Took some time! But I got it up. Introduced some people. Forshadowed. Set up a meeting. Got my characters to the start. Just need you, @The Kid Lantern, to continue lol.
I feel like I've got a good contrast of how Johnny is in his youth, with how I'd expect him to be with age piling on. I've got a plan for him going home too, so no worries. XD
The sun had risen over New Attilan, awakening many of the Inhumans dwelling within the safety of the city who had not already awoken earlier that day. Among those who had awoken before the rising of the sun was Lucida, along with her father, her mother and other members of the royal family. She looked at the two, smiling a somewhat sympathetic smile. Their age was catching up to them, although it was amazing to think this given how active the two were. Her mother, Crystal, served as a member of the council, advising and aiding the king, Ahura. meanwhile, her father, one of the few Non-Inhumans allowed to not only enter, but live in the city, helped in the education and training of Inhumans with pyrokinetic or heat based abilities. He also helped in advising regarding matters of the outside world.
Lucida watched over the proceedings in silence. Having spent her entire life in the confines of the city she was eager for the conclusion of this meeting and it showed. She smiled as her parents spoke. Her father advocated the importance in a revitalization in the relationship between the Inhumans and the outside world. Her mother followed by advising she be allowed to participate in a sort of outreach program, perhaps by attending Empire State University. Ahura listened calmly, quietly mulling over the idea. He was already taking part in the UN as the leader of the Inhuman nation. Still, apart from that, there was rarely communication with the outside world. Still, in the recent news, if the isolationism of the nation, or the movement of the city to a more hidden location from it's previous home near the Statue of Liberty, wasn't bad enough... There had apparently been reports of a rise in Inhuman related crime.
The proceedings went one, and Lucida began to worry that Ahura would deny the request. That is, until he turned to her. Crystal and Johnny looked at her as well. Although typically an uncommon occurrence, she was being asked her thoughts on the situation. In all honesty, she was unsure of what she could really say to allow him to see her side. The king always seemed to have his mind made up. Always keeping the well-being of the inhabitants of their great home at heart, he made the best decisions possible for them.
"Speak child." He finally addressed her.
"Yes my king." She swallowed, nervous for the first time today. "I believe that it is important to develop connections with the outside world. If the Inhumans are to thrive and surpass the limits of those before us we must learn to change with the world around us." She spoke openly, partially reciting much of the lessons she'd learned from her parents over the course of her admittedly short life. "As an Inhuman, and member of the Inhuman Royal Family, who better to set an example of who we truly are and what we stand for?"
"Do you believe that I, the king, am not fit despite my ventures?" Ahura questioned the young woman calmly.
"I believe you would be perfect, far above myself." Lucida had to choose her words carefully. While many here were her family, there were also those who were not, and those who stuck obstinately to the old ways. "However, you as our king and leader put the city and the people before anything else. Obviously, I would always put my people first, however, I could also interact in the outside world in more than a political way. I could do things that those in power, those who would work against us, would limit you from doing." She finished, Crystal and Johnny smiling beside her as Ahura peered down from his throne.
"Very well." The king of the Inhumans finally spoke after a long silence. Ahura and those who'd rallied with her cheered, silent though they were, as those opposing the plan made their disdain audibly clear. To them this was madness, though they'd never oppose the final word of their king.
"I will make you proud my king."
"I'm sure you will young Lucida. Now be on your way. We have further business to discuss."
"Of course!" Lucida smiled brightly as she hopped to her feet, Johnny and Crystal sharing a nod before he rose himself to escort her out.
"After the meeting finishes I'll be coming with you to visit an old friend of mine." Johnny whispered to her. "So be ready." He finished before shutting the door behind her.
Lucida jumped for joy before running off. She had to pack. It was the one downside of the plan. She'd also need to stop living in the city for a while. She could visit on occasion, but regular travel to and from could prove dangerous. Luckily, they would be making arrangements for her to live on the ESU campus. Johnny and Crystal had prepared her for this though, and she wasn't going to waver in her decision.
It had been about 2 hours since Lucida's departure from the meeting. She had packed up what she needed. Crystal had begun making arrangements for living and money as well as the shipping of her daughter's things to her room. Johnny meanwhile had decided to call and leave a message for his old friend, as it had appeared he wasn't home at the time of the call. His voice had lost much of it's youthful charisma, though his vocabulary had not, evidently in the message. If Ben, the original Thing, managed to play it it would go as follows:
Hey tall, bright and ugly. Guess who? *small chuckle* You are just about one of the only people I can fathom still having a landline, you know that? *Sigh and pause* Look, I'm calling to let you know that I'm going to be stopping by. I want you to meet Lucida. You know... My daughter... Yeah I know I never really explained that one. It's a long story. *slightly longer laugh* Anyway, we're gonna head down there because she's going to ESU and she'll be staying there so I wanted her to have somebody kinda nearby to go to if she ever needed anything and couldn't make it home or whatever. You better wait for us. *Cut*
The years had gone by and despite intermittent contact Johnny hadn't actually seen Ben in a while, let alone updating him on the inner working of his and Crystal's life. Maybe this time around they could focus on catching up, even if it wasn't for long. Even so, Johnny was as tenacious as ever, not even bother to wait for an answer before nudging Lucida with a small smile before they took off.
"That man..." Crystal spoke softly as she watched the two leave, noting Johnny's choice to go without the use of one of the many Inhuman air crafts.
Roughly an hour or so had passed since Johnny and Lucida left the confines of New Attilan. They'd spent time flying in piece, talking, and observing as they flew overhead. Lucida was amazed by many of the things she saw. She was not so sheltered that she knew nothing of the outside world, but many of the things they passed she was seeing for the first time. Still, they didn't have much time to waste. Johnny looked around for a moment as they traveled New York now, until he motioned for her to descend. He landed first, the flames extinguishing as he touched down, Lucida quickly following. Despite the oddity of two humans coated in flames descending from the sky, nobody said or did anything. It was clear this was a neighborhood housing a former superhero.
"This is the place?" Lucida asked as she looked around while they walked up to the front door.
"I'm pretty sure. I mean... I'm old, but I'm not losing it just yet." Johnny replied as he rang the bell. He'd assumed that his message had been received and Ben would be there waiting for him and Lucida. Just need to play the waiting game for right now.
"If you say so dad." Lucida smiled, chuckling lightly at the lack of a plan her father seemed to have. It was always an interesting contrast to the amazing hero he had once been, the hero she'd watched various recording of, the hero she'd admired for so long. Even just a few months ago, before her training had began for her venture into the outside world, preparation in case they'd succeeded in their efforts to get her out, she'd have looked with even more admiration than she did now. And she still admired him, but the comparison was who he was now to who he used to be weighed on her mind. She loved her father, but she felt more like she'd need to protect him now, rather than be protected by him. And so, standing there with him, she waited.
Okay so work and family stuff has derailed my posting. But if not today, tomorrow. I'll probably have a little meeting with thing and Johnny and Lucy, idk if the new thing wants to join but KL is that cool?
@Demon Shinobi I meant to PM you earlier about your character as well, since she's tied to Johnny Storm. You think Johnny could visit Ben with his adopted daughter when Ben's nephew is around?
~KL~
Yeah sure dude. I was actually planning on it that at some point. So now my options are a meeting with Faen or a meeting with the Things. So, maybe PM or Titan pad at some point? discuss the Johnny/Ben Reunion or should I just do something and you'll roll with it?
@The Kid Lantern@alexfangtalon@BlackPanther@Burning Kitty@oakman@BlackSam3091Okay so I haven't been on to actually post as of yet. So I'm partially writing this to confirm that I am in fact alive while still deciding on how exactly to start Lucida off. But I had been following the OOC and IC up until about a day or two ago. And I come back to this XD
Surprising to be honest. And while I do notice that the matter has been or will be settled I still felt I could maybe get away with adding my own opinion. Which is:
This isn't a matter to argue over, nor is it one to get upset or be rude about, whether it be by the perpetrator or any other member of the roleplay. Being that it is a casual roleplaying forum and it's supposed to be simple enough to write or play as you wish so long as it is within the realm there should be no problem with how one member writes even if outside of the set standard or norm. Still, although I am young, Not even 22 yet, I am and English major currently working on my Bachelors degree as well as a writing tutor on campus. Given that, and the fact that I often have to sign up for and attend workshops to make sure I'm still qualified to do my job, I have to agree that the advice given on the writing of dialogue in most cases of creative writing is correct. There should be a line break, a new line, each time a new character speaks. So if I had Lucida speaking and Johnny began to speak, a new line would be made for his speech. And sure I may break it and add exposition and then continue his speech without needing a new line if Lucida or any other character proceeded to chime in I would therefore need to break again to begin a new paragraph.
That being said, sorry I'm a little late to the party. Even more so if the matter has already been handled. I'm writing like all the time, so sometimes the old noodle is juiced up on one subject and lacking in another lol I'll try and make sure I'm up to date on the IC before I post.
@Eviledd1984I've been digging what you've been doing with the character. Always nice to see a somewhat villainous, anti-hero like person. And I'm curious about where you'll take things ^_^
Also, I'd like to apologize for my pal @MThePathSeeker He is somewhat new to the site and is used to when he's joined the RPs I started. If he hasn't already done as you asked, I'll reach out and let him know lol
@The Kid Lanternfar as I remember all new ultimates was a team from before secret wars and technically doesn't exist anymore, less you count the new captain marvel team. He quit the avengers because he didn't like the way the heroes were doing things and shit sometime either during or after civil war and right now being apart of the champions team should allow him to further grow and come into his own along with some of the other young heroes (time displaced cyclops excluded because we know that things probably won't change for him after he goes back).
And I mean he did manage to fend off blackheart by himself after he'd beaten some avengers. Although to be fair this was more luck of the draw since his power just happened to be fairly effective against the demon. I think part of the problem is that marvel keeps going into these big events without spending too much time on individual characters. It's just one event after another. That's just me though. I have high hopes for miles as a whole though. It would be nice if Peter backed down and focused on his company a bit though so they could spotlight miles a little more concretely as Spider-Man though. That's just me.
If we get to a point where we make second characters I might try and throw my own spider into the mix though. Because I like messing with spider lore.
Well to be fair... a lot about what happened in the clone saga that ended with people hating it was more so due to problems in marvel as opposed to the actual writing. Yeah there are story elements people disliked, but the way I see it, writers did what they could with what they had to work with.
I like the four arms lol but only when they serve a purpose in the costume. Originally I was gonna make a spider for this rp, but i always do that and wanted a slight change. Also, there aren't many female characters and I had a concept in mind so I figured it'd be a good chance to flesh her out a bit.
My favorite spiders are probably miles, or spider-punk. Assassin Spider-Man is cool too in my opinion lol
That's a pretty cool pick to me. Side note... What do you think? Tom Hardy? Could he be a good Wolverine?
Wolverine to me is supposed to be like that one short badass drunk uncle everybody knows not to mess with. Throws punches first and asks questions later. Modern Logan, before he was killed off and replaced with the Old Man, was so emo the only thing he was missing was guy-liner. Wolverine's not supposed to talk about his feelings with anybody that much unless they can keep up with his drinking. The movies neutered the savage.
Gold.
But yeah man, I get what you're sayin. And while I do love me some Wolverine. He isn't my top ten lol Although Spider-Man is... Always has been. I can't move past my wallcrawlers... Still, I haven't read much of Modern Logan.
*Continues to Procrastinate while contemplating what to do with Lucida*
@The Kid Lantern I probably should have put definitive in quotes. But regardless, I acknowledge that there is a lot wrong with the X-Men franchise. And I know there is a lot wrong with Hugh Jackman being Wolverine, but I feel it's going a bit far to say he is everything that is wrong with Wolverine. In a few cases he's pretty enjoyable, and for all the points standing I've seen that while Wolverine is all those things, he can show a side of him with more heart. At least in my experience going over the characters.
Additionally, visions for a character change between writers and while I'm sure many of the changes that befell the character are because of the movies, there is no guarantee some writer or another would have changed him in someway anyway. I'm not saying I wholeheartedly disagree with you. Just that I don't fully agree with you either. And all that "crap" as you call it could be beloved or awesome to many readers or fans. Like with many characters it's hit or miss. Are there things about the older incarnations of Wolverine that I miss? Hell yeah. Do I hate everything that's become of the character? No not really.
I still think it'd be possible for Hugh to play a good Kraven. Although I'd probably refrain from that, less Kraven be taken from a serious big Spider-Man Villain and become an anti-hero ally and soon front runner in all future spider-man titles XD lol
