Shadows-A Super Powers RP ( full,started)

[Xero Scythe]

Spoiler: OOC- Nuba km, you better read this goddamn spoiler.

holy God that's too far. Nuba, there are two GM types: Narrator god, and player. You chose to be a player. While you join in on the action, you CANNOT DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT! For cryin' out loud, you took off her fucking toe! When you choose to become a player, you subject yourself to the same rules. 1: That was excessive god-mod and character control. 2: you essentially just killed her character! The sheer shock of losing an appendage, especially in such a gruesome way could simply cause the human brain to shut down. I came in here, nice and relaxed, for one more post before the AP, and I come to this! This is what will happen: You will delete your post. Headsprout will delete his. Cap'n will hopefully spoiler her massive, incredibly detailed complaint, but she would be well within her rights to leave it up there to remind you of your shame. After all this has been done, I will post how DAMIEN, the ONE WHO WAS PUNCHED, responds. You have until Friday to do so, when I finish with the AP and come check this thread again. If not, I also will leave this thread and warn all the other RP'ers on this site about your actions. I look forward to seeing your apology to Cap'n Ninja. See you on Friday.

 

[nuba km]

Spoiler: OOC

Even though I think Neil would to that I am going to retract his action seeing as I would rather have people have fun with this RP and thinking that your GM is abusing his powers isn't going to lead to too much fun. So I am sorry, this is the first RP I am running so I am still learning what lines people draw between god modding and a over the top reaction of a character. Though I didn't think removing the toe would pretty much kill her (though I new it would be extremely painful). So to repeat sorry about that.

 

[Cap'n Ninja]

Spoiler: OOC - It's OK

Neil might have done that, but you were character controlling, and doing something horrific. There's also the issue of fairness. There was no opportunity to fight back, and no chance of failure on Neil's part, but it was a learning experience for everyone involved.

As it is, if someone lost a toe, that would be fine, people do that literally every day[footnote]Not the same people mind you. [/footnote] all over the world. It's the concept of being pinned to the ground and having a toe melted off with acid by someone else that would be the truly traumatising thing.

As it is, I'd like to leave that up there, just as an example of how people can make bad decisions and because spoilering it would take away a lot of the impact. Not as anything personal to you, nor to devalue you in any way, but just so others can learn from the mistake.
[sub]And maybe just a measure because I'm quite proud that I managed a 596 word tirade with what could have been said in 30.[/sub]

Also, kudos for psychic abilities. I was playing hockey and mis-stepped, buggering my ankle yesterday, so posting that at roughly the same time is quite impressive. Foot injuries, yay!

And Xero, don't let this colour your reaction. Post exactly how you thought you would have before you saw Nuba's post.

 

[nuba km]

Spoiler: OOC

Well I am glad to learn from mistakes, in future I will give people a 1 post warning (in a ooc box) to give people to fight back or if they want me to justify why Neil is about to do that. Now I just hope we can get back to the RP as usual. Almost forgot next wekk i am going to be very busy and so could you not go to far on in the RP but I will send xero the basic of the bar.

 

[Xero Scythe]

Spoiler: OOC

Well, glad that everything was fine in the end. Also, Cap'n, what position do you play, defense?

Damien looked at Jen calmly and spat some blood out of his mouth, missing her face by inches. "You say don't insult you, and yet you just give me more and more reasons to. Who ever heard of such as stupid idea?" Damien threw his hands up into the sky dramatically, shrugging before placing his hands in his pocket as he began to turn around to walk away. "Rather die than be insulted? Your choice..." Moving like a human whip, Damien's hand's lashed out of his pockets and sent them streaking towards Jen. A flash of silver could be seen in Damien's left hand just before his right hand clapped Dow. On her shoulder, gentle and yet as inexorable as Death himself. The silver blur slowed until it was about half a foot away from Jen's chest. "And now you're dead, as you requested. Where is all your whining now, all your snarky comments? Where is your juvenile protection, now your corpse has been shredded beyond recognition by a nearby Chimera? It's rather hard to scream for help when you're gargling with your own life blood. There are people who would do all this without a trace, and be able to get away with it. I know, since I used to be one of them. If you don't want me to mock you, don't give me reason to. Don't stand behind a glass shield of your societal status and think it'll protect you from hammers. All it screams is ambush, rape, then leave for dead in a Chimera's den. Don't count for others to get your back when everyone else nowadays will stab it for a quick buck. Trust few, and be wary of all. It's a lonely lifestyle, but it keeps ya alive." Damien shook his head as he began to walk, putting the knife back in his pocket after folding it up again. He looked at the paper and headed quickly towards the Address Zack had written down. He turned and loomed at the others about a block away. "Look, what I'm about to do will shock and disturb most of you, so your choice is this: leave now, or come with me and stay silent, no matter what. I am not willing to have anything be compromised for the sake of the country I've given so much for. Now, who's gonna stay and who ditches? You cannot voice disapproval with any of my actions, no matter what I do."

 

[Headsprouter]

Chris watched the interactions between Damien and Jen, unimpressed by Damien's extravagant display, and found it impossible to understand how much Jen seemed to enjoy stirring up controversy. He almost looked forward to when she messed with the wrong person and her throat is slashed open before she would realize what she had done. He certainly wouldn't feel pity for such a person, one who causes anguish for ones own enjoyment. But he needn't dwell on it. Those people get what's coming to them eventually. Chris just wanted to continue walking.

 

[Cap'n Ninja]

Spoiler: OOC

Sorry guys, I have exams all of next week and a fair few the week after, so I've been revising like mad. Hopefully I'll be able to find the time to transmogrify this into a real post, but I'm afraid for the next few days at least we'll be caught in my doldrums.

"No, I give you a reason not to insult me - Because it'll be annoying as hell if I have to keep hitting you - and then I ask you not to." Jen said, apparently unphased by Damien's display. "Now I would go on to explain why what you said is inaccurate -not wrong, but inaccurate-, but I've had enough of arguing with people who are sure they're right and that because of my 'societal status' I'm somehow on a par with invalids or the disabled, so I'm just going to ignore the inaccuracies and take on what was accurate, and just get you to wherever you're going, and go with the flow."

 

[Tim_Buoy]

Sunny smiled. Damien?s movements were fast Sunny?s eyes could barely keep up with his hand when he pulled out his knife. Sunny continued to follow Damien to wherever he was going. Sunny didn?t want to get on the wrong side of this guy his fighting skills seemed to be close to his own. Wherever this person was going it was going to get fun.

 

[nuba km]

Neil watched Damien's display, hoping that he would have at least cut Jen a bit in order to really drive home the message.'As you can explain your reason' Neil suddenly stopped his sentence 'Actually I don't really have much of a plan so I will properly go with you' wait were is mr. crazy and gravity man Neil thought to himself.

 

[Headsprouter]

"great!" exclaimed Chris. "now that we're all in our neat little group, and I assume speedy is finished his little dance, we can move on." Chris gestured the others to start moving forward, he still wanted to keep to the back. "go!"

 

[xXGeckoXx]

Zed had been watching the proceedings silently. His crippled mind was incapable of making a decision and he was torn in his mind. "Damn it why are you with these...""Because...""Turn off gravity, it's what you do...""Shut up I have almost figured it out the answer is...""I am taking the pills if you guys don't calm I swear I will...""You don't have the balls..."

Zed hurriedly grabbed his anti-psychotic pill supply and took two random pills. His heart rate slowed and he felt his external awareness return just in time to hear Chris give the order to move out. But he was not feeling so good, those meds where starting to get the better of him. He had to unify and quick. If he wanted to succeed he needed company.

"Alright, I am following you guys" he said out loud. "I have nothing else to do and I am looking for something that you guys may be able to help me find."

 

[nuba km]

Spoiler: OOC

chaos has decided to leave the RP

 

[Headsprouter]

Spoiler: OOC

oh, not another one....and what's worse, I liked his character.

 

[Xero Scythe]

Spoiler: OOC

Everyone, I'm really sorry for leavin' Y'all hanging fer the past week. My computer  decided it didn't like my Internet provider, then life happens and this site got screwed. Regular posting will return in 3...2...1...

Damien sighed as he shook his head. "Just don't open your mouth and I reckon everythin' 'll turn out just fine." He motioned to the others to come in closer so he could whisper. "See that bar? Inside is a woman who is a primary recruiter for the Shadow Guardians. I'm planning on joinin' 'em and gettin' up as high in the rankings 'til I meet the boss. Now, none o' y'all are t' follow me in until you see a corpse come crashin' through the window. It won't be mine- and check fer a goddamn pulse. Please. If this way goes under, I'm gonna 'ave a shitload o' work on my plate. If any o' y'all are smart enough t' keep yer mouths shut," Here Damien aimed a pointed look at Jen, "Ya can come with. I need a few on the outside though, so think about what you believe yourself to be best at. If ya ain't sure, yer outside."

Damien walked into the bar as every eye turned to meet who had caused the door jingle that dared to interrupt their drinking. Damien walked in head held high, exuding that cop aura that kept you alive: you should be here, that you belong here, and that everyone else doesn't. Some of the patrons turned away as Damien inspected the room. None of the chairs matched; it was obvious the owner decided to cut back on costs by picking up any old chairs he or she found in the back alley. The same went for lighting- what few lightbulbs hung dismally from the ceiling were helped by the bullet holes in the walls and roof. Damien surreptitiously tapped the floor with his foot. Concrete, as he expected. The entire building seemed to be made of concrete as well. "Well, the woman knows how to point a gun at ya without you even knowin'. 75 points. Let's see if she can make up the remainin' 25 by 'ow she uses it." Damien stalked up to the bar, 'accidentally' hitting one of the electric lights with his head, causing the shadows to stretch and shorten unpredictably. Damien smiled sheepishly and slid onto a stool. He prayed to himself that they had high quality alcohol, despite the look of the concrete dump."I'll have a whiskey neat- and some information on 'ow to join the Shadow Guardians,  Darina Eadan." Damien said while smiling slightly, speaking only to the petite, red-headed bar owner. The light completed one rotation, illuminating the corners for the briefest of moments. Still, it was enough to reveal Baldrek's face out the corner of Damien's eye. Damien gave no sign that he noticed, and instead focused even more on Darina, looking for a reaction to his information.

 

[Headsprouter]

"cool. I'll wait outside." answered chris. He nodded to damien before he left, as if to confirm for a last time the plan of action. He took his position outside to the left of a window on the right. He looked at the ground nervously, waiting for something to happen. He almost wanted to clench his fist and release some bugs, just to be ready. But he knew that would attract too much attention. He noticed a bench behind him, sat and relaxed himself. He focused his mind on the moss-filled cracks in the concrete ground.

 

[nuba km]

'joining the shadow guardians?' Neil said confused by this statement after Damien entered the bar, 'I need to know what the hell he is planning'.

Neil entered the bar, it was certainly a dump, he quickly made his way into a corner of the room which he could see Damien from but was badly lit so he wouldn't draw attention to himself in his yellow hazard suit.
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'Why yea wantin' to join the shadow guardians for, and why yea think they be interested in yea?' She said this without looking at Damien, while she continued drying some beer mugs. 'Also if you wan' a drink talk to klaus not me'

 

[xXGeckoXx]

Zed decided to wait outside quietly. He observed the people that went by carefully, paying attention to their demeanor. He wanted to know who the shadow guardians where but he saw niel slip inside and decided that it would be too risky to appear as a group.

 

[Tim_Buoy]

Sunny thought hard about what to do. His specialty was short to mid range combat logically the best thing for him to do was to go inside. Gravity guy and Chris were already perched outside, and Damien and Neil had already walked in. Sunny waited a minute and followed them in not wanting to appear to be in a group with them. Damien had taken a seat at the bar and was talking to a waitress and Neil was standing in a dark corner of the room. Sunny walked to the other end of the bar and took a seat. And listened to what was being said.

 

[Xero Scythe]

Damien shrugged. "You'll be interested in me 'cause I'll be useful. Cops won't go after me- hell, they won't even find evidence unless I want 'em t'. Why do I want to join the Shadiw Guardians? The same reason I came to you, Ms. Eadan, and not the first wannabe revolutionary yellin' 'join the Shadow Gaurdians' on th' streets: The old gov is corrupt 'n it's gonna topple real soon. I wanna be in a position where I can give the biggest damn push to the hole-riddled construct. And fer that, I need to take a shortcut in the Shadows. Y'all are gonna hafta act fast- Any longer, and it'll just be a repeat o' McCarthyism. Anyone c'n feel it." Damien thought for a moment. " 'ere, I know 'ow to prove my usefulness. How's about a fight between you 'n me t' show you what I can do? You can even pick the location."

 

[nuba km]

'darlin' I don't wanna kill you, how about either get more people to join the shadow guardians or you find and sort out anyone tryin' to cause trouble against the shadow guardians' She then opened a trap door, next to her behind the counter, with her foot that opened into a small hole in the ground filled with bricks 'If yea feel like a brain hemorrhage just say so'.