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THE ADVOCATE ORACLE - A RIP VAN WINKLE IN TIME
INTRO
Hello Kenos! Welcome to the Advocate Oracle! Did we say Stargazer? Shhh no we didn’t. As we hinted earlier in the Discord, the conclusion of this Oracle will lead to a timeskip that Bearers will be subjected to in the end. How long? Well, that depends on your choices, and how well you exemplify the Advocate Oracle.
Just like with the Exalt Oracle, and to keep things even until a little closer to the end game, this Oracle has been predetermined to go to Zenith.
Just like with the Exalt Oracle, and to keep things even until a little closer to the end game, this Oracle has been predetermined to go to Zenith.
SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF BLISS
Bearers will find themselves being pulled into a deep sleep, where the Advocate Oracle will beseech them for their knowledge of home and seek understanding. Where did you come from? What made you as you are? What were the victories and challenges of your land? How did you become the you that you are? The Advocate seeks understanding and wants to see others achieve happiness. Does your world bring you happiness, or would it be cathartic to see it lost?
As the Advocate learns bits and pieces about Bearers, it will become clear that their dream is closing in on something that the bearers who have experienced it will recognize as the Timestream. The Advocate is not a thing, but a presence, and bearers will be able to sense the force (amorphous and shapeless) reaching into the Timestream, and you know – know that they are reaching for something on your behalf. As it slides out, you can feel a calming sense of joy, because you recognize it. It fills you with joy, bliss, or perhaps frustration and disgust, as you recognize the feeling of being home.
Everything will go white, and your one-on-one time with the Advocate will be at an end.
As the Advocate learns bits and pieces about Bearers, it will become clear that their dream is closing in on something that the bearers who have experienced it will recognize as the Timestream. The Advocate is not a thing, but a presence, and bearers will be able to sense the force (amorphous and shapeless) reaching into the Timestream, and you know – know that they are reaching for something on your behalf. As it slides out, you can feel a calming sense of joy, because you recognize it. It fills you with joy, bliss, or perhaps frustration and disgust, as you recognize the feeling of being home.
Everything will go white, and your one-on-one time with the Advocate will be at an end.
CLICK YOUR HEELS TOGETHER, DOROTHY!
Bearers will open their eyes and will find themselves in a new world. This is not Kenos at all, but familiar or not, you know it is someplace in the scattered worlds.
Where is it? Well, it’s either your world or another Bearer’s! That’s right, it’s a world share event! Bearers will find themselves scattered either on their own or in groups (up to you!) in a new world, that could be familiar or not, depending on your CR net. The Advocate has pulled the memories and description of a world from the Timestream, and for what purpose… well, that will become clear with time. However, these are not the worlds that characters came from, not exactly. These are worlds that are AUs of your character's canon, and this can be in very minor ways that would be essentially the same as canon, or it can be in very large, dramatic ways. Up to you!
You are not required to share a world, however, bearers will feel a strong compulsion to invite the Advocate to experience their worlds in their vision with the Advocate. (This leaves you all options to opt out of sharing your own world, but for those characters who may be less inclined, this is your opportunity to do so!)
But first, the logistics! Bearers will be in worlds for 12 hours each. You will not experience hunger or tiredness – but feel free to eat or sleep your way through worlds as you so choose (we expect there to be a lot of them!) – and the scope of each world is about what is discoverable within 12 hours. (You don’t need to describe the entirety of your world, but a city or area. Please make sure it's large enough to accommodate the entire shard-bearer population. For example, the Millennium Falcon would be too small, but a Star Destroyer would be fine. It should be a place that provides significant hold over your character.) There will be an open header here for players to post a short description of their world. If your character wants to go hang out at a coffee shop and watch shit go down, feel free! (The mod team has examples, and we will be sharing those shortly!) Please have your descriptions in by 03/15/2024 at 1:30 PM so that everyone can choose participation in other characters’ worlds before they get their TLs up!
For characters that are from shared worlds, we’ll leave it up to you how you all share that, but if you choose to have different regions or cities to share, go for it! For example, Batman might choose Gotham, whereas Superman might choose Smallville. Again, this really should be what’s feasibly travelable within 12 hours – they will cycle like the rest of the worlds – and your characters will not have money or funds on them for travel, so don’t feel like you have to describe the entirety of your characters’ worlds. Just a small blurb (you can include links of course!) to give players a general sense of what they can discover.
Also, these worlds will shuffle in the order on the taken list, just so the Savants have an unsolvable puzzle to chew on. (heh)
Characters will experience every world that is submitted into the header, but the Advocate’s last impression will echo as you move from one word to another. “Is this worthy of saving?”
Your twelve hours can be spent in one of three ways. Bearers can do whatever they want, and simply experience the world as they wish, they can hunt for the soul of the world, or they cant hunt for the soul of the dreamer.
There will be a header on the turn-in post to list if your character chooses to keep the different Aspected Shard of themselves. If you find someone else’s Shard, and you keep it to the next world, it will return to that Bearer to decide what to do with it. Essentially, if you don’t shatter this Shard, they’ll be able to do with it as they see fit before you leave their world. If you do shatter the Shard, there will be no consequences to the owner. Or at least none that will appear in this event.
It goes without saying, but please plot this with that player, so there are no surprises!
Where is it? Well, it’s either your world or another Bearer’s! That’s right, it’s a world share event! Bearers will find themselves scattered either on their own or in groups (up to you!) in a new world, that could be familiar or not, depending on your CR net. The Advocate has pulled the memories and description of a world from the Timestream, and for what purpose… well, that will become clear with time. However, these are not the worlds that characters came from, not exactly. These are worlds that are AUs of your character's canon, and this can be in very minor ways that would be essentially the same as canon, or it can be in very large, dramatic ways. Up to you!
You are not required to share a world, however, bearers will feel a strong compulsion to invite the Advocate to experience their worlds in their vision with the Advocate. (This leaves you all options to opt out of sharing your own world, but for those characters who may be less inclined, this is your opportunity to do so!)
But first, the logistics! Bearers will be in worlds for 12 hours each. You will not experience hunger or tiredness – but feel free to eat or sleep your way through worlds as you so choose (we expect there to be a lot of them!) – and the scope of each world is about what is discoverable within 12 hours. (You don’t need to describe the entirety of your world, but a city or area. Please make sure it's large enough to accommodate the entire shard-bearer population. For example, the Millennium Falcon would be too small, but a Star Destroyer would be fine. It should be a place that provides significant hold over your character.) There will be an open header here for players to post a short description of their world. If your character wants to go hang out at a coffee shop and watch shit go down, feel free! (The mod team has examples, and we will be sharing those shortly!) Please have your descriptions in by 03/15/2024 at 1:30 PM so that everyone can choose participation in other characters’ worlds before they get their TLs up!
For characters that are from shared worlds, we’ll leave it up to you how you all share that, but if you choose to have different regions or cities to share, go for it! For example, Batman might choose Gotham, whereas Superman might choose Smallville. Again, this really should be what’s feasibly travelable within 12 hours – they will cycle like the rest of the worlds – and your characters will not have money or funds on them for travel, so don’t feel like you have to describe the entirety of your characters’ worlds. Just a small blurb (you can include links of course!) to give players a general sense of what they can discover.
Also, these worlds will shuffle in the order on the taken list, just so the Savants have an unsolvable puzzle to chew on. (heh)
Characters will experience every world that is submitted into the header, but the Advocate’s last impression will echo as you move from one word to another. “Is this worthy of saving?”
Your twelve hours can be spent in one of three ways. Bearers can do whatever they want, and simply experience the world as they wish, they can hunt for the soul of the world, or they cant hunt for the soul of the dreamer.
- The first is self-explanatory, of course. Each world is full of life, from creatures to people, to everything in between. (Conspicuously missing would be anyone of significant “closeness” to the character who manifested this world – think of it as the difference between a friend/family and an acquaintance.) Characters can create chaos, go to a café, find a precious spot you’ve heard about, and go wild! This is your opportunity to learn about your CR’s homes in a first-hand experience kinda way! This is your have fun and deepen connections sort of prompt.
- The second, the Soul of the World will be a shard to be found by any who are searching for it. It is something that anyone can simply find, but it will be hidden. We ask that our players choose the location and list it in the description of their world, so players can actively plot for it! This is your opportunity to sneak, steal, fight, and destroy each other over the soul, it will come with a distinct benefit as you move onto the next world! They will be somewhere that is difficult to find, surrounded by shadows that creep closer and closer to the shard.
- The last is the Soul of the Dreamer, which is, interestingly enough, a second Shard that matches the person who dreamed it up. The odd thing about these shards in these worlds is that they are of a different Aspect of the character that exists in game. (For example: Amos the Harbinger, or Hayame the Advocate) The character it belongs to will feel a pull toward it, but it is no guarantee that they will find it. Maybe someone else does! And maybe that’s a kind soul, or maybe it’s someone who would think to shatter that this Shard. Or maybe you keep it!
There will be a header on the turn-in post to list if your character chooses to keep the different Aspected Shard of themselves. If you find someone else’s Shard, and you keep it to the next world, it will return to that Bearer to decide what to do with it. Essentially, if you don’t shatter this Shard, they’ll be able to do with it as they see fit before you leave their world. If you do shatter the Shard, there will be no consequences to the owner. Or at least none that will appear in this event.
It goes without saying, but please plot this with that player, so there are no surprises!
AROUND THE WORLDS IN 60 SECONDS 12 HOURS
As you close your eyes, in that last moment, the Advocate will reach out to all of the Bearers that have made it to the end of this world, and beseech them to make a choice. Does this world have something of value? Something to be preserved? Do you understand the Bearer who dreamt of this world better, now? Do you think that this world has enough value to continue its existence? Before you open your eyes into the next world, Bearers will be compelled to answer yes, or no. This will be on a separate header post that will go up on the turn-in log. You will have until Wednesday March 27th at 10:00 PM.
As an aside, whatever bearer has captured the soul of the world will count to double their action's choice. (For example, if they choose to destroy, the total destroy votes will be doubled.)
We’ll be tallying the results, so there will be some extra exciting consequences to your choices as Bearers! Always keep in mind the tenets of your faction as you make your choices, bearers. Now that you have lost your leaders, the members of your faction back home are looking to you for victory. Of course, your choices will also determine the state of the world when you return, and how long it has been. Stay steadfast, and understand that you will have to make choices based on what your character believes is the best path forward. Your leadership trusts you – or if they don’t, they will have no choice, now will they? It’s up to you now, Bearers.
As an aside, whatever bearer has captured the soul of the world will count to double their action's choice. (For example, if they choose to destroy, the total destroy votes will be doubled.)
We’ll be tallying the results, so there will be some extra exciting consequences to your choices as Bearers! Always keep in mind the tenets of your faction as you make your choices, bearers. Now that you have lost your leaders, the members of your faction back home are looking to you for victory. Of course, your choices will also determine the state of the world when you return, and how long it has been. Stay steadfast, and understand that you will have to make choices based on what your character believes is the best path forward. Your leadership trusts you – or if they don’t, they will have no choice, now will they? It’s up to you now, Bearers.
FAQ AND QUESTIONS
This Oracle is a touch more free-form than previous Oracles, and that is intentional! You are not required or expected to explore or have major action in every world. In fact, it's strongly discouraged, since this will provide opportunities for all players to have an opportunity to make big decisions! Even if you do not thread in the world, please still vote for them before 3/27/2024 so that we can have an accurate tally! The votes will make a difference in what our world looks like moving forward.
And finally, since they didn’t fit in the above, here are some quick FAQ style questions and answers about things we figure might be asked:
Are these really our worlds?
These are versions of bearer worlds. They can be very close (ie: identical) expressions of your character's worlds or they can have one event change such that the world is rather different. So they are alternate universes, but not so far that you're making up a whole world on the fly! The Advocate, unfortunately, cannot bring back your worlds. There's a lot of options out there in the Timestream. :(
What About Discord?
Characters do not seem to experience heightened Discord. Weird!
What happens if my character dies in the event?
They will fall into a deep, deep sleep and can no longer participate in the world-hopping adventures! They may be asleep for some time, depending on when they are dissipated, as they won’t revive early compared to their fellow Bearers. Whatever votes your character made leading up to the point that they died will count toward the goals of the faction. The Advocate accepts you for your efforts, even if they draw short.
Please make sure to post your deaths to the death page! You're gonna be sleeping a long time, and there may be things your Bearer discovers as they dream...
Are characters depowered?
Your powers will work perfectly fine! Oddly, if you are in a world where powers don’t exist, the denizens of the world may stare blankly, as if they Do Not Perceive. You gotta protect those little minds somehow.
We hope you have fun, and happy plotting!
And finally, since they didn’t fit in the above, here are some quick FAQ style questions and answers about things we figure might be asked:
Are these really our worlds?
These are versions of bearer worlds. They can be very close (ie: identical) expressions of your character's worlds or they can have one event change such that the world is rather different. So they are alternate universes, but not so far that you're making up a whole world on the fly! The Advocate, unfortunately, cannot bring back your worlds. There's a lot of options out there in the Timestream. :(
What About Discord?
Characters do not seem to experience heightened Discord. Weird!
What happens if my character dies in the event?
They will fall into a deep, deep sleep and can no longer participate in the world-hopping adventures! They may be asleep for some time, depending on when they are dissipated, as they won’t revive early compared to their fellow Bearers. Whatever votes your character made leading up to the point that they died will count toward the goals of the faction. The Advocate accepts you for your efforts, even if they draw short.
Please make sure to post your deaths to the death page! You're gonna be sleeping a long time, and there may be things your Bearer discovers as they dream...
Are characters depowered?
Your powers will work perfectly fine! Oddly, if you are in a world where powers don’t exist, the denizens of the world may stare blankly, as if they Do Not Perceive. You gotta protect those little minds somehow.
We hope you have fun, and happy plotting!
QUESTIONS
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Re: QUESTIONS
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The Multidimensional Travel Agency!
LOCATION NAME: what's the name of the city/ship/place that we're visiting
WORLD SHARD LOCATION:
DREAMER SHARD LOCATION:
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Please provide a brief description of the world! This should be no more than a few sentences! It should be accessible to those not-familiar with your canon and essentially act as a "pitch" so that people can read more below if this catches their interest.
WHAT TO DO IN THIS WORLD: A quick bulleted list! Provice some ideas from your canon about what characters could do. Bulleted lists would be great here, and the idea is to give people ideas for prompts they could include in a toplevel.
More Info—
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cw: JINBA includes depictions of slavery, amputation, sa, forced breeding, cannibalism, etc.
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cw: fantasy racism, fantastical fascist themes
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itt: urban fantasy metaphors that really put the b in subtle
Seeking two Meridian volunteers!
The trio have been assigned by Florence the task of branding two Meridians with a special mark during the course of the Oracle trial. Via the quest info, “the Meridian that are chosen and branded by the trio will eventually be targeted by [Florence] and the Waru and taken into their "care" as the subjects of an important rite that will help strengthen Zenith and Highstorm as a whole.”
We do need two successful attempts here to be threaded out, and how we go about it all is completely up to whatever anyone involved thinks would be fun! Mods did note that the quest would need to be due by the end of March bc of how it ties into things, so I’d ask that volunteers be comfortable putting a little bit of a priority on the thread they’re involved in so we can tackle this all smoothly!
So yeah, anyone who is interested in getting branded, let us know here and we can start hashing out details to see what works best for everyone!
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Jillin' with her Villains
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NAME: JillCONTACT: DM/PM/Plurk/whatever! I'm
SILCO
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PLAYER
NAME: Beck.CONTACT: Plurk (
CHARACTER
NAME:Jeheol GrisJade the ProphetessCANON: Enderal: Forgotten Stories
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Harbinger
Give us a blurb about them: Since this is an obscure as fuck canon with a messy wiki and this is basically my first plotting intro for this crazyhead... I've written out the basic rundown about Jade here. But the long and short of it is that Enderal is like what would happen if Skyrim and Silent Hill got together and had a fucked up lovechild. Jade herself is a character I would describe as one who tends to mask her self-loathing and true emotions with levity and sarcasm, though she is a bit of a closet romantic who craves connection with others. She's a refugee from a 30-years-long civil war that tore her country apart, a former fugitive urchin (runaway slave) who has spent much of her life living on the streets, and is canonically plagued by horrors that send her waking up in screaming fits almost every night. The Prophet's backstory is by design pretty fucked up, so I'd recommend checking out her Permissions section for some of those more sensitive subject matters, and I'll be as mindful as I can if any of those things come up.
Event specific plans: Because I'm terrible, I'll basically be doing A Song in the Silence for Jade's world, which can be found here. Since she's already been through this song (of silence) and dance, she'll kind of know what's up with the weirdo village and why the people there are the way they are. I gave three different options for how the World Shard can be obtained that are kind of how the ball rolls in the game, though Jade will probably be very protective of her "little brother" (can't you see the resemblance?!) so that will probably cause some complications when him surrendering the Shard will only cause him to die all over again! 🙂 Ideally I'm hoping to set the destination for the Silvergrove visit later in the timeline of world explorations because I feel like it's going to be a doozy on her mental and emotional state, but we'll see.
As for other worlds, I'm currently 👀 at Bloodmoon Island, Femblem, The Tower, and definitely interested in the Undercity and Jinba worlds (next meltdown over orphans + opening up that cannibalism trauma of hers, funfunfun). I'll be keeping an eye out for others and my plans are subject to change as things develop, but I 500% want to get Jade more proactive for her first Oracle event!
Things you’re looking for from others: Though Jade might attempt to go it alone at first, she isn't much of a solo fighter, and without her ghosts or summons to help back her up, she'll be relying on her magic and rogueish skills to keep herself alive. I feel like she'll most definitely get her ass handed to her fighting in some worlds while looking for Shards. Essentially I'd like to establish more CR with her, as I feel like there are opportunities to create some pretty decent ones here as she is like, probably prime for a mental breakdown or two. I mean, damn, she just got here and you're going to mess with her already like that?! Rude.
Anyone who isn't a jerk to her best bro Rynéus will be appreciated by her. She might try to fight anyone trying to convince/force him to give up his Shard at first, since she has a strong feeling about what will happen to him, but hey, we need a little controversy.
Things your character can offer: As an Arcanist with some pretty good handful of spells at her disposal, I'd like for her to be able to make use of those in battle. She doesn't do big group fights very well, but might work with other magic/ranged fighters whom she's less likely to friendly-fire towards. Otherwise, she's a pretty good stabby-stabber. She can do some pretty sexy sneak attacks, too!
Do you want your character to find your shard? I think I would, yeah! Especially considering where it's coming from, she's going to want to keep it
and maybe cry over it a little.Optional shitpost: LET'S HAVE FUN AT THE BEACH YOU GUYS YEAAAAHHHHH NOTHING WEIRD GOING ON HERE YEAAAAHHHHH.
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PAX'S PLOTTING ( LITE ) X2
PLAYER
NAME: PaxCONTACT:
CHARACTER
NAME: Drizzt Do'urden & SetCANON: Forgotten Realms & Mojito's Ennead
FACTION | ASPECT: Drizzt is a T2 Zenite and Advocate; Set is a T3 Meridian and Savant
Give us a blurb about them: A pair of blorbos.
Drizzt is an honorable soul and atypical hero — a ranger, oft accompanied by a retinue of companions and his ever-faithful partner, Gwenhwyvar, whom safeguards the peoples of the land. He holds himself to the highest ideals, often to his detriment, in an effort to be seen for who he is and not the long, vicious history that he hails from. He does not expect the same of others, and has a sort of poetic, gentle heart that is often repressed by survivalist practicality.
Set is,
the god of war and the desert, whom exists to validate the struggle of people during times of war, while also enjoying bullying the hell out of them. He's belligerent, demanding and deeply devoted to his own desires and curiosity, especially at the expense of others comfort. Despite his brutality ( both in terms of strength and personality ), he was once a guardian deity, and is a devoted father to whom only his child matters when push comes to shove!
Event specific plans: Set is going to be strung out on
bath saltsShimmer, and thus available only for low/zero-dialogue threading focused on action tags! If you want: a good scar or maiming, the trauma of having to deal with a god on Shimmer, to test yourself — or maybe help him come down from the drugs in a safe environment, hmu! I'm interested in EVERYONE'S worlds, so maybe he can rampage through one as a fun environmental menace.Also, don't worry about the fact that Set's world isn't one of the ones up there. Don't worry, it's fine. ( OOCly I chose not to do it, and ICly he'll have an #OPINION as to why it wasn't there later on. )
Drizzt, on the other hand, is going to be taking point as Blorbo Prime for this Oracle. A devoted and honorable Zenite, he is focused on a twofold mission: preventing Meridian's "suicide mission" to return to their worlds, and purging Zenith of naughty children. He's an interesting Zenite, in that he believes even the worst worlds deserve to exist — it's just that they don't anymore, and bringing them back is a danger to all current Shard-Bearers.Do you want your character to find your shard? I actually am in the camp of "please don't shatter my character's Shards", which is shocking to me because usually I'm down for anything. I don't mind it juggling hands if people want to use "I have your Shard" as an excuse to kickstart CR, and Fane will probably be giving it back at the end.
( Set's won't be available, but if it was, it'd be a Stargazer. )
Optional shitpost: minthara loves drizzt
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christy's losers
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NAME: ChristyCONTACT:
And a general note at the top that I’m writing these comments with the worlds present, but I’ll probably add prompts for others once it’s actually event time!
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PLAYER
NAME: StarfighterCONTACT: PMs, Plurk (
CHARACTER
NAME: Alice L. MalvinCANON: Pumpkin Scissors
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Harbinger
Give us a blurb about them:
Alice is 24/7 thinking about people other than herself. She has grown up a lot over the series and while she's heavily focused on neutrality, justice and war relief she tends to ask a lot of deeply philosophical questions about her outlook on all of these things. She's been so desperate to keep her neutrality in all things dealing with the public and with justice because of the ideals instilled in her by her grandfather. Before she arrived here in Kenos however she had already begun questioning her stance on neutrality and whether it was truly so bad for her to have emotions, desires and favorite people of her own.
At heart Alice is kind and wants to help, even to the detriment of her own self.
Event specific plans:
* Definitely visiting Silvergrove and Hayame's World. Also definitely Bloodmoon Island -- she had talking with animals as an ability now, gonna go pet the skelecat! I do like the idea of making Alice do like normal shit ... maybe go flower viewing in Kiritsubo's Tokyo? I'm open to sticking her nose in all the other worlds too though.
* Dungeon crawling, dungeon crawling, let's go fight some monsters! Gotta bring along the Mahne to test out how much strength she's lost with it after all.
* I am also down to having her help others get World Shards. Particularly if she thinks World shards might act like regular Shards. Also I'm open to her finding other people's shards and protecting them for them.
Things you’re looking for from others:
* More CR building in general. Make some friends! Fight alongside some people!
* Basically I want Alice to experience what it's like not being all military all the time 24/7 about the people. Like ... teach her how to relax? There's a few worlds here with just normal exploration stuff to do or things to experience and I'd love to dabble in that.
* Not necessarily for this event but over time I would like for Alice to actually gain some people she considers so important to her that she would actually play favorite for them. Her walls around her emotions and allowing herself to care for someone else are breaking down in canon and I'd like to keep chipping away at that during her time in Kenos. This can be friendly, it can be romantic, I'm down for any of it.
Things your character can offer:
Alice might not look like much but she's a very capable fighter. She's trained herself to be ambidextrous and is very good with a parrying dagger, a sword breaker and that big ol' Mahne of hers. She's the sort of fighter who dives right in and will hold the enemies attention while you can do some DPS on them basically.
She has some fire ability now (mostly manipulating already existing fire) and can talk to animals but she's still getting the knack of this magic business.
Do you want your character to find your shard?
She can but I'm completely open to other people finding it.
Optional shitpost:
CW here for boobs and talk of them. This is absolute stupid fanservice I came across while writing up her world stuff and looking for images.
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PLAYER
NAME: AruCONTACT: discord: deadlynadder,
CHARACTER
NAME: NebulaCANON: MCU
FACTION | ASPECT: T3 Meridian | Exalt
Give us a blurb about them: Former biggest sadist in the galaxy on their hero arc. Nebula was taken from her home world at a very young age and was raised as a living weapon - any physical, mental, or emotional failure was replaced by machinery. Doubly so when she constantly lost to her sister, Gamora. While all she wanted was a family this treatment as the lesser, put-upon child warped her into a bitter, demented thing who only sought to best her sister and receive some kind of acknowledgement. That acknowledgement came too late: their father killed her sister and wiped out half the universe. After that she became a Guardian of the Galaxy and helped to undo what her father did, spending years traveling to help out planets that needed it.
Event Plans/Character offerings: (Sorry I'm kind of doing this all in one go, my brain is just a bit empty right now and I tend to ramble!)
Do you want your character to find your shard? Up for discussion! I'm a little iffy on crushing them, but I'm always down to work with something that sounds interesting/fun to play with.
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As a note, as I'm a bit struggling I may start phasing out some general CR stuff from last event to focus on this one! There's a number I'll keep and if anyone wants something specific let me know! But if you don't receive a tag back in the next day or so tap me if you want to keep it going (I'm sorry, it's not you it's me)
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PLAYER
NAME: ChronoCONTACT: PM journal / chrono6269 @ discord /
Dimitri Blaiddyd | Meridian (Advocate)
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PLAYER
NAME: BattyCONTACT:
CHARACTER
NAME: Rin TohsakaCANON: Fate/Stay Night (Heaven's Feel)
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T2) | Harbinger
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Event specific plans:
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Do you want your character to find your shard?
Optional shitpost: I hope anyone who visits Zel's Dungeon has fun being a mage
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NAME: PsiCONTACT:
CHARACTER
NAME: YuberCANON: Suikoden
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith | Iconoclast
Give us a blurb about them: As the literal embodiment of chaos in his world, Yuber's main goals in life are:
1) chaos
2) chaos
3) is this person useful in helping him spread chaos?
4) raging against the new gods of the world for sentencing him to a life of pain
5) chaos
He is a demon-like entity that loves and is fueled by discord, violence, and bloodshed. Despite this, he can be reasonable when he has to be and is loyal to the people who are on the same side of a conflict as him. He isn't very good at small talk, preferring to get straight to the point in most situations, but he will chat up people he learns to respect. Basically, he's an apex predator with a few hidden depths. It takes multiple interactions to see the more complex or less obviously sadistic sides of him.
Event specific plans: Yuber will be eager to do what he feels needs to be done. So he will be out there fighting any Meridian Bearers he sees. He will also be looking for the world souls.
In his own world he will not be having a good time in Crystal Valley. While he certainly knows about Harmonia, he's never been there (that we know of. This damn series--) and their resident True Rune is one that he hates very much.
Things you’re looking for from others: I am eager to expand his CR as he's still new here. He's very clever and cunning but also doesn't understand humans well. He will probably need help tracking down shards in places like towns where lots of humans live.
In Crystal Valley, there is a chance he might try to hunt down and destroy the Circle Rune. This is not part of his duties as a Zenite and he'll probably have to be talked down. Expect that interaction to be unpleasant. Luckily he won't hold any grudges about it afterward.
Things your character can offer:
-An enemy to fight! Keep in mind he's a powerful combatant so depending on who he's fighting it might need to be a group effort.
-An ally to fight alongside your character! If he sees any fellow Zenites struggling he will do his best to help them. Expect him to teleport away if he ends up in real danger though.
-A clueless war devil who won't understand most things he finds in human homes very well.
Do you want your character to find your shard? He doesn't have to.
Optional shitpost:He's a professional, you guys
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November & Co. (2x plotting combo)
PLAYER
NAME: NovemberCONTACT: My plurk is
CHARACTERS
NAME: Liem Talbott | DemeisenCANON: Original (Pathfinder TTRPG) | The Culture
FACTION & ASPECT: T3 Meridian Harbinger | T1 Zenith Stargazer
Give us a blurb about them:
Event specific plans:
Things you’re looking for from others:
Things your character can offer: In general, both my guys are available for exploration stuff, but here are some specifics:
Do you want your character to find your shard? Yes, for both! OK with some squabbling to get them, but I'd like to get my hands on them eventually.
Optional shitpost:
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Ruby's (ak)edgy crew
PLAYER
NAME: Ruby
CONTACT:
Goro Akechi
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PLAYER
NAME: aayaCONTACT: plurk;
CHARACTER
NAME: Chrono ShindouCANON: Cardfight!! Vanguard G
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Savant
Give us a blurb about them: Your average Tokyoite highschooler!! Except not really!! When he was four years old, Chrono accidentally made mental/spiritual contact with a small dragon from another planet and then unknowingly summoned the dragon to Earth, tying the fates of the two worlds together and marking himself as the "Singularity". He then repressed the resulting traumatic memories for a decade until forced into dealing with the consequences, which just like... Kept Happening for two years. Being a card game anime, this primarily takes the form of playing a lot of Vanguard with increasingly messed up stakes. He's been through a lot, and therefore has very little patience for other people's bullshit. Genuinely a helpful, friendly and kind guy despite all of that.
Event specific plans:
Things your character can offer: Chrono has his summony powers again and hasn't had a chance to use them. He will actually avoid using them still because they really tire him out, but I'll be pulling a few ZTB appearances out hopefully. Jet and Chronobeat Buffalo can do a lot of damage in a short time.
Do you want your character to find your shard? I'd like him to be present for it, at least, because I'm mean and want to make him suffer through the whole Kazuma-Gyze thing again. I don't mind if the shard gets saved or shattered, though I have a slight preference for letting him hang onto it.
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HAYAME (JINBA) 🏹 ICONOCLAST (MERIDIAN)
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NAME: RizuCONTACT:
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NAME: HayameCANON: JINBA
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian (T4), Iconoclast
Give us a blurb about them: Hayame is a centaur born and raised in slavery in a version of medieval Japan that added horse people but didn’t subtract sexism. She spent her entire life selling out her own race to prevent [CWs] happening and trying to prove herself as a warrior, only to end up a POW in a village of orphans and hot DILFs who taught her about freedom and love… before she fucked it up. She decided to commit honor suicide to save them, except she got taken to Kenos instead, and now she's a free woman who gets treated with respect by Springstar citizens and she has friends and a lover and wow, trying to live and be happy instead of die is just... really hard. Working on it, though.
Event specific plans:
Things you’re looking for for others:
Things your character can offer:
Do you want your character to find your shard? I have no strong preference either way, and the Shard will be unguarded while Hayame prioritizes searching out her World Shard for protection. If someone wants to secure it or give it to her, that is fine, but if a Zenite needs a W and is the type to lie to, steal from, or hurt a child to get the shard, Hayame's alternate Harbinger shard is available for snatching or shattering.
Optional shitpost: she just started liking them, so if you choose that world option please take care of her jinba orphans (or don't)
Re: HAYAME (JINBA) 🏹 ICONOCLAST (MERIDIAN)
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tony (terra e)
PLAYER
NAME: mary!CONTACT: the discord, or
CHARACTER
NAME: tony! you know him, you love him.CANON: terra e
FACTION | ASPECT: zenith iconoclast, baby!
Give us a blurb about them: evil psychic toddler all growed up
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Things you’re looking for from others:
Things your character can offer:
Do you want your character to find your shard?
no strong preferences! i actually don’t mind if it’s shattered if someone really wants to do that, so i’m genuinely open to anything anyone wants to do.
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KIRITSUBO (ZONE-00) 🔮 EXALT (ZENITH)
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NAME: RizuCONTACT:
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NAME: KiritsuboCANON: ZONE-00
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T1), Exalt
Give us a blurb about them: Kiritsubo is an ancient tanuki living in the modern era of an alternate Earth populated by humans and (secretly) spirits. The work of "Kiritsubo the Wandering Tattoo Artist" is in constant demand, even though she doesn't let that dictate whether she actually shows up when called. She is a whimsical, hedonistic wanderer who travels the world following idle curiosities, new skills to hone, and fleeting pleasures, tattooing and telling fortunes as she pleases along the way and dabbling with all kinds. She appears completely unbound to conventions like loyalty, duty, identity, or monogamy. She did have one selfish goal she'd secretly been working on for the last 500 years, but... don't you worry about that, it's finished. (Right?) The Kiritsubo you meet might not be the Kiritsubo others meet.
Event specific plans:
Things you’re looking for from others:
Things your character can offer:
Do you want your character to find your shard? I have no preference either way. Kiritsubo won't consider it "her", per se, and will not feel any particular compunction to seek it out or affect its "fate". If a Meridian wants to shatter it for their cause, that is fine. If a Zenite or CR wants to secure it for her, she would thank them (and then debate crushing it herself in private oops).
Optional shitpost: brb chilling on top of the Tokyo Sky Tree being nostalgic and getting drunk as people explore her world
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Cid Garlond | Zenith | Savant
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NAME: NinCONTACT:
CHARACTER
NAME: Cid GarlondCANON: Final Fantasy XIV
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (t2) | 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.
Event specific plans: Cid will be being a faithful Zenite this event, though that will not stop him from talking to Meris.
I’m mostly going to be tagging out, so let me know if you want him anywhere specifically!
Things you’re looking for from others: Anything! Teaming up to explore with his allies, awkward CR with Meridians Cid’s chill with, maybe even some sort of confrontation? He won’t be fighting, but that doesn’t mean he can’t run away!
Things your character can offer: Cid is a healer, though it’s not entirely relevant for this event. Still, if you get scraped up, he’ll be there to patch you up just the same.
Do you want your character to find your shard? n/a
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link 🍎 (zeni, savant)
PLAYER
NAME: LazdoCONTACT:
CHARACTER
NAME: LinkCANON: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T1), Savant
Give us a blurb about them: Lawful good knight with a destiny to save the princess and kill the big bad; when the time came to do the destiny he failed spectacularly, nearly died, and got sealed away for 100 years to recover, all so he could come back and do the destiny the right way. After he comes back, he ends up in Kenos, and chugs along as a fairly loyal Meridian until all of this shit happens. Anyway, now he's more like a fallen hero who doesn't know what to do with himself, since his duty has been his entire life ever since he woke up from being sealed with all of his memories gone. His switch to the Zenith was very much fueled by his unresolved grief and sense of hopelessness, as he's convinced that his world is cursed to never be free from endless warfare from demons, especially since he lost his canon's major demon-killing McGuffin that made him so good at killing demons in the first place. On top of that, his canon point means that he thinks he's never going to see Princess Zelda again even if he did make it home somehow.
Event specific plans: I'm not entirely sure what to do with Link this event, tbh — he's been suffering a lot for the past six months, not achieving anything or feeling like he's making much of a difference, while simultaneously being unable to convince himself to engage in the kind of cold-blooded violence that seems required to win. Although he isn't as outright miserable and lonely as he was over the winter anymore, he isn't doing "good" either. Although he's probably done enough to contribute to Zenith at this point to be Tier 2, he doesn't actually meet the mental requirements of tiering up yet, because he isn't actually committed to what it wants... he just doesn't want to bring his own world back.
I wanted to log a "win" or two for him during this event, but considering what the circumstances of this event are, I'm not sure what a win would look like for him. Deep down, he still loves his world and wants there to be some way to save it. So being forced to go home to his world, even for a brief period of time, is more likely to make him doubt staying with Zenith, not strengthen it. :')
sorry Link you just really aren't ever going to win in Kenos, are youMaybe a Zenith can help him stay grounded during such an experience?? Or maybe a Meri can water that seed of doubt?So uh... I guess the tl;dr is that I'm open to whatever! He can help defend people from monsters/other threats in their world, save people's alter-Aspect Shards from being shattered, try to collect them on his own, or just kinda hang out and be his usual self! I'd love for him to keep building up his Zenith CR, or have some run-ins with his former Meri allies.
Things you’re looking for from others: Pretty much anything! See above!
Things your character can offer: I would rather not have Link's world's shard get shattered, but I am open to his alternate aspect Shard getting shattered. I also would prefer not to have him dissipated since he died recently last month. But aside from that, I'm open! Link could attack or help Meris depending on the circumstances, push back against the more militant Zenites, or just search for Shards.
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howl (meri, iconoclast)
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NAME: LazdoCONTACT:
CHARACTER
NAME: Howlb>CANON: Howl's Moving Castle (novel)
FACTION | ASPECT: Meri (T1), Iconoclast
Give us a blurb about them: Disaster male love interest wizard who isekai'd himself into a fantasy world after he graduated university and has been avoiding his shitty family ever since. In his early twenties, he permanently screwed up his life when he entered into a contract with a demon, purely because he felt bad for it and didn't want it to die. Since then, he's been missing his heart (both literally and metaphorically) and grown into a sexy manchild as a result. Emotionally immature and irresponsible, he would prefer to spend all of his time enjoying the pleasures of life, but because he's kindhearted at his core and has a strong sense of right and wrong, he often finds himself stepping up when necessary... while insisting that that definitely, totally, completely isn't what he's doing. Very much a Neutral Good type of guy who desperately wishes it was easier for him to be True Neutral, because it's so much less work. His contract with said demon has given him enormous magic power and ability, but on a day-to-day basis, he struggles with more commonplace issues in his personal life. Being a powerful wizard is useful for a lot of things in life, but it can't help Howl learn to love himself or act more responsibly.
Event specific plans: Howl is just vibing. He's a seasoned world-hopper, so he's probably just going to be excited to go sightseeing and won't be too concerned with actually trying to win the Oracle itself. (The entire Oracle thing is bullshit after all.) That being said, if he comes across someone in trouble or someone trying to start trouble, he won't just sit by and let it happen either.
Things you’re looking for from others: Just about anything, aside from like... a really hardcore violent fight thread. He's still pretty new, so I'm focused on building his CR!
Things your character can offer: Magical hijinks, flirting, being pathetic, inexplicable acts of heroism.
Do you want your character to find your shard? does anyone else think the wording of this question is strange...... I'm open to whatever with Howl's alter-Aspect Shard, including it getting shattered! hmu if you're interested.
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