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 <div align=center><big>'''''Story Notes'''''</big><br />
 Not a plot, but notes on storytelling and ideas for a story.</div>
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 ==Possible themes/events==
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 When we consider her upbringing, it’s unlikely that Mai could ever turn out to be a “normal” person. She doesn’t remember her parents. She grew up in a police station from age three (“orphaned at the age of 3”, manual), was implanted without her knowledge at seven (“Griffin made me a monster when I was 7 years old”, dialogue 14_54_21) and then probably was trained from an early age to be a cop so Griffin could keep an eye on her (“Her upbringing has been overseen by a legion of scientists and TCTF personnel, and she has been trained in the most advanced combat and counter-terrorism techniques”, manual).
-Although we can imagine that Kerr was allowed to take her outside the HQ on weekends for the first few years, this probably would have ceased when she was made into a Daodan host. So Mai won’t be familiar with the little pleasantries of life: making a snowman in the winter, then coming inside for a cup of hot chocolate; playing “house” with dolls or playing in the woods with bugs like a tomboy; going over friends’ houses or people-watching at the mall. She didn’t even get the socialization with peers that comes with formal schooling. Her available entertainment would have been pretty limited if she lived in the TCTF HQ, so we can imagine her becoming something of a jock, spending spare time at the firing range just for fun (“expert marksman”, manual) or sparring with the droids in a training program to kill time (“master of hand to hand combat”, manual).
+Although we can imagine that Kerr was allowed to take her outside the HQ on weekends for the first few years, this probably would have ceased when she was made into a Daodan host. So Mai won’t be familiar with the little pleasantries of life: making a snowman in the winter, then coming inside for a cup of hot chocolate; playing “house” with dolls or playing with bugs like a tomboy; going over friends’ houses or people-watching at the mall. She didn’t even get the socialization with peers that comes with formal schooling. Her available entertainment would have been pretty limited if she lived in the TCTF HQ, so we can imagine her becoming something of a jock, spending spare time at the firing range just for fun (“expert marksman”, manual) or sparring with the droids in a training program to kill time (“master of hand to hand combat”, manual).
+====After Oni====
+At first, life without the TCTF must be frightening and lonely. No drills and exercises to practice, no orders to follow. No partners or allies around at all times. No active neural link in her head imparting situational info. If she is on the run, she doesn’t even have a bed to sleep in; she is ironically both more free and more restrained. Would Mai still retain her martial personality, or would she learn to relax a little, perhaps trying to acquaint herself with the normalcies of life? What is her favorite food? How kind is she? What does her laugh sound like? Does she become more feminine or is that not even a possibility for someone on her path in life? How does she feel about the Daodan inside her? In Oni, she was afraid of it; has she found some peace now?
+Additionally, Konoko’s values came from the TCTF rather than her parents. What kind of moral framework can Mai possibly have after leaving the TCTF? It’s essential to show character development in response to her experiences in Oni 2, just as she changes in response to Oni’s events. Additionally, strong characters ought to have strong opinions (see “Strong women” section below). What if Mai is gung-ho about the Chrysalis, and then she learns that her Dad didn’t create it, but only found it? This could throw her into doubt about whether we really know what it’s for or how to use it. Her initial worshipful attitude towards the Daodan, and then possible rejection of it, could also represent something about parental attachment and neglect.
+<div align=center>{{Pullquote|1=Instead [Choice of Romance] gives us elements of what I’ve sometimes seen called the Heroine’s Journey. The Heroine begins from a position of minimal privilege, but has some powerful goal or passion. She may then take on a mentor or helper to assist her in her attempt to escape her traditional role and do what she wants in life. Along the way, she rejects or loses a “typical” romance with a man who wants to protect her but who would stifle her. She undergoes further trials in the attempt to establish herself; if she does marry/become romantically attached, it’s much later in the story, after she’s distinguished herself as an individual and met someone who is willing to regard her as an equal. Alternatively, sometimes she ends up alone but self-realized to some degree. (Examples: Eowyn. Harriet Vane. The Julia Stiles character from Ten Things I Hate About You [which is not really The Taming of the Shrew at its thematic heart]. Arya in “Game of Thrones,” at least so far.)|2=[http://emshort.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/choice-of-romance/ Emily Short]|width=850px}}</div>
+====Changes brought on by the Chrysalis====
+Mai should be a more advanced symbiote than her competitors. That means that she and Muro are on the cutting edge of what happens to a Daodan host, and reap the benefits (or discover the dangers) before anyone else. Their abilities are developed further than their enemies.
+Mai could be developing a Daodan power of “super-intuition”, based on her grasping Muro’s plans in Chapter 2, and being able to follow Mukade in Rooftops (and maybe the objective texts show more of her intuition, although the help text for the Mutant Muro fight could be in her own head; develop this later). This could lead to the ability to predict enemy moves in both combat and battle tactics.
+This intuitive power could also be used to allow Mai to avoid certain “Idiot Ball” clichés. For instance, she rescues someone whose mind seems to have been tampered with, and they say they’re okay, but after a little while, Mai decides not to bring them back to the others because she just feels that something isn’t quite right; she goes against the grain and makes the difficult choice to halt the rescue, rather than following the standard “good guy does something well-meaning but dumb” routine.
+Is Mai’s life perhaps relatable to the average woman? Well, she does have a life form growing inside of her... and it is changing the way her body acts.... She also is concerned about its development.... When it is finished developing, her own life will be changed forever by it....
+Is Mai continuing along the “super predator” path that Hardy envisioned? If so, does she start to feel a higher predatory instinct? Does she occasionally have the urge to attack other people even when they’re friendly?
+===Mukade===
+Insert something here about likeable villains and villains-turned-good guys.
+===Mai—Mukade===
+Various possible dynamics if Mukade is good or bad or dad. Can two Daodan hosts even get along? The first time, they were at each other’s throats. This could be a central theme of Oni 2: overcoming their drive to compete with or dominate each other.
+===Mai—Griffin===
+Although Griffin arrives to help Konoko in her final fight, we shouldn’t take this as a sign that they will be fast friends from that day on. The fact is, Griffin ordered the detonation of Shinatama, the only person Konoko was really close to (see next section). He then prolonged Shinatama’s suffering by making her into a machine to kill Konoko (whether Shinatama had the self-awareness of a real person is somewhat moot; the point is that Konoko thinks of her as a real person). It’s a miracle if Konoko doesn’t put a bullet in Griffin’s head for that; a friendship is way too much to ask for. We should expect them to go their separate ways after Oni. It’s also quite possible that Griffin continues to see Mai as a threat.
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