The Chat Thread

[Voidus]

2 hours ago, Rushu42 said:

So, I was hoping to start a guild, but I first wanted to gauge interest in my idea. My character is a scholar and historian, so I figured that I could start a Scholar's Guild. It would be, as a guild, entirely non-combative. Our main mission would be compiling information on the Alleyverse, and attempting to uncover the nature of the universe. We'd focus on creating libraries and providing people with education, as well as asking questions for ourselves. I feel that this would be a good place for people who want to role-play, but don't particularly want to get involved in too many battles. Political conflict and debate, however, is welcome, which should keep things interesting. Does this seem like an interesting idea? Does something like this already exist? As a new member of the Alleyverse, should I join a Guild before trying to make one?

As mentioned there have been a few guilds which could conceivably fit this bill but none that are non-combative so this does seem like an opportunity to add something new and interesting. If there is currently no guild that suits the purpose that you are trying to fill then being new should not be a barrier to creating one.

[+Ark1002]

Yeah, sounds good to me. It would be fine to join if you had membership of another guild, right? As the guild is totally neutral?

[MetaTerminal he/him]

1 minute ago, Ark1002 said:

Yeah, sounds good to me. It would be fine to join if you had membership of another guild, right? As the guild is totally neutral?

Is the one-guild rule from the Ghostbloods? (I don’t believe that we have any strict conflict-of-interest rules atm, beyond individual guilds allowing or disallowing membership.)

[+Ark1002]

5 minutes ago, MetaTerminal said:

Is the one-guild rule from the Ghostbloods? (I don’t believe that we have any strict conflict-of-interest rules atm, beyond individual guilds allowing or disallowing membership.)

hmm? No. I just want to make sure this won't conflict with my interests as a Ghostblood councilman.

[Rushu42 she/her]

It is a neutral guild, so I see no problem with dual membership. Thank you! I'm glad to know that there's some interest.

Edit: I have now created it as "The Scholar's Guild", if any wish to join.

Edited April 30, 2019 by Rushu42

[+Invocation]

Here's a plotline for anyone to take and do with as they wish (if they want) for the next rotation because I'm bored and this idea jacked into my brain. All I ask is that I be involved in the execution if it happens.

Spoiler

So here's the deal. Keeping a reality-defying place like the Alleycity in such a way that everything goes as it should is hard work. A difficult balance to keep. Unfortunately, sometimes things upset that balance, intentional or not. 

Then things begin to rip.

Like the space-time continuum and various alternate dimensions begin leaking.

That's the plot: fix the shredding of reality. 

It starts small, with creatures that shouldn't be the way they are, when they are, destroying things around the city. From there, it gets more and more chaotic as things go, a similar effect to Epic Dimensional Rifting happening and things begin leaking through. Sometimes people, other versions of characters, both player and non, show up momentarily, sometimes only a shattering effect and many different possibilities reveal themselves at once. Someone will suddenly appear for a split second, feet away from where they were, then blink back. Dimensions begin to collide, shredding themselves and shedding chunks everywhere, warping every form of Investiture and magic present in various ways. Time collapses in on itself, instants passing like eternities, thousands of years flying by in an eyeblink.

The very world around the characters becomes a maelstrom of chaos, gravity, space, time, everything fluctuating unpredictably. 

This is where everyone else comes in. Figure out how to close the rifts causing this using the tools available to you and work around the warping of powers to do so. Several methods would be effective at this, including things like anchorspikes, a lot of Regrowth, or certain Talents.

Find a way. It's there. Reach out and do it.

Carpe forte.

 

Edited June 5, 2019 by Invocation

[xinoehp512 he/him]

I wish someone would let me be in charge of the main plot. Or even partly in charge. Really, any input would be nice.

[+Invocation]

2 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

I wish someone would let me be in charge of the main plot. Or even partly in charge. Really, any input would be nice.

Bold of you to assume anyone let me do that. 

The closest that comes to is Voidus telling me where to stick the idea at.

Edited June 5, 2019 by Invocation

[xinoehp512 he/him]

No, I was just expressing general frustration about my utter lack of influence on the main plot.

[Voidus]

Nothing stopping anyone from pitching ideas for main plots if they want to. The bureau is doing it because there was a vote for them to do it.

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

No, I was just expressing general frustration about my utter lack of influence on the main plot.

Fair enough.

[AonEne he/him]

A plot doesn't have to be main for it to be important, by the way.

[+Invocation]

3 minutes ago, AonEne said:

A plot doesn't have to be main for it to be important, by the way.

That's certainly true enough.

[AonEne he/him]

14 minutes ago, Invocation said:

Here's a plotline for anyone to take and do with as they wish (if they want) for the next rotation because I'm bored and this idea jacked into my brain. All I ask is that I be involved in the execution if it happens.

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So here's the deal. Keeping a reality-defying place like the Alleycity in such a way that everything goes as it should is hard work. A difficult balance to keep. Unfortunately, sometimes things upset that balance, intentional or not. 

Then things begin to rip.

Like the space-time continuum and various alternate dimensions begin leaking.

That's the plot: fix the shredding of reality. 

It starts small, with creatures that shouldn't be the way they are, when they are, destroying things around the city. From there, it gets more and more chaotic as things go, a similar effect to Epic Dimensional Rifting happening and things begin leaking through. Sometimes people, other versions of characters, both player and non, show up momentarily, sometimes only a shattering effect and many different possibilities reveal themselves at once. Someone will suddenly appear for a split second, feet away from where they were, then blink back. Dimensions begin to collide, shredding themselves and shedding chunks everywhere, warping every form of Investiture and magic present in various ways. Time collapses in on itself, instants passing like eternities, thousands of years flying by in an eyeblink.

The very world around the characters becomes a maelstrom of chaos, gravity, space, time, everything fluctuating unpredictably. 

This is where everyone else comes in. Figure out how to close the rifts causing this using the tools available to you and work around the warping of powers to do so. Several methods would be effective at this, including things like anchorspikes, a lot of Regrowth, or certain Talents.

Find a way. It's there. Reach out and do it.

Carpe forte.

 

I might be interested in helping with this if it happens.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

11 minutes ago, Voidus said:

Nothing stopping anyone from pitching ideas for main plots if they want to. The bureau is doing it because there was a vote for them to do it.

I'd be too worried it would get shot down, that's the problem.

15 minutes ago, AonEne said:

A plot doesn't have to be main for it to be important, by the way.

True, but more people make a plot more fun, and main plots have the most people.

26 minutes ago, Invocation said:

So here's the deal. Keeping a reality-defying place like the Alleycity in such a way that everything goes as it should is hard work. A difficult balance to keep. Unfortunately, sometimes things upset that balance, intentional or not. 

Then things begin to rip.

Like the space-time continuum and various alternate dimensions begin leaking.

That's the plot: fix the shredding of reality. 

It starts small, with creatures that shouldn't be the way they are, when they are, destroying things around the city. From there, it gets more and more chaotic as things go, a similar effect to Epic Dimensional Rifting happening and things begin leaking through. Sometimes people, other versions of characters, both player and non, show up momentarily, sometimes only a shattering effect and many different possibilities reveal themselves at once. Someone will suddenly appear for a split second, feet away from where they were, then blink back. Dimensions begin to collide, shredding themselves and shedding chunks everywhere, warping every form of Investiture and magic present in various ways. Time collapses in on itself, instants passing like eternities, thousands of years flying by in an eyeblink.

The very world around the characters becomes a maelstrom of chaos, gravity, space, time, everything fluctuating unpredictably. 

This is where everyone else comes in. Figure out how to close the rifts causing this using the tools available to you and work around the warping of powers to do so. Several methods would be effective at this, including things like anchorspikes, a lot of Regrowth, or certain Talents.

Find a way. It's there. Reach out and do it.

Carpe forte.

An idea.

The world is spiked, correct? That means it has a bindpoint. So, what if there were other bindpoints? And what if someone decided to stick an aluminum spike in them?

[+Invocation]

4 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

An idea.

The world is spiked, correct? That means it has a bindpoint. So, what if there were other bindpoints? And what if someone decided to stick an aluminum spike in them?

There are indeed other bindpoints, as there are with anything else. (at least under this scenario). Sticking an aluminum spike in it would go badly.

That was actually intended to be the source that I was going to tell whoever decided to pick it up and run with it.

Congrats.

Of course, there's always the chance that conflicts with something.

Edited June 5, 2019 by Invocation

[AonEne he/him]

Do you have a character in mind?

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, AonEne said:

Do you have a character in mind?

I was thinking Stravomenos, but he's on Scadrial right now.

I was probably just going to use my last character slot to make a temporary character for the villain. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Another point- temporal instability will likely be the first symptom, given that it exists to some extent already.

[Voidus]

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

I'd be too worried it would get shot down, that's the problem.

You'll never know if you don't try.
If you try and they get shot down then you're not in any different a place than when you started, if you try and they don't get shot down then you get to play through your idea.

7 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

The world is spiked, correct? That means it has a bindpoint. So, what if there were other bindpoints? And what if someone decided to stick an aluminum spike in them?

This does get into the currently unanswered question of whether or not you could spike a spike out of someone. (Well not exactly since Aluminium is a little different, but effectively similar point)

[+Invocation]

Just now, xinoehp512 said:

Another point- temporal instability will likely be the first symptom, given that it exists to some extent already.

I was intending the temporal instability to be the first thing that showed up with a warping of nature/creatures in a subtle way, first, before accelerating.

[AonEne he/him]

Should we make a PM for this? (Also, Invo, if you want to save your last slot, I have two left. And that's if my minor character Slate still counts. I sorta haven't written her in a while - she just kinda disappeared with Stick's Osla. Anyone know how long they have to be inactive before they stop counting?)

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Can I be in the PM?  Excellent idea @Invocation! 

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, AonEne said:

Should we make a PM for this? (Also, Invo, if you want to save your last slot, I have two left. And that's if my minor character Slate still counts. I sorta haven't written her in a while - she just kinda disappeared with Stick's Osla. Anyone know how long they have to be inactive before they stop counting?)

I was intending to have the character disappear into a nether realm brought of his own schemes after the plot ran its course, so it's really no harm done.

Also, yes, I will make a PM. Who all wants in?

Edited June 5, 2019 by Invocation

[+Sorana she/her]

In general I would prefer, if the next main plot would less railroaded and more reacting to other player's actions.

Give a starting situation, see what happens and then write the next chapter based on that. I don't feel like that is the way right now and @xinoehp512  that wasn't the way when you ran the other side of the world. My character's actions were 100% useless, it happened what was planed. Andto me that's frustrating.

It's one thing if everybody agrees on the plot up front and then act it out, but to participate without a chance to influence it...