cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

I’m fed up. You have a quirky small forest town with a dark secret, a quirky small seaside town with a dark secret, a quirky small… regular town with a dark secret. Where’s my desert town with a dark secret?
It’s in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. You have a main cast of school-age characters.
Nerd who’s obsessed with explaining unexplained phenomena (sky lights, moving rocks) and really wants to go visit mysterious places, but is kept back by his neophobic parents.
Goth kid who really likes dark/edgy stuff (ghosts, cryptids, stuff like that) and is staying in Small Desert Town with her cheery older sister who she hates.
Energetic kid who’s had a lot of weird encounters with fantasy stuff (mermaids, unicorns) in her childhood and wants to prove that they’re real.
Solitary kid who has like 200 conspiracy theories and wants to crack the code of world history one at a time, keeping his giant board of string in his basement.
And…
A mysterious character who crash-landed on the pavement in the town after falling out of a silver capsule. No memory and no way to identify her.
Welcome to Devil Dust.

Seems interesting

Oh man! I forgot one. There’s a scully type character who bases assumptions on what he’s seen.
I’m working on character names. Uh… maybe some origins?
The first guy is from Taos (home of the mysterious noise). The second girl is from Salem (I know it’s outside of the state. She moved in). The third girl is from a bunch of places, mostly along the coast, like Portland, Seaside, Rehoboth Beach, etc, and is now landlocked because her parents wanted a change of pace.
The fifth (scully type) is from Devil Dust and has been there all his life, watching people move in and out. He has a weird past involving a friend he had who moved away that all of the others seem to have met.
The mysterious pod girl (Null is her nickname) is from somewhere other than the current earth. There’s a debate over whether she’s from space, from the future, or just a robot.

Which Salem? I'm guessing Massachusetts but Salem, Oregon is a thing. Where is conspiracy solitary kid from?

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I wrote this weird thing ages ago (I was bored):

The world is weird. It’s a fact we must face. The world is weird, and so is the human race. We call ourselves normal, but we’re everything but. It must be a strange cloth, from which we are cut. We think we are smart. We think we are cool. We think that we set all the rules. But we don’t control all the world. We’re tiny, like grains of sand or small pearls. Nobody cares if we live or we die. Nobody cares about capital “I”. But I’m tired of brooding. I’ve had enough. From now on I’m just going to laugh. I’ll laugh at the world. I’ll laugh in its face. I’ll laugh at all the human race. I’ll laugh while I live, and I’ll laugh when I die. I’ve had enough of always asking why. When Death comes to claim me, I’ll laugh at him. I bet that it will surprise him. And while I’m alive, I’ll laugh at myself. ‘Cause let’s face it, I’m the height of an elf. I’m a dwarf and a hobbit all wrapped up in one. I vow always to laugh, and always to have fun. No matter what happens, I’ll never be sad. I’ll enjoy moments with what I have, and memories of what I had. I see more weird things every day. But what can I say? The world is a weird place.

Hahgoot wrote:

I wrote this weird thing ages ago (I was bored):

The world is weird. It’s a fact we must face. The world is weird, and so is the human race. We call ourselves normal, but we’re everything but. It must be a strange cloth, from which we are cut. We think we are smart. We think we are cool. We think that we set all the rules. But we don’t control all the world. We’re tiny, like grains of sand or small pearls. Nobody cares if we live or we die. Nobody cares about capital “I”. But I’m tired of brooding. I’ve had enough. From now on I’m just going to laugh. I’ll laugh at the world. I’ll laugh in its face. I’ll laugh at all the human race. I’ll laugh while I live, and I’ll laugh when I die. I’ve had enough of always asking why. When Death comes to claim me, I’ll laugh at him. I bet that it will surprise him. And while I’m alive, I’ll laugh at myself. ‘Cause let’s face it, I’m the height of an elf. I’m a dwarf and a hobbit all wrapped up in one. I vow always to laugh, and always to have fun. No matter what happens, I’ll never be sad. I’ll enjoy moments with what I have, and memories of what I had. I see more weird things every day. But what can I say? The world is a weird place.

Ey yes. The world is weird, among many things. It sucks, but it's also great. I love the word ‘weird,’ it's so neutral

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

I’m fed up. You have a quirky small forest town with a dark secret, a quirky small seaside town with a dark secret, a quirky small… regular town with a dark secret. Where’s my desert town with a dark secret?
It’s in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. You have a main cast of school-age characters.
Nerd who’s obsessed with explaining unexplained phenomena (sky lights, moving rocks) and really wants to go visit mysterious places, but is kept back by his neophobic parents.
Goth kid who really likes dark/edgy stuff (ghosts, cryptids, stuff like that) and is staying in Small Desert Town with her cheery older sister who she hates.
Energetic kid who’s had a lot of weird encounters with fantasy stuff (mermaids, unicorns) in her childhood and wants to prove that they’re real.
Solitary kid who has like 200 conspiracy theories and wants to crack the code of world history one at a time, keeping his giant board of string in his basement.
And…
A mysterious character who crash-landed on the pavement in the town after falling out of a silver capsule. No memory and no way to identify her.
Welcome to Devil Dust.

Seems interesting

Oh man! I forgot one. There’s a scully type character who bases assumptions on what he’s seen.
I’m working on character names. Uh… maybe some origins?
The first guy is from Taos (home of the mysterious noise). The second girl is from Salem (I know it’s outside of the state. She moved in). The third girl is from a bunch of places, mostly along the coast, like Portland, Seaside, Rehoboth Beach, etc, and is now landlocked because her parents wanted a change of pace.
The fifth (scully type) is from Devil Dust and has been there all his life, watching people move in and out. He has a weird past involving a friend he had who moved away that all of the others seem to have met.
The mysterious pod girl (Null is her nickname) is from somewhere other than the current earth. There’s a debate over whether she’s from space, from the future, or just a robot.

Which Salem? I'm guessing Massachusetts but Salem, Oregon is a thing. Where is conspiracy solitary kid from?

Massachusetts. Home of the witch trials.
Oh, I forgot about him. Uh… I’d like to say Roswell, but there are a bunch of alternatives. Washington DC, Nashville, Hollywood, Los Alamos. Somewhere that important people live.

“Somewhere that important people live.”

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

I’m fed up. You have a quirky small forest town with a dark secret, a quirky small seaside town with a dark secret, a quirky small… regular town with a dark secret. Where’s my desert town with a dark secret?
It’s in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. You have a main cast of school-age characters.
Nerd who’s obsessed with explaining unexplained phenomena (sky lights, moving rocks) and really wants to go visit mysterious places, but is kept back by his neophobic parents.
Goth kid who really likes dark/edgy stuff (ghosts, cryptids, stuff like that) and is staying in Small Desert Town with her cheery older sister who she hates.
Energetic kid who’s had a lot of weird encounters with fantasy stuff (mermaids, unicorns) in her childhood and wants to prove that they’re real.
Solitary kid who has like 200 conspiracy theories and wants to crack the code of world history one at a time, keeping his giant board of string in his basement.
And…
A mysterious character who crash-landed on the pavement in the town after falling out of a silver capsule. No memory and no way to identify her.
Welcome to Devil Dust.

Seems interesting

Oh man! I forgot one. There’s a scully type character who bases assumptions on what he’s seen.
I’m working on character names. Uh… maybe some origins?
The first guy is from Taos (home of the mysterious noise). The second girl is from Salem (I know it’s outside of the state. She moved in). The third girl is from a bunch of places, mostly along the coast, like Portland, Seaside, Rehoboth Beach, etc, and is now landlocked because her parents wanted a change of pace.
The fifth (scully type) is from Devil Dust and has been there all his life, watching people move in and out. He has a weird past involving a friend he had who moved away that all of the others seem to have met.
The mysterious pod girl (Null is her nickname) is from somewhere other than the current earth. There’s a debate over whether she’s from space, from the future, or just a robot.

Which Salem? I'm guessing Massachusetts but Salem, Oregon is a thing. Where is conspiracy solitary kid from?

Massachusetts. Home of the witch trials.
Oh, I forgot about him. Uh… I’d like to say Roswell, but there are a bunch of alternatives. Washington DC, Nashville, Hollywood, Los Alamos. Somewhere that important people live.

“Somewhere that important people live.”

Hi I'm an important person and I live this place

Character names using Behind The Name user ratings:
Nerd: Sherlock? Neptune? Seymour? Some others: Freyr, Stanford, Octavius, Odysseus, Hideyoshi (what? Well, the rankings say so), Steven, Hasan.
Goth/Edgy: Medusa. Second in the ratings is Gay (no.) Others: Gypsy, Latisha, Jezebel, Gaynor (no), Donald (what?), Zarathustra.
Energetic/Happy: Lucky, Latisha, Gaynor, Kiki, Jojo, and Daffodil.
Solitary/Urban: Urban (very funny), Deshaun, Deandre, Felicjan, Ivanka (Not sure why it was voted masculine), Deshawn, Jaquan, Xzavier, Dilbert, and Jett.
Pod Girl: Mokosh, Cymbeline, Nemesis (Ooh, what if she’s secretly the villain?), Zlata, Eulalia, Anemone, Kallistrate, Sappho, Idril, and Boudicca.
Scully/Average: Steven, Arnie, Chuck, Willy, Cam, Moe, Ronny, Bob, Coby, and Mick.
Plausible names:
Nerd: Sherlock, Neptune, Seymour, Stanford, Octavius, Steven
Goth/Edgy: Medusa, Jezebel, Zarathustra (goes by Zara)
Energetic: Lucky, Latisha, Kiki, Jojo, Daffodil
Solitary: Deandre, Dilbert, Jett, Deshaun
Pod: Almost all of those work
Scully: All of those work.
Final picks:
Nerd: Seymour, Steven, or Stanford.
Edgy: Medusa, Jezebel, or Zara.
Energetic: Lucky, Kiki, or Jojo.
Solitary: Jett, Dilbert (with a cool-sounding nickname), or Deandre.
Pod: Just choose any.
Scully: Steven, Arnie, or Cam.
Can you guys help me choose?

cs156175 wrote:

Character names using Behind The Name user ratings:
Nerd: Sherlock? Neptune? Seymour? Some others: Freyr, Stanford, Octavius, Odysseus, Hideyoshi (what? Well, the rankings say so), Steven, Hasan.
Goth/Edgy: Medusa. Second in the ratings is Gay (no.) Others: Gypsy, Latisha, Jezebel, Gaynor (no), Donald (what?), Zarathustra.
Energetic/Happy: Lucky, Latisha, Gaynor, Kiki, Jojo, and Daffodil.
Solitary/Urban: Urban (very funny), Deshaun, Deandre, Felicjan, Ivanka (Not sure why it was voted masculine), Deshawn, Jaquan, Xzavier, Dilbert, and Jett.
Pod Girl: Mokosh, Cymbeline, Nemesis (Ooh, what if she’s secretly the villain?), Zlata, Eulalia, Anemone, Kallistrate, Sappho, Idril, and Boudicca.
Scully/Average: Steven, Arnie, Chuck, Willy, Cam, Moe, Ronny, Bob, Coby, and Mick.
Plausible names:
Nerd: Sherlock, Neptune, Seymour, Stanford, Octavius, Steven
Goth/Edgy: Medusa, Jezebel, Zarathustra (goes by Zara)
Energetic: Lucky, Latisha, Kiki, Jojo, Daffodil
Solitary: Deandre, Dilbert, Jett, Deshaun
Pod: Almost all of those work
Scully: All of those work.
Final picks:
Nerd: Seymour, Steven, or Stanford.
Edgy: Medusa, Jezebel, or Zara.
Energetic: Lucky, Kiki, or Jojo.
Solitary: Jett, Dilbert (with a cool-sounding nickname), or Deandre.
Pod: Just choose any.
Scully: Steven, Arnie, or Cam.
Can you guys help me choose?

I'll give my thoughts tomorrow EST

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Character names using Behind The Name user ratings:
Nerd: Sherlock? Neptune? Seymour? Some others: Freyr, Stanford, Octavius, Odysseus, Hideyoshi (what? Well, the rankings say so), Steven, Hasan.
Goth/Edgy: Medusa. Second in the ratings is Gay (no.) Others: Gypsy, Latisha, Jezebel, Gaynor (no), Donald (what?), Zarathustra.
Energetic/Happy: Lucky, Latisha, Gaynor, Kiki, Jojo, and Daffodil.
Solitary/Urban: Urban (very funny), Deshaun, Deandre, Felicjan, Ivanka (Not sure why it was voted masculine), Deshawn, Jaquan, Xzavier, Dilbert, and Jett.
Pod Girl: Mokosh, Cymbeline, Nemesis (Ooh, what if she’s secretly the villain?), Zlata, Eulalia, Anemone, Kallistrate, Sappho, Idril, and Boudicca.
Scully/Average: Steven, Arnie, Chuck, Willy, Cam, Moe, Ronny, Bob, Coby, and Mick.
Plausible names:
Nerd: Sherlock, Neptune, Seymour, Stanford, Octavius, Steven
Goth/Edgy: Medusa, Jezebel, Zarathustra (goes by Zara)
Energetic: Lucky, Latisha, Kiki, Jojo, Daffodil
Solitary: Deandre, Dilbert, Jett, Deshaun
Pod: Almost all of those work
Scully: All of those work.
Final picks:
Nerd: Seymour, Steven, or Stanford.
Edgy: Medusa, Jezebel, or Zara.
Energetic: Lucky, Kiki, or Jojo.
Solitary: Jett, Dilbert (with a cool-sounding nickname), or Deandre.
Pod: Just choose any.
Scully: Steven, Arnie, or Cam.
Can you guys help me choose?

I'll give my thoughts tomorrow EST

Steven.
S T E V E N
just name all of them james
Okay seriously speaking.
Nerd: Seymour
Edgy: Zara? Medusa sounds too mythical and Jezebel sounds like an energetic little girl with curly brown hair
Energetic: Lucky or Kiki
Solitary: Idk but not Jett just because my boi Jet
Pod: Chili because Chili's Japanese name is Pod Cymbeline I guess, but all of those sound pretty good
Scully: S T E V E N

Nerd: Stanford. Seymour would work too.
Edgy: Zara
Energetic: Jojo because Jojo references or Kiki
Solitary: Jett. I have a friend named Jett.
Pod: Zlatta.
Scully: Arnie.

Stuff agreed on:
Nerd: Seymour
Edgy: Zara
Energetic: Kiki
Solitary: None
Pod: None
Scully: None
Okay, I think the first 3 are final. Seymour the nerd, Zara (short for Zarathustra, which her parents didn’t realize is a male name) the edgy girl, and Kiki the energetic one. Still need names for Pod, Scully, and Solitary, though. Here are some rated good on Behind the name- feel free to use any of the previous lists if you need.
Solitary: Urban, Felicjan, Dilbert, Dax, Ace, Dannie, Elton, Korbin, Jaquan, or Xzavier.
Pod: Cymbelline, Zlatta, Nemesis, Eulalia, Anemone, Kallistrate, Sappho, Idril, Boudicca, or Zoraida.
Scully: Steven, Arnie, Cam, Ronny, Coby, Robby, Pepe (probably not), Sal, Tom, or Jimmy.

Give me wings, give me eyes
Teach me how to fly
So I can fly to paradise
Just me, myself and I
Give me feet, give me bones
So I can get up and go
To a place where I can be alone, be alone, be alone
Oh, give me wings, give me eyes
Teach me how to fly
So I can soar into the sky
Just me, myself and I
Give me hopes, give me dreams
Teach me how to count the sheep
So that when I close my eyes
I fall into another galaxy, galaxy, galaxy
Oh, please, please, make me a breeze
Let me fly above the trees
Please, please, fly me somewhere else
To another world where I can be myself
Another world where I can be myself, be myself, be myself…

Solitary: Elton or Dilbert
Pod: Any except for maybe Nemesis
Scully: Cam or Robby

Hahgoot wrote:

Give me wings, give me eyes
Teach me how to fly
So I can fly to paradise
Just me, myself and I
Give me feet, give me bones
So I can get up and go
To a place where I can be alone, be alone, be alone
Oh, give me wings, give me eyes
Teach me how to fly
So I can soar into the sky
Just me, myself and I
Give me hopes, give me dreams
Teach me how to count the sheep
So that when I close my eyes
I fall into another galaxy, galaxy, galaxy
Oh, please, please, make me a breeze
Let me fly above the trees
Please, please, fly me somewhere else
To another world where I can be myself
Another world where I can be myself, be myself, be myself…

Waiting for Pokemon streaming thing on Twitch and listening to the crappy 2005-techno-y music while reading this
It definitely changes my perception…
But aside from that I like it!

cheese-duck wrote:

Waiting for Pokemon streaming thing on Twitch and listening to the crappy 2005-techno-y music while reading this
It definitely changes my perception…
But aside from that I like it!

Oh lol. And thank you

Ryasis wrote:

Solitary: Elton or Dilbert
Pod: Any except for maybe Nemesis
Scully: Cam or Robby

Okay, here are the final things to vote on.
Solitary: Elton, Dilbert, or Ace
Pod: Cymbelline, Zlatta, or Idril.
Scully: Cam, Robby, or Steven.

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

Solitary: Elton or Dilbert
Pod: Any except for maybe Nemesis
Scully: Cam or Robby

Okay, here are the final things to vote on.
Solitary: Elton, Dilbert, or Ace
Pod: Cymbelline, Zlatta, or Idril.
Scully: Cam, Robby, or Steven.

Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

Solitary: Elton or Dilbert
Pod: Any except for maybe Nemesis
Scully: Cam or Robby

Okay, here are the final things to vote on.
Solitary: Elton, Dilbert, or Ace
Pod: Cymbelline, Zlatta, or Idril.
Scully: Cam, Robby, or Steven.

Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam

Done. Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam. I guess if anyone else wants to chip in they can, but these are the names for now.

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

Solitary: Elton or Dilbert
Pod: Any except for maybe Nemesis
Scully: Cam or Robby

Okay, here are the final things to vote on.
Solitary: Elton, Dilbert, or Ace
Pod: Cymbelline, Zlatta, or Idril.
Scully: Cam, Robby, or Steven.

Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam

Done. Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam. I guess if anyone else wants to chip in they can, but these are the names for now.

Dang it no Steven
Oh well

cheese-duck wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

cs156175 wrote:

Ryasis wrote:

Solitary: Elton or Dilbert
Pod: Any except for maybe Nemesis
Scully: Cam or Robby

Okay, here are the final things to vote on.
Solitary: Elton, Dilbert, or Ace
Pod: Cymbelline, Zlatta, or Idril.
Scully: Cam, Robby, or Steven.

Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam

Done. Elton, Cymbelline, and Cam. I guess if anyone else wants to chip in they can, but these are the names for now.

Dang it no Steven
Oh well

Votes are still technically open. If you also have opinions on Solitary and Pod you can put in a suggestion for Steven.