sainen
Elder Lich
it's not that odd once you factor in that Legend is probably the biggest name in the group and has the most relevant power(all the "lasers").
Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 16: Playful Parasites Pervert Prayer, Perpetuate Plagues
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I prefer to describe Legend's power as "shooting rainbows".
Cassiemouse
Market Atheist
You have given me the gift of excitements, Mr. Gromweld. I thank you.
How so? They've known each other for a while, and while I wasn't expecting eros, I did get the vibe of there being more than simple friendship there. Looking back, there's even hints after First Prayer of Perfection's return to Earth-Bet (I'm thinking of FPoP refusing to be a 'conquest').
Longer, actually. Traffic is a nightmare.
I prefer to describe Legend's power as "shooting rainbows".
Skittles endorsement?
You have given me the gift of excitements, Mr. Gromweld. I thank you.
As do I. Thank you!
I'm assuming that when Behemoth mostly destroyed New York, he blew several conveniently-placed tunnels that help traffic in and out of Manhattan. It's part of what made the city worth rebuilding. Also, flyers cheat. (But yes, I've lived in both and know traffic around or between them always sucked. To this day, I'm convinced that every Philly radio station just plays a recording of "The Schuylkill is backed up, Montgomery through Gerard" as the intro to their traffic report.)
They aren't Endbringers, they're helping! They just get a little...carried away sometimes, that's all.
Sadly, given the number of flyers in the area the FAA has instituted very strict flight patterns allowable in the area to keep, say, Warhawk from colliding with Legend mid-flight hard enough to cause someone to spill their morning coffee and make things worse. Honestly, some days it really is less trouble to grab a cab.
Cassiemouse
Market Atheist
Do you have any thoughts you would like to share on who would be a good candidate Exaltation next, Gromweld? Or characters you would like to write more about? I would l like to plumb the inner depths of your mind for dark secrets and recipes for ice cream. Very important.
"and"?
@Gromweld we don't get to see the exact details on the Shard of Excised Imperfections until after we meditate on charms, correct? Or is that a separate action?
A thought; Jack Slash tried to tear down Autochthon's reputation with that broadcast, but had the Protectorate response team broadcast as well. First Prayer of Perfection's anima was active, and (as I recall) she decided that, well...
They'd remember Autocthon in her place. People watching this broadcast are going to see the Great Maker wrecking the Slaughterhouse Nine's shit and saving people.
This is gold. Glenn will have a field day for this, and if we don't get some kind of influence boon for this I will be amazed. This is the kind of positive PR that you can't pay for, and Jack's practically giving it to us.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
I laughed. "Turbo-illegal" is the best kind of illegal!
There is a potential Iris Interlude planned in this quest, but I think it'll come a little later than Arc 8. For reasons. But still, you pretty much hit the nail on the head - though Bonesaw was ever-so-eager to have Mrs. Bearing be a nurse during the many operations Bonesaw performed. Bonesaw even made/took a pink nurse outfit for her to wear! (Iris was not amused.) +1 XP!
I like it! Print it!
There were many opportunities for puns and comedy, but it kinda would have broken the mood. Also, Marrow isn't much of a punner. If we had been with Aisha, however, totally.
One person collecting all the bounties on the entirety of the Slaughterhouse 9 would be enough to take someone from Resource 1 to 5 instantly.
My condolences and sympathies.
This is odd, because it was planned from the get-go. I have intentionally dropped a hint in every single update this Arc about it coming, too. The growing attraction to Chevalier is still there, but Marrow had been keeping Kali at arm's length due to her years of self-doubt and disatisfaction over her inability to relate to Kali the way Kali does with everyone: physically. I've also been dropping hints from their first introduction that they're super-close, and this was merely Marrow finally saying 'fuck it, I'm not wasting Autochthon's gift by keeping the world at arm's length again.' She's still gonna be reserved and Temperance 4, but that's different than shutting out the world because you don't love yourself enough to give anyone else a chance.
Unless you're saying it was a forced/bad scene, in which case that's probably true because I've never written lovey-dovey stuff before and likely am turrible at it.
I prefer to keep my opinions regarding current possible Alchemical possibilities to myself, as that's largely why I'm running this as a quest and not a fanfiction - this is a collaborative story, really, and I'm much more interested in your all's opinions on things. As for characters I enjoy writing about? Hmm.
- I (somewhat obviously, I suspect) enjoy writing Aisha, but I also find her difficult to 'keep in check' because SB and SV are still bound by Puritanical Value Systems (by varying amounts). I can do it, and it's an interesting writing exercise to do so, but it's something I have to keep in mind.
- Chevalier and Armsmaster are fun to write, as their different types of social awkwardness create fun situations all on their own.
- Accord is a blast to write, strangely enough, as he shares a lot of similarities with a long-running character I had in VtM years ago.
- Bonesaw is fun because it's motherfucking Bonesaw.
- Bladedancer has grown on me, as has Marrow. Amusingly, my original plan for Philly had both of them dead long ago.
- Geode is fun, because I get to have Clueless and Mean Girls playing in the background for inspiration.
Actually, the more I think about it, I enjoy writing basically everyone we've met so far... which is a good thing, I suppose. Keeps me going.
As for ice cream, here's a recipe for my favorite Mint-Vanilla flavor:
http://www.thelittleepicurean.com/2012/11/fresh-mint-and-chocolate-chunk-ice-cream.html
Until we meditate on Charms, yes.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
Grommmm~
I hope you know that the idea of getting to flip Jack's perfidy back on him like that made me actually squee a bit out loud.
And a lot internally.
Amina meditation: JUSTIFIED.
I hope you know that the idea of getting to flip Jack's perfidy back on him like that made me actually squee a bit out loud.
And a lot internally.
Amina meditation: JUSTIFIED.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Legitimate question: have I done that enough to earn that reputation now? If not, just keep in mind that when fecal matter hits oscillation devices it's not entirely unreasonable. If so... well, shit.
Fair enough, since PTA does not explicitly declare that you must move at full speed all the time. I'll just take the 'you auto-take Terminal Velocity damage' part of the sub-mod as saying that the charm flips out when you hit an errant object and grinds you into it before cutting out. (Which calls to mind Sinestro during the end fights of The Incredibles.)
I've raised this before, but I think that part of the problem with scenes that she appears in is that you enjoy writing Aisha so much, that it warps the narrative around it, detracting from other characters in order to keep the focus on her even when it would probably be better to showcase other characters or parts of the plot. The advice to 'kill your darlings' isn't always right, but the idea behind it is something to keep in mind.
Bonesaw looked down at the prone heroine. "I thought the famous Weaver would put up more of a fight than that." She stepped over the empty eyed corpse of Burnscar. "I mean, you were OK but going down to a telescoping arm, that cost you points as Mr Jack would say. Oh well, I'll just disable your motor functions and then we can do science..." Her cheery voice faded.
"Mrs Bearing, what are you doing?" The sphere was moving towards her with deliberate menace. A slow roll but the hostility was palpable. The Siberian interposed herself between it and her little girl - and disappeared as she touched the gloss black surface. In a van across the street there was an explosive sound as of William Manton suddenly turning into a flock of mechanical ducks.
The bloodsoaked blonde tried to run but her implants had other ideas, holding her at attention. Alan entered the room, walking stiffly upright and a Bezazel drone came dragging Bakuda until all four of them were stood before Mrs Bearing like naughty children. A voice came from the drone, from Bakuda's mask, from her comm. It was dry and precise and filled with cold rage.
"My name is Iris Of Innovation. I am going to do Science. And then Art."
(Luckily for them, Enduring Order Administrator ran out of essence halfway through the science and Legend is no artist.)
"Mrs Bearing, what are you doing?" The sphere was moving towards her with deliberate menace. A slow roll but the hostility was palpable. The Siberian interposed herself between it and her little girl - and disappeared as she touched the gloss black surface. In a van across the street there was an explosive sound as of William Manton suddenly turning into a flock of mechanical ducks.
The bloodsoaked blonde tried to run but her implants had other ideas, holding her at attention. Alan entered the room, walking stiffly upright and a Bezazel drone came dragging Bakuda until all four of them were stood before Mrs Bearing like naughty children. A voice came from the drone, from Bakuda's mask, from her comm. It was dry and precise and filled with cold rage.
"My name is Iris Of Innovation. I am going to do Science. And then Art."
(Luckily for them, Enduring Order Administrator ran out of essence halfway through the science and Legend is no artist.)
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You forgot Iris in there!
OT7, hahaha.
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You forgot Iris in there!
Iris is too busy doing the tsun tsun masochism tango with oranges so Iris/Oranges/Nowhereverse Physics/SCIENCE!/Frustration OT5
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Slowly and painfully. The thing is, when its the POV character suffering, its different. For some reason. It may be readers projecting themselves onto the character, or it may be that seeing how her mind works, I don't think of her as a child, but Taylor's suffering was always like... an opportunity. It still sucked, but it made me angry, rather than sad and depressed. It felt personal.
In this case though a kid I've come to like while reading about has been tortured and mindbroken, it just makes me really sad. Imagining what happened to the rest of them also makes me depressed.
Its good storytelling, but it just so happens to push my buttons in such a way that I'm not enjoying it.
dpara
slightly confused ascendant
Hue, hue, hue.
Aisha? .. just imagine it
+ POS
+ Invisibility
+ ISF
She'd lolnope every fight.. though the PRT would likely blow a gasket xD
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Mass-Penetrating Scan costs 1 mote of essence, is for only ~5 seconds, and is limited to 9 total feet of matter you can penetrate. It's really good for when you've got something narrowed down, but simply spamming will not find you everything in a range as large as Philadelphia+Camden+outlying areas.
Also worth noting is that Iris is not 'leaking' Essence (since he's not using any), so there isn't an easy trail to follow that way. Still, we have a shit-ton of dice and auto-successes for tracking things down, so it's going to happen eventually.
Cassiemouse
Market Atheist
I was thinking about everyone seeing the Great Maker in place of Sirkalla. Since prayer basically creates essence it should help us convert EarthBet over to essence physics since each prayer would spread it around. Especially if we capitalize on this to do a public reveal of Autochthon and start to organize his worship. We could tell everyone that he could help us save the world but he is dying and needs prayer to help him bridge the gap between worlds. I imagine we could get many followers right quick.
Maybe we need to work on getting everyone actual souls for it to work though? We could try to get everyone souls by building a crucible of souls thing. What would it take for us to build an artifact that makes souls and gives them to our followers?
Maybe we need to work on getting everyone actual souls for it to work though? We could try to get everyone souls by building a crucible of souls thing. What would it take for us to build an artifact that makes souls and gives them to our followers?
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Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Fair enough. Something to consider?
To paraphrase a great quote: "Sad people don't changes things. Mad people do." So don't get sad, get mad! Or better yet - don't get mad, get even.
Prayer only works if you have a soul. Earth-Bet meat machines (aka: humans) don't have souls. Yet.
Gromweld
Learning By Mistake
Also, people haven't answered my question, so I'll just make it an easy (no Stunts or write-ins!) vote:
[ ] Pay for Hover Throne and you folk get to stat it.
[ ] Free Hover Throne, but I stat it.
Artifact 2, similar to our armor but not quite so ridiculous. There is also the potential to upgrade/augment/give to Iris afterwards, but that requires time.
Vote closes in 12 hours (5pm PST). I sleep now.
[ ] Pay for Hover Throne and you folk get to stat it.
[ ] Free Hover Throne, but I stat it.
Artifact 2, similar to our armor but not quite so ridiculous. There is also the potential to upgrade/augment/give to Iris afterwards, but that requires time.
Vote closes in 12 hours (5pm PST). I sleep now.
[X] Free Hover Throne, but I stat it.
Reasoning: XP is at an extreme premium right now (6 is a lot right now!), so better to get a slightly less awesome shiny for free.
Reasoning: XP is at an extreme premium right now (6 is a lot right now!), so better to get a slightly less awesome shiny for free.