Subject: I guess the reason...
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Posted on: 2014-05-13 02:55:00 UTC
that the TARDIS's translators don't work for the audience is because of the Law of Narrative Comedy.
I actually preferred RTD to the Troll, but agree to disagree, yeah?
And I've only seen the first Doctor and a little of the fourth in regards to Classic Who, though I am planning on marathoning the rest of Classic Who over the summer. Thanks for clearing that up, though. ;)
Just don't mess Seyche and Murder Up to badly. Also please send me the link.
Iodin is Chiss and Alagos is Noldo as far as interesting non-human reactions go. Depending on your PoV character, it's conceivable that Logan might know them (he does know Nume thanks to the Cafeteria incident in 2006).
Elcalion
I figure they've been around long enough that most people who have also been around long enough have at least heard of them. {= )
I think Eldarin biochemistry is basically the same as Manish, right? Movie!Legolas notwithstanding? I know nothing about the Chiss.
~Neshomeh
You can use Nerys and Lisa from the Cafeteria, and Nurse Hearth if you need Medical personnel.
In terms of non-human agents, Eledhwen is also up for this. Well she isn't, but I'm putting her up kicking and screaming anyway.
I might have Nerys and Lisa questioned with Yoof and Séverine.
Don't you have some DoSAT and Intel guys, too? I'd like to add to those little clusters, if that's possible.
~Neshomeh
Go right ahead. I believe the DoSAT guy is called Neo Webber; he's related to Lisa, and the Intel guys are Officer Rooney and Jeeves.
And for good measure, count Travis and Lexie from A/V in as well if you need any of that.
Heh, I didn't even know about Neo Webber (I was thinking of the A/V team). Where might I find a description of him?
~Neshomeh
He's the guy who gets exasperated at the Doctor dropping his TARDIS into DOSAT, and he might've appeared with E and C when he was fixing their console.
He's Black with a red kerchief around his neck and an afro in which things occasionally get lost.
While my agents have a replicator in their RC, I can picture Briggs meeting someone in the Cafeteria and getting something to eat while he's there.
If you need a spare pair of hands to deal with poisoned agents, I'm working up a free-to-use character in Medical -- long story short, he's a paramedic stranded between worlds when his home continuum got a massive rewrite, who found his way to the PPC HQ.
I'm probably not going to directly involve Medical much, but I'll let you know if I need people there. Thanks!
~Neshomeh
What's really frustrating is I saw this last night right before my mom made me put my phone up, so I couldn't respond. :(
Like I told Pippa's Ghost, it's more about recognition. Maybe I can have her helping someone else, though. She seems like the type. Plus, it might give you something to add to her journal. {= )
Thanks!
~Neshomeh
And yeah. Anyone gets sick, she'd be there to hand them a bucket and take them to Medical. And it would be neat to have another thing to add to the journal. ;)
I've not written any Infrastructure agents yet, but if you want to add some more Action ones into the mix you can use Skeet and Amy.
Specifically Wobbles. She's an ex-bit, and I have some ideas about what the intensive care side of things in FicPsych consists of, particularly with DoA involvement. It makes sense for her to be there.
The Notary would also probably despise coming, because it's not all about her, so that's why Wobbles is dragging her along. Spoilers: passive aggressive behaviour is not cool, kids.
Or do you want 'em both hit, and have a third party drag them? Though, Time Lords definitely work differently than humans, so I'm not sure if the Notary could be affected (though it would be hilarious if she were). I'll have to check into it... I might pull Rule of Funny if I can even remotely get away with it, though. *g*
Thanks!
~Neshomeh
However, I think it'd be best if it was just Wobbles. Not least because the thought of the Notary gingerly stepping through FicPsych and being thoroughly squicked by all the mess is just too funny to me. =]
I suppose she would be rather unnerved by it, at that... though I still think it'd be funnier if it were happening to her. ^_~
(Things I've learned: Apparently Gallifreyans can exercise control over their biochemistry at will and have a fantastically acute sense of smell and taste. Fascinating!)
~Neshomeh
that the TARDIS's translators don't work for the audience is because of the Law of Narrative Comedy.
I actually preferred RTD to the Troll, but agree to disagree, yeah?
And I've only seen the first Doctor and a little of the fourth in regards to Classic Who, though I am planning on marathoning the rest of Classic Who over the summer. Thanks for clearing that up, though. ;)
Not that there's much difference between them. But at least RTD did genuinely weird material, rather than the ersatz weird of Moffat's timey-wimey plots.
You personally don't like the deliberate weirdness of RTD's writing so no-one else should be allowed to like it too.
The irony is that RTD and Moffat are both very good writers, very similar in terms of technical writing ability. The only difference is that RTD prefers to write about bizarre, non-mainstream subject matters, while Moffat doesn't.
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*ka-drowned*
People may react to witnessing the symptoms in different ways, though, and Medical may shunt cases to FicPsych (for bed space if nothing else) if there are enough of them. Which there probably will be. *g*
~Neshomeh
You sure on just nonhumans? Lot of the people in this thread are offering human agents.
At least, I didn't think I said that. You're the second person to be confused, though, so... *scratches head*
Anyway, no, humans are great. Nice and predictable. ^_^ I'll look forward to your e-mail.
~Neshomeh
Sorry if it wasn't super helpful, I had a moment of creative blockage, but it gets the ball rolling. ;)
It'll give them a chance to actually get involved with things instead of being stuck in pre-Permission limbo.
I'm going to favor people my POV character is most likely to recognize (that's why Permission is preferred), but I'll keep them in mind. {= ) Would either of them have spent any time in FicPsych previously?
~Neshomeh
Hild was a borderline Sue, so could've been treated there when she first joined.
OTOH Sean deliberately tries to avoid the place, because of his history with World One shrinks. But he may have had to go there for tests when he first joined, just because of that history.
Hope that helps.
Unfortunately I'm afraid I don't have anybody to bring her in (unless this is set before December 2012 HST), but the little crazy Unison Device (mail incoming for effects on her) should be infamous enough that someone from DoSAT meeting her in the corridors would bring het to FicPsych ASAP .
Or I might use one of the "prototype" Agents I never used.
The fact that FicPsych knows them, and they'd probably choose FicPsych first under these circumstances, is great. Thanks!
~Neshomeh
I might actually have them questioned about the incident rather than caught up in it, if that's okay, though.
Thanks!
~Neshomeh
Considering they're rather bad at what they do, even by cafeteria standards.
If you do have any use for them, you can absolutely use Shawn and Jack. In fact, since you said infrastructure was preferable, you could probably take Jack alone and say the story takes place before he transferred out of DIA's non-action division.
Non-humans are good, too, but may not react the same way to a given substance as humans; that's what I was talking about.
The timeline is probably a bit before now, so that's cool. Thanks!
~Neshomeh
Lee, Ian, Orion, Agents Mal, Grace, and Alex are all up for you to play with. On the note of alien physiology, Agents Mal (Maeryn/Kaliel) are Tok'ra, so are more hardy than a normal human, but you can treat everyone else as a garden-variety human save for Alex, who tends to have... odd ...responses to things. Nothing that would cause severe anaphylactic reactions, but I'd recommend dosing Grace rather than Alex, unless you're going for rule of funny here, which in that case, go with Alex.
This sounds very interesting. Unfortunately, my characters need work done on them, so I don't think it would work if I submitted mine.
I will be looking forward to reading about this, though. Sounds like it will be great!
I agree, yours are probably a bit too much in flux at the moment. Sorry.
~Neshomeh
Zerenze is at your disposal for this. 'Sides, watching Eusabius escort them back might be fun. Or Florestan...
I meant the affected will need an escort to FicPsych.
Anyway, thanks! I imagine Eusabius would be completely adorable, taking care of Zerenze. ^_^ Z's about as alien as it gets, so I'll e-mail you about that.
~Neshomeh
Consider Gaspard, Harris, Penny, and Yakov at your disposal.
And, ooh, one of Gaspard's parents works in FicPsych—his father, right? Could I maybe mention him, and is there a description of him somewhere? (I feel like this is maybe the third or fourth time we've had this conversation. I'm serious now, though!)
~Neshomeh
I like playing with that thing. {= ) Also, if it's okay, I'll add him to the FicPsych Personnel page.
~Neshomeh
Feel free to put him up on the Wiki!
Feel free to adjust the entry as you see fit. I gave him office C-8 because I've developed a notion that offices 1-10 are the biggest, having actual divided rooms and whatnot except for the Kudzu's. (The other offices are the size of a regular RC.) Since he's living with his wife, they kinda need the space. {= )
~Neshomeh
Sorry about that. I knew France came into it somewhere; just got mixed up. And the rest is good to know, too. Thanks!
~Neshomeh
Thanks for the details—that helps.
I take it Yakov gets nauseous when he Apparates?
~Neshomeh
...but gets motion sickness really easily. He's a really average wizard overall-- spellcasting, potions, flying brooms, you name it-- but he is actually extremely talented when it comes to Divination.
Nobody believes his predictions, of course. The way HQ time works usually makes his predictions happen in some other parallel plane of existence.
Sounds like they have almost exactly the same problem. Alex's precognitions tend to be real, but quite often they've already happened and/or are completely inconsequential.
Maybe I'll set them off at the same time. ^_^
~Neshomeh