[OOC] Doll Master

[VitaVitaAR]

Amaya is already paired, actually. ^^;

[chukklehed]

Ardent Dawn said
As far as Melody goes, it seems as though she would be experiencing a of hostile intention once she flips, even if it's fixed enough to stop Yazuko from picking up her normal cues about when someone intends to pull the trigger on her (since she's constantly in the same headspace). Certainly impossible to override using her projected emotions, but I'm open to discussion as to whether or not she'd be visible on her emotional radar. Even if she effectively became invisible to her radar once she flips, I'd be content with simply triggering that state at particularly awkward moments and dealing with the consequences :P How much target prioritisation does Melody retain when she triggers?

Actually, the idea behind her state is that Melody has no emotions. She's not hostile, or angry, or anything. She reacts only one instinct, and anyone reading her mind or emotions would think she was asleep. As for prioritization, she methodically moves from the first obvious threat to the next, but sometimes she can take on two or three people at a time, since she can summon multiple blades..

Ardent Dawn said
Also, interesting thought - if Yazuko can trigger Melody by bombarding her with fear and paranoia, how much would she be able to hold back Melody's transformation by dropping a dumpster's worth of peace and serenity on her head? It doesn't override the underlying emotions (so I doubt that she could simply keep her out of that state indefinitely), but how would things work if she didn't feel that either of them were in danger? It's all somewhat hypothetical, since she would still use her swords on Puppeteers regardless, but I could imagine circumstances where it would be relevant. On the same line of thought, does she simply return back to her normal state once there's no longer anyone else around to perceive as a threat, or are there more intricate cues that that?

Melody's state is triggered by her desperation, so it's possible to hold her back from it, but not indefinitely. In fact, it would probably only work for a minute or so.
As for the second part, Melody's state does not return to normal immediately. In fact, Melody cannot descend from it normally. There are only two ways for her to stop: Carson talking her down, and Melody using so much energy she just collapses.

[Amaya Tamashii]

I know she is but this is if your worried about pairings

[Raineh Daze]

Amaya Tamashii said
I know she is but this is if your worried about pairings

Leaving me with no characters paired isn't going to help matters.

[VitaVitaAR]

I'm not, that pairing was fine. I think you misunderstood. ^^;

I mean Rain's Doll Master and Xenophane, I'm worried because I'm not seeing an outcome aside from rejection there.

[Ardent Dawn]

chukklehed said
Actually, the idea behind her state is that Melody has no emotions. She's not hostile, or angry, or anything. She reacts only one instinct, and anyone reading her mind or emotions would think she was asleep. As for prioritization, she methodically moves from the first obvious threat to the next, but sometimes she can take on two or three people at a time, since she can summon multiple blades..Melody's state is triggered by her desperation, so it's possible to hold her back from it, but not indefinitely. In fact, it would probably only work for a minute or so.As for the second part, Melody's state does not return to normal immediately. In fact, Melody cannot descend from it normally. There are only two ways for her to stop: Carson talking her down, and Melody using so much energy she just collapses.

I can work with that - she'd still show up in the same way as a sleeping individual (which would probably be fairly confusing until Yazuko susses it out), but impossible to interfere with once she's already flipped. If Yazuko triggered her battle state in a crowded area without any obvious threat (assuming that Melody wasn't previously aware of Yazuko), how would Melody respond? How much potential is there for collateral damage? And would that differ depending on whether or not Melody was consciously aware of Yazuko's ability to launch emotional attacks compared to simply experiencing a surge of fear with no obvious cuase?

[chukklehed]

Well, let me break it down for you.

If Melody was in a crowded place (And for some reason visible, since she spends most of the time Carson is in public out of sight), and suddenly felt her emotions shift, she would tell Carson first since it's not an instantaneous change. Carson would probably either get out or wave his badge to get everybody to stand back far enough to be out of range, then talk Melody through it. If Carson can't get away from the people or talk her down, Melody just start pushing people back until an obvious threat showed itself. Just because she's not conscious of it doesn't make it totally indiscriminate. However, if there WAS an obvious threat (Such as someone with a knife advancing towards him, someone pushing through the crowd and touching him, or something like that) Melody would switch "stages" And kill that person, then everyone else who wasn't running away. So I guess her state is divided into two stages, Assessment and Reaction.

[Amaya Tamashii]

Okay just making sure cause I was going to say my characters fit perfectly with their partners

[VitaVitaAR]

No, I think they fit too.

My worry is for the currently remaining characters, but we do have someone else thinking of signing up.

... Speaking of signups I need to get to looking at them now. ^^;

[Sickle-cell]

Lets just solve this by keeping Melody as far from Yazuko as Dolly possible =P

[Ardent Dawn]

That works fine for me - thanks for the detailed reply :) So once she's transitioned from her Assessment stage to her Reaction stage, she remains in that state and works down the list until she runs out of people?

[Ardent Dawn]

Oh, and I just realised that I've been assuming something for a while - are Puppeteers are to hide themselves from existence while outside of their Marionettes, or is that exclusive to Dolls?

[VitaVitaAR]

That's exclusive to Dolls.

[Ardent Dawn]

Righty-ho - that should make sneaking around as Yazuko somewhat more interesting :P

[VitaVitaAR]

So, um, taking a bit but I'll get judgement on the bios up for sure.

[kittenlover]

Hey, Vita, when do you think the IC will be up? :)

[VitaVitaAR]

Today or tomorrow, but definitely after I judge the remaining bios.

[Ardent Dawn]

Donovan and Sickle-Cell are planning to wind up at a train station by the end of their first post, with a train just pulling into the platform. Any PCs or NPCs who want to meet us there are absolutely free to :P

[Raineh Daze]

Blood is amazing.

[Rin]

Raineh Daze said
Blood is amazing.

Why thank you! I didn't realise you held Sango in such high regard. >.> <.<