some have been leveling carnie toons, otherwise we have been waiting on you... faster faster Specy
Sorry about the delay. I was hoping I'd have good access to the internet, but not on my PC, so I'd at least be able to patrol this thread. Instead the house I'm at has a rotary dial phone, so I think it's pretty obvious the level of internet access I have out of Uni...
rotary dial phone ... does not compute....
where is this place ..1947 ?? 
Rotary dials?
You mean, you don't have to ask the operator to connect you any more?
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
Brace yourself, I had a potential idea.
Theres going to be a renaissance themed fashion event being held in the Midnighters Club, and I thought we might be able to get some carnies coming along, since, well, lets face it, my illusionist already looks the part (evil sinister glowing eyes aside).
This is an entirely random idea, but I thought Id throw it out into the wild for consideration.
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Which is the Midnighters club ??
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Which is the Midnighters club ??
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you know, the with midnighters.
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Oh that place, i only ever use that as a passage way to Cim...
Is the event IC? It might be a nice place to show off costumes irregardless.
Also! I missed the Carnietown idea a page back. I love it, particularly since it works for a setting for the final showdown segment.
Is everyone okay with the proposed structure above for the rough plot outline?
Yes, the event is IC, its part of a the Vanity Fair.
I think it would be rather fitting if Carnies infiltrate a fashion show week.
Also the plan seems reasonable, although I have to say, planning anything after step two is probably a mistake. Well, accurately, I think we should havethe Carnies full plan laid out (in broad strokes), with what their actual end goals are. Obviously thisll never happen because the heroes will foil them, but I think it should be helpful if we have more of a plan than:
- Capture and replace primal citizens
- infiltrate society
- ???
- profit
There is the question of how evil the Carnies are, or to be more accurate, how evil they think/claim they are, as well as their motivations for invading. I imagine on a practical level, the carnie empire will need to perpetually expand to supply DeVores ever increasing demand for souls. It does seem to me to be the kind of system that only works if it is constantly expanding and gaining new people. However, this might not necessarily be the reasons given (after all, itll be about spreading Fun, and Happiness, wouldnt it. Look how wonderful things are with the Carnies .)
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Maybe they've become aware of our world through some Portal Corp scientists stumbling into theirs, and think that the citizens of our world look like they could use some fun!
I mean, we've been invaded and attacked so many times (maybe they also think we're oppressed by the superhero types), who could possibly be happy in a world like that?! So, they look to take the grumpy versions of people back to their world and introduce them to REAL fun, while their carnival replacements work make our world more like theirs.
What would help to advance their plans? Depending on whether they have their own portal technology, they might want to get hold of Portal Corp technicians and managers to arrange for the large scale transfer of the CarnivalCapital to Paragon.
Presumably they'd target those who can either advance or prevent their plans. Psychics are a given due to their increasing the power of the carnival, but who else? Politicans perhaps? Celebrities who have the ear of the people and can put across a message of fun and other propoganda?
Plenty to think about.
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Well, in terms of advancing the plans, I imagine the infiltrators jobs would be to ensure that when the main bulk of the Carnies do arrive and announce themselves to the world, they are met with open arms. So I think that would match up quite nicely with your ideas regarding replacing celebrities and politicians.|
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What would help to advance their plans? Depending on whether they have their own portal technology, they might want to get hold of Portal Corp technicians and managers to arrange for the large scale transfer of the CarnivalCapital to Paragon.
Presumably they'd target those who can either advance or prevent their plans. Psychics are a given due to their increasing the power of the carnival, but who else? Politicans perhaps? Celebrities who have the ear of the people and can put across a message of fun and other propoganda? Plenty to think about. |
Also, if we are going with the idea that the Carnie empire does constantly need to expand, and their world has basically already been taken over, I imagine they would be very interested in portal technology, especially since Primal Earths portal tech seems pretty advanced compared to most of the other worlds that have been visited.
Basically, yeah, what you said.
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Building on Kiken's big-top idea, what if the Carnies are looking for a way of importing it, or a site that could, both literally and mystically, hold it?
Also, as a regulatory thing: Can people who plan on being replaced PM/Email/Tell me so I can add you to the list, and are we going to need an IC thread on this?
Okay guys, this is what I've got for the "blurb" for our plot. Just putting it up before I go for dins. Are we digging it or do I need to rewrite it?
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Across the dimensional barrier lies Dimension Eka-Upsilon-52, that may come to be known as Carnie Earth. To first impressions, it wouldn't appear to be so. The streets are cleaner, and free of most serious crime. People are happy, and there's quality street entertainment in almost every town. In one town, however, moving each new moon, is the Big Top, and the base of power of Vanessa DeVore and the Carnival of Shadows. With their psychic powers and magic of illusion and shadow, the Carnies have laid claim to almost every celebrity, politician, and public figure on the planet, and have dominated every major decision to take place in the past ten years. There is no war, and the Carnies take care of any metahumans or monsters, or even violent criminals who would affect the public, because the citizenry of Earth is their herd to farm. And the Carnival is always hungry. When the big top arrives, the city it sits in is thrown into a month long revel, and the Carnival drinks its fill of souls from populace. Due to the almost omnipresent psychic field over the world, very few people even realise when individuals go missing in these events, and perhaps only a handful have the willpower to connect it to the presence of the Big Top. The Carnival also monitors the population in these times, dragging off individuals who are mutated or in some way abberant to make up their dread Menagerie, and those with potential for great strength or mystic power to be made into Strongmen or Attendants. And nobody has noticed the steady toll of deaths and dissapearences... Except the Carnival itself. The Carnival has grown too large, its membership too numerous, for it to sustain itself in the long term, even with the entire planet in its grasp. Eventually there will be no more humans to feed upon, and the Carnival will cannibalise itself... Or at least, it would have, had a solution not presented itself. Recently, a small group of Portal Corps scouts investigated the decision, and they were captured and interrogated for "ruining the fun". Now DeVore has realised: An infinity of universes exist, each waiting to be harvested, and the Carnival need never end. After all, the show must go on. |
Likes.
Me too
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
It now lives on in the wiki. Tonight/this weekend I should get the first Carnieside mission up and maybe the first "kidnapped psychics" one, then I'm freeing things up a bit for individual Carnies and Carniedoubles (and Carniebubbles) to play around for a while. Witch-hunt fun
Okay, the first Carnieverse arc is entering the "slight tweaks" section of development, so what days and times are people going to be ready for the first Carnival-side action and for all this to kick off?
-Spec
what is the first arc ? which characters are meant to do it ?
as to days, Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri from 7pm next week is good, as long as i know the day before.
Pretty much any day from 7pm is good for me.
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
Ah, sorry! I didn't make that clear. The first arc is from the Carnieverse side. It takes place (chronologically) just after they capture the explorers, and features them going through the portal and taking over the branch of Portal Corp. This gives them a base of operations and a way of accessing it so people can begin being insidious Carnie saboteurs.
Arh...my Strongman is still only lvl 5 ... i havent had time to play him 
, may be he could be fodder
It is an AE arc so everyone will shift to the appropriate level, and I've only used security guards and... PPD and Carnies...
We'll see how it goes >_>
Hmm.. Have to decide now whether to create a Carnie-verse character or stick with my hero for the crossover. :?
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Okay, I'm getting internet connection on Thursday, so hopefully I'll be able to organise things a little more adroitly then. Has anyone started doing anything already or has everyone been graciously reawaiting my return?