Animorphers DT

Lefty · 2015-10-20T06:05:52Z

Chat about the Animorphers storybook. Questions will be answered here. Throw around ideas for the storybook. Suggest new names for the storybook and talk about character relationships. Chat on! Storybook Info: Characters Michael Anthony - Lion (Steggy) Layla Woods - Cape Fox (LeftyWriter) Emma Tanner - Barn Owl (HazelGrace16) Gwen Sanders - Timber Wolf (Sunshine1113) Neon Kingsley - Calico Kitten (Chaser) Daniel Alexander Torson - Martial Eagle (LordZeus) Riley West - Lynx (Europa) Jinx Gray - Siberian Tiger (Sonder) Charlotte Penn - Thompson's Gazelle (Wolfical) Ashton Cole - Capuchin Monkey (LeftyWriter) Stats/Info Created on: October 20th, 2015 Started on: October 26th, 2015 Posting requirement: Once per week Written In: Mostly present tense. 1st person POV or 3rd person POV. Plot In a distant future... tensions between countries are high. The Japanese are in the first steps of developing animal-human technology for the sole purpose of allowing people to change their appearance for fashion trends and social status. But when the US gets wind of the project, they see a much bigger picture and steal it for themselves to advance the technology and create an army of super soldiers. Taking the blueprints and research for a prototype that was never built, they tweak and advance the technology until they come up with the first working experiment: a chair which-using a mixture of radiation and a special serum-changes the DNA of those who use it to give them the ability the morph into a specific animal. While some of the original scientists were killed upon retrieval of the research, some were captured and forced to help them develop the technology. The chair and Morphing Formula is created in a Top Secret laboratory, tweaking the original research to make the formula stronger, better, and more powerful. The laboratory and it's experiment is so secret in fact, that they couldn't risk a medical trial or telling people they've hired as lab rats the truth about their experiment. No, they have to be much more secretive... Twelve high school sophomore students get the opportunity of a life time when their science class-and only their class-gets to go on a field trip to a working laboratory. Little do they know, their science teacher Mr. Neil is one of the scientists working on the Animorph project and is using his job as a science teach as cover. And little do they know, they're going to become test subjects on the project. And if everything goes according to plan... they may be the first recruits in what the US hopes will be their new army of super soldiers. But the Japanese find out who took their research... and what they're using it for. Being one of the US's biggest enemies in this distant future, they realize Japan will be one of the first targets of the super army. So, the Japanese secret service burns down the lab and kills all the scientists they could find in the hopes of ending USA's attempt to create a super army and possibly take over the world... starting with Japan. As if the ability to morph into animals isn't enough for these twelve teens to handle, Mr. Neil has gone missing-leaving them to figure everything out for themselves and now they feel themselves being watched. By who? They're not sure... The reality? Japan discovers the experiment had already been started and have set out to hunt down and kill the test subjects while the USA is trying to recover them and use their blood to continue the experiments, because they're the only piece of the experiment that survived. And they're not the only ones to catch onto these teens... A rebel organization is watching them, deciding whether to kill them, help them, or try to recruit them. While working to figure out their new found abilities and trying their best to stay out of the crosshairs of these mysterious organizations, the biggest challenge of all may be deciding who they can trust... or if they can trust anyone at all. Communication The Animorphers have discovered they can communicate telepathically. They call this "thoughtspeak". It allows them to talk to each other in their minds whether they're in human form or in animal form. But only the Animorphers can hear it. Family members can't receive it and other animals are oblivious. Ability To Morph and Partial Morph When in transition and their DNA is changing... they may have issues with partial morphing such as getting animal fangs, eyes, claws, tails, etc... that they can't control as well as fully morphing against their will. Once the transition is completed... they will be able to control it better and can only fully-morph. They cannot enhance their senses (hearing, sight, etc...) while they're in human form. However, when emotions are heightened, they may have trouble controlling their new abilities and have some issues with glowing eyes, growling, claws and fangs coming through. Banner Codes Layla: http://i65.tinypic.com/330z992.jpg Charlotte: http://i61.tinypic.com/egpvz9.jpg Jinx: http://i59.tinypic.com/289if4o.jpg Neon: http://i57.tinypic.com/x1jb5s.jpg Emma: http://i58.tinypic.com/15xogvm.jpg Michael: http://i60.tinypic.com/16lejgp.jpg Daniel: http://i68.tinypic.com/2pu0h0j.jpg Gwen: http://i59.tinypic.com/zl9lqh.jpg Riley: http://i60.tinypic.com/2ms4u39.jpg Cole: http://i67.tinypic.com/2yosn85.jpg Mr. Neil: http://i66.tinypic.com/rjiphu.jpg Nikko: http://i65.tinypic.com/2uhbkux.jpg Ryker: http://i62.tinypic.com/1ju2w8.jpg Oliver: http://i58.tinypic.com/2h5tbn8.jpg Animorpher Profiles (Updated 11/05/15) AnimorphProfiles.pdf http://i64.tinypic.com/27zvtar.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/15rz1a8.jpg

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:12 am

Sonder says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:12 am

Look at the main post. There's still 2 to go, I think. Let's not rush people. This literally opened yesterday.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:16 am

Europa says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:16 am

sorry, just excited...

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:22 am

Sonder says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:22 am

It's fine, I'm super excited too! Sorry if I sounded snappish. I just don't want to cause stress, you know?

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:59 am

Noelle says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:59 am

HazelGrace16 wrote:@Noelle Ryker's a panda!!! Gah! <3

And an adorable one at that ^_^

Noelle is the name, reviewing and writing cliffhangers is the game.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:50 am

Europa says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:50 am

I have something to contribute to the plot! Maybe the other group of american scientists, while improving the tech, create a chip that allows them to control an experiment from the outside. (Basically turning them into a robot. Taking away their ability to think for themselves and instead giving them commands via the chip) Each chip is different for each person, blah blah blah,
One of us can get captured (I vaulenteer as tribute!) and have this chip inserted and sent to hunt the others down.

This plot point would probably come in pretty well into the story, so it would create a lot of inner conflict with the rest of the team (And if it were Riley getting chipped, then it would be especially hard on Emma.) and also give the guys something to scratch their heads about. Like, their trying to figure out how to de-activate the chip, or maybe the chipped person is somehow fighting against the programming, or both.
tell me what you think.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:54 am

Lefty says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:54 am

That sounds awesome, Fantasy!

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:00 am

Europa says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:00 am

alright, great!

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:27 am

Lightsong says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:27 am

Is this based on the Animorph novel series? Wait, maybe not. XD

Last edited by Lightsong on Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:31 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:30 am

Sonder says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:30 am

I love the idea of a betrayal, especially a reluctant one! Now I kinda want my character to do that haha but it was Fantasy's idea first.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:52 am

Lefty says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:52 am

@Lightsong

The storybook was inspired by Animorphs but doesn't follow the story or the characters. It basically is just taking the concept of people being able to morph into animals and being able to "thoughtspeak".

Hear me out, there's so much more to life than what you're feeling now. Someday you'll look back on all these days, and all this pain is gonna be invisible. - Hunter Hayes

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:58 am

LordZeus says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:58 am

Okay, I'm glad that we've got the plot finished. Now do we post in 1st person or 3rd person?

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:04 am

Lefty says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:04 am

I will be posting in 1st person POV but I was going to leave it up to you guys as to what each of you wanted to do. Unless having some in first and some in third gets confusing?

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:27 am

LordZeus says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:27 am

I like 1st person, I feel more comfortable in that, so it works. I don't think it'll be too confusing about the mix, provided we write the names of our characters at the tops of our posts.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:44 am

LordZeus says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:44 am

Oh and before we begin, we have to talk about character relationships. Like, how do our characters feel about each other.

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Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:51 am

Wolfi says... · Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:51 am

Done with mine.

It isn't as thorough as I'd like, but for now it'll do.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not be afraid.

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