Spiral Knights - Hour’s Till Midnight (Open RP "Taking Applications")

Hour’s Till Midnight (Open RP "Taking Applications")

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Sun, 02/02/2014 - 21:00

#401

Thinslayer

@Spirals-Ore

What's up with all these hallucinations?

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 21:13

#402

Darkwatck

First off

Every Team going down has 1 of those rockets. Sadly inside The Shadow Layer they are weaker and offer less time of protection. This means you can make a 'safe' zone for no more then an hour Game time. After that your SoL and don't have any more. That being said there is only one safe zone in the Shadow-Layer, and that is where I wanted the Story to take place, the Sanctuary. From there and out I want it to work like a Zombie flick, where the interests is less about the Swarm and more about the characters.

See in the set up, we are still in the start. Meeting all the people and seeing what we have at our disposal and bla. Once you get to the Sanctuary you will find out, the swarm is not the only enemy here. Its also each other.

Also Potato: You all have yet to get to that level, so she has already escaped scot free. And no, you will not be seeing her on the next level.

Thin: You're a Day late and A Dollar short here. The Battle already happened, so unless you want to kill the Ranger and the Gremlin before there time I suggest going back and redoing that part. As for the Assassin, I really would like it if you kept the Swarm located to where they are found as we know it. Currently Swarm is only found in weak forms outside of the Shadow-Layer.

I want it to really be kept like this: Swarm can only manifest inside the Shadow-Layer, but your beating my dream hard here. We should talk in game about this one day. I know your good at doing the Swarm and all, but at least let me share some guide lines for now.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 21:17

#403

Spirals-Ore

@thinslayer

The same exact reason on my post before ;) . Oh and dark ( and all mods ) can ark have those hallucination as a sign of growing up... i am lazy to edit my post again.... XD

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 21:19

#404

Darkwatck

Unless it was approved before, which none of them have, please don't bring it up or into the RP. Thank you and sorry for sounding rude, I am trying not to be :L

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 21:32

#405

Thinslayer

@Spirals-Ore

And why did you use hallucinations on your prior post? I don't understand what purpose they serve. They feel like a cheap attempt at getting around in-game limitations on your character's senses.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 21:37

#406

Darkwatck

Bomber

Damn, thats hurt. For a moment to have everything back but then at the last moment...It gets ripped away. Its almost like a smack to the face twice over man. I feel bad for the Gremlin now.

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 22:22

#407

Spirals-Ore

@Dark & thin

I have edited my pervious post about the hallucination.. Oh and can you guys tell me what is your time zone ? seems like you post almost at once...

Sun, 02/02/2014 - 22:32

#408

Darkwatck

Hum?

EST (-5 GMT)

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 06:25

#409

Dmatter

Wow that was quite a few

Wow that was quite a few posts. I guess no one here cared about the Super Bowl? Anyway, now I have to catch up, but there's school and I can't actually post untill that's done. Just a heads up.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 13:02

#410

Sandwich-Potato

Psst Thin. You now have two ticked off Gremlins. One is part Construct and in control of a half dozen super-charged angry Gun Puppies. The other one has an artifact that has touched the Sanctuary and the Swarm, the two mixing into it. I'd say you're in a pretty bad situation.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 13:57

#411

Darkwatck

It gets worse

The Sanctuary drives out the Swarm and makes it powerless (Best I can guess) to fight back making it nutural. In that respect the artifact would be driven by just the Sanctuary-isk energy.

Also, I like the Gremlins, cute and furry little ankle biters.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:07

#412

Thinslayer

Sanctuary vs. Swarm

The Sanctuary is controlled by the Core itself, which is powerful enough to drive away the Swarm on its own, at least from such a fortified position.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:12

#413

Viorayne

@Thin

There seems to be an awful lot of swarm outside the Shadow Lairs around our group.
And I never knew that you could control my Ranger...who is currently unconscious, and has been since the Marks-Woman encounter.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:18

#414

Thinslayer

@Edolas

I thought Gradus was the ranger. O.O

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:23

#415

Viorayne

No No, Alexander is the Ranger. (My OC).
Gradus is the Gremlin Mender (Sandwich's OC)

Besides, where'd your Swarm Legion suddenly appear from?

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:43

#416

Thinslayer

@Edolas

A legion of knights died in the level where the secret elevator goes to. More on them later. Gwen allowed some of the Swarm Seed in her to enter one of the bodies, and the Swarm was able to quickly reproduce and infect the other bodies.

This is why you need to completely and utterly wipe out the Swarm if you wish to defeat it.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:51

#417

Sandwich-Potato

I'm not sure that the Swarm should be escaping the Shadow Lairs so quickly, even with a Seed out. There's what, a few dozen elite soldiers of the Swarm? After a few minutes of Seed growth? It's like the confrontation is too quick, no buildup, not much time for anyone to develop their character, especially the two who completely abhor the Swarm and everything of it.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 14:57

#418

Thinslayer

@Sandwich-Potato

Hmm. Character buildup is certainly a relevant concern. I'll see what I can do.

Bear in mind, though, that "buildup" is an entirely alien concept to the Swarm, since it can readily acquire elite forces in no time flat just by infecting things. It already has decades worth of training in the collective mind (and thus need not train new units); the only problem it ever faces is finding bodies and biomass to use.

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 15:25

#419

Darkwatck

Thin

Note this, I don't think that was the kind of build up he was talking about. I believe he was talking about character build up as well as lead in's. Its hard to understand the Swarm for it does not understand us, in theory, but for right now the build up we need would require the Swarm to take a moment and do what I am doing, stepping back and looking at the situation.

As for a future thing, lets say it like this. In order to build 'Elite' creatures it needs time, energy and a large enough Swarm Seed. Which I don't want coming from thin air(Joke there if you saw it) and just bamb. This was the same problem I was having in other Forum RPs with unnamed people. They where getting these resources from then air (hue) and taking it in a step too far.

Even in lore the Swarm was locked down int he Shadow-Layer and does not leave it. Its as if that is the planets dark side, its grave yard, where the Swarm is all powerful and can do so much with little at all. Outside of that it would be weak and has to strain/take energy from others to survive. (Again in Theory)

Tue, 02/04/2014 - 22:52

#420

Darkwatck

Ended

07:17 PM EST (-5 GMT) I will be on Spiral Knights. (Tonight!)

Guild Hall: The Darkwatch

Status: Open to the Public. Come on in.

Currently here: Darkwatck, Thinslayer, Dmatter, Bluearceus

Tue, 02/04/2014 - 22:52

#421

Darkwatck

Hmm

Where did everyone disappear to?

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 08:06

#422

Dmatter

I don't know, I would've

I don't know, I would've posted if I hadn't posted last. Also, snow day for me.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 14:55

#423

Hazardous-Anomaly

Problems

Dealing with the Flu on my end.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 15:01

#424

Trolololololololoe

*Sigh*

I tried a RP which... didn't even get a single post... As for Robo N8, can't go into the fight and Count Bleck is still stuck. "Hallucination's in Cradle" never worked, I must be doing something wrong :(

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 15:05

#425

Sandwich-Potato

Deadly, read my old post again. N8 CAN fight, but his power is reduced. Picture a Blazebrand in FSC opposed to a Combuster.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 16:03

#426

Hazardous-Anomaly

Oh hey, heres an IDea

Deadly, I did say that there was an aura coming from the floor, bearing the crest of the crimson order. Why not Use this as a means to an end? Say it repaired you, or something

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 17:10

#427

Darkwatck

Hmm

I would not say repaired, but it could boost his stranght. So in a shellnut he could have some fight back in him.

Wed, 02/05/2014 - 21:26

#428

Viorayne

Alex status: Still out for the count.

That's my reason.
Carry on.

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 19:58

#429

Sandwich-Potato

Waiting on Thin's response from the Swarm. Though maybe I should step in? Not sure.

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 21:45

#430

Hazardous-Anomaly

Go for it?

I think we're asuming that he vanished in fire

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 21:51

#431

Darkwatck

Lets see

Thin is resourceful here. But, at this point even that small of a Swarm infection would have been burned out or he would have escape back to Gwens' body for safety. Now, outside of this we are left to assume so because of how long he has been not answering. Sorry to do it buddy but I am over-riding his post and saying that currently the Swarm that was blocking the way is now gone and thus you are currently left with thats going on now.

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 22:00

#432

Thinslayer

Answer

The fighting just seemed kinda pointless, so no obvious plotline revealed itself to me. That, and I had no idea what that Swarm-wand business was about.

Thu, 02/06/2014 - 22:09

#433

Darkwatck

The Wand

Ya, I have to admit, as far as last minute plot devices go, that is by far one of the strange ones.

Fri, 02/07/2014 - 05:18

#434

Sandwich-Potato

True, but considering how outmatched everyone was, I was pretty sure a near TPK was rather probable until some help came, one way or another.

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