The Nightingale and the Rose OOC

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:48 pm

This thread is... probably unnecessary. I fully intend to write this thread all on my own. In fact, I've already written the first post. The reason I haven't posted it, of course, is because Corsos and Halomek and Mir still need to resolve the situation on Sernpidal before I can.

This thread is going to pick up a few days from where I left off in Fermenting Rebellion, and it's going to follow the events surrouding Radek Vidar until he returns to the Jedi Order in... some time.

So to any of you who were reading and wondering, which shouldn't be many of you, no - Radek is not dead.

On the other hand, he kind of is.

But not really.

You'll just have to read this thread to find out what the heck I'm talking about.

Anyway, I thought I'd go ahead and post this OOC thread to make comments possible, and if anyone wants to participate, you can post here and I'll let you know what I have planned. If you can come up with something reasonable to join in with, I'll let you in. I don't expect there to be any positions open, though, so don't get your hopes up.

So... enjoy.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:12 pm

I know I'm early a bit, but I'm posting the first post now. I just wanted to go ahead and get it out there while I have 'Net access.

The thread.

Post by **Mir** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:15 pm

Amnesia. Shiny.

Looks good. I liked the "it went together like Jedi and the Force." line.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:39 pm

So, what'd you have planned for this, anyway? I was thinking I could probably get Mai involved in it somehow. She's sorta dropped off the radar after her run in with Delth and I figure if she follows Radek home then the Jedi will have a slicer on hand to help them later in the War of Darkness.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:42 pm

Well, she'd need some reason to hang out with a nameless amnesiac who was rescued by a bunch of country bumpkins who wanted to help out the city folk.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:50 pm

I could think of a number of reasons, actually. She's an opportunist and an amnesiac Jedi could prove to be beneficial to her business. Also, she put all of her skill points into slicing so don't expect her to shoot with any sort of accuracy or fight anyone hand to hand at all, so again an amnesiac Jedi and/or mercenary would come in handy. And finally she's hiding from the Obsidian Company, she just gave Delth a bunch of information she shouldn't have and they said they'd do unspeakable things to her if she did that. Also, Delth was being a jerk and wouldn't grant her sanctuary.

So, yeah... There are plenty of reasons why she'd end up somewhere on the corner of no and where living amongst a bunch of country bumpkins as you'd call it.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:56 pm

How would she know he was a Jedi - and regardless, how does that help her if he doesn't remember?

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:57 pm

He's still a mercenary, ain't he? If he can fight he can protect her. He could rescue her from a mugging and she'd be like, "Dude! I'll follow you anywhere!"

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:59 pm

Well, it wouldn't be exactly like that. She'd try to play it tough like she could take care of herself then Radek would be like, "Okay, see ya...," and she'd be like, "Hey, wait a minute!"

Post by **Mir** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:00 pm

How does he know he can fight?

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:00 pm

He doesn't remember that, either. It'll come back to him, but it'll take a while. So she might have to wander around Sernpidal for a bit before finding him.

Although I expect him to spend most of this thread recovering in a medical sense. She could definitely jump in after he remembers everything. He won't go straight back to the Jedi Order, either, so they could spend some time traveling the Galaxy for a bit, blowing stuff up and killing folk.

I mean, righting wrongs and slicing things for good causes.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:04 pm

Well, he can help her in some other way, then iono... Maybe she needed a place to stay and Radek knew of someone who could help? He could run into her as she's sifting through the remains of whatever apartment she was living in at the time and help her lift a boulder off her computer. He can still do that, right?

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:06 pm

Not if he's in bed with a broken leg and a concussion.

I think he should have a limp for a long time. Maybe forever. Because limps are awesome.

Also, in case no one noticed, Verena is a romantic interest. That's the direction this thread is going.

Post by **Mir** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:07 pm

Stole my limp idea!

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:10 pm

Okay, Dan could help her and they could meet up some other way, I dunno. I'm just trying to figure out some way to get her more active, the last time we heard from her was like a year ago and I currently of no plans for her until a slicer is needed for the WoD, sooo...

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:09 am

You had a limp idea, Mir? Maybe you should liven it up. Limp ideas don't sound like they're worth much.

As for Mai, Pryde, you can bring her in if you want to, but I'd like to progress the story as-is for a while longer, then maybe someone can rescue her for some reason... although Kern seems more likely than Dan does, to me.

Post by **Mir** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:20 am

Had to do with Blindato's sweetie pie.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:31 am

My joke went the way of a cloud in relation to Mir.

Over his head.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:01 pm

Archangel wrote:You had a limp idea, Mir? Maybe you should liven it up. Limp ideas don't sound like they're worth much.

As for Mai, Pryde, you can bring her in if you want to, but I'd like to progress the story as-is for a while longer, then maybe someone can rescue her for some reason... although Kern seems more likely than Dan does, to me.

Is cool, I'm going to be out of touch for a week, so... On second thought, you're going to be out of touch too, aren't ya? Oh well, we'll see what happens when you get back. Until then I'll hold off until it's appropriate to bring her in.

Post by **Mir** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:19 pm

*shrugs* It happens.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:00 pm

Oh, by the way part two of the plan for bringing Mai into this will involve basically giving her a personality make over. I think her current situation is going to encourage her to stop thinking about herself so much and start thinking about other people. So, basically Radek will have the honor of being Mai's first real friend, not like the imaginary ones she grew up with.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:08 pm

Here's another character I would like to introduce to the thread, but this is something that wouldn't happen until well after we go planet hopping and slicing things up for great justice.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:15 am

I will keep all of this in mind while I RP things really slowly.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:51 am

Well, I'm not going anywhere for awhile so don't expect to get rid of me that easily.

I'm like the annoying house guest that just won't leave.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:08 pm

Well, gee, I guess I cut you out of the thread after all, Pryde. Although if you want to join up with Radek now, you certainly could. Of course, he's kind of aimlessly pissed at the universe right now, so we'd need to come up with some kind of story (and a new OOC thread), but... I like how Radek feels now.

I also like my extra-long post in the IC thread here. But the Nightingale and the Rose is done. Props to Florence Nightingale and Oscar Wilde for their support in this endeavor.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:18 am

That could be fun, but I'd have to come up with a new character entirely since the rest of my characters seem to be preoccupied. Hell, for the chance to RP another story with you, though, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

... Though, right now I'm coming up short on ideas. I'll have to read through your last post to see what kind of character personality would fit. Right now I'm thinking someone else who's mad at the world might be a good combo for Radek.

Post by **Mir** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:06 am

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:57 pm

*takes a bow*

A fellow world-hater would be good, but they'd still need a goal. Maybe they go in search of a Sith holocron, or something. I dunno. Siaru Kualo could join, but I don't really want to include him, except perhaps as a cameo.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:11 pm

Hmm, I might have an idea. Tell me more about this Sivassa person (is it Sivassa or Sicassa? 'Cause you started writing it as Sivassa then changed it to Sicassa later and now I'm confused).

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:12 pm

Uhhh... I don't know what you're talking about. *shifty eyes*

It's Sivassa. She was a native (colonist) of Amvas II, grew up in the city of Quorl with her parents... she was (rebelliously) in the underground when the bombs went off, so she survived. She probably had or was going to develop cancer, with all the dirty nukes going off overhead. She could use a gun, pick a Stormtrooper's pocket, and kiss like a fiend. And she died at about age fifteen. Blond hair, blue eyes, a little on the short and petite side, especially after the malnutrition of living in the radioactive wastes of Quorl's mean streets.

Why do you ask?

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:39 am

I was maybe thinking of creating a character who exhibits the same spirit and kind of physically resembles her (blond hair, piercing blue eyes, the works). Not quite sure how to work out the whole mad at the word thing, though. I hear there's a rebellion going on at Chandrilla, we could start there. xfiend's been cooking something up and little miss strumpet could be one of the rebels. Might be interesting since Delth and Kalja were heading that way to stifle the rebellion. I imagine she would be both relieved and torn to find Radek alive but fighting for the rebels. Anywho, that's just the first idea that popped into my head. If Chandrilla doesn't work I'm sure we can find some other war ravaged world out there that's being plagued by something or another.

Halomek · Post by **Halomek** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:44 am

Plenty of riots all across the galaxy right now thanks to Sivter.

Chandrila has plenty of meaning to Kalja, but I don't know if she's going to make it there to do anything significant now that she has more problems on the Ardin to deal with.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:53 pm

Hmm... I haven't really been keeping up with the Shadow W... War of Dar... um... well, whatever it's called. I don't even remember. Still, that could be interesting. Radek would probably be intrigued by the idea of fighting for the rebels, not because of any illusions about their cause, but because it messes up the status quo. Kind of a... watch the world burn situation.

As for someone who looks like Sivassa... well, I have reservations. I'm not sure Radek would respond well to that. Having just regained his memory, his loss of Sivassa is still very fresh in his mind - topped by his loss of Jana and Verena. If he's going to spend time with a woman, he's going to need to view her as an entirely platonic - or, better yet, useful - relationship. If she looks exactly like Sivassa, he's going to think of her in that light - romantically - and he will either reject it out of hand and abandon her, or go down the rabbit hole and eventually reject it when he feels he has gotten "too close," probably killing her in the process. So... not good for you.

I can see one of three things working for him in this regard right now: (1) she's an agent of someone opposed to Radek's recovery and/or continued survival, so she looks exactly like the woman from his past (how they know about her can be part of the intrigue later on) and plays to his madness, basically tricking him that she is a ghost/reincarnate/a kindred spirit interested in getting back at the universe - especially the Empire - for what happened to Sivassa; (2) she accidentally fits the previous description without being a villainous agent; (3) she is a kindred spirit, but is otherwise different from Sivassa.

But I'm certainly open to suggestions. But that's how I see it right now.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:08 am

Actually, it would probably be more accurate to say it's good or bad for you since I would be designing the character specifically for Radek.

We can go with the more sinister version of the "why she looks like Sivassa" story or we could try something else. She could look like Caitlyn and have Caitlyn's fiery spirit, that'd be similar to Sivassa yet different. Just as an example, of course, I'm not going to toss out another Sinclair just outta the blue again... >.>

Anyway, just let me know which direction you'd like Radek to go in. If you want him to fall killing her could be fun!

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:13 am

Well, the sinister plot does sound awfully fun. Plus, it'd give him more reason to go down the rabbit hole and more reason to kill her later on.

Of course, that raises the question of who's behind it. It sounds like something Sivter would do, assuming Vok mentioned Radek before getting killed. But even then, somebody'd have to figure out how they learned about Sivassa in the first place. Maybe a Sith agent is actually responsible for Radek's memory loss, and that's how they found out? I dunno.

Post by **Mir** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:44 am

Doesn't necessarily have to be Sivter from the start, Arch. Could be one of the people who Dan spoke to about what was going on, who got in touch with Sivter and all. Like how he got in touch with the Imps. And then Sivter's ppl took it from there.

Or...more interestingly, the whole thing could have been in his mind from the start. Say...up until they go to Dr. Minar's is real, and then, while he thought he was going under for the scans, some of Sivter's people came, took Verena hostage/kidnapping, and created illusions. Or, Dr. Minar is in on it and readied the equipment in a special way.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:20 am

That actually sounds kind of interesting. The whole thing's in his head, that'd be a convenient excuse for why she looks like Sivassa. Radek created her himself.

Post by **Mir** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:38 am

Word.

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:21 pm

To what end? Not to mention that, honestly, I'd kinda like Verena to be dead. Just 'cause. That's the way the story goes.

Still, all-in-his-head kind of thing does sound kinda cool. It could still work, but we might have to work out a capture/fake-escape situation with the Sivassa lookalike. Something like that.

But I still think that I'd rather Radek running around the galaxy at large.

Pryde · Post by **Pryde** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:17 pm

You know what, I just figured out who our villain could be (if we go down the sinister Sivassa look alike route, that is). The answer was so simple I'm surprised I didn't think of it earlier. The culprit could be someone Radek knows, someone who survived the attack on the hideout and blames Radek for not being there to protect them. Someone who probably had feelings for Sivassa and was always jealous that she was closer to Radek than him. Anywho, just an idea. I'm not really entirely sold on the sinister Sivassa thing yet, to be honest. We could work some of this into the plot later as the story develops but I'm kind of thinking that Radek should share this little adventure with someone he won't feel obligated to kill later.

For now we can start out on one of the many worlds that are in an uproar over this or that or what not. Maybe some planet that's not happy about the lack of defense they're getting from the Republic/Empire? Or a planet that suffered some kind of disaster but they're not getting any relief supplies or the relief supplies are being stolen so the planet's on the verge of rebellion, or I dunno... >.>

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