Fallenreaper

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Currently, I'm waiting on Lucius when he's ready. He'll bring this scene to a climax then we can tap it off and move onto the timeskip. Right now with all of us badly injured, I don't think many of us will be able to enjoy an IC day after this. At least without being bedridden.

Apocalyptica

ShonHarris said
To be clear, I didn't respond because of my idea. And my idea was actually that it was all a non-issue -- Aweena messaged me last week saying she was coming back. I've waited, thinking she'd ride back in by now so all that wouldn't be for me to start positioning only to have the work all for not. Of course, it's been a little while yet again and waiting seems more detrimental. I hope she comes back.

I understand this, however the last thing I knew was that Aweena said she would tell you and that was before she vanished. So not having a response, even a minor one, leaves me feeling like I’m walking on eggshells as a player. That in turn doesn’t help my motivation for the rp to be honest. Having a reply lets me know A) you got, B) if there’s any issues, then you have the info to point out where and C) lets me know you acknowledged it and it’s not a deep, dark secret which would pop out suddenly at you. I don’t like leaving a GM in the dark about a plot that could be conflicting make sense?

That’s why I suggested to her to have a Pm between the 3 of us, even if you weren’t going to have an issue with it or not as involved with the plotline. At least you would know what’s going on, had a reference to refer to and be able to ensure it still able to happen if Aweena vanishes. I rather not get my hopes up for something and discover you weren’t too keen on the plan in the first place. Had that happened which didn’t end pretty in another rp.

ShonHarris said
Be conscious as intentional as you can with the collab. I understand the desire to get people as close as possible, to develop relationships, but I fear forcing it may be unnatural while also slowing down our already snail-like pace. We don't have a big group and those we have are a bit spread. It means a collab that takes 1 week + denies us of two people who might otherwise post, putting those who already did in a sort of awkward position. Obviously, y'all are also partnered with someone who's half-in-half-not, so that does pose another issue entirely.

Please try to finish the collab with time in mind, while of course preserving quality.

We’re right now, 2 pages in to the Collab which is to me is rather good. I like how it’s turning out and likely once it reaches the bottom of page 2, we’ll post it. I think then we should be able to branch off to individual post. However, I can’t promise my posts will be 3-4+ paragraphs every time Shon. It might be at least 2 paragraphs sometimes. Mainly so I am not putting in tons of unneeded fluff and risk moving the scene too far forward. Is that alright Shon?

ShonHarris said

I'll PM Aweena once more, perhaps you should do the same? The fact she showed up briefly gave me hope, but also makes me even more hesitant to help get Abbie sorted then have the problem disappear. I'm sure you can understand that position.

I’ll try, but don’t think I’ll have better luck then you to be honest.

I understand the position as I’ve been there before. Yet another part of being a GM is also tied greatly to moving the story and keeping it flowing, which includes being flexible and taking risks that might need to be edited later. If I had waited until Inkwolf, a GM for Blood Act before I took it over, to come back in order to free up a PC that Player would never had gotten to enjoy the rp and likely would’ve watched the plotline more by on the sidelines. I felt it was better to plan for the worse, and fix it later.

Worse that happens is that Aweena comes back and we have to figure a way to undo what’s been done but it’s not impossible. At least in this moment, we have a temporary fix until something changes. Unlike a book, this plotline isn’t set in complete stone and so there’s likely to odd bumps that won’t smooth out nicely or stick out like a sore thumb. However they will be long forgotten in the thicker of things once it’s over.

@Zombie: you're up in the collab!

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Alright Cross, let me know when you need me and the NPCs. After this, Abaddon will be casting some healing magic to help ease the damage. Val will likely be heading to the infirmary with a Vitamancy rune to help speed the healing there and take refuge there alongside Coco and Craige. Ghell will seek out any groups who need him for healing or assistance so any Players let me know if you need it. Also keep in mind Locas's condition is almost as bad as Aramir due to that little overextension of boundaries.

On a last note: we will be wrapping this scene up around the middle of next week. So be ready for a timeskip to happen afterwards since I think it would be best for healing and what not.

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Crossark said
<sigh>I feel ya, bro.</sigh>Cynn's not winning hers. My only option now is to hope she doesn't die as a result.Also, I'm gonna PM you with something in a bit.

Rtron's NPC was made to more of a team effort villain then solo Cross, not to mention even the Masters would have trouble with him when battling alone. Annabeth's coming to join the fray and I'm only waiting on you to tell me when you need help as I still have Frost and Abaddon on standby to give Cynn a little pick up and bring him down to her level a bit.

Keep in mind the NPC Teachers are there not to steal anyone's thunder but to assist. Frost would lower his speed and Abaddon would heal and quicken Cynn in an attempt to even the field.

Star Wars: Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Lea, Xid & Allanar | Ellri & Fallen

Xid’s eyes stared off into space, within his individual cell after his encounter with the Sith. Confusion, among other mixed emotions, seemed to pound upon his mind leaving him feeling mentally exhausted. The Padawan tried to make his head go numb just to ease the burden only to fail miserably as usual. He bumped his head backwards, each thump smacked soundly against his skull, a faint hope it would drive some clarity into his mind. At the sound of the main cell door opening, Xid’s body moved upright. He watched the troopers toss Allanar back into the cell but they did it in a rather hasty fashion, something rather concerning to him, as he pulled from the cot and waited until the men retreated back out. Hand slammed against the button to release his energy barrier allowing him to exit towards the crumbled Jedi.

At first, Xid thought he would be out cold. However his first impressions were shattered when he bent downwards to check the man’s vitals.

Lea woke up from her bored mediation when the cellblock door opened. A pair of troopers moved in, carrying the Jedi Allanar back in. She saw that Xid got out of his cell moments after the troopers left, probably to check on Allanar. She slowly got to her feet, wincing slightly as blood once more rushed through them. “I really should spend less time meditating” she muttered to herself. It did not help her body to meditate all the time.

She deactivated the energy barrier on her cell and walked over to where Xid and Allanar were. “How’s he doing?” she asked, curious. All the while as she walked over, she was looking with interest at how his skin was covered in those red rashes that had been in a couple of places after his previous session. She thought it rather intriguing.

Xid took a knee, letting his fingers slide across the hot skin to the quickening pulse. The pair of fingers held there as he measured the rate and grew more concerned. His eyes took stock of Allanar’s other symptoms from the reddish skin to the fever and felt a sense of helplessness wash over him again. He needed to know what was going on but to do that would required the right equipment. Things he knew weren’t able to be found while stuck in a cell. Xid bite his lip, in both slight frustration and annoyance at his own weakness.

“Not good that’s for sure. The bad part, I can’t know much more than that without the proper equipment and being stuck in this cell won’t solve that.” Xid admitted, his fingers pulled away from Allanar to slip through his hair.

Lea knelt down beside him, staring in wonder at his arms, where the rashes were spreading almost so one could see it. Reaching out, she turned his hand over and saw that for some strange reason his fingernails were darker than before. “Not sure he’s sick. I haven’t studied diseases, but I haven’t heard of any disease that can do this.”

Just out of curiosity, Lea opened up her Force Sight, still not quite used to how that worked. From what her master had last explained, it didn’t use the eyes at all, instead literally seeing the midi-chlorans or something like that all around. Focusing on where her she knew Allanar lay, she saw that there was a bright swirling light there. She then focused on Xid, just to see the comparison. There the light was also bright, but not swirling about. “Odd.” she murmured. “His medi-chlorans seem to be swirling a lot. That ain’t normal, is it? And why’s he all sorts of colors in the Force?”

The chaos of Allanar’s Force Signature made Lea’s head ache, so she shut it back down, feeling relieved when her sight returned to normal. It had not been long ago that her master had taught her most of what she knew about Force Sight, so she still hadn’t gotten used to it. Suddenly Allanar’s eyes snapped open, but when Lea waved her hand before them, there was no response, so it was clear that he wasn’t seeing anything with them. Where they had been bright, sapphire blue before, they were so tinged with yellow now that they could hardly be called blue. That, Lea knew with certainty, was not normal.

Xid had been confused at the word she used until she mentioned the Force. Then it all clicked at what she meant, his knowledge only a bit, and immediately corrected her out of habit. “You mean Midi-chlorians, they are swirling? That means his Force connection would be out of sorts and that’s likely the source of the symptoms.”

When Allanar’s eyes came open, Xid fought not to jump right out of his skin at the suddenness of it. His face leaned closer and noticed the same thing Lea did as his fingers pulled open the eye a bit more to examine the iris. He had a bad feeling about this, a very bad one. Xid’s core seemed to be shaken by the more he discovered and none of it seemed good. “If he was a machine, I could fix him easily but he’s not. And there’s nothing else I can do to solve this.”

“This looks to be more than just connected to the Force. Darth Nyiss has done something more, I think.” Lea listened to Xid speaking about repair, thinking it a bit odd how he compared people to machines. “I barely understand up and down on a lightsaber, so you probably know a lot more than me. It took me a while to figure out how to get cellblock doors to unlock, and that’s mostly the extent of what I know.” While they were both watching, Allanar’s skin continued turning red, looking less and less like it was irritated and more like it was natural. Whatever was happening to him, it was clearly happening pretty fast now.

Xid didn’t like watching the scene yet he couldn’t tear his eyes, filled with pity and fear, away from Allanar. His hand shifted to the one shoulder in an attempt to comfort Allanar though it was clear there was no stopping the result now, the sight made the Padawan sick inside to see the man suffer.

His eyes turned to Lea when she mentioned how she barely understood a lightsaber then come to the figuring how to unlock the Cellbock doors. For a moment or two, Xid stared at her with a dumbfounded look while the words registered. It grew sad shortly after when Xid realized it was likely too late to stop the man’s suffering, namely since he knew little of what was happening, as he spoke. “Machines are easier for me to understand, always been. Even when working with Tolun Fi-”

Xid stopped a moment, slightly choked on the words before he forced himself to continue. “Now many know that I think in a different way than others, so they mistake my comments for compassion or something else when it’s not. There was only one creature that seemed to understand me and it didn’t end well. As for the door, I wish I knew that sooner and I could tried to seek a way off this ship. Even built a scanner to see what’s up with his Force now that I know what I’m looking for. Maybe figure a way to fix this.”

“Unlocking the door is easy. I think whatever imperial designed this ship meant for Jedi to unlock them easily.” She listened to Xid speaking of a scanner for the Force. She had not heard of any technology that could interact with the Force like that. “I didn’t know such technology is possible. How can you examine the Force with technology? Isn’t that impossible?” She asked, confused.

“That’s strange, it’s not logical to want your prisoners to be walking around. Not when they could cause trouble.” Xid said, his other hand ran through his hair in thought before he continued.“Technically there aren’t any machines that can scan the Force. However, I can possibly try to build it if I ever figure how to reach its purpose. See I’m limited by my knowledge of what I need for the machine in order to reach its goal. Once I have that knowledge, it’s smooth sailing from there.”

He couldn’t help but smirk at the only thing he could manage to do well. A little depressed it did him no good now, his eyes softened by the emotion as he sighed.

“Sith are strange. All the ones I’ve been tortured by were, at least.” Lea had over her weeks in captivity become a little jaded with the torture. The red tinge to Allanar’s skin was slowly solidifying, with hardly any of the skin still showing that had any of his old skin color. Lea did not know how to explain it, but for some reason it looked… right… “Odd. It doesn’t look like he’s in pain.”

“Wonder if it stopped?” Xid’s question popped out without expecting an answer, followed by another. “I wonder if it’s too late or do we still have time to figure it out?”

“No idea. I don’t understand all this science, so I can’t say. My master never lectured me on this level of genetics. Not that I think I would have understood it if she had even tried.” Lea leaned over, looking down at Allanar. His eyes were still unfocused, but it almost looked like he was smiling. A pretty strange image considering how his crimson skin stood in contrast to his pearly white teeth. Suddenly, Allanar’s eyes focused clearly upon Lea. He glared straight at her, then hissed, “Jidai! Quorit.” Before she could even begin to think on what he had said, she felt her throat tighten up, the familiar feel of Force Choke.

When Allanar’s head jerked to Lea and spoke a language he didn’t understand, Xid’s eyes widen in shock. That’s when he raised his hand, clawed and tight, towards her and held it there. At first Xid was confused until he turned to Lea. Her eyes filled with horror as she clawed at her throat at something invisible. The image of his first encounter with the Sith Lord and how he had carried him clicked in Xid’s mind, his head jerked back to Allanar’s madden expression. Without thinking too hard, his hand fisted up then shot a punch right at the man’s jaw.

Allanar jerked away with the punch, for though it was weak, it worked to distract him. He instantly released his Force hold on Lea, staring up at them both in shock. She fell back to the floor, hyperventilating a little. “What did I do? What’s happening? I am so sorry!” he shouted, clearly confused and horrified by what he had just done. He could not remember much, but he served the Jedi order, not the stinking Sith!

When Xid’s fist had hit, he bit his tongue to stop himself from uttering something foul...out loud at least. Fire rushed up from the impact as it flared within his wrist that shouted he had injured himself. Gingerly, his arm pulled close before he curled it against his body, cradling it. By the Force, that hurt! Xid’s mind screamed at his stupidity. When Allanar’s voice spoke out, his eyes rose upright and looked in the man’s direction. If there was any doubt possible, it was gone now in Xid’s mind. He was slightly relieved to see the confused expression as the man looked from Lea, still recovering, to him completely bewildered.

“It’s alright.” It was the first word out of Xid’s mouth, more of a habit than meaningful in the moment. “We’ll figure it out, there’s still time. Give us a moment to recollect and stay calm, kay?”

Lea was slowly coming back to herself, having been brought perilously close to unconsciousness by his choke. She looked over at Xid, seeing how he was cradling his right hand, a pained expression on his face. “Thank you, Jedi. You saved me. Thank you.” She crawled over, then gave him a gentle hug.

Xid’s head faced Lea, when she spoke, her skin looked slightly less blue now. He let a slight smile cross his face for a moment and then started to speak upon seeing her crawling over only to be silenced when she hugged him. A blush, bright red, had flooded his face and seemed to spread right down to his toes. He was slightly stunned before his smile turned to a sheepish one. “Well, I couldn’t just stand and let it happen. And you're welcome.”

Rather than answer, Lea simply smiled at him. There was no need for words. She heard Allanar muttering in the background, but from the lack of shock, it was pretty apparent that he had not seen how his skin had changed. He could not, of course, see that his eyes were completely yellow by now. She eventually let go of Xid, then crawled over to one of the walls, leaning against it.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Freeshooter92 said
How would I know if it works or not if I missed all those other times? :IAaand if we're gonna get technical, he isn't all that cunning, just more cunning. Which isn't saying much. It's like saying I can outsmart drywall.

It still won't hurt to pm me and at least come up with some dumb situations.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Freeshooter92 said
To be honest, it isn't really. How would she know it'd only take a little bit? That's meta-gaming. If it turns out badly there's nothing I can do about it. Could I just have her jolt it a bit and walk away unscathed? Yes. Would I prefer to do that? yes. Would she do that? no. Alaira's personality flaws must end badly for her, otherwise she is merely a power fantasy jerk-sue.

Lucius explained this already...

In exchanged for basically physical invincibility, it has a major flaw: Elemental magic. That doesn't include Vitamancy as it's magic for the body, look at what Althalus's decay did to it? The arm was decayed completely off and Althalus is a novice, with little to no training. Mar tried to crush the demon, nothing. I didn't just let that happen for just kicks you know, it's because she doesn't have its weakness. Lucius thought she had pyromancy, but when I pointed it out, he didn't change it instead we thought about bring in Alaira as it would easier for her handle then Mar or Althalus, even Aramir who is throwing up blood from blood sickness. Even she caused it massive pain in her state.

Freeshooter92 said
Wait, If I can't non-lethally subdue him then how can we stop him? What's the point of fighting? I was thinking that while enormously powerful, Heus is significantly less dangerous alone than when directed by Khan thanks to his stupidity. Is it possible to win in direct confrontation? No, but Grey should be able to utilize superior cunning and mobility to knock him out or at least tire him out by himself, with some luck.

He's also in a blind rage, with no direction and is lashing out at everyone, including the other demons. Orleah is about to be crushed which might kill Khan from that fact alone, not to mention Rathel's trying to strangle himself, so two demons deaths are going to be hell on those runes. There is a way to subdue him but you can't expect just trying the same boring tactic will work. All you've tried is bopping him on the head thinking that even though it didn't work the first time, it would work the 2nd or 3rd. Free come on, how is that cunning?

If you're not sure how to subdue him, pm me a bit. Ask questions and figure out what might work and what doesn't before making a post.

And to answer your question with tiring him out, think about who Heus was. You have a better chance out smarting and out maneuvering him. However...repeating the same thing over and over won't cut it.

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Freeshooter92 said
*Sigh*

I hate unwinnable scenarios so much.

That's why they were suppose to be for the Master PCs... but you wanted to be a part of it.

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Freeshooter92 said
She is a burned sack of meat and broken bones. What am I supposed to do, bleed at them? II couldn't even get my 1x1 with Grey, people had to keep 'helping' and demons had to keep jumping in.

First off, you choose Alaira's end result which Lucius told you that it won't take much magic to take out the demon and would leave Alaira with some energy. That was your choice, not ours. We only lessen the damage as we can't account or be responsible for every single PC reaction while IC. If you didn't want it to happen, then Please, next time don't do it when we suggest not to.

Grey can't really win against Heus, first off you're hitting him in the head. It won't knock him out even with 10 hits because it's literally hollow, merely makes him pissed and if Grey kills Heus, Khan dies. Which to be honest, he's already crippled from Lucilia's current actions so too much more he's not waking up. So forgive me for preventing that Free as I don't think Grey will forgive himself for killing the Headmaster.

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I know how one side of the situation can sound and when that's all you have to go on, it's hard to make a good opinion to be honest Elite. That's why news, and other sources leave out key mentions, to keep your opinion linked to one side. I'm a GM and I will admit I'm not perfect, but I will be reasonable as I can as will my fellow GMs.

One of the key aspects of this rp is growth but it's hard to see that if we don't first show you what you'll likely encounter as master in the far future. And currently even against the odds, the PCs are doing very well where their fellows have failed and at some point things well shimmer down a bit.
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Right now, I think it's best to drop this drama and leave it alone. Hopefully, it won't happen again...