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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Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:59 am

Lefty says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:59 am

That sounds really good, @Chaser. And you're certainly welcome to post it!

If you didn't want it to be that serious early on, you could maybe tweak it a little and have them just think they're cool, joking about what the suits might do but not having any idea what they're for and not being suspicious of them. Then maybe they hear someone coming and Neon bolts and Cole comes out behind him after grabbing a handful (maybe they were in a bag they ripped open and he stuffed the bag in his bag to hide the evidence in panic). Or something along those lines. Just some thoughts if you didn't want it to be so serious.

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:29 am

Chaser says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:29 am

I dialed back the seriousness a bit, but I couldn't change it completely. Regardless, the post is up.

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:57 am

HazelGrace16 says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:57 am

Nice reference haha @Chaser

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:43 am

Sonder says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:43 am

I really like the post, @Chaser.

Is it still okay with you guys if Jinx witnessed some of their sneaking, but chose not to say anything?

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:47 am

Chaser says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:47 am

They didn't lock anything behind them, so it's perfectly possible.

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:55 am

Lefty says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:55 am

Loved your post! The "taking over China with potatoes" part was genius. I laughed harder than I probably should have.

Anyway, I thought it was great.

I should be able to get my Cole post up by tomorrow.

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:59 am

LordZeus says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:59 am

@Chaser Neon is going to need tons and tons of potatoes... And when I say tons, I mean literally TONS.

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Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:37 pm

Steggy says... · Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:37 pm

As I promised, I posted c:

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Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:22 am

Wolfi says... · Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:22 am

Nice post, Steg!

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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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Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:49 am

Steggy says... · Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:49 am

Thanks, Wolf ^^

You are like a blacksmith's hammer, you always forge people's happiness until the coal heating up the forge turns to ash. Then you just refuel it and start over. -Persistence (2015)

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Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:33 am

HazelGrace16 says... · Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:33 am

Who all are we still waiting on??

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Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:45 am

Sonder says... · Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:45 am

*raises hand sheepishly* I'm gonna try for tomorrow, I swear.

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Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:23 am

Lefty says... · Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:23 am

Hey, guys! Sorry I haven't gotten my Cole post up sooner. It's about half written. If it's not up by tonight, it will be by tomorrow.

People we're waiting on: Me (Cole), Nighcrawler (Jinx), @Sunshine1113 (Gwen), @LordZeus (Dan), @Noelle (Ryker), and @Hattable (Oliver).

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 Nov 19, 2015 7:11 am

LordZeus says... · Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:11 am

Okay, I'm halfway through with mine. Just tell me when Mr.Neil announces the partners because the posts so far have shown conflicting times at when this happens. For example, @LeftyWriter posted that he announced them when the class had come out of the bus onto the ground when they reached their destination, while @HazelGrace16 posted that he announced them while they were on the bus, before they left the school. Clear this doubt for me please.

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Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:19 am

Lefty says... · Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:19 am

Erm... When I wrote Layla's part I intended for it to be after they got off the bus but after looking back through the posts, it looks like most people are going with "on the bus". So, it's up to you but I guess it would be more consistent with others to have them assigned on the bus.

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