[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

[Black Aeronaut]

Honestly, I think it'd be good if we kept it at an 'R' rating - we can get reasonably edgy this way without veering off into Grim Dark territory. Though I'd be willing to make exceptions for brief dips into Darker and Edgier so long as it's kept to a singly plot point and then, in accordance with plot, stomp out fast and the victims at least start getting help.

That said, if anyone feels up to bringing in the major characters from Worm, then I won't complain so long as the Grim Derp aspects are purged. And that means keeping shit realistic. Though IC-Me would definitely like to have a good sit down with her...

"I know you had it bad. Not gonna take anything away from that, kiddo. But here's the thing. Sometimes, if I see a sudden movement in my peripheral vision, and it's moving just right? I flinch. Hard. And all because my dad couldn't wrap his head around the idea that there's children out there that are the opposite of the 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' self-starters that had the means to move out by the time they were sixteen.

"I've been hurt - physically and emotionally. I've been made into a pariah and a moving target in my own family. I was developmentally held back by the emotional abuse from not only my father, but my own damn brothers got in on it, too, because they didn't see me as a big brother. They only saw me as a weak person with no authority at all over them. I am mentally scarred from it all, and life has not been very kind to me in letting me figure my shit out.

"But what this means for you is that you got someone with experience in dealing with this kind of thing to draw on. You can lean on us, Taylor. We're never gonna toss you out in the cold, even if you do mess up. We're gonna look after you."

Honestly. I'd hug the stuffing out of that poor kid. PATERNAL INSTINCTS TRIGGERED! COMFORT! REASSURE! TEACH!