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HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#51: Oct 13th 2011 at 8:36:34 PM

Oh, I meant soon as in, this weekend.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#52: Oct 13th 2011 at 9:05:30 PM

Would Bluenote count as RP'ing a villain?

HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#53: Oct 13th 2011 at 9:38:52 PM

Almost forgot about you and Bluenote. Yeah, he'd count as a villain, so you don't have to worry too much. The biggest threat he'll have to deal with are the bandits attacking, and after that, getting Cocoa and co. before they escape. I'm seeing him as a sort of "unstoppable, but passable opponent" at the moment.

I have to ask though, how do you intend on keeping Bluenote relevant, or at least active enough? Is he going to put the chase on the caravan or... what? Just wondering, because he's in kind of a weird position.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#54: Oct 13th 2011 at 10:11:29 PM

Yeah, unstoppable but passable. And to add on to that, could we put on the vibes of a Hero Killer and The Dreaded? Like, the bandits show up and start bullying him, and he...introduces himself. One bandit dies of fright.

He will occasionally chase after the caravan when he gets a lead, but will the rest of the time just go through towns just drinking and lazing. He'll occasionally stop by just to represent the World Government equivalent, or when something big like the Whitebeard War happens.

KarlKadaver Stupid Man Suit Wearer from Just offscreen... Since: Apr, 2011
Stupid Man Suit Wearer
#55: Oct 14th 2011 at 5:31:59 AM

[up]Implacable Man?

For some reason, when I read the words "unstoppable, but passable," I immediately thought of Tyrant.

edited 14th Oct '11 5:35:28 AM by KarlKadaver

Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#56: Oct 14th 2011 at 5:48:47 AM

I'm seeing him as "really powerful for the area they're in, but average-to-above average in the more dangerous Frontiers." Kind of like Smoker or Arlong in East Blue. Probably before they enter the Unknown Frontier, he might actually get beat down. I'unno.

So, are you going to be alright with being absent from the RP at times? Maybe you can take on a few lesser roles during the next arc? The government doesn't get too involved there and I intend on there being a stronger focus on one-on-one battles.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
BigDaddyP Be Legendary from England Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Be Legendary
#57: Oct 14th 2011 at 5:53:42 AM

I can play the villain if needed. I was born to play the villain (I like villains over heroes 100 percent of the time).

EDIT: We need more people. I think as soon as we stat, about 80 percent of people drop out, so we should get a few more before it gets off the ground.

And that's optimistic for a T Vtropes roleplay.

edited 14th Oct '11 5:55:16 AM by BigDaddyP

Inspirational quote against powerful image of nature.
SimpleSAI Man of Wealth and Taste from Upstairs Since: Apr, 2010
Man of Wealth and Taste
#58: Oct 14th 2011 at 6:38:59 AM

I wouldn't mind playing a villain, as they are usually quite a bit of fun to play.

As for Bluenote, I was wondering if the whole thing would eventually become a Defeat means friendship moment, either after he gets taken down by a mutual foe in past this world's "grand line" and we team up to take it down, or after a hard fought battle between the crew and him.

HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#59: Oct 14th 2011 at 8:01:34 AM

[up][up] Well, by the looks of how things are now, we've got a pretty small amount of people and a majority of them are fairly active on this topic itself. If I need something to be answered, they can answer. I think we have enough people to start, but as we continue, we definitely need more people.

As of now, I'm looking at how many villains we need for this current arc. Right now I count...

  • Bluenote (who's more of a neutral force between the "evil" bandits and the "good" caravan) which is obviously taken.
  • Captain of the bandits (think Kuro, in terms of strength) who I'll take.
  • Vice-Captain (think Morgan/pre-Devil Fruit Alvida) who I need someone to take.

Aaaaand really that's about it. The next arc will have villains on-par with Arlong's crew/Don Krieg and as I've said before will have a greater focus on one-on-one match-ups. There I'll need quite a few characters. After that, it'll probably be a Logue Town-esque arc that's fairly low key before they enter the Unknown Frontier (this world's equivalent of the Grand Line; still trying to figure out a grand entrance to get us in there).

PS. I'm thinking about renaming the Unknown Frontier to something else since, well, it's pretty known. Suggestions are welcome/appreciated. Some choices I had were "Golden Frontier," "Dreaded Frontier," and "Divider Frontier." Not sure what to go with.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#60: Oct 14th 2011 at 8:18:11 AM

Yeah, I think eventually he would probably work together with them without alerting his bosses if the mutual threat was big enough.

And in the Unknown Frontier and above, if the heroes train right, he definitely might get beaten. But it won't be easy.

SaintDraze Merry Present Cycle Clone from within a white lie Since: Oct, 2011
Merry Present Cycle Clone
#61: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:05:17 AM

Name
:"old"Mondabellious cryptic[down]
Gender
:Unknown/Forgotten[down]
Age
:Unknown[down]
Race
:Mummy(or revive revive fruit user)[down]
Alignment
:none/freelance[down]
Position
:Scribe and loremaster[down]
Bounty
(if any):*[down]
Appearance/Attire
:You would be hard pressed to find Cryptic in an ER ward, What parts aren't wrapped in ancient bandages are clothed in the tattered robes of a scholar. The skin you can see is horribly dry, his eyes a a milky blue.[down]
Personality
:*He is quite genial once he warms up to you, However that usually take a decade to happen, the most he can pass off is crankiness and Cynicism.[down]
Skills
:*centuries of knowledge are stored in Cryptics cranium, in addition to knowing how to distinguish if a certain type of cabbage can make a deadly poison, he is immune to dieing conventually, since he is already dead. Other then that he is weak as a baby carrot, he can hardly open revolving doors without help.Whenever he gets dried out enough, he will become an actual corpse until he gets water, This may be because of a certain revive-revive fruit. [down]
Weapons/Fighting Style
: Aside from passive aggressive and snarky remarks all he can do is point out weak spots in structures for demolition, the most useful knots for snare traps, and the keen logic in puzzles.[down]
Background
:Little, if nothing is known about Mondabellious cryptic, The desert sage, not even to himself.Some say the reason he has lived so long was because he ate one of the fabled devil fruits giving him a life span so vast that, not even he remembers what cause it, Others believe that he is indeed a mummy Having no goals other than to learn about the world cryptic wanders across the desert, albeit painfully slow. He is currently relatively harmless to any alignment but he has no qualms about accompanying the first adventure to ask for his company.[down]
Goals
: continue learning about the world he resides in.[down]
Miscellaneous
: Don't call him the crypt keeper.[down]

edited 14th Oct '11 4:32:26 PM by SaintDraze

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HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#62: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:13:39 AM

Sounds great. Not to nag, but maybe he should have the Revive-Revive Fruit that Brook has? It would make... sense, not like most things in One Piece do. But otherwise I really like his skills. Kind of like Usopp, only weaker but more strategical.

If you can just clean it up so it looks like a list of info, he's accepted.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
SaintDraze Merry Present Cycle Clone from within a white lie Since: Oct, 2011
Merry Present Cycle Clone
#63: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:24:49 AM

there we go :D

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HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#64: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:26:03 AM

Still kind of messy, but it's fine. Accepted.

So you're not going to give him the Revive-Revive Fruit?

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
SaintDraze Merry Present Cycle Clone from within a white lie Since: Oct, 2011
Merry Present Cycle Clone
#65: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:28:33 AM

He could be a Fruit user and is so old he forgot he was a fruit user, the readers can decide for themselves

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HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#66: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:31:12 AM

Yeah, that's fine, but that would mean he has a big dependency on water. Maybe he can have forgotten why he needs to drink water, but remembers he has to?

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
SaintDraze Merry Present Cycle Clone from within a white lie Since: Oct, 2011
Merry Present Cycle Clone
#67: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:36:11 AM

Well when he dries out to the point where his fruit power is weaken he is basically dead until he gets some water in his system, but he doesn't know that he died so he think he just passed out.

most of the time he will drink water instinctually

edited 14th Oct '11 9:36:51 AM by SaintDraze

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SimpleSAI Man of Wealth and Taste from Upstairs Since: Apr, 2010
Man of Wealth and Taste
#68: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:38:39 AM

Perhaps, if his looks and immortality are (and giving the setting, probably is) fruit related, it could be the Mummy-Mummy Fruit, a mythical Zoan fruit that has immortality as one of it's powers. It's been so long that he's forgotten that he ate it, and has been stuck in half human form ever since.

SaintDraze Merry Present Cycle Clone from within a white lie Since: Oct, 2011
Merry Present Cycle Clone
#69: Oct 14th 2011 at 10:08:30 AM

that could work... Probably make him like chopper lol.

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HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#70: Oct 14th 2011 at 1:18:56 PM

Well, whatever you do, update the information to reflect that.

I'll probably open up the discussion and role play threads later tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#71: Oct 14th 2011 at 9:58:24 PM

Role play: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13186507990A21736600&page=1#1

Discussion: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13186544790A77216600&page=1#1

We GO.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
BigDaddyP Be Legendary from England Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Be Legendary
#72: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:54:15 AM

I'll make a Vice-Captain/Vice-Admiral badguy. Or you know, the equivalent.

  • Name: Michael "Yellow Mongrel" Setson
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 38
  • Race: Human
  • Alighnment: Military.
    • Position: General (Top rank would be Field Marshal (Admiral of the fleet), then Marshal (Admiral) then General (Vice-Admiral), if my understanding of military ranking is correct. Yours might be different, so if it is, sorry. For all accounts and purposes he is Vice-Admiral rank.
  • Bounty: N/A
  • Appearance: Wears a dirtied and tattered Military trenchcoat on his back, arms free (How they wear them, you know). His other clothes are much cleaner, resulting in a black waistcoat over a white shirt, a gold pocketwatch and black jeans with. Wears spurs and brown riding trousers (With flares running down the back seam). Bodywise he's quite bulky, similar to Akainu in build, or Garp. He has greasy blonde hair that reaches past his ears and yellowish-brown eyes.
  • Devil Fruit: Mythical Zoan Fruit: Dog Dog no Mi Model: Typhon
  • History: He was raised in an orphanage. At 9 he viciously beat another kid to death for stealing his toy and spent several years in solitary confinement. When he was let out,. Although he had been freed, he still demanded more punishment onto his worthless body, and began commiting more crimes to stay in jail, pushing his body past the limits: the ultimate atoner. After stealing from a World Noble (Or equivalent), hoping that surely now they would put him to death, he was raised and sent into the Marines. He was vicious on purpose to the criminals he hunted down, thinking that he'd be thrown out if he brutalised enough of them. However, this just rose him through the ranks. He is now a Vice-Admiral, and while he's not as psychotic, he is still vicious and brutal.
  • Miscellaneous: Has a horse. It's a normal horse. His devil fruit allows him to take on the appearance of the Egyptian God Set, and is mostly canine, but with a few more additions). To criminals, he's known as Kidaken, and to those below him, General Setson. Only the upper echelon know his name is Michael.

Plenty of time before he has to enter. His Devil Fruit I'll have to think more about I only came up with it today.

Inspirational quote against powerful image of nature.
HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#73: Oct 15th 2011 at 10:39:49 AM

Actually it's quite easy to wear jackets arms-free. It just rests on your shoulders. It's good for when the weather is cool enough to warrant a jacket, but warm enough that putting it on completely would make it uncomfortable.

He's accepted, but he won't come in for a long time. Like, maybe after they enter the formerly-Unknown Frontier. Did you think that's what I meant when I said vice-captain earlier? I had meant vice-captain, as in, vice-captain to the bandits. That's what we needed soon.

But, yeah, either way, he's fine.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
BigDaddyP Be Legendary from England Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Be Legendary
#74: Oct 15th 2011 at 12:00:28 PM

So can I ask for a bit of clarification? Pioneers are pirates, Military are the navy, and the Bandits are basically Baroque Works? Government is... the Government.

I would really like a lexicon of sorts (Or just a 'this' means 'this').

Inspirational quote against powerful image of nature.
HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#75: Oct 15th 2011 at 12:35:25 PM

Pioneers... They're difficult to explain. You have government-issued pioneers, called Union Pioneers, who go out and find/conquer land for the government. Then you have "lawless" pioneers, who find land to conquer for themselves. To the government, this is illegal, since they want total control of all the colonies. They're "pirates" in the sense that they're just looking for treasure or adventures.

Bandits are the other kind of pirates, who go out to steal, pillage, and destroy. Some are hugely organized, others are just bands of criminals who happened to come together. While their crimes are definite and real, the illegal pioneers often have crimes made up to criminalize them. So, no, they're nothing like Baroque Works.

The government is the government.

The marines are the military.

Bounty hunters are bounty hunters.

Etc. is etc.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior

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