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1 - Dave Fretwell (Vampire 1st ed.) - Gangrel farm owner, by turns anarch, enforcer, demon hunter and party wizard. Also nuttier than most of the local Malkavians as his Frenzies became increasingly erratic when trouble started. Caused Storyteller to sit quietly in shock as he charged the front door of a boobytrapped pub with the Inquisitor still inside...
2 - Louis Lewis (SINergy LARP) - Independent journalist, fixer-in-training and subversive power behind the media throne (published both Neon Fringe and NovaRoma) with friends in odd places and habit of surviving his backers when they self-destruct. Also resident 'Most Likely To Be Nearly Dead Within 30 Minutes of Session Starting' of the Nightmare Asylum's Pandemonium night.
3 - Serren 'The Butcher' Marshall (AD&D3.5) - Former nightwatchman, now spellblade and part of Sorcerous Battalion, lawful pragmatic in good party and family man accused of treason caught up in religious schisms, political intrigue and a tide of rising evil. Part Sam Vimes, part Judge Dredd with hints of Arthur Pendragon and Vlad Dracula.
4 - Mortimer (AD&D2) - Elven wizard whose plans led to intra-party conflict more than once while saving them from dragons, demons and undead. Master of the tactical fireball and cursed to have a crow's head by a balor. Finally became a elven vampire rather than resolve his problems with party members, last seen making a desert bigger.
5 - Atreidis (AD&D/Dark Sun) - Half-elven wizard/psionicist good guy who renounced the Veil, helped break slavery in two great cities, never forgiven even now for accidentally fireballing his party or making a drik (a brontosaur-sized snapping turtle) fly the party and their allies out of a volcanic death trap.
6 - Daniel Bernstein "The Uncanny Danny" - (Call of Cthulhu) - New York stage magician who debunked occult conspiracies while dismissing the significance of Mythos horrors. Somehow managed to defeat one bad guy in a swordfight above a Broadway stage.
7 - Gareth 'Gawain' Thomas (Mage 2nd ed) - Travelling Verbena dope-dealer, shaman and knight-errant; talked very little as he usually said the wrong thing. Never started fights but made damn sure he finished them - there for his friends no. matter. what.
8 - Jennifer Aldrin (Mage 2nd ed) - Omnisexual Cult of Ecstacy painter, yoga and tantra practitioner. Unusually effective against Nephandi incursions. Happiest memory is using a foam party as a Matter ritual to clean up a disused San Francisco skyscraper.
9 - Cheryl Locksley (Vampire 2nd ed) - Ventrue Anarch. Street punk Embraced on a bet who made good by making other Ventrue look bad. Good friends in anarch and Toreador circles, streetwise, owns a gym franchise. Someone you want at your back when Lupines come calling.
10 - Scatlock (AD&D1) - Neutral evil low-fantasy fighter in mostly-good high-fantasy group and still the best swordsman in the party. Proud moments include selling the party thief (a chaotic evil hobbit) and crossing an evil empire (the game's Mordor) alone.
11 - Kerin Valefar Kermorvan (AD&D2) - Swashbuckling (in Three Musketeers Porthos style) noble, knight-errant and privateer. The original Hidden Hawk, philanderer, adventurer, occasional werewolf, drunken roustabout with heart of gold and captain of the Osprey and Revenge. Looks like young Val Kilmer, drinks like Oliver Reed.
12 - Gordon 'Spice' James (Cyberpunk 2020) - Vice cop who knew too much. Part of the Night City Special Crime Taskforce. Whenever shit goes down, he was in the middle of it. Played fast and loose with police procedure but got the desired result - last seen sleeping with 'too good for you' female partner.
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1. Who would make a better college professor: 6, or 11?
Daniel without a doubt. He actually knew a little about Egypt. Kerin would probably turn the whole thing into Indiana Kermorvan and the Last Crusade - he has a very different take on intelligence.
2. Do you think 2 is hot? How hot?
Only if wearing the Orange Flak Jacket of Doom. And that was Too. Damn. Hot. Otherwise no.
3. 12 sends 8 on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
Imagine your typical post-torrid sex scene bedroom. Spice would send Jen to fetch him Thai for breakfast. Being that kind of girl, she would while wondering if all Iteration X 'borgs know about the Kama Sutra the way he does (skillchips are fun)...
4. What is, or would be, 9's favourite book?
The One-Minute Manager by Dale Carnegie. Or Pretty In Punk by Lauraine Leblanc.
5. Would it make more sense for 2 to swear fealty to 6, or the other way around?
Louis doesn't know what loyalty is, let alone swear it to someone. Daniel would admire Louis for his journalistic integrity but would probably think him immensely uncouth. If you have to have an answer then the other way round.
6. For some reason, 5 is looking for a room-mate. Should they share a studio apartment with 9, or 10?
9. Scatlock would be hell roomie with his armour, sword collection, foul language, drinking and occasional break-ins by vengeful hobbits. Mind you, he'd probably object to Cheryl with her being undead and incinerate her. Back to the wanted ads...
7. 2, 7, and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
Louis, Gawain and Spice would probably find themselves in some seedy Thai place and talk about all kinds of things. Spice would be grilling Louis for information, all of them were getting increasingly stoned until Louis passes out in his green curry - G would look at Spice and then mutter something about Iteration X usually being bastards. This would probably end badly...
8. 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
Imagine a cross between the final battle in Highlander between Connor and Kurgan and the final fight in Raging Bull but with the kind of bloodshed reserved for Tarantino. Both are phenomenal with a longsword and both fight dirty. Serren has slightly more general combat experience and has scary magic. Scatlock has a vicious streak, is slightly tougher and more skilled with a sword. Serren would probably get a lucky blindness spell in and then eventually stand over Scatlock's cooling corpse bleeding extensively.
9. If 1 stole 8's most precious possession, how would they get it back?
With a very nice note asking for it back initially. If that didn't work, there would be an impromptu daytime raidshe'd charm her way past the farm hands and take that damn spacesuit back while a sizable quantity of concrete appeared over a certain patch of earth.
10. Suggest a title for a story in which 7 and 12 both attain what they most desire.
The Twelve Wild Women of the Marijuana Jungle.
11. What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
Some kind of cross-dimensional Clive Barker-esque thing involving powerful spells and a devil. Both have problems with Hell.
12. If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
Probably brilliantly until he passed the peyote. Then it would be Naked Lunch all over again...
13. If you could command 3 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
Go to the Royal Armouries in Leeds and give the re-enactors a few lessons on how it's done?
14. Does anyone on your friends list resemble 11 (either in appearance or personality)?
Appearance? Maybe
jonahgray or
kal_357 with sufficient cosmetic surgery.
Personality? As above. Though given Kerin's keen appreciation of good alcohol, I'd say
sm0keyb and in terms of outdoorsyness, I'd also throw in a dash of
elrohana as well.
15. If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
5. 4 is way, way too creepy even if 2 has more in common with 4.
16. What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
And I quote, ahem... "DIE YOU DUMB BASTARD! DIE!!"
17. If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
She was inspired by American Head Charge's 'Just So You Know' so it has to be that but Kula Shaker's 'Tattva' would be more her thing...
18. 1, 6, and 12 are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
Spice. Dave doesn't eat food and Danny would attempt sleight-of-hand and end up with a napkin instead. Damn speedware.
19. What might be a good pick-up line for 2 to use on 10?
No. It just wouldn't happen - even Louis ain't THAT suicidal or desperate. It'd be like Dennis Pennis propositioning Vinny Jones!
20. What would 5 most likely be arrested for?
Arson!
21. What is 6's secret?
That he knows there are ineffable horrors uncaring of mankind in the universe but that he's horribly in denial.
22. If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
Cheryl - a Kawasaki Ninja will always beat a horse in a race. Kerin however would have the more interesting journey.
23. If you had to walk home through a bad neighborhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 or 8?
Either would be good but Jen has slightly higher morals and is much easier on the eye.
24. 1 and 9 reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by 4's sinister secret organization. 11 volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that he/she is actually a spy for 4. Meanwhile, 4 has kidnapped 12 in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of 5, they seek out 3, who gives them what they need to complete their quest. What title would you give this fic?
Blood Is Thicker Than Magic (or Why DID you kidnap that cyborg cop?).
This took a long time. I could have brought other people in and these would have probably turned out weirder answers too.