You have just entered room "A Darkened Mirror."
EbilRyuuzoku: *isn't wearing her normal "working clothes" since Martel told her to stop "whoring yourself like a whore"*
WillBaseton: (Brian, feel free to join, it's Times Square right now.)
EKDS5k: (did they come here together, or is this yet another "chance" meeting?)
EbilRyuuzoku: ("chance")
EKDS5k: (alrighty)
EKDS5k: *looks around, as if confused*
Arch mage144: (I came to watch, actually...I don't really think I have any characters who would mesh in well, unless I can develop a loose idea.)
EKDS5k: IM: =Where in Hades am I...?=
WillBaseton: (Well, it's very computer-oriented, this RP.)
WillBaseton: (Kashi isn't involved at all, either. Because he sucks.)
Arch mage144: (...don't turn into Doug.)
Arch mage144: (I'll fly out to wherever you live and beat you.)
WillBaseton: (Well, he does. Everyone says it.)
EKDS5k: IM: =I mean...I didn't try to get lost....but I think I am....=
Arch mage144: (*sighs* You make me want to lruk.)
WillBaseton: (Sorry... ^_^;;;;)
EKDS5k: (is anybody else gonna do something, or is our resident Greek vampire just going to be thinking to himself until he gets......more lost....?)
EbilRyuuzoku: <.< Wow, they're still showing The Producers?
EbilRyuuzoku: *checking out various theater posters*
WillBaseton: Random passer-by: *talks to a friend* ...did you hear...that hacker's broken into another company?
EKDS5k: *can't read them, and doesn't fully understand the concept of a "movie" yet anyway*
EbilRyuuzoku: IM: Hackers....bah...nothing but a bunch of computer geeks all full of themselves...
EKDS5k: IM: "Hacker?" =What's that?=
*OnlineHost*: EKDS5k rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
EbilRyuuzoku: IM: They're bad lays also....
WillBaseton: RP: This guy's caused a meltdown in three major companies. I wonder why...
EKDS5k: (dang. ah well)
EKDS5k: IM: =And what are these posters for? Who are those people?=
EbilRyuuzoku: *hums* Luck be a lady tonight....luck be a lady tonight...da dum da dum da da da.....
WillBaseton: RP3: Yeah, they say that guy does that just because he's bored. Apparently he's a rich stud, but he gets bored and likes causing chaos...
EKDS5k: *stops* IM: =Is that Cassandra?=
WillBaseton: RP2: ...Sarah, are you fantasizing about the rich people again?
EKDS5k: *looks around, trying to see if the voice he heard was, in fact, hers*
WillBaseton: RP3: ...uh...no!
EbilRyuuzoku: IM: .....rich stud hacker? You're kidding...
EKDS5k: Cassandra!
WillBaseton: RP2: ...just because you saw his picture once you're all ga-ga about him, aren't you?
EbilRyuuzoku: ....wha....Aron??
EKDS5k: *smiles* It is a.....surpise....to see you here....
EbilRyuuzoku: o_o Yes....it is.....
EbilRyuuzoku: *stare*
Arch mage144: (*glares at Cassandra* Hey, we computer geeks can hold our own. >_>)
EKDS5k: Is....something wrong?
WillBaseton: RP2: Jackson Viper. What a weird name.
EbilRyuuzoku: (Cass: Did I mention you guys were cheap also? Too cheap for me even...)
EbilRyuuzoku: No! No nothing at all I just didn't expect to find you here!
EKDS5k: ....Where is "here"...?
EbilRyuuzoku: Oh, this is Times Square *gestures*
EbilRyuuzoku: Pretty isn't it?
EKDS5k: *looks around* It is....large....
EKDS5k: IM: =Much bigger than what I'm used to...=
EbilRyuuzoku: Yes, New York's a big place ^_^
Arch mage144: (Hey, EKDS, is Aron overweight by chance?)
WillBaseton: *as they look around, they notice that the NYSE stock ticker now reads "VIPER WAS HERE" repeatedly*
EKDS5k: That is not.....what I meant....I am....I think the word is....lost....
EbilRyuuzoku: (I have yet to see an overweight vampire o_o)
EbilRyuuzoku: (Someone should play one XD)
Arch mage144: (I don't like vampires, or I would.)
WillBaseton: (Maybe Omar's a vampire.)
EKDS5k: (no. he was a greek hunter/soldier. very fit, very well toned muscles)
Arch mage144: (Ah, OK.)
EbilRyuuzoku: .....hey that's not supposed to say that... *looking at the stock exchange bar*
Arch mage144: (Cause if we were...)
EbilRyuuzoku: Oy....stupid hackers.
Arch mage144: (You could call him "My Big Fat Greek Vampire")
EKDS5k: (yeah let's don't)
EbilRyuuzoku: >.> You're lost? *this concept of being lost in new york seems foreign to Cass*
WillBaseton: RP: ...wow. What kind of nut...does THAT?
EbilRyuuzoku: (My big fat greek vampire!)
EKDS5k: Yes....I mean....this is....very far from....my place....
EKDS5k: I do not....know how I got here....
EbilRyuuzoku: Where are you from anyways? Your accent is kinda odd....
EKDS5k: ...I have told you I am from Athens....
EbilRyuuzoku: Oh...yes that's right ^^;; ...wow that's pretty far...
EbilRyuuzoku: Don't worry just stick with me, you won't get lost *wink*
EKDS5k: Alright....
WillBaseton: *a man walks up to the two, a heavy British accent pervades his speech* ...excuse me.
EbilRyuuzoku: *eyes the stock exchange bar for a moment*
EbilRyuuzoku: ....eh?
EKDS5k: *heavy Greek accent* Hello?
EbilRyuuzoku: Oh.. *steps aside*
EKDS5k: ancient greek^
EKDS5k: *follows suit*
WillBaseton: Could you please direct me to the closest branch office of LanTEK Electronics?
EKDS5k: *looks very confused, not understanding half of that last sentence*
EbilRyuuzoku: *frowns* I think that's over on 50th next to the Bishco building.....
WillBaseton: Hm. I thank you.
Arch mage144: (...BISHCO XD)
AshFanrico has entered the room.
WillBaseton: Why does this street smell of a morgue?
AshFanrico: (yo)
EbilRyuuzoku: Because it's New York?
EKDS5k: T2Cass: What is.....morgue?
EbilRyuuzoku: *w* It's a place where they keep dead bodies
EKDS5k: *nods*
AshFanrico: (what's da story here?)
EKDS5k: (Times Square. random stuff happening)
WillBaseton: *looks to Aron quizzically* You look familiar.
EKDS5k: I do?
Arch mage144: (It may or may not involve yaoi.)
AshFanrico: (Oo?)
EKDS5k: (possibly. those Greeks weren't so hung up on being strictly heterosexual...)
Arch mage144: (Or wearing clothes to wrestle!)
EKDS5k: (indeed)
WillBaseton: Yes. Have we met?
AshFanrico: (uh... >>)
EKDS5k: No.
Arch mage144: (They didn't have antiperspirant, either.)
EKDS5k: (big sweaty naked greeks)
Arch mage144: (Hooray!)
WillBaseton: Hm.
EKDS5k: (they smelled of olives, though)
AshFanrico: (Wtf?)
EKDS5k: You have...."got the wrong guy"
WillBaseton: ...are you sure? Hmm.
EKDS5k: I am.
EbilRyuuzoku: *scrutinizes the British man*
EKDS5k: (brb)
WillBaseton: Thank you for your help, miss. *nods and walks off*
WillBaseton: *stops* Oh, by the way. My name is Keylon. Arc Keylon.
EKDS5k: (ack, dammit. I gotta go)
EbilRyuuzoku: >.> ....should I be worried that there are people here that know yo-- ^^ ...ah nice to meet you.
EbilRyuuzoku: (You do?! o_o;; )
EKDS5k: (yeah...)
EbilRyuuzoku: (Ah...)
WillBaseton: (Okay, we can always continue this later.)
EKDS5k: (alright. bye)
EKDS5k: (sorry)
EbilRyuuzoku: (Well that was fast...)
WillBaseton: (Sorry, Kate. I'm not sure how good this plot was anyways... v.v)
EbilRyuuzoku: (Eh shit happens)
Arch mage144: (o_o It hadn't even started yet, don't judge its quality.)
AshFanrico: (that's your plot? Greeks?)
AshFanrico: (course i wasn't in this.. and am confused)
Arch mage144: (No, it's not about Greeks, and that's OK, it's understandable, nothing new)
AshFanrico: (whatever...)
WillBaseton: (Mya.)
Arch mage144: (Mrow. =o.o=)
EbilRyuuzoku: *eats parenthesis*
Arch mage144: Were they tasty?
EbilRyuuzoku: Yesh.
Arch mage144: Cool.
AshFanrico: Well i was thinking of starting som DF stuff soon...
WillBaseton: I hope Arc was interesting, just for a 5-second intro...
Arch mage144: o.o What'd you have in mind, Ash?
EbilRyuuzoku: o.o Hmm....I know what we need!
WillBaseton: Kitties?
EbilRyuuzoku: DF FF7!
Arch mage144: ...........
AshFanrico: maybe have it in an entirely different TOWN!!!! OO say it ain't so ash!!!
Arch mage144: *veto*
EbilRyuuzoku: XD
Arch mage144: Why would that matter, Ash?
EbilRyuuzoku: *turns Xardal into Sephiroth since he stabbers things*
AshFanrico: oh kinda taking it outta New York
Arch mage144: But...why would that really make a difference?
Arch mage144: Other than superficial things?
AshFanrico: so we don't have another Doma Only type of rp world...
Arch mage144: But...why does it matter?
AshFanrico: That's because lotsa shit goes on in other areas of the world, specially on this little dust ball called Earth
Arch mage144: See, I don't understand why people whine about how many RPs take place in Doma, because it doesn't really make a difference where the RP is. It's not going to make it any different for the PCs.
Arch mage144: And an RP is only concerned with the events surrounding the PCs.
AshFanrico: not complaining, just that the idea i have takes place and usually only takes place in this state i'm thinking of...
EbilRyuuzoku: *turns Cassandra into Tifa*
Arch mage144: What'd you have in mind?
EbilRyuuzoku: *falls over due to imbalance*
AshFanrico: Eh... the groups that run the streets of Kansas.
Arch mage144: ...there are groups that run the streets of Kansas?
AshFanrico: not that i know of...
EbilRyuuzoku: o_o
Arch mage144: ...o_O So, uh...
WillBaseton: My new high score on GGXX Survival...LEVEL 60!
Arch mage144: Explain to me why that's such a good idea, then? o_O
Arch mage144: And why it can't revolve around "the groups that run the streets of New York"?
AshFanrico: change of environment, from the huge cities to not so big cities and maybe nicer atmosphere
Arch mage144: But that's not what CP is...
AshFanrico: cP?
Arch mage144: That's the whole point of cyberpunk. CP. Cyberpunk.
AshFanrico: Well this isn't JUST cyberpunk... it's magic, supernatural, etc.
Arch mage144: Cyberpunk = dark, hopeless, pessmistic, dreary, overwhelming, controlled.
Arch mage144: ..but it IS a cyberpunk world, Ash.
Arch mage144: That's the whole point, dude.
AshFanrico: umm... AM... who thought up the original idea?
EbilRyuuzoku: *puts Ash in Saturn Valley*
WillBaseton: I don't know, maybe Ash's original idea was completely different from what it's become now.
AshFanrico: i didn't intend for it to become all cyberpunky/angsty
Arch mage144: ...someone whose influence on it is almost completely nothing, apparently, because he doesn't devote as much time to it as other people do, and they've taken it in a different direction.
AshFanrico: maybe in some areas of it... but of course this is New York
Arch mage144: Yeah, but that's the whole point. It's an environment shift. And that's the whole reason some people, like Priam, got involved at ALL.
Arch mage144: Priam's a HUGE CP fan.
AshFanrico: well that kinda goes without question, im not saying it's all under my control, but don't dictate what the rp world is to me since i fucking thought of the DF world initially
AshFanrico: i mainly allowed others to control it cause i have school and a job.
Arch mage144: Seeing as how it has "dark" in the title, there's no real logical reason to take it to someplace with a "nicer atmosphere."
AshFanrico: and they helped me explain and flesh out things better.
AshFanrico: that's what Priam called it
AshFanrico: I called Shadow World
EbilRyuuzoku: ....wee bitchfest.
EbilRyuuzoku has left the room.
Arch mage144: ...same difference, man.
Arch mage144: You don't call a cheery gaming universe "shadow world."
AshFanrico: now you're being an asshole... I never intended for this idea to be all bright and cheery... just not as harsh and cold as New York.
Arch mage144: Okay...would you clarify for me what you had in mind then?
Arch mage144: Because CP is supposed to be harsh, cold, all of that.
AshFanrico: well two main groups are what controls most of the street business in the Downtown Kansas City area, and maybe that Plaza district. One side is a quote on quote "Traditional Japanese Samurai group" they were dubbed street samurais..
AshFanrico: they moved their operations there since... well why not? Quieter than most areas... and Wheat could net them some extra cash
AshFanrico: (yes i got the name from ShadowRun)
AshFanrico: course there are more of their gangs all over the US, but their mainly in KS cause, well not much is heard from Kansas.
Arch mage144: ...so, um...it's Farmpunk then?
AshFanrico: ee
AshFanrico: *sighs*
Arch mage144: Dude, nothing personal meant...
Arch mage144: But no major corporations or gangs are going to invest money in growing wheat o_o;
AshFanrico: well they own companies that do that for them.
Arch mage144: Right...why invest in those companies though?
AshFanrico: >> fuck it... nevermind... i should have written this all down... cause now i forgot.
AshFanrico: >
AshFanrico: fuck it... go with plan B.
Arch mage144: I'm sorry, Ash, it just seems to me like it's...very contrived and doesn't make much sense.
AshFanrico: Yeah that now makes two of us.
Arch mage144: o_o;;
AshFanrico: it made alot more sense yesterday when i thought it all up...
AshFanrico: well it was basically two rival groups, the Japanese guys and this group of religious "crusaders"
AshFanrico: who hate all forms of shadow races...
AshFanrico: but now i forgot most of my shit...
AshFanrico: so now im stuck... >< damn...
Arch mage144: Hmm.
AshFanrico: Plan B= Some little town in the middle of nowhere (Kansas) is infested with Zombies... easier to explain...
Arch mage144: ...well, yeah...
AshFanrico: was originally going to have Markus in this... but he's currently still on probation.
Arch mage144: ...also kind of cliché....
Arch mage144: ...and overdone...
AshFanrico: but did it kinda sound cool in a way? My original idea?
Arch mage144: The Kansas Samurai vs. the Crusaders?
AshFanrico: XD...
Arch mage144: Maybe if I understood what you had in mind better I might be more inclined to check it out...
AshFanrico: well the zombie thing kinda fits some towns in the Kansas Country side
AshFanrico: small... kinda out in the middle of nowhere...
Arch mage144: Well yeah, but...um...why zombies?
Arch mage144: I mean...aren't zombies kind of overdone?
AshFanrico: well it could be Vampires too... who knows... -_-
Arch mage144: ...those are kind of overdone, too...if you ask me...
Arch mage144: Maybe we should get away from generic horror?
Arch mage144: And/or B movie themes?
AshFanrico: but isn't cyberpunk almost like a mixture of b movie themes?
Arch mage144: ....no.
Arch mage144: Cyberpunk is based on novels like Neuromancer.
Arch mage144: The Matrix is cyberpunk, too. So is Ghost in the Shell.
AshFanrico: but DF isn't JUST cyberpunk
Arch mage144: I was under the impression that was the point of it. Otherwise, why RP in it over some other setting?
AshFanrico: there are some of those types of influences, but it also has magic, supernatural, horror elements etc.
Arch mage144: Cyberpunk has magic and supernatural, too.
Arch mage144: Look at Vampire: The Masquerade, Mage: The Ascension, Shadowrun, Blade...
AshFanrico: but in cyberpunk there's more cyberpunks and alot more computers... in DF there are not many cyberpunks (like Gangers and Street Samurais) and there aren't huge megalopolises
Arch mage144: Yes there are.
Arch mage144: And there are huge megacorporations that practically control the world.
AshFanrico: like i said it's a more modern/futuristic world, but with more elements.
Arch mage144: Plus, a fair number of characters are computer users/hackers.
AshFanrico: But we're not going solely by some big book of cyberpunkage.
Arch mage144: ...um...what?
Arch mage144: So far, that's the worldview I've held. That's the view Priam holds, too, and everyone else involved.
AshFanrico: But doesn't mean we have to become just like all the others...
Arch mage144: ...but your alternative is to become a B movie.
AshFanrico: nevermind.... this was originally meant to be taking place in 2004, but that went to hell
AshFanrico: and now it takes place in 2010, certifying it's acceptance of becoming just another cyberpunk rp world
AshFanrico: apparently
Arch mage144: "Just another" cyberpunk RP world?
Arch mage144: It has our own personal touches and flavors, and that's the environment people want.
AshFanrico: well here you are telling me what's cyberpunk and what's not
Arch mage144: ...yeah...I am...
Arch mage144: What's historically considered cyberpunk, yes...
Arch mage144: It's a classifiable genre.
Arch mage144: Are you going to try to tell me that Lord of the Rings is science-fiction?
AshFanrico: and here im telling you that this is more of a mixture of different themes, NOT JUST cyberpunk
Arch mage144: Okay, but don't be surprised if people focus on the CP aspect and aren't interested in other things.
Arch mage144: Because people are expressing that they want CP.
AshFanrico: but there are vampires, lycanthropes... how can cyberpunk explain that shit?
Arch mage144: Um, I already said that V:tM was cyberpunk.
AshFanrico: (makes sense why Dasek and Rosalie are so annoyingling paranoid)
Arch mage144: And werewolves exist in that.
AshFanrico: well depends on what setting you choose for it.
AshFanrico: right?
Arch mage144: No, there's only ONE V:tM setting.
Arch mage144: The one that's in the book. It's a gothic RP setting.
AshFanrico: ok... guess i must've mistaken it with other thousands of vampire rpgs out there
WillBaseton: Gothic. Hm.
AshFanrico: I'd call it that... Gothic Cyberpunk
Arch mage144: It's sometimes called "Gothpunk," actually.
AshFanrico: well fuck them then... they're not here
AshFanrico: XD
AshFanrico: with more of a blade influence than a cyberpunk influence...
Arch mage144: ...V:tM was NOT influenced by Blade.
AshFanrico: that's what i & the others originally had in mind for this.
Arch mage144: Um, Ash? People have already decided otherwise.
Arch mage144: Look at LMB.
Arch mage144: He's using V:tM style vampires.
WillBaseton: So THAT'S WHY vampires are crawling EVERYWHERE/
AshFanrico: GODDAMIT!!!!!
AshFanrico: I told him not to!!!!
Arch mage144: .....no one else agreed with you......
AshFanrico: god these assholes... give em a fucking inch and they take 5 miles with it.
Arch mage144: ...there are posts about it all over the place...
Arch mage144: ...you can't really say no one told you...
AshFanrico: yeah i read those
AshFanrico: but i didn't know they were like those god damn V:tM vampires...
AshFanrico: wait he did tell me a bit...
AshFanrico: but i didn't know he decided to go all out with it.
Arch mage144: ...okay, so what you're saying is that you didn't have a problem with it until you found out, just now, that they were based on V:tM!?
Arch mage144: That is the most illogical judgement EVER.
AshFanrico: no... but he told me he wouldn't base it entirely around that game...
Arch mage144: Well it's not...but why does it matter?
AshFanrico: cause i don't like how they portray vampires in most modern p&p rpgs
AshFanrico: in most they are second only to gods.
Arch mage144: It's all in how you RP them.
AshFanrico: *sighs* nevermind... if they want it that way... what can i do? They want to turn this into ShadowVampireRun: The Masquerade...
AshFanrico: i guess i have no choice but to go along
Arch mage144: ...yes...why is that bad?
Arch mage144: That's what they want.
Arch mage144: If you create a world that no one is interested in...well, they won't RP in it.
Arch mage144: And you can't force them to, either.
AshFanrico: i never said i was
AshFanrico: i was just a little pissed... cause i thought i could trust LMB
Arch mage144: ...then why do you seem so upset?
Arch mage144: o_O Dude, he didn't do anything wrong.
WillBaseton: ShadowVampireRun: The Masquerade. XD
AshFanrico: in V:tM, vampires are given a buncha bullshit powers... just to help these angsty teenagers get an ego.
WillBaseton: Never played it, heh.
Arch mage144: That's a real stereotypical exaggeration, Ash.
AshFanrico: with me, i got by the rules set by mostly Blade and John Carpenters Vampires
Arch mage144: I've played V:tM, too. So has Jak, and a lot of his friends.
Arch mage144: None of us are overly angsty teenagers >_>;;;
WillBaseton: I, myself, don't like vampires.
AshFanrico: i mean the main group of players... those who get into this way too much
Arch mage144: Ash, when you're ready to admit that you understand less than you think you do, I'm willing to keep discussing this.
AshFanrico: you all are obviously a rare breed of vampire rpers... most of those i've seen who play it are all into it 100% and rename themselves after their favorite vampries
Arch mage144: ...yeah, well, those people are psycho. You do realize that THEY are the rare breed, right?
AshFanrico: Oh... ok... nevermind... but you got to admit though some of the Masquerade's rules for vampires is kinda cheesy in a way.
Arch mage144: They're designed to create powerful vampires, I agree.
Arch mage144: But they cut back on that when they put together the rules for this setting.
Arch mage144: And I've yet to see a vampire rampantly abusing his power...
AshFanrico: they can do just about anything... and are almost unkillable in V:tM
Arch mage144: No, not really, and once again, no, not really.
Arch mage144: Also, they aren't trying to kill people and stuff, usually, so why's it matter how "strong" they are?
AshFanrico: guess there are two versions running aorund
AshFanrico: cause this one guy i met long ago said that it's almost impossible to kill vampires in the rping world he played in, which was Vampire the Masquerade
EKDS5k has left the room.
AshFanrico: either he misread the rules or it was an earlier version
Arch mage144: It's tough, but very doable.
Arch mage144: Your average unarmed human being doesn't stand a chance, sure.
Arch mage144: But blow his head off or set him on fire and he's probably screwed. Him being the vampire.
AshFanrico: i wanted an rp world where if you were hunting vampires it wasn't INCREDIBLY tough, like in John Carpenters Vampires and Blade
Arch mage144: Well...a lot of players are vampires...
EKDS5k has entered the room.
AshFanrico: they have alot of advantages, but also an almost equal amount of disadvantages
EKDS5k: (anything still happening here?)
Arch mage144: ...it wasn't meant to be a "vampire hunter RP" world, or if it was, that's not what the players wanted to do.
Arch mage144: Yes, EKDS. I'll send you a log later if you want.
EKDS5k: thank you
AshFanrico: no... it wasn't
WillBaseton: I still say basing an entire RP universe on vampires is kinda dumb...
Arch mage144: Well, I don't like vampires myself, but I recognize that others do.
Arch mage144: Personally, Mage is more to my liking.
AshFanrico: i wasn't meaning that... but i knew that vampires were popular, so i wanted to incorporate them into this world, hell we already had zombies and cyberpunks and werewolves... why not vampires?
WillBaseton: *shrugs* I used to be a big occult fan back in middle school. Ghosts, lycanthropes, and the like. Now I'm tired of it, heh.
Arch mage144: ...well now there are vampires.
EKDS5k: also, I apologize to whomever for running off like that
Arch mage144: But most of them are player characters, not evil villains who get stalked and killed by hunters...
AshFanrico: but i didn't want them (vampires) to have an enormous amount of power in this rp world, so as to at least give others a chance.
WillBaseton: ...thanks Doc. v.v I don't even get a name, eh? XP
Arch mage144: They aren't exactly fighting and being overpowered...
Arch mage144: ...which makes it a moot point.
EKDS5k: it was a general apology. I believe Kate was playing too, and some people were watching
AshFanrico: i know... but if it were ever to come to that it wouldn't be like fighting God or Satan...
WillBaseton: I know, I was kidding. ^_^;;;
Arch mage144: It still won't.
AshFanrico: good.
EKDS5k: yeah, vampires don't control everything, and they're not uberpowerful
WillBaseton: There are a bit too many vampires in DF, I have to say, though...
AshFanrico: i mean it's cause i thought we all had earlier (me, LMB, FDeth, and Priam) had all agreed that it wouldn't turn out like that... that's all\
AshFanrico: (and EKD... i think)
WillBaseton: You really wouldn't find a million vampires just walking around randomly, even in NYC.
EKDS5k: you realize that three of the.....five vampires we have are Brandon's, right?
AshFanrico: again back to the other theme influences...
AshFanrico: but i wanted to rp here.. and have yet to... >>
AshFanrico: like that Hair Band said "I wanna RP!!!"