OOC PLOTTING POST: The Salvation of Geardagas: Part II

[faileas]

OOC PLOTTING POST
The Salvation of Geardagas: Part II



The second part of the event takes place from the 11th of February, culminating on the 15th of February at Alder’s estate, where he’s holding an "initiation party" for recently proven (or brainwashed) members.

CW: This plot has a general content warning for kidnapping, torture, experimentation, violence, drug use (incl. aphro), infection/disease and potential death. This is entirely opt-in.


STAGE 1 - KIDNAPPED:

If you hadn't decided whether your character was kidnapped or not during part one of the event, it's okay to backdate/handwave that they were taken before part two. Characters who have been kidnapped by the Evergreen Circle are tattooed with their mark on some part of their body.

Players have two options for how the Cult will make use of their kidnapped characters.

OPTION A. Kidnapped characters are used for Cwyld experiments.


The majority of experiments take place in the lower levels of Alder’s mansion. The entire bottom floor has been turned into a series of chambers where characters are held and tested.

This involves being exposed to the Cwyld in varying doses, often in the form of being put in close proximity with Shades (failed past subjects). Side effects of the infection and consequences for characters will vary depending on the level of Cwyld exposure (up to player discretion).

• Mild - characters exposed to the Cwyld for a smaller amount of time will get mild symptoms that affect them mostly physically. If the infection spread by touch, the skin that came in contact with the Cwyld will darken, veins turning black; the area may lose sensation if not treated, cause pain and the feeling tingling or burning, etc. Players may come up with other minor physical symptoms similar to this as they like. If the infection was spread by sharing air in the same space as the Shade for too long, characters will suffer respiratory symptoms, nausea, and/or light-headedness and dizziness.
  
  ** Notably, characters who regularly join the Wilders or otherwise come in close, consistent contact with the Cwyld, may notice that they have fewer or less severe symptoms, if any, at the "mild" stage of infection.
  
  
• Moderate - characters exposed to the Cwyld for longer periods of time will suffer symptoms as above, but at more severe levels. They will also suffer psychological effects, which may include hallucination, anxiety and panic, enhanced aggression, and a "hunger" that manifests as a desire to spread the Cwyld further or come in more contact with other infected beings.
  
  
• Severe - this stage of infection is incurable. A character who reaches this stage will feel the above psychological symptoms to severe levels that cause them to lose their sense of self. The dark taint of the Cwyld spreads over their body visibly and they will grow mad, want to spread the infection and/or simply attack and destroy those around them. At this point, they are very nearly a Shade and beyond the help of even the most skilled Witches at the Coven infirmary. If players choose this option, their character will have to be put down, and the Coven will have to be convinced to resurrect them. It will be possible, and the Coven will eventually agree since they weren't quite to the Shade point, but ICly it will be more difficult to resurrect them than usual and there may be extra death consequences because of the delay or difficulty of resurrections. You may PM the mods to let us know if you plan to get your character killed in this way. Please be aware extra effects may be long-term.

After being infected in some way, Cult members will put kidnapped test subjects through increasingly dangerous tests, such as being exposed to intense cold and heat, being brutalized to see how quickly they recover and often being made to fight Shades or other infected among their own to test strength and abilities at varying stages of infection. Some of the Witches involved in the Cult also use invasive mind-reading Divination techniques to try and gauge the mental states of the kidnapped characters throughout their ordeal. Naturally, this can dig up traumatic memories along the way!

OPTION B. Kidnapped characters have been taken to serve the Cult's higher-ups.


Those characters who are not taken as test subjects will be brainwashed into working for Alder and his inner circle (feel free to make up NPCs) as servants in their households. They may or may not be present for -- and be forced to help with -- the experiments on other characters, depending on players' preferences.

Otherwise, Cult members can use brainwashed servants for things as simple as cleaning their estates, cooking, etc. -- or put them up to more sinister tasks in other ways, such as committing crimes on their behalf or tormenting their fellow kidnapees even if they aren't being experimented on.

How characters are treated by their kidnappers is up to player discretion, but regardless of the details, their memories will be severely scrambled: as far as they know, they’ve been working under their new employer for years and are dedicated to the Evergreen Circle. Optionally, even after they've been rescued, characters will have trouble with recovering their real memories for a while (several days to several weeks, depending entirely on player preference).

STAGE 2 - INITIATION:

On the surface, it seems like any other overly fancy, ceremonial event where attendees are expected to dress up and schmooze... but once all the guests arrive, things turn strange. Guests are led from the great hall into the ballrooms, where a number of cages have been arranged, all showing off infected subjects (including player characters). Characters attending the party are encouraged to admire the "fruits of their labour." The atmosphere is thick with enchantments and can be incredibly overwhelming, so some might struggle to keep their cool and not get whipped up into a frenzy like the other members.

The adjoining sitting rooms, meanwhile, are set up to encourage further drunken revelry with the intent of spreading the Cwyld around its members, many of whom are already infectious. This also includes a slightly more private area with a drink spiked with aphrodisiacs and other mind-altering potions for those who want to find more... interesting ways to participate.

Options for this part would include finding ways to slip into the party if your character doesn't have an invite or trying to free kidnapped characters and getting caught up in the whole Manic Cult Party thing. Any characters that have been brainwashed into servitude will also be present and acting as waiters and servants throughout the evening. Snapping them out of it will take work but can be done, even if they might not remember exactly what happened.

STAGE 3 - MIDNIGHT SHOW:

At midnight, Alder gathers everyone back together and announces that the time has come for their work to finally pay off. He says that, in order to guarantee that their work continues smoothly, sacrifices must be made to the higher beings that gifted them with the Cwyld in the first place. Kidnapped characters are brought out and Alder commands his followers to kill them.

Things obviously don't go as planned. At this point, any investigating Mirrorbound trying to free and protect their kidnapped fellows will be helped out by a Shade that suddenly breaks free from its cage.

In the ensuing chaos, they will have to decide between gathering evidence before it can be destroyed and chasing Alder himself. The decision boils down to immediate or more long-term punishment and consequences for Alder and the Evergreen Circle. They can either get justice against the man who set it all off (Alder) or sacrifice that to make certain that the inner circle of the Cult is brought to justice.

OPTION 1. Prioritizing evidence


Alder (and a handful of associates) will be basically using anything at their disposal to get rid of evidence! Setting fires, flooding or wrecking the entrances to the basement floor, etc. The evidence that can be obtained, aside from the presence of the "test chambers" and all that goes with them, consists of months of correspondence directly tying members of the inner circle to the Cult and its crimes, including high-standing members who weren't even present at the party. In this option, Alder escapes but the inner circle can be formally charged and face the consequences.

OPTION 2. Prioritizing Alder


If Alder is caught, even without as much physical proof, there's not a lot he can do to get out of it. However, the majority of the inner circle will get away unscathed as the evidence that might have linked them to his crimes has been destroyed. It remains unclear as to whether they’ll try and resurrect the Cult or not.

If your character will be at the party and in a position to either help save evidence or chase down Alder, please vote in the header below with your IC choice.

FORMS

And now, here is your Plotting form! This will largely be for event planning, but feel free to include other plans as well if you like.

Player Name: Your name, handle, whatever you'd like!
Pronouns: Your preferred pronouns.
Contact: Preferred method of contact - discord, plurk, twitter, PM, ye olde MSN messenger, etc.
Timezone: Where are you in the world?


Character Name: Name & username!
Canon: Exactly as it says.
Appearance: Link an image or describe your character; if there's anything notable about them at first meeting, put it here!
Brief: A few words to sum up your character, a couple of lines to tell what they're about, whatever you'd like. If you have an info post all ready to go, feel free to link it in addition to your summary!
Choice: Witch or Monster; and for the latter, which one?
Event Plans: Anything specific to this month's event!
Anything else? Any other plans you have for the month! Don't forget to check out the Quest Board, too.

SUBJECT: PLAYER NAME | CHARACTER NAME | CANON <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Pronouns:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Character Name:</B> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Appearance:</B> <B>Brief:</b> <B>Choice:</b> <B>Event Plans:</b> <B>General Plans:</b>

ONE FINAL NOTE: Since this event deals with a lot of potentially upsetting content, please be sure to put content warnings in your logs and headers as needed. Just a gentle reminder to be sure you plot everything out accordingly with respect to other players' preferences and always be excellent to each other.

And last but certainly not least, we want to once again extend a huge thank-you to Rachel for all her hard work on this plot! Have fun, everyone!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[moustre]

[gynvael]

1) Are seemingly wealthy characters more likely to slip through without an invitation? And/or would it be possible to forge/steal an invitation?

2) Is it possible for any weapons to get through the front door, or will it all be confiscated (even if one has an excuse, like say, bodyguarding an attendee?)

VOTING

[moustre]

Please vote in the headers below according to what your character would choose ICly. You can explain your character's reasoning if you like, but it's not necessary. The outcome will drive what happens to Alder and the potential future of the Evergreen Circle in the city.

STAY AND GATHER EVIDENCE

[moustre]

Evidence is actively being destroyed by the Cult members. Vote here if your character would prioritize minimizing the damage and gathering evidence for alter.

The evidence that can be obtained, aside from the presence of the "test chambers" and all that goes with them, consists of months of correspondence directly tying members of the inner circle to the cult and its crimes, including high-standing members who weren't present at the party. In this option, Alder escapes but the inner circle can be formally charged and face the consequences.

Lazdo | Howl | Howl's Moving Castle

[galdorleod]

Player Name: Lazdo
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: lazdo
Timezone: EST (GMT -5)

Character Name: Howl
Canon: Howl's Moving Castle (film)
Appearance: https://inimeitiel.tumblr.com/post/187669923272/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-those-who-are-in
Brief: Himbim wizard who gave his heart away to a demon when he was ten because he felt bad for it. Back in his homeworld, he's a bohemian draft dodger who hates the local magical bureaucracy because they totally ruin his vibe with their stupid rules and stuff. He will spend two hours in the bathroom every morning casting spells on himself to make sure he's stunningly beautiful. Despite how ridiculous he is, he actually is a pretty brilliant sorcerer. Secretly extremely emo because he's incapable of falling in love, due to that demon curse thing. Lots more in-depth info here!
Choice: Witch; here are full details of the sort of magic he practices in Aefenglom, but the tl;dr is that he focuses on alchemy, enchantments and transformations.

Event Plans: Howl is one of the people who got to talk to Alder last month through RNG, and he managed to (I think) get an invitation as a potential new member by offering to help find "volunteers." It's, uh, safe to say Howl has not actually done this since then, and has instead tried to either divert people from getting kidnapped and/or tried to gather more information about what the Circle has been trying to do.

I'm thinking that he'll definitely be a guest at the Initiation, and primarily be concerned with helping free those who are kidnapped. But beyond that, it could go in a few different directions! He's got enough discipline not to get caught up in drunken revelries with so much at stake and trying to save people, but that doesn't mean he couldn't get tempted or entranced into forgetting why he's there. (READ: THERE'S ROOM FOR SMUT, HMU)

If he manages to stay on task, he'll probably be plunging head-first into defending kidnapped characters from being killed, without really giving much thought to either capturing Alder or collecting evidence. His choice between the two would probably have to do more with incidental circumstances (i.e., having an easy opportunity to go after Alder, or being trapped in a room that just to happened to be filled with useful evidence, etc). I'm open to plotting!

General Plans: Howl opened a business last month (which I really want to make an info page on, and still need to submit to the locations page, sobbb), but aside from that, he really doesn't have much going on. He's still got two openings for bonds that he's very interested in filling, especially with fellow Witches who are also willing to get risky and experimental with magic.

Also, Howl really needs a way to get over his curse that's keeping him from talking about his contract with Calcifer. He can't talk about it with anyone (well... except Crowley, who already knows about it from wayyy back in like September I think, lmao). I don't really have any ideas for this specifically... just throwing that out there!

[themogget]

How would Howl like assistance from a cat who can create lightning?

I would also be curious about the curse. Mogget has some experience with 'curses' that keep you from talking about things...

noa | geralt of rivia | the witcher

[gynvael]

Player Name: Noa
Pronouns: She/they
Contact: discontinued | Noa#1979
Timezone: PST

Character Name: Geralt
Canon: The Witcher
Appearance: like this. He's a fully transformed Turnskin at the moment, tail and all.
Brief: info here. but basically big grouch, big sword. Usually trying his best to live his life. He's currently bonded to both Yennefer and Jaskier.
Choice: Monster (Turnskin; wolf)

Event Plans: Since Jaskier will be getting kidnapped, Geralt will be at the initiation alongside Yennefer, though it won't be difficult to catch him on his own since they're both investigating.

His main priority will be to get Jaskier out of there, but I would be interested in him getting injured semi-severely! So if your character wants to be brainwashed into trying to stop him, feel free. Also open to anyone who wants to give him a hand when things go down.

Due to the nature of the experiments, he'll probably...be deeply affected via his own past trauma with being experimented on. So he may or may not edge close to going feral. In either case, he will be out for blood 100% to protect his best friend.

General Plans: Geralt (along w/ Yennefer) is currently signed up for the bear quest so I'm open with plotting w/ anyone else doing that one!

Other than that, he'll be focused on making sure Jaskier recovers, and possibly Yennefer on top of that if she gets infected trying to heal Jaskier. Geralt may or may not need some de-stressing after all this is over. Please buy him a drink. Or multiple.

[claritatis]

Poking this here for the sake of keeping myself in order - Ignis is going to be at the initiation, not brainwashed, kind of pissed off but not so much that he's going to fly off the handle. How is the best way to push them at one another?

CS || Roxas || Kingdom Hearts

[twilightskey]

Player Name: CS
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact: DM or pocketnoivern
Timezone: MST - Mountain Standard Time

Character Name: Roxas
Canon: Kingdom Hearts
Appearance: Turnskin boy
Brief: The Nobody of series protagonist, Sora. He's a little more introverted and not as happy-go-lucky as his Somebody, but he is just as fiercely loyal and dedicated to his friends. Also a little competitive, and enjoys ice cream.
Choice: Turnskin (brindle Akita Inu)

Event Plans: Roxas is going to be kidnapped for this event! He will be captured and experimented on by the cult with moderate side-effects! I'm definitely going to have him infected by touch, so he'll have the physical/skin symptoms as well as heightened aggression, panic and anxiety, and probably a few hallucinations as well. I haven't decided exactly what hallucinations he'll be seeing, but tying it into the traumatic memories bit there's a good chance he might have hallucinations relating to either his time with Organization XIII or to being trapped in the Digital Twilight Town. He's also a fighter so he will also be tossed into a couple fighting rings and other similar physical experiments.

For those who want a few less-intense options to go with the kidnapping plot, Roxas has some pretty strong pack/protective instincts, so during the times where he still has his mind he'll be doing his best to look out for/protect others who are weaker than him to play on those protective guard dog instincts of his. He's also going to be a little more touch-starved because of the infection, but he'll do his best to keep his distance from those who are less-infected than him.

General Plans: Roxas does have a job at the Orphanage and also occasionally join the Wilders, so he's always open for those kinds of quests, but I am open for other things as well. As always I am always up to CR of all kinds! Old, new, good, bad, cross-canon, castmate, you name it I want it /o/

[themogget]

Doggo friend, no!

Not that Mogget calls him a friend or anything. But maybe he tolerates Roxas a bit more than other people, and that's something. He'll want to make sure he's alright. Maybe he'll even electrocute a few cultists for him. You know.

Not because he likes him or anything.

christine | karin & dorian

[sonnestark]

Player Name: Christine
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: necrofancy or PM
Timezone: EST (GMT -5)

karin koenig | shadow hearts: covenant | harpy

[sonnestark]

Character Name: Karin Koenig
Canon: Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Appearance: character design & monster transformation
Brief: Former military lieutenant turned adventuring do-gooder from a world full of magic, spooks, demons from a spooky fantasy AU of the WW1 era. She's basically living on borrowed time as long as she's here in Aefenglom. Has totally met Rasputin, and helped to kill him. Recently lost two bondmates as well as the person who's most important to her in canon, so she's not having a great time overall, and the event isn't going to help...
Choice: Harpy

Event Plans: Karin will be getting kidnapped, having caught the eye of the wrong people while she was helping to thwart kidnappings last month. She will be among those being used for Cwyld experimentation, and I'm looking at having her suffer the moderate effects to play with anxiety and hallucinations— since she regularly helps the Wilders and does a lot of hunting for troublesome wildlife/critters on a regular basis, mild effects wouldn't register much.

One of the things I am most hoping to do is have her interact with other prisoners, either while being left to rot or during various tests. Even at the worst of times here, she'll be trying to offer her support and struggling to find a way to stay optimistic, but the truth is she's going to be having a really, really difficult time with this mentally, even aside from the Cwyld effects. She's always been someone who takes care of herself without question, and puts her energy into helping other people, so being made to feel helpless and like she fucked up by letting herself get nabbed is going to be really hard. She'll also be breaking a wing somewhere in all this, probably during the initial kidnapping.

General Plans: In general, I am looking to follow up with/reconnect with existing CR as well as being open to new stuff! November through January were really rough for me outside of RP, as they were for many people; the back half of my fall semester and then the "break" that followed were so busy and stressful that I was not able to do a lot of the things I would have liked to. The event is a great way to really jump back into things full-force, so I am looking forward to that! After the event, Karin will need to do some recovering, but she won't let herself stay down for long.

Revise | Momo | IDOLiSH7

[yesdoubt]

Player Name: Revise
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: reviseleviathan
Timezone: AEDT (GMT+11)

Character Name: Momo
Canon: IDOLiSH7
Appearance: doot, he's a very average height pretty beefy guy with pointy canines and painted nails.
Brief: 26 y/o veteran idol, generally cute and nice and friendly on the outside but he's actually quite sharp, cunning and manipulative when he needs to be. Gets ferally overprotective over his loved ones, has massive self-esteem issues, and sometimes gets himself into trouble due to his unwillingness to ask for help ever, case in point this event.
Choice: Witch, specialising in illusion, abjuration and evocation.
Event Plans: SO Momo has been kidnapped but because he got so deep into the cult investigation I'm handwaving it as like...he overheard/saw something he Really didn't agree with enough that it tapped into the whole "feral overprotectiveness" thing and he accidentally outed himself as a plant somewhere he'd be easily disappeared. After they've burnt through what magic is left in his anti-brainwashing tattoo, Momo is going to be one of the ones brainwashed into serving a high-ranking cult member, largely in a bodyguard role BUT he will also be one of the ones sent to help experiment on the other kidnap victims and generally menace them, which people will find he can do surprisingly well despite his usual very kind and friendly manner. I'm up for plotting with any other kidnap victim characters to this end, but I'm especially interested in people he knows outside of this because after the event he is going to feel Fucking Terrible (tm) that the exact thing he was worried about when he got his anti-brainwashing tattoo (i.e. being turned against and hurting his friends) managed to happen anyway and be extremely apologetic and upset over it.

As for the party, he will be continuing to do his bodyguard stuff and as a result, people trying to snap him out of the brainwashing may end up with a fight on their hands if he perceives them as a threat/trying to throw him off his duties. He'll be focused on scaring them off/not fucking up the party but it's a fun chance for some nasty business to also happen with potential rescuers and not just the other victims. However, the almost killing the kidnapped characters thing will be enough to loosen the grip of the brainwashing slightly and he can be snapped out of it after that point (though the snapping out will likely be reserved for one of his Bonded, probably Yuki based on plot talks I've had so far, and given the Ordeal he would've had to go through while they wore out the rest of his enchanted tattoo he's likely to pass out as soon as he gets brought back to his senses because his mind is just that fucked exhausted). He'll likely be a bit tired and brain-scrambled for a few days after but as soon as he recovers from that he's going to be out to check on anyone he might've hurt or fought during the incident.
General Plans: Momo's surveying quest is still happening this month, if anyone would like to do some shenanigans with that, and I'm also interested in Modelling Play 2, Bejeweled, Bedeviled (specifically with him undoing the curse/enchantment for some people), Finding Finneas, and the search party half of We Can't Bear To Be Apart since he won't actually be part of the group finding the werebear. I'll try to get a quest log up later in the month for these, once Momo has had time to recover (though I'm also up for backdating quests, since I figure Momo's capture was less than a week prior to the event, probably more like 3-5 days).

[judgementor]

hey wanna fight.

nico / steak / food fantasy

[battlebound]

Player Name: Nico
Pronouns: any
Contact: isanghae / isanghae#8071
Timezone: GMT

Character Name: Steak
Canon: Food Fantasy
Appearance: this
Brief: A hotblooded young man with a love of battle. Very straightforward, brusque, and often offensive without meaning to be. Not great at understanding emotions but Tries His Best, and is willing to help just about anyone who needs it.
Choice: Witch, finally attempting to learn how to Magic without going to the Coven to do so.

Event Plans: Steak is definitely going to be looking for a way to sneak into the initiation, so if anyone wants to join him or assist him, I'd love to figure something out!

I am so tempted by the idea of him getting caught up in the various enchantments and frenzy during all of this, so if anyone wants to encounter Steak while he's brainwashed and end up fighting him, trying to snap him out of it, etc., those are all options! I would be looking for someone who already has CR with him to actually be successful at snapping him out of it eventually.

Lastly, I've been wanting to injure him in a way that would mean he can't wield his swords for future character development purposes, so I'd be very interested in having him fight people while brainwashed with that as a conclusion. 👀

General Plans: I have an open / catchall log for Steak which can be used for quest stuff — specifically The Sordid Shield; Bejeweled, Bedeviled; Out Of The City and Wilders Training (the last two don't have starters, but I am always very open to getting starters or plotting something!)

Most importantly, I'm looking to have Steak get involved with non-Coven Magic circles (the bookstore starter is related to that), so I'm looking for anyone interested in that, whether they've already gotten involved with those circles, feel like tutoring this boy, or just want to join him in his investigations.

[arturiarex]

Brainwash fight? Brainwash fight.

Rynn | Yona (Akatsuki no Yona) and Brennan Trevelyan (Dragon Age Inquisition)

[outofthebreach]

Player Name: Rynn
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: chaneystarr
Timezone: EST

Character Name: Yona
Canon: Akatsuki no Yona
Appearance: Like this!
Brief: Exiled Princess from medieval fantasy Korea and catnip for dragons. Fierce protector of justice and freedom. Can verbally eviscerate you faster than you can draw a weapon.
Choice: Witch (Enchantment and Abjuration)
Event Plans: Since a few of her friends have gone missing over the past little while, Yona will be among the rescuers infiltrating this party to try and rescue whoever she can. While she is available - and quite capable - to aid in fighting where needed, her focus is going to be more on healing and helping those who have been through hell in captivity. Trying to do on-the-site triage, as it were. She'd love to hop in and help with those being freed from either the cages or the brainwashing and is available to both current and new CR!
General Plans: I have been on hiatus for... what feels like forever lmao. Please help me shake the dust off and launch back into things headfirst!


Character Name: Brennan Trevelyan
Canon: Dragon Age Inquisition
Appearance: Brennan is still in the midst of his monster transformation (about 3/4 of the way through). He's similar to a centaur, but with more a wolf build rather than a horse (although some of the horse features also linger) He'll be on two digitigrade legs (which happened during his captivity, making things even more fun for him).
Brief: Leader of an alliance formed to save the world from an ancient being who thought he was a god sent to bring about the end of the world. Very good at being the inspiring leader type. Far too reckless for his own good, still manages to land on his feet somehow anyway.
Choice: Monster: Chimera (Wolf, bear, horse)
Event Plans: Brennan was among those kidnapped over the last few weeks, he disappeared just before the last full moon. He's going to be among those infected with Cwyld and I'm leaning towards the Moderate level - both because they've had him for quite a few days and also his chimera makeup probably gave them several avenues of testing on various monster strains lumped into one. His infection will be spread by touch, so showing up more physically on his body (probably from fighting whatever they tossed in his cell) and he, uh. Has plenty to pull from when it comes to psychological trauma. His eventual rescue is likely going to be claimed by his irate Bonded, but he will be available to interact with other kidnappees before or after the party itself, and also rescuers perhaps during the chaos of the rescue. He will probably be a little out of it, however, and much more aggressive, possibly bordering on mildly feral. Very much looking forward to getting him more concrete CR, please feel free to hit me up for things!
General Plans: Ahaha, I ended up apping in Brennan in at a terrible time for my mental health and as a result, his original attempt at launching into things suffered greatly. So I'm sort of taking this as a redo and using it to boost him back into the action. >.>

[claritatis]

Hi chess friend. I am here for more CR with you.

Ignis here is gonna be front-lining on rescue, at least initially. He's also going to be around at the initiation and could spot Brennan then?

court | zack fair | final fantasy vii

[exsoldier]

Player Name: Court
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: demonology / demonology#1725 @ discord
Timezone: PST

Character Name: Zack Fair
Canon: Final Fantasy VII (Compilation of)
Appearance: Here, and see below for a description of his current monster changes!
Brief: Now a mercenary, once a SOLDIER employed by the big (evil) corporation of his world, though he didn't know about the evil part at first, and by the time that he realized it, the damage was done. He's got soldier enhancements that make him stronger and faster than the average bear as a result. He's been through a lot so isn't quite the overexcited puppy he once was, but he's still for the most part an upbeat dude who wants to do the right thing and has probably earned that "hero" title he longed for so much by this point.
Choice: Zack is a griffin chimera! Right now he's got feathers in his hair/around his neck, yellow piercing eagle eyes, hands that are becoming a bit more talon-like, and a lion tail!

Event Plans: Zack will be getting kidnapped, with one of his patrols going south in some way. Oops! These things happen, I guess. He'll be one of the experimental subjects and will be suffering moderate symptoms, which will be causing him to hallucinate being back in the previous situation he endured as a test subject back home. Fun! Lots of fun. A great time, really.

I'd love for the chance to interact with other kidnapped characters, but during the ceremonial event he'll be one of the people in cages if anyone wants to come find him while he's kind of out of it. Still working through potential rescue plans, though some of his castmates will no doubt be involved in that! Any threads during the escape when everything's chaotic is cool with me too, and I'm also up for aftermath threads, whether with fellow kidnapped characters or previous CR, etc. etc.

General Plans: I've mainly just been having Zack go through his transformation gradually, bouncing off of various castmate stuff, throwing him at quests since he mainly just does mercenary work, and interacting with events!

[claritatis]

I am gently touching here bc fellow FF. I've been uncreepily eyeing Zack from afar for a while and now I am finally hauling myself back on the wagon I would *love* to get CR with him. Ignis is gonna be infiltrating the initiation ceremony if that offers a hook?

Reslari | Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower | Bloodborne

[whomthebelltolls]

Player Name: Reslari
Pronouns: She/her works!
Contact: Reslari
Timezone: Mountain US

Character Name: Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
Canon: Bloodborne
Appearance: This is how tall she is to a normal person. You know, in case you were wondering.
Brief: A hunter from a place where you kill werewolves, not marry them. She's had a lot of character development so she doesn't even menace the Monsters anymore most times without good reason. When she's not being terrifying and gigantic, she likes to grow flowers and make alcohol. Hit her up for some of her special gin!
Choice: Witch
Event Plans: Mostly going to be dragging Eren out of the cult by his tail. That said, given her history with these sort of kidnapping plots, she's not really interested in playing nicely with the cult. She has a pretty good grasp on her more violent tendencies and will let the cannon of her abilities loose in generally the right direction, but she actually... doesn't care much about collateral if it comes down to someone being a big enough impediment. She is also down for uh. Mercy killing the seriously infected. Let me know!

As for what to do with them... well, she's also not interested in ~letting Aefenglom's justice system do its work~ because she was immensely dissatisfied the last time it happened (even if she enjoyed the executions, it still wasn't quite enough), so she'll probably just...

kill the cult members as she comes across them! It's not going to be easy to talk her out of it, but she'll try to keep collateral damage to a minimum. That said her little poll vote will probably end up being for her to personally go after Alder with a few others to make sure he dies slowly and painfully. Like, there's enough Mirrorbound, the majority of y'all can go find information, she's going to Blood Eagle him in the town square.
General Plans: So when Incredible Violence is off the table, Maria enjoys working with the Wilders, exploring the Wildes, collecting random plants for her massive garden... tending her massive garden, and most recently, brewing alcohol! It's strong. Come taste test!

Quests: I only have her signed up for Finding Finneas at the moment! Mostly so she can go nip some new flowers for her garden, but she will also enjoy the extra pocket changes.

Housing: Haunted Mansion still has some spots! Warning: Must love dogs, hyenas, and not mind living with serial killers.

Bonds: Maria has a permanent Bond and is good on that front! But she has slowly warmed up to the idea of having more, so it would be alright for her to take a second, or even possibly a third. She is not looking for romance or sex, so it'll have to be pretty platonic.

[long_live_the_queen]

Kaede is also invested in Eren Retrieval, so she'll be around as a violence buddy. Or suggest how to discreetly hide bodies, which she absolutely doesn't have personal experience with. She's got sturdy enough anti-compulsion wards on her that she won't falter, but they may need replenishing with this much heavy usage.

[al_bhed]

Player Name: Colleen
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: asondeiru or discord at asondeiru #9009
Timezone: PST (US)

[al_bhed]

Character Name: Rikku
Canon: Final Fantasy X
Appearance: Petite blonde teenager, same as always. Now sporting some extra scars that won't be obvious as long as it's cold and she's wearing long sleeves.
Brief: Teenage ball of energy who uses potions, claws, quick footing, petty theft, and occasionally outright bribery to get things done. Unfailingly loyal and eager to do the right thing.
Choice: Witch

Event Plans: Rikku will be helping Sora and friends storm the castle party! That's about it--I won't be top leveling with her, only tagging out.

General Plans: She still has a captive Tsukuyomi from late last month that Ferran is helping her house and care for. She'll be making contact with at least one of Tsukuyomi's canonmates to coordinate care and possibly release once all this brainwashing stuff is over.

Hannah | Jaskier | The Witcher

[cointosser]

Player Name: Hannah
Pronouns: She/They
Contact: scathefire
Timezone: PST

Character Name: Jaskier
Canon: The Witcher
Appearance: Check out his new album cover, "Bards for your Boudouir".
Brief: A chaotically bisexual bard turned witch, magic for your pleasure. Currently bonded to both Geralt of Rivia and Yennefer of Vengerberg and, until this moment, was the only one of the trio without trauma. Generally is a very energetic musician who is extremely famous in his home world for his ballads of Geralt's monster-hunting exploits and his (sometimes baudy) love songs.
Choice: Witch, with a concentration in potions. Mostly sleeping potions and sleep-related weaponry for Geralt (read: smoke bombs.)

Event Plans: Jaskier is getting kidnapped in his attempt to save Geralt from the same fate. The plan is to have him be experimented on with some sliding into moderate effects. He will have some mild resistance to the Cwyld from his frequent interactions with the infected outside the city (he can often be seen playing free music for them) and with his forays into the wild with Geralt on the full moon. Generally his effects will be psychological, with an emphasis on anxiety and only a mild desire to spread it.

Jaskier may be the one (1) character who does not have a traumatic past and this is first bout of being tortured, so he will be pretty upset with it all. I am very up for him meeting other imprisoned characters, as they are welcome to taunt him as he cries or poke him with a stick through the bars. If your character is someone who will be pushed into torturing others, boy, have I got an easy target for you!

He will be eventually saved by Geralt and Yennefer, who will probably kill people in the process, which honestly is Fine. Jaskier might try to maybe punch someone but he is not really a participator in Murder.

General Plans: After the plot he will be, uhhh, Not Okay, but probably pretending he is because therapy isn't a thing in The Witcher, and bottling things is a great approach to trauma. He will also be finding out that Lightning, the latest love of his life, is gone from Aefenglom, and will be singing sad love songs outside the bakery she worked at, because that's WAY simpler than dealing with being tortured. There might be a big white wolf following him around or stalking him from the shadows.

I'm very open to new CR, as Jaskier has lost a few people he considered friends or had CR with, as well as any existing CR, of course!! If you're beautiful (and all of you are) he'll probably hit on you, though it might not be as enthusiastic as it usually is. Quest-wise, he'd definitely be interested in Bejeweled, Bedeviled.

[adventageous]

I've been wanting to throw one of my ladies at Jaskier for awhile now! How would he react to a pretty, brainwashed waitress offering him water while caged up at the party?

FIONA (subcomments)

[themogget]

Player Name: Fiona
Pronouns: She/her they/them
Contact: Any of my journals, hardtostarboard @ plurk or hardtostarboard#7737 @ discord
Timezone: GMT

Mogget | The Old Kingdom

[themogget]

Character Name: Mogget
Canon: The Old Kingdom
Appearance: He's a cat.
Brief: "I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed." -- Mogget

Mogget is by all appearances little more than a small white cat. The reality is that he is an incredibly powerful but bound creature of Free Magic, and was one of the very first conscious beings at the beginning of Time itself. His true name is Yrael, but good luck getting that out of him. He is old, snarky, and finds humans so painfully predictable that it sometimes seems as if he's tellling the future. He also enjoys fish, naps, and catnip, and does not like getting wet.
Choice: Witch
Event Plans: Mogget hasn't really been paying too much attention to what is happening but as a creature of chaos he's going to go to where the chaos is. He will be around while people are being rescued, and as a witch is actually far more useful than his small size would give him credit for. Planning on at least one of his prompts to have him blasting a hole through a wall. Anyone want the indignity of being rescued by a cat?
General Plans: Being small and in a world that isn't really catered to him, Mogget doesn't really get up to a lot. Now he has somewhere permanent to live he's coming and going from there but can still be found occasionally sleeping in other people's houses. He does need a permanent bond, but isn't very good at making friends. Currently got an open catchcall log that is available for anything. Generally just looking for more CR.

Rachel | Diarmuid Ua Duibhne | Fate/Zero

[ua_duibhne]

Player Name: Rachel
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: crescendoll
Timezone: GMT

Character Name: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
Canon: Fate/Zero
Brief: Magic ghost of a Celtic hero summoned to take part in a war for the Holy Grail. Honorable and serious with doormat tendencies and shortage of self-worth but still an outgoing fight boy who enjoys a good duel. Currently bonded to Waver and Berserker who he's also desperately in love with and it's disgusting.
Choice: Witch
Event Plans:
Diarmuid is being kidnapped. However, he'll be taken in by a member of the inner circle to work as a butler/general servant because experimenting on him would be a waste of a pretty face :( As such, he won't be directly involved in the experiments but will be doing the bare minimum of care that the cult is showing its test subjects like bringing them food and water, and patching up severe injuries. So, if you need a brainwashed and spaced out but still somewhat sympathetic shoulder to cry on, he can do that!

At the initiation party, he'll be serving drinks, dealing with any rowdy guests (he'll just be having Stern Words so no physical violence) and generally just being "useful" throughout the evening. Even with scrambled brains, he's eager to please. After he's snapped out of it (by close CR), he'll still be pretty fucked up though and may need to be talked out of breaking some cultist necks. Or, at the very least, convinced that he's not in any mental state to be helpful to the whole revenge cause and should focus on dealing with feral shades.

General Plans:
DIARMUID IS GETTING MARRIED. So, aside from the whole kidnapping shit, he's mostly going to be focused on planning that for next month. I haven't really thought about it beyond that tbh so I'm open!

[judgementor]

Soooooooooo I've been eyeballing Diarmuid for CR for a while. I do not know how to begin it, but I know that I want it very much. Perhaps this event can be some kind of awkward jump point, or they can run into one another afterwards?

Gray | Hua Cheng | Heaven Official's Blessing

[deadvotional]

Player Name: Gray
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: talkincodes
Timezone: EST

Character Name: Hua Cheng
Canon: Heaven Official's Blessing
Appearance: A boy and his aesthetic, now with pretty wings!
Brief: Old ghost with one solitary fuck to give turned very alive butterfly. Still not sure how he feels about that, but number of fucks given has not increased. Sarcastic, irreverent, polite when he wants to be annoying and generally just here to amuse himself.
Choice: Monster - Fae (Morpho Sulkowskyi)

Event Plans: After his adventures in going feral last full moon, Hua Cheng has gotten himself kidnapped and will end up with with a moderate case of infection, but since he's fae it will hit hard. He'll...actually be pretty sanguine about the whole thing? Hard to be afraid of dying when you've been dead for centuries.

Definitely going to be some heightened aggression though and he'll probably be having some trauma-flashbacks to the ten years he spent in a battle royale he was the sole survivor of, so if other kidnappee's want to get into (or be forced into) some fights, let me know.

General Plans: Generally just looking for more CR! New or existing, it's all good. It amuses me to force solitary characters to make friends.

[themogget]

Hi, I saw 'forcing solitary characters to make friends'.

Mogget, too, is a solitary character. Perhaps they could be friends.

Dia | Alucard | Castlevania

[cryptsleeper]

Player Name: Dia
Pronouns: She/hers
Contact: PM
Timezone: EST

Character Name: Alucard
Canon: Castlevania
Appearance: Tall, blonde, pale as heck, lil fangies
Brief: Dhampir who does a patricide of Dracula after mom is burnt as a witch by the Church. He's gotten a good handle on his grief since arriving in October of 2019, and somehow Alucard is mostly a functioning adult?
Choice: Witch
Event Plans: Alucard has mostly lurked the periphery of this, as last year's kidnapping nonsense tired him out enough to just not want to deal too much. He's had some concerns with 1 person (Hector, it's Hector), and was actually genuinely disappointed at the hint of the cult actually having some worthwhile experiments that could genuinely help with the issue of the Cwyld.

Which is to say he's far more interested in the evidence left behind and seeing if anything within can actually be used. (He's used to reading horrifying things, and hey, at least these aren't notes that dad bound up in human skin)

If anyone wants help preserving evidence, or wants to drag a dhampir from doing that to help with more pressing matters, I'm down
General Plans: Otherwise he doesn't have too much going on.

[petcromancer]

Alucard come pick Hector up and drive him to the hospital pls
also, jokes on you, Hector probably has participated in some worthwhile experiments now that will maybe in the long run help with understanding the Cwyld??

Lexil | L Lawliet | Death Note

[hearthebell]

Player Name: Lexil
Pronouns: Any
Contact: ladylazarus#2235 on discord works best for me! I'm LexiL on Plurk and you can feel free to add me but I'm on it rarely these days. PMing this account is also great.
Timezone: EST

Character Name: L Lawliet
Canon: Death Note
Appearance: Male, white-passing scrawny guy. L is 27 after a couple of years to age in Aefenglom but still has kind of a rangy adolescent look about him. He's 5'10-ish but most people get a shorter impression because he slouches. His nutrition and sleep are terrible (though getting a little better with persistent help from others); he looks pale and unhealthy. Overall his grooming habits are like a solid D minus, up from a solid F pre-Aef, so kudos I guess. He wears whatever's more or less in style for young men in Aef's middle class, albeit plain and simple versions of these fashions, and he has a scar around the base of each finger where they were cut off and then, several months later, reattached.
Brief: Back home, L was the world's greatest detective. Reclusive and eccentric, he solved some of the world's toughest cases from childhood with his face and name unknown to the world, and ultimately met his match when some upstart brat with a god complex picked up a magic notebook and the lead role in a Shinigami's reality TV show.

Here in Aefenglom L has tried on a lot of hats. He is a skilled runetcher, a witch whose talents lie primarily in divination and illusion magic, and he helps out at the orphanage when he can. Lately with the debut of his favorite frenemy it's become clearer to him that he is a pure artist with a passion that he is unhappy when he isn't pursuing, and has returned to detective work alongside Light Yagami.
Choice: WITCH
Bonds: Myr, Near, and Leer Light
Event Plans: L and Light have been attending meetings, playing the parts of a younger individual interested in what Alder has to say, and an older skeptic to act as a counterbalance. They've kept their occupation on the DL, and will be sneaking into the party to spring some prisoners and prevent some sacrifices from happening. L at least will argue in favor of staying to preserve evidence, and he'll be available and willing to use divination to try to unscramble some brains.

I'm cool with L getting injured since he's partnered with a healer, so if anyone wants to pop him one let me know. Otherwise I'm delegating this to an NPC.
General Plans: After this, L and Light can properly announce that their detective agency is open for business. L is likely to quit his job at the orphanage.

[twilightskey]

Hey there! Roxas here will be one of the kidnapped folks, so how would L react to seeing Roxas in one of the cages?

Emily » Yennefer » The Witcher

[chaoticbeauty]

Player Name: Emily
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: hoopskirts or knee's bees 🐝#3420 @ discord
Timezone: CST

Character Name: Yennefer of Vengerberg
Canon: The Witcher
Appearance: Please have some images
Brief: Sorceress and former Court Mage
Choice: Witch (having been focusing on teleportation magic/building that up so she can begin learning to teleport to places she can't see) and abjuration - slowly working towards enchantment and telepathy.
Event Plans: Yennefer will be at the party with Geralt as a charmer and helping to keep people from striking too quickly. She'll be doing what she can in the fight to basically move cultists to Geralt to kill, probably taking out at least one herself, and then helping to get people out of cages and start healing. I anticipate she'll walk away from this with a mild infection given her absolute zero fucks about not making contact with an infected person-- especially if it's a bonded or friend. Consent before torture is very important, pls don't look at her life okok.

During the party she'll also be trying to help other people stay calm before the fighting formally starts, so I'll be trying to chuck her at people. Otherwise, she can possibly help someone out by pulling the cultist off of them or killing the cultist/trying to help and heal as many as she can before she probably needs help herself. It's fine.

General Plans: Like many other people, the last few months have been hit or miss due to RL crap and the general state of things. Yen recently bonded with Geralt after a lot of months of avoiding that topic, and after Jaskier's torture and infection and her own, she's going to be focusing a lot on making herself stronger. While probably avoiding her house and her bonded for a bit because she's not good at comforting other people yet. Paired with some residual guilt over having to play the game and not just diving in to rescue head first. She likely might be easy to find in a tavern reading and researching and pointedly not dealing with her feelings.

[magisterium]

please keep this man distracted/leashed until the appropriate time for murder arrives because otherwise it's going to be a shitshow. :x

[petcromancer]

Player Name: Liisa
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: Demonrubberducky
Timezone: EST

Character Name: Hector
Canon: Castlevania
Appearance: faun transformation art, including some NSFW in the comments
Brief: info post Dumb faun, got starry-eyed over hot cultist man, but then was quickly disillusioned when he was forcibly infected. Currently looking at his life, looking at his choices.
Choice: Faun
Event Plans: Hector has regrets. He was all on board to willingly join the Evergreen Circle (for science! He was totally down for the opportunity to study the Cwyld more closely), until a certain dragon purposefully infected him.

So he would have tried to leave the circle and seek medical attention, and that's probably about the time the cult was like, LOL NOPE, CAGE NOW.

He's been moderately infected from a bite on his arm, and will be one of the captives held in the cage. He's not magically brainwashed, so he's extra sulky and resistant to their commands. Hopefully a certain dhampir will help him get out and won't lord it over him too badly.

General Plans: I don't have much else on the roadmap for this month. Work has been a major pain lately so I'm trying not to bite off more than I can chew. If you've got ideas, though, HMU.

[gynvael]

I'm noooot sure how much I can take on this month, but I'm dropping a comment here bc I'd love for Hector and Geralt to meet up at some point (maybe next month?), esp. as Geralt knows Alucard. Plus, Geralt has a lot of his own wolf teeth to sell, in case Hector wants it for Science....he loses them every month during the change.

Maruah | Elidibus | Final Fantasy XIV

[notbert]

Player Name: Maruah
Pronouns:
Contact: I do best with Discord (Everyworker#8128) but Dreamwidth pms are okay.
Timezone: Eastern Time Zone

Character Name: Elidibus
Canon: FFXIV

Appearance: Appears as a young human male, brown hair, warrior type friendly altruistic fellow. Has a giant axe sometimes! (Spoiler: fake identity thanks to borrowing someone's body as a shell).

Brief: Elidbus is an ancient being who has spent thousands on thousands of years manipulating and guiding mortal mankind and his own brethern on a mission to save a god, world, and people shattered into multiple worlds and bits of souls (mortals). Unfortunately this means forcing the worlds to rejoin by syncing massive calamities between the base world and one of the shards. Being pulled to Aefenglom is something of an enforced last minute vacation that turns into a nightmare fueled horrorflick five minutes in.

He is pretending to be the identity of the host body he was pulled here with. The only reason he's good at this is few people know who the eff Ardbert really is in Aefenglom. Also, he really seems to be a nice guy, this Ardbert fellow. If a little bit odd.

He is extremely skilled in lies, half lies, truths and manipulation, guiding and shaping destinies. Being new to this world, he is not engaging directly, but finding and collecting useful tools and pawns needed to find a way back for himself and his two brethren.

Choice: Witch.

Event Plans: Over the course of Part 1, Elidibus spent time working on both information gathering, as outlined in my question (here). He is not likely to ask for aid in this except from Lahabrea and Emet-Selch. His focus in this venture has been the following actions:

- Tracking membership identity and locations/conversations: Trying to mark inner circle, high ranking aristocrats, those who were actually a part of it versus brainwashed to be a part of it. Basically where they live, their numbers, names and general movements (criminal or otherwise). He would be especially keen to find out if there is a mastermind or the hint of a mastermind behind Cillian Alder's actions. In his personal experience (and probably personal tactics), a lot of Alder's actions may possibly be fueled by someone looking to create a smokescreen for their own devices.

- Observing Mirrorbound and natives alike, discovering and making a list of those who seem to have become brainwashed/enchantded: For someone watching largely from the beginning, he likely met with decent success comparing Mirrorbound conversations on networks with reactions. Lots of eavesdropping. Had spoken to a few (brainwashed or not) (here) and (here).

- Attempting to gather information gathered about the Cwyld from the various notes, private diaries and estates for his personal records: This may have been impeded a lot. First, he would have been highly cautious to test magic security, being new to Aefenglom and even less willing to bring in outsiders. But he would have also looked for openings to take advantage of.

- In public movements, he has joined patrols and escorts, concentrating on offering his time to the Western Residential District. He helps Mirrorbound and Natives alike and has made a lot of favorable progress of establishing himself as a resident in that district. Occasionally helps with other patrols.


General Plans: Elidibus has just arrived as these events unfolded. He is still learning the city, the world and how mortal man conducts themselves in this era.

His movements under his true identity will be very secretive and lacking a 'social norm' level of altruism. He has specific goals and about ten thousand years of habit on how to handle them.

Movements as the identity of 'Ardbert' will be more open and how it is most likely to interact with him in the second half.

Examples would be:

Patrols, escorts and more: He's probably established some credibility by now as a reliable escort and patrol partner, even though he's new. What he lacks in magic experience he makes up for with insight and combat skills. He's been able to compensate the lack of magic skill against Cwyltid by enchanting his axe just before it strikes a target with an elemental charge. Basically remains enchanted just long enough.

Aftermath drinks: People talk more once their tongues are loosened. Being there for a few folk or keeping an eye out for the recognizable haunted look of a person that has chosen some drinks to help get through the recent horrors. Whether he learns something new of recent events, of the person in question or nothing at all, it will be considered time spent in pursuit of one of his goals.

Crossover with other group movements: While he might not be going to the party so to speak, he might end up encountering other people as they move around. If you're looking for a person to fill out assistance with In-City events, I'm open to suggestions and CR!

Qu-ko | Irhya Pendhula (WoL OC) | Final Fantasy XIV

[omnicrafter]

Player Name: Qu-ko
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: crystalzero | qu-ko#6810
Timezone: Eastern US

Character Name: Irhya Pendhula
Canon: Final Fantasy XIV
Appearance: A recycled image
Brief: A rough-and-tumble dark knight with a smart mouth who likes crafting and working with her hands. Aefenglom's Next Top Errand Girl. Warrior of Light (and Darkness), circa patch 5.3.
Choice: Vampire

Event Plans: Irhya's getting her stupid ass kidnapped because she mouthed off at a bunch of the cultists and put a target on her back... or so she thinks was the cause. She'll be getting Cwyld experiments done on her, probably to moderate infection extents. There's a high possibility she's going to end up dead because of it (likely due to something other than the Cwyld), but plans to that end haven't been finalized yet. Still, it's safer to assume someone will be finding an actual dead dead vampire at the end of all this...

General Plans: After the plot, I guess she'll be dedicating time to recovering and getting her head back on straight. She's going to take her death (again) very hard, particularly because she'll think it was exceedingly stupid and easy to avoid if only she'd just left the hornet's nest alone.

(Valentine's gifts might go out really late this year. Them's the breaks, I guess.)

Still looking for lots of cross-canon CR in the meantime! In particular, I'd like to keep the ball rolling on some past tagouts, and start new things. Hit me up if you're interested, and we can brainstorm! Also tentatively interested in casual smut or sparring partners, but that's secondary to branching out.

Trik | Niles | Fire Emblem Fates

[cyclopticsadist]

Player Name: Trik
Pronouns: He/him
Contact: Trik#8100
Timezone: EST, but my sleep schedule is on spin cycle.

Character Name: Niles
Canon: Fire Emblem Fates, specifically Birthright
Appearance: Ref sheet by Raptorscribbles!
Brief: Niles is a street urchin turned royal body guard. He's mean and crass, but can be incredibly insightful and protective if he decides you're worth his time. He's currently not bonded, and I'm looking for prospects for him, but that would be slow burn trust building.
Choice: Chimera: Snow leopard, mountain goat, scorpion.
Event Plans:

So Niles was assisting with missions in the Wilde all summer, meaning I plan to have him kidnapped but show mild physical symptoms throughout. The mental ones will start to get to him as the experiments get more extreme.

For other prisoners, throughout the ordeal he'll do his best to help other people, mostly through gallows humor and prepping for a rescue effort he assumes will come. He's never been experimented on like this, but he's been held in dungeons and prisons before more than once. So he'll focus on stuff like finding fast ways for the prisoners to communicate with one another, and creating small easily concealed weapons to use when an opportunity for mass break out happens. He can make a shiv out of so many things you guys. He also now knows a small amount about runes, and if he pairs up with a witch who can enchant them he could help break some simple control/containment magics, or weaken more complicated ones when the time comes. He's also very fluffy and while he won't know what to DO if someone cries on him he can at least be physically soft if not particularly comforting.

For any characters doing the torture and interested in something going wrong, Niles has an anti illusion magic tattoo, so if he's put in an illusory fear dungeon or something of the sort he'd be able to disrupt parts of it. He wouldn't use it to outright escape because he knows he's outgunned here and doesn't want provoke harsher containment/punishment. So the extent to which he can tweak/mess with illusion based trials is very TBD, let's work something out!

[needsteaplz]

Player Name: Miki
Pronouns: She/her
Contact: kansaiphones Discord: jackofantics#5433 feel free to add me!
Timezone: HST/UTC -10

Character Name: Saori Nakagawa
Canon: Original
Appearance: 5'5" with red hair, fox ears and legs, crocodile skin on back and tail.
Brief: A former victim to a supernatural incident who later rises to become a supernatural fighter, a goddess (Inari from Shinto) and a mother.
Choice: Chimera - red fox and saltwater crocodile
Event Plans: Handwaving Saori getting kidnapped while trying to prevent other kidnappings. She will be mildly infected since the cult probably would have a field day performing many experiments on a chimera. She'll see what she can do to help other prisoners in terms of comfort or try to intervene/fight anyone who tries to drag another prisoner off to another experiment.