Lonewolf685

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Considering the length, the collab looks fine as it is.

War Notes

I'll post Friday.

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Psht, the Emperor is the Omnisiah, silly bby. The Man Emperor of Machines.

@Lucius Cypher

That sounds an awful lot like Tech Priest heresy to me.

Please report yourself to the nearest Ordos Hereticu Inquisitor for questioning :3

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@Spiffy if you know the Warhammer 40k verse, the Machina is basically the Imperium of Man if the God Emperor was still alive and actively involved in his empire.

@Lucius Cypher

And if the God Emperor went Omnisiah on there asses as well. Apedtus Mechanicus for the win.

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@GarlandDaHero

I'm just going to plop down an existing CS right here see what anyone thinks in relation the the work in progress.

I'm more amused then anything how similar concepts for characters keep popping up out of the blue :3

Frog

"It's not easy being green..."

Name: Kermit Homicide

Title: The Frog

Age: Older than 15, for sure.

Gender: Male

Allegiance: Hell

Race: Frog-Puppet-turned-Demonic-Creature

Height: About 2'11", to estimate roughly.

Personality: Insane would be an understatement for the Frog, as he has some sort of system to his attacks. People who've met the frog have seen him as the most kindhearted individual, always wanting to see the smiles on the faces of others. Those who have fought the frog know that his fighting style is chaotic, destructive, and all around increasingly deadly the longer it goes on. The Frog has a bitter resentment of humankind, and will happily try and throw down against angels if he gets the chance, but will be more than happy to put on a show if requested by a child... or maybe an idiot.

History

Commonly airing on the children's television shows for Hyperion, Kermit was a popular star for kids and dumb robots to learn from and look up to. A lot of people came to the conclusion that he was a very good role model for kids, and everyone loved the idea of him helping people find out how many letters are in the alphabet, what to do at various traffic signs, and all around be a good sport in life. The market realized this was a goldmine for products, and many Kermit puppets were made for retail sales. One of these toys was picked up by a soldier whose robotic daughter was one of the biggest fans imaginable. She loved the frog character, and it was always fun to have a bedtime story read to you by your favorite frog.

The puppet was packed away once the daughter grew out of the phase where she liked Kermit, eventually leading to the next time the frog was picked up being about 15 years later, where the daughter was throwing a party and a few of the attendees found the frog in a box of stuff that people could just take. These attendees were not fun guys, as they took the puppet outside into the backyard and began to do unthinkable things to it. Some were rather tame and could be treated with a wash, like how one guy pulled down his pants and urinated on the puppet, while other were a bit more... not-so-washable. The memory of necking will never leave the frog's mind. After the party was over, the frog was found in the backyard 2 days later, covered in various liquids aside from urine. The daughter was disgusted by this, and she had the natural realization to throw the puppet away in the dumpster, which was hauled off by a garbage collector later that day.

As the puppet was discarded in the dump, a strange looking man walked up to the small puppet, lifting it up with his hand and holding it. Disgusted when he realized the state the toy was in, the man threw it back onto the ground, covering the toy in more grime and gunk. It was at this point where the frog became... sentient, to some extent. The puppet left the dump that morning, and the police had found the dead remains of a strange looking man, riddled with stab wounds and with the design of Kermit's eye etched into the back of the man's neck.

The same day, the police found the dead remains of a teenage girl, her foot cut off and with the same mark of Kermit's eye on her forearm. A man was found beside her with his hand cut off, marked the same way.

The murderer was never found.

Powers:

• Frogginess - Kermit expresses all traits shared with what he was designed after. From the voice of the actual character to even the incredible jumping ability. Some would assume his jumps would be limited by his height, but they'd be wrong.
• Showtime - Declared by saying "It's Showtime!", Kermit is able to grab the attention of anything and everything around him, which forces the person to keep their eyes on him at all times. If they look away, they are rendered froggy and must put up with having too big of a tongue for the rest of the area, which commonly gets under their legs and trips them up. Demons and people with no eyes are immune to this, unfortunately.
• Rat-a-tat - Kermit's gun has a seemingly unlimited amount of ammo as long as he can continue saying the phrase of "RATATATATATATATAT..."
• Puppeteer - If anyone dares to put on Kermit as a hand-puppet without asking, may they lose all will to fight and fall under his control.

Weapons:

• The Rainbow Cannon - An unfitting name for an AK-47 with a drum mag armed by a frog, the Cannon is actually capable of firing any sort of bullet that's loaded into the magazine, which also is able to carry any kind of bullet that's in existence. This cannot load any sort of rocket, sadly, as that would be incredibly dumb and OP, and we don't want to teach kiddies how to be OP, as it makes them snooty.

Equipment: N/A

Other: Theme of Memes

Banana

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@BCTheEntity

Sorry, my tone was crass. I do enjoy your inquiries for the same reasons as Silvan, but my nerves have been a bit frayed by other RPers elsewhere. I've grown a bit jaded from people who can raise a great many questions but not follow through, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't give you and anyone else the benefit of the doubt.

Alas I'm turning into a bit of a guard dog, and it grew a little hard to differentiate between invigorating discourse and tedium. My apologizes.

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I don't know about BC but I found the entire exchange fascinating from a scholarly point of view.

@Silvan Haven

As do I, but leaving them as purely hypothetical when they could be expounded upon IC for the enrichment of the story makes the discourse ring a bit hollow for me. Untapped potential, you know? It's the bane of every GM to see something left only written across the OOC as it slips farther and farther away from being acted out IC.

I'm almost disappointed no one considered approaching a faction leader or finding a library / database / Rufus's Private Book Stash for such a discourse. Sure, Eos is aloof, but I figured someone would want to hear the story of the world from the Gospel of Deva. Though considering the last time Rufus was in Henry's home he nearly killed his dog with a chicken nugget, I can understand not asking him. Or Lucille. Or Ira. Definitely don't ask Dana. Though asking all four together could weave an interesting tapestry...except Dana, since she knows next to nada and would still lie about all that.

But anywho, I'm fine if BC has more questions, but really like a status update as to his CS.

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Ah, I see. So in theory, could any given faction make preparations in order to try to counteract their corresponding weaknesses? For instance, could Machina units implement safeguards against corruption in their coding, or demons develop a means of limiting the effectiveness of holy powers against them, that sort of thing?

@BCTheEntity

Not really. It's a fundamental aspect, like fire being a high temperature. It's more a wasted effort, playing to your weakness rather then a strength. But I should really re-iterate that these are only minor advantages and this line of inquiry has me thinking you're trying to develop someone seeking to exploit this when that's really not a wise idea.

I figured they'd all be heavily defended, not least by their extremely powerful rulers. Not so much that they all existed within the same dimension, but I suppose it works if you can't just teleport in guns blazing. That said, would each faction have their own additional dimensions to work within too, e.g. backup realms to fall back into if for some reason their capitals are completely overrun?

Nope, there is no fall back point.

That's fair. Since you mention them, what do the Vassals represent within the setting, aside from theoretically not getting involved in the faction war past preventing those cheap shots? Looking at Juno's title, for example, I gather she has some major role in the Nexus' metaphysics, though I'm not sure what exactly. Are they all personifications of concepts within the Nexus? Are the faction leaders all Vassals themselves?

Juno has two bodies. The human shaped one people interact with, and a massive serpent who is coiled around the entire Nexus and holds it together. People got to glimpse that a few battles ago. As Windel had said the Vassals were never intended to be as prevalent as they had been so most others aren't as relevant.

I suppose that's fair. I'm not sure how that meshes with the way they're described within the OP; does it not have anything to do with the user's inherent potential for using them? And with that in mind, what about stealing them from another bearer in some way, like physically pulling the Eyes out of their skulls or something? Though even if that were possible, I can imagine it'd be extremely difficult, given that the powers themselves are a huge advantage.

Your inclination determines the color eye you receive; As in a more violent and destructive person get's Gold while a more supportive or commanding person gets Silver. As for stealing them? Can't say.

I suppose it'll be difficult to ask more questions about that for now, then... though I don't suppose we happen to know if the Vassals have any relation to the Great Danger?

As I said before, plans have been FUBARed so often we literally can not say any more on the Great Danger.

Though all of these questions are superfluous at the moment, as one has to wonder what bearing they have on your character sheet. Capital Raiding, Colored Eyes, Vassals and Capital Raiding are really irrelevant subjects for a new character. Questions are nice and all but when you have no investment in the RP it's just raising concerns as to what kind of character you have brewing.

War Notes

Well, I am not going into my whole philosophy about how a roleplay should be run since I don't think it is the time for that. However, the long and short of it is that I would prefer a smaller more dedicated group over a larger group with little attachment to the rp. I have seen a large RP work before, but that is because it had everyone in much smaller groups of 2 or 3.

Honestly, at this point I am continuing this RP not out of interest but obligation due to waning interest. And having a large cast is a part of that (The roleplay moves slower both in terms of post-cycles and pacing of the story, and the importance of each individual character is diminished for each member of the group)

@Leotamer

We appreciate you being candid with your thoughts, but what you are asking for can only be achieved if we booted players solely on the grounds of your- Self proclaimed I must intone- lack of commitment.

Looking at the breadth of your contributions, more lack there of, as well as your disinterest, the only one I'd be inclined to extricate from the RP is yourself unless the majority of players would like to stand up and echo your sentiments.

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I feel like this RP is collapsing under its own weight. There are just to many people. Back with the scouts, a single person responded to me, but there are a lot of people in the new group that replied, so is time for me to post or what? And that isn't the only problem, there is also just how many people have left.

@Leotamer

The effect of having multiple groups is to have people responding in there groups, so the time to respond was after Szeren, Regina, and Leblanc do. I was waiting on the former two before I could do mine, so we were both playing the waiting game till they had done so.

You do see the paradoxical nature of, in one breath, bemoaning that there are too many players and in the next remarking about players that have left, right? Regardless, I disagree wholeheartedly. People who weren't engaged with the RP have left- And we wish them all the best of luck- while those who still have an interest aren't bogged down waiting on posts from an inflated cast. With the exception of Tzi and Esther, every non-GM character is in action at the moment and has stuff to do, so it would seem the number of players is acceptable.

Though if Tzi wants to go be a peeping Tom and keep Esther company, even they could have something to do.