Likely Lads (Neo-Noir, OOC/Signups) [Closed]

[Aurinsula]

Damn, so far there are three characters that own motorcycles. Felipe, a Laverda 750SF. Yin, a Suzuki Hayabusa 1300, and Rebecca, a Yamaha FJR1300. Nice!

Yes, but Felipe's the only one without back issues.

[Reverend Norv]

So now you are all on your way to the crime scene, in pairs.

[Rupudska]

So, Norv, how many chapters before the Caddy gets blown up?

[Reverend Norv]

So, Norv, how many chapters before the Caddy gets blown up?

Damn, you're good. A fair few yet.

[Reverend Norv]

On a completely unrelated note:

I just finished watching a British historical-drama miniseries about the English Civil War, called The Devil's Mistress (or The Devil's Whore, depending on what side of the Atlantic you're on).

It was well-acted, well-written, in love with ideas, melodramatic, full of adventure, and romantic in the oldest and best sense of the word: one character spends almost the entire series chastely pining after the spirited leading lady. It stars John Simm, Dominic West, Michael Fassbender, Peter Capaldi, and a fantastic Andrea Riseborough, who seriously looks like she just stepped out of a Rubens painting. I'm a sentimental sap in some ways, but it got its hooks in me but good: when finished it, I had that vague hollow feeling that comes of waving goodbye to fictional characters who have come to feel like old friends.

In other words, if you share my high tolerance for narrative cliches and old-fashioned sentimentality, I highly recommend the series.

[Aurinsula]

So, does anyone actually like Felipe, or must he go elsewhere for friendship?

[Reverend Norv]

So, does anyone actually like Felipe, or must he go elsewhere for friendship?

Mack likes Felipe in the same way that he likes everyone else on the team: he's one of Mack's lads, and Mack feels affection for him on that basis alone. He also thinks he's a good cop - in certain ways - and loyal to his mother, which Mack admires.

Also, I should clarify something that all of the PCs would already know. One of the peculiarities of Mack's character is that he is cheerfully bigoted against almost every group of people, but those prejudices have no impact whatsoever upon Mack's assessment of individual people. So he'll talk quite happily about spics and Yids, but he does not think of Felipe or Harry in those terms: he looks at them as individuals, with strengths and weaknesses wholly unrelated to their ethnic and religious backgrounds. Anyone who's spent a lot of time around Mack would have recognized this strange dualism, and would probably have gotten used to it.

[Aurinsula]

So, does anyone actually like Felipe, or must he go elsewhere for friendship?

Mack likes Felipe in the same way that he likes everyone else on the team: he's one of Mack's lads, and Mack feels affection for him on that basis alone. He also thinks he's a good cop - in certain ways - and loyal to his mother, which Mack admires.

Also, I should clarify something that all of the PCs would already know. One of the peculiarities of Mack's character is that he is cheerfully bigoted against almost every group of people, but those prejudices have no impact whatsoever upon Mack's assessment of individual people. So he'll talk quite happily about spics and Yids, but he does not think of Felipe or Harry in those terms: he looks at them as individuals, with strengths and weaknesses wholly unrelated to their ethnic and religious backgrounds. Anyone who's spent a lot of time around Mack would have recognized this strange dualism, and would probably have gotten used to it.

Recognized? Yes. Gotten used to? Yes. Accepted? Yes. Appreciated? No way.

[Reverend Norv]

Mack likes Felipe in the same way that he likes everyone else on the team: he's one of Mack's lads, and Mack feels affection for him on that basis alone. He also thinks he's a good cop - in certain ways - and loyal to his mother, which Mack admires.

Also, I should clarify something that all of the PCs would already know. One of the peculiarities of Mack's character is that he is cheerfully bigoted against almost every group of people, but those prejudices have no impact whatsoever upon Mack's assessment of individual people. So he'll talk quite happily about spics and Yids, but he does not think of Felipe or Harry in those terms: he looks at them as individuals, with strengths and weaknesses wholly unrelated to their ethnic and religious backgrounds. Anyone who's spent a lot of time around Mack would have recognized this strange dualism, and would probably have gotten used to it.

Recognized? Yes. Gotten used to? Yes. Accepted? Yes. Appreciated? No way.

Naturally. It is, after all, pretty obnoxious anyway.

[Rudaslavia]

I just had such...such...such a perfect post typed out. It was sentences away from completion, and then I accidently closed the window. Words cannot describe my infuriation right now.

I'm going to drink it off. I'll post in the morning, you guys.

[Aurinsula]

I just had such...such...such a perfect post typed out. It was sentences away from completion, and then I accidently closed the window. Words cannot describe my infuriation right now.

I'm going to drink it off. I'll post in the morning, you guys.

Wine heals all wounds.

[Walabam]

I just had such...such...such a perfect post typed out. It was sentences away from completion, and then I accidently closed the window. Words cannot describe my infuriation right now.

I'm going to drink it off. I'll post in the morning, you guys.

Are you using Google Chrome? If so you can just go to 'Recent Tabs' and open it up again, all the text will still be there.

Happened to me a shitload of times.

[Nude East Ireland]

I just had such...such...such a perfect post typed out. It was sentences away from completion, and then I accidently closed the window. Words cannot describe my infuriation right now.

I'm going to drink it off. I'll post in the morning, you guys.

Are you using Google Chrome? If so you can just go to 'Recent Tabs' and open it up again, all the text will still be there.

Happened to me a shitload of times.

I'm baffled that some people don't use Chrome. It's far better than any alternative.

[Cylarn]

Camp Kimberly - Camp Kimberly was a rumored CIA black site out in the Laagveldt of Portocielo. Conspiracy theorists, alleged detainees, and retired agents have made allegations that Camp Kimberly was the site of numerous abuses of detainees, who were held without their consent, tortured, neglected, starved, and executed. Kimberly was also believed to be a location in which CIA paramilitary officers trained right-wing paramilitaries in counter-insurgency tactics, often utilizing the unsuspecting FN guerrillas as target practice.

[Reverend Norv]

Camp Kimberly was a rumored CIA black site out in the Laagveldt of Portocielo. Conspiracy theorists, alleged detainees, and retired agents have made allegations that Camp Kimberly was the site of numerous abuses of detainees, who were held without their consent, tortured, neglected, starved, and executed. Kimberly was also believed to be a location in which CIA paramilitary officers trained right-wing paramilitaries in counter-insurgency tactics, often utilizing the unsuspecting FN guerrillas as target practice.

Cuypers Hall - Governor Wayne Cuypers come from rich Dutch stock on the island, and it was General Augustus Cuypers, a respected military officer and politician, who wasted his funds in the very un-Portocielan way of philanthropy and contributed funds for an opera house to be constructed in what is now known as Truman Square in New Leiden. The building was named in his honor, and has since become recognized as an establishment for Portocielo's fine arts to be displayed. It is very remarkable for showcasing the artistic talents of the various ethnic groups of New Leiden, especially in regards to Bossa Nova and Samba, and the like.

Both added. At least one of these will make a plot appearance.

[Reverend Norv]

I'm going to wait another day or two, in order to give Rup, Tri, Astro, and Mnar the time to get posts in. Ideally, I'd like a post from either Rup or Tri, and either Astro or Mnar, before I continue. That way all the pairs are accounted for.

But posting about driving to the scene is not plot-crucial, so in forty-eight hours I'll move this along regardless.

It's gonna be a hell of a crime scene. I hope y'all have strong stomachs.

[Rupudska]

I'm going to wait another day or two, in order to give Rup, Tri, Astro, and Mnar the time to get posts in. Ideally, I'd like a post from either Rup or Tri, and either Astro or Mnar, before I continue. That way all the pairs are accounted for.

But posting about driving to the scene is not plot-crucial, so in forty-eight hours I'll move this along regardless.

It's gonna be a hell of a crime scene. I hope y'all have strong stomachs.

I'm not sure if my stomach is strong in that way. I can stand a lot of things, gore isn't really one of them.

[Reverend Norv]

I'm going to wait another day or two, in order to give Rup, Tri, Astro, and Mnar the time to get posts in. Ideally, I'd like a post from either Rup or Tri, and either Astro or Mnar, before I continue. That way all the pairs are accounted for.

But posting about driving to the scene is not plot-crucial, so in forty-eight hours I'll move this along regardless.

It's gonna be a hell of a crime scene. I hope y'all have strong stomachs.

I'm not sure if my stomach is strong in that way. I can stand a lot of things, gore isn't really one of them.

Well, it will be PG-13 for forum purposes, of course. I don't anticipate that you'll have a huge problem. But forewarned is forearmed.

[Aurinsula]

I'm going to wait another day or two, in order to give Rup, Tri, Astro, and Mnar the time to get posts in. Ideally, I'd like a post from either Rup or Tri, and either Astro or Mnar, before I continue. That way all the pairs are accounted for.

But posting about driving to the scene is not plot-crucial, so in forty-eight hours I'll move this along regardless.

It's gonna be a hell of a crime scene. I hope y'all have strong stomachs.

Fun stuff. I am ready.

[TriStates]

I'm not sure if my stomach is strong in that way. I can stand a lot of things, gore isn't really one of them.

Well, it will be PG-13 for forum purposes, of course. I don't anticipate that you'll have a huge problem. But forewarned is forearmed.

Mentioned this about 4+ pages back when the IC was first thrown up. Said I was going to be unavailable most of next week, which is now this week, due to family funeral trip. I've also not been in the mood to write. See above. In any case, I'm back to my old self, and will manage a post tonight at least. Activity will be spotty till Friday or Saturday, as I will be on the road.

I look forward to seeing your descriptive skills at work on the gnarlyness.

@Rup, I think I already asked this, but don't recall. Would you be cool to car-pool to the crime scene? Would give us some time for our PC's to palaver and develop as partners IC'ly. Yes, or no, let me know what you'd like to do so I can anticipate what to post.

[Mnar Secundus]

Important notice: Firstly, sorry about not posting for the last few days. We've been outrageously deprived of electricity. Eskom calls it load shedding, but I call that bullshit. I never thought I'd get tired of take-away pizza.

Secondly and more importantly, I won't be able to post until the 15th of August. It turns out my parents have a limited Internet access package / quota / contract thingy, and it was reached a while ago. As I don't want to burden them unduly with the extra costs, I shall abstain from the Internet until I get back to my place. Sorry about this, people.

Can someone take control of Christopher, or should we just write him out of the action (like he's taken the week off to go somewhere with Aliah or whatnot)? Or I could retire from the RP if you'd prefer that, Norv, although I'd rather avoid that.

[Reverend Norv]

Important notice: Firstly, sorry about not posting for the last few days. We've been outrageously deprived of electricity. Eskom calls it load shedding, but I call that bullshit. I never thought I'd get tired of take-away pizza.

Secondly and more importantly, I won't be able to post until the 15th of August. It turns out my parents have a limited Internet access package / quota / contract thingy, and it was reached a while ago. As I don't want to burden them unduly with the extra costs, I shall abstain from the Internet until I get back to my place. Sorry about this, people.

Can someone take control of Christopher, or should we just write him out of the action (like he's taken the week off to go somewhere with Aliah or whatnot)? Or I could retire from the RP if you'd prefer that, Norv, although I'd rather avoid that.

I certainly would not have you retire. Either I or Astro will take over Christopher until you get back. Best of luck to you, and I look forward to your return!

Well, it will be PG-13 for forum purposes, of course. I don't anticipate that you'll have a huge problem. But forewarned is forearmed.

Mentioned this about 4+ pages back when the IC was first thrown up. Said I was going to be unavailable most of next week, which is now this week, due to family funeral trip. I've also not been in the mood to write. See above. In any case, I'm back to my old self, and will manage a post tonight at least. Activity will be spotty till Friday or Saturday, as I will be on the road.

I look forward to seeing your descriptive skills at work on the gnarlyness.

@Rup, I think I already asked this, but don't recall. Would you be cool to car-pool to the crime scene? Would give us some time for our PC's to palaver and develop as partners IC'ly. Yes, or no, let me know what you'd like to do so I can anticipate what to post.

I'm sorry for your loss. Just post when you have the chance. And yes - partners are car-pooling to the scene.

[Nude East Ireland]

Would the the title sequence for Likely Lads be more like Law and Order or True Detective?

[Reverend Norv]

Would the the title sequence for Likely Lads be more like Law and Order or True Detective?

More like The Wire than either, I think.

[Cylarn]

Gonna be in LA and traveling cross-country with my brother back to NC. Posting time will be limited, but I will do what I can.

By the way, are there any places I should eat at in LA?