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Hypersmurf
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Piratecat said:
Well, naturally. That would never happen!
I'm just wishing I'd followed my instinct to lock the cat in a closet, to prevent trouble with the dogs. (Or could the spirit jump bodies without line of sight?)
-Hyp.
Teflon Billy
Explorer
Edward Granby, solicitor and Veteran of the Great War
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> 1. When you were a lieutenant in the trenches
> of Ypres, how many of your men died? Why do you
> think you lived?
Losses were in the range of 70%, which is frankly
hideous.
I lived because it didn't matter to me whether I did
or not. Every soldier goes through three phases.
First you think "I won't get killed" and you tell
yourself it'sbecause you are too
smart/clever/tough/good looking/lucky whatever.
After awhile, you see friends die and you then tell
yourself "I won't get killed if I just be *really*
careful"...and you start double and triple checking
things, performing lucky rituals, obsessing over
minutiae etc...
After *another while* you've seen people who you knew
were not going to die do so. You've seen the clever
die. You've seen the smart die. You've seen the Lucky
die and you've seen the good looking die and you
realize..."I am going to get killed"
And it breaks you. Either you become a basket case, or
you become an effective soldier. Once you realize that
you were dead the moment you put on the uniform,
everything else can kind of wash away.
> 2. Why did the senior partners assign you to
> work on Sir Oliver Hume’s estate?
Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but if I do
well here, rumor is I will be considered for Partner.
> 3. What was it about Hume that deeply disturbed
> you?
The notion that a man could kill his wife, or see to
her killing and just *go about his life*...how does
one live like that without being devoured by it?
> 4. Have you killed anybody since you came back
> from the war?
Lord no. And hopefully never again. I've lost count of
the men I've killed, but it's not something a person
develops a taste for.
> 5. Do you still have flashbacks?
Nightmares yes. Flashbacks no.
> 6. Do you consider yourself an ethical and
> respectable man?
I like to think so, and I like to conduct myself in an
ethical fashion...but I am well aware of how such
things can be set by the wayside in circumstances dire
enough.
> 7. Is your legal work shoddy?
No, it's adequate, thorough and unimaginative.
> 8. Do you resent men your age who didn’t enlist
> during the war?
No. The war was nonsense. Poorly fought, with
resources idiotically wasted over mere feet of land.
The whole thing was a cock up, and the only saving
grace was that the Germans were as incompetent as we
and the French.
> 9. You were going to be a doctor until the
> ‘incident.’ What happened?
I witnessed far too many injured men who wee beyond
the help of medicine. I have the very real impression
that medicine is at present entirely unequal to the
task of healing the human body and mind.
> 10. How did you react when your fiancée broke
> off your engagement during the Great War?
I was numb at the time. As far as I can recall, it
added to the numbness.
> 11. What do you take pride in?
Stoicism
> 12. Are you lonely?
On some level yes, but the war has left me with no
real ability to connect closely with other people.
> 13. What is your secret indulgence?
Opium[/sblock]
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> 1. When you were a lieutenant in the trenches
> of Ypres, how many of your men died? Why do you
> think you lived?
Losses were in the range of 70%, which is frankly
hideous.
I lived because it didn't matter to me whether I did
or not. Every soldier goes through three phases.
First you think "I won't get killed" and you tell
yourself it'sbecause you are too
smart/clever/tough/good looking/lucky whatever.
After awhile, you see friends die and you then tell
yourself "I won't get killed if I just be *really*
careful"...and you start double and triple checking
things, performing lucky rituals, obsessing over
minutiae etc...
After *another while* you've seen people who you knew
were not going to die do so. You've seen the clever
die. You've seen the smart die. You've seen the Lucky
die and you've seen the good looking die and you
realize..."I am going to get killed"
And it breaks you. Either you become a basket case, or
you become an effective soldier. Once you realize that
you were dead the moment you put on the uniform,
everything else can kind of wash away.
> 2. Why did the senior partners assign you to
> work on Sir Oliver Hume’s estate?
Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but if I do
well here, rumor is I will be considered for Partner.
> 3. What was it about Hume that deeply disturbed
> you?
The notion that a man could kill his wife, or see to
her killing and just *go about his life*...how does
one live like that without being devoured by it?
> 4. Have you killed anybody since you came back
> from the war?
Lord no. And hopefully never again. I've lost count of
the men I've killed, but it's not something a person
develops a taste for.
> 5. Do you still have flashbacks?
Nightmares yes. Flashbacks no.
> 6. Do you consider yourself an ethical and
> respectable man?
I like to think so, and I like to conduct myself in an
ethical fashion...but I am well aware of how such
things can be set by the wayside in circumstances dire
enough.
> 7. Is your legal work shoddy?
No, it's adequate, thorough and unimaginative.
> 8. Do you resent men your age who didn’t enlist
> during the war?
No. The war was nonsense. Poorly fought, with
resources idiotically wasted over mere feet of land.
The whole thing was a cock up, and the only saving
grace was that the Germans were as incompetent as we
and the French.
> 9. You were going to be a doctor until the
> ‘incident.’ What happened?
I witnessed far too many injured men who wee beyond
the help of medicine. I have the very real impression
that medicine is at present entirely unequal to the
task of healing the human body and mind.
> 10. How did you react when your fiancée broke
> off your engagement during the Great War?
I was numb at the time. As far as I can recall, it
added to the numbness.
> 11. What do you take pride in?
Stoicism
> 12. Are you lonely?
On some level yes, but the war has left me with no
real ability to connect closely with other people.
> 13. What is your secret indulgence?
Opium[/sblock]
Hypersmurf
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Teflon Billy said:
I can see how the questionnaires can create very different versions of the same character - your Granby sounds very unlike mine!
-Hyp.
Hypersmurf
Moderatarrrrh...
Piratecat said:
I seem to remember you specifically noting to Nerfwright that the House had a darkroom... so you tried!
-Hyp.
Piratecat
Sesquipedalian
I think Granby is the character that has changed the most. Take a look at these two different responses from different sessions I've run at home:Hypersmurf said:
Granby #1:
1. When you were a lieutenant in the trenches of Ypres, how many of your men died? Why do you think you lived?
All the men under me died. I lived because I am at heart a coward and made
my men face most of the danger while I tried to remain safe. Hiding under a
pile of bodies I emerged from the second battle of Ypres suffering from
exposure to mustard gas and, through a misunderstanding that I never
bothered to clear up, was hailed a hero.
Granby #2:
1. When you were a lieutenant in the trenches of Ypres, how many of your men died? Why do you think you lived?
Regrettably many of the men under my command showed cowardice in the face of the enemy, refusing my orders to go over the top and face the hun. As a result they had to be shot. I lost 20 men to the enemy and 15 men to cowardice that dark day. I lived because I had to be responsible on that day. No, I didn’t go over the top myself.
1. When you were a lieutenant in the trenches of Ypres, how many of your men died? Why do you think you lived?
All the men under me died. I lived because I am at heart a coward and made
my men face most of the danger while I tried to remain safe. Hiding under a
pile of bodies I emerged from the second battle of Ypres suffering from
exposure to mustard gas and, through a misunderstanding that I never
bothered to clear up, was hailed a hero.
Granby #2:
1. When you were a lieutenant in the trenches of Ypres, how many of your men died? Why do you think you lived?
Regrettably many of the men under my command showed cowardice in the face of the enemy, refusing my orders to go over the top and face the hun. As a result they had to be shot. I lost 20 men to the enemy and 15 men to cowardice that dark day. I lived because I had to be responsible on that day. No, I didn’t go over the top myself.
HUGE difference! The latter Granby had sunk into depression because his fiancee dumped him, so he didn't mind slaughtering his men. You know, the fiancee that is coincidentally one of the PCs...
Nerfwright
Explorer
Hypersmurf said:
Have you gone mad? Split up AND huddle in a dark room while a elderly and criminally insane eviscerator is knocking about?
Oh, sorry. That is what you did, isn't it? (Including the going mad part...)
In play, too much started happening at once, and using the darkroom seemed imprudent.
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