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... Last updated Sept 2010.

A lot of my online time has involved roleplay. When writing fanfic, it helps to be able to see things from the perspective of the characters involved; similarly, when writing fiction, one wants to create interesting characters. (Occasionally even casting actors or models to portray them.) Thus, as a bit of a go-to guide, as well as for interests' sake, I've deconstructed some of the more interesting roles I've taken on over the years:

• Ryo Urawa (Greg, in the dub) from BSSM (1997-2002). He had his own webpage that I've recreated here. After working with Kenjiro Cross in Season 1, he became something of a private eye himself in Season 2.
• Cybelle, Princess of Mercury, a character I took over from her creator in 1998, on Neo-Silver Moon MUX. The character was then reinvented a year or two later (and supplemented with an Earth peasant named Ruri). This lasted until NSM amalgamated with BSSM and CTM in 2002 to form Ginzuishou MUX. Cybelle was again reinvented, but not as a princess, merely a diplomat.

• Rupert Giles, on the Buffy MUX, from 2004 until it shut down in 2005. But posted logs may remain accessible on that site.
• Alison Vunderlande, the BuffyMUX again, same time. She was a pop-culture referencing character who became Angel's secretary on the LA grid, and even got her own website here, to explain all her randomness in the logfiles.
• Hayden Whitehall, a Watcher (played by Michael Shanks). He was sent to Ottawa in the guise of a music teacher in the face to face roleplay game HtVS. This game ran from 2003 to 2006 with a brief "reunion tour" in 2008.
• Crystal Chambers, a fear-projecting empathic runaway (played by Laetitia Casta). She ended up in Albany, in an IRC chat game. Over the years, she became a fear-projecting telepathic empathic half-demon Guardian of Time with sorcery, a special sword, and energy absorbing shield. After joining the game in progress in 2002, it ran until 2008 (!!).
• Sohma, a demon born in the 1400s, rendered incorporeal and imprisoned in an orb. Ultimately freed by Erikson Investigations in 2003. This spinoff of the Albany game, above, ran from 2003-2005.
• Rebecca Westbrook, a woman who had Visions (played by Keira Knightly). She was composed of two personalities, one an artist, the other a mage; the former tended to be dominant, while only the latter could cast spells and had awareness of the multiple personality disorder. She lived in the Caribbean in 1802, where there happened to be a Slayer. The online game occurred in 2007, then returned briefly for RP in 2008.

• Mason, a Time Lord (played by Morgan Freeman). Went by the nickname "Chief" in his youth, tended to keep his TARDIS in the form of a car. Involved in an online game in 2006, returned briefly for RP in 2008.
• Nanoha Takamachi, a Techno-Mage (played by Alicia Witt). A total anime rip-off, down to generating sheets for spells in MGLN, but played in a more "Buffy"-style universe. Also played a second character in tandem, a mercenary named Pegasus (played by Jason Momoa), so it was interesting when both characters were in the same room... online game in 2008.
• Fenton Harty, a private investigator (played by Ben Browder). Involved in a case in 1936 in Lamu, going by the alias Franklin M. Dixon. He was then pulled into a dream world setting. Online game from 2009, ongoing.
• Cognac, a Xindi Primate, an archaeologist liaison on a starship, within the new universe created by the Star Trek (XI) movie. Online game from 2009, ongoing.
• Beam, a holographic projection who appears female (and considers herself to be such). She can control whether she is solid or not, but does not know her origins, and continues to wander the Shangrilah universe. This particularly interesting character was created in 2009 after less interesting character attempts on this particular MUX.

• Okay, so Nethack isn't technically roleplay, but it is gaming. I spent time in 2007-08 trying to defeat the game, ultimately succeeding in ascending seven character classes, and then writing about their exploits in the dungeons. The most notable among them being Mage Hayate. So she gets top billing on my Nethack Ascension Page.

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