This is a tentative plan to help ACL end with as few loose ends as possible.

The idea being that come New Years, I will cease accepting secondary OCs and replacement OCs. The Nexus will be closed permanently at this time so I can spend my time focusing on bringing the OC plots to a close during the months that follow, most having their resolution during the summer.

So after New Years, if your character is written off, which they will be sooner or later, then that marks the end of your journey on ACL. Unless of course you have another OC. But you will not be able to pick up another one as I am trying to wrap up plots without creating new ones.

Again, this is very tentative and is not written in stone yet. It will happen at some point, but New Years is just my expected date of implementing this plan. But things may change and it could be pushed back. We will just have to wait and see what comes.

Jay

So yeah, things have been really really dead lately. I apologize for that, but this is just a crazy semester for me. Between work and my course load, I can barely keep up with everything. Come second week of December I am on XMas break though for about a month, and I will be able to focus more on keeping things going here.

That being said... I am going to cut off new characters as of New Years. If you have any second character requests or requests for me to audition any friends, do so immediately. The sooner, the better. If you already made a request and were denied, wait until December before putting that request in again.

As for closing, the first things to be wrapped up is Magic School. It's this stupid extra place that I can never seem to get going the way I want it to. I have one plot in mind there and once I do that, it will be done in terms of role-playing for OCs. Obviously, I won't delete it entirely because it's still a plot point/device. So if you have any OCs there, I suggest you don't get too attached to them unless they have a background in San Fran where they can be integrated into the action there.

That's all. Take care.

Jay

Doing a slight Time Jump in order to get things rolling again. This will also bring us very close to the closing of the Magic School plot. Hopefully, those characters will be written off before New Years. No promises though.

Here's an idea. How about we try not to isolate our characters?

One of the reasons why this time jump occurred is because things have been so dead. There hasn't been much character interaction. When we moved to this board, that was a major goal - more OC interaction. Having your characters be completely isolated from every other character on the board causes more stress on the staff. And I'm telling you now, I will NOT put in an effort to send a plot your character's way or make any attempt to include them in any existing plots. You want to have your character be off and alone? Fine. They can sit off by themselves until the cows come home for all I care. This goes for leaving your characters in limbo. How do you expect me to do anything with them if they're always in limbo? Anyways, just saying, I don't want to heard any complaints or see any requests for interaction if you leave your character isolated for no reason.

So I've tried to move Clark from isolation. Hope that it helps.

In case anyone was wondering, registration is now closed permanently. There will be no new members and no new characters for current members. If your character is killed or written out of the RPG in some other way, then that is the end of that character. No exceptions will be made from this point forth.

There may be a small Time Jump coming up in order to begin the final RP at Magic School as well as to get a certain event I have been planning for awhile now underway.

That is all the information I have for you right now, but I will post more as it becomes pertinent and available.

Jay

We still have a short ways to before we jump forward in time. Just some loose ends that need to be tied up. Then we will move into the dead of night and RP through morning. This will be followed by one last major time jump (somewhere between a week and a month) that will put us in the last game day. Yes, you read correctly. The last game day. Weird isn't it?

Anyways, between now and then, some very poignant questions will be answered. Some of them you may have considered before and some you probably have not. But here is a list of the definite questions that will have answers before we are finished.

• Where do prophecies originate from?
• Who/what caused JR and company to turn on Caleb?
• Who/what is responsible for the block on Aidan's powers?
• What really happened the night Phoebe Halliwell died?
• Who is Daeva? And how did she get to where she is?
• What does the Source really look like? And who is she?
• What is the actual meaning behind the Twice-Blessed Child prophecy?

Chew on that for awhile. ;) (And without an OOC to discuss it too haha)

You're sooo evil Jay .... -narows eyes and tries not to smile-

Hmmm ... Why do I get the feeling that Mirella won't be getting much sleep in the next little while?

So I plan on the time jump into the night hours to occur on or before February 1st. It will happen on that date if not sooner regardless of where plots are. There are only a couple I am waiting on, but I can't wait forever.

From there, we will play through the night between now and the beginning of summer. Probably at some point in May. I graduate in early May, so after that I will have nothing but time to devote to ACL. Shortly after that we will jump into the last game day, and spend the entire summer RPing through that before everything wraps up in August.

Of course, if things happen faster than what I have outlined here, than that's fine. We will play it by ear. But come August 20th, there's a good chance that ACL will end and close down regardless of where the plots are. I can't promise that I will have the time or means to continue on after that date.

That is all.
Jay

Just a reminder that the time jump will be occurring in just a few short days! Wrap up whatever is that you want/need to before then, otherwise the opportunity may be lost.

For a superficial update, I will prolly leave this skin/banner set up through the nighttime RP and then change it for the final gameday. Pretty much decided upon that earlier and thought I would inform you all of the (minor) decision.

Today is the day! Get done whatever it is that you need or want to because later on tonight I will be implementing the time jump.

The time jump has been implemented and I have just finished the last one. If you notice that I somehow managed to skip your character then please let me know so I can fix that right away.

Magic School students, you will notice that I make reference to "dream scenarios"... I have not posted them yet and unless I get a boost of energy/ambition soon, those probably will not be done tonight. Tomorrow is a definite though so please hold off on posting until those are up.

Also, there were a few major events that occurred before the time jump that you should all probably check into. They occurred at the bay, room 414 and pediatrics in the hospital and the demonic marketplace.

Jay

As of right now, I am going through the board and fast forwarding everyone that I can closer to the end of their game night plot. I plan on wrapping up the nighttime RP by June 1st and jumping into the next and final game day regardless of where all the small subplots are in order to wrap things up by my projected end date of August 20.

For those of you who missed the offline message, there was a PM sent to all characters that required additional information to fill in the gaps of the four hour time jump. The majority of the characters received additional information.

Well some of these have been answered and some are coming to light now. However, there is one question on there that I thought would have been answered through RP, but I then had a spur ot the moment thing happen that has made it next to impossible.

Jacob, the mousy gypsy, is the one responsible for JR and co. turning on Caleb. He was jealous of how accepting they were of Caleb so easily, something he wanted so badly for himself. He is also responsible for Tyson's random boost of confidence, wanting to help him out. He accomplished both through potions seeing as he practically a genius at them.

If there are any other plot-related questions from the past that you have, feel free to post them in the Everything Else thread.

Yes, I know. Two updates in two days. Crazy!

Anyways, I wanted to update everyone on the OC plots and where they are and where they might be headed. I am not going to give out specifics obviously, but rather stats that should clear things up about how I plan on wrapping up plots by the end of the summer.

There were 30 OCs when this board reopened here when Wyatt's alternate timeline was undone. Out of that 30, there have been 8 OCs whose stories are considered completed either through inactivity, death or some other conclusion.

That's where we are at.

By the end of this game night, approximately 11 more OC stories will come to their respective conclusions with 2 others up in the air. That leaves only 9 OCs that will definitely make it into the final game day.

When I set out to finish these plots, I warned all of you that when these plots are completed, that is it. Your character is done and will not be replaced. I am sticking by that and as the ends come closer, I will PM you each individually when it is time to let your character go.

The final gameday will focus on two groups of people - the Coven and the Halliwells. There won't be a whole lot else going on unless I decide to continue a few OC plots over into that day, which is unlikely.

So there it is. A vague outline of the end. Bittersweet as it is.

Jay

As of today, I have an ending mapped out for each and every single Original Character, and, as stated previously, the majority of those storylines will expire at the end of this game night. Only 9 will move on into the final game day and not even all of those will last the entire day or be particularly prominent.

Another thing, if you read nothing else on this board, you should at least read the current plot lines of all the Halliwells. The end of ACL is tied directly into their destinies and most, if not all, of them are currently on the path that will lead them right up to the end.

That's all I got for now. Take care.
Jay

This game night WILL end tomorrow. Possibly tonight though it's doubtful. Once the day is over, I need to switch the board's theme over to its finale set (which I am still working on) and then we can begin the end.

Again, Thomas and Luna are still up for grabs to any who want them. Remember, you may not be a member of the Coven in order to audition.

Well it's a day late, but the game night has finally been wrapped. I am going to wait a few hours before I upload the new theme as we move on into the next and final game day.

The only other note I have is that there is still time to audition for either Luna or Thomas for those who are interested. I will most likely be choosing the new players tomorrow.

That's it. Until next time.
Jay

Welcome to the end. Or the beginning of the end, I suppose.

We will be playing straight through to the finish from this point on. No time blips or any other distractions. I am not sure how long it will take to reach the end. It may be within a month's time. It may be longer. Or shorter. Doesn't matter though. We are finishing this story.

With that being said, the Coven may begin posting within The Shadow's Mistress and the Halliwells (and those associated with them) will begin at the Manor. Both groups have more than likely slept the day away after their hard night and are now in the midst of planning/preparing for their separate showdowns.

Wow. The site looks awesome, Jay! It's really bitter sweet. :(

Justp opped in to apologize for my absence this week. I've been uber busy with stuff all week and havne't had much of a chance to do anything. Between trying to keep the house basically clean, impromptu BBQ's, Canada Day (I was recruited for the face painting ... Was there from 11 to 7), fireworks, insanely busy at work and preparing for Aethen's birthdya party, I've barely had time to breathe.

Today after work I need to do some last minute shoppping before Aehen's birthday tomorrow (goodies for the kids, more decorations, a few more presents to stick in the packpack I got him etc.) and then put the loot bags together tonight. :/ So hopefully I'm not working on Sunday so I'll be able to catch up. Hopefully ...