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Lots of guests coming and going in the next few weeks. I apologize in advance if I lag in posting
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7 yrs ago
Traveling for a week, and may not keep up with RPs. Thank you for your patience.
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8 yrs ago
Been busy and scatterbrained this week, and behind on RPs. Please excuse my delay in posting.
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9 yrs ago
Got back from a two-week vacation overseas. Give me some time to catch up with RPs. Thank you for your patience!
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9 yrs ago
I'll be going on a two week vacation starting tomorrow and don't know how often I'll have Internet access. Thank you for your patience. I'll try to be more regular when I get back.
Cassie struggled out of the car. It had been an awkward and uncomfortable ride thanks to her armored suit. Seeing the robot, Cassie was in shock. When they said robot, she didn't think they meant this robot. This thing was another result of Mr. Incredible's 'one bad day', created by a boy he had spurned who had idolized him, who then turned his life's purpose into a crusade against supers.
"Syndrome doesn't have to be alive for one of his toys to run amok," Cassie thought out loud, wondering if he had potentially preprogrammed any behaviors that would either be triggered by a period of inactivity or in the event of his death. Perhaps it was futile to think these thoughts at the moment.
Cassie regained her composure and emitted a resounding 'DING'; her father's superhero callsign, a reassuring signal that he had arrived. Cassie looked to see if the robot was preferentially listing in any particular direction while it was in the process of being restrained by the others. If it was, she would lay some white, frisbee-sized discs along its path; harmonic traps. She then raised a hand towards the robot and started pinging it with sound blasts of different frequencies, listening to the echo's distortion and refraction in an effort to determine the resonant frequency of the material the robot was made of, or if it even had a resonant frequency.
Before Zhou Yu could respond to Lieutenant Quary's smug impertinence, Bruno threw himself at the Imperial Forces, axe in hand. While Bruno tore through the Stormtroopers like an angry, vengeful space-knight-in-training tearing through a village of defenseless sand-people, Zhou Yu wanted to yell out, "No, Anikin, no!" but decided against it. He may not know the undead axeman's name, but that didn't mean he could go calling him whatever he wanted. And where did the name 'Anikin' come from, anyways? Zhou quickly dismissed the ridiculous name from his mind and focused on matters at hand. While the diplomatic option had been torn asunder, Zhou Yu was the sort to make a good situation out of a bad one. Besides, right now, it appeared that Bruno was capable of overpowering the troopers and their surprisingly low accuracy weapons. Zhou Yu slipped back into the Falcon watched the violence unfold. To be quite honest, he was at a bit of a loss. In a moment of inspiration, he remembered the zooming words that he had failed to read. Turning to Benny and her gag-gun, he asked, "Were we supposed to be doing something here, other than resisting arrest?" A loud noise distracted him momentarily, but he kept an ear open for Benny's reply. looking out the cockpit window, he saw a robed figure fly in and plow through more soldiers.
Dislikes: Being slowed down, irresponsible parents, strictness,
Party Trick: Shakti has the uncanny ability to get to places that would normally be off limits: someone's balcony, restricted access rooftops, on someone's car, sewer, etc. HARDCORE PARKOUR BABY!!!
Profession: Shakti has officially graduated with a Bachelor's in Philosophy, but thanks to a technical glitch, she is still allowed to stay at Shine Academy's graduate student housing and is roommates with Otonashi Shizuka. She runs many odd jobs on the side, as a delivery woman, courier, Süper driver, if it involves getting from point A to point B, she's probably done it.
Bio/Personality: Shakti is energetic to the point of restlessness, the very image of unbridled freedom. She is friendly, a lover of people and would be a bit of an experience junkie if it weren't for the lack of disposable income. She is extremely tolerant, even towards those with intolerant views. Her one weakness is impatience. Her energy level directly correlates with how fast she is moving and she becomes lethargic and bored if forced to slow down. Why do you think it took her so long to get her Bachelor's?
According to the orphanage, Shakti was found wandering the alleys of Shine City when she was three, crying and holding a worn out stuffed animal. They didn't know whether she was abandoned or if her parents had died, but they took her in and posted a missing child notice. No one ever came. As such, Shakti was essentially raised by the orphanage until adulthood. She had a few flings with foster families: doe-eyed optimists who misplaced altruism with responsibility, who promptly returned her when she presented herself as 'too wild' or unwilling to conform to their expectations of a child. As 'punishment' for her unruliness and unadoptability, Shakti worked at the orphanage since she quickly became one of the oldest kids. But working at the orphanage was really all she ever really wanted to do. And due to the fact that boys are less adoptable than girls, Shakti became a bit of a tomboy herself, being surrounded by them. The orphanage was trying to decide what to do with Shakti. They had enrolled her in public school (though she was held back a few times) but after graduating high school they were at a loss. Fortunately, a wealthy donor had created a fund for sending orphans with promise to college. Forced to apply, Shakti, against all odds (ok, so the scholarship was obscure and nobody else applied) got enough to make her way through Shine Academy. Well not entierely, the scholarship only covered four years. Shakti took a little longer than that but made it through with money from her various odd-jobs. Now that she's graduated, she still lives in the dorms. The orphanage expects her to become a self-sufficient adult. Where does her life take her from here? Can anything hold her down? Will she able to stand still long enough to find 'the one'?
Side Character
Name (Surname, Personal Name): Otonashi Shizuka Age: 22 Appearance:
Height: 166 cm (5'5") Weight: 45 kg (100 lbs) Likes: Animals especially cats, nature, cooking, intellectuals, philosophy, selflessness, family, order, humility, tradition. Shizuka has become sort of an 'otaku' in her own right as she recently started playing the collectible card game, "Wizardry: The Collective", and competes in tournaments at the Lancom Arcade. Her favorite location is the Aquarium. Dislikes: Cruelty, arrogance, noise, disorder, conflict, crowds, shallow attraction, lack of commitment, insincerity, dishonesty Party Trick: Unexpectedly good pencil sketch portraits due to her observant nature and dexterity. Profession: Shizuka is a graduate student at Shine City Academy, majoring in veterinary science. She used to be a teaching assistant to Dr. Shou Matsuoka's biology class but she has fulfilled her TA requirements and no longer TA's, spending more time on her research project. She used to work part-time as a waitress at the Shining Kettle, a cafe on Shine Junction, but she has quit that as well since it reminds her of Alban. Now she works part-time as a clerk at a bookstore on Shine Junction called, The Bookmark. Bio/Personality: Shizuka is quiet and demure, but is extremely supportive and committed to friends and especially to family. To people she doesn't know, she can act formal and respectful, overcoming her inherent shyness. She is capable and skilled and takes care of herself, but her modesty is so deeply ingrained that she tends to sell herself short, downplay her contributions, and take herself for granted. However, she is not depressed, she simply thinks this way to motivate herself to always do more. She feels others are far more deserving of attention and may become awkward and uncomfortable if people become attracted to her. Shizuka lived with her parents and sister in another city, but when she got into Shine City Academy's graduate program, she moved here and is now living in the dorms. When she was younger, several boys had approached her with romantic interests and she had turned them down for two main reasons: she doesn't think they would be interested in her if they spent time with her because she considers herself uninteresting and average at best, and she could sort of tell that they were just physically attracted to her, in love with the idealized 'concept' of who they wanted her to be instead if who she really was. So she has never been in a relationship and is not looking for one, but a deep emotional connection based off of mutual understanding and real appreciation may bring her out.
A summary of past events.
Shizuka's life changed one day when she heard her name announced on the radio by the young and independent radio host, Nick Weston. He was going through his list of young and attractive people. Out of a sense of modesty, she sought to confront him to let him know that he had made a mistake. Upon meeting him, he expressed a desire to be friends with her. After several friendly outings, it soon became apparent that he had become infatuated with her. Unused to the attention and sensing incompatibility, Shizuka awkwardly turned him down, a decision she feels wasn't wrong, but feels guilty for regardless.
It was revealed in passing when she visits her family for Christmas, that she had a crush on a boy in high school, but her best friend and cousin had a crush on the same guy and unknowingly came to Shizuka for help and advice. During the visit, Shizuka feels a bit of pride and emptiness to see her cousin happily married to that man and with their first child who was recently born. While honored to hold the baby, it brought tears to Shizuka's eyes. The nostalgia and regret made her cut the visit short.
One day while working, a single-father named Alban Voclain and his daughter, Stella, came into the Shining Kettle, as did a man named Zac Yoxall. Zac was an up-and-coming magician and entertained Stella, prompting the owner and barista of the Shining Kettle to hire him on the spot, which would make Zac and Shizuka coworkers until Shizuka eventually quits. During her childish shenanigans, Stella hits her head on the underside of a table, causing her to cry. Shizuka's motherly response brings her closer to Alban. Having been friend's for a short while, Alban eventually decides to invite Shizuka to the New Year's Eve masquerade ball. Unfortunately, Alban saw someone he mistook for his ex-wife, the woman who abandoned him and their daughter, and got himself incredibly inebriated in rage. To make the doppelganger jealous, he dances with Maribelle, Stella's violin teacher. Alban and Mari then make off into the night for some drunken sex, leaving Shizuka alone at the ball. There she meets Kazuma Watanabe, a mute who invites her to another party. With her ride home gone, Shizuka accepts, only to arrive at the mansion of young pop-idol Amity Bellerose. There she meets Amity and Amity's childhood friend, Kyle Parker, who are preparing for a night of drunken madness. Shizuka participates, if only to drown out the encroaching sense of abandonment.
And that's where our story ended. Six months have passed since then, and Shizuka has burned a few bridges and entrenched herself deeper in 'modesty', which is a euphemism she uses for her lack of self-worth. While she enjoyed Kazuma, Amity, and Kyle's company, she has maintained a professional distance with them as she doesn't want to be reminded of that night, the same night that a horrible shooting occurred at that same ball that she had left. She has quit the Shining Kettle where she first met Alban and Stella and has begun working at The Bookmark in a position that draws considerably less attention. She has also stopped TAing for Dr. Matsuoka due to her having fulfilled her requirements.
Announcement for all RPs I participate in: For the next while I cannot guarantee what my updating schedule will be like. I will do my best, but no promises can be made. Last night I found out that I am going to be a father, so naturally I need to make sure I get a ton of shit figured out.
Edit for Controlled Chaos: I will still do my best to get the next GM update out today as I promised yesterday afternoon.
Ugh... so many pages while I was gone. As soon as things slow down with me, I'll get up a CS. Sorry to disappoint, but I'll be putting Shizuka on the backburner as a side-character and introducing a new character, Shizuka's late-night party animal roommate who has constantly been hinted at but never introduced.
Hey boss, you may want to split this into multiple posts. I don't remember what it is (10 or 20, maybe) but there's a limit to how many @Mentions you can make in a single post. It will send up to that limit and ignore the rest. I don't know if it does it sequentially as you typed it or if they get sorted before being sent, so you might as well resend all of them instead of trying to figure out which ones sent or didn't.
So, the first event I have planned for The League is a Demacia and Noxus ball. Of course it wasn't Jarvan's idea, but I'm going to say that it was decided by the Emissaries who rule their lives like gods. I'm sure things are going to start like a hair-thin thread before it snaps. But whatever happens will be decided by everyone's actions.
Those characters who aren't allied to Demacia or Noxus can still participate. There are many friends and allies of either kingdom.
Kindred will be there in case anyone kills anyone.
"I smell a hunt!"
"Yes, dear Wolf. Few desire to meet us at the height of festivities, yet they should expect us; they dance among their rivals and enemies."
Sure! I think that I'll have her stay with Ashton throughout the school year as well if you wouldn't mind.
I think this was intended for you, @Silver Fox. I was accidentally @Mentioned instead.
So uh, what this RPs darkness limit? I think it would be super interesting to play a character who's had a dark/difficult past and is trying to live in a normal environment. I just wanna know what the stopping point is.
I'm not a GM or anything, but I think you can put your character through as much pain as you like as long as it doesn't spill over into other character's RP space without their permission. We had a character with a pretty painful past, (who is a much loved recurring Shine City character) but then her sister was killed in front of her in the IC. That murder, however, caused a bit of an upheaval in the OOC and precipitated the abrupt end of one of the seasons (even though the player whose character's sister died allowed the murder). If it's really dark stuff, you may want to put it in hiders with trigger warnings.
If y'all are waiting on me to move the plot forward, then feel free to go ahead. I've been super-busy with work and house-guests, and it's not like Zhou Yu will have much to do between the door opening and Quary getting bodied by Bruno.
@TheUnknowable If y'all are waiting on me, then feel free to move the plot forward. Cassie's just going along with everyone else until they arrive at the scene. I've also been super-busy with work and house-guests recently.
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