Q.Q Elf wrote:Yeah, that Darkest Self is a hard one for the Ghost. I didn't do you any favors by helping keep Clarence's story with Vanessa (who appears to be way off the map at the moment). I tried to fix it a bit by throwing in the curve with the Price family... but how long Lucinda will last, I don't know. Clarence doesn't have a ton of options.
You can fix it by forcing the action with Lucinda or Vanessa. I don't know that Victoria has anything to offer... but that doesn't mean anything. I've revealed a lot of story, but what I do as a MC isn't the only way to define the world. You still have the opportunity to shape the fiction through leading the action.
Phrase your Moves so that it takes the Story a certain way. Maybe the Price family still has Clarence's old room the way he left it. Maybe Vanessa has some sort of personal token from Clarence. Plot the moves so that the Story bends the way you need it to.
I've been wanting to do a lot of this earlier, but I forced myself to hold back so as to not step over the boundaries of me being just a player and stepping on the MC's toes. It's a way of thinking that has carried over from my other games, I know... but its not easy to shake off.
With that said, I will certainly try to force the story a little more, allowing my character to make important decisions that affect others, not just himself.
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The site of the antiquated, yet still fully functional Shaden Clinic always have left an impression of mixed emotions on Clarence. Even as a ghost, his human attachment to this place is still strong. It is here that he got his first buckle fracture fixed up after his first and last shot at joining the school's track team. It is here that he stood by the death bed of his late mother, the only one who seemed to treat him like a normal boy, not some heir to a city. It is here that.... yes, he remembers now. He was treated for an overdose on a drug he took, one that Lucinda provided... He must of died then, two years ago, assuming he wasn't dreaming all of this up. It was here that he visited his only friend Vanessa, when she was recovering from her suicide attempt, here that he learned of Mr. Finney and Marcus' connection to the drug network and perhaps something worse. And now it is here that he shall visit someone once again, Summer Bartlett, the person he hurt out of anger and blind vengeance.
Has Clarence recovered one harm during his rest at the gym? Not sure how recovering harm works for ghost.
Still nursing his ghostly wounds, Clarence stumbles into the hospital's front entrance slowly. The attendant looks up only to find the doors open by themselves, feeling a draft roll in. He walks up to the counter and tries to find a recent patient list, looking for his classmates' name. Once he finds the room she is in, he will head inside there and sit down, watching her for a moment. He keeps himself calm by slipping on his earbuds and listening to his mp3 player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjKjtdu-_c
He picks up a pad of paper and a pen from nearby and starts to write down a note. He voices each word out loud, not really caring if anyone can hear him, it helps with the process he remembers, saying it and writing it, it helps.
"Summer Bartlett,
A lot has happened these past few days and I feel I owe you an apology, as weak as it may come off sounding. My name is Clarence. I've only just recently learned that I am dead and that these past two years have been a lie. I was enraged about the whole idea and couldn't handle it calmly. I vented my anger and frustrations on those who I've doubted and hated. You were one of them, Summer. I attacked you with that chair, not really thinking about why I was doing it, except for the sole purpose of getting some sort of revenge. Revenge for what, I'm not sure. I blame my family members for my death, and Lucinda was... is my sister, god help me. I hated her for what she did and didn't do, and when I saw you trying to protect her, I don't know... I guess I just lost it at that point.
I don't expect you to understand everything that is going on, or care for that matter why I am dead, let alone forgive me; but if on the off chance that you want to talk to me about this, if only to vent your anger and get back at me in some way, I'll be waiting outside my apartment complex, near the front entrance. Here is the address. I'm a ghost now, so you won't see me, but I will see you. If you see a box float up and then set back down, I am there.
-Clarence"
Clarence tucks the note under her side, so that only she knows it is there when she wakes up, not really wanting anyone else to read it.
*sigh* I suppose this is a start. There is still so much that I need to learn and do, but I cannot do any of it alone. That run-in with the werewolf has made it plain as day that this is so.
Clarence gets up and leaves, heading back to his apartment complex, resting there for the day and perhaps night. He stays awake though, not really feeling the effects of a tired body or the hunger of one.
Being dead does have its perks I suppose.
Edit: Though my character is waiting for Summer's release from the clinic, hopefully meeting her outside his apartment complex, I cannot ignore the fact that other people might bump into him or enter the general area as well. Could make for some interesting scenarios to pass the time or take the story into a new twisted direction, if such a thing were to happen...