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Jutting out of the side of Overlook Waterfall like the bow of some great ship is the fortress known as WATCHTOWER. It's a place where those interested in the Nexus not getting blown up by some scenery chewing villain or invaded by demons or something. Though their goal often puts the WATCHTOWERites against the forces of evil, WATCHTOWER opens their doors to all, regardless of moral stance or alignment, as long as their goals match.

Previously abandoned, the WATCHTOWER has now been refurbished, thanks to the constant attentions of the members. Recently, it's gone an expansion as well, adding new buildings to the old fortress.

The base is also now Dimension Locked, to members and non-members alike. Teleporters, and other such users of inter-spatial travel, will only be allowed to appear or disappear at or from the main gate, at the closest.

OOC NOTES & RULES


No destroying the place, or doing something to it that'll produce a similar effect (for example, no placing a massive time freeze on the entire area forever), unless it's part of an epic plot, and you've run it through me. You're allowed to damage it, but destroying it just takes the fun out of it for all the other players.
No godmoding/godmodding. Even if it's permitted in some ACRONYMs, it isn't in the WATCHTOWER. The occasional mishap's OK, repeated offense isn't.
Please try and keep posts longer than one or two lines of speech. Description is appreciated. One-or-two-liners that don't do much are OK once in a while - but not regularly.
If you want random smashy hahaN00BlulzFun, here's not the place. Anything spammy, random, or just plain annoying, can go! Of course, if your silliness is in moderation and well-roleplayed, and considerate of other players, then welcome in.
Romance/Fanservice/Secks/WOOHOO!/Whateveryawannacallit is acceptable here, but remember to curtain once it goes past the snuggling stage, and be aware that there may be IC repercussions for dropping the curtain whenever you're online, as this is a thread with a mission. And said mission does not involve ******* like rabbits.



THE FORTRESS

WATCHTOWER is an impressive place. The first thing anyone approaching it will see is the wall. It's a rather impressive wall, befitting a fortress, over 12 meters tall, made of stone 4 meters thick. Four towers dot the wall at regular intervals, not including the southernmost gate tower, which is larger than the other four, and of course, has a gate in it.
Inside the walls is a large open courtyard, filled with grass, wild flowers and bomb craters. A gravel path leads from the main gates, splitting off to lead to each of the buildings within the fortress.
To the west, one of the wall towers has been extended to be slightly taller than the three others, and has a few smaller buildings coming off it. This is the Training Tower, and in front of it are the Training Grounds. Also to the west are the Lab Tower, built up against and into the cliffs, as well as the Airship Gantry, built higher up, halfway between the base of the cliff and the top. Directly under it, near the vehicle lift, is a small stable for whatever animal mounts may be brought into WATCHTOWER, though their owners are required to take care of the animals themselves.
To the east is Overlook Waterfall itself, tumbling off the cliff and into a river which flows south out through a grate in the walls. Most of the east courtyard is occupied by an apple orchard, dotted with small magic obelisks which enhance its growth and fertility, ensuring that it is always in fruit, spring, summer and fall (but not in winter). Up against the cliffs, next to the waterfall, is the Hospital building.
Directly to the north of the front gate is the Keep, set into the cliff and towering above all the other buildings in WATCHTOWER, flanked on either side by the Barracks Buildings, which serve as extra housing for the growing membership. Slightly to the east of the of the Keep is a small forge built by Harnel for his smithing.

Training Tower + Training Grounds
Converted from one of the defensive towers, the Training Tower serves as the main training resource for WATCHTOWER members. The bottom floor of the tower contains a small armory full of basic weapons and armor for training. The upper floors hold a fully equipped gym. At one wall on the bottom floor is a secret panel that when pressed by an active member opens up a portal to the Safe Room. Non-members pressing the panel will have no result.

The Training Grounds take up much of the west part of the courtyard. Facilities in the Training Grounds include a track, a shooting range, a modular obstacle course, and several rings for sparring.

Keep

Ground Floor


Main Room - A sort of wide, square lounge area. There are several low tables and comfy chairs. And a TV. To one side is a 'fireplace' which is really just a stone recess occupied by the illusion of a fire, and several heating glyphs. No chimney, you see. Several torch brackets hang on the walls but are empty. Light here is provided (as in all rooms of the building) by glyphs in the ceiling. At the back are three doors, leading to the barracks and stairway. At one wall is a secret panel that when pressed by an active member opens up a portal to the Safe Room. Non-members pressing the panel will have no result.
Stairway - A small square room dominated by a spiral staircase which leads up the tower, to identical such small square rooms on every floor. Has two doors, which lead to the Main Room and Kitchen.
Kitchen - A large kitchen and storage room. It contains modern kitchen equipment.
Barracks (East) - An 'L' shaped corridor, which leads off to several bunk rooms. Each room was originally designed to house four soldiers, but has since been re-furbished to provide a sort of quarters for a single (or perhaps two) member(s). A room initially contains a single bed, a dresser, a desk with a chair, and a miniature closed off bathroom area containing a toilet and a sink with a mirror. All rooms have 'windows' which are not actually real windows, due to being inside a cliff, but magically show what it looks like outside anyway.

Rooms

Room 1 - Cessie Mithar and Harnel
Room 2 - Room with Bathtub, belonging to Cessie Mithar and Harnel
Room 3 - Ilpholin Xar'Cha
Room 4 - Dominic
Room 5 - Decker and Butler B. Butler
Room 6 - Spyridon
Room 7 - Boris Krestyanov
Room 8 - Jakob
Room 9 - Nathaniel Hutchinson
Room 10
Room 11
Room 12


Barracks (West) - An 'L' shaped corridor, which leads off to several bunk rooms. Each room was originally designed to house four soldiers, but has since been re-furbished to provide a sort of quarters for a single (or perhaps two) member(s). A room initially contains a single bed, a dresser, a desk with a chair, and a miniature closed off bathroom area containing a toilet and a sink with a mirror. All rooms have 'windows' which are not actually real windows, due to being inside a cliff, but magically show what it looks like outside anyway.

Rooms

Room 1 - Terrowin
Room 2 - Shrine to Dalachrech, Demon Lord of Invertebrates, made by Terrowin
Room 3 - DC
Room 4 - Jeremy
Room 5 - Catherine
Room 6 - Mr. Sirtch
Room 7 - Harin Grael
Room 8 - Yazon Skala
Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 12


Showers - A shower room accessible at the end of each barracks corridor.
...
Wait wait wait, communal showers? How barbaric! :smallyuk:
NOTE: There are cubicles. The showers are 'public' not in the sense that WATCHTOWER members will be forced to look at each other naked, only in the sense that they are not present in the rooms. :smalltongue:
(Of course, there's nothing stopping members from buying themselves a nice little bathtub or something.)




Second Floor


Stairway - A small square room dominated by a spiral staircase which leads up the tower, to identical such small square rooms on every floor. Has four doors, which lead to the Library, Planning Room, Infirmary and Labs.
Library - A large room, with a large window that overlooks the courtyard. In the center of the room is a statue, perhaps a shrine to some long-forgotten god of knowledge, that has been covered with a purple cloth, and a sign that warns 'Do Not Remove Upon Pain of Death.' How strange. Radiating out from the statue are masses upon masses of shelves, upon which sit books on all topics, but mostly magic. At one wall is a secret panel that when pressed by an active member opens up a portal to the Safe Room. Non-members pressing the panel will have no result.
Planning Room - Once an office, this room has been converted to provide something slightly more useful to WATCHTOWER's needs. Still relatively sparse, it has a cupboard full of maps covering most of the Nexus, as well as most of its major locations, though some of them, such as Remnant HQ or MURDER, are incomplete, for obvious reasons. The center of the room has a large table white table for maps to go on. If a slightly more high tech option is what you need, there is a computer in the room as well, with access to the WATCHTOWER database as well as digital copies of all the maps. Images form the computer screen can be projected onto a wall or the table, and there's a drawer full of miniatures to play with as well, if you're into that. :smalltongue:
Infirmary - A stark white clean room, with several partitions. Each segment contains a bed, as well as various medical equipment both magical and technological. The beds themselves are sturdy, quite comfortable, and also have straps if restraining the patient is necessary. There are several shelves in each section containing medicine and healing herbs and stuff. The infimary is meant for general use and minor surgeries, and is not equipped for anything more 'heavy duty'. More extreme medical emergencies should be dealt with in the Hospital, and the Hospital is probably more convenient for such anyway, since unconscious and wounded people don't have to be dragged up a flight of stairs. :smalltongue:
The Labs - Previously where the Dillinite mages performed unholy experiments and summoned volatile beasts. The first room is a semi-circular one, which leads to four labs which are separated from the 'main' room by thick blast doors and decontamination chambers. Access to this room is restricted to Members only, or guests accompanied by a Member, as determined by a magical handscanner. These four labs are intended for general use only, and are identical to each other. Personalized member labs for larger projects go in the Lab Tower.




Third Floor


Stairway - A small square room dominated by a spiral staircase which leads up the tower, to identical such small square rooms on every floor. Has four doors, which lead to the Security Room, Rec Room and the two Vaults.
Security Room - Access restricted to Members only, as determined by a magical handscanner. If WATCHTOWER were a ship, this would be the bridge. Overlooking the courtyard, this room is filled with magical interface panels which control the base defenses, internal and external, as well as the prison cells. Computer wires and ports interlink with the panels, converting mana signals into binary, allowing control from one of the computer terminals in the room for the less magically inclined. The computers are also wired to the WATCHTOWER mainframe, which is located in this room, allowing for access to the main database. The mainframe itself is also contained in this room. At one wall is a secret panel that when pressed by an active member opens up a Doorway to the Safe Room. Non-members pressing the panel will have no result.
Rec Room - Once an arena for fighting, this roundish room has been turned into a rec room, for relaxing and having fun. I wonder what that says about WATCHTOWER. Like the Main Room, it has a bunch of couches and soft chairs and low tables and a TV, though the TV is larger than the one in the Main Room, and may or may not have several gaming consoles attached to it. There is also a pool table, because no Rec Room is complete without a pool table, dartboards, and cupboards with boardgames like Twister: HALO Edition (like regular Twister except all players are required to be female and also nude), The Game of Undeadtime and Magopoly. Generally, if it's fun, it can be found here. Though... not that kind of fun. Save that for the rooms.
Prison Cells - A 'C' shaped corridor that surrounds the Rec. The prison cells are actually along the inside of the C, and once could open backwards directly into the Arena, something that the Dillinites used regularly, to much enjoyment. Now that the Arena is a Rec Room, this capability has been removed. The cells are sparse, three walled affairs containing a chamberpot and a mattress. The front of the cells (facing the corridor) are barred, of course, and the bars can be magically charged or supplemented by a magical forcefield, activated from the Security Room.
Vaults (East) - An 'L' shaped room, this particular Vault acts as an armory, containing racks of weapons and armor (magical or not) left behind from the Dillinite days, as well as a few extra additions.
Vaults (West) - An 'L' shaped room, this particular Vault holds some gold, and also some of the artifacts, good or evil that WATCHTOWER have managed to procure. This vault has more security than the other vault, and has a handscanner much like the security room. Right now it contains:

A large block of an incredibly strong concrete-like substance, etched with runes of binding and sealing, warded against teleportation or dimensional irregularities, and a number of other things. Sealed inside are a pair of ceramic jars, similarly warded, which house the captured souls of Shepherd and Cynthia.





Basement


Safe Room - A large room located deep underground, filled with mattresses and several months of consumables. Virtually impregnable, and accessible from the main building only via the secret portals scattered around the base. The portal may also be used to return to any of these locations (even by non-members, if they entered through different means or as a guest). In the back is a small door that leads to the Escape Tunnel. There is also a large bronze door, locked and inscribed with runes of sealing and warding, which leads to the Catacombs. This room is teleport proof, scry-proof, psi-proof, spy-proof, teleprot proof, and whatever other proofs you care to imagine (including 180-proof!) save for Epic MagicTM.
Escape Tunnel - A long tunnel. It leads to a hidden one-way trapdoor further south, near the Taverna Generica.




Catacombs

A bunch of catacombs and stuff below the basement, extending into any direction under WATCHTOWER. Excitement and plots sure to be found here, as well as a viable avenue for a sneak attack. This isn't technically, part of the building, merely a network of DungeonsTM under it. NO probably has a tunnel leading into here. If not, they're being painfully lax with their network.



Observatory Level


Observatory - Accessible through a trap door at the top of the spiral staircase. The room is enclosed at the front half by a tremendous glass dome, which serves as the focus for the powerful scrying spell etched all around. In the center is a raised circular viewing platform, with more runes etched around. On three sides are magical interface panels linked to computers like in the Security Room. The computers here are partially networked to the Security Room computers, and allow searching to a copy of the Central Database. The computers and interface panels are primarily used, however, to control the view from the observatory. The scrying spell is capable of reaching across a large area of the planet, as well as deep space. Things can also be viewed from any angle, eliminating conventional obstacles, however things underground or inside buildings cannot be seen. The scrying can of course be severed, blocked or traced back to its source using magic. There is a door to the side of the Observatory that leads to the Airship Gantry. At the back wall, opposite the Gantry door is a secret panel that when pressed by an active member opens up a Doorway to the Safe Room. Non-members pressing the panel will have no result.




Barracks Building East
To the east of the Keep, this building holds extra barracks for members. It is constructed somewhat similarly to the Keep itself: the front has a small sitting area and kitchenette, though neither are as large as the Main Room and Kitchen in the Keep; the middle of the building is a long corridor with rooms on either side; and the back is a communal shower room like the one at the back of the Keep. The rooms are identical to the ones in the Keep, except contain real windows instead of magic ones (due to not being inside a friggin' cliff), and are so are slightly better for fresh air purposes (though the Keep is well ventilated anyway) but worse for security purposes, as you have some panes of glass in the middle of your stone wall. A secret panel in the shower room opens up a portal to the Safe Room when pressed by an active member. Non-members pressing the panel will have no effect, though they can still walk through the portal if a member opens it for them.

Rooms

Room 1 - Adir and Sakura Frescot
Room 2 - Shawna von Letters
Room 3 - Jasper
Room 4 - Vizekasadriz
Room 5 - Claude St. Aureon
Room 6 - Hildur Lange
Room 7 - Matt Vulpan
Room 8
Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 12
Room 13
Room 14
Room 15
Room 16




Barracks Building West
To the west of the Keep, this building holds extra barracks for members. It is constructed somewhat similarly to the Keep itself: the front has a small sitting area and kitchenette, though neither are as large as the Main Room and Kitchen in the Keep; the middle of the building is a long corridor with rooms on either side; and the back is a communal shower room like the one at the back of the Keep. The rooms are identical to the ones in the Keep, except contain real windows instead of magic ones (due to not being inside a friggin' cliff), and are so are slightly better for fresh air purposes (though the Keep is well ventilated anyway) but worse for security purposes, as you have some panes of glass in the middle of your stone wall. Four of the rooms in this building are currently reserved for use by guests to WATCHTOWER. A secret panel in the shower room opens up a portal to the Safe Room when pressed by an active member. Non-members pressing the panel will have no effect, though they can still walk through the portal if a member opens it for them.

Rooms

Room 1 - KR and Wenomir
Room 2 - Darcy Diavolo
Room 3 - Valeriya Waskensen
Room 4 - Mia Mechanicus
Room 5
Room 6
Room 7
Room 8
Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 12

Guest Rooms

Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4



Lab Tower
Set into the cliff on the west side of the base, the Lab Tower contains personalized member labs, for those more tech or magic or SCIENCE(!) inclined members that might want a personal space to work on their pet projects. The Lab Tower has four floors, with the first three floors each having three labs arranged around a central room. Like in the Keep, each lab has two doors for decontamination purposes, if necessary. A secret panel in the central room of each floor opens up a portal to the Safe Room when pressed by an active member. Non-members pressing the panel will have no effect, though they can still walk through the portal if a member opens it for them. Like the labs in the Keep, these labs can only be opened by members, and certain members *cough*KR*cough* may have installed extra security measures. The fourth floor has a walkway to the Airship Gantry.

Labs - Players of members who have labs are free to write up descriptions of their labs to be posted here if they are particularly bored, or inexplicably popular and therefore sick of having to describe their lab over and over again.

Lab 1 - KR
KR's lab is kind of a mess. For all her genius and despite (or perhaps because of) her former existence as a robot, KR is apparently no big believer in a clean workspace. Workbenches are scattered with wiring and machine parts and the innards of half-complete or half-disassembled (it's hard to tell really) weapons and robots. Slightly more complete robots stand deactivated in every corner, and racks of weapons created on a whim and promptly discarded adorn most walls. A row of laptops remains on at all times, in strict defiance of the environmental movement, and a minifridge holds a rather dangerous combination of computer parts, drives, and soft drink cans. To one side, a hovering tray carries several high-tech containers full of some sort of molten metal. Though no heat seems to emanate from the containers, it's probably not suggested that you dip your hand in there just to make sure.
Lab 2 - DC
Lab 3 - Mia Mechanicus
Lab 4
Lab 5
Lab 6
Lab 7
Lab 8
Lab 9




Hospital
A largeish building near the cliffs on the east side, near the waterfall, and thus mostly sheltered away from the rest of the base, with a nice view of the orchard. The building, though not as large or extensive as a proper civilian hospital, pretty much lives up to its name. The first floor has several rooms fully stocked with surgery equipment, an x-ray room, and several other rooms filled with most of the kinds of things necessary for treating a membership with a distressing habit of getting shot, or stabbed with swords, or smacked with maces, or burned by magical fireballs, or bitten by horrendous demonic monsters, etc. The second floor, accessible by stairs or a lift large enough to carry a bed (as all of them are on wheels), contains several wards for recovering patients. Aside from the PC doctors, the Hospital is staffed by a number of drones, specialized to serve as surgeons, nurses and orderlies, so that patients here are always in good care. A secret panel on each floor opens a portal to the Safe Room when pressed by a member. Non-members pressing the panels will have no effect, but they can still enter portals opened by a member.

Airship Gantry

Jutting out the side of the cliff to the west of the the Keep, near the Lab Tower, and even slightly set into it for protection, is an large gantry, which is accessible from the Observatory and Lab Tower by elevated walkway, or from the ground by lift or (really really tall) spiral staircase. The Airship Gantry acts as an airdock for WATCHTOWER's small (but ever increasing) airfleet. It's pretty awesome. There is room for expansion, and the WATCHTOWER construction golems have built a larger lift as well so that land-based vehicles can be stored up here too.

Vehicles

A large, heavily armored zeppelin of K-Corp design, captured after a failed attack on WATCHTOWER. It's been decorated psychedelic patterns painted all over the envelope, as well as a pair of angry eyes and mouth. The gondola, while not as eye-blindingly colorful, has a memorial to Butler B. Butler painted on the side. The zeppelin has a rather large cargo hold, as well as a separate bomb-bay, which can drop rather large bombs (though they are currently in rather short supply). It's armed with a rather heavy variety of weapons, including: two disruptor quad-cannons mounted in the aft of the envelope (one ventral, the other dorsal); two heavier disruptor quad-cannons mounted on either side of the gondola and two long-range flamethrowers mounted on the fore. The thing is powered by one of DC's zero-point modules, and can pretty much stay aloft and fire forever, carrying no fuel except for that which goes in the flamethrowers. It has energy shielding, though prolonged use cuts into the ship's energy supply significantly. Currently WATCHTOWER's only functioning aircraft, and is usually used for large scale assaults.
A smaller airship stolen from Lethargia, built for transport. It has controls, two seats for the pilot and co-pilot, and cages in the back for prisoners. It's currently in a state of refurbishment, (and has been for several months, due to KR's lack of proper materials). The combustion engines have been replaced by much simpler ones, seemingly powered by magitech, and everything that can possibly be simplified has been. The hull has been reinforced slightly, and is now both fireproof (up to several thousand degrees centigrade) and vacuum proof. The inside has been hollowed out somewhat, regular controls having been replaced, again, by much simpler ones, and benches have been added along the sides, for extra passengers. The center is dominated by some sort of receptacle, for what looks like a large cylindrical device that stretches from floor to ceiling, though the device itself is currently missing.
An alien spacecraft, hijacked by DC during an extraterrestrial invasion of Inside. Details in the spoiler:

-It's solar-powered and never lands, instead meant to sit in space and recharge. The solar power tech is enough that so long as it's kept charged, it shouldn't run out unless it's being used heavily.
-Its main weapons are high-efficiency laser cannons (basically, more shots than usual) with a single mass driver mounted somewhere. I imagine the bottom or something like that. He said it was better for ground targets due to being difficult to aim, so I imagine it's on the bottom or something.
-It has shields, with variable amounts of power able to be diverted to them. They're quite strong at max power, but this takes power from movement and weapons.
-The main method of boarding it consists of transporter beams (aka cliche 'abduction beams'.)
-There are, of course, airlocks.
-There are shuttle ports.
-The ship's actual frame/armor is pretty tough, though some of the interior is...flimsy at times, or so I saw during the hijacking.

And of course, the ship has an armory!

-Many laser rifles (can be dialed down for weak rapid-fire or dialed up for more powerful shots but slow-firing)
-Power armor designed for aliens
-Beam focuser modification for lasers (allows greater armor-piercing capability for the lasers weakens them a bit, they have to be dialed up fully to regain normal power)
-Deployable uni-directional shields (can be fired through from one side but not the other, lasts a minute maximum, can be depleted by enemy fire)
-Mines, grenades, and directional charges, probably fairly standard explosives or something since they weren't described much. The grenades are supposedly some kind of cross between frag and incendiary.
-Pickaxe/hammer-like melee weapons that use pistons to deliver a secondary shock to drive the pick in deeper. Designed to pierce armor.

Much of the armory (including all of the alien power armor) and quite a bit of the interior have been disassembled and/or removed by WATCHTOWER's rather large cohort of mad scientists for study, though some of it's slowly being put back and reassembled. As of the moment, it's non-functional.
Several generic cars and motorbikes intended for use by members. They're unarmed and (mostly) unarmored, and though somewhat futuristic looking (running on electricity rather than hydrocarbon fuels), are plainly intended for transport only.



Defenses

The internal defenses of each building include magical forcefields in every doorway that can be activated singularly, or all together in an emergency.

External defenses include extra strong magical forcefields on the main gate and front doors of each building, a magical forcefield bubble that starts at the walls and encloses the entire base, as well as magical forcefields over the windows. There are also a variety of cunning magical traps buried in the courtyard and the path to WATCHTOWER, that may be deployed for explosive effect.

Forcefields may remain active for roughly 4 hours before having to recharge (for 24 hours), or until they are beaten down or dispelled. Traps take a roughly 12 hours to recharge. Simply dispelling the forcefield or traps (or indeed, any of the various glyphs in the building) only deactivates them. More powerful spells (like a Mage's Disjunction, for instance) must be used to get rid of them permanently.

All the defenses are triggered from the Security Room.



MEMBERSHIP

Membership at WATCHTOWER is a two-step system.
Prospective Watchmen should fill out the below form and submit it to any member.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Species:
Profession:
Reason for joining WATCHTOWER:
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to WATCHTOWER:
Other Information:

Additionally, prospective Watchmen must prove their worth to the organization. The proof is open-ended, and can be decided by any member, (Watchman or higher) with proofs ranging from a simple interview or test of skill, duels in the arena, even to accompanying a member on a WATCHTOWER mission. ((OoC note: Players of prospective members are encouraged to discuss the terms of their test in advance with the player of their 'interviewing' member, in order to find a test suitable to both players. Not everyone wants to run an entire adventure for a new member, but on the other hand, some people might find a simple interview or test too simple for their tastes.))
Prospective members who have been approved by a member become Watchman Initiates, and gain access to the base's facilities, including member quarters that they can personalize as they wish, as well as full access to the Labs, Safe Room, East Vaults (Armory) and vehicles from the Airship Gantry/Garage, but do not have access to the Security Room or West Vaults without another member present.

To become a full Watchman, Watchman Initiate must perform in any Watchtower mission, or other 'real life' (ie, non-staged) situation, under the approval of a senior member (Sentry/Beholder rank or higher). This can be any sort of situation that proves the Initiate's ability to handle genuine danger/risk, and can range from fighting full, apocalypse level threats, to things as simple as spying on someone, scouting out a place, negotiating a thingy, or healing a severely injured person. WATCHTOWER doesn't have room for people who are going to crack under pressure, no matter how skilled they might otherwise be.
Watchmen Initiates who undertook a mission as part of their initial membership trial can forgo this step and become a full Watchman immediately, providing there was a member of appropriate seniority there to witness and approve their membership. Watchmen get the full run of the base, including restricted areas, and can approve new Watchmen Initiates.

WATCHTOWER is also accepting applications for cleaning, nursing, secretarial, maintenance, security, or other miscellaneous duties, without the full responsibilities of membership. Prospective staff members should apply to, and be interviewed by a senior member for suitability. WATCHTOWER staff members will receive quarters if requested, and will be allowed full run of the base except for the Labs, Vaults, Prisons and Security Room, unless as required and allowed for on account of their job.


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - Submit a Question today!

What the hell is WATCHTOWER's purpose, anyway?
An excellent question! And one that I've just noticed is not answered in the OP in any way! Which is terrible! Anyway, whereas GLoG concerns itself with redeeming evil-doers (and healing the sick and sheltering refugees etc.), HALO smites them and AMEN are them, WATCHTOWER doesn't typically concern itself with concepts of good and evil in any way. Rather, WATCHTOWER exists to deal with massive scale threats to the Nexus, like apocalypses or vast demonic invasions. Of course, given that evil-doers tend to be the ones who cause those things, WATCHTOWER tends to be pitted against the forces of evil more often than not, but is unlikely to concern itself with muggings, murders or exploding taverns. Also, calling WATCHTOWER a 'Good' organization is likely to draw the ire of some of the more omnicidal members around.



LIST OF MEMBERS

Oracle (Commander)

DC (tinyurl.com/2bxfaad) - Darkcomet
KR (tinyurl.com/2c7mecv) - Kid Kris
Wenomir (tinyurl.com/2dwk9hr) (in denial) - Morty
Cessie Mithar (tinyurl.com/4ubfc2a) - Shadowcaller



Sentinel (Sub-Commander)

Harnel (tinyurl.com/4dmj5zn) - Harnel
Ilpholin Xar'Cha (tinyurl.com/22lcssh) - Reinholdt


Sentry (Lieutenant)

Jeremy (tinyurl.com/254xzx9) - Wolfbane
Shawna von Letters (tinyurl.com/29vtf2w) - The Bushranger
Catherine (tinyurl.com/25p33my) - horngeek
Adir Frescot (tinyurl.com/345n3zl) - Murkus
Boris Krestyanov (tinyurl.com/3cvbztk) - Rotting Baron


Beholder (Specialist) Roughly equivalent to Sentry, with added responsibilities.

Dominic (Doctor) - billtodamax
Darcy Diavolo (tinyurl.com/2bt22cg) (Infiltrator) - Happyturtle
Terrowin (Cleric) - Earl of Purple


Watchman (Member)

Decker - Happyturtle
Spyridon - FireFox
Valeriya Waskensen - Murkus
Jasper (tinyurl.com/4ecmpu9) - ThirdEmperor
Tic - Gulaghar
Tac - Gulaghar
Toe - Gulaghar
Mia Mechanicus (tinyurl.com/2dw4g9p) - Zefir
Jakob (tinyurl.com/3c7bbwl) - BladeofObliviom
Vizekasadriz - Shadowcaller
Mr. Sirtch (tinyurl.com/4dkj48c) - Lord Magtok


Watchman Initiate (Recruit)

Harin Grael (tinyurl.com/3fbrsg7) - C'nor
Nathaniel Hutchinson - billtodamax
Claude St. Aureon (http://tinyurl.com/7hsqnf2) (Doctor) - Frozen Messiah
Yazon Skala (http://tinyurl.com/7hsqnf2) - Gulaghar
Hildur Lange (http://tinyurl.com/brdl7f3) - Rotting Baron


Staff

Butler B. Butler (tinyurl.com/292nd3q) (Janitor/Butler) - Reinholdt



Other Residents

Butler B. Butler (tinyurl.com/292nd3q) (Janitor/Butler) - Reinholdt
Sakura (tinyurl.com/4qq2fbs) (Wife of Adir Frescot) - Gulaghar
Sarget (tinyurl.com/4qq2fbs) (Treant of Sakura) - Gulaghar
Matt Vulpan (HALO Liason) - FireFox



ARCHIVED THREADS

WATCHTOWER 1: I can see my house from here! (http://tinyurl.com/2729fxq) 07/09/2009 - 13/12/2009
WATCHTOWER 2: Who Watches the WATCHTOWER? (http://tinyurl.com/28pakhb) 13/12/2009 - 09/05/2010
WATCHTOWER 3: Big Brother is WATCHing You. (http://tinyurl.com/2esov6k) 09/05/2010 - 30/07/2010
WATCHTOWER 4: Doing Nothing, With Style (since 2009) (http://tinyurl.com/2dh9rdc) 30/07/2010 - 12/09/2010
WATCHTOWER 5: 100 Rooms of DOOOM! (http://tinyurl.com/29je9eq) 12/09/2010 - 14/11/2010
WATCHTOWER 6: Like Justice League, but ON LAAAND! (http://tinyurl.com/6xbjxee) 14/11/2010 - 17/01/2011
WATCHTOWER 7: In the Face of Overwhelming Adversity, we Break Things. (http://tinyurl.com/4d7yhmc) 17/01/2011 - 13/03/2011
WATCHTOWER 8: It's Curtains for You! (http://tinyurl.com/3jbsal6) 13/03/2011 - 09/04/2011
WATCHTOWER 9: The Impenetrable Thread. (http://tinyurl.com/3e2jb32) 09/04/2011 - 28/05/2011
WATCHTOWER 10: All Out of Bubblegum (http://tinyurl.com/3oqe54l) 28/05/2011 - 28/06/2011
WATCHTOWER's 11: Fighting Apocalypses Through Childbearing (http://tinyurl.com/3lumemd) 28/06/2011 - 19/08/2011
WATCHTOWER 12: Maturity Optional (http://tinyurl.com/82f48ha) 19/08/2011 - 4/10/2011
WATCHTOWER the 13th (http://tinyurl.com/8455exs) 4/10/2011 - 18/11/2011
WATCHTOWER 14: Now a Family Business. (http://tinyurl.com/7nb5rve) 18/11/2011 - 14/05/2012



This OP will be subject to updates, so even though major updates will be posted or generally mentioned in the Nexus OOC thread, it would be advisable that you check back regularly. Also, whenever this thread reaches 50, I'd ask no-one else start the new thread, at least until all the pictures are in, or until I say okay.

Morty
2012-05-14, 09:11 AM
Well damn. And here I hoped he'd start channeling saidin. That would have been hilarious. :smalltongue:

((Wenomir using magic? The universe would implode.))


[Training Grounds]

Harnel opens his eyes and frowns, "I don't know if I'd call this shutting down. More like clearing - the direction this exercise is supposed to take is to clear your mind so you can focus on what you're doing and consider the different ways it could change. The Diamond Mind is clarity of purpose and the ability to focus - a flame is just what I use to represent clearing my head."


Training Grounds

"With respect sir, but imagine looking through countless eyes and hearing through as many ears while doing thousands of tasks at once. I am all focus and have none at the same time. I know precisely what each part of me is doing, but I'll never be able to clear my "head" so to speak." Pat explains.

Wenomir opens his eyes.
I think I understand what she means, Harnel. I guess singular focus and a hive mind just don't mix, he says. I'm good at my own methods of focusing my mind because of how straightforward I am.

Murkus
2012-05-14, 06:57 PM
Front Door

Mia takes a look over it.

"Well that's not much you offer."

After all he don't have to sign up on it.^^

"As far as I know there aren't many big adventures going on and Watchtower is meant to stop apocalypse."

Grantz got ignored by her since there isn't much to tell him.
((So you read the OP and I would like to hear what kind of test you would prefer for her))

"I guarantee I kin outshoot anyone in 'ere," Cornelia promises proudly, narrowing her gaze at Mia. That sounded like a challenge to her. "And that souns' like an adventure to me, missy. 'Sides, do you have yer own gunsmith?"

((A test of bravery or skill would seem most appropriate. Skill is open ended - her skill as a smith, skill as a shootist, etc.))

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-14, 10:29 PM
"I guarantee I kin outshoot anyone in 'ere," Cornelia promises proudly, narrowing her gaze at Mia. That sounded like a challenge to her. "And that souns' like an adventure to me, missy. 'Sides, do you have yer own gunsmith?"

((A test of bravery or skill would seem most appropriate. Skill is open ended - her skill as a smith, skill as a shootist, etc.))

"Challenge Accepted!" >:3
...
Sadly that doesn't happen as KR is currently dealing with a halfling doctor.


[Main Room]

"Very true, Miss KR, you have no knowledge of my skills." Claude says with a small smile due to the mere chance of being able to work. "If the doctor is around then you can merely show me to his office." Claude says with a small little nod, "you can also probably leave me there to speak to him or her, you seem to not have a great fondness for doctors."

[Main Room -> Infirmary]

...
"This way."
KR will attempt to lead him upstairs to the Infirmary, hoping that Dominic is currently willing to undeadtime, but also hoping that Dominic is not.

Zefir
2012-05-15, 01:15 AM
Front Door

In memory of KR MDM Let's out a steam cloud watching at Cornelia. Mia turns around a bit confused.

"Challenged accepted?"

For a moment it seems that MDM declares things to Mia who just nods several times. She then heads back to Cornelia.

"We don't have a gunsmith here, since near no one here uses guns. Also we have a few scientist who work on experimental weapons. Me and MDM have just thought of a test for you."

Then she looks at Garret.

"Please clear your business with him , since I can't allow him to enter."

Asha'man
2012-05-15, 01:23 AM
[Front Door]

It was plainly obvious that Cornelia would be busy. Grantz leaves the place called watchtower somehow feeling that he'll be back later....... much later.

Murkus
2012-05-15, 01:27 AM
Front Door

I'm sure Cornelia and KR will find some time to see who's better.

Also, on the matter of how many people wield guns, I know at least five or six that do use such things. Even Harnel's picked up a firearm once or twice.

"Well then yer all about t' start. Gimme yer best shot," Cornelia says, quite prepared to prove herself and then rub it in Mia's face. She glances over her shoulder to watch Grantz depart, presuming he'll be back a bit later.

Zefir
2012-05-15, 01:34 AM
Front Door -> Training ground

Well Mia will lead her to the training ground since Cornelia don't needs to deal with Grantz.

Assuming there are several target to test her aiming. MDM in that time changes his arms which will then appear as two big guns.

"Let's first go over some warm up."

There are three targets in several ranges. let's see how good she is.
MDM is calculating his aiming and shoots three short shots hitting the mid point.^^

Murkus
2012-05-15, 02:03 AM
Training Ground

Cornelia is led to the new building, quite impressed by the additions that have been made. There definitely wasn't anything like this while she was here.

"Warm up?" The gunsmith grins at the turn of phrase, reaching into her pack and drawing a long, beautiful lever-action rifle with a blue-steel barrel. She props it against her shoulder and draws a bead on her own target. "If you say so."

Her primitive weapon suddenly belches smoke, a split second before the first target's head explodes in a ball of blue fire. Alchemical cartridges hurt. She'll treat the other two targets much the same, and it's hard to tell just how exact her shooting is, given that there's not much left of any target to identify. That might be seen as cheating.

But considering the size of MDM's arms, large damage is going to be the standard here.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-15, 04:09 AM
[Training Grounds]

Yeah the 'no one uses guns' thing is pretty much... blatantly wrong. Also I suppose KR and DC count as 'gunsmiths' though most of their projects are slightly more... high tech, but KR does make some old fashioned chemically-propelled-bits-of-metal firearms as well. Hell, looking at her current weapon list, most of her preferred weapons are projectile weapons, not energy weapons, or only have an energy weapon attached as a backup.
...
...
...
Mia and Cornelia may notice a small white cat with a black collar watching them. Yeah. Creepy.

Zefir
2012-05-15, 04:30 AM
[Training Grounds]

To be true Mia only knows a bunch of people, Darcy, DC, Harnel, Wenomir, Cessie, Sakura and Adir. Non of them used a gun ever when she was near them. So no point there. And actually I think Wolfgang and Mia herself make guns as well. I just don't count it as gunsmith more as experimental weapon research.

Mia concentrates to create new targets, A man with a hostage in front, a tank and something very tiny far away. There is one set for MDM and Cornelia. MDM changes one of his arms into a laser gun fireing it at the tank. With a small explosion the tank is gone.
The other one get shot by his other arm, head shot to the villian without hitting the hostage and the small target is split in mid. (Aiming to such targets is easy for a machine while they have much harder times hitting a moving target.^^)

Murkus
2012-05-15, 12:44 PM
[Training Grounds]

Cornelia looks at the tank with a perplexed, mocking expression. "How'm I s'posed to miss that?" She lifts her gun and shoots it casually, doing much the same to that villain with the hostage.

However, that hostage is gonna get a little singed. Oh well, small price to pay and all that flim-flam.

That last target gives Nelia some trouble, though. MDM is flawlessly steady with his aim, while Cornelia can only shoot so far without a more precise medium for aiming. She hits it, but it's low and to the right. The target, were it a man, would likely survive. Cornelia curses beneath her breath, several decidedly forum-unfriendly things.

It's just then that she notices a cat watching them, and more out of annoyance than anything, she says, "What're you lookin' at?" She does not, in fact, expect a response.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-15, 04:32 PM
Woods just outside Watchtower

After letting Riss lead her through the Magcave, Misha has ended up back here to forest she first appeared onscreen in. She's been leading with no real direction, just wandering around and enjoying nature with Riss for the time being.

"So do you like things more outside, or inside?" Cessie, were she around to see it, would be very impressed to see that Misha has acquired a sloppily folded toga to cover herself with, even though she's been picking at it for the past little while. Clothing continues to make her uncomfortable it seems, but she's doing this as a favor to Riss.

((Semi closed interaction here, no need to plotclone a Watch member, this has been pre-arranged with Harnel and Terumitsu.))

Halae
2012-05-15, 07:33 PM
Wenomir opens his eyes.
I think I understand what she means, Harnel. I guess singular focus and a hive mind just don't mix, he says. I'm good at my own methods of focusing my mind because of how straightforward I am.[Training Grounds]

Harnel scratches the back of his head, "Well... I'm sorry then, I guess I can't teach that to you." Harnel seems upset somewhat. it's mostly with himself for not being able to teach someone something so useful, but there it was, "I guess you'll just have to do without. Can i ask you to show us a bit of how much fighting you can manage now?" Harnel will stand up and offer a hand to both Wenomir and Pat so he can help them stand.
Woods just outside Watchtower

After letting Riss lead her through the Magcave, Misha has ended up back here to forest she first appeared onscreen in. She's been leading with no real direction, just wandering around and enjoying nature with Riss for the time being.

"So do you like things more outside, or inside?" Cessie, were she around to see it, would be very impressed to see that Misha has acquired a sloppily folded toga to cover herself with, even though she's been picking at it for the past little while. Clothing continues to make her uncomfortable it seems, but she's doing this as a favor to Riss.

((Semi closed interaction here, no need to plotclone a Watch member, this has been pre-arranged with Harnel and Terumitsu.))[Woods Outside Watch]

There's a little girl playing here, building things that... look like guns made out of plants? She's very obviously using magic a bit to make these shapes, and then is running around with the finished product. She already has a wooden sword and a grass pistol, and she seems to be starting on something made out of flowers. She herself looks like an apple tree in terms of her skin and hair.

Well, isn't this odd.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-15, 10:04 PM
[Woods Outside Watch]

There's a little girl playing here, building things that... look like guns made out of plants? She's very obviously using magic a bit to make these shapes, and then is running around with the finished product. She already has a wooden sword and a grass pistol, and she seems to be starting on something made out of flowers. She herself looks like an apple tree in terms of her skin and hair.

Well, isn't this odd.


[Woods Outside Watchtower]

That's an... Interesting question. "Well, I'd have to go with inside with the given that there would be some sturdy walls up around me." the muse said after a moment's thought. But rather than leaving the question there, she pondered Misha's exact words and said: "Wait.. Were you talking about inside and outside as locations or environments? Because I'd have to change that based upon how you meant that exactly. While I have a preference bias toward being inside, I like the varied environment outside more provided safe passage, really. Especially here... Well, not right here but the general area of here with all the green, I mean. If that was what you were talking about, then outside..." Riss seemed satisfied with this answer for a moment but rather than leave the question alone, she slowed her pace as she rested her chin in a hand and began to think aloud. "Though, since these plants and things are biological, it would be theoretically possible to construct an artificial environment inside a room suited to it's needs and thus negate the need to go outside in the first place.. So maybe inside is the superior in this case given that it allows more control and safety over all... However, outside's lack of such standards allows for a greater range of permutations and given that observation is how one gains access to the governing laws of the universe.."

Trailing off into what would probably sound like nonsensical mumbling to Misha, Riss simply continued on until: "...but even with the value of extrapolation, external evidence is needed to verify the accuracy of projected data. Thus introspection is not a replacement for observation as the external happens regardless of the internal. For example, a wholly internal entity would be unable to view that which was not itself. Like that girl over there with the... Wait. Misha? Does that person have a firearm constructed from vegetable matter?" the muse asked, shaken out of what had been shaping up to be an even longer self-debate.

Woods Outside Watch

Misha tries following the flow of conversation as some of the terms Riss uses fly right over her head. Then again, they seem to mean the same things as the shorter words she'd use, so she's able to puzzle out a response.

"I meant aesthetically, I guess. You know, which do you prefer to look at? I didn't know you could grow all this inside, but if you could I'd probably rather live inside too. Things outside are nicer- huh? Oh, I guess. Maybe it's just shaped like one? She's pretty feyish, so she's probably just shaping plants like I do water." A logical conclusion! Now what to follow it up with...

"Let's go say hi! Maybe she's lonely." Rampant impulsive actions! Misha will begin walking in the little girl's direction without waiting for confirmation from Riss.

Halae
2012-05-15, 10:12 PM
[Woods Outside Watch]

As the pair approaches, the little girl sees them and abandons her project, a smile lighting up her face. She quickly puts the sword into a makeshift rope belt she has tied around the waist of her dress and rushes over to them.

she'll try to take one of their hands each and say, "New people! I don't meet new people very often! What are your names?"

Slii Arhem
2012-05-15, 11:10 PM
[Woods Outside Watch]

As the pair approaches, the little girl sees them and abandons her project, a smile lighting up her face. She quickly puts the sword into a makeshift rope belt she has tied around the waist of her dress and rushes over to them.

she'll try to take one of their hands each and say, "New people! I don't meet new people very often! What are your names?"



[Woods Outside Watchtower]

”How can you tell she’s-” Riss tried to ask but Misha was already well on her way. Okay... Talking with two people at once... This will be a challenge. I mean, sure, one of them is Misha and she waits for me to finish spitting it all out but that means I’ll just drag everyone down as they wait on me... I just hope she doesn’t ask too many questions. Or at least ask me too many. Listening is fine, I can do that. But... Oh crap she’s already gone on ahead. Speed up a bit! While it was not entirely unintentional, Riss would end up standing slightly behind Misha as if she were a shield of some sort, occasionally shifting her weight to creep just a little more out of sight.

The muse’s hands would quickly migrate behind her back as she was reached out to. If still sought after, however, Riss wouldn’t hesitate to start backpedaling. Names, though, would be another matter as she couldn’t exactly expect to go completely silent and have it not be questioned. At least, not after she had been spotted speaking so animatedly. Okay.. Just gonna stay quiet here and hope she doesn’t get any clos- Wait, what if she sees this as me just being stuck up? Why do people have to act so friendly all the time, anyway? But I don’t want her to think that yet I don’t want to just make myself look stupid for no reason either. Um.. Names come first, though. I’ll... I’ll just wait for Misha to speak before me. So, unless the neriad had other plans, Riss would introduce herself by a quietly mumbled ”Riss.” as she maintained her eyes on a spot about a foot over the (presumably) fey girl’s head. Though... How exactly does she bend rigid matter like that anyway? At least, it looks rigid.. Perhaps there are properties that I’m unaware of that allows this?


Woods Outside Watch

Misha lets Riss hide behind her, unintentionally or not. She's understanding of Riss' problems with people, even though she's only becoming cognizant of them again now. It's kind of odd hearing her stutter again after all that time with her speaking so verbosely.

Still, there's a little fey girl to greet and entertain, so Misha grabs hold of the extended hand in greeting, "Right, I'm Misha and this is Riss. We were just out walking, and I guess I lead us back to here because my pool isn't too far away, and we were kind of just wandering aimlessly."

Misha takes the opportunity to give the little girl a closer look, "If you don't mind me asking, what kind of dryad are you? Oh! And your name, if you have one." Misha didn't have one normally after all, but the little girl might.

Halae
2012-05-16, 11:14 AM
[Woods Outside Watch]

The girl doesn't seem particularly disturbed by Riss not wanting to take part in the conversation, because Misha is definitely making up for that herself, "I'm Terrie! My tree is an apple tree! I'm a little far away from it right now, but I should have about an hour left before I start getting sick from being too far away."

Terrie thinks for a moment, "Do you two want some apples? I can make really good apple pie."

Terumitsu
2012-05-16, 06:32 PM
[Woods Outside Watchtower]

"...Ah, 'Your tree?' And being away from it? What does that mean? "What do you mean, si-" Riss' question was cut short the moment Terrie mentioned apples. ...You know, this might be the first time I've ever felt grateful for not being able to speak well with people because I don't think I could have stopped myself from saying 'Yes' there. Though.. What's this 'pie' thing? Well, obviously it's something involving apples but... At times, I really wish there were more nouns that could be figured out based upon their root words... Or, wait.. That normally is the case so that means this is probably a root word or something similar... Assuming it is in the same language at least. But if it is, then that implies it is in common circulation which means I have no idea what something everyone else knows is...

And I'm not sure if I should say yes simply based upon the principle that it apparently has apples in it... It's tempting, though. Surely they wouldn't just use the word to mislea-No they wouldn't as, again, this is something everyone apparently is familiar enough with. "Um.. Just apples?" the muse asked, her tone indicating a request rather than the inclination that she thought that Terrie had only apples. Though, she wouldn't mind at all if this was true.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-16, 07:39 PM
Woods Outside Watch

"Oh right." Misha puts a thumb to her lip and ponders the best way to fill Riss in.

"Fey are mostly nature spirits, and dryads like Terrie are born from trees, which they generally have to stay near all the time or they get sick. Nereids like me can be away from our ponds, so long as we get enough water to replace whatever we lose through dehydration." The word nereid might hold some unsavory connotations for Terrie if she knows just what they are, but Misha doesn't seem to care whether it does or not. She's not ashamed of what she is.

"Pie is like a baked good, I think. It's a pastry with a bunch of fruit in it and baked. I've never had one, but I've seen them before. Apples would probably be easier, if you have to get back to your tree soon."

Halae
2012-05-17, 12:36 AM
[Woods Outside Watch]

Terrie Nods, and then tilts her head over to the side, "By the way, my name is Terrie. Did I tell you that already?" She honestly can't remember. As she does this, four flowers bud on the end of her hair, before blossoming and then becoming apples - a natural process greatly accelerated. Misha should know this isn't a natural ability for a dryad, but it still seems inherent, and it's not like the little girl is using any trickery - she's too bubbly and childish for that.

Once the apples have grown, Terrie picks them painlessly out of her hair two at a time, first handing two to Misha and then handing two to Riss, "Enjoy!"

For the record, Terrie doesn't seem to know what a Nereid is.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-17, 05:55 AM
[Training Grounds]

Cornelia looks at the tank with a perplexed, mocking expression. "How'm I s'posed to miss that?" She lifts her gun and shoots it casually, doing much the same to that villain with the hostage.

However, that hostage is gonna get a little singed. Oh well, small price to pay and all that flim-flam.

That last target gives Nelia some trouble, though. MDM is flawlessly steady with his aim, while Cornelia can only shoot so far without a more precise medium for aiming. She hits it, but it's low and to the right. The target, were it a man, would likely survive. Cornelia curses beneath her breath, several decidedly forum-unfriendly things.

It's just then that she notices a cat watching them, and more out of annoyance than anything, she says, "What're you lookin' at?" She does not, in fact, expect a response.

That's wise. Shows a good, strong character. It's also a little unfortunate.
"This organization slowly decaying. More than it already has, I mean."

Terumitsu
2012-05-17, 09:51 AM
[Woods Outside Watchtower]

While the majority of other denizens of the Nexus would see Terrie's actions as nothing to be surprised about, Riss' experience with fey beings was still quite limited. At least in comparison to what might be considered 'average' in the Nexus. As such, the sudden growth of fruit like that would be simultaneously confusing and absolutely terrifying in a cerebral sort of way.

So, when it came time for the dryad child to hand over the apples, Riss would be surprisingly reluctant to take them. What the hell was that?! That's.. Is that where these come from? That's just.. Eeww.. Wait.. Hold on. I think I'm just getting caught up in the moment here. Vegetable matter doesn't normally grow that quick. I know that much at least. And Misha just said she was a spirit-thing. So that means she's.. A representation of an apple tree if I understand what Misha said correctly. So.. Then that means this was magic... I'm starting to hate magic. And not in the disdainful way either. But still, that means that she didn't really grow them from her hair as much as.. It was.. What was the word I heard? A focus or something? It's like a component that isn't consumed in the creation process so.. Oooh. So that would mean it's just a catalyst. So maybe if I start thinking about magic more in terms of chemistry... And that means these things are safe. At least that's what I've convinced myself and I'm not gonna let myself think otherwise because the implications would probably put me off apples from now on.

Feeling markedly more comfortable now, Riss gently took the pair offered to her... Though she couldn't help but give the pair given to Misha a greedy glance or two. "Thank you." she said after reminding herself to focus on something other than the fruit given to her for a moment.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-17, 10:06 AM
Woods Outside Watch

Misha takes her own pair of apples, but notices Riss' look right away. Oh well, it's not like she really needed them.

"Oh sorry Terrie, but nereids don't need to eat. Maybe if you had some apple juice or something... but nevermind that. I'll just save these for someone else, if you don't mind." Someone else being Riss, if she accurately judged how crazy for fruit the muse was by the way she scarfed down that breakfast before they left the cave.

"Do you want us to walk you back to your tree? I don't want you getting sick." That would be a nice gesture in exchange for this, right?

Halae
2012-05-17, 01:50 PM
[Woods Outside Watchtower]

Terrie nods, "That'd be really nice," and she begins walking in what is presumably the direction of her apple tree. It actually is, but not that Misha and Riss know that, "So what were you two doing in the woods together? Kiiiiissiiiiing?" Terrie says, giggling all the way.

Murkus
2012-05-17, 03:28 PM
That's wise. Shows a good, strong character. It's also a little unfortunate.
"This organization slowly decaying. More than it already has, I mean."

Oh my. Overcoming her immediate bewilderment in the face of a talking cat, Cornelia furrows her brow. "And by that you mean?" There's still a slight edge to her tone, mostly stemming from confusion, because... well... she is speaking to a cat.

Zefir
2012-05-17, 04:38 PM
[Training Grounds]

Mia sights. After all the tank was a real tank so I#m not sure how much damage she caused to a metal tank. The thing with the hostage realy is bad.

"I hoped your going to be more polite. We are here to save innocent people, not killing them as well. As for the other targets each has it's reason to be here. I fear your not that qualified."

And then the cat speaks up.

"That's true, baby boom and a leak of apocalypse have caused many of the members to lower their guard."

Just her two cent

Terumitsu
2012-05-17, 09:48 PM
[Woods Outside Watchtower]

Riss' face would quickly pale at the dryad's question. Though, depending on how much attention Terrie was paying her, there might not be a great difference at first glance. Being rather pale normally had that effect. Well there is no way that I'm gonna be able to answer that question. At least not right now. I hope Misha doesn't mind me letting her do all the talking...

Following behind Terrie, Riss gave the apples she was carrying a tentative sniff, still somewhat put off by the process of their creation. They smelled nice enough but.. There was something just slightly different than usual. It wasn't a bad different but it was certainly new. Like... An additive? Um.. Blend? No, that's not it. Some kind of enhancer, though. If it's more magic then... Okay, maybe not All magic is terrible. But it is weird, still. Not gonna change my opinion on that.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-17, 10:11 PM
Woods Outside Watchtower -> Terrie's Tree

Misha shakes her head hard at Terrie's last question, sending blue and blonde locks flying, "I wouldn't kiss Riss, she's too nice for that. Kissing is for jerks who won't leave me alone and can't take a hint." Well, that was a rather mixed signal for anyone who doesn't know what a nereid is. Misha doesn't seem to think she has to elaborate.

She half-turns to Riss to see how her companion is doing. Oh, okay, she's just apple-sniffing at the moment. Probably not all that hungry if she isn't actually eating them.

Halae
2012-05-17, 10:17 PM
[Terrie's Tree]

The tree that Terrie is bonuded to is a perfectly normal apple tree that appears to be coming into bloom at this point. she immediately begins climbing it, asking, "Why? I thought people loved kissing. They do it a lot around here, and they seem to like each other."

Terrie watches everything!

Terumitsu
2012-05-17, 10:43 PM
[Terrie's Tree]

Well that's not the answer I expected at all. Does the word mean somethign different to her or... Riss couldn't think of a serviceable answer on her own but she wasn't all that surprised due to her lack of knowledge about... Well, most things here, it seemed. Still the expression of mildly confused interest would probably suffice for a question.

Of course, what would follow that brief glance would be a scrutinizing examination of the apple tree in question. She had expected more apples and less of the colorful, kinda leafy things, though. Maybe the tree wasn't fully mature? While puzzling this out, Riss absently brought the fruit to her mouth and took a bite. And then another... and soon was ravenously devouring the apple as if she were starved; core, seeds, and all. Misha may want to hand over the apples she was carrying simply to avoid Riss possibly trying to fight her for them given how quickly the muse was moving on to her second fruit.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-17, 10:52 PM
Terrie's Tree

Misha absentmindedly hands over her two apples as Riss polishes off her own ones, not really expecting anything different. Riss was pretty thin after all, poor thing probably needed all the food she could get.

"Kissing is fun for a lot of people, but nereids use it to put water in your lungs and drown you if you're being a jerkface. It's a defense mechanism, I think." Misha punctuates the sentence by breathing out a cloud of mist that swiftly condenses and rains down onto the earth at the base of the tree.

"You have a very pretty tree by the way."

Halae
2012-05-17, 10:54 PM
[Terrie's Tree]

"Oh, okay. I think Nereids are weird then, but really pretty. And i like my tree too." Terrie smiles back down to the pair as she plops herself down on one of the branches, looking down at Riss and Misha, "If you want more of those apples, Just ask."

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-17, 10:59 PM
Oh my. Overcoming her immediate bewilderment in the face of a talking cat, Cornelia furrows her brow. "And by that you mean?" There's still a slight edge to her tone, mostly stemming from confusion, because... well... she is speaking to a cat.


[Training Grounds]

Mia sights. After all the tank was a real tank so I#m not sure how much damage she caused to a metal tank. The thing with the hostage realy is bad.

"I hoped your going to be more polite. We are here to save innocent people, not killing them as well. As for the other targets each has it's reason to be here. I fear your not that qualified."

And then the cat speaks up.

"That's true, baby boom and a leak of apocalypse have caused many of the members to lower their guard."

Just her two cent

The cat ignores Cornelia for the moment, shifting its stare to Mia.
"Well aren't you the arrogant she-bitch? How do you know I wasn't talking about you?"
It says disdainfully.

Murkus
2012-05-17, 11:16 PM
[Training Grounds]

How... how did Mia get a tank onto the range? Where'd she get a tank to begin with? :smallconfused: And did she actually expect Cornelia to damage it with a rifle? :smalltongue:

"Aw, the poor bastard's fine," Cornelia replies, a little angry about Mia's criticism. When the cat speaks up, she brings a hand to her mouth so she might hide a low chuckle. Mia's getting told off by a cat. :smallbiggrin: "She-bitch? Is there anodder kind?"

Terumitsu
2012-05-17, 11:17 PM
[Terrie's Tree]

"Please?" Riss asked nearly as soon as Terrie had finished her offer. I don't care how that sounds. I don't care where they came from and I don't care if there is something different. I need more of these. It was as if there was an odd sort of buzzing in the very tips of her limbs, slowly crackling it's way up her arms and legs. And that wasn't even touching on the sparks that were dancing around her thoughts.

The skin of the third apple snapped loudly as the muse took a large first bite. Yes, the kissing thing was interesting and yes the tree was indeed pleasing in an aesthetic sort of way but those concerns could be pushed off to the side right now. Though Terrie wouldn't have much to compare to, Misha would possibly pick up on the tones placed upon the one word question. That is to say, while Riss normally had a mild accent that seemed to imply she might be singing along to some song in her head, just now it was closer to say that the word itself had taken on a musical quality. ...And had her hair always been that long? And while it was normally rather unkempt, had it ever really been so to that extent? It almost looked spiky in some places..

Slii Arhem
2012-05-17, 11:26 PM
Terrie's Tree

Misha takes a long hard look at Riss. The musical word could be brushed off as Riss letting some of her singing out, but the hair was definitely new. Riss would probably be unwise to accept more gifts from the fey.

Nng... maybe just a couple more though. If nothing bad happened, whatever's happening with Riss will probably lead to some fun.

"A few more, but not too many okay? Wouldn't want Riss to get a stomach ache, and eating a dozen apples could do that to you." She assumes.

Halae
2012-05-17, 11:47 PM
[Terrie's Tree]

"Ok. I think I can only make a couple more anyways," Terrie says, growing a new pair of apples for them. Given her vantage, Terrie will toss the apples down... potentially right into Misha's cleavage if she doesn't move, the little dryad giggling like mad the whole way.

Terumitsu
2012-05-18, 12:16 AM
[Terrie's Tree]

One of the apples thrown down would possibly be snatched up even before it got close to the neriad. Having wired reflexes were useful like that. However, the other apple would also be bumped ever so much so as to help ensure the course Terrie intended had any necessary corrections just in case Misha tried to dodge. It was subtle, though, and far too quick for unaugmented persons to easily get a bead on. Really, the only other sign that something might have happened was the decidedly impish giggle that Riss was making. She was clearly enjoying herself although the mild changes were definitely more apparent now, what with her hair being twice as long. Her eyes were different too, having shifted from their normal amber to a glittering, almost luminescent gold; catching the light and sparkling in surprising ways.

"Oooh Miiishaaa?" Riss sang, stretching the question out and harmonizing the sounds each syllable made. "Would you stay right there?" The question carried something more than just that wonderfully harmonic sound, however. It wasn't magic but the notes and trills and pitch seemed to seep into the mind just so, gently asking for compliance in much the way a breath of air would playfully tug at one's hair. Should Misha fall prey to the 'spell,' Riss would simply draw close to the neriad and lean her head upon her shoulder as she finished the remainder of her fourth apple and began on the fifth. Taking time to clean up that delicious nectar from her fingers first, of course. Though, once Riss touched skin, there would be an interesting tingling sensation at the points of contact. Faint but possibly enjoyable.

"Sooo.. If not kissing then what is it that neriads do if they like someone?" Riss asked, her voice seemingly achieving harmony with itself as she spoke. As if to emphasize the question, the muse would reach out with a free hand and attempt to gently start tracing formless designs around Misha's shoulder-blades with a finger. The tingling sensation from this would be much stronger, almost like the prickle of being near static electricity in a way.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-18, 12:24 AM
Terrie's Tree

Misha needs no encouragement to fall for Riss' voice, having been quite enamored with something as simple as her humming earlier in the Cave. The contact is very nice on top of that, and Misha very nearly circles her arms around Riss right then and there, but stops herself for the moment, remembering her promise to Riss.

Best apples ever.

"Oh, lots of different things." Misha's skin crawls in the most pleasant way possible as Riss starts tracing lines along her back.

She spares a look towards Terrie, biting her bottom lip as she considers things. She really should move this away from tiny dryad eyes before things get too out of hand.

The sixth apple lies forgotten, nestled down the front of her toga for now.

Halae
2012-05-18, 12:29 AM
[Terrie's Tree]

Terrie is watching with interested eyes. Riss had seemed so shy before! This amazing change was so cool. And Cessie didn't like it? Pfah. This Riss was much better off.

However, she's tired from using her magic like that, and will begin to fall asleep as Misha looks upwards.

Zefir
2012-05-18, 12:47 AM
[Training Grounds]

She is something I call tech priest. Instead of summoning monster like normal priests in dnd do she can summon robots or other tech things.And to be true I thought the rifle is a grenade thrower.

"Do you have other weapons as well? This weapon would be good when another apocalypse appears, but for the new tasks it's likely not useful."

Mia just smiles at the cat.

"I assumed you mean the whole org. I just pointed out the obvious thing, whoever you are."

She sounds polite and friendly, but she is sure this cat is either immortal or so. And Mia's player don't knows what a she-Bitch is.

Terumitsu
2012-05-18, 12:54 AM
[Terrie's Tree]

Riss slipped into her native tongue as she appeared to playfully pout at the fact she wouldn't be able to get any more apples from Terrie. But that soon passed as she closed her eyes and wished her a long farewell in gentle tones. It would sound like a lullaby and likely send the tired child right off to sleep.

To Misha, though, Riss sang a few more stanzas before stopping with a faux expression of surprise. Though unlikely, any who happened to be nearby with the ability of a supernatural polyglot might very well be quite warm under the collar given what was said. "Ah, sorry." the muse said with a smile. "I'm just glad that you're the one I can speak to so I forgot that whole language limitation there for a second." she said. It was a right out lie, of course, but it wasn't as if Misha would know, right?

Reaching out to try and run her fingers through Misha's hair for a moment before gently scratching the neriad's scalp, Riss would lean into her just a bit more as she posed a question. "Well, I think we should let her be alone and sleep now, don't you? It is rather nice out so why don't we go somewhere else around here?" but rather than wait for a verbal answer, Riss would pull away from Misha just a bit only to try and curl a bit of the neriad's hair around her fingers to try and lead her onwards.

Slii Arhem
2012-05-18, 01:00 AM
Terrie's Tree -> Onwards

Misha smiles coyly as Riss' fingers slip through her hair, the strands she was holding turning to water under her grip and slipping free.

"I was thinking almost exactly the same thing. Isn't it great when two people think alike?" Despite the muse not having a convenient handhold, she'll find Misha a willing subject to be led away to wherever she wishes.

It seems they've both forgotten about that apple for the time being, as odd as that sounds.

Murkus
2012-05-18, 01:24 AM
Training Grounds

That... is actually pretty neat. And I can understand how one might mistake Cornelia's rifle for a grenade launcher. "What sortsa new tasks? I got a few guns, an' all sorts o' bullets." Cornelia lowers her rifle, letting it hang from her limp arms.

Zefir
2012-05-18, 01:54 AM
[Training Grounds]

((I'm sorry to skip KK, but I think it's not that evil right now))

I'm not sure, but didn't she told it?

"Since apocalypse aren't common and since Watchtower do their job well, some members thought about another way to get things done. Cessie for example suggest that Watch could help the people outside of Inside. Remnants authority ends with the borders of Inside. In that case we have to fight different kind of people as well as member of the Organization called AMEN. There will be many situations where an innocent is in danger."

She tries to declare things. In that time MDM changes his arms bag looking a bit like in transformers.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-18, 02:47 AM
"As I said, decay."
Says the cat, calmly licking its paw. Stupid humans protecting life and enforcing the law and that lame stuff.

Frozen Messiah
2012-05-18, 02:02 PM
[Main Room -> Infirmary]

"This way."
KR will attempt to lead him upstairs to the Infirmary, hoping that Dominic is currently willing to undeadtime, but also hoping that Dominic is not.

"Wonderful, I hope everything goes well and I can quickly take my position among this organization." Claude was noticeably nervous of this encounter, all he has heard of this doctor is nothing that helps him think that he wil be fond of new comers. He follows behind KR going over all of his background information and his credentials in his head.

UncleWolf
2012-05-19, 01:49 PM
Training Grounds

Scout!Pat sighs and stands as she draws her blade. "Unfortunately, I don't know anything that I haven't learned on my own through watching or reading." It might not sound like much, but with the way her memory works, she should be able to replicate the movements perfectly for her body.

Halae
2012-05-19, 01:54 PM
[Training Grounds]

"That's how most learn their first moves," Harnel says, drawing his own blade, "Just come at me and we'll see how good you are, alright? Don't hold back."

Morty
2012-05-19, 01:57 PM
[Training Grounds]

Wenomir steps back to watch the sparring session.

Murkus
2012-05-19, 04:41 PM
Training Grounds

Isn't protecting all life kind of Watchtower's point? :smalltongue:

"So ye do go adventurin'!" Cornelia cries triumphantly, pointing at Mia. "Well, I can do that. 'Sides, like I said, m'not gonna kill innocent folk. A little burnt hair ne'er hurt anybody."

UncleWolf
2012-05-19, 07:41 PM
Training Grounds

Once Harnel and Pat both get into their respective positions, Scout!Pat looked over Harnel's stance slowly. Various movie and book clips run through her mind as she compares her and his stances and possible variables until she finds one that's fairly optimum.

The dragonborn will see Pat's wings ruffle a bit before snapping out and buzzing, sending her forward extremely quickly, "gladius" leading her charge. The point is held toward his right knee at the start, but when she gets close, she suddenly snaps it to the left left, as if to cut it open. Her left arm is held close, ready to defend herself if his blade doesn't try to deflect her own.

Halae
2012-05-19, 08:01 PM
[Training Grounds]

From the look on his face, Harnel has already fallen into the Diamond Mind, as he was attempting to teach Pat.

She's attacking quickly, but low. Wings. She expects me to fly upwards. unnecessary and risky. Directed attack from far away, low, too smart to do simple strikes. Stay low, deflect obvious feint. Harnel's mind begins working as the combat begins, but rather than dodge, His blade dips into the ground at the tip, shearing through it like a knife through paper. as Pat closes in, she won't get the chance to switch to the sweeping attack, as Harnel's blade will come upwards to meet hers, with his body moving forward. this should result in the guards of each blade catching each other. doing this should make both blades move off to the side, as Harnel puts enough strength to stop a blow from an ogre behind the deflection - just because Pat is small, doesn't mean he should take her lightly. Magic can enhance individuals greatly after all, and he has no idea what this chitin covered woman is capable of. This maneuver may end up with the sword being knocked out from Pat's hand if she can't keep a grip on it.

This will be followed by Harnel's forehead coming down to meet Pat's. He knows what he's doing here, and while it won't hurt him, there's a good chance it'll at least daze the trainee. This would normally be enough to knock a person out if it hits them properly, but Harnel expects the chitin will deal with that, if the ant woman doesn't have a way of dealing herself.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-19, 10:13 PM
Gnoll Home

Darcy follows the gnoll into the hut.

Gnoll Home

Inside she will find a sparsely decorated home hut with some sort of dream catcher hanging from the ceiling. The walls which are made of a thick leather are painted in some sort of red color in strange patterns.

It the middle is a burned out fire smelling of ash and rotten meat. There are no beds or other furniture inside but a lot of animal pelts and tools standing leaning against the wall.

On one pent the gnoll woman lies tucked in her hands grasped around some sort of object, breathing deeply. As she see Darcy entering with her brother her eyes shine up and her sharp teeth forms a toothy grin.

"You return savior. You always welcome here." She states as her brother moves away a bit to allow the shapeshifter some more room. It might be bit hard to stand up tall in some parts of this little hut.

[Watchtower - Garden]

As Sakura sits with Leala in the garden Cessie suddenly approaches her. "Hello Sakura, nice weather isn't it?" She asks with a smile.

She's dressed in one of her pre-pregnancy dresses, which shows just enough that she's nearly back in her old figure. It makes it obvious she's still swollen in some areas however.

Gullara
2012-05-19, 11:42 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Sakura looks up from where she'd been entertaining Laela with the plush, Harnel coloured dragon. "Oh, hey Cessie." Sakura greets her friend with a grin. "Yeah, it's so nice. Laela's sure enjoying it."

UncleWolf
2012-05-20, 02:45 AM
Training Ground

As soon as their blades touch, Pat changes her tactics mid-action. Deflection means I dodge to side, but his tail or wings will hit and open me to his blade... She thinks, using her quickened mind to run scenarios in her head, trying to map it out two to three strikes ahead. Any dodge to the side leaves back and wings exposed. Unacceptable. As the sequences play through her head, she does a quick inventory of the biological defenses she has in her body at the moment. Three different caustics and a glue. She couldn't use the former on him as she didn't want to kill, and even his scales likely wouldn't stand up to those concentrations too well, but the glue...

That would be quite useful.

Harnel will find Pat willingly locking their blades together, but she applies a lot of force, trying to keep them so and possibly even pushing his back away from her. She rises, meeting his headbutt with the top of her head, and while it sends pain to her head, it doesn't disorientate her. Luckily for her, her thought processes were elsewhere and the brain in this body was little more than a control panel for the body. There wasn't anything to disorientate.

Scout!Pat's free arm shoots up at the same time, palm open, to try and strike his face, but before it gets there, a thick spray of glue erupts from her wrist to try and blind him as well as distract. In doing so however, it's likely she's kept herself quite open in many places.

Halae
2012-05-20, 02:52 AM
[Training Ground]

Good enough Harnel thinks to himself. He had his opening, and he was going to take it, as his right hand leaves the grip of his sword.

As Pat's hand comes up, She'll find Harnel grabbing her wrist - likely getting in the way of the glue spray if successful. If he does manage to grab her, He'll swing the ant woman over his head to slam her into the ground behind him - after she tanked the blow to the head, Harnel's not really concerned that this would really hurt her.

Zefir
2012-05-20, 04:38 AM
Training Grounds

Isn't protecting all life kind of Watchtower's point? :smalltongue:

"So ye do go adventurin'!" Cornelia cries triumphantly, pointing at Mia. "Well, I can do that. 'Sides, like I said, m'not gonna kill innocent folk. A little burnt hair ne'er hurt anybody."

Training Grounds Mia-Cornelia-Cat

((Better tag to make things easy.))

Mia doesn't seem either impressed or caught or whatever Cornelia expects. Also since the hostage and so was amde of wood/paper (you know normal dummy) they burn doen in the blue fire.

"I have to tell you that you also might have hurt him. The targets you shoot at weren't mobile so a short move could have dragged the hostage closer to the projectile. You appeared willing to help, but I wanted to see if your patience as well. What will you do against a target your rifle doesn't work?"

And yes Mia is ignoring the cat. She assumes the cat is talking about the fact that humans don't live so long.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-20, 09:10 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Yeah, you really seem to be enjoying yourself." Cessie says with a smile as she sits down at a stone bench which her player now have decided exists there.

She looks closely at the child and slowly reaches out to let Laela touch her hand. "You seem so close, I don't know how you manage."

Gullara
2012-05-20, 10:48 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Sakura turns Laela around to face Cessie. When the baby sees Cessie's hand, she reach out and tries to grab her finger.

"I don't know. It just feels right, you know? She's my beautiful little girl and I couldn't even imagine life without her anymore." Sakura looks down at her child and smiles. A moment later she looks back up at Cessie, a concerned look on her face. She can guess where this is going. "How are the twins doing?"

Shadowcaller
2012-05-20, 11:07 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

The sorceress first smiles at the infant, letting Laela grab her finger.
"They're healthy, no problems whatsoever." Cessie replies, pausing briefly as the dryad probably already knew what was coming next. "I just thought things would work themselves out by themselves once they had been born you know? That I would instantly feel a connection to them..." She pauses again, unsure what to say for a moment. "...and I do, they're my children after all. I just seem to have a hard time accepting that fact for some reason." She closes her eyes and sigh, lifting her finger slightly to see how hard the baby can grab.

"They still feel alien to me. I don't know what to do. I want to love them as much as you love Laela."

Gullara
2012-05-20, 03:37 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Well..." Sakura bites her lip. She wishes she could understand how Cessie feels, but it's hard. "I know I've barely been separate from Laela since she was born. Maybe just give it some time. Spend as much time with them as you can. I don't think you have to worry too much. I mean, you want to feel closer to them. It might just take a bit longer."

Shadowcaller
2012-05-20, 03:45 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Cessie nods slowly, "I've heard that touch is important for bounding. I tried to talk to Harnel about it but he didn't give me an answer. Maybe I have been separated from them too long physically?" She suggests.

Gullara
2012-05-20, 04:39 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Yeah, that sounds right. I mean, Laela is always grabbing and touching things. And besides, who wouldn't want to hold such adorable babies as we have?" Sakura smiles wide.

Speaking of Laela grabbing things, the baby tugs on Cessie's finger and leans toward her. If Cessie does nothing to stop it, The little fey will stick her finger in her mouth.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-20, 04:57 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Cessie, deep in her own thoughts don't even notice Laela sticking her finger into her mouth until it's too late. She can't help to just smile at this however as she carefully tries to remove it from the baby's mouth.

"I guess that's the problem, I have barely touched them since they were put into my lap once they had been born." She admits, still looking down at Laela.

Gullara
2012-05-20, 05:10 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Where are they now?" Sakura asks. She looks a bit relieved for Cessie's sake that they at least have something to go on now. She knows just how much this has been bothering her friend.

Laela will have to content herself with not sticking something in her mouth for the moment it seems. She's still keep a grip on Cessie's finger if she can, though.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-20, 05:27 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"In the keep, with Harnel. He's spending far more time with them then me really." Cessie replies, giving the baby a slight tug. "And while on that subject... I've been considering..." The mage pauses, seemingly having a hard time saying the word. "...you know, that thing you do with Laela. If only for the bounding effect which I have heard about. I'm afraid it will be rather uncomfortable thought."

Gullara
2012-05-20, 05:39 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

That thing? "You mean breastfeeding?" Sakura asks. "It's not really that bad at all. I guess it's not comfortable, but it doesn't hurt. You should give it a try at least once." She says encouragingly.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-20, 06:47 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Yeah, we'll see." Cessie replies, refusing to give an clear answer. "Hopefully being closer to them will work though, being a mother is a lot harder then I thought and I know quite a bit about mothers. Nearly all my siblings have families after all. Just Tyra and Gem that still are childless."

Gullara
2012-05-20, 06:55 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Heh, I guess there's nothing like experiencing it for yourself." Sakura says. Laela finally lets go of Cessie's finger, just so she can put her own thumb in her mouth. "It's definitely a lot more tiring than I thought."

Murkus
2012-05-21, 01:46 AM
Training Ground - Mia + Cornelia Now with cats!

"Whatcha mean, dodn't work?" Cornelia has never encountered a situation that couldn't be solved with gratuitous amounts of gunfire. "Like, somethin' I can't shoot, or somethin' I shoun't shoot? What?"

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-21, 07:17 AM
Training Grounds Mia-Cornelia-Cat

And yes Mia is ignoring the cat. She assumes the cat is talking about the fact that humans don't live so long.

You know what they say about assumptions... :smalltongue:

"If you ask me, it's a good thing if hostages get shot once in a while. Gets them out of their complacency."
Lick, lick. Just an ordinary cat.

Morty
2012-05-21, 08:42 AM
[Traning Groundd]

Wenomir watches Harnel and Pat spar with interest. It's curious how Nexus denizens with more than four limbs use the extra ones in combat. It's purely theoretical interest on his part, of course. He's not going to get himself any extra limbs.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-21, 10:35 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

The sorceress nods in agreement, "Yes, with all my projects I'm very glad Harnel helps me taking care of COra and Bastion. He have seemed distracted as well lately though. He got some sort of project with Remnant and Watchtower which takes up his time." She pauses. "So what is Adir doing? It have been some time since I last saw him."

Gullara
2012-05-21, 10:42 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Oh yeah, we've both been pretty busy with Laela and the house and stuff. He's doing good, though. We just went on a picnic the other day. Oh, and I have some news." Sakura pauses, her excitement growing more evident. "We're gonna have another baby. Adir actually asked if I wanted to have another soon, and we're gonna do it."

Morty
2012-05-21, 12:17 PM
[Training Tower]

In another timeline, Wenomir appears to be searching through the armoury's supply of axes, picking on longer, two-handed ones and trying them out.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-21, 01:59 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Cessie raises an eyebrow, "Another? I guess it can't be much worse then the two I got from one pregnancy andI always suspected you'd end up with a big family." She grins. "Still, I never expected Adir to ask for it, not this soon either."

Gullara
2012-05-21, 02:52 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"I know. I was so surprised." Sakura's face splits in a big grin. "He said before that he'd be happy to have more kids, but I wasn't quite sure if it was for my sake."

[Entrance => Training Tower]

Approaching the base is a man of short and stout stature. Very short because he is a dwarf. His beard is a magnificent example of it's kind. It is sleek and blond and is gathered in one tight braid that reached down to his belt. His hair is likewise blond and almost as neatly groomed. His clothing consists of a fine blue tunic, leather breeches, a wide brimmed hat, and sturdy boots. He has some armour consisting of a capeline under his hat, a shirt of chainmail, and gauntlets. Slung across his back is a pack bulging at the seams. On his back, attached to his pack, and at his belt are several different kinds of weapons, mostly axes.

"Well, Urist, this looks like the place." The dwarf says to the crow perched on top of his hat. "Good, strong walls too." He looks around briefly before heading toward the Training Tower.

And look at that, he doesn't even bother to consider that he shouldn't just be exploring the place on his own. Oh well, he doesn't get far before coming across Wenomir. "Interested in axes there boy?" He inquires loudly.

Morty
2012-05-21, 03:01 PM
[Training Tower]

Wenomir abruptly turns around when he hears someone enter and address him. Then it turns out this someone is a dwarf.
Wha- who are you?

Gullara
2012-05-21, 03:06 PM
[Training Tower]

"You can call me Yazon." The dwarf says as he moves toward Wenomir. "This is Watchtower, right? Bit of a hike to get here." The crow on his head squawks at Wenomir. "Don't mind Urist here. He's a bit testy."

Morty
2012-05-21, 03:14 PM
[Training Tower]

Wenomir lowers the axe he was holding as he peers at Yazon.
This is Watchtower, yes. And I'm Wenomir, one of the people in charge here. What business do you have with us?

Gullara
2012-05-21, 03:18 PM
[Training Tower]

"To sign up of course." Yazon says and nods his head. Urist barely manages to get off the hat before it start bobbing up and down. He screeches his displeasure. "Seems like the best place to put my skills to work around these parts, and I suspect I'll be around for a good while."

Morty
2012-05-21, 03:25 PM
[Training Tower]

Hmm. Sign up, you say. Well, apocalypses have been dry lately, but we've been talking about branching out so there's something to do for everyone. What sort of skills do you have? Wenomir asks as he rests the axe against the wall.

Zefir
2012-05-21, 03:42 PM
Training Grounds Mia-Cornelia-Cat

No I don't. Oh and ordinary cat's don't talk.
Mia just looks at the cat most likly annoyed.

"And my question remains who are you cat?"

She then turns back to Cornelia.

"Sometimes you shouldn't use gun befor diplomacy and sometimes your enemys may not getting hurt by your abilities. How well do you work in team?"

UncleWolf
2012-05-21, 06:55 PM
[Training Ground]

Good enough Harnel thinks to himself. He had his opening, and he was going to take it, as his right hand leaves the grip of his sword.

As Pat's hand comes up, She'll find Harnel grabbing her wrist - likely getting in the way of the glue spray if successful. If he does manage to grab her, He'll swing the ant woman over his head to slam her into the ground behind him - after she tanked the blow to the head, Harnel's not really concerned that this would really hurt her.

Training Grounds

To most, this would be seen as an "Oh Crap." kinda moment, but for Pat, she can't help but smile beneath her faceplate as she goes sailing through the air. Her light 80lb frame was literally just a mass of muscle, chitin, and a few major organs. Other than some extremely powerful connective tissue, she lacked bones completely, meaning her movement was only restricted by the way her exoskeleton and musculature was built.

In this case, it meant she was extremely agile and flexible.

She allows their hands to get stuck together by the powerful glue(she had a solvent too that she could use), and simply completes the flip to land on her feet. As she does so, she spins the sword in her hand and attempts to smash the pommel onto the top of Harnel's contorted shoulder, trying to dislocate it. With the forces involved, it might even break the shoulder, but she doubted it.

Gullara
2012-05-21, 07:03 PM
[Training Tower]

"I know a bit about stone and metal working. Father was big on that sort of thing and you can't help but pick up some here and there. I've served as a merc and in a couple different militias. Been fighting a good chunk of my life. Heck, I can probably use that axe you got there better than you can." Yazon says the last with a wry grin.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-21, 07:43 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Cessie chuckles, "Next I want more children then Harnel." Now that would be something. "I can just imagine it now, you will end up with at least ten little fey children sleeping in your house. Even larger then my family."

Gullara
2012-05-21, 09:29 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Oh boy. We'd need more rooms. We only have three for the kids right now." The dryad giggles. "Adir actually changed it so it was three instead of two. Where did I find such a perfect husband?"

Halae
2012-05-22, 01:41 AM
Training Grounds

To most, this would be seen as an "Oh Crap." kinda moment, but for Pat, she can't help but smile beneath her faceplate as she goes sailing through the air. Her light 80lb frame was literally just a mass of muscle, chitin, and a few major organs. Other than some extremely powerful connective tissue, she lacked bones completely, meaning her movement was only restricted by the way her exoskeleton and musculature was built.

In this case, it meant she was extremely agile and flexible.

She allows their hands to get stuck together by the powerful glue(she had a solvent too that she could use), and simply completes the flip to land on her feet. As she does so, she spins the sword in her hand and attempts to smash the pommel onto the top of Harnel's contorted shoulder, trying to dislocate it. With the forces involved, it might even break the shoulder, but she doubted it.[Training Grounds]

Given that Harnel would need to turn to the side to slam Pat into the ground , he'll have turned sideways to complete the maneuver, and thus will have the opportunity to see the pommel coming towards him. Taking advantage of the fact that he's still holding her left hand, Harnel will twist Pat swiftly putting her left arm in the path of her pommel strike - logic dictates that this would cause the majority of her body to move, throwing off the direction of the strike.

This will potentially cause her enough trouble that when Harnel's tail comes up from below to quickly wrap around her neck, it may very well succeed.

Morty
2012-05-22, 07:42 AM
[Training Tower]

"I know a bit about stone and metal working. Father was big on that sort of thing and you can't help but pick up some here and there. I've served as a merc and in a couple different militias. Been fighting a good chunk of my life. Heck, I can probably use that axe you got there better than you can." Yazon says the last with a wry grin.

That's likely, since I've never used one, Wenomir says with a shrug. I'm a swordsman, axes aren't my weapon of choice. Anyway, if you want to sign up, you'll need to pass a test first. Are you up for it?

happyturtle
2012-05-22, 09:38 AM
Gnoll Home

Inside she will find a sparsely decorated home hut with some sort of dream catcher hanging from the ceiling. The walls which are made of a thick leather are painted in some sort of red color in strange patterns.

It the middle is a burned out fire smelling of ash and rotten meat. There are no beds or other furniture inside but a lot of animal pelts and tools standing leaning against the wall.

On one pent the gnoll woman lies tucked in her hands grasped around some sort of object, breathing deeply. As she see Darcy entering with her brother her eyes shine up and her sharp teeth forms a toothy grin.

"You return savior. You always welcome here." She states as her brother moves away a bit to allow the shapeshifter some more room. It might be bit hard to stand up tall in some parts of this little hut.


That's the nice thing about being a shapeshifter. It's easy to fit places. "How are you? Is the poison gone?"

Shadowcaller
2012-05-22, 11:12 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

The mage chuckles and shakes her head, "I hope you know what you're getting into." She says in a playful tone. "You're going end up needing having parts of your family in the keep otherwise. Not that I think Harnel would mind having more babies in the keep."

[Gnoll Home]

"Think so. Feel much better." The gnoll woman replies, her grip around what appears to be a small skull of some kind of canine-creature eases up a bit.

Then all of sudden there is a subtle shift in the air around them as both the the bed-bound gnoll and her brother spontaneously spurt two large bat-like wings straight from their shoulders.

This is likely the cause of concern.

Gullara
2012-05-22, 01:49 PM
[Training Tower]

"Anytime, anywhere. Just tell me what I need to do." The dwarf puffs out his chest, brimming with confidence.

[Watchtower - Garden]

Sakura giggles. "I'm sure he wouldn't. We can have another floor lower if we really needed more room by the sounds of things. Oh, I can't wait to see our house. It's going to be so nice."

Morty
2012-05-22, 04:55 PM
[Training Tower]

Wenomir rubs his chin. That sounds like a good opportunity to try out our new modular obstacle course. I'll just need a moment to come up with a plan...

Gullara
2012-05-22, 05:02 PM
[Training Tower]

"Take your time. I could use a bit of a break from all that walking anyway." The dwarf removes his overstuffed pack and sets it down, then he removes all the remaining weapons on his person, save for a small hand axe. Urist lands on the pack almost immediately afterward.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-22, 05:02 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"Yes, I'm looking forward to see it as well once it's done. You really need to come with Adir to the keep some day though, It was such a long time since he was there." Cessie replies.

Gullara
2012-05-22, 05:34 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"We definitely should. Just as soon as things die down maybe." Sakura says with a nod. "You know, Harnel should help us move our stuff. I know I can't lift much, so Adir would have to do most of it himself."

happyturtle
2012-05-22, 07:18 PM
Gnoll Home

Darcy yelps in surprise, instantly shifting to a more combat ready form. "What was that?" :smalleek::smalleek:

Murkus
2012-05-22, 09:00 PM
You know what they say about assumptions... :smalltongue:

"If you ask me, it's a good thing if hostages get shot once in a while. Gets them out of their complacency."
Lick, lick. Just an ordinary cat.


Training Grounds Mia-Cornelia-Cat

No I don't. Oh and ordinary cat's don't talk.
Mia just looks at the cat most likly annoyed.

"And my question remains who are you cat?"

She then turns back to Cornelia.

"Sometimes you shouldn't use gun befor diplomacy and sometimes your enemys may not getting hurt by your abilities. How well do you work in team?"

"Tha's a matter of opinion, ma'am. My gun always works. And some folks just need shootin'," Cornelia says, apparently sticking to her guns here, whether or not it means Mia approves her for Watchtower duty. "But," She says, not wanting to dig herself too deep, "I s'pose some talkin can't hurt. You should really let some other feller handle that bit though. On account of my less-than-friendly disposition towards hostage-takers and suchlike." She smiles innocently beneath that bandanna of hers.

Barracks

Adir is currently busying himself with packing. Mostly his old clothes and weapons, which are both in dire need of some cleaning. A Watchman might happen upon him piling things messily outside his room for further sorting.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-22, 11:48 PM
[Training Grounds + Cat]

To assume makes an ass out of u and me. :smalltongue:

"I'm a cat." Says the cat bluntly.
"Who are you, dumb bitch?"

Zefir
2012-05-23, 01:15 AM
Training Grounds Mia-Cornelia

((Sorry Kris I just go to ignore the cat, Life hasn't been so well here to play such a scene))

"Your right. Normal we act in groups, but I believe it's better if everyone can handle more things than their primary weapon."

Mia says caught in toughs.

Morty
2012-05-23, 10:40 AM
[Training Tower]

"Take your time. I could use a bit of a break from all that walking anyway." The dwarf removes his overstuffed pack and sets it down, then he removes all the remaining weapons on his person, save for a small hand axe. Urist lands on the pack almost immediately afterward.

In that case, meet me in half an hour by the obstacle course. It's hard to miss, Wenomir says as he leaves. He left a bit of a pile of axes behind, but he'll clean it up later.

UncleWolf
2012-05-23, 06:35 PM
[Training Grounds]

Given that Harnel would need to turn to the side to slam Pat into the ground , he'll have turned sideways to complete the maneuver, and thus will have the opportunity to see the pommel coming towards him. Taking advantage of the fact that he's still holding her left hand, Harnel will twist Pat swiftly putting her left arm in the path of her pommel strike - logic dictates that this would cause the majority of her body to move, throwing off the direction of the strike.

This will potentially cause her enough trouble that when Harnel's tail comes up from below to quickly wrap around her neck, it may very well succeed.

Training Grounds

Pat's strength will make it hard for him to force her arm to move. Even though he is the stronger, she still knows that to simply allow him to do whatever is a bad thing. Even so, she drops her sword before the strike ends and as Harnel's tail wraps around her neck. As it starts to choke her though, her faceplate opens up as she tries to lean her head forward so her mandibles can clamp down on the tail. The edges are sharp and with her strength, could likely crush or pierce his scales with ease. However, that's just to mark him somehow from all this. If she wasn't getting out unscathed, she wouldn't let him either.

The real threat, is Pat's now open hand. Being careful to aim at the ground in front of Harnel instead of actually targeting him, she shoots out a small stream of powerful acid that will begin eating away at the ground with ease, bubbling, hissing, and spitting as it digs in. She's carved entire caves in that manner, and a dragonkin would be little more.

After the spray though, she'll stop all her thrashing and look right back into his eyes, signalling that she's finished with this. She looks quite frustrated.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-23, 07:04 PM
[Watchtower - Garden]

"We definitely should. Just as soon as things die down maybe." Sakura says with a nod. "You know, Harnel should help us move our stuff. I know I can't lift much, so Adir would have to do most of it himself."


Gnoll Home

Darcy yelps in surprise, instantly shifting to a more combat ready form. "What was that?" :smalleek::smalleek:

Gnoll Home

The woman looks as panicked as you expect a person to be if they spontaneously grow a pair of wings. The brother seems to take it more with ease however and rushes up to his sister to comfort her with a hug before she do something else.

The gnoll then look at Darcy with hesitation and fear on it's face, "Do not know. Dark one magic." He says with a shudder while his new wings seemingly instinctively warps around his sister to comfort her.

She can probably tell they fear they both have been corrupted by the demons... somehow.

[Watchtower - Garden]

"Yeah, I could probably summon a couple of earth elementals to help out too and we should be done fairly quickly." Cessie replies. "Say, it's actually my birthday in about two weeks. Why don't you and Adir come over to the keep then?" Hopefully it will turn out better then Harnel's birthday panic.

Gullara
2012-05-23, 09:55 PM
[Training Tower]

Yazon nods. Hm, he can probably just leave his belongings here for now. They won't be walking away on their own. The dwarf heads outside with Urist following closely behind. he decides to walk along the wall, admiring it's craftsmanship.

[Watchtower - Garden]

What could have been a better gift for Harnel than finally getting to see his children? *nodnod*

"Oh, yes, definitely. Sounds like fun." The dryad agrees readily. She's growing fond of birthday celebrations like this.

Murkus
2012-05-23, 09:59 PM
Training Grounds Mia-Cornelia

((Sorry Kris I just go to ignore the cat, Life hasn't been so well here to play such a scene))

"Your right. Normal we act in groups, but I believe it's better if everyone can handle more things than their primary weapon."

Mia says caught in toughs.

"Yes'm. I'll try to work on that," Cornelia says with a smile. She leans forward, batting her eyelashes at Mia. "Iffin, o'course, I can join."

happyturtle
2012-05-23, 11:40 PM
Gnoll Home

The woman looks as panicked as you expect a person to be if they spontaneously grow a pair of wings. The brother seems to take it more with ease however and rushes up to his sister to comfort her with a hug before she do something else.

The gnoll then look at Darcy with hesitation and fear on it's face, "Do not know. Dark one magic." He says with a shudder while his new wings seemingly instinctively warps around his sister to comfort her.

She can probably tell they fear they both have been corrupted by the demons... somehow.


"You need to come with me, to Watchtower. We can find out what happened there, and try to keep it from harming you." Darcy says decisively.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-24, 02:39 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Cessiie nods and then asks, "What about we throw a delayed birthday for Laela and Adir's return when we visit you? I still haven't given her any gifts yet."

Gnoll Home

"...if you do that. Not know how to repay." The brother admits while trying to ease his siters whimpering. "But if you can. We go. Just give a moment. Okay?" He says in broken common.

happyturtle
2012-05-24, 06:31 AM
Gnoll Home >> Watchtower

Darcy will give them as much time as they need, and will carry the sister. Presumably they make it to Watch where Darcy will take them to the new infirmary. I think KR and a prospective member were headed there as well. Perhaps they'll meet up?

Halae
2012-05-24, 09:01 AM
Training Grounds

Pat's strength will make it hard for him to force her arm to move. Even though he is the stronger, she still knows that to simply allow him to do whatever is a bad thing. Even so, she drops her sword before the strike ends and as Harnel's tail wraps around her neck. As it starts to choke her though, her faceplate opens up as she tries to lean her head forward so her mandibles can clamp down on the tail. The edges are sharp and with her strength, could likely crush or pierce his scales with ease. However, that's just to mark him somehow from all this. If she wasn't getting out unscathed, she wouldn't let him either.

The real threat, is Pat's now open hand. Being careful to aim at the ground in front of Harnel instead of actually targeting him, she shoots out a small stream of powerful acid that will begin eating away at the ground with ease, bubbling, hissing, and spitting as it digs in. She's carved entire caves in that manner, and a dragonkin would be little more.

After the spray though, she'll stop all her thrashing and look right back into his eyes, signalling that she's finished with this. She looks quite frustrated.[Training Grounds]

Once Pat stops thrashing about, Harnel will release the grip of his tail on her neck, though not on her arm, as that's still glued on. He doesn't pay the acid any mind, and merely winces when his tail is bitten - she was just venting now, and wouldn't be trying to kill her potential teacher.

Using the hand that's glued to Pat's arm, he'll help her stand up, and say, "You did quite well. I've never had that much trouble with a beginner before, and your movements suggest a lot of talent."

A little bit of a praise can go a long way towards lightening a mood, especially after someone's been trounced.

Morty
2012-05-24, 09:30 AM
[Obstacle Course]

When Yazon reaches the obstacle course, he will see Wenomir behind a console, and the elaborate mechanism waiting. The demon hunter motions the dwarf to approach a long running track right next to the entrance.

[Training Grounds]

When the duel is over, Wenomir nods solemnly.
That was impressive, he says.

Gullara
2012-05-24, 09:52 AM
[Watchtower - Garden]

Cessiie nods and then asks, "What about we throw a delayed birthday for Laela and Adir's return when we visit you? I still haven't given her any gifts yet."

[Garden]

"Good idea. We'll have to get some food and cake." The dryad grins. "I wanna get something for Bastion and Cora too. I still need to think about it, though."


[Obstacle Course]

When Yazon reaches the obstacle course, he will see Wenomir behind a console, and the elaborate mechanism waiting. The demon hunter motions the dwarf to approach a long running track right next to the entrance.

[Obstacle Course]

The dwarf look curiously at the mechanism, but his attention is soon shifted to Wenomir. "Alright then, what do you have planned for me?"

Morty
2012-05-24, 10:11 AM
[Obstacle Course]

I'm going to put you through a series of tests that'll challenge your fitness, strength, combat ability and quick thinking, Wenomir says from his elevated position behind the console. The running track is the first challenge.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-24, 10:57 AM
Gnoll Home >> Watchtower

Darcy will give them as much time as they need, and will carry the sister. Presumably they make it to Watch where Darcy will take them to the new infirmary. I think KR and a prospective member were headed there as well. Perhaps they'll meet up?

Actually they were headed to the old infirmary, to get Dominic's opinion on the new member, whose name I have unfortunately forgotten (Leadership! I has it!). Since it's probable that Dominic is in extended deadtime seeing I haven't seen billtodamax around this part of the board for a while, it might be best if we handwave that conversation and have newdude be accepted as the new (trainee) doctor, assuming, of course, that he is actually somewhat competent (I'll trust his player's judgement on this).

So either KR could be showing him around the medical facilities in the base, including the new infirmary, or else there could be a plotclone of KR... inspecting the medical robots or something. Whichever is convenient, since probably only KR or Cessie are among the active members capable of investigating a sudden Demon Wish, and Cessie getting involved would end up with quite a bit of self roleplay.

Gullara
2012-05-24, 11:53 AM
[Obstacle Course]

"Right then." Yazon eyes the track with some trepidation. "Not much for running." He says, mostly to himself. He adjusts his mail a bit, running his hands over his admittedly round belly.

"Just give me the word." And when Wenomir tells him to go, the dwarf will run. He's certainly not fast, what with his short legs, but he has pretty good endurance.

Morty
2012-05-24, 11:57 AM
[Obstacle Course]

Once Yazon starts running, Wenomir pushes a button on his console and the running track begins to revolve, in the opposite direction than Yazon is moving. Thus, the dwarf will have to overcome the track's movement in order to get to the end.

happyturtle
2012-05-24, 12:35 PM
New Infirmary


Actually they were headed to the old infirmary, to get Dominic's opinion on the new member, whose name I have unfortunately forgotten (Leadership! I has it!). Since it's probable that Dominic is in extended deadtime seeing I haven't seen billtodamax around this part of the board for a while, it might be best if we handwave that conversation and have newdude be accepted as the new (trainee) doctor, assuming, of course, that he is actually somewhat competent (I'll trust his player's judgement on this).

So either KR could be showing him around the medical facilities in the base, including the new infirmary, or else there could be a plotclone of KR... inspecting the medical robots or something. Whichever is convenient, since probably only KR or Cessie are among the active members capable of investigating a sudden Demon Wish, and Cessie getting involved would end up with quite a bit of self roleplay.


Yes. Let us say that KR is available, and that New Person Who I Have Also Forgotten The Name Of can step in at any time.

Darcy brings the gnolls into the infirmary, and on seeing KR says, "These two suddenly sprouted wings. The sister was previously infected with demon poison, but the brother wasn't. We need to know how far the demons have been involved and whether they're being corrupted."

Then in a lower voice. "Also, there's Ilpholin. We'll need to talk about her soon." Presumably Wenomir has brought KR up to date on Ilpholin's demonification? Anyway, as dear as Ilpholin is to Darcy, she considers the gnolls the more urgent problem, as there might be a chance to prevent them being corrupted. Whereas Ilpholin is already gone, and a few more days probably won't make much difference. :smallfrown:

Gullara
2012-05-24, 01:50 PM
[Obstacle Course]

"Hey now!" Yazon cries out as he almost falls on his face. The dwarf pumps his legs as fast as he can. He makes some progress, but it won't be too long before he's huffing and puffing and begins to slow.

Morty
2012-05-24, 02:08 PM
[Obstacle Course]

When Wenomir sees Yazon is having trouble, he slows down the track. Now it still moves in opposite direction to Yazon's run, but very slowly and becomes only a small difficulty.

Gullara
2012-05-24, 03:47 PM
[Obstacle Course]

With the track slowed, Yazon is able to power his way around it and finish. He takes a moment to catch his breath before saying. "Not much for running."

Morty
2012-05-24, 04:05 PM
[Obstacle Course]

I can see that, Wenomir says from behind his console. But it wasn't so bad. Now, on to the next challenge, he adds, pressing another button.
The obstacle course in front of Yazon shifts, revealing a fairly shallow pool of water, with rocks sticking above the surface. They're constantly sinking and emerging again, rather quickly. Yazon might notice that there's a predictable pattern to them, depending on how perceptive he is.
Get to the other side without touching the water, Wenomir instructs.

Gullara
2012-05-24, 04:23 PM
[Obstacle Course]

"You're doing this on purpose, aren't you." Yazon isn't a fast dwarf, and that's compared to other dwarves. None the less, he moves over to the pool. He watches how they move for a moment, then steps onto the first one. He does alright for a bit, but the stones are shifting a bit too quickly. He has to sidestep quickly to not get wet, but after a few more steps of forward progress he steps on a stone just as it sinks. The dwarf curses, but gets to the other side without another incident.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-24, 04:30 PM
[Garden]

"That would be wonderful, you will be aunt Sakura to them in a few years." Cessie says with a smile. "We'll probably confuse them though considering neither of us will look a day older then we gave birth to them." She chuckles.



New Infirmary

Yes. Let us say that KR is available, and that New Person Who I Have Also Forgotten The Name Of can step in at any time.

Darcy brings the gnolls into the infirmary, and on seeing KR says, "These two suddenly sprouted wings. The sister was previously infected with demon poison, but the brother wasn't. We need to know how far the demons have been involved and whether they're being corrupted."

Then in a lower voice. "Also, there's Ilpholin. We'll need to talk about her soon." Presumably Wenomir has brought KR up to date on Ilpholin's demonification? Anyway, as dear as Ilpholin is to Darcy, she considers the gnolls the more urgent problem, as there might be a chance to prevent them being corrupted. Whereas Ilpholin is already gone, and a few more days probably won't make much difference. :smallfrown:

New Infirmary

The two gnolls look worried to say at least. Holding together closely they look around in Watchtower in fear of all these new strange things.
"Dark one curse." The brother insists. "Their power corrupt land around, killing it. Turning it to darkness." He shudders at the thought, his sister staring down at the floor silently.

That now a great deal of gnolls over outside had spurted wings might be learned of sooner or later. If KR would try to identify the curse she will learn it's much more than an enchantment. It's a change in the very fabric of reality. Whatever did this must have been very powerful, and a demon. Because that's what it is, demonic magic.

Morty
2012-05-24, 04:37 PM
[Obstacle Course]

I want to evaluate all your skills. Quickness just happened to be the first on the list, Wenomir says as he fiddles with the console again. The next challenges might prove to me a little more up your alley.
The obstacle course shifts again, this time erecting a vertical wall in front of Yazon. The wall is about as tall as a one storey building and is equipped with handholds all the way to the top.

Gullara
2012-05-24, 05:58 PM
[Obstacle Course]

"Hm..." The dwarf wipes his hands on his breaches. He grans a hand hold and starts pulling himself up. His powerful arms mean he has little trouble with pulling his weight up. The trouble is that his arms are so short. He gets to the top pretty easily, but he would have been quite a bit quicker if he was a foot taller or so. "Much better." He bellows from the top.

[Garden]

Sakura giggle along with her. "Yeah, that might be weird." Sakura wouldn't know from personal experience, not having parents in the sense most people do.

Of course, growing up with parents that don't age might mean that it's not weird to them at all. Sakura doesn't come to any of there observations, though. :smalltongue:

Shadowcaller
2012-05-25, 06:17 AM
[Garden]

Well, I imagine it possibly could be awkward if your parents still look like they are around 24 when you're around thirty-forty, or in your teens but for entirely different reasons depending on your parent.

"No matter, just tell me when you think it's okay we come over and we can have a little evening both families together."

happyturtle
2012-05-25, 06:43 AM
New Infirmary

"Do we still have dragon bone? Perhaps that can reverse this," Darcy suggests.

Gullara
2012-05-25, 07:25 AM
[Garden]

"I can't wait." The dryad says with a grin. She glances upward briefly. "Oh right." She gets to her feet, depositing Laela in the crook of her arm. "I gotta go see Adir. Talk to you later." And if Cessie has no reason to stop her, she'll head off to track down Adir. Probably rejoining continuity at their house.

Morty
2012-05-25, 11:01 AM
[Obstacle Course]

"Hm..." The dwarf wipes his hands on his breaches. He grans a hand hold and starts pulling himself up. His powerful arms mean he has little trouble with pulling his weight up. The trouble is that his arms are so short. He gets to the top pretty easily, but he would have been quite a bit quicker if he was a foot taller or so. "Much better." He bellows from the top.


I thought you'd like it, Wenomir says as he fiddles with the console again. The obstacle course widens, becoming a small field littered with rocks. A ladder also appears so Yazon can get down there. Behind some of the rocks in the field are mannequins of goblins armed with crossobws - four of them in total. Right under the ladder are deposited an axe and a shield.
Try to reach the mannequins and hit them without getting shot, Wenomir says. The mannequins will shoot non-lethal bolts at you.

Gullara
2012-05-25, 06:21 PM
[Obstacle Course]

Yazon climbs down and takes up the axe and shield. He swings experimentally a couple times to test the weapon's balance. He nods once, then starts moving toward the nearest mannequin. He stays mostly behind the rocks so he can easily cover the rest of his body with his shield. It's slow going, but one by one he'll cut down each of the goblins with a single swing.

Morty
2012-05-26, 11:01 AM
[Obstacle Course]

Once the goblin mannequins are gone - they're pulled underground after being hit - Wenomir nods approvingly.
Pretty good. Now, for the last test.
The obstacle course turns into a racing track and a weighed backpack appears.
Try to run as long as you can with this heavy load. You don't have to run fast, just try to keep doing it as long as possible.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 11:08 AM
[Obstacle Course]

"Should be easy enough." Yazon scoops up the backpack and slings it's over his back. The pack he arrived with weighs more and was bigger than this one. Then he sets off along the track at a steady pace. When he doesn't have to push himself too hard he can cover a lot of ground. It'll be a good while before he has to stop. Hopefully Wenomir doesn't get bored.

Morty
2012-05-26, 11:20 AM
[Obstacle Course]

Wenomir watches Yazon run. Hrm. Should've had the obstacle course provide a heavier backpack. Oh well. After a while, but before Yazon is tired, he says:
Not bad. Let me crank it up a notch.
He presses a button and small obstacles emerge from the racing track. Yazon will have to hop over them, which should increase the difficulty.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-26, 11:33 AM
And here I thought that dwarves were meant to be natural sprinters. Very dangerous across short distances. :smalltongue:

Hospital

As Darcy and the gnolls enter, KR looks up from her tinkering, and as Darcy starts to explain what's happened she immediately moves towards the gnolls and attempts to use magic to determine what's happened, likely finding out what has already been mentioned if she doesn't scare the gnolls away with her abrupt manner. She listens with seeming calmness to Darcy as she casts her spells, and when Darcy asks about the dragonbone, she answers.
"I believe so, but I don't think it will help in this case. This doesn't seem to be like the previous cases of demonic corruption." She says, a barely perceptible trace of concern creeping into her voice, meaning of course that she's really freakin' worried. Reality Warping is srs bznz, yo.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 12:01 PM
[Obstacle Course]

Hopefully the obstacles aren't too high. Jumping is not a talent of his. Otherwise, while it's more difficult and he'll tire more quickly, he'll manage to keep going for a little while longer without falling on his face.

Morty
2012-05-26, 12:13 PM
[Obstacle Course]

The obstacles aren't very high. They're there to break the routine of the run.
Pretty good. I think it can be safely said you've passed the test. You seem capable enough, Wenomir says as the elements of the obstacle course fold back.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 01:05 PM
[Obstacle Course]

"Good to hear." The dwarf heads over to stand before Wenomir. "Is that all I need to join then?"

Morty
2012-05-26, 01:17 PM
[Obstacle Course]

You're now free to join as a Watchman Initiate, yes. You'll become a full Watchman once you prove yourself by partcipating in a Watchtower mission while accompanying a full member, Wenomir explains.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 01:28 PM
[Obstacle Course]

Yazon nods. "Right, sign me up." Of course, he needs to sign himself up. He doesn't know that the form exists though.

Zefir
2012-05-26, 04:30 PM
"Yes'm. I'll try to work on that," Cornelia says with a smile. She leans forward, batting her eyelashes at Mia. "Iffin, o'course, I can join."

[Training Grounds]

Mia seems confused by the batting. she isn't really sure if Cornelia tries to lure her or so. She doesn't even know if Cornelia goes for men or woman.

"Well I think that may be possible. I just would ask you to come with me for medical exam, please."

Morty
2012-05-26, 04:32 PM
[Obstacle Course]

Yazon nods. "Right, sign me up." Of course, he needs to sign himself up. He doesn't know that the form exists though.

Yeah, just fill this out, Wenomir hands him the membership form he'd prepared before the test. Just a formality.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 04:55 PM
[Obstacle Course]

The dwarf nods and takes he sheet.


Name: Yazon Skała
Age: 42
Sex: Male
Species: Dwarf
Profession: Soldier
Reason for joining WATCHTOWER: Seemed like a good job while I'm here.
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to WATCHTOWER: Skills with a few different kinds of axes as well as crossbows. Some knowledge of smithing and stonemasonry.
Other Information: Nothing here.

"And there you go." He hands the form back.

Morty
2012-05-26, 05:45 PM
[Obstacle Course]

Alright then... welcome onboard, Wenomir says. Noone has tried to end the world lately, so we do other things to keep ourselves busy. There's been talk about providing weapons training to the population and cooperating with Remnant... they're the Nexus' biggest military formation... for training and exchange of experience.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 05:50 PM
[Obstacle Course]

"Suppose I could teach some people to use axes if they're interested. Can't say I have much experience teaching, but there's only one way to get it." Yazon replies.

Morty
2012-05-26, 06:09 PM
[Obstacle Course]

We also keep an eye out on smaller-scale threats and deal with them as necessary... so keep your eyes peeled for anything that might threaten the people of the Nexus, Wenomir explains.

Gullara
2012-05-26, 06:19 PM
[Obstacle Course]

Yazon nods. "Right, figured there'd be things like that for us to do. I'll keep it in mind. I think I'm going to get settled in for now. Where are our rooms?" Assuming Wenomir gives him directions, the dwarf will retrieve his belongings and head to his room to get unpacked.

UncleWolf
2012-05-26, 11:54 PM
[Training Grounds]

Once Pat stops thrashing about, Harnel will release the grip of his tail on her neck, though not on her arm, as that's still glued on. He doesn't pay the acid any mind, and merely winces when his tail is bitten - she was just venting now, and wouldn't be trying to kill her potential teacher.

Using the hand that's glued to Pat's arm, he'll help her stand up, and say, "You did quite well. I've never had that much trouble with a beginner before, and your movements suggest a lot of talent."

A little bit of a praise can go a long way towards lightening a mood, especially after someone's been trounced.



[Training Grounds]

When the duel is over, Wenomir nods solemnly.
That was impressive, he says.

Training Grounds

Pat accepts the help up, more out of the fact that she had to until she lets some solvent leak from her wrist to get rid of the glue than the fact that she wanted it. In all honesty, she was frustrated. She had expected that her strength would be something unusual for the Dragonborn, but it had been the opposite. She, a marvel of her own biological engineering, couldn't overpower a single person. Sure, he was unusual in his strength, but he couldn't be the only one around. There were likely dozens, if not hundreds of people like him in the area, and if she couldn't combat a single one...

What would happen to her Lord if one decided to go against him and she couldn't stop him?

The thought both bothered her and annoyed her deeply. Sure, she could always use ranged weapons and superior numbers, but anyone going against Magtok would likely be prepared for such, possibly with an army on their side. It all came down to a simple fact.

She wasn't good enough yet.

Luckily for her though, her annoyed look is hidden by her armored mandibles once again. "I should have been able to read you better. Be more prepared for what you threw at me." She admits, being careful to hide her true feelings on the matter. "But I'm guessing that is something that comes with practice."

Murkus
2012-05-26, 11:58 PM
[Training Grounds]

Mia seems confused by the batting. she isn't really sure if Cornelia tries to lure her or so. She doesn't even know if Cornelia goes for men or woman.

"Well I think that may be possible. I just would ask you to come with me for medical exam, please."

No, the batting was merely intended to make her seem innocent and without bias for her own cause. Not to be taken seriously. The gunsmith puts her hands on her hips, pursing her lips at Mia, "Arright. Let's go," She says, probably heading over to the Infirmary with Mia.

Halae
2012-05-27, 12:50 AM
[Training Grounds]

"It is. You have a lot of talent for fighting, but training and experience is necessary to be capable of really handling a strong opponent. Don't take this too hard though - I've been fighting since I was... five years old? Regardless, I've been doing this a long time." Harnel won't move as Pat applies the solvent, "You have flexibility and power though. I think what you need is to understand fighting styles, and learn a few for yourself. Would you agree, Wenomir?"

Morty
2012-05-27, 07:27 AM
[Training Grounds]

Wenomir nods.
I would. You have plenty of strength and speed, he says, turning to Pat, and your anatomy helps. But combat styles, reflexes and reading the flow of combat need to be taught, and then honed in practice. He pauses. The Riddle of Steel philosophy calls it the contrast between Flesh and Steel, or rather what you start with and what you earn and master.

Frozen Messiah
2012-05-27, 03:52 PM
"I believe so, but I don't think it will help in this case. This doesn't seem to be like the previous cases of demonic corruption." She says, a barely perceptible trace of concern creeping into her voice, meaning of course that she's really freakin' worried. Reality Warping is srs bznz, yo.

Hospital

(I apologize about the pause in posting, grew slightly confused as to who I was suppossed to be looking for)

"Um, excuse me..." Calude pipes in very softly, "What type of demon are we talking about. I have done some study on demonic injuries and might be able to be of assisstance. If you want my help then you will half to tell me everything and anything, at this point I am woefully ignorant of the ailment." Claude says moving up to get a good look at the patient.

UncleWolf
2012-05-27, 04:02 PM
Training Grounds

Pat almost relies to Harnel when what Wenomir says catches her attention, making her curious. "Riddle of steel? What is it exactly?" She asks, feeling the need to learn more about it, if only so she wouldn't be in the dark any longer.

Halae
2012-05-27, 08:07 PM
[Training Grounds]

Harnel remains quiet, letting Wenomir speak. the demon hunter could probably describe something like that much better than he could. Besides, Harnel is curious about the particulars.

Morty
2012-05-28, 06:07 AM
[Training Grounds]

Wenomir is silent at first, thinking it over and stroking his chin. It's a philosophy of sorts. Noone is sure where it originated from, but it transcends cultures and is about seeking the "Riddle of Steel". It represents the pinnacle of martial accomplishment. Some treat the Riddle as a physical, actual thing - some sort of esoteric knowledge that can be found. Others treat it as an ideal to strive for. Regardless of what one imagines the Riddle to be, the road to it is supposed to be about perfection of self and overcoming weaknesses and challenges. He pauses. The important part is "self". The Riddle of Steel can only be found if you master the art of battle and conquer the challenges on your path yourself, with your skill and steel. As such, magic of any sort is considered to detract you from the path to the Riddle. Now, as for the Flesh and Steel contrast - Flesh is what you start with, or are given. Steel is what you earn and forge in battle like steel is forged in fire. Steel marks Flesh, but Flesh can't mark Steel. It's one of the universal, core tenets. Wenomir shrugs. That's the abridged version, anyway. There's a lot more, and it changes depending on the given practicioner's culture.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-28, 07:21 AM
Hospital

The brother gnoll looks up at Calude suspiciously, "What will you do? What we tell you? Suddenly wings grow out. Is that not enough? Why you must look all over us now?"

UncleWolf
2012-05-28, 04:19 PM
Training Grounds

Pat listens carefully to the philosophy. It certainly intrigued her to say the least, but there was a nagging question. "Would I be considered Magic in the terms of the Riddle?" She asks.

Frozen Messiah
2012-05-28, 11:47 PM
Hospital

The brother gnoll looks up at Calude suspiciously, "What will you do? What we tell you? Suddenly wings grow out. Is that not enough? Why you must look all over us now?"

(where is the description of the wings and stuff?)

"I will do what I can to help, I only want to help." Claude says in the most professional tone he could go into such a hectic scenario, "I am looking at you so I can understand how to help...How long ago did this happen." Claude is hectically going through his entire mind about the few time in the military that he had to deal with anything demonic, all he knows is that magic usually has to be cured with magic at this point.

The Bushranger
2012-05-29, 01:19 AM
[Path]

And Shawna comes up the path torwards the Wall and WATCHTOWER itself. Possibly with her new friend in tow.

McBish
2012-05-29, 01:35 AM
[Path]

Indeed with a new friend, Amelia, following behind Shawna looking impressed by the fortress.

Nice place you got here.

Zefir
2012-05-29, 02:22 AM
No, the batting was merely intended to make her seem innocent and without bias for her own cause. Not to be taken seriously. The gunsmith puts her hands on her hips, pursing her lips at Mia, "Arright. Let's go," She says, probably heading over to the Infirmary with Mia.

[Infirmary]

Mia will lead her here and make a medical check up as mentioned. The results should be in after a few minutes. Mia is doing most things herself. So she will only do the thingy you need to use a machine.

Murkus
2012-05-29, 02:41 AM
Infirmary

Depending on the tests performed, Mia should find Cornelia to be in excellent health for someone her age. Despite her various scars and prior injuries, her fitness is that of someone half her age, likely due to her elf lineage. She walks with a limp, if one strains a particular muscle in her leg, and one eye is completely blind. She seems to have some slight trouble hearing the quietest of noises - perhaps from being around old-fashioned guns all her life.

Morty
2012-05-29, 03:07 PM
Training Grounds

Pat listens carefully to the philosophy. It certainly intrigued her to say the least, but there was a nagging question. "Would I be considered Magic in the terms of the Riddle?" She asks.

Wenomir shifts uneasily and rubs the back of his head.
I'm not sure, to be honest. My homeworld doesn't have people like you, so the philosophy has never had to adjust to the kind of capabilities you have. They certainly make things easier for you, which is a hurdle on the road to the Riddle... but I don't think it matters much as long as you follow the Riddle and hone your skills.

Zefir
2012-05-30, 02:39 AM
Infirmary

Depending on the tests performed, Mia should find Cornelia to be in excellent health for someone her age. Despite her various scars and prior injuries, her fitness is that of someone half her age, likely due to her elf lineage. She walks with a limp, if one strains a particular muscle in her leg, and one eye is completely blind. She seems to have some slight trouble hearing the quietest of noises - perhaps from being around old-fashioned guns all her life.

Infirmary

The tests mainly involve health, any kind of wounds or things he might be able to fix.After all excellent isn't what I would call her health.

"Well. That doesn't look so well. Your blind on one eye.I may be able to fix that, if you allow."

Murkus
2012-05-30, 02:56 AM
Infirmary

Physical fitness is high, sensory 'aptitude' - I suppose you could say - is low.

However, that is hardly the point of this post. Cornelia can barely comprehend the words that just came out of Mia's mouth. "My eye? Really?" She looks stunned. "Yes. Please." Could this really happen? Cornelia hasn't been in the Nexus all that long, and no one seemed to be capable of fixing her eye back home.

Zefir
2012-05-30, 03:05 AM
Infirmary

"I should inform you that I won't be able to regenerate you eye. I would just use my divine power and some technologies to replace the damaged parts of the eye"

Other than that there may be the chance that Cornelia's body doesn't accept that. Just a thing her player would need to decide.

Murkus
2012-05-30, 03:13 AM
Infirmary

"Just do it, girl!" Cornelia begs, willing to try anything. Even a chance at seeing again is better than nothing.

Zefir
2012-05-30, 06:55 AM
Infirmary

"Cool down. Preparations will need a while."

That's true a few hours of preparations will be need. (also not able to post it from here since I got most material at home.)

Morty
2012-05-30, 10:14 AM
[Obstacle Course => Elsewhere]

After Yazon leaves, Wenomir seems deep in thought for a while. Then he goes around to look for KR. There's a couple things he needs to tell her.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-30, 11:31 AM
[Hospital]

"The demons that we have been facing as of late differ from the more mainstream variety of demon in that they don't seem to be some sort of self-spawned evil from the Outer Planes, but rather spread through a form of magical mutation. They corrupt beings of mortal races, enhancing their traits, making them immortal, and giving them regenerative powers. Most corrupted demons are mindless and bloodthirsty, though some are more intelligent. They are weak to silver, and the corruption can be reversed by dragonbone." Says KR quickly. She's not skilled enough at telepathy to just dump the information into his head like DC can.
"What's affecting these gnolls doesn't seem to be the usual corruption, however. It's demonic magic, as far as I can tell, but it isn't of the same nature as previous enchantments. It's like it's changed they very fabric of reality."
...
"I wonder..."
Abruptly KR turns on her heel and walks quickly out of the hospital, not really checking or caring to see if any of them follow, though of course that would be the smart thing to do. She's heading towards the main keep, and then up to the Observatory Level.

((Correct me if I'm wrong or knowing too much with any of this. I haven't been involved in any of the demon plots so far, so I'm just grabbing this stuff from the character index without knowing how much has been revealed IC.))

["Elsewhere"]

Wenomir doesn't have to look far. A plot clone of KR's in the Training Tower itself, in the upper gym levels, doing one-arm pullups or some other exercise. There's windows and stuff overlooking the training grounds, and KR's been idly watching through them. When it's clear that Wenomir's looking for someone (assuming the Training Tower isn't the first place he looks), she'll come out, dripping with sweat and with a towel slung over her shoulder. Of course she's dressed sensible clothes to be working out in - a tank top with sports bra underneath, exercise pants and sneakers.
"Looking for me?" She asks.

Her player realizes that trying to find anyone in the new expanded tower would probably be a nightmare. All those rooms to search... o_o

Morty
2012-05-30, 11:53 AM
[Traning Tower]

It should be noted that Wenomir finds this after-workout look rather attractive. >_> He might be a little bit distracted.
And now he approaches KR with a smile. Finding someone in the new tower would indeed be hard, normally. They ought to set up a mind link like everyone else seems to have.
Oh, yeah. The new building is going to be a bit hard to navigate for a while. Did you see me try out our new obstacle course?

happyturtle
2012-05-30, 11:56 AM
Hospital

"Don't worry, she'll figure something out," Darcy tells the gnolls, and then hurries after KR.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-30, 12:16 PM
[Training Tower]

Or maybe just a pager would do. :smalltongue:
"I caught a glimpse or two. How did it go?"

Morty
2012-05-30, 12:24 PM
[Training Tower]

Pretty well, although I don't think I stretched it to capacity, Wenomir says. I didn't use holograms, for instance. I didn't want to experiment too much while testing the new guy. Maybe we ought to give it a proper shakedown run later.

Ashen Lilies
2012-05-30, 12:31 PM
[Training Tower]

KR smiles.
"Sure. That sounds like it could be fun."
For a very strange and specific definition of fun.

But it really will be later because deadtime.

Shadowcaller
2012-05-30, 01:43 PM
[Hospital]

((It seems to be correct from what I can see.))

The wings in question are bat-like, the kind you commonly see on succubi in popular fiction with red skin stretched between it's fingers. Each wing seem slightly larger then their owners full body.

The brother slowly nods at Darcy, seemingly comforted by her words before turning to Claude. "A few suns ago." It mutters, not doing much else then answering the question.

Morty
2012-05-30, 04:13 PM
[Training Tower]

KR smiles.
"Sure. That sounds like it could be fun."
For a very strange and specific definition of fun.

But it really will be later because deadtime.

I'm looking forward to it, Wenomir says before looking KR up and down. You know, you do look good straight after workout, if you don't mind me saying so, he adds.

Murkus
2012-05-30, 11:31 PM
Infirmary

"Cool down. Preparations will need a while."

That's true a few hours of preparations will be need. (also not able to post it from here since I got most material at home.)

Cornelia fidgets a little, frowning. She needs this now. "What do I do till then?"

The Bushranger
2012-05-30, 11:55 PM
[Path]


Indeed with a new friend, Amelia, following behind Shawna looking impressed by the fortress.

Nice place you got here.

"Thank you. It proves suitable enough for our purposes."
Shawna smiles and tilts her head in a nod, as she opens the door and leads the way inside, pausing before turning in the direction of the East Barracks.

McBish
2012-05-31, 12:29 AM
Following Shawna

Are you sure it is OK that I stay here?

Amelia walks slowly, mostly due to her injuries and tiredness, but also because she is looking around as much as possible as she follows Shawna.

The Bushranger
2012-05-31, 01:00 AM
[East Barracks]

And what she sees is...well, pretty much what's described in the OP. :smalltongue:
"But of course. You are also welcome to join if it is believed that you can assist us in our mission," Shawna says, once more with her tone and diction oddly precise, as they arrive at the door to one of the rooms. "This is next to mine. Is there anything that you require?"

Asha'man
2012-05-31, 02:14 AM
[Front Door]

Grantz has returned as he said he would. This time however he has a companion with him. Most who met him would know him as Red but these two look a bit different than what they used to look like.

Grantz now only wore black studded leather shorts and his armor, which consisted of greaves, polynes and cuisses on the lower body and gauntlets, vambraces, rerebrace and spiked shoulder plates. His tattoos completely covered his body and gave of a demonic glow. He had a sword on his back as well with a dagger at the waist. None of his summon demons were to be seen.

Red did not look any different physically since he is a shapeshifter but malice can be felt oozing from him in waves. He carried a Bulwark and a spear on his back. His face wore a snakelike look on it.

The duo knock on the front door with their applications in hand.

Name: Serph Ivan X. Grantz
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Species: Demon, possibly human
Profession: Mercenary and adventurer
Reason for joining WATCHTOWER: I heard that the watchtower has individuals
that can handle apocalypse level threats
and accepts any prospective recruits what
ever their alignments may be.....
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to WATCHTOWER: Demon summoner so I'm practically a walking army, Numerous
Fire related abilities, acceptable melee skills and demonic
knowledge in demons and mechs if that counts.
Other Information: I come with a partner.


Name: Element
Age: 6000 years old more or less
Sex: Male
Species: Demon
Profession: Artifact hunter
Reason for joining WATCHTOWER: I heard that the watchtower has individuals
that can handle apocalypse level threats
and accepts any prospective recruits what
ever their alignments may be..... which
means i'm here for the same reasons
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to WATCHTOWER: I am a shapeshifter, leech-like powers and whatever artifacts
I find that this org may find useful.
Other Information: I arrive with a partner, kind of like a package deal.

Zefir
2012-05-31, 02:22 AM
Cornelia fidgets a little, frowning. She needs this now. "What do I do till then?"

Infirmary


"Well I could show you your room you can take and if you want you can stay at the training ground. I will need an hour to prepare things."

Mia says.

She won't be able to answer the door until she is done here.

Asha'man
2012-05-31, 02:44 AM
((The doorbell can be heard in the infirmary?))

The duo waits patiently, after all they were already used to doing so, Red even more so than Grantz.

Murkus
2012-05-31, 04:07 PM
Infirmary


"Well I could show you your room you can take and if you want you can stay at the training ground. I will need an hour to prepare things."

Mia says.

She won't be able to answer the door until she is done here.

"I'll just head back down, then," Cornelia says, looking a bit cranky. Oh well, she can't really blame Mia.

The gunslinger heads back toward the Training Grounds, but seems to notice Grantz and his companion.

She makes her way over, cocking an eyebrow at the tall one. "I guess ye don't need that armor, huh?"

Sahaar
2012-05-31, 05:13 PM
The angel Mathias approaches the front door.

This structure.....is very impressive. I don't believe this was here when last I came to Nexus."

He knocks on the door.


"Can someone let me in?"

UncleWolf
2012-05-31, 06:40 PM
Wenomir shifts uneasily and rubs the back of his head.
I'm not sure, to be honest. My homeworld doesn't have people like you, so the philosophy has never had to adjust to the kind of capabilities you have. They certainly make things easier for you, which is a hurdle on the road to the Riddle... but I don't think it matters much as long as you follow the Riddle and hone your skills.

Training Grounds

Pat thinks upon it for a few moments quietly. The thought of the philosophy felt a lot like she had been attempting to do, and it seemed like something that she'd be interested in continuing. At the end, she gives a nod. "I think I should talk to you more about it at some point. I'd like to continue learning about it."

Asha'man
2012-05-31, 08:30 PM
"I'll just head back down, then," Cornelia says, looking a bit cranky. Oh well, she can't really blame Mia.

The gunslinger heads back toward the Training Grounds, but seems to notice Grantz and his companion.

She makes her way over, cocking an eyebrow at the tall one. "I guess ye don't need that armor, huh?"

[Front Door]

((Wait does that mean you went to the front door?))

Grantz looks at his companion and thought for a bit. Yes there was a previous encounter with Cornelia from the previous........ Grantz.

"Armor is....... always useful to have around..... as you can see I lack torso armor. I came here with my..... associate to apply for membership. If memory serves...... you made an application yourself but by the looks of you, something went awry?"

Ashen Lilies
2012-06-01, 07:33 AM
[Training Tower]

Cue very sweaty slight blush.
"I don't know if that means if I should wear this look more often. I'm already busy enough that I can't wear it as much as I like."
Her eyes drift past Wenomir to the front door of the keep.
"It looks like we have visitors."
Let's go inflict our erratic and horribly clashing deadtime schedules on them! =D


[Observatory]

KR messes with the controls, bringing up a nice big view of the courtyard while shunting all the other crap that she was staring at earlier to the side. She turns to the gnolls.
"Do either of you know where the nearest gnoll encampment is?"
KR, sadly, has not been keeping tabs on the gnolls.

Morty
2012-06-01, 08:18 AM
[Training Tower]

Wenomir looks through the window at the visitors as well.
So we do. I think I've seen one of them around with Boris. He doesn't know Cornelia has signed up yet. I guess we ought to go meet them.

Shadowcaller
2012-06-01, 01:26 PM
[Observatory]

The brother looks up at KR, "There was big city near us. The one the dark ones had in pawns." He replies.

Sahaar
2012-06-01, 01:27 PM
(anybody want to open the door for me? :P)

Gullara
2012-06-01, 06:22 PM
((Just going to keep Mathias and Grantz & Cornelia on separate timelines so we don't end up with a scene swamped with a bunch of characters.))

[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

The door opens suddenly, and someone steps out. She almost runs into Mathias before she notices him and stops. "Oh, hi there. Are you new around here?" She tilts her head back to look at him and gives him a friendly smile. She's carrying a bundle of bunched up clothing in her arms and has a large bag slung over her shoulder.

The woman in question is a dryad by the name of Sakura Frescot (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10054862&postcount=337). She's quite a small woman, only standing four foot ten. Her hair consists of a mass of cherry blossum flowers that reaches down almost to her waist. Her skin is a somewhat dark browns, her ears are long and pointed, and her eyes are brown. She's wearing a strapless yellow dress.

Have a picture:
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx135/oots12321/ByOthers/SakurabyShimmercat01.png

Morty
2012-06-01, 06:25 PM
Training Grounds

Pat thinks upon it for a few moments quietly. The thought of the philosophy felt a lot like she had been attempting to do, and it seemed like something that she'd be interested in continuing. At the end, she gives a nod. "I think I should talk to you more about it at some point. I'd like to continue learning about it."

It would be my pleasure. And now... would you like to spar with me like you did with Harnel or should we move on to more basic training? Wenomir asks.

UncleWolf
2012-06-02, 03:04 PM
Training Grounds

"If you would give me five minutes to regain my strength, I would be honored to." She says as a new "little" swarm of ants crawls around the corner with a box of donuts and a jug of milk on top of them. With as hard and fast as she was trying to go, she burned a lot of energy in that time and needed to resupply.

Morty
2012-06-02, 03:24 PM
[Training Grounds]

Very well. Meet me in the sparring ring. Wenomir heads there, draws his sword and leans on it.

McBish
2012-06-03, 01:58 PM
[East Barracks]

And what she sees is...well, pretty much what's described in the OP. :smalltongue:
"But of course. You are also welcome to join if it is believed that you can assist us in our mission," Shawna says, once more with her tone and diction oddly precise, as they arrive at the door to one of the rooms. "This is next to mine. Is there anything that you require?"

No thanks, I think I am just going to sleep for a week or until my player gets internet at home.

Amelia smiles and goes to hug Shawna.

I know I keep saying thanks a lot but I probably would have just been sitting on the ground bleeding if not for you. So I owe you one even if you don't think so.

Sahaar
2012-06-03, 02:48 PM
((Just going to keep Mathias and Grantz & Cornelia on separate timelines so we don't end up with a scene swamped with a bunch of characters.))

[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

The door opens suddenly, and someone steps out. She almost runs into Mathias before she notices him and stops. "Oh, hi there. Are you new around here?" She tilts her head back to look at him and gives him a friendly smile. She's carrying a bundle of bunched up clothing in her arms and has a large bag slung over her shoulder.

The woman in question is a dryad by the name of Sakura Frescot (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10054862&postcount=337). She's quite a small woman, only standing four foot ten. Her hair consists of a mass of cherry blossum flowers that reaches down almost to her waist. Her skin is a somewhat dark browns, her ears are long and pointed, and her eyes are brown. She's wearing a strapless yellow dress.

Have a picture:
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx135/oots12321/ByOthers/SakurabyShimmercat01.png



Mathias is surprised when the door opens, but he regains his composure.


"Ah yes. I am new here....May I come in?"

Gullara
2012-06-03, 02:54 PM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Yeah sure, come right in." Sakura steps back inside and gestures for him to enter. As best she can with her hands full, that is. "So what're you here for?"

UncleWolf
2012-06-04, 03:32 PM
Training Ring

Pat takes her time to eat the entire box of donuts(unless Harnel or Wenomir want any), and chugs down the milk. Afterward, she stays still for a few moments as her enhanced metabolism breaks it all down for her. After about five minutes since the start, she walks into the ring before drawing her sword and looking at it closely. "I'll likely have to remake this after this round. Need to figure out something to reduce the cracks. Unless you want to sell it anyway. Couldn't say what it's worth, but it's carbon crystal for the most part."

Morty
2012-06-04, 03:41 PM
[Training Ring]

Wenomir won't have any doughnuts. He avoids such pure sugarbombs for obvious reasons. When Pat enters the ring, he assumes a neutral stance, putting his right foot in front of him and his sword diagonally to his body.
Maybe I'll take a look at it later. For now... let us begin.
However, he does not move.

Sahaar
2012-06-05, 02:44 PM
Mathias nods in thanks and steps in.

This is quite a magnificient structure. I admire the architecture.

"What is your name? I don't believe you told me."

Gullara
2012-06-05, 05:04 PM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Oh right, my bad. I'm Sakura Frescot. What's your name?" The dryad sets down the bundle of clothing and bag she'd been carrying. She suspects it'll be a bit before she leave now.

Murkus
2012-06-05, 05:22 PM
[Front Door]

((Wait does that mean you went to the front door?))

Grantz looks at his companion and thought for a bit. Yes there was a previous encounter with Cornelia from the previous........ Grantz.

"Armor is....... always useful to have around..... as you can see I lack torso armor. I came here with my..... associate to apply for membership. If memory serves...... you made an application yourself but by the looks of you, something went awry?"

"Nay, m'fine. I made it in. M'not sure I can help you two, seein's I jus' joined m'self, but we kin look fer somebody who will."

She opens the door for the two gentlemen, looking around for another Watchmen to help them apply.

Devixer
2012-06-05, 05:23 PM
[Front Entrance]

It seems that yet another hopeful Watchman is heading towards the tower. She is a woman who looks more like she belongs in a winter sports competition than in a group of adventurers. She's a little over six feet tall, and has short blonde hair and golden eyes. She's also carrying a couple of sacks with her, in addition to the backpack she's wearing.

UncleWolf
2012-06-05, 07:18 PM
Training Ring

Pat falls into a defensive stance, gladius tip held low in her right hand with her right foot forward. It almost looks like a fencing stance. She feels her hearts beating quickly as she glances over Wenomir. She didn't have a clue about what sort of fighting style he wielded, and while he didn't appear to be as strong as Harnel, he must have some edge for him to be as cool as he was.

If Wenomir is any good at reading half-visible Ant-People facial expressions, he might notice that she looks nervous. :smalltongue:

Asha'man
2012-06-05, 10:01 PM
[Front Door]

"Well, when you are better we can resume talks about armor, I have attained some very strong materials, Thanks for opening the door for us. Hopefully a member ca accommodate us, I believe it was the priestess Mia that attended to you when we last parted ways. "

Serph ends his speech while element just murmurs something inaudible.

Morty
2012-06-06, 09:54 AM
Training Ring

Pat falls into a defensive stance, gladius tip held low in her right hand with her right foot forward. It almost looks like a fencing stance. She feels her hearts beating quickly as she glances over Wenomir. She didn't have a clue about what sort of fighting style he wielded, and while he didn't appear to be as strong as Harnel, he must have some edge for him to be as cool as he was.

If Wenomir is any good at reading half-visible Ant-People facial expressions, he might notice that she looks nervous. :smalltongue:

Wenomir is no good at reading the facial expressions of humanoid ants, but he can see that she's unwilling to attack. He starts to circle her slowly, drawing circles in the air with his sword, occasionally jerking it forward as though he wanted to attack - but he doesn't. He's seen how strong Pat is, so he intends to fight defensively and use her own strength against her.

[Training Tower]

Hrm. Looks like at least one of us will have to go and sort this out, Wenomir says to KR when he sees yet another person approach.

Ashen Lilies
2012-06-06, 10:21 AM
((Because nothing is as defensive as holding your sword high above your head and waving it around erratically like you're trying to ward away mosquitoes.))

[Training Tower]

"Oh joy." Says KR, rolling her eyes. Talking to people is always her least part of the job. She sighs.
"Alright, let's get on with it."
She heads off in the direction of the front door!

Morty
2012-06-06, 10:25 AM
[Training Tower]

And Wenomir follows. It really says something when in a pair of people, he's the one better at talking to other people.

Sahaar
2012-06-06, 03:06 PM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Oh right, my bad. I'm Sakura Frescot. What's your name?" The dryad sets down the bundle of clothing and bag she'd been carrying. She suspects it'll be a bit before she leave now.


"My name is Mathias. I am here as an angent of the High Heavens to eradicate evil here."

Gullara
2012-06-06, 04:50 PM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

Sakura blinks at that. "Oh, really." She says hesitantly. While getting rid of evil is all well and good, it's the word eradicate and the violence it implies that makes her a bit uncomfortable. "So, are you here about that then?"

The Bushranger
2012-06-06, 08:48 PM
[Barracks]


No thanks, I think I am just going to sleep for a week or until my player gets internet at home.

Amelia smiles and goes to hug Shawna.

I know I keep saying thanks a lot but I probably would have just been sitting on the ground bleeding if not for you. So I owe you one even if you don't think so.

Shawna smiles back, returning the hug warmly.
"It was the least that I could do, Amelia. All that I ask is that you pass it on should you encounter someone in your state and you are in the position that I was."

Murkus
2012-06-07, 01:48 AM
[Front Entrance]

It seems that yet another hopeful Watchman is heading towards the tower. She is a woman who looks more like she belongs in a winter sports competition than in a group of adventurers. She's a little over six feet tall, and has short blonde hair and golden eyes. She's also carrying a couple of sacks with her, in addition to the backpack she's wearing.


[Front Door]

"Well, when you are better we can resume talks about armor, I have attained some very strong materials, Thanks for opening the door for us. Hopefully a member ca accommodate us, I believe it was the priestess Mia that attended to you when we last parted ways. "

Serph ends his speech while element just murmurs something inaudible.

"M'not sure who can help, t'be honest..." Says Cornelia, glancing around the main room. She steps inside, then turns a bit too hastily when she hears footsteps. The gunsmith adjusts her bandanna and studies the newcomer. Tall woman, and quite pretty too. "Oh. Hullo. Do ye work here?"

Devixer
2012-06-07, 04:14 AM
[Front Entrance]

Hildur steps back when Cornelia whirls around to face her. She looks a little shy in general, and pulls at her heavy jacket. "Ah, no. Hopefully I will be, though." If Cornelia is particularly sensitive to magic, she may be able to tell that her voice isn't quite human. Although her voice sounds normal for the most part, it carries a certain power with it.

Asha'man
2012-06-07, 05:25 AM
The duo notices Hildur.

"Applying for membership as well?"
Asks Serph.
"If so you may have to wait awhile as we are."
continues Element.

Sahaar
2012-06-07, 07:00 AM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

Sakura blinks at that. "Oh, really." She says hesitantly. While getting rid of evil is all well and good, it's the word eradicate and the violence it implies that makes her a bit uncomfortable. "So, are you here about that then?"

Mathias starts to walk down the hallway and says,


"Yes, I am here about that. I'm not here to kill everyone--everyone's done something bad at some point. I'm here to eliminate those who continually and with diliberate purpose cause harm and make the Nexus a worse place to live in."

Gullara
2012-06-07, 07:14 AM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Oh, well this place is all about protecting the Nexus from big threats." Sakura walks after him. "So, I guess that has something to do with what you want to do."

Ashen Lilies
2012-06-07, 11:16 AM
[Front Entrance - Cornelia and Guest Timeline]

KR coughs as authoritatively as she can, hoping to say "Don't worry, I'm here and I'm going to take care of everything" without having to actually expend the effort to actually say it.

Morty
2012-06-07, 11:23 AM
[Front Entrance - Cornelia and Guest Timeline]

Wenomir stands behind KR, but unlike her he actually speaks up.
Welcome to Watchtower. What's your business here?
He's a tall man with pale skin, dark brown - almost black - hair, pupilless red eyes and scars all over his body. He's wearing a loose, black sleeveless shirt.

Murkus
2012-06-07, 11:24 AM
[Front Entrance]

Hildur steps back when Cornelia whirls around to face her. She looks a little shy in general, and pulls at her heavy jacket. "Ah, no. Hopefully I will be, though." If Cornelia is particularly sensitive to magic, she may be able to tell that her voice isn't quite human. Although her voice sounds normal for the most part, it carries a certain power with it.


The duo notices Hildur.

"Applying for membership as well?"
Asks Serph.
"If so you may have to wait awhile as we are."
continues Element.

Cornelia's blind eye is quite capable of seeing magical properties. She narrows her good eye at Hildur, but avoids seeming hostile. "Yah. I'm new 'ere, but I dunno how to sign up new members. Whatsyer name?"

When KR and Wendy make their presence known, Cornelia turns to face them. She raises her brows at the pair of them. "Oh. Hullo. These three wanna join."

Devixer
2012-06-07, 12:01 PM
[Front Entrance]

Hildur steps forward towards KR and Wenomir, nodding to them. "She's correct. My name's Maarsukaal. I'd like to join Watchtower." It still felt a little strange for her to be using the Name she inherited some time ago, but she was getting used to it.

Asha'man
2012-06-07, 01:22 PM
Yes it is as Cornelia says, me and my partner have come to apply for membership in the WATCHTOWER. My name is Serph and..

Elemetn finishes for Serph.

"Element. We have filled out the draft that neede to be filled if you would care to read it."

Element hands out the forms.

Name: Serph Ivan X. Grantz
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Species: Demon, possibly human
Profession: Mercenary and adventurer
Reason for joining WATCHTOWER: I heard that the watchtower has individuals
that can handle apocalypse level threats
and accepts any prospective recruits what
ever their alignments may be.....
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to WATCHTOWER: Demon summoner so I'm practically a walking army, Numerous
Fire related abilities, acceptable melee skills and demonic
knowledge in demons and mechs if that counts.
Other Information: I come with a partner.


Name: Element
Age: 6000 years old more or less
Sex: Male
Species: Demon
Profession: Artifact hunter
Reason for joining WATCHTOWER: I heard that the watchtower has individuals
that can handle apocalypse level threats
and accepts any prospective recruits what
ever their alignments may be..... which
means i'm here for the same reasons
Special skills/items you believe will aid/have decided to contribute to WATCHTOWER: I am a shapeshifter, leech-like powers and whatever artifacts
I find that this org may find useful.
Other Information: I arrive with a partner, kind of like a package deal.

McBish
2012-06-07, 03:11 PM
[Barracks]

Shawna smiles back, returning the hug warmly.
"It was the least that I could do, Amelia. All that I ask is that you pass it on should you encounter someone in your state and you are in the position that I was."

Will do. See you around.

And with that Amelia goes to bed fully clothed and snoring lightly.

UncleWolf
2012-06-08, 12:32 AM
Training Ring

Even before she moves, Pat knows she's likely going to lose. Even without the variables, she was simply too new at this, and her blade was much shorter than Wenomir's. Not only that, but this body's relatively unworked muscles were beginning to ache from the fight with Harnel.

Even so, she resolves to do her best.

She darts forward suddenly, leading with her right foot as she stabs her blade high, nearly at his neck level as she pulls back her left hand to make a fist at her side. To Wenomir, the stab is probably obviously a feint for her to step forward with her left foot and aim her fist at his jaw.

Morty
2012-06-08, 09:27 AM
[Front Door]

Wenomir folds his arms across his chest. Well, that's... quite an influx of new members. And it looks like the girl who he thinks is Boris's girlfriend has joined as well. It would be great if Watchtower had a little more to do right now...
I see. Welcome to Watchtower, then. With so many of you here, we might think about performing a group admittance test...

[Training Grounds]

Wenomir remains still for a second more as Pat makes her move. When her sword nears his throat and her fist is about for his jaw, he suddenly springs into motion like an uncoling spring.
The swordsman takes a light step backwards, then to his left, nimbly dodging the punch, and just as he ends his evasive manuever, he immediately raises his sword, attempting to intercept Pat's blade and push it aside. Wenomir will then quickly change his grip on the hilt and thrust, trying to lightly nick Pat's neck.

Asha'man
2012-06-08, 10:08 AM
[Front Door]

Serph replies to Wenomir.
"Well you can consider me and Element as a single unit. We will not function at 120% efficiency when we are separate due to some circumstances I can't disclose at the moment."

"So where will you test us Sir.....?"
Element can't complete that as he did not get Wenomir's name.

Sahaar
2012-06-08, 04:04 PM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Oh, well this place is all about protecting the Nexus from big threats." Sakura walks after him. "So, I guess that has something to do with what you want to do."

Mathias nods and stop walking.

Excellent. Is there by any chance a guild of some sort dedicated to fighting evil? I would employ their services. Or at least join them in their cause."

Devixer
2012-06-08, 04:51 PM
[Front Door]

"Alright. What do I need to do?" Hildur asks. she puts her sacks down on the ground - they were starting to tire her arms.

Halae
2012-06-08, 05:02 PM
[Main Room]

Harnel will have spread the word about a certain deal he made with remnant (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13241055&postcount=501) not too long ago. At this point he's been gathering people to talk to about it, and anybody that is a member at Watchtower can be here. He'll be standing near one wall so that everybody can look at him and be addressed, as they sit on the couch, stand, pull up a chair, or what-have-you.

"Alright, so, I spoke to Vasquez at Remnant a while ago, and I feel it's important that you all be made aware of what it was about," the half-dragon begins, "The vast majority of us are capable fighters - that's not in question. Part of what we lack, however, is cohesion as a group. I was raised in the military, my father was a general, and I spent my whole life coordinating with a group to get things done. we lack that sort of dynamic - eveyrthing we've done so far has been a bunch of people rushing into a fight, breaking things, and hoping for the best."

"Because of this, Remnant has agreed to train us and provide us with additional equipment in exchange for a few things i'll be providing for them and aid during large scale problems, which is what we're dedicated to dealing with anyways."

"For the most part, we don't really have a set time we need to go down, but I was going to head over to their Headquarters shortly and wanted to know who wanted to come along."

Gullara
2012-06-08, 06:32 PM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Um..." Sakura thinks for a moment. "I guess there's HALO? I don't really know about them. I've heard that's what they're about, but I've never heard anything about what they do specifically."

Ashen Lilies
2012-06-09, 09:36 AM
[Observatory]

Well, with that information, KR looks for the gnoll city. Though really, that information didn't help. The gnolls just told her that there was a gnoll city, not where the gnoll city actually was, which is kind of what she was hoping for.

Still, she looks, and eventually finds it. And then zooms in. And then zooms in. And then zooms in. Until there's probably just a bunch of clearly visible gnolls around the city doing... whatever it is gnolls do. And they all have wings.
"Well, damn."

Morty
2012-06-09, 09:41 AM
[Front Door]

I'm Wenomir and this is KR. You will all need to pass a test to be accepted as Watchmen Initiates, Wenomir explains. Then you will become full members upon participating in a Watchtower mission... He pauses. If you'd just follow me to the main room, one of our members has said something about a project.

Sahaar
2012-06-09, 10:37 AM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Um..." Sakura thinks for a moment. "I guess there's HALO? I don't really know about them. I've heard that's what they're about, but I've never heard anything about what they do specifically."



"HALO.....Where could I meet these people?"

Asha'man
2012-06-09, 10:43 AM
[Front Door----> Main Room]

"As you will, Sir."
Serph and Element will follow Wenomir's lead into the main room. They will also take in the surrounding area, so fluff text would be appreciated.

Ashen Lilies
2012-06-09, 10:49 AM
Read the OP for fluff text. That's what it's there for.

Gullara
2012-06-09, 11:39 AM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Um, all I know is they have some kind of place underwater somewhere." Sakura knows very, very little about HALO. Mostly because she hasn't heard of them doing much.

Devixer
2012-06-09, 12:24 PM
[Front Gate -> Main Room]

Hildur nods and picks up her bags again, following Wenomir into the main room. She wonders what sort of project this could be.

Morty
2012-06-09, 03:43 PM
Wenomir leads everyone to the Main Room, just in time to hear Harnel's announcement...


[Main Room]

Harnel will have spread the word about a certain deal he made with remnant (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13241055&postcount=501) not too long ago. At this point he's been gathering people to talk to about it, and anybody that is a member at Watchtower can be here. He'll be standing near one wall so that everybody can look at him and be addressed, as they sit on the couch, stand, pull up a chair, or what-have-you.

"Alright, so, I spoke to Vasquez at Remnant a while ago, and I feel it's important that you all be made aware of what it was about," the half-dragon begins, "The vast majority of us are capable fighters - that's not in question. Part of what we lack, however, is cohesion as a group. I was raised in the military, my father was a general, and I spent my whole life coordinating with a group to get things done. we lack that sort of dynamic - eveyrthing we've done so far has been a bunch of people rushing into a fight, breaking things, and hoping for the best."

"Because of this, Remnant has agreed to train us and provide us with additional equipment in exchange for a few things i'll be providing for them and aid during large scale problems, which is what we're dedicated to dealing with anyways."

"For the most part, we don't really have a set time we need to go down, but I was going to head over to their Headquarters shortly and wanted to know who wanted to come along."

And now the demonhunter rubs his hands together.
Count me in. It sounds like it could get some results. I've been thinking about something related, but I'm not sure if it's the best time to bring that up.

Zefir
2012-06-10, 03:49 PM
[Main Room]

"I think that is a nice idea and I would like to come alonge."

Mia says sitting on MDM.

"There may be times MDM can't guard me and I would like to get ut there myself."

Shadowcaller
2012-06-10, 04:56 PM
[Main Room]

Cessie turns to her husband as he announces his plans, she already knew of them of course but while she didn't find military training very enjoyable, it was important for as an council member to at least follow this.

"I guess I could talk over a few things with Vasquez while we go there. I'll could follow you there."

Gullara
2012-06-10, 05:10 PM
[Main Room]

Yazon is here and listened to Harnel's announcement. He, of course, hasn't been around nearly long enough to know who most the people here are, let alone that they don't have much organization. "I'll come too, if you don't mind. It'd be a good opportunity to see Remnant too."

Devixer
2012-06-10, 06:12 PM
[Main Room]

"I can go as well, if you all will allow me," Hildur says. She could certainly use some training, after all.

happyturtle
2012-06-10, 08:13 PM
Observatory


[Observatory]

Well, with that information, KR looks for the gnoll city. Though really, that information didn't help. The gnolls just told her that there was a gnoll city, not where the gnoll city actually was, which is kind of what she was hoping for.

Still, she looks, and eventually finds it. And then zooms in. And then zooms in. And then zooms in. Until there's probably just a bunch of clearly visible gnolls around the city doing... whatever it is gnolls do. And they all have wings.
"Well, damn."

"What is it?" Darcy asks.


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Main Room

Darcy also agrees to go to training with Remnant.

FireFox
2012-06-10, 11:02 PM
Outside the Main Gate

A helicopter (http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_NH90-TTH_German_Landing_lg.jpg) flies up and lands a few hundred meters away from the wall, parallel to the Main Gate. The door on the side slides open and a young man in full combat gear, casually holding an Enhanced Battle Rifle, looks out. He takes in the sight of the impressive fortress, while keeping an eye out for anyone investigating, and waits for the pilot to power down the aircraft.

Asha'man
2012-06-10, 11:30 PM
[Main room]

"A training camp? Is this our initiation or just an announcement for current members?"
Serph asks Wenomir.

Shadowcaller
2012-06-11, 06:53 AM
[Observatory]

Actually, he assumed she knew where the city was considering Darcy and the others had just been in said city so he thought they had informed her about it's location.

But KR will indeed see that all the gnolls have wings from the observatory. She might also note they look rather confused about it. She probably see the chaos caused by the downfall of their demonic masters as well.

Sahaar
2012-06-11, 07:05 AM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Um, all I know is they have some kind of place underwater somewhere." Sakura knows very, very little about HALO. Mostly because she hasn't heard of them doing much.


"I see."




Mathias looks admires the architecture briefly, then says:

"What is it you do around here?"

Gullara
2012-06-11, 07:35 AM
[Front Door - Mathias Timeline]

"Me? Well, not too much really. I used to try and do more, but all I really do around here is tend the garden. I haven't even had the option to do much since the baby was born. It's my husband that actually helps around here." Sakura admits. She doesn't mention how it was really her fear and dislike of fighting that caused her to back off from trying to take an active role. A while before she got pregnant.

Ashen Lilies
2012-06-11, 08:27 AM
[Main Room]

"I'll go too." Says KR. It's her duty as one leader to go to these things, after all. And while she doesn't exactly trust Remnant, she can't deny an arrangement with them would be useful.

[Observatory]

"Well, look at them." Says KR, gesturing towards the big screen.
"They all have wings. All of them. Whatever did this is very powerful."