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'''polylectiloquy''' (n) <small>RHETORIC</small> 1. A collection of ideas [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-polylectic.html from different sources], examined as a [[wiktionary:dialectic|Socratic]] [[wiktionary:soliloquy|monologue]]. 2. A Q&A where I talk to myself. | '''polylectiloquy''' (n) <small>RHETORIC</small> 1. A collection of ideas [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-polylectic.html from different sources], examined as a [[wiktionary:dialectic|Socratic]] [[wiktionary:soliloquy|monologue]]. 2. A Q&A where I talk to myself. | ||
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===How far after Oni should Oni 2 be?=== | ===How far after Oni should Oni 2 be?=== | ||
:A. Starting days after Oni ends would be interesting. There would be a lot more energy at this time period than any other point we could place the sequel at. | :A. Starting days after Oni ends would be interesting. There would be a lot more energy at this time period than any other point we could place the sequel at. | ||
: | :B. A few years -- long enough that the "new world" is shaping up. This will allow us to answer the questions left hanging at the end of Oni as to how society will turn out, or what the intermediate stage will be, anyway. | ||
:C. So far after Oni that Konoko is gone and a new generation of characters can be introduced. It would be hard to pull people into a sequel without one familiar face (not that we couldn't work out something with clones or what-have-you), but this would free us from worrying about Konoko being too powerful for a sequel. | :C. So far after Oni that Konoko is gone and a new generation of characters can be introduced. It would be hard to pull people into a sequel without one familiar face (not that we couldn't work out something with clones or what-have-you), but this would free us from worrying about Konoko being too powerful for a sequel. | ||
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:B. Business as usual. The most boring option. And how is the WCG going to maintain control without people having to huddle around their ACCs in the cities? | :B. Business as usual. The most boring option. And how is the WCG going to maintain control without people having to huddle around their ACCs in the cities? | ||
:C. It's been replaced by total chaos. This would be a bleak option to go with, not to mention that it takes us in the direction of another clichéd kind of story, the Post-Apocalyptic Road Warrior genre. | :C. It's been replaced by total chaos. This would be a bleak option to go with, not to mention that it takes us in the direction of another clichéd kind of story, the Post-Apocalyptic Road Warrior genre. | ||
: | :D. It's fractured because the nations are starting to look out for themselves again. This would be a realistic mix between total anarchy and totalitarianism, and give us some kind of foundation for figuring out the politics of the situation. See the [[Oni2:Slaves_of_War/Factions|Factions]] page for details. | ||
===What happened to the TCTF?=== | ===What happened to the TCTF?=== | ||
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:A. He could be the head of his country's police (presumably his native country, not Japan, where Oni seems to take place). | :A. He could be the head of his country's police (presumably his native country, not Japan, where Oni seems to take place). | ||
: | :B. He might have disliked the new nationalistic atmosphere and is heading his own "rogue" organization. What would it do? | ||
::1. Work on getting Chrysalises to people. | ::1. Work on getting Chrysalises to people. | ||
:: | ::2. Work on keeping Chrysalises from people. Those things are dangerous! If Mai is promoting the use of Chrysalises, this would make them enemies again. | ||
:I favor the notion of B2, because if Griffin is going to be Mai's enemy again, this will give him a solid motivation. He knows that humanity can benefit from the Chrysalis in the short run but also feels strongly that giving everyone the Chrysalis will be opening Pandora's Box as the things develop inside people, so he fights to keep them out of the public's hands. He might even end up in an anti-authority position -- even though the governments will probably refuse to give them to ordinary citizens because of the risks of having a revolt by an Imago-stage populace, they might give Chrysalises to key officials to guarantee their health if the situation is dire enough. In that case, we're indeed back to a situation where Griffin has to fight to keep the Chrysalises out of the hands of politicians. | :I favor the notion of B2, because if Griffin is going to be Mai's enemy again, this will give him a solid motivation. He knows that humanity can benefit from the Chrysalis in the short run but also feels strongly that giving everyone the Chrysalis will be opening Pandora's Box as the things develop inside people, so he fights to keep them out of the public's hands. He might even end up in an anti-authority position -- even though the governments will probably refuse to give them to ordinary citizens because of the risks of having a revolt by an Imago-stage populace, they might give Chrysalises to key officials to guarantee their health if the situation is dire enough. In that case, we're indeed back to a situation where Griffin has to fight to keep the Chrysalises out of the hands of politicians. | ||
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:::Perhaps alien life is continuing to come through the phase veil on its own, but by what means, and in which places? | :::Perhaps alien life is continuing to come through the phase veil on its own, but by what means, and in which places? | ||
:::Or is the spreading Wilderness simply reflecting the success of this foreign life in starting from a single, brief point of introduction and rapidly invading our biosphere? | :::Or is the spreading Wilderness simply reflecting the success of this foreign life in starting from a single, brief point of introduction and rapidly invading our biosphere? | ||
:B. Maybe the scientists who opened up these phase portals were entirely unaware that anything was coming through. As speculated in the "What is the Daodan?" section, if the Daodan is microscopic, it might have slipped through unseen and infected life in our world. The great E.C. Segar played with that notion in | :B. Maybe the scientists who opened up these phase portals were entirely unaware that anything was coming through. As speculated in the "What is the Daodan?" section, if the Daodan is microscopic, it might have slipped through unseen and infected life in our world. The great E.C. Segar played with that notion in [http://www.geocities.ws/jeeptoys/eu6.jpg a Thimble Theatre strip] {{age|1936|8|9}} years ago! | ||
:::Also, if the Screaming Cells are being harvested through continual openings of the phase veil, rather than from the Wilderness, then we have a ready-made explanation for how the Daodan could be brought over by accident, continuously and in different places around the globe. | :::Also, if the Screaming Cells are being harvested through continual openings of the phase veil, rather than from the Wilderness, then we have a ready-made explanation for how the Daodan could be brought over by accident, continuously and in different places around the globe. | ||