Free Beer!Okay, now that I have your attention:
1. Better start thinking about what the next gametype should be (check the first reply for a list of gametypes). Where are we going next? Survival in Thermopylae? Arena fighting in the Colosseum of Rome? Gang wars in a post-apocalyptic Megacity?
Slaying a Dragon? Killing Hitler? One of the missions I have thought of?
2. Everybody gains knowledge or a vague feeling of what upgrades they got after they wake up.
Up to you how you want to roleplay gaining that knowledge. If you want to roleplay gaining that knowledge at all. You can pretend your entities told you. You can pretend the entities put that knowledge in your heads. Whatever you want. Within reason.
Also up to you if you want to reveal what upgrades you got or not.
FniffYou wake up. You're in your room, sitting in your armchair. You have a weird feeling of
dejavu. On top of that, you feel... different. Better. More relaxed and rested in a way.
scapheapYou wake up in your cave, lying in your bedroll. Your Personal Section of the Staging Area as the entities called it.
You feel a bit different. Like there is something changed inside your head.
Harry BladmanYou wake up in your hotel room bed, to the sound of your alarm clock's
music.
"Wakey, wakey." it says.
You feel a bit different. Better. Like all your life you were one of those old unwound spring-powered clocks, ticking once every 5 seconds, barely functioning and someone has finally wound you up.
"So, how did you find your first day at work?"
ToasterREAL ULTIMATE POWER
((I love the Internet))
You wake up. You're lying on the cold floor. You can't remember how exactly you fell on the floor. Maybe you were dancing and hit your head when you fell? Who knows? If you had hit your head it would hurt. Your head doesn't hurt. In fact it feels better than ever! One could even say you have the
REAL Ultimate Power!
LenglonYou wake up. You are in your hybrid form.
You can see the clear blue sky above you again and feel the soft weeds below you. It's midday and the sun is hot. You can hear cicadas and blackbirds each doing their very dissimilar mating calls.
"Hey..."You feel... different. More like yourself in a way.
Xantalos & GWGTime to crash a party!
Zoom away in my squid mobile and crash through a wall into someone else's conversation/scenario.
You veer your squid-mobile to the left, trying to crash into a wall. While sailing in a void. One would laugh with this silliness, if it weren't for the fact that you somhow manage to crash into the void. The void collapses into itself and implodes, sending you straight to... a waterfall! Oh, and that little girl and the shadow guy! Wait, why are you falling?
A few moments before you hit the ground, you black out.
You wake up. You're human again. You're lying on a rock near a waterfall, the mist gently falling on your face.
You're feeling a bit... different. Something strange in your body. Eh, I'm sure it's nothing, you're probably just hungry.
"...Nothing stranger than the circumstances it's occurring in..."
"Ah, yes, I suspected as much. Well, you see-"The shadow-man you call Charlie looks up.
"Oh. Great." he says sarcastically and then sinks into his own shadow. You look up just in time to see some kind of giant squid-jellyfish-abomination falling towards you. A moment before it lands, you black out.
You wake up a moment later, lying in the water. Good thing you've got that waterproof ability.
You're feeling a bit... different. You can't place the difference, but you still feel a bit strange.
DAFZechariah resisted the urge to laugh audibly. Zechariah? With leadership qualities? Never!
"I believe the reason that I lived that long was because our patron god admired my willpower against the Shadow. That was what the Guardians and the Mediums were about: willpower, and staying 'awake' to every dimension. We are the Guardians because we experience the full spectrum of human emotion, and we accept that and use it as our strength. Of course, that comes with the downside that most, if not all, Guardians are emotional labyrinths with tendencies to have mental breakdowns, get angry and distressed, overjoyed, crying, and other sorts of things.
Back to my establishment as a leader, however. I think that I became leader because of several things: One, I had an alter-ego, meaning I have access to even more complex dimensions of thought. Two, I've helped the other Mediums and Guardians and kept the group together. And three, I knew how the Shadow worked and how to stop the Shadow. There are certainly other Guardians who are better with leadership: Apollo, Julia, Scion, Katherine, Jake, and some others.
I guess they trusted me the most, because they knew that I had the most experience with the Shadows, the Medium, and frankly, I was the only one who met in person with this patron god of ours."
"So you are saying you were their leader because you got connections with people in higher places? Hah! And you pretend to be-" She pauses mid sentence.
"Aaaahhh, I finally get to work on you." She laughs a bit.
"I will enjoy playing with your body and soul. Do you mind if I work a bit on those behavioral problems while I'm in there? Put a lid on that willpower and emotion, remove morality, add some obedience, make you more of a real instead of accidental killer?" She pauses for a split second.
"Ah! Too late! I guess I better start working on rewriting those childhood memories!" She laughs again as you black out.
You wake up. You're lying on the bed again.
You're feeling a bit different. Your body feels a bit... different. And your mind also feels a bit off. But you are still you. At least, you think you are still you. Hmmm.... If someone had erased your memories and done a good job covering it up, you would be unable to realize something is missing, right?
EDIT: I also sent PMs to the people who had shown interest in this.
Peregrine
((I did not get that one! D:
Sorry Paris!! I -love- your GMing though, Don't doubt that! 
Also I like how you characterize the pups and the rest. That's nice.))
...Total sincerity. That one.
Akari looked on until she noticed he wasn't speaking anymore-too engrossed in her thoughts before she picked up and spoke:
"If-..that was being impolite, then I believe me and most others around me were pretty much rude our whole lives. That was...really nice of you. Really. A-"
..What to add.what to add!!
"And..if need be, I could..possibly, though I don't know how, help a bit on this shrine here? To..be honest-there is no impoliteness in assuming I'm not of this...'world'. I mean, I just woke up a while ago and..where I was-is but a fleeting memory, like I was transported here. Fairy tale come true? Plausible, but this place is so similar to my...world, that I doubt this is a dream of sorts.
"Though what just happened? Honestly, hard to believe-I am..used to mundane events, so to speak. But..I do have someone to care for-though that someone is..I can't visit them right now, though."
She moved over and stroked the mother's fur, while giving the young ones a gesture of joy and happiness at their acceptance. "And on your offer? I'm wholly accepting it. These creatures-so kind and worn by nature-you've taken care of them and...lived with them. Such value. I'd..I'd actually be honored to travel with you. Thanks."
...Traveling, go!
((The character name you gave me during character creation is not Akari. Probably a typo.))
The mother accepts your stroking, a bit reluctantly at first. After a few seconds though, she's pushing herself against your hand and closing her eyes, clearly enjoying it.
River listens to you intently as you speak. When you say you accept, his face lights up. Or at least you think it does, you're not exactly an expert on wolf-people facial expressions. Although the fact that he is wagging his tail is probably a very good indicator that he is happy.
He gets up and approaches you.
"Excellent! I promise to you, you will not regret this! There may be times when the journey gets hard, the road difficult, but that will only make the destination sweeter. I am glad to have a new companion in you. I am-" He pauses mid sentence and takes a deep breath, trying to quell his excitement and happiness as best he can, but fails. He can't keep himself from smiling and wagging his tail.
He extends his hand. "Give me your hand. I have something to show you."
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