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Sara ([personal profile] noematic) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowlooc2013-10-14 11:39 pm

WILD WILD JEST



Yee-haw, heroes.

That is the text you will be getting via your communicators sometime during October 23rd. It is from Lachesis, and it plays prelude to the fourth and final off-world chapter. At high noon on October 24th, you will be transported to a world set in the Wild West, and specifically ported into a town called Capers. Now, Capers is an unusual town in that despite being technologically locked into the early nineteenth century, its human populace is very used to transdimensional travelers from a particular mostly-human pocket of the multiverse. In fact, Capers has a system to easily integrate newcomers who newly come. This means that the Town Mayor of Capers, Mr. Eisner, will designate a Wild West role to your character, which will be RNG'd by the mods for you. The list of all possible roles will be listed below.

You have the choice to either embrace your arbitrarily designated Capers role, or you can reject it. However, if you reject your role, you will face difficulties in the society. The easier path is to accept your roles. Below is a list of benefits and difficulties that you can experience through accepting or rejecting your roles, respectively.

Another thing about Capers: all non-human animals in the town of Capers are dinosaurs. Horses are actually dinosaurs, rodents are actually tinier dinosaurs, cows are actually edible dinosaurs. There is no restriction on what dinosaurs you may see; Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous pullpoints are all up for grabs.

Last weird thing about Capers: while the native residents are normal humans, many traveling individuals are Vulcanus Metamen. Not all of these Metamen HAVE to be HUMAN, but they will appear humanlike. These Metamen have all been imbued with ONE SUPERPOWER, and they have come here with a purpose! That purpose? BATTLING YOU! Specifically you. At dusk on October 28th, the Metamen will attack specific imPorts in an all-out brawl that will last until dawn of the 29th. This means you can use OLD TIMEY GUNS or POWERS or DINOSAURS in epic battle. You can kill Metamen, or you can get killed (but as a reminder: all deaths MUST be cleared through the plot post as per usual).

But how will a Metaman target specifically you? You will be randomly assigned a Metaman that has been conceived by a fellow player. When you sign-up, you MUST fill out a METAMAN FORM before you get assigned a random role. You will create this NPC Metaman, and that NPC will be assigned to another character. Your Metaman won't attack you until the dusk on the 28th (in which there will be a timely thread for that adventure within the main log), but they can stalk you, or taunt you, or challenge you to whiskey shots.

This final chapter is about who. Who are you, imPort?

Notes in short:
- You will have your communicator with you.
- The bulk of the plot will be in a self-contained log, but you can make your own logs too.
- If you want to organize something big, like a stampede of Tyrannosaurus Rex, you can. But do the plotting for it in this post.
- Plot runs from noon October 24th to noon October 29th.
- Residents of Capers will find you appropriate clothing for your roles.
- Nothing but your clothes and your communicator will be ported in with you. You WILL have all your powers (or any paraphernalia that your powers require to work, as an exception to the former rule).
- You CANNOT BRING BACK DINOSAURS FROM CAPERS if -- oh yes, there is an if -- IF they are bigger than you are.
- You can sign up more than one character.

Lists are below in the initial comments, including the Metamen form and an example of how to fill out the form. Please adhere to the example format! Questions and comments welcomed.

You can sign-up until 12:00AM October 24th.
aggressiveapathy: (Default)

Meta maaaaan

[personal profile] aggressiveapathy 2013-10-15 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Gravitas
APPEARANCE: Human. 6' woman in a white jump suit.
POWER: Limited gravity manipulation. Can lift objects up to 100 pounds with her mind and accelerate them up to the speed of standard gravity (~22 miles per hour/second). Only larger object she can lift is herself, granting her flight.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Flippant, arrogant, ambitious.
coolcubed: (∂ just a couple of crazy kids)

Abed Nadir

[personal profile] coolcubed 2013-10-15 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
coolcubed: (∂ U H M)

[personal profile] coolcubed 2013-10-15 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Diamond Tynes
APPEARANCE: A few inches shorter than average, dark, and very muscular. He keeps his head shaved and his left eye is a glass one (very cheap and very obvious). Neatly trimmed beard and mustache. Wears clothes that are comfortable, era-appropriate, and well-fitted, in many a variety of dull browns- all the better to blend in with.
POWER: He can spread decay from the point he touches on any person/object. The longer he's in contact with his target, the more effective this is (poking something for half a second, for example, wouldn't do much of anything, if anything at all- but grabbing hold of someone's head and managing to hang onto it could kill or seriously maim them in a minute or less). He has to be the one to initiate the contact in order to use this ability.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Observant, condescending, hates feeling rushed.

Frank Castle

[personal profile] fronttowardenemy 2013-10-16 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
this will be the best plot

[personal profile] fronttowardenemy 2013-10-16 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Sammy Styles
APPEARANCE: tall, dark, sharply dressed gentleman who works as the saloon's pianist.
POWER: super speed.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: charming, smooth-talkin', amiable even when he's kicking your butt.
guestlectures: (Default)

Alana Bloom

[personal profile] guestlectures 2013-10-16 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
guestlectures: (rageing)

[personal profile] guestlectures 2013-10-16 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Skinny Sam
APPEARANCE: A rotting corpse which, until dusk on the 28th, had been hanging from a gallows somewhere around town. It can't have been hanging there long, there's still a lot of putrid flesh and some scraps of clothes on those bones. Sadly (or not?) he cannot talk, because he doesn't have a tongue. He keeps groaning horribly though.
POWER: While the flesh may be weak, the bones underneath have super strength. He punches hard, and will throw whatever is to hand if his target moves out of punching range. He will try to strangle you if you get close enough.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Determined, agressive, overconfident, sadist.
kegflipped: (jack of clubs)

Troy Barnes

[personal profile] kegflipped 2013-10-16 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
kegflipped: (that dude gets it.)

[personal profile] kegflipped 2013-10-16 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Louisa Goforth
APPEARANCE: 5'9"ish with an athletic build; dark, curly, and short-cropped hair; tanned and freckled. She's armed as much as is convenient and has a gap between her front teeth.
POWER: Sound Empowerment - Louisa gains strength and durability via contact with sound. The more sound available, the greater her strength/durability. She cannot store her abilities in any way, and has to be currently experiencing the sound for her abilities to be effective.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: boisterous, uncouth, cheerful, sly
onmyneck: (Default)

Daria Morgendorffer

[personal profile] onmyneck 2013-10-16 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
onmyneck: (Default)

[personal profile] onmyneck 2013-10-16 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Tommy
APPEARANCE: A large, rotund man with tanned skin, meticulously combed hair and dark green eyes. He dresses in a shopkeeper's outfit, acting as the owner of some local store.
POWER: Lazer Eyes- Quite simply, he shots high precision lazer beams from his eyes. They cut through any material, but won't ignite anything. It's safe to say that letting yourself into his sights is dangerous.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Cloying, patronising, deceitful, greedy, overly confident.
motherflocker: (Being a bastard)

Oswald Cobblepot

[personal profile] motherflocker 2013-10-17 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
motherflocker: (Quoting Casablanca)

Re: Oswald Cobblepot

[personal profile] motherflocker 2013-10-17 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: John Jackson
APPEARANCE: Lanky and thin, looks like a hipster. Classic hipster glasses, dark hair, always seen wearing a hat of some sort. He has a large nose, and big ears.
POWER: SOUND FORCE WAVES. Think Black Canary, only his happens with singing!
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Douchebag, liar, superiority complex, cowardly.
Edited 2013-10-17 02:06 (UTC)
liverletdie: (Analogue Reading)

Tony Stark

[personal profile] liverletdie 2013-10-17 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
liverletdie: (Award winning)

[personal profile] liverletdie 2013-10-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Chase Chevron
APPEARANCE: Biggest thing noticed about this guy is how big he is. Built like a brick house, he looks like he belongs lifting weights. Has short cropped hair, and a scar that starts at his cheek, and it looks like it goes down below his clothes (it actually stops at his ribs!) He's the kind that you could never see smiling, but surprisingly, he does it often.
POWER: Dirt manipulation! He uses the earth as his weapon, and can control it to attack! However, he has to be touching it!
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Brash, Confident, Jokester, Malicious.
viced: (Come on mom!)

Mitchell Hundred

[personal profile] viced 2013-10-17 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
viced: (Dubious.)

[personal profile] viced 2013-10-17 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Karen Traverse
APPEARANCE: This lady doesn't look like much. Average weight, average height, nothing striking about her features, but she doesn't move normally. Like she isn't comfortable walking, she seems to be more comfortable if she were crawling, the way she hunches closer to the ground. Her eyes and hair are brown, but sometimes when the light hits, it doesn't quite reflect right.
POWER: The power to generate and lob spikes at her enemies
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Prideful, Quiet, Gluttonous, Sycophant.
osreborn: (I WROTE A BOOK.)

Norman Osborn

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-10-17 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
osreborn: (intense thinking.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-10-17 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Jack O.
APPEARANCE: Tall, gaunt, very sharp features in the elbows and nose. His eyes can be difficult to make out at first glance but they catch the light easily. Shaved head, scars around his neck and forearms.
POWER: He's a bit of a "Frankenstein's monster"; he can reattach any limb that gets severed from himself.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Cold, confident, contrary, c... ranky.
centurybaby: (pic#3199327)

JENNIFER QUANTUM

[personal profile] centurybaby 2013-10-17 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
centurybaby: (pic#3930067)

[personal profile] centurybaby 2013-10-17 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Poet.
APPEARANCE: Slender, pale, androgynous face with dark circles around the eyes as if from sleeping very little. He wears his dark hair in a long braid that is draped in loops around the shoulders, like a scarf. His teeth are especially symmetrical and straight, except for unusually large incisors.
POWER: The ability to increase a person's preexisting fear or desire for any person or thing. Depending on the victim's willpower, temporary obsession can be forced.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: Soft-spoken, dry-humored, aloof, private.
erewhile: (something is wrong on the internet)

[personal profile] erewhile 2013-10-17 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
If Hanky Panky doesn't make an appearance I'll be disappointed.
boobwindow: (you couldn't handle it)

karen starr / power girl

[personal profile] boobwindow 2013-10-17 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
boobwindow: ("superman is boring")

[personal profile] boobwindow 2013-10-17 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
METAMAN AGENT NAME: Rattler
APPEARANCE: tall and slender, stands at 6'3" and with sharp features. Skin looks dry, almost patchy, appears to be in mid-thirties to early forties. Beady little black eyes and thinning light brown hair. Oddly thin and clothes don't seem fitted properly.
POWER: venom secretion. Shoots venom from mouth and nose.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIEF PERSONALITY: doesn't know personal space, generally creepy, aggressive when provoked.
wild_roar: (mask - believe in me)

Re: QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

[personal profile] wild_roar 2013-10-17 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
what sorts of limits/expectations are there for metamen? i.e. do they have to have certain powers/not allowed to have certain powers, or is it completely up to our imaginations?

because I'm trying to prepare to sign up but I'm so braindead I can't think of powers...but willing to cheat by going to the One Piece wiki and hauling out a list of known Devil Fruit powers...

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