[OOC] The Three Realms War [A DMC, Bayonetta and Darksiders RP]

[Lazo]

Realized Fenn's former theme song was blocked from youtube. Changed it with something else.

[Scrapula]

@Lugubrious Alright, I'll rewrite it a bit so that Gene loots it from a dead, unnamed Reclaimer that Gene and Antonio came across later on. He won't know how to use it, it's more of a trophy than a weapon.

[Lugubrious]

@Lugubrious Alright, I'll rewrite it a bit so that Gene loots it from a dead, unnamed Reclaimer that Gene and Antonio came across later on. He won't know how to use it, it's more of a trophy than a weapon.

@Scrapula

What? I specifically agreed to alter the situation so that there were no unnamed Reclaimers present. The only Reclaimers in the city were the three in the branch office and the five in the squad that went underground. Was that not what you wanted? Therefore, there are no weapons.

[Scrapula]

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What? I specifically agreed to alter the situation so that there were no unnamed Reclaimers present. The only Reclaimers in the city were the three in the branch office and the five in the squad that went underground. Was that not what you wanted? Therefore, there are no weapons.

@Lugubrious

I thought you said there were more Reclaimers on the upper levels of the building, other than the three we were fighting. That's been rewritten too, then?

So, in the entirety of Barlour City, a place of much interest to Gilgamesh, there are eight Reclaimers. And those eight Reclaimers (the ones who survived the Cairn, anyway) evacuated with the rest of the rank-and-file instead of trying to help anyone. Alright, I can rewrite it so it's a weapon from a Demon Hunter or someone who bought a Devil Arm from Regalia. Would that be better?

[Lugubrious]

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I thought you said there were more Reclaimers on the upper levels of the building, other than the three we were fighting. That's been rewritten too, then?

So, in the entirety of Barlour City, a place of much interest to Gilgamesh, there are eight Reclaimers. And those eight Reclaimers (the ones who survived the Cairn, anyway) evacuated with the rest of the rank-and-file instead of trying to help anyone. Alright, I can rewrite it so it's a weapon from a Demon Hunter or someone who bought a Devil Arm from Regalia. Would that be better?

@Scrapula

The city wasn't of interest before they knew about the location of the Seal there. That's why they hastily set up forward base in the first suitable building they could get. If you really want a Devil Arm as a trophy, yeah, that would be better.

[ProPro]

Woo! First to accept the Council's offer of employment. Hellz yeah! Also @Hantu Kongkek, time to pay up. 8-)

[IncredibleBee]

How does the Council assign Watchers to people who aren't contracted with them? If they can do that, why don't they just give Watchers to the super strong guys who are in charge of the armies and have them fix it? Why don't they just give a Watcher to Sevrin and tell him to stop making the apocalypse happen?
Why are they asking our group to help at all when they have the four horsemen to fix things? Or barring those guys, they can just give a Watcher to Nero, who's more than proved himself as capable after DMC4.

What's our group's incentive to fix things, beyond 'several of you failed once and it's all your fault because of it'? Several of us weren't even there; therefore it couldn't be our fault. Furthermore, how can you motivate players or characters without loot? Keep in mind half the players are mercenaries of some kind.

Isn't there a more fluid and natural way to give your players than literally telling them "Do what we say or die"?

[Lugubrious]

How does the Council assign Watchers to people who aren't contracted with them? If they can do that, why don't they just give Watchers to the super strong guys who are in charge of the armies and have them fix it? Why don't they just give a Watcher to Sevrin and tell him to stop making the apocalypse happen?
Why are they asking our group to help at all when they have the four horsemen to fix things? Or barring those guys, they can just give a Watcher to Nero, who's more than proved himself as capable after DMC4.

What's our group's incentive to fix things, beyond 'several of you failed once and it's all your fault because of it'? Several of us weren't even there; therefore it couldn't be our fault. Furthermore, how can you motivate players or characters without loot? Keep in mind half the players are mercenaries of some kind.

Isn't there a more fluid and natural way to give your players than literally telling them "Do what we say or die"?

@IncredibleBee

I'm glad I have a friend looking out for me.

The Watchers cannot be technically bound to a being that is not contracted, and they cannot close their eyes and think "I'm going to appear wherever X is" and then do so. In the case of all these characters, the were sent to find them, manually found them as they left the Eidolic Cairn in various ways. Sevrin, Gomory, and the rest who left by other means obviously can't be tracked in this manner. The Watchers cannot enter Heaven or Hell, and so cannot even come close to influencing the beings there.

The Horsemen can only be summoned to Earth after the breaking of the seventh seal, as is stated. Nero is not a player character, he's an NPC, and you're the crux of the story, not the NPCs.

The Charred Council, aside from promising loot in the form of 'reward' as is clearly stated, is working on the ideals and desires of the characters. You'll notice, no doubt, that no 100% Heaven or 100% Hell characters are in the Core, nor even any standard Gilgamesh members. If the characters want humanity and Earth to continue existing as they are, they'll fight for the Council because they provide the best and most unbiased platform to do so. Are some of the characters unabashed materialists who flick a genocide switch if it meant a bag of coppers? Maybe, and they'll be catered to, but the real catering is being done to the people who want humanity and Earth to remain intact.

For instance, Souta is going to agree because he likes humanity living, thank you very much, and he hasn't always agreed with Gilgamesh's ideas about accomplishing that. Lily might sign on because her life would be boring without humans to mess with, Fenn might sign on for the chance for a battle of his lifetime by fighting against multiple factions at once and participating in the biggest fighters therein, and so forth.

Of course the Council would utter such a pronouncement, particularly the head specifically noted to have an accusatory and demanding personality. A character who refuses the offer will not be killed on the spot, but instead whisked back to earth with a brand to remind them of their treason. If the agents of the Council meet with that character again in the future, there might be a fight.

[ProPro]

Not to mention that the first post mentions that the major players from the game franchises are, for the most part, nowhere to be found. Which I expect will be explained at some point. The Horseman, Dante, Bayonetta, and others are probably involved or tied up with something else for the time being. Or maybe they got captured by our main villains after being blind-sided or something. We just don't know yet.

[rivaan]

If you ask me, it's cause they are way to powerful at this point xD I mean dante shrugs off wounds like they are mosquito bites and byonetta can throw/kick satelites around with her legs as far as I remember =P

[I-Am-X]

Will have a post up soon.

[Sho Minazuki]

Not to mention that the first post mentions that the major players from the game franchises are, for the most part, nowhere to be found. Which I expect will be explained at some point. The Horseman, Dante, Bayonetta, and others are probably involved or tied up with something else for the time being. Or maybe they got captured by our main villains after being blind-sided or something. We just don't know yet.

@ProPro

We've already decided how they disappeared and their reasons, the Horsemen of course are behind the Seals and are only summoned when enough are broken as Lugubrious had said. Dante and Bayonetta though will make appearances midway through the story or towards the end.

[Zorogami]

KYL, who from this point forward might refer to himself as Kyle, has decided to join Wrath and Akoni :)

[Sho Minazuki]

And then you three went on to become the best of bros.

In times of peace you were the comedic Three Stooges, but in times of need the Three Musketeers (of the Charred Council).

[ProPro]

I call being Moe!

Edit: Though here's a question. Of the people brought there, is there anyone that would actually consider turning down the offer? And why?

[Lugubrious]

I call being Moe!

Edit: Though here's a question. Of the people brought there, is there anyone that would actually consider turning down the offer? And why?

@ProPro

I figure Snider might, and maybe Fenn considering a possible desire to fight in the endwar, but I don't know about anyone else, and the players of those characters would know better than I.

[rivaan]

Kosara will probably be all for the offer mostly because she knows that she will get to fight anyone in her way to keep them seals intact :3

[ProPro]

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I figure Snider might, and maybe Fenn considering a possible desire to fight in the endwar, but I don't know about anyone else, and the players of those characters would know better than I.

@Lugubrious

Yeah, well, Snider needs to pay off his debt first. :3 Might have to repo his stuff. ;D

[ProPro]

Apologies for the double post, but a quick update for everyone. Tomorrow evening I'll be flying to Texas (I live in Colorado) to see my father, who was injured and had surgery. I'll be gone until late Wednesday night. I don't know how active I can be for updating during that time, but thanks to modern smart phone technology I won't have problems keeping up with reading what all goes on.

[Zorogami]

@ProPro

Take all the time you need, and all i hope zour dad has a quick recovery, it`s good of you to be there for him!