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NarBloodwolf

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''I am fine Matt and thank you.'' said Rhen as he graciously accepted the granola bar and began to eat. ''This should last me for a while. So long as we do not engage in anything other than walking I can hold out. But if it comes to a fight against an abyssal creature......I will need much more to regain my strength. As I have said before Matt, when on Elune my body natural feeds upon the naturally occurring magic in the environment, but when on Nueva, my body supplements the magic for sun light. Normally this would be enough to sustain myself, but down here........the is no sun.......so my body is forced to rely on the nourishment of food to sustain itself. My people are not as strong as we think, for if they knew about this, their entire world would be turned on its head. For they think our people invincible and invulnerable but we are not.''

04-Jul-2013 05:16:56

Basileus257

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"Rhen, do me a favour and have something else to eat as well." Matt said, with a note of concern in his voice. "If we go deeper into these ruins and have to fight something or run for it, then I doubt that a couple of bars will be enough to sustain you. I can't hurt you to do so and it could even save your life. Anyway, your reaction to the lack of natural light down here has made me realize something: In many ways, your kind is superior to mine, but in many ways my kind is superior to yours. I mean, your kind can fly and I imagine you are intellectually superior to the average human, but humans seem to be more resilient mentally. From what you've told me, a watcher goes mad quicker then a human would. It also seems to me that perhaps the watchers are in denial about their fragility. Sure, maybe you don't die of old age, but you would still die if you were to be shot or stabbed or something like that. In a way, it's foolish to overlook something so obvious, though perhaps understandable."

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”

¯ Aristotle

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

Marthe Troly-Curtin

08-Jul-2013 23:52:33

NarBloodwolf

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''I shall consider it Matt. But for the moment I shall be fine. As to your thoughts on my race.....you are correct in many of your assumptions. But think on this if you will, we are a race who has never been in open war with another, we never see the passing of those who are outcast so we think that they live on. If you never saw anyone age nor die, what would you think of yourself then?'' said Rhen before taking another bite of the granola bar. ''As to the mental health of my people, that is where your assumptions begin to stray. The only ones who have gone mad are the ones who were cast out of our society. In my time in the city, never once did one of our own descend into madness. I think the root cause of going mad in the outcasts is isolation. With no one but themselves to speak to and to recite their findings to, they simply go mad. So in essence you are somewhat correct on the fragility of the minds of my people. Even though I am with you and the others right now, there is still a chance of myself falling into the same madness that the other outcasts of my race have fallen into. I know it is negative to think that way but it is the truth.''

09-Jul-2013 02:03:43

Basileus257

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"Fine, it is your body Rhen and you know it better then I do. I just don't want to have to be dragging you out of here because you don't have enough energy. You know that i'll do it." Matt said. "Anyway. I still find it rather odd that your people never assumed that if you were hypothetically attacked by someone, you would be grievously injured or killed. What did your people think would happen if one of you were, say stabbed with a sword? It's true that you are in many ways harder to kill then a human. Like you said, you can't die of old age or die from starvation and I would assume dehydration. But that still leaves weapons and trust me when I say that both worlds have plenty of them. As for your people's mental fortitude. Well, I didn't mean to imply that the people living in your city would randomly go mad. That doesn't make much sense. What I did mean is that if you isolated a human and a watcher in two separate locations and monitored them... well it seems to me that the watcher would be the first to go insane. Your minds are incredible, more so then perhaps any other being in existence. But with such intelligence comes a fragility I think. I've been told that genius and madness are two sides of the same coin. But I wouldn't go and act like you are on the verge of going insane or anything like that. Even if it is true, it does not help things to say that."

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”

¯ Aristotle

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

Marthe Troly-Curtin

10-Jul-2013 02:32:41

NarBloodwolf

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''It is not odd that a people who have no interest in war and only wish to live in peace do not think that they will do battle. In a way, and this in the only other example I can think of, my people are a lot like the Soulbound that Soul watches over. But do not get me wrong Matt......we still have arms and armor but we have never had to use them. And as far as a mere battle wound being the end of a watcher's life......the blast of void energy that I created to cause my exile is more of a probable cause for death dye to the energy released. But I am still alive though I am a few less limbs short that when I was protoformed. But I could have just been lucky to survive the blast....who knows.'' said Rhen as he finished off the granola bar. ''As to your assumptions on madness and genius.....I share in your hypothesis. Genius and madness are two side of the same coin. If I recall my human history correct, I believe that some of your greatest generals and leader were called mad at times and yet they accomplished much with little to no loss. But anyway.....I am not teetering on the brink of madness. I am very much sure that I have many decades or centuries ahead of me before I feel the draw of madness in full. So long as I do not stay completely isolated from the world and other people, I should be perfectly fine, except the possible side effects of my contact with massive quantities of void energy could prove me wrong otherwise, but only time shall tell.''

10-Jul-2013 15:39:07

[#TRLXKLP0X]

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((@Darlantan Okay, one: it's the SHIELD that has a force-field, and two: the "magic" isn't true magic, and thus it should be usable in both realms, unless something about reality on the tech world nullifies the symbiote which will NOT nullify the telekinesis since it is a perfectly natual ability for Garans, i Guess I should have said that, I'll eliminate the use of the plasma beam, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have it, and generally, remember: He's from a different reality all together than the role-play's reality,and thus the ship is necessary fro travel, so I'm afraid it has to stay, but the ship is completely useless due to the lack of shields and all that is left is scraps of it, maybe a few large parts survived re-entry and the crash.))
((Alterations complete, anything else?))

15-Jul-2013 16:26:57 - Last edited on 15-Jul-2013 16:57:10 by [#TRLXKLP0X]

Darlantan

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((Xentient: Your bio is accepted. Most of our characters are currently exploring an underground ruin in the frozen northern wastes of Neuveli, though you may begin roleplaying wherever you wish. However, my rate of posting will likely remain exceedingly slow for an unknown span of time due to offline problems. Oh, and it's currently early night.

Chibi: Several things. The presence of supernatural abilities on Neuveli is meant to serve as an important plot element; for this reason, granting characters supernatural abilities for use on Neuveli is prohibited. Telekinesis would qualify as such an ability.

If I was not clear enough, I'll restate my earlier response in a simpler form: extra-terrestrials are not permitted in this roleplay. The same goes for the ship***

***;Well, I'll admit going drinking isn't exactly a common past time among Tempest, though it's not unheard of. Such usually only occurs on rare occasions during momentous events or among traveling individuals. Though it's a rather different experience for us than for humans... For us to get drunk... Hah, I'd like to see a tavern carrying enough mead to get me drunk****;

Forlirn kept a slow, steady space as he proceeded down the dark corridor, his sharp gaze scanning the enveloping darkness ahead. The corridor was rather bare, adorned only with the stylized carvings that seemed commonplace throughout the ruined city. Oddly-shaped cages of silvery metal hung from the ceiling at regular intervals, several of which held faintly glowing fragments of grey crystal. The space seemed devoid of threats, though Forlirn's tail flicked slowly in an uneasy manner.

The chances of a rescue for the trapped survivors of the attack were very slim. Given the logistics that would be needed to rescue the dragons, they would likely die long before a rescue effort could be organized. Provided they died of suffocation, that was.

19-Jul-2013 05:13:55

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(( Darlantan, you just said the key to why the Garans COULD use their telekinesis, your treating it as if it's a SUPER-natural ability, but for the Garan race it's perfectly NATURAL, super natural implied abnormal, but if this is your stance then I'm afraid that Garans can't exist in this role play... a pity, oh wait they'd be OP with their insanely tough scales anyways...))

19-Jul-2013 05:19:46

Darlantan

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((Chibi: Telekinesis is considered a supernatural ability. Creating a race that "naturally" has this ability does not exclude the race from this restriction.

Limit the ability or your character will never be accepted.))

19-Jul-2013 07:17:10

Basileus257

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"Have you ever thought about trying to set up some sort of community for others in your kind that have been exiled, but are not yet insane?" Matt asked. "Find members of your kind that are on their own and build something in the middle of nowhere. It can't be impossible and I am sure that it would ward of insanity for quite some time, if not permanently."

Matt petted the side of Caelidorus's head, a smile on his face*****;Oh come now! In all of Elune, there must be one tavern that has enough mead to serve our purposes! We've just got to look hard enough****; His expression grew more serious*****;Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about something, and I would prefer you keep this between us no matter what you decide. Look... if there really is some sort of immensely powerful being that is preparing to invade our worlds as we speak... well people need to know so that they can prepare. If the armies on Neuva and Elune are caught off guard, then I don't see anyway that they could defeat a foe like Nrilgroth. I think that once we are done in these ruins and we find some evidence of Nrilgroth's intentions, we should take the evidence and try to warn the big countries on both worlds. You are the leader of the Tempests and your words hold great sway. If you say something bad is about to happen, then others will listen. The people of Neuva will be harder to convince, but I believe they can be convinced with whatever we find here and maybe some pictures of an ancient. What do you think?>

Within a few hours of the attack, the news had spread to virtually every corner of the world. In countries that despised dragons, the attack was met with cheers. In the few regions that were not hostile to dragons, the people reacted differently. Some cheered while others saw it as a barbaric action. The dragon clans in the north sent aid to try and mount a rescue mission, though there was little chance that many of the survivors would be found alive. Word of the attack even reached members of the Maw.

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”

¯ Aristotle

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

Marthe Troly-Curtin

19-Jul-2013 21:47:44

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