[OOC] The War of the Three

[Flamelord]

<Snipped quote by Flamelord>

I mean all anyone really needs are weapons and legendary ones seem to be falling out of the sky, so...

@Mega Birb

Yeah but that's needs. Not wants. And clearly there is a niche to be filled that is being unfilled because all the Neutrals want to enslave/kill you. Which begs the question of why they're in the Nexus when they don' want to interact with anyone, but w/e. Jester.

@Flamelord Which makes no sense to me. I mean, not even Mercenaries?

@The 42nd Gecko

To be fair the economy does run on magic to fuel an eternal war so I guess that does kinda make sense once you accept the arbitrary division of everyone who is an active combatant into the three factions.

Or Jester.

[Mega Birb]

@Mega Birb He's got a ranged attack now, right? Which is better. But still.

I imagine a fight between him and Artoria going like this.

Torag: Stand still and fight me.

Artoria: No.

Torag: Fine, ranged attack go.

Artoria: Annnd Mephila shield.

Torag: Drat.

Artoria: I'm just gonna charge up an attack for umpteen-bazillion turns and then explode you. You just keep scowling and slowly approaching.

Or if he's really unlucky:

Torag: Stand still and... Oh shit, now I'm in half.

Artoria: Whee, spider cowboy powers!

@The 42nd Gecko

[TheWendil]

@Inner Demon

I don't think you realize. The Nexus is a civilization. One bred and fully revolved on combat and war.

[Inner Demon]

@TheWindelAnd yet there are still lands like Archadia that were previously untouched by war. Even then, where are humans raised? Couldn't they have any cities scattered among the nexus on some random floating continents since humans have the nature to expand?

[TheWendil]

@Inner Demon

I'm not sure how many times I've said this. So allow this to burn in your memory; humans live in Machina territory. Humans are raised by Machina. The Machina keep humans in check. No expansion. No other territories. As for Arcadia, those were ruins. Ruins of battles already past.

[The 42nd Gecko]

@Inner Demon Humans are like, a 1/1000 minority, if even that common, I think.

[Inner Demon]

@TheWindelOkay...so no fights in random human cities. But angels would have a victory party here or there right?

[The 42nd Gecko]

@Inner Demon If the Angels have a victory party in Hyperion, it means the Triumvirate screwed up hard.

[Flamelord]

I do kinda get what Inner is going for though. It doesn't have to be a big change, just have some provided things that people can do in the interlude segments rather than leaving it entirely freeform. Like all that team bonding stuff Ryonara has the Maids talk about even though they never actually do it.

[TheWendil]

What do you want, a soccer club?

[Inner Demon]

@TheWindelNot a soccer club. Just a brief intermission. Every war needs down periods. Even if those down periods are just a few hours or days. Just because it's war time doesn't mean war is going on 24/7 all the time always. I mean it's only a suggestion. After all aren't we all here to enrich this interesting story with our character's personalities?

[TheWendil]

@Inner Demon

You're literally asking for something that's already in the RP. We've had down periods. Many times.

[Inner Demon]

@TheWindelSorry I guess my request got a little blurred. Nevermind.

[Lucius Cypher]

Tends to happen. Your best bet is to grab this bull by the horns and ride out the wave when it comes. I'm sure there'll be an interlude after this battle too. Rally your peeps and get something done. You should have roughly a week before the next major battle begins.

[Mega Birb]

If I'm alive after drama, I plan to post.

[KoL]

Tends to happen. Your best bet is to grab this bull by the horns and ride out the wave when it comes. I'm sure there'll be an interlude after this battle too. Rally your peeps and get something done. You should have roughly a week before the next major battle begins.

@Lucius Cypher

Huh? Are you nuts? The Demons are going to invade Celestia before the current skirmish is even finished. I don't think they this makes up for a lot of downtime in the near future.

@Inner Demon I mean, we don't want characters from different factions to intermingle needlessly. I guess that it got lost somewhere in the middle of the way between the OP and now, but the War of the Triumvirate is supposed to be a conflict that is older than almost anyone can remember. The reasons why the War began are meaningless. All that everyone know is War for War's sake. We never lied about this to anyone, that's why I find the total hate so many characters have for the War to be so apaling. One or two deluded pacofists is a thing but more than that feels strange.

[Flamelord]

Unfortunately most people aren't really motivated to fight for the sake of fighting, they're usually motivated because there's some sort of incentive involved. In a situation where it is just War for the sake of the War, but it's also a War that no one seems to be making any actual progress on, it's not surprising that discontent with the status quo is going to increase without either financial or material incentives to keep going.

Or because they've been brainwashed, but you already nixed that idea.

[Mega Birb]

@Flamelord@KoL
I mean characters have individual motivations. To my knowledge, Juno, Balrog, and Graf are the only ones that fight for the sake of fighting.

[TheWendil]

@KoL

The Demon invasion isn't happening right away.

[TheWendil]

Unfortunately most people aren't really motivated to fight for the sake of fighting, they're usually motivated because there's some sort of incentive involved. In a situation where it is just War for the sake of the War, but it's also a War that no one seems to be making any actual progress on, it's not surprising that discontent with the status quo is going to increase without either financial or material incentives to keep going.

@Flamelord

Isn't that the point?