Kalas

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Taking things slow.

«The Brotherhood of Sword Art Online» Cawfeeyeh, Gween Teee~

Sounds great to me! Then I can have him play the whole 'I've dishonor my famiry' card in order to leave the Brotherhood.

«The Brotherhood of Sword Art Online» Cawfeeyeh, Gween Teee~

@Celaira Okay, well I look forward to reading that! Maybe I'll have Aster move towards her, Prometheus & Ramiela after he's done slicing apart his next target. She'll be able to recognize him, since he's already removed his Reagent, and maybe she'll spot the debuff next to his health bar?

«The Brotherhood of Sword Art Online» Cawfeeyeh, Gween Teee~

@Shadow Daedalus Thanks for clearing that up. And that sounds like a great idea, although I think Raema is just a tad busy with being inconsolable right now, seeing how she just had to kill her own husband.

Unless, of course, it would be something she could achieve given the right motivation, @Celaira?

«The Brotherhood of Sword Art Online» Cawfeeyeh, Gween Teee~

So whilst I pretty much have the main idea for my next post planned out already, I was wondering just how long the Hate status effect is intended to last for? Is it something a swift bash on the head can cure? Or can the victim choose to overcome it via a Willpower roll of sorts or through the use of self-medication?

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Aster

«Lord of Nightmares»

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Aster had positioned himself upon his usual perch high above the proceedings down below. It afforded him an overall view of the Grand Hall whilst still allowing him to hear everything that was being said as the words echoed softly off of the stone walls. He had been close to Hikaru up to this point and had seen, with his own eyes, the events that had played out between him and the now slaughtered Knights of the Blood Oath. Though Aster didn't quite share the same ideology as the accused, he saw no real wrong-doing over the matter.

These thoughts he would keep to himself, however. Another secret to be kept from the Brotherhood. One more to add to the amassing pile he kept locked within the dark recesses of his mind. If the other members knew of his true thoughts, surely he would be next to stand trial. If that were to happen then it wouldn't be long before his long list of player killings came to light. Fortunately, he didn't need to worry about his cursor colour remaining orange. Nearly all members of the Brotherhood had killed before, it was simply an occupational hazard of being a Breaker. The people of SAO called for death and there were a few amongst the Brotherhood who were more than happy to oblige, Aster was one of them.

Pulling his mind away from his musings and focusing back on the trial, Aster furrowed his brow as Hikaru began spouting off like a madman. He talked about ruling the SAO community and using their Breaker abilities to subdue any would-be opposition, of which there would no doubt be plenty. It was only when Hikaru drew his blade and swiftly dispatched of the Grand Master's right hand, Fenixrite, did he slowly place a cautionary hand on his favourite dagger, «Ghoul's Grin». The situation was about to explode and Aster would have the best seat in the house.

Boom

A blinding flash of light suddenly stole his vision, forcing him to stumble back on his perch and rub his eyes ferociously. As his vision cleared he could see the chaos that had erupted all around the Great Hall below. He witnessed various members of the Brotherhood attacking each other for seemingly no reason. It was only then that he noticed that the status effect, «Hate», had appeared next to his health bar. His expression of amazement soon turned into that of a snarl as he peered down upon his brothers and sisters. As he watched each ensuing battle, Aster remained still; ready to swoop down like a hawk and pierce his dagger deep into his prey.

He quickly singled out his target. A girl by the looks of it. Her «Reagent of the Masquerade» wrapped tightly around her figure, as she slowly backed away in horror from the sight of one Brotherhood member hacking into the face of another with an axe. His snarl morphed into a wry smile as the sounds of her crying drifted up to him. He'd already drawn his dagger by this point and equipped his «Lord of the Asylum» armour-set. Dark leather armour that remained wrapped in various black, torn cloaks, which allowed him to confuse his opponents as to where their strikes were truly going to hit. All he needed to do now was wait for the right moment to strike.

As the source of girl's terror finished hacking away at his victim, she took a singular step back that placed her exactly where she needed to be. It was then that Aster pounced. He made barely a whisper as he launched himself from his high perch and began descending rapidly, feet first, towards his prey. In mere moments it was over. The weight of his avatar crashed down upon the girl with a practiced grace, leaving him crouched directly over her as she was sprawled out upon her back. It took her a few seconds to even realize what was happening before she noted the glint of his blade in his right hand. Her bloodcurdling scream filled his ears like music before he uttered a single word, "Pathetic." And slashed his dagger across her neck.

DEAD

Aster stood immediately, facing the earlier approaching member, whose axe remained brandished and ready to strike. "That was my kill!" He yelled, the anger in his tone trying to give off a more intimidating demeanor.

Aster simply laughed as he settled back into his fighting stance, slowly swaying his blade back and forth. His posture, mixed with his tattered cloaks and deathly gaze, exuded an air of sheer horror. "You're all my kills." He growled.

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Aster || Dispatched: 1 || Players Directly Involved: None.

«The Brotherhood of Sword Art Online» Cawfeeyeh, Gween Teee~

Display Name:
Aster

Epithet:
«Phobos»
«Lord of Nightmares»
«The Ghoul»

Alignment:
Undetermined

RP Speech Color:
Some kind of Blue?

Age Appearance:
23

Appearance:


Weapon(s):
«Ghoul's Grin» - Aster's treasured dagger (see appearance) that he looted from his closest friend, Karma, after killing him in an ambush. When Karma had been rewarded the dagger as a boss drop, Aster grew extremely jealous and decided to utilize his Breaker in order to dispatch of his friend so that he could obtain it. The dagger itself seems to thrive on wicked acts performed by its' user and has a 35% chance of inducing the Panic status effect per hit.

Skill Slots:

• One-Handed Dagger - Needed to wield Ghoul's Grin amongst the many other daggers he has collected.
• Acrobatics - Used to perform acrobatic feats in and out of battle. He uses this skill as his primary means of defense.
• Hiding - Used for stealth whenever the situation calls for it, mainly for ambushing his enemies.
• Parry - His secondary form of defense for when he is faced up against a particularly skilled fighter. Aster will usually resort to this skill first before activating his Breaker.
• Battle Healing - His final defense before activating his Breaker.

Breaker:
«Ghastly Shadows» - Aster is able to produce up to two physical replicas of his avatar in and out of battle that share his currently equipped weapon as well as his skills. Upon production of his replicas, his appearance (as well as his replicas') changes to that of a horrific ghoul-like aberration with tattered clothing, sharpened teeth & claws as well as sickly, grayish skin and gleaming yellow eyes. An image that hasn't yet been seen elsewhere in the game which is also said to be highly distressing to most people who look at it.

Aster may control these replicas to attack his foes, whilst also still being able to move and attack himself, easily outnumbering anyone in a duel and striking fear into the hearts of any unfortunate onlookers. Despite the teeth and claws, the replicas will only attack with whatever weapon Aster has equipped at the time. If destroyed, the replicas simply disappear, allowing for either Aster himself or the remaining replica to press the advantage. Only once both replicas are destroyed will his appearance return to normal.

On occasion he may use his Breaker in conjunction with his Hiding skill in order to hide his real avatar whilst his replicas do most of the work.

Misc:

• Aster is a rather nihilistic person. However, he is curious as to why others believe there is some special meaning to life. He kills other players in secret mainly to try and experience why someone would cling to life so dearly.
• He has been known to show quite sadistic tendencies, especially where fear is involved. He somewhat enjoys inducing fear in others though he only keeps this pleasure known to himself and his victims.
• His loyalties towards other the Breakers are rather unclear. Though there has been no prior incident of him wanting to hurt any of his fellows, he hasn't yet declared which group he will continue to follow. Although he has most certainly absconded from the Brotherhood.

«The Brotherhood of Sword Art Online» Cawfeeyeh, Gween Teee~

Well I guess I should introduce myself here. I'll be your 'One more person' for this roleplay.

After reading through all the great IC posts so far, I just had to put in a sheet! Feel free to let me know what you think.

And don't be afraid to hit him up in-game, y'know, slide into his DMs, send him some nudes, ask to go questing. Anything like that! :D

Ocean Horizon: The Shardseeker Chronicles

*Sigh*

I'm so sorry, friends, for my absence. This past week has been an absolute nightmare. I only just arrived home last night after a bunch of Spanish Police stuffs and Airport stuffs and UK Embassy stuffs that I've had to deal with. But I am happy to say that it has all been sorted and I'm completely in the clear. (Even despite my friend's best efforts to the contrary. -.-)

I want to apologise for leaving you in the lurch like that and I understand if you've become disheartened with this RP due to my absence. I don't want to make excuses as to why I couldn't let you guys know anything sooner but in all honesty, this RP wasn't really the main thing on my mind whilst I was trying to avoid being imprisoned abroad. But enough about that.

Moving forward, I'm will be going through everything that I've missed in these last 2 weeks or so, responding to PMs and then hopefully writing up a new post. I would like to give a heartfelt thanks to those of you who've decided to stick around and especially @DeadBeatWalking who I was able to relay a message to with the limited internet I could find. (RPG was blocked on the WiFi I was using for whatever reason.)

I need some time to get my head back into writing mode and I'm also currently looking for a new job, so life is hitting me pretty damn hard right now. However, I really want to get this ball rolling again so I'll try to get a new post up either tonight or tomorrow.

Ocean Horizon: The Shardseeker Chronicles

@Mercenary Lord Basically being in charge of keeping the ship in the skies. Any damage needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. The ship itself runs on massive Light Crystals which need to be protected or they could potentially explode if hit by and enemy round. And whilst the Navigator would be the one piloting the ship during an aerial battle, it would be the Chief Engineer's job to keep each Light Wing of the ship fully operational in order to best respond to the Navigator's evasive maneuvers.

During peacetime, you would delegate work flow to lower engineers, maybe even have an apprentice to teach. You might also want to invest your character as the tinkerer-type. Given that the Ocean Horizon is literally the only ship of its' kind, your character would have the most advanced knowledge of its' workings aside from Cagen himself and maybe Fletcher. This could mean that in your spare time, your character could enjoy attempting to fully optimize the Horizon to reach its' full potential.