Line #13 Roleplay/SCODE


1	->"And after the First, came a great many, for the gods were impatient and wanted to enter the universe already seriously omg this is going to take forever if we wait in line. But alas, the door was far too small for such behavior, and a cry went up among the masses: 'no guys stop pushing we can't all go in at once!' In time, the universe rang with the resulting commotion until none could hear a thing over all that ruckus. And this event became known as the First Shenanigan."
2	-->--'''[[NiceGirl Crystal]]''', ''more or less [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} summing up the RP.]]''
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4	Not long ago, tens of thousands of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fans around the world came together, guided by the [[EldritchAbomination Horrorterrors]] in a game of Sburb with a twist. From them, they learned the universe they were destined to create would prove defective, the game its inhabitants would play doomed to failure. Worse yet one of its players, [[BigBad Chronos]], would, in his hunger for power slaughter his fellows, making his way to our universe in a bid to correct his own’s creation and guarantee his victory. Left alone these actions would cement his seat of power and state as threat to [[TheMultiverse Paradox Space]] at large, but by destroying the frog Chronos bred and initiating a Scratch the players managed to erase his universe from the flow of Paradox Space and him with it, [[ResetButtonEnding at the cost of their memories and experiences.]]
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6	Fast forward a few days. In the wake of the Scratch life is back to normal, and all is seemingly as it should be. But of course, it’s never ‘that’ easy; as former players begin to [[EasyAmnesia regain their memories]], they learn things didn’t end as neatly as they’d thought last time, and with old foes and new allies alike along for the ride they engage in an even more high-stakes game of Sburb that could shake Paradox Space to its very core…
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8	A hybrid [[PlayByPostGames Roleplay]]/[[AlternateRealityGame ARG]], SCODE is a FanSequel to the highly-popular Sbarg ARG, following a group of players engaging in yet another world-defying adventure. The main blog can be found [[http://heroes-are-forever-gods.tumblr.com here]], a resource containing an FAQ, timeline, and list of important players can be found [[http://scodehq.tumblr.com/ here]], and the wiki, a WIP, can be found [[http://scode.wikia.com/wiki/SCODE_Wiki here]].
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10	!! SCODE contains examples of.
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12	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: All over the place.
13	* AchievementsInIgnorance: During the Black Queen Fight, when NC reached through a force field to retrieve the Ring because he forgot the said force field was there.
14	* AffablyEvil: Afterman and Gambit are both pleasant individuals when they're not committing heinous acts.
15	* AGodAmI: Afterman, Dynast, Gambit, and CA all have these moments.
16	* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Gambit.]] Laika too, before she turned out to be FakingTheDead.
17	* AntiHero: CA (Type III), EB (Type II)
18	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Tons. In addition to the RP running on this trope, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Raz]] more or less ''weaponizes'' it, using his knowledge of various fictional magic systems to create conditions to emulate them. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Projection]] and [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Vector Manipulation]] are just two examples.
19	* BeingEvilSucks: Becoming the [[HumanoidAbomination Singer of the Angelic Choir]] destroys your mind and puts you at odds with almost all of your friends. Becoming the Singer was also necessary for most of Gambit's evil plans.
20	* BerserkButton: Messing with Gambit’s head is a pretty major one for her.
21	* {{BFS}}: Phoenix, Phil, and Raz are just a few of the many characters wielding massive blades; Phil's Darksteel Time Ripper is a six-and-a-half foot Nodachi, Phoenix's Emerald Ice is a scepter that can [[SwissArmyWeapon transform into a six-foot sword and be fitted with a sniper rifle and/or scythe attachment]], and Raz's Continuum Saber has the explicit ability to grow to even more massive heights. ([[AwesomeButImpractical Becoming almost impossible to wield in a straight-up fight as a result.]])
22	* BigBadEnsemble: At least three villainous factions exist; The remnants of the [[{{Cult}} Cult of Chronos]] consisting of Prometheus and Hyperion, the BigBadDuumvirate of Afterman and Gambit, and Chronos himself.
23	* BittersweetEnding: SCODE ends with a PyrrhicVictory thanks to the HeroicSacrifice made by [[spoiler: Aria, Echo, and Cherie', whose corruption levels won't let them go through the door that the other Players have successfully created with their help]].
24	* BlindSeer: Kaeri, who [[EyeScream clawed out her own eyes]] in a [[FreakOut vain attempt]] to [[SanitySlippage get rid of the]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation visions of the future]] her Title (Seer of Time) grants her. She wears a [[BlindfoldedVision blindfold]] to save the rest of the world from seeing her scars.
25	* BornLucky: Gambit, and eventually Laika, especially after Ascending as fully realised Thief of Light. Hyperion too, until his death.
26	* CameBackWrong: The Afterman's revival as the [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil Draconian Dynast]] completely wiped out any traces of his [[LoveRedeems growing conscience]] and left him as a callous monster interested only in wanton destruction.
27	* CardCarryingVillain: Both figuratively and literally in Gambit's case.
28	* CardsOfPower: Angel's Game, Gambit's deck of angelically corruptive cards capable of creating [[ConfusionFu any number of harmful effects]].
29	* CassandraTruth: Though Gambit always tells the truth, the heroes don't always believe or trust her. Justified in that despite her [[AffablyEvil demeanor]] she ''is'' a villain at the end of the day.
30	* TheChessmaster: CA.
31	* CooldownHug: MS gives these to Gambit regularly.
32	* TheCorruption: Angelic corruption, caused by an over-saturation of Hope energy, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity leads to incredible strength and megalomania at the cost of one's humanity.]] On the other side of the spectrum Grimdarkness/ Eldritch Corruption exists, inducing apathy rather then insanity while providing similar boosts.
33	* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: [[ConsummateLiar CA]] and Gambit use these. As they see it the truth doesn't have to be [[NonAnswer helpful]], just [[MathematiciansAnswer technically correct]].
34	* CypherLanguage: The various corrupted languages.
35	* DarkAndTroubledPast: CA’s past self in SBARG [[spoiler: committed terrible acts to set the events that created SCODE in motion]] and brought it up to the present CA many times.
36	* DarkIsNotEvil: Echo fights with Grimdarkness and a [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronimcon]]-empowered bass. He's also one of the central heroes. Zig-zagged in that he's [[GoodIsNotNice not a very nice guy]].
37	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: CA, after [[spoiler: [[KilledOffForReal killing Laika]],]] returns to see the other Players [[spoiler: cross into the new universe]] and [[HeroicBSOD was faced with the complete worthlessness of his actions]] while still having [[spoiler: blood on his hands]]. This led to his DespairEventHorizon, which he was brought back from by a RousingSpeech by Aria, Echo, and MS.
38	* DiedHappilyEverAfter: In the dream bubbles [[spoiler: Gambit is reunited with the original Afterman, finding peace with her love in death.]]
39	* TheDragon: Gambit to Afterman and later Dynast, although their relationship more closely resembles a BigBadDuumvirate.
40	* DragonAscendant: After Afterman's [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]] and brief disappearance, Gambit decides to carry on with his original plans, and even goes so far as to declare herself the 'Ascendant Dragon'.
41	* DragonRider: Tomias kicked the trend off and before his Land was destroyed Gambit made a point of saving eight of its young dragon consorts. She, Cherie, Aria, Echo, Phil, Sigma, Amanda, Phoenix, and Airy all became riders, and soon even the Pirates got in on the act with dragons of their own.
42	* EvilFeelsGood: Channeling angelic power is ''very'' [[PowerHigh addictive]]. Not to mention Gambit just has a thing for murder.
43	* EvilWeapon: Many. Angel's Game, Dust and Ruin, and most of Cherie's weapons are the most notable examples.
44	* FaceHeelTurn: After Gambit learned MS destroyed some of her memory from the previous Session, she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero decided Afterman's side was more suited to her]].
45	* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Gambit and Laika, natch.
46	* FakeTwinGambit: During the period [[spoiler: Laika]] was presumed dead she regularly impersonated [[spoiler: Gambit]].
47	* FalseReassurance: Another favorite of Gambit's.
48	* FoeRomanceSubtext: All over the place when it comes to Gambit, who has possible feelings for no less then ''three'' of the heroes.
49	* FriendToPsychos: CA to Gambit-- sometimes the other way around, too.
50	* GadgeteerGenius: Daedalus, and after picking up on his example Raz. The former was a master inventor who's crowning achievement was a bifurcated [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] and the later is exceptional at creating weapons and rare items, enough so that after a short period studying said robot he was able to churn out his own [[MiniMecha mechs]]. His own crowning achievement is a [[CoolStarship modified battleship dubbed the Gespenst MK. 2]].
51	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Channeling the Choir's power creates this effect, and the Singer has it on a more or less permanent basis.
52	* GunsAkimbo: Both Raz and Phoenix.
53	* HeroWithAnFInGood: Laika tries to be a good guy. She's just... [[SociopathicHero not very good at it.]]
54	--->'''AD''': Um, that wasn't one of those good guy things, was it? ... Oops.
55	* HeelFaceTurn: After [[spoiler: Gambit's death, Laika]] joins the good guys, in part to get a shot at the Dynast.
56	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: CA’s main excuse for everything he does in the name of preserving the Alpha Timeline.
57	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Par the course for a Sburb RP, you'd be hard pressed to find an outfit that ''isn't'' this.
58	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Hoo, boy... Where to even start?
59	* InstrumentOfMurder: Dust and Ruin, Echo's Eldritch bass.
60	* IntelligibleUnintelligible: The corrupted tongues and all who speak them.
61	* InvisibilityCloak: Any of the four Items (Queen's Rings/King's Sceptres) from Gambit and Afterman's Void Session qualify, in the hands of a sufficiently inhuman user. Guess what high levels of corruption or status as game construct can lead to.
62	* LethalLavaLand: The Land of Age and Bridges. Mind you, this is the '''[[FromBadToWorse least]]''' threatening [[GeniusLoci thing]] [[EldritchLocation about]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou it]].
63	* LightIsNotGood: Gambit pulls this two ways, both a Thief of Light and master of (un)holy angelic corruption.
64	* LivingDream / AlternateSelf: Dreamselves by nature. Laika and RT are special examples, gaining autonomy and their [[DivergentCharacterEvolution own personalities]], not to mention deity/ghost status.
65	* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Dynast lets the Players to fight the Black Queen and steal her Ring so that he can step in and take it in the aftermath without having to dirty his hands
66	* MadLove: Gambit to Dynast. Wears off eventually, but not soon enough.
67	* TheMagicPokerEquation: Invoked by Gambit on a regular basis.
68	* ManipulativeBastard: Both Gambit and CA are experts at manipulation and mind games.
69	* MemoryGambit: Gambit had one of these going for a while as a precaution against any would-be mental intruders, wiping her mind with Cherie's help to keep plans out of sight until they became relevant. Ends up paying off, as when Kelsey steals her mind she doesn't get any information on those plans herself.
70	* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Aria's killing Gambit.]]
71	* MindRape: The Dynast's fraymotif Mind Break, an attack that inflicts every regret, doubt, and fear of its target on them. Considering the [[DysfunctionJunction general mental state of the cast]], this is often debilitating
72	* MoralityPet: In a weird version of this Cherie is this for Gambit, who would be even ''more'' evil without her influence.
73	* MorphWeapon: Emerald Dream, a gift from Phoenix to Raz. And '''how'''. A sword that can transform into a shotgun (modified to be able to [[SecondaryFire shoot grenades]]), along with, after some modifications, a [[GatlingGood gattling gun]], anti-tank rifle, [[DeadlyDisc bladed glaive]], and rocket launcher.
74	* MotiveDecay: In-universe: Eventually Gambit ''herself'' forgets her original intentions.
75	* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Gambit's view on matters.
76	* NecessarilyEvil: CA to an extent. Subverted as all CA’s “evil” actions were lies as a part of a ZeroApprovalGambit.
77	* OffstageVillainy: Gambit's constant murder of off-screen players
78	* PsychicBlockDefense: One of Raz's powers as Knight of Mind.
79	* PsychicLink: Laika and Gambit have this as a res, who's almost comically Single-mindedly focused on destruction for destruction's sake.
80	* RedemptionRejection: MS has made it quite clear that Gambit could have come back to the heroes' side and been welcomed at any point throughout this whole clusterfuck.
81	* RocketPoweredWeapon: One of Raz's swords, Rev Ripper.
82	* RippleEffectProofMemory: Particularly egregious considering many characters retain the ability to recall events that ''[[ResetButton technically did not happen]]''. Hand-waved by various unique explanations, all running the gamut of plausibility.
83	* ShootTheDog: CA killing Laika and MS. Later [[spoiler: subverted]] as [[spoiler: CA never actually killed Laika and used his powers to bring MS back to life as a player]].
84	* SoProudOfYou: Matt to Laika.
85	* SpiderSense: Gambit claims to have both plot and shipping senses. This may just be a cover-up for her to avoid revealing how much she already knows of the heroes' plans, but hey...
86	* {{Synchronization}}: The link between a Player and his/her dreamself. Especially pronounced in Gambit and Laika.
87	* ThatManIsDead: Pulled by the Afterman in reference to his past as Dante, and later the Dynast in reference to his past as the Afterman.
88	* TokenEvilTeammate: Laika.
89	* TranslatorBuddy: Kaeri to Gambit, before Darien tried to forbid the former from talking to the later. Otherwise, any slightly saner corrupt Player who's around to translate for another corrupt Player at the time.
90	* {{Troll}}: CA.
91	* UnholyMatrimony: Afterman and Gambit, living proof that love transcends things like morality and goodness.
92	* VillainsNeverLie: Played straight with Gambit. Subverted with Afterman/Dynast, who had no problem with lying though was initially viewed as against it, and CA, as his brackets indicated it when he did lie.
93	* VillainTeleportation: [[CardsofPower Diamonds Suit]]. Speed/Evasion. The face cards of this suit in the monstrously powerful deck Angel's Game generally wind up teleporting their user to a location ranging from a "more fortuitous" one to "the luckiest one possible." Combined with a [[InvisibilityCloak Void Ring]], this is a powerful ability.
94	* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Laika has invoked this one.
95	* WindsOfDestinyChange: Hyperion, as Lord of Light, could invoke this and more or less direct chance. Gambit and Laika have the ability to a slightly lesser extent.
96	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Gambit's delivery of the Sceptre to him the Dynast casually wipes his hands of her and leaves her to die at the hands of the heroes.
97	* ZeroApprovalGambit: CA [[spoiler: pretended to kill [[FakingTheDead Laika]] and [[CameBackStrong MS]] ]] and then acted like an [[InsaneEqualsViolent insane]], [[MonsterClown murderous]] Juggalo. It all worked out [[BittersweetEnding in the end]].
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