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Esper wrote:I know. It's just unlikely that there'd be a need to pas through RA.

Esper wrote:I see... If you need an explanation for the tunnels, how about their being natural? It could be possible for an underground water vein to have carved them. Water could even still be running through them. Am I missing anything else?

LovingCorgi wrote:since i joined like 2000 posts after the first post. What exactly was it formatted to be?

Esper wrote:All I know is that there is town square where all business is usually done, in one direction there is a suburb that is very old and in the other direction is farmland. In the other two cardinal directions is a dense, flat forest containing a river and a massive grassland after the forest ends, in the other direction is a small ridge covered in trees. I guess the big house would be far off in the very back of the little suburb where the encroaching trees are more plentiful. I'm pretty sure the stables and thus the clinic would be near the farmlands... I guess. I can only write up area like that, not draw maps

Esper wrote:A-ano... I'll try to generate a map... Also: oh, okay then. Now I know

Marine Fox wrote:

Esper wrote:A-ano... I'll try to generate a map... Also: oh, okay then. Now I know

And Knowing is Half the Battle........

Esper wrote:The highway is okay then, but I don't see where RA's military history is coming from. I mean, there is very little strategic use... I dunno. I just don't think it's a necessary aspect, like It'd only come into play one single arc. I'm really sorry for being difficult. Oi...

Esper wrote:I see... If you need an explanation for the tunnels, how about their being natural? It could be possible for an underground water vein to have carved them. Water could even still be running through them. Am I missing anything else?

Hlaoroo wrote:

Esper wrote:The highway is okay then, but I don't see where RA's military history is coming from. I mean, there is very little strategic use... I dunno. I just don't think it's a necessary aspect, like It'd only come into play one single arc. I'm really sorry for being difficult. Oi...

I dunno. The fact that it's out of the way and in a flat and (I'm assuming) a geologically stable area could be strategic assets. It could provide plenty of area for a training facility and geological stability would provide a good place for storing sensitive or dangerous equipment. It could have been abandoned long ago for a more convenient or more defendable location though, with all the equipment etc removed and only the infrastructure remaining.
Argent and I were having a little discussion about it before. It could also explain the rumours of strange things happening on (or under) the grasslands.
We were also thinking that there could be a strategic network of tunnels under the town with some large and some small openings in/under various buildings, and if these are accessible to the pets they could get up to all kinds of mischief without their owners ever knowing they've left the house.
Additionally there's the possibility that Doc is imprisoned in an old military bunker to which one of the tunnels leads - this could be used to effect a daring rescue.

The decision is ultimately yours, Esper, but that was our thinking. Really, the backstory of the tunnels isn't all that important - we just need something to explain them being there in the first place. After that we can use the tunnels however we want in future arcs.

P.s. Sorry if you wanted any of that to remain private, Argent.

Esper wrote:A-ano... I'll try to generate a map... Also: oh, okay then. Now I know

Hlaoroo wrote:How far is RA from the state border? For that matter, which state is it in?

Richmond Acres is a PERFECT RP for beginners and veterans alike! We'd love to have you!

RA is a small, quiet town surrounded by farms and forest, a few larger building are moving in though. RA is dominated by its town square, which is its center of economic activity. In the outlying suburbs of the town are small and indeed quite old, trees and scrub seeping in from the surrounding forest bring a calm and shaded motif with them. Home to several pets and their owners, the town government has made it so all pets, so long as they are collared, to enter any building as they please that are not specifically restricted. In the spring, the orchards bloom, bringing in tourists and saturating the air with a sugary sweet smell that lasts until the very end of fall. If one were to travel far enough into the woods, they would find crystal clear river known among ferals and a few select pets, as an ideal spot to swim and cool off on the hotter days and a perfect spot to meet up and hang out at night. If one were to go even farther into the woods, they would find themselves at the edge of a beautiful grassland with rolling hills and scattered trees, it is relatively unknown what can be found here. It is rumored that there are the ruins of the original Richmond Acres from the 1950's lay out in the grasslands, other rumors suggest that a wild beast lives there, while still others say that it holds a pit that leads to a secret lab of a questionable level of occupation, it is simply unknown. In the opposite direction of the suburb is a massive stretch of farmland. RA is located in the midwest US.

A map will be posted later E[O:=

Keeshah wrote: So i would put RA in Nebraska, Kansas, or Oklahoma.
that would also put RA in Tornado alley..

Hlaoroo wrote:So my original idea for the tunnels (which now has Mod approval for family friendly rating) is this:
Flynn will read in his book at the library that:
"Al Cabone, the infamous canine gangster, is thought to have used tunnels in the area to smuggle orange soda across the border during the Prohibition, although there has never been any concrete evidence found to verify this." Then the characters would explore the tunnels, maybe find a (half) empty case with a couple of broken bottles or flattened cans or something like that.

Keeshah wrote: So i would put RA in Nebraska, Kansas, or Oklahoma.
that would also put RA in Tornado alley..

The tunnels could make a good tornado shelter too.

We just need to work out the extent of them.

Esper wrote:The map is nearly done.