[UA] Darkening Children's Tales

[Nick Wedig]

>Now, that made me think.
>
>How's this for a children's novel: The kid -- let's name him 'Mel' -- has fine parents, interesting, pleasant, concerned, yadda yadda.  Mel gets pulled into some Narniesque scenario -- he's off having perilous adventures, but outside time and in a different place.  There's nothing where he's gone for weeks on end to alarm his folks, BUT... they notice.  They notice that SOMETHING is different about their son, and they try to get involved but Mel either (1) tells them and they don't (of course) believe or (2) Mel hides it because he knows they won't.  So you get this interplay.  Could be neat.
>
>ObUA: Er... uh... mm... "...so then I ganked his punk ass"?

It seems to me like a good UA scenario, actually.  Say the kid becomes godwalker of the Fool (or some other archetype appropriate to a child).  Then he receives a vision of the statosphere, which his mind interprets as a big adventure through a mythical land of Kings and Flying Women and wild Savages, much like the various child's fantasy stories he's read (Narnia, Alic, Oz, Lord of the Rings, etc)... (insert references to Sandman: A Game of You here)

His behaviour changes, parents are concerned and investigate, can't get anything out of him, call in some specialists (the PCs, who are probably in this case social workers, school teachers, child psychologists, etc).  Child explains aout this magic(k?) land he visitedand such.  Rival avatars show up and the PCs have to protect the child and figure out what was going on.  Could be good for a one shot, but hard to involve typical UA PCs (maybe if someone somewhat 'in the know' got wind and pointed out the kid to the PCs).

Mr. Teapot
wondering how high a level an avatar a child could be

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