It's not difficult coming up with fun downtime scenarios. After that stunt Hashtag pulled at the fairgrounds, I'm imagining what other kinds of things the team could do for fun. Bioshock running a tabletop RPG with full sensory hallucination sounds like an interesting Friday night. Plus, it sounds like the Defenders have access to a Danger Room or something like it. I actually thought that's what the mini-missions were supposed to be.
Also, GM, what do you think about the lab(s) that got destroyed when the original team came together having been affiliated with MantiCorp (the company Eli's mom now works for)?
I really like the name MantiCorp, Bioshock. I've left the shadowy government/corporation that created Wingblade a mystery so far. Wouldn't that be cool if she came from there?
That might be something Default could play with. Also, DM, remember that the CADRE (Whippoorwill's old enemies) is fair game to use as well.
Going to post in RP later today :) Meant to post yesterday, but my family ended up coming over.
I hope to get part 2 of Origins of Blueshift out before the end of the week.
Working on posts~~ Just taking longer than I'd like
No matter how Bran/Bronwyn feels about it, I think there's only good directions to go whether Shayera goes "yes", "no", "yes if you tell me what you're going to do", or whatever you come up with
Looks like I was wrong about where the Bran/Bronwyn identity thing was going by the end of this aftermath lol.
I wasn't pushing for it. But this is fun, too.
Oh for sure, I just felt like it was getting to hard to think of a way out that wasn't toootallly crazy
Oh for sure, I just felt like it was getting to hard to think of a way out that wasn't toootallly crazy
If you change your mind, a Robot T-Rex works every time.
Or tell them that you sexually identify as an attack chopper.
Or tell them that you sexually identify as an attack chopper.
That's after she finds the sacred rotor-blade of a Bell AH-1 Cobra
I've been drowning in Hamlet, so if you'd like to keep going in the gameplay thread, be my guest. I want to do right by your story develtopments so I've started keeping an actual notebook of notes on the characters and their interactions.
I've been drowning in Hamlet, so if you'd like to keep going in the gameplay thread, be my guest. I want to do right by your story develtopments so I've started keeping an actual notebook of notes on the characters and their interactions.
I was trying to minimize until you got caught up... sorry! XD
Unless Hashtag wants to send Bronwyn and me on another wild adventure somewhere in the Himalayas or sub-Saharan Africa, we might actually be finishing this up, meaning that Default can take over this game again!
I'll be honest, I seriously considered it. :P
But nah, instead he'll get a little pissy about being used as a shuttle.
@Bronwyin
No low-cut tops? Aww. Sucks to suck, Marco.
@Wingblade
I'm glad you like MantiCorp! Coming up with appropriate names for evil megacorps is harder than I was expecting. I like the idea of Wingblade being a creation of MantiCorp; I don't know if the DM's got specific plans for all of that backstory, but if not, MantiCorp would be a great connection for a lot of it. Tectonic and her parents, Bioshock and his mom, Windgblade, etc.
@Hashtag
Good to have you back!
@Thor Girl
Any thoughts on what Skuld might be doing at the dance? Will she be attending Halcyon High with the rest of us?
Nah, they're taking things slow, and besides, they're both on the track team, it's getting to see each other in running shorts that's a key part of their relationship :p
@Default: Are you at a good place to begin our regularly scheduled programming?
Just trying to figure out if I should start thinking through any sort of of "Hey, who's that knocking on my window" scene. (Or see what one of the Special Classes looks like, or the school dance, or Bran/Thor Girl striking sparks etc.)
Dragged through his failures AND used like a bus. Vick's gonna start this chapter in a great place, mentally.
I don't know that I'll be attending earth school, as I am a little over a hundred years old. Then again, it might be a good way for me to learn Earth history and that sort of things.
Okay, so I just more or less talked myself into it.
Hey Atoms, I've been wondering: are there anyways for Shaun to go incognito? I know that him generally walking around like everything's normal is entirely against his shtick as The Transformed, but wasn't sure if you had any thoughts for special occasions.
After all, even Ben Grimm has his trenchcoat & hat :p
If Atoms moves at the speed of light, he's invisible to the naked eye. Appearing only if he stops, and partially visible if he slows down. It's like the starships in Star Wars and Star Trek when they go to lightspeed/warp, streaking off and kind of just snapping into existence when they reach their destination. The only difference being that Atoms doesn't streak or blur, because he accelerates to speed instantly.
He can also go the more mundane route of wearing clothes over his Theta Suit :P Which he did at the beginning of the game to go to a movie with everyone.
I liked the cosplay from the first scene! Honestly, it was sad to see the other players drop. I especially liked Eldritch and Imagine.
Then again we might not have been able to join without them dropping so....
So.....
Long story short, I was upgraded to a new Math class a week behind in the material, homework due in two days, and no textbook.
So...please be patient as I try to configure everything.
That was a silly thing to do.
Take your time. I'll still be here.
Rough!
Happy to wait or do more interlude stuff, whichever is preferred.
Which class? Khan Academy is excellent if you haven't discovered it yet.
Yikes! Best of luck on that, Default.
If no one objects, I'll probably do a "wrap up" post or series of posts to deal with the aftermath of the recent adventures. Nothing designed to delay the game's resumption, of course, but just to bring Shayera up to where I think Thor Girl and Bioshock are in the timeline.
No objections here, I'm still curious to find out about the "negative/painful event" you mentioned earlier.
Atoms will kill that guy if he ever finds out.
Moral event horizon, much?
Poor Shayera.
Getting burned on trusting someone, hurting him more than she meant to (regardless of what he deserved) - a rough first week.
Bran/Bronwyn wouldn't have judged Shayera for a more lethal reaction, but probably would intercede as best they could against Atoms.
Though without being willing to find out how his energy form interacts with Gae-Dearg, as best they could would be largely relegated to Jiminy Cricketing...
Well~ I say 'kill', but I mean it in more of a protective older brother sort of way. What he'd actually do would probably be something like this. Heheh, interesting though that the immediate assumption is that Atoms would literally kill the guy.
Like what if Whippoorwill or Hashtag had said that they'd "kill that guy"? Would the reaction be different? I imagine it would ;) It's sort of expected to hear something like this from Whip, a mom figure, and with Hashtag there's a worry that he'd do something stupid and/or hurt himself.
But when Atoms is the voice behind those words? Suddenly the response is, 'How do we stop him? Can we stop him?' Unlike before, the threat is perceived to be real and serious. It's very cool to me.
Btw, I should have my Origins of Blueshift post up soon. Tomorrow hopefully.
Ha! Interesting point. For myself, I was thinking that Bronwyn would have to work very hard to restrain a similar impulse, so I skipped right past the hyperbole possibility.
I was making a joke, but then again, is there even a "Set Atoms to Stun" option?
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"When a man's an empty kettle..."
As Atoms and Evelyn (aka Alexis) grew closer to their friends at Halcyon High, everyone began to talk a little more freely. Personal questions were asked and answered, opinions shared, secret identities revealed, locations of hideouts and bases shown, and even their weaknesses were discussed openly among them. Over time, the group of friends essentially became one, big, informal team of superheroes, helping each other in both their private lives and their heroics. If someone had a falling out with their mentor, the group was there for them with support and a place to stay; if someone needed help during a fight, the group would drop whatever they were doing and rush over; and when any of them was stuck with a problem, the group would pool their resources and knowledge to fix it. And out of all of them, Atoms was always the quickest to help, being very protective of his new friends.
Of course, every group of friends had its bad eggs, and this one was no different. There was some drama, requiring the manipulative, antagonistic, and those among them with differing opinions to be cast out from the group, but those that remained grew even closer through the adversity. What was eventually left was a close-knit group of people who agreed with each other and held similar views. And one of their shared views was the need for supers to have better rights.
Together they wanted to end experimentation on powered beings, end the segregation that kept them and normal humans apart, end the need for secret identities, and end the expectation that those with powers should fight and be heroes or pressured into villains. Of course, these views aligned heavily with that of Redshift, the anti-human terrorist organization, but unlike them, the group wanted to make change through legal and peaceful means. They would protest, chant, raise awareness, and fight for what's right, but they wouldn't attack or cause property damage.
"He should be on his mettle..."
They called themselves 'Blueshift', and at their head was Atoms and Evelyn. Atoms served as the leader, the tireless and fast-learning man being an obvious choice, able to quickly memorize pages of legal data and stay strong during an extended rally. Evenlyn, meanwhile, was a much better people person, so she made a natural choice for handling the organizational side of things. If Atoms could be called the Captain, then she was the First Officer.
It wasn't long until Blueshift did their first protest. And it wasn't long after that that the group began to gain momentum. Supers from outside Halcyon High joined their effort, both young and old, even normal humans who symphathized with the cause. Soon, their movement was reported on the news, first local, then national and international. It spread outside Halcyon City, and Blueshift rallies began to happen in distant places.
However, as the group grew larger and received more and more attention, they also attracted the ire of Redshift. After all, even though their views ultimately aligned with each other, they had opposing means of obtaining their goals. Redshift wanted to separate from humanity–to be superior to them and rule over them–while Blueshift wanted equality. Unwilling to let Blueshift undermine their objective, Redshift turned violent.
"And yet I'm torn apart..."
Since Blueshift was no longer just a group of concerned friends, it was easily infiltrated. It started benign enough, with Redshift operatives joining Blueshift messageboards and subtly suggesting that the group needed to use more 'aggressive' tactics in order to make change. But then these same operatives began to attend Blueshift meetings and rallies in person, spreading their message there. Blueshift began to be divided from within.
Meanwhile, Atoms was spread thin. As a being who did not require diversion or rest, people weren't afraid to run him ragged, giving him work at all hours of the day and night. Of course Atoms didn't mind, but between being a somewhat independant hero, a part-time Defender (which was beginning to feel very full-time), a student, and Blueshift's leader, he often found himself rushing from task to task. Intent on getting things done as quickly as possible so he could move onto the next thing, Atoms started to become reckless.
Then it happened. While helping Wingblade and Bran the Blessed defeat the entity known as 'Balor', Atoms lost his right arm. And although this injury wasn't nearly as severe as it would be on a normal person, it still (and continues to) hurt him greatly. Everyone hoped it would heal, that Atoms would be able to piece himself together like he did when he initially transformed, but it never happened.
"Just because I'm presumin'..."
With Atoms' new injury, tensions swelled between him and Wingblade, who yelled at him to "stop protecting" her. Injured now in a different way, Atoms attempted to busy himself even further, so that he might not dwell on the situation between them or the loss of his arm. But this didn't do him any good. The pain continued to increase.
And as Atoms' pain worsened, so too did Redshift's influence within Blueshift. Anything Blueshift did would eventually turn violent, always resulting in property damage and a member or passerby injured. And as Redshift began paying/bribing people to show up and cause a stir; sometimes people who had nothing to do with either organization, the rallies and protests became more and more like riots.
The Leadership of Blueshift; Atoms, Evelyn, and a few other people; still have no idea who is behind the division and violence within Blueshift. Seeking to defend their friends and movement, they're currently in discussions as to what to do next.
"That I could be kinda human, if... I only had a heart." - Atoms
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So I'm going to leave it at here for now~ No Givers yet, no 'Atoms gets kicked out from the Defenders' yet. I figure those are pretty major things that should happen during the course of the game. The plan is that the Redshift violence will get worse, and Atoms will eventually ally with The Givers, offering a place for them on Earth in exchange for protection for his people, as he realizes that he can't possibly protect everyone on his own. Obviously, The Defenders would not be okay with this (The Givers coming to Earth, and Atoms gaining control of an army). Plots can go any which way though, so we'll see~
Positive and Negative Event: See Origins of Blueshift Part 1 & 2.
Bonding Event: Atoms and Thor Girl!
Relationships: Thor Girl comforted Atoms when he was at his lowest.
Transformed Mandatory Influence: Giving Influence to Thor Girl
And before I forget!!
=== BLUESHIFT NPCS ===
// Airacomet III, Donald "Don" Seth Matthews
// Alexis Evelyn Forrester
// Elaina Marcia Kaine
// River Abelone Wild
Hey Thor Girl, do you have any interest in showing off a little more in a vignette or other short scene?
I feel like her landing scene needed to be shown, but I don't have a strong sense of how she's interacting with us foolish mortals as Thor Girl (or while she's incognito as Skuld, merely the 2nd or 3rd most beautiful woman in the world) since joining us here in Midgard.
Any of those dudes in the combat class would have pasted Hashtag. :p
I guess grounding probably means no flying and no normal-friend stuff...
Unless there were some kind of jailbreak/totally necessary class project... ;)
I definitely think there's some wiggle room for a flight or two -- Wingblade is still tasked with finding more information about Balor, after all.
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Alright, I can definitely say that the game will be resuming by Saturday at the latest. I'd rather start sooner but academic responsibilities are keeping me in check.
But loving what you guys are putting out. Kinda wanna clean it up for publishing as a web serial or something. Or start an rpg podcast.
If any of you want to add a scen like wing blade just to flesh or your character for my or other players sake, I encourage you to do so.
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That's great news! Gotta make sure the schoolwork gets done, that's the important thing. How's that math class going?
Yeah, this is easily one of the more readable games on the board, even for those of us not involved in the action.
@Wingblade
So does this make you a... jailbird?
@Atoms
I look forward to seeing how the DM integrates Blueshift. It feels like you've got a whole other game running over there.
Woohoo!
@Wingblade: Just for my headcanon - Are you thinking Bronwyn talks her into it or Shayera gets stir-crazy or a mix of both?
@Bioshock: If we've got a couple days I'd be up for Bronwyn and Eli actually spending some time together gasp on screen. Got any thoughts? I was thinking something kinda homey might make for interesting contrasts, like Eli coming over for dinner or something.
The rare and fleeting opportunity for alone time with Bronwyn without Marco around? I can't say no to that! Maybe a study date on top of it? Emphasis on the study, of course.
@Bronwyn: probably a mix of the two. It really wouldn't take much convincing to get a few flights out of her, honestly.
@Bioshock: puns... you really went there...
@Wingblade: I didn't think going flying with Bronwyn would be tooo much of a hardship ;)
Would Shayera have explained why she was 'grounded'? I'm picturing a sort of cryptic explanation along the lines of For doing more than was necessary, or For forgetting that I can't afford mistakes, but I'm curious what your thoughts are.
@Bioshock: Study date sounds good! I'll get an intro up for it tonight if you haven't, but feel free to start us off if time/the muse allow. I'm thinking Mary-Beth (or someone else, but probably Mary-Beth) would be there since Bronwyn's not supposed to have boys over alone.
@Bronwyn: It'd be more along the lines of, "I don't want to talk about it."
And really? No boys? Even though you are one part time???