Edgedancer he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 O_O I think you know where I am. If you think we know where you are you either finished to book or still know nothing. Which is it?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 O_O 0.0 O_O O_O O_O There are not enough wide-eyed starey emoticons to express my feelings right now. Loop me into that PM, please. 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 O_O 0.0 O_O O_O O_O There are not enough wide-eyed starey emoticons to express my feelings right now. Loop me into that PM, please. You're invited to the PM. Is it safe to presume you've finished the book, then?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 You're invited to the PM. Is it safe to presume you've finished the book, then? Yeeeeessssss GOOD GANDHI MY HEART IS STILL RACING 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Yeeeeessssss GOOD GANDHI MY HEART IS STILL RACING I thought it was pretty meh. (That book is sparkin' awesome, if you'll forgive the language. So many twists and turns and shocking moments. My jaw is still hurting from being dropped so many times.) 1
mail-mi he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 I thought it was pretty meh. My mouse hovered over the downvote button for a good five seconds 2
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 My mouse hovered over the downvote button for a good five seconds Don´t do it, he´s only the victim of Mister meh. 2
TheSilverDragon he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Downloaded it at four and just barely finished. THAT WAS EPIC!!!!!!!!!! 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Don´t do it, he´s only the victim of Mister meh. Meh. I don't know if he's influencing me and I don't care either way I FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Downloaded it at four and just barely finished. THAT WAS EPIC!!!!!!!!!! There's absolutely no way you could convince me that pun wasn't deliberate. Do you want in on our "What Happened in Firefight" PM group? 1
TheSilverDragon he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Wait, there was a pun? I had no idea! And yes, I would love to be invited to the pm. Just a tinny bit.
Mailliw73 he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Eight! Someone say Seven, so the countdown can continue! And Mailliw- YES. I'm a big Arrow fan if you didn't know; I'm also a big fan of Jack Harkness. So Captain Jack, playingb(arguably) the main villain in a show I like? Yes. I actually considered using Merlyn as a picture, after I had used Oliver for a while, but...never really found one Zi liked. Oh, that's right! Oliver was your profile picture when you first joined wasn't it? I forgot all about those pre-pony days. Well, seeing Arrow before Doctor Who, it's quite weird for me to see the biggest villain being a cool, funny, and nice guy. It's trippy. Happy Birthday Twi! Also, for those who are wondering, im-liam I'm william73. When we did the Chi/Timeport post in Google docs, I realized that mail-mi and I did almost the same thing with our usernames. Happy Birthday Twi!! Congrats on finishing Firefight! Oh, and since I just realized I totally forgot to post this yesterday: Happy late birthday Edgedancer! 2
Fatebreaker he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Also, for those who are wondering, im-liam I'm william73. I will never be able to unsee this... Happy Birthday Edge and Twi. Congratulations on another robot-wasp-attack-free year! Wow, all of the sudden people are dropping names. I could tell you my name, or I could leave a long list of names with the possibility of my name being one of them. Let's go with the second. my name could be any one of these. Or it might not even be on there Axel Ben Clyde Drake Edmund Finnegan Gunnar Harrison Isaac Jaime Kingston Louie Maximilian Nikolai Oliver Peter Quentin Ricardo Scott Tom Ulysses Victor Wade Xavier Yerik Zachariah Give it a try. Which do you think fits? Also, could I get in on the Firefight PM? Edited January 11, 2015 by Fatebreaker 3
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Hey guys! I'm back. Could I also get on the Firefight PM? I finished that about two hours ago. 3
Kobold King he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Hey guys! I'm back. Could I also get on the Firefight PM? I finished that about two hours ago. Welcome back! I've added you and Fatebreaker to the conversation. Participate at your leisure.
Tulir he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Hey everyone, my schedule stabilized, so I think I will be able to participate in this again. Anyone willing to give me a short summary of what has happened between the end of November and now? Anything important I've missed and such. Also, I give you Hawaii, as I said I would create a while back: High Council Enigma Powers-Mental. Enigma has a huge set of mental powers that work together, but they all deal with the mind. Enigma has a large range, at least large enough to cover the entire island of Hawaii, and within this range she can exercise his full extend of his powers. She constantly mind reads everyone within this range, but is capable of tuning people out. She can transmit thoughts through telepathy to anyone within this range as well. She would be threatening as a surveillance Epic if it was just that, but she also has the ability to edit memories. Enigma can't mess with things currently being created, or current emotional states, but everything else he can edit. There is a limit to this, if she alters a mind too much, all the edits snap off and the person's true mind reawakens, with the knowledge of what Enigma did. She can edit the mind again, but each time it snaps, the tolerance for edits goes down. History-Enigma is the only member of the High Council to have awakened to her powers on Hawaii, and when she got her powers, she immediately set on finding her limits. Luckily for her, it was shortly after Calamity that she got her powers, and she discovered all her limits shortly after. She decided to kill her family after their minds snapped back and they confronted her angrily. She kept a low profile for a while after that, until Causter arrived. Enigma sensed that she planned on taking over the island, so Enigma contacted her and they negotiated an agreement. They would share the island, and not interfere with each other. They kept to their deal for several months, before the arrival of more High Epics caused Enigma and Causter to work together. Appearance-Enigma is average height, with short brown hair and brown eyes. She favors grey, white and black shades of colors, and wears a cloak. She used to carry a weapon, normally a gun, but with the creation of the High Council, she hasn't bothered carrying weapons in a long time. Personality-Enigma favors speaking in even, calm tones, but has not affected the airs of royalty and divinity that other High Epics have. She has become, well, friends is the wrong word, but it is the best description between her and Causter after they were forced to deal with the onslaught of new Epics. She carries a mental map of what is happening in the minds of everyone in her range, and only turns it off in the most extreme situation. The extent to which she can mess with minds is known by the High Council, but she keeps it a secret from everyone else, so she has an ace up her sleeve if she is attacked by anyone else. She isn't close with anyone else on the Council, but trusts them as they do to each other, but with her she has more confidence in that there won't be betrayal, as she is constantly aware of their minds. Causter Powers Temperature Control-Causter can fully manipulate the temperature of an area ranging from a small point to as large as a house. She has fine control over this power, and while she can't bring something to 0k, she can still do enough with it. Her speed isn't the fastest for an open area, as it takes her around 10 minutes to heat the area up hot enough to reach fire temperatures, but her focus on objects can bring them to burn people in a few minutes Heat Telekinesis-Causter's form of telekinesis is simultaneously broad and narrow. She can't move around anything unless it has reached a certain threshold of heat. Once anything reaches the moving point, she can control it like normal telekinetics. She can't affect anything organic, but the temperature needed for Causter's telekinesis to affect any object are fairly low. Heat Shield-She has an aura of heat extending a foot or so off her body, and this aura is as hot or hotter than the surface of the sun. Causter can turn it off, an manipulate it, but most of the time it is stationary in relation to her body. Normally the heat from the shield is in continuous conflict with her heat control, as with no prompting, the temperature doesn't spread from her shield to the surrounding area. She can turn this off, but she prefers not too, as everything around her starts melting, including whatever she is standing on. Temperature Normalization-Anything within an inch of Causter's skin has it's temperature normalized to around 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit Heat Awareness- Causter is aware of anything past a certain temperature around her, provided it is hot enough. Most things don't get anywhere close, so it is minor at best Flight-Not terribly fast, but faster than running History-Causter was born and raised in North Dakota. When Calamity gifted her with powers, she started experimenting with them in secret, as she and her town had seen on the news what other Epics had done. Eventually she decided to claim the town, but a short time after, an Epic came and challenged her. He called himself Vis Vires, and the ensuing battle completely annihilated the town. Causter managed to melt a hole under him, and fled before Vis could regain himself. He didn't pursue, but that didn't stop her from putting as much distance as she could between him and herself. She decided to head to Yellowstone, as the hot springs and latent volcano seemed like a perfect place for her. Yellowstone was under the domain of another Epic, and not wanting to fight, Causter just passed through. But while she was in, she discovered that she could feel the locations of the superheated water. That was the spark of an idea that eventually spawned fully as she kept on moving. She attacked a military base, and forced some personnel to fly her to Hawaii. Right before she landed, Causter was contacted by Enigma. Causter proposed that they share the island, and don't interact with each other, to which Enigma accepted. Causter didn't want to fight on unfamiliar ground, so she scouted out the island and, to her excitement, she could feel the lava moving underneath the island. She created a base on the Kilauea volcano, and started ruling the people. When other Epics approached, she and Enigma decided to work together. Appearance-Causter is tall, and has long blond hair. She wear warms colors, and has a heat shimmer on her which makes her clothes appear to move like flame. Personality-She has gotten quite confident, and no longer worries about weapons, after repeatedly seeing the effectiveness of her heat shield. Causter moves around calmly, and started affecting the airs of rulership after arriving in Hawaii. The formation of the High Council has brought it down, but she still talks occasionally like a queen. Thanks to Vis Vires, she is very cautious about getting into fights with other Epics, and was one of the driving forces for the formation of the Council. Despite that, when she decides that someone should be defeated, she is ruthless. To the Council, she has the same relationship as all of them do, mostly, of knowledge that this is the best thing. After negotiating with Enigma and forming the Council, Causter is closer with her than the others. Shadowdancer Powers Mastery-Shadowdancer is above the human average at anything he tries, but if he focuses, he can become fantastic at the task, better than anyone on Earth. He become a great author, paint masterpieces, know intuitively how to shoot and hit, gain martial arts and such. He can only keep three masteries at a time, and can release one to gain another, but there is a cooldown time of about a day in which he would only have two masteries. Enhanced Body-Shadowdancer has regeneration, acts quickly but during the regeneration, instead of blood, shadows coat the injury perfectly, and is slowly removed by the regeneration. He is also sturdier than a human, shrugging off hits that would take out a human, and has enhanced reflexes, making him react faster, dodge quicker, and attack faster than normal, as well as being able to see in darkness Shadowstep-Shadowdancer can move through darkness, entering some and exiting in another dark area. He can access any shadow on Earth, and move through it. History-Shadowdancer gained his powers, and, after a day of experimenting with them on his home city, Denver, confronted several Epics. He played with them, taunting them and such, before vanishing in a shadow and appearing several states over. He spent the next several months following this same routine; appearing in an area, terrorizing the locals, ruling over them, and leaving after bringing down some of the Epics in the area. Eventually, he popped up in Hawaii, and started on terrorizing the population. He had a few weeks of nice life, before he was ambushed by Enigma and Causter. They had a "civil" discussion, threats and issues of rulership, but Shadowdancer let himself be convinced to form the Council. He took up a somewhat recruiting job, stepping out of the island, finding other Epics, and if he deemed them useful, fighting them and offering them positions in Hawaii. No High Epics accepted, but a few others did. Appearance-He stands slightly taller than Enigma, but shorter than Causter, which slightly annoys him. He wears clothing that doesn't restrict his movement, but doesn't get in his way. Shadowdancer carries two pistols, holstered at his sides, a sword he found, which he normally straps to his back, and quite a few daggers and smaller knifes hidden about his person. Personality-Shadowdancer is cocky and arrogant, not as much as some Epics, though. He greatly enjoys terrorizing anyone, from Epics to humans. He always keeps at least one offensive mastery, and normally two, ranging from guns to martial arts to swordfighting. Shadowdancer is mostly okay with how the Council currently is, he was a little disappointed in it before Fortune and Demosthenes joined. Fortune Powers-Like Enigma, she has quite a few, and they work together to give her incredibly powerful luck/probability manipulation. Without doing anything, Fortune exerts an aura of about 10 feet in which everything that can go right for her, will. Coin tosses will go her way, she will win in cards, guns pointed her way will jam, weapons will break, people will trip. Her shots will hit, ricochet to hurt an enemy, and such. It is such a significant effect that literally everything that could have a chance to hurt her or be less than perfect for her , doesn't happen instead. If Fortune wants, however, she can focus his power on a region, a task, something and things that would be viewed as inconceivable will happen for her. Absolute events that people would say are impossible would happen for Fortune. History-Fortune can into her powers at a young age, in New York. She discovered how they worked and decided she wanted more money. Conning casinos was insanely easy with her powers, however, most caught on after she never lost any money. There were generally two situations after that, gunfire and shots at Fortune, or the casino owner groveling and insisting that she take the money. Either way, she left the town. She often would pass through Epic territory, and in exchange for a use of her power or too, would get nice treatment. As she continued to do this, Fortune eventually started hearing rumors that of an Epic who would appear, beat up other Epics, and offer them positions in Hawaii. No one seemed to take up the offer, and if they were, it was in indignation, but Fortune was intrigued. She traveled to California, and with a concentrated use of her power, hijacked a boat that was heading there. When Fortune arrived, she was met by Enigma, Causter and Shadowdancer, who listened to her and offered her a position after Shadowdancer failed to kill Fortune three times in a row. Appearance-She is about Enigma's height, with short brown hair. Clothes are clothes to her, she doesn't need to show that she is an Epic, as people notice right away. She has periodically carried and not carried a gun, she acquired one from Shadowdancer a few days after Fortune arrived on the island Personality-Fortune is arrogant, easily shrugging aside others and turning her back on those that she dismisses, no matter their threat. She has yet to encounter someone that could actually get her hurt, so Fortune views herself as invincible. She is quite happy with ruling over Hawaii, and she enjoys the Council as well. It is "more entertaining" than elsewhere, she says. Demosthenes Powers Limited Omniscience-Demosthenes is aware of everything that is happening a few miles of him. He can hear and see everything in his range, and there is no hiding in this area. Gates-He can also create portals in this area between two points in his range. They can be any size, or shape, but they have to be within Demosthenes' range. These gates don't have to keep any of the same orientation as each other, and they conserve momentum when traveled through Protection Gates-If a ranged projectile would hit Demosthenes, he automatically opens two gates, one in front of the projectile and one behind him, so the object doesn't hit him History-He received his powers while he was living in Australia, and decided to turn parts of Sydney in a deathtrap for a decent period of time. He tortured the people there until another Epic, Dyna, decided to fight Demosthenes for the city. After several days of neither getting the upper hand, they agreed an co-rulership of the city. Eventually, Demosthenes got bored, and decided to leave, figuring out a method of moving through his gates that over open water that wouldn't kill him, allowing him to move across the ocean. Demosthenes decided on heading to America, and started gating in that direction. It took him about six hours before he he came across some boats, and happy for a diversion, he dropped down and dropped everyone on the boats into the ocean. He traced their origin, and changed course for Hawaii. When Demosthenes arrived on the island, Enigma contacted him. It took a while before he realized that the voice wasn't any sort of attack, and he met Enigma in person, and they negotiated Demosthenes onto the High Council. Appearance-Demosthenes is a shorter than average, doesn't look around at all. Demosthenes often never moves his head, except when he changes directions, as he is always aware of his surroundings. He wears shades of blue, and took to a dark blue, almost black, cloak after he saw Dyna and Enigma wearing cloaks. He carries a pistol as well Personality-Demosthenes is fiercely stubborn and believes that nothing can defeat him. He has developed many ways to use his gates, and often blindsides opponents with many attacks at once. He has a sadistic streak, but it is more due to the fact he believes he is better than others. He has a high satisfaction with the High Council and Hawaii, because it is a perfect playground for him, as well as having other allies that can fight off those he can't take quickly. Blink Powers Teleportation-Blink can teleport. Plain and simple. He can teleport to any place he is looking at, or has seen before, with no limit on what he can bring with him. Blink can teleport inside people, hurting them immensely or killing them instantly, depending if he did something along the lines of put his hand inside their shoulder, or ripping out someone's heart. If someone has even a slightly tougher body, it is more difficult, and if they are invincible, Blink can't get inside of them. Knowledge-Blink has a couple of secondary powers as well. He gained an eidetic memory with his powers, which he has found incredibly important, as well as another "sense". It only triggers when Blink teleports, and when he arrives in his new location, he gets a feel for his surroundings. A five foot bubble around him, he gets a sense of everything in the bubble. It isn't as accurate as sight, but somewhere between smell and sight in terms of being able to identify and locate objects. History-When Blink gained his powers, he went to work and ended everyone who ever wronged him. After killing all of them, instead of taking a ruling role somewhere, Blink decided to move around, entering a city, and killing those he felt like, while acting like a normal human. After several weeks of repeating his process on various cities in North America, Blink was accosted by an Epic. She said that he was fascinating, and that she had been tracking him, and that her master wanted to offer him a position. Blink decided to accept, and he began working as an assassin for Still. Blink would take out Epics and humans Still sent him at, but he began to get bored. After about a month of working for Still, Blink decided to wipe out Still's organization, killing everyone except the Epic who recruited him, Poise, and left the area. Blink started teleporting around, seeing sites and leaving, staying in each place no longer than an hour, before he arrived in Hawaii. Enigma attacked him, thinking he was a threat, making him brain dead for half a second before releasing Blink and communicating with him. Blink cautiously accepted responded to the show of force, and offered his services to Enigma. She talked with the Council before they accepted him, and Blink was offered a position on it. Appearance-Blink enjoys the game of walking along and teleporting to hurt or terrify people, so he favors muted colors, those that ordinary people wear. He never has any weapons, as his power is more than sufficient. Blink is the tallest member of the High Council, but to the ordinary person of Hawaii, may not exist at all, which suits Blink. Personality-During his time with Still, Blink learned to enjoy killing even more than he already was. He is a sociopath, delighting in the pain and death of others. Off his own choice, Blink doesn't take much into the rulership of Hawaii, just using the grounds and occasionally blinking into America to go on a killing spree. It took me a decent bit to write all of that up,and consolidate the characters I had floating in my mind. Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments? Sidenote: I am getting my copy of Firefight Tuesday, and I am incredibly jealous of all of you right now. 5
Seonid he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Welcome back, Tulir!! Glad your schedule stabilized, and congrats on those Epics! They look amazing!
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Tulir, nice to see you. With christmas, Firefight ect. suprisingly little hapened in the overarching plots, Toughttown and the Empire are still in the process of holding their meeting in Portland and the Panda started attacking the Dalles in earnest with a giant monster army out of nothing. (Still hasen´t been adressed how that got there without the entirety of Oregon knowing about it.) Appart from that it´s some personel side stories to avoid getting bored. And naturally, Firefight crashed a couple of character concepts.
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 And naturally, Firefight crashed a couple of character concepts. I find it extremely antagonizing that here in China, the only available copies of Firefight are Chinese copies, and my Chinese isn't good enough to read it. I think I finally realized why my parents told me to learn more Chinese.
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Winter, would Red in anyway object if Nighthound would decide to go to the museum immediately or just follow him? Edited January 11, 2015 by Edgedancer
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 So with Firefight read by a good chunk of us, do we still feel like starting Astoria in the near future or has the public opinion changed on that?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 So with Firefight read by a good chunk of us, do we still feel like starting Astoria in the near future or has the public opinion changed on that? I'm still for it. What does everyone else think?
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I'm still for it. What does everyone else think? My vote is "Sparks, yes" That´s two votes for yes then. As a little tid-bit. The High Epic from the VEHE game was Voidgaze.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 That´s two votes for yes then. As a little tid-bit. The High Epic from the VEHE game was Voidgaze. Oh! And her brother is not scary beyond all reason?
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Oh! And her brother is not scary beyond all reason? Being scary beyond all reason is rather hard for dead people, at least in this cannon.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Being scary beyond all reason is rather hard for dead people, at least in this cannon. Can I put Voidgaze in a lineup of "People Who Need a Hug Right Now?" 2
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