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Alchemical Solutions [Worm/Exalted] Thread 2: Bullsh*t Magical Robot Girl

Jinnt said:
Also even though he called himself that we haven't really been thinking of him as a god and I'm not even sure we should start.
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We pretty much have to. Prayer is the one mechanism I know we have to contact him. Autocthon isn't just the Primordial of tools, he's also the Primordial who invented faith and dogma. Spiritualism and worship of Autocthon is a pretty essential part of being an Alchemical.
veekie said:
It would...probably not look very good on the psych evaluation reports.
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What would they see? Us making something and then staring at it for a really long time. They know we have enhanced vision modes - they would have no reason to believe we were worshipping it, just studying it. The prayers and such are purely internal.

I also honestly doubt they're watching us that closely in our bedroom.
 
Rather than just taking it out, consider how we can improve it to meet people's concerns. For example, rather than genuflecting, perhaps change it to sitting in front of it.

There's no reason for that to raise people's suspicions.

We need similar stunts for just about everything, as well.
 
Or internalizing it to help us hold Autochthon's shape/image in our mind, using that shape as a focus. Just make sure we don't pray to the statue, but rather what it represents.
 
RCa said:
Or internalizing it to help us hold Autochthon's shape/image in our mind, using that shape as a focus. Just make sure we don't pray to the statue, but rather what it represents.
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We could internalise it.

In fact, that would actually be significantly better, as it would then be Elsewhere, the same as Autocthon himself.
 
Internalize it and then use it as a focus for our attentions during meditation? I could see that working without drawing undue attention, besides making it in the first place.
 
New stunt:

[ ] Stunt: Create a sculpture of Autocthon as you saw him in your vision, with the iris of the Deus Machina open to face you, and internalise it, placing it in Elsewhere alongside the being it represents. Remember the prayers of the machines that were both its creation and itself, and, in the privacy of your room, repeat them in your mind as a mantra to aid your meditation as you focus your attention on the sculpture, and through his likeness, Autocthon himself. He made you to be a hero, and to do that, you need to know what he can teach you.

I would also suggest adding:

[ ] Stunt: If contact is made, thank him for his blessing, and tell him you are trying to live up to his wish for you to be a hero. Ask him what we can do for him.

As jumping right to questions seems a bit rude.
 
Gore17 said:
*looks around* Yoink!

Unless people don't want it, then I'll remove it again.
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Yeah no, the PRT are almost definitely still spying on us 24/7. Seeing us start worshiping a planet/eye/thing is not gonna help us any.

edit: Just realized you already removed it.
 
NotAlwaysFanfic said:
Yeah no, the PRT are almost definitely still spying on us 24/7. Seeing us start worshiping a planet/eye/thing is not gonna help us any.
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Please consider the new version of the stunt which has no such problems. It's a lot better.

Does anyone object to the new version of the stunt?
 
I support the plan to absorb wikipedia and jstor. I say we take it a step further and absorb Project Gutenberg and every other digital library we can find. Absorb everything!
 
We can probably get Dragon to put the entire (work-safe portions of the) Internet and all publically available databases on a hard-drive or two if you really want.
 
On stunts, I suggest we change:

-[ ] Stunt: Help optimize nanobots.

to:

-[ ] Stunt: Help optimise the nanobots. Suggest starting on insects you control - if the nanites don't preserve their brain properly you should be able to tell when the Shard of Perfect Administration stops working on them, and you can use Diagnostic Overlay to track any gross physical effects the nanites have. it may also be worth trying to internalise a container with an insect injected with the nanites inside.
Gore17 said:
*looks around* Yoink!

Unless people don't want it, then I'll remove it again.
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Can I suggest putting the new version back in, as it meets people's concerns about surveillance?
 
Zechstein said:
Wouldn't absorbing the internet turn us into Frekazoid!Alchemical!Taylor?:D
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We shouldn't absorb the internet, I guess.

We shouldn't absorb too much fiction beyond the out-of-copyright Gutenberg stuff either, because relaxing with a book is one of life's greatest pleasures. So... We should get Dragon to create a library for us. She can go through the Google Books library pretty damn fast, I'm sure. She can get books from commercial e-libraries. Legally, even, with the PRT funds.

I want Taylor to be knowledgeable about everything, even if that doesn't translate into getting actual skills.
 
Absorbing maps and all the building plans submitted to the city council for planning purposes would give us great stunt fodder for later.
 
I've updated the "Contact Autochthon" parts. What does everyone think?

Also, Alratan? Why must you continue to do this to me? Whyyyy?

;)

Edit: Okay, that is officially my last edit, barring Gromweld refusing/refuting/denying something about it, or someone spotting a mistake I made.

If you want anything else, make you own. :p
 
Gore17 said:
Also, Alratan? Why must you continue to do this to me? Whyyyy?

;)
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Perfectionism. That, and trying to follow Grom's instructions. I'm going through the plan looking for how to turn sub-votes into stunts.

Now, I've realised something else. Successfully contacting Autocthon is quite likely to give us a few points of Clarity. Is that really a good idea right before a public engagement? I don't think we'll get enough that our Intimacies will start to fall off, but it is a risk. If we do contact him despite that, we need to make sure we have some Clarity reducing activities scheduled afterwards.
 
The stunt doesn't say to worship him. It says to meditate on him and use the prayers she overheard as a mantra to focus on him. There is no religious component.

Ask yourself this. Why would meditation on its own allow us to contact Autocthon? It shouldn't do anything. There's no mechanism that allows Alchemicals to talk to Autocthon in that way. However, Primordials can hear prayers. If we repeat a prayer, even if we don't believe it, that still counts in Exalted, and it should reach him.

Unless we do something like this, I suspect meditation is a total waste of time.
 
Okay, I fixed it up somewhat. Not everything is listed as a stunt now. Thank you for reminding me of that rule, I've hopefully fixed my mistake.
 
Gore17 said:
Okay, I fixed it up somewhat. Not everything is listed as a stunt now. Thank you for reminding me of that rule, I've hopefully fixed my mistake.
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Cool.

If you're open to more stunting, then I'd suggest such things as:

To stunt to make it easier to get the equipment we want from the PRT, offer to modify it so it accessorises properly/follows the theme of our costume.

For the clothes making, a stunt relating to knowing exactly what sizes to make thanks to our vision charm.

For getting support for our reveal, I'd again suggest us making silk school scarves for the people who come, or something. We probably also want to check with Glenn before doing so.

For our interaction with Miss Militia, use showing her/seeking sympathy about our costume as an intro, and move from there to getting advice.

Perhaps give our father a picture of us-as-cheerleader, as tangible proof he can literally hold on to that we're recovering and doing well.

We might want to stunt the appearance of the drones. Giant butterflies?

If we want Armsmaster's lie detector, I think we need to stunt an argument that he'll accept. Don't know what it would be though.

'Make sure to cook' isn't really a stunt.

On the books, I think this might work best as discussing the best uses of our ability to read the contents of internalised objects with the other Wards/Armsmaster/Dragon. Assembling a large database to download to a hard disk is then a task we can get PRT minions to do for us.
 
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