ATM II Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

JennyHallu · 05-02-2006, 01:48 PM

UM...WHAT SIDE AM I ON AGAIN?

PLACED ON PROPOSAL ~*~ Pio

Name: Lola Martinet, aka 'Ms. Martinet'

Age: 27

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Weapons: Wit and an acerbic tongue, also, and subject to approval, a set of weaponized ballpoint pens in blue and black ink.

Personality/Appearance/All that Jazz: Lola Martinet is perverse, contrary, sly, and gets intense satisfaction out of irritating people. This, combined with a delightfully unorthodox profession, has given her the perfect excuse to create two separate personas, so incredibly different that only a few people have ever managed to connect the two (even as fraternal twins, separated at birth and raised by wild animals and orcs, respectively). Only Alli is aware that her second-in-command is, in fact, perfectly sane.

By day, Ms. Martinet rules the roost at Alli's office. To anyone but her employer she is the secretary from hell. She has perfected bureaucracy into a fine art, developing multiple forms (each to be filed in triplicate) for simple tasks, and delights in filling each out with slightly different information in order to crow over the chaos further down the line. She works on her manicure on busy days, intentionally misdirects callers and visitors, chews bubble gum loudly during conversations, and, when asked to take minutes of sensitive meetings, stares fixedly at a spot in the center of the speaker's forehead, never glancing down at her notebook. For Alli, however, she is quick and efficient, with no delays or complaints. She looks mousy, dresses in dull browns and tans, and glares at people over the rims of half-moon glasses. Her hair is always a tight damp knot of indeterminate color, and her nails the only part of her body to be perpetually perfectly groomed. She plays progressive jazz in the office (you know, the sort with a three-drink minimum) and is always the only person to understand it, much less enjoy it.

By night, sexy, voluptuous Lola is every man's dream. Her blond hair is always perfectly crimped and coiffed, and she dresses in clothes and styles designed to accentuate her curvaceous body (her favorite is a red sequined minidress). She sings her beloved jazz in a nightclub in Mordor--that is, when she isn't completing daring and dangerous missions with Alli in the dead of night. Her starry, near violet eyes make men believe she is promising the moon. She isn't. (Even when she glances up at them coyly through her thick dark lashes.) She is a flirt, a maneater, and a heartbreaker, and delights in it.

History: Lola grew up a prim, proper, and inhibited young lady in Gondor, but was assigned to Mordor when her classical harp music suddenly gained some rather odd chords. She only half-heartedly worked to be able to leave, as she found she loved the chaos and confusion of life in Mordor...it played right into her perfectly manicured hands.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-02-2006, 04:17 PM

Technically you're on the Mordorian side, Jen, since you work for Alli and Alli works for Roggie, but since we're not taking active part in the negotiations, we don't have to choose sides.

Also, Eomer of the Rohirrim will once again cover the role of Aimè the Hunter. He'll post up a bio soon.

And I may have acquired our last Mordorian official.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-02-2006, 10:02 PM

Diamond18 is joining us as a Mordorian diplomat.

piosenniel · 05-03-2006, 02:03 AM

JennyH

Post edited.

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Fea

Is EotR the last Gondorian ambassador?

~*~ Pio

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 07:52 AM

Eomer is still merely a cameo role. I'm still in the process of abducti-- er, I mean enlisting my last Gondorian.

JennyHallu · 05-03-2006, 10:22 AM

Question: Fea, I just reread your first post and I must confess some confusion...are we going to Gondor, or is Gondor coming to us? You mentioned Alli's ability to travel and wish for Aime to accompany her, and then told Ms. Martinet she's responsible for getting the Gondorians a place to stay.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 05-03-2006, 10:47 AM

I'll have to edit a little bit to clarify. Negotiations will take place in Mordor. I'll have to think of a good reason why. I mean, I know perfectly well why a spymaster would want events unfolding on her own turf where every corner of the castle contains her ears, but diplomatic reasons that won't offend an arrogant king?

I'm very open to suggestions. I don't do politics. That's why Alli's got a second in command; she doesn't do them either, at least not more than strictly necessary.

In any case, what will happen is Alli will go to Gondor to convince Mardil to treat with Roggie. This will not take place in the game. It will be after that that she returns with a list of names of the soon-arriving diplomats for Lola. The next post in the game will take place just long enough after my first to account for round trip travel time and a day or two in Minas Tirith.

05-02-2006, 01:48 PM	#1
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	JennyHallu's Character UM...WHAT SIDE AM I ON AGAIN? *PLACED ON PROPOSAL ~~ Pio** Name: Lola Martinet, aka 'Ms. Martinet' Age: 27 Race: Human Gender: Female Weapons: Wit and an acerbic tongue, also, and subject to approval, a set of weaponized ballpoint pens in blue and black ink. Personality/Appearance/All that Jazz: Lola Martinet is perverse, contrary, sly, and gets intense satisfaction out of irritating people. This, combined with a delightfully unorthodox profession, has given her the perfect excuse to create two separate personas, so incredibly different that only a few people have ever managed to connect the two (even as fraternal twins, separated at birth and raised by wild animals and orcs, respectively). Only Alli is aware that her second-in-command is, in fact, perfectly sane. By day, Ms. Martinet rules the roost at Alli's office. To anyone but her employer she is the secretary from hell. She has perfected bureaucracy into a fine art, developing multiple forms (each to be filed in triplicate) for simple tasks, and delights in filling each out with slightly different information in order to crow over the chaos further down the line. She works on her manicure on busy days, intentionally misdirects callers and visitors, chews bubble gum loudly during conversations, and, when asked to take minutes of sensitive meetings, stares fixedly at a spot in the center of the speaker's forehead, never glancing down at her notebook. For Alli, however, she is quick and efficient, with no delays or complaints. She looks mousy, dresses in dull browns and tans, and glares at people over the rims of half-moon glasses. Her hair is always a tight damp knot of indeterminate color, and her nails the only part of her body to be perpetually perfectly groomed. She plays progressive jazz in the office (you know, the sort with a three-drink minimum) and is always the only person to understand it, much less enjoy it. By night, sexy, voluptuous Lola is every man's dream. Her blond hair is always perfectly crimped and coiffed, and she dresses in clothes and styles designed to accentuate her curvaceous body (her favorite is a red sequined minidress). She sings her beloved jazz in a nightclub in Mordor--that is, when she isn't completing daring and dangerous missions with Alli in the dead of night. Her starry, near violet eyes make men believe she is promising the moon. She isn't. (Even when she glances up at them coyly through her thick dark lashes.) She is a flirt, a maneater, and a heartbreaker, and delights in it. History: Lola grew up a prim, proper, and inhibited young lady in Gondor, but was assigned to Mordor when her classical harp music suddenly gained some rather odd chords. She only half-heartedly worked to be able to leave, as she found she loved the chaos and confusion of life in Mordor...it played right into her perfectly manicured hands. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles! Last edited by JennyHallu; 05-02-2006 at 06:25 PM. Reason: Pio, can you correct my apostrophe usage at the end of the third paragraph in the Game Proposal? And the spelling of 'separate' in the first. It's going to bug me.

05-02-2006, 04:17 PM	#2
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Technically you're on the Mordorian side, Jen, since you work for Alli and Alli works for Roggie, but since we're not taking active part in the negotiations, we don't have to choose sides. Also, Eomer of the Rohirrim will once again cover the role of Aimè the Hunter. He'll post up a bio soon. And I may have acquired our last Mordorian official. __________________ peace

05-02-2006, 10:02 PM	#3
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Diamond18 is joining us as a Mordorian diplomat. __________________ peace

05-03-2006, 02:03 AM	#4
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	JennyH Post edited. ----- Fea Is EotR the last Gondorian ambassador? ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

05-03-2006, 07:52 AM	#5
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Eomer is still merely a cameo role. I'm still in the process of abducti-- er, I mean enlisting my last Gondorian. __________________ peace

05-03-2006, 10:22 AM	#6
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Question: Fea, I just reread your first post and I must confess some confusion...are we going to Gondor, or is Gondor coming to us? You mentioned Alli's ability to travel and wish for Aime to accompany her, and then told Ms. Martinet she's responsible for getting the Gondorians a place to stay. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

05-03-2006, 10:47 AM	#7
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I'll have to edit a little bit to clarify. Negotiations will take place in Mordor. I'll have to think of a good reason why. I mean, I know perfectly well why a spymaster would want events unfolding on her own turf where every corner of the castle contains her ears, but diplomatic reasons that won't offend an arrogant king? I'm very open to suggestions. I don't do politics. That's why Alli's got a second in command; she doesn't do them either, at least not more than strictly necessary. In any case, what will happen is Alli will go to Gondor to convince Mardil to treat with Roggie. This will not take place in the game. It will be after that that she returns with a list of names of the soon-arriving diplomats for Lola. The next post in the game will take place just long enough after my first to account for round trip travel time and a day or two in Minas Tirith. __________________ peace