[OOC] The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

[shylarah]

@The Angry Goat actually they did...they're called bayonets. =P

[Lovejoy]

@The Angry Goat Because the real world is lame! :p

By the way, I'm working on your response. Should have it done by tomorrow.

[Scout]

So guys, I've missed a LOT of IC, have we taken off on the arks yet, or are we still doing the prelude for everybody? Internet is officially up, btw.

[Lovejoy]

@ScoutWe’re still in the prologue. You are planning on reading the IC though right?

[Scout]

@ScoutWe’re still in the prologue. You are planning on reading the IC though right?

@Lovejoy

I'm planning on catching up, yeah, it's just gonna take a while, I didn't want to fall any farther behind. I'm here tonight but I'm having a few drinks to celebrate: I just found out I made the next rank this cycle :)

[The Angry Goat]

@The Angry Goat actually they did...they're called bayonets. =P

@shylarah

bayonet is a gunspear, nice try though :P

[vietmyke]

@The Angry Goat Oh you're completely right. The idea of a gun-sword is completely ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is the original purpose of final fantasy's gunblade- it wasn't supposed to cut and shoot, the vibrations from the gun going off was supposed to make the blade better at cutting, which is utterly absurd.

[The Angry Goat]

@The Angry Goat Oh you're completely right. The idea of a gun-sword is completely ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is the original purpose of final fantasy's gunblade- it wasn't supposed to cut and shoot, the vibrations from the gun going off was supposed to make the blade better at cutting, which is utterly absurd.

@vietmyke

ya that's a large part of why I hate them

[Scout]

Yeah but it's Final Fantasy. Y'all are absolutely dissecting something that has a title that says "HEY THIS IS ILLOGICAL, BUT IT LOOKS COOL!" and I think that's beautiful. ... ... ... 4 Kentucky Bourbon & Cokes later. Poured at 50/50 proportions.

[shylarah]

@vietmyke@The Angry Goat Spears are just blades on sticks. But yeah, the whole...vibration-cutter thing is SO WRONG.

Although there is a gunknife that actually exists IRL. For some unknown reason.

[The Angry Goat]

@vietmyke@The Angry Goat Spears are just blades on sticks. But yeah, the whole...vibration-cutter thing is SO WRONG.

Although there is a gunknife that actually exists IRL. For some unknown reason.

@shylarah

naginatas are not spears, neither are halberds. the length of the shaft and the type of blade matter too :P

[shylarah]

@The Angry Goat It does matter, and I see what you're getting at, but all spears are blades on sticks. or pointed sticks, before there were blades. They come from the same idea: take the sharp thing, and make it reach farther. This doesn't mean that there aren't other sticks with blades too, though. ^.^;;

Honestly, if you wanna see a gun combo that's interesting, I rather liked Ruby's scythe in RWBY. She can shoot thiungs, and she can use the force to push herself, or add power to a cut. Makes much more sense than "it cuts because it vibrates side-to-side".

[The Angry Goat]

@The Angry Goat It does matter, and I see what you're getting at, but all spears are blades on sticks. or pointed sticks, before there were blades. They come from the same idea: take the sharp thing, and make it reach farther. This doesn't mean that there aren't other sticks with blades too, though. ^.^;;

Honestly, if you wanna see a gun combo that's interesting, I rather liked Ruby's scythe in RWBY. She can shoot thiungs, and she can use the force to push herself, or add power to a cut. Makes much more sense than "it cuts because it vibrates side-to-side".

@shylarah

honestly that things's complete bull too but it's also in an anime-like cartoon (p sure it's american so I don't want to call it what it's not, but I mentally classify it with animes in terms of fight style) so I'm already willing to completely suspend my disbelief for it :P

[vietmyke]

All spears are pole-arms, but not all pole-arms are spears I believe is the point Goat was making. I still hold halberds as one of the most, if not the most reliable polearm in existence- An axe head for cleaving, a spike/hook on the opposite side for pulling riders off their horses, and a point for stabbing.

[Lovejoy]

@Sisyphus @The Angry Goat

Feel free to ask the SA folks any questions or to suggest strategies or what have you, or, I dunno, rush in if that's your prerogative. As for you guys being too drunk to fight, don't worry, Lycaon has something in mind for that. :p

Also, ugh, please forgive me for relying on the "As you know..." crutch. I was being lazy and a shitty writer. Sorry!

[Lovejoy]

Oh, and...

Coffin Ship: Ceremonial ships used to ferry the dead eastward into the dark blizzards, where they will reach a final resting place out in the unknown. These ships were originally used by primitive Muraadan clans to honor dead chieftains and warleaders, but in modern times, the practice has been appropriated by rich Varyan nobles as a fashionable alternative to being buried in the grand cemeteries of Magnagrad.

[shylarah]

@Lovejoy burial is probably difficult, given the layer of permafrost and all. Cremation is out. ...maybe the poor are turned into compost?

[Lovejoy]

@shylarahThat could work, although it sounds incredibly grim and I'm not sure how the population could stomach it. I did have this idea about the remains of poor dead people being used in the smelting process for building material, so that in a way, Magnagrad is "built on the backs of the dead", or something like that. Building material isn't composed entirely of dead folks of course, but it does contain traces of them (sort of like how the Hoover Dam has dead workers in its foundations). Maybe the Church preaches that it's a worthy service to give your body over to be used to "further the city's spread" or something.

[Draken]

@shylarahThat could work, although it sounds incredibly grim and I'm not sure how the population could stomach it. I did have this idea about the remains of poor dead people being used in the smelting process for building material, so that in a way, Magnagrad is "built on the backs of the dead", or something like that. Building material isn't composed entirely of dead folks of course, but it does contain traces of them (sort of like how the Hoover Dam has dead workers in its foundations). Maybe the Church preaches that it's a worthy service to give your body over to be used to "further the city's spread" or something.

@Lovejoy

I imagine your family could be compensated in a moderate way if your corpse is given over to the city. Most of the poor end up taking it, since the tiny windfall can buy them survival for a bit more time.

[The Angry Goat]

@shylarahThat could work, although it sounds incredibly grim and I'm not sure how the population could stomach it. I did have this idea about the remains of poor dead people being used in the smelting process for building material, so that in a way, Magnagrad is "built on the backs of the dead", or something like that. Building material isn't composed entirely of dead folks of course, but it does contain traces of them (sort of like how the Hoover Dam has dead workers in its foundations). Maybe the Church preaches that it's a worthy service to give your body over to be used to "further the city's spread" or something.

@Lovejoy

Only sounds grim because you’re projecting the values of our society on it - to the varyans, it could be no more than a fact of life. You return to the earth giving to your people the gift of life through food