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Out on the Sea of Madness…

15
May 2007
Posted in Writing by Rhyssa at 12:46 pm | No Comments »

Another fanfic that I finished today. I’ve been writing it for a little while and actually started it longhand when I was at my parents right after my dad was injured, did a lot of writing while delayed in the airport coming home.

This one is an OC again and I reused the name of my main character from my FFVII:AC story “Memories.” I just happen to like the name and it worked. I have another GitS story in progress (different OC) as well as the “origin” story of the OC from this story as well. One down, six more in-progress stories to go. I need to buckle down if I want to finish all these. Here’s this one though, as posted over on Fanfiction.net.

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14
May 2007

Why death penalties are necessary for PvP.

Death penalties should be seen as a necessary part to both PvE and PvP, providing a sense of consequence to ingame actions. Granted, dying is not always the result of bad player decisions; mob respawn, runners bringing adds, overpulling, etc. can all lead to player deaths. Without any penalty, players would simply be able to suicide run their way through content. Having at least a minimal penalty helps teach the player to be a bit more careful in the future. Yet, games that have little or no penalty for dying are generally seen by a majority of players as more “fun” or “better” to play. Why is this?

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8
May 2007
Posted in Real Life by Rhyssa at 2:56 pm | No Comments »
My mom called me on Thursday 5/3 to say that my dad’s surgeries had gone fine that morning, but his blood pressure had crashed twice already - once during the night before and once as they were getting ready to take him out of the OR. Then he apparently crashed again as they got him back to his room in the ICU Burn ward. Back in the room they called a code 99 on him, which means any available personnel in the whole hospital respond. My mom worked in a hospital for over 30 years, she knows what the codes mean. And the doctor told her that she needed to make some decisions for going forward.

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25
Apr 2007
Posted in Real Life by Rhyssa at 1:00 am | No Comments »
So an update:My dad’s doing basically the same with slight improvements. The heart stress tests they did this morning and yesterday were better then the doctors expected, so unless the cardiologist says differently for reason, they are planning on starting skin grafts tomorrow (surgery is only done on Mondays and Thursdays). We’ll be allowed to see him before he goes to surgery, so I’ll be bringing my mom over early and then the free wifi abuse begins in earnest.

He was a bit more responsive/awake yesterday. He opened his eyes and turned his head towards me when I came in and talked to him and when my mom said she wished she could give him a hug, he tried to lift his arms to her. That’s good news all around. He’s been pretty zonked out today, but that’s not necessarily bad.

23
Apr 2007
Posted in Real Life by Rhyssa at 4:36 pm | No Comments »

Well, for the second time this month, I’m back home at my family’s house, staying with my parents. This time, it’s for my dad.

Saturday morning, my dad was burning brush in the backyard (hometown allows burning). He stepped in a hole and fell face forward into the fire. Right now, he’s in the burn unit ICU at St. John’s Mercy hospital in St. Louis with second and third degree burns on the upper half of his body. Basically from his navel up, both arms (one arm has a huge gash along it as well) and hands, shoulders and upper back and his face is burned. It’s mostly second degree burns on his face, luckily.

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1
Apr 2007
Posted in Real Life by Rhyssa at 1:08 pm | No Comments »
So today is April 1st aka April Fools Day. I used to think this was such a cool holiday as a kid, and then I grew up. What is it about this day that makes adults think they can do the most retarded and absurd things and have it be funny? Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoy humor and jokes, but some of the stuff done in the name of April Fools Day just boggles my mind.
27
Jan 2007

Title: Conversations in Winter
Author:
Rhyssa Fireheart
Pairing:
Zolf J. Kimbley/Ellorie Sandersen (OC)
Fandom:
Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: T
Disclaimer:
I still don’t own FMA or anything but the plot and my OC.
Notes: I’m sure there is rampant OOC-ness in most of this, but since there isn’t a huge amount of “official” canon to go by, I’m making it up as I go. A continuation of sorts of my story “Conversations by Starlight.” This one is also manga-verse, after chapter 67.

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19
Jan 2007
Yet another fanfiction story I wrote for Fullmetal Alchemist (FMA). This one got in my head after reading the latest scanlations online at ZOMGFTA. They are marvelous and I rather like seeing the differences in translation between what they did and what the actual manga says when it’s released.
Anyways, I’m rather enjoying the manga version of Kimbley because he’s so much more different than the anime version. Such a sharp dressed man. Writing this story completely changes some of the backstory events on another one I’m working on using the same original character (OC) Ellorie, but that story is in the infant stages and I can adapt it easily.