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Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:00 pm
sabradan says...



Sure. If you don't mind.
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Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:08 am
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I'm back and i'm gonna be posting as much as i can.
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Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:43 am
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Here's the idea I've been tossing around the various members of JiN:

Valin drops a rope for Seraph to climb, then orders the group to move out. Finn refuses to leave, preferring to wait for Seraph.

The group moves into a new room, which is really a large corridor. the is a row of collumns on either side of the walkway. At the end of the corridor is a large statue or an armored man--except the statue is made largely of adamantine and trimmed with platinum.

Obviously there wouldnt be a dead end at the end of a trap filler corridor, so the party tries to find a hidden door. Henry ends up tampering with the statue, looking for a seam, and the thing attacks--it's an enchanted suit of massive armor--a Golem.

I thought this might be an opportunity to face an enemy we cannot beat with our power.

I have a couple ideas on how we might defeat the golem... the main one I've been tossing around is where Henry ends up shoving his sword into the empty scabbard the golem wears around its waist, and the golem goes passive.

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Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:19 pm
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Interesting...I'll try and post soon.
  





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Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:11 am
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Fellow Authors,

Over the past few months, we have collaborated to build one of the most successful storybooks in the history of this forum. It is unsurpassed as of this post.

As of late, activity for JIN has wound down to near zero. The story can be finished, but I think the interest to do so isn't there.

JIN, it seems, is dead.

A sequel to JIN may be written in the future, when I get the itch to start a new storybook, but in the short term it is unlikely that it will come about.

I would like to take this time to thank all of my fellow authors, past and present, for helping make JIN as great as it is. Without your help, it would not have the energy it did. It is a pleasure to write with such an enthusiastic group of authors.

And that, I think, is just about it.
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:44 pm
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So...it's over? Hmmmm.

I would be interested in a sequel, if anyone else is.
  





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Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:27 pm
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I am too. Maybe it's because I just joined, but I'm not bored of it at all.
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Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:00 am
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I would like to have a new storybook, if only on the condition that the plot is more thoroughly thought through this time. It wasn't really engaging enough to keep me coming back with JiN. I know we started to sort out stuff towards the end, and that was cool, but at the beginning the premise was a little tenuous with all the characters involved and it seemed a little flat all the way through. The best thing about the storybook was indeed the characters, who turned out to be awesome. But I think we should give more *collective* thought to the plot this time.
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Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:42 pm
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In the past, I liked the idea of getting characters first and then setting up the story around them.

This worked out okay for the first two, but it didn't really include all the writers.

In the next sequel, we'll talk plot before we set up shop. I will set up a thread for plot discussion, then we can take it from there.
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:35 am
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1) Are we going to abandon JiN in favor of it's successor, or are we going to finish this one, and brainstorm for the sequel as we go?

2) Asking permission to turn JiN into a story co-written by Fand and myself.
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:00 am
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As long as I can read it and add my two cents (or more) along the way. And make sure Valin stays as BAMF as ever, then you have my permission.
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:11 am
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It would be posted here, yes; however, all decisions would be made by Fand and I.
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:19 am
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You know how Alden works, but if any thing comes up... well, you know the drill.

Anyways, I'm cool with it.
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:26 pm
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That sounds alright.
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