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Born Of An Umbral Star [DxD Quest]

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[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings, and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.

Tempted for a metatron write-in, but my biblical knowledge is weak so I don't know if he really is the Voice of God. Speaking to the Voice of God will probably be able to get the word of our recovery out to the others soonest, but I don't know if it's worth using our first interaction with our siblings in such a way
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
Prospalz said:
A related concern is that this is basically the start of a story, and while we have some traits already established, this is the premiere part to let player base to play with some char development and make some defining choices. I see like, three-four points where I was like, "Yeah okay this looks like there should have been a choice here."
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I feel it's necessary to dispute this on the basis that it implies the optimal or indeed only quest-running style is to leave defining the character up to the audience.

I know a few QMs—myself included—who would take umbrage with that assertion. There is nothing wrong with deciding "I would not need votes to write this character, but I will permit the audience to shape their edges". Sometimes you just want to tell someone's story, and you're writing it as a quest because you enjoy the feedback loop more, because you want to see how the players navigate your plot, because you were influenced by being around a bunch of other QMs—who knows? You don't need to make every character-defining decision as something the audience chooses: honestly, if you'll permit me to make the assertion, a QM should never offer a choice they aren't ambivalent about, and if that means you look at a moment in the story and go "they would do this here, I can't imagine them not" but it's also a big character moment, you don't offer a vote there.

I can understand, certainly, a personal preference for being offered those choices on behalf of the reader—I get that, I do. I'm not arguing that it's a bad preference so much as I don't want to let it go unchallenged with the implication it's the only preference.

In my corner, I read this update and didn't see any moments that I felt should have been made choices until the very end; deciding who we go and visit is a vote that helps establish who our friends are or will be, which is a way to indirectly characterise us without explicitly going "we are the sort of person who will do this". It's exactly the sort of thing I like to write and read.
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
[X] Helel, it was likely he would try to drag you into some fishing trip or another but well you can't deny that of all your siblings you loved him the most, so it was only reasonable that you told him of your health first.

Only natural to want to meet him of all people first, no matter how it ends, especially considering that earlier mention in the thread that Babylon was the start of his fall, was our approach better/worse for him?
Either way, considering they seem to get along well, I doubt he's all that happy about Anath smashing her heart to pieces following God's Will
 
Blonddude42 said:
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.

Tempted for a metatron write-in, but my biblical knowledge is weak so I don't know if he really is the Voice of God. Speaking to the Voice of God will probably be able to get the word of our recovery out to the others soonest, but I don't know if it's worth using our first interaction with our siblings in such a way
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In DxD Metatron is the voice of God,(at least I think) but he is not mentioned at all in the Bible, but is found in other jewish texts, so dont worry about your biblical knowledge since DxD isnt true to the bible anyway.
 
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[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings, and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by Smartphone on Oct 28, 2018 at 3:27 AM, finished with 40 posts and 28 votes.
  • [X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to eachother much there was no denying that you to were siblings, and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
    [X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
    [X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you​
    [x] Azazel, he would probably apriechieate the first hand account of babylon and what the power of their gods was like, plus maybe he'll even say hello before he starts asking questions this time.
    [X] Azazel, he would probably appreciate the first-hand account of Babylon and what the power of their gods was like, plus maybe he'll even say hello before he starts asking questions this time.
    [X] Helel, it was likely he would try to drag you into some fishing trip or another but well you can't deny that of all your siblings you loved him the most, so it was only reasonable that you told him of your health first.
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To expand a little bit upon what I think the two leading options might result in.
[ ] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
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The messenger of of God who just delivered a rather severe punishment upon Babylon, and if she is similar to her high school dxd characterization might have a certain degree of trouble with it, or maybe just naive about the matter. In regards to what it says about Anath's personality... well when paired with her decision to send her wounded siblings back to Heaven for healing while she carries out God's Wrath alone she is someone who like Gabriel thinks of others before herself.

The bond between the two is that of the naive older sister whose jobs is deliver messages from God, and a resigned younger sister who tags along due to the recipients for these messages often being individuals who will "kill the messenger" in anger. Also shenanigans from due to Gabriel being perhaps too kind.

[ ] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
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I've been trying to wrack my brain for where this might lead, and what I've found is that Uriel is that the intercessional prayer for him contains themes of Grace alongside passionate hearts for carrying out God's work, which might help Anath as she has apparently not interacted with him very much. At a minimum picking this has Anath giving thanks for someone saving her life whose she hasn't interacted with, and paired with her carrying out God's Wrath solo will probably win her quite a lot of respect among the more martially inclined angels.

The bond between the two is that of comrades in arms who currently aren't close, but will presumably grow closer as conflict with other pantheons occurs. There might also be discussion about carrying out God's will, or not if he too passionate about it, which I suppose we'll find out with some interaction.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.

Need to get Anath some divine arms and armour, that was close. Still, it's a very good motivation for Anath to get even better.
And happy to see we're so close to Helel!
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
[X] Helel, it was likely he would try to drag you into some fishing trip or another but well you can't deny that of all your siblings you loved him the most, so it was only reasonable that you told him of your health first.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to eachother much there was no denying that you to were siblings, and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.

Khona Moshr said:
In DxD Metatron is the voice of God,(at least I think) but he is not mentioned at all in the Bible, but is found in other jewish texts, so dont worry about your biblical knowledge since DxD isnt true to the bible anyway.
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It's not that it isn't true to the Bible, it just includes all of the Abrahamic Religions(Judaism, Christianism, and Islam in chronological order) so it has to change a few things to fit.
I'm pretty excited as to meeting or seeing how Moses, Jesus or Mohammed progress through history.
This is the Fall of Babylon so the Flood already happened. Kind of disappointed we missed the opportunity to meet/see Noah.
 
[X] Uriel, Though you don't talk to each other much there was no denying that you to were siblings and besides you do need to thank him for saving you back there.
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
[X] Gabriel, The poor girl was probably worried sick about you collapsing as you did, it would do well to let her know you were fine.
 
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