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1) Defeating Cthulhu in Christmas present does NOT stop the Fourth Wall falling. Perhaps it turns out Mister A was right about all fictionals needing to be sent back (something we MIGHT have trusted hi m on if we had been given more evidence that it was true –which in fairness, is something he couldn’t control; or if he’d just behaved in a way we found more trustworthy –which he COULD have controlled but refused to, and started terminating any instantiations who showed promise.)
2) So the Fourth Wall falls... Deanna escapes her prison/asylum/wherever and now that the wall is so broken down she CAN get into the void – she continues her plan to kill mister A
3) Some of the instantiations realise there’s a threat even if their father won’t accept it, and bring the human Metaguards into the void to try and stop Deanna
4) The Metaguards fail mostly due to their unfamilarity with the void, Mister A is killed, Deanna instantly gains control over the void and all the instantiations.
5) So then, while the Metaguards are just sort of staring at her and pointing out that ‘yeah reality’s still ending’ Deanna demonstrates the advantages of human imagination and does what Mister A could not do – she fixes the wall. Not sure how yet, but she DOES. The Metaguards don’t like putting such power in her hands, but what choice do they have? The world is literally ending RIGHT at that very moment, and she’s the only hope they have.
6) In the wake of her basically saving the world, Deanna announces her total control overthe void and, thus, both reality and fiction. Some Metaguards have the anticipated ‘AW, HELL NO!' response. In the resulting... debate, Eli is killed, and Deanna decrees that they are all either with her (and alive)o r against her (and dead)
7) Not wanting anybody else to die, some Metaguards agree to stay provided others are set free (who stays with Deanna and who gets away will be decided by you as individuals –we’ll have a thread where you can choose for yourselves, or something and will discuss any specifics with you).
8) After this has happened, some Metaguards stay with Deanna, others escape. Cut forward to two years later or so and the Metaguards who stayed with Deanna are just trying to make things better for those she subjugates. While the other Metaguards are rallying one last ditch attempt at a coup which ,of course, fails miserably because this is meant to be a really bad future.

Scarab wrote:I will make no mystery of the fact some people are going to die here. Anybody have anything against themselves being one of those killed SAY SO now.

Scarab wrote:PLEASE NOTE: I am also adding an imperative that any Metaguards under the age of eighteen will NOT be killed in the story even if they're okay with it and are not permitted to suggest they can be. I know these Metaguards are just ficitonal avatars of ourselves and not REALLY us, guys, but the lines tend to blur around here quite a bit, and that sort of think has the potential to get us into a lot of trouble. This is a story, that's all. Let's not do anything phenomenally stupid.

BlackWolfe wrote:

Scarab wrote:I will make no mystery of the fact some people are going to die here. Anybody have anything against themselves being one of those killed SAY SO now.

Kill 'em all! KILL 'EM ALL! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!

Scarab wrote:PLEASE NOTE: I am also adding an imperative that any Metaguards under the age of eighteen will NOT be killed in the story even if they're okay with it and are not permitted to suggest they can be. I know these Metaguards are just ficitonal avatars of ourselves and not REALLY us, guys, but the lines tend to blur around here quite a bit, and that sort of think has the potential to get us into a lot of trouble. This is a story, that's all. Let's not do anything phenomenally stupid.

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Or that.

The Wild West Pyro wrote:Note: I shall not be using my TF2 Shotgun in this story, just my silenced 1911

The Wild West Pyro wrote:Note: I shall not be using my TF2 Shotgun in this story, just my silenced 1911

Endless Sea wrote:

The Wild West Pyro wrote:Note: I shall not be using my TF2 Shotgun in this story, just my silenced 1911

How the hell do you silence a shotgun, short of stopping it from shooting?

Guyshane wrote:

Endless Sea wrote:

The Wild West Pyro wrote:Note: I shall not be using my TF2 Shotgun in this story, just my silenced 1911

How the hell do you silence a shotgun, short of stopping it from shooting?

Well there are Shotgun silencers but they aren't really that effective.

Pixelmage wrote:Fictional weapons? Seriously?
It could work, true, it's a story after all. But then let me just timehax and give Deana a shower of knives to enjoy... And I'm nowhere the most broken Coffee Room avatar.

Anyway, Eli has talked me into having a second look at this because why the hell not? xD
So I'll probably pop by to discuss a possible minor role I could play or something. ^^

BlackWolfe wrote:The Bad Future's story isn't about the fight, but the consequences of it after it's over.

BlackWolfe wrote:

BlackWolfe wrote:The Bad Future's story isn't about the fight, but the consequences of it after it's over.

Remember that this is our Christmas Carol, not our Terminator.

The Wild West Pyro wrote:

BlackWolfe wrote:

BlackWolfe wrote:The Bad Future's story isn't about the fight, but the consequences of it after it's over.

Remember that this is our Christmas Carol, not our Terminator.

Yep.

OK now onto another issue.

Should Metaguards be allowed to, if they have one, wield their Weapon of Choice in the story?

The Wild West Pyro wrote:Scarab, I SAID TO EVERYONE-I WILL ONLY SAY IT ONCE- I WILL NOT BE USING MY FIRETRUCKING SHOTGUN, OK???? GET IT NOW, BLOCKHEADS?

Right.

Can I use a silenced 1911- FILLED WITH NERF DARTS, WATER, COTTON AND BITS OF PAPER ROLLED UP?

Scarab wrote:

The Wild West Pyro wrote:Scarab, I SAID TO EVERYONE-I WILL ONLY SAY IT ONCE- I WILL NOT BE USING MY FIRETRUCKING SHOTGUN, OK???? GET IT NOW, BLOCKHEADS?

Right.

Can I use a silenced 1911- FILLED WITH NERF DARTS, WATER, COTTON AND BITS OF PAPER ROLLED UP?

Okay so I had to look up what a silenced 1911 was... and it's possibly an air rifle, I wouldnt know exactly to be fair, but either way it still looks real enough to me. So sorry but in the interests of playing it safe, it won't be allowed. I honestly have no way of knowing right now exactly what will be in the story, as that's BlackWolfe's territory, but the odds arethere isn't going to be much in the way of all out and our wars. This is based on a Christmas Carol, as BW said, not Terminator.

BlackWolfe wrote:Have some Cheshire Cat.

BlackWolfe wrote:Have some Cheshire Cat.

Scarab wrote:
Pyro, you know what I said above about our not killing any metaguards under the age of eighteen for both legal and moral reasons?

Yeah that ALSO applies to giving metaguards under the age of eighteen lethal weapons (yes even if it's just in a story), so no, you will not be allowed a shotgun. I suppose slightly more comical improvised weapons might be permitted, Gen's mallet for example (and hey, to the Wicked Witch of the West, a water pistol is a lethal weapon. I can't really place limits on that) on the presumption that BlackWolfe can, and wishes to, keep it in.

And as BW says, this is about the consequences of a bad future. Up until that point we're playing the story mostly for humour value but the bad future just pretty much throws all that out of whack. There's a reason I felt the need to place that age embargo.

BlackWolfe wrote:Have some Cheshire Cat.