TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 Still think alternate universes are all fun and games? They can lead to quite horrifying realizations, chief of which being that Deathwish has no standards whatsoever. Also, am I the only one who thinks Shiny Sparkle would be the realm's most sparkly succubus? I wonder if it's possible to make him think fantasy!Quota is a beautiful woman. Not because I think they'd make a cute couple because EWWWW, but because fantasy!Quota's peculiar magic would allow his torture to bypass Hawk's healing factor, but the only way to make it happen is to lower his defenses. She could be, yes. Now to get that image out of my head. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 I wonder if it's possible to make him think fantasy!Quota is a beautiful woman. Not because I think they'd make a cute couple because EWWWW, but because fantasy!Quota's peculiar magic would allow his torture to bypass Hawk's healing factor, but the only way to make it happen is to lower his defenses. She could be, yes. Now to get that image out of my head. ...now I wonder whether fantasy!Altermind would be willing to engineer this trap. And the added discomfort of having Hawk pinch his butt would also give a little pinch of karma to fantasy!Quota. What image would that be? Shiny Sparkle in the woefully impractical armor unique to the fantasy genre? I usually disapprove of that trope, but it would almost make sense for her. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 ...now I wonder whether fantasy!Altermind would be willing to engineer this trap. And the added discomfort of having Hawk pinch his butt would also give a little pinch of karma to fantasy!Quota. What image would that be? Shiny Sparkle in the woefully impractical armor unique to the fantasy genre? I usually disapprove of that trope, but it would almost make sense for her. Would fantasy!Altermind see this happen? Because I wouldn't consider it karmic otherwise. Especially if her chainmail bikini was enchanted to look like flowers....no, never mind, forget I started that thought. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Would fantasy!Altermind see this happen? Because I wouldn't consider it karmic otherwise. Especially if her chainmail bikini was enchanted to look like flowers....no, never mind, forget I started that thought. I'd prefer it if fantasy!Timeport and fantasy!Electro saw it, and made it a joke to slap Quota on the bottom every time they meet him from then on out. Silly Twi. Her chainmail bikini would simply sparkle with so many sequins that her foes would be blinded from looking at her. Flowers aren't nearly sparkly enough for Shiny. ...It's Funtimes who would have the oddest chainmail bikini, if she were the type to wear one. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) I'd prefer it if fantasy!Timeport and fantasy!Electro saw it, and made it a joke to slap Quota on the bottom every time they meet him from then on out. Silly Twi. Her chainmail bikini would simply sparkle with so many sequins that her foes would be blinded from looking at her. Flowers aren't nearly sparkly enough for Shiny. ...It's Funtimes who would have the oddest chainmail bikini, if she were the type to wear one. This must happen. Especially if Deathwish called him a few embarrassing and quotable nicknames. She would not be. I can assure you of that. Edited July 19, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 This must happen. Especially if Deathwish called him a few embarrassing and quotable nicknames. :ph34r. She would not be. I can assure you of that. ..."Snuggle-latte?" "My sexy little pile of suicidal despair?" Care to enlighten us as to what a Funtimes who'd been raised as a medieval princess would actually wear? 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 ..."Snuggle-latte?" "My sexy little pile of suicidal despair?" Care to enlighten us as to what a Funtimes who'd been raised as a medieval princess would actually wear? I was thinking more along the lines of "cutie booty." Pink. Lots of pink. In the castle, she'd wear a pink dress with a train and billowing sleeves that made her feel like she had wings. On the run, she'd wear whatever peasants or mercenaries wore....in pink. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 I was thinking more along the lines of "cutie booty." Pink. Lots of pink. In the castle, she'd wear a pink dress with a train and billowing sleeves that made her feel like she had wings. On the run, she'd wear whatever peasants or mercenaries wore....in pink. ...You win. So I guess in her current state, in a floating fortress with a crazed necromancer, she'd be wearing royal clothes. Peasant clothes in the middle ages were pretty simple--just basic woolen tunics, often with no undergarments. Heck, most of the time peasants went around barefoot unless the weather was cold or they were doing hard work in the fields. Would she wear a veil--usually a mark of an adult, respectable woman--or would she wear her hair loose, which was typically a sign of either a young and unmarried girl or a prostitute? (She's obviously not the latter, but would her childlike persona prompt her to shun the typical veil of the time?) 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) ...You win. So I guess in her current state, in a floating fortress with a crazed necromancer, she'd be wearing royal clothes. Peasant clothes in the middle ages were pretty simple--just basic woolen tunics, often with no undergarments. Heck, most of the time peasants went around barefoot unless the weather was cold or they were doing hard work in the fields. Would she wear a veil--usually a mark of an adult, respectable woman--or would she wear her hair loose, which was typically a sign of either a young and unmarried girl or a prostitute? (She's obviously not the latter, but would her childlike persona prompt her to shun the typical veil of the time?) Not sure if I should be proud or not. Most likely, yes. Fantasy!Lightwards strikes me as the sort of villain who would insist she dress befitting her station and one of his allies, and she would rather wear a pretty dress than walk around barefoot in a potato sack with no underwear. (Her words, not mine.) She would hate that thing. And I mean haaaaaate, hate hate, H8, HAAAAAAAATE it. So she would leave her hair loose and use her magic against anyone who called her a prostitute. Edited July 19, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 She would hate that thing. And I mean haaaaaate, hate hate, H8, HAAAAAAAATE it. So she would leave her hair loose and use her magic against Deathwish when he walked up, smirked at her, and put a coin in her hand. Fixed that for you. I thought she might prefer the dress any way. ...I was going to discuss whether Sam or Revolution would wear the veils, but then I realized that in a true-to-life medieval-esque setting, they'd have both been married to an older villager at the age of 12 and would possibly have given birth to their first children by now. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 Fixed that for you. I thought she might prefer the dress any way. ...I was going to discuss whether Sam or Revolution would wear the veils, but then I realized that in a true-to-life medieval-esque setting, they'd have both been married to an older villager at the age of 12 and would possibly have given birth to their first children by now. "Oh, poor Deathwish. He might be awful, but he didn't deserve that." —absolutely no one ever Who would Sam be married to? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 "Oh, poor Deathwish. He might be awful, but he didn't deserve that." —absolutely no one ever Who would Sam be married to? "Hi, Deathwish, glad to see you!" --absolutely no one ever I'm not sure. The most probable answer would be one of the other vanillas peasants in fantasy!Oregon, probably an NPC five or six years older than her. It's possible that a sorcerer or wealthier man would have paid her dowry and married her, but seeing as no Epic took a fancy to her in regular Oregon, it's doubtful that she'd be high-profile enough to catch one's eye. So most likely her husband a low-born peasant that's never been seen in regular Oregon, and hopefully not one destined to become a remorseless magical sociopath like Seth Nathsha. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 "Hi, Deathwish, glad to see you!" --absolutely no one ever I'm not sure. The most probable answer would be one of the other vanillas peasants in fantasy!Oregon, probably an NPC five or six years older than her. It's possible that a sorcerer or wealthier man would have paid her dowry and married her, but seeing as no Epic took a fancy to her in regular Oregon, it's doubtful that she'd be high-profile enough to catch one's eye. So most likely her husband a low-born peasant that's never been seen in regular Oregon, and hopefully not one destined to become a remorseless magical sociopath like Seth Nathsha. "Can I have your phone number?" —no one who is not a parole officer If she was the young wife of Nathsha, then it makes Funtimes' kidnapping of her look almost….nice. Not in a "Yay, I've been kidnapped!" kind of a way; more in a "I can't say I'm happy about this development, but at least I wasn't at home when my husband went insane, grabbed a battle-ax, and started killing things" kind of a way. 2
Voidus Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 I've been writing EoO entries for my Salem characters, and I just realized that Soulcaster definitely needs one. His motives, history, and personality are still sort of shady. Do you mind getting on that, Voidus? I think I did a wiki article for him but it's pretty outdated, I'll work on it.
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 "Can I have your phone number?" —no one who is not a parole officer If she was the young wife of Nathsha, then it makes Funtimes' kidnapping of her look almost….nice. Not in a "Yay, I've been kidnapped!" kind of a way; more in a "I can't say I'm happy about this development, but at least I wasn't at home when my husband went insane, grabbed a battle-ax, and started killing things" kind of a way. "Can I go home with you?"--no one who was not a Reckoner in disguise. How would Funtimes feel if nine months after the initial kidnapping she became an aunt? 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) "Can I go home with you?"--no one who was not a Reckoner in disguise. How would Funtimes feel if nine months after the initial kidnapping she became an aunt? Number 28 on the List of Things We Wish Would Happen. Less surprised at the nine-month mark, since the truth would be evident a few months in. She'd definitely want to know who the father was, so everyone could be "one big happy family"….but when she found out it was fantasy!Timeport, she'd be more inclined to tell the baby that his/her daddy had gone off to live with the sugar nymphs in their underground candy caverns. Edit: Not that she'd kill him….she just wouldn't bring him to the floating fortress. Edited July 19, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 2
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Number 28 on the List of Things We Wish Would Happen. Less surprised at the nine-month mark, since the truth would be evident a few months in. She'd definitely want to know who the father was, so everyone could be "one big happy family"….but when she found out it was fantasy!Timeport, she'd be more inclined to tell the baby that his/her daddy had gone off to live with the sugar nymphs in their underground candy caverns. Edit: Not that she'd kill him….she just wouldn't bring him to the floating fortress. Um... maybe Deathwish will ultimately have his powerset completely changed to precognition and enhanced agility, which will prompt him to move to Newcago and change his name to Fortuity? Considering what kind of man Seth was even before gaining powers, I imagine medieval!Sam would also be inclined to tell her child stories about the sugar nymphs. Also, is it just me, or would fantasy / medieval Obliteration be pretty much the same as he is in the Reckonerverse? 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 Um... maybe Deathwish will ultimately have his powerset completely changed to precognition and enhanced agility, which will prompt him to move to Newcago and change his name to Fortuity? Considering what kind of man Seth was even before gaining powers, I imagine medieval!Sam would also be inclined to tell her child stories about the sugar nymphs. Also, is it just me, or would fantasy / medieval Obliteration be pretty much the same as he is in the Reckonerverse? But….if he was in Oregon while Nathan was….and Fortuity was in Newcago….he was there for years…..but if Deathwish is…. *brain explodes* Not a bad story, all told. I think even "Your daddy's in prison" would be a better story than the true one. I would imagine so, yes. You wouldn't even have to change his outfit that much. Just make it a black robe instead of a trench coat with a clerical collar and vestments—it would be slightly anachronistic, but it'd still fit him. You'd have to change his translation of choice to the Gutenberg Bible, unless this is set in a time period analogous to 1611, in which case Pope Vondra's church would be in the midst of quite a bit of upheaval…. ….sorry, where was I? Got lost in the research again. No, you wouldn't have to change Obliteration hardly at all. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Maybe this is my heatstroke talking, but I can't say I mind. I'm surprised, but this one of the tamer things I've come home to find you lot chatting about. Though I'm a touch annoyed you had the discussion of What Happened in Fantasy!Oregon without me. I want to say we've talked about this before, but because we can never discuss these alternate universes enough... Lightwards, I think, would still be a necromancer in the enchanted kingdom of Oregon. However, he'd be a different breed of necromancer; once a professor at one of the kingdom's highest centers of magical learning, he began dabbling in dark arts with the intention of curing human mortality. He succeeded... at a cost. He gained the ability to resurrect the dead, including himself, but the sorcery took a terrible toll on his mind. His sanity slipped. Every skeleton he animated drove him further into paranoia. Every death he resurrected himself from drove him deeper into delusion. Eventually he massacred the students of his university, and fled into the countryside to begin his dark quest. He has now deceived a runaway princess into aiding him, and resides in a floating fortress she enchanted for him. Even now he strives to create a new empire... an Empire of Light, he calls it. Aldo the Enigmatic was a court mystic, who bamboozed nobles and princes into believing he possessed magical power. More recently, he stumbled upon ancient texts that taught him real magic, and has begun roaming the kingdom meeting other sorcerers. He travels with a snarky pixie named Cricket, so named because she's six inches tall and has the legs of a cricket. A recent addition to the Empire of Light, Steven is a low-born peasant man who stumbled across a pair of magic glasses made of pink crystal, which have mystically bonded with him and allow him to see into the past. While this ability should make him the most powerful man in the kingdom, as he could find the weaknesses of powerful sorcerers or learn the battle plans of any rival lord, he instead uses his ability in pitiful attempts to impress damsels and tavern wenches, and has been pressured into working for the Emperor of Light. Samantha, daughter of Trattner, is a young village girl and daughter of a local baker. She's of low birth, but has somehow survived to the age of seventeen without being struck down by a sorcerer or great lord for her defiant attitude. Fantasytimes recently chose to kidnap her for that very same defiance, which has caused the young girl nothing but trouble. Revolution Sunburst is a peasant of a far-off, isolated community, one that resides far from the sorcerer-run kingdoms and claims to have nymph blood in the heritage of its members. She has little experience with nobles or dark wizards, but is confident--perhaps overly confident--in her ability to survive them with her morality and pacifism intact. The nymph blood is strong in her, and she seems more energetic when she's been in direct sunlight. Meanwhile, in the city-state of The Dalles, men have withstood the turmoil in the rest of the kingdom by forming a militant religious order called only the Guard. Led by Commander Pope Vondra, the Guard keeps sorcerers on a fine leash as it uses their abilities to defend the town. Of the many magic-users coerced into service by the Guard, one of the most powerful is the man once known as Hawk. He once fought for a fierce barbarian tribe, laying waste to many towns and villages. Eventually, however, he was banished from the tribe for an incident that may or may not have involved sleeping with the barbarian king's daughter. This forced him to flee into the wilderness, where he encountered a powerful water nymph. The nymph, fed up with his attempts to 'woo' her, eventually granted him the magical arts of flight and damage reflections in order to get him out of her hair, and Hawk proceeded to terrorize the country before being captured by the Guard. While sorcerers are usually stripped of their liberties by the Guard, one is actually the right hand man of Pope Vondra. The Bishop Daniel knows but a single spell, simple but versatile--the ability to conjure weapons and tools out of thin air. The knights of The Dalles are well-armed with swords, battleaxes, and every other melee weapon under the sun. Their farmers and blacksmiths are also well-stocked, and the city wants for nothing--though the Bishop's strict decrees, both religious and practical in nature, have annoyed many to no small extent. A certain pair of "young witches," one with power of gravity and friction and the other adorned with myriad tattoos, are prone to convoluted pranks to knock the Bishop down a peg. Hey, I don't complain about all the discussion that happens, while I'm asleep, so no hard feelings. Still think alternate universes are all fun and games? They can lead to quite horrifying realizations, chief of which being that Deathwish has no standards whatsoever. Also, am I the only one who thinks Shiny Sparkle would be the realm's most sparkly succubus? ...Well I had her as a travelling seductive witch but I supposse giving her some succubus blood would go a long was explaining some things. By the way Kobold, is your daughter the child of a succubus, does that mean you have some kind of escapades you want to tell us? I've seen her more in a very open cut witch dress until now but a chainmail bikini might act as a secondary fighting outfit. Fixed that for you. I thought she might prefer the dress any way. ...I was going to discuss whether Sam or Revolution would wear the veils, but then I realized that in a true-to-life medieval-esque setting, they'd have both been married to an older villager at the age of 12 and would possibly have given birth to their first children by now. Good thing that in this fantasy land marriage doesn't have to be mandatory. "Hi, Deathwish, glad to see you!" --absolutely no one ever I'm not sure. The most probable answer would be one of the other vanillas peasants in fantasy!Oregon, probably an NPC five or six years older than her. It's possible that a sorcerer or wealthier man would have paid her dowry and married her, but seeing as no Epic took a fancy to her in regular Oregon, it's doubtful that she'd be high-profile enough to catch one's eye. So most likely her husband a low-born peasant that's never been seen in regular Oregon, and hopefully not one destined to become a remorseless magical sociopath like Seth Nathsha. Well, Nighthound already voiced that he would like to play with her and Shiny Sparkle would undoubtedly take a fancy to her should they meet... so you may speak to hasty there. I've also had a thought concerning fantasy Voidgaze and if she maybe should be made the familiar or Big Al, the king of everything. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 Good thing that in this fantasy land marriage doesn't have to be mandatory. Well, Nighthound already voiced that he would like to play with her and Shiny Sparkle would undoubtedly take a fancy to her should they meet... so you may speak to hasty there. I've also had a thought concerning fantasy Voidgaze and if she maybe should be made the familiar or Big Al, the king of everything. ….yeah, let's go back to that "marriage isn't mandatory" thing and leave it there. And in this setting, it's even more plausible! The ability to provide McMuffins (or the medieval equivalent, so…haggis? yeah, let's stick with McMuffins ) would be considered an extremely valuable ability (free food!) so he could easily obtain and maintain control over his kingdom. Plus, he could become a beloved king by ensuring widows and orphans and other disenfranchised classes never did without. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) ….yeah, let's go back to that "marriage isn't mandatory" thing and leave it there. And in this setting, it's even more plausible! The ability to provide McMuffins (or the medieval equivalent, so…haggis? yeah, let's stick with McMuffins ) would be considered an extremely valuable ability (free food!) so he could easily obtain and maintain control over his kingdom. Plus, he could become a beloved king by ensuring widows and orphans and other disenfranchised classes never did without. That sounds like it would be a whole lot safer, yes. Now we have our king and local deity also acting as the queen we also need to fill the court. Who wants to throw some characters in? Edit: I contacted Fatebreaker and got more or less what the Ballooner would do from him, so here's a new Portland post, enjoy. Edited July 19, 2015 by Edgedancer
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Red: Let's not go there... Seems like it might be the safer option, yes. By the way, do you know how long it will be until you're gone again?
Kobold King he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Well, Nighthound already voiced that he would like to play with her and Shiny Sparkle would undoubtedly take a fancy to her should they meet... so you may speak to hasty there. I've also had a thought concerning fantasy Voidgaze and if she maybe should be made the familiar or Big Al, the king of everything. Well. Um. Nighthound is from far out of town and wouldn't have seen her except by chance if Funtimes hadn't picked her up. Shiny's also never come across her, so... you know what, let's just get back to making marriage non-mandatory in fantasy Oregon. Screw historical authenticity, we have pancakes. Can we make Ray and the Unicyclist refugees to the Good King Al's court?
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Well. Um. Nighthound is from far out of town and wouldn't have seen her except by chance if Funtimes hadn't picked her up. Shiny's also never come across her, so... you know what, let's just get back to making marriage non-mandatory in fantasy Oregon. Screw historical authenticity, we have pancakes. Can we make Ray and the Unicyclist refugees to the Good King Al's court? Well, you won't hear me complaining. Not what I originally intented but sure, sounds better than the alternative to me. (So what's with that story of you and Shiny Sparkle's succubus mother? )
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