January 2025 Event Plotting

[singmod]

JANUARY 2025 EVENT

PROMPT ONE — THE HUNTED, PART ONE: Interlopers find themselves stalked and hunted by seemingly supernatural presence.
THE HUNTED, PART ONE — CONTENT WARNINGS: supernatural creature; hauntings; supernatural experiences; themes of hunting, being hunted/stalked by an animal; bear ‘attacks’.


PROMPT TWO — TIES THAT BIND: Those little blinks of light noticed by Interlopers finally take form, showing Interlopers just how they're connected.
TIES THAT BIND — CONTENT WARNINGS: red strings of fate; possible themes of co-dependency; shared empathy/telepathy; potential forced empathy/mood/emotion alternating/mental manipulation; supernaturally induced pain; forced feelings of sadness, low mood.

PROMPT THREE — WINTERSTILLE: A new winter storm hits, with a terrifying twist at the very heart of it.
WINTERSTILLE — CONTENT WARNINGS: extreme weather; storms; blizzards; supernatural weather; themes of survival; possible character cold-related injuries; possible themes of peril; themes of weather-related horror; possible npc death; possible character death; possible animal death.

THE HUNTED, PART ONE

WHEN: The month of January, continuing into February.
WHERE: Everywhere, but especially Lakeside area.

Methuselah once warned an Interloper of the changing behaviours of animals within the Northern Territories. Perhaps this is something of this kind of instance, or… perhaps it is something else entirely.

There are old tales, some of which might be found within the Camp Office like Nor'pogo: folk stories about the area — and not just of Lakeside, but further afield. One is the story of The Old Bear, and those who tried to bring it down.

In the early days of inhabitation of the Northern Territories by European settlers, a gigantic bear had already long made its home in these wilds. It was said that the bear was incredibly long-lived and unusually aggressive. The settlers had angered it by cutting it off from its feeding grounds and chased it off from where it had once freely roamed, encroaching on its territory.

Incensed, the Old Bear began to hunt and kill the settlers — determined to win back its world. It was said, however, that their weapons were no match against the creature. It was as if nothing could ever truly bring it down. Firearms could barely affect it, and its thick hide was filled with old, broken arrows that had tried and failed to injure it.

Three hunters, determined to fight back against the bear’s attacks on the settlers, and bring the animal down for its pelt to hoard as a trophy, decided to pursue the bear. Thus began a bitter hunt that lasted months. They chased it down all over Lakeside and then to the east, up towards the muskeg that lay in the shadows of Timberwolf Mountain. It is said that they went out onto the muskeg, never to return — with Old Bear disappearing with them, too.

Perhaps the four of them all met their end, both men and bear. But something has begun to stalk the Northern Territories once again. Footprints can be found in the snow, tracks of a bear far larger than anything found in the natural world. Prints that smell like bear, but there's something off about them. Prints that disappear into nothing, as if a ghost walks through the silent, snowy wilds.

Out in the wilds of Lakeside and Milton, Interlopers will start to find themselves being watched. A distinct prickling at the back of their neck. In the distance, they will hear the heavy thuds of a large animal trekking through the snow, the low grumbles of an angry beast.

At first, they are distant enough that perhaps you might be able get away from the sounds without incident. Fleeing for the safety of the indoors, or creating enough distance for the sounds to fade into silence. Surely the creature will not follow you, especially indoors. And you’re right. The indoors will seem safe.

But over time, the sounds draw nearer. Near enough to make you think it's almost upon you. You turn to look to see where the creature might be, only to find nothing in the immediate vicinity. You cannot see what huge, hulking creature is heading towards you. The woods are still and silent as they always are, save for the animals you would usually find in this place.

Or worse, you suddenly feel the heavy huff of breath behind you: hot against your neck, snarling. A beast upon you, ready to devour you whole.

And then, as you turn. Nothing.

As the month goes on, these instances increase. Other times, you catch sight of it. A huge shadow from the rocks above, shining golden eyes in the dark and a wide snarl of teeth. A bear, bigger than anything you’ve ever seen. Impossibly so. A mass of dark brown fur, broken arrow shafts protruding from its hide, watching you with a keen and ferocious intelligence — staring you down until suddenly, it is gone. Nothing but the shapes of rocks and foliage.

Sometimes, it leaps down at you. Charges at you.

Turn and run, and it will give chase — but you’ll find yourself simply running from the wind.

You are not just stalked, but haunted. Hunted.

TIES THAT BIND

WHEN: The month of January, into February.
WHERE: Everywhere.

In the Quiet Apocalypse, Interlopers face the harsh and unforgiving climate of the Northern Territories alone. Or so they think. Interlopers are all connected to one another in some shape or form. At the start of the month, the strange flickers of light that Interlopers previously noticed will begin to form a little more solidly and can be seen appearing at their fingers. They are incredibly weak at first, but in time the Interlopers will find that some of these strings of light will become far more stronger in their appearance.

The strings are completely intangible. They cannot be touched, your fingers going right through them if you try. But Interlopers will find that these strings of light will eventually lead somewhere: to another Interloper.

Some may have heard of strings of fate, red strings that lead others to their romantic soulmates. These strings, however, are not limited exclusively to romantic soulmates and the strings can have far broader meanings. And they do not simply connect Interlopers to one another, but have abilities that come with them. Connections are powerful things, after all.

For those who crave connection or have particularly strong bonds with others, these strings may be incredibly influential on Interlopers, and these abilities may come very naturally, like breathing. For those who relish in the solitude, they may find their strings far weaker — although they may come to find they do not like this. That it disturbs them in some indescribable way. Others may note that their strings are frayed, they seem more fragile — noting a tense or strained relationship. This too will be something that Interlopers will find troubling or disturbing to them. It sounds like you might need to work on things to make things better.

There are four types of strings that will appear:

The Red String: This string represents close relationships of a positive nature but specifically romantic interests or lovers. Concentrating on these threads will bring a kind of intuition similar to that which is experienced by Interlopers who share the Moon Touched Feat. You speak a kind of secret language, almost like talking telepathically but not quite. You become fully in tune with one another, conveying meaning and understanding without uttering a word.

The Gold String This string represents close relationships of a positive nature, specifically friends, familial relationships, and comraderie. Interlopers will find that concentrating on this kind of thread shared with another will find themselves more in tune with one another's emotions, and know exactly what the other needs at any given moment. However, it may sometimes become difficult to identify who an emotion belongs to. Emotions can be passed to one another: one Interloper might be able to purposefully soothe another's anger, or raise another's spirits if they feel upset — for example.

The Black String: This string represents antagonistic relationships. Rivalries, enemies, or those you simply mistrust. However, concentrating on this kind of thread shared with another will bring pain to the Interlopers. Sometimes this might feel like an electric shock, other times it might feel like a slow, dreadful ache. After this initial pain, Interlopers will find that they are more prone to picking up the thoughts of the other person that they are connected to. This may be in the form of specific thoughts of what the person is thinking at that time, or it may be picking up the thoughts the other has had about the Interloper previously — possibly providing useful insight into the minds of those you dislike most.

The White String: Every Interloper will have one white string. It seems to lead towards the east, but Interlopers will find it very difficult to follow it and will not be able to follow it for long. At first, concentrating on this string will bring a sense of sadness, heaviness. But for some, they may even feel a sense of comfort, or the feeling of being uplifted.

Each string will give off some kind of impression of the Interloper it belongs to, something that comes to mind in terms of identification: a scent, a colour, a sensation, a food item. Whatever it is, it is something that is related to the Interloper the string belongs to. The white string will give off the impression of feeling alone, along with campfire smoke, blood, and the saltiness of tears. Underneath that, there’s something a little more subdued: warming winter-spice

WINTERSTILLE

WHEN: 24th - 28th January.
WHERE: Everywhere.


Those versed in reading the signs will note the approach, those who have learned to read the weather, nature itself, if they pay close enough attention: the shifts in pressure, the restlessness of the weather, how wildlife absconds. Something is off, something is coming. For the rest, Methuselah arrives into town. He is hurrying, as fast as his aged body can take him. The old man was right the first time when he came with warnings. Hopefully this time the Interlopers will heed him again.

‘Something is coming.’ he warns Interlopers, breathless. Methuselah is worried, even someone as long-lived as he. He has seen many storms, but something troubles him about this one. ‘A great storm. But, in the signs— something is wrong and it is coming much too quickly, I cannot say when it will arrive, but soon. We do not have much time to be ready.’

Interlopers will have only a day or so to prepare. To batten down the hatches, to gather supplies and hunker down. The Community Hall is a good place as any to gather in, and it makes sense to gather in there again to wait the storm. Many can go there, but others are free to wait it out in their own homes, with their select company.

Free Runners and Aurora Callers are invaluable in getting messages around the town and further out to those who live in Lakeside. As will those little strings of yours. It isn’t much time to get ready, especially if this might end up lasting several days, but some warning is better than none at all.

The skies darken and in comes a violent squall: snow thick and fast, winds roaring. Buildings creak and groan, as if they might tear themselves apart. Trees will come down, some buildings may not survive it. Day and night, the storm rages around. A complete white out.

And then, suddenly, in the early afternoon of the next day… it stops.

The snowfall ends. There is a strange whistling of the winds, and then it drops completely. Everything is still, silent.

The sky is clear. There is light, the precious few hours of daylight afforded to Interlopers at this time of year seems impossibly bright — no clouds can be seen in the sky. There is nothing but clear, pale blue.

But looking toward the skies will reveal a circle of clouds surrounding that clear, blue sky. Almost a perfect circle. The eye of the storm.

For those in the Community Hall, looking to venture outside, Methuselah will shake his head. No. — ‘I do not trust it.’

It’s slow at first. There's a strange sound in the air, something coming downwards. The highest trees and buildings are the first hit by it. They crack and shift ever-so slightly, freezing instantly. From the very top and moving downwards...

If you are outside, maybe you feel it in your bones: run.

The strange ice descends, freezing everything it touches, the strange white pattern crawling downwards. Run for cover, inside, out of the elements and into dry and warm shelter. Even inside, you'll notice it crawling downwards and towards you: white frosting over walls and furniture close to it. Everything crackles and groans as it freezes over— some unprotected windows will shatter, especially those of the long-abandoned cars still scattered around the town. Mugs and plates will shatter, even mirrors — potentially sending shards flying to unsuspecting Interlopers.

You'll need to move into the center of rooms, or close to lit fires and gather close. Keep the fires going. Keep the temperature high.

And hopefully the ice will not reach you.

This strange frozen stillness will last for the next twelve hours. You will be trapped, huddling, away from the edges of your shelters.

The silence ends. And then the storm returns, the howling winds and furious blizzards. The storm will rage on for another day until it finally fizzles out and the world becomes calm again. It will be safe to go out now.

There’ll be a lot of damage to the town due to the storm, and windows and doors will likely be frozen shut and difficult to open again, meaning it will take time for Interlopers to actually leave their places of safety. In the aftermath, Interlopers may find just how deadly that stillness was, how deadly that crawling ice: the bodies of the unfortunate, human and beasts alike, frozen on the spot — dead in an instant and left stuck there.

FAQs

THE HUNTED, PART ONE


1. Interlopers will be spared by any form of physical attack at this time. The attacks on Interlopers will only be instances of striking fear, and giving chase.

2. Other Interlopers who see a fellow Interloper running away from a chase will not see the bear chasing them. It'll look like they're just running from nothing.

3. While the bear will not come indoors, Interlopers will still note it stalking around outside, even scratching or thudding at doors or walls. These will appear completely untouched when later inspected.

TIES THAT BIND

1. Weaker or frayed strings will be less powerful, and Interlopers may feel compelled to rectify this as the sensation of having a frayed or fragile string will be unpleasant to bear.

2. It is even possible to have strings that are connected to people who are not present within the Northern Territories, including people who are in Interlopers' homeworlds. Interlopers may try to follow these strings, but will find that the strings will lead to nowhere — like looking for the end of the rainbow. You will not receive power benefits of these strings, only have an impression of who it belongs to.

3. You cannot see an Interloper's other strings, other than your own connection with you. However, you can see other Interloper's White Strings.

4. If a relationship isn't really black and white, a mixed-colour thread would be acceptable of a relationship that could shift either way or is more complicated in nature. There would be a more dominant colour of the two, however, and the abilities would be from the dominant colour.

5. Concentrating on a string gives off the impression of who it belongs to, you do not have to follow it.

WINTERSTILLE

1. Interlopers with the Cold Fusion Feat will be able be out during the storm at any point and be completely unaffected.

2. Interlopers with the Lightbringer and Moon Touched traits will prove valuable for providing warmth/heat when hiding from and waiting out the ice.

3. Players are welcome to either camp out in the Community Hall or within their homes!


PLOTTING FORM

<b>Player Name:</b> Your name here. <b>Player Contact:</b> What’s the best way to reach you? <b>Pacing:</b> What's your monthly speed looking like? Explain it here. <b>OOC Limits:</b> Any hard limits for RP go here. <b>Character Name:</b> Your character name here. <b>Canon:</b> Your character canon here. <b>Aurora Feat:</b> Does your character have an Aurora feat? List it here, and any other information on how they're doing with it! <b>Wanted CR:</b> Friends? Mentors? Hunting buddies? Lovers? State preferences here. <b>Unwanted CR:</b> Not keen on romance? Mortal enemies? State preferences here. <b>Event Ideas:</b> Your event plotting here! <b>Anything Else?:</b> You know what to do.

EVENT POST

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QUESTIONS

[singmod]

Ask them here.

[pacificator]

For the strings that lead outside the Territories, could they connect as far as to Interlopers' home worlds? And if so, what kind of connection could be felt through them?

cheryl | team blonde babies

[castitas]

Player Name: Cheryl
Player Contact: heolstor / _heolstor on disco
Pacing: Forever a slow bean, I am also ill atm too so.... pls bear with me...
OOC Limits: Character death + physical maiming of Kieren since he can't actually heal...

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Character Name: Kate Marsh
Canon: Life is Strange.
Aurora Feat: Aurora Call (Radio Kate) + Interloper's Sacrifice (Jesus Power). Broadcasting her thoughts and healing your booboos.

Wanted CR: Pretty much everything! Friends!!! People around her own age to befriend!!! Fellow nerds!!! Religious sorts!!! She's kind of fitting into a kind of Support Role route with things after she did her rosehip stuff, via foraging, cooking, medical/first aid, etc.

Unwanted CR: I prefer not to have negative CR for the sake of it. I like my negative CR to be interesting, or to develop eventually. Her puppy crush ended, but she's having weird feelings with Tim so she's a bit of a mess where romance is concerned.

Event Ideas:

— INTERLUDE As Kate is curious about Enola and has a degree of interest in her, I'd love to do something about the dream Interlopers had on New Year's Eve! She'd be incredibly disturbed by the forest and by seeing Enola before that whole load of nothingness, and will feel drawn to help her. So talking about this would be v good!! She also posted info about Enola on Arthur's conspiracy board, so players could have picked this up pre-discussion, too!

— TIES THAT BIND Come @ me for things, y'all. I'm thinking of giving Kate some black strings for back home, namely for Nathan and Victoria and one (unknowingly) for Jefferson. But other than that, I am here for string-related nonsense tbh.

Kate's String Impression: Kate's string is quiet, mild. It smells mostly like Frankincense, the incense used in churches. At times, there's something a little sweeter — powered sugar, warm vanilla. There's a sensation of soft, clean cotton.

— WINTERSTILLE I haven't decided if Kate will be in the Community Hall or will be saying home with her Lieuts, it'll be dependant on what CR do tbh. But she'll be here for prep, and also sending out messages via Aurora Call to Interlopers. In addition, I'm volunteering Kate for healing any cold-related injuries (or like. idk, your character touches something frozen metal and injures themself) but she won't be running herself ragged like she did in September so this is pretty limited.

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Character Name: Kieren Walker
Canon: In The Flesh
Aurora Feat: Free Runner (Zoomies) + Cold Fusion (Zombcicle). Gotta go fast and can be outside forever.

Wanted CR: Anything and everything. Friends would be great. Kieren's a sarcastic little shit when he wants to be and is still just a teen, but also just having people to hang with. Anyone who's Not Quite Human would be dope, given Kieren's... whole deal. Kieren's also one of the Modern Kids (he's from 2013) so he's pretty good at explaining modern living, tbh.

Unwanted CR: I prefer not to have negative CR for the sake of it, that being said — people now knowing Kieren's a zombie and initially not being okay with it is 100% something I'm down for. I'm also not actively looking for romance, but it's not off the table. If something happens, it'll likely be a massive slowburn. Kieren's not really in the right head-space for it, and he comes with a lot of baggage and identity issues with his zombie status.

Event Ideas:

— THE HUNTED, PART ONE I'd LOVE for Kieren to get Haunted by a ghost bear. Maybe you can be party to him being Very Jumpy As Fuck, or maybe catch him running from absolutely Fuck All and screaming bloody murder / begging to be let inside your house? He's a scared boy, please help him.

— TIES THAT BIND Kieren about to get his ass humbled by his gold strings tbqh. I am here for all the threads on strings really. Gold String folks will have to grapple with the fact that Kieren is perpetually sad. Like that's just his base level. Sad zomboy.

Kieren's String Impression: There's a cool sensation, and a kind of almost-peaceful stillness to Kieren's string. Smells like paint, and that kind of cold wet smell of the outdoors that's not quite petrichor but more the smell of a cold and misty morning in the countryside.

— WINTERSTILLE Kieren has Free Runner, so he'll be here to deliver messages/news of the storm around town. Kieren also has Cold Fusion, although he still hasn't gotten his head round this one yet due to him being a zomboy and can't feel anyways. So he can absolutely be out and about.

Anything Else?:

confirmed strings | do not reply

[castitas]

red
— a murky maroon (probably also frayed/weakened) string with Tim Drake.

gold
— gold thread Arthur Lester, probably not the strongest since it's new but it's good.
— pretty solid golden thread Wynonna Earp.
— a predominantly gold (with.... very frail red blips) with Benton Fraser.

black

contemplating
— one gold thread from home, a little weakened, with Max Caulfield.
— four frayed/weakened strings from home, for her parents and two sisters. the ones for her sisters and father are probably slightly stronger than the one with her mother.
— three black threads from home (tbc).

[gildedlife]

Player Name: Ami
Player Contact: On plurk at amiasha, Discord at amiasha, or PM!
Pacing: I have been THE WORST due to work; I try to get to threads at least once every few days (I'd prefer every day, but...) but occasionally am slower. Please feel free to contact me if you need to handwave something instead!
OOC Limits: Nothing in particular, and if something does come up I'll let you know.

Character Name: James Fitzjames
Canon: The Terror (2018)
Aurora Feat: NONE and he's feeling left out.

Wanted CR: I'm open to everything! I love to throw characters at each other and see how it goes from there, and I'm totally good with everything from friends to enemies to confusing acquaintances to whatever else. Some particular fun possibilities would be people who are also ridiculous adventurer types, people who do the whole social games thing, people who can see through the social games thing, and also people who can help him learn some more useful practical skills for living here omg.
Unwanted CR: Nothing really! I like negative CR so I'm totally fine with that, and although I don't usually do much shipping I'm fine with it if it develops naturally.

Event Ideas:

The Hunted (Part One) - Why are semi-supernatural large bears such a common problem??? Why??? He'll at first be very nervous about this, then very annoyed. Once he figures out that it's consistently not actually a danger (in the sense that it disappears before an attack actually comes, even if it charges) he might try hunting it in return, so if there's anyone who wants to team up for that I'm here for it.

Ties The Bind - James is certainly the type that craves connection and has also been getting a whole lot of less of it than he's used to, so he'll be super affected by the influence of them and the abilities that go with them, which is all well and good until he realizes that means he can be perceived, which is a fate worse than death. I'm here for any and all strings-related shenanigans, whether friends, enemies, confusing in-between/shifting relationships, etc etc.

Also, for string impressions, James' will be the scents of a struck match and saltwater, and the feeling of the humid, warm air of a tropical country.

Winterstille - Although he does know what he's doing when it comes to cold weather and storms, he's also the sort of person who will walk a mile alone in the middle of a polar night so cold that it killed a man just because he's mad and wants to yell at someone, so it's really up in the air how well he'll prepare for and handle this. It'll probably also depend on what CR is doing, and I'm also open to characters ending up sheltering together on total accident/out of necessity, etc if anyone wanted and excuse for a character who'd normally be alone to end up with someone else! He's going to be an incredibly awkward third wheel staying with Francis and Raju, but still open for anything planned in the preparing phase of things!

Anything Else?:

String Tracking (please don't reply!)

[gildedlife]

Red
- None (for the most part...)

Gold
- Five to home (His brother, sister-in-law, and three friends)
- Edward
- Wynonna
- Goodsir
- Irving
- Zane (with a little grey)
- Prior (with a little grey)

Black
- Hickey >:c

Multicolored
- Francis
- Raju

Lorna's Canadians

[pacificator]

Player Name: Lorna
Player Contact: repeatandfade or blueofthebay on disco, where you can usually catch me pretty quickly
Pacing: just getting back to the groove! The main thing is I’ll be trying to keep thread counts down/trying to finish up event threads before the next event… I got really backlogged toward the end of the year so in 2025 I want to be more mindful about my threads.
OOC Limits: Just don’t kill them, please!

—The Heir (spoilers for Wynonna Earp S1 within!!!)

[pacificator]

Character Name: Wynonna Earp
Canon: Syfy’s Wynonna Earp
Aurora Feat: Moon-touched

Event Ideas:

THE HUNTED, PART ONE
— Wynonna has recently started feeling some kinda way about her inability to use Peacemaker to deal with the supernatural fuckery around here and she’s going to be taking on some reckless shit to get her out of town and out of her own head For Reasons.
— All this to say she’s gonna try to hunt that bear right back (Wynonna you can’t will your magic gun to be magic again). Looking for hunting partners and/or people to keep her from falling off a cliff out in the wilds.

TIES THAT BIND
— Wynonna’s lone wolf status is officially over!! She’s gonna have a bunch of strings attaching her to people, which is going to blow her mind.

— Open to her having gold strings with most of her close CR and very open to gold strings that are frayed or faded for tense or less-developed CR so she’s forced to do something about it. Especially looking to utilize the emotion sharing aspect of the gold strings because she is going to be upsetti spaghetti about the spoilers below.

— Also open to black strings with people! There are plenty around that she’s openly antagonistic to or mistrustful of.

Spoilers for Wynonna Earp S1

Wynonna will also have two gold strings leading back to her own home world: a strong one attached to her little sister, Waverly Earp, and a faded, frayed one attached to her long-lost big sister, Willa Earp. Wynonna has believed Willa was dead for fifteen years, and the realization that she might not be is going to absolutely crush her. She’ll be dealing with a lot of this with Little, but I’m opening it up to other CR, too!

— Wynonna’s string impression: a sweet and smoky scent like gunpowder and bourbon, the feel of a warm, sweeping prairie wind, the crackle of (hell)fire

WINTERSTILLE
Where Wynonna holes up will probably be dependent on CR… she’ll want to make sure her people are safe! But she will also be useful as a wolfie to help warm people up.

Anything Else?:

Dem // Levi (Sr) // Attack On Titan

[wingbound]

Player Name: Dem
Player Contact: game discord, PM, jigglyballs
Pacing: slow atm probably
OOC Limits: character death

Character Name: Levi Ackerman. Does anyone know his last name yet? It's a mystery!
Canon: Attack On Titan
Aurora Feat: Interloper's Sacrifice. He's pretty frugal with it but he has used it several times during the invasion of the Forest Talkers.

Wanted CR: Would love him to make some more actual friends, but also always happy to have peers, mentees, troublemakers to discipline or break up, kids to mother hen over or wrangle, nerds to teach about survival, buddies to hate cops with, malewives to obsess over cleaning with, fellow old timers that would join him in gawking at modern technology, sparring partners, you name it. He's been learning fishing and knitting and more knowledge about either would be appreciated!

Enemies/rivals/negative CR/people who just don't stomach him well are good with me, too (he's not difficult to dislike!), though I'd prefer to keep it from escalating into serious levels where the characters would want to outright kill each other. Petty gripes, unflattering gossip and/or some thrown punches are all fine.

Unwanted CR: I love shipping if the chemistry is right, but it can take a lot of work as he's preoccupied with survival and is somewhere on the ace spectrum. I'm more than fine with characters showing an interest in him, this is just a blanket PSA that it may not lead anywhere or move at a glacial pace.

Event Ideas:

THE HUNTED, PART ONE: He technically lives at Lakeside so he's going to be having a lot of bear times! He's going to hate it, thanks. Depending on exact circumstances, he might either flee or try to fight it, and he'll be very mad to find that the bear, just like the Darkwalker, can not be stabbed. As the month goes on, his nerves will likely be wearing even thinner than they already are (he hates the eternal night, actually), he might stop sleeping and/or eating for a while and hide or perch somewhere up high to watch the area, as one does.

TIES THAT BIND: He may have some strings leading nowhere (to his world), but most of his Singillatim strings will probably be golden. He doesn't really have a love interest nor a rival (rip Lalo) ingame, HOWEVER if your character would have a one-sided beef with or crush on him, that's perfectly fine with me and we can play with that instead!

His impressions will likely contain the dark green color, scent of fresh linens and/or soap, and a vague sense of high-strungness mixed with tiredness.

WINTERSTILLE: I'm not yet sure where I want to put him during this. Would anybody be interested in camping out at his cabin? It's fairly isolated, but a hunt could definitely take someone there before receiving a warning and having to find shelter nearby fast. (Alternative: they're not called by any Aurora Call havers and have to scramble as the storm starts...)

Otherwise I'll probably say that he conveniently happened to be in Milton at the time and have him hole up in the Community Hall, so that he actually gets to interact with someone hahah.

Anything Else?:
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[sputnik]

i've been meaning to get some cr with levi 5ever, and both my guys are coming out of their respective funks finally! i think i remember talking once about he and edward being Confused About Modern Technology together, and i'm definitely still down to toss them together sometime and see how they go! (edward would probably also be a bit intimidated by him but deferential which could be very funny to see play out lmao)

i also have this guy who could maybe be fun to offer sometime too; kostya's a former military commander and now a cosmonaut riddled with The Horrors. he's really sociable and friendly but definitely has a Serious Side, i feel he could maybe vibe with levi? he's also been teaching himself and a few others ice fishing, so he could share some tips there!

Louis de Pointe du Lac

[flambeaux]

Player Name: Tea
Player Contact: This plotting post
Pacing: It's winter and I'm cold. Inboxes clear, moisturized, in their lane, we'll see how long it lasts.
OOC Limits: not killing him, and Louis generally tries to avoid feeding off kids

Character Name: Louis de Pointe du Lac
Canon: Please For the Love of God Don't Interview Those Vampires
Aurora Feat: Free runner

Wanted CR: Louis is charming, but he comes with drama, and he has a lot of faults there are no easy solutions for. Louis sucks (literally). Positive influences are good, but lbr he's about half a century late to therapy. Negative CR is always on the table dnw.

Unwanted CR: No serious romance because tentative plans are for his love life to explode (again) and you do not want to be in the fallout lmao.

Event Ideas:

1. Hunted: No particular ideas, come at me.

2. Ties: As always with Louis, It's Complicated. And he's got The Depression. He also might be hangry and guilty about it (Catholic flavor). Follow a string to--holy hell you enjoyed drinking that deer's blood way too much sir.

3. Winterstille: Louis will be in hurricane prep mode, helping tape down windows and such in a routine but urgent way. He's probably holing up at Lestat's during the storm unless they make other plans. He will be a hungry vampire after.

Anything Else?:

[sputnik]

at some point when you have the space for it, i would definitely love to do a thing with louis again, whether event-related or on the side! both my guys have some fun potential with the saddest vampire in the world — ned doesn't know yet that he's been munching / will munch again(?) on wynonna (though he's seen her bite wounds in the past) but that's some budding drama maybe...

on the Fellow Monsters side of things, i also definitely need to throw kostya & his worm at louis again sometime. i love that they caught a glimpse of each other's Freak Behaviour and then just never addressed it (kostya has continued to use the general store and would absolutely act like nothing happened LOL.) but one of these days they should catch up again somehow!

jhey's Horror Guys

[fidior]

Player Name: jhey
Player Contact: horreur / hagfishs @ discord / pm
Pacing: after falling completely off the planet through november and picking very lowkey at things through december, i'm gently trying to get back into the swing of it. (out of necessity for my mental health, i ended up clean-slating most of my ongoing things from before november, but please lmk if there's something you wanted to continue! i don't mind at all, i just hit a wall very hard for a very long time and was having a really Bad Time Of It then.) given that i start back up to work tomorrow and my pacing will remain slow, i plan to take things very intentionally for the immediate future, mind my thread counts, and try to make more movement on things!
OOC Limits: n/a

boatman ⚓

[fidior]

character name: edward little
canon: the terror
aurora feat: moon touched

wanted cr: always down to see what develops organically! positive or negative cr and everything inbetween, anyone else involved with various terror guys drama, fellow folks from long ago or modern ones to baffle him, people he can Nanny in his nervous, resilient way. he's also a really good Guard Dog (pathetic, but unflinchingly loyal) and i'd love to incorporate his wolf form into that more. another fun thing is that in december, he finally realised he has A Crush on wynonna earp (although he doesn't actually know what "a crush" is and he's suffering). maybe some chats with close cr there, depending? he needs help...

event ideas:

the hunted. yet another terror guy triggered by memories of being haunted, stalked, & targeted by a supernatural bear... needless to say, this isn't going to go over well with ned at all and he's going to be very on edge (more than he already is)! however, he's a stupidly loyal guard dog to the very end, so if any of his cr are planning something dumb, such as to go after the thing, he'd offer to accompany them to help keep them alive (or run desperately after them, putting his wolf form to good use).

ties that bind. i am absolutely wide open to all the strings... ned's garnered quite a lot of cr during his time in game, and it would be very eye-opening for him to see all of these literal tethers (a reminder of all the people he feels Personally Responsible for!) i'm cool to handwave the majority of these and just establish what colours people would be, though absolutely down to do a couple threads playing something specific out with them, too.

winterstille. remembering how awful the last storm was, ned will be right on it with preparations at the community center, his own home, and his cr's homes. i'm not sure yet where he'll actually be holing up, but he'll definitely want to try and be with as many people as he possibly can, in attempts to keep them all safe. he can also offer warming services as a very fluffy wolf

[friendsfordinner]

Player Name: Kates
Player Contact: either plurk or discord @ allikateor
Pacing: I'll try to knock out tags every day/every other day, but work is starting back up after an indulgent winter break so we'll see how things go.
OOC Limits: n/a

Character Name: Cornelius Hickey
Canon: The Terror
Aurora Feat: Free Runner + Moon Touched. Hickey has gotten scary good and competent with those, these are neat little gifts and he loves it. Suck on that, rest of the Terrors, god loves him twice.

Wanted CR: Friends, hunting buddies, people who enjoy the other Terrors and who want to know about the beef. Hickey's ICly going to be seeking out anybody who's Moon Touched, because Raylan put the idea of the woofs teaming up to take down a moose in Hickey's head and that stupid idea is not going to leave his brain.
Unwanted CR: No romance, plz!

Event Ideas:
THE HUNTED: Hickey will be very into this bear at the start of things, until he sees that it's just a ghost and isn't lured towards him by things like dead rabbits and blatant colonialism. This bear's weird, how come it's not blatantly murdering people? Why's it not eaten anybody? He needs to get a handle on what this bear's like before even considering the possibility of making friends with it!! So hey, after a horrifying chase encounter, who wants twenty questions about what that bear do.

TIES THAT BIND: Hickey has friends now and that is weird and scary and completely antithetical to his 'I don't need anybody, I can take care of shit on my own, nobody ever wanted anything from me!!!' approach. He'll have that red string for Billy and gold strings for his friends (deffo Kieren and Chloe but I'm always up for more plotting, hmu if you want). But I'm super interested in the black strings aspect, especially the fact that there's the reading each other's thoughts aspect. Hickey has like, ten people he could conceivably have black strings with, so hmu if you want to look in his weird little brain.

for string vibes, Hickey's would be tight, like it's in danger of cutting off circulation. Aside from that, it's cheap, average, normal, boring sort of string.

WINTERSTILLE: all y'all community center losers can have fun, Hickey's having his own party (aka bunkering down with Chloe, Billy, and Kieren)

Anything Else?:

[goingtobeunwell]

Black string, you say?

[lestercraft]

Player Name: Maniette
Player Contact: maniette or PM me here!
Pacing: Fast boomerangs but slightly erratic tag times
OOC Limits: Anything's fair as long as you CW/discuss it oocly

Character Name: Arthur Lester
Canon: Malevolent (podcast)
Aurora Feat: No feats yet!

Wanted CR: More detective friends to help him organise the plot, lmao. Or even just more people his own age.
Unwanted CR: No romance, thanks!

Event Ideas:

The Hunted Part 1: Thanks, Arthur hates this. As soon as he realises the bear can't hurt them, though, he's going to stand his ground every fucking time, completely fearless and yelling at it. FUCK YOU BEAR, FIGHT HIM
Ties that Bind: Arthur has least three strings that go off home, one of which is a deep red that's very nearly gold, and two other gold threads (for John, Detective Noel and his father-in-law), but he'll have some decently strong threads in Sing now too!
Winterstille: Arthur's not stupid, he's going to stay in the community hall and help out there. He's not a particularly helpful heater in and of himself but damn it he's trying!

Anything Else?:

Ties that Bind tracking (Please don't reply!)

[lestercraft]

Arthur on connection will be the spark of a lighter clicking into life, and the warmth of the flame it creates.

Red: John (absent)

Gold: Detective Noel (absent), Daniel Saltzmann (absent), Konstantin, Charles

Black: TBA?

Relika | Alan Wake

[lightschampion]

Player Name: Relika
Player Contact: Relika on both Plurk and Discord. I'm very original with usernames.
Pacing: In theory it should be pretty decently paced this month unless life explodes somehow.
OOC Limits: I want to keep my dumbass writer alive but nothing comes to mind.

Character Name: Alan Wake
Canon: Remedy Connected Universe
Aurora Feat: None but hopefully when they become available again....

Wanted CR: Everything /grabbyhands at all. I've basically been MIA for a while due to the state of the world, life being life, and getting super sick, but I really want to properly jump into things, and that means getting this boy any CR I can.
Unwanted CR: Local wife guy will probably not be very open to the romance thing too easily but idk who knows in the future

Event Ideas:

THE HUNTED, PART ONE: Alan's used to being chased and running for his life, so having him chased by a bear is going to be amazing. I'm down to for anyone to see this man running for his life pursued by...well, they won't really see anything except him running scared. And by running I mean kind of awkwardly jogging, because apparently this man skipped cardio day in the Dark Place. Like c'mon bro. Or they might see him trying to hide in a cave somewhere thinking the bear is around, paranoid and twitchy.

PROMPT TWO — TIES THAT BIND: Alan kind of has a lack of CR here so far (no thanks to me and my lack of activity jkashd) so I doubt too much will crop up except for his canon CR? However, because I like making him suffer, he's going to have strings leading back home aka going nowhere.

PROMPT THREE — WINTERSTILLE: Nothing set in stone yet. Alan will probably ride out the storm at his own cabin, if anyone wants to join him there whether because they want to or out of pure happenstance and unable to get anywhere else in time. But he'll be prepping his place as he can and if he has time, seeing if he can help out prepping the community center a bit.

Anything Else?:

String Info (do not reply)

[lightschampion]

Not finalized yet, to be updated as plotting is done

String impression: TBA


Red:
One leading back home to Alice

Gold:
One leading back home to Barry

Black:
(still to be plotted but ain't no way there's not going to be one of some sort going across the street to Scratch)

Raylan Givens | Justified

[tinstar]

Player Name: Arma
Player Contact: Plurk or Discord figmented
Pacing: Slower during the week, faster on weekends, Mondays off - EST
OOC Limits: No character death.

Character Name: Raylan Givens
Canon: Justified
Aurora Feat: Moon Touched - and he's comfortable in that skin now!

Wanted CR: Raylan is open to any kind of connection! Uncle type, friends, more, whatever comes naturally!
Unwanted CR: While I don't mind a little conflict, Raylan isn't here to make life or death enemies.

Event Ideas:

The Hunted: Raylan will be found in both man and Wolf form, hunting while he's being hunted. Optional choice to find him stoned out of his mind on Tom Zane's mushrooms - We're down for group hunting or being terrified! He's going to be unhealthily focused on how to kill this uncatchable bear so I think it would be fun if someone pushed him towards facing the reality that he's not gonna be able to do that. or join him trying at least once. Shots will be fired.

The Ties that Bind Being a man who deeply craves connection, we're very open to things in this one! I figure he'll have a few red threads (Zane & Zoey), and gold with Wynonna, but I'm super open to more! He will not have any outside/at home strings though, so mores the room.

Raylan's String Impression It smells of gunpowder and a warm cologne with mountain grass sweet air undertone, the feeling of a quiet fury and a need to move.

Winterstille Raylan will be at the Community Hall and will work as hard as he can to make sure as much firewood as he can manage is in, as well as nailing the shutters closed and trying to reinforce the building - He and Goose don't want to be alone for whatever is coming, and sharp-eyed folks will find him sipping his boar whiskey from a pocket flask he's found as he works on sketching out the joists of the hall's ceiling and tries to ignore how close to death they are.


Anything Else?:

Confirmed Strings - plz do not reply

[tinstar]

Red
Red with heavy flecks and twists of gold - Zane
Red - Zoey

Gold
Gold with flecks of red - Wynonna
Gold with flecks of red - Chloe
Gold - Levi

Black
Scratch

Laus | Scratch

[obscurissime]

Player Name: Laus.
Player Contact: blackspire
Pacing: Probably slowish this month. Rip.
OOC Limits: Nothing that comes to mind, TBD.

Character Name: (Mr.) Scratch.
Canon: Remedy Connected Universe.
Aurora Feat: Cold Fusion, and he loves it, thank you very much.

Wanted CR: I'll take anything you want to give me! Nothing romance/lovey-dovey, since Scratch isn't capable of feeling that, but he'll pretend he's into romance with your character if that's your jam.
Unwanted CR: No aggressively negative CR that builds a writing wall.

Event Ideas:

The Hunted

Scratch isn't used to feeling fear, so this will be largely annoying to him on a personal level. Because he is going to experience that feeling of being hunted, which is a turn of the tables for him since he's usually doing the hunting/haunting.

He will also enjoy how it makes everyone else freak out, too. Y'all so scared of everything.

Would love people to hide in houses with while they think they're being stalked, people who might want to go try to find and kill said bear (he'd be down to join a hunting party), etc.

Ties That Bind:

No red strings. I know, you're all disappointed.

Scratch likely has a lot of black strings, given his interactions with people thus far, but there are a couple people here that might end up being gold. Would love to explore both options, of course, but I know he would be hella perturbed at having a gold string with someone. How dare he's cultivated connections with people?

Looking for string buddies. Gold string people will get to experience the overwhelming shitstorm of negative emotions that make up Scratch, and would love someone to use their Gold String Privileges to calm him the heck down. Black strings, well, you get a wild ride of glimpsing into thoughts about dark actions. Lots of fun!

Scratch's string impression is dark, like a feeling of black shadows starting to swirl around you and blot out all light. It feels unnervingly otherworldly despite how tangible it is.

Winterstill:

He isn't really keen on the idea of hunkering down in the community center. That said, being stuck in there with people could lead to some heated altercations/arguements.

Also though, with Cold Fusion, the storm doesn't bother him anyway~ So he might also just move between places if he's bored or wants to cause mayhem while everyone's huddled up.

Interested in people trying to get him to disaster prep and hunker down with them. Will it work? We just don't know.

Anything Else?:

strings - do not reply!

[obscurissime]

BLACK

Alan: predominantly black, with bits of gold and a hint of red. Frayed.

Raylan: if it could be blacker than black, it would be.

GOLD

Hickey: just a regular gold string.

Zane: hints of red, will be used to chill Scratch out at least once.

Bri | Zoey Westen | Original Character

[pythianwoman]

Player Name: Bri
Player Contact: ThriceWiddershins or PM me!
Pacing: I am definitely on the slow side, but I’ll backtag until the heat death of the universe.
OOC Limits: character death and non-con

Character Name: Zoey Westen
Canon: original character
Aurora Feat: Lightbringer; she’s been working on fine control and finesse since the moment she realised she had a new power, and has been experimenting on what she can do with it. (She’s probably set up, or WILL set up, some targets for practice.) And now Moon Touched; she’s been practicing her wolfy nature when she can and fucking LOVES it. FIRE WOLF FOR THE WIN!

Wanted CR: FRIENDS! Definitely friends. Found family (or the starts of it, of course XD). Hunting/exploring/patrol buddies. Information gatherers/research partners, because she 1000% has an information wall started in her home (and she’s been using another wall for a map). Sparring buddies. Absolutely not opposed to lovers/romance (let her SMOOCH PEOPLE) but that’s probably going to be a slower burn sort of thing that she’s not going to be consciously seeking out or thinking about at all, at least at first. But if it fits I ship if there’s chemistry and things go that way I’m so here for it. Maybe roommates in the future? She’s going to have to know someone a little first though. I would LOVE for folks to finally see the map of the area she’s been putting on one of the walls of the home she claimed for herself. (And her wall of information.) Wolf friend times, both for shifting shenanigans and for puppy times.
Unwanted CR: Negative CR for the sake of negative CR. Negative CR for a reason is fine! Although I’d like the chance to slow burn that to something a little less negative, if possible. No mortal enemies, please.

Event Ideas:
PRE-EVENT: Zoey got aerial silks from the Holiday Boar, so I really want her to go find a solid, tall tree, tie them up in it and just hang in them for a while like a hammock, because she has MISSED being able to do that. Probably while drinking, because why not. Also possibly some hot springs actions because that’s always fun.

NEW YEAR’S DREAM: I absolutely want to do something with the dream, both because it’ll remind her of visions she used to get before this place stole her powers, and because she’s deeply interested in Enola. Especially considering what's known about her.

THE HUNTED, PART ONE: FUCKING BEAR. Man, Zoey’s not going to love being haunted, and hunted, but she will absolutely at some point go from running from the bear to standing her ground. And possibly taking a swing (or swingS plural) at it, which will no doubt piss it off. She might end up being wolfy for some of this, too.

TIES THAT BIND: Absolutely here for strings, and she will have some strings connecting her to people in other worlds, too. She will 1000% figure out that the white string is connected to Enola. And probably try and follow it as far as she can. She’s got a planned red string so far, and I’d be open to her having another, possibly. Golds and blacks are also on the table. Come at me!

➤ Zoey’s string impression: Zoey’s string is bright, like the best sort of spring day. Bubbly, almost, effervescent. There’s the scent of lilacs and summer berries. The faint scent of some ancient incense. The sensation of warm laughter. And protection. (And faintly, so faint it’s easy to miss, something almost coppery, metallic.)

WINTERSTILLE: She is going to push herself to the breaking point to help fend off the cold, being both lightbringer and moon touched when it comes to her Aurora’s gifts. And she’s going to be checking in on and searching for the people she knows. Helping to gather wood and supplies when they have the chance to, before the ice descends.

Anything Else?:

confirmed string things for Ties That Bind - don't reply!

[pythianwoman]

RED
Raylan Givens


GOLD
Bigby
Crozier
Levi
Threads to other worlds (Five [with flickers of red], Ashlin Thomas, Morpho, Jason Oliver [equal parts gold and red], Dorian Carver)


BLACK

lyn | eren jaeger | attack on titan

[dreamsofwings]

Player Name: Lyn
Player Contact: boywonder, PM this journal, ask for disco if you want that
Pacing: I'm slow and I backtag a lot. I'm happy to prioritise something if you need me to.
OOC Limits: I can't think of anything that will come up in this game, but I'd like a heads up for graphic talk of dead parents/grandparents or domestic violence.

Character Name: Eren Jaeger
Canon: Attack on Titan
Aurora Feat: Someday he will get one :')

Wanted CR: People who bring out the best OR the worst in him tbh! He's…so much worse than he comes across and he doesn't come across well. He can lean into that (as seen in the "kill a bunch of forest talkers" event) but somewhere inside all his bullshit is a guy who cares very deeply about like six people. (Tbh bringing out anything good in him is a hard sell but you know!)
Unwanted CR: Negative CR without reason/that goes nowhere and has no development. I am all in for negative CR but I like to have an arc ykwim

Event Ideas:

• THE HUNTED, PART ONE: Eren isn't easily afraid of things like giant bears, but he's also used to being able to turn into a flesh mecha! So he'll mostly be frustrated and mad about this BUT I'm also thinking it would be fun (for me) to have him get freaked out enough to bite his hand without thinking. Wouldn't that be fun for anyone else to see? (It's how he turns into a titan but obvs he can't do that here, it's just…become reflex.) Also he will help someone if they're paralysed in fear. Though by "help" I mean "yell at them to run."
  
  
• TIES THAT BIND: Open to any colour of string, though I think he has less red string options because /gestures at him. Some ides about sensations with Eren is a sense of being warm (he used to run hotter than a regular person), the scent of blood, a crash of lightning, a churning ocean.
  
  
• WINTERSTILLE: I'm not sure how to make this very interesting to thread out, but I'm open to handwaving someone (or more than one someone) ending up in Eren's house when they run from the ice. If you want to thread it out, we can! I just probably won't write a starter for it.

Anything Else?:

[nohero]

please consider: a gold/black/red string that seems like it should be frayed? but any "frayed" bits are filled in with black. the string is strong as heck and gives red abilities bc /GESTURES AT THEM

consider also: huddling for warmth during winterstille

further consider: red string abilities when combined with huddling

Ruby Rose | RWBY

[guidemyway]

Player Name: Josh
Player Contact: jjabarrett on plurk or discord
OOC Limits: N/A for this one. Will contact if something comes up.

Character Name: Ruby Rose
Canon: RWBY
Aurora Feat: Runs fast, and heals people

Wanted CR: Any and all! Ruby is a spunky teenage monster hunter. Positive and negative cr come pretty naturally with her.
Unwanted CR: Not super interested in negative for the sake of negative cr. But some bickering with development is great.

Event Ideas:

THE HUNTED, PART ONE

So there are two wolves inside of Ruby. There is part of her who would totally try and hunt this bear down after hearing stories about it and catching signs of it. There is another that around the point where it's clearly stalking and hunting people would be quick to want to bail out of the situation.

Anyone down for making a bad decision and then regretting it immediately? This is your girl.

TIES THAT BIND

Ruby will have four gold strings, and one broken red string dedicated to people back home.

Happy to give her any sort of connection with the people here. Most likely gold strings

WINTERSTILLE

Not sure where Ruby is going to be hunkering down yet. But I'm down for her either getting some sort of cold related injury or healing someone else of theirs. Also available to do a run out to help anyone out of the cold.

yasmine's unsettling men

[primaryignition]

Player Name: Yasmine
Player Contact: Discord - redmaresociety. PM after that.
Pacing: I’m still shaking off the dust from a really hard holiday season and I work full time/work with my horse 5 days a week, so I tend to backtag. Most of my tagging happens either on weekday mornings or weekends.
OOC Limits: Dental/nail/eye injury/trauma, killing either of them.

orson krennic | star wars

[primaryignition]

Character Name: Orson Krennic
Canon: Star Wars
Aurora Feat: None - just a normie!

Wanted CR: Superficial “friendships” and positive CR in which he’s putting on a full masking performance for the other person, and CR with characters where he can identify some of his own traits in the other—rather paradoxically, Orson has very high social needs, and he’s drawn to the presence of people with traits and viewpoints that are familiar to him. He has respect for very calculating and ruthless people, and people who seem to be less ruled by their emotions than people around him; he’s very drawn to other STEM-y, analytical sorts. He’s just (ish) lost his only friend (even if in a normal person’s world, how he treated that person is incompatible with the idea of friendship), so he’s pretty lonely whether he realizes it or not and will be seeking out company.
Unwanted CR: Romance - right now he’s still in the long process of coming to grips with Galen Erso’s betrayal/death and still grieving him in his own way. I’d also like to avoid people immediately seeing through his mask or detecting something’s ‘off’ about him without prior plotting, please – realistically, Orson’s in his fifties, so he’s had a lifetime to observe people who feel empathy/compassion and learn how to seamlessly mimic them, and is described as very charismatic and convincing in canon (as evidenced by how far he’s gotten in his career). He is very, very good at imitating people without ASPD.

Event Ideas:

The Hunted: Coming from the Star Wars universe, Krennic is no stranger to all kinds of huge beasts, some of them very aggressive. However, he’s hardly spiritual—Orson is a very “left-brained” career architect and aerospace/structural engineer, and he’s initially going to see the idea of this immortal, invincible bear as a ridiculous folk legend up until he starts actually seeing/being stalked by it. I’m not totally sure what I want to do with this prompt yet, but if anyone goes out with the intention of hunting/killing it early in the game, I think he’d be in camp ‘Why don’t you just leave it the hell alone?’ and may openly question their logic.

Ties that Bind: I’m not really looking to do anything extensive with this… but characters may notice that Orson only has a single white thread—no meaningful connections to anyone here.

Winterstille: While he has severe ASPD and other people are objects to him, Orson still recognizes that there’s safety in numbers and that others can be useful to him, so he will be staying at the community center as opposed to holing up in his own cabin. I’d love for him to have some lower-stakes, CR-building conversations or collaboration moments while he’s there; he’ll be playing the part of a helpful altruist who genuinely cares about the wellbeing of others, and will be helping out where help is needed.

Krennic has a strong need to keep his mind busy, so if he’s not socializing, characters will be able to find him quietly working on architectural drafts for the bridge he’s thinking about building to Lakeside, and if they ask, he’ll genuinely enjoy explaining it to them. These conversations will likely also plant the seed that he plans on assembling a party to search for the Lakeside dam plans, which he needs because they will specify things like how deep the water is, what the maximum volume and force the dam (which will be upstream of the bridge, which must withstand the currents it releases) can release water at, etc., so if characters want to volunteer for that party, we can either play it out or handwave them having had that conversation!

Anything Else?: I haven’t seen Andor, so as of right now I’m just playing him based on Rogue One and the prequel novel Catalyst.

Chase's 70s boys

[questioningmermaids]

Player Name: Chase
Player Contact: whitespire | tortillasunrise on discord
Pacing: Medium -- i tend not to be able to tag on weekends, however!
OOC Limits: None

Holland March

[questioningmermaids]

Character Name: Holland March
Canon: The Nice Guys
Aurora Feat: 1. Lightbringer - mainly used to light cigarettes and fireplaces, he tends to use this sparingly otherwise.
2. Moon - he also uses this fairly sparingly because it freaks him out a bit, mainly when shit goes down or he needs to hunt

Wanted CR: Literally anyone - he's got quite a lot of semi-friends, but only one or two that are closer than that
Unwanted CR: Any! I'm perfectly ok with negative CR, he's a magnet for that shit.

Event Ideas: The Hunted -- March is going to be stubborn as hell and try to hunt it. Wolf form or otherwise, he's going to fail spectacularly. Super up for hunting buddies!
Ties that Bind - this is the one that's going to freak March out the most.
- Completely open to strings of any colour, though i imagine most of them will be gold. The emotion sharing especially pings me, either for March to be annoying and now know what all you closed off folks are feeling or for someone to realize he's alarmingly emotionally constipated.
-black strings are a complete go -- let anyone who think he's an idiot get absolutely battered by his internal monologues
-He will have one gold string going back home for his daughter!
Winterstille - March will be at the community centre doing all he can to help keep things warm, and he will absolutely complain the entire time. He feels some genuine responsibility for everyone since he's been here for so long. character development, baby!!!

Anything Else?:

Svetlana Nazarova

[balancedlight]

Player Name: Kota
Player Contact: waningsunflower at disco or plurk
Pacing: I try and clear my inbox once a day unless I'm super busy at work, and I often will boomerang if someone is up for it
OOC Limits: No death!

Character Name: Svetlana Nazarova
Canon: Night Watch
Aurora Feat: Interloper's Sacrifice

Wanted CR: Always up for new friends! She's the most experienced doctor (I believe) so she tries to check on people in Milton.
Unwanted CR: Nope! Open to everything. She's taken romantically though, so….

Event Ideas:

The Hunted

Sveta doesn't fuck with bears and she hates the thought of being hunted. She's not especially fighty without her magic, so she's gonna be tiptoeing through the flowers on this one. What nonsense is this? She isn't really the sort to wander the woods at Lakeside unless she has a reason to be over there - like a patient she's seeing or checking in on!

Ties That Bind

See comment below!

Sveta's connections feel like pure light. Like a ray of goddamn sunshine that's coming through the window of a gloomy room. The one that reflects the particles of dust and makes them look almost beautiful.

She will be trying to get that black string off. That feels like a curse and she hates it.

Winterstille

Sveta will go with Ben, likely to the community hall to help the others there. She is great in an emergency, after all!

Misc

Sveta celebrates the Epiphany and will be doing a tree in Milton, if anyone wants to join in!

Sveta Strings - Please don't comment!

[balancedlight]

Red

- Anton (from canon)
- Ben Fraser

Gold

- Randvi (with a little red, oops)
- Olga (from canon)
- Chloe
- Kostya
- Crozier

Black

- Hickey (she will be trying to erase this one)

Thomas Jopson | The Terror

[lieutenantsteward]

Player Name: Kota
Player Contact: waningsunflower at disco or plurk
Pacing: I try and clear my inbox once a day unless I'm super busy at work, and I often will boomerang if someone is up for it
OOC Limits: No death!

Character Name: Thomas Jopson
Canon: The Terror (AMC)
Aurora Feat: Cold Fusion, Aurora Call

Wanted CR: open to anything!
Unwanted CR: Same as above!

Event Ideas:

The Hunted

He made “friends” with the weird lake snake but he isnt going to like this. There will probably be a couple of encounters because he does go out and check his traps periodically or go fishing in the lake, so he's got high chance of seeing it. He will absolutely run from that fucking thing.

Ties That Bind

See comment below!

Thomas’ string will feel safe and secure and grounded, like an anchor in a storm. Like there's nothing he can't help someone through.

Winterstille
COLD FUSION FOR THE WIN

Thomas is going to be OUT. IN. THE. STORM. He will help anyone trapped or stranded.

Anything else?

Jopson's Strings - Do not reply, please!

[lieutenantsteward]

Red

- The Doctor

Gold

- Wynonna
- Crozier (with some red he won't care about)
- Little
- Goodsir
- Raju

Black

- Hickey, looool

Levi | Fear & Hunger 2: Termina

[solitarysoul]

Player Name: Cirape (or Maddin)
Player Contact: discord @ nvrknwsbst or ConnectiveTrick
Pacing: usually fast, i try to get back to tags within a day but sometimes i cant. can boomerang sometimes and will backtag into infinity. day job est
OOC Limits: No death, no smut. maybe warn for suicide

Character Name: Levi Jořdán
Canon: Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
Aurora Feat: Free Runner, Interlopers Sacrifice

Wanted CR: Everything.
Unwanted CR: Nothing, really

Event Ideas:
Bear- idk, Levi'll probably be more likely to stand his ground and/or shoot the bear than run from it. I may put up a prompt of him shooting an arrow at nothing and then getting knocked down by it. Or maybe one where he's frozen cause he's certain its Right Behind him. Also available to try and help other people deal with it. But no big plans here.

String- Levi expect that he has no friends and everyone only barely tolerates him, so seeing literal ties to people will shake him up some. Not sure where he'll land on that. I think he'll just have gold ones, though, and I'm still working on having enough energy/attention span to going over what CR should get any. Let me know if you want one!
Levi's baseline is sad and guilty and nervous when needing to interact with people, especially people he doesn't know. He is full of nihilism so there's that too.

Storm- Levi will help with gathering supplies and boarding up windows/doors. He's also a Free Runner, so good to carry messages between Lakeside and Milton but he'll end up in Milton during the storm. At the community hall, where he already stores all the jerky he's been making anyway so there's some food.
His cat (who isn't really a kitten anymore and is closing in on HUGE since she's a Norwegian Forest Cat) will possibly be under his feet while he's preparing. And definitely huddling together with him for warmth. But she is available to warm up anyone else who will giver her pets or food.
He will start out being reluctant to cuddling up to anyone for warmth but as the freeze continues he will accept touching other people to preserve/share warmth. I kinda wanna do a thread with him being awkward and maybe cute about it while everyone freezes.
After the storm he'll be one of those out to take inventory of the damage. I imagine he'll try to dig some graves for anyone who's died but the ground'll be pretty hard! He'll be pondering if the animals are safe to eat though <<;

Anything Else?:

[guidemyway]

Down for two awkward dorks being weird about the cold?

The Doctor | Doctor Who

[thedreamer]

Player Name: Kris
Player Contact: geekorthodox | witcheryofliving @ discord
Pacing: Medium(ish), trying to get back to at least a tag-per-day speeds!
OOC Limits: Nothing I can think of, just no character death!

Character Name: The Doctor
Canon: Doctor Who
Aurora Feat: Interloper's Sacrifice - here for all your healing needs~

Wanted CR: He can never have enough friends so anything goes! He will latch on especially hard to those who are eager to explore, share "notes" and indulge different theories about this world with him, not averse to danger in poking around. It's all good!
Unwanted CR: Open to anything. c:

Event Ideas:

THE HUNTED, PART ONE — The Doctor is less interested in hunting the bear in return, and more interested in understanding it and trying to making friends with it. LOL I'm kidding but not kidding, I'm sorry he's weird!
*This comes with the disclaimer that he's also fully aware some things can't be reasoned with and won't show mercy but you gotta try! So yes, he'll be out exploring and trying to understand what they're up against, and can always use a buddy, or feel free to be like, what's up with you, dude; you wouldn't be the first!

THE TIES THAT BIND — Open to any gold strings you might want to assume here, or black strings if your character doesn't like him — we can absolutely thread any of that out! Any opportunities for emotion sharing are high on the list of wants, because that makes him supremely uncomfortable, and 'tis the delight of RP!

String impressions: Would feel comforting, like holding someone's hand. The sensation of warmth and exhilaration, like sunlight after a cold rainstorm. Scents would be sandalwood, ozone, like right after a lightning strike, or the aroma of welding metal.

WINTERSTILLE — Not entirely settled on where he'll be yet; Lakeside area is home base, but he goes to Milton regularly (slightly less regularly with the dark days settling in). He'll find shelter somewhere, just not sure where yet!

Anything Else?:

string tracking!

[thedreamer]

RED
— Thomas Jopson

GOLD
— Wynonna Earp
— Konstantin Veshnyakov
— Randvi
— Levi Ackerman
— Michonne
— an absolute mess & extremely upsetting for anyone from "home" for reasons (same with any other potential red strings)

BLACK

*The Doctor generally takes a single positive interaction as 'friend now' so any gold strings would be an immediate yes if they have CR but I didn't want to assume, so happy to add accordingly!

[bestsir]

Player Name: Karin
Player Contact: Discord
Pacing: Ahahahahahahahaha. Slow. Depends on how RL is going.
OOC Limits: None really.

Character Name: Harry Goodsir
Canon: The Terror
Aurora Feat: Aurora Call and Interloper Sacrifice. He's gotten fairly accustomed to the Call by now, and is maybe a little too quick to use his healing abilities. The more so, perhaps, since he found out what happened to Silna.

Wanted CR: ANYTHING.
Unwanted CR: He has a prepackaged mortal enemy, but otherwise nothing is off-limits.

Event Ideas:
The Hunted: This is definitely going to do a number on Goodsir's PTSD. Though it might also give him a chance to literally confront it as well.
Ties that Bind: Lots of entanglements with the other Terrors, obviously. Open to doing whatever with this. There is also a strong rose-gold thread binding him to Silna.
String Impressions: The sensation of touching a cool marble slab or a piece of polished steel. A clean, herbal scent, vaguely reminiscent of fennel or anise.
Winterstille: Going to have Goodsir hunker down in the Milton Community Hall for this with anyone else who is hiding out there.

Anything Else?:

[solitarysoul]

gold string between these guys?

gabbie | john irving (the terror)

[extramuralise]

Player Name: gabbie
Player Contact: PM / reggiemantle / littlesailorclown
Pacing: I've been slow, but hoping to average more medium-paced once I'm caught up.
OOC Limits: Nothing comes to mind atm that wouldn't necessitate some prior plotting / discussion anyway; I'm pretty easy. Please avoid infomodding/4th-walling, however.

Character Name: John Irving
Canon: AMC's The Terror
Aurora Feat: N/A

Wanted CR: Anything, really!! I've generally been slow-ish with tags, so I'm eager to work on this and play more y'all. My default setting is usually to see how a dynamic develops organically and then go from there, but I'm also totally fine with planning out encounters/CR goals more specifically!
Unwanted CR: I'm pretty open to anything! the only thing I'm not too keen on is one-note CR that's just going to hit repeated dead-ends rather than develop or evolve.

Event Ideas:

THE HUNTED—

Irving will NOT want to pursue the creepy spirit bear, although of course I will have to have him haunted/hunted (perhaps only by his own fear and paranoia, or maybe also, indeed, the bear) because he was mostly so apart from the whole aspect of Tuunbaq, before — never encountering or even seeing the creature directly, as far as we ever saw — it will be a good opportunity to explore how he'll be forced to confront the truly inexplicable in a way he can't so easily compartmentalize.

TIES THAT BIND—

Most of Irving's strings will be quite fragile, faded even, although he'll have a handful that shine a bright gold. His string impression will be a grand sense of order and contentment, something almost like peace, but tenuous, like it's only just barely holding back a powerful, indescribable anxiety and fear.

WINTERSTILLE—

Not entirely sure if I'll actually try threading this one — unless people would like to! — but Irving will definitely be proactive in helping make preparations both at the community center, at home, and with those he's close to.

Anything Else?:

🪢 strings (do not reply!)

[extramuralise]

As mentioned above, most will be tense and fairly fragile, a bit faded, because he is quite reserved and anxious about developing connections with people. A few, however, will be firm like cord.

RED—

• Well. None!

GOLD—

• 3 strong, if faded, gold threads leading home (representative of his brother, his sister-in-law, and close friend), one of them lightly speckled with faded red freckling
  
• Little | Deep gold with several small, rust-colored flaws, like chipped paint
  
• Crozier | A bit tarnished and frayed, as if from neglect, but eminently salvageable!
  
• Fitzjames | Vibrant gold, though not yet very sturdy
  
• Jopson | Faded, fragile gold, in need of more attention and a bit of polish
  
• Kate | Dark gold for their similarities, though slightly faded; not super strong yet, though firm enough
  
• Wynonna | Dirty gold threaded with veins of gunmetal

BLACK—

• Hickey 🖤

OTHER??—

• Gibson | A solid, slate grey, formed from an inseparable (and unrecognizable) mixture of gold and black

Tess’s Ladies

[desperate_times_right]

Player Name: Tess
Player Contact: On plurk at nonhoration or discord at nonhoration
Pacing: So anyone who has me on plurk knows that I am currently Experiencing The Horrors (preparing for a last-minute move cross country) so I am hoping to keep up with once per day inbox clear but we will see.
OOC Limits: None that are allowed in sing, except please don't kill them!

Chloe Frazer | Uncharted

[desperate_times_right]

Character Name: Chloe Frazer
Canon: Uncharted
Aurora Feat: Free Runner and Moon Touched (hungry like the wolf)

Wanted CR: Friends (human and wolf), people down for no-strings casual relationships, greenhouse volunteers (especially this month since they'll need to reinforce it pre-storm), people who think she's immature and annoying that she can wind up on purpose.
Unwanted CR: Not really looking for a romance for her right now. I don't mind negative CR but I'm also not interested in a singular nemesis who is dedicated to trying to punish her.

Event Ideas:
The Hunted: Chloe doesn't really feel one way or the other about the bear (oh? A big animal trying to kill us? Groundbreaking) but she's got to support her bro Hickey so she will be down for any wolf pack hunts that come up.

The Ties That Bind: Thanks, she hates it! Chloe likes to think of herself as a lone wolf who is slow to trust but the fact is that she does form strong connections really quickly with people who show her they're trustworthy, so she's going to be a bit freaked out about how many strings she's got. She doesn't really Do romance so I'm not super interested in red strings for her but I'm open to gold and/or black with pretty much anyone she's ever interacted with. People who have a gold connection to her will be able to feel the constant low hum of activity that runs inside her all the time, which should be exciting.

Winterstille: Chloe is going to need some help pre-storm reinforcing the greenhouse and cutting wood for the boiler. Also anyone who has decent CR with her and doesn't want to ride this out in the community hall can join the weirdos club at her house.

charles rowland || dead boy detectives

[afterdrop]

Player Name: Giz
Player Contact: ghoulsonfilm
Pacing: Moderate, I tend to do little bursts a few times a week. Just brushing off the dust right now from being a cave troll over the holidays.
OOC Limits: Mostly don't kill him

Character Name: Charles Rowland
Canon: Dead Boy Detectives
Aurora Feat: n/a

Wanted CR: Friends, trustworthy adults, other supernatural types types, people to annoy, people to teach him basic life skills he's neglected while dead. Just the usual.
Unwanted CR: Little age-appropriate crushes are fine but nothing serious.

Event Ideas:

• Hunted. Possible ghost bear is pretty much right up what Charles considers to be his alley, so he'll be actively keeping an eye out for it. Maybe not in hopes of actually taking it down, since he knows he's limited here, but at least with the (reckless) intention of rescuing others. This could lead to either defending people from perceived attacks, or getting chewed out by more capable Interlopers for going after a bear with essentially a stick and a knife.


• Ties. He'll only have a couple of threads due to a combination of not really letting anyone in to build bonds for so long, and (shhhh) my own work schedule since he actually started reaching that point, whoops. Aside from the white he'll just have a solid gold one with Arthur that he'll have mixed feelings about, and one that's a mix between gold and red and seems to lead far away.


• Winterstille. Look, I've been planning on a post for the more handy people to help him fix up his shitty house for ages, and this could finally be your chance. Of course waiting it out there will be a horrible idea, but camping out in the community hall means people seeing how scared he is. Though months of living in the cold has forced him to overcome some of his fear, he knows this is going to be worse and doesn't want to be all traumatized in front of people. It's so hard living in a frozen wasteland when you have trauma about dying of hypothermia.

Anything Else?:

[sputnik]

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