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Jan 4, 2018 8 years ago
Alchemy
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So, I have a few pets that I would like to start working on, but I'm drawing a blank on story concepts. I've been having major writer's block. If you could make a suggestion for any of the below names, it would be very appreciated!

Eloquence the Common Experiment Hesitate the Sweetheart Harvester Meditation the Spectrum Montre Artificial Ignore Lustful Writer Lonely

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Jan 8, 2018 8 years ago
pythonesque
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SaintlyBadger

Writer could be a hipster, and you can collect the typerwriter items, journals, and things like that.

Artificial, maybe a cyborg? Maybe a Nostalgic pet that has some sort of 'artificial' life?

Hesitate makes a story about a hesitant lovebird come to mind because of their color + name combo.

Jan 8, 2018 8 years ago
Frenchi
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eloquence - my first thought is a shy / socially anxious character who is trying to get better at talking to others; maybe they're good at writing out their ideas but when it comes to actually interacting with people they get all tongue-tied and can't express their thoughts clearly, but maybe it's something they're working to overcome.

hesitate - i like 's idea of a hopeless romantic being nervous about a crush / date / romantic relationship

meditation - maybe like a really chill zen individual with a tc full of incense, yoga stuff, various teas, other relaxing stuff. maybe they run a teashop or something idk.

artificial - some sort of robot or AI exploring their feelings toward being what they are; maybe they feel trapped and inhuman, or maybe they enjoy their abilities as a computer-based life form. alternatively, an experiment in artificial life, or a scientist working on creating artificial life. (though i feel like "tragic test subject pet / evil experimental biologist" has been done a lot already...)

ignore - you seem to have a bit of an idea written out but if you want some different ones... (1) a ghost who is either trying to get noticed (be scary, communicate, whatever) but keeps getting overlooked, OR who is trying to continue residing in their former home without being noticed. (2) a person doing their best to ignore all the bad stuff in their life; maybe they're being haunted or something (i guess i have ghosts on the brain?) but they keep writing it off, like they see a shadowy figure in the corner of their room or following them down the street and they just try to keeping living life as usual even though deep down they know something's wrong.

lustful - maybe some sort of deconstruction of a succubus-type character? like she's supposed to be all seductive and evil but actually she just wants to meet a nice girl and settle down? idk i think that could be more interesting than like... Big Sexy™

writer - i like the idea you've started on, sort of a story unfolding as this writer tries to write their own story, making corrections / comments / complaints along the way.

lonely - i guess there are a lot of directions you could go with this... maybe a lone apocalypse survivor who has given up hope of ever finding another person (maybe they do in fact ultimately find another person, just as lonely as they are)... or maybe a kid who's bullied / ostracized by their peers and struggles to make friends and spends most of their time along but maybe eventually finds another lonely kid who wants to be friends... idk those might not be that interesting...

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