Discuss The Almagest Legacy: A Steampunk RPG

[Gavin]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']Lady Bavaria has some explaining to do... What with the report finding that the bomb was smuggled in [I]after[/I] she dismissed the security that Daedalus had arranged. Time to sit back and let him flay her alive I would say. :D And if you're wondering, I ran that by Shy before I posted it. I hope I got him right Gavin, let me know and I'll edit that if you wish. In the mean time, Fonty had better hope he's already gone with Alecia on her way to check on him.[/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]No problems on my end Rach, I look forward to dangling Bavaria by her ankles over the open mouth of a very hungry Chimaera...

[[b]Edit[/b]] Interesting plot twist Josh, it seems the Almagests may be in an even more dire position than before. That said, all you've done is reaffirm my desire to eventually have Daedalus execute Bavaria personally.[/SIZE]

[Sandy]

Okay, so now Gadget and Vincent did it in Macey's lab. XD

You're free to take our characters anywhere you like from Rosengard, James. I have no further plans for them until the Chimaera Cup. ;D

[Raiha]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]So I can only assume that Macey gave Gadget a copy of her key, or he pinched hers and had a copy made and returned hers before she could notice.

Because you might've noticed that Macey keeps the key to her 'secret' lab on her person and all that. I mean it's not the kind of thing she wants people going in and out of, sleeping with each other in... You know, that's just a bit....non...classy.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Neuvoxraiha'][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]So I can only assume that Macey gave Gadget a copy of her key, or he pinched hers and had a copy made and returned hers before she could notice.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

Well, if you want to [I]nitpick[/I], then yes, that's exactly what happened. XD

Come on now, don't mess up our love story with such trifle things such as [I]locks[/I] and [I]doors[/I]. I'm not questioning how Macey got out of the medical center in just few hours after the explosion, either. ;D

[Raiha]

[quote name='Sandy']Well, if you want to [I]nitpick[/I], then yes, that's exactly what happened. XD[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]How does it feel baby? Do you [b]like[/b] it?

But seriously, she'll probably have given him a key incase of emergencies [like that one]. And she wasn't near enough to the blast to get the brains knocked out of her. But shock is something that's easily treatable and she stayed the whole night. Perhaps 8 hours. Which is plenty of outpatient time. Trust me, I did it once. Not fun.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Aaryanna_Mom]

Just a couple of things I'd like to comment on:[quote name='Sandy;804331]Okay, so now Gadget and Vincent did it in Macey's lab. XD[/QUOTE] [CENTER][IMG]http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4182/picardheadeskch8.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][quote name='Neuvoxraiha;804335][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Because you might've noticed that Macey keeps the key to her 'secret' lab on her person and all that. I mean it's not the kind of thing she wants people going in and out of, sleeping with each other in... You know, that's just a bit....non...classy.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Agreed. And Sandy, no getting miffed either. I'm just saying it's pretty clear the two like one another. :rolleyes: I feel like we're moving into a soap opera instead of advancing the story with those two.[QUOTE=Gavin'][SIZE="1"][[b]Edit[/b]'] Interesting plot twist Josh, it seems the Almagests may be in an even more dire position than before. That said, all you've done is reaffirm my desire to eventually have Daedalus execute Bavaria personally.[/SIZE][/quote]All things considered, once Catherine learns about how the bomb was smuggled in because Bavaria dismissed the security... she will not be amused. After all, that kind of carelessness is what resulted in her finance getting killed so many years ago. She's been indifferent towards Bavaria for what she perceives as an utter lack of maturity at this point, but she will not be forgiving of an act that nearly killed everyone, especially since that put the children at risk. Lady Bavaria had better hope she ends up re-married up higher or Catherine's own social network will see that absolutely no one will take her seriously again.

Also, should an attempt be made to sell Magitech... Catherine will back Daedalus since in her opinion, he had an interest in it long before Leonhart re-married. So if he says sell, she'll agree, if he says no, then she too will say no.

[Gavin]

[quote name='Aaryanna_Mom'][CENTER][IMG]http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4182/picardheadeskch8.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]I think that sums it up pretty well.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Aaryanna_Mom']Lady Bavaria had better hope she ends up re-married up higher or Catherine's own social network will see that absolutely no one will take her seriously again. [/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]She'll be immensely lucky just to get away with not being taken seriously. If Daedalus however ever finds out about the Dynasts links to the bombing, let's just say he's going to pay a visit to Mount Grail for a rummage. People really should have more sense than to mess with a man who creates doomsday weapons for God's sake...[/SIZE]

[quote name='Aaryanna_Mom']Also, should an attempt be made to sell Magitech... Catherine will back Daedalus since in her opinion, he had an interest in it long before Leonhart re-married. So if he says sell, she'll agree, if he says no, then she too will say no.[/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]I get the feeling most of the "loyal" Almagests are going to throw their weight behind Daedalus, however I imagine that Catherine and her brother aren't looking at a controlling share between them. They'll need to convince Leonhart's kids to make the right decision.

On that thought, exactly how is Magitech being divided up Josh/Sandy ?[/SIZE]

[Aaryanna_Mom]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]I imagine that Catherine and her brother aren't looking at a controlling share between them. They'll need to convince Leonhart's kids to make the right decision.

On that thought, exactly how is Magitech being divided up Josh/Sandy ?[/SIZE][/QUOTE]You are correct, she will be making sure everyone is taken care of instead of it being sold off and someone walking off with most of the profits. Catherine will do everything in her power to see that all of the children are cared for, including Henry.

[Sandy]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]If Daedalus however ever finds out about the Dynasts links to the bombing, let's just say he's going to pay a visit to Mount Grail for a rummage.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Just to make it clear, it's only Princess Augustine Beauteous who's connected to the Underdogs. The Dynasty isn't [I]so[/I] inbred that it would start to rebel against it's own rule. XP

[quote name='Gavin][SIZE="1"']On that thought, exactly how is Magitech being divided up Josh/Sandy?[/SIZE][/quote]

I don't think it matters to the main story, really, so unless Josh has something to say about it, you can do as you please with it. ;D

Oh, and y'all should be thankful that I haven't gone graphical with the intimacy between Gadget and Vincent. ;P I'm just trying to catch the vibe of "forbidden love" - and that includes doing it in the strangest places, just out of a spur of the moment. ;P

And Kathy, this turned into a soap opera looong time ago. ;D

EDIT: You have to remember, Kathy, that Henry is an [I]illegitimate[/I] son of Leonhart, thus he has no legal rights to any of the Almagest fortune, unfortunately.

[Raiha]

[quote name='Sandy']Oh, and y'all should be thankful that I haven't gone graphical with the intimacy between Gadget and Vincent. ;P I'm just trying to catch the vibe of "forbidden love" - and that includes doing it in the strangest places, just out of a spur of the moment. ;P

And Kathy, this turned into a soap opera looong time ago. ;D

EDIT: You have to remember, Kathy, that Henry is an [I]illegitimate[/I] son of Leonhart, thus he has no legal rights to any of the Almagest fortune, unfortunately.[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Forbidden love doesn't always imply spontaneous screwing in a socially inappropriate place. Besides, I had always assumed that Vincent wasn't the type to do that sort of thing.

And while it was always a soap opera, at least all the players were included.

Legal rights has nothing to do with it, I always figured that Lady Catharine would see things in the light of how Leonheart always treated him and Dame Anna.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Shy]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]On that thought, exactly how is Magitech being divided up Josh/Sandy ?[/SIZE][/QUOTE][size=1]It hasn't really been established yet, but Magitech has a board of directors who each control a large share of the company. The Almagests combined have a controlling interest, and that is split between Daedalus, Catherine, Bavaria, Fonty, Bea, Macey and Eva. In order for any major decision about the company's future to be approved, the majority must vote for it. This means that in most cases whatever the Almagests say goes.

We'll get into the fuzzy math later on, I imagine. But ultimately what the players decide goes. There will be an official vote at a later date.

Dame Anna was given a very generous inheritance from Leonhart, but Lady Bavaria could have it tied up with legal red tape for quite some time. Also don't forget that Henry is an accomplished chimaera jockey. He probably has more than enough saved to care for he and his mother for quite some time.

And Kathy wins this thread. End of story.

-Shy[/size]

[Aaryanna_Mom]

[quote name='Sandy']Oh, and y'all should be thankful that I haven't gone graphical with the intimacy between Gadget and Vincent. ;P I'm just trying to catch the vibe of "forbidden love" - and that includes doing it in the strangest places, just out of a spur of the moment. ;P

And Kathy, this turned into a soap opera looong time ago. ;D

EDIT: You have to remember, Kathy, that Henry is an [I]illegitimate[/I] son of Leonhart, thus he has no legal rights to any of the Almagest fortune, unfortunately.[/QUOTE][CENTER][SIZE="6"][B]SOAP OPERA[/B] [/SIZE][/CENTER]
And Sandy... Don't tell us we should be [I]thankful [/I]you didn't do more. :rolleyes: Honestly child, you make me tired at times. I've read more than my share of romance novels, I even have a distant cousin who writes them. We don't need to know that the two of them are [I]screwing[/I] one another... you made that clear the first time. The only one turning it into a soap opera is you hun.

It's tacky and tasteless and unnecessary since we already know that the two like each other. The only thing you are capturing here is my irritation over you focusing on that when you don't need to spell it out for us. Focus on the damn plot instead looking for ways to insert sex into the rpg.

As for Henry... Sandy... Catherine knows he's illegitimate, this isn't about legal rights, this is about her carrying out what she would perceive as Leonharts wishes. And illegitimate son or not, there's nothing stopping her from seeing that he is taken care of. She has quite a bit of her own wealth after all.

[B]EDIT:[/B] Seems Raiha beat me to the last part while I was writing up this post

[Aaryanna]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Shy'][size=1]And Kathy wins this thread. End of story.

-Shy[/size][/QUOTE]Exactly! And it saves me from simply rehashing what the others already said since I agree. :p [/FONT][/COLOR]

[James]

[quote]Besides, I had always assumed that Vincent wasn't the type to do that sort of thing.[/quote]

[font=franklin gothic medium]Right. That post did kind of take me by surprise, lol.

I think from my point of view, it was useful to establish the relationship over a day or two (which has been done in good taste so far). But that latest post kind of moves things in the wrong direction for me personally.

I should point out that Sandy didn't know my plans, which is not his fault. I was actually thinking that while Gadget was running around town, Vincent would spend some time working on the case. I didn't really expect Vincent to be dragged back to the lab for little reason - I mean, there was no real plot advancement there, just sex. lol

So yeah. While I don't want to jump on the startled reaction bandwagon, I do think that as a matter of plot continuity...that post did kind of mess up what I was hoping to do.

I'll see what I can work in as far as going ahead with my original idea as much as possible.

I'd probably ask you to remove the sex reference actually, Sandy. It's just not in keeping with Vincent's character at all.

I mean, yes, they've had sex once. But it was a different situation and the emphasis was on their dialogue and so on. Vincent is an adult, not a teenager. I don't think he'd have random sex in his ex-wife's laboratory. lol

Just to be clear, I don't think that the relationship between Vincent/Gadget has been any more soap operatic than several others in this RPG. It's probably had about the same emphasis so far. [i]But[/i]...this latest post moves things in a direction that I personally am uncomfortable with. I don't want Vincent to be portrayed in a way that isn't true to how I've tried to write him so far.[/font]

[Sandy]

Well, screw you all for not letting me screw. XD

James, you have got to stop giving me mixed signals. First you say Gadget shouldn't have left, and now you're saying he shouldn't have come back. You also said Vincent would do irrational things just for Gadget's sake, but now you're saying he's a responsible adult and always keeps his head cool.

I will remove the sex part, but to my[I] personal [/I]storyline it's important that Gadget gets this injection. Don't you guys think I have a plan to what my character will I do?

Anyway, Vincent can return to his work after this incident, just leave Gadget to Rosengard or his appartment. *shrugs* It's not harder than that, Jamesy. ;D

[Raiha]

[quote name='Sandy']Well, screw you all for not letting me screw. XD


I will remove the sex part, but to my[I] personal [/I]storyline it's important that Gadget gets this treatment. Don't you guys think I have a plan to my character will I do?[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]You got plenty earlier and you'll get more later I'm sure.

And by treatment I can only assume you mean the injections. Oh yes, and if that last sentence there was in English will someone please tell me?[/FONT][/COLOR]

[James]

[quote name='Sandy']Well, screw you all for not letting me screw. XD

James, you have got to stop giving me mixed signals. First you say Gadget shouldn't have left, and now you're saying he shouldn't have come back. You also said Vincent would do irrational things just for Gadget's sake, but now you're saying he's a responsible adult and always keeps his head cool.

I will remove the sex part, but to my[I] personal [/I]storyline it's important that Gadget gets this injection. Don't you guys think I have a plan to what my character will I do?

Anyway, Vincent can return to his work after this incident, just leave Gadget to Rosengard or his appartment. *shrugs* It's not harder than that, Jamesy. ;D[/QUOTE]

[font=franklin gothic medium]I'm not giving you mixed signals, Sandy.

I never said Gadget shouldn't have left. I simply said that Vincent was very unlikely to simply shoo him away.

I don't know if I ever said Vincent would do irrational things for Gadget's sake...I think I had just pointed out that Vincent wouldn't carelessly dismiss him.

None of that translates to Vincent jumping him in his ex-wife's laboratory. lol

You're extrapolating a lot of meaning from what I've said.

I don't think I've ever been anything but clear about Vincent's personality, especially in my actual RP posts. No, Vincent would not just dismiss Gadget. But yes, he is an adult - he's a man of 40 - and he's always been very reserved. I think those elements have always been pretty clear.

In terms of your plan, none of us have a way of knowing. Gadget keeps fainting and getting injections over and over again. It may be time to start moving his story forward, otherwise the rest of us may risk being confused.

Anyway, as long as all of that is clear at this stage, we should be fine from here on. Tonight is the Chimaera Cup (some characters have already arrived) and Gustave is about to make his little entrance. Should be an interesting race. :catgirl:[/font]

[Sandy]

Seriously, D'Ann, you can quit that right now. You are very aware that I don't speak English as my native language, so you can't just jab me for every unclear sentence or wrong word I make.

I know I'm not on your "favorite people"'s list anymore, but can't we at least treat each other like humans? Enough of those snarky remarks to my each post, [I]please[/I].

[B]Edit:[/B] James, I get you. I have a habit of overanalyzing things, I know that. But I guess to me having random sex (that nobody else is supposed to know of) isn't such a big deal as it seems to be to you. ;D

Oh, and in your post to come (whatever it contains), you can write that Vincent left Gadget to the Chimaera Circuit. That way you can go and do your stuff before that thing with Gustave in the evening (you said you wanted to do a post before that, right?).

[James]

[font=franklin gothic medium]Okay, we're all wrapped up now aren't we? Good. Let's move on, guys.[/font]

[Shy]

[quote name='James'][font=franklin gothic medium]Anyway, as long as all of that is clear at this stage, we should be fine from here on. Tonight is the Chimaera Cup (some characters have already arrived) and Gustave is about to make his little entrance. Should be an interesting race. :catgirl:[/font][/QUOTE][size=1]Oh you have no idea. While I don't want to go into a lot of details about how the races work (if someone else wants to, that's fine) I'm curious to see how Gustave interacts with the larger group. He certainly seems so...[i]foreign[/i] (But I guess some of the characters might find that charming.)

At the very least, it will be nice to see someone in Czenovia who isn't mourning the loss of a loved one or experiencing a great personal tragedy. [spoiler]For now at least. Nobody is safe from The Underdogs! Heh.[/spoiler]

-Shy[/size]

[James]

[font=franklin gothic medium]Sandy, it's not the sex itself that bothers me. It's the the way it unfolded and the fact that the post itself did nothing to develop the plot or the characters. I just felt that Vincent was being mis-represented.

Anyway, I really only have one question. There has been some discussion of Chimaera...but I still really don't know exactly what they are. Can they be pretty much anything? (i.e. some sort of hybrid animal) Or are there any features that are typical of Chimaera?[/font]

[Raiha]

[quote name='James'][font=franklin gothic medium]Anyway, I really only have one question. There has been some discussion of Chimaera...but I still really don't know exactly what they are. Can they be pretty much anything? (i.e. some sort of hybrid animal) Or are there any features that are typical of Chimaera?[/font][/QUOTE]

[COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Well I suppose they'd have to be capable of being ridden, so not bipedal. And Victoria says they have feathers. So maybe gigantic chocobos!

YAY![/FONT][/COLOR]

[Sakura]

[COLOR="Navy"][SIZE="1"]I've actually been wondering the same thing. I kinda assumed that there were different types of Chimaera, as in fusioned creatures like the classic mythical type, so some could be feathered and bird-like, while others could be completely different.

Haha, I guess it would help if we clearly knew what type of critters we were dealing with. ^^[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[James]

[font=franklin gothic medium]Well yeah, I was sort of thinking about mythical creatures too.

I was thinking about horses with wings and various combinations of animals. I assume that since chimaera can be specifically engineered/bred, there would be many combinations. I just wasn't sure if there were any specific "rules" about them (i.e. do they all have to be quadropeds? A Chocobo-like creature could be bi-pedal for instance).

So yeah. I just didn't want to step on any toes when it comes to creating these things. Since I guess this will be the first time we really specifically look at them as a major part of the world.[/font]

[Sakura]

[color=navy][size=1]The only problem I've come across in my thoughts about different combinations of animals as we've been thinking is that some combos will obviously be better than others so question is whether that would be counted as an unfair advantage or something.[/size][/color]