NOVEMBER CR MEME

[larkers]

> NOVEMBER CR MEME

We're well into November now, with our big end-of-year AU event coming up which will help us round out… well, maybe we can end 2020 on a good note? Stranger things have happened.

So, here we go!

◉ Here's the November calendar, which provides a quick rundown of the month.

◉ The Arrival Log is up, allowing this round of newbies to be collected and get settled right before getting whisked off into the AU along with the rest of the Displaced. Let's give them a warm welcome, and there's even a chance for one of the Displaced to become a singing sensation!

◉ On November 16th (so on Monday!) there will be a plotting post for the Battle Royale-based AU event that we'll be running through December. We know that some of you have started figuring out details about your character in the AU already, but this will provide a lot more information, and we'll have headers for people to list what "group" their character is a part of. The log for this event will go up on November 21st, so in a week! And for anyone who's brand new, you can find the original rundown for the AU over here.

◉ For a rundown of everything that's happened so far in game, check out our The Story So Far page. This guy is your big ctrl+f friend. It needs updates for the past couple months, so we'll try to get to that at some point (most likely in January to cover the big updates).

◉ Check out our Setting Page for any ideas you might need about the world at large!

◉ We also recommend that you look over our JOBS PAGE and LOCATION PAGE to get the brain moving. As a quick note: everyone can add and create new locations for New Amsterdam (and develop other megacities)! We'll always review them and reach out to you if any changes need to be made.

Now, the form!

<div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0"><h2 style="padding:3px; background-color:#000; color:#fff; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font: bold 18pt courier new;">> PLAYER</b></h2> <b>NAME & PRONOUNS:</b> <b>CONTACT:</b> <b>AREAS OF INTEREST:</b> What fun things are you into that may not be reflected in your characters? What do you plurk about or love to chat about? This is optional, but here for the friending purposes! </div> <div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0"> <h2 style="padding:3px; background:#000; color:#fff; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font: bold 18pt courier new;">> CHARACTER</h2><b>NAME:</b> <b>CANON:</b> <b>JOURNAL:</b> <b>POWER:</b> <b>JOB:</b> Either their current job or where you'd like them to go! Do you want work CR? This is our all-purpose "Job" section! <b>SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH:</b> If you were in game, of course! <b>PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH:</b> If you want, you can give a brief overview of what you have planned for the AU, but keep in mind that a more detailed plotting post will be going up in the next couple of days. <b>AREAS OF INTEREST:</b> What things are you interested in or what would you like to get your character into in the future? <b>HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES:</b> This could just be ways for characters to meet up, pass through the intro opportunities, and get to business! Or it could be that Finn the beautiful fluffy black kitten is saccharine and sweet to everyone who pets him so he could dart out between their legs into the hallway, that jerk. <b>OVERALL GOALS:</b> Either IC or OOC! <b>ANYTHING ELSE:</b> Insert gif here! Or a comic book panel, or a meme -- whatever you want! </div>

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[notathreat]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Charlie (They/Them)
CONTACT: unprotagonist or Disco: Unprotagonist#1974
AREAS OF INTEREST: I read a lot, game a bit, and hang out with my family. I'm married and a toddler parent, so you'll hear about them and get unsolicited pics of my dog.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Ellie
CANON: The Last of Us (Part 2)
JOURNAL: notathreat
POWER: Invisibility
JOB: Ellie works at The Mermaid as security. It's a little dive with some live music, and while she can't socialize too much on her shifts, she's fond of the place and spends time there outside of work.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Ellie is next door to being brand new so she's still settling in. She's discovered her powers by narrowly avoiding a fistfight, met all of her CR, snuck out of the safehouse at Red Wings, has stumbled into a few people's dreams, gotten herself a job and a tiny-ass apartment, got herself some robofingers, and managed to keep her head down until she got some attention over a conspiracy theory that turned out to actually be partially right.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Nothing's set in stone quite yet, but I'm thinking of Ellie being a former victor in the arena, unusual because she was a minor at the time. She's got connections to several of the other victors of past games, and may or may not get involved with the rebels. Looking for storylines and connections over there!
AREAS OF INTEREST: My bread and butter is CR, and I love exploring all aspects of that. She's starting to get caught up in the plot of ML for better or for worse, too, and I'm willing to ride this train. While I'm not super into PVP I'd love to get her into some combat situations, especially alongside other characters, and get to use her skills and tap into how murderously protective she gets.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Ellie swings by Red Wings often enough, and her workplace is an excellent place to meet people. She's gonna be taking an interest in the new people, too- mainly because people here did everything they could for her. I also REALLY love dream logs so be prepared for me to crash yours. C:
OVERALL GOALS: Meaningful connections with others! Things to believe in and get involved in! Dealing with past trauma and loss!
ANYTHING ELSE:

[laserbeams]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Cass (she/her)
CONTACT: vellocet#7191 or dandymott
AREAS OF INTEREST: My plurk is mostly the fandoms I'm into (currently: The Boys, Stephen King novels, Stranger Things, and American Horror Story are the big ones) and RP talk.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Homelander
CANON: The Boys
JOURNAL: laserbeams
POWER: Authority Manipulation
JOB: Unemployed
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: He arrived, went to fight club to blow off some steam, figured out how to properly dress and cook for himself, and wasn't even awful to anyone in the process! Gold star.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Mostly going to be involved in the AU when it starts, though if anyone wants to meet up with him before that point I'm definitely down. In the AU he'll be a member of the ruling class and I'll be using that as an opportunity to unleash everything awful about him that he can pretend to be sorry about later. In other words he'll be a horrible hedonistic brat that thinks everyone is beneath him.
AREAS OF INTEREST: I have a lot of potential areas of interest with him, and which direction he pursues will just depend on who he gets CR with and where his development goes. Some potential things I'm really interested in exploring are:

• Learning how to be an actual human being instead of an overpowered godlike superhero. Regardless of what else happens to him this will likely be his primary struggle. He could learn to cope with it on some level and be a (slightly) better person, he could try and fail and backslide into being very awful, or he could go the denial route and give in to his delusions of grandeur. Either way it will be fun and involve lots of angst and going to terrible places mentally.


• Something with the fact that the Displaced are now public. He's not a fan of secret identities so he'd rather seek attention for being part of the Red Wings than try to be a regular person.


• Leaning into the fact that some people worship the Displaced and trying to get his own little following.


• Either trying to climb his way up some corporate ladder again so he can be famous...or going the complete opposite route and getting into illegal activities despite acting holier-than-thou about everything most of the time. He got a crowd to cheer for him at the fight club and really if he can have that he doesn't care where it comes from. Maybe he'll try getting on that damn reality show.


• CR-wise, he's very emotionally stunted and due to his isolated upbringing he has a hard time making connections with other people. Here he's forced to try and relate to them on some level, so I'm interested in that and in situations where he'd get to drop his public persona. Though he's really reluctant to use the empathy bond right now (because surprise surprise he's an absolutely terrible person underneath all that fake smiling) I'd like to push him into it because it could open up some interesting possibilities. Dream sharing and the chest objects interest me a lot as well. Basically anyone who'd be willing to try and connect with him even though he's awful.

HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: He is very extroverted and likes to be up in everyone's business, especially the other Displaced, so there's plenty of opportunity to run into him. If he has positive CR with your character he will absolutely encourage them to come spend some time with him because he's needy and likes attention.
OVERALL GOALS: Nothing set in stone just yet but after the AU event I definitely want to start getting him more involved in some metaplot stuff! Otherwise my Areas of Interest are what I'm most interested in pursuing direction-wise.
ANYTHING ELSE:

[myfavoritemurder]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Iddy (she/her/hers)
CONTACT: ihdreniel
AREAS OF INTEREST: My plurk is largely RP, shitposts, RP shitposts, well-tagged politics posts (that are also often shitposts) LESS NOW THAN IN THE PAST even I am getting sick of this bullshit, and the occasional bit of lighthearted RL babble. My three main passions are books, languages, and travel, so those things tend to crop up, too.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Callisto
CANON: Xena: Warrior Princess
JOURNAL: myfavoritemurder
POWER: She can turn things into ash!
JOB: I have not officially requested this yet, but I've been planning to have her zero in on the fighting rings. Ring organizers and audience members who like bloodshed and drama will love her, because she brings copious amounts of both to the table.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: She was a new arrival, so just learning the ropes! She is currently homeless (though she wouldn't use that word; she is nomadic, thank you very much) and has zero interest in changing that fact; sleeping outside suits her just fine. She hasn't made any friends, because of course she hasn't, look at her, but she's declared her intentions to help the Displaced get home, so that's... good...???
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: I'd rather save the bulk of my AU plotting for when the thing actually goes up, BUT I'm leaning towards having her take the in-AU opt-out option: she'll remember who she really is and know that this isn't normal, even if not everyone around her does. Likely sometimes she'll play along for fun, and other times she won't.
AREAS OF INTEREST: OH BOY EVERYTHING. She's a BCE gal suddenly finding herself in a 26th century world, so very many things are unfamiliar to her, and that's a trope I love to play around with. She's violent, has a strong penchant for cruelty, and is prone to explosive outbursts and meltdowns (she will freak out about the empathy bond thing), so if anyone wants to deal with that in any form hmu. She's also fairly interested in efforts being made to get home, so for those with strong stomachs and a high tolerance for her flavor of bullshit, it'll be possible to work with her - but she's still volatile at best, even with allies.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Feel free to have your character spot her wandering the city (she sometimes uses public transportation, but mostly she just walks), carrying her belongings in a ratty duffle that doubles as a sleeping bag holder. She also has a titanium bat, because so far everyone has been smart enough not to give her access to swords/knives. She generally tucks herself into out-of-the-way alleys for the night, but rests, eats, etc. in more public places during the day.
OVERALL GOALS: ICly, she wants to go home so she can continue her prolonged and obsessive quest for vengeance against the woman she's earmarked as her rival (said rival is less than thrilled about this earmarking and just wants her to go away); it's literally all that keeps her going and is what she's built her entire life around, and she feels that without it she has nothing. OOCly, I don't really have any concrete plans yet; I'm just here to delve into her fucked-up psychology because I find it facinating.
ANYTHING ELSE:

KAIYA

[ishotyouuu]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Kaiya, she/her
CONTACT: pillowtalkative
AREAS OF INTEREST: FFXIV has pretty much taken over my life at this point, so if you play then I'm on the Aether server!

> CHARACTER

NAME: Wade Wilson
CANON: Cable & Deadpool
JOURNAL: ishotyouuu
POWER: Self-regeneration
JOB: Wade currently works at Red Wings as a bouncer and also frequents the fighting rings for a little extra spending cash. Still looking for something that’s more suited to his skills, though.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Mostly just dicking around Meadowlark (aka I totally dropped the ball rp-wise last month, whoops)
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Don’t really have a concrete plan as of yet, but I’m thinking Wade’s gonna be a repeat victor who’s garnered a lot of praise from the ruling class and a lot of ire from the rest of the populace because he just. Won’t. Die. I’m open to him rubbing shoulders with all sorts of individuals, so feel free to hit me up if you want!
AREAS OF INTEREST: Building up CR, quick and witty banter, and plot-- whether CR-related plot or otherwise. Just gimme those good good character relations.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Wade’s pretty much got a steady shift at Red Wings, so if your character either works there or frequents there as a customer, odds are he’s caught sight of you more than once.
OVERALL GOALS: More CR! More metaplot to get involved in! More shenanigans! More opportunities to be a disaster!
ANYTHING ELSE:

[unwings]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Jay, They/Them
CONTACT: wuzzafuzzle
AREAS OF INTEREST: im basically all supernatural all the time right now, and probably will be for at least a month after the series finale

[flowerpressings]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Parks (They/Them)
CONTACT: everlark
AREAS OF INTEREST: I plurk about Inception, Six of Crows, and Enola Holmes; icons, my adventures in chronic pain, rp

> CHARACTER

NAME: Tewkesbury
CANON: Enola Holmes
JOURNAL: flowerpressings
POWER: Plant Manipulation
JOB: I would love to get him a job anywhere like sweeping, running errands, etc. A flower shop especially would be cute.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: N/A, he's brand spankin' new!
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: I'm pretty open on ideas, but I'm thinking Tewkes is going to be a rebel.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Job CR, Teens, girls who are badasses, soft people, nice at first villains... Tewkes is a soft boi who likes flowers and being nice. He's from England, is a lord (but tries to downplay that here), lost his father, and has had a contract out on his life! He's also 17 btw.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: I willllll let you know once he's been in the game longer.
OVERALL GOALS: I'm just trying to build up some cr and help him find his footing here right now! Eventually, I'd like to build his confidence and for him to make friends.
ANYTHING ELSE:

castiel (supernatural)

[unwings]

> CHARACTER

NAME: Castiel
CANON: Supernatural
JOURNAL: unwings
POWER: Possession (but right now it's only at the putting ppl to sleep for 20 mins stage, i need a power up weh)
JOB: Groundskeeper at Sunpeak Botanical Gardens
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Went to Beijing with the intention of scamming Riverstone until Dean talked him out of it and they went sight-seeing instead. Began collecting a jungle of plants from work and has made a woodlands of the Winchester apartment. Sammy has occurred and they've been catching him up. Working with Lexa to get civilian/newbie combat training classes going, and they've set up evacuation routes and emergency meeting places in case of another city-wide disaster, utilizing the tunnels made by the mole monsters. Dean posted the bestiary the two of them worked on a bit ago.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: AU TIME. Cas is going to be a newly inducted Ruling Class working as an assistant to Sam Winchester in arena designing, where he's going to take some insider arena info and try to take it to the rebels (and also meet dean and be a lil gay). Stephen's then going to catch both Cas and Dean, and they'll end up in the arena together.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Monster hunting, divinity/religion especially Judaism/Christianity, supernatural stuff, monster fighting, philosophical and spiritual talks, talking through past traumas, will adopt kiddos that need looking after, pls meet his new daughter, Ellie, and his grown son, Gene. Obscure trivia and botany facts?? He's an Angel of the Lord, or was, before Mlark, and dude is eons old, so gimme old as balls people too. Trench coats. Idk, hit me, we'll figure out a way to get CR going o7
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Cas works regularly at the Sunpeak Botanical Gardens and can be found there during the day, then likely found around Red Wings at night because he's attached to Dean Winchester at the everything, regularly strolls around the scenic and nature-covered parts of the city and takes pictures of urban birds (he 100% joined the local bird watchers club like a nerd), takes trains/non-airborne public transit most often. He's usually always around Red Wings on new arrival night, so it's fair to assume Cas got your person a drink or some food or clothes. Generally a pretty helpful dude, unless you're purposefully being an asshat to him.
OVERALL GOALS: Monster hunting/investigation, looking into JPG and James Henries and the mythos around the Displaced/the cult worshiping them. He'd like to take a trip to the beyul in Tibet to comb back through it and try to talk to the sherpas there. i'm mostly just kinda going with the flow, seeing what comes up naturally? hit me with ideas if you have them!
ANYTHING ELSE:

[flowerpressings]

reaches forrrrr

if she needs a rebel connection, I'd be totally here 4 it

also I'd love for them to talk about trauma together eventually. Tewkesbury doesn't have nearly as much as Ellie, but the final confrontation with the villain in his story was pretty traumatic.

roy harper/arsenal (dc comics)

[stagethreeclinger]

> CHARACTER

NAME: Roy Harper (Arsenal with the mask on)
CANON: DC Comics
JOURNAL: stagethreeclinger
POWER: Magnetism Manipulation
JOB: Intern at Tactus, a weapons development company and subsidiary of Pulsar. Also, working on the side with the Hi-Jacks
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: To get the Hi-Jacks' attention, Roy pulled a takeover prank on New Amsterdam's major news networks, replacing their feed with some anti-UNA crazy chicken flash animation nonsense, just Ctrl+F 'crazy chicken', you'll find it. Started talking to Clarke about security for the Displaced, and Nathan/Ian/Jack Miller/Lance about trying to crack into Giles Bell archives to dig up info from when James Henries was CEO.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: In the AU, Roy's going to be working with the rebels, and have a childhood friend/ex-boyfriend history with Kyna, and work in arena design to try stealing info about the arena for the rebels. No plans beyond that, but hit me if you have thoughts!
AREAS OF INTEREST: Technology, computers/cyber security/hacking, superheroing, archery, recovering from drug/alcohol addiction, uuh doing healthy things like therapy, engineering (he has a workshop all set up), gang activity in New Amsterdam (see: Outlaws and what was left by Jason Todd), inventing, weapons, piloting/any kind of vehicle he can get behind the wheel of, uuhhh norse deities, being a himbo.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: If your person knew Jason Todd, it's likely they met Roy at least once, he's currently roomies with Loki and Thor as well, Loki is current best bud. He hangs out in Red Wings now and again, but not an every night thing. He's one of the people capable of making weapons, so feel free to assume your character heard his name somewhere if they want to hit him up for something. Goes vigilanting and hopping across rooftops at night with Jason's old ID scrambler, probably. Hit me with any suggestions!
OVERALL GOALS: Mostly just boosting his skill in encryption/encryption breaking, digital security, and weapons making. It'd be cool to get him certified as a pilot at some point too. I really just want to make him useful, because he's one of those people with really valuable skills that gets his feeling of purpose out of helping out and playing a support role.
ANYTHING ELSE:

[requiemshark]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Fade (she/her)
CONTACT: mirrorfaded or mirrorfade#7509 on discord. Or a pm on this journal if you prefer.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Movies, TV that I'm watching, or my animals. Come nerd out with me about horror. I don't go on plurk a ton, but I try to respond promptly when I'm messaged.

> CHARACTER

NAME:
CANON: Red vs. Blue
JOURNAL: requiemshark
POWER: Projected Thermography - the power to imprint marks onto surfaces without the need of scribing tools. He can paint on stuff without touching it.
JOB: He does security at Red Wings and is a regular on the fight club circuit.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: Not a ton! Furthered some CR, had Meaningful Conversations with some people and mostly kept his head down.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: More details will be on the upcoming plot post, but Ephemera will be a former arena participant who's now become a professional artist. Much to his displeasure, this involves going to parties. He's in need of patrons, friends, and people to bitch with about forced social engagements.
AREAS OF INTEREST: What things are you interested in or what would you like to get your character into in the future?
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: He hangs out a lot at the fight clubs and has probably eyeballed everyone who comes into Red Wings at least once.
OVERALL GOALS: More CR opportunities, positive and negative! He's got some deep friendships and connections that are going in interesting directions, but I would love to throw him at some new characters and see what happens. He'd also be interesting in finding more sparring partners, people to talk about art with, or possibly discussing power armor. He has a set of in-universe body armor that he stole from one of the mercenaries way back when, but it is not his beloved power armor.
ANYTHING ELSE:

[withmeinparadise]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: dove, she/her
CONTACT: PM this journal, PP prettydoes or disco me at dove#9906
AREAS OF INTEREST: My plurk's a mess of memes, rl bitching, cooking/baking (not much ice-cream making atm), pirate stuff, and books/comics. I love the detritus of history, especially when it's terrible (let's talk about aspics), and have two cats. I prefer to keep my plurk list small/limited to people who are interested in interacting ooc, so while you're welcome to friend, please don't feel like you have to just for plotting stuff--my PPs are always open, and I'm happy to discuss things wherever.

> CHARACTER

NAME: sam drake
CANON: uncharted
JOURNAL: withmeinparadise
POWER: probability observation
JOB: currently tends bar and runs tables for a casino. not really in the market for a second real job, but he'll take interesting one-off gigs as they come up, especially if they're something
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: did a heist, got banned from new beijing.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: currently, he's riding the wave of "my pal kyna is mad at everyone else i guess she lives with me rn" and any associated fallout. in the AU, he's going to be a talent manager for his brother cousin nathan. past winner, current dealmaker behind the scenes. good for interacting with other people in the industry, more distantly with people in criminal enterprises and other contenders.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
• i'm really enjoying the cr he's making, and i'd love to keep working on what he's got and keep building more. especially interested in characters who aren't particularly close with his brother, because he needs to go out and make his own friends!!!
• if your character would sleep with him, please advise and let's make that happen, lmfao. samuel drake: open for one-night stands and potential fwb with beautiful women who are interested in him. especially if you want to deal with him not calling after, lmfao.
• if your character would NOT sleep with him but would flirt endlessly with him, please also advise. generally only interested in flirting with women, flirting with men would require longterm cr goals, lmao.
• i love: arguments, interpersonal drama, complicated CR, tension (positive or negative) in what would otherwise be mundane settings, and the occasional bit of actiony nonsense. i am less your best bet for curtain-shopping levels of slice of life.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: sam works at a casino, bums around red wings and a variety of other bars, and lives in the same apartment as nathan drake and wade wilson. beyond that, it's reasonable to have seen/encountered him on the underground fighting circuit, in the red-light district, wandering around rooftops, climbing buildings, fucking around on the network, and anywhere a party's happening. if you want to handwave any of these possibilities, please just lmk first.
OVERALL GOALS: icly: get laid, get rich, get a good night's sleep. oocly: continue the slow, prodding journey of making sam mature a little.
ANYTHING ELSE:

[nonscriptum]

hello yes more of Them please

[nonscriptum]

genuinely need them to get to know each other, man
what a fucking disaster and a half

[lifetothefullest]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Ami, she/her
CONTACT: amiasha, Ami#8741, or PM!
AREAS OF INTEREST: My plurk is mostly rp, but also includes school stuff (I'm an astrophysics grad student), fandom nonsense, writing, rock climbing, and assorted other things as I have time for them.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Lance Sweets
CANON: Bones
JOURNAL: lifetothefullest
POWER: Sound/pressure wave manipulation
JOB: He STILL doesn't actually have one, but he's been making rent and spending money by destroying people in poker at the casino Nate works at.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: He worked on some projects, chased some leads, had a dreamscape log, and generally got into a bunch of stuff as usual. My recently and importantly, he and Jack made a post about a connection between Johann Grey and James Henries. He also got into a bunch of personal drama.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: AU STUFF AWYEAH. I've done some loose planning so I have some particular things that are going to happen, but in general Lance is going to be secret police that realizes how corrupt the whole thing is and so defects to the rebels. He'll then end up playing double agent in his police position, finding out intel for the rebels, trying to keep as many people out of the arena as possible, and generally causing problems while trying not to get found out until he inevitably does and ends up being murdered in the arena.
AREAS OF INTEREST: More plot!!! Lance is very focused on solving as many mysteries as he can and getting the Displaced into a better situation in dealing with whatever might get thrown at them, and then eventually figuring out a way to get enough control of it that people can choose to stay, go home, or whatever else. So he's fixated on plot stuff and after the AU I have some idea of things to look into with that. I'm also big into slowly developing CR in natural ways, so just more of that stuff too!
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Lance isn't usually around in many good places for this, though he can occasionally be found at Red Wings or one of the fancy casinos owned by the Riverside mob.
OVERALL GOALS: Plot! Seeing how character development and CR plays out naturally! CAUSING A RUCKUS!!!
ANYTHING ELSE:

[lifetothefullest]

I'm totally canonblind but yes softbois unite; I feel like these two would probably get along. c:

[flowerpressings]

I'm canonblind with Lance too but it def sounds like they would! pls help him not get squashed by the real world, Lance

[ishotyouuu]

hey so

let's get those "longterm cr goals" happening my guy ;D

[baltimores]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: Ari (she/her)
CONTACT: arii#6412 or PM
AREAS OF INTEREST: I like sportz and I don't care who knows. (In order of interest: baseball, hockey, CFL.) With the current absence of sports, I seem to have fallen back into a Lonely Island obsession (specifically Bash Brothers)?? Otherwise I'm just waiting for S5 of The Expanse. That's it that's my entire life right now.

> CHARACTER

NAME: Amos Burton
CANON: The Expanse
JOURNAL: baltimores
POWER: Darkness manipulation
JOB: He's a mechanic in-canon so that's probably a good goal for him to work towards, though he can also do security.
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: n/a. He's new!!
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: Pre-AU he's currently pretty traumatized from the whole arrival process.

In-AU I was thinking he'd have grown up with a crime ring and turned into an arena fall guy for them as a repeat participant. It's a win for him because if his job is just beating people up/killing them then he's having a pretty good time, all things considered. Could see this going a couple of different ways: he inadvertently ends up famous from being a repeat victor (he'll hate that!); he gets drawn into the rebel group via another character (which will be pretty similar to his canon experiences); he gets drawn into the ruling class (and what he does among them will probably end up bothering him quite a bit in the aftermath). I'm open to literally anything but he's definitely gonna need a push from someone else to get going outside of the whole crime ring thing.
AREAS OF INTEREST: CR!! Amos wants to be a good person but he relies on other people to point him in the right direction, he can't do it on his own. He's new in this world, he doesn't have his people anymore, and he's going to want to find a new group - preferably well-intentioned people who can guide him to do the right thing.

That said I'm also extremely open to him finding the very wrong people and having things go off the rails. Or finding other people like him who also need help and aren't sure of themselves. Everything is good.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: Well he's stuck in the safehouse for now so you know where to find him, haha. He's not likely to strike up a conversation on his own, though, but he'll still chat with anyone.
OVERALL GOALS: IC: Definitely CR. He's a lost boy and he needs friends.

OOC: This is my first ever DWRP game so just. Getting my footing in general is a pretty big priority haha. I'm open to any tips and please don't hesitate to let me know if I've messed something up or broken etiquette. I'm really looking forward to having fun with everyone here!
ANYTHING ELSE:

[lifetothefullest]

HE WILL DEFINITELY HELP even if he's also basically encouraging breaking the rules right off the bat it's fine whatever

[magija]

> PLAYER

NAME & PRONOUNS: arisa (she/her)
CONTACT: hepburns
AREAS OF INTEREST: i mostly plurk about my various fandoms which is heavily marvel, dc, doctor who, z nation, supergirl, and various others. i already might regularly talk movies, especially of the old hollywood variety, where i'll either go seeking recs or providing them. i also very much love listening to musicals and just finished my mega mcu broadway playlist, so enjoy that, maybe.

> CHARACTER

NAME: wanda maximoff
CANON: marvel cinematic universe
JOURNAL: magija
POWER: empathic creation
JOB: she's a new arrival, so none yet!
SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH: n/a
PLANS FOR THE NEXT MONTH: i don't have thorough plans until the post goes up, but at the moment, i very much plan to have wanda be a member of the rebels. her reasoning behind this would be that her brother had been arrested for a minor crime and killed in the arena some years prior. whether she's a fresh recruit or a bit more experienced is still on the table, but she's definitely going to have a large fighting spirit and deep hatred for the ruling class.
AREAS OF INTEREST: being so new, i'd mostly like to focus on getting wanda's feet wet with understanding the world she's in now and beginning to develop bonds with other members of the displaced. right now, she's in a state where she's lost a lot of her old life so there's a lot of potential for her to find purpose here, which would definitely branch with the kind of relationships she can begin developing. her original canon magic was also something that had grown to be a large part of her identity so she's going to feel fairly shaken having lost it and not knowing how to access her new powers (which is prompted during a critical peak of emotions), so anyone that could help her transition, understanding what the jarring change is like would definitely help.
HANDWAVED CR OPPORTUNITIES: since wanda will be spending a few days trapped in the safehouse, i'd love to use that chance to have her meet with other displaced. i'll potentially have an arrival log to thread some of that out, but if anyone wants to discuss handwaving meetings there and things that they might have potentially taught her either about the world or their purposes there, i'd totally be down to discuss it. she'll mostly be awkwardly quiet and keeping to herself, observing people closely, but she can still be approachable.
OVERALL GOALS: for the moment, just getting settled and having wanda begin to develop some good bonds with the others. positive and negative cr is all good, though if you'd like to go with something heavily negative, just give a heads up first.
ANYTHING ELSE: with her hair getting shaven off months prior, she's probably rocking something shorter like this right about now:

[flowerpressings]

IT'S FINE Tewkesbury ran from home once and was like I!! AM A REBEL!! so the boy needs more of a rebellious streak than that

also hey hey... can I add you on plurk? c: no pressure at all, though!

[lifetothefullest]

PERFECT Lance got his rebellious streak out of the way as a teen but it still occasionally comes up. Or more than occasionally.

And of course! Sent you a request. c:

[flowerpressings]

HEY FRIEND

quick question before I tag yo boy on the arrival log: is it okay to act like our thread before basically happened? Like I know tdm threads can't be game canon exactly as is, but are we okay with assuming they talked and are more buddy-buddy now?

[laserbeams]

sorry nate he's even less tolerable when you get to know him better
but yes we should do this

[baltimores]

HEY I was just gonna hit you up for some good ol' safehouse CR!!

I'd say maybe they're a little buddy-buddy? Not much gets to Amos in general but the compliance drugs are a massive trigger for him so he's still pretty on edge. Tewkesbury is like, the last person he's going to be violent towards so there's no worries there, but he's much less sure of himself in the safehouse and maybe more reliant on Tewkesbury for some emotional stability. So maybe treat him like he's a more outwardly damaged person because that's just where he's at right now.