pure493

Obsolete Angels

The setting for this RP is interesting! I'll be posting something up soon.

The Blue Moon Tavern

It had been half a day since Rouen left the tavern. He walked down a dirt path deep inside a forest. A small piece of paper was folded up in his right hand. To his right he heard the steady of trickle of water from the river flowing parallel to the trail and the wind whooshing past his face. That however, was all he hard besides the soft scrunch of dry leaves against his boots. “This is strange. No sound of any birds or wildlife. I don’t even hear a gadfly. What is going on in this forest?” he wondered. His swiveled his head looking at the eerily empty forest. In the horizon, Rouen could see the setting sun slowly retreating behind the mountains. Soon the orange light would fade and darkness would descend. “Whatever, I’m almost there,” he thought and unfolded the paper. It had drawings of landmarks and trails in the nearby area. Land Navigation and creating rough maps was one of the basic skills he learned in his time as a squire. He had been in the area for a few weeks and took the time to mark some terrain features. “Now if I’m right this cave should be a hundred imperial units from where this river ends,” he thought. An imperial unit was a hallmark from the days of Deardmadtha rule. Rouen begrudgingly acknowledged that a standard of measurement was one of the few good things that resulted from their empire. He looked ahead and saw a pond that the river poured into. A beaten path could be seen through the brush. “Well, at least I know where this cave is,” he thought. “And it probably isn’t abandoned.” Rouen folded the paper and put it in his satchel. He pulled a stick with some rags wrapped around it on one end. Removing a glove, he let one finger near the wrapped end of the makeshift torch. Small sparks arced from his finger to the cloth, causing it to smoke and then burst into flame. New light lit up the area around Rouen. “ Let us see what haunts these woods,” he thought putting his glove back on and holding the torch up high. He walked down the beaten path with the lit torch. The sun finally disappeared behind the horizon and nightfall descended onto the forest.

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Alright! Just give me a link to the google doc/pirate pad that we will be using.

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Kk got it!

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It looks like the group for staring into the abyss is ready to get started. Who would like to do the first posT?

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So how exactly will these missions pan out? Is it going to be like a Dungeons and Dragons-esque layout with our characters performing actions and the creator of that mission/GM overseeing it? If that is the case I say we open a private conversation group for each mission with all participating characters and the GM/Mission Creator. This way the GM/Mission Creator can talk to their groups to explain the scenario and state what happens to each character as their quest continues. We would discuss everything in the private conversation then post things on the ICC. For Example: --------------------- Private Conversation GM: So the scene for the mission is the cave. It is in a forest and the entrance is pretty secluded from civilization. Pure493: Rouen finds the cave at night. He enters it and turns on his torch. GM: You are immediately surrounded by insect-like creatures. They begin to attack you. Character 1: Rouen fights back with his sword. Character 2: Tahira finds the entrance to the cave and overhears fighting. She sees the figure of a man in trouble and runs to help him. Character 3: Kat follows Tahira and immediately identifies the man as Rouen. She hesitates but moves in to fight. ICC Thread Pure493- Rouen saw the cave in front of him. The moon was covered by clouds and not a single beam of light touched the ground. "Can't be too much trouble," he thought. He walked forward and entered the cave. "It is really dank and dark," he thought. He used a piece of phosphorous on a makeshift torch. He heard skittering noises and realized he wasn t alone. Quickly he lit a spark against a makeshift torch. When the spark caught he was suddenly aware of large bipedal insectoids around him. They bared their claws and pincers at him in a threatening manner. Their carapaces crackled with fury at the intruder. "Oh by the Goddess," he thought and reached for his sword------ Guilty Spark- Tahira walked down the dark road with Kat. As they approached what was the entrance of the cave they could hear fighting. "I sense something bad going on up there," she thought. As she walked forward she saw the lone-figure of a man fighting what seemed to be tall insect-like humanoids. "Kat, that man looks like he is in trouble we should help him!" she said and ran forward. Her hands glowed as she concentrated a spell. c3p-0h- Kat saw the man fighting and immediately recognized him as Rouen. "That knight can go die for all I care," she thought. She looked at Hal and he seemed to be itching to sink his jaws into those creatures. "Well I guess we should go do the right thing for once..." she thought and followed Tahira into battle. ------------------------------- Obviously the pm's will have more detailed discussions. I feel that this would prevent the OOC from being cluttered with discussions pertaining to each mission. This would also allow us to coordinate actions so we get continuity in the RP.

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Rouen looked hard at the priest. He shifted his gaze to the wall behind him. There were several papers attached to it. "Okay thank you," he replied curtly to the man. Other people seemed to be trying to talk to the priest so Rouen maneuvered around them to look at the board. He searched the wall with a finger for anything mentioning a cave. "A help board? Well that is a new idea," he thought looking at the variety of requests. Many of the requests seemed juvenile, like petty thievery or missing pets. They were jobs meant for squires and the local guard force. Things that were of no interest to Rouen at all. He found what the priest was talking about."A cave eh? Well hopefully I get the luck of the draw this time around," he thought. "I wouldn't be surprised if what this priest thinks a remnant is turned out to be another overgrown solitary fay creature." Rouen had searched many caves, abandoned houses, and valleys in the past nine months of travelling. Most of them were just that. Caves, abandoned houses, and valleys. Occasionally he would run into some fay creature like an ogre or harpy. Even then the majority of them were fairly harmless. None had actual Remnants. He sighed, "Well this is the only information I have so far, maybe it will actually lead me somewhere."However, as he turned around a smile grew on his face. "Back to the field," he thought happily thinking of this next part of his journey. The field was a term he used for where the action occurs. It was where battles took place, quests were completed, and history happens. Rouen didn't care if this cave turned out to be just some abandoned spookhole. He was a knight. The field, whether it be some cave, castle, forest, or a plain landscape was his duty. It was where he found his purpose. He walked toward the bar where there was an empty bowl of soup and half a mug of ale. Shuffling through his pouch he put down two silver coins. Looking at the big man who looked like the bartender Rouen said, "This should cover the stew," he said. He then put another silver coin down, "And this is for the lady. Please pass on my compliments." He turned and it looked like people in the bar seemed to be crowding over the message board. "So many people willing to help each other. This may be a fay tavern but the community seems to be healthy. It must be the human aspect," he thought. His eyes shifted to some of the more conspicuous folks. There was a woman wearing a robe made of a swirl of vibrant colors. "She must be important, I've only seen diplomats and high nobility wear such expensive gowns," he thought and couldn't help but admire her figure. He next looked at the one-armed village girl and glared. "Bah, someone will teach her manners one day. I shouldn't overreact like that again, it is beneath my station," he thought. Smile on his face, Rouen turned towards the tavern door and began to walk onto the road.

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Alright, well it seems like this slows down on Saturdays. @pure493, do you want to post the next response? We're going on the same mission, but I think Tahira would sooner ask to join someone than ask for others to join her. Priest also stated the danger of the mission, and Rouen is their to hear him.

@Guilty Spark

Rouen will probably leave the tavern separately from the others for the quest. I just put up a post that will explain why he doesn't take the priest's warning seriously. Character-wise he thinks he can handle this mission on his own. I was thinking that Tahira and Kat will head out together to search for this cave, and Rouen will happen to meet them on the road. After that well, it is up to our characters :P.

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We shall see

<Snipped quote by pure493> Rouen seems to take an interest in magic, he might think of it as his duty to make sure rare magical gems aren't just sitting in the forest for any evil to take. That could keep him stuck at the tavern for a while. 666th OOC Post goes to me.

@Guilty Spark

We shall see which road Rouen takes heh.

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In the meantime, I believe I will have to come out with a good believable reason as to why rouen would even conduct a quest on a mission board. He is currently focused on the threat that the remnants are. We shall see as the interactions between rouen and the priest pan out.