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Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

That sounds like it'd be a fitting way to go. Unless I'll have Lataniva hunt down Arex, I don't have that much else to do.

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

Random opinions for those who wants them.

Duty & Punishment

… Okay, perhaps reading these while agitated due to having but a limited amount of time to review due to irl business starting soon might have been a bad idea, I was losing patience already in the second paragraph. XD

But alright. That most certainly read like a mythological tale. Not sure a mythological tale would mention itself being a mythological tale, but otherwise, yeah. It sure wasn’t as heart-quenching as it could have been had we actually been down in-person and seen our main character interact, as we saw her but on a distance, but, yeah. It probably could make an interesting play.

While being sent to Tartarus kind of qualifies as dying, is she really dead if she’s still plotting her revenge? Eh, I’ll leave those definitions to Terminal. In the end, I moderately liked it. I’m somewhat satisfied. So. Nicely done, I take it.

Pure Hearted

Um. How on Earth does slicing your sister’s throat make your heart pure? I understand that the feeling of regret somehow tainted his heart, but, how is the absence of regret pure? Is it a matter of interpretation here? Because I wouldn’t have called that pure! … … … OH, WELL!

Interestingly written. I did spend most of it confused over the above matter, but eh, details. We’ll see what Terminal thinks.

The Dragon Queen

Am currently imagining Viggo Mortensen. It fits.

… Alright. That was pretty beautiful. Now then.

I am not entirely sure having a storyteller tell the story in-universe benefited all that much. I mean, I was interested in the story-teller’s story, but each time it made a reference to the story-teller doing anything it took me out of his story somewhat. Still, it did give it a bit of a mystical feel, I suppose.

Anyways. I like this. It was a bit of tragically sweet, on par with what is expected of this labour. Nicely done.

Blessed Erubaishur

Gah. Block of text. Excuse me, I am going to be dividing this myself, before even reading.

OK, there. So. Hm. Is he truly invulnerable if he was killed by a dagger? Anyways, yeah. You sure did make that read like one of those recounts of mythological events, so that’s good, I suppose. Though, never really could enjoy those. Hah.

Eh. It was alright. Wasn’t particularly amazing or anything, it was alright. … Yeah, that’s all I have to say.

Love’s Lost Labours

Ooooh. Interesting. I like it. You constantly had me on edge, wondering, is our character the old man or the hero he’s telling about? … Turns out, you had it covered. How do you kill the invincible hero of legend? … Kill the author who makes his story, and he’ll be forever gone, of course. Nicely done. I really liked how the old man had an answer for each of the young man’s questions, it felt thought-out, regardless of what the audience thought. A proper fantastical story. Nice.

It did feel like there was an excessive amount of description at times, but eh, perhaps that’s appreciated by some. Took me a while to get through the first paragraph. But, yes. In the end, excellently done.

Tyranny

Hmmm? Well. That was curious. So, she’s raised from day one to be led by “Fate”… And the one who died at the end of the story was Fate, not her? Curious. Very curious. So in this story, Fate was some kind of supernatural being that manipulated everything for this one woman to save everything… and she just defied it, and it died? I’m… huh. Tyranny, referring to that Fate was controlling the world as its lord… heh. Curious. Yeah, that’s pretty much all I have to say.

Occasionally, I was unsure who was speaking, even though I’m pretty sure there’s only one character that actually had any lines whatsoever. I got unsure if it was she answering or he continuing here and there.

We’ll see what Terminal thinks of this curious method of attempting accomplishing the goal. But as for from me, nicely written. It was… curious.

The Stone Man

Welp. Well, that was extremely simple. He sank like a stone. Yupp.

I do question a little, about the means of death. While the character is new, you’re using a >2000 year old existing legend to kill him. Does that count as new? Does that count as invulnerable? Eh, oh well. I’ll leave those details to Terminal. Haha.

Twice upon a time

... Well. That left me momentarily speechless. Hmm, what to say…

Nicely written, for starters. The episodic format was good for keeping me invested, made me wonder where we’d head next. It was slightly jarring how several decades passed in the third sentence after the deal, felt a little fast, I wanted to hear a bit more about the initial benefits. Then again, eh. We had a lot of time to cover. How he suddenly started conquering and killing felt a bit jarring as well, but heck, he’d been at it for a while at the time. It was a bit confusing how he suddenly appeared before himself, but that’s fine. The ending was kinda sweet for being bittersweet. Oh, well.

But largely, I will say that this entry satisfied me. It gave me something for the time I invested in it. And that, I feel is the most important thing for all things. Being momentarily speechless is what should be. It’s a sign of beauty of the writing. So, to achieve that, well done.

… … … Or perhaps it was a result of that I really, really need to eat right now and I couldn’t think because I was hungry. Eh. I’m going to assume that’s not it. Anyways! Well done. Now we’ll see what Terminal thinks.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Wisp

Sheila Hopkins

Rocker Warehouse

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If they were so wary about their marks being seen, then why set up the marks? Wisp shrugged internally as she kept going, eventually ending up at the warehouse. These people seemed all to be on-edge. … It occurred to her that they may have been told “Wisp is coming”. It also occurred to her that those marks earlier may have been intended entirely for her.

… Okay. That was minutely troubling. Also, she was starting to feel cold, mostly from shivers and the feeling of being in danger. Alright, let’s check things out.

Would be excruciatingly nice if someone were to go through that door at any time, because then Wisp could perhaps slip through. A self-opening door would tip them off somewhat fierce. She’d also walk around the place and watch for any opportunities to enter without having to open a door. If that was possible, she’d love to do that first.

… And if that turned out to be impossible, she had one more trick up her sleeve.

She wouldn’t start with the pickaxe marked door. She’d pick a relatively close door and see if she could work her way there. She’d press herself against the door, ensuring she’s within one meter of all of it with stretched limbs. On the other side, she’d simply take the light pictured and then maintain the image of the closed door on both sides. Keeping it like that, she’d attempt to silently open the door and get in, the light continuing to reveal but a closed door while she tried to be exceptionally silent going in. Hopefully, if she were doing this, she wouldn’t mess up and leave the other end of the door outside her range as she slipped by the end with as little margin as possible… hopefully.

She would not try the large double doors with that strategy. Couldn’t possibly hide that one opening with her light.

Now, if that door was locked, then she’d confirm so quickly and then move on to the next door to try again. If all the doors were locked, then she’d settle for sitting down somewhere waiting for the door to open from either side. They had to leave at some point, at the very least.

If she got inside and was otherwise not ambushed in any form or way, she’d explore the insides of the building as came natural, haunting for ways to get up to that lit room.

_@Eklispe

Pokémon: Start

I should be posting in 14 hours.

Edit: *looks at amount of work left* ... *looks at clock* ... *recognizes that he's drifting asleep* ... Ya know what? Today was fairly trying. I'll keep at it tomorrow.

Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

Let's see. Showers appear to be next to the crew's quarters on the mid/crew deck. Alright.

That part likely doesn't need to be roleplayed, unless Matija wants to engage in relevant conversation.

Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

Lataniva was a little confused at Benny’s sudden turn in attitude about the freshening of air. It wasn’t a matter Lataniva was overly concerned with, but apparently, it was a matter. Hm.

She then nodded mostly about Sandra’s comments about her story and was then going to comment more, when something entered her awareness. The Dalentian paused, her eyes and face turning in that direction. Her psionics were giving her information but she knew not what to make of it.

A man. His signature. His feel. It was Dalentian, yet it was not. Nobody else would feel it unless they had similar powers, but Lataniva certainly would not miss it. Her solid control felt the unstable masses of the foreign man’s Sh’kwarr, returning to her their findings. … It was not a threat. If it wasn’t suddenly going to blow out of proportions, she was safe. His physical body could still be a threat, but psionics-wise she had it covered. That part of the deal was in her favour. However…

… What is he?

It felt Dalentian. Yet, it was warped. Twisted. Foreign. Wrong. She had never felt something alike to this, ever, and she had grown up on her homeworld. She was more experienced and accomplished a Dalentian hunter than most, yet… What? What was he? An immediate guess was that he was an alien race that simply happened to be very similar to a Dalentian, perhaps related in some form of way, but… Lataniva had never heard of any such. Granted, she wasn’t the most studious of individuals, but…

‘...’

Her gaze tracked him as he hurried along. His reaction told that he had most certainly felt her as well. Lataniva flexed her fingers, glaring. She wanted into that mind. She wanted to peel into his brain and find out all the secrets he was hiding. She wanted to unearth the mystery of this foreign object, naturally assuming he knew.

… However, quite honestly, it was none of her concern. Assuming none of them died, she’d have time to investigate the matter. And if they did, it would stop mattering. Lataniva momentarily abandoned the issue, relaxing her fingers and looking away, because she had promised herself to another activity.

‘Yes. Let’s see what methods of self-cleaning are available to us.’

She said to Sandra as the two hurried along to see what they could find.

TTL: The Final Hazard OOC

Me: "You know what? I can satisfy my urge to play a young female magician and STILL be totally weaksauce and no match for the other characters!"

Amelie, the “Lost Child”

Name: Amelie Purnell, a.k.a. the “Lost Child”.
Entity: Human, magician.
Age: 15
Genre: … Um. At least not as bad as the Warhammer Fantasy Battles universe. XD
Allineation: Clueless Dreamer Seeking Home in Nothingness

Description

A girl of Caucasian descent, she stands fairly tall for her age at 172 cm. She has blonde hair that looks more beige than any other color, which is cut perhaps shorter that a barber would recommend for a girl and it seems to find any excuse to bend in all directions given the slightest length. Despite this, her face is very child-like, always wide-eyed in worry or amazement at something, fairly smooth and her young age is clearly shown in her expression. She looks very much like a child to any other magician. Her body is slim and long, though she likes dressing in cloaks to hide her true form.

If she wants to look mage-y she wears a black little skirt with long black pantyhose to keep her legs black and hidden under, as well as a white shirt under the brown cloak. Otherwise, in public she wears typical covering sweaters and pants and such.

Biography

Amelie Purnell was raised by a single father in a world where magicians exist, specifically in Britain. They’re not overly present due to having been largely shunned by society, but one can make requests of them from Magician’s Guilds to do work and they’re also known to do battle amongst themselves for magical research and findings. Amelie wasn’t overly concerned with that matter, resolving to living an average life as an average schoolgirl and getting somewhere.

But, as a specific secret she was to keep to herself, she knew she was a magician, just like her late mother. Her father had told her so. Her mother, Josefine Purnell, was somewhat of a revolutionary who attempted and failed to break the strict rules placed on magicians of the world, her life taken in the process. Her father, Mark Purnell, pleaded her not to attempt the same life. Amelie was fine with this, magician life sounded so exceptionally dangerous. She wasn’t to attempt doing magic, for usage of magic could be sensed by other magicians.

Yet, despite this affirmation, it only took a single temper tantrum at an unimportant betrayal from her friend at school when she accidentally used her untempered magical prowess to tear a couple of books out of a bookcase, and it all had been set in motion. Her raw, untapped ability had been announced to the world, and magicians were heading in to make use of her.

Her father, also a magician apparently, instantly felt it and grabbed her to attempted fleeing with her, but was unsuccessful. Magicians feeling the sense of He attempted leading the other magicians away from her by leaving her and then shooting spells somewhere else to draw their attention, but he could not fool those attuned to magical signatures.

Minerva, the “Mirror Witch”, stepped in alongside her assistant Judith (“Soul Surgeon”), defending her from more wicked magicians. After a day of being chased and seeing her father in such pain, Amelie lamented her weakness. Minerva was content with simply letting Amelie go to return to normal life, but now Amelie was inspired, and requested being trained in the magical arts. Making sure Amelie knew there would be no going back, Minerva accepted her new pupil.

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Though, then a few months later during a battle with Penny the “Plot Portal” she was suddenly thrown into a different world without having fully completed her training, where she’s most likely going to die.

Window Dressing

A bit of a coward, a bit of a hero, mostly still a young girl who knows she has a lot to learn. Her heart is still partly her heroic mother’s who stood up to fight injustices against magician-kind… yet the other part is her cautious father’s, who looks at situations reasonably and flees if she figures she can’t do anything. She fears for her life, knowing there are dangers way above her head out there, and would much prefer to stand behind someone stronger. Yet, if push comes to shove,

Attributes

I have provided some template fillers here for you, but feel free to organize and arrange this section as you see fit and is convenient.

Skills: Negligible. Reading fairly fast. Cooking minor meals. Her ability to do math in class is above average. Underperforming somewhat in physical education. … Yeah.

Most notably, she has little experience to actual battle and her instincts are not on-point, even if her magical abilities have developed nicely. She might freak out in the face of danger.

Abilities: Redirect Orbs: In a surge of inspiration, Amelie focused her magical powers on the ability to redirect, for the only people she’d actually want to attack are those that are attacking her. Roughly a second after focusing her ability within roughly twelve meters, she can form an orb in mid-air of disfigured air. The upper limit on the size of this orb depends on how far from Amelie it is formed, with an upper limit of one meter radius within five meters of her and decreasing from there. She can yet only create one at a time, but she can maintain one indefinitely or recreate it as needed in a new position with a second to focus.

Amelie can use the force proportional to the movement energy currently within the orb to turn the contents of the orb. This means if something is entirely within her orb she has control of all of its movement energy, while if only half the weight of something is within it she can only turn it half as well. This, for example, means that if a bullet is fired through her orb she can turn it and shoot it in any direction she desires, and the same holds true for most kinds of beams. However, she’d stand no chance against a falling building, because not enough of its weight can get inside the orb for her to turn it. But, if a physical attacker attacks with a weapon, getting the weapon inside the orb could be enough to turn it aside.

What she can turn also includes lights, meaning she can use this to peek around corners, perhaps misdirect enemies thinking they’re running at something they’re not, that kind of things.

Lost House: In addition, she has numerous tags which have her wards on them which she carries. If she sets them up around an area, roughly one per 10 cubic meters, she can extend her effect around said area. This is her Lost House. When set up, she’ll have full control of the direction of all movement that takes place within the area, allowing her to completely flip the direction people are running and never let them escape. This is the magic that gave her the title of “Lost Child”, the title referring to her as the “Child Who Makes People Lost”.

… She needs a matter of weeks to summon enough magical powers to set up these wards of hers on a new base of operations, however, and as such it will not benefit her on the quest before her unless it involves a lot of waiting around. As well, they can be dispelled by simply destroying the tags governing each 10 cubic meters. She can create the tags pretty much instantly, but the actual applying the effect on the surrounding area takes ages.

Weaknesses: In order for Amelie to redirect the movement of another, she has to be aware of the movement, usually by sight. She cannot redirect what she doesn’t know is there, which is her greatest weakness, even when she has set up her Lost House. In there she counter-acts this by trying to see everything by turning light inside her area to watch all that happens, but in the end she’s only human. She can be busy trying to force down one team-member while the other is moving about destroying her wards without her knowing, and she’d learn only when her magic suddenly stops working.

She might also in general simply not be fast enough to react. A bullet or a falling anvil or so can be really fast. She may not be able to react fast enough to successfully manifest an orb and then redirect the attack if taken by surprise, as the orb takes a second to manifest.

Defensive Wards: Her body is defended by a couple of magical wards, though they’ve been greatly weakened by her battle with Penny before this. Magical attacks will sail straight through, while against physical attacks her whole body is defended by what amounts to a full-body kevlar vest, with the exception that it is going to shatter and leave her defenseless after one to three solid hits, depending on how heavy they were. She won’t be able to restore the wards without Minerva’s help after that.

Sensing Specific Magic: Like any magician, she has the ability to tell if magic is being performed within a few kilometers from her, which is a short range compared to the range of more powerful magicians. She could also read a specific magical signature to possibly determine who it is that is using magic or how strong the magic is… assuming it is the magic from her world, that is.

It should be noted that there are wards to hide from this “sensing magic” sense, which most magicians have around their bases where they conduct actual magical research as to not be tracked down. But, as Amelie always had Minerva’s wards to rely on for that, she hasn’t learned how to do those yet.

More: If given months or years, she can theoretically invent new magic to suit her needs or develop on her current.

Knowledge: She’s educated about how to develop her magical ability under two skilled teachers and has a certain encyclopedic knowledge about the different magicians that exist in her world after Minerva forced her to read up on what to expect from all known ones. She does not know Minerva’s big secret. Heh.

Personal Effects

A Hot Pink Frock: A brown cloak hanging from around her shoulders down to her knees for when she wants to be mage-y. A little black skirt and a white shirt which she usually wears the cloak over, plus shoes and the black pantyhose for hiding her legs. Because she was in mage-outfit when she went into that portal. Otherwise, nothing special, unless she knew to prepare for something.

Three “Lost House” tags. That’s all that survived her battle with Penny. Not that it matters, she can make new ones almost instantly. They look like pieces of paper with black unpronounceable symbols on them that stick to walls.

[edit]Additional note. Although Amelie's powers might be considered powerful in the right situation, she won't be able to use them fully due to her nature. That is, theoretically Amelie could take the bullet you fired through her orb and then redirect it into your head... but that doesn't mean Amelie can, so to say. Because of her nature and her inexperience. Much more likely it's just going to be turned slightly to hit the wall next to her and she's flinch nonetheless. So there. Now, without further ado.[/edit]

TL;DR: A young, aspiring magician who was sent through a portal at the end of her bio.

Has magic that allows her to redirect moving things within the orbs that she creates within 12 meters of her. Plus some defensive wards that lets her defend against a heavy physical hit or three, and no more. Almost no battle experience or personal offensive capabilities. Slightly likely to panic in danger, yet naturally curious.

Can be REALLY powerful if let to set up her Lost House over a period of weeks and then confronted inside it. Unlikely, though. Haha.

... And that's that. It's possible her powers have the potential of being abused to be game-breaking. She likely can't abuse them like that. Hahaha.

Feel free to judge me. I hope I didn't screw anything over. I'm going to go collapse and feel guilty because I couldn't see myself enjoying any of my other ideas as much. Hahahahahahahahahahaha...

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 Mm-hmmm. If you say so.

@Joshua Tamashii Gotcha.

@Eklispe Nicely posted. Yupp, that's a strategy. Heh. It does seem like the Pokémon world allows us to do this. I'll consider if I'll limit it in more extreme situations if I feel it is being abused. But for now, let's go at it.

TTL: The Final Hazard OOC

... Ah, right. Sending my character in last possible second might actually be a bad idea, if I want to be considerate for Terminal. I'll see if I can't be done today. In roughly 15 hours. Hah.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

@ProPro I see Vista image. I approve. I'm going to like the previous post on that basis.

@Eklispe And, um. It probably was obvious, but just in case. I'll be awaiting a post on how Wisp's search for the Rockers progresses. I debated for a while if I should include a mention to you or not in the end of my post, but ultimately opted against, and then I wondered if I was actually announcing that I didn't need one by not including one, and then I got unsure and I started typing this. Hah. Anyways. Yes.