Thread:JeloElducal/@comment-26888167-20180920145732/@comment-26888167-20180924003014

And here I come, in my attempt to offer my own, alternative solution to our problem about keeping the main roleplay alive. Will it work? Will it fail? Will I stop talking useless nonsense and just tell everyone my plan? Ok, here it is. Let's break season 2 apart right here, right now. If TPP and QoTLRG occurs around the time of PoS and Cookie Crazy, then after Cookie Crazy, we'll have the Stories Era (or any name that will probably be more original than that).

THe idea here is that the Stories Era will go on parallel to the main RP. The idea would be the following. After PoS, the gang comes out of the rooms and lives in peace for a short while, until the events of TPP happen, introducing characters such as Kyoji, Starcade, etc.

After TPP, the next event in our timeline would be QotLRG, introducing the gemstones. After this, the gang finally settles in Echo Creek for a good while. This is where the Story Era begins.

The Story Era will cover almost all the stories that have been written so far. Our main point of reference will be HoEC, due to it being the largest story series in the wiki. So basically, the episodes from HoEC, and all other stories that occur during the same timespan (including stories that have nothing to do with HoEC, but happened during that same time), all of that will be covered in the Story Era.

I have a great idea for how to justify having both IaLR episodes and regular story episodes going on at the same time. You see, I have a great plan for the end of HoEC season 3, which will put the gang up against a powerful villain that will try to rule the world (as if that didn't happen every other Tuesday in the IaLRverse). After this episode, something unusual will happen in the Locked Rooms. The gang will receive the signal of new strange powerful relics being scattered across the Locked Rooms. This will be the perfect reason for the gang to have to return back to the Locked Rooms. However, some of the things that the villain did during his episode have altered the way how the Locked Rooms worked. Instead of having to pass all the rooms in succession, the gang can now exit the Locked Rooms every time they complete one of them.

This could potentially lead to some interesting plots from here on, both for the future episodes of IaLR, as for the season 4 of HoEC. Villains will also try to get their hands on these mysterious objects, and will invade the Locked Rooms like never before to do so. So the gang has to return to the Locked Rooms, not only to find these mystical relics, but also to stop the villains and their attempts to take over the Locked Rooms in their search for the relics.

Also, since the gang can now exit the rooms after completing any room, they will be able to come back to Echo Creek after each episode of IaLR, therefore allowing both IaLR Roleplay and modern story episodes to occur simultaneously. Perhaps sometimes, certain members decide to stay in Echo Creek, and other times, other members are the ones that stay. That could allow us to be much more flexible with our casts, too. Basically, we can change our cast every episode if we want to. It will also allow us to introduce a new character in IaLR as soon as they've showed up in a story. Both the IaLR episodes and the modern stories will be on the exact same timeline.

Right now, though, my recommendation is to work on Cookie Crazy while the rest of the current season of HoEC is in process. Once the season ends, we'll have everything set to start off with the next episode of IaLR, Flying Star Cafe, I think it was?