Kobold King

THREE CHEERS FOR LURCHERS YAAAAY

IT BEGINS. The museum is rising. Nighthound has committed his atrocities and announced the new era. Lightwards has raised packs and herds of dinosaurs all ready to wait on his commands. I don't know what do next. I didn't think we'd get this far.

Please tell me Nighthound's back is to the museum, so his speech to the people can conclude with the Natural History museum dramatically rising into the air behind him. I like to think that Megan was mistaken; Oregon wasn't really destroyed, but was sealed off from the rest of America by an irritable Möbius. The Epics therein were trapped in an inescapable, sealed off state for the rest of their lives, locked in a never-ending battle.

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Well duh. What other face is so perfectly suited for forcibly seizing control of a city populace?

Run like the wind, Bull's Eye.

I wonder why Megan was so upset about the whole thing--she should have been gushing over the sheer awesomeness. Anyway, is it TwiLyght's turn?

Lurcher 5 Nicroburst 7 We will fight you on the beaches! We will fight you in the mists! We will... aw rusts, Lurcher has pretty much lost hasn't it.

Just Phteven and two allosaurs by default, but you could write in a line about Nighthound asking for more and Lightwards grudgingly granting the request. (But not the big rex. She's mine. ) According to Mailw's map, the area we are now seizing makes up CorpseMaker's old, presumably abandoned territory as well as that unclaimed box surrounding Powell Butte Nature Park. This would put the Wacko Brigade on equal terms with Thoughttown, CorpseMaker, and Hivemind in terms of political power. It would make them an effective, solid force within the Portland heavy hitters.

... There can be a tie? My mind is blown.

Thanks. Anyway, Lightwards is trying to send Nighthound on a land-claiming mission, solidifying their new rule over southeast Portland. If riding dinosaurs through a city and forcing people to swear fealty sounds like fun to you, go for it. If not, Nighthound' exactly the kind of person to reject the mission outright or offer aggressive counter-offers.

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The ground underfoot shook and wobbled as monsters sprung to life. Lightwards half-ran, half-danced across the museum hall, his hands brushing up against stone skeletons that erupted into fleshed out beings at the tap of his fingertips. He knew this feeling of glee wasn't likely to last forever, so he made the most of it. There were two other Allosaurus specimens in the museum's collection, another male and an larger female. With a tap the pair of them stood submissively in the hall, awaiting orders. Other species came to life at his touches. An armored Ankylosaurus, to which he fed his bowler hat's daisy. Three horned Triceratops, unexpectedly sporting odd patches of quills on their tails. Half a dozen feathered Deinonychus, their servantile postures mixed with an element of lingering predatory movement. A giant ground sloth came back to life, lazily lying its tremendous bulk in the middle of the floor. An enormous Quetzalcoatylus pterodactyl, its leather wings taking up an enormous amount of space. Purple Phoenix seemed lost in thought for a few moments, then spoke up. "Lightwards is it? Thank you for the gift it is truly remarkable, a Coelophysis isn't it?" "That is correct," Lightwards responded, restoring a bulky scimitar-toothed cat to life. "Another aficionado of long-departed creatures, I take it?" Without waiting for an answer, he laid his hand on what appeared to be one of the museum's signature skeletons--a Tyrannosaurus rex. The skeleton shook and rattled along with the floor until its flesh solidified, revived as a frightful-looking predator larger even than the Allosaurus. Its arms were smaller but well-muscled, and surprisingly endowed with a number of bright feathers. It was just as the big rex reanimated that Nighthound returned to the main hall. The broken pillar he'd been lugging around before dropped to the ground with a clatter, appearing to frighten Funtimes' pterodactyls. "Nighthound, my good man," Lightwards lied. "I'm glad to see you enjoying the fruit of my labors so much. If you're quite done demolishing our base of operations, I have a small favor to ask you." Lightwards locked his eyes on the Carnotaurus-mounted Epic. "The Empire of Light is about to rise, and it will rise higher than any of the pathetic little groups already infesting in this city. But with every rise must come an equal fall--the people of the surrounding blocks may be unaware of their new masters. They need to learn whom they now belong to. They belong not to CorpseMaker, or to Altermind, but to us. Here is the favor I ask of you. Take these spare allosaurs in addition to Phteven. Go out into the city. Round up all the normal humans between the river and the highways, essentially everyone within Southeast Portland, and inform them of their new masters. Let them know their options; either they acknowledge our rule and offer up all of their services to us, or they will become dinosaur fodder or worse. Deliver the same ultimatum to any Epics that still cower within the area. Acknowledge the Empire--pledge your allegiance--or die." He smiled at Nighthound, gesturing for the two newest allosaurs to walk by his side. "We can rule this city and do what we please with it. But it'll take coordinated efforts from each of us. Are you prepared to carve out an empire, Nighthound?"

Then I just need to find the maps of Epic!Portland that Mailw made. Sigh. There's a lot of ponies, jokes, and Ruff Ruff to sort through.

Double post because question... did we ever settle on the exact location of the museum? I believe its in downtown Portland, somewhere in the southeastern part of the city?

I'll say this much: the WoR epigraphs are even more awesome than they already were when read in her voice.

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My understanding (such as it is) is that the creator of the program got frustrated trying to work out the code, and ultimately gave up on the project. Certain features that were supposed to be added (like custom cutie marks) were scrapped, and an incomplete version was posted. Sadly, the creator does not appear to plan on finishing the program. Which is a shame, because a slightly touched-up Version 3 would be sublime.

Me likey! Though I agree, while it is newer and shinier in some aspects, the older version is superior in some ways.

I don't really have much to say... I think it's TwiLyght who'll actually be raising up the museum. However, I may be shuffling off some responsibilities on Nighthound.

Time for a great big storm of chaos, I should think Um, is it my go in Oregon now?

That makes a not insignificant amount of sense. Also, can we all agree now that the Cutie Mark Crusaders are the precursors to the Seventeenth Shard, and that Apple Bloom is the recipient of the Letter?

I like it too. Lucentia joining the party will certainly be interesting. Also, I can totally see Discord being our theme song. (Maybe with a modification or two.)

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