SBURB .8 PSALM OF STARS OOC thread Welcome to SBURB .8, an AU Homestuck RPG. Yes, though the wait has been long, the moment has finally arrived! Prepare yourself for a grand adventure full of action, drama, horror, suspense, comedy and tragedy, as our brave heroes fight wicked creatures in a fantastical kingdom from your wildest dreams! To the players, play wisely; and to players and spectators alike, I hope you enjoy the show. *** RULES Please read the rules thoroughly before playing. Most of this is stuff you know, but read it anyway because you know there are gonna be subtle differences, and you'll regret not knowing them if you end up breaking them. Pay special attention to POSTING ETIQUETTE; that's the part you have to have down pat! PLAYER CONDUCT - I hope I don't have to say this, since most of us are on speaking terms; but please be courteous to other players. If you have a disagreement with someone in the group, bring it to me, do not air it out on your own. This is our game and we can all enjoy it, if everyone agrees to be open about what's bothering them so that I can fix it with my boundless creative genius-*brick'd* Ahem. Yeah, anyway, let me know if something's eating you. - You have control of your character and only your character. The focus of your posts should be, above all else, your character's perspective and actions. If another character is mentioned in your post, even if it's a chat log, make sure the respective player knows about it and gives the OK. In the smallest cases this prevents duplicate actions/logs; in the largest ones, it can keep you from taking a character in a direction their player didn't intend. - There are two major forms of metagaming I want to avoid. First is using Homestuck knowledge to figure things out in this game. Homestuck is not part of this universe's canon; the official stance is that it is "some weird comic," and it will be treated as such any time it is referenced, thus offering no real insight to the characters. Second is a procedural thing: If your character is given new information, assume the other characters do not know it until your character tells them personally. This is to give you something to use Pesterchum for (assuming you can get to a computer, which won't always be the case!), and it otherwise encourages communication between players and characters. Other than that, just work with your character's natural limits; don't do something he/she wouldn't do, don't use knowledge he/she wouldn't have, and so on. POSTING ETIQUETTE - I'm looking for an average of one or two posts per day. Absolute minimum 1. Might seem like a lot for some of you, but I want to keep this thing rolling, and as long as you hear from me often enough, you should (ideally) have something to do and some goal to work towards at all times. - Here's the basic format: Each post should contain (1) narration and (2) a command. The narration is the role play bit: You write from your character's perspective, same as you would in any other role play. The command is your attempt to advance the story: You give me one action your character is attempting and I give you the results of it the next time I post. Use narration when you wouldn't require my input, such as in messing around in your room or chatting with other players; use a command where you would, such as in interacting with NPCs or during combat. - Please keep your narration in third-person, past-tense, limited omniscient perspective. This is a lot of fancy gobbeldygook to describe what most of you should be used to doing: You have complete control over one and only one character, you refer to him/her as "he/she" and not "I" or "you," and everything is in past tense. It's poor form to have people writing in different styles, and sometimes it gets disorienting for people trying to catch up. - Your narration portion can be as long or short as you want, but the longer and more detailed it is, the more likely your command will have the intended effect! Example 1: If you're looking for something and your command is just >Search for [thing], who knows what you'll find? Maybe tell me where you're looking and describe the thing you're after. Example 2: In a fight, if you're specific about what you're aiming at (stomach, limbs, some rocks precariously perched above your adversary, etc.), how much power you're putting into a strike, and so on, you might find you waste less energy, hit more often, and deal more damage, among other things. - No one really has a "turn" when they're expected to post. If you have something to post, go ahead and post! That said, it is good form to talk to others in the group and see what their plans are, especially if you're in a party with several characters. I will try to respond to commands as quickly as I can so we can keep up the pace, but as long as you're not waiting on me, you can and should post any time. - If you need to say something OOC... well, there is an OOC thread for that... but if it just has to be said in the IC thread, make sure it stands out. A page break and an "OOC:" prefix are preferable. TIPS - I will make every attempt to reward creativity, attentiveness, and exploration. Be thorough in exploring your environments; try out interesting commands that come to mind, both in and out of battle; and pay attention to clues in the narration! Missing something is a lose-lose, since you don't get cool stuff and I can't show off my work, but I can't just hand you all the goodies on a silver platter. Keep your eyes peeled, both in- and out-of-character, and don't be afraid to take risks. - There are no stats for a reason, and no, it's not just because I'm too lazy to crunch the numbers (although that is definitely part of it :L). This is still a narrative RPG, so it needs to stay grounded in that. When you're in a fight, just fight your hardest, and don't worry about how much HP the boss has left or how powerful he is. I will try to avoid totally unwinnable fights, but some of them are not meant to be won; in those cases, I'll make it as clear as possible what you're supposed to do, whether it's hold out for a certain amount of time, or just run. If you think a fight's going on too long or you're being unfairly pounded, remember communication. I need to know what's on your mind if I'm gonna do anything about it. - Bear in mind that your character can die at any time. The world of Sburb is a wondrous place, but as any avid Homestuck fan can tell you, it hides as many dangers as splendors beneath the surface! Be mindful of your mortality at all times. That said, this is not Paranoia or World of Darkness; the GM is not out to get you. If you do bite the big one, don't lose hope, as your role in the story may not be over just yet. Sburb works in mysterious ways... *** CHARACTER ROSTER ~~~~~ GWEN ARLINGTON Played by FEARLESS Spoiler: Info Age: 16 Interests: Like many of your friends, you are studying several LANGUAGES. JAPANESE seems to be the norm, but you are also studying NORWEGIAN and FRENCH. Also like your friends, you hold the medium of JAPANESE ANIMATION close to your heart, and you hope to be an ANIMATOR someday. You are also fond of DRAWING, but you AREN'T ALL THAT GREAT AT IT. You do not draw stick figures though. Stick figures make you SHUDDER IN DISGUST if drawn by anyone over the age of six for anything other than comedic purposes. Another interest is SEWING and COSPLAY, but you are very LAZY and barely ever do it. In fact, you are so lazy you neglect your HOMEWORK in favor of playing GAMES with your friends and surfing the internet for YAOI. You also enjoy SINGING, but again, you are very LAZY, and don't really record yourself. You just sing for lulz. ChumHandle: northernLights Text Color: #C7ECFF Typing Quirk: You are given to swearing, but typically in a censored or child-friendly manner. You also misspell things every now and then. Strife Specibus: axekind Personal Symbol: Crescent Moon Class & Aspect: Heir of Tide Guardian: MOM Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ ALEX ADAGIO Played by PLUMS Spoiler: Info Age: 16 Interests: You enjoy ANIME, specifically STEINS;GATE and PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA. You also like to WRITE in your spare time, which typically results in VARIOUS FANFICS FEATURING YOUR FRIENDS. You also enjoy reading WEBCOMICS, such as QUESTIONABLE CONTENT and MS PAINT ADVENTURES. You listen to INDIE and TRIP-HOP TUNES, which you sometimes wish to make for yourself, but you DOUBT IN YOUR ABILITY. You also play with PHOTOSHOP from time to time, although you are NOT VERY GOOD AT IT. You often FAIL AT VERBAL COMMUNICATION when addressing others. ChumHandle: crimsonBallad Color Code: #E93E5A Typing quirk: Your spelling and grammar are strong, but you tend to abuse emotes and the word "JEGUS." c: Strife Specibus: kazookind Personal Symbol: Quarter Note Class & Aspect: Thief of Voice Guardian: MOM Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ KIERAN WILSON Played by CLAWTOOTH Spoiler: Info Age: 17 Interests: Boy, do you love MUSIC. It has been a part of your life for AS LONG AS YOU CAN REMEMBER. Playing it, listening to it, writing it; you JUST LOVE IT. You are particularly fond of the CLASSICAL and FOLK genres, although you’ll listen to WHATEVER SOUNDS GOOD. You play VIOLIN and PIANO and are an EX-SINGER. You think you are INTOLERABLY BAD AT IT, but a number of your friends STRONGLY DISAGREE. You keep this as a hobby, and devote most of your energy to WORDS and LITERATURE. In particular, you enjoy WORD RELATIONS and LINGUISTICS. You also enjoy CLASSIC LITERATURE, but you HAVEN’T HAD MUCH TIME TO READ any. In addition, you also enjoy media from OTHER COUNTRIES, in particular: FRENCH FILM and ANIME, the latter of which you commonly ENJOY WITH YOUR FRIENDS. Like them, you know a FOREIGN LANGUAGE--being FRENCH--but you are NOWHERE NEAR FLUENT. You also have a STRANGE TALENT for pronouncing JAPANESE, although you CANNOT STRING A SENTENCE TOGETHER in it. You enjoy GAMING, both VIDEO and TABLETOP, and you frequently ROLE PLAY in both. Given your choice, you tend to employ MAGES. You spend an INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME ONLINE, from doing things such as FORUMING and SOCIAL NETWORKING, to WATCHING SILLY VIDEOS. This form of INTERACTION suits you because, if needed, you can STILL GET YOUR SPACE. However, you HAVE TROUBLE MAKING FRIENDS because you have NO SELF ESTEEM and little SELF-CONFIDENCE. ChumHandle: eruditeVirtuoso Text Color: #006699 Typing Quirk: Owing to your love of literature, your grammar, spelling, and vocabulary are superb; but your mind is quicker than your fingers, and you tend towards some embarrassing spelling mistakes, yto the amusmeent of your firends and your own trepidatioin. Your favorite forms of punctiation are...ellipses...and double exclamation points!! And sometimes question marks?? Strife Specibus: instrmntkind Personal Symbol: Treble Clef Class & Aspect: Mage of Space Guardian: BROTHER Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ SASUMI CAPRIE Played by SUMI Spoiler: Info Age: 16 Interests: You have TOO DAMN MANY. You primarily enjoy CREATIVE WRITING and playing the ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR. You also play the FLUTE and KEYBOARD - although really you aren't a very good musician. You're much better at POETRY and FORTUNE TELLING. Oh, you forgot about that. You FORGET A LOT. You are particularly interested in ASTRONOMY and know quite a lot about it. You believe in an ULTIMATE FATE, although it is unclear to you what that fate is or how it relates to you! Your INTERNET FRIENDS are extremely important to you, and you spend much of your class time and home time on your TECHNOLOGY PHONE talking to them! You also enjoy things like VIDEO GAMES and ANIME and TV SHOWS which you only watch on your LAPTOP COMPUTER which you also take with you EVERYWHERE. You have a PECULIAR FASHION SENSE and are inspired by JAPANESE STREET FASHION. This very much reflects your personal lack of ORGANIZATION. Which happens to be your LEAST FAVORITE THING. You are NEVER ON TIME and are honestly a little bit AFRAID OF CONCEPTS OF TIME. You kinda OVERTHINK THINGS a lot. ChumHandle: tsukiKiri Text Color: #D13D1D Typing Quirk: 何時？> You speak differently depending on who you are with, but generally you are quite chipper and happy!! You tend to use two punctuation marks, and lengthened words are by three letters. You use smileys a bit much too. :x Strife Specibus: pistolkind Personal Symbol: 愛 Class & Aspect: Rogue of Time Guardian: FATHER FIGURE Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ ASHWIN MAGHAN Played by WHAT? Spoiler: Info Age: 15 Interests: You are a fan of all sorts of KNOWLEDGE, especially on the MECHANICS OF THE WORLD AND ITS SOCIETIES. This manifests itself through your love for both the SCIENCES and HUMANITIES, though you are especially savvy in ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, CHEMISTRY, and LANGUAGES. A shame you are ONLY COMPLETELY FLUENT IN ENGLISH. You consider 1920'S ERA FASHION to be RATHER LOVELY, you are an enormous fan of JAZZ and BLUES, a strange contrast with your CONSTANT INTERNET TIME and your ADORATION OF JAPANESE ANIMATION. You enjoy ANY FICTIONAL WORK as long as it is WELL-WRITTEN. You are a GAMER, your interests in that field as ECLECTIC as in any other. You have a personal fondness for CARTOGRAPHY, and seek a COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD through this hobby. ChumHandle: sophophilicGentleman Text Color: #9ACD32 Typing Quirk: You are prone to inserting your slightly confusing and long-winded phrases with excessive word usage and general verbosity in itself, adding an addressive suffix of some sort, good sir or madam reading this short introductory phrase. Strife Specibus: tapemsrkind Personal Symbol: Lightning Pin, The World Ends with You Class & Aspect: Sage of Mind Guardian: FATHER Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ VANYŌ BEATS Played by Saxima Spoiler: Info Age: 17 Appearance: Interests: You love MUSIC; you're cool with pretty much ANY KIND, as long as it SOUNDS GOOD. Your IPOD contains many songs that are in JAPANESE, a language that you are just as fond of as ITALIAN. You also play a few INSTURMENTS, but you are the BEST AT VIOLIN. You are NEVER FAR FROM YOUR LAPTOP, with which you spend nearly all your time on the INTERNET. You are well-versed in the online world, and enjoy minor law-breaking activities such as PIRATING MUSIC AND MOVIES. You are SARCASTIC, as most teenagers are. You're also something of a CHRONIC LIAR, and you are PRETTY GOOD AT IT. People call you a NERD, but really you just think people online are MORE INTERESTING, and you've MADE MOST OF YOUR FRIENDS ONLINE. When you get out of the house, you TAN like there's no tomorrow and often go on DANGEROUS ADVENTURES with LEGITIMATE HEALTH RISKS. ChumHandle: symphoniousQuintessance Text Color: #669bbc Typing Quirk: You space your ellipses . . . to better emphasize . . . your pauses. Your grammar, spelling and capitalization are usually superb. You like to believe that you popularized the smilies of "c:" and ";~;" seeing as those are the only ones you use. Strife Specibus: bow&arrowkind Personal Symbol: Sixteenth Note Class & Aspect: Seer of Heart Guardian: SISTER Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ TOMÃS DA SILVA Played by COLONEL CATASTROPHE Spoiler: Info Age: 18 Interests: You have a love for LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES in general. At the moment, you are BILINGUAL, being fluent in both ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE, but you strive to learn more. You are also able to be SARCASTIC in several languages. You have a passionate love for MUSIC; your favorite genres would have to be POST ROCK and ELECTRONICA, especially when combined. You get a rush from HELLA TIGHT BASSLINES. You also like to think of yourself to be an ARTIST. You enjoy WRITING, DRAWING, AND PLAYING MUSIC and while you're INCREDIBLY AVERAGE at all of these, you still enjoy doing them simply because they're FUN. And did you mention your love for ANIME and MANGA? Well you totally love those. ChumHandle: spiritualProtectorate Text Color: #00AFFF Typing Quirk: You are almost always calm, both in speaking and typing. This is further accentuated by your dry, dead-pan sense of humor. Your matter-of-fact manner of speaking tends to leave people wondering whether you're serious or not; you revel in this confusion. Strife Specibus: bladekind Personal Symbol: 地 Class & Aspect: Knight of Force Guardian: GRANDFATHER Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ---------- ~~~~~ ABRAHAM ROCKWELL Played by JOJOJ13 Spoiler: Info Age: 16 Interests: You have an absurdly huge amount of OBSESSIONS that, for REASONS UNKNOWN, you rarely show to anyone. You are passionate about JAPANESE ANIMATIONS and COMICS, especially manga with OPPRESSIVELY DEPRESSING CHARACTERS, and anime which GLORIFIES HOT-BLOODED MANLINESS. You also enjoy SLICE-OF-LIFE series, like K-ON! and LUCKY STAR. You try to hide this fact as you feel it is too EMBARRASSING, but PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE KNOWS. You have the strangest hobby of LOOKING RIDICULOUS at the worst times possible. What? No, you do not really have the GREATEST MOUSTACHE KNOWN TO MAN. That is just a CLEVER DISGUISE, which you wear UNREASONABLY OFTEN. You also make HORRIBLE PUNS, in full awareness of how horrible they are but with NO INTENT TO STOP. Far surpassing any other interest is DRAWING, which has been your guiding star since childhood; but you are NOT VERY PROUD OF YOUR WORK, though it is decent enough that you CALL YOURSELF AN ARTIST. ChumHandle: pseudoIsolophilia Text Color: #4B0082 Typing Quirk: You pause often for thought, which befuddles your attempts to speak intelligently. You also use ._. way too much, it's not even funny. ._. Strife Specibus: lancekind Personal Symbol: Chinese Symbol for Freedom Class & Aspect: Bard of Doom Guardian: FATHER Spoiler: Quests ACTIVE BEGINNINGS Though this tale is one in a million, it begins as humbly as any other. - Introduce your character! Post once in the thread, narrating your character's life. You can explore your room and share your INTERESTS. Perhaps you're just waking up and preparing to tackle the day, or maybe you've just finished your homework and are about to sit down at your computer. You may make use of chat logs, if you like. At the end of your narration, please use the following command: ">[First Name]: Retrieve Sburb." This will show that you've read your Quest and are ready to begin. - This is a GROUP QUEST; all players must complete it together. COMPLETED ----------
How's the audio balance on this one? Working on it a little more each time. Track is "I Still Believe" by Calis, if anyone cares. I think it's free on last.fm. Sony Pixellate is a horrible effect and Youtube butchers it
Crossposting this from Current Events, because people REALLY ought to see this. Hope this isn't breaking any rules, or if it is that staff will consider making an exception for the greater good. I encourage you to take any serious discussion/opinions/findings to the adjacent thread and get all the jokes out of your system here. I'm sure there are plenty to be had; it's getting kind of ridiculous at this point. Of course, I'm not opposed to two strains of serious discourse; above all else, let's not have the silliness bleeding over into the Current Events thread. Spoiler: Serious Stuff Remember when I was freaking out over ACTA? Well get ready to piss your freshly changed pants, because I think this one's gonna top all three that came before it. Full article here. As I understand it, this is the companies attempting to do what the government failed to do with SOPA and PIPA. There are a few key differences, though. First off, this isn't censorship; it's downright spying. ISPs will monitor all user traffic and will potentially be able to reduce your bandwidth or outright lock you out of the internet if you don't jump through some hoops, and even then, you could still have a lawsuit levied against you. Second, this is not a bill, an amendment, anything like that; it's a policy being enacted by the RIAA/MPAA and participating ISPs, which if you view the full article includes pretty much every major ISP in the U.S. In other words, it's endeavoring to step right over the government. Awareness and opposition are low, perhaps lower than for ACTA. Please, if you support privacy and transparency on the internet, or even if you support the companies' efforts and simply recognize that they're taking it way too far, do something about it! I found a petition here, but given the low number of signatures something tells me it's not the only one. Please post any relevant information/additional reading you have, every little bit helps. Of course anyone with a more informed opinion is welcome; my level of involvement is still at the "reading news articles and being freaked out" stage, so if anyone's beyond that point, they can probably explain it better than I can.
Remember when I was freaking out over ACTA? Well get ready to piss your freshly changed pants, because I think this one's gonna top all three of the precedents. Full article here. As I understand it, this is the companies attempting to do what the government failed to do with SOPA and PIPA. There are a few key differences, though. First off, this isn't censorship; it's downright spying. ISPs will monitor all user traffic and will potentially be able to reduce your bandwidth or outright lock you out of the internet if you don't jump through some hoops, and even then, you could still have a lawsuit levied against you. Second, this is not a bill, an amendment, anything like that; it's a policy being enacted by the RIAA/MPAA and participating ISPs, which if you view the full article includes pretty much every major ISP in the U.S. In other words, it's endeavoring to step right over the government. Awareness and opposition are low, perhaps lower than for ACTA. Please, if you support privacy and transparency on the internet, or even if you support the companies' efforts and simply recognize that they're taking it way too far, do something about it! I found a petition here, but given the low number of signatures something tells me it's not the only one. Please post any relevant information/additional reading you have, every little bit helps. Of course anyone with a more informed opinion is welcome; my level of involvement is still at the "reading news articles and being freaked out" stage, so if anyone's beyond that point, they can probably explain it better than I can.
1. I AM A GOD OF PHOTOSHOP 2. Before 2011, my sole form of communication with Jiku Neon was making references she liked/completing her references and getting rep for it. 3. I spend way too much time on my posts sometimes. (Let's not even get into the megaquoteposts) 4. Radiowave loved the shit outta me. 5. So did all the ladies, judging by a handful of rep messages... 6. I am much funnier when I'm being an asshole. What have you learned so far?
Cross-posted from my AO3 account. Adult themes and precision cussing, beware. Mood music: 1 or 2 Spoiler: To Know Terror He's fucked up the world. Normally a good host oughtn't be so crude, but these words are chosen. He's fucked it all up, and if he could smile, and if only he had ears--He'd be grinning from one to the other. His mind—what we must call a mind, for convenience—flies back to the beginning. The bare gray planet stirs; life forms, sparse yet steady. At a distance it's like a coin, sparkling in a gentle light. He raises his hand, frames the coin between his thumb and forefinger, and flips it, or flips himself. Eons pass as it turns, or he revolves. He halts the coin when its dark side faces him, or when he faces it. With his free hand he reaches, somewhere to his left. Nothing squirms at his touch, wriggles over his fingers. He clenches it, and pulls. Tugging, ripping, snapping. Flailing. A shadow furls around his hand; slime coats his glove. Without moving, the planet is beneath him now, or he above it, holding out the gruesome nothing with both hands. He drops it, and it spirals slowly downwards, like a ribbon. It creeps over the surface. Even from far away he sees its smoky tendrils take form, tracing the cracks and folds, penetrating, digging deep. The whole of Alternia seems to tremble. His mind begins to skip forward. The planet is spinning wildly. The beast sinks deeper, vanishing beneath the water. Children are born and die by it. Children are choked and deafened by it. Always children; the adults like to run far away, like to think they've escaped it or grown past it. But even as planets sprout, the coins spinning and sparkling like a technicolor fortune, it reaches deeper into them. It never lets go. It whispers to them, sweet terrible nothings they will never forget. They endure that madness. It breaks them, but they mend. That horrible nagging whisper in their minds, the tremors that rock them in sleep; everything scars them, nothing stops them. Their eyelids grow dark and heavy, but they clench their teeth and press on. The pain only makes them angrier. They are miserable, ruined. Powerful. Terrifying. It is not sheer force that makes them strong, but lying with the beast; learning it, fearing it. Living it. He watches them grow like jagged, filthy weeds, and he knows his contract has been fulfilled. To the letter, as always. They will win this time. And now his mind returns, to the best approximation of the "present" we could hope for. He sits at a table, fiddling with a chess game. The Kings and Queens are absent. Blacks and whites are scattered unevenly. Absentmindedly he moves all the pieces to the wrong places: Pawns across the board, Bishops in straight lines. No limits. No perspective. No purpose. A thin, wiry huff reverberates from his hollow skull. "I will give you purpose." His typewriter clacks. A protégé requests him. Once more, he wishes he could smile. "I will fuck you up."
You know, the Dream World ability. Dunno how many of you play B/W, much less use the Dream World. Aaaand I don't really have anything spectacular to trade for it. Just figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Local Pokémon tournament in April, wanted to make a Dragonite team for it.
Nice to see that there are more holiday-themed events coming around, but this one kinda went under the radar. If you happen to be in this section this week, and happen to check this somewhat ambiguously-named thread, you get to join a special event? Doesn't that make people feel left out? My suggestion is simply more noticeable advertising. Staff could link to the sign-ups in their signature. It doesn't even have to be painfully obvious (although maybe a bit more obvious than thematic avatars); just something to pique people's interest and get them searching. The key is to make it a constant across all forums, and the easiest way that comes to mind to do that is signature advertising. There are possibly other ways, and I'm open to ideas if anyone has them.
A few people might've heard me mention this. My stepdad got me a birthday card that left me gasping for air. This is rare because, not only does my entire family have crappy taste in cards, my stepdad is probably the worst offender of the bunch. Told me he looked for upwards of an hour before he settled on it. Which I thought was actually really sweet of him, especially for a little old card. It's one of those ones that plays a sound. So, I thought I'd share it. c:
here Quite fun watching almost everyone make asses out of themselves~ *popcorn*
guys GUYS GUYS z0r.de GOES UP TO THE 3000S NOW :'D
Is it that hard to use the other section Don't tell me no one's gonna see it, all the same people who play those go to the Playground for Truth or Dare
You know the drill. If this thread reaches a certain number of pages, I will quote every post. Except this time, instead of 10, we're shooting for 20 CAN YOU DO IT?!?!?! Can I even do it holy Gwyn
HAREM WHERE ALL THE GIRLS ARE HORNY FULL FRONTALS EVERYWHERE MAIN LOVE INTEREST INVITES PROTAG TO MOLEST HER Japan officially does not give a @#%& anymore
http://www.laquadrature.net/acta Negotiated in secret by 39 countries including most of the EU, US, and Japan? International monitoring? Hampered access to generic drugs? Tell me this is just a bad dream. What's worse, it's already being signed; check out the timeline on the right-hand side. The US signed it in OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
[I am not calling for them in this thread. However, your opinions of this are welcome.]
and tonight I was finally sleepy enough to consider sleep at a reasonable time I'm laying my head down drifting off thinking tomorrow's gonna be great because I'll be well rested and ready for the day drifting... drifting... almost asleep... Ma calls up and asks me to check on the thermostat. grumble grumble Get back to my room Not sleepy. ...
You have just given SFORZATO a very silly dare. He seems a bit miffed. You giggle delightfully, and eagerly await the starting of the brand new game you commissioned him to do. What will you do in the meantime? A) Draw B) More Truth or Dare C) More giggling D) All of the above
Hint: It rhymes with 'stare' Kinda quiet sorry :c There's one loud noise near the beginning, not sure where it came from but beware. All clear after that though.
