Discuss Shinigami Dance: Playground of Deities

[Allamorph]

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]The way I figure, the shinigami uses the scythe to seperate the soul from the body, and then they help the soul move onto the next world however they see fit. In the case of a vampire, a shinigami can kill them, but they never die anyway, so there'd be no reason for a shinigami to go after them.

Since a vampire can physically interact with a shinigami, I imagine that a shinigami could kill a vampire using their scythe to actually murder them. Wether the shinigami is willing to or not, though, ought to be it's own conflict...[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
[FONT=Arial]That's pretty much the standpoint my thoughts are running from. (Peculiar metaphor, that one....) The first point is the key to it, though, but I still kinda want to let Nathan spell it out, so I won't go on about it any more at the moment.
[quote name='indifference][COLOR="indigo"']...but rest assured, Adrian will end up doing a vampire in.[/COLOR][/quote]
They all will, milady. They all will. And some of them will take great pleasure in doing so. :demon:[/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Oi! Major first-page update - the [B]Shinigami Handbook[/B]. Updated with the information from the sign-up as well as the vampire faction chart. Enjoy.[/COLOR]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='2007DigitalBoy'][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"] In the case of a vampire, a shinigami can kill them, but they never die anyway, so there'd be no reason for a shinigami to go after them.

Since a vampire can physically interact with a shinigami, I imagine that a shinigami could kill a vampire using their scythe to actually murder them. Wether the shinigami is willing to or not, though, ought to be it's own conflict...[/COLOR][/QUOTE]On the contrary, for someone like Lucia, a vampire upsets the balance even more than humans do. She would find that distasteful and consider it her duty to send them on. Besides, if indifference's idea is similar to mine, vampires will die. Their soul will still exist, but I would imagine that a Shinigami would have the power to force them to the next life like everyone else. I'm sure if you don't care for what I have in mind, once you've read it I can always edit it. Though I'm thinking that you'll like it DB. ^_~[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]They all will, milady. They all will. And some of them will take great pleasure in doing so. :demon:[/FONT][/QUOTE]Hah! I know Lucia will, for the reasons I just talked about. She hates things that stick around destroying the Earth when they shouldn't be there. Though showing that is coming up in my next post. One that I already talked to Rach about, should be fun! Since Lucia and Alex are going to end up have a run in with the vampires. As to how that works out... you'll all see soon enough! It should be interesting, that's for sure. :p[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[quote name='SunfallE][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hah! I know Lucia will, for the reasons I just talked about.[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote]
[FONT=Arial]Hmm. I think I may need to spend some time in Nathan's head, to see how he feels about Lucia.

Hooray for multiple Panopticon cameos. :p[/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Hmm. I think I may need to spend some time in Nathan's head, to see how he feels about Lucia.

Hooray for multiple Panopticon cameos. :p[/FONT][/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]Even though the [B]Panopticon[/B] cameos were already [B]Lunar[/B] cameos ^^;;

Really, yall are always so thirsty for blood XD it's mldly disturbing. Anywho, edited the first post again with links to everyones charactres. This way, absolutely everything there is to this game is in he first post. Should make it very portable, which will be helpful for me in the future I'm sure.[/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[quote name='2007DigitalBoy][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]Even though the [B]Panopticon[/B] cameos were already [B]Lunar[/B'] cameos ^^;;[/COLOR][/quote]
[FONT=Arial]See, I wasn't entirely aware that Meredith came from Lunar. Actually, I wasn't aware of that at all.

[quote name='2007DigitalBoy][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"']Really, yall are always so thirsty for blood XD it's mldly disturbing.[/COLOR][/quote]
Hey, they're the one's collectively jumping the gun here; I hadn't planned on any actual combat confrontations for a while yet. Better [I]not[/I] to kill off potential informational resources right off the bat. And besides, the vampire's will be expecting retaliation anyway, so the advantage is not currently with the shini-gumshoes.[/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]See, I wasn't entirely aware that Meredith came from Lunar. Actually, I wasn't aware of that at all.
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[COLOR="DarkOrange"]:animeswea erm... i must've mised that cameo... I didn't see meredith...[/COLOR]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]See, I wasn't entirely aware that Meredith came from Lunar. Actually, I wasn't aware of that at all.[/FONT][/QUOTE]What are you talking about? Meredith is not from Lunar. >_< Lucia and Alex as well as Ruby and Nall are. Also, I'm not planning on any bloodshed just yet, right now the vampires are just poking fun at how helpless they perceive the Shinigami to be. :p

[B]EDIT[/B]: Also Lucia's character in the Panotipcon was nothing like she is in Lunar. lol [/FONT][/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[QUOTE=SunfallE][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"] Also, I'm not planning on any bloodshed just yet, right now the vampires are just poking fun at how helpless they perceive the Shinigami to be. :p

[B]EDIT[/B]: Also Lucia's character in the Panotipcon was nothing like she is in Lunar. lol [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
[FONT=Arial]And nothing like she is now, I surmise. (Having an extremely limited budget pretty much confines me to [as] airings; consequently, most of my current knowledge of anime is either Wiki or hearsay.)

Yeah, I see the fun-poking happening for quite some time to come.

I still think somebody needs to be French.[/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]And nothing like she is now, I surmise. (Having an extremely limited budget pretty much confines me to [as] airings; consequently, most of my current knowledge of anime is either Wiki or hearsay.)

Yeah, I see the fun-poking happening for quite some time to come.

I still think somebody needs to be French.[/FONT][/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]monsieur, Lunar is an RPG series. A popular one, too. Been around since, like, the SNES or something.[/COLOR]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]And nothing like she is now, I surmise. (Having an extremely limited budget pretty much confines me to [as] airings; consequently, most of my current knowledge of anime is either Wiki or hearsay.)

Yeah, I see the fun-poking happening for quite some time to come.

I still think somebody needs to be French.[/FONT][/QUOTE]Exactly, and though she is an anime character, she's technically from a video game for ps1. And yeah, way different than what you saw in the panotipcon. Heh. Also, I say you get to deal with the one that is French. :p

Besides, figuring out how to kill a vampire with an [E] rating takes planning. lol That and I don't want to rush the chapter too much. lol
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[2010DigitalBoy]

[quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Besides, figuring out how to kill a vampire with an [E] rating takes planning. lol That and I don't want to rush the chapter too much. lol
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[COLOR="DarkOrange"]One thing I dislike about many of the anime I see or games I play is that there is so much time spent explaining things or meandering about when none of it will matter once the heads start rolling. Now, I don't really watch action shows, as I'm a fan of characterization. As such, I've never really liked fantasy or sci-fi stories because they spend so much time specifying every little thing about the world they live in. As a matter of fact, that's something I left very ambiguous in this rp. I've never realy said what time this story takes place in - it looks pretty modern, but then it could also be in the future. I also never really specified countries or even if this takes place on Earth.

I'm not trying to direct or rush by saying this, nor am I criticizing the way anyone works. This is just my way of saying, don't be afraid of skipping the details and going strait to the drama. I can't wait to see this thing explode into some real action.[/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[quote name='2007DigitalBoy][COLOR="DarkOrange"']monsieur, Lunar is an RPG series. A popular one, too. Been around since, like, the SNES or something.[/COLOR][/quote]
[FONT=Arial]Case in point.

[quote name='SunfallE][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Besides, figuring out how to kill a vampire with an [E] rating takes planning. lol That and I don't want to rush the chapter too much. lol[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote]
It [U]can[/U] be done. It's also somewhat easier than straight-up slaughtering them, since one isn't required to broadcast in HI-Def, if you'll indulge me the comparison.

Think of it as an instance where you don't tell your audience the whole truth. Just a piece of it.[/FONT]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='2007DigitalBoy'][COLOR="DarkOrange"]I'm not trying to direct or rush by saying this, nor am I criticizing the way anyone works. This is just my way of saying, don't be afraid of skipping the details and going strait to the drama. I can't wait to see this thing explode into some real action.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]In that case... I'll alter things slightly, since I was worried that I was rushing things. XP Good thing I'm not quite done with my post yet. Besides it's what I wanted to do originally. >_>
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[Allamorph]

[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][COLOR="DarkOrange"]One thing I dislike about many of the anime I see or games I play is that there is so much time spent explaining things or meandering about when none of it will matter once the heads start rolling. Now, I don't really watch action shows, as I'm a fan of characterization. As such, I've never really liked fantasy or sci-fi stories because they spend so much time specifying every little thing about the world they live in. As a matter of fact, that's something I left very ambiguous in this rp. I've never realy said what time this story takes place in - it looks pretty modern, but then it could also be in the future. I also never really specified countries or even if this takes place on Earth.

I'm not trying to direct or rush by saying this, nor am I criticizing the way anyone works. This is just my way of saying, don't be afraid of skipping the details and going strait to the drama. I can't wait to see this thing explode into some real action.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
[FONT=Arial]Apparently I was posting when you made this comment.

I see what you're saying, and I share the opinion in general. Lack of detail is what made Bebop appeal to me so much ? well, that and the music.

But what I was driving at earlier is that we can have drama without having immediate bloodshed. Timewise in the story, we're only something like two days in, maybe three. Maybe. It doesn't really make sense to have multiple skirmishes occurring just after a kidnapping of this nature, especially given the infancy of the RP. There's a plethora of other things we could throw in just now that don't necessarily focus on the [B]picayune[/B] (poke @ [COLOR="DarkRed"]SunfallE[/COLOR]): drama between shinigami; miscellaneous footwork; group brain-pickings; solo tracking work. You see what I mean?

I'll admit I'm eager for some combat as well. It's why I tossed in that ridiculous car crash thingummy ? self-fan service, if you will. I just tend to shy away from gratuitousness, is all, so I'm a little leery of vamp-killing this early in the story.

'Course, Nathan can't control his counterparts' actions....[/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]Apparently I was posting when you made this comment.

I see what you're saying, and I share the opinion in general. Lack of detail is what made Bebop appeal to me so much ? well, that and the music.

But what I was driving at earlier is that we can have drama without having immediate bloodshed. Timewise in the story, we're only something like two days in, maybe three. Maybe. It doesn't really make sense to have multiple skirmishes occurring just after a kidnapping of this nature, especially given the infancy of the RP. There's a plethora of other things we could throw in just now that don't necessarily focus on the [B]picayune[/B] (poke @ [COLOR="DarkRed"]SunfallE[/COLOR]): drama between shinigami; miscellaneous footwork; group brain-pickings; solo tracking work. You see what I mean?

I'll admit I'm eager for some combat as well. It's why I tossed in that ridiculous car crash thingummy ? self-fan service, if you will. I just tend to shy away from gratuitousness, is all, so I'm a little leery of vamp-killing this early in the story.

'Course, Nathan can't control his counterparts' actions....[/FONT][/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]I know what you mean, and I wasn't really talking about combat. I just meant more drama and stuff and less flying around peeking at shadows. If a battle suits you, go ahead, but the other stuff should be interesting too. I agree about [B]Bebop[/B]. It's also why I loved [B]Shadow of the Colossus[/B].[/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Arial]As long as we're saying the same thing. :p[/FONT]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]I just tend to shy away from gratuitousness, is all, so I'm a little leery of vamp-killing this early in the story.

'Course, Nathan can't control his counterparts' actions....[/FONT][/QUOTE]I swear, you two are trying to drive me nuts! >_> After all that work on my post too. XP Well it's up so too bad! I'm not changing it. Besides, DB never said how long the time between Aeru being kidnapped and us finally getting the letter was. For all we know it could have already been a day or two [I]before [/I]we got our letters. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[quote name='SunfallE][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I swear, you two are trying to drive me nuts! >_> After all that work on my post too.[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote]
[FONT=Arial]Well, the loser should have run faster. His fault for dying.[/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Hey, they're just little kids for the most part. I don't expet they'd be great fighters :p the bonde woman is probably something else, though...

Oi. I already know my next post, and yours is an absolutely [i]perfect[/i] lead-in to it, so I'm glad for the violence. I think it'll be cruelly enjoyable.[/COLOR]

[Horendithas]

[COLOR="Indigo"][quote name='Allamorph;788713][FONT=Arial]Well, the loser should have run faster. His fault for dying.[/FONT][/QUOTE]I agree. *laughs*[QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy'][COLOR="DarkOrange"]Hey, they're just little kids for the most part. I don't expet they'd be great fighters :p the bonde woman is probably something else, though...

Oi. I already know my next post, and yours is an absolutely [i]perfect[/i] lead-in to it, so I'm glad for the violence. I think it'll be cruelly enjoyable.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]Why am I not surprised? Heh. This should be fun. And I kind of agree. Details are nice, but not when they make getting to the action take forever. That and I'm curious to see your idea of cruelly enjoyable.

Besides Allamorph will be sure to give us plenty of those details that the rest of us will kind of gloss over a bit. :p

Also... SunfallE... That bit with Ruby was so her that I couldn't help but laugh.[/COLOR]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]:devil: XD Yes, my intent is simultaneously very innocent and very sinister with this latest post. If anything, this is a prelude to what can only become a monster conflict.

Also, [B]Aeru[/B] and [B]Neviril[/B] are related names. It's too bad ya'll don't listen to most of my anime recommendations or you'd see what I'm trying to do here :p

Oh, and I'm fully aware that the 'clicky' leads nowhere. Photobucket is apparently down, so I can't upload the image. EDIT: FIXED[/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Arial]Hey.

I should have something up in the next couple of days. I'm going to try to bits-and-pieces a post whenever I get the chance, until it's ready. I just don't have the time right now to sit down and crank out what I want to do. I [I]do[/I] have something in mind ? and [I]muchas gracias, [COLOR="DarkRed"]indifference[/COLOR], mi amiga[/I] for setting me up ? just give me a chance to throw it together.

I'm wondering where [COLOR="DarkRed"]Premonition[/COLOR] wandered off to, and I'm still hoping [COLOR="DarkRed"]Starwind[/COLOR] is alive. I should probably check....

Later.

-A[/FONT]

[Aberinkula]

[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]Well, Allamorph... I need to catch up. I started a post, but someone [spoiler]Ex-girlfriend[/spoiler] called me and it booted me off the net, so I said "eh!" But I will get to it, I promise.[/COLOR]

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Arial]Right. Not [I]entirely[/I] finished with the scene, but I thought any more in one post might be a bit extravagant. No title because [COLOR="DarkRed"]indifference[/COLOR]'s still covers it. :animesmil

Anyhow, I'll elaborate more on Victor later. Race, descent, personality, alignment, the works.

And don't worry about the familiars. They'll catch up fine.
[quote name='Premonition][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"']But I will get to it, I promise.[/COLOR][/quote]
Hey, I was just worried 'bout ya, is all.

(Why is it that it always gets really quiet around here when I'm not talking? I'm not used to that; it makes me nervous.)[/FONT]