesterday...I got very ill...I think it was a 24 hr virus...Feeling pretty ok now thankfully :D
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kate</strong> on <strong>07-01-2011, 16:30:27</strong>
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				ok :)
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>09-01-2011, 16:33:59</strong>
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				Ok, it seems that some of the players have problems keeping up the suspension of disbelief around other people's characters, in more than one combination.<br><br>I don't want to give up on this game just yet, so I'll do my best to see if things can be worked out. However, do keep in mind we're all adults here. If you have a problem with another person's character (rather than with the player itself), instead of PMing me, you could also PM that person (and feel free to include me, so I know what's going on) or post it in this thread.<br><br>/me hopes stuff can be fixed, nonetheless.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Lab [OOC]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Xillen</strong> on <strong>10-01-2011, 13:43:57</strong>
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				Ok, forget it. Seems that just getting your characters introduced is already too big of a problem for some of you, and the rest is basically dead silent.<br><br>Consider this game closed.
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