breakingamber Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ookla of the Flame said: Before, actually. I thought Houston was destroyed as David and co. were heading towards Atlanta, slightly before (?) Book 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Young Pyromancer Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 No, he had pictures of Houston as Obliteration was charging which he traded for factory rations, remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Was it Dallas he destroyed after book 2? Edit: Just checked the book, it was Kansas city he destroyed after leaving Babilar. Edited January 6, 2019 by kenod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Young Pyromancer Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Eh. Don't thiiink so, but maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 14 minutes ago, Ookla of the Flame said: Eh. Don't thiiink so, but maybe. Well sounds like he destroyed at least one Texas city before Book 1, so I'll just pull up Book 2 and reread it. Guess where I'm reading it? https://www.freevampirenovels.com/young/yd4301.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Yeah, not following that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Young Pyromancer Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 ... I don't think Firefight is a vampire novel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Quote Obliteration was a monster—more a force of nature than a man. He’d left Houston in rubble, murdering Epics and regular people alike. Albuquerque after that. Then San Diego. EDIT: Even for an Epic, this man was a monster. Though he’d originally ruled a city like many top-tier Epics, he’d eventually decided to destroy his city completely. Every single person in Houston. He was an indiscriminant killer. I was beginning to think some Epics might be redeemable, but this man … not a chance. Welp. Yay. I get to be wrong about the death of 2.2 million (?) as opposed to 1.3 million (?) EDIT: Apparently, he also ruled Houston at some point. Interesting. Here's my idea of an intro post. Spoiler Two weeks ago The truck stopped. Again. Karina sighed, sat, and then stood up. Her back had been rumbling against the back of the pickup for the past hundred miles or so, giving her back pains to go along with her ever-more-painful headache. "Why did we have to sell the shock absorbers?" she mumbled as she climbed over the thin lip that had guarded her life as she'd travelled north. The driver, Clovis, was hunched over, a large map spread out over the wheel. He was mildly pudgy, but much cleverer than one might expect from the sports fanatic he was pre-calamity. Karina walked up to the truck door. "What happened? Why are we stopping? I mean, I'm in no hurry, but I hate just being a sitting duck out here. Is something broken?" Clovis continued studying the map. "Well, nothing's broken. Might have some trouble starting this hunk of junk up again, but the truck's fine for now. I'd hate to leave it behind." He had told her he'd gotten the truck from a Newcago scrapyard with his buddy Turt, who was snoring in the passenger seat. "What's the problem then?" "I think we've drifted too far west. Take a look." He pointed at his map, then looked at the compass dangling down from the mirror. "Remember when we made that detour to avoid Ashburn? That's Minot on the map." Karina frowned as she traced his thick finger down their route. "We took this highway west, passed through Bismarck, and now we're at this junction. We'll want to avoid Helena, because I've heard there's a bunch of different Epics fighting over it. Instead, we'll be passing through Missoula, where we'll probably also be able to get some extra gas. Then we'll head north and we'll be in Edmon- I mean, Olympia Polaris - in no time." Karina thought about it and said, "I don't like passing by Hauntsville," as she pointed to Spokane, "but it's probably necessary. We're avoiding Calgary for sure, right?" Clovis nodded, grinned, and then said, "Then it's settled then." He got out of the truck, flipping the hood over as he did so. "Could you hold these two wires together so we can get back on the move?" --- --- --- One week ago "Stop the car!" Turt slammed on the brakes as Karina screamed from the passenger seat. "Sparks, you almost gave me a heart attack. What is it, Indy?" She frowned and said, "I'm getting out. I thought I saw some smoke in those trees over there." Turt shrugged and said, "It's your funeral. We're almost to Edmonton; only an hour away or so. If you want to walk the rest of the way, go ahead. I'm not stopping here." Karina glared, then threw open the car door, grabbing her backpack and rifle from the back before she trekked off. The skinny freckly guy watched her go, then said to thin air, "I know you wouldn't like it, Clovis, but hey. I'm going home." --- --- --- Karina batted at the brush in front of her with her rifle, cursing under her breath. "Sparking bushes. Hope there's actually something back here, else I'm walking to Edmonton for nothing." She hit a tree with her rifle, and snow fell down on top of her. "Calamity it's cold up here." She looked up, and saw that the smoke plume was only a couple dozen meters in front of her. Karina pushed through the branches and bushes with renewed urgency, until she stumbled upon what appeared to be a campsite. Surrounded by corpses. Karina looked around at the carnage. The fire had burned out of control slightly, burning its way to a nearby snow-covered tree, which was slowly putting the fire out. If I'd gotten here earlier, I probably would've been killed. Later, and I never would have noticed this. Looking back at the corpses, their methods of croaking varied significantly. One guy was decapitated, another impaled, and two of them had been shot, one much more than the other. Karina noticed a piece of paper in one of the female corpses' hands, and wrenched it out of her stiff grasp. It read, "Taylor Swift drank a black cherry Perrier and shared the rest with a fan during her last stadium concert" Puzzled, Karina put the paper into her sack. Maybe it's just a treasured piece of trivia? A codeword, perhaps? She entered one of the several tents placed around the campfire, finding a mobile. She turned it on, and, unfortunately, it had a password on it. Sighing, she stuffed that into her pack as well, found some ammunition (into the backpack!) and started trekking north, hopefully towards Edmonton. Or, as it was called now, Olympia Polaris. Edited January 7, 2019 by breakingamber Added character intro. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataraxian Wist Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, breakingamber said: Welp. Yay. I get to be right about the death of 2.2 million (?) as opposed to 1.3 million (?) EDIT: Apparently, he also ruled Houston at some point. Interesting. Here's my idea of an intro post. Reveal hidden contents Two weeks ago The truck stopped. Again. Karina sighed, sat, and then stood up. Her back had been rumbling against the back of the pickup for the past hundred miles or so, giving her back pains to go along with her ever-more-painful headache. "Why did we have to sell the shock absorbers?" she mumbled as she climbed over the thin lip that had guarded her life as she'd travelled north. The driver, Clovis, was hunched over, a large map spread out over the wheel. He was mildly pudgy, but much cleverer than one might expect from the sports fanatic he was pre-calamity. Karina walked up to the truck door. "What happened? Why are we stopping? I mean, I'm in no hurry, but I hate just being a sitting duck out here. Is something broken?" Clovis continued studying the map. "Well, nothing's broken. Might have some trouble starting this hunk of junk up again, but the truck's fine for now. I'd hate to leave it behind." He had told her he'd gotten the truck from a Newcago scrapyard with his buddy Turt, who was snoring in the passenger seat. "What's the problem then?" "I think we've drifted too far west. Take a look." He pointed at his map, then looked at the compass dangling down from the mirror. "Remember when we made that detour to avoid Ashburn? That's Minot on the map." Karina frowned as she traced his thick finger down their route. "We took this highway west, passed through Bismarck, and now we're at this junction. We'll want to avoid Helena, because I've heard there's a bunch of different Epics fighting over it. Instead, we'll be passing through Missoula, where we'll probably also be able to get some extra gas. Then we'll head north and we'll be in Edmon- I mean, Olympia Polaris - in no time." Karina thought about it and said, "I don't like passing by Hauntsville," as she pointed to Spokane, "but it's probably necessary. We're avoiding Calgary for sure, right?" Clovis nodded, grinned, and then said, "Then it's settled then." He got out of the truck, flipping the hood over as he did so. "Could you hold these two wires together so we can get back on the move?" --- --- --- One week ago "Stop the car!" Turt slammed on the brakes as Karina screamed from the passenger seat. "Sparks, you almost gave me a heart attack. What is it, Indy?" She frowned and said, "I'm getting out. I thought I saw some smoke in those trees over there." Turt shrugged and said, "It's your funeral. We're almost to Edmonton; only an hour away or so. If you want to walk the rest of the way, go ahead. I'm not stopping here." Karina glared, then threw open the car door, grabbing her backpack and rifle from the back before she trekked off. The skinny freckly guy watched her go, then said to thin air, "I know you wouldn't like it, Clovis, but hey. I'm going home." --- --- --- Karina batted at the brush in front of her with her rifle, cursing under her breath. "Sparking bushes. Hope there's actually something back here, else I'm walking to Edmonton for nothing." She hit a tree with her rifle, and snow fell down on top of her. "Calamity it's cold up here." She looked up, and saw that the smoke plume was only a couple dozen meters in front of her. Karina pushed through the branches and bushes with renewed urgency, until she stumbled upon what appeared to be a campsite. Surrounded by corpses. Karina looked around at the carnage. The fire had burned out of control slightly, burning its way to a nearby snow-covered tree, which was slowly putting the fire out. If I'd gotten here earlier, I probably would've been killed. Later, and I never would have noticed this. Looking back at the corpses, their methods of croaking varied significantly. One guy was decapitated, another impaled, and two of them had been shot, one much more than the other. Karina noticed a piece of paper in one of the female corpses' hands, and wrenched it out of her stiff grasp. It read, "Taylor Swift drank a black cherry Perrier and shared the rest with a fan during her last stadium concert" Puzzled, Karina put the paper into her sack. Maybe it's just a treasured piece of trivia? A codeword, perhaps? She entered one of the several tents placed around the campfire, finding a mobile. She turned it on, and, unfortunately, it had a password on it. Sighing, she stuffed that into her pack as well, found some ammunition (into the backpack!) and started trekking north, hopefully towards Edmonton. Or, as it was called now, Olympia Polaris. That's pretty good. I see no continuity issues. I'd say go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sazedezas said: That's pretty good. I see no continuity issues. I'd say go ahead. Thanks! Now I just hope we don't do a "What Happened in Spokane" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 20 minutes ago, breakingamber said: Thanks! Now I just hope we don't do a "What Happened in Spokane" …why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: …why not? Because then I'd write a horrible heartwrenching scene about how a guy I didn't really care about died. Actually, that might be fun. Never mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeMarshall Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 3:50 PM, Ookla of the Flame said: What is with irrationally blaming my characters! I don't know why, but it's probably somehow Jacklyn's fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakingamber Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Ookla of Drakeface said: I don't know why, but it's probably somehow Jacklyn's fault I don't know why it's probably Jacklyn's fault, but it might be because of Nicroburst o.o EDIT: I'm just curious about something; this meeting in the stadium between just about everybody; what are the odds of it erupting into violence? Asusming you guys haven't planned this out already (just looking at the meeting doc) Edited January 7, 2019 by breakingamber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan Dragon Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 hour ago, breakingamber said: I don't know why it's probably Jacklyn's fault, but it might be because of Nicroburst o.o EDIT: I'm just curious about something; this meeting in the stadium between just about everybody; what are the odds of it erupting into violence? Asusming you guys haven't planned this out already (just looking at the meeting doc) There will be some violence, Liam and Kokichi going after Karabiner I believe, with Phytomanget/Ironwood trying to stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Young Pyromancer Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Blank and Epoch are going into this with a bunch of plans and counterplans, so any of that could be set off at any time and lead to several outcomes. Drake and I have collaborated some, but a lot of the execution hasn't been shared. However, Kokichi (and perhaps Jacklyn) is a wildcard factor that Blank and Epoch haven't planned for, which could result in many different outcomes. I am actually kind of excited about the subtle war that will start behind the scenes before the main one erupts (or doesn't). I am looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Young Pyromancer Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Did someone take Drake’s name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 It doesn't show up anywhere, so I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 9:46 PM, winter devotion said: How long is it? Just noticed this in Question 21, so I thought I'd answer it. Couldn't quote it perfectly, but this works. It's 218 pages. The longest thread for real on the Shard is a Random Stuff with 249 (Rogue Admins) so we're relatively close to beating that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenod Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Now I'm wondering what the longest PM is, and if the Alleyverse PM has beaten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Just now, kenod said: Now I'm wondering what the longest PM is, and if the Alleyverse PM has beaten it. We have over 500 pages on the Alleyverse PM, but maybe there's a Mod PM or some dead PM with more? IDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Kidpen said: Just noticed this in Question 21, so I thought I'd answer it. Couldn't quote it perfectly, but this works. It's 218 pages. The longest thread for real on the Shard is a Random Stuff with 249 (Rogue Admins) so we're relatively close to beating that. I will point out that the Questions collectively have 2100 pages, and the Random Stuff threads should also probably be treated as a group rather than single threads. They were purely broken up for moderator purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 42 minutes ago, Voidus said: I will point out that the Questions collectively have 2100 pages, and the Random Stuff threads should also probably be treated as a group rather than single threads. They were purely broken up for moderator purposes. Kaymth said something along those lines as well, but moderator purposes are still it being broken up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kidpen said: Kaymth said something along those lines as well, but moderator purposes are still it being broken up. What would the numbers for random stuff be if they weren't broken up? Man, I love having characters that just sort of watch stuff to go down and occasionally wander off to look at the shiny things. It makes not knowing what's going down so much more justifiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Young Pyromancer Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Which of your guys’s characters do you feel is most like you? Or other people’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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