Maybe "alive"?
Human or Alive would be the best for it-
An unabridged Oxford or Merriam-Webster tome would be nice about now.
Something that is real and human. Alive might work. Of course, I could just rewrite the sentence to "She was reality." but that is overly poetic, given the contrast.
You could transform the setting into a post-apocalyptic world, hahahaha.
Given that the Inconsistent Imaginarium was injected with a full-fledged war it might be post-apocalyptic! Do the Figments of "real" persons hold as much sway as the originals?
And the poist-Apocalyptic setting would be perfect, lol- OR, the world could be in a nuclear winter after the Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and every cabinet member was impeached and George W. Cheney-Reagan-Christ becomes president and nukes Saudi Iranistan.
ROaTNO is set primarily on the "world" of "Armor Games" within the vast space that is "the Moobes" which/who are both a place and a people.
Segments:
-"Three Cowboys" follows the Space Cowboy and the Bullman
-"The Stranger" follows the Stranger
-"Fog City" follows an unnamed protagonist who wakes up to a familiar camping buddy
-"Of Course, Of Course" follows Stallion Man
Several irreversible changes that bite into ROaTNO:
-The Imaginarium is by no means that "empty" anymore.
-A
fictional war occurred.*
-The ASC went through some changes as did the WPC.
Other notes:
-The Nemesis Machine has not changed much. (Of course it hasn't been revealed where that is.)
-No actual persons have been depicted in ROaTNO except for Gantic.**
Star Straddler and Stallion Man
may resemble someone as hinted once each time but that is pure coincidence, truly.** (I wasn't actually aware that it resembled
someone because I drew the image and inspiration from the term "dark horse". Haha, yeah a pun. Stallion Man is a reference to that realization and is not actually that person.**)
-The world of Armor Games does not resemble Strop's map.
-It is inhabited by Armors, Gamers, and Figments.
-It is impossible to tell the difference between a fully fleshed-out Figment and an Armor or a Gamer. 2D foils are easy to uncover.
Further other notes:
-ROaTNO may be inconsistent because the Imaginarium is Inconsistent. (I know this may be a cop out, but just think about it.)
-There was no snow at the ASC or WPC, since it was Christmas in July,
technically, but since when does anyone trust results based on technicalities.
-There is no such thing as retconning.
-Australia is actually Antarctica!
-It's actually pronounced mel-BORN.
-Aussies don't call themselves Emus for some rheason yet Zealanders are called Kiwis. (I don't know that for sure. I am only aware of a handful of Aussies and the only Zealander I knew was a snob or something.)
-Australia has its New Zealand, Canada has its USA, New York has its Jersey, California has its Oregon, what does Armor Games have? Looks like it might be Kongregate, but does Kongregate have its Armor Games?
Realities:
-There is an actual actual reality, an actual fictional reality, a fictional actual reality, and a fictional fictional reality.
-The actual actual reality is completely real.
-The actual fictional reality is both real and fictional.
-The fictional actual reality is fictional and based upon the real.,
-The fictional fictional reality is completely fictional.
-What real and fictional mean are up for interpretation.
Gantic's Rules of Fictional Reality in Armor Games:
-There are true-beings and non-beings. Non-beings are created by true-beings. True-beings are actually non-beings that cannot, in any possible way, interact with their creator. (i.e. Rabbit Guy cannot interact with Gantic in any conceivable manner short of psychosis.)
-Figments are non-beings created by Gamers.
-Gamers are true-being visitors to Armor Games.
-Armors are true-being indigenous inhabitants of Armor Games.
-Interaction with Figments by Gamers is mostly forbidden, especially if the Gamer was the creator of the Figment. Interaction with Figments by true-beings may lead to Bad Possibilities.
-Most Figments are two-dimensional and thus are easily distinguished from "true-beings". However, the better developed the Figment, the worst the possibilities.
-Bad Possibilities is on a need-to-know basis.
*Any actual fictional events are
not referenced in passing. That means I do not hold any copyright to those works, nor are they free to use, nor do I wish to obtain the permission to use them, so I will not use them. This does not preclude their
interpreted effect.
**Any real persons are only referenced in passing, as an in-joke or a cameo (the only cameo being the rabbit guy).
**As stated in a "disclaimer" on the first page of this thread: "All characters ... are completely fictional." The latter part (Any resemblance to real persons are intentional and approved by all persons associated.) is mostly a joke, but the other character was in fact approved.
As for the actual story, you'd have to read it for yourself. Some of the stuff might not make sense given the time gap.
I dont think I get this ?!
Woohoo! Question #5! or 6...
It's "Written Nothings" or written stuff by Gantic, written not necessary writing. Grokking it is another matter.
The Wave and the SeaSomeone lives across from me and up and down the street. Someone lives across the corner and up and down both streets. I have never seen their faces nor do I know their names, I do not know their cultures but I guess we're not the same. But what do I say to those who pass me going by the other way when I never see their faces or even know their names? Do I say hello, good day, good morning, how are you today? Definitely not the latter since I never knew them yesterday. And what of those who pass in cars and buses in this bustling zoo? Maybe I will never know but maybe someone lives here too.
