I woke up this morning and got myself a gun and had the strangest idea pop into my head: what if one of Caroline's modifications involved nematocysts or something? The the agent called The Lovers could kill a person with a kiss. But maybe it requires the addiction of a chemical found in her lipstick to work? Or something. I don't know, I just woke up and wanted to blurt that out. Just a thought.

Dude, I just had the most random thought ever: what if the wheels on Shinigami weren't wheels but spheres? Do you know what I mean? Do you see where I'm going with this? Ball bearings or something. What do you think?

EDIT:




How in the WORLD do you upload musica to LJ?

You need the song "The Red Room" by Shining. <---This song RIGHT here riyachan and I decided should be the song for the cumshot scene in Noli, OR a Marquis torturing scene. Because holy SHIT is this saxophone going crazy along with the crazy drums and bass guitar. :O :O :O

And, why haven't we added "My Immortal" by those ball-imbibers "Evanescence"? I hate them as much as the next person, but this I remembered, is the only song I can tolerate by them. It is a -GOOD-, in fact -THE- only good song I've heard by them. Although her voice still makes me go "e____e"!!!! occasionally worse than that guy Yoko Onno. Amy Lee: STOP WAILING. Gain some tone to your --good-- voice. It is good, you just need to put a goddamn leash on that thing or take some seizure medicine, so you don't end up annoying peoples ears.

OKAY, PROJECT MUSIC POAST DONE

=D?

I'll probably post the lineart in this post later, for the recently completed Morgan/Mommy Morgan pic. Adding to the pile of stuff I'm working on! Clappy.

((I've probably said this before but------Morgan song if there ever was one: "Scream of the Butterfly"!!!!!!!!! O_o Get it NOW if you don't have it mich. Acid Bath. Scream of the Butterfly. ))

Just a few thoughts:

On Nowhere and America in General - I know we've discussed this in passing before but I'd really like to take the tone somewhere between the Wild West and Gotham City. Does that make sense? I hope it does. Because after World War III the country got thrown back a ways and the only era I can think of with the right levels of lawlessness/individual struggle would be the West or possibly the dawn of Industrialism. I don't know. History's been buzzing through my mind and I'm drawing from inspiration; but please feel free to remind me that we're tackling the future in this, not the past. I don't know, as with all things, this requires further discussion.
As for Nowhere, I'm thinking of changing its history a little. In the original draft of how Nowhere came to be, New York City said, "to hell with you," and split off on its own. I'm not sure if that's plausible anymore. I mean, I like the idea of it but the finances for that kind of a project are just too astronomical for it to be realistic. So that leaves us with natural disaster, enemy artillery, or other things we haven't thought of yet. Or possibly a combination? Perhaps it happened over the course of two decades and not all at once? Bit by bit the city was cut off until it became its own archipelago? We'll see.

On the Majors - You know, we really ought to put our heads together and come up with a comprehensive list of the Major agents (or the ones we've got on record, in any case) and detail the modification/enhancements that Dr. French gave them. Obviously we're not going to get every Major with Project Arcana since only about half of them have been so much as alluded to in the material but we should plot stuff out for the folks we do have stats for. I already have basic dossiers for Hina (Judgment), Dahlia (Death), Seven (The Chariot), Yoshimo (The Devil), Morgan (The Magician), Igor (Justice), Edward (The Hierophant), Nick (The Sun), Shinji (The Moon), Jacob (Strength), Caroline (The Lovers), Molly (The Tower), Bob (The Hanged Man), Lex (The High Priestess), and Caleb (The Hermit). I should post those at some point, shouldn't I?

I've been working on these pieces simultaneously for a bit now ((I'm NOT including the redux of seven that we discussed a while ago in this post because I want you to see it finished ))

AND its taking a while. Mostly cause I can't seem to think up any other ways of decorating them.

Webhamsters.

I know these have already been posted but those entries are somewhat scattered. So here they are again: Project Arcana in 50 Sentences, Set #1...


( One word, one sentence... )


Needless to say, this set deals with the cast of characters featured in the Project Arcana story "Obsidian" as well as events prior to Seven, Igor, and Morgan's resignation from the Shadow Sector.

Okay, so, for what it's worth: the Project Arcana Recruitment Station is now open. It's still missing a few links and I need to give the comm a once-over to see if there's anything important that I forgot to include in the "Project Arcana for Dummies" area but I think everything's good (enough) for now. The entry is linked in the side panel of this comm as well as at the top of my LJ. Feel free to repost it as necessary.
Here's hoping to fresh blood and a reinvigoration of old blood.

Can't forget about this saga, now can I?


( Winter, Twenty-fifth Session )


'Round and 'round we go, where we'll stop, nobody knows...

Now this tale is truly done.


( Obsidian, Epilogue )


Hope you had a nice ride.

Here we are, at almost the end.


( Obsidian, Twenty-fifth Session )

The Recruitment Station is currently undergoing construction.


Project Arcana

In 2045, PrimeCorp was founded on blood money from World War III by a man named Ignatius M. Primus. It would eventually become the globe’s single most powerful company.

In 2048, Project Arcana was secretly initiated by PrimeCorp with the objective of discovering new potentials for the human genome. Its name was to become synonymous with genetic manipulation, physical modification, and the resulting agents called Majors who would reinvent the world of black ops.

In 2062, the Shadow Sector of PrimeCorp was created. The man once known as Primus had long ago become the figure called St. Bastard and the Shadow Sector served as his private army.

In 2075, Project Arcana and the Shadow Sector were at their peak. With twenty-two Major agents and hundreds of Minor agents at his command, St. Bastard quite arguably ruled the world. But what goes up must eventually come down.

In 2081, three of Project Arcana’s top agents – Ace Majors – rebelled against the Shadow Sector. They became rogues. Both hunter and hunted, they seek revenge on and avoid capture by the institution that made them what they are.
They are as different as night and day but together they are an unstoppable team.
Seven.
Igor.
Morgan.
This is their story.

~x~x~

The Rogues

Morgan
Seven
Igor

The Shadow Sector
St. Bastard and His Empire
Edward
(to be populated)

The City and Citizens of Nowhere, New York
The Marquis
The story behind Nowhere and what it used to be.
(to be populated)

The Glory Days of Project Arcana

Obsidian - Layer 01, Layer 02, Layer 03, Layer 04, Layer 05, Layer 06, Layer 07, Layer 08, Layer 09, Layer 10, Layer 11, Layer 12, Layer 13, Layer 14, Layer 15, Layer 16, Layer 17, Layer 18, Layer 19, Layer 20, Layer 21, Layer 22, Layer 23, Layer 24, Layer 25, Epilogue

Crash and Burn
Dahlia
Sorrow


Rebellion

Winter of Discontent - First Turn, Second Turn, Third Turn, Fourth Turn, Fifth Turn, Sixth Turn, Seventh Turn, Eighth Turn, Ninth Turn, Tenth Turn, Eleventh Turn, Twelfth Turn, Thirteenth Turn, Fourteenth Turn, Fifteenth Turn, Sixteenth Turn, Seventeenth Turn, Eighteenth Turn, Nineteenth Turn, Twentieth Turn, Twenty-first Turn, Twenty-second Turn, Twenty-third Turn, Twenty-fourth Turn, Twenty-fifth Turn...
(work in progress)


After the Fall

Obsession
Eye for an Eye
Cake
Rain
Mornings
Nightmares
Scratching the Surface
Summer
A Day in the Life of Seven
A Promise

~x~x~


Project Arcana in 50 Sentences, Set #1


All artwork by kilderok unless otherwise noted.

Well, this comm and Project Arcana itself have been around for two years now so I think if there's a time to move on to the next phase of the operation then this is it. With kilderok in the process of creating new artwork for this comm I feel it's my duty to pick up where I have slacked off and really make this place, and the Project, worth checking out.
I will be setting up an entry that will remain posted at the top of the page: a recruitment center, if you will, containing all the information one needs to know in order to get started either joining the RP or just getting interested in the story. Contained therein will be links to all written material as well as "spotlights" on main characters. These spotlight entries will contain artwork and dossier material designed to brief your average person on who's who in Project Arcana.
For the next two weeks things will be a little disorganized around the comm but once I've completed the recruitment center post our jobs will be much easier. Instead of trying to explain Project Arcana to people, we can show them. We can show them what we're about and what to expect, who to watch for and what's going on.
The Shadow Sector wasn't created overnight. We have taken two years. Time to spring into action.



Long live Project Arcana.
In St. Bastard we trust.

Jesus H. Christ, it took me long enough but I finally posted it! I finally posted that damned Seven entry that I've been working on for half of forever. I've got a Morgan comment lined up but I wanted to run this entry by you first. Validate me with your approval, please.

We're winding down towards the end now and Morgan gets one of the most unique birthday parties of his life.


( Obsidian, Twenty-fourth Session )


Only two more installments left.