Azereiah

Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

I'm gonna have to drop out here. Next time the team's at a pirate port, you can assume Ren took its weapons and bodies and left without saying a word, though it would've left the computerized tower in the ship (too much packing time).

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

@Lucius Cypher

Would be pretty solidly out of character for her to do that, sadly. Might be fun if he initiated, or someone else? Or if the class moved ahead. Doesn't really matter to me.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I'm kinda frozen here. Not able to do a whole lot in-character since all Ashe would do is possibly stare at the cupcake and try to figure out if it's a trick. Some chance we could get things moved along?

Mordhaben's Institute for Aspiring Mages [Accepting Applicants!]

Finally posted -- sorry about the long-ass delay, should be able to stick to a regular schedule again. Friendly reminder, all: the Discord is up! It'd help immensely if you joined it. discord.gg/fCbhrcj

Mordhaben's Institute for Aspiring Mages [Accepting Applicants!]

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The Practical Exam, Continued

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11:20 AM, August 6th, 1210PW. 43 Degrees Fahrenheit. Cloudy.

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"Yes, I did throw the new students off a cliff. Why's that bad, though? They all survived, right?" - A Previous Administrator

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While the new potential students were just getting their bearings and starting to move out, a distant Crack! could be heard in the distance on the east side of the ruined town, and various birdlike creatures flew up and away out of the grass all around. The hissing-rattling noises around each team disappeared with rapidly rustling grass moving away, indicating that the sources of the noises were very much alive and didn't like loud noises one bit. Probably Monsters. A minute later, a noise echoed inside the heads of all students present... Followed by Brovak loudly yelling.

Ding-dong~

"BWAHAHAHA! OH GODS, THEY-- THEY ACTUALLY... WOW. SORRY, THIS IS SUPPOSE-- BWAHAHAHAAHAAAA! --SUPPOSED TO BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. ONE TEAM HAS QUIT AFTER A TEAMMATE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD BY ACCIDENT. ALL THREE ARE GOING HOME, NOW GIVE THEM A GOOD LAUGH FOR ME. THIS-PFFFFF-- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED."

A few moments later, a followup message came in a more... Reasonable tone. "Oh, sorry. Volume control's a bit off, haven't used this kind of magic in a few decades. Don't aim your guns at your teammates, kids. This'll be the last you hear of me until the exam is over. _{Oh, and by the way, I'd recommend that everyone get moving. They're looking a little hungry, though that little accident drove them off for now.}"

@hagroden@Jay Kalton@FlitterFaux@thewizardguy@HeartlessNobody@GrafRoy Zeppeli

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Ohon Katann was doing what he did best - being Ohon - when Brovak suddenly burst out laughing, prompting Ohon to nearly choke on the bee he'd bitten out of the air moments prior. Breakfast hadn't been enough to sate his appetite this time, just as it hadn't been any time in the past. When Brovak finally shut up, Ohon turned to finally answer his old classmate, Celeste. The boy was a far better student than Ohon had ever been. For that matter, Mars was too, and Mars seemed to have invaded his space. Ohon didn't particularly like Mars and opted to ignore him for the time being.

"...Why would I need to regrow my wings?"

He'd already forgotten the breakfast incident.

@Eragon@semicolon

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"My senses of smell and hearing are better than most, and my kind are skilled in most forms of natural and elemental magics," the Telkit responded. Mionrashk hadn't been provided any equipment save for five extra condensers, which popped onto his existing bandolier alongside the other twenty. To underscore his comment, a small arc of electricity shot between the tips of his long, pointed ears, followed by a small puff of flame and a small pebble materializing in midair. The tiny monster wasn't about to waste any more energy than he had to on small demonstrations, and he hoped that what he did would be enough.

"I also know a fair bit about Monsters, though I'm unfamiliar with the species present this far north. Speaking of, we're being fol-"

Crack!

The gunshot echoed through the air only a few hundred meters to their south, startling Mionrashk into throwing himself onto Berke's shoulder and staring violently in the sound's direction, spikelike fur standing on end. When Brovak started shouting, he swung his head all around, staring in all directions for the source of the noise. It seemed to be incredibly uncomfortable for the small creature, and he was still shaken and uncomposed after the announcement finally ended.

"Clanlead be damned! Why must humans always be so loud!?"

@Etranger@Dark Light

Mordhaben's Institute for Aspiring Mages [Accepting Applicants!]

Discord Server Up!

discord.gg/fCbhrcj

Need a proper icon for the server - accepting donated icons.

We've got rooms for more rapid-posting, tabletop-style roleplaying, since some situations call for it. Still going to need to actually write posts, of course - it's more of a collaboration tool than anything.

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Also, I'm setting up @FlitterFaux as Co-GM. We'll be getting a substitute professor for when others aren't able to do the thing. Anyone else who's willing to work as Co-GM, join the Discord server and shoot me a PM.

DC Universe: Anarchy

Gonna have to drop properly, tbh -- college picked up pace out of nowhere and I'm having to limit my roleplays now. Feel free to use whatever setting info I put into my character as needed.

Mordhaben's Institute for Aspiring Mages [Accepting Applicants!]

Sorry all, college just hit like a truck out of nowhere. Tests and essays - I'll try to get something up in the next day or two. I'd like to see that collab up fairly quickly if possible, hagroden&company.

Speaking of collabs, how would y'all feel about setting up a Discord server with a few collab rooms where we could run the basic flow of group activities like a tabletop game? Might help keep things moving more smoothly.

Mordhaben's Institute for Aspiring Mages [Accepting Applicants!]

@Eragon Will do. Gonna be a few hours though, need some quick sleep.

Heroes of Beacon - Contest of Champions

Heavy Stinger

Type of Weapon: Cavalry Lance and semi-automatic Sniper Rifle.

Appearance: The Heavy Stinger is a cartoonishly large cavalry lance, ten feet long with a six foot tip, flared out towards the grip. An internal barrel ends roughly one-inch off-center at the top, flush with the surface of the lance and leaving a deep slit in the side of the weapon. Just behind the flared out end of the blade sits a cylindrical magazine, neatly wrapped around the lance grip. The magazine is nine inches long and roughly eight inches in outer diameter, and is attached by sliding it along the length of the grip and slotting it into a short magazine well. A flip-out handle on the magazine moves in a spiral slot while loading rounds. In the four foot long grip is an angled trigger and in a rail above the magazine is a 4-20x digital night scope. The rear end of the grip is comfortably padded and shaped to fit under one's arm, weighted to balance it against the blade, and equipped with a hinge and latch that permits one to flip it down and use it as a buttstock.

Near the very end of the end of the lance are three slits in a triangular formation, with one at the bottom. A single eight inch long, double-edged blade swings outwards from each slit to 30 degrees from the lance shaft, all powered by a single dust-based combustion piston inside of the lance. A spring loaded priming handle attached to a cable is accessible at the grip, which pulls the three blades and piston back into position.

The weapon is painted with black and yellow rings around the tip, with the internal blades painted red, and the inside of the barrel and remainder of the weapon left unpainted.

Functionality and Usage: Combine with a motorcycle for maximum melee fun! Though the weapon is also capable of being used as a normal polearm due to the extreme length of the grip, it is unwieldy and absurdly heavy, weighing in at a solid forty pounds. Unless you're some sort of superhuman, you're not going to be as fast with the Heavy Stinger as you would be with something more reasonable. Typical usage involves putting it through something at high velocity. If that doesn't kill it, the secondary trigger at the rear of the grip is pressed, forcing the three blades outwards for extra internal damage and even more fun on their way out.

The round fired is a custom tooled HEIAP cartridge with a 7.62x122 round and a seven inch bottlenecked casing with a base diameter of 22mm. It's effectively a tiny javelin being propelled by a heap of powder more suitable for a hand grenade than a rifle round, and casings are rendered unusable after firing once due to the high pressure. Without being cleaned and maintained each time the Heavy Stinger is taken out for usage, the harsh shock of firing a round may unexpectedly trigger the explosive piston and extend the tip's blades. Recoil is manageable due to the weapon's immense size, but may be used to retrieve the weapon after embedding it in a target. The spiral magazine holds roughly thirty rounds in total, but is difficult to swap out.

This is a dedicated Grimm slayer. Use backup pistol or knife when dealing with close-in human fighters.