Brainstorming
[00:10] Avariel Wings: ...also, Aspen? the one and only piece of Millicanon background I have in my head for Mr. Universe is that he was born somewhere in the Core, and ran away in his early teens or just before that because he was bored.
[00:10] sparklegirl6979: i wish I knew how to get to the joann's from here
[00:10] Avariel Wings: and all the flags put out on him conveniently disappeared.
[00:10] Aspenx3: *makes note and snags RPG book*
[00:11] Avariel Wings: ....oooh.
[00:11] StarCPenny: ... ok, googling 'kama sutra' just to put a link in her next post.....
[00:11] illmantrimsacto: tag Faith
[00:11] Avariel Wings: *cracks up*
[00:11] sparklegirl6979: heeeee
[00:11] sparklegirl6979: what about 'kitsune sutra'?
[00:11] crazedcrusader: Same positions, but you add a tail. Or nine. Whichever.
[00:11] StarCPenny: But it doesn't have a link I could toss in. *snicker*
[00:11] camwyn cwru: *gives Spoon a funny look* Since when are you philosophical enough to have that in your head?
[00:12] StarCPenny: ah- most of the later chapters you need a non-fixed skeletal structure for.
[00:12] sparklegirl6979: welll..... get technical on me, why don't you?
[00:12] requiem2adream86: Mr. U/Laini OMG their love is so technical!
[00:12] crazedcrusader: tag Billy
[00:12] illmantrimsacto: Tag Mr U
[00:12] Avariel Wings: he definitely strikes me as a bored little rich boy.
[00:13] crazedcrusader: A pretty little rich boy. *nods, pets his hair*
[00:13] crazedcrusader: You know what I suspect, Kate?
[00:13] Avariel Wings: tag Billy.
[00:13] Avariel Wings: what's that, Val?
[00:14] crazedcrusader: I suspect his parents wanted him to go into politics. And he said "...no."
[00:14] crazedcrusader: And fled.
[00:14] Avariel Wings: .....ahahaha, yes.
[00:14] Avariel Wings: and he was all of about thirteen or fourteen at the time, but they were starting to push him that way and he didn't want to.
[00:14] Cywyll: *runs away*
[00:14] *** Cywyll has left the chat.
[00:14] crazedcrusader: Exactly.
[00:15] Avariel Wings: so then he disappears completely, takes... probably only a laptop or something, whatever he could carry, and vanishes.
[00:15] crazedcrusader: He was like "...public image? WTF? Cannot cope, off to Techno Batcave Moon of NOT HERE."
[00:15] Avariel Wings: and deletes every attempt they make to find him.
[00:15] Avariel Wings: *gigglefits*
[00:16] illmantrimsacto: Tag Mr U
[00:16] crazedcrusader: (It's so a techno batcave.)
[00:16] Avariel Wings: ...which means Gabriel quite possibly knows his parents.
[00:16] Aspenx3: Um. If we are taking that route, then why did he go to pilot school?
[00:16] Avariel Wings: because he wanted to.
[00:16] Aspenx3: And/or why did his parents let him go to pilot school?
[00:17] crazedcrusader: Cause flying ships is fun?
[00:17] Aspenx3: post-runaway? so his school name is fake?
[00:17] Avariel Wings: I'm thinking that was a year or two after he disappeared.
[00:17] Avariel Wings: oh, yeah, his flight school name was definitely fake.
[00:17] crazedcrusader: I wanted to be a pilot, but my vision isn't good enough.
[00:17] Avariel Wings: the novel even says so, and I think Pho used it.
[00:17] Aspenx3: 'kay. What planet is he from originally then?
[00:18] Avariel Wings: that detail I haven't decided yet. not Osiris, probably, that's a little too high-profile.
[00:18] crazedcrusader: tag Billy
[00:18] *** illmantrimsacto has left the chat.
[00:19] Aspenx3: *is looking to see if he's profiled in book, one sec*
[00:20] Avariel Wings: it's probably far from certain that Gabriel would recognise him, though. if he vanished twenty or more years ago, and he abandoned his real name around the same time... Gabriel might not even remember right off, or at all.
[00:21] StarCPenny: tag Mr U
[00:21] Aspenx3: I'd go with at all, unless his parents are particularly high profile and connected in the same way the Tams are.
[00:21] Aspenx3: with "not at all," that is.
[00:21] StarCPenny: Laini's going to hell, all I can say.
[00:21] Avariel Wings: *nodnod* and he'd have had a hard time removing all attempts to look for him, if he was from a family that well-known.
[00:22] Avariel Wings: I think they wanted him to be a politician in an attempt to GET that well-known.
[00:22] Aspenx3: why politics?
[00:22] Aspenx3: Also! He's shown as an NPC here. *skims*
[00:23] Aspenx3: "lives in his own 'mediaverse' - satellite moon that appears to have once been a gigantic comm complex. Some equipment is new, some old and long-neglected."
[00:23] Aspenx3: "no one knows much..." (well yes, thanks book)
[00:23] crazedcrusader: *cough*TechnoBatcave*cough*
[00:23] Aspenx3: "... speculation that he either bought this complex from a corporation that went out of business, or he is a squatter who moved in and performed necessary renovations."
[00:24] crazedcrusader: *calls it the Techno Batcave forever now, happily makes nuisance of self*
[00:24] requiem2adream86: ...huh. this song is cut down. that sucks.
[00:24] Avariel Wings: because the boy's brilliant and they want to nudge him down a road that'll get him the most possible recognition. HE hates the idea.
[00:24] Aspenx3: Not denying he's brilliant. :) Am wondering about the social skills. Is that why he ran?
[00:24] Avariel Wings: he just wants to work with his computers.
[00:25] Avariel Wings: yeah, they'd be trying to turn him into a good politician, but they'd have failed even if he'd stayed.
[00:25] crazedcrusader: ...somehow I am having this image of them forcing him through ettiquette classes.
[00:25] Avariel Wings: he's NOT a politician.
[00:25] Aspenx3: Right. But why did they want him to be a politician and not, say, a famous inventor? A tech company owner? Alliance star? Thing?
[00:25] Avariel Wings: exactly. and he actively resists it.
[00:25] Avariel Wings: father was a minor politician, maybe.
[00:26] *** setsthingsright has joined the chat.
[00:26] Aspenx3: *wry* okay. Well, let me know -- because if you play the politics aspect,
[00:26] crazedcrusader: Hi Lynne!
[00:26] setsthingsright: hi val!
[00:26] Aspenx3: it has rather significant impact on upcoming things with Gabriel,
[00:26] StarCPenny: heya Lynne!
[00:26] setsthingsright: hi star!
[00:26] Aspenx3: who is currently running for a seat in Parliament.
[00:26] Aspenx3: So I would like to know, is all. See what I'm saying?
[00:27] *** illmantrimsacto has joined the chat.
[00:27] illmantrimsacto: *slips back in and waps AIM*
[00:27] Avariel Wings: *nods* of course. but remember, we're talking about twenty years ago. there's nothing to say his parents are even still alive, necessarily, let alone still active in politics. but I don't want to trample your plot, of course.
[00:27] Avariel Wings: I'm just kind of brainstorming.
[00:27] Aspenx3: *shakes head* All I'm saying is that if they ARE -- I will need to know. And to work it in with political structure. *waves book about cheerfully* And stuff.
[00:28] Avariel Wings: *nodnod*
[00:28] crazedcrusader: Sam? I don't want to actually play out the training sessions, but if you want, we can handwave them meeting, like, every day, for say an hour?
[00:28] Aspenx3: but in any case I look forward to Gabe and Mr. U's first meeting.
[00:28] Avariel Wings: *griiins*
[00:29] Aspenx3: Because Gabe doesn't know it was Mr. U who sent the signal. *wry smile* Gabe's going to get another shock, so he is.
[00:29] illmantrimsacto: sounds good, Val
[00:29] crazedcrusader: tag Billy, then.
[00:30] Avariel Wings: tag Laini
[00:30] crazedcrusader: And she really will push him, too, Sam. She's used to pushing Slayerettes.
[00:30] Avariel Wings: *headtilt* why a shock, particularly?
[00:30] illmantrimsacto: Tag Faith
[00:30] setsthingsright: and now dinner. *sigh* brb
[00:31] Avariel Wings: tag Billy
[00:31] Aspenx3: Who, Gabe? Because he will not be expecting to meet dead tech geek genius who Knows Stuff? Especially stuff about Miranda and Academy?
[00:31] illmantrimsacto: and that is cool, Val, he wants to learn evetything he can'I will have him come in a few times very tired and worn and maybe even sore
[00:31] Avariel Wings: ....this is true. heehee.
[00:39] Avariel Wings: but, yeah, Aspen, what I do know for sure? he's from the Core, parents were social climbers and not as well-known as they wanted to be
[00:39] Avariel Wings: and he ran away aged 12-14 because of boredom and/or their attempts to push him down a path he didn't want.
[00:10] sparklegirl6979: i wish I knew how to get to the joann's from here
[00:10] Avariel Wings: and all the flags put out on him conveniently disappeared.
[00:10] Aspenx3: *makes note and snags RPG book*
[00:11] Avariel Wings: ....oooh.
[00:11] StarCPenny: ... ok, googling 'kama sutra' just to put a link in her next post.....
[00:11] illmantrimsacto: tag Faith
[00:11] Avariel Wings: *cracks up*
[00:11] sparklegirl6979: heeeee
[00:11] sparklegirl6979: what about 'kitsune sutra'?
[00:11] crazedcrusader: Same positions, but you add a tail. Or nine. Whichever.
[00:11] StarCPenny: But it doesn't have a link I could toss in. *snicker*
[00:11] camwyn cwru: *gives Spoon a funny look* Since when are you philosophical enough to have that in your head?
[00:12] StarCPenny: ah- most of the later chapters you need a non-fixed skeletal structure for.
[00:12] sparklegirl6979: welll..... get technical on me, why don't you?
[00:12] requiem2adream86: Mr. U/Laini OMG their love is so technical!
[00:12] crazedcrusader: tag Billy
[00:12] illmantrimsacto: Tag Mr U
[00:12] Avariel Wings: he definitely strikes me as a bored little rich boy.
[00:13] crazedcrusader: A pretty little rich boy. *nods, pets his hair*
[00:13] crazedcrusader: You know what I suspect, Kate?
[00:13] Avariel Wings: tag Billy.
[00:13] Avariel Wings: what's that, Val?
[00:14] crazedcrusader: I suspect his parents wanted him to go into politics. And he said "...no."
[00:14] crazedcrusader: And fled.
[00:14] Avariel Wings: .....ahahaha, yes.
[00:14] Avariel Wings: and he was all of about thirteen or fourteen at the time, but they were starting to push him that way and he didn't want to.
[00:14] Cywyll: *runs away*
[00:14] *** Cywyll has left the chat.
[00:14] crazedcrusader: Exactly.
[00:15] Avariel Wings: so then he disappears completely, takes... probably only a laptop or something, whatever he could carry, and vanishes.
[00:15] crazedcrusader: He was like "...public image? WTF? Cannot cope, off to Techno Batcave Moon of NOT HERE."
[00:15] Avariel Wings: and deletes every attempt they make to find him.
[00:15] Avariel Wings: *gigglefits*
[00:16] illmantrimsacto: Tag Mr U
[00:16] crazedcrusader: (It's so a techno batcave.)
[00:16] Avariel Wings: ...which means Gabriel quite possibly knows his parents.
[00:16] Aspenx3: Um. If we are taking that route, then why did he go to pilot school?
[00:16] Avariel Wings: because he wanted to.
[00:16] Aspenx3: And/or why did his parents let him go to pilot school?
[00:17] crazedcrusader: Cause flying ships is fun?
[00:17] Aspenx3: post-runaway? so his school name is fake?
[00:17] Avariel Wings: I'm thinking that was a year or two after he disappeared.
[00:17] Avariel Wings: oh, yeah, his flight school name was definitely fake.
[00:17] crazedcrusader: I wanted to be a pilot, but my vision isn't good enough.
[00:17] Avariel Wings: the novel even says so, and I think Pho used it.
[00:17] Aspenx3: 'kay. What planet is he from originally then?
[00:18] Avariel Wings: that detail I haven't decided yet. not Osiris, probably, that's a little too high-profile.
[00:18] crazedcrusader: tag Billy
[00:18] *** illmantrimsacto has left the chat.
[00:19] Aspenx3: *is looking to see if he's profiled in book, one sec*
[00:20] Avariel Wings: it's probably far from certain that Gabriel would recognise him, though. if he vanished twenty or more years ago, and he abandoned his real name around the same time... Gabriel might not even remember right off, or at all.
[00:21] StarCPenny: tag Mr U
[00:21] Aspenx3: I'd go with at all, unless his parents are particularly high profile and connected in the same way the Tams are.
[00:21] Aspenx3: with "not at all," that is.
[00:21] StarCPenny: Laini's going to hell, all I can say.
[00:21] Avariel Wings: *nodnod* and he'd have had a hard time removing all attempts to look for him, if he was from a family that well-known.
[00:22] Avariel Wings: I think they wanted him to be a politician in an attempt to GET that well-known.
[00:22] Aspenx3: why politics?
[00:22] Aspenx3: Also! He's shown as an NPC here. *skims*
[00:23] Aspenx3: "lives in his own 'mediaverse' - satellite moon that appears to have once been a gigantic comm complex. Some equipment is new, some old and long-neglected."
[00:23] Aspenx3: "no one knows much..." (well yes, thanks book)
[00:23] crazedcrusader: *cough*TechnoBatcave*cough*
[00:23] Aspenx3: "... speculation that he either bought this complex from a corporation that went out of business, or he is a squatter who moved in and performed necessary renovations."
[00:24] crazedcrusader: *calls it the Techno Batcave forever now, happily makes nuisance of self*
[00:24] requiem2adream86: ...huh. this song is cut down. that sucks.
[00:24] Avariel Wings: because the boy's brilliant and they want to nudge him down a road that'll get him the most possible recognition. HE hates the idea.
[00:24] Aspenx3: Not denying he's brilliant. :) Am wondering about the social skills. Is that why he ran?
[00:24] Avariel Wings: he just wants to work with his computers.
[00:25] Avariel Wings: yeah, they'd be trying to turn him into a good politician, but they'd have failed even if he'd stayed.
[00:25] crazedcrusader: ...somehow I am having this image of them forcing him through ettiquette classes.
[00:25] Avariel Wings: he's NOT a politician.
[00:25] Aspenx3: Right. But why did they want him to be a politician and not, say, a famous inventor? A tech company owner? Alliance star? Thing?
[00:25] Avariel Wings: exactly. and he actively resists it.
[00:25] Avariel Wings: father was a minor politician, maybe.
[00:26] *** setsthingsright has joined the chat.
[00:26] Aspenx3: *wry* okay. Well, let me know -- because if you play the politics aspect,
[00:26] crazedcrusader: Hi Lynne!
[00:26] setsthingsright: hi val!
[00:26] Aspenx3: it has rather significant impact on upcoming things with Gabriel,
[00:26] StarCPenny: heya Lynne!
[00:26] setsthingsright: hi star!
[00:26] Aspenx3: who is currently running for a seat in Parliament.
[00:26] Aspenx3: So I would like to know, is all. See what I'm saying?
[00:27] *** illmantrimsacto has joined the chat.
[00:27] illmantrimsacto: *slips back in and waps AIM*
[00:27] Avariel Wings: *nods* of course. but remember, we're talking about twenty years ago. there's nothing to say his parents are even still alive, necessarily, let alone still active in politics. but I don't want to trample your plot, of course.
[00:27] Avariel Wings: I'm just kind of brainstorming.
[00:27] Aspenx3: *shakes head* All I'm saying is that if they ARE -- I will need to know. And to work it in with political structure. *waves book about cheerfully* And stuff.
[00:28] Avariel Wings: *nodnod*
[00:28] crazedcrusader: Sam? I don't want to actually play out the training sessions, but if you want, we can handwave them meeting, like, every day, for say an hour?
[00:28] Aspenx3: but in any case I look forward to Gabe and Mr. U's first meeting.
[00:28] Avariel Wings: *griiins*
[00:29] Aspenx3: Because Gabe doesn't know it was Mr. U who sent the signal. *wry smile* Gabe's going to get another shock, so he is.
[00:29] illmantrimsacto: sounds good, Val
[00:29] crazedcrusader: tag Billy, then.
[00:30] Avariel Wings: tag Laini
[00:30] crazedcrusader: And she really will push him, too, Sam. She's used to pushing Slayerettes.
[00:30] Avariel Wings: *headtilt* why a shock, particularly?
[00:30] illmantrimsacto: Tag Faith
[00:30] setsthingsright: and now dinner. *sigh* brb
[00:31] Avariel Wings: tag Billy
[00:31] Aspenx3: Who, Gabe? Because he will not be expecting to meet dead tech geek genius who Knows Stuff? Especially stuff about Miranda and Academy?
[00:31] illmantrimsacto: and that is cool, Val, he wants to learn evetything he can'I will have him come in a few times very tired and worn and maybe even sore
[00:31] Avariel Wings: ....this is true. heehee.
[00:39] Avariel Wings: but, yeah, Aspen, what I do know for sure? he's from the Core, parents were social climbers and not as well-known as they wanted to be
[00:39] Avariel Wings: and he ran away aged 12-14 because of boredom and/or their attempts to push him down a path he didn't want.