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[QUOTE=Darren] 2) Nadia: Listen guys. Regardless of wether you think she should have lost her will to live after she was raped, doesn't matter. Even though BK has finally made his intentions clear, he left it open once she was released from her punishment... Therefore, without clarifying in your post, BK, you allowed for someone else to decide if she was the type of elf that would come from Tolkien's stories... Since you did that, it's not fair to DB to clarify after he's already made the post. (and I know, you didn't really seem to have much of a problem with it, I'm just trying to address everything.) [/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]Concerning my post, it did not rely on people having knowledge of tolkien, that was if anything a little informational easter egg. I clearly stated in the post that she lacked the will to live anymore:[/font] [quote=BKstyles][font=tahoma][color=darkslategray]Only the shreds of her clothing surrounded her motionless body. Motionless, but not lifeless...but her will to live was probably destroyed.[/font] [/color][/quote] [font=tahoma] Also, I didn't spell it out because I thought it was pretty obvious to everyone that clearly Nadia was sexually assaulted over and over for two hours straight. I think there were more than enough indication. Everyone else pretty much got it. So even if she hadn't neccesarily "lost her will to live", the emotional scarring on her is deep, as told by her lack of will to fight anymore and her saying nothing even after being transported out. If someone wants to go another direction with it, then so be it, I can't control how everyone works with a character. But asking for clarification for something like my post only leads me to believe that you weren't really paying attention. That or you put too much faith in this invisible reliance on the author reference. Not trying to attack you Darren, just stating the obvious here. I know you wanted to get your two cents in here, but you chose a most inopportuned time to do so. As SunfallE said, it's over and done with, time for us to move on with the actual game.[/font]

[quote name='SunfallE][COLOR=#DAA520']Well here's the way I see it. It's done, its over, and it's time to move on. But more importantly...Why is the underground thread still getting more action than the main thread! I'm gonna go and fix that right now, it's time to get back into the real action and I've got a card to play with so I'm gonna go and do that right now! Trust me it's gonna be sick! :p [/COLOR][/quote] [font=tahoma]The link in everyone's sig should be "The Panopticon Underground, see what the crew is talking about!" instead of a link to the game thread :p. ...and go ahead, I DARE you to make a sick post ;P. Bring it on! [/font]

[QUOTE=Rachmaninoff]Then please tell what title you are referring to since I thought you were talking about the one for this chapter. I have no clue what you mean. [/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]He meant Darren's custom OB title under his name.[/font]

[QUOTE=Rachmaninoff]I can't help but think that this is directed at me since no one else has been accusing. However I do thank you for your post since you put into words what I was feeling but wasn't quite putting together the reason's as to why I was feeling it. [/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]A lot has gone on in this thread, your post revealing your concerns is only one example so no need to feel like it's completely geared toward you, Rach. I was talking about DB as well with the way he's been handling the partipant's grievances. I'm just interested in trying to get the game on track for everybody, not just a few.[/font]

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][COLOR=DarkRed]WTF? She's not acting like nothing happened - matter of fact, she never said a damn word through my whole post - there's no reasoon to believe that. Her [i]body[/i] felt rejuvenated cuz it would be lame to have her come out and not even be able to move or something, and like Brittany, she was healed. Her mental scars remain, and I think my post made that clear, since she was crying... And WTF, what ISN'T fanservice about this game?! There's never been a reason for a character to get raped or chopped in half or any of the **** that goes on here -- that's what makes it fun! And by the way, when did Brittany become a psycho in anyone's post?[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]Alright, I have a way to solve all of this. DB, I think it would be ideal if you took on a posting role that involves you only starting and ending a chapter, and throwing ideas out via the underground and PMs. This way nobody can accuse you of trying to manipulate anything. Not to mention if what you said in your post where you revealed something through spoiler tags is true, then it's probably the best time for you to withdraw yourself from active posting duty. Being defensive isn't going to help settle things between creator and disgruntled participant. My personal opinion about the most latest subjects that have been brought up is: -The sex scene was the most terrible example of good fan service i've ever seen, however it's purpose was along the lines of it since Lucia hardly seems like the type girl to partake in that kind of activity especially considering their situation. Not saying she doesn't have sex at all, but it seems awfully inoppurtuned. Killing is pretty much caused by the panopticon itself, with the CCC creating the scenarios that allude to the impendin death of a character, so it is highly prompted and highly encouraged. But the death scenes are in perfect order and have thus far pretty much related to the character's personalities. Consentual sex on the other hand, is something under complete control of the player, and is not neccesarily touched by the CCC, unlike Nadia's rape. It's a degeneration of Lucia's character. -Nadia is an elf, and I had purpose behind the way she felt coming out of the punishment. I was wondering if anyone was going to get it, but if your familiar with the work of Tolkien, it's known that when an elf is forced into sexual activity, or raped, they lose the will to live and no longer act out of survival. So the mental scars still being there makes sense, her body can feel rejuvenated I suppose, like I said in my last UG post it's the perogative of the panopticon. DB didn't really allude to Nadia being devoid of her emotional and mental plight from her situation, but you could deduce from the post that she was doing a little better a little too quickly. -Brittany's title of psycho seems to be derived from the person who's power she had gained. Meanwhile, we still have control over Brittany's personality and to be honest and defend DB on this one, claiming herself to be a perfect being hardly indicates that she might become a psycho. Just think Jean Grey as the Phoenix, the potential might be there but it hardly has to be everything or nothing. It may not even be that, she may just have received the knowledge, and not the tendencies. Either way, it would be unfair to call Brittany a psycho just like that. Let's all try to be a little more civil about matters concerning the game, there are ways of clearing up and solving everything without the usage of defensiveness or accusations. That is what makes all the drama and tension happen, and it's what makes everyone feels isolated from the game. Everyone should be in the loop here.[/font]

[FONT=Tahoma]Seems I'll have to put it bluntly and just say that they pretty much had their way with Nadia for two hours, doing what your imagination can think up. She was told that after the last time which is what she narrowly escaped, she would then be killed. So had she been caught just a few minutes earlier, she probably wouldn't be here right now. Anything that happens afterthat that may change the atmosphere or demeanor of her character could be the perogative of the panopticon (within reasonable terms of course), but nothing can change what happend while she was imprisoned.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Sorry it took so long, DB. Decided to throw my name into the "twisted and disturbing" post hat since what other RP would such things be allowed in, lol. Besides, [spoiler]Indifference started it[/spoiler] :p. The last prisoner has been released however. Looking forward to moving on :).[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=darkslategray]Nadia was done, she was fatigued and worn out. Hours had passed and she felt like she had been in the most grueling in the fray battle with the dark elves than any time on her home world even. They constantly came at her, sometimes dropping in groups of two, sometimes in groups of five, sometimes in sets of groups. It was too much. Throw in leaping from platform to platform in this grid like room and her stamina practically depleted from the non-battling action as well. She lost track of how much time passed. It all seemed to blur away with the amount of dark elves she's had to endure. Her eyes surveyed her surroundings a bit from the platform located at three and four, practically the middle of the entire room. She tried to move, but her legs had no strength left. She tried to reach out with her arms but they would get here nowhere as she could only touch as far out as they extended without moving her body. The temperature of the room began to drop rapidly, this was another occurence that had just started to happen...it happened between the downtime. It also seemed to give the dark elves more excuses, but anything they said was meaningless as everything would have happened either way. Her body began to shiver, it was already laying completely naked on her stomach, her left leg bent upward toward her head, emblazoned by cold sweat. Only the shreds of her clothing surrounded her motionless body. Motionless, but not lifeless...but her will to live was probably destroyed. One of the dark elves stood over her body from her head, looking down at her as she shivered from the cold. Her nipples grew hard, her lips were chapped, her skin turned pale. Another of the dark elves approached her from behind, his eyes lusting downward toward the positioning of her buttocks and legs. The one infront of her knelt down with a mischieviously look in his eyes, his tongue tracing the corners of his mouth like he was preparing his taste buds for a tastey meal. He put his head down to her face and licked it from her chin up to her ear, where he whispered to her. [b]"[color=darkgreen]You cold, my sweet little elf? Well don't you worry, we'll keep you nice and warm again. It's going to be such a waste slitting your throat...it's too bad but looks like this will be our last moments together.[/color]"[/b] Nadia's eyes watered, she wasn't sure if she wanted to even struggle or not. She hated every moment of what had been happening to her since she got caught two hours ago. Two hours...it seemed like she had almost made it, but at the same time thinking about how much can happen in two hours, it didn't seem that way at all. The dark elf behind her lowered himself down on top of her, one hand clutching at her body, the other one stroking her hair. [b]"[color=darkgreen]Don't worry, soon you'll be a corpse...and after that you won't be able to feel any of it anymore.[/color]"[/b] he whispered in her ear as he readied himself. [b][i]'No...why...'[/b][/i] was all that ran through Nadia's head, but there was little will to protest with anything else. The dark elf came forward onto her, but just as he hade made contact with the most outer part of her body, both of her assailants crumbled into ashes and blew away into the atmosphere. Nadia just lay there, only wondering what had happened after a few more seconds passed. A bright light seemed to shine over Nadia's body, the only thoughts going through her mind is if it was her time to move on to the afterlife. Her body dissapeared into the light and she later found herself on the middle of a giant stone platform with what seemed to be ancient runes engraved in the sides. Around her were flowing waterfalls, and even plantlife grew against the stone walls supporting the falls. Her eyes gazed back and forth slowly, wishing she could feel the relief of being in such a more serene and non-violent atmosphere. She could only roll over to her back, still naked, and emotionally beaten down. [center][b]"Punishment period for Nadia Dylenda has elapsed. Transportation back to the Panopticon complete."[/b][/center] The voice died down as the elf was once against approached upon. [b]"Oh my god! Look! I think she's still alive!"[/b] a concerned female voice reached Nadia's ears. Lucia ran toward her and knelt down to check her vital signs. She was indeed still alive. Lucia turned to Satasha. [b]"Give me your jacket, Satasha!"[/b] she asked quickly, wanting to cover Nadia up. [b]"H..huh? Sure!"[/b] he said frantically, taking his jacket off and handing it to Lucia. Katar just watched on, wondering more about what happened to her than helping her. [b]"Looks like door number two was a winner, eh?"[/b] he said sarcastically. [/FONT][/color]

[quote name='HellsMinion6676']sorry about not posting guys i didn't know that i had a death card or anything, I never got a message that said i did or anything so I didn't think that i had one. But I will post today so we can get on to the next round.[/quote] [font=tahoma]You'll pretty much have one each round defaultly unless otherwise noted. The only cards that were specifically given out were my and SunfallE's dual death cards. Just remember not to use it each round until everyone has posted at least once. The introduction restriction no longer applie since, thank god, we got that out of the way already :).[/font]

[FONT=tahoma]Just thought I'd let ya know DB, i'll make my post before the end of the day. All my finals are over now so i'm going to take advantage of a no school/no work day and sleep in. Once i'm up i'll get to work on it.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Darren] I feel for you DB, I really do. After The Maze, I was planning on starting one myself, but since you jumped up so quickly, I thought I would let you have it while I took the time to prepare mine... Don't worry, the RP is going great in my opinion. I like the changes that you've implimented, and at the same time, I've been getting a lot of ideas for what I can do with mine. I don't see why it shouldn't proceed smoothly after this round.[/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]You should be glad DB put this up first, now you know what to avoid as well in terms of participant tension. Also I answered your PM DB, but it should have been obvious, but it also really wasn't the point of the post. The implication was pretty much what Beth had already said about keeping things a secret even if something is a large effect on yourself or a certain participant. I won't repeat things that have already been said since that seems to take up a lot of space in this thread already (persistent reiteration, that is). But you know what you did wrong, you know to calm it down a bit and play the host like you should, you've already realized your conduct and it's effect on the players, so there's really nothing left to be said. Failure to adhere to the resolution of the past problems in the future will be another story, and things will probably start up in this thread again. But yeah, I think pretty much everyone here would rather keep things civil and as secret as possible without there being too many concerns about the rules being manipulated. When I say rules, i don't mean OB's rules btw (though those are quite lovely as well, and the mods do such a great job enforcing them :)) Oh, and spoiler tags might as well be a target for curiosity. It would have been best not to mention it at all ;). [/font]

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][COLOR=DarkRed][spoiler][strike]why did [i]I[/i] have to be the only one to loose all 3 in round 1[/strike][/spoiler]?* [/COLOR][/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]Well technically...you're not. Regardless of how the other case was done away with, the only real difference is that you are still providing for the game.[/font]

[FONT=Tahoma]I have to admit that wasn't quite what I expected, but it won't be a problem in any case. I shall get to work on it as soon as I have the time to after my last final tomorrow and hopefully put us on the board with a good start :).[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=darkslategray][b][center]Group Two[/center][/b] It was not a time for talking amongst the remaining members of the group. Moatilliata gave a suggestion, a sensible one at that, and despite all that has just happened it seemed like the best course of action. The urgency to escape this hell hole was soundly heightened with the amount of deaths already from the group, not to mention Brittany and Nadia's punishments. What a cruel place. People weren't being judged, they were being put on display for this CCC's personal amusement it seemed. Oromis finally came to in time to see Moatilliata, Kayrel, and Marik ascending the flights of stairs leading up to the jail cells. He shook his head and clutched it with his massive hand, feeling the effects of the struggle with the now dispatched vampiress. Julian, seated by Oromis's side, turned his attention to the stirring and went to support Oromis's head. [b]"Hey, you're up!"[/b] Julian said in a tone of relief. Oromis answered only with a grunt, and his hands shoving Julian's away. [b]"I'll be fine...I've taken harder hits."[/b] Oromis assured the college student. He stood with almost no problem at all, as if he was just napping. Julian stared in awe, wondering how someone can come to be so durable and strong willed. Not to mention he figured the gargantuan man must have been somewhere in his fifties, possibly early sixties at most. The entire first floor of cells were being searched already, all of them virtually being simple 12x16 cells with nothing of sunstantial use to the group's goal of escape. Before climbing up to the second floor, Marik caught Oromis out of the corner of his eye and leaned against the barricade on the edge of the first floor up. [b]"Hey, so you're still alive afterall! We're looking to see if there's a way out right now. Feel free to come up and help."[/b] he yelled down. [b]"What happened to the girl?"[/b] Oromis asked, unaware of everything that occured after his was knocked unconscious. There was a near six or seven seconds of silence before there was any answer, Julian finally stepped up when he noticed the other three going about their business of trying to locate them a way out. [b]"Well, she's down there now. The freaky guy with the mask took her out."[/b] he said, motioning with his eyes toward the general vicinity of Moatilliata. Oromis glanced up for a brief moment and just followed the others up to help look through the doors. Julian didn't notice he had moved until a few seconds later and scrambled so not to be left behind. Minutes passed, close to an hour before the group managed to get to the top floor of cells. Just their luck that every single door they checked on the way up were the same sights, simple cells with nothing but an unstable bed sans the mattress and a toilet that looked like it couldn't support a child's weight. Julian had to take a few moments rest every other floor from the odors and the filthy atmosphere of each room. Only Kayrel showed any signs of sympathy, while the others merely ignored what they viewed as the weak link of the group. At the top they came to the last two cells. Oromis pushed himself forward and opened one of them up violently, nearly taking the door off it's hinge. It was the same. Nobody really expected any different at that point. Oromis tossed the door, now completely off it's hinges, over the edge with the loud crashing sound of the wooden door shattering reaching their ears about five seconds later. [b]"Last one...if there's nothing here, we're as good as screwed."[/b] Marik mentioned in a defeated tone. Moatilliata pushed Marik aside now and stood infront of the door. He began tugging at the knob, but this one was unlike the others. This time there was actually difficulty trying to open it. The grim assassin grew irritated as he began pulling even harder until he was actually making grunting noises. Julian walked very cautiously over to the door and offered his hands to try and help, but he was smacked away by Moatilliata, causing him to fall against the barricade. Julian rested his weight against the bars but slowly felt his body falling further than it should have. With that, the top bar of the barricade gave way and broke clear in half causing Julian to fall through. Julian screamed for a brief moment before his downward momentum was halted by Oromis who reached down and grabbed Julian by his wrist. Julian looked down and became even more frightened, he began flailing his legs and arms and screaming uncontrollably. Oromis just lifted him up and tossed him semi-gently into the wall opposite the barricade and took a full vertical base once again. [b]"Oh man...damn man...that was close! Thanks so much Oromis! I owe you!"[/b] Julian managed to say between breaths. [b]"I very much doubt there's anything you could owe me that would be of equal service, but don't concern yourself. Just try to be a little smarter next time and stop getting in the way."[/b] Oromis responded, thinking to himself that the foolish college student should have known better. [b]"Damn it all!"[/b] Moatilliata screamed as he let go of the knob and thrusted his leg out, kicking the center of the door with all of his might, creating a small hole where his foot protruded. He pulled it out violently and began pulling away at the broken pieces of wood to make the hole bigger. Marik knelt down to take a peek through the hole and saw a long hallway with candleabras lining the walls. All he had to see though was no wall at all directly infront to know that the room was indeed different from all the others. [b]"Alright! We can get out of here! What a pain it was, it had to end up being the last door we checked?"[/b] he said, elated that finally they have found a way to move on. The hole was now big enough so that everyone could fit through, though Oromis struggled a bit, taking a few pieces of the door with him as he plunged through the opening. [b]"Proceed with caution."[/b] was Oromis's only warning. The trip down the hallway only took around a minute's time before they found themselves walking down a steep flight of stairs into a massively open area. All five members stopped and stared, surveying the area around them...it looked like an old coliseum. The pillars, the pilasters, the corbels, the entire structure resembled not just any coliseum but the famous ancient Roman Colloseum. [b]"What in the world..."[/b] Julian exclaimed, taking in most of the awe. In fact it looked as if everyone except for him and Marik, who once against seemed to be quietly cursing the fact that his camera was not with him, seemed to brush off the initial shock rather quickly. [b]"It's...an arena?"[/b] Kayrel asked rhetorically, as he descended further down the stairs. The others followed until they were finally on the open floor of the structure. [b]"Well, now what do we do?"[/b] Julian wondered aloud. It was then a black smoke began emitting from the furthest end of the stadium, it was hard to see from the group's standpoint, but it became more and more visible and salient. Though the parts of the smoke that engulfed the floor were thin, the bulk of the gas eruption remained in the same spot it began. Moments later it seemed like something was taking form within the smoke, until finally the smoke dissapeared altogether and infront of them now on the walls of the coliseum that were covered before were racks and racks of medieval weaponry. [b]"Starting to feel a little like home."[/b] Moatilliata mentioned, crossing his arms. Where the bulk of the smoke once was, now stood...or rather floated a figure cloaked from head to...whatever it's foundation was, in a black cloth. The figure easily resembled some type of spectre or death wraith. He floated in place, holding nothing in it's skeletal hands but a tome of some sort. The words on the cover of it were so worn out that it was hardly decipherable even up close. Oromis was the first to take notice to it, and he took a cautious step forward. [b]"What the hell is this thing?"[/b] he demanded aloud. [center][b]"[color=indigo]Those who are here, I welcome you. You are in the Panopticon Amphitheatre. Test your mettle, against the most savage of beasts. Only when blood is spilled, can you move on.[/color]"[/b][/center] Oromis, Kayrel, and Moatilliata took defensive stances, while Julian and Marik just watched on a bit worried and clueless at that. [b]"What are you babbling about? What do we have to fight?"[/b] Moatilliata asked viciously, instantly feeling like he was being toyed with. There was silence from the cloaked figure though. Rage began to build up within him to the point where he was ready to charge at it and try to kill it himself. Several moments passed though and the figure spoke again. [center][b]"[color=indigo]The beasts accompany you as we speak. Blood must be spilled, and you must spill it. The first to kill one of your comrades. Only they will be granted release.[/color]"[/b][/center] [b]"Only...one of us....? Oh man!"[/b] Julian whined as he began takin steps back. Moatilliata and Oromis's eyed widened as they took time to comprehend everything the figure said. Moatilliata wasted no time as he drew his knife and went for Julian. [b]"No hard feelings, but better you than me!"[/b] he yelled as he thrusted his knife forward. Kayrel was there though and diverted Moatilliata's momentum to the side. Julian fell to the floor and began crawling away. [b]"What are you doing? You've heard so little and you are willing to kill someone who can't even defend themselves?"[/b] Kayrel accused. The masked killer said nothing and instead went after the elf. Kayrel dodged a charging slash and rolled toward the wall where he pulled a morning star off the rack and out of nowhere viciously thrusted forward clashing with the knife. Kayrel's eyes changed immedietely, they became focused with intent and he shoved off causing distance between the two. He charged again and they clashed once more. [b]"You'll find it a little harder to dispose of me then you thought, you freak!"[/b] the elf yelled as Oromis approached the two and reeled his arm back and leveled Moatilliata with a massive punch to the face. The assassin hit the ground and rolled a few feet before perching up to his feet. [b]"Son of a bitch, it'll take more than that!"[/b] he yelled. Kayrel turned his weapon on Oromis who tried to calm the elf down. He took his swings though, Oromis able to dodge them all. Julian and Marik jus watched on, wishing they were as far away as possible if the focus were to ever turn to them. [b]"This is nuts! They're really going at it!"[/b] Julian said in disbelief. Kayrel backed Oromis up with slashes, Oromis having nothing to defend with. Seconds later, it was a jagged pebble on the ground that caused Oromis to lose his footing, he fell straight back onto the floor with Kayrel looming over him. [b]"Sorry, but this must be done!"[/b] he yelled as he held the spiked weapon over his head, preparing to come down. The next thing Oromis saw however, was Moatilliata's knife protruding from Kayrel's chest...blood dripping down from the tip and streaming from his wound. A messy stab if he ever saw one...but the technique sure as hell wasn't what mattered. [b]"You....I should have....ugh..."[/b] Kayrel muttered as he was pushed off the blade from behind with a kick. Moatilliata ran toward the cloaked figure triumphantly. [b]"I have done it! I killed him with my own hands, now release me you bastard!"[/b] the assassin yelled, almost psychotically overjoyed. The figure stayed silent again for moments before speaking. [center][b]"[color=indigo]Yes, I will grant you your release. Warrior.[/color]"[/b][/center] The figure pointed his boney finger at the victor of his trial. The meniacal smile across Moatilliata's face was inhuman, but the smile soon turned upside down, followed by spasms throughout his body. The pain he suddenly felt was intense, more intense than anything he had ever felt before. What was happening? He had won, but his body felt like it was tearing. Before long, Moatilliata's flesh split veritically in half from his chest all the way to his back. He dropped to his knees as his ribcage was now visible through his torn flesh from both sides. The sight was bloody, but it was only the beggining as the rest of his body along with his skeleton was ripped apart viciously leaving only two halves of his body, the left and the right, laying in the macabre pool of blood. The sight of it all made Julian throw up, as Marik turned his head away trying not to think about it. Oromis watched on in utter horror, thinking that it could have been him if he foolishly believed what Moatilliata believed. [center][b]"[color=indigo]You have been released. Those left...you may pass.[/color]"[/b][/center] [center][img]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/4q4jc6e.jpg[/img][img]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/dualdeathcardpanopticon.jpg[/img][img]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/Kakashi-assassin.jpg[/img] [/center] [center]* * * * *[/center] OOC: Oh how gruesome. I am quite fond of this post myself. It was rather fun typing up as well ;). [/color][/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Alright alright, time to put the hostility and tension behind us and move on once I've commited my murder later on today, hehe. However as Beth has probably found out, throwing popcorn is quite the therapeutic activity, so if anyone needs to bring themselves down a few notches, jus toss some Orville Redenbacher at our good friend Sandy :).[/FONT]

[QUOTE=SunfallE][COLOR=#DAA520]Well even though I've beaten the game and I'm about halfway through on the harder Universe Mode I only just now got around to finishing the first of three bonus dungeon areas. The [spoiler]Maze of Tribulations[/spoiler] It wasn't too bad and other than a few monsters most of them were pretty easy to beat. But that final boss! o_O Good lord was it a pain! Fighting [spoiler]Gabriel Celesta [/spoiler] was an exercise in patience since when the boss's hp/mp reaches about half he starts using an attack called [spoiler]Dragons attack, which by the way is a pretty nifty look attack even if it does cover nearly the entire area and pounds your characters quite a bit. [/spoiler] It was a good thing that I had lots of restorative items since even with my better equipment and good attacks, other than the main character I controlled, the other two got KO'd on a regular basis. Though now that I did that I've realized that I missed the [spoiler]Raven Gauntlets on level three for Cliff. [/spoiler] So now I need to go back and get them. But even better... I now have access to [spoiler]The Santa Clause Merchant and all the Crafting Materials I want! Even if he does look creep as hell! lol [/spoiler] Still, once I can afford to do more at least I won't have to hunt for the materials I need for the customizing process. Well at least for refining things that I make that is. :catgirl: Anyway, now I'm off to start on the [spoiler]sealed levels of the Sphere company! [/spoiler] Even if there are way to many of them. o_O [/COLOR][/QUOTE] [font=tahoma]It was a pathetic sight moments after my fourth loss to [spoiler]Gabriel Celesta[/spoiler], I just put my head down on my desk and started muttering curses wanting very much to throw the game out the window and pray for an eighteen-wheeler to crush it to next christmas. It's true, the maze is hardly anything to worry about minus two parts, the light sphere hunting on the fourth level (the range those things have on their attack is rediculous) and of course the aforementioned final boss. I remember very much relying on Maria for both of those parts, she is quite the lifesaver. Luckily I had the patience to gain a couple more levels before finally beating Mr. angelic, I believe everyone was comfortably in the low 70s when I got out of that place. The [spoiler]sphere building[/spoiler], have fun with that :p. It's about 10x more tedious and there are multiple bosses of similar calibur to our good friend down in the maze. It isn't nearly as interesting as the maze, but it yields amazing treasures obviously, and there are a lot of sweet scenes and easter eggs for fans of a certain other game which will remain nameless (those who have gone through the maze probably already know). One thing though, I don't know if you've already done it or not Beth, but before you go to the [spoiler]sphere building[/spoiler], go to the [spoiler]Urssa Cave Temple[/spoiler]. You said one out of three so I assumed you were hitting up the corporation as your second. There are a couple of folios there for Adray and whoever out of Cliff and Mirage you didn't teach [spoiler]Infinity Kick[/spoiler] to from the one you got in the maze. Also there is another pair of Raven Gauntlets down there along with some trading cards if you've been collecting them. It's a significantly shorter area than the [spoiler]sphere building[/spoiler], and of lower difficulty too...so it's another nice little place to clean up before the big dance.[/font]

[FONT=Tahoma]I think if there is any confusion, it more than likely stems from the size of the roster. There's so many people to try to include in each group's paths that it may seem easy to lose track of what's going on. Personally, I've been able to follow along well enough and while it probably isn't [i]as[/i] organized as it could be, I wouldn't really go as far as to saying it's a total mess. Things should get a little better once the first round is over with and we lose some characters, so if anyone is feeling a little behind or out of the loop, just hang in there.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Well, our choices have been PMed, now we play the waiting game. Hopefully they work out as well as expected. Everybody be prepared :)[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]That kinda sucks, I didn't want anybody to get kicked out of the game like that...plus I kind of liked Marius, (not to mention I totally thought she was one of Beth's characters ;P. Hehe). Poor Angela though, after going through the trouble of saving two people...and what a way to go too. [/FONT]

[QUOTE=BKstyles][FONT=tahoma] Since my last post left off with them, I didn't want to be the one to continue off but I guess I'll go ahead and toss em back into the mix. [/font][/quote] [quote name='BKstyles][font=tahoma']...as for me, off I go to shake things up a bit.[/font][/quote] [font=tahoma]I was relying more on those than my status in the "Whos online" feature, especially since it's been known to be eratic at times, but it actually turned out to be a more detailed post than originally so it worked out rather well in the end. Now I get to decide who I off in my next post :). [/font]

[FONT=Tahoma]The match ups seem to be generally agreed upon. I've yet to hear from Shy about it though. Hopefully he'll insert his opinions today (in here is fine) and I'll PM it over to Sandy by tonight.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma]Gah...I thought I made it clear enough I was making a post for group three. I wrote up a big one too, now I have to edit it. I'm hoping to be able to salvage most of it. Should have it fixed soon guys. *sits in the corner throwing popcorn at Sandy* :( [b]Edit[/b] - Fixed it up rather nice methinks. Thought it was pretty funny we had the same thing in mind with Dafine and being called a cat, Sandy ;p. But anyway, sorry bout the popcorn...you know...just the frustration of typing it all up in the first place. :)[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=darkslategray][center][b]Group Three[/b][/center] [b]"The stairs? You mean leading down, into god knows what could be down there?"[/b] Eliana Cedes complained. She held her long dark hair back as she tried to even glance down into the darkness, but it gave her the chills to even consider going down there. Etamet stopped in his tracks already down about eight stairs, wanting to wait for the rest of the group to be ready. [b]"There is always going up if you want to follow them. We can see the five doors from here that the stairs lead to, it's possible that one of them could lead somewhere."[/b] Serena spoke quietly, not really sure if she wanted to be heard or not. Regardless though, her voice did carry over. [b]"Lead somewhere? The only place those doors probably lead to are some dirty rooms that smell like shit and garbage! This isn't some kind of amusement park, kid."[/b] Eliana spoke again, clearly losing her patience with their situation. Serena wore a scrunched up angry face at the comment and felt like shooting back with something nasty of her own, but she held herself back not wanting to add to the already delicate atmosphere. She noticed how calm mostly everyone was acting and didn't want to seem like she was losing control either. Of course she was freaked out, it wasn't like she was in her favorite London cyber-cafe infront of her labtop, or even in one of those MMORPGs she'd play from time to time, this wasn't a game...at least not to her it wasn't. [b]"Oh man...we don't have a choice. It's either up or down the stairs guys."[/b] Alcuin exclaimed, giving the door one last kick before walking away from it completely. [b]"We might as well just get going."[/b] [b]"You're kidding? There's no way you an get me to go down there..."[/b] Eliana protested stepping back toward the corridor they came from. [b]"I suppose you'd prefer to go back the way we came then? That seems logical."[/b] Uriel stated sarcastically. Eliana turned to him angrily and just let out a muffled groan. [b]"Now that you realize how foolish your being, why don't you just close your mouth and try to think of something productive."[/b] Uriel continued. [b]"Shouldn't you be following the other group?"[/b] Delita asked, just a tad annoyed at Uriel's tone of voice, eventhough Eliana deserved it for the most part. [b]"Yeah yeah, I'll catch up."[/b] Uriel said with a sigh, and just slowly began walking up behind Dafine and the others. At that point, Delita walked downward a bit further on the stairway and knelt down as much as she could without slipping. She gazed downward and her eyes began to move back and forth as if she was trying to find something. The others quieted down any idle bantar they were engaging in moments afterwards and noticed her. [b]"If only I had my night vision scanner. I wasn't on the job when I ended up here, otherwise i'd normally carry it on me."[/b] she replied, regretting a bit that she didn't carry most of her equipment other than a sidearm when off duty. [b]"I guess we do it the adventurer's way then..."[/b] Alcuin began to talk before the sound of a girl's scream interuppted them. Everyone turned their attention upward to Angela's amazing flight exhibition and capturing Penny in her arms as she fell. The amazement of it wowed everyone until they noticed Eloris plummit down. Delita tried to run in time to catch her but she was nowhere near in time as the fall begun long before the scream. Eloris nailed the floor hard, and her eyes were motionless...just like her body. [b]"Oh my god..."[/b] Serena said, covering her eyes and almost breaking into tears. Delita dropped to her knees beside Eloris's body and held her head in her arms. She looked down at her and tried with all of her might to believe that she could still be alive, but it was pretty clear that it was impossible. Delita closed Eloris's eyes for her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Everyone watching on assumed it was some sort of ritual of some sort from where Delita came from. After all, Eloris was a total stranger to her. Or could Delita just simply be that compassionate of a person? [b]"Dafine...the gap is too big and I don't think Angela can carry all of us. Could you check the doors and confirm if there is a way out?"[/b] Uriel asked in a low tone, trying to stay focuse on getting themselves out. He turned his focus away from Eloris's body, not so much because he was squeamish...but it reminded him too much of his military days on his planet. Dealing with deceased bodies was a popular method of genetic experimentation, he was forced to deal with it and perform experiments himself...but it was too much for him and eventually left. The visions were a bit too much for him, he didn't want to find himself thinking about it. Dafine agreed and began checking the doors individually as Angela brought Penny down to the middle floor where the rest of the group was. Angela's face was pale and looked like she wanted to through up, Delita took her in her arms and hugged her keeping her glance away from the corpse. [b]"It isn't your fault...please don't think that. Nobody here does..."[/b] Delita said to Angela, not knowing if she could really understand her or not, but she felt like she had to say it. Dafine finished up with the last door on the top level. It was a good thing for her that Cheiras were light steppers. She managed to keep her balance rather well and when making her way downward, leap with impressive grace over the gap that was now formed. [b]"I'm afraid they are all empty rooms with nothing but metal chains that look shackles. It's pretty clear now that this place was probably used as a prison of some sort."[/b] Dafine reported. The words deflated everyone's hopes, because it means that their only choice now was downward. [b]"We can still go down...but we'll have to stay close. It's very dark."[/b] Etamet spoke. [b]"Won't the stairs be just as delicate? I mean, any of us could easily end up like her!"[/b] Eliana said, pointing over to Eloris. [b]"We don't have much of a choice, now do we?"[/b] Delita responded. [b]"Well...if it's good night vision you need...I can help out with that department."[/b] Dafine mentioned calmly. [b]"Wait...that actually makes a lot of sense. I mean, technically you ARE a cat right?"[/b] Serena asked excitedly. [b]"Kath...there's that word again? What are you talking about my dear girl? I'm a Cheira. Of then noble family I might add."[/b] she retorted. Her long tail waving back and forth as she spoke made it kind of hard for her to be taken that seriously though. Serena kind of giggled to herself, much to the confusion of Dafine and others. [b]"Serena?"[/b] Delita started to say. [b]"No no! I'm sorry...it's just that where I come from we have animals called cats that...well...Dafine kind of resembles."[/b] she explained. [b]"Well...calling me an animal then, are you? Just like the other girl"[/b] Dafine protested, clearly offended but knowing better then to hold it against them. After all, it was what they were used to. [b]"No no! I'm so sorry...it's just..."[/b] [b]"Look, are you going to look down there and tell us what's there or not?"[/b] Eliana nearly yelled, losing her patience with all of the talking. Dafine just glared in her direction as she walked over to the stairway and turned her attention downward. Everyone stood silent and waited to hear what she saw, hoping that they would be able to continue on safely. Eliana annoyingly began tapped her foot, before a glance from Delita caused her to stop. [b]"Uhh huh...well, the stairway continues down to a...bridge I believe. It's a wooden bridge that leads two ways, both doors. It's a ways down though, I can't tell what the bridge is suspended over."[/b] Dafine reported. It was certainly better than what everyone expected to hear. [b]"Well, that isn't too bad. We just have to be careful and we can make it down."[/b] Serena said. [b]"I'll lead the way if you are all prepared."[/b] Dafine suggested. Etamet walked up behind her and nodded. [b]"I will follow."[/b] he said, as others began gathering behind him as well. The descent began, though there was still much concern amongst the group. Alcuin and Uriel brought up the rear. It wasn't just dark looking down from the room they were in, it was dark period. Etamet kept his hand on Dafine to make sure he wouldn't take a wrong step, the pattern continued upward as everyone moved downward like a human chain. What Dafine seemed to forget to mention was that the stairway narrowed as they got further and further, some sounds of feet slipping off edges could be heard but ultimatley everyone catching their balance. The bridge was nowhere in sight for anybody except for Dafine. [b]"Stay focused, it won't be too much longer."[/b] she mentioned. It didn't put anybody much at ease though as it felt as if a wrong step would be the last one they ever take. They were hardly able to see the person infront of them let alone down far enough to see if they were stepping somehwere solid or just into air. It was nerve racking to say the least. A few more seconds passed before a crumbling noise began to catch the attention of everybody. Penny, who was fifth in line stopped short and gasped. Her hand left the vicinty of Delita's shoulder, her evident trepidation getting the better of her as she began shivering, causing her to almost lose her footing. [b]"Penny? Why did you stop moving, what's wrong?"[/b] Uriel asked, holding on to the little girl's shoulders as firm as she could. [b]"Hey, is everything alright back there?"[/b] Serena yelled, realizing that the last half of their chain had broken. [b]"Its Penny! Just hold on a moment."[/b] Alcuin yelled back. Uriel tried to calm Penny down without moving as much as possible. How he once again found himself in this position with her he didn't know, but now wasn't the time to be mean or cruel. He might have been annoyed by her, but he didn't want to see her end up like poor Eloris. The crumbling sound grew stronger though, it began to inspire concern within everyone behind Penny. Angela began to tremble as she nearly lost control of her footing, but managed to catch herself. [b]"Hey! We got to keep moving, this really isn't a good place to take a break..."[/b] Alcuin began to yell from the back of the line. It was then though that the crumbling noise turned into a crashing clamor, the intense sound was followed only by a scream as Uriel turned his attention downward after feeling Alcuin's hand leave his shoulder. Instinctively he knelt down and grabbed hold of Alcuin's right hand, his left hand trying to keep his stability on the narrow stairway. [b]"Alcuin...hold on!"[/b] Uriel yelled, trying to help Alcuin back up from the gap now in the stairway behind them.[/color][/FONT]

[FONT=tahoma]Think I'll take the high road here and [u]not[/u] berate Prem and Hell, lol. They've just received a multi-post beatdown already. But indeed, Poor group three receiving such little attention. Since my last post left off with them, I didn't want to be the one to continue off but I guess I'll go ahead and toss em back into the mix. Why all the hate for the mostly female group? :p Hooray @ killing too, will be interesting to see everyone's first choices...will it be the annoying characters that stick out? Or the quiet ones who will never see it coming...as for me, off I go to shake things up a bit.[/font]

[quote name='2007DigitalBoy][COLOR=DarkRed']*points to edited post on last page* did yall miss the explanation?[/COLOR][/quote] [font=tahoma]I read the main thread before i read your explanation, DB. Which is why my comment was in reference to my reaction upon reading it, nobody missed anything it was simply read afterwards. P.S - Woot @ Hellsminion for posting. Looks like that's everyone now.[/font]