Another Beehive Brigade convo
Dec. 25th, 2013 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmxratedHad a live chat with Jake about the possible Beehive Brigade game. Here it is, in case Chelle would also like to participate.
Eric Ledger:
Hi.
videokillah:
Hi.
Eric Ledger:
Just replied to your comment.
videokillah:
I saw.
Eric Ledger:
So, wanna discuss anything about the game?
videokillah:
Discuss what?
Eric Ledger:
Well, do we have their roles settled yet?
videokillah:
You're the one who has to tell me.
You were going on and on about their personalities and doing nothing on their actual roles.
Eric Ledger:
Guess I’ll have another look over them later so I know who’s who in the party.
Anyway, I understand that the first thing that needs to be established in a story, after the protagonists, is the antagonists, what they do, and what their motivation is. Or at least the conflict at hand.
Am I right?
videokillah:
Not necessarily 'first thing' but it's major.
Eric Ledger:
I see.
Well, when I said the other day that they were going to be up against the world as villain protagonists driven by lack of control over their lives... Along with their roots in Cult as a villain group, that was partly inspired from that image I have, of all five of them, naked and embarrassed. I was hoping to incorporate that somewhere in the story, which would probably be the result of someone rendering them nude in an attempt to embarrass them.
From there, I thought that this could be the kind of thing that they suffer almost every day at the hands of other people.
Which is why they’re out for power for themselves.
videokillah:
Getting naked?
Eric Ledger:
Not always being denuded, but being bullied and humiliated in general as outcasts of society. The gemstones possessing their hair would be their ticket towards finally coming out on top.
videokillah:
I see.
Sure, that works.
Society was originally setup in a manner that would've benefitted them centuries ago, but as time passed, now they're the 'slaves'.
Eric Ledger:
They’ve probably *been* on the low rungs of society their whole lives, long before their hair was done up. And with their hair up and their potential to gain power, society still wants to humiliate them at every opportunity, but many also want them outright dead. (The whole thing would be similar to your story, where Captares want people like Ernest dead due to their magical potential.)
videokillah:
It's more complicated than that but yes you have the right idea.
Of course, they're young ladies, so... how did they keep their purity?
Eric Ledger:
Purity?
I’m guessing you mean purity as the reason they were selected by the gemstones now in their hair?
’m guessing you mean purity as the reason they were selected by the gemstones now in their hair?
Sorry. Still there?
Hello?
Did you get my response?
videokillah:
I'm having internet issues.
No.
Eric Ledger:
So am I, actually.
I’m guessing you mean purity as the reason they were selected by the gemstones now in their hair?
videokillah:
I already answered that...
Not just.
Just that unless said so, it's normally expected of them to be virgins, so...
Eric Ledger:
In this setting, not necessarily, though that could be the case.
videokillah:
So what are they? Which ones? And what are their original situations?
Eric Ledger:
Individually, you mean? Will have to think about that.
videokillah:
Also, is this world set in any specific style?
Or is it modern-day?
Eric Ledger:
Modern-day Japanese style.
videokillah:
All over the world?
Eric Ledger:
videokillah:
They're going to change the entire universe, so...
Eric Ledger:
Not necessarily; just to rule the world they live in.*
They will meet people who treat them right, so there is that.
videokillah:
Alright.
Well, I meant their actual duties in society, which ones are virgins, and what their original situations are.
Eric Ledger:
With that last one, I take it you mean similar to how Paula is chosen as a result of her kidnapping, Jeff is chosen as the one who can save her and Ness, and Poo is the one whose been training as royalty to join the party. Right?
videokillah:
Not just.
I mean like how Ness is a normal kid, Paula is a school assistant, Jeff is an internship student, and Poo is royalty.
Eric Ledger:
Oh, so before they’re chosen, then.
Will put some thought into that.
videokillah:
Crashed.
Last messages?
Eric Ledger:
Oh, so before they’re chosen, then? Will put some thought into that.
videokillah:
Alright, nothing new.
Eric Ledger:
All of them would be college-age. Individually, Yuka would be a normal girl, Izumi would be a rebel, Nanako would be a studious girl, Misao would be an upscale girl, and Chiharu would be either a scientist or a musician.
Chiharu is said to like both science and ocarinas.
That work?
videokillah:
Yes.
(Dinner now.)
Eric Ledger:
See ya.
Hi. Back?
Hi. Back yet?
Guess I’ll post our exchange on LiveJournal, in case Chelle would like to participate as well.
(*Actually, it is possible that they will reset the universe after all, but only if there is no way in-universe to leave/keep the current one intact while overthrowing the regime they've lived under. Such would register them as still villainous, keeping with their original conception as lesser villains created for Cult, albeit still sympathetic. Those who treated them well might be allowed to at least continue their existence in the new reality.)
Eric Ledger:
Hi.
videokillah:
Hi.
Eric Ledger:
Just replied to your comment.
videokillah:
I saw.
Eric Ledger:
So, wanna discuss anything about the game?
videokillah:
Discuss what?
Eric Ledger:
Well, do we have their roles settled yet?
videokillah:
You're the one who has to tell me.
You were going on and on about their personalities and doing nothing on their actual roles.
Eric Ledger:
Guess I’ll have another look over them later so I know who’s who in the party.
Anyway, I understand that the first thing that needs to be established in a story, after the protagonists, is the antagonists, what they do, and what their motivation is. Or at least the conflict at hand.
Am I right?
videokillah:
Not necessarily 'first thing' but it's major.
Eric Ledger:
I see.
Well, when I said the other day that they were going to be up against the world as villain protagonists driven by lack of control over their lives... Along with their roots in Cult as a villain group, that was partly inspired from that image I have, of all five of them, naked and embarrassed. I was hoping to incorporate that somewhere in the story, which would probably be the result of someone rendering them nude in an attempt to embarrass them.
From there, I thought that this could be the kind of thing that they suffer almost every day at the hands of other people.
Which is why they’re out for power for themselves.
videokillah:
Getting naked?
Eric Ledger:
Not always being denuded, but being bullied and humiliated in general as outcasts of society. The gemstones possessing their hair would be their ticket towards finally coming out on top.
videokillah:
I see.
Sure, that works.
Society was originally setup in a manner that would've benefitted them centuries ago, but as time passed, now they're the 'slaves'.
Eric Ledger:
They’ve probably *been* on the low rungs of society their whole lives, long before their hair was done up. And with their hair up and their potential to gain power, society still wants to humiliate them at every opportunity, but many also want them outright dead. (The whole thing would be similar to your story, where Captares want people like Ernest dead due to their magical potential.)
videokillah:
It's more complicated than that but yes you have the right idea.
Of course, they're young ladies, so... how did they keep their purity?
Eric Ledger:
Purity?
I’m guessing you mean purity as the reason they were selected by the gemstones now in their hair?
’m guessing you mean purity as the reason they were selected by the gemstones now in their hair?
Sorry. Still there?
Hello?
Did you get my response?
videokillah:
I'm having internet issues.
No.
Eric Ledger:
So am I, actually.
I’m guessing you mean purity as the reason they were selected by the gemstones now in their hair?
videokillah:
I already answered that...
Not just.
Just that unless said so, it's normally expected of them to be virgins, so...
Eric Ledger:
In this setting, not necessarily, though that could be the case.
videokillah:
So what are they? Which ones? And what are their original situations?
Eric Ledger:
Individually, you mean? Will have to think about that.
videokillah:
Also, is this world set in any specific style?
Or is it modern-day?
Eric Ledger:
Modern-day Japanese style.
videokillah:
All over the world?
Eric Ledger:
videokillah:
They're going to change the entire universe, so...
Eric Ledger:
Not necessarily; just to rule the world they live in.*
They will meet people who treat them right, so there is that.
videokillah:
Alright.
Well, I meant their actual duties in society, which ones are virgins, and what their original situations are.
Eric Ledger:
With that last one, I take it you mean similar to how Paula is chosen as a result of her kidnapping, Jeff is chosen as the one who can save her and Ness, and Poo is the one whose been training as royalty to join the party. Right?
videokillah:
Not just.
I mean like how Ness is a normal kid, Paula is a school assistant, Jeff is an internship student, and Poo is royalty.
Eric Ledger:
Oh, so before they’re chosen, then.
Will put some thought into that.
videokillah:
Crashed.
Last messages?
Eric Ledger:
Oh, so before they’re chosen, then? Will put some thought into that.
videokillah:
Alright, nothing new.
Eric Ledger:
All of them would be college-age. Individually, Yuka would be a normal girl, Izumi would be a rebel, Nanako would be a studious girl, Misao would be an upscale girl, and Chiharu would be either a scientist or a musician.
Chiharu is said to like both science and ocarinas.
That work?
videokillah:
Yes.
(Dinner now.)
Eric Ledger:
See ya.
Hi. Back?
Hi. Back yet?
Guess I’ll post our exchange on LiveJournal, in case Chelle would like to participate as well.
(*Actually, it is possible that they will reset the universe after all, but only if there is no way in-universe to leave/keep the current one intact while overthrowing the regime they've lived under. Such would register them as still villainous, keeping with their original conception as lesser villains created for Cult, albeit still sympathetic. Those who treated them well might be allowed to at least continue their existence in the new reality.)