Avvy RP VIII: Discussion VII - Lies and Moon-Magic

[Arhra]

Hurrah, a boss battle is done.

Although perhaps II's death was only the beginning, since only 32 seconds remain on the clock.

Will Count Zero be the strongest enemy of all?!

Only one way to find out!

[mauve]

I haven't been doing stuff because everything I can think of doing might qualify as cheap and/or overpowered. That and my phone has decided that it doesn't like the forum's code for some freaking stupid reason and won't load, meaning my usual habit of posting on my lunch break has been ruined.



EDIT: Eh, I dunno. I pondered trying to use Mauve's oft-overused shield spell thing to protect everybody from whatever happens at the end of the countdown, but this seemed more fun.

[Steel Shadow]

....Thinking about it, I probably can't actually do that. Feel free to assume Steel's just halucinating due to drug overdose.

[Arhra]

Next update might be a few more days because pics or it doesn't happen.

EDIT: It won't be until tomorrow because I suuuuuuuck!

[mauve]

YAAY! PROMISES OF UPDATES!!!! :dance:

WITH PICTURES!! :dance:

I am excited.

[PyrosNine]

I knew we never should have built NPF on top of a mountain called Monkey! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nxMrRXHqpo)

[Steel Shadow]

Whelp, it's been fun. I'll admit, I thought IC would be the one to kill us this time, but you can't argue with facts.

[Arhra]

Facts are chains that bind perception and fetter truth. For a man can remake the world if he has a dream and no facts to cloud his mind.

Yeah, I couldn't resist.

I'd have drawn the explosion but it turns out I can't draw explosions.

Or cities.

PS: Look again.

[Overcast]

As Overcast said, wow that was awesome. In the meta-upper world awesome is now Arhra, in the lower Avvie world it is now Ethington.

[Steel Shadow]

...I should mention Steel hasn't slept in a few days. He's usually much better behaved than all this.

I blame fury, personally.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I like the bomb on Overcast's face.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Alright, time to finish this shin-dig. Hope you guys wanted a big ole' helping of lead and steel for breakfast.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Well, this was a fun experience. Hope we don't all end up probed!

[mauve]

SO MUCH AWESOME. That's fantastic, Arhra. XD I especially liked Overcast's bomb-face.

[Astral Harmony]

Very great artwork, Arhra. I thought I was the only one who made red eyes look cool.

[PyrosNine]

Yeah, Dr. Ethington looked pretty triumphant in that pic, Arhra. I imagine V's entrance and obscured right hand is and attempt by her to sneak up behind her rival with a knife. Or a comb. Ethington looks like a mix of creepy, Asheth, and Catherine Halsey, so your artist's mind's eye is clear.

[Arhra]

GLEE!

I'm happy to see trying pictures again was worth the trouble. Especially glad to hear I got Ethington right and the people liked the bomb.

Don't usually post background music, but this (http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/mp3s/zmajoraost/247+Majora's+Mask+Moon.mp3) works on so many levels.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Sorry for the crappy post, my brain has been a bit drained from work this week. Perhaps as the fight starts getting into it and things start happening I'll rejuvenate.

[Teal Mage]

Right so, before I get to my new bio, I'll just reiterate what I said at the end of my last post. Asked Bard a few days ago if he'd be okay if Rose/Teal took his character with them when they teleported to the Valker's ship - he said he was cool with it. Otherwise, a lot of my last post was basically me filling in a few minor plot holes regarding combat in space.

To do that, Rose teleported into the Nuklear Power Science Institute sometime between Arhra II's defeat and the NPF Azure's takeoff and stole Arhra V's inventions! Functionally speaking, their addition doesn't really change anything. But I wanted to make the handwave less obvious.

Moving onto the profile:

Aside from situation specific costume changes, I've also heavily altered my male character model. Took out the cat ears and replaced them with normal (pointed) human ears, and replaced the cat tail with a thicker fox tail. Basically, I decided to go Kitsune - seemed to suit the character I'd be playing with - instead of cat boy. Other areas of heavy change are the ability section, which is a lot more explicate than the old version.

I don't imagine anything in here will be broken (given its a Fury-specific Profile), but since I'm not the GM, I'll leave that call to Inbred.

Anyway!

Name: (Fury) Teal
Class: Fury Possessed
Appearance: 5'9, slim build, pale skin, burning scarlet eyes and long pale blond hair, worn tousled around his head and face. The hair extends just past his shoulder blades and is smoother in the back. Ears, normally hidden by his thick blond hair, are pointed but otherwise human. Wears a sharply tailored black tuxedo and a matching pair of black dress pants over a candy apple red dress shirt and black tie. Shoes are sturdy and made of black leather. Has a long, luxurious and full pale blond fox tail - there's a hole cut in his pants for it. Fury Teal's surrounded by an aura of vivid red light at all times.

Fury Rose Form, When the situation requires it, Teal changes into a girl named Rose. She's 5'7, slim, pale skinned, has a thick mane of coppery red hair and a pair of burning scarlet eyes. Her hair extends just past her shoulder blades, and covers her slightly pointed ears. Wears a strapless and sleeveless deep crimson ball gown, decorated with layers of overlapping ruffles and a pair of candy apple red, high heeled, shoes. Her tail is hidden beneath the gown, but is bright orange in this form. Fury Rose is surrounded by an aura of vivid red light at all times.

Abilities: Most are inspired by previous RP characters. They've been adapted slightly for this setting. Tried to keep it vaguely balanced, but the Fury makes that...difficult.

On Drugs, Taking four doses of Fury does wonders for your body. Teal's stronger, faster and much, much harder to kill than before. In battle, he uses low-level flight magic to perform acrobatic attacks and recoveries, and relies on a combination of magic, teleportation spells and his claws - currently strong enough to damage steel - to defeat his enemies. His personality seems to have been affected somewhat as well. In addition, his long range, supportive and non-lethal abilities seem to have deteriorated overall.

Infinite Mana, Using the power granted by the Fury Pills, Teal can put a lot more energy into each of his spells; which come in two varieties. Unstructured magic use is, basically, Geomancy. In other words, Teal can put his magic into something around him and control it, provided he can touch it first. In addition to allowing for some creative attacks, it also works well for parrying supernatural attacks, like a fireball. It doesn't work very well on people though. Thanks to the Fury, the strength, degree of control and range of Teal's manipulation has has skyrocketed. A list of Structured Spells - specific magical attacks - as well as the rules for Teal's teleportation abilities, can be found here.

Crimson Hammer, A blast of magical force that happens to look like a really big, really red, lightning bolt. Can cause slight burns, but the real threat of the spell is kinetic force. It makes walls explode and can throw someone across a room! Getting hit hurts.

Bloody Maiden, Makes magical swords out of fury energy, then throws them in a gust of wind. They stab things and stay there until Teal - or another powerful mage - dismisses them. If Teal has enough time to concentrate and prepare, he can teleport the swords first so they surround the target. Unfortunately, time like that's hard to come by in a battle.

Flash Fire, A variable spell that conjures magical, fury infused, fire. It's just really hot. Teal can control the flames with his mind. They can only appear nearby him.

Rose Trap, A remnant of Teal's Fashion Magic, this spell summons bright red ribbons and scarves - infused with Fury energy to strengthen them - to trap and entangle targets. The ribbons can also, in a pinch, be used as material to make new outfits.

Carmine Flare, A remnant of Teal's Fashion Magic, this spell releases a blast of clothing destroying energy. It doesn't work on armor. A mostly harmless ability, unless you happen to get your power from your costume, or are weak against fighting naked. When he's particularly emotional, this ability may manifest as an aura.

Scarlet Reaper, A slash designed to cut through supernatural barriers and leave a wide gash in its wake. It won't cut anything the weapon couldn't naturally; it’s basically a dispel slash. The ability also increases the size of the weapon used while active.

Death Blossom Absolute, Teal attacks everywhere (his weapon can reach) at once. Functionally, it surrounds him in an orb of slashy-cutty-killing for a moment, making it an extremely effective all-directional defense. Because of an obvious charge-up it isn't hard to dodge, and using it tires him out; even the Fury has a hard time with all that reality bending.

Teleportation, a type of magic that allows Teal to reposition himself, recover quickly, and sometimes, evade attacks. However the slight cast-time associated makes evasion's usually impractical, especially when the enemy surprises him or is attacking too quickly for him to find time to focus on the teleport. Under the Fury's influence, red lightning crackles around him when prepares to teleport, and he usually reappears in a bright flash of red light. If the jump is long, red lightning will appear over the destination point, ruining the potential for a surprise attack.

Yaoi Fan, An ability that, in simple terms, means Makeouts = Super Powers. Or rather, give a really nice magical item (each subject to GM approval at generation). Only works on real boys and only one item may be made for created per person. After the kiss, a commemorative card is also generated! You'll never be able to forget what you had to do either.

Equipment:
Big Bad Wolf Com-Link, A pretty black radio that fits neatly into Teal's ear, there's a white silhouette of a growling wolf on it. Thanks to a little magical tweaking, he can use it to communicate with any of his allies at the touch of a button! He's using it instead of Arhra V's Comm-Link; but it serves the same purpose functionally.

Dragon Dagger, A talking dagger that usually serves as Teal's main weapon. Since taking the Fury, the weapon's started to refuse to transform for him, making it mainly effective for summoning his Giant Mecha right now. It appears to be a black and gold bladed dagger, with a blue-green crystal core set in the center of the Guard. When if can transform, it usually becomes a Bow or a Scythe.

Dragonzordy Nippon Custom: Kawaii Varient Teal Version 2, After the Death Wish fell, Teal spent some time in Future Nippon. While he was there, his Giant Mechanical Dragon (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/Vok/Dragonzord.jpg) was combined with, uh, this (http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6841/12926484mj8.jpg). The result was result is horrifying to behold. It shoots missiles from its fingers, lasers from its ribbon and eyes, breathes fire, has a laser drill tail and a laser whip! Also long, flowing, blond hair and a sailor suit. Fear of the Godzilla Threshold prevents Teal from using it proactively; it also has a limited battery life. Probably won't be called in.

[PyrosNine]

The Azure gets it's own Character Sheet!

NPF Azure SpaceShip:
Gender: Classically, all ships are female.
Age: 4 Months (she's a big girl!)
Height & Weight: Big enough for Intern Nin to get lost in.
Likes: Being a Spaceship with LAZERS/LASERS!
Dislikes: Being blown up. Also, is afraid of small, enclosed spaces.

Weapons:

Ethos Cannons: Highly charged and compressed bursts of energy that react violently when they meet matter, ensuring that the Ethos Cannons can only be used in the vacuum of space, their sheer destructive potential is equal to how readily and easily they react with whatever they hit by a multiplier, with conductive matter (like metal) being 32X times more than that of non-conductive matter (like toast, and an already fairly large explosion). There are four of them, two in front and one on the left and right sides. All can be fired at once, with a 3 second recharge speed, and it would take approximately consecutive 312 shots before the ship's energy levels reached a critically low level at normal conditions.
IFrit Beams: Energy Ray that fires a kinetic beam, fairly powerful as beams go, but is most effective at wearing down enemy shields, though once shields are down it lacks the sheer destructive force of the cannons, and can only make surgical strikes. Energy use is based on the duration and the shielding of the target, more energy means the shields go down faster, and strong shields means the duration of firing the ray needs to be increased. Can go on for a half hour if no other weapon systems are running.
NPF Torpedoes: Not actual Torpedoes, however it is boarded and run by NPF forumers, who can survive being in a vacuum, and are quite flick-able at target-able targets.
Dharma Cannon: From the first RP Pyros was ever in, this was originally a suicide gun, a Ship's cannon modified to be used as a infantry weapon. Hooked up to an actual ship, it is marginally less suicidal to use. Fires an intense blast of energy that is said to be the equivalent of a giant Buddha crushing you with his finger from orbit. Or the fury of a giant Purple Elephant. Once used, it will eat up all of the ship's power, and the very act of firing it will send a EMP wave that may be more deadly to enemy ships than the Dharma Cannon itself.


Tools:

Zero Point Energy Beam: Technically, this is the Engine. And the Wide Range Tractor beam. And Artificial Gravity. And the Teleporters. And the shields, to a lesser extent. When Dr. Ethington was a creepy child, one day while playing in an abandoned well, she dreamt up an algorithm that properly isolated all protons and electrons from atoms, as well as a method to introduce (or reintroduce) protons and electrons back to atoms. This breakthrough, though possibly inspired by her latent pyrokinesis and theoretical control over thermodynamics, made a huge step forward in physics. Originally just on the theoretical end that gave her a huge college scholarship and then her own book series, she'd managed to make a brute zero point energy "ray" that isolated energy from an object, essentially freezing it from all possible motion, which she could also restore to motion via a slightly more complicated technical procedure. After a lot of time to develop, she put an advanced version in the ship during the long time it took for Arhra's evil self to get killed. Essentially, by manipulating the where, when, and how's of an object's energy, objects can be propelled, stopped, and repositioned relative to each other. This means that kinetic and energy hitting the ship can be re-purposed, objects can be given velocity, and water can boil at high distances above sea level.
Generator: It's Thirty Two Nickel-Cadmium AA batteries.
Backup Generator: In the town where I was born, Lived a man who sailed the sea...


Amenities:

AAA Star Med Lab.
Luxury Dining Hall for 32 persons
No Quirky onboard AI
Male/Female Onsen
Stargazing Lounge
Rooms for Couples
Complimentary Chocolates on Pillows
1 Escape Pod for every sexy female scientist with a southern twang.
Pancake Mixer.

[Arhra]

Hmm, missed out on doing something with Geist, out of time. I'll post something up soonish.

To summarise my somewhat wordy post: Arhra I said vague threats and vanished in an enigmatic, villainous manner.

Arhra V sped on right past Inbred and that Admiral fellow, blew up a lot of debris that would otherwise have hit the NPF and is trying to eat the enemy spaceship in order to stop it colliding with the NPF.

To help that along, she's shut down all her weapon systems and shed most of her armour to concentrate all her resources on assimilation. Haven't really had a chance to show how downright reality warping she gets when doing that until now. Fun.

She's also singing. The original context of that particular song makes it all the more amusing to me.

To throw in a few other random details, those hair clip things are the transmitters of the comms gear. Since you cannot talk in a vacuum, clearly the only answer is hairclips that pick up and transmit the brainwaves connected to speaking.

The D-type equipment for space dragons consists of the filtration equipment that goes in the throat for non-suffocation and plasma-bolt firing goodness, a thruster array that mounts on to each wing, a saddle-like backpack that contains the powerpack and is wired up to said thrusts and miscellaneous extras like filtration plugs for the ears and nostrils and a sort of contact lense to protect the eyes.

Lastly, here's a handy-dandy listing of our current angry pill stocks:

AB has 1
Mauve has 1
Shyria ate 1, but it ran out already?
Arhra V ate 2
Bard has 2
Rose ate 4
Steel ate 4 and is guarding the remaining cache of 3

[Teal Mage]

Oh Maaaaaauve!

I hate to put a damper on that X-Wing lust of your's, but I have some horrible news. You see, it was last seen in the Discussion Forum just before it was nuked by a falling space colony. It would probably be easier just to buy a new spaceship now!

Because the repair bill for that thing will be enormous.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Yeah, the Fury on Shyria ran out back when Pyros went Saxton Hale on her face. The super-duper space suit should more than cut it.

Fun fact: For a while there, I misread Inbred Chocobo's post and thought he'd thrown the Valker general into me, rather than the reverse, so I considered renacting this bit here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL_QcyCJgls&feature=related) A second reading got the better of me, though, and I figured it'd probably be a bit too OP anyways, so I cut it.

[mauve]

Oh Maaaaaauve!

I hate to put a damper on that X-Wing lust of your's, but I have some horrible news. You see, it was last seen in the Discussion Forum just before it was nuked by a falling space colony. It would probably be easier just to buy a new spaceship now!

Because the repair bill for that thing will be enormous.

D: D: D: D: D: D: D:

MY SADNESS IS INFINITE!!!!!

[PyrosNine]

Oh whatever Mauve, those things come off the Assembly line on the cheap anyway. Are you pouting? Please don't pout, You're a fully grown mage and shouldn't you have something magic to fly anyway, featherfall plus haste or something? Don't make that face! It's not becoming of you! It's like that bicycle you wanted when you were four or something, you had to just grow up and live without- OKAY FINE FINE, I'll reassemble your silly X-Wing from it's stupid atoms! SEE IF I CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO REPAIR AN X-W

oh hey it's done.

http://lifeofando.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/xwing.jpg

[mauve]

:dance:

And life is good again!!

[Astral Harmony]

Given time, I'll post sheets about Armored's Azure Aesir and it's crew members. It'll be very brief, because the Azure Aesir has an ample crew.

[Genericusername]

I have a question: When does the next Avvy rpg start? Not to sound like an ass or anything, but do any of you have any idea when the current Avvy will end?

[Overcast]

Fucking never. Though really I don't know, I figure this chapter should finally kill off those bastards once and for all and we can move on to new enemies and new management as usual, but for now we are blah.

[mauve]

No one really knows how long the rp will run, actually. :sweatdrop: I assume we're getting close to the end since we're reaching the original enemy's base, but that's the GM's call.

Usually how these games work is that we finish one, wait between a few weeks to a few months, and then start voting to create a new one. We vote for plotlines and GM, usually. And the reason we have a waiting period between games is to rebuild creative energy/enthusiasm for them-- Avvy RPs tend to last a very long time and if we try to run them back-to-back, people get bored/burned out and the game dies.

[Teal Mage]

I give it three - four more months.

[Arhra]

She accepted the communicator that Rose offered her and very very dearly wished her X-wing hadn't been destroyed way back at the beginning of the RP. SHE WANTED THAT THING BACK, DAMMIT. She was pretty sure this whole "alien-induced end of the world" thing would put a major setback on getting it repaired, too. Curses.
If only Mauve had been given some kind of magical rock that possibly grants wishes several months ago.

Wait a moment...

Anyway, I'll second that estimate of four months. That's assuming, if no-one minds, we also finish off my ridiculous caretaker GM plot once the Fury fight is over.

Should be short - all that's left is confronting the final boss and fighting to save the future of the NPF.

On the Moon!

Also the significance of unconsciousness, silvery glyphs, people being inexplicably murderous, time travel, junctioning, flying cities and the Moon is revealed.

Fun fact: For a while there, I misread Inbred Chocobo's post and thought he'd thrown the Valker general into me, rather than the reverse, so I considered renacting this bit here. A second reading got the better of me, though, and I figured it'd probably be a bit too OP anyways, so I cut it.
Do it anyway!

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Just did it. Really regretting that the D-suit doesn't have a built-in mouthwash dispenser.

[Teal Mage]

Assuming you had IC's permission for that post Shyria.

Anyway, there's mine. Pretty basic! I thought about going on from there, skipping hand-in-hand with Bard through the void and singing a pretty song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdZZVD48Uo&feature=related) from Evangelion about Carnage and killing and other wonderful, wonderful, wonderful things, but I thought I should give him a chance to escape my evil grasp first.

I recommend having a very plausible excuse, however.

In other words! I said nothing important.

[Arhra]

Oh dear, it seems I have started something with my chatter about how hilarious I find the Ominous English Chanting that Rebuild of Evangelion is filled with.

Anyway, since the ship is not able to put up a fight and drugs mean that the things that would normally stop Arhra V from eating an entire spaceship are not stopping her from eating an entire spaceship, well... if giant explosions were to happen for any reason, now is probably the time.

Because nothing good can possibly come of a city sized Arhra V.

Also, sorry for being so slow on the thing responding to Geist Bard. I had a thing about going to the Science Lab planned and then I realised Arhra VII had never actually been there.

EDIT: Also your PM inbox is full.

Just wanted to check how long you wanted to draw out the quest for space with Geist and Gestalt Arhra VII and if you had any thoughts for how we get there.

I'm pretty open on what we do, although I would like to pop by the tower top at some point to set up something.

Feel free to make Arhra do whatever you want.

And don't worry if you need to summon Geist for anything, I'll figure out something.

[Teal Mage]

Just did it. Really regretting that the D-suit doesn't have a built-in mouthwash dispenser.

Oh, hey Inbred! Question!

Does eating a Valker Hyped up on Fury - like Shyria did - transfer the Fury the Valker had to her?

It seemed like an important question!

[Inbred Chocobo]

Answer: It doesn't really matter now, as everyone gets a full soaking of energy.

Everyone gains these abilities until I say otherwise

Nigh-infinite energy: When you pour everything you have into an attack and launch it, destroying worlds and species in one move, once the attack is over you feel like you walked 5 feet. Its almost impossible to use up all this energy, and you are just soaked with it.

Nigh-invulnerability: While your body still takes damage like it always does, you don't feel it, it doesn't slow you down, and until the Furian is gone, injuries have no negatives effects at all. Furian energy can and will work functions of missing body parts and limbs and organs even if the physical part of it is not there.

Amped up to 11: Basically, your powers and abilities can do so much more than they used to be. Gods and being that created this universe now tremble before the power you contain. Sounds fun.

[Overcast]

Very basics of Overcast-Meta is that he is the being that Overcast serves as an avatar for. In all honesty it is me and the main strength is the Box-like immortality is now for everything because I know everything in this is just over the top fiction and so it can't actually stop me. Beyond that all the skills that Overcast has, only no random chance and he can do it without touching anything.

Overkill really.

[Arhra]

Destroying worlds casually?

Eh, not really a fan of late stage Dragonball Z/GT type stuff.

[Overcast]

I have a feeling we are supposed to be fighting each other. As a note, if we aren't I am still treating it like we are, because OC-Meta doesn't think our current storyline enemies are exciting enough to fight anymore.

[Teal Mage]

Somehow, trying to team kill each other while we're invincible seems counterproductive.

[Arhra]

Counterproductive.... or superproductive?

[Overcast]

You're going to notice that Overcast-Meta doesn't care about what is productive, only what is interesting. Just about everyone right now could point at the Valkers and make them die, why shouldn't we suddenly break out in superbattles? What other awesome thing could we do now that we are this high up the echeladder?

What I'm getting at is that there is no reason for us to be this strong. None. So we have to make one.

EDIT: Mauve reminds us that you can never really fully trust Shyria not to be dragonly.

[PyrosNine]

What? Pyros has always been this strong. You peons merely get the chance to feel, for a brief (in Avvy time, in real time it'll probably be a few more months) what it's like to be Pyros Fucking "Awesome" "Forever" Nine.

This will also end in tears entirely for that reason.

[Arhra]

Well, I'm a trouble factory at the best of times.

Hmm, this shall require DEEP THOUGHT on coming up with something that stands out from background levels of havoc.

[PyrosNine]

You should build a robot army whose sole purpose is to destroy all humans because in your fury enhanced state humans are little better than insects thanks to exaggerated super-cyborg perceptions, so you use your powers to make these super robots who are tougher and more powerful than any enemy thus far, only to realize that after you run out of fury, you will become weaker than said robots who will supplant you as their leader and seek to destroy you as well because you are too human-ish.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Just as a note to both Shyria and Mauve, because going back I can see where I didn't make it clear, the wave of Furian energy was going a lot faster than you guys were flying backwards, so you both are soaked too.

In fact, if you have doubts if you were or not, you are.

[Arhra]

I was going to do more, but I am very tired.

Man, it's been a lot of work setting things up for a dumb joke about the number nine.

The exciting fate of a robot that comes within a five mile radius of Arhra V was, unfortunately, what got dropped from this post.

[Overcast]

Start up the rape fics folks, Robo-OC's fate is not going to end well.

[PyrosNine]

Man, it's been a lot of work setting things up for a dumb joke about the number nine.

Tell me about it! Makes you wish the number nine popped up more naturally, like 23!

[Teal Mage]

...trying to start idle conversation with A9.

Victory is assured!

I say we all skip a step and go straight to Captain Pizza's Pizzeria.

[PyrosNine]

Start up the rape fics folks, Robo-OC's fate is not going to end well.


'Robo-OC shivered as mechano-techno-tendrils ran down his spine. He was about to say something when one fell upon his lips.

"ShhhHHHh..*..nO yoU HaVvvVe IT coOoMinggG."

The tendril so violently, so sensually, assimilated Robo-OC's tongue, as another mechano-techno-tendril slowly worked it's way to his central processing unit, and began flicking off his defenses one...by...one.

He knew it right then and there, what he had always known, what he had secretly hoped for: That resistance....was futile.'

My next masterpiece? "A time-traveler for love."

[Overcast]

There is this odd degree of wonder how long I'm supposed to wait until I respond. A little bit confusing.

Also the title led me to think up a great deal too many electronic component puns related to sex.

Also didn't that place get blown up in the terrible tragedy of the misaligned satellite?

[Arhra]

Arhra IX knows it's all about her.

Sometimes you just need a good rant, even if it's the endboss you're whining about your troubles to.

And Pyros, you ended up being surprisingly close. I had all of the V portion already written except the middle of the conversation.

[Teal Mage]

Back in reality, the walls cracked open in a madman's smile, tracks of darkness oozing out like blood. The emerging black cables chittered like insects to each other, tool tips whirring.

I must admit Arhra, I really did enjoy that last post of your's. Particularly this line, actually. The whole scene set it up quite well - it was very good. Second half of the post was good too, actually, for different (and less moderately disturbing) reasons. Was pretty funny to see IX yell at the End Boss.

"Because I know disasters, I have already come up with a way to probably fix that but it's not going to make anyone happy."

"Except possibly me." she added after a moment of contemplation.

She turned and stared right into the red inferno that had started the conversation. "I've got enough on my plate so you'd better not be up to no good." she growled. "I will end you."

Did I mention the vague sense of the dread I got from this little group of lines? 'cause the implications here are more worrisome than the overtly disturbing ones in the first half of your post. But maybe I'm just saying that because I might have some information about what IX's solution is. Dunno, we'll have to see.

The other IX probably won't be too amused though.

[PyrosNine]

So when you're charging up the PMS cannon, does everyone on board get headaches and become cranky, and crave pizza?

[Astral Harmony]

They might after it fires. The PMS cannon packs one hell of a recoil whallop, and while the Aesir does have a recoil diminishing booster attached that will reduce the recoil, it'll still rock their worlds a little.

Still, it's also possible that Fury Shyria and Fury Mauve (who's high on Cranberry Sierra Mist) will destroy that ship before the cannon is ready to cu-ergh, fire. Fire is what I said.

[Teal Mage]

Still, it's also possible that Fury Shyria and Fury Mauve (who's high on Cranberry Sierra Mist) will destroy that ship before the cannon is ready to cu-ergh, fire. Fire is what I said.

I feel compelled to remind you that the Mother ship is the size of two cities.

Cities are very big.

It will take some time for a Dragon/Mage to smash it all.

[Arhra]

Well, it's probably not as bad as the NATAL Cannon. That's one hell of a charge time!

Also I have just been shot.

This will end badly for everyone involved I am sure, huzzah!

[Astral Harmony]

Saying that Shyria and Mauve cannot destroy a ship that large in several minutes sounds like a grievous insult to the both of them...

As well as a challenge. Show 'im, girls!

[Arhra]

I think that one or two people may have forgotten something about the Valker ship.

Mainly the bit about it being possessed by a cybernetic horror from beyond the ordered stars.

That is on drugs.

That reminds me - the whole crew of the Aesir should be all furied up too.

Anyway, Arhra V just can't stop abducting people and/or robots it seems.

EDIT: And also she starts popping out miniboss squads if given godlike power, apparently.

That post didn't end in a way I thought it would.

Anyway, I know the ASURAs are outmatched by the Aesir group considering all of the drugs and such, but I'm not quite sure how much by.

EDIT AGAIN: So it seemed to be funny to just have them zerg two people. Didn't come out as funny as I would hav eliked because I am very tired. Ah well.

[PyrosNine]

So it's official, we've all been doped up with the intergalactic-multidimensional pieces of Chuck Norris.

[Teal Mage]

Oh look!

Fanservice.

I felt that was an appropriate way to remind everyone that I'm still in the game.

I've gotten IC's approval on this, but, for everyone else, here's what that card turns into, and what it does.

Artifact: Infinitus Strages, a set of limitless throwing daggers. They possess a unique, and rather unconventional enchantment - whatever their blades cut gushes blood. This includes rocks, spaceships and other things that shouldn't contain blood - but now do! The effects of these daggers are mainly cosmetic; those hit by them may experience a slight lightheaded feeling, but that's all. Despite the amount of blood that's lost from these wounds, the target will never die of blood loss from them. Never.

Its a little useless right now, but Bard liked it, so!

Ah, and in case my description of the Card's text wasn't clear enough, here's what the three lines would look like.

The Fifth Light Varrior
Bard
Cruor Advoco

[Arhra]

I suck in so many ways.

My apologies for everything.

To give a summary:

Arhra V: *shoots Robo Overcast into the Sun*

ASURAs:
Type-A (to Alean and Alucard): "Imma block all your attacks forever!"
Type-B: "Not my pretty face!" *Immobilised by roundhouse kick*
Type-C (to Maya and Sophie): "I can make sword whirlwinds with my sword that turns into an arbitrarily long whip. Did you know that?"
Type-D (to Kira): "HUUUGGGGSSSSS!"
Type-E (to Maya and Sophie): "I can blow you up with a Mana Cannon while you are trapped in a sword whirlwind, y'know?"

Arhra IX: "To stop being ill I have decided to become a god, indirectly destroying the NPF in the process. THIS PLAN CANNOT FAIL."

[Teal Mage]

Arhra IX: "To stop being ill I have decided to become a god, indirectly destroying the NPF in the process. THIS PLAN CANNOT FAIL."

Steel, hurry up and post or it'll be your fault again!

I mean such a dramatic and well-described transformation sequence absolutely begs a change of plans, but I would like to know how he reacted to being hauled through a fury-made wormhole before I change them!

And besides, there is most certainly something you can do to help now. Doesn't even involve temporal terrorism!

No more than usual, any way.

Anyway, when Christmas ends and I take care of two other commitments, I'll do something to continue the interesting nature of this scene. Won't respond in kind to Arhra IX, of course.

That would copycatting and copycats are lame.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I'll post tomorrow.

Maybe.

I don't know.

Leave me alone I'm playing Phoenix Wright!

[Arhra]

So what has happened to Inbred?

[mauve]

Probably doing holiday-type stuff.

[Teal Mage]

I think it's safe to start wondering about what to do from here. It's been a little over a weak since Arhra posted, and there's still not been a peep from Inbred, even in the OoC.

Do we just assume its dead or handwave the remainder of the scene and let Arhra take over to finish the last fragments of his sub-plot?

Don't really have a preference myself, but I understand that Avatar games are supposed to have continuity of some sort, so I was wondering how letting these things die goes.

[Overcast]

You kill it and we haphazardly shift elsewyr. Or so I think. Have stabbing implements ready for when it comes.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I have been slacking severely in my posts.

I have disgraced my ancestors and shamed myself.

[mauve]

I hope Arhra's okay. Doesn't he live in Australia? I hear parts of the country are without power/ facing severe flooding. :(

[Teal Mage]

He lives in Australia, yeah.

I haven't seen him online recently, which is pretty unusual, but the flooding would explain that nicely. Though it is a rather worrying thought.

Not much to do but wait and see though, I suppose. He'll get in touch with us when he can.

[PyrosNine]

Maybe in the meantime I can just have you all be attacked by Random Badgers until Arhra gives proof of life or IC gives proof of not being too busy?

[Teal Mage]

I don't understand why for the life of me, but I approve of this turn of events!

Maybe its because this is the least overpowered thing to happen in a while, and its actually kinda funny.

I say if IC doesn't give proof of not being too busy, we assume the Scary Endboss Robo got mauled by Space Badgers until he could no longer be an Endboss! It would be a wonderful end, don't you agree?

Of course you do.

Once Steel replies to me (or I get incredably bored of waiting for Steel to Reply to me) I'll reply to this. Totally will!

[Arhra]

Luckily I (and my entire family) are pretty much unaffected by the floods.

I just wasn't able to use the internet for the last week for entirely unrelated reasons.

[mauve]

Good to hear you're okay, Arhra! We were worried. And welcome back!

[Inbred Chocobo]

I don't understand why for the life of me, but I approve of this turn of events!

Maybe its because this is the least overpowered thing to happen in a while, and its actually kinda funny.

I say if IC doesn't give proof of not being too busy, we assume the Scary Endboss Robo got mauled by Space Badgers until he could no longer be an Endboss! It would be a wonderful end, don't you agree?

Of course you do.

Once Steel replies to me (or I get incredably bored of waiting for Steel to Reply to me) I'll reply to this. Totally will!

Sorry, I is busy. I'll give proof too. I work as tech support for tax software. The tax season has started. Tax preparers are stupid. Next week I work 6 days, 5 of the days are scheduled for over 13 hour shifts. (I go in at 11 AM and get off 15 minutes after midnight IF I am lucky.)

I'll see what I can do to move things along for you guys, sorry bout that.

[Astral Harmony]

In the meantime, do I take P9's post seriously?

Not that I disagree with it, I'm jus' asking.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Question becomes do you want to fight badgers or the final boss?

[Steel Shadow]

Both, naturally.

...I'll post soon, I swear.

[PyrosNine]

The random badgers are a crack quack squad of extremely random badgers specializing in the element of surprise combined with superior numbers and the ability to breath in the vacuum of space.

As the seedy, shadowy, and furry arm of the intergalactic police, they will be the first to arrive and the first to wreck up your shit, especially if you're a bunch of class M criminals (the valkyrs) trafficking a class Q individual in the form of space-crack.

In their skill and courage to pop up anywhere and everywhere, especially when the story has run into a snag or the author has no good ideas, they are only matched by the Sudden Ferrets brigade, who know hyper beam, thunderpunch, rollout, and cut!

The Ferret-Badger rivalry is slowly rising to a breaking point, with sneaky Ferrets attempting to sabotage the Badger operations! OH NOES!

If any connection to an RP that involved a Train and time travel is used, at least 2 of the badgers are Excel and Hyatt, and a few of the badgers are civil servants.

[Inbred Chocobo]

I went with both, so badgers everywhere! They are normal badgers except they breathe in space and know kung-fu or something, whatever. They pose about as much threat as badgers that can breathe in space and know kung-fu can.

[Arhra]

Got to confess, I'm a little disappointed.

Blowing up the NPF really feels like an anti-climax to me. It's a major event that didn't even give a chance for anyone to intervene. Too major really since the NPF is sheathed in nigh invincible plot armour. As a result it inevitably will be miraculously restored by magical plot fairies roughly five minutes after the bad guy is defeated.

Or am I just being cynical in my old age?

[Overcast]

Nah you're right I saw that and had an immediate gut wrench reaction. One I almost wanted to react to with an immediate push by Metacast since he is just me with supergod power. But hey I can't do much regardless.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Okay, so the act that I meant to piss everyone off and get everyone mad at the bad got has got everyone gut wrenching angry and pissed off at the bad guy. To be fair, it was a bit anti-climatic and just like... "really dude?" but whats done is done.

[Arhra]

I shall be blunter.

I would find it difficult to write something angry that feels authentic because I'm well aware that the easier something is destroyed the easier it is to put it back. The last thing you want to be doing in a climatic final boss fight is defusing the drama before it starts.

Secondly if it can do that without even a chance to respond, what's the point of doing anything? I am reasonably certain that characters are slightly less durable than entire cities!

EDIT: And if you're going to say everyone has godlike power, it seems counter intuitive to immediately stop them having a chance to god it up.

[PyrosNine]

I was actually going to end up restoring NPF myself, but because Arhra thought that was a bad idea, NPF city is dead and gone forever, and it's up to us to repopulate the forums.

So everyone, take off your pants!

[Teal Mage]

Actually Pyros, the attack left the people of the Forum entirely unharmed! Floating in space, but unharmed!

So no, sex is not the answer.

Although it does make me wonder why the Final Boss isn't getting totally crushed by a Forum full of people who had been hit by that Fury Shockwave. Considering there's someone with ressurection magic down there, there's really no good reason for every-formerly-non-combat-NPC to be doing anything but ripping the robot to shreds. He even attacked them first!

Not that its as big of an issue as the power-level difference between the boss and us, but I thought I should point it out. He literally fired first!

[Arhra]

To be honest, my next post will be pretty much the same regardless of whether the NPF gets blown up or not. That is because it involves a lot of shouting, posturing and possibly even attacking.

However, it is very silly that all of the NPFers hopped up on drugs are completely unable to stop a single casual attack by the end boss.

And Pyros, that's kind of my point. It's not dramatic to blow something up if someone can wander in and instantly fix it. Well, in this case it's the opposite. It got blown up too easily so it's going to be fixed just as easily.

You've got me wondering about all the other people in the city on Fury too now, Teal! I'm unsure of your view on answers though!

I must confess I do have slight ulterior motives since getting the NPF to the Moon is necessary to complete that sideplot I started, but that'd be just as easy to do if it gets restored.

[Overcast]

And I'm done with Fury, and may have summoned an answer to the Badger menace. Or just made more enemies. Who knows.

[Bard The 5th LW]

So marks the end of the tale Geist the hemorrhagic pokemon.

He was the true hero of this tale, life tragically cut short by badgers and anticlimactic apocalypses.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Clearly then the only thing I can do is piss more people off then if it was that anti-climatic.

Overcast, I have no idea what happens if your box is torn, so explain away.

[Overcast]

I have to wait for a new asshole to be torn in the space time continuum in order to respawn rather than normal regrowth. Just like last time you tore the Box. So I'm on haitus. Later.

[Bard The 5th LW]

It is a short, wimpy post, but at least I'm posting now.

[Teal Mage]

Clearly then the only thing I can do is piss more people off then if it was that anti-climatic.

...

Right, and what about the other things that were brought up?

Such as, why characters who'd been -

Amped up to 11: Basically, your powers and abilities can do so much more than they used to be. Gods and being that created this universe now tremble before the power you contain. Sounds fun.

- can't even stop a causal attack by the boss, aimed at the thing they've apparently been trying to protect this whole game? Or how about why none of the people in the Forums are attacking the boss? I'll remind you that the Fury Shockwave would have hit them too. While I'm at it, I'll also toss an honorable mention of the boss's apparent ability to teleport anywhere, anytime, without downsides as fairly overpowered.

'cuz, you know, nothing quite like trying to fight something that's impossible to hit - assuming we can injure it. Considering the way Bard's attack didn't do anything, I've my doubts about our chances there too!

In other words, Inbred? Tell me why I shouldn't withdraw from your game? Or tell me to drop! Either way, I'm listening.

[Inbred Chocobo]

...

Right, and what about the other things that were brought up?

Such as, why characters who'd been -



- can't even stop a causal attack by the boss, aimed at the thing they've apparently been trying to protect this whole game? Or how about why none of the people in the Forums are attacking the boss? I'll remind you that the Fury Shockwave would have hit them too. While I'm at it, I'll also toss an honorable mention of the boss's apparent ability to teleport anywhere, anytime, without downsides as fairly overpowered.

'cuz, you know, nothing quite like trying to fight something that's impossible to hit - assuming we can injure it. Considering the way Bard's attack didn't do anything, I've my doubts about our chances there too!

In other words, Inbred? Tell me why I shouldn't withdraw from your game? Or tell me to drop! Either way, I'm listening.

How about you actually do something to fight the boss? In the last 5 times I have posted, and the last time he took offensive action against a forumer, EVERYONE IGNORED HIM.

You people have only yourselves to blame for his actions, because you chose to go out of your way to make sure he wasn't included into anything. When I tried to integrate him into the fight, the most I got was, I noticed this guy did that, and that was it. So when he did his thing to blow shit up, it was because you people were thick in the middle of your own shit to notice his.

Quit complaining about not getting a chance, you should have made yourself available to do something rather than busy yourself. You think he is unstoppable? On what basis? Only thing you have done is stared at him and whined at the gm. At least Bard and Overcast did something, which was create a bunch of ferrets and through knives.

If you people don't like him, why don't you do something about him IN GAME? KAPESH?!?!

[Arhra]

We don't like Bob because he either does practically nothing or random unstoppable attacks. It's not a good basis for interaction.

IX was interacting with him until he teleported away and attacked some random minor character for no reason at all?

As for why we might think he's unstoppable, perhaps its the way he instantly teleports in ways we supposedly can't even perceive, outshines the Sun and tears explicitly indestructible things in half with his bare hands?

Back to interaction, when you are a squad of minor characters facing off with another squad of minor characters and some ridiculously powerful jackass appears out of nowhere to OHKO someone, the best you can do is ignore him and hope he goes away. Well, more that being embroiled in a conflict for the heart and very soul of AB's spaceship encourages a 'wait and see' approach instead of charging the new guy. I was honestly uncertain of what to do, so I decided to wait and see what else Bob would do.

Also people getting embroiled in petty bickering when the final boss is right there in front of them (although admittedly not doing much final boss stuff) is incredibly funny to me.

[Teal Mage]

To toss out a few other reasons Bob was ignored:

1) Arhra V's turned into a very overtly malevolent Death-Star-like Entity, in contrast, Bob not only seemed to be helping fight her, he seemed relatively good! Every reason to work with him, not try to kill him.

2) I was dealing with Meteorites - a plot element you introduced - so its a little unfair to expect me to pay attention to Bob.

3) Bob really didn't draw much attention to himself, you know? Just showed up and said a few words to Arhra IX, then started beating up an Asura. Plenty of ways to interpret that, and none of 'em equal End Boss.

If you wanted us to pay more attention to him, the best approach would have been to try and integrate him into the scenes we'd established before he appeared. From an in-character perspective, it wouldn't have made sense to just drop everything and focus all our attention onto another Random-Fury-Powered-Robot. Ain't like we know he's an End Boss, after all.

Quit complaining about not getting a chance, you should have made yourself available to do something rather than busy yourself.

To be fair Inbred, I'm not complaining because this fight will be too hard, or this is unfair, I'm not trying to complain at all, really.

What I am trying to do is point out that it seems like you're ignoring your own plot element. Remember the Fury that you forced our characters to have? With it, there is nothing we shouldn't be able to respond to. I won't lie, I'm not terribly happy about having a suspicious power-up forced into my character, but I was trying to make the best of it by using it vaguely productively.

When you go and do something that blatantly ignores our ability to use the power-up (that you gave us), it seems reasonable to object to that we should have been able to do something with the power-up - doesn't it?

I mean, maybe not my character specifically, but Steel Shadow, for instance, can stop time! Surely he could have had the opportunity to act, no?

Anyway, I'm just trying to clarify where I'm coming from.

[Arhra]

Hmm, dialogue is fun but hard to write.

Ah well, tomorrow!

Anyway, I feel should clarify my position as well. I'm sorry to hear you've been getting frustrated about interaction Inbred, but I really feel that you haven't been going about fixing that in the best way.

[PyrosNine]

But man, look how quick this RP revived when I added badgers? I mean, for about a month or two we didn't have enough activity TO bicker, and now post-badgerdom we do!

Clearly badgers are like our state bird, an Icon for RP's everywhere.

Also my plan was to completely ignore the boss for the entire final battle, then show up at the last moment and punch him in the spine with my awesomeness.

Anyway, no point in bickering about Bob, he's not even in his final form and we don't care about NPF anyway aside from a particular garden.

[mauve]

Clearly badgers are like our state bird, an Icon for RP's everywhere.
My name is Mauve Mage and I approve of this message.

[Astral Harmony]

Clearly badgers are like our state bird, an Icon for RP's everywhere.

Indeed. Badgers are as crucial for our RPs as they are for the Ace Attorney games.

[Arhra]

I'd just like to apologise for being terrible. That felt ridiculously self indulgent, but hopefully it was funny enough to balance that out.

V with a god complex gets more weird and disturbing, unsurprisingly enough!

ASURAs left for the next post because that was way too long already.

[Overcast]

Hey look someone made a hole in space. Might bring Overcast back and permanantly tie Bard as an achor portal for if this happens again.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Yeah, its a pathetic post, but I'm going to be honest guys, I don't really have any more creative juice left for this thing. BUT!!! I have an idea.

Here is what the boss can do.

Awesome Durability: Guess how hard he is to kill
Awesome Speed and Flight: Kind of like Goku
Arm Cannon: He can shoot a cannon
Energy Interaction: He can interact (say punch, attack, shoot, and kick) things that you normally couldn't, like magical energies and light and stuff like that.

You guys since you think you can run a final boss better (probably) I'm going to let you guys control the final boss and how he acts and reacts. I'm curious how each of you imagine.

Bard, your fancy new armor can do what you want it to do.

Overcast, if you want to be re-created by the Grandma Badger, you get to gain one Badger-related power. If you choose to do it otherwise, feel free.

Arhra, I'll leave just how hard the lasers hit up to you.

The rest of you... have fun.

I'll see you guys in a bit to move things a long.

[mauve]

Hey Pyros, I think Asheth and Mauve need a Rock Band Power of Music Concert Combo Attack. Y/Y?

[Arhra]

Could you give us a little more on his goals? I'm having a bit of trouble getting a grip on what he actually wants.

[Inbred Chocobo]

The monster you are fighting is a being of pretty much pure energy. The frame of the robot its using to hold in place is nothing more than a puppet. Your attacks whittle away at the energy bit by bit till its out. If you destroy the frame, great, but then it will just use a little bit of energy to form back together.

No real regeneration on it, just a ton of hp to burn through. I'll post again when either you guys have a question, I feel like enough damage has been done, or if someone goes out of bounds and posts something stupid that needs fixing.

[Teal Mage]

Well, I think I'll just drop for what's left of this fight. Might come back if Arhra decides to clean up his plot (I have some character invested into that) but for now, I really don't have time to keep up with an RP that I'm not particularly enjoying.

Good luck everyone.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Bard, your fancy new armor can do what you want it to do.

Anything? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAPGLO-r4s)

[Arhra]

Sorry, but you misunderstood me IC.

What I wanted to know is what does the boss want? What is he seeking to achieve? Why is he doing the things he is doing?

Be a lot easier to come up with responses then, since he hasn't yet shown a clear motive.

Anyway, everyone else, I was debating about how we might want to handle controlling the final boss. To help things be a little more spontaneous, I was thinking perhaps we just write normal posts, but then the next person to post handles the final boss reaction to whatever actions the previous person did?

Bard: anything means anything!

[Inbred Chocobo]

He does have an overpowering drive to destroy both NPF and everyone in it. He has clearly started on that as well.

Though this is the first time this being has been in our universe in centuries, he is kind of just glad to be able to stretch his legs and run around. Honestly I doubt he would even attack anything but you guys, as the only reason he attacked ya'll was due to the programming from the machine he is in now. He is a light-hearted guy, with not really that much anger at anyone.

Bard: Yes.

[Steel Shadow]

Welp, it's not much, but it's something, right?

(Do it Bard, do it do it do it!)

[Arhra]

Gotta confess, I'm torn between V being bashful about Steel's "super ultra fighting mega zord-mech thing" idea or V being very much for it.

[Steel Shadow]

*Blows dust off the old topic*

Uh... So, we should finish this RP, shouldn't we? We're so close to the end! Like, one or two rounds! Letting an RP so nearly done die sits all sorts of wrong with me. How seat ye?


...Shut up, I'm English, I can do whatever the hell I like to my language.

[Teal Mage]

If the goal is to finish the RP, I'll jump in again after I finish this paper.

Not that interested in even pretending to be afraid/care about Steve/Bob/whatever the apparent Final Boss is, but I'm willing to help end this plotline.

Would getting more people in help, you think? I can ask around my list of RP contacts - I assume Arhra would be taking the GM role?

[Overcast]

Arhra is apparently already planning something magnificent, but it is taking a bit since he is absolutely swamped in responsibilities to other RP's at the moment. I figure once he gets his big ass thingie in here we can progress this plot to its inevitable end and begin fighting what he plans.

Though it will take a few minutes.

[PyrosNine]

In an emergency, If no one else posts, Pyros posts more believable backstory for Bob and reveal giant all powerful punching bag for us to post against for 2 Pyros sized pages and then finale.

Badgers will not be involved. A Mauve and Asheth singing attack may be involved.

[mauve]

A Mauve and Asheth singing attack I approve of this.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Maybe? I do want to finish it, but I'm having troubles posting.

[Overcast]

EVERYWHERE! I blame the name change, they robbed you of your manhood. I'll probably revamp OC with his next return. Because really why not?

[Astral Harmony]

If a good RP is worth finishing, it's worth finishing right. Herego, Cosplaying Fanservice Girl Armored Bishoujo is still in this until it's bittersweet ending.

[Arhra]

Wheee, I've been sitting on parts of this post for longer than I care to admit.

I have to confess, I ended up giving a lot less time to Steve in this post than I'd originally intended.

The problem is he's rather bland. We don't know what he wants and his motives are shaky. He is literally a big mean robot that came out of nowhere to punish us all (and might not want to do it?). I found it far more entertaining to write about what various NPFers had been doing and then pick a fight with myself.

I decided to play around with Steve's inexperience a bit. As a result, his trash talk is lacking and his attempts to show he means business are somewhat painful.

Alas poor Timmy, we knew you not at all.

EDIT Oh, oh, I completely forgot! Power of song: do eeeeeet!

[PyrosNine]

Post of love and friendship and the remorse for little Timmy will take a little longer to write, because windows update is a BITCH.

Windows is all like "April fools last update frozes your computer!"
and I'm like no! I just took a nap in between writing a post! Don't erase!
and Windows is all "u mad? LOLS!"

[Bard The 5th LW]

Stupid post is up. Sorta not feeling well today, headache and whatnot, but I did it.

As I promised, I would be sure to post at some point in April.

[mauve]

What's this? Mauve got off her lazy butt and posted in one of the three rp's she's been neglecting?! Oh goodness, IT IS AN APRIL MIRACLE!

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Me: Oh hey, the Avvy RP updated, wonder what I missed.

*several minutes later*

My brain hurts...

[Teal Mage]

Upon further reflection, I'm afraid I simply don't have the time or energy to participate in this RP, I'm afraid.

It may actually be highly detrimental to my health if I try to pay attention, so, I'm going to drop!

Good luck!

I don't have a very good track record for hanging around Avvie, do I? Ah, well.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Better than mine at least.

[Astral Harmony]

I'll get a post up this weekend.

Hmmm...

Arhra, I have a question that could be easily misunderstood.

Would it be possible for me to park the Azure Aesir inside Arhra V?

No, not in that way, ya pervs. Like, I dunno, enter into Arhra V's body and try to maybe modify systems to maximize V's powers with hijinks?

[Arhra]

I don't see why not, assuming you find a entry point/make your own. Depends a little on how big the Azure Aesir is.

I did a bit of speculating about what 'city sized' actually meant, decided to be conservative, and came out with an estimate of two kilometers tall. That's about a mile and a quarter for you craaaaaazy imperial measurements people.

Convenient comparisons: person = ant, jumbo jet = finger sized

[Astral Harmony]

Then the Aesir would be about the size of a fingertip.

...

I hope the ASURAs don't have too much fun with the Aesir while nobody else is home.

[Inbred Chocobo]

Better than mine at least.

Hell, don't even get me started on my record, oh boy if you knew how many rps in general I drop out of just because I can't think up a post... Wait a minute... something isn't right here...

[PyrosNine]

Pyros post continuation tonight, hopefully. Seriously, everything is on my plate right now. Presentations, short stories, and writers block!

[Arhra]

I feel I've let this be quiet a little too long since I seem to have ended up as defacto GM.

I was tempted to mention some sort of giant hologram projector so Asheth and Mauve can have an actual side by side duet but decided I should leave that to your own discretion.

(do it do it do it)

Have to say I didn't have Steve do a lot in this post since it was mainly to set up the duet. Poor Bard, out there having to fight the final boss all on his own.

Anyway, I wanted to ask people a few things. How much longer do you think this boss fight should be? Also, are we still wanting to wrap up my plot afterwards? No problem if you don't, we are suffering from a bit of ending fatigue.

Oh AB, I just wanted to ask is there anyone else on the Azure Aesir? You seem to be saying it's empty, but where did the rest of the crew go? Could you also tell me a little more about it in general?

[Astral Harmony]

Hmmm...

Honestly, let's just go ahead and say the Azure Aesir is empty. I don't wanna go into all the crew members and this thing is probably confusing enough as is, so we can just focus on the five with Armored right now.

Besides, against Arhra V and those Asuras, the Aesir and its crew are kinda worthless. Just consider the rest of the crew to be off, doing crew things...like trying to sift through any NPF City wreckage for supplies and, if lucky, survivors.

As for the ship itself, the Azure Aesir is a relatively small ship, designed for a crew of roughly twenty-five people. It has some luxuries such as an indoor pool and bar. There's a hanger that can hold a handful of vehicles and powered armor mechs.

It's equipped to fight with standard laser turrets (usually automated but thanks to the Asuras...), six cannons (one on the bow, one on the stern, two on port and starboard each), a couple of photon torpedo launchers (no power going to them now), and finally the signature PMS (Purple Mushroom Stamp) Cannon that fires a devastating (and purple!) explosive shell capable of eating a large hole into some of the toughest enemy armor, though it suffers piss poor accuracy and, due to the damage, will now require several minutes to charge it.

[mauve]

We're working on technical planning and musical choices for the awesome duet, so our post(s) might be a little while.

[PyrosNine]

I don't have exams for at least three days, so I can throw out a post or two and completely change the game!

After much scientific consideration and lab testing, (in space, we went to space! Space! Oh oh oh oh. Wait wait. Wait I know. I know. I know wait. Space!) the origin of "fury" and the robot attacking us comes from:

(SPAAACCCCCE!) Space! AS our theories hold, the furian particles are the result of another being, so incredibly manly and deep voiced that his very existence was in flux and unstable. His sheer awesomeness always had to be kept in check, by taking jobs like "The Pacifier" and being a total geek. They were the only way his sheer Vinpulchritude wouldn't collapse in on itself, the only power to ever rival a certain Karate Cowboy.

But then he had to go into space. There, the sheer awesomeness of being in (SPACE, SPACE Lady, we gotta got to space! Space!) space combined with his most recent movie, was just too much for him. He flew far, and wide out into the distant galaxy, hoping the resulting explosion wouldn't destroy the things he loves (Import Cars! Space!) and then, exploded. The resulting aftermath sent particles of his pure awesomeness out into the far and wide universe, corrupting and destroying planets, the Valkyrs only being the most already assholish of them!

This explains everything! Why it comes from....you know. ( Dad! I’m in space!

[low-pitched 'space' voice] I’m proud of you, son.

[normal voice] Dad, are you space?

[low-pitched 'space' voice] Yes. Now we are a family again.)

Also, why certain characters show more or less a reaction to the substance. Asheth is never described as going mad or having fury powers, because she already drives a cool car and can see in the dark, for instance.

So now we have a slightly more interesting enemy to destroy! Unless we kill it now and have a new enemy or something.

Also, please no photography or thrown objects during this RP's performance, as it will be severely frowned upon and then we will rock your brains out with the power of song! And not metaphorically. But we will metaphorically.

(Space court. For people in space. Judge space sun presiding. Bam. Guilty. Of being in space.)

[mauve]

FACT: It is hight likely that space does not actually exist.

Anyway, major kudos to Pyros. He did all the hard work; I just picked the song. I am clearly the best co-writer ever.

[PyrosNine]

Well, I did have us only sing ONE half of the whole song. Feel free to have us start singing a different song, or steal the spotlight or something.