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09/04/07 | 23:08, Golden Giza security room


Two men study the CCTV cameras closely laid back in their chair another normal night. Echo Campbel was walking down the east road out of the Giza, casually strolling the cameras on the outside of the Giza catch her

"Whoa, Harry get aload of this, look at the [censored] on that"

The camera zooms into Echos behind, shes totally oblivious

"Phwooar"

Suddenly a large american red car drives alongside Echo, three men in suits let off clips of fully automatic fire at her she has enough time to deflect the bullets with her right mechanical arm. The vast majority of the bullets spray from left to right managing to completly miss Echo, poor shots even from near pointblank. They dive back into the car.

"Holy s**t, Phil?! you seeing this?"

The security guard remains silent, stunned.

A large man steps out of the passenger side the cars suspension raises when his feet are on the tarmac, the bald, cigar smoking, suited man approaches Echo in blind rage stretching out his huge right fist as Echo still recovers, unable to concetrate to use her 'powers' as a shield, she manages to pull away from the full on punch, but she still gets caught by the right hook, she dives out of the way, the men in the red car pop back out about to open fire. Echo *just* gets her focus, the barrier of electricity sizzling the bullets as the men open fire, she ducks another of the mans punches and gives him a hard energy powred right hook, sizzling the giants face. He gives Echo a kick, electrocuting himself in the process. The giant runs feebily back into the car, this hit was going to be harder than he thought. The car wheelspins away while Echo seems to be shouting obsenities.

"We should get down there Phil!"
"F**k that its not on Giza property, i want nothing to do with that"

Echo hobbles out of view heading west, the two men continue work like it were just another day...

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Around 11am 10th of April the video was posted on Youtube[u]

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((Bloody hell man, Coile has so many friggin enemies lately, if that guy wound up dead somewhere, the Police would have their work cut out - mystery of the year "Who killed Coile" and I got almost a dozen suspects.))

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(( Remember these are rumours ))

I dont treat Echos badges as IC stuff, but i do pick a badge that suits her or rather a name. 'Obsessed' is her current one and sums her up pretty well in alot of aspects.

But no, she doesnt wear her badges or anything like that.

Its all down to your flavour of RP or so i learnt, i do like my horror flicks and all that stuff. Heh


Oh and Zortel i think its a brilliant idea, i doubt Echo will be along though. Shes a married woman i'll try to bring another char though.

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Tool = Non-RPer who exists to hold RPers to ridicule.

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I like that defination.
Good one

(( The below post would be common knowledge to anyone. Villians and Heroes, as it was broadcasted across most major TV networks and some Radio stations. Atleast from the part where the fight spills into the streets. The post describes the event happening in Port Oakes nearby the Arena. ))


"For our Lady!" Called Lazarus, the lead grave knight, as he rushed forward to attack Frederick. The other undead followed closely beind him.
"Lazarus - no! It's Frederick!"

The sword swung towards Riot with deadly force, but the giant caught the zombies wrist in one hand and twisted, snapping old bone and turning the hang back on itself at an odd angle. He pushed, the sword driving into Lazarus' chest, still held by the zombies dead hand. He pushed and the grave knight fell backwards. One of the lesser zombies launched itself forward, hissing at Freddy who backhanded it across the face, tearing its jaw loose and collapsing the skull.

"Frederick, please! Why are you doing this!?" Sarah screamed, watching him crush the head of another zombie with one hand as if it were little more than a grape.

The last lesser zombie lunged towards Riot and was met with his massive boot. The kick exploded against the undead's chest, crushing the chest cavity. Freddy shook the zombie off his foot and and turned his attention to the last grave knight. It rushed forward and lunged with the sword. It contacted with Freddy's stomach, and snapped jaggedly in half. Silently he lashed out with his big hand and grabbed its neck, lifting it up into the air and grabbing its waist with his other hand, crushing the bones until he had his hand circled around the whole waist. Then he snapped the zombie in two, armour cracking and its spine breaking apart. He tossed it aside like a ragdoll and turned to Sarah, that endless grin on his face.

"Frederick, this isn't you, you're being controlled, I know you are." Sarah babbled, backing up against the wall. "But you can fight it, you have to fight it! I won't fight my brother, I can't!"

She screamed as he ran towards her, drawing his fist back and rocketing it towards her. One punch from this behemoth would destroy her. Some deep, instinctive part of her soul and mind reached out to her arcane power, summoning up a shield of dark energies. There was no skill involved, this was a manifestation of pure survival instinct.

The damage of Freddy's fist expended on the shield, but Sarah still felt the force of it. She flew backwards, and once again manifested enough will to explode the wall out behind her before she slammed into it. Rubble sprayed out into the street in Port Oakes, just a little away from the arena. Sarah flipped and twirled out of the hole in the building as if caught by the wind before she managed to steady herself, levitating over the street.

Laugh Riot roared at her, a deep sound that was more animal than human. He crouched in her apartment then leapt from the hole in the building, flying through the air towards Sarah. She watched him soar towards her, hands reached out to hurt her. She steeled herself against her feelings and held her arms out, splaying her fingers and then whipping her arms to the side.

Her telekinesis caught Freddy in the air and changed his course, throwing him down towards the earth. He slammed into a parked car, crushing it into the pavement and smashing all of its windows with the impact. The alarm went haywire, but Freddy wasn't even phased by the collision. He was already picking himself back up.

"Frederick, I don't want to fight you!" Sarah called out, descending closer to street level still clad in her nightdress. Some people were staying to watch from places of cover, others were wise enough to run. Confrontations like this were common enough in the Isles, but they could still draw a crowd.

Laugh Riot stood up and grabbed the back of the car in both hands, sinking his fingers into the metal. He lifted and threw it up into the air effortlessly, the vehicle somersaulting its way towards Sarah. She turned in the air and pushed a hand out, the car turning ninety degree's in the air and slamming into the side of an estate agents instead. Dropping herself down to the street Sarah stood with as much dignity as she could muster, staring at her brother.

"Frederick... Freddy?"
"Come now little sparrow, this is the price you pay for not fulfilling our contract! I will collect my payment from your corpse, if that is what it takes!" Freddy called out, his usually clear, jovial voice somehow rougher.

Sarah watched him walk purposefully towards her with his broad strides, hands forged into fists. Her beautiful brother, full of spirit. Always refusing to give up no matter what the situation, loyal to a fault. Loyal, always loyal. She quickly wiped a tear from her eye, ashamed that this monster could make her cry.

"You are not my brother. I will not hesitate to harm you a second time." She said proudly. But somewhere deep inside of herself, she apologised to the brother she had only found again so recently.

Laugh Riot roared that beastly roar again and charged towards her with his feet booming off of the pavement. Sarah - Nightblood - raised her hands to her temples and focused. She flexed that muscle that she had always had, that which had always been the strongest part of her. She attacked her brother's mind, stimulating pain centre's in his brain and torturing his psyche with the things of which he was most afraid. She manipulated his thoughts to turn him away from harming her, to bring him back to who he was. All this she did in seconds with the power that only ambition can develop.

And accomplished nothing. Frederick kept running towards her, covering the distance too quickly. Too late she tried to levitate herself backwards, his right hand grabbed the hem of her nightdress. She pushed herself up and away from him as hard as she could, a huge chunk of her nightdress tearing free at the bottom, exposing her legs to halfway up her thighs. Sarah flew up and away, heedless of the view up her now considerably less modest nightdress she might be giving any spectator's. It dawned on her that the man she fought was using her brother like a suit of armour, manipulating it to his ends while Frederick himself was pushed to the side. Attacking her brothers mind only hurt her brothers mind, it wouldn't stop the man controlling his body.

She was suddenly angry, so angry that this man would destroy her life so. He had taken so much from her and now all he wanted was more. The feelings were welling up in her. All she had ever wanted was to live her life in peace but she had never been allowed. The hospital had stolen the best years of her life, and finally, finally she had resolved that as best as she could ever hope to. And now that she had tried to fix something else this... this... this ******* was going to ruin it! No! No! No!

Sarah didn't realise she had yelled out the last part, she was lost in the explosion of light that issued from her body, the purple energy swirling out from her eyes and exploding with flashes of light. Flinging her arms out to either side that same purple light issued from her hands, surrounding them like gauntlets. It continued across her, forming a transparent purple armour that overlapped like the scales of a snake. She flexed her hands, the gauntlets revealing claws as large as knives. Sarah shone in the sky, her power no longer forced out towards the mind of others, but suddenly turned inwards. She reinforced herself in every way she could, making herself stronger, faster, tougher.

"A pretty show, little sparrow!" The man in Riot's skin called up to her. "But it will not help you!"
Sarah turned her burning sight down towards him and tilting her head. She spoke slowly, every word dripping with psychic venom and power. "How funny." She intoned. "Because I don't need your help anymore. Finally, I am going to help myself!"

She plummeted down towards him, her arms out in front of her with psychic claws extended. Riot threw his fist forwards to meet her, the strength of his fist meeting Sarah's psychic aura. The fingers in his right hand broke instantly and he was driven down onto his back. The pavement beneath him buckled and spread out in a web of cracks as Sarah landed on top of him, lashing out with the strength of her mind manifeste physically. The claws ripped at his chest, tearing open his shirt. But Freddy was tougher than he was strong and he rolled, using his weight to push Nightblood down. It was his turn and he pummelled her mercilesslly, slamming his fists down over and over against her armour, each time causing a flash of purple sparks.

Lifting both hands ove his hand he brought them down with force against the chest of his sisters armour, causing another flash. Sarah screamed out in pain and repelled at him, sending him flying backwards. He landed on his feet and stumbled back a step or two before regaining his balance and moving back towards her, but by this time she was on her feet again. She ran towards him, slashing through the air with her psychic claws.

"Give me back my brother, Dealbreaker!" She spat the words out, so furious she was nearly berserk.

This time the claws sunk into Freddy's chest, leaving long shallow gashes that bled profusely. He tried to fight back but once again found his blows bouncing off of her etheral armour. She struck at his face, smashing one of the lenses of his goggles. A green eye showed through, but it had no emotion. There was no feeling there, no laughter, no love for a sister. It just made Sarah angrier.

Freddy kept fighting against her attacks, driving his fists against her armour. Beneath it bruises were beginning to show up on her skin. No armour, no matter how strong, could protect someone entirely from Freddy's strength. They battled back and forth, Sarah almost always having the advantage. But it didn't take long for the entity controlling Freddy to realise that no matter how much stronger Sarah had suddenly become, she was still as light as a feather. She was slammed into the ground, tossed up in the air and thrown against buildings. Freddy was cut open with claws and smashed around with fists forged by Sarah's mind. By the time the fight drew to a close, almost an hour after its beginning, it was already being widely broadcasted.

Frederick swayed groggily on his feet, taking a drunken step forwards before Sarah launched one last attack, her purple gauntlet striking upwards and catching Frederick under his chin. His head shot backwards and he stood still for a moment before topppling slowly backwards, crashing back onto the ruined street. A rush of cold air swept by, and Sarah felt the alien presence leave its battered shell.

Sarah stood there for a moment, light shining off her strangely crafted armour. And then she had nothing else left. The armour suddenly vanished, the gauntlets faded from existence and she collapsed forward, falling exhausted on top her brother.

"Frederick... I'm so sorry..." She whispered, hoping somehow he could hear her. She buried her face in her brothers chest and sobbed quietly, broken.


(( Posted on Behalf of Synthet/Riot/Nightblood ))

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So because i rolled a villain it's 'tough luck' regarding RP...great...

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I think most roleplaying in CoV takes place in SGs and on missions. Since I almost exclusively solo in CoV, I'm not really sure about that.

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Usually get heaps of RP on Villians, atleast enough to keep me happy. The EVIL & TST plot was great fun which involved an RP base raid and then capturing Coile the whole virus thing. I'd have to agree RP on Villians is alot more rare than it is on heros due to a simply fact that people are all spread out IMO. I cant stand Hero RP it just doesnt do it for me, thus why ive RP'd on Villians since release.


Probably in the next month we'll be organising a villian meet hopefully with some kinda of plot, thats why Clocktower died, again IMO. People ran out of things to talk about eventually and it died. Theres a house in Port Oakes near the coast that EVIL held the 'Mercenaries Ball' was great fun but unfortunatly only one off. Soon as we get a few plots aside try and kick it off again as a regular meeting place, with a plot behind it and a reason for the meetup.


Oh and the guides good Ravenswing, im really no good at GMing but have had to do it on occasion

The Museum of London was recently attacked at night. Little is known, other than two forces were involved, and a large-scale shootout occured destroying most of the 'London before London' wing. It is hard to tell if anything was stolen, given the scale of destruction.



Reported in all British newspapers, Frontpage news.

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I Googled for "criminal records" and found the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website, this includes the basic prison files of a whole load of executed offenders (pretty morbid reading, but it's something authentic you could work from)

link

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Love the idea of photoshopping one of them and editing in the information. Kept mine kinda simple theres a heap you can look at on our website though i really like the idea of a 'proper' record as authentic as the real thing

This should be sticky'd


Really good guide

May aswell update mine...

Global name: @Hammer
Server: Union
CoH Characters;
Eci Hammer, A Hero that loves being a Hero. She has a nervious stutter, except toward her Sister who is pretty much the opposite of herself. Fun loving and harmless would be just a few words to describe 'Ice' as shes known.

CoX Characters;
Echo (Hammer) Campbel, Sick and sadistic if its crude Echo'll like it, she tends to gloat what she gets upto regardless of what people may think and also a bit of a flirter even though shes married, her sensual side isnt seen by many shes a very very troubled woman.

Kassie , Kass is a technophiliac at heart sacrificing her body for more metal enhancements. She doesnt have a troubled past as most Villians, but her greed is getting the better of her. Teenage cyberpunk would be a good few words to describe Kassie.

(Ive a few more but its pointless to list chars i never play )

Type of Roleplay: Anything at all really, missions to the groups base, pocket D's to base raids. Anything thats running.
Can be contacted: Ingame of course, Forum PM's here, or on EVILs boards
Times on: Totally depends, i couldent say
Timezone: British Standard Time

Had this happen all too often where your 'description' is used as common knowledge, to find out that info about my main, Echo Hammer you'd probably have to be high up in the FBI / CIA / Or high up in one of the Meta-human agencys (Longbow.. FC, all the rest) if you hack into these agencys to get the info pretty sure that'd be arrestible, if your character is Longbow, FBI, CIA whatever.. ive no problem about it. But when people seem to know your character even knowing relatives knowing 'real' second names bleh it just seems like godding someone ive never met before IC knows my characters full name, who shes associated with, her Sister... well, just feels like godmoding.

Pretty sure you were witness to it in D's the other night Brit. I can also understand reputation but to know everything its pretty clear the person read Echos bio and used it as public knowledge.

Echo and Lunk spent the day in London, along with Echos Sister, Ice and Lunks old Commander, Telburn. Oh and alot of semi Meta-Human guardsmen

The first Villian marriage?

The postcard sent to EVIL agents

Another hectic day for Echo, shesh where to start...
First of all the comms were going crazy when she woke up Laugh Riot and Big Lunk gloating about destroying full platoons of Nemesis in the Shadow shard, Echo as her curious self tagged along her first time in the shard she asked Lunk quite a few curious questions and then got down to business after the contract was fulfilled Riot then had been asked to go 'into the future' Echo and Lunk turned it down.. shortly after Echo headed home and had an afternoon nap.

Echo was awakened later on and went to D's with Lunk to find Tormentress in a pretty bad state, hair a mess and bloodshot eyes aswell as her right hand beaten up badly, she described that shes been on the run the past few days and broke up an arms deal between Arachnos and the Freakshow not for good, but to take the weaponary for herself, both factions have been looking for her the past few days. Echo was worried in the end she gave Tress a keycard to her and Lunks apartment telling her shes welcome there. Tress later headed off, seeming slightly paranoid about the situation. Echo and Lunk then talked for a bit about it all, he was fearful a squad of Bane spiders would bust into their apartment looking for her, she didnt seem to care and Lunk left in an uneasy state.

Echo talked to Night-Scope for some time about business at D's random talkings about pay but her mind was elsewhere and she certantly isnt the business woman type. She finished her drink and headed to base hearing that Riot had returned from his trip 15 years into the future, Echo seemed to walk in at the wrong time hearing that she was dead within 15 years she ran away angry and sat alone. Riot left and Lunk came to comfort her she eventually calmed down and began talking to Lunk about their wedding he desperatly wants the ceromony on the 14th but Echo said that too much is going on, they talked and talked eventually coming to an agreement that it was going to be private, no guests and still scheduled for the 14th agreeing that the party would be the coming Sunday ( ) in Pocket D's. Echo then left for home, tired and mentally exhausted.

Yesterday!

Echo woke up, showering putting on her comms the first thing she hears is Laugh Riot talking amoungst fighting then a huge explosion. Supposidly a tonne generator blowing up in his face, it turned his glasses to dust, that was about it. He had more to come and invited Echo and Big Lunk along a raid on portal corps. They all went there and got the job done destroying quite a few expensive pieces of machinery. Later on another group gets together Tormentress, Operative Rickman aswell as Lunk and Echo they all head to D's and have a drink away from the main bar, after the normal talk and Echo and Lunk all over one another, Rick leaves, and Tress is interrupted by Wolf Spider Rika she tells Tress that Arachnos wants a word the group leave and head to base talking things over with Rika handing over information for money while Echo and Lunk wonder what Tress could of done to really aggrivate Arachnos, Tress and Rika later leave seeming to organise payment Echo and Lunk with slightly curious expressions...

Soon as Echo got up she phoned Rapacity about a personal item, she was pretty happy that it was being delivred to her apartment, after that her and Big Lunk got together and headed for D's, Echo with a wad of cash in hand. She paid Silvana/Rapacity first thing and then sat down with her drink talking to Freja Torsdotter a Longbow member by the looks of it, they exchanged insults and teases until she left. Echo was then wound up about something that happend in her past to do with TerrorRat something along the lines of "I had my butt slapped by a huge rat" she giggled it off. She then talked to Winter Heart breifly mainly being flirty and then later Vigilante Storm she found out about Coiles' dissappearence supposidly he's been gone longer than 72 hours now. Her and Lunk then headed home, the following morning Echo woke with a huge bruise just below her hip, clearly visible if she never covred her thighs.

Kind of a busy few days, villian side of things. Yesterday Echo underwent a ritual to remove the demon left in her she'd only just come to realise her previous 'improvised' transmute from demon back to human never worked to well Nightblood was the person Echo went to for help she knows far more about anything demonic and alot more about magic than Echo does, before it went underway she phoned her husband to be Big Lunk to watch, the ritual went underway and the demon is thought to have been removed, later that night her and Lunk went to D's except it seemed like the party had been ripped out of Echo she wasnt her flirty talkative typical self, she headed home early and Tormentress decided to follow her being one of Echos trusted friends. Lunk remained at the club for some time before returning home to meet Echo and Tress talking, Echo still seeming in a state of depression. (nicknamed Echmo in OOC chat ) Echo asked Tress to leave basically because Lunk would be angry if the two were seen together, Tress took it badly and left in a huff... later on Echo cried herself to sleep.

Next morning she woke up feeling a little better, first thing she done was phone Lunk. He didnt pick up, Echo kept calling and eventually smashed her comms unit in frustration. She headed out to the only place she finds comfortable in these times being the large tree looking out over the sea in St. Martial she sat meditating for some time till her phone rang once, she rang Big Lunk back immediatly talked for a while seeming furious eventually throwing her phone out into the sea. He arrived shortly after knowing himself Echo goes there to try and relax, the two talked for some time before things were ironed out Echo telling him that she wasnt afraid of a certain bad memory and that she still feels it spreading inside of her the demon no doubt. She began acting herself again the two made up and headed to D's... In the club Echo rang Tress using Lunks phone, she wanted to talk. Instead of staying with her partner in the club she headed back to base where Tress said she'd be, the two talked things were getting awkward for Echo but she tried being a friend as much as she could. It was later clear there isnt much she could do to help, so her and Tress returned to D's Echo started to drink a little too much and after such a ritual probably isnt the clever thing to do Nightblood walked into the bar telling Echo that drinking wont make things better and that she was foolish to do so, it ended up with Tress eventually leaving, Lunk and Nightblood talking with each other downstairs out of the way, Echo fell asleep on the couch Number Nine watching her breifly before heading to the bar. Lunk later returned picked Echo up and took her home.

No need for me to say what happened later on then

Although earlier in the day Echo was handed her ring from Big Lunk in his bloody state he went to pretty extreme lengths to get it, he hoped he could of gave Echo her engagement ring at a better moment but the secret ended up coming out when Echo caught Lunk and Warrior Gloominess talking about it and how he had got it. Echo was chuffed obvisouly. Evelyn/WG ended up asking where he got it from it was a few moment later Echo hinted the two girls should go 'shopping' in Paragon city the two had great fun, well bar they never really payed for their goods. The night continued on and a small grouping at base Tormentress, Darkest Nights Evelyn Lunk and Echo just sat chilling till Echo got a phone call, another potential Nether Ripper later joined in to say the least people were shocked by his looks but Echo got down to business and he was accepted into the organisation it was after that the group headed to D's...

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His idea earlier in the day of teasing Echo, and leave her wanting, had backfired, and it hadnt taken much for her to turn the tables on him, and that amount of 'frustration' just made Lunk careless.

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Typical Echo

Utterly amazing, thats a hell of a talent/skill

Anyway, enough of this... Let the thread carry on, because this is spoiling it.

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her usual banter discussing torture

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This (and more) is why I have decided to /ignore Echo Hammer. This is why some other regulars leave early.
It is one thing to be a villain, it's an other to be completely insane or evil or both.

If you like to talk about ... things that you know has a fair chance of disgusting people.
Could you do it at the Villain side bar?

You're literally ruining the RP experience for others.

Thank you

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I didnt post here to get flamed. And you done the right thing i guess even if it was an OOC way to deal with it. Echos been the same since i came up with the concept (well just about) she'll gloat about what shes done.

And what you say about evilness and insane. Damn right, Echos both of them. I somewhat doubt my character would go to another part of the bar because _ive_ been told to, IC is IC. Echo wants to stay in the blue area and tease Heroes so be it.

Tonight fairly quiet night Echo talked to Rapacity for the majority, her usual banter discussing torture and then about Nightblood / Sarah about how she escaped from her asylum and done brutal things to the doctors that held her captive. Later on in the night Nightblood appeared and then three girls discussed it more Sarah went into detail and Rapacity seemed quite pleased, amused. Echo stood giggling away enjoying the talk herself. Echo asked Sarah whether she still lived in the same apartment, the apartment behind the picturehouse, Sarah described it as a yes and then mentioned Togrin a greater demon the one that Echo is terrifed of so much so she walked away from the conversation throwing her half empty glass caring not for being banned or arrested, she grabbed the bartender but came slightly to her senses (or not) grabbing a full bottle of absinth and necking half of it, this made her dillusional and even more paranoid Nightblood and Rapacity were either left with dumping Echo or dragging her home, so the two dragged her home. Echo was laid into her bed, arm detached mumbling in paranoia and terror while the two other girls discuss other subjects. Soon after Echo was later comforted by Sarah and Rapacity assuring her that the demon had been banished, shortly after she fell asleep.

Usual night at D's last night, flirtacious Echo getting drunk yet again and not knowing who to talk to. She ended up whispering to Tormentress about her private life while confirming to Nightblood that yes she was born in an asylum. She also got friendly with Warrior Gloominess offering her work probably will do her paperwork today, something Echo will rush through. Later on in the evening she got a little worried and discussed to her partner Big Lunk that she thinks the ritual from demon back to human never worked aswell as she expected.

Such as shame CT never really took off. I gave Heroes a try and really i dont think i liked it, a day later you could say i quit the game tho im still subbed, just for the sake of it

I learned RP from scratch on Villians with Echo that is a character frowned upon most of the time damn good fun to play though. Like i said its a shame, i logged on recently got talking to a few people theres no established Villian heavy RP SG's around? i kinda see that as the problem, i mean theres plenty of people wanting to RP the 'bad guy' I started noticing CT's problems when it came to an end the first time, there was never any big plots you'd just make up the chit chat as you went along, nothing much to talk about really. I wasn't at the second CT i kinda gave in on the game if i knew about it i would of definatly logged on...

Anyways if you were to ask me, Villians needs a dedicated Villian SG not a 'Temp' one full of alts that mainly play Heroes, ive already tried to get up a group along with a friend it soon went up in smoke. Soon as i hear theres a half decent VG up that is pretty established and a few dedicated members ill be well keen to get back into the game.