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*Keira was starting to feel quite heavy and a bit on the frisky side. She shook her head and turned to Hikaru as he made his way to the couch*

So what do you want to do O Ren? I still have all this food here!!!

((LOL there is not much Synge or Hikaru can RP anymore. I guess I will see you tomorrow! Night!*))

((Lol! Alright then! I am not sure what I wanna have them do if anything. I will see ya tomorrow! BYE! smile ))

*Shea became agitated and didn't listen to one word keira said. He put down the chips he had grabbed and glared at Hikaru*

I can't do s**t with this clown around...I should just ******** shank him while he sleeps...

*Even though his thoughts were of killing, he had no weapons so he could do nothing. He then turns to Keira and frowns*

Well my sweet, it looks like I must leave for now. I will return though...

*Shea pulls down his scarf and takes Keira's hand and kisses it. He normally would have stopped at this but he kisses up her arm and makes his way up her neck and then to her lips. He then starts to make out with her. His hands drop to her waste. He began to grope her*

*Soon after he pulls himself away reluctantly and walks out the door*

(( Okay, I feel it is a good time to make a statement that differentiates between God Moding and the Wards that I had Cap cast. By tradition, God Moding is when a person with no particular authority arbitrarily forces their will upon others and will not accept anything otherwise. While I apologize for any God-Moding either expressed or implied, that is not what occurred in this instance.

You see, even though Shea was brought in and turned to be quite evil, it was already in my plans to bring this C in, he is not my "God Mode" C. He is a sorcerer and is doing the things that Ben cannot do. As you can see, Ben isn't much of anything special...he is sickly and kind of youthful and doesn't really want to exert much control over the business itself, only those who he is close to...the normal patrons. He happens to luckily have friends in high places.

I clearly stated that Cap spent all night creating various wards around the place. Could I have posted each individual post about what he did in gripping detail? Yes...but that would be spamming the thread an no one really would care. Instead, I used a continuance to make it occur without detail attached. So, before Shea showed up the second time, these wards had been created at great expense of the life and energy of the C who made them.

Next...when Cap awoke, he felt something in the air....this is not God Moding...if any person here went to a place where something horrible happened recently...you too would notice it...there is no magic about it. This queued him up to start doing a lot of deduction and since magical mastery requires a sharp mind and Cap is particularly powerful from spending his whole life training magic, one could easily infer that he would have a sharp mind. I did take some artistic liberty by having him able to rebuild things in such detail but I used normal logic that a detective might use to solve a case in the real world and since magic involves several components, one could also infer that a sorcerer is particularly good at determining components of a magic powder which was even stated is what was used in this case.

Then, when Synge looked at Keira and touched her eyes, I used a DnD Spell called "Ramira's Magic Remembrance" which is a level 5 DnD spell that was created many years ago and is in most Magic Manuals...therefore, it is a pretty common spell that does just that...lets one remember what was last seen before sleeping. Synge's character chose to let the spell be used through her and Keira did not object. Therefore, no God Moding occurred in this.

Lastly, when the ward was activated it would likely cause extreme discomfort for anyone with intent to harm others so Shea would have been already unhappy already being in it. However, when Cap decided that he didn't find Shea all that good of a person, he basically targeted him and used the fact that Shea was touching the walls to send an intensified sensation to him. Had he not been touching the walls (aka floating above the stairs or standing just away from the doors) nothing would have happened. However, he was and he did. In addition...when this ward was already CLEARLY stated to be out to get Shea and yet he walked in with no problems at all...that, too, is God-Moding. Is it not?

Surely when Shea was created, Heather didn't create him to only interact with Keira...if so...why even bring him to the tavern in the first place? If you take a character you have created from your mind and bring them in to a public RP, SURELY, it is not simply to have them stand there, they are there to interact with the other C's and if the C's don't like the character, things will happen that will go against the original plan for said C. Such is the beauty and the annoyance of group RP.

I make any apologies for any offense but I just wanted to clarify as to WHY I was so particular about what did or did not happen. Hopefully I was able to adequately state why I feel this is not a case of God Moding without being condescending to anyone who plays here. After all, I don't want to go scaring off the few player I have left.

But I should note...the DarkSeas is not a 100% free form RP. If you want to do those, it is best to go some where like Synge and I used to such as Bigbob.com. 100% free RP there. The DarkSeas has rules, it has a continuing story that involves all players and has a Game Master (GM)...myself. This thread is the most advanced form of online RP that I run and it has been successful for years because it has a structure that people can interact with. Go to the Free Form RP places on the web and you will find that a vast majority of the RP there lasts for maybe a week or two then it goes away. As humans, our psychology makes us want to have some sort of framework within which to work or we are very confused and try to think up rules to make a blank frame make sense...this is human nature. The fact that the DarkSeas has a structure but mostly freedom within said structure is what has made it successful. After all...HLB...you come in every season no matter how much I might have pissed you off last time, Synge has been a veteran of 2 seasons...Sen came back but was here for 3 seasons....surely I am doing something right!

I am now done...once again, I apologize if I seem to be being a God-Moder...I am trying to be a good GM to keep the story running.l ))

From behind the curtains, the sound of a man stirring could be heard. Cap found himself awake and in this tavern he had been called to help in. For a moment, he remained still and was listening as he heard the sounds of someone walking around. He gripped his wand and prepared to launch an attack if he needed to but he stepped outside to see his associate Ben. His face was excited and angry at the same time.

Benjamin Austerre! You sleeping sack of s**t! Where have you been?!

Cap says as he leaps from behind the curtain and charged him.

Cap closed the distance between himself and Ben very quickly. He approached him and shook him violently.

That's just it dumbass! A LOT OF s**t happened while you were sleeping. I mean...I know I told you to sleep until you felt rested so that last spell worked but good god...2 days? Are you THAT Tired?

He shakes his head and releases Ben but has a frustrated look on his face.

Cap takes a deep breath in and breathes it out. He then puts his wand away but stands near the chair, he had been sitting much more than he generally liked.

Okay...I don't know enough about your ******** customers but there is one sick pup and he is making others sick. That Kara girl err...whatever her name is...I would bet you she got raped...nasty s**t...the place has been feeling heavy ever since two nights ago. and the rapist came back!

He looked at the stairs and then at the room.

I figured this was just a guess but thanks to your sweetie working with me, I confirmed it. Kara's room is covered in dried blood. When this guy Shea came in...I knew it was him...everything about him is ******** god damn sick ********!