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Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

XD I know, I know. They don't exist in this world, though. So the imagery has a different cultural meaning. Though, if they did exist, yeah that's basically what the Consortium is. The only real difference is that they're pretty fucking open about controlling most of the world.

Also, you're supposed to provide an amusing image when you use "My face when."

Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

Culture shit:

Slang:
Faders: Slang for Ascendants. Usually said with contempt, carries a negative connotation. Knights and Ascendants in particular don't get along terribly well, but the Ascendants don't have any rude words for them.

Line Huggers: Those who live near the Last Line, on either side of it. Though the Line divides where the Protectorate has control, city-states who live near it often have more dealings between each other than the Consortium would like. Line huggers under the Protectorate are usually more sympathetic towards those who aren't. They're more likely to petition for help from Consortium troops for unaligned humans.

Broken Triangle: Actually a hand gesture. To hold one's hand with the thumb and forefinger at roughly a 33 degree angle. Represents just one corner of a triangle. It started out between members of other Realms in the Consortium, meaning to say "We don't need your kind," but over time it's been adopted by civilians and now carries a meaning roughly equivalent to a middle finger. Often done quickly by flicking the forefinger off of the thumb.

Though the enmity between Knights and Ascendants is mutual, the Knights are the more openly aggressive of the sides.

Triangles: A triangle is a sign of the Consortium, often stylized in some way(note the picture for Aurelia: A triangle with an eye. She's a Consortium sniper). Each corner(not each side) represents a Realm.

Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

It was good, especially for mobile. I'm surprised you had the patience for such a long post.

Also, you did an excellent job of embodying the Ascendants. I do want to say that the distraction and "fading" actually applies to all Ascendants, regardless of elemental ratio. It increases as their affinity does.

Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

Trap Path and Ispep still need to post.

Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

Don't worry about it, Sing. Just going forward, you know?

Trap: All cool. Though, your first picture is broken, I think.

Drall. Dude, brush up your grammar. Capitalization, punctuation. Dialogue format. Fix it, I don't want to look at that.

Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

Oh, and Sing:

You had it right, they "connect" when they meditate. The Monks generally assume that they meditate at least once a day, though. They wouldn't be in as much of a rush as the Knights.

Hero's Consortium(Futuristic fantasy).

Sage said Is smoking illegal in this world?

No, I meant when you were in the launch bay, you were on duty.

Sage said I was under the assumption that it would be considered a minor disciplinary misdemeanor, not an act of terrorism.

Crimes aren't classified as either minor infraction or terrorism, there's a whole spectrum. But the main reason you'd be in a great deal of trouble is because you are supposed to uphold and enforce the law. You are held especially accountable for breaking it.

Sage said I also was under the assumption, that, since our characters are supposed to be young (15-20) they would be in some sort of training, and not actually be leading the nation.

True, our characters aren't leaders, but the Consortium is the governing body of the Protectorate. Again, things aren't "this or that." Just because you work for the government, doesn't mean you're a senator.

Sage said But I'm still not sure about the whole smoking thing. I mean, is your character secretly smoking cigarettes? Or is smoking not actually illegal, but it's more of a status thing and would be frowned upon?

It's more about where you're doing it than that you're doing it. I also was under the assumption that your character was smoking something a little stronger than tobacco. Which is a double no-no when on duty(so just don't get caught).

Sage said As for the weapons, wouldn't people with powers be able to handle someone with guns? I.E someone with fade just having the bullets pass through them/someone with geolancy blocking them/etc

Your powers are finite, especially in the beginning. Later, when your character is stronger, you can probably get away with not using a gun. But right now, you would die.

Sage said Like in X-men- the mutants make short work out of soldiers and never use guns to fight other mutants.

That's because it's a comic book. In real life(even allowing for their powers) bullets would work pretty fucking good against most mutants. I can think of a few exceptions, but there are powers in this world that would make you effectively bulletproof too.

Sage said If someone can shoot fireballs and fly, a gun would be... Unnecessary.

On the contrary, a gun would be useful as fuck if you could fly. How effectively do you think fireballs would kill people? Because I think you're drastically overestimating fire's stopping power.

Sage said But if you want to make it a requirement, can I make it like a cool ass revolver like in Fallout? Or does it have to be an assault rifle/similar heavy weapon?

I wouldn't really qualify an assault rifle as a heavy weapon, but you can use a freaking bow if you want. Just think carefully about what kind of weapon you want to have when you're being shot at.

Trap: I left that out on purpose, do not add it in. I said this to Sage in a PM so I'll repeat it here: All the characters have basically the same backstory, the only thing you could add to it is how they feel about their situation/life. You can make that apparent through IC posts, there's no need to describe it.

Ispep: It's... awkward and impractical. I guess you could with the technology of the world, but you wouldn't be allowed to. Part of Ascendant philosophy is a detachment from your body. It wouldn't make much sense for one to modify theirs at all, let alone in such an extreme way.

Living in the Town of Arryn

Oh god damn it.

I took too like to write my post and Ghost ninja'd me.

Living in the Town of Arryn

Will sat through a short, uninformative public meeting, and was made to leave for the more useful private council meeting. At least, he hoped it would be more useful. It may be the case that they sent the public away to hide their ignorance on the matter. It irked him a little that the council and the "elders" had members to whom he could easily have been a great great grandparent. Of course... it also had members who made him look just as young.

But now he must brave the sun again. He put his hood up and walked out the door, ahead of a lot of the group, as he had been hanging at the back of the room. He was already up at this ungodly hour of the day, and figured he may as well join in on the gossip so he didn't get it all late after the sun set. He walked up alongside Jenna Silvers as she left.
"Miss Silvers," he greeted in a friendly tone of voice, "How are you this," he smirked as he pulled his hood further over his face, "Fine day."

He spared a glance and half smile for Rose. She troubled him some, and he was never sure why.

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Sage: This is not an anime high school RP. If your character, a member of this country's military/governing body was caught repeatedly breaking the law he wouldn't get detention. He would be arrested, and possibly discharged. The discharge would probably bring ostracism within Spire City at least, and it's possible he'd have to leave the Protectorate altogether to escape from the stigma against him.

I'm fine with a character having a dislike for the system they were brought up in, and rebelling against it in small ways(rejecting philosophy and uniform etc) but open rebellion and breaking the Consortium's laws would carry more stiff penalties than you seem to think. Again, your character is not in high school, he is a member of this world's military. Your post and your character's actions just aren't in keeping with the themes and mood of this RP.
And smoking in a Consortium facility is a sure fire way to get caught and suffer all those consequences I just mentioned. It's not like there's nobody else there.
And don't link things in your posts. It interrupts the narrative.

Everyone: I am making a slight addition to the CS, there will now be a long range weapon and a melee weapon as well. Because when I said just one weapon, a lot of people chose melee weapons, and, well, your enemies might have guns. If your character prefers fighting close up that's just awesome, but if that's the only way they can fight they will die.
EDIT: Let's say a close and a long range, both could be guns if you like.

Most of the Monks: We'll skip past this for now since what's done is done, but the most likely way for your superiors to get a hold of you would be through the Monks' collective meditation. I suppose Cade would be an exception, since he refuses to participate.