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Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

Alex, you're friends with Yumei. She follows you around between environment club and Feminist club like a lost Lamb. At the school paper, however, you see her sibling, Yuji, hanging with Minder, who are both also in yearbook?

Carrie has seen their brother Yungfeng in shop class.

Kelly has seen Yumei at basketball practice, and Yungfeng in the fighting pit.

Yu only takes elective classes.

Ehh? Sound cool?


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

Ooh, Kelly will tag in on that Environment club for sure (though primarily assuming it will be an excuse to cut class to go hiking)!

Lets see, who's the friend... Trying to figure out what friends she has that would earn Alexandra's ire. I'll go with star forward and captain of the Soccer team, Taryn Ishizaki.

As part of knowing Yu's background is false, is your intent that I would know that Yumei and Yungfeng are the same?


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

Where on that storyline do you see being most interesting?

Knowing something's up, and not being sure what, or knowing they're one person and watching them maintain the act? Kelly knows their stories are lies, I'll let you decide if she knows the truth Yu knows.


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

I think I'll land on suspicion then. Something along the lines of knowing that they smell the same, but since neither of them smell quite human, not really being sure what to make of that.


Witch... Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: -1; Dark: 2 | Conditions: Jealous of Mindy, Loser | Harm: 0
Kelly Granger wrote:
Lets see, who's the friend... Trying to figure out what friends she has that would earn Alexandra's ire. I'll go with star forward and captain of the Soccer team, Taryn Ishizaki.

Cool... What did she do (or do you want me to come up with something)?

So,... How're we figuring out room mates?.. Are we good to go after that?


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

Ok, I think my string count is:

Held/Given
Alexandra: 1/0
Carrie: 1/0
Kelly: 2/2
Yu: 1/2 Yu, I have 1 string on you automatically.

Yu, I can double down on strings and be the one you emulate if you want.

Also, there's Yumei, Yuji and Yungfeng? I presume no one has ever seen the three of them together?


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●
Minder1 wrote:
Also, there's Yumei, Yuji and Yungfeng? I presume no one has ever seen the three of them together?

Right. Three totally fabricated personalities.


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

Yu, do you want Mindy to be the one you emulate?


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

I had Alex down but I can change it. It would mean Yu has 4 strings on Mindy.


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

I think we'll start a few weeks in.

I think now, it just comes down to dorms. how many people do we want of each gender(at least biologically, because thats what dorms are going to be assigned based on) I think 20 and 20?


Witch... Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: -1; Dark: 2 | Conditions: Jealous of Mindy, Loser | Harm: 0

Sounds good to me.


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether
Alexandra Wykes wrote:


Something Carrie saw Alex do that reminded her what love was... All the following have happened... choose one that you think might remind Carrie what love is;

1: Alex rescued a bird with a broken wing which she's secretly looking after in her dorm room.

Ooh! this one is perfect I see Alexandra looking up at the right moment to catch it out of the air. I was the only one to see it. Having just fallen to her own death, this hit her right in the feels.

Elsine wrote:

I think we'll start a few weeks in.

I think now, it just comes down to dorms. how many people do we want of each gender(at least biologically, because thats what dorms are going to be assigned based on) I think 20 and 20?

Well, it's hard to imagine a school with only 40 students. But I can see 40 students that are potentially significant. I think that that is a good level to have. Maybe have like five of each somewhat fleshed out and the others have just the basics to fill out.

I'm thinking of a google spreadsheet so we can all see it and fill it out. Name, gender, details and then a column for each PC to note their interactions. It could be just sharing classes to romance.


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

Yu, I missed that you'd already picked one. Go ahead and leave Alexandra as your mirror.

Maybe 20 for each floor?


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

Maybe mixed room sizes? 4s with bunkbeds or 5s in a row for freshmen and sophomores and 2s for juniors and seniors?

Yu wanders between any unassigned beds. Right now, Yumei might have replaced a girl Alex hexed, but she's just moved in. She brought a few empty cardboard boxes and stuffed them under the bed.


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

I had meant the students in your year, not overall


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

40 students we'll encounter in the classes and hangouts we share, who may or may not bunk with us, but will bunk with each other, and even that may be relevant.


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

I'd love to have a classmates sheet linked to the thread so we can have that sort of information collected.

I think that paired rooms (possibly with a few triples sprinkled throughout) is the way to go. It allows everyone to instantly have a relationship with built in friction and friendship possibilities in a way that could get kinda spread out if we had bigger dorms.


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

And of course, for every person we relate to, we will likely interact with their roommates at some point.


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

Bingo


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Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

I'm excited about the grape vine. How something we do in front of Janelle gets parotted to another PC by her b#&*! roommate in a twisted telephone game.


Witch... Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: -1; Dark: 2 | Conditions: Jealous of Mindy, Loser | Harm: 0

I'd agree that even 40 students per year level seems small,.... Maybe 20-30 core students plus a whole lot of extras in the background (i.e. they don't generally impact the story in a meaningful way)? This provides a pool of new characters/plot elements whenever required and can assumed to be mostly just part of the scenery... the crowd at the ballgame, the victims who run screaming, the people dancing in the background at the prom etc.

Kind of like how most shows / movies work?

P.S. I'm not from the USA and, therefore, have only a vague idea of the terms freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. Would I be right in guessing that:

freshman = 14 -15 years old
sophomore = 15-16 years old
junior = 16-17 years old
senior = 17-18 years old

?


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

That’s about right!


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

speaking as someone who went to a school with smaller grade sizes... well, there's a reason I set this in a private school in new england (Mass in my head. old school, building is probably older than the country old, and tiny)


Witch... Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: -1; Dark: 2 | Conditions: Jealous of Mindy, Loser | Harm: 0
Elsine wrote:
speaking as someone who went to a school with smaller grade sizes... well, there's a reason I set this in a private school in new england (Mass in my head. old school, building is probably older than the country old, and tiny)

Either way is fine with me... I have no idea how big private schools (or, indeed, state schools) are in the states... I can only go off films/TV etc.


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

40 does seem possible for an exclusive private high school. My highschool was a good bit bigger, but ny Junior high class was only 30!


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

My graduating class was about 400 students. 1600 students in all. 25-30 students per class. (Public school in the midwest)


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

That was about the size of my high school class too, but I think Lone Oak has a distinctly different vibe


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

Wow, the day I planned to do the spreadsheet is the one day my work decides to have something for me to do. Sorry it took so long

Here is the list of students, in a nice spreadsheet thing. everyone choose your roommate (another PC or an NPC of the same sex)

I just did this with random generators, then guided the results a little, but there's lots of room for others to colour them in.


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

1d40 + 1 ⇒ (37) + 1 = 38 - wrong gender
1d40 + 1 ⇒ (35) + 1 = 36 - wrong gender
1d40 + 1 ⇒ (21) + 1 = 22 Long, Ashley

Oh, this could hardly go better. Carrie with a timid roommate. So many opportunities.


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1
Alexandra Wykes wrote:
Kelly Granger wrote:
Lets see, who's the friend... Trying to figure out what friends she has that would earn Alexandra's ire. I'll go with star forward and captain of the Soccer team, Taryn Ishizaki.
Cool... What did she do (or do you want me to come up with something)?

Missed that earlier. I was thinking typical popular kid cruelty, but that's obviously pretty vague. I get the sense that you don't just hex people at random, so I'd actually prefer to see what would draw your wrath.

Oh, and speaking of Taryn, any objection to adding her in or swapping her for one of the randomly generated classmates on the spreadsheet?

Edit
Love the rolled roommate idea!
1d38 ⇒ 10

Mae Evans, smart, condescending and no imagination

Works for me!


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2
Kelly Granger wrote:
Alexandra Wykes wrote:
Kelly Granger wrote:
Lets see, who's the friend... Trying to figure out what friends she has that would earn Alexandra's ire. I'll go with star forward and captain of the Soccer team, Taryn Ishizaki.
Cool... What did she do (or do you want me to come up with something)?

Missed that earlier. I was thinking typical popular kid cruelty, but that's obviously pretty vague. I get the sense that you don't just hex people at random, so I'd actually prefer to see what would draw your wrath.

Oh, and speaking of Taryn, any objection to adding her in or swapping her for one of the randomly generated classmates on the spreadsheet?

Goodbye Rebecca Li, Hello Taryn Isizaki (needed more predatory students to balance out the "Prey" types, so this is good)

I assume Star forwar is an important position


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

Forward is a position that allows her to get a lot of the glory, thus helping her be the star ;)


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

What happened to Alex's previous roommate? Was it a hex? Does Alex even know? In any case, one day she was gone and Yumei moved in. Did she leave anything behind for Yumei to appropriate? Had Alex met any of Yu's personas before that?


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

Can you put the spreadsheet link in the short description?


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

Can you put the spreadsheet link into the short description?


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

Done!


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

I think I can build a pretty roster and class key in a way that lets you highlight a student across all periods if we think that would be helpful..


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

Honestly, I wasn't planning to set many scenes in classes, unless there's groupwork. If you wanna/Are bored, go for it, but I don't know how much it will get used?


Witch... Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: -1; Dark: 2 | Conditions: Jealous of Mindy, Loser | Harm: 0

So, does only Yumei version of Yu have a room? - Alex didn't Hex her first roommate (and didn't Hex Taryn... yet). No idea what happened to her. Kelly caught Alex looking in Taryn's locker - I'll come up with a reason.

Have noted that Alex and Yu(mei) are roommates on the sheet.


Werewolf: Hot: 1; Cold: -1; Volatile: 2; Dark: -1 Conditions: "Dumb Jock," "Into Taryn," "Prideful," "Mad Jelly" "Insecure"| Harm: 1 | Xp 2
Strings I have:
Carrie: 3, Mindy: 0, Yu: 3, Lily: 1, Fred 1, Alex 1, Andrea 1
Strings on Me:
Alexandra: 1, Carrie: 4, Mindy: 2, Yu: 2, Fred 1

Exact class schedules might be better left slightly vague anyways. That way the person you really don't want to deal with right now can always be in your class :p


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●

Oh, I see... off the premises.


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

Roomie roll!: 1d38 ⇒ 16

The courteous Ms. Marie Gray


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●
Alexandra Wykes wrote:

So, does only Yumei version of Yu have a room? - Alex didn't Hex her first roommate (and didn't Hex Taryn... yet). No idea what happened to her. Kelly caught Alex looking in Taryn's locker - I'll come up with a reason.

Have noted that Alex and Yu(mei) are roommates on the sheet.

Yu can't sleep in two places at once... Yet.

Alex's first roommate got sick the day after Alex met Yumei.


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

Yu if we haven't decided yet, let's say that you saved Mindy from some local toughs who got lucky. They stabbed her deep and she was reeling from the unexpected injury and you chased them off long enough for her to heal herself.


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

I'm assuming Mindy is more the Dracula "A little subdued in sunlight" than the Buffy "I'm on fire!". Of course, she could always get a doctors note saying she has Xeroderma Pigmentosa and can't be exposed to UV light. (though I would suggest not claiming the version that progressively affects intelligence)


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

What is the school's stance on student vehicles? Are we expected to park off-campus or can we get permits?


Vampire H: 1 C: 2 V:-1 D: -1 Harm: 1 Condition: Stick up the arse, wary

Your right on your assumption. She burns easily and she's weak in the sunlight, but she carries an umbrella and exposes very little skin.


Hollow ●●●●○ Harm:▽▽▽▽  Cold: +2  Volatile:+1 Dark: -1  Hot:-1  
Strings on Yu:
Kelly●●●, Mindy●, Carrie●
Strings Yu has:
Kelly●●, Alex●● Mindy●●
Minder1 wrote:
Yu if we haven't decided yet, let's say that you saved Mindy from some local toughs who got lucky. They stabbed her deep and she was reeling from the unexpected injury and you chased them off long enough for her to heal herself.

In that case, that was the first time Mindy saw Yungfeng. He ran the joker's off, made sure Mindy weas okay, fixed her umbrella, and left. If you asked Yuji about him they said he was their brother, but didn't say much else.


Karen Broklawsky, Ghoul (Chaos), Hot -1, Cold 1 , Volatile 2 , Dark -1; conditions Uncultured; Licentious; Owes Squeaky, Self Destructive, High on Ether

And since I'm playing Carrie, I went ahead and posted my first meeting with my roommate. #NoApologies


Human-ish Level i^64 game master l Team (H): 3, Team(P):2

I left you guys alone for less than 24 Hours!

seriously, sorry, busy week.

Well, that was quite the establishing Character moment for Carrie, and apparently Mindy has poor Marie hypnotized.

But, before we begin, There's a little conversation we should have. Specifically limits. this game is designed to create emotional reactions. it is about having an incredibly shitty time in high school, and there can be lines. I'm gonna open the floor right now, and ask if anyone has hard or soft lines, things you want to not be included, or to veil.

Here's my two (though, I may discover I have more): 1.) sexual assault: I'm okay with the topic being broached (though, if someone else isn't It won't be), With Pc's being perpetrators (or victims, but I think I mostly control that half) of sexual asssualt, hard line there
2.) Sex: There's a veil here, as soon as it's clear sex will take place, we stop there, use the mechanics for the game, and then skip to the aftermath (you kiss your lover passionately,and you to fall into bed, fade to black, come to with you two talking, covers over yourselfs. Pg-13 movie style. or you unzip your dress and shut the broom closet door, fade to black, come back with you and your partner quietly slipping out of the closet, clothes somewhat ruffled). I have seen scenes descend into badly written erotica, I'd like to not see it happen here.

anyone else got a line, veil, or other related topic to broach?

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