Character Development Thread--Discussion

Good to hear. I'll try and write a post as soon as I can.

@Observation deck people - Consider Geoff gone. Like it disappeared in literally anyway you want. In fact I'd find it funnier if the three of you wrote down different ways how it happened.

In the mean time I'm gonna work on that post after I eat.

I mean, shouldn't we wait for MrShip's opinion?

Yeah true. I'll put the post on hold then.

I don't care go nuts

Cool. Working on it now.

I can't access the site from my computer for some reason. Phone's fine, but only if I stay off the network my computer's on. Other sites work on both. Any idea what's going on?

It's the same thing with Wikipedia for some reason. I've never had this problem before.

edited 31st May '17 5:34:22 PM by Corvidae

I get nonsense failures of my home internet to access a particular site all the time. It usually just goes away after a while.

Tomorrow and Friday, I will be packing.

It will be the final week of packing and so I have to get as much done before I move, so don't expect any posts then! I might come back Sunday or Monday.

Well good, 'cause this post is gonna take a while.

@Kkutwar: Regarding the Graveyard, I've just been waiting for you. Sure, Corvidae and I can continue the argument between Moreena and Sinistrina, but A) I'm pretty sure Corvidae is waiting for you as well (correct me if I'm wrong), and B) I had Friedrich answer Arm-Phylactery Knight's question in my last post and thus am awaiting a response from him.

Regarding inhuman races: I'm much more a fan of human characters with special abilities myself. Even the sapient Orenyan races are Rubber-Forehead Aliens... except fylin (Durnem's species, the oddball of the three) are closer to Fish People. All else I have are Mons in Tales Of Mystrica, Living Toys and The Undead^note I've seen vampire examples in the Turning Back Human trope, so I assume zombies and liches would count as well even if they are still technically human in Porcelain Wonderland, and stock fantasy races in Phoenix Knights.

@Cerebral Dungeon group: Would anyone mind if I got Durnem out of there soon so she could interact with Nerea?

Posted! That took way longer than it should have but it's finally done!.

@Tanuki: Was kind of hoping to wrap things up with Psyche-chan. Figured she could telekinetically force the group away afterwards, so...

Hmm, I'm thinking of adding a new character in Dream II. An idea that has been in my mind for quite a while, and I wanted to try it out for once. I'll try and write something in Rozeta Marga before the weekend if you don't mind.

By the way, I was waiting for Kkutwar to post in Space Liner before posting myself. Not to hurry you up, Kkutwar, I just wanted people to know.

I have forgotten post order, but I wrote Geoff out of the thread by teleporting him (Snowy didn't seem interested in doing so, and Enkar as far as I know lacks the ability so I just went ahead and did it). KC or snowy can follow up.

edited 1st Jun '17 4:18:30 AM by Aqueos

Fair enough... Originally I was going to have Durnem just suddenly pull a Screw This, I'm Outta Here in my next post, but if there is something that might happen with the Midnight Stitcher that might be relevant, then I can wait. (Also why I didn't have Lucina fully leave the restaurant in Space Liner.) Meanwhile I'm enjoying the development Durnem is getting out of this at least... kind of reminds me of a softer version of Misery Manor with all the psychological torment going on. (The whole thing about Watimari's meaning was unexpected for example - all I had on that staff's origins from an RPG I signed Durnem up in long ago was its name, and the simple fact that a wizard named Usuriel helped her make it.)

In other news, I am making a few organizational edits to the Dream II thread page... mainly splitting the Elemental Powers into their respective tropes, as it was my mistake to combine them in the first place. Just a heads up if anyone goes looking for it...

edited 1st Jun '17 1:28:35 AM by ladytanuki

I'll be posting in Dream soon, I was busy this week with college work but it's mostly done now.

@Tanuki & Will: Eh, might as well just get it all over with my next post. For Durnem, Psyche-chan would show her The Midnight Stitcher going all Horror Movie on one of his creators. For Ayako, Psyche-chan would create a mental figure that's a Moe Anthropomorphism of her meat gundam- Mainly just to further her point humans don't respect spectacular beings such as themselves.

Ultimately, Psyche-chan has the unpleasant misfortune of being soon born whilst still surrounded by people who'd probably kill her real infantile body. Thus, telekinetically expelling the group from the Eldritch Factory to save herself.

Everything seems to be working again. I guess all the wannabe hacker stuff I tried yesterday turned out to be unnecessary. I'll get to work on a Space Liner post.

Graveyard group: Mostly waiting on KillerClowns and Kkutwar. I'm thinking about having Moreena split off from the group for some origin story flashbacks, possibly taking Sinistrina or the Sentinel along with her for a chat.

Random thought: Just realized that nearly all my characters have something weird going on with their eyes. Subconscious symbolism, or just author appeal maybe?

I've got traumatic injuries as a potential Author Appeal. Maybe it's the fact that missing body can be replaced with awesome stuff?

Anyway, an injury report on a few characters:

• Mari: Transhumeral amputation, right arm; reattached. Horns broken on several occasions; regrown each time.
• Cynthia: Complete shoulder disarticulation, left arm; recieved transplant. Left eye removed; received transplant.
• Kokoro: Transhumeral amputation, both arms.

For no reason I can tell, my internet connection suddenly got really bad last night. Probably not actually going to be a meaningful issue here, but I thought I should bring it up.

Edit: I figured out the reason and it's going to be a lasting thing. Again, shouldn't meaningfully affect posting, though - it's not inaccessible, just slow.

edited 1st Jun '17 5:37:32 PM by nrjxll

Slow internet sucks snails.

So, I do believe I'm up next for the sickbay. Having to deal with library hours can be annoying sometimes...

So, short term objectives:

• Post for Minerva.
• (requires Full Moon) Memes!
• (requires Kkutwar) Possibly have Ayako wake up.
• Read a book. For research.

Memes, they're infiltrating my settings!

edited 1st Jun '17 10:28:19 PM by WillDeRegio

@Will: That actually reminds me, I was considering the possibility of Psyche-chan using Ayako as a "bridge" to affect people over in Space Liner. Not quite sure what to do, but figured having a plan would be nice once I finally post.

@Corvidae: Why not Sinistrina and the Sentinel? That way we'd have a meeting between all three Black Magic Ladies in the dream, and it could even involve a short blood party beforehand (since the manor ruins are next to a pond that could serve as a portal to another area of the Dream^note That pond is called the Mirror Pond, a canon element of the Deathly Glade which shows one who gazes into it anything in the outside world, and allows travel to that place. Canonically it only allows transport to Solevaille (Sinistrina's hometown) and can only be used by dolls, but here it would allow transport by anyone to anyplace in the Dream.). I know Eterna and I were planning to have the two converse after the whole Arm-Phylactery Knight (gosh I am beginning to like that nickname for him) ordeal; we were tentatively planning to have the two show up at the Farm or something, but who knows. Sound OK with you, Eterna?

Of course, another option is to send Moreena to the Cathedral of the Four Swords, because that is a good place for flashbacks (what with the Pool of Wishes and the Pool of Despair being able to induce visions of either ambitions/desires or fears, either of which can manifest as flashbacks). It would work better if she's alone though if you go that route - unless you're planning what I think you're planning and are thinking of sending her to some other location from her past, in which case they could still come with her.

Of course, I have different plans for Friedrich - I was initially planning on sending him to the cemetery to meet the other Friedrich, because Rule of Funny... but I might actually have him stick around the Graveyard for a while, because A) he could serve as a spokesperson for Sinistrina in talking to both Gabe and Armory Knight, and B) now that he has two souls inside of him, he can relate to Patches more.

And since June has started, that means World Building June for me, so less time to post throughout the month. I just did my first post for that event, which will be for both Solevaille (the world of Porcelain Wonderland) and Orenya because I didn't finish the latter last year.

edited 2nd Jun '17 12:28:35 AM by ladytanuki

For me wherever they go could work... but I'd rather not make Sentinel Niru and Emperor Imeriz meet unless the later is unaware of his surroundings due to a vision.

BTW, my Cathedral post is ready, and my Library one soon will be as well. I planned to post them together, but I may release the Cathedral one first if the other takes too long.

I like the sound of the black magic lady trio. My current plan is to have Moreena head off to a set of mysteriously intact ruins that weren't there the moment before, which would contain clues to what the Graveyard used to look like before the thing that created the giant crater happened.