ooc intro & the likes!

[groundrules]

Hi everyone! Welcome to Eastbound, where nothing goes as planned, and the caravan-chasing bear is taking its sweet time making a cameo.

Without further ado, the game issssssss...

OPEN (FOR BUSINESS?)

Applications nevertheless remain open until 23:59 GMT, 2 April (Friday) for any further newcomers. They can join in on the fun at any point in time!

Please doublecheck your character is on the TAKEN LIST, when you have a second! You are welcome to consider canon any samples you wrote in the Sa-Hareth setting as part of your application. Note: transfer ongoing application sample threads to the Eastbound communities if you want any future tags to them to count towards activity check requirements.

Take a look over our first event: you can now ask any mod questions linked to it, or ask any questions to your black little hearts' content.

Oh, and here's our first OPEN EVENT LOG! But feel free to start up your own, or debut the IC network community @ eastbound.

If you want to mingle, you can also reply here with...

OOC INTRO | CR MEME
<small><b>PLAYER:</b></small> <b><small>CONTACT:</small></b> <b><small>TELL US ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF</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>Here your character is, minding their own or someone else's business in a tavern of the Sa-Hareth merchants' arena, when in comes a particularly persistent middle-aged woman with an eerily trademark haircut, insisting your character should give her prompt, first-class and no-nonsense service <b>now</b>, or she'll speak to their manager. How does your character react</i>? ii. <i>A weirdly hapless humanoid undead that thinks itself a dog keeps following your character (home). What does your character name it</i>? <b><small>ANY EVENT PLANS SO FAR?</b></small> generally, or feel free to link to your event plotting comment, if you have one! <b><small>ANYTHING YOUR CHARACTER URGENTLY NEEDS FIGURED OUT IN SA-HARETH?</b></small>

Comments

[binghua]

plz

xingchen is a single dad with no kids right now, he needs to build up his street urchin family again

[weifinder]

what a good pull point for him... takes his blind hands in hand and

........................................ pats them LMFALKSJD "thanks for the inspiration about lying to a bro, uncle, it was great"

[binghua]

wait why are we lYING NOW

[weifinder]

oh so whose eyes does song lan have huh

whose eyes does he think he has

do these stories line up

[binghua]

listen





it's fine everything's fine

[weifinder]

these two really deserve to be martial family

i actually need to write up my top level but im laughing IM SORRY i look forward to this delightful mess

[binghua]

GOSH THEY DO THOUGH it's kind of terrifying

also holds your hands TAKE YOUR TIME but shishu is always here for your head-scratching needs, even if I'll probably be slow this weekend but shhh don't worry about it

[weifinder]

okay but does their undead buddy make any catlike noises

or movements

or anything

[weifinder]

later on xiao xingchen is sitting there contemplating that okay maybe he never really knew his shijie personally but you know, wei wuxian really does take after his mom and also after xiao xingchen y'all on notice is what i'm saying

yeah i will not be fast no matter my dearest wishes but i do want to be here now that i can finally sorta manage typing and am more awake than i was all last week so HOLDS HANDS we can cheerfully slowly progress together

[binghua]

HOLDS HANDS SO VERY GENTLY my heart is ready for martial family bonding whenever it shall happen I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON BB

also goodness baoshan sanren you have some sort of record, don't you

[weifinder]

HOLDS HANDS BACK same i love it give me found family that's also martial family i eat this for sustenance at any meal THANK YOU I AM WORKING ON IT

leans in dramatically, she insulted a man's beard it was worth insulting it's this sad little wisp of a thing that does nothing for his face except render him less attractive so i guess it does what it wants

bad kitty incoming

[plentystrong]

PLAYER: Val
CONTACT: honeyfeet
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: Unemployed noodle from Germany who grumps a lot and draws sometimes, hi!

CHARACTER: Catra
CANON: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER:


ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Here your character is, minding their own or someone else's business in a tavern of the Sa-Hareth merchants' arena, when in comes a particularly persistent middle-aged woman with an eerily trademark haircut, insisting your character should give her prompt, first-class and no-nonsense service now, or she'll speak to their manager. How does your character react?

First: laugh in the woman's face. Second: mock her thoroughly. Third: threaten violence. If said violence gets enacted depends on how easily the woman backs down!

ii. A weirdly hapless humanoid undead that thinks itself a dog keeps following your character (home). What does your character name it?

What, you mean "idiot", "pest" or "go away, you little cockroach" aren't names? How about Kyle?

ANY EVENT PLANS SO FAR? NOPE I'm so far idea-less =D;;
ANYTHING YOUR CHARACTER URGENTLY NEEDS FIGURED OUT IN SA-HARETH? Nothing beyond "where am I", "where are my underlings" and "how do I get back to Etheria so I can Prove Myself to everyone I totally don't care about". Maybe who the next person she can manipulate/threaten into doing her bidding is.

[plentystrong]

Everyone BEWARE if these two should meet!

[plentystrong]

all I can think is WHO WILL WIN

extreme BUBBLY or extreme GRUMPY

[pinkxeno]

Mina has met SO MANY GRUMPS she can handle u catra!!!

[somebadnews]

PLAYER: Lone Sheep (aka Sheep)
CONTACT: PM or lonesheep
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: The exact opposite of Five, I promise. Photographer and artist-type who likes birds. I take cream and sugar in my coffee.

CHARACTER: Number Five Hargreeves
CANON: The Umbrella Academy
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: 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.

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. Here your character is, minding their own or someone else's business in a tavern of the Sa-Hareth merchants' arena, when in comes a particularly persistent middle-aged woman with an eerily trademark haircut, insisting your character should give her prompt, first-class and no-nonsense service now, or she'll speak to their manager. How does your character react?

You in danger, girl. If blinking away isn't an option: Five would stare and wonder if she's actually talking to him, or if she's got horrible eyesight. Pretty sure he's older than her, so that's always hilarious. Then smile that super friendly smile of his and make some remark that will probably make sure she remembers him. Hopefully the manager gets there quick enough.

ii. A weirdly hapless humanoid undead that thinks itself a dog keeps following your character (home). What does your character name it?

Five does love naming things, but nah, those things wig him the eff out. He'd probably address it affectionately with generic names like "disgusting wheezebag" or "slimy sack of worm food", they're just gross. Maybe "Klaus." (Fun fact: in the comics he had a puppy named Mr. Pennycrumb. Give the poor guy a puppy, his lost childhood...)

ANY EVENT PLANS SO FAR? Initial escape plotting! I'll hop on that log in a jiffy but feel free to plot out anything with me I'll be so grateful.
ANYTHING YOUR CHARACTER URGENTLY NEEDS FIGURED OUT IN SA-HARETH? Oh my god where is his family?? Low-key constant freak out about not knowing where they landed after the portal they were supposed to go through, so plan on him being very motivated to learn and travel around the market and they're probably dead again aren't they... Laser focused here. What is eating and sleeping? Fully ready to rob a bank for coin if it gets him somewhere quicker. Probably a lot of thievery in his future until he figures something else out.

[yourdistraction]

PLAYER: Jesse
CONTACT: cherto or PM is fine!
TELL US ABOUT YOUR FINE SELF: A swamp witch approaching their mid-thirties that still tries to communicate in memes. It was hard not to just use a gif for this part. Call me she, he, or they; it's good. I play too many vidya games and talk to my bunny and cat more than I do other people. I've been away from the RP sphere for a few years, so excuse the rusty creaking sounds as I get back into it.

CHARACTER: Merrill
CANON: Dragon Age 2
ELEVATOR PITCH FOR YOUR CHARACTER: Merrill is an easily lost and sometimes clueless elf with a very whimsical way of thinking (to which she will promptly voice). She's also a deadly blood mage when her powers are working, and it's what it says on the tin. She can re-animate the dead, but not to the level that this place has. That'll get her curious and might end up putting people in danger because she does get that tunnel vision. She's already used to being an outcast and will tend to hermit away once she does find somewhere, so someone might need to keep her from isolating herself too much. She'll also need help hiding her ears and tattoos whenever she goes out.
ICE BREAKER ROUNDS:
i. Here your character is, minding their own or someone else's business in a tavern of the Sa-Hareth merchants' arena, when in comes a particularly persistent middle-aged woman with an eerily trademark haircut, insisting your character should give her prompt, first-class and no-nonsense service now, or she'll speak to their manager. How does your character react?

"Oh, really, I don't work here! But yes you should get first-class service! Isn't this a first-class place? What does that mean exactly? No need to shout, I'm right here after all! R─right, of course you want something! I suppose I can go get it for you. Where would I go, then? What was it you wanted? That sounds delicious! Can I have a bite when I bring it...? No no, that's rude isn't it, I can just ask for some myself as well! What kind of dessert should we get? They already wasted my honey cakes, or I would share those. Wait─ Where are you going? Oh no, how am I going to eat two servings of this by myself...?"

ii. A weirdly hapless humanoid undead that thinks itself a dog keeps following your character (home). What does your character name it?

As much as Merrill would love a pet to probably neglect, a human pet (even undead) is a little too close to slavery for her liking, so at first she'll just go right back out and try to find wherever the undead human belongs! If that doesn't work or it isn't responsive and acts rather brainless like a standard zombie, she might conveniently toss her morals aside to experiment on them for the sake of blood magic! In secret... Sorry, "Dog the Second"...

ANY EVENT PLANS SO FAR? Event plotting is still in baby stages, so nothing solid is plotted out! Come at her! She'll start off in the prison and might try to willingly interact with a spirit/ghost even during the chaos of an escape. She'll be a bit groggy and without her magic or staff, so she won't be incredibly useful in helping others, but she can keep herself alive.
ANYTHING YOUR CHARACTER URGENTLY NEEDS FIGURED OUT IN SA-HARETH? A cloak, a cloak! Those elf ears, tho. Maybe some make-up or a glamor spell for her tattoos. Don't want the daisy to be snatched right back up. For figuring things out, she'll be very eager to learn about how the undead function here, what sort of magic spells are used, and how she can get her hands on them. Also, are there any fancy looking mirrors around? Interesting methods of interdimensional travel? Asking for a 'friend'.

[yourdistraction]

Klaus would say using his name in vain is against the law unless you dress that undead guy up a lot better.

[somebadnews]

Maybe if he says his name enough he'll show up and deal with this shit!! But that's a good point, he'll have to get him a new hat to complete the illusion.

[yourdistraction]

I'm sorry if Merrill tries to pet Catra's tail without asking... Please don't slice her up. She likes cats, but she's never seen a cat person...!

[yourdistraction]

Acid! That's so useful!!! But also how cute. Gonna ask her how long she stood in the sun to get such a strange sunburn.

[yourdistraction]

They sound like the sort of person(?) Merrill would end up being fascinated with if she knew... Absolutely willing to (unsuccessfully) try and help them return to being an infinite being in exchange for knowledge. Unless she hears about that world destroying....tidbit...

[yourdistraction]

Now that is some spiffy magic, pretty pretty prince. Can he predict stupid events, too? Utterly meaningless things?

[downswing]

Merrill ffs don't be another dubious magic loose cannon.

[downswing]

Do you realise looking after Five is both attending to a child and honouring one's elders, like holy filial piety points, Batman.