Post by Uathach Blackmantle on Feb 9, 2006 3:24:32 GMT -5
insomniac7809: So any idea where you want Morrison and Wraith to be? I'm not thinking a lot of emotion from Morrison--dustman from childhood.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. It's up to you.
Wraith the Dead: Stix has made some -interesting- suggestions, but yeah... *shrugs*
insomniac7809: oh yeah? Like?
Wraith the Dead: *snort*
insomniac7809: c'mon, spill...
Wraith the Dead: hehheh. Ummm....
Wraith the Dead: [I'm too embarrassed to repeat it. : P]
insomniac7809: Well, I'd say "friends," at the very least. Let me guess: Stix suggested that they'd been lovers?
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Yep.
Wraith the Dead: So, do you wanna sort out the situation with our characters?
insomniac7809: well. We're going to do the "white necromancers with the same teacher" deal, yes?
Wraith the Dead: Yeah. That's what Stix mentioned. And I have that in her backstory - along with the shady details of how she acquired the jink to pay for her tutoring. : P
insomniac7809: ...ooooh?
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. She was a prostitute.
Wraith the Dead: And she was also a Surgeon's Aide for Ridnir Tetch at the infamous Weary Spirit Infirmary. : P
Wraith the Dead: Anyway, the details of Wraith's past would likely be known to your character, since she would've told him as much.
insomniac7809: Morrison, from my plan, was basically just apprenticed from childhood. The whole "become lackey to a master, and get a trade for it" deal.
Wraith the Dead: Cool.
Wraith the Dead: So, he's the "obedient lapdog" sort?
insomniac7809: he'd be more likely to refer to himself as an "interested pupil." Well-versed in all sorts of regional religios practices (specifically, funeral customs)
Wraith the Dead: Cool. Likewise, Wraith is very well-versed in Religion [Funereal rites and the Undead], but her true talent lies in her vast knowledge of Anatomy.
insomniac7809: *nods*
Wraith the Dead: So, I take it this is shared knowledge?
Wraith the Dead: [As in, what the characters know about each other.: P]
insomniac7809: yeah, definitely.
Wraith the Dead: Cool.
Wraith the Dead: So, are they "friends" or something a bit more?
insomniac7809: well... there's going to be a certain amount of distance. Dustmen, after all.
insomniac7809: If they have been working together for most of their lives, though, there could've been something going on.
Wraith the Dead: true enough. But Wraith isn't a true Dustman. There are certain things she won't let go of. And, since she'd trust Morrison as her "friend" she expects him to keep her secret. : P
insomniac7809: heh.
Wraith the Dead: To clarify something, Wraith started her tutoring at 15, and joined the Dead at 16, when her mother passed away from long-term incurable terminal illness.
insomniac7809: *nods*
Wraith the Dead: Heh. Wraith might even try to "convert" Morrison to her way of thinking [or, possibly already has over the years.] : P
Wraith the Dead: Wraith also ceased her employment at the Weary Spirit a year after joining the Dead.
Wraith the Dead: [So, she's been with the Dustmen for about 6 years. : P]
Wraith the Dead: Recently for Wraith, a few horrid things have happened to her [causing her grip on her faction beliefs to slip even further]: Her house was repossessed by the Fated [so she lives out of flop-houses and taverns in the Hive], her adopted son, Aerin, was abducted, and the child's nursemaid was turned over to the Mortuary after being brutally murdered in a ritual. : P
insomniac7809: hmm... I did hear about that. Hmm. I think it might work if there was, well, something between Wraith and Morrison, but nothing ever came out of it.
Wraith the Dead: What do you mean?
insomniac7809: just a thought--they're friends, and haven't been more, but there's something there that could develop... or possibly not.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Cool. IMO, I think it's better for things to develop in game than just assume that it already has/had happened.
insomniac7809: no argument there.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. I had an interesting thought while I was out: Wraith might try to "convert" Morrison, since he's been "indoctrinated" with the Dead's philosophies since childhood. : P
Wraith the Dead: [She doesn't agree with indoctrination since it interferes with free-will. ; )]
insomniac7809: heh. that may not work too well/
insomniac7809: ; )
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Why not? [Or can't you tell me that?]
insomniac7809: Just that I don't see him shifting his position anytime soon.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. True Dustman. Fair enough. That ought to make things interesting. : P
Wraith the Dead: [Especially with what I have planned for Wraith. : P]
Wraith the Dead: If you don't wanna talk bout DotD stuff anymore, that's cool .
insomniac7809: well, did you have any more character-related stuff in mind?
Wraith the Dead: Uh, like what? Did you have something else in mind? If so, shoot. I'm all ears, so to speak. ;-)
insomniac7809: heh. Nothing else comes to mind.
Wraith the Dead: Righto. Hmm. I would suggest something else character related... [But I don't want to risk offending you. : P]
insomniac7809: I'm difficult to offend. What's the suggestion?
Wraith the Dead: Uh, hmm... Okay, see what I was thinking ["inspired" by Stix's suggestions] was that something has already happened, but it went really bad, for various reasons, like conflicting beliefs, one being emotional [the other lacking in that department], conflicting needs, that sort of thing. : P
insomniac7809: hmm. So are we talking... bitter exes? Still friends? A little awkward?
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. I have to think about that one.
Wraith the Dead: Certainly not bitter exes, cuz, if something happened, she'd still want to pursue that. : P
Wraith the Dead: What are your thoughts?
insomniac7809: Well, I doubt he'd be particularly bitter, but maybe awkward.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. Here's a thought: maybe she makes him feel a bit awkward with her more "ahem" forceful advances, and need for attention? : P
insomniac7809: heheh... sounds good. :-) They had something, but broke it off not too long afterward?
Wraith the Dead: Hmm... If that happened, why did it happen, and more to the point, could it be "patched-up" so to speak? Or, is one on ocassion just "using" the other for companionship? : P
Wraith the Dead: [Cuz I imagine that Dustmen namers would live rather solitary existences.: P]
insomniac7809: I was thinking that they just wouldn't be... very compatable. Expecting different things from a relationship (like, say, emotion)
Wraith the Dead: Fair enough.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. This could make their friendship kinda strained then?
insomniac7809: Maybe. I think awkward might work better than most things, but I don't know how that would work for Wraith.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm... If he's "rejecting" her, she'd be heartbroken, certainly. Possibly angry, but she'd also try to "patch things up" to the way they were before that happened. I can't see her as the spiteful type, though, only because she adores the few very rare friends she has. : P
insomniac7809: well... what kind of relationship do you imagine them as having? Morrison tries to be emotionally dead, and is basically death- and work-obsessed. any number of problems in a relatioonship.
Wraith the Dead: Well, if he's emotionally dead [or working toward that] maybe it was purely physical [which'd probably make more sense, anyway]. But, Wraith being the insecure type [with her scars and emotional bruising] would've wanted more than say, what some berk off the street would've payed her for. : P
insomniac7809: heheh... that works.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Glad you're not offended. Here's an amusing thought: maybe she still "uses" him on occassion when she's got an itch she needs to scratch. : P
insomniac7809: could work, sure. Heh.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. In that case, Morrison would've seen her scarring [on her chest, forearms and wrists, and one smaller scar on her throat and upper thigh, which looks like some one tried to bleed her], though she never explained why she's disfigured.
insomniac7809: *nods* He would've expressed... curiosity, more than actual concern. And wouldn't have pushed it far.
Wraith the Dead: Yup. Makes sense.
Wraith the Dead: So, it seems they have an awkward friendship with "ahem" fringe benefits. : P
insomniac7809: sounds good. :-)
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh.
Wraith the Dead: Also, he'd probably know a bit more about her personality than most other bashers would, too.
insomniac7809: yeah? Like what?
Wraith the Dead: Righto. In public [as you might've noticed through reading the posts] Wraith is withdrawn, and a bit on the bashful side. : P
Wraith the Dead: But in private she's a bit more open and honest. : P
Wraith the Dead:
Wraith the Dead: She's also a fickle sort who likes to be lavished with attention. : P
insomniac7809: *nods* Morrison... tries to keep reserved, mostly, in public and in private. More than anything else, he gets engaged about his work.
Wraith the Dead: Cool. Work-driven. Sounds good.
Wraith the Dead: Heh. So, a frisky and insecure tiefling [with sharp teeth and a rather odd sulphuric/sanguine smell, I might add, which gets stronger or weaker with her emotional state] would put him in a compromising position, then?
Wraith the Dead: Otherwise, I think it's cool that our characters are so radically different. :-)
insomniac7809: well, he is human... :-) and yeah, sounds like something we can have fun with.
Wraith the Dead: Heehee. :-) Yup.
Wraith the Dead: It'd be cool when you bring Morrison in. :-)
Wraith the Dead: So, what we've decided on is a definate, then?
insomniac7809: looka good to me. :-)
Wraith the Dead: Cool. I'm glad of that. :-)
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. It's up to you.
Wraith the Dead: Stix has made some -interesting- suggestions, but yeah... *shrugs*
insomniac7809: oh yeah? Like?
Wraith the Dead: *snort*
insomniac7809: c'mon, spill...
Wraith the Dead: hehheh. Ummm....
Wraith the Dead: [I'm too embarrassed to repeat it. : P]
insomniac7809: Well, I'd say "friends," at the very least. Let me guess: Stix suggested that they'd been lovers?
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Yep.
Wraith the Dead: So, do you wanna sort out the situation with our characters?
insomniac7809: well. We're going to do the "white necromancers with the same teacher" deal, yes?
Wraith the Dead: Yeah. That's what Stix mentioned. And I have that in her backstory - along with the shady details of how she acquired the jink to pay for her tutoring. : P
insomniac7809: ...ooooh?
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. She was a prostitute.
Wraith the Dead: And she was also a Surgeon's Aide for Ridnir Tetch at the infamous Weary Spirit Infirmary. : P
Wraith the Dead: Anyway, the details of Wraith's past would likely be known to your character, since she would've told him as much.
insomniac7809: Morrison, from my plan, was basically just apprenticed from childhood. The whole "become lackey to a master, and get a trade for it" deal.
Wraith the Dead: Cool.
Wraith the Dead: So, he's the "obedient lapdog" sort?
insomniac7809: he'd be more likely to refer to himself as an "interested pupil." Well-versed in all sorts of regional religios practices (specifically, funeral customs)
Wraith the Dead: Cool. Likewise, Wraith is very well-versed in Religion [Funereal rites and the Undead], but her true talent lies in her vast knowledge of Anatomy.
insomniac7809: *nods*
Wraith the Dead: So, I take it this is shared knowledge?
Wraith the Dead: [As in, what the characters know about each other.: P]
insomniac7809: yeah, definitely.
Wraith the Dead: Cool.
Wraith the Dead: So, are they "friends" or something a bit more?
insomniac7809: well... there's going to be a certain amount of distance. Dustmen, after all.
insomniac7809: If they have been working together for most of their lives, though, there could've been something going on.
Wraith the Dead: true enough. But Wraith isn't a true Dustman. There are certain things she won't let go of. And, since she'd trust Morrison as her "friend" she expects him to keep her secret. : P
insomniac7809: heh.
Wraith the Dead: To clarify something, Wraith started her tutoring at 15, and joined the Dead at 16, when her mother passed away from long-term incurable terminal illness.
insomniac7809: *nods*
Wraith the Dead: Heh. Wraith might even try to "convert" Morrison to her way of thinking [or, possibly already has over the years.] : P
Wraith the Dead: Wraith also ceased her employment at the Weary Spirit a year after joining the Dead.
Wraith the Dead: [So, she's been with the Dustmen for about 6 years. : P]
Wraith the Dead: Recently for Wraith, a few horrid things have happened to her [causing her grip on her faction beliefs to slip even further]: Her house was repossessed by the Fated [so she lives out of flop-houses and taverns in the Hive], her adopted son, Aerin, was abducted, and the child's nursemaid was turned over to the Mortuary after being brutally murdered in a ritual. : P
insomniac7809: hmm... I did hear about that. Hmm. I think it might work if there was, well, something between Wraith and Morrison, but nothing ever came out of it.
Wraith the Dead: What do you mean?
insomniac7809: just a thought--they're friends, and haven't been more, but there's something there that could develop... or possibly not.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Cool. IMO, I think it's better for things to develop in game than just assume that it already has/had happened.
insomniac7809: no argument there.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. I had an interesting thought while I was out: Wraith might try to "convert" Morrison, since he's been "indoctrinated" with the Dead's philosophies since childhood. : P
Wraith the Dead: [She doesn't agree with indoctrination since it interferes with free-will. ; )]
insomniac7809: heh. that may not work too well/
insomniac7809: ; )
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Why not? [Or can't you tell me that?]
insomniac7809: Just that I don't see him shifting his position anytime soon.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. True Dustman. Fair enough. That ought to make things interesting. : P
Wraith the Dead: [Especially with what I have planned for Wraith. : P]
Wraith the Dead: If you don't wanna talk bout DotD stuff anymore, that's cool .
insomniac7809: well, did you have any more character-related stuff in mind?
Wraith the Dead: Uh, like what? Did you have something else in mind? If so, shoot. I'm all ears, so to speak. ;-)
insomniac7809: heh. Nothing else comes to mind.
Wraith the Dead: Righto. Hmm. I would suggest something else character related... [But I don't want to risk offending you. : P]
insomniac7809: I'm difficult to offend. What's the suggestion?
Wraith the Dead: Uh, hmm... Okay, see what I was thinking ["inspired" by Stix's suggestions] was that something has already happened, but it went really bad, for various reasons, like conflicting beliefs, one being emotional [the other lacking in that department], conflicting needs, that sort of thing. : P
insomniac7809: hmm. So are we talking... bitter exes? Still friends? A little awkward?
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. I have to think about that one.
Wraith the Dead: Certainly not bitter exes, cuz, if something happened, she'd still want to pursue that. : P
Wraith the Dead: What are your thoughts?
insomniac7809: Well, I doubt he'd be particularly bitter, but maybe awkward.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. Here's a thought: maybe she makes him feel a bit awkward with her more "ahem" forceful advances, and need for attention? : P
insomniac7809: heheh... sounds good. :-) They had something, but broke it off not too long afterward?
Wraith the Dead: Hmm... If that happened, why did it happen, and more to the point, could it be "patched-up" so to speak? Or, is one on ocassion just "using" the other for companionship? : P
Wraith the Dead: [Cuz I imagine that Dustmen namers would live rather solitary existences.: P]
insomniac7809: I was thinking that they just wouldn't be... very compatable. Expecting different things from a relationship (like, say, emotion)
Wraith the Dead: Fair enough.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. This could make their friendship kinda strained then?
insomniac7809: Maybe. I think awkward might work better than most things, but I don't know how that would work for Wraith.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm... If he's "rejecting" her, she'd be heartbroken, certainly. Possibly angry, but she'd also try to "patch things up" to the way they were before that happened. I can't see her as the spiteful type, though, only because she adores the few very rare friends she has. : P
insomniac7809: well... what kind of relationship do you imagine them as having? Morrison tries to be emotionally dead, and is basically death- and work-obsessed. any number of problems in a relatioonship.
Wraith the Dead: Well, if he's emotionally dead [or working toward that] maybe it was purely physical [which'd probably make more sense, anyway]. But, Wraith being the insecure type [with her scars and emotional bruising] would've wanted more than say, what some berk off the street would've payed her for. : P
insomniac7809: heheh... that works.
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh. Glad you're not offended. Here's an amusing thought: maybe she still "uses" him on occassion when she's got an itch she needs to scratch. : P
insomniac7809: could work, sure. Heh.
Wraith the Dead: Hmm. In that case, Morrison would've seen her scarring [on her chest, forearms and wrists, and one smaller scar on her throat and upper thigh, which looks like some one tried to bleed her], though she never explained why she's disfigured.
insomniac7809: *nods* He would've expressed... curiosity, more than actual concern. And wouldn't have pushed it far.
Wraith the Dead: Yup. Makes sense.
Wraith the Dead: So, it seems they have an awkward friendship with "ahem" fringe benefits. : P
insomniac7809: sounds good. :-)
Wraith the Dead: Hehheh.
Wraith the Dead: Also, he'd probably know a bit more about her personality than most other bashers would, too.
insomniac7809: yeah? Like what?
Wraith the Dead: Righto. In public [as you might've noticed through reading the posts] Wraith is withdrawn, and a bit on the bashful side. : P
Wraith the Dead: But in private she's a bit more open and honest. : P
Wraith the Dead:
Wraith the Dead: She's also a fickle sort who likes to be lavished with attention. : P
insomniac7809: *nods* Morrison... tries to keep reserved, mostly, in public and in private. More than anything else, he gets engaged about his work.
Wraith the Dead: Cool. Work-driven. Sounds good.
Wraith the Dead: Heh. So, a frisky and insecure tiefling [with sharp teeth and a rather odd sulphuric/sanguine smell, I might add, which gets stronger or weaker with her emotional state] would put him in a compromising position, then?
Wraith the Dead: Otherwise, I think it's cool that our characters are so radically different. :-)
insomniac7809: well, he is human... :-) and yeah, sounds like something we can have fun with.
Wraith the Dead: Heehee. :-) Yup.
Wraith the Dead: It'd be cool when you bring Morrison in. :-)
Wraith the Dead: So, what we've decided on is a definate, then?
insomniac7809: looka good to me. :-)
Wraith the Dead: Cool. I'm glad of that. :-)