The Bookwyrm

I did enjoy the story. A lot. Even if I was mostly watching it for the Control references. I've watched stuff about analog horror but am too scared to watch the actual analog horror. I like the concepts, I like the aesthetic, but...I'm too scared to actually watch them. Because I hate nightmares. I haven't had a real nighmare since I was like 5 and I'm not about to start now.

Basically, we've decided that the players are going to RP a team of this organization (called the Federal Agency of Research and Control, or ARC), and go into an abandoned facility in the woods somewhere that has a bunch of dangerous anomalies that have breached containment. Heh. My deepest delve into horror was when I recently watched a playthrough of a horror game called Alan Wake II, which is part of a connected universe that spurred this whole idea anyway. ...But other than that I have no background, so we're in the same boat.

...Do we need to make a horror discussion thread? Also, @Through The Living Glass, if you're interested in the RP you should check out the document. We've layed out some ideas of what we've been planning. @The Wandering Wizard did you want to join the RP or are you just popping in?

Welp, let's give this a go. I have an idea for an RP based in a world I've been making in my head (as I tend to do). The essential premise is that there's a highly classified and secretive government agency tasked with protecting the country from supernatural threats, and otherwise keeping anomalous objects and events hidden from the public. There's a whole bunch of nuance to that, but that's the overview. I wanted to make an RP where the players, you all, roleplay a group of people who stumble upon one of these anomalies for whatever reason and have to survive it. It would be in structure similar to the Hunger Games RPs we've been doing; one or more people would be Game Masters, roleplaying the environment and the threats it contains, leading the characters along and guiding the story, while the rest would be those characters, interacting with the environment and working to both survive and also accomplish specific tasks. In my mind, this would be a bounded RP, too; there would be an end. Either all the survivors complete whatever objectives the story gives them and they escape, or everyone dies. That would keep it from stagnating at some point down the line (hopefully), because there's a concrete end. I have a few ideas on what this would look like, but I also want to open it up to whoever might be interested. (If it's literally just @J. Magi and me then...what the heck, why not.) But, if other people want to participate, I want you guys to help decide what the setting, premise, and story of the RP acutally end up being. I have a document that should be anonymous for us to figure this all out. If you guys would rather just discuss it in the thread, or if the anonymous stuff doesn't work, let me know, and I'll add the discussion points to this post. If you're interested, just say something, or get on the doc and share some ideas! EDIT: PLEASE READ @J. Magi @SpiritOfWrath @Through The Living Glass @Wittles the DoomFrog Here is the current synopsis, based on our planning. This is still subject to change: The ARC had constructed a facility around an anomaly, or series of anomalies, located in a forested area somewhere in the continental U.S. (Either in the Pacific Northwest or Appalachia; I'm still deciding.) This was a facility run jointly by the Department of Research and Records, the Department of Control and Protection, and the Department of Anomaly Utilization. However, at some point, something occurred there, and contact with the facility was lost. Action was not immediatley taken in case it was just a routine effect of the anomaly, but after over a month had passed without contact, the ARC began to investigate. A team of investigators, dispatched by the Department of Control and Protection (though other Departments had some input into it's operation), was sent to investigate the site, determine what had happened, and, if neccessary, re-contain the anomaly the facility had been researching. You are that team. I think you are all okay to start planning out characters. However, I would use PMs to coordinate on how you assemble the team. This is a team, after all, and your characters already know each other. They have skills and specialties that play off each other and cover each other's weaknesses. So do some planning together to figure out how you want it to fit. Before you go ahead, please read this document on the ARC's structure and operations if you haven't already, for some background. The google doc version, which reads better, is here. Character sheet:

The cool thing about the Cosmere is that it's so big, so I think a wide range of different adaptation types are definitely possible. I think the magic and combat of Stormlight would be awesome in an anime style. (Granted, I've only seen one anime, so my experience is limited, but...still.) Even if they don't end up adapting the main plotline in that way, I would absolutely love to see some sort of animated Stormlight story in the future.

As both a Cosmere and Astrophysics nerd, I approve of this. Calculations are logical. Thanks for doing this! I didn't realize there were white main sequence stars that were easily habitable. I thought those were mostly A and B class, which I assumed were too hot.

The jungle was denser than that of the starting island. Darker. Vines hung from the towering, twisting trees, covered in various insects. Deathants would be even more of a problem here. And that was probably only the least of the worries.

Go check the comments on his latest SU. Go back a few SUs if you somehow missed the context.

And so the pattern again repeats itself. ...That reminds me, I should go ask Exp...

November fell into step beside his two companions. His mood seemed...off.

A few cans of food and supplies are scattered around, but there are no big packs, and no large weapons.

Is that honestly going to happen? He can decide what he wants, but he can't stop us from doing what we need to. If Saar is involved, we're acting, whether he likes it or not.

Bookwyrm sent a mental shrug. I wouldn't know. But we need to move on.

"Don't assume another's safety is 'no reason'. We can handle ourselves. So we'll help you, whether you want us to or not."

The "Suddenly, Pineapples" has been a thing since...a long time. Somewhere near the very beginning.

...I would like to pop in and say that TLT should be an easy to join RP, especially considering that at it's core it's not fully an RP. Yeah, there's a ton of backstory stuff, but you don't need to know any of it. I barely know any of it, and I first posted on that thread on a page in the mid 1700's. If there's a big plot going on when you want to join TLT, just ask if there's room for you to fit. Because there should be. It's TLT; anyone can post literally anything. But I digress. I just like TLT and don't want to see it die, which means recruiting new people. Even if I haven't posted on it in forever.

You know her better than I do. "Personally, I'd love nothing more than getting Saar off our backs. But she doesn't have a track record of being honest. At this point it's between the lesser of two evils." The memory of Kaos was not a pleasant one to Bookwyrm, and thus his view of Zelos was definitely darkened. That war was bigger than I think any of us realized. Even Calano... It didn't help that nothing was consistent in the Clinic's multiverse. Reality on the widest scales was still subject to interpretation...but the evil wrought in the Kaos war was undeniable. "I'll go along with whatever seems best for our situation. But, in the event that we do get one of them gunning for us, I'd remind you that we aren't powerless. Insa and I fought in the Kaos War, and I have a powerful god of my own on my side. If conflict is really inevitable I think we can handle ourselves." @The Aspiring Archivist @Spark of Hope

"...Yes." Bookwyrm looked warily around. He gazed out at the infinite-seeming plane of grass leading to the horizon. It unnerved him.

"...Alright." You can handle it if it's an issue? Yes. Though I might advise discretion; if I can avoid revealing myself, that would be best. I thought the same thing. Just take over if I'm in danger.