Was hoping we would get a few more but we'll start this thing with what we have. If anyone wants to jump in before we finish round one they are welcome.

The idea is to draft fictional and historical character that you would be willing to ride out a quarantine with.

Rules:
Standard snake draft
4 hours per pick, then you will be skipped
10 Rounds
5 fictional characters
5 historical characters
After you make your pick please DM the next in line

Random Draft order:
lastcardcharlie
Dominic
Zeno
mebaseball
Riverboatking
MSchu18

This should be fun and entertaining!

Round 1

Samuel Pepys



Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. While a fifth of London was dying in the Great Plague of 1665, and the nobility were fleeing, he remained, and documented events with equanimity.

http://www.pepys.info/1665/plague.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys

Clearly, he deserves resurrection, in order that he might chronicle current events, and provide evening lectures about how much or how little London has changed in the intervening centuries.

Good pick! Didn't know about him but definitely in the spirit of this thing.

Dom is on the clock

Round 1:

Ana de Armas



For obvious reasons.

I’m jealous! Gorgeous pick!!!

My plan is to exercise my mind first and foremost in quarantine; after which other bodily pleasures will be paramount - Opposite of Dominic, however much I’m jealous of his first pick.

Pick #1 Marcus Tullius Cicero - (synopsis below stolen from Wiki) [Full article here:Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer and Academic Skeptic philosopher who wrote extensively on rhetoric, orations, philosophy, and politics, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. A leading political figure in the final years of the Roman Republic, Cicero vainly tried to uphold the republican system's integrity during the instability that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.[6] He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in the year 63 BC.

His influence on the Latin language was immense: it has been said that subsequent prose was either a reaction against or a return to his style, not only in Latin but in European languages up to the 19th century. Cicero introduced into Latin the arguments of the chief schools of Hellenistic philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary with neologisms such as evidentia, humanitas, qualitas, quantitas, and essentia, distinguishing himself as a translator and philosopher.

Though he was an accomplished orator and successful lawyer, Cicero believed his political career was his most important achievement. It was during his consulship that the second Catilinarian conspiracy attempted to overthrow the government through an attack on the city by outside forces, and Cicero suppressed the revolt by summarily and controversially executing five conspirators. During the chaotic latter half of the 1st century BC marked by civil wars and the dictatorship of Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero championed a return to the traditional republican government. Following Julius Caesar's death, Cicero became an enemy of Mark Antony in the ensuing power struggle, attacking him in a series of speeches. He was proscribed as an enemy of the state by the Second Triumvirate and consequently executed by soldiers operating on their behalf in 43 BC after having been intercepted during an attempted flight from the Italian peninsula. His severed hands and head were then, as a final revenge of Mark Antony, displayed on the Rostra.

Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance in public affairs, humanism, and classical Roman culture. According to Polish historian Tadeusz Zieliński, "the Renaissance was above all things a revival of Cicero, and only after him and through him of the rest of Classical antiquity." The peak of Cicero's authority and prestige came during the 18th-century Enlightenment, and his impact on leading Enlightenment thinkers and political theorists such as John Locke, David Hume, Montesquieu and Edmund Burke was substantial. His works rank among the most influential in European culture, and today still constitute one of the most important bodies of primary material for the writing and revision of Roman history, especially the last days of the Roman Republic.

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I have read - Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, by Anthony Everitt which is an excellent biography of this very exceptional Roman that not only lived and died during very tempestuous times but was a powerful and central character.

His works (one titled: On the Good Life) and letters are still widely read and very worthwhile and engaging. He was an exceptional, well-learned individual (almost a polymath) that certainly would never be dull or boring. I look forward to lounging about drinking wine and discussing The Life and Times of this larger than life personality.

We will be quarantine at his vacation villa and enjoy the Good Life, while it lasts.

Round One
Jeannie
fictional
Source: I Dream of Jeannie (tv)
Portrayed by: Barbara Eden



This pick is a no brainer. Jeannie checks of many essential boxes for a quarantine mate.

[x] World Class smokeshow
[x] Pleasing and nurturing attitude
[x] Sexy outfits
[x] Unlimited magical abilities which in times of strife can come in very handy

This could be the absolute perfect quarantine companion.

I'm in. Put me down to draft after MSchu18

Like MR BB's thinking.
Dom overreach of a pretty girl with 2nd overall pick completely unsurprising.

Done!

New draft order:
lastcardcharlie
Dominic
Zeno
mebaseball
Riverboatking
MSchu18
NHLNut

Last minute rando frenchmen reporting

Does this mean you want to be in? If so you will follow NHLNut

Riverboatking has been on the clock for far too long!

MSchu18 can go whenever he wants to get this thing back on track. Although it is very early morning right now. Hopefully today (Saturday) we can get this thing moving as it should be.

Yes! I got 2 picks back to back right?

you will after NHLNut unless someone else jumps in

New draft order:
lastcardcharlie
Dominic
Zeno
mebaseball
Riverboatking
MSchu18
NHLNut
andre006

Need to get this thing on track!

Riverboatking is skipped
MSchu18 is on the clock!

In... Round1
let me get the big gun out of the way first:

Abraham Lincoln



no intro needed.
I'd really like to know his mindset and thinking patterns... specially in the context of the time in which and in the context of which he was living.

faking spell check...

With my 1st pick I want to set the tone.
And I'm not as confidant in my game as Dom, so need all the help I can get.

Aphrodite
The Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.

I respek going with a politic first round, there's not that much all-time greats in this field.

picks incoming.

Round 1

Patrice Rushen

First things first a beauty that can play music at an elite level, or even better, serenade (me for exemple).

She's been prolific with writing her own bangers, she also probably have stories to tell after having played with some of the finest musicians, being herself a recognized artist in the Fusion Jazz scene. The softest voice, plays piano, mad synths, but also clarinet, flute and percussions, just in case.





Beauty that can kick off a house party, check.

ROUND 2

Master Roshi




Because in times like these it's important to keep the mind as well as the body sharp, i'm going to pick the Senseï of Senseïs. The man who taught Goku everything about martial arts including the Kameha technique, but more importantly the art of composure and balance, THE WISEST, MASTER ROSHI.











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There is just something about Mary Jensen. All the guys love her, she seems like a lot of fun. A good hang. If she's good enough for Brett Favre, I'm sold.

Round 2:

Hachiko

I need some loyalty and companionship... and here he is, Hachi.





I really dont know who is next, the list isnt complete in the OP

RBK is still on the clock from round one so I will keep this thing moving!

Round Two
Max Rockatansky aka Mad Max
fictional (#2)
source: Mad Max series of movies
portrayed by: Mel Gibson/Tom Hardy





For my second pick I am going with another fictional character. This is something of an "insurance" pick. If things take a real hard turn south it would be nice to have someone around who is both a survivor and skilled in the navigation of a post apocalyptic landscape and world. Max can and has done that already! Do they call him "Mad" because he is angry or crazy? YES!

so far:
Jeannie
Mad Max

Amazing pick

If I want to meet up in Tokyo, this is where I go.

haha damn when I suggested an imaginary friend draft few months back and it didn't get off the ground I said that I thought she would be the unanimous 1st choice don't see how u could possibly do better.

sorry I was sick past few days and didn't log on 2p2 hope I didn't slow things down too much.

not sure if I owe 1 or 2 picks but I'm gonna go with another smoking hot lady who can also do the magic:

Elizabeth Montgomery aka the magical wife in bewitched

part of me didn't want to take her as it's so similar to jeannie, but **** it how can you pass up the opportunity to be quarantined with a magical smoke show?