Practice for newbies. Experienced RPers needed!

[Texas Biker]

OK Newbies let's see if we can RP!! Saya or other staff will jump in and help us, I hope.

I will start
Character Name: Texas Biker
Age: 54
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 160 lbs
Description of Clothing: Leather boots, Denim jeans, leather chaps, leather vest with "Sturgis Rally 2007" on the back, leather fingerless riding gloves, black "Ill Eagle" helmet over a CAT ball cap, clip-on sunglasses.
Personality: Normally outgoing and friendly but little tolerance for stupid people, kinda old and set in his ways. Like riddles, trivia, and books. Likes country music and classic rock.

Texas Biker rumbled down the road on his motorcycle, thinking That little town should be just ahead. As he rides, he looks around a bit, enjoying the sceenery. He always enjoyed these types of rides, except when passing a dairy farm...the smell was horrible!

He rounded a corner, and saw a sign next to the road. As he approached, he was able to read Hico, Pop. 1341. As he entered the town, he pulled up in front of an establishment called Lilly's Saloon, threw down the kickstand to hold his bike up, and killed the motor. He sits on his bike for a few moments, thinking I wonder where the others are? I didn't go fast enough to lose them...

[Silver Rain Faerie]

Character Name: Faerie
Age: 33
Height: 5' 3''
Description of Clothing: flipflops, green capri pants, flowered tank top with a built in bra.
Personality: Outgoing, fun-loving, witty, and stuborn. Can't stand rude people. Love reading and going out for dinner. Mostly listen to country music


Faerie sees Texas Biker walk into Lilly's, he's pulling off his fingerless gloves. Faerie's already at the bar sipping a magarita on the rocks with salt. He see's her and waves. At the bar they hug, it's been too long since they last saw each other in person. "A year or more" Faerie thinks to herself. Texas orders a beer and they both pull out smokes. Texas's pulls out his cheap smokes and lights up. Faerie, as always has her cherry cloves. She loves the light taste of cherry they leave on her lips. Faerie asks, "where is everyone else?"

[Texas Biker]

Biker sits down at the bar and orders a Fat Tire beer. Well, I'll tell ya Faerie, I dont know. When I left they were with me. Maybe they stopped in Dublin. Let's just set here and wait fer a spell. Biker calls the waitress over to order the best Carne Asada in Texas. What do y'all wanna eat, Faerie? Biker orders another round of drinks while she decides. Biker answers his cell phone and talks for a minute or two. He snaps it shut and says Well I was right, they stopped in Dublin to see the Dr Pepper plant. They should be here soon. When they roll in we can ride up the hill and load up the quads to head for the TEXAS dunes!

((OOC)) I hope this goes somewhere!!))

[Silver Rain Faerie]

I'll have the nachos and could you bring us a couple shots of tequilla as well?Faerie tells the waitress. Some would think 10am is too early for tequilla but it was Faerie's favorite, besides she thoughwhat good is meeting your dad at a salon if you didn't drink "I can't wait for everyone to get here, we have big news to share. Won't they be surprised when we tell them that we found" - "don't jinx it Faerie" Texas cuts her off. Faerie rolls her eyes and turns her attention to her margarita.

[Texas Biker]

"Oh, Faerie, I just heard a couple more bikes roll up. Let's see if it is them" Biker gets up and looks out the window. He sees two bikes out there with a handsome young man and a pretty little girl climbing off of them. "Yeah, that's them! wait til they hear about the great Texas dunes we found" Biker crushes out his cigarrette and goes outside to meet them. He's thinking They may wanna eat first, unless they ate at the Dr Pepper plant. He invites them in to sit with Faerie and him.

((OOC Lame but . . . .))

[amber]

(OOC, I have no imagination but here goes nothing)

Character Name: Amber
Age: 29
Height: 5'3" feet
Weight: enough
Description of Clothing: whatever is comfy
Personality: I'm cool!

Diablo and I aren't hungry we just want to get to those dunes!! Let's go!!

[Texas Biker]

((OOC Alas Ambers imagination is stuck. Let's give her a boost))
"Please tell us more Amber. How was the ride?"
Amber and Diablo come in and sit down with Faerie and Biker. Biker says "Have we got a surprise for y'all. Faerie will ride with me up the hill and we will show ya." "Say, Faerie, ya got no qualms about ridin on the back of my bike do ya, or is your bike here?" Biker orders drinks around so they can talk about the surprise. "Been a long ride here but y'all are gonna like what we're gonna do!"
Biker gets up to go to the cowboys room. He thinks: Damn beer, ya always gotta make room for more!

[Saya Shuri]

((OOC: Well, you asked us to pop in, so here I am with my first piece of advice - Amber, that's called a 'one-liner' in the RP world. Lot's of people REALLY don't like one-liners. So, my advice - if you can't think of anything longer, then just post your bio, or character description, and use OOC chat - ((*text here*)) - to let the other participants know that you can't think of anything and will make your introductory post at a later time. This allows you to enter the rp, and not be slammed for one-lining So there's my advice! Have fun! You're all doing great!))

[Texas Biker]

((OOC: See there Amber I learned something from Saya right here too. I have had several time when the inspiration isn't there. So now I know I can just post an OOC and let everyone know the creative juices need some lubrication, I need a beer! LOL
I am not so sure we're doing great but we are trying and it is fun!

Thank you so much, Saya, for the advice and a great board to play on!!))

[Silver Rain Faerie]

((OOC thanks Saya! I was hoping you pop in to give advice, I've never rp before))

Faerie greets Amber and Diablo. "How was the ride in?" Faerie listens as they tell about the Dr. Pepper Plant. "You they are the only soda plant that still uses sugar instead of corn syrup in their sode" Amber explains.

Faerie pays the bill and tells Texas, "no my bike isn't here, I'll ride with you, do you have an extra helet". They all head outside and prepare to ride. Texas tells Faerie, yet again how to ride on the back, don't lean just go with the bike, and relax. Fearie looks up at the sky, sighs and wondering is he going to give her this same speech every time before she gets on? After all it wasn't really her fault that time they layed the bike down.

"Everyone ready, you guys follow us" Texas instructs. They ride out toward the west. Faerie is always nervous at first when getting on the bike. She's a control freak and has absoletly no control while sitting bitch. After a few minutes her grip loosen and she relaxes. She focus on the beautiful day. The sun is high in the sky, it's close to noon. The cloudless is bright blue, it's not too hot. She loves the feel of the breeze on her face, it's bad they have to wear helmets. She decides it's the perfect early spring for tackling the dune Faerie and Texas found last weekend.

[Texas Biker]

Biker comes back from the cowboys room. "Ah, now I can ride and not risk a wettness accident" He says "That's right Amber, they still use the original recipe that calls for Imperial Cane Sugar. And you can only get Dublin Dr Pepper in a 40 mile radius from Dublin"
He looks at Faerie and says "Y'all aint from around here, are ya? We dont need no helmets in Texas. I wear some head and eye protection anyway, tho. Thanks for buyin', lets go" They all walk out to the bikes. He crushes out his cigarrette and puts on his riding gloves and short helmet. he hands Faerie a short helmet and tells her " Get on, sit down and shut up" "Oh and keep your feet on the pegs at ALL times. Them flip flops aint real good for riding, Keep your feet off these pipes, they are HOT! Do not lean just sit there and go with the bike" Diablo and Amber are mounted up and ready to roll. Biker thinks I hope they stay with us this time. There shouldn't be any distractions on the way, tho.
It is a great day for riding. They head out west to the dunes and the quads. As he hits fifth gear at the edge of town and revs up to 70 MPH he is thinking Hmmm, I broke my back on a quad once, gonna have to take it easy this time. As they rumble down the road with the pipes blasting and the bugs getting killed on the windshield, and helmet and thumb and knees, dang the thumb one hurt, he notices that the terrain is getting more hilly and curvy. Biker loves the curves. Ya get to lean way over and accelerate thru the curve. He waves to all the other bikers going the other way. And gets way over to the right when a semi is coming the other way. He can really feel the wind blast coming off those big rigs. He keeps checking the mirrors to see if the other riders are in formation. He is kinda hoping some other riders will join up. After riding about 50 mile he spots a rest are. Turns on the turn signal, starts downshifting and grabbing brakes. He turns into the rest area. When he stops he tells Faerie "Dismount, quick!" She jumps off and stands looking puzzled. He throws the kickstand down, kills the bike and hurries up to the restroom. When he comes out the others are laughing. "What, when I gotta go it is no longer optional!" He lites up a smoke and tells the group "Smoke em if ya got em. We still got a long ride ahead"

[Silver Rain Faerie]

((OOC I'm sorry if this posts twice. I got an error the first time and it didn't seem to show up, hopefully it won't since I'm rewriting it))

Faerie is glad to be off the bike for a while. Her feet are burning, damn flip flops. She forgot to change shoes at Lilly's. She pulls out the proper riding shoes and changes. They stand around long enough to use the facilities and smoke, then it's back on the bikes too soon for Faerie. This time they ride for what seems like forever, in reality it's been three hours. They finally stop at the last little town before the dunes. The meeting place is Dancing Donkey, the best BBQ food is Texas, as they pull up Faerie sees several bikes in the parking lot. Faerie thinks oh good everyone seems to be here.

As they head into the Dancing Donkey she notices the change in weather. Big rain clouds are rolling in, and the wind has picked up. Dune riding in wind and rain ~ that should be fun. As they are walking towards the door, everyone who is there to meet them runs out to greet them.

((OOC so this is for me and Texas to practice and I think we are starting to get it. And I'm inviting experience RPers to join us in this thread. I think it would be helpful for us.... please!!!))

[Saya Shuri]

((OOC: *pops in again* WHOA! Hey hey hey! Faerie, you just did something up there that is a MAJOR NO-NO in the rp world!!!! You do NOT control another's character unless their permission is EXPRESSLY given and can be found in that character's last post! This is also known as god-moding, or GMing, or many other slang versions, but still. BAD! You too, Uncle! Gah, BOTH of you...! Oh, lohdy........>.< Hey, fellow Staff...I'm gonna need some help with this one...!

Examples of god-moding -

FAERIE - They all head outside and prepare to ride. Texas tells Faerie, ~

FAERIE - "Everyone ready, you guys follow us" Texas instructs. They ride out toward the west.

TEXAS - They all walk out to the bikes.

TEXAS - They head out west to the dunes and the quads.

TEXAS - She jumps off and stands looking puzzled. = (MAJOR BADBAD!!!)

FAERIE - They stand around long enough to use the facilities and smoke, then it's back on the bikes ~ This time they ride ~ They finally stop ~

There are more, but they're mostly small ones. Still, BAD HABIT. I might create a character that isn't me and join in to help, but not right now. Its only 7am :S))

[Silver Rain Faerie]

((OOC see I read the rules and wonders what god moding was, lol. Now I know. Can you give me an example of how permission would be expressly given in the post?))

[~Braska~]

(( OOC::: You should say something more like this: ___________(insert name here) walked to his/her bike, he/she waited for the others once he/she got there. Though, adding more detail to that may be a good idea...))

[Texas Biker]

((OOC WOW! Thanks Braska and Saya!! I did tell Faerie on backchannel to let me speak my own words or I would pout. lol

Well Faerie this is a nice lesson learned.

It is OK for us to control the NPC's, Amber and Diablo, isnt it?
They may actually join later so we are kinda keeping them alive, so they can jump in, is that OK?))

[Saya Shuri]

((Yes, since they aren't present yet, they're NPC's, obviously. THANK YOU BRASKA!!!

To Faerie: How permission could be expressly given is up to whatever character. You could also PM (personal message) the character you're 'targeting' and if you get a positive response, post something like "((OOC: *character name* has given me permission to act on his/her behalf for this post through PM))" or something. As long as everybody KNOWS you have permission, y'know?))

[~Braska~]

((OOC: Exactly, see, you're getting it. Welcome, Saya. ummmm i think I'm gonna pop in with a character....)

Character Name: Aeris
Age:23
Weight: 145
Height: 5'3''
Description of Clothing: She wears tight, well-worn dark blue jeans. She is wearing a dark purple, form-fitting tee shirt. Her boots are black leather, and they come up to her calf.

(I hate intros...)

Aeris flashed a smile at Texas Biker, Faerie, and the others as she saw them walking in. She stood up and walked over to the two of them quietly. "Hey, how are ya'll? I haven't seen you in a while, 'specially not 'round here." She smiled at Faerie.

[keria]

Character Name: Keria
Age:17
Weight: 125
Height: 5'2"
Description of Clothing: Blue jeans with one leg cut to the knee, while the other is down to her ankle. Black tank top and black boots. She has a gun always somewhere on her as well.

((someone tell me what is going on...i dont have time to read all that...sorry!!))

[Texas Biker]

Biker walks in to the Dancing Donkey, looks around, and sees Aeris walking up. "Hey Aeris, good ta see ya agin, it has been awhile. I rode out here to ride the dunes with the quads I have stored out at the edge of town. I hear the dunes are just a short ride west" Biker motions to the bartender, "Get me a double shot of apple cider vinegar, in honey, with a tequila chaser." This rain cloud makes his arthritis flare up. Apple cider vinegar is good for that. He is thinking, Amber and Diablo are the quad experts here so i am sure they will help us when we get there. Biker says, "Hey everybody, lets drink up get out to the dunes! I have helmets and gear with the quads if anyone needs it." As they all finish their drinks he heads off to the daddy donkey room. He grumbles under his breath, "Damn long rides sure strain the bladder."
((OOC Someone help Keria, I am not good at summarizing))