TFF Rising: OOC discussions

[Zenithos]

Right, I figured we'd need a thread to discuss anything OOC in. So here we can discuss future plot directions, our plans for our next scenes in case it involves a really major plot twist, etc. You can also discuss possible arcs you want to include in the adventure and decide on groupings etc.

Right now, the main issue is that something big is coming down the sewers after Alliance 1. I plan on it showing up just before the group reaches the Hinata Sou. As it chases the group down the remainder of the sewers towards the Hinata Sou it picks up speed before crashing up into the hot springs, launching the entire group into the air above the hot springs.

As for who was occupying the hot springs before that, any suggestions? I was thinking something along the lines of 'NARU PUNCH!' just as the monster bursts up from the hot springs.

Keitaro: "....Naru sure has levelled up a lot..." *flies up along with everybody else*

Seta: Ahahahaha...how are you doing, Keitaro-kun?

Any suggestions on improvements or anything to add?

Just as I was about to say something else a zombie lurched out ahead of us. With her short blue hair and torn gi she looked kind of familiar. Whatever time to blow her head off before she brings others.

Btw, Mick, who is that chick in the gi? :huh:

Either my lexicon of anime characters has failed me or I've never seen this person before

 

[Mick]

Heh my suggestion is for the girl to be Akane Tendo. Not that I hate her or anything...

It's really just to add more questions then answers for my own amusement. Like what happened to the other Ranma characters. Did they escape or get wiped out? If Ranma and Ryouga were alive would they be ticked to find her corpse? Etc.

 

[parker]

You got anything planned as far as what the thing in the sewers is? If not I would like to sugest Moose from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

 

[Zenithos]

Nope, I have nothing planned to be honest.

....unfortunately, I have never heard of Moose. I was thinking something big and slug or worm-like that would take up the entire tunnel...

but if you can provide us with pics of this Moose you're suggesting and if everybody else agrees, then go for it. ...it'd be nice if Moose is actually big and powerful enough to give that 'bursting from the hot springs' scene a powerful dramatic edge.

Imagine, something big, worm-like, bursting out of the hot springs, before thrashing about on the Hinata Sou with half its body still hidden underneath the hot springs....would make an interesting first boss :snigger: With Kaolla Suu coming in with an entire arsenal of weapons and Motoko and Setsuna showing up, katana in hand, etc.

EDIT: Now I REALLY got to go to bed

 

[Epsilon]

Future plot points... hm...

Honestly, I would be interested in getting some elements of Shakugan no Shana in the fic. A Fuzetsu would be quite useful (as long as one has the proper magic to move within it while time is frozen for everyone else).

And I think I figured out why Arc's so mad at Zeni. It was her fault for exposing her to the Cracked Shadow Mirror (or whatever that mirror was called in that Slayers OVA which produced warped versions of Lina and Naga) and creating Neko-Arc.

Don't get me started on how it eventually came to Nero Chaos and created Neko-Arc Chaos.

 

[Legacy|iB]

I don't have much of an idea for anything else, but for sure, something has to happen in the tunnels, even before the first 'boss'.

Is there a chance a few people would get separated? And maybe from there, we find (read: accidentally provoke) the boss, end up in a chase sequence, and fight it at Hinata?

Just an idea.

 

[parker]

Just scroll down untill you see the monster.


edit: fixed link

 

[knight_of_ni]

Corpse worm, giant two mouthed undead worm. Gets stronger as you attack it too.

How does that sound?

Eh, I kinda rushed it, considering the fact that the bombardment ended way too early storyline wise. So I am going to have to keep from doing anything for a while, until the characters make it to the Hinata Sou at least.

Sorry about that.

 

[Mick]

Wanted to ask..this is five years after our first TFF academy thing? Or a complete restart? Cause it seems like the 5 years thing is the most used explanation. If so I'm going to have to change my character's bio a bit or something.

Then there's that whole nonsense when my character vamped out, which btw I'm quite willing to pretend never happened. Was just a failed attempt to get some sort of plot going.

A very bad attempt it was..

 

[Zenithos]

I like the idea Parker. Though the picture of 'The Monster' isn't too clear, I think I've got a rough idea. I'll just combine it with my 'giant worm' idea to form a giant worm with thousands of feeler and tentacle-like projections for a head, all surrounding a giant circle of leach-like teetch in the middle. Each time one projection is chopped off, two grows in its place. It is born of the accumulation of insanity in the yaoi world. We shall henceforth call it 'The Monster'. Anyone want to add to this?

Oh yes, Legacy, in case you haven't seen it, I've just posted a scene that occurs right after the group enters the tunnels. The 'monster' sensed the group's presence when they entered the tunnels and is already in pursuit.

Should I just post a continuation up to the Hinata Sou scene so everyone can handle the boss scene?

EDIT: We sort of agreed unanimously (or rather, I pushed it on everyone else ) that the current timeframe is 5 years after the happenings at 'Mayhem at TFF' and 'TFF Academy'. Zeni and Eterna, in particular, are vampires (First Ancestral Race types) and they don't age, which is why they're still the same as before. There is some implication that this world is a slightly parallel world to that of the original TFFA, though I'm not too clear on that. But if you'd like, you can assume it's a completely new world. I mean, DAA is no longer Abramczyk-sensei here, rather agent 5896.

 

[Mick]

Long as it doesn't tire ya out.

Edit: Thanks for the answer. I'll pretend what my character did later never happened then.

 

[parker]

Go for it.

 

[twin blade]

Can I join in?

 

[Unknown-common-827]

Is it just me or did my character go from semi-psychopath to 4chan in the span of 10 minutes?

 

[knight_of_ni]

To twin-blade: It should be fine, though Zeni is the one who makes all decisions, so...

To Unknown: yes your character really did turn into 4chan.

 

[Solarman]

To my group: I'm really not all that great at coming up with original storylines on the fly, hence my joining up with a group fast (after securing one of the mech hangars against zombies (after blasting down the bay door, sry about that)). Also, I'm limiting myself to about 15 mana (which tends to be a game-ending amount in M:tG). So let me ask you guys (esp Zero, since he's nominally in control of the demon we're riding): where are we going? and why?

 

[Zenithos]

Is it just me or did my character go from semi-psychopath to 4chan in the span of 10 minutes?

Don't like it? :huh:

Sorry I do tend to get carried away with other people's characters. This is pretty much the only way to keep the story going, after all. If you don't like what I made your character do, you're free to tell me and I'll be sure to change it. Any changes made will be posted here for reference. So my apologies if you didn't like my take on things :lol:

Everyone else is entitled to do the same, off course - control other people's characters, I mean. ^_^

Oh, and Twinblade, you are most welcome. Anyone can jump in at any time. Just be sure to read the rules and guidelines in the 'New RPG' thread.

 

[David Alan Abramczyk]

Er, have I missed anything?

 

[Solarman]

Well, I wanted to establish my backstory, and this lull gave me the perfect chance to do so. Yay backstory! Yay Wojeks! And to those M:tG-book-fanatics who may read it, don't bitch at me about what weapons and armor the Wojeks do and do not carry. I'm a very different breed of Wojek from Kos, and I've been wandering longer than he lived. The standard-issue Wojek equipment died out long ago, but the shield my CO once presented me with as a gift (yay practical gifts!) has stayed, as has my Guildmage signet pendant. So leave me be on the equip issue. I've already kept myself from completely fucking over the RP (half the spells I've cast so far, if kept the way they're written, would have killed 99% of the zombies), so cut me a bit of slack here. And don't make me pull out he Empyrial Plate, for Razia's sake.

 

[Zenithos]

Future plot points... hm...

Honestly, I would be interested in getting some elements of Shakugan no Shana in the fic. A Fuzetsu would be quite useful (as long as one has the proper magic to move within it while time is frozen for everyone else).

And I think I figured out why Arc's so mad at Zeni. It was her fault for exposing her to the Cracked Shadow Mirror (or whatever that mirror was called in that Slayers OVA which produced warped versions of Lina and Naga) and creating Neko-Arc.

Don't get me started on how it eventually came to Nero Chaos and created Neko-Arc Chaos.

Sorry for not replying to this. I was so sleepy yesterday when I wrote those last three scenes.

I like your take on why Arcueid is after Zeni. I haven't given it much thought, to be honest, and yours really sounds like the most crack-ish take on it :lol: We'll run with it. Come to think of it, I should've written in a giant spork for Mecha-Neko-Arc....oh well, maybe later :snigger:

I'm thinking of having Shana be there at Hinata Sou along with Setsuna Sakurazaki and Tsukuyomi (the latter two from Negima). They'll contribute in some way to the giant worm battle, I suppose. Fuzetsu would be useful, yes, as midnight is rapidly approaching. We will definitely have shakugan elements in the story...it's too good to miss.

 

[zerohour]

A note for my party: Chernabog got kamikazed back to hell, so he's not here at this point. He's powerful as fuck, but pretty much a walking target.


As for the monster chasing you guys in the sewers, I got two ideas, both from Gears of War.

1- a pack of glowing and non glowing Wretches. Non glowing Wretches are harder to see, but Glowing Wretches are tougher.

They also explode.

2- A Berserker.

The berserker may or may not be a yaoi fangirl. Berserkers are scary as hell, but if its a fangirl, it brings a whole new meaning to "Raped to death."

 

[Legendary Legacy]

That Undead Mary Sue that I encountered in the beginning is still wandering around too. If you can think of a way of killing that, be my guest.

 

[knight_of_ni]

I heard that the original Mary Sue was killed with fire, so get the biggest flame spells you can get.

Maybe that will be one of the bosses?

 

[Zenithos]

About the monster that appeared in the sewers, we've already settled on it being a giant worm with tentacles, feelers bla bla bla (please see the story thread for reference, I can't be bothered to type it all up again ).

But I like the ideas you've all put forwards. We can have them for future bosses. Regarding the Wretches and Berserker, a picture or two would be good to help us imagine them. As for the undead Mary Sue....I think the picture is crystal clear :lol:

Anyway, Kingdark asked about midnight.

Yes, Ni has brought up one of the points - it appears Unknown gets stronger the closer we get to midnight.

As for the story itself, yes, as Ni mentioned, we're pretty much piecing it together on the fly here. To be honest, I hadn't planned at all on a sewer arc, which the appearance of Master Chief and the bombardment sort of made necessary....but it served the purpose of getting us to Hinata Sou PLUS it gave us a boss to fight

SO, let's now decide what's going to happen at midnight. I was just thinking something subtle, really. Remember the spire that came down from the inverted world of the yaoists? I was planning for that spire to merge with TFF HQ at midnight (with tentacles and meaty bits from the Yaoist spire slowly corrupting the glass and steel TFF HQ.). The corruption will then spread downwards towards the academy before spreading across the city....imagine the undead scourge in Warcraft and what they do to the scenery. :lol:

I was also thinking of a sort of 'Dark Hour' at midnight, such as seen in Shin MEgami Tensei Persona 3. Basically, at Dark Hour, everything electronic stops working. The world becomes really dark, with blood spattering everywhere. And shadows come alive....though we already have animate shadows, don't we?

It's really up to you folks and what we agree on. Anyone have any other ideas for the effects of the coming of midnight?

 

[Epsilon]

The personal fruity mecha (as in Meer ZAKU to the nth power) of the Grand Master Fangirl with a Satellite Yaoi Cannon descending to yaoify the world?