Cyrania

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You're telling me Zatanna and Plas need an invitation?

@Sep

Eel would just come in looking like some celebrity for the free food then bring Zatanna as 'eye candy' so she gets to share.

Could be extremely funny if Eel decided to look like Reed Richards or like [@Lord Wraith's] Tony Stark...

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Emma Frost may have millions and millions, but she is not going to throw her Gala last minute, no no no. This is a splendiferous affair, this is the event of the year.

@Stormyx

My apologies for thinking that Emma was really going to show off to everyone, and for my poor lack of timeframe.

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I thought the party wasn't going to be the same day as the event...

Considering if takes time to organise such things

@Sep

Well I could adjust that depending on what @Stormyx thinks.

I just got the impression that it's meant to happen as quickly as possible after attack to truly be a grand thing, and so with the help of comic book time and Emma's millions, I imagined that it could happen that night.

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P.L.O.T. energies are at work again.

@Lord Wraith

Honestly, that is a fantastic energy residue nickname to have for something that needs to be detectable for the PLOT

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Just an FYI too, I will make every effort to get an Emma post done tomorrow, however after that I'll be offline probably for the rest of the week/weekend.

I've got a hectic weekend (movie/spa/concert/D&D). I've been having some absolute Mega Anxiety this week too, which can probably explain The Horrors™ of my last post. So, a bit of a touch grass/digital detox weekend will do me some good haha.

@Stormyx

Understood. We'd love to see Emma, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Take care of yourself.

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@King Kindred

"Debriefing?" The one in red with the lightning bolt asked. "Buddy, i barely even know what's going on other than Mr Karaku trying to kill someone called Arthur, i learned it from this- OH CHEESE N CRACKERS! I LEFT HIM ASLEEP IN CENTRAL PARK! You deal with this, i'm gonna get that guy back to the water. Don't have your guys shoot him, he seemed like a good guy, just doing his job." The young man? kid? said."Thanks, you guys. It's... It's nice to see people care."

How could Coulson help but smile at such earnestness as he watched him dart away. He hoped he could meet him around sometime. At least his greeting had been rather friendly.

Unlike with the others...

"Yeah, uh- I think I left the oven on? Or something? Maybe some other time!" Then the fiery one, couldn't be more than a teen, had darted away himself.

The other flame skeleton head didn't even say anything, just got on his motorcycle and left. And as Phil looked around, seeing gladly that his men were being quick in doing their jobs, he noted that the mysterious green one had vanished as well. Leaving only...

"Since I'm the only one left it seems that I win the prize to de-brief. Shall we, Mister...?"

"Coulson, Phil Coulson." He offered his hand for a handshake, inwardly glad that at least someone had decided to stay behind for a more full debrief. He knew that the more freelance supers were rather, skittish, around authority figures but he didn't realize that they would be that skittish. "We've been following your career with great interest. That looks like a rather secluded spot, let's debrief there. He then gestured closer to the bay, farther from where the men were scurrying about and the civilians were gathered but notably not within anywhere enclosed. Thor was given ample room to leave whenever he'd like.

"Now then, your friend talked about the Fire Giants seeking to kill someone named Arthur...What's your own perspective of the whole affair?"

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I know I don't really get the say in it, but unless it's Maxx or someone I know rather nobody take on THAT version of Wally with ties to my Iris.

Would be better if they started fresh as their own Flash™️

@Sep

You definitely get a say since it's based off your Iris.

We'll just accept that there'll be a new Flash unless you or someone you give the go ahead to play that Wally has the go ahead to play them.

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You get into an awkward position with all the characters already taken, then you have all the IC characters introduced via player supporting casts. And then to cherry pick what we want to remain canon from being dropped it gets really overwhelming for a new player.

And I'm speaking as someone who has been trying to get a new player in the door.

Long story short, to do a recruiting drive properly, you're either going to need to give some guidance, whether by documenting all characters currently in use, or give concession in that new players are going to need freedom to break from previous posts by dropped players.

If that last idea rubs you the wrong way, then you need to seriously consider if the game needs a recruiting drive.

@Lord Wraith

You're right.

We do need to give new players the freedom to break from dropped players' posts. Especially if they didn't actually interact with other characters, but even if they have interacted with other characters.

@Half Pint and I will see what characters are still in use after the gleaning and make sure the active character list is completely up to date.

Then as for everyone else, what characters would you like to see new players potentially take up within Worlds Collide?

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A recruitment drive might be more successful if we actually stated the characters we were hoping to find so we're not burdened with a bunch of people coming in an asking if they can play Batman or Spider-Man.

@Lord Wraith

Maybe. Though of course, we want people to feel free to take up any characters they want as long as they're no other players taking those roles.

Maybe it would be better to have a list of characters that are already taken and then one of some suggested characters?

And maybe figure out things regarding characters we love to have around and want to keep the in-universe lore of, but don't seem like they're going to anywhere. For instance, if Supermaxx doesn't come back for him, I would still want his take on Wally West to be part of the game, mostly due to how much care was put into his background and how it connects with Sep's previous Flash!Iris. Then also Bounce's Aquaman just in case she's able to come back.

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They need good lawyers. Where's Matt Murdock when you need him?

@King Kindred

Maybe we'll get one with the new recruitment drive.

He or She-Hulk. Or both of them combined