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Project Chimera (Omelas/Beyonders/???)

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[X] 18

Can we please keep kids out of this. I'll bend if I'm the only hater, but kids are too precious for this schiesse.
 
[X] 12
I find the prospect of being young more interesting than being an adult. What's more, at this age, that means that there's a fair chance that we are one of hte ones that walked out of Omelas right away. That has some interesting characterization implications.
Prevalent117 said:
[X] 18

Can we please keep kids out of this. I'll bend if I'm the only hater, but kids are too precious for this schiesse.
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The older we choose to be, the longer we lived with the knowledge of the Forsaken Child before choosing to act upon it. I'd prefer a character who denied it from the start, not one who took a few years to make up their mind.
 
RandomMan01 said:
I'd honestly rather be an adult, it provides us with a little more freedom than if we were a child.
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Not much. We are going to be super intelligent either way, and are in command of a trans-dimensional facility. I feel what little extra freedom there is would be countered by the fact that we become someone who took atleast 6 years to say "Nah, fuck that" to the whole Forsaken Child situation.
 
Well, closing the vote in about two to three hours.

Also, as we wait for the bit to close, does anyone want to know about a few things that I may add to the quest?
 
Trondason said:
It's currently a tie, so might as well close it after the next vote, whatever that is, that breaks the tie.

Sure.
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Hmm... First off:


Later on in the quest, I may make a "Omake bounty board" to help Omake writers that want to make Omakes, but don't have any ideas for Omakes at the time? Does that sound like a good idea?
 
Trondason said:
Not much. We are going to be super intelligent either way, and are in command of a trans-dimensional facility. I feel what little extra freedom there is would be countered by the fact that we become someone who took atleast 6 years to say "Nah, fuck that" to the whole Forsaken Child situation.
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Well, it doesn't really matter at this point, but I don't really see what the problem is with having our character be reluctant to leave the city. The whole forsaken child concept is meant to be one of those moral gray area that makes the reader think (essentially, it's a version of utilitarianism).

Also, when I mentioned "freedom," I was actually talking about our ability to convince people. It doesn't matter how smart she is, the fact that Miranda is a twelve year-old girl is going to mean that many of the adults she runs into (especially the one's who hold any sort of power in their respective universes) are simply not going to take her seriously. I mean, if some well-spoken twelve year-old walked up to you and tried to convince you to do something, would you listen, or would you try to find her parents?

To top things off, there's only so much that a twelve year-old is going to be able to learn in their lifetime. Chances are that this character probably is going to be a bit naive, and not know nearly as much as an adult from Omelas would, simply because she hasn't had enough time to fully grasp many of the concepts that they talk about in the city.
 
RandomMan01 said:
Well, it doesn't really matter at this point, but I don't really see what the problem is with having our character be reluctant to leave the city. The whole forsaken child concept is meant to be one of those moral gray area that makes the reader think (essentially, it's a version of utilitarianism).

Also, when I mentioned "freedom," I was actually talking about our ability to convince people. It doesn't matter how smart she is, the fact that Miranda is a twelve year-old girl is going to mean that many of the adults she runs into (especially the one's who hold any sort of power in their respective universes) are simply not going to take her seriously. I mean, if some well-spoken twelve year-old walked up to you and tried to convince you to do something, would you listen, or would you try to find her parents?

To top things off, there's only so much that a twelve year-old is going to be able to learn in their lifetime. Chances are that this character probably is going to be a bit naive, and not know nearly as much as an adult from Omelas would, simply because she hasn't had enough time to fully grasp many of the concepts that they talk about in the city.
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Oh, I understand the utilitarianism aspect. But it's still an example of our character accepting a mighty attrocity, even if it's one that leads to good. I'd prefer our character to be more idealistic.

Odds are anyone we are going to be interacting with much we'll get a chance to show off the fact that we aren't JUST a kid. After all, we don't need to interact with random folks on the street, and the people in power, if we are interacting with them it's to do something presumably fantastical. If said 12 year old happened to be accompanied by a hoard of robots, or wielded a super laser, or something like that, I would probably be rather inclined to listen.

Omelas could have super-teaching technology and practices allowing for a full education by the age of 2. Exactly what Omelas does and does not have is left intentionally vague. So I believe that odds are we won't be missing out on much tech knowledge by choosing a younger age.
 
Well, I doubt that anymore votes will occur in the next hour, so, vote closed.

So, can someone roll me a four sided die now?
 
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    • Now, onto the first crossover, the first of what could be many realities that you visit and, maybe, alter on your journey. Now, since the vote for starting with a pre-existing setting won, and a four was rolled, I'm going to give you a list of a few certain realities, and a few time periods you can choose to end up in as well. And, just to tell you, if the vote for a original setting had won, there would have been a vote for what kind of original setting you ended up in.

    [] RWBY.
    -[] Volume one
    -[] Volume two
    -[] Volume three
    -[] Volume four
    -[] Volume five
    -[] Write in?
    [] Assassin's Creed.
    -[] AC 1
    -[] AC 2
    -[] AC Brotherhood.
    -[] AC 3
    -[] AC 4
    -[] Present day.
    -[] Write in?
    [] Beyonders.
    -[] Book one.
    -[] Book two.
    -[] Book three.

    Sorry if this isn't very good so far, still trying to work everything out.

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    Also, @Trondason, you can use your saved reward to summon a character from the reality that is chosen. Say, of RWBY wins, you could use your reward to summon Summer Rose.
     
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