benlehman

1) Karen, psychologist and canoeist, Breaking the Ice Playtest
2) Mike, medical technician on the skids, Cyberpunk 2020
3) Kent, harbinger of the shadows and all around sorry-ass motherfucker, Nocturne Imperium
4) Demetrious, quiet angelic kid, Vidi Aquam
5) Oliver Xendlos, top-ranked Solar physician and prime minister of the Sun, Nine Worlds
6) The Devil, cosmic force of rebellion and evil, The Drifter's Escape
7) Leo, Prime General of the Knights Stellar, Polaris
8) Shara, youngest concubine of the sultan, 1001 nights
9) Captain Crunch, Amsterdam punk and loser, Cyberpunk 2020
10) Silvio De Betram, damned charming medieval lord, Arcana Unearthed
11) Valentine, pissed off drop-out, Flicker
12) Laura, who owns a motorcycle with a unicorn on it, Shooting the Moon


1) Who would make a better college professor: 6, or 11?
This is a tough one, as they're both deeply qualified, and would both rather be doing other things. Val is sharp as a tack, despite being a burn-out, and he'd probably do well in a structured academic environment. The Devil, of course, knows all of the future of the world, and would gladly teach it for free, provided he had some input over the curriculum.

2) Do you think 2 is hot? How hot?
He's kinda cute, but a little too obsessed with his wife to go for. If he slept with me, it would just be so he could have a place to stay for the night. Then he'd probably steal my money to buy drugs and, chances are, I'd get gunned down by the assassins sent after him.

3) 12 sends 8 on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
Hmm... They're both insecure teenage girls. Laura probably wants Shara to go a day without make-up, and it goes poorly. Shara ends up breaking down crying and sobbing about how ugly she is. Poor girl.

4) What is, or would be, 9's favourite book?
He doesn't read books. Probably some comic book or something.

5) Would it make more sense for 2 to swear fealty to 6, or the other way around?
I think Mike actually did have to sign his soul to the devil to get a satanic hacker (REX DIABLO) to help him crack a database. So 2 to 6. 6 has a problem with that whole "allegiance" thing, anyway. At least, going one way.

6) For some reason, 5 is looking for a room-mate. Should they share a studio apartment with 9, or 10?
Oliver and Silvio would get along splendidly. They're both highly talent, cultured, and charming individuals. They'd probably talk politics long into the night and then go out dancing (ballroom, of course.)
Captain Crunch would probably try to beat up Oliver for his money and end up casually impaled.

7) 2, 7, and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
Leo and Silvio discuss military history, with Leo taking a firm role and advising Silvio on his upcoming invasion plans. Or maybe Leo ends up slaughtering him in cold blood. Mike wolfs down as much food as he can fit in his stomach, steals the breadsticks and silverwear, and ducks out on the bill. Sad, really. They would have liked him beforehand.

8) 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
Silvio talks Kent out of it.
Provided, somehow, that that doesn't happen, Kent sneaks up on Silvio in his sleep sucks out his physical essence, and turns his soul into a shadow-servant of the darkness for eternity. Then he feels bad about it.

9) If 1 stole 8's most precious possession, how would they get it back?
Pouting and crying, or sending the chief eunuch to deal with her.

10) Suggest a title for a story in which 7 and 12 both attain what they most desire.
The Triumph of Imagination. It's fanfic that Laura writes about Leo.

11) What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
Therapy! Lord knows Demetrious needs some.

12) If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
No. God. I just would lay low and hope he wouldn't kill me / get me killed on his way down.

13) If you could command 3 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
Atone. Fortunately, he did that anyway.

14) Does anyone on your friends list resemble 11 (either in appearance or personality)?
Hmm ... I take the fifth.

15) If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
Huh. Oliver has money, power, and fame, so he could really help Mike out, but Mike is a good guy at heart and he wouldn't let a kid suffer.

16) What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
He would never shout. He would calmly say "this is frankly barbaric. Can't you see it's in our mutual best interest to cooperate?" Then everyone would listen to them and he would calmly explain how everything was going to work out.

17) If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
Barbie girl.

18) 1, 6, and 12 are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
The Devil. I mean, seriously.

19) What might be a good pick-up line for 2 to use on 10?
Silvio is not picked up. Silvio does his own picking up when it suits his political interests.

20) What would 5 most likely be arrested for?
Bioterrorism. He was falsely accused, though.

21) What is 6's secret?
That he is afraid.

22) If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
Tough one. Both of them are usually on foot but can drive if they can get a car, and have no qualms about hijacking. I'm going to say Val, because CC would just get distracted by some drugs or a firefight or some such.

23) If you had to walk home through a bad neighborhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 or 8?
7. He'd slaughter them all and I'd just run.

24) 1 and 9 reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by 4's sinister secret organization. 11 volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that he/she is actually a spy for 4. Meanwhile, 4 has kidnapped 12 in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of 5, they seek out 3, who gives them what they need to complete their quest. What title would you give this fic?

Jesus ... that makes the least sense ever. A psychologist and a street punk team up to save the world from a child's lost soul who just wants his friends to go to heaven? Who is using a high-school dropout with delusions of knighthood as a spy? And val kidnaps -- a random high school girl who likes fantasy novels? Oliver sends them to Kent for a secret weapon is the thing that makes the most sense, I suppose, as Kent is kinda sorta an archon.