Maelstrom

1 day, 23 hours ago: Dr. Elias Maddox wrote a Downtime Journal for Bobasaurus

A New Perspective

While I've been working on better preparing myself for these contracts, I feel that I need to double my efforts since I've been risking my life on a near monthly basis. The last run really put things into perspective for me. There will be times where people will have no option but to turn to me, and I cannot allow myself to fail them. I refuse to be a liability anymore. To this end, I've begun a training regimen to improve my stamina and coordination, two things I've always been pretty lacking in - of course due to my condition and life style. I maintain the belief that my mind and the recent tools I've developed remain my strongest assets in tough situations, but I cannot slack on physicality. As always, the work comes first but I am making active effort to do coordination exercises and going for daily jogs when weather permits. I still believe some type of formal weapons training will be advantageous, but I haven't settled on what to do about that yet, especially when I am awakening to new abilities. It is no longer questionable that a type of magic suffuses my designs. I recently lost my keys and found myself able to unlock my apartment with little more than thought, and an absent minded gesture. I would not have believed it had my little burst of frustration opened just the door lock, but I heard the deadbolt unlock as well. Like with my inventions, this development will take some experimentation and refinement, maybe even some assessment of my mental health to believe that I am capable of something akin to magic, but between the golden dust-like substance found under the microscope within my latest formulas, and within the lenses of the Psych-Scope, I am starting to run out of logical conclusions.

2 days, 1 hour ago: Hearne Morgan wrote a Downtime Journal for Wickedness

Network

I made my armor better. More than better, it's alive. A part of the network. 

I was able to trade one of the fungi's new roots of power for an arm. An actual, usable, paper arm. And something else too, a gift for McKenna. There are so many things out there, so many people looking to turn a profit and sell their gifts. I'm glad I decided to join them.

The man I dealt with is some kind of craftsman and artist. He took cutom requests for the materials involved, and for adornment. 

The arm is easy to use, and makes breaking and entering a breeze. The gift is a trickier prospect, but still useful. Miraculous. The perfect gift to match her budding interests.

I've been following the case of those university murders, with the supernatural interference. Gearing up for the eventual hunt. More literal than the monsters I usually go for, but it'll do.

2 days, 1 hour ago: Barry Olstein wrote a Downtime Journal for Maikendo

Experimentation

I have, of late, been working to further understand how best to reinforce the existence of my clones. Through improvements of their replication abilities, I have granted them the ability to speak, and I have managed to improve their resilience to the point that they do not simply shatter at all but the most minor of blows, which brings me to my latest objective. Where my previous work has reinforced their physical bodies, my latest goal is to improve the resilience of their existence, to the point that they can sustain themselves for a prolonged period of time. Already, they are able to mimic a true individual, if I can make it so that they remain in existence for as long as I wish, then I shall be able to abscond at will, leaving a decoy in my place, and leave others none the wiser! I could even, with some improvements to my disguising magic, transform myself completely into a new man, and abscond to start a new life, if the need were to arise. A most useful advancement indeed.

2 days, 7 hours ago: Liv wrote a Downtime Journal for It’s What’s Inside That Counts

The revolution starts now!

Fuck yeah, I have powers now!

 

Sweet powers too! I can summon fucking demons! Or something like it!

 

Setup a ritual, a few circles on the ground, and trapped an ugly fuck in a chain. Can have it come out once a day to fuck shit up. It can throw flaming spikes. It’s pretty cool. 

Not quite enough to make a big change yet, but it’s getting there. I can get more, I can summon more. I just need more power, and I can start getting some big fucking weapons. Make deals with some powerful forces, and then burn the evil fucks of the world to the ground.

 

Did some other preparations for the revolution. Got some firearm training, so I can actually use the shotgun I keep in the revolution closet. Got a few more things to add to that.

 

Also spent a bit of time rounding out my other skills. Letters aren’t gonna do shit any more, I need to be training myself for war, and making friends. 

Speaking of friends, I’m gonna learn ASL. Seems useful.

2 days, 8 hours ago: Jimson Shivers wrote a Downtime Journal for It’s What’s Inside That Counts

Hitchhiking

He didn't. I suppose it means hitchhiking for Jimson. Hoping I can find a Bus Stop. Who knows how far $60 dollars will get me, but it's got to be faster than just walking. People don't really pick up Hitchhikers anymore. Not that I'm complaining. Most of those cars come with GPS built in, and I don't trust that shit for a second. I'm honestly just hoping another old soul like me will take pity. Cold has gotten more bearable. Don't know if it's because I'm moving south, or if whatever magic I was promised has started kicking in. Trying to think about what I want. Freeze ray would be cool. Or a lightsaber. Or a freezing lightsaber. I don't even know how I get it though. Like, will it come in the mail? Do I shake another hand? You'd think an all powerful group of magical demigods would find a more effective way of conveying how they're going to permanently alter your life. Seems like an intentional flaw if you ask me. Oh, shit. Looks like a car is pulling over. Old steel truck too. No gps in those things. Write later.