PL: The EPIC OOC - closed thread

[Ganonsyoni]

You're fairly forgiving, at heart; you agreed with the robin more than the blackbird, and you don't like blaming people for their decisions.

You value pleasure, but not at the cost of everything else - there are clear limits to how far you'll take the pursuit of enjoyment.



If you're looking to investigate some philosophers you agree with, there are a few places you can look. You could try David Hume, who agrees with you on the nature of desire. You and Aristotle feel the same way about weak will.

And if you want to challenge your opinions and seek out people you instinctively disagree with, there are plenty of them as well. You think very differently to Aristotle and Epicurus about whether desires can be rational. You disagree with Socrates and Thomas Hobbes about weak will. You disagree with John Rawls about collective responsibility. And you and Max Weber are opposed on whether it's possible to be too rational.

[CAT XIII]

Sal, Dance, and other new guy, Fraire I think. Feel like going on the adventure with Venla? It'd be a good way to help get acclimated to how we do things around here, maybe get into some good habits we encourage here? Plus who doesn't trust a giant fungal infested bear-otter?

Oto will go!

(I did say so earlier but I'm not sure anyone noticed my post.)

[Stormwrath]

You've explored the castle. You've made your choices. And here's what we know about you:

You're fairly forgiving, at heart; you agreed with the robin more than the blackbird, and you don't like blaming people for their decisions.

You value pleasure, but not at the cost of everything else - there are clear limits to how far you'll take the pursuit of enjoyment.



If you're looking to investigate some philosophers you agree with, there are a few places you can look. You could try Aristotle and Epicurus, who agree with you on the nature of desire. You and Aristotle feel the same way about weak will. You're on the same page as John Rawls about collective responsibility. And Max Weber feels similarly to you with regard to whether it's possible to be too rational.

And if you want to challenge your opinions and seek out people you instinctively disagree with, there are plenty of them as well. You think very differently to David Hume about whether desires can be rational. You disagree with Socrates and Thomas Hobbes about weak will.

[Holy Lykos]

Sal, Dance, and other new guy, Fraire I think. Feel like going on the adventure with Venla? It'd be a good way to help get acclimated to how we do things around here, maybe get into some good habits we encourage here? Plus who doesn't trust a giant fungal infested bear-otter?

Oto will go!

(I did say so earlier but I'm not sure anyone noticed my post.)

Okay so:

OTO, Rwm, Sully, Henry, Fraires character... that's probably good, don't want to overload and should be good to deal with.

[Altito Asmoro]

I will wait until the Imperial Drug Deal to start to start posting again.

Absent after a week and attempting to jump in when you know you have to read IC posts to not getting behind the progress. Skimming is my kind of option, but I have been reprimanded, rather harshly, once, for doing that in an RP two years ago.

So yeah, will start reading tomorrow to know the current progress.

[Torsiedelle]

You've explored the castle. You've made your choices. And here's what we know about you:

You're fairly forgiving, at heart; you agreed with the robin more than the blackbird, and you don't like blaming people for their decisions.

You don't seem to value pleasure very highly: you don't object to it, but it isn't your primary motivator.



If you're looking to investigate some philosophers you agree with, there are a few places you can look. You could try Aristotle and Epicurus, who agree with you on the nature of desire. You and Aristotle feel the same way about weak will. You're on the same page as John Rawls about collective responsibility.

And if you want to challenge your opinions and seek out people you instinctively disagree with, there are plenty of them as well. You think very differently to David Hume about whether desires can be rational. You disagree with Socrates and Thomas Hobbes about weak will. And you and Max Weber are opposed on whether it's possible to be too rational.

I...love pleasure, though. Eh.

Hello. Waiting for IC replies.

[Swith Witherward]

Oto will go!

(I did say so earlier but I'm not sure anyone noticed my post.)

Okay so:

OTO, Rwm, Sully, Henry, Fraires character... that's probably good, don't want to overload and should be good to deal with.

We need to work Nathan in still. I was going to suggest last night, before the power went, that we have your character out at the Gatehouse. It spits his character out, you explain the setting and bring him back to the Building via a bathtub. You can rip stuff from my last post if you want to cheat on description.

Alright, I've got a Marcus post to write, and then I have to get some work done elsewhere on NS.

[Northwest Slobovia]

Okay so:

OTO, Rwm, Sully, Henry, Fraires character... that's probably good, don't want to overload and should be good to deal with.

We need to work Nathan in still. I was going to suggest last night, before the power went, that we have your character out at the Gatehouse. It spits his character out, you explain the setting and bring him back to the Building via a bathtub. You can rip stuff from my last post if you want to cheat on description.

Or just fob him off on Amanda. She's friendly, and now is taking a great deal of interest in Demens' recruiting.

[Ganonsyoni]

I'll post tomorrow morning. A good bike ride has left me tired. Might actually sleep at a normal time .

[Swith Witherward]

We need to work Nathan in still. I was going to suggest last night, before the power went, that we have your character out at the Gatehouse. It spits his character out, you explain the setting and bring him back to the Building via a bathtub. You can rip stuff from my last post if you want to cheat on description.

Or just fob him off on Amanda. She's friendly, and now is taking a great deal of interest in Demens' recruiting.

That works. *nods*

[Fraire]

I'm back baby. Did that thing start yet? If yes, crap.

[Ganonsyoni]

That was a doozy of a post. Kind of had a idea right in the middle of writing and said "That sounds interesting" and went with it. Lengthened the post by several paragraphs

[Danceria]

Time for more questions that won't be answered!

1) Is there a gym where one can get swole before deciding to take on an ogre?

2) Are there any social events for slice of life things and in case people want to meet people outside of missions.

3) Who want's to go on this crazy Arab's quest into the unknown and potentially dangerous underworld of Ascalon (after making his debut in the Burrows, of course) for riches, b*tches, and the glory of being the one who's reached the top? Let's see who's side Lady Luck's on...(this is not a single mission, but more of his "Big Goal" that just popped up)

[Torsiedelle]

I could always send a Sith to get him out of trouble...Ascalon and all, being what it is.

I could.

[Northwest Slobovia]

1) Is there a gym where one can get swole before deciding to take on an ogre?

Sure, there's one in the Building.

2) Are there any social events for slice of life things and in case people want to meet people outside of missions.

Only what we organize ourselves.

3) Who want's to go on this crazy Arab's quest into the unknown and potentially dangerous underworld of Ascalon (after making his debut in the Burrows, of course) for riches, b*tches, and the glory of being the one who's reached the top? Let's see who's side Lady Luck's on...(this is not a single mission, but more of his "Big Goal" that just popped up)

Amanda will happily take you now for a first look, if you want to go. Or rather, she and one of the techpriests -- almost certainly Thaddeus -- will take you.

[Swith Witherward]

I'm back baby. Did that thing start yet? If yes, crap.

Slo volunteered Amanda, and I volunteered NA's character to go get yours to bring him into the game.

Tomorrow, if they haven't, I'll throw in a workup to it. Not tonight. Tonight is Night if the Living Migraine, so pardon me if I do nothing more than return to my bed with a cold rag over my face.

Oh, heads up to IAPA peeps as well... no post from me, but I want to add one soon. Min, if you want to post yours first, that's cool.

Cer you really should throw in an OOC thread for that.

[Danceria]

1) Is there a gym where one can get swole before deciding to take on an ogre?

Sure, there's one in the Building.

2) Are there any social events for slice of life things and in case people want to meet people outside of missions.

Only what we organize ourselves.

3) Who want's to go on this crazy Arab's quest into the unknown and potentially dangerous underworld of Ascalon (after making his debut in the Burrows, of course) for riches, b*tches, and the glory of being the one who's reached the top? Let's see who's side Lady Luck's on...(this is not a single mission, but more of his "Big Goal" that just popped up)

Amanda will happily take you now for a first look, if you want to go. Or rather, she and one of the techpriests -- almost certainly Thaddeus -- will take you.

Gracias.

I could always send a Sith to get him out of trouble...Ascalon and all, being what it is.

I could.

Oooh, that sounds interesting...

[Northwest Slobovia]

3) Who want's to go on this crazy Arab's quest into the unknown and potentially dangerous underworld of Ascalon (after making his debut in the Burrows, of course) for riches, b*tches, and the glory of being the one who's reached the top? Let's see who's side Lady Luck's on...(this is not a single mission, but more of his "Big Goal" that just popped up)

Amanda will happily take you now for a first look, if you want to go. Or rather, she and one of the techpriests -- almost certainly Thaddeus -- will take you.

Gracias.

I could always send a Sith to get him out of trouble...Ascalon and all, being what it is.

I could.

Oooh, that sounds interesting...

OK, if y'all want to go, Amanda and Thaddeus will take you as soon as Maghrl has brought the new character back to the Building. Play may be a bit slow on Thad's part, since he's Cer's character. However, it'll give us more time to get get acquainted with Ascalon.

[Holy Lykos]

Amanda will happily take you now for a first look, if you want to go. Or rather, she and one of the techpriests -- almost certainly Thaddeus -- will take you.

Gracias.

Oooh, that sounds interesting...

OK, if y'all want to go, Amanda and Thaddeus will take you as soon as Maghrl has brought the new character back to the Building. Play may be a bit slow on Thad's part, since he's Cer's character. However, it'll give us more time to get get acquainted with Ascalon.

Oh wait, do I need to do something to bring the new character in?

[Danceria]

Gracias.

OK, if y'all want to go, Amanda and Thaddeus will take you as soon as Maghrl has brought the new character back to the Building. Play may be a bit slow on Thad's part, since he's Cer's character. However, it'll give us more time to get get acquainted with Ascalon.

Oh wait, do I need to do something to bring the new character in?

Mayhaps join us to recruit people in the Burrows...?

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

A Prologue to Madness

How to Axe off your Villain

"So you thought you could waltz right in during all the commotion and take back our prize?" Neil inquired his longtime foe, Velocidoctor suspended in ropes above a pool of yellow resin. "Well yes in short." The elderly reptile replied coyly. "Well in a few moments I'll be rid of you and there will be nothing left in the way of the glorious Empire. All Hail Lord Pilkington!" Neil saluted as his wife Gretta took this as the cue to play the record of the national anthem. Velocidoctor just chuckled as Neil put his claw on the lever intended to lower the rope.

Neil hesitated, why was his moment of victory being scoffed at? Was there something he did not know? Impossible! Neil knew everything! Including the unknowable and the things he didn't know he knew! That made sense right? No matter, sense was meaningless in the grand scope of his conduct. But what did Velocidoctor know?

"Stop it! I won! So many have tried but I am a mere flick of the claw away from ending your troublesome existence." Neil reaffirmed. Velocidoctor chucked some more. "Oh I just find it funny. You lot just have a need to assert yourselves everywhere you go. You can't appreciate things as they are. You just have to twist everything to your own warped images no matter how small. Pilkington rules only a single star system and you have the need to control every aspect of this apartment. Look at it! A mere room just had to be a lavish mansion with your own lawn. You can't go outside without trying to assume control. And that made it all the more easier to escape." Velocidoctor replied.

Neil thought it over, "But I have you at the end of your literal rope about to be suffocated to death. No allies can help you they are all busy and I've sealed us all in here. How could you possibly escape?" Neil asked. "Simple, you have chroniton regulators in here to control the passage of time in here, the first thing I did before your butler found me was slow you down so I had time to set up what I needed. I borrowed one of your displacement devices and hopped back to the point where you stored the Chesterfield. Disassembling the vault was easy with one of your Timeline-reversal weapons. Then I popped ahead and..." Velocidoctor was cut off by Neil pulling the lever, not wanting to waste any more of his time. Velocidoctor fell and landed on the now hardened resin. "...Eavesdropped on which deathtrap you were going to use." Velocidoctor continued as he took a seat on an invisible sofa. He waved to his past self over by the resin tank controls which he had set to solidify what was supposed to be a liquid until he was submerged in it.

"You still aren't getting out of here. " Neil growled as he drew an overcharged energy pistol. "Neither are you. " Velocidoctor stated as his seat became a visible plaid. Neil fired and the energy beam dissipated off an invisible shield. "A little taste of your own medicine." Velocidoctor smirked as he and his sofa faded out of existence.

---

Lockpicking Space Fabric

Locked, it would be one way to describe the front door of 8D. Though that would imply that the lock was material and that the door led from one continuous space to another. Trapped in a bubble of their own making was a better way to put it. "Damn him, he took everything we need to open this up." Neil cursed as he tossed another useless tool into the pile of failures next to the blackened crater of a door which merely signified where the exit was supposed to be. "Neil, we can't keep doing this. I know it's fun and we can take these sorts of things but it is unfair to the kids. Why should these meddling vigilantes reduce the freedom of our children? They deserve better." Gretta said as she brought another cart of tools. "But who will do these things if we are not? The world needs things like us to challenge it." Neil said as he burned at the door with a Planck Energizer. "See we can't even think outside the bubble anymore. Time to pass the reigns to someone who can. The world may need us but we have changed too much and our timeline is too complicated to fit on forum post." Gretta urged as she handed Neil a Quantum Awl. "I suppose you're right, but we still need to go somewhere even if it isn't here. There has to be a way, Velocidoctor left so why can't we?" Neil said and drove the Quantum Awl into his skull.

---

Shades of the Past

Darkness, that is what you see what you aren't looking, that is what you dream when you are unimaginative, that is what you remember when you forget. Neil stood alone in his own mind, but it wasn't his mind, no shifting cityscapes or mad cap adventures here. "This is what I think about when I'm not thinking." Someone who wasn't Neil said. A door, simple enough, it wasn't anything special but it was something. Neil opened the door because he had to. A lounge or at least an idea of a lounge the details are quite hazy and irrelevant. The setting did not matter as much as who was in it. The Clever Fox was the first guest, dressed finely with a grey waistcoat and matching suit, he had been there the longest but left for only the briefest time returning with a bat stew. The Friendly Rabbit was the second guest, with pink fur and a bow tie he never really belonged here. The Mad Human was the third guest, his eyes covered by goggles and wearing a stained labcoat his left arm was sometimes a robotic claw or some other augmentation. He had seen the most of the outside and was the most comfortable. The Cat Swordsman was the 4th guest, dressed like a french Musketeer he enjoyed the first taste of blood. The Deadly Penguin waddled about as the fifth guest, dressed in a top hat and bow tie the waved an umbrella which contained a variety of uses. He had enjoyed most of the childhood adventures.

Now Neil was here, among the nameless, he considered himself lucky to have the widest press and the first proper name. "I think I remember you from so long ago." The Fox said. "Back then Jurrasic Park just came out and you were born from the sandbox in the purest sense." He continued. "Or rather the seed of your conception in the back of the mind. You weren't really here until the Internet came around." The Mad Human said with a wicked grin. "We are all more copied concept than original, but you were the first to be appreciated." The Cat purred. "You really were the first one of us trying to be original, unaware of others having the same idea. Discovery only implanted more copied ideas." The Penguin stated.

The guests faded away leaving only an amorphous form in the pseudo-lounge Its only feature was a single eye or a cracked smile, a bit hard to tell. "I tried moving on, but that is hard, and I don't like to let things go.And so many desperately want things the way they used to be." the shape said. "Gone but not forgotten, here but not tangible, and you cannot go back. You don't fit into neat little boxes. Time to put you to other things as I sort out your newest iteration."

"Well I couldn't quite follow that, but if that means I'm not trapped here then great!" Neil agreed naively and cheerfully.

---

Meanwhile in the town of Elsewhere

Gretta Garbo pulled the flyer from the bulletin board, "For Rent: Apartment in Timespace Bubble, Plenty of Lab Space for creating Abominations of Science! Comes with Free Intern. Looking for a Von Eldrich, preferably Velociraptor." she read and passed it to her boyfriend Neil Eldritch as she accepted an Animal Ice Cream from him, Chocolate Mole flavoured. "Oh, this sounds perfect for us!" Neil commented as he ate some Lizard Lime. "What if it is a trap?" Gretta asked. "Then we'll kill 'em all together." Neil assured her as a bus leaving the desert town pulled up.

[Fvaarniimar]

I think my brain went on hiatus today - sorry, NA. Working on post now. Min, is there a reason why you're having Lumba think Nick's questions were asked by Sandy? I could see it if Sandy is a tenor and facing the other direction, but...

[Giovenith]

A Prologue to Madness

How to Axe off your Villain

"So you thought you could waltz right in during all the commotion and take back our prize?" Neil inquired his longtime foe, Velocidoctor suspended in ropes above a pool of yellow resin. "Well yes in short." The elderly reptile replied coyly. "Well in a few moments I'll be rid of you and there will be nothing left in the way of the glorious Empire. All Hail Lord Pilkington!" Neil saluted as his wife Gretta took this as the cue to play the record of the national anthem. Velocidoctor just chuckled as Neil put his claw on the lever intended to lower the rope.

Neil hesitated, why was his moment of victory being scoffed at? Was there something he did not know? Impossible! Neil knew everything! Including the unknowable and the things he didn't know he knew! That made sense right? No matter, sense was meaningless in the grand scope of his conduct. But what did Velocidoctor know?

"Stop it! I won! So many have tried but I am a mere flick of the claw away from ending your troublesome existence." Neil reaffirmed. Velocidoctor chucked some more. "Oh I just find it funny. You lot just have a need to assert yourselves everywhere you go. You can't appreciate things as they are. You just have to twist everything to your own warped images no matter how small. Pilkington rules only a single star system and you have the need to control every aspect of this apartment. Look at it! A mere room just had to be a lavish mansion with your own lawn. You can't go outside without trying to assume control. And that made it all the more easier to escape." Velocidoctor replied.

Neil thought it over, "But I have you at the end of your literal rope about to be suffocated to death. No allies can help you they are all busy and I've sealed us all in here. How could you possibly escape?" Neil asked. "Simple, you have chroniton regulators in here to control the passage of time in here, the first thing I did before your butler found me was slow you down so I had time to set up what I needed. I borrowed one of your displacement devices and hopped back to the point where you stored the Chesterfield. Disassembling the vault was easy with one of your Timeline-reversal weapons. Then I popped ahead and..." Velocidoctor was cut off by Neil pulling the lever, not wanting to waste any more of his time. Velocidoctor fell and landed on the now hardened resin. "...Eavesdropped on which deathtrap you were going to use." Velocidoctor continued as he took a seat on an invisible sofa. He waved to his past self over by the resin tank controls which he had set to solidify what was supposed to be a liquid until he was submerged in it.

"You still aren't getting out of here. " Neil growled as he drew an overcharged energy pistol. "Neither are you. " Velocidoctor stated as his seat became a visible plaid. Neil fired and the energy beam dissipated off an invisible shield. "A little taste of your own medicine." Velocidoctor smirked as he and his sofa faded out of existence.

---

Lockpicking Space Fabric

Locked, it would be one way to describe the front door of 8D. Though that would imply that the lock was material and that the door led from one continuous space to another. Trapped in a bubble of their own making was a better way to put it. "Damn him, he took everything we need to open this up." Neil cursed as he tossed another useless tool into the pile of failures next to the blackened crater of a door which merely signified where the exit was supposed to be. "Neil, we can't keep doing this. I know it's fun and we can take these sorts of things but it is unfair to the kids. Why should these meddling vigilantes reduce the freedom of our children? They deserve better." Gretta said as she brought another cart of tools. "But who will do these things if we are not? The world needs things like us to challenge it." Neil said as he burned at the door with a Planck Energizer. "See we can't even think outside the bubble anymore. Time to pass the reigns to someone who can. The world may need us but we have changed too much and our timeline is too complicated to fit on forum post." Gretta urged as she handed Neil a Quantum Awl. "I suppose you're right, but we still need to go somewhere even if it isn't here. There has to be a way, Velocidoctor left so why can't we?" Neil said and drove the Quantum Awl into his skull.

---

Shades of the Past

Darkness, that is what you see what you aren't looking, that is what you dream when you are unimaginative, that is what you remember when you forget. Neil stood alone in his own mind, but it wasn't his mind, no shifting cityscapes or mad cap adventures here. "This is what I think about when I'm not thinking." Someone who wasn't Neil said. A door, simple enough, it wasn't anything special but it was something. Neil opened the door because he had to. A lounge or at least an idea of a lounge the details are quite hazy and irrelevant. The setting did not matter as much as who was in it. The Clever Fox was the first guest, dressed finely with a grey waistcoat and matching suit, he had been there the longest but left for only the briefest time returning with a bat stew. The Friendly Rabbit was the second guest, with pink fur and a bow tie he never really belonged here. The Mad Human was the third guest, his eyes covered by goggles and wearing a stained labcoat his left arm was sometimes a robotic claw or some other augmentation. He had seen the most of the outside and was the most comfortable. The Cat Swordsman was the 4th guest, dressed like a french Musketeer he enjoyed the first taste of blood. The Deadly Penguin waddled about as the fifth guest, dressed in a top hat and bow tie the waved an umbrella which contained a variety of uses. He had enjoyed most of the childhood adventures.

Now Neil was here, among the nameless, he considered himself lucky to have the widest press and the first proper name. "I think I remember you from so long ago." The Fox said. "Back then Jurrasic Park just came out and you were born from the sandbox in the purest sense." He continued. "Or rather the seed of your conception in the back of the mind. You weren't really here until the Internet came around." The Mad Human said with a wicked grin. "We are all more copied concept than original, but you were the first to be appreciated." The Cat purred. "You really were the first one of us trying to be original, unaware of others having the same idea. Discovery only implanted more copied ideas." The Penguin stated.

The guests faded away leaving only an amorphous form in the pseudo-lounge Its only feature was a single eye or a cracked smile, a bit hard to tell. "I tried moving on, but that is hard, and I don't like to let things go.And so many desperately want things the way they used to be." the shape said. "Gone but not forgotten, here but not tangible, and you cannot go back. You don't fit into neat little boxes. Time to put you to other things as I sort out your newest iteration."

"Well I couldn't quite follow that, but if that means I'm not trapped here then great!" Neil agreed naively and cheerfully.

---

Meanwhile in the town of Elsewhere

Gretta Garbo pulled the flyer from the bulletin board, "For Rent: Apartment in Timespace Bubble, Plenty of Lab Space for creating Abominations of Science! Comes with Free Intern. Looking for a Von Eldrich, preferably Velociraptor." she read and passed it to her boyfriend Neil Eldritch as she accepted an Animal Ice Cream from him, Chocolate Mole flavoured. "Oh, this sounds perfect for us!" Neil commented as he ate some Lizard Lime. "What if it is a trap?" Gretta asked. "Then we'll kill 'em all together." Neil assured her as a bus leaving the desert town pulled up.

+5

[Mincaldenteans]

I think my brain went on hiatus today - sorry, NA. Working on post now. Min, is there a reason why you're having Lumba think Nick's questions were asked by Sandy? I could see it if Sandy is a tenor and facing the other direction, but...

Lumba has not registered Nick's question: she's assuming Sandy has an interest to all three because he hasn't actually specified anything past "testing". That being said, Lumba can't help but think she has a 3 for 1 (hefty) price (not including Prim's and Dora's requisitions).

[Fvaarniimar]

Sorry! Guess brain hiatus continues...