Ianto Break

 

Ianto was annoyed. For people wanting new things for a new system they seemed to be dragging their feet on new ideas. He tried insisting on Missing Piece cards for everyone, but all they wanted was a plain ID badge or a quick costume change. Maybe they were afraid of someone having power over them, or being pigeon holed into some kind of role they weren't interested in. He explained again that wasn't the point of the card. Taking a drink of coffee he calmed the room down.

He showed his Coffee card and the link it had to the Timelock.ca site – Coffee can be used to rise to the occasion or settle a situation down into normalcy but more likely the latter. Good for when pizza takes too long to acclimatize to the situation. Not a substitute for Tea or Jolt which get you to the Next Level.

He said the cards weren't magic, but rather a kind of writers shorthand for where people were in their hero's journey. He said with the general laws of time travel being too specific about what you've seen and done can be counter productive. Especially if they have to get to the same time and place and have an honest reaction to things.

Ianto drew up a set of sample decks for each person in the room. Being a double blind study he could only discuss the one for CC on paper.

CC – Creative Consultant or Cast of Characters – Card has Benedict Cumberbatch on a card saying I invented the position and a link to the Bible scripture about "The Word was with God"

Blue King – Creative and not in opposition to the White King, but not an exact footstep follower in the traditional sense. Scripture "Rich young ruler"

Black Sock – Does not vary wardrobe very often, all other dress duplicates are Time Echos or holograms or AIs – Scripture about "Do not be deceived"

Ironman Watch – Uses not traditional functions of watch for Non Tradional things – Scripture "Times and Seasons"

Blue Box Postcards – Uses the Written word and not a Tardis "Do onto Others" scripture

Yellow Key – Picture of Nathan Fillion with Dectective/Captian/Doctor Time ""Here is a gift for you from the spoil of Jehovah's enemies.""

Jade Lock – Picture of Jade WT saying "His love"

Ianto said the deck was much larger than that, but that was probably sufficient to get people's ideas going. They were given three options for their own customized deck: Action, Connection and Reflection. Each of these types had subcategories for the selection from a much larger list. He showed them briefly and went over the differences.

Ianto said you can mix and match the choices, or even combine two different options together. The key was finding the right fit, since Ianto didn't want them just to pick one option and then be forced into another.

Action had a Red border, Connection had a yellow border and Reflection had a Blue border.

The Subcategories for Action were Self, Hero and Villain, while the subcategories for Connection were Family, Friend and Lover, and for Reflection Community, God and Country.

The cards were all rather stock illustrations, with a small box to note additional information. Ianto also brought out small hand written cards, and talked about the different terms and ideas on those, that could be used to inspire a writing partner.