You know, I'd be a lot more inclined to read the things you post if it wasn't a sequel to War and Peace every time you sat down to the keyboard.
Hum. I wonder when the wiki's gonna be updated... There's some stuff in there that can be expanded upon. More than some actually. A lot. I'll set up a post pertaining to me and Sheep's character(s) as I can, but I've been rather busy lately with the beginnings of college. I did have a little collab in the works, but Stu backing down alongside his subsequent lack of elaboration has set that back by a good bit. On another note, I still have absolutely no idea how Annabelle's and Clarisse's abilities would be categorized into among the factions.
Annabelle is dimensional, Clarisse is mental. If anyone is unsure of their character's ability classifications, just ask (me).
I'm new to the 'verse, so it's either that or pelt the GMs with as many questions as there are bullets in the entirety of the Profound Danmaku Bounded Field [Phantasm, Foam and Shadow]. I don't want to write something to be jossed by Word-of-God. That was hyperbole, BTW.
Due to various reasons, including and ethical one, I am hereby withdrawing from this RP. Edit: Just noticed I didn't correct my incorrect spelling of hereby earlier...
Sorry to see you go, King Toad. Here's hoping you return in the future. And I apologize if I or Derika has inadvertently offended your ethics in any way.
Basically, I lost interest in this and the whole ethics thing was simply because not informing you that I was leaving would be against my ethics.
Oh okay. I was worried you were dropping out because you were fundamentally opposed to some aspect of Derika. I'm still sorry to see you go, however.
Name: Glasnost 'Glass' Gorsky Age: 19 Gender: Male Gift (Power): Glasnost can 'select' a target and use their most undesirable traits (as seen by the target) and the target's wrongdoings (as determined by the targets actions and how they conflict with the target's morals), and make them manifest in a "physical" form. This form will aggrieve their target until the target has either conceded to their "sins" or overcome them through sheer force of will. Since the power of the 'personal demon' is determined by the weight of your 'sins', it's more or less impossible for someone to overcome it by force unless it was insignificant, such as stealing a cookie from someone when you were a child. On the other hand, if you, for instance, killed or doomed one or several people, the demon would be more powerful exponentially. The demon's primary objective is to heckle, hassle, taunt and demolish emotionally and physically their target, but they will protect Glasnost if he is attacked, whether by the target or someone else. Weaknesses and Limits: If the demon is beaten, Glasnost is about as durable as a cold plate of custard. He's no good in a fistfight, and isn't fond of fighting in general. After summoning a demon, he has to wait for six hours before being able to summon another, and will be extremely fatigued (read: will not be able to properly stand) for one hour of that. Appearance: Personality: Glasnost is socially awkward, quiet to the point of being near-indecipherable, and a self-professed pacifist. He will almost always try to solve a problem with non-violence first, but since he has the speaking skills of Jaws, that usually fails. He believes that all bad people have the ability to become good people, and he sees himself as the person to show them the light in his own special way. History: Glasnost was born in Omsk, Siberia, to a radioman and a seamstress. He displayed above-average intelligence in school, and decided to devote his time to researching the Gifted in Russia. He graduated three years early and went to college, where he met Zelenyy Spasky. They were friends for a while, but one night before a party, Zelenyy gave Glasnost a capsule and the instructions to pour it into the drink of Tanya Harvey, a girl in the year below them who hated Zelenyy with a passion. Not knowing what was going on, Glasnost did it. An hour later, he was driving through the woods with Zelenyy in the front seat and an unconscious Tanya in the back. He sat and waited while Zelenyy carried the limp body into the woods. He didn't think about the noises he heard, and he didn't think about the sleeping bag with a body in it that Zelenyy brought back. He'd had nothing to do with it. That's what he told himself at the funeral. That's what he said when the college declared a day off to 'remember'. That's what he told himself when Zelenyy pretended to be grief-stricken. This event probably should have hit Glasnost harder than he let on. He didn't beat himself up about it, although he generally withdrew into himself even more than usual. After all, he'd had nothing to do with it. Instead, he threw himself into his research, which may have been the thing that finally persuaded his Gift to manifest. Unfortunately, his suppressed conscience decided that the first demon he'd have to summon would be his own. Glasnost barely survived. The demon had taken his form, but with Tanya's face. It had beat him near to death, as many wake-up calls tend to, but he'd come to a conclusion. He couldn't live this lie forever, and he wasn't the only one who had to admit to his wrongdoings. When he got out of the hospital, the first person he sought out was Zelenyy. When Glasnost brought it up, Zelenyy insisted that it had never happened. When Glasnost persisted, he told him that if he told anyone, he'd bring him right down along with him. Zelenyy denied his sins to his last breath. Glasnost took no pleasure in watching Zelenyy die, but he knew that ultimately, he had done the right thing. With a heavy heart, he left the college, deciding that travelling the world would be a better way to spend his time. He could have become a hero, had he decided to try, but the same social ineptitude that had kept him from speaking up before made him loathe to put himself in the public eye. Instead, he joined a small, clandestine organization devoted to ridding the world of evil, Gifted or not. On the third day after his nineteenth birthday, Derika came into the world's knowledge. The day after that, Glasnost turned in his official resignation and set off for the island. Equipment: His clothes, an extra pair of glasses, a roll of Scotch tape, and an iPod with an old-fashioned military headset.
I probably should post the results of my current writing with Sheep in entering Derika. If anyone wants to meet up with my group, go ahead. The setting for my group is currently rather late in the night, but then again I don't see any ongoing 'mini-arcs' that require a timeshift. Not yet, anyway.
