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Subj: Well, the weekend is over now, so I hope the week works out better. Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 at 04:44:55 am EST (Viewed 5 times) | Reply Subj: That wouldn't be accurate enough. (edited after first posting) Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 at 05:45:58 pm EST (Viewed 563 times) | ||||||
Quote: As Vinnie De Soth often realizes, things in spiritual planes like hell usually require a trade. Faite might be able to get Nats' attention, but she has nothing of value to offer in exchange for the Juniors' freedom, so she wouldn't be able to complete the deal. She could only serve as a catalyst to get things moving in the right direction, and the Juniors would have to be involved again for the rest.Grimpenghast, a lawyer amongst archfiends, is especially good at tempting well-meaning and powerful entities to transgress the rules and bypass the laws of theological domain. First they fall foul of the laws of reality, then then they just fall. Quote: Quote: This is especially important when one's archvillain character could probably walk in at the end of every storyline and solve things if one was being careless.Quote: I personally like to fix that problem by allowing character motivations to get in the way. For example the Hooded Hood can easily get the Juniors out of hell, but why would he go to the trouble when there's nothing (or not enough) in it for him. It's too easy for alternative to take place (they could get out of it themselves), so he wouldn't be able to hold them up later to pay back the favor.Actually, I'm not sure the Hood could easily do that, but he has accomplished the destruction of the demon lords Mefrothto and Dormaggadon in his time. Both required very multi-part machinations, however, forming two of his longer villainous plot-arcs from his earlier appearances. He wouldn't rescue Danny, though. A son who can't take on a hell-lord when required isn't really worth saving. Quote: Remember, Faite is only physically 15, but her spirit has been around for ages. She chose that age primarily because society tends to take care of a girl of that age, so she doesn't have to spend a lot of her learning-about-humanity time trying to figure out how to survive (an 18 year old might be expected to get a job and figure out how to live right away), and at the same time, she'll be allowed some measure of independence, as she'll be expected to start to "grow up".That's where I struggle with my handle on the character. At 15 she's in the "some things don't happen to her for good taste" zone. As an infinitely experienced entity looking 15 she's in the "don't put her in with the kids, it's a bit creepy, like grandma hanging out round the skateboard park" zone. The only way I'll probably "get" how you see Faite working is to read on and see how you do it in practice. Quote: In spite of her appearance, though, she can probably out-curse just about all of the Juniors in multiple languages, and can probably give all of them sex-ed lessons. Drinking would be more of a problem because of bodyweight, though.CSFB! could out-curse them and give them sex ed lessons too, but that doesn't mean he's an ideal candidate for a team who are growing up and learning about life together. Mind you, having just written chapter five of the current story and discovering what happens it it, that may no lopnger be a problem! Quote: She's also capable of changing her own age again, but won't because it would just confuse the hell out of all of her new friends.Quote: Then again, it's perception that's an issue. I kept mentioning that none of the Juniors would really listen to her if she were among them. Only part of the reason is her soft-spokenness.FA is the most likely to judge by appearances. Danny is the most likely to be suspicious about the "appearing to be a teenage girl" thing. Quote: Quote: Just going somewhere without her immediate clan-sisters would be a big step.Quote: And if her clan-sisters send her off with this blonde to learn something?At the point where I'm writing the story, Vespiir has been on Earth for maybe four months. The first ten weeks of that were on the Shoggoth's Lemurian continent with the actual Caphans who still live there, by was of a soft orientation. So she's been with the Juniors for maybe four or six weeks maximum and she's in her first two or three weeks on campus. This is all very new to her. Additionally, she has green skin, so she's pretty obvious when she's out and about. Most people assume she's one of the Caphan-wannabe bodypaint cosplayer dom/sub lifestyle girls who infest the Parodyverse, but now its known there's a Caphan on campus she's getting a lot of attention. Which is to say, that's why Vespiir heading off for an outing with somebody she's not actually sharing a "tent" with would be a big deal. She'd try it, but it would be major for her. Quote: I wasn't really paying close enough attention to the ages you mentioned. My impression of the ages was out of date. From "writer's side", Faite hasn't *aged* to 15, she was that age when she first decided to join humanity. At the time, the Juniors were still not quite consenting age. If we've moved everyone up by a couple of years since then, Faite would be close to 17 now. Math fails me again.Noted. Quote: And speaking of physical ages, Lara Night doesn't. Physically age, that is. Or she does so at a glacial rate, because the constant absorption of energy rebuilds her. Ironically, while she ages slow-or-not-at-all, she also has been replaced many, many times over already, so she quite literally isn't the same person anymore. Anyway, the wandered-off point is that if we've moved everyone up by a couple of years, and the Juniors are in college, Lara Night would be in the age range of their Resident Advisor.Lara really needs a regular job in the Parodyverse. Yuki's a PI when she's not a superhero. Chiaki runs a dojo, as I recall. Liu Xi has helped out at charity causes like Hatman's GMY social centre and the Zero Street Mission. I may misremember, but I think even Anna has done some freelance consulting. What does Lara live on? | |||||||
