name: ! "\\mf{Andr\xE9}{Melissa}" player: Veronica Boyce gender: f contacts: | \HeavenBuilder{An earnest little robot. Always trying to clean up stuff. Dirt, mostly. Occasionally, contradictions.} comment: |- Secretly a wogly that looks like a person. Responsible for the PwoR recourse losing enough integrity for Ii Ma to be vulnerable, but not particularly maliciously. * Wants to make preserving/ruling the place without recourse difficult so that if someone succeeds, they deserve it ** Sort of a test giver, from a fairy tale. * Something about Carcasonne contradictions ** Make a bunch of them to spawn additional woglies? * Integrity slider, which must be positive for the PwoR to survive ** Goes down when woglies spawn and up when they're fixed * Collect secrets that contradict each other? ** If someone collects the four unfortunate secrets, they could end the PwoR. *** This isn't very interesting because there's not ways for others to interact. * Needs more to do * Question: "Is there anything that deserves its integrity?" ** Answer1: "All flaws are transient." (Or "An ignored flaw will never be fixed.") ** Answer2: "The world was already broken." It's hard to justify the wogly being sterility/light. The paragraph for that almost ended up heaven, so I had to hard shift it to light. (ie Woglies are all about preservation? Huh?) body: |- \cenquote{"You will meet a wogly when you think your world makes sense, but on some secret level it doesn’t, quite. That’s not what woglies are. That’s not where they come from. But that’s where you find them!"}{-- ``Woglies''} Sometimes things are not what they appear. I mean. Sometimes they are. Or so you're told. You've never seen it. People's worlds are filled with inconsistencies. You should know! You're a wogly, and woglies devour the integrity of the world. The Place Without Recourse is a world. You should know! You've been devouring it's integrity. It's what you do. You're a wogly. But you don't look like a wogly. A wogly would be shaped like torus. Inside the torus, it's empty. They blink, rotate, and devour the integrity of the world. That's not you. Well, except for the bit about devouring the integrity of the world. But otherwise, that's not you. You look like a person. I mean, why not? Gods look like people. Monsters look like people. (Sometimes.) Siggorts look like people. Why not woglies? There are other woglies here that don't look like people. But you're different. Most woglies are merely destructive. They cause the world to just fall to pieces. But not you! You understand things better. You're helping! You test the integrity of the world and eat away the parts that were already a bit rotten. But that's good! Because other people then come and fix it and make the world stronger. Stronger than it was before. See, you're helping! The Place Without Recourse Isn't. It's not the real world. Until recently, it was ruled by Ii Ma. Ii Ma ruled with an iron fist. Or horrid bulk, more precisely. That was until you showed up. You've been slowly devouring the integrity of the Place Without Recourse. You should know! You're a wogly. That's what you do. It's your nature. But when you devour the integrity of the world, things change. Ii Ma used to be invulnerable. But no longer. Now, he is dying. It's probably because of you. But you can't help it. You're a wogly! It's what you do. So, now people are doing things. They're building a new world! Actors put on shows. Judges judge the shows. The judging produces elements. The elements create a world! It's all very exciting! You'll have a new world whose integrity you can devour. You can even share it with your friends. Well, ok. Woglies aren't really friends with other woglies. But you'll share it all the same. All you have to do are the things that come naturally to you -- devouring the integrity of the Place Without Recourse, collecting dangerous secrets, putting contradictions in the world you are creating, that sort of thing. You see, if you build this map in the right way, you'll end up with places on the map that don't make sense. That's a contradiction! They give you easy access to the integrity to devour. And once you devour some integrity, others can come in and fix it and make the place stronger! You're helping, see? Contradictions also help you find more woglies! More woglies means more eating away integrity of a world means more rebuilding of the world means a stronger world! If you keep devouring the integrity of the World Without Recourse, it will be harder to rule. Ii Ma realized that, but too late. But if a new person manages to control the Place Without Recourse, they will probably deserve it. So, you're helping! In a way. Besides, it's your nature. Then there's the question Ii Ma whispered to you when you got here: **"Is there anything that deserves its integrity?"** Since then -- arriving -- things have followed a pattern. You like this. Everything has a place. Even woglies! Everyone here eventually falls into one of several philosophies. Or maybe the philosophies find them. You don't know! You're just a wogly. Anyway, the philosophy that found you was Sterility. It wants to preserve humanity. You like that. Without humanity, you wouldn't have worlds to consume. And without woglies testing the integrity of the worlds humans create, well, their worlds would be all flimsy and floppy and weak. Forcing those who would rule a world to address contradictions and shore up the weak spots... it's really best for everyone. I mean, if no one dealt with the contradictions, what sort of world would that be? But soon you will have a new one! == Goals == * Create lots of contradictions, so you'll have other woglies to hang out with and you can devour this world's integrity! * Then, encourage others to satisfy those woglies to prove their worth! * Look for contradictions in others around you and test how others deal with their contradictions. username: badgedesc: A Plainly-dressed \Human number: <> castinghint: | Your character is \name, a judge in the Place without Recourse. You are secretly a wogly, a creature that devours the integrity of the world and creates contradictions in the fabric of the Place without Recourse. But you're helping! Really! See, by testing this place, you're making it stronger! And if anyone rights all the chaos, they have passed the test! They are truly worthy. And you wouldn't find out who was worthy without a leetle chaos, now, would you? Costuming:\\ You look basically like an ordinary guy, maybe a bit quirky. Like, maybe with a hat. And inside the hat, it's empty. Suggested reading:\\ http://imago.hitherby.com/2004/07/woglies/\\ http://imago.hitherby.com/2004/01/scanning-things/ stuff: | [[Light]], [[WoglyEat]], [[Perceptive]], [[NatureOfTheWorld]], [[WoglyFake]] wrapup: <> CR: <> password: <> claimedby: Eddy status: draft answers: | [[WoglyAnswer1]], [[WoglyAnswer2]] email: vboyce@mit.edu