intro & cr meme - the magnificent may edition

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Welcome to May, beautiful people! Applications are still open until 23:59 GMT tonight, unless you’ve pinged about needing a deadline extension, but there’s already some fresh blood to say hi to, and you can seldom go wrong with a bit of CR mingling.

Players of new characters: please nudge if you've been shoved onto the Taken List, and you have no character tag in eastbound & westwhere yet!

OOC INTRO | CR MEME
<small><b>PLAYER:</b></small> <b><small>ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP:</small></b> <b><small>A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF:</small></b> <b><small>YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD <i>MUST</i> KNOW:</small></b> <b><small>CHARACTER:</b></small> <b><small>CANON:</b></small> <b><small>ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER:</small></b> <b><small>ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:</small></b> i. <i>Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react</i>? ii. <i>What job would your character most majestically fail at</i>? iii. <i>What scent do you associate with your character</i>? <b><small>WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?</b></small> <b><small>WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?</small></b></b></small>

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NEW CHARACTERS

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Behold! For easy finding, an index of new player / character intros, so they are not lost in the sea of spam!

They will be lost in the sea of spam anyway.

Alina Starkov ( Grishaverse ) | SAM
Hendrik ( Dragon Quest XI ) | LYNN
Emmet Fox Martin ( Original Character ) | BRITT
Gilbert Nightray ( Pandora Hearts ) | SEIKO
Jiang Cheng ( Untamed ) | LIVVY
Lan Sizhui ( Untamed ) | KIKI
Wen Qing ( Untamed ) | THEA

[sankta]

PLAYER: Sam
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: yes! verities
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: just trying to get by in life. currently working on immigration so slow sometimes. EST/GMT timezones.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: I wish I had an epiphany....

CHARACTER: Alina Starkov
CANON: Grisha Series (novels)
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: She's a sun summoner, which means she manipulates the sun. Despite being so sunny, she can actually be a huge grump. She's trying to fight a war at home, so she has a lot on her mind. But she's a fiercely loyal friend when you get past her small grouchy self.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? Silently seethes, talks about them behind their back. But if she's in a really bad mood she may make a scene.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Cartography. It was her job once in her world. Her maps weren't the greatest...

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? A cold winter day, crisp and sharp.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? Ya know. Being kidnapped. Being rescued. The whole shebang.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? Nothing yet just get her settled and she could use friends ):

[downswing]

Ahhhhhnnnnnnghhhhhh I AM SO THRILLED to get Alina in my life again................ please be the not-daughter this man has never had.

[bearshermark]

Friends!

As a child of light, El will be super fascinated by her abilities. Also be just a touch envious bc he lost his light powers

[somebadnews]

Five just wants to see her cool sun manipulating powers. Slowly turning into his father and obsessing over abilities and how they fit in with what's going on, it's fine. They'll either hate each other or miraculously will not.

Oh to be able to offer friendship...

[weifinder]

wanna share war stories he can ... help... avoid doing that??? sobs

he would check in on her when he's conscious again post water rescue so that can be something they're up to if you like!

[silverneedles]

PLAYER: Thea
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: discord is the best - theasaurus#0842 - but plurk also works! theasaurus
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: I'm sorry I do not understand the meaning of "a few words" I either write no words or ten paragraphs and I will spare you from the ten paragraphs
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: I can't actually remember. It was either a terrible pun that made me laugh for a few minutes or some stunning revelation about the nature of family and work that was more depressing than it had any right to be.

CHARACTER: Wen Qing
CANON: The Untamed
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: She's a bitch, she's a boss, she's not going to deal with your nonsense, and she'll look good doing it.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? A glare and a polite but menacing request to move. If that fails, depending on how annoyed she is, the needles would come out.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Anything involving extensive amounts of paperwork, anything involving extended care of animals, and any customer service positions. She's also not the best gardener.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Cinnamon, primarily, but also fire/smoke, thanks to where she grew up.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? She's been kidnapped, rescued, and is currently trying to adjust to living in a brothel. Which isn't too weird, considering her life, but she's still a bit out of sorts because it's a lot.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? She wants to figure out what happened to her brother, and maybe reconnect with her cousin, and settle for a bit so she can figure out what is going on and where she is, exactly.

[paperbutterflies]

Give Sizhui a few days to regain his memories and if nobody has told her, he will...

[downswing]

brb starting a custody battle with the dead woman and her Yiling manslut.

[weifinder]

can he cry when he sees her

[somebadnews]

PLAYER: Lone Sheep (aka Sheep)
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: Absolutely! That's what it's there for. lonesheep
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: A very nice and sane person. Photographer and artist, has birds, excellent at being coherent.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: Oh man I can't remember... now I want to take a shower and see if I can come back with something profound. I'll get back to you.

CHARACTER: Number Five Hargreeves
CANON: The Umbrella Academy
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: (c/p from the last one, did I mention I'm lazy??) He's fun! Guy with the power to manipulate space and time, who got trapped in a post-apocalyptic world for 45 years the first time he tried to time travel (he's 58 btw). Then he got picked up by the Commission (basically the time police) and worked as an assassin before he figured out how to go back to stop the apocalypse and broke his contract. But he screwed it up and reverted back to his 13 year old body. That old story.

Still a semi-crazy and sassy little SOB who teleports everywhere. Zero problems with murder or telling you how much better he is than you. You definitely want him on your team.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?
Are we pretending that isn't Five in this scenario? (Who has an hour!) He would teleport right in front of them, and if that doesn't spook them enough to back off he'd be happy to either a) ignore their existence or b) be condescending as all hell to explain how his time is more valuable than their life, and they're free to test that out. It depends on the day he's had.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?
Excuse you he is a genius who can do anything. Except probably anything that involves talking to people... or relating to them... Can you imagine him being a psychologist? Or a doctor? Or a customer service rep?? And you definitely won't catch him mowing lawns or selling lemonade. These are all moot points because he looks 13 and child labor laws obviously exist here when he wants them to.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character?
Coffee.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?
Remember that time he talked some of you into helping him rob that bank? That was a whole thing. Remember how he didn't tell you how much he actually took and gave you all like 1K (and a few useless magic items) while he hid the rest because he didn't trust you not to blow it all? That definitely happened. Five amazingly tried teamwork a couple of times, it was wild.

He also briefly jumped on that crazy ship to get to his sister, but otherwise did not help anyone. At this point he's seen that most of you are actually pretty capable, so you obviously had it covered. (This is a compliment. Actually doesn't mind 2.5 of you!)

Aside from that he hasn't gone out much. Five spends most of his spare time trying to unravel what brought them here so he can undo it in case whatever-portals don't work, and taking notes on everyone around him while trying to get leads on his siblings. (Obviously there are people who know more and just aren't telling him. The most frustrated old-man-boy you'll ever meet.) Also still trying to fix that stupid broken briefcase. Your basic control freak stuff.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?
He needs to pull a Reggie and send everyone an invitation to meet him in some secure location so he can explain the situation to them. Knows you all have been talking about doing this. Or alternatively just talk over anyone who organizes a meeting before he gets to it. (Also probably stalking whoever talks to his sister. Sorry, Vanya.)

Vague plans! I'm open to anything. And if we talked about doing something you want to backtag or that I dropped the ball on, it's never too late.

[downswing]

"You won't buy the lemonade, huh?"

...no, I think I can imagine how much blow this would go down in.

[weifinder]

look we did have the ship under control, this guy even controlled three undead mermaids it was intense

bless that they both put most the money from their efforts away, WHERE'S THE MERCHANT ASKING FOR IT HE'S LIKE THE F

technically i think they have the amount at minimum that is being "asked" between those funds but wei wuxian over here is plotting out how to make more because it's only a problem having too little when you also have zero connections of your own or resources of your own and thus zero pseudo-safe havens or HORRIBLE UNDEAD ENERGY FILLED AREAS PEOPLE AVOID to go hide out in, really unfortunate, this world situation of theirs

[paperbutterflies]

PLAYER: Kiki
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: Sure - kikibug13
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Software tester in eastern Europe who loves reading a little too much. Also, two cats.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: ... it's about a character I'm not going to play in a game and the world who cares got told...

CHARACTER: Lan Sizhui
CANON: The Untamed
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: A surprisingly well-adjusted, kind, and polite young man, considering his messy background. Chances are there will be conflict regarding whose relative he is.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?
He smiles and waits out his new turn.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?
Anything that depends on self-preservation...? His fear is kind of MiA.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character?
Carrot/radish/daikon.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?
Kidnapped, fed on by demon mirror, watched mermaids turn zombie, rescued, trying to adjust to living in a brothel which is. A bit of a change from the Cloud Recesses. Oh and he's seeing and hearing dead people and wants to help them.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?
He has some family to reconnect with...?

[downswing]

THERE WILL BE NO CONFLICT.

EVERYONE IS VERY CLEAR WHOM THIS CHILD BELONGS TO.

[remugient]

PLAYER: Kalyn
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: yyy. ovals
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: physically, i am in the mortal realm, but mentally i am in a pile of steamed crabs at all times
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: I wish I had more hands to pet more animals.

CHARACTER: Vanya Hargreeves
CANON: The Umbrella Academy
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: When she was a baby she was 1 of 40-somekidsborn at the exact same time on the exact same day from mothers who seconds previously had not been pregnant AT ALL. Then an eccentric billionaire went around trying to buy them from people, and Vanya's mother was one of seven who sold her daughter to this weirdo.

Vanya grew up thinking she was totally normal and not special at all, whereas all her siblings had crazy superpowers. Turns out, she DOES have super powers and is likely the most powerful of all her siblings, but was so unstable and powerful that Dear Dad decided drugging her and wiping her memories of her powers was the better idea.

Anyway it didn't work out so great for anyone and Vanya has twice now caused the apocalypse when her powers go crazy. But she's better now! Probably! The running joke is hopefully she won't cause it a third time here.

Her abilities are many but mostly involve sound manipulation, and she's a p. sick violin player on top of it.

Also she's the twin sister of Five. Yes Five looks, like, 13 and Vanya is like 30. Yes Five is still taller than Vanya despite this. LOOK IT'S FINE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? Vanya gets a bit miffed and is like, "hey, I was already standing here." Wondering if maybe the person just didn't see her.

Depending on A. the person's response and B. how fed up Vanya is that day, she might either let it go with a grumpy look, ooorr she might like, use telekinesis to make the person's pants drop or their phone explode or something like that to get them out of the line quicker.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Conflict resolution or family therapist.....

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Paper, like pages of a well-read book. Also hay bc she had a brief stint as a farmer for a bit. Also I guess whatever violins smell like, like the polish on them and stuff??

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? She's been on that slave ship and she'd really like to just lay down and sleep for like, a week, thanks. No more adventure. she's so tired of adventure.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?
A violin concert tbh. Also meet all the friends Five has made that he tells her explicitly NOT to talk to. Because, like, she's gotta, right?

[paperbutterflies]

All right but... would a violin and guqin duet work...

[bearshermark]

PLAYER: Solar
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: Yes! Youkofox13
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Tired of my job, looking to change it up. I love cats, consume new things at obsessive rates, and have a tendency to edit my tags.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: Eleven is immune to changes in the flow of time!

CHARACTER: Eleven
CANON: Dragon Quest XI S
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Anxious Chosen One/Child of Light quietly wilting in the dark cold of the citadel while he works hard to help people and make himself useful. He now has a 6'7" sworn bodyguard in the form of Hendrik that will be shadowing him a lot of the time so there's also that!
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? TBH, he wouldn't react much. Just let them.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Any job calling for consistent decorum and/or poise. He could fake it for all of an hour before unravelling and second-guessing everything.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Pine.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?
This past month, Eleven was busy in the mines, stealing time at the forges, and occasionally taking work at the docks to make money. Now, moving to a farm, I expect he'll largely be playing support for the group, doing whatever it is they need on a given day: sourcing supplies for repairs, food, healing people, using fire magic to help abate the cold, generally being friendly.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? In the background, in his idle time, Eleven is working to puzzle out the secrets of thralling, so I'm excited for him to make some headway there. He also... may capture one of the unthawing undead later in the month and attempt to see if he can help restore some degree of its humanity.

[somebadnews]

These two are the most unlikely pair... could not be more the opposite. Five needs to study him and learn how human interactions work. (But you know. He's an old man, and hanging out with a teenager is weird. He'll be weird about it and maybe talk to him through his bodyguard lol.)

Owes him one for the sword(s) though. I'm sure it'll come up!

[unswervingcompanion]

PLAYER: Lynn
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: Yes - Plurk: raistlynn
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Working full time, replies might be next day or later in the evening.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: I want more black cats.

CHARACTER: Hendrik
CANON: Dragon Quest XI
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Tall broad tank like knight who is oath sworn to the Luminary. Despite being a tank he's actually really good with children and can come off more like a Dad. (ask the kids in Hotto)
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? They'd probably be on the receiving end of Hendrik's resting 'grr' face but he'd probably listen.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Strategy because he already did once or twice. He'd also fail at anything requiring subtlety.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Steel.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? He just got here and is clanking after the Luminary. Really, he's 6'7 clad in all black armor with a two headed eagle. You can't miss this guy.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? Nothing in particular, but please come talk to this guy, suggest books to read or better yet train with him or learn how to fight from him! He's a patient teacher so don't let the height or resting scowling face fool you.

[downswing]

You know how some folks are classed as 'tanks,' and then there's Hendrik, doing his God-given best to become an actual tank.

[pinkxeno]

PLAYER: Juu
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: vilani (Plurk) and vilani#5684 (Discord)
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Reptile/amphibian/invertebrate zookeeper, fury artist, insanely in love with all things science and animal
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: oh man i'm too old for that

CHARACTER: Mina Ashido
CANON: My Hero Academia
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Pink human teenage girl who wants to be a future hero and can create acid from her skin, a ball of excitement and happiness.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? Well MINA WILL BITCH. And chat away with the person and most likely end up befriending them and somehow it will be okay that they cut in line after all.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Anything that requires her to stay still for long periods of time to be honest.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Candy!! I mean, she IS pink.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? Sadly, Mina is pink. And that means some merchants would love to kidnap her and sell her as an exotic creature. So Mina has been stuck at the house learning how to apply makeup in ways she didn't think she'd ever need to learn. She did help with the bank heist (and was left behind by a certain not-actually!child teleporter; she also burned herself with her own acid from over-use) and then she helped with the boat shenanigans. She also sold her acid at the auction and made some sweet sweet sweet money, and has been selling bottles of her acid to make some more money which she uses for paints and food and clothes - and also to help whoever needs.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF PLANS i go with the flow and throw mina at everything and everyone that's how i roll

[somebadnews]

Five definitely needs to accidentally run into her and be like "oh it's you... you're fine, I figured you would be... when they said everyone survived." So awkward.

[consignation]

PLAYER: Livvy
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: yea hmu at loaf#3886 or undecipher
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Taiwanese-American baking enthusiast with small dog you WILL be forced to witness, lives with and bullies Winnifred/Vanya player on the regular.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: My latest shower thoughts involved a lot of (REDACTED).

CHARACTER: Jiang Cheng
CANON: The Untamed
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Sad trombone noise man is lonely largely because of intrinsically everything he is as a person and will do nothing to correct any of it. Is attractive as long as his mouth stays shut, which isn't often.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? With a loud, confrontational rebuff and should that not be heeded, immediate violence.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Having living family members. Any kind of customer service or tasks that require charisma.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Smoke and sandalwood.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? Disappointing his ancestors, his contemporaries, and most of all himself.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? Reconcile with his brother and also suffer, a lot, all the time for Ruxi's amusement.

[downswing]

...hoe, you're not going for that sandalwood, don't be stepping out.

[binghua]

PLAYER: Rose
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: Yes! LadyotRings or disco at ladyotrings#8242
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: A 30something warehouse worker who just wants to Rest and stream vidya games and cry over fictional characters forever.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: Jin Zixuan had last words to Jiang Yanli and I bet they were something lame like "hey sorry gotta go deal with my dumbass cousin and brother-in-law" and nothing like "hey if I die today know that I love you and A-Ling and please don't run out onto a battlefield in your ensuing grief." It's fine. I'm fine.

CHARACTER: Xiao Xingchen
CANON: Mo Dao Zu Shi
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Opt-Out and Content/Trigger Warnings SPOILERS IN LINK Blind rogue cultivator who thought non-con organ donation was a good idea until his boyfriend Dearest Friend told him to fuck off in his anger and now he's a single dad to a not-actually-blind girl and the dude who ruined his and his Former Dearest Friend's lives but he doesn't know it and also he sleeps in a coffin at night back home don't worry about it this is totally normal.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?

Ding dong would let this happen because he's Too Fucking Nice. But if it happened again (same person) then he'd speak up politely because hey man :(

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?

Stand-up comedian. He laughs halfway through his own jokes and will never get to the punchline.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character?

Probably like...firewood or the wind??? Petrichor could be a possibility.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? Well, before there was an accident in the mines, he'd been going to liberate and sell salt. And then spending too much of his funds on sweets for the House of Dew workers, but they give him the hot goss so it evens out, right? More importantly he went to a meeting of Anurr supporters and got kind of blasted on their weird cult kool-aid and did some casual corpse murder. He feels kind of weird about it.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? I never have any concrete plans, but he's probably going to try and not pick a side in the Anurr-Unhalad conflict unless he really has no other choice. He just wants to get Eastward already. And somewhere considerably warmer, please.

Otherwise I'm down for more character-bonding since he's such a friendly dude, but he's actually pretty zipped up right now. But hold his hand maybe! Give him a kith! Ignore the fact that I'm a gross shipper at all times! Just hit me up with whatever, I'm probably down to clown.

[bearshermark]

I know we've handwaved El and Xingchen going to the salt mines together with some frequency, so I'd love to think they get on pretty well by now.

[darkeststars]

PLAYER: Loren
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: PM me and I'll happily drop anybody my Discord!!! I'm on there all the time. Don't really use Plurk these days.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: They/them, midwest US, day job is Japanese-English translation. When I'm not being a Dark Lord of the Sith I really like D&D, Dragon Age, and Guild Wars 2.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: I got nothin so here's an excellent cat picture. https://i.redd.it/qdzjqwu66wx61.jpg

CHARACTER: Archeval (aka Darth Imperius)
CANON: Star Wars: The Old Republic (Bioware MMORPG)
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Very short, very cranky rags-to-riches Space Indiana Jones who occasionally eats ghosts (it's uhhh less weird than it sounds... a little bit anyway). His day job is doing his best impression of an evil asshole and he almost certainly doesn't like you but would probably die for you anyway. While complaining about it the entire time.


ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:

i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?
He was definitely not patiently queueing. If they didn't let him to the front of the line just by virtue of rank, he either sent some lackeys to queue for him, or else Force-encouraged everybody in front of him to let the nice boy (haha) just behind them head on through.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?
Anything that requires him to pretend to be a people person for more than like five minutes at a stretch, which is extra hilarious considering he's in a leadership position back home -- thankfully the Sith Empire is generally willing to fall in line behind sufficiently intimidating assholes.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character?
Disinfectant and/or cleaning chemicals.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?
Mostly being a nuisance with a side of helping spearhead the recent effort to rescue slaves from the ship Imperious, his very unfortunate namesake, thus adding a few more characters to our merry gang. He will be trying to help grumpily orientate any new people who need it, since he's partly responsible for their being here. Other than that he's been contributing to party funds with a few offscreen odd jobs and small-time thefts, doing research on the local area and particularly its language, trying to catalog the full roster of our group and its skills partially at the Merchant's behest, and uhhh generally getting into trouble.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?
Once we're at the farm, if there's animals there I imagine he'll hang out with them, lol. I don't have a lot of solid plans for May-June, got a lot on my plate IRL, so I'll probably just be playing it by ear and enjoying deepening my CR with you fine folks. Anybody who wants to make friends or start shit with the Dark Lord is very welcome. This little jerk is great for antagonistic or frenemy CR if you enjoy that sort of thing. Or enemies-to-friends, really, as he is an asshole with a not-so-secret softy streak.

[somebadnews]

I don't know how these guys aren't already best friends. Five was briefly on that ship because teleporting is a thing, and he's at least recognized that Arche is capable of pulling something like that off, so-! That's noted. Because he stalks everyone.

I'm sure there's a reason they can talk in person during this fun farm adventure. He's curious, which is never good. And as a bonus, you can antagonize Five to your heart's content and be comforted that he deserves it.

[weifinder]

PLAYER: rakel
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: i can be, i just dont generally advertise as much but lmk if you'd like either
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: i exist SOMETIMES life's been difficult lately! i own cats, talk about my parents dogs/cats/bird, and ... that's about that. i'm rubbish at these and can only think of boring things to say so hello

CHARACTER: wei wuxian
CANON: the untamed
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: he's a necromancer with a hero complex who's matured enough to know you can't shoulder everything on your own and who did his first "i'm necromancing ZOMBIES" with the merfolk in the tdm event!
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?

Probably sarcastically calls out to or generally whines at them, depending. In the end, it's not the worst thing that someone else is an impatient asshole as long as they're not also idk murdering people, cursing people with actual curse

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?

Handling anything with dogs.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character?

DESPAIR!

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?

He! Arranged to collect donations from PCs for a series of auctions that netted a profit of over 60k, making much of the art for it (read: all the art) himself. He's been networking to get a series of charmed quartz for speaking, heat, and one other I'm forgetting rn so if anyone needs these of the PCs, he's got you (but hit up Karsa first, he says). He's been purchasing supplies for their group as a whole, though the logistics of that shall change now given the new additions, and also... helped scope out the bank for the heist! He's been in the salt mines to collect supplies back out for others, also with Wangji back when they first got out to make sure castmates weren't dead or lost in there, as you do.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? Who itches what kind of fleas do you think he picked up in the brothel it is a clean house, thank you!

Okay so ideas:

- getting work as book rebinders (SIZHUI COME HELP wangji you can too)
- running in screaming terror from dogs
- finding someone to keep warm with at night he's getting exiled from being near bae WHO WANTS AN OLD SHOULDER CREAKING GUY who may or may not have a ghost possessed cloak with him TO SLEEP BY AT NIGHT he wont make it weird he's Pure, thanks (but really he's cold help)
- he's going to deadeye all the turnips, then find wen qing and lan sizhui to hold their hands and go, "it's so nostalgic"
- he believes in abstaining from what's going on with the two forces. they don't live here, they don't know what's more or less just, and trying to pretend they do is unwise in his opinion, and they're not sticking around for the consequences either way which is shitty SO THAT'S HIS THOUGHT
- i'll have to ask ruxi about any other auction attempts but he might see about running through auctions again, and otherwise setting up to sell his talismans he's been working on and getting that going in town
- no seriously he is Very Afraid of Dogs so if anyone wants to terrify him or have him run to hide behind them or maybe find him accidentally necromancing a dead wolf and scaring himself (IDK IT COULD HAPPEN) that can... happen

[downswing]

IT'S NOT EXILE, IT'S REFUSING TO BE MOOCHED ON.

[corvis]

PLAYER: seiko
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: go ahead, thank you! bladeworks / dpscheck#5185
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Unemployed Systems Engineer/Physicist (would like a job, please contact me if you are hiring) that hasn't been in RP since like 2016. Everything is new again, please be patient with me. It's really great to meet all of you! (and re-connect with like ... the two people in game I know!)

Sheep spoke highly of everyone and this game and Sheeep is never wrong about stuff. I also love cats, even if Gilbert does not.
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: I... really need to clean the bathroom ceiling T_T

CHARACTER: Gilbert Nightray
CANON: Pandora Hearts
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER:
... Gilbert's a 24-year-old that acts aloof and talks very little, but is actually a huge loser. His entire world revolves around his master, Oz Vesselius, and it will be a sad day if Oz ever showed up here because you will experience just how useless and unhelpful Gilbert has been to the group, when he is actually a very skilled servant (cooking, cleaning, tidying— you name it. He might have even been able to make the entire group a little more comfortable overall is he gave a shit about anyone but Oz.)

In truth, he actually does care about others, and he will, should others make the effort, warm up to them... but, you will still feel like dirt turds comparatively if you ever see how he treats Oz :C

Luckily he is protective of people and will help the group out without needing a good reason beyond they could use it.

He talks a lot to himself (actually, he talks to his chain Raven, but he's not letting anyone know about Raven even a little bit as long as he can help it, and I have agreed to only to show Raven at very specific times and with mod-approval. He will use some of raven's weaker power that don't require the chain to be summoned, but only if it's deemed a dire situation. Raven itself will only probably show up during a specific plot point that it would be particularly useful for (if that ever even happens).

If you happen to remind him of any of his friends, your life will be easier around him. 11-20 year old girls will get the most generous of freebies. Blonde or black hair and a love of magic/occult or meat dishes will increase your mileage.

14-15 year old boys may also be subject to his nicer self, especially if remind him of Oz. Cute, energetic, blonde hair will help you go further.

ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react? He's going to tell them to get to the back of the line but probably won't start a scuffle over it. Unless it's a cat person, a person with a cat, maybe even a person dressed as a cat , or a cat proper— then he will probably pass out.
ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at? Being an animal control officer/Working at a cat shelter.
iii. What scent do you associate with your character? ....I HAVE.... NEVER EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?
WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR? getting his cigarettes smoked by the captain of the ship they were on. now he has nicotine withdrawal and is way cranky about it.
WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT? ... Get some cigarettes :C

But, seriously, I would like to get him familiar with at least some people, as currently he trusts no one and is probably off by himself a lot (talking to himself often —at least it seems that way since no one is ever there. He's never embarrassed about being caught doing so either.)

[downswing]

ngl I'm so thrilled you brought Gil in, pls get this man an Oz.

[foxable]

PLAYER: Britt
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: SOMETIMES... I'm a hermit tho
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: I like every animal
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: A ghost brigade for a fantasy army called 'the incorporeals' you are welcome

CHARACTER: Emmet "Fox" Martin
CANON: Original Character, Impetus Universe (Like Mingyu)
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: A complete and total nerd for magic that wants to learn everything, doesn't really care how he learns it or who gets mad about it, likes to show off until the pseudonym 'Fox', has no self preservation, filter or ability to shut off.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?

Groans loudly but really it's his fault for bothering to line up anyway he should have snuck in an hour ago.

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?

Pretty much... All of them... He can do magic but he forgets to do things like.. eat. So please don't put him in charge of anything important that isn't magic related unless you want that important thing to now be magic related.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character?

Lemonbalm and the air just after it snows.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?

PRETTY MUCH... MAKING A MESS... Insulting everyone without meaning too and bothering everyone about magic. He is currently setting up an enchanting business using the Merchant as a middle man so that he doesn't bring any attention to himself.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?

MAKE BIGGER MESSES

[downswing]

Using the Merchant as a middle man with a terrible cut rate, wtf Fox, who taught you to haggle!!!!!!

[jeoha]

PLAYER: Britt
ARE YOU OPEN TO PLURK/DISCORD FRIENDING FOR RP: Basically you just have to bully me into being your friend that seems to work
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: when i say every animal I MEAN EVERY ANIMAL
YOUR LATEST SHOWER EPIPHANY THE WORLD MUST KNOW: did you know that carl linneaus thought that amphibians and repitiles were loathsome creatures well you did now and he was very wrong

CHARACTER: Lee Chang
CANON: Kingdom
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Former Crown Prince of Joseon (Korea circa 1600), got caught in a lot of politics and a zombie apocalypse, now trying very hard to be normal.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Your character has been patiently queuing for the past hour, when someone with no extenuating circumstances cuts in. How do they react?

What the fuck is a "que" and why does he have to be in it he is a CROWN PRINCE no but seriously he sent someone else to stand in line anyway so he doesn't notice

ii. What job would your character most majestically fail at?

One where he had to recognize someone else's authority especially if they were corrupt, so-- retail, basically.

iii. What scent do you associate with your character? Ash and blood. He gets... he gets covered in it a lot.

WHAT’S YOUR CHARACTER BEEN UP TO, SO FAR?

Training people how to use the sword, hunting in the tundra, learning how to skin animals and then sell their hides, having an affair with a pretty boy and having dick-measuring contests with Archeval.

He also, um. Accidently let lose Anurr's forces from the jailhouse? Sorry. Sorry about that.

WHAT ARE YOU ITCHING TO HAVE YOUR CHARACTER DO IN SA-HARETH NEXT?

I really want to get him mixed up with Anurr's forces, I have no idea how it is going to go but he has to face the mistakes he made as well as his innate sense of justice re: all these undead fucking folk.

[weifinder]

stop judging undead kinks!!! (no asdflkjlj)