As promised¹, here is the return of the character essay meme.

Ask ANYTHING about the Poly!game or regular canon of the characters pertaining to the people who list them, and they'll give you the best answer they can, in either sentence or essay format.

Just go ahead and post on this post with whatever characters you're willing to take questions on, and then jump in to ask questions of others. If you'd like to start off with an essay/explanation of some sort, go for it.

Among other things, we would love to see this used as a way for people who are perplexed by a character's evolution to be able to come to a better understanding of how a character got from Canon Point A to Poly Point B. Certainly it can be confusing, and with so bloody many characters to keep up with, it can be very difficult to track a logical divergence from canon through the vagaries of City life.

We will be following this post closely. At the moment, it is left open for anons. Should anonymous posters start to become vitriolic or abusive, anon posting will be switched to screened. Please, let's keep the love going here.


¹ In a few places, including a mun journal here and there and our own super-sekrit encoded transmissions(tm) where we share things like recipes, evil plans, evil recipes, and information about what we're telling people in IM in order to keep our message unified. We iz organimized now.

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She stretched, power sizzling from toes to her fingers where they wrapped a familiar old tool, long put away. Virginia wore an old form, utterly unfashionable, but the power flowed better when the lady gave way to the goddess.

Vulgar, really, this display. A lady shouldn't have to resort to force.

( Still, there was work to be done. )

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The blade was heavy. Heavier than Lenny remembered. And this was boring. Too boring for Lenny’s patience. Had they come back to be so boring? Had they come back to be dull and save the citizens (parasites) from killing (saving) themselves? Whyyyy? Why had they done it? They wouldn’t care, just like Lenny didn’t care. Lenny didn’t want to care. Lenny wanted to go back, drink tea, and watch the sun set on another place.

( And what Lenny wanted, Lenny got. )

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Birds everywhere. It smells like harpy territory. Mouse wrinkles her nose as it flattens against her face, the olive tan receding into the rich leather of her body armor. She's creamy again, a soft snowy white with pink eyes as her ears twist into shapes that better resemble limp horns. Oops, Virginia's scythe causes the air to hiss as it removes a ship from the premises. Mouse giggles cheerfully, but it sounds more like a wheezing rasp. Her pointed toes with talons for heels (were her feet really in there?) land along the deck of her targeted vessel.

( Go away, birdies, carry off your pri~ze...! )

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Her babies were crying. They were hurting, and she didn't want that at all. She hadn't wanted the vacation, to leave them, because goodness, what happened to babies when you left them alone.

They withered.

( Sabine had abandoned the cute smile and the nurtured gaze. )

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"…'fraid o' heights… 'fraid'o'heights… fraid'o – GOD DAMNED LOW CAL CHICKEN, FUCKIN' STEER."

Belatedly, 4000 m above ground and plunging, it occurred to the noble gent Paracelsus that his Harpy mount was going places.

( Unfortunately, it was also amenable to dragging his corpse with it. )

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The inhabitants of this place were creatures that Maemi had never once cared for. They weren't even worthy of his pity. He had been called cruel by many, but it was hardly out of malice on his part. He didn't get any satisfaction out of tricking them in their dealings, and he felt no anger when they brought out even more work for him to handle.

( He helped them now simple because that was what one did for ants on an ant farm. )

Let them drown.


[ooc: COMMENT LOG IS A GO. Battle mode: operational. Anyone who wants a piece of'em aliens can fight long and fight hard and fight dirty. If you're addressing a particular deity or player, please make a note in your comment header! AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CATCH A WEASEL, PAULIE IS UP FOR IT. Videos explanations to follow!]