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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#38001: Apr 19th 2019 at 10:37:08 PM

@Ryuhza: Is that a Dear Evan Hanson reference, you nerd?

Anyway, unless you're like screaming or you step in some leaves or something like that, the gems are mostly silent. The real way to get someone's attention with them is if they see a bright flash of light. In the daytime it'll be harder to tell (unless it's close) but at night...yeah.

Edit: LOL pagetopper.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Apr 19th 2019 at 1:37:46 PM

Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#38002: Apr 19th 2019 at 10:44:35 PM

I imagine it's a much broader reference than that. tongue

Good to know regarding the light, thanks.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#38003: Apr 20th 2019 at 8:11:01 AM

Thank goodness we're in a forest then. (Strange) Bright lights and forests go together.

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38004: Apr 20th 2019 at 11:35:35 AM

Morpho called for everybody's attention, "Everyone listen up, we have a problem. My memories just got sabotaged, and it sounds like I'm not the only victim. Raise your hand if the name Joseph sounds familiar."

"Who do you know who's named Joseph?"

"Keep your hand raised if you remember Joseph being a lizard."

"Keep your hand raised if you remember Joseph using these moonstones to turn himself human."

"Keep your hand raised if you remember Joseph forgetting us after turning human."

"Keep your hand raised if you remember thinking Joseph was acting weird besides the amnesia."

In the interest of efficient posting, should Morpho's list of queries be all in one post?


@Masterofchaos: By the way, every time a Mayatan has spoken with awareness that Maya should have been in earshot (if Maya had functioning ears), their telepathy has automatically put the words into her head in a format other than audio. It's one of those automatic quirks of Mayatan telepathy that contributes to Mequoql's claim of struggling with Power Incontinence. Even Nyorla, whose telepathic range doesn't cover the Transporter Room from her current position on the planet's surface, is capable of indirectly getting the info to Maya via mechanical assistance from the communication microchips and piggybacking off of Arnaya's telepathic range. What would make more sense — that automatic feature failing to activate because Nyorla hasn't been introduced to Maya yet, or Aynara's awareness of Maya's presence initiating a brainstorm with Nyorla to activate that automatic feature?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Apr 20th 2019 at 12:02:00 PM

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Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#38005: Apr 20th 2019 at 12:53:59 PM

In the interest of efficient posting, should Morpho's list of queries be all in one post?

Makes sense to me.

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#38006: Apr 20th 2019 at 1:04:10 PM

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Oh, Maya "heard" her—she's just confused as to why her friends jumped just because someone was talking through the intercom. Sorry for not making that clear.

That first option could work, though.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Apr 20th 2019 at 4:07:54 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38007: Apr 20th 2019 at 2:48:57 PM

she's just confused as to why her friends jumped just because someone was talking through the intercom

Oh, that's what it was. Never mind then.

By the way, you keep reversing the q and the o in Sarquoql's name. It's weird, I haven't noticed you making the same mistake with Mequoql when she was interacting with the Not-Chaos-Hunters.


@Mroh: I think I'm imagining Alexa's monstrous voice accurately based on your written description, I'm just trying to find a closer approximation to what I'm imagining than Dr. Lazarus's voice. I'm of the opinion that Dr. Lazarus's voice is too gentle — the enhancement is less of a rumble and more of a lilting hiss that too closely matches the equally lilting words in pitch. I looked around and found this ClayMation video note  of The Tempest, and I think that Ariel's voice when (s)he? berates Prospero's marooners is the best example I can scavenge of a voice where the words themselves are on a feminine set of tones but the voice's enhancement produces tones at lower pitches than the words (and thus the enhancement is more deserving of the "under" part of the word "undercurrent"). Ariel's voice does not have the rumbling that I'm imagining for Alexa, but I couldn't find an exact match to my imagination, only one that I think is close enough.

By the way, Mroh, I'm curious — is English your native language or not?


@Millership: Knowing how the HeDGe works and that it's a container with no buttons on it is good to know. What about straps or handles or something, are there any of those on the HeDGe?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Apr 20th 2019 at 3:34:28 AM

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#38008: Apr 20th 2019 at 4:52:41 PM

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I'm sorry...I'll edit that post now.

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38010: Apr 20th 2019 at 8:59:00 PM

[up] In that case... hmmm... how about it looks like an oversized wrist watch but with a sphere or hemisphere instead of a disk, with too many weirdly-shaped hands, and nonsensical inscriptions instead of numbers? I don't know where that idea popped into my head from, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced that I'm probably not being original...

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Apr 20th 2019 at 9:02:16 AM

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Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#38012: Apr 21st 2019 at 1:17:59 AM

I think I'm waiting for Will in the Hummingbird, right? Now that the two groups are temporarily adjoined?

Got some school work I need to get on top of anyway. Safe bet is busy 'til Tuesday. More likely I get bored before then.

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Mroh Since: Dec, 2018
#38013: Apr 21st 2019 at 1:43:39 PM

@Miss_Desperado yes. And yes, that's what I was trying to describe! Guess I sort of had to hear it for myself. Is it okay if I use the multiple vocal cords idea? The thicker ones are farther down her throat and her human ones are in the usual spot.

Edited by Mroh on Apr 21st 2019 at 6:51:08 AM

Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
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#38014: Apr 21st 2019 at 9:57:39 PM

Spent most of the day on Dreams doing a sculpt of Oswald. I know he's not in Adventure, he was just the first one I tried to tackle. Neither complete nor perfect, but I'm still learning and I thought it was good enough to share. Gonna try David and a few others when I get the time.

I dunno about my regular human characters though. Not sure if I'd ever be happy enough with them to share. Too uncanny and all that. tongue

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Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#38015: Apr 21st 2019 at 10:12:49 PM

Sarquoql looked in the mirror and was pleased to see that he looked like a grass-green dragon in halfway-to-human form. He angled the mirror to get a quick look at Mael's disguise, then nodded in satisfaction.

MAXIMUM STEALTH

I'm joking, though I do wonder how others are gonna react to Sarquoql now.

Edited by Masterofchaos on Apr 21st 2019 at 1:13:24 PM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38016: Apr 22nd 2019 at 9:52:48 AM

[up][up][up]I thought you were already using shapeshifting vocal cords... oh I think I see what you're getting at — shapeshifting and un-shifting a second set of vocal cords at will? Yeah, go ahead, I'm pretty sure I wasn't the first one to come up with that anatomy idea. I've got two different versions of that idea — the Mayatans have their double sets of vocal cords in a single voicebox so the tones stay somewhat similar to each other, while the dragons, dragonhorses and Viporises have multiple voiceboxes for extreme, multi-octave tonal differences.


[up]Well, the planet's locals have pretty much Seen It All. If a demon summoning an eldritch-looking meat puppet in a duel is met with a waitress sighing "Third time this week," then the locals aren't going to bat an eye at an individual with a humanoid musculoskeletal system in draconic scaly skin. Also, Sarquoql was thinking of how to disguise his mind as well as his body, and how the kind of sentient dragons who can shapeshift to human form have a mental structure that happens to look a lot like how his own mind is trying to juggle his identity and his fabricated alias's identity.

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:02:09 AM

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Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
It's a bird.
#38017: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:59:18 AM

[up] Yeah, that line was a joke on my part but I still figure it makes sense for this kind of setting. Especially now that they've got their own vaguely eldritch abomination-esque entity to keep all the other weirdness in town from getting too dangerous.

Having a busy work week, but I'm working on a post. Nice to see that apocalemur is feeling better again.

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
Mroh Since: Dec, 2018
#38018: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:39:30 AM

[up][up] Actually, I was going for her being able to switch which vocal cords she's using and being able to use both at once if she wants.

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#38019: Apr 22nd 2019 at 1:58:34 PM

What in the holy hell is happening to the text in this thread??

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38020: Apr 22nd 2019 at 2:12:56 PM

[up] I'm not seeing what you're seeing, so I've got a Confused Question Mark above my head.


@Ryuhza: Both our characters got the idea to disarm each other at the same time....

Mequoql didn't know which character was in the driver's seat, and because she was in battle-trance, she didn't care to waste time trying to figure it out. Driven by "muscle" memory, she reached out with her innate telekinesis — not through the gem she was holding — and made a grab for the gem that Joseph was holding right when somebody made a telekinetic grab for her own gem.

...so is it okay if I follow up the attempts with both gems flying through the air and swapping owners?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Apr 22nd 2019 at 2:13:13 AM

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nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#38021: Apr 22nd 2019 at 2:16:08 PM

Every link (such as the one you just made) has yellow highlighting. It's rather hideous.

Edit: NVM, apparently there's a "highlight links" option in your profile. Mine somehow got set to on.

Edited by nrjxll on Apr 22nd 2019 at 4:17:01 AM

Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38022: Apr 22nd 2019 at 2:22:04 PM

[up] (checks to see what that looks like) Eew, that's unfortunate! I guess I got lucky then — all that happened to me was I had to turn forum "gingerbread" off again.


@Millership: Are you still thinking about Iolana? Because I just finished drafting a moufreta distraction for the horses and I'm wondering whether or not to post it.

Does anybody want to take control of the moufreta after I introduce them, or shall I continue the work of painting a picture of the collective juveniles in the world as a Goldfish Poop Gang?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Apr 22nd 2019 at 3:10:28 AM

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Ryuhza Brother from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
Brother
#38023: Apr 22nd 2019 at 2:55:59 PM

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I had imagined that the gem would just be transported from Mequoql's had to Joseph's in an instant, like with the gems she had recalled earlier— the ones that Henry had accidentally sent away. But if you'd like to do an aerial crisscross, I s'pose I can work with that.

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Miss_Desperado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YD2i1FzUYA from somewhere getting rained on by Puget Sound Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#38024: Apr 22nd 2019 at 4:24:40 PM

Is Lerna still having nightmares? Varla's seduction-snare spells are set to start siphoning energy from Lerna as soon as Lerna is aware that Varla is touching her, and Varla is about to do something that'll make all the energy she's currently conducting visible.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#38025: Apr 22nd 2019 at 5:07:13 PM

[up]Yes, but she's recovering from it. I'm presuming the 15 minutes is up or almost up and the drug is wearing off.


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