The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Neo Emolga]

The time travel and competition elements I sorta wove into one thing? It really sorta worked out because when I made up the species that the story centers around, I made it like part of their natural species activities to compete with other for mating rights so then weaving in time travel for the plot was really smooth. I'm working the butterfly in a little bit more prominently right now. The main problem the gang faces right now is that they don't have a map of Japan so they have no idea how to get to kyoto and since they have no rice (and only Antioch and Akio actually know what rice is) they can't buy a map so they're in this dilemma of how do they get to kyoto. I'll probably stop again once they get a map.

*thumbs up* Okay cool I wasn't really sure if I was allowed to kill anyone so I just sorta kept it vague? I might go back and edit in one kill if that's not too much of a problem for you just because my intention had been to kill that character but since I wasn't sure if I could I wanted to sorta leave it up in the air.

Ah, interesting. Yeah, initially it was a big tricky to work in the butterfly stuff, but after changing things around, I nailed that one.

You're allowed! And sure, kill off one if you'd like! It's just when it comes to Onyx Circle members, that's the only case where I'd like to be the one to decide if they've had it. If they get pummeled hard enough, they'll kick the bucket. As for Queen Taiya, she's the final boss. Things gonna get dicey if you try to take her on!

I pride myself on my ability to speedread. I once finished Les Miserables in a single summer(I kinda skipped like two chapters because they were almost totally irrelevant to the plot though). I relish a challenge. Bring it.

And I think I'm the first one, beyond Neo, to maim or kill off a character on my own side... Do I get a Most Vicious prize? XD

I'm just not a good speedreader. If I skim and I try reading the paragraph slower again, I realize just how much I missed. Pretty much 75% of the stuff goes over my head if I blast through it.

And I've killed off plenty of RP characters. PLENTY. What do I do? I just make others. Easy cheesy! I don't really get emotionally attached to my characters. Allowing characters to die makes for such good and valuable plot points. If Athena kills Phoebe, she'll be MARKED by Black Lotus for sure! And then imagine all the fun Noble will have then! But yeah, it does make things interesting. It happens all the time in video games and movies so... why not RPs?

[Noblejanobii]

Ah, interesting. Yeah, initially it was a big tricky to work in the butterfly stuff, but after changing things around, I nailed that one.

You're allowed! And sure, kill off one if you'd like! It's just when it comes to Onyx Circle members, that's the only case where I'd like to be the one to decide if they've had it. If they get pummeled hard enough, they'll kick the bucket. As for Queen Taiya, she's the final boss. Things gonna get dicey if you try to take her on!

And I've killed off plenty of RP characters. PLENTY. What do I do? I just make others. Easy cheesy! I don't really get emotionally attached to my characters. Allowing characters to die makes for such good and valuable plot points. If Athena kills Phoebe, she'll be MARKED by Black Lotus for sure! And then imagine all the fun Noble will have then! But yeah, it does make things interesting. It happens all the time in video games and movies so... why not RPs?

Yeah I plan to read your story when I get the chance, I just really want to finish mine first so I don't accidentally steal anything.

Okay I'll probably go back and edit in the kill then. Phoebe is the only Onyx Circle member in that group right? (Just gotta make sure) And Athena can and will go after Queen Taiya if that's the path she's required to take to get her son back. Though I'm more excited in waiting to see if anyone will pick up on a secret Athena's been keeping that I've dropped a hint for every single post up until now.

So, define kill off a character, because it really depends on how you define that. I axed a few NPCs in the past but I'm not sure those really count because they're not like official RP characters, they're NPCs. Does that make sense? Perceval kinda falls into a gray area but I'd even argue if I had axed him it wouldn't have really counted as my killing off someone because he wasn't really developed all that much. Even worse some of the ones that died (like Madeline in PXRASE) were technically already dead. Where the line gets really tricky is in the other "A Single Element" RPs. Across the various iterations of the RP, I've created a ton of characters and wrote a variety of stories with them. Thing is, most of them were created already slated to die. I just sorta wrote their stories up until that point. So would that count? I'm not sure.