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Post by Maruno on Mar 12, 2007 14:20:18 GMT
I thought I'd write this here instead of in the roleplay, since all this was getting rather long. << OOC: I thought Fen would have been severely weakened the night before so he couldn't be drained then because of that (he was recovering), not just because of his super-training... >> Fen used up a lot of his mana in the war. A little of it had recovered during his hours of walking to the forest, but he used it on his wounds and then in the fight with the wolves (he was so tired and groggy because of this that he didn't notice he was being drained). Now that he had little enough mana left, the draining didn't affect him. He starts to be drained the next morning, when he wakes up. He notices this throughout the day, but it'd take weeks of exposure to the draining for Fen to be seriously affected by it. He still hasn't fully recovered his mana yet, though (it'd take at least a week to do that), but because of his training it's still increasing, albeit at a slower rate than usual (which is what he notices, and assumes he's being drained at the same time). If Ai Rin is feeling better, she probably should be being drained at the moment too. After the fight with the wolves, she still had enough strength left to drag Fen to the village and stay awake. She would have been being drained all this time. But eventually the draining caught up to her (just after the confrontation with the villagers), so she went to sleep for a while. During this time she wasn't drained, but was recovering instead. But now she's feeling better, she's probably being slowly drained again. Remember that the draining process takes quite a while to affect even Ai Rin (who survived at least a whole night before feeling the effects). << OOC: I trust you have developed some kind of background and motivation for the unknown baddies, as I don't have anything set for them at all i.e. why they attacked the villagers, why they used the village as their secret base or whatever, what they are after and what they are doing to achieve that goal. I'll presume they have at least some magic users with them if they are attempting to break a seal. I take it they can't find or break the seals themselves as they are so well hidden/protected. You don't have to tell me the answers to these if you want to make it a surprise. Just as long as one of us has some idea what may be going on. ^_^ >> I just assume that the enemy (or enemies) are after the mana source in the forest. They're using the village as a secret base. The enemy would be magic-proficient, and when they notice 2 magicians enter the village they decide to try to get them to leave so they can continue their mana source-thieving undisturbed. They don't want to reveal themselves any more than necessary, so they attack the villagers pretending to be Ai Rin (while she's looting the inn) (perhaps using an illusion technique - Light + Psyche), to provoke the villagers into chasing the two away. They've been in the village maybe a week or so, and have finished preliminary scouting missions into the forest, and must have found at least most of the seal stones by now. If they weren't disturbed by the presence of Fen and Ai Rin, they would then start to defeat the protective spells at each stone, then work on the seal stones themselves in an attempt to unlock it. Needless to say, they know quite well that the stones are a seal for a mana source, and they want it for themselves. Why, I don't know. Insert generic excuse here. If Fen and Ai Rin become troublesome for them, they'll move to get rid of them. At the moment, though, they're just observing what they do. Fen and Ai Rin haven't yet shown any knowledge of what the stones are, and if they just decide to leave without further investigation (unlikely), they'll let them go and leave it at that.
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Post by Maruno on Mar 14, 2007 23:49:31 GMT
Actually, I'd imagined there was only one attacker He was originally just keeping an eye on Fen and Ai Rin, but now they've found out some of what's going on, they needed to be eliminated. So the stalker attacks. He's also quite proficient, as is everyone in the little group seeking to unlock the seal (I don't know how many that would be, though). Even if he had a partner also stalking them, the partner would probably have shot off to inform the rest of the group while Knives (not his name) engaged our protagonists. It's the sensible thing to do, really (if there's a partner there at all - it could be each group member performs separately lest their techniques clash - I think this is most likely). In short, I think there'd be one attacker. No backup, no one else to run for reinforcements/to tell the group. Just Knives alone. He certainly seems arrogant enough to not want a partner, anyway (and probably took the stalking assignment reluctantly - he wants action to show off/hone his skills, and this is the perfect opportunity). Do you think you could rewrite it? I think this would be more in keeping with Knives' character (I'll come up with some details for him later).
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Post by Mu-chan on Mar 16, 2007 18:08:46 GMT
... while Knives (not his name)... It should be. Do you think you could rewrite it? I think this would be more in keeping with Knives' character (I'll come up with some details for him later). Ara, you updated your post. I only noticed when I quoted your message to reply. ^_^ Okay, I'll change it.
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Post by Maruno on Apr 25, 2007 8:32:51 GMT
Did you have anything in mind when you introduced your indigo orb? It sounds to me like it's a focus for a magic staff, randomly left there where you found it. Or did you intend for it to be something else?
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Post by Mu-chan on Apr 25, 2007 20:24:32 GMT
It could be a focus if you want it to be. I left it open. (You can think of it as the treasure you received from beating that random boss. =P)
For example, it could be the focus of a weapon, the treasure at that location, it could be part of some kind of key to get at the centre seal or access whatever is inside the seal, it could be a missing piece of whatever is inside the seal, it could be something left over from whoever made that particular seal to fight something that may or may not be in one of the other seals, a combination of those things etc etc.
I don't really mind. You can decide if you want. ^_^
If you want Ai Rin to hand it over to Fen, just do so in your post. It's not something she can use, at the very least right now, but it could be something Fen could use, especially if he knows what it is or may be.
It could also be a good idea for Fen to get some kind of weapon soon since the guardians after the next one will be a higher-level, so-to-speak.
(ayaa... I've finally over-taken Indefinite in number of posts...)
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Post by Maruno on Apr 25, 2007 22:25:33 GMT
(Such a shame we're moving over to a new board, so all that effort will have gone to waste ) I can't imagine the orb would be something needed to break the next seal, for the very reason that the seal wasn't intended to be broken. Why help people who would try? I'd imagine the most reasonable explanation is that it's part of a magic staff (or other such magical weapon) that a previous contender jabbed at the seal in an attempt to break it. Obviously he failed (staff snapped or something), leaving the focus there for your sprite to retrieve. The wooden part of the staff would have long since rotted. Although I am drawn towards the idea of it being a part of the final artefact. Perhaps it's ancient magic technology that can only be powered by very fine focus gems, and when activated would do serious damage. Perhaps each piece of the seal holds a fine focus, with the tree holding the artefact, yet all the seals are combined for extra protection/strength. Gosh, that's interesting. And yes, I said "gosh". I'll have a think about it. I'll assume you don't mind about any of this, since you don't mind what the orb turns out to be. I'm certain the later guardians will be stronger. It'd make sense for them too. Just make sure Ai Rin pulls her weight too. Yes, she's breaking the seals (albeit via her sprite), but Fen's doing all the real fighting. Attacked by Dark Wolf Pack, attacked by earth/electricity/knives, attacked by Depression Phantom... Ai Rin has been attacked by villagers ;D
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Post by Mu-chan on May 14, 2007 23:06:37 GMT
I went with an icy theme for this guardian to keep with the cold darkness of this level of the seal (last was mental, this one is physical coldness). I hope you don't mind. ^_^
I was thinking, with ten seals on five levels, there should be a pattern to their guardians (which are all magical summons). The first two were most likely light and darkness (Fen and Ai Rin encountered the darkness one, but the way they dealt with it, it didn't necessarily show its full potential), then the two they didn't see were probably electricity and force. This level has psyche and ice, with the inner four guardians having spell types of water, wind, fire, and earth, not necessarily in that order, thus keeping the four typical main elements as the inner four guardians' powers. The centre seal would likely use nature because of the overall seal's draining power and because either a forest has formed around it or it was placed within a forest, but whether the centre seal has a guardian or not is unknown, and what powers that guardian (if it exists) has are also unknown. Of course, the remaining guardians' appearances, specific order and methods of fighting etc are still completely open, as are whether Fen and Ai Rin take all of them on or not. Good idea, or not? ^__^
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Post by Maruno on May 15, 2007 8:34:43 GMT
Nothing's set in stone here, except the basic story. I like your Ice guardian. Since Ai Rin is also an Icey, I don't think she'll have much of an effect on it, though. I'm interested to see what the solution is.
And while we're at it, Summons are just creatures, right? Yes, some are mostly insubstantial, but some will be solid and properly alive. If they're properly killed, that should be just as good a way of defeating them. Although, a twist could be that another of the same monsters is Summoned once the first dies (or it Summons the same monster after healing it, a process that could be very quick), so destroying the Summon seal would be a good idea in the end.
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Sounds like a good plan to me.
Although, I'm not so sure about each seal having its own elemental guardian. The seal was created to not be broken, so the guardians would be the strongest guardians around. Since the four typical elements are strong anyway, it is possible we see them all, but Earth/Force and Fire/Light/Psyche (for illusions) shouldn't be unheard of. Just examples. We can choose the form of the guardians when we get to them.
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Post by Maruno on Jun 12, 2007 12:07:01 GMT
Felix is somewhat busy at the moment, so we could move on the story some more now, even if it's only character development. Although with the mood those two are in, that might be difficult to do.
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Post by Mu-chan on Aug 27, 2007 21:05:06 GMT
*takes a deep breath*
Gomennasai Gomennasai Gomennasai Gomennasai Gomennasai Gomennasai Hontou ni Gomennasai! =^^=;;
Lots and lots of things happened so I haven't been able to roleplay/use the Internet properly if at all for quite a long time.
If you still want to play I'll happily continue playing. If you don't (because you're sick of me taking too long to post recently) then I guess I can understand that... ^^;;
I'll go read the last few posts again and then post something. ^^
... Just don't expect anything too in depth from my next post if I remember correctly where we left off. ^^;;
I'll really really really really try to post again much more frequently when I'm not doing really important stuff etc. ^^
(still looking forward to seeing a picture of some kind, by the way... maybe when I get time I'll scan some of the pictures I drew ages ago so you can see them ^^)
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Post by Maruno on Aug 27, 2007 21:15:45 GMT
Mu-chan! You're alive! When did that happen?
I was actually beginning to worry. Of course I'd like to continue the roleplay, even if it does take a while.
I have a couple of half-finished (which means they're not quite as bad as they could be) sketches sitting on the desk next to me. I'm not an artist, and I'm really not compelled to finish them. I think I'll just scan what I have, and let your imagination fill in the gaps.
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Post by Mu-chan on Sept 27, 2007 18:00:21 GMT
Illustration time~! =^^= I did some drawings but I rushed them a bit too much so they are quite inconsistant, but since I said I would try to show some pictures, here are some of them. I drew most of them quite a long time ago. ^^ Fen Dyu Shina (^^?) Ayaran Ai Rin Lu Meria Yi Taran Shii Shii ... and some extras: <cut -I think I'll try to re-draw this one sometime -I think I know what I did wrong with it ^^> Ayaran Ai Rin - almost-full-body view [I'm not that happy with this picture but I thought I'd show an almost-full-body picture and this was the one I was happiest with at the moment ^^] Ayaran Ai Rin - side-view snapshot with slightly-different design Ayaran Ai Rin - assorted expressions Now, I get to look forward to a rough sketch of a Wartoise, right? ^__^
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Post by Maruno on Sept 27, 2007 18:57:46 GMT
Ooh, cool! Much better than anything I could come up with. I've mostly forgotten what Fen might look like, so I could just go for that. And I don't think Ai Rin would ever be caught with the sweatdrop or the two bottom expressions. Is she still an ambiguous male, by the way, or have you just decided to make her female? I'll have a go at finishing the Wartoise. Don't expect anything that's in any way half-presentable, though.
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Post by Mu-chan on Sept 27, 2007 19:06:36 GMT
Male that looks and dresses intentionally feminine as I intended from the start, though I've been typing 'she' and 'her' so many times I think I've stuck with it. I'm sure Ai Rin wouldn't mind, though. ^^;;
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Post by Maruno on Sept 27, 2007 21:42:48 GMT
So... male or female? Here's my meagre attempt at a Wartoise. It's so light because I think my scanner's light is that strong. And it was only in pencil anyway. The rock cannon scale is lifted in the picture, but does drop back down. I originally gave it a longer neck, but shortened it after a rethink. The head and feet are armour-plated, but the arms and tail are not. They're weapons, after all. The underbelly is also not armoured, but what are the odds something will be able to get under there? It's only a stumpy creature, as tall as a person at its maximum height. Photobucket shrunk this image to about half size, which apparently made the lines stronger. Any and all shading I gave it, though, was apparently too light to scan.
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