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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15765 on: August 27, 2013, 09:19:35 pm »

(( I'm in trouble, I'm locked in a room full of Electric floor pannels, I can't get to my pod. ))

Those who can't are carried, or in the case of those trapped in the clutches of the doctor, gassed and then dragged to a pod.

((Don't think too hard about how gassing you worked if you're full robot.))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15766 on: August 27, 2013, 09:29:06 pm »

(( I'm in trouble, I'm locked in a room full of Electric floor pannels, I can't get to my pod. ))

Those who can't are carried, or in the case of those trapped in the clutches of the doctor, gassed and then dragged to a pod.

((Don't think too hard about how gassing you worked if you're full robot.))
((Probably just turned ALL the floor panels on then dragged him to the pods while he was still smoking))
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And Larry kinda gets blueballed in all this; just left with a raging bone spear and no where to put it.

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15767 on: August 27, 2013, 09:43:13 pm »

(( I'm in trouble, I'm locked in a room full of Electric floor pannels, I can't get to my pod. ))

Those who can't are carried, or in the case of those trapped in the clutches of the doctor, gassed and then dragged to a pod.

((Don't think too hard about how gassing you worked if you're full robot.))
((Usually, the way it works in these situations, is that you're in an alternative reality, and don't have to worry about anything happening on the outside. Continue your simulation as if nothing happened.))

((I think a character like that would be interesting, but not necessarily realistic. Only someone prone to mental illness would behave like that or someone who find no other pleasure in life except for the pleasures of the flesh. People prove they can live with disabilities every day. The only thing that matters is how determined to live you are. And that's what the robot bodies represent, I think. The drive many living things have to survive for as long as possible, no matter the cost.

And really, how much do those senses get used in a flesh body? Food and drink is crap. The only smells you have are sanitizers, blood and worst things. The only touch you can find is in the embrace of your comrades, if they're sane enough and manage to survive long enough. Perhaps one could become so afraid of the pain and suffering he sees being inflicted on the others around him that he begins wishing he would loose his senses, wishing he would loose the burdens of the flesh. So he pumps himself full of anesthetic and commits suicide, making sure his body is destroyed in the process but his mind remains intact.

To be in the HMRC and not kill yourself, you have to be either crazy, a fool or determined to survive.))
((First of all, Pancaek is pretty mentally unstable as a character, so yes, he fits the bill.

As for the other stuff, people deal with disabilities all the time, but not with all the disabilities. Some, like Rabies, are still uncurable. Some disabilities are only dealt with by a vast minority of afflicted. As for the idea that it would only be someone who finds "no other pleasure in life except for the pleasures of the flesh," I will ask you if you actually are aware of how much we take from the "pleasures of the flesh". First of all, a very significant part of what we do is based directly on those "pleasures". But a lot of it we also take for granted. Or use it to stabilize ourselves, to give ourselves foundation, to direct ourselves. Even somebody who lives like a complete Spartan depends on these things.

I don't know of a single real world example of disability that removes as much from a normal human as what a robot body does. Not perhaps in the literal sense, (cancer, alzheimer, etc) but in the sense of completely taking away what a human being perceives as a reality, and replacing it with something else.
The closest example I can find are the 60s stasis tanks, where a man was to be suspended for hours, without feeling the world around him. The minds of those testes usually began to wander, leading to hallucinations. And yes, people who spent a lot of time there displayed certain signs of losing the connection with reality. And those people after being suspended for several hours, then got out of those stasis tanks and ate, went home, etc. Imagine being suspended in such a stasis tank for an unlimited amount of time and having to deal with the real world at the same time.

As for "how much do those senses get used in a flesh body?" I would like to point out that we have unlimited alcohol, smokes, TV, food, (which tastes fine if you've been eating it forever) exotic animals and beings, procrastination, VR Simulations, VR Simulations with senses, and a knowledge about a lot of stuff that is otherwise forbidden for the general public to even think about. I don't know about you, but I'd kill for that. The idea that HMRC is some kind of hell on earth is frankly overrated, even it's casualty rates are not that bad.))

((It's the little things. You realize that you don't feel air currents on your face, or smell the chemical smell of the latrines or whatever they have onboard. With no metabolism, you have that much less to do. Waking and dreaming are that much less distinct. On its own, it won't cause insanity, but in a fragile person or on top of other factors, it could push them over the edge. And the HMRC has plenty of people close to the edge...))
((The thing is, since no real-world studies have been done on this kind of thing, we don't know if it would cause insanity on it's own. I would cautiously lean towards the idea that yes, it would. But once again, we really don't know.))

But really, if you want to actually roleplay a realistic human beings reaction to a robot body, you have my full applause. Because nobody else has done it so far. (Except Jim, but he was more concerned with being a clone than a robot.)

(I'm going to take that as a compliment and thank you for it. It'll be either the second or third I've gotten for Jim. ^^^)
((You're welcome.))
« Last Edit: August 27, 2013, 09:49:18 pm by Thearpox »
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15768 on: August 27, 2013, 10:09:38 pm »

((By "on its own," are you including a body of knowledge on what happens and how to prevent it, along with the will and way to act on it?))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15769 on: August 27, 2013, 11:47:10 pm »

Wonder how the mission went. Get podded.
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15770 on: August 28, 2013, 01:23:06 am »

Wonder how the mission went. Get podded.
(( The mission went terribly, but somehow we still won? I'm sure someone will tell us how in debrief :P
And you have been Nyars'd. So, mission accomplished, welcome to the pods XD ))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15771 on: August 28, 2013, 03:12:09 am »

Wonder how the mission went. Get podded.
(( The mission went terribly, but somehow we still won? I'm sure someone will tell us how in debrief :P
And you have been Nyars'd. So, mission accomplished, welcome to the pods XD ))
((Shh.... And, well, the situation was stabilized. Violently.))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15772 on: August 28, 2013, 03:19:22 am »

(( The mission went terribly, but somehow we still won? I'm sure someone will tell us how in debrief :P
And you have been Nyars'd. So, mission accomplished, welcome to the pods XD ))

((Now, I wouldn't say that. Clearly, we weren't there to just keep the peace, as evidenced by whatever Faith did that blew up the upper levels of the palace. I presume the Radiant One had an object or two of interest, being the Radiant One and all.

I myself would say that the mission was dealt with quite efficiently - only one casualty and we were done in less than 24 hours. It's all in how you choose to spin it.))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15773 on: August 28, 2013, 04:24:39 am »

(( The mission went terribly, but somehow we still won? I'm sure someone will tell us how in debrief :P
And you have been Nyars'd. So, mission accomplished, welcome to the pods XD ))

((Now, I wouldn't say that. Clearly, we weren't there to just keep the peace, as evidenced by whatever Faith did that blew up the upper levels of the palace. I presume the Radiant One had an object or two of interest, being the Radiant One and all.

I myself would say that the mission was dealt with quite efficiently - only one casualty and we were done in less than 24 hours. It's all in how you choose to spin it.))

(( Fair enough. As I said in thread, I think it was supposed to go on a little longer before shit hit the fan, as I'm reasonably sure Faith was supposed to have time to recruit others into the behind the scenes goal, which didn't happen :P
We'll see at the debriefing exactly what went down. Well, maybe not exactly, but at least a rough summary. ))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15774 on: August 28, 2013, 04:31:29 am »

((@Thearpox: I disagree.))

((Would be fun if Faith never told anyone what happened. That would drive everyone mad.))

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15775 on: August 28, 2013, 04:43:47 am »

((@Thearpox: I disagree.))

((Would be fun if Faith never told anyone what happened. That would drive everyone mad.))

(( I'm not sure if it would drive me mad, persay, but I would certainly spend the next half a mission concocting increasingly preposterous theories as to what happened in there. ))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15776 on: August 28, 2013, 05:30:41 am »

((@Thearpox: I disagree.))

((Would be fun if Faith never told anyone what happened. That would drive everyone mad.))

(( I'm not sure if it would drive me mad, persay, but I would certainly spend the next half a mission concocting increasingly preposterous theories as to what happened in there. ))
((Judging by what little i remember of mission 10's backstory and the hallelujah screaming synth-flesh berserker at the end the only logical conclusion is... The creatures that created erik had taken over the planet.

Or my real theory that steve was trying to use the populations lack of contact with the radiant one to his advantage and intended to place faith and her synth-flesh visage upon the throne under the guise of the radiant one and leave her there until he could replace her with an identical synthflesh puppetmaster.))
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And Larry kinda gets blueballed in all this; just left with a raging bone spear and no where to put it.

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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15777 on: August 28, 2013, 07:32:31 am »

((@Thearpox: I disagree.))

((Would be fun if Faith never told anyone what happened. That would drive everyone mad.))

(( I'm not sure if it would drive me mad, persay, but I would certainly spend the next half a mission concocting increasingly preposterous theories as to what happened in there. ))
((Judging by what little i remember of mission 10's backstory and the hallelujah screaming synth-flesh berserker at the end the only logical conclusion is... The creatures that created erik had taken over the planet.

Or my real theory that steve was trying to use the populations lack of contact with the radiant one to his advantage and intended to place faith and her synth-flesh visage upon the throne under the guise of the radiant one and leave her there until he could replace her with an identical synthflesh puppetmaster.))
((Yes, yes... spin ever wilder theories in the face of complete silence. :3))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15778 on: August 28, 2013, 07:34:55 am »

((@Thearpox: I disagree.))
((Would be fun if Faith never told anyone what happened. That would drive everyone mad.))
(( I'm not sure if it would drive me mad, persay, but I would certainly spend the next half a mission concocting increasingly preposterous theories as to what happened in there. ))
((Judging by what little i remember of mission 10's backstory and the hallelujah screaming synth-flesh berserker at the end the only logical conclusion is... The creatures that created erik had taken over the planet.
Or my real theory that steve was trying to use the populations lack of contact with the radiant one to his advantage and intended to place faith and her synth-flesh visage upon the throne under the guise of the radiant one and leave her there until he could replace her with an identical synthflesh puppetmaster.))
((Yes, yes... spin ever wilder theories in the face of complete silence. :3))
((Someone who cares IC, disable most of Faith's body and demand she tell you!))
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Re: Einsteinian Roulette: The Gravy of Murder
« Reply #15779 on: August 28, 2013, 12:45:54 pm »

((By "on its own," are you including a body of knowledge on what happens and how to prevent it, along with the will and way to act on it?))
((I assumed that I was using the same definition as you were.))

((It's the little things. You realize that you don't feel air currents on your face, or smell the chemical smell of the latrines or whatever they have onboard. With no metabolism, you have that much less to do. Waking and dreaming are that much less distinct. On its own, it won't cause insanity, but in a fragile person or on top of other factors, it could push them over the edge. And the HMRC has plenty of people close to the edge...))
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