westernind | Unaccustomed as I am to public meme-age

3am, and wide awake. Possibly something to do with busy-head; my phone and wallet were nicked out of my bag earlier this evening. Unfortunately the phone is also my PDA so the thief has my life at his fingertips. Don't anyone bother ringing me on my mobile for a bit!

In the meantime I post up this piece of hideous self indulgence; yanked from the usual RPG culprits. This one's been popular, even posted by some that like me don't usually succumb to memes.

In roughly chronological order:
1) Jeryl of Seth, Wizard of Darkness (Nothing Ventured)
2) Scathach macMorna, Shaman of the Firvulg (Nothing Ventured)
3) Lysandra (Lorien Trust)
4) Rose, Farmer Jake's wife (Lundy Island)
5) Skata ex Bjornaer (Ars Magica Shadowbrook)
6) Leri Penhaligon von Alfeld (Lorien Trust)
7) Nodjmet, Prima ex Criamon, Voice of Bast and Sekhmet (NWO)
8) Jessie MacGregor, House Ex Miscellanea (Ars Magica Shadowbrook)
9) Kore ex Criamon (NWO)
10) Viatrix, Counsellor to Lord Severus of Eskizhar (Grand Design)
11) Margret, Icelandic seithkonur (Ars Magica Runemal)
12) Princess Emma Romero (Brainfeast)

And the rest of it.
1) Who would make a better college professor: 6, or 11?
Leri, who can be overly didactic. Margret probably can't read.

2) Do you think 2 is hot? How hot?
Extremely hot given the amount of fur she used to wear. Scathach was a character much more suited to winter LRP.

3) 12 sends 8 on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
Princess Emma sends Jessie to find treasure. None of it comes back, due to Chwiwgi the ferret familiar using her Unseen Porter spell to take it somewhere very very safe. Like a dark burrow.

4) What is, or would be, 9's favourite book?
A gripping treatise on quadruple entry bookkeeping.

5) Would it make more sense for 2 to swear fealty to 6, or the other way around?
Scathach would swear loyalty to Leri as Archduchess of Helvetia if the Firvulg were located there. Never the other way other - Scathach was Eeeeeevil.

6) For some reason, 5 is looking for a room-mate. Should they share a studio apartment with 9, or 10?
Either. Magpie-Skata would appreciate Kore's 'loyalty to flock', and politician-Skata would enjoy machinating with Viatrix.

7) 2, 7, and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
Scathach, Nodjmet and Princess Emma: Somewhere warm, and piled high with sumptous furs. Subject: making a virtue of a necessity.

8) 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
Viatrix refuses because her duty is to Severus. Doesn't matter - Lysandra was only funning.

9) If 1 stole 8's most precious possession, how would they get it back?
The most precious thing in the world to Jessie is Chwiwgi. Who would leg it straight home again, nicking anything valuable and not nailed down.

10) Suggest a title for a story in which 7 and 12 both attain what they most desire.
The Doors of Perception.

11) What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
Um, Jeryl, an uberpowerful senior character in a massively overpowered fantasy system, with Rose the mundane human being who accidently got vampired? Probably the dream world.

12) If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
You know, my mind works like hers does. Strange, that! It certainly wouldn't be boring.

13) If you could command 3 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
Trans-frog-rify the Evil Property Developer.

14) Does anyone on your friends list resemble 11 (either in appearance or personality)?
In appearance, the Icelandic hedge witch Margret probably resembles

oldnick or

sack_boy.

15) If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
Definitely Skata. Scathach would respect an archmage with a dragon spell. Whereas Rose would have been sacrificed to Balor in under a minute.

16) What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
No, other people charge into battle. Viatrix's best weapon is the whisper in the ear.

17) If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
Despite her clan name being MacGregor, it would have to be the Welsh national anthem.

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?
No-one. Because they're all too well-mannered, and each draws back her hand.

19) What might be a good pick-up line for 2 to use on 10?
"Let me show you sixteen ways to dispose of political enemies without being caught.". Wouldn't work though, Viatrix doesn't get her hands dirty.

20) What would 5 most likely be arrested for?
Nothing at all, because Edward Longshanks was killed by a member of his household. Not by someone looking and sounding exactly like him through magic - that's obviously crazy talk.

21) What is 6's secret?
Well... part of it... Leri isn't a healer. She's under a family True Magic curse.

22) If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
Probably Margret, who can shapechange to her fylgja form; a seagull.

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?
Not much is going to diss Nodjmet in any sort of neighbourhood, and if it does it won't last long.

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?
A Practical Guide to Vanity Publishing.