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james "idiot" barnes. ([personal profile] lostsoldier) wrote in [personal profile] ataraxites 2015-09-18 11:09 pm (UTC)

Hello! So, a question about CRAUs. I see on the game application that physical changes brought on by the previous game setting are to be described in the application, and I'm taking that to mean that any physical changes would generally translate into Ataraxion. With that in mind, I'm wondering if there's room for flexibility when the prior game setting let players use two physical forms - one canon and one substantially altered. In the case of Systemwide, charcters' non-canon body was "Real", while their canon body with its canon powers was a residual self-image that manifested when they were plugged into the Matrix. But that all kind of hinges on whether the Real was real at all, or any more real than the Matrix, blah blah subjective nature of reality blah etc., and from an OOC perspective it meant the game allowed players to keep and use characters' canon forms in gameplay.

My question is, in that situation, can Jeeps and I choose which form to app into Ataraxion, and have the option of apping their Matrix forms to retain both their canon powers and the prior game's theme of mindfuckery questioning the nature of reality? For example, is that a change the ship could make based on their residual self-image, or that we could justify in our applications by saying the Real in Systemwide was not in fact any more real than the Matrix?

(To be clear, we would definitely pick one form or the other, and this would naturally not involve the ability to change between forms or use any Matrix-specific powers, like bending physics and knowing kung-fu, since I'm. assuming Ataraxion is not really the Matrix, or if it is it's a pretty tightly controlled one, but. u kno. If I'm wrong there please correct me, and either way it seems narratively interesting to throw in some characters who aren't sure it isn't.)

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