Will has a problem. You see, she fell in love. Hard. Yeah, it was… different. But the girl she fell in love with, Fredericka (Freyja for short) Tamm, loved her back just as hard. They spent every dime they had to be together from a quarter of the way across the world, and when they finally decided to move to Sweden, which was easier for both of them to get jobs in than in either girl's respective country, life was good. They bought a house, had a pet (a snake, and he was hard to keep warm in the Swedish winters sometimes), and each of them took turns advancing their careers. Will's was in computers; Freyja's, in foreign relations, primarily as a translator of multiple languages.
But see, that's not the problem. That's the good part. They were happy together. Will even had a hand in developing some of the AR that's used for Amala, and Freyja did some freelance translation into Russian, Swedish, Estonian, German, and a couple of other languages for the game. Because they both worked on parts of the Amala Network, they agreed not to play it, really: it'd be kinda like bringing work home. That wasn't particularly hard, either, because neither Will nor Freyja had ever shown any real interest in playing massive multi onlines.
Something changed for Freyja after the Fall, though, and it became a turning point in Will's life as much as her life partner's. After the Fall, Freyja bought an immersive gaming rig for Amala, and almost never left the game world except to eat and sleep. Will had to manage finances that were quickly dwindling in the post-Fall society, and it became hard to find work sometimes. Eventually, Will financed a rig so that she could continue to earn money, in the game as well as out, and try to figure out what was such a sudden draw for Freyja.
A few months later, Will woke up one night from a nightmare — and found Freyja missing. The sound of shattering glass drew her to the balcony outside of their bedroom, and a horrifying sight welcomed her. On the sidewalk bordering the once-carefully-cultivated garden beneath the bedroom window was the floor-length mirror that had once hung on the back of the bathroom door. It was shattered, and when Will ran downstairs to head outside she saw blood all over the place. Straight up from the mirror's placement was the highest point of Will and Freyja's house, an overhanging point they used to help string Christmas lights in better times. It took Will twenty frantic minutes to search the house inside and out before she gave up on finding Freyja, sobbing. The police fared little better the next morning, and even though everything else matched the worldwide string of Diver cases, since there was no body they declared Freyja a runaway despite Will's protestations to the contrary that Freyja would never run away from her.
Will did her own investigating, and logged back into the game to dive even deeper into what had happened to Freyja and possibly the other Divers — because she was convinced, especially after a mysterious note left in her Amala inbox, that the Divers weren't actually committing suicide, but trying to find a way to force themselves into the game world forever. Will was also convinced that Freyja had managed it… somehow. She dedicated her life and her AI "daemon" programs to helping her search the world to find her love.
Playing in Paradise, a scene-based RPG.
Summary Page
Name | Wilhelmina "Will" Lawrenson | Player | ashlayne |
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Primary Impression | Don't Stop Me Now | Risk Factor | Who Wants to Live Forever? |
Flags | I'm Going Slightly Mad | Gimme the Prize | |
Under Pressure | Pain Is So Close to Pleasure | ||
I Want to Break Free | -—- | ||
Stress | Refresh Rate | 6 / 11 | |
Physical | [ ] [ ] [ ] | Consequences | Aspect? |
Mental | [x] [x] [ ] | Mild | BLEEDING |
Social | [ ] [ ] [ ] | Moderate | GUILT-RIDDEN, SELF-DOUBT |
Other? | [ ] [ ] [ ] | Severe |
Functional Utility Baseline Assessment Results
Skills Used/Cap | 35 | |
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Rating | # | Skills |
Superb (+5) | 1 | scholarship |
Great (+4) | 1 | empathy |
Good (+3) | 3 | alertness, investigation, contacts |
Fair (+2) | 5 | survival, athletics, conviction, discipline, resources |
Average (+1) | 7 | weapons, endurance, driving, stealth, presence, deceit, intimidation |
Demonstrated Resources
Cost | Ability |
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-1 | Demonic Parley |
-2 | Contractor |
-1 | Marked By Power |
-1 | Additional Demon |
List the power you possess, and a name for any relevant points (Persona, Demon name, etc.) |
Daemons Available
Name | Abilities | Refresh |
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Cu Sith | ||
Resources by Line Item
List any specific Arts, equipment, or relevant rules for easy reference.
Significant Relationships
Name | Status | Consequences | Aspects |
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Freyja Tamm (location unknown) | A shared Aspect for the relationship. | Number of consequences. | Any active consequences |
Supporting Documents
Historical File
Male Voice: State your name for the record please, miss.
Female Voice: Seriously, again? [sigh] Will Lawrenson.
MV: Full legal name, please miss?
Will: Fucksticks. Wilhelmina Janine Lawrenson-Tamm. There, happy?
MV: Additional commentary is not necessary, Miz Lawrenson-Tamm. Please just answer the questions. Please state where you were born.
Will: Wall, Hampshire, United bloody Kingdom.
Female Voice: Please refrain from additional commentary, Miz Lawrenson. This is being recorded for posterity.
Will: Yeah, yeah, whatev.
MV: Please provide a short summary of your early life, ma'am.
Will: Bloody 'ell, don't you bobbies know this a'ready? [silence, sigh] Right, fine. Me mor ran off and left me an' me da when I was a couple of years old. Guess that's why I'm a tomboy, bein' mostly raised by 'im. Da was a computer nut like me, an' he taught me a love of 'em early on. I had a head for programmin', too, unlike him; could hold a large number of r… yeh, you prolly ent all that int'r'sted in that, hey? Anywho, he did the bloody best by me he could. He met me morsa when I was thirteen, an' lucky f'r him I showed no interest in datin' boys, which gave 'im more time ta court Alice. Course, wot he din't ken at th'time was me noticin' of other girls meself. By th'time I was gettin' ready f'r me A-levs, Da had decided t'marry Alice, an' high time too, y'ask me. I'd already been callin' 'er Morsa — sorry, Mum — since about six months after they met, see? An' she was quite well an' fine wit' that, her bein' unable t'give me da more little 'uns.
Started my Bach'lor's right outta me A-levs, an' that's how I met Freyja — sorry, chap. Get 'er full name right on there if ya would please. Fredericka Denise Tamm. She was exchangin' from over in North Carolina f'r a semester same time I's takin' a course out'a London proper, an' soon's I laid eyes on 'er I knew there weren't nobody else f'r me.
MV: [sound of clearing throat]
Will: Ohferth'luva… C'n ya blame me f'r stickin' on that point f'r a sec? She's th' whole bloody damned reason I came t' ya in the first place. [unintelligible on playback]
FV: Please continue with your story, ma'am.
Will: Yeh, whatev. Anyway, so Freyja an' I, we promised t' keep in touch with each other, and we sure enough did. After I got me BA, I tried to get a job where she was, cuz she had at least a coupla more years t'go t'finish up her own degree. Tokig lass kept addin' other languages to 'er damn degree program. But I weren't a US person and din't have a green card 'r whatev, so there weren't nobody'd sponsor me when they could get someone from that side o' th' pond t' do th' same job, an' sod diversity. Freyja finally graduated — proudest day o' me life, other than me own — but she had just as hard a time findin' somethin' here as I did there. Fin'lly, we gave up an' looked at Sweden — they had a job there was beggin' f'r someone with her ear f'r languages, an' after she'd been there f'r a minute I was able t'get a visa t'marry 'er there, an' then found me a job and settled with 'er. Got us a house, a two-story beaut, an' our life t'gether was about as perfect as you could ever imagine. Sure, we fought sometimes, but who don't?
FV: Please tell us about your involvement with Amala.
Will: I got me a bit o' work freelancin' on the augmented and virtual reality o' the game system, an' Freyja got 'erself a job wit' th' Regional Development Department 'r somethin' famcy like 'at. Short version: she were in charge o' translatin' parts o' th' game into Svenska, Russian, German, an' a couple other European languages. We never wanted t' play on th' Amala Network; woulda been too much like bringin' work home, hey? [silence]
MV: Please continue, miss. What happened next?
Will: After a few years… things changed. Not between me 'n' Freyja, but other things? They got harder. An' Freyja was suddenly… really into th' game. Don't know why, even now, 'cept that it happened right after word of th' first Diver case reached Sweden. I was stuck wit' all th' bills, an' payin' the way f'r two. Freyja almost never left th' game world. But, yannow? I could deal. Still loved her an' all. But then… Then I started hearin' 'bout more Diver cases, y'know? I got worried, and bought me a rig so's I could try t' see what had Freyja so caught up in th' game. Even my daemons, th' little AI progs I created t' help me out in th' game world, couldn't find anythin'.
[sigh] Then things went t' hell. I woke up t' th' sound of glass shatterin', and found the bathroom mirror on th' sidewalk beneath the bedroom balcony broken. There was blood all 'round it, too. [shaky breath] But… no Freyja. Javlar bobbies barely even made an effort t' look f'r her. There 'ad t' be somethin' in th' game that made 'er… disappear. [silence] All this is kept confidential, right?
MV: It's just for posterity, and yes, Miz Lawrenson.
Will: [sigh] Good. Cuz ever'one else I've said this to has thought I was a bit off my rocker. But I think th' Diver cases? They wasn't really tryin' t' commit suicide like th' newsblogs're sayin'. Somethin' about th' Divers is makin' them want t' go into Amala… permament. I think th' other Divers screwed up somehow, or maybe they didn't, I ent sure yet. But I think Freyja succeeded where they failed…. I think she's somewhere in th' game, like permanently.
Related Flags | I'm Going Slightly Mad |
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Psychological Profile
Will is highly intelligent, able to think about some problems on multiple levels. Other problems, though? Not her strong point usually.
Related Flags | Gimme the Prize |
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First Contact
Introduce your character in-depth to the supernatural world through their first adventure, adding Aspects relating to that contact.
Related Flags | Insert relevant Aspects |
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Significant Experience
Determine ties with other PCs and shared adventures. Rivalries, ships crossing the dark, shared tragedies - all are valid connections or sources of Aspects.
Related Flags | Insert relevant Aspects |
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Available Devils
- Resist: Ice; Weak: Fire
- Skills: Conviction (Mental) 1, Discipline 1, Endurance (Physical) 2, Presence (Social) 1, Might 3, Fists 2
- Specialties: Ice Power +1, Pierce Control +1
- Stress: Physical [ ][ ][ ], Mental [ ][ ][ ], Social [ ][ ][ ]
Art Name | Roll | Type | Action | Final Cost | Strength | Effect |
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Bufu | 3 | Ice Magic | Attack | 1 | 3 | You launch a strike of ice. FROZEN on spin. |
Double Fang | 3 | Physical Pierce | Attack | 2 | 4 | This attack strikes a single target twice, but still counts as one attack for the purposes of tags or other effects. |
Provoke | 2 | Curse Magic | Attack | 1 | 0 | Taunt your enemy, potentially sending them into a rage! Threshold of 1 creates ENRAGED aspect with a free tag. |
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- Resist: Force; Weak: Curse
- Skills: Presence 3, Alertness 1, Might 1, Endurance 2, Conviction 2, Performance 1
- Specialties: Cure Power +1, Support Magic +1
- Stress: Physical [ ][ ][ ], Mental [ ][ ][ ], Social [ ][ ][ ][ ]
Art Name | Roll | Type | Action | Final Cost | Strength | Effect |
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Garu | 3 | Force Magic | Attack | 1 | 3 | You launch a strike of wind. |
Dia | - | Curative Magic | Maneuver | 1 | - | Heal a target's rightmost Physical stress box. |
Rakukaja | - | Support Magic | Maneuver | 2 | - | You armor an ally with a protective blessing. |
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