The Tarnished City (Discussion)

Was feeling lazy... so Halisme got a mere 1.7k words of bullet points on Mix/Mixine and a few lines connecting the last strings from before. Wondering where I put my drawings and other notes, especially the song lyrics....

 

hey, I don't think I was being clear enough, Jade's other shadows are just decoys, they have no physical presence of their own. They are made to look like her to confuse whoever she's fighting. She can give them physical presence, but then she would probably pass out from the stress

 

空蝉!? (Utusomi!?) Not using kakashis? Right?

 

@Inks, I think in any RP if you have something you want to do with your character that includes making them more powerful or anything like that, you should check with the GM first. That's every roleplay, it's not particular to Halisme's, so it's not a big mystery or anything. I think Mixine is okay...having an alternate personality doesn't make your character more powerful than she is. But when you add halfway through the story "oh my character has a shadow that can give her more power" or "oh my character has a magical dragon that she keeps in her pocket", then that's kinda of upsetting.

 

You mean Domino355...

Halisme knows Mixine's weakpoint and is actually going to end up winning by mere proximity if something doesn't happen quick. We are actually in contact and that is why I gave all the details before the fight started. The power Jade is showing is not mine... just so you know. All of Mixine's tricks have actually been shown (though Halisme knows the exact details on two hinted parts).

 

Yeah, I wasn't critiquing you, I said Mixine is alright. Her alternate personality doesn't make her more powerful or anything, so it isn't that big a deal.

Also...I love saying "Boner Monster", lol.

EDIT: Vetiver's trying to bring a storm, by the way.

 

I just wanna go on the record saying Acai has no surprises...everything about him is in his little bio, ha ha.

 

"I AM NOT IRRELEVANT!!!"

I probably laughed at that a bit more than I should have.

 

Lmfao, I laughed writing it.

 

hey, @Bewitched, when Jade said "break for it" she actually meant fighting quickly for an escape route

 

And one last thing, this is my first roleplay, so sorry if I am messing things up.

 

No problem, its my first time GMing.

 

I could edit out the part about the favors if you want, or actually the hwhole part on the shadow. Say that Jade simply dosed off instead. It actually really is in character for her to fall asleep while everyome is working

 

Just remove the favour part, I don't need help giving the group a hard time.

 

Clearly... Three marks on that.

Halisme, since you changed your avatar. Was that from the Alestorm artist?

 

Not sure, it's a pretty I used for a school project a few years ago that I still had on my computer, I can't remember where it's from beyond that.

 

ok, so Marcus uses magic now. And Henry is... A figure from his past? Little help

 

I'll let him explain. I didn't find out till a short time ago and I'm having to do some, alterations, to whats going on because of it.

 

Yeah, @halisme a friend of mine always says that the GM's worst enemy is the players. They will do everything in their power to destroy the wonderful story that you made

 

Too quiet lately, lol. I feel that any expressive output with Mixine is seriously stunted by my lack of familiarity with her feelings.

Also is Mixine totally blind or is it like 70%? Wondering since shapes can be discerned to a degree yet still be blind. The latter I am more familiar with than the former.

 

Shapes can be discerned yes.

 

Henry is a figure from Marcus's past, yes. Henry's soul is interconnected with Marcus's. They were friends in their local town, both capable of using magic, being trained by the local chief. Henry locked their souls together. After a while, Marcus managed to escape his hold somewhat, then killed Henry, destroying Henry's body and Marcus's magical talent. Henry's soul has talent left, but it is limited. Once Henry uses an amount of magic, then his soul will be gone and Marcus will be plain old Marcus, no magic or nothing.

I intended for it to be a cool, symbolic backstory that would give him depth and clear up all the questions about his character by the end. I wasn't aware that his having or not having magic would have a significant effect on the overarching plot. I'm sorry that I forced you to make changes.

 

So... everyone is magical. We are not really screwed. Just make your characters are decently smart... Mix ran away for at least three good reasons and failed - two of the three should be obvious to everyone OOC and then IC when the reunite.

Also, Halisme should be happy I am not playing off a Tein-build since you would have a flood of inquiries to deal with as they pride themselves on examining everything in utmost and intricate detail. Also, Mix is pretty easy to read in comparison to any Tein. Maybe it is a good idea though that I fell back with Mix being off Ghesela's retainers since the group really might need a calculating leader in the end. Mixine is far too emotionally unstable and weak to handle it, but I have my doubts that the other characters would let Mix assume that role. He believes power takes many forms, but I doubt that this is a shared belief in the others.

 

Shame, you know. The thing I liked about Marcus was that he was the only unmagical one in the group.

 

Unfortunately, what I was basing things on as well.