http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/tags/live Gaming Outpost Discussions » Tag: live - Recent Posts en-US Thu, 24 May 2012 10:49:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/search.php http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34627 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:23:02 +0000 M. J. Young 34627@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>As you depart your host, you are also departing this forum and moving to the new one, picking up your game with <em><a href='http://gamingoutpost.com/groups/multiverser/forum/topic/ahmetia-travels-from-ruritania-to-paris/'>Ahmetia Travels from Ruritania to Paris</a></em> there.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34580 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:01:01 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34580@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>I'll prefer a written list, someone is bound to at least guess what I am saying, but I'll need to study while riding. I'll very likely mess up badly if it's the other way around.</p> <p>Basic numbers so I never not know how much or how far or what time etc.<br /> How to ask for a room.<br /> "I don't speak much French" would probably be very useful as well as "Do you speak English?"<br /> How to ask for water.<br /> How to ask how much something is.<br /> Where is the bathroom?<br /> How do I get to Paris?<br /> Basic directions like east and markings like forest or train.<br /> Where is the hospital?<br /> Where is the police station?<br /> Where is the inn?<br /> Where can I keep my horse?<br /> Where can I find a place to get a map?<br /> Do you know a restaurant with regional dishes?<br /> Polite things like "excuse me" and "I'm sorry". </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34575 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:17:38 +0000 M. J. Young 34575@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Ah, yes, directions. That would be much more difficile, of course. But let us begin at the beginning, and see what we can do."</p> <p><em>Please make a list of those statements you want Marc to translate for you. Also, do you want him to write how it would be written in French, or do you want him to pronounce it and let you spell it the way you think it sounds?</p> <p>Whatever you say you want to know will comprise your phrase book for the present.</em></p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34551 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:48:11 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34551@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Well, the for-mentioned is obvious, though I would also need to ask for the directions toward Paris and how to understand the basics of directions." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34527 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:38:45 +0000 M. J. Young 34527@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, no trouble, really. I mean, too much trouble to give you an entire dictionary, but you could not use something so big as that, and so the difficulty is knowing how much you need to know. You will need to be able to ask what things cost, ask for a room, a meal, a drink. You will want to know how to ask where the bathroom is, and where you can wash up. You will have to understand the numbers, too, or at least have a list so that when you ask how much and they tell you you can work out what they said--although if you have them write with numerals, those would be the same. We call it <em>trois</em> and you call it three, but it looks the same if it is a numeral.</p> <p>"So, let's make a list of what you want to know how to say, and then we will help you learn to say it."</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34469 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:08:16 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34469@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, that would be wonderful, it wont be too much trouble?" </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34452 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:40:13 +0000 M. J. Young 34452@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, mais non--the French, we love our American cousins. Your revolution and ours, your Liberte mirrored by ours. I do not know a Frenchman who does not love America.</p> <p>"But a book? You could find one in Paris, no doubt, but you will want it long before that. Marie! We need paper, and ink and a quill. Our guess will need to make notes of a few phrases to help her get to Paris, yes?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34401 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:15:39 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34401@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"I'm not sure if American is any better. I plan on seeing if I can find a book or something of that nature to help translate what is being said while on my way to Paris." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34399 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:42:35 +0000 M. J. Young 34399@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>Omelet, small talk, questions about your present direction and destination, and how you intend to communicate with small-town innkeepers most of whom speak only French (although out here some speak a bit of German or Dutch) and who don't much trust the English and would not recognize an American as different from an Englishman anyway.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34319 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:14:38 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34319@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Well, I wouldn't think so, but that would be nice if it's not a trouble." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34316 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:11:01 +0000 M. J. Young 34316@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>He converses with his wife in French, and she seems rather confused. He turns to you and says, "Plain means cheese, cream, butter, sausage, and onion, yes?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34270 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:24:09 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34270@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't want to be any trouble. I'll be happy with a plain omlete, thank you." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34250 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:46:38 +0000 M. J. Young 34250@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>They are expecting you to breakfast with them. They made some bacon specifically because you are here, and are asking what you like in your omelet.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34219 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:34:22 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34219@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>((Yeah, that definition))</p> <p>I'll probably wash up before I change, that way I don't get my clothes damp or anything before I'd have to travel in the cold. I'll probably try and leave right after thanking them once more. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34145 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:03:05 +0000 M. J. Young 34145@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p><em>I take it that this is the loose dress definition of chemise, and not the women's undershirt version</em>.</p> <p>The night passes quietly, although it's a bit chilly when you awaken. The hot coals in the brazier near the window are long spent. Someone has brought fresh water, still warm, in a pitcher beside the wash basin at a small table.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34072 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:03:51 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34072@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>Yeah, the chemise would probably be a better choice. I sort of doubt I'll need it completely clean again in a very short time assuming it's not still cold in the bed. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34069 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:54:27 +0000 M. J. Young 34069@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>You would probably have been traveling in riding clothes provided by Sapt and Frieda (which we should note to add to your sheet, along with the other things they gave you when you were leaving). Just looking at clothing on your character sheet, I see <ul>Pink Plad Shirt w/ short skirt &amp; drawstring<br /> Jeans<br /> Brown Velcro Sandals<br /> Gray Wool Cape w/ Red Strings and Hood<br /> White Chemise Style Cotton Shirt w/ Drawstring<br /> Black Short Dress w/studs and lacing<br /> Black Ruffle Skirt 3 layers<br /> Black Stocking Knee Highs<br /> Black Heeled Shoes w/Shoe Laces<br /> Black Top Hate w/ Ribbon<br /> Gray furry/black cotton Renaissance Bodice w/ 2 drawstrings and a dragon embroidery<br /> Black Renaissance Skirt w/ Drawstring<br /> White Chemise w/ Drawstring</ul> <p>I'm not sure whether any of that would be more comfortable sleeping gear than a German riding outfit, but it would be cleaner.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-34022 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:46:58 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 34022@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>I don't think I thought to bring my own sleepwear, so I'll have to sleep in my traveling clothes. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33985 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:00:07 +0000 M. J. Young 33985@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>Did you pack night clothes of some sort, or are you sleeping in the clothes in which you were hiking, or in something else?</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33797 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:56:59 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 33797@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>I can't think of anything else, so I'd probably thank him again for the stay and head off for the night. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33766 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:24:22 +0000 M. J. Young 33766@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, yes, you can see the new Tower Eiffel in Paris, and the Musee de Louvre. Paris is the place to visit, yes?</p> <p>"But you must be tired. Do you require anything else for the evening?"</p> <p><em>If not, you can presumably find your way to your room and move through the night to tomorrow morning, if you like.</em></p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33712 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:53:53 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 33712@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"It wont compare to being at the coronation," or pretending to be a queen for a few months, "but I am hoping to be able to visit some towns and cities, hoping to find a path for me to follow." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33707 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:31:45 +0000 M. J. Young 33707@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Mais oui, there is that--if you have all day to do your hair and clean your skin, and you can have hot baths every week if you like, plus the finest creams and colours available in Europe, it is easy to be beautiful. But some have more beauty to start.</p> <p>"So, now that you have seen the coronation of a queen, I suppose it is, qu'est qu'on dit, downhill from here? What do you hope to see and do next?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33448 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:27:17 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 33448@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Then I guess she was as beautiful as they say. Though I disagree with the rich and powerful part. Some people are just lucky where they don't have to spend hours working on themselves to look beautiful, and you can see it in the country side, in the merchants and farmers, and bakers. But I guess the rich and powerful have that luxury." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33402 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:04:15 +0000 M. J. Young 33402@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, you know--she's supposed to be cute and impish and very, what's the English expression? Tomboyish, a hunter and drinker and at the same time a flirt. Her eyes are said to be a stunning blue, and she has long hair--but then, all of that detail does not say whether a woman is beautiful, does it? One could have every feature described and be perfectly plain. It is, perhaps, the royal mystique: one is beautiful because one is rich and powerful. It may be that France has down herself a disservice by destroying her royals. They say that Marie Antoinette was very beautiful. We are now a nation of commoners, and all of us are plain, with no great beauties among us.</p> <p>"My wife excepted, of course."</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33291 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:19:11 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 33291@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"I could see everything. I can't recall if there were balconies, not everyday a queen is crowned. Though I couldn't tell you if she is as pretty as they say. I don't even know what they say." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-33135 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:55:00 +0000 M. J. Young 33135@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"I guess good seats were hard to get. Could you see much from where you were? Did the cathedral have open balconies? Is the queen as pretty as they say?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-32995 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:19:56 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 32995@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Quite a few months. I was there just in time for the coronation. I guess I was lucky to get in though, it was a very elegant affair." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-32993 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:15:56 +0000 M. J. Young 32993@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, how long were you there? I heard that the coronation was wonderful, but that it was almost impossible to get seats inside. Were you there for that? What was it like?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-32817 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:34:53 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 32817@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"I would love to, the only problem is where to begin. Ruritania was truely lovely." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-32808 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:14:27 +0000 M. J. Young 32808@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>He laughs at ice. "The water from the well is cold, but it is too early in the year for fresh ice. But we have tea. An English drink, but my cousin sends it at holidays."</p> <p>He smiles at your efforts with French. "Merci <em>beaucoup</em>, much or many. You are welcome. C'est <em>[read "say"]</em> rien, it is nothing."</p> <p>The stew is followed by the tea, Etienne is chased to bed after he returns from stabling the horse and you have thanked him.</p> <p>"Je regrete, qu'est c'on dit? I am sorry, we did not make enough dessert to have some. We do have some biscuits, which are sweet, and I think Marie is planning to make custard for breakfast. But if you are not too tired, I would love to hear of your travels."</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/6#post-32684 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:56:08 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 32684@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"I'd prefer tea if it's not to much trouble, or ice water."</p> <p>"I'd love to tell you of my travels. Merci Marc, Marie...I believe, vo cou is very much, right?" I'll have to be sure to thank Etienne when he comes back too. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32682 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:40:07 +0000 M. J. Young 32682@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p><em>Maxx pointed out that my post didn't register on the main page, so I'm posting again to alert you to it, although you probably already noticed in the Behind the Screens thread that I posted.</em> </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32533 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:26:55 +0000 M. J. Young 32533@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Trouble? Kindness is always trouble, or it wouldn't be kindness. I would be more considered if I turned a pretty young lady away to the weather and the road when I could offer her food and shelter for the night. Etienne?" he calls this last, and a young boy about twelve comes in response. They talk in French, and then your host says, "This is Etienne, my son--you would say Steven in English, I think, but he would not recognize that name. He will take your horse to the barn and get it hay and grain, and rub it down for you. Come, Marie will get you warm stew and coffee--or should it be tea?--while I get you a place to sleep. Marie?" he calls, and the rest is in French. Then he returns his attention to you. "Her English is not so good, but she will understand simple things. Once your room is ready, you can give me news of your travels, yes?"</p> <p>He draws you into the front room and offers to take whatever you are wearing or carrying that you would not take to the table. "I am afraid we have no <em>toilette</em>, so you will want to use the outhouse out back, but you can get water in the sink in the kitchen. I am Marc--Marc and Marie, easy, non?"</p> <p>He leads you into the kitchen, where there is indeed a large sink with a hand pump, along with a wood stove and a woman a few years younger than your host who is already ladling stew into a bowl. It smells of garlic and onion and probably pork, potatoes, carrots, and celery in a rich brown sauce.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32286 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:37:39 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 32286@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"If I wont be trouble at all, I would like that." I'm carefully dismounting from my horse at this point. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32282 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:31:47 +0000 M. J. Young 32282@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Mais non, sacre bleu! That is, please do me the honor of being our guest tonight. We have space for your horse in the barn, and a spare bedroom as good as you would get at the inn. My wife's cooking, well, it is not Parisian cuisine but it is good food, a hearty stew. And it will save you an hour's ride in the rain--well, half an hour, at least. Come in, dry yourself, my son will see to your horse, and you can tell us of your journeys over a bowl of hot stew and a glass of fine wine. Yes?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32080 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:35:57 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 32080@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Do you know if there is an inn near by? I'm a bit lost and hard to see in the rain." </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32078 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:34:29 +0000 M. J. Young 32078@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>"Oh, bon soir--I mean, good evening. You are not English; American? I have not been to America, but my cousin, he lives there and writes to me. His father, my uncle, lives in England, and I have visited a few times.</p> <p>"How can I help you?"</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32047 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:28:03 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 32047@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>Shoot, I only know enough french to say my name and that I'm short. "Oh, I'm sorry to bother you this late, do you happen to know any English?" </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-32037 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:32:13 +0000 M. J. Young 32037@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>You take the drive to the front door and knock.</p> <p>A moment later, an elderly man opens the door, holding a candle in a glass lamp.</p> <p>"Bon soir," he says. "Comment est-ce que je peux vous aider?"</p> <p>--or something like that.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-31807 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:52:13 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 31807@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>I'll probably ask them where the nearest inn is, and if it's too far, I'll take to take cover till the rain lets up, don't want to catch a sickly death outside. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-31806 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:43:53 +0000 M. J. Young 31806@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>You turn the horse southwest, the direction of the heart of France, and start looking for a place to stay. You pass a farm, the buildings back from the road perhaps as much as a mile, surrounded by fields. As the evening gloom approaches, it begins to rain--lightly at first, but a chill autumn evening rain.</p> <p>There is another farmhouse a mile off the road on the opposite side, and as yet no sign of a village or inn in the gathering gloom.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-31742 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:41:54 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 31742@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>I'll probably go with the inn since I didn't bring anything with me for camping. </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-31740 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:38:51 +0000 M. J. Young 31740@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>Speaking of room and board, as you emerge from the woods onto a dirt road you recognize that it is getting late in the day. A horse won't make it to Paris tonight, but there are bound to be inns along a road so near the international border. On the other hand, there is plenty of woods for camping.</p> <p>--M. J. Young </p> http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/ahmetia-travels-to-ruritania/page/5#post-31488 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:54:25 +0000 AhmetiaCampbell 31488@http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/ <p>There'd be nothing else I can think of. </p>