OOC CHATTER POST #1

[wiztrict]

🐣 Welcome to the first chatter post of Henhurst Hall!!

Please remember to put a subject line in your comment to help people sort through conversation topics!

Plotting meme begins Friday, Jan. 29.

Voice-testing meme begins Saturday, Jan. 30.

Henhurst Hall opens its doors on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Comments

Introduce Yourself!

[changeyourmind]

Hiiii I see we have a couple people here who I either haven't played with before or haven't really had a chance to play with extensively before so I thought I'd do a lil icebreaker thing here on the OOC.

I'm JJ! I'm a screenwriter living in LA (currently paying my bills by running DND campaigns for school-age children, which is pretty much the best day job I could ask for). I am living with my parents until the pandemic is safely over (which may be never, because my city is bad at quarantining) and I do oftentimes complain about that, but I will try to keep it to a minimum. My hobbies currently include a LOT of tabletop gaming (I just got into Magic: The Gathering at the start of quarantine and it's been dominating my life) as well as virtual reality/new media stuff, which was my previous career path. I have also gotten really into making my own ice cream since quarantine started which is great in combination with the fact that I rarely get exercise anymore! I have a cat named Marceline who is, unfortunately, gorgeous and does, unfortunately, know it.

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[chasingrivers]

HELLO HELLO WELCOME NEW FACES!!!!

I'm Alex! I live in Portland with my husband and two dumb dogs, Ziggy and Sarge. Ziggy is beautiful and an asshole, and Sarge is a perfect angel with an empty head. I work a boring desk job that has been... slow... for the last nine months lmao so I'm trying to start reading more when it's super slow. I'm on my fifth book of the year so far!! (Also would full recommend the last book I finished, The Memory Police, if the description seems like your jam.) Uhh I also keep losing entire weekends playing the Sims even though my clunky old laptop hates how many of the packs I have but you know yolo etc.

Oh and I have a 681 day streak on Duolingo, I am invincible.

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[ringhollow]

aw man i saw a tiktok about being compet(ty)itive on duolingo and o meant to send it to you

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[noelnoel]

que carajo

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[ringhollow]

this evening j said "i know you've expressed next to no interest in mtg arena, but the new set is vikings and bears" and i feel like they made it specifically for me but i won't believe him until i see some bodvar bjarki bullshit going down

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[changeyourmind]

WOTC self described it as "Vikings and Metal" and it is pretty legit. I'm doing a tournament tomorrow with it tho and i'm not super wild about the mechanics... but the cards... they are so prettie

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[ringhollow]

oh good idea! thanks jj! hi new faces!

my name is kas! i'm one of the mods (oops, forgot that part). i live in canada and the most important thing about my life is my dogs, monty and ripley. i do web & editing stuff in the marketing world. i like star trek, pro wrestling, bears, losing entire days to roguelikes, tabletop tomfoolery, and reading (currently on girl, serpent, thorn).

i don't know what hobbies are anymore. i don't know how to talk about myself. hi

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[chasingrivers]

you were excited to talk about your DOGS

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[terebinthine]

Oh yes hello new people!

I'm Meggie, one of the mods. I live in Utah, where I'm a cartographer for a university and a sometimes foster kitten volunteer. In theory I'm an artist, but man, quarantine's been hard on my creativity. I also like horror movies and games, video games in general, etc. I have a ton of houseplants and I keep a garden outside when it's warm. My hobbies are endless because I just can't resist picking up new skills every time I feel even mildly bored. Currently I'm into embroidery and DIY dollhouse kits. I play a lot of tabletop games where I'm a regular DM! I live next door to my parents to help them out with stuff, and I have two cats: Felix, who's nothing but trouble but extremely sweet, was found in a dumpster as a kitten, and Persephone, my purebred powderpuff princess, who's a stubborn baby, just 8 months old.

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[noelnoel]

i wanna kiss..... tum......

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[noelnoel]

OH THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. we have a character intro meme coming up but..... what about.... THE PLAYERS???

i'm alison!! i'm one of the three mods. i'm a cute homemaker with too many hobbies. mostly scuba diving, d&d, coding, crafting, and woodworking. i'm very excited for warmer weather to come so i can start doing more projects outside.

uhhhh what else!! i live in georgia w/my husband and we have three beautiful gorls. the baby is bebop, the kitty is midnight, n the old lady is kohana. (my stairs are constant war zone of me w/the vacuum vs. their endless shed fur.)

anyway!! i'm very excited to play with all y'all and i'm looking forward to the plotting meme tomorrow!!! hopefully i can get at least one app finished before then so i can set a Good Example.

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[terebinthine]

That pic of your gorls looks like an awkwardly staged family photo and I love it.

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[hugogogadget]

Hello friends. I'm Ben, a Boston-transplant, now in LA for TV-writing and the very nice weather. I've been doing online RP for only 3+ years, and only with this group. Y'all are the best. My ride or die. I live with Colleen (she'll intro herself later... probably) and our two cats. I love basketball, rock climbing, board games, and books. And um, I'm going to be moving up to Calgary for a good chunk of the spring for work. Looking forward to an ADVENTURE.

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[ringhollow]

I JUST READ THE CALGARY PART AND STARTED TO RAGE, I'M SO JEALOUS OF BOTH YOU AND MARIN FOR BEING SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ):<<<

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[hotandfrench]

yooo calgary adventure that slaps dude

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[hugogogadget]

JJ you made me miss my Magic the Gathering cards :( They're just gathering dust in a drawer back east. I should ask my parents to mail them to me.

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[onthescene]

Everyone I know who's into Magic now and also used to be into it when they were a kid has suffered the "parents threw out my collection" tragedy so I would definitely get on this

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[asterroid]

OH I FORGOT THIS OH WELL HELLO
My name is Lyss, I live in Wisconsin and it's freezing out right now. I write pre-sentence reports for the court and it's not exciting but Has ruined my appetite for true crime media, which is sad but perhaps ultimately healthy. I still like a lot of horror stuff so that's fine. Last spring I bought a video game console wondering if I'd ever have time to play it. I have. In case you were worried. I also like to half-finish cross stitching projects and buying themed dice for more tabletop characters than I could ever feasibly play. I have too many siblings but just one daughter. My siblings are human but my daughter is Mimi. UMMM I am also trying to get back into the piano which I'm gonna put here to hold myself accountable! Very excited!

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[hugogogadget]

Ooooo! I had a dream the other night where I bought a keyboard and started teaching myself piano again. Maybe it was a sign!

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[highlygrifted]

Ugh. JJ. So smart! <3

I'm Colleen! I WILL intro myself, Ben. tyvm. I'm an 8th grade history teacher and LA transplant, originally from Alaska. Unlike all these cutiepies, I have very limited hobbies because I will not attempt anything I'm not already good at :) I like to read fiction, consume true crime media, complain about not being able to view LoTR for the first time again, watch basketball and cry about my favorite players being good teammates to each other 😭.

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[ringhollow]

oh so what i hear is that you often cry about my son, pascal siakam, who is my son.

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[20thcenturytoy]

oh wow ok

i am k & i currently live in seattle with my partner, cam, who is... maybe here. kinda. (do yr app my dude). we met via this hobby which is gross.

things about me tho!!! i am a big info sci person and Usually a reference librarian (also supplement this with kitchen work because i love food and cooking for people). the pandemic threw uhhhhh everything a lil out of whack and i'm currently returning to school to brush up on data analysis skills. life's an adventure amirite. anyway i love to write electronic (and other) music, obsess over random subjects, and do yoga. theoretically i am also a big reader but brain no work lately. i got more into tabletop stuff via the pandemic which is a silver lining? also cam's cat is now my cat and i probably talk about him more than anything else so fair warning on that front

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[hotandfrench]

wassup folks my name is cam && i live in seattle with me partner (hi 20thcenturytoy) && my work keeps me mad busy so like. be warned that i'm only quasi-here, lol. much like a toddler, i'm best known 'round these parts for putting strange things in my mouth and making friends with every stray cat i meet. i've trying to Get Into A New Hobby for ages but i haven't decided what yet, so feel free to nominate suggestions below lmao

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[sherbetlemon]

Hi! I am Dana! New face added today. Live in Canada on the west coast. I have a cat. I play a lot of sims. I write tax interpretation emails for a living (aka I spend my day telling people by email how sales tax in my province applies) and then somehow have a hobby that is writing. When there is no pandemic I play roller derby and it has been a very long year without it. I had also just go back on skates before we had to stop practices because I broke my ankle so it just feels like forever!!!

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[alivent]

I JUST REALIZED THAT I SHOULD DO THIS

Hi I'm Jenny! I'm playing Tycho Davies alivent (that's as in 'aliven't') and Molly Weasley zeropercentfresh. I am in Ohio atm (and trying to escape, am unemployed (but am hopeful that will change soon ;u;). My hobbies include coding (@ 10billionghosts), graphic design, crochet, cooking and baking. I'm going to be making a fig, honey and earl grey tea cake for my partner's birthday tomorrow strong arm emoji. I have two cats, Abe and Gogo, who are perfect alignment opposites -- lawful evil and chaotic good. Full disclosure, like most everyone right now in the pandemic, I am Deep In It, and I tend to be very VERY swiss cheese brain and also will disappear on the reg bc brain bad and I apologize in advance but will do my best!!