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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#376: May 16th 2011 at 8:18:05 PM

Actually, I'll go with Alex, since she is the only one of them from a realistic setting and sees how she goes. I'll just put Kevin, Finn, and Justice into the queue.

But now I can't have a Titanic-style Auto Erotica scene...

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#377: May 16th 2011 at 8:23:48 PM

I'll probably bring in Violet for Iceberg. I've done some retooling since her last appearance, so random violence shouldn't be nearly as much of an issue.

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#378: May 16th 2011 at 8:35:06 PM

violet is psycho girl, right? oh goody. maybe not random violence, but random psychosis would be fun, no?

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#379: May 16th 2011 at 8:38:44 PM

One problem with Alex is that she's an introverted character. Justin was one too, but Landras, an extrovert Trickster, did all of the talking. I'm going to save Kevin for a normal environment though, to showcase both his character and his powers.

animemetalhead Runs on Awesomeness from Ashwood Landing, ME Since: Apr, 2010
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#380: May 16th 2011 at 8:40:01 PM

Looks like carnival's headed for an explosive finale...

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CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#381: May 16th 2011 at 8:41:53 PM

Oh, one thing to remember as this thread draws to a close.

Most of the time, the tropers who participated in it will post on the Character Development Thread after its completion to talk about what they learned about writing, what they learned about their character(s), how they think they handled their character... you name it. I'm going to assume that we are still keeping those things on the Carnival thread instead of here.

Also, I am withdrawing a little earlier. Cyrus is not a very strong exorcist compared to, say, his mentor, and all this power is giving him a migraine. Realistically, there is no reason to keep him in anymore.

edited 16th May '11 8:42:11 PM by CrystalGlacia

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#382: May 16th 2011 at 8:43:48 PM

So, he just poofs away? Possibly stranger stuff is already happening to the carnival that is affecting the laws of physics.

Mary ANN will be my test to see how good I'm at with combat.

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#383: May 16th 2011 at 8:47:14 PM

He's not poofing away. His superior is going to poof in thanks to my 'verse's portals, then take him, Molly, and Elise to their respective places.

Cyrus just fainted. Who's very useful with a crippling migraine?

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#385: May 16th 2011 at 9:12:48 PM

...it is impossible to write a fight scene like this.

um.

i am never going to try writing a fight scene like that ever again.

i apologize for stealing characters in order to insert one-liners, it just feels so unnatural without dialogue.

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#386: May 16th 2011 at 9:14:45 PM

It's okay. I don't think anyone is going to try to bite off your head over that. If I'm wrong though then OOPS DO I LOOK A LIKE A MORON!!

KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#387: May 16th 2011 at 9:16:30 PM

Maybe fight scenes should be booked by PM first? I think I'll do that in future, though mostly, I've just been avoiding them — violent characters (aside from Alice, who is more of a poison-and-stealth girl anyways) tend to die quickly in my universe, so it hasn't been a problem.

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#388: May 16th 2011 at 9:19:21 PM

ohhh god.

sooo

because i'm stupid and we're all ninjaing each other.

the room has been...

1. subject to an Ao E electricity spell...that everybody promptly ignored.

2. subject to an Ao E ice spell...that actually worked. okay then, um...

the knife is...

1. broken, but still retains its properties

2. broken, and needing to be reforged in order to regain its properties

3. embedded inside Mary ANN

4. not embedded inside Mary ANN, seeing as she's going on like nothing's happening

Mary ANN is...

1. in the greenhouse

2. in the middle of a jump

3. on the lawn.

I have officially no idea what's going on.

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CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#389: May 16th 2011 at 9:20:00 PM

i am never going to try writing a fight scene like that ever again.

Well, I would only complain about it if you were making the characters act inconsistently with their established mannerisms, but I think you handled that just fine.

I dislike it when my characters are stolen by someone else for obvious reasons. The last time I had my character stolen, he was made to behave in exactly the opposite way I would've made him react in that situation. That made me a little unhappy.

Fight scenes are a little hard to choreograph alone, but with four other people added in, the difficulty goes up considerably.

edited 16th May '11 9:21:39 PM by CrystalGlacia

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animemetalhead Runs on Awesomeness from Ashwood Landing, ME Since: Apr, 2010
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#390: May 16th 2011 at 9:26:16 PM

And here I am, more alert and focused than I've been all day. I think coordinating the fights could help a bit, but it seems to be working out well enough.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#391: May 16th 2011 at 9:34:05 PM

Mary ANN is still in the greenhouse.

Also, it seems like the knife didn't work. Maybe. AnA tends to break universe's laws sometimes.

KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#392: May 16th 2011 at 9:36:32 PM

I said it was because the thing got shattered — since such knives are supposed to be invincible, the result was actually undefined, and I just rolled with it. Could also blame the proximity of the universe's end making even Anti-Magic fail — you could just straight up say stopping AnA from getting the Tesseract has been rendered physically impossible, because it has to happen. Whatever.

At this point, the Damur is mostly going to stay out of the way and No-Sell everything, staying alive by pure will to live until the time is right.

edited 16th May '11 9:37:31 PM by KillerClowns

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#393: May 16th 2011 at 9:36:53 PM

But isn't the greenhouse frozen...?

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#394: May 16th 2011 at 9:38:34 PM

In order to defeat Mary ANN, you have to attack directly, or she'll keep avoiding your attacks. She won't escape with the tesseract, I ensure you, but the greenhouse should be collapsing any moment now...

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#395: May 16th 2011 at 9:40:16 PM

[up]She's also being slowly frozen to death, unless she's got some kind of magic resistance.

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#396: May 16th 2011 at 9:42:12 PM

^ Yeah. That's what I was thinking. Except not slowly freezing, just...dead. Very dead.

Unless there's magical resistance that I don't know about because I don't know what's going on.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#397: May 16th 2011 at 9:42:36 PM

Ahh...so she is freezing now? That will let me crank up her creepiness.

She has some resistance, but since it isn't really warm up there, it will take a couple of minutes for the chill to get to her.

So basically, attack her at once.

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#398: May 16th 2011 at 9:46:35 PM

Wait, but where are we, because Helen and Frederick are on the lawn right now. Because they don't have magic freeze-spell resistance.

Is Kiora on the lawn as well?

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#399: May 16th 2011 at 9:48:54 PM

Wait, you left the greenhouse?!

-inconsistency explosion-

animemetalhead Runs on Awesomeness from Ashwood Landing, ME Since: Apr, 2010
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#400: May 16th 2011 at 9:50:09 PM

Yeah, everyone's on the lawn except Mary, and we're coordinating a strike.

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