APARTMENT ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
A series concept for Prime Time Adventures RPG.
Make sure you also check out the Pilot Treatment and the fan intro page (that you probably just read.)
PROTAGONISTS
- GARY PONDERSCHLOSS
played by James Hargrove
A shoggoth-with-a-thousand-eyes-style Venusian who's seen too much. After working at the Constellation for years, he's a bit shell-shocked.
Issue: Seen too much
Screen Presence (in order of Episode): 2 1 2 1 3
Nemesis: Brotherhood (of NIMH) - something to do with rats
Traits:
Amorphous physique (edge)
XORLAC, DESTROYER OF WORLDS (connection)
THE ELDER EVIL OF SUB-BASEMENT 2 (connection)
Personal Set: Black, empty space w/spotlights
- J'AIMEE
played by Hallie Bowman
A sexy, green-skinned alien girl. Originally, Hallie played her with a control obsession, but, since that give Hallie a head-ache, J'AIMEE's been reworked as overconfident, instead.
Issue: Overconfident
Screen Presence (in order of Episode): 2 1 2 3 1
Nemesis: None
Traits:
Super advanced techie knowledge (edge)
Never dirty (edge)
THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE PICNIC BASKET (connection)
Personal Set: Temple of Science
(All Togas and crystal spires)
- DR. GAYLORD BRANSTON
played by Rp Bowman
A ruined folklorist with anger management problems. He's fallen on hard times and had to take a job in building maintenance.
Issue: Atonement/Redemption
Screen Presence (in order of Episode): 2 3 1 1 2
Nemesis: TIAMAT, dark mother of the Annunaki, Fifth Floor
Traits:
Basically a decent guy (edge)
DIEDRE WILKES, disgruntled, upper-professional fiancee (Connection)
HECATE, sultry embodiment of witchcraft (Connection)
Personal Set: The Apple Vine, a horrid 5-star restaurant
Notable NPCS:
- XORLAC, DESTROYER OF WORLDS
A short, muscular human with long black hair. He dresses in the manner of a death-metal rock star. He has about the same complexion, too, I imagine. When first introduced, he had a VW Bug called the Deathmobile, but that was destroyed by aliens within seconds of entering the scene.
- THE DOORMAN
THE DOORMAN is in all the lobbies of the Constellationand, since the Constellation has a lobby for every parallel world it straddels, that's a lot of lobbies. Scott won't let anyone else play the DOORMAN. There will be blood over this, I fear.
- TIAMATT
TIAMATT lives on the fifth floor and she hates Dr. BINDLE, both professionally and personally. But it's the kind of petty hatred your grandmother reserved for the postman or the new pastor in your church. TIAMATT very much resembles the multi-headed dragon from the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, only she wears a hairnet on one of her heads most of the time.
- MRS. GRANGER
A nice old lady who lives on a sort-of-alternate 1930s floor. She makes cookies for people and seems unphased by anything. She has a nice relationship with the giant ape in the penthouse.
And a Note from Scott Dunphy:
Oh, and if and when I do get a character, it won't be the Doorman. Might be the slumming, playboy tennant or maybe something new. I think it would be interesting to wait until that point (episode 3, probably, by the screen presences) and see what the show needs.
I take some issue with this, as the only reason we let him get away with not saying anything about the DOORMAN or letting anyone else try out the charater was the idea that it was his avatar.
There will, alas, be more serious discussion if we ever have a second session (which won't be until after July 2008, at this point.)