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#personification

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The other two illustrations for chapter 3 of “Same Place, Different Universe” showing two more of the Chariots of Colors members!

Regina (OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion) is an experienced combatant and takes her duties seriously like her counterpart, but is willing to show a less serious side when she’s not on duty. She usually has shorter blonde hair, but she makes her hair longer and changes it to pink when she is presenting in the gaming stream that she hosts.

The mint green in her host outfit is an homage to Game Center CX and she hosts a gaming stream since Lion introduced the Game Center feature.

Pleiades (Macintosh System 7, 68k) returned from a vacation like her counterpart but is happier and shares some snark with Marcia.

Her fashion sense takes inspiration from 90’s grunge and Mad Max. I thought over before whether to have just one System 7 character since there’s a separate one that represents the Power PC version since I found a way I could’ve merged their roles. However, I kept both because I couldn’t bring myself to choose one design over the other 😅

I modeled the background of that hallway in CC’s headquarters weeks ago for that illustration. I ended up not using much of what I modeled in the illustration but I’m still glad that I did in case there are other angles I’ll need to render.

“Same Place, Different Universe” Chapter 3

After several months since the last chapter, another one has been published! I wasn’t really sure when I’d get back to this story since I got stuck on some details and interactions for chapter 3, but I found a way that features a few more of the Chariots of Colors members, the similarities and contrasts between their counterparts that Marcia witnessed.

Worrying about also being a thief for taking a cassette that could be a valuable piece of evidence was just the beginning for what Marcia would experience in this chapter…

Chapter 3: I'm Already an Intruder Now Also a Thief?

Content warning: Part of this chapter recounts the toxic social environment that was featured in chapter 2 and talks of surveillance. There may also be mood whiplash between this serious part and the light-hearted part of the chapter.

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Operating Superstars -- Two more for the Programmable Darling Patrol

I finished up the first versions of the articles for Etta and Phuong on the project #Wiki (I published Etta’s quite a few days ago some some things came up)! Etta was a member of the PrDP with a long and varied career! She became used to the classroom environments, but she is tough on land and sea from her work in industrial environments and when she worked on ships.

Etta:
📄 operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o

Phuong:
📄 operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o

She mainly represents the PDP-8, but she also represents the PDP-5, PDP-14 and LINC-8 and each of them also add on to her varied career path. Her article has details that apply as of the timeframe of “I Was a Software Developer…” since that’s the story she’s been featured in, but in “the present”, she would continue to have active roles and would likely be a member of at least one hobbyist club.

Phuong mainly represents the PDP-9 but also represents the PDP-15, and through the latter she also got into the field of the arts since the PDP-15 has its own graphics tablet.

Her modern whereabouts are partially known since she has appeared in a modern story; she is known to be a member of TIMES and supervised at least one venture into another universe.

Operating Superstars -- Two more for the Programmable Darling Patrol

I’ve been busy lately working on character articles for my project #Wiki before I’ll be busy with other things soon. Now that I published the first versions for the characters that appeared in “System Time Reset…”, I’m back to focusing on them for most of the characters that appeared in the ongoing story “I Was a Software Developer…”

Piper:
📄 operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o

Polyxena:
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Writing these was tricky at parts because some details about them may be applicable during the timeframe IWASD takes place (which starts in 1977) but might not be in the present; skillsets, affiliations and occupations can change. Friendships and rivalries can change.

I also haven’t gotten into mentioning which clubs these characters might be members of in “the present”, but that can be added on to later.

Their articles focus on the timeframe of IWASD, but I intend for them and other historical characters to still have relevant and ongoing roles in “the present” that give them more potential to appear in other stories.

Operating Superstars - A few more character articles, “System Time Reset…” wrap-up

I published the last two articles for characters that appeared in STR for the project #Wiki:

Antares:
📄 operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o

Mi-ho:
📄 operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o

(Mi-ho's surname isn't finalized yet. Trey's and Fiore's aren't either since I'm still trying to decide on one that could be a reference to the early iPhone lineup or its design)

When I was writing Mi-ho’s and Trey’s articles, I looked a lot more into technical details about the iPhone 2G and 3G/3GS for some more ideas. I never knew anyone who had an iPhone 2G when it was new, but I remember though seeing the announcement for it and at the time I thought it was so cool!

There a lot I didn’t know then about what went behind the presentation of the first iPhone, and that research gave me a clearer idea for Mi-ho’s characterization.

Antares had a few brief appearances during the development of Version 2, and has a page around the start of Version 3 before I switched to the wiki format. She has a reputation for reliability which is how I knew of System 6 through retro Mac sites.

System 6 is the oldest Mac OS version I’ve used for some tasks. With the Mac always having a reputation for being user-friendly, I was caught off-guard though by not being able to figure out Macro Maker without the manual!

Learning this the hard way gave me the idea that Antares would dislike repeating information that she just gave and may not be very patient although she tries to be helpful.

“I Was a Software Developer…” Chapter 11 has just been published!

📄 synergyeclipse30.neocities.org

Title: Aww Yeah, It'll Be Unreal!

Multiplicia “Multi” was mentioned in chapter 1, but now she finally makes an appearance in a stand-off between her and Juna, her former student that left to become an OS and develop a competing philosophy. A former teacher and student meeting up after those circumstances can get awkward 😬

Also during the chapter, Piroska appears to tell Damien that Valencia wants to meet him backstage to challenge him to public speaking! That illustration shows the suit that he bought in chapter 9.

Several updates to the project wiki will be coming up with information from this chapter.

Operating Superstars - Something new, something sorta new

A few days ago I published the bios for Ruby, Trey and Fiore on the project #Wiki:

Ruby:
📄operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o

Trey:
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Fiore:
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Three more of the characters to appear in “System Time Reset”. I’ve been focusing on publishing the articles for characters that first appeared in this story for Version 3 since that story is completed and only 2 chapters. There may be 2 more characters left to publish articles for that appeared in it.

Chapter 11 of “I Was a Software Developer…” is also almost finished and will introduce some worldbuilding updates and also lead to a team article and another character article being published.

Trey and Fiore don’t have finalized surnames yet (but are intended to have them, unlike Juna who intentionally doesn’t) but I decided to not have that hold me back from finishing the articles.

When I don’t have a surname finalized for a character, I’ll still publish their article without it, but create a redirect when it is finalized.

Operating Superstars - Sorta “new” character bios

A couple days ago I published the bios for Janice and Terrell on the project #Wiki:

operatingsuperstars.miraheze.o
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They're two of the Chariots of Colors members that have appeared in a short story before (in "System Time Reset...") and they're also part of a band, though I haven't decided on what that band is called yet.

Yesterday I updated their articles and the other published character articles to split off technical references and other trivia into separate sections to organize them, since the number of entries could grow as I come up with more for characters and it was easier to make this change after I only published a few character articles.

The entries that remain in the Trivia section are usually pop culture references, fashion references, based on personal experience when the characters represent OSes I've used, may be puns or other things that aren’t technical unless there’s a technical reference I couldn’t fit elsewhere in the article.

Over the past few months(?) my main project for this account had been on a hiatus as I lost motivation to work on it... until now. That one is my tech gijinka one.

When I first started over I started hosting every character page and such on my github pages site as it seemed good at the time. Having to format everything in HTML turned out to be a pain that I ended up putting it on a hiatus.

This went on and on until a few weeks ago I was looking over at a friend's project and remembered my old wiki for the older version of my project. I wondered to myself if I would have been more productive if I brought it back so well... yeah.

The Mainframe is back in a actual proper wiki form. Every page has been transferred over from the old one hosted on my site with some extras added because of new ideas.

You can view it here: themainframe.miraheze.org/wiki

The Mainframe · The Mainframe
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The other character #Illustrations for chapter 10; the chatting at the table leads in to Polyxena telling Damien about the time a teammate chose to debut at one of The Ship Deck’s most infamous venues.

Juna, Etta and Phuong had different opinions about being the one to volunteer to tell that story, but Polyxena eagerly volunteered.

These illustrations particularly the group picture combined work in the programs I use the most; Inkscape for vectoring, Blender3D for modling props and backgrounds, and Krita for the painting effects and some editing.

Chapter 10 of my #Webnovel “I Was a Software Developer…” has been published! I didn’t get to Valencia appearing on stage as I intended for this chapter, she appears in the beginning agonizing over public speaking. Who enjoys public speaking? 🤔 I'm not sure I know anyone who does!

Chapter 10: Did Anyone Choose to Debut There?
Part 1: operatingsuperstars.wordpress.
Part 2: operatingsuperstars.wordpress.

It’s so long I split it into two parts. I’m also preparing to mirror the story chapters on a new section of my Neocities site which I haven’t really used since my other project has been on hiatus for months 🥲

This chapter delves into more #Worldbuilding including the role of the combatant classes and also clarified that not all OSes were already combatants and some aren't, though that may depend on the team. Some of the teams will prioritize combat skills more, or less than others.

Two more templates for my project #Wiki that arose as I realized I needed them; one for articles about ongoing stories and another for articles about stories or lore that only apply to previous versions.

The Ongoing Story template features Katsumi because he is a TV show host and telling the audiences to “stay tuned” seems in-character for him.

The Previous Version template shows Damien looking through code in a program, alluding to his previous job. This template also shows the first glimpse of the outfit he will be wearing as of “I Was a Software Developer…”

I published a tentative version of the Skillset article for my project #Wiki:

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I’m not entirely confident with this but it’s a crucial part of the #Worldbuilding in the setting and I need to keep tweaking this and finalize the details in it before I can confidently write articles for characters.

The parameter I filled out on the “Details Not Finalized” template shows there’s a lot to still be decided on 😅

With this, I included a color #Sketch of Prima that shows more of her redesigned outfit which is meant to look more like a cyclist’s outfit and it shows how annoyed she’d be looking at a published script with so many uncertain details.

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