Fantasy [Sonder Links] An Anomalous Noir OOC

[BuggaBoo]

My bad it's been a while...

Sooooo like does that mean my charrie is accepted...?

lol All goods

K so questions then:

• When you use your anomaly is it like you have to do hand waving or do your eyes light up or some other FX?
• So the more you use it the better you get but the more the entity tries to take over?
• Do our charries and our entities have convos? Or is it more like a voice trying to persuade you to do bad things?

 

[Probably George]

Sooooo like does that mean my charrie is accepted...?

lol All goods

K so questions then:

• When you use your anomaly is it like you have to do hand waving or do your eyes light up or some other FX?
• So the more you use it the better you get but the more the entity tries to take over?
• Do our charries and our entities have convos? Or is it more like a voice trying to persuade you to do bad things?

1. Different anomalies have different requirements, ie: Bask's is very passive while Hawkshaw would actively have to grab and throw his spades. Generally though I would say they come from the hands. By nature these anomalies are pretty random, so it's possible they could have some sort of effect when created.
Something that will come up later though is "accessory arms and eyes," but that'll be explained when it's relevant.

2. "Tries" Isn't the right word... But yes, all the power comes from the enigma, and the power an enigma can provide is based solely on how much brainpower it's given. In the short-run it's not very noticeable on the psyche, but as time goes on the person can change drastically.

3. An anchor usually forms some sort of a relationship with their engima, as engimas are intelligent. They know everything their anchor knows, then some, and their personalities can vary. An enigma can act benevolent, or steer their anchor to do heinous things. It's all a matter of self-preservation. They know what happens after death, and they don't want to go back. On top of everything, an enigma's goal is to live.

 

[Probably George]

Ayama Don't want to rush you, just checking up how the cs is going. IC starts tomorrow
nvm you made a post in the recruit thread the exact same minute I made this reply

 

[Probably George]

I was looking through CS's again and BuggaBoo 's gave me the idea to provide some music that may help establish the feeling in the beginning:

Spoiler: Lyrics

I stand alone on the cliffs of the world
No one never tends to me
Sitting alone covered in grease
Some things are so my mind can breathe
The waiting is hard, fucking takes so long
Draped in sun, hands in sand
Earth acid cleanses me, cleanses me clean
But the world, it never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
I lay on my side in the edge of the room
She never expects anything from me
Where are all the days, the days of the year
I know I miss that part of me
The waiting is hard, fucking takes so long
Draped in sun, hands in sand
Earth acid cleanses me, cleanses me clean
But the world, it never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes
It never comes

Spoiler: Lyrics

We get some rules to follow
That and this, these and those
No one knows
We get these pills to swallow
How they stick in your throat?
Tastes like gold
Oh, what you do to me
No one knows
And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool am I
And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool am I
I journey through the desert
Of the mind with no hope
I follow
I drift along the ocean
Dead lifeboats in the sun
And come undone
Pleasantly caving in
I come undone
And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool am I
And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool am I
Heaven smiles above me
What a gift here below
But no one knows
The gift that you give to me
No one knows

 

[BuggaBoo]

yeah like adding in a theme song is a thing i do now for charrie sheets to help out with a vibe check

 

[Probably George]

Just waiting on Ayama to get their CS up then I'll immediately post the IC start

 

[Ayama]

Working on it ^^

 

[Ayama]

Profile should be up within the hour.

 

[Ayama]

Might have to take a quick meal break, but I'm nearly done.
EDIT: Done- hope you like.

 

[Probably George]

Looks great, IC is up!

Multiple Settings - Sonder Links, an Anomalous Noir

6:22 in the morning; red sun piercing the blue horizon, with its rise comes the people of Slaughter's End. Business rose as the sun did. Fishermen diligently spearing fish revealed by the daylight, Kibbeh makers getting their oil boiling, potters heat up their kilns, most people get straight to...

www.rpnation.com

I'll get my other posts up later
Right now, cigar time

 

[Ayama]

Probably George Spoiled Bread BuggaBoo
So can we plot out exactly how long each member has been on the team, how many assignments they've been on and with who, and the relationships between them?

 

[Probably George]

Probably George Spoiled Bread BuggaBoo
So can we plot out exactly how long each member has been on the team, how many assignments they've been on and with who, and the relationships between them?

Sorry if I didn't make it clear, but everyone has only been an Anchor for a very short time and an Exterminator for even shorter. You went through some very basic and choppy training. You may have history with one another, but otherwise you're complete strangers meeting for the first time.
There will be someone much more experienced in the group for a short time, lent over from another group to more-so show the ropes.
Post is in the works rn

 

[Ayama]

Sorry if I didn't make it clear, but everyone has only been an Anchor for a very short time and an Exterminator for even shorter. You went through some very basic and choppy training. You may have history with one another, but otherwise you're complete strangers meeting for the first time.
There will be someone much more experienced in the group for a short time, lent over from another group to more-so show the ropes.
Post is in the works rn

I'm gonna have to go over all the CSes again then, bc I thought all of them said the characters joined the team a while ago.

 

[Probably George]

I'm gonna have to go over all the CSes again then, bc I thought all of them said the characters joined the team a while ago.

A while meaning a few weeks ago. The third wave only began a couple months ago
Mb for the misunderstanding

 

[Ayama]

A while meaning a few weeks ago. The third wave only began a couple months ago
Mb for the misunderstanding

Wait, so you're saying they've all had training but for some reason not with each other, and now they're expected to go on a mission together after meeting each other for the first time, even though they've never trained together? o.o

 

[Probably George]

Wait, so you're saying they've all had training but for some reason not with each other, and now they're expected to go on a mission together after meeting each other for the first time, even though they've never trained together? o.o

Very basic training, and they're gonna be tag-alongs to a more seasoned Exterminator. An Anchor goes through private training as soon as they're captured and recruited. You weren't trained together as a class. Consider this on-site training, they don't wanna spend a lot of money training people they expect to have short careers.

 

[Ayama]

Very basic training, and they're gonna be tag-alongs to a more seasoned Exterminator. An Anchor goes through private training as soon as they're captured and recruited. You weren't trained together as a class. Consider this on-site training, they don't wanna spend a lot of money training people they expect to have short careers.

But isn't it cheaper and more efficient to train them all together rather than individually? :/

 

[Probably George]

But isn't it cheaper and more efficient to train them all together rather than individually? :/

If all them became Anchors at the same time then yes. For example Bask one of the first amongst the third wave and has been waiting over a month, while Hawkshaw is newer and thus has only been waiting a couple weeks. They don't get the training a typical detective has. They're taught how to detain someone and the basics in man-hunting. They're expected to pick up most things through experience. Sort of a way to weed out the weak.

These aren't trained officers, these are the undesirables being used before being discarded

 

[Ayama]

If all them became Anchors at the same time then yes. For example Bask one of the first amongst the third wave and has been waiting over a month, while Hawkshaw is newer and thus has only been waiting a couple weeks. They don't get the training a typical detective has. They're taught how to detain someone and the basics in man-hunting. They're expected to pick up most things through experience. Sort of a way to weed out the weak.

These aren't trained officers, these are the undesirables being used before being discarded

Okay, that does clear things up somewhat. But there is some remaining confusion, in that my CSes say Heliopause has been a thing for year, and yet they were accepted (I assume, as I received no message to the contrary). So what happened to it to make it so that it is now a bunch of random new people they waited to train and an oldbie from a different group? :/

Also, re: your post, Bask is giving order sheets and sending off his caravan, but his CS says his business has been ended, so more confusion there ^^"

 

[Probably George]

Okay, that does clear things up somewhat. But there is some remaining confusion, in that my CSes say Heliopause has been a thing for year, and yet they were accepted (I assume, as I received no message to the contrary). So what happened to it to make it so that it is now a bunch of random new people they waited to train and an oldbie from a different group? :/

Also, re: your post, Bask is giving order sheets and sending off his caravan, but his CS says his business has been ended, so more confusion there ^^"

Yes that was an oversight on my part. I interpreted the series of events as: a year ago she made technological breakthroughs, then some time later was chosen to help prepare for a new Extermination group.
Not to say it couldn't have been in the works for over a year. They would've been preparing for a rainy day, and that day has come. But as I explained a while ago, the third wave of enigmas only began a couple months ago

Regarding Bask the city owns his business but Bask still sleeps there, he owns the lot. The equipment for the business is still at his "home," but it isn't his. I guess it was bad wording, rather his career ended. By business I meant he has no more professional business with the company, but he still has a personal connection with his old employees. To him they're still his men and it's still his caravan, he just isn't the legal owner anymore. I tried to get across how he felt about these things by how they're referred to.

The reason it seems like a random group is because it's simply comprised of the newest Anchors in the city. They're saving money in training by having seasoned Exterminators explain and show you how the job is done. This is your group training, in the field.

 

[Spoiled Bread]

Do kids attend school in this setting? Or do they join apprenticeship or do whatever labor their family needs?

 

[Probably George]

Do kids attend school in this setting? Or do they join apprenticeship or do whatever labor their family needs?

Most don't until much later on in life. Most are forced to work for the family business or simply cant afford school and thus pick up a trade or skill

 

[BuggaBoo]

Well my girlie is a pirate trying to hide her identity so I'm up for however long we need to know each other. Just lmk. All goods!!

 

[Ayama]

Yes that was an oversight on my part. I interpreted the series of events as: a year ago she made technological breakthroughs, then some time later was chosen to help prepare for a new Extermination group.
Not to say it couldn't have been in the works for over a year. They would've been preparing for a rainy day, and that day has come. But as I explained a while ago, the third wave of enigmas only began a couple months ago

Regarding Bask the city owns his business but Bask still sleeps there, he owns the lot. The equipment for the business is still at his "home," but it isn't his. I guess it was bad wording, rather his career ended. By business I meant he has no more professional business with the company, but he still has a personal connection with his old employees. To him they're still his men and it's still his caravan, he just isn't the legal owner anymore. I tried to get across how he felt about these things by how they're referred to.

The reason it seems like a random group is because it's simply comprised of the newest Anchors in the city. They're saving money in training by having seasoned Exterminators explain and show you how the job is done. This is your group training, in the field.

Mkay, so do I need to change my CSes to say she was working with a different Exterminator group and then got put in charge of the new one or something? Or that she was in charge of putting the new one together? I'm honestly confused about the timeline and why they would have been working on this new group for a year, bc even though the 3rd wave started two months ago, 1st and 2nd wave anchors would still be around to recruit and hunt down, unless I am missing something.

 

[BuggaBoo]

Probably George k so like some more questions cuz me!:

• can we control how often we can use the anomaly or is the enigma fickle and allows it when it feels it is right?
• is it draining to use the enigma anomaly or any other side FX?
• so like we had some basic training. is that kinda like police training? so like we'd know the laws that govern what we can and cannot get away with when catching other anchors?
• did we get any other equipment, weapons or like uniform? or is that happening now that we meet again?
• this enigma box thingie that we are attached to. is it like a spying device that can hear everything we do?
• how free are we to roam slaughterville and do people recognize us as executioner anchors?
• my girlie came from the coast. is there some kinda housing provided or like is she in a jail cell kinda deal?