Here’s a social experiment.

Take a popular sci-fi series (in this case, Franchise/MassEffect).

Start up a news feed that posts official, daily, in-universe news blurbs.

Add a commentary box.

And just watch the roleplaying begin.

This is what happened to CerberusDailyNews, a fake news blog based off of the daily news feeds that would show up on VideoGame/MassEffect2[=’=]s StartScreen. Growing into a roleplaying site almost overnight, it has since created its own [[http://cerberusdailynews.com forum]], storylines, chat channel and [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com site wiki]], staying true to its roots by releasing daily news articles on the state of the Galaxy written by its userbase.

Cerberus Daily News has played through the events of VideoGame/MassEffect2 and VideoGame/MassEffect3, using the articles and in-game Codices as its backbone. Having rebooted its forums, it now [[ContinuationFic explores events]] AfterTheEnd, choosing one of the game’s canonical endings and creating a scenario that takes place one year after the final events of the series’ finale, using a series of community-written [[ApocalypticLog “Retrospectives”]] to flesh out the forum’s current setting.

CerberusDailyNews can be found [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com here]]. The original (unformatted Wordpress site) can be found [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/index_old.php/wp-login.php/?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cerberusdailynews.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fedit.php&reauth=1 here]], its old forum can be found [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum here]], and its wiki [[http://cdn.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberus_Daily_News_Wiki here]]. If you would like to submit your own front-page story for the site, [[http://cerberusdailynews.com/valiant/forum/board/thread/?t=94&o=0#2 here are the posting guidelines]].

Please note that this page has not been updated in quite some time, although a process of updating it has begun. As such, the tropes listed below are often out of date (some dating back to the site’s inception) and/or [[CharacterizationMarchesOn inaccurate]].



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!!''Cerberus Daily News'' contains the following tropes:

* AGoodNameForARockBand: One response to someone pointing out that the Blue Suns are only one step away from being called the Azure Supernovas when organisation names were being mocked. [[{{Squick}} Another pointed out it would be an exceptionally bad one for an asari strip joint.]]
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Skhash [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the drummer.]] A vorcha who plays drums for a red metal band.
* [[AllMenArePerverts All ExtraNet Users Are Perverts]]:
-->'''Abad Sam-mel:''' What the hell?! 'CDN' stands for 'Cerberus Daily News', not 'Cosmic Dating Network', damnit.
* AmusingAlien: The vorcha. Terrifying in battle. Hilarious as pets.
* AnyoneCanDie: Board rules prevent members from killing each others’ characters without their express pre-approval. This does not stop several characters from meeting their end at gunpoint.
* ApocalypticLog: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/?p=1244 When the Reapers finally arrive, many comments in CDN reports are filled with transmissions from worlds they are attacking.]] Many are suddenly cut off mid-sentence.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Invoked in-universe with the Biotic lash technique used by cerberus agents. http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7961
** To a lesser extent, Omni-blades are also being debated as near useless in many combat situations.
* BearsAreBadNews: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Biotic grizzly]]
* BerserkButton: Very, very many examples. Some include:
** Accusing individual quarians of being responsible for their own fate.
** Calling Diplomatic Immunity a politician.
** Bad-mouthing Kirok's varren.
** Bringing up Proctor's past [[ThoseWackyNazis Terra Firma]] membership.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination QOROQ's]] first and final victims are volus, killed though grisly dismemberment and depressurization.]]
* BrickJoke: Long-time members have long memories.
** The initial appearance of both Snow Varren and the Biotic Grizzly.
** [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=122325#p122325 Kittens fulfills a promise]] [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=117008#p117008 he made a month previously]] to Gatrinex.
** [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/valiant/forum/board/thread/?t=120 A joke 13 months in the making]]
* ButtMonkey: Emon Spiza is designated this.
* CoincidenceMagnet: Applicable to the entire forum and the characters habits of running into each other even during mundane tasks such as grocery shopping. The characters often [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] it, usually by joking/theorizing that the CDN forums are actually an exercise in probablity manipulation.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: See anything yellow and related to either Aphin, Tarn or Kittens? Don’t trust it.
* ComedicSociopathy: Krogan, vorcha, and pretty much any mercenary on the board.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Several. Current Conspiracy Theorist in Chief: Capice, who ran practically every Reaper-related rumor by the boards before the Invasion of Earth (to everyone else’s irritation).
* {{Continuation}}: Bioware’s official CDN news articles have ended, but forum members continue to create them in their absence.
* CoolOldGuy: Mirqurios, Gorik, Aphin, Dwick, Kolhammer.
* CoolShades: Julmoth. Twice as cool because he's a batarian.
** "I don't always come back from the dead, but when I do, I make sure to wear awesome shades."
* CoolStarship: Too many to name. Many were destroyed in the Reaper War, however.
** A [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/valiant/forum/board/thread/?t=484 thread]] in the Virtual Lounge (the OOC section) is about making even more up
* CoolVsAwesome: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2980&start=260 Elcor vs. krogan]]
* CrapsackWorld: The "Terminus Systems." The uncivilized half of the galaxy. One part WildWest, one part MegaCorp playground, and one part Afghanistan.
* CrypticConversation: [=RememberTheBlitz=] will occasionally speak in this manner.
** Cute Young Feline Mammal ("Kittens") always speaks like this.
* CurbstompBattle: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=600 Vakkel versus Blasphemous Xenophage.]] AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
** A group of thugs calls Goronak's bluff. [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24886#p24886 He wasn't bluffing.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: A staple characteristic for the forum.
* {{Defictionalization}}: Technically, the whole site.
* DeadManWriting: Last Wills and Testaments triggered by Dead Man Switches are so ubiquitous that Diplomatic Immunity once had one [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6386 go off early]] as a gag.
* DepravedBisexual: The ''least'' of Abattoir's faults. Same with Diplomatic Immunity.
* DistressedDamsel: Kidnapping is a very common occurrence, so much so that one child was given a subdermal distress beacon for “in the unlikely circumstance that you leave your father's line of sight again.”
* DoubleEntendre: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=829 This thread]] is ''FULL'' of them.
* DrinkingGame: One has been created for nearly every notable character.
* {{Elseworld}}: Elseworld threads explore different scenarios. They’re common enough that they have their own subforum now.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: A lot of these happened during during the Who Goes There storyline and the Reaper War. For some, it even doubled as a RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* EnforcedMethodActing: The ending of the first "Dynasty Maker" arc involved the main character's player being kept in the dark as to a... certain all-important detail.
-->'''''' [[NoIndoorVoice I AM BESIDE MYSELF WITH ANGER AND BEING PUNKED]]
-->'''''' [[UnstoppableRage I WILL DESTROY YOU HARRAD]]
-->'''''' [[KillItWithFire WITH FIRE AND THINGS LIKE FIRE]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Most of the evil characters have a line they refuse to cross. For example:
* {{Expy}}: Asharia is based off of a certain [[{{Dexter}} blood-spatter analyst]].
** Suri'Neyvi appears to be heavily influenced by [[MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way.]]
** In a variant, the characters have also mentioned various cultural analogues: ''[[TopGear Top Core]]'', ''[[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Justicars of the Asari Republics]]'', ''[[JamesBond Dirk Black]]'', [[TheOtherWiki Extrapedia]], [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6696&start=0 HV]] [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=273229#p273229 Tropes]] [[AmericasArmy System's Alliance Navy]] ...
* [[InternetCounterattack Extranet Counterattack]]: Taken to an extreme with Operation Down With Discord. Discori made some postings offering to sell slaves. An army of mercenaries launched a coordinated attack on his base.
** [[MemeticMutation Oh fuck]], [[http://demotivator.org/photos/107/6f83f509f6a6fadcc92fae7816965028.jpg the extranet is here]].
* ExecutiveMeddling: Temporarily happened in-universe to The Life Egregious
* EyeScream: Considering the average forum-goer’s occupation, bullets and knives to the squishy bits are a distressingly common occurrence. Just ask Davril, Dietrich, Aphin, or really any member of Cerberus before the end of ME3.
* FantasticRacism: Incredibly common. Nearly every race hates at least one other race by default, and practically everyone despises both vorcha and quarians.
* FauxToGuide: The "Serious Life Coach Column" should totally be taken at face value and obeyed to the letter. No, really. No flippancy or satire goes anywhere ''near'' those posts, honest!
* FieldPromotion: [=SvChief=] Jaquento Schmidt got one to [=GyChief=] after his unorthodox idea saved the [[CoolShip Teutoburg Forrest]] from being destroyed by crashing into a planet. For another one (to [=OpChief=]) see KickedUpstairs.
** Likewise for [=GyChief=] Tritt, who got his current rank after ending a hostage crisis with no civilian loss of life. Unfortunately, he's now stuck as company logistics NCO
* GambitPileup: This happened when Varril was imprisoned and several different complicated plans were hatched to rescue him, but most of the disorganized confusion you'd usually expect is averted, as Varril gets out in the end.
* GenkiGirl: Grackel and Naaya.
* [[HappilyMarried Happily Bonded]]: Harrad_01 and his partner Cour
** More recently, Muckracker and Vohkaidin
* HamToHamCombat: Two volus engage in a [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=61367#p61367 BATTLE TO THE DEATH.]]
* HasTwoMommies: Some_Random_Merc
** Laelix, Harrad and Cour's adoptive son, has two daddies.
** Kolya (Human Quarian). Technically it was one dad and one HonoraryUncle and it was only for four years of his life but it still counts.
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Happens with disturbing regularity. [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1590&start=350 One example:]] [[EnfantTerrible Suri'Neyvi]] posts a [[NoodleImplements disturbingly sexual image]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=27774#p27774 TSS/Abattoir fanfiction is leaked. To everyone.]] TSS doesn't take it well.
* HeroicSacrifice: Oddly enough, often committed by the ''villains.''
* HideousHangoverCure: Goronak's concoction. Whatever it is, it tastes awful, but works.
* HilarityEnsues: Having been detained for questioning by Citadel customs, Thalyr'ra enlisted a deadbeat and a stoned krogan to break him out. The results were...chaotic, to say the least.
** After having a troubled recovery from her imprisonment by Abad Sam-mel, Cuddle Bomb decides to celebrate her newfound freedom [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=59496#p59496 by tackling that very same slaver in Afterlife, with a whole crowd watching.]]
* HolierThanThou:
** Kel'Jaroth might not have been religious, but he preached at ''everybody''.
** Same with [[MeaningfulName John Galt]].
* HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=420&start=10 This]] thread.
* ICallItVera: A somewhat arhaic trope, but consider Quint's FMBLA and Aphin's Fishjolnir. The former is a gun that shoots spent heat sinks at their opponents. The latter is a three foot-long rubber fish on a handle.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: The calling cry of many a character. Pertinent examples include Emon Spiza and the more reluctant mercenaries.
* {{Jerkass}}: Nearly every member of the forum is one; it would be shorter to describe who isn’t.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: A calling card for many former Cerberus members.
* KickedUpstairs: When Jaquento Schmidt accepted a position at the Alliance Tower on the Citadel, he was promoted for formal reasons only, giving him rank superiority over his coworkers and a bigger pay check.
** Same for Gunny Tritt, whose new rank came with the billet of company gunny, placing him in charge of logistics and training, and taking him off the line. He's doing his best to get put back on the line, though.
* KillerRabbit: An expedition to an uncharted planet yielded the discovery of small blue lizards with biotic powers, though they seemed [[BlatantLies pretty harmless]].
* KnowledgeBroker: Notable examples include Dietrich, Cerastes and Kittens.
* LadyOfWar: See: Talyra Kerun and nearly every female member of the Solregit colony.
* LargeHam: '''[[color:Green:SNOW VARREN SPEAKS IN GREEN, BOLD, ALL-CAPS SENTENCES, WITH NO CONCEPT OF FIRST-PERSON SINGULAR.]]'''
** Jon Briggs is a respectable BUSINESSMAN, whose BOMBASTIC and RANDOMLY CAPITALIZED speeches SHOULD NOT remind anyone of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R9kYeJ-DaI Peterman]]. NOT AT ALL.
** Jorgal Dwick and Terrorbyte have crafted their own small media empire by being a pair of hams.
* LawEnforcementInc: The Omega-based organisation AEGIS walk the line between this and mercenaries
* LetsPlay: An ''in-universe'' example: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=795 Asharia plays]] {{X-COM}}.
** Some_Random_Merc is an AVID Alliance Corsair player.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: It’s an ''extranet forum.''
* MadeASlave: Given both Illium and the batarian slave trade, this happens every once in a while.
* MadnessMantra:
-->'''Suri:''' ''BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD''
* MadScientist: There’s a few of them as well, including the seemingly unlikely Tuchankan Gothteng Vedix.
** Linya (Scientific Pursuits) subverts this, being a researcher who just happens to be an industrial-strength CloudCuckoolander and GenkiGirl.
* MassOhCrap: Happens when Abattoir [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=111196#p111196 decides to show up]] to the meeting that was meant to posthumously divvy up his territory.
** Also the nature of the main feed regarding the last few days up to the Mass Effect 3 launch.
*** Diplomatic Immunity, one of the first to respond to the [[BlatantLies "We are experiencing technical difficulties"]] error on the Alliance News Network feed, commented that "I need to make some phone calls....."
** …which was then followed by the forum itself, following the Reaper invasion began in the forums proper.
* MSTing A fictional JamesBond [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]] is ripped apart [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1751&start=150 here.]]
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Several. The often antagonistic relationships between characters contrast with the out of character relationships.
* [[MuggingTheMonster Mugging The Separatist Survivalist]]: Sylvion meets Sicaria.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The indentured servants that belong to Johnny/Some_Random_Merc. Goddess knows that he has done some unpleasant thing, but they stick by him, despite their contracts.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A significant number of characters behaves in ways you wouldn't expect from their species. Given this is ''Franchise/MassEffect'', it's only to be expected.
* MythologyGag: All day, every day.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Julmoth and Justicar Velinara come to mind. Also a useful tool for players who come back from hiatus.
** Julmoth's back. [[MemeticMutation *crosses arms* DEAL WITH IT.]]
** Justicar Velinara, as well. [[spoiler:Guess what?]]
* NiceHat: Stezenyn, the hat-wearing hanar.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[Music/LadyGaga Lady Sweat]].
* NoodleIncident: Used all the time. Examples include: Tomaz’s pilgrimage, Spiza’s indentured servitude, the invasion of Gunny’s ship by krogan, and several of Aphin’s and Jules’ benders.
* NoSocialSkills: A seemingly common trait of the raloi. In Najhil's case, it's a result of the brutal, strict state-run orphanage she was raised in. Some of the more technically-minded people are prone to this as well.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: One Classy Bloke - ha ha, it's a volus in a top hat with a cane! Funny, right? Well, he not only showed signs of being a MagnificentBastard...he's a ''biotic vanguard'' on top of that. [[spoiler: It doesn't help him in the end]].
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: This has been a growing sentiment amongst human colonists towards the Alliance's post-war government, which they consider to be exploiting their resources without recompense to aid Earth's reconstruction while simultaneously neglecting their needs.
* OhCrap: See MassOhCrap.
** When the Alliance Eighth Fleet is [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7669 ambushed at Ontarom by the Reapers]], they take a few hits, but so far they're holding their ground. [[spoiler:Then a Reaper dreadnought shows up]] and [[CurbStompBattle takes out the cruiser SSV ''Edmonton'' in a single shot]].
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. “Goronak” is such a prevalent batarian name that it’s become a racial slur. It actually means "second son"; it's so common as a name because the second son is blessed in traditional batarian culture, and many parents proudly name their second son "Goronak" to emphasis this.
* OnlySaneMan: More than a third of the forum has experienced this at least once.
* OverprotectiveDad: Davril – though his is perhaps justified in that his daughter is a nigh-constant DistressedDamsel.
* PlayByPostGames
* PracticalJoke:
** Aphin/The_Sarcastic_Salarian claims to be the king of them, though he’s on the butt end nearly as often as he plays them on other people.
** Resident psychopath Abattoir got into a prank war with the above-mentioned Aphin. Naturally, [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=671&start=0 hilarity ensued]].
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: About a third of the cast are mercenaries.
* PsychoForHire: When most of the characters are mercenaries on a board created by a terrorist organization, this happens a lot. Lampshaded by some of the non-combatant members.
* ReallyGetsAround: Both Abattoir and Diplomatic Immunity, despite both of their rather fearsome reputations.
* RedShirtArmy: Played in the background by many players.
* [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun Remember When You Threw An Alliance Cruiser Into The Sun]]
* TheRemnant: Several neo-Cerberus groups have formed in the wake of the organization's dissolution.
* ReplacementScrappy: In-universe the entire cast of the Life Egregious season five. Luckily Tethys Reave regenerates [[hottip:*: from being disintegrated by a reaper at the start of the war]] and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing kills them all]] during a live broadcast.
* {{Retcon}}: Given how one character’s actions affect others’, this is suppressed whenever possible.
* TheReveal: A quarian with the screenname 18/q/f shows up at the boards. Her attitude, writing style, and infatuation with abattoir make everyone think that it is actually Suri in some PaperThinDisguise it's actually [[spoiler: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/valiant/forum/board/thread/?t=261 a volus]] trying to lure Suri out]]
** [[spoiler:it works]]
* RetiredBadass: Ex-wrestler banker, ex-special forces cop, ex-mercenary ship repairman, ex-military mechanic...
* RockBeatsLaser: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14859#p14859 Sling Beats Drone]].
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Orion suffers from this in "So a krogan walks into a bar..." when he attempts to contact Asharia via text after drinking two shots of ''batarian ale'' and eating ''krogan'' food.
-->'''Son_of_Orion''': ashria/sick/tuhaka's deligt/zakra ward/hlep
* RuleOfCool: How most stories are played. Not that there isn't a lot of serious drama and world-building.
* RunningGag: Very prevalent, very fluid. Examples include:
** Diplomatic Immunity’s former habit of inviting new members of the forum for a “[redacted]”
** Cerberus projects [[GoneHorriblyWrong going horribly wrong]]
** “Shut the fuck up, Elvis.”
* ScaryDogmaticAliens: The Batarian Hegemony. One part antebellum slaveowners, one part goose stepping nazi, one part paranoid propaganda-spewing communist. Serve chilled. However, batarian space is in upheaval after the events of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', and to some regard they're now TheAlliance.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Used by rich members of the forum, with varying degrees of success.
* SerialKillerKiller: Asharia.
* ShapedLikeItself:
-->'''[[TimeCube Sklikos Gamic]]''': [...] ...The Truth of how the alien corrupters corrupted the Hierarchy with their corrupting Alienenss and how they control our glorious corrupted Hierarchy with alien corruption.
* ShoutOut: See: Expy.
* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend She Is Not This One's Girlfriend And It Will Sodomize Your Eye Socket If You Say So One More Goddamned Time]]: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=976&p=47548#p47548 Observe.]]
* SummonBiggerFish: In 'The Lost World' chapter 3; first [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=154730#p154730 invoked]], then [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=157652#p157652 used]] [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=157734#p157734 fully]].
* TakeThat: The most prevalent example: [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3158 The Life Egregious]], or if you prefer, “How Not to Act at CDN.”
* TakeYourTime: By player consensus, the events of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' took two full years to complete.
* Timeskip: The forum timeline went forward one year after the conclusion of Mass Effect 3
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Any elcor. Hanar are prone to it as well.
* TheEngineer: Probably the second largest demographic after mercenaries. Quarians are especially prone to using this trope.
* ThemeNaming: The elite Hammer operatives of the Paladin organization use callsigns named after medieval equipment. Allard Kyarlen is ''[[TheCaptain Helm]]'', Jurea Foron is ''[[TheCracker Dagger]]'', Kiral Ohurdrat is ''[[TheBigGuy Mace]]'', Paroc Didonas is ''[[ColdSniper Sword]]'', and Everett Maliszewski (Son_of_Orion) is ''[[TheEngineer Anvil]]''.
** Embodiment's three frigates are [[GratuitousGerman ''Rosenkreuz'', ''Dunkelheit'', and ''Eisenfaust'']].
* TheNotSecret: Inconspicuous Organic was ''clearly'' a robust human specimen, NOT a form of synthetic intelligence.
** Abattoir and Velinara's "engagement" was this for a while until it became an open secret.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Najhil Holken and Dreket.
* TookALevelInBadass: Stick around long enough and even the most ineffectual character may end up doing this.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Happens a lot.
* UnusualEuphemism: Shrell!
* WackyCravings: [[spoiler:Vox]] [[http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2667 WILL get her peanut brittle.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: A very common claim of Cerberus (and its former members).
* Weird Moon: The Dwick Dwickcast Syndykyt [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121212192355/cdn/images/2/20/Logo_copy.jpg logo.]]
* WhamEpisode: May 1st, 2012 (2186 in-universe), when the Reaper invasion began in the forums.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Julmoth and DiplomaticImmunity are very prone to this; the former once lost two weeks due to some really strong drugs and ended up on Earth with a bunch of human junkies and a volus prostitute.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The Chresk threads are a near perfect example on this, as you'll never know who will actually bet on the slaves being forced to fight to gain freedom until they do so.
* WrenchWench: Kim (Digital Dragon) is one part this, and one part PlayfulHacker.
* YouNoTakeCandle: A common interpretation of vorcha speech.

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