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Kataleptic Toxicology is an interesting skill. On the one hand, there is some plausibility to being able to build up tolerance to a chemical through repeated exposure. On the other hand, that's not actually what the majority of the KT text in the game is focused on: It deals with endurance, pain tolerance and management, knowledge of a substance and what it's doing to you and how to use that to make your experience more survivable or less agonizing.
Your body is building a resistance - but that's what your body is doing. It doesn't need you for that. You, the character, are focusing on getting to the next breath, gathering the pain into a little ball in your body and keeping that ball somewhere manageable instead of leaving it all-encompassing. Your body is doing the resistance on its own, and in its own time, it will process what it's been given. The practice, the skill in KT, is in enduring what is needed to survive, so you can stave off an would-be-deadly attack or take the same dose without flinching next time.
I just think that's interesting, as a skill. Dealing with a side effect, while your body takes care of the main attraction. Raising KT has always stood out to me as a thing that puts the PC in a much more undignified and desperate position than late game usually allows - passing out at the party and being seen, for example, or being loudly in pain in the lab - and the trade-off is so often just survival, not any more flashy feat.
But that's what it is. Survival of the impossible. The knowledge that because you've held fast through so much, you now know how to, and an enemy will not get the satisfaction of watching you squirm.
I like it. I like it a lot. It is also utter nonsense, as many things in Flondon are. Do not drink poison on purpose, kids. Livers only work like that in the Neath.
The Survivor, 1950 - oil on canvas. — René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)
Alexis Berger
Cycling Suit | c.1896-1898 | American
Ivory taffeta gown, 1900-1907
1940s evening dress with 3D strawberry embellishments 🍓
WEIRDLY SPECIFIC BUT HELPFUL CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS
What’s the lie your character says most often?
How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?
How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?
What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?
Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?
What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?
What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?
How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?
Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?
What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?
If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?
What’s something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!
When do they fake a smile? How often?
How do they put out a candle?
What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home, at work, at school, with friends, and when they’re alone?
What kinds of people do they have arguments with in their head?
What do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?
Who do they love truly, 100% unconditionally (if anyone)?
What would they do if stuck in a room with the person they’ve been avoiding?
Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?
What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?
What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?
What do they feel guilty for that the other person(s) doesn’t / don’t even remember?
Did they take a cookie from the cookie jar? What kind of cookie was it?
What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?
How would they respond to being fired by a good boss?
What’s the worst gift they ever received? How did they respond?
What do they tell people they want? What do they actually want?
How do they respond when someone doesn’t believe them?
When they make a mistake and feel bad, does the guilt differ when it’s personal versus when it’s professional?
When do they feel the most guilt? How do they respond to it?
If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?
How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?
How do they greet someone they like / love?
What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?
Who do they keep in their life for professional gain? Is it for malicious intent?
What’s a secret they haven’t told serious romantic partners and don’t plan to tell?
What hobby are they good at in private, but bad at in front of others? Why?
Would they rather be invited to an event to feel included or be excluded from an event if they were not genuinely wanted there?
How do they respond to a loose handshake? What goes through their head?
What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone / somewhere else?
If invited to a TED Talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?
What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?
What language would be easiest for them to learn? Why?
What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?
Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?
Who have they forgotten about that remembers them very well?
Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?
Would they eat something they find gross to be polite?
What belief / moral / personality trait do they stand by that you (mun) personally don’t agree with?
What’s a phrase they say a lot?
Do they act on their immediate emotions, or do they wait for the facts before acting?
Who would / do they believe without question?
What’s their instinct in a fight / flight / freeze / fawn situation?
What’s something they’re expected to enjoy based on their hobbies / profession that they actually dislike / hate?
If they’re scared, who do they want comfort from? Does this answer change depending on the type of fear?
What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?
How many hobbies have they attempted to have over their lifetime? Is there a common theme?
wieslaw walkuski
Anti-Andiety Color Fields, 2020, Acrylic and medium on canvas 8”x8” by Aja Johnson.
Lovers of Teruel
Red silk velvet dress from the House of Worth with changeable bodices, c. 1893-95
my favorite thing a character can do is ask another character "am i enough for you, could i be enough for you to set aside your goals/ambitions/mission" and then the other character cannot or won't answer them because the answer is no, it's not that they don't love them or they aren't important but some things are beyond love beyond choice beyond reason and it doesn't matter how much they want to say yes they simply can't
Wilhelm pantomime costume design (1890-1910) PNGs, part 2
(from: vam)
Octopus Chatelaine. Manufactured by William B. Kerr & Co. in Newark, New Jersey, ca. 1900. Medium is 800 silver, sterling silver. From the collection of Mary Nunn, exhibited by SFO Museum for their 'The Allure of Art Nouveau' exhibition, Feb 13, 2016–Aug 26, 2016.
(Source: sfomuseum.org)
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