Warning

Not guilty! I like maple syrup IF anything at all. The next poster is guilty of having eaten cereals without milk.

I am bumping this since the thread and club is dead anyway (and I have not seen rules regarding bumps) but also because this post is still in effect as of currently.

Arish sat there, calmly enjoying the peaceful evening for now, observing the man talking to her. The remark about her clothes and how surely there would be more who would like her look made her smile, with just a little embarrassment. She had signed up for this and she wanted to be attractive anyway with a certain sense of freedom. This much worked well for her so far. Kade's own look looked good to her and she felt that it fitted perfectly for what he was doing in this club. In fact, she had met with more than one stylish people in the club so far and this alone made her want to have her own unique yet stylish look as well. The fox woman was part of the club now and playing the part was part of the fun. Attracting eyes on herself was also part of the job and she did enjoy it. With his teasing, even Arish knew that her wording could be taken out of context so she saw it as deserved but at least Kade did not make it awkward for her. It encouraged her to perhaps share a small part of her life at the very least. Nothing very exciting but he would know where she comes from. "Well, if you insist... I worked as a maid before I was accepted to work here. Not the kind of work that we do here. It was something more, well, formal. I was good at it and I needed the money. I gained experience out of it but it was not very...", she looked away, searching her words. "...thrilling? And then, I found this club and they offered jobs unlike any that I had seen before. Miss Adonia took me in after I applied and she welcomed me with opened arms. It was very different from what I was used to.", she finally said as her eyes looked back to Kade. There she had done it, telling about herself, hoping that her short story would not bore him anyhow. Regardless, brushing her own skirt with her hands gently, she looked curiously at the man. "What about you, mr~, I mean, Kade? I would not mind listening to your story as well.", Arish politely said, slowly loosening up into her new role.

Arish managed to show a blush on her cheeks as she was being corrected on her formality. She was still new and adapting to this environment but she liked to be corrected in order to be more comfortable with the way she presented herself. Taking a mental note of calling him by his first name from then on, she nodded in a subtle manner to herself. As she thought she couldn't be more embarrassed, this man seemed to enjoy complimenting her, making her red taint on her cheeks difficult to go away. Her main outfit was particularly chosen by the fox woman to work in this place and Arish wasn't afraid to look sexy and show some skin in a good taste for the pleasure of the sight. Her fishnet thigh highs and otherwise bare feet were a personal choice of hers for both comfort and attractiveness. Her tail seemed to fit into the design perfectly with a bow at its base, above her skirt. "Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you like it.", Arish said in response to the compliment about her dress. Then, as Kade walked around the lounge and offered to spend some time with her if she was free, she turned to face his location, looking as if she was thinking. "I have to wait for customers to arrive but in the meantime, I would be glad to entertain you.", she told him politely. There was no harm to share a little time with someone if she was not required right away elsewhere. The fox maid approached when a chair was offered to her then carefully sat there, moving her tail as needed so she is comfortable. "My past is not very exciting, though. Much less exciting than what it is like to be here.", she finally said, looking a little embarrassed about not having much interesting tales or stories to herself if not some events of her life that probably would be boring to hear for most other people.

Arish turned to the man who arrived and spoke, who happened to be the bartender of the club or one of. She probably had met him only once or twice since her arrival since she had to learn about who she was going to work with. One thing she knew is that he sure was capable of selling his service. Any customers would surely be tempted to try the bar with a speech like this. She knew she would be likely to visit the bar herself when she would be done working. When his eyes moved to her, the fox maid bowed just as she would with any customers or personal but without being too formal about it. "Yes, Mr. Arid. That is correct. It's good to see you here." While she had no interest in men, she still found the smooth talk pleasant and appreciated it just the same. Working along with people like him was something she was thankful for. "Will you be visiting the lounge?", she asked with a smile, unsure if he was on his shift or not but she still felt the need to ask, in case.

Since I still get notifications for this, I see you're bumping but still not responding to my posts (yet I did not get any communication from you that told me that you were or not still interested to start anything nor any feedback on my post either.) So am I supposed to understand that you are no longer interested (But not telling me) or? Because the "message" is a little unclear and the post has been laying asleep for like 2 weeks without responses, now. (I am not being told why, either.) Communication with partner is key to success and posting here might seem like the only way for you to notice and perhaps finally say something...? o.O

Anything that helps sounds good. If no one does anything, it might just end that people will see it as inactive and not want to participate. Chain effect from there. People who may enjoy the club will want to see at least one or two active members (and this could encourage them to participate as well). If no one does anything (And I know we have a part of responsibility into that but even I can't write by myself forever), it may unfortunately leads to people being demotivated. The place exists and I won't give up on Arish this quickly either way. :3

What I meant anyway was not much criticism but just an observation of things. The idea itself was good. The lack of people noticing makes it look not so much. In an active community, this would probably work like a charm. People can't really be forced to join and notice so this makes things a little more difficult and in contrast, most people will care more about their own private matters than any "social" experience like this. (Again, no criticism, only an observation). I was pretty interested into it myself, in hope to see how that worked. Can't blame the club for it. It's just the activity on the website itself doesn't seem great. Lot of users but most are busy with their own little things anyway. Even if I tried to push for more public roleplay myself, I didn't find lot of interest. (But no worries, I got some private ones going) The writing part of the club is fun but if some roleplay opened up, I'd be inclined to join for fun and practice.

I have a feeling that this idea didn't work as well as intended or I am missing something. (I've been following and visiting this club every 2 days or about.) It's a shame that things are so quiet but then again, this quietness is effecting all clubs and all roleplays right now. Something has been happening. I'd like to give it a try but I'm not sure if I'd ever have a chance at roleplaying. (Which I'm really looking forward to do right now.)

Founder isn't really a problem, however. This is why she appointed a co-leader. And nor her nor me could help you write more if you're only willing to do private roleplay. As for others, we do not know yet how they plan to use their characters for private or public roleplay. To build a world, we require participants but if even SFW roleplay isn't enough, I'm not sure what we can do more.

But the discussion is SFW and works fine. Now if you're looking for more private time, again, sorry I can't do much. I just enjoy both SFW and NSFW events myself.

I mean, Arish is still there. For now. Unless you absolutely want NSFW. (I do a lot of SFW stories myself or well, I used to. This used to fill the gaps for empty times.)

Goddamn it, for a second I did think that there was a possibility to add tags (like we add them to pictures) to albums. This would have solved a good part of this suggestion. (If they were visible from the album list.) But I understand. It's not entirely a problem to edit the title of the album, I just thought that I could suggest something different. For now, I'll keep editing my albums simply. I know we can add tags to threads and pictures so it would have been nice to add tags to albums as well in order to create an available or unavailable tag. Thank you for your response anyhow.

Still, however. Is there no way to change the sorting settings to make it like "Ascending" instead of only "Descending"? This would fix a good part of this issue easily by allowing the newer pics to be thrown in the back and not in the front. I am surprised that this is not an actual setting too since usually descending comes with ascending as its contrary in gallery searches.

Please, for the love of heavens, allow us to manually sort images within albums. While I understand that albums are now made for only a single characters, this exactly increased the priority of this suggestion. Most people may not require that their images hold a certain sorting order but I kinda do. Images that I uploaded the first time (that I use as main images) should not be kicked back with new images being uploaded, when they are supposed to be secondary images to support the first one. I know that I can make an image THE main image of the album but this isn't the issue. I want my images to be in order so the most important ones are first and the least important ones are last. AND just so we talk about it, the sorting options are not good as they are because they only have "sort by earliest" or "sort by dates" (which btw are the same thing) but there is no sort by oldest or reverse sort by date. I find no real use in things like sort by most viewed and comments since this brings chaos.

Now, I understand this might not be "needed" or ever suggested by anyone before but there is a first time for everything. To best explain what I will go on about, see my album of characters. The point: I think we should have a setting when we create albums (Or edit them) to mark a character as available or not and maybe a between option for "waiting for confirmation", "in standby" or the likes. When a roleplayer would check the characters (albums) of a potential partner, they would therefore know if a character is available to be requested or not in a roleplay. I do believe it would make things slightly better and it would be a fun and useful settings to have around anyway. The arguments: First of all, I've noticed that changing my albums to let others know if a character is available or not, also changes the URL of the album (Because they get renamed along with the title of the albums). This part is kinda fine but it could also be avoided with my idea. Next, I noticed that when we upload an image, there is always lot of data that we can enter but what if one such option was availability? However, I think this should be seen in the albums and not on the pictures themselves since the first things people see now is albums (featuring the different images of a single character), I hope you see what I mean. We know for a fact that with the new rules, albums are used exclusively for character uploads in their respective albums which means that the albums are intended for character presentation anyway. Availability could be included to the album settings. The conclusion: So yes... With this, while it might not have a use for everyone, having a kind of checkmark for availability on character albums, it would keep things tidy and clean and let people know what is free to take for fun. I also believe that this would not be too difficult to incorporate to the current system but I am no expert so I'll be letting our admins decide this one. For now, thanks for reading and I'll hope to hear more about it. (Whether you think the idea is good or not)

Funny, Aura. I thought the same thing. I thought to myself "What if I didn't go lewd with this one" just for the sake of writing. I didn't try yet or read yours but I'm glad someone thought about it. Being on ED doesn't only mean erotic dreams after all. I will consider maybe doing something later myself if I find the will to do so. Otherwise, oh well. I will wait until the next challenge instead. Good luck to everyone for now.

The fox maid who was taking a look at the customers from her side of the club house, noticed the man greeting her. Arish bowed to return the greeting. "Welcome to Midnight Meetings. This realm, as you call it, is where you can find the lounge. Behind me are the open lounge where you may enjoy some time to relax by yourself or with someone.", she started to explain, albeit a little nervously as she tried to remember all of the details to tell a customer who may have these questions, "But if you prefer some more private time instead, you are welcome to visit the Neon Night: Rooms made specifically for personal and intimate needs.", Arish finished or so she believed, smiling to the man she was talking to. "I am here to answer all questions you may have about our services."

My character will gladly interact with anyone paying a visit there for any reason. See her like a NPC who is less like a bot, I suppose. As long as the theme of the thread is respected of course but nothing stops someone from paying a visit there for any reason if they have business there. We also have other employees in other sectors of the clubhouse who MAY be able to interact as well. Although, I cannot speak for them myself. I am simply hyperactive myself almost all the time. (Except for the usual sleep and busy for whatever phases.) I also see interactions with others as a form of practice for writing (Since I think I need it) so I personally encourage people to visit me with their characters even if only to say hello and discuss something for a post or two. Obviously, Arish is a working maid so she also can't spend ALL day talking but you get the idea. Only trying to encourage some activity. :3

In my sincere opinion, if you're stalled then I would see no reasons for you to not try to start something else for now and then when your partner comes back, you can resume with them. I know that we can't be at two places at once but these stories can also happen at two different times. It would not make sense that we lock someone out of roleplaying because of a partner in temporary leave status. As long as threads are not spammed but this kind of uncommon exception should be alright. This is how I see it to encourage people to roleplay more and not less within the club. A reminder as well that if you need a certain room or anything, (by example the lounge *cough cough*), I would encourage a small sfw visit there for an employee to take care of you before you set yourself up for a private time with a friend. This would serve as a small introduction and social moment as well as some activity happening in public spaces. It would be welcome.

I would do more but I already posted everywhere that I can for now and unless someone adds some participation, it will become difficult to do more. BUT if desperate, I will be adding more posts with my own character by herself until someone pays a visit. (not in a quick succession but like once per few days.) There was something about having employees keeping things up before even if no one was doing anything. I know there is a rule set by Adonia to not chain posts but that rule works better when having an actual partner because the basic roleplay standards require each participants to have enough time to post their reply before another comes up. THAT said, there is no real post at all now. This club honestly deserves more attention and I am not saying this because I am now co-leader but rather because Adonia's efforts with it should be recognized. There is also the fact that this club is not exactly fetish heavy and so not necessarily for a specific audience. Roleplayers can chill between each others as much as having quite some fun in "private" with duo threads. I believe what is required now is simply to make sure that the club remains active in order to encourage more users to participate into it. Any suggestions are good but we can't really force unwilling people to join if they don't want to, either. But anyway, this is my take on it for now. I will give it a moment before I re-activate Arish.