[OOC] Pieces of 8: Bones of the North

[Igraine]

Sleep well, Wordsmith! *waves* Catch up with you after a night's sleep, no worries ;)

And I think you described Gabe well in your CS, NYer - they just have to read, to get the right idea!

[DotCom]

No edits owed!

But, oh, Grainsy, I am so in love with Veti. And your post made me think of this. So, I shall now watch Bridesmaids before I to bed. =)

[Igraine]

HA! Yes yes yes, that was EXACTLY the quote that came to mind when I wrote that! Dot, you're scary awesome with the knowings in my head! (And that movie was hilarious - loved Bridesmaids! I'd be right there with you!)

[The New Yorker]

How many people are in this parlor?

[AmongHeroes]

The New Yorker said
How many people are in this parlor?

Well, instead of a parlor, think of it like a castle's great room. It has several large fire-places, vaulted ceilings, tapestries, expansive wood floors, etc. It has a lot of plush, old-world style furniture and a well appointed food and drink table placed beneath one of the main features of the room: a massive half circle, lead pane window.

As for the number of people, If my counting fingers are correct, 10.

[Hellis]

^ Aka. HnB are some rich ass sons of bitches :D

[tirgesfu]

Great reads and activity! Way to go...crowd, group, you guys.. everyone.

I am back from a camping trip of my own and hope to catch up and jump back in this weekend.

Ok...I lied.... I am not good at sitting on the edge I guess. Just had to get back in.

[Sonatina]

Hello, all. I just so happened to see your advertisement for new characters in the interest check forum, and was thinking about joining this interesting rp you all have going. I know the interest check thread said that there is no previous experience necessary, but I'm nervous about jumping in cold. What should I know before making a CS? (If someone wouldn't mind giving me a short summary of the plot so far, that would be extremely appreciated.)

[DotCom]

Hello there! I'm sure one of our lovely GMs can give you more helpful advice than I on that front, but we're glad to have you, I'm sure. =)

Heroes, I've just sent Daisy outside...to my knowledge, nothing is visibly changed, correct?

[The New Yorker]

Sonatina said
Hello, all. I just so happened to see your advertisement for new characters in the interest check forum, and was thinking about joining this interesting rp you all have going. I know the interest check thread said that there is no previous experience necessary, but I'm nervous about jumping in cold. What should I know before making a CS? (If someone wouldn't mind giving me a short summary of the plot so far, that would be extremely appreciated.)

I'm essentially in the RP at this point and I still don't have one of those things. Speaking of...

[AmongHeroes]

Glad to have your interest Sonatina! Here is what I have for you (and The New Yorker too)...

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It is approximately a year following the ending of the last episode of Pieces of 8, wherein the original characters stopped an ancient vampire named Decima from gaining control of all the ancient vampire bloodlines, and the extreme power contained within them. The power of the bloodlines had been separated into eight individual objects, with each one being cared for by a vampire lord. They were known as the Pieces of 8, and if Decima gathered up all the Pieces, she would possess the means to completely destabilize both the human world, and the Veiled World.

Decima was defeated through a couple of ways: the first being Siya (played by Lillian Thorne) absorbing the power from one of the Pieces that had belonged to her creator; the second was by basically severing her soul from its connection to any realm that would allow her to exist. This was done by Max/Thad (played by tirgesfu) being purposefully killed by Daisy (played by DotCom), and sent to the realm of the dead to carry out that mission.

In the current installment of the RP, even though Decima was destroyed, her near success has changed the Veiled World. Old prejudices and new plots for control of the world’s destiny have come to a head. This begins with the werewolf governing body, the Lupus Naturae, restarting a sort of ethnic cleanse within their ranks, and hunting down werewolf groups and individuals they deem to be subversive or unworthy. One of those that are being hunted is Reginald Hoyle’s sister, Aislinn Hoyle.

When this episode began, Atticus (played by me) has just discovered a means to retrieve Max/Thad from the realm of the dead, when he is contacted by Reginald Hoyle for an urgent assignment. The assignment turns out to be the protection of Aislinn from the Lupus Naturae. While assembling a team to carry out this mission, Atticus also gathers a group to go and retrieve Max/Thad’s soul.

The protection of Aislinn is an immediate failure, as she is almost assassinated by a pair of water spirits that somehow discover her whereabouts. It is initially a mystery as to why water spirits would have any interest in killing a werewolf. Aislinn's wounds are tended to, and she and the group that had come to protect her return to the London Branch of Bain & Hoyle to recover.

As a result of the attack on Aislinn, it is becoming apparent that the Lupus Naturae are working with a spirit of the north known as the Lady of Ice, or Ice Queen, to achieve their ends. This explains why water spirits were sent to kill Aislinn. This evidence, coupled with other pieces of information, has led the Bain & Hoyle group to believe this Lady of Ice is using the Lupus Naturae to begin the events of Ragnarök, for an as of yet unknown purpose. She intends to begin these events by freeing the Norse god-wolf Fenris.

Meanwhile, the group sent to recover Max/Thad is successful. Using an Ancient Egyptian artifact, Max/Thad is able to remove himself from the realm of the dead, and meet up with the Bain & Hoyle agents that were initially sent to save him. Upon doing so, this group also returns to the London Branch.

This is about where we are at now. The agents are hanging about the castle where the London Branch is housed, waiting for the next move to be announced by Bain and Hoyle. Unbeknownst to the player characters is a group of werewolves gathering outside of the castle in preparation for an attack.

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I know this is a lot of info, but you have to understand that this RP has been going on for a while. Please don’t be daunted by the story thus far, as I can assure you assimilation into the story can be easily done.

If you have further questions please feel free to ask away!

@DotCom-Yeah, you’re fine wherever. Nothing has changed. Daisy might be in an interesting location when the werewolves decide to come knocking ;).

[DotCom]

Also: Cool, sounds good. QUESTION -- if Daisy ends up saving the day, do I have permission to intro my post with a supercut of transformation scenes from Sailor Moon?

[AmongHeroes]

DotCom said
Also: Cool, sounds good. QUESTION -- if Daisy ends up saving the day, do I have permission to intro my post with a supercut of transformation scenes from Sailor Moon?

For the love of god, yes.

[DotCom]

Oh, good. Because I know how much Grainsy would love that sort of thing, and I do so want to please her.

[LimeyPanda]

Sailor Murder and Sailor Werewolf.

This sounds like a program I would watch as a child.

[Hellis]

...

Does that make artie daisys luna?

[Igraine]

DotCom said
Oh, good. Because I know how much Grainsy would love that sort of thing, and I do so want to please her.

Oh. Dear. God in heaven... Where's the 'pleasing Grainsy' in this Sailor.... Thing? Where's the looooooove? *wails and bursts into inconsolable tears*

Et tu, Heroes? Et tu? This will totally teach me to sleep in. *checks time stamp on post* Or go to bed before 1 am or something...

Seriously though, SO many awesome posts yesterday, from our GM and Derren, Tirg and Wordsmith - you all are amazing, and for Dot too? Thank you for wrapping in our two newest characters as well. The New Yorker/Serge and LimeyPanda, please do feel free to post now as you will. We don't stand on a posting order, and so long as it doesn't rocket the RP into the next hour or day or week? There's no need for you to wait at all.

Sonatina, it'd be good to have you, and there are two new people here as well who are fitting in just fine (despite the lengthy story line thus far!) On top of the plot synopsis that Heroes just provided, I'd also suggest you read the information beneath the hiders in his first post in the OOC (it's not a lot, don't worry) simply so whatever character you create will be vaguely familiar with who Bain and Hoyle actually are, what B&H actually does, and why he/she/it/name-your-gender would be an agent for the company (which has branch office and agencies throughout the world). Have fun with it, making your character! That's what this is all supposed to be anyway, and if you love the supernatural, fun and interesting characters, adventure and story-telling, then you'll fit in just fine, no worries!

[The New Yorker]

I'll probably be posting before night falls. Seeing as Gabe currently has two greetings to respond to, it should be a gracious beginning for the fallen angel.

[AmongHeroes]

Hey all, how are we doing? Well I hope.

There have been some wonderful posts of late, and I wanted to give you all a big GM thank you for doing that. It's always nice to have such great material to work with and experience. That being said, your posts have me itching to delve our little RP into, shall we say, more tumultuous events...

Anyway, I was thinking of writing up this next major plot point for tomorrow evening, hopefully to give people some time to add another post if they would like. I don't want to cut people short though if they simply must have some more free interaction time. Any objections?

[Dannyel]

Hello. I have seen your post in the IC thread, and I can tell just by looking here that you have already garnered some interest. If you are full now and haven't had a chance to update the main page that's cool, but if not I'd be interested in creating a CS and seeing how things go. But I do have a question - I see there are a lot of players and that this is an advanced RP, so I'm wondering what the average post rate would be? One a week, one every four days, one a day? That kind of thing. Cause though this is fascinating I know that with my work schedule and the other RP I'm in I won't have time to post daily.

Thank you for your time.