The Clockwork Mansion

Okay people...feel free to have this deleted if it's not needed, but I felt it had to be made.

There's too much OOC chatter going on in the RP I feel, and the story doesn't seem to be going much anywhere, because there's no clue as to how to proceed fully.  If this thing is planned to be as large an RP as the last topic was, some planning needs to be done.

First of all, I think somehow the first RP needs to be resolved, if it hasn't been said already (please correct me if it has...)  Everyone basically knows the backbone of the story then, right?  Gathering all of the fallen pieces of the angel before the baddies can get their hands on it.  Let's say it was.  Was it put somewhere, hidden?

Also by now the whole story would be quite known or at least heard of through the land.  Maybe there's another force willing and ready to recapture it?  Because of lack of ideas, at least it's strongly suggested by me that this be related to the previous story.

Ideas and comments here, please.  I just thought, if this RP's being brought back, it ought to be brought back right.   :mowwink

I agree that this is a good idea, I was hoping elevating the action in the RP and I did not know the exact powers of Sliverina so I didnt want to control what she did to Topher.  THus I left the option to you, since you made the character and would have a better understanding of her powers.

Slevrani’s powers are great, but her one true weakness was found out far too quickly.

Indeed.  One fundamental rule is to have things dragged out as much as they could.  Perhaps Slevrani might've just feigned defeat and just disappeared?

Either way, we still need to think up ideas for the story as a whole.  And I think that if anyone new wants to come into the RP, they might sign up here, too.  Hopefully the grandmaster of the RP himself can help out...

Absolutly.  But no bodies heard from Ryudo Lee, since huricane Katrina.

Yeah...would be nice to hear from him though...

I was referring to you then.   :mowtongue

That last post of mine (concerning the Maonis Jewel) won’t turn into a plot arc unless you want it to. So, do you guys want it to?

Well at the moment i am planning on having topher being captured and put in quarintine.  Anyone up for a rescue?

Right now i don't think that we know where you are so... how can we rescue you?

I know! Just because Sylva is a necromancer doesn’t mean she can’t have a spell or two that don’t concern life.

Refurring to me?!  the only thing I'm grand master of is spamming! Lol, I'm working on trying t get the story going.

*ponders a bit*
Maybe i can shoot up some flames eh?  maybe that big boom thingy can be from me eh?  or as you guys are investigating i can shoot some flames to draw your attention.

Hmmm... well, that does sound fun in a way... but I'm too busy stealing souls and stuff. Meh. I vote for going on with finding the pieces of the angel. And then we shall do what we will with it... Meheheheheee...

*sobs*  You're just gonna let me get experimented on!?  *sobs harshly*

Well, there were a few things going on at once, you kinda went away from everyone's notice...the fact that there's a lot of people in the inn already, watching the outcome of this demon woman's death and suddenly hearing an impact, they wouldn't notice at first that someone is missing.  ^^;

But rest assured you're on the to-do list...soon as we figure out a backline plot for this whole thing.  Another angel has fallen, I presume...

Quote from: Cheese Foxlee on December 22, 2006, 06:22:39 PM
Absolutly.  But no bodies heard from Ryudo Lee, since huricane Katrina.

I saw him online week before last, I think. I didn't say anything, being busy at work, but he was on MSN. Or, at least, someone with his account...

If you all want me to stop participating, someone could at least say so... ignoring me is so juvenile.  Additionally, Carran participated in the quest for the Angel as well, I just haven't said anything in that regards because I really don't know where we left off in all this and at what point this restarts.  Gimpy, that is Cheese Foxlee, asked if me if I'd like to get back into this. 

It would be nice if we had some sort of unified plot to go after...

Haha Im just playing Aisha.  That sounds good
Azlan its all good, I think its just still sinking in.  Please stay.  I'm stuck somewhere, wanna help.

Quote from: Azlan on December 24, 2006, 04:17:17 PM
If you all want me to stop participating, someone could at least say so... ignoring me is so juvenile.  Additionally, Carran participated in the quest for the Angel as well, I just haven't said anything in that regards because I really don't know where we left off in all this and at what point this restarts.  Gimpy, that is Cheese Foxlee, asked if me if I'd like to get back into this. 

It would be nice if we had some sort of unified plot to go after...

See me? Standing here? Oogling the... well, not oogling, but disliking the mage. I spoke to you! You destroyed the woman! I ma... gah! Stop being as emo as your av, Az!

Quote from: topher chee on December 24, 2006, 02:27:07 PM
*sobs*  You're just gonna let me get experimented on!?  *sobs harshly*

Trust me. I have my ways of getting my characters involved, as you will soon see.

Just in case anyone was missing this all, I mentioned to Ryudo, when he reappeared.

He said, in selected segments (ie, I've trimmed what he said to make it funny :-)

Quote from: Ryudo Lee
Oh man I haven't been in there in a long while
Mind passing a message on for me?
Just let everyone know that I'm still alive.  I survived Katrina with next to no damage or loss.  I just spent a lot of time away from home cuz we had to leave due to no power or water.  Since then, my job has been eating at all of my free time.
If I can get some time to myself, I'll sign into the new forums and post a more detailed explanation

Wow, now that'd be awesome.  Glad to hear that he's doing well.   :mowhappy

Good to know he's doing ok. ^.^

Azlan, ofcourse we want to back, and I'm sorry if you've been getting ignored.  It is great to here that Ryudo is ok. I'm not sure Ryudo would actually coming back into the RP, although if he did that would be awesome, cause I stink as a leader.  I haven't been paying much attention to the postings lately, but that's mostly cause I'm out of town for the next couple of weeks and I'm working on a low speed connection.

(Gawd it sucks when a 20 minute post takes an hour!)

The idea of a second angel is pretty much what I was going for, eithere that or it is the same angel, (only cursed or something). My ultimate plan was to some how tie in the Idea of Ryudo and his family disapearing, and going on a quest to find them; even if it ment they had to be dead.  Topher being captured and there being a rescue work well, plus it leaves the bord open for a DUAL RP, kinda like what happend with Ryudo's Son and the Gryffon in the last RP. I'm glad to see that the RP as grown and evoled without much of my guidance.

Also, I was hoping that Llearch would be willing to join. 

Now THAT sounds like a good plan.  It leaves room in the RP for many possibilities and for a large party if enough people are willing to be active.   :3

That sounds really good ^.^ The trick is to not make it too similar to the plot of the original RP, in my opinion.

Wow, I'm like, loved... and stuff.

Anyway, I'm glad someone actually remembered me (and by name no less!)  As was posted, work life has been hammering me into the cement lately.  Hopefully that will change soon enough.  I'm getting a job with Immigration!

Katrina...

I actually attempted to sleep through the whole ordeal.  I woke up about five or six times during the storm.  At the time, I was living in my own apartment.  The apartment had next to no damage, and it was a close one too.  The tree next door ended up leaning against the apartment, but there wasn't any damage.  I remember waking up and looking out my kitchen window just in time to see the tree out front break in half and fall over.  I didn't get any flooding, just some tree falls.  The apartment complex across from me wasn't so lucky.  They're the ones that got flooded and collapsed ceilings and everything.  It was some nasty stuff.  I stayed there two days before I finally got through to my folks on my phone.  Like an idiot, I forgot to buy batteries for my radio, so I never knew the levees broke.  Luckily I did freeze a lot of water beforehand, so all my food was safe. 

Anyway, from there we packed up and headed to my grandparents house in Franklin, LA.  We stayed there about two weeks until I got a call from the office, telling me to show up at our Lafayette office.  So I went and stayed with a friend in his dorm in UL for about two weeks.  I stayed with my grandparents during Rita.  It wasn't too bad.  They lost power, but a neighbor brought us a brand new generator and some gas to run it.  Them some good people.  Then they opened up Metairie, and so we went back home.  New Orleans was still flooded, but I had water, power, cable, and internet.  For a time, I worked out of our Mandeville office until they finally opened up New Orleans. 

And on that day, (it was a monday) I got into a car accident.  The street lights weren't working, and as a stopgap they put up these stop signs on tripods.  The guy who hit me didn't see the stop signs and swerved to not hit the person in front of him and hit me.  My car was totalled.  I wasn't too injured, just some chest pains.  The insurance money I got was enough to get another car.

I may poke my head in a few times here and there.  I don't really have the time to participate in another RP.  I partially play in a different RP, and then there are my D&D games.  Most of my actual free time is spent being a vegetable in front of my computer and tv or sleeping.

...

Everyone has a better sig than me...

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS BACK!!!

Man, you've had it rough...

But we're glad to see that you're okay.  Have a mow-cookie.  :mowcookie  And your sig looks just fine.  The simpler the better...nobody likes their eyes blasted out by shinyness.   :mowwink

I don't think i've ever spoken to you before, but its great to see you're ok. :) Nice to finally meet the guy who created the rp. ^.^

Greetings, Lee. My best wishes to you, and my hopes that you don't mind that I introduce my more villainous alter ego to the story.

Closure! It is good to hear from you Lee. Hope to see you around more often.

Stupid slow internet cause double posts.

Quote from: Cheese Foxlee on December 25, 2006, 01:36:59 AM
Also, I was hoping that Llearch would be willing to join. 

I wasn't in the original, I won't be in this one.

Two reasons: One, it's not my bag, and, as such, it doesn't interest me, and that would mean I'd be dragging the whole play down. And that's bad for everyone else playing. Secondly, I lack the time to think about this.

After all, I've already got work, the wikuwiki, keeping up with the rest of the forum, more work, leading my team at work, persuading my bosses that I need more manpower to do the things that have been on my todo list for the last two years, keeping my home network running, looking after my 4yo son, upgrading my web server, and a few other things that escape me right now to do.

Erm. Yeah. I'm pretty fully booked already. :-)

too bad

One of these days I'm going to sit down and read what you guys have done to my old RP.  :3

Seriously though, for whoever's running it, I can give you a run down of what I was going for and you could go from there.  E-mail me or whatever if you want the details.

O.o;
he lives

Wow, Ryudo lives!  Now I need to find more old furcadians... Ashtar Rose, Cesair, Poladora, Klass... oh wait Klass didn't like me... well, anyways... yay!

Nice to see typed text from you again!

haha no I didnt know snuggles.  Sorry.  But anyways this would be a good time for us to join the others, hopefully they'll come and help out.

Hopefully
>.>
<.<
*nudge* *nudge*

haha, yea, we'll have to wait and see

(Poke) Well at least one of us acknowledged your little signal.   :3  But see what y'all can't do on your own for the moment...

Okeedokey.  It seems it'll be a battle.  And its not Magic Stygian! haha, its an elemental.  It natural

Nevertheless, it's an energy discharge. Stygian doesn't make differences like that, primarily because he regards things from a very scientific perspective and doesn't think of magic like you do.

well then thats perfectly understandable

Okay, Topher; good news, bad news time.

Bad news is that I think I just caused a huge dent in your plot arc. I apologize for this.

Good news is that I am an expert at making dramatic plot twists (such as the one that got him there in the first place), so I can make something go wrong, if you want to keep that prticular sub-plot going.



And RyudoLee, Dai Sti'ho (that means ‘hello’). I am not on errantry, but I greet you nonetheless.

Topher has been out of town for the last few days,  but he should be posting soon. I'm surprised he didn't mention it to anyone.

Mwaha. Plot twist all set. I hope you don't mind me taking control of Slevrani now, Joat. I also would like to know what she knows about the fallen.

The who?

[[No, The Who is a band.]]

I meant ‘who are they?’, Sylver. If I am to answer his questino, I must know what he means.

[[‘Questino’?]]

*Looks embarrassed at the typo* Yeah, Sylver, questinoes are like questions, only questionier.

[[Riiight…]]

Ya know, the fallen and shattered and what the hell Angel.

Slevrani came from the same dimension Sylva came from at about the time she came. She knows nothing of it.

Well, dang. That makes her a lot less valuable to Stygian. Once he finds out, he'll probably use her as quickly and much as he can, and then "get rid" of her. But there's a good enough chance he'll hand her over to Rei too, if you want me to.

Alas, my dear friend Cheese is correct.  I hadn't planned on going at first, it was all sorta last minute.  No time to get on the comp, ya know.  As for what Pan was saying, that'd be an easy rescue, of course wheres the fun in just teleporting.  You adventurers decide what is best.  I'm cool with whatever as long as I get to investigate the angel^^

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So I dont double pooooost........

I did what I could, I can always go back and change it up.

So is teleporting what y'all are doing now?  You know, the group didn't HAVE to split up if you were able to employ that... :sweatdrop

So now we've got to hunting high and low all over the place? -_-;

-_-;  Stupid bugs.

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To keep from double posting...

I've been gone for the weekend, this should be how it is for a while just to give ya'll a heads up.  I dont usually have access to a computer on the weekends until Sunday night.  Other than that school just starts tomorrow again so.....I'm preparing to get hammered with homework.

just to renew this post so it isnt forgotten.  PAY ATTENTION PEEPS!!!
I'lll delete this double post once people respond. :)
Wouldn't that suck if I got in trouble^^
Please Damaris dont kill me

I will be the first to respond....

Anyway Because of her blinking she wouldn't have the spell effect her.

[Pretty soon, Sylva’s probably gonna end up running out of magical energy at the rate she’s casting spells.]

Indeed. And I really think that so much magic flying around and so much things just passing by seemingly without repercussions gets a bit annoying... I had better see some real fighting out of this bloody angel, and not just having it go down as easily as these bugs.

Ask an you shall receive my friend!  I hope everyone approves of what I've written.  (eventhough it's probably ripe with grammatical errors.) 

Now is when the quest will really start to take shape. Finding the angel was only the beginning.

Um, I have one little suggestion...

Can we pleeeeeaaaasee get rid of the limit on posts per day? I know that it helps people who need to catch up, but it slows the rp down a hell of a lot, and its kinda disappointing that i can only make so many posts per day, as i'm having rather a lot of fun. :(

That’s a guideline, not a rule. You could probably get away with doing more than one post per day, so long as you don’t go overboard.

exactly

oh ok then, forget i said anything >_>; *flee*

Haha...seriously, I think we all know that it wouldn't be as much fun to follow any such hard constraints.  Just be courteous enough that anyone who wants to gets to post at least once.  I think everyone here is like that...so there's no worries.   :3

Being small ain’t easy, but it sure has its perks. Being able to go into a robot and tear it down from the inside, for example.

Somehow, I'm doubtful that thing would be a robot...

It probably isn’t, but that doesn’t mean Pan knows that.

The angel defintly is not robotic, but at this point's it's not all together a live either.   Congratulations, to Stygain  for figuring out about the heart of the angel; that is exactly was I was going for. 

As for the question of why the angel is filled with dark energy;  when ever you remove a substance from a container, something has to move in to occupy the space left behind.  Kind of like when you poor out a bottle of water; the bottle isn't really empty it's just filled with air instead.  *I figured that since the heart of the angel was going to be missing, why wouldn't darkness move in to take it's place. 

Funny. I was thinking more along the lines of the angel having succumbed to some sort of madness due to its incomplete state, and rage at its own inability to cure itself. But your explanation also works out, Cheese. Better, in some ways.

Though I can't but feel uncomfortable at how you've described the angel and its nature. There are certain similarities, right down to its heart missing, that make one wonder...

And Stygian, of all the people in the group, should know most about what is happening right now. He doesn't know squat about applied magic, or anything about what the angel might be like when completed. He doesn't know where it came from either, or why. But he knows very much about aetherial power, especially dark such. And his senses are perfect for picking it up to boot. So if you need an intervention...

I prefer stealing recently used schtick, please intervene in some fashion... slapstick only works for so long.

Comic relief? I suppose that, with all this epic going on, we kinda need that.

Slapstick?  Will I'm noJim Carrey, but I do my best.

Quote from: Cheese Foxlee on January 09, 2007, 09:53:02 PM
Slapstick?  Will I'm noJim Carrey, but I do my best.

You better, this is too serious.

If Gareeku let’s Pan’s plan work, some comedy will certainly follow.

Well...I certainly didn't expect that!

I am somewhat confused as to what just happened, however.

Quote from: Cogidubnus on January 11, 2007, 01:14:53 PM
Well...I certainly didn't expect that!

I am somewhat confused as to what just happened, however.

Good. Then everything is as planned... *bunches fingers and grins evilly*

I would like to say I am grounded until monday.  Until then I cannot really post so.....do what you want, I give cheese the right of my character.  I trust he wont do anything stupid.  Sorry I'll update ASAP

Cliché, you say, Azlan? Well, I think Pan would more than happily agree with you. The only reason he yells out the name of my moves before he does them is that it’s required. If he could activate my teleportation without yelling it out at top volume first, he would.

It is an inherent problem with the anime school of sorcery...

Quote from: Azlan on January 11, 2007, 07:26:19 PM
It is an inherent problem with the anime school of sorcery...

...and a contributing reason to the fact that I choose the ability to resist magic, rather than being able to perform it.

Bah! What isn't cliché these days? I say go for it. :) Personally, I find it makes more sense when a user of a spell says the name of the spell/energy attack they are using; its just like chanting a spell, in my opinion. Of course, I could be wrong, but meh.

Pan doesn’t think the same way. Chanting is obscure to most people. Meanwhile, yelling out the name of the spell is, in Pan’s opinion, like saying, “Here’s what I’m about to do. Have fun countering my attack because you saw it coming.”

Uh, but as you yourself said, Pan is required to. A lot of spells require it as well.

Good point.

Magic has the potential for a great many things, it is power... but I have seen power and its price.  They are not equal things.

Well.  There's a convenient move.   :rolleyes

Not exactly. Magic is a delicate art and mixing spells is like mixing potions, as you will soon see.

EDIT: IC Cogidubnus thinks wizards are irresponsible, eh? Well, Pan is here to prove the him right.

Excuse me, but that is just straight Auto-hitting right there. You didn't ask for my permission to switch bodies. Hell, you didn't even explain what the spell was until you already cast it. I'm not having this. You should have asked for my permission first. To say i'm annoyed would be an understatement.

I understand why you are upset, but a simple, “Please don’t do that” would have sufficed. On the other forum boards I’ve been to, that sort of thing would have been accepted. I will remember not to make the same sort of mistake in the future, but can you please try to be more polite next time I make a mistake?

I'm sorry if I snapped, but i don't count making a move without someone's permission as being polite, either. However, i understand that you didn't know, so its all good.

Hm… but I still need to find a way to make the spell backfire while still serving the purpose. I’m pretty sure you won’t disapprove of this one.

EDIT: I must depart to bed now. I know it’s a bad time to leave, with your character isolated from any other save one of mine, but I’m beginning to run low on my creativity at the moment. Sleep calls to me.

A point-out to Cog:

Lusia (whose real name, as can be read further back, is Clarissa) is down for the count and unconscious.

Ah. Well, no-one will mind if I happen to remove a few lines of dialouge, then? :B

Truly, I thought she had merely....collapsed, not fell unconscious. Why, oh why, is Mel Brooks running though my mind here? >:3

meh, i missed 5 days worth of this RP, can anyone tell me what happened very briefly please?

you fainted

ok, i guess i'll have top go look into that...

Okay...just so we're clear on something...the angel that everybody was fighting.  Is that the one that just fell from the sky?  Or the one that we put back together before?  Or are they one in the same?  What?

The RP just seems to be rushing off into a black hole here.

I concur. And, I do think that we must take all neccessary measures to make sure that people don't go around and be so fricking random shiney magic zoop! in the future... Right now I feel like sicking Mary Poppins on you all. A few of us appreciate a bit more seriousness.

And a few of us do not appreciate so much seriousness.  I do tolerate seriousness though, it just makes for boring games.  All the gloom, doom and fail really gets dull and a bit of fun is needed.  I learned to live with all of you trenchcoat wearing, dark glasses sporting banality fiends, spouting your brand of doomsday, tragedy and conspiracy.  The least you can do is tolerate the glamour, candy and comedy.

Who said I like trenchcoats? The gloom makes for perfect accentuation of the bright points, without one having to throw in a shiny "nani ga deru ka na?" every other post. It's just that I like to think that an enticing plot is more valuable than slapstick and colouration.

Oh, and as for banality... I really can't do anything but laugh at that. Take a look at some of the forum boards and the comments within. Let's not have an obsession for cute and randomness here too, shall we, please?

I'll finish it off by saying that I'll gladly engage in some good humour and play, as long as I get to scheme, Cheese gets to do his story without people intervening, and Stygian doesn't get a veritable koala thrown in his face for pettyness' sake.

I have no appreciation for Guilty Gear, so I do not use "What will come out?" moves.  Enticing plots are esential, but what you find as such and what another sees this as will vary.  We shall have see where it goes, patience is so lacking in kids these days.

I guarantee nothing, except that no koalas are involved.  As you have stipulated, you must be allowed to plot... even if in futility, Gimp gets to do his story and I get to be whom I wish to be, as well as what everyone else wants. 

I would prefer if you withdraw your desire to be in control of everything and play like everyone else, but one must be true to one's self.

I really have nothing to say but for the fact that as of yet, I have tried to get a plot and conversation going with several characters, and have engaged in the RP without excesses. I shall not point fingers, but there have been no attempts of trying to seize control by me, at least. I try to keep quality and moderation. Some other pseudo-godmoding though...

Now shush. I for one shall speak no more of this.

I'm working on it people.

The angel is broken up again (and yes it's the same as in the last RP.)  I'm looking for a way to lighten things up a bit and get everone back to having one quest.  One thing that was brought to my attention is that we really do need a villan, and to be honest, I don't want to make just one person play the bad guy.  It's way too much fun to just let one player have a go at it.

So here is what were are going to do.

All the characters have a past with enemies and rivals and such, so we are going to take turns.  Every player will have a turn to make up a bad guy, and play that character for a while.  when that villan is defeated, another person will have a turn.  When all players have had a chance to be the bad guy, then we will face  the UBER BAD GUY!

Who is the uber bad guy?  I don't know yet, so it could be anything, even Eric Cartman from SouthPark.

Sorry if an people feel ignored, but this is kind of a big party, so maybe we'll have to split into groups to get a more meaningful RP.

Well, technically, my bad guy (girl, whatever) has already been defeated, so my turn is done. Unless, of course, Pan gets a bad guy, as well.

...are you sure of this, Cheese? *fiendish grin*

Ah well... I'll come up with some nice humour to compensate.

Haha...

Well, thanks, now we finally have some ideas  :3 You might want to have Aisha's bad-guy person wait though...she doesn't have a specific one yet...none that I've created anyway.   :rolleyes

Uh, I don't mean to sound funny or anything, but shouldn't there already be a story prepared? Maybe it's just me, but I would've thought that would be the first thing to think of by the GM. Ah well. I think I've got a character or two who'll provide some villian roles.

In the DM’s defense, some people are apt at creating plots on the fly. It certainly allows a great deal of flexibility.

Can we please just focus on getting Gareeku back right now? It's what's keeping us from going anywhere.

Rule #1 of creating a problem: always have a backup solution up your sleeve or be prepared to make one on the fly. I should be able to think of something, if need be.

Well whatever your solution is, make it quick, unless you want a pile of souless corpses on your hands. >:3

Pan may know a few magic tricks, but the fact remains that he is a rogue, thus he is capable of doing what he just did (or failed to do, if Gareeku stops him in time).

OK, so you caught me.  I've been flying by the seat of my pants the whole time.  That's Why I was really looking for some one else to be the Grand Master at first, but not enough of the original RPers took the cue from our catchy title...  I'm a terrable leader, and I never claimed not to be.  No regrets.

Quote from: Joat on January 14, 2007, 01:23:00 PM
Well, technically, my bad guy (girl, whatever) has already been defeated, so my turn is done. Unless, of course, Pan gets a bad guy, as well.

I think we can let you slide on that.  maybe the badgirl can make a return appearance as part of some evil group or something.  We did deal with her kinda quick after all.

we will need to pick a order if we are going to all play bad guys. So what is the best way to go about it?  Let's be democratic about this.

There's nothing but a bit of embarrassment to it, so we can say that we're done with the bickering, eh Cheese? In either case, I will risk and rush this so we can get back on track. Let's have the characters retreat and then get together so that they (and we) can figure out what to do, hm?

Such a noble effort, I am glad we have someone to do such a necessary task.

Have no fear Gimp, you have done well so far... the best leaders are those who do not desire it.  You know your faults and that makes you stronger, I do not have that truly clear insight and as such I am the lesser.

Agh! A bit sudden, Snuggles.

Cheese: Don't worry about it, man. Some of the best RPs are made on a whim. If you need any help at all don't hesitate to ask any of us. :)

Snuggles: What do you mean by transporting Gareeku to the "black side"? *Is a tad confused*

sorry about that guys i haven' been doing anything lately... and gareeku the "world" that Rei has been experiencing is what she has transported you too. The Black side is the side that been influenced by the angel and is growing and Rei's ability to blink is based on the fast that she has to have balance between the two side or she does this.

So Gareeku still isn't back with the others? Great.

*Slaps forehead* Oh for the LOVE OF...if you didn't read one of Aisha's pasts posts close enough, I thought that she carried Rei out of the way before... o.O

I hope I haven't ignored some important fact here - just going with what my previous post said I was going to do.

Yay! I'm back into the swing of things :D

*Sigh* Well, if Snuggles still insists that Rei transported them someplace, then I made a vague part of it in my post, and if not, then it can be read as the fact that they're still there.

And don't worry Cogi, you're fine.  :3

Whether Pan was teleported or not, he still manages to complain.

Of course!

So um...yeah...is Gareeku back in the forest or in that black world thingy?

To tell you the truth i don't know my self!

Can we clear this up?

As far as I can tell, Aisha and Gareeku are in a desert. That some got to by teleport, and other's by stygian. I suppose that we can walk back with Stygian's portal.

On the other hand, I'm kinda confused about what's going on in general. :B

Well at the moment, Gareeku is allowing himself to be led back to the portal by Aisha.

Yah, exactly, and we're about to step out of it right fast as well.  :3

By the way, Snuggles:  This post, paragraph 4,  (http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=1730.msg80403#msg80403) read and it says that I moved Rei out of the way before I came right back...so, please tell me if Aisha COULD have grabbed Rei, if you please.  I just wanna make sure.

Or else tell me if moving her out of the way of the darkness didn't snap her out of that blinking in and out thing.  'Cause otherwise, I'm gonna assume that we're coming out of the desert through the portal...

Well i am sorry for not reading that all the way through because i was going to do something if you touched the body but for now i just want to forget about the post that i did from before so counitue on we will deal with Rei later but she is still in that state... maybe a little better that the angel is gone

The Angel is capable of being disassembled.  It was taken parted out and carted off by Carran in a post that has been up for a little while now.

I was about to reply to Cheese, but what exactly is meant by "my little friends"

Cog, when did you get to know Stygian's name? Oh, and the name "Fors" means luck or chance, in this case a reference to "as it happened" or "by chance" or "accident". Maybe I ought to have called her Temerita or even Temeraria instead...

Why are all of you people at the crater... instantly... it is a rather brisk, non-casual walk.  You must leave the forest, crest the hill to the road and follow it around the hill and into a small valley.

Gods I love being transparent.

Well we ran, quite simply.

And to be honest, i'm sorry if I sound rude, but I'm getting sick of this over-powered thing that's begun to creep around. Maybe i'm the only one who thinks this.

Quote from: Gareeku on January 18, 2007, 11:08:35 PM
Well we ran, quite simply.

And to be honest, i'm sorry if I sound rude, but I'm getting sick of this over-powered thing that's begun to creep around. Maybe i'm the only one who thinks this.

We're running a RP with a bit uneven update rates here, but that still doesn't mean that it's better if the group splits up that much.

And I too am a bit frustrated about that part. With a solution to everything within three posts' reach, and abilities that just.... well, it doesn't make for RP. It's more egofest once it really gets going, in my experience. Right now, I'm planning some character-driven drama for when we get back to the inn, so as to take the focus off the fighting for a bit.

I too feel your anxiety Azlan.  The fact that not everything isn't being taken into realistic terms and everyone being fully understood.  I myself cconfess to reading only posts  I wish and hoping to squeeze by.  But from now on it seems I shall act differently.  As far as I have read I'm still in the forest walking with Winger and Carran and the rest of the gang.  This means there must be some really quick transitions because if it isnt being absorbed by each and every rp-er then we are heading towards a crappy downfall.  I think its time to make an RP police.

Of course, thats just me and I'm probably off by a mile.  Oh well.

I notice over-powered and adapt in kind, so now I play as if I was one of the Five.  When indications of looming power in the shadows and elsewhere withdraw, then things will return to normal.  We all thrive on enlightened self-interest.

Stygian, I believe you introduced yourself to Aisha in the bar as Sebastian, page 3, 6th post down. Since we were all in the tavern, I assumed the information was know common knowledge, if that is alright.

I was referring to the name "Stygian", rather than Sebastian. No disrespect.

None meant and none taken. I misunderstood what you meant, and you are correct. I don't think Cog's every heard the name Stygian, IC: not even good hearing accounts for that!. Goes to show you shouldn't assume anything. I'll make the change. :B

All right so who wants to disband?

*looks around the room*
"Not me"

I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone else when I say no one wants to disband. However, as i've already said, i would prefer it if the overpowering displayed by some people would cease (Maybe i'm guilty of that too, i'm sure not sure. If i am, then please tell me and i will stop it.), as it does get rather annoying and takes the fun out of the rp.

I concur.  I wonder if maybe some more restrictions regarding character powers should have been enforced at the beginning...

In any case, yeah, nobody's disbanding.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the way I see it, everyone's just gathering clues and burying the dead...and then starting to go back to the inn to prepare.

And Joat, this was supposed to be a medieval-type RP, as it was from the beginning.  No jumping dimensions and no advanced machinery...I would think.  If any, they're basic.

Plus, it's not like you can base a sub-plot to changing the aspects of someone's character.  That's leaning on a railing and about to fall towards the god-mode ground.  Trust me, I'm not being negative, I just wanna help get this RP going smoothly.  And so far there's been quite a few bumps.

Don’t worry. My characters are not extrememly powerful.

Pan may be a good rogue, but he only has two spells (though he may learn more later) and can’t really take a hit.

Sylva may be able to do a lot of healing and defensive things, but that’s balanced out by a shortage of offensive spells.

I may give my characters a lot of advantages, but I also give them weaknesses to balance them out.

EDIT: I must have missed your post, Aisha. I don’t think I’ll be including the other dimension again anytime soon. I try not to godmode. I make weak spells easy and strong spells hard (with possible other side effects, such as harm befalling the caster or the like). I never really plan things out in advance, so I know not what will happen next, but I will avoid godmoding.

Carran is as he always has been.  Ryudo had no problem with it, it seems to be the case of the capability exceeds the challenges presented.

...and then I'd like to know just what kind of power this evil does possess. Moreover, I'd like us to actually get together and exchange information. I for one have no idea just what kind of thing we're facing here, and I would appreciate some feedback on that.

Furthermore, if one keeps "raising the roof" for power, so to speak, on either side, it is likely to end in a sort of redundancy effect. Cold war style. Or, for better comparison, Dragonball Z, a series which should never so much as have been thought of.

I would love to play with you guys. If i get to it i will do some posts but i will try my best

Sylva and Pan are back in this dimension. None of you read the post where I said that, did you?

Uh, Cogi, Clarissa already left after you spoke to her. >_>;

....you're kidding me. :<

Editing Ahoy!

*edit: I blame the voices in my head. And the fact I have to wash my car.  :paranoid*

Hehe. It's quite allright. Anywho, please don't post so many poems... I'm having trouble coming up with original ones meself. I think it gets tiresome after a while. But I would very much like it if you could pitch in a nice quote or some lyrics if you see a particularly good opportunity.

Thank you beforehand!

Goes without saying, good sir. It has been a bit much, I will certainly say...though it has been somewhat amusing trading verse with a voice in my head...
I'll say a line or two if I think it fitting, but most certainly, now that the duel of poets is concluded discretion shall be the name of the game.

Snuggles; Gareeku's already taken the boy back into town. ^^;

Hi everyone. Cheese has given me permission to join your RP. Mel will be jumping in when she sees an opening. She's an illusionist so what you see is not what you get. So for right now go with the parts in red and ignore the rest.

[Mel]
Name:  Melissa Madison/P. Melodie Icewing and she's not telling what the P stands for)
Race:  red squirrel/dragon (ice)
Sex:  female
Age:  35/not quite 150,000
Height:  5'3"/ranges from 22' to 22" but generally around 5'0"
Weight:  120 lb/ranges from 1 1/4 ton to 10lb, depending on current height
Coloration:  dark red/pearly white scales
Eye color:  shiney black/bright blue
Occupation:  Illusionist/Mage/General Tinkerer and not particularly successful at any of them/Gatherer although she occasionally takes a century or two off to work as a jeweler
Personality:  Friendly, curious (or nosy depending on whom you ask) a tiny bit timid. Very mild tempered it takes a lot to tick her off but you don't want to be the one to hit that point.
Skills:  ice magic, illusionist, sizeshifting, odd bits of just about every type of magic picked up over the years. touch telepath/memory reading]

Yay Mel! *hugs* good to see you in this rp. ^^

Welcome to the RP ^^

Gratz Mel, and welcome to you! I'm looking forward to playing with you... *gives her a knowing wink*

Not to be unseemly, Az, but Cog did make you a nice crater there :3

Quote from: Cogidubnus on January 24, 2007, 12:47:20 AM
Not to be unseemly, Az, but Cog did make you a nice crater there :3

Yes, but I had already wasted the time writing that when you posted... and I had not done anything at that point. 

No worries though, no one will notice anyways... someone would actually have to read what I post and most don't anyways.  :P

The post right after mine is paramount proof of that.

Azlan, I would prefer it if you did not resort to childish tactics and insult myself and others in your rp post. We are not "self appointed stars" that you seem so eager to describe us as. The child was injured and needed seeing to by a doctor, if one were to think clearly. Forgive me if the insult was not intended, but from my perspective the writing seemed too well-worded for it not to be.

Ok, ok calm down. 

No, I'm sorry, but I will not stand being insulted like that and being treated like I am trying to take over the rp and trying to be the main star of the show, because I am not.

I just read that myself.  Yeah, nobody's trying to be the "star" or anything like that...it's what our characters would have done.  We're just trying to stay true to ourselves, the RP, and we find that you get a little more variation and pathways made in such plots instead of the monotonous things like, say, standing around and digging graves, and talking.   :3

And, one more thing...you all keep asking where the rest of us are, when those of us that went back to town and the inn SAID we were...like, many times.

So unless Winger and Rei weren't in earshot, I daresay your characters should already know where we are.   :rolleyes

Well Rei was still blinking about so she wouldn't have heard it... thats why i ask  :3

As far as I'm concerned, nobody is the star.  As a matter o' fact, the title makes it seem like Ryudo is the star, but he isn't.  It was named that simply for the purpose of gathering those who were involved in the previous RP, and of course, to recruit some more people.

Good, someone actually read it.  That was a good tactical recommendation, Carran's views do not reflect my own, he's peeved about being left to do the dirty worked and he has told me so. 

It still seemed blunt enough a statement to upset some, I see. I will not feel a target, nor respond directly, since it would probably quickly become... clumsy. However I will say this; neither Aisha nor Gareeku have acted out of character, and both their posts, like yours Azlan, are well formulated and descriptive. Losing their support, have no doubt that it is in fact just that, and the aid of someone who was in the original story, would most likely be very detrimental to the thread.
   I will say no further. Just tread carefully.

Indeed, I seem to remember being in that original story, something that has been missed to the point of insult.  I am however past that, but it is surprising to note how large a reaction that garnered.  Behavioral Psychologists would have an opinion on that matter I dare say.  I agree however, one must tread lightly.

***Edit:

I'm editing to clarify, I'm sorry if my character being angry at your characters has somehow offended you... I'm sorry I have to explain this...

Carran is based off of a half-elf from the Rolemaster system of MERP.  In this game system his class is Bard, as it best mixes magic and sorcery within the scope of that system.  Why does this matter?  For this simple reason, as he was based largely off the concept of the old Bard, he is a dabbler in areas musical, lyrical and theatric, with a flare of a writer at times.  He possess a anachronistic flaw, that brings elements from other times into a situation where they are out of context.

*Sigh*  If you have read this far then here is where I tie this together, "popular kids" is the best anachronistic term I could come up with in 15 minutes... the other portions are literary or theatrical based.  So it indeed seems like a shot at the players, but it was not meant as such.  Trust me, if I have a problem with you "trying to be the star" I'm either going to be really peeved and drop a bomb in this OOC or one in your PM about how dissatisfied I am about your grandstanding or what have you.  I am not going to resort to dumb quips in the story.  I put my IMs in my freaking profile for a reason, use it to yell at me.

I can not believe I had to post that... man, people are just too uptight. 

Now I'm offended this offended so easily, can we just call it even and move on... yaar!

Land HOOOOOOOO!!!
Now that I hope we are all on good terms shall we move on?

Az, makesa good point.  nothing in the RP should be taken personally.

Then I apologise for being suspicious. Past experiences in RP'ing tend to stick around in one's thoughts.

*nods in agreement*
Very true.

Good, we all make up.   :3

And also, I'm sorry if the post about the angel body part locations are vague...I didn't do much more than scan through the first RP and we haven't finished it anyway.  I forget where all we found them and WHAT we found.   :rolleyes

I did not mind taking over the child for the purposes of getting him to a doctor, naming him and selecting a species I did not mind either, but I did not provide the child for stygian's possession and complete usurpation of control.  now I am indeed complaining about this situation, find someone else to abuse with your torturous existence and correct it immediately.

Edit: reduced the case and removed bold/underlining.  Original text posted at high level of anger.

Whoa!  Whoa...Azlan, calm down.  Nobody knew that.  Deep breath, okay?

Honestly, everyone kinda thought you created him as just another plot character.  You sound like you had plans for him later...otherwise we thought he was abandoned.  In all honesty you can't blame us for being confused.  ^^;  And if it makes you feel better, the kid might as well REALLY be safe.

And as the creator of this OOC thread I must kindly ask that you don't use caps.  Everyone's posts are read and considered.  There's no need to grab at attention like that.  We're quite sorry that this was such a big deal.

^^;
*backs slowly out of sight*

Speak your intentions beforehand. In nearly any other case I would not have resorted to this action. I am prepared to rectify it if it should prove better, but... Well, let's say that I have felt rather forced to move this on due to a few certain people (not you, Az) not picking up on hints and proceeding with events much against what I had expected.
   I apologize if I have indeed disrupted some sort of "plan" on your part, Azlan, but to me it seemed that you were simply handing us characters without specifying any sort of purpouse or safeguard, therefore leaving them at our leniency.
   I would also like to express a general discontent with some people's actions. Just generally, not specifically. It stems mostly from the way some behave as if they had no regard for what might be considered normal at all.

   As for your comment on my torturous existence, Az... You're an asshole. You're being clumsy, inconsiderate and childish. I have not insulted you personally at one time, and you call me torturous? Your behaviour has angered and disrupted participants of this RP on several occasions. Now, I am willing to just swipe this under the rug and pretend like it never happened. But I will not have that sort of idiocy, and certainly not such an insult to me personally! As I said not too long ago, tread very carefully. You are acting like a fool, and it is apparrent to everyone who just considers this the slightest.

The complete and utter lack of the common courtesy of consultation or request for permission is unacceptable.  I allowed the control and use of the child because it was at least the only thing anyone had actually acknowledged for more then an offhand mention and because it was difficult to split post effectively.  The rest of you moved so fast in comparison to my schedule that I did not think it would be fair to the rest of you to tie things down waiting for me to post and because of my own fear that you would cast him aside if I took over before he became integrated enough that you'd have to interact with him.  Make no mistake, I had a use for the child, albeit a minor one.

Now that whole thing just seems so sour, I don't feel like doing it anymore.  Keep him.  I overreact, but that is my nature... such is Italian temperment @ 0.25 concentration.

Well, honestly, everyone was wanting a bit of a different schedule out of this RP.  Some of us didn't want the "post-per-day" thing, and there wasn't a big complaint.  If things were moving too fast, you could have said something.  Gareeku asked before whether or not the schedule could be changed.  No comment.

And besides, the other group was taking quite a long time with gravedigging, when it's been said several times that the meteor only hit near a farmhouse.  There couldn't have been that many people to take up nearly three pages of that one little event.

That being said, I know that any RPers from the older plot expected a bit more.  But you can't expect people to ALWAYS acknowledge your character's actions.  I know I don't.  We're all just trying our best here.  No more tension, okay?

Sorry for the frequent posts, but I thought things should be sped along. If anybody wanted to do something before the teleportation (which I highly doubt), I can change my last post.

No, don't, if you don't want to. I am going to have to find a way to evade the party's reaction though. Are you placing them in the inn, or outside it? In one case, I could react, in one other...

Outside sounds logical.

Or I could go with Mel. In it is.

Fine, no more tension... but relenting to this speaks badly of what the future holds, it sets a precedent for a lack of regard for others or I should say, certain others.  I feel like Marcel in Top Chef. 

This would be better if we, maybe communicated better... but that's asking for a stretch as most only seem to stick to certain circles.  We do need a GM, someone whom will be respected and obeyed.

Cheese!

…

Right?

I thik Cheese already said he didn't wanna do that, but its his call

I agree with Styg that you didn't specify you wanted to use him as another Character, Az.

However, I am quite disappointed to find the child basically gone. I thought he could stay around. Besides, I was rather hoping noone else would be possessed for a while...

Who says the child is gone? Stygian had time to do a switch in the doctor's office. And who is to say that there even was a child in the first place? Trust me, there are many leeways, and I am prepared to use them all, if you will just settle down...

Um, I'm not really upset or anything, i was just saying. You should take your own advice. :P

*nods in agreement then quickly disapears again*

And the very antithesis of irritable asks a silly question.

I've experience with people like Rynkura (or, at least what I imagine her to be like), and all of them have that same calm, somewhat disregardful tone and approach to strangers, and sometimes even close ones. There's no use in feeling indignant, if that's what you're asking. All one can do is respond in kind.
   If you want an example of this kind of person, then... Have you read Robert Jordan's the Tale of The Dragon Reborn? One name: Cadsuane Melhiandrin.

Sylva isn’t trying to be indignant at all.

Robert Jordan... *shakes his head and laughs*

Haha...well, I haven't read the book, but you still do Rynkura's personality quite well.   :)

Just try not to overdo it.  She's still my creation.   :3  I'm still debating bringing her into the picture at some later point...   >:3

You've mentioned that, I believe. Or have you not? I can't seem to recall... Anyhow, I'll be very careful. Thank you for your cooperation.

Did someone mention (refer to, hint at, allude to) Aes Sedai?!  D:

(Not the box! Please not the box!)

Yooouuu... Youuuuu...!  *He closes slowly on Cognidubnus, a finger raised and his posture low and threatening*

You're absolutely right! You twit! Here!  *He hands him a box. It has a stylized golden plaque in it which proudly displays: "I actually have a clue!"*

A small visit from Leon. I don’t intend for him to stay for a lengthy period of time. Just long enough for him to get introduced to some of the people there.

His appearance, by the way: Short and blond hair, green cape, red bandanna. Human. Carries a long sword with a sapphire-encrusted hilt (currently sheathed, of course).

The angel portion of this RP seems to be stalled at the moment. If whomever is in charge of the storyline would like I offer Mel's map as a plot convenience to give a direction to head the adventurers in.

I think the Angel portion is focused on finding the "core"... not sure how Gimpy plans on proceeding with that.

Well, neither do I. But I have my own agenda for finding it, so I could always insinuate and manipulate a bit...  >:3

*Comes outta nowhere*
Hay guys!  :januscat

Seriously tho, I've gotten myself into a new job that's left me with plenty of time on my hands.  So I'm gonna take some time to read what you guys have in this RP and maybe work myself and Koji into it.  I've been developing Koji's story for a while now, but I may or may not divulge all of that in this particular RP (situation warrants, and all that).

Thank goodness!

You do know that we owe him a lot for this now?

(For everyone's reference, and I hope I'm posting in the right place.  I spent half the day putting this together, so please take the time to read it.)

Ryudo Lee

Age: 26

Species: White tiger

Inventory:
(At the time he comes into the RP) What appears to be a flint-lock pistol attached to a light saber, a bag of gold, and a backpack loaded with carpenter's tools, a jar of black-powder, a satchel of leadshot, some flint rocks, and a half-full bottle of rum.

Appearance:
Ryudo is an adult winged white tiger with long black hair.  He is currently dressed like a pirate, slightly ragged pants, plain off-white shirt, blue vest, and a black rag on his head, that bears a symbol on it.  The symbol appears to be a lower-case F with a sword in place of the slash that goes through the letter.

Special Abilities:
Summon/Unsummon Unity - At will, Ryudo can summon his family's ancestral weapon, a broadsword named Unity.  The weapon is heavily enchanted.  While being wielded by anyone of the Lee bloodline (regardless of how much the bloodline has thinned over the generations), the weapon never dulls, cannot be broken, is featherweight, and can be stored and summoned from an extradimensional space.  For each new member of the Lee family, Unity grants him or her a new hidden enchantment for the sword.  When Ryudo's father, Kohei took up Unity, the sword unveiled it's enchantment of being featherweight.  When it was passed down to Ryudo, it unveiled it's enchantment of being able to be summoned from an extradimensional space, and to be unsummoned back into that extradimensional space.  The sword holds more hidden enchantments, but the blade has not yet been taken up by Ryudo's brother Hauru, nor by Ryudo's son, Koji.  If they were to take up the blade, the enchantments would activate, and become available to any member of the Lee bloodline who takes up the sword.  If anyone other than a member of the Lee bloodline tries to take up Unity, the sword is as a masterwork broadsword, and the only enchantment that works is the one that makes it unbreakable.  Summoning the sword is a magic-like ability, and will not work in anti-magic fields or under any affect that nullifies magic use.  But any of those effects will not nullify the enchantments on the blade itself, only the ability to summon it.

Transformation - At will, though at the expense of a considerable amount of energy, Ryudo is able to transform himself into an adult dragon.  The dragon bears his white tiger markings, but is a fire breathing dragon, akin to a red dragon.  Transforming back expends an equal amount of energy, and leaves Ryudo fatigued.  While in his dragon form, Ryudo loses the ability to speak Common and speaks only in Draconic.  While in this form, Ryudo is able to understand the language of feral animals, but cannot speak the language.  These limitations can be overcome with any spells or spell-like abilities that grant the ability to understand and speak languages.  Also while in this form, Ryudo is unable to perform his other abilities.   In this form, Ryudo has access to a fire breath weapon.  Ryudo cannot transform while in an anti-magic field or under any affect that nullifies magic use.

Transfer Energy To Koji - This ability is specific to Koji and Ryudo.  At will, Ryudo, at the expense of a considerable amount of his own life force, may transfer that amount of life force to Koji.  This grants Koji additional strength and abilities that have not yet manifested in Koji.  This also causes Koji to age rapidly.  The transfer is permanent.  Ryudo does not recover the life force.  Since it weakens him, he does not use it often.  This cannot be used while Ryudo is in an anti-magic field or under any affect that nullifies magic use.

Lee Family Vault Access - This ability is granted only to members of the Lee family bloodline, and is known only to members of the Lee family bloodline.  This ability opens a portal to another dimension, accessible only through this ability, where the Lee family treasures are stored.  ONLY a member of the Lee family bloodline can access the vault, and knowledge of the Vault is exclusive ONLY to members of the Lee family bloodline.  To store or retrieve items from the Vault, the user of the ability must enter the dimension.  Anyone not of the Lee family bloodline can enter the Vault ONLY if invited by a member of the Lee family bloodline.  This cannot be used while in an anti-magic field or under any affect that nullifies magic use.

What happened to The Einhander?  Where did Unity come from?
If anyone remembers, Ryudo used to carry a sword with a very long blade that was known as The Einhander.  The sword was forged by evil with materials only found in Hell.  As it turned out, the Einhander was beginning to sap Ryudo's strength, and if he had kept it, it would have completely consumed him.  But the sword was cursed so that he would be unable to get rid of it.  But through certain channels, Ryudo learned that to free himself, The Einhander had to be broken.  But the blade was supposedly unbreakable, unless it was broken by a weapon made of the same material.  It was not easy, but a hammer was forged using the same materials.  But there was another problem.  If someone were to break The Einhander, the person who broke it would die, due to the immense evil power stored in the blade.  But there was a volunteer: Yuki.  Yuki, if anyone remembers, plays the part of the Incarnation of Evil (aka the Devil, Satan, etc) in this dimension.  She owed Ryudo for a private favor, and volunteered to break The Einhander, in exchange for keeping the evil power held in the blade, and to keep the hammer that was forged.  It was agreed upon, and Yuki broke The Einhander.  In doing so, the material body She was inhabiting was destroyed, and She was confined to Hell for a period of time until a new material body could be created for Her.  Ryudo was freed of the curse and could wield a new weapon, one that wouldn't be trying to consume him.

Unity was a blade forged to represent the unification of the two families that came together to create the Lee family, many many generations ago.  At one time, Unity was thought lost to antiquity, until it was rediscovered by Ryudo's great-grandfather Mido Lee, who was, at the time, a great mage of his time, and placed the powerful enchantment on it.  The enchantment was so great, that most of the power in the blade had to remain dormant, to be partially released by the next generation, and so forth.  Mido passed Unity down to his son Ryu, who had no interest in trivial things such as combat.  Ryu was more interested in winning the hand of a young lady who would become his wife.  Their story is one of romance worthy of a playwrite's greatest work, but that will be saved for another time.  Ryu passed down Unity to his son, Kohei, who in turn passed it down to Ryudo.  He considered giving it to Hauru, but Hauru's interests lay in his research, not in family "trinkets".  Each time Unity is passed down, from father to son, a new piece of Mido's enchantment reveals itself.


Koji Lee

Age: Appears to be between 5 - 10 years old

Species: Mixed white tiger, dragon, and another felinoid

Inventory:
(At the time he comes into the RP) What appears to be a flint-lock pistol attached to a light saber, a bag of gold, and a backpack loaded with a jar of black-powder, a satchel of leadshot, some flint rocks, and a slingshot.

Appearance:
Koji is a child.  He appears to be a white tiger except that his markings are different.  His markings curve around and are maroon colored.  His hair is getting long like his father's, except that his hair color is also maroon.  His left eye appears to be a dragon's eye and is surrounded with white scales.  He is currently dressed similar to Ryudo, in slightly ragged pants, and an off-white shirt.

Special Abilities:
Koji's Insight - Koji has the unique ability to "see" things which cannot normally be seen.  He is able to easily track moving objects regardless of the speed of the object, percieve a person's emotions, and the subject of a person's thoughts and dreams. (NOTE: He's not a mind reader, he just gets the gist of what's being thought/dreamt of.  Example: If a man were to be thinking of a woman, Koji would be able to know that the man is thinking of the woman, and nothing more.  He doesn't know why the man is thinking of the woman, just that he's thinking of the woman.  He just gets the subject of the thought or dream, and nothing more.)  This cannot be used while Koji is in an anti-magic field or under any affect that nullifies magic use.  This also cannot be used if the target is under a mind-blanking spell.

Recieve Energy From Ryudo - This ability is specific to Koji and Ryudo.  At will, Ryudo, at the expense of a considerable amount of his own life force, may transfer that amount of life force to Koji.  This grants Koji additional strength and abilities that have not yet manifested in Koji.  This also causes Koji to age rapidly.  The transfer is permanent.  Ryudo does not recover the life force.  Since it weakens him, he does not use it often.  This cannot be used while Koji is in an anti-magic field or under any affect that nullifies magic use.
NOTE: There is a specific reason that Ryudo and Koji can do this, and may be brought out in play.  Ryudo and Koji have not done this in a very long time, so it would be unlikely that anyone in the party would have witnessed this ability.

Minor Ice Magic - Koji was tutored in the ways of magic by a master of Ice magic.  Koji has since developed a few minor ice-related spells.  He can conjur up snow and ice in moderate quantities.  If weather conditions are right, he can even create a layer of fog.  He can only use these abilities a few times a day.  This cannot be used while Koji is in an anti-magic field or under any affect that nullifies magic use.

Notes About Koji
- Koji has not yet taken up Unity, so he cannot yet summon it.
- Koji has learned how to enter the family Vault, but has been instructed not to allow anyone in the Vault without Ryudo's permission.
- Koji is able to understand draconic, and so can translate for Ryudo whenever Ryudo is in his dragon form.
- Koji has sticky fingers.  Gold tends to disappear when he's around.  These are his draconic instincts kicking in.  In this fashion, he has developed a sizeable dragon's hoard, which he keeps in the family Vault.
- Before being pulled into the other world, Koji was being schooled at the local temple of Bahamut, where he was also being trained to someday become a Platinum Knight.  At that same temple, Ryudo served as the local Vassal of Bahamut.
- Koji has a very special destiny, set in place by a higher power.  He's aware of this destiny, and so is Ryudo.  This is linked in with Ryudo's ability to transfer his life force to Koji.  Again, it is highly unlikely that anyone has witnessed them using this ability, so it should be rather unknown to anyone but Ryudo and Koji.

Where have Ryudo and Koji been all this time?
(Will be explained in play, but here's a run-down of where he's been.)
Through his boyish explorations, Koji stumbled upon a strange device that he couldn't identify.  He showed Ryudo the device.  As Ryudo was inspecting the device, Koji started playing with it.  The device then opened up a portal to another world, and pulled Ryudo and Koji into it.  They were dumped (rather unceremoniously) into another world similar to theirs... and were taken prisoner by a group of pirates.  Against all better judgement, and the fact that they didn't want to be keelhauled, Ryudo and Koji joined the band of pirates.  There they served on a pirate ship named Feralys.  Ryudo served as the sailing master and Koji served as a cabin boy.  They sailed around the world, fought other pirates, and even had run-ins with a lot of law enforcement.  They eventually found themselves a portal back to their own world, and left quite reluctantly.  They had made quite a few good friends back there.
(This is still an on-going RP, so that's as far as Ryudo will explain it in RP.)

Awesome stuff, Ryudo.  Welcome back aboard this train.   :mowhappy

Indeedy! Welcome back. I look forward very much to RP with you ^^

*salutes* nice to finally meet you.

Being unconscious, I'm going to go ahead and say that Cog will wake up when Ryudo gets to the bar - that should translate to roughly one game-hour.

(In retrospect, that's assuming that Ryudo does not teleport to the bar. If so, I'll just wake up when I feel appropriate)

Wait... who, what? Aisha, I believe that you referred to Sebastian as if he were still around. He is not. After the door opened, as I said, all you could see in the room was the furniture, Cog laying on the floor, and nothing else. For all you know, or rather should know (seeing as I can't be sure), Sebastian has vanished into thin air.

Ah, I suppose I didn't read close enough before.  Easy to edit.  And I did.   :mowtongue

Yeah, I know. 

Ryudo's not going to teleport.  He doesn't have that ability.  He was teleported by an outside source.

Let's get started!

Let's get retarded!

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Ahem, I wanted to make a note so that I don't offend people...

In the original RP, I think I stated that the various religious beliefs of the world included catholicism, wherein that there is Heaven and Hell, and God and Satan.  I don't want anyone to be offended by tossing these beliefs in there, and even moreso the fact that Yuki is Satan and makes regular appearances, therefore saying that at the very least, Hell exists.  If this goes against your beliefs, I don't mean to make any offense.  This is simply how things unfolded in the Furcadia guild that this RP originated from.  Yuki was an actual person playing a character and she and I concocted this whole thing of higher powers and greater purposes over everything the party does.  The only way that everything fit was if the catholic views of God and Satan were in place.

Having said that, nothing is stopping anyone's character from having their own personal beliefs, and there is room for other religions to have their god or equivalent of Satan have physical incarnations in the world, such as Yuki.  When I ran this as a D&D game, I ran into the problem of having to explain how other pantheons fit into all of this.  I explain this as there are other pantheons of good, neutral, and evil, all coexisting with each other.  The catholic views of heaven and hell were just additions to all of that.  Yes, viewpoints and opinions collide, but everyone is entitled to their beliefs and as such each reigning deity has his or her own territory, along with heaven, and hell and celestia, and the abyss, and what have you.  Each belief, given that are or were enough followers to merit a deity to exist, can and possibly does exist in the universe.

So as far as religion is concerned, if you want to include your religion in on this, feel free to do so.  This is not an attempt to say that catholicism is right and everyone else is wrong.  Far from it.  It's a multi-pantheon world, only in this world, some deities will make an appearance, at least those who don't think that it's below them to make appearances to mortals.

I hope that will clear up any possible misconceptions.

Oh, right. Koji had this ability to see things for just what they were, correct?

Right, but like I posted in the description above, Koji can be aware of the shadow, see the subject of what it's talking about, but not exactly what it's saying.  Koji hasn't taken notice yet.  He's not spatially aware.  He only sees what he's looking at.  He may become aware of the shadow, he may be completely oblivious to it.  It all depends on the situation.  The situation right now is that Koji is eating.  He's focused on his food, as dragons (and young males of the Lee family) tend to do when food is involved. :3

Argh! So basicly all of Mel's magic as an illusionist is negated by having the kid around. She's going to be outed as a dragon as soon as the kid finishes dessert? <goes off to figure if there is any point in staying in this RP>

If it's that much of an issue, I'll stipulate that his ability won't negate an illusion.

Religion, yes... that's one of those things I skirted around as much as possible and tried to make little or no reference to it at all in the old RP.

Really no need if it's easy to distract the ability, Ryudo. However, if there is anything that makes him alert enough or puts him off, then he'll see something like a shape made of shadow, standing right behind Cog, as if looking over his shoulder. Of course, there are more details to it, but that's the general hint.

Well if Cog does something out of the ordinary because of the shadow, then Koji might pick up that someone else is talking to him.  He won't know what the conversation is about, just that there's another entity there.

One small thing about the passage of time in the RP...last time I remember, it was dawn.  o.O  If a long time has passed somewhere, could someone point it out?

I don't even see where it was mentioned that it was dawn...

passage of time has pretty much gone by my whim. Maybe we should figure out a system for that....

There are plenty of clues...ah well, I guess if it's a little obscure to figure out then it's not that important.  I'll go along with it being evening again.    :3

Forgive my not posting for a bit, I'm still living on borrowed internet time.   :headdesk

On my last post I did say it was 7PM haha.  Oops.  I  think we do need to get time more involved, it'd help elaborate our posts.

I'll hold off on posting until someone deems it to be the next morning.

I guess whenever everyone's posted their action for the current night, then someone can post "the next morning..." or something to that effect.

We'll get to "the next morning" soon, most likely... ^^ with so many scattered around in the RP it's kinda hard to agree on whether or not a night passes.

It occurs to me that when I originally started this whole thing way back in the day, I should have actually drawn a map.  :shifty

Heh, well, you didn't know that it would be restarted.   :3  The map's actually been marked.  A few by Aish and a few by Winger, I think.

Of course, Mel's map started out as a hologram, no wonder how it got to paper...but we'll go along with it.  x3

Since it was Mel's map maybe I can clarify. The map was an illusion spell tied to a small rock (like a fancy paperweight). She claimed it was marked with more than just your angel. She had added the information about your angel to the map (gathered from Aisha and Winger) just before Ryudo's arrival. How much of this was true and how much scam I leave to you.

She left the map behind when Koji forced her out. Since evidently Koji's mere presence destroys illusions I don't know if that map even survived or where the paper one came from. I also leave answering these questions up to you.

Mel, I thought we discussed this.  Koji isn't going to dispell your illusion.  And even if he did, he'd have to be actively using the power of his eye.  It's not some always-on kind of thing.

Yes, we discussed this. But Mel is a cautious type and this is a prudent precaution on her part. Would you stay near someone who guts your powers, and particularly an unreliable toddler? At least in the real world 5 year olds can't keep a secret for more than 60 seconds. Mel is going to keep up her nutty professor disguise and only flit in and out of the group, staying as far away from the kid as she can as long as she can. You'll probably meet up with her on the road somewhere on the way to the next site.

I don't know what effect his powers would have on the map, but since it is not the one she left I guess it doesn't matter. It is up to you if this map has the markings of other angel sightings that the original in Mel's possession does.

First off, IC'ly, you don't know what powers he has.  No one's told you.  Unless you're some kind of uber powerful mindreader, YOU DON'T KNOW IN PLAY.

Secondly, the map is up to you guys.

To help settle this thing with Mel, has anyone told her character about Koji's unique abilities?

We didn't have to...you put up the abilities when you put up your character profiles, right?  She'd have read them.  And anyway, there shouldn't be any confusion over Mel...she was just there for a while and just didn't feel like being in the RP anyway.

Please, cut her a little slack.  This shouldn't be any sort of big deal.

I agree with Aisha. The phrase "making a mountain out of a molehill" comes to mind. I don't see why this is being made such a big deal. As Aisha said, cut Mel some slack, please.

Well the fact is, she's using that information which was given OOC and using it IC'ly as if she were told all of it.  And she's acting negatively towards the rest of the party because of it.  That isn't right.  Her character wasn't told anything of that sort.

Ever consider that it might have been just part of her planning from the start? That she might not be entirely "out" yet? That perhaps she just made a concession? Heck, if it hadn't been for Gareeku getting worked up I'd still be playing in the shadows, and if it hadn't been for the inconvenience of it, I would still be attatched to Cogidubnus. Me, I'm just fooling around right now, seeing as we can't seem to get a move on. And as is probably apparrent from the RP, that's making Stygian a bit aggravated.

This isn't a problem. I'd already reduced myself to bit player due to the character conflicts. I hereby reduce my part to nothing to eliminate the obvious personality conflict. Have fun everyone.

This isn't a personality conflict.  This is me pointing out that you're obviously metagaming.  But whatever, it's your choice.

Ryudo? I'm going to put it simply; stop your bitching. Mel's told me about the downright rude PMs you've been sending to her, calling her a bad gamer and other things like that. Grow up.

Now, with that said, I would like this spat to be left in the past. This is something that can easily be resolved, and I for one am getting pissed off with all this bad feeling and insulting that's going around. How about we just resolve this issue without feeling the urge to resort to insults, or is that just wishful thinking?

Why all this f***ing ruckus? Mel's never been a forward person, so it's more logical if she were to try and influence things from the sidelines. If that doesn't play into your hands Lee, then well, that's really sad and all for you, but we couldn't care much less. Don't take this to the OOC anymore.

I'm not the one doing anything wrong here.  With the way you guys are reacting, it's almost if you guys are allowing metagaming.

We're not. It's just that, as I've said you in a pm, this issue is completely being blown out of all proportion.

Quite.  I just looked through the RP, it doesn't look like she has left for anything that Koji did, IC.  So, there's nothing to argue about.  The OOC thread was created for peaceful resolution, not to throw insults around.

Please, can we get back to the story?  ^^;

I agree with Aisha. As I've already said quite a few times, this is being blown out of all proportion. Here's a simple solution: Koji's power doesn't dispel Mel's illusion. Mel doesn't know of his ability, and Koji chooses not to say anything. There. DONE. Wasn't so hard now, was it?

That's what I was trying to say in the first place!

Sorry!  I've been away for a while, but now im back in action

Who brought it up in the first place?

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Step 1: Take.

Step 2: Use.

Step 3: ???

Step 4: PROFIT!

It must be something about February...

Someone needs to make a decision on the map, whether or not it has the spots where the other angels landed.

It does, I pointed them out.  They're faint, but they're there.

The RP has stalled, perhaps it is time fore someone to throw a villain in the works.  They work much better than monkeys.

I could throw Yuki back into the mix, have her toss some demons at the group.

Works for me!

I agree, I have sorta strayed away from the RP, been kind of an outsider.  Shall we?

Welcome back, outsider.  :3  And Yuki sounds like a good first idea.  Would add a bit more plot to it as well.

Let's get the ball rolling then.   8)

What happened to the rest of the group?

I must have scared everyone off. *Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare plays overhead*

*heroic pose*

*puzzed expression*
I need to try that game out

The RP is dead.  What a shame.

I guess people were put off posting.  There could have been a few reasons.  Real life...slight lack of plot...

...Arguments...   :blankstare

There shouldn't be a reason not to continue though.  I'd keep trying.  But it might be that the enthusiasm's gone.  I wouldn't call it completely dead though.  There's gotta be some patience.  I'm not trying to be negative...just a fact.

I’m back!

Anyway, we have a teleporter, two actually, in the party who could teleport everyone to the destination instantly with no hike needed.

Should I just have that option not occur to my characters? Just in case somebody had a plot arc planned for the trip?

Getting to the next point is half the fun!

I guess it really is dead.  It's my fault, admittedly.  :tired

I tried to do some CPR on it, but I guess I need to make it more involving.  Shall we try and continue?

I think we all lost it.

we can still bring it back, it'll just take a lot of effort

I, for one haven’t been on these forums much at all in the past few days. I have been inactive in all the RPs I am involved in here, as a result. At any rate, it seems people still care about this RP, so let’s keep it.

Quote from: Joat on February 25, 2007, 07:46:21 PM
I’m back!

Anyway, we have a teleporter, two actually, in the party who could teleport everyone to the destination instantly with no hike needed.

Should I just have that option not occur to my characters? Just in case somebody had a plot arc planned for the trip?

I ended up with a happy medium. He remembers about his teleportation, but knows better than to teleport somewhere he’s never been before.

I sort of lost interest after some recent and past situations, it is sad to see it fail... the original was full of awesome and win.

There goes something...

Hurray!  I think we may still have a fighting chance

Maybe...I was seriously contemplating just letting this thing go if there were more complications.  But if we have a fairly good idea of where we're going with the plot...

Yes, if there is direction then it may yet live.

I think whatever happened to te gryffon should be left up to Taski... wherever he is.

Indeed on Taski's Gryphon, but I guess Sasha, the gossamer winged faerie feline (a feral appearing one and a housecat at that) is a forgettable companion.  I guess I will have to figure out what happened to him.

I thought the gryffon was Sasha?

nope, Gryphon was Gryphon, or "Brown Socks" or "Brown Sox", and Sasha is someone separate... he showed up the night Gryphon was found.

Avatar page of olde: http://flawed.perception.co.nz/LoD/arvytars/ (http://flawed.perception.co.nz/LoD/arvytars/)

I'd forgotten I was still hosting that. Well... other than every so often when I went through my webroot...

Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on March 07, 2007, 07:22:55 PM
I'd forgotten I was still hosting that. Well... other than every so often when I went through my webroot...

A fox never forgets, but a box has an open and shut kind of mind.  It is wonderful that I was able to find that link.

Well, you could have asked. In which case I would have said http://llearch.net/LoD/arvytars/

Although there are some more, I think, over somewhere else on the site...

Ah nostalgia...

I had forgotten all about Sasha.  My bad.