December 24, 2010
What does it mean, really, to be 'unforgivable?' Unpardonable, or...
What does it mean, really, to be 'unforgivable?' Unpardonable, or...
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01 (Character Sheet, Intro)
UnwelcomeStorm
BARK! BARK! BARK!
- Location
- United States
December 24, 2010
What does it mean, really, to be 'unforgivable?' Unpardonable, or indefensible, inexcusable. Does it mean doing a single thing that's so bad, it can't ever be forgotten? Or is it something slower, a pattern of behavior so steeped in malice and willful ignorance that there can be no justification for its continued sufferance? Or is it only when both these collide, when there's a final tipping point, a cliff along a lifetime of unrepentant hurts?
Or is it me?
Standing in the freezing rain, staring at the lovingly gift-wrapped ruin of my mother's flute, delivered right to my doorstep, I feel everything that is contradictory. A swelling emotion in my chest like I'm about to burst, a numbness spreading from the wet ice and flakes on my head and shoulders and dripping through my bones, a hateful raging fire in my throat. I feel like I'm falling and standing still and spinning. Merry Christmas, Taylor Hebert. Love, Emma. Love, Sophia. Love, this whole miserable cesspit of a city.
I find myself on my knees, gripping the flute and baring my teeth like I'm going to snap it in half, and I don't recall any point between now and opening the present. The moon is out behind the snow-swollen clouds, and there is something new inside me. Something restless and hungry, something angry. Something strong. It wants out, and I let it, because I am unforgivable: I am incapable of forgiveness.
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Character Sheet
Taylor is a Changer, a type of parahuman who changes their physical form. She has a pre-determined selection of forms to choose from, each one based on an antagonist from a fairy tale, a classic book, or film. Each of these forms has its own role to play, and its own powers to aid it. Though she starts with only two, victory over her enemies will allow her to unlock more forms, and more powerful forms. They are ranked in tiers, from 1-5, and through use can be upgraded to become more powerful.
As a parahuman, Taylor is now living a double life. During the day, she needs to go to school, take care of her own needs, and avoid trouble. At night, her power activates, and she can hunt down and punish a target of her choosing.
Readers will be prompted to choose targets for Taylor to pursue. These votes can be vague (such as unpowered criminals from X gang, or to patrol a certain area) or specific (named villains or heroes, specific civilians, specific acts). At the same time, readers will be asked to choose a form for that particular hunt; these votes are linked, so (Quarry: Kaiser/Form: Red Bull) is distinct from (Quarry:Kaiser/Form:Horned King). Making a careful plan of attack is invaluable, as different forms have different strengths and vulnerabilities. It is recommended that the thread corroborate to choose Taylor's actions. Not every Tier will be visible from the start, and forms that are visible but greyed out have not been unlocked.
There are many targets available, and just as many reasons to go over them; it doesn't have to be over a grudge. Taylor is an antagonist by nature, and some monsters exist to provide worthy opponents.
ANTAGONISTS
TIER 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Shere Khan
(Monarch)
Power Type: Brute
Description: A very large, battle-scarred tiger.
Abilities:
Name: The Red Bull
(Pursuer)
Description: A giant, red, phantasmal bull. It is relentless in its mission.
Power Type: Brute/Breaker
Abilities:
Name: The Big Bad Wolf
(Punisher)
Power Type: Breaker
Description: Takes the form of a large, nightmarish wolf. Seeks to punish and devour the sinful.
Abilities:
Name: Pitch Black
(Phobophage)
Power Type: Stranger/Mover/Thinker
Description: A tall, pale man wreathed in shadows. There is something very inhuman about him.
Abilities:
TIER 3 (Costs 75/100)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Ursula the Sea Witch
(Faustian Bargain)
Power Type: Trump
Description: A half-octopus mer woman. While she can breathe air, she cannot move easily over land.
Abilities:
Name: The Horned King
(Undead Scourge)
Power Type: Master
Description: A lich, draped in robes and with a horned crown.
Abilities:
TIER 4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Dr. Frankenstein
(The Unhinged)
Power Type: Tinker
Description: A mad scientist in a stained lab coat.
Abilities:
Name: Eye of Sauron
(Deciever)
Power Type: Thinker/Trump
Description: An eye, massive, wreathed in flame. Requires a high vantage point, and is both immobile and highly visible.
Abilities:
TIER 5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Maleficent
(Fated Adversary)
Power Type: Changer
Description: A queen possessed of dark and terrible magics.
Abilities:
Name: Chernabog
(Source of Evil)
Power Type: Master
Description: Lord of the underworld, ruler over demons. A great, winged being of shadow and flame.
Abilities:
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Hunt Points: 30
Successful hunts will earn Hunt Points, that can be used to unlock new Antagonists or upgrade existing ones. There are a few ways to earn bonus points, including thread participation (omakes, clever plans) and acting in accordance with an antagonist's nature; for example, Shere Khan is best suited to acquiring or patrolling a territory, while The Red Bull is most effective when targeting a specific person.
Buying upgrades is not sequential; you can choose which upgrade to buy first at the cheapest price, then second at the middle price, and third at the most expensive. Unlocking a new antagonist is similar: pay the cheapest listed price for whichever you unlock first, and the higher price for whichever is second. You do not have to buy all antagonists in a tier, but you do need to have one of them to unlock the next tier.
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Date: December 24, 2010
[ ]Choose a target and available form.
-[ ]Plan of action?
What does it mean, really, to be 'unforgivable?' Unpardonable, or indefensible, inexcusable. Does it mean doing a single thing that's so bad, it can't ever be forgotten? Or is it something slower, a pattern of behavior so steeped in malice and willful ignorance that there can be no justification for its continued sufferance? Or is it only when both these collide, when there's a final tipping point, a cliff along a lifetime of unrepentant hurts?
Or is it me?
Standing in the freezing rain, staring at the lovingly gift-wrapped ruin of my mother's flute, delivered right to my doorstep, I feel everything that is contradictory. A swelling emotion in my chest like I'm about to burst, a numbness spreading from the wet ice and flakes on my head and shoulders and dripping through my bones, a hateful raging fire in my throat. I feel like I'm falling and standing still and spinning. Merry Christmas, Taylor Hebert. Love, Emma. Love, Sophia. Love, this whole miserable cesspit of a city.
I find myself on my knees, gripping the flute and baring my teeth like I'm going to snap it in half, and I don't recall any point between now and opening the present. The moon is out behind the snow-swollen clouds, and there is something new inside me. Something restless and hungry, something angry. Something strong. It wants out, and I let it, because I am unforgivable: I am incapable of forgiveness.
* * *
Character Sheet
Taylor is a Changer, a type of parahuman who changes their physical form. She has a pre-determined selection of forms to choose from, each one based on an antagonist from a fairy tale, a classic book, or film. Each of these forms has its own role to play, and its own powers to aid it. Though she starts with only two, victory over her enemies will allow her to unlock more forms, and more powerful forms. They are ranked in tiers, from 1-5, and through use can be upgraded to become more powerful.
As a parahuman, Taylor is now living a double life. During the day, she needs to go to school, take care of her own needs, and avoid trouble. At night, her power activates, and she can hunt down and punish a target of her choosing.
Readers will be prompted to choose targets for Taylor to pursue. These votes can be vague (such as unpowered criminals from X gang, or to patrol a certain area) or specific (named villains or heroes, specific civilians, specific acts). At the same time, readers will be asked to choose a form for that particular hunt; these votes are linked, so (Quarry: Kaiser/Form: Red Bull) is distinct from (Quarry:Kaiser/Form:Horned King). Making a careful plan of attack is invaluable, as different forms have different strengths and vulnerabilities. It is recommended that the thread corroborate to choose Taylor's actions. Not every Tier will be visible from the start, and forms that are visible but greyed out have not been unlocked.
There are many targets available, and just as many reasons to go over them; it doesn't have to be over a grudge. Taylor is an antagonist by nature, and some monsters exist to provide worthy opponents.
ANTAGONISTS
TIER 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Shere Khan
(Monarch)
Power Type: Brute
Description: A very large, battle-scarred tiger.
Abilities:
- Physically powerful. Enhanced senses consistent with large cats.
- Stealthy.
- Tongue of Man: Gain speech while transformed.
- Revenge: Gain (Quarry Sense) for anyone that injures you, and bonus HP for subsequently incapacitating them.
- Lord of the Concrete Jungle: Master-controlled minions of other capes will not attack you.
Name: The Red Bull
(Pursuer)
Description: A giant, red, phantasmal bull. It is relentless in its mission.
Power Type: Brute/Breaker
Abilities:
- Quarry Sense: The Red Bull can track and hunt down its target.
- Semi-invulnerable. Cannot be damaged by physical attacks.
- Terrible Visage: An enormous, fiery harbinger is you. Gain resistance to non-physical attacks.
- Intimidation: Only the most steadfast opponents will resist fleeing before you.
- 7 League Hooves: Cross great distances while not pursuing a target.
Name: The Big Bad Wolf
(Punisher)
Power Type: Breaker
Description: Takes the form of a large, nightmarish wolf. Seeks to punish and devour the sinful.
Abilities:
- Sin Sense: Can sense the violent crimes committed by those present.
- Discorporation: Can temporarily phase out of reality and lose physical form. Can selectively re-phase.
- Galeforce: Huff, puff, and blow it all down.
- Lunacy: Draw on the werewolf myth.
Name: Pitch Black
(Phobophage)
Power Type: Stranger/Mover/Thinker
Description: A tall, pale man wreathed in shadows. There is something very inhuman about him.
Abilities:
- Fear Sense: The Boogieman knows.
- Shadowstep: Can move between and hide within shadows.
- Speed of Night: Teleportation between far-off shadows.
- Paranoia Brand: Afflict a target with a growing sense of fear, that persists until a different antagonist form is chosen.
TIER 3 (Costs 75/100)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Ursula the Sea Witch
(Faustian Bargain)
Power Type: Trump
Description: A half-octopus mer woman. While she can breathe air, she cannot move easily over land.
Abilities:
- Spells, Ursula, please!: Can barter with attributes and natural abilities.
- Tidebound: Limited hydrokinesis of ocean water.
- Raised Stakes: Bargain with permanent gains--or losses--to parahuman powers.
Name: The Horned King
(Undead Scourge)
Power Type: Master
Description: A lich, draped in robes and with a horned crown.
Abilities:
- Rise, my minions: Can summon a handful of skeletal warriors to fight for him.
- Necromancy: Can raise any recently deceased into extra undead minions.
- Specter of Death: Raised parahumans keep their full powers and memories.
TIER 4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Dr. Frankenstein
(The Unhinged)
Power Type: Tinker
Description: A mad scientist in a stained lab coat.
Abilities:
- Hybridization: The good doctor specializes in creating hybrid organisms, by mixing creatures, plants, or technology.
- Synergy: Tap the specializations of other nearby Tinkers for use in your own works.
Name: Eye of Sauron
(Deciever)
Power Type: Thinker/Trump
Description: An eye, massive, wreathed in flame. Requires a high vantage point, and is both immobile and highly visible.
Abilities:
- Bend the Knee: Offer the choice of servitude to a target. If they accept, they will be granted a crystal orb to link their power--and will--to yours.
- Calamitous Gaze: Curse those that refuse you. The target will be badly weakened for the next 24 hours… long enough for assassination.
TIER 5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Maleficent
(Fated Adversary)
Power Type: Changer
Description: A queen possessed of dark and terrible magics.
Abilities:
- And All the Powers of Hell: Transform into a dragon. The dragon's fire is cursed, and will raise a stony thicket of briars on whatever it burns.
Name: Chernabog
(Source of Evil)
Power Type: Master
Description: Lord of the underworld, ruler over demons. A great, winged being of shadow and flame.
Abilities:
- March of the Profane: Summons a cauldron from which demonic beings emerge. Enemies submerged in the cauldron become minions until either they are killed, or the sun rises.
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Hunt Points: 30
Successful hunts will earn Hunt Points, that can be used to unlock new Antagonists or upgrade existing ones. There are a few ways to earn bonus points, including thread participation (omakes, clever plans) and acting in accordance with an antagonist's nature; for example, Shere Khan is best suited to acquiring or patrolling a territory, while The Red Bull is most effective when targeting a specific person.
Buying upgrades is not sequential; you can choose which upgrade to buy first at the cheapest price, then second at the middle price, and third at the most expensive. Unlocking a new antagonist is similar: pay the cheapest listed price for whichever you unlock first, and the higher price for whichever is second. You do not have to buy all antagonists in a tier, but you do need to have one of them to unlock the next tier.
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Date: December 24, 2010
[ ]Choose a target and available form.
-[ ]Plan of action?
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Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
So just to clarify we only get forms of Villains from media right? Also can we suggest a form?
Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
- Location
- The Future
Oh now this is very interesting.
On another note who should be our first target and as which monster?
The Red Bull against Hookwolf sounds good since he will be unable to harm us and he cannot run away at all.
Does this mean that we can go after a hero mainly not to defeat them but act as a strong enemy for them and they can get stronger if they defeat us?
On another note who should be our first target and as which monster?
The Red Bull against Hookwolf sounds good since he will be unable to harm us and he cannot run away at all.
Powerofmind
In Madness Fallen
- Location
- United States
[X] Quarry: Sophia / Form: Red Bull
-[X] It was her who changed Emma so. She is the cause for all your troubles and woe.
-[X] It was her who changed Emma so. She is the cause for all your troubles and woe.
Dr. Mercurious
Strangest Person You Know
- Location
- New England
Name: The Red Bull
Because you cannot possibly go wrong with the heavy from The Last Unicorn because he is utterly fucking terrifying.
[X] Target: E88/Hookwolf
Because we are in the mood to break something into tiny tiny pieces; what better target than a human blender. Let them learn to fear the dread tread of our hooves. DRIVE HIM INTO THE SEA.
Because you cannot possibly go wrong with the heavy from The Last Unicorn because he is utterly fucking terrifying.
[X] Target: E88/Hookwolf
Because we are in the mood to break something into tiny tiny pieces; what better target than a human blender. Let them learn to fear the dread tread of our hooves. DRIVE HIM INTO THE SEA.
UnwelcomeStorm
BARK! BARK! BARK!
- Location
- United States
There's a pre-selected list of 12 forms, though you only have the first level unlocked (which makes the level after at least visible). You can PM me a form to consider adding if you really want, but I'll want a justification and basic power set for it.
Basically yes.
- Location
- In Bed
Question:
Does the fiction our forms come from exist in universe?
For example if we turn into shere Khan will people eventually go 'Oh wait, she's turned into that guy from the Jungle Book'
Edit: Also the red bulls invulnerability. I guess you mean that punching or stabbing us will do nothing, but lungs fire and puritys blasts will hurt us.
Just making sure
Does the fiction our forms come from exist in universe?
For example if we turn into shere Khan will people eventually go 'Oh wait, she's turned into that guy from the Jungle Book'
Edit: Also the red bulls invulnerability. I guess you mean that punching or stabbing us will do nothing, but lungs fire and puritys blasts will hurt us.
Just making sure
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- Location
- Lasha Tumbai
People going for Hookwolf - we might have to deal with the other members of the E88. Does physical attack immunity help against all of them, or no? There's a couple I'm not sure on, like Fog, Stormtiger, Purity, maybe some others. We also don't know if there're any OC capes to deal with that might cause issues on top of that.
Also, I think we're expected to provide a plan of action.
Also, I think we're expected to provide a plan of action.
- Location
- Milky Way
This seems like a good choice, you have my vote for it.
- Location
- The Void
[X] (Quarry:Hookwolf/Form: Red Bull)
@UnwelcomeStorm Can we use Quarry Sense to periodically switch targets to other known E88 capes so we can make sure he is alone when we attack? (use quarry sense as a kind of makeshift radar.)
@UnwelcomeStorm Can we use Quarry Sense to periodically switch targets to other known E88 capes so we can make sure he is alone when we attack? (use quarry sense as a kind of makeshift radar.)
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OnlineArmadillo
Verified Dragon Priest
- Location
- USA
How about we try a less challenging target first? Like the Merchants? Drugs are literal poison and they don't have any exotic powers that I can remember.
Remember, we get more power for winning a fight. Let's start from a lower tier first, then escalate.
Remember, we get more power for winning a fight. Let's start from a lower tier first, then escalate.
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- Location
- Lasha Tumbai
If Scrub's not triggered yet then our only concern with the Merchants is any tinker bullshit.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
[X] (Quarry:Hookwolf/Form: Red Bull)
That seems out of character for Taylor.
That seems out of character for Taylor.
- Location
- ?
[X] Quarry: Merchants/Form: Red Bull
Merchants seem like a safer choice than the other gangs or even Sophia; not sure how our semi-invulnerability to physical attacks will hold up against phasing bolts and more esoteric cape attacks. Though I suppose Squealer could possibly give us some trouble depending on what Tinker bullshit happens.
Merchants seem like a safer choice than the other gangs or even Sophia; not sure how our semi-invulnerability to physical attacks will hold up against phasing bolts and more esoteric cape attacks. Though I suppose Squealer could possibly give us some trouble depending on what Tinker bullshit happens.
...inb4 Taylor stops the Endbringers by taking on their role.
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- Location
- USA
[X] (Action: Patrol Merchant Territory/Form: Shere Khan)
- [X] It shouldn't be hard to figure out what territory the Merchants 'control', and they're the least likely to kill us outright. Lets do some good before we seek out greater challenges.
- [X] Any amount of disruption we cause could lead us to higher value targets. Whether it's destroying a drug den or disrupting deals.
- [X] All organizations that deal in supply must have places to store materials at and transport materials from. If we find them, destroy them. See if we can use one den to lead us to another.
- [X] It shouldn't be hard to figure out what territory the Merchants 'control', and they're the least likely to kill us outright. Lets do some good before we seek out greater challenges.
- [X] Any amount of disruption we cause could lead us to higher value targets. Whether it's destroying a drug den or disrupting deals.
- [X] All organizations that deal in supply must have places to store materials at and transport materials from. If we find them, destroy them. See if we can use one den to lead us to another.
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Umi-san
Procrastinating.
- Location
- ꙮ
[X] (Action: Patrol Merchant Territory/Form: Shere Khan)
- [X[ It shouldn't be hard to figure out what territory the Merchants 'control', and they're the least likely to kill us outright. Lets do some good before we seek out greater challenges.
- [X] Any amount of disruption we cause could lead us to higher value targets. Whether it's destroying a drug den or disrupting deals.
- [X] All organizations that deal in supply must have places to store materials at and transport materials from. If we find them, destroy them. See if we can use one den to lead us to another.
Voting for this. Merchants are just disgusting and while drugs aren't the start of a society's problems they appear to expedite its decay. Plus, they lack power so this is a good training wheel for us.
- [X[ It shouldn't be hard to figure out what territory the Merchants 'control', and they're the least likely to kill us outright. Lets do some good before we seek out greater challenges.
- [X] Any amount of disruption we cause could lead us to higher value targets. Whether it's destroying a drug den or disrupting deals.
- [X] All organizations that deal in supply must have places to store materials at and transport materials from. If we find them, destroy them. See if we can use one den to lead us to another.
Voting for this. Merchants are just disgusting and while drugs aren't the start of a society's problems they appear to expedite its decay. Plus, they lack power so this is a good training wheel for us.
- Location
- Lasha Tumbai
[X] (Action: Patrol Merchant Territory/Form: Shere Khan)
- [X[ It shouldn't be hard to figure out what territory the Merchants 'control', and they're the least likely to kill us outright. Lets do some good before we seek out greater challenges.
- [X] Any amount of disruption we cause could lead us to higher value targets. Whether it's destroying a drug den or disrupting deals.
- [X] All organizations that deal in supply must have places to store materials at and transport materials from. If we find them, destroy them. See if we can use one den to lead us to another.
- [X[ It shouldn't be hard to figure out what territory the Merchants 'control', and they're the least likely to kill us outright. Lets do some good before we seek out greater challenges.
- [X] Any amount of disruption we cause could lead us to higher value targets. Whether it's destroying a drug den or disrupting deals.
- [X] All organizations that deal in supply must have places to store materials at and transport materials from. If we find them, destroy them. See if we can use one den to lead us to another.