Welcome to Dry Lake Manor

2013-09-20 [ancienteye]: Oh. So just messy. :P

2013-09-20 [~Crimson Angel~]: Cute.

2013-09-20 [Kbird]: and unruly, yeah XP

2013-09-20 [~Crimson Angel~]: Like this?

2013-09-20 [Kbird]: that's pretty close!! Ohhh cute!!

2013-09-20 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol

2013-09-20 [ancienteye]: Ok. :P

2013-09-20 [ancienteye]: Falona has a head, hair, face and freckles. No body or clothes, though.

2013-09-21 [Kbird]: lol okay!! XD she usally wears a baggy green hoodie

2013-09-21 [ancienteye]: Green hoodie! Got it! XP

2013-09-21 [Kbird]: ^-^ I hope it makes things easier

2013-09-21 [ancienteye]: I'm good at drawing hoodies, and I knew the clothes were going to be baggy, anyways. :P

2013-09-21 [Kbird]: okay!

2013-09-21 [~Crimson Angel~]: :D

2013-09-22 [ancienteye]:

So? Does it need any changes?

2013-09-22 [Kbird]: I like it~ maybe alittle less freckles but good~!!

2013-09-22 [ancienteye]: It's...actually too late for me to alter the freckles. >.< I already bonded the skin and shadow layers...

2013-09-22 [Kbird]: lol okay~ that fine then~ I love the hair and eyes!

2013-09-22 [ancienteye]: Thank you~ XP Now for my character and the lawyer...

Oh! Do you think there'd be a groundskeeper? Or that either Falona or Lilynette would have pets? I kind of want a small dog or slow-moving cat for Blythe to trip over in the mornings. XD

2013-09-22 [Kbird]: Flona hate dogs they scare her so probably a really fat cat~

2013-09-22 [ancienteye]: XD Ok, then!

2013-09-22 [~Crimson Angel~]: That is a lot of freckles. lol

2013-09-23 [ancienteye]: Might decide to change it later. Too tired, now.

2013-09-23 [Kbird]: nice~

2013-09-23 [~Crimson Angel~]: Cute.

2013-09-23 [ancienteye]: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fat+cat&qs=n&;form=QBIR&;pq=fat+cat&amp;sc=8-7&sp=-1&sk=

2013-09-23 [Kbird]: aww.....I think some of those poor kitties can't possibly be enjoying their lives anymore

2013-09-23 [ancienteye]: It's a little sad.... Also, me and my mom decided to apologize to one of our cats for calling him a fat cat, since he obviously doesn't compare. XP

2013-09-23 [Kbird]: lol yeah I have to apologize to my cat now too! XD

2013-09-23 [ancienteye]: XD

2013-09-23 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: so when do we want to start this?

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: I want to set up some pages for the house and town...

Also, we need to set up a story of the three families and how they interact.

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: okay... HI!!

from the sounds of it their families aren't the closest

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: I imagine, but that doesn't explain if they out-and-out hated each other or just grew apart or what each of them did to spend their inheritance. :/

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: Folonas parents where more business oriented then family, the might send a letter once a year.

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: I mean, how the /siblings/ interacted. But that's good for her bio. XP

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: Oh! O.O Folona doesn't have any and only met her cousins like once...when she was seven.

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: No, I mean the parents, as siblings to each other. e_____e

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: e_____e I'm so out of it right now......

Folona parent didn't like having other siblings that stole her/his thunder, they like being in the lime-light and didn't like other people touching their stuff or being the center of attention.

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: Ok, so they were egotists. XD

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: yes

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: XD Now for Crimson to tell me about Lilynette's family. :P

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: yay progress!

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: XP

2013-10-05 [~Crimson Angel~]: Ok, well Lilynette's family didn't like her choice in fashion, they would make fun of her and be cruel to her because of the style of clothes and make-up she was drawn to.

Her dad was the only one that was kind to her and treated her with kindness, love and respect and would stick up for her and tell her other family members to leave her alone and to be nice.

After her dad mysteriously vanished without a trace she moved out of the house and into an apartment and never talked to any of her family again.

Lilynette is an only child.

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: ...Ok. Once again, that's good for her bio, but that doesn't explain her parents' relationship with the grandpa or their siblings. :/

2013-10-05 [~Crimson Angel~]: Ok. Well they loved her grandpa, but only talked to him if they needed something.

As for their siblings they pretended to like them when they were around, but talked bad about them when they weren't around and if Lilynette told them what they said they'd yell at her and tell them she was lying to cause trouble.

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: Ah. :P

2013-10-05 [~Crimson Angel~]: Yeppers.

2013-10-05 [Kbird]: Yay! So what's Blythes parents like

2013-10-05 [ancienteye]: Her mom's the woman that wailed when the tape said they wouldn't get any money. XP

2013-10-06 [Kbird]: Nice

2013-10-06 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Who else do we want to invite to the RP?

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: By the way, here's a descriptive scene I wrote years ago for the town this takes place in:


“Stop and imagine, for a moment, a world without color. From a distance, that is. Then, from a longer distance, the shapes blur. Everything fades away. What was once in front of your face is now obscured, although it may be only five feet in front of you. Of course, it may well have never existed at all.”

This is how the son of our mayor often described Dry Lake. Poetic, right? And—unfortunately—extremely accurate. At least in the summer. That was when the fog made the inhabitants of our little valley as blind as moles. In the winter we were coated over with ice and at least three feet of snow, which was often accompanied by a blizzard that lasts from the first week of January to the last week of February. The spring and fall were the most pleasant. After the blizzard and fog, who would not gladly welcome the month long thunderstorms and sheets of sleet?

Unless you need to walk to school. Which I did that spring. The raincoat and rain boots were pretty much a useless gesture, let me tell you that much. At least I was not dumb enough to try an umbrella, though. Even if I had any use for them, plenty were already blowing around town like tumbleweeds in a Western. The wind can be so cruel.

But, I could not help but notice as the sky darkened from its previous icy hue, not quite as cruel as the clouds…

Of course, at the time I was still five blocks from school just as far from the nearest available roof that did not have a private residence attached to it. So the bits of hailstone saw no reason to avoid attacking my face and neck like the microscopic ice piranhas they were.

At this moment I had an epiphany.

Mother Nature is a fickle, bitter old crone.

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: I like it. :D

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: XP It's a cold, wet, miserable valley with no actual lake and a mock lighthouse in the park. XD

Is there anyone you want to invite to this RP or something, because I feel like three girls with no siblings is a little unlikely, but I'd like to see if anyone else wants to play before we start making sibs ourselves. >__>

...Also I might edit that a bit and make it Blythe's opening post. XD

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: Go for it.

Well I don't think my friend likes group rps much, and no offense to william, but I don't think we should tell him about this.

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Yeah, I get what you mean. >___> I have some people on my list that I can invite...but I'm a little shaky on which ones I'd want to invite. >.< Some have heavy loads with lots of other RPs that involve a lot of planning and illustrations, and others I don't know if they RP much...

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: I can ask my friend if she'd like to join.

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Alright. I guess you never know until you try... I might as well give it a shot, too. >__>

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: How would I explain to her what it's about?

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Cousins compete for their grandfather's inheritance whilst living in a haunted house. XP

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: Ok, thanks. :D

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Welcome. XD

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: When I told her the name she said interesting... Maybe that's a good sign.

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: Aw, she said she can't because she doesn't have the time because of all the reading and papers she has to write for school, this is her last year in college.

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Well, good luck to her! :P

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: Yeah, maybe she can jump in later on after she graduates or something.

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: When does she graduate?

2013-10-07 [~Crimson Angel~]: Not sure, but I can ask.

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Ok.

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Copy-pasting to make sure Kbird sees!


“Stop and imagine, for a moment, a world without color. From a distance, that is. Then, from a longer distance, the shapes blur. Everything fades away. What was once in front of your face is now obscured, although it may be only five feet in front of you. Of course, it may well have never existed at all.”

This is how the son of our mayor often described Dry Lake. Poetic, right? And—unfortunately—extremely accurate. At least in the summer. That was when the fog made the inhabitants of our little valley as blind as moles. In the winter we were coated over with ice and at least three feet of snow, which was often accompanied by a blizzard that lasts from the first week of January to the last week of February. The spring and fall were the most pleasant. After the blizzard and fog, who would not gladly welcome the month long thunderstorms and sheets of sleet?

Unless you need to walk to school. Which I did that spring. The raincoat and rain boots were pretty much a useless gesture, let me tell you that much. At least I was not dumb enough to try an umbrella, though. Even if I had any use for them, plenty were already blowing around town like tumbleweeds in a Western. The wind can be so cruel.

But, I could not help but notice as the sky darkened from its previous icy hue, not quite as cruel as the clouds…

Of course, at the time I was still five blocks from school just as far from the nearest available roof that did not have a private residence attached to it. So the bits of hailstone saw no reason to avoid attacking my face and neck like the microscopic ice piranhas they were.

At this moment I had an epiphany.

Mother Nature is a fickle, bitter old crone.

2013-10-07 [Kbird]: Mother nature can be a b***ch XD!!

I like it~
Hmmm I don't know all that many people that aren't already rpging a ton....and then there are the ones that I don't know the skills of. >.>

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: I sent invites to some people that fit the exact description you gave me for why you aren't inviting them. XD It might end up just being the three of us and maybe Crimson's friend when she's done with college. >___>

2013-10-07 [Kbird]: Hmmmm I might ask one of my friends when she gets on.....

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: Ok. :P

2013-10-07 [dimond_babe]: Sounds like fun I am in

2013-10-07 [Kbird]: Yay!! Thank you!

2013-10-07 [ancienteye]: XP Cool. Do you have a character in mind?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Nope haha I am just in

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: XP Did you see the other page, yet?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Did now

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: At least one character has to be looking for work because of the sudden move, one has to work from home to bring outsiders in, and one has to have lived in Dry Lake all their lives.

2013-10-08 [Kbird]: Well I wanted Folona to work at home.....

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Ok. What's her job?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Ill look for a job

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Ok. XP Is your character a guy or a girl? Oh, and have you checked out the contestant page, yet?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: And a girl

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: What's her name?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Hazel

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Ok...How old is she?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Hmm I have Idea why ages do we need

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: She has to be over eighteen to be a competitor and if she's a younger sibling who's not competing, she's around ten or less.

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Let say 22

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: You can start setting up your profile on the competitor page. Oh, and what does she look like, so I can draw her once I'm done with Calder?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Blonde hair always In a pony tail .. Blue eyes 5'7 athletic body

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Tan or pale? And what shade of blue and blonde?

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Hmmm tan like ice blue and darkish blonde

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Ok. :P Is she an only child?

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: ...They died? Wha?

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: How? And how many were there? I'd like to avoid drama-bomb characters...

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: How did it make her who she is? And how was it "no drama"? :/

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Nvm single child

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: ...Ok? *blinks* Do you want to start making a profile for her? Calder's hair is giving me a hard time. >.<

2013-10-08 [Kbird]: think of proud from FMA

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Oh...

2013-10-08 [dimond_babe]: Not tonight to hard to do one phone

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Ok.

2013-10-08 [~Crimson Angel~]: OK! I'm thinking of maybe making Lilynette have a step-brother since we lack males on here. lol ancient agrees, so what do you think Kira?

2013-10-08 [Kbird]: I understand. TT~TT kendels,phones, nooks.....all cropy to edit with

2013-10-08 [Kbird]: I like it, we need dude power!

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: XD

2013-10-08 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol I was thinking of either naming him Coy which means quiet and still.

Or are we still trying to stick to the water meaning?

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: The water thing is mainly for surnames and places. XP First names can be personality references.

2013-10-08 [~Crimson Angel~]: Ok, well I know I want his first name to be Coy, not sure about the last name... Any idea?

2013-10-08 [Kbird]: I like the name name Coy~ ^-^

-_____- I-I don't know what to do with you-know-who...

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: Kick him to the curb! >:O

And the name is awesome. ^-^

2013-10-08 [~Crimson Angel~]: Any last name ideas?

2013-10-08 [ancienteye]: I had some, but my contestant page won't let me look at the ones I put in the older comments. :/

2013-10-09 [ancienteye]: Idea: Everyone playing a contestant must play the contestant's immediate family. That way there isn't any writer conflict about personal history or familial memories. Also, it should keep people from getting so absorbed in the potential family drama stuff and focused on the cousin interactions/plot. :P

2013-10-09 [Kbird]: I was going to play my boy anyway. ^-^

2013-10-09 [ancienteye]: XP

2013-10-09 [ancienteye]: Townspeople are up for grabs, though. XD

2013-10-09 [Kbird]: okay

2013-10-09 [~Crimson Angel~]: Alrighty.

2013-10-11 [ancienteye]: Dimond?

2013-10-12 [dimond_babe]: yes

2013-10-12 [dimond_babe]: sorry been working

2013-10-29 [Kbird]:

2013-10-29 [ancienteye]: I don't do hugs.

2013-10-29 [Kbird]: V-V oh yeah...

2013-10-29 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol

2013-11-19 [Kbird]:

2013-11-19 [ancienteye]: Basically, yeah. XP

2013-11-19 [Kbird]: XD awwww only when its really good....

2013-11-19 [Kbird]: 0.0 its David!

2013-11-19 [ancienteye]: I meant the plot of this RP, actually. XD Metaphorical pie~

2013-11-19 [~Crimson Angel~]: Why hasn't this started?

2013-11-19 [ancienteye]: I'm still drawing your character's brother. >.< And deciding on certain details...

2013-11-19 [~Crimson Angel~]: Ah, ok.

2013-11-20 [Kbird]: Wow.....it is a game of pie.....hopefully noone tries stabbing each other though

2013-11-20 [ancienteye]: Hopefully...

2013-11-20 [Kbird]: .......that would be a twist though.

2013-11-20 [ancienteye]: Yeah. It would. XP

2013-12-18 [ancienteye]: Aside from Vayne, who else should I draw? (Ghosts included.)

2013-12-18 [Kbird]: we need a kid ghost...kid ghost are always the most depressing and irritating~

2013-12-18 [ancienteye]: I've gotta help with something. I'll be back in a few minutes. :P

Nice suggestion~

2013-12-18 [Kbird]: ^-^

2014-01-06 [ancienteye]: http://www.cracked.com/article_20767_5-nobodies-who-stumbled-into-wars-kicked-everyones-ass.html

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: That's awsome.

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: I know~

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: My grandma was a spy, she managed to stop a town from getting invaded. ^_^

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: Cool! XD

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: Yep!
She was at a house and two Nazi soldier where there, they thought she was just a servant that didn't know german so they started descussing their plans. XD

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: Dude, that's awesome!

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: ^_^ very. Icant imagine standing there while the enemy practically tells you their plan

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: Simple. You just focus on taking mental notes and looking like you're working. XD She must've been great at acting.

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: I was just thinking that! XD

Mom said she also kept papers under her clothes. If she had gotten caught with those papers...my papa would exist.

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: Yikes...

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: Yep. Its kinda funny thinking about it. She's such a spitefire its hard to believe she could keep her mouth shut so well.

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: XD I love my grandma she's definitly one of the reasons I'm quick witted

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: She sounds awesome. :P

2014-01-29 [Kbird]: She is.

She got pulled over once...and called the cop a nazi when the cop was in his car, so my aunt revoked her speaking rights for the rest of the time the cop was there

2014-01-29 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD

2014-02-02 [~Crimson Angel~]: One time when I was in the car with my mom's mom and her step father this boy in the next car did the 'rock on' hand sign and my grandma thought he was shooting us a bird, so she flipped him off and said, "Well f*** you too, you little punk!"

2014-02-02 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD Talk about a miscommunication!

2014-02-02 [Kbird]: XD that horrible!! XD

*glomps Crimson*

2014-02-02 [~Crimson Angel~]: lol I was like, "Uh.... Grandma, he was doing the rock on sign."

My grandma was like, "Oh.... Oops!"

2014-02-02 [Kbird]: XD o late to say sorry!

2014-02-02 [~Crimson Angel~]: I know right? XD

2014-02-20 [Kbird]: Herrrrm I'm thinkin of making a grandson for this...

2014-02-20 [Kbird]: And he'd look something like darker haired version of this!!

2014-02-20 [~Crimson Angel~]: Cute.

2014-02-20 [Kbird]: Yes! He's adorable~

2014-02-20 [~Crimson Angel~]: I just want to hug him! Heehee

2014-02-20 [ancienteye]: Which family is he in? :o

2014-02-20 [Kbird]: I do too.

Hmm well he's not Falonas brother....I was thinking maybe an adopt grandkid or something...

2014-02-20 [ancienteye]: Ok, then...But are you sure you don't want to use this pic somewhere else? :o I make the character pics for this RP, remember?

2014-02-20 [Kbird]: I might but I wanted this as a refrence, so pretty much skinny tall nerdy, black hair...and bony....his facial exspressions are usaully more like the second pic.

2014-02-20 [ancienteye]: Might take me some time to get to it (I have an intensive course that's been eating a lot of my time), but alright! :P

2014-02-20 [Kbird]: Take you're time. ^_^

2016-08-01 [Kbird]: what happened to this?

2016-08-01 [~Crimson Angel~]: I don't even remember this...

2016-08-01 [Kbird]: We never started it but I remember the character pictures.

2016-08-01 [~Crimson Angel~]: Oh, weird.

2016-08-01 [Kbird]: Hmmm...I don't know why we didn't do anything with it..

2016-08-01 [~Crimson Angel~]: Me either.

2016-08-04 [ancienteye]: If we ever do, I'd like to redraw the characters. The art makes me flinch.

2016-08-04 [Kbird]: =D no problem, (Though personally I still like Crimsons character a lot)

2016-08-04 [ancienteye]: The designs don't bother me, Kbird. It's the style. This is what my digital art looks like, now.

2016-08-04 [Kbird]: Awwww that's your X-men characters isn't it?

2016-08-04 [ancienteye]: Yeah. Gavin's not too happy about Coral messing with his hair. XD

...I never gave you my deviantArt link, huh?

2016-08-04 [Kbird]: no I don't think so. ^-^'

2016-08-04 [~Crimson Angel~]: Nice.

2016-09-14 [ancienteye]: Kbird found a good one~



I don't know why but this kind of makes me think of DLM

"Control"

They send me away to find them a fortune
A chest filled with diamonds and gold
The house was awake
With shadows and monsters
The hallways they echoed and groaned

I sat alone, in bed 'til the morning
I'm crying, "They're coming for me."
And I tried to hold these secrets inside me
My mind's like a deadly disease

I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones

And all the kids cried out,
"Please stop, you're scaring me."
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

I paced around for hours on empty
I jumped at the slightest of sounds
And I couldn't stand the person inside me
I turned all the mirrors around

I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones

And all the kids cried out,
"Please stop, you're scaring me."
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

I'm well acquainted
With villains that live in my bed
They beg me to write them
So they'll never die when I'm dead

And I've grown familiar
With villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them
So I'll never die when I'm dead

I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones

[2Xero]
And all the kids cried out,
"Please stop, you're scaring me."
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?

2016-09-14 [~Crimson Angel~]: Wow, sounds cool.

2016-09-14 [Kbird]: https://youtu.be/IYfJTzDo-MA