HylianRose

Project Olympia 2.0

Dr. Rohrbach stood, silently watching the computer monitor as numbers blipped past him. He was running a simulation for the task at hand, hoping that what he was preparing would help them get a handle on the powers they now possessed, considering they were still relatively new to all of it.

By now Finn Rohrbach's stomach had learned not to bother him with silly rumbling when he was working but the picture frame on his desk reminded him of her.

Finn, you know you really should eat. Your work won't get done if you pass out on the floor, you know. Besides, is my coking really that bad?

He could smell the warmth of the pancakes now and a smile rose to his face. He looked over to his assistant, who he'd honestly forgotten the name of, and nodded as if to say, "Your turn to stare at the machine for no apparent reason." The young man in the lab coat, who seemed to be rather new, gave Dr. Rohrbach a confused look before his eyes lit up as he realized what the strange professor wanted him to do. He took a seat at Rohrbach's desk as the professor made his way to the kitchen.

The others should be checking in soon if Finn remembered correctly. He looked down at his watch and smiled. Yes, it was just after dinner and the group should be piling in soon for the afternoon's training. He took to making himself a sandwich, using whatever odds and ends he could find in the kitchen, meticulously avoiding the hazardous materials strewn throughout the white tiled room.

His lab coat was spotless, just as he liked it but as soon as he began putting his sandwich together, a touch of ketchup landed its way onto the absentminded scientist's coat.

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The day was winding down for Straider University with the last few afternoon classes wrapping up. Most of the students Rohrbach found did not have evening classes, as he had planned, and were asked to come to his lab across from the apartments where they were to now stay. Every afternoon, once dinner was over with at the dining hall, the students made their way to the lab for training. It's only been about a week since they first encountered their powers and many of them are still apprehensive towards everything Rohrbach had done to them but for the most part, all were in agreement that saving the world would feel pretty damn good. Well, maybe not saving the world... but saving people would feel good, right?

Penelope herself was on her way back from the library. She'd eaten a small dinner and then head off there to work on a paper before heading over to the lab. She had to admit it was rather ironic that her powers were probably the most destructive towards literature. Maybe it was a sign.

"Nah. I'll be a writer even if I have to slap a few bitches to get it done." She told herself proudly. Though, there was still a small sliver of doubt at the back of her mind that nagged at her.

Regardless, as she passed by the smaller tennis courts, she found herself at Rohrbach's lab. She sighed and pulled out a smoke. Leaning against the wall, she lit it with her powers, trying very hard to both keep them in check and keep them hidden. It was so much easier than trying to pull out a lighter plus it had the added benefit of letting her practice her powers a bit. And so, Penelope leaned against the outside of the building, huffing and puffing for a the few extra minutes she had to herself before the others would inevitably arrive.

Project Olympia

Sorry guys! We're actually all full and about to get started in the next few days with IC. Thank you very much for your interest, however!

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I'm out a computer for a few more days...

@FantasyChic

That's lame.

Oryx (@Onarax) I noticed you put on the pad you wanted a reroll? Is that still true? If so, I already have one randomized for you. Just let me know and I'll post it up for you.

Athalia Academy Season Four: Back on Track (Freaking Finally, amirite?)

Busy week! I'm gonna be off taking AP Exams until this Friday (and take the last AP exam the next week), but I'll try to make posts to not put things in a standstill!

@NarayanK

I'll probably be slowish until Wed. But after that, I'm free as a bird. :P

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I guess just let me know when this is figured out. As I said I am not picky. If anyone wants to room with Prudence, let me know.

Also are majors here open-ended or are they specific? Just wondering. I have Prudence as an Art Major.

@FantasyChic

Sorry for the double post, but it's easier. Yes, they are open ended.

If you want to talk to me about planning stuff, move to the pad. It's much easier and more fluid to talk there than here when planning.

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@HylianRose

Well, fortunately I'm officially in summer so I have a lot more time to work on things like this right now. I will say that the Athalia map probably isn't a fair comparison, because for a long time I couldn't proceed until other people gave me information on their nations/cities/etc., but I see your point. Also I'm a lot more experienced at floorplans, as I've done many (as opposed to zero maps prior to the Athalia map). But if it's one floorplan you can probably just go with what you've got and I can just do whatever to add additional fluff later.

@Driving Park

Oh well... Hmm...

My only problem is that, as you said it's probable that none of these people have meet prior to the experiment. But... people can chose which sort of living arrangement they'd want. So... I'd be more than happy to let you work on housing situations such as possible floor plans and letting people choose. Penelope will probably want either a two person arrangement or three.

But it's also important to remember that housing will be completely paid for by Rohrbach for the students. They only have to pay tuition and meal plans. That's it. He's got everything else covered. So it'll just depend on what rooms are available in the apartment and what we want (because we can make it work but once it's set, it's set in stone).

Also, the RA will only be for when you get locked outside, when there is a dispute, when there's a maintenance issue, and/or if anything else happens, like burglary. Essentially, they want someone there that will report to the school.

But if everyone is strongly against having an RA in the building, it doesn't particularly matter to me.

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Made the other edits. As far as the powers:

Negative Space basically has the user make a field around them in which other powers don't work. The larger the field the more tiring it can be for the user. So basically if Gō was fighting someone with powers, he could make a small space to bring his opponent down to normal essentially, obviously for perps with guns and stuff this power isn't really all that effective, but it lets him fight well against people who overly rely on their powers. For the sake of balance of though, someone with insanely strong powers would probably be difficult to completely negate.

Feral form works as well, I mainly chose the name demonic because I envisioned it looking demonic in appearance. The power would be tied to how exhausted the user got, so in a typical situation involving a lot of movement and stuff it could probably last for like 10 minutes or so, but that would go down when he takes damage. As it leaves the user exhausted after use it really doesn't lend itself for rapid switches. The transformation itself would be pretty quick. Basically the idea is for a quick, temporary surge in power to deal with difficult situations, afterwards the user would be pretty vulnerable.

@Onarax

Alright. Yes to both. I'll put them in the pool and get you a random power here in a bit.

@Driving Park

I would put you on Apartment detail, but are you actually going to finish it in a timely manner? (And I do not mean that in a negative way at all.) I just know you and I also know that Athalia's map has been a work in progress for a while now. But if you want to work on some floor plans and make a blurb for the apartment complex on the etherpad so I can post it up for everyone, I'd love that. I've just known you for too long to know that it might take you a while to do.

And personally... different floor plans kind of makes my head explode so I went with simple. But if you want to handle all of the apartment planning, I'll help out best I can.

(This is why I like talking things out in the pad, I don't get left behind and my posts don't become irrelevant anymore)

Edit: Rohrbach would have given the basics of the basics... like...

Rohrbach: I need a building for my participants to live in when my experiment starts a few years from now.
School: Okay, what do you want?
Rohrbach: -looks at possible choices- -gets irritated with how many there are- Just give me like... 12 rooms of this. -points at random floor plan-
School: Uhh... okay.

Edit Edit: You should probably put your character's major in their other section if it's not laid out in their CS. :P

Project Olympia 2.0

Warning, very rough sketches...

Layout

And then each room's general layout...

Rooms

...Does it look okay? Anyone is welcome to take a stab and creating something better, I will not be insulted in the least. I'm lazy and have never lived in an apartment.

Also be mindful that though it is labeled an apartment, it's still owned by the college, so an RA will also be living there. Which... I need to make a CS for... Lel.

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I actually have something else we'll need to figure out before starting up IC.

Who is living with who?

Rohrbach made arrangements that all participants be moved to the apartment complex just outside his lab for easy access to the students should anything go wrong (he lives at the lab). So... It's co-ed and but males can't room with females, but they can be on the same hallway.

Apartment Complex

The center door there leads to an entry way with a staircase that leads to upper floors. The 'dorm' mom/RA (Resident Assistant) (as this is still considered a dorm) lives on the first floor next to the Lobby/Lounge area (with a TV and game systems) and the Laundry room. There are 3 rooms on either side and they can each fit two people to a room.

Actually, I'll draw out a map here in a bit. For now, work on getting paired up for rooms. Otherwise, I'll randomize those too. :P

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@Onarax Other than what I've told you, there are a few others things.

1) Third Eye is great. I'll put that onto the list for you.
2) Tell me what application you see for Negative Space and I'll decide from there whether or not to include it. It seems like it could lead to some metagaming which is why I want to see how you would apply it should your character get it. (or other future characters for that matter.)
3) Tell me more about this Demonic Form. Could we call it Feral Form instead? Demonic tends to imply that there is a possession when that really isn't the case. How long can they stay in the form? How long does it take to go between forms? How long of a cool down does the power have?

Like say... Could he transform into about 1 minutes time and then have to wait 5-10 minutes before being able to shift back, which would also take about 1 minute?