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Corporal Charles Stewart Mitchell 6545. Unit: 21st Reinforcements, 5th Bn, Australian Imperial Force dies Oct 3 191… https://t.co/6WsPffpBjK http://twitter.com/ThisDayInWWI/status/914988616505450497

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Rapture and Columbia like you’ve never seen them before! Experience the opening of BioShock fully remastered in all its glory and see how your favorite locations are remastered for current-gen consoles in BioShock: The Collection.

Available 13 September (US) / 16 September (EU) on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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Blog mothballed and archived

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The ribbon has run out

It seems unlikely that many will register this, but for those of you who remember my muses, this message is for you.

Life seems to march on relentlessly at quite a pace these days, and I no long find the time for or the enjoyment in RPing that I used to. I’m sure some of you noticed my absence, and after a period of being very ill, I feel as if the wonderful community that I was once lucky enough to be part of has moved on without me. I’m not sad, I’m very grateful for the days I spent in the RP community, but the time has come for the curtain to fall and this amateur writer to collect his coat and hat. As of this time tomorrow, this blog will be closed and shuttered.

Thank you to all the muns I RPed with, whether it was during the shaky beginnings, the high times, or the final days. I enjoyed writing with all of you, and I hope you all keep the passion for writing that I saw in all of you. I made some great friends here, some of which will carry on, others may drift away. Again, all I can say thank you.

From James Ridley, esq., I say, good night 

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Scream: My character has caused yours to scream out for some reason. Headache: How my character will take care of yours when they have a headache. Expecting: Our characters find out they are expecting a child together. Milkshake: Our characters will have to split a milkshake. Coffee: My character will be hyped up on coffee and pester yours. Graveyard: My character will visit your characters grave. Spectre: My character will be visited by your character’s ghost or vice versa. Bleed: My character will injure your character. Dream: My character will have a dream about your character. Busted: Your character will catch mine doing something they shouldn’t.

O Romeo: I will write my character missing/looking for yours. O Juliet: I will write about my character’s feelings for yours. O Macbeth: I will write about how my character kills yours. O Hero: I will write about my character mourning yours. O Puck: I will write about my character pranking yours. O Titiana: I will write about our characters sharing a night in bed or sharing a kiss. Specify. O Oberon: I’ll write about my character getting angry at yours over something they did.

Amuse Me: I will write a funny drabble about my character trying to cheer yours up. Break Me: I will write an angsty drabble about our characters. Call Me: I will write a drabble about my character asking for yours [be it at the brink of death/in a battlefield/knocking on the front door wounded, feel free to specify.] Drink Me: I will write a drabble about my character taking shots with yours. Enamor Me: I will write a fluffy drabble about my character trying to woo yours [be it out of the blue/Valentines Day,feel free to specify.] Fight Me: I will write a drabble out my character fighting with/or against yours. Get Me: I will write a drabble about my character saving yours. Haunt Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character watching over yours [as a ghost, watching from a distance, or otherwise, feel free to specify.] Invite Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character asking your character to [specify here.] Join Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character giving your character an offer [be it a proposal for an alliance, asking them to join them in an activity (you can get dirty if you want), feel free to specify.] Kill Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character killing yours. Love Me: I’ll write a fluffy drabble about our characters. Mourn Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character mourning your character’s death. Nurse Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character healing yours. Offer Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character giving yours a gift. Paint Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character drawing a picture of yours [like one of your french girls~ be it painting them or drawing them, maybe offering a picture of them as a gift, feel free to specify.] Quite Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to calm yours down [be it from crying, from lashing out, feel free to specify.] Remember Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to get yours to remember them [be it from an accident, meeting them after years apart, feel free to specify.] Shag Me: I’ll write a dirty drabble about our characters. Tell Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character confessing something to yours [be it a love confession, a secret, feel free to specify.] Unbind Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character freeing mine, or the other way around, or something among the lines [be it freeing them from jail, from handcuffs, from a trap, from a curse, feel free to specify.] Value Me: I’ll write a drabble about my character telling yours how they feel about them. Wed Me: I’ll write a drabble about our character under the subject of wedlock [be it my character proposing to yours, or marrying yours, feel free to specify.] X Me: I will write whatever it is that you wish, [specify.] Yahoo Me: I’ll write a drabble about our characters celebrating something [feel free to specify.] Zip Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character dressing mine, or the other way around [this can also be used for shutting them up as well, but feel free to specify.]

Sleep: My character needs to stay at your character’s house for the night, or vise versa. Specify. (you can add any other special things that could happen!) Drink: My character will call, text, or show up at your character’s house drunk. Specify which of the three. Heal: My character will tend to your character’s wounds, or be at their side when they’re sick. Confess: My character will speak their true feelings about your character. (or about a topic. you may choose.) Death: My character’s reaction to your character dying. Time: My character is running late! They are supposed to meet your character at ___________ (fill in the blank) or vise versa. Specify. Protect: My character keeps yours safe from harm. Kiss: My character kisses yours, or vise versa. Specify. Dream: My character wakes up in the middle of the night because of a dream with your character in it. Run!: My character is chasing your character (or vise versa) OR both characters are being chased by ___________ (fill in the blank). Sky: Our characters are stargazing. Help: My character requests help from your character (be something silly or serious, you may decide.) Gift: My character gives your character something special. Or vise versa. Specify. I Do: I will write our characters as a married couple Broken: I’ll write our characters breaking up or in an angsty scene.

« : memory from the past with your character » : a future event my character would like to happen with them + yours [a daydream] ¿ : something my character would like to forget [specify in general or about yours] ☼ : A memory my character has with yours that they’ll never forget ♥: Our characters will have a Mistletoe Kiss ★: Our characters will decorate the tree ¤: My character will give yours a present ❖: Our characters will go caroling $: Our characters will go Christmas shopping together ❂: Our characters decorate eggs together †: My character will have an egg hunt with yours ღ: My character will give yours chocolate ❦: My character will admit she/he loves your character ✯: Our characters will go see fireworks together ♬: Our characters will go to a parade ッ: Our characters will go to a costume ball together ☾: Our characters will go trick or treating ♛: Our characters will wear matching costumes ❄ : drunk texts

Cerberus: Our characters raising a little hell together. Centaur: My character showing yours compassion. Harpies: Our characters getting into an argument. Sphinx: My character asking yours a hard question. Furies: One of our characters causing the other pain. Phoenix: One of our characters helping the other to rise above a bad situation. Dragon: My character guarding yours. Aerico: One of out characters nursing the other back to good health. Mermaid: Our characters going swimming together. Alicorn: Our characters doing something they thought was impossible together. Unicorn: Our characters creating magic (real or imagined). Pegasus: Our characters fantasising together. Banshee: My character will mourn the death of yours. Bugul Noz: Our characters committing an act of charity together. Hiisi: Our characters camping out under the stars. Brownie: Our characters doing housework together. Faerie: Our characters causing mischief together. Jujak: One of our characters helping the other prepare for a special occasion. Lorelei: My character will take yours somewhere involving music.

Torture Me: I’ll write a drabble about your character torturing mine or vise versa. Take Me: my character will kidnap yours Leave Me: my character will leave your character behind. Deny Me: my character will either deny your character’s advances or deny them a ’ happy ending’ Grope Me: my character will grope yours. Lick Me: my character will lick yours in any specified place or manner. Suck Me: my character will suck on any body part of your character Tease Me: my character will tease yours, whether in a friendly or a sexual manner Please Me: my character will do anything to please yours Bite Me: my character will bite yours on any part of their body Blindfold Me: my character will blindfold yours in order to have their fun Meet Me: My character is meeting yours either for the first time or just causally. Greet Me: My character will greet yours, either at the door, at work, or somewhere else. Own me: My character owns your character. Slap me: my character will slap yours. In the sexual manner, or of anger. specify. Call Me: My character will call your character for whatever reason. Hug Me: My character will hug yours. Either by surprise or for a specific reason. Give Me: my character will give yours a gift Tickle Me: my character will tickle yours ruthlessly.

Rain: I’ll write a fluffy drabble of our characters kissing in the rain. Kill: I’ll write a angst drabble of my character violently killing yours. Love: I’ll write a drabble of my character admitting they love yours. Lust: I’ll write a drabble of our characters making love together. Date: I’ll write a drabble of my character taking yours out on a date. Defend: I’ll write a drabble of my character protecting yours. Fight: I’ll write a drabble of my character fighting with/against yours. Death: I’ll write a drabble of my character with yours on their deathbed. Mourn: I’ll write a drabble of my character mourning yours. Pet: I’ll write a drabble of my character buying yours a pet. (specify what kind.) Wash: I’ll write a drabble of our characters showering/bathing together. Pool: I’ll write a drabble of our characters swimming together. Beach: I’ll write a drabble of out characters at the beach together. Sing: I’ll write a drabble of my character singing to yours. Snow: I’ll write a drabble of our characters building a snowman together. Game: I’ll write a drabble of my character playing videogames with yours. Movie: I’ll write a drabble of our characters watching a movie together. Shop: I’ll write a drabble of my character taking yours shopping. Cook: I’ll write a drabble of our characters cooking together. Sleep: I’ll write a drabble of my character snuggling in bed with yours. Rivalry: I’ll write a drabble of our characters having a rivalry between each other. Obsession: I’ll write a drabble about my character having an obsession with yours. Vise versa.

Proposal : My character proposes to your character. Vise versa Celebration: Our characters celebrate together. Or have a party. Secret: My character tells your character a secret. Promise: My character makes a promise to your character. Princess: Your character gaining everything they wanted thanks to mine or vise versa. (Be specific on who gets which role) Servant: My/your serving yours/mine, no matter what. (Be specific on who gets which role) Knight: My/your character defending the other. (Be specific on who gets which role) Mercenary: My character getting payed for a favor of yours. Seer: An event with our characters in the past or future. Songstress: My/your character preforming, whether it is in front of an audience or just for your/my character. (Be specific on who gets which role and whether is private or public) Magi: My/your character having a spell put on them and your/my character’s reaction. (Be specific on who gets which role and what spell you want cast) Archer: My/your character setting a long-distance goal and aims to achieve it with your/my character’s help. (Be specific on who gets which role and what goal it is) Thief: My/your character has stolen something from yours/mine and plans to escape with said item. (Be specific on who gets which role) Healer: My/your character helping your/my character when they are hurt/sick. (Be specific on who gets which role, and whether the pain is physical, emotional, or just having to catch a fever) Spirit: My/your character watching over your/my character. (Be specific on who gets which role) Summoner: My/your character calling for yours/mine. (Be specific on who gets which role and what kind of situation.) Fool: My character cheering up or amusing yours or vise versa. (Be specific on who gets which role) Hallucinations: My character will have hallucinations about your character. Candle: Our characters spending time together by candle light.

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// In it for Lovecraft's brief but verbose damnation of Victorian Neo-Breton architecture, out of it for the flagrant early-20th century ethnic racism

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// For munday, I offer this photograph of me on New Year’s Eve

....ghastly, isn’t it?

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// -blows the dust of my account- 

// Anybody home? 

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Hallucination Starters!

“Hey, snap out of it! There’s nobody here!” “Don’t be ridiculous, that kind of stuff only exists in bad horror movies.” ”Help me! Someone’s been following me for over twenty minutes now, I can’t shake him/her!” “You must’ve heard that… It was loud a-and it seems to be coming our way!” “I didn’t just imagine it! It was there, I swear!” “No, no, no, you can’t be real! You died!” “You’re seeing things again…” “I’m not making it up this time! There was someone there, I’m sure of it!” “Are you high? What the hell are you on about?” “You’re hallucinating! You need to try to calm down!” “I think you’re seeing things that aren’t there.” “How can I be sure that you’re real?” “That’s it, I’m calling a doctor, you’re freaking me out.” “You’ve got a high fever… You’re going delirious. Let me help you, please!” “So, what you’re telling me is that there’s some kind of ghost murderer following us that I can’t see?” “There’s medication for this sort of stuff, you know? Maybe you should take it.” “I think you might be having a flash back, you’re screaming at a door. Look at me! Ssh, calm down.” “There’s nothing there.” “There’s something there, I swear! You need to believe me or we’re both going to get hurt!” “He’s there… he’s there… I saw him, oh god, oh my god!” “It’s not invisible, it doesn’t exist. That’s a different thing.” “What are you seeing?” “Close your eyes, what you’re seeing is not real, you have to listen to my voice, alright?” “Did you take something? You’re not making sense!” “You have to focus on me, there’s no one else here.” “Who are you talking to?”

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// Rping on this guy, too angry for James

// I’m in a really bad mood, who wants to roleplay

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There was a faint sound of something familiar, echoing across an ocean like the faint report of a whistle from a passing ship. James was standing on the rocks of the East Coast, gazing at the grey and blue expanse of the North Sea, as a steamer, or steam clipper he wasn’t exactly sure, slowly drifted away from the Grimsby docks. The wind tugged at the upturned collar of his wool coat, his flat cap screwed onto his head as hard as he could muster to prevent it following the ship out to sea. He was peaceful, the sounds around him mercifully muffled, and the fresh air invigorating him. The mysterious sound rang out again, but it wasn’t a whistle, it was the chiming of a bell, like a church....no, not like a church, more like a....

His eyes snapped open behind the scratched lenses of his glasses. All at once, the dull pain that gripped his entire body washed over him, and he winced and coughed raggedly. He’d been given three days of sick leave to recover, a pitiful allowance after nearly being blow to pieces, and he’d spent his first day lying in bed, ears ringing and head swimming. Today, his second day, had gone slightly better, as he’d found the strength at least to move from bed, get dressed, and limp to his armchair in order to attempt to watch the television. Dr. Powell had provided him with a walking stick, giving the relatively young security guard the air of an old man thrown into the body of his younger self. The doorbell, it’s bell-like chime still muffled by the blast damage rendered to his ear drums, rang again, and James struggled to his feet, leaning heavily on his stick and limping over to the door. Was open, it took him a while to focus on the figure waiting for him, both physically and mentally, as he tried to get his eyes and mind to work in tandem again.

“Adele?” he said at long last, “What are you doing here?”

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       Everyone had heard about what had happened on New Year’s Eve, if you had been unfortunate to be within the walls of the Kashmir or not — from the wealthiest parts of the city to the Drop. But the terror wasn’t contained to a singular attack, oh no. Atlas man’s influence was spreading, and quickly. And with it came the expanding of the violence, the riots. Adele had been planning to visit James just for a quiet night in. But she doubted it would be anything but quiet now.

      When she turned up at the door, she was anything but calm, or composed. The walk had been fine, until a fight had torn up the street. Now usually she was well versed with a few punches being thrown here and there — she did work in a gentleman’s club, after-all, and it wasn’t uncommon for men to engage in a drunken brawl: but right now the Southerner considered herself lucky to be standing upright and breathing, instead of on the sidewalk somewhere in a broken, crumpled heap, bruised and bleeding. Little did she know these were all minor things compared to what was yet to come. 1959 would be far from Rapture’s finest year yet: more like her decent into madness and decay.

      “J-James?” The tremor in her voice was loud. Louder than usual when she’s been startled, or when concern laces her tone. Someone else’s blood sat, crimson and sprayed on the toes of her high heels. GOD, it had been awful, truly a sight that would haunt her until the end of her days to the grave and beyond, it was no surprise that Adelias was shaken, emotionally and physically. She made to knock on the door, desperate to get off the streets and inside, where it was safe. “James, are y’in? Please open up !! “

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// I’ll be RPIng this chap today, why don’t you come over for a consultation? Rapture and Columbia citizens accepted at our clinics

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I think I overworked this one but EHHH. Party like it’s 1959!

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Send me headcanons that you have about the character I play.

Bonus: If I like them I may make them canon for my muse

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// Guys go subscribe to Postmodern Jukebox right now if you love old style music

They take modern songs and play them in old styles....

....the made Stacey’s Mom a 30s Jazz number....

...they are akin to gods

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// I'm sorry folks, I was going to RP today, but I'm really hung over after drinking Port and Martini with my society last night.

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Go Anon and pretend to be my character’s mother