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Yay for character development~ o:

I hope so too. Dead points in the guild are annoying, because for me that means another day of absolute crushing boredom unless I can get myself working on something.


Here's a good one that could be started any time, it strings together the plot points I spoke of earlier (except the underground, as it's in development) :

Riots and shootouts and drive-bys and etc are happening in the slummier parts of Durem thanks to increasingly vicious competition in the drug market and territory disputes in addition to the already existing racial tension and Von Helson vs Kuro conflict. Many vamps and elves are getting steamrolled by each other, some old but most young. Some human college kids are also caught up in the mix and killed, which provokes a downright nasty reaction from the Durem Police Department, the local media, and Gaians that are conveniently far away from the bloodshed. Now instead of vamp vs elf skirmishes, it's vamp vs elf vs police siding with humans in an all-out war.

that's perfect! it ties in realistic tragedy, along with the sloppiness of gang wars that brings new conflict into the story to drive the plot.

remember, though -- both sides are recruiting Humans in addition to the fact that so many law-abiding citizens will be opposed to both groups. don't forget to make this noticible, if not attention-grabbing.

Yeah, I was implying both of those things with the college kids and those totally removed from the actual conflict.

The kids themselves could have attempted to play both sides and lost, could have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, or sided with one faction or the other and became cannon fodder, or anything else related.

The police and the media report the gang violence as harming innocent people and must be stopped and etc., but know damn well that it's a recurring problem stemming from bad economic conditions and no local resources.

The humans living in Durem near or in the slums will decide for themselves, but many humans outside Durem will just watch whatever's the breaking news on TV (as they're safe and uninvolved) and will most likely call for an end to gangs, develop and act on racist attitudes toward both parties (or do the exact opposite and try to force 'diversity'), and/or call for harsher restrictions on weapons and drugs without realizing the consequences.

If I'm not mistaken, Gaia in our RP's canon is based on the US if not outright cloned anyway, especially when it comes to pop culture and media.

Edit for additional theory stuff: And -I think- given Gaia's distinct 4-season climate and the fact it borders an ocean, the setting's slice of the world map would be somewhere between Massachussetts and South Carolina, on the coast.

OH SNAP. Totally didn't realize that fall was over. o.o

I'm talking about the whole Gaia map. Isle de Gambino, Aekea, Durem and Barton plus the surrounding land. It seems all of Gaia gets snow in the winter and godawful temps in the summer. Cali doesn't snow near the coast, only inland and near mountains.