Archer

As soon as Laonin set the boxes down, the man who had been watching the back door of the Forge took notice. Grole had been seated on the soot covered sidewalk across the street for the past six hours, waiting to pick up the package. Quickly, he got to his feet and stretched his arms. He then hustled over to the box and picked it up. "Rust," he muttered. "Guess I'll be burning pewter for the next hour." Grunting, he hefted the box. After that, he looked around to check that no one was watching him, then began walking away.

Mace wandered aimlessly, waiting for everyone else to complete their trials. He found himself walking along a beaten dirt path that headed towards a small reflecting pool. He glanced over his shoulder to check that he could still see the rest of the group. When he looked back, a young man was standing in his way. “Hey, Mace! How you doing?” the man cheerfully exclaimed. “Grole,” Mace responded coldly, squeezing his hand into a fist. “You remember me!” Grole grinned, exposing his two rows of perfectly whited teeth. “It’s been so long. How are the-” Mace cut him off. “Why are you here?” he asked curtly. Grole gestured to the large crate resting by his feet. Mace was sure it had not been there before. “Time to fill these. But first…” He handed Mace a vial of grey liquid. Mace checked the label, popped the lid, and drank its contents in one gulp. “He came through?” Nervously, Grole ran his fingers through his hair, brushing it backwards. He started to say something, but Mace cut him off again. “Yes, I know, slow moat.” Grole nodded appreciatively as Mace furrowed his brow. He burned the bendalloy and cadmium Grole had given him, creating a small speed bubble around them, and a larger slow bubble around that. Anyone approaching them would get stuck in the invisible ‘moat’. He noticed Grole begin to speed up, so he imitated him, tapping steel as well. The shorter their meeting was, the better. Mace also swallowed one of his goldminds, preparing for the task at hand. Grole opened the crate, revealing dozens of freshly forged goldminds. His hands were shaking as he pulled the first three out and handed them to Mace. “Klasten stole this gold from that building. Why are we doing this here?” he asked. Mace put the goldminds on and began compounding the metalmind he had swallowed. “Let’s just get this over with,” he answered. When he noticed the cut on his leg heal, he began storing the excess health he was creating in the new goldminds. He held out his hand and Grole passed him another one. “Are you storing identity?” Mace rolled his eyes. “Obviously. This one’s good for more. Give me another three.” They fell into a routine. Mace would swallow one of the goldminds he had recently filled, then compound it to fill a few others. Shortly, dozens of the gumball sized goldminds lay littered across the ground. “That’s it,” Grole finally said. Mace nodded, and the two of them quickly placed them all back in the crate. Mace then pounded the lid back in place. “One more thing,” Grole said. There was a note. He passed a piece of paper to Mace. The older man scanned it, then nodded. “Time to go,” he said. “Yeah, I guess so. It’s been fun working with you, Mace. Sure you don’t want to come to the exc-” Grole trailed off as Mace glared at him. “Tap all the speed you’ve got,” Mace ordered. “Get to the vault as fast as you possibly can. If anyone comes within a mile of you, use a Tia. When you’re done, come back to me. Unfortunately, I may still have need of your services. Now go.” Mace dropped the bubbles. Reluctantly, Grole picked up the box, shot Mace a wink, and started running back the way he had come. He was out of sight in seconds. Sighing, Mace stopped tapping steel. Now moving at normal speed, he continued his walk as if nothing had happened. As he did, he slowly ripped the note into small pieces, then threw them in the pond. It appears I have work to do, he thought as he paced. There are new forces at play in the world.

It could. If they really wanted to maintain their cover, they could support the guild they're spying on, but I see your point. However, publicly making the names available ensures transparency.

To recap: Don't choose the DA, GUESS, or Precrusors as your guild. I agree with the argument that if enough people join, they would become a registered guild anyway, but that'd be messy, so let's avoid that if we can. There's plenty of other fantastic guild options available. And for the record, I intend to post the results publicly, so they won't be secret for long. The PMing is more of a convenience thing.

Klasten stepped in a puddle. When he pulled his shoe out, it was smoking slightly. That can't be good, he thought. Suddenly, Araha stumbled onto the scene. Klasten jolted in surprise. When he did, he noticed part of his chest faded from view. Great. It's reached my bloodstream. Hurriedly, he rushed to Araha's side and checked their pulse. Unfortunately, that was all the first aid he could do. Hope someone here knows how to heal this guy. In case he was going to have to be the one to do it, he pulled an battle-axe from his bag and prepared to wing it.

The DA politely excused themselves from being considered for GG status. They want to remain separate. So you can't say them either. But you can say TUBA!

So don't say the Precursors, everyone. Say TUBA!

For this system to work, we need to know what guilds people want to counted as a member of. So, can I get everyone to PM me what guild they would like to be counted under? I'll give it a day, then PM anyone who doesn't send me a message. Once we get some data, I'll post it so people can change their choices if they want to. Thank you! (Also, I know not everyone filled this thread. So tell your friends and fellow guild members if you see them!)

Klasten's jaw dropped. Instinctively, he lifted his foot, as if he'd been caught standing on the island's face. He shook his visible hand expressively. Why did you not mention this before? he wanted to scream. His mind raced with the implications. "Then let's follow the tunnel and see where it leads us," Damaya said. Klasten nodded in agreement. If the island needs us, it will lead us where we need to go. We just need to follow the paths it lays for us. Casting one last exasperated glance at Nogard, he stepped into the mouth of the tunnel. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end. It wasn't lost on him that the opening looked a lot like the that of a snake's mouth. A little fearful, he moved closer to Damaya. She looked the most edible of any of them. After that, there was nothing to do but walk.

*ahem* Merriam-Webster permits the usage of the word democracy in the common sense, to refer to 'a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections'. You right, you right. My bad. Vive la republique!

*ahem* Fascism (and communism) are critiques of democracy. Electing Hitler would go against our ambition to be governed by a democracy. It's always better to choose leaders who support one of the styles of democracy: socialism, liberalism, and conservatism. *insert something funny here to lighten the mood*

Can confirm.

I'm still predicting that Darth will convince you to count yourself as one of them anyway, to give the Precursors legitimacy. Ink probably won't be active enough in the RP to count, and I'm guessing Clyde will go elsewhere. Good to know. Updated Affiliation Predictions: Ghostbloods: Meeker, Itiah, Kaladin78, Sorana, Shardbreaker, TFA TUBA: Silva, Xino, Karn, SD, Clyde GUESS: Gancho, Dwig, Jac, Life&Death, Wild Card. Sentinels: Bit Precursors: Darth, Ark Wild Cards: Nohadon, Kidpen, Ax, Steel Inquisitive, Mac, Kenod, Snipexe, GK, Meta, Fura, Spacefarring, Grumpy Elantrian.

I'm predicting there will only be four Great Guilds, but the system should be able to accommodate more. It depends whether the wild cards will band together to form a few large guilds, or remain divided over multiple smaller guilds. For reference, here's back-of-a-napkin vote counting. Affiliation Predictions: Ghostbloods: Meeker, Itiah, Kaladin78, Sorana, Shardbreaker TUBA: Silva, Xino, Karn, SD, Clyde The Dark Alley: Mac, Kenod, Voidus, Snipexe, TFA GUESS: Gancho, Dwig, Jac, Life&Death, Wild Card Sentinels: Bit Precursors: Darth, Ark Wild Cards: Nohadon, Kidpen, Ax, Steel Inquisitive, GK, Meta, Fura, Spacefarring, Grumpy Elantrian. It's a safe bet that the big three guilds will manage to get GG status. Right now, GUESS is the one I have pegged to take the fourth slot, but another guild made up of mostly the same members may take its place. It could just as easily end up being the Sentinels etc.

Anyone with Smedry talents feel like marrying me? It would be especially convenient if you have the same talent as Sing Sing. It would make falling in love much easier. But marrying Death or Ax's character works too.

A sandling would be a difficult primary character to OP. They'd probably end up being used as more of a weapon than a character. I haven't read White Sand, but based on the coppermind article, those things look pretty powerful. I'm inclined to say it would be OP.

Seconded. The more complex the system is, the more that can go wrong. It also takes more time to run, which detracts from other RP.

But being the accepting bunch we are, if you put it in your sig and occasionally remind us of the request, I'm sure we could accommodate their nature by using gender neutral pronouns to refer to them.

I have a half-mine character. Well, technically they're half-mimed, with the option to upgrade if it works in the narrative. He got hit with an invisible poisoned dart while being hunted by a wild tribe on the Other Side. He's lost the ability to speak, and an infection is spreading through his body, gradually turning him invisible. Eventually Klo will be almost completely unable to communicate. It's a bad way to go. I don't recommend it.

Besides the things Itiah and Voidus mentioned, the one thing that stood out to me was the bit about being rejected because they weren't a Fullborn. You don't have to change it, I just want to point out that their parents have ridiculously high expectations. If you're going to RP having an information empire, you should look into how Cadmium Compounder did it in E1. He had a guild called the Informants. It went interestingly. As for age, as well as lowering it, can you please add how old they appear. I have trouble picturing this character in my head. I have no problems with the primer cube in E2. When you get those edits in, @ me please and I'll add you to the E2 list.

Last time I counted, we had about 28 active RPers. But you should only plan on about half of them being involved regularly in this. For example, TUBA has three or do people who have expressed interest in being involved. Guilds: Ghostbloods, TUBA, DA, Thieves, Canton of Combat, GUESS, Sentinels, Precursors, Liebrary, Newcago Court. There's more, but I can't remember them all at this time.