[OOC] A Gift and a Curse

[Mixtape Ghost N]

<Snipped quote by Mr Allen J>

Oh, I think I never actually mentioned it in this thread, but when I did this RP before it was "Miracles." It came from when the children were dying, and the few that survived were called the "Greenbriar Miracles," and they were just called the same thing when they became super powered.

@Gisk

Hell, Miracles sounds better than my ideas.

[BogeyDope]

Hey, does anyone mind giving me a synopsis of what just happened in the last 30 posts? I'm too lazy to read through all of that, so a summary would be appreciated, to help me enter the RP :D

[Gisk]

I definitely recommend you read it all at some point. But here we go:

So, Maren steps on glass at the beach, and walks up the stairs to the top of the cliff, and into the Cliffside Cafe where Kassidy and Zoey work. She gets first aid. Meanwhile, the lights reappear in the sky, and everyone's powers emerge. Audrey was on the beach(having passed Maren on her way down) when this happened, and witnessed an old school friend, Solomon, burst into a white streak and fly across the sky. She has so far seen the craziest shit this night.

She tries to follow Solomon, but loses sight of him as he flies over the cliff. When she gets to the top of the stairs, she goes into the cafe to ask if anyone saw them(and is distracted by Michael and Thomas, twins in the motorcycle club she used to be associated with, who were looking for her). A bunch happens in the cafe as everyone's powers emerge. Zoey accidentally shorts out the cash register, Kassidy keeps accidentally breaking things, and Audrey(whose strangeness is the hardest to explain) has accidentally healed Maren's foot and Kassidy's hand. Maren, freaked out, left the cafe and ran into Miles(whose player, Polyphemus, has stepped out of the game). Nothing has happened since then, so it's not a bad place to put a character.

Mary walked in and asked if anyone had seen what's happening, Audrey was like "Yes, finally, someone talk to me about this" but the whole situation is distracted by the appearance of James and Rhys. Rhys corrodes the doorknob, and James is completely unseen until he touches Audrey and Kassidy(and still they are the only ones who can see him).

Meanwhile, down at the beach, Bae and her friend Ceder are(high?) theorizing about the cause of the lights, which has annoyed Jasmine(whose power is hyper sensitive hearing). Jasmine is freaking out because everything is way too loud.

I feel like I've covered everyone.

[Kyrisse]

Everyone's gotten so quiet. Kassidy will be at a standstill until someone else posts. ^_^

[Gisk]

Well, I think Zoey's being brought in, but Kassidy has Rhys to interact with.

She also has just been inexplicably healed, so that might be worth noting in your next post.

[Kyrisse]

@Gisk yup yup, she'll discover her hand is magically woundless in my next post. ^_^

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@R31GN Can Zoey see James?

[R31GN]

@R31GN Can Zoey see James?

@Mr Allen J

I think so? James touched Audrey, so if Zoey looks at Audrey, she should break the perception filter. I think?

[Gisk]

@Mr Allen J No, he hasn't "broken" any of the rules to allow her to.

She can, however, infer that someone is that there other people can see.

His power gets weird, because he has an effect on the environment, but there's a certain level of removal from his direct effect before you are able to process it.

For instance, if he opened a door and came in, no one would notice that the door had opened. They could, however, notice a sudden draft/change in temperature/light quality.

Also interesting, because he is not technically invisible, he technically casts a shadow. If you can't "see" him, you can't "see" the shadow either, but there are situations where you would notice that light isn't behaving properly. A basic example is if you're lying on the beach and he stands over you. You'll notice that you can't see the sun anymore, but you can't figure out why.

It's a super weird power, and it messes with people's very consciousness.

EDIT: Actually, I think that if your character can reasonably infer that someone is there, and they can figure out exactly where "there" is, they can look directly at him and break the filter.

That will be a new rule for his power, but I will be watching carefully to rule on what is a reasonable inference.

[Gisk]

@R31GN@Mr Allen J

The new rule for James' power goes:

If someone knows, or as a reasonable suspicion that he is present, and intentionally looks directly at him, they will break the filter and see him.

This also makes it a little harder for him to "get away," because before all he had to do was round a corner and he would be invisible again, but now someone has the tools to hunt him down. It's still not easy, because if you follow him around the corner, you still have to know where he's standing to break the filter. You can't just glance at him and happen to have your eyes fall directly on him.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Neat, it'll make a good Zoey reaction.

[BogeyDope]

Lol I'm just trying to figure out how to enter this thing lol

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@AbandonedIntel if you don't want to clutter an existing scene, you could have your character walk up to the scene with Jasmine and Bae.

[BogeyDope]

@Mr Allen J Okay! I'll try to do that when I have the time C:

[BogeyDope]

Hey guys I just posted an introductory post for Gabby. I'll post an updated one with her speaking to the others once I get back from work. Sound cool? :D

[Ellion]

I promise I am going to post when I stop falling asleep every 30 seconds...

[Mixtape Ghost N]

The lights showed up over time. They were nearly blinding, and Kirk whimpered as Gabby shielded her eyes. "What the fuck!?" Gabby called out as the lights came... and after a bit... they were gone. Just like that. And at that moment... she felt something... different. She felt fear, uncertainty... but it wasn't hers... She looked to Kirk. Kirk was looking straight into her eyes. Both of them were staring at each other for the longest amount of time. Gabby felt this connection with Kirk... not anything like one would have to a family member or a loved one, but... a real connection... and Kirk looked just as weirdly confused as Gabby was. Kirk whimpered a little, and scratched a little at the Fiero's door.

@AbandonedIntel

If I were to give a little bit of constructive criticism; this post has waaaaaaay too many "..."'s. lol

[BogeyDope]

@Mr Allen J Sorry, I was preparing that post as fast as I could before I head to work. I'm normally not that terrible lol

Though I still have yet to see a post (or better yet, an entire RP) written to the level of My Immortal. xD

EDIT I fucking hate my phone

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@AbandonedIntel It's okay, it just looks really weird.

[Gisk]

Elipses, is the term for that. Fun fact I just learned, each period is supposed to have a space on either side. So . . . instead of ...

Informal writing

In informal writing, an ellipsis can be used to represent a trailing off of thought.

If only she had . . . Oh, it doesn’t matter now.

An ellipsis can also indicate hesitation, though in this case the punctuation is more accurately described as suspension points.

I wasn’t really . . . well, what I mean . . . see, the thing is . . . I didn’t mean it.

Like the exclamation point, the ellipsis is at risk of overuse.

Anyway, lemme get reading that/those post(s).