May OOC intro post

[wellie]

OOC INTROS // WELCOME TO WELL

Welcome to Wellstone, where the cacti are starting to bloom! Everything fine and the world totally didn't end. We're so happy to have you here!

Check out the game calendar to orient yourself. The next event will be posted on May 1st (tomorrow, depending on when you're reading this).

Feel free to use this form to introduce yourself, and fill out as much or as little as you like:
<B>Player Name:</b> <B>Player Pronouns:</b> <b>Player Contact:</b> <user name=PLURKNAME site=plurk.com> or other <B>Player intro:</b> Tell us about yourself! <B>Character Name:</b> <B>Canon:</b> <B>Vibes:</b> What western aesthetics are you forcing them into? What kind of first impression do they give off? What are they like? <B>Memories:</b> How much do they remember? Are they all-skills-head-empty, or do they have a head full of memory fragments? <B>Initial Plans:</b> How's your character going to feel about being trapped here? Are they going to chill in the Cactus Pad, or immediately try to get out of town? <b>Anything else?:</b> Place your shitposts right here!

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[toteninsel]

Player Name: floral
Player Pronouns: she/they
Player Contact: moonlanding or the game discord
Player intro: Hi, I'm floral! I was in the game last cycle with Nona, but I've swapped her out with Ariane here because I think she'll be extra-interested in these new mechanics. Feel free to plot with me on plurk or the game discord!

Character Name: Ariane Yeong
Canon: Signalis (2022)

Vibes: Ariane is a small, white-haired, sickly-looking person with unnerving red eyes who tends to dress in long, black denim skirts, black blouses, and red-and-white tassels. She's spent a lot of times indoors and by herself lately, so she can be a bit awkward in starting conversations, but she's friendly enough when you get to know her.

Memories: Ariane remembers the first part of her deep-space exploration mission! But even she's aware that she's missing years of memories. What she doesn't know is that years might be better described as centuries. The best hint she's got is an ominous reminder to "remember our promise."

Initial Plans: Ariane is going to be very confused about missing all those memories, but she'll also be really happy to be outside in the fresh air again! Having all these people around might make her a little nervous at first, but deep down, she's looking forward to actually being able to talk to people. It's lonely out in space! Maybe she'll start a painting class for everyone.

Anything else?:

[thinkfirst]

I am so excited to play with Ariane!!!! Having not heard of her canon she still sounds SUPER interesting and like the game mechanics are made to mess with her specifically. Glad you're still with us, excited to get to know her!!

[goldenscarred]

hello fellow lonely and damaged individual

[sighsheavily]

MORE GIRLS MORE GIRLS MORE GIRLS MORE G

[hasapoint]

I'm a little bit sad to have missed Nona but god is Signalis a cool game and I love that you're playing Ariane!

Jaune Arc | RWBY

[rustedknight]

Player Name: Beth
Player Pronouns: She/her
Player Contact: terriblepurpose or PM
Player intro: Local cat owner and possessor of extensive opinions on an eclectic assortment of stories.

Character Name: Jaune Arc
Canon: RWBY Volume 9

Vibes: Jaune is a well-built blond man with long, messy hair, a beard, and a perpetual air of slight weariness he usually is countering with an extraordinary desire to please. His aesthetic is a blend of boho country inspired wear (fringed jackets with intricate stitched patterns or various accoutrements) and white hat cowboy (practical hard-wearing jeans, sensible boots, and an actual white hat), with emphasis on the colour white highlighted with gold and touches of red. He's not always the most socially adept, but he does always seem willing to try, for better or worse.

Memories: Jaune has his skills at arms (sword and shield, specifically) and a cluster of memories around his life in a place called the Ever After, where he was a local hero to the colourful characters populating a fairy tale world. Besides one outlying and perplexingly traumatic memory, that's all he knows about himself so far.

Initial Plans: He's immediately going to get to work doing his best to integrate himself into the community in as many ways as he can be useful, starting with appointing himself a town helper for anyone and everyone in need. If you have a creature to fight, a puzzle to solve, wood to chop, treasure to haul, floors to clean, or laundry to drop off, Jaune might well be your man.

Anything else?:

[thinkfirst]

life is so hard for a people-pleaser and also I can't wait for Flynn to like, sit down at the diner and see him cleaning and be like didn't I JUST see you sweeping the saloon????

[curiouslycursed]

Player Name: Lucy
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: TroubledBlues
Player intro: I'm Lucy - new to the game, but excited to be joining!

Character Name: The Curious Cat
Canon: RWBY
Vibes: They're an actual cat, so not much of an esthetic since they don't wear clothes. You might catch them with a little cowboy hat on, though! Their vibes are pretty stereotypical cat. Intensely curious about everything, occasionally does typical cat things, might be evil. (I think I just said the same thing twice, sorry)
Memories: They don't remember much from home, but they have memories of some of the people. Tried for a balance between memories and skills.
Initial Plans: Let them out of here! Wait, no, tell them everything that's happening here so they can satisfy their curiosity. They will eventually start looking for people they can make worse, especially once they figure out they can possess people who have hit rock bottom and have completely lost their way.
Anything else?:

[thinkfirst]

Welcome welcome!! We are so glad to have you especially since there is the possibility of putting a cat in a small cowboy hat!!!! what a powerful choice

also how does the cat feel about being pet

[rustedknight]

Hey what's this picture about

That can't be real, Jaune and Cat are best friends for life?

[goldenscarred]

new friend that hunter immediately trusts more than people because surely an animal can't be manipulative

[hasapoint]

Player Name: Joys
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: joysweeper, feel free to add me!
Player intro: New to the game, kind of shy, I want to say something funny but... uh... raincheck?

Character Name: Need, also known as Lashan
Canon: Heralds of Valdemar
Vibes: A big, butch old lady with gray hair and a lot of scars, a face that indicates plenty of character and some kindness. She looks pretty natural in Western duds with a bit of Indigenous Plains to them.

She is a ludicrously old lich/angel/something who's usually imprisoned in a sword in the real world but yay, she's getting to treat the game like it's the spirit world! Need seems to have a normal human body but if you injure her, a lightshow comes out. :)
Memories: She remembers that she's dead, ancient, and that forgetting and regaining and forgetting things is just how it is. And she knows that she once had someone who was like a daughter to her, and then betrayed her, and they both had to go on like that.

Otherwise? It's all skills babey. Do you need a healer? Can you use a sling, or a spear, or an iron bar made into a crude sharpened cudgel? Would you like a slightly crusty grandma? Do you want to contribute a bit of thought or feeling for when she inevitably tries using her psychic powers to get a read on things, gets overwhelmed by the shouting chaos she doesn't have the skill to properly sort out and understand right now, and has to lie down?

Initial Plans: Need doesn't want to rush into anything but prefers to wait, learn more, ready some weapons, try to take stock.
Anything else?: I don't have a shitpost on hand! Here's Lashan hugging her girl before things got awful.

[mycrosstobear]

I just want to let you know that as someone whose most consistent muses include Alberich of Karse, I was so happy to see Need.

[thinkfirst]

I have said this in like four places so consider this the fifth but AH I AM SO EXCITED what a cool character choice!! Anyway I am Jordan and I play Flynn Scifo here from Tales of Vesperia, and I'm also one of the two mods! We're v v excited to have you!

[victim]

Player Name: panda
Player Pronouns: she/they (or really any but these are the main ones i use)
Player Contact: oniisan, onegai#3885, or PM!
Player intro: i am an old rp vet returning to the trenches... i love cats & horror games & anime... i also draw on occasion! hello new friends, feel free to add me on plurk or dc <3!

Character Name: makoto naegi
Canon: dangan ronpa (that murder school place that's great for kids)

Vibes: makoto's a short, not very built teen in a white, long-sleeved shirt (cuffs rolled up), a dark vest, brown chaps and some surprisngly comfy classic cowboy boots. he also has a little red necktie/scarf because i think it's adorable. he does have a hat but thought it was a little much so he leaves it in his room (but he doesn't think the scarf is too much???? okay)

Memories: he remembers that he has a family (parents and a sister), remembers their names, but doesn't know much more than that about them. he also remembers his worst day ever, so he thinks of himself as pretty unlucky. though he also remembers getting his letter for hope's peak, that's as far as his memory of the school goes. also, just like in the 1st DR game, he believes that he's 16 and still in the midst of high school (especially since, as far as he knows, he hasn't even attended hope's peak yet). that doesn't really mean much since the difference between 16 and 18 for him is negligible... he's still very, very short.

he also still has his keen intellect, which just means he's good at spotting things that Don't Make Sense, which will attract his curiosity.

Initial Plans: because he's missing his traumatic memories of his time at hope's peak, he is more like how he acted during his worst day ever—timid, not usually prone to doing things out of the ordinary, just trying not to make waves and go with the flow. of course, when he notices things are weird he'll be naturally inclined to see what's up—but unless he meets some outgoing, detective/intellectual-type people to draw out his innate problem-solving side, he'll most likely try to stay in denial about most stuff... unless he gets put in danger or something overt like that. then he may spring into action without even thinking about it, like he did on his worst day, when he was faced with danger.

Anything else?:

[sighsheavily]

cecelia looking at this child like "who keeps...leaving their children here. no one can take care of them. does this one know how to feed itself."

[thinkfirst]

Welcome to the game and welcome back to DWRP! I hope it's been a blast so far, I know it was so fun for me to dip my toes back in and learn all the new ways of doing things! I'm Jordan and I play Flynn Scifo here from an old old Tales game and I would love to see the things you draw!

[mycrosstobear]

Player Name: Orlando (Orly)
Player Pronouns: they/she
Player Contact: paperbacks
Player intro: I'm new to the game and very excited to be here! I have opinions on movies, anime/manga, books, and (the worst) gacha games and am very tired.

Character Name: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
Canon: Trigun Maximum (aka the manga continuity)

Vibes: Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider but with sunglasses. Okay, but really - Wolfwood tends to vary between "friendly kinda laid-back dude," "bickering straight man," and "bitter cynic," except the cynicism is extremely toned down here due to him not remembering the events that brought out the worst in him. He is a smoker and may or may not have stubble depending on the day. He will try to keep the clerical collar he woke up with for a while, but will absolutely be abandoning it because it is a truth universally acknowledged that no version of Wolfwood will fully button a shirt. He'll try to get as close as he can to wearing a suit, because that is Professional but he can pop the collar.

Memories: So Wolfwood thinks he's an actual regular priest and not a genetically-enhanced assassin disguised as a priest who occasionally does priest things. Sure, he has what appears to be an alarming number of recent bullet wound scars (that will look like old scars very soon), and he knows how to fight, but there's...probably...a reason for that...yeah. He has maintained great skill with guns, which is useless here, because I think it's funny. More generally, he knows he grew up in a church orphanage where he regularly helped out the other kids and that he spent time traveling with some dude named Vash (why? who knows). He feels very at home in the desert, so that's helpful?

Initial Plans: Wolfwood's not going to be in a hurry to leave, both because he thinks it's better to get more information first and because he doesn't have any particular reason (that he remembers) to go anywhere. He'll likely do a lot of wandering around town aimlessly observing what he can. He also has 1) a big brother instinct and 2) an instinct to yell at shonen protagonist types for taking stupid risks while 3) taking stupid risks, so he's bound to get mixed up in something.

Anything else?:


"Orly that's not Trigun-" No but I can more easily dig up my Vinland Saga shitposts and also this is a warning for what you can expect if you add me on plurk.

[sighsheavily]

great more yelling people just what we needed surely thats the only reason this guy gives her a migraine

[thinkfirst]

Hello welcome!! Glad we get the chance to play together again, and deeply excited to throw this neurotic shonen protag at Wolfwood to cause him stress!

Jonathan Sims | The Magnus Archives

[itknowsyou]

Player Name: Rona
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: ochrona or Rona#7132
Player intro: Hello! I'm a falconer and wildlife educator. Ping me if you see a cool bird. I also play Kalvaxus, literal dragon from a D&D podcast, if you'd like to experience two very different flavors of cringefail monster guy.

Character Name: Jonathan Sims
Canon: The Magnus Archives

Vibes: Jon Sims is a small, gaunt, heavily scarred thirtyish-year-old who could probably pass for fifty. If your character can vibe check the supernatural, his vibes are extremely bad: roughly translated, he's the living eye of an evil god. Also I searched pinterest for "cowboy librarian" and it gave me men in steampunk vests, so.

Memories: Jon knows that he's a paranormal researcher, and that he had an upsetting brush with the supernatural as a child. He knows that he was manipulated and used by someone close to him, which surely won't worsen his paranoia at all! And he feels a crushing guilt and self-loathing for reasons he can't place.

Initial Plans: There's going to be a red string wall.

Anything else?: enjoy the public hazard of S5 jon sims with the personality of S2 jon sims

[bolstafir]

please let jon frysquint at qrow who has no memory of being hashtag cursed and will totally assume he's just a clumsy bitch LMAO

[thinkfirst]

oh, good, another nerd to lovingly bully into going running with him, time to add him to the pile sidenote how does jon sims feel about exercise

[hollow_man]

Player Name: Emma
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: violentsound
Player intro: Hiiii. I'm a total dumbass. I'm also old!

Character Name: Jonothon Evan Starsmore, aka Chamber
Canon: X-Men (earth!616. so, regular earth. main earth.)
Vibes: A walking Fields of the Nephilim photoshoot; dressed in black from head to toe with a preference for leather. Jono wears bandanas an awful lot, because he is missing the lower half of his face and chest - where those handy body parts were is instead now just a constant flux of psychic energy. So he's a little scary and a little standoffish, but once you get to know him you realise he's actually an idiot. If he had a Western-y soundtrack following him at all times, it would be a combo of King Dude and Harley Poe.
Memories: The only things Jono remembers how to do are speak via telepathy - he cannot read minds, no worries, he sucks at being psychic - and how to play the guitar. The only other memory he has is of the London underground. So he has no idea what the hell he is, how he's alive, how he works... he's clueless.
Initial Plans: He's going to stay around town but poke at the outskirts while he tries to figure out what's going on. He won't try to leave as he has nowhere to go yet.
Anything else?:

[guidemyway]

Points to eyes.
Points to you.

[gotaknife]

Player Name: Lucy
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: TroubledBlues
Player intro: Not much to say! Bringing in two characters this month - Martin here, and the Cat. Will apologize in advance if anyone ever gets random keyboard smashes from me - I have cats who like to help.

Character Name: Martin Blackwood
Canon: The Magnus Archives
Vibes: Martin's an unassuming, nervous kind of guy when you first meet him. Likes poetry. Looks after his friends. Might kill people. It's fine.
Memories: Mostly memory fragments! He remembers being in love with someone at home that he hurt in the end, but does not know it's Jon.
Initial Plans: He will launch into trying to figure out what happened, why they're in Wellstone, why they don't have any memories
Anything else?: