It's turning into a monster. >.<

It's HUNGRY! If you don't add to it, it'll eat you!

Captain Jordan said
It's HUNGRY! If you don't add to it, it'll eat you!

Man, I really should be reading some Latin right now...

Ages of Characters

Clay: 18
Mario: 17 (going on 18)
Iikka: 16
Max: 15 (going on 16)
Theo: 14 (going on 15)

So what would the grade levels for everyone? Is the below correct?

Clay: Sophomore
Mario: Junior
Iikka: Sophomore
Max: Sophomore
Mario: Freshman

You called Theo Mario, but that's correct for Theo. If I'm wrong about Iikka being a Junior, then I can change that line.

Captain Jordan said
You called Theo Mario, but that's correct for Theo. If I'm wrong about Iikka being a Junior, then I can change that line.

I just copied Mario's line so that I did not have to repeat all the code for the emboldened words.

@Iikka being a junior. That was one reason why I was asking this. I couldn't tell from his character sheet, so I would rather ask first before we changed it.

Added to the collab, trying to foreshadow a later character arc I'd like to have involving Theo. On the subject of the collab's size, are there any objections to it being posted once the group receives powers? After that we could go back to the usual solo posts, or another collab or something.

@Dedonus Clay's a sophomore. Definitely gets a competitive edge in dodgeball.

Yup, I think that's sort of the plan. Lest we end up with a twenty page collab and four actual posts...

Max is a sophomore, yes, but I'd think, depending, at least, on the time of year, Mario could be a senior? I was 17/18 my senior year (16/17 as a junior, 15/16 as a sophomore, 14/15 as a freshman), but I was also an old senior, so I could be wrong. I've always wondered what it was like to not have a birthday in the middle of the school year...

I was 18/19 my senior year...

I was seventeen my entire senior year. It really just depends on the birthdate, I think.

I tried to throw up Mario's reaction. I will try to complete it by sometime tomorrow.

Mine was the same as DotCom's, although I know my dad was 17 when he graduated high school (September birthday).

I'd be really curious to hear more about your plot arc involving Theo, DeadBeatWalking.

Wow, you guys were young when you graduated.

I made up for it in college. I'm 25 now and graduating this December.

Tomorrow I enter my senior year, and I'm turning 18 during it.
@Captain I PM'd you with details and whatnot.

Got'em, replied.

I'm going to head to bed now so I'm not overly tired for my last first day of school.

Once Iikka touches the cube, will we need much else before the collab is posted? Other than some formatting edits and Nierefiem telling the group they've been given the ability to morph, it looks like we'd be ready to roll
On a teambuilding excercise/character development note, I'm reviving a question brought up in the original Animorphs Roleplay: If they could acquire any morph, what would your character's signature morph/spirit animal/favorite morph be?

DeadBeatWalking said
Once Iikkem touches the cube, will we need much else before the collab is posted? Other than some formatting edits and Nierefiem telling the group they've been given the ability to morph, it looks like we'd be ready to roll On a teambuilding excercise/character development note, I'm reviving a question brought up in the original Animorphs Roleplay: If they could acquire any morph, what would your character's signature morph/spirit animal/favorite morph be?

Don't you mean Iikka?

I've been thinking about Theo's morph. His book counterpart is obviously Marco, whose choice is to become a Gorilla. I think the Gorilla works well for Marco, who has to be stronger than he is to support his father and cope with the news of his mother.

Theo, on the other hand, doesn't have much in the way of family drama. Things go pretty well for Theo, probably too well. He's angsty and irritated by the move from NYC, and a bit frustrated that he doesn't fit in at school. Theo is pretty much the loner and outcast right now, he's not entirely social and probably doesn't need to be. To this end, Theo seems most like a big cat, or a lone wolf, something equally dangerous alone or in a pack.

I've always wondered why Jake's animal was the tiger. Perhaps due to his reluctance to take the leadership role, but it seemed odd to me that his morph wasn't something more like the male lion. Still a cat, still plenty independent, but head of the pack and willing to show power when necessary. That seems more like a leadership morph than the Siberian Tiger.

If I had to pick for Theo, I might go with something like a Snow Leopard or Caracal, or the Timberwolf. I would be reluctant to go for Timberwolf if I had a choice, but the species fits the region and wouldn't turn too many heads. The cats seem to fit better, but I have a feeling cats are going to be popular with this group (I may be wrong). In any case, I really like the idea of a small big cat, or a medium-sized cat as opposed to the tiger or lion varieties that would draw most people. I see Theo as someone who would happily sneak into a place and take down prey (Yeerks) quickly without making a big fuss, as opposed to drawing lots of attention with a big morph like a bear, big cat or ape.

As I glanced at Wikipedia's helpful list of extant predators I noticed that most land-based predator animals are mostly canine, cat or snake, with a few exceptions. The first two seem like the only viable attack morphs, as a snake or lizard would be too slow (and in the case of a snake, too difficult to maneuver) to use properly in a high-risk environment. There might be some better resources out there, or a classification I hadn't considered, but this is what I found.

Sorry for the long-winded answer, it just kept coming out.

Captain Jordan said
Don't you mean Iikka?

I noticed that too in the collaboration. I already fixed it, though.

Speaking of Iikka, has anyone heard from Terminal? He hasn't posted in the collab recently, or here on RPG. Maybe he's getting back to school like some of us. Hopefully Vivid has an idea of a good time to wait before moving on.

Speaking of which, how was the first week of school, Vivid and DBW? Your's is ongoing, right Dedonus? And are you in school at all, DotCom?

Mine went by too slow, too many instructors explaining their syllabus word for word, as if they fear no one would read it otherwise. It's never all very clever, the only useful parts for me are dates for tests and various sections, and what to expect as far as coursework vs test grade weighting. The only course that did any meaningful work is my Stats and Probability class, which is my only non-Computer Science course for my last semester of college. No slacking off for me!