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Okay, I want to start as soon as possible. When is as soon as possible? It's this week. But first, there are a few points we have to discuss.
First off, great work so far, guys. We'll get this rolling now! But first, there are a few things we have to clear up. The support writers (Xin, Lumo) are free to take part in the discussion, as well as our main writers (Castle, Ranger, me, Gloria, NKDZ). I really hope this won't be too boring for you. Sorry to steal your precious time.
Characters for now are:
A proper start:
Okay, the characters are in the tavern. Since all of you wrote your own characters, I want to hear some motivations from you guys:
First off, great work so far, guys. We'll get this rolling now! But first, there are a few things we have to clear up. The support writers (Xin, Lumo) are free to take part in the discussion, as well as our main writers (Castle, Ranger, me, Gloria, NKDZ). I really hope this won't be too boring for you. Sorry to steal your precious time.
Characters for now are:
- Lenra
- Castle
- Dave
- (Gloria) (Will join up later on.)
- (Strafe Kayoz) (NKDZ' is doing... something right now. He'll join up later on.)
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Sediera(Sorry, the character is gone. If someone without a character wants to refine his story and continue using him, tell me.)
A proper start:
Okay, the characters are in the tavern. Since all of you wrote your own characters, I want to hear some motivations from you guys:
- Why would your character join the little group?
- Possible reasons:
Lenra is always on the lookout and wants to figure out how to become immortal. (Points of interest: Castle; finding immortality; finding obscure items/"Loot"; wanting to find out more about herself. Possible Youkai background?)
Castle is just curious about Lenra, and since the guys obviously has feelings, Castle mentioned that he might have a kind of a bad conscience. (Points of interest: Lenra, who is unusual; a protective instinct towards Gloria (later in the story); needs people around after what he did. Correct me if I'm wrong here.)
Dave is completely lost right now. He doesn't know where he is, he shot someone, he isn't from this world. (Points of interest: Lost; needs people around; doesn't know what to do; needs a place to crash. (Lenra's house is always open for a visitor to stay.)
Gloria is a character where I don't really know anything. I know the backstory, that she broke out and the fact that she's currently working in the tavern. (Points of interest: I have no idea and we can't ask her for now.)
Strafe 'Dante' Kayoz (NKDZ' character): No motivations given, only a fraction of the backstory, too. Character is unfinished and will join the group later on. (Possible motivations: No clue.) - Gloria won't be back for quiiiite a while. Should we...
a) find a way for her to meet the group later on?
b) return to the that hamlet of a village later for some reason?
c) try to include her anyway? (Not recommended; we don't really know how and why the character would act.)?
As you can see, there is no perfect reason, but we need to start. But like I said, Glo's gonna be away for *quite* a while. - How will this be written?
Okay, guys. This right here is the most important part. I opened a thread about it at some point, but I didn't really get any replies. So here's my proposal: We meet regularly (maybe once a week?) at a certain time AND/OR in topics (this method might make it easier if you aren't lazy), I give you a rundown on what happens in this chapter and you tell me what your choices and dialogue will be, as well as things you came up with. I will then pack it up and write it down as a proper chapter, with maybe Ranger doing some of that, too, since he probably is the best writer in here. That way we get a consistent writing style and you still have freedom. I might start up a discussion with you, depending on what ideas you have, but I will try to restrain myself. This is a team-project, after all. Feel free to suggest your own sidestories and all those things. - Quick overview of character-skills:
I will open a few discussion points in order to balance the characters better, in order to fit them in better.
Lenra: Energy magic. Pure energy blasts, mostly. White, eerily glowing. Both in the shapes of magic missiles and a concentrated laser. Also, defensive magic: Arcane circles: drawn in the air, they will have a shielding effect. They are weak in comparison to other things. Her spells hit stronger on enemies with magical weaknesses and weaker on ones with high resistances. The resistances may be completely different from the physical ones.
Castle:The group's only melee-fighter, since we lost our swordsman character (Sediera). Physically tough, he uses his claws to slash and stab his enemies. He can use his portals to teleport in a short distance (a few metres. ~ 10 or so.) He is only able to open them in an open area and not in the ground. Discussion point: Portals need to be opened in his field of view, unless he knows exactly what's behind an obstacle in his field of view. I made this rule up just now, but I think it's a good one. Helps in the writing process. Seriously. That way, our way can still be blocked by things, while Castle is able to teleport behind an enemy. I want to hear the other people's opinions on this. He's always open to open a portal linked to a point he previously visited (by setting a marker; he can only set X many markers. Maybe 5 or so, plus one for the nothingness his rings use. That means the demonworld, the village or Lenra's chamber of oddities, etc. That might just make a good reason for us to pick Gloria back up later on. Discussion point #2: Only Castle can pass through the portals. That might just work well with the guy declining the final reward we discussed as a possible ending. This does not apply to the bigger portals related to previously placed markers. Castle is fast, but his "teleporting" is based on his movement speed. Two portals can be linked, just like in the game "Portal".
Dave is a gunner. Two pistols, revolver style. I will quote his char page for this, he wrote it very well. Maybe reduce the minute timers for the explosion and the split bullets? On the other hand, you've got multiple ones in every barrel.
When the "R" on the cane is pushed down, and the sphere rotated anticlockwise then clockwise, cane transforms into dual revolvers with several functions attached to the barrel.
F1: Shoots normal bullets but with unlimited ammo.
F2: Shoots ghost bullets that pass straight through anything solid. Unlim ammo.
F3: Shoots Xbullets - bullets which explode on impact. Can only be reloaded every 5 minutes.
F4: Shoots one bullet when trigger is pulled, and when pulled again, the bullet separates into 8 mini bullets. Can only be reloaded every 10 minutes.
F5: Shoots a dart with poisonous tip, instant kill. Can only be reloaded once every century.
A select few entities will be immune to said bullet or be able to deflect it. One of them will be a character I made: Sariel. I consider her the upcoming final enemy. Oh, and how many barrels do the revolvers have?
Gloria uses bombs. In my opinion, that would be better fitting for an Anime. It's both very strange and hard to use. It rather sounds like comedic relief to me. WHERE DO THE BOMBS COME FROM? Explanation, please. Sorry for being so hard to please, but I want the happenings to make as much sense as possible. Also, a magical shield, achieved through an item she receives from Castle for some reason. A portal only usable as a shield, an opening to a place with not very much in it at all. Discussion point: Should smaller creatures be able to pass through it? Anyway, it probably won't really matter. I'm also not a fan of the bombs thing, I really ain't. Like, at all I would at least like a good decision. Maybe the object giving off an external explosion and returning would be an idea.
Strafe 'Dante' Kayoz manipulates gravity. Mainly in order to throw things or stop them in their flight towards him. This power is limited by his concentration and the velocity/weight of the object. He certainly can't throw a house around, and if there's more than five or six bullets headed towards him, he should make sure to get out of the way. Discussion point: Should he be unable to throw living organisms around? Basically another kind of "magic resistance". Humans would be able to pass it, while some creatures might not. He also wrote in some pistols he should have, but I'm kinda against that: We got Dave for that. The motorcycle is fine in my opinion, but I don't think he will sit on that thing too often. Maybe make it accessible via said portals. An additional "weakness" of his is water, apparently. From that I take that he can't move it without moving something that holds the water, either. - The storyline's world:
A few legends and some oddities already got mentioned here.
Quick rundown: It's a big world, and there are a lot of things like on our little planet earth: There are forests, deserts and whatnot. The main difference: There's magic. And not the kind of "it's magic, I don't have to explain anything" kind magic, but there are magicians who concentrate on different fields. While some alchemic brews have amazing healing qualities, there is no healing magic and definitely no way to bring back the dead. The "Border of Life and Death" can only be crossed once. It also deserves capital letters. Some people are said to be able to see the future, too.
Next off: There are 6 portals, and something caused them to be able to be opened. Up until now, they were closed, but Castle's demonic gate was in the center and worked as a kind of "switch". That means they got disturbed. But we'll find out that this was not the only reason. Basically, this is our excuse for why the characters from our world for example ended up in the fantasy world.
The countryside is populated by monsters of all kinds. Some of them powerful, some of them even able to cast magic, some of them less powerful. The demons unleashed by Castle opening the gate weren't that big of a problem for the local wildlife, and by now a lot of them returned or quickly learned to live alongside the local population. This means there's a greater population of "demonic" creatures than usual, but nothing dramatic. (You can discuss that one, too, if you want. I'd be happy with it being like this, tho.) The geographic situation and the culture strongly resembles the one on our earth. This might be because the worlds are linked; they run alongside each other, and they have had an influence on each other, always.
Celestials and demonic beasts exist, but the world is not governed by a solitary religion. That's mainly because the celestials represent figures from different cultures and religions.
But not only are the "Celestials and demons" in a classic sense. There are a multitude of half-demons, half-gods, youkai (an eastern demon, basically.), ghosts and whatnot. Some are born with incredible abilites from birth. Some of their abilities are like a curse: You can't avoid them, they drive their very existence, some hide the fact that they are not normal people like everyone else. Some are shunned and hunted, some have a place in society. The human-like ones share a trait: Golden eye-color. Something Lenra certainly overlooked. (Plot point! *dun dun DUUUN*)
This whole thing would, by the way, make a good character for our group, maybe? Would be interesting for Lenra, because most of them have a much longer lifespan than normal humans.
Also, I <3 ya all, guise.
