Things to Note & OOC

I’ll release another card tonight. Seems like Steven and Jack are most active right now, so I’ll throw it to one of them!

From now on, if I remember right, we are going to start getting some facts! We’ll learn who did whatever they did, where and maybe why!

Woo, I wondered when we'd start narrowing down more.

My memory let me down! Next card, we will 100% know the suspect. And the one after we will 100% know the location!

I’m thinking to rapid fire the remaining clue cards off. We are only operating with half a crew in this game, and it really does need buy in from everyone to really work.

I’ll parcel the cards out among Steven, Jack and myself on a daily basis, I think!

Sounds good! I'll write in something about why others aren't replying. It can be just false speculation, or totally true.

Dammit. Rolled a 1.

I'm not sure yet if that nailed down location or not, so I'm keeping vague what actions Jack takes. I also jumped time a bit. Dang though, that was a good (well.. bad) reveal.

We're wrapping up, figured it was time to get a bit theatric.

Yeah man, that was great. My card had some stuff about danger, but given it was a vague MAYBE card, I didn't make it obvious as to a specific thing. Pretty crazy the clues actually lined up with this CJ guy. I was worried itd end up random and everything would just be red herring.

I heard a review of this game that said the cards would contradict established stories, so I have kinda been holding back on just making up definitive things. Anyway, I'm sure we can have a post game discussion on how well this works in general, personally, and translated into pbp. Definitely have opinions on it.

Sorry for my lack of activity. I ended up being busier than I had expected to be, and I found it challenging to RP as a texting teenager. I guess I’m getting too old, lol.

Also, the themes were kind of heavy, especially working in the news and constantly hearing real life stories of kids going missing. Hits too close to home, I fear.

Yeah, I will say that the game -- while the premise is solid -- has that potential to be a bad fit for some people.

Most people will never deal with something like this outside of an episode of Law & Order or Criminal Minds. At worst, it's the main story on the evening news. But once you as a person lose that layer of seperation, I can see it being a bad time.

I can relate some to the premise. When I was around 11. I was walking home from hanging out with a friend and some guy dressed in all black (yeah, ski mask too) scooped me up and darted towards a nearby alleyway to a waiting car. Obviously I survived that, but it's definitely some of the scariest stuff to experience.

Funny enough, my sister didn't believe me when I finally got home. (Absolutely terrified)

But yeah, I don't know if the bulk of this game truly captures that experience, but it's certainly cool that a game tries it.

We have a choice to make, folks!

There is one card left. This card will determine the fate of Alice.

You know the suspect. You (will soon) know the location.

Someone has to go there and get her back…

Who?

Honestly? Any of us. Assign us all a number, and roll for it.

That said... I feel like either Gearspark or myself. He plays her damn brother! I play an ex still carrying a torch for her. (Plus the other three have sort of dropped off for various reasons.) Either of us can justify going in-game.

Jack got the card to reveal her location and could head directly there, but we could easily say the cops finally let Steven in to talk to Bria who then tipped him off.

From a story perspective, I think either would be a satisfying resolution.

ALSO:

Jesus, Gearspark!! I'm glad everything turned out ok! That had to be traumatizing.

It was. Didn't leave my house for years, and then struggled socially.

Anyway, we aren't here to do group therapy lol. We all have our traumas and struggles. Just saying I know first hand how scary that stuff is.

I'm slowly catching up with whats going on, but I'm at work, so give me time to see whats gone on.

I’m open to two people going, and keeping Morgan in the loop by text! If both really feel like they might team up.

I'm down with however we want to do it.

I like us both going. I'll work out something.