TwiLyghtSansSparkles

Funtimes is inside a building, though.

Especially if it's true. SQUEE! Post a picture and I'll post on of Mollie devouring a bone on rib night.

It would've been even better still if he'd been called Dave.

The Dark Lord Happypants.

I have a worse one. Tobogganlips McCupboardcake.

SWEET. I mean, it's horrifying for the characters, but this is the second most awesome thing Brandon has said about this RP. (The first is not declaring it non canon right away. )

Thanks!

HOW DID YOU KNOW

Too late. Obliteration has his own thread. He's part of Oregon now. (Seriously, though, did he mean Oregon?)

Those are both incredible, but I think I favor the second one. Obliteration sharing thread started.

First, some mood music. Thanks to a question one of our own asked at a recent event, we now know it is not only possible, but probable, that Obliteration deals the final few blows in the destruction of Oregon. Since writing for Obliteration is an opportunity that should not be limited to one person, it has been decided that we will share him. As it stands, the plan is to save Obliteration's arrival until after Portland is destroyed, and most likely when The Dalles has begun its descent into chaos. Obliteration will arrive in Oregon, decide the entire state is too mired in iniquity to remain standing, and begin destroying it one city at a time, absorbing sunlight in the unsettled regions between cities so as to not raise suspicions and therefore mete out "judgement" more effectively. Players who wish to write for him will choose a city to have him destroy, and write his arrival, the city's destruction, and any other scenes they deem necessary. Other cities can fall without Obliteration to destroy them, and various Epics will destroy various areas. He won't destroy the entire state himself, but he will be an option for certain cities. However, before we begin this plan, we need to agree on who we think Obliteration is as a character. While we all read the same amazing book, readers can often walk away with different impressions of the same people and events. This is not bad; it simply means that we'll have a richer well of insights to draw from. But we do need to decide exactly how we will portray him—and which cities he'll destroy—before we begin writing so there will be consistency between the various scenes, even if different writers choose to emphasize different things. Please note that writing for Obliteration is a privilege reserved for Oregon players ONLY. Although Obliteration is an outsider, he needs specific knowledge of precisely what kind of "iniquity" he wants to destroy in that specific city. The only way to gain this knowledge is to play the game. (Also, it would be quite unfair if those who have been writing this game for months were unable to write for Obliteration because non-players got there first.) To start off with, here are a few questions that might be important…. What kind of a preacher do you think he was before Calamity? If someone began reciting Bible verses about God's mercy to him, how would he react? What specific things do you think lead him to destroy cities? More narrowly, what do you think made him decide to destroy Houston? San Diego? Players who will write for Obliteration (will be revised as names are added): mail-mi Kobold King TwiLyghtSansSparkles Edgedancer Cities Obliteration will visit (will be revised continually): Corvallis Feel free to suggest questions, as well as answer them. Suggested questions will be added to the list.

I'll set it up here in just a moment.

Here, or via Alan?

Definitely. I think what we'd need to do before writing him is all agree on what we think is at the core of his character, and why he'd decide to destroy an entire state one city at a time. (For the "one city at a time" thing, I'm thinking that the state as a whole gets a lot less sunshine than, say, Houston or San Diego, so he'd do it that way for practical reasons.) As for how to share him, what if everyone picks one city that they'll have him destroy and write the beginning and end of his destruction there? Theoretically speaking, I love that idea.

I'd love to, but I won't insist on it. …. Actually, what if we did a sort of collaborative thing with Obliteration? If everyone who wanted to write for him could take a scene or two, I'd be open to that. Because what I was thinking is that he'd show up as the turf wars begin in earnest, after Portland at the very least is destroyed and The Dalles is probably on its way down—show up, gauge the situation, decide the entire state had to go, and destroy it one city at a time. That way we could add a nice sense of impending doom for those cities that remain and provide a chance for some of the nice characters to evacuate. So what do you guys think? Like I said, I'd love to write for Obliteration, but I know I'm not the only one and I wouldn't want to hog him. Besides, I think it would be interesting to see the different spins we all put on the same character.

So that's how Oregon became a wasteland. I was wondering, since the turf wars wouldn't reduce everything to rubble, but they would make certain areas uninhabitable, and if Obliteration heard about "wars and rumors of wars" in Oregon and also about Nighthound it'd be totally in character for him to come and render the entire state uninhabitable. Scorched earth to remove iniquity, I suppose. And it's totally awesome. In a horrifying way. Did the Bandersnatch say where Night's Whisper would be? Is she an Oregon Epic, or is she in the Coven?

If anyone has ever wanted to understand the introverted, may I recommend a comic?

I think it was that blasted workshop "RAFOing for Fun, Profit, and RAFOing's Sake."

Same here. mail-mi, are you lurkething to torture us?

IT'S KILLING ME TOO TELL US WHAT YOU LEARNED BEFORE WE BOTH DIIIIIEEEEEE

AGH! MAIL-MI'S BACK! Are you back? Or are you just stealing a minute to check the site? It's okay if that's the case, but if not, how did it go?

Know what I hate? Budgets. Not for myself. No, I'm good at making those and sticking to them. But a budget for a library that doesn't exist, with two different cuts that have to be made (14% and 5%), for a teacher who gives vague directions and punishes us for not being psychic? Yeah. I hate those.

….and because if you left your plate on the floor, she might be tempted. She knows better, but sometimes she still gives in.