DEATH COMES FOR ALL



Being a massive WH40k nerd, I thought it'd be suitable to make a thread relating to the DoW franchise with the recent announcement of the third entry! 
I don't really have any plan for this thread- probably more inclined toward debate right now -but if you wanna also find anyone else playing DoW, feel free to ask here

The transportation from the Nexus was sudden and lurching. The hacker felt a deep and wrenching yank deep within his gut, and his view twisted and wobbled as he hurtled through the otherworldly portal. It spat him out after a few seconds with a bit of force, enough for him to have to land on one knee. At least his entrance was stylish. He rose to his feet and just stood there, blown away. It was glorious.

Spiraling glass towers scraped the blue horizon, the streets made of some sort of pristine uniform material that did not suffer any marks. The sound of the city filtered into his ears even as he gazed upon the multitude of shops, restaurants, and greenery! Huge swaths of parks and trees!

Hiro's world had been one of conspicuous overconsumption, and as technology had advanced nature had been molested in sacrifice. Some of the devastation had been so bad that the remnants of the government had designated them "Sacrifice Zones", places whose clean up cost outweighed any further profit from them. But this was like an ideal vision of those technological pioneers. Incredibly advanced, enough to preserve and maintain nature. Any plants or trees back home had been sickly, damaged by pollution. This was truly something wonderful.

A commanding voice jolted him out of his reverie. "You the Prime that was just cleared to come through? Step over here, please."
A uniformed EPD officer put a strong and guiding hand on his shoulder and gave him a gentle shake. "Gotta get a few details and register you in the system."

The hacker nodded slowly, still a bit overwhelmed by the vision of his world's failed goal reaching fruition in front of him, walking over to a small, square building. Noticing his demeanor, the officer chuckled. "Really is something, huh? Not many Primes appreciate it, they just bluster through and start imposing their will. I guess achievement loses its luster when you got Omni-given powers like that."

They proceeded through a waist high entry gate, a few more armored troopers waiting inside. The atmosphere was definitely one of a corporate workplace. Hiro guessed this must be the first checkpoint for the local law enforcement, and responded, lifting up his techno lenses. "Yeah...It's amazing. Pretty much what the people of my world envisioned before they fucked it up...I have to imagine this is a great place to live for Secondaries, too....I did some reading before I came to this verse. Let me apologize on behalf of this one Prime, for everything you must deal with." He gave a respectful Nipponese bow, and straightened up, extending a hand.

"Hiro Protagonist, hacker, swordsman, and wet behind the ears."

The officer nodded to a man seated behind the desk, and he came out to stand next to them. Shaking Hiro's hand, his escort responded. "Overseer Jentral. And thank you, but you don't need to apologize. You haven't done anything....yet. We've got a few of the good Primes on the EPD. If you feel like serving the Empire and the people of Coruscant, I'll point you in the right direction after your registration. Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta get back to monitoring the entry plaza." And with that, Jentral turned and left the hut, grabbing a cup of something brown and steaming hot as he exited.

Jentral's subordinate poked at a digital tablet, not looking up as he lofted a few questions at Hiro. "So...full name, Hiro Protagonist, got it. Occupation/specializations, systems penetration, and martial arts...anything else? I'll need a statement as to your abilities, and a visual inspection of your weapons. Then, a DNA sample and fingerprint, and you're good to go."

That was it? That was pretty lax, especially compared to the requirements for citizenship in Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong back home. "Alright...um. I'm actually not sure as to what else...are you saying people get extra abilities when they arrive in the Omniverse? Cuz right now the extent of my abilities is computer systems and this sword."

He presented his weapon, and the aide scanned it with the tablet, a green light shining over the entire length of it. "Alright, good. Simple. And non-reactive. If this had been some sort of fancy shmancy explosive or firearm or laser or whatever, we would have to restrict it's use. Just be smart about where you take it out, and for Omni's sake don't even think about using it on one of our troops or a citizen." Hiro rolled his eyes at that. "I've also listed you as cooperative, so that's a plus." The aide smiled, a bit unsettlingly. "And that's the DNA sample and fingerprints as well. Have an enjoyable stay, Mr. Protagonist."

The man waved Hiro off, handing back his sword. The hacker ronin left the building and stepped out into the entry plaza once more, his lenses now tuned to full scan mode. They tagged and extrapolated, numerous locations being labeled as points of interest on a rapidly populating map. Making a few quick movements in the air with his hands, the swordsman started to clean up the list and itemized a few things, just as Officer Jentral walked up to him with a tired smile. "All registered? Wonderful. Now, if you were looking to help..."

With a nod of his head, Hiro answered. "Yep. I see it on the map. That seems like a good first stop to me, although I might check out some of your tech shops later." The lawman nodded, and sent him off with a final goodbye. Stepping into the flow of pedestrian traffic, Hiro disappeared into the hustle and bustle of the city.

Quote:(Hand of the Empire quest progress: 954 words)

Chara woke up. "Ow my head hurts." Chara looks around "Um where am I"? as Chara looks around she saw a fountain, and some portals but besides that she saw nothing to really see.
"Well I guess its the Underground at a place I haven't been yet I guess? As she got up, she saw her trusty knife. she picked it up. "Uh where is the Traitor anyways?" "Well I can think about that later" as the thought of Asriel sickened her. she pulls an orb of Omnilium and thinks about what this material could be? "Well I really could use some food and maybe some water." as she thought about how she wanted some chocolate and a bottle of water the Omnilium began to change into a bar of her favorite Chocolate and a bottle of water. after what seem to be a while she got up and began to think about a horse that was as black as the void. after what seemed to be five minutes the horse was done she thought she walked up to it and got on. She kicked the horse to move to any of the portals. "I just want to get out of here I've lost everything because of this Omni character, my friend, my family, even the world I knew is gone" Chara began to tear up. she let the horse continue on to one of the portals and after what felt like forever, she finaly looks up and sees the horse is not going any farther.
It was a beautiful stone archway with some sort of dark moss on it. "Well only one way to find out whats beyond here" Chara says as she gets off the horse she then walked through the shimmering portal and to who knows what layed beyond there.

A while ago I researched famous writer/actors last words and was not disappointed by some of the deeply resounding ones. It's no surprise that this year we have lost a lot of great and inspirational icons, but I've often wondered what my own last words would be, hopefully, however, I would have to speak them for many decades.  

Anyway any thoughts or known quotes you have to share might be cool. There is a darkness in this thread, I think, but also, a great light in what it can mean when you interpret it in a certain way.

Borrowed this from a post I saw from a writing page- write the sentence you last wrote/edited (either on the OV or not) if it's a small sentence, feel free to simply copy a paragraph to explain/lead into it.

Made because not everyone really cares.

So, post about LEGO here. Custom creations(the major influence of the thread is on this, for obvious reasons), sets you want to get, sets you've already gotten, LEGO news, etc.

To start the conversation, I might get the Star Wars TIE Advanced Prototype.

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Your name is TODD. You've been in the OMNIVERSE for a long while, but you aren't totally sure how long. Your room is cluttered with various GAMING PARAPHERNALIA. You are most interested in the collecting and assembling of large and highly-detailed SCALE MODELS and FIGURINES. Dominating your room is your custom-made DATAVERSE ACCESS POINT through which you work, trading virtual and real goods. This trade is quite profitable, but it does mean you do LACK ANY REAL FRIENDS and are INCREDIBLY SOCIALLY AWKWARD, despite how much time you spend on various ROLEPLAYING GAMES. You also like to TINKER WITH ROBOTICS and have gotten PRETTY GOOD AT IT.

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Your name is PAUL. You are QUITE INDECISIVE, and are especially bad at making decisions under stress. Your garden tends to be quite haphazard due to this. You easily LISTEN TO ADVICE, but are a BIT TOO TRUSTING. This sometimes lead to very POORLY EXECUTED ACTIONS, since not all advice turns out to be good. You are usually RATHER CHEERY, and not much can change that. You are EASILY EXCITED ABOUT NEW THINGS. You are always ENTHUSIASTIC, and meets every task with a big smile.You live in a old house somewhere in the TANGLED GREEN. After being spontaneously summoned to the OMNIVERSE, you decided to wander through the forest. On your first day you stumbled upon this house, and proceeded to live in it. You have a love for GARDENING, and have a large garden that constitutes much of your diet. You grow tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, and beans. Several berried bushes and apple trees near by help supplement your diet. You enjoy EXPLORING the house and the surrounding jungle. Every once in a while you will find random items, such as a new book or puzzle, in certain locations. You are VERY BAD AT SOLVING PUZZLES, but you still like them. You love READING, and have read all the books in the house's library several times over. You especially enjoy REALLY BAD SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS. Within the house you found several devices, including a dataverse uplink device and a few mobile communicators. You have become SEMI-SKILLED IN MACHINERY, due to the uplink device failing every once in a while. 

Character name: Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds


Character source: Firefly

Character history:
Starting Point: Mal is picking up at the end of the movie Serenity.
Quick Summary: One a sergeant in a rebel army fighting against the Alliance but the Independents (or “browncoats” as they are known) failed and he was forced to live life on the fringes of society. He scraped together enough money from odd (often unsavory jobs) to buy a Firefly class transport ship he dubbed “Serenity”. He had his crew then made a living doing (somewhat) legal transport work for a while. He eventually got mixed up with the Tams, a brother/sister duo who were on the run from the law because the sister was an escaped, crazy, psychic, war-machine, super-soldier. After a confrontation with the law he woke up in the Omniverse.

Stats:
ATK: 3
DEF: 2
SPD: 2
TEC: 3



Starting Proficiencies: Ranged Proficiency, Physical Strength, Buff Proficiency (3,000 OM)

Starting Powers: None

Starting Moves: (600 OM)
Liberty Hammer (Ranged Proficiency) (300 OM)
"I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you."

Mal’s Moses Brothers Self-Defense Engine Frontier Model B is a hard hitting, 8 shot pistol that fires at a rate of about 1 shot per second. The gun itself is heavy, a nasty bit of business at close range. It can fire either by hammer-action or via a Gauss propulsion via a battery in the handle. It fire NEWTECH Gauss Quadloads (equivalent to standard .45 bullets). Otherwise, it functions in the same way a modern revolve might.

Big Damn Hero (Buff Proficiency) (300 OM)
“We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.”

Mal has an effect on people, a certain charm that makes you hate him just as much as it makes you love him. He knows people and by that I mean he knows people on the inside- not just what they show the rest of the world. He has a knack for inspiration, even if he doesn’t know it. Leading by example, Mal can say something improbably inspiring, hitting just the right note at the right moment. this grants his allies, for the next half minute, Foresight, though only in that it grants them an extra second to avoid attacks or adjust their attacks. This involves Mal opening himself up to the attacks of others (not hiding behind anything, cowering, being sneaky in any way, etc) though he may return fire/advance. In this way he has to sort of lead from the front, actively engaged in the fight, and be a visible and dramatic symbol.


I confirm that I have read and agreed to the Rules of Conduct.
Everything’s shiny on that front.

Where did you find us?
Alt Character for Paul Atreides

Should I pretend he never existed for the purposes of my campaign?