@Slime BBeast is more or less correct. The white giant patrol routes are not straight lines, though they are circuits that are as consistent as possible. They can sprint at a solid pace, but they maintain about the same speed of a migrating elephant when patrolling.
They won't interrupt their patrol unless they detect something non-Tounic or non-Sloughish. But as long as you have birds on or around you, it'll probably not try to wallop you.
Also, before you ask, I contrived humans to have enough Slough in them by pure coincidence of design that white giants leave them alone. So your tagalongs should be safe as well.
'Thanks to a traveling fellowship from the Journal of Experimental Biology, Hutchinson and Famini went to Thailand in 2000 and 2001 to put some elephants to the test.
For their experiments, Hutchinson palpated the animals' limbs to find their joints, and then the duo marked the joints with large dots of water-soluble, nontoxic paint. They videotaped 188 trials of 42 Asian elephants walking and running through a 100-foot course and measured their speed with photosensors and video analysis.
The average walking speed was 4.5 mph. But 32 of the elephants moved faster than previously documented -- up to 15 mph. Three were especially fleet of foot, exceeding 15 mph -- 50 percent faster than anyone had ever reliably recorded, Hutchinson said.
Past references gave anecdotes, not data. The result was a lot of confusion about elephant speeds.'
I've mentioned it in passing already, but just so everyone is aware, The Irish Tree has withdrawn from the RP. Unless anyone else has interest in him, I will be taking over as Belvast in future.
Sin Industries will be prepared for that. Rest assured.
I doubt that. One of us will be sorely mistaken.
I've mentioned it in passing already, but just so everyone is aware, The Irish Tree has withdrawn from the RP. Unless anyone else has interest in him, I will be taking over as Belvast in future.
I had been wondering about that. I had been hoping that at one point Teknall and Belvast might meet, and Teknall could add a proper UI to the Mobius Board. But that was never a very high priority, and now it is even less likely with The Irish Tree gone.
Also, I have summarised Page 13. Notable events: Lazarus is born and does stuff, Mammon and Vulamera die, the beginning of Stand, Amartia's rapid city-building.
p13 239 - Lazarus, Vowzra - Lazarus, a powerful human, excavates a cavern. He and workers are attacked by sanity-destroying monsters. Workers are killed, Lazarus goes mad. Lazarus drinks from a powerful chalice, and violently transforms into a demigod of Knowledge. A divine burst of energy indicates his position, and he is sealed in a cocoon. Earlier, Vowzra had moved Perfectus from the Gap to Chronos. Vowzra had planted the Eldritch Relics of Perfectus in hundreds of millions of worlds, including that chalice contain a weakened demigod soul which Lazarus had consumed. Vowzra grants Lazarus knowledge of his origins. - No Might spent 240 - NPC Eskandars - Orif receives tribute from a vanquished tribe. A madwoman invents toothbrushes, and only Orif believes her. - No Might spent 241 - Ull'Yang, Kyre, Teknall - Yang'Ze, Custos and Goliath meet, strategise, and decide that Custos will lure Violence to an abandoned village and the others will ambush Violence there. - No Might spent
Turn 7 242 - Turn 7 243 - Vowzra, Belruarc, Astarte - Astarte meets Belruarc and Vowzra's Avatar (the Vicegerent of the Vicegerent) on their way to Violence. Astarte agrees to help, and creates an Avatar, Brown, to help. - Astarte: -1 Might to create an Avatar (Brown). 244 - Astarte, Vestec, Mammon, Reathos - Astarte accepts Vestec's invitation to play with the Tree-Minds. They turn them into Pack-Minds, predators with an affinity for corruption. Julkofyr is still trapped in the Realm of Madness, and is quite mad. Astarte trades a jar of Liquid Light for some of Julkofyr's darkness and Vestec's chaos essence. The Pack-Minds and remaining Tree-Minds are deposited in the north pole. Vestec goes and finds Mammon, who is fading away. Vestec convinces Mammon to merge with the Realm of Madness, and demons are created. Vestec goes to the beacon where Lazarus was, only to find Amartia had already taken the cocoon. Vestec is then attacked by Reathos and they fall into the Realm of Madness. - No Might spent 245 - Ilunabar, Chroma - Chroma's dream is degrading, and Ilunabar sends Chroma to Julia Island on Galbar. Ilunabar and Piena are unhappy with what Amartia is doing with Sin. Notte babysits Chroma, finds that Chroma doesn't eat normal food or elementals, and Chroma is displeased with Galbar (which she knows as the Clashing World) and misses Iridia. Piena and Ilunabar gather the Quara Korala and create the Grand Parade - Ilunabar: -1 Might to create a Holy Order (the Grand Parade) 246 - Amartia, Lazarus - Enas Amartia has a meeting with the Illumi. Three of the lesser temples have been dedicated to Teknall, Jvan and Astarte, called the Houses of Construct, Life and Magic respectively. Obsidian weapons are developed. The Human of Wrath is killed for insubordinate talk. It is decreed that Amestris will have an army, and that all children must undertake an apprenticeship. The Troll of Greed is sent to find 7 women for Amartia. Amartia discovers Lazarus and takes the cocoon to his palace. Amartia fights Lazarus briefly. They then get aquainted. Lazarus is offered a home in the House of Knowledge. Lazarus creates a cursed box and secret code to store all his secrets. - Lazarus: -2 Might to create a secure box, -2 Might to create an arcane enigma language 247 - Ull'Yang, Kyre, Teknall, Vestec - Custos tries to lure Violence, but Violence avoids him and attacks a hain boy. Kyre manages to save the boy, and Violence is dragged to the ambush point. Custos, Goliath and Yang'Ze fight Violence, who manages to evade them. Then Custos invents the great-axe, and attacks Violence with it. - Kyre: -2 Might to teleport away the hain boy, -1 Might to permanently buff Custos' speed, -0.25 Might to invent the great axe and give it to mortals. 248 - NPC Eskandars - Bato finds a foreign village, led by a woman named Maki and with something akin to democracy. The tribe rejects Eskandar's rule, but gives a gift. Hints of romance appear between Bato and Maki. Eskandar is furious that they did not submit, but Bato pleads to spare them. Bato demonstrates to Maki's tribe the Bow of the Moon-Mother and its use, and they are impressed. Romance continues to grow between Maki and Bato. - No Might spent 249 - Jvan, NPCs Flux, Tira, Tauga - In Angelblood Ridge, Flux goes among the abnormally high number of new undead and make them take a vow of peace and reparation. Flux finds a half-goblin lady named Yulosi, and they stick together. Lenslings are discovered. In Alefpria, Tira wakes, and has no friends. In Xerxes, a hain named Tauga is going through an unusually traumatic second hatching (5 weeks as opposed to the usual 2). Tauga hides in the House of Life, and meets a Tedar Sculptor named Help. Evidence-based medical science is started. - Jvan: -1 Freepoint to create Lenslings. 250 - Ilunabar - Ilunabar interferes with Xerxes in a few ways. Youth become unusually distracted and daydreamy. The Troll of Greed's perception of a good bride is altered. Eçarana, a descendant of Guarana, is planted. Sirenian Fiberlings are placed in the ocean. - No Might spent 251 - Lazarus - Lazarus writes in his secret diary. He's planning to study the Gap and Divine Energies. He's paranoid about being spied on. Lazarus goes for a walk, finds Ecarana, and eats a lot, harvests more. It gives him inspiration, but also makes him daydream. - No Might spent 252 - Amartia - Amartia impregnates the seven women, and the babies grow quickly. The military is organised and grows. Goblins invent obsidian sickle swords. Azibo find a way to magically harvest and purify obsidian. The 7 women go into labor. - Amartia: -1 Might to impregnate the women, -1 Might to accellerate the pregnancy, -1 Might to build the military 253 - Ilunabar, Belvast - Ilunabar invites Belvast over via dreams to eat tuna pie. Belvast opens a portal from his dream to reality. Only minor wierdness happens. Using the Mobius Board, Belvast and Ilunabar play a wargame, to which Ilunabar adds augmented reality illusions. Belvast wins. - Ilunabar: -1 Freepoint to make cool visual effects. 254 - Ull'Yang, Luna - Ull'Yang and Luna tour Cygnea. - No Might spent 255 - Vowzra, Vulamera - Vulamera has gone mad studying the Codex of Creation. Vowzra finds Vulamera, and opens the Codex to the page from which Vulamera had torn a tiny bit. The Codex absorbs Vulamera's spirit to repair the tear. Vowzra seals the Codex within the Cube, and implies it will be transformed on leaving. - No Might spent 256 - Jvan - Jvan tracks Perfectus to Chronos, and detects the Relics of Perfectus. Jvan considers Vowzra reckless with the Gap, and would soon make a move against him. Heartworm is informed. Jvan designs and constructs the Arks, Mother Suprema and Father Dominus, as infant bio-spaceships in Ovaedis. An Ark will eventually be given to Lifprasil. The change eaters are adopted as foster children by the young Arks, and the Arks take them on practice raids in secluded regions on Galbar. Diaphane Stellar, Diaphane Wander and Diaphane Whisper are introduced. - Jvan: -1 Might to create the infant Arks, -1 Freepoint to give the Arks growth and reproduction. 257 - NPC Eskandars, TOBIA - Palo is captured and saved by Orif. TOBIA arrives at the main camp, is met by Eskandar, and Eskandar returns with the Law. Some are unhappy with the changes, and conspire to kill Eskandar, but are punished severely. Bato goes hunting when it was forbidden, and Eskandar kills him. Eskandar's wives, Zekra, Seri, Tse, Beru, Cala, Anja and Kae, are made to pledge allegiance to him, as are his children and grandchildren and their mates. A grandson, Rak, is impudent, and is beaten by Eskandar. Bet, Eskandar's newest life-mate, captured from another village, kills Eskandar in his sleep. - No Might spent 258 - Lazarus - Lazarus packs his stuff and leaves stealthily at night. Finds a valley in the mountains. - Lazarus: -2 Might to be extra sneaky.
@BBeast Not sure if I missed an update or if you did it on purpose, but you seem to have skipped from page 10 to page 12 in your megasummary. As it is, have added the new additions to the summary post. Thank you :) (Have actually been rereading from page 10 and was considering helping out a bit with the megasummary, but not sure how you'd feel about me - or anyone - interfering with your pet project xD)
I've mentioned it in passing already, but just so everyone is aware, The Irish Tree has withdrawn from the RP. Unless anyone else has interest in him, I will be taking over as Belvast in future.
If we're to be perfectly honest @Antarctic Termite, the past few days I just hid from you because I was lazy and didn't feel like writing the summary and hoped you'd do it. But you took so long that I just went and did it anyways ;p
Thanks for the info, but since the giants don't stop, then the ride would be lost when Hel and Co get down to eat or rest, unless another giant passes by of course. I read the idea of blocking the giant's vision to make it stop, but my party wouldn't know of that, so I'll stick to the giant crow plan.
On other news... I'm sorry to inform that my PC told me to go screw myself and it won't start up all of a sudden. I'll stop writing my post while I solve the issue, but I'll keep monitoring the RP through my cellphone.
@Kho, odd. I thought I had posted page 11 some time.
I'll post it here:
p11 199 - Toun, Teknall, NPC Rovaick - Sularn and Gruik pray to Toun and Teknall, and receive an answer. Toun creates Sularn's Vow, an oath to strive for perfection and allowing participating Rovaick to go unmolested by White Giants. Toun grants knowledge of basic agriculture via Tounic calligraphy. Teknall promises to send a helper to teach metalworking. Gruik is given an ornamental copper hammer. - Toun: -1 Freepoint to make Sularn's Vow, -1 Freepoint to teach basic plant agriculture, -1 Freepoint to teach basic animal domestication 200 - Vestec - During Phantasmagoria, Bez has bad visions about porcelain Rovaick, and Tular is tormented by visions of his dead family and develops Destruction Magic. Present time, Vestec finds the comatose Slough and calls Astarte, Ilunabar, Vulamera and Niciel for help. - No Might spent 201 - Ilunabar, Lifprasil, Lakshmi, Allure - Lifprasil/Vesamera thinks of her friends. Lakshmi, the Divas and Allure plan Lifprasil's first settlement. A mixed Lifprasilian and marionette workforce is decided on. Allure will go live there. - No Might spent 202 - Jvan - Jvan's avatar Heartworm responds to Vestec's call by punching him through the planet. An explosion occurs in the Metatic Ocean. Jvan expands the Deadwood Sepulcher into the Caliginous Mangrove. Jvan washes Slough. Jvan tosses Maize's body into the grave of the Crystallised Dragon. - Jvan: -1 Might to blast Vestec away, -1 Might to create the Caliginous Mangrove, -1 Freepoint to wash Slough. 203 - Ilunabar - Bored during the Aimless Time, Ilunabar trains her control of energy. Ilunabar plans to make two heroes. Ilunabar choses to ignore Vestec's call - Ilunabar: -1 Might to increase Concealment Level by 1. 204 - Vowzra - Vowzra seals Slough in a forcefield and bark cocoon, protecting her from all outside influences and giving her Time for a second chance at Life. Vowzra collects a tomb with a familiar soul. Vowzra, Slough and tomb teleport away. Slough's cocoon is found in Old Bark-Skin by the Treeminds and dubbed the 'Heaven-Orb'. - Vowzra: -17 Might to cocoon Slough. 205 - Vestec - Vestec shields himself from Jvan's attack with Chaos Energy and returns promptly. He reprimands Jvan and Ilunabar. Vestec follows Vowzra and steals a tribe of Treeminds. - Vestec: -1 Might to shield himself. 206 - Astarte - Astarte goes to the Deedwood Sepulchre. She sees Heartworm and insults it for being ugly. Astarte departs and asks Vestec where he went. - No Might spent 207 - Niciel - Niciel arrives at the Deadwood Sepulchre and finds Slough's cocoon. She helps anyway by gifting 6 powerful Life Wisps and an Orb of Life to Slough and sealing them within a barrier until such time that Slough leaves the cocoon. Ordinary wisps safeguard the barrier. - Niciel: -6 Might to create 6 Life Wisps, -2 Might to create an Orb of Life, -8 Might to make a barrier for the Wisps. 208 - Ilunabar - Makeda, a black-haired angel, is made into an avenging Hero. Chroma, a change-eater, is raised inside a dream in Raka. - Ilunabar: -1 Might to make a Hero (Makeda), -1 Might to make a Hero (Chroma) 209 - Jvan - Jvan perceives Vowzra cocooning Slough and attempting to remove the early influences on Slough as divine abuse of the highest order, and goes a little mad and throws a tantrum. In the tantrum, Heartworm's laboratory is destroyed and Heartworm's mind is inadvertently liberated. As escapism, Jvan plays around with colours and ignores the world. Jvan decides that Vowzra must die. - Jvan: -3 Might to adopt a Portfolio (Geometry) 210 - Kyre, Teknall, Vestec - Kyre feels guilt over the destruction Vestec's hordes have caused. Teknall comes to Kyre and tells him what has happened regarding Vestec and the Horde. They go to Violence, and Kyre offers Vestec a favour as a blessing or curse in exchange for delaying Grot's horde for 30 days, a deal accepted. Kyre takes the form of a hain and goes to teach the village with Gerrik combat skills. Teknall heads to the Deepwood. - Kyre: -5 Might to Level up to 4. 211 - Teknall, Ull'Yang - Teknall visits Yang'Ze, Ull'Yang's Avatar, who had been training in the Deepwood. Teknall calls in the favour for creating Sunderer, Yang'Ze's weapon, requesting that Yang'Ze help them kill Violence. They plan, then Yang'Ze heads to the meeting point while Teknall goes to his personal plane. - No Might spent 212 - NPC hain - A story involving a hain hunter named Lissean and a hain shaman named Rilan. Tarok is also mentioned. They are hunting 'fibreheads' (humans), as revenge for killing Lissean's grandfather. They are ambushed by fibreheads, but they all scatter when a flood comes, caused by two flood djinn fighting. There is mention of Zetiron, lord of the sky and god of change. - No Might spent 213 - Ommok - Ogres live on the outskirts of the Venomweald in a Stone Age environment. Ommok, the immortal ogre king, takes tribute from the ogres and makes cave paintings sharing knowledge. He benefits from Phantasmagoria. Ogres are progressing. - No Might spent 214 - Lifprasil, Belvast, Ilunabar - Vesamera and Belvast meet Susa the Huntress, who is lame. There are mentions of people who see strange dreams. Vesamera/Lifprasil heals Susa and makes her a Hero. Susa joins Lifprasil's party. At Susa and Lifprasil's request, Belvast obtains the location of a strange merchant from Ilunabar, in exchange for promising to open a portal out of a dream. Lifprasil receives a premonition involving the death of Slough via nightmare. - Lifprasil: -1 Might to make a Hero (Susa). Ilunabar: -1 Might to teach certain group oneiromancy (possibly redacted) 215 - Teknall - In orbit around the red dwarf in his personal plane, Teknall creates the Elemental Siphon, the Stellar Engine, and an empty workshop/space station. Teknall creates Goliath, and arms it with an assortment of weapons. They go to beat up Violence. - Teknall: -1 Might to create the Elemental Siphon, -1 Might to create the Stellar Engine, -1 Might to create an Avatar (Goliath), -1 Might to create 10 weapons for Goliath. 216 - Jvan, Lifprasil - Prior to Jvan's breakdown. Jvan launches probes to Galbar from Ovaedis, one landing near Vesamera. Heartworm goes to chat with Lifprasil for Jvan, and they establish good relations. Lifprasil and Heartworm travel to space. Jvan gifts Lifprasil a rocket-powered mount, Ovaedia, using Ovaedis to create it. Lifprasil and Jvan be friends. Jvan then goes to Vestec and Slough. - Jvan: -1 Might to create Ovaedia. 217 - Slough - After some time, Slough's cocoon disintegrates and she is reincarnated as a deer of wood. She sets out purposefully. - No Might spent 218 - Vestec - Vestec converts three Treeminds into a new race to predate on normal treeminds. Grot and his horde is blessed with Aura resistance and taught elementalism. Astarte is invited to come experiment on the remaining three treeminds. - Vestec: -1 Might to create a new race from the Treeminds, -1 Might to grant aura resistance and elementalism to the Grot horde.
The main concern is that I'm managing around 7000 to 8000 characters per page of IC. At this rate, the completed summary won't fit within the 150,000 character post limit. We may need to outsource it, or split it amongst multiple posts. Perhaps, when I've finished this post-by-post summary, I'll make a meta-summary to indicate just the key events rather than log every event.
And I suppose people could help if they really wanted, and were able to conform to the same style, although I'd probably end up doing the same amount of reading anyway just to check it and refresh my own memory.
P.S. @Slime, for the White Giant plan to work, you may need to find a way to carry all the food and shelter you need on the White Giant itself. Of course, the crow would be faster and more thematically appropriate.
@WrongEndoftheRainbow, I suggest that, if you have the spare time, you can tally up everyone's Might usage since the start of this Turn and update the file yourself, rather than wait on every player to do it individually. Then we can go to the next Turn.
Shout-out to Cyclone for finishing that summary for me when we both procrastinated and tried to passive-aggressively pawn off the job on each other!
In this installment: Like two pages worth of uncomfortably intimate descriptions of Heartworm in pain for a single word of shoehorned poignance, none of it remotely proofread.
Only side note to add is that when HW says 'I do not destroy', what it means is 'I do not create a vacuum'. Destroying for experimentation or to send a message usually gets a pass because those are considered creative acts.
