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mementohomo) wrote2013-05-23 03:43 pm
mementohomo) wrote2013-05-23 03:43 pm
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Skill Share Survey IC Turn-In
Turn-in deadline is Monday, May 27th, at 8pm EST!
Turn-in deadline is Monday, May 27th, at 8pm EST!
Re: STERLING & ONYX
Inventory with Edmund, Mau and Josh; Aselian pharmaceutical knowledge with Apple; manasense with Lloyd.
Why did you choose to share those skills in particular?
These were all skills people had expressed an interest in before! Mau and Josh have wanted to have one for a while, since inventory’s really useful for gathering and carrying around important stuff, if it’s not too big to fit, and sending messages to other people in your party. Josh’s even in my party, so it was extra important there. I’m not sure how much Edmund actively wanted to have one, but every time we talk about inventories he’s gotten really confused as to how they work and where the stuff goes, so it was nice to have a chance to let him see what using one was like firsthand.
Apple and I already talk about plants a lot and we were planning to compare notes, but having the same knowledge set for a day and being able to test out each other’s skills was a great kickstarter, even if we’ll have to go back to learning the slow way after the game.
As for manasense, that’s a part of me Lloyd’s never shared before, because he doesn’t have elven blood. It’s a way I perceive and interact with the world and with him; hell, it was kind of the reason we became roommates. Long story. He wanted to see what it was like at least once, and I wanted to share the experience with him.
What skills were shared with you, and from whom? (just a list is fine)
Narnian history from Edmund; the language of the Nation from Mau; computer knowledge from Josh; Apple's pharmaceutical knowledge; Lloyd’s ability to make dwarven potluck surprise.
Why do you think you received these skills in particular?
Because I asked for them! They all related to things I’d talked about with the people who lent them to me, but which I didn’t know a lot about and which we hadn’t had time to really get into lately. I like hearing about Narnia and the Nation from Ed and Mau a lot; I don’t know much about technology and a computer scared me in a Persona’s realm once so it was nice to know properly what it was; Apple and I like to chat plants but there’s something special about exchanging what we knew and having twice as much knowhow for a day; and dwarven potluck surprise . . . well, I wanted to see if it got less weird and mysterious if I made it with my own hands.
If you could choose one skill to keep forever, which would it be and why?
I’d be happy to hang onto any of them, honestly, if the people they came from were okay with it . . . this game is useful. I’d probably have a different answer if I’d gotten any physical abilities, but there’s nothing wrong with sharing knowledge.
If you had to choose one skill to lose forever, which would it be?
If you’re talking about losing one of mine, I’d lose being bound to my Exsphere permanently. I’m already trying to. I hate the way it limits me, and I hate the way it upsets everyone around me who knows enough about it to care. No losing it through Persona magic, though -- I won’t give up the right to beat it on my own.
If you’re talking about losing one of the ones that was given to me for this game, well – none of them? It’s not my right to discard someone else’s skill, for one. For another, we return them anyway, so we do lose them . . . but I wouldn’t give up the opportunity to learn more about them from the people who were good enough to offer them to me. That feels like scorning the gift and losing something important of myself in the process, that ability to learn. I’m done losing important parts of myself.
Did you discover anything about yourself or your friends this way?
I learned that I really like knowing more about my friends and being able to talk to them about their stuff for a little while without them having to explain every third thing, and that they enjoy the same, and that it’s nice to hang out like that and figure out the skills we shared. I also learned that just because you’re able to know about or use something, sometimes it doesn’t get any less weird, or even sometimes uncomfortable – Lloyd wasn’t used to manasense, Ed still doesn’t understand inventory, and I’m still a bit nervy about computers, and dwarven potluck surprise doesn’t get any less mysterious even when you’re making it. I have no idea how it turns out tasting that good!
OOC: Provide 2-3 links of your favorite threads.
Dumb babydragon antics.
Travesties.
Flying and dragons and skilltests, oh my.