or whining, idk

I feel like Jamie is a terrible character for T9's setting

or at least a terrible character for me to be playing

because every time I see an open log I'd like to get him involved in I run up against the wall of

"oh he wouldn't be there/do that/randomly talk to that person"

(though admittedly there were some logs I was going to throw him into but I was suffering a severe case of IDGAF about life in general and

the thought of trying to carry on a thread felt impossible)

and when I try to think of open logs for him they all boil down to

"Jamie is doing something quiet and inobtrusive off in a corner somewhere"

because that is IC for him but offers no possibility whatsoever for interaction

I think you have to be aggressive and creative and smart when you play an antisocial character and I am...none of those things

and I don't want to be that asshole who just sits there and goes "oh my character wouldn't go talk to people :3"

and expects everyone else to come to them and make their characters take the initiative

because I have played with people like that and they are infuriating

but I feel really stuck and at a loss for what to do because Jamie is so. boring.

and if you want to talk actual insecurities then I do worry about annoying people by asking them to play with me

since I've had people say they want to RP stuff with me and then go silent when I try to plan anything out with them

so idk if it just slips their mind or if they genuinely want nothing to do with me

but being the paranoid little shit I am I tend to assume the latter and back off when I don't get a response from people

lasdjfk

Dammit where did my first question here go?

and doing the water cooler thing feels kind of pointless because I can't offer anyone anything interesting

so idk I think I kind of fail at RP forever

I think the watercooler can be a good medium, but it doesn't always (or often, perhaps) work

Like... sigh.

Anyhow, it is hard, and I wonder -- what sorts of things would you find interesting to do with Jamie?

I don't know. I want to get him involved in things and build some CR for him, I just don't know how to get past the ANTISOCIAL!!! thing.

I've got two characters to help with that some, if Esplin ... is not help, Sakura is

What things is Jamie involved with right now?

He's in Starfighter Command, Engineering, and the Outsiders.

And studies magic with Aibghalien Marsai.

And this is another thing that I've been thinking about, the fact that he ostensibly is busy with things and

interacting with people all day long and I have very little idea of how he relates to most of those people because so much of the

interaction is handwaved

rotfl does he want to be a ninja /shot, I'm not that serious

So how busy he is, etc?

Which is understandable, but I wonder sometimes if it would be possible to do logs of the different departments doing stuff together.

Day to day stuff, special events, whatever.

I know day to day wouldn't exactly be exciting or even feasible for some of the departments, but.

I still want to play with you, I'm just kinda swamped trying to wrap up school.

It totally is!

Also, good folks to have Jamie tossed at -- have you threaded with Zoki and her Billy before? For Engineering at least

Also looking at the idea Karl was tossing around (and a few others) in regards to the Ship Exploration Unit, which could open up

more random encounters and groups for nonsocials to be forcibly social and on task for

I want the teleporters for the teleporter accidents

Same, did we hear official word back on those either way?

Setting those up and doing shipsploration would be a good focus for motivating small groups into action on ship whenever

Not yet.

Mmkay, so it's still in the big pending file in the sky!

I haven't gotten to thread much with Billy, no.

I keep thinking I'm going to throw Jamie at him but then I keep running into the ANTISOCIAL thing.

And the city-exploring and teleporter things sound like they could be fun, so I hope those get implemented.

And I still want to play with you too, Saphie. Once you get unhiatused and have some time I'd like to plan some stuff with you.

Anyhow. Obviously the big sticking point is the antisocial-ness. Or finding a way to work around it while remaining IC.

I have good hopes on those things getting implemented and then having them be a good platform for interaction

I would love to play with you! And imo...Howard's not AS antisocial as Jamie, but left to his own devices he sticks to himself, so I've

made it a habit to start IC interactions with something as basic as "Howard isn't looking where he's going and bumps into someone"

"conversation begins"

Or to find situations where he'd have to talk to people, like looking for a certain supply or needing help with his omnicomm

Maybe if you wanted to hit me up on AIM we could spitball some ideas for ways Jamie cuold be forced into conversations?