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All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

Short post up. It's brief, but sets up the next few.

I lost a very good friend today, and so I'm not sure I'll be active much in the following weeks. I'll still try and get a post up in the IC every week or so, though. Just don't expect me to do much outside of the IC for now. The same goes for UDC.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

September 5th, 2013. 11:26 am
Queens, New York



It had been a few days since my public little tiff with Gwen, and, as I had predicted, she was still giving me the cold shoulder. I had been giving her space, intending to let her approach me once she had forgiven me, but Mr. Davis, our Civics teacher, seemed to have other plans. We had been discussing the attack on the West Coast S.H.I.E.L.D. base that had taken place a few days before. Mr. Davis was explaining to the class the importance of the attack, and how it would likely be a critical turning point about something or other. To tell the truth, I hadn't really been paying much attention, which is why I was caught off guard when Mr. Davis announced our first project of the year and asked us all to pair up. I hadn't even registered what was going on, so caught up was I in my daydream about Liz Allan, until Gwen plopped down in the seat to the right of mine.

I looked over at her, startled, and asked lamely, "what's going on?"

She stared at me briefly before turning away. "I'm still mad at you."

"Then why are you talking to me?" Oh yeah, I was smooth.

Gwen whipped her head back to glare at me. "Because everyone else was taken, and you were all that was left."

'Huh?" I didn't follow.

She sighed, exasperated. "Great, you weren't even paying attention, were you? Look around, Peter," Gwen gestured at the other students who had similarly paired up.

I quickly figured out what was happening, embarrassed that I had been so slow on the uptake. "Oh. So, uh, what do we have to do?" I asked a little sheepishly.

"Mr. Davis is having us research events in history that we think had a significant impact; something similar to the recent Triskellion attack, and then we're supposed to juxtapose the two of them in a presentation we'll have to do in front of the class." Gwen held up a white slip of paper. "We have to pick a subject before class ends, and hand it in to Mr. Davis."

"Okay," I said, trying to come up with a worthy topic so I wasn't completely useless. "Well, why not go with that 'monster' attack on the city from last year. The one those four Future Foundation people fought. Both events involve superhuman teams combating supervillains of sorts."

Gwen frowned. "S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't a superhero organization, and you can't compare a Neo-Nazi terrorist strike with an accidental chemical spill that resulted in some freak mutation. They're not even close to the same thing, Peter."

Well, if I hadn't felt useless and stupid before...

"Here." Gwen said, passing me the slip of paper."I already chose Pearl Harbor, I just need you to put your name on it so I can hand it in."

"Oh." I took the piece of paper and scribbled my name down. I had to admit, it made much more sense than what I had suggested. Pearl Harbor and the Triskellion attacks were both assaults on non-civilian, U.S. installations. It was actually probably the most likely choice the others would decide on, which explained why Gwen was in a hurry to give Mr. Davis the topic paper. That, or she just wanted to get away from me as soon as possible. I hoped it was the former.

"Good." Gwen said, preparing to get up and leave. "We can meet later today to work on the research and decide on how we'll do the presentation."

"Actually, I can't today." I told her. "I'm going t swing by my Godfather's lab after school for a visit. Tomorrow, though? We can go to your house and work on it there."

Gwen was silent for a few seconds, but finally nodded in agreement. "Okay, but you better actually show up, Peter. If you don't..."

She didn't need to finish her sentence. I knew that if I wanted to repair our friendship I couldn't skip out on her. Not again.

'I'll be there, Gwen. I promise."

The school bell rang and she began to gather her stuff.

"You better." Gwen's voice was stern, but as she got up to hand the slip of paper into Mr. Davis I thought I saw a hint of a smile.

I vowed right then and there that I would be there tomorrow no matter what. I wasn't about to let Gwen down a second time, not when she was just letting me back in. Nothing short of a natural disaster would keep me away.

Ultimate Comics: DC - Shadows Among Us

Stein said
So, while waiting for a character to be looked over, is there anything we can do?

All pending apps are under review.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

Should have another post up tomorrow.

Ultimate Comics: DC - Shadows Among Us

Stein said
How much of a character's back story am I allowed to change? I know there are some things that, if changed, just wouldn't make sense at all. But namely, I'm referring to using Zauriel and changing his back story.

Were you the one who applied for Zauriel last time?

Ultimate Comics: DC - Shadows Among Us

Am I seeing things, Gowi, or are you using Marvel's Pixie in your Jinx banner?

Ultimate Comics: DC - Shadows Among Us

That might be awkward with the revised roles of the Lanterns from the last incarnation, and the addition of Kai Ro as the rookie GL of 2814.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

The point of the sample in this RP is to show how you will play the character you are applying as, not how you will play the character in another game. Submitting an IC post from a different game as the sample for this one shows no intent to vary the characterization of Domino between the two RPs.

But, once again, Ersatz, as the GM, didn't have a problem with it, so continuing to debate this in the OOC is no longer needed. If either of you two wish to continue this, or should any other friends of Yoshi be tempted to weigh in, please do so by sending me a PM instead of further cluttering the OOC with something only one member of the RP seems to take issue with.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

Ruby said
Can the same character in two different games even exist? Yes, the starting point may be the same--but invariably each version of the character will have different experiences as the games, both in their playing out and conception, are two different games. Right?

Regardless of the different events that will occur, the history and personality of the characters are the same in both, and thus the portrayal in each game will be essentially the same. The very core of Domino is the same in both RPs, and that isn't changed simply because the situations presented in the two games won't be the same.

But, really, this conversation in regard to this particular character is no longer valid as the Domino app was already accepted. Feel free to continue it via PM, but I'd rather avoid cluttering the OOC with now irrelevant dialogue.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

Obviously I didn't believe you'd be posting your IC post from another game in the IC of this one.

YoshiSkittlez said
I don't want to play one Domino completely different than my other Domino; that just doesn't make sense to me.

That above section I can't say I believe in. I'd actually say the opposite; that if you have the same character in two different RP's, running them exactly the same in both almost defeats the point of it all, and hardly makes much sense.

But that's just one man's opinion.