Fragments XII

And so we reach the last number of the clock... But most likely not the last instalment of undeveloped ideas.

• Children are raised communally until they are able to choose their own parents
• A character named Ixchel (seen on a name tag)
• Good-guy bikers
• Someone who works as a hibachi chef
• A small town where every citizen is mentally off in a dangerous way
• Aliens whose morals only allow them to abduct the deceased for research; furthermore, they don't realise at first that a crime organisation is manipulating them for efficient body disposal
• A world where "Freaky Friday" situations are actually a regular weekly occurrence for everyone
• A story at least mostly set in a large casino
• "Realistic modern fantasy" as described here
• Battle alchemy (of a different flavour than the obvious manga)
• A character who can "see" the chain reaction any one decision would cause