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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4950 on: August 27, 2016, 10:21:17 PM »
Ye gads, this one came about quickly.  Chapter 11:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6610714/chapters/18023179

Taru and the scout manage to make it to Mora but must scramble to catch the Dalahästen, and everybody else sits around eating.  That's pretty much it this time. 
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4951 on: August 27, 2016, 11:09:34 PM »
*gets distracted from reading*

You changed your avatar.

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Can't wait for the last reveals on the expedition. Well I can. I can be quite patient when I want to be.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4952 on: August 27, 2016, 11:11:00 PM »
Ye gads, this one came about quickly.  Chapter 11:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6610714/chapters/18023179

Taru and the scout manage to make it to Mora but must scramble to catch the Dalahästen, and everybody else sits around eating.  That's pretty much it this time. 
Major appearances by Ana Nymus', Sectoboss' and Ragnarok's characters, also Noodly's Sonja mulls over things.

The ending, I find both hilarious and utterly in character.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4953 on: September 03, 2016, 06:20:11 AM »
Chapter 12 is posted, which entirely is a shift to Lalli riding the Dalahästen.  Things go a little differently than in canon:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6610714/chapters/18162931

We'll be back to check on Reynir next time, he's having the night off to socialise a bit.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4954 on: September 03, 2016, 10:27:45 AM »
Hah, that was awesome.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4955 on: September 11, 2016, 05:46:25 AM »
Here we go with the next installment:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6610714/chapters/18336223

Riika has a brainwave, so does Tuuri, and Reynir gets in touch with his fylgja, for all the good it does him.  Also, the Dalahästen is nearing the end of its journey and the crew is getting their uniforms on...mostly.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4956 on: September 11, 2016, 01:39:32 PM »
I am supremely curious about what tuuri is doing for sure. As always, awesome and intriguing.

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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4957 on: September 11, 2016, 02:40:35 PM »
I am supremely curious about what tuuri is doing for sure. As always, awesome and intriguing.

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Oh! No mystery there. Sara Hallander offered her a job on her radio station, which Tuuri initially declined because she was going on the expedition. I decided not to put her conversation with Sara after she stormed out into the story, but just left it as 'the engineer' making a dedication to Siv and Torbjorn.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4958 on: September 11, 2016, 04:14:56 PM »
Here we go with the next installment:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6610714/chapters/18336223

Riika has a brainwave, so does Tuuri, and Reynir gets in touch with his fylgja, for all the good it does him.  Also, the Dalahästen is nearing the end of its journey and the crew is getting their uniforms on...mostly.

I really need to catch up with the story, I am such a slow reader ;3;
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4959 on: September 11, 2016, 04:24:16 PM »
Oh.. I thought it was something more mysterious than that, hence the keeping it from EVERYONE.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4960 on: September 11, 2016, 11:16:30 PM »
I really need to catch up with the story, I am such a slow reader ;3;
Heh, it's getting pretty darn big.  I tried re-reading it for flow at one point, and it can be a time suck even for a fast reader such as myself.  (I did discover *just a few* clunked bits, too.  Ah well.)
We haven't seen Martti and Riika do much for a few chapters, although they have been mentioned.  In Chap. 13 they both feature but Riika especially shines, as she makes a crucial connection.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4961 on: September 15, 2016, 11:37:46 AM »
Brain: What? You can't make a donut steel! They've got 200 pages of donut steels and you know absolutely nothing about the OC culture here!

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I made twins. They're descendants from a small group of Scottish (and Scottish-American) friends who were touring Norway when the Rash hit. They have a lot of relatives, because those friends took it upon themselves to replenish the Scottish race as much as they could. There's some Norwegian in them, but the entire family is still mostly Scottish - Johannes and Karina especially. That weird gun-thing in Karina's hand is my attempt at drawing an Obrez.

Johannes is the calmer of the two Eliott twins, also the taller at just over 6 feet. His belief in the gods mostly consists of 'acknowledging they exist', as evidenced by the fact that runes work. If they didn't he'd probably drop his belief entirely. Somewhat quiet and reserved, he can show emotion, it's just that he usually doesn't. Became a Hunter because he was pretty good at shooting things and it seemed like something interesting to do - and more importantly, something that wasn't tedious, or wouldn't become tedious easily. Almost became a Cleanser like his sister, but his throwing accuracy leaves something to be desired. Speaks English and Scots well enough (mostly with his family/sister), but not nearly as familiar with it as Karina. Nor is he as good a singer. Still lives in Hitra with the family - he claims he just likes the scenery and being close to the rest of the family. Karina knows better - it's because he gets seasick easily, which she teases him about, a lot. A tinkerer, likes to fix things (mostly stuff Karina steals from pre-Rash ruins that she sends him) but occasionally works on designing machinery. Could have been an engineer, but most engineering work in the Y90s is focused on civil engineering, which he finds boring. He'd much rather just design things. His dream? To build an airplane.

Karina is a five-foot-three ball of pure energy. She believes in the gods (unlike most of her Swedish neighbors) simply because the gods are badass. More expressive with her emotions than Johannes, and substantially more excitable - though she can control herself. She just chooses not to, unless the situation is genuinely serious. A Cleanser passing through town when she was seven was what convinced her to go to Sweden and become a Cleanser herself - against her parent's better judgement, they let her go. Turns out she was very good at Cleansing, specifically the burning and exploding things part. Substantially better at English and Scots than her brother, to fluent levels. She is also fluent in Swearing In Gaelic. Listening to Gramma's records both helped with her language skills and her singing skills. Also knows how to play two instruments - the guitar (her father's, she bought an electric one of her own) and the bagpipes (her grandfather's, now hers) After moving to Mora to train at the age of 13, she decided to live there permanently, almost always using what vacation time she gets to return home. A bit of a kleptomaniac - though she doesn't steal from the living. She steals from ruins, taking things that look interesting before the burning really starts. She cleans them of course, and sometimes she gets caught, but not always - among other things, that's how she got her Obrez. She wants to see Johannes's plane fly, though she's pretty sure that all he'll manage to do with it is piss off every Troll from here to Gibraltr with it.
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4962 on: September 15, 2016, 12:02:51 PM »
Brain: What? You can't make a donut steel! They've got 200 pages of donut steels and you know absolutely nothing about the OC culture here!

Me:


Spoiler: show



I made twins. They're descendants from a small group of Scottish (and Scottish-American) friends who were touring Norway when the Rash hit. They have a lot of relatives, because those friends took it upon themselves to replenish the Scottish race as much as they could. There's some Norwegian in them, but the entire family is still mostly Scottish - Johannes and Karina especially. That weird gun-thing in Karina's hand is my attempt at drawing an Obrez.

Johannes is the calmer of the two Eliott twins, also the taller at just over 6 feet. His belief in the gods mostly consists of 'acknowledging they exist', as evidenced by the fact that runes work. If they didn't he'd probably drop his belief entirely. Somewhat quiet and reserved, he can show emotion, it's just that he usually doesn't. Became a Hunter because he was pretty good at shooting things and it seemed like something interesting to do - and more importantly, something that wasn't tedious, or wouldn't become tedious easily. Almost became a Cleanser like his sister, but his throwing accuracy leaves something to be desired. Speaks English and Scots well enough (mostly with his family/sister), but not nearly as familiar with it as Karina. Nor is he as good a singer. Still lives in Hitra with the family - he claims he just likes the scenery and being close to the rest of the family. Karina knows better - it's because he gets seasick easily, which she teases him about, a lot. A tinkerer, likes to fix things (mostly stuff Karina steals from pre-Rash ruins that she sends him) but occasionally works on designing machinery. Could have been an engineer, but most engineering work in the Y90s is focused on civil engineering, which he finds boring. He'd much rather just design things. His dream? To build an airplane.

Karina is a five-foot-three ball of pure energy. She believes in the gods (unlike most of her Swedish neighbors) simply because the gods are badass. More expressive with her emotions than Johannes, and substantially more excitable - though she can control herself. She just chooses not to, unless the situation is genuinely serious. A Cleanser passing through town when she was seven was what convinced her to go to Sweden and become a Cleanser herself - against her parent's better judgement, they let her go. Turns out she was very good at Cleansing, specifically the burning and exploding things part. Substantially better at English and Scots than her brother, to fluent levels. She is also fluent in Swearing In Gaelic. Listening to Gramma's records both helped with her language skills and her singing skills. Also knows how to play two instruments - the guitar (her father's, she bought an electric one of her own) and the bagpipes (her grandfather's, now hers) After moving to Mora to train at the age of 13, she decided to live there permanently, almost always using what vacation time she gets to return home. A bit of a kleptomaniac - though she doesn't steal from the living. She steals from ruins, taking things that look interesting before the burning really starts. She cleans them of course, and sometimes she gets caught, but not always - among other things, that's how she got her Obrez. She wants to see Johannes's plane fly, though she's pretty sure that all he'll manage to do with it is piss off every Troll from here to Gibraltr with it.

Welcome!

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Anyway, we have an expedition RP going, and what do ya know, one of the Cleansers is seriously ill. Perhaps Karina and Johannes would be interested in being reinforcements?
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4963 on: September 15, 2016, 12:12:13 PM »
Welcome!

As far as OC culture.... don't use other OCs w/o permission, and keep things as close to canon as possible. Mary and Marty Sue's will be terminated with extreme prejudice, usually by their own creators.  *awkwardly indicates self*

Anyway, we have an expedition RP going, and what do ya know, one of the Cleansers is seriously ill. Perhaps Karina and Johannes would be interested in being reinforcements?

Maybe so. I'll look into it. Where's the thread?
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Re: Self-Inserts
« Reply #4964 on: September 15, 2016, 04:25:53 PM »
Maybe so. I'll look into it. Where's the thread?

Main thread:
https://ssssforum.com/index.php?topic=787.0

Thread for OOC discussion, art postings, etc:
https://ssssforum.com/index.php?topic=802.0
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