Brovo

Legend of Renalta 2 (Dark Fantasy)

Updated the OOC. 28 Active players. Hm...

Fuck it, Blorcs

Mister Whiskers will save the day!

Blorcs Command Thread

::Name my ferret-creature "Mister Whiskers", start hunting over the hill using Mister Whiskers and hope to catch one or two small creatures, look out for his health by making sure nothing sneaks up on him::

The Library

Fallenreaper said
At least, if Bishop and Emily ever go on a mission, then Kestrel might get his wish for spirit interactions. I believe Cerberus and Jester were on that list, along with Cerberus and Medusa. XD

Rofl. I can see it now...

...Jester applauding Cerberus' ruthlessness, but finding his methods to be drab and without any colour or life to them, then giving him advice about what bright and shiny colours to wear instead of sheer, pure, nightmarish darkness.

The Library

Here... Reconstructed McKenzi Bishop!

Name: McKenzi Bishop.
Appearance: Standing at roughly 5'9", this woman has a relatively lithe figure and long, raven black hair that flows to the mid-point of her back. Often found wearing baggy, thick clothing that can keep her warm in the cold, and although the specific articles vary from day to day, the same idea remains consistent throughout. Her most notable possessions are a hat with the shield insignia of her father's corporation, and a pair of black combat boots, one of which holsters a combat knife.

Her skin is pale as snow, and her eyes are sea green, often they look too warm to match her typically cold demeanour. If she wore more feminine clothing, a tan, and a smile, one might even be forgiven for finding her quite attractive, but as it presently stands, she's average at the best of times.

Although hidden from view, there's a small scar that runs across the lower left side of her belly, just shy of the bellybutton. Jester ended up leaving this behind on her when he committed his homicide-suicide in her third mission. A permanent reminder of his uncontrollable nature.
Biography: Split into two parts.

Pre-RP

McKenzi Bishop was born and grew up with a single parent, her mother having perished in childbirth. Her father, Alexander Bishop, was a man devoted to his work, and Bishop took after him in every respect. During her childhood she had few friends, not out of trauma or bullying but simply out of a lack of interest in social pursuits: She took the sciences at an early age, and was cold like her father, though behind closed doors they were kind and loving to one another. She has no other family to really speak of, and aside from the occasional incident involving her lack of feminine graces, there was nothing remarkable about her life either... Though what few things she learned of her mother, she grew to see her as being a figure of kindness and love, and thus she did grow to care for the common person.

Soon after Bishop turned eighteen, her father left to start a new research project with his company. She took this opportunity to blossom, and took a research post learning about spirits and whatever realms they may come from. It was here that she learned she was an unawakened holder, and with a burning curiosity she decided to awaken it in a rare moment of throwing caution to the wind. Jester, at this time, spotted an opening in the world of mortal men and took to it without hesitation. The very first moment she heard his voice she knew that what she had brought into the world was something far more terrifying than she had even imagined: A total mad man... Though, strangely, her nature affected his powers and how they manifested through her. Thus, she left to The Library to learn her own powers, and to use them to solve problems.

During RP

McKenzi Bishop was pulled from the research division to go on her first official mission with two partners: A pirate, and a ladies man. The latter flirted with her or berated her as she tried to offer her advice, but, regardless, she followed his orders, even the ones she felt were foolish. Upon confronting their target, he paid the ultimate price for his arrogance: With his life. In that one moment of horror Bishop acted and with the assistance of the pirate, took the target down, and dispatched her minions.

During her second mission, an "unofficial" affair, Bishop arrived to the ball to celebrate the coronation of a new head of the Library. Here there was an attempt made on his life, and Bishop did what she could just to remain alive, though it was a close call. Later on during the following investigation, she found the corpse of her pirate compatriot: She was all alone again... Save for Jester, who happily mocked the situation.

With the third mission came a series of mishaps and failures. On this mission she was sent to apprehend some of the rebels, and decided to try and help some of the people here. Here she met Vologhn, who she didn't trust at first... A spirit who took over the form of its holder? How could one trust a spirit, with her experience handling Jester. Yet, she grew to realize that he was trustworthy in a fight, and had the same goal in mind as her: To keep her allies alive. Yet, some perished in the fighting anyway... And nothing could be done about it. Here, Jester showed his true malevolence, in the final battle, he took an innocent man that he had possessed and committed a homicide-suicide with its creature. This left Bishop badly wounded, and has left a scar on her abdomen from the incident.

Notable, Jester also met Mime, a creature he consistently referred to as an imitator and pretender.

Between this mission and the fourth mission, her father sent her a letter warning her not to pursue him. This left her distraught and confused. As well, Bishop was promoted to be the eyes and ears of the library by the head of the library himself, to which she tentatively agreed, though she felt conflicted by her father's letter.

The fourth mission involved infiltrating her father's company. Vologhn and Mime accompanied her on this mission, along with one other. She immediately bee-lined for his position, and to her horror, discovered the man she had once considered her father was now willing to torture her... Which, he of course, did. For a limited time, before her comrades came to save to her and extract the information they needed. Alexander escaped, however, and while the details of this mission are shrouded in mystery, the end result is not: Bishop was mentally scarred, and the only thing that stopped her from going completely cold was the gentleness of a person she once distrusted: Vologhn

What happens now, is anyone's guess... Whether she will become colder, or slowly open up to her allies, is a mystery... Then again, many things about this woman's psyche are.

Branch: Research.

Holder: Bishop.
Spirit: Jester/Trickster. He goes by other names as well, but usually sticks with Jester, to keep things simple. Whether "he" is even a "he" or a "she" or an "it" is arguable, it seems to change its shape and form on a whim, usually taking the form of a court Jester only for Bishop's sake. He often hints at being far older and far smarter than he lets on, though his insanity makes any of his claims rather questionable. He is a ruthless sociopath who will torture and murder others for the sake of his own amusement, but usually tries to keep Bishop out of harm's way.

He is, ultimately, enigmatic and whimsical, and sees the human race as nothing more than an amusing distraction from... Whatever it was he was doing before.

Weapons/Spells:

Mind Play: Mind Play is, to put it simply, mind control. Jester and Bishop are capable of possessing a target based on its highest stat versus her spirit. If she succeeds, she takes control of the target, though there are things to keep in mind about this power.

The more powerful the target is in comparison to Bishop, the more deadly the wounds sustained by the target will be to Bishop as well. Thus, if Bishop is barely retaining control over someone, and that someone is injured, Bishop will also sustain a similar injury, the magnitude of which scales based on their power. This effect continues one post even after Bishop breaks control, so if she causes a target to jump off a cliff to its death, then lets go of control, she can still be harmed by this connection.

If Bishop's SPI isn't enough to overcome the target's defense stat, she can push herself a little further, and add 20% to her spi score for taking control over the target. (ex: 10 spi + 20% = 12 spi in practice.) However, in doing so, she focuses entirely on this act, and loses control over her own body in order to retain control over Jester, thus becoming extremely vulnerable. As well, wounds sustained by the target are nearly equally deadly to Bishop. If the target dies while under her control, she will likely die soon after. Alternatively, Bishop can also leave Jester in control to retain control over her own body, though he is a malevolent sociopath, and will likely relish the chance to harm her allies and her enemies, and civilians, indiscriminately. Bishop is the only thing he will not attack.

If the target dies while Bishop is controlling it without the 20% bonus, there's a two post cooldown before she can use Mind Play again due to trauma. If the target dies while Bishop or Jester is controlling it with the 20% bonus, she suffers severe mental trauma that debilitates her for one post, and cannot use Mind Play again for three posts, assuming she survives.

She can choose to possess an ally PC if they give her permission. They retain control of themselves. This is mainly used for stat booster, to help an ally get out of harm's way, or otherwise.

• Stat Booster: Bishop can boost the weakest stat of a target she's chosen to use mind play on based on her spirit compared to the deficit. Specifically: Bishop's SPI - Target's weakest stat * 0.8. Example: Weakest stat is agility at 4. Bishop's SPI is at 12. 12-4=8. 8*0.8=6.4. Round down to 6. 4+6=10. She cannot use this ability in the same post that she takes control of a target.
  
  Both Stat Booster and Mind Play cannot be used with any of Bishop's other abilities, though they can be used with skills.

Surprise Party!: This oddly named power allows Bishop to turn herself or a target within eyesight invisible. This invisibility can be seen through by targets with superior spirit scores, or by powers that give a target some form of superior vision or sense of smell.

• Mirror: Bishop can choose to use surprise party's invisibility effect to reflect part of the damage of an ability back at the user. The rest is sustained by Bishop. The target's SPI is used against hers to calculate the damage difference. Approximately 5% of the damage is reflected either towards Bishop or the target who casted the ability based on how much higher one is above the other. ex: If Bishop has 12 SPI, and the target sustaining damage from the reflection has 14 SPI, Bishop will sustain 60% of the damage, and the target will sustain 40% of it.
  
  Using Mirror breaks Surprise Party! And prevents it from being used for three posts.

Jester's Gift: Allows Bishop to afflict a target with some of Jester's madness. The effect is totally random and can vary from being minor or major, ranging from uncontrollable laughter to insane levels of rage, to pure unending terror, hallucinations, and more. It's up to the GM to decide how the power works. Targets with a high POW or SPI score in comparison to Bishop will resist this effect better than most. She can affect up to three targets with this power, but has to hit them one at a time. If she uses mind play on a target afflicted with Jester's Gift, she is affected by Jester's Gift to a lesser degree.

• Bishop's Pain: Every target affected by Jester's Gift is riddled with extreme pain. The resistance stat is POW or SPI versus Bishop's SPI. The pain can be crippling. For every 2 SPI above the target's SPI or POW, the duration of the pain lasts an additional post. If Bishop's SPI is 10 points or higher than the target's resistance stat, the target is knocked unconscious from overwhelming pain.
  
  Using this removes the effects Jester's Gift has on the targets affected. While targets are still being affected by Bishop's Pain, Jester's Gift cannot be used on additional targets, unless a person is knocked unconscious by Bishop's Pain, in which case, they are no longer affected: They are unconscious.
  
  Bishop cannot use Bishop's Pain in the same post as using Jester's Gift. She can use one or the other per post, not both in the same post.

Skills:
PUNCH-2: "When things get desperate..."
SCAN-2: "I can't defeat an enemy I do not understand."
SPELLATK-1: "One empowered moment can be enough to overturn an empire."
TELEPATHY-1: "Jester's recent developments would be fascinating if it weren't for the fact that he can torture others with his incessant attempts at humour now."

Stats:

• POW: 5


• SPI: 16


• AGI: 3

There. Kestrel can give it a look over, I made a few tweaks to shit so he may as well see if there's any problems, niet?

Fuck it, Blorcs

FERRETS! I'm in.

Brovo will be my character name, aand...

-Creature.

1x1 RPs

jennifer lost the war said
Sorry. I know it's not a genre, I was just being lazy in my word usage.yikes

Ah it's fine. I just like making sure people know these things. So many arguments because of miscommunication happen, it's horrible. :<

~Complaint List~ I'm very serious!

Where the fuck is my jetpack, science!

"You're a Fake Geek!" and Sexism among Geeks/Nerds/Etc (us)

Hunter of Shadows said
I'm sure some people have said this already, but men are sexist in general being a geek has nothing to do with it

... What? Dude, that's a pretty sexist statement right there.

@Nevis: You nailed it. Gold star. Well done. Thanks for pointing out that it's a grey issue, not black and white. Wish more people held that opinion.

Dervish said
I always found it somewhat amusing that the sexist nerds who rally against women participating in their "thing" are usually the ones drooling over giant breasted cartoons in chainmail bikinis. To clarify, they're driving off real women while idolizing fake ones. It's as bad as the one kid in my boot camp who claimed to prefer hentai to a real girlfriend. It's pretty sad.And then they complain when they can't get girlfriends. Fucking awesome.

I always found it equally amusing when a woman demands to be considered attractive for what she is--fat, or otherwise--then usually turns right around and applies an unrealistic set of standards upon men to qualify for dating. Then wonders why they're forever alone with three cats.

To clarify: Sexual standards does not always equate to sexism. A guy may find big breasted women in chainmail bikinis attractive and not be a sexist in the same manner that a woman may not want to date a guy who is short or obese. Or a bigot. This is just how humans work.

If anything I'd say it's not so much a hatred of women in your example as it is a case of Peter Pan syndrome--not being able to grow up past their fantasies and escapisms and attacking anything that might threaten that, female, authority figure, or otherwise. They also tend to be the same kind of rabid fans you might find obsessing over sports, or fashion, or god knows what other thing we can obsess over in groups. You always have zealous extremists who attack anything that might threaten the image. That's more of a problem with extremism than it is specifically sexism, sexism in this case is just the byproduct of a flawed design.

Darog the Badger God said
There's something gloriously sad about that mindset.And I'm dying of laughter because of it.

It's hard not to look at a train going off the rails, isn't it?

Blondie said
You're right, but I think I'm right too.

Well then all good.

Turtlicious said
I... said that.Like that's what I said, do you think everyone came into this without an opinion? Do you think ShonHarris wrote that whole beast of a post and it summed up to, "But I don't know, maybe you guys are right." Everyone in this sub-forum is spinning their wheels even though neither can convince the other side of anything, they just want to stroke their dicks and see how much BS they can throw into the ether lol.

I know you did. Just confirming that you said that.

Of course not. Where did I say that? Everyone has an opinion. Shon Harris wrote that whole beast of a post because that's how he views the issue, and he's passionate about it. That, and he likes to write long paragraphs, to go into great detail about his beliefs. That's fine. There's nothing wrong with that, really.

I love how you seem to hate this section, yet posted in here multiple times and in other OT threads just to stir shit. Please stop.

Turtlicious said
Well that and trying to get each other banned lol. To roughly quote myself, "Bullshit."

I haven't seen anyone here try to get each other banned. We have disagreements and occasionally someone throws a tantrum--that happens in discussion areas, especially when shit that people get passionate about gets brought up, but the shit disturbers don't tend to last long here. They just get chewed up and then they throw themselves out in a tizzy. It's rather amusing actually.

Then again, to nobody's surprise, you're massively over-generalizing, trolling, and bullying someone. Why? Because you have nothing better to do, I suppose, then try to irritate everyone here for... Reasons.

I still don't understand how you got unbanned.

Turtlicious said This is painfully untrue on multiple levels. I've never seen someone "change their mind" or "change their position" in OT, I've only seen them move the goal posts, concede, or just write paragraph upon paragraph changing the issue as much as possible so that they won't be seen as wrong.

I've seen people change their opinions here. Usually it's from thread to thread that you notice the difference of opinion: The next time the same topic comes up, some people have changed, some haven't. I digress though, usually threads pop up in OT to be talked about and discussed. Whether or not someone changes their mind afterwards is irrelevant.

Turtlicious said Also, the posters probably came back under new names. If I had to guess, you're not fond of spam because no-one "has" to engage you on the same level, and higher effort tends to be mocked.

Mocking intellectualism and praising meme-based stupidity and reposts. Yes. This is definitely a positive element of the spam community. One so positive that even Jorick hardly goes there anymore.

Turtlicious said If ShonHarris put his post in spam, everyone would tell him the truth.

No, they'd mock him and belittle him because he wrote something that couldn't be understood in five seconds. Just as you are doing now. Also, why are you even bothering to compare spam to OT? They service different functions and different communities. An OT post in spam would be too long. A spam post in OT would be too short and immature.

I'm sure you had a point somewhere, it was just lost in that whole spammy, belittling, elitist attitude of yours. :)

Turtlicious said It was way too long for people to really read. His writing isn't so engaging he can expect me to read an article every time he posts. (I'm singling out Shon but many other posters do this as well.)

You? Single someone out? No. Never.

Seriously if you dislike OT so much and hold such low opinions of them, just go back to spam. It's not like anyone is actually asking you to be here and you obviously don't like it here. x)