*Found on a note pinned to the newly restored corkboard in the lobby*
To whom it may concern,
I will be out of the office for a short duration of time, on a leave of absence to Southern Florida. Should I need to be reached, I will have my communication device with me at all times, but, I humbly request the priviledge of privacy during this time, as I have a great deal of catharsis to indulge in, and a grotesquely limited timeframe in which to do so.
To quash rumors to the contrary now, this has nothing to do with the recent departure of my ward, nor the unpleasant discourse between myself and Frau Octavia.
Sincerely,
Doctor Greta Tod.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Our newest Sister, and a Roll Call
Alice has brought her alt, Ciraabi aka Sara, into Sigma as Nadja's third student. A quick roll call of professors, students, and alts.
- Me: I have Nadja and no alts. Nadja has 3 students: Kelli, Ivy, and Sara.
- Charisma: Charisma has an alt: Kelli. Charisma has 1 student: Felicia.
- Greta: Greta has an alt: Ivy. Greta has no students.
- Marilin: Marilin has an alt: Sibrina. Marilin has two students: Bombshell and Nox.
- Alice: Alice has an alt: Sara. Alice has no students.
- Felicia: Felicia has an alt: Nox. Both her characters have mentors.
- Kali's Embrace: Kali has no alts. Kali is probably pledging to Alice, but not yet done.
- Bombshell: Bombshell has no alts. Bombshell has a mentor.
- Thessa: Thess has no alts and does not have a mentor.
- Helen: Helen has no alts and does not have a mentor.
Did I miss anyone? According to this, we have ten players playing five teachers, nine students, and one staff. We have room for one more student at this time, more if we fill in the last faculty spots. We also can take a few staff members.
A little OOC help, and discussion please
So, I've been considering remaking Sibrina to another archtype... thinking that will spark my interest in playing her more. Seems like Mastermind just isn't my cup of tea, and I already have a Dominator in Marilin, so I'd like to get some thoughts and ideas from those who know Sibrina about what sort of archtype you think she'd fit into and those who don't know her... just some thoughts on the other three archtypes out there.
Any feedback would be very appreciated!
Thanks everyone!
Any feedback would be very appreciated!
Thanks everyone!
Base Thoughts
We're long overdue for a base decoration. For the first couple weeks, Sigma had a tiny base which was very useful for RP purposes; it consisted of a trophy/office room, a lounge, and a bedroom. Now we have much more space and some very useful equipment: an invention station, a storage vault, and teleporters to Nerva, Mercy, Grandville and Cap. Now we need to get roleplay space that matches the base's functionality.
My priorities are:
As part of my intended redecoration, the current lounge area and its adjoining space will be converted into a kitchen and a library. The reception area will remain, with Sibrina's desk.
My priorities are:
- A new lounge built around the control table, with plenty of comfortable seating, well lit, and pretty. One side of the lounge will include a bar, not only for us but so that the lounge can function as a place for us to invite over our allies and coalition partners.
- A science/technical area for our scientists and doctors (Alice, Greta, and Marilin). This will be in the workshop area. The storage vault and invention table will be switched from arcane to tech to help accomodate this RP area.
- Decoration of the teleport chamber into an occult workspace, primarily for Nadja but also for any other magical characters we have and the occasioal magical working (such as we saw with Yuri's departure).
As part of my intended redecoration, the current lounge area and its adjoining space will be converted into a kitchen and a library. The reception area will remain, with Sibrina's desk.
Plot Fountain Bravo: Longbow
Back when Ivy joined us, we discovered through roleplay that Longbow had inserted her into the school as a spy. However, the Crey cloning technique broke down under exposure to Ivy's powerful radiation, and the conditioning broke.
This story has remained dormant for a couple of weeks, which is not unreasonable. When Ivy failed to report back in, Longbow would have presumed their agent had in fact turned, and resumed surveillance of the school while they as an organization debated their next move.
The form of that next move is a subject for some consideration. Presumably Longbow's monitoring of Sigma's activities is simply part of Longbow's ongoing mission to contain criminal threats around the world. The "cheapness" of their clone tactic -- creating a temporary and likely-to-malfunction clone to spy on the fledgling school -- fits with this idea. Longbow has a lot of things on its plate; it is not going to stage a major effort against Sigma when there are many larger and more dangerous groups out there.
However, the school has grown considerably in the last month and we are very near to filling our last two faculty spots. There are many things we might do as a group which would, as a side-effect, result in an elevation of our threat level, prompting Longbow to devise a more aggressive containment scheme. Moreover, Longbow might see in Sigma a target it can successfully contain at an early stage. That is: Sigma Iota Nu is something that Longbow can successfully destroy. (Unlike, for example, Arachnos.)
For now it is safe to presume the school and campus are being watched by undercover Longbow agents. When we go on missions against Longbow, their observation and knowledge of our activities should be represented by an elevation in the mission difficulty. As we continue to brainstorm about future plots, a more focused narrative concerning Longbow should present itself.
This story has remained dormant for a couple of weeks, which is not unreasonable. When Ivy failed to report back in, Longbow would have presumed their agent had in fact turned, and resumed surveillance of the school while they as an organization debated their next move.
The form of that next move is a subject for some consideration. Presumably Longbow's monitoring of Sigma's activities is simply part of Longbow's ongoing mission to contain criminal threats around the world. The "cheapness" of their clone tactic -- creating a temporary and likely-to-malfunction clone to spy on the fledgling school -- fits with this idea. Longbow has a lot of things on its plate; it is not going to stage a major effort against Sigma when there are many larger and more dangerous groups out there.
However, the school has grown considerably in the last month and we are very near to filling our last two faculty spots. There are many things we might do as a group which would, as a side-effect, result in an elevation of our threat level, prompting Longbow to devise a more aggressive containment scheme. Moreover, Longbow might see in Sigma a target it can successfully contain at an early stage. That is: Sigma Iota Nu is something that Longbow can successfully destroy. (Unlike, for example, Arachnos.)
For now it is safe to presume the school and campus are being watched by undercover Longbow agents. When we go on missions against Longbow, their observation and knowledge of our activities should be represented by an elevation in the mission difficulty. As we continue to brainstorm about future plots, a more focused narrative concerning Longbow should present itself.
Plot Fountain Alpha: the Carnival of Shadows
As I was working towards 50 last night with the gracious help of Felicia and Bombshell (in their level 50 alter egos of Bloody Tari and Dame Demolition) it occured to me that the Carnival of Shadows is virtually tailor-made to be a long term adversary of Sigma. All the leaders are female, they're sexy, they have that dominance mind control mask thing going on, they use men only for mooks, and "running away to join the circus" has got to be the direct opposite of "enrolling at the university."
I'm not a big fan of a "nemesis" or "archenemy" group for us, simply because such a thing is terribly hard to organize and maintain over the medium and long haul. Rather, I think the most successful supergroups in the comics have many foes whom they rotate through, preventing any single foe from becoming boring or sterile. In that sort of a set-up, the Carnival might be just one of several major foes of the school, alongside a hero team, a good organization like Longbow, and perhaps another villain team we might consider rivals.
I'll be doing more plot brainstorming over the coming days. But the Carnival of Shadows is definitely one excellent source of stories for us -- though as yet we have no particular reason to earn their ire, and as we think about one, it should be big, linked not to a single student, but to a member of the faculty or, ideally, to the very school as an institution.
I'm not a big fan of a "nemesis" or "archenemy" group for us, simply because such a thing is terribly hard to organize and maintain over the medium and long haul. Rather, I think the most successful supergroups in the comics have many foes whom they rotate through, preventing any single foe from becoming boring or sterile. In that sort of a set-up, the Carnival might be just one of several major foes of the school, alongside a hero team, a good organization like Longbow, and perhaps another villain team we might consider rivals.
I'll be doing more plot brainstorming over the coming days. But the Carnival of Shadows is definitely one excellent source of stories for us -- though as yet we have no particular reason to earn their ire, and as we think about one, it should be big, linked not to a single student, but to a member of the faculty or, ideally, to the very school as an institution.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
[IC] A Doktor Scorned.
*Found on a note pinned to the House lobby's corkboard, in clean typewriter print, and splattered with flecks of some foul-smelling black ichor*
Fraulein Octavia,
How long did you suppose to maintain this charade? Did you think I would not know? For a moment, for an infintessimal second, did you believe that your intrusion would go undetected? My laboratory is my womb, Frau Doktor, and I am as connected to it as a lamprey is connected to the jugular of a fatted calf.
I felt I should use a metaphor you would be intimiately understanding of.
To paraphrase the author Harlan Ellison: "If the word 'Hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of hundreds of millions of miles of wafer-thin circuitry, it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel at this micro-instant. Hate. Hate."
However, like all emotions, this feeling will pass as well. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of committing every note on the research into your condition I was conducting to memory - no small task, as I have worked tirelessly - and destroyed the originals. When you have proven you can be trusted, I will begin work anew.
Consider, for a moment, the amount of privacy you have been allowed. Then, consider how easily that privacy could be revoked. At any time. By any person. Especially a person you can't see, can't smell. Especially by one who has been wronged in the past.
To the rest of you, consider this an object lesson; I am not some spiteful harpy. I am a scientist and a proctor. I have my rules, and my regulations, insomuch as any scientist or proctor will. Should these simple - and I do mean 'simple', in the most routine and idiot-proof sense of the word - guidelines be violated, the penalty will be stiff.
-Doctor Greta Tod.
Fraulein Octavia,
How long did you suppose to maintain this charade? Did you think I would not know? For a moment, for an infintessimal second, did you believe that your intrusion would go undetected? My laboratory is my womb, Frau Doktor, and I am as connected to it as a lamprey is connected to the jugular of a fatted calf.
I felt I should use a metaphor you would be intimiately understanding of.
To paraphrase the author Harlan Ellison: "If the word 'Hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of hundreds of millions of miles of wafer-thin circuitry, it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel at this micro-instant. Hate. Hate."
However, like all emotions, this feeling will pass as well. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of committing every note on the research into your condition I was conducting to memory - no small task, as I have worked tirelessly - and destroyed the originals. When you have proven you can be trusted, I will begin work anew.
Consider, for a moment, the amount of privacy you have been allowed. Then, consider how easily that privacy could be revoked. At any time. By any person. Especially a person you can't see, can't smell. Especially by one who has been wronged in the past.
To the rest of you, consider this an object lesson; I am not some spiteful harpy. I am a scientist and a proctor. I have my rules, and my regulations, insomuch as any scientist or proctor will. Should these simple - and I do mean 'simple', in the most routine and idiot-proof sense of the word - guidelines be violated, the penalty will be stiff.
-Doctor Greta Tod.
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