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APRIL CR MEME

Salutations! Just a few notes before the main event:

■ we're a tighter crew than originally anticipated for April, following some hiatuses, so we'll be adjusting this month's calendar timeline. We'll have a check-in below if anyone wants follow-up, cues or clues, or has questions about what they discovered in the latest & greatest. We'll have a think about a second check-in in late April.

■ Don't forget your NPC threads, if you signed up for one! Generally, please share any interesting discoveries that have emerged from them or from plot rolls with the entire group — a creepy network post a day keeps the... doctor away and gets everyone killed.

■ Check out the latest character housing arrangements!

■ In case you've missed it: PM if you'd like a(nother) invite to the game discord server. Invites typically go out when you join, but dreamwidth notifications aren't always friends.

And now:

APRIL CR MEME

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PLAYER: Whit
PREFERRED CONTACT:

whitticus OR discord at whitticus#8139—feel free to add!
CHARACTER & CANON: Viktor, Arcane

THEIR ONE-SENTENCE ELEVATOR PITCH: magitech engineer faces down his own impending death and chooses science crime (info post, app)
UNUSUAL PRODUCT THEY’D REP AS AWKWARD BRAND AMBASSADOR: a laser cutter that he insists is totally harmless and meant for artisanal applications only but really it is just a death ray. and then you try to explain to him that it’s just a death ray and he straight up no joke does not understand why anyone would think that it’s a death ray.

alternatively the worst kitchen unitasker you can possibly think of

HOUSING: #6 (Su Xunxian, Marcos, Wrathion, Chu Wanning)….hi every one
FREQUENT HABITS:
Getting situated. INVESTIGATING. Poking around, possibly in places he should not be. Viktor thinks rules are for chumps and given the chance to break and enter he WILL take it, especially if he thinks he can get his hands on something cool. otherwise, he Always needs to be working on a project, so he’ll be looking to be as productive as possible, despite the circumstances.

WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN UP TO LATELY? uh he JUST GOT HERE. tl;dr he staggered into Ke-Waiar, learned a bunch of stuff about werewolves, and was eventually sent to Ke-Waihu with the delegation where he was recognized as an offworlder and shuffled in with the rest of you. he’s BEWILDERED. and MAD and will MAKE THIS KNOWN.

idk I will do a real intro. soon. watch this space.

CR THEY NEED:
✷ Science types. People who want to learn about science and/or can and will tolerate him going on about metaphysics. He is always ready and willing to jam with fellow nerds/engineers/tinkerers/etc.
✷ Along those lines, he can tinker stuff FOR YOU, and will probably want to make friends with people who can do things he can’t, like go out on dangerous adventures and acquire exciting resources.
✷ fellow members of the terminally ill club
✷ possibly he needs a medical intervention, or a magical one
✷ people to genuinely be friends with him and pull him out of his comfort zone, which is working until 4am and then falling asleep at his desk

CR THEY PROBABLY DON’T NEED, BUT YOU DO:
✷ people to side-eye his general penchant for screwing around with unknown forces he does not understand and can’t control. it’s fine tho he knows what he’s doing
✷ people of OPPOSING PHILOSOPHIES—viktor is a pacificst/idealist and surprisingly empathetic, with lots of opinions about how the purpose of scientific advancement is to mitigate human suffering, as opposed to, like, building a super mega death rocket and killing a bunch of people. who’s up for some RATIONAL DEBATE

THREE THINGS YOU WANT THEM INVOLVED IN:
✷ Solving this werewolf problem?? He’s bewildered and mad but they were nice to him in Ke-Waiar (he also appreciates their compassion towards the afflicted villagers) and he probably would have been murdered by said werewolves if they hadn’t grabbed him. He’s willing to at least investigate whatever the heck that’s about.
✷ Also gotta figure out this atoning business. Ugh. Terrible. What an inconvenience (also it has stuff to do with wolves. sensing a pattern here…)
✷ Not necessarily related to this specific arc, but, before arriving here Viktor was about to, uh, do some light human experimentation (on himself) with a somewhat questionable magic conduit he built. He is going to try and do this or similar with whatever he can get his hands on around here, because he is dying. My ultimate trajectory here is for him to finally find a way to cure himself, but in the meantime he will be seeking out stop-gap methods to help keep himself alive. Maybe you have healing powers? Maybe you want to help him with his shady research?? Come on in here

GIF OF THEIR INNER MOOD ON MOST DAYS:
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Edited 2022-04-19 01:20 (UTC)

.............I'm just saying, if you need someone to pick him out of a ditch when he faints or runs himself too raw or just Gets Sick, I've got the man, GOOD STRONG ARMS HERE, what's in a ravine, anyway.

honestly I do think viktor deserves to be surrounded by cool buff people who will pull him out of a ditch if it becomes necessary so let's find a way to make it happen

idk why my first response was, "I know a ditch."

i mean, that's fair

I shall be on you like white on my bank statement, your first post/log/????

Yeah!! I'm hoping to do a Real Intro in the next day or so, maybe there will be a ditch involved

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downswing - 2022-04-20 21:58 (UTC) - Expand

the real question is. what will he pay for the exciting resources.

also eda is not exactly terminally ill but her curse is a very thinly-veiled metaphor for chronic/mental illness/disability/what-have-you so... hi5?

she's pretty physically fit tho and can turn into a big tall harpy woman so if you ever want viktor carried about by a monster lady, just say the word

well, he has no money right now. so, favors, probably. he can make her stuff??

Viktor will probably be pretty sympathetic to her Plight given his own everything...do you want to work on, maybe, fixing that? He's not, like, an alchemist or anything but that hasn't stopped him before

I also do want him carried around by a monster lady, thanks

mostly she needs her elixir to keep the Owl Beast in check

also, excellent *rubs hands together* I'm sure that can be arranged!

please give him one (1) drop. to analyze.

HE will not enjoy it but I will and that's what matters

uhhh... I'm not sure she has any

she usually keeps the stuff at home

oops?

and it's true, that's what really matters

oh. that is a bummer, isn't it. it's fine. we'll science our way out of this yet

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traaaaaash - 2022-04-20 10:44 (UTC) - Expand

WORKAHOLICS YOU SAY???

WORKING HIMSELF TO DEATH but also extremely interested in magic. and people who can do magic. Can you do magic, Hermione.

is water wet?
here to feed the curiosity of one of the most interesting characters in Arcane tbh

Apologies in advance; he is insatiable

ACTUALLY I'm pretty excited for this, Harry Potter-flavored magic is pretty different than basically anything he's encountered, so I am pretty pumped at the prospect of him realizing there are, like, other magic systems? in the universe?

i'm definitely excited for this!! he should tell her all about hextech because it sounds COOL.

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techmaturgy - 2022-04-19 21:30 (UTC) - Expand

Five is one person who will know what you're talking about, and wow it's nice that not everyone is only smart in magic. (As opposed to teleporting and time travel which are different.) Philosophically, it could get interesting?? He's not about killing a bunch of people with science, but also ends = means and it really depends on what they're trying to accomplish. And another guy who doesn't sleep I'm sure they can logically run into each other at 2am.

Marcos is more of a support guy, so you know. Tell him all about your werewolf issue, he won't judge. Excited to see him about. :>

ETA! I forgot that Marcos is his roommate, how convenient. You are lucky, they have the chill house, you'll be totally fine!

Edited 2022-04-20 00:55 (UTC)

OH....yes please. he might be a little "who is this sassy lost child" at first but as soon as he realizes Five can keep up with physics talk then I think they will get along just fine. I also think he would be really interested in the whole "displaced from time" thing just on an academic level, lmao, and a 2am meeting sound extremely appropriate.

VERY GLAD TO HEAR IT'S THE CHILL HOUSE. I should be doing some kind of intro within the next few days so I will keep an eye out for you and yours!

did someone say engineering

Jens is from an aggressively medieval setting (gunpowder is the amazing new thing that half the continent doesn't know how to make yet), so he is admittedly...behind. A bit. But he's a quick study who does cool stuff with the tech he does have available and boy will he eat up basically anything beyond that that you tell him about.

so much engineering.If he's a tinker or otherwise makes neat things Viktor will be extremely appreciative and also will catch him up.

He's primarily a blacksmith, so the gadgeting is a secondary pursuit, but he builds a lot of spring-mounted hammers that yeet people off high ledges.

hey so viktor's best friend slash research partner is also a blacksmith who has also been known to yeet people with a giant hammer

I just thought that was interesting

excellent

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