Blackhoof Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Loved the cherry story. Made the Dalles feel so much realer, connecting to its real-world industry like that. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Loved the cherry story. Made the Dalles feel so much realer, connecting to its real-world industry like that. I agree, although at the start I could feel Shiny Sparkle's urge to interrupt him and tell him that there was no need to reach out so far with a story, if he simply wanted to compliment her.
Voidus Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Apologies for the lack of a 'day in the life of' story yesterday, been battling a pretty horrific cold and am currently trying to locate one of my lungs from when I coughed it up. Hopefully I can get a couple of posts up later.
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Apologies for the lack of a 'day in the life of' story yesterday, been battling a pretty horrific cold and am currently trying to locate one of my lungs from when I coughed it up. Hopefully I can get a couple of posts up later. It's alright, as wonderful as those are, it's more important that you get better again.
Mailliw73 he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Vondra post up! A bit verbose, but I hope it meets everyone's approval. Edge, I wrote in Shiny Sparkle sitting down at Vondra's suggestion. It seemed a harmless enough thing to add, but if you want it changed, just say the word and I'll take it out. Time for an Iconoclast post! Prepare for some guilty sympathy Good job on both of those posts, guys! I really enjoyed seeing both of them and getting deeper into both Vondra and Iconoclast's heads. 1
Blackhoof Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Thanks Mailiw I keep forgetting how much character backstory we develop and post in the Question threads, compared to the actual game threads. I had only hinted at his backstory in-thread for instance. Now it is "official" Edited July 12, 2015 by Blackhoof
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Behold the insanity that is within Shiny Sparkle's mind, also watch the entire conversation turn into a train wreck from here on out. (Out of interest, show of hands, who thought Vondra's story might have success?) 1
Blackhoof Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I plan to post Iconoclast releasing the trapped Ghouls pretty soon, once some other characters have gotten their "awakening" morning posts
Kobold King he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Loved the cherry story. Made the Dalles feel so much realer, connecting to its real-world industry like that. Thanks! Behold the insanity that is within Shiny Sparkle's mind, also watch the entire conversation turn into a train wreck from here on out. (Out of interest, show of hands, who thought Vondra's story might have success?) I hoped it would, but deep down inside I knew Shiny wouldn't tolerate it. Now it's time to skip the metaphor and flat-out inform her that if she comes within six feet of Autumn again, she'll have every gun in town pointed at her back.
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Thanks! I hoped it would, but deep down inside I knew Shiny wouldn't tolerate it. Now it's time to skip the metaphor and flat-out inform her that if she comes within six feet of Autumn again, she'll have every gun in town pointed at her back. Yes, metaphors are a very... risky attempt when dealing with her, especially if the metaphor is anything that could be taken as flirtacious in the slightest.
Kobold King he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Yes, metaphors are a very... risky attempt when dealing with her, especially if the metaphor is anything that could be taken as flirtacious in the slightest. Time to exchange cherry trees for bullets, then. Hope you get over your cold soon, Voidus. I know this doesn't mean much to you, but you're in my prayers.
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Time to exchange cherry trees for bullets, then. Hope you get over your cold soon, Voidus. I know this doesn't mean much to you, but you're in my prayers. Shot through the heart And you're to blame You give love a bad name (Bad name) Edited July 12, 2015 by Edgedancer 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Shot through the heart And you're to blame You give love a bad name (Bad name) Quick, we've got to get Glamour in here ASAP!
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Time for an Iconoclast post! Prepare for some guilty sympathy Ever since I read Iconoclast's wiki article, he's creeped me out more than Nighthound. Edited July 12, 2015 by Mckeedee123
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Quick, we've got to get Glamour in here ASAP! Oh yeah. Anyway, unless a miracle happens it seems that I indeed need to think about where she is to go next. #shinysparkleroadtrip
Voidus Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 A day in the life of Proximity: Dear Diary, today I exploded 50 times. The lowest number this month.I am Proximity, and this was my day.I woke up around 10, I used to keep an alarm clock nearby to wake me up but blowing your hand up is a really irritating way to wake up in the morning.I am a High Epic. Now, that picture in your mind of some awesomely powerful being? The kind of Epic that even other Epics are afraid of? It's completely wrong. I heal. I heal very quickly. I also explode. The two make for an unpleasant combination.Every time I touch something there's a 50/50 chance that it will explode, along with whichever part of me is touching it. As such I rarely change clothes since accidentally blowing up gets really boring really quickly.Waking up I got off of my bare bed (I'd long since tired of replacing sheets and blankets) and went to get some breakfast. Now you might imagine that eating is difficult when every second mouthful blows your head up. You would be right. Luckily I've discovered that as long as the first time I touch something it doesn't explode then as long as I keep in contact with it it won't explode even if I touch it with a different part of my body of break off a piece of it. So my breakfast consisted of toast, a gentle touch of each piece to see if it was going to explode before shoveling it into my mouth. Sometimes I could try a sandwich but if any piece of it fell out of the bread onto my lap I tended to end up with an awkward hole in my pants.Finishing my last slice of toast off, having only blown my hand up 3 times so far I was looking forward to the day, hoping as ever that there would be minimal explosions.As you might imagine there's not a lot of work you can do when you're constantly blowing up whatever you touch. Customer service in particular is quite tricky, the number of people whose hands I've accidentally blown up by absentmindedly shaking them is... well it's 14. Walking down the street proved dangerous as ever, trying to avoid brushing into anyone though almost everyone in town knew to stay well away from me, there was always someone who wasn't looking or new in town who nearly walked straight into me. Some days I was almost tempted to let them but then people inevitably threw things at me and blew me up a few times before I could run away.Now you might think, sure exploding doesn't sound like much fun but if you're basically immortal it's still got to be pretty cool right? I mean I could just explode anyone who annoys me right? Well yes I could but given that I don't regenerate that quickly people around town quickly realized when I first became an Epic and started blowing up everything in sight that a tomato thrown at my legs quickly rendered me less than able to fight very well. So now I try to get along with regular people when possible.Which led me to my current job, resident demolitions expert of Wisconsin. Be it a building or a forest just give me a call and I can get rid of it quick smart. Seriously, please give me a call? I go through mattresses like you wouldn't believe and they're kind of expensive. A few houses were on the bill today, mostly houses that had been rendered unlivable by some Epic or another, one was filled with some absolutely foul smelling jelly, but hey you don't really get to pick your jobs when you need to replace things as frequently as I do.On the last house before my lunch break one of the walls fell over onto me, opting not to explode too so I was somewhat stuck until I managed to blow a hole in it by tapping a fallen brick.Still, I've had worse jobs.Breaking for lunch I sat down at one of the only cafes that still served me, and only because I payed triple what they charged everyone else and had to buy twice as much anyway.Blowing up my first two hot dogs the third finally resisted, though I lost a finger to a stray drop of mustard. I payed for the meal and the chair that I'd blown up and then went back to work, clearing out another house as well as a tree someone couldn't be bothered cutting down.Finally done for the day I trudged my way back to the house, I was nearly there when I was stopped by some yelling behind me.Please don't be an Epic, please don't be an Epic. I prayed.I was in luck for once, the man may have looked angry and been sprouting some unusual facial hair but his clothes were all normal looking and other people seemed to only be normal scared as opposed to fearing the city was going to be destroyed scared."You're the 'sploder right? Proximity or whatever? You overcharge me mate Frank, all you did was get rid of one tree!""Sorry" I replied in as even a tone as I could manage, suppressing my anger "No refunds, I told him what it would cost before and he seemed happy."I turned away to head back to my house."Hey! Don't turn away from me! I'm not afraid of you Epics or nuthin." The idiot continued to talk to me, chasing after me.I just hope he's not stupid enough to-"I said STOP!" He yelled, grabbing me by the shoulder. I winced.A spray of blood and bone went up as his hand blew up along with my shoulder and a good portion of my neck.Waiting irritably for my vocal chords to heal I threw a scathing look at the idiot cradling his arm, which now ended in a stump."That" I said in a scratchy, barely human voice. "Was my favorite jacket. And now there's a giant hole in it. So unless you want to see what happens when I touch your face you're going to pay for it now."The cowering man threw a terrified glance at me before dropping his wallet and scampering away into the crowd. The crowd looked at me in disapproval."What? I really liked that jacket."They continued to glare.Sighing I walked home, payed Mrs. Smith to open the door from me so I didn't blow it up and fixed myself a dinner of some more toast.I mentally ran through my explosions of the day and realized there had only been 50.My name is Proximity and I had a lucky day. 6
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 A day in the life of Proximity: Dear Diary, today I exploded 50 times. The lowest number this month. I am Proximity, and this was my day. I woke up around 10, I used to keep an alarm clock nearby to wake me up but blowing your hand up is a really irritating way to wake up in the morning. I am a High Epic. Now, that picture in your mind of some awesomely powerful being? The kind of Epic that even other Epics are afraid of? It's completely wrong. I heal. I heal very quickly. I also explode. The two make for an unpleasant combination. Every time I touch something there's a 50/50 chance that it will explode, along with whichever part of me is touching it. As such I rarely change clothes since accidentally blowing up gets really boring really quickly. Waking up I got off of my bare bed (I'd long since tired of replacing sheets and blankets) and went to get some breakfast. Now you might imagine that eating is difficult when every second mouthful blows your head up. You would be right. Luckily I've discovered that as long as the first time I touch something it doesn't explode then as long as I keep in contact with it it won't explode even if I touch it with a different part of my body of break off a piece of it. So my breakfast consisted of toast, a gentle touch of each piece to see if it was going to explode before shoveling it into my mouth. Sometimes I could try a sandwich but if any piece of it fell out of the bread onto my lap I tended to end up with an awkward hole in my pants. Finishing my last slice of toast off, having only blown my hand up 3 times so far I was looking forward to the day, hoping as ever that there would be minimal explosions. As you might imagine there's not a lot of work you can do when you're constantly blowing up whatever you touch. Customer service in particular is quite tricky, the number of people whose hands I've accidentally blown up by absentmindedly shaking them is... well it's 14. Walking down the street proved dangerous as ever, trying to avoid brushing into anyone though almost everyone in town knew to stay well away from me, there was always someone who wasn't looking or new in town who nearly walked straight into me. Some days I was almost tempted to let them but then people inevitably threw things at me and blew me up a few times before I could run away. Now you might think, sure exploding doesn't sound like much fun but if you're basically immortal it's still got to be pretty cool right? I mean I could just explode anyone who annoys me right? Well yes I could but given that I don't regenerate that quickly people around town quickly realized when I first became an Epic and started blowing up everything in sight that a tomato thrown at my legs quickly rendered me less than able to fight very well. So now I try to get along with regular people when possible. Which led me to my current job, resident demolitions expert of Wisconsin. Be it a building or a forest just give me a call and I can get rid of it quick smart. Seriously, please give me a call? I go through mattresses like you wouldn't believe and they're kind of expensive. A few houses were on the bill today, mostly houses that had been rendered unlivable by some Epic or another, one was filled with some absolutely foul smelling jelly, but hey you don't really get to pick your jobs when you need to replace things as frequently as I do. On the last house before my lunch break one of the walls fell over onto me, opting not to explode too so I was somewhat stuck until I managed to blow a hole in it by tapping a fallen brick. Still, I've had worse jobs. Breaking for lunch I sat down at one of the only cafes that still served me, and only because I payed triple what they charged everyone else and had to buy twice as much anyway. Blowing up my first two hot dogs the third finally resisted, though I lost a finger to a stray drop of mustard. I payed for the meal and the chair that I'd blown up and then went back to work, clearing out another house as well as a tree someone couldn't be bothered cutting down. Finally done for the day I trudged my way back to the house, I was nearly there when I was stopped by some yelling behind me. Please don't be an Epic, please don't be an Epic. I prayed. I was in luck for once, the man may have looked angry and been sprouting some unusual facial hair but his clothes were all normal looking and other people seemed to only be normal scared as opposed to fearing the city was going to be destroyed scared. "You're the 'sploder right? Proximity or whatever? You overcharge me mate Frank, all you did was get rid of one tree!" "Sorry" I replied in as even a tone as I could manage, suppressing my anger "No refunds, I told him what it would cost before and he seemed happy." I turned away to head back to my house. "Hey! Don't turn away from me! I'm not afraid of you Epics or nuthin." The idiot continued to talk to me, chasing after me. I just hope he's not stupid enough to- "I said STOP!" He yelled, grabbing me by the shoulder. I winced. A spray of blood and bone went up as his hand blew up along with my shoulder and a good portion of my neck. Waiting irritably for my vocal chords to heal I threw a scathing look at the idiot cradling his arm, which now ended in a stump. "That" I said in a scratchy, barely human voice. "Was my favorite jacket. And now there's a giant hole in it. So unless you want to see what happens when I touch your face you're going to pay for it now." The cowering man threw a terrified glance at me before dropping his wallet and scampering away into the crowd. The crowd looked at me in disapproval. "What? I really liked that jacket." They continued to glare. Sighing I walked home, payed Mrs. Smith to open the door from me so I didn't blow it up and fixed myself a dinner of some more toast. I mentally ran through my explosions of the day and realized there had only been 50. My name is Proximity and I had a lucky day. Hmm.... how does he pay people if his money keeps exploding?
Voidus Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Time to exchange cherry trees for bullets, then. Hope you get over your cold soon, Voidus. I know this doesn't mean much to you, but you're in my prayers. I tend to take the thought behind it so it still means a lot to me, thanks Kobold Ever since I read Iconoclast's wiki article, he's creeped me out more than Nighthound. I really need to update the wiki more Hmm.... how does he pay people if his money keeps exploding? With difficulty He has a purse on strings, when someone pays him they just drop the money into it, when he pays someone else they take the money out, very carefully.
Blackhoof Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Ever since I read Iconoclast's wiki article, he's creeped me out more than Nighthound. why thank you ^-^ I intended to make him ridiculously creepy. Hmm.... how does he pay people if his money keeps exploding? hmmmm... a credit card! ... somehow I really need to update the wiki more yeah, we should make a thread and pin the link to it. I saved it to my favourites bar but other new players or those who didn't save it probably don't have any access or even knowledge of it. Edited July 12, 2015 by Blackhoof
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 why thank you ^-^ I intended to make him ridiculously creepy. hmmmm... a credit card! ... somehow All locations need their local nightmare fuel, don't they. Maybe money is his weakness. I have a question of opinion for the public, while it hasn't been decided yet I think it is rather clear that Shiny Sparkle's conversation with Vondra will go south and I see her neither sticking around after it was made clear to her that she has no chances with Autumn, coupled with guns pointed at her nor turning into an atagonist for the location (although both is possible in theory), which leaves me wih two options that are viable: Take/follow Backtrack and MV to Portland, tecnically I like this option better, as it keeps a fluent narritive and I feel there are more characters that her personality would play of well there but the location is already pretty full. Otherwise I think Corvallis would be the best fit for her. Now, while it's entirely possible I'm giving this thought long before neccesary or that the conversation somehow resolves in a way that will lead to her staying in the Dalles (I'm certainly not going to push the situation in any direction aside the one it's going to naturally develop towards) but I just thought that getting puplic opinion wouldn't hurt.
Blackhoof Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Well I'm sure one more colourful Epic in Portland couldn't hurt
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I have a question of opinion for the public, while it hasn't been decided yet I think it is rather clear that Shiny Sparkle's conversation with Vondra will go south and I see her neither sticking around after it was made clear to her that she has no chances with Autumn, coupled with guns pointed at her nor turning into an atagonist for the location (although both is possible in theory), which leaves me wih two options that are viable: Take/follow Backtrack and MV to Portland, tecnically I like this option better, as it keeps a fluent narritive and I feel there are more characters that her personality would play of well there but the location is already pretty full. Otherwise I think Corvallis would be the best fit for her. Now, while it's entirely possible I'm giving this thought long before neccesary or that the conversation somehow resolves in a way that will lead to her staying in the Dalles (I'm certainly not going to push the situation in any direction aside the one it's going to naturally develop towards) but I just thought that getting puplic opinion wouldn't hurt. Is she whimsical enough that she would find a new crush as soon as it was clear that she wasn't getting Autumn?
Blackhoof Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Crushing on one of the Corvallis Queens would be amusing.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 All locations need their local nightmare fuel, don't they. Maybe money is his weakness. I have a question of opinion for the public, while it hasn't been decided yet I think it is rather clear that Shiny Sparkle's conversation with Vondra will go south and I see her neither sticking around after it was made clear to her that she has no chances with Autumn, coupled with guns pointed at her nor turning into an atagonist for the location (although both is possible in theory), which leaves me wih two options that are viable: Take/follow Backtrack and MV to Portland, tecnically I like this option better, as it keeps a fluent narritive and I feel there are more characters that her personality would play of well there but the location is already pretty full. Otherwise I think Corvallis would be the best fit for her. Now, while it's entirely possible I'm giving this thought long before neccesary or that the conversation somehow resolves in a way that will lead to her staying in the Dalles (I'm certainly not going to push the situation in any direction aside the one it's going to naturally develop towards) but I just thought that getting puplic opinion wouldn't hurt. What would she do in each location?
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Is she whimsical enough that she would find a new crush as soon as it was clear that she wasn't getting Autumn? Depends if she realizes that Autumn never had a thing for her in the first place, in that case it would be rather easy for her to shrug the whole deal off. Although normally there tends to be some kind of down period for her. Crushing on one of the Corvallis Queens would be amusing. That has high likelyhood of happening should she move there. What would she do in each location? Let's see, in Portland her moving in with Backtrack and MV would put her close to the Empire in the first place, so she would probably latch on to Funtimes, although I could also see her with Thoughttown if that doesn't work out, not so much with the Dominion unless Corpsemaker starts putting the charms on. In Corvallis I'm not quite that sure, she might join the search for Euphoria, hoping that she gets to snuggle her should she be the one to find her, or take a shine to one of the queens, otherwise GOOD seems like she may be a target for her. (All rather vague I'm aware.) One way or another she isn't likely to actually take charge anywhere and decide the flow of things.
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