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Since we've been having a lot of guests recently, and I suspect at least a few of them are my fault, I thought I'd write up in a post the information on reading the RPG I've been doling out in comments. If you haven't been checking it out and are looking for good fic, I'd really reccommend it. The style might not suit you, but if you can read around that the quality of the writing is fabulous. It's my "fix" for good fic these days.

First, reading the current plots is essentially impossible, because they aren't necessarily even made linearly, they aren't linked together properly and there isn't a masterlist for what's happening presently.

That said, there are three finished plots, two of which have functional masterlists at the moment, plus ways to read character-centric events.

The Setting

We pick up right after Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Everything after that (minus Fragments) is not part of our universe (Gwen's marriage, Tommy, From Out of the Rain) though we do pull details from the second season. We're basically a series two AU. We have no particular mandate other than to be true to our interpretations of the characters, but nothing is really off-limits. That said, you're unlikely to find fluff, or smooshy mpreg, or curtain-fic here. We list to the dark and difficult, though there are definite bright and humourous moments.

Our GM is [info]xtricks, who hand-picked us all (;)) and puts a ridiculous amount of effort into designing the plots. He initially played most of the NPCs, too, although we've been dividing them up amongst ourselves a little better as of late.

Finished Plots

Night Work: Our first plot. Fairly linear, explains how Andy joins the team. A good read for getting used to the format because it isn't as intricate and overlapping as later plots.

Refugee Plot: I've linked this because it will be completed at some point. Currently the index isn't finished, so I'd reccommend waiting to read this one. It happens before the next plot, but we finished it afterwards since our female characters players were unavailable for a month. In that time, the boys wrote...

The Night Travelers: Complete, and stands well on its own. It's also fairly linear but we reused threads a lot, so make sure you move to the next one at the right time. The numbers in brackets indicate which posts need to be read at that point in the story. This story is really wonderful, and we're working on turning it into a fic. That's slow-going, so if you want to read it now, go ahead.

The Night Travelers leads into our current (unamed) subplot, which involves Tosh. Those threads haven't been pulled together in a masterpost yet, though some of us (me, at least) have linked to our character's parts of them in our character's posts. There are some stories that aren't linked to the plots, and those can be read through the character posts, which aren't visible to guests but I can link you to them

Character Board History

Captain Jack Harkness ([info]xtricks)
Gwen Cooper ([info]teaotter)
Owen Harper ([info]pocketmouse)
Toshiko Sato ([info]notevery)
Ianto Jones (me!)
Andy Davidson ([info]invisible_lift)
Martha Jones ([info]onebrightroad)

These are constantly being updated. (Or should be. Must go do that.) So keep an eye on them.

Other Suggestions

Another good place to look for stand-alone threads is the flashback forum. Most of us should be updating our character posts with those, and they're often works in progress, but they're all background threads of the characters before the setting of the RPG. You should also check out the interviews with our psychiatrist, played by [info]invisible_lift. The team bullied Jack into getting them more support, but they aren't necessarily that pleased when Jack does end up taking their advice.

ETA: We now have a working Guest Forum, where the bulk of this post has been copied, and you are more than welcome to ask questions, chat in general, or tell us how awesome we are. Or how cracked out we are, which is possibly more to the point.
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Sooooo... remember how in my RPG Jack asked Ianto to sleep with Tosh if necessary?.

Well, even though she has decided not to use the device any more, due to more terrible communication on Jack's part, residual effects of the device, and Ianto's care-taking insticts, it's turning into a surprisingly adorable train-wreck.

[info]notevery (Tosh), this rocks.
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For those who don't get to see the glory, here is an example of why I love my RPG:

So, Toshiko has been abusing an alien device to increase her energy and stamina and focus since sometime after Jack left with the Doctor. One of the side-effects was increased libido, which (other than getting her arrested at one point) finally gave her the impetus to jump Owen's bones. They proceeded to fuck all over the Hub; which Jack knew, but just assumed it had been inevitable - that is, until Andy discovered Tosh, desperately sick, in the firing range, who was paranoid and disturbed and proceeded to shoot him in the stomach.

Upon healing Andy and finding the device and coming up with a plan to fix Tosh that involves re-engineering the device, Jack and Ianto, who are slowly, slowly proceeding towards a ever-so-slightly healthier relationship, have this approximate conversation:

Jack: I need you to sleep with Tosh.

Ianto: OMG WUT.

Jack: Owen can't cause he's a guilty fucker, Andy can't cause she shot him, Gwen can't cause she's - what do they call it? - straight and monogamous, and I shouldn't because I have way too much power over her.

Ianto: AND YOU DON'T OVER ME?

Jack: HEY! You totally wanted me.

Ianto: True. But like, TOSH. FRIEND. NOT FUCK-BUDDY.

Jack: Yeah, sorry.

Ianto: And, you know, haven't fucked a woman since my cyber-ex.

Jack: Oh. Oh. Well. Nobody when I was gone?

Ianto: No women. (Insert significant pause) Uh, maybe a few men. In alleys. That I didn't know the names of. Uh.

Jack: OH GOOD, I was thinking you'd been celibate for three months. Anyway, it's fine, it's like riding a bike.

Ianto: (mutters) Except Tosh will be doing the riding. FINE OKAY. I'll do it. It's not like I haven't slept with anyone out of a misguided sense of duty and a desire to protect those I care about before. GEEZ.


GUYS, THIS IS SO AWESOME, I HAVE NO WORDS. Except all those. Here is the actual scene, with the further background that Andy, Owen, and Ianto got stuck in 1925 for a week (Jack's time) and just got back.
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