I need help from some role-playing gurus! (long!)
All I can suggest is that you write as you think it should sound. If it comes out well I think your friends will forgive you for making them sound a bit out of character. Which is the whole point of being an author, you get to write things out your way, . If you can, try to read any background that your friends might have on their characters and if they don't have any try to press them for details. If they ask why just tell them that you're writing something, there's no way they'd think you were writing the plot for a surprise comic book.
Wish you luck, tell me how it works out.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
I think the fact that you recognize the problems of your situation will mean you'll do a fine job pulling it off.
While we may not be able to tell you if you got the characters 'spot on' or not, if you post selections of the work somebody may at least be able to give you pointers and/or encouragement to help you along.
Speaking as a bitter evil malcontent I am only too happy to eat someone's ego alive- er... I mean offer constructive criticism....
Ahem.
But perhaps you get the point.
Good luck!
If you have any logs from the chats or access to them that would help, then you could use things that they have actually said, or paraphrase to make it fit.
I have been roll playing forever, a trick I like to use it when teaming with your group members make sure you pay attention to the chat, copy some of the quips, quotes and banter they use and incorporate it into your story line!
It is easy to do your dialog you know what you would say, lol. I hope this helps a little, and I hope you team mates dont read your posts or it may ruin the surprise!
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Hi guys, thanks for checking my thread and for helping me out. The reason I'm posting here is because I need the help of some more experienced role-players. See, my supergroup (the Silver Guard) is very very active in the RP department, and our group leader and I are planning on putting together a big surprise for them. We're going to put together a Silver Guard comic book and make print copies for each of the Guard members to keep!
But the problem is, I've been put in charge of the writing, and I have NO idea how to do this. I already have the storyline in mind, but I don't know how to write dialogue that would be believable, since these are other people's characters.
Basically, the storyline follows our in-game RP. We actually have TWO groups, the Silver Guard (our heroes), and the Shadows of Praetoria, our villain group. The SoP are Praetorian alter-egos of our heroes, and they're all evil (just like the Praetorians you fight in-game).
So far, the cast of characters obviously is my fellow Guard members, though the main characters are as follows:
Lightheart (he's our leader, late 20s, he's a sonic/energy mutant blaster)
Ion Burst (17-year-old me! I'm 3rd in command and I'm a radiation/sonic mutant defender)
Sonic Bolt (18 and she's a sonic/electricity mutant blaster)
Novapulse (he's in his 30s, our #2 in command, he's an energy/energy tech blaster)
Daybringer (Lightheart's alt, he's 23 and a fire/kinetics mutant controller)
BladeMatrix (she's a cyborg katana/SR tech scrapper)
Aixel Sydevahi (formerly a dark melee/regen scrapper, he's now a peacebringer and our SG's token crab)
Those are the major players. The storyline is that Lightheart thought his little brother Daybringer had been killed when they were teenagers, but it turns out he lost his memory and ended up running with the Outcasts for a long time. It wasn't until he was arrested and thrown in the Zig that his memory returned. After working very hard to prove himself, he was released and he joined the SG. Daybringer's been flirting hard and heavy with Sonic Bolt, who's begun to fall for him. Ion, who's been in love with Sonic for some time, is jealous and suspicious of Daybringer. Novapulse is also very suspicious of Daybringer.
Which is probably a good thing, because it's going to turn out that Daybringer isn't Daybringer at all. He's Daybringer's alt from the Praetorian version of Earth. Turns out the Daybringer from our world WAS killed, and that Lightheart's Praetorian alt (Shadowsoul) thought that'd be the perfect way to get rid of his "weaker" self. Shadowsoul got his brother Herald of Night ("Daybringer"'s real name) to worm his way into the guard posing as Lightheart's long lost brother. Meanwhile, every member of the Silver Guard has Praetorian alternates who, for one sick reason or another, want to kill them. Ion Burst's alt is a spoiled brat called Contagion Beta. Sonic Bolt's alt is a seductress called Kinetic Shade. BladeMatrix's alt isn't Praetorian, she's the human that BladeMatrix's design was based on, but she's as nasty as they come.
Anyway, what's ultimately going to happen is that "Daybringer" is going to use his position within the Silver Guard to disable us one by one. He's going to implant a virus in BladeMatrix's programming rendering her immobile. He's going to use a specially developed serum to suppress Ion's mutant genes, preventing him from being able to access his powers. And he's going to use an evil amulet disguised as a token of love to slowly drain Sonic Bolt's vitality and cause her to waste away. Once everyone is weakened, the Praetorians will attack, and the Guard will be getting beaten up quite badly. But when "Daybringer" sees Sonic Bolt's evil alt Kinetic Shade nearly kill her, he'll realize that he truly does love her and he will lend his own power to the Silver Guard, dying in the process. The Guard will be able to overcome their Praetorian alts, but Lightheart will be forced to lose his brother a second time.
Anyway, that's the basis for the storyline we have so far. The problem I'm finding is that I don't know how to write Sonic or Nova or Blade's dialogue and be sure that I'm writing it in a way they actually would react. I want to be true to the characters, but I also need "poetic license" to work the scene the way it needs to be worked for the storyline. Has anyone else had this problem in the past? How do you work around it? I'm REALLY proud of our storyline and I want to see it in print (and Lightheart is a fantastic artist, so it's going to LOOK good). I just want to make sure it's a good READ as well. Thanks for the help!