Siren's Call: an RP

[Channelknight Fadran]

Just now, ProfetessaOscura said:

((The arc is incoming. Vespyr is going to be escorting you all **covertly** to the heart of the Queen’s Island. This is your opportunity to build skills and develop your characters’ strengths before a big assault.))

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I say we draw it out. We can put them all at a disadvantage with periodic small raids from the Queen until everybody becomes powerful enough to push fowards.

 

[Mat he/him]

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I'm here now!

What do I do? Last place Maddy was I think was Vespyr's weapon room.

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

7 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

 

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I just summoned a small yevon raid for us to take care of.

 

[Mat he/him]

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

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Sounds fun. What's a yevon?

*checks worldbuilding doc* demon things? Okay.

Maddy ran out of the weapon room, slipping her dagger out into her left hand and preparing her Aspect in her right. She looked around wildly and saw Janice close by, and ran over. "Janice! What's happening?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

2 minutes ago, Matrim's Dice said:

Maddy ran out of the weapon room, slipping her dagger out into her left hand and preparing her Aspect in her right. She looked around wildly and saw Janice close by, and ran over. "Janice! What's happening?"

Janice was clutching her head with one hand; the other was clenched into a fist. "She's here! The Queen's here!" She let out a pained grunt. "I can feel her."

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By "here" she means the presence of the Queen, not the Queen herself. Like... her spirit's in the yevon and... you know how it is. Like Sauron's gaze or Odium's Investiture and stuff.

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Channelknight Fadran

[Mat he/him]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice was clutching her head with one hand; the other was clenched into a fist. "She's here! The Queen's here!" She let out a pained grunt. "I can feel her."

Maddy's blood ran cold. "Like, here here?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

Just now, Matrim's Dice said:

Maddy's blood ran cold. "Like, here here?"

"Her... presence. It's in the yevon." Janice shook her head, forcing herself to pull her hand away. "Not here for real. But she's coming for the school! Right for us!" She grabbed a bow and quiver of arrows off the wall, despite the fact that she'd never shot one before. How hard could it be? "What do we do? What do soldiers do in this kind of situation?"

Not pick a weapon they can't use, Trace muttered to herself.

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

14 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Her... presence. It's in the yevon." Janice shook her head, forcing herself to pull her hand away. "Not here for real. But she's coming for the school! Right for us!" She grabbed a bow and quiver of arrows off the wall, despite the fact that she'd never shot one before. How hard could it be? "What do we do? What do soldiers do in this kind of situation?"

Not pick a weapon they can't use, Trace muttered to herself.

((I'm not sure what you want me to do, because Vespyr would literally just have the pavement swallow the Yevon whole and be done with the situation.))

[Channelknight Fadran]

Just now, ProfetessaOscura said:

((I'm not sure what you want me to do, because Vespyr would literally just have the pavement swallow the Yevon whole and be done with the situation.))

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...is Vespyr really that OP? Either way, I think that he'd probably let this be a learning experience for the students.

 

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

15 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

I say we draw it out. We can put them all at a disadvantage with periodic small raids from the Queen until everybody becomes powerful enough to push forwards.

((I still think we should give Negative Null a time period to respond, and I am upset that you are taking initiative to derail what I've done, and when I say I am annoyed by it, you don't apologize or backtrack, you keep pushing full speed ahead with what you want.))

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

((The point is not to risk life and limb against real targets until the actual need of losing life for a legitimate sacrifice.))

[Mat he/him]

2 minutes ago, ProfetessaOscura said:

((I still think we should give Negative Null a time period to respond, and I am upset that you are taking initiative to derail what I've done, and when I say I am annoyed by it, you don't apologize or backtrack, you keep pushing full speed ahead with what you want.))

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Null hasn't been online since February.

 

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

1 minute ago, ProfetessaOscura said:

((The point is not to risk life and limb against real targets until the actual need of losing life for a legitimate sacrifice.))

((If Vespyr were to respond, he would send out seasoned fighters to deal with the threat, too, and not new recruits who haven't been appraised, don't know weaponry, and don't know the extent of their powers.  He is trying to protect and lead in a fair and right manner.))

[Channelknight Fadran]

2 minutes ago, ProfetessaOscura said:

((I still think we should give Negative Null a time period to respond, and I am upset that you are taking initiative to derail what I've done, and when I say I am annoyed by it, you don't apologize or backtrack, you keep pushing full speed ahead with what you want.))

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I'm not trying to derail anything! I've already said that this isn't anything close to a full-scale invastion. It's just a chance for a fun battle sequence and nothing else. And Null's never online; it's not like he'll magically get that one ping.

 

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

Just now, Matrim's Dice said:

Null hasn't been online since February.

((Alright, then have at it, I guess.))

Vespyr was totally asleep and napping, unaware of the threat.

[Channelknight Fadran]

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Listen, Proffie, I'm sorry that this isn't totally and completely compliant with everything you want. Neither of us can completely control what's going to happen and neither of us should control what's going to happen. Like I already said, this isn't the final battle or anything; I'll let that happen on the terms of everyone else. But in case you couldn't tell the plot wasn't really pushing itself forwards with at any respectable speed and I figured that taking a break from shopping and friendship to kill off some mindless demons would be refreshing.

Also sorry if I sound irritated (it's because I am but I'm still sorry about that)

Janice ran to a window and nocked an arrow. Badly. How the heck does this thing work?

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice ran to a window and nocked an arrow. Badly. How the heck does this thing work?

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My issue isn't that you want to progress the plot, my issue is that you refused to communicate, and when I asked that you talk with me first about changes to the school/situation that I've done with Vespyr, you ignored that.  "I'm sorry you're upset" isn't a real apology.  Just... talk to me and let me know what you want to do in the future.  You don't need my permission to do stuff in the game, but actually talking with the people you're playing the game with can be beneficial.  Working together to build the plot helps, it really does.

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

2 minutes ago, ProfetessaOscura said:

 

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Okay. Very sorry. You're right; I really should've communicated that. At the very least I should've PMed you.

But... yeah. I just tossed out a situation, and what happens is up to everyone else.

Janice tried shooting an arrow. The yevon weren't within shooting distance yet, but the streets were clear and she figured she'd better get the hang of it sooner or later.

The arrow, not properly centered, flung off in the wrong direction and ricocheted off the wall. Thankfully, it didn't kill anyone.

"Sorry!" Janice yelped, ducking away awkwardly.

@Random Bystander

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If you wanna teach Janice how to shoot, now would be the time

 

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice tried shooting an arrow. The yevon weren't within shooting distance yet, but the streets were clear and she figured she'd better get the hang of it sooner or later.

The arrow, not properly centered, flung off in the wrong direction and ricocheted off the wall. Thankfully, it didn't kill anyone.

"Sorry!" Janice yelped, ducking away awkwardly.

@Random Bystander

 

((The issue is that Vespyr would get in the way of the fun.  He would treat the situation with deliberation and stop the younger reserves from going out.  I could have given him an excuse to be out of the city, because, like you said, he either has to be a terrible person to send kids against demons, because there's no reason he would risk lives like that, or he has to be asleep/gone during the emergency. 

As I would play him, he would be on the front lines immediately incapacitating the Yevon.  Remember that when he took this city, he literally sank a skyscraper into the earth as a power play. 

Talking with me, we could have planned to have a fight AND advance the plot.  He might be absent and they have a fun fight scene field day, sure.  OR... He might have the more experienced soldiers take out the advance party, then send a scout party to find out where the Yevon had come from.  Your characters might have smuggled themselves along with the scout party, maybe with Trevor.

Fight scenes are fun, but you can flesh out extra content.))

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, ProfetessaOscura said:

((The issue is that Vespyr would get in the way of the fun.  He would treat the situation with deliberation and stop the younger reserves from going out.  I could have given him an excuse to be out of the city, because, like you said, he either has to be a terrible person to send kids against demons, because there's no reason he would risk lives like that, or he has to be asleep/gone during the emergency. 

As I would play him, he would be on the front lines immediately incapacitating the Yevon.  Remember that when he took this city, he literally sank a skyscraper into the earth as a power play. 

Talking with me, we could have planned to have a fight AND advance the plot.  He might be absent and they have a fun fight scene field day, sure.  OR... He might have the more experienced soldiers take out the advance party, then send a scout party to find out where the Yevon had come from.  Your characters might have smuggled themselves along with the scout party, maybe with Trevor.

Fight scenes are fun, but you can flesh out extra content.))

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Who the scud is Trevor?

Yeah. I guess I just didn't account for Vespyr being insanely overpowered. God-tier characters are hard to write around :/

 

[ProfetessaOscura she/her]

1 hour ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

((Just have fun with this one.  We'll say he's off briefly negotiating with the country he's usurped this city from, and you guys are left to defend at your own leisure.  
Trevor...  I meant Corwin, lol.
And Vespyr is meant to be a plot device just as much as a character.  I'm more than happy to sweep him out of the way to let you guys have fun, but I'd already established that he was in the training room helping the kids/sparring with Sparrow.  Letting me know to get him out of the picture puts a little less stress on me to figure out how to make his character work in a way that he isn't annoying the other players.  For endgame, to take down an entity like the queen, they'll need powerful guidance.))

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, ProfetessaOscura said:

((Just have fun with this one.  We'll say he's off briefly negotiating with the country he's usurped this city from, and you guys are left to defend at your own leisure.  
Trevor...  I meant Corwin, lol.
And Vespyr is meant to be a plot device just as much as a character.  I'm more than happy to sweep him out of the way to let you guys have fun, but I'd already established that he was in the training room helping the kids/sparring with Sparrow.  Letting me know to get him out of the picture puts a little less stress on me to figure out how to make his character work in a way that he isn't annoying the other players.  For endgame, to take down an entity like the queen, they'll need powerful guidance.))

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Kay. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

@Spren of Kindness ((I'm officially summoning you to this RP))

[Random Bystander she/her]

1 hour ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice tried shooting an arrow. The yevon weren't within shooting distance yet, but the streets were clear and she figured she'd better get the hang of it sooner or later.

The arrow, not properly centered, flung off in the wrong direction and ricocheted off the wall. Thankfully, it didn't kill anyone.

"Sorry!" Janice yelped, ducking away awkwardly.

@Random Bystander

 

Elieen looked at her, dumbfounded. She marched over. "Jeez. You suck with that." She pulled an arrow out of her quiver, and showed her how to hold the bow, aim it, how far to pull the string back and whatnot. She then demonstrated, hitting a bird that was flying through the air. "See? You won't be able to hit a small, moving target yet, so try something stationary." She ordered, sounding stressed.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Uhh..." Janice mimicked 'Eileen's' technique. "Thanks? But the yevon aren't gonna stay still and wait for me to shoot them."

[Random Bystander she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Uhh..." Janice mimicked 'Eileen's' technique. "Thanks? But the yevon aren't gonna stay still and wait for me to shoot them."

"Yes, well, we need to do the best with what we have right now. Practice hitting stationary targets, and then try moving ones."