Teleportation : A mystery/chaotic RP

[Dragonheir he/him]

8 hours ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

"uh, interesting..."

“Let’s rephrase that; so far, the blade grows a plant that likes heat. We use something similar for our reentry shielding - I’m glad I had a sample with me.”

Quote

Good to know. Does anyone else feel like I’m writing more than I need to? 

Nick’s suit has started to change colors; the black turning to dark shades of blue, green, and yellow, visibly separated from each other. He addresses the whole group. ( @Ancient Elantrian @AltonicKeys @J. Magi and @TheRavenHasLanded ) “Three out of five of my projects are done now. Does anyone want me to make them something? It’ll take me a few days to get actual xenosuits for you all - the stupid anti replication safeguards are forcing me to sequence and construct the genome by hand - but I can make pretty much anything else.” 

Quote

I’m trying to stop Nick from being way stronger than everyone else; I felt like he trivialized that battle with the werewolf-thing. 
Unrelated to that, Elan, what would happen if SIMON sent an electrical signal to the crystal? Could that activate it with intent? 

Edited August 30 by Dragonheir
Grr autocorrect

[Ancient Elantrian Elan/Elan/Elan/Elan/Elan]

3 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“Let’s rephrase that; so far, the blade grows a plant that likes heat. We use something similar for our reentry shielding - I’m glad I had a sample with me.”

Nick’s suit has started to change colors; the black turning to dark shades of blue, green, and yellow, visibly separated from each other. He addresses the whole group. ( @Ancient Elantrian @AltonicKeys @J. Magi and @TheRavenHasLanded ) “Three out of five of my projects are done now. Does anyone want me to make them something? It’ll take me a few days to get actual xenosuits for you all - the stupid anti replication safeguards are forcing me to sequence and construct the genome by hand - but I can make pretty much anything else.” 

Quote

Uh... maybe?

"I don't want a demonsuit. I like my Elkskin, it's a gift from the moon."

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

3 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“Let’s rephrase that; so far, the blade grows a plant that likes heat. We use something similar for our reentry shielding - I’m glad I had a sample with me.”

Nick’s suit has started to change colors; the black turning to dark shades of blue, green, and yellow, visibly separated from each other. He addresses the whole group. ( @Ancient Elantrian @AltonicKeys @J. Magi and @TheRavenHasLanded ) “Three out of five of my projects are done now. Does anyone want me to make them something? It’ll take me a few days to get actual xenosuits for you all - the stupid anti replication safeguards are forcing me to sequence and construct the genome by hand - but I can make pretty much anything else.” 

"a snack would be nice. maybe a soul similar to hitler or mussolini?"

[J. Magi she/her]

4 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“Let’s rephrase that; so far, the blade grows a plant that likes heat. We use something similar for our reentry shielding - I’m glad I had a sample with me.”

Nick’s suit has started to change colors; the black turning to dark shades of blue, green, and yellow, visibly separated from each other. He addresses the whole group. ( @Ancient Elantrian @AltonicKeys @J. Magi and @TheRavenHasLanded ) “Three out of five of my projects are done now. Does anyone want me to make them something? It’ll take me a few days to get actual xenosuits for you all - the stupid anti replication safeguards are forcing me to sequence and construct the genome by hand - but I can make pretty much anything else.” 

1 hour ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"I don't want a demonsuit. I like my Elkskin, it's a gift from the moon."

"I would also prefer not to wear one . . . My armor will do just fine."

Quote

I don't mind the length, but I think it would really help if you added more paragraph breaks, and breaks for new lines of dialouge

 

[The Stormfather He/Him]

Quote

Im not able to quote people for some reason... My wifi isn't great right now.

@Ancient Elantrian The exorcism does not do anything to the gemstone.

[Ancient Elantrian Elan/Elan/Elan/Elan/Elan]

1 hour ago, The Stormfather said:

@Ancient Elantrian The exorcism does not do anything to the gemstone.

Kaleb glances down. “Huh. Guess there is no demon.”

[Dragonheir he/him]

4 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"I don't want a demonsuit. I like my Elkskin, it's a gift from the moon."

2 hours ago, J. Magi said:

"I would also prefer not to wear one . . . My armor will do just fine."

“I’m trying to help you guys. We’re going to end up somewhere you can’t survive, and it’ll be my fault if I can’t save you.” 

Quote

Elan: I think I’ll make it so it doesn’t work, just so I don’t steal half your abilities. This is more fun when we can’t all do the same thing, I think. 
J. Magi: good idea with the paragraph breaks. What do you mean by breaks for dialogue? 

 

3 hours ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

"a snack would be nice. maybe a soul similar to hitler or mussolini?"

“…” Nick looks at you oddly. “…how would I even do that?”

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

12 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“I’m trying to help you guys. We’re going to end up somewhere you can’t survive, and it’ll be my fault if I can’t save you.” 

 

“…” Nick looks at you oddly. “…how would I even do that?”

"I forget that some people arent able to bring up souls... dang it, thats a pain. just any snack would suffice then."

[Dragonheir he/him]

1 minute ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

"I forget that some people arent able to bring up souls... dang it, thats a pain. just any snack would suffice then."

“So you gain sustenance from consuming souls?” Nick’s eyes are wide. “Here, I’ll start with the snack, you can tell me more later. Are you good with me IVing it to you, or would you prefer me to grow a container for it?” 

Quote

Is it all the same Sleeper, or are different RPs different canons that start the same? 

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

5 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“So you gain sustenance from consuming souls?” Nick’s eyes are wide. “Here, I’ll start with the snack, you can tell me more later. Are you good with me IVing it to you, or would you prefer me to grow a container for it?” 

Quote

different rps are different canons, although he does at times randomly remember stuff when its funny. 

"Just the ones that have been sufficiently tortured. I'm a gateway to paradise."

[J. Magi she/her]

22 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“I’m trying to help you guys. We’re going to end up somewhere you can’t survive, and it’ll be my fault if I can’t save you.” 

"It won't be your fault if I'm the one refused the suit in the first place, and besides that's assuming I can't handle myself, which is insulting." Aki said flatly.

Quote

Starting a new paragraph can happen whenever you need it too, but with these posts, adding breaks between dialouge and action can help them easier to skim.

For example, this is grammatically correct:

"I am doing things," Bob explained as he began to do the thing, "It's not very hard." He went about doing the thing. He was very good at doing the thing, and his skill was apparent. The others wondered how he did the thing. "It's easy to do and I think you can do it, allow me to explain how it works. Explain explain explain explain explain explain explain."

Buuuut, this is easier to read quickly:

"I am doing things," Bob explained as he began to do the thing, "It's not very hard."

He went about doing the thing. He was very good at doing the thing, and his skill was apparent. The others wondered how he did the thing.

"It's easy to do and I think you can do it, allow me to explain how it works. Explain explain explain explain explain explain explain."

So, I'm not saying to break in the middle of dialogue, but to break between ideas and actions. Space things out a bit. Idk.

9 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

"I forget that some people arent able to bring up souls... dang it, thats a pain. just any snack would suffice then."

Quote

aw poor sleeper he misses his best buddy Penn

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

1 minute ago, J. Magi said:

"It won't be your fault if I'm the one refused the suit in the first place, and besides that's assuming I can't handle myself, which is insulting." Aki said flatly.

Quote

yes, he does.

 

[J. Magi she/her]

Just now, TheRavenHasLanded said:

 

Quote

aaawww

(I haven't checked that RP in forever . . .)

[Ancient Elantrian Elan/Elan/Elan/Elan/Elan]

38 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“I’m trying to help you guys. We’re going to end up somewhere you can’t survive, and it’ll be my fault if I can’t save you.” 

 

“…” Nick looks at you oddly. “…how would I even do that?”

“I’m quite resilient. You haven’t seen anything yet.”

[Dragonheir he/him]

2 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

"Just the ones that have been sufficiently tortured. I'm a gateway to paradise."

“Here, give me your arm.” Nick’s pointer finger has a needle like structure on it. “Is that a common thing on your world? How do you know when you’re given a soul?” 

1 minute ago, J. Magi said:

"It won't be your fault if I'm the one refused the suit in the first place, and besides that's assuming I can't handle myself, which is insulting." Aki said flatly.

1 minute ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

“I’m quite resilient. You haven’t seen anything yet.”

Nick grits his teeth. “I’m not saying that there’ll be monsters, or you’ll need to do some swimming. I’m saying that we’ll eventually end up somewhere hot enough to ignite your skin, or cold enough to turn your blood to ice, or there just won’t be any air, or it’ll be raining acid, or you’ll be crushed by your own bodyweight, or any number of other things nobody can survive on their own.” 
He makes a conscious effort to calm down, letting out a breath. “Almost all of everything is empty space, with essentially no air, light, or heat. Even if we’re limited to planets, and won’t be floating in space or dropped into a star, for every one planet with life, there are hundreds more without it.” 
He slowly gets louder and more frustrated as he talks. “No life means no oxygen. No oxygen means no breathing.” 
Nick draws his finger across his throat.
“For every one of those with the right temperature - the ones that might have water - the ones that could have been forests and oceans and grasslands - there are ten planets too far from the sun, or too close. Those are either balls of ice or so scorching that our blood would boil. If we had some air, maybe the moon crystals could protect us. Maybe we could survive.” 
Nick pauses and looks both of you in the eyes. “But! For every one of those planets, you get ten that don’t even have ground. All gas - and these are massive. We show up on one of those, and we fall. And fall. And fall. They have small rocky cores, but before we even got there, we’d be dead because we’d be moving too fast, or we can’t breathe, or it’s the wrong temperature, or the winds of storms several times the size of most rocky planets turn us to shreds. Even if we show up on the core, and it’s somehow oxygen at the right temperature, the planet is so big, and there’d be so much air above us, that we’d just be smashed flat.” 
Nick claps parallel to the ground, demonstrating the point. “I’m surprised you’re still alive after three. All of you have no idea how dangerous this is. You don’t have any way to know.” 

Ending his rant, he sits on the floor. ”If any of you die, it’ll be because I didn’t convince you. I’ll all be my fault.” 

Quote

Wow. I did space that out like you suggested, but that’s still a long post. 
Also, I think I understand Nick’s character better now, so that’s fun. 

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

7 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Here, give me your arm.” Nick’s pointer finger has a needle like structure on it. “Is that a common thing on your world? How do you know when you’re given a soul?” 

Nick grits his teeth. “I’m not saying that there’ll be monsters, or you’ll need to do some swimming. I’m saying that we’ll eventually end up somewhere hot enough to ignite your skin, or cold enough to turn your blood to ice, or there just won’t be any air, or it’ll be raining acid, or you’ll be crushed by your own bodyweight, or any number of other things nobody can survive on their own.” 
He makes a conscious effort to calm down, letting out a breath. “Almost all of everything is empty space, with essentially no air, light, or heat. Even if we’re limited to planets, and won’t be floating in space or dropped into a star, for every one planet with life, there are hundreds more without it.” 
He slowly gets louder and more frustrated as he talks. “No life means no oxygen. No oxygen means no breathing.” 
Nick draws his finger across his throat.
“For every one of those with the right temperature - the ones that might have water - the ones that could have been forests and oceans and grasslands - there are ten planets too far from the sun, or too close. Those are either balls of ice or so scorching that our blood would boil. If we had some air, maybe the moon crystals could protect us. Maybe we could survive.” 
Nick pauses and looks both of you in the eyes. “But! For every one of those planets, you get ten that don’t even have ground. All gas - and these are massive. We show up on one of those, and we fall. And fall. And fall. They have small rocky cores, but before we even got there, we’d be dead because we’d be moving too fast, or we can’t breathe, or it’s the wrong temperature, or the winds of storms several times the size of most rocky planets turn us to shreds. Even if we show up on the core, and it’s somehow oxygen at the right temperature, the planet is so big, and there’d be so much air above us, that we’d just be smashed flat.” 
Nick claps parallel to the ground, demonstrating the point. “I’m surprised you’re still alive after three. All of you have no idea how dangerous this is. You don’t have any way to know.” 

Ending his rant, he sits on the floor. ”If any of you die, it’ll be because I didn’t convince you. I’ll all be my fault.” 

"I mean, at this point i could make a deal with the devil to keep me alive..."

[Dragonheir he/him]

8 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

"I mean, at this point i could make a deal with the devil to keep me alive..."

“Sure. Sell your soul instead of wearing some clothes. That makes so much sense.” 

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

Quote

also, that's a win in my book.

 

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Sure. Sell your soul instead of wearing some clothes. That makes so much sense.” 

"it wouldnt be the worst thing in the world at this point. im already going there. the amount of people i've killed is a little ridiculous..."

[Dragonheir he/him]

1 minute ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

also, that's a win in my book.

Quote

My discovery writing success? Or selling your soul rather than wearing some fancy clothes one of the three people you will have contact with for the foreseeable future will give you for free. 

 

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

Just now, Dragonheir said:

 

Quote

the character stuff. 

 

Quote

and if you are wondering, what he would gain: demon skin, enhanced reflexes, and the actual ability to pull up souls on his own. oh, and he gets to revive himself, so long as someone else helps him with it.

 

[Dragonheir he/him]

4 minutes ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

and if you are wondering, what he would gain: demon skin, enhanced reflexes, and the actual ability to pull up souls on his own. oh, and he gets to revive himself, so long as someone else helps him with it.

Quote

Hmm. What would happen to his soul in exchange? 

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

Just now, Dragonheir said:

 

Quote

nothing that hasn't really happened to it already. the deal goes down, and even the devil is surprised when he looks at sleeper's soul. oh yeah, he'll be tied to hell too. he gets a lot of fun things.

 

[Dragonheir he/him]

1 minute ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

nothing that hasn't really happened to it already. the deal goes down, and even the devil is surprised when he looks at sleeper's soul. oh yeah, he'll be tied to hell too. he gets a lot of fun things.

Quote

Even if Sleeper is willing to do that, the xenosuit can’t hurt, can it? And it would either make his society either a utopia or much much worse. You know those “stupid safeguards” Nick is trying to disable? They’re to prevent a grey goo scenario. 

[TheRavenHasLanded he/him]

Just now, Dragonheir said:

 

Quote

I mean, it cant hurt, but it would make him ridiculously overpowered. although I am planning to have half his body torn from him, and that turns into a half human-robot combination thing. the xenosuit would likely screw that over. and I have a question, wdym by grey goo scenario?

 

[Dragonheir he/him]

Just now, TheRavenHasLanded said:

I mean, it cant hurt, but it would make him ridiculously overpowered. although I am planning to have half his body torn from him, and that turns into a half human-robot combination thing. the xenosuit would likely screw that over. and I have a question, wdym by grey goo scenario?

Quote

A grey goo scenario is when some form of biotech or advanced robotics that can self replicate gets loose and begins copying itself continuously, ignoring its creators. Depending on what it is, it could be better at replicating than earth life, and thus act as an invasive species of epic proportions, crowding out everything on the planet and perhaps even consuming the very earth for raw materials.
Even if it’s not significantly better at replicating, it will still be an invasive species that is probably poisonous to all earth life and, in the case of the xenosuits and most theoretical nanotech, can adapt itself to any situation or environment in real time. 
It’s a real concern with a lot of theoretical technologies, especially Von Neumann Machines, and happened once in Nick’s world. An entire planet was covered by xenosuit fabric and became its own ecosystem, with different configurations of xenosuit material reprogramming themselves and each other.
There’s currently a bunch of guards stranded (on purpose, to ensure that their hyperdrive isn’t captured) around it, making sure that if the rogue technology gets off the planet, they can take it down. I may write a story about it some time.