Question 2

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Cool! Now we just need a reason for Funtimes to allow this. Maybe if Lightwards was sufficiently resistant to Revolution getting her own pterodactyl, she would realize that he wasn't planning anything nefarious and would speak up in support of it?

That would work. She will add a sufficient amount of legalese, though, to make sure Lightwards doesn't order Nathan's raptor to eat him in his sleep or something. (Which, were he less terrified of Funtimes, sounds like something he would do. )

[Kobold King he/him]

That would work. She will add a sufficient amount of legalese, though, to make sure Lightwards doesn't order Nathan's raptor to eat him in his sleep or something. (Which, were he less terrified of Funtimes, sounds like something he would do. )

 

Lightwards: ...You want me to sign a contract?

 

Funtimes: * scowling * Yes. Yes I do.

 

Lightwards: Fine. I, Lightwards, do solemnly swear not to give any orders which would result in a dinosaur devouring Traveler in his sleep. Now I'll just sign on the dotted line...

 

* yelps in alarm as the pen becomes a lizard and scurries away *

 

* Funtimes giggles *

 

Lightwards: * sighs * It's good to have you back, Doctor.

 

 

If Nathan gets his own raptor, shall we make it the big angry one that wants to murder all mammals? Just for the lolz?

[Tulir he/him]

Yes, yes we should.  And it periodically jumps at Nathan, resulting in Funtimes getting more angry at Lightwards.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Lightwards: ...You want me to sign a contract?

 

Funtimes: * scowling * Yes. Yes I do.

 

Lightwards: Fine. I, Lightwards, do solemnly swear not to give any orders which would result in a dinosaur devouring Traveler in his sleep. Now I'll just sign on the dotted line...

 

* yelps in alarm as the pen becomes a lizard and scurries away *

 

* Funtimes giggles *

 

Lightwards: * sighs * It's good to have you back, Doctor.

 

 

If Nathan gets his own raptor, shall we make it the big angry one that wants to murder all mammals? Just for the lolz?

 

Epic Name: Lightwards

Primary Power: Resurrection from fatal wounds 

Secondary Power: Raising zombies 

Tertiary Power: Ticking off powerful, mentally unstable female Epics and not learning from his mistakes.  

 

While I like that idea immensely, how obvious is its mean-ness? I can't see her allowing something that murderous near Nathan, let alone into her house. Maybe something less….serial-killer-like? 

[Kobold King he/him]

Epic Name: Lightwards

Primary Power: Resurrection from fatal wounds 

Secondary Power: Raising zombies 

Tertiary Power: Ticking off powerful, mentally unstable female Epics and not learning from his mistakes.

 

While I like that idea immensely, how obvious is its mean-ness? I can't see her allowing something that murderous near Nathan, let alone into her house. Maybe something less….serial-killer-like? 

 

...Maybe Remington could come to see the raptor as a kindred spirit and insist on keeping it? And together they would join forces and become best buddies, forming the most awesome anti-Lightwards team in Oregon?

 

It does seem to be fairly obvious in its murderous nature. Remington and Revolution noticed it right away, and even the less outdoors-y Sam felt particularly uncomfortable around it. So either one of the less existentially troubled raptors, or another dinosaur altogether.

 

(The reason this particular raptor is so resistant to Lightwards' control is primarily centered around the fact that he was a pack alpha when he died. The other raptors are more inclined to accept Lightwards as a new alpha, but he's still stuck in a dominant frame of mind even as a Warrior.)

Edited September 22, 2014 by Kobold King

[mail-mi he/him]

Epic Idea:

 

Name: Timeport

Power: Can travel forwards through time (meaning his body jumps and he disappears until he comes back.) He can only travel forward a max time of 5 minutes. 

Secondary Power: Can also teleport. He can only teleport in any direction, but it must be less than 5 feet away. 

 

do i need any more description?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

...Maybe Remington could come to see the raptor as a kindred spirit and insist on keeping it? And together they would join forces and become best buddies, forming the most awesome anti-Lightwards team in Oregon?

It does seem to be fairly obvious in its murderous nature. Remington and Revolution noticed it right away, and even the less outdoors-y Sam felt particularly uncomfortable around it. So either one of the less existentially troubled raptors, or another dinosaur altogether.

(The reason this particular raptor is so resistant to Lightwards' control is primarily centered around the fact that he was a pack alpha when he died. The other raptors are more inclined to accept Lightwards as a new alpha, but he's still stuck in a dominant frame of mind even as a Warrior.)

....okay, I think you sold me. Remington Springfield and his dinosaur comrade, freeing Oregon from the tyranny of undeath. Why is The Walking Dead never this awesome?

But for Nathan, she'll insist on something safer. Remington can handle the mean ones.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Teleporters, Teleporters Everywhere. (I wish I could Post images on this Computer. Kobold, could you hook me up with a Picture?)

 

Does Timeport know what happened in the five minutes he was gone?

[mail-mi he/him]

Teleporters, Teleporters Everywhere. (I wish I could Post images on this Computer. Kobold, could you hook me up with a Picture?)

 

Does Timeport know what happened in the five minutes he was gone?

He knows the sensory details (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) of what happened while he was gone, as if he'd been standing in the same spot the whole time. 

[Tulir he/him]

Epic Idea:

 

Name: Timeport

Power: Can travel forwards through time (meaning his body jumps and he disappears until he comes back.) He can only travel forward a max time of 5 minutes. 

Secondary Power: Can also teleport. He can only teleport in any direction, but it must be less than 5 feet away. 

 

do i need any more description?

 

I like it.  You can go see the Epics of Oregon thread for the bios that the rest of us have made.

Does Timeport know what happened in the five minutes he was gone?

I want to know the answer to this as well.  Either way would be interesting.

 

Edit: Ninjad already.

 

Edit:  So it is basically he turns into a ghost that no one can see for 5 minutes, but he doesn't actually exist in that time period?

Edited September 22, 2014 by Tulir

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I also like Timeport. approved.

[Kobold King he/him]

....okay, I think you sold me. Remington Springfield and his dinosaur comrade, freeing Oregon from the tyranny of undeath. Why is The Walking Dead never this awesome?

But for Nathan, she'll insist on something safer. Remington can handle the mean ones.

 

Any ideas on what to name this raptor? Perhaps a name Remington would think of, like the name of a rifle?

 

 

Epic Idea:

 

Name: Timeport

Power: Can travel forwards through time (meaning his body jumps and he disappears until he comes back.) He can only travel forward a max time of 5 minutes. 

Secondary Power: Can also teleport. He can only teleport in any direction, but it must be less than 5 feet away. 

 

do i need any more description?

 

I like this a lot.

 

 

Teleporters, Teleporters Everywhere. (I wish I could Post images on this Computer. Kobold, could you hook me up with a Picture?)

 

Sure thing. A picture of what, exactly?

[mail-mi he/him]

He knows the sensory details (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) of what happened while he was gone, as if he'd been standing in the same spot the whole time. 

Of course, if someone were to say set an explosive with a 2 minute timer there, and he jumped forward 4, he'd've felt the feeling of death, but he'd still be alive.

 

EDIT: of course, he has resurrection (if that's not a high epic power). He resurrects five minutes after his death and five feet away (teh actual place chosen seemingly randomly) from the spot where he died. 

Edited September 22, 2014 by mail-mi

[Tulir he/him]

Of course, if someone were to say set an explosive with a 2 minute timer there, and he jumped forward 4, he'd've felt the feeling of death, but he'd still be alive.

Ok, that makes sense.  Do you know the various factions and which one Timeport will join, or do you want the pitches?

[mail-mi he/him]

Edit:  So it is basically he turns into a ghost that no one can see for 5 minutes, but he doesn't actually exist in that time period?

Basically, yes. 

 

 

Ok, that makes sense.  Do you know the various factions and which one Timeport will join, or do you want the pitches?

I'm reading through the thread right now. 

 

EDIT: but I'd still like the pitches

Edited September 22, 2014 by mail-mi

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Any ideas on what to name this raptor? Perhaps a name Remington would think of, like the name of a rifle?

 

How about Wes? Short for Wesson, which is of course short for Smith and Wesson.  

 

I thought of another reason Remington would push for adopting that raptor: It's powerful, strong, and mean. He'd want it on his side instead of Lightwards'. And yes, the thought of training it to attack him would certainly cross his mind. 

[Tulir he/him]

Could he theoretically end up resurrected inside an object?

[Kobold King he/him]

How about Wes? Short for Wesson, which is of course short for Smith and Wesson.

 

I thought of another reason Remington would push for adopting that raptor: It's powerful, strong, and mean. He'd want it on his side instead of Lightwards'. And yes, the thought of training it to attack him would certainly cross his mind. 

 

Words cannot express how much I love that name.

 

My next post, which I'm writing up now, includes a Wes POV. I intend to include one of those every few pages, since I so love to write nonhuman points of view. If Wes is present during the final Quota confrontation, he might even get a flashback to the Cretaceous period showing how he died.

[mail-mi he/him]

Could he theoretically end up resurrected inside an object?

Theoretically, yes..

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Words cannot express how much I love that name.

 

My next post, which I'm writing up now, includes a Wes POV. I intend to include one of those every few pages, since I so love to write nonhuman points of view. If Wes is present during the final Quota confrontation, he might even get a flashback to the Cretaceous period showing how he died.

 

Wes it is, then.  

 

That would be freaking awesome. Creepy, of course, but awesome in its creepiness. 

 

So how could Remington get Wes more or less on his side? Would allowing him to hunt, while drilling it into his head that his friends are not prey, sway the raptor to more or less follow Remington's commands? In other words, showing Wes that he's a different sort of alpha, while allowing him more freedom than Lightwards did and treating Wes as more of an equal, work? I'm not hoping he'll have a loyal dinosaur pet, since given Wes' original POV segment "pet" doesn't seem to be his thing, but is there a way for Remington to train it as an attack raptor that doesn't eat his friends? 

[Kobold King he/him]

Wes it is, then.

 

That would be freaking awesome. Creepy, of course, but awesome in its creepiness. 

 

So how could Remington get Wes more or less on his side? Would allowing him to hunt, while drilling it into his head that his friends are not prey, sway the raptor to more or less follow Remington's commands? In other words, showing Wes that he's a different sort of alpha, while allowing him more freedom than Lightwards did and treating Wes as more of an equal, work? I'm not hoping he'll have a loyal dinosaur pet, since given Wes' original POV segment "pet" doesn't seem to be his thing, but is there a way for Remington to train it as an attack raptor that doesn't eat his friends? 

 

Wes is a... very clever raptor. If Lightwards ever took the time to really examine him and a couple of his fellows, he'd find that they're not really true Deinonychus--they're a more intelligent, fictional species from around the same time period with roughly the same IQ as great apes. My headcanon is that the Museum Quartet stole Wes' skeleton from a fossil dig in Montana that opened after Calamity's first appearance.

 

As for Wes' chances of being more or less trained... it's definitely on the table. Remington would have to treat him like another raptor would, with a very firm hand but a touch of tenderness. Allowing him to hunt would work wonders towards this end, particularly if Remington hunted alongside him and proved his worth as a hunter. Seeing Remington get into a physical confrontation--and win it--would also increase his respect, and might make him more inclined to accept him as an alpha.

 

There would be a dangerous stretch of time in an in-between stage, however. For a brief bit of time it's entirely possible for Wes to have slipped free from Lightwards' thumb before he's fully accepting of Remington, putting human he's around in danger of being mauled. Overall it would be a tricky process, but ultimately a rewarding one. If only because a climax where Remington rides Wes with Alice sitting behind him would be the greatest thing in the history of the Internet.

 

Also, Wes is my only viewpoint character who's entirely immune to ponification. I don't know how I feel about that.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

I Can't quote on this Computer.

 

@Kobold: The classic photo, with the "<Something, Something> Every Where" On it. Sometimes seen as Buzz and Woody.

 

@Mail-Mi: CorpseMaker would love a Teleporter. His Faction is the only one without one.

[Kobold King he/him]

I Can't quote on this Computer.

 

@Kobold: The classic photo, with the "<Something, Something> Every Where" On it. Sometimes seen as Buzz and Woody.

 

@Mail-Mi: CorpseMaker would love a Teleporter. His Faction is the only one without one.

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Wes is a... very clever raptor. If Lightwards ever took the time to really examine him and a couple of his fellows, he'd find that they're not really true Deinonychus--they're a more intelligent, fictional species from around the same time period with roughly the same IQ as great apes. My headcanon is that the Museum Quartet stole Wes' skeleton from a fossil dig in Montana that opened after Calamity's first appearance.

 

As for Wes' chances of being more or less trained... it's definitely on the table. Remington would have to treat him like another raptor would, with a very firm hand but a touch of tenderness. Allowing him to hunt would work wonders towards this end, particularly if Remington hunted alongside him and proved his worth as a hunter. Seeing Remington get into a physical confrontation--and win it--would also increase his respect, and might make him more inclined to accept him as an alpha.

 

There would be a dangerous stretch of time in an in-between stage, however. For a brief bit of time it's entirely possible for Wes to have slipped free from Lightwards' thumb before he's fully accepting of Remington, putting human he's around in danger of being mauled. Overall it would be a tricky process, but ultimately a rewarding one. If only because a climax where Remington rides Wes with Alice sitting behind him would be the greatest thing in the history of the Internet.

 

Also, Wes is my only viewpoint character who's entirely immune to ponification. I don't know how I feel about that.

 

So Remington knowing a few things about wolves—having grown up near a dog that was part wolf—would give him some useful knowledge to apply to this situation. Perhaps it would leave him a bit unprepared for Wes' level of intelligence, which he would not expect, but which he would ultimately come to view as a good thing. He might even become fond of him. (Now there's a boy-and-his-dog story that probably won't be made into a movie anytime soon….) 

 

What would be the best way to keep the others safe from Wes during that in-between stage? And how long would it take for Wes to accept him so he can charge into battle on his attack raptor, Alice by his side, causing the entire internet to explode in an explosion of pure awesomeness?  

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Yep Kobold, that's the one. Thanks.