ProfetessaOscura

4 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

((The arc is incoming. Vespyr is going to be escorting you all **covertly** to the heart of the Queen’s Island. This is your opportunity to build skills and develop your characters’ strengths before a big assault.))

6 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

((It's not a big deal, but I need you to communicate sudden changes to the setting, particularly when you're altering an overarching plot that I have been planning for everyone.))

23 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Something crazy happened.

Alarms started blaring. City alarms: the kind that sounded when there was a large fire or an air raid. Only Raodea hadn't been at war for years. 

Until very recently, when Vespyr declared war on the Qhoral Queen.

"Yevon!" Someone in the streets yelled. Others took up the cry, shutting their doors, windows, and curtains. Lamps went out as a mass of demons ran straight for the combat school.

@ProfetessaOscura

((Was in a meeting online.  Have a short break right now. 

First off, Summer Break is maybe 3 weeks away.  If he's going to be back in 3 weeks, he may be back.  And maybe you should wait at least a day to see if he responds to the ping, since the group and character are his original creations

Second, Vespyr took a single city, and there is ONLY a single city, not Raodea, that the Queen is up against.

Third, you're trying to create a fight scene in the middle of preparation/planning.  I've given your characters an opportunity to train/upgrade weapons/make allies and alliances, and you're immediately making the Queen have an army right here and now in the city, despite the city having only just fallen into Vespyr's command.

PLEASE COMMUNICATE when you want to make big roleplay changes that affect my planning/schemes.))

20 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Something crazy happened.

Alarms started blaring. City alarms: the kind that sounded when there was a large fire or an air raid. Only Raodea hadn't been at war for years. 

Until very recently, when Vespyr declared war on the Qhoral Queen.

"Yevon!" Someone in the streets yelled. Others took up the cry, shutting their doors, windows, and curtains. Lamps went out as a mass of demons ran straight for the combat school.

@ProfetessaOscura

((How about no?))

2 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

@Vapor @Condensation @ProfetessaOscura @Random Bystander @Matrim's Dice @Emi @Fallapede

@Negative_Null ((Might be worth pinging him to see if he wants to be active for a confrontation/battle arc.))

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Right." Janice walked over awkwardly and examined the wall of weapons (also awkwardly). "Uhh..."

 

Corwin shrugged and left her alone, going off to continue his training with other combatants.  He'd already spent too much time talking.  He was beginning to cool off; he had to work up a sweat again.  He stopped and chugged another bottle of water, then approached somebody else. 

3 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Which way's the place where they keep the weapons? Maybe one'll stick out to me."

He thumbed to the weapons rack at the side of the room, where he'd been trying to take her in the first place.

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Not... that?" Janice winced. "I really don't know. I really don't know much of anything."

"Well, if you ever dreamed of being a superhero, what kind of fighting would you want to do?  I mean...  You might try all sorts of things, but I'm not gonna pick for you, kid."  He said, being not much older than she was.

4 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"I..." Janice fell silent, unsure how to respond.

"Well, what do you want?"

23 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"That's... why I'm here. To blow up the Queen and her minions." Janice smiled at that. "So... weapon. Which one do you think that I should use?"

"Obviously a bunch of bombs and detonators," he teased.

14 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“I don’t like blowing things to smithereens!”

Corwin rolled his eyes.  "Yeah, probably since you keep blowing up yerself," he said.  "You should blow up things that need blowing up, like the Queen or her minions, or whatever."  He scuffed his shoes in the sand, skidding the thin layer about absentmindedly.

18 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"No. It actually heals all the damage I take."

"Aw, that's bull.  You get to- to be all powerful and heal, Cadence-zaaah..."  His face flushed. "Cadenza gets to freeze people solid.  I just get to be slippery."

8 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Because I explode. It's my Aspect."

"And... you don't die?"

4 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“I mean I exploded when people punched me.”

"Oh," he said, relaxing slightly.  "So... why did the Queen give two spits about you?  No offense, but you're just a gutter kid, like a hundred others."

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“I, well... people figured out that I tended to violently explode whenever they hurt me,” Janice replied. “And the ones who didn’t know that heard all kinds of nasty rumors about the yevon living in the alleyway. My favorite was that I could drink their blood just by looking at them.”

"Hold up.  People who hurt you.  Explode.  And you just told me to punch you in the face and literally JUST DID whatever it was that killed people?"  His voice was suddenly cold, solid.  

On 4/30/2021 at 6:17 AM, Channelknight Fadran said:

“Yeah, but I tried to find the gangs that left you alone if you gave them things.”

“Yeah, but when you grow up, they expect you to join up in their ranks.”  He shrugged. “Anyways, how the hell did you live on the streets and not learn how to throw a punch?”  He froze. “Pardon my language.”

On 4/29/2021 at 5:53 PM, Fallapede said:

"That is all I can ask for, I suppose."

”You ask for... not much.”

On 4/28/2021 at 1:10 PM, Channelknight Fadran said:

"I know. But you seem nice." Janice shrugged. "I guess that's what you're saying, though. Okay. I guess I should go find out what weapon to use."

“Jeez. You were probably a trusting sap on the streets. Got beat up and robbed all the time, huh?”

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"No." Janice took his hand. "I just... I dunno. I don't know how friends work. I never had any until last week anyways."

"You just have each other's back.  Not everyone needs to be your friend.  You just... exist and people exist around you, and you don't necessarily hate each other."

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Do you need time first?"

"Fer what?" he asked, offering her a hand to get up.  "Do you need everyone to promise to be your friends to be around you?"

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice looked away. "Sorry..."

"S'not your fault."  He sniffed once.  "Do you actually want a weapon, or to fight someone else, or what?"

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Cadenza," Janice corrected. "And... would you... like to be... my... friend?"

He stood up shortly, as if she'd just slapped him.  "I don't do that.  I don't do the thing where people just- they make people promise to be there for them so they can use them.  If I want to, I'll be nice to you and hang out.  But I just met you.  I don't do... emotional contracts."  Corwin didn't meet her eyes, but he was scowling.  It wasn't like he was frowning at her, but he seemed distracted suddenly.

13 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice smiled gratefully. "Thanks. So, uhh... do you think you could teach me how to fight better?"

"That's for the teachers."  He still sat on her back.  "My job is to fight others and get better myself.  That's your job, too."  He hesitated.  "You- could always ask Cadence."

6 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Yeah. I'm biologically soulless... apparently."

“That’s dumb.  Biology and souls got nothing to do with each other. If ya had no soul, you’d just be a drooling dog of your instincts, lacking ethical thought.”  He crossed his arms, lifting his chin proudly. He’d remembered something from ethics class. 

2 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"These are veins of qhoral corrupting my Veil. They've been there since I was three, when the Queen made me into a yevon."

“So... you’re a demony thing?”

59 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

Janice looked back up, then ran her finger along the largest vein on her face. "What do you think this is?"

“Someone got trigger happy with a sharpie after you fell asleep in lecture?”