Okay, I'm breaking down and I'm going to open a dialogue here, because frankly I'm stuck.
There are several directions I could go in the next segments of rewind, and I'm not exactly sure which path to take here. I have several ideas rolling around in my head, but I think what this thread needs is some help. So to all of those involved with this storyline, hear my plea.
On the one hand, everybody seems pretty much fixated on Michael. Who is he? Why is he, for lack of a better word, haunting Fio's studio? What kind of threat does he pose? How do we delve deeper into his inner mysteries with all the characters and their skills and abilities playing detective all in different times and places all at once?
I've opened a dialogue with Michael's player, and I have some ideas for a post concerning delving deeper into the past when he first or last infiltrated the studio. I don't want to take any liberties here without consent, though. Maybe a back and forth collaborated story worked on in PMs before posting would be best. Or if he gets some writing motivation to add that segment to the thread himself, that works too.
I also keep wondering about the "others" who have infiltrated Fio's studio before too. Frankly I don't know anything at all about them, so some insight somewhere might be nice. I can assume they may be priests from the E.C.C., but I don't want to be wrong there.
I've also discussed the potential writing of a scene involving the mural of Fio's children at some point, but with the current direction this thread is taking I think that one would be out of sequence and will have to wait.
Any and all ideas, thoughts, collaborative efforts, rotten vegetables tossed at my head, or whatever would be greatly appreciated.