gotta catch'em all, the textarea edition

[groundrules]

Hi, everyone! As we crawl to the end of the Stairs of Sighs and inch towards Arc II: Taravast, there is a tiny bit of mod prep work that you can lend me a hand with.

As a brief reminder: Taravast will see the party publicly divided in two groups supporting the electoral claim of contenders to the citadel's leadership. Behind curtains, one faction will be actively backing one of the rivals, while the other will be sabotaging their competitor, to ensure a final result that gives the entire party access to an aged, but hopefully still operational beacon.

Taravast is a much more lavish, magically inclined environment, and characters will be supplied loose alternative identities and some appropriate advantages and/or objectives based on them, throughout their stay.

To help with the assignments, please fill out the below form by 00:01 on 1 August for each of your characters — thank you in advance!

<b><small>CHARACTER NAME</small>:</b> <b><small>DEAD OR ALIVE?</small>:</b> <b><small>ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES</small>?</b> Just YES or NO, please! <b><small>ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR</small>:</b> <b>...ability to lie?</b> <b>...manipulation skills?</b> <b>...their diplomatic ones?</b> <b>...willingness to kill?</b> <b>...ability to keep a cool head?</b> <b><small>WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE</small>?</b> Just one, which need not be the biggest - keep it short! <b><small>DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM?</b></small> Please choose one of these two options, no 'either' or 'surprise me'!

...knowing your troll natures, you are, of course, welcome to point and laugh at how dreadful everyone's scores are :(

Comments

[scrapgege]

CHARACTER NAME: Xie Lian
DEAD OR ALIVE?: technically alive and immortal
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWEOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 2
...manipulation skills? 2
...their diplomatic ones? 3.5
...willingness to kill? 0.5 in general, but he will bash your head in if you're being stupid. nicely
...ability to keep a cool head? 4.5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? losing Hua Cheng
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Contradicts!

[soulsrob]

CHARACTER NAME: Winnie Prismall
DEAD OR ALIVE?: alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? No
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWEOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 5
...their diplomatic ones? 5
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Winnie...does not feel fear uh. Dying needlessly is a concern??
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns with it

[beitangmoran]

CHARACTER NAME: Beitang Moran
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWEOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 5
...their diplomatic ones? 5
...willingness to kill? 3
...ability to keep a cool head? 4.5/5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Xunxian dying
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns

[remugient]

CHARACTER NAME: Vanya Hargreeves
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? I guess her abilities could be seen as magic?? so yes??
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWEOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 2.5
...manipulation skills? 2
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 3
...ability to keep a cool head? 3...ish

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Losing control

DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns with, otherwise there might be another apocalypse.....

[topoiran]

CHARACTER NAME: Su Xunxian
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWEOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 4.5
...their diplomatic ones? 5
...willingness to kill? 2
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Moran in pain
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Let's go with challenge.

[paperbutterflies]

CHARACTER NAME: Lan Sizhui
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 1.5
...manipulation skills? ... 2.5
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 0
...ability to keep a cool head? 4.5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Abandonment
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? ... align.

[somebadnews]

CHARACTER NAME: Number Five
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Y....es????
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWEOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 4
...manipulation skills? 3
...their diplomatic ones? 2
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? FamILY DIES IN THE APOCALYPSE.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns

[downswing]

CHARACTER NAME: Lan Wangji
DEAD OR ALIVE?: alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:
...ability to lie? 1 only because he learned omission
...manipulation skills? 0
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 3
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? 16 years of harm to Lan Sizhui or Wei Wuxian
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? contradicts. He's earned hell.

[consignation]

CHARACTER NAME: Jiang Cheng
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Physically living under great duress
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 2
...manipulation skills? 1
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 4
...ability to keep a cool head? 0 1

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Being unwanted/alone.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Contradict him fam.

[descendency]

CHARACTER NAME: Bai Mingyu
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 4
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 2

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Not being enough.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns.

[bearshermark]

CHARACTER NAME: Eleven
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 1 thanks ww
...manipulation skills? 0
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 2
...ability to keep a cool head? 2.5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Being a disappointment/failure
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns

[thesuspense]

CHARACTER NAME: Xue Yang
DEAD OR ALIVE?: dead?
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? YES
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 5
...their diplomatic ones? -5
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? boredom
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? aligning!

[rumorate]

CHARACTER NAME: Allison Hargreeves
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes?
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 5 (especially to herself)
...manipulation skills? 5
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 2
...ability to keep a cool head? 3

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Being alone.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns please!

[darkeststars]

CHARACTER NAME: Archeval
DEAD OR ALIVE?: He died once but as far as we know he's alive, not undead.
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Basically yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 4
...manipulation skills? 3
...their diplomatic ones? 2
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? powerlessness -- being unable to defend himself, whether physically or otherwise.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? I think aligns, since he's about to also have Some Consequences on his plate shortly lmao

[lancifolium]

CHARACTER NAME: Lily Evans
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 1.5
...manipulation skills? 2
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 0
...ability to keep a cool head? 4.5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Failure
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Contradicts, let's be spicy.

[groundrules]

Yes, correct — should have maybe mentioned in the post — Five/Archeval will get their custom mini arc on top of everything, building on the events of Arc I. So that hasn't fallen by wayside.

[darkeststars]

No worries on that front at all!! I've not been around as much in the latter half of July, as I'm sure you've noticed, but in what I do have written I've been having Arche begin to notice some things on my own as well. I know you have a lot on your plate so I'm content for the Unhalad issue to unfold over time as both you and I can fit it into our schedules.

[aprescoup]

Yepyep! There are directions and route options — this Taravast entry post will be........... long. But! You guys are covered, can confirm!

[jeoha]

CHARACTER NAME: Lee Chang
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? No
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 3
...manipulation skills? 3.4
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 4
...ability to keep a cool head? 5

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Turning into a zombie after all

DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Challenges and Contradicts please


--

CHARACTER NAME: Emmet "Fox" Martin
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 2
...manipulation skills? 3
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 0
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Making a terrible mistake that hurts the people he cares about and then not being able to fix it

DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Challenges and contradicts!

[corvis]

CHARACTER NAME: Gilbert Nightray
DEAD OR ALIVE?:alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 4
...manipulation skills? 4.5
...their diplomatic ones? 2.5
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 5 (as long as there is no cat and Oz isn't bleeding out somewhere).

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? powerlessness
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? contradicts!

[wenderer]

CHARACTER NAME: Wen Kexing
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? YES
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 4
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 3

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? losing someone he cares about
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns

[softheartedshizun]

CHARACTER NAME: Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan)
DEAD OR ALIVE?: His body is very much alive, again, right now.
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 4 (He is the best at BSing himself through situations you can find.)
...manipulation skills? 4
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 1/4 depending on how much he feels bad for what is being killed and how necessary it is to kill them.
...ability to keep a cool head? 5 Externally. 1 internally.

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Becoming a human stick.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? He needs a challenge!

[binghua]

CHARACTER NAME: Xiao Xingchen
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 2
...manipulation skills? 1
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 2
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Hurting those he loves the most
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns

[fated_dance]

CHARACTER NAME: Zhou Zishu
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 5
...manipulation skills? 4
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 4
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Losing Wen Kexing
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? SURPRISE ME DAMNIT!! No? FINE. Aligns

[sankta]

CHARACTER NAME: Alina Starkov
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? YES
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 2
...manipulation skills? 1
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 4
...ability to keep a cool head? 2

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Becoming a monster
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? challenge this girl let's go

[weifinder]

CHARACTER NAME: Wei Wuxian
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive, in spite of himself
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 4
...manipulation skills? 3
...their diplomatic ones? 2
...willingness to kill? 3
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Losing his family again. Do not touch Lan Wangji, Lan Sizhui, or Jiang Cheng.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Contradict!

[thehoneybadger]

CHARACTER NAME: Rachel Silva
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Does being pumped full of supersoldier serum count? If not, then no.
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 4
...manipulation skills? 3
...their diplomatic ones? 1
...willingness to kill? 2
...ability to keep a cool head? 2

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Being experimented on/held captive
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Challenge her!

[silverneedles]

CHARACTER NAME: Wen Qing
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Dead?
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? Yes
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 3 (she does a lot by omission/not talking)
...manipulation skills? 3
...their diplomatic ones? 4
...willingness to kill? 1 (if she needs to and it's a mercy)
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Someone finding her weak points and using that to manipulate her
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Challenges

[sergeant_slick]

CHARACTER NAME: Slick
DEAD OR ALIVE?: Alive
ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES? No
ON A SCALE OF 1 (TERRIBLE) TO 5 (AWESOME), HOW DO YOU RATE THEIR:

...ability to lie? 2
...manipulation skills? 5
...their diplomatic ones? 3
...willingness to kill? 5
...ability to keep a cool head? 4

WHAT'S A BIG FEAR THEY HAVE? Being enslaved. That shit sucks.
DO YOU WANT A CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR PERSONALITY, OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES/CONTRADICTS THEM? Aligns, though if we end up with too uneven a distribution of characters I'm willing to be surprised!