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Mystical Mechanistics Of Outrageous Fortune [Mili-Moe Magical Mechagirl Yuri Quest]

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[X] The Gangly Girl. She strikes you as simple and straightforward, reliable and easy to talk with about nothing in particular.


ColdGoldLazarus said:
It was a dome from the start. I guess that was made less clear when I rewrote the exposition. There was a bit talking about ships coming back damaged from ramming straight into an invisible wall, among other things.
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Must have missed that on my read. Does raise some other questions, like why are attacks only coming from the valley mouth, but there's rather easy explanations for that (Mechs can't operate in too deep of water, can't get large enough numbers over the mountains in the face of the defenses, and so-on).
 
*Goes looking for char pic* *Red hair, red eyes, ponytail* ... Oh. Duh.



Hair's a little long though... maybe?

... Yuki Yuna works as well.


Still undeniably feminine though. And less of a tomboy.

*Shrug*
 
Lapin Lune said:
I'd guess maybe something, possibly pseudo-scientific, about mechs chemically malfunctioning upon contact withe Y chromosome? Or it might have something to do with body temperature, which tends to be higher (if only slightly) in females.
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Nothing so fancy as that, actually.

obssesednuker said:
Must have missed that on my read.
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What happened was that I wrote up the post, then realized it was a bit overly-long and the information could be conveyed better through dialogue, so I gutted a lot of the exposition, and I think you came in shortly after I did that.

obssesednuker said:
Does raise some other questions, like why are attacks only coming from the valley mouth, but there's rather easy explanations for that (Mechs can't operate in too deep of water, can't get large enough numbers over the mountains in the face of the defenses, and so-on).
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Hit the nail on the head.

ShadowAngelBeta said:
... Yuki Yuna works as well.
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For just a head-and-shoulders shot, she'd actually probably work really well.
(At some point I do want to draw the characters myself, or at least the most central ones, but it'll be good to have a placeholder until then.)
 
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If it's salmon-pink short hair, I think... Rosehip from Girls und Panzer would work.

... yeah, that was out of nowhere.
 
ColdGoldLazarus said:
Nothing so fancy as that, actually.
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Is it just something that is unknown in the short-term, to everyone's bafflement but acceptance since it's barely understood reverse-engineered technology and the situation is otherwise desperate enough, and the real reason gets learned later on during the stories development?
 
obssesednuker said:
Is it just something that is unknown in the short-term, to everyone's bafflement but acceptance since it's barely understood reverse-engineered technology and the situation is otherwise desperate enough, and the real reason gets learned later on during the stories development?
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It's not so much an issue of technology as it is with politics. Idunno, it's not like it's a huge secret in-universe; would you rather I just say it up front now, or wait for it to be discussed once you get to New Cauterets?
 
ColdGoldLazarus said:
It's not so much an issue of technology as it is with politics. Idunno, it's not like it's a huge secret in-universe; would you rather I just say it up front now, or wait for it to be discussed once you get to New Cauterets?
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Nah, I find it more fun to keep guessing until the big (or not so big, in this case) reveal happens. I'm now guessing it's one of those absurdist anime reasons that only makes sense to the people in-universe, given that this whole premise is taking the anime moe-mecha trope ball and running with it as hard as it can.
 
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ColdGoldLazarus said:
The green-haired girl is looking straight at you, making you feel distinctly self-conscious. Deciding you'd rather not risk looking like you're snubbing her, you take the seat beside hers. "Uh, hi."

"Hello," She says, grinning. "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Introductions!
>"My name is Alexandra"
->"but you can just call me Alex."
>"It's nice to meet you too, miss...?"

What To Talk About?
>Write-In
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... Really? You couldn't have put that in the last update?
 
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Alright, I went and added the options to last update; y'all can vote on that now. Don't forget to write in what you want to talk about, or else the next proper update won't be much longer.
We'll just say this was been a learning experience and leave it at that.
 
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ColdGoldLazarus said:
Alright, I went and added the options to last update; y'all can vote on that npw.
We'll just say this was been a learning experience.
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... *Sigh* Right. Okay, so...

The single fastest way to run off voters is to give them a blank vote with nothing but a write-in option. Especially if it's a social vote.

People are not going to see an alert for the edit, though there's a not small chance that they will investigate upon seeing the alert for what was posted.

Be careful about rail-roading as well. As soon as that girl made eye contact we were locked into talking to her in some fashion unless we just wanted to be a dick.

... I think that's it so far.
 
ShadowAngelBeta said:
The single fastest way to run off voters is to give them a blank vote with nothing but a write-in option. Especially if it's a social vote.
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Huh, alright. I'll add some more specific options, then. Gimme a moment.

ShadowAngelBeta said:
People are not going to see an alert for the edit, though there's a not small chance that they will investigate upon seeing the alert for what was posted.
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I realize that, thus why I posted again to say the edit had been made and direct them back there.

ShadowAngelBeta said:
Be careful about rail-roading as well. As soon as that girl made eye contact we were locked into talking to her in some fashion unless we just wanted to be a dick.
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That wasn't the intent, though I realize in hindsight that that was the effect. It's something I'll watch for more carefully from now on.
 
As someone who participates in quests but has never DM'd in them, @ColdGoldLazarus, the best advice I can offer and the thing to always remember that the QM is as much a fanfic author as they are a DM in a tabletop. The questers job is to read, understand, and vote on options. QM's job is present options, mechanisms for the options to be executed (like dice rolls), and then essentially write a story about the options that have been selected by the questers.
 
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    • Alright, it's clear I've flubbed up a fair bit here, and am affected with a particularly nasty case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. For those who missed these shenanigans, I've added a few extra voting options to the last threadmark, but I'll also throw them down here for ease of access:

    Introductions!
    >"My name is Alexandra"
    ->"but you can just call me Lesya."
    >Let them introduce first.

    What To Talk About?
    > Ask what's on her mind.     As sure an icebreaker as any.
    > Ask what brings her here. Your train has a destination, after all.
    > Ask where she's from. By the same token, she started out somewhere, right?
    > Mention you're joining the MDC. You don't know that the same is true for her, but you may as well bring it up.
    > Write-In
     
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    • [x] "My name is Alexandra"
    -[x] "but you can just call me Alex."

    If the name was supposed to be Polish in origin (as implied by the Polinski family name and generally Slavic themes for Mzendzyovka), wouldn't the diminutive be Ola instead? Then again, the proper Polish spelling would be Aleksandra with a ks.

    [x] Ask where she's from. By the same token, she started out somewhere, right?
     
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    Depends on the origins of the name. Diminutives would be Alex for English, Sasha for Russian, Ola for Polish etc. Hence my guess.

    Since the world does not align perfectly with ours, it's your call. Just mentioning that it's unlikely to be Alex. :)
     
    It seems we're vaguely Eastern Europeanish. Also, might want to just edit that comment in next time instead of double posting.

    [x] "My name is Alexandra"
    -[X] "but you can just call me Alex."
    [x] Ask where she's from. By the same token, she started out somewhere, right?
     
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    Nevill said:
    If the name was supposed to be Polish in origin (as implied by the Polinski family name and generally Slavic themes for Mzendzyovka), wouldn't the diminutive be Ola instead? Then again, the proper Polish spelling would be Aleksandra with a ks.
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    Nevill said:
    Depends on the origins of the name. Diminutives would be Alex for English, Sasha for Russian, Ola for Polish etc. Hence my guess.
    Since the world does not align perfectly with ours, it's your call. Just mentioning that it's unlikely to be Alex. :)
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    Basically how I've got it set up:
    Krasnaya is primarily Russia-inspired with a dash of Ukrainian, Diphaci is mainly Turkish, Cauterets is mainly French, Skvarzava is mainly Ukrainian with a dash of English, and Barasson is kind of an arbitrary mix of all of the above. (Mzendzyovka itself is a sort of warped contraction I did of a much longer and harder to pronounce Ukrainian location name)
    So with that, according to here, it would probably be Lesya or Sasha. I'll go with Lesya.
     
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    >Let them introduce first.
    > Ask what brings her here. Your train has a destination, after all.

    Is it safe to vote now? No more sudden retcons?
     
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    Since this is still kind of chargen, this determines how our PC approaches social circumstances right?

    [X] Address them all.     Maybe you shouldn't sit down right away, but instead try to get a group conversation going.

    [X] "My name is Alexandra"
    -[X] "but you can just call me Alex."

    [X] Ask what brings them here.     Your train has a destination, after all.

    I know most people won't go for this, but I've never seen a "social butterfly" Quest protag, so I figured I'd put together a vote for it.
     
    [x] "My name is Alexandra"
    -[X] "but you can just call me Alex."
    [x] Ask where she's from. By the same token, she started out somewhere, right?
     
    [X] "My name is Alexandra"
    -[X] "but you can just call me Alex."
    [X] Ask where she's from. By the same token, she started out somewhere, right?

    Do we still need to vote on who to address?
     
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