Dante

Such is the wonderful world of defending I'm afraid. The 'healer' tag is the bane of our existence. Glad you had a good experience beforehand though.

Shame to see you go. Take care and be happy in whatever you do.

/e facepalms...

Oh the memories... For the record, I am a bloke but for some reason I get most enjoyment out of playing female characters. I don't see this as weird, just that my character concepts seem to work best with women than with men. I have been in this situation many, many times for various reasons. These days I obey a simple little rule: unless the team is a visibly RP group, I don't RP with them. If I spot another roleplayer in the group, I'll send them a tell and we can often get a little IC chatter going but I generally avoid it as I've had too much grief about being a roleplayer in PuGs to make it worthwhile.

As for being chatted up, yes this has happened to me. Many times, especially when I was playing a lady who was exceptionally flirtatious by nature. Most of the time, I'd go with option A, simply because it doesn't break me out of RP. The only time this hasn't worked out was when someone (ironically a tanker) decided to chat me up based on the character bio. For some reason, even though the word "Roleplayer" was there in big bold letters in the bio, he didn't seem to be able to separate me from the character (he was very obviously OOC). That did require a tell to clarify things.

However, I have managed to do A and D at the same time in a way. I was in a PuG, not roleplaying and having a terrible time of it. During a break, I left my character (female) in the kneel position. One player decided to make unsavoury comments about what I could do while knelt. I decided to give him an IC reaction by slapping him about the face, calling him a sexist pig and walking out. I left to a mixture of calls to come back and the rest of the team berating the guy for being such an idiot. Rather satisfactory I must say.

There's a saying that says that all the stories of the world have been told and all the ideas used. Although I certainly try to be original when creating a new character, there will inevitably elements of other things in there. Just looking down my list of alts I can see bits from Highlander, The Hulk, Frankenstein, Buffy, Dr Strange... the list goes on. I find that although that can really bug people, the real creativity comes playing them rather than from the background. For example, if I received inf for every tortured vampire I saw about, I'd be a rich man. It's always nice to bump into the happy undead during roleplay.

Likewise when I play my robot character, I don't want to do the emotionless droid or the pinocchio stereotype. Even if your character is not 100% original, the way you play them certainly can be. Good luck.

Saffron kicked her legs as they dangled off of the edge of the building. Next to her sat her cousin, staring off into space.

“So you convinced now?” he said, breaking the silence.

Saffron met his gaze. “I guess,” she said. “I just didn’t think it was possible. Those things are the stuff of fairytales, not real life.”

Tenebrae gave a grim smile. “Like superheroes?”

Saffron didn’t say anything for a while. They were sat on the ledge of the bell tower of an old church, a decrepit old building where Tenebrae had been holed up since his break up. She looked up at the ancient bell, remembering the villain that she’d fought with her cousin in this tower, how she’d used the bell to amplify her singing. It seemed so long ago now, but it was probably the only reason why he was still talking to her. He at least took her hero career seriously now.

“And you…. you’re like them?” she asked.

“Sort of,” he said. “But I’m not about to try and drink your blood, if that’s what you’re thinking. But my consumption of red meat has gone up quite considerably.”

Saffron nodded slowly.

“And what about you?” he said, “I hear you now have a boyfriend.”

Saffron’s pale skin immediately went bright red.

“How do you know that!?” she demanded, “I haven’t even told Tara yet!”

Tenebrae winked at her. “Let’s just say I keep my eye on you occasionally. I don’t like him.”

Saffron poked her tongue out at him. “You don’t like any man I date,” she retorted. Tenebrae just shrugged. He looked suddenly serious. He spoke slowly.

“Saff, when you fight them, don’t look into their eyes,” he said. “And don’t be afraid to run. I did. These things are real. All those stories of monsters and spirits? They’re real. They exist and they live here. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons….”

“Banshees?” she asked.

The serious look faded. Then they both laughed, their laughter echoing around the dark bell tower.

I probably won't be there at all this evening I'm afraid. I will be back later on but I expect I'll be too late to join in. Will have a look when I get back in.

Grrr.... RL sucks...

Blimey! That's a bit of a long time. Damn shame to see you go but hope you come back soon.

As for the costume, are we going to use the precise uniform or should we adapt them to our style? E.g. Amber may just put the colour and pattern on her leather jacket rather than going for the tights option. Thoughts?

My altisis is mainly provoked by coming up with a new character and then thinking the fatal words "I wonder what it would be like to RP this..." I RP mostly all my alts, it's nice to have a change every now and then and try something new.

As for putting them in the same story, yes that is a headache although all of my alts are connected in some way.

What's strangely disturbing is that those outfits are very close to the one I came up with myself yesterday:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...tumeOption.jpg

I think the only differences are the pattern on the top 'Diablo' and the insignia which I took from our Supergroup. But I like them all so if we're happy to go for Pious' design, I'll get Amber fitted up ready. Shame, I was starting to like the 'casual' look.

Btw, I very much doubt I will be around this Thursday until very much later in the evening.

I've recently rerolled my main as a dark/elec defender and I can honestly say it's proving to be great fun. Dark has some great holds and debuffs and elec is good for taking mobs' endurance away from them. I'm hoping that when I get onto some tougher bosses I'll be able to ensure that they have neither the strength to attack or the accuracy to be able to hit if they do.

One of the reasons I chose the combination is so that I don't have a single-energy type output. For example, I noticed that some robot-type groups are resistant to fear but elec will have more of an effect on them.

The only thing I'm not sure about is what attacks to take from elec as it's my first time out with this power set (too many good ones to grab from dark!)

Even though Monday is my other gaming night, next week is looking questionable so I may not be able to make it. I certainly like the colour coding idea and the primary/secondary colour so I will run with that when I get round to designing some cossies tomorrow. I think what will make it will be the choice of how that colour is applied i.e. what pattern we use.

If I can't make it, I suggest we take a screenshot and post it here so people can make a decision. We can also post it on the Militia board as well just so we've got maximum coverage.

Hi there.

Just wanted to say thanks for a great read. A nice blend of morality and deception and a pleasantly intriguing backstory. I'd be curious to see what would happen should she ever get tricked into using her powers for her own personal gain. Potential for more perhaps...?

The big 21? Quite a landmark so it seems right to have a party to celebrate.

Unfortunately and if I remember correctly, I'm due to be going and putting tents up that evening (don't ask) but if I can, I will try and find an opportunity to sneak in and socialise for a little bit.

The steel door to Dr Alexander’s workshop closed with a bang as Unit 29 returned. The rain outside had cooled on 29’s plasma engines and was slowly enveloping him in a cold mist.

“I’m sorry I had to do that,” said Dr Alexander from where he sat by the monitoring desk. Above him on the screen he could see himself through 29’s eyes. He used the desk to monitor 29’s activities while he was on duty, providing instruction and support where he could.

“Miss San was suffering,” stated 29 coldly.

“I know, I know,” said the doctor, powering his chair over to where 29 stood. “But both you and I could hear the Skulls escaping out of the back. We had to stop them.”

“I fear for her sanity,” said 29, “Her biorhythms were dangerously out of sync.”

“I am sure that the others will take good care of her,” assured the doctor, “They’re not a heartless bunch. But sometimes duty has to come first.”

“You said that emotions were important,” said 29.

Dr Alexander looked up at 29. Something had changed in him since his time in the Militia. Maybe he was picking up too much raw emotion from the others. Perhaps he would run some diagnostics tomorrow. He reached out to pat 29’s giant hand.

“They are 29, they are,” he affirmed. “But sometimes you have to put them aside and do what’s right.”

The doctor spun around and powered his chair towards the living room, leaving 29 to stand alone in the workshop. Unit 29 looked over at the racks on the walls where a dozen other Units stood immobile. He knew that out of all of them, he was the only one whose brain had evolved into a living, thinking being. No, he thought, not the only one… He slowly paced along them, reaching out his hand to touch their breastplates, reading their names as he did. Thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine, forty, forty one… He reached the empty gap where Unit 42 had once stood. His hand paused, reaching into nothing.

“At that is the problem isn’t it doctor?” he said to no-one in particular. “Although you accept me, and accept my feelings, you still think of me as a robot. You expect me to be logical in all things but you have never thought for one moment that I may be unable to turn those feelings off…”

Unit 29 thought for a moment about poor Sabrina and wished that he had tears that he could cry for her.

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And does anyone have any pics to post of that epic Babbage fight (one of the highlights of my CoX experience ever!)

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I managed to snap off a few but with the sudden craziness of it all, I wasn't able to shut off my GUI.

1) http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Babbage02.jpg

2) http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Babbage03.jpg

3) http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../Babbage04.jpg

And I did get a few better ones of us taking down the Clockwork King too.

1) http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...eClockKing.jpg

2) http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...eClockKing.jpg

3) http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ClockKing2.jpg

Good times all, good times. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Hurrah! I made it into the vid! Well done Blindfaith, lovely camerawork and a nice choice of music. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Actually, I apologise. I won't be able to make it after all. Sorry. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I could well be interested in attending this. Let me know if it's going to go ahead. I will probably bring my Lvl 16 scrapper or lvl 16 tank.

*Smacks forehead in realisation...*

Forgive my ignorance but this is on Defiant yes? [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Oh decisions decisions...! [img]/uk/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Having logged on to find this joyous news (tonight is the only Saturday I have free from here to infinity...) I hopefully will be down there too with either my main or one of my numerous alts...

Now, the tux? Or the ballgown? [img]/uk/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

As per usual, RL has been disrupting the few nights that I can make it down there. However, I shall try to make an appearance over the weekend. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

“So, first things first, is he cute?” she asked, her dark eyes glittering.

The room pulsated with light and sound, as was usual on a Friday night at Pocket D. Fortunately though, there was always a quiet corner to have a chat in and it was one of these that Saffron found herself sitting in with her best friend Tara.

“Well, he’s rather sweet actually,” answered Saffron. “He comes across a bit rough but I think he’s got a heart of gold underneath.”

“You make him sound like a boiled sweet,” said Tara. Funny though, it’s not like you to go for the rough kind. You normally prefer your men to be all soft and fluffy.”

“I’d prefer my men to be any kind at all at the moment,” replied Saffron, staring into her drink. “You know what my run of luck has been like.”

“What? All two of them?” smirked Tara.

Saffron narrowed her eyes. “What, unlike you?” she replied. “You’re probably into double figures by now. At least I have the decency to give them a fair go.”

Tara shrugged her thin shoulders, unconcerned. “What can I say? I bore easily. You going to give him a try?”

Saffron smiled. “Maybe,” she said, “I haven’t decided yet. I mean, should I mix business with pleasure? What if things go wrong? Will we still be able to work together?”

Tara rolled her eyes. “Girl, would you get out of your head and back into your body for a second? You think way too much. You should live a little.” She sat back and picked some lint off of her horns. Saffron watched her.

“You managed to find any work yet?” asked Saffron, “I know you were getting kind of desperate a few weeks ago.”

Tara glanced sideways, caught a little off guard. “Oh, I’ve got stuff on, this and that,” she bluffed. “Now, tell me more about this guy. You never know, if you don’t want him, I might like him.”

Saffron let Tara’s sarcasm slip for the fourteenth time that night and carried on letting her potential love life be dissected. She was petrified by her meeting with Derek tomorrow but Tara was not the sort of person to discuss these things with. She wouldn’t understand that it was scaring her more than her encounter with Dr Vahzilok or the Clockwork King. She put it to the back of her mind and tried to forget about it for now…

Ok, so all in for tonight at 7? Great.

Just to mention, there will be a new joiner coming to the statue at 7:30. If anyone who is not on the TF could go and greet them, that would be much appreciated. Thanks. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]