Avvy RP VIII: Discussion V - Let's go on a holiday!

[mauve]

I wanna jump back into the game, but I'm kind of lost. Are we still in Dr. Ethington's lab??? I'm gonna have to do a bit of re-reading here.

[Teal Mage]

I'm not sure where you are Mauve, because last I checked I think you were throwing fireballs at a robot from a bank of smoke. Or something like that.

Anyway, Pyros, Arhra II, AB and me seem to be in front of the lab. Arhra I's leading a shopping trip that has been far more successful than the Cursed Avvie's attempt (containing Overcast, Bard and Steel). Arhra III's with Nin on a motorbike going to the POS building. And Arhra V's in the vanished Dr. Ethington's lab with Shyria and, uhm, that might be it right now.

Things have gotten pretty confused though, what with Steel creating a giant time paradox. Still, I hope this clears things up a little Mauve.

[Arhra]

And I just made it worse.

I had a lovely idea for a subplot based off how some recent events could be used. I think a few people might be able to see the shape of things to come, given a city that can at least take off and hover (yet no-one knows it can), sorceresses, meddling with time and, eventually, going into space.

The numbering of this Avvy was very fortunate really.

Who'd be enough of an idiot to create a machine that copies Steel's brainwaves anyway?

And three can play at this newfangled character sheet game!

Name: Arhra II (With Fury)
Occupation: Boss
Gender: Boss (Female)
Appearance: She's an evil sorceress who is a major enemy. Take a guess. Some resemblance to Arhra. Prone to eerie movements, swaying and leaving after images. Possible allergy to opening eyes.
Abilities:
Angry Chaos Sorcery: The power to defy reality and the anger to spam it is not a healthy combination. It tends to involve warped versions of the traditional elements. Also sharp things, spheres, smoke, jagged edges, remote operation, spinning, cracks, turbulence, hazes, breaking, things that act like other things and red, the angriest of colours. As a sorceress, what Arhra II can do is clearly somehow better than the regular, crappy magic everyone else uses. Somehow...
Chaos Wings of Wrath: Manifested wings composed of chaotic energy and pure angry. Exact proportion uncertain. Spiky. There are lots of uses for shapechanging wings that are nearly indestructible and can hold a ludicrously sharp edge. Most involve opening cans or killing people. Sometimes both at once - it is a very versatile power.
History: Probably kind of evil for reasons that are very poorly explained. Presumably furious.
Weakness: Narcolepsy.


Name: Arhra + (Two Roman Numerals (That's 'VI' Or Six For Those Of You Paying Attention At Home) Or Maybe Something Different To Spice Things Up A Little. I'm Open To Suggestions Here.)
Occupation: Complication
Appearance: Being Arhra, Arhra has an uncanny resemblance to herself. Looking less like herself than usual, her colouration is inverted, having black skin and white hair - almost like a dark elf with the ears filed off. She would not appreciate this being pointed out to her: Arhra hates elves. She also shares with elves a slim, boyish figure and the conviction that she is always in the right. Her hair is short and unkempt, and she's dressed in a basic sleevess top and cargo pants.
Abilities:
Trait Theft: Arhra is totally the best at ripping people off. The best! She can temporarily steal abilities or other qualities off people. A certain degree of 'give it back'-itude helps in getting them back. There's a tendency for voluntarily returned abilities to show a temporary power boost once Arhra's finished tinkering with them. Possibly to convince anyone to let her do it in the first place. She can steal multiple things at once, her limit determined by the combined magnitude of the things.
General Theft: She also has light fingers!
Void With Eyes: Arhra's body is... weird. It's close to being a blank slate and strangely malleable, ready to change based on abilities she 'borrows'. Physically weaker and frailer than the other Arhras, this individual makes up for it with reflexes that are like a greased ninja made of lightning who is on fire.
Magical Roguish Sort: Her magic has specialised into general thievish things (including unobtrusively carrying a ton of stuff) and techniques related to her currently stolen abilties, thus neatly explaining any discrepancy between how they're supposed to work.
History: Time paradoxes are the worst. There is a worrying correlation between temporal anomalies and Arhra numbers in the wild. For context's sake, Arhra fell into a time hole back in POS's tournament (Avvy 5 - which may or may not have ever happened depending on your personal opinion), and has been turning up ever since.
Weakness: Completely disposable.


I have to admit that new addition is a little indulgent of me. Ah well, might not be long for this world.

To summarise the situation, we're regrouping to rest up and prepare for the final push on the Valker base. Which unfortunately is in space.

Shyria is getting retrofit for space combat. Pyros was helping but got sidetracked by confrontations, so only Arhra V's working on that right now.

We might be able to fly the entire NPF into space as a result of meddling Steel did, enabled by crazy powerup pills of anger. Some dungeon delving to reach the control center would be involved.

AB was attacked by Arhra II, who has transitioned from 'possibly an evil sorceress, maybe' to 'definitely an evil sorceress, probably' for some reason. She popped up to steal the Fury pills off AB... and just succeeded. Pyros and Teal are also at the scene of the crime - just outside the lab. She has decided she doesn't like them. Or likes their screams. It's hard to tell.

Arhra IV (dragon) and Arhra III (angry minion) have combined into one person for miscellaneous benefits (including me finally reducing my numbers), being referred to as Gestalt Arhra and travelling with Nin in search of new costumes, as fusion hijinks ruined both theirs. A mysterious newcomer appeared for some reason. This is probably Steel or Pyros' fault.

Overcast, Steel, Bard and Arhra I (the healer) are out shopping for food, so we can have a lovely picnic lunch.

[Teal Mage]

Further evidence that Teal and Pyros have far too much in common for their own good!

I swear I didn't mean to copy him when I first made my character.

For those who wonder, that's, maybe, the fifth version of that post I thought of. The others were either too helpful (attacking Arhra II!) or too godmoddy for me to feel good about - I felt that copying Dr. Ethington (poorly!) and trying to force Shyria and Arhra V to obey the principle of plot gravity was the best medium.

As for the description of Arhra IX, I did some thread digging in the cursed Avvie to find it, just so everyone else would know what she looked like - in the event Pyros brought her back. For those who can't remember what Dr. Ethington's costume looked like, I also dug around for that last night. It includes:

1x Platinum Labcoat.
1x Hot Pink Top
1x Khaki Pants.
2x Black (High Heeled) Synthetic Boots.
2x Black (Leather) Gloves.

I took some liberties on the gloves and boots. Mostly because I didn't want to be a total copy and they weren't as specific as I'd like in Pyros' bio. Powerwise, Teal still does everything he did before, but it will be more thematically SCIENCE!

[PyrosNine]

Just you wait! I will not take this copying sitting down...well, since we're on a forums, I guess I will, unless I wanna be uncomfortable or something, but you'll learn that while I can't hire lawyer ninjas, my squad of elite lawyer pirates will figure something out!

The real interesting thing was that the original appearance of Arhra IX was Pyros trying to mess with Arhra, but now there's Pyros, and IX at the same time!

Who knows if this will lend credit to my prophecy of Swordsman Arhra and Sexy Chupacabra Arhra!

[Arhra]

Hmm, I wanted to post tonight but I am slooooow.

Post will be up tomorrow!

Some theft is involved.

[PyrosNine]

Oh man, you never know how much you adore something until it's gone and briefly replaced with a sucky temporary and then brought back within a week.

I hope everybody thought up some creative ways to break natural law during the off time!

[Arhra]

It's a pity I couldn't work the word 'hamster' in there somewhere. Ah well. I'm sure you'll catch my meaning.

[PyrosNine]

Let's just say, for hypothetical reasons, that if Pyros was mad at you, there'd be a giant 'thing' of 'something' coming and you wouldn't know when or where or whence it came. And it would be coming irregardless of medium, irregardless of the reason long past, and by the time it was even brought up again, there'd be a quick wondering and then some research as to why it was brought up again, and then somebody would read this post.

So, hello Future Arhra!

[Teal Mage]

Originally Posted by PyrosNine

I hope everybody thought up some creative ways to break natural law during the off time!

Math Magic!

I felt it important to call attention to Arhra II's suspiciously lawful spell, since she's a Chaos Mage in her original bio, that must mean the Fury's allowed her to be so Chaotic, its actually orderly! Which might, oddly enough, diminish her powers.

Nah.

Oh, Pyros? I know my post pokes fun at you, but its not personal! Really! I'm just getting everything I can out of my Ethington gig while I have it. This includes stripping the entire Science Foundation of its resources! I could have used missiles to attack Arhra, but those are a dime a dozen. Interns? Why, those must be valued somewhere!

...so why does no one want to fight Arhra II anyway?