LEGION OF ECLIPSE TEST DRIVE.

[legionofmods]

"Your characters is forcibly recruited into the Legion of the Eclipse, a multiversal legion of supervillains. They've had their eye on you for a while, and now, they'd like to formally invite you to join them!

...The issue is that there are a great deal of you, and the Legion is a very exclusive club. So, you're offered a challenge: if you wish to make it into the legion, you must commit murder or avoid being murdered. But you can do that, can't you? You're a villain, after all!"

This is the official test drive for Legion of Eclipse, a villain-only murdergame. Characters who don't fit this criteria might be PMed by the mod and asked to remove their prompts, for consistency purposes. This test drive will remain open until the game itself opens, and comments from this may be used as part of your murdersheet. Please list your character's name and canon in your header, and please feel free to consult our FAQ if you have any questions. Reserves open on April 12th.

You may use your own prompts, or the example ones below:
 

1 - Meticulous Planning
Despite whatever plots and schemes you might have had going before, you will find yourself waking up here. The room's architecture is stunning, and captures the aesthetic of 1950's sci-fi futurism. Only problem is...is that you don't recognize it. Once you leave, you'll find that the rest of the place reflects that same aesthetic - and judging by the heat and that wall of lava that you can't reach, you're in a volcano. Fortunately for you, it seems as though everyone else here is just as confused...especially by the fact that the terminals scattered throughout the building seem to have comprehensive information on all of you.

The monitors mounted on the walls of just about every room of the building display the message "INFORMATION AT 12PM." Guess you're stuck until then.

2 - (We'll Have Food)
You'll find that despite your hosts' threats, it gets...rather boring around here. Fortunately, there is plenty to do. The kitchens are well-stocked with just about every food you can imagine, made to order on demand from a similar set of kiosks. Other features of The Volcano Lair include a room filled with sharks, a vehicle hanger filled with inoperable mechas and hovercars, a power plant, a fully-stocked bar, a music room, and a war room consisting of a very large table...and nothing else.

Feel free to add your own rooms in your prompts, and if we like them, you might just seem them in-game.

3 - Tenacity Spanning
Another week has gone by, and as per your hosts' threats, they've decided to release the secrets of everyone still alive. Each of the monitors in the building will display footage of you, revealing both devastating secrets and what exactly you were up to in your homeworld. If you haven't told everyone about this stuff yet, now's the time to do so.

4 - (We Repeat, Endless Meat)
Like it or not, they'll have their murders. You're either going to find a body, or you're going to be a body. Or, if you play your cards right, perhaps you'll be the one committing murder to begin with...any way you slice it, the game is afoot. Prepare yourself and react accordingly.

5 - Decades Of Denial
Trials are particularly devastating. You're sat across a large table with enough seats for all twenty of you, made to debate and accuse each other. Perhaps this could be your time to twist things in your favor, if you're so inclined...

6 - Is Simply Why I'll--
Wild card prompt. Go nuts.

Comments

Vaati | The Legend of Zelda (The Minish Cap)

[windmage]

[technology sucks, magic for life]

[Finding oneself in a foreign setting is certainly cause for concern, but it's easy to try to find logic in the situation without resorting to panic. Perhaps this is a trick by that stubborn master of his working alongside the hero, or even Princess Zelda herself, using magic to disorient and shift the inside of the castle to prevent Vaati from finding her, despite her body having been turned to stone. The latter certainly seems the most likely, now that he knows that the Light Force he seeks dwells within her... that said, however--]

What sort of witchcraft is this?

[By "this", he is referring to the monitors and terminals, which are definitely not things that are common to find in Hyrule. Every time a screen changes or flickers or something makes an unexpected noise, Vaati attempts to summon his magic to blast the damn things, but it doesn't seem to be going well, judging by the noises of rage he is making...]

[shark week on the discovery channel]

[Because Vaati has no desire to interact with any of the strange technology here, the room he ends up killing time in is the one filled with sharks. Sharks are not exactly a common creature to find in Hyrule either, but he can at least understand animals and other life forms much easier than trying to use those blasted computers. Sure, they're not doing much other than swimming around at the moment, but...]

Perhaps if I could find a way to command them to my will... yes, that would certainly be one way to deal with some of the pests here...

[... Vaati do not plot a murder out loud involving sharks, jesus christ.]

[wildcard]

[Anything and everything you could ever want with Vaati, I'm down for it. PM this journal or hit me up on wailords if you desire.]

shark week

[clawhands]

A-HA! I heard that!

[Shouts a voice from...somewhere by Vaati's feet. If he looks down, he'll spot a Lego person with a rather sour expression, his eyes obscured by aviator glasses. Bad Cop scowls, trying to heft himself up onto a nearby surface, which happens to be a toolbox. Looks like someone was trying to repair something here earlier.

Bad Cop brandishes a very tiny set of plastic handcuffs.]

Next time someone murders someone with a shark, you're at the top of my suspect list, and you'll be arrested and tortured within an inch of your life!

[...Under arrest for what? Talking about sharks?]

[windmage]

[Luckily for the Lego figure, Vaati is not a stranger to small creatures shouting at him from his feet--that's sort of how the Minish operate among humans that are able to see and hear them, after all. Still, Vaati simply smirks at the tiny man climbing up on to the toolbox, not all that intimidated despite Bad Cop's words.]

Oh? And just how do you plan on doing that?

[clawhands]

[Bad Cop grimaces at Vaati's words. Darn. She's far too big for his handcuffs, so he'd have to go about it a different way. But he can take down a weird thing like her--just needs a strategy and a lot of manpower.

Instead, he glances beside him to see a screwdriver lying on its side and decides to kick it around, making various noises of effort as if he were beating up another person. He then punts it off the toolbox with a sharp HAH. The screwdriver flies a decent distance before clattering and rolling to a stop. There seems to be no point to the exercise beyond trying to seem intimidating.]

Don't question my methods!

[It's just then that his head spins around, and Good Cop decides to chime in.]

Just relax, keep scheming as you were!

[windmage]

[Now that chime in from Good Cop catches Vaati's attention more so than the threats and violence Bad Cop was flaunting before.]

How curious. Just what kind of creature are you?

[clawhands]

[Good Cop smiles in an almost genuine way, though it's difficult to tell, as his expressions are made entirely up of plastic.]

I'm just a normal human being, ma'am.

[His head spins back around to reveal a scowling Bad Cop.]

We're both normal. It's all of you giants who are the weirdos, what with your weird...sausage hands...and flesh.... [He shudders.]

[windmage]

[And now he's the one that's scowling a bit at that.]

I'm not a woman. Or even a giant, for that matter, though I suppose it must seem that way from your flawed perspective.

[clawhands]

O-Oh! My genuine apologies, sir.

[serves me right for tagging on mobile]

Are you calling me small?!

[windmage]

[well he's definitely not calling you tall--]

That is not what I had meant... but that is quite true as well, is it not?

[clawhands]

[Bad Cop doesn't answer--instead, he hops off the toolbox and runs over to the screwdriver he kicked over onto the ground. He picks it up and starts kicking it around again, growling and making "intimidating" noises as he swings it around and throws it in the other direction, towards Vaati.]

Size doesn't matter in this, buddy! I can still kick your butt!

[...Sure you can.]

[windmage]

[Vaati doesn't even flinch or step aside when the screwdriver gets thrown his way, watching as it rolls away harmlessly onto the floor.]

Really now? I find that hard to believe.

shark week

[toadthejanitor]

You just said that out loud, kid.

[This is grumbled by a stolid looking green man in a bowtie.]

So, what's your deal? You got some kind of shark controlling powers that you could use if they'd just take the anti-mutant field down?

[windmage]

[No, he doesn't, but it's also fun to let someone think otherwise.]

Now now, if I just spilled all of my secrets like that, it wouldn't be much of a surprise when someone dies, would it?

["When", not "if", because even if Vaati doesn't kill someone, he's almost certain that someone else will rise to the bait.]

[toadthejanitor]

I mean you were just kinda doing that.

One mutant to another... that ain't gonna work too well, not unless you find someone stupid enough to get lured into the shark tank or you can telekinetically fling sharks at people.

Can you fling sharks at people? That might be worth seeing.

[windmage]

[Unfortunately, that gets Vaati to scowl, hands twitching in annoyance.]

Mutant? How dare you insult a sorcerer as great as I with such insolence! Have you no shame? I should strike you down for such careless remarks...

[toadthejanitor]

Oh. My mistake. Sorry, flatscan.

[Sarcasm.]

So I'm guessing you're either an alien or you gave yourself those ears by magical accident. My mistake confusing you with a lowly mutant. Wanker.

[windmage]

[Vaati may not know what a "flatscan" or "alien" or "wanker" is, but he is certain that he is still being insulted in some form.]

You really have no shame, do you? I almost feel pity for the people of Hyrule, being spoken of as if they are something less than human. [Or well, "Hyrulean", to be more exact.] But unlike them, you've made a grave mistake in speaking to me that way, as I am not so kind and forgiving by comparison.

[toadthejanitor]

Where's Hyrule? Another planet?

[He immediately regrets being distracted.]

You might also want to consider who you're calling less than human. And things.

[There's not a lot of anger in his tone, but he's still fairly insulted.]

Not that I care what you call me, but there are mutant kids that don't deserve that crap.

[windmage]

[He ignores that first remark, instead giving him a look.]

I didn't call anyone less than human--in fact, I did not even consider or care what you may be until you decided to speak to my appearance. Perhaps you should consider choosing your words carefully instead of making false assumptions... mutant.

[Okay now he's being a huge asshole on purpose with that remark.]

[toadthejanitor]

Mutant's a compliment, not an insult.

[He folds his arms.]

We could both choose our words better.

[There's the barest bit of concession that Vaati might have a point.]

But I'm more interested in getting out of here alive than pointless arguments with petty, pompous sorcerers.

[windmage]

... You really are quite contrary with your words here.

[Even if he is right: Vaati needs to get the hell out of here and back to Hyrule...]