more lost things

[devi]

And now I'm packing for the move. Well, mostly putting aside stuff to throw out or give away. Usually when I pack to move I pack the books first (which isn't great, as it gives a misleading impression that you've made lots of progress but leaves all the awkward stuff to the end). This time, though... I'm not keen to start demolishing my room. I want to see it one more time and take pictures of it as it's been all the time I've lived in it, before it turns into an in-between place, a room in transition. So the stuff I've sorted all comes from unseen places, inside the wardrobe and the chest of drawers. The awkward bits. Result!

[pause to delve into a box]

Yes!! I've found my Random Tube Traveller Generator system! I wondered what had become of that. I made it for my Nano novel in 2003, then realised if I kept generating random Tube travellers and writing about them I'd just end up writing 253, only without the discipline and originality. It's still fun though. It has tables for area of London they're from (if they're Londoners at all), age, height, weight, hair colour, ethnicity and a big list of 'quirks'.

Hey, this would make a fun meme-ish thing. Want me to generate you a tube traveller? If so, give me the following:

*a number between 1 and 10
*one between 1 and 12
*one between 1 and 20
*three numbers between 1 and 10. They don't all have to be different
*a number between 1 and 4
*four numbers between 1 and 60
*(added later) a number between 1 and 10

edit: I'd forgotten what a hasty bodge-job this was. It's buggy in a variety of ways. I ought to rejig it so the ethnic-group thing better reflects the demographics, and the hair-colour table depends on it to some extent, and... oh, wait, when?

Comments

[white_hart]

Go on, then. I might even manage to write about them.

7
5
16
5,7,7
3
32,57,18,12

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
mid-20s
Australian
red-haired, medium height and weight
quirks: a synaesthete with an extremely powerful imagination, who is obsessed with... something (the quirk is "obsessed with something random/convenient to the plot" as compared to "obsessive in a fannish way", which is the previous one. Some of the quirks are a bit rubbish)

Oh, and I forgot to ask for numbers for where the person lives, so I'll just roll a die... East London, apparently.

Who am I ?

[hatter.livejournal.com]

4
3
19
2 2 11
1
17 28 53 54

Re: Who am I ?

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

male
young teenager
Irish
brown-haired, skinny, very tall
some manner of social activist (as convenient to the plot)

Aiding procrastination since 2003

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Go on then!

10
12
3
9, 2, 4
3
3, 9, 22, 47

Re: Aiding procrastination since 2003

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
elderly (over 70)
British
black hair, thin, medium height
and she is... having an affair; deeply religious; and a hacker!!

Numbers, we've got Aleph Null of them to spare

[celestialweasel.livejournal.com]

9
12
20
1,3,7
3
15,30,45,60

Re: Numbers, we've got Aleph Null of them to spare

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
70+ (again)
Indian subcontinent
brown-haired, quite thin, medium height
and... she has violent tendencies, a talent for science, and is an expert in her field!

I think these two old ladies are together, and are part of some sort of elite international martial arts/hacking/mad science vigilante team!

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

7
8
17
2, 5, 6
2
15, 20, 24, 31

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
late thirties
ethnicity "random - stick a pin in a map", apparently. I don't have a world map handy, so she or her ancestors can be from wherever you like...
brown-haired, medium weight and height (yawn)
...and we have another person with a tendency to violence, only this one is a passionate atheist.

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

You're going to get so bored of this, but still. Generate me a Tube traveller and I will write a story about them.

5
11
18
9 5 2
3
34 18 37 51

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

male
60-70
(gah, another "random" ethnicity. Wait a minute... *fires up Google Maps*... he seems to be from midway along the east coast of America)
black hair (hmm, the hair table says "adjust for age and race" on it), medium weight, shorter than average
- and he is another synaesthete, who is very worried about something and has recently been bereaved or separated from a loved one.

[mooism.livejournal.com]

7
12
17
4 7 3
2
15 22 52 1
If that’s a 6-sided die you’re rolling for where they live, then 6.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
70+, again!
another random ethnic origin... *waves pencil*... hmm. That appears to be Tibet or western China.
brown-haired, medium to plump weight, quite short
Everyone seems to go for 15! She's another scrappy one who is also very religious. Clearly a fighting Buddhist nun.

And it's a D10, but 6 gives you south-west London :)

[kyte.livejournal.com]

Count me in!

9
11
17
3 12 18
4
2 23 39 48

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
60-70
[random] cool... is from or has ancestors from northern Argentina!
brown-haired, very fat, very tall
She is... a drug-user who has an individual spirituality, suffers from depression and is on the run from something. Hmm!

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

5
3
15
6 6 11
1
13 36 46 59

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

male
10-15
south-east Asian
blond (so probably bleached, then? The hair thing doesn't quite work, does it), medium weight, tall
very rich

because i lack imagination

[p-dan-tic.livejournal.com]

7
7
7
7,7 and 7
4
5,56,34 and 1

Re: because i lack imagination

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
early 30s
Irish
blonde, medium-to-plump weight, medium height
She is a member of a cult, highly imaginative, very worried and involved in a secret affair!

[secondhand-rick.livejournal.com]

I need a random traveller...

2
4
15
3, 4, 8
3
22, 30, 36, 37

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

male
15-20
SE Asian
dark hair, medium weight, quite tall
devoutly religious; has outstanding talent in business; recently lost a loved one

(hmm, the 'religious' one seems to have come up an awful lot!)

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

Wandering monster tables... excellent!

If only I had a set of gaming dice to hand.

Okay here goes: 1, 4, 19, 8, 10, 9, 3, 55, 5, 24, 11.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
15-20
yet another London Irish person. (The weighting on this is all wrong)
black hair, fat, tallish

...and we have a person with psychic abilities but no imagination. Hmmm. And she's another one who's seeing someone in secret. That one seems to come up a lot too.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this appeals to my character generation addicition! :-)

* 7
* 5
* 3
* 3,7,7
* 3
* 45,47,56,60

What do I win?

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

You win...

British female, early twenties, quite nondescript (medium of height and weight and mousy of hair), who is... a homeless, highly imaginative workaholic.

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

how fun!
3
7
16
4,4,4
2
31

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

You have... an early thirties Aussie man, shortish, thin-ish, brown-haired yet again (no one seems to be getting the weird hair colours!), who is an obsessive fan of something of your choice. He's thinking about it now as he sits on the tube. Perhaps he is writing a fanzine article in his head.

but I need one more number between 1 and 60 from you! There's more to this guy...

[roy-dcour.livejournal.com]

1
1
1
1, 1, 1
1
1, 20, 40, 60

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

That looks like data designed to test the system :)

Male. 0-5 years old. British. Brown hair again. Very small, very thin. He is... a cult member.

Though I guess that means his parents are.

Hey, I think your person is currently on the lap of p_dan_tic's person!

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

8
11
2
6 5 4
4
48 59 3 18

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

female
60-70
white British
blonde hair, medium weight, medium-to-short
and she... is on the run, loves her job, is committing adultery and is yet another bloody synaesthete.

All the old people get really exciting and racy lives in this thing.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

5, 7, 3; 5, 7, 9; 3; 9, 57, 30, 18;5

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

male
early 30s
(white) British
red hair, medium weight, tall
and he is... a highly imaginative terrorist with outstanding talent in art!

[ceb.livejournal.com]

9
1
13
6 6 2
3
12 57 36 22
4

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

5, 11, 11, 2, 7, 7, 1, 46, 52, 9, 59, 8

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[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

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