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So the senshi have been around since Nova was twelve: How long has the Negaverse been in action? How long ago did Destiny City's plague of comas, missing persons and mysterious deaths begin? Would the kids remember a time before it started? Parents? Grandparents? Is Charonite older than living memory?

Cuter: The Negaverse has more recently come back into play - Charonite and Hematite were the first to return after a 20 year absence and they returned roughly three years ago, Nealite being the first 'recruit', joining the Negaverse a little over two years ago. The missing persons, comas and deaths would have started around the time the Negaverse returned into action - parents might recall news stories of a similar situation happening in Tokyo 20 or so years prior (back in the 80's), when the 4 General-Kings and Beryl were active in that area.

Charonite's official age is unknown, but Gunn Killingworth's forged birth certificate says 35!

Spiffy! Thanks for answering!

So I've been tossing this idea around a little bit with a few other people. All senshi have the built in desire to find the princess, how it effects them is different for each person, and it's possible some people might even be able to follow Black Lady if they chose to.

codalion: Characters can ultimately do whatever they like, but if they decided to do such a thing there's no guarantee that Black Lady would recognize them or that Wiseman would protect them -- in addition, it would place them at odds not only with the Negaverse but with every other good-guy faction, many of whom would be pretty happy to hunt down these turncoats and show them the meaning of being a turncoat. It's one of those cases where, no, we can't say your character cannot do that, but we can't say your character cannot jump off a building either. Building's right there for the jumping! Wouldn't recommend it.

What are the rulings on a character who knows they should be finding the princess deep down, but logically questions the whole 'lets listen to a bunch of cats and look for a dead princess.'

codalion: It's a free country! No one's under the power of some kind of magical princess-mind-control that forces them to do anything they wouldn't do. However, the fact is the majority of the Destiny City senshi aren't concerned with the Moon Princess -- they're concerned with saving their friends, family, and neighbors from murder and chaos. Dead princess or no dead princess, people are dying and it's pretty hard not to see that.

If this Senshi were say corrupted, would it essentially be increasing that slightly darker notion that looking for Serenity was a waste while instilling desires to listen to Beryl and Charonite?

codalion: That's definitely one way you could take senshi corruption! Tig had some better answers about corruption earlier in the thread, so I advise you look at those also.

Also in this sort of case along with improved corruption skills what exactly are other benefits of the new process besides the ability to henshien down.

Also I have this free question coupon so I will be waving the 5 dollar charges~

QUESTION!!

If all the mods were trapped on a desert island, with no food or water, who would be the first to croak?

And the last?

codalion: First, Shazari, I would kindly kill her and spare her the suffering of a slow death, my darling, my darling, my life and my bride. biggrin The other mods are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. biggrin biggrin biggrin

rosemilk: Codalion's blood is floral blood. Drinking of it will make me immortal, and I will wear Cuter's skin in the manner of a cloak.

Cuter: After convincing the rest of them that surely help is on the way, I would murder them all in their sleep and use their bodies and shoes for sustenance. Also, Rose's skull will become my Wilson and we'll hold deep theological discussions when we're not fighting the island monkeys for their coconuts. At some point I'll attempt to leave the island by strapping two sea turtles together and riding on their backs, but will inevitably drown in the process. The fate of Rose's skull is still undetermined.

Shazari: I feel pretty certain that the extraordinary stresses of the situation would finally be the impetus needed to awaken my latent mutant powers, dormant all these years. The main challenge would be perfecting my telekinetic powers to the level at which I can perform micro-processes to purify saltwater into freshwater ; telekinetically fishing would be much easier. At this point, I would accept my deserved place as savior and empress of the island, and the others would take their places as my grateful acolytes. Imp is probably the one most likely to try and lead an uprising against me, so I'd say the answer to your question is that Imp would probably be the first to die, but I'd like to remind you that I was driven to it. The other acolytes depend on me. I had no choice.

Prophet: Guys. Guys. This fly-covered pig skull on a pike and I aren't going down so easily : |a

codalion: This is a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

EDIT: I do not want to be stuck on a desert island with any of you. Any. of. you. neutral

Shazari: Now, that's just cruel. I would be good to you.

In the Parallel Faction thread, it says that staff have ideas for powers/weapons... does this still hold true? (It's just that I'm having trouble thinking up attacks for 'bounty'). ^^;
Thanks. C:

Shazari: It's still true.

When it comes to senshi attacks do all of the attacks (base, super, eternal) need to be based around being Offensive OR Defensive, no in between? (Aka no mixing. Like 2 are defensive and the last is offensive ). I'm hearing mixed results all around so I'm just looking for some official staff input.

rosemilk: My official staff input is this: you can have your power be offensive or defensive not minding what the last power was. This was how it went in the show, and this is what we'll be doing here (note how Mercury's attacks were a mix of offense and defense). I'd prefer your attack not be offensive AND defensive all at once because that's OP, but I can't see why you can't mix offensive and defensive attacks as you go up the tiers.

Shazari: I agree with Rose. <3

Okay, I just want to be as sure as one can be about this:

Is the sphere of Crosses allowed?
What powers would the staff suggest for this sphere? Any idea how one could approach it without clashing with ANY other spheres?

codalion: Sphere yea-or-naying is a pastime better suited to our stampers in the Application Quests subforum. I personally don't see anything wrong with that sphere, but I'd advise you, first, read all the info (in the shop thread, the MQ&A, and the info pages) and then do your best to come up with your own powers. I realize this is a lot to read, but it's a big shop with a lot of info to absorb. Doing so should save both yourself and the stampers a great deal of effort.

Thank you, Codalion. I'm working hard with Mouse and she's helping me a lot. The staff here is very competent, the best one I've seen so far in shops, seriously.

RANDOM QUESTION TIME because sometimes these things just occur to me.

In the case of cavalier swords (or I suppose even Nega weapons), are they able to block magical attacks? I don't mean like the kind that are diffuse (i.e. like Ares' smoke) but like if Sailor Flame, Senshi of Fireballs could launch fireballs at her enemies could the sword be used to block some of the attack or would it be in the cavalier's best interest to just dodge?

Shazari: They ARE magical weapons, but this really depends on your sword! No cav-sword could deflect an attack as fully/broadly as Nealite's mirror, but their innate durability does at least make them unusually resistant to magical attacks in minor ways. It's possible Nephrite's sword could SOMEWHAT have an unusual knack for this, given his tie to Lightning.