Redsnake

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All I'm saying is that I don't solo at all...Union is poo for teaming just means you need to make more friends or actually send a nice tell to someone that contains more than "Brute lv4 lft" because that [censored] is stale man. Old hat, even.
I've found my tell "sorry to intrude but things seem quiet right now as far as teams go. Mind some company?" to be the rather successful solution to forced solo-tude.
-jared

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ok..you got me , i do the usual team setting to anything malarky, but don't usually go as far as to ask people if they wanna team. I fall into the first of the three catagories, u see! SHY. And also don't want to generally show people that I have my embaressing newbie traits. But perhaps its time for me to come out of my MMO-shell.

Whats the worse that could happen....(they could ridicule, laugh, scorn, sneer and ultimately reject me! scary flash-backs to all girls private high school! ohhh vicious! :S)

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I personally like to team as much as possible and im my SG we team up nearly every night and aren't fussy about who joins thus expanding our online friend base which is all guds, gud times and gud laughs are my motto.

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Gravitonx HERE HERE!

I like to team as much as possible too, even felt very magnanimous playing with a level 1 in a team the other day from my heady heights of level 6 char....(The moment of realisation being when he said in reply to me telling him to rest...."I don't have that yet". lol)

Which SG is it you are with, if you don't mind me asking?

Just came off of Union Villains and pretty much gamed the whole time on my lonesome, even though was looking for team. It certainly was the quietest gaming experience I've had on CoX so far. So made me think that the Villains on Union aren't very pro teaming maybe....or is it me?

Was playing a new character so was only lvl 4 grinding my way, but when I've played similar low level characters as hero on Union or on Defiant (as either) still seem to get lots of ppl who invite to team, can't get on for 5 mins before get some sort of invite...

So are people shy, single play focused or just scornful of my little brute, in which case when does teaming become more common here...Lvl 10, 20...?

Hey hey....thought I was going to have to give up hope that there was a villain to fill these boots!

Band_Sidhe, Crimson_Archer, much obliged for your interest.

Bluedarky - not sure if we're on the same page. I'm looking for someone who already has or want's to have this villain as their own char, rather than me having a story just featuring my own toons. Will send you info in case your still interested.

PMs in your inbox now all. I got a bit itchy, so ended up posting the first part of story anyway...so have a read here see if it does it for ya.

P.S if you don't get a PM please reply me here! Bit new to this feature so not quite sure I'm doing it right! :P

The heat seemed to stick to her, a film of sweat covering her face, her breath short, fighting to suck in the air through the thickening smoke from the fire now wildly spreading through the trees. Her legs felt weighed down and the spines protruding from her body buzzed in anticipation like pins and needles across her body. She felt the tiredness threatening at the edge of her senses, but in front of her she saw her opponent and knew she could not rest.

He stood nonchalantly leaning against an already smoldering tree, barely seeming to register the exertion that the fight had so clearly taken out of her, but with some satisfaction she noticed a single thick spine digging deep in to his thigh its end jutting from the dark material of his suit. At least one had hit true and she hoped it would slow him...enough. But, as if reading her thoughts he reached down to the object, a large hand encircling its end and without any further fanfare drew it out in one clear motion with a sickening wrenching sound, she recognized.

She watched him bewildered as he brought the spine to his face its bone smooth surface still smeared with his blood and with a long tongue licked at its tip, his mouth curled sneeringly in a grin and eyes fixed on her. Is it possible to still feel a limb once its detached, she felt disgusted at his intimate gesture and as if seeing her shaken, his shoulders shrugged lightly as he began to laugh. The sound mingled into the cracking breaking sounds of the night, of the forest slowly being eaten away and the sound of his soft laugh suddenly made her angry.

Bending her legs, she felt the muscles tense and in a burst covered the distance between them. She knew he was injured in his right leg and shifted her weight to throw her next punch into his side, making him push the weight on to it, hoping to make him lose his balance. As she swung her arm, she pivoted; throwing bone, fist and shoulder all into the movement.

"CRACK..." the shoulder spines exploded in a shattering of pieces against his fist as he dodged to the side of her turn. Then suddenly in terror she felt a hot hand clasp tightly on the wrist of her swinging arm, encircling it whole, forcing her to twist too far. Fighting to keep her balance she saw too late his other hand coming toward her, pulling around her body still holding the solid spine, moving in a slow arch straight towards her face. Her eyes open wide, in disbelief, even as the sharp tip pierces the soft yielding membrane of her eye and she screams.

The sound echoes outwards shrill and deafening, crushing her lungs with its force. The scream floods across her mind smothering her every thought, yet even as her breath escapes her, nothing breaks into the deep claustrophobic pain that sits in the darkness now covering half her view of the world.

Later, the pain is there; surrounding her, holding her to the ground, her body limp as she blinks out with her remaining eye. She sees the spine still there, the familiar shape of it looking deformed from the corner of her vision and she struggles to focus. The blood running across her face dripping into her blinking eye, she makes out a figure looking at her squating down to meet her hazy gaze, but she can't see him clearly. The darkness seems to cloud not only her sight, but her voice, her hearing. Through a the fog of pain, she hears a mumbling voice and then again the soft callous laugh.

The shadowed form gets up turning on his heel and begins to walk away, the sound of his laughter lost as she finally closes her eye and lets the darkness engulf her.

To Be Continued...

This is my first fiction contribution to the forum, Filf is Lvl 10 mutant scrapper who's picture you can see here.

"She looks like a one-eyed drowned pirate...." was one comment I got from a passing stranger in Paragon, here is the actual beginning of her story. I hope you enjoy it.

I'm interested in reading more please....

So many views, but no takers...
*goes back to scratching pencil on her head*

An inspiration, a picture....anything...?

Hi, This is a WANTED AD for a villain character to feature in back story of character I have created. The story arc is pretty much figured in my head, but I am looking for a villain to use as the protagonist in my story.

Yes, I know I could just make he/she up also, but I like the idea that this character might be running around somewhere outside of my head and is good opportunity to share some collaborative creativity. Perhaps a new char or one that you haven't got back story for yet...?

There is no commitment to feature in future stories or anything, and anything written you will get first dibs/editing rights on your own char, if you believe something is out of context. Those bits I've left delibrately fuzziest to allow some joint ideas to be had.

If you are interested please drop me a post here with your handle and I will email you (@Staturess) to give you further info on what the story is. Want to keep that a little secret from here till its done....build suspense n all

I would need to know what power sets you use, any bio you have already and a picture obviously

Ta Muchly

Really nice choice of layout and shots, good opening teaser...

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Sometimes people will post their bios on the forums, but generally if people are inclined to post then they tend to expand them into full stories. The important thing is that people want to share their creativity. If you're proud of your bios then share them!

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I have had quick look through creative forum....but not quite sure I'm ready for that level of publicity yet :P
but thanks for the tip! Also had a look at your SG site, looks like you guys have a lot of fun!

What should one do if looking to find a way into said lively community?....

So just completed writing all bios for my 4 characters and feeling pleased, but where can I view other people's bios.

I know about the right-click info when you meet people in game, but is there any other medium where people can share their back stories. I am keen to know what other creative juices have created elsewhere in ppls minds!