Lonewolf685

God's Shattering [Concluded]

@Lonewolf685 Well, one of my questions I still have is why Monkey is in any way shape or form necessary for the plot to continue, necessitating the trapping of her in order to keep the plot moving. Presuming she had escaped, via some clever trick rather than raw power, what exactly would that have messed up?

@The 42nd Gecko

Because if she escaped without Alex, she would be isolated from everything going on and require us to find some new way to make her relevant for the plot. You yourself said you wanted to get in on Alex's heist because it was the most interesting. If you ran now, then you'd miss out on it.

And yes, before you ask, it is still somewhat feasible she meets with Si's group after escaping-though I'm not too clear the path for them myself-, but that is an extra series of events that would need to be conceived rather then remain in the plot line where she is.

The understanding that there would have been a time skip for Alex to work things out came from two sources. The first was that due to the length of time that he had been away on his side trip with Tori (IC time, not OOC time, It was hardly a weekend jaunt), he would need to take stock of the city and actually locate something to go heist like the supply shipment that had been the initial target as we discussed.

The other source was the mere fact that even if he had had a target in mind on returning to the Capital, he hadn't had the time to plan anything because Zealot showed up almost immediately upon him getting back, So he'd need a bit to come up with an initial plan for how the heist would work, even if it fell apart later. After that, potentially collect some supplies, though that probably could have been cut out without any real problems.

Otherwise I guess there could have just been one big cut to the heist with all that offscreen, but it wouldn't exactly help the time issues involved.

@Flamelord

He could have had the heist planned out before he left on the Arcadia trip and just went to carry it out in a rush. Have supplies stashed elsewhere to carry out his plan.

God's Shattering [Concluded]

I can understand your frustration and it isn't undue. Things were done without informing you as everyone is reacting to everything the best they can. So we do not understand where you are drawing this assumption that there would be a time skip for Alex. The prevailing assumption among the GMs was that Alex's heist would come immediately following his encounter with Stark, as providing a time skip for one player when everyone else is ready to go wouldn't be fair to the others. What frustration, if any, is from us thinking that Alex was prepared for this to happen. This was something we thought was tacitly understood between us, but as you have clarified, it would not be so.

I had hoped it came across in my post that I was not naming one party as the sole cause of all our woes, but alas that was a failing on my part. And yes, the hypocrisy of a lack of communication is disgustingly apparent, but there is nothing more to be done then doing better in the future.

So I'm still of the opinion that you, gecko, Windel, and KoL need to get together to hash out some plans, but I hope we've cleared some things up now.

God's Shattering [Concluded]

It's not, but i'd been silent and wanted to lay out my views. Thank you for your consideration, Gecko.

God's Shattering [Concluded]

@Flamelord@TheWindel​ @The 42nd Gecko

After finding my efforts to remain distant proved fruitless, it's time to step in with an assessment of the present situation before us. Take this with the calm, neutral air that I dictate it with;

@Flamelord, I do apologize for unjustly leveling all fault upon for not posting. This was not a matter of your inactivity, and for that I was wrong to accuse you of. However, neither you nor Windel are free of fault in this matter. While Windel choice to post for all of his characters in one large post may have hamstrung you, there is no reason beyond a lack of initiative that you could not have approached him and simply asked for Windel to post for Stark. By his account you have not discussed this in any PM and I have no recollection of any raised hands in the OOC. To be frank, if at any point you had suggested a collab with Windel, Alex could have wrapped up his affairs with Stark and been free to move on to his heist in the course of an afternoon, two months ago.

@TheWindel, while I do believe that Flame should have raised his concerns with you, we both know for a fact that your long history with Flamelord should have been basis enough to understand he would require prodding to suss out any concerns left unspoken. You have 1x1 RPs that operate with lightning speed so by all accounts you could do the same in Shattering with Alex's story line now that it is running parallel to every other grouping of RPers. None of us have any right to question the decision to post your characters all at once; It's convenient and orderly while maintaining a good post order, but as people are shifting into their own time frames for posting it would be best for Shattering if you would consider posting for characters as soon as conveniently available rather then when ​all​ characters are available to reply.

As in most cases, a lack of communication bedevils us, and only dialogue can amend the issues at hand.

@The 42nd Gecko. To be frank and forthwith, having a character capable of turning into literal light is infinitely more threatening then anything magical. That would carry the implication that Meihou could ​move​ at the speed of light, which would make her rather impossible to capture, combat, or evade in any reasonable scenario. For the sake of all the GMs sanity, please refrain from having Meihou assume a form that is pure energy. Become a rock, a harpy, a fire breathing dragon, but once you assume a form that for all intents and purposes should scatter you across the atmosphere in a fraction of an instant, things get sketchy, scientific or otherwise.

I'd rather not continue that line of discussion, as it leads to madness on both sides and I lack the scientific aptitude of @KoL to keep up for long. The general consensus is that we don't want to have to force a defined set of guidelines on a broad power like Meihou's, but when the borders of reason are pushed, they will snap back unless softened with sufficient reason, cause, and rational discourse. It just so happens that you appear to have a predilection for leaps of logic not readily acceptable for other parties.

Regardless, Gecko, since it is apparent that you wish to join Alex's heist plotline and Flamelord is welcoming your company, it behooves me to suggest that the both of you consult with Windel and KoL on doing a collaborative post to find an outcome satisfactory to all. Assuming this is achieved, then I would recommend that you post at your own speed for the characters involved, which would require the other GMs to agree for a pardon from the post limits if you were so inclined to post multiple times a day to make up for lost time and get the heist into full gear.

Is this satisfactory to all parties?

God's Shattering [Concluded]

And to be fair, we have given Flame several months to get his heist mission into motion with only his interactions with Stark to show for it.

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

I'll post either Wednesday or Friday.

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

On the one hand Broker is right. On the other hand she also decided to become a mole without telling any of the people she would be serving as a mole for beforehand, throwing the legitimacy of her claims and any information she might send into doubt.

Coincidentally, is there a cooldown timer or a lock on faction jumping in DGO? I would assume so, since merely having to check off a box to change your faction allegiance seems pretty easy to abuse otherwise, but I don't see anything about it on the OP.

@Flamelord

Oh most certainly. Whether Dark Wraith believes anything is up to her, and if she chooses to disregard Broker, then Broker is perfectly content to do things her own way without the Eraser.

I imagine it was because Broker had gotten a faction invite from a ranking officer in the Ivory Masks, IE Eclipse Princess, that this worked so smoothly.

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

Broker Of Fortune

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That Nova was smart enough to try and mask his approach with flung fragmentation grenades was a laudable effort, Broker had to question both his sanity and explosive capacity if he thought to cross 400 feet of ground through the Ivory Mask lines in order to close in on the tank. If the roles were reversed she'd have been using that tactic to retreat rather then advance...though if the roles were reversed, she would actually be defending the gates so none of this could have escalated so far.

If I only went to the damn Festival, this wouldn't have needed to happen. She lamented for all the good it would do, in other words, none.

Yet she would find herself pausing in the act of demolishing what paltry cover Blue Nova sought shelter behind when a startling display of unfathomable pyrotechnics rained down on upon the Ivory Masks that had breached the Blue City's gates. Given her position was off the mark, she had the luxury of watching it pound the earth into a shrapnel laden ruin from a safe distance. The cause of this would likely be a mystery to most of DGO for some time, though the ensuing message Broker of Fortune received dispelled any air of mystery.

To: Dark Wraith
From: Broker of Fortune

You know, if you happened to be omniscient before this point, it really could have come in handy corralling idiots onto their proper battlements -_-

You want an explanation? You really want an explanation? 'Cause I've had one helluva day and so far watching you bomb the Blue City doesn't hold a candle to the resurrection of Corpse Collector or a computer program posing as a player trying to mind rape me like he did Maribel!

That's a tip off, by the way. Mole's in enemy camps tend to provide them, and the first one is free.

Now for the love of god stop bombing the Blue City. I've got to loot what resources I can and it would really help if it wasn't all bombed in non-existence. Eclipse Princess is tied up here and White Sun hasn't logged in yet, according to the guild registry, so maybe bombing the Green army over by the Harley's might prove more useful. Just a thought.

P.S. STAY AWAY FROM BLUE JOKER!

P.P.S. C.C. is reeeaaaaaaaaal pissed off. Might want to tell Moon Rider to watch her neck out there.

The message may have been a bit...passive aggressive, but Broker felt a little entitled to be pissy with people when DGO was getting turned on its head.

"Now to deal with last of the Bruisers here." With a crank of a lever, the King Tiger cycled to an alternate ammunition and was soon aligned with Blue Nova's hiding spot. It fired and released the canister round within, perforating Blue Nova's direction with an expanding cone of ball bearings at high velocity. "Napoleon, eat your heart out!"

@Lucius Cypher@KoL@Lord of Evil

Deep Ground Online (Hiatus)

i'll be posting on Friday.

God's Shattering [Concluded]

That is a new one. I don't think the words 'We are waiting on Windel' have ever needed to be uttered.