I've added another portion to the BWO thread. Thank you, Sooner, for letting me use Sooner Spirit in a cameo appearance.
This one was a lot of fun to write. Kept me up almost to the crack of dawn. There's a lot of action as the Brutal Warriors Order investigates Tycho Pharmaceuticals and finds much more than they bargained for.
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Ok, here's Proj's entry in the finals. Unfortunately, it's awesome. I may cry.
Anyway, voting is supposed to start Tuesday (although with both of ours entries posted up now it may begin tomorrow, or not) and will run for at least 5 days. So keep an eye on the FanArt section for a thread called "FanArt Finals: Vote Here" or something like that. 
WOW!
Looks like you've got a talented opponent, Aerones. Good luck to the both of you!
I've got a story going on here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....=0#Post10698103
Chapter Two of Fan Fiction - Midnight Hour: Project XX is up in the same thread as Chapter One.
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...Ok folks, it's on.
Finally got some writing in me again...
It's a new chapter for Grey's Army. I really hate writing these segments between Roland and his (relatively) new friend because I feel like I'm stomping around in the Dev's sandbox, but it does a decent job of illustrating just how unusual it is to have our characters (our so heavily multitudinous, we're in the millions, characters) running into the signature characters on a regular basis.
However, I feel I've finally got the characters at an emotional state where they can be perfectly casual. I shouldn't have to do this again.
I say shouldn't, but sometimes these morons surprise me...
Now, to move on to where my VEAT will come from and why he got demoted from his Arbiter status!
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It's a great story Grey. The only thing about the new chapter is, now I'm racking my brain to figure out which Powersets Jay and Bob would have.
The Abrams is one of the most effective war machines on the planet. - R. Lee Ermy.
Q: How do you wreck an Abrams?
A: You crash into another one.
Dammit, I keep forgetting to come here... Well, within 24 hours isn't bad, right?
I'm starting up on two simultaneous arcs for Grey's Army. One features Cedric and Arbiter Taylor prominently, the other has the Ryat androids finally dealing with their wayward brother. They all meet in Warburg, though I still have to work on the Ryat portion for another post. For now, it's just focusing on my secondary Tanker and his opponent.
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Another post in Grey's Army. The Ryats wax philosophic about the origins of their Source Code, however, Ryat Prime interrupts with information that is exceptionally pertinent to Cedric's mission: Ryat84 has aligned with an organization that has enabled the psychotic machine to build a small army of Huge-style, electrically charged super androids.
If the tanker wants any chance at success, he has to accept Ryat99's offer to help.
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I've just updated a new thread in the Screenshots area, for those wacky Protector Elves.
If you've never heard of them, get on it. I will place Shooters and local Protectorites on higher value to finish them sooner than those who I know are more randomly out there in the game.
Raaaaasta that means you're next. I'm also planning on shunting Warface up a bit, and probably Crestent because it was his birthday recently But folks who haven't signed on yet, check my signature for the link to a text based form.
Please read my FEAR/Portal/HalfLife Fan Fiction!
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Updating: Another group of elves has gone up on the DA site,
here's Group 5
and here's Group 6
The new info and character sheets will be going up on my website later.
Please read my FEAR/Portal/HalfLife Fan Fiction!
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Stupid me, I typed out another segment in Grey's Army and didn't open up a new tab for the rest of the forum. Now everything in the forum looks like I've "read" it. I don't know what's new!
In any case, the characters are rolling into Warburg and we finally get a snapshot of the rogues that are messing with the Rocket and why they're doing it.
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Finally! The moment I've been working toward and based much of this current arc around! Simply put, Cedric and his cadre of heroes, minus the Ryat androids, make contact with the Arbiter Taylor's troops and combat ensues.
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The Ryat Rogues capture Cedric, the heroes and the surviving Arachnos operatives and Sikk reveals its disturbing plan to the characters. There is dissent among the ranks, but that won't be enough to dissuade the demented creature from its plans to push the world into another conflict with the potential to destroy it.
However, the heroes still have a rather powerful ace up their sleeves.
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I've posted the Battle of Warburg in Grey's Army.
I think I'll let the description slide on this one.
Ugh, this storyline has been exhausting. I think the next one will wrap it all up.
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I've been meaning to ask, especially with the last chapter, where did you get the idea for "Is this the road to Reno? Are you the Messiah?" It was an awesome scene there.
The Abrams is one of the most effective war machines on the planet. - R. Lee Ermy.
Q: How do you wreck an Abrams?
A: You crash into another one.
It was a pair of phrases the NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare; Read: Gas Masks) Sergeant (who acted as OIC, SNCO, and NCO of the NBC division of my unit) in my first duty station, MWSS-171 in Iwakuni, Japan. He was dragged along to Camp Fuji for a training deployment that we all referred to as varying names of "MCT Redux." It was actually a lot of fun once you got past the exaggerated imposition of importance.
However, they had NOTHING for him to do. No NBC agents (basically he'd have used CS gas) to work with, no platoon to manage, there wasn't even any paperwork for him to fill out. He was there, literally, to keep the numbers up. He was just filling a seat.
So, he and one of my partners in the ISC (Information Systems Coordinator, which is supposed to be the military equivalent of the step below JanLee's job, but they treated us like we were on Jan's level) were gabbing along while everyone was in line for rifles.
Now, I don't think this is how it started, but it's when I caught on to what they were saying. The Sergeant started going "Are you the Messiah?" whenever anybody said "Hello, Sergeant."
My partner replied with "No, but I'll tell you if I see him."
NBC Sergeant: "Oh. Well, is this the line to Reno, then?"
Partner: "No... Why?"
NBC Sergeant: "Damn. I need to get the Hell out of here."
Another LCpl: "Hiya, Sergeant."
NBC Sergeant and my partner: "Are you the Messiah?"
They continued like this until we got up to the armory window. I turned in my ID to get my rifle, and said "Is this the line to Reno?"
The assistant armorer took my identification and said "What!?"
Me: "Are you the Messiah?"
Assistant Armorer: "Huh?"
Me: "Nothing."
Armorer (this freaking HUGE Staff Sergeant): "You giving my armorers a hard time, <Grey>!?"
Me: "Nah, nah, Staff Sergeant."
And that's where it came from. They just struck me as something really odd to throw into a situation. Also, from personal experience, they seem to be the sorts of phrases nobody ever expects to hear in most given situations, so they have a particular unsettling effect.
As to why Ryat99 exclusively says them, well, he was the only character I said the phrases in-game with. I was in Atlas Park once, and saw what looked to be five social circles.
I couldn't stop myself and said in the middle of the platform under Atlas "Is this the line to Reno?"
Then I saw someone bowing to a female character. I looked to her and went "Are you the Messiah?"
Ryat99 started out with that as a flaw to his programming. Over time it became deliberate. Unfortunately, he's a minor character, so I couldn't show that as gradually as I would have liked.
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That sounded like it was fun. Either way, that was a hell of an entrance for the Ryats.
The Abrams is one of the most effective war machines on the planet. - R. Lee Ermy.
Q: How do you wreck an Abrams?
A: You crash into another one.
And I've wrapped up the Battle of Warburg. Mad Matt McGinty duels his enemy on the Warburg rocket as it speeds toward Paragon City. While there are contingencies in place, there is still much that hinges on this battle, not the least of which is the blonde-maned scrapper's life!
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I've posted an aftermath to the Battle of Warburg arc. Just some things to tie up that I've been meaning to explain, such as where the Ryat Source Code comes from and how exactly Arbiter Taylor became Operative Taylor (instead of being, you know, executed).
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I was halfway through writing a closing post for the BWO when I decided I didn't want to finish it up, yet. So, to whet my appetite for writing for the characters based off my friends from high school, I decided to make a story that was more "down-to-earth" and see where it took me.
I already had an idea for the characters helping Roland fight off some Arachnos, but I didn't know where it would end up. Here, I can at least put in some commentary that my characters do have lives outside their hero work.
I also have a little humorous moment with a Clockwork Oscillator thrown in.
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Another segment to BWO. It's more of an interlude, with some references to a movie I watch when I'm in a "chill-fun" mood.
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Now, where are you guys!? Protector used to have stories bursting the proverbial seams! I was having trouble keeping up! Where did it all go!?
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Ah... One more in the BWO thread...
I just felt somewhat inspired.
Quick note, there's some discussion about the card game "Euchre" in this. As the characters are based largely on my friends (mostly), they tend to play this game as their pastime. It's a game similar to "Spades" or "Hearts," I suppose, but it has a few extra nuances (a lot of new players tend to dislike the shifting trumps, especially as they get more and more drunk as the game wears on; then there's the concepts of "euchring" and Left Bauer that have taken many an unwary team's momentum, if not victory).
This is another dialogue-heavy one.
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Just remember to vote for it next week.
Unless you like Proj's better than mine. Then you have to vote for him.