@TheWindel Artoria existed because:

A. I saw a cute wolf girl pic and went "MUST MAKE CHARACTER".
B. Megamanning was my way of "Maybe it's just my power choices that are screwing me over. If I make a character who can copy GM character powers, with that still being Artoria's thing so not just anyone could do it, maybe I'll be relevant and unique!"
C. Turning people into cute animal girls was fun to see all their pride hurt!

That lead to:

a. Being a cute wolf girl was fun. Moon out of Moon, would wolf again.
b. Any power of a tier that would actually allow Artoria to be more than a pawn was off-limits. And Hohenheim totally could make another one of her if she wanted to. Nothing about Artoria was unique.
c. While a fun gag, it really wouldn't be a good idea to force people to do in the long run.

Given these taken together, I might make another woof someday, but I was fine with Artoria being used as a test to determine how the GMs would handle someone finally calling them on "Yes, my character will stay past the warnings, and contest their will against your character".

@The 42nd Gecko

Meh. I liked Artoria so I didn't fully understand why you let her go. As for this bit:

b. Any power of a tier that would actually allow Artoria to be more than a pawn was off-limits. And Hohenheim totally could make another one of her if she wanted to. Nothing about Artoria was unique.

That would mean managing a second Titanica. I'm not managing a second Titanica.

@TheWindel I said I was ok with her dying in our PMs. But my last words on the matter where "Huh. Weird. I guess after twice warning us we would die IC, and uncountable times OOC, you didn't really mean it?", and "Do as you think your characters would."

I wanted to see what KoL would do without sugar coating it just to keep Artoria in the roleplaying. And KoL made the choice and I'm not going to try to challenge it and get Artoria back. It's perfectly justified. I also think I learned a lot. If KoL wants to have Hohenheim make another Artoria-alike because she liked her, she totally could. I've even stated such before. I doubt that'll happen.

But I don't think Artoria meant anything. I could make a cute wolf girl with NO powers, and I think it would work just as well, and have just as much impact on the roleplay.

I said I was ok with her dying in our PMs. But my last words on the matter where "Huh. Weird. I guess after twice warning us we would die IC, and uncountable times OOC, you didn't really mean it?", and "Do as you think your characters would."

Eos is one of the nicer Faction Leaders and so didn't want to kill Artoria, hence KoL's initial hesitation. But considering that GM Law is Law, you were fine with it, and Eos had been pushed to their limit, they proceeded to do so.

@TheWindel Mhmm. And there's no problem with that. That's how this world works. I wanted to find that out.

And how does that make you feel?

@Lucius Cypher Like making a cute wolf girl without a meaningful powerset.

@The 42nd Gecko

I could always use a mascot. We'll call ourselves the "Wolf Brigade" with cute merchandising and even a light novel adaptation of the mascot's life, in contrast of the heavily militarized staff and fortress where the mascot does most of her work at. We'll call it "My Waifu Wolfie; How could someone so cute actually be the head of a violently militaristic army bent on world conquest!?". Working title.

@Lucius Cypher Mmm... Or I may be lazy and just have Zyata show up because the Amazons aren't going to see the sun again before they've liquefied into oil.

Guys I'm sorry, but I'll be taking my leave from here. Over the last couple of months, I've lost interest in the plot and it's become a pain to think of ways to make characters do stuff. I hope you all have a nice time, and I have notes for specific people below.

@Banana You have control over NPC Syphax so Eve can stay relevant and the Harpies don't suddenly become leaderless. For all intents and purposes, she assumes command over them.

@The 42nd Gecko Should you see an opportunity for him to show up, you can run an NPC Sliske. I trust you to maintain his status as the single most hated person in the Nexus.

Once again, I bid you farewell from here. I still love you all, I just can't see myself enjoying writing something here anymore.

@Mega Birb



Shucks man... hope to see you on the flip side.

@Mega Birb
Godspeed friend. Godspeed.

I'll keep the birbs safe should you decide to return ever.

@Mega Birb

So sad, either way:

@Mega Birb

You're always welcome back if you so choose. That being said, farewell for now.

@Mega Birb



See you around, Birbman. Hopefully sooner than later.

All these feels are breaking my poor heart. I guess I'll do a post later and kill someone everyone just to feel better.

All these feels are breaking my poor heart. I guess I'll do a post later and kill someone everyone just to feel better.

What did we say about containing your bloodlust.

<Snipped quote by KoL>

What did we say about containing your bloodlust.

Rawl?

Well, this marks the second battle in a row where team angel players bring a total of two characters to the fight.

And given their attrition, I'm not sure that's going to be solved anytime soon.

This just means that I'll have to start deploying Juno more often. I was avoiding that mainly because the Heavens had the advantage for quite some time.

With so many new Machina around Eos won't need take up arms for a long time, meaning that I can use Victoire, Juno, and Diana much more often from now on.

EDIT: Which is technically the best scenario for me since I like these three characters quite a lot but don't use them as much as I'd like because I'm always trying to balance the teams somehow.