Lurking Shadow

A Galaxy Divided (Sci-Fi NRP)

I'm tentatively interested. Is this going to be free as far as plot or is there a story in mind? Either way, I'd like to get back into doing a NRP after probably at least a year. I have two partially fleshed out alien empires/factions that I have been looking for an opportunity to develop further in a RP and I might be able to fit one of them in here depending on the scope/theme you are looking for.

I have a few questions if you have answers for them.

first, any plot/story details figured out or are you thinking of more going a free for all player driven story?

second, any restrictions on empires/factions etc? human factions only? One of the alien empires I have partially fleshed out from another project is a hive mind, would that be alright?

third and related to the first, what is the focus here? Is this going to be political with all the players trying to find a way to coexist with relative peace given the variety in cultures/ideologies or the usual issues that cause strife? or, going by the arena tag, is this going to be a game of conquest on a galactic (or whatever) scale? or maybe something else?

The Greenbriar Miracles, a super power RP where you don't get to choose your powers.

@Gisk Nevertheless, I think having powers develop would be an interesting dynamic that virtually every other RP skips past. Still unsure how to go about writing it exactly, thinking something along the lines of an awkward second puberty.

The Greenbriar Miracles, a super power RP where you don't get to choose your powers.

Brian Ward

Name: Brian Ward

Appearance: Standing 5’ 10”, Brian is often seen wearing a black hoodie and green cargo pants, even in the heat of summer. He has messy dark brown hair and a decent amount of reddish-brown stubble that he hopes to develop into a beard. He can often be seen ‘zoning out’ in deep thought, just barely aware of his surroundings, and rarely smiles. Often maintaining a neutral facial expression devoid of emotion

Personality: Brian is often pretty sociable but slow to trusting others. As a result, he has many acquaintances but very few he considers a friend. Brian is naturally curious but has a hard time focusing on one thing when his interest quickly and inevitably disappears, giving him an educated idea of various topics though not necessarily the understanding of them. Lastly, Brian often acts with caution, rarely making a choice uninformed and without deliberation. He tends to be slow to come to a decision, but very stubborn in changing his mind when he does.

Likes: small groups, learning about new things, the outdoors.

Dislikes: Irresponsibility, Overly upbeat personalities, large groups (about 7 or more people), physical contact.

Hobbies: Reading, Philosophy, videogames, and thinking about nearly anything for long periods of time.

Background: Brian was always a relatively smart individual. While he did not ace every class, he always got high marks. He was decent at retaining information taught and curious enough to learn the parts he did not know, which leads him to having some understanding over many topics. Though he often used little of his curiosity on ‘useless’ knowledge like History or English. He speaks English, he knows how to read, and can usually understand words by gleaming the context of the sentence it is in, what reason is there to know Shakespeare or some other long dead writer. He managed to coast school well enough with minimal studying, a little guessing, and a healthy dose of luck. The things that really did eat up more of his time was things that were really important, at least to him. History from this century, Philosophy, ancestral culture, and the occasional thoughts on if and how time travel would be possible.

Naturally all this inward focus led to him outwardly being an outcast to many, but like many kids he felt a need to belong somewhere. So, he learned to fit in, or at least how to appear like he does. He became proficient in learning the mannerisms of various social groups such as the nerds or the artists, and was able to mimic them decently to fit in. Over the recent half of his life, he bounced from one group to another as his interests changed only having a few he was not able to bullshit his way into (the jocks for example). By his senior year, there were few people he has not spent some time with, though few he ever formed a friendship with. With Adult life nearing, there was reason to reflect on his life so far.

Owning no mastery in any skill, nor being able to maintain status in any particular group, he realized that he did not belong anywhere. He always felt an outcast and never seemed to find a place where he belonged. With Graduation looming over and his future to consider, is there anyplace for someone who fits nowhere?

Took a bit longer than I thought to commit to an idea, harder when I don't have all the information about my character in my head (with powers, being probably a very important part of the character, not being up to me) but I got something I am satisfied with after scrapping two other ideas. Might make some edits later for grammar, clarity, and such.

The Greenbriar Miracles, a super power RP where you don't get to choose your powers.

If it is not too late, I'd like to throw my hat in here. Developing powers at the beginning of the RP seems pretty interesting, not choosing them even more so (which gave me pause as while I am fine with writing outside my comfort level as I have a few favorite powers that i usually go with, I am not so sure I can write an interesting character outside of those usual few. Nevertheless I'll give it a shot and take it as a challenge to make something interesting out of it). I have a few different ideas for a character so it'll prob take me two, maybe three days to decide on one and bang out a CS.

GEARs: Silent Line [Anthro, Sci-Fi Mecha Roleplay]

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That's okay, it happens. I think at the moment things have slowed down to a crawl anyway. I've been waiting to see if any posts come up, but it's beginning to look like this is dead anyway D:

@Silverwind Blade

Still working on a collab with @redbaron1234, almost done but Red has been pretty busy with work as of late (and creatively exhausted as well I assume) So not really sure if and when we could get this thing knocked out. I've been pretty much the same as well, though I managed to find some inspiration to write after a while. Everybody has probably been stressed and distracted by the virus going on, which would naturally slow down writing as well.

That aside, hopefully we can keep this up. Been interested in seeing the story unfold and having some fun writing a more philosophical character this time round.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

The Tiberium Dawn/Red Alert remaster is actually looking pretty good so far. With a lot of the original staff at Petroglyph working on it, I'm actually feeling hope for this one. If EA ends up making good on their promise, they will upstage Activision-Blizzard.

Either way, looking forward to this in June as kid me never could get through the GDI campaign so it's up to present me to show myself how it is done.

GEARs: Silent Line [Anthro, Sci-Fi Mecha Roleplay]

sorry for my lurking recently, been busy the last two weeks with school stuff needing more time. I should have something posted in the next two to three days.

Edit: ended up working with Red again on another collab since we both were together anyway. sorry for delay, having a hard time thinking of something to write by myself, but hopefully we both should have something in another day or two

GEARs: Silent Line [Anthro, Sci-Fi Mecha Roleplay]

If you need it Silver, I'll be willing to lend a ear or offer advice. I've had to deal with my own mental issues, and some i still do, maybe it's something I've gone through as well. Feel free to PM me, or deal with it without me, whatever you prefer.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

I'm cautiously optimistic about the C&C/RA remaster. They have most of the original source code. The original devs who moved to Petroglyph after EA bought Westwood are working on it. Frank Klepacki is working on remastering the OST. Kia Huntzinger is reprising her role of EVA to remaster the lines so I can clearly hear that I am neglecting my economy and my base is under attack. Now if they can recreate the installation process, it'd be pretty sweet. EA is somehow giving me hope after the Twilight/Rivals mess.

But I suppose if they fuck that up, I still have Iron Harvest to look forward to.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Well, BFV is bad again. I finally had it. I tried, but I am not having fun with new TTK. At least SW BF2 is in a pretty decent spot so the origin launcher still lives on my computer.

That aside, 7 days to Zombie Army 4. I'm really curious if and how they will explain the zombie tanks.