Playing a Shade of an NPC

[Mooncalf]

I have a suggestion for somebody! Somebody who loves to roleplay.

Make a character who is the vampire shade of a cured NPC. The cured NPC could either be somebody who was given the treatment by the person who stole the cure, or they could have been one of the few test subjects the hacked emails talked about during the last chapter.

So like ... let's pretend there's a vampire named July, who is a non player character. She exists only in roleplay, and was basically sired by Lionelli, or is a rogue vampire. A nobody, and not roleplayed by anyone thus far, even though she's maybe been a vampire for like 2 years. July got cured. And now the shade vampire version of July is running around killing humans and hunting human July down.

You play as the vampire version of her. The one who goes feral often and is (in theory) a copy.

Just a suggestion I'm throwing out there. I'm not offering to do anything special on grid for you, I'm just giving you the idea.

[Enver Marshall II]

So, this might come across snarky, but if someone could have just hacked the database, why the need for the chapter, or to get involved and have characters killed or hospitalized over it?

[Lyonel]

Just a question to clarify on this. How can it be possible when so far this has barely even been started rp wise and Gideon still has only had total possession of the cure, it's use and so far Lancaster is the only subject known to him? Or am I missing something? Which is quite possible.

[Mooncalf]

So, this might come across snarky, but if someone could have just hacked the database, why the need for the chapter, or to get involved and have characters killed or hospitalized over it?

You're misunderstanding.

During the chapters, emails from the labs and government websites were hackable if you remember? Those emails talked about at least one NPC who was cured and let out into the general population again.

The one who stole the cure is the only one with the cure, currently.

[Mooncalf]

Just a question to clarify on this. How can it be possible when so far this has barely even been started rp wise and Gideon still has only had total possession of the cure, it's use and so far Lancaster is the only subject known to him? Or am I missing something? Which is quite possible.

I meant IF Gideon's player agrees with the writer OOC that they cure an NPC character. Maybe even writes it as a story to set the character up. If Becca doesn't agree, then that doesn't happen.

But yes, the hacked emails did talk about another subject who was cured and released. Unless I'm remembering wrong.

[Enver Marshall II]

Ahh yes. I remember this. Because I asked to play the character then. And was Told not yet. Which is/was fine.

But, I'm hoping there will be back stories and such that we can rp about the escaped one. Cause the shade should exist ages ago for them. Right?

[Mooncalf]

Ahh yes. I remember this. Because I asked to play the character then. And was Told not yet. Which is/was fine.

But, I'm hoping there will be back stories and such that we can rp about the escaped one. Cause the shade should exist ages ago for them. Right?

Only like a month ago (by the time the cure took effect + the shade returned from the SR).

But yeah, perhaps it's best if we assume that individual vanished off the face of the earth.

So the only option would be for a player to agree with you, Becca, that Gideon gives the cure to a made up NPC, and eventually the player created the shade vampire version of that NPC. If that makes any sense.

[Charles Crafter]

Just one question (because this sounds awesome, and if I get another character slot I'll probably do it)

What about the sire/chronological work of it all. If I made a character for this, they'd be sired by someone only after it all technically, so could't have been involved in the tests unless there was some permission to change that roleplay for them. And of course, I can't choose a Lionelli as a sire I think...although admittedly I haven't made a new vampire character here in at least a year.

[Enver Marshall II]

If someone wants to, I wouldn't be adverse.
I'm just trying to figure timelines. Cause the cure was in sept (end of). So the old test subjects shade should have done havoc by now.

But if someone wants to play a new shade npc, they can throw they're hat in the ring with character backstory?

[Azraeth]

An older shade might have been realmed during the past few months.