Question [G2] Cerulea / Laura

Only minor and understandable angst! Is this really Elrods character?
So H1! Is alive and well, and making people's lives miserable. I wonder how this will affect the poor girl and will she have anything to do with her father and brother?

We know she is a gadgeteer/devisor combo from the G2 announcement page. But what other abilities might she have, was her transformation due to being an Exemplar or something else?
And Domo, it is a collaborative story designed to get the new kids to Whateley. I'm sure once it is just Elrod or Elrod and E.E. working together again the poor girl will have plenty to angst over.

Dreamer wrote: ...the poor girl will have plenty to angst over.

Heh. You have NO idea.

I think we should get together and buy Elrod a puppy or something.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: I think we should get together and buy Elrod a puppy or something.

He actually already has two little doggies, and they're cute ones at that.

NeoMagus wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: I think we should get together and buy Elrod a puppy or something.

He actually already has two little doggies, and they're cute ones at that.

and here I was going to say:
Noooo that would be cruelty to fur covered hoovers!
( dog = fur covered vacuum for food )

You want to get elrod something he will appreciate, and will take the edge off?

Fine cognac.

Well, that explains why Adele has it so easy. She may have issues smuggling it to the kitchen, but she seems to have smuggled it to her author!

And this is the last of my three most anticipated characters. Loved what I've seen so far. She gets bonus points for her first friend being my most anticipated character (the bias is REAL). Can't wait to see where things go from here. I am very curious what kind of gadgets/devises we will be seeing from her...

El PROMISED us she'd not be the group's chewtoy (there's already several who fit that MUCH better... mwahahahahah), ... he promised! ... it's El... yeah.

Elrod is cute and fluffy and way too nice to his characters...

Just laughing for the moment at how this thread seems to have turned into an Elrod thread rather than a Cerulea/Laura thread. Any chance we can bring it back around to her?

Cerulea is NOT a chewtoy. Repeat, I am going to be NICE to Cerulea!

elrodw wrote: Cerulea is NOT a chewtoy. Repeat, I am going to be NICE to Cerulea!

Wait...you mean some of that stuff you have planned for her is what you would consider NICE?

I suddenly don't ever want to see you being mean...

NeoMagus wrote:

elrodw wrote: Cerulea is NOT a chewtoy. Repeat, I am going to be NICE to Cerulea! ^*

Wait...you mean some of that stuff you have planned for her is what you would consider NICE?

I suddenly don't ever want to see you being mean...

Ooops. Forgot the disclaimer.

* - for a while anyway.
And no, she's not going to be put through ANYTHING like what I did to Kayda ....

elrodw wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

elrodw wrote: Cerulea is NOT a chewtoy. Repeat, I am going to be NICE to Cerulea! ^*

Wait...you mean some of that stuff you have planned for her is what you would consider NICE?

I suddenly don't ever want to see you being mean...

Ooops. Forgot the disclaimer.

* - for a while anyway.
And no, she's not going to be put through ANYTHING like what I did to Kayda ....

It would save you a lot of time. Copy/Paste Pejuta/Cerulea Kayda/Laura etc.

Valentine wrote:

elrodw wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

elrodw wrote: Cerulea is NOT a chewtoy. Repeat, I am going to be NICE to Cerulea! ^*

Wait...you mean some of that stuff you have planned for her is what you would consider NICE?

I suddenly don't ever want to see you being mean...

Ooops. Forgot the disclaimer.

* - for a while anyway.
And no, she's not going to be put through ANYTHING like what I did to Kayda ....

It would save you a lot of time. Copy/Paste Pejuta/Cerulea Kayda/Laura etc.

And you could change the White Buffalo to a Blue Ox...

Valentine wrote:

elrodw wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

elrodw wrote: Cerulea is NOT a chewtoy. Repeat, I am going to be NICE to Cerulea! ^*

Wait...you mean some of that stuff you have planned for her is what you would consider NICE?

I suddenly don't ever want to see you being mean...

Ooops. Forgot the disclaimer.

* - for a while anyway.
And no, she's not going to be put through ANYTHING like what I did to Kayda ....

It would save you a lot of time. Copy/Paste Pejuta/Cerulea Kayda/Laura etc.

Funny! ... I wonder how far we can stretch that analogy? ... Who'd be the Wakan Tanka Expy?

Gasping for breath through her blue lips, flushed with blood as her passion surged through her, the girl lay back on her bed, her perfectly-shaped round blue fleshy mounds on her chest heaving, capped with large, erect, purplish nipples, trying to ignore wave after wave of pleasure that coursed through her, crashing her on the shoals of orgasm after orgasm. "Oh, God, YES!!" she screamed, her hands clutching the hair of her lover, desperate to continue the tender and erotic ministration of her lover's tongue in her sensitive, passion-soaked nether regions. "Yes, yes, yes!!" she cried, over and over, so enthralled by her primal lust that she wasn't thinking about the walls, or the fact that the girls on either side of her room were getting an earful of an x-rated soundtrack of the girl's first real experience with her sex....


Y'all are right - I'm hopelessly cruel to Cer ....

Whateley forums, people. Come for the superheroes and shoggoths, stay for the erotica.

elrodw wrote: Snip

Prompted by this: whateleyacademy.net/index.php/forum/the-.../512-the-earth-moved ?

elrodw wrote: Gasping for breath through her blue lips, flushed with blood as her passion surged through her, the girl lay back on her bed, her perfectly-shaped round blue fleshy mounds on her chest heaving, capped with large, erect, purplish nipples, trying to ignore wave after wave of pleasure that coursed through her, crashing her on the shoals of orgasm after orgasm. "Oh, God, YES!!" she screamed, her hands clutching the hair of her lover, desperate to continue the tender and erotic ministration of her lover's tongue in her sensitive, passion-soaked nether regions. "Yes, yes, yes!!" she cried, over and over, so enthralled by her primal lust that she wasn't thinking about the walls, or the fact that the girls on either side of her room were getting an earful of an x-rated soundtrack of the girl's first real experience with her sex....


Y'all are right - I'm hopelessly cruel to Cer ....

And then her alarm went off, and she woke up frustrated as ever...

Valentine wrote:

elrodw wrote: Gasping for breath through her blue lips, flushed with blood as her passion surged through her, the girl lay back on her bed, her perfectly-shaped round blue fleshy mounds on her chest heaving, capped with large, erect, purplish nipples, trying to ignore wave after wave of pleasure that coursed through her, crashing her on the shoals of orgasm after orgasm. "Oh, God, YES!!" she screamed, her hands clutching the hair of her lover, desperate to continue the tender and erotic ministration of her lover's tongue in her sensitive, passion-soaked nether regions. "Yes, yes, yes!!" she cried, over and over, so enthralled by her primal lust that she wasn't thinking about the walls, or the fact that the girls on either side of her room were getting an earful of an x-rated soundtrack of the girl's first real experience with her sex....


Y'all are right - I'm hopelessly cruel to Cer ....

And then her alarm went off, and she woke up frustrated as ever...

Wuh? ... So cruel! ... Can you experience accurate dream sex if you've never had real sex? Dream-space sex counts as real sex...

If no, then at least she had sex already? ... Is "At least" even the right phrase?

Malady wrote: Wuh? ... So cruel! ... Can you experience accurate dream sex if you've never had real sex? Dream-space sex counts as real sex...

If no, then at least she had sex already? ... Is "At least" even the right phrase?

How would you know if "Dream Sex" is accurate or innaccurate if you've never had real sex?

Long awkward talks with parents and older siblings.

Domoviye wrote: Long awkward talks with parents and older siblings.

You want awkward? Try being a dad of a teen girl who's curious but knows her mom will give her Puritan answers and not the straight scoop.

elrodw wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Long awkward talks with parents and older siblings.

You want awkward? Try being a dad of a teen girl who's curious but knows her mom will give her Puritan answers and not the straight scoop.

I'd reply, by my overactive imagination came up with a scene and it's just not right to make a father think of that and their daughter.

And no I won't post it, those who want to know can look up the micro-scenes thread and what happened last time Domoviye encouraged me to post something I thought I shouldn't.

I'm just waiting about oh, 5 to 8 years for that.
The mother isn't puritan, but she has some seriously messed up ideas about how much it sucks to be a woman. this is why I know so much about female periods, pelvic exams and other problems for teen girls. I'm getting my ducks lined up early.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

elrodw wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Long awkward talks with parents and older siblings.

You want awkward? Try being a dad of a teen girl who's curious but knows her mom will give her Puritan answers and not the straight scoop.

I'd reply, by my overactive imagination came up with a scene and it's just not right to make a father think of sex and their daughter.

And no I won't post it, those who want to know can look up the micro-scenes thread and what happened last time Domoviye encouraged me to post something I thought I shouldn't.

Come on Skins and Dem Bones were awesome.
And now I'm very curious about this idea. It's like a car accident, you know you shouldn't look but want to.

elrodw wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Long awkward talks with parents and older siblings.

You want awkward? Try being a dad of a teen girl who's curious but knows her mom will give her Puritan answers and not the straight scoop.

Try being the step dad!

(That particular conversation was about her having a mis-carriage, at a time she was refusing to speak to her mother and knew far better than to speak to her father)

Cer's mom probably didn't have THAT talk with Cer - too busy adjusting to her suddenly being a girl and fighting the stupid ex-husband in a divorce. So Cer has a lot to learn - experimentation could be fun

elrodw wrote: Gasping for breath through her blue lips, flushed with blood as her passion surged through her, the girl lay back on her bed, her perfectly-shaped round blue fleshy mounds on her chest heaving, capped with large, erect, purplish nipples, trying to ignore wave after wave of pleasure that coursed through her, crashing her on the shoals of orgasm after orgasm. "Oh, God, YES!!" she screamed, her hands clutching the hair of her lover, desperate to continue the tender and erotic ministration of her lover's tongue in her sensitive, passion-soaked nether regions. "Yes, yes, yes!!" she cried, over and over, so enthralled by her primal lust that she wasn't thinking about the walls, or the fact that the girls on either side of her room were getting an earful of an x-rated soundtrack of the girl's first real experience with her sex....


Y'all are right - I'm hopelessly cruel to Cer ....

I might have to apologise to Tanya, I thought the noise was her snoring...

Astrodragon wrote:
I might have to apologise to Tanya, I thought the noise was her snoring...

Really? You're going to start this argument again? We all (the G2 crew at least) already know who it is that actually does the snoring. Morgana can't hide it by deflecting blame at Tanya.

Chainsaws are quieter, at least when you have large ears.

Yeah, a dragon snoring is not bound to be quiet...

Snoring Dragon, Hidden Earplugs?

Many years age, when my father used to have to share a hotel room with a work colleage, he'd take the earmuffs that he used with the chainsaw.

My daughter says we're in a snoring room when ever we share a hotel room. Apparently I'm very noisy.

My SO snores so loudly that I have to sleep in another room. Earplugs don't do the job. And there's the worry about apnea, too - but you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.

elrodw wrote: My SO snores so loudly that I have to sleep in another room. Earplugs don't do the job. And there's the worry about apnea, too - but you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.

I snore so loud I can't sleep. And I'm the only one to hear it.

Since I'm kind of guilty for getting off topic (like others), let me categorically say the following:

Laura / Cerulea does NOT snore.
She MIGHT moan, however, at certain times

For more on "the one who snores", please visit Morgana, aka Dragonfyre, for all your snoring needs.

I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been any speculation on what kind of person would turn Laura's crank and get her all hot and moaning....

Is it Kenshin, perhaps?

elrodw wrote: I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been any speculation on what kind of person would turn Laura's crank and get her all hot and moaning....

Is it Kenshin, perhaps?

Nah, she seems to not be comfortable enough with being a girl yet to even date a boy. *focuses empath-receptive power on elrod and other writers to try and gauge response* I'm guessing Tanya/Invictus is more likely, as they have already emotionally connected.

Dreamer wrote:

elrodw wrote: I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been any speculation on what kind of person would turn Laura's crank and get her all hot and moaning....

Is it Kenshin, perhaps?

Nah, she seems to not be comfortable enough with being a girl yet to even date a boy. *focuses empath-receptive power on elrod and other writers to try and gauge response* I'm guessing Tanya/Invictus is more likely, as they have already emotionally connected.

SNERK

Well, that's one guess. Any other takers?

Sara's still at Whateley, only now she's "teaching"?

Nagrij wrote: For more on "the one who snores", please visit Morgana, aka Dragonfyre, for all your snoring needs.

Morgana doesn't snore at night.
She does scream quite often, though.

Ametros wrote: Sara's still at Whateley, only now she's "teaching"?

Escape and evasion?
Hide and seek?

annachie wrote:

Ametros wrote: Sara's still at Whateley, only now she's "teaching"?

Escape and evasion?
Hide and seek?

Sex Ed, with Rev. Englaeiound.

I don't know how well the good reverend could teach anything with a vowel movement that bad. (Sorry, couldn't resist. )

Posted after reading Calamari Part 2

Observations:
- The interaction with Taka during the fight... if you saw what I posted on the full story discussion thread, you know that Laura's behavior kind of threw me for a loop... it was not what I was expecting... was it by chance a minor flare up of Drick's?...
- the nervousness on the bus, what with the fear of smudging the make-up and all, was really endearing... and made the above observation all the more jarring...
- In the hotel room scene... more confusing bits... even with the whole changeling issue, Laura seems to be a very caring person sensitive to Tanya's emotions... which again doesn't jive with the fight scene, at least not to me...

- PLEASE tell me it was a Drick's flare up....

She's not going to Drick out. There are serious HINTS about her in those scenes. Can't say more because merely pointing out the focus area would give it all away. And the fight arguing in part 2 leads into a scerne in part 3 that I hope is found funny; I liked it anyway. And there's a setup long-term for 3 characters in all that mess.

put someone in a stressful situation and they can often act very differently.
With me, usually I'm fairly laid back and easy going, but if there's an emergency I become very calculating and decisive to the point of ordering people around like I'm their boss. I see her doing the same thing.

elrodw wrote: She's not going to Drick out. There are serious HINTS about her in those scenes. Can't say more because merely pointing out the focus area would give it all away. And the fight arguing in part 2 leads into a scerne in part 3 that I hope is found funny; I liked it anyway. And there's a setup long-term for 3 characters in all that mess.

Well, I guess I'll have to go back through it when I have the time to see if I can pick up on these HINTS then...
Don't have the time tonight though... Will post back here if I find anything...

Can't wait for more!

elrodw wrote: Now, so far, I'm very surprised by the lack of, um, reaction to how Kenshin and Laura interacted during the fight, I'm also a bit surprised that no-one has picked up on or commented on Laura's interactions with the other girls, both in the room and in the drugstore. It WAS a lot of hint about herself I put in.....

Uhm, pretty sure I talked about their interactions and how Laura responded to the other girls in my big comments posts.

Poor Laura, having to hide behind a layer of make-up and nervous about anything which could smudge it. It was going to come out sooner or later to the other girls. Afraid to even shake hands due to her make-up smudging, she needs help adjusting or she will become afraid of the slightest human contact with time.

Felt like she shies away from human contact out of fear of her secret being exposed, of others seeing her as a freak, especially after how her brothers and dad treated her. Having to be trained in martial arts since 8 at the insistence of her mother just to keep from being beat up by her own brothers even before manifesting, what messed up brothers.

. Ouch, mention of going home, poor Laura. Nice way they worked together to come up with her codename, glad not every contact risk smudging her make-up.

The home situation, with living with her mom and sister now due to how her dad and brothers reacted to her manifesting. Beating him up before he manifested, imagine how they reacted once he became a blue-skinned she. Father is probably H1 or worse.

How Laura reacted at first upon seeing Morgana transform is believable and understandable, most people don't know how to react upon seeing someone transform in such a way.

Laura has never dealt with someone who doesn't speak English, she is getting infuriated at Kenshin's lack of knowledge about American culture, and it made her off-guard.

She seems to get frustrated easily when others don't get things easily or confuse things, either a part of her personality or side-effect of gadgeteer/devisor traits. Dropping the one part back into her purse due to the thug shows she has a temper for when her creations are messed with in any way. And although she is upset at Kenshin for intervening, with the missing piece of her devise it might have not worked properly and done something she would have regretted.

Laura, he is a stranger in a strange land, your sarcasm isn't helping any. I know she probably has her old male attitude still of not needing another guys help and is infuriated thinking that Kenshin saw her as a damsel in distress but ease up on the guy.

She responds with sarcasm when frustrated, probably as part of a defense mechanism. As stated she seems to have her old male attitude of not needing another guys help, believing Kenshin sees her as a damsel in distress to rescue, which infuriates her as she still believes she can do everything on her own.

Laura shows she has the guy and Kenshin tell her truthfully he doesn't get sarcasm, breaks her device while "protecting her" when she has shown she doesn't need it, if he keeps up this behavior of treating her like a helpless girl she might hurt him herself.

Kenshin keeps reacting to protect her instead of even giving her a chance to do so herself, seeing himself as a samurai following the code of Bushido. Only to tick her off by breaking her devise after she has shown she doesn't need his protection. Treating her like a helpless girl that further angers Laura to the point I get the impression if he kept it up she would hurt Kenshin herself to get the point across she isn't helpless.

I can see a lot of future arguments between Laura and Kenshin, unless he learns to treat her like a fellow human instead of a helpless girl. And finally Kenshin sees that Laura can handle herself, better remember that for the future or suffer.

It took Kenshin seeing Laura knock out one of the minions with a strong kick on her own to convince him she can take care of herself. I know he follows the code of Bushido but not listening until proven wrong seems more than a bit arrogant on his part. Which if he does so in the future to Laura again she will take her frustration out on. Treating her like she can't take care of herself seems to be a huge trigger button for her anger.

Laura needs to learn to control her temper although Kenshin attitude and lack of ability to speak English fluently didn't help.

Laura needs to learn to combine her gadgets, devises and martial arts training into how she fights, instead of barely using it and only when faced with an up close threat. Maybe a devise melee weapon she could training or devise gauntlets that work with her martial arts training.

Lillian has no idea of what any of them went through, still she wouldn't take any of it as an excuse to argue on the battlefield. But Laura's remaining male attitude grated against Kenshin's Bushido and apparent attitude to her of treating her like helpless girl to be rescued. Considering all that, Laura restrained herself fairly well by not clocking Kenshin upside the head one to get her point across she didn't need help.

And I would love to see a gadgeteer/devisor combine it with martial arts training as stated above. Force-field belt combined with a gadget or devise melee weapon would be incredible together.

Hehehe, we get to see Laura's pervert side, wishing to see Morgana fight naked.

It is obvious from her ogling of Morgana she is a former teenage boy and still attracted to girls, now she has the chance to check them out without worry and will do so every chance she gets.

Ouch, Laura, I hope you are exaggerating about that or your mom was cruel to you even before you transformed, saying your singing was that bad. I won't believe she is that bad until she sings in story and it is described for us.

I seriously hope her comment about her mom not letting her sing unless it was to evacuate a building are self-deprecating humor. Since she is staying with her mom and sister and loves them, that seems to be the case.

And poor Laura, not being able to shower until she gets to school, hope they can get her more make-up soon.

Wonder how soon she can have the neural inhibitor back up and running again. And as I thought, she was annoyed at him trying to play the gallant hero. Laura seems to not like hearing others in pain when she can help other, or the use of the wrong technique with the brush to get the tangles out infuriated her. Laura, just ask her and rip off that band aid already, ask if Morgana was a boy before. It is going to bug you until you find out.

Her fear of being seen as a freak by others holds her back, even from those who have become her friends. And as stated, she saw Kenshin as trying to be the gallant hero and rescue a fair maiden, something her remaining male mentally can't tolerate. Not sure if she can't stand hearing Morgana wince in pain, or if she just feels compelled to help out as she knows she can do a better job. Almost sounded like she was doing it because it reminds her of her little sister and the time they spent together. And Laura is so afraid of being found out she is a changeling, she doesn't wish to risk asking others if they are as well. The fear of how they might react holds her back. And she doesn't wish to lose a new friend.

Repost from Kenshin Thread...?

Malady wrote: I'm gonna take a bet on the action between Kenshin and Cerulea, as their minds getting swapped by one of her devises, instead of the romance (that most people are thinking of?)

Or... Really crazy ideas:

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Cerulea gets infused into Kenshin's sword, Destiny's Wave style. Possibly also while having Cerulea still be also outside the sword, so her 'soul' is duplicated...

They're fused into one person.

On the afraid to show her skin issue, that won't be so much of a problem once she starts attending Whateley, given it's highly likely the spray-on skin formulation Greasy developed back in G1 will be commercially available in the campus store, while there's also likely to be numerous alternative products to achieve the same effect (probably lighter and easier to use than the skin pours Jinn used back in G1). Heck, get friendly with a sufficiently powerful mage and she could probably buy an amulet which creates the illusion of flesh-toned skin.

mittfh wrote: On the afraid to show her skin issue, that won't be so much of a problem once she starts attending Whateley, given it's highly likely the spray-on skin formulation Greasy developed back in G1 will be commercially available in the campus store, while there's also likely to be numerous alternative products to achieve the same effect (probably lighter and easier to use than the skin pours Jinn used back in G1). Heck, get friendly with a sufficiently powerful mage and she could probably buy an amulet which creates the illusion of flesh-toned skin.

There's likely to be AJG catalogs right next to Giztastic catalogs too if the rate at which Ayla has been bringing devisers and gadgeteers into her employ in Gen 1 is anything to go by, plus Harry Wolfe as the secret to getting adamanti costs down to 5% compared to the standard cost

Actually, Harry's abilities don't mean that adamantium will drop 95% in price -- it only means that Harry can make as much money as 20 adamantium specialists. More, in fact, considering that he wastes less (expensive) supplies. Harry by himself won't increase the supply of adamantium to the point that demand pressures lessen significantly.

The only way Harry might affect the price of adamantium is if he figures a better industrial process for making it, one that does not depend on his personal touch.

I'm talking about production cost, also seeing how Harry is not a deviser and the 60% success rate was on his first try I see no reason why he wouldn't be on his way to developing the "Wolfe process " for the manufacture of adamanti

He's not a devisor, sure; but making adamantium is supposed to be a very finicky process, more art than science. He is not imposing his own reality over the process, but he is using his heightened perception as it concerns technological things to compensate on-the-fly for small perturbations.

To put it another way:think of haute cuisine. It's not something that lends itself well to industrialization -- you need a chef's hand to make the difference. Adamantium is like a dish that's so finicky that even the best chefs only get it right one time in twenty. Harry is an exceptionally gifted chef.

As for production cost, yes, it is quite lower for Harry than for anybody else in the business. But why would he sell for a lower price, if the market can absorb anything he produces even at the current (high) market prices? So, the lower production cost only makes a difference for one person -- Harry Wolfe.

he doesn't have to sell for a significantly lower price, think about it from a business standpoint, even if he never does industrialize the process, he is working with a specialty material, for specialty products, he needs to market his goods, now who does he know whom has he capability to get is work out there?

Might be a good idea to bring this thread back to talking about Laura/Cerula in G2, rather than Harry in G1...

Just a thought...

I hope the tangent hasn't left her feeling blue.

Kettlekorn wrote: I hope the tangent hasn't left her feeling blue.

...

(facepalm)

Well played, good sir, well played.

And now I wonder if Elrod's particular choice in skin colour is a little bit of meta humour...

Ametros wrote: And now I wonder if Elrod's particular choice in skin colour is a little bit of meta humour...

You want a clue about that? Look for a science-fiction story I wrote many moons ago. It's on Big Closet.
Need a further hint? It's called "Progenitors"

Kristin Darken wrote:

elrodw wrote: You want a clue about that? Look for a science-fiction story I wrote many moons ago. It's on Big Closet.
Need a further hint? It's called "Progenitors"

Now you've got me wondering if I have read everything you've written or not. I know I need to pin down the G2 authors for links to their non-whateley stuff at some point, and I've had you and Morpheus on my 'read all the things' list long before either of you mentioned that you wanted to write Whateley stuff. But I don't think our fan generated list of 'other stuff by canon authors' ever updated after you joined.

In my opinion, Progenitors is my best sci-fi work, followed by Flashbacks.
A mission to explore Callisto finds peculiar gem-like samples on the surface - and then strange things begin happening to the ship and to one of the crew members. They've inadvertently stumbled onto an ancient, dead race's desperate attempt to preserve their culture and race - through extraordinary means.

And yes, the Lakari (the alien race) are blue-skinned with sapphire-blue hair and eyes - like Laura.
My 'good' stuff is on Big Closet. I have a few early - and not-so-good - stories on FM as well.

elrodw wrote: And yes, the Lakari (the alien race) are blue-skinned with sapphire-blue hair and eyes - like Laura.

Oh, when I looked at Progenitors and read that it had blue-skinned aliens, my first thought was Asari , but I don't think your Lakari are a species of BlueSkinnedSpaceBabes...

Should go read that when I've got the time...

Of course they aren't really blue, its just that Callisto is friggin COLD!

Blue, green, Kirk enjoys them all.

Nobody wants to talk about Laura in Big Apple 3?

(sniff. sob. nobody loves her .... pout. and she did a nice thing for Lapin, too. Or is this a symptom of anti-blue bigotry? Hmm?)

and in case you don't understand my warped sense of humor, JUST KIDDING!

elrodw wrote: Nobody wants to talk about Laura in Big Apple 3?

(sniff. sob. nobody loves her .... pout. and she did a nice thing for Lapin, too. Or is this a symptom of anti-blue bigotry? Hmm?)

and in case you don't understand my warped sense of humor, JUST KIDDING!

Be very very quiet I'm hunting Babs. ehehehehehehehee.

Actually, I'm concerned about the exposure she and Kenshin will get over the Internet, courtesy of a bunch of camera-happy Japanese tourists...

Sir Lee wrote: Actually, I'm concerned about the exposure she and Kenshin will get over the Internet, courtesy of a bunch of camera-happy Japanese tourists...

Yes, it'll be delicious, won't it?

I have fun stuff planned for Laura.
Oh, don't worry - it's nothing like what I did to Kayda. Just ... mostly misunderstandings and other such fun stuff.

Then we get to year 2

elrodw wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Actually, I'm concerned about the exposure she and Kenshin will get over the Internet, courtesy of a bunch of camera-happy Japanese tourists...

Yes, it'll be delicious, won't it?

I have fun stuff planned for Laura.
Oh, don't worry - it's nothing like what I did to Kayda. Just ... mostly misunderstandings and other such fun stuff.

Then we get to year 2

I like Laura.
She has a lot of problems, but she's able to find joy and happiness in simple things, which makes her seem sweet and hopeful. Why must you torture her?

elrodw wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Actually, I'm concerned about the exposure she and Kenshin will get over the Internet, courtesy of a bunch of camera-happy Japanese tourists...

Yes, it'll be delicious, won't it?

I have fun stuff planned for Laura.
Oh, don't worry - it's nothing like what I did to Kayda. Just ... mostly misunderstandings and other such fun stuff.

Then we get to year 2

The snippet in the Gen2 announcement doesn't allow me to trust that reinsurance

Domoviye wrote:

elrodw wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Actually, I'm concerned about the exposure she and Kenshin will get over the Internet, courtesy of a bunch of camera-happy Japanese tourists...

Yes, it'll be delicious, won't it?

I have fun stuff planned for Laura.
Oh, don't worry - it's nothing like what I did to Kayda. Just ... mostly misunderstandings and other such fun stuff.

Then we get to year 2

I like Laura.
She has a lot of problems, but she's able to find joy and happiness in simple things, which makes her seem sweet and hopeful. Why must you torture her?

Laura doesn't get tortured in Gen2. Elrod is cuddly and lovable to her. Hey, she isn't even down for Extreme Home Ec.
Her main problem so far is Morgana banging on the wall yelling at her to keep the noise down...

Right. I'll believe it when I see it.

Domoviye wrote: Right. I'll believe it when I see it.

Well, I'm a lot nastier to Morgana than Elrod is to Laura.

That I can agree with.

Domoviye wrote: Right. I'll believe it when I see it.

You'll have to take all our words for it - I'm being nice to Laura. Even the 'big events' that I have planned, while they're a bit (a LITTLE BIT) scary for her, have a big upside.

WRT Laura, I'm being a cuddly teddy bear.

elrodw wrote: Nobody wants to talk about Laura in Big Apple 3?

(sniff. sob. nobody loves her .... pout. and she did a nice thing for Lapin, too. Or is this a symptom of anti-blue bigotry? Hmm?)

and in case you don't understand my warped sense of humor, JUST KIDDING!

I do! It's just that I was delayed before I got a chance to read it.

Actually I'm less interested in Laura at the moment (although I am looking forward to seeing more of her), and more interested in the Men in Black following her. On the one hand, they seem to care about her well-being. On the other hand, they're definitely throwing off vibes from the evil end of the secret agent spectrum.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Actually I'm less interested in Laura at the moment (although I am looking forward to seeing more of her), and more interested in the Men in Black following her. On the one hand, they seem to care about her well-being. On the other hand, they're definitely throwing off vibes from the evil end of the secret agent spectrum.

Don't worry. They wish nothing but long life and happiness for our little blue tech-head.

NeoMagus wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Actually I'm less interested in Laura at the moment (although I am looking forward to seeing more of her), and more interested in the Men in Black following her. On the one hand, they seem to care about her well-being. On the other hand, they're definitely throwing off vibes from the evil end of the secret agent spectrum.

Don't worry. They wish nothing but long life and happiness for our little blue tech-head.

The thought of a big organization or group of do-gooders deciding what is the bet for a person, fills me with dread. Much like seeing my five yeara old daughter reaching for a sharp knife, a hot pan, or a power tool and saying, "Daddy I'll help." Except that my daughter will generally do much less damage than the do-gooders.

Now, now. Laura's the LEAST targeted, least tramuaized least totured of the charaters!

Honest!

And she'll get good things! Lots and Lots!

>

MageOhki wrote: Now, now. Laura's the LEAST targeted, least tramuaized least totured of the charaters!

Honest!

And she'll get good things! Lots and Lots!

>

Sounds like all the other characters went through horror stories then

mhalpern wrote:

MageOhki wrote: Now, now. Laura's the LEAST targeted, least tramuaized least totured of the charaters!

Honest!

And she'll get good things! Lots and Lots!

>

Sounds like all the other characters went through horror stories then

Ignore Mage on this point. Technically speaking, there are several of our characters that are rather less "targeted" than Cerulea, even if others are actually more so.

(Note that I said ignore him on THIS POINT. He's a bit off here, but usually he's spot on.)

MageOhki wrote: Now, now. Laura's the LEAST targeted, least tramuaized least totured of the charaters!

Honest!

And she'll get good things! Lots and Lots!

>

I never said that nothing bad would happen to her. Only that she's a lot less of a chew toy than Kayda was and Danny is going to be

We only have three characters in councelling, and Laura isn't one of them.

In counseling at this point or in counseling ever, because as we've seen, attending Whateley can be traumatic, and just because Laura isn't in counseling now doesn't mean she will never need it.

lduke1990 wrote: In counseling at this point or in counseling ever, because as we've seen, attending Whateley can be traumatic, and just because Laura isn't in counseling now doesn't mean she will never need it.

Well if you're talking about FUTURE counseling, you better watch out. There will be plenty of that for pretty much ALL of our characters. Kenshin might be the only exception. He's just that unflappable.

NeoMagus wrote:

lduke1990 wrote: In counseling at this point or in counseling ever, because as we've seen, attending Whateley can be traumatic, and just because Laura isn't in counseling now doesn't mean she will never need it.

Well if you're talking about FUTURE counseling, you better watch out. There will be plenty of that for pretty much ALL of our characters. Kenshin might be the only exception. He's just that unflappable.

Unflappable or stupid?
There is a very thin line between the two sometmes.

Unflappable, more. He _is_ an exemplar.

He's just... accepting.

Okay, so she's not in counseling yet, but might be after that she finds leftovers from 'Shine's still, gets a little hammered, devises some Borg nanites, and accidentally infects half of the lab crew, turning it into one giant collective unfortunately ruled by the son of a failed supervillain who vowed revenge on all his father's enemies, and now has an invincible and growing army of semi-invincible, technically-brilliant Borg clones.

But she's not in counseling out of guilt at having unleashed a devisor/gadgeteer Borg collective. No, she's there because her romantic interest was assimilated and is lost to her.

I wouldn't put it past you. Although if you want some help, I can help you increase the angst with just a bit of tweaking.

elrodw wrote: Okay, so she's not in counseling yet, but might be after that she finds leftovers from 'Shine's still, gets a little hammered, devises some Borg nanites, and accidentally infects half of the lab crew, turning it into one giant collective unfortunately ruled by the son of a failed supervillain who vowed revenge on all his father's enemies, and now has an invincible and growing army of semi-invincible, technically-brilliant Borg clones.

But she's not in counseling out of guilt at having unleashed a devisor/gadgeteer Borg collective. No, she's there because her romantic interest was assimilated and is lost to her.

Those pills are good, aren't they?

elrodw wrote: But she's not in counseling out of guilt at having unleashed a devisor/gadgeteer Borg collective. No, she's there because her romantic interest was assimilated and is lost to her.

What are you on? Teenaged girl loses boyfriend and goes to counselling?!

No! She does something stupid land dives in full ahead after him and tries to get infected to be with him forever ... She's in counselling because the Borg threw her back out as defective, and all ninites in her system where ordered to self-destruct for the greater good of the collective.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

elrodw wrote: But she's not in counseling out of guilt at having unleashed a devisor/gadgeteer Borg collective. No, she's there because her romantic interest was assimilated and is lost to her.

What are you on? Teenaged girl loses boyfriend and goes to counselling?!

No! She does something stupid land dives in full ahead after him and tries to get infected to be with him forever ... She's in counselling because the Borg threw her back out as defective, and all ninites in her system where ordered to self-destruct for the greater good of the collective.

No way.
She dives in, but her powers stop her from being assimilated fully. She's rejected, but she has just enough of the nanites in her to turn her into a hideous cybernetic freak. Even worse she's mindlinked to the collective. Whenever it feels an intense emotion she can see through its eyes and feel through its skin. It only feels intense emotions when hurting and killing people. So she gets flashes of death and torture, she knows its real, she knows its happening right now, and it might as well be her doing it.

She has to go on a chase across the country to stop it, ultimately being forced to kill her boyfriend with her barehands.

Domoviye wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

elrodw wrote: But she's not in counseling out of guilt at having unleashed a devisor/gadgeteer Borg collective. No, she's there because her romantic interest was assimilated and is lost to her.

What are you on? Teenaged girl loses boyfriend and goes to counselling?!

No! She does something stupid land dives in full ahead after him and tries to get infected to be with him forever ... She's in counselling because the Borg threw her back out as defective, and all ninites in her system where ordered to self-destruct for the greater good of the collective.

No way.
She dives in, but her powers stop her from being assimilated fully. She's rejected, but she has just enough of the nanites in her to turn her into a hideous cybernetic freak. Even worse she's mindlinked to the collective. Whenever it feels an intense emotion she can see through its eyes and feel through its skin. It only feels intense emotions when hurting and killing people. So she gets flashes of death and torture, she knows its real, she knows its happening right now, and it might as well be her doing it.

She has to go on a chase across the country to stop it, ultimately being forced to kill her boyfriend with her barehands.

Because he had the collective memory store for the Entity and now she can relive the events over and over as mwhahahahahahaha!

Wait? What!?!!

Eww! Who let you in here?

Domovyie!!!! Come and collect your muse! She's made a mess everywhere!

She does that. Just let her write down a few things, she'll get bored after a day or two and leave to find something new to write about.

Domoviye wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

elrodw wrote: But she's not in counseling out of guilt at having unleashed a devisor/gadgeteer Borg collective. No, she's there because her romantic interest was assimilated and is lost to her.

What are you on? Teenaged girl loses boyfriend and goes to counselling?!

No! She does something stupid land dives in full ahead after him and tries to get infected to be with him forever ... She's in counselling because the Borg threw her back out as defective, and all ninites in her system where ordered to self-destruct for the greater good of the collective.

No way.
She dives in, but her powers stop her from being assimilated fully. She's rejected, but she has just enough of the nanites in her to turn her into a hideous cybernetic freak. Even worse she's mindlinked to the collective. Whenever it feels an intense emotion she can see through its eyes and feel through its skin. It only feels intense emotions when hurting and killing people. So she gets flashes of death and torture, she knows its real, she knows its happening right now, and it might as well be her doing it.

She has to go on a chase across the country to stop it, ultimately being forced to kill her boyfriend with her barehands.

Pfft. Lightweight. You'll learn, though. And yes Elrod, it's totally a contest!

I'm keeping it nice for the forum. Believe me, I have terrible things written that have made people break down in tears.

Tears are good, that happy sniffle as you watch the Heros walk into the sunset hand-in-hand, planning thier future of happiness together ...

Most of my heroes walk into the sunset carrying their dead comrade, lover, sister, crying as they ask themselves if it was worth it.

Domoviye wrote: Most of my heroes walk into the sunset carrying their dead comrade, lover, sister, crying as they ask themselves if it was worth it.

I'm humming K-Pop accompanied by gun fire and again rejecting your reality!

Oh, and posting a too-large-for-Micro-Scenes-thread story:
Getting the Team Back together

Edit: Now with earworm video embed.

Domoviye wrote: I'm keeping it nice for the forum. Believe me, I have terrible things written that have made people break down in tears.

You could always divulge such. I mean, putting it inside a suitably-named spoiler warning is reasonable, right?

Domoviye wrote: Most of my heroes walk into the sunset carrying their dead comrade, lover, sister, crying as they ask themselves if it was worth it.

And that's right before the final shots ring out, as if in answer to the question.

Then the sun novas.

Nagrij wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Most of my heroes walk into the sunset carrying their dead comrade, lover, sister, crying as they ask themselves if it was worth it.

And that's right before the final shots ring out, as if in answer to the question.

Then the sun novas.

In my case aliens arrive to actually eat the sun. Leaving the world to die a slow death as it freezes.

Really, it's called Goodbye Sun.

Domoviye wrote:

Nagrij wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Most of my heroes walk into the sunset carrying their dead comrade, lover, sister, crying as they ask themselves if it was worth it.

And that's right before the final shots ring out, as if in answer to the question.

Then the sun novas.

In my case aliens arrive to actually eat the sun. Leaving the world to die a slow death as it freezes.

Really, it's called Goodbye Sun.

Gonna need some heavy antacid pills for that one.
But on a happy note, everyone lives by the light of the silvery moon.

Happily for all who like her, Laura has absolutely nothing to do with the loss of the sun or freezing of the world or these other disasters postulated above. She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

elrodw wrote: Happily for all who like her, Laura has absolutely nothing to do with the loss of the sun or freezing of the world or these other disasters postulated above. She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

And anyone who believes that is also on the dried frog pills...

Hey, 9 out of 10 Unseen University Faculty swears by dried frog pills, and the tenth is taking them!

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Hey, 9 out of 10 Unseen University Faculty swears by dried frog pills, and the tenth is taking them!

Dried? They were supposed to be dried? Dang that explains the squishiness as with the screaming. Wait that was me. Quick pass the hot sauce.

elrodw wrote: She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

Wow... those ARE some good pills... you may want to talk to your doctor about being over-medicated.

DanZilla wrote:

elrodw wrote: She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

Wow... those ARE some good pills... you may want to talk to your doctor about being over-medicated.

HEY! I can be nice to a character without the world ending! So far, nothing bad has happened to Julie or 'Shine. Knockoff would have been okay if she hadn't been helping her mother. Danny has mostly been teased; he hasn't been tortured or nearly killed!

So I want to be nice to Laura - is that a crime?

I swear, it is NOT a sign of an impending apocalypse.

elrodw wrote:

DanZilla wrote:

elrodw wrote: She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

Wow... those ARE some good pills... you may want to talk to your doctor about being over-medicated.

HEY! I can be nice to a character without the world ending! So far, nothing bad has happened to Julie or 'Shine. Knockoff would have been okay if she hadn't been helping her mother. Danny has mostly been teased; he hasn't been tortured or nearly killed!

So I want to be nice to Laura - is that a crime?

I swear, it is NOT a sign of an impending apocalypse.

Yet! Foul minds want to know.

elrodw wrote:

DanZilla wrote:

elrodw wrote: She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

Wow... those ARE some good pills... you may want to talk to your doctor about being over-medicated.

HEY! I can be nice to a character without the world ending! So far, nothing bad has happened to Julie or 'Shine. Knockoff would have been okay if she hadn't been helping her mother. Danny has mostly been teased; he hasn't been tortured or nearly killed!

So I want to be nice to Laura - is that a crime?

I swear, it is NOT a sign of an impending apocalypse.

Well you ARE known for taking Whateley into darker places and you do it very well, though I do think I know may have a clue WHY you supposedly aren't doing that for Laura come to think of it, if I'm right its so one or more of the other G2 authors can demonstrate their wide "brightness" range. If I am right, Vic has quite a ride ahead....

elrodw wrote:

DanZilla wrote:

elrodw wrote: She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

Wow... those ARE some good pills... you may want to talk to your doctor about being over-medicated.

HEY! I can be nice to a character without the world ending! So far, nothing bad has happened to Julie or 'Shine. Knockoff would have been okay if she hadn't been helping her mother. Danny has mostly been teased; he hasn't been tortured or nearly killed!

So I want to be nice to Laura - is that a crime?

I swear, it is NOT a sign of an impending apocalypse.

Because being run out of your home, teleporting out of your clothes, and being kidnapped by elves is not bad.

elrodw wrote: HEY! I can be nice to a character without the world ending!...

So I want to be nice to Laura - is that a crime?

I swear, it is NOT a sign of an impending apocalypse.

It's actually true folks... I know some of his plans for Laura and the other characters in his stories... Laura's getting off easy...

Valentine wrote:

elrodw wrote:

DanZilla wrote:

elrodw wrote: She's just a sweet little blue girl who wants to be loved and enjoys making her innocent, peaceful gadgets and devises.

Wow... those ARE some good pills... you may want to talk to your doctor about being over-medicated.

HEY! I can be nice to a character without the world ending! So far, nothing bad has happened to Julie or 'Shine. Knockoff would have been okay if she hadn't been helping her mother. Danny has mostly been teased; he hasn't been tortured or nearly killed!

So I want to be nice to Laura - is that a crime?

I swear, it is NOT a sign of an impending apocalypse.

Because being run out of your home, teleporting out of your clothes, and being kidnapped by elves is not bad.

It could be worse. ... How much does Julie actually know about what Kayda's gone through? ... Actually, even Kayda doesn't really know what she herself has gone though, given all the plots and stuff swirling around her...

So now we know more about Laura, and I hope you all realize that nothing BAD happened to Laura. She's finding life at Whateley ... interesting! Very interesting.

And it's only begun.

Oh, there will be misunderstandings, and a hidden plot, but they aren't visible to spoil her happiness and make her all angsty.

elrodw wrote: So now we know more about Laura, and I hope you all realize that nothing BAD happened to Laura. She's finding life at Whateley ... interesting! Very interesting.

And it's only begun.

Oh, there will be misunderstandings, and a hidden plot, but they aren't visible YET to spoil her happiness and make her all angsty.

Fixed that for you, El.

elrodw wrote: So now we know more about Laura, and I hope you all realize that nothing BAD happened to Laura. She's finding life at Whateley ... interesting! Very interesting.

And it's only begun.

Oh, there will be misunderstandings, and a hidden plot, but they aren't visible to spoil her happiness and make her all angsty.

You're just leading her into a trap...

Now you guys cut that out, elrod can be nice to his characters without it being a plot to mess them up later. Sometimes you like to be nice to one of your creations, plus elrod likes blue characters, why would he be mean to Laura.

Dreamer wrote: why would he be mean to Laura?

Terry Pratchett, Strata (modified) wrote: The beings that built this universe did so because it was unthinkable that they should not. Creation Character cruelty is not a thing that gods authors do, it is something that they are.

(I'm kidding, of course)

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Terry Pratchett, Strata ...

Wow, someone else read this book?

With all the Diskworld books, this one sort of seems to sit there, neither acknowledged again nor disavowed, but rather like they hope people would forget it.

Well, it's not really a Discworld book, per se. It's kind of embryonic Discworld. But the quote I just quoted is in my top 10 favorite quotes of all time.

And it's easier to find now, but when I first wanted to quote it (several years ago) but couldn't remember the exact text, it was nearly impossible to find the text, despite it being a great quote.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Well, it's not really a Discworld book, per se. It's kind of embryonic Discworld.

Lol ... "Embryonic" ... considering the book is about building a Diskworld ...

But you're right, it's not precisely a Diskworld novel, more the one where Pratchard went "you know, I wonder what people living on such a wired world would be like?" And the rest, as they say, is history.

And then Gargamel attacked. Azreal was placed in Whitman, and brainy keeps bugging Laura in the labs.

It'll happen, people!

Has anyone mentioned Buttercup?

girl sitting next to the window... was yellow, from her hair, to her skin, to her eyes. Even her dress was yellow. Despite that, there wasn't really anything unusual about her, yet I couldn't look away.

Oh, that's Heyoka 3, which was a teaser... And isn't migrated here?

I've been rereading some of the G2 stuff and I've got a question for Elrod about Laura.

Have you ever read the Yoko Tsuno graphic novels? I'm particularly thinking about Khany and the vineans due to their skin tone being very similar to Laura.

Malady wrote: Has anyone mentioned Buttercup?

girl sitting next to the window... was yellow, from her hair, to her skin, to her eyes. Even her dress was yellow. Despite that, there wasn't really anything unusual about her, yet I couldn't look away.

Oh, that's Heyoka 3, which was a teaser... And isn't migrated here?

Well, I have raised the issue in the past of what to do with teasers posted on the old forums by long-gone authors... they pose an annoying problem, because some of them establish important universe elements, but they weren't ever officially released. And now that the old forums are gone, they aren't available anymore.

For instance:
- Heyoka 3 shows a Survival class
- Fey: Learning Curve establishes important magical principles
- Wild Times is the (incomplete) origin story for Feral, and establishes the New Olympians.

No new speculation or discussion about our favorite blue Gen 2 Poesie? And so many clues dropped in LatV?

What have we got other than confirmation of suspicions that she's one of the Dosed?

*Gonna work from memory*

We know her parents are alive and that she's got siblings... All her sibs are bros, IIRC... How many bros does she have?

She has good housework skills...

If her family was specifically targeted by Vanguard because of her father's views on mutants and connections to H1, why did Laura survive while the more recent experiments have failed?

Katssun wrote: If her family was specifically targeted by Vanguard because of her father's views on mutants and connections to H1, why did Laura survive while the more recent experiments have failed?

Most likely luck.
The conversation that decided on Laura probably went like this:

Evil Person 1: What about this kid? We can give him a dose on his way home from school easy.

Evil Person 2: Why do you want him?

Evil Person 1: His father is a big H1 member and has a chain of restaurants, if the kid lives but the experiment fails we gain some important test data. If the kid dies, we punish H1. If the experiment works, we get to fuck with his father and can keep testing the kid. Win win anyway you look at it.

Malady wrote: What have we got other than confirmation of suspicions that she's one of the Dosed?

*Gonna work from memory*

We know her parents are alive and that she's got siblings... All her sibs are bros, IIRC... How many bros does she have?

She has two twin brothers (older, dad's favorites, picked on Larry a LOT) and one younger sister, whose Barbie (TM) car and house were "devised" after Larry manifested - RC for the car, electronic light and sound effects for the car, and so on.

I'd say the problem is you were obviously either too obvious or too subtle.

Either everything we got was just confirmation of things we already kind of were positive about

or

We missed whatever you were planning for us to notice that specifically related to Laura, possibly because you distracted us with tidbits about Fullerton, somebody who lost their spirit who was with people who might match descriptions for certain Gen 1 characters, and a few things about the Doctor Lady who might be working with Vanguard... which were already covered in other threads?

I am upset about the lack of Antonia! I want romantic drama dangit!