calling all thistle members!

[CASSANDRA PERKINS]

this is cass. she's twenty-six and has been a thistle member for a fair few years now. and she's a fairly nice girl. i mean, she kills and maims like the best of them, but she's friendly with the people on her side.

so i figure someone with these stats should have some thistle friends. or at least interact with them on a job-by-job basis. interested?

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[RYDER MATHIAS DURBAN]

I have Ryder. He is 20 years old, and he is also a Thistle Member. I wouldn't mind him and Cass being work friends.

[CASSANDRA PERKINS]

Cool. I'll pm you with a thread idea or two.

[VUE CHAN]

You know I have Vue. She isn't really friendly but she would get along quite well with other Thistle members especially if it's job related. She works with Halloway, a Thistle Co-founder, so Halloway could be a person that a small group reports to? Just a thought.

[CASSANDRA PERKINS]

Yup, I remember that in your app. Maybe if we rp their first interaction? Cass is a fairly old member and Vue's only been around a couple years right? Maybe the first time they meet is on a mission, or during a visit to Halloway or something. They're kind of polar opposites: old/young, chatterbox/cold. They could have one of those (or develop into one of those) love/hate relationships where they bicker but trust each other on the field.

[VUE CHAN]

Vue's been around for two years, since directly after Halloway broke her out of Juniper South Korean Headquarters in Seoul. She's highly valued by Thistle unbeknownst to her because of her wildly untapped potential (could partially be why Halloway is her direct caretaker.). In fact I have an idea that I find quite interesting that I'll PM you.

[RYDER MATHIAS DURBAN]

I was thinking that maybe Ryder, Cass, and Vue could be like some sort of trio, who worked together on some missions together. Ryder and Vue are both Assassins for Thistle and since Cassandra is a field guide, she would know the terrain and such, so they would all work well together.

[VUE CHAN]

Vue, Ryder, Cassandra - Subplot Idea

Hey Vara!

I've been thinking about Vue and her future, and I think that a good 'mission' would be for Halloway to ask Cassandra to get to know Vue and become her friend.

Halloway's goal would be to have Cassandra be able to surprise Vue and catch her off guard - leaving her vulnerable for Halloway to induce Vue into a coma via a formula in a syringe. Halloway would want Vue to be as powerful as she can, and despire her dutiful practice for the past two years she hasn't been able to advance. Partially because she's afraid of her power that killed her parents. It's this reason why she would initially refuse Halloway's offer to induce a coma.

Halloway would know that Cassandra is an immortal, and could probably take whatever damage Vue could through at her, if Vue does in fact try to attack her friend. (Now that I think about it, she might try to blow Cassandra up. )

Inducing a coma is a learning technique that I've tailored specifically for Level Three Astrakenetics. When you enter prolonged sleep, it is theorized that you enter the astral plane and project yourself.

Translating that to this site, a 48-hour coma would force Vue, who is proficient in Astrakenisis, to astral project. 48 hours in the real world would possibly translate into weeks in the dreamlike world of the astral plane. She would travel all over the world, see new places and eventually agree to have Halloway use the learning exercise to heighten her Astrakenisis abilities.

Inducing a Coma, however, could be a learning technique used on all Thistle recruits if Halloway in fact deems it a worthy procedure. But that part is up to you.

Maverick is another Astrakenetic that could possibly be bribed with Halloway's services in order to heighten his Astrakenetic abilites in return for him joining the guild. It's just a far-future sub-plot I've come up with.

This would all probably take place after at least a few missions with Vue and Cassandra together. I do like how I'd imagine their interaction would be.

Tell me what you think,

Mikey

Sounds like a great idea! It feels very 'Thistle' to have Halloway try to manipulate her own foster daughter into boosting her powers. Only problem is that Cass was reset to a level one immortal when the Juniper tried to cure her. The only thing she can do now is tolerate more physical strain than most human beings (not enough to withstand an astrakinetic explosion).

Originally, I intended for Cass to tell Thistle that her powers were almost gone, but come to think of it, they might just terminate her. So it'd be cool to have Cass try to hide her augmentation downslide from Thistle for her own survival at the same time as taking this quasi-suicide mission by taking on Vue.

oooh, I like that idea as well! ;D Then Vue probably won't focus her ability directly on Cass, as she would blow herself up if Cass were to have her in a hold. Perhaps she would just cause an explosion in front of her that would propel both of them back onto the ground, but Halloway would be too quick for Vue to recover and she would inject the syringe into Vue's neck.

As for Cass, she'll probably just have the wind knocked out of her, but Halloway would be greatly impressed by her success. Because of the trauma and difficulty in the mission Cass could even gain some of her power back to level two or something!

I want to also incorporate Ryder as well, as he seems up to the plate for rping 'Thistle' things. Ryder could also be present in the missions that Vue and Cass take up, and if Vue overpowers Cass, Ryder could be the one to save Cass. He could throw Vue across the room with a gust of wind, knocking her out if Halloway isn't fast enough.

Ryder, if he's also an old friend of Cass', could vouch for Cass if/when Doctor Halloway asks Cass if she's actually immortal enough to take on Vue.

[RYDER MATHIAS DURBAN]

Was just reading through your app to get a better idea of how to have these two interact...

How long has Ryder been with Thistle? I had Cass start really early on. She's kind of an older character so she's more experienced in the Thistle world. I was thinking maybe when Ryder first started, she was a sort of...not mentor, but like they partnered them together so she could show him the ropes, etc. Several years later, perhaps they have one of those respectful work relationships, like they work really well together when sent out on missions.

Also, Ryder's is an aerokinetic and the one thing that could kill Cass (when she was a level four immortal) was suffocation/drowning. So I figured there may be a slightly...'walking on thin ice' kind of relation there. Perhaps because Ryder is so drawnback and Cass is kind of chatty and social.

Whatever jumps out at you.

Well, Ryder has only been a Thistle member for two years. He is still pretty young but I think that they could still have that sorta mentor/student not mentor relationship, but I think they could still have that respect thing, since they have worked together. Ryder is a fast learner, so maybe that would move the age thing out of the way. I like the whole walking on thin ice thing, but still have respect for each other.

And I was thinking that maybe Ryder, Cass, and Vue could be like some sort of trio, who worked together on some missions together. Ryder and Vue are both Assassins for Thistle and since Cassandra is a field guide, she would know the terrain and such, so they would all work well together.

Ryder will vouch for Cass if we do have them as partners from the past. I would think that he would notice that she isn't like she used to be, but he wouldn't know what happened, and that is why he would vouch, because he really believes that she could handle it.

Also, he wouldn't be afraid to knock Vue out if needed, so no worries there.

[CASSANDRA PERKINS]

Oh! Just a thought. In my app, Cass had a younger brother who was a Thistle as well who was killed by Juniper (via cure injection) about six months ago, the same time Cass lost her immortality. It'd be interesting to have Ryder to have also been friends with him and help Cass along the mourning process while maybe Vue didn't know him at all and be a little insensitive about it?

Just a touch more drama.

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[RYDER MATHIAS DURBAN]

Ryder and her younger brother would be about the same age so that would work. They could have been close friends growing up maybe? But that would give Ryder reasons to help her through the mourning, and would also give us another reason as to how Cass and Ryder could be closer, since he has only been in Thistle for two years.

[VUE CHAN]

Vue is a little more sympathetic when it comes to dead relatives. But Vue's grievance is a little more complicated since she has to take the full responsibility and guilt for killing both of her parents in an astral explosion. As far as being insensitive, she may be, or she may just be despondent, as Cass bringing up her dead relative could remind her of the accident in Seoul. She doesn't like giving or receiving sympathy however, and would just say 'get lost' if someone says 'sorry you killed your own parents'.

[CASSANDRA PERKINS]

RYDER MATHIAS DURBAN
Yes, true. They'd be more like family friends...sort of.

@mikey
That's true, I didn't mean to make it seem like Vue wouldn't care about Cass and her brother. Just that with most people, when you hear about someone you don't know dying, you tend to be less sympathetic than if you actually knew the person. But in that same vein, someone who had lost family too would be way more sympathetic.

[VUE CHAN]

Ah well, I must sleep on this plot and see where it leads. ;D

Within the week lets start a preliminary mission where the trio is introduced? I imagine a high-risk mission, breaking into a Juniper compound to steal/destroy data on a new chemical composition. Sounds very Thistle.

[RYDER MATHIAS DURBAN]

That sounds good to me. I like the breaking into Juniper thing. That would be a good way for them to get to know one another better.