>>6154136>I liked it a lot actually, even with all the messI'm happy to hear it. (Happy to hear it from you too
>>6153522!) Pardon all my autism essays.
>The Herald/Managers scene was top tierYeah, that was really a happy accident. You guys rolling that maximum race progress, then following Richard's advice and remembering the gulfweed, all worked out fantastically.
>At least now you can reuse it!Kek, probably not. It's okay. Maybe future generations of readers will decipher it...
>Remembered that he was very manager-like, but had some key differences that were confoundingYes-- you would've learned more about it if you hadn't left Ellery to deal with him.
The Managers (and Richard, and Richard's coworkers) are all "snakes," some kind of unknown technologically advanced species that takes snake / person shape to do their dirty work. Casey is a former human (the actual founder of Headspace) who appears to have been implanted with a snake or snake-like construct the Managers had control of. It was implied in CODICIL that he might be controlled by several Managers taking "shifts," and additionally implied early in Headspace that he retains limited agency (or at least a more human-like persona) in between full Managermode. Without the snake in him, he's probably a mess, but you'll have to talk with him to see how much functionality he retains.>Was my boy LUCKY in the people chain too?Nope, he was left out of the loop (you wisely decided not to inform him you were off to bomb Headspace). You'll see him soon, though, maybe next thread still, certainly within the next couple. He's been busy...
>Another thing to look forward to, employee testimonials and confessionsI'll have to see if I can wrangle any of these in, but it might come secondhand (Charlotte doesn't have a lot of time to interview people) or as a vignette. I'll think about it. Good idea.
>Vignette plsUpon further consideration I think I can fit something similar into the actual quest, but if not I will also think about this. Good to know you're interested.
>I got it and voted against it but also I care and want it explainedThis will take a whole separate autism essay. Please hold.
>Post itHalf-finished, so I wanted 1-3 more options in there and might have continued to tweak the ones listed, but my notes are
>Gil is fried
>Teddy dies
>Real Ellery and Anthea die, Gil is fried
>Real Ellery and Fake Ellery die
>All Headspace employees die
"Gil fried" meaning not permadead but in a coma/out of commission for multiple threads-- Teddy would've been piloting the goo body around in the meantime. He'd get fried because he'd be forced to godmaxx to salvage you. All of the results probably would've killed some Headspace employees as well (I was considering making that a separate table), but only the last one would've nuked them. I still need to roll for how many employees got Us'd, so expect that whenever I start work on the next OP.
