tengaku squared

Setting: Background Information: Characters: Rules: > Pretty much standard DCW IRL rules. There is one exception: > I will be checking for inactivity every 2 days. This does not mean that you will be kicked for being inactive for 2 days. That just means I will note if you happen to be inactive. If the inactivity becomes excessive, I will kick you. But in general, I'll be a bit more lenient with inactivity. What's Happening This Round: There are a few things in the works for DCW IRL, including something I hope gets here before this round begins, but something else that's on my mind is personal NPCs. We haven't seen them around recently, and I want to test them out in this round. I'm going to be quite lax in regards to moderation this round. I gave you guys the setting, now I want to see what you can do with it in 1 month. There won't be any other gimmicks this round, so people that didn't like my previous round can come back and sign up. Please? How to Signup: Signups will now be accepted until October 20, 2013, 12:00 A.M Mountain Time. NO MORE SIGNUPS ARE BEING TAKEN. Signups will be decided through lottery. By random, I will pick a group of people that sign-up through PM or comment on my profile as participants. Everyone has equal chances, regardless of previous experience, skill, or my personal preference. The only thing that will influence your chances is signing up early. That will set your chances at -1. I request standard stuff, like a generic profile, with your sign-up, but it's not necessary for sign-ups. Though, if you plan to do so, please don't signup through comment. And before you ask, yes, I will be using random.org.

All questions about the wiki should be directed to the Wiki section or to one of the mods. Anyways, welcome to DCW!

I'm too idealistic regarding the goodness of human nature, I think. Are people inherently good or evil? I'm beginning to lean towards the latter, and that's a bit worrying. On a completely random note, I am now 500% more fluent in Chinese. That means I still understand little. (Percents are fun.)

Again, from experience, upon leaving, you will likely come back. But I'll answer your question: just leave. Turn off the computer. It isn't that hard at first. But most of us veterans find it difficult to leave forever. And the latter statement is completely nonsensical, and has no correlation with this. It sounds like something from an anime.

We have an Introduce Yourself forum so new people can introduce themselves and feel more with the community. In theory, a Farewell forum would do the opposite, wouldn't it. However, I honestly don't see a need for such a forum: most members bow out quietly without making too big of an affair. Plus, I don't see the need to emphasize farewells on the same level as welcomes. It makes farewells seem permanent (which, certainly isn't the case), and it's just odd in general. People coming is good, people leaving is not so good, and I don't see a need to publicize, or 'celebrate' it. As the only member to my knowledge to post a public farewell on this forum as a topic, from personal experience, it just isn't necessary. The only reason I did so is because my absence would cause a bit of a ripple (I was a bit more popular back then and there were a lot more people), and I genuinely thought I was leaving. I came back in 5 months. People come and go from this forum time to time. Monsi pops in every once in a while, and Aeyra came back after a long hiatus. Farewells can't be permanent on the internet, where it's so easy to get back here even if you leave. And if farewells aren't permanent, we'll have a thing where "hello", "bye", "hello again" becomes prevalent. Just my thoughts.

Hey, look, another K-pop girl group. That would sum up my reaction to this group before Bar Bar Bar came out. Now, Bar Bar Bar has hit number 1 on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hit 100, and that is a truly impressive feat, considering they are still a fresh group. Most importantly, their unique dance move in Bar Bar Bar, the Straight-Five Engine Dance, is certainly unusual. It's not unlike "Gangnam Style", which as everyone knows popularized a new dance move that no one even contemplated before. It's quirky and fun to see the group move up like an engine. The song is, like most K-pop songs, incredibly infectious, and the lyrics contrast from other girl groups as being entirely fun, not dark. Besides the engine dance, the choreography for the song really fits the energy the song emits, and overall, Bar Bar Bar is just great. It looks like Crayon Pop is on the course to becoming mainstream and popular, and who knows; the engine dance may become as commonplace as the horse-riding dance. Thoughts?

(Hey, just a question: should we continue this round, or not?)

Maurice would be the go-to guy for issues like that, but your alt account is on validating, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you really want some help, PM Maurice and I think he'll get to you. And now for some other stuff: Welcome, I'm Moho, also known as Mark. My chief pairing is Ai x Ran, though I try not to emphasize pairings when possible. Enjoy your time!

I'm pretty sure there's a DC fan near you, you just need to find the right people. That DC fan may be just as eager to talk as you are. And anyways, welcome! Welcome to DCW, enjoy your time, and I hope you stick around!

I also thought I like to see more of Pisco. Calvados was just another sniper (snipers tend to have boring developments, imo), and the affair with Vermouth aside, I had zero interest in him. And Tequila is just brute muscle, what is there to see? Like Chekhov said (taking the words right out of my mouth), Pisco occupied a role that no other Borg seen before, or since, occupied: fundraising. And that honestly fascinated me, because how an organization makes and uses their money can tell a lot about the nature of the organization. How do they get their money? Hit jobs (probably, but still)? What about that APTX, could that be a potential "job" for the Org for a monetary reward? More subtle methods? Hacking? Phishing? Or donations (lol)? How is the money used? Pay off politicians? Attain research materials (admit it, APTX would take a hella money to develop, and the gear as well)? Is the money used to pay the operatives? Or, perhaps, are the operatives unpaid? And in the latter case, why? Is the organization idealistic in nature? A simple glance into the economic branch of the organization can, I believe, shed a lot of light about the nature of the Org.

My response detracts from the purpose of the topic, so I'll spoiler-tag it: Anyways, the worst anime I ever watched, hands down, is Space Pirate Mito. Other series at least looked like the studio tried. These guys didn't even try. Don't even watch it to see what I'm talking about.

Essentially, the first two movies can be called a "recap" of the series, and can be downloaded online (obviously, I can't put up the links, find them yourself). However, saying "recap", I believe, understates the work Shaft put into the movies; the soundtrack and animation have been beefed up incredibly, so a better term would be "revamp". I personally don't think that watching both the series and the first two movies are required; they both tell the same story, with the big differences lying in the visual, soundtrack, and the pacing of the story (some say it's worse than the series, I honestly didn't notice). The first two movies are, as one MAL reviewer put it, a "love-letter to the fans". Though they don't provide any additional material, it's satisfying for the devoted to see a refined Madoka on the screen. Of course, as one of the devoted, I found the two movies absolutely lovely. The third movie is going to be a sequel off the main series, and honestly, it's the one we're most anxious about. Several fun facts and speculah flying around, but take them with a grain of salt, as always. You can bet I'll be at the premier. This is a discussion topic for the three movies. Make sure spoilers are kept spoiler-taged.

eternal reality - FripSide

The world is my oyster.

(Small personal mini mod note: Been busy and not on as often as I'd like. Will be back once investigations have concluded and everyone's back at the hotel.)

There is no canonical reason as of yet, but a potential reason (non-canon) has been given in Movie 2.

Mark simply headed home after he was searched. Solving the murders wasn't really a priority for him, but he decided to head back with the group. He made a quick change of clothes and headed to the cafe. He looked around, then heard, the conversation around him raging. Again, he had really no interest whatsoever in solving the murder, so he ordered a cup of coffee and sat down. He looked suspiciously at Jean. She gathered all of us for some other reason, maybe to solve this mystery. Or perhaps...to witness her art. Hah. He returned his glance downwards and took a drink. He looked at the group, and frowned. Did I see that girl before? Not at the airport, he realized. Late flight. He spinned his umbrella, which was on the ground. Mark had a feeling... ...that this is going to get very interesting...

As soon as Mark felt the raindrops run down his neck, he shivered, and quickly pulled out his umbrella. He struggled with the umbrella for a bit, then heard a voice: "...You won't be able to open it if you're so impatient and trying to force it up. The metal will break you know..." Fine, I'll try that. He took a deep breath (which was difficult as the rain was beginning to bother him), then slowly opened the umbrella. It creaked open, and Mark quickly positioned the umbrella and shook his head. The same person offered Mark some tissues, which Mark gratefully accepted, and quickly wiped himself down. All of a sudden, that girl began walking. Mark looked and noticed that a bunch of other people were headed to the same place. He ran and quickly tried to comprehend the scene he saw: Jay covered in blood, and a woman bleeding on the ground. After a little while, Mark turns around and dials 911 on his cell phone. Soon after, the police arrived at the scene. Mark was led aside for a brief interrogation by a certain Caleb. After being asked a few questions (which he answered as curtly as possible), he requested a towel to dry himself, as he was drenched. After he cleaned up, the sky began to clear, and Mark gave a sigh of relief. He heard the inspector's voice and sighed again, this time of weariness. Come on, can't I just go home? =============================================== (Technically I'm a round mod but I haven't been doing any cool mod announcing stuff yet and that makes sad Moho very sad. )

Mark politely turned down the money; money wasn't an issue for him, and Mark tried to end up in no one's debt when possible. He quickly bought a burger and sat down at an empty table, and begun eating. He kept a curious look on Heikki after that odd remark he made about murderers.

Welcome to DCW! (I think Kogoro is one of the better ones; he's scarily competent when he gets into the facts + he has more experience than Shinichi.)

Big Bang did that for me. On that subject, this song:

======================================================= "Hey! I'm Misaki!" Mark turned away, and yawned. She's just as noisy as I expected. Great. He returned to his newspaper, and turned the page. He frowned at the headline that looked back at him. "Mysterious Serial Killer Strikes Again?" he said aloud, then noticed that he got a few looks. "It's the news. There's a serial killer going around killing people. Look." He handed out the article, then began reading the next page of the newspaper. He subconsciously heard the conversation topic switch to the serial killer, but Mark ignored it. "Just another crime spree in Seattle, the police will probably stop it," he muttered. He relaxed back into a comfortable position, leaning on the column.