[Author's note: The phrase "seize the wind" should be in latin. But I don't know latin, so it isn't. So just imagine it that way. '.' ]
I suppose you could say I got off pretty easily. I was, after all, playing an avatar character, so it wasn't surprising that when I dehenshined, I looked like myself.
(Alexis in the game usually had another transformation layered on, so that when she wasn't 'Pretty Lexi', she'd be 'Morgan-chan'... but that was mainly due to the fact that different costumes can't be different genders. Still, it was consistent with things she'd done in RP before. Unfortunately, I didn't have the device to do that here. Pity, being able to genderswap other people would be all kinds of fun.)
There was one noticible difference - I didn't need glasses anymore. I've never figured out why. I don't look like myself to me without the glasses, but my avatars don't have them.
Being a girl part-time? No big deal. I'd been convinced I was part female for years, it was about time my body got with the program.
Anyway, I could have sat back and acted like it never happened except for two things.
One, Alexis had long ago solved the random clothes-disappearing problem. Now, it would only happen if something went wrong with a transformation upgrade. But she still had a habit of switching forms unconciously, and usually without even noticing. Which could be difficult to explain at work.
Two, I was certain that something stupid was going to happen that would make that no longer an option.
So instead, I was heading to the meeting at Bob's. Or rather, trying to figure out a way to get there. Alexis may have had a long history thanks to all the IRC RP I did, but she was relatively new as a CoH character, and wasn't quite high enough for a travel power yet.
Though... maybe there was an angle I could work on that.
I put the wand back into maintainence mode and started looking for parts that weren't attached to anything. And there it was. A chip bearing that logo I'd spent so much time in PSP to get looking right, and labelled:
MORGAN & ANTARES
WEAPONS TESTING DIVISION
FDRI-0488
FIELD DYNAMICS GRAVITIC IMPELLER
"SEIZE THE WIND"
All hail the R&D department, for they are always one step ahead of you. I started wiring it up.
***
I looked ridiculous.
Okay, it was nice that all my clothes still fit in girltype. My habit of setting the height slider in CoH to my own height had paid off, and I usually wore shirts that were loose enough that having breasts wasn't an issue. Unfortunately, most of the powers don't seem to work unless I'm wearing the fuku. (Or at least a fuku... I'm not certain how that part's going to translate.) And it was a bit cold to be going around in a short skirt. So I had to put on pants under the skirt, and figure out some way to get the bows stuffed under my coat...
Okay, so I lied. I looked *really* ridiculous.
I got a bag with my usual convention stuff (maps, notebook, camera, snacks, nagging feeling I forgot something) and set out.
***
I wonder what super jumping feels like to other people.
I already know what it feels like to me - standing still while the world moves past you. It gets the job done, which has always been my primary consideration, but it's a bit boring.
Or at least, it was boring until the moment my clothes disappeared and I started plummeting towards the ground. I had a moment to shout something that might be obscene if it were an actual word, and then-
I suddenly came to a halt about a foot above a picnic table, bounced up a ways, and hovered there.
Well, I'm not stupid enough to complain about not falling to my doom, but this wasn't exactly my idea of fun either. The cold *shouldn't* hurt me significantly based on what I remembered about my defense fields (which thankfully stayed online even in an error state), but it was still far too cold to be comfortable out here naked. And let's not even get into the possiblity of getting arrested for indecent exposure...
At least it turned out to be a fairly simple fix, and I was able to get my clothes back and get moving again without getting too much frostbite.
Maybe I should just have called and asked if anyone there had recall friend?
-Morgan."I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are any aliens, time travelers, or espers here, come sleep with me."
---From "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
-----(Not really)
I suppose you could say I got off pretty easily. I was, after all, playing an avatar character, so it wasn't surprising that when I dehenshined, I looked like myself.
(Alexis in the game usually had another transformation layered on, so that when she wasn't 'Pretty Lexi', she'd be 'Morgan-chan'... but that was mainly due to the fact that different costumes can't be different genders. Still, it was consistent with things she'd done in RP before. Unfortunately, I didn't have the device to do that here. Pity, being able to genderswap other people would be all kinds of fun.)
There was one noticible difference - I didn't need glasses anymore. I've never figured out why. I don't look like myself to me without the glasses, but my avatars don't have them.
Being a girl part-time? No big deal. I'd been convinced I was part female for years, it was about time my body got with the program.
Anyway, I could have sat back and acted like it never happened except for two things.
One, Alexis had long ago solved the random clothes-disappearing problem. Now, it would only happen if something went wrong with a transformation upgrade. But she still had a habit of switching forms unconciously, and usually without even noticing. Which could be difficult to explain at work.
Two, I was certain that something stupid was going to happen that would make that no longer an option.
So instead, I was heading to the meeting at Bob's. Or rather, trying to figure out a way to get there. Alexis may have had a long history thanks to all the IRC RP I did, but she was relatively new as a CoH character, and wasn't quite high enough for a travel power yet.
Though... maybe there was an angle I could work on that.
I put the wand back into maintainence mode and started looking for parts that weren't attached to anything. And there it was. A chip bearing that logo I'd spent so much time in PSP to get looking right, and labelled:
MORGAN & ANTARES
WEAPONS TESTING DIVISION
FDRI-0488
FIELD DYNAMICS GRAVITIC IMPELLER
"SEIZE THE WIND"
All hail the R&D department, for they are always one step ahead of you. I started wiring it up.
***
I looked ridiculous.
Okay, it was nice that all my clothes still fit in girltype. My habit of setting the height slider in CoH to my own height had paid off, and I usually wore shirts that were loose enough that having breasts wasn't an issue. Unfortunately, most of the powers don't seem to work unless I'm wearing the fuku. (Or at least a fuku... I'm not certain how that part's going to translate.) And it was a bit cold to be going around in a short skirt. So I had to put on pants under the skirt, and figure out some way to get the bows stuffed under my coat...
Okay, so I lied. I looked *really* ridiculous.
I got a bag with my usual convention stuff (maps, notebook, camera, snacks, nagging feeling I forgot something) and set out.
***
I wonder what super jumping feels like to other people.
I already know what it feels like to me - standing still while the world moves past you. It gets the job done, which has always been my primary consideration, but it's a bit boring.
Or at least, it was boring until the moment my clothes disappeared and I started plummeting towards the ground. I had a moment to shout something that might be obscene if it were an actual word, and then-
I suddenly came to a halt about a foot above a picnic table, bounced up a ways, and hovered there.
Well, I'm not stupid enough to complain about not falling to my doom, but this wasn't exactly my idea of fun either. The cold *shouldn't* hurt me significantly based on what I remembered about my defense fields (which thankfully stayed online even in an error state), but it was still far too cold to be comfortable out here naked. And let's not even get into the possiblity of getting arrested for indecent exposure...
At least it turned out to be a fairly simple fix, and I was able to get my clothes back and get moving again without getting too much frostbite.
Maybe I should just have called and asked if anyone there had recall friend?
-Morgan."I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are any aliens, time travelers, or espers here, come sleep with me."
---From "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
-----(Not really)