Blackhoof Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 It makes sense that people would be scared to touch it, seeing it as Empire property Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Happy holidays to all, a special festive edition of A day in the life of: A day in the life of Mistletoe (Part 1) My eyes were greeted with suitably seasonal snows as they first opened up on Christmas day. I had of course worked hard all year to bring christmas cheer to everyone in the city but this was my very first Christmas since being granted the ability to spread such joy. With a burst of enthusiasm I leapt from the featherbed, threw open my wardrobe and spent some minutes deciding on which of my red and white outfits would look best before deciding on a snazzy looking suit and top hat combination I'd had tailor-made last week. Admittedly the tailor wasn't too enthused at first but then he found his drive to help spread good tidings to all. And his neighbors got to help spread some cheer of their own by helping him rebuild his house after our discussion was over, truly that was a joyous day of holiday cheer. Pulling a long list out from underneath the mattress I set off out the door, ready for what was sure to be my busiest day this year. Some carollers were really getting into the mood, practically running from house to house as soon as they saw me, though they weren't really in tune and I had to admit even I had never heard of "Run, everybody run, she's coming" before, must have been a new one. I sent them off some present anyway, they may not have been doing the best job but today was all about making an effort and they were certainly doing that. A handful of snow raced towards them, its form gradually becoming pointed and metallic as it flew and quickly began emitting a burst of fire from its rear, hurrying all the further to its joyous recipients. The present spurred them on to even faster action as they rapidly began hammering on doors, screaming for people to let them in. It seemed that a few of the people dwelling nearby were reluctant to open the door for carollers, I took note of their addresses and added them to the naughty list as a spray of snow flew into the air, my presents having been successfully delivered. I'd have to pay them a visit later. A wonderful mixture of red and white began falling, dying the whole street in festive colors for those who were too poor to afford decorations, providing it for the whole street might have been going a bit overboard but today was all about the spirit of charity and giving after all. Holding an umbrella to ward off the falling snow, blood and viscera I walked down the street, humming gently. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin in Burgundy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) First post ever. Feedback appreciated. Edit: It's on the very bottom. Sorry for inconvenience. Edited December 27, 2016 by Assassin in Burgundy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) I just realized I hear Lyla as talking with the same voice that I hear for Haruhi Suzumiya. That... might be coloring how I write her going forward. On 12/27/2016 at 4:53 AM, Assassin in Burgundy said: First post ever. Feedback appreciated. Edit: It's on the very bottom. Sorry for inconvenience. No inconveniance! I suspect your timing might have been a bad thing here; due to holiday season, things haven't been active, and some of the RP's can be slow going sometimes anyway, which might be why the topic hasn't had a response. (I'm working on a Dalles post, I swear!) As for your post... I have no experience with Florist, so I'm gonna ignore anything to do with "does this match how he was portrayed before". I'm sorry. The way you have characterised him is interesting though. My assumption with Florist, from the name, would have been closer to the Poison Ivy, Ra's al Ghul ecoterrorist archetype, the guy who cares more about the natural world than the real one, which doesn't seem to be how your writing him. Though the inclusion of the Jungle Book does suggest that it's a character who cares very much about nature. I admit, I found the inclusion of that a little odd, and I still do; but then, pop culture is a part of the Reckoners universe. After all, in David's world, it means Hope. And, actually, it does a good job of describing the Dalles as a whole; the Lawful place, unlike the rest of the States, so putting an emphasis on keeping the law makes sense. Right now, I'd suggest continuing and getting Florist into interaction with another character, to show the shades of his personality. Edited December 29, 2016 by Quiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, Quiver said: I just realized I hear Lyla as talking with the same voice that I hear for Haruhi Suzumiya. That... might be coloring how I write her going forward. No inconveniance! I suspect your timing might have been a bad thing here; due to holiday season, things haven't been active, and some of the RP's can be slow going sometimes anyway, which might be why the topic hasn't had a response. (I'm working on a Dalles post, I swear!) As for your post... I have no experience with Florist, so I'm gonna ignore anything to do with "does this match how he was portrayed before". I'm sorry. The way you have characterised him is interesting though. My assumption with Florist, from the name, would have been closer to the Poison Ivy, Ra's al Ghul ecoterrorist archetype, the guy who cares more about the natural world than the real one, which doesn't seem to be how your writing him. Though the inclusion of the Jungle Book does suggest that it's a character who cares very much about nature. I admit, I found the inclusion of that a little odd, and I still do; but then, pop culture is a part of the Reckoners universe. After all, in David's world, it means Hope. And, actually, it does a good job of describing the Dalles as a whole; the Lawful place, unlike the rest of the States, so putting an emphasis on keeping the law makes sense. Right now, I'd suggest continuing and getting Florist into interaction with another character, to show the shades of his personality. That does change everything, so Shiny was right when she declared cuteness to be god. (kinda. ) Oh yeah, sorry @Assassin in Burgundy Quiver is actually pretty much right in his reasoning, at least as far as it goes to me not commenting. Anyway, I'll have to agree with Quiver on the other points as well. Florist never had that much of a personality, so that's not all that much to worry about. I'll be expectant to see more of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin in Burgundy Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 @Quiver @Edgedancer From what I understand, Florist is pretty nonviolent as Epics go. For the most part, he wishes things were peaceful so he could tend to his garden, basically the only thing he really cares about. And so if stuff invades/hurts his garden, that's when he goes all Epic and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Cognizantastic said: OK, are you guys ready to see the best sparking thing ever? Of course you are. Well, one of my best friends is into some plotlines in Portland and the Dalles ( @Kobold King and @TwiLyghtSansSparkles, you will be proud to know that she particularly likes Lightwards and Funtimes). She has read all of my posts and the various threads of story that they are part of. For Christmas, she decided to make them into a book. Hide contents Every single one of my Portland and Dalles posts are in there. I'm... glowing. Anyways. I thought some of you might be interested. That's one of the coolest presents I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Cognizantastic said: OK, are you guys ready to see the best sparking thing ever? Of course you are. Well, one of my best friends is into some plotlines in Portland and the Dalles ( @Kobold King and @TwiLyghtSansSparkles, you will be proud to know that she particularly likes Lightwards and Funtimes). She has read all of my posts and the various threads of story that they are part of. For Christmas, she decided to make them into a book. Hide contents Every single one of my Portland and Dalles posts are in there. I'm... glowing. Anyways. I thought some of you might be interested. It's official, you win Christmas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 15 hours ago, Cognizantastic said: OK, are you guys ready to see the best sparking thing ever? Of course you are. Well, one of my best friends is into some plotlines in Portland and the Dalles ( @Kobold King and @TwiLyghtSansSparkles, you will be proud to know that she particularly likes Lightwards and Funtimes). She has read all of my posts and the various threads of story that they are part of. For Christmas, she decided to make them into a book. Reveal hidden contents Every single one of my Portland and Dalles posts are in there. I'm... glowing. Anyways. I thought some of you might be interested. There is no sequence of words in the English language that can be strung together to give justice to this awesomeness. Well... maybe "HOLY SPARKING CALAMITY THIS IS AMAZING!!!". But somehow that seems a little lackluster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted January 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 @ShadowLord_Lith and @DreamLord_Erith, could you stick to third person game posts in the future? It just makes things less confusing for readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) On 1/4/2017 at 0:55 PM, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: @ShadowLord_Lith and @DreamLord_Erith, could you stick to third person game posts in the future? It just makes things less confusing for readers. I would have said that if I wasn't so dead. No kidding. I should explain that. Edited January 9, 2017 by Ookla the Broken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowLord_Lith Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'll try to do so in the future. As shown in my Quiara post, Cog helped me understand the reasoning behind third-person. I'll talk to @DreamLord_Erith about it. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 So sorry I've been a bit absent of late, the RP slowing down a lot didn't help but I've also been insanely busy, working 14 hour days and trying to fit in reading, gaming, learning and game-making in as well has been a bit of a nightmare. Looks like things will be calming down a bit now though so I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things, I'm hoping some of the people who are still on the more active side of posting can help me out with some interactions to keep things going and I was also contemplating playing around with a few Vanilla characters with a bit of a twist. So my ideas have mostly centered around Vanillas who have been majorly influenced (Mostly negatively) by Epics in major ways. Sometimes supernaturally so, other times as just characters with Epic-wounds. A few ideas to start with: Name: 0006 Personality: Logical Appearance: A young man of unknown age, black, slightly glazed eyes, mid length black hair. Expressionless face, permanently hunched posture. History: A survivor from the city of *Insert city we haven't already destroyed/used yet*, like Portland the city was engaged in a turf war, one of the major leaders of which was Queen B, a mentalist Epic with the power to turn people into drones for several days. People who were exposed to this power frequently enough steadily had their entire mind re-written, losing most of their memories as a consequence. While Queen B was eventually killed by another Epic the effects of her powers still linger in some of the drones, 0006 was one of the first drones and is the oldest survivor. His mental state has been almost completely overridden to the point that he has completely forgotten his original name and while he is still capable of emotional thought he is incapable of expressing his emotions through tone or expression. Name: Henry Lincoln Personality: Annoyed Appearance: A tall, middle-aged man with a round face, perpetual stubble and steadily graying hair. His right arm is hidden beneath bandages and a sleeve but is noticeably stunted. Usually seems to be scowling at everything and walks with a limp. History: Another survivor of *Same city*, Henry was coerced into joining the militia of Parasthesia. While never actually trained in the use of firearms he became reasonably proficient with them until a skirmish with another Epics forces ended when one of the Epics themselves showed up, his arm and a large portion of the left side of his torso were horribly burned by the Epics acid attack and while he managed to survive the ordeal he quickly fled the city with a group of other refugees. He became attached to a young boy with strange mannerisms, and a stranger name on their journey and along with a few others from the group eventually they settled down in (Portland, the Dalles or Corvallis) Thoughts? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan Dragon Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 4 hours ago, Voidus said: So sorry I've been a bit absent of late, the RP slowing down a lot didn't help but I've also been insanely busy, working 14 hour days and trying to fit in reading, gaming, learning and game-making in as well has been a bit of a nightmare. Looks like things will be calming down a bit now though so I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things, I'm hoping some of the people who are still on the more active side of posting can help me out with some interactions to keep things going and I was also contemplating playing around with a few Vanilla characters with a bit of a twist. So my ideas have mostly centered around Vanillas who have been majorly influenced (Mostly negatively) by Epics in major ways. Sometimes supernaturally so, other times as just characters with Epic-wounds. A few ideas to start with: Name: 0006 Personality: Logical Appearance: A young man of unknown age, black, slightly glazed eyes, mid length black hair. Expressionless face, permanently hunched posture. History: A survivor from the city of *Insert city we haven't already destroyed/used yet*, like Portland the city was engaged in a turf war, one of the major leaders of which was Queen B, a mentalist Epic with the power to turn people into drones for several days. People who were exposed to this power frequently enough steadily had their entire mind re-written, losing most of their memories as a consequence. While Queen B was eventually killed by another Epic the effects of her powers still linger in some of the drones, 0006 was one of the first drones and is the oldest survivor. His mental state has been almost completely overridden to the point that he has completely forgotten his original name and while he is still capable of emotional thought he is incapable of expressing his emotions through tone or expression. Name: Henry Lincoln Personality: Annoyed Appearance: A tall, middle-aged man with a round face, perpetual stubble and steadily graying hair. His right arm is hidden beneath bandages and a sleeve but is noticeably stunted. Usually seems to be scowling at everything and walks with a limp. History: Another survivor of *Same city*, Henry was coerced into joining the militia of Parasthesia. While never actually trained in the use of firearms he became reasonably proficient with them until a skirmish with another Epics forces ended when one of the Epics themselves showed up, his arm and a large portion of the left side of his torso were horribly burned by the Epics acid attack and while he managed to survive the ordeal he quickly fled the city with a group of other refugees. He became attached to a young boy with strange mannerisms, and a stranger name on their journey and along with a few others from the group eventually they settled down in (Portland, the Dalles or Corvallis) Thoughts? Wow. I really like them xD Where is Parasthesia? And so Henry was from the same city with Queen B, was he just not droned as much? Personally, I would love to have them in Corvallis, just so we can get something happening there, but I also don't know for sure that they would fit in well, I haven't really been a part of that for most of the plot. Great to see you back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 @Voidus Yikes, that's quite a bit you're dealing with. I'm happy to help of course. Those two also seem interesting. So for clarification, is 0006 the boy from Henry's description? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Weirdpersonx said: Wow. I really like them xD Where is Parasthesia? And so Henry was from the same city with Queen B, was he just not droned as much? Personally, I would love to have them in Corvallis, just so we can get something happening there, but I also don't know for sure that they would fit in well, I haven't really been a part of that for most of the plot. Great to see you back! Same city but a different faction so he wasn't droned at all. 3 hours ago, Edgedancer said: @Voidus Yikes, that's quite a bit you're dealing with. I'm happy to help of course. Those two also seem interesting. So for clarification, is 0006 the boy from Henry's description? He is indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 This cute pug pleads for you to post in this thread. Please... Oregon must not fail... Yet... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 11 hours ago, Clockwork said: This cute pug pleads for you to post in this thread. Reveal hidden contents Please... Oregon must not fail... Yet... Best way to get Reckoners RPers to post in a thread? Challenge them to a pug-off.via Imgflip Meme Generator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted January 13, 2017 Report Share Posted January 13, 2017 17 minutes ago, Voidus said: Best way to get Reckoners RPers to post in a thread? Challenge them to a pug-off.via Imgflip Meme Generator Here comes the really important question, Voidus. Do you have an Epic with pug meme powers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 20 hours ago, Edgedancer said: Here comes the really important question, Voidus. Do you have an Epic with pug meme powers? Of course I do. The really, really important question is: How many? That I could find: Shatterthought: A powerful, albeit limited mental illusionist Epic. Can cause people to see everyone around them as adorable pugs, this inspires an instinctive protective instinct, making combat almost impossible, though whether this effect is yet another of Shatterthoughts powers or just an effect of seeing pugs is unknown. Memetic: Can caption reality, leaving mental illusions on objects that effect everyone who sees that object, regardless of whether memetic himself has used his power on that person. There was a rumour once that a town in eastern europe was overrun with pugs with motivational messages attached to their faces that has largely been attributed to memetic, along with a case where every bakery was plastered with the words 'the cake is a lie' CapedCrusader: Shapeshifting Epic, though his shapeshifting abilities are limited to changing into a pug and changing his clothes into a variety of cosplay-themed outfits. Is often seen jumping the rooftops dressed as BatPug. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Voidus said: Of course I do. The really, really important question is: How many? Hide contents That I could find: Shatterthought: A powerful, albeit limited mental illusionist Epic. Can cause people to see everyone around them as adorable pugs, this inspires an instinctive protective instinct, making combat almost impossible, though whether this effect is yet another of Shatterthoughts powers or just an effect of seeing pugs is unknown. Memetic: Can caption reality, leaving mental illusions on objects that effect everyone who sees that object, regardless of whether memetic himself has used his power on that person. There was a rumour once that a town in eastern europe was overrun with pugs with motivational messages attached to their faces that has largely been attributed to memetic, along with a case where every bakery was plastered with the words 'the cake is a lie' CapedCrusader: Shapeshifting Epic, though his shapeshifting abilities are limited to changing into a pug and changing his clothes into a variety of cosplay-themed outfits. Is often seen jumping the rooftops dressed as BatPug. You may not be the hero we deserve but you are the Epic creator we need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Edgedancer said: You may not be the hero we deserve but you are the Epic creator we need. Of course, the hero we deserve is BatPug right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, Voidus said: Of course, the hero we deserve is BatPug right? That's the hero we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted January 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Edgedancer said: That's the hero we want the whole world needs. Fixed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted January 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said: I had a dream that @Edgedancer posted a video of himself, and he was a screaming German man. When the clip ended, a dog had begun messing something up and Edge yelled "NEIN" and turned off the camera. Yep, that happened. But what kind of dog was it? This is an important question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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