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annwfynFirst of all - some pics. I think my SLA PC has just managed to magically change herself from this:
to this:
And as aftermath...
What happened after Wolf wandered off
It's downtown sector 1, and it's getting dark. Soon the rain will fall, acidic and stinging. It's eaten away at a lot of the buildings in the area already. In places the roof tiles look like they are made from lace.
It's dark, but down by the Tombstone bar light is spilling out onto the street along with the occasional Frother. People swear and shout and laugh and sometimes make noises which sound like singing.
Across the road from the Tombstone a girl is standing. She's short - maybe 5'4", but hunches to make herself smaller. Her hair is blonde and curls slightly aroud her face. Her arms are wrapped around herself and she shivers in the cold but she doesn't move. Against the wall, in the shadow, she is nearly invisible.
After a while a door at the side of the Tombstone opens and she tenses slightly. A young man is wandering out, shouting his goodbyes behind him. She steps out of the shadow.
"Hello Jamie" she says, and pauses, waiting for something.
Jamie jumps for a moment, and then relaxes as he sees her face.
"Oh, alright darlin'. Didn't see you there for a moment. You shouldn't sneak up on people like that," he says.
The girl pauses, still waiting although it isn't clear what for.
"So," Jamie says, "You comin' home or what? I baked you cookies before you left, but you didn't take them. And what are you doing out here without your suit? It's not safe."
The girl blinks. She is confused now. "My suit?" she says.
"Yes. Your xeno suit. You normally wear it when you come down here and I think that's practical. It's a rough part of town."
The girl pauses. She opens her mouth and shuts it again.
"I...I think I lost it," she says.
"Oh? Is that so? That's a shame. Can you not get a new one, or is it a 'once in a lifetime deal with those suits?" he asks, slinging an arm casually around her shoulder.
"Erm. I think I only get one," the girl says and awkwardly slides an arm around Jamie's waist. He is taller than her by almost 12 inches and she peers up at him confusedly. He kisses her forehead affectionately. She frowns slightly. "Jamie, do I not look different to you?"
He shakes his head. "Not really, darlin'. Although I have to say I don't think yellow is your colour. You might want to get a new jumper."
"But...but...I'm shorter..." she says and looks at her hand as if 'shorter' doesn't even begin to cut it as she tries to describe how much she has changed. This morning she remembers being a nine foot tall reptillian stealth assassin. Now when she looks in the mirror she sees a small blonde human.
"Shorter?" Jamie says, and looks at her thoughtfully. "Nah...you've always looked this way. Ever since the second time I saw you. At least, you do when you're sleeping or when you're relaxin'. Unless there's something you've not been tellin' me," and he kisses her forehead again. "Anyway, it's gettin' fucking freezing out here. Shall we go home?"
"Do you see other people like this, Jamie?" she asks as they move into the night.
"Sure. Quite a few of the Stormers and the other xenos sometimes. I figured you were all a bit like those vevaphons. I mean, if they can change shape and look human sometimes and like something else the rest of the time I figured you all could. Stands to reason, doesn't it?"
And Wolf1803, xeno and SLA operative allows herself to be towed away by an ex-frother cook.
I think when I made Jamie 'right' I might have accidentally created a new variant on squinty vision!
to this:
And as aftermath...
What happened after Wolf wandered off
It's downtown sector 1, and it's getting dark. Soon the rain will fall, acidic and stinging. It's eaten away at a lot of the buildings in the area already. In places the roof tiles look like they are made from lace.
It's dark, but down by the Tombstone bar light is spilling out onto the street along with the occasional Frother. People swear and shout and laugh and sometimes make noises which sound like singing.
Across the road from the Tombstone a girl is standing. She's short - maybe 5'4", but hunches to make herself smaller. Her hair is blonde and curls slightly aroud her face. Her arms are wrapped around herself and she shivers in the cold but she doesn't move. Against the wall, in the shadow, she is nearly invisible.
After a while a door at the side of the Tombstone opens and she tenses slightly. A young man is wandering out, shouting his goodbyes behind him. She steps out of the shadow.
"Hello Jamie" she says, and pauses, waiting for something.
Jamie jumps for a moment, and then relaxes as he sees her face.
"Oh, alright darlin'. Didn't see you there for a moment. You shouldn't sneak up on people like that," he says.
The girl pauses, still waiting although it isn't clear what for.
"So," Jamie says, "You comin' home or what? I baked you cookies before you left, but you didn't take them. And what are you doing out here without your suit? It's not safe."
The girl blinks. She is confused now. "My suit?" she says.
"Yes. Your xeno suit. You normally wear it when you come down here and I think that's practical. It's a rough part of town."
The girl pauses. She opens her mouth and shuts it again.
"I...I think I lost it," she says.
"Oh? Is that so? That's a shame. Can you not get a new one, or is it a 'once in a lifetime deal with those suits?" he asks, slinging an arm casually around her shoulder.
"Erm. I think I only get one," the girl says and awkwardly slides an arm around Jamie's waist. He is taller than her by almost 12 inches and she peers up at him confusedly. He kisses her forehead affectionately. She frowns slightly. "Jamie, do I not look different to you?"
He shakes his head. "Not really, darlin'. Although I have to say I don't think yellow is your colour. You might want to get a new jumper."
"But...but...I'm shorter..." she says and looks at her hand as if 'shorter' doesn't even begin to cut it as she tries to describe how much she has changed. This morning she remembers being a nine foot tall reptillian stealth assassin. Now when she looks in the mirror she sees a small blonde human.
"Shorter?" Jamie says, and looks at her thoughtfully. "Nah...you've always looked this way. Ever since the second time I saw you. At least, you do when you're sleeping or when you're relaxin'. Unless there's something you've not been tellin' me," and he kisses her forehead again. "Anyway, it's gettin' fucking freezing out here. Shall we go home?"
"Do you see other people like this, Jamie?" she asks as they move into the night.
"Sure. Quite a few of the Stormers and the other xenos sometimes. I figured you were all a bit like those vevaphons. I mean, if they can change shape and look human sometimes and like something else the rest of the time I figured you all could. Stands to reason, doesn't it?"
And Wolf1803, xeno and SLA operative allows herself to be towed away by an ex-frother cook.
I think when I made Jamie 'right' I might have accidentally created a new variant on squinty vision!
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awwwwww.....
Date: 2005-03-01 10:08 am (UTC)Have been writing some stuff meself this morning in between bouts of doing work. Last night really went well on hitting all the inspirational buttons
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Date: 2005-03-01 10:11 am (UTC)And I am not sure SLA will take it very well that I've metamorphised into a small blonde moppet when they genetically engineered a reptillian death machine.
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Date: 2005-03-01 10:14 am (UTC)It was all very cool...
Shame I missed it.
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Date: 2005-03-01 10:15 am (UTC)Re: awwwwww.....
Date: 2005-03-01 10:16 am (UTC)Our collateral damage is getting silly!
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Date: 2005-03-01 10:19 am (UTC)If not i'll be having words!!!
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:48 pm (UTC)Re: awwwwww.....
Date: 2005-03-01 02:25 pm (UTC)Re: awwwwww.....
Date: 2005-03-01 02:34 pm (UTC)Re: awwwwww.....
Date: 2005-03-01 06:42 pm (UTC)Who said you get any backup? You got yourself in, you get yourself out. Don't piss off the leader.
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Date: 2005-03-01 06:43 pm (UTC)Re: awwwwww.....
Date: 2005-03-01 01:08 pm (UTC)*shudder*
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:49 pm (UTC)Twas bad. All bad.
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Date: 2005-03-01 02:49 pm (UTC)Never. Again.
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Date: 2005-03-01 02:50 pm (UTC)Re: awwwwww.....
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Date: 2005-03-01 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-01 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-01 10:14 am (UTC)Wolf lost her arm, tried to heal herself and made herself human by accident, which is immeasurably bad, and Longshot and Emerald Angel are both out cold in hospital having taken so much damage.
So. A mixed game!
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Date: 2005-03-01 10:20 am (UTC)OI!!!!
Date: 2005-03-01 10:23 am (UTC)Re: OI!!!!
Date: 2005-03-01 10:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-01 10:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-01 01:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-01 01:53 pm (UTC);)
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-03-01 02:11 pm (UTC)*baffled*
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Date: 2005-03-01 02:32 pm (UTC)My xeno PC, who is normally a 9ft tall chameleon/reptillian monster, genetically engineered to be a stealth assassin, accidentally turned herself human.
Erm. That bit has a backstory. Wolf has magic healing powers which sometimes backfire.
Anyway, turned herself human and wandered off confusedly to see her dependent - the ex drug addict she picked up - and was slightly surprised to discover that she always looked blonde and human to him.
There's more. Lots more. So much more. One day I'll try and explain it all in person.
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Date: 2005-03-01 04:28 pm (UTC)I love SLA. ;)
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Date: 2005-03-01 05:50 pm (UTC)You see, I had never played SLA before this game. I've still not really read the books. I had a character genned for me who was fresh out of the academy, given a rough summary of what it would know and have been finding it out in game ever since. It's been wonderful. I don't want to know anything OOC - not when I get to spend as much time as I do trying to work things through logically.
*chuckle*
Date: 2005-03-01 08:00 pm (UTC)It's just fun to speculate myself. =)
*sigh*
Date: 2005-03-01 01:16 pm (UTC)Sounds a lot of fun.
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Date: 2005-03-01 01:46 pm (UTC)Re: *sigh*
Date: 2005-03-02 12:53 am (UTC)