[OOC] The Academy: A School for Metahumans [Closed]

[Themerlinhawk]

@ThundercrashThats an interesting point. Or she could just be making them inviolate. sort of like forcing them to be "Self"

[Typical]

Apologies for the suuuuuper short post :/
Turning in for the night and didn't have much to add. Will have more time tomorrow to post :)

[KiritoAsuna]

Sorry to not post might have one up by morning or at some point tomorrow

[Thundercrash]

Need sleep, will answer later.

[Stern Algorithm]

@Stern Algorithm something in your explanation has occurred to me.

Vedika's abilities are based on her inviolate sense of "self", separating her "self" from "other"s. But, in order for her to then pass on her power to protect someone else, she would then by necessity have to include them as being part of her "self", otherwise her power would repel them.

So then her sense of "self" isn't totally inviolate.

@Thundercrash

@ThundercrashThats an interesting point. Or she could just be making them inviolate. sort of like forcing them to be "Self"

@Themerlinhawk

My original idea was that she was triggering her target's 'terror' to become physical rather than extending her aura to them because she isn't protected during it. I suppose I did call it 'aura transfer' though. I think Merlin's version probably makes the most sense. To be fair, Vedika's inspiration comes from two sources, and in explaining everything through the lens of self vs other, I potentially neglect to explain things that were mainly derived from the other inspiration (Shaolin Monks in Wuxia novels).

@Stern Algorithm you know what's funny I was going to use the idea of a neutrino to explain spirits in a similar fashion. Beings with no mass, no energy but with a manifest effect on reality. Nice to know someone else has a solid grasp on physics although your ideas areally straying dangerously close to philosophy which tends to my area of general expertise. Besides psychology....God I sound arrogant XD

@Themerlinhawk

Honestly, the closer I can stray towards philosophy, the better. I'm what I'd call a 'Wikipedia Philosopher' which is to say I'm not a philosopher at all, but the topic intrigues me and what little knowledge I have on it I learned from Wikipedia. If you have any thoughts that could bolster or better flesh-out Vedika's lore and/or character, I'd be happy to hear it.

[Themerlinhawk]

@Stern Algorithm western philosophy is my Forte tbh so I'll let you know if I think of anything but she appears to draw heavily on eastern philosophy which I have only barely scratched the surface of

[KiritoAsuna]

So I guess everyone having a busy day today lol

[Themerlinhawk]

@KiritoAsunaNo kidding classes kicked my ass. I've been writing a paper literally all day and trying to find people to go swing dancing with this weekend XD I need a break given how my week has gone thus far and it still have two more days in it!!

[KiritoAsuna]

@Themerlinhawk now that just sounds hectic

[Themerlinhawk]

Update

Okay so you guys can go ahead and start wrapping up scenes in the Gym. Lights out at the academy is midnight so boys and girls have to be in their own dorms by that time. Unless you plan on hooking up the first night then by all means run the risk XD. Any scenes that need to happen in the dorms are fine but lets keep them just a bit shorter so we can move on to the first day of classes. We'll jump right into Gym with everyone and then go from there. I imagine from there we will do a bit of time skip to the weekend after that and start piecing together some plot. PM me if you have story arcs in mind that you think might be cool. I have one in mind for now as well as some for later down the line but your participation is welcomed especially for Character developement

[Hitman5455]

So is everyone kinda heading back to their rooms soon ? @themerlinhawk

[Stern Algorithm]

@Stern Algorithm western philosophy is my Forte tbh so I'll let you know if I think of anything but she appears to draw heavily on eastern philosophy which I have only barely scratched the surface of

@Themerlinhawk

Here's where I out myself as a pretentious weeb. Watching the anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion, I first heard of Arthur Schopenhauer's Hedgehog's Dilemma. The dilemma says people are like hedgehogs in winter, the cold forces them to huddle together for warmth, but they prick each other when they get too close, so their lives end up being having to choose between the cold (isolation and loneliness) or getting pricked (hurt by proximity). Being in science, I saw that subatomic particles like protons and neutrons have a similar behaviour, in the form of two fundamental forces: the strong atomic force, and the weak atomic force. These particles do have a tendency to stick together, creating the nuclei of atoms, but if you try to push them closer than their 'sweet spot' they start repelling with tremendous force. Something similar can be observed with cells. A living cell can be simply described as a tiny bag of water. Now most cells live in water, or a water-like environment. What determines a cell from its environment? The cell wall, or cell membrane; everything inside is considered part of the cells and 'alive', and everything outside is considered part of the environment and dead. The membrane has tiny holes that the cell uses to carefully regulate what comes in and goes out in order to keep itself alive. But if the membrane is faulty or broken and the contents of the cell mix too much with the environment, then the cell dies, it becomes indistinguishable from its environment. To establish life, it draws a boundary and establishes a 'self' that must be distinct from its environment.

At the end of the anime, spoilers, the walls separating individuals, which the anime calls the AT Field (Absolute Terror), actually breaks down and all life on earth unites into a mad, psychic soup. Though the anime never called it this, I thought the word 'love' was appropriate to describe the attraction opposite to 'terror' which was the repulsion.

So in a nutshell, inspired by a pretentious anime, I started overthinking the Hedgehog's Dilemma as some sort of universal truth.

[Themerlinhawk]

@Hitman5455 yeah go ahead and start wrapping up your scenes.
@Stern Algorithm sounds fascinating. I like that character idea. Hmm. Yeah I'm not sure I have anything else to add at the moment

[NaraK]

I will be making a CS for this soon!

[KiritoAsuna]

@NarayanK make sure to pm to @themerlinhawk do not post in OOC or character

[Rune_Alchemist]

Right right, I'll get to working on a post having Elaine move to her dorm pretty soon~

[Thundercrash]

@Themerlinhawk Speaking of dorms, are they shared or single units?

[KiritoAsuna]

Any one gonna say anything lol

[Rune_Alchemist]

Juuust a small post with Elaine getting her out of the social and to the dorms. Nothing big~

[Themerlinhawk]

@ThundercrashUp to you. They can be either. depends on the person