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The virgin "My post was so bad it killed the RP!" VS the chad "My post was so good it concluded the RP."
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Did you know that Dante's inferno is called a divine comedy because things work out for the protagonist? Back in the day, the only two genres were comedy and drama. The only difference was that in a comedy, the protagonist is better off at the end, and a drama is the opposite. So that's why a story about going through hell can still be considered a comedy, even if it's not funny.

Name:
Broken Promise, BP, Boss

Age:
Old enough to know better, too young to care. (that is to say 30's)

Preferred RPs:
I Prefer to make my own, but will occasionally join something if it looks interesting. I'll join just about anything so long as it isn’t overly edgy/sweet, though it's rare for me to do. I don't do 1x1s too often either.

Preferred Roles:
I tend to play adorable characters everyone wants to befriend or proper assholes everyone wants to stay away from. I try not to play moral paragons or prime evils.

RP Conquests:
I've completed quite a few RP's off site, but most of them are on private forums or have simply been lost to the ravages of server crashes. As for stuff here, I'm sure everyone who sees me post in the off topic sections has seen me find an excuse to talk about Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage. It's a project that took over 4 years to complete and I feel pride not only for myself but all the wonderful people who helped make it enjoyable during its run. Re: Zero: The High Council Is technically my first, but it was just something I kind of took over and ended up ending the story after just six months. It finished, but eh...

Last RP I finished was Symphony of Espers which turned out pretty good.

RP's in progress:
For some reason I can't seem to stay away from Ari's magical girl RP, even if I'm not sure why I'm still in it.

As for my own projects, I'm doing Symphony on High to continue the gigachad adventures of the espers in Pax Septimus.

RP Graveyard:
I've been pretty fortunate on this forum. I think I joined one when I first came on the site that didn't really do anything, and there are a few 1x1 things that didn't go anywhere. It's disappointing when an RP ends before it can be finished, but I've come to look at them as learning experiences.

And then there's that london magical girl RP, and that dark magical girl RP. I think I'm done joining magical girl RPs for a while.

Other interests:
Videos
I watch a lot of educational videos on youtube. Usually as research for something I’m writing or purely because a topic interests me. I like channels like Tier Zoo and Daryl Talks Games, and I’ll also watch things like Critical Drinker or Literature Devil to deepen my understanding of story telling. Though I also like memes and jokes, to which I’ll find myself watching stuff like Sseth, but usually find myself surfing through meme videos. I gotta work on that.

Games
I have a rather long history of playing virtually every platformer to come into existence during the indie boom, as well as quite a few other indie games. I’ve played Meatboy, Binding of Issac, Gunvolt, Cuphead, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Classic Metroid, Warcraft 3, Final Fantasy 7,8, and 14, Left 4 Dead, Shantae, Celeste, Danganronpa, God Eater, the list goes on. What I’ve played is kind of all over the place. I don’t play many games these days, I tend to pick things that look interesting and go on a decent steam sale.

Painting Minis
I do this in moderation. Otherwise, it's a pretty expensive hobby to start...

Music
I listen to everything, save most country/rap songs. I have too many favorites to name.

Personality:
Not one to take life or the internet too seriously. Is only serious about writing well and having a good time.

People to Insult:
Dalton is a Dingus.

Most Recent Posts

Forum access canceled for lurking my profile.
Removed from the premises for not having a guild bod.


Alicia did not leave Binky with many choices. She demanded that Binky tell her everything, or she would hand her over to Sammy.

”B-but of course!” Binky clasped her hands together. At this point she looked absolutely miserable. There were cuts all over her body, and here legs had swollen bruises from the minor fractures she incurred falling. She remained on her knees as if in prayer. ”I-I'm not sure if you know this, but most of us, u-us magical girls, didn't really hit the jackpot when we were created.” She exhaled, her eyes wandered over everyone. ”It's luck really, like a roll of the dice. You're either gifted with power or you're not. Our entire lives are decided by whatever the puchuu desires, as well as a few other external factors.” Binky pulled apart her hands and placed them on her knees. They were still shaking. ”I-I was a guy. I didn't have perfect physique, but I had okay grades and did everything my parents asked of me. But a single roll of the dice determined that I would spend the rest of my life as a fast food lobbing magical girl. This was all decided since my transformation, and my fate can't be changed...” Binky pulled out a red coin and held it up for Alicia to see. ”...Until now.” Binky's eyes rested on the coin. Her body stopped quivering when she brought the coin closer to her face. ”You're familiar with the black coin, which causes a surge of magic so great that it warps and twists a magical girl's being. You can't help but be corrupted. But this red coin works on a different principle. It doesn't increase your magic, it shuffles it.” She turned to look at Alicia again. ”With this, people like me have a second chance! We don't need to be humiliated any longer!” She hugged the coin against her chest. ”But of course, there are risks related to tampering with the flow of one's magic. We needed to test it on some willing magical girls. But something strange happened.” She pointed at Sammy. ”She can look into the future. Just a few seconds, but it's an ability I've never witnessed before!”



“She lies! It's all deductions!” Alicia could tell that Sammy was lying.

”But she could have deeper mutations that aren't present yet! We don't yet know the long term effects of the coin, which is why we need to monitor her, and those she escaped with!” She looked to Sammy. ”It's for your own good!”

The detective folded her arms. “The beacon girl asked a good question though. You aren't at this alone. Who else is helping you?”

Binky hesitated to answer. ”W-well, there are a few people who are interested in this p-project. I've received a lot of donations from a lot of d-different, um, investors.” Another pause. ”This coin is my creation though. Through my own efforts, it was made.” As far as Alicia could tell, everything Binky said was the truth. Though some bits seemed a little indirect.

Sammy gave Binky a long stare before her cats started to surround the group. “What do you intend to do, beacon girl?” She twirled her magnifying glass in her hand. “I'll have you know I don't like to have my time wasted.”

Binky was giving Alicia the most desperate puppy dog eyes she could manage.




Mac was prepared to create a mighty illusion if she had to get Binky out of this. But more than anything else, she was curious what Alicia was going to decide to do with her. Binky's position didn't look great right now, but it wasn't like she had lied or anything.






Mika was snapped out of her trance when Helga hugged her. Such a gesture didn't do much for the lamenting magical girl's emotional state, but it did bring her into the present. As soon as Lupa started talking to her, Mika shifted back into her original magical girl form. ”What do you mean? I'm Mika, and you are-” It was no use. Lupa might have been alive, but her memories had been entirely erased. That had to be the nature of mommy spider's attack. But it seemed to have left behind some radiant marbles tangled in a web. Mika's senses didn't tell her they were dangerous, so she picked them up. Upon doing so, Lupa suddenly came to attention, flashing the confident smile she wore when she first met Mika. ”Gah!” The beast girl dove backwards, but Lupa made no other sudden movements. Cautiously, she circled around Lupa to inspect her. Something Mika noticed was that Lupa wasn't reacting to her presence. But something she did pick up on was that Lupa was posed exactly how Mika was imagining her. Every wag of her tail or twitch of her arm that happened in her own mind, Lupa mimicked. ”Oh no...” Mika sunk to her knees. ”Lupa, you lost your marbles!” But Lupa's only reaction was to place her hands on her hips, just like Mika mentally commanded her to. It was hard to be relieved with Lupa's current predicament, but at least she wasn't dead. ”There has to be a way to reverse this...”

”Alright, good job everyone. I think we're done here.” Su walked back to the allyway where Mika was, only to see her staring at Lupa. The hotel manager exhaled before leaning against a wall, arms folded. ”Are the two of you okay?”

Mika tightened her hand around the marbles. ”I am, but I don't think Lupa is.”

Su's eyes wandered over the two. ”I see.” She pushed herself off of the wall. ”Let's return. I'd prefer to get out of here before anyone else arrives.” Su momentarily flicked her eyes up and looked at the stranger(s?) on the roof.






Abigail beamed with joy when Aurelio and Sally said they'd see them together. She turned to face Aurelio, who said they could come to HQ to rest up. “We didn't even get as much as a scratch, save Shona, but she's too proud to admit when she's tired.”

“Pride has nothing to do with it, this is just a flesh wound.” Shona had a hole going through her ribs, right out her back. The rose knight's thrust had gone entirely through her body. Yet she remained standing, as if completely free of harm. “I will heal this in time. I'm more concerned for Elroy. He was struck by one of Penny's attacks.”

“See? Stubborn!” Abigail chuckled. “Anyway, hold onto your butts!”

Sally, Aurelio, and the three remaining beacon buddies were pulled into the over city. It was the same spot they were in before, only Divinia wasn't present. Shortly after they “warped in,” a boy with small horns appeared out of thin air and fell in front of Aurelio and pointed at him with gun fingers.



"Prepare for trouble." He said.

Regina appeared just a second later. Her arms were folded. "You don't understand stealth at all, do you?"

"Firstly, you're suppose to say 'make it double!' Two, I stayed quiet until we got to this place." Elroy folded up his arms. "Anyway! I'm Elroy! Regina, this is glass eye and carrot top."

“I knew you were hurt.” Shona extended her hand towards Elroy and started to heal his bruises. He hadn't really anticipated that attack from Penny, so she got in a clean shot on him. But little of it was visible, as it was mostly under his shirt.

Regina groaned. "Well, we're all here now." Regina was playing with her hair, not really making eye contact with anyone. "I'm actually a bit surprised, I never suspected that there would be beacon members who were interested in meeting monsters." She chuckled nervously. "Actually, I shouldn't say that. I guess I only thought Beacon was interested in destructive, ruthless monsters. Monsters like Penny." She stopped stroking her hair. "Penny and I first met in front of our home. Elroy and Alicia were trying to negotiate a peaceful resolution, as we were unknowingly on Beacon territory. There are certain mistakes you're going to make when you don't have a patron to guide you." Regina gripped her hair tight, balling her hand into a fist. "Penny took a shot at me unprovoked, and Elroy retaliated. Alicia, being the upstanding beacon girl that she is, thought it was wise to attack Elroy. After the two of them got the snot beat out of them, their back up showed up and we were forced to leave our home. Not that there was much left of it at that point. I'm told Alicia got a promotion for her actions." When she released her hair, there were small cuts on her hand where her nails had sliced into her skin. "But despite all of this, I don't hate Beacon at all. If anything, I admire them. How they spread fear, how they warp the minds of those under them, and how they get justice by killing and enslaving what scares them. Those are all things I wish to emulate." When Regina turned to look at Aurelio, her eyes had taken on a reptilian look: A long iris with a yellow halo. "Do either of you like sleepovers?"

Elroy reached behind his back to grab his shield and moved slightly in front of Regina. The beacon buddies made no sudden movements, and seemed oblivious to what might be going on.



The twins... did not look like they were having quite as much fun as Lily. They were trying though. But Vanessa looked distracted, and Jessica looked like she was getting tired. When Lily waved, the two of them looked out the window.

“That Alex?” Vanessa rubbed her chin. “I use to be hotter! Way hotter!”

“Numbers? Yea! Let's exchange those real quick.” Jessica gave Lily both her own number as well as Vanessa's, all while her twin watched Alex walk out of sight. “We should totally hang out with your friends some time. We could play some music or watch a movie.”

Vanessa looked at her phone. “Suppose we have some things to do as well.”

“Yea, gotta forward our plans for world domination!” She giggled. “Yea, gotta forward our plans for world domination!” the two girls fist bumped. Once Lily had left, they both collapsed to the ground and looked at the ceiling.





A police car pulled part way into the stadium. A blond woman with a messy ponytail stepped out of the drivers side, and a woman with long, straight hair got out of the passanger side. You could tell just by the way she walked she had a lot of confidence. Her eyes were looking straight ahead, and every step had purpose. Her partner didn't look nearly as professional. Her eyes darted all over the place, and she was half squatting as she staggered around the stadium. Before long, the blond woman got to her target, which was Sil. The white haired woman stepped behind her and elevated her to her feet. As they walked back to the car, the blond woman spoke.

“You're under arrest for disturbing the peace, causing property damage, and battery. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can’t afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you. Do you understand these rights?” before long, Sil was thrown into the back of the police car. The two police officers then got back into the car and drove off. Once they were out of the stadium, the white haired girl turned around to look at Sil.

”Hi! I'm the new girl!”
I want that guild bod all the sexy posters have.

What do I eat? what should my exercise regimen be? Roughly how much of my time should be spent gaming and how much looking at memes?
Probably because bitching about people out in the open creates a lot of drama itself and is highly discouraged by the staff.

Such a thread existed, it was locked.
The reason why I don't create muti-RP characters (and I suspect others do this as well) is because crossover/multiverse RPs don't do anything for me. My characters always feel like an original work to me when they are in the world they belong in. once they start crossing over into different worlds, things start to feel like a fan fiction. I also find that most of the people who still do that style of roleplay are often more interested in their characters than anything else that's going on. Everything just sort of becomes a matter of "what will this do for my character in the end?" But if you can find the right people, maybe such a beast could work. Whatever floats your boats I guess.

Continued, the community you are speaking to and about here on the Roleplayer Guild tends to have a great number of factors in play that work against the proposal of something more mechanical in nature, among the others noted earlier.


I'm not sure how you derived "layered mechanics and systems" from my once sentence response on power scales. That is exactly the opposite of how I'd handle things.

I think the main problem with yee olde characters like that is that it's nearly impossible to find a setting where they really fit along side other characters. mutliverse worlds make such a thing easier, but that has its own problems. Power scales tend to be a problem regardless of what you do.
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career."
After some thought on the matter, I've decided to replace the co-GM with @Zelosse, who's been interested in the position for a while now. If I'm not online (or even if I am) you can feel free to talk to him. He's a great GM, and I'm sure he'll fill in nicely here as well.


Alright fam, I'm pretty sure everyone saw this post with me gushing posted just a few hours ago. Read it if you haven't. I don't hand out praise very often, and lord knows you deserve it.

Read it? Good. Now I'm going to catch everyone up to speed on the state of the RP.

When this RP started, it had about ten players and seventeen characters. Somehow, we wound up with close to fifteen players by the start of last year, and now we're hanging on with fewer people. Hard to say how many because some are busy/quiet. Trying to get the RP to last a lot longer would be a mistake, I think. Interests wane and I'm not willing to gamble that the next year will bring more players. We're three trials in now and the RP is half over. Nobody new is going to want to join. Fortunately, ending before the year is very doable. Here's the game plan.

First we're going to get done with the NoC. This is going to be a short one, and I hope it won't last any longer than one or two months tops. The blackened hasn't been very active recently, but that should be more than enough time to finish things up. I'd rather run things without them than drag things out for the first quarter of the year. The fifth chapter is going to be our shortest one. I won't say too much about it for obvious reasons, but the case is already done. So I'll be pushing to start the case as soon as possible. Then we start chapter six. As per the norm, this case is going to be entirely about uncovering what the world is. The case isn't done, but it should just take me a week or so to compile everything and run with it. Accounting for a few problems here and there, we should be done by June-July. Missing this deadline is not the end of the world, but every month after July will really slow things down, and we risk losing players due to collage/etc until January comes around again.

To make a long story short, things are going to be happening, and they are going to happen fast. No one likes to be rushed, but taking a hiatus is no longer an attractive option. If this new pace is something you're going to struggle with, please contact me. I'm sure we can make things work for you. For the moment though, I'd just like to see people posting again now that the new year has arrived.

There will be setbacks, but it's nothing any of us haven't shouldered before. I know we're all here for the long haul.
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