The City (OOC, closed until further notice)

Mel Dragonkitty · October 02, 2009, 10:29:58 PM

You don't expect Sister Alex to remember an offer made in way back in July do you?

I know I didn't.

techmaster-glitch · October 02, 2009, 10:40:47 PM

Yeah, I probably should brought this up myself, probably should have even said something back when you didn't actually respond. My bad.

techmaster-glitch · October 07, 2009, 08:18:28 PM

To stygian and spottedkitty: A slight terminology correction, but Traxen's vehicle is specifically not a bus, but only a van. "Bus" is a little misleading into possibly giving the impression that the vehicle is bigger in size than it actually is (though it is still about the size of a "small" bus, and in fact resembles that in shape more than it does a van, it is still misleading). A close way to put it would be the shape of this, but the size and style of this. Put those two together and throw in alot of heavy homemade modification and armoring, and you're pretty close to what Traxen's riding in.

EDIT: In light of Boog's most recent post, forget it x(

techmaster-glitch · October 08, 2009, 04:35:34 PM

1kobra,

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He followed along in stoic silence, taking note of the drone Traxen sent to follow sister Alex.

Reread my post. Traxen didn't tell any drone to follow Alex, he told the whole van to follow Alex. Howeve, since Traxen gave that order while inside the van and not broadcasting his voice, Kyirri won't have heard it. All he'll see is that the van is following Alex, but it also won't be apparent that the van is driving itself, because the only window is covered (though it might make Kyirri curious as to how Traxen actually knows what's going on outside his van)

Noone · October 08, 2009, 05:04:39 PM

Whoops,
Corrected.

SpottedKitty · October 10, 2009, 03:04:21 PM

Slight addition to my latest post. I forgot about what Jess did right at the end of her last post. Assuming no-one else noticed what she did, that should be OK, I hope.

Myr · October 10, 2009, 03:46:47 PM

I know Raek didn't, so it's all good.

techmaster-glitch · October 16, 2009, 05:46:16 PM

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The man who communicated through the robots offered them a ride to the gates...

Traxen absolutely never offered anyone a ride

Lance · October 22, 2009, 10:13:18 PM

so i make a character ad its put on the waiting list?
sounds simple

Mao · October 23, 2009, 07:41:26 AM

Tech, mind breaking up that really long string? Toss a line break in there or something. It's breaking the page a bit for me.

techmaster-glitch · October 23, 2009, 02:40:21 PM

Quote from: Mao Laoren on October 23, 2009, 07:41:26 AM
Tech, mind breaking up that really long string? Toss a line break in there or something. It's breaking the page a bit for me.

oh, are you talking about PAMCAWV's speech? that's weird...it folds just fine for me at the hyphens... Oh well, I'll put a space somewhere, see if that does anything.

EDIT: is that any better?

Mao · October 23, 2009, 03:33:01 PM

Yes. Thank you.

techmaster-glitch · October 29, 2009, 10:50:44 PM

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The rat hissed as he heard more of Traxen's plan. "It could take DAYS to get there on foot, pal. If you're gonna go up there you're gonna need to find some sort of transportation. Most of the traffic's hungry, so you may not wanna hail a cab." He opened the gate, "Good luck."

Um...you might want to read my post a little closer, Boog (hint: this is pretty much exactly what Traxen said himself, with the whole bit about "comandeering the first vehicle they see"...)

Boog · October 29, 2009, 10:57:58 PM

Yeah, he's just saying it because he thinks your current plan is a bad idea.

Tipod · October 29, 2009, 11:09:06 PM

Exactly how big is this city, anyway? Just out of morbid curiousity.

techmaster-glitch · October 30, 2009, 01:11:27 AM

Quote from: Boogeyman on October 29, 2009, 10:57:58 PM
Yeah, he's just saying it because he thinks your current plan is a bad idea.

I...what...? I don't understand, what the guard says is agreeing with Traxen's plan...

Guard saying "going on foot is bad idea"...that's what Traxen said.
Guard saying "find some transportation"...that's what Traxen said.

What the heck is going on here? Am I misunderstanding something?

llearch n'n'daCorna · October 30, 2009, 05:10:28 AM

I think: "going on foot will be slow", "find some transportation", followed by "most of the transportation will eat you"

I could be wrong.

Boog · October 30, 2009, 08:42:13 AM

Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on October 30, 2009, 05:10:28 AM
I think: "going on foot will be slow", "find some transportation", followed by "most of the transportation will eat you"

I could be wrong.

Give the man a cigar, folks.

As for your question, Tipod, think roughly new york city sized in total surface area, but narrower and longer.

techmaster-glitch · October 30, 2009, 12:32:24 PM

But...Traxen said that, too...

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...we commandeer the first vehicle we see that all of you can fit in..." there was a momentary pause, "...that also isn't cursed or housing some eldritch abomination or is otherwise inconducive to safe transport...

Unless there's anything else that the guard is saying that I missed, Traxen already covered everything...

But anyway, we're in the outlying suburbs, right? Surely some pickup truck is lying about, and even if it doesn't run, like Traxen said, he can just tow it around. All they really need is just something on wheels that the whole group can sit on. Heck, it can even be a rickshaw or one of those horse(gryphon?)-drawn flatbed things, and Traxen can even whip one of those together with available materials. Finding the intact pickup truck or whatnot would just be quicker and easier.

Boog · October 30, 2009, 12:57:49 PM

My characters opinions don't mirror my own Tech. You can feel free to do it. The rat just thinks it's unwise.

Mao · October 30, 2009, 01:01:07 PM

Wee! Role play!

techmaster-glitch · October 30, 2009, 01:09:56 PM

Quote from: Boogeyman on October 30, 2009, 12:57:49 PM
My characters opinions don't mirror my own Tech. You can feel free to do it. The rat just thinks it's unwise.

...huh? What does that have to do with anything?

Look, what I'm confused about is this: The gate guard appears to have spoken in a manner/tone that is intended to disagree/refute Traxen's plan, when in fact, the words he actually said functionally agree with Traxen's plan. I am seeing a disonnance between the gate guard's intent and what the gate guard actually said. That is what I'm not getting here. Am I wrong?

Boog · October 30, 2009, 01:16:04 PM

Ah, I thought you thought I was trying to discourage this plan.

The intent behind what he's saying is just that it's another group heading into the city with poor odds of survival, Tech. He doesn't disagree with Traxen, he's just making sure it's clear for the sake of his own peace of mind. After all, there's kids in your group.

techmaster-glitch · October 30, 2009, 01:21:02 PM

Ah, I see. Thank you, boog. The part that was throwing me off was this;

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The rat hissed as he heard more of Traxen's plan.

This implied that it was Traxen's plan itself that he had an issue with, and the following dialogue is intended to illustrate that.

(edit: also, going by Mel's post, it seems like she might have misinterpreted that part in the same way I did, but oh well, we can just go with that)

llearch n'n'daCorna · October 30, 2009, 01:29:02 PM

Tech: What boog is saying (via his char) is that the pickup trucks that are available will eat the passengers.

Yes, The City is just that strange.

techmaster-glitch · October 30, 2009, 01:32:47 PM

Oh, traxen already got that as well, though he's working from the standpoint of "most"(which is what the guard said), not "all", which means that there must be -some- vehicle somewhere that is still reasonably safe

But even if there really isn't a single safe vehicle in the whole city, Traxen still has contingency plans.

(yes, I am an extremely literal-minded person. How can you tell?

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Myr · October 31, 2009, 01:34:04 AM

Heh, Tech, are you sure you want that book? Even if Raek's cleaner than most of his species, I probably wouldn't want to touch it without a glove after he's so casually stuffed it under one arm-in an effort to keep track of it, as it were.

techmaster-glitch · October 31, 2009, 01:40:17 AM

Traxen doesn't know that

Myr · October 31, 2009, 02:03:05 AM

Well, I'd hope he doesn't find out...*Snrk* Though it's probably quite visible-his arms might be thickly muscled but they're not insanely so.

techmaster-glitch · November 21, 2009, 02:28:38 PM

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He looked at the van more closely and noted the decently large, and most likely, powerful firearm on the top of the van, which he had dismissed as some type of bizarre style choice the beings were on at first.

Important thing, basilisk; the turret is concealed under a dome, so no one's seen what's actually under it yet. Also, in case you didn't see (which I wouldn't blame anyone for not) the turret used to be a gatling gun, but after a discussion with Boogeyman, it was changed (I won't say "downgraded") from that to a simpler, and much less ammo-hungry heavy-caliber machine gun, and my profile was updated to reflect this.

EDIT: Rejected line for the part where Traxen's talking about how there shouldn't be any actual traffic in the City:
"Come on, for all intents and purposes, this is a dead city. Even if there are any people left, they certainly aren't going to be doing any of their old daily-lives commuting as if everything was all fine and dandy and nothing was wrong. I mean, what do you think this is? [Prototype]?"

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