Question 5

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

They were far more annoyed about his sunglasses and his incessant whining.

 

I've never dated, but I did have a female friend who was part of a traveling band. We had similar interests, had fun chatting together, and were about the same age. We e-mailed back and forth for a while about science fiction, writing science fiction, and the general states of our lives. Unfortunately though, she figured out that I'd developed a crush on her and broke off contact. I haven't heard from her in over a year now.

 

Thus concludes my only sad relationship story. Besides the whole Nog-Zathoth fiasco.

 

While I found no crossovers between Shakespeare and green-hatted necromancers, I did find this.

 

 

 

Close enough, I suppose?

 

"And we don't even know his weakness, so we can't get him out of the way!" 

"…You really think we need to know it? Seriously, Moon Unit, this is Backtrack we're talking about." 

 

I'm sorry. I've had that sort of thing happen to me before, and it sucks. It'll get better, though. Breaking up is a skill, and you learn how to cope a little better with each one. I mean, I know that necessitates actually breaking up again, which sucks in and of itself, but seriously, it gets easier.

 

Though I wouldn't recommend getting back together with Nog-Zathoth. You're better off without that guy.

 

…I think that's better. 

[Kobold King he/him]

"And we don't even know his weakness, so we can't get him out of the way!" 

"…You really think we need to know it? Seriously, Moon Unit, this is Backtrack we're talking about." 

 

I'm sorry. I've had that sort of thing happen to me before, and it sucks. It'll get better, though. Breaking up is a skill, and you learn how to cope a little better with each one. I mean, I know that necessitates actually breaking up again, which sucks in and of itself, but seriously, it gets easier.

 

Though I wouldn't recommend getting back together with Nog-Zathoth. You're better off without that guy.

 

…I think that's better. 

 

Part of me's tempted to post Backtrack's weakness just to see if any other player feels it's worth exploiting.

 

Though I do kind of want to know what Moon Unit's powers are, by the way.

 

I just... I kind of thought she felt the same way, I guess. She jumped at every excuse to follow me around and do whatever I was doing, personally invited me to her family's tour bus to watch Doctor Who with them multiple times, and always laughed uproariously at my jokes while her twin sister just ruled her eyes. And it wasn't as if I was pushing for a date or a relationship--if she'd ever bothered speaking to me about the matter, she'd have found me more than willing to maintain the status quo.

 

But instead, she only slowed her communications to one message every two months or so, and then stopped talking to me altogether. Leaving me feeling for a year like I'd said something wrong, poring over the last message I sent to her over and over fretting about whether or not I'd inadvertently insulted her. Worried that my social awkwardness had caught up to me at last and alienated me from the one friend I spoke to outside my own family.

 

...

 

Okay, so I guess I'm a little bit bitter about the whole scenario. But really, I showed her nothing but kindness and courtesy. I spilled my blood for her while catsitting her demon-possessed feline for a month while she was out of town. I don't feel I'm out of line for expecting to at least be told why our friendship was being terminated.

 

But realistically, it's all in the past. And it could be argued that I know certain members of this forum better than I ever knew her--we never confided in one another about hardships in our lives or shared hundreds of pages worth of combined labor. While I haven't met any of you in the flesh, nor do I even know your real names, everyone on this thread has been far more supportive towards me than she ever was. And at this point I don't want a girlfriend or a future spouse--I just want friends.

 

 

Sorry for the rant. I guess this is just something that's been on my mind here lately.

[Seonid he/him]

Part of me's tempted to post Backtrack's weakness just to see if any other player feels it's worth exploiting.

 

Though I do kind of want to know what Moon Unit's powers are, by the way.

 

I just... I kind of thought she felt the same way, I guess. She jumped at every excuse to follow me around and do whatever I was doing, personally invited me to her family's tour bus to watch Doctor Who with them multiple times, and always laughed uproariously at my jokes while her twin sister just ruled her eyes. And it wasn't as if I was pushing for a date or a relationship--if she'd ever bothered speaking to me about the matter, she'd have found me more than willing to maintain the status quo.

 

But instead, she only slowed her communications to one message every two months or so, and then stopped talking to me altogether. Leaving me feeling for a year like I'd said something wrong, poring over the last message I sent to her over and over fretting about whether or not I'd inadvertently insulted her. Worried that my social awkwardness had caught up to me at last and alienated me from the one friend I spoke to outside my own family.

 

...

 

Okay, so I guess I'm a little bit bitter about the whole scenario. But really, I showed her nothing but kindness and courtesy. I spilled my blood for her while catsitting her demon-possessed feline for a month while she was out of town. I don't feel I'm out of line for expecting to at least be told why our friendship was being terminated.

 

But realistically, it's all in the past. And it could be argued that I know certain members of this forum better than I ever knew her--we never confided in one another about hardships in our lives or shared hundreds of pages worth of combined labor. While I haven't met any of you in the flesh, nor do I even know your real names, everyone on this thread has been far more supportive towards me than she ever was. And at this point I don't want a girlfriend or a future spouse--I just want friends.

 

 

Sorry for the rant. I guess this is just something that's been on my mind here lately.

 

That's rough, man. Sorry you had to go through that.

 

No need to apologize for talking about it, though. Sometimes it's best to get it out of your system. And you're right about being able to people on this forum, I think. Even if real names aren't shared and face to face meetings don't happen, we work together to create something on this forum, and that act of artistic creation binds people together. In imitatio Deii, as it were.

 

Although, for what it's worth, I think it would be cool to have an Oregon get-together. I know that distances and travel costs make that impossible, but at some point it would be awesome to meet all y'all.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

When Backtrack made his only visit to Newcago, he was accidentally assigned to the casino staff because Fortuity took him for a vanilla. To this day he bears affection for the ginger-haired man who chatted about Doctor Who with him in between shifts.

 

 

 

"Argh! Your music is too loud! Turn it down!"

 

"C'mon, Professor C, get with the groove! We're all cool cats here."

 

* bang *

 

"The groove consists of whatever I tell you, Stu. Meet me in the main hall when you resurrect."

 

...

 

"Stu? This isn't... hip. Get up."

 

...

 

"...Stu?"

 

 

It was at this point that Lightwards realized that Stu was actually his true love, and that he'd forever squandered his chance at happiness.

  

What is this I feel? Pity for Lightwards? Ah, good thing it's fanon AU Lightwards.

Part of me's tempted to post Backtrack's weakness just to see if any other player feels it's worth exploiting.

 

Though I do kind of want to know what Moon Unit's powers are, by the way.

 

I just... I kind of thought she felt the same way, I guess. She jumped at every excuse to follow me around and do whatever I was doing, personally invited me to her family's tour bus to watch Doctor Who with them multiple times, and always laughed uproariously at my jokes while her twin sister just ruled her eyes. And it wasn't as if I was pushing for a date or a relationship--if she'd ever bothered speaking to me about the matter, she'd have found me more than willing to maintain the status quo.

 

But instead, she only slowed her communications to one message every two months or so, and then stopped talking to me altogether. Leaving me feeling for a year like I'd said something wrong, poring over the last message I sent to her over and over fretting about whether or not I'd inadvertently insulted her. Worried that my social awkwardness had caught up to me at last and alienated me from the one friend I spoke to outside my own family.

 

...

 

Okay, so I guess I'm a little bit bitter about the whole scenario. But really, I showed her nothing but kindness and courtesy. I spilled my blood for her while catsitting her demon-possessed feline for a month while she was out of town. I don't feel I'm out of line for expecting to at least be told why our friendship was being terminated.

 

But realistically, it's all in the past. And it could be argued that I know certain members of this forum better than I ever knew her--we never confided in one another about hardships in our lives or shared hundreds of pages worth of combined labor. While I haven't met any of you in the flesh, nor do I even know your real names, everyone on this thread has been far more supportive towards me than she ever was. And at this point I don't want a girlfriend or a future spouse--I just want friends.

 

 

Sorry for the rant. I guess this is just something that's been on my mind here lately.

 

Sorry about that. I've felt some of that same stuff before. The part about not knowing why the communication was stopped especially, and multiple times. It sucks. But, hey, it happens.

This is the coolest place I've ever been on the Internet. Seriously, a place where people with a mutual interest in an author come together to create stories of their own, discuss theories civilly, debate kindly, play games where you strive to kill other members, all the while being courteous? Unheard of. Except for here. You guys are awesome.

 

That's rough, man. Sorry you had to go through that.

 

No need to apologize for talking about it, though. Sometimes it's best to get it out of your system. And you're right about being able to people on this forum, I think. Even if real names aren't shared and face to face meetings don't happen, we work together to create something on this forum, and that act of artistic creation binds people together. In imitatio Deii, as it were.

 

Although, for what it's worth, I think it would be cool to have an Oregon get-together. I know that distances and travel costs make that impossible, but at some point it would be awesome to meet all y'all.

That would be cool! For at least you, mail-mi, and I, it actually is feasible. We all live in the same state. Voidus is probably the farthest(I think) away, being in Australia. Well Lightsworn Panda too.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

Also, Frequency and Edgerunner post up now.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Part of me's tempted to post Backtrack's weakness just to see if any other player feels it's worth exploiting.

 

Though I do kind of want to know what Moon Unit's powers are, by the way.

 

I just... I kind of thought she felt the same way, I guess. She jumped at every excuse to follow me around and do whatever I was doing, personally invited me to her family's tour bus to watch Doctor Who with them multiple times, and always laughed uproariously at my jokes while her twin sister just ruled her eyes. And it wasn't as if I was pushing for a date or a relationship--if she'd ever bothered speaking to me about the matter, she'd have found me more than willing to maintain the status quo.

 

But instead, she only slowed her communications to one message every two months or so, and then stopped talking to me altogether. Leaving me feeling for a year like I'd said something wrong, poring over the last message I sent to her over and over fretting about whether or not I'd inadvertently insulted her. Worried that my social awkwardness had caught up to me at last and alienated me from the one friend I spoke to outside my own family.

 

...

 

Okay, so I guess I'm a little bit bitter about the whole scenario. But really, I showed her nothing but kindness and courtesy. I spilled my blood for her while catsitting her demon-possessed feline for a month while she was out of town. I don't feel I'm out of line for expecting to at least be told why our friendship was being terminated.

 

But realistically, it's all in the past. And it could be argued that I know certain members of this forum better than I ever knew her--we never confided in one another about hardships in our lives or shared hundreds of pages worth of combined labor. While I haven't met any of you in the flesh, nor do I even know your real names, everyone on this thread has been far more supportive towards me than she ever was. And at this point I don't want a girlfriend or a future spouse--I just want friends.

 

 

Sorry for the rant. I guess this is just something that's been on my mind here lately.

 

 

That's rough, man. Sorry you had to go through that.

 

No need to apologize for talking about it, though. Sometimes it's best to get it out of your system. And you're right about being able to people on this forum, I think. Even if real names aren't shared and face to face meetings don't happen, we work together to create something on this forum, and that act of artistic creation binds people together. In imitatio Deii, as it were.

 

Although, for what it's worth, I think it would be cool to have an Oregon get-together. I know that distances and travel costs make that impossible, but at some point it would be awesome to meet all y'all.

 

 

  

What is this I feel? Pity for Lightwards? Ah, good thing it's fanon AU Lightwards.

 

Sorry about that. I've felt some of that same stuff before. The part about not knowing why the communication was stopped especially, and multiple times. It sucks. But, hey, it happens.

This is the coolest place I've ever been on the Internet. Seriously, a place where people with a mutual interest in an author come together to create stories of their own, discuss theories civilly, debate kindly, play games where you strive to kill other members, all the while being courteous? Unheard of. Except for here. You guys are awesome.

 

That would be cool! For at least you, mail-mi, and I, it actually is feasible. We all live in the same state. Voidus is probably the farthest(I think) away, being in Australia. Well Lightsworn Panda too.

 

Things like that….I don't know if that sort of thing can be understood, honestly. It's happened to me before, and I'm still not sure I get it. But, in hindsight, I know I'm better off without those guys. Even if they were perfectly nice guys (which many of them were; two are married now and one has a kid) I just know that they weren't my nice guys. It still sucks, though. 

 

Still, though, this is probably the best forum-based site I've ever been to. The way everyone is so supportive, in-game and out, is amazing. Maybe it's the act of coming together to write something none of us could write on our own; maybe it's something else, but this site, and you guys, are awesome. 

 

A meet up would be cool. It wouldn't be entirely out of the question, so long as I'm here in Arizona, but even if we did it online it'd be hard to coordinate the time zones, with Voidus and Lightsworn in Australia and Edgedancer in Germany. Still, it'd be super fun.

[mail-mi he/him]

You guys are all so awesome . I'm so happy to be on this forum where we are all so civilized and friendly. Three cheers for Oregon and the 17th shard! (That would be an awesome band name )

Also, I think I'll write a BusDriver post up tomorrow.

[Voidus]

Things like that….I don't know if that sort of thing can be understood, honestly. It's happened to me before, and I'm still not sure I get it. But, in hindsight, I know I'm better off without those guys. Even if they were perfectly nice guys (which many of them were; two are married now and one has a kid) I just know that they weren't my nice guys. It still sucks, though. 

 

Still, though, this is probably the best forum-based site I've ever been to. The way everyone is so supportive, in-game and out, is amazing. Maybe it's the act of coming together to write something none of us could write on our own; maybe it's something else, but this site, and you guys, are awesome. 

 

A meet up would be cool. It wouldn't be entirely out of the question, so long as I'm here in Arizona, but even if we did it online it'd be hard to coordinate the time zones, with Voidus and Lightsworn in Australia and Edgedancer in Germany. Still, it'd be super fun.

I have seriously messed up sleeping patterns so I'm fairly adaptable as time-zones go, it would be awesome to see you all but yeah travelling to the US is a fair way off for me.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I agree.  I was just kidding around.  I meant that comment to be teasing, not mutinous.  I didn't actually plan on bringing any historical figures in as characters.  I was thinking about bringing them in as a gag, maybe just to be killed immediately.  But I understand your concern.  Here is how I will prevent something like this from happening:

 

Weakness: as Bringer nears someone who is worshiped or revered, there is a small chance that when he tries to summon someone, he will instead be summoned to a random location in spacetime.  (random location=certain death.  Realistically, he would end up in outer space.)  This only works for religious figures, but Bringer doesn't really understand the difference between reverence and fear.  He won't summon any major historical figures, and he won't even go near Newcago.  Who knows?  Maybe there are cults who worship Steelheart.  

Wasn´t there something about not all Epics immediately knowing their weakness? If so how would Bringer know about this limitation?

 

I choose to believe it's because after the horrible punishment inflicted by the team of Dark!Funtimes and Mobius that no one ever wanted to talk about Lightwards again.

"David, there are no Epics that can bring the death back to live."

"But Prof, what about Lightwards the green?"

"There are no Epics that can bring back the death, understood?!"

 

On a tangential note I am now definitely creating an Epic called Disco Stu who was kicked out of Newcago.

Ah, it seems like Discokiller will finally get her nemesis.

 

Part of me's tempted to post Backtrack's weakness just to see if any other player feels it's worth exploiting.

 

Though I do kind of want to know what Moon Unit's powers are, by the way.

 

I just... I kind of thought she felt the same way, I guess. She jumped at every excuse to follow me around and do whatever I was doing, personally invited me to her family's tour bus to watch Doctor Who with them multiple times, and always laughed uproariously at my jokes while her twin sister just ruled her eyes. And it wasn't as if I was pushing for a date or a relationship--if she'd ever bothered speaking to me about the matter, she'd have found me more than willing to maintain the status quo.

 

But instead, she only slowed her communications to one message every two months or so, and then stopped talking to me altogether. Leaving me feeling for a year like I'd said something wrong, poring over the last message I sent to her over and over fretting about whether or not I'd inadvertently insulted her. Worried that my social awkwardness had caught up to me at last and alienated me from the one friend I spoke to outside my own family.

 

...

 

Okay, so I guess I'm a little bit bitter about the whole scenario. But really, I showed her nothing but kindness and courtesy. I spilled my blood for her while catsitting her demon-possessed feline for a month while she was out of town. I don't feel I'm out of line for expecting to at least be told why our friendship was being terminated.

 

But realistically, it's all in the past. And it could be argued that I know certain members of this forum better than I ever knew her--we never confided in one another about hardships in our lives or shared hundreds of pages worth of combined labor. While I haven't met any of you in the flesh, nor do I even know your real names, everyone on this thread has been far more supportive towards me than she ever was. And at this point I don't want a girlfriend or a future spouse--I just want friends.

 

 

Sorry for the rant. I guess this is just something that's been on my mind here lately.

I really want to give you a hug now. Appart from that I fear I can´t say much, I never had any romantic involvment to talk about, which is kind of sad in it´s own way.

[Voidus]

Wasn´t there something about not all Epics immediately knowing their weakness? If so how would Bringer know about this limitation?

Maybe it has to do with the relative importance of the figure he tries to clone, so while a cult leader with a dozen followers might only teleport him to somewhere random within the city, trying to bring Jesus back would teleport him to a random location within the solar system.

EDIT: And hugs all around, you guys are all great people and whoever does end up staying with you is really lucky.

Edited January 3, 2015 by Voidus

[Edgedancer he/him]

Maybe it has to do with the relative importance of the figure he tries to clone, so while a cult leader with a dozen followers might only teleport him to somewhere random within the city, trying to bring Jesus back would teleport him to a random location within the solar system.

EDIT: And hugs all around, you guys are all great people and whoever does end up staying with you is really lucky.

That might actually backfire, with him summoning "smaller" celebrities to innitiate an emergency teleportation.

[Voidus]

I mean strictly speaking this couldn't be a weakness, just a side effect of his power. Epic Weaknesses remove all of their powers they don't just randomly kill the Epic.
But even with short ranges he could still end up in a wall or something.

[Newan he/him]

Don't worry, Twi.  You weren't being harsh.  I was just worried that I had sounded snarky.  I swore off emoticons a few years ago, and without a winky face, I worry that my teasing statements might look condescending and mean.  

 

I have to work on Bringer's weakness a little bit more.  You're right, Voidus.  His weakness shouldn't be able to randomly kill him if the reckoners sneak a religious leader into the city. I'll think about this.

 

To those worrying about avoiding necromancy, Bringer isn't returning life to someone who has died.  He is moving someone who was still alive forward in time.  Totally not the same thing.  

 

 

Hey, what if we did a Google Hangout some time?  

[Edgedancer he/him]

I just had a thought. The entire turf war in Portland is Sightline´s fault. The status quo in the city only got disturbed because he prisoned Corpsemaker in a wall and without the raising tension Lightwards would have had a much harder time recruiting people.

 

So, everything that´s happening in Portland, totally his fault. (Thanks Sightline. )

[Voidus]

I think Funtimes is most at fault actually, she freed Corpsemaker and teamed up with Lightwards who wouldn't have been able to make an empire by himself and probably would have just ended up in an eternal battle of the Slontzes with Nighthound. Without Funtimes Altermind would be the only remaining faction leader and Portland would become one giant Thought Town.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I think Funtimes is most at fault actually, she freed Corpsemaker and teamed up with Lightwards who wouldn't have been able to make an empire by himself and probably would have just ended up in an eternal battle of the Slontzes with Nighthound. Without Funtimes Altermind would be the only remaining faction leader and Portland would become one giant Thought Town.

And she couldn´t have freed a angry Corpsemaker, if Sightline didn´t imprision him, so lets share the blame 50/50.

[Voidus]

And she couldn´t have freed a angry Corpsemaker, if Sightline didn´t imprision him, so lets share the blame 50/50.

Now to the important question, where does the blame for Nighthounds continued existence lie?

[Edgedancer he/him]

Now to the important question, where does the blame for Nighthounds continued existence lie?

Clearly it´s everyone´s fault. Every sentient being, nay, every form of exsistence is obliged to sacrife themselves to exterminate Nighthound.   

(Me, you ask? Well, clearly, as his creator, I´m completely not to blame, because of the protection through the author´s integrety code. All of you should feel ashamed to have me suffer under him. )

[Voidus]

At least Nighthound only exists in an Alternate Universe, right? 

Nighthounds creepiness is Trans-dimensional, it exists in all universes and must be destroyed.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Aha. So who's Nighthound in this universe? All politicians everywhere?

I think Nighthound is more like Freddy Krueger--though powerless in our physical universe, he can still creep people out in their dreams.

Word of advice: don't read a Nighthound scene before bed. I cannot stress this enough.

[Voidus]

Who are we all going to pick on once Nighthound finally dies?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Who are we all going to pick on once Nighthound finally dies?

Backtrack?

[Edgedancer he/him]

I think Nighthound is more like Freddy Krueger--though powerless in our physical universe, he can still creep people out in their dreams.

Word of advice: don't read a Nighthound scene before bed. I cannot stress this enough.

...Actually I often finish and post a segment shortly before going to sleep, Nighthound´s included.  

 

Who are we all going to pick on once Nighthound finally dies?

Lucentia? There´s also a chance I´ll introduce a replacement once he dies.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

...Actually I often finish and post a segment shortly before going to sleep, Nighthound´s included.

Lucentia? There´s also a chance I´ll introduce a replacement once he dies.

...Do you need a hug?

Someone to fill Nighthound's shoes? Whatever happened to burning the shoes and scattering the ashes through deep space?

[Voidus]

Of the existing characters I'd go with either Reader or CM. Lucentia's more whiney than creeptastic evil incarnate.