opnet [OpNet] Question of the "Week": Where would you be without a Node?

[Lemmy Chillmeister]

Yeah. Like I said, weeeeeeeeeeeeeird.

[Preston]

A former rock god is calling my son weird.

That is distressing.

[Tarot]

Does it make you wonder what he knows that you don't?

[Preston]

No. I know my son is often seen as unusual. I take pride in that.

[Tarot]

Cool.

[Vixen]

Possibly, dead in a fire. Though the search and rescue teams were on the ball, so you never know.

Beyond that... funny story. Just last month, my mom and dad got a call, alerting them that my place in the queue had come and they, and I, could start discussing the financial options available to them in the field of spinal replacement surgery.

It turns out that in the middle of erupting, turning into a kitsune-like super-woman, experimenting with powers, dealing with a nine foot hunk of muscle that smelt like a burning tire dump, hooking up with my co-worker, going into a coma thanks to everyone's favorite sex mutant Bastian, coming out, moving in with my boyfriend, finding a new job, moving into a new place, and getting married to my husband... somehow it slipped my mind to let them know that I didn't really need the surgery any more.

So if I didn't have a node... I'd be doing that, I guess, if nothing else happened in those three and a half years. Other-me would be taking her first steps in a decade and a half. I wonder if other-me would be frustrated that it didn't all happen at once like it does on TV or, one time out of a million, in real life. I wonder if she'd care, the first time she felt grass beneath her feet.

[Satyr]

I'm not entirely sure, but I'd definitly be getting a lot less 'how's your father'.

[Joshua 'Halo' North]

If I hadn't erupted I would most likely be spending my time at the low-rollers blackjack table in a Vegas casino and no doubt losing. Instead, I'm betting millions on things like who will be the next notch on Tontentanz' belt. Yeah, I have a gambling addiction, but it's not a problem. It'll only be a problem if I start losing.

[Sujatmi]

It depends.

The only thing Interpol changed for me was my workload. I get paid the same wage, hold the same position and do the same work. I just have a lot more of the last to do.

But most likely, I would have developed a serious case of dead caught from some grass sandal's bullet.

[Tommy Tomorrow]

Interesting philosophy. Logically it would make far more sense for you to forego your pay check entirely since you obviously don't need their money to begin with.

[Ultimax]

Me?

I'd be really, really, really depressed.

[Tommy Tomorrow]

My apologies to whomever started this thread. I commented on something within the thread without offering my own answer to the question as well as the comment.

I don't know. On one hand I can explain how most of what I've done or am about to do could probably be done by a baseline but the reality is so few actually pursue their dreams. I think perhaps it is simply more of a "sure thing" to live vicariously through the lives and of favored novas than to go out and do it for themselves. So while I could have done something very much like what I have accomplished, the odds would have been significantly against me achieving either the fame or success in my field that I have.

[Typhoon]

I would more than likely be promoted and commanding a desk for the Navy, or be retired on some sub-tropical island somewhere, maybe doing a lot of scuba.

So all in all my life isn't all that different.

,,

Has erupting changed my views?

Some of them but, some of that comes with having slightly more laditude to question orders, I'm a believer in the idea that I'm still basically the same person I was before my eruption.

Although I imagine a few Terats might disagree with me.

[Hutch]

Not much of my life would be different really. I'm still doing the same work that I was doing before I went out and erupted. I'm still jetsetting and partying like the world will end tomorrow.

The powers haven't really seem to change what I do, just the scope of what I do. Then again, I've only been a Nova for a couple of weeks so who knows what'll happen next?

[Tekk One]

I'd still be in the Army fighting for Uncle Sam till I retired.

[Rush]

There's a good chance I woulda died in jail, but if not, then I woulda got out and tried to find a job. Maybe I'd be back to breaking the law and doing stupid shit but who knows?

[Trooper]

Well, I'd be living the same very mundane life I lived before-hand. Hopefully I'd be married by now, but it's not like I had anyone really special when I erupted. It wouldn't be terrible but in comparison it would be just a bit boring.

[billy Horrorshow]

Man, even my threads won't die.

Spooky.

-billy

[Machina]

It's about time, you spooky fuckin' douchebag.

[billy Horrorshow]

I've missed you too, my little Body Hammer. I'll try to remember to wear something slinky this time around.

-billy

[Mr Frost]

Quote:

Originally posted by billy Horrorshow:
What the hell would you be doing as one of the Nodeless?

Nonexistent.

[Origami]

You know, now that I think of it my life wouldn't be any more different. More boring, yes, but not any more different.

[The White Rat]

I'd still be eating out of dumpsters, sleeping under bushes in the parks, and fighting other bums for cash and alcohol.

[Chiteki Hoshiko]

I'd quite probably be dead. But if you mean if the conditions to erupt hadn't happened, I'd probably be working as an assistant to some nova scientist dealing with projects physically impossible for me to comprehend. I'd probably be rather msierable. That's why I provoked my eruption in the first place.

[GDP_ST]

I would still be married, probably with children nearing adulthood themselves, and doubtless be a huge nova geek.

Or I would have been killed by the same maniac that broke in and killed my wife while I was away training with Utopia.

No way to tell, really.

[Cosmic Comet]

I would be dead. The event that sparked my eruption happened in space so I would be scattered all about. If that hadn't happened I'd probably be trying to be the first human to land on Mars.

[billy Horrorshow]

Infinite cosmic power...itty bitty attention to detail.

Quote:

Originally posted by billy Horrorshow:

Sure, a lot of us survived horrible life-threatening situations because of that magic meatball in our head BUT THAT ASIDE, if we were to live our lives along the path that it was going years ago, where would we be?

God, I remember having to clarify the "your horrible death aside" issue back on page one. We even talked about the clarification. It's still in the thread. But you know what? I don't even care any more...though I'll definitely have to forward this to Sacria. She's doing this great study about the mock divinity of Nova-hood based off forum behavior. It's supposed to be a serious bit of research, but man, is it ever funny. This forum's not bad, but you should see the crap that Stallion and the gang post all over the N!tv boards. I'll post it when she's done. It's complete nightmare fuel.

-billy

[Warren Verona]

Happy.

[Doctor Nova Madigan]

Cleveland.

[Velvet]

Turning blue in a shithole apartment with a needle hanging out of my arm. Fun times.

[Loge]

Best guess? I would probably be somewhere that wasn't as interesting as where I am now.

(Tarot, Lemmy Chillmeister, Neil Preston)On the subject of eruptions, mine wasn't life or death. I was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood molding and it kicked back. Two of my fingers hit the blade and there was some blood but it was nothing life threatening. If I hadn't erupted the docs would likely have gotten the meat reattached and I'd have healed with just some scars. Nothing to be traumatized about.

[DeathMetalGirl]

If I didn't have a node, I'd probably still be fighting to get my band into a worthwhile performance bar, but with half the good looks that I have right now.

Of course, I'd still have my band. So I think I'd be better off.

[Amped]

I don't even remember if I'd answered this or not.

Without a Node, I wouldn't have lost my memory, I wouldn't have learned about my asshole parents, I most likely would have had a credit card fraud/pornography scandal before the age of 17.

Without my node I wouldn't have met Carver, who introduced me to Saori, who I commissioned artwork from, which let me know her all the better, which leads to us dating now. I think the Node is a much better deal even after all the bad it did bring.

[z-Gu Saori]

I too, would have not met Jonas-láng without my node; I would still be struggling to be a decent irezumi artist without my node to aid me. I would not have been commissioned for the piece for his back, and I would not have met him. He is the joy of my life; I would live in darkness without him.

[Iron Rose]

Barring the whole crushed under a cave-in and dead part, I'd still be managing the company with my sister, though I don't think we'd be enjoying the level of success we do. I wouldn't have met all the interesting people I have. Being a nova has opened my my mind to a whole new way of looking at things, and for that I'm greatful.

[Blood Spirit]

My life hasn't changed much since I've become a nova. I still run a private detective agency but I do have a slightly easier time of it. After all, being able to question the person i'm investigating much better is VERY helpful. The increased perceptions have been very useful, too.

[Lyn 'Indigo' Ross]

Hmm...

Seeing as I erupted while being clinically dead after having my throat cut, I would be six foot under without my node.

If I had not been attacked randomly, I would be another old warhorse reliving the Cold War days with her friends at those little get-togethers we're not supposed to talk about.

[Tempest]

I'd be dead, like my twin brother. We were struck by lightning and Grant was burnt to ash while I erupted.

[Joy 'Kitsch' Lee]

Thanking a top designer who shall remain nameless for the pleasure of kissing his ass, getting his coffee and arranging for his cocaine and prostitutes.