Soldiers of Light Discussion 1
 

Alright, so Team Light can decide whether they already met Kurama and are meeting up with him, or haven't met him but end up being in the area.

Team Dark, it's generally assumed that somehow you each got orders from Talkatz or one of his reps to dispose of Kurama. You can each decide whether you want to be in groups together, or alone, or whatever.

Also, I'm picking two Co-GMs who will help me run the game and control any drama should it occur while I'm at work training for two weeks and likely won't have much access to a computer. I'll be here all this week so no worries there, and it will come up in-game why Kurama won't be around as much so no problems. Just giving a heads up.

In Erayo's case, he haven't met Kurama but end up being in the area. Going to wait for a few others to post though...

Hey, I stole your character list.



Yuiri Kotone (Julford Hajime)
Kita Masaru (Steel Shadow)
Keiga Erayo (Menarker)
Akatsuma Jade "Orange Death" (Batgirl)
Osech Sulran (Raptor)
Yatsume Yojimbo (Krogothwolf)
Tachibana Shin (Teal Mage)
Nine Senses, Pyros (PyrosNine)
Daisuke Yoshiro (Dracorion)
Reikketsu Izuko (Arcanum Darkfire)
Marcel "Drak" Drakkar (Darth SS)
Suzume (lazy_man)
Zaru Oki (Mauve Mage)
Kawabata Katsu (Inbred Chocobo)
Higashi Yoshitsune (Zero Hex)

TEAM ROCKET

Hirasaka Tsubasa (Armored Bishojou)
Kinjo Ieyasu (Overcast)
Yamato Tetsuo (Geminex)
Akhil San'jay (Naqel)
Kenikua (Krylo)
Akemi Ichirou (Bardthe5thLW)
Motou Akai (Dantefalcon)
Yamauchi Osamu (Toastburner_B)
Ochi Dai (POS Industries)
Matsuoka Katashi (Dauntasa)
Hakeshi Masumi (Arhra)
Shimokaze Koyuki (PhoenixFlame)
Ta (Mesden)

First Post! This may serve to knock Ichirou's ego down a few notches. Also, it properly displays that logic is an unknown concept to the half-demon.

And that character list gives me a foreboding that I'm going to have to remember a lot of names and abilities. More than I feel comfortable with.

Bard, stop with the Black text. It's annoying.

Doesn't look black to me, just dark.

I can see it just fine, without squinting or moving the cursor, must be a difference with desktops. Although I guess I'll find a lighter color for my next posts.

Sure, looks fine to me.

You people and your sudden combat.

I'll give Juliford first move.

I'd strongly suggest going with that shade of grey and editing it into your first post. It's currently coming up black for me, as well.

Done and done, it should be legible now.

Imma bide a bit for things to stabilize.

I'm waiting for some of the cooler villains to show up so I can have Yoshiro meet them.

What's your excuse?

And the common view of cowardice, contempt, and all around bastardliness. Enter Ieyasu.

So Suzume made his entrance by falling through a tree. Awesome. Things will obviously escalate from here.

Just a note to Juliford and other involved players: I'm going on a trip with some classmates tomorrow as an end of the year thing, so I won't be around at all until 9 pm.

Hey bard, stop using white and gray.

Use only that dark color from before.

Now I'm Conflicted! The only logical choice is to flip between words. Maybe even letters.

Bard do you actually want backup for this or are you just charging like a maniac?

To tired to post tonight. What's-my-name guy'll show up tomorow after sleep. I'm expecting to be completely out of the loop by then guys, don't let me down.

Whatever floats your boat pal. I just like to play psycho/stupid characters because it gives me freedom to do generally anything I feel like doing, but if you want to help, I ain't against it. Although, I won't be able to get another post in till like 9:00 p.m. tommorow, so its best to lessen involvement with Ichirou if you don't like waiting.

I whole heartily support Bard's Psycho crazy attack!

I might show up and lend a hand. Or show up and watch.

Really I'm not moving in until we have a chance to do the theatrical entrance, to befall this world to devastation.

So, Team Rocket, how's about the rest of us actually coordinate what we do?

Ichirou: Whats the fun in that?

I'm sort of sad Team Crybaby had the first individual blasting off at the speed of light and not Team Rocket.

Coordination means more murdering, and less getting murdered.

I'd like to say that I already dug a pitfall trap in Kurama's path but really I didn't.

At the cost of not being a dumbass? I'm sorry but I'm just into it.

Just remember what side you're on. People willing to kill those who screw up their plans.

Just saying.

Cool with that.

Bah, would've posted again sooner, but had to go grocery shopping so I could eat tomorrow, and then had to convince people I didn't need to go to the hospital (I hurt my arm moving a porch earlier today, though it's feeling better already; just overused it or sumtin').

We can't be fighting on an empty stamina bar.

Fast food!

Pyros makes his appearance, not in the best condition (all that mud getting into his bandages may not be healthy) but still here nonetheless to be a Pyros Sue and go fishing, and he's misplaced his fishing rod.

Typically you either wait for PF to stop murdering bears or for Krylo to make a dramatic entrance as they're usually the top dogs of team ne'er-do-wells who establish a general area for the rest of the baddies.

In my defense, I was hungry.

Hmm, the day when the forums are down for me until just before going to bed just had to be the day SoL started?

A post, tomorrowish!

They were down for me today as well. I'm going to put a post up soonish, though.

And our friendly neighborhood pacifist makes his appearance.

Yeah, this is definitely going to end badly.

Lousy Daisuke trodding off while I try to pick a fight :(

Oh well. Yuiri is quick to pick a new fight once her current target loses her interest.

Yay, forum is back!

Oki will be a good little demon lady and keep Pyros from dying. Maybe.

And this is what happens when you threaten someone. Assholes are named and water is stolen. Well, that and one angry guy who can blow things up.

I'll get a post up when I get the time to read through, figuring who is where and what the crap is going on. Damn there's a lot of names to keep track of. I may have to write/draw this out.

Ieyasu is tracking Kurama from a distance, trying not to be seen by anybody. Typical sneaky, cowardly, team rocket staring through binoculars for the next abduction type stuff.

Quick note: You can't see Katashi's face, he's wearing a helmet. Also, I'm trying to work out a duel with Krogoth so if you want to attack me, PM me first.

Now to paintball Kurama so he can't escape, and get home before breakfast.

Right, edited accordingly. I also accidentally wrote "Katashi" instead of "Sulran" so I fixed that too while I was at it.

Also, Izuko's fighting style is typical for a kusarigama user. Meaning he prefers to keep his distance while attacking with the weighted end, and only closing in to attack with the kama once his opponent has been disarmed or debilitated. With that said, if you and krogoth start fighting close to each other with swords, Izuko will mostly likely just watch for an opening so he can attack without endangering Yojimbo.

In other words I'll just sit back and let you guys do your thing.

This. Good grief, this.

I have to pop open the post that has the team roster just so I can know who is on which team.

Oh god what is this.

I mean, sure, go ahead, PVP as much as you want, but goddammit.
I do not want to read through 50 posts to find out what's been happening.

Soooo...

Recap?

God this goes fast and it started exactly the day I couldn't be online.

Time to catch up and slither my way into action somehow.

I think we should all have added synopsis at the beginning of each post for quick reading and and a link to our character's sheet in our sig's.

Synopsis should entail basic course of action, who was interacted with, where, and end result.

For instance, Mauve's would be: Made first appearance, helped Pyros on the road at the entrance to the town.

One sentence, brief, to the point. Then, other people who were skimming for relevant posts, like myself, could see which ones in particular are more important for them to read. By reading every post that mentions Pyros in the synopsis, I could quickly gather how the situation had changed relative to my character, and THEN I could read the other posts as necessary to what I want to post.

Anyway, short description of now is that there are three basic theaters of action going on:

1: Town Square: Center of town, where Kurama, girl framed as Kurama, and fisty splodey man, along with several others, have all convened. Kurama is trying to ignore everything and walking away.

2: High overlook: Some area off and above the town square, maybe up a hill, where the rest of Team CrybabyZell are hanging out, watching what's going on and pressing Suzume for being inexplicable in showing up.

3: Town Road: Just outside town limits, where Pyros is, along with his elderly benefactor. Not as important as the first two, but clearly established as a place in relation to everything else, compared to the vagueness of everyone else's posts.

Everyone not in these positions are vague about where they are, but it is assumed that they are on the sidelines in the town square, or in some viewpoint that is separate or apart from theater 2.

I'll second Pyros' suggestion for putting a brief summary of your character's actions at the beginning or end of a post. Sounds like a good plan to me.

Not gonna do it.

If I have to read through five pages of stuff just to see that there's really no point in introducing my character yet, you can too.

Lazy so-and-sos.

Ichirou: Being a dumbass. Confronted Kurama, is now in some sort of battle with Juliford and Drac's characters in the center of town. Being loud.

Koyuki's dashing down the hill at the group, ranging in on Kurama.

Apparrently she'd just got *REALLY* good ECM, or something.

My character causing people to lose battles in his sleep. :3

Bard, don't forget your character is now under the full focus of the exhaustion aura that my character has.

Which is kinda BS Menarker, as so far the most dangerous person in the little tussle there has been the dude with the ability to create GIANT FUCKING WALL OF FLAMES pretty much at will. Oh also, a spear.

But no, slow down the guy who has so far showed that he can only hit things really hard. I won't call you biased or meta-gaming.

I edited the post. The way I see it, Ichirou doesn't have a brain to be slowed down, and he can live with a drop in strength.

I merely said I'm CAUSING the losses, not actually defeating them himself (which he isn't) The battle IS for all purpose though, 2 against 1, so it's not exactly a special feat.

But Erayo can honestly claim that he fought in his sleep. ^,^

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I was saying that, seeing as how Erayo claims to not like the commotion or otherwise seems to just want to put an end to the fighting by making everyone tired, he shouldn't be, y'know, IGNORING THE DUDE LIGHTING THINGS ON FIRE.

Because honestly, this isn't any sort of 2 vs. 1 deal. Kotone swung at a bunch of people, and okay fine slow her down make her tired, I get that. But HOLY SHIT FIRE guy seems to be completely ignored while Ichirou is slowed down the instant he makes a move.

Well, the HOLY SHIT FIRE guy adamantly declared he didn't want any fighting, even going on the defensive and not just counterattacking, giving several warnings and all that. Erayo tested that, and it seems fruitful since he let that sword-woman go. Giving the advantage to someone who doesn't want to fight means that if the chance for an early end is present, that guy will likely consent to ending the fighting earlier with less bloodshed. After all, the effect is strongest if the aggressor suddenly feel like their arms are like lead pudding. Making one figure seem like he has a sheer advantage is demoralizing in the right situation.

The other one however, is a fighting meat-head. Seems natural to try to slow that one down in the attempt to make it seem like he'll lose the fight. The spear user probably isn't going to fight any longer than possible, so if Erayo can somehow drive it in the head of that brute that he's going to lose, he'll probably retreat and the fight is over.

POS as a bad guy always makes this so damn sweet. Would-be heroes being all conspiratorial. Love it.

I aim to please.

My aim is also laughably terrible but that's neither here nor there.

What, Ichirou has no reaction to being hit by a blast of HOLY SHIT FIRE?

...going to have to edit...

E: K, edited it in there. Keep in mind, Ichirou is being hurt by the flames on him, but his ability more or less gives him a natural painkiller. He's high on morphine. Also, beware the shirtless scene. It is not pretty for someone like Ichirou.

Just you wait everbody, once Pyros wakes up and takes a few bottle's worth of prescription vicodin, You'll see him enforcing his own brand of pacifism and HOLY SHIT FIRE, while also pursuing love interests and helping old monkey ladies cross streets.

As a point of plot, I'm going to have Pyros first fully interact with Kurama, as normally Pyros is just some winged tagalong in a bromance with some loudmouth, and thus is set apart in the story. So, I decree that Pyros del SoL will become a dynamic character after giving Kurama a hug!

After that, they'll be inseparable!

I'm glad I've been checking in multiple times each day, since that's much more tolerable than trying to read through everything in one go.

Also, Daunt, feel free to have Katashi dodge/render useless/deflect Izuko's attack. While he is aiming to disarm you, it's more realistically a "hey keep your guard up or we'll gank you" kind of attack.

Thanks, now I picture Ichirou like thishttp://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...bum/fma488.jpg. Also is it bad that when I heard "shirtless" I thought of that?

Well Ichirou does have ridiculous strength...

Is that because they're both one of the few characters who possibly-maybe have an idea that this is not really occurring multiple times? Or is it because the random omakes sometimes bleed into canon for some of the side characters?

...we'll never know!!

I'm totally going to go for touching Kurama without anyone noticing.

I bet I'll get an Xbox live achievement for doing something so improbably crazy in broad daylight in an open field.

And I don't even OWN an Xbox!

Ba-Bloop.

So wait, at which point are you walking past Kurama, PF? Because he's already at the meeting site.

Oh yeah, and my character was already trailing Kurama, but since he's a good distance away from him it's likely your character could've just gone past him without noticing.

Well Bard, regardless your attack won't be completely wasted.

Motou will be more than willing to use your corpse to keep fighting.

That's where she is, too. She wasn't in the village, ever.

Her post seems to imply that she's intercepted him on the road to the meeting place, presumably between it and the town.

The chaos continues.

I might end up joining the party late...

Nawh. Using the exceptionally awesome power of eyes(TM), I figured he oughta be the guy I'm after, and bypassed the crazy doom town to head off to the meeting spot. Considering virtually all of team good is back in the crazy doom town beating up on one guy, I thought it was worth a shot.

And now I'm walking up to Kurama all "Hey guys, what's goin' on in here?" style.

Edit: Oh right, you're confused by "divert... to intercept", well, you can still intercept targets that aren't moving! I should know, I've done it!