CR MEME

[ryslighelpers]

CR MEME

DO THE THING

1. Fill out the form below for each of your characters!
2. Comment around and make plans with folks!
3. ???
4. Profit.

<b>NAME:</b> Your preferred handle. <b>CHARACTERS:</b> Who do you play? <b>TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS:</b> A short paragraph for each character will do. <b>WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING:</b> Self-explanatory. <b>SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN:</b> Try to offer some detail about what you want instead of just asking for "anything." Give your fellow players a clear idea of what you want. <b>ANYTHING ELSE:</b> Triggers and trigger warnings, state of your tagging schedule, funny gifs, etc? Have at it!

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Talloran

[theonlymeisme]

NAME: Talloran / Tal
CHARACTERS: Gabriel Morgenstern (boneshears), Dick Grayson (gray_son) and Fitz (theonlymeisme)! But for fourth wall I'm bringing in Rev (wheresmyjuul)
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Gabriel is a former SAC and leader of a black ops strike team that dealt with the supernatural and putting down monstrosities and gods on a very permanent basis. He's a controlling sadist that's doing his best to seem very well put together and in control, but underneath it all he's trying to recover from trauma and abuse and build himself a new life in Ryslig where he can be himself.

Dick Grayson is taken from issue #79 of the current run, part of the Infinite Frontier! He's the proud father of one tripod puppy (Haley) and finding his feet after regaining his identity and coming to terms with the loss of Alfred and a city struggling with the idea of Masks after the Joker War.

Fitz was a botanist in the 40s, and an experimental bomb test catapulted fragments of him through time, sending him back to the very dawn of humanity. He has spent 35,000 years putting himself back together, and has a head overfilled with memories he struggles to keep straight. He's the newest addition to my Ryslig roster and is currently settling in to being an Alive person again.

My fourth wall pick, Rev, is an OC. He's a twisted little monster who enjoys making other people have a bad time (levels may vary) and doesn't mind getting hurt. He's a party animal and even if he's turning into a fish monster by the end of the week, he'll see that as a vast improvement on the whole 'becoming a human' thing.
WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Tagging around fourth wall, Gabriel will be doing some mild Tagevalgten murder, Fitz will be going through hot plant summer, Dick will be (trying to be ) helpful and Rev will be a source of irritation for many.
SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I'm interested in some shenanigans that force Gabriel to relinquish his control over various aspects of his life and put him out of his comfort zone, and things that might force him to open up and be honest about himself!

For Dick? Any and all sorts of shenanigans, nonsense, broing around, wrestling in the Djavulenstad arena - I'm open to Most things on him, including harm to him.

Fitz? It' s hot plant summer. I want to get this plant man going on some dates.

Rev? Give him a hard time. Bully him, fight him, hurt him - don't be afraid of making him suffer for how annoying he is.

ANYTHING ELSE: I have opt outs with warnings on each of my character journals, and I only ask that pregnancy discussions, descriptions of choking and homophobia/transphobia be warned for!

[peccatore]

NAME: Naem
CHARACTERS: Marco Evangelisi (peccatore) and Vinegar Doppio (epitaffio)
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS:
Marco is the resident computer nerd and Fourth priest with good intentions and a never-ending guilt complex. He has some brain problems he's been doing his best to manage, but he refuses to leave the Fourth God despite the fact that it would be undeniably positive for him - this is because he's grown too attached to someone he sees as a boy who never had the loving father any boy deserves to have. He's joined up with the Lighthouse, but it seems like he hasn't done much since Fiddleford stepped down.

Doppio is an unassuming young man - older than he looks, in truth - who was once the most trusted subordinate of a mafia gang's powerful Don. Now he does odd jobs at the Crowe Clinic, lost and full of ennui. He also experiences blackouts sometimes. During those blackouts, which tend to happen every few fogs, a monster with the same weird hairstyle as him goes around feeding, being reclusive, and denying any relation he might have to Doppio. It's probably nothing.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING:
Now that he's experienced yet another portal-related setback, Marco intends to carry on as usual, giving what help he can to the newly-changing monsters. Although, well, the high irregularity of this month's events may be cause for alarm (by which I mean he's going to spend probably the entire month wondering if he could have possibly maybe even remotely have been a tiny bit responsible). That, and if he figures out what happened to Makoto, he might very well feel like he should take responsibility for THAT...

Doppio also intends to carry on with his uneventful, meaningless life, internally sulking about the loss of the dream world. At least until some familiar faces show up this month, and honestly at that point all bets are off because I don't even know how he's going to react dsgzdsgdg. OH YEAH and he has a meeting with Javert that will probably result in a silly argument. Also, in the mid-month fog (17th-21st), he'll be in his fog form, eating and hiding, as he does, so if you want to talk to a hangry deer, there's your chance!

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: god uhhh as usual i am gonna do some heavy copy-pasting here let me see

On Marco's end, there's his helpful nature, his fear of committing missteps or even just slipping up in a way that clues people in to what's wrong with him (did I mention he has tons of internalized ableism? Honestly, he could probably use some friends with similar brain problems) and his stubborn refusal to wash his hands off of god matters despite being unwilling to engage in violence or anything exceedingly assertive. His behavior can certainly get on people's nerves, even loved ones, as it can sometimes feel like he refuses to stop being paralyzed - although he's been making more of an effort to keep moving as of late. He doesn't want to be pushy about recruiting people to the Fourth, but... he's been making a bit more of an effort, as of late.

On Doppio's end, there is still a LOT I'd love to explore! He's still very attached to his life before Ryslig, although paradoxically he now knows that a certain someone coming to Ryslig with him would actually be the best case scenario. He's genuinely good-natured, but at the same time, he can have violent mood swings caused by certain specific triggers that easily lead to turbulent situations, and his distaste for the gods - especially the Fog - could have unfortunate results as well. ALSO, crime friends might be nice? He's still terrible at admitting he has friends, but... he sure feels some kind of way now that Majima is gone. Also, he is still very much in denial about anything being wrong with him, now or in the past or ever, which is kind of funny given how the monster going around Bavan devouring multiple people in a short span of time and hiding in corners to sleep is still very much a pink Waldgeist and there aren't that many of those going around. Denial is powerful.

ANYTHING ELSE: I try to get to tags at least once a day when I'm not swamped with work or familial obligations, and I CAN get a little neurotic about it when I'm not able to fulfil this baseline standard, but I'm trying to be kinder to myself and, most importantly, I absolutely don't hold it against anybody if they're slower (or faster, just for the record)! Also, keep in mind both of my characters have opt-outs in their journals that can be used for any reason! Thanks for reading. o7

[princeproblems]

i mean if you're interested aunamee's being a dick in souda's post about makoto being missing BUT ALSO IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT MARCO DON'T BE GUILTY

Hannah

[souille]

NAME: Hannah
CHARACTERS: Abigail Hobbs | Hannibal | souille
Plus a couple of fourth wallers: Elizabeth | Bioshock Infinite | uncaging and Major Charles Winchester | MASH | cumlaude!

TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS:
Abigail:Introverted, observant, vulnerable girl with daddy issues, unsure where she fits on the killer to victim scale.

Elizabeth: Bright, naive ingenue from an alternate 1900s floating city who's spent her whole life locked in a tower as she can quite literally make portals to other realities (this will be nerfed for fourth wall).

Charles: One of the brightest surgeons of his time, should be hobnobbing with the Boston elite but is instead stuck being an Army medic in the Korean War.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING:
Abigail: She's recently come to the realisation that she wants to stay and has finally pledged to the Fog, after the disaster that going through the portal back to her own world turned out to be. The dream world forced her to confront the fact that she really does enjoy killing, especially turning others into the victim instead of herself. However, she's struggling to shake off the ties that demonstrating a more monstrous nature has to her past in her own world, and is desperately trying to find a way to cut herself off from her past once and for all.

Elizabeth: Initially just exploring and being glad to be anywhere but her own world, feeling kind of wary about all these monsters but trying her best to be helpful, then having something of a breakdown later in the month as her feet turn into a fishtail...

Charles: Cursing his luck and Hawkeye Pierce for being here, grudgingly doing medical work if needed, finding he becomes an even more impressive surgeon when he turns into an octopus near the end of the month and has six appendages to do surgery with at once

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: For Abigail - friends, parental figures, good and bad influences, romance, enemies, you name it - but particularly at the moment I'm looking for friends near her own age, other Fog followers to encourage her, and people with more of a darker moral compass to influence her. For the other two, anything at all, I'm winging it when it comes to fourth wall things!

ANYTHING ELSE: Warnings for murder and cannibalism in Abigail's backstory. And I'm in GMT so my tags aren't always the fastest.

Debs

[princeproblems]

NAME: Debs
CHARACTERS: Makoto Kikuchi (princeproblems), but I'm bringing in Alisaie Leveilleur (mylimitbreak) from FFXIV for Fourth Wall!
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS:
Makoto is a busybody in Ryslig, usually. She has a recording studio and co-operates 8/12 with Komaeda as well as a variety show that shows on Ryslig TV once a week when there's no crazy happenings going on that makes it impossible otherwise. Personality wise, she's a pretty bubbly person but she doesn't really take shit lately and while she can be hotblooded, it doesn't come up super often in Ryslig because she's also pretty skittish and Kelpie instincts override it sometimes, lol. She'll punch someone for being a dick, though, so if someone needs someone punched, Makoto's your girl. Otherwise she's just a good friend. She was, up until recently, super neutral but took a turn to join the Fourth due to some recent events.

Alisaie is hotblooded and doesn't take shit and will in fact punch you in the face if you're a bad person. She's an act first ask questions later kind of girl and also kind of a huge nerdy genius despite that. She cares deeply for the people around her, though, and she is perhaps one of the most loyal people you will ever find if befriended. Also she loves dunking on her twin brother and will do so with very little prompting. She's incredibly feisty though so get ready Ryslig.
WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING:
Makoto was just murdered by Aunamee for being a Fourthie, even though she's absolutely and completely new to it. This will spur her into not being so secretive about her status since she had been keeping it hidden due to being so vocally against the gods up until recently, because she'll recognize everyone else was right when there's strength in numbers and this kind of secret is probably not an amazing secret to keep when there's people like Aunamee out there. This'll also help jumpstart the girl gang thing that her and Maya'll be doing because man dying sucks, actually.

Alisaie will be storming around Ryslig trying to get to the bottom of this bullshit and also freaking out because she can't decide if this is better or worse than sineaters.
SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN:
Makoto is someone that I'd like to get more CR with, especially Fourthies. Generally I'd like more positive CR for the moment and maybe, hopefully, people that can get her to relax and stop working so much! Happy memories are important!!!!

Alisaie is something that I'd just like to play around with because she's a good girl, if feisty and firey at her core. I do intend to app her so building connections in general would be pretty fun! Positive and negative.
ANYTHING ELSE:

Usagi

[noasark]

NAME: Usagi
CHARACTERS: Jonathan Joestar standless , Reira Akaba gobo_projection , & Noa Kaiba noasark
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS:

Jonathan - Definition of the goldhearted himbo, he's a blood-feeding demon who died in 1890 on his honeymoon. Also for a little bit he learned how to use the power of the sun to punch vampires (among which included Jack the Ripper). Planned to be an archaeologist! Instead he's working to make cosmetics in a small store run by Tsukikage. Jonathan lives in Bavan with Quasimodo and Elizabeth, and over all he's just a real nice guy, really wants to help where he can! Maybe a bit too trusting though. Sometimes spotted with a tiny cat riding his shoulder.

Reira - Here for a bit more than 6 years now, she's a 13 year old Goblin who is kitted out with all the latest Felfri trends (smuggling that was hard, since she had to wear it all at once). She likes games, she likes cartoons, she likes animals, she likes...well, life really, but she's got some odd morals on things given that she grew up here- such as 'lies are the biggest crime ever, with breaking promises right next to it' and 'if someone tries to kill you, it's fair game to kill them back'. Reira's one of Elias (the Fourth God)'s few priests, though she doesn't really see him as 'godly'- mostly, this is just a matter of alliances in war. Over all, a nice kid! Maybe too nice? Then again, when you can stop time, not a whole lot spooks you from friendship. Lives on the Bavan side of Lake Dala in an underground house (it's nicer than it sounds).

Noa - Here for almost as long as Reira, he'll be physically and emotionally 16 in September. The mental is kind of a mess; he was digitally preserved for 7 years after dying at 10 years old, and that uh...does stuff to a kid! Also he's from a card game anime (so was Reira actually), but don't worry about that. Here in Ryslig, he's a manticore- a very feliform manticore- now in charge of running Liewen Labs alongside AM. Specifically he handles the Bavan Branch (laptop work, medical/comfort advances for monsters), and he lives in a hidden penthouse in the city there with an inherited pokemon, a living tree-chair, a...fungus thing, and a dog. He's the reason there's a city for stray cats and cat protection out in the world, and he's also one of the Fog God's many Priests...though he's not nearly as vocal about it. Likes to be a voice of guidance and reason, and while he's slow to admit it, kind of a huge fan of games and friends. Wow! Having friends sure is nice! He's going to ignore you now, and then blame you for ignoring him, like any good cat would.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: For the most part during the fourth wall, everyone's going to be going through their usual motions (other than...well, the obvious).

Jonathan notably is trying to learn to cook however, since uh oh! No one in the apartment can cook right now!

Reira on the other hand has a PROM to attend! Wow!! A dance she's allowed to go to!! Amazing. Also, since Summer is here, she's excited for a break from school and a lot of swimming.

Noa meanwhile is recovering from whatever the heck THAT mess last month was, and is being a sadsack at his desk/house/wherever. Cat Cuddles are permitted, just don't talk about it aloud. He might make himself go to prom.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: Unfortunately all I really got is 'anything', so the best I can do is point to Jonathan's network post (which is Heeereeee) as a thing for him, while waving my 'MY KIDS ARE GOING TO PROM' banners. (That said, Jonathan could use some more stable CR ties, so come at 'm)

That aside, I do know that castmates are likely to show up for Noa during 4th wall, so THAT'S gonna be neat, and Reira meanwhile is always fun for the sheer 'um' factor of typical childish downplaying of 'hey! kiddo?? this is a Horrible Place to be!', so if dark comedy is your thing, Boy can they deliver!

I suppose a worthwhile note for anyone going hard on the fish deal is that Reira's room has an airlock out into the lake as well. ...On Noa's end, uh, try not to let him nibble your foot?

ANYTHING ELSE: I've recently found that synthesized-reality as a heavy conversation point can be a trigger, most particularly when the character goes deep into matters of proof and so on, so please try to avoid that sort of thing in any threads. I'll note now that it isn't so much when characters decide that the setting is say, 'all a game', but rather when they start going into detail on it/on 'why'- so don't worry if it just comes up in vague!

[peccatore]

OH MAN i'll have to get in on that later!

also "don't be guilty" what suddenly marco can't read

[hairday]

NAME: Jackal
CHARACTERS: Steve Harrington
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: A teenager from 1980s smalltown USA, where monsters only occasionally come out of dimensional rifts. Was once Mr. Popular and kind of an asshole as a result, but ever since graduation has been floundering spectacularly at the transition to adulthood, as well as adjusting to his loss of social status in general. The bright side is he's made leaps and bounds toward becoming a pretty okay person.

Very social. Jock. Himbo material. Just wants to be a good friend and/or partner. Danger makes him A) scream, or B) act more bold than smart, depending on the stakes.

Now a full-time bunny boy. Sike, this month he's temping as a Merperson.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING:

• Still settled in at 38-8 living his best life with 100% more convertible.
  
• Poundmates: Ownership of the place has fallen into Steve's lap after Majima's departure. Poundmates is an animal shelter and adoption center. I'm not sure how much I'll delve into it this month, as my primary focus will be my monster swap & the fourth wall, but stay tuned for Steve attempting to not completely blow having some responsibility.
  
• Temping! Steve asked Mana to make him a Merperson for the Summer. Though this is subject to change as things get crazier, he'll be utilizing 38-8's new pool and making many, many trips to Lake Dala and various places of interest along Ryslig's coast for fun and exploration.
  
• Prom: Steve will be going! And appearing on stage to announce his plan to select a mascot for the school, which involves collecting anonymous suggestions in a box. Don't troll... or do!
  
• Birthday: Steve will be turning nineteen on the 24th of July. I don't have any specific plans, and honestly it sounds like everyone including Steve's priorities are going to be elsewhere by then, but he'll appreciate any well wishes!

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN:

• CR with other 38-8 tenants, Nai'a Nights regulars, etc. The people he probably regularly passes by on his daily routine who he could stand to get to know a little better.
  
• CR with god followers. Currently planning on putting Steve on team Fog, although this is subject to change as the narrative does. He's not going to have a religious or even that political of a take on it, but even just the juxtaposition with people who do could be interesting. He lacks information on the Fourth in general.
  
• Dear monsters with feeding types that don't destroy bones. Please give him your extra bones. Waste not, want not. Blood donations also appreciated.
  
• Interested in having your character donate to or assist directly with Poundmates? Let me know! You can choose whether they receive pay or do strictly volunteer work.
  
• Looking forward to any & all water-based mer shenanigans this month, whether it's for fun, exploration, or event-related investigative purposes.
  
• Need something dug up? A giant hole for any reason? Look no further... at least, that is, once he goes back to being a Pooka.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[lottabones]

NAME: Nara
CHARACTERS: Triffany Lottablog
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: A cheerful archeologist who likes to hike out into the wilderness for days at a time to uncover long-lost artifacts and skeletons. She's a sweetheart with a big fascination for morbid and nihilistic topics.

For the 4th wall, I'm brining Okuyasu Nijimura from Jojo, a loud and impulsive delinquent who cries easily, has his poetic food critic moments, and will die for people who manage to befriend him.
WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: She'll continue to explore areas of the peninsula, and she hopes to expand her digging group. She'll also see her husband again during fourth wall! Lots of good things will come of this.
I'm also considering having her align with a god so she can get some new information about Ryslig, but at the moment she's wanting to learn more about the two gods.
SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: Triffany wants to show off her photo of herself as a Grumpus and a photo album I plan to regain. I'd like to have her talk more about her life back home and her expedition with those as a good conversation starter. Otherwise, I need her to socialize more, so people taking her out to meet others is very welcome.

Okuyasu will mostly try to beat up monsters and play pranks when he arrives, bit other than that anything is good.

ANYTHING ELSE: I'm currently pretty slow this month due to being in a murder game, but Im looking forward to tagging out during the event!

[evilgrows]

NAME: AgentKaz
CHARACTERS: Dr. Robotnik
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Dr. Robotnik is a mad scientist who hates people and likes machines. In Ryslig he's a faerie which he finds extremely useful, but he's still very against the Fog God because, hello, he has shit to do and weird aliens to catch and he's spent all this time not being able to do it. He's keeping the faerie thing, though. He lives in a big giant building all by himself and he is not inviting you to live in it. Everything is more fun all alone, after all. He does have quite the sweet tooth, though, and can often be bribed to do things.
WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Everything that's been happening lately has been Very Annoying so he's been staying inside for the most part and working on things. His main goal is going home, but that's been taking forever and he's kind of grumpy about it. And now more shit is going to hit the fan, hooray. He'll be around for whatever stupid thing is happening now. A certain annoying creature is scheduled to be making a fourth wall appearance, and he'll be dealing with THAT bullshit.
SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: He needs to be more social, for one. He's got a few acquaintances here and there, but he's very adamant about not having friends and I think he needs to get some despite his best efforts otherwise. Also it'd be neat for him to work on projects with other people even though he doesn't want to.
ANYTHING ELSE:

[craftlife]

So I've been vaguely planning on getting Deon working on some robot projects, is that something you'd be interested in? We could get them to discuss it during the pizza party.

[killedsupers]

NAME: Ocean
CHARACTERS: Syndrome (Buddy Pine)
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Syndrome is a genius inventor with a huge chip on his shoulder towards people with powers because of his idol, Mister Incerdible, not accepting him as his sidekick at the age of 10. Brilliant but volatile, Syndrome has a vindictive personality and lashes out towards anyone who he feels like is trying to control him or expose his much softer side - Buddy.

For the Fourth Wall, I am thinking of bringing Soldier from Team Fortress 2! Soldier is loud, aggressive, and also extremely volatile with a penchant for going completely off of the rails at any opportunity. Known for his patriotic and strong-willed personality (and for teleporting bread), he is willing to do what it takes to get back home and kick ass.

Because he's not trapped at Ryslig, you are all trapped with him!

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Syndrome is getting hit with the full transformation into a shade this month. What might lag behind is him being able to control his powers. He intends to strengthen himself and learn all that he is capable of doing with his new found powers so that he can properly use them against people. He will continue to spy and gather information except now he will be far more sneakier about it. Think possessing a normal human just to sit somewhere unnoticed to listen to conversations.

Soldier is going to throw hands with people as he struggles to make sense of the world he has been sucked into.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: Since Syndrome is going to be hit with everything at once, he will also be very hungry and even more emotionally turbulent! Anything regarding these situations is good for me. I think he is also going to learn what he can about the Fourth before making his decision to side with a God, although he leans far more towards Fog.

Ah, and Tech Club Meeting! It might happen this month if I am not too caught up in Fourth Wall stuff and closed prompts.

For Soldier, I want people to experience him. Anything goes!

ANYTHING ELSE:

Jormy

[getmeoutofthedraft]

...listen this is going to be a monstrosity bc on top of four in-game characters i'm strongly leaning towards bringing two in for fourth wall purposes. so rather than try to get six characters into one form, I'm gonna uhhh... make subcomments for each character, okay?

I HAVE NO SELF-CONTROL AND TOO MANY WORDS.

NAME: Jormy
CHARACTERS: Hawkeye Pierce (getmeoutofthedraft), Regulus Black (pawntakesking), Bethan Costigan (throughavisordarkly), and Casimir Zarek (borntoreign)

For the fourth wall, I'll be bringing in Susan Delgado (girl_at_the_window) and Mordred Pendragon (drawingnear)

[evilgrows]

yeah, sounds good! reluctant team-up to make some better machines in this hellhole dammit

Hawkeye Pierce

[getmeoutofthedraft]

TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Hawkeye is a surgeon and, after four years in Ryslig, also a general practitioner, amateur psychiatrist, first-aid instructor, and headteacher. He's a charismatic, high-energy, comedic character with a zest for life and a cheeky disregard for social norms. Or, put another way, a deeply traumatised and depressed man who uses arrogance, comedy, and general dumbfuckery as coping mechanisms.

He's been a lich for some years now, and still hates it. He also lives on blood and coffee, and, in an attempt to avoid depleting the clinic's blood stocks too much, has been in a state of borderline starvation for the past three and a half years. Insert comment about him being all skin and bones here.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: A lot this month, actually! Between arranging and hosting prom at the new Strickler School campus, having a familiar face in the fourth wall, and hopefully buying the ability to become human at will from Mana (still pending mod approval), he's a busy man. Also, after three and a half years of not-dating, he and Lust finally acknowledged that they have feelings for each other, so he's likely to spend at least some of July trying to get to grips with what that might mean.

He'll also be doing his usual - running the clinic in a crisis, offering therapy, weekly first-aid classes once the school opens, etc - so if you need him in a more casual setting, go for it.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I'm really interested in people who might be seeing him as human for the first time when he gets his Mana powers - and also in exploring what something like that might mean for someone who constantly lives on the edge of starvation, since I intend to make the human transformation cost him a lot in terms of increased hunger. Also interested in long-term CR finding out about him and Lust, and as always, in professional CR.

ANYTHING ELSE: Nah.

[knifemonopoly]

NAME: Krystal
CHARACTERS: Atem, formerly went by Yugi, but now the real Yugi is here and he's stopped bumming his bodyshare partner's name.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: 3000 years ago, a pharaoh used the magic of his true name to seal an evil god along with himself into a magical artifact, which got smashed to pieces, hidden in a tomb, discovered by a gambler, and brought home to Japan. The gambler's grandson, Yugi, put the pieces back together, releasing the pharaoh's ghost, who remembered nothing and was more than a little insane. The pharaoh possessed Yugi every time someone hurt him or someone close to him and challenged the perpetrator to a sadistic game that was usually magic but sometimes just "a taser" and left a trail of bodies behind him, somehow never getting caught.

I'm playing the murder ghost. He loves his friends very much.

For the 4th wall, I'm bringing in Jean Valjean, from that French brick. He will have his memories from his first time at Ryslig and one changelog of Nymph parts, and his canon point is "dying, but before Cosette arrives, because we hate joy and closure." He's an old ex-convict Catholic Frenchman who is self-sacrificing to the point of insanity and Cannot Have Nice Things The Lord Said So, but will help you immediately.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Atem will be very involved in this whole pearl plot! He wants to dig his hands into what's going on in Ryslig on a level that's almost meta; he's convinced this place is a big Shadow Game from his canon, so he's trying to figure out the rules, the mastermind, and the win condition. So he'll be very active there. He's also temped to Naga and looks like how he did when he was alive this month thanks to a Mana mishap, and he'll be self-appointed volunteer security at Prom. Prom matters to people. People have feelings about it. He will protect it with his life.

Jean Valjean will....be surprised to exist. He will slowly turn into a type of sea creature I'm not decided about yet but will definitely look like plants. He'll go back to Djavulenstad and try to get his old janitor job back in the Devil's Nest, and look up Javert, because the man's still alive, and had a curious letter...
SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN:
For Atem: people to get involved with the metaplot together with! Also people who know him as Yugi, so he can explain All Of That, and anyone who'll be surprised by his Naga temp/suddenly, Egyptian. I especially want to get him into a fight at prom. A game fight or a fight he can turn into a game is preferred but I'm up for a regular fight too. I just want someone to try to start prom trouble and for him to get to interfere with disproportionate amounts of anger.

For Valjean: bad people for him to be radically accepting of and kind to, good people to treat him well so that he gets embarrassed about it, someone to fill him in on All This about Javert, and honestly anyone who will drag him out of being unsociable. He takes extra work to get CR with, so while I'll put in the effort, characters who are not or who aren't easily deterred will have the best time.
ANYTHING ELSE: Mind the opt out post on Atem's journal! I'm so hype for the snaraoh and for le Swamp Thing, you guys.

Regulus Black

[getmeoutofthedraft]

TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Regulus is a Fog cultist who's trying to reform the Fog cult at least a bit. He's been in Ryslig for three and a half years, and has latched onto the Fog as his raison d'être in this world, but also takes a somewhat more political stance on following the Fog than many of her followers do, believing that she's a fallible but loving being and that her current priesthood (looking at you, Aunamee) is making it impossible for her to win the war by damaging her reputation.

On a personal level: he's still very young (even accounting for the time he's spent in Ryslig, he's not yet 22), and is basically the ultimate posh Englishman, emphasis on the stiff upper lip and being polite and cold. He runs the Kit-TEA-Kat cat café (inherited from his cousin a couple of years back) and while he has an apartment in Dyster, he actually lives at the Delgado ranch with Bert and Jade.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Regulus is on the hunt for two things currently: a way to tier up within the Fog church, and information about the history of Ryslig. As the latter's more concrete, that's probably what I'll be working on most. He's also still dealing with the fallout from the start of June, when Sirius got eaten by a house (this game... is weird?) and he had to face up to a whole bunch of family stuff he would have liked to keep buried.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I would love love LOVE more fog schism stuff - discussions and conflicts either with people who agree that the fog church can and should be reformed, or with people who think he's being a weird splitter zealot. I'm also interested in continuing the discussions that started on his network post, about the history and mysteries of the peninsula. title of his upcoming dissertation

ANYTHING ELSE: Lately, a lot of what I've been writing with Regulus has been going back into depth about his abusive family, and the thought patterns that go along with that, which he hasn't really broken out of. If discussions of the psychological impact of abuse are triggering to you, please do let me know - he has an HMD/opt-out on his journal which you can comment to at any time.

Bethan Costigan

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Bethan is an OC whose concept is basically "what if a person was made entirely of anger and neuroses" - a New York woman in her mid-twenties who was experimented on as a child and is now a kind-of-sort-of superhero. She's riddled with PTSD, prone to dissociative and psychotic episodes, and maybe one of the most pointlessly angry and self-destructive people imaginable. She's also a vigilante with some very strongly-held but only semi-consistent moral principles. Being a seven-foot-tall (seven and a half if you count the horns!) goat minotaur who can kick through walls has not improved her.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: As always, Bethan's overarching goal in this game is to take down the Fog (not necessarily by killing her) and any other gods, and to find a way for the people who want to go home to do so. More acutely, the past couple of months have done a lot to undo her development, and she's going to be right back to pushing people away and doing her absolute, conscious best to make people hate her - which doesn't pair well with her political goal of "make humans and monsters realise they need to unite against a common enemy".

She's also working at the 38-8 as a security guard, and living there. People on the top floor may have heard her screaming at night. Don't mention it unless you want a punch in the face.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I'm really hoping to get more into the anti-god movement the next couple of months, and for Bethan to take concrete action, possibly involving vandalism and even terrorist acts? Still threshing out the details, but we'll get there. Point is, I would love conflicting or supporting CR around that goal, and I would also love people to call her out on what an increasingly unstable mess she is. It won't make a difference, probably, but someone's gotta say it.

ANYTHING ELSE: There's a lot of triggering topics that are hard to avoid with Bethan, especially around: child abuse (non-sexual), mental illness and trauma, violence, and self-harm/suicidality. As with Regulus, she does have an opt-out post, and I encourage you to use it if you feel uncomfortable.

I also want to put a blanket apology out there, because I know that, as a very confrontational and contrarian character, Bethan can be hard to deal with. I try to keep a balance between IC assholery and OOC consideration for players, but I know I've failed in that in the past, and I want to emphasise that a. what she says is not a reflection of what I believe and, more importantly, b. you can always drop a thread or ask me to change a tag if it's something you struggle with OOCly.

Mey

[restinglichface]

NAME: Mey
CHARACTERS: Lup restinglichface
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: She's a former high elf wizard with a love of cooking, high drama, and blowing shit up. She's gregarious and very social, but can come off pretty rude in her effort to be brutally honest. Due to her shitty upbringing, Lup has some Trust Issues™ and takes time to really warm up to people. Lup and Taako pocketspa are identical twins and Lup is a proud trans woman. Any transphobia will not be tolerated.

After a year away from Ryslig, Lup's returned with some pretty big Trauma that she has been very unwilling to discuss with anyone yet, but otherwise is enjoying her time back with her monster friends.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Lup is adjusting back to Ryslig (and just life in general), so she's spending most of her time with friends, catching up and reconnecting after her year away. She spends a great deal of time with Taako and Magnus on the farm, considerably more than she did previously, but will absolutely shrug if off if asked about it.

The next few months will all be about branching out for Lup, for finding new hobbies or side hustles, for getting involved back into the monster community. She wants to be exactly who she was before, but it's taking much more effort than it ever has for her.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: Friends, enemies, rivals, etc of course, but what I'd really love to do is drag Lup's new trauma around and force her to confront it. For those out of the know, Lup spent nearly a dozen years in complete solitude trapped in an inescapable prison, all while being completely aware of the outside world and the fact that all of her friends and family had their memory of her wiped away. She puts up a front of being so untouchable, sure, but small spaces, the dark, thinking others can't see or hear her - it's all very triggering for her.

If anyone wants to journey down that path with me, let's chat!

ANYTHING ELSE:

[godofthemachine]

Lup spent nearly a dozen years in complete solitude trapped in an inescapable prison, all while being completely aware of the outside world and the fact that all of her friends and family had their memory of her wiped away.

HELLO YOU CAUGHT MY ATTENTION

Casimir Zarek

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TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS: Casimir is another OC, previously a fantasy-world evil emperor, now a nephilim. He's a scheming, sadistic, violent asshole whose driving principle is that victory is the only thing that matters and that ~struggle makes us human~. He's paranoid, arrogant, entirely selfish, and prone to long monologues about how smart he is. I hate him and you should too.

WHAT YOUR CHARACTER(S) WILL BE DOING: Casimir plans to ally with the Fourth fairly early on this month, pending a prayer thread that I haven't actually posted yet. (I feel confident in saying he'll ally with the Fourth regardless of its outcome, since he's already decided that's where there's the most space for him to rise in the ranks). Once he is a Fourthie, he'll be aiming to tier up as quickly as possible, probably through various murders.

I also kind of want him, separately, to try to develop his own cult among the human populace.

SCENARIOS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN: I would love volunteers for him to murder (or attempt to murder - I'm always down for a defeat!) in his quest to speedrun Fourth God tiers.

There was also some talk on Plurk about setting up a service to torture the weird number of masochist monsters in this game, and I don't know how serious that was, but honestly, I'd dig it. If anyone wants their character tortured, he's in.

ANYTHING ELSE: He's the worst and I'm so, so sorry for his Randian bullshit.

[restinglichface]

Lup's gonna come give him the shovel talk

[restinglichface]

HELLO HELLO DID AM HEAR THE WORD TRAUMA

[princeproblems]

the actions of aunamee are not your fault marco--

[godofthemachine]

LMFAO YES but also I have a penchant for "trapped in an inescapable situation" traumas.

AM and Lup have some CR I think since they were all flirty and stuff, so it's possible he could learn something?