Character Development Thread--Discussion

@Tanuki & Will: I'll probably post for Club Pluto next. Other than that, wanting anyone to interact with Nemaforte or Nerea? I could try introducing soon Reily Conner and Young!Lilith & Arturia respectively. I could prioritize Jake & Fiona if Tanuki wants them to react sooner rather than later.

I actually am very tempted to have Durnem interact with Nerea, because y'know, they're both seafolk. (And Nerea kind of reminded me of Tapu Fini when I first read that post - both are water-based guardians with webbed limbs living on the seaside.) I've been kinda looking for a location Durnem can swim around in, so that'd be perfect. Only problem is, she's in the middle of the Cerebral Dungeon plot, so I don't know how long it'll be before I can do that.

I am also contemplating moving Lucina over to Dream II after a couple more of the Four Bardic Sisters are out, so she can do more stuff with dolls. That's provided Jake and Fiona don't decide to continue interacting with her, which I'm open to as well. I am also very unsure of what to do with Emille, as especially with the magic lessons going on, I am in danger of spoiling a major plot point of Porcelain Wonderland that I really don't want to spoil. I guess I could explore her human form more though... who knows, maybe somewhere down the line I'll use a human Emille in one of my stories. It won't be the first time I made a human version of a character - Amanda (the sadomasochist with the Agony Beam over in Frontier) actually originated as a human version of Lorraine (Yamiko's Combat Sadomasochist ghostly black-magic user Mystripet).

For Nemaforte, I'm not in any particular want of having her interact with anybody; like with Lacriment over in Dream II, she's a "background" character who will never leave her spot and will just provide services to anyone who comes along. I already got quite a bit of development out of her over in Frontier, so...

Also, where in the universe has Gault gone? I've been waiting for him over in the Hangar Bay of Space Liner for a while now... and likely Nrjxll has as well.

edited 27th May '17 10:24:02 PM by ladytanuki

Gault told me on Monday it was the start of exams week for him. I've been intending to check in with him some time this weekend and see what's what.

I'll post later in the morning when I get some sleep.

I like how the convenient the Dream World nature of Dream II allows for easy transfer of characters between threads. All you have to do is have someone fall asleep, get knocked unconscious, or get tag teamed by a Haxorus and a Parasect^note Or just send in a catching specialist Smeargle.

Meanwhile, I've thinking on deciding that Nerea is a Non-human Humanoid Heinz Hybrid: 1/4 blue cynthonic (read: moon dragon folk), 1/4 fertility goddess, 1/2 merfolk. One thing is certain, her family is 100% odd.

And then there's her retainers.

edited 28th May '17 3:19:46 PM by WillDeRegio

Posted at the sickbay. Max and Cecilia are officially out.

The Overwatch free weekend delayed my posting a bit, sorry. It's fun. Not drop-$30-on-the-sale-price-right-when-I-need-to-pay-rent fun, but I'll definitely keep an eye out for more sales. But I've finally gotten tired of having to play d.Va every match if I want to be in the game for more than two minutes without dying, so it's time to keep working on that Dream post.

@ladytanuki: I checked with Gault on Skype today, and apparently, his exams are still going on.

I've inadvertently created a historical archeological mystery in Dream with my recent addition of the city of Rozeta Marga. I've got at least one potential reason for city abandonment in the form of setting details.

This is what happens when I watch Nat Geo and the History Channel too much.

edited 29th May '17 12:47:50 PM by WillDeRegio

Ah okay. I don't blame him; I bet finals are on for many of us around this time really. Though I wouldn't know; I finished college two years ago.

@Ryuhza: I just made what may well be my final post in Frontier. If you really want to you can continue posting to tie up any loose conversations, but if not, then our arc is officially over.

Hey guys, it's been a long while.

Summer's happening now and I'm looking for a part time job. However, if there's some leeway for an easy entrance for just a character in one of the threads I'd like to try again. I also might open up Original Character commissions if I'm hurting for money (which I kind of am at the moment).

Welcome back gay for big boss!

So, Frontier is ending soon, but Space Liner is still going strong, and so is Dream II. I left Space Liner but if you want you can join the castle group in Dream II. We're currently in the parlor.

Yeah, Frontier is almost over. For real this time. Really. No no, I mean it.

Oh yeah, Ladytanuki, Oswald was planning on staying in town to fully recuperate, so he wouldn't have gotten on the train.

edited 29th May '17 5:26:04 PM by Ryuhza

There's also tropical ghost town Venice (Rozeta Marga) in Dream II, which could use some visitors.

I would support your cause, but I lack the necessary funds for commissioning you.

edited 29th May '17 6:04:49 PM by WillDeRegio

Gonna conk out I think, then get started on posting when I wake. Big one for Davey and co, which is kind of intimidating. Not sure for Oswald. One final tomorrow, but it should go fast, and then I'll be clear of any planned disruptions.

@Twlight Ball group.

I'm not having Lauren leave anytime soon so if anyone wants to tag along I'm cool. I'm just going to have her go back to the warehouse so she can get her jeep and drive off on the look for Henry.

Looks like I'm up in Space Liner. I'll probably be able to post tomorrow.

I've decided upon a last name for Megumi: Akechi. It came to me in a dream. A cat pun filled dream. >.<

I've also decided upon having Alex enter the Pool of Despair. Horrible flashback time!

edited 30th May '17 1:16:30 PM by WillDeRegio

I'm not really feeling like I can continue writing Geoff. I can still work on Joshua and I feel like I wanna add a character to the Abandoned Theater though if that's okay with the people currently there.

Making little progress. Having an awful day all around. Bad news left and right and someone trying to actively make me hate being alive. Misery loves company, I guess, but this flagrant disregard for treating someone else like a human being is making me mad as all hell.

It's not conducive for writing, to say the least.

So did you want me to stick around for one final post, or was it OK for my characters to just leave in that post? Regardless, I edited out the part where Oswald got on the train.

(evil grin) Nice. I guess I made a good choice to bring Misery Manor into Dream II for that very reason. The Pool of Despair is essentially Misery Manor 2.0, the only difference being that it's neither a house nor a Soul Jar.

edited 30th May '17 7:58:43 PM by ladytanuki

Barring Oswald becoming especially talkative, I think your characters leaving will work fine.

@Darkblood Carnagefang

I wouldn't oppose an introduction now... although the logistics of interdimensional travel are beyond my understanding.

CDTs run on interdimensional travel. I just usually ignore the potentially mind bending science behind it because I don't feel like spelunking into the Other Wiki to research theoretical physics.

When in doubt, Hand Wave. Our Suspension of Disbelief is higher here because, well... we've got multiple flavors of deities and things that could be called deities, demihumans, robots, aliens, time travelers, sliders, espers, robot aliens, video game protagonists, humanoid abominations, and fairly unphased mundanes, and much, much more. All of which tend to end up in exotic and fantastic environments. Or overwhelmingly mundane ones.

@Ryuhza: I hope things improve for you soon. From personal experience, dealing with asinine individuals can be quite annoying, to say the least.

I have this overwhelming tendency to want to include Token Non-Human characters, specifically token members of my Loads and Loads of Races. Though, so far I haven't been playing that fully straight; nor have I gone the Token Human route, either.

I've got Cynthia, who do to shinanigans, isn't fully human; and Nerea, who's a Heinz Hybrid.

Mari (oni), Megumi (catkin), Minerva (Robot Girl), and June are straight single species examples, though.

Needless to say, I would like to eventually show off and generally characterize many of the various races of Aria. Case in point, I've got a somewhat difficult to use character in the form of Lady Nana; she's a jorogumo, which in Aria is a subspecies of thora^note more like insectoid terrestrials (ariestrals?). What's difficult about this is that the jorogumo aren't obviously insect-like on the surface, and finding out some of the Awful Truths associated with them may make some people want to kill them with fire.

edited 31st May '17 6:58:49 AM by WillDeRegio

@Will: For at least one of my settings, the fact interuniversal travel isn't scientifically possible is actually highly important to the plot- Resulting in individuals trying to break reality so they can explore new ones. In general, I treat transuniversal travel is an explicitly magical feat.

Regarding non-humans, in many of my settings the majority of intelligent lifeforms were all engineered by another individual/species. So Vitality Underground, for example, nearly every intelligent non-human on Earth are in some way descended from humans- Either as their creations, or a Human Subspecies / Transhumanism.

The Eldritchians themselves, despite technically being "natural", are obviously not products of evolution- Often intentionally created by a God (Race). There are the Altens, a highly intelligent race that heavily practices self-modification (in fact it stands for "Altered Enough" and thus only 'adult' specimen are actually called Alten). The dragons for Gods' Champions are natural, almost purely because I love the notion of mages arguing over what a proper half-dragon should be (hybrids aren't naturally possible so therefore have to be engineered).

I do far more enjoy writing for characters who aren't vanilla human, and I do have several races that could use refinement. Might just stick to Cryptic Background Reference for a while though, I keep doing too many different things.

@Graveyard: Weren't we waiting for confirmation if some people wanted to do a little more first? I don't want to seem like a jerk for posting so irregularly.