[Recruiting 1] Something Completely Different

[Kakashi64]

So... now what?

[Commando]

Post something in the thread

It's actually kind of fun. I might prefer this method over more mechanical ones.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

I've set up the first adventure: a big, floating fortress/giant robot from another dimension.

You can take that and decide exactly what is invading, or you can just have your hero show up and have a dialogue with cops or bystanders for a minute (maybe making a joke in the process) while waiting for everyone else to show up.

Maybe even have your hero pursuing a plotline that will get derailed for now but we can come back to later.

[Shadow13]

Will have something up tonight just finishing my tech notes on the suit ect. an will then work on a quick referance doc on the bio virus an the various bio soliders.

[Kakashi64]

It took me forever to find it! "Invasion from the 5th Dimension" - There we go!

[Commando]

I think that should just be the name "Invasion from the 5th Dimension". If things progress beyond that invasion, we can always change the name again.

And I believe we've gotten past "Interest Check" here...

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

Well like I said before: in this sort of game you don't really need an OOC thread, just make it clear that's what you're doing on the main one.

I find it's much easier to keep track of and less confusing what OOC post is when in the conversation order.

Plus you never know: we might need some more people eventually.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

Hm, two of the people who wanted to join haven't shown up yet. So I'm going to open the recruiting up to 8 total.

[Shadow13]

Post is almost done sorry, having diffcult with 5 month old. get one build almost done an he cries. Post almost done he cries. Problem is he has all the signs that he has a tooth coming in but it wont come through so gf an I are taking turns with him an dealing with the other 2 kids.

Let me finish this opening post real quick an hopefuly I can finish my doc without someone waking up an cant make up his mind if he wants mom or dad to hold n walk around. yeah the teething gel kinda works but its more of the comfort he wants since he dont know why he is hurting an such.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

It won't really matter if we get some more people.

I hope.

[poodle]

I'm not sure how much stuff you want from us, and I am happy to change the tone of the character. Despite his background I can make him more lighthearted or just change him entirely to an Uzbekistan taxi-driver.This is a really cool idea you have. I can't wait to see how well it works. It might just be because I always struggle remembering all the rules anyway.

Plaurent Dervishaj a.k.a. Grusht. Albanian criminal with the ability to enhance equipment


http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/alert/plaurent-dervishaj/
Plaurent is an Albanian tough guy. He progressed from B+E, extortion, dealing and then smuggling. He was busy setting up an empire when his temper got the better of him and now he is on the run for killing a rival with an 'anti-tank weapon.' What no-one is mentioning is that the anti-tank weapon was a 9mm makarov pistol that managed to blow the door off the armoured limo.

Equipment:Small icon of the virgin mary on a gold chain, pocket change, a PSS pistol

Complications:
wanted by the Albanian Government and rival Albanian gangs.
Superstitious: The albanians are a very religious people. He won't harm members of the clergy or commit crimes against the church.
Hatred: The Albanians have had a long history of hatred for the Turkishpeople. Plaurent has carried on this tradition and believes the Turks are lazy and untrustworthy.
Temper: Plaurent will go out of his way to avenge percieved insults and loss of face even at risk to himself. This has led to the death of several rival gang-bosses and his current problems.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

You could still use him mostly as-is, just give him a reason to have reformed (or pretend he's reformed at first, then truly reform later as character development). Keep in mind that one of our characters (Slayton/Echo) is a NYPD cop so he'd probably be looking for Plaurent and might only be dissuaded from turning him in if it seems like a greater force for Good to let him work as a superhero (of course that's up to Commando).

[poodle]

It seems like a bit of a stretch for a cop to let a wanted criminal away, especially an international one,wanted for murder. Are the party all together already? I guess the ways it would work would be if he had already been recruited for his different skills, or he had offered to turn states evidence against rival gangs and entered witness protection programme under the understanding that there was nothing they could do to make him rat on his own gang. Alternatively, he isn't wanted by the FBI because he hasn't been linked to the murders yet but he is living on borrowed time and wants to create some positive PR. What seems likeliest is that he was picked up already and is too useful to give back and told 'earn your keep' Whatever other methods you would choose to employis up to you, cranial bomb, drug supplements, large ammounts of cash, realisation that you can't get away from a paragon etc...

Thoughts?

[poodle]

I'm just gonna post and if you want to change my character or backstory then I'll edit the post

Plaurent gazed through the smoke of his camel cigarette at his interrogator. The handcuff holding him to the chair was pretty irritating but nicer than he would get back home. At least the orange jumpsuit was clean, no lice. He liked solitary. At home he would have had to share with 14 other people.
"Now Plaurent-"
"Are ve vriends now, Bawb? Mr Dervishaj is me."
"Let's go over what you have told us already."
"Vy, you haf masheen on desk. I tell you already.everyzing."
"How did you get your special abilities?"
"Vat you talkink about? I'm beesinessman. Glasnost, Da. If I haf powers vy em I stuck here?"
"OK, how did you get into New York?"
"plane."
Plaurent smiles at the guy on the other side of the desk, bolted to the floor.
"What can you tell us about the Gatti-"
There is a furious banging on the interview room door. A harried agent comes rushing in, glances briefly at Plaurent and starts whispering something.
Plaurent hears the words "spaceship" and "invasion"
The interrogator is disbelieving at first. He shuts the door behind him and heads away.
Just a matter of time thought Grusht.
He shuts his eyes and prays to the Madonna briefly. The light on the camera goes out and the handcuff slips off his wrist. His jumpsuit turns a drab green with the word janitor on the pocket. He walks towards the door and pushes it open. With his head down he goes to the nearest trashcan and grabs a bag of rubbish and starts making his way out of the building. As he goes past a window he stops and stares, mouth hanging open. There impossibly huge against the sky is 'something' hanging shadowing half the city

Nanajote ehankarin

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

I think it's all up to you. But the character just begs some questions:
* Why would he be acting like a superhero?
* Why should the others accept him when they find out about his past? (Because they will find out, it's the rule of drama.) [And this is basically asking "What thing is he going to do that they know about that would out-weight who he used to be when they're having the moral debate about whether to kick him off the team?"]

Those are things you (or maybe one of the other players) are going to have to be the one to figure out. It's your character. Plus I'm not being given much I can work with on redemption.