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My peeve: older ladies who feel the need to bathe in their perfume. I work retail, and had two customers tonight who nearly gagged me out because of how powerful their perfume was.

Well, since I've pretty much outed most of my recent alts, let me just go ahead and list them so people can see. (Edit: And since it's been something like 2+ years since I originally wrote this, I suppose I should update it too).

Haunted Memories -- Athena (Acanthus Guardian of the Veil), Billie (Ithaeur Blood Talon), Kazerabet (Moros Mysterium), Lilith (VampStaff Admin/aTL/TL at various points), Luna (Khaibit Mekhet OD Mysterysworn), Neve (Autumn Darkling Razorhand/Snowskin dual-kith), Viveca (Dead Wolf Gangrel OD Unsworn)

St. Petersburg -- Elexis (Spina Daeva Lancea Sanctum Inquisitor/Primogen), had another one that was based on Therese/Jeanette Voerman from VTM: Bloodlines for the OD, but can't remember their names for the life of me)

The Reach -- Alyssa Grennich (Bastet Heart-Ripper -- mountain lion), Callista Kross (Gorgon Ventrue Acolyte), Cassandra Gordon (Lynx Mekhet Invictus), Dulcinea Sangiovanni (Sangiovanni Mekhet Sanctified Inquisitor -- only lasted about 6 weeks and never played her), Ginger (Zelani Daeva Carthian Prefect/Primogen), Raven Roth (Winter Darkling Palewraith/Chirurgeon dual-kith), Shyla Roth (Amara Havana Daeva OD Mysterysworn), Viveca Roth (Amara Havana Daeva OD Mysterysworn)

Reno -- Charley (Dead Wolf Gangrel Acolyte), Poker (Vampire admin)

Fear and Loathing -- formerly Kala (Amara Havana Daeva Carthian); currently Charley (Dead Wolf Gangrel OD Mysterysworn-in-the-making)

Fallcoast -- formerly Billie (Dead Wolf Gangrel OD Unsworn/Gangrel Priscus); currently Anastassia (Yagnatia Nosferatu OD Mysterysworn-in-the-making, among other things currently in the works), Corinne (Silent Celebrant Sin-Eater -- yes, I'm finally branching out again)

There are craploads of superhero/superheroine characters from before that, as well as a fair bit of Transformers and some Star Wars as well, but this is certainly long enough. If people are really interested in knowing, those places include:

Superhero: formerly Project Infinity (though I typically try to forget I played there), MetaMUX, Heroes and Villains MUX (both the original and the reboot attempt), SuperMUX/Millennium Heroes MUX, Brave and the Bold

Star Wars: formerly A New Threat (another place I try to forget), Unsung Heroes; currently Rebirth

Transformers: formerly TF2 (Legends of the Transformers), Beast Wars: Transmetals, Beast Wars: Shadow World (yet another place I try to forget, more often than not); currently Transformers Universe (TFU), Transformers 2005 (was a former, but they're giving the place one last shot before deciding to close it down, and I'm tinkering with a couple of prospects there)

Got a call from work today, where I've been cashiering for the last 8+ months. Tomorrow, I fill out paperwork to get started on moving to the customer service desk (which nets me a 50-cent raise); in addition, I'll also be placed in a secondary job category to work in the Electronics department. Good times.

@Huzuruth Betcha @tragedyjones leaps at the chance to be one of those two players.

@Bobotron Holy crap... we've got some history. I had several characters on BW Transmetals, including Electra (a Transmythic blue dragon), Nightshade/Whitewind (a "Doublespy" Fuzor in the basic vein of Punch/Counterpunch), and I was even Optimus Primal at one point (though I can't remember when). Had several different characters at H&V, was at Millennium Heroes (the second Beyond Superman, Jonny Kent, and was effectively headstaff there for nearly a year as Tal Rasha), and several characters at 2k5 (up through my Galvatron stint in 2007, after which I hadn't really bothered with the place).

It's a shame your Transformers: Generations MUSH never got to take off -- I had a fun Headmaster concept that I was gonna play with, using the Machination as the means behind how the character became a Headmaster. It's good to see you around again, though.

@Sundown Brick is an excellent film -- first indie film I ever purchased. Loved it from the moment I saw the first trailer for it.

@ThatOneDude Such a travesty, amirite? Jack Burton cannot possibly be amused.

For my part... I cannot pass without bringing up The Usual Suspects.

I really want to watch Crimson Peak as well when it comes out -- del Toro is an interesting director, and Hiddleston looks pretty good in it. Interesting, given that I don't usually go for such movies, but I'm beginning to expand that way, with movies like Shutter Island and Stonehenge Asylum, or the ABC mini-series of Stephen King's Rose Red.

I'd try to come up with my own list, but most of mine are more well-known movies; nothing so artsy, if you will. As it is, too many for me to try and list.

@Corruption Dude, belated as it is, that is kickass. Congrats.

@Cobaltasaurus We frequently do, though, don't we?

I would be remiss if I didn't suggest David and Leigh Eddings: I've only read the Belgariad and Mallorean cycles, as well as Belgarath the Sorceror, Polgara the Sorceress, the Rivan Codex (which is actually a fair bit of Eddings' preliminary notes for the Belgariad and Mallorean, so might be interesting if you're a writer), The Redemption of Althalus (completely separate, but interesting in it's own right). I don't think Regina's Song (also by Eddings) qualifies as fantasy, per se, but it's also a fun read -- at least, I thought so.

Of course, Papa Tolkien is also good for the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, too.

Ahh, fitness. God knows, I do plenty of walking -- work is about 25 minutes away on foot, so I spend upwards of an hour getting in exercise that way.

This may prove ultimately fruitless or impossible, but I was hoping someone might know if Loki@HM may possibly still have any of the wiki information for Haunted Memories. Only reason I ask is because I wrote something for one of my character wiki-pages that I'd love to try and recover for potential future use, but right now there's no way for me to retrieve that -- not through the Wayback Machine or anything that I can find. If someone has any knowledge about that, could you tag me and let me know? I'd appreciate it.

Never read Wheel of Time... wasn't that the series that just kept going and going and going, like the Energizer bunny?

@Luna I'm not ever touching the MMR again, not if I can help it. But, given that I have a severe allergic reaction to the pertussin that's in the MMR... no thanks. As it is, I'm not really wild about flu vaccinations because, at least for me, they've never worked -- in fact, they've always, without fail, made me sick with the flu for several days, and then still don't keep me from getting the flu any less.

Some vaccinations, though, I admit are a necessity.

No, the wiki itself is what I was looking for. I just don't have the address any longer, and the last time I tried peeking at the base site, it acted as if it no longer existed... but I may have also mistyped the address. Could you pop me a link please, Sundown?

@Cobaltasaurus Heh. My issue is the fact that they're using Damnation City. Honestly, I thought that book was a total waste of time, hated what little I read of it before deciding not to bother any further.

Surprisingly enough, I'm playing an unmodded playthrough -- basically, to get as many of the achievements as possible. Once that's done, however... get some mods to pretty up the female characters tastefully, and I'm looking at some other mods as well, such as Better Vampires, Apocalypse: Magic of Skyrim and more. So far, I've completed the Dark Brotherhood questline, and have all the other faction side-quests started aside from Dawnguard (just spoke with Durak is all there) and the Civil War.

One mod I'm hoping to see, but it's gonna be a while (if ever, due to script extenders) is Moonlight Tales -- a werewolf/werebear overhaul. I have this crazy idea of getting the Snow Elf playable race mod and making the character into a white-furred werewolf running a dual-cast Frost Cloak, the best Mage Armor spells I can find, so on and so forth.

@Derp: This is gonna sound crazy, but add Alchemy to that dual-wield bound swords. There's a lovely potion you can make (Hanging Moss + Canis Root + Juniper Berries) that does Fortify One-Handed/Fortify Marksman -- interestingly, there's a bug with Fortify Marksman that allows it to boost the damage of all weapons, not just ranged -- effectively, it'll double the Fortify One-Handed bonus to damage. Makes Bound Sword viable the entire way. Also, assuming you're taking that whole perk tree for bound weapons, go with Slow Time to make things more fun.

Agreed. Thanks much, Sundown. You just made my day.

Very eeee-nteresting. I've only scratched the surface of the wiki (and ye gods, you guys are prolific writers!), but I do like what I've seen thus far, by and large.

@Roz A-fuckin-men. Fuck 2016, indeed.

Copy/pasted from my +job to Hamilton (+job 68 in the system as of today):

I'm going partially off of the ritual descriptions given, and partially from what I've read from the Blood Sorcery book, plus a peek at the ritual conversions on the wiki itself. These Cruac rituals are all in the Circle of the Crone book, pp. 204-211. Hopefully this will help.

Fires of Inspiration: Creation 1, Divination 1 (gives bonus to Crafts equal to Creation theme rating)
Visage of the Crone: Creation 1, Transmutation 1

Path of Thorns: Creation 1, Destruction 2 (+2 successes to duration to last for one scene)
Soul's Work: Creation 2, Transmutation 2
Wisdom of the Soul: Creation 2, Divination 2

Beloved Deodand: Transmutation 3 (as Biting Blade, but works with any weapon that was used to kill another)
Rain: Creation 3
Taste of Destiny: Divination 3
Tiamat's Offspring: Creation 3

Eye of the Norn: Divination 4
Mask of Blood: Transmutation 4

A Child From the Stones: Creation 4, Transmutation 5 (to create gargoyle), Destruction 4, Transmutation 5 (to destroy another gargoyle created by this ritual)
As One: Creation 5, Destruction 5, Divination 3, Protection 3, Transmutation 3
Crone's Renewal: Transmutation 5