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[Elf]

And my Sakura will appear where Kiyoshi is, because that's how she travels. It figures that, if Rin is trying to find Sakura, she's trace where they are.

I have a feeling it has to do with Kuro, right?

Well, Gabriel appeared in front of Downy.  Someone's starting up magic shit that is going to kill a lot of people.  Gabe doesn't like that.

And guys, Lantz has the right to feel how he does, and so does everyone else.

[Cherry Lover]

And my Sakura will appear where Kiyoshi is, because that's how she travels. It figures that, if Rin is trying to find Sakura, she's trace where they are.

I have a feeling it has to do with Kuro, right?

Yep. Sakura travels through her shadow familiars. She does need some help from Rin, though, she can't usually do inter-dimensional travel even through her shadows.

And guys, Lantz has the right to feel how he does, and so does everyone else.

Yeah, exactly.

[lantzblades]

Likely because the added weight of my childhood, plus for whatever reason Greek monsters don't creep me out, no idea why they don't, probably all the d&d and fantasy books I read.

it's the natural that thing isn't human response, it's like a hook in my brain and as I said it's unsettling. It's a basic reaction in the back of my brain mike, it's not like I can control it, like I said in my example it's a matter of knowing the truth.

[Alice]

...Honestly, when you put it that way, it feels like you're still shaming me for it, even if I was wrong in what I thought you were accusing me of...

So, then, what, when you do it it's ok, but when I do it, it's not? Thanks lantz...

[Cherry Lover]

It's an instinctive reaction, instinctive reactions aren't generally logical....

[lantzblades]

I'm not shaming you, I'm stating the way I feel, the natural response I have is hell part of the design of fiction. It makes you look deeper for signs of the inhumanity when you rewatch a movie like that (assuming the writer and director get good actors) with Rider I think it's two fold one that she doesn't look like the gorgon during that scene but also that depending on the exact myth she was either a human or a goddess and both account as human and stories of tragedy for one reason or another I won't get into are the sort that resonate with with best.

also again it's just a part of my childhood, I wasn't saying anything in the thread before you brought it up because while I find it unsettling Alice I also acknowledge that you are being tasteful about it which gets my respect (unlike those god awful fan books that rape my childhood daily in a literal fashion. SAILIORMOON IS NOT A FUCKING WHORE)

[Arch-Magos Winter]

You're still shaming her, in a way. And there's the thing - if it looks human is human genetically and is intelligent then it's a fucking human even if it is transformed. It's the Jack Harkness test. It's consenting, intelligent, and of sexual maturity. It passes all three tenants and as such is OK to fuck without it being bestiality like you seem to imply you hypocritical jackass.

[lantzblades]

Torchwood sucked

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Fuck you, Torchwood was great. You can't attack my argument so you're resorting to something different. Wow, how mature.

And I agree with Alice, the appearance of "Rin" (Because she's Rin in name only) was a blatant bit of metagaming and just stupid. Very stupid. It violates suspension of disbelief.

[Cherry Lover]

You're still shaming her, in a way. And there's the thing - if it looks human is human genetically and is intelligent then it's a fucking human even if it is transformed. It's the Jack Harkness test. It's consenting, intelligent, and of sexual maturity. It passes all three tenants and as such is OK to fuck without it being bestiality like you seem to imply you hypocritical jackass.

Honestly, you can replace that test with just "has given informed consent", because the other two basically reduce to that. Also, technically, sexual maturity doesn't imply ability to consent. A human doesn't reach full sexual maturity until 20 or so, but they're still able to consent prior to that.

And I agree with Alice, the appearance of "Rin" (Because she's Rin in name only) was a blatant bit of metagaming and just stupid. Very stupid. It violates suspension of disbelief.

I don't see any problem with it at all. It's not "meta-gaming" to have your characters co-incidentally appear when it's helpful for them to do so, and if it is then every single damn thing you've done is meta-gaming, because you keep conveniently showing up wherever Lantz's characters are and then conveniently going nuts in order to kill them....

[lantzblades]

I established how the phone works well in advance of her showing up arch so you are wrong. And once again I care absolutely zero about your opinion of my characters. You've been doing nothing but trying to murder them from the start. Thus your opinion isn't worth a damn since the only interaction is a flimsy excuse to kill off my characters.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Jack going crazy is something vampires do as I've already explained. He would have been fine, and did manage to restrain himself from flipping out into a full on anger frenzy. Now that's not fun to be the target of, and I can attest in game that Frenzy is a very very real threat.

And going loud isn't going berserk. It's a Demon reclaiming his lost power in a relatively dramatic and very very visible way. For that matter, it was very in character for Raul to investigate the Castle.


Speaking of which, I'm going to need to have him pop up again soon. Some minions are going to end up getting shredded. And maybe that Assassin General. Ready for the Demon to fight Milbunk? Because, its a quite awesome thing to see Raul when he goes into murder mode.

[Arch-Magos Winter]

Also, the Harkness Test -

[Cherry Lover]

Jack going crazy is something vampires do as I've already explained. He would have been fine, and did manage to restrain himself from flipping out into a full on anger frenzy. Now that's not fun to be the target of, and I can attest in game that Frenzy is a very very real threat.

Yeah, and being able to find Sakura is something that Lantz's Rin can do. She has to arrive somehow, that is the most sensible way of doing it. And he's mostly doing it to get Sakura out of the way, so I see no problem with that.

[lantzblades]

I don't believe you for even a second Arch.

Alice's characters have actual reasons, I think they ought to be a bit more receptive to the honest heartfelt apology but that is neither here nor there. Your characters on the other hand have consistently tried to murder mine without fail.