[OOC] Teen Titans: Reborn [REBOOT]

[Lucius Cypher]

*Sigh* I was hoping to keep it a secret, conservation of detail and everything. Dark Matter isn't standing at the door. He rigged up a humanoid looking thing using stuff he found and is trying to hide the fact that it's not him by hiding it in the light; if Jack goes towards the entrance from the ground floor the light would be too bright to notice that the dark silhouette isn't a person, just a pile of junk in the shape of a person. Dark Matter did this because before he entered he heard jack shoot his gun inside the warehouse. Didn't exactly give Dark Matter much reasonable inclination to be standing in the doorway of a possibly irate gunman. So if Jack does decide to start the parley by opening fire, Dark Matter can safely conclude from his hiding spot that perhaps Jack won't be a reasonable business partner and split.

Now where Dark Matter is, I won't say. Only that he's close enough to yell at you from the entrance of the warehouse.

[BKburke]

Well that pile of junk won't make it past the front door.

Also, that is a hidden activity, in some cases they are okay but many people use them as a cheap exploit.

Hiding won't help either, doesn't matter if you tell me where he is or not. His visor has a setting that allows him to see through walls.

[Lucius Cypher]

Well unless you've rigged bombs in front of the entrance, that pile of scraps isn't suppose to go anywhere.

Admittedly I wrote it in such a way so that Jack, given his fairly versitile tools, shouldn't immediately see through the ruse. And to do that I have to withhold information and be deliberately vague, not only to trick Jack, but also you.

To be fair, Dark Matter still doesn't know about the shock mines or the full extent of Jack's equipment. Dark Matter at least knows that Jack has some guns and possibly much more heavier firepower, since he seems to be hunting Titans. Beyond that is a mystery.

[BKburke]

Well remember, just because you put something in a post, doesn't mean we know. You could have described that it is a robot or whatever and then described that the lightning would make it hard to tell instead of having it be a hidden activity.

I could put in a post that jack snuck out and is cloaked looking for you. Doesn't mean dark matter knows that.

[Lucius Cypher]

Sorry, I've just had too many experiences where my attempts at disception gets seen through due to others having some way to counteract it, despite not having much given evidence to sense that the deception is occurring. Most telling is when I play as illusionists and people suddenly have the magical knowpedge to notice that an illusion is occurring. That might be possible with another magician, but not when i used it on someone who was basically an assassin in very good armor.

[BKburke]

I understand where you are coming from on that point. There are some rp's where I state places I had my character set traps and then everyone else seems to magically know where they are or somehow avoid all of them.

[Lucius Cypher]

Indeed. Hence why I have to withhold information. I at least try to drop hints, but if I had to write within the knowledge of my character, I'd also not want to drop hints because they could be used to discover my ruses, which is usually something I want to keep hidden. Mainly I don't want to just "give" people solutions to defeating or others coming out on top of my characters. While most of my characters are dirty fighters who'd cheat in IC (Such as having a hacker in Virtual Reality Game RP's), I myself try not to cheat in a narrative sense. I shouldn't have to tell you how you kill my characters; sure my dude is an amorphous blob, but shooting him is still going to do damage. Might not kill him the first time, but that doesn't mean pumping him with more bullet's won't hurt.

A sort of snide joke I make when I have to make characters with weaknesses is putting in "Getting stabbed to death" or "Riddled with bullets". You know, logical weaknesses.

[BKburke]

I'm not saying you had to tell me how to kill your character. I'm very observing in situations.

I'm just saying there are instances I have encountered with hidden activities that are ridiculous. I've had people say they have rigged entire cities to blow up with actually saying their character has done it. I've had people magically discover the weakness of someone they have never encountered, and they have done this through hidden activities.

I'm not saying you will do that, I'm just hoping you have boundaries when it comes to them.

[Lucius Cypher]

Of course. Admittedly, I'm usually much more detailed (As you might have seen in a few of my previous posts), but that's either because I'm mostly writing nonsense have a lot to say. I promise that, from here on out, I'll do my best to be more detailed about what I'm doing. Though I'm still not revealing Dark Matter's exact location.

[Tidus]

Hey everyone!

[a00000000000]

Hello! :)

[Tidus]

What's up?

[a00000000000]

Nothing much, just RPing on the site, you?

[Tidus]

Just chilling and playing GTA. Bored!

[paigesweetheart]

I have GTA V for ps3 :D

[BKburke]

I have read and gotten caught up on everything and I hate to tell y'all that communicator thing won't work out well. Yea you can trace Serenity, though that is exactly what Jack wants. But Jason having a communicator for the complex is literally impossible seeing as how he has just now become a target and this Jack is the first shadow complex agent he is to encounter.

[Lucius Cypher]

Speaking of being fairly new, has Serenity even gotten a chance to get a communicator? The new titan's literally just formed today; they didn't even get a proper tour of the tower before all hell broke loose. I'm almost uncertain if they all had a chance to introduce themselves to each other.

[BlueAjah]

No in the beginning they all went to the tower and introduced themselves.

[smarty0114]

Well maybe they have security cameras by the warehouse. I mean in most big cities they tend to have security cameras at a bunch of places so it wouldn't be surprising if they had had a camera that could see the entrance to the warehouse. And since the Titan's are working with the cops, I'm sure they can get quick access to footage.

[Lucius Cypher]

But would the Titan's know where to begin to look? Evidence might be there, but that doesn't mean you guys know how to immediately use it to it's best efficiency. Plus most security cameras belong to the owner of said warehouses, unless it was a government one. And this is an abandoned warehouse. You're better off checking the directory of derelict warehouses and try to see how many of them are being used by squatters and/or who owns them. That's what Dominick did, though he's not going to get a definite answer until the next day.