diff --git a/synopsis.md b/synopsis.md index 619c924..77de7db 100644 --- a/synopsis.md +++ b/synopsis.md @@ -3,54 +3,73 @@ * Three worlds or layers: Caligula XE; Sorcerer; Social Context * The third layer might be optional. -# Caligula XE & Katja -In Caligula Yyanu is in love with; has a crush on Katja (working name; it could -also be Sigryn or something else along those lines. We'll play it out later. -The catch is that Yy knows that its just for fun and she must not get too -serious with Kj and so she fastidiously avoids getting too close or getting -feelings. Kj seems to always be pushing however. Yy knows this way lies destruction -but can't help herself. +# Caligula XE & Katja In Caligula Yyanu is in love with; has a crush on Katja +(working name; it could also be Sigryn or something else along those lines. +We'll play it out later. The catch is that Yy knows that its just for fun and +she must not get too serious with Kj and so she fastidiously avoids getting too +close or getting feelings. Kj seems to always be pushing however. Yy knows +this way lies destruction but can't help herself. -It's not meant to be obvious why she knows so well that it is doomed but there is -no question that she's right. Eventually she will fall hard for Kj and tragically -fatalistically confess her feelings, knowing even as she does so that this will -ruin her. +It's not meant to be obvious why she knows so well that it is doomed but there +is no question that she's right. Eventually she will fall hard for Kj and +tragically fatalistically confess her feelings, knowing even as she does so +that this will ruin her. -It's even worse than one would think. Because once Kj knows she's secured Yy's love -she begins to pursue her in RL! (real life) +It's even worse than one would think. Because once Kj knows she's secured Yy's +love she begins to pursue her in RL! (real life) -## Information -Caligula XE is based on Conan Exiles. As a game it's a world similar to the one depicted in -some play documents I created. Basically Conan Exiles & Roman Gladiators & Locke Tomb pastiche. +## Information Caligula XE is based on Conan Exiles. As a game it's a world +similar to the one depicted in some play documents I created. Basically Conan +Exiles & Roman Gladiators & Locke Tomb pastiche. -Many incidents in the story can be based on game-play recalled from Conan Exiles. In that game -I really did play a character who fell in love with another character names Katja, (Also Sigryn) in -another server. Yyanu & Katja were re-united across a couple of servers before losing touch. +Many incidents in the story can be based on game-play recalled from Conan +Exiles. In that game I really did play a character who fell in love with +another character names Katja, (Also Sigryn) in another server. Yyanu & Katja +were re-united across a couple of servers before losing touch. -## Caligula sections should read very much like a light novel\ -In which RPG and computer game conventions are transparently acknowledged in the game universes. But -without overt acknowledgement of the actual computer game frame. +## Caligula sections should read very much like a light novel\ In which RPG and +computer game conventions are transparently acknowledged in the game universes. +But without overt acknowledgement of the actual computer game frame. -# RL (ish) virtually -At this turning point in the story, it is revealed that Yy and Kj (and other characters) -are actually characters in an online game called Caligula XE. Each one is controlled by -a player in real life. Yyanu is controlled by a player who goes by the name @anibel and Katja -by a player with the handle @katja. Of cours @a and @k are just account names on a game -and social media platform. +# RL (ish) virtually At this turning point in the story, it is revealed that Yy +and Kj (and other characters) are actually characters in an online game called +Caligula XE. Each one is controlled by a player in real life. Yyanu is +controlled by a player who goes by the name @anibel and Katja by a player with +the handle @katja. Of cours @a and @k are just account names on a game and +social media platform. -@k seeks to continue the romance outside of Caligula XE in the online world. She constantly -tries to get @a to reveal more of her true self. This is torment for @a whose feelings continue -to grow earnestly. Her problem is that she is a contrived online persona, she completely hides -her true nature in the online communities where she and @k frequent. @a's petty secret is that -in rl she is a man named John. John created @a out of wishful thinking but does not see themselves -as trans because of their self-contempt. - -> fake citation. Imagine if every line was prefaces like this. how would it -> work out over time? Okay that works okay. Wouldn't it be even better if vim -> would automatically append the prefacgin character for me? Then I could type -> without interputption on the other hand what happens if very softly we start -> using word wrap to leave everything on a very long line before formatting it -> in a pretty way? +@k seeks to continue the romance outside of Caligula XE in the online world. +She constantly tries to get @a to reveal more of her true self. This is torment +for @a whose feelings continue to grow earnestly. Her problem is that she is a +contrived online persona, she completely hides her true nature in the online +communities where she and @k frequent. @a's petty secret is that in rl she is a +man named John. John created @a out of wishful thinking but does not see +themselves as trans because of their self-contempt. +The stkes are so much higher because Yyanu wants to fall in love with Kj's player as a +girl. But as we see above, John is unwilling to come out. +Yyanu's username is Jezibel or Anabel or something. + +@k keeps teasing, flirting with and tormenting @a and often accuses her of +catfishing and of course that is exactly what John feels is true and @k is +constantly demanding proofs and reality checks as their relationship hungry for +more confirmation hungry for more ... threatening to hack her or dox ro something +and yy/@an/john know that giving in and trying to pursue this relationship is +unhealthy but cannot tear themselves away. + +{Digression: what if maybe there is another character, not @k, maybe Ed a friend +of @k who acts as both the protector/cockblocker/inquisitor} + +{Or as soon as @a and @k begin to socialize and interact in online communities + ed showed up and insinuates themselves into the scene. Quickly their pro-active + actions and @k's complacence makes it clear that @a will have to prove themselves + and 'go through' Ed to get to @k. @a MUST win Ed's trust to have any future with + @k. } + + {The secret to be revealed is that Ed always was Katja in game, and in all the + ways that matter John/Anibl is in love with "Ed as Katja"} + + At a major turning point John tries to go all in on the deception/catfish front + by working with a friend/cousin/online aly to create a fake femme profile.