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We seem to be at a lull right now, so I figured I'd put out a quick catch-up post to explain where every group is right now. Silver Team- Trapped in a house that's been sealed by a barrier and set on fire. They need to get through the one door in the door to the other room and find another way out. Gold Team- Entered a cave on the way up and encountered Dante, one of the Kamyn. They are currently speaking with him, but things seem destined to take a dark turn very soon. Iron Team- After beating a rock golem and having a quick scuffle with the Kamyn Efenton, Efenton opened up a gap between them and the path ahead. They are now ready to proceed forward onto their next challenge... Platinum Team- They faced the Kamyn Vortimer and after a tough battle they were allowed to pass. Now they are resupplying in a nearby shack, and about to re-embark on their climb. As always, if there are any questions, critiques, or requests, don't hesitate to message me or post here!

((As Josh said a bit up the page, Silver, the gaps already filled in)) Kamyn Adriev turned his eyes to Vortimer. "I intend to play with most of them a little while longer." He then brought his gaze towards the projection of the Silver Team. The fires continued to burn brighter inside the house, and Adriev stared down at the group, and the burning door to the house's single other room. "A few, however, may perish a bit early." Gold Adriev's voice entered Dante's mind. "Do not toy with them for so long with nothing but words. We wouldn't want our guests to get bored with simple debate would we?"

Silver Kinzoku smoothed out the letter and read it... You fools came looking for it, didn't you? You first oust me and then you wish to take everything from me? You shall never have it, though. I destroyed the moment I left your little enclave. You fancy yourselves gods but look who's helpness now! I'm sure you all have many more, but you don't know how happy it makes me to take at least one thing and you fools be unable to stop me. Twenty years! Twenty damn years I was with you. I understood you and I sympathized. You all are walking a path you can never return from, though, and if you can't listen to reason and are so intent on ridding yourself of old friends then I shall do the same. I will never let you hunt me down and kill me like you did the first one who left. Here it ends. That little instruction, to make sure everyone was in the house, I can't believe you must of fallen for it. The envelope is a trigger, and well... you'll see you Kamyn bastards. You'll see very soon. -Ventro Outside the house a strange sound was heard. It was the sound of a magical barrier being put up. Everywhere around the house. Then, from the fireplace, came several spouts of flame, veering out towards Silver team and the walls and floors of the house. Soon everything was on fire, and getting hotter by the moment. Silver team had to find a way out, and fast. Kamyn Adriev smiled as he looked down at the house, now showing signs of a small fire within. "Who knew..." he reached to a table beside and picked something up. "Who knew your little last ditch attempt to kill us would come in handy one day..." He peered into the empty sockets of the skull he held. "Ventro."

For the moment consider that he's sort of silently traveling with you. If it goes a while without any input then we'll just consider him removed.

((Just remember to keep some of your posting spaced out. On my end I'll be sure to keep posting more consistently from here on out.)) Platinum Vortimer had grabbed and ridden away with the orb, but not after Fairy's interaction with it had yielded some results. The moment she touched it a projection appeared above it, showing a huge schematic for some sort of structure. It was gigantic from the looks of it, with many rooms and a huge chamber in the center of it's structure. It looked neither like a building nor a natural formation. It was long and oddly shaped. Once Vortimer held it, though, the projection dissipated and was fully gone as he rode away. A ways further up the mountain the group could see a ramshackle shed with a rotten wooden sign stating "Supplies". Within the shed were various bandages and several jars of preserved fruits. An odd place for a supply shed... but it didn't look dangerous, and would make a good resting point after the recent battle to resupply and get their bearings. Silver (Sorry about not updating sooner for you guys, I scanned through posts the last time to see who was moving the plot further to update it and missed several of your key posts, won't happen again.)) As Sanya breathed in all she could smell was... ash. Looking around the house, Kinzoku would only have been able to note how barren it looked. There were two rooms; the one she was in with a kitchen and a small table, as well as a fireplace on the wall to her right and another room through an archway on the other end of the room she stood in. The Fireplace was filled with ash, but still seemed to be burning unnaturally somehow. It was the envelope on the table, however, that was the most curious thing abut the room. The envelope was crimson colored, with various magical symbols on it. Written in very imperfect handwriting, aged several decades by the looks of it, was just the phrase "Ensure nobody is outside house when opening." Kiekre's legacy was about to be discovered. Iron Adriev's voice reached Efenton as he stood looking at the Iron team. "Do not be so quick to stop these fools. They have entered our domain and their fate is sealed already. It is rare that we get such fascinating subject to toy with, so if they intrigue you, feel free to allow them to pass. this is only the beginning my son." Gold More and more little lights seemed to shine fro within the cave. Little beacons in the darkness. What were they, and why were they here? There was only one way for Gold team to find out.

Iron The Golem cried out as Alice's flames struck it's face. As it moved it's hand shield it's eyes it's leg shattered from Emert's attack. Then there was the Doctor's spear strike. As it's conciousness wavered, it made it's concluding move. It began to tumble forward without balance or focus, but it moved to land directly on Emert in it's fall, and as it fell it brought both it's hands over the Doctor, enclosing him as it fell so that it might try to take both Emert and the Doctor with it. The ground drew closer and closer... Then... Crash.

While I don't want to get too offhand, I do want to say that I've got a 360, PS3, WiiU, PS4, and PC for modern consoles to throw my hat into the ring.

Good times. :biggrin:

Iron As Alice on her dragon and the Doctor on his Ciful flew up near the cliff, the entire terrain seemed to buckle. As both the flying animals began to ascend the sheer slope, the cliff itself came out to meet them. A huge moving slab of rock the entire height of the cliff tore out of the rocks themselves. Two hands. The first came on the Doctor's Ciful, the second made a quick motion to swat Alice's dragon out of the air. As the hands moved, the rest of the rocks that lay between them pushed out of the cliff more, revealing the full form of the being they faced. This wasn't just a cliff. It was a 50 foot tall rock golem. Silver The house's front door groaned open. The smoke in the chimney was one thing but up close it became more obvious how old the house was. Ivy grew around the edges and the door was more battered than it appeared from a ways off. With the door opened, though, in the darkness of the house, a small climmering light could be seen. Calling to the Silver team... Beckoning.

Well, the first introduction to the trials is up. I do hope these get as... fun as the Experiment's. :wink:

Time was up. The magical locks on each gate activated and the gates began to groan as they started to close again. It was time to go in. Iron On the other side of the gate was an overgrown path that barely got anywhere before it transitioned to huge jagged rocks. The entire terrain became rocky as it went further into the Evraius territory, until finally it became a sheer rocky cliff. Rock walls flanked both sides of the path, too, so there was no way around it. A rocky cliff this far down a mountain was unusual... there was obviously something else at play here, but climbing the rocky path cliff was the only way up for the Iron team, and it was about 50 feet of vertical distance. It was time to get climbing. The Iron team was not alone here though. Something else was present at these cliffs. It was watching them... waiting. It was hidden from them for now. But not for long. Gold The path on the other side of the gate from Gold team was gravel, and unworn or disturbed; as if someone had just recently laid it for them. It extended into a light forest, but not for long. Eventually it led to a mouth of a cave, nothing could be seen on the inside without venturing in yourself, and there didn't seem to be another way around as the terrain broke away in jagged shifts to the left and right of the path in an un-traversable manner. Someone wanted Gold team to venture inside... and they made sure the environment reflected that. Something glinted from within the cave; a dance of light in the darkness. There was only one way to find out what lay within... Silver There was no noticeable road on the other side of the gate from Silver team, but it was already clear where their next destination was; there was a house a little ways up the mountain's incline. Smoke was rising from the chimney. On the other side of the gate there was no noticeable obstruction to keep the team's members from staying away from the house, but there was a faint but noticable trace of magic, specifically barrier-type. Something had sealed this area of the mountain. Someone really wanted them to go towards the house. Maybe an old grandmother lived there. Platinum There was a beaten dirt path that lead from the gate standing before Platinum team toward a clearing a little ways up. Much of Evraius was forested but the clearing looked perfectly circular and cleared away of any obstructions. There wasn't even grass; the entire clearing was all dirt. In the center was an orb. It seems that some sort of magic was kept within it that has cleared all the forest and life around it. It beckoned with it's dim glow to the members of platinum team... Kamyn Adriev smiled as he admired his work. It had been so long since anyone had dared try to climb Evraius, he couldn't help but feel a little like a child in a candy store. "Dante..." he spoke without turning to his peer. "I suspect you know which of these I have built for your enjoyment? Have all the fun you wish, but don't be too quick about ending their lives, I wish to savor this a little bit." He then shifted his eyes toward Vortimer. "As you can see, we seem to have been a little careless about disposing of the memory orb the last wizard to try and climb our mountain left here. I doubt it is of great importance, but if you wish to create a trial, I would suggest you create one for this 'Platinum team'. Keep them from gaining the orb too easily and see if you can gauge their skill levels. He glanced around his group once more. "Any other suggestions as to our guests?" Then Adriev turned back to the four projections. This was going to be the most fun he'd had in years.

That's totally fine Ferro. As for the everyone here in general, I gave about a 1-day grace period for everyone to get their character's settled in, but I do want to say that we're going to be moving a bit faster once I introduce the first... challenges for every group in about 20 minutes or so.

Hey everyone. Sorry that I wasn't around to more directly address your comments yesterday. I was far busier than I had been anticipating, so instead of having most of the night to create and tweak the initial bit of the RP, I had only about 30 minutes to do so. Luckily I'm open for the entirety of today to keep things moving smoothly and help to changes some aspects. Firstly, I've already seen that some people feeling a bit hesitant or restrained due to the two-post rule. I wanted to implement that rule due to there being a constant issue with the speed of the RPs that leave some people way behind which at times can be annoying and dismaying if you're trying to keep up. At the same time I don't want people who really enjoy the RP to suffer for it. The huge group we have makes the need for good pacing stronger than ever, but I want everyone to have fun to, so I'll be trying to find a happy medium here. For the moment then the two post rule is upgraded to a three post rule. I'll make the corresponding change in the OP. I'll continue to adjust it and change the rulesets as we go forward so please keep giving feedback and critiques, it's always helpful. Second, I neglected to mention a core bit of my RP style that is also present here; the environments in the RP will be described and setup by me in the RP section. When you move beyond a point where the environment is already set, like opening a door or entering a cave, end you post with a sort of "And then the character saw...." and I'll come in and fill in what happens then. The first instance of the set environments will occur in just a little while, as after all of your introductions, I will set up the fun that lies in wait for you all beyond your respective gates... Okay, I just edited the RP so that both your characters are in Sora's group. To fill the void in Silver Team I also moved Averain from Gold to Silver.

Consider it approved! I don't have a ton of time to be on for the moment, but pick whichever of the two teams they are in for them both to be in and I'll shift the lineup!

See for yourself! Here's the RP: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/75586-evraius-rp/ If you want any team changes, just say so and I'll make some early adjustments!

((If you haven't seen what this RP is all about or if you wish to learn more, sign up, or discuss the events, go here: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/75447-evraius-an-original-rp-signups-and-discussion/ ))"We've reached the end of the road.""This is the end of the road.""End o' the line folks.""This is it, everyone."All four captains assigned to escort the expedition teams said variations of the same thing; this was end of the society and civilization as humanity knew it. At four points around the mountain known as Evraius the Teragren captains went over the situation once more to be sure there was no confusion; this was a volunteer mission, there was a high risk of death, and once the climbers passed the Teragen gates onto the premises of Evraius they were no longer under the protection of the Teragren army, and nobody would help but the rest of their team members.Of the 19 volunteers that passed the test to be accepted into the Evraius mission there were now four teams, each of 4 or 5 people. The army had brought them to the four gates that separated Evraius from the Kingdom of Teragren. The strategy was that they may be more effective if they could split the Kamyn attention and thus have a better survival rate. Now the four teams sat at their respective gates, facing the world changing mountain that would be their future; Evraius. The teams were split up in the following ways:Gold Team, made up of Drale Vay, Amber Dolor, Cornelius Bastion, and Sandrew.Silver Team, made up of Sonya Bishop, Kinzoku Mors, Averain, and Jasper SummersIron Team, made up of Alice Thornsberry, Emert Berger, Morgan Etiam Vinctum, and Doctor Pellinore WartropPlatinum Team, made up of Apollo, Lance Alburght, Varion Hain, Fairy, Aya Kozakura, Sairi KozakuraEach of the gates rumbled opened painfully and slowly, with a history of destruction and cruelty beyond their metal bars."Okay." Each captain spoke to the respective teams as they mounted their horses once again and steered back toward the road."You all have 5 minutes to greet your new teammates and enter the gates. The magical locks will automatically close them again after that point. There won't be any returning until you have something substantial to return with." The gist of each captain's parting words were. They had all rehearsed together so the information would be similar for each group. It also helped mask the fear.And then each group was left alone, each with a gate and a beaten dirt path beyond it sitting before them. It was time to start the introductions and get going.It was time to start the climb.Watching every gate through spectral projections, Adriev pondered. He stood in a pure white room with 5 others. After watching the four teams for a few moments he turned to his peers: Efenton, Girver, Dante, and Vortimer. Only one was missing."So..." He spoke slowly, weighing every word. "What shall we do about this?"

Not a bad idea Sora. I personally would hope that people aren't going to waste their two-posts per-update on something under three lines, but I'll throw that in as well. ALSO: While you all wait for the RP thread to go up, I'll let you stew on the group divisions we've got. There are so many climbers I actually divided the force into four groups: Gold team, Silver team, Platinum team, and Iron team. Due to requests, preferences, and a little bit of scheming, there are the preliminary groupings: Platinum Apollo Lance Alburght Varion Hain Fairy Aya Kozakura Iron Alice Thornsberry Emert Berger Morgan Etiam Vinctum Doctor Pellinore Warthrop Silver Ferro Nonkendas Sanya Bishop Sairi Kozakura Kinzoku Mors Jasper Summers Gold Drale Vay Averain Amber Dolor Cornelius Bastion Sandrew

Accepted! Good to have ya! I'm sad to say but yeah. Unfortunatley for balancing issues I have to draw the line somewhere, and I've already exeeded my initial estimation for Kamyn numbers several times. There's only so many super-powered villain I can have flying around opposing the climbers until they A) Are made weaker to enact a bit of fairness which would eliminate their initial concept and kinda change the whole premise for them or B) They just utterly beat the climbers at every turn as there are just too many superpowered villains. After I sent the group messages out to both spies and Kamyn last night that was pretty much the very last point I was willing to look into it, and even then the Kamyn were pretty maxed. You're free to make a climber though! ---------------------------------- Just so you all know, I'm writing up the opening RP post right now. I want to reiterate the two-post rule. Make sure to read back through it if you're unfamiliar. For tonight I actually won't advance the plot beyond the introduction just so that everyone has a chance to enter the RP and have their character started out.

Don't do it! The RP will be all the more awesome with ya in it! Plus, I think you guys will find out soon, but power level isn't going to be everything in this RP. Can do! Once I set up the initial groups feel free to have your character fell into one of their ranks! Sounds awesome, and nice FFXII reference there, accepted! Accepted! Also, I have a very cool announcement for Hazimie and Schemer. While I was hesitant about adding more Kamyn for balance purposes, looking over the current character lists, and rethinking a little bit of how I'm going to run the Kamyn, I can now say that both of your Kamyn characters are officially accepted for the RP, congrats! I'll be sending out the messages for spies and Kamyn now. I'll be sure anyone who requested a position and may not be clear on what they got is clearly informed, but just so it's clear now, considering I'm sending out the group messages now, there aren't gonna be any more possibilities for Kamyn or spies now if you haven't already contacted me.

Yeah. I probably would have asked Hazimie if he was set on having his one character then and tried to see what may have come of that. I'd like to get the best balance of the things in the RP people want the most and what's fair as well. I wouldn't just ignore if you really wanted that character. I want the RP to balanced and therefore hopefully more fair and fun, but only so far as people can be happy with what their role is.

Yup, looks fine, consider it approved!

Hey folks, dropping by to say that I'm thinking the RP is going to actually begin tomorrow. I want to take tonight to check on any last-minute joins, and then adjust the Spy/Kamyn count based on that. After that I'll send out group messages for the Kamyn and Spies, and then take requests for characters to group together if any of you have particular characters you'd want yours paired with. No guarantees but I'll do my best. I'm really happy to see everyone get into the spirit of things with a lot of this shipping, I can only imagine where this is going to lead given the inclusion of spies (I'm already imagining some excellent reveals. Also, I normally stray away from any involvement in interpersonal stuff between anyone here, but as a quick note just generally; try to be nice, or at least respectable to everyone here. Everyone has their own complex lives, emotions, and personal quirks and distinctions, and though I completely understand that there can very certainly be reasons behind personal disinterest or distaste for others I hope we can all at least be fair and respect that even with personal issues everyone is here to enjoy a roleplay and have a really cool time together, to have a couple of cool fights, ship a few people, and maybe be utterly shocked by some twists. You all are smart and awesome people so I doubt there'll be any issues, but I figured I may as well put a quick comment to that end. So with all that outta the way, get ready for the grand buildup as we're in the eve of the beginning of what I hope to be great things! If you have any questions or comments as to the status of your characters, please feel free to post here or message me. I should have the setup done tonight and the fun begins tomorrow! [On a last comment, Schemer and Hazimie, I'm thinking I can push it a bit and add in another Kamyn to get another request in, but because Hazimie's only character put in is a Kamyn, would you mind if he gets first priority for Kamyn, Schemer?]

You're accepted!

I leave for a couple hours... lol, it's nice to have you all back together along with some fresh faces, I can already tell this will be fun. Just a heads up, the RP itself should start tomorrow night or later morning on Thursday, so be generally ready. I have the two-post rule, though, which should keep anything from being too overbearing to keep up with. The Sign ups will remain open for the entirety of the RP too.

Accepted, good to see ya, Daniel! Accepted, sounds like an awesome character! Sounds really cool, I really loved Transistor too so it's good to see some inspiration from it, looking forward to havin' ya Natron! Really liking the backstory and magic type, you're good to go! Accepted! Looking forward to working with ya! Sounds good Ultimus, you're in! You nabbed the last of the current Kamyn slots too. Both are accepted! Good to have ya Neko! Her power sounds awesome, can't wait to see her in the RP! Morgan's all good, though for the moment Dante will have to go on the waiting list for Kamyn. If we get enough people I can add him in! Nice entries for both though! Same deal as with Schemer, your character is accepted but on the waiting list for the Kamyn until the primary sign ups are done and I have a good idea of the Kamyn/climber balance. I'm somewhat hopeful but we'll still have to see. Your updated form is accepted too, just make sure you don't over-use your skills given how much power and variety you have there. I don't plan on closing the sign ups so you'll be fine whenever you're able to sign up, I looks forward to having you!