mickilennial

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Me: I only have time for this one character

Brain: but what about this other concept

@Sep

Ain't it something?

Pariah Online: A Voyage into the Intangible Aether

Location: The Laughing Worg Tavern, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria

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“Sieg. Jimmy. James. Oh my god.” Sif stammered as she found her brother storming off before getting into a fight with Graves, or at the very least trying to.

It was all a bad dream–a dream that Sif had seen a hundred times before, a dream that existed long before she entered the dreamscape and dragged her brother back into her life. Much like when she was younger, she just couldn’t stop it.

Her brother was arrogant, stubborn, and bullish, and nothing really changed about that when he entered Pariah Online and made the persona that was Siegfried. In fact, it made him even worse than he had been back in her parent’s three bedroom house on the west end of Kansas City. She never knew what the arguments were about, but she remembered the yelling and the sound of broken glass. Whenever he got like this it was like a memory sinkhole that she couldn’t control and she hated it. Worst of all, when he got like this there was no stopping it.

“Let it run its course.” The words ran through her head like a cancer. “Focus on your studies.”

Seele’s eyes connected with hers and she felt utterly helpless.

She had magic, but nothing really that could stop what was happening. She was a full-fledged support. Sure, she had some offensive spells but nothing that could work. Her brain went full speed through her spellbook in her head, frantically trying to figure something out. She mumbled as she did so, until Seele tried her own tactic as Jimmy shrugged before continuing outside. Worst part of it all is the comment he said to further goad Graves into following him.

“Might be the last time you see her. Should probably think about that.”

Pariah Online: A Voyage into the Intangible Aether

Location: The Laughing Worg Tavern, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria

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“Heh.”

A half-hearted chuckle left him as he smirked, stopping right before the door. He didn’t need to glance over his shoulder to know Graves was ready for what Siegfried was ready for.

“You’re dumber than everyone thinks you are. What a shocker.” He postured as he clenched his fists. It was a word that wasn’t said about Graves by really anyone in the party except for maybe Rael, but Siegfried knew it’d get the blood knight’s blood boiling. Every time people said the same thing about Siegfried it got under his skin so he knew it would work. He didn’t care. It was time to make a point. Back in Kansas, he might’ve squinted, but just like many times before he didn’t care if it was fight he was going to win or lose. Siegfried wasn’t even scared of the people back home, so why would an asshole like Graves bother him in a world where he was the Hero-Blacksmith of Thorinn? There was no chance.

Did he think he was a better man than Enos? Because he got lucky with the easier route in a dungeon? He wanted to roll his eyes.

“But yeah, sure, let’s go outside and settle it like men.” He turned his head with a blankness in his eyes. “You think I’m scared of you? I ain’t. I’ll kick your ass. Gladly.”

Seeing the expression on Graves' face was a sight. It wouldn't long until they were outside.

Pariah Online: A Voyage into the Intangible Aether

Location: The Laughing Worg Tavern, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria

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I’m not keen to play Batman with you guys.

Siegfried’s previous words echoed in his mind as Seele grasped his hands. Her hands were soft but firm, subtly provoking him away from shouting at Graves and telling him exactly how he felt. He looked into Seele, anxiously sighing as he did so. Who did he think he was here? It wasn’t like Seele was his sister, or whatever. She was an adult and she was gonna do what she was gonna do. The only way he could stop her would be to knock her out and tie her up in her room. An idle thought that he was never going to do. The guilt ate at him, but he also refused to accept that she was going to go on an exceptionally dangerous plan.

“No.” He grumbled as he forcibly broke from her hands and stood up from his chair. “Stop it. I won’t be part of this.”

“I’m out of here. Graves can plan for your funeral, because that's where he's sending you. Later.” His voice was rough, annoyed, and standoffish as he stormed out of the tavern. Not even his sister could say anything to stop him.

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I feel like I'll start writing the second half of the Donna post sometime in the next few days.

Pariah Online: A Voyage into the Intangible Aether

Location: The Laughing Worg Tavern, The City-State of Thorinn, Aetheria

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“Tha—”

This was not the time or the place for Seele to be throwing jokes around. She was gambling with her life and it wasn’t something that Siegfried took particularly lightly. This wasn’t a game. Not anymore, anyway, and throwing caution to the wind was something that just didn’t sit right with him. Graves stood with Seele in her idea, though, and even the impulsive warrior had to admit that made him nearly reconsider. Graves had gotten the group through so much, but… but that didn’t matter. Siegfried’s fists clenched so much the crack of his knuckles could be plainly heard and the expression on his face did not indicate he was okay with the idea despite indicating that they had no better ‘choice’. It was all BS. They didn’t need to play Sherlock Holmes for denizens or wayfarers!

All they needed to do was survive.

But how long could they just survive? It wasn’t particularly brave to just sit on their thumbs and just let what was going to happen happen and while Siegfried detested being called a coward it did not take a genius to see where this story arc was going. Losing Seele by letting her be stupid was a bad gamer move and a bad friend move; Siegfried was neither.

“I won’t allow it.” He grumbled as he looked dead at Graves, shooting back the same look he had given him. “It’s too risky. She might die. Come up with something else.”

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C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

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“Oh, I fully intend to give you an old-school beat-down. I'm just saying, on top of it all, that you're full of crap.”

^{_{Donna Troy ♦ Archaeologist* ♦ Themyscira, Greece ♦ Justice League, Covenant of the Amazons}}

Character Sheet

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T

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Forced to pick up the mantle after the disappearance of Diana, Donna has hefty shoes to fill in the world at large. Diana’s past enemies such as Circe and Ares have started to move pieces on the board, manipulating the heroine’s absence to their own ends. Donna’s investigation into Diana will inevitably lead her to the heroine’s apartments all around the world including Gateway City, Washington DC, Manhattan, Athens, Istanbul, and other locations. But investigations in her experience tend to get sidetracked quite often. That’s not even accounting the mind games and insecurities Donna has to deal with, or the superhuman criminals that want to test her patience.

It’s the making of a great journey.

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S

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I had a framework for a Wonder Woman story where Donna was missing, so I decided to do the inverse in a fresh timeline. Diana is the more experienced fighter, investigator, and heroine so throwing Wonder Girl into her role seems a little interesting to me. There’s not going to be any incredible revisions to Donna outside of the framework, so I’m hoping of seeing where that interpretation takes me as I try to have her run into as much trouble as possible.

We’re going to have some Giganta tussles, Ares and Circe doing their thing, and probably a lot of mundane techie criminal types. Maybe Intergang if Hillan feels the need to establish them as doing their usual stuff. You’ll also see me lean a little bit into Greek mythology and some of the stuff I was thinking about doing with Aquaman a few games ago, which probably just means making some things a little more obtuse and complicated than they have to be. Whereas with Aquaman my question was “What if Game of Thrones was underwater?” I’m going to draw on bits of National Treasure and other things to make my interpretation feel a little more whole and hopefully by the end of it I will look like I know what I’m doing and I haven’t forgotten most of the Wonder Woman comics I read years upon years ago.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S

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^{Persons of Interest
◼ Hippolyta of Themyscira, Queen of the Amazons
◼ Diana of Themyscira, Princess of the Amazons
◼ Ares
◼ Circe
◼ Heracles
◼ Others to Come!}

P O S T C A T A L O G

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TBD

Sample Post

Diana Prince.

Princess of the Amazons. Progeny of Zeus. Master Tactician of Themyscira. Ambassador Between Worlds. Member of the Justice League. Superhero.

For all of Diana’s reputable titles there was always one that stood above all else for Donna Troy: Sister. It was their connection, their relationship, the mold that truly mattered most. Everytime she fell, Diana was there, ready with an outstretched hand. With that hand absent, Donna had been left to her own devices, but it wasn’t until the weeks turned to months when worry truly settled in the former Wonder Girl’s soul. Diana was independent, but she was never so careless in the time Donna had come to know her. Had Diana gone into incredible danger she would’ve told her. That is what she believed.

But that hadn’t happened. The protector of the amazons, her mentor and sister, had disappeared without a trace.

Hippolyta didn’t give Donna much solace of mind, as was the case for every single interaction Donna had with the Queen of the Amazons since she had come to Themyscira as an infant. But unlike every other time, Donna hadn’t acted impulsive, rude, or disrespectful. The Queen was concerned, she just had a crappy way of showing it. Donna could respect that even if she didn’t like it, besides, she had bigger problems to deal with. She had to leave Themyscira and seek out Diana. Maybe by retracing her steps she could get some sort of idea of where she went? Could she find out what sort of trouble she was in? Should she contact the Justice League and seek aid? Or would this all be up to her in the end? Her burden to bear as Diana’s ward? A smattering amount of questions snaked around in Donna’s brain as she dug through her room on the eastern coast of the island. To answer any of these questions she was going to have to leave the island. She hadn’t ever done the journey alone.

“Hera.” Her voice shook, the nerves still getting to her. “Give me strength.”

There was a quivering laughter as she tightened the bracelets around her forearms. “That’s what Diana always says, right? Does it work?”

She frowned, looking outwards of a window overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. There were no signs from the gods. There hadn’t been those sort of things in centuries, not since Olympus locked itself away from the world. She wasn’t sure why she thought she would’ve seen some sort of sign.

“Right. That makes sense.”

Her hand clutched the lasso on the table by the window as she grabbed the rest of the essential items.

She had some flying to do.

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George Perez, Comic Book Artist on ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths,’ Dies at 67

:(((

One Universe: Unlimited - A Marvel/DC Comics Roleplay

So we're starting to get quite the cast together and while I know most of us have some arcs planned out. But I'm curious if looking at the cast you have anyone you're looking forward to either reading or interacting with.

Personally I'd love to play Deathstroke off of Superman or Captain America because I think the moral disparity between Slade and either of the boys in blue would lead to an interesting dynamic.

How about the rest of you?

@Lord Wraith

The idea of actually doing something with Olympus existing as the same time as Asgard could be neat. The younger, more impulsive Donna trying to navigate that and interacting with Thor while trying to figure out what happened to Diana is an interesting idea with potential. There’s also potential hooks with Natty’s Aquaman and perhaps a brief interaction with Hillan’s Superman, Maxx’s Superboy, or Roman’s Batman should the right fit arise.

That's what I think for me, at least.

One Universe: Unlimited - A Marvel/DC Comics Roleplay

@TGM, your sample is too short to be considered an example of how you'd play Donna. I can't really approve it until it gets expanded a bit. Even if it's half the length of a regular post, it'll work.

If I missed any finished samples, be sure to let me know.

@Master Bruce

Yep, I've been adding to it as I've been writing it. It's pretty short by my margins now but I think it gets the idea of the opener pretty well. Should be good enough now, let me know if it isn't.