The Swan Dragon

2 minutes ago, breakingamber said:

D'oh!

Just realized that on the plus side, this is the most activity we've had all week.

Sadly, all month.

I'm not in a place right now where I can take the extra time to figure out where those missing people are going. I really want to, but I know that I can't. So I wish whoever gives it a shot the best of luck, and I'll keep checking in so I know when it's time for my characters again.

Whenever that is, I also want to take a moment to thank all of you in this RP. I would not be the writer I am today without the role models I've had here. I recently got accepted into Digipen Institute of Technology for the BA in Game Design program--a large part of which is storytelling, like what I've done here. So thank you I plan on continuing to write here as long as I can, so this isn't goodbye! Just wanted to share a bit about what's going on.

Just now, kenod said:

I'm not going to track everything down in the last two Question threads, but I think Taya was supposed to turn into Nighthound (aka Tayahound) and Epoch might be overthrown somewhere along the line? No clue about Quietus, though I think there was something about him going rogue?

Yeah, I remember Tayahound. And those both sound right...I was trying to figure out the "how" part of it all. And what Epoch would be talking about at the meeting.

1 minute ago, kenod said:

Epoch, Quietus and Taya. AKA the person calling the meeting, his right hand and the character most of the current plot is currently building up around.

Oh. Did he talk with anyone about his plans?

5 minutes ago, kenod said:

We could reboot the RP in a different location.

 

Yeeaaah let's not xD I know you're joking but that's a scary thought.

Which characters are we missing?

4 minutes ago, winter devotion said:

I very much am!

also what the heck does this mean...

Sorry, I was absurdly tired and loopy from the flu when I wrote that.

I have been in two relationships that were essentially long-distance because even though we lived close together we barely had time to see each other. Neither of them worked out. So I'm happy that yours did. Hopefully that makes more sense.

14 minutes ago, The Young Pyromancer said:

You're the product of TWO?

You must have a very interesting origin story...

Poor phrasing. As in, I have been through two. 

2 hours ago, winter devotion said:

Guess who just met her long distance girlfriend IRL for the first time? 

And had her first kiss? First several kisses, actually? 

!!!

You seem like you might be just a little bit happy As the product of two failed pseudo-long-distance relationships I'm very happy that yours worked out!

I've been a bit out of it lately, I think we might be waiting on me for the cake scene. I think best solution right now is to just end that scene and move forward to the meeting. We can always finish it in a flashback if we need to.

23 minutes ago, The Young Pyromancer said:

Tryyyyyy

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That's, uh, an interesting pony.

1 hour ago, The Young Pyromancer said:

Here it is.  Sorry that the other link didn't work.

Metronome's pony:

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Still nothing showing up.

15 hours ago, winter devotion said:

Do you guys ever have a realization about your personality that more or less completely changes your preconceptions and understanding of yourself? Because. I'm feeling that. Have been since yesterday afternoon. 
 

Yeah. A couple of years ago I realized that I couldn't call myself an antisocial bookworm anymore.

I realized that if I could say that I knew at least by sight every single one of the 600 people at my school, I wasn't antisocial anymore. When people who just met me started having the impression of me as clever and talkative. And that was hard for me to admit. I went through a solid month of cognitive dissonance first.

46 minutes ago, The Young Pyromancer said:

Oh.  I thought you were just taking a REALLY long nap.

*waits for someone to get it*

Sorry for the delay, I was in the middle of a very important Avatar binge.

Hahaha! That's hilarious! (It actually was pretty good)

Edit: Flame...stolen? 

Just now, The Young Pyromancer said:

It also reminds me of Butcher, from Worm.

Okay, now let's get the thread restarted.

CAKE SCENE: Guys, who do you think is going next?

JACKLYN SCENE: @MrakeDarshall

MEETING SCENE: People are waiting for the next person to arrive.  I nominate.... @Kidpen!

Also, @Comatose Kobold is waiting on you.

Sorry, I've had family over and haven't had time to write much. I believe I'm next for the cake scene but not certain. I can check that in a few minutes.

And in Soviet Russia, people call Epics maples.

So, we've been in the middle of a couple of snow storms where I live. Like, no school snow storms. And I just went outside and helped my neighbor mutilate--I mean build a snowman worthy of Dr. Funtimes.

Complete with sprinkles, food coloring, and snow-bodily harm!

Just now, winter devotion said:

I wonder what a motivator made from Kokichi would do.

I've been waiting for this moment...

I bet it would motivate people to crazy and accidentally trope-filled antics.

I think I'm up next for the main thread. I'll get to that this weekend. For the meeting doc I'm waiting on someone else to intro their character to a guard so I can keep that moving.

Totally off topic.

Marble Olympics. Are. Back.

1 minute ago, winter devotion said:

I prefer it that you can not fly, because that would mean you'd be an Epic and that means you might murderify us all to the death. So, yeah, how about not. 

Do any of ya'll know what your weakness would be? Asking for a friend. A friend who is a Reckoner. I mean. 

Likely betrayal, by someone I thought I could trust. Or potentially, being abandoned by someone I thought I could trust. I'd have something more specific but it hasn't happened to any serious degree yet, so it wouldn't be any specific case like whatsherface's Kool Aid.

3 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

That may or may not be where I got the name.  

I've been looking at comics about the show for ages but I just started watching it tonight.

Edit: I may need to make a new epic. Captain Buzzkill.

Twi. Doctor Funtimes. Gravity Falls, S1E5.

Twi. Posts like that last one are the reason I joined this *u* I'm blown away by how much I can feel what Jade is experiencing.

22 minutes ago, Kobold King said:

 

It would be storming awesome.

Forgive me though.

 

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I have no storming words

5 minutes ago, Kobold King said:

 

Yeah, but the dark, brooding sort, or one that sounds like you could dance at a party to it?

...actually, that probably depends on who the protagonist is.

One season for each city? Different songs for each?

1 hour ago, Kobold King said:

 

Good prompt question.

Professor Thomas Cardinal is the single greatest boon to paleontology the world has ever seen, and no, he won't let any of the researchers flocking to him forget it. He still struggles with depression but his sudden intense importance to an entire scientific field pleases him. There is a possibility that he would still turn into a supervillain if he wound up dying multiple times somehow, since a portion of his megalomaniacal delusions of grandeur were derived from the way his power worked and not just Calamity's corruption. That said, in a world with active police and Steelheart-tier superheroes flying around, Lightwards would have even more difficulty carving out a foothold for himself.

Disregard everything above. Steve Lawrence is the single greatest boon to paleontology the world has ever seen, because he can uncover not only dinosaur bodies but dinosaur behavior in their natural habitats. When discovered Lawrence was shortly thereafter offered generous stipends from countless universities and world governments who were extremely eager to take advantage of his one-of-a-kind power. For a while Backtrack lived the good life. Then he went missing, because a gang of particularly nefarious supervillains kidnapped him and to this day use him as a special asset. It doesn't matter which gang did it. He has so little situational awareness that if it wasn't them, it just would have been someone else.

Aldo the Enigmatic's magic show was stunning before he gained the ability to pull a yacht out of a paper bag, and it's even more fantastic now.

Stephen Vondra isn't an Epic, but the National Guard division he commands is nonetheless a vital tool in the nation's defense arsenal. He specializes in countering destructive Epics by luring their attention away from civilian targets, luring them into traps, and using the immensely superior firepower that Daniel Dewhickey and a federal budget can supply him with. He's worked with many superheroes, and while he doesn't fully approve of their dubious status as law enforcement, he appreciates having them around. I see sort of a gruff Commissioner Gordon kind of dynamic between him and various superheroes in the world.

Edgar Hawk is still a career criminal, and a dangerous one too. His general demeanor and propensity for violence haven't changed much in this universe. What has changed is the degree to which he can flaunt it, since police sirens still do weaken his powers and he has to be careful where he uses them. He's often used as a glorified mob hitman, sent in the dead of the night to swiftly assassinate problems. He has ambitions of being the one running the underworld, though... will that ever happen? He's probably a recurring member of some Epic superhero's rogues gallery.

Wilbert Abners, AKA Glamour, is a successful DJ who can light up an entire dance floor with his powers. No interest in superheroing on his part. He's right where he wants to be.

 

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Möbius is still out there somewhere, and she did still steal a city. No one knows why. But she is a powerful force and if there are any shady conspiracies going on in this world at its highest levels, you can bet that somehow or another she's connected to them. Either because she started them, or the very fact that she exists forces them to make their peace with her. She isn't as cruel here, but her personality is still one that wants desperately to change the world... and someone with her kind of power can do that almost any way she wants.

 

Vanilla Sabotage: Invocation Edition

Sam's family is still alive, with her father a notable heroic Epic. She does her best to dodge reporters bent on asking her weird questions about her powers, as although she's virtually immortal and highly powerful in her own right, she doesn't generally use them. It's not out of any fear of corruption, since that never happened in the Invocationverse. It's just that she doesn't have any interest in breaking things or getting into fights. There was a time she got caught up in a hostage situation involving a supervillain, but this turned out worse for the supervillain than for her. Sam spent the entire time looking bored, picking at the ropes binding her, and periodically snarking off at him until he got fed up and zapped her in the face with a ray gun. She instantaneously healed, broke out of her ropes, and left him tangled up for the cops to get.

Revolution Sunburst Jones is a pacifist superhero, known for invincibility and incredible energy powers but an unwillingness to use them to harm another human being. This generally involves her walking into a bad supervillain situation, drawing their fire away from people who could otherwise get hurt, and disrupting their plans in any way she can that doesn't involve reducing everyone involved to ash. Which she could do. Easily.

 

If I'm forgetting anyone it's probably because no one cares about them.

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