Non HPU: Beacon Of Hope OOC

Post by **CyberDragon** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:07 am

I took some compressed air to the fan filters and the noise was considerably reduced. However, one of the fans is making a kind of whimpering sound, like it's struggling to keep going. I'm going to have to take it in and get it looked at soon.

This sound isn't unusual for this computer, but I think this computer isn't in the best shape right now.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:13 am

well lucky for you case fans are one of the cheapest parts of a pc. you can get a reasonable quality 120 or 140mm fan for $10, or $20-30 if you want a high-speed model or fancy lights.

dusk · Post by **dusk** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:16 am

*Doesn´t know anything about computers* ^^´

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:19 am

<- tends to build her own.

dusk · Post by **dusk** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:21 am

I don´t build computers. I build trans-universal, space-time bending portals. So I build BIIIIIIIIIIIIIG computers. :3

Post by **CyberDragon** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:00 pm

I'm never going to Microcenter again. They are charging me a fortune and going to take their sweet time fixing my computer because I'm afraid I will break it if I try fixing it myself.

It better be totally fixed when I get it back.

What this means though is that I'm borrowing my mom's computer while mine is in the shop. This will probably reduce my posting frequency. Also I don't think I can post today because that trip to Stupidcenter took three friggin' hours and sucked up all of my time tonight.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:15 pm

Never had a bad experience at Microcenter. Drove 85 minutes one way to buy the parts for my desktop from there because they were cheaper. Although, I've never let a company fix my computer. Always done it myself. Good luck getting your computer fixed.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:30 pm

Well, the stuff they sell is good. I'm just salty that I had to give up my computer for an undefined amount of time (around 7 business days depending on what needs fixing). I spend every waking hour on that thing. Going more than a week without it is a frustrating thought.

Anyway, I managed to post. The Lycan was really concerned about Tempest, but he's good at keeping his fears to himself. (mostly though, I just don't have the time to write properly concerned dialogue for him most of the time.

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Buster · Post by **Buster** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:34 pm

Given the symptoms you described all it needed was replacement fans. that take all of 15 minutes to do. why do they need a week?

Post by **CyberDragon** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:42 pm

Specialized computer. They don't have the spare parts so they have to order them from Asus.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:58 pm

Fuuuuuuunnnnnnn

this is a big part of why i don't like prebuilt machines. proprietary parts can't just be swapped for off-the-shelf replacements, you have to order that one specific version of the part.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:26 pm

The reason it's specialized though is that it needs a replacement for a SUPER HIGH output battery and a fan for a cooling system that could probably end global warming.

I exaggerate obviously, but it's an extremely powerful laptop and needs extremely powerful replacement parts. The ventilation system needs to be able to cool down the gamer's laptop as it plays highly resource-intensive games that generate a lot of heat such as ESO. The battery... Well put it this way. When I tried plugging my laptop into the car charger, the car was not putting out enough power to charge it. The car was not powerful enough to charge my computer. That's how much power it needs. It's built like a tank with the performance of a Ferrari. As such, it needs special parts. It needs a battery powerful enough to run it, and a fan powerful enough to cool it. I wanted a great computer when I got it. I wanted one that would be able to do whatever I needed it to do and whatever I wanted it to do. I got exactly that.

I love my laptop. I hope I get it back soon.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:05 am

Jaken is waiting to see if anyone else wants to use the portal before he goes through.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:11 pm

I might not be able to post until later today. I’m stuck battling a head cold.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:01 pm

I'll be honest, I'm a bit... stuck.
a water park is not a good environment for ANY of my people.

as water tends to feel significantly colder than air of the same temperature, Kol wouldn't want to leave the water as, suit aside, it's the only part of the resort that feels a comfortable temperature. despite the fact that she's a terrible swimmer.

Kobor would just cause a scene, looking like an aquatic predator.

and Talya would short out in her damaged state.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:41 pm

hmm... That is a good question...

Well Hivemind needs to go back to the Beacon temporarily and put his body through a recycler, returning with a new one. Once "junior" has finished mutating, Kobor and Talya can go with him and see some of the ship before the meeting at 8.

I'm not sure about Kol though. I bet Tempest could help her with the heat. Like keeping a kind of suit of water around her when she leaves the pool, or go the "Frozen" rout with a personal snow flurry or very small personal sized blizzard. She'd be able to leave the pool and the environment suit and still be cool.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:51 pm

I don’t think I’ll be posting today guys, since I’m still getting over that cold I mentioned. Hopefully I’ll be good enough to post by tomorrow.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:17 pm

It's OK, Lego. Hope you get well soon.

So is anyone else going to post today?

Neon Icy Wings · Post by **Neon Icy Wings** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:28 pm

Been a bit busy the past few days with family, on top of not knowing what to post. As Tatiana isn't determined to go to the water park, not too used to being a non lone wolf, and such.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:32 pm

Well, just make up a place to go and have her go there. On her own or invite someone else to 'take a walk' or whatever.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:35 pm

Assuming the not-Atlantis resort has everything the actual Atlantis resort has, she could always check out the library or the movie theater. Maybe check out the aquarium too.

Neon Icy Wings · Post by **Neon Icy Wings** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:45 pm

Those are some good ideas. For whatever reason my brain just doesn't know how to process RPs. I can dream up enter stories in a day but the moment it involves real people my brain just goes "Shut down all creative centers!"

Anyway I'll sit and think for awhile and post something tomorrow at latest.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:49 pm

Yeah, resorts are big and fancy places. They aren't just water parks and a hotel. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a whole theme park at this one. Theaters, Aquariums, shops, water park, theme park, whatever entertainment you can think of, Luke's resort probably has it. Just use your imagination. Or you could ask Gear what there is to do.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:05 pm

...yeah, all i've managed to come up with is 'more fun with culture barriers'

Post by **CyberDragon** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:16 pm

What do you mean by that?

And the next move doesn't have to be going and doing something yet. you guys can just ask Gear what there is to do. He owns the resort.

Is everyone having trouble thinking of what to say? If so I have some suggestions just to move things along. I usually have ideas. If you can't think of something, then please ask me. I'd rather you PM me about it than have the game go idle.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:43 am

I think I’m feeling good enough to post, so I’ll do it sometime this afternoon.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:51 am

Character Name: June
Color: #80BFFF
Type: secondary, Noncombatant, only appears between missions
Species/Breed: Kaal (Shark/Concertian hybrid)
Age: less than a day
Neighborhood: Beacon Of Hope

Powers:
Aquatic affinity: PWR is added to Strength Endurance Perception and Agility when in the water
Lady Luck: there is no way her maturation should have gone that smoothly or quickly, is she messing with probability somehow?
Kaal Telepathy resistance: See Kobor's sheet.

Weakness:
Water breather: the lungs she extrapolated from Kolt's DNA are underdeveloped, as a result she has a hard time breathing out of the water. it wont kill her, but it does mean she can't exert herself. this is the main reason she refuses to join.

Appearance:

: Yes, those red bits are gills.; June.png (137.54 KiB) Viewed 13964 times

Personality:
Very social, and curious, otherwise It's still developing.

Other notes:
she seems to have a preference for mammalian hosts, she considers herself Concertian, and she likes to pester Kolt about 'their' culture.
her body is still mostly shark, meaning her musculature isn't designed for being on land, and a few of her senses, like smell, flat out don't work unless she's in the water.
she picked 'June' as her name because of people getting into the habit of calling her 'Junior'.

all of the notes about Kaal biology from Kobor/Talya also apply to her.

(i seem to have a thing for characters with finicky environmental needs...)

(also the pronoun confusion was an error on my part. i forgot about the size difference between male and female sharks and didn't want to scale her down.)

S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats:
- Strength: 4
- Perception: 4
- Endurance: 4
- Charisma: 8
- Intelligence: 8
- Agility: 4
- Luck: 10
- Power: 6

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:48 am

.....All I can think about is how if I were the type who considered their characters to be their children, I’d be a grandfather at 18.
Also, if she got those red bits from Kolt, then they’re a bit too orange. They should be more of a dark red, like his text color.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:54 am

i just went off a picture of a gray fox. sorry.

better?

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:19 pm

Much. Thanks for taking my input.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:22 pm

A very cute shark.

Geeze, words that don't belong together for $50, Alex...

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:33 pm

She would have been full-shark had getting carried out of the water not nececitated developing some lung capacity in a hurry. On the other hand it's hard to quarantine something that's roaming freely in open water.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:50 pm

So she’s only Kolt’s daughter because she was trying to avoid suffocating?

The more info I learn about June, the more I look forward to writing Kolt’s reaction to her.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:51 pm

Welsh Halfwit wrote:A very cute shark.

Geeze, words that don't belong together for $50, Alex...

Those words totally belong together. Even regular sharks are cute.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:59 pm

Legotron123 wrote:So she’s only Kolt’s daughter because she was trying to avoid suffocating?

The more info I learn about June, the more I look forward to writing Kolt’s reaction to her.

I am genuinely curious about that.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:08 pm

*flops*

Well, it's that time again. I have my appointment today and I need to leave in less than a half an hour. Feels like I just got home from work too. Anyway, because of this dumb appointment, I won't have much time to post today. I might be able to get either LA or BOH, but it's unlikely I'll have time to post in both.

Sooo... yeah. That's what's up. Nighttime appointments are the worst.

dusk · Post by **dusk** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:35 pm

Character Name: Jolty

Nickname(s): Poindexter, Sparkplug, Dork, various demeaning ways of calling someone short

Color:

Type: Main

Species/Breed: Anthropomorphic Cat

Age: Somewhere around 17-ish, he lost track.

Neighborhood: Doesn´t have a stable home, or a place he really calls home, but the Beacon of Hope is his resting place as of late.

Powers: None

Weakness: D & D, Skittles, not wearing his glasses.

Appearance: Jolty is a light grey cat, around 4´7¨, with dark grey stripes, yellow eyes, and has a white foot and tip of his tail. He´s polydactyl, meaning six fingers on each paw, a common occurrence on cats. He wears a pair of cracked glasses, an oversized dark grey turtleneck (along with a black sleeveless undershirt.) and a beat up black trench-coat. wears bandages on his feet, feeling boots make him uncomfortable, but protection from the hazards that one can encounter on the floor in a dangerous situation is a must. Carries with him a light pack, carrying necessities, and a Jupiter-Yukon A-17 Rifle.

Personality: Jolty is a cat who trusts few, and the ones he does trust are either absent from his life, or long dead. He tends to be quiet, anti-social, and trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. However, if one did get to know him, he would trust them with everything, and would show his true personality. He is a nerd at heart, collector of buttons from places he has been, and would be happy to show you his collection if you asked. He doesn´t like to talk about old friends, it makes him drudge up old memories.....

Other notes: Shows up on the ship one day, not really giving an explanation of who he is, or why he is there. But if you give him a few minutes to explain, I´ll be darned, he´s gotta story to tell....

S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats:
- Strength: 6
- Perception: 8
- Endurance: 5
- Charisma: 5
- Intelligence: 9
- Agility: 7
- Luck: 7
- Power: 0

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:59 pm

no powers in an RP that is mostly MCU-scale hero battles, against a Big Bad, that is basicaly a 40K style Ruinous Power...

Okay...

Nice to meet you Hawkeye.

dusk · Post by **dusk** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:02 pm

hahaha...I don´t get it ^^´

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:07 pm