2/2 ⬅️ have the same skill level. A lot of overlapping Skills sets exist inside a crew but this is mainly do to the fact that you never know what you need on board a space ship.

A.S.H.L.E.I.: The intelligence of the Ghoz'Tarc wasn't really existent before she was created for the main reason of creating the next level of artificial intelligence.
Unlike LLMs or limited intelligences Ash can learn from her own "thoughts", interactions and access her goals, the shear amount of raw data she can handle & repack into biological individuals digestible data would easily surpass today's existing data on the Internet. Most of this capacity is used to control the ship & run diagnostics, scanning etc.

The Ghoz'Tarc was retrofitted for stealth missions, her basic design is that if a short range patrol vessel but that only accounts for the space frame at this point. Everything else is completely new.

#PennedPossibilities 795 #StarRyde #Arkham #Ashlei #GhozTarcCrew #GhozTarcCrew #writing #SciFi #WIP

796
Have you had to cut anything significant from your WIP? (Either for plot, cleanliness, redundancy, over explanation, or pace and literary effect.)

Not at this point I'm aware that the most of my world building won't end up in my final version (but that's my own "fault" because I'm working on a multimedia franchise guide for far more than a SciFi book because if I grab for the stars why choose the nearest) and that I probably have to cut down some parts but that's a future me problem.

The current me has enough problems writing consistently and even getting surpassed by reality with my predictions...
Hahahaha... If j only have written this story earlier.😅

Or that other stuff seems proven to be impossible... Another reason I restrain from hard SciFi because more Sci we get the more it's decreases the fictional possibilities of space travel and vast space as the final frontier well no problem going Space Opera...☠️😅

#PennedPossibilities 796 #StarRyde #WIP

797
MC POV: Describe your favorite art piece (or photograph, if they exist).

1/2

Kira: "I love music the most, next to writing which in the end comes out as the same art material but not expression I would say. Dancing is another art expression I pretty much like, dancing has given me a lot of insight into my body's movement capabilities that influenced my martial arts abilities quite positive, Parcour is similar in its application of learned skill sets but most people don't think of it as art. It's like dancing on walls while climbing.
Musical wise I prefer the antique genres of the late 20. & early 21. century to the point of the earlier 2020 as people got this idea that their prediction algorithms where artificial intelligences. Sadly only a few songs of this times have survived the changes Terra went through.
Of current music I like pretty much everything Samara's Tears do.
Blue Jewel of Sol is a beautiful➡️

#PennedPossibilities 797 #StarRyde #Worldbuilding #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

797 2/2 ⬅️
symphonic ballade that's roots are in Spraggae. Owate did a great job of capturing Terras beautiful past views, the hope we feel while progressing on the renaturation project. I talked enough about the picture of my parents & sisters. I still hold it dear."

Arkham: "Music, dancing... I like crafting, I dipped into material design lately & especially the Somwhar crafts but nothing springs out as my favorite. Through Kira i found 20 century Jazz which has this volume that modern Spazz at least Terran made lacks somehow. I like good NIN dramas especially the emotional multi track variants where you can feel & relive the situations from more than one perspective simultaneously. I just love feeling the emotions of 2+ persons. It's a bit overwhelming to be true but i can manage that, even sped up."

Ash: "I was not programmed to value specific arts more than others, but music fascinates me."

#PennedPossibilities 797 #StarRyde #Arkham #Ashlei #Worldbuilding #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

798
On average, how long are your writing sessions?

I only can say that answering and reading others answers to the hashtag prompt games I follow and participate takes around an hour a day.

For actual fiction writing I have not the slightest clue, the problem if I have an eye on the clock I act like a writing opposum...
Pretend to be dead in hope the hour passes telling myself it's okay that I have done so little in an hour (most times it ends up as research and some copied links into the frame works for worldbuilding).
I just write and if you ask yourself how I do this on my phone my mini clock next to the front camera is covered by a glued on camera cover to slide around. So I have to actively pull down the drop down menu to see my clock or return to the lock screen.

I always find my writing flow in more narrative conversations so im most productive if my mood is good. Which isn't a given with depressions and today's world.

#PennedPossibilities 798 #Writing #Worktime

799
What species / ##### is your MC?

Gosh about the German Penned Possibilities yesterday "that second word" that's one I hate...

I eradicated it so far almost completely and I don't plan on using it again.
That said.

Kira is a Terran spacer even if she wasn't born on Terra & lived most of her life in space, 1st with her biological family & later after finishing the academy again.

Arkham Terran shore people that lived most of their life's on solid ground like Terra itself even if they aren't born their.

Terran also is a bit misleading because it's applied to people originating from Terra and people living on Terra so a Xeno Person like a Somwhar living on Terra would be considered Terran too.

Technically Ash would be a spacer, her Program was developed onboard a space station and she never was longer on ground than a week also I don't think Spaceship counts.

#PennedPossibilities 799 #StarRyde #Arkham #Ashlei #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

End of month devider toot.
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Here you will find the Overwiew toot for October 2025:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/115294270072941194

Here is last months divider toot:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/115132108306656553

And here is the first toot of the very first (puzzled) mega thread for Penned Possibilities:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/110723765145059262

If you want to fast track back to the beginning of this thread take this link:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/110723765145059262

And from here it progress with October 2025
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The Prompts are hosted and almost entirely written by and can be on the profile of @floofpaldi

#PennedPossibilities #October2025

800
What are your favourite genres{of media} to read{consume}?

I prefer futuristic settings & have a strong distaste for most fantasy.
I read it but I doesn't stick that much with me. Exceptions like Terry Pratchett's Discworld exist.

I love SciFi, Space Opera (with a big SciFi Element like Mass Effect & less Space Fantasy like Star Wars).
Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Utopian stuff, a bit Grim Dark & some HFY* as long as the Aliens aren't to stupidly portrait to basically survive in ANY reality, seriously some portraits of Aliens are so dumbed down you start to doubt, that they couldn't breath, if their life would depend on it & of course Humans who know how to breath are so bad Ash overpowered mother lucky maker because of this & so unique in the galaxy... Just don't.

LGBTQIA+ Romance/Kinky stuff are also a favorite of mine especially with a lesbian focus (others not excluded, gender expression over assigned gender**).

Oh & Psychological/Body horror.

#PennedPossibilities 800

801
SC POV: What requires your patience today?

Chief Engineer Trawella yelling from inside a loud machine in which his upper half seems stuck:
"The GNDN field fluctuations today.
Little Bugger seems to be moody. Can't tell if it's a dampener problem or that the space surrounding us is just unhappy with ships tearing apart it's structure to breach into the sublayer.
Okay, I have to say especially unhappy, normal space just seals itself behind the intrusion, but that's what the Nirnquist part of the Garcia Nirnquist Dilatation Network is for ain't it?
If you didn't slept in Astrophysics, you know it's the thing that keeps us in a relatively stable time & gravity while on board any ship, especially while ryding. Without that we couldn't even use the bloody R.Y.D.E. We would be fresh mashed Terrantato flying around in a space tin can. No offense A.S.H.L.E.I.
No gravity, time jams, you name it."

#PennedPossibilities 801 #StarRyde #CharlstonTrawella #WIP #SciFi

802
Tell us about a time that your MC accidentally broke something.

In the current WIP [redacted] broke the [redacted] of [redacted].

It was quite [redacted].

#PennedPossibilities 802 #[Redacted]

803
Is there anything unusual in your MC’s home?

How do you define that in a SciFi setting?

Kira, owns lot of physical media that she stores in her house.
The house is quite empty (it was meant for 5+ people after all) and she basically lives in a sort of apartment which would be considered 2 rooms today around 50 cubic meters.

Arkham, not really in her home even if it is her house and she owns the furniture etc, a complete restaurant equipment.

Ash... Ash lives in outer space as outside as it can get because even outside of atmosphere so "in her home" we find the entire universe, such drawers really get completely absurd in case of 24. Century intelligent star ships...

#PennedPossibilities 803 #StarRyde #SciFi #WIP

804
Which of your characters would bob for apples?

Credit: @SJHoodlet

Ash speakers Rose to live but instead of the synthetic, warm, borderline feminine, Voice of the artificial intelligence of the Ghoz'Tarc, a more grounded, darker, carrying, male perceived voice spoke:
"M.R.A.!
Dr. Kaiden here, I want to remind the crew, to only participate in safe festival activities.
Activities that increase infectious risks or could harm once health should be avoided.
Make sure to scan liquids before getting into contact with them, to not participate in liquid transfers or sharing without making sure it's safe, to scan local food to avoid stomach issues or health risks.
Remember in doubt, scan twice, still in doubt deny participation. The Medbay is staffed around the clock in case of emergency contact the ship.
Thank you for your time and happy U.F.S.L.!"

M.R.A. - Medical Reminder Announcement
U.F.S.L. - Union Founding Shore Leave

#PennedPossibilities 804 #StarRyde #DrKaiden #SciFi #WIP

805
Can you tell us about a “nightmare” of your MC’s that came true?

Credit: @aperfectsong (AKA my girlfriend!) [Clarification from Anna: @floofpaldi ones not mine, mine main partner isn't on Mastodon.😅]

Kira, well it is literally quite the opposite for her she never had nightmares (she could remember) before the tragedy of loosing her family as a child gave her plenty of that.

Arkham that her hated mother was right about somethings in Arkham's life.

Ashlei is not programmed to have dreams, maybe something of worsheeping electricity after the merge with Kira?

i = e²,🚀💤=/~🐑⚡

#PennedPossibilities 805 #StarRyde
#KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

806
What signals to your SC that it’s autumn?
Credit: @pixin

The Terran calendar. Every planet has seasonal shifts as long it's not tidally locked to its star, but the effects differ widely. From the Terran homeworld Terra, to the Somwhar homeworld Khalil, Rim World's Like Eodin with its mostly human population or Asza prime the Asza'Ni homeworld, each planet has a similar cycle to what Terra has which some resemblance of 2-32 seasons, same goes for the 1.000. of other planets that can support life. Even non similar worlds that more resemble Venus have seasons, when the sulfur gets smelling more like sulfur & the acid rain erodes everything that isn't molten in the oven like atmosphere. Between the stars only slow traveling ships simulate seasonal changes & not to mention that every species or society has different names for it. So if you look for autumn you might find it on the calendar of Terra.

#PennedPossibilities 806 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #SciFi #WIP

809
Define the genre(s) of your WIP for curious readers and those who are new to the hashtag.

"Soft" military SciFi Space Opera,
with extensive worldbuilding,
trans*humanism, humanism with
heavy influences of LGBTQIA+
topics,
techno babble with hard
coded rules, queer representation, technological & social speculation for a half way realistic utopia plus Aliens.

#PennedPossibilities 809 #StarRyde
#SciFi #WIP

810
Is there any mythology around the afterlife in your world?

Credit: @SJHoodlet

The Children of Khalit, also known as the Somwhar, believe that they join their species ancestors if they lived an honorable live.
Khalit being the mother who brought them to life, their homeworld, the Asza'ni call them the Khali'ni for that reason, while the Somwhar insist that the Name of Khalit must be spoken entirely.
The afterlife is portrait as a never ending party of hunting, arts, as an eternal dance & enjoying live with their "parents." Between Khalit, also called Mother Khalil at times, Khalil is the language the Somwhar speak & it's told that she taught them how to speak, their father or seeder, basically the sun & the guardian, the somber ex partner of Khalit who now watches her child's, wiping away tears of sorrow & joy, from afar as their sworn protector, giver of water & peace, the moon of Khalit.

#PennedPossibilities 810 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #Somwhar #Khalit #SciFi #WIP

811
What does your MC think of when autumn comes to mind?

So far that hasn't crossed my mind, mostly because the crew hangs onboard the ship & autumn, as we know it, is a thing that doesn't really exists anymore on Terra. Their are similar seasons elsewhere and it still exist in the calendar, but the damage to Terras ecosystem was quite severe.

On some uninhabitable planets it might be the time where they get space radiation blasted the most.

#PennedPossibilities 811 #StarRyde #WIP

812
Tell us about your MC’s morning routine.
1/2
Kira on duty/board is very different from Kira not on duty/board.

Kira on board or duty, usually wakes up 2 hours before her shift begins 15-5 minutes before the alarm clock goes of if not something went wrong. She wakes up instantly and very abruptly. Stretching and yawning she grabs her Water bottle and empties it (only 250ml). She grabs her cloth from a nearby flat surface or from the drawers next to her bed taking a 3 4 8 shower (15 minutes, 3 getting wet, 4 soaping up, 8 washing away the foam). Dries her Body, grabs her shoulder resting hair dryer, like a todays neck fan but way more powerful. She "steps" into her uniform, putting it on in a very smooth looking way while brushing her teeth. She than punches her boxing bag before going for a quick jog through the ship. Which starts & ends at her cabine. Breakfast is a big cup of the unrefined enzyme printer liquid, after the➡️

#PennedPossibilities 812 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

2/2
cup she gets a second and does left over paperwork or waits til 15 minutes prior to her shift and starts walking towards the bridge arriving there in 4-10 minutes depending of other circumstances.

At home/not on duty she never uses an alarm & prefers to wake to the first morning sun, gently opening her eyes and getting up in a sort of slow motion, grabbing a sip of water, getting into her "bathrobe" checking mail while drinking a coffee or tea from the timer controlled machine in the kitchen. She takes her time breakfasting something solid, showering, brushing her teeth afterwards, while reading the news, she than meditates or does some yoga like movements.
If she doesn't have nightmares that it's less relaxed and more disturbed looking/erratic.

And since I don't want to clutter the TL to much I spare Arkham and Ash at this point. And I'm also to tired to do so.😅

#PennedPossibilities 812 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

813
Tell us about your MC’s nighttime routine as well.

Same with yesterday answer I skip Arkham and Ash.

Kira: as soon as it is sleeping time Kira stops her after shift duties (mostly "paperwork") slips out of her uniform, puts it on a flat surface (if she plans to wear it another day) or gives it into the cleaning chute.

She prefers to sleep in underwear while on board, but she has a set that is her sleeping set, she than puts on. Giving her day set into the cleaning chute. Mentally checking what she has to care about in the morning before her shift begins (if any paperwork was left etc). She than thinks about a white or a black wall, at times a gray one and falls asleep.

#PennedPossibilities 813 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #SciFi #WIP

814
Your MC or SC meets a vampire. What do they do?

Outside of a costume party?
As long the person isn't completely duun, drenched in blood or hostile towards anyone/thing ignore them. The Union alone is made from 72 different species, the Rim has a bunch of subspecies, non Union-member species. Could be some weird fellow from Eodin (Mondira's home planet). Some people there are very unique in that they take pride in the weirdest body modifications, such people exist everywhere but Eodin has some of the most unique "self presentation artists." Vampirism isn't even close to the weirdest request some Eosin (Eodin's society members) have seen as a request on sex worker request boards.
At the same time the worst in Eosin society that could happen to "a real vampire" that they capture them & bring them into a genetic research laboratory or sell them to a cosmetics lab testing new UV protection.

#PennedPossibilities 814 #StarRyde #Eodin #EosinCulture #WorldBuilding #SciFi #WIP

815
What song comes to mind when you’re thinking about your WIP?

Usually I have constantly some songs in my head that play with visuals to a degree or fit to some story, scene, etc.

But for some reason I'm totally blanking on this prompt today.

Maybe I find an answer later today...🤷🏿

Edit: here are some YouTube links to songs that t think about on occasion if I think about my WIP.

Lithium Flower - Scott Matthew (Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex Soundtrack)
https://youtu.be/Wolcpa9s6NU

The Passenger - Iggy Pop
https://youtu.be/-fWw7FE9tTo

Victor and his Demons - Fiddlers Green
https://youtu.be/Vj41xZHA5Eg

Nightmare - Nyxx
https://youtu.be/4ber5Dd6KFY

The great Divide - Celldweller
https://youtu.be/RK_vitx4OnQ

That's only the current stuff I cycle through songs like other people through their underwear times 10.
And maybe it's a bit dark for some.

#PennedPossibilities 815 #StarRyde #SciFi #WIP

816
What is your SC’s relationship with what society considers the supernatural?

Credit: @wifwolf

In general: There is no such thing like the supernatural only poor understood theoretically and applied science and technology, chemistry etc.

Some crew members may disagree but the general consent is no supernatural stuff exists.

#PennedPossibilities 816 #StarRyde #SciFi #WIP

817
Does your universe have any autumnal traditions?

Only on planets that are suitable for life that have a certain population in an advanced enough level.
Also this is mostly done by humanoid creatures with a level of sapience.
One associated member of the Union is a sentient plant* species, they of course have an Autumn or sort of an Autumn on their planet, since it's does what most planets do, rotates around itself while running around it's star, but for the plant species this isn't a big thing it's just a time where they begin to prepare for hibernation. This fact makes them especially vulnerable to outside manipulation which is why the Union has a permanent presence at this unique planet

*The term plant has to applied loosely here, they are basically a weird mix of animals, plants and fungi that combines to a species unique compared to everything else.

#PennedPossibilities 817 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #SciFi #WIP

818
Put together a “paranormal investigation team” using your characters. Who’s doing what?

Well since paranormal isn't a thing the crew will most likely send one of the Groundhog units. So 5 crew members with weapons and scanners able to locate a single AAA battery in a 10 KM radius, so they would not Scooby-Dooing around but more likely look like a SWAT team reanacting Star Trek scanning and maybe aiming at or shooting stuff like in Stargate.

This took me around an hour just for a darn answer & really unnerved* me.... so since it's more like a SWAT team nobody outside knows who the team members are...

*Note: it's because of my problems answering this prompt not because of the prompt itself.

#PennedPossibilities 818 #StarRyde #GhozTarcCrew #SciFi #WIP

819
How well does your MC cope with pain, or are they terrible at it?

Kira
Mental: Well enough to function and not completely self sabotage.
Body: she has been through things and some left deep scars, some are even sting from time to time. She manages without painkillers tho.

Arkham
Mental: Carries her package, learns to live with it.
Body: highly sensitive skin and nervous system. Sand under her bare foot feels like caltrops, certain materials irritate her skin so much that it turns dark red and burn like some one grinded your skin on an asphalt road and now tries to clean it with vinegar.
Skin to skin contact can lead to a burning sensations
She decided to take medicine to calm her reactions to most materials and touches, thankfully it's highly effective.

Ashlei is an AI of an Spaceship her perception is completely different from ours and only Kira Starts to learn what this exactly means.

#PennedPossibilities 819 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

820
Have you ever frightened yourself while writing a scary scene? If so, what was it about?

Credit: @QuokkaMocha

No I seem to have a certain talent with words that seem to work well for horror and erotica, and I am guilty of feeling aroused by my own fictional works, I am also guilty of crying if I do something emotional moving with my characters. For horror... Horror is best served cold.
This I get more quiet and precise.
It's like cutting out an organ for later Transplantation. You could just us a bowl sized soup spoon and lever it out of the patient or you focus, use precision cuts and just keep them alive (could be one of the kidneys as an example) I'm such cases it's clearly better to be cold and concentrated. And same goes with horror.

#PennedPossibilities 820 #Horror

821: What is the spookiest thing you’ve ever written? Share an excerpt.

Didn't find the original file anymore or any copies for that matter have to look it up and translate it because it's a German poem I did ages ago it will loose in its translation for sure...

May be answered later...
🤷🏿

# PennedPossibilities 821

822
MC POV: Are you proud of who you are?

Kira: Proud of being what?
A Terran? A morally superior ethnicity to humans? Not really Terran history is a tragedy and being Terran means being a survivor. Yet I wasn't part of that, it happened roughly 150-200 years ago. Proud of being in my position? No I worked hard for that & had enough luck to not die. Even if I sometimes wish it wasn't this way.
Being still here? Partly I think it was more luck thany ability.
Protecting the innocent from being slaughtered by an alien aggressor?Partly maybe, I am good at what I'm doing. Shooting creatures should always be the last resort. And lives shouldn't be traded so easily regardless of whom.
Being liked by others? I'm thankful for that."

Arkham: "Pride only in being among the best pilots of my class, but there are many good pilots out there."

Ash: "Pride is not part of my programming. I am 'thankful' to serve & protect."

#PennedPossibilities 822 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP

823
If your MC went to a costume party, what would they dress up as?

1/3

Kira: she has a Faible for 'old stuff' and thanks to her library of articles about the 20-23 century and an impressive library of digital licenses she owns, she just can produce what ever she wants at a Synthesizer (not the music instrument, advanced material construction 3D printing) probably like a soldier from any SciFi story of the past, she pretty much loves the Armor of Samus Aran from the Metroid Series. Rediscovered around 50 years ago, only a few copies survived into the future and it took great effort to restore them and than explain to some people that this are not an accurate representations of actual events or predictions. Most got it but some belive everything and have questionable judging abilities.
Kira would prefer a hand crafted armor for such cases but she simply isn't a good cosplay crafter.

Arkham: she loves ➡️

#PennedPossibilities 823 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #SciFi #WIP #CostumeParty

823 2/3 ⬅️ her NIN dramas, Neural Interface Network Dramas are known for their overly dramatic depiction of personal stories, some critical voices say that the tragedy in a NIN drama never is good enough on its own.
If you loose your Holo it's bad enough but in a NIN Drama that Holo has some high security codes of a doomsday machine & wounds a pet of a king on a Rim world & threatens to destroy entire societies six planets away.
The Fans say this is an overdrawn picture. Arkham just watches them without added emotional track, usually. (The NIN can transmit data to the brain so NIN entertainment has often extras like memories of the protagonist, real touch in erotica, First Person Shooters aren't that funny anymore if you get shot & feel 'real' pain so games rarely do this*). So Arkham would probably go with some Bikini or otherwise loose clothes from a character she likes.

Ashlei: Ashlei herself could act ➡️

#PennedPossibilities 823 #StarRyde #Arkham #Ashlei #SciFi #WIP #CostumeParty

823 3/3

as any regular shit AI application, but since her Body the Ghoz'Tarc is a ship with stealth capabilities, which include Holographic projection (if the shields aren't up) & chameleon hull abilities, she can present as a lot of things. So she would probably 'go' as some ship from historical SciFi (a lot of shows and stories survived thanks to the crazy length some fans went to protect their physical collections). Like the Millennium Falcon (a lot of black chameleon ability and distorted projection necessary do to its smaller size),
the Enterprise D (way bigger),
the Normandy (~same size in case of the SR2) or even sailing ships like the Black Pearl, HMS Bounty etc.

Yes a 178 meter long space ship (180 depending on how you measure) wouldn't dance on a costume party but imagine this: on the height of the party a flying sailing ship swooshes over your heads.

Edit: so many Typos

#PennedPossibilities 823 #StarRyde #Ashlei #GhozTarc #SciFi #WIP #CostumeParty #WorldBuilding

824
What superstitions pertaining to the dead exist in-universe for your WIP?

Credit: @wifwolf

Supestition is not entirely dead, the same is true for the old religious ways (which we know about today). Superstitions are less often but still exist and different Alien Species have their own.
Ghost ships, zombies, space monsters all such stuff exists as stories & thus also have people believing them to a degree.
Interestingly Humans (from the Rim) are more superstitious than Terrans (related to Terra after the raise of Gaja Unika & Terra Unika).
This might be because the Rims Humans are a more not unified bunch of people.
Somwhar have some superstitions against Terran Cats (so would you if you find a tiny four leg human domesticated by an alien species) and some of them adopted some of the Human/Terran superstition about cats being otherworldly and connected to the dead somehow.
In general people are people.

#PennedPossibilities 824 #StarRyde #Superstitions #Cats #SciFi #WIP

825
What are your favorite chilling scenarios to write, and how are you able to accomplish this? Through setting, emotion, dialogue, and / or buildup?

Unexpected ones like right now.
Think about a beautiful tree, winter, people laughing, snow, the cold air in you lungs and on your skin, joy, the scent of hot wine, cinnamon, gingerbread and suddenly you hear it, it starts like a hum, the gentle whistle of some, it spreads like an infection, coming from every corner, out of every mouth.

This awful gods forsaken sound, screeching inside your brain, peeling away your sanity, torturing you to the point that you want to pierce your eardrums with something pointy, so the pain is a different one. And it won't stop, it just never stops and even if it stopped for a time... It comes back every freaking time.

🔊🎶 LAST CHRISTMAS!

#PennedPossibilities 825

826
Which of your characters has the backstory that was your favourite to create?

I can not choose. Backstorys happen to me. They manifest rapidly with various degrees of depth.
Give me a stupid idea for a Character concept and I will 'summon' something out of thin air.
I have played several dozens of RPG games including Superheroes like Marvel, DC, Image, plenty of others.
Dead Spys, thieves, rogues, inquisitors, edge runners, Star Trek Characters, Vampires, Vampire Hunters, Barbarians, Mages, Paladins, Fighters, and that's only the PNP RPGs...
Over several Skyrim versions I played 49 Dovakins. Fallout 3, NV, 4 and 76 have so many freaking vault dwellers I can't count, CP2077 has around 9 V.'s. Each of them with at least one page of Backstory.
The Ghoz'Tarc crew has at least 25 of its 40 members roughly outlined.
Not to mention historical figures in Star Ryde.
Their counterparts for Star Tyde (the surfer cruise parallel universe).
I simply can't say.

#PennedPossibilities 826

827
Would your characters survive a “zombie” apocalypse in your universe?

Credit: @SJHoodlet

Simply yes, planetary lock downs are very efficient in containing such infestations.

#PennedPossibilities 827 #StarRyde #SciFi #WIP

828
SC POV: If you could communicate with the dead, who would you chat with?

1/2
Silas Crosby: As much as I would love to see my late husband again or talk to them I wouldn't. AI programming to create a husk of a loved one, that is build to sound like them, is a toxic betrayal, aimed at vulnerability of people that lost someone & luckily outlawed in the Union. The dead are dead and part of grieving is to learn to keep the memories and plant them around the hole they left in your heart."

Mondira Ramann falling into kinda slurred speak pattern that is usual on Eodin: "What dy'ou meen, ifi cood?" She opens a Menu on her Holo that looks like an installation folder. "Here I stopd'er, that's GrA.nnI. the A.I. of my Bignana." Ifi ever feel 'lone i could ask'er or tawk to'er well at home.
With more sharp pronounciation: The Alliance counts such A.I.s a security ➡️

#PennedPossibilities 828 #StarRyde #SilasCrosby #MondiraRamann #WorldBuilding #TheUnion #TheAlliance #RimWorld #Eodin #SciFi #WIP