Fellowship of the Witching Hour - Part I

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[sblock=OOC]OK two bucks.[/sblock]

 

[Dlsharrock]

[SBLOCK=OOC]As a loose guide, $100 back in 1941 would be equivalent to $1500 today. So a $1 charge for a tarot card reading equates to $15 in modern day money, while $2 equates to $30, about the price of a good suit back in the early 40s.[/SBLOCK]

[SBLOCK=Dire Lemming OOC]

Is Phillip usually this rude? I mean sure he was right this time but we would have figured it out pretty soon if she was willing to admit it so easily.

With all due respect, that's an inapropriate question/comment, Dire Lemming. Lucean is free to roleplay his character according to the PC's background and personality as submitted during the recruitment stage of the game and I have every confidence that he's doing so (and would not have allowed him access to the game if I thought he intended to play a deliberately disruptive influence). You have no more right to question that portrayal than any player (or Keeper) has the right to question your portrayal of Adam West. On the other hand, if Adam has a problem with Philip, that's an IC matter and I encourage you to roleplay it accordingly and to do so within the boundaries of the character *you* have chosen to portray.
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[greenstar]

[sblock=OOC]What would be better? 5 cents?[/sblock]

 

[Dlsharrock]

[SBLOCK=OOC greenstar]Hrm. Probably gone the other way. The best way to decide costs/fees is estimate how much it costs today (bar room tarot reading? I wouldn't pay more than, ooh, $10) then divide by 15 ($10 / 15 = 60 cents (ish)) and because things were generally cheaper then than they are now, knock about 20% off the price. (20% of 60 cents is 12 cents 60-12=48). So I'd say round it up to 50 cents per reading.

She probably does readings two evenings a week after lectures (you think?). Starts at 6, finishes at closing time, 11:00. That's five hours, she probably gets two or three readings in per hour, so she'll be making about $8 per evening, $16 extra overall per week. $64 extra overall per month, $768 extra overall per year. Allowing for slow nights and the fact she might not make every evening, let's round that down to $750. That's a sizeable sum for a student, on top of her grant and monies earned from weekend jobs, selling art and 'gifts from home' which all contribute to her current income as listed on your character sheet.[/SBLOCK]

 

[greenstar]

[sblock=OOC]50 cents then.[/sblock]

 

[Dire Lemming]

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With all due respect, that's an inapropriate question/comment, Dire Lemming. Lucean is free to roleplay his character according to the PC's background and personality as submitted during the recruitment stage of the game and I have every confidence that he's doing so (and would not have allowed him access to the game if I thought he intended to play a deliberately disruptive influence). You have no more right to question that portrayal than any player (or Keeper) has the right to question your portrayal of Adam West. On the other hand, if Adam has a problem with Philip, that's an IC matter and I encourage you to roleplay it accordingly and to do so within the boundaries of the character *you* have chosen to portray.

Wow... The two of us seem to take every other thing the other says the wrong way. I asked that question because Adam would know the answer to it while I as a player do not. Not to try to criticize Lucean.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Dlsharrock]

All OOC continued in the OOC thread
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=4264264#post4264264

Just in case all this OOC has caused confusion, Kook- it's your turn

 

[kookalouris]

Sorry for the delay, ENWorld would not let me post...

Sam tried to hide her pleasure -- A member of the press. As far as Sam was concerned the only bad publicity was no publicity. In any case, she was neglecting her duties as hostess.

"Cyndy," she called out to her wheeled waitress, "a drink on the house for these two, the best stuff, if they want." Which was secretly code for the best visible on the shelves.

[sblock=post-related OOC. Also, post RE-EDITED to correct various errors of names and spelling.]
Again, I am enjoying the interplay between Cara and the others. Should Sam's sudden request cause Cyndy to spin out into a 'crash-landing', Sam will sheepishly give the girl the night off.

Something I almost added last post but may be too light for the game: Sam's blush began to fade finally. It reminded her of the neon sign she had initially bought for the store. But within a couple of months, the sign went from "THE WITCHING HOUR RESTAURANT" to "THE WIT**IN***OUR ******RANT", and only sorely disappointed Dorothy Parker types showed up. Sam shuddered at the memory.

Maybe more OOC later.

Gerry
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[greenstar]

Arabella forces herself to smile. She didn't like Cara calling their meetings morbid little meet-ups. "We don't do anything here except talk about our hobby. And I do tarot card readings for 50 cents which isn't illegal."

 

[Dlsharrock]

[SBLOCK=OOC Kookalouris]

Something I almost added last post but may be too light for the game: Sam's blush began to fade finally. It reminded her of the neon sign she had initially bought for the store. But within a couple of months, the sign went from "THE WITCHING HOUR RESTAURANT" to "THE WIT**IN***OUR ******RANT", and only sorely disappointed Dorothy Parker types showed up. Sam shuddered at the memory.

Hehe. Yes, very good, but no I don't think it adds to the game. I think we'll stick with the sign described in the opening post. Thanks for sharing Kook.[/SBLOCK]