February 2023 Trial Event Plotting

[folkie]

Trial 10 Plotting Post

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Welcome to our plotting post for this month's event! This plotting page doubles as our monthly CR meme. If you have questions about the trial, ask them below.

Mid February, the weather remains much the same as it has for a while now: Wintermute is frozen, Willow covered in snowdrifts, Epiphany a mess of slush, Cruel Summer dangerously cold at night, and Exile wrapped in a numbing fog. Still, slowly the sun is beginning to rise a little earlier, and the sun to set a little later. The weather may still be wintry, but it’s more the pretty-postcard sort.

A definite improvement is that the blackouts that plagued Folkmore have ceased completely. The wells leading to the dragon’s lairs in Wintermute have closed up once again, vanishing under fresh snow. Hopefully enough information was collected that those at Thoth Academy can map out the underground caverns a little better. And hopefully nobody is still trapped down there!

The Naturmechs are still available for use, although the same process of establishing a mental link must be utilized every time. There’s still plenty of snow you can shovel with them so it might be worth it!

The Fears stalking the Star Children can still be encountered, and can still be defeated.

Of course, older residents of Folkmore know that things are always likely to change on the thirteenth...


Feel free to use the following form for your plotting and CR needs.

<span style="font-size: x-large;">OOC information</span> <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Player Pronouns:</b> <b>Player Contact:</b> <user name="plurk" site="plurk.com">, Discord#####, or other <b>Preferred Tag Style:</b> Action/Prose <b>Monthly Pacing:</b> Let others know if you might be a bit slow this month or your usual speed. <b>OOC Limitations/Disinterests:</b> Personal limitations you have or prompts you will opt out of. Maybe you have no interest in romantic or sexual or violent CR etc. <span style="font-size: x-large;">General character information</span> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Permissions:</b> 🦊 <a href="">Permissions</a> 🦊<a href="">Opt-In</a> 🦊 <a href="">Opt-Out</a> <b>OOC Intro?</b> 🦊 <a href="">Link to OOC Intro</a> <b>Character Role:</b> Familiar, Myth, Legend. What is unique about their role? How does it manifest? What would you like to explore? <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>Manifested Traits ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Exploring ➟ </b> </div> <b>Public Knowledge:</b> What can other characters readily know about yours? What can people reference without checking in with you? Examples include job, school, where they live, etc. <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>[Thing] ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>[Thing] ➟ </b> </div> <span style="font-size: x-large;">General CR information</span> <b>Wanted CR:</b> Found family? Friends? Romances? Rivals? Mentors? Let people know here! <b>Unwanted CR:</b> Against enemies? Friends? Romances? Fill it out here. <b>Goals For Your Character:</b> What are things <b>you</b> as a player want to accomplish for your character? What arcs are you developing? <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>Goal/Arc ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Goal/Arc ➟ </b> </div> <b>Specific CR for the trials:</b> During the trial, what are you looking for in particular? What kind of CR you don't wish to focus on this time? Let people know here! <span style="font-size: x-large;">Trial information</span> <b>Trial Reactions & Goals:</b> How do you want your character to learn about the trials? What does your character think of them—what do they think Thirteen's goals are, what are their goals, and how do those differ? How does this affect their thoughts/feelings on Thirteen, Folkmore, their role, etc? <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>Reaction/Goal ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Reaction/Goal ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Reaction/Goal ➟ </b> </div> <b>Trial Accomplishments:</b> What are you interested in your character accomplishing in these trials? What are their successes/wins? How does this affect their potential as their role or their arcs? How might they help others? <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>Trial Accomplishment ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Trial Accomplishment ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Trial Accomplishment ➟ </b> </div> <b>Trial Failures:</b> What/how are you interested in your character failing in these trials? A part of the trial(s)? Goal(s) they set for themselves? What bad consequences do you want them to suffer? What help might they need from other people? <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>Trial Failure ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Trial Failure ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Trial Failure ➟ </b> </div> <b>Timeline of Trials:</b> Let people know whether you are following a certain timeline or you're free gaming it. <div style="padding: 0 40px; margin-left: 0;"> 🦊 <b>Event ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Event ➟ </b> 🦊 <b>Event ➟ </b> </div>
Reminders:

🦊 JAEGER TIME and FEAR ITSELF prompts from last month's trial are still in effect. Read more here.
🦊 February is a low intensity month.

[ Prompt One ★ Prompt Two ★ Prompt Three ]

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN★

You wake up. Checking your Relic will reveal two things: it is February thirteenth, and you cannot access the Network. Hm.

Maybe you get up and have breakfast, or do your morning workout, or just slam a bunch of coffee and shower. You go about your day however you like, finally tucking yourself into bed after the sun has set, falling into a restful slumber...

You wake up. Checking your Relic will reveal two things: it is February thirteenth, and you cannot access the Network. Hm.

Maybe you get up and have breakfast, or do your morning workout, or just slam a bunch of coffee and shower. This seems awfully familiar, doesn’t it?

You go about your day, and you realise that you know what’s going to happen before it does because it happened yesterday. Except it’s today. Again. It stays the same day until you fall asleep again and…

You wake up. Checking your Relic will reveal two things: it is February thirteenth, and you cannot access the Network. Hm.

The thirteenth of February is, for some, stuck on an endless loop. All those affected will be aware of what is going on; people NOT affected will be pretty clueless if someone tells them "the day has been repeating" and are likely to think you’ve maybe had a bit to drink or something.

Unusual events are not uncommon in Folkmore, but there is always a point to made. Stuck on repeat, you may begin to notice all the things that aggravate you, but you can’t stay angry forever and once you move past that you may begin to consider what good you can do with an endless day. You still have your free will even if the day seems predetermined, after all, and beings with free will always have the choice to choose kindness.

That of course is the key: Star Children must perform a genuine act of kindness that will affect another person to break the spell. What form will that act of kindness take? It’s different for everyone. For some people, helping an old lady cross the stress is enough, while others seem to need to do something a little more extreme, like building a Children's Hospital.

Once an act of genuine kindness has been performed, the day will stop repeating. Events will change, and you can move on with your life.

MOST FUN I EVER HAD★

Content Warnings: mood influencing events, NSFW prompts

Why's it feel so good?

Although it may not feel like it, spring is on its way. The spirits of Folkmore set candles and lanterns everywhere as a celebration of the return of the light after winter’s darkness.

In Wintermute, the ground floor of Cutting Edge has been turned into a trader’s market where spirits and Star Children are encouraged to exchange goods and services. The spirits are offering everything from foodstuffs to artisanal crafts to home appliances. Yes, there might be a rock creature who wants to trade you a toaster. If one has no physical goods to trade, a story is considered acceptable payment.


Over at the hot springs there is a nonstop party going on. It is a celebration of reversals and indulgence! There are heat lamps set up near food and beverage stations so you don’t freeze while enjoying your cakes and drinks of both the alcoholic and nonalcoholic variety. The springs themselves are open to all as usual.

Star Children are invited to build their own costumes and join the festivities. The costumes do not have to be serious or even that glamorous. Satire is welcomed (mockery of the Fox!) and so is depravity (dress up with a phallus if you want). Star Children who can't build their own costumes can ask someone else to do so, or have the Spirits paint their faces and bodies upon arrival.

What’s a party without a dance floor? There’s a large building serving as the hot spring’s own private club. It’s warm inside from all the moving bodies, so come on in and avoid the chill!

Thirteen figured Star Children might need a little bit of inspiration at this party, so she invited a friend of hers to provide some: Euterpe, the Muse of flutes and music! She has a stage to command, and command it she does. Her voice influences the Star Children, and different styles of music cause different effects.

🦊 Pop: Whatever emotions one has been feeling most lately will suddenly appear above your head. Words like "happy" or "sad" suddenly just floating above you, possibly revealing more than you’d like! These emotional signs will disappear after talking about said emotion with someone else.

🦊 Country: inspires a deep and urgent horniness, often with the urge to engage in exhibitionism and voyeurism. This urge only abates after indulging. What a fun group project that could be!

🦊 Classical: Hanahaki Disease in which victim coughs up flower petals when they suffer from one-sided feelings. It ends when they confess their feelings. These feelings do not have to be romantic - perhaps you’ve been hiding your disdain for someone, or your anger at something they’ve done.

🦊 Rock: The very first creature you lay your eyes on will be the most charming and irresistible thing you’ve ever seen. You will be temporarily infatuated with this person... or spirit... or walking bunny... Yes, you can become enchanted by NPCs. (You can of course play out any of Folkmore’s spirit people or animals - major NPCs such as Thirteen’s iterations are off limits so you’d have to obsess from afar.) This enchantment simply wears off over a period of time.

🦊 Jazz: Red string which temporarily attaches two people together. Physically! They can't cut the string and move away from each other. They must to share something physical (a kiss, a hug, etc) in order to break the string.

🦊 Metal: Temporary telepathy! You and someone else will be able to hear one another’s thoughts and feel one another’s feelings. This link wears off over time - embracing it speeds up the process. The more you resist this and try to deny or suppress the link the longer it will last.

🦊 Rap and Hip-Hop: You feel the urge to compliment a stranger… with some sick rhymes. It’s impossible to resist! If you’re lucky you might already know some songs whose lyrics you can borrow. If not, well, someone might be subjected to your personal attempts...

🦊 Electronic: Floating on a euphoric high, you are compelled to disclose a hope or dream to someone nearby. The urge passes once you have done so.

They say I did something bad

If you’re not much of a dancer but still want to get physical, there is another building available. Inside is a roller skating rink, but one with a twist.

This particular rink is a fetish party.

That’s right - bring your sexy primal energy, and leave your inhibitions at home! Step into the kinky Rolla Lair to sample devious delights!

There are poles in the middle of the rink upon which spirits and Star Children can show off their athletic prowess. Go-go cages line the perimeter, with space to dance around them as well. Of course there’s a bar set to one side of the room, while the other side a full fledged dungeon is set up, complete with demonstrations! There are several private rooms down a short hall as well, each filled with all the toys and equipment anybody could possibly dream of.

Maybe you’ll meet someone to experiment with. Or maybe you just really want to rollerskate in vinyl hotpants.

HOW THE WORLD WORKS★

Content Warnings: interdimensional kidnapping, enforced sharing time.

Many Star Children will have experienced the 'safe space' memories of the Naturmechs already; they manifest in your mind's eye as a memory place, someplace they remember fondly. This is not a living memory or a scene playing out, it is only the location.

The safe space pocket dimension works by separating the mind/soul from the body - this is why being stuck there can kill the flesh. Now they can be accessed by the entire person - soul and body.

The entry to the safe space works thusly: one must realise that they need help, and then accept help from another person. The two things may be entirely unrelated; one may realise they feel depressed and need to talk it out, and then someone just happens to hold the door for you because you’re struggling with your groceries. As with many things in Folkmore, it’s not an exact science.

Once this helping connection is made, you and your helpful fellow will be sucked into the safe space. Inside, you are meant to connect, heal, bond, and of course help each other. If you happened to go to your best friend for advice on a situation, this is likely to be a pretty good experience. If someone just picked up your scarf for you, it could be significantly more awkward.

In order to leave the safe space, one must experience some emotional change and improvement. You may not be able to solve a problem completely, but achieving a state of calm or acceptance can do the trick. A door will appear somewhere in your safe space through which you can return to the real world.

Are you the stubborn sort? Or is your helper not helping? Then this comforting location will begin to twist and warp, becoming frightening and threatening before you are both rudely ejected.

For those who bond very deeply through this process, they can become soulmates temporarily for a week. (Players may convert this link to a permanent one through a spoons purchase, but if you link to the thread in which you become bonded for a week you get a half-off discount!)

Comments

Questions?

[folkie]

Ask them here, please!

[bocchitime]

Would it be possible to for someone to be on stage, providing backup for Euterpe?

not committing to anything, but this seems like a funny thing to go awry at Ryo and Hitori's first live show

elle folks (manabu + soldier blue) ✨

[siriusly]

OOC information
Player Name: Elle
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: whyellewhy (plurk is public so u can @ or dm me without having to add)
Monthly Pacing: Should be OK
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Opting out of killing either character this month

manabu | familiar

[siriusly]

General character information
Character Name: Manabu Yuuki
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role: Familiar

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Ears + tail normally, and when he can shift, it's a sparkly space dog! He glitters/sparkles nonstop - he cannot control it, sorry.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Working through manifesting dog-form at will as opposed to when upset/sick.

Public Knowledge:

🦊 [Frequent Sightings] ➟ He's now assisting Kaeya at the Baba Yaga school - mostly cleaning or organizing things, looking kinda listless.
🦊 [Aimless] ➟ If not at the school, he wanders. Wanders, wanders, wanders...stops to do odd jobs/help if asked, eager to be asked.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Oh all sorts! Would especially like for him to make more intimate connections that let him lower his guard/be more at peace with circumstances here.

Unwanted CR: No to bullies/rivals unless it's like...funny...or we got a plan to go somewhere with it.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Acceptance of Self ➟ His self-worth is still quite low, given he's certain he's a version of himself that isn't meant to have friends/love...LET US FIX THAT...
🦊 Familiar Stat-up ➟ Need more chances for him to try and master shifting to dog/being a good familiar! Hell, anyone who needs a familiar to bond with COME ON DOWN

Specific CR for the trials: Honestly I'd like him to get fucked at the hot springs festivals...he needs to loosen up

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ Well this will go great for his mental state lmao...he's going to be very anxious and irritable at first, then pretty despondent if it keeps looping...but he's a kind guy, he won't be able to avoid trying to make things better for someone else suffering.
🦊 Dance Party ➟ He's not really a vacation/party kind of guy, so he'll be unsteady and awkward until the magic hits - good wallflower conversationalist, great to tease and goad into trying new things!
🦊 Safe Space ➟ He rly needs to work on this, and given the way things went when he was stuck in a memory, he's unfortunately going to assume this is a setup for some kind of mental torture trial.

Trial Accomplishments:

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ I want to do a nice thing for someone/accept a nice thing from someone c:
🦊 Dance Party ➟ Country music makeouts/one-night stand with some goofs for morning after ✌
🦊 Safe Space ➟ Understand this concept through someone else's space...navigate it with that person

Trial Failures:

No!!!! Nice February!!!!

Timeline of Trials: Time's fake, we party when we party and that's THAT

Kaneki Ken / Tokyo Ghoul / Familiar

[enucleation]

OOC information
Player Name: Juu
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: juuvi, vilani#5684, or PM
Preferred Tag Style: Action but can do prose as well. Can't do past tense however!
Monthly Pacing: My pacing is always all over the place!
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Not interested in romantic cr


General character information
Character Name: Ken Kaneki
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊 Opt-Out

Character Role: Familiar

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Kaneki is able to turn into 4 animals (Centipede, Stubby squid, Potoo and dog), however he is only able to control his centipede transformation. All other transformations come at random and he often gets stuck in them.
🦊 Exploring ➟ I still haven't had the chance to turn him into a Potoo, so I'd love for that to happen.

Public Knowledge: Kaneki's day to day

🦊 ➟ Not human (well, he's half human, but he never fully explained), now open about his nature as a Ghoul
🦊 ➟ Lives in Cruel Summer over Dirk's ranch. He has a greenhouse there.
🦊 ➟ Spends most of his time in Kuma Lisa, both studying and at the library.
🦊 ➟ Serious mental health issues

General CR information
Wanted CR: I am fine with both negative and positive cr. Any cr is welcome and while Kaneki is a very nice boy and tends mostly to positive cr, I'd love to spice things up, though!

🦊 ➟ Friends with non-humans. or with humans too tbh, Kaneki needs friends REAL BAD
🦊 ➟ Mentors, found family, parental figures
🦊 ➟ Sparring. Both his physical powers and his healing powers.
🦊 ➟ Books and philosophy. Kaneki loves reading and loves talking about his books
🦊 ➟ Extroverts who will get out of his shell
🦊 ➟ Monster hunters and those who would not be happy with a cannibal around.
🦊 ➟ Trauma sharing; Ken has a lot of it.

Unwanted CR: No romance
Goals For Your Character: get him to RELAX. Kaneki is back from his canon update and he is truly not okay - he needs to relearn what it means to be relaxed, to relearn not to be always ready to fight, and relearn that the world can be kind. basically, Kaneki needs to CHILL.


Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: Kaneki is STILL not happy with Thirteen. He is in fact extremely angry. I do hope to calm him down a bit with this low intensity month. Mostly, I want him to go back to the mindset that Thirteen, being who she is, doesn't really understand the harm she is doing with some of her trials. Kaneki never had love for her, and currently he his hostile towards her due to his own canon update. I hope he can eventually just accept Thirteen is just downright neutral and that's it.

Trial Accomplishments: Kaneki will be participating in all the trials.

🦊 Over and over and over again ➟ A genuine act of kindness is surprisingly easy for Kaneki. I'd love for this to be mututal, though, perhaps two characters helping each other.
🦊 Most fun I ever had ➟ I really REALLY want kaneki to relax more, specially with this prompt. I'm not interested in nsfw, but would love to do a lot of those songs! Pop, Jazz, metal, are my favs. I can offer Kaneki to be affected or him reacting to someone affected.
🦊 How the world works ➟ Kaneki's safe space has changed! It's now the library Dirk built for him. I'd love to have someone explore it/talk about stuff, or have him see someone's safe space as well. No soulmate bonding, though!

Timeline of Trials: Winging it!

[seacub]

Friendddddshippppp-

Emporio's not ever been to Cruel Summer and I don't think he's likely to check it out this particular month but! Vague-plan wise it'd be neat for them to meet in person I think, not the least of which because it would probably be good for book chatter. Let them be nerds, show him the books, books are so good,

Anyway good thing that party exists to shove introverts into social situations.

Actually come to think that could work rather well with Metal Music given all Metal does is make telepathy happen... ...thread prompt your brain is suddenly bouncing trivia back and forth with another brain, fantastic,

Heather's Boys

[morethanatrickster]

OOC information
Player Name: Heather
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: vikael#0221 or PM
Preferred Tag Style: I'll match whatever
Monthly Pacing: I can be slow, no doubt about that, but I try to get to my tags at least every 3-4 days
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: I don't think I want to kill anyone off this time around, otherwise, anything is fair game

Loki | MCU | Canon | Myth

[morethanatrickster]

General character information
Character Name: Loki Laufeyson Odinson
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊 Opt-Out
OOC Intro? 🦊 n/a

Character Role: Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Loki's characteristics manifest as horns curving from his temples that look a lot like his visor.
🦊 Exploring ➟ I'd like to see him start doing more heroic things, and start (very slowly) to begin leaning more toward Legend

Public Knowledge:

🦊 Villain ➟ Anyone who's had a conversation with one of the Avengers about their world are free to know whatever they may have shared about Loki that they know
🦊 Instructor ➟ He teaches magic at Baba Yaga

General CR information
Wanted CR: I'm always game for CR that pushes his limits, or forces unwanted feelings on him. I'd like to find more people he feels comfortable being himself around (though it may be best if those people have loose morals, given the things he's done). He's not precisely the most apologetic when it comes to his past. He regrets some of it, but not all of it. That being said, I'm down with antagonistic as well as friendly CR. He may have a bit of romance already working in his favor, but we'll see how it goes~

Unwanted CR: None!

Goals For Your Character

🦊 Redemption ➟ so, so slow-burn. It hasn't even started, but I'd like to start getting the ball rolling in the direction of him being more selfless.

Specific CR for the trials

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Time Loop ➟ Loki is 100% going to be stuck in a time loop and after much much trial and error, will need a genuinely selfless act to snap him out of it. I'd love to use this as the catalyst to his slowly becoming a slightly better person. If anyone would like to be a victim, please let me know!

Trial Accomplishments

🦊 Aiding Someone for freedom goodness ➟ I don't know what he can do to save someone, or do something completely selfless, but I want this to happen!

Trial Failures

None! I'd like him to accomplish being selfless and get free from his time loop.

Timeline of Trials: Let people know whether you are following a certain timeline or you're free gaming it.

🦊 Time Loop ➟ It obviously will happen on the 13th.
🦊 I'm game for him to be involved in anything else, or even gen stuff! Free-gaming it, of course.

Tseil | Kei (Cristo), Aoi Shibuya, Daia, and Sheik)

[amonsterbyanyothername]

OOC information
Player Name: Tseil
Player Pronouns: He/Him
Player Contact: Tseil
Preferred Tag Style: I tend to write prose, but I'll match either.
Monthly Pacing: Challenging myself to get on top of it this month!
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Breaking my characters is usually a pretty hard no. But please pertain to each characters permissions on specifics.

Kei (Cristo)

[amonsterbyanyothername]

General character information
Character Name: Kei
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Familiar.

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Winged arms (similar to a Rito's) and long tail feathers resembling the Long-Tailed Glossy Starling.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Kei getting used to just being around people, for the most part right now. I'd like him to have deeper connections with some since most of his relationships are kind of not-as-deep back home.

Public Knowledge: Kei's looking for a job, as he posted to the network. He's also going to probably go to school once or twice a week to try and get a hang on Familiar abilities and transformations. Right now, he's living in Talaria. He just got here, and he's relatively secretive, so there's a good number of things that he won't talk about up front. But if he's pestered, he can be wittled down to talk more about things. It would not take much to realise he's skilled in martial arts.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Down for pretty much anything. I'm always down for negative CR just as much as positive. Most wanted would be people who want a mum-parent type to dote on them and those who might try to get Kei out of his shell.

Unwanted CR: I'm really only against CR that would reveal to him that he isn't human (at least until further notice). This is in my permissions as well.

Goals For Your Character: Get settled, for the most part. He's doing his best. Of course, there will be lots of opportunities to reveal that Kei is so much stronger than he looks, has rapid healing, etc. He wants to live a normal life (but he's not going to get to, much to his chagrin). So I plan to put him in lots of awkward positions that give him no choice but to participate.

Specific CR for the trials: Idk, manic-pixie-dream types? That would be fun. Otherwise, open to anything.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: How do you want your character to learn about the trials? What does your character think of them—what do they think Thirteen's goals are, what are their goals, and how do those differ? How does this affect their thoughts/feelings on Thirteen, Folkmore, their role, etc?

🦊 Endless Day ➟ Just his normal "you got tossed here to do what you do best" threads. It won't be too hard for him to do a genuine act of kindness, though it might take someone helping him figure it out, since he's pretty laid back. He's used to being a hero and saving people as good deeds, and will otherwise just mind his own business.
🦊 Dance Party ➟ He'll end up here somehow, probably by accident. But hey, he's usually along for the ride. Open to pretty much all music style prompts, though I don't think Classical will get much out of him as he's aromantic. I'm also down with him getting pulled to the skating rink.
🦊 Safe Space ➟ Boy, I love these. Kei's safe space is usually his home back in his world. Should be cozy enough for just two people; it's very minimalist. Kei would probably share things such as his job back home killing monsters, dealing with the weirdness that Towa was before Kei was brought here, a problem with him trying to set boundaries and no one listening to his Nos (which is a real problem back home) and just learning to cope with it, or some vague memories of being in a bright room with a bed, like a hospital in a laboratory.

Trial Accomplishments: Connecting with others would be a pretty good one, just to get some feel for CR with him. Anyone to mum would be a bonus, or finding someone who shares his love of super-dramatic spicy food. (Good luck surviving his spicy recipes).

Trial Failures: I dunno. I probably won't have him "fail" any specific one.

Timeline of Trials: Let people know whether you are following a certain timeline or you're free gaming it.
Oh, I will absolutely freegame this. I'll post for events, but no real strict time frames for me.

Ley │ Esteban

[crowneddragon]

OOC information
Player Name: Ley
Player Pronouns: She/her
Player Contact: LaureLey, LaureLey#5044, or PM
Preferred Tag Style: Prose. I TRY to match action, but it has a bit more prose than usual through it. I never expect anyone to keep up with my wordcount (especially when I get excited), so please don't let it intimidate or worry you!
Monthly Pacing: Tags usually answered within 24 hours, though I have bad days. Over 4 days is unusual.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Negative CRs for the sake of negative CRs, extreme gore isn't my cup of tea, but I'm open to discussing a level of blood/damage that would be acceptable for the situation.

Esteban | Legend

[crowneddragon]

General character information
Character Name: Esteban
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions. I don't have an Opt-in, Opt-out, but I'm just a PM away if there's any need.
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Legend.

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Esteban has golden lines marbling his skin near his eyes, and his irises shimmer a bit. His eyes are a very striking shade of blue.
🦊 Discussions ➟ I'd like him to find people that need someone to remind them that being a good person doesn't mean always putting everyone else ahead of their own self-care. Esteban isn't the best at voicing this, but he wants people to do things that they love, even if it ends up coming across as them being selfish. He does tend to do this regardless of people's situations, so he can come off as callous, and you can play on that for sure!

Public Knowledge: Fairly recent arrival! He got here at the beginning of January.

🦊 [Housing] ➟ Esteban currently shares a house with Daia (diamondsfortears) in Talaria. He doesn't intend to stay there for too long, but it's a good base for now while they explore the lands around.
🦊 [Dating?] ➟ He and Daia are pretty close, but not dating currently. Feel free to read it as ambiguous!
🦊 [Cold] ➟ He doesn't seem to feel the cold much! Despite the biting winds and the colder months, he's wearing a short woolen hood that comes up to just a bit past his elbows, paired with fingerless gloves, a warm waistcoat and a scarf.
🦊 [Explorer] ➟ Esteban can be seen wandering the edges of the Lakes and Cruel Summer. He's not prepared for deep exploration yet, but he spends short overnight trips once in a while. Sometimes Daia is with him too.
🦊 [Prancing Pony] ➟ He likes to go there semi-often to catch up with rumors and have a drink in the evening. Maybe once a week or so.

General CR information
Wanted CR: I'm mostly searching for people to have a light-hearted/silly CRs with. Shitpost with me! I want to learn to leave seriousness behind and just laugh at my own character! I don't do it really well right now, but I'm trying to learn!

Esteban is searching for friends of any kind! He likes finding people to look after, or kids that need a bit of a safe person to cry to. Found Family is great around him, though he wouldn't really know how to put it into words.

Unwanted CR: Negative CR for negative's sake. Romantic CRs; Esteban has a not boyfriend he's taking things slow with. Trying really hard to take things slow with. He might flirt a bit, but he won't mean anything too deep.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Semi-mortal ➟ Esteban's lifespan is... long. He knows he'll die one day, but his best guess is that he might die around 400-500 years old. A lot of his character is driven by the difference between his lifespan with other people's; he gets attached fast because he knows that he is doomed to lose the people that he loves. A few deep friendships to at least approach this would be great.
🦊 VoidTreckers ➟ Previously, Esteban was in the VoidTrecker Express game. He's lost a large number of people he was truly close to, and it stings. He's not actually aware of it yet, but he's avoiding thinking too hard about it, and is currently jumpy at the idea of loss again.
🦊 Festival times!~ ➟ Long-term goals, Esteban wants to bring festivals to Folkmore! I'm hoping to start one up in June; Here's a bit of an example to my chaotic thoughts. And here's an ongoing attempt to write a festival down. I still have to work on it more, but it can serve as a template.

Anyone suggesting planning, themes and other skillsets would be very welcome!

Specific CR for the trials: New CRs welcome! "Old" CRs welcome! He's still getting to know a lot of his new friends =3

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Groundhog day ➟ Esteban can and will readily help out someone stuck in a time loop. He's unlikely to get stuck in one himself, but he can suspend his disbelief and try to help anyone lost in one!
🦊 Dance Party - Pop! ➟ So, he's been very horny and a little in love. He's struggling. And he refuses to go home with those two words over his head, thanks! He wouldn't panic, but he'd definitely be at a loss over these bloody words and how to get rid of them! He might do a few Dumb things to try and remove the words.
🦊 Dance Party - Metal, Rap and Hip-hop! ➟ This sounds like so much fun! Anyone mind-linked with Esteban will find his thoughts dizzying and fast, jumping from three different things in the snap of a second. For rap, COME AT ME, I want to try making Esteban (Not A Rhymer) make it work. It will be Ridiculous, and it will be Hilarious! Esteban will roll with it and have fun himself, even if it's a bit embarrassing.
🦊 Skating Ring ➟ I like the idea of him pole-dancing in the skating ring. Not likely to follow NSFW threads though, since he's taken.
🦊 Safe Space ➟ Esteban has lost a lot of people, and he doesn't talk about them often. He's struggling with that loss right now, and he's not really aware of it, and doesn't know how to handle it.

Esteban's safe space would be his hoard: a mountain of knicknacks and baubles that aren't physical objects, usually, but a representation of the people he's loved and lost. His hoard doubles as a cemetery. Dealing with this is extremely touchy, seeing as there is no true "solution" to his problems, but talking about it should already be helpful (though he won't immediately start on that, because he doesn't realize he is troubled by it again.) Anyone helping would get his attention, and Esteban always want to return the favour to those who helped him out.

Trial Accomplishments: What are you interested in your character accomplishing in these trials? What are their successes/wins? How does this affect their potential as their role or their arcs? How might they help others?

🦊 Grief ➟ Esteban needs to realize that he's grieving again, and that his attachment to Daia is a bit unhealthy. I'm hoping to get him at least started on processing that grief and rebalancing his relationship in a more healthy way.
🦊 Have a good time! ➟ Help out others! Have a good time! Laugh at himself! He's ready for it!

Timeline of Trials: Free game!

Enrico Pucci | JJBA: Stone Ocean | Familiar

[heaven_sent]

OOC information
Player Name: Star
Player Pronouns: He/Him
Player Contact: rustedpoetry, StarShiranui#1615
Preferred Tag Style: Either, will match partner
Monthly Pacing: A little slow since my PC has decided to die for Reasons I Am Still Figuring Out so I'm using a bluetooth keyboard on my phone.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Good with any of the things, though anything sexual/romantic will be, uh, with a lot of inherent blockades.

General character information
Character Name: Enrico Pucci
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions w/opt-in and out
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Familiar

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Currently only able to accidentally change into a komondor dog and hopefully soon a black panther
🦊 Exploring ➟ Trying to control both of these forms instead of just kind of randomly changing into them. It's emotionally tied, not that he knows this yet.

Public Knowledge: The only thing he's really said publicly is that, well, he's a priest. He hasn't even said his name, he's a mess and a half right now.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Positive influences would be cool since most of this dude's adult life has been spent dealing with inmates in a prison, manipulating the hell out of people to do his will, and literally being a zealot jackhole. Wouldn't be against the slowest of slowburn building into a ship with someone, but that will depend on a lot. Also people that will quietly push him out of his comfort levels and reminders that he doesn't have to keep to the whole priest thing.

Unwanted CR: N/A. Bring it all on.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Tihs doofus realizing that he can literally do whatever he wants to do here instead of holding onto his past. Both in regards to his profession as well as the goal he'd been working towards (and, uh, failed hard) for twenty-three years or so.
🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Making this man an actual member of society instead of constantly thinking that there is always a catch and people are out for their own interests at all times. There's a lot of, uh, opt-in trauma that might be associated with this, so this is probably super long term.

Specific CR for the trials: It probably won't go as perfectly as I might want, but putting this man in situations he is not comfortable with so he has to look at himself and figure out how to survive/handle it/learn a thing or two is always my favorite thing with idiots like this. He is thirty-nine and doesn't understand half this shit, send help.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ Oh this one is hilarious since his Stand specifically fucks with time in general. It won't take him long to pick up on what's going on as he always has a specific plan and layout for how his days go. It comes with being some kind of compulsion that canon has shown us. Meaning he will do whatever it actually takes to fix this nonsense. And be super annoyed forever that MiH can't actually give him any real purchase against this time shenanigans. Thanks, Thirteen, he hates being nerfed like this (it's for his own good).
🦊 Hot Springs/Roller Rink➟ Only not interested in the hip-hop one because Iam not that creative out here, y'all. But I'm interested in all of the others as might come up in thread because it'll be a whole case of him having to come to terms with some kind of thing and he really needs that. Also, uh, don't expect him to be interested in the costumes or actual dance aspects of things, he's more content to watch and partake of the actual springs than the frivolities. Something something stick in the mud something something.

Also in regards to the roller rink:he's going to think that a safe bet when it, obviously, isn't. And quietly balk at every single thing in there and trying his best to find the nearest corner to bunker down in and try to find his way out. Even though, uh, he might actually be curious about some of it, this is entirely headcanon but this man was literally weird friends with a manipulative narcissistic very overly sexual man as a teenager, okay. Who knows what'll happen here, but this is probably going to be a hell of a thing for him to stumble into.

Trial Accomplishments:

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ I'd actually like for him to have to find deep down what will actually be a selfless act for himself. It's been a long time since he's had to actually be confronted with that. So slowly bringing him back around to why he had originally wanted to help people in the first place.
🦊 Hot Springs ➟ I just want this man to actually open up since he's been masking and pretending for such a long time that being thrown out of his comfort zone will do him some good. If it comes with him accidentally breaking or almost breaking some of his vows from when he was young, then all the better.
🦊 Roller Rink ➟ See above with the hot spring, lmfao. But no, seriously, I am all about the comfort zone and him having to question why he had done the things he'd done in the past. He had made vows against dealing with this kind of nonsense when he was young before any of this was even a thought in his head. And between being reminded of these things existing, of his own human nature, and remembering some of the situations he'd been in with a man who he had a hell of a crush on (seriously), he's going to have a lot of things to think about and question his own "morals" on. Or if those are really his morals to begin with.

Trial Failures:

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ I don't see this one particularly failing for him since it's really just digging into himself to remember how this works. BUT him having to be reminded of how good works in general is really its own failure in his mind. Or, well, if he manages to notbe able to figure it out on his own and need someone else's help. He's going to initially try and cheat by using Made in Heaven, which won't go well for him, I'm sure.
🦊 Hot Springs ➟ OH THIS ONE. So I'd find it the most hilarious if he doesn't actually get to work through anything here. Or, well, for the country one in particular if he's left without being able to do anything about it. Since, well, his own brain and "morals" will probably get in the way. The others will be mostly due to his own mental blocks he constantly has up and his hesitance to open up legitimately to anyone. He'll make masks, false memories, anything of the sort, to avoid letting anyone in.
🦊 Roller Rink ➟ I expect he's going to just be left internally screaming here which is a failure of its own and torture for this poor doofus of a man. That's about as bad as it can really get for him.

Timeline of Trials: The answer is the same for all of them, I'm just freestyling it out here.

[sharehappy]

I THINK PUCCI DESERVES TO BE A HOE

also if you wanna do game ko n pucci stuff i am So down for roller rink shenanigans ldsjhdsbkj ko just like. with his titties out like "what ails you, stranger"

Steve Rogers | MCU | ota

[pursuitofcappiness]

OOC information
Player Name: Xy
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: assemble or PM
Preferred Tag Style: either
Monthly Pacing: should be good!
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Not that I can think of but I'll let you know

General character information
Character Name: Steve Rogers
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions/Opt-in/out

Character Role: Legend

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Has wings and halo, doesn't often bring them out
🦊 Exploring ➟ Could go for a flight!

Public Knowledge: Runs Avengers compound which is like a community hub situation, does art in his spare time, lives in Lapine, usually has flowers in his beard, studying to be a wizard

General CR information
Wanted CR: Good with almost everything but particularly looking to build strong friendships

Unwanted CR: Antagonists are ok but no sworn enemies pls!

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ He is currently here for vibes
🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Eventually I'll come up with an arc

Specific CR for the trials: Anything!! I'm not really looking for Steve to have sex despite some of the sexual prompts, but flirting is a-ok (from adults). Please note he is very bad at this/oblivious, so I am sorry in advance.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Over and over again ➟ Steve is constantly doing kind things so I don't anticipate he'll be in a loop for long. But he'll be happy to help yours achieve a kindness to get them out of it!
🦊 Why's it feel so good ➟

Classical Please I love this, I don't even know what feelings Steve is hiding but I just want him to puke up some flowers
Rock This could be fun! I do want to reiterate that I am not really looking for sexual CR but I think it'd be fun for Steve to have a big stupid crush for a few hours. Also could play this the other way around or with a mutual infatuation! Depending on how close they are, there might be awkward morning after "it's not you it's me" conversation.
Jazz This one's fine too, but I don't think it will last very long because Steve doesn't mind giving hugs. I guess if your character is very physical-affection averse!
Rap Okay, I know this is not part of the prompt, but someone PLEASE get in a complimentary rap battle with Steve. He has no flow. He does not understand modern slang. But I am begging.

🦊 They say I did something bad ➟ I don't know what Steve is doing here. But I drew his outfit so he's showing up at least for a little bit. He will not be comfortable, he just wants to skate. Also yes I was too lazy to draw the beard, but he still has one.

[siriusly]

let's groundhog day together!!! and build something together as a good deed to be free c:

edward teach | our flag means death | myth

[fxckery]

OOC information
Player Name: Qi
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: retconnd or other pm this account
Preferred Tag Style: I'm not picky! tbh either way I'll probably be shitposting my way through the tags :')
Monthly Pacing: A bit better than January!
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Have at me!

General character information
Character Name: Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role: Myth.

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ He's spent his life literally cultivating this wild and violent aesthetic that already fits, but now he's got narwal horns (pointed back like a goat's do) and a few rows of radula teeth as well.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Also he's spent his life literally cultivating "being the villain" and was just recently confronted with Other Options while simultaneously having the person who started his Other Options journey with, so living in that struggle is delicious to me. He just got his biffle bestie spouse plopped back into his life to be the worst influence about it, but I'm very here for his other CR to keep dragging him kicking and screaming toward growth.

Public Knowledge:

🦊 Name ➟ He's historically been very sloppy about introducing himself as "Blackbeard" or "Edward" on sort of whatever whim strikes him whenever, so folks definitely call him either/both. Side note: he specifically doesn't introduce himself as "Ed." Anyone who remembers Stede probably has heard him referred to as "Ed," but he will not be pleased by most people calling him that to his face.
🦊 Fit & Vibes ➟ He's wearing all the leather all of the time, and he's wearing black on black on black. Other important trademarks are big ol' beard, big ol' hair, and big ol' covered in tattoos.
🦊 Adaptivity ➟ Now that it's cold, he'll probably be walking a little awkwardly (the brace on his bad knee is visible but also black on black), although less so than before because folks are maybe helping get in a new one and other folks are probably actually taking care of it now. Also "new" (post-1718) tech is baffling to him, but he's learning in fits and starts because of all his modern friends, and because a kind soul helped set up his relic so he can just yell at it and it'll do reading/writing for him.
🦊 Usual Haunts ➟ He lives alone in a cabin out in Gram, and he's just recently acquired a big ol' boat to sit in the lake nears his cabin. It hasn't sailed around much yet, but it's definitely there. Looming. Looming while Edward specifically jumps around on it laughing loudly and gleefully.
🦊 Usual Activities ➟ He's often chilling at the fight pits, because he's been hemorrhaging people who will punch him in the face and enjoy being punched in the face by him. He also haunts around food and tends to be randomly lounging in high places (particularly his own roof). As mentioned above, he's also jumping around on his new ship very often, despite the winter of it all.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Buddies to punch and be punched by. Buddies to drink with. Not-quite-buddies who want to be in a pirate crew! Not-at-all-buddies who think he's a bad dude and will tell him to his face (and then there's probably punching)! Misc mentees he can impart his ancient wisdoms to!! Honestly particularly mentees and folks he can bully into being in a gang of thugs with him. The hole in his heart is mostly "his crew" shaped, so he's really looking for folks to boss around and maybe do a bit of light casual crime with.

Unwanted CR: Nothing really, but let's be good and ooc-communication-y about negative nonsense.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Confronting his own narrative! Edward has carefully curated himself into an idea that's bigger than a person. Time with his new canon bestie was beginning to make him question how much he actually is the idea vs a distinct human person and what all that even means for his life. Coming here has upped that ante because it's like! a key PvE question!! Now that his other canon bestie is here, he's regressing, but I'd like to keep pushing him into situations where he keeps grappling with who he's made himself into vs who he actually is vs who he could be vs who he wants to be. It'll require a lot of soft CR growth and also a lot of really ugly CR growth for his backsliding.

Trial+ information

🦊 Trial ➟ There's just been a big clean, so he doesn't need anything for himself, but if anyone needs stories for the trader's market? He's got 10000000. He has so many. He genuinely likes telling them. They're fun. Come ask him to buy you things via story it'll probably go well.
🦊 Trial ➟ He probably won't head to the party on his own, but if any of his CR wants to drag him because he's deep in his grumping now, I'd love for him to have a bit of silliness and dancing in his life.
🦊 Non-Trial ➟ At the beginning of the month, Izzy showed up! It's great! As he announced to whomever, they made a big fire as part of reunioning! Anyone who wants to inquire, have a bonfire, or get into a pirate brawl is welcome to come bother them about it. It's already going super well and full of violence because of course it is. :')

Esteban | OC │ Legend

[crowneddragon]

Oh, wow, Esteban would love to meet him! He loves stories, and he'd be thrilled to learn to sail from a real pirate! He also has a drink semi-often at the Prancing Pony, so they're likely to meet there.

He is not here for the punching, though. He doesn't like it. If Blackbeard swings, he'd retaliate, but he'll hate it.

I don't think Esteban will be very helpful for Blackbeard's growth, he might be too soft for that, but we could get surprised by it! If that sounds like fun to you, let me know!

John Egbert | Homestuck | Familiar

[heirlift]

OOC information
Player Name: Tyrian
Player Pronouns: they/them
Player Contact: nauticals
Preferred Tag Style: Either, but if pressed, prose preferred
Monthly Pacing: This week and next are especially busy, otherwise I try to hit my inbox once a day.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: No specific prompts or topics.

General character information
Character Name: John Egbert
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role: Familiar

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ most often manifests in bunny features, include big ears and a tail. Sometimes has bunny tendencies like stomping when he's upset. Sometimes he likes to go full bunny to avoid his problems. He's also practicing at a dog form. He has previously turned into a half-horse (centaur...) on accident, and won't be trying it again until the snow clears.
🦊 Exploring ➟ His next form will probably be full horse. I also have a bird and a bug on his transformation goals, but no plans to incorporate those yet.

Public Knowledge: What can other characters readily know about yours? What can people reference without checking in with you? Examples include job, school, where they live, etc.

🦊 School ➟ John is attending School of Thoth as a student. He is also taking sign language classes on the side!
🦊 Work ➟ Currently jobless and probably going to be that way for a while. More tenured Star Children might recognize him from the orchard back in September, where he ran a coffee stall with Kaneki.
🦊 Home ➟ John lives in an apartment in Satori Hills with Dave.
🦊 Community ➟ While he doesn't really go out of his way to find community service opportunities, when they present themselves, he's happy to help out. Some folks might have caught him piloting a Naturmech with Kyle.
🦊 Emmy ➟ Emmy (short for Her Majesty the Empress Von Scuttlebutt) is John's pet salamander but probably not the kind of salamander you're thinking. She loves grasshoppers and pudding, and she knows how to open doors, so she sometimes escapes. With the colder weather, she's been staying inside. John insists that she can talk but the only other people who have heard it are Dirk and Dave and do you really want to trust the Striders? Anyway, it's occasionally possible to find her ambling about, mostly the halls of the apartment building until the snow clears.
🦊 Flight ➟ You also may have spotted him flying about without wings. Notably, he often has a very long hood that looks like a wind sock or banner so it's pretty noticeable when he's flying low.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Would love more friends and maybe some dadly types because he still misses his dad. :( That's going to be more poignant in April, but I'd like to set some foundations now. (April is his birthday and. His dad died on his birthday so.) I'm not actively looking for rivals, but if something crops up, I'm open to it! He can be pretty bratty so it's not out of the question.

Unwanted CR: His love life is complicated enough. If you want to woo this young man, you're going to have to take a number.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Love Life ➟ It's the perfect time of year for it. John really needs to get his romantic bullshit sorted out and fast because it is becoming very awkward in his apartment.
🦊 Be a Helper ➟ I'd like for him to try taking a more proactive role in helping out and helping build up the community. Gotta make Mr. Rogers proud!
🦊 Be the Shoulder ➟ John's recent drama has taken over a lot of his conversations. I really want to get him on the other side of that equation, where he's the one supporting someone else. Either paying it back or paying it forward.

Specific CR for the trials: Nothing trial-specific other than what's already been mentioned!

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: How do you want your character to learn about the trials? What does your character think of them—what do they think Thirteen's goals are, what are their goals, and how do those differ? How does this affect their thoughts/feelings on Thirteen, Folkmore, their role, etc?

🦊 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ➟ John's pretty sure he's seen this movie before. A few times. He'll probably be surprised that the fox would concoct something so similar to a beloved Earth movie but other than that, it's just another frustration in a long line of them. At least nothing's trying to kill them.
🦊 MOST FUN I EVER HAD ➟ Who doesn't love a party? That said, John wonders if they can ever just have a NORMAL party without spiked drinks or... spiked music, he guesses.
🦊 HOW THE WORLD WORKS ➟ This will be a weird one for John because I don't think he'll have the same experience as a lot of other people. He doesn't really have what he would consider a safe space, so it's likely to take the form of a safer space, or possibly something more esoteric like... in the sky. On some clouds perhaps. He feels safest when flying.

Trial Accomplishments:

🦊 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ➟ Since I want him to be more proactive in community service, this is a good opportunity to dip his toes in. Though his primary "good deed" might very well be helping other Star Children who aren't familiar with the concept, telling them what they need to do, and assisting them if their act of kindness needs an extra set of hands.
🦊 MOST FUN I EVER HAD ➟ Who's gonna makeout with him to Save a Horse (Ride A Cowboy)? Country, Classical, Hip-hop, and Electronic could have some fun growth opportunities for him. He is also having a ~sexual awakening~ and while he will be very cautious about what he eats or drinks, I'd love for him to intentionally engage in some of what the roller rink has to offer.
🦊 HOW THE WORLD WORKS ➟ Well, John has a lot of areas to improve in, so that's a plus. This would be a good space for anyone wanting to take a parental/older sibling/mentor kind of role, because he has a lot of baggage in that area and will be more willing to talk about it then his relationship drama.

Trial Failures:

🦊 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ➟ ...he's probably going to be stubborn for at least a few loops after he figures it out and go do some stupid stuff for the hell of it. It would be real funny if he pranked someone unaffected, thinking it won't matter, only to have them remember the next day...
🦊 MOST FUN I EVER HAD ➟ I want this to be a positive experience for him, so likely no major failures in this realm, other than being awkward.
🦊 HOW THE WORLD WORKS ➟ Without the right kind of encouragement, he's probably going to be pretty stubborn about talking through his problems. Or rather, he's in denial that he even has them. He's experienced a lot of trauma that he just tries to ignore, and he will not be willing to think about it. The twisting of his safe space could involve a storm, tornado, destructive winds, etc.

Timeline of Trials: Time isn't real. It was made up by Big Quartz to sell more watches.

[electricyousei]

If he needs another teen yeared type who is totally not dealing with the loss of parents well, Ruri is there. She's kind of lost hers to mad science shenanigans over normal things, but she's totally not messed up by it either. At all. Nope!

Marc Spector | MCU's Moon Knight | Familiar

[fistofvengeance]

OOC information
Player Name: Meowzy
Player Pronouns: She/her
Player Contact: Meowzy, Meowzy#8807
Preferred Tag Style: Either!
Monthly Pacing: Pretty speedy! I try to clear out my entire inbox at least once a day.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Disinterest in writing smut, alas. I'm willing to handwave it if it ever gets to that point for my guy, though (Haha... Hah). Anything else is fair game!

General character information
Character Name: Marc Spector
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Familiar!

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ He can transform into a pretty dapper cat and at the moment, he's still struggling to control the actual transformation. He tends to get stuck as the cat for a while.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Apart from the cat troubles, he's adjusting to several things. The first is that he no longer has a violent Egyptian god breathing down his neck, telling him to break people's windpipes. The second is that he got separated from his alters and now has to go at life alone. The third is that he doesn't know what this full potential stuff is meant to be and he's worried that without direction or Steven's kind influence in his life, he's never going to reach whatever it is he's meant to reach.

Public Knowledge:

🦊 Living space & haunts ➟ He lives in Satori Hills, apartment 303. Currently goes to the Prancing Pony pub sometimes in the evening for drinks. Other than that he's still exploring and trying to find where/how he fits in, if at all.

General CR information
Wanted CR: I hate being one of Those People, but... anything. He's very versatile. You wanna try to get to know this emotionally-constipated man better, pry at him. You want a drinking buddy, he's your guy. You wanna pick a fight with him, he'll fight back (IZZY).

Unwanted CR: N/A

Goals For Your Character: What are things you as a player want to accomplish for your character? What arcs are you developing?

🦊 Identity ➟ He just got through a whole thing in Moon Knight where he came to terms with who he is as a person, and the damage his past trauma has done to him. Now it feels like all that progress has been undone. Steven's support was what got him to accept he could be better, and now Steven's gone, so. Now he has to soul search all over again.
🦊 Friendships ➟ He spent a very long time keeping people at arm's length for a multitude of reasons, from putting them in danger to them betraying him, to the fear someone would find out about his mental health issues. Now getting him to open up is like that meme where you open a tin can and there's another tin can inside. He really needs a close pal to talk to, but wouldn't actively seek them out because that's just not in his nature.

Specific CR for the trials: During the trial, what are you looking for in particular? What kind of CR you don't wish to focus on this time? Let people know here!

Trial information/accomplishments
Trial Reactions & Goals: III am still getting settled in the game and February is already a busy month for me, so I might not top-level and instead just tag out here and there. I'm open to suggestions and whatnot!

Re: Marc Spector | MCU's Moon Knight | Familiar

[captains_hands]

He an Izzy need to be in forced proximity at some point

Ruri Hoshino | Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness | Legend

[electricyousei]

OOC information
Player Name: Ben
Player Pronouns: He/Him
Player Contact: yuiichikayama
Preferred Tag Style: I tend to default to prose, but I can match action
Monthly Pacing: Weekdays I'm usually good during the day, weekends I try to get in a tag or so a day, but I have to watch my kid, so it depends on how hyper he is.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: I'm not much for violence or sex, I tend to be a slow build on relationship things, or there for harmless gags.
General character information
Character Name: Ruri Hoshino

Character Role: Legend, mind you, she finds the whole thing to be absolute rubbish and is rather hard on herself for dealing with being in a space war

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Electric fae wings (no one really has taught her to fly and they only come out when she's not focusing on being emotionally blank)
🦊 Exploring ➟ Ruri is trying to deal with the fact she can use magic. It doesn't exist where she comes from, and she still is 85% certain that somewhere someone is going to force her into a magical girl costume if she can ever use the electric shock she learned on Halloween properly or turn into a dragon from her discussion with one last month and that prospect disturbs the hell out of her.

Public Knowledge: She's mentioned she's in the space force several times, and that she is a princess to enough people that that secret is probably harder to keep than not. She's also mentioned that she is the product of an eugenics program, but other than it had a massive failure rate she hasn't gone into too much about it

General CR information
Wanted CR: Friends, confidants, people to just talk to, people to convince her that the first class at the Baba Yaga's swampy school isn't "Magical Transformations 101" or "Talking animals and you!"

Unwanted CR: I'm good with most everything

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Meeting People ➟ Ruri is a quiet introvert who's super computer back home was the one who got her to do social things. She doesn't have that super computer here so she needs extroverted people to grab her and make her do things. Especially things she'd lineface or complain about.
🦊 Magic Training ➟ A few people have offered to teach her magic/allay her fears of being forced on the panty shot express if she tries. That and flying which she considers magic.

Specific CR for the trials: I always just run with things at trials and such, planning is not exactly my strong suit.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: Ruri will probably take 2 or 3 loops just to figure out that it isn't a joke. She's not sure if the Thirteen are crazy, drunk, or just stupid. So she is slow to identify their tricks unless they are bloody apparent and doesn't like to move on them until she has at least a good feeling she understants what is going on.

🦊 Groundhogs Day! ➟ Ruri is generall a kind person, or at least not malicious without reason. She has no reason not to be nice to anyone, but lacks the personal skills and connections to be truely kind unless it is by accident, or she's gone through several iterations.
🦊 Hot Springs Party ➟ She will probably need to be drug there, but she is good helping her friends back home make cosplay outfits so she does have some sewing skills, and despite the fact that she will not OPENLY ADMIT IT, she was an Idol singer for a bit, so she can do the sing and dance thing. Just that will require being forced to do so. Pop, Metal, and Electronic are probably the best music for her.
🦊 Trader's Market ➟ Ruri has lots of stories. She was on not one, but two ships where the crew was selected for their competancies and had their "Personality defects" ignored. She knows lots of crazy things. She just doesn't think that they're that interesting cause she doesn't quite understand how most people hide their crazy.

Timeline of Trials: I'm free gaming it. Come at me!

Meilin | Dorian Storm | Critical Role

[makingmyway]

OOC information
Player Name: Meilin
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: usamichan13, UsamiChan13#0916
Preferred Tag Style: I tend to lean towards Action, but I'll match Prose if that's what someone prefers
Monthly Pacing: I've been a lot slower lately than I wish I would be. I try to get back to tags within a few days
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Nothing particularly violent please

General character information
Character Name: Dorian Storm
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊 Opt-Out

Character Role: Legend

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ There are always clouds that cover his feet, so it looks like he's walking on them even when he's on the ground, and he can also float and fly on them. His emotions can also be reflected by the clouds and the wind around him (a light breeze when he's happy, stormy clouds when he's angry, etc)
🦊 Exploring ➟ Recently he's found that he's able to travel like a shot of lightning over short distances, so he's trying to practice with that. I'd like to have him actually harness lightning to use as offensive attacks as well

Public Knowledge:

🦊 [Residence] ➟ He'll likely mention how he lives with his friends Orym and Sophie
🦊 [Work] ➟ The main thing he does is play music, and can be found busking just about anywhere playing his lute or mandolin or flute, so people are free to see him around
🦊 [Work] ➟ Recently he's also started working at the Slayer's Cake, so people can find him there too

General CR information
Wanted CR: He could definitely use more friends, and I do especially love found family. Just people he would feel comfortable confiding in. Mentors might be fun, and they don't necessarily have to be older either. People to be a mentor to would also be fun, though he might not feel comfortable with that at first (because people learning from him that is a bad idea don't). Friendly rivals might be interesting too, though nothing too antagonistic. He really just needs more people he can talk to

Unwanted CR: I'd prefer to avoid anything too violent

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Still working on his self-confidence. He's addressed a few things previously, but there's still a lot to work on regarding his own reluctance about being a leader and some of his issues with family and guilt and everything
🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ He's also still working on opening up to more people, which is always a bit difficult for him

Specific CR for the trials: New CR, old CR, I'm down for all of it!

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Over and Over Again ➟ I'm kind of a sucker for time loops, so I'd love for Dorian to get stuck in one. It might take him a while to get unstuck, because he's pretty kind but can be a bit reserved with it sometimes. He'll be fairly annoyed for a while until he can break out of it
🦊 Most Fun I've Ever Had ➟ Man, Dorian is down for a party.

- He'd definitely enjoy the trader's market, and will probably exchange playing music for goods.
- He'll also probably hang around the dance floor a lot, not to dance himself but to just listen to the music, so I'm down for some musical shenanigans. Maybe Rock, Jazz, Metal, or Electronic (and Classical but that's probably with someone specific)
- He has no reason to go to a roller rink, because I don't think he even knows what that is, but I would love for someone to drag him to it. He probably won't really want to have sex with anyone, but he's absolutely not above showing off a bit

🦊 How the World Works ➟ Dorian doesn't have a specific safe place himself (and he's very bad about admitting when he needs help), but he could help someone else and be taken to their safe spot. It might be a bit awkward if he doesn't know them well, especially because dealing with his own emotions is difficult for him, but he'll do his best to try and help the other person

Timeline of Trials: Time is a weird soup

[seacub]

I HAVE VERY LITTLE IDEAS WISE but these two should run into the other so they know they got out through Anti-Hero alright tbh...honestly the market's probably the perfect place for it considering the location

Rezo Greywords | Slayers | Myth

[redprayer]

OOC information
Player Name: Ro
Player Pronouns: She/He/They
Player Contact: rynet_iii or PM, I give my discord upon request.
Preferred Tag Style: Either/or
Monthly Pacing: Unfortunately, I am slow.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Nothing I will never really touch, just give me a head’s up for any like. Serious or triggery topics that may come up.

General character information
Character Name: Rezo Greywords
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions which also double as an opt-out if you prefer!

Character Role: Myth
🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Horns (four in total), fangs, and a vaguely draconic tail that has a strip of fluffy purple fur running down it. I drew a visual ref which you can find here. He has no ability to make them vanish. From the Muting Winter storyline from last month he has obtained a dragon scale pendant which he can use to take on a full-on dragon form, although he generally prefers to use his magic (innate/learned in his old world, not from Folkmore) to deal with danger.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Rezo is someone who, in his day to day life, comes across as a borderline saint because he’s just polite and pleasant and always trying to help and heal people, so I’d kind of like to play with the contrast there between his apparent personality and his assigned role.


Public Knowledge:

🦊 [Oh Hey A Blind Guy] ➟ It’s possible to miss, especially if your character is really oblivious, but Rezo is entirely blind. He walks around with a staff (a plain one, not the khakkhara staff he uses in canon), his relic has a refreshable braille display built into it, he reads books and street signs with his hands, etc.
🦊 [White Mage Teacher] ➟ He recently started teaching at Baba Yaga, and I have a bit of info on his white magic class written here, if you think your character might be in his class. In general, you may have seen him around Baba Yaga or Exile.
🦊 [Home] ➟ He’s picked up a place in Talaria and is generally a quiet neighbor. During January he helped out the general neighborhood by clearing out snow with his magic.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Colleagues, acquaintances, maybe even friends?? Fellow nerds about magic and medicine that he can bond with, mentees who don’t mind a Morally Dubious Mentor, people who need healing, other disabled characters who can maybe help him get a grip on some of his issues, people who see right through him and his Great Sage persona or will with a little time, people who buy it hook line and sinker, etc. Basically, gimme your ideas.

Also I would like him to pet at least one Familiar someday.

Unwanted CR: Nothing I’m opposed to although I try to have a limit to the amount of negative CR I give a character (one or two serious negative relationships can be good, but if it’s the majority of the CR it can get exhausting) and I prefer to see how characters get along in general before I commit to a romantic arc.

Goals For Your Character: I would vaguely like Rezo to travel in an overall upward/positive direction as a person. But y’know, “overall.” I am willing to take a two steps forward one step back kind of approach. In particular, he’s very self-absorbed and prone to getting stuck in his own head, so I’d like to kind of work on drawing him out and getting him to (metaphorically) see other people.


Specific CR for the trials: I’d still love to have someone keep Rezo from getting killed by Fear!Shabranigdu/maybe confront him about wtf the devil thing that looks like him is all about, although it’s early enough in things that he’d probably be reluctant to say much. Other than that, I’d just like him to get to know more people and know the handful he does know in more depth!

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Lingering Fear Itself ➟ Since the Fear Itself event is still in effect, see previous plotting post for details if you’re interested in this: the tl;dr is that Rezo gets/got attacked by the manifestation of his fears with regard to Shabranigdu, a demonic entity that was sealed inside of him in canon, and his Mythic abilities are limited enough he can’t really defend himself.
🦊 Over And Over And Over Again ➟ Rezo’s response to finding himself stuck in a time loop will be to try and do some research at Baba Yaga and run increasingly harebrained tests to try and break it, none of which will work, much like a metaphor for his life. He is capable of genuine kindness, although he has a like. Weird relationship with kindness in general. He’ll probably break out either after some deep soul searching or more likely, by complete accident without realizing what the trigger was.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ He’ll probably be interested in the trader’s market and then check out the dance party just because he’s curious about the music, although he will sadly not be dancing. I like the idea of him being vexed by the Pop prompt showing off his emotions while he can’t see anyone else’s, him being very doctor-ly concerned at someone affected by the Classical prompt, getting knocked off his feet by the Rock prompt as he feels heavy affection for the first time in a long ass while, being freaked out/disoriented by the Metal prompt, and hearing what other people have to say from the Electronic prompt.
🦊 How The World Works ➟ I enjoy the idea of anyone who winds up in his Safe Space having to put up with it being derived from Rezo’s memories, and therefore having no visual data, and THEREFORE from their POV they’re just shunted into utter darkness. Other than that, just toss him at other people so he can try doing his Priestly Best to counsel them.

Trial Accomplishments:

🦊 Lingering Fear Itself ➟ If he survives we’ll take that as a win.
🦊 Over And Over And Over Again ➟ Getting out of the time loop??? Actually talking with someone about what’s going on/getting someone to try and help him.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ I tossed out a couple different ideas above but in particular I think the Rock prompt would be the most beneficial a shock to his system if anyone’s okay with having this jackass being all 💗??!!?!? at your character, although I don’t think it’d be a good idea for it to go far enough that he actually gets laid.
🦊 How The World Works ➟ Actually helping someone talk out their issues because he theoretically should have some ability to do that from his experience as a priest, though it’s probably been a long time since he’s done it properly.

Trial Failures:

🦊 Lingering Fear Itself ➟ Well if we want to traumatize both our characters severely… Him getting killed?
🦊 Over And Over And Over Again ➟ I assume he’ll have to get out of the time loop eventually but maybe if he’s stuck in it long enough he’ll get frustrated and just like. Pitch one of his rare fits where he winds up destroying a room.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ I’m not sure how he could fail this really, short of him getting embarrassed. Which is fine for me because he deserves to be embarrassed a bit.
🦊 How The World Works ➟ Not vibing well with someone and getting the Safe Space collapsed?

Timeline of Trials: Gonna be assuming that things take place chronologically as Fear Itself -> Over and Over > Most Fun I Ever Had > How The World Works, otherwise freegaming.

[siriusly]

please become a doting loving grandpa at a rock concert on this idiot he'll hate it

crystal's sun & moon

[bardicdisaster]

OOC information
Player Name: Crystal
Player Pronouns: They/She
Player Contact: rebreather or PM
Preferred Tag Style: I tend to default to Action, but I will always match my partner and have zero issue with Prose.
Monthly Pacing: Generally speaking, I'm at about my average pace. I tend to be a little slower, but I try to get out at least a few tags a day if nothing else.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Check permissions posts for anything that I would prefer warnings for or a prior discussion about before introducing into a thread. Otherwise, everything is pretty much fair game. Any questions or uncertainty, definitely don't hesitate to reach out. It's never a bother and I appreciate the consideration even if it ultimately ends up not being particularly necessary!

jaskier 🎵 familiar

[bardicdisaster]

General character information
Character Name: Jaskier
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role: Familiar

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Jaskier has finally done the thing and turned into an animal for the first time! He was able to take on the form of a sparrow to try and steal from the dragons last month. Naturally, his plan didn't work, but he got the experience of changing his form. He's not exactly keen on doing it again or trying other forms right now though.

🦊 Exploring ➟ Honestly, the role is something that Jaskier's gonna grow into over time since he's right now just an idiot baby bard. If you need an emotional support bard in these trying times? He's available. No witchers around here, so!!

Public Knowledge:

🦊 Music ➟ I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. It's the only banger he's got in his arsenal right now! But as he writes songs or they come up in threads, I do keep track (no pun intended). So, you're always free to have a point of reference for songs in his rotation whether it's the canon jams, "canon" jams, or music unique to game settings! (Just as a little note, never anticipate that I will ever write any of the lyrics for these things because I am absolutely not lyrically inclined and woof. Woof, nobody needs that.) For now, Jaskier's been performing in familiar settings to himself in terms of taverns/bars. He is also doing some street performances, but he will pretend as though that's not the case. But he's willing to provide the tunes for your social event. He can be convinced to perform other peoples' work since his catalog is so small, but he's absolutely putting his own flair on it whether you want him to or not.

🦊 Familiar Haunts ➟ Jaskier is most often found in Willow more so than anywhere else. (He lives in one of the treehouses. Neighbors are free to complain about the noise from working on music at weird hours of the night because he might not yet be a fantasy rockstar, but he's living that lifestyle already.) Y'all, he basically just graduated university (and will brag about it if asked), so he has z e r o interest in any of the schools be it as a student or teacher. That being said, he could maybe perhaps be convinced to do a little musical tutoring or if you're looking to be a better poet, if anyone's interested in that. Pay him in food tbh and he's happy.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Please gib. Jaskier has so much love to give whether it's friendship, family, or romantic pursuits. I'm down clown with any and all of that because, honestly, I think Jaskier will shrivel and perish if he doesn't have someone to love. So, if you need someone who's very unconditional positive regard/love, this is your emotional support bard. Just note that I play Jaskier as poly if looking to ship whether FWB or something more serious! I'm also cool if anyone wants to start developing a petty rivalry with him. He's more likely to be petty with other artists, particularly if he perceives them as a threat to his spotlight. Otherwise, honestly, Jaskier gets along with more or less everyone.

Unwanted CR: The only thing I'm not particularly interested in contending with is expectations of monogamy in terms of any shipping/hooking up that's going to be a long-term issue. I'm fine if we chat and we wanna do something kinda brief like a misunderstanding that can be cleared up and resolved one way or another (meaning either continuing to hook up, pumping the brakes, and just being friends, or the relationship ends sour!), but it's definitely a pass if it's gonna be a long-term issue that comes up over and over.

Goals For Your Character: What are things you as a player want to accomplish for your character? What arcs are you developing?

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ So, my whole reason for taking Jaskier from such an early canon point is really just to see what happens in terms of his own development outside his friendship with Geralt. (Which is not to say I wouldn't do a lot for a Klondike bar certain witcher to be here!) Jaskier develops so much of himself and his identity around that friendship in canon, so I just thought it'd be neat to see what else can come of it. Particularly as I do plan on eventually updating him to later canon points until eventually having CRAU from Penance. For those that are canon familiar, I am keeping my eyes on pulling him from the betrothal banquet turned wedding turned pregnancy announcement and then in some nebulous point post-mountain before dipping somewhere into season 2. I've no timeline of when I'll be doing these updates, just that they will happen at some point!

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ I would just like the bard to have some dingdang relationships and opportunities where he's not the butt of the joke and he's actually acknowledged as important, okay. Like, I know Geralt and other people in canon have their own love languages, but!! Just a couple of compliments, as a treat??? Thank you. I just would like for Jaskier to have opportunities to get back what he puts out there.

Specific CR for the trials: See below.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: How do you want your character to learn about the trials? What does your character think of them—what do they think Thirteen's goals are, what are their goals, and how do those differ? How does this affect their thoughts/feelings on Thirteen, Folkmore, their role, etc?

🦊 Over and Over and Over Again ➟ For this one, I offer Jaskier up as someone for you to do a genuine act of kindness for because honestly even with as petty and conceited as he can be, Jaskier, on the whole, is willing to do kind things really easily. So, I think he'd manage to get out of this one really quickly if he's the one stuck in the loop. You can come be salty and annoyed in his general direction (maybe his lute playing is the straw that breaks the camel's back) until you get it right. Or if you don't want to approach him with a nasty attitude and are liable to just be in despair about this seemingly unending loop, that's valid. Whatever you'd like, honestly! This is open to new and old CR alike as far as I'm concerned!

🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ I'm open to both the SFW and NSFW options with new and old CR alike. Jaskier will probably have Opinions about the music even while under the influence, but he will otherwise just be really excited about a party, honestly. Also! I am super open to just having a fun little shopping trip in the trader's market. Jaskier doesn't have much by way of physical goods to tradesies, but he's got stories!

🦊 How The World Works ➟ I'm open to old and new CR for this one as well. There really isn't any particular memories that I wanna pull up for Jaskier, so he's definitely here to fulfill the emotional support bard role in this one and try to encourage a little emotional growth for your character!

Timeline of Trials: We'll make it up as we go as per usual! If things need to occur in a specific order, that can be worked out. Otherwise, I'm not that fussed.

Moose

[heypartner]

OOC information
Player Name: Moose
Player Pronouns: she/her/hers
Player Contact: gusthemoose or PM
Preferred Tag Style: Either. Will match whatever.
Monthly Pacing: I try to tag at least once a day though if it's a bad day sometimes tags don't happen.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: No killing. No non con/dub con.

Cobb Vanth - Star Wars - Myth

[heypartner]

General character information
Character Name: Cobb Vanth
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role: Myth.

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Cobb has traits of a krayt dragon, blunt horns swept back from his temples and hidden little spikes in his beard. Hard scales along the back of his left upper arm, sides down to his hips, and the back of his calves.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Cobb has lots of trust issues and a temper problem. Needs to make some friends and learn to trust.

Public Knowledge:

🦊 [From the Desert Comes a Stranger] ➟ Cobb's new and he hasn't really made himself well known. Folks who live in Cruel Summer will know he's moved there.
🦊 [Scarred] ➟ He has a very noticeable scar down the ride side of his head going back towards his ear.

General CR information
Wanted CR: He needs friends and people to trust and protect. Cobb's not bothered by less than savory characters except if they're hurting innocent people for fun and profit. He does hate that a lot. Romance would take trust first so it would be a slow burn.

Unwanted CR: No enemies just yet.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Learning to let his guard down and relax a little.
🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Trusting people to see the softer sides of himself. Knowing he's safe.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ Cobb will be deeply frustrated by the Time Loop but he's also very familiar with days being the same over and over. Tatooine is monotonous sometimes. He would ask others about days endlessly looping. I think it would be funny if his genuine act of kindness is just random, not planned IC but just a little thing he does because he can do genuinely kind things now and then.
🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ He will enjoy wandering the trade market since scavenging is practically a way of life on Tatooine. He'll be looking for anything he deems useful or anything he can tinker with. Also, if you have a pretty bandana he might indulge and let himself get something nice. He won't have anything physical to trade but he can spin a yarn.
🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ He won't be going near the hot springs because he cannot swim and does not intend to learn. So, he won't be around the dance floor or the roller rink either.
🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ Trapped with someone in How the World Works will make him very angry and he'd fail it. Cobb's too new. If he had some friends to get stuck with, he could pass it but without getting to know people first this one is almost impossible for him. So, probably a pass on this one.

Trial Accomplishments:

🦊 Trial Accomplishment ➟ I'd like him to make some friends and get to know some people.

Trial Failures:

🦊 Trial Failure ➟ I could see if failing the How the World Works pretty easily. He cannot trust at the drop of a hat. Telling his secrets to an unknown stranger is near impossible. I'm not even sure if I'll have him do it since he's so new.

Timeline of Trials:

🦊 Event ➟ Over and Over and Over
🦊 Event ➟ Trade Market

General Warning: Cobb's past includes slavery which comes with physical, mental, and emotional abuse. He rarely talks about it out loud but it can show up in his thoughts. If your character is trying to learn his deep dark secrets, that's the one he will protect until he's forced to talk about it.

Kate Cordello - Original

[bossyboiler]

OOC information
Player Name: Charly
Player Pronouns: She/Her
Player Contact: kindaklutzy, PM , or here.
Preferred Tag Style: Both are good!
Monthly Pacing: I'm about a medium paced tagger. But sometimes I do let me tags sit for a day or two. It just depends on how I'm feeling. Weekends are usually quicker for me.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Nope.

General character information
Character Name: Kate Cordello
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ She looks like a normal, human being with a very chic black manicure. But it's not a manicure, it's a set of very sharp demon claws. When she's manifesting her Myth qualities (like lying, trying to control people, etc.), her nails will grow longer. Her normal emerald green eyes becoming darker. Her expression also becomes colder.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Getting used to life inside Folkmore, getting used to life outside of Hell, and just exploring the land in general.

Public Knowledge: She's already made one network post and has said a few things.

🦊 [Thing] ➟ She just escaped a Hell-like dimension.
🦊 [Thing] ➟ She's living in Satori Hills.
🦊 [Thing] ➟ She's interested in baking.
🦊 [Thing] ➟ She's interested in what strange things might happen in Folkmore.

General CR information
Wanted CR: ALL OF IT!

Unwanted CR: N/A

Goals For Your Character: My long-term plan is a corruption arc but I want that moving at a glacial pace. My immediate goals are establishing CR and getting Kate settled in.

Specific CR for the trials: ALL OF IT!

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: She is going to learn about the trial by being thrust into them immediately. Again, the goals are to develop CR.

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ Skipping this one unless it's to help get someone out of a jam.
🦊 MOST FUN I EVER HAD ➟ All of these sound like a bunch of fun. I'm open to them all. I especially like the red string of fate and metal options. Kate will be at the dance party. She may get pulled to the skating rink. Maybe. We'll see.
🦊 HOW THE WORLD WORKS ➟ Kate's safe space involves baking. Her location, in her mind's eye, would likely be a big but comfortably cozy kitchen with lots of room for cooking. She does have a lot of Hell-induced trauma. She needs help in overcoming it but that's not going to be possible for just one session. HOWEVER! She might be made to feel a bit better about it. Or she could get dragged into someone else's mindscape.

Trial Accomplishments: Maybe feeling better about where she is.

Trial Failures: Maybe she gets embarrassed by one of the music options in MOST FUN I EVER HAD.

Timeline of Trials: RP time is wibbly-wobbily timey-wimey nonsense, which is of course to say that I'm winging it.

Meghann's (Wednesday, Lorna, Thena, Fran)

[woenesday]

OOC information
Player Name: Meghann
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: PM or I can give discord!
Preferred Tag Style: Either or
Monthly Pacing: About the same, try to get to a tag a day, sometimes more, sometimes less.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Nothing at all really, I would like all the CR! Good/bad/antagonistic/flirty/whatever!

Wednesday

[woenesday]

General character information
Character Name: Wednesday Addams
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊

Character Role: Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Claws are it at the moment
🦊 Exploring ➟ The more negative things she does, the more like a banshee her appearance will become so I'd love to see her getting some CR that pushes her towards more dark things.

Public Knowledge:

She's spoken openly about being able to play the piano and about having died before. If it's IC for your character to have seen that, have at it!

General CR information
Wanted CR: I'm interested in all sorts of CR for her! People who also play instruments, people who are overly bubbly and energetic and will drag her places, other people her age, and mentors. Mentors are something I'm super interested in, particularly if they have any way to help her hone her own psychic abilities.

Unwanted CR: Nothing.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Getting an Instrument ➟ Currently Wednesday wants to use her spoons to get her cello. However if you have a character that could make a cello I'd love to use that as a building block for CR.
🦊 Psychic Abilities ➟ She wants to learn to control her visions so if you have a character that you think could help with that then let me know.
🦊 Utilizing Visions ➟ I would personally love to have her have visions of character's. So if you'd be interested, lets talk! Want to have a character find something about their future? We could do that! Her visions are always of negative things and I'd love to play with that. Another idea is her having a vison of something you want to have your character do with the trail before it actually happens to them.

Specific CR for the trials: ANYTHING!

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: Mostly CR new and old

🦊 Over and Over and Over Again ➟ I would love for her to be stuck here a while so she'll need someone to do some sort of act for.
🦊 Most Fun ➟ She will go to the party for the chance to get spoons. I'd love for her to experience both Jazz and Electronic so if you're up for being tied to her let me know! For Electronic she'll probably confess about her dream of writing or of learning to fully control her powers and utilizing them.

Trial Accomplishments:Doing something good for someone else. I'd also love for someone to do something selfless FOR her to get out of their loop so she has to react to that.


Trial Failures: idk about anything for failure


Timeline of Trials: No timeline!

vandal's.

[exaltruistic]

OOC information
Player Name: vandal
Player Pronouns: he/they/ey/it
Player Contact: vandalisto, magicant#0246
Preferred Tag Style: action but i will match
Monthly Pacing: a bit slower this month but we're going
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: not super interested in threading out, like, fight scenes, but there's no other limits i can think of either that'd come up so fuck it we ball

ko tenjin.

[exaltruistic]

General character information
Character Name: ko tenjin
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role: legend

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ wings and halo! he's getting better with flying. his already heterochrome eyes change colors with his mood as well. he's a little more brave and reckless in that bravery. but only a lil
🦊 Exploring ➟ as always ... he's a little man-made god thrust into that role back where he comes from. he seeks to be the peoples' salvation and they revere him as such. it's a lot on him. i'd like to explore how he feels about that in tandem with his legend role

Public Knowledge: What can other characters readily know about yours? What can people reference without checking in with you? Examples include job, school, where they live, etc.

🦊 School ➟ he's going to school to learn more psychology and also self defense. gotta be well-rounded.
🦊 Appearance ➟ his wings are almost always out and he doesn't do much to mask his eyes.

General CR information
Wanted CR: any! all! specifically fellow performers/singers, bookish/academia types, maybe patients (he's a psychologist back home as well), people to get coffee with, maybe FWBs? if there's chemistry of course

Unwanted CR: negative just because

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ the aforementioned coming to terms with godliness and what that meant, and what it means now.
🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ overcoming his trauma! it's gonna be a rough road but he has trauma surrounding his lineage as the great-grandson of a dictator, and trauma from the death of a dear friend that he could have helped prevent. please help this man.

Specific CR for the trials: new CR! deepening old CR! any and all of the threads let's gooooo

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ i will have to be careful with the first prompt with the time loop! unreality and time loops can freak me out a bit but i'd like to try still? i don't think it'd be hard to get ko to do something nice for someone at all lmao
🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ i'd love to have him at the main party and roller rink both ngl. i could play around with any of the music effects! they all sound fun. i can also RNG if you're feeling gutsy. roller rink stuff i'm ok with like ... people coming to ko for aftercare, i think that'd be fun. he's good at it. otherwise he might be hanging off of atsuhide's arm all night oops
🦊 Reaction/Goal ➟ yessss i'm all about this! new or old CR welcome, come at me. i'm game for ko's memories or your character's, and soul mate stuff could be fun ^^

Malcolm Bright | Prodigal Son | Legend

[prodigalmess]

OOC information
Player Name: Lauren
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: sparks_fly or PM
Preferred Tag Style: I prefer prose, but I will do action if my tagging partner feels strongly about it.
Monthly Pacing: Usual pace, which for me is nights and weekends.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Not really interested in gore, torture or anything non-con. At this time, I'm not interested in smut, though I'm shipper trash so that could change.

General character information
Character Name: Malcolm Bright
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Legend.

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ His eyes glow when he's doing something particularly Legend-y, like giving a particularly good profile, protecting someone, catching a bad guy, etc.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Probably just dealing with that in general, tbh. It's going to freak him out the first time it happens.

Public Knowledge: Malcolm lives in an apartment in Satori Hills. He dresses really well, usually in suits. They're the type of things that people wear to work, even though Malcolm doesn't have a job here. At least not yet. Not having a job, he's doing a lot of exploring of the environment, trying to figure out what the fuck is up with this place. When he's not around asking annoying questions, he spends some time at cafes, writing in notebooks.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Anything? Positive CR, negative CR, other nerds, other cops, other smarty-pantses, other traumatized beings, people to help him train/spar, etc.

Unwanted CR: I don't love super negative CR, though Malcolm can be annoying, so it happens sometimes.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Goal/Arc ➟ Dealing with the fact that his father is a serial killer and that his sister has now killed someone right in front of him. He feels like all of this reflects on him and he still worries that he's going to turn into a killer at some point. He's also dealing with feelings that he didn't do enough to protect his sister and the rest of his family. Tl;dr it's all his fault. He needs to stop taking everything on and blaming himself.

Specific CR for the trials: I'm new, so I'm pretty open to anything.

Trial information
Trial Reactions/Goals/Successes/Failures:

🦊 Groundhog Day ➟ Yeah, he'll probably hate this, but he'll figure out pretty quickly what's going on. The question is how quickly he'll figure out how to stop it. It might be pure dumb luck. I'm here for it being pure dumb luck. Malcolm's not an unkind person, but it's doubtful that he'll realize that kindness is going to stop the days from repeating.
🦊 Most Fun ➟ Joke's on everyone, Malcolm is actually a good dancer. He'll hit the floor. I'm open to any of the prompts but country. It could be serious or it could be awkward. Jazz is Malcolm's favorite genre, so that might make him nice and uncomfortable.
🦊 How The World Works ➟ Oh he'll definitely hate this, but he really needs something to force him to talk. Depending on who he's with will depend on how much he talks. He does not trust easily, and he's planning on keeping his family shit close to the vest. Will that work out for him in the long run? Probably not. He might get a bit of growth from this, will maybe build some trust with someone, but I doubt he will spill all of his secrets at this time. That pocket dimension might spit him right out.

Timeline of Trials: Time is a construct and I do what I want.
I don't think any of those need to be done in any particular order, so it's whatever, y'all.

I don't plan on doing an open top level for him, but will be putting up a monthly catch-all for him for closed starters probably tomorrow. If you want anything with Malcolm, please let me know!

[demonicbeauty]

A good dance partner is so hard to find. Ariadne would absolutely be drawn to someone who looks like they know what they're doing. Would be happy to try out the jazz prompt.

(Also, I'm a huge proponent of prose and always seeking out MY PEOPLE.)

Gwiggs

[bocchitime]

OOC information
Player Name: Gwiggs
Player Pronouns: he/him
Player Contact: mcgwiggles, Gwiggs#7355
Preferred Tag Style: Action
Monthly Pacing: Medium
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Hitori is a minor so I am not interested in her doing anything sexual. I'm not interested in her getting hurt this month either.

Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh | Bocchi the Rock! | Myth

[bocchitime]

General character information
Character Name: Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions

Character Role:Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ A set of curled black antelope horns growing from the top of her head.
🦊 Exploring ➟ I don't have a LOT of exploring I want to do with Hitori's Myth status, but it would be cool for her to learn a little bit of magic. Since she's a guitarist, she might pick the brain of one of the bards.

Public Knowledge:

🦊 Guitarist ➟ Bocchi has made a public network post in which she played the guitar pretty well, and she often carries her guitar around with her when she goes places.
🦊 Anxiety ➟ She made a little bit of a scene in front of the Slayer's Cake when she was to anxious to go inside by herself, but it's also easy to tell from her general demeanor as she goes about her business every day: The girl has some kind of anxiety disorder. She's scared of people, and always seems to be on edge if she's in public at all.

General CR information
Wanted CR: Friends! Mentors! People who are put off/worried about her behavior! People to play music with!! I'm open to pretty much any type of CR, I just love having this ball of anxiety interact with people.

Unwanted CR: I am not interested in anything overtly sexual (something like a crush would be fine though) and I don't really want any violence directed at her. She's harmless and a kid and she has enough going on right now without someone trying to kick her ass on top of it all.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Live Show ➟ One of Bocchi's big goals is for her to become more comfortable playing in front of people, and now that Ryo is in the game she has at least one bandmate (and friend) to back her up, so I'd like to see her performing in public once or twice this month.
🦊 Coping with Anxiety ➟ As I've mentioned, Hitori has a pretty serious anxiety disorder that she has to live with. It's not due to trauma or anything, that's just how she's hardwired and she's never going to not be an anxious person. But as I continue to play her I want her to continue learning how to cope and address her fears as she learns and grows. She'll always be anxious but she is going to get better about handling that anxiety.

Specific CR for the trials: I want her to do a street concert with Ryo, and I think it would be cool to have her play on stage during the hot springs party.

Due to the infatuating nature of Rock music at the party, this seems like a good opportunity for a cute/awkward teenage crush situation. So if you're interested in having a blushing, stammering teenage girl embarrass herself in front of your character, that could be fun.


Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ I am going to have Hitori attend the party at the hot springs. Not because she will enjoy the party (she will not, she hates being at parties) but because she is going to perform some Rock music on stage, so she'll need to wait around in proximity of the party before/after her set.

I plan on having her be affected by some of the music, and will probably make some prompts for Pop, Rock, Jazz, Metal, Electronic and maybe Hip-hop. If you want to have any sort of interactions along those lines, let me know.

I'll have multiple prompts for this one event, so that's probably the only event I'll make preparations for. Beyond that, I plan to just tag around.

XC | Ryo Yamada | Bocchi the Rock! | Myth

[weedeater]

OOC information
Player Name: XC
Player Pronouns: he/him
Player Contact: ultradude, xc6770
Preferred Tag Style: any
Monthly Pacing: Sporadic. Chaotic. I'm sorry if I can't be more clear about my energy/motivation levels
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Ryo's not ready for anything romantic beyond like, someone crushing on her maybe, and nothing sexual.

General character information
Character Name: Ryo Yamada
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ A tail and some pointy fangs~
🦊 Exploring ➟ Just figuring out how to, like, exist here first

Public Knowledge: She just got here so nothing really?

General CR information
Wanted CR: Friends, enemies, people who know music especially, whether they know anything she even actually knows. Also, she's used to other teen girls being into her, so that's on the table.

Unwanted CR: As above, anything sexy basically.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Independence ➟ She's really independent in the sense of wanting to do her own thing, but she's not actually very good at taking care of herself at all. Ryo's gonna need to learn to do more for herself without just bumming off of other people.

Specific CR for the trials: Anything in general applies here too; she'll be performing some music with Bocchi so anyone who knows her is super welcome to approach Ryo with that as a connection, and anyone interested in her bass is great.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: How do you want your character to learn about the trials? What does your character think of them—what do they think Thirteen's goals are, what are their goals, and how do those differ? How does this affect their thoughts/feelings on Thirteen, Folkmore, their role, etc?

🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ Since it was asked, Ryo is going to be helping out with some of the rock music being played, which is a good opportunity for her to, I guess, judge all of you for making out while she's trying to play? But do come and get infatuated with her, although she'll be really good at deflecting her own feelings and trying to be a deadpan jokester about it.

Pop music might reveal how nervous she actually is about being here and trying to live on her own, for real, without her parents and with only one friend from home - so she's going to have to work those feelings out to keep making progress.

Electronic will get her talking about how much she really wants her band to work, even though half of them are in another plane of existence right now apparently, and how she wants to really live off of her music. Then she can be embarrassed about babbling at someone who doesn't know her well enough or something.

she might walk into the roller rink and immediately turn around and walk out

Other than those uuuuh float stuff at me I'm new.

[bocchitime]

So OBVIOUSLY we're gonna get CR for this event, but did you still also want them to do a street concert? Because I'd be down if you are.

I can write up a post for that either tonight or tomorrow for it if you'd like. Otherwise, I'm open to just doing event stuff.

Selene Pearson | Familiar

[selenepearson]

General character information
Character Name: Selene Pearson
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊
OOC Intro? 🦊 Link to OOC Intro

Character Role: Familiar

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Selene has no manifested traits at his moment, and doesn't know or realize this is even something she'll be experiencing. If and when they do manifest, it will likely be in response to the Myth in her life and how they're evolving together. She might find herself in another form entirely on accident, with no real idea how to change herself back, or she might find that she has acquired a trait of a woodland animal with no real explanation on why or how.
🦊 Exploring ➟ Being so in the middle and attached to Cairos with her Role, she is currently square in the middle of being a Familiar, as most of what she does is in support of or to aide her friend/sister. However, it is completely possible that after dealing with the internal puzzle in Selene's heart and ancestry, that she could swing rapidly toward either Myth or Legend, deepening on the outcome of this self-realization.

Public Knowledge:

🦊 Where Is Selene? ➟ It's very normal to see Selene in Willow, in her cottage at Gram, or somewhere in Cairos' orbit. When outside of the cottage or Willow it is very rare to see Selene alone.
🦊 What is Selene? ➟ For any and all who ask, Selene is a human. A regular human who is allergic to the sun just like any other person. It's fine!

General CR information
Wanted CR: Anything, really! Found Family is great, Romance is great if it fits the story, somehow ending up with a nemesis without even realizing it could totally happen, the world is our oyster!

Unwanted CR: Anything too dark/graphic/violent/horror-y. We can discuss the limits if this comes up.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Family ➟ Although it is mostly likely completely impossible, Selene believes that it could be a reality that she could find and meet her father in this world. She has no idea where he is, so why not here? It would be nice, then, to deal with this relationship and it's 'consequences' with her in due time as she has some epiphanies about herself.
🦊 Growth ➟ Selene is very naïve and shy, and sticks to Cairos like a baby duckling. It would be nice to have her learn to stand on her own two feet, or to find a confidence in her own abilities and her own skills. She can keep herself safe, but she doesn't quite realize that yet.

Specific CR for the trials: See Below:

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals:

🦊 Over and Over and Over Again ➟ Selene being caught in a loop might test the bounds of her patience and positivity, but it's also likely to end up being somehow comfy and cozy, and might end pretty quickly as Selene is very prone to acts of genuine kindness and goodwill toward others.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ For the safety of those involved, I'm not interested in any NSFW in this plot hook with Selene due to her being so newly arrived and so that no one gets attacked by her protective friend/sister. Non-NSFW connections like hugging, hand-holding, other displays of sweet/flirtatious/platonic affection are completely okay. Maybe even a little smooch if things go well. Selene is friendly but also a little afraid of the world (not matter what world she's in), so it would be nice to have her meet more people she can trust or who can show her the world isn't just murderers and brigands.
🦊 How the World Works ➟ Not interested in this prompt at this time, as it might be a little too complicated for Selene when they've only just arrived.

[scienceofthearcane]

OOC information
Player Name: Angel
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: Angelcide
Preferred Tag Style: Prose
Monthly Pacing: Variable but I try to clear my inbox as much as I can?
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: Rivals CR is a no go
General character information
Character Name: Viktor
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions Since he has no powers to speak of I'll skip the opt-out post and since this character has had several in-game physical changes I'm not going to link to his OOC intro

Character Role: Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Antlers and tiny fangs for eye teeth

Public Knowledge: Just from looking you can see that his skin is extremely pale and he wears a single black glove on one hand.

🦊 Recently he has taken to wearing long-sleeved shirts

General CR information
Wanted CR: Friends. Viktor is super shy but his player desperately wants him to have friends that not only he cares about, but who actively care about him.

Unwanted CR: Rivals or just Enemies

Goals For Your Character: What are things you as a player want to accomplish for your character? What arcs are you developing?

🦊 Self-worth ➟ Viktor has shockingly little in the way of self-worth so it would be great if he had more people actually care about Viktor the person instead of Viktor the scientist and what he can do for them.

Specific CR for the trials: CR that helps Viktor actually have fun, or just enjoy the little moments in life.

Trial information
Trial Reactions & Goals: Viktor has his personal doubts about what Thirteen's goals really are, the trauma-fest that was the whole month of January proved that.

🦊 His safe space looks like the machinery inside a dam overlooking Zaun. We only see the outside in Season 1 of Arcane so a lot of it would be the player's discretion. Viktor is so awkward and shy with social interactions for a couple of reasons. He's spent a lifetime being disabled which already isolated him and having little to nothing mentally in common with the kids then people around him as he grew up also made him often keep his thoughts to himself. Even when he was at the Academy he often kept to himself and devoted his focus to his studies.

Trial Accomplishments: What are you interested in your character accomplishing in these trials? What are their successes/wins? How does this affect their potential as their role or their arcs? How might they help others?

🦊 Trial Accomplishment ➟ Learning to meet people halfway would really help him start to come out of his shell a bit. I'd really like it if he found ways to compromise in even just little things like emotional intelligence.

Timeline of Trials: Free gaming as always c:

[fxckery]

cr to help Viktor have fun you say,

Usagi - [Emporio Alniño]

[seacub]

OOC information
Player Name: Usagi
Player Pronouns: She/They
Player Contact: usagisquared, Discord Usagi#9605, or PM the account.
Preferred Tag Style: Both Action and Prose are fine! I style match.
Monthly Pacing: I'm at my typical speed at this point, potentially even a little speedier- now that Valentines/Superbowl have passed, things ought slow down again until Easter...and for that matter I have a vacation week coming up in early March! That aside, I also work fulltime nights in the EST timezone, so I often can't boomerang on a thread even on my nights off- I'm simply not awake when the others are! Even so, I try to tag every day for network, and every other day for prose, worst case.
OOC Limitations/Disinterests: For obvious reasons, since my only muse is a child, Emporio is not being tagged into anything romantic/further than romantic. As far as anything else, I simply recommend looking at his Permissions post, as it doubles as an Opt-In and Opt-Out, and has more detail on what is and isn't alright for threads over all.

[seacub]

General character information
Character Name: Emporio Alniño
Permissions: 🦊 Permissions 🦊 Opt-In 🦊 Opt-Out

Character Role: Myth

🦊 Manifested Traits ➟ Currently he just has little fangs and claws. Babby myth. edit - He also has star shaped freckles over his face from the Anti-Hero trial; that feels worth noting.
🦊 Exploring ➟ At the moment I'm still somewhat unsure about exactly where the limits are for myth traits and the like, but beyond that I'm interested in having someone perhaps prod him about just what roles even Are. He hasn't really discussed that with anyone.

Public Knowledge: oh boy

🦊 Associations with his Username 'Speaking.In.Tongues' ➟ Emporio's revealed a number of things either through mistypes or subtle slips here, including the fact that he's 12, and lives in a 'ghost house' that therefore lacks certain ammenities. People could reasonably deduce from this where that house is (as he notes houses in the area are fragile- it's Talaria), and presumably sort out a number of other things about how Not So Great his homelife might have been. Feel free to ask if you want to have your character make some educated guesses!
🦊 In Person Knowledge ➟ Emporio's not especially social despite his efforts, but people who haven't encountered him quite yet can do two things- one, they might hear about someone whispering comments and advice from behind trees and poles and whatnot throughout Willow and even Wintermute (as Wintermute has been where many of the trials brought people these past few weeks). Two, they can use the above to figure out that the 4'7'' kid running around bundled so much he looks like a rainbow marshmallow is 'Speaking.In.Tongues'. Other than that, he's not shared his name outside of personal encounters. Feel free to have a character pull the 'username in public' shout though!

General CR information
Wanted CR: Family! Friends! Emporio needs to come out of his shell a bit, and by a bit we mean a lot. He'll be likely to draw back no matter the case, but he'll find it easier to warm up to someone who doesn't loudly make a deal of it- or even with someone who needs his help, go figure.

Unwanted CR: Right now, he doesn't really need negative CR; let him have proper footing first, I say about the kid who arrived in November. (Slow...slow...) As noted in OOC Limitations/Disinterests, romantic matters are also off the table for now...but that's more of a 'he's 12 y'all' deal.

Goals For Your Character:

🦊 Move Out Idiot ➟ Emporio needs to move somewhere that isn't a ghost house! This is a pretty hard thing to make him do, because even if he's aware that it's not really a sustainable situation, he's understandably REALLY ANXIOUS about potentially sharing housing space with someone!
🦊 Go To School ➟ And on the flipside, smart as he is, he's working with ~spoiler things~ that mean it might not be a bad idea to try learning some magic matters. Plus, he needs distractions to stop sinking into his own head about more miserable matters. In canon, he was a tremendously curious kid, and when given the chance, jumped at the oportunity to try some of the things he'd only ever read about! But he's been pretty crippled on that, and needs to renew that spark. School might help!

Specific CR for the trials: New CR is always welcome, but when it comes to the Trials themselves, especially right now, they do also largely focus right now on...well, how he's feeling. With that in mind, people who might have worked their way through his network info, or talked to him once or twice in person, are preferred for any scenarios where actually talking about feelings is necessary. Otherwise he'll feel even worse! Oh no! That aside, I'm a pretty flexible person- if you can sell it, I'll probably buy it.

Trial information

As a note, Emporio will not personally be participating in 'Over and Over and Over Again'.

Trial Reactions & Goals: I try to take the Trials at a more organic pace, but that aside there is ONE goal here- which is, someone needs to get his traumas off his chest. He can't just sit on all of this, he's just going to run into a wall on it- and it's not even a myth worthy wall. Also statistically speaking, becoming a shut-in is bad for your financial health here.

🦊 Jaegar Time ➟ (From Last Month); Emporio didn't get any hits on this prompt last time, so it was assumed he didn't participate, since you kind of need two people to pilot a golem! As it is, I look forward to the idea of him either helping to pull someone out of their memory place, or someone pulling him from his, as this particular trial doesn't require delving into the other's emotional matters.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ Since Emporio's just a kid, he's only participating in certain parts of the party- a little bit of hot spring soaking, a little bit of party, and the only music he'll be under the effects of will be Pop, Metal, and Electronic- as all three of these won't poke into the very much Not For Kiddos aspects. It is also worth noting that his party prompts will be After the 17th, as he's essentially using it to 'cheat' himself a birthday.
🦊 How the World Works ➟ I have one specific prompt in mind for this, so this could potentially become first come first serve; as it stands, it will be before the 17th, and involve his Ghost Room- as well as discussing the spoilers of his canon that have since left him traumatized.

Trial Accomplishments: Alright lets get onto the flipside of this thing-

🦊 Jaegar Time ➟ As noted above, if there's no bites, there's no Golem. Emporio can't even attempt this trial if he's alone! As it stands, he'll do better pulling someone else out than being pulled out himself, given his mental state. I'd rather he not die though, so the idea is he'd successfully be tugged back to focus.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ This is actually a trial I'm willing to delay any success on, especially with Pop. Go figure, seeing literal words spelling out how upset you are half the day is something people try to hide! That aside, the obvious idea is to get him talking. C'mon kid, get to it. Metal and Electronic have the chance to be more fun though- they're essentially there specifically to ease the kid into some socializing, trauma free, and that's what he needs! Socializing! Friends! Make 'm bud!
🦊 How the World Works ➟ Ideally, Emporio would come out of this one with someone he can trust and talk to about...well, what he needs to talk about.

Timeline of Trials:

🦊 Jaegar Time ➟ Notably, this one only has the time limit of 'February'. It can happen at any point! As long as there's snow. Snow is important.
🦊 Most Fun I Ever Had ➟ This one as noted, will only be from the 17th onward; what do you mean this doesn't count as a birthday party it Absolutely counts leave him alone-
🦊 How the World Works ➟ And meanwhile, this one comes before the 17th, partly because it will be prompted entirely because of a pile of things he's fussing over leading up to that day. Whoo!