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Current Now running: World of Light: The Tale of the Dark Itself
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Forever and ever, amen
8 mos ago
Calling out from Scatman's world
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11 mos ago
Called into action - by threats that seem harmonized
1 yr ago
Tomorrow comes

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Current GM of World of Light. When it comes to writing, there's nothing I love more than imagination, engagement, and commitment. I'm always open to talk, suggestion, criticism, and collaboration. While I try to be as obliging, helpful, and courteous as possible, I have very little sympathy for ghosts, and anyone who'd like to string me along. Straightforwardness is all I ask for.

Looking for more personal details? I'm just some dude from the American south; software development is my job but games, writing, and trying to help others enjoy life are my passions. Been RPing for over a decade, starting waaaay back with humble beginnings on the Spore forum, so I know a thing or two, though I won't pretend to be an expert. If you're down for some fun, let's make something spectacular together.

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It be getting a sequel cause it's been so successful.

If you have any plot ideas please let us know.


Wow, I guess this went pretty quickly. A sequel with a new thread and everything? Most RPs, even successful ones, seem like they got a lot more mileage than this one. And we have a lot of players already; I'm not sure what making a new thread would accomplish.

I'd be happy to help with plot ideas. I'll, uh, see what I can do. Something more character-intensive, a little slower-paced, that lets us establish our various characters more. I have a couple of ideas about how Aforgomon could help accomplish this.
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if you want to now sure, or you could wait till chapter 2


Chapter two? This two-week-old RP is already getting a sequel? Or is it another section of this RP, I wonder? I'm even more confused by this than by Gojira's chestbeefers. Believe it or not that's the first time I've ever said that, actually.
Question though. Should Gamera be a god/goddess or a child like Gojira? @Cuccoruler


Gojira's a child?! That's not the impression I got from her humongous chestbeefers. At least as a monstrous primal being she doesn't count as jailbait, right?

Man, everyone else is making loads of characters. I should hop on that bandwagon. Make something more personal than Aforgomon who can interact with the more normal characters.
The fact that the announcement of female Thor was first made on The View shows a lot about how Marvel cares about sensible stuff like that, Snow.
Look what I found during the time I was looking for anime pictures for my character. XD


oh no
Otomos, I just noticed your new character.

Lady Maria? I'm a robin. Will I ever curl up and become an egg?
Fleo Plector – Phoenix Wing Hotel

@Burthstone


After the games, Fleo returned along with a few of the other Phoenix Wing members to the hotel. A great many went out for dinner or to see the city, but the dusty woman felt inexplicably tired. Unbeknownst to her, she arrived a quarter-hour too late to witness the escape of the Mystic Beasts, not that she'd been told about them. Sinking down into a chair in the lobby, she happened to catch one of the quieter and lesser-seen members of Phoenix Wing wandering in as well: Reese Blanc. Fleo waved and greeted him, who proceeded to skip on over and join her at her table. A conversation of utmost seriousness involving the specifics of making and tasting a great variety of candies ensued. The pair covered lollipops, jawbreakers, truffles, macaroons, brittle, marshmallows, taffies, mints, chocolate-coated fruits, jellies, candy canes, sours, and more. Gradually, however, Reese's attention drifted, and after a hurried goodbye the Candy Mage sped off.

Fleo did not find herself deprived of company for long. The hotel door creaked open and a hooded head poked out, though its owner removed said raiment in short order. Fleo did not at all recognize Luna, but could make out the tones of someone experiencing emotional strain easily enough. Obliged to help the girl, Fleo pulled out the seat formerly occupied by Reese, and called out, ”Hey, yeah, I'm a Phoenix Winger. You want to talk? Sure, come on over, sit down. I love chatting.” She waited for Luna to come over, and both women seated themselves. ”What's on your mind, sister?”

Jillian Suede – Frenzy Camp Center

@Caits


Jillian blinked a few times. She had not expected Gabriel to refuse her. Placing her hands on her hips, where they sank slightly into her doughy love-handles, she thought for a moment before remarking, ”Ya think ya gonna hurt someone jus' 'cause ya don' know how to dance? Sweetie, look around.” She tilted her head at Kumbha, whose interpretation of dance looked oddly like some rustic form of exercise, and at Xyster, who evidently thought that whirling her limbs around like helicopter blades constituted some form of tango. ”D'you see anyone who really knows how to dance, anywhere? We're all just goofin' off, happy to be alive. Really, give it a try. It's fer ya own good. An' ya might even like it.” She sidled another step closer to him, trying to convince Gabe that comradeship was an open door; he need only walk inside.

Chester Graham – Frenzy Camp Center

@oblivion666


Chester gave a sagely nod at Ike's response, and pulled at his whiskers. ”I don't blame you. It's askin' a bit much to expect someone in your shoes to get all happy-like just because we've been doin' pretty well in the Games. Maybe you should go and rest. Or drink. Or both!” He seemed surprised when Riona appeared, and requested a dance with him, of all people. As far as dudes went, Chester was pretty standard fare; finding an a energetic, good-looking gal like Riona asking him to dance was weird but not at all unwelcome. Smiling like an idiot, he allowed the strong-willed woman to drag him away, and when the next song began he performed some perfectly adequate, simple but stylish moves he'd picked up from parties back with the Rune Knights.

Nero the Genie – Crocus Outside Arena

@liferusher@oblivion666@lmpkio


By a stroke of pure luck, Nero happened to spot a familiar figure squeezed between two women as they exited some sort of high-brow clothing store. Heart soaring to see his young companion again, and to put to rest his fears that he'd abandoned to the wolves his only friend, the Genie executed a mad dash toward Ayame. He skidded to a halt only a few feet away, his purple cloak billowing and his platinum-blond hair all askew. Beaming like a brilliant star, he held his arms wide! “Aya! It's been, like, an hour! Are ya alright? What a brave little dearie ya are, survivin' out on your own! C'mere!” The young girl received a scrawny hug. Nero eyed her new piece of clothing. ”Hm? Didja want something new to wear? Ya know I can make whatever clothes ya want, right. Coulda sworn ya were 'a-wear' of it! Nyeheheheh!”

Next, he turned an eye to the two women that had seemingly accompanied Ayame, given their continued interest in her. Clearly they were no passers-by. On second look, the dark mage found that he recognized both. Pointing a finger at each in turn, he exclaimed, ”Hey, its the celebrities! Miss Rekt-By-A-Librarian Hardt, and Soon-to-be-Saggy Sayatachi! Say, didja ever seduce that Nolan kid? Guessing not. Eff wye eye, I'm pretty sure he doesn't like girls in any sense of the word. Nyeheh! Didja two take care of Ayame while I was off doin' business? You're 'two' kind. Any wishes ya might have, I can grant 'em, as thanks for watchin' out for my bestie while we were separated.” He rubbed Ayame's head affectionately, despite knowing that she didn't particularly care for the gesture. Evidently, being annoying was second-nature to Nero.
Like a gracious dance partner, Aforgomon relaxed to allow Thalios to take the leader. Choosing to contrast the starkly immense solution brought into this realm by Aforgomon, the nightmare god pursued an answer to the murderous invaders far, far tinier. When Thalios began to put his plan in motion, Aforgomon extended its own powers of realization to aid him. The virus, when cobbled together from the suppressed nightmares of the Urtoks, received a muted respect from the Great One. No living thing, however majestic and powerful, lay beyond the vile clutches of sickness. Aforgomon instinctively knew that to manifest completely in any one dimension was to risk awful demise by that world’s plagues, to which it held a certain susceptibility. In this case, the shambler was indeed playing with fire.

In frighteningly little time, the repugnant disease had been recreated and released among the aliens to wreak havoc. As the plague scoured all life from the space station, Aforgomon bowed its head. Most keenly, it despised itself for having to destroy all that its kin Amgarrack held dear. If only they had so been so stupid and bloodthirsty! Still, the thought of the betrayal that Amgarrack would almost certainly feel stung the Great One deeply. It committed to memory the Urtoks, pondering the nature of making and unmaking.

Shortly thereafter, a small, white shape could be seen approaching the two floating beings slowly but surely. On closer sensory inspection, it proved to be a squirrel in a bizarre space suit, bearing in its paws a message for each of them. With transparent digits Aforgomon took the paper, brushing its fingers across the surface like a blind man. Anything with a consciousness in five hundred meters would suddenly realize the young gods may redeem themselves yet for their beastly idiocy. Knowing that a final expenditure of effort lay in its inevitable path, the Great One accepted the artifact’s teleportation, and vanished in a radiant shower of light into the underworld to await the arrival of the band of children who would be its allies. All Landon might see was a flash of light followed by a residual form, outlined and indistinct against the underworld's infinite dark.
Here's a trailer for Adamah. Let me know what you think!

Shout of Earth

A crisp layer of frost, not unheard of in early spring, blanketed the dappled green and yellow grass. Every tree, though fringed with new leaves at the prospect of coming warmth and sun, had fallen silent and still. Freezing rain had fallen the night before, covering all of nature in an icy glaze. Very little of it seemed real, so idyllic were the crystalline ice the brilliant white, except for the frost that had been turned red by blood.

In the middle of the expanse, among the thinly-scattered trees, a giant shape heaved. Around him lay two bodies, one an ungainly heap swaddled in brilliant crimson silks and a dying fire, the other flat on his back and trying in vain to keep his life from leaking any farther into the frigid valley air. The scene would have seemed like a quiet tragedy if not for the hideous blackness that marred the pale landscape. Be it with black or white, nature would soon claim the lives of the fallen, unless the kneeling titan could seize the moments that remained.

He knew it, too. Teeth bared like an animal, the giant rose to his feet, pulling a massive club from the ground and resting it on his shoulder. Out from between the trees, the hungry wolves raced, accepting the challenge. As one they leaped, deadly claws extended, their large prey seconds away from becoming a large corpse.

Then the titan’s club flew in from the side and careened into all three at once, shattering their bones and sending the ragged black pelts that remained away into the trees.

He leaped forward, detaching the handle from his club as he did. With colossal strength he threw the pillar portion down, crushing one snarling beowolf beneath its weight. Then its friends joined in, coming from every angle. The giant lashed out again and again, in every direction, with his the pipelike handle, battering skulls and breaking limbs to the tune of metallic konks. When a wolf sprang at him from behind, it did not escape his notice, and with his foot he flipped up the club head to catch his assailant in the air. Stunned, it stumbled back, and the giant kicked the now-upright club head straight at it to plow the beowolf over.

His eyes burned to see two beowolves looming, predatory, over the bodies of his fallen comrades, and he held out a hand. With an indigo force they were sucked toward him, and he jumped forward with a roundhouse kick that bent one over, followed by a sidekick to the other one’s chest. Before either could back away, he grabbed the first wolf by the next and jumped, falling on his rear but slamming the beast into the frosted earth with enough raw power to embed it in the hard soil. When the other landed on him as he was getting up, he threw himself backward, slamming the helpless Grimm beneath his bulk into the ground. Rolling backward onto his feet, he stepped forward to knock a fresh beowolf sideways, then crush it down with his show when it tried to rise. Another pair attacked, their claws raking off his aura. Grinning darkly, the giant whipped around in a massive hook punch to separate them before he treated both to a brutal clobbering, alternating between one and the other with surprising speed and accuracy before hopping upward and delivering a dropkick, one leg for each, that sent them tumbling away.

For a moment, all was quiet. Then the sound of a great one’s footsteps echoed through the silver silence.

The giant had known better than to let down his guard. He thundered forward to grab the club head and reattach it before turning around to see an improbably enormous creep. Truly a magnificent representative of its species, this creep stood at the height of an Ursa Major, covered in enough bone plates and spikes to make it seem like a bizarre, bipedal mech. This ancient monster stepped over the bodies of the giant’s dying comrades, seemingly intent on the battle. Willing to oblige, the human took off running toward it, raising the club overhead for a huge smash. Faster than the giant could correct himself, the creep span around, slapping him with its heavy tail. The sheer force lay him out sideways, sprawled on the bitterly cold white, and the creep rumbled forward to crush him beneath its clawed foot. Seeing this, the giant gathered himself into a ball before kicking out with both legs directly upward.

For a moment the beast was stunned, trying to stave off the death sentence that was falling down. Despite his cumbersome size and weight, the giant executed a passable ukemi, and brought his great club into batting position. Before the creep could fully regain its balance, the man swung his weapon, pulling the switch at its base at the same time. "Rrragh!" Metal hit flesh with a resounding crack; a sound and feeling that could make even bystanders wince. Roaring, the creep shot several hundred feet straight upward, the force the impact shattering the icy glaze on every tree nearby. The giant replaced the club on his shoulder and shaded his eyes as he watched the Grimm fly, but at the tip of its flight he reached down for his belt and withdrew a remote. One button press later, and the airborne creep exploded violently, showering the frozen forest with smoking chunks and bits of rock.

After one more second of watching, he hurried to his allies, placing the weapon in a crude harness on his back. ”Alright, alright. Here, I’ve gotcha. We’ll be back in town in no time.” Carrying both at once, he rushed off into the trees, leaving behind a cap emblazoned with three towers sitting in the snow. ”Hey,” his voice filtered through the crisp air. ”I hope one of youse still conscious. That was a hell of a shot—a hell of a shot.”
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Yes, let's trust the psychotic vigilante with family problems that make the Jackson 5 look stable by comparison.


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