Subject: Count my agents out.
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Posted on: 2015-08-27 01:34:00 UTC
Not because it's a bad idea or anything - it's really not, I generally love this sort of thing - but because, well, someone would end up trapped in the Notary.
And, y'know, no.
Also ew.
But mostly no.
Would anyone be up for a body switch event set in HQ? I originally wanted to do one way back in 2008, but the Macrovirus crisis ended up taking the timeslot. Basically, if enough are up for it, (since this would be an all-hands event) I'd set up a spreadsheet for everyone volunteering for it to toss their characters in to offer for their body being swapped into by another character, and set up the RP on the other board. The RP would include a plot, besides the introductory freakout, with the following:
i. Couple agents bringing in a body-switching device from a badfic and then it going off in HQ and subsequently getting lost in the midst of the following chaos- if anyone would like to volunteer their agents for that, it's fair game, otherwise I've got a pair I'd be introducing through this. Cue it going haywire and affecting a good deal (if not all) of HQ. Characters can of course be exempt for whatever reason you can think of if you don't want them involved with actually getting bodyswitched! (They were on a mission, their particular brand of paranoia means they decided an aluminium hat was a wonderful accessory and it actually worked, they were somehow not in range, bizarrely naturally resistant, and so on.)
ia. As previously mentioned: Chaos. Well, more than usual.
ii. Hunting down the device! Because most people would probably prefer to be back in their usual body, and don't want to think about this whole thing too hard because it's too weird even for the PPC. This can be split into smaller groups, and I'll even roll a die or flip a coin depending on how many people want to get involved in this as far as whomever finds it goes.
iii. DoSAT doing their thing and fixing the problem and restoring everything back to normal (for the PPC). Cue relief, for the most part.
Overall it'd take place over HQ time of about five days, starting either Sunday or Monday if people are interested. Since this is an RP, as usual by board standards, everyone can take part even if they don't have permission (just keep in mind that an eye'll be kept out on you if you go overly wonky or too out of line!). Of course there'll be guidelines, like 'this is not an excuse to maim someone else's character's body without permission'.
Feel free to ask questions if you've got any.
Swaps are up!
Feel free to make plans (who runs into who or where people would be) or even try to see who would be interested in grouping up for trying to hunt for the device.
I will probably be putting the threads up later tonight; a few things have gotten in the way.
If you're still on the fence, right now is the last chance to add your characters to the list!
I'll be doing the randomizing tomorrow (Sunday) morning!
Can we also do some RP as a non-switched character (as in, for example, the partner of someone who got body-switched)?
The body switching is opt-in only, so people are more than allowed to have non-swapped characters present.
I don't have the permissions yet. Depending on when this happens, though, I'd love to get involved with this.
Semper erit insanus
Didn't read the whole thing here. Problem solved. Signing up.
Semper erit insanus
Sign me up as well. This going to so fun. Great idea you got there July.
Can I add an extra character? The character is Technician Shui-Hua Liu. She doesn't have a page yet, but here's the information that may be needed: She's a mixed race Waterbender, born in Republic City, and as such she has blue eyes. She has a rather pale skin and her back-long hair used to be black, but she dyed it blonde, and keeps it in a tight braid. She's nearsighted and needs glasses. And she's in charge of the maintenance and operation of the Danger Room.
Abnd now, the extra details. Whoever gets into Solvig's body, won't get to use her powers, thanks to the Output Limiter; unless that person manages to convice Yuuna, or anyone else with the authority to deactivate it, or gets body swapped with Solvig while she is in the Danger Room, in which case, that person will be rather forced to interact with whoever gets into Shui-Hua's body, and quite likely will damage the Danger Room.
My other characters are left out of this, I have other plans for them.
Yes, you can add extra characters. As many as you like (within reason).
As for Solvig, that is something to discuss with whoever writes whoever gets her body! I'll be trying to get the initial randomized list up either Saturday evening or Sunday morning, with the event itself starting either Sunday afternoon or Monday.
She's a mixed race Waterbender, born in Republic City, and as such she has blue eyes.
Canon?
Bonus non-Bending Water Tribe round!
Why people forget Tahno?
Or hey how about Hasook?
Hey maybe Hama!
Or what about the guy on the left side of the next image:
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/avatar/images/2/2d/RedMonsoonTriad.png/revision/latest?cb=20140922092829
Pale skinned Waterbenders aren't unheard of in canon. Yes, I knew this issue was going to come eventually, and mixed race characters aren't unheard of in the canon either, Mako and Bolin are of mixed race.
The way you have this worded makes it sound like she's got blue eyes as a result of being mixed-race.
She's a mixed race Waterbender, born in Republic City, and as such she has blue eyes.
What I tried to say there was that she has blue-yes, because she's a Waterbender... much like Mako has amber eyes and Bolin, green (canon is a bit ambiguous in this regard, so decided to take this at face value; no haven't read the expanded materials).
I've added my agents to the spreadsheet.
- Irish
although I'm travelling at the moment so time windows to participate will be patchy.
Elcalion
I'm no good at big, chaotic RPs, and truthfully, I'm a little leery of letting anyone pilot my characters' bodies. ^_^; That said, I could maybe work something out with some folks ahead of time and be okay with it?
I'm gonna keep Nume back (Phobos and I have some ideas for him), but I'll offer up Ilraen, Derik, Gall, Jenni, and Henry, if anyone is interested in them specifically.
You can put my other FicPsych nurses in the randomizing spreadsheet. If anybody actually wants to play as them, too, that could maybe be a thing. (Oh good lord, what happens in FicPsych when it's suddenly staffed by a bunch of random agents? {X D )
~Neshomeh
I do feel you on the big chaotic front.
On the topic of working things out ahead of time, how would you feel about Samuel? Since he's, um. Spacetime fun in a can.
I don't think I've ever met you, but I've read about you! Have a plate of fresh SPaGhetti!
It's been so long, last time I've seen you around I was still a wide-eyed newbye.
And... I don't know what else to say. Welcome back!
Good to see your name again! How are you?
I have been surviving, mostly. Life is weird sometimes, but carries on, and I'm doing all right over all.
How've things been for you, around here?
Between all my work hours, and splitting my off time between working on my spin-off and making back-up copies of old spin-offs, my PPC productivity is grinding along. Takes a while for me to have anything to show. :(
I think I've finally got a decent shot at a zookeeper position in the new area that's opening next year. If that works out, I hopefully won't have quite so many night shifts, so that will free up some time.
I'm glad you're still around and about, if quietly. ^_^
I like Samuel, and I like that "in a can" is not just a whimsical turn of phrase but rather a fairly apt metaphor in his case. *g* I wonder who would be most entertaining, swapped into his body? Maybe Jenni, who would figure things out pretty quick (and proceed with the business of immediately seeking out her child), or Ilraen, who might not? Gall or Henry would probably be too dangerous, and Derik not terribly interesting.
Also, have you any idea where you want Samuel to get stuck? July says it doesn't have to be a direct exchange between pairs.
~Neshomeh
I am the Makari that sneaks in the night.
Maybe Ilraen? Not figuring things out fast sounds kind of entertaining to me. :P
I don't have any particular preference for Samuel himself to get stuck; unfortunately, sneaking aside, I am too long out of the loop to have a surety. Is there anything (anyone) you think would be particularly suited or fun? I'm good for a direct exchange unless you have a burning desire for aught else?
Which is this: It would be fun for anyone to suddenly find themselves in Gall's body if she were flying her dragon at the time. *eg*
~Neshomeh
This works for me and I absolutely love it.
(We heard you like dragons, so we put your dragon on a dragon...? Something like that.)
Slightly NSFW, so click with caution:
Farscape Episode 2.9: "Out of Their Minds"
This is one of my favorite episodes of the show, featuring some brilliant acting and plot tension that unfortunately won't come across in these scenes taken out of context. Still, in the best Farscape tradition, these scenes go places that other shows don't, resulting in moments both wildly funny and a tad disturbing. ^_^
~Neshomeh
Would probably have been better if I knew who all these characters were (I actually have the boxset on order, so soon I will), but was still funny even without the full context.
'I'll break your legs. Even if they're mine.' - priceless.
- Irish
Glad you enjoyed it, despite the lack of context. You definitely have to know who everyone is to appreciate the superb acting everyone is doing, imitating each other's mannerisms. ^_^
(She would do it, too. Aeryn is a total badass.)
~Neshomeh, excited to soon have another 'Scaper about.
Hmmr, I should really get back to watching that show, it was quite good.
Pilot is still freaking awesome, though that body-swap video you posted... Chiana in D'Argo's body flirting and sashaying his hips. I can't get it out of my head. D:
(That's D'Argo's actor, FYI.)
Just you wait. The man is brilliant and hilarious. The more I rewatch, the more D'Argo is one of my favorite characters. ^_^
... Mind you, they're pretty much all my favorites, so yeah. >.>
~Neshomeh
The randomized list is for people willing to be surprised, but people are still allowed to do more specific ones, after all, since I want everyone to feel able to join in.
I am considering joining, but I have a question, first: how canonical is the RP?
But explicitly opt-in. Characters and their writers don't have to be involved if they don't want them to be.
Volunteering Amris; I'll edit the spreadsheet in a bit.
...who are (human-based) Borg and Esterling (an Easterling with an odd fruity aroma) respectively. Also, bonus points for if Eagrus ends up as anything tech-based as he will freak out even more.
Haven't seen you in ages! How have you been, Cyba? Here, have this Fried plushie as a returnbie gift!
Hi Des! I actually still check the Board most days but I have this terrible habit of lurking. Things are going well here - I'm working on a large project, which is why my missions dried up. However, I thought this RP would be the perfect opportunity to clear a few cobwebs out of my agents' RC (before Eagrus catches spiders moving into his armour)!
Also awww, cute little dragon! Thank you!
How have you been?
My term of service is nearly done, and the next stop is law school.
I'm in! Can I enter both of my agent pairs?
You can add everyone, and you don't have to RP all of them in the RPs themselves unless you actually want. They can be volunteered as bodies, basically, though it can be fun to juggle more than a few!
Totally going to have fun when some poor chap's going to be stuck in Corolla's tiny body...
Time to go edit the sheet, then.
Marvin and Pritworthy are a go! And, randomize! I want to see who gets stuck with my agent's bodies. Treat them well, will you?
As for treating them well, that is up to you and whomever they get swapped with.
If only because I really wanna see how he'd handle alcohol and the like in someone else's body. XD
Seems like fun, and it seems like as good a time as any to introduce the characters I have been on again off again working on as my prospective agents.
Just keep in mind if you go too crazy with said characters a PG or any boarder, really, can and probably will pull you aside since this is basically a canon event.
The PPC has traditionally left these kind of RPs open and it's worked out for the most part in the past.
I haven no intention of going crazy
Harris Frost is a go, folks. Let's hope he doesn't turn this into a complete disaster zone.
I've got Agent Bosh'Guk the two-headed ogre and Woon Gengi the Gungan available. Now, seeing as Bosh and Guk are separate personalities... I'm thinking their body would house two swaps for maximum hilarity. I haven't released much of anything with them yet, so I'll give as many details as needed. And if you get paired with Woon? Be prepared to write everything in Gungan.
I've been trying to figure out what to do with Bosh'Guk, and I'm not sure from an RP standpoint it makes sense to have him on the list. :
I volunteer Chakkik as tribute!
Chak: But I do not wish—
Shut up, Chak, your opinion doesn't matter, mwahahahaha.
So yes, this is Chakkik in human disguise. Meaning that whoever ends up in his body ends up with the perks of his gorgeous appearance.
Or if it's a straight girl/gay man, maybe they'll just spend a while staring in a mirror.
Like, you grab another person and their agent and your agent co-writes their body-swap story? Because that would be kind of cool.
Or it could be used to do a Freaky-Friday style thing to have a pair of agents understand each other better.
It doesn't have to affect all or most of HQ. Don't see why it would; HQ's a big place. More of a "Anybody who wants their agent involved should join in".
But we would need some people with DoSAT agents who can write up the "Find the thing and get it deactivated" plot.
You volunteer your agents on the spreadsheet if you want them involved with the body swap but don't have a super specific preference. Once there's enough, I'll be applying randomized results.
That's pretty much what I meant. It's an opt-in by default, since I don't like people feeling like they have to be forced in. It's basically a "if they're in HQ you are more than welcome to have them affected if you want" sort of deal. I specified HQ as more being the limit of where it would happen, rather than it being able to happen to agents in the field at the time.
If people have DoSAT agents they want to volunteer for that part- and several people do!- we can go that route. There is also always Makes-Things.
Spreadsheet for listing characters you're volunteering is here.
Please only add who you're volunteering if you're going to do so! Unless you really have a specific plan in mind with someone else, and even then please say so here so it can get sorted easily! This is intended to increase the mixing for the body swap (and also for a couple surprises).
Well, it does sound like fun, but I don't think Derwin or Gurgan have been fleshed out enough for anyone to have any real fun with them (Yet)....but on the other hand, this could be a good way for them to gain more personality...I dunno.
Ehhhh, what the hell. Could be fun!
Gurgan and Derwin are both ghouls from the Fallout universe: Gurgan is a chain-smoking, foulmouthed grouch who occasionally turns into a giant rooster due to a bit of...unpleasantness that he'd rather not get into into...
And Derwin is an eccentrically dressed, cheerful individual who must periodically take a modified form of Bleeperin or he suffers massive hallucinations and communicates only by screaming word salads.
If I want to swap one of my agents with another of my agents, should I put that on the list? Or only if I'm planning something with someone else/want a random partner?
~DF
I'll be using it to make a randomized list for who ends up in what body out of that lot. Basically, it is the extra chaos option.
Do you want 'empty bodies' - agents with interesting physiologies who won't be in the RP, but whose bodies would be fun to drop participants into?
The only one I've got who I can think of that would qualify is Kyaris, but other people might have 'em.
hS
Variety certainly never hurts and it's fine to include agents you won't actually be RPing.
(Also check your email if you haven't already.)
Will reply tonight; for some frankly bizarre reason, Gmail is blocked on my work computer even though GDrive isn't. I have no idea what's going on there, but the upshoot is I have weird lags in when I can reply.
hS
In that case keep an eye on your shared with you folder.
I think I'm more tired than I realize--I read 'please say so here' as 'please say so in the spreadsheet', not 'please say so in this thread'. Got it now.
~DF
Only you mentioned something about 'if you have a plan with another person', so I thought checking might be a good plan.
~DF
For anyone swapped into Alloy, just a note: along with paper hair, she is oversensitive to Suvian colors, due to her eyes being continually hardened, unhardened, and rehardened in her origin fic. (It also made her nearsighted, but that isn't as important. :P)
Are you planning on randomly pairing people up to swap?
Unless people really want a particular turn out but it'll still be a mix rather than a simple A and B swap.
Hmm, shame Rina's not available, it would have been funny to see her go "OMG WHERE DID MY TIME SENSE GO", but in the meantime, I'd be willing to offer up Zeb as bait a sacrifice a potential bodypswap victim. :D
...LET'S DO IT.
Barring any other options would you like him as part of the "solve this problem and fix the thing" crew?
If his real-world counterpart is any indication, he's an expert at dismantling and destroying machinery if it so suits him. (That poor, poor lawnmower...)
It'll certainly need fixing first, that said.
Fix it first, then dismantle so it can't get set off again, I suppose? Fun. :D
Yeah, I'd definitely be willing to send him in for that.
...though he'll either have to seek out whoever gets his body, or stop by DoSAT for tools, because he's going to need them. Ooh, this is going to be awesome.
You had me at 'body-swap RP', really.
Only one question that I can think of right now, as everything else is just excitement: are you thinking of something specific for the structure of this? Or would it be something like the regular 'everyone having conversations' format plus maybe some separate pieces to get the plot rolling?
Either way--if nothing else, I want to see (or rather, write) a pair of Calaquendi wondering what just happened to them. Or, alternatively, what happened to send the rest of HQ into chaos. So--I'm in.
~DF
On how many people avidly want to get involved and to what degree.
Otherwise to keep it mostly organized I'll probably set up each part with its own thread so that way the chaos doesn't get too much in the way of the Plot bits, since those would be on their own timelines, and chaos can stretch the whole duration of the event.
... that there would be threads for parts ii and iii, which would be linear, single-chain affairs, and then a 'Body-swap chaos thread' which would be branching as per old-fashioned RPing?
Or would the part ii thread be split as well (into parties?), given that you've said there can be multiple independent hunts?
hS
Those parts would be linear, unless there are multiple hunts in which case it's split for that and chaos would be traditional branching.
Basically aiming for max effectiveness and ability for people to do both.
Not because it's a bad idea or anything - it's really not, I generally love this sort of thing - but because, well, someone would end up trapped in the Notary.
And, y'know, no.
Also ew.
But mostly no.
But to continue with what I was going to say, it doesn't mean your agents can't get involved in the RP itself.
"Wobbles, find the thing!"
"I found the thing!"
*thing melts, catches fire, catches ice, catches Abra, turns into grey slurry, publishes small volume of poetry, screams at your souls, and crumbles into powder*
"Wobbles, did you kill the thing?"
"I killed the thing!"
"Excellent. We can all go home."
