The Seekers of Illumination

[Govinda]

I look like an open book, which I like, for it means people tell me things that I like to know; but under it all, I'm as guarded as they come. One of my friends at university said I was the only person she could cry in front of, and it always hurt her that I was never able to properly articulate why I was sad or upset when I was. Being guarded keeps you safe, but it also cuts you out.

Hai Vicious. Bienvenue!

I will not be able to help in an RP. My internet is about as reliable as my father when drunk.

[Blacksmith]

Thanks Sin for vouching. Even if it wasn't needed, it still means something. And thank you Honey, it looks like things are going to look up for the Seekers of Illumination.

Anyway, as for the RP, I'm already thinking of putting something together, which some of you may have already read about. It's a large-scale RP based on a TFF world with plenty of influences from Final Fantasy. For now though, I only have a basic idea of what I want to do and with Oskar's help, I should have something put together soon enough.

[Silver]

Welcome to the SoI Vicious.
It's a pleasant surprise to have you join us.
I might try an RP or two as well a bit later.
Sounds fun.
And Gov, we need to chat on MSN. It's been way to long.
Til next a post is made.

[Aerif]

Is it just me or does all the activity happen when I'm gone and stop when I come back? It's like some huge conspiracy or something...

1)Would you consider yourself an open person or someone who's guarded?

I'm a very gaurded person who has a tendency to keep myself to myself, dpn't get me wrong I do socialise with other people and such but I never talk about myself to others and I dislike having my photograph taken through a side effect of how self-reserved I can be. I do on occasion talk about my feelings and such to other people however these people are never male, and even when speaking with someone I'd trust with my life I don't divulge into full details.

Like Oskar, this causes me to be slow with giving trust to a person however the more I know a person the more I'll open up.

If that doesn't make sense don't blame me. I'm too tired to be blamed for anything.

2)What do you think are the pros and cons to being either too open or too guarded?

From experience a person who is very open tends to be the type of person who lives a life of popularity which is obviously a huge advantage to the cause. A major downside (and this is speculation since I'm not really an open-book) would probably be that you wouldn't be able to privately console in a single person if some serious private incident occured because of the expectancies that you would just blurt it out. Also in being open you probably would miss out on a lot of potential friendships as open-ness can go hand-in-hand with blunt-ness or tactlessness.

An advantage of being guarded would perhaps be the wariness that comes with the territory, guarded people are less likely to foolishly trust another person who wants to cause only harm. Whilst being too guarded may lead to your exclusion from events because nobody is quite sure whether you'd like to go or not.

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So now I can finally comment on the RP side of SoI.

The story seems a little vague for today's usual standard which is admitadly a good thing as it allows as much freedom as possible. However some more background information on such things such as God's Sanctuary and examples of the evils mentioned who had gained knowledge of GS's quest (as evil can potentially mean anything from crazy monarchs to demons).

Also, the profile template (which is usually not present in RP OOCs any more and can sometimes be considered inconveniant) is far too inspired by RPB profiles and maybe unflexible due to the obligation to name every possible technique learned by a character (it also doesn't make for fun reading to have to refer to an OOC post to see what an abillity does).

Trying to use the old thread for the new RP would just be silly, make a new OOC thread and use the same material if necessary, as that will allow us to post without the clutter of 2007s attempt.

Despite the fact that TFF's Official RPing Academy (which I will refer to as TFFORPA for conveniance on my part) is in the process of getting it's footing. I still think the SoI should go ahead with our own RP, after all TFFORPA is supposed to encourage the activity of the RP forum, and what more encouragement could the forum get than a new RP?

[Atma-Noah]

Fellow Seekers, how have you all been?

I'm seeking some illumination in respect to growing up. How did you all decide on what you were going to do with your lives? I've been thinking about it lately and I'm just not sure on what I want to do. Of course my faith has an influence on my decision but I have no great ambition or anything like that.

And since my summer has just ended, how was all your own summers?

[OmniTense]

I will give you a sample of the thinking that lead me to choose my career. I grew up having my father point at any plant or tree and tell me what it was and it's Latin nomenclature. That made an impression on me. But I fell in love with Nero Wolfe murder mysteries, one of his hobbies was growing orchids. I loved the word Orchid. When I saw my first at age 13, I was hooked. Then I realized that growing them, hybridizing them was similar to Pokemon...that was a conclusion of my youth.

Anyway...I took my greatest passion and made it a profession. Even if you can't do that...take the closest thing to it.

I doubt that was very helpful...but I tried. Wish there was a real answer to that question...but it all depends on you.

-Sin

[joesteel64]

How did you all decide on what you were going to do with your lives?

I've just made this decision a couple weeks ago. I've always loved working on/with/around computers, ever since my family's first; an AST Advantage Adventure, some junky computer that ran windows 95. I used to just play games, but I love finding out How they work, what makes them do things, and how to improve them. it's sort of a hobby, but now it's my area of study, and in a few months, will be my career. I guess the point is to take your interest and try to make a career out of it.




And since my summer has just ended, how was all your own summers?

It was pretty chilled out. Worked on my hobbies (Working/Tinkering with old computers, reading, Guitar Hero Customizing), got my schooling worked out, slept a lot. All in all, a good last summer off.

[Spiral Architect]

How did you all decide on what you were going to do with your lives?

Well I am only 17 so most people haven't figured out what they want to do.
But I want to be a chef, as well as amjor in business... With those qualitfications I am going to open "Ruby Tuesdays" and build a reasturant empire!
I really love to cook, I am also quite interested in business. So I figure that combining them would be the best idea


And as for how was my summer.. I don't remember it all that well it was about 8 months ago... Yes I am Australian lol.

[Silver]

How did you all decide on what you were going to do with your lives?

I just looked at all the options that were feasible and looked at the practical aspects (wages, hours I'd have to work, interest in the work) and then went a bit further in terms of what I thought I'd actually enjoy the most.

I ended picking a security based career path. I don't know where it'll take me in the long run as I figure it'd be best to get a feel for what I'd like to specialise in later. I researched what I'd have to do and completed my certificate I in Security Operations as well as my Senior First Aid (which most employers here wish their security personnel to possess) and got trained in crowd control, static and mobile guard work and finance loss prevention.

I currently find myself waiting for my license itself after sending away all forms and undergoing a police check. As I researched, after I earn my full license after a year with my provisional license I can choose to specialise in higher paid jobs such as locksmith, transit officer, armed guard and similar.

And it's been winter down here in NSW, Australia.

[Govinda]

I decided what I was going to do with my life incidentally. No epiphany or grand plan. I'm just only able of doing one thing.

I wanted to be a writer when I was a kid. I then grew older and discovered that I am pish at mostly everything else, for want of interest or talent. I'm okay at political science and not bad when it comes to history, but that's hardly exceptional.

I'm going to write things. I'm not quite sure what things yet. I figure I'll just hang around in higher education and continue to avoid taxes until I find out what.

But yeah. I love to write, and I was also led to it by default. I really can't see myself doing anything else. That in itself is distressing in two ways: the prospect of a lot of work (scary) and the fact that, for the first time in my life, the prospect of doing work does not phase me too heavily (v. frightening).

[Fishie]

How did you all decide on what you were going to do with your lives?
If I said I was dead sure about what I wanted to do about my life then I'd be lying. I go up and down on what I want to do. I want to travel the world. I want to have death defying experiences. I want to be a journalist. I want to be a psychologist.

There's a lot of things I want to experience in my life and there's a lot I want to contribute to. Career wise, I'd either be taking a path down Journalism, Psychology, or Business.

Like Gov, I have passion for writing. And I've always had it since I had first started scribbling on papers and phone bills at an early age. I enjoy writing poetry. I enjoy writing little stories here and there. But if I were to go down a career, I would want to be a career that I can also have fun with.


And since my summer has just ended, how was all your own summers?
Mine's went well. Went on vacation. Developed an interest in pool. Got a tan. Hung out with friends. And even got a job.

[T.G. Oskar]

How did you all decide on what you were going to do with your lives?

Well, if I were to tell I have already decided what to do with my life, I'd be lying. I'm still a bit undecided. It's not very easy when you think you got it right, and all of a sudden everything comes back down. I think my choice was part thought and part sudden: I believe I chose my future career too fast, but I definitely took out the choices I didn't wanted. Not accounting, nor M.D., nor a lawyer. Maybe journalism, but then again I might not have the patience for it, and also maybe I don't need to study journalism to get where I wanna get. I also took off Programming. I definitely don't have the patience to write in a godforsaken language like Java. MATLAB, tho, seems decent enough.


And since my summer has just ended, how was all your own summers?
Eh, much like spring...and last summer, and last autumn/fall, and last winter...aka, pretty much doing nothing of interest. Working a part-time I might soon leave (hope I can get a job at a gaming store, it's much closer to my environment than a food chain and working maintenance when I ain't supposed to be one...). The main difference between this summer and last summer is that I'm expecting a niece.

Erm...expecting is such an old word. You see, my niece has already born, a healthy and cute girl (like, virtually all babies?). That'd be a reason to take future decisions with greater care.
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Gosh, so much that I tried to keep this alive and it seems once again, people have lost interest in keeping the club active. I know the club had it's ups and downs, but this is ridiculous... Usually, I don't like to double post anywhere, because I believe that bump-posting and trying to seek attention where there was none, kinda tells you something is wrong.

So, if for the few minutes anyone really wants to keep the club alive, please do so. If not...then I'll probably lose care in any attempt to revive this. Sucks that a club with a purpose lost it so long ago. I still won't ask for the thread to be closed: perhaps all it needs is a bit of rousing up. Though, waiting for the last moment and hoping someone at this point does get interested seems...

Eh, I don't seem to have witty words to continue. Ultimatums suck. Just point when is the exact moment time runs up. If this edit helps to extend the time, and someone else does care to make this work again, then fine. Seems I got tired of holding to something that lost its shine so long ago.