Doppelgänger plotting post

[theearth]

This post is here both as a FAQ and for people to use it to coordinate their doppelgängers with people who want to run into them.

What is a doppelgänger?
They look exactly like the originals, they have the exact same powers and even the soul/aura/etc is an exact copy of that of the original. Their behaviour and actions however are the exact opposite of the original's powers/actions. If they have the original's memories is up to the player - they can have all of them, only some of them, or none of them.

Where can they be found?
Primarily the Neuschwanstein Area! Some of them may do short trips to other locations if they have a strong incentive to go there, but return quickly. They can use the teleporter.

What do they do?
Mostly, they are around and do the things that they want. They are more likely to be found near the castle, and at least a few will always hang out in the courtyard or, once the castle closes for the night, on the street leading up to it. They do not require sleep.

Who plays them?
The player of the original!

Coordination
This one is fairly straightforward. You'll find a form below in which you can describe what your character(s)'s doppelgänger is like. Other people who're interested in running into them can then hit up your comment and you can plot away.

<b>Character:</b> Name & Journal <b>Doppelgänger description:</b> How do they differ form the original/what are they like? What are they up to? Where could one run into them and what might one have heard about them?</b>

Example:
Character: Bob & journal
Doppelgänger description: Bob's original is super chipper and excitable, much unlike the stoic Bob. He will hug everyone and try to convince numbered, no matter what age, to get on the next playground and play. He'll mostly be found in the Austrian boundaries, but sometimes takes trips to Christmas Island and Locke to buy sweets with money that he steals through pickpocketing.

Answers to questions asked by players
> Doppels can access the network! To make matters worse, they use a number that is indistinguishable from the original's, so private messages will go to both original and doppel. Numbered can see what their doppels wrote/reply to them and the other way around.
> Doppelgängers don't know that they're copies or why they are there; the memories of their reincarnated lives are a bit like dreams to them, as real or unreal as echo memories are to the individual in question. It is up to the doppel how they interpret that state of being.
> If the original receives an ability/physical change/etc after the doppelgänger's creation, the doppel will receive the "update" at the exact same moment. Memory-updates are up to the player.
> Up to two threads played with the doppelganger will count towards AC.
> How long the doppelgangers as a group will stick around is up to player action - they will vanish when/if their centre is destroyed; the individual doppelgangers however are as mortal as the originals - so unless the original is immortal, they can be killed by normal means.
> If a character has a doppelganger in canon, encountering a doppel in StE can of course cause recurrence echoes. The StE-doppel can however not have memories/abilities/etc of the canon-doppel that the StE-character doesn't have, as the StE-doppel is a doppelganger of the reincarnated StE-character and not a reincarnation of their canon-doppel.
> No matter how strong the incentive for a doppel is to stay in a different location, doppels will feel obliged to spend at least a couple of hours per day within a short distance of Neuschwanstein Castle. They will not stay permanently in any of the other locations.
> Characters can talk to/encounter their doppelgängers, but a thread with "oneself" won't count towards AC unless at least every second comment is from another player.

Comments

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Character: Raye Satterfield. guitar_case_vagabond
Doppelgänger description: At first, Raye's doppelganger might seem like an improvement over the original in some ways. Where normal Raye can be loud, obnoxious and foulmouthed her doppelganger is controlled and even-tempered... at least outwardly. Raye is temperamental but is just as quick to calm down and let things go as she is to anger, but Doppel!Raye will hold a grudge forever no matter how petty or inconsequential it may be.

In addition to that, she's imperious, overbearing and looks down on everybody around her as human cattle. Doppel!Raye is entirely of the opinion that her status as a Life Fiber entity makes her inherently superior and that humanity exists only to serve her and her kind. At best, they're a plaything, at worst: dirt. And she has no qualms about putting anybody in their place. That place being under her foot.

As a bonus, she'll come packaged with a doppelganger'd Senketsu! The Anti-Senketsu is bloodthirsty, feral and wholly protective of his wearer. If separated from Raye somehow, he'll viciously attack the nearest human and attempt to cover and consume them.

In addition to all of the above, their synchronized form will appear different. Rather than the skimpy getup, the two will seem to merge into a singular entity. Those who witnessed Raye's berserker form might notice more than a few similarities.

[charcoalfeather]

Just how happy is she going to be when she finds out that there's two of her number 1 cattle walking around?

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Just think of the possibilities.

[scarlet_devil]

Will Real!Emi need to rescue Rakka at some point?

[originaloddcouple]

it is 2 in the morning here but I just woke up thinking the words "immortal fight"

I don't know why I thought that but I have to write it down before I go back to sleep

[arrowpoint]

Character: Liam Benedict (Legolas) arrowpoint

Doppelgänger description: Liam is an immature but hear-in-the-right-place kind of guy, who sometimes lacks common sense. He's a tree-hugging (fail) vegan, who cares about his friends and family very much. He's rich and likes to share pretty freely with getting people expensive gifts or things they need. He loves the outdoors and the environment.

Doppelgänger!Liam is a moody snob, and loves red meat. He looks out for himself before others, and it stingy with his money. He prefers to be indoors, is more into video games and computers than anything to do with icky nature. More of a loner.

He has connections to Locke and LV, so he could potentially be found at those locations as well as Neuschwanstein.

[purestambition]

Character: Saretha Kaiser & purestambition
Doppelgänger description: There is a distinct problem between DoppelSaretha and the real Saretha: At a glance, one might not immediately realize which is which.

Effectively, DoppelSaretha is everything Saretha avoided being, and yet still acted in line with. She is very much her Mother's Daughter, and then some. However, what this results in is the fact that... the way Saretha first acted when joining the Network? Was something of a front, although less so than it was for early canon Satsuki. It's an attitude she still often retains.

DoppelSaretha, on the other hand? Also uses a similar way of acting, but as a means to hide her genuine malice and ill intent, at which point she basically becomes a junior version of...

Well.

Let's just use audio cues.

Because really.

What else IS the exact opposite of the embodied soul of Satsuki Kiryuin?

Either way, she does not make herself inherently obvious until her knife is at someone's throat.

Question!

[oncedevil]

I don't know if it's been asked but regarding communication between originals and doppels. If one were to use private numbers (cellphones for example) would they then be able to bypass contacting the doppels as well, as long as they weren't using their network numbers to do it?