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    • Magoose said:
    Hi Magoose here one of the guys helping Duke.

    So we have some bad news.

    The quest has been canceled as duke does not want to write it anymore.

    I'm going to ask if I can take over for it, because I like this quest, and it would be a shame to kill it
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    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. :D

    I'll see you all around.

    With so many regards, Duke William Of.
     
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    • Well this was a very nice turn. Looking forward to the various interludes and how the reactions are if Magoose keeps on hyping them up:

    Magoose said:
    You smiled and gave it a read. But only smiled. "Okay. but it's missing one thing."

    "What is it?" Alan asked.

    "Where is the Boy Wonder?" You said. "Where is Robin?" You asked. "Get that in the script, and you'll be perfect."

    "Why?" He asked.

    "Batman without Robin is like Superman without Lois. Incomplete."

    Reward: You have now begun Production of Batman: The Dark Knight.

    Batman production Actions are now available.
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    Well...I guess it's a good thing Magoose has Christmas coming up and we have those interludes because it gives us a good amount of time to brainstorm and figure out how to include Robin when Overmind's focus on Batman Two and Three was setting up Batgirl as Bruce's primary partner and I'm not really sure on how to integrate Robin without some decent rewrites. If Jason Todd existed we could incorporate him as a late teen street rat who at first is in conflict with Batman, but Batman helps to save and thus inspires Jason to join the crusade, and thus he and Barbara can share the angst of becoming heroes and trying to be equals to Bruce, but unfortunately Jason doesn't exist until 1983 so we just got Dick and I don't think DC would want us to do anything radical from the circus origin.

    @overmind Okay...so what if Dick is like 17 and his parents are friends of Jim Gordon. Zucko is working for Penguin and kills Dick's parents or the Grayson's become collateral of a Riddler scheme. Instead of Bruce adopting Dick, Gordon takes custody of Dick to avoid him being sent to a foster home, and thus Dick becomes friends with Barbara and helps her in her investigation of who Batman is. Maybe they have a C plot where Dick goes after Zucko and nearly kills him, but Barbara and Batman talk him out of it and instead Zucko is arrested, and we can use that as a showcase of Dick and Barbara's first steps towards heroism.

    Wonder who would be our Robin though.

    Magoose said:
    But you also got a few more working things, like a helicopter pad. Large garage to house all your vehicles… a large armory to house weapons for yourself and your security team. Upgrade your home with several panic rooms where anyone can hide.

    But those bits and bobs were practically useless without people to man the walls. And you hired a goddamn army.
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    Ummmm....I'm a bit unsure of how we can fit that all into our modest Beverly Hills mansion which is only three acres of property. Maybe Bruce buys some of the surrounding houses and then demolishes that to make room for the security stuff. Also what about Debbie's house? I hope she has some protection at least considering she's pretty valuable as Bruce's mother-in-law and lives next door.

    Magoose said:
    -[X]Brandon's Idea: So Brandon finished that idea… and he wants you to read it. And he thinks it's a great Idea. Wait he wrote an entire ten-episode TV script on his own? DC: 0 Rolled:D100 => 67

    You looked at the Scripts and smiled. "Wow, you really went all out on this, didn't you?"

    He nodded. "Yeah."

    Gain TV Pitch:

    日出 (Sunrise) (Television/Limited Series):
    Genre: Adventure
    Subgenre: Action/Mystery
    Format: TV Show/Limited Series/Mini-Series

    Following their flight from China from a Triad gang war, Li-Shun has arrived to America as a stranger in a strange land. His father is a white man, while his mother is from Hong Kong. In their possession is an old artifact from the Days of the old Chinese Empires, a Jade and Diamond seal. His mother was a member of the former imperial secret police force, who had taken many artifacts that were meant to be destroyed by Republican and later Communist forces during the Warlord period.

    Yet that is not the strangest thing that has come from his father. Like all his family before him, he has begun to learn about Chi and other bodily energies that they can harness into power that is beyond human comprehension.

    Now as Li, now Lee begins to grow up and become a man, he has been tasked to take up the mantle of protector of the artifacts… and also learn to be a person who is changing in this strange land.

    As he struggles with his heritage, and becoming an American, he is forced to not only look at what he wants, and what his family wants… He must also battle the forces that would seek to not only destroy his family but also take the artifacts that had even more secrets than they realized.

    Reward: Brandon Lee has created his own TV show. He hopes to make it soon.
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    This is actually a pretty decent idea and I could see it making for some good ratings and popularity in the early 80s. I guess after we film Kung Fu Kid then Brandon can do this.

    Magoose said:
    -[X]A Well-Known Fan: So some really famous person is a fan of yours. Maybe you'll learn who they actually are. DC??? Rolled:D100 => 17

    The Fan:D20 => 10

    You looked at Debbie and the woman who was there with her, drinking coffee. "Oh Bruce, nice to see you," Debbie said. "I'm going to be honest, I didn't expect her to be a fan but I'm not too bothered."

    You recognized the woman there. And she smiled. "Hello, Bruce."

    It was Grace Kelly. Or if you were being formal, the Princess Consort of Monaco.

    "Hi." You waved.

    Reward: Grace Kelly is a fan of you. New Actions are available in the future.

    Seems her kids really want to learn from one of the greatest… or at least the most popular martial artists alive.
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    Pretty good networking. Well, I guess we got a nice vacation spot in the future and in the worst case scenario we can retire in a lavish Mediterranean villa. I wonder if we also became friends with Princess Anne in the 1976 Olympics, if so that means we're in good standing with two monarchies, three if you include the Pope.

    Magoose said:
    Reward: Unknown Effect.

    An invitation has been sent to you for a tournament. A tournament where the greatest fighters alive are being called.
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    Bruh we're literally Johnny Cage.
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Ummmm....I'm a bit unsure of how we can fit that all into our modest Beverly Hills mansion which is only three acres of property. Maybe Bruce buys some of the surrounding houses and then demolishes that to make room for the security stuff. Also what about Debbie's house? I hope she has some protection at least considering she's pretty valuable as Bruce's mother-in-law and lives next door.
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    We uh... built on top of our oil place I should have said that. Our compound is really fucking massive.

    And people think we are crazy. THough given the forces against us...

    It's not exactly unwarranted.
    Kaiser Chris said:
    This is actually a pretty decent idea and I could see it making for some good ratings and popularity in the early 80s. I guess after we film Kung Fu Kid then Brandon can do this.
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    Yep.
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Pretty good networking. Well, I guess we got a nice vacation spot in the future and in the worst case scenario we can retire in a lavish Mediterranean villa. I wonder if we also became friends with Princess Anne in the 1976 Olympics, if so that means we're in good standing with two monarchies, three if you include the Pope.
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    Well Bruce does not know much about Anne, and the Pope is in a professional relationship with us.

    Hopefully, we can stop the rampant child abuse going on. Would certinaly make things better for his reign if he decides to go all old testament on that.
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Bruh we're literally Johnny Cage.
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    Good news is, we're not going to an alternate universe. Just have to fight some really tough boys... and criminals.
     
    Themarineguy said:
    I guess the one question is if the security includes worst case scenario full frontal assault...
    Considering if we hit that level of consideration, we basically went full castle mentality with it's construction. :V
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    let me put it to you this way.

    The LA Riots wouldn't be able to break in...if it gets there.

    it would take quite the army to breach Fortress O'Brian.

    And air superiority.
     
    Magoose said:
    We uh... built on top of our oil place I should have said that. Our compound is really fucking massive.

    And people think we are crazy. THough given the forces against us..
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    Oh, so I guess that means that we moved out of our current house and into the mega compound? If so what's gonna happen to the old house and is Debbie going to live at the new place with the family? Shame that we were driven to such desperate action thanks to media rats and China but at least we'll be safe. Though I guess Carrie is a bit sad needing to move out of her dream home where lots of good memories were made. And hey, I guess we got a location to film Wayne Manor, lol.
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Oh, so I guess that means that we moved out of our current house and into the mega compound? If so what's gonna happen to the old house and is Debbie going to live at the new place with the family? Shame that we were driven to such desperate action thanks to media rats and China but at least we'll be safe. Though I guess Carrie is a bit sad needing to move out of her dream home where lots of good memories were made. And hey, I guess we got a location to film Wayne Manor, lol.
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    And then... LA has its own Wayne Manor.

    At least it would be pretty fun, and fits our eccentric personality.
     
    Magoose said:
    let me put it to you this way.

    The LA Riots wouldn't be able to break in...if it gets there.

    it would take quite the army to breach Fortress O'Brian.

    And air superiority.
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    ...Well. I can see why. And Fortress O'Brian is gonna end up being a staple in survival settings as being the millionaire prepper faction. Hell, fallout might have an O'Brian Vault as a major west coast faction.
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    @overmind Okay...so what if Dick is like 17 and his parents are friends of Jim Gordon. Zucko is working for Penguin and kills Dick's parents or the Grayson's become collateral of a Riddler scheme. Instead of Bruce adopting Dick, Gordon takes custody of Dick to avoid him being sent to a foster home, and thus Dick becomes friends with Barbara and helps her in her investigation of who Batman is. Maybe they have a C plot where Dick goes after Zucko and nearly kills him, but Barbara and Batman talk him out of it and instead Zucko is arrested, and we can use that as a showcase of Dick and Barbara's first steps towards heroism.

    Wonder who would be our Robin though.
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    Hmm, it would have to be at some point before the Riddler is captured, and when Barbara is still somewhat traumatized so that Robin/Dick can be there to help her go through it and then she aids both her father and Batman to find and deactivate the bombs.

    Still, what will happen when the next movie comes? That was supposed to be Barbara's big debut, and now we have to make sure it's Robin's as well.
     
    In a fallout world wherevwe existed and sucefully did what we did here there there is a non 0% chance the BOS will deify us as some charitable thing all "rich" have to emulate. Ie: give us resources or die in "our" name
     
    Orion Ultor said:
    Since you were the voters for my plan, I wanted to ask of all of you if you're fine with me tweaking the plan to have, instead of the CIA, have a boosted security force since that is the major point of contention against the plan as it stood before the autosuccess reward?
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    Sorry I couldn't answer you, I was asleep.

    As for your question, yes. I wouldn't mind switching CIA for security, especially with the massive security result we got in this turn for Bruce.

    On another note, I finally have some roster to my Marvel Manga-verse, so I can make pitches for comics/animated series while also explaining how I want things published and what not. I'm also planning on making an omake about the possibility of Crisis on Infinite Earth early.
    But here is the current roster I have for the first heroes (aka Japanese heroes):

    The Fantastic 4
    The Hulking Iron Giant (Iron Man)
    The Mystical Spider-Man (a more supernatural-based Spider-Man)
    The Mechanical Wonder Spider-Girl (a more technology-based Spider-Man)
    Agents of J.I.A.N. (a SHIELD counterpart in Japan)
    The Immortal Iron Fist
     
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    • Honestly I would love to see Fallout Los Angeles. I like the idea of the O'Brian family surviving and building a functional society with the compound as the main government building.

    Also imagine if they use our films as guides to who we were..... Heck there could be entire sub factions.

    The Solos. A group in charge of transportation, caravans, and moving people and goods to where they need to go.


    The Conanites: Melee focused warriors who act as wandering hunters and gatherers to scavenge and provide for the settlement


    The Bats: Basically the guards and police. Wear all black and protect the people but never kill.


    The Goose Callers: Descendants of O'brian's original defensive squad which have become the settlements military. They have different positions named after M.A.S.H characters (Ex: Radio Charles)




    Heck, could even have other factions in the L.A. Ruins be based off of other movie studios.... Disney would get WEIRD I expect.


    Heh, imagine the biggest threat to the o'brian settlement would probably be a raider faction based in the old universal studios film lot.


    Heck, I'm just picturing Alan Hirschfield as a ghoul with some really interesting dialogue

    "The O'brian settlement? Honestly I think Bruce would approve of the general direction but he'd probably have some issues with how they seem to diefy him and his roles."


    "Universal.... Back in the day they were just a bunch of sleazy slimeballs... Nowadays they have only gotten worse."


    "Ya know, I once knew Bruce O'Brian. John O'Brain, the man in charge of the settlement, is his spitting image of he was blonde. His grandmother when she was younger.... Why she looked just like little Mary."


    "You ever spot those camera drones? Mary O'brian's work. That girl was as pretty as she was smart and strong to boot. In another world she probably would have gone on to change it. As is she and little wally set up the foundation for what you see today."



    EDIT: More dialogue


    "You been to the Goose Tomb yet? Mary had it built to honor him when he passed. Sometimes I wonder if the wrong person got to live through all this..."


    "Hm? Me? Heh, just an old gambler kid and friend of the O'brian family. Got to witness it all go down... Maybe I should write a book or something... Yeah that'd be the day."


    While standing in front of the goose tomb "Here's to you Bruce." Animation of drinking straight from a bottle


    Watching as a new movie is being filmed "Heh, does an old man good to see the kids keeping the art alive."



    In movie theater at the counter "One ticket for the star wars trilogy please. I'm feeling nostalgic."



    EDIT 2: EVEN MORE!!


    "The O'brians.... They're good folks, always have been. A family of dreamers, fighters, and artists though nowadays most only know them for the first two."




    "The O'brians have been in charge of the settlement since it started. There's elections every three years but aint anyone who can compete with the O'Brian family."



    "Corruption? Kid, you're new here so I'll look past that and advise you don't make accusations like that again. The truth of it is that the O'Brians are just that good, not all of them end up leading but I have never known an O'Brian who was unremarkable. Quiet and overlooked sure, seen that on occasion, but they have this tendency to accomplish things."


    When asked for an example "Huh, well there was Amelia O'Brian. Simple home maker, happy living and supporting her husband and raising their boy. That woman was the heart of the community and when some scav came in and shook her down.... Well let's just say the only reason he didn't end up 6 foot down was because Amy wouldn't like it."



    When asked for another "Zach O'Brian. Real slow sort, didn't get his mamma's brains but damn if he didn't get Bruce's body but was too sweet to throw a punch. When the tunnels collapsed and trapped a group of Conanites in them and the rest of us wrote them off that boy spent days clearing the tunnels and reinforcing them on his lonesome. Saved over a dozen men the rest of us wrote off for dead."



    When asked for another "Fine, one more. Chen O'Brian. Weak, cowardly, and not good with words, opposite of what you expect from an O''Brian. When the Universals managed to occupy the settlement and slap bomb collars on most of us it was him who managed to turn them on each other with some fake evidence he planted and some tricky work with audio recordings before getting the Geese loose to take down those raiders while they were at each other's throats."







    EDIT 3: Also a good quest could be helping the latest O'Brian who is having some serious imposter syndrome and recruiting them as a companion.


    Companion quest could be helping them gain confidence in their abilities and qualities.


    Companion perk could be one of two ones depending on which direction you help the latest O'Brian develop.


    Goose's Wrath: when a companion is below 50% Hp your Hp and damage is doubled for the next 1 minutes




    O'Brian Charm: Buffs Charisma by 2 points when interacting with intelligence individuals and unlocks special conversation options
     
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