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Vince--can I call him Vince?--needs a
whole arc, I feel.

Folly and Kira represent, for me, the chaotic
neutral of the guild; not to be confused with
what I'm dubbing selfish neutral for Elriede. lol

So, in the interest of exposition I think we
should key on the origins of the universe
hinted at by Lucian, as he was most closely
linked to the Elder Ones (wow, Lovecraft much?),
and have this be a background driver in
the next arc. I think it's the only way to go,
really.

Right, but in that it's focused on Vince,
isn't it? C:

It also gives us a pool of potential villains
to draw from who will immediately be recognised
as villains because of how Lucian was. 3nodding

Vince will have to deal with some issues
of acceptance, especially since he seems
to still have a lone wolf complex goin' on.
All that while trying to do damage control
and being under the eye of an unblinking
giant he should eventually want to get some
OG revenge on...

That paradox is interesting, but I'm interested
in the big reveal of what he did in the first
place to land him there; and now back to
origins. emotion_yatta

I feel like this is how most anime arcs
happen, though. Sure, most times one
character could probably monologue
the whole thing, but that just wouldn't
be as fun as getting the whole gang involved! lol

Ha, what if the gods disown Vince and
the school and make Augustine a
separate dimension?

We would probably do this over two
arcs though, to give the sub-villains
like Elfi and Kira a chance to shine,
and so it doesn't seem like Vince is
just dictating a novel to some invisible
speech-to-text app. XP

Well, that would be the thing: a struggle
for Luca to either remain with the school
and defy his lineage; as Lucian did but
in a negative way; or indirectly follow in
his brother's footsteps in siding with Vince's
enemies. Of course, what I'm seeing for
that is that Luca wouldn't be allowed to
go to the new dimension immediately
but would instead have the opportunity
to play double agent in the realm of the
gods. And if we do this, you're right, we
wouldn't be able to allow gods and goddesses
into the school. I'm just recalling a certain
clause against divinity in general in the
profile skel. Which is a stretch, I know,
but it would give us a chance to put a
location on Djinns and start to really put
things together into a working guild-wide
narrative.

The problem with this, of course, is the
sacrificing of autonomy in an otherwise
laid back guild... How deep should this
go? I figure we could only have it last an
arc or two anyway and then poof! right
back to normal. lol

Well, there was some kind of magic that
lead to the first creation, right? the Elders
have it. What if Luca straight up steals it,
or enough info to produce a spell that'll
bring the Augustine dimension to the
Elders' dimension. Then we can have
a final showdown that'll look grim until
the anti-heroes we mistook as sub-villains
earlier (Elfi, Kira, etc.) come up with a
little something that sabotages the Elders
that was the main focus of an arc in which
they nearly turned the whole school mad
and against itself?? Huh? Did you think
about THAT?? emotion_yatta

Chaotic neutrals go to Kira and Folly for sure. And Either or both can easily pose a threat or arc of their own, having similar thoughts and ideas and affiliation.

We got the merc with a mouth~ (Deadpool reference lol) and the rest of his comrades, who, didn't do their mission really... and there are humans still willing and ready to pay a lot for eliminating what humanity is scared of- Practically everyone at Augustine.

Lucian gone, but his bro, and Vince, and as stated in the last few posts, the all out War of the Gods, leading to a lot of sub plots and two arcs of jam packed awesomeness. However... I do feel, with the grandness of it, that is like a season two finale arc type thing. (Imagining if this guild was like a show... were in like episode 6 of season 1. The first villain arc, then getting followed with an episode or two of getting familiar with the characters and some shenanigans.) xd

Another thought crossing my mind.....
This might sound very Marvel civil war ... but basically out of fear of the gods, some decide, "Hey, demi gods, goddesses, angels, all you angelic types, Get outta here!"
And there is your split between the two main types we have here.
But numbers may be rather unsteady for sure.




Personally, I tend to like a Kira, working along with Folly, and backed by Bree and maybe a few others~~~? with their own little power agenda.... but in all reality, Folly, shes just plain shifty and chaotic. Kira is fighting the chaos in her, and with Folly around, won't help in that fight. And Bree willing to follow.


I dunno... but I am liking the 'Vince plot' ... but it does seem like one that would happen a little later, maybe with one before, due to the grandeur of that two arc plot.

I should have mentioned, this arc is not going to come right off the bat. This will take time to plan, just like the first one. This won't be until later. For now, characters are free to clean up and get things as close to normal again. Though, elfriede and luka still have stuff to finish. As well as Vince. This major arc won't happen for a bit. We still have a lot to do!

No, I was actually saying you're a genius...