Obscene Symphony

Thermonuclear Magic: A World War II Fantasy

Also who let Mat work with the flammable gases?

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I suppose it's my turn, isn't it? Well normally I'd be sleeping, since it's midnight here, but I just drank some tea that I probably could have paved a road with (forgot about it and steeped it for about 20 minutes, oops) so I can probably get a post up tonight.

@Kierkegaard I would appreciate some help in my next post, since I'm not too sure how to go about playing Genzken. Shall I PM you?
Also, do you think they should blackmail Aaron with threats against Mat's life? They can always go back on their word later to kill him, I suppose.

I love the way you play Klaus, by the way. He's so refreshingly unique compared to a lot of the characters I've seen lately.

My search history for the day:

"flammable gasses"
"Nazi doctor war criminals"
"autism symptoms"
"Czech food"

@Kierkegaard

Well, obviously you're intending to go full vigilante, rig some czech food with explosives and send it to some as-yet unpunished old nazis. Under the guise of an autistic person, they'll never suspect you. Obviously.

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Oh dear, I'm looking at Mengele's experimentation with twins now. Truly horrifying stuff, here. Maybe I can use that later.

Writers really are incredibly self-incriminating out of context, aren't they?

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"I googled "Polish racial slurs for Germans" to be prepared." @Keyguyperson

Lines that will only ever be uttered on RPG, next to "This is the last time I write "she looked like she'd stepped out of a Nazi propaganda poster" as a compliment, I promise."

@Kierkegaard

Pfft, I just built up the most incriminating search history of my life, with such gems as: "What chemical was used in Nazi chemical showers" and "german anti-gay slurs" man I'm glad bill C-51 hasn't been passed yet

(forgive the double posts, sorry)

***EDIT Well whoops it looks like that bill passed, h e h

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I googled "Polish racial slurs for Germans" to be prepared.

Also, I'm loving these ideas for Aaron and Mat. When/if Józef realizes that they're gay it'll be fun writing from his point of view. Being Catholic up until now, he'll be trying to choose between his old views and considering the relationship wrong or ending up accepting homosexuality because the Nazis oppose it.

@Keyguyperson

I can't wait for this moment.

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It's to get at the data and the like after Klaus and Aaron refuse to hand it over to the SS. I think, haven't checked since I'm going to bed, like, right now.
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Because they discovered magic and the German's want to use it as a weapon and when they come knocking to ask about developing weapons Klaus seems very uncooperative so they decide to raid the lab because they want magical weapons even if Klaus and the team won't make them
I believe that's it ?

@Adriane

Ah, of course. Did this refusal happen before, or will it happen the night of the raid?

Also I hope I don't come across as too clueless, I just like to be sure of what I'm writing about to avoid IC errors, eh?

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Nah, she meant that our separate brainstorming sessions wonderfully and coincidentally resulted in the same idea.

You could, or you could just make their relationship apparent in the next post when the SS officer comes the lab and intimidates them all.
Klaus definitely has no idea Aaron and Mat are involved, because he's a) mildly autistic and can't read people and b) Aaron and Mat would be low key as hell to avoid arrest.

@Kierkegaard

Ah, of course. I got it this time! Heh, I've been having trouble understanding people all day.

Will do, though you can't stop me from adding gay undertones to my post for my own amusement! (Also 'gay undertones' sounds like a really right-wing warning on a movie and it shouldn't be as funny as it is to me right now XD)

I'm all for oblivious Klaus. I can see him now, very confused and awkward while Aaron is writhing in grief upon hearing his boyfriend was killed.

Also, why exactly is the lab being raided? What do they want? I'm not sure if this was mentioned before but today it's like everything people tell me needs to be stamped on my forehead for me to understand, haha.

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One step ahead of ya. After Klaus gets back from lunch, an SS officer is going to pay the Zauber team a visit, and I'm sure he'll have tons to say to Aaron once he's finished talking to Klaus.

Also, yes. Aaron SHOULD be involved with Mat. That'd be the tipping point for him, I'm sure.

@Kierkegaard

Oh, absolutely. It's settled, then! Shall I make some edits to my original post?

Also, @Adriane, do you mean I'm oblivious to Mat's gayness? Haha, I have no idea how I could have known but hey, glad I could make you laugh XD

...That came out saltier than intended, haha.

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Ironic because @Adriane and I were just discussing what to do with Mat, and one plot idea was to have him arrested and killed because he's homosexual (which would give Klaus and potentially Aaron a personal reason to fight against the Third Reich).

I like the idea, with one suggested modification: Aaron is gay, and a high-ranking SS official knows that he is gay, and the only thing between him and a concentration camp is his agreeing to keep doing the medical research that other doctors can't do, given their lack of experience with the magical power source.

@Kierkegaard

Blackmail, I love it. Sounds fantastic. Maybe I should get him involved with Mat, haha. That'd give Aaron one hell of a reason to fight the Third Reich.

Maybe I can schedule a threatening meeting with said SS officer during the raid? I've already got the dialogue forming in my mind.

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Hm, I've gotten a little further in surprisingly little time on Aaron's possible motivation. He's a closeted homosexual man with a hebrew first name in Nazi Germany, one would think he has enough suspicion and pressure on him as it is. I'd say he fears that defecting would be the final nail in his coffin and that they'd send him to a concentration camp? Regardless of whether or not his fears would be fixed in truth, I'd say that's enough to make a man want to save his own skin. Thoughts, anyone?

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It's an acronym for the Secret Polish Army (Which is Tajna Armia Polska in Polish). It was an underground resistance group in Poland during WWII, and one of its three founders was Witold Pilecki.

Oh. I also posted.

So that's nice.

@Keyguyperson

Thank you. I saw that, I'm reading it now. Ever the sharp soldier, Józef. XD