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2019-02-25, 09:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What would the OOTS characters be like in the modern day?
Ah, so she's a morgue tech, rather than a doctor (or she might be a pathologist/forensics scientist? I'm guessing inspired by the goth forensics of NCIS?)
Not sure I'd imagine Tsukiko as having slogged through formal education enough to get to that point, so that's why it didn't click for me, I suppose.
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2019-02-25, 09:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'll have you know, she was expelled from some of the best
wizardmedicine academies in the south.Last edited by Fyraltari; 2019-02-25 at 09:56 AM.
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2019-02-25, 10:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What would the OOTS characters be like in the modern day?
I didn't remember that, but yeah, that's kinda my point: she doesn't strike me as the kind to have the patience to get the degree necessary to get the kind of job where you wear a labcoat. On the other hand, it is possible there are assistant positions that don't require one.
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2019-02-25, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-25, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-25, 10:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-25, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What would the OOTS characters be like in the modern day?
Ding ding ding! That means you win.
But yeah, in reading order, Special Agent Miko, Lawyer Celia, Hacker Haley, Hooker/Maneater Sabine, Coroner Tsukiko, DJ Elan, Hitman Therkla and Veteran Roy. (The signature weapon is a big enough part of Roy's MO that I'd figure he has to be part of some military org or other, like maybe a neighbourhood watch or local militia.)
EDIT: Wait, Mortician is the wrong word. Fixed.Last edited by Lacuna Caster; 2019-02-25 at 03:42 PM.
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2019-02-25, 10:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-25, 10:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: What would the OOTS characters be like in the modern day?
I am not doubting her ability to know her stuff, I am doubting her ability to slog through University. I am sure modern-Tsukiko can reanimate dead tissue with copious amounts of electricity and a good evil cackle. I doubt she can get a paper saying that she is qualified for the job. In modern times, that means that you don't get the job, even if you are eminently qualified for it. Now, it is true she could choose to buy herself a labcoat and go into business on her own, and I suppose in a modern fantasy setting à la Shadowrun she might get funding from less-than-legal sources that might get her enough cash to fund a full lab. That said, it still doesn't feel right to me; maybe is her motherly attitude towards her undead, I just can't picture her as a rubber gloves-and-labcoat kind of person.
Oh, all the others I had absolutely no issues with - excellent re-imaginings. About the only thing is that maybe Roy's weapon should be a bit behind the times, to indicate it is a family heirloom - maybe an old six-shooter? But then, for all I know weapons the rifle you gave him is already an old style Winchester, and I just can't tell.
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2019-02-25, 11:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-25, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well... maybe this is a modern-day fantasy where certain sentient undead really are accepted/tolerated as equal citizens, and Tsukiko is accordingly better-adjusted? An Ugly Americans kinda scenario?
The general problem of translating these characters into modern equivalent is certainly there, though. I'd maintain that Miko is actually a virtually perfect fit for a stratified medieval society with objectively real Gods, and just about everybody else in OOTS is some anachronistic aberration by comparison. Whereas allowing orphaned kids to be raised in monasteries is not something that typically happens in modern societies, and senior military/police are usually subject to more rigorous psychological screening.
Oh, all the others I had absolutely no issues with - excellent re-imaginings. About the only thing is that maybe Roy's weapon should be a bit behind the times, to indicate it is a family heirloom - maybe an old six-shooter? But then, for all I know weapons the rifle you gave him is already an old style Winchester, and I just can't tell.
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2019-02-25, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-25, 11:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Wouldn't call myself a gun-wonk (though I love the name), but a lot of long guns you can buy are virtually unchanged from pretty old designs (old in the American sense, before anyone trots out that old joke). Barring tacti-cool stuff or super-gun-wonk accessories, gun designs don't tend to change a lot once you get a well-working one.
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2019-02-27, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Not to mention that we first meet her, she is in prison for illegal acts and is being given a chance by Hinjo to clear the record by contributing to defense of Azure City. Her less than legit approach to her trade fits your description.
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2019-02-27, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 03:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Actually, for once, the joke wouldn't work, since firearms and the United States are about equally old. I have long privately suspected that this is not coincidental with the US's idiosincratic attachment to guns, but politics prevents me from digging into the topic here.
At any rate, I'm not sure I agree. Looking through google images, the Winchester 1892 rifle has a fairly distinctive shape that I think looks old-timey.
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(Attribution: By Antique Military Rifles - originally posted to Flickr as Winchester Model 1894, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6610240, link)
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2019-02-27, 03:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thank you kindly.
I see Roy being pretty specialised for messy close combat, so the kind of raw stopping power you'd associate with a double-barrel shotgun seemed to be more up his alley, whereas a sniper rifle would be more Haley (assuming she gets her hands dirty) or even Belkar's weapon of choice. (Modern Belkar might also prefer knives just for their... personal qualities.)
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2019-02-27, 03:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 04:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 04:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Maybe a Dirty Harry kind of gun? To quote Gaiman-Pratchett:
It was a Magnum .32, CIA issue, gray, mean, heavy, capable of blowing a man away at thirty paces, and leaving nothing more than a red mist, a ghastly mess, and a certain amount of paperwork.
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2019-02-27, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 04:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-02-27, 05:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-01, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-01, 02:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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He doesn't need to. The whole point is that he inherited the gun from his grandfather, so as long as it is a model some 40 years old (like, say, the one from Dirty Harry), Roy could be using it without having participated in the profession that normally would use it.
How his grandpa would have left the service but kept the weapon is a thought for another day.
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2019-03-01, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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I want to somehow incorporate Sledge Hammer! into this.
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