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Subj: Repeat away.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 12:00:31 pm EDT
Reply Subj: It warrants repeating. Often.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 11:42:09 am EDT (Viewed 363 times)


> > She [Liu Xi] so needs an origin.

> She has one, in a sense, just not a family tree yet. To clarify though, there are many families in China which claim to be proficient with elemental magic, so it would be difficult to filter those claims and pinpoint the ones who genuinely are. And the ones who are genuine aren't going to do something extraordinary or non-traditional to draw attention to themselves.
> Liu Xi, at least as far as she knows, is unique as far as being able to handle Void, but not as an elementalist. She may have heard legends about her family being able to manipulate elements, but not void. She also hasn't heard any legend of anyone else being able to, which would lead her to believe that talent is unique.

That's what I mean. You've mapped out Liu Xi's immediate background and history very well, rooting her character in her upbringing. The void manipulation has probably become more prominent in her storyline than you first expected, so much so that her void folding has become her defining power with the other elemental stuff hardly ever being used. Hence it's probably time to start looking at what and how that came about.

Why can she do that but no other elementalist? How do elementalists get this heriditary gift anyhow? There's clearly a backstory in there somewhere - and probably a sleeper plot waiting to burst out and threaten the Parodyverse.

> The real question she's [Lara] probably been pondering since things were reset is, whether the Lair Legion might look at her differently if they realize what she's capable of. Which was one of her fears all along.

I imagine she'll be listening closely to the conversations that go on around CSFB!'s actions.

> > The Carnifex's plan wasn't thwarted. He got everything he'd hoped for out of his game. He never wanted the Moderator to win, although he could have worked with it if that had been the outcome.

> In that case I'd have to guess that the Carnifax sees Lara as a great threat to his plans, and definitely Faite. But by now he knows that Liu Xi is easy to neutralize because her weakness is sensitivity, and that Yuki and Anna are dependent on technology which can perhaps be disabled.

He's probably more worried about Lara than Faite. After all, his masters sent him in at a micro-level, almost like a human, to work on the PV like a virus works on a body. Once the cosmic powers realise there's an infection (they don't yet) then they could really only get to him by either diminishing themselves so they can interact with "the real world" - which leaves them vulnerable - or by using agents and nudging events. If they attack directly while the Carnifex is on Earth then the collateral damage would probably do his job for him and destroy the Parodyverse. It's almost a hostage situation.

Lara's relatively powerful for a human, relatively well connected with a cosmic being that has previously used her as an agent, and relatively smart and experienced. That actually puts her in a better position to interfere than any of the cosmic types. So yes, at some stage she'll need to be neutralised.

But not yet, because she's easy on the eye. The Carnifex isn't in any hurry to finish his mission. He's still having fun playing in the Parodyverse.
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