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# Poor Ed is Dead (Working title)
* 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.
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)
## 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.
## 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.
@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.