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[Merenwen]

@Resterwen: Yeah, that would be a lot less confusing. :)

If everyone else wants to go ahead and do a random pairing, I can use a generator and do that (or, if for whatever reason I can't figure it out, I'll just draw out of hats...). :)

Just let me know for sure if you're participating!

So far I know that these people (other than Firefly and Kendra) are participating/want to participate:
Alyssa
Bria
Merenwen
Resterwen

[C.B.]

I'd love to participate! I don't really care who I get, as long as it's somebody funny. :P

[Firefly]

Merenwen wrote: "Oookay, I guess Daniel and Talas are taken care of...
Though this raises the question: Are we going to include the dragons? ;)
"


Oooh, yes, we should have dragons!!!!

[Amanda]

I'd do it! :D

[Alyssa]

I definitely want to do it!
Oh! A random pairing would be awesome! It'd be pretty fun to see who everyone ended up with!!

[Sarah]

Count me in on the fun too!

[gabi]

I'm all for it! SO FUN!!! :-O

[Brie]

Do it random, do it random. Perhaps people can swap if they want to though.

[Merenwen]

What I'm going to do is make the list of characters, generate them by team, and then draw GR girls' names from a hat to assign them as "team leaders". :)

So, I'll wait until noon/one tomorrow (PDT)--just in case there are others who aren't able to respond today--take a count, then make the thread and list the teams. :D

[Alyssa]

Yay! Can't wait!!

[Amanda]

I seem to have missed something...can someone explain what we're talking about?

[Alyssa]

I'm not exactly sure that I can explain. I'm not entirely sure I know what exactly we're talking about...

[gabi]

Amanda, I think what we are talking about is some of us who want to can collaborate with others an do an Ilyon fanfic. Each of us will get a character chosen randomly and will write about how he/she popped into our world and how we must get he/she to Jaye if he/she wants to return to Ilyon. The characters only pop up near fangirls.

[Alyssa]

Perfectly explained!!

[Firefly]

I knew what we were talking about, and then someone mentioned teams and I'm lost.

[Merenwen]

@Firefly: By team, I mean pairing the characters with a fan girl. Example: you, Daniel, and Talas would be a "team". Kendra and Davira would also be a "team".
The other "teams" will be chosen by random pairing.
Perhaps "group" would've been a better word...

Sorry for the confusion, @Amanda and @Firefly. :)

Well, it's noon now, so I'm going to go ahead and make the thread.
If you wanted to collaborate, too, @Amanda (blue shirt), I can add an additional group. :)

[Alyssa]

That clears things up!

When are you doing the pairing?

[Merenwen]

Pairing is complete. :)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[C.B.]

YES I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER TEAM!!!!! *happy dance with Liam and Gem*

[Alyssa]

Yes!! This is going to be soo fun!! I'm planning it out now!! *laughs evilly* Oops. Better not do that in front of Ronny.

[Alyssa]

And I've NEVER seen a dragon do a happy dance. Just saying...

[Amanda]

What do you mean by not being an RP? Randomly picked?

[Alyssa]

Roleplay. Meaning you aren't the characters, you meet them.

[Amanda]

Oh, I see. Also, do they know who they are?

[Alyssa]

Oh! Good question! But I don't know...

[gabi]

This is going to be a blast!

[Alyssa]

Yes! And are we doing first person or third person POV?

[C.B.]

DRAGONS CAN DO HAPPY DANCES. It is an undeniable scientific fact.

[Alyssa]

*throws hands up* Okay, okay!

[Sarah]

This will be so fun! I vote we do it from any POV we want, so we can all enjoy different story angles.

[Sarah]

Guys, should we make some basic rules to follow? Just to keep it organized. Like how long is too long? How short is to short?

[C.B.]

I agree. Rules are needed.

[Alyssa]

Sounds like a great idea, Sarah! (both ideas, actually)

[Alyssa]

So ... Who wants to make the rules?

[C.B.]

I figured Merenwen, since she started the thing...

[Kendra]

Yeah, speaking of rules, and since I'm the only "team" with just one of the Ilyon characters, and I'm an author myself, would it be all right if I brought one of my own characters for the ride? Because I have one who hangs out with me ALL the time and is currently grumpy because I haven't worked on her story in far too long. (In her opinion.) It wouldn't hurt my feelings if you say no, but I kinda think it would be interesting to see her and Davira interact.

[Alyssa]

Go for it! I think it'd be pretty interesting!!

[C.B.]

Oooh, nice idea...
I only have one human character...
Oh wait, Gem can fly... that'll make it easy to find Jaye. Unless the government sees us and thinks we're a threat... O.O

[Sarah]

I second the motion to appoint Merenwen as leader. I think it would be helpful if the rules could be posted on the top of the fan fiction thread.
I mean it's not like the rules have to be long and complicated.
Oh I think it would be cool if Kendra added her own character into the tale!

[Alyssa]

Oh, bringing in the government, are you?

*writes in notebook: future idea, dragons and government*

[Sarah]

Ha! That's a hilarious twist! You have to add that into your fan fiction! @C.B. Cook

[C.B.]

@Sarah: I probably will. :P

@Alyssa: *gasp* Stealing my idea, are you???

[Alyssa]

Yep! That I am!

[Merenwen]

@Kendra: Yeah, sure! *stifles evil giggle (because I've done that to my own characters, with varying consequences)* :D

I was going to do an omniscient-third POV myself, but I think it's fine if we do different POVs.

And yes, we most definitely know who they are. XD
Unless the lighting is bad and/or we haven't seen pictures from Jaye's pintrest board.

Four paragraphs (four sentences each paragraph, speaker breaks count as one line) would be a good maximum, methinks. And a minimum of two sentences. I'll go ahead and post this on the thread. :)
If there are more questions, I think maybe we should start a thread for discussing the fanfic; we're taking up a lot of Fireside Chat... :)

*plots*

Edit: No, don't bring government in, please! *imagines characters being brought in for experimentation*
Lots of complications there. Unless you're trying to give it a humorous aspect, in which case, bring on the MIB. ;)

[Kendra]

Okay, sounds good. Since I'm group one, I'll go post my first bit. I'm going to go with first person my POV, present tense, though, because that's how I deal with my characters.

[Erika]

I'll be doing third person limited. :)

Yay! I was kind of hoping for someone like Rayad. :) and Kyrin!!! :)

Just for time's sake, since I'm really busy these days (and because I know others rank him higher on a list of favorite characters than I might), do any of you who only have two characters want to take over Trask? I think it would be a little difficult for me to do him, especially on top of Kyrin and Rayad too. :) just checking - if we don't want to mess with the pairings, that's fine too. :)

[Kendra]

And my first bit is up. I think I went a bit over the word limit, but I had a bear of a time getting Maryanne to shut up and go find Davira for me, and I wanted to introduce Davira before I closed it out. I promise that my bits will be shorter from now on *sends pointed glare in Maryanne's direction*

If no one else claims him, I'll do Trask, though I'd recommend him to someone who has a human and an animal character. Like C.B. or Amanda.

[Brie]

Oooh, I've got Meredith and the Twin Dragons. I have no idea what I'm doing but I'll try.
I'd be happy to swap either of my dragons for Trask if you like Resterwen. You'd probably want Ivy.

[C.B.]

I'm good with just Gem and Liam. :)

[H.M.R.]

I know I'm late but I was wondering if I could join in? It's totally ok if it's to late, but I would love to do it too!:) my sisters IPod was dead so I couldn't comment:(