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borgmama1of5 April 6 2013, 23:29:35 UTC
You really have created fully formed characters with such few words. I would love to know more about how the shadow people exist.

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hells_half_acre April 6 2013, 23:34:14 UTC
Thank you! :) I'm still working out some of the details myself, but maybe I'll be able to work in more of the underlying mythology rules as the month progresses.

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franztastisch April 6 2013, 23:36:56 UTC
Oh my God, this is the best. ARCHERY. ASSASSINS WITH ARCHERY. (You're totally crossing over into my current interests. :P)

OK SOME THINGS. I love the names. Like, really really. (Though for some reason I was disappointed when I found out Dove was a guy in the first story. Or maybe I just thought that someone called Dove would be a girl. Which in retrospect makes the name cooler.) Also, Essya reminds me of a character me and my friend invented, though I doubt she would make poisons for assassins. :P OH AND THE SHADE THING IS SUPER AWESOME. She came in with the papers! Do they have to be invited in? Anyway! Super cool. I like muchly. :D

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hells_half_acre April 7 2013, 00:00:54 UTC
Your interests are my interests, my dear. There's a reason we get along so well. ;)

I'm glad you liked the names! Would you believe that they're based on typos? Back when me and my best friend were in university, we used to chat online A LOT (like 3 hours/day)... and each time we made a typo that looked particularly interesting, we'd define it, either as a name or a word. The words/names I particularly liked, I kept on file.

Dove, I named on my own though, and I chose it for a few reasons that I won't get into right now... I figured it would throw people off a little, but I kind of wanted to do that.

They don't have to be invited in. I'm not following any strict D&D Shade rules. There are, of course, many similarities (they're prone to being assassins, don't do well in the sun, etc), but I'm changing up the mythos a little bit (they are considered living, they have to eat and sleep, and more...).

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fannishliss April 11 2013, 13:04:46 UTC
very interesting.

it would be cool to delve into Shadow morality, as Dove clearly has no qualms about killing. :)

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hells_half_acre April 11 2013, 17:18:40 UTC
Shadows are a little morally grey by necessity... but they do have some qualms, even Dove. I'm still playing with how many though. ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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