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Thoughts to get us started off?; So we don't die at post 1 again.
Topic Started: Jun 13 2011, 03:33 PM (269 Views)
[Infinite Soul]
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the angel on the streets
So, I think in order to get us started off on the right foot, we should probably actually use this section of the boards.

Every other time we've tried to go through with this, we've really had no direction at the beginning of the storyline and that's kind of bad, because while we could have all of us off doing different things, I think we'd rather all stick together, at least to start. Especially since there are currently only 2 of us semi-active (out of a possible 5 that I know of).

I have some ideas of where we should head in the beginning, but I'd rather leave it up to some of you and see if you guys have better ideas then me. I'm always terrible at beginnings, I'd rather just get to the plot in the middle. XD;

The backbone of the plot, since it probably matters: There's a rumor going around, particularly in the high-school crowd, that if you bury a doll with an offering tied to it in red string under a tree, a week later your luck will improve according to what you offered. However, another, more sinister rumor has quietly been spreading as well-- that they're the cause of the recent disappearances going around town. What is the truth behind the rumors?

I mean, you all probably know that already. But it's useful to have it here so you don't have to go back and search or anything just in case you didn't remember.

So... um... yeah. Your thoughts?
 
Nacht
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A decent idea would be to begin in media res, and then maybe roleplay out the backstory immediately pertaining to the situation while we work on what's immediately happening (like say, a shadow fight). It'll be a bit complicated since it involves varying times, but eh.
 
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the angel on the streets
Hm, that could work... we could perhaps just get started off even earlier and begin with, say, everyone getting sucked into the other world and explain about the rumors later. I dunno how either of those would work in practice, but it's a thought.
 
WisdomSeeker
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Hmm...I honestly am not sure, other than possibly having characters already know each other, like through school or whatever.
 
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I figure that will likely be the case, yes. Although Momo may not know who half the other characters are. But that's something for later that I have planned.

I mean, on one hand it would get things moving a lot faster if we just dropped everyone into the Shadow World and said "OKAYGO," but I don't know that taking out the whole "Well if you're going to try the dumb rumor then so am I, I guess" conversation is a good idea or not. ._.;

Kind of unrelated, but does anyone have a good cosmic horror that would be actively trying to kill humans from the inside, out? I've never really set down a concrete source of the Shadows for this, but eventually it might be something to think about.
 
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Well, I know that the first Persona used an Elder God, Nyarlathotep, as the main villain, so Elder Gods are a possiblity. Past that, I can do some research and pull up some crazy shite.
 
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the angel on the streets
First and second! :P And I was considering Elder Gods, but I do not know that much of Lovecraft. I've only read The Call of Cthulhu, and something tells me picking Cthulhu as our main villain is a bad idea.
 
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Something tells me picking Cthulhu as our main villain is a bad idea.
Yeah, we'd all die horrible crazy deaths.
 
Nacht
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Cthulhu's just a high priest. He's not that scary.

Now Azathoth, on the other hand, would fuck us in the most unpleasant way possible.
Edited by Nacht, Jun 19 2011, 02:14 AM.
 
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See, we're hoping for something that WON'T cosmically fuck us over. XD
I mean, technically Persona 2 (and 1? I'm not sure) protagonists shouldn't have been able to trounce Nyarlathotep either, but...
 
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