Yeah, trying to describe IC what was going on on the wall from Kat's perspective was quite difficult haha (let me know if I made any mix-ups)! Still, excited to see everything kick off :)
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Katrina Meyer
Me: AN HOUR
Me: YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT HERE FOR AN HOUR
BigSisKarin: oh dear, looks like Kat woke up on the wrong side of the bed today
BigBroJakob: Karin, she's just hungover. I wouldn’t worry.
Me: Hungover and ON TIME
BigBroTheo: Hahaha poor little kitty-kat, we'll be there soon! I’ll bring you some water!
Me: You guys are the worst :'(
BigBroJakob: You'll live
BigSisKarin: is the view good? i'm so excited to see it!
Me: The WORST
Scowling, Kat closed the chat window by flicking her eyes to the left. She had dragged herself out of bed this morning after about three hours sleep, head pounding, mouth dry, everything hurting. The anti-hangover pill she’d downed with a glass of water had taken the edge off, but she was still hanging hard. After quickly changing into her favourite gunmetal jacket, backpack and ripped black jeans she’d run from her apartment (a total tip after getting back last night and throwing her stuff everywhere) to the tourist lift. And despite that, Kat still managed to arrive ten minutes earlier than the time they had agreed. Little did she know that that meant she would be stuck up here, alone, an hour before her siblings were due to arrive.
Jakob had been convinced that, since it was one of Kat’s rare days off, she would want to sleep in. Despite pointing out that she never slept in (sleeping was just a low power state, wasting precious energy and time, only needed when absolutely necessary), he refused to listen until the twins agreed to get there for sunrise. At least, she thought they’d agreed, but it seems that realising they weren’t going to win an argument over IM, they’d just decided to tell Kat they would be there and assumed she would turn up about an hour late. It was clear to her now that all along the other Meyer siblings had been trying to secure a lie-in for themselves, and had hoped that she would play along.
My fault for believing they’d get up early to see the sunrise.
A shame, really; the view of the rising sun was incredible- although Kat was very grateful that her glasses automatically adjusted to avoid any glare which would add to her headache. The shop was a ground-floor building towards the centre of the city, so didn’t get much sunlight even during midday. She had forgotten quite how nice it was to feel it’s warmth on her skin, and to breathe air that wasn’t quite so heavy with the smell of oil and metal. The sheer immensity of the space beyong the wall was hypnotic, and almost terrifying- she was so used to her tiny apartment, cramped nightclubs and cluttered workshop that the idea that so much empty space even existed in one place felt impossible.
Opening up the 3-D video function on her tech-specs, Kat walked closer to the edge of the wall for the best view of the sunrise. After taking a video shot, she picked the best- the one with the birds suddenly flocking into the sky, and without any yelling in the background from an irate supervisor- and uploaded it onto her SeeWithMe account. For anyone viewing the picture with their tech-specs, it would be like you were there yourself. She made sure to forward the link to her siblings with the tag “This is what you’re missing…”
After watching the sun rise for another minute, Kat began to look around at the activity on the top of the wall. Most of the wall workers seemed to be clustered together by some commotion. It seemed to be centred around the loud supervisor whose shouting had ruined Kat's first video, and behind which stood a tiny girl in an oversized jacket. Surely they’re not sending kids as young as her up to the wall- maybe she’s lost. Towards this commotion approached a slight camera-wielding girl with blue-grey hair, coloured like zinc. One of the workers sat apart from the commotion, holding a staring contest with some poor quality rivets. Pushing down an urge to go over and redo the rivets herself, Kat instead looked back at her fellow tourists.
Only a meter or so from her stood another young woman, gazing out at the sunrise with teary eyes. After contemplating approaching her, Kat decided to let her be as she seemed to be somewhat overwhelmed by the view. Her hangover must be as bad as mine.
“I wish I had a cigarette. God this sucks.”
Kat turned to see a young man glowering at the construction workers, accompanied by another man that seemed to be watching him closely. Well, I guess they’ll entertain me for now. Pulling a pack of cigarettes out of her jacket pocket (Kat was only a social smoker, but she knew well having spare cigarettes was a good way to meet new people), she lit one for herself and waved to get their attention.
“Hey- You want one?”
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If some Grit can pass for human, have any already infiltrated Periphery I wonder...
And nthing the excitement to get going! I'm looking forward to this a lot :)
And nthing the excitement to get going! I'm looking forward to this a lot :)
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That zooming sigil is a really cool idea!
Thank you! I had a sudden idea when I was on the tube yesterday evening, of someone examining a piece of machinery by looking through their forefinger/thumb to zoom in and shining a light on the machinery using their other palm... Hopefully it'll come in use in the story at some point!
To everyone: how do you feel about maybe using video game physics/mechanics? Specifically I'm thinking of methods of collecting objects in order to accomplish certain goals and gain power. There would be no numbers involved at all, but just the basic concept of magic power gems, for example.
I'm not very clear on what you mean here (collecting power gems to unlock certain abilities?), but as long as it doesn't feel too out of place with the setting I don't mind at all :)
NAME: Katrina Meyer
ABSTRACT: Talented robotics mechanic by day; party animal by night
DETAIL: Katrina (Kat for short) has done her fair share of hard work. Growing up as the youngest of four, it was always hard work to get her parents to dedicate any of the limited time they had outside managing the family repair shop to her. It was hard work having to acknowledge that if the shop was going to survive the next generation, she was going to have to step up in place of her lazy siblings and study to be a top-class mechanic. It was hard work jumping through hoop after hoop, test after test, to get her qualifications. And now, after Kat’s mother has taken sick and passed the position of head mechanic at the shop to her in the meantime… It turns out that’s pretty hard work too.
As if to make up for the hours of exhausting effort which Kat puts into her work as a mechanic (which, despite her protestations, she genuinely enjoys), Kat also plays hard. She can drink a formidable amount of alcohol, regularly goes days without sleeping (in fact, just don’t ask how much sleep she gets- it’s a little scary) and is rarely seen without trendy tech-specs which keep her constantly hooked up to social media.
Now in her mid-twenties, Kat has managed to establish herself a solid reputation as a all-round mechanic (and socialite), but her talent particularly lies in more intricate robotics repair. Since shop is a family business she intends to run one day, Kat has tried to gain as broad an understanding of areas related to her work as possible (e.g. she can adequately program, and since she often works on bionic body parts she even knows a little biology). Kat’s near-obsessive focus on her vocation and going out has been to the detriment of pretty much everything else (her parents are hoping she marries an accountant, as Kat is hopeless with money)- when faced with the unfamiliar, Kat tends to try and solve problems by relating them to mechanics (this can lead to some very odd analogies). Never ask her to cook.
Outgoing and loud, Kat has never found it hard to make friends, but given how she never really has “downtime”- always either working at the shop or on some wild night out- she finds it hard to form deep bonds with other people. Although she thinks they are layabouts, the only people she is close to are her siblings (two older brothers and a sister). Today is a rare day off, as it is her sister’s birthday, and to celebrate their parents have given the Meyer siblings tickets for a tour of the top of the wall. Little does she know that, (incorrectly) anticipating their youngest sister will be so hungover the morning of her day off she would be late, the time to meet they gave Kat was an hour earlier than the actual planned meeting time...
MAGICAL INVENTORY: Katrina has tattoos of three sigils, all relating to her work:
A sigil of light is tattooed onto the palm of her right hand (Kat is left-handed) which produces enough light up any nooks and crannies in something she is working on.
The forefinger on her left hand has a sigil of heat tattooed at the tip- she wears a ring on that finger onto which she can screw two augments which allow her to utilise this heat for her work- either a pointed metal cover for the tip of her finger which heats up enough to act as a soldering iron, or a thermocutter attachment which heats enough to melt through plastic of a medium thickness. Without the augments, the heat produced by the sigil can still cause a nasty, albiet small, burn.
Finally, circular sigils of magnification are tattooed along the side of both her thumb and forefinger which form circles when her hands make an “ok” motion- looking through this allows her to zoom in on intricate work.
Ok, I've written up a CS! Let me know if there's anything I should change to be more in keeping with the setting :D
NAME: Katrina Meyer
ABSTRACT: Talented robotics mechanic by day; party animal by night
DETAIL: Katrina (Kat for short) has done her fair share of hard work. Growing up as the youngest of four, it was always hard work to get her parents to dedicate any of the limited time they had outside managing the family repair shop to her. It was hard work having to acknowledge that if the shop was going to survive the next generation, she was going to have to step up in place of her lazy siblings and study to be a top-class mechanic. It was hard work jumping through hoop after hoop, test after test, to get her qualifications. And now, after Kat’s mother has taken sick and passed the position of head mechanic at the shop to her in the meantime… It turns out that’s pretty hard work too.
As if to make up for the hours of exhausting effort which Kat puts into her work as a mechanic (which, despite her protestations, she genuinely enjoys), Kat also plays hard. She can drink a formidable amount of alcohol, regularly goes days without sleeping (in fact, just don’t ask how much sleep she gets- it’s a little scary) and is rarely seen without trendy tech-specs which keep her constantly hooked up to social media.
Now in her mid-twenties, Kat has managed to establish herself a solid reputation as a all-round mechanic (and socialite), but her talent particularly lies in more intricate robotics repair. Since shop is a family business she intends to run one day, Kat has tried to gain as broad an understanding of areas related to her work as possible (e.g. she can adequately program, and since she often works on bionic body parts she even knows a little biology). Kat’s near-obsessive focus on her vocation and going out has been to the detriment of pretty much everything else (her parents are hoping she marries an accountant, as Kat is hopeless with money)- when faced with the unfamiliar, Kat tends to try and solve problems by relating them to mechanics (this can lead to some very odd analogies). Never ask her to cook.
Outgoing and loud, Kat has never found it hard to make friends, but given how she never really has “downtime”- always either working at the shop or on some wild night out- she finds it hard to form deep bonds with other people. Although she thinks they are layabouts, the only people she is close to are her siblings (two older brothers and a sister). Today is a rare day off, as it is her sister’s birthday, and to celebrate their parents have given the Meyer siblings tickets for a tour of the top of the wall. Little does she know that, (incorrectly) anticipating their youngest sister will be so hungover the morning of her day off she would be late, the time to meet they gave Kat was an hour earlier than the actual planned meeting time...
MAGICAL INVENTORY: Katrina has tattoos of three sigils, all relating to her work:
A sigil of light is tattooed onto the palm of her right hand (Kat is left-handed) which produces enough light up any nooks and crannies in something she is working on.
The forefinger on her left hand has a sigil of heat tattooed at the tip- she wears a ring on that finger onto which she can screw two augments which allow her to utilise this heat for her work- either a pointed metal cover for the tip of her finger which heats up enough to act as a soldering iron, or a thermocutter attachment which heats enough to melt through plastic of a medium thickness. Without the augments, the heat produced by the sigil can still cause a nasty, albiet small, burn.
Finally, circular sigils of magnification are tattooed along the side of both her thumb and forefinger which form circles when her hands make an “ok” motion- looking through this allows her to zoom in on intricate work.
NAME: Katrina Meyer
ABSTRACT: Talented robotics mechanic by day; party animal by night
DETAIL: Katrina (Kat for short) has done her fair share of hard work. Growing up as the youngest of four, it was always hard work to get her parents to dedicate any of the limited time they had outside managing the family repair shop to her. It was hard work having to acknowledge that if the shop was going to survive the next generation, she was going to have to step up in place of her lazy siblings and study to be a top-class mechanic. It was hard work jumping through hoop after hoop, test after test, to get her qualifications. And now, after Kat’s mother has taken sick and passed the position of head mechanic at the shop to her in the meantime… It turns out that’s pretty hard work too.
As if to make up for the hours of exhausting effort which Kat puts into her work as a mechanic (which, despite her protestations, she genuinely enjoys), Kat also plays hard. She can drink a formidable amount of alcohol, regularly goes days without sleeping (in fact, just don’t ask how much sleep she gets- it’s a little scary) and is rarely seen without trendy tech-specs which keep her constantly hooked up to social media.
Now in her mid-twenties, Kat has managed to establish herself a solid reputation as a all-round mechanic (and socialite), but her talent particularly lies in more intricate robotics repair. Since shop is a family business she intends to run one day, Kat has tried to gain as broad an understanding of areas related to her work as possible (e.g. she can adequately program, and since she often works on bionic body parts she even knows a little biology). Kat’s near-obsessive focus on her vocation and going out has been to the detriment of pretty much everything else (her parents are hoping she marries an accountant, as Kat is hopeless with money)- when faced with the unfamiliar, Kat tends to try and solve problems by relating them to mechanics (this can lead to some very odd analogies). Never ask her to cook.
Outgoing and loud, Kat has never found it hard to make friends, but given how she never really has “downtime”- always either working at the shop or on some wild night out- she finds it hard to form deep bonds with other people. Although she thinks they are layabouts, the only people she is close to are her siblings (two older brothers and a sister). Today is a rare day off, as it is her sister’s birthday, and to celebrate their parents have given the Meyer siblings tickets for a tour of the top of the wall. Little does she know that, (incorrectly) anticipating their youngest sister will be so hungover the morning of her day off she would be late, the time to meet they gave Kat was an hour earlier than the actual planned meeting time...
MAGICAL INVENTORY: Katrina has tattoos of three sigils, all relating to her work:
A sigil of light is tattooed onto the palm of her right hand (Kat is left-handed) which produces enough light up any nooks and crannies in something she is working on.
The forefinger on her left hand has a sigil of heat tattooed at the tip- she wears a ring on that finger onto which she can screw two augments which allow her to utilise this heat for her work- either a pointed metal cover for the tip of her finger which heats up enough to act as a soldering iron, or a thermocutter attachment which heats enough to melt through plastic of a medium thickness. Without the augments, the heat produced by the sigil can still cause a nasty, albiet small, burn.
Finally, circular sigils of magnification are tattooed along the side of both her thumb and forefinger which form circles when her hands make an “ok” motion- looking through this allows her to zoom in on intricate work.
Thanks- that's definitely fair enough!
I'll start working on a character sheet, will aim to post it on the OCC sometime tomorrow.
I'll start working on a character sheet, will aim to post it on the OCC sometime tomorrow.
I'm also very interested! I'll mention that I only just got back into RPing- let me know if you're still ok to take me.
Am I right in thinking our characters can't be Grit?
Am I right in thinking our characters can't be Grit?
Hello there!
One of my new years resolutions was to get back into creative writing, and I thought that this forum would be able to help inspire me. I'm not completely new to roleplaying, but I'm definitely rusty... It's been a while!
Looking forward to all the exciting stories we'll dream up together
One of my new years resolutions was to get back into creative writing, and I thought that this forum would be able to help inspire me. I'm not completely new to roleplaying, but I'm definitely rusty... It's been a while!
Looking forward to all the exciting stories we'll dream up together
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