TBF, Mags, you have been doing a lot of the heavylifting for the quest, so this will be in good hands.
To be clear to everyone, this is just me burning out on imagination of the quest, since my muse has been hitting me over the head a lot with so many different ideas that I just can't find myself too interested in this.
I'll still hang out here, though, since this still does have a sepcial place in my heart.
I'd like to thank you all for making this a wonderful experience while it lasted.
I'd also like to thank @Magoose, @Fluffy_serpent, and @Martin Noctis for doing so much to help prepare and write this quest. I couldn't have done it without you all.
[x]Yes: Will automatically negotiate fee and script changes, and it will be January of 1971, in Hong Kong, for storyboarding and scripting. You will also be celebrating a birthday
Adhoc vote count started by Magoose on Feb 28, 2022 at 10:35 PM, finished with 36 posts and 25 votes.
[X] Plan: Be Prepared...With a Vengeance!!! -[X]No: You aren't ready for production just yet. -[X]Prepare for the Fury (Role Change): You want to see if Bruce is willing to give you a larger role, or failing that, just something badass to do? DC: 45 Reward: you get a larger role, and maybe something more. -[X] Gophering, and other signs of stuff: You want to try and learn how work behind the camera works, and what better way than being a gopher. DC 50 (You have no idea what the hell they were doing, and you have no idea either) -[X] Practice writing: You want to write something, maybe even a script. At least to learn the craft. DC 20 (You try your hand at screenwriting, and maybe get something that is worth a damn. Please note that your script quality will have a roll malus due to never trying something like this before.) -[X] Research stuff, see if anything piques your interest: You may have graduated High School as a kid, but you never stopped trying to learn. DC 15 (Write-in: Chinese Films)
[X]Yes: Will automatically negotiate fee and script changes, and it will be January of 1971, in Hong Kong, for storyboarding and scripting. You will also be celebrating a birthday.
-[X]No: You aren't ready for production just yet.
-[X]Prepare for the Fury (Role Change): You want to see if Bruce is willing to give you a larger role, or failing that, just something badass to do? DC: 45 Reward: you get a larger role, and maybe something more. Roll: 69(nice)
You had looked at the offer from Bruce and his contact, which would allow you to be part of the film.
Or rather, the three options that were possible. All of them are more intimidating and broken than the others.
The First option was a simple one. Serve as a henchman to the big bad, a rather competent one where you would serve as a saboteur, a kidnapped victim that is not who he seems, striking bruce in the back while he was trying to help him, stabbing him in the shoulder, wounding him, then entering a prolonged but very rewarding fight scene.
You had, however, one problem with it.
You were half-naked, with only a loincloth to protect your modesty. That normally wouldn't be a problem.
But you were underage. That might raise some questions. This was the director's choice.
It would not require much in the way of acting skills, but put your physical abilities to the test.
Option two, which was Bruce's choice, was an interesting one. He had decided to play with the expectations of the audience, and make you seem like the central character, pulling the rug out of the sails. You would star in a short, five/seven-minute short film, in the beginning, the opening to be precise, as the Interpol agent that was in charge of investigating the Drug trade in Thailand. It would follow you entering the factory, confronting the men, and getting into a fight. and you would lose.
After a helluva fight.
It would allow you to be a good actor, and show off your skills, even if you lose.
Option Three was something that came to you in a dream. It was a slight combination of the two options. But it had a very big difference. Bruce would rescue you and have to fight you, not to kill you, but to break the brainwashing, trying to keep Bruce from killing you and to maintain tension within the story.
You actually like the idea. And had even written the part of the script that was for the idea.
But Bruce felt that having you try to force yourself more into the story might make people think you were trying to hard. But he did see the merit in the idea. There was also a very big possibility that the action-heavy fights, both of them might hurt you.
What Option do you take:
[]Option A: Director's choice, Easy on choreography with almost no acting. (The DC for the Choreography is high, but acting is set to 0)
[]Option B: Bruce's Choice, (The DC is Average on Acting talent for it to not be cut or reshot, and the DC is High on choreography)
[]Option C (Your Choice, The DC is High on Acting talent for it to not be cut or reshot, and the DC is Very High on choreography Due to the very demanding prolonged fight for the finale)
-[X] Gophering, and other signs of stuff: You want to try and learn how work behind the camera works, and what better way than being a gopher. DC 50 (You have no idea what the hell they were doing, and you have no idea either) Roll: 58
It was not really a big thing that you had even done, as much as you had planned to do.
There was a TV show that was filming, and it needed an action director for a few simple stunts. You did not hesitate to try and help, and even managed to learn something about staging action.
-[X] Practice writing: You want to write something, maybe even a script. At least to learn the craft. DC 20 (You try your hand at screenwriting, and maybe get something that is worth a damn. Please note that your script quality will have a roll malus due to never trying something like this before.) Roll: Nat 1(Yikes)
You couldn't write for shit.
That was obvious.
But when you really wanted to learn, to try and learn to write a screenplay?
It was worse than that. You burned it.
And never wanted to do it again.
Critical Failure: Screenwriting and learning to write have been removed for 1 year.
Suffer a -20 to all learning/writing rolls... For the next 2 years.
-[X] Research stuff, see if anything piques your interest: You may have graduated High School as a kid, but you never stopped trying to learn. DC 15 (Write-in: Chinese Films) Roll: 53
It wasn't much but you managed to find some dubbed Hong Kong Action films that were floating around some collector's basement. It was rather a good find, as you managed to watch the films for a few days, trying to get an understanding of Hong Kong Film Culture.
And you were going to be honest with yourself, being a spoiled film brat with access to American films and those from Britain.
They were not that good. Now that was not being fair to Hong Kong filmmakers. The audience that they were trying to show these films for was something akin to fantasy films. The Wuxia genre was what they were called. Now you knew nothing about that film genre really appealed to you.
They were simple stories, like the Western, and even the Noir films that your father loved to harp on as classics.
Then there was the process of dubbing. You really did not understand it. Why couldn't the original actor's lines be used?
And of course, there was the culture that you did not understand. Cultivation? Chi? Gravity-defying stunts without wires or help. That was what you looked to. They believed in the perfection of one's self.
But in the end, you came back with a slightly more understanding.
At least a more healthy respect for what you were doing...
And wishing to make it better.
Reward: You have watched Hong Kong Cinema, and realize that there is far more than meets the eye. However, the quality of those films, to you, leaves much to be desired.
A/N:
MAGOOSE DICE STRIKE
Scheduled vote count started by Duke William of on Feb 27, 2022 at 5:15 PM, finished with 37 posts and 24 votes.
[X] Plan: Be Prepared...With a Vengeance!!! -[X]No: You aren't ready for production just yet. -[X]Prepare for the Fury (Role Change): You want to see if Bruce is willing to give you a larger role, or failing that, just something badass to do? DC: 45 Reward: you get a larger role, and maybe something more. -[X] Gophering, and other signs of stuff: You want to try and learn how work behind the camera works, and what better way than being a gopher. DC 50 (You have no idea what the hell they were doing, and you have no idea either) -[X] Practice writing: You want to write something, maybe even a script. At least to learn the craft. DC 20 (You try your hand at screenwriting, and maybe get something that is worth a damn. Please note that your script quality will have a roll malus due to never trying something like this before.) -[X] Research stuff, see if anything piques your interest: You may have graduated High School as a kid, but you never stopped trying to learn. DC 15 (Write-in: Chinese Films)
[X]Yes: Will automatically negotiate fee and script changes, and it will be January of 1971, in Hong Kong, for storyboarding and scripting. You will also be celebrating a birthday.
