Question 20

[Edgedancer he/him]

53 minutes ago, Blackhoof said:

 

Yeah but I think 8 powers is too many. You'd need to reduce it to at most five I think.

To be fair, the fighting "skills" can probably be rolled in with enhanced agility. Unless Calamity also beamed knowledge of specific fighting styles in his head, which would be kinda weird in the first place.

[Modal Seoul he/him]

2 hours ago, Blackhoof said:

 

Yeah but I think 8 powers is too many. You'd need to reduce it to at most five I think.

 

1 hour ago, Edgedancer said:

To be fair, the fighting "skills" can probably be rolled in with enhanced agility. Unless Calamity also beamed knowledge of specific fighting styles in his head, which would be kinda weird in the first place.

Alright I will be combining three of them. Enhanced agility, skills in hand-to-hand and fencing, and enhanced senses, will just be known as "Agility". Agility is a broad enough term that dexterity and reflexes(or senses) fit under it. Any personalities any of the past three now just have "Agility".

[Blackhoof]

Me too, I sometimes forget or procrastinate a few days, but I am available

[Comatose he/him]

Hey guys.  After debating for a while, I don't think I have the time to devote to WHiC any more.  There hasn't been movement there in a while, and a lot of the key players (like me) haven't been around much.  Rather than leave it open forever, I'd rather get around to writing some scenes that I've been really excited about for a long time.  My thought is that I can post the final scene (three days ish from the present day) with a brief summary of Euphoria's plot, since I was really excited to write that part.  Then, if people want to 'fill in the blanks' by posting in Corvallis, they are free to do so with their own characters, but I'd prefer not to be involved with supervision/approval anymore.  

I'm open to staying involved with my other characters is other threads, since they play less major roles, and I don't have the same oversight responsibility, but my feeling is that it is time for Corvallis to meet its end.  

I have time today, so my plan is to write out the final scene in one sitting.  I'll update here when I'm done :).

[Modal Seoul he/him]

3 hours ago, Comatose said:

Hey guys.  After debating for a while, I don't think I have the time to devote to WHiC any more.  There hasn't been movement there in a while, and a lot of the key players (like me) haven't been around much.  Rather than leave it open forever, I'd rather get around to writing some scenes that I've been really excited about for a long time.  My thought is that I can post the final scene (three days ish from the present day) with a brief summary of Euphoria's plot, since I was really excited to write that part.  Then, if people want to 'fill in the blanks' by posting in Corvallis, they are free to do so with their own characters, but I'd prefer not to be involved with supervision/approval anymore.  

I'm open to staying involved with my other characters is other threads, since they play less major roles, and I don't have the same oversight responsibility, but my feeling is that it is time for Corvallis to meet its end.  

I have time today, so my plan is to write out the final scene in one sitting.  I'll update here when I'm done :).

Dang. I guess Shattered entered the fray at the wrong time then. 

[Comatose he/him]

Activity has been low for a while, so it's tough to say when a good time would be.  

The post is going well, and I'm pretty happy with it thus far.  I'm gonna take a break to eat some supper and will hopefully post later tonight.  

 

EDIT:  And here it is!  I hope everyone enjoys.  This was really fun to write, so I'm curious about what people think.  I'll still be checking in, so don't hesitate to post if you have questions or want to run something by me (though you don't have to run it by me).  I might even be willing to collab on a few one off scenes here and there if there is enough interest, but for the time being, I'd like to consider my part in telling Corvallis's story completed.  Thanks to everyone who helped co-write this.  It's been a blast.  

The End of What Happened in Corvallis.

[Majestic he/him]

Yeah, it’s a shame I joined so late. I missed out on most of the fun 

[Edgedancer he/him]

On 14.10.2017 at 1:57 AM, Cognizantastic said:

Gorgeous writing, Comatose.

If there's some way to do this for the other threads, I want to. I think we all have to admit at this point that for what it's worth, WHiO is over. It's all we can do to give it an ending it deserves, for the sake of the time we did have. 

@Edgedancer @Voidus @Kobold King @TwiLyghtSansSparkles, what do you say? I don't even think we need to fully write it out. A bullet point summary for the ending of each thread would be good enough, in my eyes.

edit: @Blackhoof too, I forgot to link you.

I'm afraid that you're right. Though my plans for Astoria are fairly open after the current attack starts. So the best I could do is give a bullet point write up based on the Bloody Mary goes nuclear after Nighthound's death scenario we threw around before.

[Voidus]

I try to be pretty reactive in my writing so not sure how good a job I can do without other player input but I'll try to get something up for Salem and maybe a few of my other characters.
Might do a few scenarios for it if I can get into the rhythm again.

EDIT:
Just finished the final Corvallis post, I'll probably structure most of mine with a similar format, summary and rough drafts of what I had planned then a final viewpoint leading up to/at/after the cities destruction.
Currently planning:
Salem (Mostly Soulcaster focused post about the city)
PP/Saccharine - As my first character I feel I should wrap up their story.
Impact/MV - Probably the one I had planned the most for so I'll get something up at least
Cornucopia - Working off of Comatoses wrap up post I'll wrap up Cornucopias story and her part in the fall of Corvallis.

If anyone is interested in what happened to any of my other characters let me know and I'll try to get something up.

[Modal Seoul he/him]

Hey everyone. So, yes, I joined very late, and introduced a new Epic into the chaos involving Corvallis. I know some of you are still uneasy about Shattered's capabilities, and I have been doing things to make sure he's not that OP. But I'd like to actually write some posts detailing what he does and how he is involved with the downfall of Corvallis. If all of the rest of you don't mind, (that being @Voidus @Blackhoof @winter devotion @Mestiv and @Comatose) I would like to keep posting, and maybe do a collaboration post with you (individually) so Shattered can interact with the main Epics of Corvallis and he can avenge his mother. If you don't feel comfortable with it, feel free to PM me or reply here.

I'm glad that I have the opportunity to be on here and read all of your posts.

(Also, a question for @Voidus. Since WHiO is ending, what happens to the Wastelands?)

[Majestic he/him]

Oh well. Also with Domon here, what happens to the Wastelands? It seems pretty quiet right now too... 

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

3 hours ago, Majestic said:

Oh well. Also with Domon here, what happens to the Wastelands? It seems pretty quiet right now too... 

Yeah, really sorry about that Maj. I had a little creative slump, and then stuff got into my life. I'd really like to get that up and going again, but now I'm working on a webcomic with a friend...

[Majestic he/him]

9 hours ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

Yeah, really sorry about that Maj. I had a little creative slump, and then stuff got into my life. I'd really like to get that up and going again, but now I'm working on a webcomic with a friend...

Well, these things happen. It could be worse, I suppose.

[Voidus]

On 10/20/2017 at 0:23 AM, Captains Domon said:

Hey everyone. So, yes, I joined very late, and introduced a new Epic into the chaos involving Corvallis. I know some of you are still uneasy about Shattered's capabilities, and I have been doing things to make sure he's not that OP. But I'd like to actually write some posts detailing what he does and how he is involved with the downfall of Corvallis. If all of the rest of you don't mind, (that being @Voidus @Blackhoof @winter devotion @Mestiv and @Comatose) I would like to keep posting, and maybe do a collaboration post with you (individually) so Shattered can interact with the main Epics of Corvallis and he can avenge his mother. If you don't feel comfortable with it, feel free to PM me or reply here.

I'm glad that I have the opportunity to be on here and read all of your posts.

(Also, a question for @Voidus. Since WHiO is ending, what happens to the Wastelands?)

If there was enough activity I'm happy to keep it open but it's been a while since it's really been active.
Happy to do collab posts with any characters if needed.

[Kobold King he/him]

15 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said:

I think that the best plan for the Dalles is Arsenal destroying everything. @Kobold King, we could probably do this without any writing. Maybe you could just remove posts up until the point where Arsenal is raining missiles down on the city, using your mod abilities to retcon that into being the end of the Dalles? It'd probably take like three posts hidden to make a plausible ending out of what's already there. 

 

Arsenal needs to have a talk with Vondra. I could write up a scene where that goes very far south in a hurry, culminating in Arsenal becoming more... explosive.

I'm waiting for Twi to weigh in on this.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

I'm always happy to help destroy things in the Dalles. We could bring the Slivers back and just go nuts, triggering Arsenal and other Guard epics to lose it.

[Comatose he/him]

On 10/17/2017 at 6:21 AM, Voidus said:

I try to be pretty reactive in my writing so not sure how good a job I can do without other player input but I'll try to get something up for Salem and maybe a few of my other characters.
Might do a few scenarios for it if I can get into the rhythm again.

EDIT:
Just finished the final Corvallis post, I'll probably structure most of mine with a similar format, summary and rough drafts of what I had planned then a final viewpoint leading up to/at/after the cities destruction.
Currently planning:
Salem (Mostly Soulcaster focused post about the city)
PP/Saccharine - As my first character I feel I should wrap up their story.
Impact/MV - Probably the one I had planned the most for so I'll get something up at least
Cornucopia - Working off of Comatoses wrap up post I'll wrap up Cornucopias story and her part in the fall of Corvallis.

If anyone is interested in what happened to any of my other characters let me know and I'll try to get something up.

Let me know if you want to workshop anything Voidus!  I left things vague when it comes to the actual destruction, so feel free to fill in the blanks.  Euphoria (through RM), would involve Cornucopia in the destruction (if you want), and then you can decide where Cornucopia goes from there.

[Edgedancer he/him]

On 22.10.2017 at 8:55 PM, Cognizantastic said:

 

 

I think that both of these things sound good. That leaves Portland and the Dalles... Since Twi isn't around anymore, I could do something similar for Portland, running things through the planning thread beforehand. If anyone else would prefer to do that ( @winter devotion maybe?) , that's OK too, since you probably understand the characters better than me, plus the whole been-around-much-longer thing.

I think that the best plan for the Dalles is Arsenal destroying everything. @Kobold King, we could probably do this without any writing. Maybe you could just remove posts up until the point where Arsenal is raining missiles down on the city, using your mod abilities to retcon that into being the end of the Dalles? It'd probably take like three posts hidden to make a plausible ending out of what's already there. 

Okay, so that means I'll have to write that scene. I'll start brainstorming ideas and hopefully get something up over the weekend.

[Ataraxian Wist she/her]

Shadeweaver

Spoiler

Formerly known as Charles Van Illa, Shadeweaver is a shadow-epic, capable of absorbing shadows and infusing  physical matter with them.

When holding shadows, (he calls them Shade) he has increased mental and physical abilities.

Matter infused with Shade can be somewhat controlled by him, though the Shade will "leak" out as he does so, eventually returning to it's origin. How well he can control infused matter, how much Shade is required to initiate control, and how fast the Shade leaks out are determined by how likely the infused matter is to do whatever it is he's making it do. In other words, Shade duration is equal to the amount of Shade used, divided by resistance (everything that tries to stop infused matter doing it's job, such as gravity or time), if that makes any sense.

He also has a mental link to and awareness of nearby (within for miles of him) Shade - as well as all infused matter, regardless of distance - and a mental disconnection from and lack of awareness of nearby (within eight  miles) areas devoid of Shade - as well as all matter and locations he is currently borrowing Shade from. These mental functions make it easier or harder to focus on things, respectively, and can grant him serious advantages or handicaps, likewise. In such cases, Shade he is aware of serves as steak eyes and ears, making his domain hard to hide from him in, but a haven from outsiders. It also means, however, that he has a major blind-spot around his domain if areas there are kept well lit.

Shadeweaver is actually startlingly similar to who he was before, when he was called Charles. He even seems to have some morals, and whenever he loses his temper and kills someone innocent, he disappears for days at a time, presumably in mourning over the deed. Smaller things, like stealing, don't perturb him seriously.

His connection to shady places is actually how he can absorb and infuse Shade: He can  absorb any Shade within his Shade-awareness range of four miles, and can reclaim Shade from any infused matter, regardless of distance.

He also has one PI, the ability to momentarily transform into Shade. To do this, he absorbs all Shade he is connected to, though it returns immediately afterwards. This includes all infusing Shade, in addition to the Shade in his domain, and all Shade he was already holding returns to it's several origins with the rest. Most Shade borrowed this way returns to the place and subject of it's most recent infusion, but a little escapes, returning to it's origin. When in this Shade-form, he can switch places with the source he drew the most Shade from (whether it be some heavily infused matter, or whatever blocked the most light in his domain at the time). He cannot do this voluntarily, but must be in actual peril.

Thoughts? Anything need changed?

 

Edited October 29, 2017 by Sazedezas
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[Ataraxian Wist she/her]

16 minutes ago, Sazedezas said:

Shadeweaver

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Formerly known as Charles Van Illa, Shadeweaver is a shadow-epic, capable of absorbing shadows and infusing  physical matter with them.

When holding shadows, (he calls them Shade) he has increased mental and physical abilities.

Matter infused with Shade can be somewhat controlled by him, though the Shade will "leak" out as he does so, eventually returning to it's origin. How well he can control infused matter, how much Shade is required to initiate control, and how fast the Shade leaks out are determined by how likely the infused matter is to do whatever it is he's making it do. In other words, Shade duration is equal to the amount of Shade used, divided by resistance (everything that tries to stop infused matter doing it's job, such as gravity or time), if that makes any sense.

He also has a mental link to and awareness of nearby (within for miles of him) Shade - as well as all infused matter, regardless of distance - and a mental disconnection from and lack of awareness of nearby (within eight  miles) areas devoid of Shade - as well as all matter and locations he is currently borrowing Shade from. These mental functions make it easier or harder to focus on things, respectively, and can grant him serious advantages or handicaps, likewise. In such cases, Shade he is aware of serves as steak eyes and ears, making his domain hard to hide from him in, but a haven from outsiders. It also means, however, that he has a major blind-spot around his domain if areas there are kept well lit.

Shadeweaver is actually startlingly similar to who he was before, when he was called Charles. He even seems to have some morals, and whenever he loses his temper and kills someone innocent, he disappears for days at a time, presumably in mourning over the deed. Smaller things, like stealing, don't perturb him seriously.

His connection to shady places is actually how he can absorb and infuse Shade: He can  absorb any Shade within his Shade-awareness range of four miles, and can reclaim Shade from any infused matter, regardless of distance.

He also has one PI, the ability to momentarily transform into Shade. To do this, he absorbs all Shade he is connected to, though it returns immediately afterwards. This includes all infusing Shade, in addition to the Shade in his domain, and all Shade he was already holding returns to it's several origins with the rest. Most Shade borrowed this way returns to the place and subject of it's most recent infusion, but a little escapes, returning to it's origin. When in this Shade-form, he can switch places with the source he drew the most Shade from (whether it be some heavily infused matter, or whatever blocked the most light in his domain at the time). He cannot do this voluntarily, but must be in actual peril.

Thoughts? Anything need changed?

 

Not sure what city to put him in either. And the are a couple of other Epics he needs to interact with, though I haven't written them yet.

[Blackhoof]

The only issue is that this RP is slowly dying, so you won't have anyone to RolePlay with.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

On 10/29/2017 at 10:54 AM, Cognizantastic said:

Hmm. Do you think that should be something in conjunction with the Guard Epics going nuts, or just its own craziness? 

I think one could help instigate the other.

[Blackhoof]

@Comatose

I'm thinking on how to end Iconoclast, because if there is one Epic I want to resolve, it is him. One last scene should do it- a final battle and then his death. Timeline-wise it would be just around the time Euphoria returns.

Perhaps Jumpdrive ( @18th Shard ) could figure out his weakness (by observing how Ghouls avoid an old church, particularly the crosses) and then communicate it to perhaps Argon and Buttercup ( @Mestiv ) working together. Perhaps Kenshin as well ( @Edgedancer ) The other security forces at this point are in full rebellion, and Epics are fleeing or taking control of smaller areas of the city. But these two are still trying to hold the city together, and to do that they know Iconoclast must be killed.

So they track him down, they find him and Slaughterine with a pack of ghouls, and a battle ensues. They come at Iconoclast with weapons etched with a cross and carrying crosses. Normally this would kill him, but Slaughterine uses her lightning to destroy or knock them away, protecting Iconoclast.

 They eventually kill or subdue Slaughterine, and then they are able to surround him and slay him with a cross-ed weapon. 

Perhaps in the fight someone else dies, but I think Buttercup and Argon are pretty invulnerable. Perhaps Kenshin gets nearly killed, and then everyone is distracted. The fight rages, Slaughterine is killed, and then Iconoclast declares "Ha! You have no weapons with which to slay me! I am invincible!" Just as he begins to disintegrate, Kenshin (who created a sword and scratched a cross into it) throws the sword to Buttercup/Argon, and they stab him in the chest. Kenshin dies (or barely survives, whatever Edgedancer prefers) and Iconoclast is killed, first turning back into his original form as his powers are cancelled.

What do you guys think?

[Mestiv he/him]

@Blackhoof I can try to find some time to write or I can give Argon to you if you'd prefer that.

[Blackhoof]

@Mestiv its your choice, I'm happy to participate in a collab, but if you don't have the time I will gladly take him and just take some dialogue from you.