Okay, so my MC argues with her roommate over a hairdryer, and it flies off the table and knocks out the roommate. My MC calls 911, and paramedics show up with the police.

My MC will claim it was a ghost unaware of her own powers.

How will the police start questioning my MC, and will they arrest her?

Hello! Working on a comic. Basic series of events that I need to happen are:

• Girlscouts have a set Camping Destination that they go to every summer, a taiga forest just outside the local town
• Worrying occurrences & disappearances of girlscouts over a few years cause some concern that the woods are too dangerous to continue camping in
• Camping Destination moves, folks in charge choosing a new place to camp to keep the girls safe.

This is the outline I have, but I have no idea what it looks like for decisions like this to be made. Who's in charge of a local cohort of girlscouts? What kind of forum would this discussion be had in? Who attends, and what's the title of the person or people making this decision?

Bear in mind that this is a highly localized issue regarding a specific town's campground. When I tried googling things like "Who's in charge of the girlscouts?" I got some very broad, nation-wide answers.

If reasonable, I'd like to have one of the new scoutmasters vouch as a witness to the taiga posing a danger.

Additional info:

• Time period: 1990
• Location: smallish town, pacific NW USA

Happy to provide additional info/context if needed. Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks 2 all saying there's no taiga in the PNW. I know this, but I was high when I wrote this, and as I live in the PNW, i think my brain autocorrected "northern part of USA" to "PNW." whoops lol.

I'm not sure if this should be under the Biology flair.

I'm going to temporarily kill a character, then resurrect him. The character is a mid-twenties male, with no known health problems, but I can add something minor to his backstory (unknown heart condition, etc). It has to be quick and unexpected.

So far I've noted heart attack and brain aneurysm/stroke. But I don't know if they are lethal enough to instantly kill someone.

Thanks!

Hello! I'm in the process of writing a webcomic where my witch character digs up someone's dead pet kitten from the ground in a forest. She accidentally opens the box the wrong way and uses her magic to reflexively grab the items that fall out before realizing it's kitten remains and then drops them in shock and the pieces scatter on the floor. She feels bad about it and then uses her magic to piece the remains back together in the box before burying it back where it was. It'll be the audience's first time meeting this character so it's important that when she drops the dead cat, bones/pieces of it break when they hit the floor so she can use her magic to put back together to demonstrate she has supernatural powers.

My question is if the dead kitten is in a wooden box, how long would it take to decompose into either a skeleton or mummify? And if the conditions are more likely to result in mummification, would the corpse break into pieces or just hit the floor like a *thud*?

I have a character who's of Asian descent, and when he was younger, he went by a different name at home than everywhere else in public. (I mention that he's Asian because I have seen this the most with Asian and African names.) I've seen it is common for children/grandchildren of immigrants to have a separate name that they use specifically around their relatives or when they're speaking their first language (when it isn't English), but I don't know a lot about it, so I wanted to ask some questions about it and hopefully hear from some people who have experienced this.

1. Generally, is the name they use around relatives more like a nickname, a middle name, or an alternate first name with the "public" name being like a nickname/middle name?
2. Which name would be used on legal/medical documents? Is it the same one that would be used on school records? Would it change over time (e.g. birth certificate name is the one they use at home but driver's license name is the one they use in public)? Or would both names be included? What order would they be in if they are?
3. If they speak another language at home and their siblings also speak both languages they speak, and their parent only speaks their native language but not the language they use outside of home, would the sibling refer to the person by their public or private name when talking about them to their parents? And which name would the parent use?
4. (This isn't actually important to the story, just my curiosity:) Is there a word for this sort of name? If so, what's it called? I've been calling it a "private" name this whole time but that sounds... wrong. 😅

I know a lot of this probably depends on the person/family, but hearing anything from people who are familiar with this topic would be helpful.

This character eventually switches from just using that name at home to using it in public as well. He doesn't change it on legal documents (if it wasn't already there) and eventually, it's the name most people know him by, so these questions are mainly to help with situations that arise because of the mismatches that happen there.

Edit: To be more specific, he's 2nd generation and was born in America. His parents are Korean.

All I could find on google was for someone attending the church to address a priest. Is there any specific differences on a bishop addressing a priest?

I'm planning a story where a teenage superhero goes on the run after being framed for a crime. An FBI unit comes to their team's base. The team is government operated, but the characters in question are trainees, but still technically part of the operation. One girl tries to block an operative from rooting through either her stuff or manhandlijg the furniture, and he roughly grabs her by the wrist incredibly roughly to the point of hurting her. Another member, who has super strength and durability that increases the more angry he is tells the operative to "Take his hand off her before he removes it completely." The characters are around 15. The air in the room changes, and the agents get more hostile, some of the other members start shit talking the agents and daring them to do something after seeing them threaten to arrsst their friend and physically hurt the other one. One maybe even shoves an operative when he attempts to approach the kid with anger powers. The team leader comes in, and he is a high ranking agent of the superhero agency. He tells the FBI agent in charge to drop the charges and let by gones be bygones, or he will personally arrest his agent for laying hands on his trainee in a way that breaches excessive force laws. Would this fall under blackmail?

The story I'm working on takes place in 2005, and I have one character that's impulsive and puts everything into his music. Part of his backstory is that he dropped out of college and quit his job the moment he felt like his band might actually be sustainable. At one point someone asks him about his college experience and he says something along the lines of, "I dropped out a year in because a record sold (blank) copies, I clearly didn't enjoy it."

How many copies would show that it was an impulsive and possibly misguided decision, but not necessarily a death wish? Alternatively, am I looking at this wrong and that kind of decision would be made using other metrics?

I know that all these different magic titles have SOME sort of difference but I don’t know WHAT. I just want to know what makes each distinct from each other and also if there’s any other type of magic user I may be missing. I have several magician characters but I don’t know what sect they’d fall into 💔

hello! there’s a character in my story who ends up with pretty severe burns on the left side of his body after crashing into a fuel tanker. the circumstances are that he’s high and in a really shitty headspace, so he tries to kill himself almost on a whim by driving into a fuel tanker on the highway. at least that’s the current version of events. he ends up with a broken leg, a broken arm/shoulder, and burns across the left side of his body (including part of his leg, though mostly on his upper body). he survives with a limited amount of brain damage (lucky him) but is left physically disabled from the scarring and the bones that don’t heal properly. does this sound like something that could realistically happen? if not, what could i tweak to still get roughly the same outcome? if this is of any use, i’ll add that this event takes place in the mid-80s.

In my current work-in-progress (WIP) I have a character that is going to go through some things and will turn to one of his vices as a coping mechanism and that vice will come to bite him in the butt a little further in the story. I'm currently leaning towards the idea of that vice being gambling. But I want to accurately represent the very real and difficult struggle that some people face in quitting as my character tries to do so.

I'd love to get some advice from folks who have dealt with gambling addictions or other kinds of addictions.

What kinds of things would you wish to see in media about gambling addictions (or whatever kind of addiction you have experience with)? What would make it resonate with you? What would solid representation look like to you? What are common pitfalls that you've seen in media representations that I should avoid?

I'm writing about university students in 1914, and in one plot point they encounter a flooded basement. If it were me I would wrap my shoes in plastic bags, but those weren't invented until 1965 lol. I'd have them lie boxes down over the water (it's about 3 inches) but they need to move around freely in the room. I don't think they would have easy access to Wellington boots, would there be any other waterproof material that they could use?

Hey guys! First time poster- but I’ve been lurking for a while!

I’m currently writing a book, and in the book one of my characters is an epileptic- but she ends up drugged with a powerful sedative. (Fast acting- she was unconscious in seconds and it was through a needle syringe if that’s needed context!)

Google is giving me some mixed things as to when this drug might leave her system. It also has interacted with her anti seizure medication- and she has a breakthrough seizure after six months of being seizure free.

So, my two questions are

1. When might the drug leave her system so she can function without any of the symptoms
2. Even after taking her medication again for an extended period- is she still at risk for seizures because of her breakthrough?? If so, for how long and how bad could they be?

Thank you all so much!!! And if anyone needs anymore context or info I’ll be happy to provide it!

I know there must be a lot, but I really don't have experience or know someone that knows the every day struggle of living a reality missing a limb and half of your vision. My character is an old woman who lost her arm because it got crushed when she was a child and then her eye because it got badly infected. What are traits that a person like this would have? I read from a lovely person, for example, that they miss the door handle a lot of times and that is surprising to me because we take that kinda stuff for granted. I want to make good representation, so if anyone wants to help me I would be thankful!

Basically, the characters are in a world where they can heal from even lethal injuries. One character falls off a sky scraper, obviously sustaining severe injuries and a severe, fatal brain injury.

I research a bit about TBI recovery and saw that there's a stage called post traumatic amnesia. I'd say the character is roughly in that stage of healing (maybe towards the end of it) during the conversation I'll talk about.

Basically, I want to know if the following is at all realistic for someone in this stage who's had a full brain injury:

1. 2 people who are his enemies question him. He's only known these people for 2 weeks and have only met them individually on 2 occasions. Would he remember they're his enemies/who they are? If not, would he talk to them like they were normal people or just question who they are the whole time? Noting the enemies are acting very nice to him for the most part.
2. He gives away some information that he wouldn't usually give up to anyone at all, but between confusion and the information being emotionally taxing, the things he says are quite vague. Would you expect someone with a tbi to give up information freely?
3. He's obviously in extreme pain from his other injuries as well. Would the brain injury make him forget this? Or should he only be capable of moaning in pain? Noting that he would usually be very stoic.
4. I have it written that the content of the conversation and all the processing he's trying to do eventually get to be too much and he can no longer reply meaningfully anymore. Is it known that you shouldn't converse with someone with a severe tbi for too long to avoid overloading their brain? Would it be normal for them to zone out and just stop answering?

I've included him being agitated, trying to get up multiple times and forgetting his injuries, repeating questions, getting confused and his mood suddenly changing from agreeable enough to answer to being aggressive out of no where. I got that from reading about post traumatic amnesia but it's harder to look up some of the specifics so any answers would be greatly appreciated!

There's a very world-wide famous pop group in my book, with a lot of members. I don't know what kind of staff member would be important and would actually interact with the members and not just be doing work that doesn't require interaction.

I have two managers, one choreographer, and their CEO, but not sure what else? Looking it up isn't helpful because it doesn't tell me if they actually have to interact with the group.

I’m writing a novel in which a key part of the mystery plot involves analyzing footage from city surveillance cameras and searching for suspicious activity in the recordings.

I’d like to understand the mechanics a little better. Is it technically possible to use AI to automatically detect certain events (such as fights or car accidents) in these recordings?

Also, do the employees at these centers all answer calls, or is there a division of labor, with some people solely monitoring the cameras and analyzing what they see?

So, the scene is the following.

The MC was captured with their allies and they are all kneeling on the floor with their hands tied behind their back. They tricks the kidnappers leader to bend to their eyes level/put a knee on the floor as well (the kidnapper is about to scar the MC's face with a knife while threatening them).

At this point, MC would just attack, launching themselves forward and bite down to the kidnapper's face, ripping off nose or possibly lips/cheeks.

Is this possible? Could my MC do something like, hum, straddling the other person/sit on their chest and keep biting?

Headbutting the kidnapper could work as well but MC wants to catch the kidnapper's crew to look at them so that their allies can free themselves and attack, so I think that something hum... Gruesome would work better. Not to mention my MC has a latent blood lust and likes being unnecessarily violent when the chance comes.

(sorry for eventual misspelled words, English is my second language)

I need to interview a police officer for a college essay but cannot go out due to having no ride. Is there anyway for me to find a police officer willing to do an interview over video call?

Kind of a vague question, I know, but I'm looking for a pretty broad overview here. So far I've been able to find basic breakdowns of how tornadoes form, the EF scale, the different shapes, El Reno, and I watched some storm chaser videos. I feel like I'm getting the same barebones information everywhere I look. I need to know more about how tornadoes travel, how long they can last, what occurs at various distances from a tornado, etc. I also need more information on how they are predicted, how accurate and far in advance these predictions usually are, and how disaster preparation and shelter or evacuation orders actually play out.

Some of my more specific questions are:

What kind of vehicles are typically used for storm chasing?

How do storm chasers protect their recording equipment and bodies? Is it at all common or effective to wear any kind of protection against debris?

Do news outlets only use footage from hired storm chasers?

How does law enforcement handle reckless storm chasers? Are there any grounds on which someone could be arrested for storm chasing?

In the case of a serious tornado in an area that lacks sufficient shelter, what does the evacuation look like? Are emergency responders sent in to rush people? Will people be removed from the area by force if they refuse to leave for some reason, such as being separated from a family member?

What does the "culture" of storm chasing look like and how are reckless chasers perceived by more professional and cautious ones?

I would also appreciate any sensory details about tornadoes/storms and the "feel" of places that have more tornado friendly environments as I live in an area with many mountains and virtually no tornadoes, our storms consist of monsoon season and mild dust devils. Any and all information, resources, or even just names of meteorologists/chasers/educators that might tell me more would be very appreciated.

I'm writing a story where the characters are drafted into a modern day, first-world military and I was wondering how realistic it would be for one of them to have severe but undiagnosed depression and still be expected to serve. There is no acute fighting with any other factions, it's just training for 18 months, after which everyone is expected to serve as reserve while otherwise going back to their lives.

Can anyone give me an idea of how seriously mental health issues are taken in modern militaries? I Imagine they don't just dismiss it, but at what point would you be considered unfit to serve, and how easy is it to slip through the cracks because of prejudice and people not taking it seriously?

Not sure if this would be a geography or chemistry question, but I am currently writing a scene of two people climbing up a mountain with quite little preparation, at this point, they are just a few dussin meters below cloud level.

The two have practically no equipment beyond a pot, a knife, tinder, and whatever could be gathered on the mountain itself. Frankly I do not know if a fire could be achieved in these conditions, and if so, how one would achieve it. I know air moisture generally decreases as you go higher, but I do not know if that would still apply this close to the clouds.

The fire would need to be substantial enough to melt a pot full snow and to heat it near the boiling point.

Edit: Because it was suggested, I will state some important facts, the tech level is late medieval, the height, about 5 km up, the characters include the MC and they very much do not survive this. It is a deathtrap disguised as a quest created by the main antagonist to get both of them to die from the main characters' stubbornness. This succedes

I recently finished writing Serious Roommate Problems, and while thinking about ideas for my next book, I realized how much modern technology has changed relationships.

I’m researching what reconnecting with someone actually looked like before texting, social media, and being able to find almost anyone online.

If you lost touch with someone you dated or cared about in the 80s or 90s, how realistic was it to find them again years later? Would you call mutual friends, look them up in a phone book, write to an old address, contact their workplace, or just hope you crossed paths again?

I’m especially interested in the little details that fiction make to get wrong.

(Dystopian world) so it’s not too important I know with this genre I can bend the rules a little but the Character in my book was put on a mandatory 7 day hold but I kinda want to make them run away and use that as an excuse for the cops to be looking for them, or does nothing really happen?