PrivateVentures

To Teluval, Farewell

I figured it might be best if the four of us collaborate the next post with some quick interactions between all characters before we move forward?

I've set this up. Works a little bit better than PMs when it's multiple people. However I won't be on until late late tonight but feel free to get started without me.

@Exit

Let's do it!

This might be more stable in the long run

To Teluval, Farewell

@Mokley I'm just glad someone said something.

Save our endangered reptiles, right?

To Teluval, Farewell

@Gunther Sorry about that, man. I didn't pay attention, I guess.

That having been said, dude's got a lot of weapons.

Mass Effect: Underworld

Wow. There are a lot more female Turians and a lot less Asari than I'd thought there'd be. You never see them in the games, so this'll be interesting.

To Teluval, Farewell

@Polybius I think what really got me into the "Dying World" fantasy was actually Lovecraft's Memory.

It was mainly the concept that all of our great works are useless. To take a line from Shelley, "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair" is kinda the idea I got from it.

Occupied Territory

@KiritoAsuna AH! I understand what you're saying now. The simplification helped greatly.

I assumed that most of the students' reason for being in the school would be their parents. These are kids in the mid-teens, so their parents likely enrolled them for the school's reputation.

Pens and Swords (PV's literature dump)

THEORY:

I have a theory that the nature of electricity is the nature of life. Every living thing runs on bioelectrical impulses, directing its behaviour. Well, every actively living thing. In that concept, I wonder at all of our electronic marvels. What if, in a sense, we are actively creating simple, disposable life forms? Electrocution, it is possible, is simply too much "life energy" for a body to handle, as we know that there are vessels that could contain the energy of a lightning strike. However, against this theory is another theory of mine that the nature of life is actually heat.

To Teluval, Farewell

@Polybius I can't take any of the credit. It's been a joint effort, all along. The excellent cast, balanced both in personality as well as capability, a GM who understands the need for individual creativity and freedom, and a world that is enough flesh and blood to understand, but enough mystery and intrigue to be malleable.

I'm very impressed with not only the subject matter, but the concept of the "dying world". Always have been fascinated by that. I've long been tired of the "young world" high fantasy trope. In fact, if you'd like, I have my own "dying world" concept in my Pens and Swords thread, that I think you would not only enjoy exploring, but could even provide new and intelligent insight on. Frankly, I've hit a wall with it anyway.

Occupied Territory

@KiritoAsuna I'm not sure if I expressed the full prognosis here. What I'm really going for is an "bad guy vs. bad guy both using the innocents as weapons against the other" sort of deal. I figured the primary "character building" would be the manipulation of the students. With a good, detailed biography, static personality traits, and then some more transient, malleable traits on top of that, I felt that the students would be nuanced enough to essentially play themselves.

Also, it seems that your concept of Demonic Possession is that the possessor has ultimate power over the possessed. This is not always the case. Many who claim to have been possessed also claim that their faith, as well as noticing the symptoms and signs of early possession, were enough to nip it in the bud. However, as kids, the students would have a decidedly feeble capability to resist, at least until they recognize it, the demon manifests, or it speaks to them. Oftentimes, in possession cases, the possessed undergoes drastic personality and behavioural changes without ever being aware that something is horribly wrong, until manifestation.

If I've misunderstood your point, I apologize. Some things just fly right over my head sometimes.

To Teluval, Farewell

Geez. Just read back through the IC. This RP reads like a novel.@Polybius great job you're doing, here!