Fallenreaper

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Mar, Den

Mar had been laying in bed all day. Her bed had made a notable dent from where she rarely moved from, her figure laying almost disturbingly perfect in a ball. The faded light from the mushrooms glowed a distinct around their bedroom and faded into the main entrance, casting strong shadows among the furnishings within. Multiple changes had happened during the weeks that followed her accident as she slipped into a deep depression, her stomach clawed at her through she paid it little. Her eyes caught glimpses of her dresser and side table before she turned her head then buried it into the pillow within her oversized bed, the thing taking up over half of the room already. In her arms was Althalus’, clenched tightly as she just laid there.

Off and on, the female once Naga could remember the days. Even while the sense of time blended together, she recalled Meirin and various others popping in to talk with her and shortly leave with less conversation than she suspected they were hoping for. Her face pushed deeper into her pillows that she didn’t hear Althalus arrive until his lowered himself and sat there watching her, his eyes causing goosebumps to form along her naked skin. Her arms tightened about his pillow while she reached a single hand to pull a cover over herself and hide from sight. She heard his coin ting in the air then shifting through his fingers in an irritating way.

Normally, Mar would’ve have lashed out with her tail and smacked his head. However the moment she shifted her lower torso, only one leg moved painfully slow and tapped him against the thigh weakly.

"You know. Legs aren't that bad. You can finally climb trees, balance properly, kick things, wall run, jump, all kinds of things. And if you're worried about being stabbed and taken out, welcome to the club. Everyone in the college has been stabbed by surprise, me more so than others." Althalus started, still tossing his coin through his fingers then shot it upward. Mar’s face turned to look over her shoulder, peerign through the sheets as she spotted it dart upward then caught in his other fingers where he started to dance it around his fingers again. His lips smiled childishly, giving her heart a slight ache at the sight and longing inside.

"Been practicing that with Lyn for a while. That reminds me. Alaira's still very upset about being knocked out and having her jaw broke by her one opponent, and only getting lucky when she killed him. If she hadn't hit him just right in the skull, he would have only been very angry and hurting rather than dead from electric shock to the brain. I mentioned it, and she threw bottles at me. With terrifying accuracy. I'm not even sure where she got most of them from. "

Mar’s quiet, depressed voice interrupted him. “Althalus, please. Not today. I’m not in the mood. Please, just leave me alone...”

Her middle gargled and growled when the scent of raw meat reached her tongue when it darted out. She curled into a tighter ball, trying to ignore the sensation as she buried her face again to just to block it out.

Lyn, Orchard

Lyn heard the voice calling at her causing her to lean over the branch side, her arm stuck out and wrapped about the trunk to prevent her from falling. Her legs were straddling the branch base as she examined the woman below her and absorbed her image into her memory. She was an average Naerse human with shoulder length red hair, bright green eyes and pale skin with numerous piercings in her one ear. Overall Lyn considered her pretty as she noted something black dripping along her scalp: Mulberry juice.

Confusion crept along Lyn’s face as she tried to put together what had happened, her fingers ceasing to meddle with her ring anymore. It clicked shortly after Helena's next statement.

“You might wanna be cautious when sitting in a tree full of berries when there's someone else under it.”

Lyn started to pull back up, her legs shifted to the side than started to climb back down. Meanwhile something had latched itself upon her shoulder and sat there like a cute, cuddly stuffed bird. It was her teddy bear. The very same ball of cotton that Uicle had enchanted and been her small protector for a year now at least. It didn’t look like much on the outside but looks were often deceiving, especially within the college. Helena, during her time, would’ve encountered possessed object inheriting a soul form a necromancer or rune maker, so it wouldn’t been a far fetched assumption if the woman thought that was Lyn’s actual magic.

Lyn jumped the rest of the way, her feet landing hard on the ground as she tucked her knees in on impact. It vibrated slightly less as she raised herself upright again. She turned to face the woman, her serpent tongue instinctively flickered out while she smiled. However, the bear seemed to glare at Helena with its beady eyes, his nose crumpled up in irritation. He stared endlessly and began to growl causing Lyn to note it.

She then tap it on its head for his attention and spoke. “Be nice, Horais-s-s. Don’t-t growl.”

Her stuttering was fading though she still hated how it made her voice sound, namely since it made people have trouble understanding her. It was even worse that she became more aware when there was someone new around and she was forced to reply normally. The girl resisted the urge to speak through her rune as she knew not everyone found it natural to have a voice speaking from the throat and no lips moving, the magic it was based on something... strange for everyone. Especially her father, which she had learned was paranoid of Satori for some reason, had something against psychomancers in general. Currently, he refused to fully explain.

She turned to the woman as she gestured for her to turn around, intending on helping her pick out the mulberry before suggesting they head to the kitchen or pond to rise it off completely. “I didn’t-t mean t-to, I was-s-s just-t… dis-s-s-t-tract-t-ed. We could t-try was-s-shing it-t out-t in t-the pond? I'm Lyn by t-the way.”

Mass Effect: Borealis

*chases tail around the OoC* HOW IS EVERYONE?

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

So I'm like halfway down with a post but err... Should I do something with Ghoul to encourage an encounter with someone or something?

@Pirouette

Depends. Right now a lot of us, as NMS mentioned, are sucked up into the Pax or Natural Sections Arc so you have two main options I see at least:

1. You can shout out in the OoC for players not engaged in either one and talk to them over meeting then createg a small story/event you can play out to pass time. This allows connections and interaction but also enables you to drop/wrap it up at a moment's notice when the new season starts.

2. Contact either Ded or myself (in my case, the players in my arc also have a right too to voice their thoughts about adding another player) over getting involved with one of the arcs. This includes how, why, etc. so it makes insert, if that's possible, easier for all parties involved.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

@Fallenreaper

A) I'm also a fan of option A because it would be interesting to see how Racheli gets herself out of such a predicament at the beginning of season 2. I also prefer it because *hint hint* I've got some plans for Marie at the beginning of season 2 and I plan for something to happen to Joseph in this arc that will set some things into motion with her own arc in season 2, and the villains winning this one is a great segway into that.

@fdeviant

To make it clear, this vote is only determining the end for the scene, not the arc itself. I was merely reminding people that you all will have to decide in the end who wins this arc or the ending will default to C, where Rach mysteriously vanishes from both sides. Either result is fine with me really as I mentioned I did have 3 endings.

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Results:

Option a: 4
Option b: 0
Option c: 1

@DearTrickster, @Fallenreaper, @MelonHead, @EnterTheHero, @NeutralNexus, @Nytefall and @fdeviant

Also, don't forget to give thoughts, ideas and more guys. This bit is important in the event, though currently unlikely, of a tie and allows me to try to combine options, giving everyone something they want. It also helps others to build or think on what you toss out as well as keeps everyone in the loop.

Still waiting on Hero and NN, if neither replies in the next 3 days than I will call it.

Right now, in the lead is option A: Villains teleport Rach away, barely getting away in the nick and store her away until Gene co arrives. This can allow the Heroes to seek out the villains, and form a plan then try to rescue her for a second round while also fighting against Gene Co baddies.

I'm aiming on adding additional elements such as Rach trying to escape to this option, after they get her back to the storing hide out, as long as Odette doesn't merely put her to sleep magically. I want Rach active and moving, even weakly, so she's merely not sleeping through my PC's own arc story. >,< Granted, I can do dreams and such but those are getting dull currently.

Which I have to ask, are any pcs going to make their exit after this ending for the Scene? I think Lehk was planning on walking out after this, wasn't he Melon? Or you going to have him stick around now?

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

Voting goes as follows:

Option a: 1
Option b: 0
Option c: 1

@DearTrickster, @Fallenreaper, @MelonHead, @EnterTheHero, @NeutralNexus, @Nytefall and @fdeviant

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Actually Annabeth wants to take Keri to the mess hall. She's purposely trying to avoid Tyrael (mostly so I don't have awkward self-to-self interactions)

@Lucius Cypher

Alright.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

I AM ALIVEEEEEE!!!

I have survived finals with a high B/low A average! I'm actually, surprised I did so well. (I really thought I'd fail Chemistry) but now it's summer, and I aim to be much more active from now.

so, how's everyone else doing?

@Vesuvius00

Lyn + Helena= Orchard (interacting)

Ssarak + Mei= Meeting in the Dorms I believe

Tyrael (just leaving Underhaven) + Uicle + Baulder = Underhaven

Annabeth + Keri= Mess hall

Mar + Althalus= Den

So far.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

@Fallenreaper Don't forget, Barron is like backup plan D or F at this point. In case neither of these outcomes come to pass once Season 1 ends.

@VATROU

He's actually ending C here Vat.

Villains are ending A, Heroes are ending B, and Barron (which is Rach being undiscovered) is ending C.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

@fdeviant I believe Hero and Melon wanted some interaction, which I suggest they might want to do a small Collab. Afterwards we can do a massive one when NN gets caught up.

@DearTrickster, @MelonHead, @EnterTheHero, @NeutralNexus, @Nytefall and @fdeviant

To everyone within the current arc, we might want to determine the end result for this scene.

There's about three possible options:

a. Villains teleport Rach away, barely getting away in the nick and store her away until Gene co arrives. This can allow the Heroes to seek out the villains, then form a plan then try to rescue her for a second round while also fighting against Gene Co baddies.

b. Heroes force the villains to retreat, allowing them to escape and form a new plan to recover for their mistake. Which they can reform, call for assistance, and set up another ambush later for the heroes. Which we’ll determine what happens next from there.

c. Odette teleports herself, Lehk and/or Rach away, barely eluding capture. However, due to Odette’s unsavory nature (was talked to Trickster before as well) gives Rach nightmares which triggers an ability yet to activate, turning her into iron and expelling her randomly elsewhere within Cowl’s territory. At this point Rach would be up, groggy and weak as hell still, causing destruction and mayhem unintentionally while both parties seek her out.

As a note to everyone, I have 3 endings planned out for Rach depending on each of the outcomes. In addition she will encounter, unless the Player doesn’t want to, everyone she’s met in this arc when she is in S-2. However, where she ends up will be another matter at the start of the next seasons.

Currently, I think with this small group number that we could talk and vote for the ending of this scene that might be most suitable to our needs or wants while explaining why. Or someone could offer another possibility and we can talk about that as well.

I’ll take the first vote and example, though as I said, keep in mind I want this to be fun for everyone and I do have plans for all three possible ends either way. (Rach ending up with the Heroes, Villains or None) I think number 3 might be fun as it allows the Villains/Heroes both to show off additional talents, gain re-enforcement, and even come up with additional game plans for dealing with they have currently encountered while exploring/wrecking Cowl’s territory.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

@Lucius Cypher: When you get a chance, could you pass over the Mar's operation link on skype. Strangely, I can't seem to find it with the search function and I know it's there.