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So in case anyone missed out on some announcements:

The Discord server has two bots to play around with, one of which is a music bot that pulls from YouTube.

Episode Five should begin roughly in mid-May, Frixz and I are working hard on readjusting the timeline of the RP to make sure that you guys get to spend more time on the stuff that matters... like kicking ass and taking names.
 
Gus Gus that was a glorious post bomb. You should do that more often, when you aren't grading papers IRL.
 
welian said:
Gus Gus that was a glorious post bomb. You should do that more often, when you aren't grading papers IRL.
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*jumps up and down excitedly* My turn, my turn! OWO

I declare it shall not pass this weekend!! Hasta la Vista depression, I hope to not see your face again so soon : P
 
I'm like, half done with finals, guys. Everything is due by Sunday night, and then I have one last on-campus exam on Monday morning.
 
Almost done with my semester finals as well. But, you know what comes after semestrial finals for a high school graduate, right? Right? A fuck ton of busy schedules that's what. Haha I wish I were dead!
 
Today I asked you guys in the Discord chat what you'd like to see for Episode 5, and I got some really good responses. Off the top of my head:
  • More information on limiters in the RP manual, and more focus on them in-story
  • Using Political Powers as a vehicle to explore various aspects of the setting in-story
  • Exams! Don't worry, I already had that planned. It'll be similar to the Snowball Fight, but smaller in scale.
  • A small revision to the power rank system that would incorporate the range of a character's superpower into their ranking.
  • Aaron as a Designated Dude in Distress.
Anything else?
 
The government and/or the police force actually doing something in response to all the recent domestic terrorism/crimewaves? Seriously, these are always overlooked or given the "lazy cops because of superheroes" response. Or in this case, vigilantes.
 
Maybe it'd be cool to see some kind of government-controlled squad do what Dekay suggests? Sort of like a super version of the police.
 
I don't think I've seen too many superhero stories get in-depth with the good ol' law enforcement or fire department or related departments. It usually goes all "Superheroes save the day! Always!" I'm just thinking that in a believable scenario the authorities wouldn't want to just let the supers go around doing their jobs for them. I mean... just imagine the headlines! Terrible! While it is good for business (probably) it wouldn't be so good for PR. What happens if a Super goes rogue? Do they send in normal units or a squad of elite trained individuals? I think the prison break sets up a great opportunity for more of this. At the end of the day, the real heroes don't always wear capes ;) Mainly because it is a major safety hazard, but what can you do?
 
After a bit of a lull, I can feel my desire to write stirring again. So I started a new interaction (rather than see to existing obligations)

I will however, be responding soonish to the various threads I am already in. (Including a piece I am working on for Lucas's side story)

Additionally, I am going to finish those damn prompts by Friday, I swear it! Starting with the most recent. I have visions of Aaron's disastrous middle school science fair project.
(Keep in mind he's had his powers since he was six years old... he went to a special school.)
 
DeKay said:
I don't think I've seen too many superhero stories get in-depth with the good ol' law enforcement or fire department or related departments. It usually goes all "Superheroes save the day! Always!" I'm just thinking that in a believable scenario the authorities wouldn't want to just let the supers go around doing their jobs for them. I mean... just imagine the headlines! Terrible! While it is good for business (probably) it wouldn't be so good for PR. What happens if a Super goes rogue? Do they send in normal units or a squad of elite trained individuals? I think the prison break sets up a great opportunity for more of this. At the end of the day, the real heroes don't always wear capes ;) Mainly because it is a major safety hazard, but what can you do?
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Incidentally I just recently learned about this little gem; check out the 11th line down: https://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec8.html

Letters of marque is a holdover from the 19th century when governments used to deputize pirate ships to sink the ships of other governments quasi-legally if we were at war with them. It does not apply to the story at 108 directly, but it DOES open up the possibility of deputizing individual vigilantes to 'take the fight to the terrorists' as an officially recognized mercenary branch of the American armed forces overseas. Mind you, international law has made the issuance of letters of marque a war crime, but my understanding is that America is not actually a signatory to that treaty.
 
The Suspicious Eye said:
Necessity4Fun Necessity4Fun Should I just move Bianca to another story??

I don't mind waiting, I understand you have irl stuff, it's just I don't have enough points to make another character... I don't think.
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That's your decision, but I'm happy to say that I finally managed to face the last problem that had appeared, so I'm able to start moving things by tomorrow and It shouldn't be too long until either me or someone else do make a post.

I have been planning to do things for weeks, but then a teacher kinda let out in class I might have to repeat her class because of my absences and that she would want to talk to me. That had been messing with my anxiety for two weeks, as in, I knew I had to e-mail her, but I couldn't bring myself to and that made me feel worse and worse by the passing days... (Not to mention this assignment I had to do but also couldn't bring myself to)

Honestly, if it wasn't for Malikai Malikai and the chat we had last night, I'm not sure I would have been so bold as to chase after her after class, and ask what that was all about. Knowing myself, I would have let her forget and then she would never know why I missed her class 4 times, already.
I feel silly that I was so afraid. Not only she was understanding about my absences because of depression and being stressed out, but she also gave me an e-mail to contact the teacher who attends in the university clinic so that he could help me cope with things >w< Now I need courage to actually contact him! XD

BUT ANYWAY! Getting sidetracked here, so repeating, I'll be replying to that PM and get things moving soon. Truly sorry about that, I'm aware that Bianca is kinda 'stuck' with us, but I wasn't in the right condition to do anything about that (Problems just kept pilling! : O)
My most sincere apologies, hope your excitement hasn't died out yet! >w<
*respectful bow*
 
Gus said:
It's...

AMERICAN MAID!!!



(And Die Fleidermaus. And The Human Bullet. And The BiPolar Bear. And Sewer Urchin. And So On.)
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Man, I love The Tick. I was lucky enough to have watched some episodes on Fox Kids when I was younger. They even dubbed it!
 
Necessity4Fun said:
That's your decision, but I'm happy to say that I finally managed to face the last problem that had appeared, so I'm able to start moving things by tomorrow and It shouldn't be too long until either me or someone else do make a post.

I have been planning to do things for weeks, but then a teacher kinda let out in class I might have to repeat her class because of my absences and that she would want to talk to me. That had been messing with my anxiety for two weeks, as in, I knew I had to e-mail her, but I couldn't bring myself to and that made me feel worse and worse by the passing days... (Not to mention this assignment I had to do but also couldn't bring myself to)

Honestly, if it wasn't for Malikai Malikai and the chat we had last night, I'm not sure I would have been so bold as to chase after her after class, and ask what that was all about. Knowing myself, I would have let her forget and then she would never know why I missed her class 4 times, already.
I feel silly that I was so afraid. Not only she was understanding about my absences because of depression and being stressed out, but she also gave me an e-mail to contact the teacher who attends in the university clinic so that he could help me cope with things >w< Now I need courage to actually contact him! XD

BUT ANYWAY! Getting sidetracked here, so repeating, I'll be replying to that PM and get things moving soon. Truly sorry about that, I'm aware that Bianca is kinda 'stuck' with us, but I wasn't in the right condition to do anything about that (Problems just kept pilling! : O)
My most sincere apologies, hope your excitement hasn't died out yet! >w<
*respectful bow*
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Oh no not at all! I'm very excited to be apart of this story. I was just getting concerned if there was another purge someone soon that Bianca would be swept away. I fully understand needing to take a break and with all that is going on with you irl you most certainly didn't need any of that he added stress of managing a story. I'm glad that you are getting situated and feeling better and I look forward to the rest of the story whenever you feel up to it! ^_^
 
The Suspicious Eye said:
Oh no not at all! I'm very excited to be apart of this story. I was just getting concerned if there was another purge someone soon that Bianca would be swept away. I fully understand needing to take a break and with all that is going on with you irl you most certainly didn't need any of that he added stress of managing a story. I'm glad that you are getting situated and feeling better and I look forward to the rest of the story whenever you feel up to it! ^_^
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Oh, don't worry about the purge. You posted for her already and you can't post because the mission is in a sort of hiatus, there is absolutely no reason you'd get kicked for that! You're also a very active RP'er. And you could always say the same thing to weli in case you're worried, she'd understand and probably say the same thing >w<
Yes, you could join another mission in the meantime, but that's also your choice and not an obligation. (We're trying to get the Political Powers class thread going, if you need something to post for though. *Hinthint* ;D )

WOOHOO EXCITEMENT, that's what I like to see!! :3
I like you, can't wait to have your posts showing up in my notifs again, always so good to read <3 (And we chat a lot less, compared to the people who pratically live at Discord...like me XD)

Y-yeah I'm trying, it's been a slow moving process. At least I'm finally in the right mood to put an effort again, so progress! And hopefully no more surprises, 'cause managing my grades is hard enough~
I also managed to accumulate quite the pile of dishes, that needs correction XD
 
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