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[freeformschooler]

I think I'll just watch tonight's session as I read through the Player's Manual.

[Dwarmin]

maptools version 84.

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Posted just in case you need it freeformschooler

[Haika]

Ok guys, I'm going to have to put this game on hold. Until January most likely.

I've been feeling very worn out the past month or so, and haven't had the time to put into preperation for this that I'd like. I'm not ready for things tonight, and I feel like it's becoming more of a chore than fun trying to run things like this. So, before we totally crash and burn, I'm going to try and take a break and hopefully when all the holiday stuff is done with in rl, I can get back to running the game.

Sorry Freeform, there will be a spot come January, but until then you'll have to either wait, or talk to Weird about his game.

[Dwarmin]

I totally called Haika burning out on this. No shame man, we know it's tough.

It sucks because we just got past the rough stuff. I felt we had gotten back to having fun, finally. Then boom.

Welp...yep.

Mondays are open for our other game again!

[freeformschooler]

Honestly, I can't blame you, this stuff is intense, especially over the Internet! Hope you get to feeling up to it again in Jan.

[Taricus]

Yeah, It'll be worth the wait. Hope you enjoy the time off though.

[Weirdsound]

We are starting a (Temporary) monday campaign for you all. Check the SYWTBTB topic for information for now. If we decide to keep the campaign running after January it will get its own topic.

[Weirdsound]

Azure Micro Stories 2:

1: Up in Smoke

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"...And the big bad War Criminal cut up the Joktik to make trophies out of while the Spearow, too injured to fly away on their own, were captured by the group." The old medicine man took a deep breath and leaned back in his seat. "I think that is all I can tell for today children. What the fire says happens next is quite complicated. I am going to need to sleep on it tonight before I continue the story."

Most of the children dispersed, returning to their families for the night. Only Quaila, the tribe's orphan, remained at his side. "These stories you tell, are they to teach us lessons about the world?" she asked as the old seer stared into the blaze.

The storyteller blinked. The question was a good one. "The stories are fact. Current events. They all happened, at most a few days ago. Each person must find his own morals and lessons in the facts Quaila."

The girl seemed taken aback. "These people you speak of, they are real?"

The man nods and points into the fire, changing the subject. "Look at the smoke right there. You can see the shape of Pikachu."

Quaila turns her gaze to the flames as well. "I see it. What dose it mean exactly?"

"It is a smoke symbol. When the fire tells this story it represents the one with the tools of the ranger. It tells you a bit about her as well."

The orphan cocks her head. "What dose it tell?"

The seer offers a soft smile. "Many things. The fact that it is a Pikachu means that she likely is aligned with such a Pokemon. It hovers low to the flame, meaning that she has a powerful personality or perhaps an affinity to the element of fire. If you look carefully you can see the  faint outline of a mouth with fangs around the Pikachu: They mean that she is hunted, the fact that they are faint and barely visible implies that she doesn't know this."

"What else dose it say?" Quaila asked, toughly intrigued.

"In and of itself, not much. You can learn quite a bit from the symbols based on where they are in relation to each other and the flame, but  the ability to connect the dots and make a story out of it comes from years of training and good mystic herbs." The old man chuckles. "You going to sleep out by the fire again tonight girl?"

Quaila nods, and the medicine man retreats into his tent to fetch her a blanket...

2: Meanwhile in Unova:

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The doors to the Opelucid City Gym swung open and Jane Branch staggered out. Dripping with sweat she shambled, almost like a zombie, towards the Pokemon Center. The late afternoon sun beat down on her, only adding to the trainer's exhaustion. Her Pokemon were hurt, but much stronger and more experienced than they had been at the start of the day.

After what felt like an eternity she entered the red-roofed building and handed her Pokeballs over to the nurse. She then staggered over to where her two traveling companions were sitting and flopped down on a couch.

"How did the training go?" Asked Rick in the thick Unovan accent that she couldn't seem to escape in this region.

"I... I made it what? Six or seven hours today?" Jane sighed in relief. "However long Ron was in there, I was training for twice that amount of time."

Ronald only nodded quietly. "I hope you made the most of it. This was your last day training here. We enter victory road tomorrow and push for the league headquarters."

"Huh?" Jane's look was one of confusion. "Iris told us that we could stick around and tune up our skill here for as long as we needed."

"She did." Ron agreed with a grim look. "But I just got a message from my brother. I need to get back home sooner rather than later."

"What's wrong with him?" From what Jane understood Ronald was not on the best of terms with his twin brother, it would have to be something quite horrible to make him rush his quest to become champion.

"Nothing... yet." Ronald slid his phone across the glass table and Jane looked the message over. It consisted only of three words and a picture: A woman standing at the desk of a Pokemon Center like the one they were currently in. She was clad from head to toe in red, and wore a cloak. The caption simply read 'Guess who's back?'.

Jane inhaled sharply. "Team Ember? How do they have anything to do with your quest for the championship?"

Rick stares blankly, completely lost. "Team whatnow?"

"A group from Jane and I's homeland." Ronald explained with a slight smile. "Complete monsters hiding behind a mask of good intentions. My brother is a smart man, but like me is kinda bad at holding a grudge. He's gonna try to mess with them, and seeing as I currently carry all of our half decent Pokemon, he's gonna get killed."

Rick smirks. "It sounds like you hold a grudge against them as well."

Ron shrugs. "Its true. You heard what the gym leaders here all said... I'm championship material! I can actually mess with them now and get away with it!"

Jane shrugs. "I don't have anything against Ember Ronald. They helped set my mom up with an affordable house when I was little..."

The young trainer instantly felt the searing gaze of Ronald Goodman come down on her. "...But I said I would stick with you for as long as we are in Unova. Let us head for the league tomorrow."

Ron nodded. "Yes. Lets."

3: Tales From the Tauros Drive #1

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Dear Diary,

Dad warned me that the old bull trail would be exciting; It is only the second day of my first journey and he's already been proven right. The military had set up an artillery training range right in the middle of the trail! We somehow missed the warning signs and drove the heard right through it! Two of the Tauros were blown the fuck up before the military noticed us and stopped their drill. The officer in charge tried to chew dad out, but he would have none of it.

While dad and the military man went at it, I had a friendly battle with one of the soldiers to pass the time. You have to be pretty good for the military to certify you as a trainer. He let Snubs get in three free hits, and then proceeded to have his Butterfree mop the floor with us.

Eventually the officer convinced dad that if he wanted to be re-embursed for the Tauros he would have to stick around for about a week and attend a hearing. Dad left, promising the officer that he would hear from our lawyer. We don't have an lawyer.

Several hours later we stopped at a Pokemon Center where I got Snubs all healed up. One of the nursing interns flirted with me until we left. Dad met Mom at a Pokemon Center on a Tauros Drive when he was fairly young. I asked him if I would find somebody during the trip. He explained that times had changed a bit, and 15 was too young for a cowboy to start sleeping around.

"Next year." He promised.

"Next year."

-Milo Hunter

[KujiUn]

Happy New Years you guys.

As it is also my sister's birthday today, I might be running a little late, whether we're doing Azure or the temp game tonight. Of course, this is an afternoon party, but my mom tends to be very distracted by sales.

[Weirdsound]

I think if we were doing Azure today Haika would have said something by now. I'm banking on the temp game.

[Haika]

Yes, I don't think I will jump right back into Azure tonight.

But what I do need from the players is a day and time each week that you can commit to 4 hours. You need to be there the whole time. Awake, and not afk half the time. This is a rather large issue with this game, and I want to make sure everyone here is able and wanting to play.

There will be some other changes once we get started, such as I'm going to try and use maptools less. Not planning to make a new map each time we come to something new, and to be more descriptive in text and word than with images that need to load and cause issue. Other changes may come up as we play.

[Taricus]

Give me a time and day that isn't wednesday, and I can be there.

[KujiUn]

Thursdays and Fridays I can do with no problem. Saturdays I'm at Weird's house, so I'll have to move my computer back to my house (aka 30 min brb). Sundays I'm gaming, Mondays and Wednesdays (subject to change) I'm GMing, and Tuesday's I have class until five, so I won't really be home until 8:45.

[Weirdsound]

I kept Monday Clear when I signed up for classes so I could play this campaign. Would prefer a later start though, else dishes could get in the way.

[Haika]

I think we are stuck on Mondays, Weird mentioned keeping that clear, others have issues on Wed, Thurs, and Friday, Kuji is gone on sunday for Talent Scouts... The biggest issue is the time zone problem. Revolver is prefering around 5-9pm EST I'm curious if people could go for that time frame? That's ending a full hour before we even start our normal times for the west coast types. If Kuji and Weird can manage that time frame without being afk for food/dishes/class in the middle of the 4 hours, we could try for an afternoon session playtime(maybe before loldishes)?, starting up on the 16th.

That said, I just made a new character for the 'temp' game. I wouldn't mind trying to find another day for that and putting it in for a full game. For that matter, I wouldn't mind just playing it after Azure each week, if the time zones work out. However I don't know how that would work for people. Depends on if we play azure early enough, and the break between games is enough to recharge.

Quoting from the other thread so people know where we stand. I'm also open to new people joining, if they can fit into the time frame and we only get a couple more.