Aya

Yay! Thank you so much Vynka!

Noooo not Sudkoku! Does this help?

If you're looking to hire a model...!

*Sends Hugs Instead*

OMG I just got back from lunch. I had no idea how hungry I was. Spending a couple hours in bitter cold clearing snow does that to you, though, I guess! :-X

A tip of my hat to whoever was playing the mage not just pretending to be immune to chair-bashing That's the sort of interaction that really is fun and amusing OOCly, and I wish that's how conflict worked out more often.

Warren knows just how to make Aya cry

Yaaaaaaay! Happy Hump Day!

Exactly this! And I think from reading the OP's posts he's not expecting this sort of thing, but hopefully he can understand where some of the OOC friction he's seeing originates. Barfights for me typically begin as an unwelcome interruption to normal tavern RP, take a loooong time to wind to some point where usually things end up in kind of a muddled mess. It has not exactly made for thrilling and powerful RP. Not to say that it couldn't! I guess I'd be a lot more inclined to just gasp, shout, and hide if these things tended to be explosive and short Honestly, the best "barfight" that I've seen was the quick and realistic reaction to someone getting hit over the head with a full bottle of wine. The target (I think entirely unsuspecting that this was going to happen) fell out cold (*thunk*). However, just to make my point, said assaulter not only continues to come by the QS regularly, but has conducted further assaults in the QS itself! Its like there just are no consequences at all, and that is the sort of thing that really bugs me. You attempt to murder someone enough times in the QS, and you're probably barred from the place.

Uncommon and undesired are two entirely different adjectives.

Alright, my original post was more tongue-in-cheek, but seeing where this has gone since then I do have some more serious points to add! Firstly, the idea that people are opposed to a bar brawl being immersion breaking is ridiculous. The Quick Sand is not a low-end dive bar, its a high end business and center of activity. The place is bustling busily, and serves a wide range of clientele from the lowly starting adventurer to the highest end of professionals in Ul'dah. Nothing in the entire setting appears cheap and inexpensive, Momodi takes her business seriously that much is obvious. The last thing she would want is to have the business of the day interrupted by a brawl, broken glasses, drinks, bottles, and a wanton interruption of her steady gil-making activities. Adding to the confusion in the moment will come the tab for replacement of everything broken, for cleaning up the mess, and the added hassle when the Blades come by to find out what happened. This isn't a pirate or cowboy bar (where I am sure fights are still not desired, but just far more difficult to avoid without a legion of armed and armored guards in proximity), and if you think that's immersion breaking you're simply wrong. From my own in-character perspective, who gets to clean up after the thugs when they're done? Who is at risk when the violence escalates? Yeah, my character! So, you can be sure that she does her best to prevent the outbreak of violence and often tries to intervene early to get those involved to step outside (then its the Brass Blades' problems, not her own). Some people really don't appreciate that, to the point of being jerks, but guess what, you're dealing with my immersion too! Lastly from an OOC perspective I do not appreciate bar-fights because so often they result in wanton disregard for consequences and other people. I do realize that having a half dozen individuals interfere in your attempted RP is a huge annoyance, but for those of us that RP staff, regulars, and law-enforcement on the premises, we either expect to be respected when we become involved, or else we have to roll our eyes at an immersion breaking mess in the midst of the area that we have to ignore. There really is no good solution for this, and because of how crowded it is you're probably going to have some amount of trouble with it. Now, it sounds to me like you have the right OOC mindset for it, and would play along reasonably! That means it could make for a fun scene that I'd enjoy OOCly! (even if Aya were quite very unhappy about it ICly!) If you really want to go through with it, I'd suggest sometime a little later in the evening (after 11 est) when the place is usually pretty quiet. Just be ready to pay the consequences including a hefty tab from Momodi for all damages (plus whatever suitable amount she thinks she can get away with extracting from your hide with the help of her bribed Brass Blade friends). Lastly, to Askier: The Quick Sand is as fun as you let it be. It is vastly better for a conversation or meeting than an action scene, but not all serious RP is action.

~_~ take your fights outside!

This sounds like fun!! If I'm around on a Saturday afternoon Aya will be there!

Its a shame that male Seekers require a last name. Wouldn't it be better just to let it go unstated? That said, how much of this is just due to the random name generator providing "Nunh" as an option and players having no clue that it entails something?

You need to get a better close-up:

Laughs! You JUST took that because I never wear that armor.. except for like 20 minutes tonight! Nice Sounsyy

I pretend its in Ul'dah, because Aya goes to teahouses there all the time, and would never even find herself in Aleport :-X I hope that's alright! Whatever you do with it, I just want you to know that its been an appreciated spot :-] Everyone I've taken there is always like, "What a great idea! Its so cute!"

I don't really have anything to say about hosting events, but I do have something to say about Ophelia's Tea House! Its such a cute spot, and I have used it quite a few times I forget where its supposed to be, but I always use it as an Ul'dahn tea house setting. The only problem I have is looking up where it is every time I want to use it! Thank you for having it in your private room, it really has been a nice setting for some fun RP for me :-]

As she listened to Natalie's answer, Aya's eyes slowly opened wider and wider. Blue irises surrounded by seas of white revealed, little by little, her look of Uniquely Blonde Bewilderment™. A silent, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa" seemed to hang upon slightly parted lips, still glistening with pink gloss. The arrival of the tea proved sudden relief. The slight clatter of cups and saucers, and the fragrant scent of brewed herbs snapped her from the spell. Suddenly she gave an easy little nod, accompanied by a pleasant little smile, "Oh, that is interesting~". She answered, holding the final syllable for a moment as she let her voice trail off. She lifted the cup, inhaling deep to enjoy the fragrance, letting just a small sip touch her lips. "Oh.." she sounded happily, letting her cup back down. "I think its interesting how you chose where to live. I don't think I've ever really had that pleasure--I've just always followed where life and work lead me, you know?" She added a few spoonfuls of honey to her tea cup, stirring. "Really the only choice I think I ever made about that was to leave home... and when I did, I never really even thought about ending up in Ul'dah. It seemed so, so far away."

We have no more responsibility for our character's actions than an actor playing a character, or a writer writing a character's part.

Aya cants her head slightly as she listens. The slight pursing of lips, and the shift of blonde eyebrows gives hint to the flicker of silent thoughts behind the intent curiosity on her bright blue eyes. "So you like.. looked at the world, put everyone in neat and tidy boxes, and then went to the box you thought would want your help?" She blinked slowly as if dumbfounded by her own question

Gogoonji. Chachan the Goon?

That's just because your writing is amazing Zhavi ^_~ (I get the writer's block issue more often with poetry than stories, I guess I usually write stories in a single sitting so I don't get the opportunity to lose myself, poems though I often find inspiration, get started, and then realize its all gone.. only to leave it unfinished until maybe I can come back to it with fresh inspiration in the future )

Your style is so cute Clio, I think you should do commissions. Just accept one at a time and do it at your own pace! ^^ If you take payment when you're done, you really don't have to worry about owing anything to anyone either!