Hey, Atagal! It was nice to see you post something about your characters.                      

Sounds like you have some fans for your characters' stories. Very cool.

I think it was a nice summary of the characters; it's not easy to write out stories about years of RPing.

I like the experimenting with different types of writing/format styles. I agree with you and Aramara that the big block of text didn't work well for Atagal's story.

I always thought that Caraick and Emmara had an interesting chemistry when they  RP'd together. (I don't mean romantic, just a good mix for a good RP.) I don't think with my unpredictable schedule I ever got a chance to meet your alts. Well, there is always time when you return. Take care of yourself and stay safe.

RL Atagal doesn't usually post in forums, but I'm sure she would smile at the fact that IC'ly she was memorable enough to earn a thank you.

If you look around there is a way to skip the tutorial, but the new player to the game will then be nuisance in the Hydlaa world. They will ask questions in gossip, main (OOC'ly of course), and help channels. Almost all of their questions would have been answered had they taken the 15 minutes to do the tutorial.

Just a few words of experience. 

Yep yep yep I agree with the players that said don't worry about the statistics of the game to decide on what magic way you want to learn. Have it fit your character: why are they learning magic? why did they learn that way? what are their beliefs to support having learned that way?

The magic system will change again at some point, most likely. It is still in development. Not all possible spells are released, some have been rendered inactive by devs, some have returned to being active. I highly recommend not choosing your magic based on the current stats. Time in the game taught me that.

I know some players that have bravely creating characters that don't use magic at all, so they do not train it OOC either. AND strangely their characters manage to survive RPs, fight scenes, and OOC earn the elusive PP required to train their chosen skills.

I have visited multiple characters when they were jailed. None of them complained OOC about the punishment, they rolled with the RP. In fact they gracefully accepted the consequences of their character's actions. If you want to continue RPing as a player once a  character is jailed.....use an alt .

One of the characters that was jailed was an HC member. As a senior member in the guild Emmara went to visit the character to  make sure she was being treated well and to discuss with the character that breaking the laws of Hydlaa was frowned upon by the ruling members of HC (IC'ly).

If you want to break laws as a villain, an anarchist, a hot tempered character, or a vigilante be prepared to suffer the consequences when you are caught by a guard. 

Emmara sheds a quiet tear.

[Loves and prayers to Hood, Lolitra, and their RL family. RPs with you both were amazing, memorable, and fun. Thank you for every moment.]

Emmara hangs her head sadly at the loss of a good friend and rolemodel. She bends to one knee and whispers, "All hail the Queen of Printh!!"

[Lolitra, I wish you the best in RL and all the prayers to you and your family. Stay strong. It was always fun to RP with you.  ]

[I agree with Verden that in memory of Lolitra's efforts and dedication, the character should be given a memorial in settings and the name locked. She was a long time player and supporter of the Planeshift community. Her creativity knows no bounds, and she always includes anyone in the community of PS who wanted to be in the RPs.]

May her RPing skills and player etiquette be an example to us all.

Goodbye my friend

[still March RPs]

What's This?

It's the morning after Atagal spent time talking with Almada. Emmara drifted off in the chair letting the two of them talk things out. Almada needed to understand that she was welcome in the guild and the family, but Atagal just did not feel any romantic feelings for her. It was time to stop flirting and understand that Atagal and Emmara were soul mates and committed to only each other.
 
   Emmara rolls onto her side on the couch and mumbles in her sleep, but nothing intelligible.  Emmara stirs slightly her nose twitches subconsciously.  Emmara rolls over again. Her body faces toward the common room.  Emmara opens her eyes to slits. She groggily sits up and her foot paws swing over the edge of the chair.  Emmara's feet collide with Atagal's butt and one paw sets down on Atagal's tail, very little pressure.
   Atagal's eyes open and she looks at Emmara "Careful please.."
   Emmara's eyes fly open and her feet dance in the air. She collapses back into the back of the chair as her feet come quickly off the ground, "Atti!" Emmara sits back up slowly and puts her paws carefully on the ground, "Why are you sleeping on the floor?"
   Atagal speaks softly "Did not want to move you.."
   Emmara blinks, still a little disoriented. "Where'd Almada go?"
   Atagal says: She left...To sleep I think..
   Emmara's inhales slightly and looks over toward the coffeetable where the smell of food might be coming from.
   Atagal sighs, “I might have slightly scared her to, I do not know.. but apparently now she is referring to me as a big sister.”
   Atagal turns some to look up at Emmara
   Emmara rubs her paw over her face, but the look of confusion doesn't rub off. "What did you do and why would she do that?"
   Atagal says: well she asked me to try to teach her how to use swords better...
   Emmara says: how'd that make you feel to be called big sister?
   Atagal shrugs
   Emmara half scowls and half laughs, "Well, at least she didn't kiss you again."
   Atagal looks at Emmara "Lurre sa."
   Emmara slides onto the floor next to Atagal. She leans over and hugs Atagal, resting her cheek on Atagal's ribs, "Lurre sa."
   Atagal's mind drifts back to the evening after Emmara had fallen asleep. Something unique had happened. After Atagal had convinced Almada that her and Emmara did not see Almada as a romantic interest, Almada had slowly accepted it with a heaviness in her heart that she may never be a part of something special. The voice requested Atagal to do something in Almada's presence. It made no sense exactly why the voice wanted it now, but Atagal complied to avoid getting a headache if the voice decided to throw a tantrum. She was excited to tell Emmara but decided to wait until morning.
   Atagal grins softly "You remember what you did with fire?"
   Emmara twists her mouth in thought, "The fireball with you, or my little dancer?"
   Atagal says: “Dancer...Ever thought of how a bigger one would look like?”
   Emmara shakes her head, "I don't have that kind of control. I haven't studied redway in a long time."
   Atagal grins softly "And who are you speaking with?"
   Emmara looks back at Atagal and her eyes widen slightly with realization, "You can make a shape out of fire?"
   Atagal says: I can change fire's color, I can build walls and balls out of it... so why could I not?
   Emmara shrugs speechlessly. Her eyes widen with curiosity, “So do I get to see the figure?"
   Atagal nods her head slightly behind Emmara  A small fire from the ground builds up into the shape of a fenki.
   Emmara looks wide eyed at the fenki figurine. Her voice is filled with awe, "ooo"
   Atagal grins and the fire turns teal; it walks towards Emmara. It leaves no trace of burn marks on the carpet or the stone floor as it approaches. It reaches a paw out to the amazed Akkaio. She knows her armband with a piece of Atagal's life force in it will protect her as it always had since it was made, so she reaches up with no fear of Atagal's magical flame. Emmara reaches up and puts her paw against the fire figure.  Atagal's flames start to change, and they move over Emmara, slowly covering her. Emmara looks down at herself and smiles.
   Emmara tilts her head in thought. She pulls her arm back slightly with the palm up and whispers. The minute figurine that she had learned to create as a parlor trick appears.
   Atagal watches Emmara
   Emmara's figurine bows to the fire fenki.
   Atagal's fire fenki bows back
   Emmara smiles a little. The figurine waves at the fire fenki.
   Atagal's fire fenki kneels down onto it's knees
   Emmara lowers her paw with the figurine on it, so it is eye level with the fire fenki. The figurine walks to the tip of Emmara's finger and reaches out to the fire fenki.
   The teal fire fenki bows it head slightly so it's head is close to Emmara's tiny figurine.
   Emmara's figurine touches the fire fenki's nose.
   Atagal's fire fenki randomly licks the figurine
   Emmara's figurine disappears with a snapping sound. Emmara startles and pulls her paw back with a yelp.
   Atagal titles her head and looks at Emmara, “What is it, Lurre?”
   Emmara holds her paw to her chest and rubs it gently. She has a troubled expression on her face.
“It seems our magic didn't mix. Yours disrupted mine, and it hurt.”
   Atagal holds out her paw for Emmara's.
   Emmara lays her paw, palm up, tenderly in Atagal's paw. The fur on the fingertip is singed where the figurine last stood. There doesn't appear to be any severe burns on her finger or paw.
   Atagal frowns and kisses Emmara's fingertips "I am sorry, Lurre."
   Emmara shrugs, "We didn't know. Were you trying to influence my flame or just bringing them together?"
   Atagal says: she was trying to lick yours..
   Emmara nods as she bites her lower lip. "Apparently, they can not cross each other's space. I wonder if it would work if you were touching me. Like we did with the figurine and the fireball in the ruins.”
   Atagal says: it's up to you if you want to try
   Emmara looks at her finger and thinks about it for a moment before nodding.
   Emmara turns back to where the fire fenki kneels.
   Atagal's fire fenki stares at Emmara
   Emmara lays her singed paw on Atagal's leg and extends her other paw toward the fire fenki. She whispers and the figurine reappears.
   Atagal watches Emmara
    Emmara thinks for a moment, "Ok, what if you try to intentionally influence my figurine."
   Atagal says: Just tell me what you want me to do lurre...
   Atagal's fire fenki titles it's head a little, the ears flicker lightly
   Emmara says: ok, think of how you made the fire fenki turn teal, now think of it turning my figurine teal. Sort of like spreading paint.
   Emmara places the figurine close to the fire fenki again.
   Atagal's fire fenki seems reluctant
   Emmara tilts her head at the fire fenki and gives her an encouraging nod.
   Atagal's fire fenki sticks it's tongue out at Emmara than bows it's head near the figurine
   Emmara's figurine reaches out toward teh fire fenki.
   Atagal's fire fenki moves to lick the figurine like before
   Emmara's figurine turns teal.
   Atagal's fire fenki presses it's nose lightly against the figurine
   Emmara's figurine for the brief instant that the fire fenki stops touching it in order to switch from licking to nuzzling, the figurine returns to an orangey red color.
   Emmara's figurine turns back to teal when it is licked.
   Atagal giggles softly
   Emmara says: ok, so you can control my fire through your fire. I'm going to assume this is going well becuase I'm allowing my magic to be influence as opposed to resisting it.
   Atagal says: well when said like that it makes sense..
    Emmara says: It seems both of those two elements have to be present in order for it to work.
   Atagal's fire fenki lays it's chin on Emmara's paw though keeps it cheek lightly against the figurine.
   Emmara smiles affectionately, "The fire fenki is definately yours."
   Atagal says very queitly "Partly.."
   Emmara glances over her shoulder at Atagal.
   Emmara says: “What do you mean, partly?
   Atagal looks at Emmara, so does the fire fenki.
   Atagal's fire fenki licks Emmara's ear
   Emmara glances at the fire fenki as it licks her ear.
   Atagal whispers lightly "As I said I think it likes you unlike others. Emm, she is the voice in my head."
   Emmara bites her lower lip in thought as she studies the fire fenki.
   Atagal says: I did not know it could do that till last night
   Emmara looks a little tired, "I have to let my figurine go, the energy to keep it going is starting to wear on me." A soft whisper and the figurine disappears. Emmara's shoulders sag a little bit with fatigue from holding the spell for so long.
   Atagal says: lurre sa.
   Emmara smiles at Atagal, "Lurre sa." She turns her head to see if the teal fire fenki shows any response.
   Atagal's fire fenki seems to just be watching the two fenki's, hard to see but itseems to kind of smile
   Emmara looks back to Atagal, "Is the voice telling you it's responses and you are controlling the fire fenki?"
   Atagal shrugs lightly "She can do what she wants with that form... long as I let her.."
   Emmara looks thoughtful.
   Atagal smiles softly "I was not sure if you caught that though.."
   Emmara nods, "I'm learning."
   Emmara looks at the fire fenki, "Have you always been with Atagal?"
   Atagal's fire fenki nods
   Emmara says, “Since birth?”
   Atagal's fire fenki once again nods
   Emmara pauses and blinks with a look of surprise and uncertainty.
   Atagal says softly "Lurre.. Ask more.."
   Emmara bites her lower lip in thought and turns back to the teal fenki.
   Atagal says: If I ask it does not make as much sense sense she is in me.
   Emmara says: are you Atagal's fears?
   Atagal's fire fenki lifts a paw and moves it side to side and shakes her head trying to say kind of but not really
   Emmara says: Are you part of Atagal's fire power?
   Atagal's fire fenki shakes her head
   Emmara says: You asked ATagal to create this form for you?
   Atagal's fire fenki shrugs lightly
   Emmara says: Atagal told me you became quiet after I had been around for a little while. Do you feel that I'm good for her, and that is why you remained silent for so long?
   Atagal's fire fenki nods and smiles
   Atagal silently watches
   Emmara says: With everything that has happened recently; you have become restless again. Do you blame me?
   Atagal fire fenki shakes her head
    Emmara shifts her weight and leans her side against the chair and thinks for a moment, “But you dont' like the dangers that have befallen House Cheshire?”
   The fire fenki shakes it's head as if to answer Emmara's question.
   Emmara smiles sadly, "I don't either."
   Atagal's fire fenki moves to lick Emmara's cheek
   Emmara says: “Do you understand that when you yell at Atagal it is difficult for her to think straight?”
   Atagal's fire fenki nods hesitantly
   Atagal looks at Emmara "I have a idea.."Atagal gets to her feet and goes get some parchment. She sets it infront of the fire fenki, “Fire, burns paper; she can write.”
   Atagal's fire fenki looks at the paper than to Emmara, than back to the paper and writes 'it is the only way I can really talk to her.. or was.'
   Emmara reads the burn marks on the paper. she nods and looks at the fire fenki.
   Emmara's whiskers twitch, "so now you won't scream at her anymore?"
   Atagal's fire fenki writes: 'never tried to scream at her'
   Emmara squints at the words and nods, "ok, but just so you know. That's what it sounds like to her."
   Atagal's fire fenki writes: 'yeah I know but does not mean it's what I was trying to do'
   Emmara looks up suddenly at fire fenki, "You said you were around since Atagal's birth. Do you know how Ata got her fire power?"
   Atagal's fire fenki writes slowly: 'yes'
   Emmara's eyes light up, but she looks apologeticaly at Atagal, "I'm sorry, Lurre. Are you in the mood to hear what she might say?"
   Atagal shrugs
   Emmara looks back to the fire fenki, "How did she get the power?"
   Atagal's fire fenki writes: 'she was experimeted on..'
   Emmara closes her eyes and turns her head away from the page.
   Emmara says: "Lurre?" Emmara twists her whole sitting position so that she faces Atagal.
   Atagal looks at Emmara with a steady gaze, but does not seem upset at the news.
   Atagal's fire fenki writes: 'She seems to not remember much of her past, like she was born after it stopped... and only remembers after..'
   Emmara looks startled at the revelation. She puts an arm around Atagal's shoulder, "Do you want to hear the rest of this?"
   Atagal looks at Emmara and says softly "I know you want to know what happend... and I do not think she can answer what she does not know."
   Emmara looks endearingly at Atagal, "My curiosity does not come before your feelings. If you don't want to know more, then I won't ask for more answers."
   Atagal kisses Emmara "I am fine."
   Emmara kisses Atagal in return. She tilts her head and lighlty presses her forehead to Atagal's, "You sure?"
   Atagal says softly "Just ask your questions, my love."
   Emmara looks at the fire fenki, "Are Elady's sources right, was it a menki that did this?"
   Atagal's fire fenki writes: "Yes."
   Emmara says: Do you remember where he did his experiments?
   The teal flame shakes her head.
   Emmara nods with a mild look of dissapointment on her face. She looks up hopefully, "Do you remember what type of enki he was?"
   Atagal's fire fenki writes 'not right now, though he was her foster father'
   Emmara stares at the paper in disbelief.
   Emmara's voice is soft, "he was family?"
   Atagal's fire fenki writes "Mother and father could not keep me and my sister because they did not have enough money, so they sent me to be with some one else, who became my dad”
   Emmara scowls and growls low in the back of her throat, "Doesn't matter, he was trusted by someone with a kit's life."
   She turns to look at Atagal and is surprised to see Atagal smile softly at her.
   Emmara smiles and shrugs back realizing that an angry Atagal usually means lots of things go up in flame, "Well, I guess it is good that you are taking this without getting angry."
   Atagal says softly "I have you and what he did helps me try to keep you safe..."
   Atagal's fire fenki writes "Was painful to get through... very.."
   Emmara looks at the paper when she smells it burning it again. She reads it and nods, "no wonder she forgot."
   Atagal's fire fenki nods.
   Emmara slowly starts to put the mystery together of the voice, “Is that why you get loud whenever you think something might cause Atagal great harm emotionally?”
   Atagal's fire fenki writes "I am within her... if things happen to her things happen to me"
   Emmara's whiskers twitch, "Then you must be thrilled when she decides to fight ulbers in only her fur." Emmara smirks at Atagal.
   Atagal's fire fenki slowlywrites "She has you... even if the ulber hurts her alot. She will not willingly let the ulber take her out long as you are with her."
   Atagal slips her arms around Emmara and purrs softly.  The fire fenki writes "Any more questions..?"
   Emmara shakes her head without lifting itfrom Atagal's shoulder, "Thank you."
   Atagal's fire fenki nods and slowly disappears
   Emmara wraps her other arm around the front of Atagal. She sits quietly holding Atagal.
   Atagal whispers "Was not as bad as you though it'd be?"
   Emmara's voice is quiet near Atagal's ear, "No, but I was a little nervous at first consider how she makes you act when she is bottled up inside your head."
   Atagal nods.