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Will Graham ([personal profile] ex_this_ismydesign36) wrote in [community profile] snowblindooc2017-12-29 12:16 pm

Technological Seance ... Oxymoron?

Hello fellow Snobos!

If I can have your attention briefly, I just wanted to make everybody aware of a small player plot/IC experiment that Will is going to be proposing to the Norfinbury population in January.

During a conversation with Beckett an idea was formed to try to reach out to the data ghosts (ones who came before) through -for lack of a better term- a sort of technological seance.

The idea cropped up from Beckett suggesting they try to have interactions at every haunted house using the best Character personality fit for that house; so like how Will was a good fit for the dog. However, that could take a long time to get people around to physical locations but WIll threw out the suggestion of a group technology seance with the tablets.

That way if Character X in location Y might tempt a dataghost in location A occupied by Character B that ghost might respond to Character X heard through Character B's tablet.

So upon agreement, one night everybody willing to participate wherever they are in Norfinbury will open a channel on their tablet try to make a tablet grid and try to contact data ghosts.

I went to the mods with this idea and got permission to run it some time in January. The plan is to have an IC post where Will will ask characters if they would be willing to participate and if they're willing to participate what ideas/questions/particular ghosties the group should try to reach out too. Then, when the group as a whole has a 'plan' there will be an agreed upon evening where they'll try this and see if they can get any ghosties to respond.

I'm putting up this post now as a heads up and also to get an idea of who might like to jump on board, answer any questions OOCly. My initial thinking is to target doing this for a few days after apps close, so that any new arrivals can get involved as well so sometime after January 10th through January 17th; subject to mod approval!

Thoughts? Comments? Questions?
sleight_of_fate: excuseme (excuseme)

[personal profile] sleight_of_fate 2017-12-29 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Rhys is 100% behind this. He's very skilled at talking to ghosts back home and attempting it with the tablets sounds like a good plan to him, even if it's a weird technology thing and not *actual* ghosts like he's used to!
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[personal profile] sleight_of_fate 2017-12-29 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Well, I think there's quite a bit that would translate here, actually! Even though they're using different media, there's still the basic idea of communication through a veil/boundary, so a lot of things will still carry: the fact that a lot of "data" will be lost each way, that you're asking questions of beings that are "broken" or confused and that answers might be slow, weird, or garbled, that asking the right questions will be super-important to get as much information as they can. That is definitely something Rhys has had practice with.
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[personal profile] sleight_of_fate 2017-12-29 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
lol, yeah, forensics is a different kind of creature. This is something that requires a little more bedside manner, so you definitely have Rhys's interest!
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[personal profile] sleight_of_fate 2017-12-29 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
The fact that Hannibal is the one with them that's "good with kids" fills me with dismay, trust me. Even though I'm canon-blind I just can't see how that could be good at ALL.
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[personal profile] termineur 2017-12-29 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This sounds like a great idea! Sylar's only had success talking to a ghost kitty and Andromeda, but he'd be happy to try and help with what he can. Maybe if they talk to all of them at once, it'll kick up something more useful than a blanket. (not that blankets aren't useful in snowhell, but still...)
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[personal profile] termineur 2017-12-29 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It's sad that Not Getting Killed is always the secondary goal here. XD But yes, that would be nice, too!
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[personal profile] averytinyparticle 2017-12-29 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Quark would be ALL OVER participating in this! He has some experience with the ghosts here in the past: he was possessed by Shelley Derricks once, and he's been able to communicate with a few of the kids at the elementary school.

He was also told about the boy locked into his trunk by Brian, so maybe he'd be helpful there if not somewhere else where one of the kids are.
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[personal profile] devoutish 2017-12-29 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Alfie would definitely be interested in participating in this! IIRC he hasn't had any ghost contact yet, but he did get a blanket from them when he buried some remains and said a prayer, if that counts.
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[personal profile] devoutish 2017-12-29 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
o7! He'll bring it up when Will does his post, then!
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[personal profile] cosmicwords 2017-12-30 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
chaos would certainly be interested. Back in his home world "ghosts" were at least part of his space angel purview and he could directly touch them.

In Norfinbury he has no powers, obviously, but he's communicated successfully with Andromeda and the Russian spirit and has caused the general atmosphere to change in some buildings.

(It might be possible to convince the Joker to help, too, he enjoys experiments but his only contact with a ghost so far has been brief and by accident. He doesn't usually make contact because he doesn't usually try.

He spoke to Robert Miller once in a dream but that was in an event where everyone saw someone in a dream and for all we know Robert is still alive.)

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[personal profile] cosmicwords 2017-12-30 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
OOCly I don't mind who either end up with!

ICly chaos would probably opt to speak with Andromeda since he feels a personal connection with her. He's spoken to her twice, he knows what it's like to be separated from a beloved partner/lover for centuries and she has a known fondness for the stars and he's been an interstellar traveler now for about four thousand years or so.

The Joker has a connection to Miller who is possibly not a data ghost. If there is a ghost in Clown House he probably would be able to contact them but he's never tried.
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[personal profile] warriorscribe 2017-12-30 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Enoch doesn't have a history with lots of talking with ghosts (he mostly encountered hostile ones) but he also isn't awkward about addressing thin air and wants to help. Chances are with Beckett being one of the founding influences and Angel and Rhys also potentially being tapped for their skills, Enoch is likely going to get wind of and want to participate in this.

He would say he's likely most compatible with whoever remains in the house at the northern border of res 2 next to the park. It's where he first arrived and the former owner apparently had a fascination with ancient ruins to go along with her love of travel? So he could ramble at her about ancient cities in their prime, probably.

But he would talk to any ghost because he's just genuinely willing to help anyone and the effort alone has been enough to produce results in the past.
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[personal profile] warriorscribe 2017-12-31 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, he'll do his best!

It also occurs to me he could attempt to speak to Samantha in various places she's been referenced, he heard her voice in his head once. Or potentially apologize to the victims of the cult? He'd draw the line at cultist ghosts, though. He's not approaching them on friendly terms. Being brainwashed once was bad enough thanks.
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[personal profile] procyon_lotor 2018-01-03 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Rocket would totally participate — mostly because he hasn't seen a ghost yet and he'll try anything new with tech.
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[personal profile] ecks 2018-01-03 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Stephen, Ecks, and Tess will all be interested in participating.
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[personal profile] ecks 2018-01-09 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh boy! I'm looking forward to it!
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[personal profile] swatsflies 2018-01-03 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm interested and it looks like the rest of Zell's group is interested \o/
They have come in contact with Sam, Riley (dream event), and unnamed ghosts in the past.

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[personal profile] sharktrash 2018-01-07 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
Squalo thinks it's stupid but he would agree to try it and make his best effort anyway. Beggars can't be choosers and all that.

He's got no experience or previous contacts with data ghosts, though, so I have no idea if he'd actually be of any help. :'D
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[personal profile] sharktrash 2018-01-07 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Teamwork /o/

Unfortunately his main interest is murder. Also fish, gladiators and knights. Yeah.

I'll keep my eyes on the post, who knows, something might come up.
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[personal profile] cahooted 2018-01-10 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hey hey is it too late to jump into this? I wasn't sure if I was going to have enough time with the moving so I was a bit hesitant...

But maybe Flynn could offer language support for the Russian ghosts?
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[personal profile] cahooted 2018-01-10 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Awesommmme \o/ And yes, that sounds great!

I'll go read up on all the details and then come poke Will at the IC post 8D