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.
Town - At the heart of the Nexus lies the city-state of Town. Self-governed by an elected council, Town can most accurately be described as a city's planner's worst nightmare. A sump of urban madness, here spires of glass and steel can be seen next to Ancient Babylonian slum. Where Hellenistic Temples co-exist with Gothic Cathedrals and the odd Oriental Pagoda. Where crumbling, zombie infested crypts lie untouched in the middle of verdant parkland. It's craaaaaazy. It's Town.
Inside - A sister city to Town, the City of Inside is less chaotic than its close relative. 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 (or in Town), 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.
The Taverns
What kind of vaguely DnDesque 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 Town. Taverna Generica, which is located near Inside. And Trog's Tavern, which is located, maddeningly enough, in Town and Inside 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 villany.
In case you hadn't noticed what with the quick posting there of late.
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In a dream I found a place
of rotting meat and eldritch grace
and looked upon his primordial face
and from my thoughts could not erase
that sense of time that sense of space
and my heart the darkness did embrace.
-Johanna Stokes
You may have missed that rae is at the alley entrance, so I'm gunna let him react first I think.
*pokes Rae*
Oh, I hadn't noticed. Lemme look up that post...
__________________ The (somewhat) overdue avatar of Adir, my FFRP character, was done by Gulaghar. Thanks!
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In a dream I found a place
of rotting meat and eldritch grace
and looked upon his primordial face
and from my thoughts could not erase
that sense of time that sense of space
and my heart the darkness did embrace.
-Johanna Stokes
__________________ The (somewhat) overdue avatar of Adir, my FFRP character, was done by Gulaghar. Thanks!
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In a dream I found a place
of rotting meat and eldritch grace
and looked upon his primordial face
and from my thoughts could not erase
that sense of time that sense of space
and my heart the darkness did embrace.
-Johanna Stokes
Dude, I only let fly teh lingo IC, man. If I try to think like that 24/7 I'm gonna end up totally krunked, without even touch teh sauce, bro.
*staggers away and has an aneurysm.
But yeah, let me post something in Trog's about heading out and then I'll post over in "Outside" with a [random streets] tag and we'll throw down. Kk?
Oh wait. I just posted a response to your fella.
Feel free to ignore it, I've got enough active characters as it is.
__________________ The (somewhat) overdue avatar of Adir, my FFRP character, was done by Gulaghar. Thanks!
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In a dream I found a place
of rotting meat and eldritch grace
and looked upon his primordial face
and from my thoughts could not erase
that sense of time that sense of space
and my heart the darkness did embrace.
-Johanna Stokes
Trix would like to thank Maxios for supplying her with a suit of power armour. It is now neatly showcased on a mannequin next to the sofa in the pocket plane in her hat.
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So...they're going to go around hoarding technology for themselves? Because that's what the Brotherhood of Steel does. Aside from the East Coast exiles, they're not really nice people.
They won't be hoarding technology. They'll be more East Coast then West Coast
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Originally Posted by Rogerd
Strike me down and I'll clean the floor faster than you can imagine
[All traces and mention of OP: Steel are now erased from the Wall, and as well from the mind of everyone who read them]
...Since when can Maxios wipe memories at all, let alone in such a specific manner?
And furthermore, if you check the wall, all mentions have not been erased. They're still there.
Am I missing something?
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I'm just the token penguin on the team.
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...Since when can Maxios wipe memories at all, let alone in such a specific manner?
And furthermore, if you check the wall, all mentions have not been erased. They're still there.
Am I missing something?
It was more of a joke over the mentions getting erased then anything else. Maxios was trying to use a gizmo and his ring to get rid of the mentions
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Originally Posted by Rogerd
Strike me down and I'll clean the floor faster than you can imagine
That's serious power. Especially without being anywhere near the person, it being multiple people, and not even knowing who they are.
If Maxios wants to scribble his plans on a wall instead of, say, sending messages privately to LANTERN members, fine, but he can't go around erasing memories without some damn good cause.
"Because I was stupid" isn't a reason.
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Originally Posted by kpenguin
I'm just the token penguin on the team.
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If you think you know me well enough, or just want to chat, PM me for my Skype info sometime!
Yeah, I was never that into the constant flow of slang. So I just cherry pick whatever sounds good at the time. My excuse is that in Chi-town we like to stay old school, and I'm originally from a place that was waaay farther behind the times. Ory will probably give you beef about trying too hard with the lingo and needing to relax more. He's actually pretty chill.
(Also, he's from his own little cyberpunk world I'm making up as I go along. So he might have totally different slang anyway.)
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"Every time we've done things your way it's failed, miserably, and made things worse. Every. Single. Time. We've done things our way once, and nothing bad happened. In fact, we befriended a vampire. That's no loop-hole, and vampires aren't stupid. They will hear you clunking around in that armor from a mile away. Wear street clothes, because I guarantee nobody else is going to be wearing a suit."
I kinda want Trix to fly and land somewhere Outside, but I don't know what I'd do, cause she'd end up being all by herself at a lake or something (If there is one). I mean, she'd certainly like being alone, but I'd find it boring.
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((My opinion, at that low a fall, only a heavy heavy person should break Tweetums back, I would hope. He's not a flyer, so his bones should be denser than say, a Pteradon's. Right?
Of course, the final call is VampireRot's.))
Bianca had better hope so. If Tweetums gets killed, there will be the Wrath of Roxie to face.
Bianca had better hope so. If Tweetums gets killed, there will be the Wrath of Roxie to face.
Tweetums is okay! Tweetums is okay!
*hides under coffin from Roxie*
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Originally Posted by Julius Caesar, Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Sooo...
Garrett is trying not to ruin a date by being entirely too paranoid...
Keith joined LANTERN since they were getting hated on and is listening to what Maxios says (poor, poor Keith)...
And Alex refrains from sinking buildings one by one because he wants to be an evil genius, not an evil bastard.
I'm totally hoping for a David Attenborough-esque documentary on The Secret Life of the Wall hosted by DC now. Utter win.
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