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Morgulion An accurate depiction from Cornholes Since: May, 2009
An accurate depiction
#176: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:20:10 PM

Gant looked up. "Conversing. However... feel anything odd about this place? Maybe from that way?" He points in the direction of the west wing.

He realizes that he can still worm tendrils of metal down between the stones and examine the place by touch if not by sight. He lets his hand trail to the wall, and in a few moments thin worms are dancing into the west wing, slithering over the floor in search of something.

And then there is a sharp shock as something pins them, biting into the metal. Gant yanks back, Pulling his hand back from the wall, hurriedly draining the last vestiges of the metal.

"Yes," he says haggardly. "Certainly something is there. Something that might not be quite as we are."

edited 3rd Apr '11 6:20:39 PM by Morgulion

This is this.
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#177: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:21:54 PM

Kiyoi looked over at him. "Huh? Okay. If you say so. I'm old, though. I still remember the days when computers had tape drives, that should say something..." He examined the diagrams in the book, then snapped the parts together, assembling it in about ten minutes.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#178: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:24:29 PM

This time, assembly took longer.

Once it was done, the Robot Maid's eyes lighted up, and it rolled backwards. It's arms flailed and its parts rotated as it checked that everything was functional. After it was done, it stood still, and looked both ways.

"Finding master..." it said. She then zoomed towards Viktor's direction.

TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#179: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:26:59 PM

"Oh, wow," said David. "The robot's already got its master programmed in? That's weird." Like everything else here. "I mean, the box was still sealed when it came here, so it should still have factory settings. Unless someone else preprogrammed it. But why would they do that?"

KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#180: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:28:35 PM

Alister dragged himself up from his balled up position on the marble staircase. The shock was fading, maybe he could finally think a little more logically. Thoughts formed and came into focus, a step further than before. He nodded in approval. This was good.

He looked around. A small rectangular window sat just within eye's view about fifty steps up. The staircase was marble, likely a thin layer on top of a less expensive base. In that case, decibel rating of a mindful human footstep would be somewhere around 25-30 dB, the rough equivalent of a whisper. If he spaced his steps carefully, he could avoid drawing further attention to his presence while making his way to the window. Opening it would be another matter.

He grinned, holding in a sigh of relief. He had a plan, or the start of one. Time to see if he could implement it.

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Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#181: Apr 3rd 2011 at 6:37:58 PM

"Um..." Noah interrupted, "There's not really much in the West wing. Just the entrance to the lab, Viktor's study, Grandpa Vince's room, my room, and the rooms of the subjects..."

Fuck! I just called Vince grandpa again!

edited 3rd Apr '11 6:50:47 PM by Motree

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#182: Apr 3rd 2011 at 7:27:59 PM

OOC: Better get close to another person's character.

Oh, by the way, this might be Shameless plugging, but please check the link in my sig. We need more roleplayers.

"Grandpa Vince, you say?"

Ian appeared behind them, as if he teleported out of nowhere. In actuality, he used his enhanced sense of hearing and his speed to catch up to them.

"Well," Ian said, folding his arms, "That just can't be it. We should look in the lab."

edited 3rd Apr '11 7:44:42 PM by chihuahua0

PsychoFreaX Card-Carrying Villain >:D from Transcended Humanity Since: Jan, 2010
#183: Apr 3rd 2011 at 7:41:01 PM

Hmm, this man may just be as weird as I am, Lucas thought. Then needing more of Gants support Lucas whispered to him, "Gant, what if I told you we're to be used as lab rats in this castle's laboratory?"

Of course Lucas didn't believe this just yet. But it is a possibility that these people just happened to be honest about the research part. If not then it can only mean something worse.

edited 3rd Apr '11 7:42:53 PM by PsychoFreaX

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Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#184: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:21:19 PM

"Hey, no. No." Noah told them. "No way. It's completely off-limits to people that don't have clearance to be there. Which none of you have, so you're not going in there."

He caught Lucas whispering to Gant, "WHAT?! No! They don't to that kind of stuff here! Are you mad?! The scientists only work with people if they have their consent!"

edited 3rd Apr '11 8:23:06 PM by Motree

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#185: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:25:05 PM

"Oh, that won't stop me," Ian said. He walked to the entrance to the lab, and gave the doorknob a jiggle. He hadn't been this adventourous in a long time, for years...Maybe it was the fact that all the stress of being with his "society" had been released by the castle, and it made him think that he was having an adventure.

The door was locked, of course. There was a mechanical device on the doorknob, with a key lock.

KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY
#186: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:41:43 PM

The window was within reach. He double-checked the measurements to make sure he'd fit. A few quick calculations backed up his previous measurement of twenty six inches by fifty inches. It'd do.

Now he just needed to chart a path down to the maintenance room. An estate this large had to have one. He wasn't quite sure where such a room would be (he wasn't clairvoyant), so instead he decided to look for a way to ground level that would attract the least attention. From there, he'd make his way to the maintenance room and start fiddling with a few things. It didn't matter what, he just needed a distraction.

He hoisted himself out the window, but stopped halfway through, sitting on the windowsill with half his body caught in the humid downpour. Then what? Call HQ, let them know some serious shit's going down here and that I need backup!

But if he did that, he'd just be back at square one. The unnoticeable nobody, never doing anything, never making a difference. He couldn't bear to feel like that again. He couldn't just sit back and watch people suffer and die anymore. He wouldn't. Besides, now he had power.

If those with power don't step up and take responsibility, then who will?

He dragged himself out the window. Okay, maintenance room, distraction. And then? He'd start playing a few games with these bastards.

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#187: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:46:21 PM

"Oh, by the way," David asked Kenneth, "I was meaning to ask you. Do you know if there's a library in this castle?"

These guys aren't a very talkative bunch.

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#188: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:56:21 PM

"Uh, east wing, at the end of the ground floor hallway."


Viktor went back to thinking and settled into his routine of staring into space and tapping a pencil on his desk.

Then, he heard the doorknob jiggle.

"What now?"

And then it opened, revealing a... Robot... Maid.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#189: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:56:25 PM

Isaac stormed from his room, a new determination visibly burning in his heart. A gleam of obsession glowed in his eyes, and his mouth was curled into a snarl. As soon as he found Gant, he said, "alright, you giant motherfucker. I know you smell the same bullshit I do. You may be the biggest, meanest, toughest bastard here, but you gonna listen to me, because right now, you in my world. You, new guys." He pointed to Lucas and Ian. "Don't do anything stupid. I don't care who — or what — you assholes are, I'm pretty damn sure you wouldn't know a world-changing discovery from a freshman lab manual."

Then he glared down at Noah. "And you... listen very closely. Get in our way, and I will show you pain. I don't give a shit if you a vampire, a hellspawn, a werewolf. I'm the one thing worse than all of that: a scary black man from the wrong part of Detroit. I will fucking break you, and I don't, Gant will. So if I were you, I'd be really helpful; the more you tell us, the less we'll have to break. And don't threaten me with your connections or your money, either. I work for Western Amalgamated, and we are to agricultural chemicals what Microsoft is to software. If Sigmund calls the president of the United States and tells him to bomb this shitty little island, it is gone, and he'll have his gas-masked lackeys swarming this place picking through the rubble."

He returned his attention to Gant, Ian and Lucas. "Listen up. I am going to find out what secrets are in this place, even if I have to tear this castle apart brick by fucking brick. If you motherfuckers ain't in it for the long haul — if you just gonna nose about a bit then shit yourselves when the going gets tough — stay out of my goddamn way. Noah, you coming with us. Gant, make sure that motherfucker doesn't squirm away; I don't want him squealing on us."

edited 3rd Apr '11 8:58:42 PM by KillerClowns

PsychoFreaX Card-Carrying Villain >:D from Transcended Humanity Since: Jan, 2010
#190: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:57:56 PM

"Sorry," Lucas appologized dishonestly. Though Lucas was impressed by Noah's ability to be conscious of his surrounding. "So would you say I'm being a little too paranoid?"

Though Lucas knows, especially from the society he's working for, that it's not so easy to get consents for any kind of experiments. Particularly the more dangerous kinds or ones that require deception. Especially for researchers studying viruses.

(sigh) nija'd again

edited 3rd Apr '11 9:00:33 PM by PsychoFreaX

Help?.. please...
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#191: Apr 3rd 2011 at 9:04:39 PM

The Robot Maid rolled over to Viktor, rocking its body. It then stop at the desk, back up while making a wirring sound...and scanned Viktor with a beam from its eyes.

"Idenifying secondary master..." it announced, directing a red beam all over his body. After a few seconds, the beam disappeared, and it bowed.

"Hello, I am ROSANNA." the Robot Maid said with a calm robotic voice, like one someone would hear over a recorded airplane intercom, "How may I serve you?


Ian looked over Issac. He was considering the irony of his "werewolf and vampire" statement.

"So you're afraid one of us is a spy that will blow the whistle?" Ian asked, walking around Issac with his hands behind his back, "Don't worry, I'm an expert at things like this."

He wasn't hiding the fact that he wasn't acting like a normal young man would act. That wasn't important.

edited 3rd Apr '11 9:06:50 PM by chihuahua0

PsychoFreaX Card-Carrying Villain >:D from Transcended Humanity Since: Jan, 2010
#192: Apr 3rd 2011 at 9:08:55 PM

"Isaac, I see you're as diplomatic as ever," Lucas remarked. Then decided it's better to cooperate or at least make him think he is, "But if that's your way then sure. I'll be following."

edited 3rd Apr '11 9:16:08 PM by PsychoFreaX

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KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#193: Apr 3rd 2011 at 9:19:10 PM

OOC: Okay, so Alister is on his way to wreck a few things in maintenance. Set off a few alarms, maybe short out the fusebox. I'm using this as a sort of learning opportunity for this character. He's supposed to be a superhero deconstruction and lesson number one today is that actions many heroes regularly perform often have serious unintended consequences. To that end, I was thinking he'd knock out some personnel and maybe start a fire. This would be a good time for his swift capture to put an end to his perceived "heroics" and for him to realize that the men he just incapicitated are in real danger of permanently losing certain brain functions and that he almost destroyed an innocent man's home. How does this sound to you guys?

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PsychoFreaX Card-Carrying Villain >:D from Transcended Humanity Since: Jan, 2010
#194: Apr 3rd 2011 at 9:22:02 PM

[up] Go ahead. I always thought this was shared for everyone to write as we go along. Besides, it's getting difficult to get the plot moving any other way anyway.

edited 3rd Apr '11 9:25:16 PM by PsychoFreaX

Help?.. please...
Morgulion An accurate depiction from Cornholes Since: May, 2009
An accurate depiction
#195: Apr 3rd 2011 at 9:25:45 PM

Gant stood, slammed a fist to his chest with a resounding boom of tungsten. What a change mere frustration had wrought in his once-timid ally! Truly, this was a man to respect, perhaps even to follow, for might showed itself in myriad forms, and here was one that required no violence, perhaps superior even to his breed of warrior-philosophy.

"That, my friend," he said quietly, "is the demeanor for which men would and should gladly die. It is a true warrior's spirit, perhaps even that of a king. Lead on and let us see what lurks in the depths of this fascinating place."

This is this.
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY
#196: Apr 3rd 2011 at 9:44:40 PM

OOC: And here we go!

Tendrils of smoke whispered their way through the hallways, setting off a slew of alarms. The lights crackled and grew dark, throwing the mansion into total darkness, bar the faint glow of the growing fire. Alister had begun his game.

He sat waiting in the darkness. In his left hand he held a 9mm pistol. His right curled around a taught thread and he had a knife clenched blade outwards in his jaw. Come get me assholes.

Night.

edited 3rd Apr '11 9:53:32 PM by KSPAM

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Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#197: Apr 4th 2011 at 3:27:50 AM

Oh God, what now?..., thought Noah as the lights went out. Here he was, the hostage of these men, one of whom he'd just had a very interesting conversation with and was starting to warm up to a bit. And now the power's out!

Noah trembled, more out of fear than anything else. Both for his life and because he knew it was only a matter of time before his panic would cause him to hear voices again.

Oh man... Anaru... Uncle Jesse... Where are you two?

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#198: Apr 4th 2011 at 4:31:34 AM

Some of them flinched as the alarms blared, and the lights in the hallway went out one by one. Within seconds, they were almost in complete darkness, save for a few lights.

"Hmm," Ian said, looking around, "It looks like we got found out,"

He jiggled the doorknob to the lab again. This time, it opened. The alarms must've disabled the lock. Without hesitation, he slipped through the door.


Meanwhile, ROSANNA was zooming around the place, with its night vision on.

"Everyone calm down," it said, "Go to your proper areas."

She zoomed into the west wing.


OOC: Good job with the alarms. I used it as an excuse to get Ian forward to whatever is in the lab. Let's put some wacked-out stuff in there.

Any theories about my characters?

TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#199: Apr 4th 2011 at 5:35:17 AM

"Thanks," David said, and headed off to the library.

Then the lights went out and screwed up all his plans.

He pulled his small flashlight out of his jacket and clicked it on. He flicked the beam around and noticed a group of four or five heading toward the west wing. Good. Some like-minded people. He followed them. It looked like Isaac was the leader.

When they reached the door to the west wing, he ran up and tapped Isaac on the shoulder. "Hey," he said, "mind if I join you? There's always safety in numbers."

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#200: Apr 4th 2011 at 5:41:10 AM

The horde of labcoat-clad scientists working on their subject, a teenage boy, stared up in disbelief. The boy was laying on a table in the center of the room with an IV in his arm and texting with the other, and all that could be seen when the lights went out were his phone's screen, the safety lights near the doors, and the boy's crescent-shaped... halo.

"...The fuck?" He laid his phone on his chest and closed it one-handed as a scientist removed the IV that was in his other arm.

"Cyrus, let's go."

Everyone, including him, got up and headed into the foyer.


Kenneth and Kiyoi stopped in their tracks in the bar as the lights went out.

"The hell..." the old man said in exasperation. "Must be one of those 'guests', quote quote."

The two got up and headed to the foyer as they waited for the lights to come back on.


Viktor got up and headed outside as an elven man clothed in white bolted on by.

"Anaru, send Jesse and Cyrus to the cellar!"

"Understood!"

Viktor followed him downstairs. Why would anyone want to do this?


Anaru hurried through the throng of scientists, shoving through them as he searched for Cyrus and his halo.

"Your father wants you and Jesse to check the cellar at once. We suspect that it is an intruder."

"Fine." He nodded.

Cyrus headed towards the east cellar door, then held his hand out towards thin air as he focused, allowing his halo to sense for the ghost. Come on, Jesse. Let's go. He said as he waited for the ghost to come in a flash of light.

I may add more in a bit.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."

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