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Through the Astral Sea

Do I look pretty in this dress?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 50.0%

  • No

    Votes: 1 8.3%

  • You like your mother

    Votes: 1 8.3%

  • You're an ugly wretch

    Votes: 1 8.3%

  • You're divine

    Votes: 3 25.0%

  • You're heathenous

    Votes: 5 41.7%
  • Total voters
    12
  • Poll closed .
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[X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smile unnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.
[X]The strangely white haired form of your childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier today when he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed his gags.
[X]The Scandalous and Alacrit Mononoke, or SAM for short.
[X]Press him to give you some actual answers now that you are in private.
No. of votes: 1
Hannz

[X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smile unnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.
[X]The strangely white haired form of your childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier today when he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed his gags.
[X]The Scandalous and Alacrit Mononoke, or SAM for short.
[X]Stay, he's never led you astray before. Well, except the recent kidnapping.
[X]Press him to give you some actual answers now that you are in private.
No. of votes: 1
Orisha91

[X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smileunnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.
[X]The strangely white haired form ofyour childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier todaywhen he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed hisgags.
[X]The Scandalous and AlacritMononoke, or SAM for short.
[X]Stay, he's never led you astray before. Well, except the recent kidnapping.
No. of votes: 1
ChildishChimera

[X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smile unnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.
[X]The perfectly normal black haired form of your childhood friend, just like when he gave you your id earlier. Strange, he tends to enjoy dramatic reveals more than that.
[X]The Scandalous and Alacrit Mononoke, or SAM for short.
[X]Screw this-you just leave.
No. of votes: 1
Nevill

[X]A green trenchcoat, because he couldn't look any more edgy.
[X]The strangely green haired form of your childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier today when he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed his gags.
[X]Dickbutt
[X]Press him to give you some actual answers now that you are in private.
No. of votes: 1
Skewfiend

*sighs*

Another instance where everyone says slight variations of the same things....

*sighs harder* Doesn't anyone have any opinions!
 
[X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smile unnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.
[X]The strangely white haired form of your childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier today when he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed his gags.
[X]The Scandalous and Alacrit Mononoke, or SAM for short.
[X]Press him to give you some actual answers now that you are in private.

It's good - and I can't think of anything better. :V
 
[X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smile unnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.
No. of votes: 5

[X]The strangely white haired form of your childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier today when he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed his gags.
No. of votes: 4

[X]The Scandalous and Alacrit Mononoke, or SAM for short.
No. of votes: 4


[X]Press him to give you some actual answers now that you are in private.
No. of votes: 5444529393424- ERROR ERROR ERROR

With that, the votes are Closed

I'll probably have it written up by Friday, possibly even earlier than that.
 
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Intro III
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    • [X]A black mantle, covering his whole body, with a demonic looking mask covering his face, its wicked smile unnerves you, and you subconsciously squeeze the cat toy.

    [X]The strangely white haired form of your childhood friend, strange given his hair was not that color earlier today when he was giving you your id. You suppose he has always enjoyed his gags.

    [X]The Scandalous and Alacrit Mononoke, or SAM for short.

    [X]Press him to give you some actual answers now that you are in private. And with this update we will slowly five a whole load more of exposition and infodumps. Just in small pockets. Occasionally.

    So it occurs to me that neither Sams age or appearance came into the question, so for times sake let's assume he's around MC's age and a little bit older looking.
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    You look at him incredulously and press the bridge of your nose "I don't have time for this Sam, you know better than anyone that I hate being led on." You mutter, and he stretches out casually while grinning. His stupid white hair hanging to his face a little bit, he clasps his hands together. You feel as though he knows a whole deal more than you, and nothing annoys you more than that.

    "Alright here's the deal. You're in another dimension where the rules don't apply and nothing makes sense. At least most of the rules at first. Stick around a little while and things will start to make a little bit more sense." He says, in a rather straightforward, blasé fashion. You shake your head and look at him with slight contempt, as that explanation has very little actual explanation.

    Getting comfortable where you sit, you eye him and shake your head "And what makes you think I'd want to stay here?" You reply, gesturing to the open window, and indirectly to the unusual events that are most likely happening down there. You have the faintest feeling that you want to explore and navigate this most exotic of places, but another part of you gets the feeling that doing so might lead to an unusual and unexpected end.

    Rubbing the side of his head, he points out the large window to your left, to something vaguely visible on the horizon. Squinting, it kinda looks like a massive arch, and you can see another one next to it, almost like they're circling the city. Tendrils of blue lightning are periodically hitting the arches from outside, and beyond the arches you see a sky of nothingness, and everythingness. It all seems to spin and crash together in a plethora of ways. Looking away from the scene you rub your eyes, the possibilities in your head making it spin. What a confusing thing it was.

    "Outside of those arches is the Astral Sea proper. It's a vast space of energy so potent that it'll turn any living organism it touches into a puddle of a gibbering aberrant. Not that it would be much different from how you normally act." He finishes, his jest at you being almost casual in it's presentation. Gesturing to the tumultuous and rather confusing way the sky convoluted into itself, he starts again "That artifact that got you here is a one way trip, which means you won't be able to go anywhere until the astral storms pass. Which can take upwards of a year."

    Soaking all this information in, you realize that you're probably going to be stuck here for a while. As a professional criminal the thought of staying anywhere for too long makes you uneasy, but Sam seems to be fine with it, so for you it should also be relatively fine. You'll have to start making arrangements here, like a couple of places to lie low. Speaking of...

    "Wait a second, how does the economy work here? Because if it's somehow linked to th-" you begin, grasping at straws and hoping to all the deities in the colorful sky that the 30 million
    ([] currency) you have accrued isn't entirely worthless to you here. You shift uneasily as Sam just looks at you with a blank stare.

    "It's all independent. So in other words, you're broke." He says, and now you can't help but feel like it's his whole life's mission to ruin your own life. Moving on, you gesture to the space on the sofa where his other contacts are supposed to be. "Well, what kind of help do we have on this job? You have to give me details." you say, letting go of the fact that he kidnapped you to a dimension where you have no contacts and are completely broke, and focus on the job. Probably for your own sanity.

    "We're robbing a smaller bank, just a job to keep the funds from drying up. Well, for you I guess it's to keep you from staying in poverty." He chuckles sheepishly and you glare daggers at him. "The plan is simple, we get in quiet, we leave quiet. We have a systems specialist who'll give us a little bit of leeway, a driver who'll get us away quickly should we need it, and another person. Their job is... well let's just say we hope that we don't have to rely on them at all." He says, and you can't wait to see what kind of "help" he's scrambled together.

    Standing and moving to the kitchen to grab coffee, he grabs two cups, and you actually think a cup of coffee sounds wonderful. You don't bother telling him how to make it because he knows, and if he has any decency as a human being he won't mess with your coffee on purpose. However you find it rather strange that he pours a cup before ever making any.

    [] How do you like your coffee?

    As he brings it back you taste it to make sure he did it right. Narrowing your eyes you look at him and nod. "Good. I needed a cup." to which he chuckles. Which is suspicious considering his latest actions.

    "I figured. This place can be a lot to take in. Honestly you've handled it rather well. Anyways, I might as well give you a heads up about the people you'll be working with. The specialist-" He starts
    [] Is a bit erratic. She's good at what she does though, but she tends to leave in a few fail safes even for her own team. Been burned too many times to make that mistake again, I suppose.

    [] Is a bit of a idiot savant, she has no problems navigating the codes and sequences to make the appropriate action made, but actually figuring out what she needs to do is the problem. She requires a more thorough instruction, but she'll handle it better than anything.

    [] Is the most insufferable person alive to work with. She has nothing better to do than chide and sneer at everything you do and will drive you to the brink of madness. But she can cook like a champion and isn't bad at hacking either.

    "So she'll take some getting used to. Honestly it's hard to find a good systems specialist in this town." He says, and he pauses for a long time, seemingly deliberating on what he's going to say next. "Alright, well the driver is-"
    [] Quiet. He doesn't say much, doesn't give much input, and doesn't really say anything even if you say something to him. He's a bit difficult to work with, as you can't really coordinate with someone who doesn't say anything.

    [] Obnoxious. He tends to chat incessantly while driving, so much that it becomes difficult to even think, let alone speak. You'll find yourself constantly wanting to push him out of the vehicle.

    Lastly is the... other person. You aren't quite sure what their role even is. However he just seems to skip over them, and looks over at you. "I'm sure you already know what your role in this operation is, my friend."
    Pick Three!

    [] Infiltration

    [] Persuasion

    [] Stealth

    [] Precision

    [] Inconspicuous

    [] Agility

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    A/N: And now it's on Sendi. He'll be uber-busy this next week, so the next update will probably come sooner rather than later.
     
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    • [] Dollars
    [] Black
    [] Is the most insufferable person alive to work with. She has nothing better to do than chide and sneer at everything you do and will drive you to the brink of madness. But she can cook like a champion and isn't bad at hacking either.
    [] Quiet. He doesn't say much, doesn't give much input, and doesn't really say anything even if you say something to him. He's a bit difficult to work with, as you can't really coordinate with someone who doesn't say anything.
    [] Infiltration
    [] Persuasion
    [] Agility

    I have no idea why we have inconspicuous there considering our appearance and outstanding personality. :V

    Anyways, since we're going to be noticeable no matter what we do (Our glory needs to shine to the world so no hiding it!), I'm gonna choose the build that let's us talk people into letting us in, and then the ability to get out quickly with guns blazing once they realize the pink-haired woman doesn't actually work for Security even when there's a known pink-haired burglar around. It should lead to lots of people feeling incredibly stupid. Also, Charisma build is best build for keeping the team together.
     
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    Hannz said:
    [X] Dollars
    [X] Is the most insufferable person alive to work with. She has nothing better to do than chide and sneer at everything you do and will drive you to the brink of madness. But she can cook like a champion and isn't bad at hacking either.
    [X] Quiet. He doesn't say much, doesn't give much input, and doesn't really say anything even if you say something to him. He's a bit difficult to work with, as you can't really coordinate with someone who doesn't say anything.
    [X] Infiltration
    [X] Persuasion
    [X] Agility

    I have no idea why we have inconspicuous there considering our appearance and outstanding personality. :V

    Anyways, since we're going to be noticeable no matter what we do (Our glory needs to shine to the world so no hiding it!), I'm gonna choose the build that let's us talk people into letting us in, and then the ability to get out quickly with guns blazing once they realize the pink-haired woman doesn't actually work for Security even when there's a known pink-haired burglar around. It should lead to lots of people feeling incredibly stupid. Also, Charisma build is best build for keeping the team together.
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    You see, that is a nice effect of personality, but certainly there has to be more to her than pink hair and flamboyancy. Also you didn't vote on coffee.
     
    Hannz said:
    Done and done. Black Coffee it is.

    Speaking of stats, what's the difference between Infiltration, Stealth, and Inconspicuous?
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    Infiltration is simply getting into locked places. It can take different forms, but generally it means the ability to go through an obstacle. The how is generally up to you.

    Stealth is how noticeable you are when you're creepin around a place you shouldn't be.

    And Inconspicuous is how noticeable you are when you're creeping around a place you should be.

    Also, I forgot to mention, but all things considered, pink hair doesn't quite matter to inconspicuousness in this setting. What with all the anthropomorphic citizens and the hellspawns.
     
    Nightingale said:
    Infiltration is simply getting into locked places. It can take different forms, but generally it means the ability to go through an obstacle. The how is generally up to you.

    Stealth is how noticeable you are when you're creepin around a place you shouldn't be.

    And Inconspicuous is how noticeable you are when you're creeping around a place you should be.

    Also, I forgot to mention, but all things considered, pink hair doesn't quite matter to inconspicuousness in this setting. What with all the anthropomorphic citizens and the hellspawns.
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    Righty then.

    Last Request since I'm thinking of changing the build. Can you explain what the other stats are for? I just want to be sure we're all on the same page.
     
    Persuasion is self explanatory, agility is a measure of how well you can traverse things horizontally, and precision is more or less a mixture of hand eye coordination, eyesight, and reflexes.
     
    Nightingale said:
    Persuasion is self explanatory, agility is a measure of how well you can traverse things horizontally, and precision is more or less a mixture of hand eye coordination, eyesight, and reflexes.
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    Hypothetically, if we convince someone we're part of the bank's clientele/employee body and we start walking around pretending to be a client/employee, will that use Stealth or Inconspicuous?
     
    Hannz said:
    Hypothetically, if we convince someone we're part of the bank's clientele/employee body and we start walking around pretending to be a client/employee, will that use Stealth or Inconspicuous?
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    I'll make it more blatant. Stealth is when nobody knows you are there, and Inconspicuous is when they do.
     
    Alright then. Changing. Persuasion to get us in and for better coordination with the team, Infiltration to get inside places we shouldn't be in, and Inconspicuous for getting there in the first place and getting out without being too eye-catching.

    [X] Dollars
    [X] Black
    [X] Is the most insufferable person alive to work with. She has nothing better to do than chide and sneer at everything you do and will drive you to the brink of madness. But she can cook like a champion and isn't bad at hacking either.
    [X] Quiet. He doesn't say much, doesn't give much input, and doesn't really say anything even if you say something to him. He's a bit difficult to work with, as you can't really coordinate with someone who doesn't say anything.
    [X] Inconspicuous
    [X] Persuasion
    [X] Infiltration
     
    Hannz said:
    I have no idea why we have inconspicuous there considering our appearance and outstanding personality. :V
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    Precisely for that reason. It is impossible for anyone to suspect that such a highly noticeable person is in fact the infiltrator on a mission! It's the most brilliant cover!

    [X] Inconspicuous
    [X] Persuasion
    [X] Infiltration

    [X] Dollars
    [X] Half-cafe scolded almond-milk latte, 4 pumps vanilla, 1 pump cinnamon with an extra half shot, sweetened with Agave nectar at 167 degrees with room for cream

    I mean, we had to have done someone like that for him to treat us like he does.

    [X] Is a bit erratic. She's good at what she does though, but she tends to leave in a few fail safes even for her own team. Been burned too many times to make that mistake again, I suppose.
    [X] Quiet. He doesn't say much, doesn't give much input, and doesn't really say anything even if you say something to him. He's a bit difficult to work with, as you can't really coordinate with someone who doesn't say anything.
     
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