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A Questionnaire, Part II: The Questioning

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1) How often do you dance?
2) What's a great idea for a noir movie no one has done yet?
3) If you had a motor cycle gang, what would your insignia look like?
4) What real person who hasn't gotten a musical needs one?
5) What is your favourite Ray Bradbury work?
1. Probably at least once every other work day.
2. In a world that's a like a technicolor musical, a detective stuck in black and white is an outcast and is approached by mayor to investigate a murder that might be committed by someone foreseeing the "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" of 70s cinema.
3. Just... too many snakes. You think it's a lot? No, more snakes! That or the "menacing aura" onomatopoeia from Jojo.
4. Porntip Rojanasunan, Thailand's "Dr. Death", a forensic scientist who gained celebrity status for her outrageous hair... and oh, yeah, standing up to the Thai police over their handling of forensic evidence. But she's not just a good guy and has made a few questionable claims as well (promoting a "bomb detector" that... just doesn't work). Seems like a complicated hero has potential for great storytelling.
5. Mars is Heaven! Turns out, don't go to Mars...

A noir from the viewpoint of the damsel in distress / femme fatale
Read the comic book Fatale. It's a great series about a femme fatale who, thanks to powers beyond her control, has men attracted to her to a deadly degree and reluctantly uses them in her plans to overthrow a cult of old one worshippers.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1) What is your favourite piece of piano music?
2) If you were the first person on the moon, what would you say!
3) Whose ghost would you like to talk to?
4) What would you name your game of street toughs?
5) Which famous musician would you love to do a duet with?
 

Octopus Prime

Jingle Engine
(He/Him)
1. Anything that sounds like it’s Dracula-y
2. “Woah! It’s heckin’ dusty up in this biz!”
3. Christmas Yet To Come, feel like I could get some important tips from him.
4. The Toledo Sinful Boyz
5. Weird Al, id let him do all the work but to be right there with him, you know?
 

Cadenza

Mellotron enthusiast
(She/they)
1) What is your favourite piece of piano music?

This is subject to change over time, but right now it's Debussy's "La Cathédrale Engloutie". It's been my favorite piece of his ever since I first heard it, and it's providing heavy inspiration for something I'm writing.

2) If you were the first person on the moon, what would you say!

Boring answer, but I would probably be rendered speechless for a while, and then simply say "Wow".

3) Whose ghost would you like to talk to?

Assuming a translator could be provided, Erik Satie's. I bet he has a lot of interesting stories to tell.

4) What would you name your game of street toughs?

The Ne'er-Do-Wells

5) Which famous musician would you love to do a duet with?

A drum duet with Phil Collins
 

LBD_Nytetrayn

..and his little cat, too
(He/him)
1) What is your favourite piece of piano music?
2) If you were the first person on the moon, what would you say!
3) Whose ghost would you like to talk to?
4) What would you name your game of street toughs?
5) Which famous musician would you love to do a duet with?
1) I'm... honestly not sure. Probably something from Vince DiCola, just to be safe.
2) "I guess those other guys in '69 really were fakers, after all!"
3) Wow, tough one. Owen Hart comes to mind, but I'd really have to take stock of who's not alive that I'd be interested in...
4) The "Street Fighter Alphas."
5) I'd just love to be capable of pulling off a duet.
 

Exposition Owl

Happy Owlidays!
(he/him/his)
1) What is your favourite piece of piano music?
Debussy for me, too! For something different, let’s say « Voiles. »

2) If you were the first person on the moon, what would you say?
“That’s one small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind! Please note the word ‘a’!”

3) Whose ghost would you like to talk to?
Maybe Harry Houdini, just because it would annoy him so much to be a ghost.

4) What would you name your game of street toughs?
The Gentlemen of Leisure.

5) Which famous musician would you love to do a duet with?
I’m gonna say John Cage on his piece 4’33”, because that’s the only one I can think of that my lack of musical talent wouldn’t ruin.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1) What is your favourite piece of piano music?
2) If you were the first person on the moon, what would you say!
3) Whose ghost would you like to talk to?
4) What would you name your game of street toughs?
5) Which famous musician would you love to do a duet with?

1) Toccato and Fugue in D, the Dracula song
2) MOON!
3) Phil Hartman
4) The Tough Boys
5) Fred Schieder
 

Olli

(he/him)
1) What is your favourite piece of piano music?
2) If you were the first person on the moon, what would you say!
3) Whose ghost would you like to talk to?
4) What would you name your game of street toughs?
5) Which famous musician would you love to do a duet with?
1) On My Block by Scarface
2) "What has two thumbs and is on the moon? This guy!"
3) My own
4) TEAM BEHEMOTH (which has been the name of all my name-able teams in video games since FFTA)
5) Michael friggin' Bublé
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming salon?
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?
 

Daikaiju

Rated Ages 6+
(He, Him)
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming salon?
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?

1. During one of John Baptiste intro/outro bits for commercials on the Late Show. He often used video game music and a couple are still a mystery to me.
2. Le Chiot Propre
3. SPACE
4. Do audio group calls in Teams count? Otherwise, no.
5. Grandma Howard from the Teen Wolf Saturday morning cartoon.
 

Olli

(he/him)
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
Maybe 3 weeks ago
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming saloon?
Hair of the dog
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
Gun warehouse
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
Daily
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?
The Loup-Garou
 

LBD_Nytetrayn

..and his little cat, too
(He/him)
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming salon?
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?
1) Don't recall. Probably more recently than I think, but not enough to be fresh in -- actually, it was the latest Botchamania.
2) I'd rather do cats, but... um... I dunno. "Ruff 'n Tumble"?
3) Wherever Halo Infinite takes place, maybe?
4) Not really.
5) The one from "A Day In The Life Of Dracula" and Saberwulf, I guess. Feel like there's another better answer I'm forgetting, though.
 
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming salon?
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
Frequently upon waking. Most of the time it takes all morning to figure it out.
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming salon?
The Malameauty Salon
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
Pompeii
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
Err for a little bit at work to coordinate with off-site team members, but more often virtual meet ups to watch movies and chat nonsense with friends who've all moved to different cities.
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?
Stu from the What We Do In The Shadows movie
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1. When's the last time you heard or remembered music and it drove you crazy trying to recognize where it came from?
2. What would be the name of your dog grooming salon?
3. Where would be a great place to be hunted for sport?
4. Do you ever do virtual meetings?
5. Which werewolf is your favourite?
1. I can't remember a specific time at the moment but it happens all the time.
2. Unfortunately, Dirty Dogs Done Dirt Cheap was already taken so let's go with Pug Beautiful
3. A sporting goods store. Lots of places to hide and lots of things to defend yourself with.
4. Sometimes for school.
5. Talbot from Darkstalkers.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1. If you had three wishes, what would the second wish be?
2. Who is your favourite Dracula actor?
3. What do you like doing photographs of?
4. Have you ever been in a hot air balloon?
5. How many puppies is too many?
 

LBD_Nytetrayn

..and his little cat, too
(He/him)
1) Financial security, maybe? It'd kinda be jockeying for the number one position with a better/healthier body.

2) Morgan Freeman

3) I don't do them often myself, but I have a hobby of checking out photographs of Americana. Old buildings and businesses, restaurants, Main Street settings and shops, stuff like that.

4) No, and I probably never will.

5) Depends how much more energy they have collectively than I do.
 

Olli

(he/him)
1. If you had three wishes, what would the second wish be?
wisdom to make my last wish a good one
2. Who is your favourite Dracula actor?
Christopher Lee
3. What do you like doing photographs of?
Signs
4. Have you ever been in a hot air balloon?
Yes! It was pretty wild, especially the landing. Did you know you don't feel any wind up in the sky?
5. How many puppies is too many?
I'm going to go with eight. Seven still sounds manageable.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1. If you had three wishes, what would the second wish be?
2. Who is your favourite Dracula actor?
3. What do you like doing photographs of?
4. Have you ever been in a hot air balloon?
5. How many puppies is too many?
1. To be able to choose when I die.
2. For PLAYING Dracula Gary Oldman is good. For actors who are the best and also played Dracula, Christopher Lee.
3. Bugs. I have a bug identification app and the kids love it.
4. Nope. I'd try it but I'd be peeing my pants.
5. Around 5. Four is managable, but on the verge of unweildy.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1. If your soul was trapped in an appliance but you get to choose, what would it be?
2. What comic book character is in need or re-invention?
3. What moral panic is the most amusing to you in retrospect?
4. If you could farm only one kind of insect, what would it be?
5. What is your favourite number?
 

Olli

(he/him)
1. If your soul was trapped in an appliance but you get to choose, what would it be?
Oven, preferably one that gets used for baking.

2. What comic book character is in need or re-invention?
We need a Short Movie Wolverine
3. What moral panic is the most amusing to you in retrospect?
The "dancing is bad" one from Footloose, which I believe is based on reality
4. If you could farm only one kind of insect, what would it be?
Ladybugs
5. What is your favourite number?
5
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
1. If your soul was trapped in an appliance but you get to choose, what would it be?
2. What comic book character is in need or re-invention?
3. What moral panic is the most amusing to you in retrospect?
4. If you could farm only one kind of insect, what would it be?
5. What is your favourite number?
1. My air fryer. It gets the job done.
2. The Phantom. Did they make him black yet? Because it feels like that's the needed direction of the character.
3. It's tough because while some are silly in principle, a lot have done some real damage (Satanic Panic especially). But there was a real one where people were pranked into believing children were shooting up Kool-Aid and Peanut Butter in the 70s.
4. Bees. We just need more bees.
5. 7, I guess. It's a dull answer but here we are.
 
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