launch day is coming

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

You guys, I'm so excited! We're almost ready for launch!! We shall begin on 1 May, so I've decided it may as well be 1st May in game. That means it'll be Wednesday 1 May 1850/18 Jumaada al-Thaany 1266, woot! You will get a nice weather report on the day. I have decided that to kickoff the game it'd be fun to start with a threadbomb, which will be a party at the Ottoman Ambassador's residence. I still need to think up a spurious reason for this. Dignitaries, politicians, prominent business types etc will be invited. The Ambassador will also need to take on a few extra staff for the party so that could be a way to get your character in if you're not sure they'd be invited. And there's always the option of crashing, though you risk getting thrown out... ;)

For a couple of weeks after that I'll mostly let people get on with making their own character posts and just getting to know each other, and then I'll come in with a bit of gentle plot direction and so on. But I think it's best for everyone to mostly focus on interacting, seeing where chemistry sparks etc for the time being!

*twirls excitedly*

Oh btw, make sure you have joined this community! After we launch, I think I will default to posts here being friends only, except for general information posts etc. This is just so you guys feel like you can chill out and get to know each other without random people staring at your conversations.

Comments

[sir-randolph.livejournal.com]

*bounce bounce bounce bounce*

...That feels wrong from this journal.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Randolph doesn't strike me as very bouncy XD But maybr we'll discover his inner squee? ;)

[d-van-swinderen.livejournal.com]

Not exaaaaaaaaaactly sure what a dirigible mechanic would be doing at a fancy ambassador's party, unless maybe the captain was invited and decided to bring some of his better behaved crew along. :)

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Hmn, could his captain be sick and ask him last minute to go along to pay his respects on his behalf?

[d-van-swinderen.livejournal.com]

That could work, actually. I doubt many of the other crew have the same upbringing and level of education that he does. Okay! :)

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

We're all about squeezing plausibility to let people participate XD And yes, I imagine he can scrub up quite well!

[yildiz-alganim.livejournal.com]

I imagine the Common Council members will be attending? Perhaps with their spouse(s)? I can't see any reason for Yildiz to be there on her own, but her husband happens to be on the Common Council.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

For sure. And Yildiz is a significant member of the community so it's totally not out of the bounds of the possible; Kostantiniyye relies very much on trade and the movers and shakers of the city tend to come from guild backgrounds, so I think it would be feasible for her to be invited anyway. :)

[p-tertullian.livejournal.com]

Petrus quite likes these things - nobody wants to be rude, so nobody interrupts him when he starts talking about Origen of Alexandria. With luck he can subject as many as two dozen aristocrats to theology in the course of an evening.