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I was cruelly asked five questions by Melpomenes_mask (okay, I volunteered), and must now answer or be struck down by the wrath of God. If you're up for the same fun torment, just leave a comment in my journal, and I'll ask /you/ five questions, which you answer in your LJ. And thus, the circle of meme turns ever on.
1: What's your favorite RP scene that you've ever participated in, as GM, PC, or NPC? The best RP scene? The least expected?
My favorite? I have a lot of scenes that I really enjoyed. As a player, I think it may have been the Harriet/Zach/Lucian/Cosmo scene on B&S where Everything Came Out. That just rocked. :) As a GM, I think it was when I was running a BESM geriatric superheroes campaign with my RL group, and the PCs took on the corrupted younger superheroes in a battle royale. It was a lot of fun, and there was some excellent RP in it.
The least expected? I don't know. I don't really have a lot expectations. I guess it may have been a Harriet/Jack scene (which was also quite fun), where the intention had been for a little unconscious interrogation, but ended in an Ethereal battle and an interesting bit of plot.
2: Why "Pyrephox"?
In Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age', there's a bit character, a hacker, who gets brutally tortured to death over about three pages, and then is never mentioned again. His name is Phyrephox. When making my AOL screenname, I figured that 'Phyrephox' would already be taken, and the 'h' looked silly, anyway.
3: Cast yourself in IN terms. What are you and why? (Noncanon Superiors allowed as long as they're recognizable, a la me being a Nitpicking Habbie and an Archives Bright. ^^) How about on the other side?
Hmm. Probably a Djinn of the Media. I'm quite certain about Djinn, at least, but less so about the Word. I tend towards the obssessive, but my obsessions change without warning, and a lot of times I'm content just to watch, rather than act. And most of my interests are Media related, if you count books. On the other side, I'd probably be a Cherub of Dreams, I think. On my better days, anyway. ;)
4: What were the last three movies you watched? What did you think? If you could change one thing in each, what would it be?
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Finding Nemo, and Gothika. I liked them all very much. But, it should be mentioned, I'm /very/ easy to please when it comes to movies. I don't ask for much from my popular entertainment. For the League, I'd probably change the Dorian Gray picture to more closely reflect the actual story. Finding Nemo...I'd let the other fish escape from the tank, too (trying to be vague as not to spoil people). Gothika, I'd change the ending to something a bit more, well, correct.
5: You get use of a teleporter for 24 hours. It works perfectly and transports instantaneously; the only problem is, if you transport another person along with yourself, it halves your remaining time using the teleporter. (And the cap is "two people including yourself at a time".) How do you spend your day(-or-less)?
Visit those friends that live out of the country, or not within reasonable driving distance, then visit Tokyo, Venice, London, Rio, San Francisco, Portland, and any place else that comes to mind with what time I have remaining.
1: What's your favorite RP scene that you've ever participated in, as GM, PC, or NPC? The best RP scene? The least expected?
My favorite? I have a lot of scenes that I really enjoyed. As a player, I think it may have been the Harriet/Zach/Lucian/Cosmo scene on B&S where Everything Came Out. That just rocked. :) As a GM, I think it was when I was running a BESM geriatric superheroes campaign with my RL group, and the PCs took on the corrupted younger superheroes in a battle royale. It was a lot of fun, and there was some excellent RP in it.
The least expected? I don't know. I don't really have a lot expectations. I guess it may have been a Harriet/Jack scene (which was also quite fun), where the intention had been for a little unconscious interrogation, but ended in an Ethereal battle and an interesting bit of plot.
2: Why "Pyrephox"?
In Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age', there's a bit character, a hacker, who gets brutally tortured to death over about three pages, and then is never mentioned again. His name is Phyrephox. When making my AOL screenname, I figured that 'Phyrephox' would already be taken, and the 'h' looked silly, anyway.
3: Cast yourself in IN terms. What are you and why? (Noncanon Superiors allowed as long as they're recognizable, a la me being a Nitpicking Habbie and an Archives Bright. ^^) How about on the other side?
Hmm. Probably a Djinn of the Media. I'm quite certain about Djinn, at least, but less so about the Word. I tend towards the obssessive, but my obsessions change without warning, and a lot of times I'm content just to watch, rather than act. And most of my interests are Media related, if you count books. On the other side, I'd probably be a Cherub of Dreams, I think. On my better days, anyway. ;)
4: What were the last three movies you watched? What did you think? If you could change one thing in each, what would it be?
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Finding Nemo, and Gothika. I liked them all very much. But, it should be mentioned, I'm /very/ easy to please when it comes to movies. I don't ask for much from my popular entertainment. For the League, I'd probably change the Dorian Gray picture to more closely reflect the actual story. Finding Nemo...I'd let the other fish escape from the tank, too (trying to be vague as not to spoil people). Gothika, I'd change the ending to something a bit more, well, correct.
5: You get use of a teleporter for 24 hours. It works perfectly and transports instantaneously; the only problem is, if you transport another person along with yourself, it halves your remaining time using the teleporter. (And the cap is "two people including yourself at a time".) How do you spend your day(-or-less)?
Visit those friends that live out of the country, or not within reasonable driving distance, then visit Tokyo, Venice, London, Rio, San Francisco, Portland, and any place else that comes to mind with what time I have remaining.
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1. Have you ever read a book that just made you not only want to throw it down a well, but preferably chuck its author after it? If so, which one, and why?
2. What character do you play (or have you played) do you think is closest to your true self? Which one is the farthest away?
3. You're offered one of the very few slots on the first colony ship to another earth-type planet, but none of your family or friends are (although there's a possibility you'll be able to bring them over later). Do you go, or not?
4. What do you value most highly in RP? Achieving the 'goal' of the character, PC/PC interaction, humor, etc?
5. You can bring back one mythological creature, and allow it to populate the earth, appropriately (not like herds of unicorns in Times Square or anything). Do you bring one back? Which one, and why (or why not)?
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1. You can spend a day as one other living person, Being John Malkovich style (able to observe or control). Who do you choose, and why?
2. Favorite RP character? /Least/ favorite?
3. What's the most humorous movie you've seen, according to /your/ standards, and not whatever genre the movie was supposed to be?
4. Favorite Deadly Sin? Favorite Divine Virtue (and no, not a cute Malakite!)?
5. You're walking in a desert, Undauntra. It's very hot. You see a turtle. You turn the turtle over on its shell. Its feet and head are waving, trying to turn it back right-side up, but it's stuck. If you don't turn it back over, Undauntra, it'll die. But you're not turning it over. Why not?
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1. What's your favorite character that's never been played? In other words, one that you made and really liked, but just hasn't fit into any games (or the game it was made for fell through, etc.).
2. What are some things that never existed, but you wished they did?
3. Doom and disaster strikes, and SJG will publish only one more In Nomine book, ever. Which book would you like to see the most, and why?
4. What books (if any) are you reading right now? Which ones are you enjoying the most?
5. Roller coasters! Thumbs up or thumbs down?
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Oh, yeah, and ask me 5 questions, too... ;)
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2. What IN Superior, if any, do you think you'd be happiest and best at working for, if the opportunity were offered?
3. How did you get started working with the birdies?
4. What songs do you really like, but haven't heard in a while?
5. Poof! You're a book. Where do they put you in the bookstore, and why?
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2. You get to change one fundamental aspect of human nature. Do you? If so, which one and why?
3. You're an IN Ethereal! What are your Strands?
4. What was the last song that 'earwormed' you? Was it one you liked?
5. You get to 'rearrange your stat points', and boost one personal attribute at the expense of another. Do you do it? If so, which one benefits, and which one suffers?