[Nexus] Nexus OOC IX: Its Why They Pay Us The Big Bucks

[Terumitsu]

Due to general agreement between people on both sides of the line, TOWN and ACRO have been merged. Thus, all threads which previously would have fallen in once category or another, should now be tagged [NEXUS].

LONG LIVE THE NEXUS!

So, what is Nexus?

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Well, the Nexus itself is like a rift, a single, brilliant point where all the universes in this strange thing we call 'reality' meet. Traveling to, from, and between any world or cosmology is theoretically possible here, and the Nexus itself seems to encourage this happening, often sucking beings and locations out of other universes at random, and dumping them on the world that lies at its center. It was not always like this, however. Once there were two worlds at the Nexus' heart, separate and distinct, though somewhat similar in ways. Similar enough that they slowly and eventually merged, so that only one remained. Here in this world the Nexus' influence reigns supreme, and as such the world has defied almost all attempts at classification. Here, knights of old may engage with Jedi knights. Gleaming spaceships land in Dark Age hamlets. Cowboys and samurai quest together to find holy sandwich boxes. And in the heavens above, Xi Wangmu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster meet every Woden's Day to play bowls with Pelor (it gets pretty epic). Here the possibilities are endless, and the universe without rules (except the Forum Rules, and the general FFRP rules, and the Individual Thread Rules, and oh whatever). Welcome to Nexus. Fun is had here.

Major Locales

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For an endless world that defies all logic and classification, Nexus can be pretty darn consistent at times. As such, several locations have survived the test of time, remaining (somewhat) constant amidst the chaos of the rest of the world.

Inside - Inside mostly resembles a modern city, with high-rise buildings and apartments, alleyways and roads, though the odd Demonic Monument can still be seen rising up above the surrounding suburb, teeming with dark cultists. Inside is the current seat of the Acronymian Empire, which controls much of the surrounding area.

Outside - If you ain't Inside, you're OUTSIDE! Simple as that. Outside is a meta-thread for all those wildernessy type areas that don't merit their own threads, be it wood or lake or tiny shack.

ACRONYMS - Home to adventurers, these complexes provide headquarters and occasionally living space for like-minded Player Characters. Invariably equipped with cheesy names, these structures provide a place for their various members to fight crime, cause chaos, or anything of the sort. Current Acronyms include:

• AMEN - Association for the Malicious, Evil and Nefarious. Evil aligned organization, exists to be EVIL! And sometimes Ebil.
• HALO - Heroic, Anti-evil and Lawbreaking Organization. Non-Evil aligned organization, exists to smite wrong-doers.
• GLoG - Good League of Good. Good aligned organization, exists to redeem evil-doers.
• LANTERN - Lawful Awesome Not-Neutral Truthful Anti-Evil Respectable Nothing Else. Good-Aligned group dedicated to fighting evil and crime of anysort. They also use power rings, and is a supeteam led by Maxios.
• NO - Neutralist Oganization. Neutral aligned organization, exists to perform mercenary contracts for other organizations and individuals in the Nexus without taking sides
• WATCHTOWER - You Know What? Screw It. Non-aligned aligned organization. Exists to destroy threats to Nexus, whatever form they may take.
• SAINT - Society of Assassins, Infiltrators, Ninja, and Terrorists. Assasin's guild, located in Riverside.
• PACK - Perfectly Acceptable College for Kids. The local Nexus school. Class has pretty much never been in session, though...

The Taverns
What kind of vaguely DnD-esque adventurer would you be if you didn't visit one of these places at least once? The various Taverns, Grills, Hotels, Cantinas and Restaurant provide meeting places for the Player Characters, areas for quest givers to stand mysteriously in, and also places for people to eat and spend the money they seem to have infinite amounts of. Though there are a vast number of such places in Nexus, some with their own thread and some without, throughout history three major hubs have existed, without which Nexus as we know it wouldn't exist. The Dancing Fox Inn, which is located in What used to be Town but is now another part of the Inside. Taverna Generica, which is located near Inside's more NPC inhabited areas. Finally, there is Trog's Tavern, which is located, maddeningly enough, at every corner of the Nexus at the same time. There is also the Black Dragon's Den, it's located roughly between the docks and the slums of Inside, and is the local hive of scum and villainy.

Nexus Character Directory

[horngeek]

Hmm... this sounds familiar to me...

The books? They take place in Thay if that helps you any.

I think Reinholdt is referring to one of his characters, Calubufiok. *hides* Scariest villain ever. Except for Hans Rojak.

[happyturtle]

You only say that because you never met Alek. *shudders*

[ThirdEmperor]

Yep, geneticly, Riv and the Prof. are the same person. The original was a argueably mad scientist who designed a time machine, and promptly screwed up space/time in such a way that he created fifty or so time clones of himself. His response: Test subjects. Excelent.

[Gullara]

I think Reinholdt is referring to one of his characters, Calubufiok. *hides* Scariest villain ever. Except for Hans Rojak.

That was my second guess that that's what he was implying.

[ThePhantom]

I think Reinholdt is referring to one of his characters, Calubufiok. *hides* Scariest villain ever. Except for Hans Rojak.

You only say that because you never met Alek. *shudders*

Well, Alek was scarer on a personal level, Cal was scarer on a global level. Both were very scarely, very insane villians.

[Artemis97]

*sigh*

Sszy, you've definately lost your reputation. Sorry, bud.

Must create more evil...

MUAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Reinholdt]

Reputation's a horrible thing. When you want to keep it, you lose it, but when you'd rather it not be there, there it is.

*pats Sszy gently on the head*
That's ok. You're still adowable.

[Artemis97]

Yeah... s/he's glaring at you from the back of my head. Just FYI.

[Recaiden]

Poor Sszy.

[celtois]

And so Frederick dies. Now let us all pay him out last respects.

(Well he's physically dead anyways)

He shall never prey upon the innocent of the city of inside again, may he find rest in death that he could not find in his unlife.

[Terumitsu]

Nope, sorry, not gonna happen. Seeing as you have a surplus of Rae's, I think I'll just borrow one as a test subject. And seeing as the unhinged one here was already a bit outmatched, I thought I'd even the odds. The Professor says, holding his head. That really hurt, but thankfully he thought to protect his brain with a metal skull graft.

Um, TE... That wouldn't work at all. Brain damage is not lessened in the slightest due to the material of what the skull is made of. Concussions are what happens when the brain itself hits up against the skull due to transfer of motion and energy. As such, bone is actually better as it has more 'give' to absorb impacts than metal. Metal is only good to prevent penetration of the skull.

[The Alexandrian]

There's a rap battle transpiring at AMEN...

I think we may have created a monster TE, especially since the rhymes are getting stranger, like they are mutating with minds of their own...

[Gullara]

And so Frederick dies. Now let us all pay him out last respects.

(Well he's physically dead anyways)

He shall never prey upon the innocent of the city of inside again, may he find rest in death that he could not find in his unlife.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

EDIT: Don't mind me. I just love the crazy ideas I get sometimes.

[Gimliggamer]

Surprisingly, listening to 8 Mile free-style raps doesn't help much.

[Artemis97]

Reinholdt, just allow me to point out now just precisely how bad of an idea it was to get into a drinking contest with a guy named Vice. If you go off the singular fact that his form is based off of Raril's, known to be a heavy drinker and resistant to a lot of nasty poisons, he'd be in trouble. Now, add in all the fun supernatural abilities this guy has and... well... bad idea, man. Bad idea.

[Reinholdt]

It sounded like a good idea at the time!
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[V'icternus]

It's an excuse to get drunk. Logic doesn't enter into it.

[Ashen Lilies]

Reinholdt, just allow me to point out now just precisely how bad of an idea it was to get into a drinking contest with a guy named Vice.

Well, I suppose you'd expect him to be able to hold his liquor.
...
*flees*

[Artemis97]

*blinks*

That's... kind of the whole idea, Kid Kris.

[Ashen Lilies]

It's also a type of clamp, hence the strategic use of 'hold' there, but it seems you guys over there spell it 'vise' in which case... uh...
LRN TO SPELL!
*throws brick at*
*flees some more*

[Artemis97]

Ah. It's late. I didn't see the pun. T'was too subtle for me. And that's how you spell vice... I've never seen it spelled vise. That's just weird. Looks like it would be pronounced the same way as wise.

[Ashen Lilies]

That's what I thought as well. But Merriam Webster never lies. Or maybe it does:
Vise
Vice

Whatever. Let the dead joke rest... It had its moment.
...
So... uh...
WHO WANTS PIZZA?
If you didn't automatically say 'I do!' in your head you have either just finished eating a lot of pizza, or are a damn liar.

[Zefir]

Is there any plot for my Timezone?
It is boring to pop out on plots but never be able to act.

[KerfuffleMach2]

*sigh*

Sszy, you've definately lost your reputation. Sorry, bud.

Must create more evil...

MUAHAHAHAHA!!!

I got a couple characters that could help with that...

Surprisingly, listening to 8 Mile free-style raps doesn't help much.

You talking about the movie? I've been to that place they do the rap battles at in that movie. Met a homeless guy who calls himself Papa Smurf. He gives out beads.

[Mina Kobold]

Pink Raccoon can kill them all. With rap.

Why do I want to rant about how much better popular music was in the sixties and how young'uns are ruining music with their Rap?

I'm (probably) younger than you! Why is my brain not getting that!

Actually having a makeover night for our characters would be fun. But you know the new look makeover kind.

I'm in!

Except that I have been here for less than a month...

Meh, who cares about logic in the Nexus?

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Except that I have been here for less than a month...

Meh, who cares about logic in the Nexus?

When I was your age, we had an expression in Town regarding such situations.

SHOCK THE RAW! EMBRACE THE MADNESS!

[The Bushranger]

EMBRACE THE MADNESS!

Madness?

THIS!
IS!
NEXUS!

*kicks self into a pit*

[Project_Mayhem]

Is there any plot for my Timezone?
It is boring to pop out on plots but never be able to act.

what is your timezone?

[ThirdEmperor]

There's a rap battle transpiring at AMEN...

I think we may have created a monster TE, especially since the rhymes are getting stranger, like they are mutating with minds of their own...

Yes, a monster indeed. Especially Chezzy and his Dr. Seuss style rap. It pains me to write that stuff.