GW2 OOC Chat

[Huntress]

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

...makes my dibs on the Oathbreakers stronger than ever :3

*smack'd* *whack'd* *shot'd*

Nah, I like it ^^ And there's probably more hidden qualities in the artifact, old journals can't know everything. ...Dragon, you haven't read The Goblin Reservation by Clifford Simak, have you? That had a pretty similar artifact.

[aerisangel01]

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

I think it looks good, thought the "army locked in gem" and the "gonna be released and cause the war" thing that will VERY LIKELY comes with it reminds of the shadows from the last war xD;;;;

[Speck]

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

What if the artifact has the armies trapped inside it, forever locked in battle?

What if the artifact, as long as it has these armies trapped, causes whomever is in proximity to it to fight, no matter who their allies are?

[Fraze]

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

Sounds like a good start. I was trying to give the impression that it has something of a mind of its own, which is why I didn't know how it got in my bag. 'Cause, you know, super-powerful magical artifacts called Precious always have minds of their own, right?

[Shadaras]

sillybatty said:

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

What if the artifact has the armies trapped inside it, forever locked in battle?

What if the artifact, as long as it has these armies trapped, causes whomever is in proximity to it to fight, no matter who their allies are?

First one - Possibly. Second one - Yes. That'll make it easier to get everyone to fight, in general.

Oh, and Keng, add me to the list of conspirators, please.

[Huntress]

sillybatty said:

What if the artifact has the armies trapped inside it, forever locked in battle?

What if the artifact, as long as it has these armies trapped, causes whomever is in proximity to it to fight, no matter who their allies are?

Valhalla? =D

It doesn't have to be locked inside the artifact. Just in another dimension of some sort, and the artifact would be... the key? The seal? The gateway? There's still room for that.

But we don't want an overload of shadows, yes x3 A common enemy would sortof defeat the point of having all guilds fight each other. It's just me, though.

Fraze... xD This is starting to sound more and more like Simak's story. (Not that I'm complaining. It was a cool story.)

EDIT: but it should still be a weapon of sorts, or at least have clear destructive power. Otherwise there'd be little reason for all guilds to want it. Unless you count the armies as a weapon?

[Zylaa]

Hm... I don't think Precious (Yes, I will call it that, thankyouverymuch) should cause people in proximity to it to fight. The war will be more interesting if we're fighting out of our own free will, I think. Fight over it, not because it tells us to.

[Fraze]

Fun fact: I have a friend who calls me Precious. Seeing my nickname posted multiple times on this thread is disconcerting.

[Omni]

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

Ooh! Ooh! I just remembered something from Avatar that sounds a little bit like the 'Precious' and what's going on!

Dragon said they couldn't tell if it was light or dark magic. Maybe it uses something of both? In Avatar, some people could create lightning by 'separating the yin and yang (light and darkness) within oneself, and then allowing them to crash together, creating lightning'. I don't really know how that works, but it could explain how it's somehow colorless-with-all-color and causing lightning.

Maybe it's strong light-and-dark magic could be used for similar purposes as lesser light and/or dark magic (plus lightning), but to a on a larger scale, and with consequences?

[Huntress]

I like it ^^ Some sort of an instability in its inner balance, and its primitive mind-of-sorts is enabling it to control the balance. Guess the RP itself will determine that.

But yah, I'll agree with Zylaa. RPs are always more interesting when people have to make their own decisions and find ways to justify them (like Huntress agreed to steal the possibly hazardous Precious just because it's better off in their hands than anyone else's). Pulling a One Ring would be too... simple.

[Strife]

If the pirates do steal the Precious, i'd imagine that somehow, the dark magic that's being spilled out of it right now would be sealed up again and the storm would disappear. In that case, most of the characters in the RP will have witnessed how powerful it is, giving them another motive to try and retrieve it.

This is really interesting in a fun way. ^_^

[Scar]

omniscia said:

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

Ooh! Ooh! I just remembered something from Avatar that sounds a little bit like the 'Precious' and what's going on!

Dragon said they couldn't tell if it was light or dark magic. Maybe it uses something of both? In Avatar, some people could create lightning by 'separating the yin and yang (light and darkness) within oneself, and then allowing them to crash together, creating lightning'. I don't really know how that works, but it could explain how it's somehow colorless-with-all-color and causing lightning.

Maybe it's strong light-and-dark magic could be used for similar purposes as lesser light and/or dark magic (plus lightning), but to a on a larger scale, and with consequences?

Actually they separates the Yin and Yang in the air and use themselves as lightning rods to channel the electrical energy generated when the Yin and Yang forcefully try to return to their normal state. Works kinda like nuclear fusion. That's why ya can see little trails of electricity building up as they wave their hands ^_^ [/Avatar geek]

Anyway, as long as the orb doesn't turn out to be another Crystal Shard I'm good to go x3 (For those who don't know, the Crystal Shard gives the bearer domination over all creatures of evil intent in its range and is capable of constructing its own crystalline towers that can zap people with beams of heat)

[PFA]

So we're all going to try and nab the giant, magical shiny? Sweeeet.

*is already thinking up title ideas for a possible GW2 movie* Not that there's going to be a GW2 movie anytime soon anyway. >_> *glances at the still unfinished GW1 movie*

And I'm liking Strife's idea. Everyone sees how awesomely awesome this artifact is, and they all try to get it for themselves in a little surge of power thirst, thus causing war over the artifact, which will be full of drama and angst.

[Fraze]

omniscia said:

zylaa said:

There must be a magical winter, for I will not be content until I can pelt my enemies with snowballs.

So according to Dragon's journal, since information found in random journals is always accurate, the artifact is:
-5 in. by 3 in. by 2 in. (12.5 cm by 7.5 cm by 5 cm)
- blackish-purple, or iridescent, but if you look at it right, it's all the colors and none. (I'm picturing an artifact that, if you look at it right, is black and white checked. XD)
- strong dark or light magic
and:
- once was used in a massive battle against the NTWF
- caused the battlefield to go pitch dark
- made all of the armies vanish
- potentially has these armies locked in time, fighting.

Opinions on this?

Ooh! Ooh! I just remembered something from Avatar that sounds a little bit like the 'Precious' and what's going on!

Dragon said they couldn't tell if it was light or dark magic. Maybe it uses something of both? In Avatar, some people could create lightning by 'separating the yin and yang (light and darkness) within oneself, and then allowing them to crash together, creating lightning'. I don't really know how that works, but it could explain how it's somehow colorless-with-all-color and causing lightning.

Maybe it's strong light-and-dark magic could be used for similar purposes as lesser light and/or dark magic (plus lightning), but to a on a larger scale, and with consequences?

In any such strongly opposing forces, there are similarities. I would say there are some fundamental things in common between light and dark. Just look at yin and yang--there's a dot of each in the other. To be honest, I think it would be a lot more interesting if the Precious uses both light and dark magic. Using just one or the other would be too constrictive--either it's good or it's evil. If it has a mind, it simply acts on its own purposes, which could be either light or dark.

[Shadaras]

*ignores the discussion of Precious* Hey, Fraze. Why no mention of Hades in your most recent post?