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beleos ([personal profile] beleos) wrote in [community profile] kenosooc2024-01-30 02:04 pm

THE SOOT OF IGNORANCE | RISING ACTION.


WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, WHO ARE YOU?
Greetings, old friends and new, and welcome to — February's Plotting & CR meme! There are some big things going on in Kenos this month, and we wanted to take a moment to welcome everyone. We hope you're enjoying the game! To our older players, we're so proud and honored that you've chosen to spend all this time with little ol' us. May there be more fun in your future!

Before the Oracle event in March, there is something big happening in February. As a celebration of our mid-game, as well as the beginning of Kenos's tonal shift into the latter half of our collective story, the world will undergo some big changes. In the beginning of the month, Meridian's leader: Cyrus, will be assassinated by members of Zenith's faction. In the latter half of February, part of Highstorm (Yima's Manor, specifically) will be hit by a targeted magical weapon's strike by members of Meridian's faction. With both of these events being the culmination of player movements, participation, and dedication, they are acting as the heralds to the second half of the Kenos game.

War has always been waiting in the wings, and now it is officially coming. Enjoy a few days of relaxation, and get your CR engines revving up!
ZENITH | y̷̘͛̚ò̴̮͇̫u̵̖̱͙̎ ̸̲̮̾͝h̷̲̤͆͝a̴̢̰̋̀v̸͍͂͌͋ê̵̢̓͘ ̸̨̄m̸̜̙̟̓̐a̴̠̅̕d̸͈̯̞̄̄e̵̘̺̅̓͛ ̴̟̥̙̀̑m̷̲̩̦̏͂̊a̴̛͜ȓ̶͔͓͙͆t̷̡͓̟̎̈́̑y̵̫͋̌ŗ̵̌s̵̱̮̕ ̵̻̺̀͠
Cyrus — Meridian’s 34th Tribune — is going to die. Down one Oracle to Meridian’s two, Yima has tasked her most faithful followers with his assassination in order to turn the tides back in Zenith’s favour — and so, of course, it will be done.

While matters in Highstorm seem tranquil enough, slowly but surely, activity in Yima’s manor will begin to ramp up, to the point that anyone who resides there or even visits will be able to take note: this is not the norm. Her court is busy with personnel and attendants rushing about, organizing guards— poisons— weapons? Something is afoot, and before long one might be able to piece together whispered conversations of invasion and assault and assassination.

Perhaps you hear about it in time to get your foot in the door, an enterprising Zenite looking to help make your mark and strike a blow for your faction — or, through fortune’s chance, you’re someone looking to warn Cyrus of what’s to come? Or perhaps you pick up on things just a little too late, and suddenly find yourself thrust in the middle of a situation that forces you to either fight or flee. (Freezing and fawning are not recommended; this is about to be an active conflict zone!)

Either way, Cyrus is going to die — but it doesn’t have to go smoothly.

All of this to say: Zenith will be employing a strategy of overwhelming Springstar’s forces and causing mass chaos in the city in order to allow for a couple of Zenites taking a far stealthier approach to get to and ultimately dispatch of Cyrus. Those monster attacks from Ryad in the Below that have been causing trouble in Meridian’s home city? They’re about to come to a massive head, alongside other invading Zenite forces — PC and NPC alike.

As this mission was given to Amos when he hit T4 Harmonization, he will be the one to ultimately carry out the decisive blow against Cyrus.

— FOR ZENITH.

— Are you hearing rumblings that you find concerning? Maybe you want to get in touch with some Meridian friends and warn them that something seems like it’s about to go down.

— Did you want to fight? Now’s your chance! Join the chaos in Springstar and have fun absolutely wrecking the place and/or people. Maybe even do some looting?

— Do you feel bad about innocent civilians getting caught up in this? Maybe you’re more inclined to minimize the damage — try to guide people away from combat zones, or stop a building from blowing up.

— And of course, what of an exit strategy? There are cornerstones throughout Springstar one could use to escape, or you could slip into the Below. Or perhaps something less fortunate befalls you, like being dissipated or captured and jailed by Springstar’s forces...

— FOR MERIDIAN.

— Because this is a successful Zenite assault, Meris will largely find themselves in a reactionary position — but if you were able to receive some word of warning beforehand, perhaps you were able to at least start making some preparations? Shoring up some Springstar defences, evacuating the more vulnerable, or bringing word to Heliopolis to expect something are all possibilities, even if you aren’t quite sure what you’re really preparing for.

— Springstar, your home city, is under attack — it’s time to defend it! There are monsters and Zenites alike to try to fight off and/or kill. It’s not murder if it’s self-defence.

— Of course, if you don’t particularly care (some of you are definitely the type), then maybe this is a good chance for you to snoop around safer areas of Springstar while everyone’s distracted — or maybe even Kowloon or Highstorm, if you really don’t want to be in a conflict zone for some reason.

— FOR THE UNHARMONIZED.

So you’ve found yourself in the midst of a warzone for a conflict you barely know anything about… Whoops. Sorry about that!

— Perhaps this would be a good time to Harmonize one way or the other? Just keep in mind that Meridian isn’t so squeaky clean either…

— But you can join up with Zenith or Meridian characters regardless! Do you thrive on chaos? Do you have a conscience and want to try to at least protect people? You may not have your (or any) powers, but as long as you’ve got the spirit, you’ll probably end up in someone’s good books.
MERIDIAN | w̶̫̹͊̿͠h̸͉̯̖̔̈̃e̸͙̣̬̋̍r̸̲̜͒ȇ̵͍̰͕̄͠ ̵̣͔̬̈́̕y̵̢̏o̵̺̟̔̒̐ũ̸͇̬ ̴̮̜̻̑̐̚ș̶́́͛h̷̤̬̠͘o̷̗͐͑͒u̵͓͐̆͠l̶͉͕̂̔ͅd̶̻́̕ ̸̗̞̥̒͂̚h̴̻̘̰͒͆a̷̘̥̅̇v̷̬̕͝ë̷̯̼̊ ̶͉͖̓̋͜m̸̟̃͌ả̶͍͔ḋ̵̯̹͆͝e̶̛̬͕̯̅̚ ̵͓̼̈́̾c̶̝͈̓ơ̵͔̺n̸͖̮̘̊v̶̛̩̙̈́͌e̶̞̻̲͌͆̕r̸̲̈t̶̺̫͗̆š̶̤̣
Even with two Oracles in their control under Tribune Cyrus's leadership, Springstar's populace appears to have come to favor another: Agapitos Voreen. The streets teem with conversation about his name, his promises of a hardline stance against Zenith, and his vow to carry on the and his vow to carry on the successes Meridian has been experiencing when he is elected Tribune. ( The successes his soon-to-be pre-deceasesor enjoyed. Oh, sorry. Predecessor. This is an OOC joke, because WE all know Cyrus gon' die. )

Springstar's populace may have turned from their current Tribune, but Meridian's Shard-Bearers still appear to strongly run the show. In the months leading up to the pivotal assassination, the majority of Meri's have been rallied by Set into a joint venture — the development of a grand weapon, with its sights aimed at the core of Highstorm. The effort culminates in a large beam of radiant power being fired upon Yima's Manor a few days after Cyrus's death is announced.

However, leading up to this event there is movement. With several Meridian Shard-Bearers on the move, the efforts of Zenites Link and Drizzt in January result in attention being drawn to the Beyond: the dark, inhospitable landscape of gleaming flora and dangerous fauna that have surrounded the city of Highstorm since its advent. Meridian's Shard-Bearers, a crack team of Legionaries and even retainers have mobilized a supply line that seems to lead to a staging ground near Set and Quetzalcoatl's divine structures.

Something is afoot, and at this stage in the game, one will begin to piece together some pieces of information: mentions of waiting for the right moment and the weapon and letting them dig their own grave.

Either way, Yima’s Manor will be struck — but it doesn’t have to go smoothly.

All of this to say: Meridian has, ironically, taken the Zenite route, and is employing a strategy of defensive subterfuge, clandestine supply runs and the secret assembly of a weapon in the depths of the Beyond. Protected by militant Shard-Bearers, anti-Zenite spellwork and the sheer hostility of the Beyond itself, the weapon is very difficult to get to. But before it is fired, the information is there for your preparations. Will your character attempt to move innocents out of the way? Warn Zenith's leader of what is to come? Will they attempt to ambush or cripple the last of the supply chains or assault Meri participants in an effort to stall the last legs of the construction process?

Pertinent historical information about the development of the weapon can be found here, for the curious looking to see how this came about.

— FOR MERIDIAN.

— Are you hearing rumblings you find concerning? Maybe you want to get in touch with some Zenith friends and warn them that something seems like it’s about to go down. It's too late to stop "the weapon", but at least you can brace them for what's coming.

— Did you want to fight? Now’s your chance! Join the chaos in the wake of the attack on Springstar by focusing on undefended? Highstorm and have fun absolutely wrecking the place and/or people. Maybe even do some looting? Snooping?

— Do you feel bad about innocent civilians getting caught up in this? Maybe you’re more inclined to minimize the damage — and to try to save people who might have gotten caught in the crossfire, even?

— And of course, what of the fallout? Are you going to stand proudly by your participation in this? Are you going to slip back into the shadows and use the chaos to your advantage to (re)forge relations? Will you decry those who participated to Highstorm, to salvage anything you can?

— FOR ZENITH.

— Because Meridian's efforts are in retaliation to Zenith's assassination, their forces will largely find themselves in a reactionary position — if you were able to receive some word of warning beforehand, perhaps you were able to at least start making some preparations? Shoring up some Highstorm defenses, evacuating the more vulnerable, or bringing word to the Manor to expect something are all possibilities, even if you aren’t quite sure what you're preparing for.

— Highstorm, your home city, has been eviscerated— the Manor, specifically. In the wake of the attack, Yima has disappeared and rumblings of the agonized citizenry betray their fears: they do not know what to do. Time to step up, step in and lead your people! They need you more than ever.

— Of course, if you don’t particularly care (some of you are definitely the type), then maybe this is a good chance for you to snoop around safer areas of Highstorm while everyone’s distracted — or maybe even Kowloon or Springstar, if you really don’t want to be around a damaged zone for some reason.

— FOR THE UNHARMONIZED.

So you’ve found yourself in the midst of a warzone for a conflict you barely know anything about… Whoops. Sorry about that!

— Perhaps this would be a good time to Harmonize one way or the other? Just keep in mind that Zenith aren't the victims you might be lead to believe they are.

— But you can join up with Zenith or Meridian characters regardless! Do you thrive on chaos? Do you have a conscience and want to try to at least protect people? You may not have your (or any) powers, but as long as you’ve got the spirit, you’ll probably end up in someone’s good books.
OOC NOTES & MINI FAQ
This event will take place throughout February. Like the Oracle events, we are frontloading all the information you might desire for your plotting and threading purposes, because this is a doozy of a moment for everyone — no matter your characters investment in their Faction, or the battle for the Oracles, things are changing in Kenos. The rough IC timeline is Friday, February 2nd to Thursday, February 15th for the "first half" of the event, with the "second half" occurring from Friday, February 16th to Thursday, February 29th. Again, this is not a strict timeline, but just an idea of how long both aspects of the event are going on for in-universe.

HERE'S A LITTLE FAQ

My character intends to warn the other faction. What does this look like?

Setting-wise, with both plots preordained to be successful, warnings will at best have a small effect on the environment — e.g. parts of Springstar and Yima’s Manor could be spared, or maybe you manage to get Cyrus an extra half hour of life or so. Keep in mind that both factions are taking this seriously, so they won’t be inclined to let anything big slip in the presence of anyone whose loyalty they are not assured of. Think of it as your character overhearing something sus rather than having any hard evidence.

Character-wise, keep in mind that if anyone finds out you betrayed your faction, there may be consequences. It depends on how sneaky you’re being and if you’re sharing information with the right person! Also keep in mind that betraying your faction will bump your character’s Discord up one tier. The degree of social consequence depends on how sneaky they are, who they tell and, surprisingly, the "type" of person they are*. Essentially if we, as mods, see something about someone's actions in a public arena, that character could be punished (severely!) by their Faction from here on out. Factional trust may become difficult to earn back without concentrated effort, as well.

( *This is an assessment based on your past reported Notable Actions, including where your character has spent time, and what actions they've taken before NPCs! If your character is suspected — or if you WANT them to be, for some reason? — Zenites will be visited by Florence and Kathova, while Meris will be paid a visit General Zaman and Cetina to... have a little chat. )

Please make a note here if your character intends to feed the other faction information, or if your character is Unharmonized and chooses to warn a faction about a plot against them!

My character lives in Yima’s Manor. Do they still have a home?

Yes! Don't worry, we have already considered this when creating the target. The location of Yima's quarters are known, thanks to previous explorations and are far enough away that the damage incurred by the Manor is centralized on that point. She lives far enough from her Shard-Bearers in resident that if you want to opt-in or out of any damage to your room, you can! ( Maybe it's time to get a real place to live! )

My character is going to go searching through the cities. What might they find?

Like in our Iconoclast Oracle event ( link for refresher ), we have a toplevel comment for curious explorers.

What if my character is dissipated during the event?

Dissipations continue to work as normal; they’ll have to be taken to the Tree of Life to revive. Make sure to use the buddy system so someone can take you there!

What if my character is captured during the event?

Individuals who are captured in either city will be immediately imprisoned until the chaos settles. However, before the chaos settles and their fates are decreed by either Faction, the next Oracle will awaken... and call them to it. Thus, they will be ~magically freed~ THIS TIME. The results of their participation/non-participation will be announced following the Oracle, when we deploy our world changes!

What can I expect, going forward?

In the wake of both events, Meridian's leader: Cyrus, will be dead. The fate of Zenith's leader: Yima, will be unknown for some time. Both cities will be damaged. A new Tribune will be selected in due time, and an interim leader will step up to take over Yima's responsibilities. Other world changes will occur, so keep your eyes peeled. For those seeking to Harmonize to either faction, Cetina and Kathova will still be available to assist Zenites. For now.

Lastly, for old players and new, please take a look at The Soot of Ignorance, as a reminder and as an introduction of some of the world-effects still going strong at this time. For no reason. Don't worry about what's coming next.

EDIT: We got so excited about the content, we forgot to include WHEN the post is going up. The event post will be going up Wednesday, February 7th! Please have exploration requests turned in by Thursday, February 15th to receive information on the areas you are exploring.

And, as always! Please fill out the form below to join the joint Plotting/CR meme:

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Chrono's Characters

[personal profile] hauntedking 2024-02-02 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)

PLAYER

NAME:
Chrono
CONTACT:
[plurk.com profile] dragoon1940 | chrono6269 @ Discord
ABOUT YOU:

I work admin/coordinator support for a large engineering company, which isn't a bad gig. I've been kicking around DW/LJRP space for forever and I mostly just enjoy doing terrible things to my characters. Into a lot of different fandoms, always happy to chatter away! Still very much into Tolkien and just recently fell back into Fate Hell all over again. Also very into Frieren right now. Have a lovely cat named Morrigan and a twin sister. Also I sometimes paint tiny model dudes.
Edited 2024-02-02 21:52 (UTC)
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christy's blorbo brigade

[personal profile] muchalucha 2024-02-02 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)

PLAYER

NAME: Christy
CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] runthejewels
ABOUT YOU: Your local Discord Jail Warden! Other than RP I play video games, make cosplay, and play TTRPGs both as a player and DM. If I am not 100% busy at all times, I'll wither away and perish. ♥ Also feel free to add me on Plurk! No need to ask, just go for it.
Edited 2024-02-02 22:19 (UTC)
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Lazdo's characters

[personal profile] cyfaredd 2024-02-02 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)

PLAYER

NAME: Lazdo
CONTACT: oddlazdo on Discord, [plurk.com profile] lazdo
ABOUT YOU: I live in Florida with my husband and two pomeranian doggies. I like Nintendo, FFXIV, and reading comics. :3
Edited 2024-02-02 22:31 (UTC)
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amos burton | zenith | exalt

[personal profile] baltimores 2024-02-02 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)

PLAYER

NAME: Ari
CONTACT: cadiai @ discord, plurk
ABOUT YOU: Western Canadian and keeping weird hours via the journalism industry. Currently reading the Slough House novels which is shaping up to be my next big fandom. Pitchers and catchers report soon!! I am a Nats fan there is absolutely no reason for me to be excited about this. Feel free to hit me up on discord or plurk whenever for cr or plotting purposes!

CHARACTER

NAME: Amos Burton
CANON | CANON POINT: The Expanse | just before the end of s05e09
GIVE US A QUICK BLURB ABOUT YOUR BLORBO: Spaceship mechanic from sometime in the 2350s who had an incredibly traumatic childhood that's left him somewhat broken as a person. He's okay, though; since his moral compass is permanently busted he just outsources it to someone he believes to be good, righteous, and just — here, that's Yima! Very loyal to his people and capable of committing atrocities both, Amos is a good guy to have in your corner. Really.
FACTION | ASPECT: T4 Zenith | Exalt

GENERAL PLANS: Amos is a pretty simple guy so my general plans with him are mostly going with the flow! He's a hardcore Zenite who wants to see them win so most everything he does will be geared towards that — via things like, um, this; Oracle battles; and helping encourage new Zenites to fight the good fight. He does genuinely believe Zenith's goals are the right thing to do! He's coming at this from a place of optimism and hope nowadays.

That said I'm also interested in getting him more involved with the Beyond stuff. Not even for just Meridian weapon purposes but like, in general. He really likes Highstorm and it's literally his backyard, so... THAT said he's also very much a sci-fi guns guy and he just picked up the Fabricate spell so if you want a gun buddy...

EVENT-SPECIFIC PLANS: well,

In Springstar:
— Soooo he got the mission from Yima to assassinate Cyrus and has spent the past little bit putting those plans together. so. he's killing cyrus,
— Other than that though, we're at the point where things have progressed far enough you don't need to know Amos at all to jump in — but if you play a Zenite that wasn't already involved and want something with him just let me know and we can cook something up together! I'm happy to scoop Zenites up.
In Highstorm:
— Because Amos is busy with a high-intensive mission during the first half he isn't really going to be available for that chaos portion... but he is here! He's someone who handles pressure cooker situations like a champ and would immediately slip into a level-headed leadership type role.
— He'll be in the fray for rescue and recovery efforts, as well as hunting down any Meridians he may come across both (so, mayhaps some PVP?). I anticipate him being very active here!! And pissed but he doesn't have time for that; it's practical hours only (mostly).
— But also feel free to yell at him if you think this is his fault. He doesn't think it is but if you need a verbal (or physical) punching bag have at him. He is a true believer type who won't take it lying down/will fight back though.
CR WISHES:
— As a T4 Zenite I am looking for him to take some kind of leadership role (especially with Yima out of commission)! He's the type to try to take people under his wing and guide them, so if you want to get further steeped in Zenith, finger guns, he wants to help you.
THAT SAID I am just a regular player and he is still just some guy!! Please do not feel obligated to listen to him, he'll be the first one to admit he's flawed but he is trying his best.
— Chill cross-faction CR... which is probably going to be a lot more difficult now but Amos is a very chill guy despite all of the murder and zealotry. He has no problem with Meris as people and is was is? friends with a number of them. He's all good on his end to continue having non-Zenite buds.
— THAT said, he is also literally assassinating Meridian's leader, so yeah I'm extremely down for negative CR lmao. He's earning it.
ANYTHING ELSE??:
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[personal profile] erbe 2024-02-02 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)

PLAYER

NAME: Batty
CONTACT: PM/discord @'ing me/ [plurk.com profile] alphecca (please only add if plotting or have cr)
ABOUT YOU: I'm a billing associate for a healthcare group that focuses on Anesthesia and Pain Management. Because of this I flex working from home and in office, so some days I'm more free to chat or tag than others. My hobbies include gardening, occasionally drawing or cooking, video games/visual novels, anime and manga.


CHARACTER

NAME: Rin Tohsaka
CANON: Fate/Stay Night
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (tier 2) | Harbinger
GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!:
Rin Tohsaka is a young woman at odds with herself. As a child she was raised to reflect ideals that contradict her core feelings. She was taught to be prim-and-proper, elegant, self-reliant, cynical, detached, cold and logically rational. However her true self, which comes out in private, is much different. Loud, bossy, shrewd, stingy, and childishly competitive.

This disconnect from how she was raised and her true feelings leaves those around her to feel like they get mixed signals. She puts off a very hot-and-cold attitude. Sometimes oscillating from detached ice queen to reactionary hot-head. On occasion one may come across the "Red Devil" side of her which is more mischievous and playful. At her core, and what she buries deepest, is her inclination to act as a big sister. She's incredibly protective of those she cares about and will overburden herself with responsibility. Though she'll most definitely disguise it as something self-serving.

Kenos Specific:
In Kenos Rin has convinced herself that anything Meridian promises must just be a sweet lie. Not only that, but she's rooted in the thought process that many worlds don't deserve to be brought back, and building something better and moving on is the only course of action. She has been around since March 2023 and currently owns a little business that she's struggling to keep afloat (she's not great with money...). Her ultimate goal is Zenith's victory and to create a place where her sister Sakura can live away from the world that had harmed and tormented her.


GENERAL PLANS:
I've sort of fallen off with general plans for her and started just going with the flow. Before the event kicks off there's going to be another plot in which impacts the health/integrity of Sakura's shard, so I'm looking to have Rin spiral and go T4 Discord eventually with it and give ppl a monster fight (months down the line so maybe late spring or sometime in summer). Whether it ends in a permadeath or simply as a pivotal character building moment is still up in the air on how long I want to keep her around, but that also depends on in-game developments too!

Also... It's Rin's birthday on Feb. 3rd so yippee... she's 19.


EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS::
Rin won't be involved directly with the assassination plot, but she will take action in the aftermath of Yima's Manor getting destroyed. She's capable when helping others, so you may find her reliable for providing healing, debris removal, and other things. As a T2 Zenite and a member of the community of merchants around the Antiques Market she can't just stand by! I'd be happy to lend her out wherever she may be needed for clean-up and community service. Even if she'll probably complain about it.


CR OFFERINGS:
✧ Zenite to challenge Meridian views
✧ T2 Zenite to help guide and help recently harmonized factionmates
✧ Merchant who offers custom minor magical items, salves, potions, & skin care items
✧ While Rin may not get along with Meridians who are "too nice" (self sacrificing) she doesn't outright begrudge those who are cross-faction if you'd like CR with a character who "puts the fight on the shelf" so-to-speak outside of Oracle events.
✧ She's a bi girlfail who thinks feelings just get in the way of goals (and then catches feelings anyway) so there's a lot to do with that
✧ Negative CR is welcome since she doesn't have the most pleasant personality and can be dismissive of other people's feelings at first — while also being a bit cynical and harshly pragmatic


ANYTHING ELSE?:

Edited 2024-02-02 22:45 (UTC)
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Merc!! | Matt | Unharmonized leaning Zenith (Stargazer)

[personal profile] semicharmed 2024-02-02 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)

PLAYER

NAME: Merc

CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] artistformerlyknownas or pm

ABOUT YOU: hello i am merc, I love horror movies and sewing my own clothes. I am also a poet. Feel free to add me for ease of plotting and communication!



CHARACTER

NAME: Matt "Matt, stop" Jamison

CANON: Original

FACTION | ASPECT: Matt's Unharmonized right now, and .... more on that down below. Stargazer!

GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: Matt is a nerdy spellcaster with a heart of gold. Back when he was in high school, the form of magic he originally stumbled across was actually sex magic (scandal!!!!). So now he is effectively a cleric whose religion is kissing.


GENERAL PLANS: Honestly VERY FEW. I had previously had Matt on a pretty grim corruption arc, but this time around I'm leaning more towards seeing if he can hang onto his moral code and sense of self while navigating this cosmic war.


EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS: Before things go down, Matt will be wandering the islands trying to solicit responses on a community engagement survey he's been concocting. (Loser!) So he will be looking for survey buddies/impromptu bodyguards to help escort him around some of the places like Alenroux and Kowloon. This'd be backdated, likely taking place the week before things pop off.

I can't imagine Matt will have any clue that anything weird is going on, so I'm going to presume he'll be totally blindsided. Here's what I can see happening:

  • When you assassinate you make an ass out of ass, ass, and Nate. Matt could easily be in Springstar for Cyrus' assassination. I decided between when I originally posted this and the end of work that I think he's gonna Harmonize to Zenith for the power to protect people. He'll most likely to be helping citizens to flee, or helping them fortify a spot like the Community Center. I think he's also clever enough to hang out by one of the cornerstones and see who's trying to get out of dodge. If he runs into the wrong person and gets dissipated, I am a-okay with that.

  • Happiness is a warm gun. By the time GUN happens, Matt will at least be aware shit's going down! I'm playing this a little bit (more) by ear--he might be so mad at everybody on Team Zenith he's not even in Highstorm at all? (EVEN THOUGH HE'S GONNA HARMONIZE TO ZENITH.) Or he may have been convinced to stick around. He'd still likely be playing the same role of trying to assist civilians.

  • As mentioned, Matt's Unharmonized, and likes aspects of both Zenith and Meridian. However, AS I GET LESS INDECISIVE WHILE YOU WATCH, here's where I'm going right now:

  • Springstar attack. I'm leaning towards Matt harmonizing to Zenith during the Springstar attack in order to have the power to protect people, and out of a sense that the current Zenites have really hecked up and need better representation.

  • Influence peddling. That said, this is a spur of the moment decision and I imagine Matt won't be 100% sold. He's trying to be rational, but he's a deeply lonely person who overindexes on physical intimacy. So ... seduce him to your team?


  • CR WISHES: I personally am here for CR of all kinds. Enemies! Found family! Maybe lovers ...? Matt already thinks a bunch of you are super cute (sorry!!!). The apocalypse can't stop him from crushin'.

  • How do I become Matt's enemy? This is hard if you aren't Silco, but showing overt cruelty to anyone (however justified it may be with more context) is a great way to start.

  • How do I seduce Matt? Literally grab him.

  • Merc!! Okay okay sorry, but seriously, Matt is in a vulnerable spot right now and is very seduce-able. He can find something attractive about virtually everyone. He is also super easy to take to second locations.

  • Can my character dissipate Matt? Yes, we can find a way to do this.

  • Okay but do you also do normal CR? Yes, Matt desperately needs friends. He loves poetry, exploration of all kinds, and magic (obvs). In the immediate aftermaths of all the nonsense, he'll be looking for distractions and trying not to lose his mind. He'll be VERY VERY GRATEFUL to have his magical powers back and will be looking to enchant everything in sight.


  • ANYTHING ELSE?:
    Edited 2024-02-03 00:34 (UTC)
    eightfoldfiend: (I know a murder when I see one)

    Yuber | Zenith; Iconoclast

    [personal profile] eightfoldfiend 2024-02-02 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Psi
    CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] PsiYamaneko; discord: denofwolves
    ABOUT YOU: I am a professional game designer who used to study Egyptology and now lives in coastal Maine with my cats. I talk about video games a lot and am extremely boring. Don't follow me! (Or do, if you enjoy suffering).

    Fandoms: Suikoden, Metal Gear, Zelda, Xenosaga, Baldur's Gate, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Tales Of, Thief Trilogy, and various other games too numerous to list.

    CHARACTER

    NAME: Yuber
    CANON:Suikoden
    FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith | Iconoclast
    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: Yuber is a living embodiment of chaos who isn't 100% sure where he's from, he just knows that he is very old and is not human. He is most likely a remnant of a certain creator god in his universe. He loves violence, discord, and bloodshed, and has a history of being summoned by humans to help them out in times of war. ...Which he is fine with, because he loves war. As a warrior, he is loyal to his faction until they cannot "feed" him chaos anymore. In Kenos this means he will help out his fellow Zenites and fight alongside him as long as there is some sort of conflict.

    Or, as I once put it in another game, his interests are:
    1. Chaos
    2. Chaos
    3. Is this person useful for creating chaos?
    4. Raging against his world's modern gods for making him suffer.
    5. Chaos

    GENERAL PLANS: I am completely new so I'm down for anything. Yuber is a character who will mesh well with the conflict side of things and I'm interested in getting him involved there. He is also a character who has hidden complexities and I would love to challenge him enough in the setting to explore those sides of him as well.

    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: If he gets the chance he would absolutely love to go to Springstar and create havoc. Let the ancient war devil get his war on.

    CR WISHES:
    -Yuber is fine with letting ambitious people hold his leash. He may not always be perfectly obedient but as long as there is violence or chaos involved he's in. Want a demon to do some dirty work? He's your guy for assassinations or killing groups of people. The only thing he doesn't do is torture others. He likes a good death, not prolonged suffering.
    -For people with complex or non-human or grey morality Yuber can be almost a friend. If people approach him without fear he may be intrigued by them.
    -People to murder.... I mean if you want to get murdered.
    -Negative CR is going to happen. Bring it! Make him face the consequences of his actions!

    ANYTHING ELSE?:

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    Edited (not sure how I wrecked this coding as thoroughly as I did, I swear I'm not on drugs) 2024-02-02 23:38 (UTC)
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    flat escardos | fate/strange fake | meridian (savant)

    [personal profile] escardos 2024-02-02 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Tori

    CONTACT:omnivident @ discord, [plurk.com profile] odasaku

    ABOUT YOU: Fate/strange Fake shill first, human second. For the last few years I’ve been neck deep into Fate/ and a random assortment of Narita works such as Baccano! and DMDP. I work from the office every day, so usually my tags are after 5 pm CST.


    CHARACTER

    NAME: Flat Escardos

    CANON:Fate/strange Fake

    FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian Savant

    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: Local genius idiot mage who left to Nevada, USA to see the Holy Grail that he's convinced Godzilla and Nobunaga saw and accidentally summoned Jack the Ripper with a toy knife in the middle of the day. Seemingly a pacifist, he enjoys the idea of people getting along and seems to be against the idea of sacrifices and murder. Local fan of many subcultures. In other words, the absolute antithesis of what is considered to be the common mage.

    In reality, things are a little more complicated than this. While he is a young man without ulterior motives, that doesn't mean that his motives can be easily understood. He finds murder to be inefficient, and does not seem to care about things such as the concept of "good" and "bad". Everyone is a potential friend in his eyes, regardless of what they do. The only thing holding him in the moral sense is his dedication to the El Melloi Classroom and the values held by its central figure, Lord El Melloi II/Waver Velvet.

    Don't mistake, however, that just because this is the only glue that's keeping him together, it's not strong. It is the foundation of his entire self, and it's as firm and as stable as can be.



    GENERAL PLANS: As he's new, Flat's acclimating himself to the new setting. While he has Harmonized as Meridian because of his desire to continue following his Professor's values, he actually holds no bad opinions towards the Zenith and would like to see some sort of cooperation between them.

    Yes, even with this current event.

    Of course, that means trying to reach out to as many people as possible, which is what he'll be focusing on, mostly.


    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: Flat doesn't really lean towards combat, so he'll be trying to help the Springstar citizens evacuate and what not. As for the assassination, Flat... doesn't care. Maybe Cyrus should have faked his smiles better if he didn't want to be assassinated. :/ Hopefully whoever killed him doesn't feel too bad about it, because that would be so inefficient.


    CR WISHES: If you sign up to have CR with Flat now, you can get someone who's:
    - Happy-go-lucky
    - Absolutely empty-headed
    - Annoying
    - Kind of an asshole sometimes
    - Fucking weird
    - Going to befriend you whether your character likes it or not.
    - Occasionally going to say kind of ominous shit.

    Come to me with anyone! Whether it's negative or positive CR I will take it all.


    ANYTHING ELSE?:
    Edited 2024-02-02 23:46 (UTC)
    envoyoftwilight: (Default)

    [personal profile] envoyoftwilight 2024-02-02 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME:
    London
    CONTACT:
    Discord, DM, PP / ping me on Plurk
    ABOUT YOU:

    I still never know what to put here. I'm an analyst who works from home, normally carefully slides in tags during the day depending on my work load, but is usually more tag active in the evening.

    I like grim and dark things most of all and unhappy endings, which comes across in a lot of media I enjoy (Drakengard, Berserk, Shadow Hearts, etc.) I also like Fire Emblem, the Legend of Zelda, God of War, and stuff all over the board. Admittedly, my brain has been largely locked onto Baldur's Gate 3 since it's release, so who knows when I'll ever be free from that.

    As a small note unrelated to the above because I didn't know where else to put it—I'm not going to give details here (if you know, then you know), but I had some not great, heavy stuff happen last month, had to step back from the game, and I've been pretty out of the loop. Feeling very overwhelmed. Trying to pick things up and put myself back together for this month, but not exactly feeling 100% yet. I, admittedly, don't even know where to begin with my plotting.


    youngprodigy: (∉ the future’s unknown)

    Cid Garlond | Zenith | Savant

    [personal profile] youngprodigy 2024-02-02 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME:
    Nin
    CONTACT:
    [plurk.com profile] kamex / kamextoise @ discord
    ABOUT YOU: irl art teacher at a nonprofit. Feel free to ask me art questions!


    CHARACTER

    NAME:
    Cid Garlond
    CANON:
    Final Fantasy XIV
    FACTION | ASPECT: Tier 2 Zenith | Savant
    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: A pacifist who fled his violent homeland in order to give benevolent technology to the nations his homeland was invading, who went on to spend five years as an amnesiac as a result of crippling PTSD the game likes to ignore.

    He’s also decided that the best way to handle the situation is to strive towards balance. That being said, after the last Oracle was broadcasted publicly, he’s laid low about it, being conflicted between believing Zenith’s ideals of a better world and experiencing what catastrophic things happen when elements get out of balance in his own world.




    GENERAL PLANS: To say that Cid is going to disapprove of the assassination is taking things very lightly. He’s going to despise it once he learns what happened. This is absolutely a pacifism thing than actually caring about Cyrus at all, though. A part of him is also going to be wondering about how bad Meridian’s security is, but that’s the former high-ranking civilian of the Garlean Empire talking.

    That being said, Meridian attacked what has become his home, killing people. He’s going to be pissed about that, too. Especially since the manor being attacked means he’s lost his home.

    He’s still a Zenite at the end of the day, though, and since he’s not a combatant he isn’t going to step foot in Springstar. So he’ll be available for anyone in Highstorm, and will be interested in helping anyone who needs assistance.


    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: Cid will be primarily focused on getting civilians to safety, and for that reason, he won’t be leaving Highstorm.

    He’s also going to need to find somewhere else to live, with the manor’s destruction. Whoops! Anyone want to be roommates with a guy who can perform maintenance all over the house/apartment/etc?

    Beyond helping civilians, he’ll of course be seeking out his fellow Zenite Shardbearers to make sure they’re holding up. He’s not the best at moral support, but he’ll do his best on that.

    I’ve been floundering for a bit, and am eager to have this event be a jumping point to supercharge Cid. It’s going to be an enormous slap to his ideals, as he’s been convincing himself this could continue on without major acts of violence for some time.

    He’ll be checking in on his Meridian CR, though given his previous sympathies, he won’t have heard anything beforehand.
    CR WISHES: I’m open to pretty much anything at this point. Cross-faction CR, maybe Zenith CR to soothe him back into the fold… I tend to play things by ear, so I don’t have any long-term plans for him. I don’t see him getting to tier 3, however. He’s just not fanatical enough.

    He’s a healer, so anyone who gets injured in the Meridian assault can rely on him to patch them up. To an extent, anyway. His magicks can only take him so far.

    Anyone who is also way in over their head is free to join him in panicking over the situation in general.



    ANYTHING ELSE?:
    Edited 2024-02-02 23:51 (UTC)
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    pax's........ those guys

    [personal profile] redsoil 2024-02-03 12:11 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME:
    PAX
    CONTACT:
    pax._ on discord!! or [plurk.com profile] cryptids
    ABOUT YOU: im pax, ur bitey cat emoji mod! i use she/her, but you can call me any time ( hehe ). i'm currently a resident working towards my full license as a funeral director, so my hours are ALWAYS and NOW, but i love my job. i've been around the dwrp circuit for over ten years! rp for nearly twenty! wow!! i was a player until about august 2023, and stepped up into a mod/loremaster role to help run a game i'm really in love with. i'm your biggest fan and supporter forever!!!
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    November & Co.

    [personal profile] sterngaze 2024-02-03 12:26 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: November
    CONTACT: My plurk is [plurk.com profile] Sporelett. Feel free to add me if you want CR! You can also catch me on discord; I'm not always keeping an eye on the group server, but I'm usually online, so feel free to give me a ping.
    ABOUT YOU: One of our small population of Canadians. OC-enjoyer. I own more plushies than I know what to do with. Big fan of both fantasy and sci-fi. I usually don't get around to consuming media until years after it was popular.
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    candace's clann

    [personal profile] annmorous 2024-02-03 12:30 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Candace
    CONTACT: game discord, [plurk.com profile] moonsilver
    ABOUT YOU: groan-inducing pun connoisseur...... I work for an educational charity, and I play video games (currently playing Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, and Baldur's Gate 3). I'm also busy on the activist front nowadays doing various actions every week until the world gets its shit together. 🍉 If any of that interests you or if you just want to plot and chat game stuff, feel free to add me on plurk!
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    Leigh's dumb loser Atsumu

    [personal profile] settingup 2024-02-03 01:19 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Leigh

    CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] jhope or skitterdoodle on discord

    ABOUT YOU: I'm so bad at talking about myself. Uh... I work in a public library! I have two cats and a dog! I sometimes play games! I sometimes read manga! I would rather give vague non-answers than real ones on this (sorry).

    I am an ESTer and mostly tag on the evening and weekends. That seems relevant at least.


    CHARACTER

    NAME: Miya Atsumu

    CANON: Haikyuu!!

    FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith | Harbinger

    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: Atsumu's just your average little volleyball boy! Who has gotten increasingly less average as he spends month after month in bizarro magic world. He's got a number of powers and tricks up his sleeve at this point, and will still get his ass kicked in most fights, but like it will take slightly longer to do it than it did before! That's progress, baby.

    Atsumu's brash, rash, and easily egged into stupid behavior. Most of the time he's good for goofy comedy stuff, though this month is uh... gonna be rough on him in a lot of ways, so don't expect much of that from him for a hot second.


    GENERAL PLANS: So this might very well start to tip him into a more fervent Zenith supporter. He was already at T2 harmonization, but losing what has been his home for over a year now, and potentially losing the one person he was really counting on to fix all of this (obviously reality of that still pending) will I think have him taking a lot harder a stance than he did before.

    On an unrelated note, hey! Yo! Silco! He's maybe ready to listen to your unhinged ramblings about how all Meris suck because of the actions of like 4 of them.


    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: He is helping Amos with the assassination, so he really shouldn't be acting like the victim here, but look!!!!

    ... There is no follow up. He's helping kill a guy, even if his own part in it will be less direct, and more done out of concern for Amos than a desire to really kill the guy. He'll feel pretty cut up about the whole thing, and messed up about his part in it.

    ... Up until the tables are turned on him and the Zenites, and that'll really dampen a lot of his guilt.

    I'm not sure what he's going to do after the manor blows up. He has been living their since the game kicked off, and genuinely thinks of it as his home. He'll be shaken up for sure by the whole thing, and probably sort of lost and aimless for awhile without Yima, so he may not be the most helpful Zenite right out the gate.


    CR WISHES: So... he's here to definitely bond more/feel more solidarity with other members of Zenith, but his Meridian CR is going to feel a big strain in this, even for people who weren't directly part of what happened. That's not really a CR wish, but anyone want to do anything with that?


    ANYTHING ELSE?:
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    Ruby's (ak)edgy crew

    [personal profile] corvidant 2024-02-03 01:28 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Ruby
    CONTACT: I'm [plurk.com profile] pinkgrasshopper on plurk and discord, feel free to add/hit me up for chats!
    ABOUT YOU: your token Brazilian player! 30+ and always tired; cat parent of two; into makeup and fashion; mostly plurks about current fandoms (fire emblem, persona, pokemon, mortal kombat, sports anime)

    zauneyete: (bzUqjs9)

    Jill!

    [personal profile] zauneyete 2024-02-03 02:10 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Jill!

    CONTACT: Jillidan @ Discord, PM me, or feel free to friend me on plurk at [plurk.com profile] hundreds! I'm always happy to get friend requests, but I'm always a little shy about sending them out! (Don't be like me)

    ABOUT YOU: I'm the third part of your loremaster team! I'm a bit on the quieter and shier side, but never hesitate to reach out! Other than pretending to mash stinky people at y'all, I am the woman of a million hobbies! I make cosplay, bake, cook, preserve and make wine, and retrofit my house on the sly, and right now I'm double-fisting it by working on my costumes for the end of the month and working on building a new computer. DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT IT I'LL NEVER SHUT UP Just like Christy, if I stopped moving, I'd probably combust.
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    Gavial | Zenith | Advocate

    [personal profile] kinaesthesia 2024-02-03 02:26 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Thirteen
    CONTACT: Yell at me on the discord or hit me up on [plurk.com profile] threethirteen, feel free to add, etc
    ABOUT YOU: I’m mountain time/utc-7 and usually tag in the evenings because I do pharmacy work during the day. Burnt out ffxiv raider who is diving back into the rhythm game life, and I like doing lots of crafty projects in my spare time.


    CHARACTER

    NAME: Gavial
    CANON: Arknights
    FACTION | ASPECT: Tier 1 Zenith | Advocate
    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: Crocodile woman with a ‘might makes right’ attitude who hails from an isolated warrior society. Left home after getting Magic Rock Cancer and ended up discovering a love of medicine, which led her down the path to become a doctor. Friendly, boisterous, and straight-forward, she cares a lot for others even if her methods of showing it are sometimes questionable.

    GENERAL PLANS: I fully expect the month’s events and the fallout of them will drive her toward a lot more faction loyalty, with probably a heaping helping of guilt and anger to spur it on. She’s due to get more entangled with things, and her friendliness with both factions will likely come back to bite her a bit.

    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: So Amos has recruited Gavial to contribute to making a ruckus around Springstar to distract from the assassination attempt! She will probably be harassing legionnaires somewhere around town while trying to keep civilian involvement to a minimum. So ideas with that in mind:

    -Meridians to fight: I’d love to get some scuffles with Meris in while she’s doing this. Those she’s friendly with or not, I’m open to whatever sort of flavor you might be interested in!
    -Regarding that, I’m totally down for her to take an L here if anyone wants to give Meridian a minor victory during the assassination part of the event. It comes with the note that Gavial’s a stupidly strong fighter, so a loss for her might mean a tough battle or outsmarting her with a trap of some sort. I’m down for dissipation or capture.
    -If someone does take me up on the above, I would love for someone (probably with positive CR with her, unless it’s someone wanting to gloat lol) to inform her of the attack on Highstorm. Here’s where the guilt could come into play bc she got herself tied down when her people were in trouble. She will probably make an attempt at a jailbreak that will presumably go poorly, which could be something else to plot around with a bit.

    -If we don’t go for the above route and instead she escapes the chaos of Springstar, she’ll be initially focused on trying to make sure people are safe in the wake of the attack on the Manor. Once the dust settles a little and depending on how much collateral damage there was to civilians, she will be probably attacking Meridians on sight/trying to detain them if anyone is caught lingering around Highstorm afterwards. Only Meris that she’s friendly with will get the benefit of questions first, swinging later.

    CR WISHES: She’s a healer and a fighter to have in your corner during any point of the events. I’d love for this month’s happenings to start complicating CR or offer a springboard for new CR, whether negative or positive! I’m mostly down to play it by ear depending on if anyone is interested in any of the stuff listed above!

    ANYTHING ELSE?:
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    minegishi gen | zenith | exalt

    [personal profile] epiprocta 2024-02-03 02:33 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: Miru
    CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] databomb, inktrashing on Discord, or PMs!
    ABOUT YOU: Helloooooo I am but a humble thirsty gremlin that can periodically be seen crawling about the shadows. I currently work as an inker for an NDA-locked comics project! Wrist hurty, always sleepy. I'm still sorta getting back into the swing of things after holiday hell followed by adjustment to the new job kinda blendered my brain, but I'm real excited to get back into the groove and tango with nya'll!

    CHARACTER

    NAME: Minegishi Gen
    CANON: Boy's Abyss
    FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T3) | Exalt

    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: An extremely bitter, angry, disillusioned, depressed(, closeted, tsundere, etc. etc.) delinquent. Gen was born and raised in a supremely toxic and insular little town out in the sticks, where he did Not Have A Good Time! Left extremely traumatized and isolated by some events in his childhood, he puts up a aggressively unpleasant front to ward people off and present himself as intimidatingly as possible. However, beneath that (very!) unsavory veneer, he's cripplingly self-loathing, and wants nothing more than to stop existing as himself. Gen is a hardliner Zenith who will do anything for the sake of a Zenith victory, but has no interest in whatever perfect world might await them; all he wants to do is protect the shard that was entrusted to him, that of the one person he loves and would die for, and ensure that the awful town that created him is banished to oblivion.

    Originally from completely-normal modern-day Japan, but after almost two years of being isekai'd, he's long since accepted that he's no longer normal in any way, shape or form. He now sports a permanent pair of dog ears and a tail (because I am self indulgent garbage, teehee) as well as a prosthetic arm to replace one that he lost in an old fight. A flex unit in terms of combat -- though aggressive and eager to clash with people, he's also well aware that his normie roots make him substantially weaker than a lot of the supernatural types in Kenos. As a result, he has no qualms about fighting dirty -- he has options for both stealth and subterfuge, and won't hesitate to use them to help towards a Zenith victory.

    GENERAL PLANS: In general, Gen's trajectory has slipped past the point of any return -- as a Tier 3 Zenith, he's fairly hardcore lost in the sauce, and can only keep going deeper from hereon! Any opportunities to further entrench him deeper in the Zenith kool-aid, whether it be through action, enticing him with temptations, or pushing him away from peace with Meridian, are 300% welcome!

    That said, Gen is in the funky position where he hates a lot of his Zenith allies, while some of his most precious CR is Meridian. Though he's thus far managed to compartmentalize this away from his deepening Zenith loyalty, it's becoming an increasing struggle for him, and I'd love to keep making it worse! Though he'll initially be rather hostile towards any new Meridian CR, he also isn't immune to the Power of Friendship or what have you!

    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS::
    Springstar:
    • In the leadup to the assassination, Gen might be spotted in Springstar, either in disguise thanks to some magic trickery, or as himself (but semi-disguised i.e. hooded, keeping things quiet) in the downtime after he's run out of spell time! He'll mostly be scouting things out and keeping an eye on things, trying to lay low, avoid attention, and lean on his myriad of excuses for being present in Springstar as a high-tier Zenith. Regardless, if any Meridians want to encounter him and either confront him, or rescue him from being hassled by the Springstar guards, that'd be neato!
    • Following all that, Gen will actually be Amos' backup for the assassination of Cyrus, and will be present at the final showdown! Before that, he can probably be spotted for quick skirmishes or confrontations in the leadup to the final fight, if anyone is interested, but Gen will probably try to slither his way out of those ASAP since backing up Amos is his top priority. A good option for light, quick fights or convos if anyone is interested!
    Highstorm:
    • As one of the Zenith still squatting at mom's Yima's manor (and probably completely conked out after helping backstab Cyrus), Gen will be indirectly caught up in the nuking of the manor and come out from it extremely frazzled and agitated. Given his newly-strengthened attachment to what Yima offered him, he will be huge mad about this attack, and will confront any Meridian he runs across in Highstorm! This is the high-aggro option where he will probably be frothing mad and, unless there's extremely meaningful prior CR, he will probably attack Meridians on-sight.
    • Maybe he will also attempt to go after the weapon itself? He's been to the Shrines before, after all ... available if anyone is interested in a clash there!
    • Given the circumstances, Gen will also be forced to keep his precious, precious shard on him instead of feeling safe about leaving it in Yima's manor. This will hugely ramp up his anxiety, paranoia and defensive/manic/unhinged tendencies if anyone wants to have an Especially Normal run-in with him in some fashion!
    • His secondary goal will be checking up on any fellow Zeniths and trying to make sure Highstorm isn't absolutely wrecked, but he'll seem notably more out of his element for this part. Please yell at him for not doing a very good job at rescue work here.

    • CR WISHES: I'd say the usual "ANYTHING!!!" but unfortunately -- this loser here's really starting to lose himself in the Zenith juice now! So while I'm definitely open to building CR with new characters, new CR with Meridian will definitely lean more hostile and wary, while new CR with Zenith will lean ... still hostile and wary, but at least in a tsundere and vaguely senpai-ish way. (Unharmonized will be treated to a wary squint and maybe an attempt to convert them.)

      ANYTHING ELSE?:

      Aaaa sorry to anyone I've left hanging, the end of 2023 really stuck a hand mixer right into my teeny tiny little skull but I'm getting back into the swing of things and real excited to see what this month's exciting happenings bring!!!
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    Hiiro Amagi | Ensemble Stars!! | Unharmonized

    [personal profile] umurice 2024-02-03 02:49 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME:
    March
    CONTACT:
    [plurk.com profile] marchingon
    ABOUT YOU: I'm a bit shy and prefer plurk as my main contact, but feel free to hit me up in PMs too. My timezone is GMT+8, so expect me to be a bit slow in general due to tagging only at night, but I will do my best to keep threads moving.


    CHARACTER

    NAME:
    Hiiro Amagi
    CANON:
    Ensemble Stars!!
    FACTION | ASPECT: Unharmonized. It was supposed to be Meridian, but he might not be so sure until the fight ends.

    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: He's a sheltered kid who lived in an isolated martial arts village for the longest time! He is the second son of the village monarch and was slated to take over for his father due to him being bedridden, but then he decided to venture out into the world to look for his older brother so he can drag him back home to be their leader.

    He's very curious but ignorant, knows nothing of the outside world, and has a skewed sense of priorities. His knowledge of history is also different from those that are in textbooks. However, he's actually smarter than he seems, a fairly strong martial artist (he can kill!! with Amaterasu Okami Fist style!!), and extremely friendly. He's a bit of an airhead though and kind of emotionally dense, so he can be blunt and insensitive at times, but he does his best to think of others and protect his friends. No one is allowed to scare his friends or he will fight them.

    GENERAL PLANS: He will help where he can! He doesn't need powers to fight, but he doesn't like seeing people get hurt, so he will get in the way regardless of faction.


    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: Same as above. I might stick to tagging out depending on the events.

    CR WISHES: He's very much do first, think later, so if anyone needs someone to jump in, save, fight with, etc, he's there. He's nothing against overpowered fighters, but he's really good at martial arts so he won't go down so easily in a fist fight. Otherwise, just people he can be friends with! Despite you know, the ongoing war.

    ANYTHING ELSE?:

    Ren

    [personal profile] ex_fend346 2024-02-03 03:01 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME:
    Ren
    CONTACT:
    PM | discord: machadrop
    ABOUT YOU:

    I'm in GMT-7 and most reliably tag in the evenings. I've got an adorable little cat. Aside from RP, I like to play video games, read and write fantasy stories, and fawn over cute things. Although I'm not always the best at initiating, I'm always happy to talk or be there to listen.
    Edited (crying over html is my other passtime) 2024-02-03 03:02 (UTC)
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    mary • tony (terra e)

    [personal profile] tresemme 2024-02-03 08:52 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: mary!
    CONTACT: you can always find me at [plurk.com profile] pavaal or in the discord!
    ABOUT YOU: it me!!

    CHARACTER

    NAME: tony asuka
    CANON: terra e
    FACTION | ASPECT: zenith! iconoclast! yay!
    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: you know those mobile game ads that are like, which baby do you want, evil baby or good baby? and then you just have to do a microtransaction to get them to grow up into an adult? tony is the evil baby, who is also psychic, and the microtransaction has been paid.

    GENERAL PLANS: right now, since i just swung in, my main goal for tony is to get him to Grow Up and see other people as people. he’s got an obvious superiority complex due to reasons and circumstances, but he’s also in many ways just a kid, you know… so getting him to separate from seeing himself and his grandpa as the only people that matter is goal number one, and if that gets him to ultimately change sides? well…

    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: although he just got here, he’s so used to fucked up war that this is his ELEMENT. my general ideas are as follows:
    ✪ do you want to come to collect on all those threats of violence tony has made? he’ll be showing his stuff when it comes to meridian’s retaliation, and he’ll probably want to go hard considering this is his first real fight and he has a lot to lose on his reputation. since he’s capable of doing a lot of stuff to a person’s mind, if you want your character to go through some MENTAL AGONY without actually being caused physical harm, he can do that for you! :) of course, i’m also open to him getting whooped.

    ✪ related to the above, he will probably also be (sighs) targeting springstar civilians, so feel free to intervene, whether you’re meri or a more good-willed zenite! to him, this is war, even if he’s not terribly invested in the upper politics just yet.

    ✪ buds… after the manor gets asploded, he’s going to need a place to live. i promise he’s actually a good boy! i really have no ideas or plans on where he’s going to go, and he’s kind of too prideful and on too poor terms with everyone else to ask anybody, so this one is absolutely up in the air. he might just curl up in a little ball and sleep on a roof somewhere or something.


    tl;dr tony is being a Bad Boy! but since he’s a pretty diligent soldier, he’ll be on call to assist zenites who also want to cause chaos, and he can do a lot of things to get in Evil Good Graces. if people want to encourage this, feel free, or perhaps you’re a meri who needs to go “what the fuck, dude?” at him so he understands he’s doing something naughty.

    also he can fly. he can carry anyone who needs it!

    CR WISHES: i’m a returning player with a different character, so while i’m familiar with kenos on premise it’s been a few months and my CR slate has been wiped clean. well, sort of—tony has made many enemies and two “friends,” which is par for the course when someone is so very much the way that tony is. of course i’m always happy to deepen negative CR, but i would also love to get some people tony can get along with. i’ve talked a bit about making some Teen Friends, and while he might also make Teen Enemies, it would be nice for him to at least try.

    ANYTHING ELSE?:
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    aaya!! + chrono | meridian | savant

    [personal profile] clockpunk 2024-02-03 10:30 am (UTC)(link)

    PLAYER

    NAME: aaya
    CONTACT:
    [plurk.com profile] yagyuu | discord: haseritt
    ABOUT YOU: HI IM AAYA. i love hobbyani and oldhat obscure anime/manga!! please watch vanguard with me i promise youll have a good time. my timezone is Fucked (gmt +10:30) but i have no sleep schedule so i kinda tag whenever. outside of rp my hobbies are vanguard (actual competitive tcg), pokemon (vgc), drawing and writing a little. i like making friends and learning about new canons!! i have a lovely old cat, i work retail, and uhh, yeah! thats me.


    CHARACTER

    NAME: Chrono Shindou
    CANON: Cardfight!! Vanguard G
    FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Savant

    GIVE US A BLURB ABOUT THEM!: chrono is sixteen, a bit awkward, but overall very friendly and willing to learn and help. he is a modern teenager with modern teenager problems, like keeping up with his friends, being a chesspiece in a decade-long apocalypse-slash-utopia plot, showing up for his part-time job, and also being the bridge between worlds, which no one tells him he even IS for like. ages. yknow. normal Teen Things. he lives and breathes vanguard and really just wants all the mystical card game shit to slow the fuck down so he can just play normally. vanguard really is just a normal card game most of the time, after all.

    he actual-not-card-fights... okay? slightly better than average for just some kid, and his luck manipulation ability (he is unaware he has this) means that he is hard to kill outright, but without his deck he's mostly a normal guy. ive been avoiding mentioning vanguard in his tags for now bc i didnt want establishing threads to devolve into a "explaining card game" mess but this IS chrono, itll come up eventually. let him tell you about his card friends.

    GENERAL PLANS: he is a more cautious person than he seems at first, but he will make Questionable Choices under pressure. when it comes to zenith, chrono is reminded very strongly of an old adversary (in simple terms) of his, who was more than willing to throw away billions of lives for the happiness of billions of others by justifying it as establishing a utopia. while chrono DID oppose this, he mentioned during that event how he understood why that goal was so appealing to people who had suffered. i would like him to make friends(?!) with some of the less extreme zeniths, or extreme ones who are at least willing to hold discussions about their motivations. he's a meri through-and-through, but he also hates how obviously obfuscated a lot of information is.

    also once he gets his cards back, i want him to learn how to use his powers properly. in canon he uses them very infrequently (to the point of forgetting he even has them) because they take a huge toll on his body - but like. too bad you need to Combat now, chrono!! one of my late-late goals is giving him dust and forcing him into summoning it due to a dire situation, with equally dire results. once he's established a bit more i would like to have him be involved in fights bc i loooooove writing combat and while he is against killing, he is not above violence.

    EVENT SPECIFIC PLANS:: not sure yet-?! im mean and havent given him his cards back so he cant do his summony stuff yet, so i might have him go explore. he has tier one spells but theyre... passive... lol.............. so hopefully someone will go with him. the assassination of cyrus will hit him as any death would, but he pretty instantly didnt like the guy despite being meri anyway so who knows.

    CR WISHES: mentor types who wont intentionally miscommunicate, other teenagers he can be stupid and teenage with, antagonistic people he can have mental power battles with (his are "imagination"-based, stated in canon to be akin to how strongly one can perceive themselves and the world they wish to see) and/or physical ones once he gets the time beasts back, and... just anyone, honestly. he has met all types of people before and is pretty used to weird stuff, but i like having him react and learn.

    ANYTHING ELSE?:

    also i made a post summarising the vanguard g cast im really proud of it please take a look,,

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