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@RenegadeRunaway Yeah, that's totally fine. You could do her early adventures in the same way I did the meeting of the evil scientists -- still important, but separate from the main team's point-of-view, other than the cameos in the same events. And yeah, she could totally know Luke, and maybe even have a little crush on him, hehe. That would be funny if he develops a crush on her when she gets older and then she's like "pfft I'm over you now buddy" LOL. That's just an idea that popped up in my head though, don't feel obligated to give it any real consideration.
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I'm thinking about making an Iceman character. I don't know yet. I'm still very undecided and have to do some tweaking to my first post for the time changes and then do my second.


So sorry, I forgot to reply to this. Yeah, that's totally fine if you want to bring in an Iceman character.

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Now if someone makes Firestar, we could have the Spider Twins and their Amazing Friends! :P



I’m actually thinking about Storm...


Haha, yay! Although it's not the same character, I was considering bringing in Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida at some point. Though, I haven't decided on that yet. And you can totally bring in Storm as well.
Great posts, everyone. I'll wait for Kindred to have Caty reply to Samira's questions since David is in no position to answer, then I'll do another long post detailing the arrival of the paramedics and the immediate aftermath.
Am I approved?


I was waiting for you to post your final version of the CS under the characters tab. Or did you think the CS goes in the OOC?
@role model It's also in all our timestamps in the IC as well as the characters' sheets. All our birthyears and ages correspond to 2023.
Okay, I did a quick post just to course-correct the Luke thing. I didn't want to invalidate Danny's freak out and Caty's response, so I changed what I had in mind slightly to have Luke thrash on the ground a bit before he recovers. That way Danny's response still makes sense. I'll do a large post once Sincerely has done hers.

Also, I was planning to have David go into detail about what the Terrigen Crystals were and their nature, but I realize we're in a position where Danny and Caty might need to explain it first. Since they should be just as knowledgeable about the topic as well, I'll just explain them here so that Crim and Kindred can use that in their posts to explain it to the other characters if need be.

Project Terrigenesis arose from attempts to revive Project Rebirth from the 1940s. It is only one of several such programs being worked on by various companies with government funding. One way to translate that into in-story dialogue would be: "You remember the Super Soldier projects from the 1940s that everyone thought was just a hoax? Well, they were real and this mist is the culmination of decades of research and development. It has a high probability to spark genetic mutation, but the vast majority of such mutations are unstable and lead to total destruction of DNA. That's why it was never approved for human testing -- we just found out tonight that our mentor at Grayburn Labs went rogue and slipped a few crystallized chunks of the formula into the fireworks on that barge. The crystals reacted to the heat of the explosion, exhaling that blue mist, which carried the mutagenic properties of the formula into the crowd. Sorry if that's a lot to take in."

I picture Danny or Caty saying that portion in the yellow text, so it will probably sound a bit long winded since they are science geeks, lol. Feel free to reword it when translating it into Danny's or Caty's voice. Though they both may need to explain it to the characters near them.
Luke had fallen onto his back, the pain in his eyes suddenly excruciating. They continued to glow red, tinting his vision. Then sounds and smells and even the air on his skin -- it seemed like all his physical senses were in overdrive as he thrashed on the ground. As the pain finally subsided and he felt himself returning to some semblance of normalcy, he noticed Danny panicking and talking to someone via Facetime on his phone.

"It's okay, I'm fine now," he said quietly as he pulled himself to his feet, rubbing his eyes. The red glow seemed to have faded. "At least I think I am. What was that mist? How did you know it was going to be released on us?"
I realize now though that I should have been a bit more detailed with Luke's portion:

On the other side of the park, Luke was still struggling to stand, his eyes burning. “Gah! What… What is this?” he grunted and tried to focus, but his vision felt strained. He stumbled through the crowd, accidentally running into Danny. “I’m sorry! Hey, you – you’re one of the guys that was trying to warn us, right?” he asked, squinting. Then he fell backwards, gasping out in pain as his eyes began to glow red.

I wasn't envisioning Luke panicking or freaking out, more like a single gasp as his eyes turned red for the first time. But that one's on me. I pulled Danny into the scene but didn't adequately detail what was going on with Luke, so I apologize for that. Is seems Danny is the one panicking, haha. I will course-correct that in my next post and will try and put more forethought into what kind of hot potato I am tossing to the other writers of the group.
For the heights and weights for my characters, I went mostly with either the characters' stats from the Marvel Wiki or the actual actors. As for Black Widow, to give you an example, according to Google, Scarlet Johansson is 5'3 and 126 pounds. Here is a calculator to help if anyone needs it: https://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

Though what concerned me more than her weight was her age -- she's been alive for nearly 24 years (1999) at the start of the story but she's only 21? I made it pretty clear that the story starts on July 4th, 2023, and so it kind of worries me that you may inadvertently create plotholes in the RP if you miss details like that just in your CS. I will admit, I am concerned.

As for leadership of the team, my plan was for Luke to eventually fill that role, but Caty seems like she would make a decent leader as well. I wasn't intending for Luke to come off as freaking out and needing Danny to calm him down, I was more just looking for a way to pull Danny into the scene to give Crim something to work with for his post, lol. At the end of my post, Luke did fall back and gasp at the pain in his eyes, but I never described him as freaking out or losing his cool. He's supposed to be the centered one out of my four characters, lol.

Still, it will be interesting to see how the plot develops :D.
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