Greetings! Good morning, afternoon, evening--whenever you might be reading this. I've been browsing the boards and I have to say while there are some interesting boards, there really haven't been any that quite caught my eye thus far.

Figured I might have better luck actually posting a listing.

Take a look at what I have to offer, but be aware that I will stand by these four rules at all times:

1. NO M// or F// (MxM / FxF) relationships, PLEASE.

Why is this?: While I DO respect this, and actually DO have characters listed in such pairings, said characters are VERY minor and are NOT going to be the primary focus of the RP. I've never been very good--or very comfortable--at doing a RP with a homosexual pairing as the primary relationship. As such, I politely and kindly ask that this be excluded.

2. ABSOLUTELY NO vampires OR werewolves

Why is this?: Ever since I have started roleplaying (nearly 15 years ago, I must add) I have encountered roleplays, roleplayers, and near CONSTANT requests for characters such as these. It's gotten to a point where I have gotten so SICK of seeing these types of characters. Please do not use them.

3. I roleplay over Skype and AIM ONLY! This means I do NOT roleplay here on threads or Private Messages (PMs)/sMail, through e-mails, or through YIM.

Why is this?: I prefer the much greater freedom of instant messaging. I, for one, am not comfortable with total strangers being able to randomly click on a forum link and read what I've written when it comes to my material. While I know that Private Messaging/sMail exists for that purpose (after all, it is Private Messaging)...the thing is, I am not on these kind of websites long enough to justify trying to go through and respond to several different private messages at once.

On top of that, I would have to delete my inbox and folders every so often, and trying to keep track of many roleplays is difficult for me--especially if it gets very plot heavy and intensive. Most of my Instant Messaging programs, such as Skype and AIM, have auto-logging abilities, which keeps them saved to my hard drive for easy retrieval and review.

I do not roleplay over e-mail because as it stands I have literally five e-mail addresses that I use--two personal (one primary and one secondary), two a little more business related, and one family related--and I find it difficult enough keeping track of all of the stuff I need to keep track of outside of roleplays. I also don't check my personal e-mails often enough. E-mail is simply not a feasible option, unless you like waiting three weeks between replies.

As for YIM, Yahoo Messenger has its own downsides for me. YIM in particular does not offer me capabilities that I enjoy on ones like Skype--such as being able to edit my messages, or being able to seamlessly integrate links into text like I can on AIM. YIM also has a character/word limit that I absolutely despise and cannot possibly work with. Likewise, this is also the reason I will not use MSN Messenger either.

Bottom line is--I am literally CONSTANTLY on Skype. I always have it up, and I am almost always available on it, except for when I am sleeping or otherwise physically away from the computer. AIM is my second go-to program, even though I am not on AIM as nearly as often as Skype.

I truly apologize if these are deal-breakers to you, but I will not budge or compromise from this standpoint. You MUST have Skype or AIM to roleplay with me. End of story.

4. I will NOT adhere to any asinine arbitrary word limits.

I am here to relax and enjoy myself. I pride myself on being a particularly good writer, but this does not mean that I will force myself to crank out some short novella just to satisfy your literary requirements. I will not spend half an hour trying to force myself to crank out five sentences on how my character is sitting down at a table eating his french fries or how engrossed he is in some mind-numbingly tedious mundane activity such as mowing his lawn.

There are times that, even during dialogue and speaking between characters, that people will have short, terse replies. Lengthy conversations consisting of five or more sentences between both parties generally do not exist in real life in casual conversation.

Sometimes one-liners will happen. It's not the end of the world. Grow up and deal with it.

My roleplay requests are below, in no particular order of preference...

POKEMON

FUTURE FANTASY

HOGWARTS/HARRY POTTER --can do either Hogwarts Present or Hogwarts Future --will not play Canon characters. Ever.

MEDIEVAL FANTASY

MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC

DON'T BE AFRAID TO SUGGEST SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T SEE IT LISTED!

(Just keep in mind that if I say NO, then I. MEAN. NO.)

My contact information below is thus

AIM: Drake Nightwing SKYPE: drakenightwing

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me directly on either program! Please do not sMail me as I'm not going to bother to check them.

I look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for browsing!