ATTENTION SELENITAS

[Rei]

Sorry guys my net sucks

I wouldn't let me back on site till just now. Stupid thing >>

Anywho.

Ember answered everything really well :3

And you guys will get to see the history beforehand to help make decisions on things with your characters. However yeah five years is already set.

Basically this is a refresh. Tons can happen in five years true but relationships and friendships can also happen after the skip remember.

With how the history is going to be it might even make those things more fun and dramatic.

As far as backdating things goes I'm kind of iffy on it. With /some/ things maybe but that would have to be handled on a case to case basis and discussed first.

As far as OOCly Impressing candidates during the skip that don't impress at Nitrath's clutch that is fine with me but the impressions would have to be given to us by the goldies and approved by us admins.

And yes Pern people can live a long time. ^^ There was a rider in one of the books who was around seventy.

[Lotty]

Now that I am in a state of mind that allows such riveting commentary I would like to quote Kanye West and that this shit "cray".

5 years is pretty intense, at least one of my characters is gonna be old as helllll, but I don't have any real objections that hasn't already been addressed.

Except will Levi's clutch be before the time skip? I mean it doesn't matter either way I don't think, but it would be nice to know.

[Ember]

Lotty: Hahaha, yes old characters be old. And yes, Levi's clutch will be before time skip.

[Ivy]

So will you make up a list as to when each green and gold has their flight/run during the time skip? And then a list of clutches that will be available for any Candidates who wanted to try and get a dragon/wher from them?

So then I know when each dragon of mine rose, or when my dragons would have chased - same for whers and such. Since I may have some of my chars get knocked up during the time skip annnnnnnnnd they may be babies born from flights/runs and thus I need to know when abouts they would have been conceived.

[Ember]

Ivy: Gold flights/runs and their clutches will definitely be listed but greens will not. Greens rise/run like 3-4 times a Turn depending on the green and just considering the number of greens...yeah, no sorry.

[Zephyr]

You could probably just figure out when your own greens flew/run though, right?

[Ivy]

But Ember! I wanted y'all to do all the work for me. Just kidding, that's fine. I can figure out when each of my greens rises and such.

OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH!

Another question, or rather what I assume to be true and I need a yay or nay on it. Cainith/Ivy will have a child during the time skip - that's pretty much a given. Does that mean we need to get him/her written up ASAP and have him/her posted ASAP to get approval so when the time skip occurs then we have the greenlight to immediately start RPing with him/her? I assume we do - but that will be difficult since we have a few things to factor in such as if Ivy Impresses that will affect the year the child is conceived and thusly the year he/she is born in. Will also affect who is raising the child and such. Plus the important info y'all are giving us for our chars to include in their profiles to fill in the 5 year gap. I just don't want to wait forever to be able to play my kid, ya know?

I hope that question made sense. I'm a bit tired and my mind is in a million and two places.

[Ember]

Zeppy: Yus.

Ivy: Babies have a grace period before they absolutely need to be written up. Usually about the same time they settle with one player, perhaps a bit earlier. So in short, not strictly necessary if said child would be under 6.

[Ivy]

Okay, so. I am fairly certain this has been answered already (I did read everything) but I just want to be 100% sure.

Gold flights/runs and the clutches that came of those will be posted - prior to or after the time skip?

Now, I have Corvin up - assuming he is approved can I then look at the clutch lists and go "I want to say he Stood at such and such clutch" then whoever the Goldhandler is has the ability to say he did or did not Impress - and if he did they then give me a baby? Is there anything to stop me from saying he stood at ALL the clutches that occur in the 5 turn time skip then to up my chances he gets a baby?

Also - say I want to create a character after the time skip who Impressed during the time skip. I assume this character would be a rider already, would I have to get permission from an admin and also talk to a Goldie to get a dragon before posting the person up for approval? Would I just type them up as if they were a candidate, get approval, then seek out an admin and/or a Goldie to get a dragon then edit them and get them approved again as a rider?

Basically I guess I am wondering if this means dragons, whers, firelizards, mandyrs, and razorclaws are going to be passed out to anyone who wants them or how it is going to work.

Also will there be canine and feline litters during the time skip too?

[Ember]

Ivy: Clutch lists will probably be posted before the skip. Corvin (and yes, I will get around to looking at him I promise. This week is just kicking my butt hardcore right now) can stand for as many clutches as he wants. It'll be treated as if he got left standing at any IC clutch. The first clutch he would have stood for has first Impressing dibs, if that clutch doesn't want him then the next one up gets second dibs, and so on and so forth until he Impresses, ages out, or chooses to stop Standing.

As for making the riders...this is where we're admittedly working out the bugs and figuring things out. Candidates that might age out would probably get first pick of the dragons/whers available but full riders/handlers would I imagine just claim a clutch spot. At the very least that is how I'll be doing Eikask's clutches. I'll have x number of babiy colours listed and if you want to make a greenhandler then I'd just insert that character and their wher into that slot. The point of these clutches was to make Sel-based riders/handlers easier to make, not hand out prewritten/skeletonized draconids left and right. ^^

Litters are up to the owners of the females entirely. If they feel like writing the babies up they're welcome to offer.

[Ruby]

Just to back Ember up: that's almost exactly how I was thinking of doing it. I'd pick colors and names for Nitrath's clutches, candidates left standing and aging out would get first pick at dragons, and I'd write dragonets for those candidates if they want. That would only be for pre-created candidates, though, riders created after the skip would be selecting a color and name and writing their own dragon.