The Labyrinth

[Embri]

*This entire post is OOC, as none of my characters are participating, and I'd like to address the current problems as an Admin, and not as Embers/Embri.*

This is an official warning, Drlupinmario. Disagreement and debate are good, even encouraged, but not rudeness. Using language like "shut up" against your fellow Roleplayers out of character is not considered acceptable.

This alone would not normally be enough to draw my formal attention, but your actions are also worthy of note.

Please revise your language and play nicely with everyone else, or further measures will be taken. RP's are cooperative, after all.

EvilAngel, if you could post up a RP profile, that may assist those who are not familiar with your past deeds to work a little better with you. I am not the most conversant in Evil Council history, so in absence of a profile I will leave it to the senior members of the Council to provide the needed information, if you could?

I am now going to make a few more suggestions. You can take them, or leave them, but please at least consider them.

Simply bouncing around from place to place in an RP which specifically has been designed to prevent such antics doesn't make much sense. If you really want to suddenly be with one of the other groups when you clearly were elsewhere before, fine. I can't stop you. But it's not a sign of very good role playing.

The laws of our own reality really don't apply to the Dojo. This IS Psychotopia, after all...

The EvilAngel is a character of similar staus to Au'Marui, The DarkPsycho. I cannot force you to respect that power, but recognize that it is given by the community in acknowledgment of great skill and experience.

How so, you may ask? Because the greater the power of a character, the more prone they are to abuse. And only players who prove they will not abuse their power are tolerated with god-like characters. Someone who simply takes over every story or pushes other characters around will quickly find they have no one to play with, after all.

I have rambled enough. I apologize for interrupting your RP. Please continue. *bows*

[3kul]

((Sorry to interrupt, but I couldn't resist the siren call of randomly informing people of things.

Behold, the website of Mike the Headless Chicken.

... Back to RPing >_>))

[LordPsycho]

Also OOC, because I can.

Understand that The Evil Angel is an NPC (Non-Playable Character), a group owned character under the jurisdiction of the Evil Council whose current controller, although secret, is a Master RP'er.

The same goes with immortal characters. Those who are granted Immortal characters have proven themselves masters in the art, because it is only with the discipline that comes with Mastership that one can powerplay to improve the RP as a whole, not kill it.

You are powerplaying. Now sometimes Powerplay is tollerated when it improves a storyline in an RP. This takes great patience, talent, and skill. If someone who is newer to the Art powerplays, they tend to do so in such a way that kills RP's. Such as what you are doing. I'll give you an example.

You recently bounced from one location to the other. Not to bad, if done properly. DP himself does so. But when I have him do that, I explain how, often by use of his Immortal powers or Warp Portals. (which were granted to me because I have shown great skill in RP'ing) Both of these have limitations. Warp Portals require great power, and if his armband was to be cut off from the main core, DP loses this ability. And when DP was a spirit, he cou;d only teleport short distances (his range as increased with his ascension, but I still explain that he has done so.

You, on the other hand, just appeared and started waving weapons at respected (if not feared) characters of this community. The Angel has fought DP to a draw (one of only two such beings to do so). What hope do you have against him, honestly. If you don't respect your elders, how can you learn from them, thus fullfilling the role of the Dojo?

So here is what I'm going to do. I'm giving you a test. You powerplay your way out of it, you can consider yourself banned for a week. Come up with a creative and original solution to the problem, which I approve of, and your free to RP, hopefully with a slightly better understanding of how style impacts an RP as a whole.

Back in character:

Suddenly, a stone at DrLupinMario's feet sinks in about an inch and a half, and four walls snap up out of the ground about 8 feet. (2 2/3's meter, give or take) A lid closes in, sealing in DrLupinMario.

Then, as if the situation couldn't be much worse inside the airtight inclosure, two walls opposite each other start to close in around him at an aggonizingly slow but certain pace.

The following writing appeared on the wall

[Panther385]

((DP, your wisdom amazes and astounds me. *bows* ))

[Netdroid9]

((I'm not a master of RP. If I was, I'd have a badge . I have to disagree with DP on a few points, however. An Immortal character doesn't mean a character which can powerplay, and it doesn't need much more skill than your average character.

The real reason we don't want unskilled RPers having Immortal characters is because Immortal characters usually have a lot of depth and power, and they have to be RPed by someone who knows when it is appropriate to use that power and when it is not. In other words, an Immortal needs a lot of self-control to stop you making yourself look stupid .

I'll be totally honest with you here, what DP's just done is a tad confusing and a tad scarey, and I wouldn't even consider it if I were in his position. But it can be a good thing, just use your imagination to think of a way of escaping, or at least telling others where you are so they can help you. Don't get discouraged, that almost always leads to stupid decisions .))

[drlupinmario]

((Must... Stay.... Away... From... long... Discussion... Or... Else... risk... chance.. of... kill... rp... and.... ban.... Thanks Netdroid for being on my side and saying some things that I was affraid of saying, Such as being Immortal does not mean you are not invicibal, It just mostly means you wont die by age... (I think).... And sensei, You powerplayer.. Doesnt matter. I have already thought up a way out, But it could take him a while....))
((Edit: Stop provoking me people unless you wish for me to get about 10 flamethrowers and make a flamewar))

[LordPsycho]

((*Polishes his nice shiney "Admin" Belt*))

[Panther385]

((HE'S A GOD. He's alowed to powerplay. ))

[TheEvilAngel]

((How shall this current issue be dealt with, then. Ignorance of all events leading up to DrMarioLupin's entrapment in a stone cell? Or is this part of the story. I will carry on as though it were part of the story.))


The Human one appears suddenly. Strangely. Unnormally. He cocks a pistol, aiming one at my head, the other at the furred man

Wickedness swills in the bilious souls of those herein.

It is no wonder I feel hunger rise.

Backs arch, quills sprout, mind-speech exchanges
You could cut the air with a knife. And everyone is.

I, fallen angel: the only sane one left
"Sword? I have no sword. I am the only weapon I need.”

The furred man must live. He Shines. He can coerce the others. He is courteous. He is wise. He is useful.

Muscles in me tense. I can defy friction, enertia, momentum, gravity if need be. A bullet can do no more harm to me than a raindrop to a whale. The furred man may be preserved if I apply myself.

Yet I have no need. The stench of other parties invades my nostrils. An invading army stinking of absolute power.
The god is with us

The stones of the labyrinth crawl around the human with a gracefully igneous motion.

He is entrapped in the stone.
Embedded.
A fly in Amber.

My bloody feathers bristle like frightened crows.
He is here.
And I wear that which is his.
Incomplete! No male sword for female glove. Imbalanced. Imperfect.

Then he is gone, once more that lingering static tingling distantly in my eardrum.

The angry yap of Cerberus is all that violates the silence.

"Come. Let us move on from here. Find us the center. Get us away from this place."

[Somefreakoverthere]

This is OCC,as you may be able to guess.

I've removed Drlupinmario from the norn gardens group as I firmly belive that he doesn't deserve to be a part of the group currently.When I think his lesson has been learnt I will alow him to join us again,but until then any request to be allowed back in will be ignored.I belive you will all understand why I have chosen to do this.I may not be one of the best here, but i do try and improve my performence.

Somefreakoverthere,a wirdo who is still trying to get over being labled as one of the worst three role players at blackstar.

[Shine]

Obed's voice crackled again over the communicator in Whiteoak's ear

"Whiteoak, the strangest thing just happened. Drlupinmario was going up to approach the Altar and he must have tripped a trap, because suddenly he was engulfed in a cloud of mist that I think was, perhaps, some kind of a drug because he started acting all crazy and aggressive, then it appears he was transported somewhere else. There are some weird booby traps around here, nornling, be careful."

Whiteoak replied-
"Obed, those ESL classes must be working; your accent is all but gone"

"What accent?"

"Aaah, ..... never mind. DrLupinMario showed up here, but he's been neutralized. So that's not how he normally acts?"

Obed answered: "I don't really know, I just met him today, but he hadn't been acting like that before just then."

"Ok, talk to you later..." finished Whiteoak as he jaw clicked his communicator back to mute. He then said:

"Esteemed Angel, I agree that we must be going, time like the moon, is waning, but what do we do about the encased one? Were I so trapped I would hope not to be left to die. We should somehow disarm him, but we can hardly just leave him."

[TheEvilAngel]

crack

I can hear the first touch of lunar stone upon the zenieth of this world's skies far far above

The atmospheres mingle, as worlds collide. A cocktail party of gaseous atoms and molecules. Each busy interacting and colliding and reacting and

"Esteemed Angel," so says the Shining One. "I agree that we must be going, time like the moon, is waning, but what do we do about the encased one? Were I so trapped I would hope not to be left to die. We should somehow disarm him, but we can hardly just leave him."

"Would you refuse a gangrenous arm a meeting with the churgeon's saw because of an emotional attachment to it? Would you squander time nursing a child's scraped knee while pulmonary siezure throttles it's lungs? "

I think of the humanid, trpped in stone. How curious his condition is so similar to my own, when I am in my realm below.

Yet I am a reviled demon for such a mode of being

"The times are deperate; we are medics. Triage is required; the needs of the sum overrule the needs of the part. It is the will of the god Dau'Pay he be trapped there. I will not defy the will of a god."

yet

"To the Labyrinth's center. Now."

[Shine]

Whiteoak replied:

"Indeed then, I hope he can solve his own troubles, because, truly, we must be going. I know the way, A comrad of mine is already there. It begins by going this way..."

Whiteoak heads off down the pathways, watching for traps and making his way to the central Altar where Obed waits with the Sanity Blade.

((Those who wish to follow along, can have.))

((and if events need to happen before we get there, they still can...))

[Swix]

*Fade had finally gotten rid of the angry insects, and to prevent her encountering something more unsavoury than angry insects had faded as is her way. The Onyx Longsword strapped to her back, Fade refrained from using it's magic. She may well need it later*

*The assassins oversensitive ears picked up conversation from all around, and what she was able to make out was not ideal. Not only could she hear the ones who claimed to be on the side of right and justice, she could hear the Evil Angel as well. Fade remembered the last time, and proceeded more cautiously*

*After many twists and turns, she came upon the group of WhiteOak, Panther, EA, Syui and the Wamphyri. Fade strode towards Panther, her fellow member of the EC as the mutant faded back into view*

*Fade's emotionless eyes stared at the group before turning to Panther*

Would it not be more worth our effort in stopping the moon from falling, than gaining revenge upon enemies at this point in time?

*Though Fade was asking Panther, she had already made up her own cold mind*

[thatanos]

*Maz’ who was flying over head saw the labyrinth but as he did his wings receded into his body and he went to his normal human form.*

O man this really can’t be good. RUDI!

*The animal swooped up Maz but as they flew to the end of the labyrinth they hit a barrier and fell 100 feet. Onto the ground*.

O come on I don’t even want to save the dojo!

*Maz shouted as he tried to change into a bird or any animal that could fly.*

Blast it all Rudi try to fly.

*Rudi tried to fly but only made it 10 ft up when she fell to the ground.*

Well this is not good.


((Sorry folks for joining late. Also on a side note you know it is bad when Embri and DP have a OOC about your actions.))