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snowblindmods) wrote2015-04-06 10:43 pm
snowblindmods) wrote2015-04-06 10:43 pm
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Overall, Emily is a ten-year-old child. No matter which run the player decides to take with Corvo, Emily's personality will be affected for that reason. She's ten, she's impressionable, and Corvo is the last adult close to her left. Full trust is put into Corvo. Naturally, in Norfinbury, it'll take a bit for her to form an unbreaking bond with anyone else like the one she has with Corvo, but once she does, others people's actions will similarly affect how she conducts herself as a person. (Or if these people say, "Hell, yeah, this is how you do it, kiddo!" as they blow someone's head off.)
In low chaos, Corvo finishes missions either by killing no one or through use of the environment or non-lethal Void powers. Targets are eliminated by tweaks to the surroundings, and their deaths are, in essence, results of carelessness or bad luck. This way, when Corvo returns to the Hound Pits, he literally has no blood on his hands and the rumors that follow him are not ones of a horrific killing machine plowing down the higher powers. Corvo's own personality remains gentle and understanding, and the others of the Hound Pits see and talk of this to and around Emily.
In speaking with Emily in low chaos, the player finds she is just as curious and playful as when you first meet her at the beginning of the game, if a bit distant due to witnessing the death of her mother and her kidnapping. Her artwork is bright, sometimes silly, sometimes hopeful. She still dreams of learning to fight or sail, or of just generally being a badass.
The future for her isn't so bad. A lot of people in Dunwall aren't so nice, and Dunwall isn't so nice itself, but plague and assholes be damned, Emily is sure things will work out for the better as long as Corvo is at her side, guiding her. Some people are good, some people change, and Emily seems ready to follow in the footsteps of her mother. She'll be an understanding, governing body that fights for the people.
On the other hand, in high chaos, Corvo seeks revenge on those who played a hand in the Empress' death. Guards, some civilians, and targets are all killed either by weapon or by lethal Void powers. Corvo returns to the Hound Pits darker and bloodier, and the rumors through the city color him as a masked, vengeful hunter.
Emily is different as people speak to her about the darkness in Corvo's heart, and she notices it herself. Even if Corvo doesn't say it, she knows he is a murderer. And if Corvo, a man she greatly admires, can do things this viciously, she thinks she can, too. Her artwork is morbid and scary. Corvo is drawn as a monster. Emily's isn't carefree or playful. She's been tainted by bloodlust, and will tell the player some pretty dark things.
The future for her in high chaos is bleak. Everyone is out to kill her, like they killed her mother and her grandfather. No one can be trusted, and no one should be; she's seen the worse in many, and Corvo has destroyed them all. Ruling should be done with an iron fist, mercilessly, bending people to her will so that things can be controlled and can go according to what will not only save her reign, but what she thinks is the best.
Both low and high chaos versions of Emily all depend heavily upon her impressionability. As Corvo changes the city with his actions, he also changes the people in it, including Emily. She models his behavior because he is close to her, a figure of importance and authority. Basically, her bestie papa is either fighting to fix the city or murdering every single person in sight because he's upset, and she thinks either of these are A-OK to emulate depending on the player's choice.
The same will be true in Norfinbury. She's post-game low chaos, but her impressionability hasn't gone away. She's still ten and still a child.
For the most part, she will tackle challenges and people with mercy, understanding, and curiosity; however, this doesn't mean she can't begin to mimic the darker ways of friends she may make in the game or the horrors she receives from the environment.
Emulation doesn't necessarily mean she will be a full-blown high chaos version of Emily, or that she will even be affected at all. Occurrences of high chaos traits are only an indication there's a possibility if other characters choose to nurture those kinds of traits she does exhibit.
ACCEPTED
A standard single-story house with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and bedroom. "ALPHONSE ELRIC, TADASHI HAMADA, STEPH BROWN, MAMI TOMOE, DAY TWELVE, TRAVELING NORTH" is written by the door, and "Greed was here. Day 13, headed south." is written nearby in red permanent marker. "T. HAMADA, DAY 27, NORTH" has been written above the door. "CMDR JANE SHEPARD, DAY 53, TRAVELLING EAST" is written in ballpoint pen by the other names. The following is written in blue ink: "This is Building 62 on the composite map. Contact @CaptSteveRogers for details." Underneath this is a fairly accurate map showing the house in relation to the gas station, the school and athletic shed, the chapel, the northeast convenience store, and buildings 17, 18, 22, 23, 26, 27, 32, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54, 55, 74, 79, 80, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107, 108, 111, 112, 114, and 115. The gas station is labeled "Gas station; clean water, working toilet." The school is labeled "School. Food available in cafeteria; DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." The athletic shed is labeled "Shed". The convenience store is labeled "Convenience store, food available; DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." The chapel is labeled "UNSAFE, DO NOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT." "House 62 of the map" is written on the wall in marker.
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