Dr Archeville

Okay, new roster of heroes! Mashin-Kun (PL 7) Mongrel Angel (PL 7) Vigor (PL 6) Wesley Knight (PL 10) Please make a post in the IC thread indicating how you heard of the events going on & how you've come to the area. Once everyone reaches Mongrel Angel & the dead officer, we can get underway.

Catherine suddenly bolts, screaming, while Mongrel Angel sees the ooze-thing pop like a water balloon when hit by her mystic blast. Meanwhile....

MBCE, I've sent you a PM. We're gonna need to have some level of coordination to GM this properly.

End of Round Recap Players Grimalkin -- 1 Bruise (DC 19 Toughness save) -- 0 HP ManBat – Full Health -- 1 HP Nightrival -- Full Health (DC 23 Will save) -- 3 HP Reflexion -- 1 Bruise, 1 Staggered -- 1 HP Initiative Orders 29 -- Hispanic Woman (in front doorway) 28 -- Nightrival (outside) 26 -- Asian Woman (in kitchen) 22 -- Reflexion (just outside, hiding [AWOL]) 21 -- Slick Willie (Unconscious, outside) 21 – Heavy (Bruised x2; outside) 20 -- "Twitchy Pete" (now in living room) 19 -- Druggies (6; 2 down, 4 up; 3 Shaken = 2 Fleeing, 1 Panicked) 17 -- Grimalkin (in living room) 15 – Manbat (outside, on roof)

The Hispanic woman, still grinning despite losing immediate sight of her quarry, scans the area outside. She sees Nightrival swinging about, and reaches out to him with her mind. As Nightrival swings Willie to a safer location, he suddenly feels as if four daggers were raking across his chest and abdomen! Looking down, Willie's still very unresponsive, so what the heck could it be? A quick sweep of the battlefield reveals the Hispanic woman, the front of her dress shredded, glaring at him form the doorway of the crack house... ... and "heavy" charging right for him! Luckily, his eyes are apparently not yet adjusted to the darkness outside, and he trips over the curb and into a light pole. This does not seem to phaze him, though, as he turns to face Nightrival. Reflexion continues hiding and planning. He can just make out the tip of ManBat's wings peeking over the roof.... Tucking and rolling, Grimalkin -- or, rather, "Foreshadow" -- finds herself in a ratty living room, with a dark-haired red-dressed woman looking out the front door, a disheveled strung-out druggie slowly crawling in through the busted front window, and 'Twitchy' Pete still whirling around. Pete's babbling squeals move another few octaves higher, and he comes right at her. In his whirling flurry, he just manages to clock her jaw.

The Refs are never late. Nor are they early. They arrive at a decision precisely when they mean to. ;)

*has an odd image of Stark in his newest armor, the Sailor Moon Suit.* "In the name of Capitalism, I will punish you!"

On most of the PbP boards I've been on, things tend to slow down during the summer months as folks go off on vacations. But things appear to be picking up a bit Sandman, you still want Wesley in on this?

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The two largest rooms in the Bernanke Center for Extension & Continuing Education, on HIT's campus, could each hold 300 people. The eight secondary conference rooms could hold 75 people each, and the six smallest rooms could hold about 60. When all connected via the center's advanced telecommunications systems, anyone in one room could be seen by a full audience of over 1,500, plus however many hundreds or thousands were connected to the center's streaming video content. It was barely enough, owing both to the nature of the man speaking and the oddly broad nature of what he would be discussing. "Urban legends, quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, nanotechnology, cybernetics, and more"? What on Earth could he be going to talk about? Dr. Michael Voldman, professor of electrical and computer engineering and founder of the Science & Engineering Lecture Series, did not fit the traditional image of the elderly white-haired professor. Fairly young, he had short cropped black hair and disarmingly soft green eyes, and had a “dress casual” look going on. He sat on one of the chairs near the podium along with some older men and women -- alumni who'd helped fund the lecture series, mostly -- and the day's guest of honor. They chatted quietly for a few moments as the last few folks entered. Signaled by the nod of a techie's head, Voldman stood and took the podium. "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for attending," he says in a noticeable but not overly thick Freedom-ian accent. "Those of you who've been to the Science & Engineering Lecture Series know that I try to bring in notable HIT alums in to speak to you all, try to make every lecture a special and unique learning experience, to present many different views on the sciences. However, I believe I can say, without too much uncertainty, that today's guest speaker is truly a unique treat." He looks back and smirks at Archeville, giving time for the cheers and hoots to die down before resuming. "He went through several advisors while here -- not because he was uncertain of what he wished to do with his life but because he wanted to learn so much! -- and I was one of them. I was his advisor when the Provost's car went missing, and it was found on top of the five-story Panettiere Memorial Library. We never did prove that you did it..." He turns to shake an accusatory finger at Archeville, who shrinks down and makes an exaggerated "who, me?!" face, "but I've got my suspicions! Still," he turns back to the audience, "it's that quirky brilliance that's taken him so far, and brought him back to Freedom City. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Hanover Institute of Technology's Science & Engineering Lecture Series guest of honor for May 2008, Doktor Viktor Archeville!" Archeville rises from his chair and moves to the podium, pausing to shake Voldman's hand as the professor returns to his seat. He steps in front of the microphone and smiles at everyone as he adjusts the microphone, and waits a moment before speaking to let the applause die down.

It would be nice to have one of the old crew -- you can keep passing along misinformation So, Mashin-Kun, Mongrel Angel, Vigor and Wesley (since Lullaby's player seems to've gone AWOL)?

Eh, like I said, I'm working on putting in some breaks. While it is most common at lectures to let the speaker speak, and then questions come later, Freedom City is anything but common Oh, is Eric planning to arrive "fashionably late"? You posted him as leaving his house at 4:30, which is when the lecture starts.

Hrm... that might be a tad difficult. See, the way I've got his 'lecture' written out now, there's not really a place where I can put in a break, not even for "reaction shots" or such; most interactions would happen either immediately before the actual lecture, or at the reception afterward. But, I don't want to post one huge wall o' text -- fact is, it's so big I cannot post it in one go (it's a "lecture" I've used before in another RPGwith another version of Dr. Archeville) -- so I am working on putting some 'speed bumps' in it so it can be broken up, but in a way that doesn't break the narrative flow too badly. For now, though, y'all are welcome to post. :)

It has begun! Well, sorta. You'll see. ;)

Press release from HIT, released May 7th, 2008:

Herr Doktor Viktor Archeville has recently been asked to give a speech at one of Freedom City's colleges (probably HIT). His speech will cover a wide variety of topics: urban legends, quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, nanotechnology, cybernetics, and more. I'll begin posting tonight (and will post a link here). All are welcome to attend.

Welcome back!

Ahh, delicious pps! For Dr. Archeville, I'd like his 1 pp to be spent on 2 more ranks each in Knowledge (life sciences) and Medicine. His work on trying to 'cure' Dryad is, I feel, adequate justification for this. This would bring his skill to Knowledge (life sciences) +18 (8r, +10 Int) and Medicine +8 (3r, +5 Wis). For Belphegor, I'd like his 2pp to be spent on another rank in his "Demonic Attacks" array. This would cause it to look like this: • Demonic Powers 7 (PFs: 2 APs) [16pp] ••• BE: Hellfire Control 7 (Hellfire Bolt) ••• AP: Emotion Control 7 (Dark Passions) ••• AP: Impervious Toughness 6 (note: Sustained duration) and Penetrating Strength 5 (PF: Incurable) (Internal Infernal Combustion) (That last slot didn't change, but it really can't at this time) Updated by V_M

The pp PMs are being sent out, and should all be out by the end of the night! Any concerns or complaints should be directed to either myself or Heridfel.

After much consideration, deliberation, meditation, rumination, and throwing darts at things hanging from walls, we have reached a conclusion! First off, everyone who participated in the vignette-writing contest has earned one extra pp for their character! Secondly, the winner! The winner -- who shall receive an as-yet-determined (due to some last minute [censored]) prize -- is... Geez3r, for his "Mantle of Freedom" vignette! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

That was what I'd assumed, that Shazam was going to go back in and edit his post, and guessed that CW's showing wouldn't be that different from the first time we tried this (i.e., he flies around and smashes things).

So it looks like... Ghost (19) Belphegor (11) WhisperGrim (9) Capricia (5) And whoever else is around.

Sounds good; pace yourself, try not to let this place be one of your stressors. If you don't get a chance to post today/tonight, do you mind if I go ahead on without ya?

Yes, dance, monkeys! Entertain your lord and master! Muah hah hah hah hah hah!!! Wait... is this thing on? Aw, dang-

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