Question 4

[Mailliw73 he/him]

It wouldn't be that hard for the Shadow Pandas to make an intercept-and-run mission. 

 

 

I've always wondered about Nightblood's opinion on pandas...

 

Hahaha They'd have a lot harder time with one of the Destructors. They'd be killed before they got anywhere close enough to grab one.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Funtimes….I don't think she'd kill herself, but she would have a very difficult time resisting Nightblood. Her intentions are (usually) good at the core, so that might make a difference; however, I think the best thing for her would be to stay as far away from Nightblood as she could. 

 

I need more clever ways to say "NO" under Nighthound's column on the shipping chart.  

[Fatebreaker he/him]

I don't mean to be picky, but I thought Edgerunner could only alter her own friction and that of inanimate objects. Pigs are living, and thus not inanimate, so how does that work? I checked her bio and it confirmed this.

 

Edit: Ah, the baskets. Missed that. Nevermind.

 

I think all of my Epics except Prankster and Sandman and possibly Fade would kill themselves. Maybe not the Mad Ballooner and Schultz

Edited November 17, 2014 by Fatebreaker

[mail-mi he/him]

Readers:

There's more than one of him?? O.o. Calamity have mercy!!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I don't mean to be picky, but I thought Edgerunner could only alter her own friction and that of inanimate objects. Pigs are living, and thus not inanimate, so how does that work? I checked her bio and it confirmed this.

 

I think all of my Epics except Prankster and Sandman and possibly Fade would kill themselves. Maybe not the Mad Ballooner and Schultz

 

Are the pigs carrying or wearing any objects whose friction she could alter? 

 

On another note, I wonder what kind of powers Epics named Fridge Horror and Fridge Logic would have….

 

There's more than one of him?? O.o. Calamity have mercy!!

 

o.O

 

RUN FOR YOUR SECRETS LIVES! 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Here is Rewind's profile, open for criticism. (His powers are a little wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, so if you see any snarls, please don't hesitate to bring them up.) 

 

Also, one of his powers is a reference to something many people in this game enjoy.

 

Primary Power: Looping—Rewind can create small, stable time loops around an area of up to about 50 feet. Within this loop, he can control up to 5 seconds of time. These five seconds can be rewound for up to a minute; after that minute time will resume from the last second Rewind rewound to—that is to say, people within the loop will pick up where they left off, but be 55 seconds behind those outside the loop. People within the loop can be killed by ranged weapons from those outside the loop. 

 

Secondary Power: Déjà vu—When Rewind loops a group of people, they have no idea they are being looped until the loop is broken. Sharp ones might think something feels vaguely familiar, but that will be forgotten once the same 5 seconds are rewound once more. 

 

Tertiary Power: Silencing—for as long as Rewind keeps up the loop, he will remain unnoticed by those caught in the loop. 

 

Note: Rewind's powers are dependent upon his being in the presence—preferably within line of sight—of a clock. If taken to a room without a clock, he will be powerless, and always wears multiple watches for this purpose.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I don't mean to be picky, but I thought Edgerunner could only alter her own friction and that of inanimate objects. Pigs are living, and thus not inanimate, so how does that work? I checked her bio and it confirmed this.

 

Edit: Ah, the baskets. Missed that. Nevermind.

 

I think all of my Epics except Prankster and Sandman and possibly Fade would kill themselves. Maybe not the Mad Ballooner and Schultz

 

Are the pigs carrying or wearing any objects whose friction she could alter? 

 

I almost had her affect the pigs, but then I remembered her limitation, so yes, she affected the baskets. 

 

There's more than one of him?? O.o. Calamity have mercy!!

 

Haha, when I wrote that, I thought of the same thing.

[mail-mi he/him]

Today's random ship brought to you by Oregon's Random Shipping Chart and Random.org is: Scorch/Safari: Burnt Expedition

[Kobold King he/him]

Here is Rewind's profile, open for criticism. (His powers are a little wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, so if you see any snarls, please don't hesitate to bring them up.) 

 

Also, one of his powers is a reference to something many people in this game enjoy.

 

Primary Power: Looping—Rewind can create small, stable time loops around an area of up to about 50 feet. Within this loop, he can control up to 5 seconds of time. These five seconds can be rewound for up to a minute; after that minute time will resume from the last second Rewind rewound to—that is to say, people within the loop will pick up where they left off, but be 55 seconds behind those outside the loop. People within the loop can be killed by ranged weapons from those outside the loop. 

 

Secondary Power: Déjà vu—When Rewind loops a group of people, they have no idea they are being looped until the loop is broken. Sharp ones might think something feels vaguely familiar, but that will be forgotten once the same 5 seconds are rewound once more. 

 

Tertiary Power: Silencing—for as long as Rewind keeps up the loop, he will remain unnoticed by those caught in the loop. 

 

Note: Rewind's powers are dependent upon his being in the presence—preferably within line of sight—of a clock. If taken to a room without a clock, he will be powerless, and always wears multiple watches for this purpose.

 

I like him! (I was going to remark on some sort of "awesome Silence reference," but I can't remember what that's all about.  )

 

I like that his weakness isn't the presence of an object so much as the absence of an object. That's a neat type of weakness implied by the novel but, as far as I can tell, seldomly thought of or used in the RP.

 

To be honest though, I'm not crystal clear on his powers. (Probably more a result of my being tired from a hard day's work then an error on your part.) To get this straight: he is capable of causing people within a certain radius to experience the same five seconds in a continuous loop, for up to a minute of relative time. Is that close to accurate, or am I hugely misunderstanding what you wrote?

 

 

On another note entirely... sorry guys, I'd hoped to get the next Portland post up tonight, but that's not going to happen.  I've been very busy these past couple of days--today in particular. And while I had every intention of finishing the next post tonight, RL work has to come first for now. I'll be working hard to deliver a very important Portland post soon.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I like him! (I was going to remark on some sort of "awesome Silence reference," but I can't remember what that's all about.  )

 

I like that his weakness isn't the presence of an object so much as the absence of an object. That's a neat type of weakness implied by the novel but, as far as I can tell, seldomly thought of or used in the RP.

 

To be honest though, I'm not crystal clear on his powers. (Probably more a result of my being tired from a hard day's work then an error on your part.) To get this straight: he is capable of causing people within a certain radius to experience the same five seconds in a continuous loop, for up to a minute of relative time. Is that close to accurate, or am I hugely misunderstanding what you wrote?

 

 

On another note entirely... sorry guys, I'd hoped to get the next Portland post up tonight, but that's not going to happen.  I've been very busy these past couple of days--today in particular. And while I had every intention of finishing the next post tonight, RL work has to come first for now. I'll be working hard to deliver a very important Portland post soon.

 

Thanks!

 

Me neither…. 

 

Yes. Given that his powers only affect a certain (relatively small) radius, he tends to only use them on isolated individuals (for assassinations, he simply causes them to relive the same five seconds until an associate can shoot them) or on rooms full of people. He reserves looping rooms for making a getaway rather than assassinations, as removing one or more people from the loop creates a paradox, thus breaking the loop. (I still haven't decided whether Koschei accepted this limitation at face value, or if he insisted upon testing it. ) 

 

Sorry RL has been taxing, Kobold. Take your time; we're in no rush.  

[Lightsworn Panda he/him]

Not at all, although it would be nice if they at least answered his question (or it maybe brought up some deep past human thing).

Timeport and Reader would kill themselves with him, Terry might be tempted, as with BusDriver, and I'd like to think that Mommy would feel sick.

 

Sadly, their human sides have been completely repressed, if not twisted. The Shadow Pandas, strangely enough, think it normal to be asked such questions.   

 

 

Here is Rewind's profile, open for criticism. (His powers are a little wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, so if you see any snarls, please don't hesitate to bring them up.) 

 

Also, one of his powers is a reference to something many people in this game enjoy.

 

Primary Power: Looping—Rewind can create small, stable time loops around an area of up to about 50 feet. Within this loop, he can control up to 5 seconds of time. These five seconds can be rewound for up to a minute; after that minute time will resume from the last second Rewind rewound to—that is to say, people within the loop will pick up where they left off, but be 55 seconds behind those outside the loop. People within the loop can be killed by ranged weapons from those outside the loop. 

 

Secondary Power: Déjà vu—When Rewind loops a group of people, they have no idea they are being looped until the loop is broken. Sharp ones might think something feels vaguely familiar, but that will be forgotten once the same 5 seconds are rewound once more. 

 

Tertiary Power: Silencing—for as long as Rewind keeps up the loop, he will remain unnoticed by those caught in the loop. 

 

Note: Rewind's powers are dependent upon his being in the presence—preferably within line of sight—of a clock. If taken to a room without a clock, he will be powerless, and always wears multiple watches for this purpose.

 

 

Pretty cool power, Twi. Reminds me of Zilean. (C'mon, someone get the LoL reference...) 

 

I have some questions for your power, though. What would happen if Rewind was killed whilst mid-loop? Would he be able to avert that death? Could you step into the looping zone while it was active, and what would happen?

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Your move, Mail-Mi.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Pretty cool power, Twi. Reminds me of Zilean. (C'mon, someone get the LoL reference...) 

 

I have some questions for your power, though. What would happen if Rewind was killed whilst mid-loop? Would he be able to avert that death? Could you step into the looping zone while it was active, and what would happen?

 

Thanks!  Voidus came up with the original idea; I just built on it.

 

I got it….after I Googled it.

 

The effects of a mid-loop death would depend upon whether he was inside or outside the loop. Outside, he would die and the loop would break. Inside, he might be able to avoid it, if he caught it early enough. Since it's the same five seconds, that would give him time to dodge a bullet if he heard it coming, or get out of the way if someone named Steven Vondra or Remington Springfield jumped out from behind a tree with a garrote or something. (Haven't quite decided exactly how this will go down, so that's not technically a spoiler. Just two of the more likely people to try something like that. ) He would have to catch it within his five-second limit, however; otherwise, he would simply relive the seconds before his death until his minute expired. Which would be useful in that he could warn others, or determine the identity of his killer and send his associates to avenge his death, but wouldn't do him much good in terms of surviving the attack. 

 

Stepping into the looping zone would create a paradox and break the loop, which is why he was very careful to ensure his loops were not interrupted. (Of course, if they were, he could always create a new loop with the newcomer inside.) 

Edited November 18, 2014 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[mail-mi he/him]

Sadly, their human sides have been completely repressed, if not twisted. The Shadow Pandas, strangely enough, think it normal to be asked such questions.   

 Aw darn

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Ray/Deathgale: Death Ray. WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS BEFORE? 

[Voidus]

Nice job with Rewind Twi, I like him

A few tricks I have on file for him:

Stasis: If he's received a serious wound that may cause him to bleed out he can yell for help and then loop his own time so that help can arrive.

Interrogate: Looping a person he can then question them on various aspects of their life except on the final loop where he says nothing, once they exit the loop with no knowledge of what happened he could reveal this knowledge (Less likely with your powerset since he can't be noticed but I thought I'd include it anyway)

Strategist: By looping someone in a fight with someone else he can analyse their style of attack and powers from all angles.

Reparation: By looping an objects time back to before it was broken Rewind can repair objects.


Something I did just think of though is that if Rewind himself was in the bubble and he has no more memory of the time looping than anyone else then he'd accidentally keep looping the time, each time thinking it was the first.

[Voidus]

Mailliw how likely is it that Lucy would know EdgeRunners actual name? She tends to try to call Epics by their name where possible.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

She tends to call Epics by Their human names? In Vondra's town that makes sense. Kobold said he calls them by their human names too. So Lucy would definitely know her real name.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Nice job with Rewind Twi, I like him

A few tricks I have on file for him:

Stasis: If he's received a serious wound that may cause him to bleed out he can yell for help and then loop his own time so that help can arrive.

Interrogate: Looping a person he can then question them on various aspects of their life except on the final loop where he says nothing, once they exit the loop with no knowledge of what happened he could reveal this knowledge (Less likely with your powerset since he can't be noticed but I thought I'd include it anyway)

Strategist: By looping someone in a fight with someone else he can analyse their style of attack and powers from all angles.

Reparation: By looping an objects time back to before it was broken Rewind can repair objects.

Something I did just think of though is that if Rewind himself was in the bubble and he has no more memory of the time looping than anyone else then he'd accidentally keep looping the time, each time thinking it was the first.

 

Reparation opens up an interesting possibility, namely: can he rewind time, five seconds at a time, to take an object backward? I think he could, though it would take quite some time, since he's limited to five-second bursts. 

 

His silencing and deja vu don't affect him, only those he's looping. So he could reasonably keep looping people and retain full memory of each loop. 

 

Do not open if you haven't read Warbreaker. 

 

Seriously, just stop here. 

 

My reaction to Lightsong's identity and what came after, in order: 

 

 

Initial reveal

 

 

A certain goddess

 

 

How he died

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Reparation opens up an interesting possibility, namely: can he rewind time, five seconds at a time, to take an object backward? I think he could, though it would take quite some time, since he's limited to five-second bursts. 

 

His silencing and deja vu don't affect him, only those he's looping. So he could reasonably keep looping people and retain full memory of each loop. 

 

Do not open if you haven't read Warbreaker. 

 

Seriously, just stop here. 

 

My reaction to Lightsong's identity and what came after, in order: 

 

 

Initial reveal

 

 

A certain goddess

 

 

How he died

Me too. it was so sad. blushweaver's was awful, but Lightsong's was beautiful.

[Kobold King he/him]

Reparation opens up an interesting possibility, namely: can he rewind time, five seconds at a time, to take an object backward? I think he could, though it would take quite some time, since he's limited to five-second bursts. 

 

His silencing and deja vu don't affect him, only those he's looping. So he could reasonably keep looping people and retain full memory of each loop. 

 

Do not open if you haven't read Warbreaker. 

 

Seriously, just stop here. 

 

My reaction to Lightsong's identity and what came after, in order: 

 

 

Initial reveal

 

 

A certain goddess

 

 

How he died

 

I am quite serious--dead serious, you might say--when I tell you that I found Warbreaker's climax one of the most invigorating, emotionally impacting conclusions to a novel I have ever read.

 

The only book I can think of at the moment which bests it is The Way of Kings, also by Brandon Sanderson. It says a lot about an author when the only books that can rival his are other books of his.

 

Lucy's hand drifted briefly to her breast, touching the tattoo that lay there for comfort. Her ultimate fail safe should she ever feel that the tainted power had taken too strong a hold on her. But no, it was not time for that yet, she still kept to her goal, she still protected the innocent from the atrocities that her fellows had committed.

 

Scribbler, as it so happens, has a self-destruct button.   (and for some reason it's not her belly button, because that would have been too bizarre even for this RP.)

[Voidus]

I am quite serious--dead serious, you might say--when I tell you that I found Warbreaker's climax one of the most invigorating, emotionally impacting conclusions to a novel I have ever read.

 

The only book I can think of at the moment which bests it is The Way of Kings, also by Brandon Sanderson. It says a lot about an author when the only books that can rival his are other books of his.

 

 

Scribbler, as it so happens, has a self-destruct button.   (and for some reason it's not her belly button, because that would have been too bizarre even for this RP.)

So true

That she does... or does she!?!

No, she definitely does.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I am quite serious--dead serious, you might say--when I tell you that I found Warbreaker's climax one of the most invigorating, emotionally impacting conclusions to a novel I have ever read.

 

The only book I can think of at the moment which bests it is The Way of Kings, also by Brandon Sanderson. It says a lot about an author when the only books that can rival his are other books of his.

 

 

Scribbler, as it so happens, has a self-destruct button.   (and for some reason it's not her belly button, because that would have been too bizarre even for this RP.)

 

I spent most of today wishing I could've slept in a little longer, but I'm sure I'll stay up late finishing Warbreaker. I've just got a few more chapters to go, anyway. How bad can it be?  

 

And from what I can tell, he just keeps getting better and better. I've had a few favorite authors Jump the Shark on me, but it doesn't look like that'll be a concern with Brandon. *fingers crossed*

 

Too bizarre? In an RP where weather reports are two steps and a competent reporter away from reporting pancake showers, followed by powdered sugar blizzards and a strong chance of getting murdered by a hungry raptor and raised back to life as the zombie slave of a green-hatted necromancer?  

 

….

 

Now that you mention it, a belly button self-destruct button would be far more humorous than the idea of a self-destruct button deserves. I mean, really. The only thing a character with a self-destruct belly button could say when pressing it is "Boop," which doesn't exactly fit the drama and tragedy of the scene.  

[Kobold King he/him]

So true

That she does... or does she!?!

No, she definitely does.

 

For a more serious question... is there any reason she can't simply make a tattoo that would compel her to be a nice person? It seems like going full Doofenshmirtz with a chest tattoo might be overkill for her particular problem.

 

 

I spent most of today wishing I could've slept in a little longer, but I'm sure I'll stay up late finishing Warbreaker. I've just got a few more chapters to go, anyway. How bad can it be?

 

And from what I can tell, he just keeps getting better and better. I've had a few favorite authors Jump the Shark on me, but it doesn't look like that'll be a concern with Brandon. *fingers crossed*

 

Too bizarre? In an RP where weather reports are two steps and a competent reporter away from reporting pancake showers, followed by powdered sugar blizzards and a strong chance of getting murdered by a hungry raptor and raised back to life as the zombie slave of a green-hatted necromancer?

 

….

 

Now that you mention it, a belly button self-destruct button would be far more humorous than the idea of a self-destruct button deserves. I mean, really. The only thing a character with a self-destruct belly button could say when pressing it is "Boop," which doesn't exactly fit the drama and tragedy of the scene.

 

See, I got the Warbreaker climax during a busy afternoon. People kept calling me away from my precious book to do tasks, while all I really wanted to do was find out what happened next.

 

All I can say is to keep reading, and to report back to us here when you've read the last page.

 

 

Everyone assumed that Scribbler shunned crop tops and bikinis out of modesty... no one could have predicted the truth.

[Voidus]

For a more serious question... is there any reason she can't simply make a tattoo that would compel her to be a nice person? It seems like going full Doofenshmirtz with a chest tattoo might be overkill for her particular problem.

 

 

 

See, I got the Warbreaker climax during a busy afternoon. People kept calling me away from my precious book to do tasks, while all I really wanted to do was find out what happened next.

 

All I can say is to keep reading, and to report back to us here when you've read the last page.

 

 

Everyone assumed that Scribbler shunned crop tops and bikinis out of modesty... no one could have predicted the truth.

She could but she's the one who decides what 'nice' is, so as Calamitys corruption sets in her opinion of what's nice might change from 'Don't murder people' to 'Don't murder people's cats too horribly before you murder them' she could possibly do it to someone else but probably not another Epic.

It is now canon that Scribbler has a tattoo that says 'boop' on her belly button