PA Announcement

[spyprincipal.livejournal.com]

"Students, faculty. I am unhappy to inform you that one of our students, Katherine Pryde, has been declared missing, presumed dead. Until we are able to determine further details, a curfew will be enforced in the dormitories. All students should be in the dorms by 10PM. Mayor Red is applying a similar curfew in Fandom Town.

"I am aware that many of you knew Ms. Pryde. Tomorrow, all morning classes will set aside some time for an open dialogue on the matter, giving all students and faculty a forum to talk about what they're..." he pauses. "...Feeling. I myself will be leading one in the Student Council meeting room for any who wish to join."

[OOC: Kitty will be making an OOC post letting everybody know what the heck is going on. I'm not running this plot, I'm just trying to keep it tidy]

Comments

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

((There's more evidence than that--George Laas reaped Kitty's soul.))

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: True. But it's a surprise to none of us that Bad Things happen in Fandom Town. Still feels like this is an over-reaction, given that nothing was done IG for so many of the missing. Don't get me wrong, I love the plotline - I'm just surprised people are going 'omg, bad stuff' over it. *shrug*]

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

_{[ooc: because they can. And they'll continue to do so, probably.]}

[soldtoarmenians]

[ooc - I think in terms of reacting to the other disappearances, it's less that this plotline (the reaction to it, I mean) is metagaming, as it is that we've all been metagaming all along, through necessity, just because of the nature of the game. Heck, in terms of dealing with certain characters even existing together.

Canon!Xander would be on the first bus outta here the second he laid eyes on Angelus, for instance, running to grab his own version of Buffy and drag her over here if FH's version wasn't into staking or souling Hairgelboy. But because of the intended (or at least apparent) comedic genre of the game there's had to be a lot of "Look, over there, the Goodyear Blimp!" when the question of "Why haven't you guys done anything about him" arises.

So if nothing is outright stated about Bad Things having happened to people who vanish, I at least have been proceeding on the assumption my character isn't meant to think real monsters lie around every corner; the rest of the atmosphere is farcical, so students and teachers for the most part react to disappearances and monsters under the laws of cartoon physics. An actual report (or even rumor) of a death is a different critter, though; there's no Goodyear Blimping that.

(Not a commentary on whether switching from cartoon to drama physics is a good or bad thing, at all; I love the plotline too. Just my take on the RP aspect of it.)]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[OOC: *nods thoughtfully* Yeah, you're right. This is an honest reaction, the metagaming was the other stuff. Thanks for the perspective check. (Tara, btw, drinks holy water every sunset. As far as she's concerned, zombie attacks mean this place is as much of a Hellmouth as Sunnydale.)]

[soldtoarmenians]

[ooc - You've got to wonder why all the BtVS characters didn't constantly carry holy water around in their Evian bottles!]

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc - and do. Constantly.]

[soldtoarmenians]

[ooc - And tattoo crosses on their throats!]

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

(ooc: Do it! More business for Red!)

[sensethevisions]

((Heh. Buffy does carry holy water and wears a cross))