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Date Posted: 22:14:22 10/21/02 Mon
Author: The Writer
Author Host/IP: dialup-209.246.100.198.Dial1.NewYork1.Level3.net / 209.246.100.198
Subject: Re: Quarto Zero:Folio Ten ADDENDA
In reply to: Dan 's message, "Re: Quarto Zero:Folio Ten ADDENDA" on 01:55:41 10/21/02 Mon

Itemized responses! Wheee!

>Yes, I got it the first time, I think that's fair.
>Means that I'm not necessarily going to be able to
>find every name you use in a mythology book, I
>suppose. Duly noted.

I was suffering from some serious sleepies when I wrote. It shows (shrug) .... However, I now have all sorts of license ... heh heh heh ....

>...
>>of, uh, that thing, that, uh, when you're not up and
>>about, you're -- it's supposed to happen at night,
>>like, when there's no good TV on, it's the opposite of
>...
>
>Amusement.

LOL. Nearly required a fresh pair of underwear.

>>>I have to resist the urge to spill all right now --
>>>Dan's got some fantastic ideas, and with some he's
>>>spot-on, and with some he's not, but but they're
>>>fantastic nonetheless.
>
>Heh, thanks.

Yer welcome. ;)
>
>
>We've got the whole (dramatic italics) betrayal
>thing, which has come up twice now. To summarize my
>conclusions on it, the gods and goddesses of Earth are
>upset at how humanity has been ignoring them for a few
>centuries. Furthermore, the dead are upset at being
>left behind on Earth. (Dead people tend to be
>remarkably unwilling to accept change, for some
>reason.)
>
>Since it seems that there is magic on
>Eridani-III, and the being who Soshi's been in contact
>with is able to reach her there, the gods themselves
>have not been left behind. Therefore they have no
>reason to feel specially betrayed.
>
>What sort of being would have a reason to feel
>abandoned? One associated strongly with the Earth;
>with crops, with the land itself, and so on. That
>answers your first question. As I set these reasons
>down, I'm realizing the flaws - the being didn't seem
>at all upset with Soshi. Ah well.

...Whoa. Maybe you should be writing your own web serial too, there ... that's one hell of a story. Seriously.

>Of course, there could be multiple factions of
>supernatural beings, but there's no reason to suppose
>that as yet. Until I have reason to believe
>otherwise, I'll assume that the being who Soshi
>visited in his house is either the same as, or allied
>with, whoever gave her the Mayan paper.

Interesting call ....

>Not linked to wisdom or learning - well, I mentioned
>those categories because they were my first thought
>and I rejected them, finding the Earth explanation
>more attractive. I'm now starting to lean back toward
>them... The reason they occurred to me is that
>Soshi's just about the perfect follower of such a
>deity. I still don't think she's destined to become a
>follower, though... Therefore I don't think the being
>is specifically her patron deity, which makes him
>someone other than Wisdom/Learning.

Yeah, I think you're right that Soshi's not much of a follower ... ;)

>>...Yeah, and just you wait for the High
>>Priestess ;).
>
>Oh, I assure you, I will. ^_^

Does anyone else hear that in an "evil villian voice" when they read the line?

See, this is why I like having other people direct my plays. When I work on something, I have a set of ideas, a way of approacing things, that doens't necessarily render me closed-minded, but just means that my views are loosely limited by my own prejudices and experiences.
There are some things that Dan mentioned that never even occurred to me, even though they make perfect sense. It's the outside perspective that always astounds me. It's like learning a new language. Heh.

Me, with no tagline

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Re: Quarto Zero:Folio Ten ADDENDA -- Dan, 02:51:18 10/22/02 Tue