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Now that wasn't funny. I've plenty to contribute!! :p

Edit: i hate these new emotes, the old ones were so much better...

I know. But that is a page about stereotypes, where most forums users actually can fit in many. Like for example:

Dastardly Stench (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/yukyuk.htm) :P

Oh my word ...

That is the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

Well, that doesn't fit DS in the slightest.

But it fits Marvel.

Jesus, I can see how people get their bazilliontrillion posts.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

can has ++ for me too??? :p

You know, I kinda like these new emoticon thingies.

Is that even a real number?

And I hate them, I used the :p one a lot until they changed it. Now it drives me nuts.

I know. But that is a page about stereotypes, where most forums users actually can fit in many. Like for example:

Dastardly Stench (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/yukyuk.htm) :P

SS, you have NO sense of humor!

(Heh heh heh.)

BTW...if we're going to get into it this way, we can always give that tribute due to Soviet Steam (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/bong.htm)...

Only if Marvel (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/perv.htm) is given his proper dues.

LOL! Yeah, you've got him pegged alright. :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

LOL! Yeah, you've got him pegged alright. :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

*grins*

Oooooh yeah.

One small caveat: the last time he had sex, it killed the girl he had it with...

(...but that was before he was physiologically altered).

Please don't mention that in front of Emberlea Jax' sensitive virginal ears! It may scare her from fornication forever!

And as for Marvel, prey tell, WHAT was altered? o.O

Please don't mention that in front of Emberlea Jax' sensitive virginal ears! It may scare her from fornication forever!

And as for Marvel, prey tell, WHAT was altered? o.O

Don't ask. Just don't ask..

I don't want to evoke rule 34 again.

I don't want to evoke rule 34 again.

Rule 34? What's that?

So from making girls die from laughing, he was given a normal "figure?" that's soooo sweet! :)

So from making girls die from laughing, he was given a normal "figure?" that's soooo sweet! :)

Not quite... I remember this story being told once before, but I don't remember which thread and how long ago.

Lern Intarwebz Lore

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rule+34

So an explination involves porn?

No worries. Subject dropped.

Creepy. And good call Dans.

Please don't mention that in front of Emberlea Jax' sensitive virginal ears! It may scare her from fornication forever!

And as for Marvel, prey tell, WHAT was altered? o.O

His reproductive system, as was mentioned in his bio.

UNmodified Red Gargoyle Demons reproduce by laying and fertilizing eggs in a host body. There's quite a jolt of drugs that goes along with it--narcotics and degenerating enzymes in the egg mash and semen, to name a few. When Marvel had sex with the girl...his way...it got her high and slowly destroyed her body. It turned her into a lump on the floor that did little more than beg for more of what was destroying her. And he, being quite fond of her, obliged. But his body couldn't produce that much venom without a large protein intake. He needed fresh blood. So he went out and got it. He didn't know beforehand--he learned by...doing.

Then, he found out that the temple where the girl worked was run by another demon, and that the whole thing was set up because the demon didn't like the girl's style. Let's just say that he was...mildly vexed.

And the resulting battle leveled the entire city.

Now, once a year, when the planets are in proper alignment, Marvel returns to a graveyard on the outskirts of the sand dunes that mark the borders of a ruined city. He stands by a certain unmarked grave, and, in the light of the full moon, performs an ancient ritual dance that the girl once taught him. It is said that, if the gods favor the dancer, the dance can resurrect the dead...but this has never happened.

Marvel has been changed so that he can reproduce like a normal mammal. There's only one catch: he's the only one. No females of his kind have been similarly altered, and he's afraid that there may still be some lingering leftovers from his original condition.

That is so sad.

I have a question for you. Are you a Dresden Files fan? Cause you say a few things that make me think of the books. A lot.

That is so sad.

I have a question for you. Are you a Dresden Files fan? Cause you say a few things that make me think of the books. A lot.

Yes, it is sad. Marvel cried as he set the girl's tiara on his desk in his room. It serves to remind him of something that he learned the hardest possible way that he could ever learn it.

Unfortunately, I am entirely ignorant of the Dresden Files. Thank you for pointing out to me that they are a series of books! :) :) :)

I absolutely adore the Dresden Files, and Harry - but I did not care for the tv series, they gelded the things that make Harry Harry too badly.

I have neither read nor seen the books or tv show though I've heard of both. If my library wasn't run by idiots, I'd be reading them right now.

The reason I have a 1,000 plus book library is that the vast majority of any money that I have goes to books - and I am an avid haunter of garage sales and half price book stores. Plus my friends are all as book addicted as I and I have the run of their libraries.

If you are wanting something a little dark and wicked - look up the Nightside / John Taylor series by Simon Green. You'll never think of London the same again.

AT any rate, I'm without the ability to check out books from the library. They lost two books I turned in and now unless I pay them the cost of those two books, plus the late fees (which are still adding up) my account is frozen.

I take it back. I have seen a few "Dresden Files" episodes...but I found it very forgettable.

I've never seen the TV episodes. My friend made me read the first.

Well, made me START the first. The rest was all me. :D

I am trying to get him to join as a wizard like Harry, but he's not that into it, the RPing side.

The books usually are better than the movies/TV shows/etc.

"Humor" that is too lame for this Yuk-Yuk:

"The Simpsons" (and any of its insipid variants like "Family Guy," "King of the Hill," etc.)

"Seinfeld" (and virtually every other idiotic sitcom out there--like "How I Met Your Mother," "Two and a Half Men," etc.--Exceptions (all long since gone from the airwaves): "Night Court," "Barney Miller," "Soap" (early seasons only))

The Hamster Dance

The Badger Song

Every one of those stinking Danish websites where they pop those stupid siren sounds and show the corpses in the middle of something totally unrelated.

DS, don't ask me why, but for some reason your posts have me over on You tube, watching - well listerning to Tom Lehrer's hysterical songs.

Tom Lehrer?!?! LOVE HIM!

(sung with a foreign accent)

Eef you go to Amedicahn ceety,
You weell find that eet looks quiet pditty,
But uv too theengs you must beware:
(accent drops)
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!

("Pollution" by Tom Lehrer)

My favorite is Masochism Tango (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPX_uoriC4U)

...Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash,
As we danced to the Masochism Tango...

Damn, he's good and funny. Sorry Marvel, he wins hands down.

No apology needed.

lol, good. I listened to pollution and cracked up.

I guess there's some kind of cultural wall here, because the best I could manage was a smile as I watched that stuff. :confused:

It also might explain the insane amount of postage that always seems to happen when I'm asleep. How many of you are filthy Ameeericans (or just in a timezone relatively far away from the grand continent of Europe)? :gas:

Ha, I managed to throw in a quote from the great, a bit aged game Battlezone. :p

EDIT: THEY CHANGED THE :p EMOTICON THINGIE AGAIN. :( And yes, I know I'm overusing them. But it's cuz you gotta try them all out!

I'm a Minnesotan. And for those that don't know US states, yes, I'm an American too.

So Em, where in Europe are you?

Call me Ermor! I use this nation because I gave out Ermor a year or so back to someone and then figured I wanted to continue. I could get my hands on this nation of mine, but even though the person who now "controls" Ermor promised to gimme the password, he never did. :(

So now EmeriKa = Ermor.

And when it comes to the IC thread... In how many ways can I say nothing? Stay tuned!

Call me Ermor! I use this nation because I gave out Ermor a year or so back to someone and then figured I wanted to continue. I could get my hands on this nation of mine, but even though the person who now "controls" Ermor promised to gimme the password, he never did. :(

So now EmeriKa = Ermor.

And when it comes to the IC thread... In how many ways can I say nothing? Stay tuned!

Careful, dude. Marvel's already snorin'. :) :) :)

P.S. I'm a resident of Western New York, USA. Don't know why I have this thing for Jewish comedians, though. I'm a generic monotheist myself. It certainly is a cultural thing. There's even a website that explains it all. I got the idea for the first verse of Marvel's little bardism from that site. It was one of the "10 Funniest Jokes of all Time"--and you don't have to take my word for it, either! You can do a google search and :gas: try 'em out yourself. :gas:

JEWS DID WTC, and some mass media fools thought that site was a serious demonstration of "antisemitism" rather than the result of an infamous troll organization creating a site to LOL at the truther movement, and they did it for the LULZ which ensured after stupid mass media took it seriously.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rubm-ttR-Lw

"lol, jews did wtc," said GNAA president timecop

On more serious matters, I'm sorry for my poor departure post. I'm just out of inspiration now, as I drained most of it in another epic moment of the Battle of Brit... I mean Battle of Spain with my main MT nation.

But now you have a forest burning to handle :)

Let's see...we go from Jewish Comedians to antisemitic trolling. And it looks from here like we're taking on the troll's so-called sense of humor.

And I thought my inference chains were off-the-wall!

I'm crushed! I'm effortlessly defeated! Oh, woe is me!

Student Characters....

Bill and Ben GilMouse

Identical Twins, they are always together and are always up for mischief. From practical jokes to more creative exploits somehow you can always be sure that they are somehow behind it.

Having been chucked out of more traditional micelandic schools their parents sent them to the White Tower to see if they could actually get some learning and to get them out of their hair.

If you see on without the other, then be on your guard. The otherone is nearby ready to pull a stunt or is elsewhere while the one you see provides an allibi.

They are still basically in all sense kids, having sort-of completed required education they are still far from being mature (in fact my new teacher character will still call them mouselings despite being technically adults.)

War Haven- I didn't say anything the last time you just suddenly butted in with mister super character, Pondera - but he is in part responsible for a characters death.

I really don't think it appropriate for you just up and bringing in another totally off the wall character.

...especially when the ESTABLISHED ones are LONG OVERDUE... :) :) :)

This is a sign-up for my first try on Soviet Steam, if you have an IC reason to put one of your characters here after them.

http://forums3.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=561445

If you are interested don't forget to read rules 1 and 2

And again, don't spell laws of physics OOCly, this will be about Science! (http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ars_steampunk.jpg) and Dark Fantasy of the "I see dead people!" type. But it won't be as outlandish as some steampunk works. Automatons are the equivalents of B-2 Spirits regarding maintenance and production costs. Airships adapted for military use are still very rare(and even rarer after they invent the airplane to overshadow them) and asides from mechanized arachnids, there is not much of gadgetry around.

And again:

Rules 1 and 2

War Haven- I didn't say anything the last time you just suddenly butted in with mister super character, Pondera - but he is in part responsible for a characters death.

I really don't think it appropriate for you just up and bringing in another totally off the wall character.

You offended me folks! If a gambling addicted, epileptic channeler who sees dead people and talk with dead people isn't enoughly off the wall, then next time I will bring an obese, sexually challenged opium addicted cryokinesis specialist with Asperger syndrome.

But on more serious notes, this is a good filter you should take a quick look at whenever creating a character:

http://firedrake.org/roger/rpg/munchkin.html#Fantasy

You offended me folks! If a gambling addicted, epileptic channeler who sees dead people and talk with dead people isn't enoughly off the wall, then next time I will bring an obese, sexually challenged opium addicted cryokinesis specialist with Asperger syndrome.


That's not the point, dude. It's not that Pondera/Warfare was off-the-wall, it was that he was so powerful that he overshadowed the characters around him. It was as if I had taken Marvel and made him a Master of the Dark Arts, trying to recover from it like an addiction. Ivan didn't have that problem. And please don't hit me up with Asperger's. My high school buddy has it.

FWIW, I think that WH was pretty careful with Pondera, and went out of his way not to godmod--but I resent the fact that he booked before Marvel had a chance to get the last word in. ("Not talking about killing himself my LEFT FOOT--he just DID it!") :) :) :)

My character's utterly godmodish, and I'm not afraid to say it! I think it makes sense in the case of a being that's been around for countless millennia and has basically used most of his time to enhance his magical skills with nothing to hold him back.

In Ermorian lore, your magical aptitude increases the more magical gems you waste to empower yourself, and based on how many different items you use which improve your magical skills. Sure, you still have to learn the incantations from the books done by the many tireless magical researchers, but that's the easy part. But anyway, basically my character's pretty overboard on his own, but he's got a ton of magic skill enhancing items on him, too. Small ones, but potent ones. I mentioned his rings earlier for a reason. :p

There's a lot of the same sort in the Ashen Empire. A lot. Except about 95% of them are hostile beyond belief. You really don't wanna go there.

Emerika, then why do you have such a powerful character in the game? I'm not trying to be a bitch but WHY? It's not fair to the other characters and seriously unbalances the game. And ruins the fun for every one else.

If this were my thread ( and yes I know it is not ) I'd not allow such a character.

I don't like getting into this kind of argument usually, but I kinda agree with Tanara. Say some characters facing a challenge and they're getting there, it's slow going, but they're getting there as a group. Now a super-character walks up and uses his god-mod-bordering powers and kicks all their buts and finishes whatever challenges they've were working on. Is that fair? No. I'm not saying get rid of him and change him, I'm saying keep him under control so as not to outshine everybody else. Keep him human, make sure he's got limits even though he is extremely powerful. Otherwise this RP could get really not fun really quick.

What can I say? It only ruins the fun for others if he actually ends up doing something that affects the rest. But he isn't there to do your things for you. In fact, he isn't going to be a part of your group in any way or form. He doesn't really care about it either. In case you haven't noticed, I generally just post that he's roaming around on his own, sometimes observing what the rest are doing without really taking part in group activities.

And I can't really tone him down in the usual way, either. The Ashen Empire is an undead empire. He has to be a powerful mage to have reached the state he is in. His "real" form is that of a spectral mage - and I doubt that kind of a character would be any better from where you're standing, as then to stay true to the character of the Empire there'd have to be more than just him from the Empire around... Now that would quickly break into a retcon nightmare.

Basically what I'm saying is that he's strong... But you only have to worry about it if some character pretty much attacks him. He might do some trivial stuff at times that don't really affect anything, but that's it. He's not going to be the star of this thread in any way or form, I promise you. :p

Remember Ghostbusters? That vacuum cleaner that trapped the ghosts?

Because I might craft a certain cannon that looks exactly like it. Should I mention how this cannon is named?

Internal Ghastly Nether Objective's Ray of Extermination

The I.G.N.O.R.E., nice. I volunteer to give it a test run!

Uhhuh. Well, if you wanna go down that path, you go down that path. It won't change the way the Ermorian empire works nor will it change the existence of the character. He is one of the results of a bunch of roleplays that have run in the time frame of four years, and I'm not going to start retconning it because of one character in one roleplay that hasn't even used pretty much any of his magic so far, and isn't very likely to use pretty much any of it anyway.

If it makes you feel any better, it's highly unlikely that he even could cast any of the more potent battle (or even defensive) magic at his disposal, mostly because of his distinct lack of a supply of magical gems any larger than a few dozen. The teleportations have eaten up a few of his gems already.

And hell, if we go by what people have actually shown their characters do, Soviet Steam, Warhaven and even Marionetonia should be ignored first. :p And what about the others? Students with rather high class magic? omgs!111

Remember Ghostbusters? That vacuum cleaner that trapped the ghosts?

Because I might craft a certain cannon that looks exactly like it. Should I mention how this cannon is named?

Internal Ghastly Nether Objective's Ray of Extermination

I call it the

Insanely Giant, Normal Order Rending Energy

Cannon.

I even have a little spiel that I post ooc when I'm good an' vexed, too:

-----------------------------------------

"All-powerful, eh? Seargent," said the Ubergeneral, "it looks like we might have a godmodder. Charge up the Insanely Giant Normal Order Rending Energy weapon."

"No," the Seargent said, "you don't mean--."

"Yes," replied the Ubergeneral, "the I.G.N.O.R.E. cannon."

---------------------------------

--This is not to say that I am actually preparing, or even threatening, to use this facility. Emerika has said, in not so many words, that HOW ONE USES a character has as much to do with godmodding as the character's innate abilities. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. There's something to be said for his argument.

But their majics is epic phail in actual Soviet Steam, and mostly don't and won't ever work there. Ivan is an old epileptic addicted to gambling and Yelena had only one arm and was psychologically unstable, cannot defeat even a normal sized spider because of her crippling phobia, while being an "average girl next door with magic" rather than an hero, whose greatest dream was to have a normal life where it would never be necessary to use all the flashy magics in the first place.

When I joined this thread, I had no idea on how High magic would be treated. This is why I prefer Low Fantasy, it makes it much easier to balance things.

And as the cheapest excuse, Yelena practice magic for 26 years, and Ivan for 37. Ivan could easily have acquired three doctorates and Yelena two. Because if magic is simply incompatible with the lifespan of an human being, then the latter would have never dealt with it in the first place.

Also, whenever one goes too far with magic... it brings consequences to this one's health, and can be even deadly.

I guess I haven't explained how the Ashen Empire came to be to you guys yet, and I think now's as good as time as any. Not that you need to know, or do I think that you even care, but I'm gonna tell ANYWAYS.

Basically, there was a time when there was no Ashen Empire of Ermor. Instead there was the Holy Empire of Ermor. Eldregate was the most holy capital of the Empire, being quite the opposite in these days. In those times, this character would have been a Thaumaturg of the Temple of the Spheres, which was in direct conflict with the equivalent of the Dead. The Temple of the Spheres was growing weaker while the other temple was growing stronger as time passed, but it wasn't of much concern, as even then the Temple of the Spheres tended to still remain stronger than the other.

Indeed, all was well for quite some time, until the Grand Thaumaturgs of the opposing temple somehow found the most potent ritual of Death they believed to be the answer to the puzzle of immortality. It was acquired one way or another from the Sauromancers of C'tis.

But they were wrong. Horribly wrong. When they performed their unholy rites inside the capital of Eldregate, the Sun was blackened and the land turned to ashes and everyone in Eldregate and in its proximity died and were reanimated as undead, and that would include this character. He saw it all, he saw his family die the most horrible deaths fathomable all the while he felt his own body die. He was innocent, as were most Ermorians, but that didn't change anything. All were punished for the transgressions of the few.

It didn't end there, however. Their afterlifes were sheer torment. What seemed like hours in the realm of the living was many, many years in the Underworld. They were bound to the Underworld, to undeath... And in the end, they were no longer the people they once had been in any sense of the word.

How did things look like in the realm of the living? Shortly after the Fall, the Cataclysm, the Ashen Empire came forth from the ruins of the homeland of the Holy Empire and spread like wildfire. It took the entire Western Continent (excluding two large peninsulas, one north, one south) with speed never seen before, and as they advanced, so did the darkness which surrounded the old Ermorian homelands.

But in the end, nothing could stop their onslaught. They overran the peninsulas of the Western Continent and with sheer numbers they also ended up crushing the defenders of the Eastern Continent. All life was extinguished when that happened.

But that's only the beginning of its story (not to mention quite limited in scope), and I'm a bit tired so if it doesn't make sense here and there, well... It's cuz I can't keep my train of thought on track all the time. :p

EDIT: Oh yeah, and using magic does affect one's state in Ermorian lore, too. But it rarely directly kills you. Makes you go unconscious if you overdo it, but kill you? Nah.

In Warhaven, it depends on a wide variety of factors as to what happens when large amounts of magic are used, but since most casters aren't well experienced or capable of weilding large amounts of magic, the resultant consequences are mostly Catastrophic Spell Failure, but some have been known to die, or fall into a deep coma, and even masters capable of welding large amounts of magic have been known to self-destruct on occasion in the process of casting.

As for the other stuff, Pondera was indeed a super-character, a poorly planned cameo appearence from a character from the first white tower thread.
Irene, the only thing off the wall about her is her super-mixed ethnic backround. Consider all the adventure stories, and all the half-breeds of all the different fantasy species. It was only inevitable that one that was every fantasy species would eventually develop. So, while she has the blood of every species, she doesn't have their racial benefits, save for flight, swimming, and sharp claws, simply because alot of her ethnic backround covers those three.

I really hope that Irene is a joke over the trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HalfHumanHybrids). I just can't take it seriously at all.

Also

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AWizardDidIt

She's as serious as a heart attack. If you can't take her seriously, oh well, it doesn't bother me.

If Oldbag and Melvinor don't show up soon, I'm going to have trouble taking THEM seriously...

Guess what? I'm back!!!

Ok, so Bal is working 70 hours a week, but what about SE? I can't remember why he's not around.

And yes, I know you're back, we talked about that last night. :p

Not everyone hounds me so faithfully whenever I am online according to my Instant Messaging accounts. :P

Yeah, in case you havn't noticed Syl, I'm too lazy to fetch my phone from the charger. So I'm still sleeping. Woo hoo!

Don't remember, but it seemed like an awfully good excuse at the time.

Welcome back dan

Dang it Dans! STOP BEING LAZY!!! I've nobody to talk to except for the fruits on NSG. And trust me, you can only put up with Daiwiz for so long before you start going a little bit loopy.

I don't feel like looking it up either. Maybe someone will come on that knows.

*giggles*

I'm a fruit on NSG! :P

Well, you can alwayzzzz talk to me, thweetie!

:p :p :p

DS, that's... disturbing. And Dans, you're just a fruit. :p

Can I be a nice, firm red grape? *Hopeful smile*

Ahh, reading the recent developments of Dwarf Fortress is always such fun. One of the latest developments is...

"stopped people from giving quests to kill themselves"

Ha. Ha ha ha... Hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa.

Sure, why not. And what are you talking about Em?

What, you don't know Dwarf Fortress?

I'm talking about THIS (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html)!

All I can say is that it's pure awesome in game form.

Ok, whatever works for you.

Meh, I bet you don't see pure awesome even when it hits you in the face! :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/Hotwire/mansdeath.jpg

Yep, that's pure awesome right there! I generally play the Fortress mode myself, though. Dunno why, but it's oddly gratifying to build up a giant fortress...

And then have everyone in your fortress die horrible deaths by some natural (or unnatural) occurrence.

*quietly hums happy thoughts as the newest red grape in the bunch*

It looks like I will be able to start posting again.

Actually I just finished working an 80 hour work week, that is 5 extra shifts. I am so burnt out but this next week I only have one extra shift to cover. I am starting to go through my subscription page typing posts that I am missing or behind upon.

DS, that's... disturbing. And Dans, you're just a fruit. :p

I'm only fruity when it's funny. :) :) :)

I'm ALWAYS lazy, though. :) :) :)

::Casually looks over the contents of a neighbor's wine cellar.::

Oh, hi, Dans!!! :) :) :)

Dastardly Stench;13873355']:) :) :)

:) :) :)


etc

I guess someone found his new favorite emoticon thingie. :eek: :eek:

And I can't even copy it in one post because 10 "images" per post is the limit. :( :(

New? I've been using three smilies in my email and such for almost 20 years!

:) :) :)

Dastardly Stench;13873399']New? I've been using three smilies in my email and such for almost 20 years!

:) :) :)

Having said that, it makes you seem even weirder! :eek: :eek: :p :p :tongue: :tongue:

Having said that, it makes you seem even weirder!

I never said any such thing. :eek: :eek: :eek:

I TYPED it! :D :D :D

And thank you, BTW. :p :p :p

Dastardly Stench;13874618']I never said any such thing.

I TYPED it!

And thank you, BTW.

You :eek: :eek: :eek:

are :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

welcome! :) :) :)

Why ignore the forest fire?

Perun is not a region in Pangaea. It's a Slavic deity. The fire happened in the forest next to the Tower, and at least I believe investigating it is more interesting than getting into the same ways of an High School themed second rate sitcom reenactment. Although I don't mind if most of you really prefer to make one-liners about drinking, relaxing in a tub and throwing punchlines. If at least there was a bit of character developing among it. But at this rate, it is reminding me of some sort of Penny Arcade comic with a different theme, and that isn't good.

Just about time for me to return to MT and Quasi-realistic Past Tech.

But don't worry, I'll be back.

And this rant ends here.

Yeah, I was wondering if everyone made a mistake of some kind (me included), but it ended up with Tanara being the one mistaken. :p

Ignoring a forest burnt to cinders would be kind of odd.

Correction. Burning to cymbers.

And Emberlea Jax will not be able to leave the grounds, without facing the evil elf Marcoz.

Also, Bal said something about a limit before the grounds close completely. So we otta hurry. Right?

I never intended the party to last this long. ELDRAD AND GALVENOR WERE SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP!!!!!

Nudge Nudge Wink Wink Hint Hint!

So... yeah... what's going on? :$

Waiting for the administration.

I'm thinking about dipping into my FT side and making another international space station to flare into being and slowly die a slow horrible painful death because it has no point.

Absolutely nothing because Bal and SE haven't been on. We're just heading to bed for the night (ICly of course) and that seems to be it.

Correction. Burning to cymbers.

What exactly is a "cymber"? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Never heard of that, and dictionary.com doesn't help. :gas:

As for what's going on, my character's still WALKING AROUND AIMLESSLY (ooh! aah!) in the corridors of the tower! Which doesn't require me to post that it's going on all the time.

What exactly is a "cymber"? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Never heard of that, and dictionary.com doesn't help. :gas:

As for what's going on, my character's still WALKING AROUND AIMLESSLY (ooh! aah!) in the corridors of the tower! Which doesn't require me to post that it's going on all the time.

That's a question for the ages.

It usually doesn't if the word is misspelled.

Nice. One of mine is passed out the other two are working on drying off an arm. Oh, and the cats are probably napping. :p Either way, I'm pretty well taken care of until something happens.

Hey, mine is sleeping with an unsecured criminal in his room. ;)

I'll run with your post and assume it's morning.

But hey, at least Marvel doesn't have a hangover! Zena's going to kill anyone who just looks at her funny.

My post was more of a polite bump than something to be run with.

I AM STILL BASICALLY BLOCKED WAITING FOR GALVENOR AND/OR ELDRAD TO SHOW UP.

I figured that, but still, I'm growing ever bored waiting for them.

What was that? I was...sorta...getting...some...

::SNORE!!SNORE!!SNORE!!::

I am good for a couple weeks, then the stupid RNC starts. It will be a week of HELL, all those self-important politicians wandering around like their crap doesn't stink and we have to provide security for them. I wish they would have picked a different city.

The first week in September will be bad. we have two Account Managers planning on sleeping here for that week to provide coverage. You just KNOW they will think the officers have to do the same thing too.

Stupid RNC...

RNC? Do you care to elaborate because I think I missed something.

Republican National Convention

They picked Minneapolis and the Demacrats picked Denver for their convention to pick the candidates for the election.

It really is a big pain in the ass but only a week. Meanwhile everyone is scurrying around to look their best and have things lined up in order.

Well, by that point we'll have something planned to keep us entertained while your busy. That, or some of us will have teachers and Galvenor can be called away on important business.

The RNC is the first week of September

Plenty of time to get through everything and it is only a single week. unlike the maternity leave I had to cover for...

Oh I am so sick of hearing about that on the news. You can only put up with so much of the RNC before you just want to throw the TV into the streets. It just seems like every day there's more and more drama unfolding for one convention.

Obviously I agree with your comment.

Oh, from this point forward, only the yet to be chosen instructorrs, Eldrad, and myself can sucessfully teleport, gate, or other means of magical travel into or out of the Tower. The defenses was ICly activated. Any sort of travel TO the tower will deposit you outside the main gates og the school grounds in the forest. Attempts from within will just fail.

Instructors will be able to travel and they can take a class with them. In the case where an instructor is going to teach the various methods of magical transportation the restrictions will be relaxed on a single room or even two rooms so one can 'port from one to another.

I will edit these restrictions into the first post of both Threads so anyone joining can find them easier.

So that means that those with teleporting abilities cannot even teleport within the Tower? Josh is gonna get so pissed. :p Be warned, once that is in place, he will spend hour upon hour devising elaborate methods around that block.

That is fine, he will have to overcome the Atunement that ties the Tower to the Chancellor to have a chance. Perhaps a background quest/goal of his to flesh out the character.

Sounds good to me. But unless Galvenor says it once it's in place, he won't know and is probably going to end up late to class the first couple times, which is actually fine by me.

Can Irene get special permissions? Half her power lies in summoning, which is of course dependant upon Teleportation. Half her classes will require her creatures, they need to be trained as much as she does.

Maybe a special Necklace or something? She can discuss it with Galvenor and her teachers after their selected if you like.

if she is summoning something in class then the Instructor will have arranged for the room to work. I really don't see a need to summon things in the cafeteria or library. unmonitored summonings cause much distraction in a school, especially on NS.

Galvenor will be treating each student fairly and equally so there will be no exceptions. Sorry. There is no IC reason.

Just making sure her summoning won't be hampered when it's needed. Jeeves isn't the type to be unsummoned, he lives in her room all day maintaining it like the imps do everything else. Long story I haven't quite finished making up yet, but Irene's doing him a favor actually.

All these comments on judges and blah reminded me to recommend you to use the Soviet Proletarian Justice next time which is faster, less bureaucratic(LOL) and more efficient.

Or just a Kangaroo Court. Or a public burning, or an inquisition-inspired brutality.

Because I believe that is one of the many largely unexplored elements a mostly medieval fantasy should be about.

Moving the discussion in the IC thread here...

Somehow that doesn't surprise me, but oh well. So I learned something new today, let's leave it at that.

It has its place, but that place was not the one the characters find themselves in now.

When are your characters rejoining the White Tower thread again?

:) :) :)

They're around. They just didn't go into the courtroom. Last post Zena was avoiding contact with everyone and Mali and Josh just kinda walked out. I figured it might be a nice break to just read things for a change. I refer of course to post 765.

The real question is when Dans is going to get a post back in here.

When are your characters rejoining the White Tower thread again?

After:

1) Defeating the writer's block

2) Finishing the RP I just started.

One of my ongoing RPs is currently 3 months old.

And if there is something I can tell, is that Yelena is definitively not coming back.

After:

1) Defeating the writer's block

2) Finishing the RP I just started.

One of my ongoing RPs is currently 3 months old.

And if there is something I can tell, is that Yelena is definitively not coming back.

Ah, he was talking to you. Hard to tell on a thread if you ask me...

1) Good luck, I hate that.
2) nice.
And yes, Yelena is gone. :p (at least as far as I could tell)

After:

1) Defeating the writer's block

2) Finishing the RP I just started.

One of my ongoing RPs is currently 3 months old.

And if there is something I can tell, is that Yelena is definitively not coming back.

I'll get the kangaroos ready for the other one, then. :p :p :p

@DS

What happens if someone doesn't feed the pet? basically when someone is sentenced to "time as pet". In exchange for the giving up of Higher order abilities, everytime they "die" they get "re-born".

That is if they die while as pet they pop into a pet shop fine and dandy, as if they were the day they got sentenced. Now granted they remember all the staff that happens, and to each individual owner it looks like the pet died but in reality they didn't. And they get to live out their sentence, until the time's over.

How do you think mice always disappear on you?

Me? I don't think very much about it. I live with three cats. :) :) :)

Forgivem this mbad mkeyboard,m itm keeps madding min mrandom mm's.m Sometimes mit mhappens mwhen mI mhitm the mspacem barm (likem now) but mother mtimes, mno.

And mDS, mI mknow mexactly mwhatm youm mean. mI mtoo mlivem withm three mcats mso myou mjustm kinda mget mused mto mhavingm them around.

Or, as in the case of mice, NOT having them around. :) :) :)

Dastardly Stench;13947556']Me? I don't think very much about it. I live with three cats. :) :) :)

See? That's what the mice want you to think

What are we wating on ICly exactly? Do I have to do something totally awesome and amazing?

Well...since you asked...it WOULD be kinda nice if your characters would stop ignoring my characters. It IS getting kinda annoying.

All you have to do is respond to the statements that my character made to yours. That's hardly awesome or amazing--unless you figure in the way you've acted since the beginning of this thread...

Marvel kinda DID put the question to Galvenor as to what to do with the mess that had been made of June Rovermouse's lab, and what to do about the lack of magic that most of the mice are saddled with.

I have not seen the player on MSN to ask him, they are his people and characters and I cannot do anything without his imput.

You haven't asked me anything, you've been talking to Drai'lee and galvenor, not Irene, Hoyrel, or Lerim.

Nice one DS. That bump is one of my favorites so far.

Well...why settle for a boring bump when you can write some good ol' Marvel-esque Trash with Flash?

BWT, sorry about the mixup, WH. From now on, I'll be on Balrogga's case instead, I promise. ;) ;) ;)

Because a boring bump is simpler? Nah, that's not good enough a reason. :)

Only if you're even lazier than I am. :p :p :p

I'm quite lazy. :)

I'm back, and will get something posted soon. Sorry for going missing for a bit.

I'm sure I'll get around to posting a reply to Syl...eventually... :) :) :)

I still have not had the opportunity to speak with the player so I am going to post something and get this going again.

I am going to begin the interviews for Instructors. They will take place in the Dome and only a single person will be allowed up there at a time. The rules for Instructors were mentioned before but I will mention them again. If you have an instructor character in the Tower, you have to also have students too. If there are not enough students then the Instructors are not needed. I am running one Instructor (Galvenor) to two students personally.

A player can only possess a single Instructor Character. I impose this rule for fairness. A person taking two or three spots which are limited would not be fair to other players.

Instructor rank will be determined by Eldrad and Galvenor. The Masters are to be given the towers for their residence and the rest of the instructors will be given spots on the Instructor’s Dorm level. Each instructor will also have their office space attached to their dormitory for convenience.

SEE MAP
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/citadelmapsmall.jpg

I will wait until everyone has had a chance to interview before posting the list of Instructors. I will be as fair as possible in this.

While this is going on run the students through their anticipations and other RP stuff. Please don't start anything major. Work on your interpersonal relations some more.

Note: I am putting Marvel in an interview even though he's the only character I have in this RP. I KNOW this.

:) :) :)

He doesn't have to pass the interview.

:) :) :) :)

OK. Actually, I had to fluff over the mouse lab because again I have not had time to confer with the player on what to do with things left behind. It is not that I had forgotten about it, I skipped it until things could be found out OOCly.



As far as the interviews go I will take them first come, first serve.

...actually first post, first serve.

I am hoping the TG I sent to SE will bring him back to assist. I am going to give him a day or two before I begin with Warhaven.

I'm considering shoving Joshua into an interview. He's my most advanced character and I think he'd benefit in either role.

Should for any reason a character of mine return much later, would a late interview happen or would it just go with the flow?

I humbly apologize, Balroga. My character doesn't, but he can be an a$$hole sometimes. ;) Besides, he hasn't got a clue that things aren't the way he thinks they are anyway.

There is no need to apolagize. You were going off info in the IC Thread, which is all he would know. I understood this so I made the OOC post so the players would know it was not forgotten. On a funny note, imagine the look on Marvel's face when he finds out Galvenor heard all his thoughts he was projecting unconsciously, as well as the names you have for everyone. At some point I will mention something subtle to him about it so you can do the reaction. The only problem with your last post is the fact Angelica would not have been able to port in.



Soviet Steam, I would welcome you back into the Thread whenever you wished to rejoin. When that happens, let me know and maybe we can make a side plot to involve you better than just showing up.

I just out of inspiration for my "Of Mad Science!..." thread, so would it be a problem if I used fluid time later or just used an excuse like "Months in Pangaea are days for the White Tower" to bring only Ivan back? I'll avoid spoiling what I've planned, and whether that Mad Science of bringing Yelena back to life worked or was a completely futile errand.

Also on Ivan, he is a "Grey Mage" in the sense he is neither an "White" nor a "Black" mage, maybe because his world is filled with shades of grey rather than black and white ;)

And a "Grey Necromancer"(or just Channeler), although his necromancy skills are currently limited to talking to dead and draining energy from the living in a non-lethal manner, and he has a serious peeve with the idea of using his abilities to raise undead, so he'll never try to do that.

There is no need to apolagize. You were going off info in the IC Thread, which is all he would know. I understood this so I made the OOC post so the players would know it was not forgotten. On a funny note, imagine the look on Marvel's face when he finds out Galvenor heard all his thoughts he was projecting unconsciously, as well as the names you have for everyone. At some point I will mention something subtle to him about it so you can do the reaction. The only problem with your last post is the fact Angelica would not have been able to port in.


She's an angel. She's got a team of angelic mages behind her. Makes Big Brother look like a 2-day-old kitten. Normal laws do not apply. Drives Marve up a wall how easy they make it look. From his point of view, it's cruel. ;) Tried to show some of that in the ease with which she busted him.

Been waiting for someone to read his mind and get his Marvel names. Ever see those droopy cartoons where the antagonist cracks up at the end?

:) :) :)

It's real weird the way that people associate me with my characters, though. The Marvel Names are strictly a function of the character. I'm in one thread where I channel a female character, and, lo and behold, one other player on that thread even asked me if I was female myself. Heh! Then, in this thread, I'm called "so male." I don't have names for other characters, Marvel does. :) :) :)

Just out of curiosity, has Marvel come up with a name for Josh yet? We've seen "Fali" and I can't remember Zena's name, but I don't recall seeing my one male character's nickname.

He's come up with one, but never used it.

"Fali," of course, is "folly" misspelled, Xena's Marvel Name is "Fienda" and Josh's is "Bionic Joke."

Please don't make me do this too much. Despite what some may think, I feel that Marvel Names are best used in moderation...extreme moderation... :) :) :)

Maybe we should see who can come up with the best Marvel Name for Marvel?

Moderation? We see them in almost every post!

And Red Rover? I don't know. I'm horrible at nicknames.

Galvenor could have easily stopped any angel from entering freely into the tower. In the Origional Thread he defeated Appolyion all by himself and claimed the General position from his fallen foe. If he can command the Hosts of Hell he can keep an angel out. Warhaven was there and can vouch for this. We will leave it be for now and say his precognition predicted her arrival and the torment it would cause Marvel so being the practical joker he is, he relaxed it. Be sure to make his vision come true.


Oh, a nickname you might have earned and I think it was actually used already is Stinky.

Indeed, aside from Gods/Nation Leaders which are a whole other list of power, Galvenor is, by himself, one of the ten most powerful mortal in existence. It is inconcievable that any force beyond direct divine intervention or an order from his own emporer could by pass Galvenor's shields on the tower. However, Niether have any reason to do so.
It is easiest to go with Bal's precog explaination.

BTW, Eldrad is also on that top ten list, as is the mysterious person under the robes and behind the mask. Eldrad's earned his spot by simply living since the dawn of time, or there abouts. I probably have his age wrong, but Eldrad's very old, has learned alot, and garnered alot of power.

Mine is in the same boat, he's lived alot of lives since the beginning of magic itself, always a normal life span, never magically enhanced. He's been such a wide variety of species that it is inconcievable to think he cannot in some manner connect to each student on a personal level. He's earned his power by learning the greatest secrets of magic, and connecting personally to the origin source of all things.

I would like to point out I am playing Galvenor down quite a bit. I am reserving those power levers for when we need them and only after the others have done their ICly best. A wise man lets others succeed when they can.

Not to worry. Angelica was meant to--more or less accidentally--cause Marvel quite a lot of consternation. They will meet again, and, though it will not be her fault, and she will act to mitigate his pain, it will not be pleasant for him.

I humbly implore you to say that, for the purposes of this story, a certain level of diplomatic contact exists between Eldrad/Galvenor and the Angels, and that this is why they were permitted to port in one of their own--as a prospective student, fittingly and properly--despite the hefty defenses of the tower. Also works with Balrogga's suggestion.

Of course, the specific location where she ended up porting to wasn't exactly the place of her choosing. Other Angels, who were operating the teleport, accidentally on purpose put her there (ain't credible deniability fun?).

I'm going to do the same thing with ???. But, we might need Eldrad's, Galvenor's and ???'s powers eventually. I'll tell you why with ???.

Can you figure out the mystery? If you can, and I'll be dropping clues ICly as we go along, and I already started, then we won't need their powers. If you can't, then, suffering will come.

*You refers to the entirety of all thread participants. Mystery meant to be a background activity and not a major activity, so don't take it too seriously.
Mystery must be figured out ICly, and not OOCly.

There. That enough consternation fer ya? (It's just the first installment.)

OK, I am going to take Warhaven first for the interview. I will post his "invitation" but when it is each person's turn you can just use my idea to get in when it is your turn.

Here is the list in the order taken:

Warhaven - unamed
Marionetonia - Marvel
Sylvonia - Josh
Miceland - Jackson


I am not sure of others. I know Tanara posted but did not indicate if they were going to try for one but it did not sound like it. There are others in the tower that arrived thinking they were going to teach but haven't posted after my IC announcement. I am only going by the posts AFTER that one.

If you are still interested, please post your candidate arriving at the top floor of the Library and waiting there. Take a seat and relax. Read a book or play a game of solitare (just don't use a Tarot Deck, I will not be held responsible for the disasters you may cause) or some other distraction.

Now what's wrong with Tarot decks? I mean, they only cause paranoia and foretell gloom and doom. ;)

In my gaming group a decade or two ago we had a running joke about a gypsy that caused the fall of an empire by playing a game of solitare when she was bored.

But how...?

Do not use The Deck of Many Things either.

Ah, yesss, solitaire, played with a Thoth deck, most interesting outcomes.

Do not use The Deck of Many Things either.

Dare I ask what that is?

The best and worse things that can happen to your character will. Period.

That sounds great and terrifying all rolled into one package.

Majical item of great power - has good, bad and neutral outcomes - find the deck draw (IIRC) up 4 cards - what the cards 'translate to' applies to you / your party...raise a stat, lose a stat, gain abilities, lose abilities,

not the original write -up (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=503253) as I remember but will do.

Dare I ask what that is?

Fate itself bound into physical form. It is a major artifact from D&D.

Because I'm an über D&D fan. [/Sarcasm]

At any rate, it sounds interesting.

Isn't everyone? [/seriousness]

O_.

I've got a friend I should introduce you to...

I'm not a serious fan of D&D myself. But I do like fantasy, to an extent. I like Sci-Fi more, though. So the Ermorian mix of Sci-Fi and fantasy works great for me!

And you guys seem to be running sorta inactive.

Warhaven complained about me not posting because work complicated things and now I am waiting for him to reply.


The others applying to be Instructurs can assume I would be asking generally the same questions so you can write up and post your interview. Like I said, Galvenor is more interested in teaching abilities than the talent of being able to throw mountains around or other powerful magics. The student's basic education is more imporant than some side speciality that would be worthless in general encounters.

For your interview I give you permission to RP Galvenor as long as you stick to the way I have been in the first one.

HAHAHAHA

Great post. I loved it.

With your warning, I was expecting something offensive but it was really a great post.


I will have to think of some way to reply while I am at work and post when I get home.


Actually Galvenor was not actively reading your mind, he was basically listening to your thoughts as you project them, the same voiced an Psion hears from everyone when they don't have sheilds in the movies.

Glad you liked that post, Bal...

...but, like, dude, Marvel doesn't operate on that level. He's all about schemes and counterschemes, and, even though he's grown up a little about it, he can't get out of the Hellion Mindset where everything is a childish domination game.

Look at how he conceptualizes Heaven: a big, fascistic bureaucracy--so much so that he calls it "Big Father." He doesn't understand that there might be other ways to organize it. (In actuality, all the work in "Big Father" is done on a volunteer basis--it simply couldn't be run the way that he thinks it is because the Angels would quit--but Marvel doesn't know this. It's not a bureaucracy, it's a co-op.)

Marvel has no idea that the REAL reason that Galvenor is catching on to his Marvel Names is because he thinks them so obnoxiously loudly. To him, it's all a plot.

(I know Galvenor wasn't reading Marvel's mind, but Marvel doesn't.)

Now...Galvenor can always set him straight...or...we can all just let him twist in the wind for a little while.

:) :) :)

BTW, the mouse trap that appeared and clamped onto Marvel's foot was just an illusion. The anti-portal defenses on the Tower were never called into question. ;)

It would be more entertainig story-wise if Galvenor thought his mentioning the nickname would have already set him straight. That would allow you to have some more fun and when you OOCly want me to "set him straight" we can figure that out over MSN. For now we get to have fun reading about him.

I don't have an MSN ID. I have ID's on AIM, ICQ and Yahoo, and I know how to use an IRC client.

If you TG me your Yahoo, I can add that to MSN. I know I have added other Yahoo addys to MSN and it worked.

Whatever happened to using this thread for OOC crap?

It crapped out. :) :) :)

(I guess I'll go along with Miceland's suggestion, BTW.)

I'll wait until someone voices a request to clean up the new water before I send in the Imps.

I am still trying to get hold of SE for his opinion of the interviews. If I don't hear anything within the next couple days I will go on.

Since when are imps needed to clean up illusions?

How can it be noted that this is an illusion?

Even an illusion of intense cold can have the affect of cold, if it's convincing enough.

And Marvel is our other resident illusionist. If anyone could recognize and get out of it, it should have been him. But alas, what's done is done.

LOL. It's too much fun to have him fall into these traps!

Notice the Imps were only called to clean up the slippery mess from the water lady and soap pellet and not the water flood.

The Tower is aware the "flood" is not real and has not reacted as if it was an actual threat. In the event of an actual emergency things would have happened that might have made things uncomfortable...

I should have figured. And it's kinda fun to picture Marvel hanging onto a rope.

Dare I ask how things would have become uncomfortable?

I am waiting for the conversation between you guys to finish and the night to end before Galvenor will post the results of the interviews the next morning.

Basically, everyone will be hired so start figuring out your lesson plans but keep it simple, beginning students afterall...

Good to see that this thread lasted much more than my interest in RPing Fantasy.

Essentially I am on the process of transitioning Soviet Steam from its current state to (mostly) realistic Inter-war Past Tech. And with one of my characters possibly dead, permanently, and the other being hunted with extreme prejudice by the Intelligence Commissariat while the storm of a World War seems closer in Pangaea as a new ultra-nationalist tide sweeps through separatists in the Kingdom of Yaga wishing to form a secular State, it's unlikely they would return soon, if they would at all.

OOC-wise, I'm simply finding my favorite RPs in 1800s, 1900s, Modern and Future Tech.

I am waiting for the conversation between you guys to finish and the night to end before Galvenor will post the results of the interviews the next morning.

Basically, everyone will be hired so start figuring out your lesson plans but keep it simple, beginning students afterall...

Good to know. Are you going to assign us subjects or are we to figure that out on our own?

I'm done...

I'm running out of steam, too. If nobody else is going to post--even for subplots not involving my character--then this thread isn't going to last too much longer.

I was just too lost in the conversation by the time I saw it to participate. But if we are starting something new, I will most definitely be posting again. And I think what we needed to get this going again was a change of pace.

each will teach their specility and then fill in on areas the others do not cover. When others are hired for these uncovered spots they will take over them allowing those covering to concentrate on their own areas more.

Oddly enough, I can work with that.

Right now I am using my phone. When I get home to my PC I will type up a post for the next morning. Figure out what specilities you will teach and post them here so I can have them in the notice. I cannot remember if that would have been in the interview since I can only view a screen at a time on my phone.

I'd have to say Josh's specialties are understandings of other magics, transmutations, and transportation.

Do you at least have a smart phone or are you using T9?

EDIT: I forgot to mention his understanding of other dimensions. It is kinda necessary for him to know that if he wants to get home.

Marvel's specialty is Illusions, though, if pressed, he can teach a structuring system of magic (a simplification used to make it easier to comprehend/cast spells at the cost of limiting the magic itself) known by the name of its formulator, Yendor. He also understands Underworld Combat Magic from his days in the Underworld Infantry, but he doesn't like to teach it and he's very, very rusty.

I say push him. We do not have a lot of teachers as it stands so we need all the help we can get. It should be interesting to meet some of the other teachers though.

Jackson's speciality is obviously Artificing, and a special class for my 2 students, tutoring them about how to understand and incorporate spells into the Micelandic Artificiing framework.

I have a Sidekick LX. The problem I have is JOLT's servers are so slow the phone drops the request after too long and it doesn't remember the content of the post if you have to back up and try again. I only have this problem with JOLT so I know it is a problem with their site. I have lost too many posts over time to risk typing something of quality on it and then just losing it completely.



Yeah, we will need people to cover areas like basic magic and other stuff. From there we will have 200 level classes getting a little harder with combat being 400 level classes. At least something like this but not exactly.

There made a short post to get things moving. Since we have not figured out exactly what everyone is teaching I kinda skipped details for now.

The offices and quarters you can design if you wish. They are simular to the set up the students have but much bigger and of a couple rooms. (Think small apartment with an office attached using a seperate entrance for privacy. When you are given a Master's position the little towers will be assigned.)

I decided to bring back one of my characters so I'm justing posting here to check if it's OK for it to happen. As part of a random teleport back to the courtyard of the tower, that was instead supposed to bring her to a completely different location. As for how Yelena was brought back to life. Think B-Movie (http://www.widgeetv.com/images/The%20Brain%20That%20wouldn%27t%20die%20-%20poster.jpg) grade cheesy Science! And remember: she will certainly get mad if anyone makes comments about the stitches all-around her neck or about how the skin below the stitches is slightly darker than the skin above it. A -1 Charisma drop for immunity to critical hits doesn't seem that bad of a trade-off. Charisma is the dump stat anyway. Technically, Yelena would now be classified as a flesh golem with a soul. If anyone calls her like that though...

...a Frankenstein...

...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

:) :) :)

Charisma is fairly pointless. Unless you happen to be in "real life" or an RP where we have Irene with -20 or so...

Anyone that can adjust her additude is welcome to. The Instructors are of course in the meeting so unavailable.

Also, there is not teleportation, dimensional travel, planular shifts, gatesways, ect... possible within the school grounds. Galvenor locked down the place. Any such activities will automatically be rerouted just outside the main gates. Inside school grounds, the attempt is simpley smothered out and countered.

Yes, but, just because they're in an out-of-the-way room doesn't mean that they won't be able to feel the waves of chaos. Eldrad and Galvenor in particular should be so sensitive to magic that her aura will just announce her to them.

I know but while we are "busy", it gives several other characters that are supposedly beneath her attention the chance to smack her across her ideals. Nothing worse than being shown up by a commoner...

Yes, but Zena was the only one brave enough to do something about it. By not being afraid of Irene, she's managed to gain Irene's admiriation. Thus, she will tone it down a notch or two and warm up slightly but only because she now associates everyone else with Zena. This still makes her frigid of course, but only slightly colder than the depths of space where heat is non-existent.

Actually my guys are game...

I was just out of town for a day or 2.

I pulled an amnesia plot device because otherwise, Yelena would never step in the Tower again. She became even more egotistical after having herself "the fate of idiots who help others". Don't expect her to ever be friendly with Drail'ee, once she remembers everything. She got a serious grudge with Joshua, Zena and specially Mali because of the way they "forced" her into a stupid death as well.

Also, rats are considered vermin in Soviet Steam. The fact one of them speaks would be irrelevant in her mind, should she regain her memories. The shock between her memories and what she saw when she was free from prejudices will be interesting.

SS, Would you mind my characters playing tricks on yours with false memories?

Yes, but Zena was the only one brave enough to do something about it. By not being afraid of Irene, she's managed to gain Irene's admiriation. Thus, she will tone it down a notch or two and warm up slightly but only because she now associates everyone else with Zena. This still makes her frigid of course, but only slightly colder than the depths of space where heat is non-existent.
Drai'lee came forward too you know.

She got a serious grudge with Joshua, Zena and specially Mali because of the way they "forced" her into a stupid death as well..

Is it too late to say sorry?

Is it too late to say sorry?

Yes, it is. But Yelena can't remember it.

Go figure.

Damn, alot happens while I am at work.




One:

Galvenor is waiting to see how his staff handles things before stepping in to take over. IF he did not let them do what they can he would undercut their new authority. They have the expressed permission to do what they feel is in their rights as Instructors but if they feel that something is getting beyond their ability they "know" they can call upon him. He wil then step in and take control of the situation.


Two:

There are no gates, teleportations, or other modes of travel using magics or psionics allowed within the White Tower of the gounds around it. The limitations stops at the outer walls of the Courtyard and any attempts to use these modes will either utterly fail (trying to leave) or you will arrive at the default location (outside the school main gate standing in the road) if you are trying to arrive. This goes for Angles, Demons, Avatars, or even entities trying to use one of the people inside the School (The Tower and the Grounds) as a gateway. The Instructors have rings that allow them to personally bypass these restrictions (only themselves) unless they are physically in contact with passengers for the trip in which the Instructor will have control over the transport and must be origionating from them. This means Marvel could grab somebody and teleport them out of the SChool and return alone but they could not grab Marvel and teleport/gate/ect... anywhere.

Damn, alot happens while I am at work.




One:

Galvenor is waiting to see how his staff handles things before stepping in to take over. IF he did not let them do what they can he would undercut their new authority. They have the expressed permission to do what they feel is in their rights as Instructors but if they feel that something is getting beyond their ability they "know" they can call upon him. He wil then step in and take control of the situation.


Two:

There are no gates, teleportations, or other modes of travel using magics or psionics allowed within the White Tower of the gounds around it. The limitations stops at the outer walls of the Courtyard and any attempts to use these modes will either utterly fail (trying to leave) or you will arrive at the default location (outside the school main gate standing in the road) if you are trying to arrive. This goes for Angles, Demons, Avatars, or even entities trying to use one of the people inside the School (The Tower and the Grounds) as a gateway. The Instructors have rings that allow them to personally bypass these restrictions (only themselves) unless they are physically in contact with passengers for the trip in which the Instructor will have control over the transport and must be origionating from them. This means Marvel could grab somebody and teleport them out of the SChool and return alone but they could not grab Marvel and teleport/gate/ect... anywhere.

One: That's what I figured.

Two: The Overmind doesn't appear via a gateway. As mentioned, it's generated by the swarms very existence being the swarm itself, and though I haven't posted it, not being aware of anyone but Galvenore who might possess the degree of Psionic skill neccessary to detect it, but the bulk of The Overmind is with the Hive below, what part of it's here, and it's coming is the equivalent of one of us stepping closer to an interesting advertisement on the street.

Thus it gradually came, instead of instantly coming, like in our earlier station thread. If I were to give it a visual form, you'd really only see a giant ghostly eye stalk laying on the ground near Irene, extending through the gate and going down the mountain to a Cthulhu-like monstrosity , complying with the aforementioned protections.

Also, The Overmind was the giant Slimy Tentacle doing the probing, intrested in your characters in the same way your parents tend to be interested in your friends. The arguing and drama caught it's interest, so it stepped over to take a closer look.

Just in case you were having a problem.

It won't stay for very long, just until Irene is officially welcomed into the school by an instructor, possibly for a post or two afterward. It might even speak if you coerce it into such an action, but for now, it is as if your father had just dropped you off at college, and was now seeing you off to your room/dorm.

Not much to say about the first, that's kinda what I figured.

As for the second, this means that Josh now has his teleportation back? Sweet. It's kinda been bugging me to not have it as he is almost perpetually late if he was to walk.

There are no gates, teleportations, or other modes of travel using magics or psionics allowed within the White Tower of the gounds around it. The limitations stops at the outer walls of the Courtyard and any attempts to use these modes will either utterly fail (trying to leave) or you will arrive at the default location (outside the school main gate standing in the road) if you are trying to arrive. This goes for Angles, Demons, Avatars, or even entities trying to use one of the people inside the School (The Tower and the Grounds) as a gateway. The Instructors have rings that allow them to personally bypass these restrictions (only themselves) unless they are physically in contact with passengers for the trip in which the Instructor will have control over the transport and must be origionating from them. This means Marvel could grab somebody and teleport them out of the SChool and return alone but they could not grab Marvel and teleport/gate/ect... anywhere.

Actually, no, Marvel couldn't do that. He was in such a hurry to leave the faculty room that he forgot to pick up his ring. He doesn't have one...yet. In fact, he left before Galvenor informed the group about them. He doesn't even know about them.

So, what are we all waiting for?

I'm waiting for Galvenor to come/some one to bring him down. So my character can say what he thinks has happened to her and what is happening now.

Psst. Sylvonia, your last post in the IC thread, post 1008. it's Yelena, not Irene.

Good to know.

And corrected.

Say, am i the only one that thinks Soviet Steam might want to have a say in Yelena being frozen in time? Or better yet at this point, a problem with it?

Well, it IS her character, she might want some say in the situation. But thus far have no problem, I just wish Bal would hurry up and post.

Though with my offer, it is genuine, both parts. I couldn't just sit back and do nothing, but instead did all I felt I could without going too far.

I will grow her a new body if she wants, and it will have only the modifications she wants. It will not be a Swarmling body, for all members of the Swarm, including Irene, have bodies consisting of tightly packed clusters of Virii, and not normal Bacterium cells, which is what Yelena will get, should she choose a new body. This does not solve her mental problems, or memory loss, or anything else effecting her, it only fixes her body.

And if SS comes back and sees what happened, we could end up in trouble. There's been some spots before where we tried to help and made things worse too.

Even if she dies, so long as I can find her soul, I can give her a body, provided other circumstances don't keep me from it.

Go read SS's last post closer. It states that if she dies, it's for good.

Go read SS's last post closer. It states that if she dies, it's for good.

You don't understand, that counts as a circumstance that would keep me from it. Thus my previous statement still stands. I could in theory give any of you that died a new body, with the exception of Galvenor seeing as how he doesn't need a body, barring any unforeseen circumstances, like say you want to stay dead, or the chase to get your soul is the point of an entire RP which would then throw all sorts of IC hurdles in the way.

I'm just saying that as far as SS is concerned, and thus Yelena, no, you couldn't give her a new body.

Say, am i the only one that thinks Soviet Steam might want to have a say in Yelena being frozen in time? Or better yet at this point, a problem with it?

I'll contact with SS over TG...

Couldn't hurt I guess...

Yelena is NOT frozen in time. From one of my sources of inspiration for Soviet Steam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura#Setting

while Technology utilizes physical law to produce a desired result, Magick manipulates physical law to do so. Thus, the two are incompatible to the point that they overwhelm each other – technological devices will become inefficient or even permanently inoperative in the presence of powerful magicks and vice versa.

Or in practical words, if pacemakers exists in Soviet Steam, any person who depends on them would die if in presence of very strong magics.

Also, Yelena is a hardcore atheist. She has no soul in the traditional meaning of the word. There are other reasons for her illness, although they did not lead her to unconsciousness, but I won't mention them, just hint at them ICly once she regains consciousness.

So the device did nothing but ruin itself essentially? And by soul I'm pretty sure Eternal Swarm merely meant the consciousness that inhabits and controls her body.

At any rate, this is why we consult the person who the character belongs to before going off on tangents.

I am really sorry, college classes started this week and I had to work 40+ hours. I will try to keep up bur RL comes first. I try to check in to see what happens when I can but using my phone, I am afraid to lose posts which I have many times in the past due to JOLT's slow server response times.

I will do what I can, please be patient.

Yelena is NOT frozen in time. From one of my sources of inspiration for Soviet Steam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura#Setting



Or in practical words, if pacemakers exists in Soviet Steam, any person who depends on them would die if in presence of very strong magics.

Also, Yelena is a hardcore atheist. She has no soul in the traditional meaning of the word. There are other reasons for her illness, although they did not lead her to unconsciousness, but I won't mention them, just hint at them ICly once she regains consciousness.

I do have queries about this that I wanted to raise...

Firstly, I'd like to say I certainly understand the nature of Soviet Steam magic, that it's either magic or technology not both. And I can understand certainly my objects being effected when in Soviet Steam to not function, as like the rules of Magic change.

But the role of the 'device' portion is to control and manage the magic that is contained within. The way it acts upon Yelena would be practically the same as if a similiar spell had been cast on her.

The device is external to Yelena, it's not in or From SS, and is in a place where it can operate. The device interacts with the magic (designating the target and keeping the effect operating while active) but it is the actual magic that is coming from the device that makes her "time stopped'. In this context the device is practically the spellcaster, a spell being cast on her is the same no matter what the spell-caster is.

I just really don't get why the magic wouldn't be able to fire off in this context

If I am wrong, let me know

Like that Yelena is in the entryway (or thereabout) while the instructors and Irene are in Galvenor's office?

I was referring to the overall consciousness that controls the body, which can be temporarily absorbed into The Overmind, and then replaced into a functioning body. Sorta like getting out of a crappy used car, walking through a thick crowd of people, and getting into a shiny new car on the other side.

Hmmmm. Can I trade in my old Chevy?

Well, no, but if you befriended Irene and payed the cost in Biomass, then you could trade in your current body for a shiny new one.

I am waiting for SS to let me know if my action helped.

Well, no, but if you befriended Irene and payed the cost in Biomass, then you could trade in your current body for a shiny new one.

Oh! So that means I could get a new body for my old Chevy if I threw in, like, a spare set of doors?

It only works on biological things, so no, your chevy is as it will be.

OOO

Organic auto, it runs on biomass.

The only problem is if you let the fuel run empty, it may eat you.

Just imagine, no need for a composter. Just chuck your leftovers in the fuel tank.

Yeah...but I don't think I'd want to be standing next to the thing's tail pipe...

I don't think anyone would. For that matter I doubt anyone would want to be within 5 miles of it. I suppose then you won't have to worry about anyone rear ending your car though.

Now you're starting to hit too close to home. Ouch.

On October 12, I got rear-ended while stopped at a signal. Had to replace my Manta Green '97 Chevy Cavalier with...a Manta Green '97 Chevy Cavalier.

Guess there's something about those old Chevies... ;) (Didn't hurt that I got to swipe the radio out of the old one and put it in the new one, either.)

Don't call my car old (it's just aged)! It's a '96 Chevy Cavalier. And rear ending is nothing to my poor little thing.

There's a hole in the front bumper where someone backed into it with a trailer hitch, it got hit in the parking lot so half the front end is crumpled in, it's missing a hubcap (my mom ran over a cement block with the edge and thus tore the thing off), one of the turn signals is missing it's glass and hanging by the wire and prayer, the muffler fell off, the fuel pump burned out (on a nearly full tank of gas I might add), and there's a leaky seal somewhere in the engine. I know some of it's little, but it irks me.
But it still runs and the radio gets pretty good reception. :)