Icarian Dreams

Well, with the amount of players we have right now I feel that this OOC topic suffices, but it could be helpful to have a separate thread to keep the important things in, especially if you want to refer to it later and don't want to search through nearly 100 pages of OOC talk.

Speak about breaking the mood, Lyn. Ugh. Ugh. You could have at least waited a bit, not drop it all on him right after… She inhaled, then exhaled deeply. No, it was for the best, she assured herself. It would have been only more difficult to stop the longer it lasted. She even almost succeeded at convincing herself of that. With heavy steps, she moved towards the sink, splashing the cold water across her face. She just took a shower, but for some reason she still felt unclean. Her reflection glowered at her in the mirror as she moved away from the basin, its strands of damp hair, combined with its pale blue complexion making it look like some drowned demon. Even the flowers at the side of her head looked miserable, mangled by the lashes of water. Resisting the urge to punch the demon in the face, she reached out for the towels, drying herself up and tying the other one around her hair. As she stepped out of the bathroom, she winced at the thumping sound coming from behind her. Why did he have to make this so hard? He wasn’t supposed to be so emotional about it… hell, she wasn’t supposed to feel so emotional about it either. They met only yesterday, for Mab's sake! What did he expect? That she'd let him sleep in her bed anytime he wanted just because he conjured up some flowers and told her pretty nothings? Great, he already got into your head, she berated herself, glancing at the two pieces of browned bread extending from the nearby toaster. Shaking her head lightly, she moved past it. She could eat later, class would be starting soon. And she still needed to clean up this mess too - nobody could be allowed to see that. It was a pretty dream, but it needed to end. And you're not going to risk everything just because some summerling smiled at you nicely. She pulled some fresh clothes from a nearby chest. You're a Knight of the Winter Court dammit, act like it.

Weeeeell, it is pretty much up to interpretation anyways. I mean, as long as you approach the human with caution, and not breed per se, you're technically not breaking any rules. Regarding the active/inactive thing, I do think that a simple list of active characters would suffice. Character post links would be highly preferable and definitely much more practical than posting page numbers, but, if you're not keen on adding them, then I doubt I can change your mind.

Lyn didn’t protest to the embrace of his arms, taking joy in his closeness. It was really quite charming how affectionate and attentive he was towards her. Was it a Summer thing, she wondered? Or just the way he was? She blushed a little more, hearing his assurances. That was a… well-versed allegory to say the least. But while Lyn didn’t disagree with its premise, the implication that it brought rose some doubts in her mind. She’d be lying if she claimed his fondness of her didn’t flatter her, but… She breathed out into his shoulder quietly, and gently split from him without a second word, closing her eyes and turning towards the pouring water. It rained down her cheeks and hair, enveloping her as she reflected on what Lin said. It took a few silent moments for her to gather her thoughts. Another few moments before she voiced them. “Listen, Lin…” she started, her tone already giving away that this wouldn’t be an easy conversation. She turned towards him. “I don’t think there will be any more… learning between us. Don’t get me wrong, it was a fun and lovely night, but…” she sighed. It was already harder than she expected. “It was a one-time thing, alright? I am not some… instrument. And I’ve already let you in too close.” Her voice reverberated quietly through the cabin for a couple moments more after she finished speaking. Her eyes focused on his for a few longer seconds, determination covering a faint glister of regret in them. Then, she turned away, heading out of the shower.

Finally free, Lyn stumbled to the side, supporting herself with one of her arms, and raising the other to her neck, as she coughed and panted, unable to quite get the feeling out of her throat yet. Feeling her breath slowly stabilize after a few moments have passed, she looked up at Lin, almost laughing out loud at the sight of his deeply concerned expression. He looked so strangely adorable like that. She pushed herself upwards, taking care not to slip on the wet tiles, and smiled towards him, raising her hand in a gesture that meant both "I'm fine", and "Stop it". "Ekh- Don't worry, you just- Ykhm~! -caught me unaware," she assured, uttering the words slowly through the coughs, then took a second to clear her throat before speaking up again. "Sorry if I, uhm- broke the mood there. I imagine you've... been with girls who can handle that better than I did," she then followed-up slightly apologetically, now that the adrenaline had gone, herself starting to feel a bit ashamed that she didn't manage to meet his - and her own - expectations, and please him as well as she intended.

Lyn flinched slightly under his hand, the gentle caress - and his remark - bringing somewhat conflicting feelings within her. It felt rather patronizing, but, being for pretty much first time in such a situation, she had no idea how to react, except to continue her motions and finish what she started. The satisfied sounds coming from above her, assured her that she was on the right track, and the, now a bit more controlling, pressure on the back of her head making sure that she kept the pace. Feeling him throb and tense up under the caress of her tongue, she pulled away just a second too late, as his firm hands tightened around her head, holding her in place for what was to come. "MmMGHH-!" she gagged, teardrops gathering in the corners of her widened eyes as he made a final thrust, deep into her mouth, in the final moments of the act seizing control and forcing himself further into her. She felt herself slide back on the wet floor, in her first instinct propelling herself backwards, her fingers digging into the back of his hip, conflicted as whether to push away or pull herself closer and in the end doing neither. Her pulse raced with adrenaline. Streams of thick, warm fluid shot down her throat, causing her to cough and choke on the sticky substance. She once again pushed back, eager to free her throat and hoping that now, after her reached his climax, his grasp on her would ease.

Well, the problem that we're trying to address, I think, is as much recognizing which characters are active as it is making navigation through characters easier, without having to scroll past dozens of "dead" characters. Hiding would solve both these problems, but as you mentioned, in case somebody wanted to come back (like our friend Godot did a while back, for example), it would make things confusing and maybe a bit awkward for them. A separate topic with a list of sorts could work, although I imagine people would rather see the entire "sheets" of the characters and not just names - I know I would. There's the possibility of linking specific posts, but that'd be a bit tedious, both for you, and for the users. Another option is to keep a separate topic, where you'd basically "clone" the character sheets of active characters and keep it more moderated, deleting sheets when their author goes inactive. This is however, overly confusing, and certainly not in par to the K.I.S.S. principle. So... a lot of words to say that I have no idea

On the case, Jen! Let's see here... Make it clear what the rp is about. - I'd say it's pretty clear - ☑ Give at least a BIT of lore. Too much and it becomes a wall of text; too little and people don't really know what to do with themselves. - Yep, right there, on the intro page - ☑ Imagery for locations to give the players some idea of where things are and to get those creative juices flowing - Can confirm, almost every thread has image reference - ☑ A bit of organization so things aren't so muddled up and confusing. - I'd say Jenny's doing a pretty good job on that. Although cleaning up inactive characters could be done - ☑ Clear rules. - Yeah, we've got a separate rules thread. Hopefully people are reading it. - ☑ Generally GMs listening to feedback from players. - Never had many issues with Jen in that matter - ☑ Don't be too controlling or players get upset and feel strangled. - Well, Jen does like to keep things under her control, but generally I haven't seen her overstep her bounds - ☑ Don't be a total twat to people. - While I have been once informed by her that my writing is comparable to porn-movie quality, Jenny's generally a rather welcoming person I'll give that a - ☑ So... checks across the board. That's a green light from me!

I raise bigger interest! Also, I, too, am looking forward for your feedback on that matter, Luna - from what I gather you've had some experience with public roleplays in the past, so your view/experience on that matter could be particularly helpful.

True, I personally never took much issue with it, but I've heard plenty of feedback about how difficult to handle it was. Maybe the problem was not the even itself thought, but rather the execution? In the end, it was based around having people cramped into a single topic. If the events are more "global", you'll avoid that problem, and will still give a prompt for the players to write around. Spread it across a couple topics, leave a few out for the players who do not wish to participate - maybe it could work. The only issue I personally see with this idea would be the fact that different people have different speeds of replying, so, for example, a topic like our Lucy x Karnis, which is now spread across two IRL months, would have trouble fitting with this sort of global dynamic "timeline" of events. I didn't want to mention by names, but yeah, they were some of the people I have the best memories of. It's a real shame that they're gone, as for me they were somewhat pillars of this community. I agree that their reason for leaving may not be correlated to MA, but still, there's not much you can do about that. They're gone, marketing or not. Still, we have 72 members of the club, and only around 5 of them are actually active. Even if you discount these few you mentioned, what happens to the other ~60 or so? My experience had been that they come around, write a scene or two, then leave, never to be seen again. Why is that? Why are they not engaged?

What I'm saying you need is a way to keep things fresh - the idea I have in the back of my mind would be events, changes to the world that the characters could participate in - perhaps a masquerade coming up, maybe a school trip, maybe some seasonal celebrations. Things that would raise some interest and keep up the engagement value. I am with you on the community part. I miss dearly a lot of people whom I too used to play with in this very club. It was the "golden age" of the club, even though it was rather short-lived. Still, with the people who dropped out, some of them are gone for good, and for the rest you need to consider why they left like they did. I have to say that I personally do not know, but if you figured that out, maybe it would be of help. I'm not sure what exactly do you mean by "dropping story lines" - but I'll trust your judgement on that. As always, I'm open to your ideas, and if you think you have something that would help, then hell yeah, go for it! P.S. Speaking of Karnis, I did finally write back to our little thread back there - sorry for the long wait, but I had a really weird case of writing block back there.

@JennyDK Yeah, I definitely agree, except I feel like you should give more credit to the novelty effect. As you mentioned, most of the clubs you brought up were active near the beginnings of their existence, and since then, they died down a bit. Given, my knowledge on the Pathfinder one is scarce, and it's literally the first time I hear of the Black Crusade, but from what I gather, they were more story-driven, with what I feel would gather a group of more constant players. I feel like lack of direction may be a part of the problem - you basically need players to come up with interesting scenes with each other on their own - giving them a setting instead of a premise. I'm not saying it's a bad thing - I, too, enjoy much of the open-worldness of these sort of clubs, but I do feel like people may be dropping in because of the seeming repetitiveness of the process. You make a fine point with the length of the scenes, but I do feel like they rarely bring much substance. I know some people enjoy the slice-of-life approach, but I'm unsure how many of them are around.

I think it costs 2000 EcchiCredits a month to keep an advert of your club up, so that should not be a problem - maybe it would attract some new members. What I fear is the problem though, is that not many people enjoy public roleplays/RP clubs on this site - I feel like most of the traction on the website comes from people in private roleplays/EcchiTexts. Majority of the recently active clubs have no more than 4-5 actively participating people at once tops, so I'm not sure if there even are people to attract.

Being so close to the climax, she fingered herself ferociously, barely keeping up that tempo in her efforts to satisfy Lin. She only subconsciously caught what he said to her, getting a better idea about what he expressed from the tightened grasp on her head and the rising tension of his body. She slowed down significantly as the feeling finally hit her, for a moment nearly forgetting about the cock between her lips, as her body shook in delight, waves of pleasure rushing through her heated form. “MmMMgh~!" Her mouth parted slightly, in a feeble attempt of breathing out, only managing to let out a series of stifled, luscious moans. She felt a lewd warmth soak her fingers, dripping down onto the shower floor, where it mixed with the flowing water. Her chest rose and fell heavily, her breath needing a few moments to calm down and stabilize before her lips could once again tighten around his member, ready to continue pleasuring it. With increased confidence, she resumed the motions, hoping that the sudden change in tempo didn’t take away from her partner’s enjoyment. She sucked him off with newfound intensity, with deep, long movements trying to make these last moments especially pleasant for the changeling, while her hand returned to his balls, fondling and caressing them before they would unload.

His descriptive exclamation made her feel kind of dirty, her cheeks flaring in even stronger purple-ish brilliance from his words, but at this point she was already way too heated for that to make much of a difference, and the smothered moans that escaped her mouth every couple moments, combined with the gentle grunts that she made whenever his cock thrust against her throat, made his call difficult to refute. She did just like he asked, her fingers rapidly diving and rubbing inside of her while she pleasured him with her mouth. As the pace became quicker, she moved her hand back to his hip, helping herself balance as she passionately swallowed increasingly more of his length. The movements of her digits were bringing her very close to a climax, making her bounce slightly on her knees every few seconds from the sensation they were causing, and making the rhythm of the blowjob to become slightly more frantic than she originally intended, as it mixed with the excitement that her body was beginning to tremble with. "MMmm- MmGh- M-khm~" Her moans were starting to become louder and rather irregular, as in the heat of the moment she pushed a bit too far, choking on the length entering her throat. She made sure not to let that stop her though, even so close to her own high not wanting to neglect Lin's pleasure.

[ OOC: Sure thing, it can feel pretty weird speaking with yourself sometimes ^-^ ] As the triplets handle the conversation, Anpu retreats slightly to the back of the room, not really wanting to interrupt them. Thankfully, Jennifer - as the familiar was named - didn't really seem to give her much attention, and the process of negotiation went surprisingly smoothly. "Y-yeah, you handled it really well!" Anpu agreed, genuinely quite impressed with the smooth proceedings of the situation. Her attention was brought to the symbol, now adorning Jessica's hand, curled into a curious mark of a bond between the sisters and the familiar. A part of her mind tried figuring out whether she could relate the markings to anything she had seen before, but, alas, nothing came to the Anubis' mind. Maybe it was just supposed to be unique and didn't have any ulterior meaning after all. She raised her head, bringing herself back to the present, and looked at Jessica. "So... that was it, right?" she half-asked, half-concluded. "You got a familiar. I... hope I was of help," she smiled a bit awkwardly, unsure exactly what to do with herself now.

[ OOC: Topico-ressurrecto~! ] „Hmm?” Lucy murmured to Karnis’ question, seeming slightly off-put by it. “Well, it’s just- They look so similar to most of us, you know? I mean, just look at them-“ she gestured towards the movie. “Like… some sort of an ancestor to all monsters, or…” she threw her hands in an incoherent sign of confusion, for once seeming at loss of words and falling silent for a moment, taking a long, contemplative sip of her soda. When she finished, she fell back onto the bed, a bit more gathered than before. “Sorry, I just… got a bit philosophical there. I mean, the way I look is literally sculpted after a human. Isn’t that a bit weird?” she sighed. “I wonder what it's gonna be like after the academy - if we stay in the human world, I mean-"

The entire process was monotonous and rather repetitive, with lines of chants being repeated one after the other, but the visual of a figure getting drawn in the middle of the room was strangely fascinating, and kept Anpu engrossed throughout the entirety of the ritual. It felt a bit like some exotic game of charades, and the end result was... well far from what the Anubis expected. For a hero of legends, the figure that now stood in front of them was surprisingly... small. Given, the impressive muscle mass and even more impressive hammer did make up for it, but Anpu still had some trouble considering someone whose height ended roughly near her waist too seriously. Nevertheless, when she finally got to finish up the chant and the last arcane lines have finished appearing, she breathed out in relief and a surprising amount of satisfaction. They did it- They actually summoned a... well, whatever that being was. And from what Anpu noticed, the circle did seem to hold quite well - given the conjured creature wasn't (yet) fighting against it. It all felt almost eerie. Anpu had so many questions she wanted to ask the creature - where did it come from, what its name was, how there even was a scroll to summon it - but for now she remained silent, not wanting to interrupt the LuBelle sisters, as they apparently had things relatively under control. It was at this moment that she realized that they focused so much on the summoning itself that they haven't really discussed actually communicating and discussing the terms with what they brought into this world, but, given the sisters' demonic nature, Anpu expected them to have some knowledge on how these things worked.

The feeling of his fingers tightening on her head was all the feedback Lyn needed, causing her to smile – as much as she could with her mouth full – and focus back on Lin’s manhood, slowing down her movements to not finish it too quickly, but with every push trying to take slightly more than before. She couldn’t help but blush at the sound of his breathy compliments and the stifled moans she was getting out of him – hearing him as hot and bothered as she was a few whiles back, was enough to make her long once again for the touch of his skilled fingers. With only slight reluctance, she removed one hand from his cock, spreading her knees slightly as she lowered it to her own crotch. It was only fair that she, too, would get something from this situation. At the same time, she redoubled her efforts, letting her tongue rest and softly cushion the underside of his member while she focused on taking more and more of it in. the hand that she rested on his balls now practically pushing his length into her. She gagged slightly as she felt it begin to prod against her throat, and raised herself slightly on her knees, trying to reach a more comfortable angle. Taking it all in was likely beyond her capabilities for now, but he seemed to enjoy her affection all the same, and that was all that she really needed.

The feeling of his grasp on the back of her head made her heart skip a beat, as much from the fear that he’d try to push her a bit harder into him, as from the excitement that he may do just that. He remained, however, gentle, and so she calmed down a bit, remaining in control. Teasing and fondling his balls, she removed her hand from his shaft to brush her hair back, getting it off of her face. Without missing a beat, she resumed her motions keeping in her rhythm. Hearing his praises, she looked at him, blushing even harder from under his cock. Trying to maintain eye contact, she licked her way back up, slightly shuddering at the sudden sensation of the warm water on her tongue. She made it all the way to the tip before pulling off for a moment, gathering her breath and preparing herself for him. Slowly, she opened her tender lips, once again obligingly wrapping them around the sensitive head of his member and carefully teasing it with her soft tongue, licking and feeling out the shape and texture in her mouth. Focused now entirely on his shaft, she brought her hand up to her lips, simultaneously pushing her head slightly forwards, taking in more of his length before beginning to carefully bob her head while her tongue remained in constant action. Her eyes shifted for a slight moment back towards his face, trying to gather how good of a job she was doing at pleasing him. It wasn't the first time she was doing something like this, but then she still wasn't entirely sure what Lin's expectations were. He had been giving her much more freedom in her approach than most of her partners back in the Winter Court used to, which made her a bit unsure in whether she was doing everything like he preferred.

“Mhmm…” Lynette murmured in a mixture of pleasure and slight disappointment as Lin’s hand made its last motion before leaving. She stopped herself from moving her own hand to try and fill in the void now that he got her excited. Instead, she slowed down her movements, and kissed the changeling back on his neck, keeping her eyes on his own as she descended further, her breasts smoothly sliding down his wet body, her lips moving and pressing against his chest, abs, groin… The hand she cushioned his head with followed her movement, exploring the curvatures of his graceful body and muscles. For some reason, lowering herself before him like that felt even more personal than before – a part of her felt a strong desire to impress him, for a reason unknown even to her. Her fingers grasped tenderly at his hip, pressing into them when she finally rested on her knees, her eyes focusing on the shaft hovering expectantly in front of her. Almost shyly, compared to her behavior from just seconds ago, she gave it a soft kiss, her lips throbbing faintly as they closed around the tip. After a second, she pulled back and smiled slightly at Lin, retorting at his words. “I’ll try not to disappoint then~” She slowly leaned back in, still running her hand alongside his length as she approached it from the side, leaving a trail of light, wet kisses on the member, with each one, getting closer and closer to its base. She didn’t stop there, the strands of her hair tickling and lingering on his inner thigh as she brought her lips to his testicles, smooching and delicately pulling at them, with her other hand helping herself at the task.

Feeling him dive deeper into her, Lyn’s grip reactively tightened, feeling the steady pulsation of the member in her hand. Her other arm went behind her partner’s head, stroking his emerald hair as she gently took over the initiative, pressing onto his chest with her perky bosom, carefully pushing and guiding him towards the opposing wall. Her hand’s movements became more determined, mimicking his enthusiasm in pleasuring her, while her lips remained set on his, even as they moved throughout the cabin. Only when his body finally pressed against the wall did she allow herself to retract her mouth, and from under half-closed eyes, look straight into Lin's own. Her breath still shook from the sensation of the warm, steamy air and, of course, his hand slowly but decisively moving inside her, causing her mouth to remain slightly parted even between her words. "I~ still need to... somehow... make up for your spell too..." she remarked, sounding more sultry than seductive like she intended, but nevertheless conveying her concern.

If you want to be safe, check people's preferences, and if you want to be extra-safe, send them a DM with your intentions! I generally recommend reaching out to the person you want to play out a scene with beforehand anyways, be it through this topic or EcchiTexts - makes it easy to get things like these out of the way and get a general idea on what you wanna do. With how considerate you seem to be so far, though, I don't think you'll have any problems around here ^^ I personally tend to play female characters, with a few exceptions every now and then. I don't really specify their orientation, so it's safe to assume that they're bi/pan until proven otherwise - although I will not roleplay male x male content or traps/sissies.

There aren't any "databases" on characters I'm afraid. Jenny is the owner of the club, so she's the closest of what you'd call an "admin" here, but I seriously doubt she'd keep track of such stuff. Besides, I'm sorry to say that most characters are very much inactive right now, so even if we had such a database, it wouldn't give you reliable information as to what characters are being played. I'd say just create what you feel like playing and don't worry about having to fit a niche or anything, but I can understand that it may not be your preferred course of character creation.

"Yeah, one moment." Anpu breathed in and out, feeling as if the eyes of the entire world were suddenly on her - even if it were only the three demons that looked at her with anticipation. Still, it were three demons more than she was used to. Her eyes went for a second towards the scroll, now lying by the side, even though she couldn't see much on it. The words of the incantation were fresh in her mind, the circle was primed and ready - and so were the participants. It seemed that there was nothing staying on their way now - so Anpu swallowed past her nervousness and raised her gaze. "Yeah, alright- Don't stop the chant until the portal closes behind the familiar, don't step into the circle, and don't panic when you feel your energy being siphoned by the amulet-" she recited quickly, trying to make eye contact with each sister at once, ensuring that they knew how to proceed. "Join me after the first verse." And she started the chant.