[OOC] Side Quest - Sword Art Online

[DestinyStar]

@PyroDash888 I'm going to cry... D: How could people treat her like that? :(

[Zelosse]

@DestinyStar the same way they left kaaben to die. "me or them"

[Ookawa]

@DestinyStar the same way they left Kabeen to die. "me or them"

@Zelosse

Probably more a "You're different than us, we don't like that" kind of case. :P

Also, yes, I like dramatic entrances, especially re-entrances. Whoever is in the town can notice her and the lack of care the general public gives.

@PyroDash888 I'm going to cry... D: How could people treat her like that? :(

@DestinyStar

Oh, I've seen and heard worse. :/
People are cruel... freaking cruel...

[DestinyStar]

@PyroDash888 Oh, trust me, as soon as Cinera is back in town she'll notice her old friend!!!

[Ookawa]

@DestinyStar Yay, friendship. Still damaged ear will stay damaged.

[Haeo]

@DestinyStar Yay, friendship. Still damaged ear will stay damaged.

@PyroDash888

Permanent, disfiguring damage would definitely be something unusual... if not completely unique. There's an opportunity for a truly twisted subplot there, maybe something dealing with the Cardinal system and Kayaba's subconscious?

[KabenSaal]

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Permanent, disfiguring damage would definitely be something unusual... if not completely unique. There's an opportunity for a truly twisted subplot there, maybe something dealing with the Cardinal system and Kayaba's subconscious?

@Haeo

Kirito got his hand cut off, and that came back.

[DestinyStar]

@PyroDash888 Yeah, I'm kinda curious how that would work...? I just figured she didn't have enough for potions or something, or was being bullied to give them to others or something. :o

[Ookawa]

Either that or there are certain, let's call it enchantments, that might make injuries permanent, or at least longer lasting than just taking a quick potion.

I don't know if I want to make it completely permanent, maybe just enough to leave a noticeable scar or something. But then a sub plot would vanish...

I mean, personally the thing I always found wanting about the anime was that duels with players were kinda meaningless, except for the killing part. But if players could injure other players, maybe even damage parts, not talking about legs, arms, hands, fingers or gauging out eyes and stuff, the threat of nasty players would be even more real, if you get my thought process here. I mean, I can of course just edit the post and make everything not happen at all, if you want, for authenticity's sake.

[Haeo]

Either that or there are certain, let's call it enchantments, that might make injuries permanent, or at least longer lasting than just taking a quick potion.

I don't know if I want to make it completely permanent, maybe just enough to leave a noticeable scar or something. But then a sub plot would vanish...

I mean, personally the thing I always found wanting about the anime was that duels with players were kinda meaningless, except for the killing part. But if players could injure other players, maybe even damage parts, not talking about legs, arms, hands, fingers or gauging out eyes and stuff, the threat of nasty players would be even more real, if you get my thought process here. I mean, I can of course just edit the post and make everything not happen at all, if you want, for authenticity's sake.

@PyroDash888

The idea of "character modification" being an aggressive attribute is actually a fascinating one. It is very non-canon but I'm not a GM and we've already dispensed with good parts of the canon so I really have no opinion on that, per-se.

Partial permanence could be good, like a notched ear making her look a little more rough around the edges. But, there is one rule that usually applies to this kind of thing. If something is a significant departure from the norm then it needs to be explained and its presence in the story needs to be justified so that it doesn't become a red herring. Basically, why did Kayaba make an exception for you? The answer could take a long time to find but the presence of the question would need to be acknowledged and clues or something "plotty" should be developed to take care of that later.

That kind of PvP behavior would motivate groups like World Walkers to start developing cosmetic mods to correct or compensate for disfigurement. In the case of a notched ear, a kind of earring that decoratively filled the space or covered that part of the ear could be an option for later. Who knows, they might even have stat or ability boosts on them but have a disfiguring injury as a prerequisite for equipping them. There's lots of room for additional drama there. After all, let's face it, the series had numerous time-skips and only minimal descriptions of what happened during those intervening periods. We don't have an episode limit or a deadline to worry about and a lot of writers willing to play through almost every moment, by comparison anyway. That means we need content and complexity to fill the intervening hours with something other than grinding.

[Zelosse]

I'm down for w/e. If you want disfiguration that's fine. Lets say that if you wanted your ear fixed you just need to drink a healing drought. Not a healing potion.
Needs to be significant recovery. And there will be scarring on the ear.
Visual effects are fine for me

[BlackPanther]

sheer curiosity....would scarring in the game transfer to the player in the real world

[Zelosse]

@BlackPanther probably not. But psychologically you'd always remember it.

[BlackPanther]

@Zelosse
that makes sense. Like a phantom scarring type thing

[Zelosse]

I'll be honest id like to restart the RP thread. Not the RP, just remake so I can edit the front page with info and other such things. Petty non-consequential issues.
Prolly not though

[Tracyarmav]

maybe with the next time skip you can make a new thread. and I should be able to get a post up today.

[Ookawa]

@Haeo

I personally don't think I want my character to be THAT special, like to be the only one who this could happen to. I find the idea that it is fixable by something incredibly rare and expensive pretty good, though. Also... I still think it gives the RP more depth... and more drama concerning the PVP players, which we don't necessarily have to delve into.

[KabenSaal]

Also, forgot to do this, sorry.

*Tackle-hugs the crap out of Pyro* AHHH!!! You're back!!

[Ookawa]

Also, forgot to do this, sorry.

*Tackle-hugs the crap out of Pyro* AHHH!!! You're back!!

@KabenSaal

YAAAY! *nibbles Kaben's ear*

[KabenSaal]

*Returns the nibble on Pyro's...ohh, wait....*