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2012-11-12 [Ms. Steel]: Is this for Val and Anthony?

2012-11-12 [Duredhel]: Yah :O. You can GM servers and staff or ask me and figgs to do it :>

2012-11-12 [Ms. Steel]: Okee dokee.

2012-11-15 [Ms. Steel]: Which is preferred? It's extra work for you guys to do it; I can just include waiter interactions in my posts.

2012-11-15 [Ms. Steel]: And by 'I' and 'my' I mean 'we' and 'our'. eh-heh.

2012-11-15 [Duredhel]: If you guys wanna do it, I think it'd fine by us ;3 That way you don't have to wait on us either.

2012-11-15 [Ms. Steel]: That okay by you, Evolution?

2012-11-15 [Evolution X]: yuuuup

2012-11-18 [Ms. Steel]: Is there any preferred time to get these two back to/how long should they stay away from the mansion?

2012-11-18 [Duredhel]: They'd probably wanna go back once the DR thing is over? :O
We're gonna try to get it done really quickly next week.

2012-11-19 [Ms. Steel]: Alrighty.

2013-04-15 [The Black Goat]: So are the NPC's like the valet and host and server played by the GM only or can I just wing it and write them in as I go along?

2013-04-15 [Figgy]: It's your personal preference. I say you either wing it or let dur handle it cause I'll end up slowing you guys down.

2013-04-15 [The Black Goat]: I can wing it, it'd be a lot easier and quicker that way, just wanted to make sure y'all were okay with that

2013-04-17 [Duredhel]: Uhh... :O I'm confused by the post XD. I though Caleb's power made people trust him, right now it seems to be playing more like mind control or a jedi mind trick. I mean... I would get the guy wanting to do something to help Caleb if there was no reservation, but it seemed like Caleb somehow manipulated his memory (since he mentioned seeing Caleb's name in the list). Can I tweak it so the post doesn't give Caleb a new power? XD

2013-04-17 [The Black Goat]: It wasnt meant to give him a new power, the human mind is a very confused thing, you can make yourself believe anything, our memories are very distorted and easily manipulated, all it takes is a suggestion that you remember something you dont. Since calebs power is to make people trust him almost completely, this guy believed that caleb had a reservation, and if caleb had a reservation it had to have been in the system, there for he had to have seen it, and now that he thinks about it hes sure he did see that name xP one of my hobbys is reading about stuff like that. I can probably find the study if youd like, its pretty neat

2013-04-17 [Duredhel]: There's two trains of thought, operant conditioning, which is largely pseudoscience, and false memory manifestation. Both, however, require an external input to 'implant' the new memory or tweak existing ones, the subject does not generate the new memory on its own. If you read any reputable studies on memory formation (ie. Loftus & Palmer) you can see how it works. You need a situation which a) cannot be easily estimated (car speed in their first experiment) or happened long enough for the memory to appear vague, and b) An external input (verb variation in first experiment, interview in the second) to feed the subject the tweaked memory. The more 'memorable' or out-of-the-norm the new memory is, the more likely the subject is to reject it.

The fact he trusts Caleb won't make him form a new memory. If Caleb were to say, for example, "I'm sure I made the reservation, maybe the system is bust?" the guy might think, 'this guy seems trustworthy, I bet he DID make one and the sytem crapped out cuz that's what computers do.', THAT would be the new memory, the system never displayed the reservation because its crap. Not; 'suddenly I remember reading this thing which I denied 15 seconds ago.', insistence on a denied fact tends to have the opposite reaction to a memory implant; confirmation bias. That was mostly the tweak I wanted to make :>.

2013-04-17 [Figgy]: INCEPTION

2013-04-17 [The Black Goat]: Works for me

2013-04-23 [Duredhel]: Nox, lemme know when you want to move Caleb out, or if you'd rather abridge the whole thing :O.

2013-04-23 [The Black Goat]: I'm gonna try tonight, sorry been crazy busy trying to get everything ready for the move =(

2013-04-23 [Duredhel]: No prob, that's why I asked if we should just abridge ;)

2013-04-23 [The Black Goat]: Trust me, I relish the idea of Caleb being crushed under a car or having his head shot at point blank range, I can't wait to do it, but I'm at work right this moment

2013-04-23 [Duredhel]: Gotcha.

2013-04-25 [The Black Goat]: Might have to post in segments, but I'll sneak them in as I can