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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends

« on: January 12, 2009, 12:04:48 pm »

- Factory of Dark Science -

Mikail slammed his hands into the ground, pouring all his energy into the spell.  A swirling symphony of runes surrounded Vincent, clawing, tearing at his flesh with glowing fingers.

Vincent melted into the ground, his form taking on a shimmering metallic hue.  He bubbled and hissed "...trai....tor...." before slurching into an undefined puddle.  Just a metallic spot on the floor.

Mikail collapsed, totally spent.  It's over.  Finally over...

"... Trai...tor..."

He raised a brow... no... it could not be...!

A blade rose from the metallic goo, twisting through the air like a bending sword.  Red hot pain tore through Mikail's chest.  Dizzyness overtook him as he crumpled to the floor in a bloodied heap.  Before him, an undefined shape rose from the floor as the metallic liquid re-congealed.

It's over... he failed... he failed...

No!  The transformation spell!  He worked the chant in his mind as his life bled onto the floor. Not... much... time... With a warm flash, his body glowed and he began to shrink to his original shape.  Silver fur spread across his body and a bushy black-tiped tail sprouted as the wound closed up.  With not a second to spare, the Velken shot straight into the air as a second blade cleaved the floor in two.

Renard touched the tender spot in his chest.  The transformation back to his True Form had healed the otherwise fatal wound, but that was the only time it would work.  The next one would be the end.  

The floating gray fox cupped his tiny claw-hands to one side, a mass of crimson flame congealing about them.  No way!  Why didn't Vincent die?!  Looking comical in torn robes much too large for him, he thrust his hands forward and filled the hallway with a searing blast of fire, his magic power unfettered now that he was no longer locked in human form.

Every single window shattered to infinite pieces and Renard was thrown clear out the nearest one.  The hallway itself was located above the factory's automated production assembly lines, the windows opening up to look below on them.  Renard flew some twenty feet downward before he could recover-hover, stopping just a foot above a dark conveyor belt with some giant hammer-thing smashing pieces of metal just down the line.

Similar production-line madness surrounded him, bits of molten metal flying about as dark machines created their weapons of war. He floated a few more feet upward and looked at the smoking cinder of the overpass above, ears perked in rapt attention.

Suddenly a silvery glob burst from the center window-hole, spinning in the air and landing on a conveyor belt which crumpled to dust with a shock and explosion.  As it fell, the glob grew eight spidery blade-legs which stuck a foot into the ground with the earth-shattering landing. A sort of spider-head manifested, but it had no eyes.  Still, Renard knew it saw him as it turned its head...

Hackles raised, Renard gritted his teeth.  "Great..."

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends

« on: January 02, 2009, 04:25:38 pm »

- Factory of Dark Science -

"Why are all the torches out?"  Vincent grumbled as he pushed the door open.  Below, the muffled thumps of production machines could be heard, pounding out various instruments of destruction.

"Hmmm... I'm not sure.  Perhaps the maintenance crew has not been maintaining them?"  Mikail shuffled behind in the darkness, allowing Vincent to move further ahead.

"Tell them to light the halls.  And move more guards here.  The project is too important to--"

Brilliant white lines filled the floor.  Vincent froze as spindles of whiteness engulfed his legs.  He stood in the center of the hallway, swirling bindings wrapping around him, each chalk line jumping to life.  With great difficulty he turned, confusion in his eyes at first, then deep glaring anger.  Mikail pressed his back against the wall, safely away from the mass of resonating energy as Vincent hissed.  "You... trai...tor..."

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 19 -- Sign Ups

« on: December 27, 2008, 12:13:27 am »

*saves the day by posting*

Must... finish... Vincent... arc...

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends

« on: December 27, 2008, 12:11:41 am »

- Factory of Dark Science -

Mikail drew the runes with utmost grace.  He had to hurry.  But he had to take his time, as any mistake would be fatal.  The tiniest flaw could kill him.  Or worse-- not kill Vincent.

The chalk lines filled the floor.  They covered the walls.  They reached towards the ceiling.  The empty hallway became a deathtrap specifically tuned to undo the workings of a single organism.  A complex symphony.  A weave of alchemy and magic.  No one else could trigger the trap.  But the lines could be smeared, so he barred the doors.

"What's going on in there?  Why won't this door open?"  A muffled voice sounded at the hall's entrance.

Blast... he needed more time.  But he couldn't blow his cover yet!  "H-hang on.  There's something in the way of the door."  He absolutely could not afford the guard going to get help.

He pushed the chair aside and slowly opened the door.  Adept rank alchemists like himself could order the guards around... but not the guard captain that stared into his face.

"What's the matter?  Why was the door barred?"

"I... uh... don't know."  He threw the guard captain off by opening the door the rest of the way with a snap.  "Come on in."

The grizzled Kandarinian stumbled forward a few paces, then widened his eyes as he saw the floor ahead covered with white lines.  "Heeey--"

A flash of red and the man slumped, steaming hole in his back.  Mikail shook his hand and dispersed the flame as he shut the door.  That one would be missed shortly.  He had little time left.

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends

« on: December 13, 2008, 02:59:49 pm »

- Shuba, Factory of Dark Science -

Mikail was an easy target.  A low rank and unimportant in the alchemist academy.  

Traversing the loud factory and subsequent upper residence areas wasn't difficult for one of his talents levels. He slipped in his room at night and killed him.

Then he stole his form.

He'd been wearing Mikail's body for months now, and it was beginning to drive him mad.  He had absorbed many of his memories too-- not all, but enough so that suspicions of the switch would be minimal.  Sometimes he even thought himself as the human. But he longed to dispel the transformation and return to his true form.  Such magic was new to his people and his greatest fear was that the spell would be irreversible.

But still, he had a mission.

Of all the Captains, Vincent was the weakest, yet the most important.  His power wasn't overbearing like the militant types, yet his diabolical contributions to the Kandarinians' war machines proved him to have played the worst role in the mad empire's reign of terror.  That is why he was the target.

They made a critical error in that assessment.

Vincent, a living being of liquid metal formed into the shape of a human, was nearly indestructible.

It had taken  him months to get close to the mad alchemist.  Months of studying his form, and what made him tick.  Vincent's condition was the result of a potion with its effect gone awry, he learned, and then an adjustment to the very alignment of his molecules.  Two effects, melded in one.  Two spells that needed to be undone.

"Silver Hunter, do you read?  Silver Hunter, do you read?"

"I read, Gray Master." "Mikail" said into the glowing gem.  It was quiet in his dark room, and he spoke at a mere whisper.

"Something has come from the netherworlds.  Something far more dangerous than the target."

"I've seen it.  The target spoke with it and I watched from the shadows."

"How?  What is it?  It's energy signature..."

"I don't know.  I left with the target immediately."

"It is the result of no mere summoning, Silver Hunter.  Kronos has returned, more powerful than before.  Should such a force grow wise of what we are doing here..."

"Duilin was there.  I saw him."

A pause from the glowing stone.  "Then the Gaians are taking care of it.  Abort mission."

"I can't do that!  The target is on the verge of his most horrific creation yet!"

The voice on the other end sighed. "We cannot risk our race once again by getting involved.  The situation has changed with Kronos back in the picture."

"No one will know.  And we owe the Gaians that much."

"Silver Hunter... we can't send backup."

"I know."

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General Discussion / Re: RPGCode Shack challange archives

« on: December 11, 2008, 08:00:01 pm »

Sorry, all the info I have is up there on the site or in the files.

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends

« on: December 06, 2008, 02:59:39 pm »

Chapter 19

- Shuba, Factory of Dark Science, Government Conspiracy Cover-Up Room -

"Are you MAD?!?!"  Dr. Smizlworf banged his feeble hands on the table.  "The NGO are NOT things to be trifled with!  They are propulsion devices!  Using them as... as a power source for this monstrosity is mad!  MAD!!!!"  He proceeded to pull his white hair out of his scalp.

"Dr. Smizleworf, please take a seat,"  Vincent replied tersely.  He pointed to the gargantuan technical design scribbled upon the wall with his pointer-stick-thing. "In order to power the BRAIN and the advanced weaponry systems of the new sentient airship design, codenamed SAD, we need at least 100 times more energy output than the Soverign's Hammer primary attack laser.  By spinning the three NGO around each other in a vacuum as shown, we effectively create an energy nexus--"

"MAD!!!"

Vincent sighed.  "Mikail, smack him."

The cerulean robed adept got up from his seat and slapped the old man across the cheek. "OWWW!!!"

"*Ahem*... As I was saying... this I already figured out and installed onto the ship by myself.  Our only obstacle is the BRAIN-unit, or rather, the crystal which with uplifts the automated machine to a slave-like sentience, fully capable of taking and performing orders on its own."

Mikail quietly shut the door behind him as voices raised again.  He wasn't actually part of the meeting, only being an adept rank, and had duties to attend to elsewhere.  Smoothing out his robe, he nodded to a group of initiates as they passed, then proceeded to walk down the hallway.

Everything was coming to an end now.  Time was running out.  Months of preparation lead to this.  He had a mission.  A single objective.

To assassinate Vincent Elridge.

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General Discussion / Re: RPGCode Shack challange archives

« on: December 03, 2008, 05:57:31 pm »

Hmmm... no idea what happened to that one. That must be how he uploaded it.

Yeah... making mini games like this and submitting them as "full" games at the TKZ is pretty lame.  (Heh...) But your compilation idea sounds nifty.  I don't want to mess with it, but if you can track down the authors for permission and make the compilation yourself, go for it.  You can use my entries if you'd like.

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General Discussion / Re: RPGCode Shack challange archives

« on: December 02, 2008, 08:11:34 pm »

You can find them here.

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Dark Age Games / Dark Age Legends, Chapter 19 -- Sign Ups

« on: November 29, 2008, 05:24:59 pm »

Welcome to Dark Age Legends, chapter 19 sign ups! Chapter 19 will pick up where chapter 18 left off, but due to the break in the action, this is an excellent point to jump in if you haven't already. If you haven't been following the story the entire way through, don't worry. You are not expected to read the entire RP-- just the rules below. However, if you never played in a forum RP before (particularly this one) you may want to read a random page or two in the middle to get a sense of how everything works.

Chapter 16 Prelude

Three years have passed since the Dark Emperor Retan was defeated by an inexplicable column of light from the sky.  Since then, the limping nations of Gaian have banded together to prevent another such power from threatening the world again.  Thus the Gaian Federation was born...

Yet despite their combined numbers, they are still no match for the same burning fire from the heavens that destroyed Retan... The Kandarinian Sovereignty has risen from the ashes, a new and stronger nation, hungry for the power the Dark Empire once wielded and more...

DALpedia

DALpedia is the primary source of all DAL related information, including archives.

Rules

Dark Age Legends Rules

All players must read and understand the rules.  Continuing Chapter 18 players can give them a brief skim, as there are no changes from last time.

As per usual, update/create your character's bio page in DALpedia, then post a link to it here.  New players post here first, so we can approve your characters.  New players will also need to contact me for a DALpedia account.

Remember!

Previously we decided it would be best to tie up the remaining plot threads and "start fresh" sometime soon (probably next chapter) by jumping ahead some long period of time.  There has also been discussion that this may be the final chapter of the RP altogether.  Either way, the current era of plots is about to end so it's time to start wrapping things up in a grand finale.


Chapter 19 begins in a week or so, depending on if people are ready to start up again.

My (current) character:

Vincent

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 18 -- Sign Ups

« on: November 25, 2008, 08:13:44 pm »

He he he... well if you guys really want to continue I don't think I could shut down the thing in good conscious. (Heh...)  We will see how chapter 19 plays out and work from there.

Trent:  Looks good!

Hmmmm... guess it's about time to get the sign ups ready.  I'll open things up for 19 sometime this weekend.

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Dark Age Games / Re: Dark Age Legends, Chapter 18 -- Sign Ups

« on: November 24, 2008, 12:00:36 pm »

Hmmm... probably should set the admin email to mine... (Heh...)

Would be awesome to have you back, Trent.  You've always brought good stuff to the RP in the past.  The RP would definitely improve with you playing.

Honestly folks, I think it may be time to wrap this thing up with one final chapter.  It seems like all of us have moved on to one new thing or another.  I've pretty much completed all my story arcs, and my recent stuff has been pretty lame since I've run out of ideas.  (Blast, need to post something quick!  I know, I'll revive this dead guy! (Again!))

I know we've talked about rebooting the setting after the next chapter, but honestly I'd rather see the story have a proper ending in chapter 19, then have it get to, say 20 or 21 and then just fizzle out open-ended.

Thoughts?

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General Discussion / Re: Server Move and MS Hosted Sites

« on: November 23, 2008, 11:04:14 am »

Hmmm... you're right! http://www.mysticsoftware.net/games

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General Discussion / Re: Server Move and MS Hosted Sites

« on: November 21, 2008, 04:14:52 pm »

Ah! Sure, send me a link to download it and I'll put up the new version.  Or if it's not on the net anywhere, PM me and I'll get you set up with a place to upload it.

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General Discussion / Re: Server Move and MS Hosted Sites

« on: November 20, 2008, 08:58:55 pm »

Yeah, we pretty much closed down everything and made MS a nostalgia-only site.  If you're having trouble finding a host for your game though, TKGB, I suppose we could take just one more. ;)

Most games should say what version they are right under the title after you click on them. (Demo, full, etc.) This is of course info provided by the creator.