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Following up on the positive response in this topic (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/rp-interest-(vr)/msg1221306/#msg1221306), I'll be starting this RP before too long. In brief, it is about a group of gamers who were testing a comprehensive virtual reality protocol but were stranded in an actual Elements world, in forms capable of commanding the energies and creatures of the world. Their future efforts will either be about accepting this reality as their own or attempting to return home.
In order to know who's joining in and to get a rough idea of who they are, I ask for participants to answer the following in-character, letting replies reflect temperaments.
Project #9066 - Epidimensional Location Excitement Motivating Extradimensional Novel Transit Status
Name:
Other Aliases:
Age:
Gender:
Preferred Species/Race:
Preferred Appearance:
Primary Elemental Affinity:
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable):
Profession:
Notable Hobbies:
Concerns About Test (if any):
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes:
At this time, accessing the sub-regional dimension and, in its use, applying uniform distribution of friction is a developmental imperative in an emerging guided fantasy. The same being licensed herewith (except those consultants and in the survivor of such date the Committee under Warrant Agent and all respects be required by it may the same and shall have all of the rights except those belonging to a Stockholder which the latter have acquired in new Directives issued upon the surrender of Certificates or the return of a product duly described by an on-duty Theft Investigation Agent appointed by Licensee, or in Licensee's absence, a family member, if available, who has been both charged with and acquitted of larceny, or otherwise the Committee, with respect to the extent lawful) all stamp taxes and acknowledgement of the Procedure being duly issued as well as second-party recognition that the Participant has made this Agreement or superseding order in writing and in person, according to customary law, the User may request a restoration by the Company and the Plan, but he shall be in no event of supplication informed of Contents issued after the Procedure but before the restoration in its acting as the same, and local taxes cannot be exercised until and unless the Company has been indemnified by the local government for all tax revenues. Parties agree that the terms and conditions, set hereinafter and thereuntobefore, are subject to considerable and deserved mockery, and are bound together solely by a redundancy of fabricated prepositions.
Signature:
For sake of example I'll be submitting my form here; for sake of reference a list and set of links to future sign-ups (expanded as necessary) will follow.
Project #9066 - Epidimensional Location Excitement Motivating Extradimensional Novel Transit Status
Name: Jaye Granger
Other Aliases: In my writing projects, often Jayne or Aurora, characters into whose shoes (or paws) I suppose I'll step.
Age: 19
Gender: Male (although the two I mentioned are vixens, so...I suppose I'll do the same for this simulation).
Preferred Species/Race: Kitsune
Preferred Appearance: A silver-furred vixen, six-tailed (or I guess three-tailed if it makes more sense at whatever point we start), fairly recognizable as a vulpine but also distinctly humanoid, somewhat lithe and athletic. 5'9", roughly? Fur probably fairly long and soft, same for tails. Stripes of steel blue down the sides of tails, patch of red over heart. Paws which work just fine as hands and feet, but nonetheless allow for slashing if need be. Bright blue eyes that seem to sparkle...anyway. One last thing that might happen is a faint luminescence based on energy, for good or for ill.
Primary Elemental Affinity: :light, since...I guess I'd just say that I'm 'neutral good' as some classifications would go. Even though that's not a one-to-one comparison. I'd like to stick with light for peace's sake, my peace and that of others.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): :time. Been fascinated with the idea of time-travel...and of dimensional warping, which is part of why I was interested in this project.
Profession: Student (collegiate)
Notable Hobbies: Writing, puzzles, gaming, logic, a bit of metaphysics, some others.
Concerns About Test (if any): I have difficulty believing that you're actually harnessing higher dimensions, as opposed to just being the next generation of VR...how is this supposed to work? Those dimensions have mostly been theoretical...what if things go wrong in transit? What if they go wrong when we get there...if, that is, we even are going anywhere?
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 2.5/5...cakes?
<Legal jargon>
Signature: Jaye C. Granger
Author List
I'll continue adding space to the list as need requires, hope you join in!
- I've been asked and will note, please make your sign-up form a reply in this thread. I'm just adding the links to specific posts for convenience.
| Author | Character (& link) | Element/s | Last Known Location |
| ProBacon | Claiborne Sterling Matthews (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222134/#msg1222134) | :aether | Magma Mountains (E) |
| kinkykitten624 | Izabelle 'Z' Dixon (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222202/#msg1222202) | :entropy / :death | Oracle Shrine (NE) |
| Arum | James Azazel (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222217/#msg1222217) | :darkness / :aether | Oracle Shrine (N) |
| Aves | Aetius 'Pawn' White (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222230/#msg1222230) | :darkness / :life | Desert of Time (SE) |
| AD TienzuStorm | Nile Rusus (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222244/#msg1222244) | :time / :air | Magma Mountains (E) |
| Timdood3 | Joey Faral (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222244/#msg1222244) | :air / :entropy | Magma Mountains (E) |
Naesala | Renae Lavinia 'Mivlya' Blizzard (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222212/#msg1222212) | :gravity / :light | Oracle Shrine (N) |
| MeowMeowCat | Chip Faral (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222354/#msg1222354) | :air / :time | Magma Mountains (E) |
| Jenkar | Yu'zsc (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222434/#msg1222434) | :darkness / :entropy | Oracle Shrine (NE) |
| dawn to dusk | Eldrick Tareal (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1223515/#msg1223515) | :life / :earth | Magma Mountains (E) |
| Discord | Jane 'the Dragon' Starkwood (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222567/#msg1222567) | :entropy / :darkness | Magma Mountains (E) |
| Linkcat | Sky (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222132/#msg1222132) | :air / :life | Oracle Shrine (NE) |
| asdw152 | Brian 'Casino' Woo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1223678/#msg1223678) | :entropy | Unknown |
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| Silver Emerald | Jaye 'Aurora' Granger (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/virtual-reality-sign-up-thread-(questions-comments-concerns)/msg1222131/#msg1222131) | :light / :time | Magma Mountains (E) |
Additional information:
- Each player has a multipurpose watch, which, among other things, provides provided information to Departure, has a map of the land (see below), and can perform a number of other yet-unspecified functions. Its displays are color-coded to the wearer's element/s. It also seems to be nigh-indestructible and, if taken off, will follow its bearer in the shape of a mini-helicopter.
- Creatures and permanents/artifacts are to be hidden away in a personal sub-space which will keep them nearby and summonable; this space is accessible by a watch but may not be entered by players.
- You start with the ability to perform elemental magic approximately equivalent to the starter deck of your primary element. Within the RP, magic is simply magic, and does not require cards. Your skills should progress over time, which is your prerogative.
- Limitations on magic: For our purposes, magic is a shortcut. By expending an amount of energy proportional (but not necessarily equivalent) to physically doing a task, with consideration for the distance you're doing it over, you may will some effect as an extension of your elemental power (spells) or bring an owned piece of equipment or loyal creature immediately from your watch's rift (summoning permanent/creatures). In this definition, manifesting your stated elements is considered not very physically draining; while other types are possible in theory it's simply not how you're specialized. You're not limited to the cards from EtG. The point at which you become tired should be reasonable in accord with your character's elemental experience and the number of Shards you've recovered.
- Magic does exist in the natural world and may be drawn on to help ease the physical strain, but the method of drawing on one particular type of element when many can be said to be present is imperfect and not recommended unless: a) Near a particularly potent source of that element, or b) When using gear which helps isolate a particular element.
NPCs:
You are free to add NPCs, with the stipulation that beyond my initial documenting them, they are your responsibility to: a) keep in check and not steal the spotlight from the character you signed on to write; and b) if you don't want them to be public domain you have to let me know and I'll make a note here.
- Dave Smithson, founder and CEO of Departure Science. In his late 60s and in pretty poor health, hoping to cure himself (among other things) if this experiment works. Is pretty ruthless in the pursuit of science.
- Rachael Whitman, works for Departure Science, Project Coordinator for E.L.E.M.E.N.T.S. She and her team are currently in the form of scavenging animals trying to piece back together the shattered gemstones used in the experiment; their efforts are Project #9067.
- (Silver Only) Virtual Assistant, better known as 'The Oracle'. An algorithm given flesh, he was supposed to help the players but the gateway crash has left much of his knowledge and power corrupted, hidden from him except in the form of strange predictions. Still wields a potent amount of control over each of the elements...but is mostly absorbed in trying to recover from the portal implosion.
Geography/Politics:
- Departure Science HQ has been determined to be somewhere in the north of the US state Michigan.
- The map in this post (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/role-playing/rpg-maps/msg342676/#msg342676) by vrt is our reference map. We begin at the unmarked Oracle Shrine, located centrally between :fire and :time.
- Pillars and shards are unique; each element has built up its civilization around its pillar (an ancient artifact, the origin of which is unknown) since the pillar provides a localized purification effect which significantly improves the 'density' of its element in the region and thereby makes accessing native magic easier for that element. This has also kept the elemental borders relatively stable in the past, though squabbles over defining the borders are not uncommon. The 13th pillar, the Quantum Pillar, is part of the Oracle Shrine and is understood to be a neutral zone.
- The Shard of each element is among the greatest treasures of its civilization and confers a more portable form of the Pillar to its holder, in addition to some other effect. Rulers are generally leery to give them up, but when they do so, according to epics of heroes gone by, it shows that the ruler trusts in the recipient to use it well and trusts in the Oracle to be able to mysteriously recover the Shard if should anything untoward happen. Whether that's still possible in his weakened state remains to be seen.
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Project #9066 - Epidimensional Location Excitement Motivating Extradimensional Novel Transit Status
Name: Sky
Other Aliases: None.
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Preferred Species/Race: Human
Preferred Appearance: No changes, outfit similar to this (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/rangersapprentice/images/4/46/Ruinsofgorlanwill.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/468?cb=20120407083755). (My appearance is close to what it is pictured, 6'2" with hair reaching halfway down my back, wearing jeans, a black t-shirt, and a very dark grey hoodie with the hood down until we get inside.
Primary Elemental Affinity: :air
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): :life
Profession: Park Ranger
Notable Hobbies: Archery, Hunting, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Adventure, etc., Gaming of all kinds.
Concerns About Test (if any): Slight skepticism.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: I have no expectations.
At this time, accessing the sub-regional dimension and, in its use, applying uniform distribution of friction is a developmental imperative in an emerging guided fantasy. The same being licensed herewith (except those consultants and in the survivor of such date the Committee under Warrant Agent and all respects be required by it may the same and shall have all of the rights except those belonging to a Stockholder which the latter have acquired in new Directives issued upon the surrender of Certificates or the return of a product duly described by an on-duty Theft Investigation Agent appointed by Licensee, or in Licensee's absence, a family member, if available, who has been both charged with and acquitted of larceny, or otherwise the Committee, with respect to the extent lawful) all stamp taxes and acknowledgement of the Procedure being duly issued as well as second-party recognition that the Participant has made this Agreement or superseding order in writing and in person, according to customary law, the User may request a restoration by the Company and the Plan, but he shall be in no event of supplication informed of Contents issued after the Procedure but before the restoration in its acting as the same, and local taxes cannot be exercised until and unless the Company has been indemnified by the local government for all tax revenues. Parties agree that the terms and conditions, set hereinafter and thereuntobefore, are subject to considerable and deserved mockery, and are bound together solely by a redundancy of fabricated prepositions.
Signature: (https://gyazo.com/a8ed6d67b8aa9f64f426a3c942fbee32.png)
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In, sounds fun
Name: Claiborne Sterling Matthews
Other Aliases: N/A
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Race: Human, Creamy Black Skin (like Stephen Curry)
Preferred Appearance: 6" 4' slightly built with black dreadlocks. Only noticeable physical deformations being a slight scar on the left arm
Primary Elemental Affinity: :aether Loves the unity that Aether brings to me and my friends. Also a lesser used element that I am trying to make a bit better and more respected in the world.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Very loyal to only one element. Picking two would be treason.
Profession: Fresh out of college with a masters in astrophysics, although not employed
Notable Hobbies: Space, sports, card games and slam poetry
Concerns About Test (if any): free food?
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: a solid 4.5/5
Signature: Claiborne S. Matthews
EDIT: Answer to the question "Where do we start?" : When we meet at the testing facility, to have some early interactions
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Name: Izabelle Dixon
Other Aliases: Goes as Z when out and about to keep her identity safe.
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Preferred Species/Race: Human
Preferred Appearance: Long, bright red hair. Ice-blue eyes. Standing at about 5'7, muscular. Gotta be strong in what I do.
Primary Elemental Affinity: Entropy. Gotta love chaos
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Death. One of my favorite things
Profession: Assassin
Notable Hobbies: Gaming, archery, fencing
Concerns About Test (if any): Nothing.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: I don't even know what this means, so how about a 3/5..cakes
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Name: Renae Lavinia Blizzard
Other Aliases: Mivlya
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Species/Race: Anthropomorphic Skunk
Preferred Appearance: Mivlya stands five foot six inches in height and weighs roughly two-hundred pounds, slightly chubby but possessing tight muscles beneath. She possesses the same... anatomical quirk at the player [See corresponding health form Pre-Existing conditions Form H2304]. Blue eyes, basic skunk coloration for fur and long white hair.
Primary Elemental Affinity: Gravity
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Light
Profession: Student / Sales Associate
Notable Hobbies: Reading, Studying Legal Documentation, Tactical Roleplay.
Concerns About Test (if any): Section 8 Part B of the Terms and Conditions contains a loophole which does not adequately protect the company in the event of we (the players) untimely deaths and could be easily rectified by the use of the attached rewrite. I authorize use of this rewrite at no additional charge.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: [Blank]
At this time, accessing the sub-regional dimension and, in its use, applying uniform distribution of friction is a developmental imperative in an emerging guided fantasy. The same being licensed herewith (except those consultants and in the survivor of such date the Committee under Warrant Agent and all respects be required by it may the same and shall have all of the rights except those belonging to a Stockholder which the latter have acquired in new Directives issued upon the surrender of Certificates or the return of a product duly described by an on-duty Theft Investigation Agent appointed by Licensee, or in Licensee's absence, a family member, if available, who has been both charged with and acquitted of larceny, or otherwise the Committee, with respect to the extent lawful) all stamp taxes and acknowledgement of the Procedure being duly issued as well as second-party recognition that the Participant has made this Agreement or superseding order in writing and in person, according to customary law, the User may request a restoration by the Company and the Plan, but he shall be in no event of supplication informed of Contents issued after the Procedure but before the restoration in its acting as the same, and local taxes cannot be exercised until and unless the Company has been indemnified by the local government for all tax revenues. Parties agree that the terms and conditions, set hereinafter and thereuntobefore, are subject to considerable and deserved mockery, and are bound together solely by a redundancy of fabricated prepositions.
Signature:
(https://camo.githubusercontent.com/59e9997c538fc5b1147b51c70540065423c30fcf/68747470733a2f2f662e636c6f75642e6769746875622e636f6d2f6173736574732f393837332f3236383034362f39636564333435342d386566632d313165322d383136652d6139623137306135313030342e706e67)
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Name: James Azazel
Other Aliases:
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Preferred Species/Race: Lizard
Preferred Appearance: A humanoid reptilian similar to what might be described a dragon, I am coated in black scales with an "underbelly" of dark green that runs down my chest, thighs and "undertail". Tail is long, just as long as I am tall. Tapers into a thin point. Tall, standing at approximately 7 feet 2 inches, or approximately 2.2 metres. Hands have five digits, consisting of four fingers and a thumb that end in claws. Feet are also human-like, but instead of toenails, claws. Hairless. Eyes dark green, eerily yellow in some lights. Able to breathe a blue flame that radiates cold, and has resistance to temperature. Somewhat muscular, but more of an athletic build.
Primary Elemental Affinity: :darkness I thrive in being unnoticed, due to the nature of my work. When people don't notice me, they often do things that signal their guilt or innocence.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): :aether To remain in CSI, I have had to remain impartial and distant, some even say unfeeling.
Profession: Crime Scene Investigator / Private Eye
Notable Hobbies: 3D Puzzles, reading, collecting skulls, gaming, weapons training
Concerns About Test (if any): How do we know our mental faculties will remain intact? Any potential stress on living minds, on human minds, has not been directly tested for. There could be hallucinations, memory loss, retardation... the list goes on.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 0/5 cakes. I'm not expecting cake. If you were asking about my feeling of the test's success, then that would be 3/5, since there is always the element of the unknown that cannot be accounted for in calculations.
Signature; James A. Azazel
I look forward to this.
One question; is my application clear or are there certain things that need rewriting?
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All: Thanks for being the first to say yes!
Link: I'll go ahead and list you once the sheet is written and up.
PBacon: All right, you're in. Thanks for the signature, even if the legal text was not the most clear.
Kit: Sounds interesting that we'll have a young assassin with us. Would like the signature indicating agreement to the excessively complicated contract, though. Listed.
Nae: I'm prepared to list you as well once the form is made.
Arum: You're mostly fine, though if you're going to bring in an ability such as the breath it should probably be element-related (though elements are, in theory, subject to change via metamorphosis). No, I'm not sure off-paw what that element-related ability would be. Also, signature is at the end of the form, after the contract.
And back to All: I have a question for everyone else while we're still in preparation, and those who have yet to sign up may also pitch in before the story actually starts. Would you rather begin:
- When we meet at the testing facility, to have some early interaction?
- Just before we go through the portal, to describe feelings and changes in the dimensional shift?
- Just after we go through the portal, to hit the ground running with fresh problems?
Would be glad to hear back!
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Project #9066 - Epidimensional Location Excitement Motivating Extradimensional Novel Transit Status
Name:Aetius White
Other Aliases: Pawn
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Race: Illusionist-- Illusionists can project false visual stimuli at the cost of their own sensory perception, which weakens exponentially the longer the illusion is maintained.
Preferred Appearance: 5"5', medium length black beard. Wiry, not muscular. Cloaked. Likes hats.
Primary Elemental Affinity: :darkness The media calls them brush wars, anomalies of an orderly and peaceful technologically advanced society, anachronisms in our globalized era. Those of us who came back know better.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): :life Strength through Diversity. That's the creed, isn't it?
Profession: Former Human Rights Graduate Student
Notable Hobbies: History, Logic, Strategy Games.
Concerns About Test (if any): Is the simulated life sapient? Do the creatures and beings we encounter have rights? What happens when we are not there, and the machines are turned off? If not... what happens when these conditions are exploited?
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 5/5.
<Legal jargon>
Signature: Aetius White
Edit: 1337th post 8)
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The reason I kept the breath is because I am a dragon-humanoid, but I figured a cold breath is a lot more subtle than a burning one, so I switched it that way. Also, it makes it a lot easier to break stone, doors, etc. In the "real world" I would carry a canister of liquid nitrogen if I needed to break in somewhere, since frozen metal is a lot more brittle.
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On the topic of where to start; I think an arrival at the facility would be a good write in point; start everyone off with 5 minutes of independent arrivals in sequential order (if I go 3rd, when I enter I will see #1 and #2) so that other people get a feel of how your character should be interacted with/written on their side. Then we can take it from there.
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My preferred starting point is for each of us to arrive at the facility independently, but not see each other until we enter the world one by one, and each person can decide if they want to enter next to others or start off on their own.
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PBacon: All right, you're in. Thanks for the signature, even if the legal text was not the most clear.
I did it to make the app. more professional. Couldn't find a cursive looking font soooo, had to adjust.
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Name: Izabelle Dixon
Other Aliases: Goes as Z when out and about to keep her identity safe.
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Preferred Species/Race: Human
Preferred Appearance: Long, bright red hair. Ice-blue eyes. Standing at about 5'7, muscular. Gotta be strong in what I do.
Primary Elemental Affinity: Entropy. Gotta love chaos
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Death. One of my favorite things
Profession: Assassin
Notable Hobbies: Gaming, archery, fencing
Concerns About Test (if any): Nothing.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: I don't even know what this means, so how about a 3/5..cakes
Signature: Izabelle "Z" Dixon
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Project #9066 - Epidimensional Location Excitement Motivating Extradimensional Novel Transit Status
Name: Nile Rusus
Other Aliases: N/A
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Species/Race: Human
Preferred Appearance:
- Hair is dark gold in the front but becomes a natural brown in the back
- Bright green eyes
- Rather short at 5"6', skinny yet muscular
Primary Elemental Affinity: Time :time, being born in Egypt gives an eerie natural affinity with Time
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Air :air, worshipping Horus mainly grants some affinity towards Air as well
Profession: Came from Giza, Egypt to study abroad, currently majoring in Physics
Notable Hobbies: Good at swimming, used to swim for school in Egypt; cutting paper snowflakes is fun
Concerns About Test (if any): Might set back the studies and take away from his short time in his studying abroad experience; also, all the dimension warping might set him unstable and make him go crazy again..
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 4/5 stars, not dealing with the silly cakes
Signature: Nile Rusus
I have a question for everyone else while we're still in preparation, and those who have yet to sign up may also pitch in before the story actually starts. Would you rather begin:
- When we meet at the testing facility, to have some early interaction?
- Just before we go through the portal, to describe feelings and changes in the dimensional shift?
- Just after we go through the portal, to hit the ground running with fresh problems?
I'd say that we should meet at the testing facility, like how Arum said to do it.
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Name: Joey Faral
Other Aliases: None
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Preferred Species/Race: Avian Humanoid
Preferred Appearance: Tall and lithe, with silver plumage accenting my thin and fragile-looking arms and torso. It gets in the way of getting dressed, so I usually go without a shirt, something that would probably make me uncomfortable if not for the feathers. My legs are less avian, allowing me to wear pants, thankfully. Other avian features include my eyes: golden, my stance: walking lightly, seeming always ready to take flight, and my rather pointed face: completely human but clearly reminiscent of something hawk-like. My hair matches my silver feathers except for a black streak on the left side.
Primary Elemental Affinity: I've always identified heavily with :air, which should be obvious from my favored appearance. Flight, freedom, and the ideal of existing everywhere. While I can't fault anyone for choosing anything else, it seems almost foolish to choose any of the more restricted elements.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Entropy. Chaos and randomness are things that I've always been attracted to. Luck seems to always come my way when I need it to, so why not honor it by choosing :entropy?
Profession: College student, part time in customer service.
Notable Hobbies: Naturally, flying kites amuses me. It's a bit odd and probably isn't even notable, but having the feeling of control while also being at the mercy of the winds is just so satisfying. And let's not forget gambling. Probably more notable than flying kites, I have a tendency to throw half my paycheck at the chance to multiply it. Usually it doesn't work, though I can't say I've never won enough to keep me going.
Concerns About Test (if any): I'm concerned that there may be...limitations. I'm not overly concerned, but concerned enough to write it down. I'm note sure exactly what's possible in this virtual world, I fear it will just have the same limitations real life would have, even if it is in a fanciful world.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 8 doughnuts. (Converting it, that makes four cakes).
At this time, accessing the sub-regional dimension and, in its use, applying uniform distribution of friction is a developmental imperative in an emerging guided fantasy. The same being licensed herewith (except those consultants and in the survivor of such date the Committee under Warrant Agent and all respects be required by it may the same and shall have all of the rights except those belonging to a Stockholder which the latter have acquired in new Directives issued upon the surrender of Certificates or the return of a product duly described by an on-duty Theft Investigation Agent appointed by Licensee, or in Licensee's absence, a family member, if available, who has been both charged with and acquitted of larceny, or otherwise the Committee, with respect to the extent lawful) all stamp taxes and acknowledgement of the Procedure being duly issued as well as second-party recognition that the Participant has made this Agreement or superseding order in writing and in person, according to customary law, the User may request a restoration by the Company and the Plan, but he shall be in no event of supplication informed of Contents issued after the Procedure but before the restoration in its acting as the same, and local taxes cannot be exercised until and unless the Company has been indemnified by the local government for all tax revenues. Parties agree that the terms and conditions, set hereinafter and thereuntobefore, are subject to considerable and deserved mockery, and are bound together solely by a redundancy of fabricated prepositions.
Signature: Joseph C. Faral
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And back to All: I have a question for everyone else while we're still in preparation, and those who have yet to sign up may also pitch in before the story actually starts. Would you rather begin:
- When we meet at the testing facility, to have some early interaction?
- Just before we go through the portal, to describe feelings and changes in the dimensional shift?
- Just after we go through the portal, to hit the ground running with fresh problems?
Would be glad to hear back!
I say we just get right into it.
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Name: Chip Faral
Other Aliases: Cats need no alias'.
Age: 4 in standard human years, which translates to 28 in cat years.
Gender: Male
Preferred Species/Race: Cat
Preferred Appearance: A sleek, glossy cat, with fur the color of silver, with occasional streaks of black through his neatly kept fur. A bit on the smaller end of the spectrum, as far as cats go, but, eh, better for flying. With that mentioned, akin to his owner, Joey Faral, Chip also adorns a pair of wings, feathers the same color as his fur. Chip's eyes are akin to the imagined color of the sands of :time, golden yellow. His tail is curiously kinked about 3/4 of the way up, curving his tail in the form of a question mark.
Primary Elemental Affinity: Chip mainly aligns with :air, like his owner.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Chip also aligns with :time, unlike his owner, who aligns with Entropy. Chip much prefers order and control, rather than randomness. Silly Schrodinger.
Profession: Catching mice.
Notable Hobbies: Weaving between feet, barfing in shoes, destroying furniture, and sleeping.
Concerns About Test (if any): Cats don't care about much.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 2.5 cakes.
Notes: Chip is non-verbal, however, he uses Joey Faral as his interpreter, due to their Feral Bond. This bond remains through the transition of IRL to VR.
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Name: Yu'zsc
Other Aliases: None
Age: 49
Gender: None
Preferred Species/Race: Shadow
Preferred Appearance: An evee-shaped cloud of darkness, with holes letting the background being seen. A more convenient form for social events such as these is a feathered human, clad in a dark robe, only shape giving off the relief
Primary Elemental Affinity: :darkness is where i was born, and that to which i return
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): :entropy. Very whimsical
Profession: Anything that catches my interest. Currently, helping a local charity.
Notable Hobbies: Reading, searching for anything that could enhance power.
Concerns About Test (if any): None.
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: .5 cake.
Notes: Tends to not talk much.
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I've received less replies to the question in my last post than I have writers.
As such, I've put up a poll asking when each RPer would most rather open the story. If you have any inclination to elaborate on your poll answer and haven't already done so, I'd be glad to hear it.
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I was bribed
By dawn
Name: Jane Starkwood
Other Aliases: Jane The Dragon
Age: 17 years
Gender: Female
Preferred Species/Race: Dragon
Preferred Appearance: Hatchling dragon (European style, with four limbs and wings and whatnot). Approximately 2 meters tall. Pink scales. Menacing appearance. Green eyes.
Primary Elemental Affinity: Entropy.
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): Darkness
Profession: Writing.
Notable Hobbies: Drawing, fighting.
Concerns About Test (if any): Well, this seems exciting! Who am I going with? Although, exciting as it is, When exactly are we coming back? Does anything that happen here have the possibility of affecting me later on? What if I die in here!?
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: 4 cakes.
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Discord.
I told you to edit it, flesh out out and make it more than just sorry phrases.
You disappoint me cord.
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Thanks for signing up, all!
The plan is to begin by Tuesday; this thread will remain in case anyone else happens by and wishes to join in later.
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Additional information will be added to this thread and the opening post from time to time, including but not limited to:
- Geographical and political information
- NPCs
- Other documentation
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We now have a new poll question about what's going to happen once we arrive! Mostly since, if we go separate ways, the posts may be fragmentary and difficult to sort through. We'll have good reason to work in teams, but probably not all twelve together.
Please take a moment to vote, and reply if you choose a response-requested option!
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Although the idea of people splitting up into teams is a good idea, I feel that the teams will be assigned therefore people who have already established more or less a relationship in the conference room have a chance to not be in the same team therefore the interaction in the conference room was for nothing. I say (if you want) you can get people to travel with or or give your self the option to travel by yourself.
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Although the idea of people splitting up into teams is a good idea, I feel that the teams will be assigned therefore people who have already established more or less a relationship in the conference room have a chance to not be in the same team therefore the interaction in the conference room was for nothing. I say (if you want) you can get people to travel with or or give your self the option to travel by yourself.
It's not assigned.
It's that people will go off in groups of their choosing
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Copy and Paste for a poll option addition request.
[21:34:56] ‹Arum› On one hand, I like the individual RP thread ideas
[21:35:33] ‹Arum› On the other, I'm not sure about splitting off the topic; if people go solo, where do they post? They can make their thread, but then where do the multi-people interactions occur? (A.k.a group A interacts with group B. Do they post in own thread or make a new one?)
[21:35:57] ‹Arum› A fix to this might be to create "area" threads, which would be far too many (12).
[21:36:37] ‹Arum› So my solution would be to do spoilers
[21:37:08] ‹Arum› The spoiler would contain the approximate location so that interactions can occur, and the comments can be searched for by area to keep it neater
[21:37:32] ‹Arum› Say, if Joey and MMC get split up because MMC chases a butterfly, and Joey is in the desert of time and MMC is in the forest of life
[21:37:48] ‹Arum› Joey would do [spoiler=Desert Of Time] and MMC would do [spoiler=Forest Of Life]
[21:38:25] ‹Arum› And if AD goes to the Forest as planned, then he can set up an interaction with MMC, since he's in the same area, and he would also post as [spoiler=Forest Of Life]
[21:38:45] ‹Arum› That way we keep one thread, but it is still organized as to group, and allows for solo writing.
Add Ons
[21:40:56] ‹Linkcat› ‹@Arum› I like that idea, but I think we should use colors instead to make it easy to find connected parts.
- This idea would mean scrolling, but is also feasible.
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Name: Eldrick Tareal
Other Aliases: Edward
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Preferred Species/Race: Half-Elf
Preferred Appearance: 6'1, short-Medium length dark brown hair. Dark Green eyes. Slim, often wearing a green cloak and navy-blue pants.
Primary Elemental Affinity: :life
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable): :earth
Profession: Unemployed, aspiring to engineering. Final year of school.
Notable Hobbies: Tennis, music.
Concerns About Test (if any): Too many people
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: Depends on the type of cake. If it is cheesecake I will give it 4 stars.
At this time, accessing the sub-regional dimension and, in its use, applying uniform distribution of friction is a developmental imperative in an emerging guided fantasy. The same being licensed herewith (except those consultants and in the survivor of such date the Committee under Warrant Agent and all respects be required by it may the same and shall have all of the rights except those belonging to a Stockholder which the latter have acquired in new Directives issued upon the surrender of Certificates or the return of a product duly described by an on-duty Theft Investigation Agent appointed by Licensee, or in Licensee's absence, a family member, if available, who has been both charged with and acquitted of larceny, or otherwise the Committee, with respect to the extent lawful) all stamp taxes and acknowledgement of the Procedure being duly issued as well as second-party recognition that the Participant has made this Agreement or superseding order in writing and in person, according to customary law, the User may request a restoration by the Company and the Plan, but he shall be in no event of supplication informed of Contents issued after the Procedure but before the restoration in its acting as the same, and local taxes cannot be exercised until and unless the Company has been indemnified by the local government for all tax revenues. Parties agree that the terms and conditions, set hereinafter and thereuntobefore, are subject to considerable and deserved mockery, and are bound together solely by a redundancy of fabricated prepositions.
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I have no idea how to exist
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More managerial/organizational things to discuss:
- Checking and re-checking spoilers for information is not likely to be much fun for us (for fact-checking) or for anyone in the future who looks back on what we did to try to figure out the secrets by which we became so amazing. As such, I have received recommendation (and strongly support it) that we instead use headers which contain the color, the element symbol, or both. It is difficult to misinterpret and easier to access.
- With division into two groups, our timelines may unintentionally diverge. I'm open to ideas on setting up some standard so that one group doesn't go through a week while the other has only passed two days.
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1. If we go that route, we'll need to get standard colors because then similarly colored elements like Water, Air, and Aether might get confused.
2. Perhaps we could have the people who end up with the post at the end of the day in the RP kinda have a Day X at the end of their post so that the other group will know how to coordinate the time. Obviously there will be times where one group is a day or so ahead of the other due to varying scene lengths, but it would allow the groups to know when they could try and meet if the occasion arises.
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With regards to timing, I think a 'Day X' at the beginning, only when the day actually changes, would be enough. In addition, the watches allow for an easy explanation for in-universe precise timekeeping... unless they don't actually have clocks and are just glorified magical storage and computation devices :P
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Name:Brian Woo
Other Aliases:Casino, asdw152
Age:18
Gender:Male
Preferred Species/Race:Human
Preferred Appearance: 6 ft-ish,blue hoodie, striped shirt, dark blue jeans, white sneakers
Primary Elemental Affinity:rainbow :entropy
Secondary Elemental Affinity (if applicable):
Profession: Student
Notable Hobbies:Juggling
Concerns About Test (if any): how long it will take
Test Expectation Rating out of 5 Cakes: none now that i ate them
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Signature:Brian Woo
Just wondering how late I am to this. I haven't been paying too much attention and might not pay too much attention.
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We've only just gotten into the world really. So you're not really late at all.
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Listed, Asdw. I ask that you do pay attention and take pride in writing something great.
As we write headers...we could use a standard. Be as artistic as you want in listing twelve hex codes. We'll probably keep neutral as the default gray text.
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| Color | Code |
| :aether | Aether | turquoise |
| :air | Air | #77DDFF |
| :darkness | Darkness | black |
| :death | Death | #9966FF |
| :earth | Earth | #BB6633 |
| :entropy | Entropy | violet |
| :fire | Fire | #FF4444 |
| :gravity | Gravity | orange |
| :life | Life | limegreen |
| :light | Light | white |
| :time | Time | yellow |
| :water | Water | #1177EE |
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Yep, Linkcat got it.
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A quick and short update of who is with who and where.
Going west and north around the big-ass mountain to the Gravity Basin.
-ProBacon/Claiborne
-AD/Nile
-Silver/Aurora
-Dawn/Eldrick
Going to the top/over the big-ass mountain and eventually to the Gravity Basin.
-Tim/Joey
-Discord/Jane
-MMC/Chip
Going north from spawnpoint to the Kingdom of Light.
-Naeskunk/Mivlya
-Arum/James
Going north on the border between :fire and :time heading to the Forest of Life. Something about an Oasis? (The area where :light :death :time :life and :gravity all meet?)
-Link/Sky
-Jenk/Yu'zsc
-Kiki/Z
All by himself somewhere in the Desert of Time doing who knows what.
-Aves/Aetius