Question 11

[Fatebreaker he/him]

A wild Fatebreaker appears!

 

FREE! FREE AT LAST!!!

"I AM FREE!!!!!"

 

I did it guys, I survived the semester. And I've found a much cheaper apartment so I won't have to worry about being homeless. And I'll never have to live with those awful stoner roommates who'd hotbox the room or leave beerpong out for days at a time or sex-ile me on a regular basis! It's going to be awesome!!! 

I'm working 40hrs a week, so while I'm not exactly free all summer, I'll still have alot more free time. I can finally return to Oregon and what happened there. 

 

That said, I need someone to catch me up on the behind the scenes work. I've kept abreast of the Portland, Dalles, and Astoria threads, but I have no idea what's been happening on the planning side. You know, besides the endless ponies and pugs and memes.

 

I'd like to start writing for several characters. Here are my plans for some of them:

 

Quicksilver: I imagine he's been observing everything that's been happening, thanks to Surveillance's equipment all over the city. He's been gathering LOTS of intel on Epics powers and weaknesses, as well as how the Dalles Guard and command structure work in a large scale crisis. I may have him grab an epic, not sure who yet. Ideas welcome.

 

Sandman: I've always had alot of ideas for his character, but I've practically NEVER used him, which is a shame. I would like him to start interracting with other people. His power give alot of potential for other characters to grow and develop as the dream he creates can bring out the true character of the dreamer. 

 

Fade: I have been planning on how to kill Nighthound for a long time. While I think it would be possible for  Fade to do it on his own, it wouldn't feel right if Ray and some of the others didn't have a hand in his death. I'm not sure if he's still up as a killable character, but it would be one of the most satisfying collaborations in the history of the thread. That said, then we'd no longer be able to fantasize about killing him, and we'd have to direct all of that loathing and disgust towards someone else.

 

The Lost: I wrote this post several times and it kept getting, well, lost. It's an awesome environment, with more of a fantasy feeling than the other threads. Some great powersets and characters, plus the potential to explore sort  of a Lord of the Flies atmosphere but with superpowers. The thing is, I'm unsure whether to make it a part of Astoria, or create a separate thread. I know the logistics of creating another thread are a hassle, so I figured I could always post it here in the question thread and let you guys decide.

 

The Mad Ballooner: general hilarity. I'd still like him to take part in the attack on the MoNA if possible.

 

And lastly, thanks for not simply kicking me out and killing my characters. I've had a crazy year, and it's been great beeing able to read these stories and occasionally contribute. I hope I can step up my game and create decent content for the thread for a long time.

 

Wild Fatebreaker used Longwinded Explanation! It's...

[Kobold King he/him]

Quicksilver: I imagine he's been observing everything that's been happening, thanks to Surveillance's equipment all over the city. He's been gathering LOTS of intel on Epics powers and weaknesses, as well as how the Dalles Guard and command structure work in a large scale crisis. I may have him grab an epic, not sure who yet. Ideas welcome.

 

Weaknesses he'd know:

 

• Glamour's. Glamour's weakness is very well known in the city.
• Deathwish. If Quicksilver's been watching the city for a couple of years now, he'd have discovered Deathwish's weakness as soon as he came to the city. If not, then he still would have discovered it when Arsenal used it on him a few posts back.
• Edgerunner and Scribbler: depends entirely on whether he managed to bug Autumn's office.
• Redlight: Her weakness is basic enough that it may have been accidentally triggered a couple of times, so he might at least have a guess on what it is.
• Reader: Nobody knows Reader's weakness.

 

Glad to see you back!

[Fatebreaker he/him]

Thanks Kobold, glad to be back. 

 

Question: Can Reader "read" people through a screen(like skype) or if he just hears their voice over a radio?

[Edgedancer he/him]

Fatebreaker, sup. Don't worry we don't "kill" characters, we just let them sit in the corner for a couple of hours.

There isn't really a lot for you to catch up on planning wise. most of our plans are actually for the present day, which is about to end. Meaning there will probably be another bout of planning/improvisation soon.

Excited to actually hear details on any of your plans.

 

You know what guys. In a way knowing that baby Epics are possible makes it worse. You know that it's possible but there are still to many uncertainties to just make a grab and write it.

[Jo and the Bush all/any]

Is the Speech that was planned months ago still happening tomorrow? 

[Edgedancer he/him]

Is the Speech that was planned months ago still happening tomorrow? 

...The one by Lightwards? Most likely.

[Edgedancer he/him]

I'm writing a Red post, who went back to the museum and can their writers post a brief (very brief) description of their looks?]

Lucentia is part of the group that came back.

 

 

Lucentia is a thirty year-old woman, (though given that Epics age slower she should look a couple years younger) regal in bearing and with a stern face crowned by straight black hair. Her right arm is replaced with one made out of diamonds. Currently, she should be wearing a dark blue dress, if I remember right. The family resamblance to Nighthound should also be striking.

[Blaze1616 he/him]

A new Buttercup/Blossom post is up. I didn't have IcyHot and Resistor restrain Converter in case Comatose or Silver wanted to do anything else. If you'd rather we just get things moving, I'll edit my post with another Buttercup section with them restraining Converter.

[mail-mi he/him]

New Collaborate/Neverthere post up.

Thought it might be about time for her to let her personality show a bit more.

 

Yep. Timeport'll love her. 

 

Okay. So then, coming up with an epic then. Would probably tend towards being sympathetic to Corvallis. No prime invincibility.

 

Considered something like 'Homing Bee(con)' - involuntarily moves directly towards what they look at, speed being determined by how clearly they can see the object. Can hover/levitate by looking upwards at an object (sky doesn't count). So in effect, they're weightless, and experience a pushing force towards the object they're looking at. When it comes to other objects interacting with it, the same ammount of inertia is needed to overcome as if they were standing on the ground (so they won't go flying if you give them a push. They might 'fall over' if you push hard enough). Thoughts?

 

That's awesome.  I do have one question, though: How does she sleep? Does she stay hovering if she closes her eyes?

 

There's an Epic I've been thinking about making a part of the Corvallis government. (Sort of. He'd be better described as an 'interested third party.' As such he might float around a little between the cities. And he's more than likely to play both sides of the conflict, as well.) 

 

Accord/Witness: (Haven't quite decided yet.)

Primary Power: Witnessing: Can make any contract between two parties binding. Binding as in they are physically compelled to carry it out; neither can break it, even if they want to. They are also compelled to comply to any additional terms (IE, penalties for not completing their part of the contract) if necessary. Contracts are rendered void if the participants do not sign of their own free will. (Under duress is fine, but it Hypno or another mind-control Epic were to force someone to sign, it wouldn't work.)

 

Secondary/Passive: Teleportation: Can instantly teleport to anywhere he has previously been. 

 

Both of these abilities may be gifted, to up to twelve people while retaining power himself. (So thirteen total.)

 

MO: Having no offensive powers to speak of, he will give his services to any who ask, but he always exacts a price for his services. (Often hidden in large amounts of legal jargon within the contracts.) His end goal is to slowly gain power and resources until he controls Corvallis, and eventually Oregon. At the moment though, he only has a few dozen vanillas and a small handful of minor Epics in his service, and the current chaos seems like a perfect opportunity to increase his power. 

 

Do you think he could work/add an interesting element to the overall storyline, Comatose? 

 

I had an idea for this guy, and it was that his contract-keeping power is unknown outside of places he's closely interacted with. People could just know him as a simple teleporter. 

 

Thanks Kobold, glad to be back. 

 

Question: Can Reader "read" people through a screen(like skype) or if he just hears their voice over a radio?

 

Yes, and no. He has to be looking at the person, so through a screen would work (but only live, not movies, since those actions were recorded and in the past, and the actual person is no longer there) but not a voice over the radio. 

[Mailliw73 he/him]

 

And do you guys know what that means for the RP?

Flashrunner can have children! Little baby flying and sliding electric Epics.

 

• Edgerunner and Scribbler: depends entirely on whether he managed to bug Autumn's office.

Well, he'd only know the basics of the circumstances for Emma's. She wouldn't have been talking about the blindfolds specifically. But, like in Steelheart, he could probably pick a few of the most likely things and try them all. 

 

Welcome back, Fatebreaker!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Flashrunner can have children! Little baby flying and sliding electric Epics.

Well, he'd only know the basics of the circumstances for Emma's. She wouldn't have been talking about the blindfolds specifically. But, like in Steelheart, he could probably pick a few of the most likely things and try them all.

Welcome back, Fatebreaker!

I think he meant something far more dire. Something that starts with "Nighthound" and ends with "Junior."

Right. I doubt Autumn would actually know anyone's weakness, save for those Vondra knows and shared with her. (Not sure how many he knows, honestly ) She'd only know events Scribbler and Edgerunner shared with her, and in Scribbler's case at least, that probably wouldn't be nearly everything.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I think he meant something far more dire. Something that starts with "Nighthound" and ends with "Junior."

Right. I doubt Autumn would actually know anyone's weakness, save for those Vondra knows and shared with her. (Not sure how many he knows, honestly ) She'd only know events Scribbler and Edgerunner shared with her, and in Scribbler's case at least, that probably wouldn't be nearly everything.

Nope. I refuse to believe that. Nighthound is no more capable of producing a child than Sazed, I'm declaring that right now. 

 

She'd know everything, or most of it, of Emma's past, but not the details of her weakness. Unless Vondra told her of course.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Nope. I refuse to believe that. Nighthound is no more capable of producing a child than Sazed, I'm declaring that right now.

She'd know everything, or most of it, of Emma's past, but not the details of her weakness. Unless Vondra told her of course.

Headcanon accepted.

That's what I thought. She knows about Ty, so she probably knows other things, but I'm under the impression that even a nicer Epic like Edgerunner would be afraid to share her weakness with anyone.

[Aonar he/him]

The issue with this Epic is that Blossom would advise Rainmaker to not deal with him. She'd be very adamant about it, and would explain all the potential failings of such a partnership (and there are a lot of them). The only way Blossom would ever be okay with this Epic would be if Rainmaker had a deal in which the powers could be abused in the way Blackhoof described. Your response of the price being too high would mean Blossom would be totally against it. Obviously it is up to Comatose to decide whether Rainmaker would heed Blossom's warnings or not.

 

As for my other Queens, Buttercup would like this Epic, until he proved himself to be working all sides of any conflict, and Bubbles would avoid him like the plague.

 

The way I'm thinking of him, he'd be more of a last-resort option. Someone to be dealt with only grudgingly, when there are few alternatives. Which seems to be the way Corvallis is heading, at the moment. (And of course, if Witness became a part of the story, he would do his part to push things to that point as well.) Not necessarily because he's hard to work with, (the Affably Evil trope would no doubt fit him to a tee) but rather because you know you'll always end up on the worse end of the deal.

 

That would be a simple contract. "You don't help or start any kind of rebellion or coup against the Queens, and I will make sure you always have a place to stay here in Corvallis." That seems beneficial to all parties, and keeps him from actively working against the Queens. It would obviously take the form of a document, with many possible loopholes of the above summary being specified and ironed out. The penalty for breaking would likely be death, or loss of powers, or some other very serious consequence.

 

That, however, is a discussion to have later, once we know if the Epic is joining Corvallis. One issue, though, is that the idea of having Corvallis's timeline be set in the "past" in reference to the other threads. It sounds like one of Aonar's ideas was to have the Epic jump from city to city. That would not be possible if Corvallis is set during a different time.

 

As a Gifter, he would love that contract, as stated. (He's going to weasel out of it somehow, regardless, but that particular statement, no matter how well refined, would be easy for him to get around.) The way his powers work, he couldn't instantly kill someone if they had a PI, or actually remove their abilities, but he could force them into a coma, or bind them to not use their powers. (His contracts let him control the parties involved, not warp reality.)

 

Maybe not visit other cities, per se, but he'll be certain to keep abreast of important events going on elsewhere in Oregon. (He has agents and emissaries in several locations of import, although they won't have made themselves known.)

 

I had an idea for this guy, and it was that his contract-keeping power is unknown outside of places he's closely interacted with. People could just know him as a simple teleporter. 

 

That could work, although I like the idea of a sort of service-broker character. ...Of course, it could be interesting as well if he's just an observer, waiting, watching and subtly manipulating events until the time is right to strike a deal. (In which case I'd probably RP primarily as one of his bound servants, as they'd be capable of getting involved more.)

[Kobold King he/him]

 

Red took out her dagger and cut her wrists open. She fed the blood into her marbles and tried to fade away into the background. Of course, this will probably make me more noticeable, but whatever. They'll get used to me.

Or they die. Perhaps they'll die before they get used to me. 

 

 

Dear Red,

 

I get the reasoning behind why you do what you do, but you have to understand that the reason people are uncomfortable around you is because you slit your wrist arteries and bleed all over the place in front of them. If you did this sort of thing in private, people would be less likely to assume you're some kind of maniac.

 

Also, laundry. If you actually cleaned those clothes of yours you'd look less like a walking and talking scab, and maybe people wouldn't react to your presence with out-and-out disgust.

 

Sincerely, Kobold King.

 

 

 

Right. I doubt Autumn would actually know anyone's weakness, save for those Vondra knows and shared with her. (Not sure how many he knows, honestly  ) She'd only know events Scribbler and Edgerunner shared with her, and in Scribbler's case at least, that probably wouldn't be nearly everything.

 

Vondra knows the weaknesses of Glamour, Redlight, Deathwish, Arsenal, and Scribbler.  (Didn't we agree in PMs that Scribbler told Autumn and Vondra her weakness? I don't think she told her whole backstory, but I'm pretty sure she at least told them about alcohol removing her powers.)

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Vondra knows the weaknesses of Glamour, Redlight, Deathwish, Arsenal, and Scribbler. (Didn't we agree in PMs that Scribbler told Autumn and Vondra her weakness? I don't think she told her whole backstory, but I'm pretty sure she at least told them about alcohol removing her powers.)

How many of those would Autumn know? And with Scribbler-was that a present thing or a future thing?

[Kobold King he/him]

How many of those would Autumn know? And with Scribbler-was that a present thing or a future thing?

 

I was under the impression that we were talking about what characters knew in the present.

 

Autumn would know Glamour and Deathwish's for sure; Deathwish's isn't public knowledge, but Vondra would have told her just in case. I'm not sure whether Scribbler told her or if she only told Vondra, and Redlight's is kept as secret as Vondra can manage because she's basically his bodyguard.

[Haelbarde he/him]

That's awesome.  I do have one question, though: How does she sleep? Does she stay hovering if she closes her eyes?

Yup. Closing her eyes is the easiest way to stop herself from moving.

 

Epic Name: Miss Isle (derived from Homing Missile)

Power: Gets pulled towards whatever she's focusing on or just in the direction she's looking (if she wasn't focusing on anything). Speed determined by how well she can see the object and how far away it is. The closer it is, and the less clearly she can see it, the slower she goes. Closing her eyes lets her hover in place, and wearing sun glasses does almost the same thing (she'll still move slightly forwards, but if she's standing on the ground, she'll not notice the pull). This lets her do a Cyclops style thing where she can 'activate' her power by lifting her glasses. The pull it self acts as if every point on the surface of the object is pulling her towards it, meaning it centers her on the face of said object.

[Blackhoof]

Having it already be set in the past has some potential issues, namely that we haven't referenced anything about Corvallis at all, with Epics moving about the state so much word would reach the Dalles, Portland and Astoria within a few days that for example, Euphoria has been kidnapped.

 

well when euphoria was kidnapped Rainmaker stopped letting people in or out, didnt she?

and if Corvallis falls before the other RP's start, then they have no reason to mention it. Another dead city. And it isn't like other cities are mentioned much in each thread.

 

I'll be honest, I haven't read the other threads to completion. Would Corvallis, a city whose ruler is actively keeping it separated from the rest of the world, be much news to the characters of the other threads? Isn't the point of Corvallis to be a place in which Epics and vanillas go, and most don't leave? So unless one of the characters came from Corvallis, would the news really reach outside the bubble? Or at least beyond the crowds wanting to enter Corvallis? I actually don't know, which is why I'm asking if it's feasible.

 

that's what i think, the news wouldn't escape until the force field goes down. And even then, why would they bother mentioning it? Its just another epic-ruled city to them.

 

For one Corvallis does need a certain amount of emigrants for simple logistic reasons. The bubble means there is a hard limit to how many people can be placed in town without it getting crowded. Furthermore, with both Euphoria disappearing and Iconoclast's attack there certainly will be a large number of people fleeing and with that also spreading word.

not if it doesn't go up until the city has basically fallen. Then they certainly would hear of it, but might not care enough to mention.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

well when euphoria was kidnapped Rainmaker stopped letting people in or out, didnt she?

and if Corvallis falls before the other RP's start, then they have no reason to mention it. Another dead city. And it isn't like other cities are mentioned much in each thread.

that's what i think, the news wouldn't escape until the force field goes down. And even then, why would they bother mentioning it? Its just another epic-ruled city to them.

not if it doesn't go up until the city has basically fallen. Then they certainly would hear of it, but might not care enough to mention.

If Corvallis falls to Iconoclast, or if Iconoclast has a sizable role in its downfall, Vondra at least will mention it. He'll want to know everything there is to know about this guy, most importantly whether or not he's still alive, because that Epic could probably bring The Dalles down all by himself.

[Redbird he/him]

So once this part with Converter plays out, what would be a good way to introduce Heatsink? I was thinking to help with converter, but after, since he wasn't mentioned in those going to restrain her.

[Kobold King he/him]

If Corvallis falls to Iconoclast, or if Iconoclast has a sizable role in its downfall, Vondra at least will mention it. He'll want to know everything there is to know about this guy, most importantly whether or not he's still alive, because that Epic could probably bring The Dalles down all by himself.

 

Most definitely. An Epic like him is an even larger threat than Obliteration. Vondra tries to keep tabs on the most dangerous Epics in his area, and he'd definitely know about it if Iconoclast had singlehandedly taken down Corvallis.

 

 

In other news, Brandon just now answered Mailliw's question about unique Epic powers!

 

Less than 10% are both unique and useful. 

 

Is it just me, or does this halfway confirm that Epics like Big Al exist with unique but useless powers?

[Redbird he/him]

Most definitely. An Epic like him is an even larger threat than Obliteration. Vondra tries to keep tabs on the most dangerous Epics in his area, and he'd definitely know about it if Iconoclast had singlehandedly taken down Corvallis.

 

 

In other news, Brandon just now answered Mailliw's question about unique Epic powers!

 

 

 

 

Is it just me, or does this halfway confirm that Epics like Big Al exist with unique but useless powers?

What powers does Big Al have?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Most definitely. An Epic like him is an even larger threat than Obliteration. Vondra tries to keep tabs on the most dangerous Epics in his area, and he'd definitely know about it if Iconoclast had singlehandedly taken down Corvallis.

In other news, Brandon just now answered Mailliw's question about unique Epic powers!

Is it just me, or does this halfway confirm that Epics like Big Al exist with unique but useless powers?

I think it does. And I also think it makes TooMuchOxy's power to turn elbows into chicken practically canon.

[mail-mi he/him]

I think it does. And I also think it makes TooMuchOxy's power to turn elbows into chicken practically canon.

And Mommy is confirmed

And tons of our other Epics just got less likely, as well as confirming that all of our teleporters and energy epics are perfectly cannon.