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Big bad yoma is in full view, no longer hiding its yoki. There are still regular yoma though, although significantly less. There are also still some humans hiding in a corner somewhere... probably...

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAMWORK
 
Syvvaris Syvvaris If you wanna "lightly" imply Somnus helped out Alexandria clear the Yoma to catch up to the others (assuming she doesn't just run off to it, of course), I wouldn't mind to save time and streamline the events.
 
Sure sounds like fun Gan.
 
Will post for Nellia and her holeier than thou self(heheh) when I get home
 
Sorry for lateness and sub-par post. At anime expo right now.
 
So I hate to be the one to point this out but I kinda feel like Sir Les Paul Sir Les Paul you ignore parts of people's post.

InsaneAsylum InsaneAsylum "Some the yoma who witnessed Somnus’s odd ability to halt yoma in their tracks made the decision to avoid him. They would rather take their chances with the ability to move."
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Sir Les Paul Sir Les Paul "Somnus found himself in the heart of a mob of twenty or more--easily the most outnumbered Claymore there"

And my own "The fatigue and headache vanished; Asteria easily cut down the frozen Yoma surrounding the failed Claymore.The task took about ten seconds with her enhanced speed and strength. Once finished-"
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Sir Les Paul Sir Les Paul "Eight pathetic Yoma surrounded him and it was his resolution to kill them. Asteria was given the chance to witness this resolve."

I don't have a problem with the freezing ability affecting her a little even after I posted, but you completely disregarded parts of the post. If you feel I've over looked something in his ability when I post something just tell me and I'll add in the parts we both can agree on. Not to mention using his ability on her intentionally she would assume he was Awakaning, especially with the knowledge that males are not normally made since they awaken very quickly. At 35% in battle, with no positive emotions for him, she would likely cut him do instantly.
 
I didn't ignore any of those posts. In fact, I took each into consideration.

At th time the post regarding the Yoma avoiding him was made, it was already established that he was surrounded. The number gained past that was small.

Furthermore, the reason I added any at all was to display the limits of his ability. This was something discussed in PM's previously with IA.

Lets also not forget in this time that Alexandria cut down a large portion of them and Somnus took out 3.

I'm paying extremely close attention to the timeline here. With that in mind, while Asteria is fast, she shouldn't be so fast to outpace Somnus reacting. In fact, I'd say that leaping to cover ten seconds assuming Somnus would do nothing is just as problematic as me retroactively saying that's not how it would immediately turn out. You assumed I would have no reaction, but that would go against the entire ego shattering theme of this post sequence for him.

As for her immediately thinking Somnus was awakening, my immediate counterpoints are twofold: his eyes flashed gold for a moment, then faded and she should have time to see that; secondly, he's literally trembling. He doesn't display an overwhelming Yoki, in fact, it's still just as cold as a ever since Somnolence is active on the Yoma. And he has no physical traits of it.

Basically, all I'm saying is that in this sequence of events, Somnus should logically and narratively have the chance to interact before she cuts them down. As for his ability, the best he can do at this level is surprise her and make her miss one attack. He isn't controlling anything and I'm not ignoring anything. This is a time when Somnus is doing all he can in the raw humility of having bit off way more than he could chew to send her a message to stop so that he can redeem himself.

This isn't a power play. This is a plea for redemption.
 
Sidenote: his goal is just to get her to listen to his request. She could easily just deny it and kill them anyway. But it should be quite apparent that she's looking at a broken man, not a borderline Yoma. I went into petty good detail in the post for this.
 
I agree with almost most everything you wrote. My main point of contention remains; its been established that the Yoma have been cut down already. You've even said that he could not stop her from killing all the Yoma with his ability. There is no reason why eight Yoma still surround him. If you want to change the scene for a reason I didn't take into account I would be fine with that; and would edit my post for you.

Adding affects post an action of a character I'm even ok with, within reason. Like Asteria feeling his ability on her and his words before she left. I would then write about her thoughts on that in the next post as she was heading to the "main boss". However you have basically delete what I wrote with your post. Her killing the Yoma, her words, and her leaving.
 
You commit an action after a period of time that Somnus should have been able to react and those actions could change what she does or at the very least give her a different train of thought.

That said, the easiest course would be to assume your post is true right up about second before she arrived in striking range. Then react to what Somnus did and said.

I would call this a "light retcon" if anything. In collab posts, it's done all th time. I wouldn't even need to say you need to edit your post. Just reply as if the final status of Somnus' post is the "true" continuity of events and move on appropriately
 
I would call it rewriting someone else's post.
For the sake of the roleplay I will drop it and pretend I didn't write half of my last post.
My next will incorporate Somnus's effects
 
Its called an interrupt, during Pvp, they are common because no action can be done without a reaction. Personally. I do arena's all the time. However, outside of Pvp its considered bad form to do them without at least giving notification OOC. I'd highly recommend no one does that without notice because you render most of their post useless. Either you are the damsel in distress or you aren't, pick one, let people respond that way, and roll with it. Rp's are a group thing.
 
Its called an interrupt, during Pvp, they are common because no action can be done without a reaction. Personally. I do arena's all the time. However, outside of Pvp its considered bad form to do them without at least giving notification OOC. I'd highly recommend no one does that without notice because you render most of their post useless. Either you are the damsel in distress or you aren't, pick one, let people respond that way, and roll with it. Rp's are a group thing.

It always depends on the alternative. Because posts that lock another player into an action (or inaction) are also considered bad form.
 
It always depends on the alternative. Because posts that lock another player into an action (or inaction) are also considered bad form.
Well, I'll try to kill confusion for future. What do you want with your character? What's ya goal? Are they weak? Are they strong? Just for clarification for other people.

Amelia is a sneaky cheshire cat who hates yoma with a passion, and hates orders. Who's Somnus? What'cha want from us?
 
What do you want with your character? What's ya goal? Are they weak? Are they strong? Just for clarification for other people.

I don't have an archetype for Somnus here. He is a niche support with a unique skill set whose potential is greatest in a team. The only time this scene that was realized was with Alexandria.

That said, the narrative shown so far has the real answer. Somnus started off eager to be part of a team and learn. He was eager to be here. He was also slightly overconfident with his ability. His current narrative is basically how wrong that went. If you look at the story being told, he has failed at every turn--which is fine. He even tried to be independent and failed.

The post before the interrupt was his failure to be independent. The post after is an interupt to a teammate only now showing up to help him asking her to stop for his personal redemption.

Somnus is a team oriented support, if you want to place him in any role, but his role is sidelined to his story which fits the theme of the act: Attitude Adjustment.

If you want an analogy like you used with Amelia, I'd need time off work, but right this second, I defined him the best I could. He's a character that's not in his prime when alone. He shines best in a team or at least a duo. But he's far from useless alone. It's not black and white.
 

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