[OOC] Scattered Shades: Arcadia Chronicles

[tex]

@Sessamaru Ah it's alright, was nice having you around for the startup. Feel free to hop back in if you feel like it in the future, I can give you a recap.

[Sessamaru]

@tex Thanks. When everything calms down, I may consider it. In the meantime, I hope everything goes well.

[Wind Wild]

Hey guys just a heads up, I'm sorry for not posting recently, I have a trip coming up and that took priority. It'll be at least another day till I can post so if you like, feel free to godmod Onweer along.

Have her ask if she can ride on top of the vehicle and if not, move her in.Thanks!

[Gisk]

I'm here because of the interest check!

I'm working on catching up, and would like to know who is officially still active.

I'll be working on a CS when I've read more of the backlog of text.

[Blue Demon]

@GiskI believe everyone but sessamaru is still active.

[Jensoman]

@GiskI believe everyone but sessamaru is still active.

@Blue Demon

And neither is tatszico :P

[tex]

I'm here because of the interest check!

I'm working on catching up, and would like to know who is officially still active.

I'll be working on a CS when I've read more of the backlog of text.

@Gisk

Jenso, Blue Demon, Wind Wild, Fateweaver, Unfortunately and the GMS (Obv)

An specific questions should be shot in my direction, just tag me if you need immediate answers. I check the site frequently.

In other news, I'm posting now.

[Jensoman]

OMG SHIT JUST GOT REAL

[Gisk]

@tex
What is the "living steel" mentioned in Teknoh's description? I don't see it referenced anywhere else, unless there's something I missed.

[tex]

@tex
What is the "living steel" mentioned in Teknoh's description? I don't see it referenced anywhere else, unless there's something I missed.

@Gisk

Oh right, living steel is essentially a very powerful steel that resonated with arcane energy better than most other metals. It can be given a 'blueprint' that it will try to re-adhere, making it 'healable'

[Gisk]

Finished Character

_{- - - - (Personal Details)}
First Name: Cecil
Last Name: Phyren
Age: 25
Gender: male
Home Nation: Teknoh
Appearance: 5’6 and 130 make Cecil a small figure, and the plain brown of his hair and eyes make him non-descript. His eyes seem large in his thin, soft face, and the dark circles under them are usually obscured by his horn rimmed glasses.

He dresses like the academic he was meant to be, crisp white shirt and gray twill pants held up by suspenders. He's opted for comfortable boots since joining the Survey Initiative, but this is his only concession to rugged practicality.

Personality: Not necessarily nervous by nature, but Cecil is a man who knows where he is comfortable. He likes quiet, and enjoys the exercise of his mind. It is the latter desire outgrowing the former that led him to join the Survey Initiative.
Communication is not his greatest skill, he has a habit of talking too fast and dropping ideas half way through in favor of new ones.
Cecil is a true believer. He has faith in society, humanity, and science.

History: A Teknoh native, Cecil first delved into the world of Arcan Science at the age of six in his mother’s home laboratory. She was away, and his father was no longer around, so he got into her equipment and books with no supervision. His fascination grew quickly, and he attended university before he was even a legal adult. During breaks, he co-opted the same lab he first explores for his own experimentation.

It wasn't long after his education was complete that he turned around and sought employment at the same institution he had just left. An old mentor got him a lab job, and he did it well, but found it to be unchallenging.

His mother was killed in a lab accident shortly after Cecil’s twenty-third birthday. Cecil disappeared into the spacious house his family had once lived in, and wasn't seen by anyone who knew him for two years.

When he emerged, he was surprisingly clean shaven and tidy, and seemed mostly back to his old self. He did, however, suddenly announce his decision to join the Survey Initiaive.

Occupation: Junker

_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Primary Focus: Arcane
Magical Capabilities:
His use of magic is primarily in magical technology.
Can make some decent conjurations on the fly, but greatly prefers more complex lab developed equipment.
Kinetic manipulation, but it's a last resort for him. He's spent a lot more time on technology than honing his magic skills.

Body Modifications:

Weapons and Equipment:
A sizable A/B. It's the size of a large dictionary and is in a padded hard plastic case, which itself is in a leather satchel. The satchel also contains an assortment of Machinist’s tools.

VAD: the Variable Ammunition Dispenser. The “dispenser” part is an example of Cecil’s brand of humor, as the device “dispenses” the ammunition at deadly velocity. But if you referred to it as a gun, Cecil would undoubtedly respond “it's much more than a gun!” And it is. The device, about the size and shape of a particularly bulky and squared rifle, plugs into an A/B and produces it's own Arcane Ammunition automatically, weaving the arcane energy from the battery into arcanite and charging it with an element or effect determined by the “setting” knob on the left side of the gun’s shell.
It takes longer to produce than an experienced Mage would, but it does so without any input from the user beyond the push of a reload button. It holds 25 bullets in the magazine, which can be ejected in the event that it needs to be loaded in the more conventional way.

Specialties: A brilliant machinist and Arcane Scientist. Has a passing knowledge of alchemy, acquired from occasionally working alongside more accomplished practitioners.

[Gisk]

<Snipped quote by Gisk>

Oh right, living steel is essentially a very powerful steel that resonated with arcane energy better than most other metals. It can be given a 'blueprint' that it will try to re-adhere, making it 'healable'

@tex

How is it created? And do you have a problem with players making up their own special materials?

By the by, my character is in a post above. In case you just check notifications.

[tex]

<Snipped quote by tex>

How is it created? And do you have a problem with players making up their own special materials?

By the by, my character is in a post above. In case you just check notifications.

@Gisk

Living steel is made by smelting regular steel with an arcanite base. I'll make a subsection on it eventually with all the details.

Characters are allowed to make their own special materials, but if its of any use practically, they would either be rich/popular, or they would have to hide it from the Main governments.

Finished Character

_{- - - - (Personal Details)}
First Name: Cecil
Last Name: Phyren
Age: 25
Gender: male
Home Nation: Teknoh
Appearance: 5’6 and 130 make Cecil a small figure, and the plain brown of his hair and eyes make him non-descript. His eyes seem large in his thin, soft face, and the dark circles under them are usually obscured by his horn rimmed glasses.

He dresses like the academic he was meant to be, crisp white shirt and gray twill pants held up by suspenders. He's opted for comfortable boots since joining the Survey Initiative, but this is his only concession to rugged practicality.

Personality: Not necessarily nervous by nature, but Cecil is a man who knows where he is comfortable. He likes quiet, and enjoys the exercise of his mind. It is the latter desire outgrowing the former that led him to join the Survey Initiative.
Communication is not his greatest skill, he has a habit of talking too fast and dropping ideas half way through in favor of new ones.
Cecil is a true believer. He has faith in society, humanity, and science.

History: A Teknoh native, Cecil first delved into the world of Arcan Science at the age of six in his mother’s home laboratory. She was away, and his father was no longer around, so he got into her equipment and books with no supervision. His fascination grew quickly, and he attended university before he was even a legal adult. During breaks, he co-opted the same lab he first explores for his own experimentation.

It wasn't long after his education was complete that he turned around and sought employment at the same institution he had just left. An old mentor got him a lab job, and he did it well, but found it to be unchallenging.

His mother was killed in a lab accident shortly after Cecil’s twenty-third birthday. Cecil disappeared into the spacious house his family had once lived in, and wasn't seen by anyone who knew him for two years.

When he emerged, he was surprisingly clean shaven and tidy, and seemed mostly back to his old self. He did, however, suddenly announce his decision to join the Survey Initiaive.

Occupation: Junker

_{- - - - (Power Matrix)}
Primary Focus: Arcane
Magical Capabilities:
His use of magic is primarily in magical technology.
Can make some decent conjurations on the fly, but greatly prefers more complex lab developed equipment.
Kinetic manipulation, but it's a last resort for him. He's spent a lot more time on technology than honing his magic skills.

Body Modifications:

Weapons and Equipment:
A sizable A/B. It's the size of a large dictionary and is in a padded hard plastic case, which itself is in a leather satchel. The satchel also contains an assortment of Machinist’s tools.

VAD: the Variable Ammunition Dispenser. The “dispenser” part is an example of Cecil’s brand of humor, as the device “dispenses” the ammunition at deadly velocity. But if you referred to it as a gun, Cecil would undoubtedly respond “it's much more than a gun!” And it is. The device, about the size and shape of a particularly bulky and squared rifle, plugs into an A/B and produces it's own Arcane Ammunition automatically, weaving the arcane energy from the battery into arcanite and charging it with an element or effect determined by the “setting” knob on the left side of the gun’s shell.
It takes longer to produce than an experienced Mage would, but it does so without any input from the user beyond the push of a reload button. It holds 25 bullets in the magazine, which can be ejected in the event that it needs to be loaded in the more conventional way.

Specialties: A brilliant machinist and Arcane Scientist. Has a passing knowledge of alchemy, acquired from occasionally working alongside more accomplished practitioners.

@Gisk

Conditionally Accepted, I like that rifle you've got there.

Briefly explain the extent of your Kinetic magic, and don't get too improvise-y with your conjurations.

[Gisk]

Basically the idea would be to convert Arcane energy into kinetic energy. A bit like telekinesis, but it moves in jolts. There would be diminishing returns over greater distances.

[tex]

Basically the idea would be to convert Arcane energy into kinetic energy. A bit like telekinesis, but it moves in jolts. There would be diminishing returns over greater distances.

@Gisk

Alright, you can drop his sheet in the characters tab. Assume that you're one of the junkers in the vehicle that hasn't said anything yet, if you'd like. Stuff is happening right now.

[tex]

@unfortunately

If Karida doesn't take command while Yvette is frozen, The Divers might just blow the ATV the hell up before anyone can react

[Unfortunately]

Mm.

Still busy, but will try responding some time later.

[Gisk]

Let me know if that's not okay, but I posted.

[Jensoman]

Let me know if that's not okay, but I posted.

@Gisk

Oh, just one thing.

There's gaps to shoot through at the front and back of the ATV.

Did Cecil fire through the back window or the front one? And which direction is he shooting at? Like boulders at the front of the ATV, or the right side, or something.

I'm guessing it's the front one, since that's where the Divers emerged from first. Though it could be the back one too, assuming the Diver group that would attack from the back would already be in position.

So I believe it'd be aimed at the first group of 6 divers who are in front of the ATV atm, while the other Diver groups are spreading out and stuff.

[tex]

By the by, it might be clear to the intelligent eye that the Divers are, in reality, not very organized.