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[sinanju]

Crossing Lost (crossing_lostrp) is a multi-fandom role-playing game set against the backdrop of the LOST island. Multi-fandom simply means that characters from any and all walks of life and media mediums - books, television, anime, comics, movies - of established canons live and interact on this deserted, "unmapped" tropical island while dealing with the myriad of strange and unusual things, from time-travel to mystical appearances (and disappearances) that take place on the island. We welcome you to watch, or to submit an application. Contact xinglostmod@gmail.com for questions.

Communities & Information FAQs: Got a question? Check here to see if it's been answered. crossinglostooc: Out-of-Character Community xinglost_admin: Administrative, News & Update Community The Rules: Rules for participating in Crossing Lost Claimed Characters: A list of the currently claimed (played) inhabitants of the island The Wiki: All about the history and the characters.

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[beccadg.livejournal.com]

Nor are vampires allowed

*Shakes fist.* Speciest bastards! Actually, it's not that big a deal. It's more my one attempt thus far to join a LiveJournal role-playing comm ended in a miserable disaster. *Blushes.*

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. We had someone apply to play a vampire, but we collectively decided that a character who can't bear the BRIGHT TROPICAL SUN and who feeds on the other characters probably wouldn't work very well.

On the other hand, we do have a werewolf (Quentin from Dark Shadows--now there's a golden oldie), an elf, two Grim Reapers, the occasional ghost, a couple of witches, several psychics, some time travelers, and others.

I'm sure you could find something someone to play if you thought about it!

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

we collectively decided that a character who can't bear the BRIGHT TROPICAL SUN and who feeds on the other characters probably wouldn't work very well

*Giggles.* You saying there aren't any tropical nights? *Bats eyelashes.* I find the quality of sunlight at the equator, assuming the island is equatorial, a better argument than "who feeds on other characters." I mean if the island can sustain the PCs, NPCs, and The Others I'm sure it has enough rats to support vampires who can feed on nonhuman blood. Also, given that a player is "Initially ... allowed two characters" the player should be able to app 1 vampire and 1 willing donor, which depending on the nature of the vampire and-or donor should be all the the vampire needs. So, yeah, I buy the sunlight better. ;) Of course the Wiki does say there are "Extensive lava tube caves" and an "underground bunker" so there are sun-free locals. >:)

I'm sure you could find something someone to play if you thought about it!

*Blushes.* Sure I could find someone, but what if I couldn't describe them well enough to app? What if I couldn't post... consistently? Or well enough? What if I got on a mod's nerves or they got on mine? *Bites lower lip.* I mentioned my first attempt at joining an LJ comm tanked, right?

[fikgirl.livejournal.com]

Too, at this point in time I think that it would smart of unfairness and bias to allow a vampire in the game after turning down earlier applications for vampires. The rule was made after those applications were turned down, and it's only fair to the player(s) in the game who made the apps and are playing different sorts of characters that we respect and stick to the rule we made.

Also, if we bend that rule and allow one player to bring in a vampire (and his/her) trusted food source, then that opens a floodgates for more and soon we have a tropical island filled with vampires. And that doesn't work for me.

Of course the Wiki does say there are "Extensive lava tube caves" and an "underground bunker" so there are sun-free locals. >:)

I wouldn't depend on any of the "shelters" that make life easy on the characters. This things have a way of backfiring and not turning out to be what the characters think they are.

Sure I could find someone, but what if I couldn't describe them well enough to app?

All you can do is try.

What if I couldn't post... consistently?

All you can do is try

Or well enough?

You know what I'm going to say, right?

What if I got on a mod's nerves or they got on mine?
I'm pretty easy going. My requests are few: Don't god-mode, don't create OOC drama, don't have a preschooler temper tantrum just because no one is making your character(s) the center of the universe, and remember that it's all Funtime Pretendy Games.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

...if we bend that rule and allow one player to bring in a vampire (and his/her) trusted food source, then that opens a floodgates for more...

*Nods.* If you eliminated the rule you'd have to 1) allow the people who's vampires were rejected not only to re-apply, but to do it ahead of new members, and 2) you'd have to decide how many vampires the island could actually sustain. I mean even if a vampire comes with a trusted source something could happen to that source, and even if the island has a healthy rat population it's still a limited one. I love vampires, I'd happily play a vampire, and-or trusted food source, but I do appreciate that 1) the rule is one that's been established and enforced for a while, and 2) the game is set on an island not in New York City or L.A. ;)

I wouldn't depend on any of the "shelters" that make life easy on the characters. This things have a way of backfiring and not turning out to be what the characters think they are.

Whether or not a vampire could find shelter from the sun would only matter to vampires who are vulnerable to the sun. Also, sun sensitive vampires would only need the shelter for the day the same as night sleeping characters only need shelters for the night. After I wondered whether or not the island is equatorial I found the website, and "Tropical day and night are of equal length." B-) But, it's all academic since vampires are against the rules. O:)

You know what I'm going to say, right?

I think I can see the pattern. :)

I'm pretty easy going. My requests are few...

It does sound like your requests are few. :D

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

And besides--right now everyone has complete amnesia. It would be extremely embarrassing for your vampire character to walk out into the tropical sunlight, find out he _is_ a sunlight-sensitive bloodsucker and burst into flame and wither to ash.

A definite social faux pas.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

And besides--right now everyone has complete amnesia.

Now, now, the Tabula Rasa says, "You should decide where your characters are. They may be asleep (it's early in the morning)," so my vampire being a good little vampire could be all tucked in for the day. O:)

It would be extremely embarrassing for your vampire character to walk out into the tropical sunlight, find out he _is_ a sunlight-sensitive bloodsucker and burst into flame and wither to ash.

Lets not forget the Tubula Rasa also says, "Your skills and talents remain intact--but that doesn't mean you know you have them..." If I were playing a sunlight-sensitive vampire who for some reason was awake during the day, and who had a mental sensitivity to when the sun is up, or got hungry before they got burnt, or smoked before they burned and burned before they ashed there would be an opportunity for it to occur to the vampire and-or their trusted food source that they might need to be kept out of the sun. ;)

A definite social faux pas.

I don't know, if they ashed it would be fairly tidy, not like if they exploded in flaming chunks, or melted into a puddle of acid. I do actually have a couple of different ideas about characters to app for the game, but I'm still not sure I've got a good enough grasp of how people are stuck on the island to know which one would work better. O_o