CoLC crossover RP, discussion

Birthday is a good reason to be too busy to RP

Happy birthday, you angry lovable troll!

"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"

Aw, thanks guys!

But seriously, I didn't miss anything, right?

(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?

We're looking at day transition pretty soon. But I don't think you missed anything important other than Ben making progress on forming his Hero group and Miss Tairee getting inspiration from watching Rise of The Guardians to do a thing

edited 14th Aug '16 1:29:10 PM by BlitzTrain

Well then, happy birthday, ProTrash!

edited 14th Aug '16 2:17:16 PM by JamesShields

Nothing's happened to Karkat, he's been left alone for the most part. Otherwise, in-game most people are settling down for the night.

And happy birthday.

Here now, fully recapped.

Belated happy birthday to Pro Trash!

Anyway, I'm gonna see about making a quick post for Sir Redring talking to Ben here; after that, I think my next main thread post may very well be the transition, but that probably still won't be until much later tonight.

Also, to take back something I said last night, I might actually go out to the grocery store sometime later to get some things.

You are reading this.

Happy birthday!

@wikkit: Alright, thanks. I'll hold off on making a post till the transition.

(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?

I'm fine with transition basically whenever. I think "Where are we supposed to sleep" was the only question left for the night, others might come up later when she decides to find out what happened to her home universe when she disappeared. (Which might vary depending on how real Nemisis day actually is and how much it affects the PC's home universes)

Fucking damn it, apparently the cross Ben drew was black, not red.

Now I need to edit my post.

EDIT: Done.

edited 14th Aug '16 3:23:23 PM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

Day eleven, the guaranteed adventure

• Characters are their usual selves.
  • Anyone who changed clothes during Day 10 are still wearing those clothes; they are not suddenly left naked. Their default outfit will be somewhere nearby them at the start of the day.
• The city's usual shape is completely replaced with a sphere of water about 10 kilometers in diameter; said sphere has relative gravity towards the center, just like a tiny planet. This gravity is the same as Earth's normal gravity, despite the massive difference in size and mass.
  • The water is proper ocean saltwater now.
  • The "sunlight" and "moonlight" still come from straight above with no apparent source, no matter where on the sphere you are.
• There are no islands or land mass of any kind, but there are still some 'land'marks on the ocean surface.
  • The balconies are now round stone platforms, impossibly floating on the water and immobile; they are spaced evenly around the center of the sphere, creating an "equator".
  • A minority of the buildings of the city are floating up at the surface, now as simple wood construction versions of their normal selves and generally having the technological level of the colonial era. This includes the library, which is at the exact center of the Northern "pole" relative to the balconies.
  • Most of the surface buildings, except for the library, have connections to a maze-like system of underwater tunnels and chambers, which is what the majority of the buildings in the city have become; the deeper down one goes in this maze, the more advanced the technology gets, starting with an industrial era steampunk style and topping off at a near future biotech style. However, it also gets more decrepit and run down the deeper one goes, with the occasional structural instability threatening to flood some chambers and sections with water if disturbed.
• On the surface there are wooden boats docked at the surface structures available for anyone to take, and underwater some crude, small submarines docked with the underwater structures, but nothing with weapons.
• Though not common, there are some spawned in hostile enemies that players may bring in and take control of OOC, much like Day 9's zombies. They are likewise able to be autohit and autokilled unless specified, though bear in mind they are not supposed to be as disposable and weak as the zombies were; anyone who writes them as if they're no threat whatsoever will likely get a GM slapping. And remember, no spawning anything like a boss fight.
  • On the surface, these enemies come in the forms of decrepit or ghostly pirate ships crewed by pirates who are either ghostly themselves or monstrously part aquatic animal.
  • In the underwater structures, these enemies come in the forms of automated robots and turrets, which are as advanced as the relative section that they're in.
  • And in the water itself is the occasional dangerous creature like sharks or straight up aquatic monsters.
• Flocks of animated books behaving kind of like seagulls are flying around and occasionally sitting on the various boats and structures on the surface. Like seagulls they will fly away if one gets close, but if you manage to catch one and start reading it, it will calm down and become inanimate until you stop reading.

Written on the boss plaque on Miss Tairee's desk:

Written on the reward plaque on Miss Tairee's desk:

Theme link. (Hans Zimmer - Treasure Island)

Main link.

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Achievements unlocked!

• Or Insanely Scientific?
  • Plague Knight sucessfully finished his lab.

• A word from the editor.
  • The Writer finally "speaks" directly to a player character.

• With blackjack! And hookers!
  • A player character decides to form their own group in the city.

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COLC RP, DAYS 6-10 COMPLETE segment stats

• PC deaths: 10 (Total 17)
  • Killed by environment: 0 (Total 1)
  • Killed by NPC: 3 (Total 5)
  • Killed by boss: 4 (Total 8)
  • Killed by PC: 3 (Total 3)

• Achievements unlocked: 10 (Total 19)
  • Day 6: 1
  • Day 7: 4
  • Day 8: 2
  • Day 9: 3
  • Day 10: 3

• NPC groups formed: 1 (Total 3)
• NPC groups eliminated: 0 (Total 0)
• Boss challenges won: 5 (Total 7)
• Boss challenges lost: 0 (Total 0)
• Rewards earned: 4 (Total 5)

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Unless I have somehow missed posts, the following players are being removed from the active list for not posting during Day 10: Weirdguy 149, and Tails Doll.

Also, going to add the following to the notable locations section:

• Universe Buffet: An all you can eat buffet that restocks and cleans itself instantly while it's being used, shaped like a glass dome with the serving counters along the edge, bathrooms in the very center, and the seating area taking up the space in between. CURRENTLY ONLY EXISTS DURING BREAK DAYS.

edited 14th Aug '16 10:11:54 PM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

I know I said I'd go to bed but stupidly long post is toast. Now to go to bed for real.

I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.

I'm reminded of Waterworld. Or maybe some other fictional property where the earth is totally flooded.

I'm heading out for tonight; feeling tired enough that I almost forgot to post and say so. Tomorrow I'm going to be awake a bit earlier than I was today, but I'm going out to the chiropractor and starting some laundry before getting on my computer, so I probably won't be online until a little later. Also I'm planning on running out to grab a quick dinner sometime later tomorrow evening.

And of course I'll have to go to bed early tomorrow night, but it's the only night that I'll have to this week which makes me pretty happy.

EDIT: Wait, I forgot about Zelda talking to Miss Tairee. Real short post incoming. EDIT 2: And done. Now I've really gotta get going.

edited 15th Aug '16 4:08:18 AM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

I couldn't think of a nice dream for either of my characters, so have this embarrassing flashback instead.

And by the way, don't drink and boat.

Locoman does not endorse drinking and operating watercraft, he just writes about fictional characters doing it.

DAY ELEVEN!!! GET READY EVERYBODY!!!!!

I think I'm going to make Sadness' final post and Wander and Sylvia's arrival in separate posts. I was watching a Top 10 with Inside Out in it yesterday, and I got really nostalgic, so I'll just give her a proper sendoff and be gone XD

Currently writing something. Currently procrastinating.

It's a Water level!

Time for X to get his servos in motion, and possibly fight a few Water based robot masters.

@Firock: Can you describe more detail what the buildings under the surface look like? Are they all like metal and directly surrounded by water, or are they surrounded a metal or concrete layer, giving some semblence or open space before leading into the tunnels?

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!

Well, time to actually start using Professor Layton and Luke!

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree

Man, Sadness's return into Riley's mind was both heartwarming and heart-crushing at the same time.

Anyway, time to make a post for Karkat.

(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?

Here now, fully recapped. Will try to have a post up soon, though I am a bit distracted at the moment.

@Udthe Imp: I'm not sure what you mean. But basically, the upper areas of the underwater areas is like Bioshock, while further down it's more like Soma.

@Locoman: You know it's supposed to still be like, minutes after the transition right now, right? Rick really could not have had time to do everything you just handwaved over. At best you can say that that's what he will have been doing for the next while and not post for like a few days.

edited 15th Aug '16 4:00:08 PM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

Day transition was at 6, right? I was writing that under the assumption that a few hours had passed since the transition and it was like 9 or so.

I'll hold off posting for a few days if that works.

edited 15th Aug '16 4:31:09 PM by Locoman

*takes a minutes to comprehend* Oh, okay. I got it!

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HOTTING HELPY!!

So, are there dinghies near the balconies? If not, is there anything Layton and Luke can do?

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree