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Aegis Mods ([personal profile] aegis_mods) wrote in [community profile] aegis_notes2013-08-20 06:52 pm

Opening Testrun Meme

Before the game actually opens, lets all take a moment to-Hold up, need some kind of goofy picture.



Before the game actually opens, lets all take a moment to try out some characters that we think would work well here. Test the waters, declare who you're interested in, have fun, invite your friends. Tell them we brought punch and pie.

The Prompts!
1. Arrival - One minute, you were doing your own thing back home, the next, you were sucked through a glowing portal. Suddenly, you find yourself in a random stretch of road, surrounded by screaming and the sounds of gunfire and explosions. All around you are other confused and disoriented people. Beyond them, a haze of smoke, through which hulking...things slouch about, writhing with tentacles.

You've just taken part in a mass emergence event. They tend to be accompanied by the appearance of horrible things from between worlds. They're hungry, but Aegis has sent some of their best agents to help you out. Flee to safety, then try to figure out just what the HELL is going on.

2. Emergence - This was a lucky one. You actually got a full two hours of warning before the emergence event took place. Anyone who was around and could fight or help was gathered up, thrown through a hasty briefing, then shoved into transport helicopters to try get to a stretch of cornfields somewhere in Kansas before it exploded into a mess of confused and lost people and Astral Beasts.

Right now, everyone's still on the helicopter. Got any last minute thoughts to get off your chest before everything goes crazy?

3. Vigilance - Welcome to your new home. Vigilance is a medium sized city on the east coast of the United States. It's host to a number of things to see and do, but most notably, it is the secret headquarters of the Aegis Initiative. After the absolute chaos of your arrival, you have some down time to get your head together. Take a look around town, have some fun. They've got mini golf.

4. Quarantine - Sometimes, things go wrong. Sometimes, the general public blames it on sliders like you. Sometimes, for your own safety, you have to stay inside. There's always things to do in the base, but most of it is things like "Clean the bathroom" or "Finish these reports" and that can only keep you busy for so long before you start strangling people.

So what does a slider do when suffering from cabin fever in a military compound?

5. Celebration - Nothing like near death experiences to make you appreciate life all the more. You thoroughly trashed some aliens yesterday, and now it's time to celebrate the fact that no one was disintegrated. The mess hall has been hastily converted into a dance hall by way of shoving the tables out of the way and putting on some loud music. The kitchen staff was recruited to feed everyone, and someone MAY have spiked the punch. Someone may have also spiked the pie.

6. Wild Card - Or of course, you can come up with something else altogether. The world of Aegis is a big one. The same size as our own world, in fact. There's bound to be things you can think of that we didn't cover here.
becomingthesniper: (Laughing)

[personal profile] becomingthesniper 2013-08-24 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'd say "interesting" is an understatement. This city's got some pretty amazing stuff. I come from a time three centuries ahead of this one and I see new things quite a bit.
revolutionary_raider: (9)

[personal profile] revolutionary_raider 2013-08-24 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Sure hope none of 'em were assigned to back you up next time an alien or Emergence hits.
xiao_lan_long: (neutral)

[personal profile] xiao_lan_long 2013-08-25 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not really that...well, okay it is that bad but...

That is to say, I had the same thought.
treue: (8)

[personal profile] treue 2013-08-25 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I am from about a century or two in the future myself. It's strange how some things don't really change that much.
treue: (3)

[personal profile] treue 2013-08-25 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well since you are here I shall provide assistance. What do you require of me?

Hayato Jin, New Getter Robo | 5ish

[personal profile] getter_brains 2013-08-26 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
Victory, celebration! Hayato's definitely among the party-goers!

Oh wait, no he isn't. While most people celebrate being alive for another week, Hayato is deep in the bowels of Aegis. Specifically: in the research archives where most people aren't allowed to go. He's downloading gigabytes of information about other sliders onto his laptop. Information about YOU.

You might be pretty sneaky, but apparently not sneaky enough, when you got close enough, Hayato said "Isn't this area supposed to be off limits? What are YOU doing here?" Without looking up from his task.
Edited 2013-08-26 10:29 (UTC)
ridethelightning: (Huh?)

[personal profile] ridethelightning 2013-08-27 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Hm?

[Ky stops when he hears the question. Ah, well, at least it's something else to do.]

That's the chapel. Personnel go there to pray, and on weekends they hold various religious services within.
becomingthesniper: (Smile)

[personal profile] becomingthesniper 2013-08-27 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
No kidding. In my day and age, cars work exactly the same way as they do here -- they just run on solar power, not on fossil fuels. We don't have enough left for that.
seeker_of_law: (Pensive)

[personal profile] seeker_of_law 2013-08-27 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
I had assumed as much, from the appearance. It is... reminiscent of the places of worship I am accustomed to.

[A slight pause as Lawfer tentatively peers inside.]

Is there no shrine here dedicated to Odin, the All-Father, then?
mindread_it_all: (Default)

OOC permission request

[personal profile] mindread_it_all 2013-08-27 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[OOC: I want to tag this, but first I need to ask if you're okay with having her read your character's mind or not. Her permission post has more details.]

Re: OOC permission request

[personal profile] getter_brains 2013-08-27 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[OOC: Allowed on the understanding that Hayato's mind is a dark and scary place. He is a psychopathic murderer, after all.

Right now he's mainly trying to decide if he needs to kill her for catching him at his snooping.]
Edited 2013-08-27 08:15 (UTC)
mindread_it_all: (Erm)

[personal profile] mindread_it_all 2013-08-27 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, this guy's dangerous.

"Er... Sorry. I got lost. I'll just leave now."

She's slowly backing off.
Edited 2013-08-27 10:58 (UTC)
ridethelightning: (Huh?)

[personal profile] ridethelightning 2013-08-28 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Ky stops. The look of surprise on his face is unmistakable.]

You wouldn't mean...you don't mean Odin of the Norse pantheon, do you?
seeker_of_law: (Dubious)

[personal profile] seeker_of_law 2013-08-28 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
...?

I indicate Odin, father of the gods and leader of the Aesir. I understand this to be a different world. Perhaps he holds different sway in these lands...

[that would be a 'yes']
ridethelightning: (Nervous)

[personal profile] ridethelightning 2013-08-28 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well...gods such as Odin, Thor, Frigg...are, um. No longer worshiped. Belief in their pantheon waned as the influence of Christianity grew.
seeker_of_law: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] seeker_of_law 2013-08-28 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Lawfer frowns. More so than he usually does, anyway.]

...It seems this world is even stranger than I had thought. What use do the Aesir have for our belief...? We are privileged to be allowed to worship and partake in the world they set apart for us.

In any case... the one I wish to speak to is Odin's servant. The Valkyrie. I suppose she is not 'believed in', either?
ridethelightning: (Huh?)

[personal profile] ridethelightning 2013-08-28 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Er...no. Nobody has paid homage to the pantheon in over a thousand years. Thus, they see no need for facilities to cater to them.
seeker_of_law: (Irritation)

[personal profile] seeker_of_law 2013-08-28 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
How vexing.

[Lawfer closes the door to the chapel and sighs in a long-suffering sort of way.]

If there is no Valkyrie in this place, am I to understand that my duties as Einherjar have been relieved?
ridethelightning: (Lost in thought)

[personal profile] ridethelightning 2013-08-29 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Um...well, you're here, so you're expected to work as part of this project. The Aegis Initiative, I mean. So in that respect, no, you are not relieved of duty. You've been, er...reassigned.
seeker_of_law: (Dubious)

[personal profile] seeker_of_law 2013-08-30 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Lawfer's perpetual frown deepens.]

You will excuse my saying so, but the assignment of duties here seems... trivial in comparison to the preparations for Ragnarok. I shall need to ponder upon this matter.
untamed_lawman: (Default)

Virgil Klima, OC - 5

[personal profile] untamed_lawman 2013-09-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Virgil leans back in her chair, back to wall as her usual habit, feet up on an unused table]

Hey! Looks like ya ain't much up for dancin' either, come on, pull up a seat. I'm itchin' for a bit of low-rent excitement.

[With a flick of her wrist, the elf pulls out a deck of cards, shuffling them as she speaks]

Spanish Monte? Oklahoma? None of these ring a bell? Ah, bless. If a little vice ain't yer thin', how 'bout we jest chew the fat. I'm a curious sort, y'know.
Edited 2013-09-02 02:50 (UTC)
revolutionary_raider: (2)

[personal profile] revolutionary_raider 2013-09-02 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Never one to say no to a friendly card game. Can't say I know either of those but how hard can it be?
untamed_lawman: (Glance)

[personal profile] untamed_lawman 2013-09-02 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Let's do a bit of Spanish Monte, might bit easier to learn - now forget 'bout the three-card that 'em big-city cheats love to use.

[She lays the deck down, sitting up properly so she can open up a checker box, grabbing a couple fistfuls of pieces]

It ain't fair to be takin' money from a man who is jest learnin' the rules. Forty cards, you remove the nines, tens, and eights - like so. There's a banker, and the players - I'll bank.

[With deft hands, she reduces deck and split the chips between them]

I draw two from top, and two from bottom like so, and lay it out. The player bets on one or both layouts that their card will match one or both cards in that layout.

With me so far?
revolutionary_raider: (2)

[personal profile] revolutionary_raider 2013-09-02 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I follow. 'preciate you not trying to bet money, that might've ended with you out on your pointy 'lil ears.
untamed_lawman: (Default)

[personal profile] untamed_lawman 2013-09-02 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[She grins toothily, laughing]

We'll have to see about that.

Now for the next part, after bets are taken, you get that's called a Coupe. Losers get knocked off, and we discard all the cards in play, and continue, after five Coupes - if ya're not playin' against the house, the fella with the most successful Coupes become the banker.

[She finishes as she draws the top and bottom lay out face up. One has two of spades and six of clubs, the other has four of spades and five of hearts]

The deck, or monte is never reshuffled or restacked, ya play until the cards run out. Now I'm reminded of a rather interestin' story about this little game.

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