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Certainly a fair point then! Maybe I'll take a Super Robot Wars-esque approach to it and have Souji be someone who has/had problems with another faction entirely before coming to the story here, bribgin him into potential interaction with other elements here. Gives me time to slowly flesh out the other side of things incase I want to bring it up here later on.

So two big story groups and some smaller ones... Okay, not too much choice at the moment but at least it puts where all the activity is into perspective. : p And at least the stuff from the smaller stories would be easier to make reference to than anything.

I'm in no rush, the heat is physically draining today, and with it my motivation is low at present. But cook your ideas as you wish, just don't stretch yourself too thin!

Well, even if the characters forget, at least we as writers can see more sides of her in the other topics! I can't say I see her as a monster (my goofy ass liking furry/anthro characters naturally), but I suppose I can't speak for what characters might see. I suppose many would want to try to avoid her given what she makes use of, and characters that can't really moderate themselves might find themselves on the wrong end of her abilities. : p

The curse of your creativity, for sure. You could have tons and tons of character ideas, and usually are paralyzed by the choice possibilities/potential. : p That being said, It's no surprise some of those ideas can't really show themselves as much given what I remember of the rule changes. I need to try and follow the lore buildups in the city threads, but the last thread I looked through for that was the... Uh, the magical girl convention? Don't think that one flowed too well toward the later parts of the thread. x.x

Definitely makes sense. While I didn't plan alien threats with my guy character, I know I had some other extradimensional threats that were meant to be a thing. Although the person I was working on the character ideas with doesn't come around here anymore, so I'm probably gonna have to either work on something new, or else go with the old idea and don't run as far with it. I still need to dip my toe into this game properly though.

Very nice to see Zerena in a new capacity, and new extraterrestrial enemies rather than just extradimensional is an interesting approach to things. o:

Okay, so at the least it feels like I may not do too much with the Living World, at least with any character I manage to make. Although if no one else makes one of those sisters alongside your sister chars, Satai, it could be something I might try to mess around with, if only to give myself a chance to play something I don't usually play! Although my mind is a bit smoothbrained for major planning for the living world at the moment. I will fully confess more of my ideas are favoring the afterlife world for sure, but that's probably no surprise. I can kinda see where Warning is coming from in regards to similarities with pre-existing clubs though, although given some of those have low/no activity by this point*, reviving some of those characters here, if they fit, could be a venue worth exploring. Also don't feel bad about your age, Warning, I think stress and exhaustion are kinda doing the same to me and I can't find the time to think as hard and as rapidly as I used to... But I'm pretty sure time hasn't dulled your creativity, so you still have that!

Yep, I'm fully aware of your variability. : p My first assumption would be 'All of the Above' tbh .. maybe minus Angels unless they're of the Fallen Variety. My gut says monsters and other such otherworldly unpleasantness may take on a great many forms, maybe even inspired by things others might be concerned or fearful of (which reminds me of a plot point from one of the later expansions of FFXIV). But this is also me just being very presumptuous and running with vague notions. Might be best to wait to see if Satai wants to be a bit more specific/narrow about what's allowed for the sake of making it easier for us to plan or not. Me, I'm already in a good spot to ruminate, so I'm not as worried, but I'm all for trying to help you zero in to be more decisive about ideas.

That's pretty understandable, given of the two different worlds, one seems a bit more limited in potential, while the afterlife seems to have the greatest potential variety. Without a clear vision of what kind of world we'd be throwing our characters into, I can understand the sentiment of not being able to formulate an idea of what to go with. Right now, Satai saying the afterlife has a bigger variety of creatures and entities gives me the idea to assume environments/worlds could be just as varied. Like, beyond 'Fire and brimstone and pits of lava' depictions of hell and all.

Oh, another few things I should ask before I get too far ahead of myself: Are all characters expected to be normal, or are there expected to be any number of abnormalities about them (potential magic, technology, mutations, ect.)? Like, anything to keep characters anything but entirely normal before or after death? Is the world full of purely humans or is there more than that?

Not a problem! It's been like 5 months since I popped in, and going back to school has taken a nice chunk of my focus. Really isn't easy at all, I feel like I'm sorely lacking now compared to myself a decade ago... As long as Warning, Chiyako, and Elie are getting along in life as best as they can, that's fine by me! Ah, so they're still gonna be alive and struggling in their own way, so little to bo chanve of meeting them on the other side unless something happens. What's the 'Witch' route though? Something else from their past?

That sounds fun to me! Also, no rush on getting things together, I really don't expect things to jump into activity just because someone new posted in here, and there's always the off chance it won't take off. But I'm gonna still get my things together on the off chance it does take off, and if so, figure out a long term plan to make the world work in my favor than just 'Exist and survive'. xD What are these other characters of yours like? Just so I know what to expect going in. ^^

Alrighty, since I'm unsure if TS will proceed from here without asking the associated persons involved (And believe me, I would understand if not given my lengthy absence and how few were still involved, so no hard feelings from me!), current idea for Rufus is that he will be the same from TS, but does during a what-if situation later when he overloads the special system on his Wolfhound mech to overcome a dangerous enemy. Though he achieves victory, he dies in the process, hence his appearance here in this game. He would likely arrive with erased or else heavily damaged memories, unable to recall many important details of his previous life, and leaves him a bit of an agitated wanderer as he struggles to survive his newfound afterlife. Whether he winds up in the straight hell of the story or the other, purgatory like place, I haven't decided on yet, but I imagine he'll go from one to the other over the course of his ventures while he formulates a plan of what to do next and where to go.

I didn't expect, as soon as I'd popped back in to read the old writing, that I'd also find something that sounded interesting to join. An afterlife story of sorts wasn't on my bingo but I'm glad I managed to see it, even if it looks like it's been a long time. ^^ At the least, I could give Rufus a new life through a struggle here, or bring up characters I might have played on another forum here. Although I don't want to just 'dump' them here, I need some time to figure out a plan. Might do that while I browse the forum and see what else catches my eyes.