[OOC] Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

[Nytem4re]

Lugu I have confirmed that Jedly has dropped, so my team is now down to three again. I've informed the rest of my team and luci, so he can kill Delta off or somethin.

[harinezumikouken]

That's unfortunate.

[Lugubrious]

Lugu I have confirmed that Jedly has dropped, so my team is now down to three again. I've informed the rest of my team and luci, so he can kill Delta off or somethin.

@Nytem4re

Well, thank you for helping me in this regard. I'm disappointed that someone would just drop, and more so that he wouldn't even tell me. I guess Whoever's next on the waiting list has an opportunity.

[Lugubrious]

Come in, @Lazo. You are called for.

[Lucius Cypher]

On the bright side, I get to torture Robert by letting him see one of his own teammates get dragged off by beowolves. Yaaaay?

[Awesomoman64]

Lugu I have confirmed that Jedly has dropped, so my team is now down to three again. I've informed the rest of my team and luci, so he can kill Delta off or somethin.

@Nytem4re

A moment of silence for our fallen comrade.

[Guess Who]

On the bright side, I get to torture Robert by letting him see one of his own teammates get dragged off by beowolves. Yaaaay?

@Lucius Cypher

First Nytem4re, now you. I'm starting to get the feeling everyone else enjoys tormenting Robert more than I do.

[Nytem4re]

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Well, thank you for helping me in this regard. I'm disappointed that someone would just drop, and more so that he wouldn't even tell me. I guess Whoever's next on the waiting list has an opportunity.

@Lugubrious

He's been really busy apparently with school so I couldn't even contact him till now on skype. At least we know now.

[Lucius Cypher]

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First Nytem4re, now you. I'm starting to get the feeling everyone else enjoys tormenting Robert more than I do.

@Guess Who

We do it out of love.

[Lady Seraphina]

So for the drama final at my school we're supposed to write, direct and film a short movie to be shown on finals day. I'm in the middle of writing the script and while I have the concept down I could use some help working on the specifics. Here's the breakdown.

Parker Family:
Mother, Wendy
Father, Thomas
Two daughters, older Elizabeth (Blair) and younger Emily (Emma)
Brother, Jackson

When Jackson was eleven, Elizabeth was fourteen and Emily was just turned thirteen Jackson was hit by a car and died almost instantly. The story takes place three years later, Blair is now a senior, and Emma is two grades below. Since Jackson's death the Parker family has fragmented somewhat. Wendy became an alcoholic though still supporting the children financially she is prone to drinking too much in the evenings usually resulting in her passing out. Thomas unable to deal with Wendy's behavior since Jackson died left the family. Blair looks after Emma as best she can as the younger sister has started a downward spiral since entering high school.

Blair is essentially the glue that holds the family together though she is generally unappreciated and feels insignificant. Part way through the first act Blair dies under undefined circumstances. The next day she wakes up back in her room with no memory of the day leading up to her death. She soon realizes that she is a ghost unable to affect anything that is going on around her. She goes to her usual haunts, home, school, friends and sees how her death has effected everyone in her life. While at school still trying to make sense of everything she realizes that out of everyone there is a boy around her age who appears to be able to see her. It is revealed that this boy is in fact Jackson, her dead brother. In the years since his death he has become a "Reaper" a soul tasked with guiding other spirits to the other side. He's in charge of easing his sister's transition into death but first she has to be willing to move on. Blair wants to find out exactly what it was that happened to her in that final day before she allows herself to move on.

That's about all I got so far. I had a vague idea that Blair may have died protecting Emma and Emma is too scared to come forward with what she knows about Blair's death. I was also thinking that Blair is only technically dead, she has experienced brain death but her body is still alive on life support. When she finds this out it leads her to distrust Jackson because he didn't tell her right away and she thinks it means that she can return to her life. Of course she is dead and at some point must come to grips with that.

Just to make this clear for anyone that does have some ideas this is not a Supernatural thriller. Blair might be a spirit but this isn't about her discovering that she was murdered by zombies or redcaps or some such. This is more akin to an "It's a Wonderful Life" story where she's seeing her life through a new perspective and appreciating what she was doing for her family more now that she can no longer help them. Also perhaps a bit of a mystery story as she struggles to figure out what happened to her.

I know this is rather wordy but this is essentially all the info I have thought up for the project at the moment. I have a sort of generally idea of the story but I don't have a clearly defined product or ideas for specific scenes or anything of that nature. In any case any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

[harinezumikouken]

For Star Wars/Metroid fans

[Write]

@Prince of Seraphs

I'm studying film in University right now before I do a two year program at a college to get my BA and College degree, what do you wanna know?

[Lady Seraphina]

@Prince of Seraphs

I'm studying film in University right now before I do a two year program at a college to get my BA and College degree, what do you wanna know?

@Write

Congratulations.

It's not the filmographic aspect that I'm having trouble with, at least not yet. We don't have a fully developed script yet so we're not really looking at the part of the project. What I really need help with right now is the story I'm writing. I essentially have a half baked concept and some characters that mostly just flow from archetypes. I need help developing it.

[chukklehed]

*munches on a nacho*

[Write]

@Prince of Seraphs

I see.

Well work with your group, I'm sure you guys can do it.

[Lazo]

Come in, @Lazo. You are called for.

@Lugubrious

I'm here. There's a vacancy in one of the teams?

[Lugubrious]

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I'm here. There's a vacancy in one of the teams?

@Lazo

Indeed, team Redingote R_GT is wanting. At last it is time for you to join my world of desserts.

[Lazo]

@Lugubrious Alright, took me a minute to find the teams. Is the character I submitted before good with you? Maybe give her a name change to fit the team name?

[Lugubrious]

@Lugubrious Alright, took me a minute to find the teams. Is the character I submitted before good with you? Maybe give her a name change to fit the team name?

@Lazo

Yes, as long as you make sure you rearrange the bits you have to fit the format. History, for instance, is hidden from the sheet you submit.

Your semblance, attraction and repulsion at close range, bears some superficial similarities to the friction semblance of Gren Orchid but differs enough so that it's not a problem. Different powers are allowed to do some similar things.

[Write]

@Lugubrious

For the sake of saying it, though I don't know if it's relevant/matters at all that is also exactly Bianca's semblance.

Semblance

L’appel du Vide – Bianca’s semblance is one of attraction and repulsion. She is able to repel or attract things towards or away from a desired location. An example of this semblance is when she is fighting she can repel an enemy’s sword from her own and follow through with a strike that will go unblocked. Bianca’s semblance however has a few quirks and limitations however.

The first limitation is the less something is moving, the easier it is to affect. An example of this is when she hovers above the ground she isn’t using her wings as much as she is repelling her own body from the ground. Because the ground will not move, she finds it incredibly easy to repel herself from it. It should be known that Bianca is able to send out a wave of attraction or repulsion in any direction or in a wide area, but it is considerably less powerful when compared to targeting one specific person or object.

The first quirk this semblance has is that smaller objects are easier to push and pull whereas larger objects are more difficult. This also ties hand in hand with the second quirk in which objects that want to be moves are much easier. For example it is much more difficult to redirect a sword swing then it is to make someone move faster (who wants to of course).

The second limitation of Bianca’s semblance is that while she does find it easy to use her semblance from a distance, maintaining more than two attraction or repulsion fields is unrealistic. It would take up a great deal of energy and leave her exhausted and unable to battle.

The final quirk is L’appel du Vide’s interactions with dust.

She isn’t yet able to use dust to affect her attraction abilities but her repulsion fields will gain an element when using the corresponding type of dust. For example, using wind dust will cause her repulsion waves to create a large gust of wind, water dust would create a mid-sized wave and so forth.