Axiom Discussion 1

[Darth SS]

Discussion.


To be quick about it...

You were all invited to Lord Belak's manor for some reason or another.

Enjoy the party. Plot will move soon.

[IHateMakingNames]

I just remembered, you never answered a question.

How much of the original group's memory is gone? Is the entire area around killing the goddess fighting (Getting there, fighting her, killing her, leaving), or is the entire part of killing her just gone? Or some other thing?

[Darth SS]

Actually, I did answer that.

But we remember everything. Except the closer we get to the goddess fight, the fuzzier our memory gets, and we can't remember the fight at all. There's just a blank in our memory, followed by us waking up in a field.

[CelesJessa]

So... did the group of heroes seperate and go their seperate ways after the unmemorable battle? Since... maybe the amnesia was a lot worse earlier, but we have regained memories of our travels over the years.... maybe... I dunno... ^^;;

[IHateMakingNames]

I think it's our choice as to what the group did afterwards, at least your one member. Some of the members could have continued traveling together for two years, or one could have tried to steal everything from the rest of the group then ran away, or the group could have just split up at some point for various reasons.

[CelesJessa]

So... what is everyone else going to decide? I think I'm going to go with my idea earlier for my character:

maybe the amnesia was a lot worse earlier, but we have regained memories of our travels over the years....

It makes sense. When they come out of something with a bunch of people and don't remember what the heck just happened, they will probably all go their own seperate ways (making it easier for us to control our character's bios and such) Then over the course of two years, they slowly start remembering the events of what happened, up until the final battle.

Does that sound good?

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Someone who shall remain unnamed (Your secret is safe with me, Celes!) suggested I post this both here and in the sign up thread. So, y'know, everyone who needs to know does, and its not overlooked by accident.

Name: Coin
Race: Human
Age: 22
Height and weight: 5'7/130
Class: Mundane Summoner
Physical Description: With a tight wiry frame of muscle and little fat, this tone, fragile boy uses his body as a conduit for mystical energies. His eyes, once a muddy brown, are a faded grey. His hair, once a rich hazel, has faded to a dirty blond. He is full of life, both his own and the spirit that flows through his viens.

Bio: Something to do with being an orphan and apprenticing with a powerful "Gypsy Summoner" yadda yadda Deck of Summoning Tarot is now his most prized possession yadda yadda yadda that once belonged to his Mistress (Gypsy Master Magician Eros Von Sumner) yadda yadda ... Can bind spirits into mundane objects that share at least one or two characteristics with the "enslaved" spirit. Traveling companion is a shrunken head of a zombie named Bradbury.

[IHateMakingNames]

That really doesn't work because SS said our characters were famous for killing the goddess, but it's died down over the years (And it only having been 2 years, it must have been early that the game started). Obviously, some one must have had some memories of everything that was going on (Besides the final battle).

[CelesJessa]

That really doesn't work because SS said our characters were famous for killing the goddess, but it's died down over the years (And it only having been 2 years, it must have been early that the game started). Obviously, some one must have had some memories of everything that was going on (Besides the final battle).

But I don't know what else to do. It's hard to control what happened between 2 years in an RP if your characters have had contact...

Edit: And Demon, I told you before, but so it's known by all, SS would have the last say in newly joining people.

[IHateMakingNames]

It's only 3 characters that we have to worry about (Kal, Guy, and Celes). The rest we can say just left because they got bored, and had to do something by themselves, or died, or something else.

[CelesJessa]

It's only 3 characters that we have to worry about (Kal, Guy, and Celes). The rest we can say just left because they got bored, and had to do something by themselves, or died, or something else.

Okay. So, any ideas for what Kal, Guy, and Celes did in the two years before the current RP?

[IHateMakingNames]

Just think of what your character would have done. Like for Guy, he would have tried getting into Celes' pants for a month or two. After most likely failing, he'd get bored/depressed and leave to go back to his home city and win some tournaments and get rich off of that and being famous for killing an evil goddess.

[CelesJessa]

Alright. Then Celes probably went back home, now that she is famous, even though she still can't summon, she still is a powerful mage living back home. Or traveling like she was at the begining of the first Axiom.

EDIT: woo. you can tell how blonde I am tonight. I didn't even notice you guys were looking for me on the last thread. ^^;; I have a clarinet sectional tomorrow so I was busy with stuff and not really totally paying attention.

[Darth SS]

Demon, you iiin.

And Kal...Kal probably went, "What just happened?" followed by "I'm hungry" followed by the returning to his random lifestyle of fight a menace, almost die, take a month healing.

[IHateMakingNames]

I just remembered this.

Does Celes still have that cat?

[Darth SS]

That was Celes that did that?

I don't know. Up to her I guess.

[CelesJessa]

I just remembered this.

Does Celes still have that cat?

Oh yeaah. I forgot about Lydia..... Hmm.... Lydia didn't do much, maybe Celes left her at home this time?

[Krylo]

Just something I'd like to run past here. Stoneskin spell. Operating thusly: invincibility to physical attacks until character has been hit x times (in Lucian's case, we'll say 12). Each hit cracks the stone until it breaks away... but the hits have to be hard enough that they would cause more than an irritation to the character without stoneskin. (So, a small child hitting the back of his leg isn't going to take off a layer, but an adult hitting him in the chest would, despite a punch to the chest not being a 'life threatening' attack, it's still strong enough that it would have hurt Lucian normally).

Also, Magic Cloak, which just slows all attacks that attempt to push through it, thus reducing their kinetic energy... aka their power.

Just want to know whether it'd be kosher to use either of those. Oh, and Magic Cloak affects magic by dampening it's power, but Stoneskin has no effect on magic at all.

Edit: Almost forgot, stoneskin is user only, but magic cloak can be used to defend other characters. Other utility spells he has are things like 'sharpen' which make weapons magically sharper, enlarge, which makes items bigger, shrink, which makes items smaller (those three spells can't be cast at something wielded by another person, for overpowering reasons. Let's just explain it as the latent magical energy stopping it), fly (for casting on others), stuff like that. Normal utility magey spells.

Attack spells are things like lightning bolts, streams of magical fire, magic missiles, you know... the common fare.

Edit: I ask about the stoneskin, because, on the one hand, limited physical invulnerability is kinda moddy, but, on the other... not having it makes him useless unless he can hide behind people, which isn't his style. He's a faerie, most people use iron or steel. Iron and steel burn him. He's also not very sturdy... and it's only 12 shots, and he'd probably go down on the one after that.

[Darth SS]

I'm gonna' say no to the cloak right now, but yes to Stoneskin.

[Dante]

I'm gonna' say no to the cloak right now, but yes to Stoneskin.

IHMN's goign to magically conjure a scattergun out of nowhere now... ("But hey, each hit is the equivalent of a pistol bullet, and there's a fucklaod of them!)

[Zweihander]

Do red mages count as "mages"?

[Darth SS]

Is the word Mage in the class Red Mage?

Yes.

[CelesJessa]

So who are all of the mages with me? I know theres..... me.... and Zweihander.... and.... BMHadoken, right? Who else? Or else I'll just guess.

[Darth SS]

Hey, Muktar is a shaman right?


SO. Muktar, delete that post and get your butt into the palace of paaaaain.

[CelesJessa]

the palace of paaaaain.

That doesn't sound right....

[Ganurath]

I'm not a shaman. I changed in the second signup thread to a halberdier with heavy armor and shields on his shoulders. IHMN said there were too many mages, and I agreed.

[Mephisto]

I wasn't realy thinking of my character as a mage, he is primarily a warrior with a little something extra but I guess I'll go along with being in the PALACE OF PAAAAAAIN!!

[Dante]

SS apparently appointed me an ad-hoc DM during his disappearance, along with CelesJessa... mua ha ha ha ha...

[Krylo]

Sweet. Now if only Celes would get on AIM so I could discuss some stuff with her.

[CelesJessa]

(OOC: I assume from the fact that she is able to speak AND look around, we aren't chained too heavily/at all, just locked in the room. If my assumption is wrong, I'll edit this. I was going to ask Celes, but she's not on AIM, and she got off the forums.)

Sorry, I had some last-day band stuff to take care of. They are just being held in this room, since chains wouldn't be able to stop a mage from doing what they do best-cast magic. Instead they are locked in this surreal, gross room, and no doors are visable to us.

[Forever Zero]

Hmm, discussion is made, RP is started and five pages in...

Perfect timing as usual!

Name: Dezil Eternion
Race: Human
Age: 24
Height and weight: Umm... 6 foot 2 inches, and... 220 pounds? I'm not very good with preportions...
Class: Mechanical Engineer
Physical Description: A fairly big man, Dezil can almost always be seen wearing his work gear, which is composed of a thick gray longcoat, with the insides of the coat lined with pockets full of tools. Under his coat, he wears plain black pants, and a white shirt. His hair is brown, and an uncontrolled mess on his head. His face is covered in a thick layer of stubble, and overall he has a somewhat eccentric appearance.
Bio: Raised in one of the more technoligically advanced cities on the continent, Dezil has always been fascinated and interested in machines. As he grew up, he would always buy tool kits and broken devices whenever he got the chance, and made more money by selling the devices he fixed. As soon as he was old enough, he took the money he had saved up, said goodbye to his parents, and headed out. He has been wandering ever since; seeing the world, making a living on his gadgets, and always tinkering and writing up plans to make something better.

So if I'm still in this, what's going on right this second?

[Darth SS]

I'm gonna' be on here eratically for the rest of the day, and I MIGHT be on tomorrow morning. Don't hold your breath though.

Also, Krylo- No escaping. Well, you might think you've escaped, but you really haven't. Celes has the information on what to throw you through.

And Dante speaks truth. In my four to five day abscene, he owns your asses.


FZ, you're in. Currently, the mages have been conked out and imprisoned in a vampire's wonderland.

Fighters are hauling open a portal so they can get into it.

[Forever Zero]

Alright, I'm off to join the fighters then.

[Ganurath]

So, what sort of nasties will be hitting me first?

[CelesJessa]

So, what sort of nasties will be hitting me first?

I guess... since SS and Dante are gone (who are both mostly in charge of the fighter group) I will have to take care of the figher group too. ^^

[Darth SS]

I gotcha' covered. Momentarily.

[CelesJessa]

Oh yes, just FYI, Tomorrow marching band starts up again, so I won't be around from 8 am to 4 pm, just to let you know, so I will, obviously, not be posting during that time. I thought I'd let you know since SS has to leave for 5 days and Dante's on a totally different time schedual from us.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

My posting will also be sporradic and haphazard. Having just gone through a surgical procedure, I need as much rest as I can. This requires me to sleep a lot, and that is exactly what I plan to do.

Yay! I'm getting 8x as much Beauty Sleep as normal! Glee!

[IHateMakingNames]

Dante, don't you see something wrong with all of the mages having been taken away in a portal, then the fighters are somewhere else, and your guy is with the fighters casting spells?

[Dante]

My guy knows no attack magic. His spells are basically there to enhance what he can already do. I was talking to SS this afternoon - "Anyone with magic as a PRIMARY form of action" gets snatched. My guy doesn;t need Haste or anything to do his job - but it certainly makes it easier. A red mage without his heals and attck spells is basically just a fighter, but Talan without magic is a slower and less effective Talan.

I don't really consider enhancing yourself with Haste to be a primary form of action. God knows he needs it to keep up with the godliness of you guys.

(And I'm also abusing my acting DM powers in a non-intrusive way, so nyah!)

[IHateMakingNames]

Damn, I just realized this RP is recreating Samoht and whatever Celes' character was... Some guy obsessive over Celes' character because she looks like some one else.

[Ganurath]

Who controlled Samoht? (I'm just gonna laugh if it was Dante)

[lazy man]

It was Raiden, not Dante.

[Ganurath]

Ah. Still would've been funny though.

[Squishy Cheeks]

remember non mages. The battle is geeting smokey and hard to breathe.

[Ganurath]

Yeah, yeah. We know. I had a post where I threw the smoker into the bulk of the cultists, but the forum wouldn't take.

[Darth SS]

And remember that I posted a set ammount of guys to beat-down.

Hell, Muktar alone has probably taken down half-of them. And just as a future notice about the cultists...

They're very underhanded. If they lunge towards you, they don't swing their swords. They flip out, hack wildly, kick you in the shins, and start chewing on your face. It's not a matter of doing the properly trained way for them, it's get from point A to point B. Point B is usually a dead you.

So...for the moment...pooey. I'll clean that battle off, and set you guys up to continue, and then I most likely have to leave.

[Zakanf Da'arkblades]

Sorry about being out yesterday...work called me...to go to an amusement park...yea. I have a question. Am I considered a mage, or a fighter?

[Darth SS]

I'll consider you a mage because you're a bard. And that's typically how I view bards.

[Zakanf Da'arkblades]

Ok, good, now I can just say I've been out cold.

[Squishy Cheeks]

why me?

[Darth SS]

You seemed to be the most vain out of the fighters.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Mentally vain yes, physically not so much. You have to remember, he's an investigator, meaning he has and probably will again in the future perform an autopsy. Any one willing to examine a dead body, wouldn't mind getting a little blood and guts on him.

[Darth SS]

Oh well. I still splattered you.

[Squishy Cheeks]

I know.

[Ganurath]

Hell, Muktar alone has probably taken down half-of them.I count four dead and four with non-mortal wounds that inhibit them, but don't take them out of the picture. You previously stated there are 25 of them.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

erm... is it a little too late to join the rp?

[Dante]

Doubt it, but you may ahve to wait for the next chapter, or the next great plot device to join.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

weee, can you notify me then? *ish a little overhyperactive right now to actually "join" join anyway*

[Dante]

Get some sleep, lack of it makes us do stupid things.

On a side note, what kind of character do you intend to play? A shapeshifting lunar sorceror?

[IHateMakingNames]

By pitch black, does that literally mean pitch black?

Also, Dante, your guy would have no idea that they made a portal.

[Squishy Cheeks]

And what about the non mages?

[IHateMakingNames]

What about them? They are in the pitch black room with the three magic eating small dragons with huge mouths and fangs.

[Dante]

Also, Dante, your guy would have no idea that they made a portal.

Exchange of information as the two groups met.

In any case, BMH has it so it doesn't matter.

[CelesJessa]

By pitch black, does that literally mean pitch black?


Yeah, it's pitch black, but it doesn't really matter because of the item Jad used.

[BMHadoken]

Also, now that Jude has the amulet does the white robed guy lose his power, is Jude gunna accidentaly blink himself into another dimension filled with tentacle beasts, are the magic eaters gunna turn on him...

[CelesJessa]

Also, now that Jude has the amulet does the white robed guy lose his power, is Jude gunna accidentaly blink himself into another dimension filled with tentacle beasts, are the magic eaters gunna turn on him...

The amulet is used for making portals, and I'm making a post about what's happening, but I keep getting side tracked by watching Bill Envall on comedy central...

[Darth SS]

Okay. I'm back.

Unfortunately, I'm going to be busy for a wee bit.

I.E. Celes still has the powa' until further notice. And my compliments to her for what she's done.

And....keep up the good work people?

[Krylo]

The portal grew large enough to envelope herself, the magic eater, and a few others who had been near her.

(OOC: you can choose if you got instantly teleported with Celes, or if you didn't, you should make your way to the open portal before it closes. Keep in mind, the Magic Eaters will probably try to follow you out.)So... did no one but me and muktar read that line? I mean, we're all on the other side now, but the magic eater that was attacking celes seems to have just vanished? No one's paying attention to it, even though it supposedly teleported as well...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Okay ... fine. You got me, Krylo.

Guys ... I ... I ...

I CAN'T READ!

[IHateMakingNames]

Either SS saw this,

He found himself looking at the magic eater and Celes, and readied his halberd, slashing at the creature in a downward vertical stroke.

And didn't really feel like worrying about it, so since this happened he can ignore mentioning it and people will think it's dead.

That, or he forgot/didn't notice.

[lazy man]

Celes or SS could just say it fell on a sharp rock or something. Or that Muktar killed it.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Yeah ... Muktar! He's the one what did it! ... killed that Magic Eater good, he did!

Killed it dead!

[CelesJessa]

Celes or SS could just say it fell on a sharp rock or something. Or that Muktar killed it.

Or maybe it got stuck in the vortex or something....The joy of plot holes!

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Yeah ... vortex! It's the one what did it! ... killed that Magic Eater good, it did!

Killed it dead!

[lazy man]

Killed it dead with style!

[Ganurath]

I decided to leave room, just in case Celes wanted it alive to fight again. But still, this way we have a good ol' coup de grace finish.

[Mephisto]

would it be ok to simplify my charater a little so he can create illusions of objects normally, it's not much but I thought I'd better ask so people don't start complaining if I just do it without saying.

[Darth SS]

About the magic eater...

It's in Bali now. Yes.

Why?

Er....AMNESIA POWDER!

What really happened is it was crushed. Conveniently.

And Mephisto- I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. He's an illusionist. He makes...illusions. Black and White here maaaaaan.

[Mephisto]

And Mephisto- I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. He's an illusionist. He makes...illusions. Black and White here maaaaaan.

Jeeze, that's what you get for being polite. In my bio I said he could change the way things looked and now I'd like to have just a simple, straight up illusionist.

[Darth SS]

In response to Celes' "Don't startle me" line...

Don't do it man.

In the last RP, IHMN spooked her in her sleep, and she screamed. Kal and Thomas then preceeded to bust into her room. Kal threw his dagger (Narrowly missing) and Thomas tackled Guy, ending with his sword at Guy's throat. Celes had also made a fireball she was going to use on him.

[IHateMakingNames]

I'm guessing there are supposed to be just enough rooms so everyone has to pair off? If so, either some one is alone since we have 13, or it works because we have 14 (I'm not sure on the numbers).

Edit - Also, what exactly did Jad mean by "take advantage of me while unconcious"?

[Darth SS]

They're magic rooms. So, yes. Everyone pairs off.

And if there's thirteen, they get to share a room with the Grot.

If they decide to take a room solely for themselves, bad things will happen.

EDIT- Obviously, Jad has been in jail before.

[IHateMakingNames]

EDIT- Obviously, Jad has been in jail before.

That's what I figured, but Jad's guy is supposed to be observant and smart, so if that is the case, he isn't. Apparently he thinks everyone is gay (Including Celes).

[Darth SS]

That's a small, sad sad little world he lives in.

That, or his character is fantasizing.

Or, in an ever more disturbing twist, he honestly believes his fantasies are coming true.


So...who's Guy gonna' room with? The one he's least likely to kill would probably be Kal...(or not)

[IHateMakingNames]

So...who's Guy gonna' room with? The one he's least likely to kill would probably be Kal...(or not)

Well, the one time in two years he sees Kal again, some twisted rich guy captures a bunch of people with face easting cultist and now he's stuck in the middle of some jungle with a group of idiots. He's not to fond of Kal at the moment.

[Squishy Cheeks]

Or he just doesn't trust any of you, and believes Celes is the most likely to respect his privacy and his property.

[IHateMakingNames]

Yes, the pryo mage is the safest bet... Half of the group would have been a better choice then her, and has shown to be.

[Krylo]

I think just about anyone but Lucian would have been a better choice... she's slightly better than him, as that he would have corrected your terminology by noting that he is, in fact, a sociopath, and then sent off another spell. However, only those two would actually attack you for trying to share the room.

Also, if we HAVE to pair off, Guy would probably be best for Lucian. He's not the type that would talk much, and thus he's not the type that would irritate Lucian.

[Darth SS]

So, time for a choice from you people on what happens next.

Would you all like to enjoy a nice peaceful sleep followed by a big breakfast?

Or should there be an assasination attempt on you during the night?

[IHateMakingNames]

Peaceful sleep. Why the hell would 13/14 people have assassination attempts on them for spending one night in a castle?

[Darth SS]

All would be revealed.

But peaceful sleep then? Just makes the thing we're hunting meaner.

[IHateMakingNames]

Obviously it would be the monky things are evil (Wasn't there going to be a feast or something as well?), or for once you are doing the non obvious thing and there is an outside force, but to try and assassinate that many people would be stupid. Especially when it's two per room, so they don't even have a solo target to go after.

[CelesJessa]

Peaceful sleep. Why the hell would 13/14 people have assassination attempts on them for spending one night in a castle?

Because, everyone knows that every place you visit in an rp has to have some kind of threat against your life. ^^ (Just kidding...) sort of...

[Darth SS]

The monkeys are too dumb to be evil. And I'm amazed Guy hasn't shown offence at them being a cross human/animal.

Nah. The main guy who's gonna' want us dead us Bela-ISAIDNOTHING!!!

[Squishy Cheeks]

Someone never read hellboy. Monkeys are all evil

[Darth SS]

Actually, I have read Hellboy. But according to Hellboy everything is evil if it isn't natural and it somehow bothers humans.

Except Hellboy. And Abe.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

"All we know is that it might be laying eggs ..."

"Wow! This breakfast is really good!"

"In the food ..."

"Urk!"

[Darth SS]

I'm gonna' make a new discussion thread.

Also note that Kal's tripping may or may not be important. *hint*