[OOC] Re:Unison

[BurningCold]

@Ammokkx Hard at work. Application will definitely be up today, no ifs ands or buts about it.

[Ammokkx]

@Rabidporcupine I've read bits and pieces of it, but I've been gone for most of the day and it's near midnight so I'll get to you tomorrow. There's some stuff to talk about here, though, from what I've read. Doesn't look too bad at a glance, but I'll give you my in-depth thoughts once the 'ol brain juice is refreshed.

[Ammokkx]

Igarashi Renzo

Name:
Igarashi Renzo

Age:
17

Appearance:


Personality:
Shy and nervous. Two concepts that pretty much define Ren's entire existence. All in all, he thinks he's kind of useless, and prefers to stay as far away from being the center of attention as physically possible. He doesn't even really believe in his own abilities all that much, and the idea that others might depend on him is something that terrifies him to his core. However, he also knows that as someone who actually does have some level of power, he has to at least try, even if he thinks he'll fail to make a difference.

Background:
Ren has had a fairly ordinary life given the current state of the world. Never knowing his parents, Ren grew up in an orphanage surrounded along with over fifty other children, and while some may find this quite a healthy place to grow up, others know one of the defining facts of life to a young person who has fallen behind in some way.

Children are cruel.

For Ren, who was visibly shorter than most of the others, this couldn't have been clearer. Between the ages of four and fifteen, he was molded by bullying and teasing, becoming a ball of nerves and self-doubt. Sure, the caretakers did what they could to prevent it, and there were plenty of kids who tried to stick up for him, but the bullies always seemed to find a way around these obstacles, getting him where they couldn't see. Eventually, this did mellow out, as his tormentors finally matured enough to realize how needlessly cruel they were being and left him alone. Some even apologized to him. It didn't matter though, the damage had been done. He already had little to no faith in himself. Even if the bullying had stopped, the mere fact that he had never been able to stand up for himself when it took place only proved that what they had said was true. He was weak. Too weak to do anything, for himself or for others. All he could do was drift through life and wait for the next reminder of his own uselessness.

And then, on his seventeenth birthday, he received a package from with no clue as to who sent it. Inside was a black scarf with a red pattern that, if stared at in a certain way, almost seemed to move.

And speak.

The scarf spoke to him.

It asked him his name, and he told it. It introduced itself as Diz, and asked him to put it on, thus forming a contract between them. Ren took a glance around the room and noticed that quite a few of the other orphans were staring at him. After a moment of thought, he realized that he'd finally gone insane from the nerves, and deciding that he was probably in for a new wave of torment anyway, decided to just go along with it and put the scarf on. Almost immediately, he felt a surge of... something. For a moment, Diz rippled, and almost seemed to grow, before finally returning to it's old form.

And that was how Igarashi Renzo first met Dizarach, which would simultaneously go down in his memories as the best and worst day of his life.

Magic:
Ren has a limited control over air and wind. It usually isn't particularly powerful, mostly being used to build upon his own mobility and give him a boost to his speed and agility. However, when paired with Diz, it can also be used to create limited blasts of concentrated wind, although at this point, this wind is hardly strong enough to blow out a candle, let alone do any damage.

Diz

Name:
Dizarach

Type:
Fibrous

Appearance:
Default Form:


Sword Form:


Humanoid Form:


Personality:
Diz is kind of an ass, actually. Lazy, yet still fairly outgoing, and a hedonist to the core. Wants to enjoy life to the fullest, but as his humanoid form takes too much energy, this usually means trying to convince Ren to do everything he wishes he could do, and then absorb what he can through Ren's life force.

However, he does care about Ren's well being too, and even if it is in large part due to his own boredom, Diz also pushes the boy to break out of his shell for his own good. He is the kind of person who will loudly insult anyone he doesn't like, and tease the people he does. In the end though, he will also be very protective of the ones he cares about, making it clear that only he can tease them. Not that he'd admit to caring about them, of course. He'd figure out some excuse to make sure they know he doesn't, and anyone who thinks he does is stupid.

He doesn't understand why people call him edgy.

Core:
Flexibility

Background:
Diz is quite young compared to many constructs, having only been created a little under eighteen years ago by a man who wanted wealth and power. The man was weak, too weak to achieve much of anything, but he knew he had to find some way to gain these things. After all, he had a son on the way, and there was no way he could provide for himself, his wife and an infant as poor as they were now. The only thing he could do was use the knowledge he had gathered over the last ten years to make a construct of his own, which would help him achieve his goals through whatever means necessary.

Despite what the man had expected, he wound up with a scarf. However, this scarf turned out to be exactly what he needed, as it quickly proved to be capable of altering it's forms to better fulfill their shared ambitions. Despite his initial plans to use his construct to make money through... less than lawful means... he quickly realised that, with Diz's versatility, he could perform any number of different tasks. Over the next few months, he took on various odd jobs, experimenting with the different forms Diz could take to optimize each one. Despite how bleak the situation had looked before, it seemed like things were actually looking up.

And then his wife died during childbirth.

The man was devastated. While his son had survived the ordeal, he could barely bring himself to look at the infant, only being reminded of his wife when he tried. Eventually, he made a choice he would never truly stop regretting, and brought the boy to an orphanage. His reasons weren't entirely selfish. He would never have been able to take care of the child on his own, especially while working. Then, he could send the money he didn't need to survive to an account that the child could access when he turned eighteen.

Eventually, his path led him to take on one of the most dangerous, but well paying jobs he could, becoming a hunter of renegade constructs. He held this position for fifteen years, until he was fatally injured by a construct taking the form of a great white wolf. In the end, the wolf escaped, and he was brought back to Yoake on the verge of death. Knowing that he wouldn't make it much longer, he asked his companions to have his construct sent to his son, knowing that even if the boy didn't use him to become a hunter, it would still help him get through life, as well as give the construct a safe host. After a surprisingly heartfelt goodbye from the construct, he was taken away and mailed to Shinchi in his scarf form.

A couple of weeks later, the construct saw light again for the first time in a while, only for it to be blocked out by the most nervous looking human he'd ever witnessed, after a brief conversation where he seemed to accidentally convince the boy he was insane, the boy put him on, thus forging the contract.

And while the day would go down as one of the worst decisions of the boys young life, the construct knew that it was only the first of many.

And he had a front row seat to all of it...

Abilities:
ALong with his shapeshifting abilities, Diz can absorb threads from other fabric objects to increase his own size. Other than these, he doesn't really have any powers. While he will generally stick to his scarf, sword or humanoid forms, he can actually take on any number of forms to fit the situation, as long as he has enough thread to reach that size and shape.

@Rabidporcupine

Several things, not all of which are strictly bad, to address here.

First, while the two BG's are fine, I do feel they're a bit more melodramatic than maybe intended. It's not really knocking you down for anything, just expect that the general tone of the RP won't be quite that.

Second, on reflection, I feel like "shapeshifter" should be its own subsection by this point. We've had two types so far, Viscera and now Dizarach. The problem is that I can't really find any excuse as to how this is set apart from Viscera. Both fulfill just about the same role, with the only difference being Dizarach able to grow big and Viscera having ooze, which isn't enough of a gimmick to set them apart to me. I feel like there's something different you can do with Dizarach's abilities to make him stand out a bit more. Diz also looks to rely heavily on the skill of his user in his current state, so the wielder and the wielded seem to be an ill match (though I guess that might be an intentional contrast).

Thirdly, a pet peeve.

He doesn't understand why people call him edgy.

@Rabidporcupine

*breathes in*

Okay.

So while this is technically not an issue with your sheet, I am so bothered by this I need to bring it up anyway. I've seen people do this. I don't get it. Nobody, in any context of fiction outside of the most blatant satirical comedy, would ever call someone edgy. The very nature of the word is deeply entrenched into internet culture and weird meta-analysis of tropes. While you might get the odd comment from the particularly genre savvy one-off cameo or something, I can't imagine a world in which any character would seriously call another this on frequent occasion. It is downright immersion breaking, if you ask me.

And then you ask 'well why is it so immersion breaking?'

Well.

Imagine this. We're in this setting that takes itself some degree of serious. It has a few characters with tropes attached to them, sure, but everyone interacts with each-other as if they were normal human beings. Then comes in some guy going "whoa isn't the logic of this universe funky hue hue" and starts calling you a tsundere, the other guy the lancer and then another person's apparently "whoa you're kind of a sue" now. Yes, these are extreme examples, but it's the same mentality. If you drop a term or trope verbatum like this, in a place otherwise devoid of such mentions, it becomes extremely jarring. It's just bad writing as it takes you out of the narrative that's being spun and remember that, yes indeed, this is still real life and people are still memelords. Is this bad? Not in some contexts, but in a personality and BG section that I'm supposed to take seriously, it just makes me *not* care at all for the character.

That is, to say, I don't like it when someone calls themselves edgy.

Wouldn't reject you for it tho, just a peeve I felt the need to share with the world.

[Rabidporcupine]

Ok... In my defence, the edgy thing was just meant to be a joke from me, mostly stemming from you mentioning Coldsteel. And yeah, don't worry about the melodrama, that isn't how I normally write either. I just kinda started off with it and realised I was in too deep too late.

Anyway, the original idea was to give Diz a kind of black and red energy blast that combined with Ren's wind to use cool anime sword beams, or fire out projectiles when he punches like Asura from Asura's Wrath in humanoid form. Mostly because I based his humanoid form on Berserker Asura. As in I stole a picture of him. Anyway, if I added that back in, would that make him seem different enough?

[Ammokkx]

Anyway, the original idea was to give Diz a kind of black and red energy blast that combined with Ren's wind to use cool anime sword beams, or fire out projectiles when he punches like Asura from Asura's Wrath in humanoid form. Mostly because I based his humanoid form on Berserker Asura. As in I stole a picture of him. Anyway, if I added that back in, would that make him seem different enough?

@Rabidporcupine

I'll say the same thing to you as I said to the predator guy (it's also going to sound aggressive but I swear it's not meant to be).

I don't care what your "Original intention" is. I care about what you wrote.

The sheet, as you present it to me, has a lot of overlap with Viscera's role and doesn't really attempt to justify its spot and why it is any different. I'm not keen on accepting two constructs with virtually the same set of powers. And to add to that, the contractor does not make up for the contracted. You can't use your human character as an excuse for why your construct lacks power. I feel like you need something more than just "shapeshifting" in order to set yourself apart here. While the "increases with more fabric" thing is cool and all, I still think like it doesn't do enough. Not when Viscera has all the flexibility in the world without needing such a constraint.

Another advantage Viscera has that Diz doesn't is that Viscera is not limited by his contractor's movement, but rather deliberately empowers her. Diz doesn't seem to have that going for him, and I struggle to see why a humanoid form would take so much energy to maintain.

It also leads me to ask- how does fabric become katana? Unless you're implying you can make the threads so thin and precise that it simulates the smooth edge of a steel blade, I don't really see a way. It's not a dealbreaker, I'd allow it, but it just puts the way Diz shapeshifts into question for me. It feels like you're severely limiting your options rather than leaving room open for a broader scope. Especially with a core like "Flexibility". It feels like you're less flexible than the actual shapeshifter we already have.

I don't think your concept is bad, I just think you need to expand on it more and really sell it better. I struggle to find a reason to slot you in currently when your only gimmick is done better by someone already here.

[Rabidporcupine]

@Ammokkx
Hmmm... Ok, new plan. Well, newish plan. Basically, Diz is still a scarf, but he doesn't have humanoid forms. Instead though, he turns into basically any kind of weapon. He can float around independently of his wielder like one of those dancing blades from fantasy and junk, but when he's being held by his contractor, his fibres, which are some kind of crazy eldritch super hard thread instead of normal fabric, can burrow through the contractors hand and spread through the body, drastically increasing their physical abilities while they're connected. If the threads burrow through enough, or simply wrap around the outside, it can cover the wielders body to become kind of like a uniform, so I can still keep the magical girl style transformations. Also, he can produce red and black energy beams, for the magical girl style attacks.

I wanna make Ren a magical boy.

Maybe I'll have him learn how to make more complicated energy-based attacks, or maybe even fibre-based attacks. I'll admit I don't really know what I should be doing, because I'm usually told I make my characters too overpowered rather than underpowered.

[ERode]

>burrows through their hand and spreads through their body

Oh god, that's some real body horror right there.

[Ammokkx]

Hmmm... Ok, new plan. Well, newish plan. Basically, Diz is still a scarf, but he doesn't have humanoid forms. Instead though, he turns into basically any kind of weapon. He can float around independently of his wielder like one of those dancing blades from fantasy and junk, but when he's being held by his contractor, his fibres, which are some kind of crazy eldritch super hard thread instead of normal fabric, can burrow through the contractors hand and spread through the body, drastically increasing their physical abilities while they're connected. If the threads burrow through enough, or simply wrap around the outside, it can cover the wielders body to become kind of like a uniform, so I can still keep the magical girl style transformations. Also, he can produce red and black energy beams, for the magical girl style attacks.

I wanna make Ren a magical boy.

Maybe I'll have him learn how to make more complicated energy-based attacks, or maybe even fibre-based attacks. I'll admit I don't really know what I should be doing, because I'm usually told I make my characters too overpowered rather than underpowered.

@Rabidporcupine

I've thought about this a fair bit over the few hours it took me, and I've gotta say, I'm not terribly fond of the idea for a multitude of reasons.

My first issue was the autonomy of the construct. I very much want these to not only be their own character, but also fully self-sufficient. In that sense, having your entire set of power reliant on another person and/or construct being there to operate you struck a bit of a wrong chord with me. I've talked to some others about it and the sentiment is generally mixed; some agreed with my take while others were like "Eh, it's fine isn't it?" so it's not the single most solid reason, but still something to keep in mind. Again, sorry to keep drawing parallels here, but Viscera just illustrates the issue so well. While, yes, Viscera *can* be a part of the contractor and make up for any deficiencies they may lack, it's also still able to become a hulking golem on its own and do everything it wants to do. It doesn't need a contractor to be efficient in any capacity, just like the other constructs, but unlike Diz.

Another issue is the core idea you're going with being seemingly at war with the character you propose to do this with.

I'm not against having someone take up direct arms and face constructs one-to-one, but you have to understand this is a very unique position. You're deliberately putting yourself in more harm's way than anyone else in order to do, effectively, the same job. You'd think it'd require someone booming with confidence, or at least a severe lust for battle, to do something like this... but that's not the character you're presenting. You're presenting a boy who, for all intents and purposes, would rather do everything but. He's spent his life running from bullies; what excuse does he have going up against super-powered monsters? He doesn't even have the drive to fight, just some remote obligation. He'd crumble under any amount of pressure. As anime as this is, I don't see a justified reason as to why this wreck would deliberately put *himself* between rogue constructs and Japan. Emi, Ayesha, Yuuto and Hugo can all more-or-less stand behind their combat unit- Renzo cannot. And I find that hard to believe.

[Ammokkx]

@BurningCold I'm going to sleep now, but last chance dude. I'll be closing sign-ups in 16 hours from now, so that should be plenty of time to get your sheet finished.

[Rabidporcupine]

@Ammokkx
Ok, that actually makes things a lot clearer, so I'm getting to work again now. That being said, I've just realised that given the setting, I've missed what should've immediately come to mind for the construct, and I'm probably gonna give him a complete overhaul. I really hope you weren't planning to use Emil from Nier for yours though, because I'm probably gonna use him.

[Ammokkx]

I really hope you weren't planning to use Emil from Nier for yours though,

@Rabidporcupine

I'm not going with a GMPC lol. If I want to play characters, I've got a million + 1 NPC characters to worry about.

Speaking of which: Was originally going to kick it off today, then I kind of

didn't

So expect the RP to start tomorrow. I'll try to actually stick to my own deadline this time. I'm also a softy and I'll give Burningcold until I go to sleep before actually closing sign-ups (and the now-tagged porcupine can take the time he needs since he got his sheet in way before the deadline expired and is being v communicative in general)

Speaking of which, @Lugubrious, you're in a bit of a unique position with your character being the only last year. It'd make sense for him to know some other students around the academy, so do you want me to forward you info on that or nah? It'll be in a PM since most other characters wouldn't have much reason to know them. How many people Hugo knows is up to your discretion; though the campus is pretty huge. He may not necessarily know every face from every year.

[Rabidporcupine]

@Ammokkx
Ok cool. And yeah, I'm actually super glad you didn't start, because I didn't really get a chance to do anything today, and I'm probably going to pretty much redo my entire construct now. Next backstory for it, even more melodramatic! Look forward to it!

[Rabidporcupine]

It's nearly two. I am very tired. Not too many jokes now. Sorry if it's bad and I'll edit Ren's app to fit this if you think it's alright. Sorry if it's not, but again, I'm really tired.

Lun

Name:
Lun

Type:
Abomination

Appearance:


Personality:
Despite his unnerving appearance, Lun is the kind of person who does whatever he can to be friendly and kind to those around him. If he see's someone having a hard time, he'll go out of his way to try and cheer them up, even if he can be a bit awkward about it. Ultimately, he just wants to help people out, and has been known to straight up ignore orders he has been given if he feels like it will cause unnecessary misery for others. The only time he would actively do something that will result in him hurting others is if he knows it's absolutely necessary, and even then, it'll tear him up inside.

That being said, he is rather self conscious, specifically about his appearance. Even though he knows there are plenty of other constructs out there who look far scarier than him, it still hurts a bit whenever he catches sight of his own reflection, or more commonly, when he see's others reactions to it.

Core:
Replication

Background:
Igarashi Keiji couldn't be there when his wife died. He was on the other side of Japan, working odd jobs in the hope that he could send money back to her and their infant son. When he finally got the news, he didn't get much. She was gone. No word on the baby, but it didn't seem likely that he would have survived the attack on his mother. He couldn't understand it though. They were in the city. They were meant to be safe. How was it that a construct could get them there? Drain them of their life force in the bastions of humanity?

By the time he managed to force down his rage, he had already completed his weapon, the being that would help him hunt down the constructs that had killed his family. It was only then, as the construct took form, that he realised what he had truly created. Despite looking kind of horrifying, the way it acted, the way it spoke...

It was his son... Not a baby, of course, but what he'd imagined his son might become when he grew older.

From the start, Keiji couldn't help but treat Lun as if he really were his son. He may never get to see Ren again, but he wouldn't waste this second chance he'd been given. Of course, this didn't stop him from seeking to avenge his wife and original son, and he took up a new life as a hunter of rogue constructs, using Lun's powers to find success time after time. This continued for sixteen years, until he was killed while fighting a construct taking the form of a giant white wolf.

With the last of his strength, Keiji asked Lun to find his wife's grave, as he had always believed that he didn't have the right to visit it, feeling guilty that he wasn't there to try and protect her when she was killed. However, now that he realized he'd never get the chance, he only felt stupid that he left such a dumb reason keep him away. Lun promised he would, and after making sure his creator, his father, had been buried properly, he set off for Shinchi.

The journey was tiring, even by flight, but he eventually made it to the neighboring city. He spent almost a full day searching, but when he eventually found it, he saw a boy standing at the grave. He wasn't sure why, but he almost felt like there was some kind of... something... between the boy and him. He approached the boy and, while clearly terrified by the poor construct, he at least managed to introduce himself. Lun noted with surprise that this boy, Igarashi Renzo, had the same family name as his creator. It wasn't long before he realised what was going on, but even if he hadn't, it was clear that this boy needed a hand in being confident in himself, so he asked if the boy would like to form a contract. Ren was hesitant, naturally, but it didn't take much after Lun told him he would tell the boy as much as he could about his father if he did.

And on that day, Lun met the boy he was, at least on some level, created from.

Abilities:
Outside of the normal physical enhancements that most constructs have, Lun has two primary abilities. The first is his ability to control gravity in relation to himself, allowing him to float around with ease, sometimes even reaching incredible speeds if the need arises. The second skill is his ability to create hard-light replicas of any object he has seen before, along with telekinetic control over them. This is usually limited to melee weapons, although he can create many other forms if he feels the need, such as orb-like projectiles he unleashes en masse, or even large, mechanical-looking limbs. Occasionally, if the mood strikes him and he isn't feeling quite as down about his own appearance, he will replace his projectile orbs with replications of his own head, because he thinks it's funny and youcan'tstophim.

[Lugubrious]

Speaking of which, @Lugubrious, you're in a bit of a unique position with your character being the only last year. It'd make sense for him to know some other students around the academy, so do you want me to forward you info on that or nah? It'll be in a PM since most other characters wouldn't have much reason to know them. How many people Hugo knows is up to your discretion; though the campus is pretty huge. He may not necessarily know every face from every year.

@Ammokkx

Some information on a number of NPCs -though not exhaustive, by any means- in a PM would be splendid. I'll leave the amount to your discretion.

[Ammokkx]

So uh. My computer broke and I can't access my laptop at the moment. I'm not going to write on my phone, so this is on hold for a day or two until I can get my laptop.

[Ammokkx]

OKAY

LAPTOP ACQUIRED

It's nearly two. I am very tired. Not too many jokes now. Sorry if it's bad and I'll edit Ren's app to fit this if you think it's alright. Sorry if it's not, but again, I'm really tired.

Lun

Name:
Lun

Type:
Abomination

Appearance:


Personality:
Despite his unnerving appearance, Lun is the kind of person who does whatever he can to be friendly and kind to those around him. If he see's someone having a hard time, he'll go out of his way to try and cheer them up, even if he can be a bit awkward about it. Ultimately, he just wants to help people out, and has been known to straight up ignore orders he has been given if he feels like it will cause unnecessary misery for others. The only time he would actively do something that will result in him hurting others is if he knows it's absolutely necessary, and even then, it'll tear him up inside.

That being said, he is rather self conscious, specifically about his appearance. Even though he knows there are plenty of other constructs out there who look far scarier than him, it still hurts a bit whenever he catches sight of his own reflection, or more commonly, when he see's others reactions to it.

Core:
Replication

Background:
Igarashi Keiji couldn't be there when his wife died. He was on the other side of Japan, working odd jobs in the hope that he could send money back to her and their infant son. When he finally got the news, he didn't get much. She was gone. No word on the baby, but it didn't seem likely that he would have survived the attack on his mother. He couldn't understand it though. They were in the city. They were meant to be safe. How was it that a construct could get them there? Drain them of their life force in the bastions of humanity?

By the time he managed to force down his rage, he had already completed his weapon, the being that would help him hunt down the constructs that had killed his family. It was only then, as the construct took form, that he realised what he had truly created. Despite looking kind of horrifying, the way it acted, the way it spoke...

It was his son... Not a baby, of course, but what he'd imagined his son might become when he grew older.

From the start, Keiji couldn't help but treat Lun as if he really were his son. He may never get to see Ren again, but he wouldn't waste this second chance he'd been given. Of course, this didn't stop him from seeking to avenge his wife and original son, and he took up a new life as a hunter of rogue constructs, using Lun's powers to find success time after time. This continued for sixteen years, until he was killed while fighting a construct taking the form of a giant white wolf.

With the last of his strength, Keiji asked Lun to find his wife's grave, as he had always believed that he didn't have the right to visit it, feeling guilty that he wasn't there to try and protect her when she was killed. However, now that he realized he'd never get the chance, he only felt stupid that he left such a dumb reason keep him away. Lun promised he would, and after making sure his creator, his father, had been buried properly, he set off for Shinchi.

The journey was tiring, even by flight, but he eventually made it to the neighboring city. He spent almost a full day searching, but when he eventually found it, he saw a boy standing at the grave. He wasn't sure why, but he almost felt like there was some kind of... something... between the boy and him. He approached the boy and, while clearly terrified by the poor construct, he at least managed to introduce himself. Lun noted with surprise that this boy, Igarashi Renzo, had the same family name as his creator. It wasn't long before he realised what was going on, but even if he hadn't, it was clear that this boy needed a hand in being confident in himself, so he asked if the boy would like to form a contract. Ren was hesitant, naturally, but it didn't take much after Lun told him he would tell the boy as much as he could about his father if he did.

And on that day, Lun met the boy he was, at least on some level, created from.

Abilities:
Outside of the normal physical enhancements that most constructs have, Lun has two primary abilities. The first is his ability to control gravity in relation to himself, allowing him to float around with ease, sometimes even reaching incredible speeds if the need arises. The second skill is his ability to create hard-light replicas of any object he has seen before, along with telekinetic control over them. This is usually limited to melee weapons, although he can create many other forms if he feels the need, such as orb-like projectiles he unleashes en masse, or even large, mechanical-looking limbs. Occasionally, if the mood strikes him and he isn't feeling quite as down about his own appearance, he will replace his projectile orbs with replications of his own head, because he thinks it's funny and youcan'tstophim.

@Rabidporcupine

IS GOOD. ACCEPT.

---

*deep breath*

okay

I'm here guys. I kind of lost all the art I'd gathered for NPC's but it's okay since I still had source links so I can find them again with relative ease. It's 20:37 right now so I'm not going to write the post immediately-immediately, but I swear I'll have it up tomorrow. For real this time, unless my laptop also feels like shitting itself right now.

Sign-ups are now closed. Burningcold had more than enough time.

@Lugubrious I'm working on sending you NPC details now.

Real sorry about the delays everyone; I'm prioritizing this right now so if you see me posting for anything else you've got the right to call me out on my shit.

[Ammokkx]

@Rabidporcupine@OwO@Hammerman@ERode@The Irish Tree@Lugubrious@Rune_Alchemist

Alright, so, here's the deal.

I have a good bit of the first post written up- let's say about 70% of it. The problem is that all of it is really just me firmly establishing the when/where/how of things, and the state of each of the PC's currently.

The problem is that I'm at a bit of a cross-roads here and would like some feedback on the issue.

I was thinking of maybe giving all of you a few scenario hooks that your characters could jump into, but despite my prep-work I still find myself not really able to come up with a whole terrible lot (I've got two things, tops, and only one of them would be mildly interesting to me if I were a player). So, I wanted to ask; Would you all prefer if I just established the setting further and then you all create your own scenarios to interact with each-other (so a more sandbox approach for the opener) or do I stick with the original plan and think of a few events for you all to jump into?

This prolly means the post is delayed by another day so apologies fellas. I just want y'all to have a nice time and thought I'd ask rather than just do it my way and fuck it all up. I said I wanted this to be formed through player feedback, so this is a start to that.

[Hammerman]

@Ammokkx
I think I prefer the latter.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Having a plot hook to get things started, or at least get us going in a certain direction would probably help things tremendously.

[ERode]

^