Meme: Offscreen/Handwaved CR!

[justpastdawn]

The game is getting pretty huge, and it's plot-heavy to boot. There's plenty of opportunity to meet other characters in the event or mingle logs, but what about the rest of the time? Surely there are characters who trip over each other once a week just because they visit the same grocery store, or characters who haunt the same places because they have the same hobbies. So, here are some questions to help you sort out what we're all up to when there aren't any giant mythical beings attempting to stomp the city flat, and how our characters might be attracting one another's attention from day to day. It may be that some of us need only a little push to fall into each other's fictional pretendy funtime arms.

<b>1) Notable physical features:</b> (Is there anything about your character's appearance that is likely to draw attention? Weird hair? Sword bigger than they are? Constantly wearing armor? Conga line of Pokemon following them down the street?) <b>2) Age:</b> (Child? Grownup? Teenager? Ageless being with startlingly young features?) <b>3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?:</b> (Do they leave trails of flowers in their wake everywhere they go, or are they prone to causing small thunderstorms in public?) <b>4) Where they live, and what their home is like: </b> (Are they in the apartments in the standard residential area? Have they found a shifty hidey-hole for themselves in the slums, or have they moved into another neighborhood to live amongst the rich people? Who are their roommates?) <b>5) What they do during an average day in Verens:</b> (Stay home, do chores, read, meet up with people, have a lot of <i>feelings</i> okaaaaaay, so on.) <b>6) Their general sense of fashion:</b> (What they tend to wear when they're not wearing their usual canon getups.) <b>7) Hobbies:</b> (Does your character like to draw? If so, maybe they cross paths with this other person who likes to draw in one of the local art stores. If they are a fighter, maybe other characters have seen them around the training grounds.) <b>8) Jobs:</b> (Are they a clerk in a shop other characters might have reason to visit? Are they part of the waitstaff in a restaurant other characters might frequent? Do they deliver all over town, and meet up with several store owners?) <b>9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?:</b> <b>10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?:</b> (Do they hate it or want to stay? Are they invested in whatever's going on around them, or do they try not to get involved? How do they interact with the new folks?) <b>11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?:</b> <b>12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?:</b> (Are they articulate over the amulets, but hesitant and shy in person? Do they hate the amulets and avoid using them? Do they prefer image, voice, or text?) <b>13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?:</b> <b>14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?:</b> <b>15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?:</b> <b>16) Anything else you want to note?:</b>



With thanks to the Luceti Daily Meme that I blatantly stole and altered!

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King Bradley / Wrath

[kingandeye]

1) Notable physical features: Wrath has an eyepatch, carries himself in a military demeanor, and wears two swords routinely. About half the time he's carrying a melon in a net.

2) Age: He appears to be a middle-aged adult, despite being older.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Cuts. Slashes. Plant leaves and petals separating. A sensation of sharpness.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: At present, a standard home in the residential area.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Often about town, looking around, meeting people and dealing with them. Bradley has gotten to know many natives.

6) Their general sense of fashion: RIDICULOUS CASUAL WEAR. What's the steampunk equivalent of a Hawaiian shirt?

7) Hobbies: Reading. Bradley visits the library frequently for material he can take home to peruse.

8) Jobs: At the moment, he's something of a troubleshooter or consultant, putting his military knowledge and experience to use for locals. This is inconsistent work which takes him all over town, and sometimes at unusual hours.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Two swords, almost never without them.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Bradley is on cruise mode -- waiting and suveying the area, preparing for Father's potential arrival as best he can with Pride having sabotaged their good name and waiting for his own return to duty someday. He is not very invested in much of anything.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: The library, but generally Bradley doesn't 'hang out' much of anywhere.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Not particularly, though he never adopts his "genial father figure" attitude over the amulet.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: A sidegrade, with crystals and magitech replacing alchemy and technology.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: The Ultimate Eye lets him see pretty much what he needs to see.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: His ultimate goal, OOCly: break free of Father. Make a choice. Learn he has choices to make, and that he can control his own life instead of being a puppet.

16) Anything else you want to note?: TOTEM POLE JETSTREAM ATTACK

Roy Greenhilt

[greatcleavage]

1) Notable physical features: Sword bigger than he is. Roy consistently wears armor and carries his family sword on his back, just as a matter of course. (Serious talk: he isn't REALLY a stick figure as far as perception of others goes.)

2) Age: Roy is a man in his early 30's, and looks it.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Roy tends to produce significant environmental effects, such as physical objects distorting or even becoming mobile. He is also prone to rainclouds.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Roy lives in a nice (but very empty besides him) home in the residential district, which is well-appointed and comfortable and he isn't entirely sure he's comfortable with it.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Roy and Freya maintain a school for combat basics, where they are teaching self-defense. Roy is typically found there in the afternoons and evening. Mornings he sets aside for seeing the sights of Verens and trying new things in it.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Roy is almost never out of his armor, but can very occasionally be caught in a nice shirt.

7) Hobbies: Roy pilots an airship, and trains diligently on his own accord to keep himself fit and capable.

8) Jobs: As noted above, Roy teaches at his and Freya's combat school.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: The Greenhilt Family Sword is literally never out of Roy's reach.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Roy has been here since the beginning, and is committed to seeing it through -- to the point where if he was offered a way home tomorrow, he wouldn't take it. Not because he doesn't want to go home, but because he's invested in the situation and wants to finish it, so long as he'll return to where and when he belongs afterwards.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Roy favors a seafood restaurant by the docks and a cafe in Merchant's Square, where he likes to sit outside and people-watch.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Not particularly.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Sort of an upgrade, but Roy's own world has elements of this stuff too so it bothers him not at all.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Does sarcasm count?

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Long term my only goal for Roy is more close CR!

16) Anything else you want to note?: /shrug

TAISA

[ryuwrighthistory]

Pride "Selim Bradley" | Fullmetal Alchemist Manga/Brohood

[shadowofpride]

1) Notable physical features: He looks like your typical healthy kid really.

2) Age: Looks like he's 7, but is over three centuries old.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: At this point in time, it just feels cold around them, but he has a good control of his emotions not to have anything else obviously lingering.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: They are currently living out their sentence and is in a containment facility outside of town. It's a simple cottage with a sitting room, a kitchen and two bedrooms. The second bedroom is an addition for Eleanor to stay in when she comes to visit Pride. The yard is uh, kind of a horrid mess after all the earthquakes and the recent battle there. Surrounding the facility is a large black wall made of a carbon-based material, courtesy of Edward Elric. This facility is located somewhere out in a forest area of the island.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: A lot of reading with books and newspapers alike. He'll listen to the network very often since that's his only source of communication with anyone right now besides Eleanor. Only recently has he tried to have conversations with Eleanor and help her with things, or at least learn things like cooking. He likes food, so the topics of cooking and getting to eat cooked meals gets him motivated.

Late at night he'll stretch out his shadows since it's been forever since he properly got to utilize them. The range of his shadows are strictly within the facility and the surrounding area. If he's not doing that, he's likely sitting in room in silence, thinking about where things have gone wrong and what is he suppose to be doing now.

He'll also run tasks enforcers assign him as "community service" from time to time.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Casual yet still professional. Something like this or this. Children's clothing is very limited....

7) Hobbies: When he's not being a murderer, he likes pulling pranks and scaring people. Doing puzzles is something he enjoys as well.

8) Jobs: Prisoner

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He utilizes the shadows which are connected to his container. And he doesn't openly use it unless he's being attacked or attacking, spying on others, communicating through them or just plain ol scaring them.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Hoooly shit, where do I even start? As of this month, they've been here for ten months and have gone through a lot.

He started off set in finding a way home and not giving a damn how he did it. It led to his death and being canon-updated before returning, so he still believes that his gate ritual was a success. His powers immediately became sealed upon his return and he was forced to live out a life sentence of exile (This is IC reasons, when OOCly, he could be free within three months). Of course, because he's a proud character, he refuses to believe he did anything wrong and started to blame everyone else for not seeing his brilliance, they were cowards. It started to fill him with hatred that not even Elios could reason him out of. Thus he became a literal monster and had to be stop before he went on a rampage. A group of people successfully did this earlier this month, managing to reason and calm Pride's inner subconscious to give others a chance, a willingness to try and change. Unfortunately, due to all that energy he exerted as a monster, his philosopher stone deteriorates and he dies again...with a visit from the grim reaper, warning him should he try to go back to his old antics.

Now Pride is left wondering what he should actually be doing, but at least he's calm down enough to try and listen to others without violently threatening people. So, basically he's less of a prick compare to when he first arrived. He still stubbornly holds onto things he knows, but has started to shown willingness to try something different, and grow some tolerance with certain people.

Also learning how to openly act like himself, and not Selim Bradley. That's something he's not used to.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Well when he was still living in town, he likes going to the candy and desert shops. The library was another place.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Not really, they're right to point through the amulet as they are in person. Of course since the amulet concerns people's thoughts, his real feelings have a chance of leaking through the amulet.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Slight upgrade. He's pretty fascinated by the technology here.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: He knows Amestrian alchemy and likely military related subjects since he was always been around people with authority. He knows Amestrian morse code for example. When his shadows were sealed he taught himself close range combat, practicing with Envy in secret.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?:
-People's lives are not just playthings, they have value to them.
-Being a monster does not mean you have to act one way because of the only one view you've been shown.
-That his abilities are not just for killing, that they can be utilize in other ways that are more rewarding.
-Be able to pet some kind of animal

16) Anything else you want to note?: Uhh none that I can think of right now.

Antoine D'Coolette

[mon_dieu]

1) Notable physical features: He's a walking talking coyote, for starters. Plus his 'outfit' is kinda weird, a white belt thing shaped like an X.

2) Age: Adult-ish.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Since he usually tries to keep up his spirits by making his ego bigger, the weather around him is often brightly sunny and plants twist around here and there in response to his exaggerated truths.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Lives by himself in the apartments. He's saving up money to move to the richer part of the island, so he'll visit there occasionally to plan out his eventual move.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: He often goes on 'patrols', looking around to see who needs help. He also does daily sword training and exercises to keep both he and his sword 'in shape.'

6) Their general sense of fashion: If he has a choice about such things, he prefers to wear uniforms, like a fancy soldier of old would wear.

7) Hobbies: He loves to cook, and he's actually very good at it. He also claims to be good at poetry and singing (he's awful at both.)

8) Jobs: He has no permanent job yet, though he'd accept one if it was offered. It's a case of being stubborn versus denial about REALLY being stuck here. As a result he does odd jobs here and there, like on the task board.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: His trust sword is on his belt at all times!

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: A couple of months now. He wants to go home, but at the same time can't in good conscience leave these people 'stranded' behind. He's still hoping that the Freedom fighters will come and rescue him. He often tries to be there first when the newcomers arrive, but he tends to botch that by acting like he knows more than he really does.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Hangs out at the Blacksmith occasionally, a good customer of FeelGood, and the Memory Tree is very relaxing.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: He acts the same in person as he does over amulet. It's not terribly different from the communicators back home, after all... except for the whole 'thought reading' thing, he does NOT care for that. He'd personally be okay with Image always, but often stays on Audio since so many people get distracted by his appearance.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: A definite downgrade. He sees it as more annoying than anything else, but has slowly begun to manage. He supposes it could always be worse.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Most of his special talent is in combat, where his sword can cut through metal and he's actually a very well-trained fighter.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: No real goals, just enjoying the game and letting things come as they are.

16) Anything else you want to note?: he's happily married and will always be eager to talk about his wife if given the chance. unfortunately he may never shut up once he gets started.

Ouryuu Zeno

[becomeashield]

1) Notable physical features: Short and scrawny. Golden blond hair, shoulder-length and unruly. Blue eyes. Pointy fangs that are visible when he smiles and eats (which is often). Wears a gold medallion with a dragon engraved, either around his neck or hanging from a bandana.

2) Age: "Ageless being with startlingly young features? ← ayyyyy lmao. He looks 17 but he's secretly old as balls.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: He sparkles when he's in a good mood, and also does the flower trailing in very good days. Food around him gets sweeter or more bitter depending on his moods too.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: He and his wife and dog live in the edge of the city in a residential area, in a regular little house with a yard. They keep it well.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: He likes to do easy, peaceful tasks for extra money. Sometimes he takes part-time jobs if there's not enough for him to do. He loves to have lunch or buy snacks from different places so he's often seen in restaurants and cafes. He takes his golden retriever on walks on parks. Zeno sometimes misses living in the wilderness and goes to the woods around town to chill and commute with nature.

6) Their general sense of fashion: He doesn't have his entire canon outfit with him but he's tried to emulate things here and there. He likes scarves and trenchcoats and little boots.

7) Hobbies: Is eating a hobby? He eats a lot! He likes to cook casually, too. He's taken gardening here in Empatheias. Also, he's a juggler so you may see him playing with colorful cloth sacks to cheer people up. Dancing is something he enjoys too.

8) Jobs: He's worked as waiter and cook and clerk in NPC places, so you can assume you've seen his big smile.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He doesn't need weapons but he carries a pocket knife. It's mostly used to peel fruit, but he knows where to stab people if he ever needs to.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: A year and two months now. He's pretty chill, and since his sense of time is distorted he's not in a hurry to come back. He knows he'll be back and he's patient. And some of his dead are here (his wife and one of his brothers) so being with them again makes him happy. He also works as a volunteer at the Center and likes guiding new folks, getting food for them, giving them advice.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Supermarkets, cafes, restaurants and food stands, bars, etc. Places with nature. The Tree. Hak and Yona's place, and Shu-Ten's cottage.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: He might be serious in some amulet conversations if the subject is deep, so his cheery childish attitude in other network posts or in person might be ??? to others sometimes. Then again, that also can be said for his usual IRL personality. He's a weirdo always and talks in semi-third person when he's in his genki mode.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Upgrade! His country is a medieval East Asian land (similar to the Three Kingdoms) and he's been around for two millennia. He doesn't understand why so many worlds are obsessed with wheels and crystal screens.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: He's great with people and animals. He has good observational skills. Juggling! Dancing! He has regenerative powers so he's great at getting hurt? He can't get drunk either.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: I guess there's the gardening thing, and getting better at cooking with stoves. He just wants to make others smile more and help out.

16) Anything else you want to note?: He can see spirits so ghosts and ToZ seraphs would be visible to him. Also, he has dragon blood.

[lukeim_yurlin]

Hmm, great with animals and enjoys walks in the parks with his dog, you say?

Since he should be able to see the seraphim, possible he and Dezel have seen one another before in one the parks, perhaps? Might be something to springboard off of for actual threaded out CR at some point?

Reim Lunettes

[allweather]

1) Notable physical features: Reim is Very Tall (185cm/6'1"). He has a scar on his left cheek and a big obnoxious industrial piercing (it's his crystal amulet) in his right ear. But mostly he's Very Tall.

2) Age: 26!

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Order... in a good mood, things around Reim tend to look more rigidly organized/polished/generally orderly. The inverse is also true: Reim in a bad mood tends to make things look just that much sloppier than usual, or cracks to form, or paint to peel, etc. Unkemptness spreads!

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: REMEMBER THE BLOCK PARTY THAT LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED?? That's Reim's neighborhood. He lives with Zelos, Kunikida, and Dazai in a fixer-upper townhouse with weird shit in it. Their neighborhood is largely snooty and upper middle class, and then there's the 4 of them... It's on a hill?? I don't know what else to put here. They have like 20 chairs in their house and an assortment of weird steampunk decorations that came with it that they haven't bothered to take down.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Reim gets up at 4am and wastes a couple hours at home before he goes to work. He works all day, runs a quick errand or two, and then goes home. Reim is really exciting...... sometimes he spends 20 hours a day with Zelos?? There's that. They can be spotted together. Very together, because they are dating. Sometimes he goes to the library for Too Long for one visit.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Oh Boy: appropriately upright gentleman or weird eccentric in curtains

so proper!! or so...what is that...

He also has three piercings (2 lobe, the industrial) so uhhh here are some earrings references: so tacky, real things he puts on his body, the big one.

7) Hobbies: He has a pet pigeon he likes to spoil... He's also barely, kinda-sorta into photography?? Honestly he's really into notebooks, find him buying more nerdy notebooks. Or earrings. Hobby: spending money.

8) Jobs: Reim works in a pawn shop that has an NPC owner and a few NPC part-time employees who ususally don't show up. Essentially, Reim is the only person in this pawn shop at any given time. He's considering a very polite takeover or maybe just hiring an assistant.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Nope!

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Almost 3 months... he hasn't been very strongly impacted emotionally speaking, it's mostly chill, but if he actually paused to think about it and discuss he'd probably say he'd like to stay at least for the people he's met.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: He goes to the park a lot I guess.......... he's a homebody I'm sorry.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: No... he doesn't use text because it confuses him and honestly he doesn't keep up with the network aspect of the amulet that much, but he acts the same on it as in person.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Upgrade because he's a pseudo-Victorian and didn't know what a standing shower was until he got here, for starters. He's doing alright because Kunikida teaches him how to use appliances.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Beautiful handwriting?? Great management skills?? All of Reim's talents are like, work talents. He's very nice... that's a skill.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Does anyone want a job at a pawn shop??? LAUGHS... other than that, uhhh he's not very creative so I guess like teach him to paint or something... that might be cute.

16) Anything else you want to note?: He and Kunikida are not actually related, they just play it on TV. Reim will insist they look nothing alike!!

[lalliho]

he gets a red wagon for deliveries from reim y/n

also a bunch of random junk for gifts... or because they're weird... sorry about your odd customer

Princess Celestia

[letteropener]

1) Notable physical features: She's a pony. A winged, horned pony with an iridescent mane and tail that constantly drift as if in a breeze, and the colors within them drift as if in a DIFFERENT breeze.

As for size, I favor this reference.

2) Age: How would you know from looking? She's over 2,000 years old.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Weather. Sunshine and warmth for good moods, gloom and rain for bad.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Princess Celestia lives in a little apartment she honestly dislikes, but none of these houses are built for ponies so she bears it with patience and good grace. Where else could she live that would be better? Nowhere, that's where.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Sleep late. Get up and open her shop. Hit the bakery. Attend political meetings. Fly over the city. Stay up late.

6) Their general sense of fashion: ...nothing? She's a pony.

7) Hobbies: Magical experimentation. Reading! Flying just for the sake of flying.

8) Jobs: Celestia owns her own store and is a political representative for the otherworlders. Particular to note: there is a lot more to the latter than I ever generally discuss because I don't believe anyone is interested in minutiae or trivia or things of no real substance. But it's there and Celestia is a resource for otherworlders in that respect.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: No she does not.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: A year and a half now. Celestia is slowly, slowly opening up and accepting that she isn't a royal always on duty here -- in more ways than just harmless misbehavior. The more she gets pushed, the less she can hide herself beneath a princessly facade.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: A bakery near her shop. She routinely buys a LOT from there.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Very rarely. She may be a touch more mischievous in person.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Sidegrade or slight downgrade, though in this case it's because technology replaces much of what magic and pony talents can do in Equestria.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: She can raise the sun each day. Except here, she can't. But she's a terribly powerful wielder of magic.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Celestia needs to continue to keep opening up and having some genuine feelings!

16) Anything else you want to note?:

[trustycrowbar]

Full disclosure, Celestia and Gordon are my new favorite odd-couple dynamic and I want them to get into all sorts of weird adventures. X3

That said, I'm sure they spend plenty of time around each other when it comes to council matters. Gordon is admittedly kind of terrible when it comes to framing things in a way they want to hear, so she may need to keep him from quoting an unfriendly statistic and scaring the shit out of everyone (for instance). They're both workaholics, so it would take a contrivance of fate to get them to do stuff away from work, but it's not impossible.

He can get behind any mischief she may wind up getting into: he's blown up his share of microwaves in the lab and have "forgotten" certain unlikeable scientists were still dangling from test equipment while he went to get some coffee. She may have a potential accomplice at her right hoof.

Lastly... he's finding that he genuinely likes her. Not like THAT, that would just be weird. Once he gets wind of her favorite bakery and how often she goes, there may be the occasional cupcake waiting for her in the afternoon at her desk.

Bobby Fulbright (with AA5 spoiler warning)

[spiritofjustice]

1) Notable physical features: He always wears pretty much his full white suit, complete with gloves and aviators (unless specified otherwise for some reason!). Also he does not wear socks with his shoes.

2) Age: 35ish.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Apathy. Apathy everywhere.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: He has an apartment in the residential area, close to the administrative quarter so he can get to work in a timely manner. It's a relatively big apartment.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Most of his time is spent working. He does go for walks relatively often too, though, so he could still be seen all around the city.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Stiiill white suits.

7) Hobbies: Life outside work? What is that? His one and only hobby is justice.

8) Jobs: One of the commanders of the Otherworlder division of the Enforcers.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He does! He has a pistol that he carries with him. The manpurse attached to his shoulder holster is just a manpurse that he uses to keep his things in, the actual pistol is holstered around his waist, below his jacket.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: He's been in Emp since November 2014, so that's over a year and a half now. He's not in a hurry to go home, either. He's settled in pretty nicely and always willing to help newcomers do the same.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Aside from the Enforcers station, he could be found in a grocery store or a occasionally pet store. He has a messenger bird that needs to be fed and he's going to have to get a new goldfish soon. (his old one died because of reasons)

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Nope, no difference. He's just as loud and obnoxious. (He'd prefer voice over image, but doesn't shy away from image)

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: It's a downgrade for the most part, but by now he's adapted.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: ....... Well um. Technically he could pretend to be just about anyone and change his voice to match most deep male tones. He's finally found good materials to reproduce the masks he used to have, so I might want to do something with that plotwise some day. Right now, he has no reason to go around pretending to be someone else, though.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: HAH. Maybe one day he can learn to accept his feelings and attempt to experience them like a normal person.

16) Anything else you want to note?: He's the sort of person who would stop to help a granny cross the street or get a kitty down from a tree, so he may have been spotted doing things like that.

[justpastdawn]

I imagine to make life easier Kevin's been conveniently elsewhere whenever possible since the incident with the lights. But is there any particular flavor of tension you'd like to have had going on offscreen, since it's been a while since then? And any ideas as to following up on that, or not? I am here for your plot stuff.

Dazai Osamu

[litcircle]

1) Notable physical features: His hair is a fluffy mess. He's covered in bandages. Just. Constant bandages. Honestly, he looks homeless.

2) Age: 22 and looks it(?). He's got a bit of a baby face but he's clearly an adult.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Sparkles!!! And flowers. And bubbles. Literally anything that would pop off of him and be generally obnoxious.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Wherever their block party is being held /wink. It's mostly upper middle class with a few eccentrics around. Their townhouse is a... fixer upper filled with mismatched steampunk shit. Dazai sleeps in a wheel in the basement. The neighborhood doesn't know if he's legally there. It's great.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: It's different everyday because there's no way he's getting stuck into a shitty routine. He works sporadically for the Sure Lock Security locksmith as a lockpicker. He gets people back into their houses when they're locked out! Totally not shady!!! Other than that he just kind of wanders around doing task board stuff every once in a while and hanging out at shitty bars on weekdays and visiting fish mongers to buy crab. Honestly, good luck trying to get a beat on him. There is no schedule. He is a Mystery.

6) Their general sense of fashion: A shitty sand colored coat, bolo ties, MORE BANDAGES. He looks horrible and yet he thinks he looks amazing. He only has one outfit, okay? Except for the beach episode I guess. God... He always just looks homeless even when he's dressed up as a doctor. How???

7) Hobbies: UM. CONTENT WARNING. UM................... Attempting suicide. That's it. He's literally asked this in canon and that is how he replies. I hate Dazai. I'm Sorry. You'll find him jumping into rivers or shopping for Weird and Mysterious things that could be potentially lethal. I'm. Sorry.

8) Jobs: Sure Lock Security! If you ever lock yourself out I guess you might run into him. He has such a weird fucking job.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Never! It's part of his code to never carry a weapon around with him. (He can and will steal weapons from other people and use them well though.)

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Three months! Dazai is still pretty much the same old Dazai. This place is entertaining and a nice vacation from stuff back home. No asshole Mafia (bar one) or other stuff to get caught up in. It's just like a game! It's fun!! He still hasn't found a reason to really care deeply about the lives of the people here because it doesn't matter to him oops.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Shitty bars, nice bars, crab shacks, parks, river beds, game stores, book stores, the open stalls in the Verens' shopping district, eccentric stores, pawn shops, antique shops, hospitals (to get bandages), so on and and so forth.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Nope. He's a fake ass bitch on both. He tends to not use the crystals because they share emotions easier though.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Downgrade! He's doing okay with it.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Power nullification! Most magical/supernatural things just cease to be once he touches them.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: He needs to stop being a giant manchild and get over himself. Shrugging emote for when that will fucking happen.

16) Anything else you want to note?: He never stops moving. Holy shit. Sit like a normal person? Stop???

[greatestdefective]

This reminds me we still need to have Dazai and Sherlock discuss suicide and be mopey angsty teens about death.

kunikida doppo

[creativenonfiction]

1) Notable physical features:
WELL HE HAD A RATTAIL but SOMEONE cut it off so now he just has short blonde hair.

He's also 6'2", beyond thin and has the longest leggies known to man. Also glasses? A lot of people shit talk his glasses. (They're square; Reim's are rounded)

2) Age: 22 but he acts 40

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: he makes shit smell good and colors the stuff around him in the colors of the arehtei. Flowers sometimes spring up. Mostly it's nice smells like rose and mint and stuff.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like:

That block party log is where he lives. It's an upper middle class neighborhood with a few foreclosed houses on it that have since been filled by odder people (including him). His townhouse is pretty nice, actually but the inside is a fucking abomination. Also there's like 20 chairs on the first floor alone.

He also lives with Reim, Zelos and his shitty partner Dazai.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens:

Kunikida has a very tight schedule!! He does most of the chores, spends a lot of his free time fixing up the house, budgets everything, works like 5 jobs somehow.

For the most part you can just assume he's running around the city either fulfilling errands, investigating shit on his own, etc. Next month he's planning on starting up a branch of the detective agency he's a part of back home so he's pretty busy factoring that in.

6) Their general sense of fashion:
is this an excuse to post links
normal outfit, cute suit, hawaiian abomination, this shit, bASICALLY IF IT HAS A VEST HE'S ON THAT SHIT also ribbons. just assume he's always wearing a neck ribbon.

also sometimes he walks around wearing this. it's to hold his notebook.

7) Hobbies:
HE LOVES FISHING LOOK AT THAT HAWAIIAN SHIRT LINK ABOVE HE IS SO PUMPED TO FISH
otherwise he practices judo or something, cooks, cleans (seriously, he will clean any house he visits), sometimes goes drinking at a small bar, reads books. He's a really really normal guy...

8) Jobs:
I haven't come up with his four other jobs but he does basically run a stationary shop on the fringes of wherever downtown is. It's visited by a lot of wealthy patrons and they all love him because he's a fucking nerd.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?:
He's got a pocket notebook which is literally his weapon. He's got a power that allows him to summon anything he writes within it. Also it has his ~*Ideals*~ in it?? Which means a lot of schedules and lists of legitimately everything?? How could he ever leave that at home.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?:
Three months including this one! It... is just another place to live? He hasn't really changed much. He does really miss his home and actually feeling like he's making a difference/being a hero/etc but that's why the detective agency's coming. Gotta feel useful!!!!

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?:
Stationary store, groceries, parks, this one really quiet hole-in-the-wall bar that only really has 3 people in it at once. Probably visits bookstores sometimes. Some random coffee shop. Whatever the emp equivalent of Home Depot is. IDK.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?:
He just talks on the amulet. He doesn't care.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?:
It's a downgrade and he hates it. Not everything needs gears. Why are there no cars??

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?:
Cleaning, cooking, organizing, budgeting, judo. A good shot. He's great at math and apparently graduated college in 6 months to a year because anime time. He also does great voice impressions. Free of charge.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?:
My goals literally are: "start detective agency, flip his house, embarrass him at whatever the next ball/dance event is"

I'm really simple to please.

16) Anything else you want to note?:
he ate a pear; it was way too sweet

Kevin Regnard

[justpastdawn]

1) Notable physical features: Kevin has long white hair, one red eye, and is skinny as hell. Recently he's also gone on a fashion bender in a frustrated attempt to differentiate himself physically from his Future Self™, so there's purple streaks in his hair and a lot of very loud fabric going on these days.

2) Age: 25! Probably technically 26 already but ahaha timelines, we'll call it in September.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Kevin likes to take himself off to hide somewhere private when he's feeling foul, so most often you're going to see him sparkling -- most of his positive effects have to do with lights, he glows when he's happy. If you can make him laugh a lot, candy pops out of thin air, which is his favorite one. He's trying to figure out how to do it on purpose with dunamis and I'm not letting him because it amuses me to frustrate him over stupid shit.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Kevin's house, which he inherited from an NPC, is in a quiet, pleasant neighborhood, away from most of the other Otherworlders. He chose this location for that reason. The house once belonged to a florist and his wife and there is a large greenhouse out back, where his two walking plant monster children live. His housemates are Gilbert Nightray, Hibiki, and Lily Baskerville, with Bulat coming and going as he pleases. They have also kept Oz Vessalius's room ready for him, and Oz will hopefully be living in it again next month.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Kevin is the wandering sort. He trains with his sword daily, though he likes to run off to various private spots to do this unless he's planned out a spar with a friend or coworker. Most of the chores in the house are handled by Gilbert or the others, but Kevin does a lot of work out in the greenhouse, and in the flowerbeds he's planted out in the front. If you need him in or around a bakery for some convenient reason, this can be arranged. Otherwise, he's at Enforcers HQ, out on patrol, or thrift shopping, probably. Prissy Steambucks lattes are also a thing.

6) Their general sense of fashion: When Kevin grows up he will be Xerxes Break and Break's fashion sense is canonically baffling in ways that it pains me to describe. In canon, I think his troubling fashion choices are a direct result of living in a houseful of noblewomen whose closets he no doubt pilfers as it suits him. In Verens, he has instead been influenced by steampunk, JRPG protagonists, and pompadours for almost two straight years. The end result features fewer cravats but is no less monstrous. Of note, his friends over in Bravely Default have leant him the Red Mage asterisk to train with, and while you are probably never going to see him wear it, he's fond of the look enough that he's basing the long cut of his new waistcoat/tunics on that. This is not actually that far from canon -- Break wears a long tunic under the coat of his Pandora uniform, and favors long coats otherwise much of the time. Kevin's are just, you know. Louder. There's a shmoopy reason for that, I promise.

7) Hobbies: Kevin is a swordsman first and foremost but he also knits, reads terrible trashy penny dreadfuls, and does a lot of do-it-yourself crafty crap. He hangs out with the NPC knitting group at his favorite local yarn store because when you have an almost-aristocratic background gossip also counts as a hobby, visits the library when he can, and likes to scrounge around in thrift stores for baubles he can take apart and make different baubles with. Let's be real, if Verens has a pompous do-it-yourself magazine, Kevin's got a subscription. There is no reason not to have fancy noble shit all around you even if you are not rich enough to be a fancy noble!!!

8) Jobs: Kevin is one of three lieutenants with the Otherworld Enforcers. Of the three, he's the one who hangs back the most -- Steve is Captain Fucking America and Bulat has held rank in the military before, but Kevin is far more comfortable lurking around in the background. Before the Otherworld branch was even formed, he often worked with the native Enforcers when they asked for extra help after quakes and the like, and he has continued to divide his time between both divisions. To that end, many of his duties center around scheduling patrols and patrolling himself, training up and coming sword people, and being the "ordinary guy" Otherworlder who helps the native NPC Enforcers sort out how to function around these overpowered lunatics who go around shouting their weird attack names all the time. He's been with the group since it was founded, so unless you are a brand new Enforcer, if you are on his team he at least knows you by sight.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He has his sword on him at all times when he's out of the house. The astute among you will notice that for a long time, he carried a sword with a golden hilt. Since the Aiada event, he carries a different blade.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Kevin has been in Emp since the game opened, so nearly two years, and has not been home since arriving. His greatest issues now are centered around that. He hates being mistaken for or treated as Xerxes Break -- many of his castmates have come in knowing a version of him who was fifteen years older -- and the more time he spends in this world, the more he tries to separate himself from that inevitable future. Given that he doesn't completely understand that future self, mostly he just bitches about it without fully realizing why it comes up in the first place. Meanwhile, because he's been here so long, he sees Verens as his home, and he knows that the second he's sent back his "current self" will die, and he'll become Xerxes Break. This is his greatest fear.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Steambucks, From the Hearth, a dumpling shop he likes a lot, most if not all the bakeries in town, Enforcers HQ, places that sell yarn, thrift shops, the library, quiet parks, the rooftops, wherever Bulat is.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Only when he is trolling people, which is arguably not different at all; it just means he can hide behind relative anonymity. He never, ever projects his own image over the amulets; voice only, though he'll send pictures of other things from time to time. He really likes being able to send feelings and such along too, and if you're someone he talks to frequently, if he wants to start a conversation he's liable to "poke" you before verbalizing any greetings.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Upgrade! Kevin is from the fake 1830's. You can pry his indoor plumbing from his cold, dead hands.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: He can balance things on his head like the prettiest princess, and does this frequently if he's got stacks of books to carry. Or, you know. Dishes. His dunamis power is to create little firefly lights. Lately, he can use them to transfer his own feelings into others in the same way people can back love into their food and such, but that's manipulative and creepy and he doesn't approve, so he's decided not to use that skill unless it's an absolute emergency.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: It amuses me to give Kevin Break qualities while he's whining about not wanting to be Break, and in canon, Break occasionally pulled random little magic tricks -- popping a dove out of his hat and throwing his voice and so on. Kevin doesn't have the canon power necessary for hat tricks, but he's been known to conjure his lights and make them dance around to amuse little kids. It would be fun to get him into more of that sort of thing, sleight of hand and whatnot. Kevin carries a lot of awkward shyness in him but when he gets going he's very much a showman.

16) Anything else you want to note?: Kevin likes cake.

Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune

[fistsofjustice]

1) Notable physical features: She’s very short and probably very fit from all the climbing/boxing/adventuring she does.

2) Age: 15-16

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Generating a pleasant warmth, glow, sparkles. Those can turn into scorching heat, bright flashes of light and confetti cannons if she’s feeling passionate about something. More negative feelings cause things to hide, like plants shrinking back into the ground.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: An apartment in the standard residential area.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Wander around, talk to people, stand on high places to scout for INJUSTICE, take jobs from the task board, read in the library.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Comfortable, practical clothes in light colors (because dark colors are the mark of a villain). She also loves cute, frilly dresses but since this isn’t the royal palace she’s mostly dresses plainly and sensibly.

7) Hobbies: Being a Champion of Justice, traveling, adventuring, playing chess, eating interesting new foods and reading romance novels.

8) Jobs: Odd jobs from the task board, for now.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Amelia’s only weapons are JUSTICE and her fists. And magic. And magically charged fists.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Less than a month! She arrived with the recent newbie bunch and is still trying to find her footing. She wants to be involved and learn everything she can.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: The library, the market, the lake.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: No, she’s pretty much the same, unless she uses text and then she’s more formal and less excitable. She prefers image if she’s sending a message (unless the person is right next to her), but will match “format” in her replies.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Upgrade. She’s still getting used to things.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Healing, magic, punching people in the face, posing dramatically, giving long winded dramatic speeches.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Make a lot of friends, sparkle aggressively at everyone, inevitably annoy some people, learn to be a little less naive eventually, try to get involved with things diplomatically because she’s a princess and can actually be responsible.

16) Anything else you want to note?: Life is marvelous!

That Sherlock Holmes

[greatestdefective]

1) Notable physical features: When he goes out, he's always wearing his big long coat and deerstalker hat and such. Also vials of questionable compounds attached to his belts and a big messenger bag with even more questionable things. Will occasionally smoke his pipe.

2) Age: 34 year old with the mentality of an eight year old when he gets too excited.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: When he gets excited it's sparkles and spotlights and such. When he becomes depressed, it's murky fog.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: There is a 'Bakerstreet home' where he lives with Ryuunosuke Naruhodou and Asougi Kazuma. Sherlock's section of it is filled with stray books and odd science experiments. Occasionally something may explode.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Read, solve mysteries and/or invent things! He'll probably be all over the stores to gather things like scrap and glass vials, and other such things to use for his inventions. Now that the teleportation device's 'puzzle' has been solved for the most part, he's starting to lose interest in it, but he can always be roped back in if there's more puzzling to be done!

6) Their general sense of fashion: When he's not all decked out in his coat and hat, he looks more like this!

7) Hobbies: .... Reading, solving mysteries and/or inventing things. He's also pretty interested in experimenting with emotions though, so he's asked White for some emotion-infused tobacco to smoke.

8) Jobs: Self-proclaimed great detective, actually unemployed.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He has a pistol, but it mostly just shoots the chemical compounds of his own invention. It can't fire bullets. So... No.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Siiince... April!

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: The library, any store that sells scrap or glass works, any store that sells gears.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Pretty much the same! He adores the amulet system, even if it does remove the filter between brain and mouth further in his case.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Mostly an upgrade! Magitech aside, it's very similar to what he's used to, though. He loves it.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Sherlock's big 'talent' is his rapid-fire reasoning. He could come to immediate, accurate assumptions about a character (even if his underlying reasoning may be slightly off).

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Hmm... He could stand to master Dunamis, but other than that I've got nothing.
Edit: OH! I just remembered. His cat, Wagahai, will be having kittens soon.

16) Anything else you want to note?: Not really!

Sans

[seriff]

1) Notable physical features: Literally a goddamn skeleton. Specifically, an anatomically correct skeleton maybe 5ft tall tops with glowing white eyes, a near-permanent fixed grin (it doesn't open or close when he talks) and no shame whatsoever.

2) Age: Who the heck knows. He does sound like an adult male and occasionally even acts like one, just a very short one. (I headcanon him to be in his late 20s / early 30s, or at least the equivalent in hypothetical maturity, but seeing as he's a skeleton it is 100% reasonable not to pick up on that, like, at all.)

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Almost always relatively subtle - slight temperature fluctuations up or down to fit his mood, slight discolouration of the environment if he hangs around in one place for a while, the vague sensation of a locked door over telepathic connections. Still probably better clues to what he's thinking than anything he actually says. Happy glitter does happen very rarely, so good luck glitter-collectors :|b He can wrangle his apathy in particular into dunamis effects such as erasing small objects or pausing them in time, but tends not to bother.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Lives with his brother Papyrus in one of the standard-issue residential apartments. It's small-ish and permanently sprinkled with glitter but otherwise clean and tidy, despite Sans's greatest lack of efforts; the exception is Sans's room, which doesn't bear speaking about, but that's always locked. He doesn't invite people over unless they're hanging out with Papyrus too, anyway. The other notable thing about it is that the bathroom has been repurposed as a storage area for extra spaghetti.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Despite his excess of jobs (see below), it's relatively uncommon to catch him in the act of doing any of them. More often, he can be found shopping around, napping outside, setting up highly unprofessional-looking stalls in the market square or in the streets, grabbing lunch at a cafe or restaurant (he frequents From the Hearth, among others), and just generally uselessly loitering. He's pretty amiable towards nearly everyone whether he knows them or not. Then again, seeing him in one place is no guarantee that he's going to still be there five seconds later. (He can teleport. He doesn't talk about being able to teleport. You probably shouldn't, either.) He isn't normally around at night, but once or twice a month he might be found at the docks / by the lakeshore / out in the fields with a telescope.

6) Their general sense of fashion: The best overall description is "doesn't give a shit". His canon (baggy, contemporary-looking hoodie + slacks) outfit has survived so far, but lately he's preferred to dress as inappropriate to the season as he can manage. Last winter, this meant steampunk shorts and sandals; right now, in Empatheian summer, this means oversized longcoats and socks with sandals. A few months back he spent several weeks in an eye-catching blue hoodie with a whale fin on the back and angry little Sosyne eyes, but he doesn't wear that cosplay any more on account of it catching fire.

7) Hobbies: shittalking nine-year-olds All the important things in life: food, sleep, bad jokes, stupid pranks and procrastination. He does whatever the hell he wants, pretty much. Actually, he has legit interests in astronomy, heavy theoretical physics and engineering (bikes, airships...); he just doesn't tend to share those very readily.

8) Jobs: He's a patrol officer with the Otherworlder unit of the Enforcers, he simultaneously holds down a part-time job at some nondescript grocery store and he's no stranger to the task centre. Again, though, he often doesn't appear to be present where he should be; he turns in just enough reports and shows up for just enough of his shifts to not get fired.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Not as such. The weapons he could use in a fight are various kinds of magic that don't materialise until he needs them, but his by far preferred weapon is just making himself scarce when other people start waving theirs.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: 8 months. He... doesn't outwardly behave as if it's affected him at all, to be honest. It has, however, gotten a little easier to spur him into half-assed action and/or push his emotional buttons compared to most iterations of his canon. He has not had a good time.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Once again, wherever the hell he wants, so long as it isn't immediate trouble :') I think this was mostly covered above, but if you want me to elaborate let me know!

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Generally, no. He's naturally a social skeleton and comfortable with chatting either way. He is capable of putting on a serious act in person if he really isn't your biggest fan, but there isn't anything stopping him from doing that on the network either apart from not having a reason to.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: It's kind of a downgrade, but he doesn't care. The amulets are as good as social media for annoying people :V

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Awful jokes and physics/engineering knowledge aside, he... can make surprisingly cute-looking hot dogs? No, he's way too unmotivated to achieve very much.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: I greatly desire him to learn some fucking chill. :') Failing that, more pun buddies or science nerd friends would always be nice... if they can coax the latter out of him to start with, which is unfortunately not a given. I will totally work with you on this, though!

16) Anything else you want to note?: Nnnnope? Nope.

[fistsofjustice]

Their tdm thread may have been short, but I thought it was hilarious. Maybe something similar happened in the game? Like, she got all worked up because she mistook him for some undead menace or something.

Armin Arlert

[strategisch]

1) Notable physical features: Blonde hair, blue eyes. A little bit short and skinny for his age. Usually dresses like a local (he's been here a long time).

2) Age: 17

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: When he's thinking very hard about something, fog tends to gather in his wake. When he's feeling particularly hopeful, or working on his Dunamis, the area around him gets bright with sunlight.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: He shares a standard sort of apartment with Mikasa.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Armin has a job at a antique shop that he goes to regularly to clean and fix old things. When he's not there, he's often at the library. He also works as a volunteer for the welcoming committee, and is at their HQ on days that new Otherworlders show up.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Very practical. Not sloppy, but not perfectly crisp either. Something like a plain button up shirt and solid colored pants.

7) Hobbies: Reading, mostly. He has a taste for non-fiction about natural phenomenon, but will also read fiction if recommended. When he practices Dunamis, he tries to be away from other people, but it's perfectly fine to spot him training. He'll also stop by cafes occasionally for a cup of tea or a pastry.

8) Jobs: He sometimes sits the front desk at the antique shop, so people can meet him there.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He does have his 3 Dimensional Maneuver Gear, but he only wears it when he's training (in a forest with tall trees away from the city) or when there's some sort of crisis going on.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Armin has been in Emp for 15-16 months. He's very used to the rhythm of life here. He's learned quite a lot since his arrival, and his state of mind has broadened a lot. But there are still a lot of things, mostly technological, or about modern living, that he doesn't understand. He comes from a very dark-ages canon.

He doesn't hate Emp in the slightest, but he wants to go home to complete his mission as a part of the Recon Corps. He's been working towards finding a way back for a long time, with no luck.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: The library, public parks, cafes, and other quiet spots.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Armin is the same on and off the Crystalnet.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: A huge upgrade. He's adapted well, but things that common modern worlds have, like television, computers, etc-- he doesn't understand them at all.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: He's smart, and quick-thinking. He's good at making plans and formulating strategies, but he has somewhat poor self esteem, so if he has an idea, he still might keep it to himself.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Nothing specifically, but I'm always looking to involve Armin in different things that he might enjoy, so I can expand his CR.

16) Anything else you want to note?:

SPOILERS FROM CHAPTER 85: It's also highly possible that he has died. We should know by next month if he's buried, or was somehow saved.

Alphonse Elric

[unerasable]

1) Notable physical features: ...Constantly wearing grubby full-body armour, yeah. Until I finish writing up his canon update. He's about seven foot tall and very spiky. Any meowing noises you might hear when he moves around are completely your imagination. He wears his amulet on a chain around his wrist, like a weird sort of bracelet.

2) Age: 16ish. His voice sounds decidedly younger, maybe 12 or a very squeaky 13.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: The light reflecting off his armour or other light sources nearby can do weird things depending on how he's feeling. Nearby stone, earth, dust and metal in particular often crack or shift around in sympathy with him too. He wears his feelings on his armoured sleeve, for the most part.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: He and his brother Edward share an apartment. It's super messy and home to a lot of disorganised notes - formerly home to a small kitten as well, but it escaped.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: He gets by on task board tasks and errands for natives / other characters he's gotten to know over the past year, but he has a lot of off time, especially at night. If he's not out and about or volunteering at an animal shelter, he might be at the library quietly adding to those reams of notes, or at home doing the same. He also likes to hang around Lake Niras, practising martial arts stances by himself or just quietly sitting.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Armour. Clank clank clank.

7) Hobbies: Armour (or so he claims; it would be clear after questioning him at all that he doesn't know much about the technicalities), politeness, small fluffy animals. He has a distinctly childlike sense of fun and will join in with kids' games given half a chance. But he also has the stupid sense of obligation that runs in his family, so he tends to feel bad when he isn't doing something more productive.

8) Jobs: Nothing more formalised than task board stuff and volunteering. He has worked with NPC and PC Enforcers on past cases, and remains on reasonably good terms with them.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: He carries one or two sticks of chalk inside his armour at all times to facilitate his alchemy. That's all he needs.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: He's been here a year and counting (since March 2015), and has grown to feel more indebted to the people of Verens in that time. His highest personal priority is still ultimately finding a way to go home, though - he left someone important back there.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: The library, the markets, grocery stores, miscellaneous greener areas outdoors, anywhere where there are cats. He prefers not to visit cafes or restaurants except with his brother.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: He's soft-spoken and sensitive under basically all circumstances until given a reason to behave some other way. In person, his body language is deliberately restrained so that he doesn't tower over people as much; over the amulets, he sticks to voice or text when he can and allows himself to be a little freer about his emotions, but there isn't a massive difference.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: The magitech parts of it were new to him in the beginning, but are nothing he hasn't long since adapted to.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Capable of locating cats anywhere. Also capable of drawing complicated magic circle things with perfect geometrical accuracy in the blink of an eye and using them to reshape pretty much any physical matter at will, but the cat thing is more useful in his opinion.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Alphonse, too, needs to learn some chill. I'd be happy if he got to do more of his socialising / errand-running on-screen, if that makes sense. I'm also hoping his canon update in the near future will widen his options.

16) Anything else you want to note?: someone else in the cast will bring a better gif than I can come up with rn I'm sure

[justpastdawn]

Given how long Al has been here and all the various circumstances where Kevin's likely to have seen (or heard) him, I'm sure our two know each other by sight by now at the very least. Would you like to say they've exchanged pleasantries from time to time in passing, to kickstart some sort of legit socializing later on?

sawamura eijun

[tire]

1) Notable physical features: Eijun looks like a normal teenage boy! It's not his looks that will make you find him notable, it's the fact that you can probably hear him talking across a city block.

2) Age: Teenager! He's 15. A small.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Eijun tends to make flowers bloom when he's really happy and excited and has been known to make puddles when he cries. Both of these happen a lot, RIP.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: He lives with Shinji Kanemaru/nannying, and it's just a small two bedroom apartment. They also have a very cute dog that Eijun definitely doesn't resemble at all. Also they're a little married. Not really, but kinda really. Ja feel.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens:
Eijun is always playing baseball, pretty much always. Usually he can be found pitching into a target against a tree or begging Kanemaru to stand in as a batter. Aside from that, he likes to go for runs (always with his beloved tire), meet up with people and hang out, etc. Eijun's a pretty social kid!

6) Their general sense of fashion: cute multicolored tshirts, jeans, whatever this is. In general he just wears jeans and t-shirts. It's daiya canon that everyone has stupid shirts so I try to make him wear a dumb one every time I mention it.

7) Hobbies: Baseball, but also catching bugs! He also likes video games (not that that's super relevant here).

8) Jobs: lmao

9) Do they have a weapon? lmao

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Since April, so not too long! He likes it here well enough, though it's pretty boring without the rest of Seido around.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Outside!! Anywhere!! He's also usually hanging out around Kunikida's place because he's going to put him to work doing chores.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: It's just as loud. In fact, Eijun has a bad habit of accidentally using his amulet and letting out his stupid feelings and thoughts for anyone to hear. Occasionally in song form.

(I'm doing an open post of this next month.)

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Downgrade. Where's his cellphone!

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: base...ball...like that even counts. He's really flexible?

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: I'm so open to Eijun doing ANYTHING. He needs to become somebody's henchman or something. Make somebody not evil with his sheer joy and delight. Start a fight with somebody for DISRESPECT. I don't know.

16) Anything else you want to note?:

Lailah

[punification]

1) Notable physical features: She has ridiculously long hair. Like look at this bullshit. She also carries herself very proper-like. She is a LADY!!

2) Age: She is thousands of years old but because she’s a Tales character she looks like a slender young woman of… 21? 20-something??? Who knows. ~~ANIME~~

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Sometimes bursts of colorful flames will happen near her and near others that happen to be in the same area at the time. She doesn’t notice it. They are harmless flames though! And because she’s invisible to most people it probably scares everyone who spots it and is mistaken for spooky ghost fire or something. She only recently figured out how to do it on purpose (during the block party log) but still causes it on accident.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: She lives in a big house with the rest of the Zesitira cast… but as a seraphim doesn’t need to eat or sleep or bathe or anything like that. But she does all that stuff anyway because she likes to.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: She likes to wander around the city and see the sights… and talk to her castmates and offer Fire Mom Support to them because they need it. She enjoys random conversations over the crystals with people too because she hasn’t gotten to have conversations with strangers in thousands of years.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Heels, long dresses, clothing that is modest and tasteful… but she also has a kawaii bathing suite so who knows.

7) Hobbies: She makes origami figures! Mostly flowers. She will also harass you to let her tell you your fortune which are usually ridiculous or not about you at all. And… puns. She likes to pun. They’re bad. They’re really, really bad.

8) Jobs: Are there jobs for invisible people…? (AKA she does not have a job...)

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: She uses prayer paper slips as her weapon, weirdly enough. Because Tales games. She sets them on fire and launches them at people. Because… Tales games.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Since December! She doesn’t mind it here. It’s a new adventure!! She has some castmates here so she’s happy with that and she wants to help the natives if she can.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Probably the park or just around the Zestiria house. She likes to wander the city in general.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Nah, it’s pretty much the same for her.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: UPGRADE and to be honest she kind of avoids most of the heavily technology based areas like the airship dock. She doesn’t know what to make of all this tech. She thinks it's neat but it probably frightens her a little to some degree.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: She can set things on fire! And is pretty motherly, I guess. She can be good at understanding the feelings of others.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Nothing really! I’m kind of just winging it with her since I feel like I’m not the best at writing her voice. Still feeling that out too. Mostly getting her to talk to people and form CR. Since again, this is something really new to her so she’s happy to do it.

16) Anything else you want to note?: Tales games are stupid and I love them.

[lukeim_yurlin]

This might be the best place for this...

Sorey suggested that Dezel speak to Lailah about re-forging the Sub Lord pact, if just so that he would be more protected from impurities. Think that discussion and possibly the reforged pact is something that could have been handled in a handwaved fashion, maybe?

Milla Maxwell

[elementalshot]

1) Notable physical features: Well everything tbh. Probably mostly her weird green cowlick that she is very proud of. Sylph thought it was a good idea.

2) Age: She’s 22 and is technically actually that age but is frozen at that age forever because she’s god now. ~~~ANIME~~~

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Milla does not have emotional outbursts very often if ever. Usually they will manifest as nature like flowers or weather.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: She lives with Jude in their own little townhouse. She use to live in a big house with the Xillia cast but the earthquake broke it so her and Jude moved somewhere else together (because they’re dating) and she likes having her own space now. She use to not stay in the shared house very often but now she’ll be home a lot. Mostly for Jude.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: She’s explored the entire island in her free time. She’s also constantly taking up monster slaying jobs from the task board too. She likes to murder things. She'll go out to collect things for her weird knick-knack collection too.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Ridiculous. She tries really hard but her fashion is, uh… questionable. She wears really short skirts and tight, form fitting shirts and dresses. She likes them because they’re “non-restrictive” but the words everyone else would probably use are “provocative” and “suggestive” and “why are you wearing that in public Milla???”

7) Hobbies: Reading! She learned everything she knows about humans from reading which is unfortunate because she reads a lot of really questionable books like Men and Women Beneath the Sheets. (This is a real book she names in canon.) She’s also developed a lot of her hobbies in Emp because she’s had the downtime to do it. This includes collecting random things from nature (insect husks, shiny stones, flowers) and learning about various human activities like how to swim and dance. She also likes to eat. A lot. A LOT.

8) Jobs: Basically monster hunting. You need a monster killed? She’ll do it. She is a monster hunter professional at this point.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: She uses her sword. It’s a pretty standard balanced blade sword. She has it with her whenever she leaves the city but never if she's wandering around the city itself.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: Since the beginning AKA when the game opened. She was in the first group to arrive in…. 2014? August 2014?? That sounds right. She came from Xillia 1 at the time and was eventually canon updated. Being in an open relationship with Jude has change her a lot in the way of how she understands emotions and showing them. Living a "slice of life" type lifestyle has also taught her the joys of downtime.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: She’s usually not in the city when she’s “hanging out” because she likes to be out among natural surroundings. But in the city she’ll be in various food shops (the cafe Red took her too is her favorite now!) or the park. It's rare but sometimes she stays home and reads books.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Nah. Milla is straight forward and blunt in everything she does.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Neither, actually. It’s on par with the tech level in her canon if not SLIGHTLY less advanced since her canon has cell phones and trains and Emp doesn’t. So she’s find adapting to it all.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: She’s god so there's that. …. Because Tales games.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: She’s been developing nicely already in her time here! I’m sure more things will happen but I have no plans. She’s pretty good ATM.

16) Anything else you want to note?: If you feed her she'll never forget you.

[subvert]

Delita comes from a very, uh. Mostly practical canon with regards to clothing.

I either want them to have had a conversation where he's questioning everything about her clothing (since it seems like it's pretty clear that she's confident/etc. and can hold her own) but ... she dresses like.

... he would try to find a polite word, okay. OKAY.

OR I WOULD BE DOWN WITH THREADING THIS TOO tbh....

The Spine

[mybackstory]

1) Notable physical features: 7ft silver robot that vents steam.

2) Age: 120, but due to up-keep doesn't look it.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: The steam he vents has a habit of taking little shapes if he's in a good mood, like stars and the like.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: A cottage sort of deal in the otherworlder residential area, with his 'older sibling' Rabbit.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Take care of the cleaning of the house, because Rabbit isn't going to, along with going out and scouting areas for the two of them to busk. Enjoys spending some quiet time in the park, goes by Tony Stark's lab occasionally for routine maintenance when it's needed.

Also can be seen shopping for clothing and just daily robot things.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Dress shirt, vest, and tie. Spine has a habit of going black, but general just wears darker colors.

7) Hobbies: Can at times be spotted sitting outside of Steambucks just enjoying a cup of hot water. What? Also just sitting out in the park writing new song lyrics and music, or simply enjoying the area.

8) Jobs: Mostly busking. Mostly.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?:

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: At least a year(I suck at keeping up with time), and he's actually starting to question if his emotions are actually real rather than just programming. Seeing that his emotional state has the same impact as humans and the like.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Steambucks, the park, a few different thrift stores.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Not all that different, actually.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Downgrade, but he lived through a time sort of close so he's just gotten used to it again.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Singing, The Spine has quite the voice range. Also can play a few instruments. The robot is pretty alright at mime as well.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: To realize that just because he's a robot doesn't mean his emotions and feelings are not legitimate, he's kinda hung up on how people outside of the Walters have treated himself and the others.

He needs a hobby outside of his musical thing, really.

16) Anything else you want to note?: Nnnnot that I can think of?

[justpastdawn]

Since Kevin's acquainted with both of the robuts, I imagine he sometimes perches nearby with his lattes when he catches them out performing. You should feel free to say they're aware of him, since he's sort of, you know. Hard to miss.

Are there a few standard songs that they probably perform a lot that he'd have picked up on and started humming all over the place by now?

[rubyinferno]

1) Notable physical features: Probably her hair. … I’ve noticed this trend with my characters.

2) Age: She’s 22 and for a change of pace she’s ACTUALLY 22. No weird spirit immortal this time!

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Sparkles. Lots of sparkles. Colors and literal fireworks too. She’s excitable and happy just like these things.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Zero’s basement. No really… She offered to help him and he let her live with him so she can do that. He made a bad life choice.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Study the technology, mostly. She’ll be in the library a lot to do that and can be found in the research lab sometimes taking shit apart and causing minor chaos. She also goes to explore the known ruins a lot too.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Non-existent. She wears what is practical in the moment and comfortable. She doesn’t care as long as she can explore and work in it.

7) Hobbies: Building shit. She likes building machines. She’s a technology nerd and to some minor extent a ruins nerd too. Stalking Zero—I mean.

8) Jobs: Engineer for the airships. She was found fixing one unsolicited and they let her have a job because why not. She’s really good at it, the natives found. Unfortunately she’s also Pascal so the natives also question their life choices now.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Her shot staff! It’s a staff for magic that is also a gun. Because TALES GAMES.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: She’s only been here like.. two months. She arrived in May. She’s pretty chill about it although she misses her sister back home. :(

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: She lives in the research lab and her workspace in the airship docks. When she’s kicked out she’s in Zero’s basement also working away. She’s a hard worker!

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Exactly the same.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Upgrade! And then also a downgrade in comparison to the other world technology. But HER world technology is not as advanced. She loves it.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: She’s pretty much a genius although you’d never know it with how much of an airhead and weirdo she can be.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: Naaah. I’d love to get her involved in big technology type projects but other than that not really.

16) Anything else you want to note?: N/A

Frog

[minenameis]

1) Notable physical features:

He is a literal frog-person who hops walks around wearing clothes, armour and a cloak and carries a sword. He also speaks in an unusual ye olde Shakespearean style.

(He used to be a green-haired, long-haired, bishie human swordsman but alas he is currently under a spell.)

2) Age: I headcanon him as being around 30.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: If he's in a particularly triumphant/confident/positive mood, you might notice god rays beaming down from above. If he's down, expect rain and puddles. Most of the time the changes would be subtle, but may effect plant growth/health or light levels/clarity around him.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: He is currently living on Natsume's couch, but can otherwise be found in a makeshift room underground in nearby woodland (search behind the bushes!)

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: He's constantly training in swordsmanship, particularly after recovering from an arm injury. He's even set up his own little training area out of rope and old tree stumps/logs/branches etc. Other than that, he likes to visit town and generally see what's going on/get supplies/or go out on monster hunts. You might find him around the lake from time to time too either attempting to fish or soaking in the water.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Something simple, warm, practical and protective (he'd probably make sure to have some form of armour equipped at all times if possible). He tends towards green and earthy hues in terms of colour. A nice thick cloak is a plus. He likes to wear gloves in case of shaking hands/handling things nobody wants frogslime on their things

7) Hobbies: Swordsmanship is the major one and he'd be very open to sparring/training with other people who share a similar interest in such a thing! He would also be interested in magic, particularly if said magic can be used in combination with sword techniques.

8) Jobs: I haven't given him an official ongoing job as such yet, but he does like to help out with tasks involving combat/pest control or anything else he feels he can be useful for. If he can help someone, then he will!

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Frog carries the legendary sword known as the Masamune apart from when it got flung off a cliff thanks Obi-Wan. He carries it on him at all times in case of sudden attack, and also because it's a precious and important item to him.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: He's been here around two months and while he's very much interested in going back home still, he's found new friends and things to like about the new place. He's not super invested in the wider plot at the moment but is more in the 'curious' stage of things, wanting to know more about the Arehtei and current state of the island.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Forests, lakes, mostly wild places. But you might catch him at the blacksmiths or in the marketplace!

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: He's only used them a little, but there isn't much change in either method!

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Mostly an upgrade. He's coping well enough with it though and has a reserved fascination with the odd machines he's come across so far. Thankfully, crossing paths with people from different time periods in his own world has helped curb the shock a little.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?:...he can jump high and has a long sticky tongue? 8D He is also a self-proclaimed master swordsman.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: I would be interested in him learning more about dunamis, the Arehtei and general goings on in the world. I don't have any solid goals for him at present other than building CR and helping out as much as he can! He should totally try different hobbies though... I don't know what, but I'll think about it. XD It would be cool if he could temporarily become human again at some point but not sure if that would be possible yet. XD;

16) Anything else you want to note?: Yes, you may kiss the frog.

Re: Frog

[subvert]

Ye olde fashioned English speaking sword-off? I would be very cool with this having happened or being threaded.

H.P. Lovecraft

[ohrlyeh]

1) Notable physical features: Oh, boy, WHERE DO WE BEGIN. He looks practically skeletal, like he hasn't eaten in five days - he's supposed to look around his late twenties, but the bags under his eyes and prominent cheekbones make him look older than he is. He also has long curly black hair that could make Rapunzel jealous (it is almost to his knees). On top of all of that, his outfit is kooky - he wears a nice collared shirt, pants, and tie, but on top of that is a large torn black coat that looks like it had the bottom of it through a shredder.

Also, tentacles. His "ability" basically allows him to change parts of himself into tentacles, so he can have those coming out of his sleeves instead of hands sometimes. Overall, he stands out like an eldritch sore thumb.

2) Age: 28...except not really. He's probably as old as dirt.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Lovecraft doesn't feel much besides constantly exhausted and miserable all the time - you'll get some dark clouds surrounding him sometimes like he's some kind of weird Junji Ito Eeyore. The only thing that gets him somewhat perked up are sweets and cats, but overall, he's just not that emotional.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Lovecraft doesn't really live anywhere, but he spends a lot of time by himself in a secret grungy alley room that Lalli found, near the lake (because he likes the water), or in the park. He can also be found hanging around every single bakery and ice cream store in town, much to the chagrin of the owners.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Sleep. Eat sweets. Sleep some more. Dwell on the infinite darkness of mankind and the universe for a few hours. Read, sometimes. Count every single wood grain on the side of every building in Verens. Try to pet every cat in Verens. Sleep for five days. Rinse, repeat.

6) Their general sense of fashion: HE LITERALLY WEARS THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE DAY. What are clothes?? What is changing them?? What is a wardrobe??? HE SURE DOESN'T KNOW.

7) Hobbies: Eating and sleeping are hobbies, right? Also petting cats? He's pretty sure he's awesome at petting cats.

8) Jobs: No jobs, though he occasionally takes on stuff from the taskboard.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: The man IS his own weapon. Do you want to know what his true form is? It's this. He's giant Cthulhu on steroids. He doesn't need your dinky little guns or knives.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? Around three months or so. Lovecraft doesn't really HATE the place, since being here means he doesn't have to do the work his contract has said he should be doing (aka pretty much killing everyone and everything his boss hates). But at the same time, he just wants to go home to the sea and sleep for eternity. The lake is good and all, but it isn't the same. :( Lovecraft doesn't really like to waste any effort in getting involved with anything, and could care less about the fate of the people around him. He's terrible like that.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Every single bakery and ice cream place probably has a sign with his picture on it saying KEEP OUT. Yeah. He's that bad when it comes to sweets. Also random buildings where he can count glass cracks/grains/brick numbers/rice grains/what have you. He's like a weird kind of vampire and likes counting.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: He probably is a little more articulate on the amulets, but honestly, no matter how you talk with him, he comes off as tired, anxious, and incredibly passive. He doesn't use the amulets too much, but he's not opposed to them. He uses voice more often than not.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: ...Neither? He's used to technology changing a lot since he's pretty much an eternal god-like being, so he doesn't really make a lot of fuss about it.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Being really creepy, making you scream and cry with fear, and having infinite knowledge of some really messed up stuff and the nature of the ocean. Yeah. He...doesn't have a whole lot of talents, here.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: I'm simple to please! I really just like playing him being his weird self, and I really don't expect him to change much in terms of personality. I like just having him learn about new human experiences, making friends who don't mind the whole Cthulhu thing, being someone's nightmare, being someone's tool (and maybe making him get into a contract with someone, that would be interesting to play out)! Overall, anything and everything, come at me.

16) Anything else you want to note?: squid man, squid man, does whatever a squid man does

[justpastdawn]

Firstly I just want you to know that your threads crack my shit up, I love reading them.

That said, Kevin's a sweets fiend who prides himself on knowing every bakery in town like the back of his hand, so I imagine they've done the two-ships-passing-in-the-night thing at least a couple times by now if nothing else. Would they have spoken to each other at all, do you think? Kevin's been around long enough that he's become massively desensitized to people who are shaped funny, so he wouldn't really care much about the squid man thing, if that helps. He wouldn't really get on Lovecraft's case about anything unless he was actively causing trouble.

Ayumu Narumi

[melodyoflogic]

1) Notable physical features: Spiky porcupine reminiscent hair, lot of accessories. Multiple ear piercings.

2) Age: 17 and definitely looks it after a recent growth spurt.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: Sound, vibration, and temperature changes are how Ayumu's effects tend to manifest. Ayumu's gotten very good at controlling how powerfully his emotions manifest and when they do, but when he loses grip on that sometimes the sounds in the area around him can get sharper, duller, or even distort entirely. Things vibrating happen on occasion too, and depending on emotional place on the spectrum this can vary from unsettling and almost violent to even a calming hum.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Ayumu lives in a small cottage in the residential area, along with Hizumi and now Frisk.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens: Work, grocery shop, browse about, come home and prep dinner/relax in the evenings. He's kind of boring.

6) Their general sense of fashion: Varies between embracing a little casual 'punk' in steampunk and 'well dressed' depending on his mood. Almost always rocking multiple accessories, at the very least earrings. Has embraced the pocketwatch trend, but isn't quite crazy enough to slap clocks on random articles of clothing.

7) Hobbies: Music! He sometimes wanders into local music stores to browse/buy sheet music paper, but he's pretty private about that particular love. He also is that weirdo who will occasionally take naps in odd places if the weather is nice out.

8) Jobs: He has a day job! His hours can vary slightly, but he works at a local native owned restaurant. After he charmed his way into getting a job there he worked his way up from waiter to cook, and is fairly content with it.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: A small revolver, and he keeps it in a locked case tucked up in the top of his closet, with ammo in another locked box elsewhere. He obtained it after Sosyne's rampage for personal protection, and only really carries it when things are going to hell (aka dangerous events). He notably does not ever shoot to kill even in such events and would rather have no use for it at all.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: He's been in Empatheias over a year now...! And... is honestly 200% happier than he would be in his world at this age, considering he is not dying or confined to a hospital. Which is good. Very good. He's opened up a bit more but is still rusty as hell at this social thing.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: Ayumu has also managed to cultivate a rep at the local grocery stores/markets/coffee shops that is essentially one of a sweet gentlemanly kid who is super nice and charming. Middle aged housewives find him adorable. Sometimes there is recipe trading and invites to knitting circles and bookclubs. This might occasionally get him insider info about coming sales/Real Housewives of Verens gossip. This is totally not mildly manipulative what are you talking about.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: He's very careful about what he offers people over the amulets, avoiding letting strong emotional impressions leak through unless he knows and trusts the person in question. He might kind of abuse the amulets to flirt with his boyfriend throughout the day telepathically too.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: A slight downgrade, but not by too far.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: Ayumu is a 'retired' (read: gave up because Complexes) professional pianist, and was pretty amazing at it. Though he never actually gave up playing (He's kind of addicted), he only plays in private. He's also an amazing cook, generally talented in a lot of housework related skills, and very, very intelligent if incredibly lazy.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: I really, really want him to try playing piano publicly again. I don't imagine he'll ever take it up as employment (That requires too much self-esteem, alas) but for volunteering/festivals? He's reached a point I could see it happening with a little shove. He's also been practicing Dunamis regularly, mainly support based uses, so as to avoid needing to use a more lethal sort of weapon in emergencies/as a way to help out in his own ways when emergencies happen.

16) Anything else you want to note?:

Nagito Komaeda

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1) Notable physical features: Komaeda has really wild looking white hair, kinda like a cloud on his head. He's also way too damn tall, about 5'11 and thin, wiry looking. He gestures a lot with his hands and has a very off putting laugh. His voice is soft and breathy.

2) Age: Teenager, 18 thanks to Empatheias time. In reality probably 21 or so.

3) What are some of their most common emotional effects?: His emotional effects have always been about weather patterns. Fog when he's confused, sleet and ice for emotions in the fear slider scale. Calm winds, to roaring thunder. Recently due to character development, they've taken on a more mythical sort of shape. The weather now weather based dragonic shapes.

4) Where they live, and what their home is like: Komaeda lives in a fairly middle class neighborhood not far from market street. He has a little one bedroom, one bath house with a backyard that he's steadily filling with books and maps. It's fairly cosy, but orderly. Any furniture is comfortable but has practical applications.

5) What they do during an average day in Verens:
His days are full of work - he is employed at a used book store that he works at five days a week for four hour shifts. His two days off he spends either in the library, out and about in the city. He's really boring, either he hangs with friends, or reads and naps.

During the mornings he checks the official government office for questions from the natives to pass on to Peromei. At night he has daily training with his teacher in the fine art of combat. Inbetween all of that he assists and works with the local detective agency Kirigiri Kyoko is running.

6) Their general sense of fashion: There's not much to write home about here. He sticks to t-shirts, or dress shirts, a long gray coat, boots, and vests if he's on the clock.

7) Hobbies: Reading, researching, and generally being nosy as hell. That's pretty much his hobbies. Most games are out because his wildly swinging luck puts the odds in his favor.
8) Jobs: As stated he works at a used bookstore part time, part time for Kirigiri, and whenever needed as a representative by the government.

9) Do they have a weapon? If so, do they carry it at all times or just under certain circumstances?: Yes but he doesn't carry his fist weapons openly.

10) How long have they been in Empatheias? How has their time here impacted them?: He's been in Empatheias for 13, almost 14 months. (The day I introduced him was may 5th last year.) His stay in Empatheias put him far closer to his island mode self. Without a need to sacrifice himself for glorious hope to be born, he's mostly harmless. Mostly. People have shown him that he can be accepted for just being himself and his 'skills' can be useful to others.

Over time he's even started to hate himself a lot less. Far from fixed, but better than he ways. He struggles with the concept of going home because he doesn't feel like he belongs there anymore. If he ever did.

11) Their favorite areas/stores/hang-out locations?: The library! Komaeda also hangs out around and in From The Hearth, his places of work, and in general wanders about the city. He avoids the nosiest places though.

12) Is the way they act in person different from the way they act over the amulets?: Nope, what you see is what you get. He talks exactly the same in amulets and out.

13) Is Empatheias a technological upgrade, or downgrade for them? Have they adapted to these changes well?: Downgrade but he's used to it by now.

14) Do they have any special talents? If so, what are they?: His talent is luck. It's not some magical always having good luck sort of deal. No, it's far closer to having a swinging axe overhead and wondering when it will drop. His luck swings between good and bad, with one following the other.

It's enough to drive a person to near insanity.

15) Do you have any goals for your character? Are there any hobbies you want them to discover or abilities you want them to learn?: My biggest goals I've been tackling with Komaeda is studying the world at large. How did it get to be this way? What happened to cause the Calamity? How did the Arehtei come to exist? As a slight control freak/nosy asshole, Komaeda wants to know all of it. It has become an obsession with him.

Along the way I've been working on letting him run loose in an environment that offers a lot of opportunities for him. It was by luck that I stumbled across a fairly positive series of character development opportunities.

16) Anything else you want to note?:

Any questions, concerns, what have you I'm available most days of the week by pm. It might take a bit as life is fairly busy for me. But I will answer.

[justpastdawn]

I'm happy to say these two run into each other and pause for tea/coffee and philosophical hope ramblings from time to time if you are! Kevin likes to read when he's got the time, too, so I imagine he's probably wandered into Komaeda's bookstore by now.