Hapes: Birthright OOC

[TalRaimi]

So it's been a while. And for the record I'm blaming Hal for this, and to a lesser extent Mir and Pryde for actually inspiring me to write again. Anyway here's the OOC for the new thead.

Also I'm not sure if anyone else found the boards were down for a bit today, but i'm sure it had nothing to do with me posting again after so long.

[TalRaimi]

As I was writing my last post, it left me to wonder about Arien's parents... they might be dead and all but I thought I'd leave that door ajar for the future.

[Halomek]

I can confirm that the board was down earlier today.

And I will happily take the blame for getting you back in the writing spirit.

As for Arien's parents/relatives... I'm going to say he probably hid his Force-sensitivity from them and then abandoned them the first chance he got to leave Arabanth because of their prejudice and (in his eyes) inferior intellects. He's likely made no effort to contact them since returning to Hapes all those many years ago. Probably keeping tabs on them though. It's possible he also outlived his parents by this point.

I'll have to think some more about that...

[Halomek]

Feeling slightly more in control of herself than she had for the past few days, she settled into the co-pilots seat and watched Hapes grow ever bigger as they began their decent towards the planet and the landing pad at the Fountain Palace.

Underlined to highlight. Does this mean a few days have already passed since the notice went out about Casara's death? Or was Nyalla just feeling generally bad when she got the news and remembering Casara's words are making her feel better on such a tragic day?

[TalRaimi]

To be honest I went with 'days' just because it sounded better than 'hours.' And I'm not sure how long it would take to get from the edge of the Transity mists to Hapes.

I think it's safe to say Nyalla would arrive the day after Casara died.

[Halomek]

Gotcha.

BTW, I don't really have anything in mind for Marek. At best I was thinking we could use him for infodumps since he's in Intelligence.

So if you've got any ideas for him, go ahead and roll with them! Otherwise I figure we could share control and write him as needed.

[TalRaimi]

Cool, yeah I figure he's almost an NPC at this stage. I might have him meet Ny at the docks.

[Halomek]

It was never discussed, but I think it feels right to have Nyalla as the tallest of the siblings.

If you've got another idea in mind for her height, I can change it.

[Halomek]

Tried some more mature versions of Jenarvia. AI is though because it tends to either go smooth skinned or old crone. I veered towards the more smooth skinned versions because of Hapan genetics.

Here was the original picture:


Let me know if any of these work for you, Tal. Here are the matured versions:

[TalRaimi]

I like the bottom three, that syle helps convey age a bit better.

Also we never decided what sort of relationship the sisters had. Were they really close or a bit distant? I think Nyalla is quite happy being second daughter, and doesn''t envy Ely her role as Crown Princess. She wants to be supportive but is also somewhat unsure of what her own role is, and what her future holds. On a seperate note I'd say she's probably the weakest of the three when it comes to the Force and by comparrision has been lax in keeping up her training while serviving in the military.

[Halomek]

I would say the siblings and their parents are pretty close. In the cutthroat world of Hapan politics, immediate family would probably be among the few people they could trust (aside from their traitorous Aunt Aurana).

I also gave Arien the Legacy treatment:


Dude looks pretty good for pushing 80. Chalk it up to him using the Force to slow down his aging.

[Pryde]

Whoa whoa whoa, "cutthroat world"? And you wanna throw Cadence in there? Oh boy...

[Halomek]

Not right away, but eventually I think a trip to Hapes is in her future.

[Pryde]

Probably a good thing she doesn't have any political influence. These people would play her like a fiddle.

Edit:

Oh snap, she's related to the Senator of Corellia. Okay, so she has some political influence. >.>

[Halomek]

Frankly, the entire galaxy is probably lucky that Arien has already achieved basically everything he wanted already. He might just be the most successful Darksider on Exodus.

[Mir]

Probably a good thing she doesn't have any political influence. These people would play her like a fiddle.

Edit:

Oh snap, she's related to the Senator of Corellia. Okay, so she has some political influence. >.>

Don't forget her parents.

[Pryde]

Well, Caitlyn doesn't have much political influence. Akain, though... Oh man, Cadence, my sweet summer child. ><

I would be remiss if we send her to Hapes and someone doesn't end up having her wrapped around their finger before she leaves.

[Mir]

It's Sansa walking into King's Landing all over again.

Actually, that kinda fits, since I've def gone House Stark with the feel of Akain. Akain is much like Ned who just wants to be left alone.

[TalRaimi]

While I won't deny I also had certain Game of Thrones influences to my Hapes threads, they were more influenced by the Wheel of Time while I was writing them.

As for Cadence, I'm sure she be fine.

Probably.

Maybe.

[Mir]

I was already planning on having members of the Night's Watch annoyed they can't have bodyguards assigned to Cadence because I figure Akain and Caitlyn would have said no but this just makes the conversation funnier for me to write.

[Pryde]

Akain would've said no. Caitlyn almost went with her on a milk run.

[Mir]

Akain would've said no. Caitlyn almost went with her on a milk run.

I mean generally.

Specifically to this, Akain wouldn't know she's gone to Hapes by the time she's gone to Hapes* but yeah for the current mission he would trust Faye.









*Or would he? That Anuran is a snitch

[Halomek]

Well, once the plot for Hapes kicks into gear, the first visitor to Hapes from Pryde's stable of characters will probably be Isis.

Stay tuned...

[TalRaimi]

I for one am looking forward to seeing Isis's diplomatic side.

Nyalla post up. I figure we can have Jen arrive soon, and Arien? Whatever he's up to? And then think about moving on to the funeral.

Also unless you have a better idea I was thinking Casara's death was just natural causes.

[Halomek]

Works for me.

I mentioned the possibility of Casara dying through foul play because that possibility should always be considered in Hapes.

I'll see if I can bring them all together in my next post.

[Halomek]

I don't have much to add until we get to the funeral, Tal.

I might get a post up from Arien's perspective, but don't wait on me. It's the kind of post I can fit in just about anywhere.

[Halomek]

Alrighty, after that introspection from Arien, I'm good for you to move us to the funeral.

[TalRaimi]

Cool, I'll work on an intro post for the funeral. Just added a small scene at the end of the diner.

[Halomek]

Tried an AI image of Nyalla in more royal garb...

[TalRaimi]

Fancy. I think the coat suits her.

New post up, should kick us off into the funeral.

[Halomek]

One good flashback deserves another.

[TalRaimi]

It was a busy weekend, my brother's 40th and then car shopping and dinner with friends on the Sunday. And then work... will try and have something up soonish.

[Halomek]

Sounds like it was a lot of fun! I'm looking forward to seeing a post soon.

[TalRaimi]

And after a small delay, post up!

We didn't really discuss what happens next, did you have a solid idea for what transpires? If so go for it, if not we can work something out.

[Halomek]

I think I can bring us to the inciting incident with my next post.

[Halomek]

I'm formulating a post and should hopefully have it up tomorrow!

[Halomek]

This was going through my head the entire time I was writing up that last post:

Arien: "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

Nyalla: "What do you mean? African or European swallow?"

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Tal, I'm leaving it open for you to reply for Nyalla. Up to you how she answers Arien's last question and how they conclude their training for that scene.

[TalRaimi]

lol, I don't want to think about how old that movie is.

My thinking duel wise is that Nyalla was prepared for a double kill, - not the best result in fencing, let's be fair - but also hoping that arien's self preservation would kick in and they would abord the strike.

[TalRaimi]

Just FYI I’m on holiday for a week, but have an iPad with me so willl try to do a short post here and there, but feel free to move things along if inspiration strikes.

[Halomek]

Thanks for the head's up! Enjoy your holiday.

Before we proceeded much further, I was actually curious if you've decided on if you want to bring in any of your other characters and/or a legacy progeny to be part of the delegations.