[UA] Archetypes

[Twist0059 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 11:51:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
msulliva at wso.williams.edu writes:

> No, it's just /rare/.  Charitably assuming that there have been an average
>  of ten Ascensions for each of the filled Archetype slots, and, further,
>  that we're quite close to universal Reincarnation, with 320 slots filled,
>  that's 3,200 Ascensions over the course of human history.  Supposing that
>  the first Ascensions started happening a few thousand years before the
>  Chinese recorded history began, we've got roughly one person, in the
>  entire world, disappearing every three years or so.
>  
>  They just get written off as people who died and the body was
>  unrecoverable.  Witnesses are told they're crazy fucks.
>  
>  The strange and dangerous thing about the NG's Ascension was that it was
>  caught on film.  And enough of its power affected that film that, at least
>  for the low-generation copies, people aren't inclined to say, "Yeah, so
>  they stopped the film, the freaking porn star walked off the set, and then
>  they started the film again.  Special effects, man.  Figure it out."
>  
>  Though you're probably right that there is some effect of erasing identity
>  when one Ascends.  Witness the difficulty in finding the NG's real name.
>  
>  Mike
>  


Well, I think the NG's name erasing itself was part of her Archetype's state 
of being, right?  I mean, she's the WECHBY.  Everyone knows her name but you, 
ect.

Also, do we know how many people have really ascended thus far?  (Not sure if 
you were just giving an example.)  I can't recall any of the books listing 
it, but damn it'd be fun to know.





-Twist

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