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Kingdom Hearts: Dirge of the World Eater

Wayward said
If I don't see posts from the rest of the Light apprentices, I'll be posting by the end of this weekend/beginning of next week and moving on without.

You'll have to forgive me as I'd rather not put so much effort into a post if I'm not even sure how much longer I'll be here.

Speaking of which, since no rebuttal was offered to me, I suppose that means this indeed isn't the game for me. I deeply apologize for any trouble I might have caused, but it seems it is now time for me to take leave. Farewell, all.

Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reborn

As he listened to their introductions, Hans kept a welcoming smile on his face. When one of them asked about the weather, he shook his head, "Oh, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding but this is not the Southern Isles. You stand in Arendelle, the Great Northern Kingdom. But your question about the weather is a good one, and one that I am unsure about myself. It's a bit of a story, so I suggest you all have some hot cocoa while I tell it." at that he called for a servant and requested warm cocoa be brought to the guests at once. The Servant nodded and hurried off to fulfill the request.

"Now, about this Kingdom," Hans started to say, taking a seat and gesturing for the others to do the same so they would all be comfortable, "it is ruled by Queen Elsa and her younger sister, Princess Anna. Er, well, it was meant to be, anyway..." his voice trailed off briefly before he cleared his throat and continued, "...you see, the Queen had only just had her coronation yesterday evening. But I'm afraid things went a bit awry." at that point, the servant returned with a tray of cups filled with a warm beverage. They brought one for everyone, including Jared should he wake up during the conversation. Hans took his cup and sipped from it before continuing, "I, along with many other esteemed guests, had been invited for the ceremony and its following celebration, during which time I met her highness the Princess. I know it may sound foolish but we were simply destined to be together, and so the Princess thought to ask her sister for her blessing. She didn't take the news well, and after an argument she, well, how do I put this?" he rubbed his chin thoughtfully, clearly trying to be careful with his next words, "The Queen exhibited a sorcerous power and froze the water fountain solid in ice. It certainly surprised everyone, including the Princess as well. Before anything else could be said, her majesty fled the kingdom to the north. Anna wished to follow her, no doubt hoping to bring her back to work all this out and left almost immediately in pursuit." he sipped his cocoa once more, and said, "That all happened just last evening. Before she left, Anna asked me to watch over Arendelle for the time being, and so here I remain. But as you can plainly see, the ice from the fountain has now spread, covering the entire kingdom in what appears to be an eternal winter. I've done my best to distribute blankets, warm clothing, and soup to everyone, but if this winter isn't ended, I fear what will happen to the Kingdom."

The Prince took a breath, sighing stressfully and putting his cup down, "With this winter, I also fear for the safety of my beloved Anna. I had planned to lead a search party to bring her back but, well as you saw, those creatures began attacking us so we have been unable to send anyone out. I am at a loss for what to do at this point." he put his head in his hands, visibly troubled by this problem. When all of a sudden...

"I'll bring them back."

It was Jared, now conscious again and rising from the chair he'd been put in and unwrapping the blanket from himself. Hans looked up at him, even standing as if to begin protesting, "I'm sorry, my Lord, but you can't talk me out of it. If this weather is as bad as you describe, then someone needs to go out there and bring them both home. It sounds like Arendelle needs them now more than ever."

"...Very well." said the Prince, defeated, "But if you're going out there, then I must insist you dress more appropriately. I can hardly believe you came here in your current garb without freezing to death." he made a point. Jared's clothes consisted of a shirt with no sleeves, so going out there in such garb was basically suicide, "I'll have warm clothes given to you before you depart. All of you." he said, now gesturing to the others, assuming they would be accompanying the one he had presumed to be their leader.

Kingdom Hearts: Dirge of the World Eater

My last statement was requesting for proof of your logic, with no relation to my own. My own logic hasn't changed, I still wholeheartedly believe that four worlds is too few, especially with so many players. The universe will seem very cramped in that scenario.

And since I can already tell someone will ask me to offer proof of my argument first, then fine. My proof is seen plainly in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Birth By Sleep was a game with a very similar setup to our own, a story centering around apprentices and their relationship to a master. And yet, there existed also a satisfactory number of Disney worlds to keep to the Kingdom Hearts formula. If Birth By Sleep can do it, then I submit to you that we can as well.

But if there is no rebuttal anyone is willing to respond with, then perhaps you are right and this truly isn't an RP for me. In which case I will gladly and respectfully take my leave.

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Sin said
(1)How is Disney stuff being cut out? The worlds Kurai listed are all based on those Disney movies as worlds in KH are. There's probably only going to be four (Disney) worlds because (2)I (personally) don't think the RP will last that long. There's only so many reasons we'd need to jump around six or so worlds. (3)It's different in the game because there's Heartless to slay, bosses to beat, and story progression to be made, whereas this RP is moreso centered around the Light & Dark Masters & their Apprentices, so there's no need for extra focus on Disney worlds. In a slow-moving RP such as this one, so many worlds isn't necessary, in my opinion, at least.

1. I didn't say "all", I said "most". Pretty big difference.

2. That's a rather pessimistic way to plan a game, if you ask me.

3. Birth By Sleep was the same and yet it found a way to make it work. Ergo, that excuse doesn't hold water.

So let me pose one question. If this is a "slow-moving RP where many worlds aren't necessary" then how, if I may, is there still room for a pointless mini-game centric world like Toy Story? From how it was described, the Toychest is pure filler and could easily be cut in favor of something else. Or just cut entirely if, as you say, we have no need for so many worlds.

Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reborn

I dunno Hollow Bastion was basically like that... kinda.

Anyway, blame Hans if anything. He's such a dull character that the scenes involving him seem to be equally boring by association. I mean I haven't done much with him yet but that's only because there's hardly anything to begin with. Even in the movie Hans just failed to be interesting. I'm still holding out hope that the world will pick up once the gang actually goes out to start helping the kingdom with its problem (ie find Elsa and Anna) but until that point we're stuck with Hans.

Not to post any spoilers, but I'm actually still trying to figure out how I'm going to write in a Boss Battle since Frozen completely lacks those kinds of elements. *sigh*

Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reborn

Meh, it really doesn't matter. If I'm being honest, Frozen is turning out to be more boring than I expected it to be. Truth be told I originally intended Brave to be the first world but changed it to Frozen on a whim. Guess I should have stuck to my guns on that one.

Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reborn

Alright I'm moving this thing forward tomorrow, regardless of who posts or not. No offense to anyone, it's just that the IC's been stagnant for quite long enough so it's about time I put the GM hat on and did something about it.

Kingdom Hearts: Dirge of the World Eater

and we didn't base our decision on votes alone.

Then what, may I ask, was the point in voting in the first place? At the very least explain why there will only be four total. The Disney stuff is what made me interested in Kingdom Hearts way back when the game first released, so just cutting out most all of it out feels weird to me. If it's just going to be a bunch of made-up worlds then I won't feel very inclined to care about any of the people living there.

And before someone decides to accuse me of being butthurt about Notre Dame, then let me just say that's not the point I'm getting across. Yes, I'm disappointed, but rather than just use that to start an argument that will surely not end well, I am instead simply voicing my curiosity as to the GM's logic in this decision.

Kingdom Hearts: Dirge of the World Eater

None of the Light Apprentices can do anything until Wayward posts unfortunately.

Speaking of which... the Dark side is like twice as active as the Light. *sighs*

Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reborn

Just a reminder, posting order (or at least as close to one as we get) is only necessary during combat. Since we're out of combat, you don't have to wait for anyone if there's a response you need your character to make (ie conversation).