The All-Purpose CR/Plotting Meme - First of 2014

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The All-Purpose CR/Plotting Meme

Another round of the CR/Plotting Meme with which to begin a new year!

As always, the meme's open for making arrangements with and between not only current but potential characters in StE; there will be a header under which to comment with potential characters - when doing so, please label with characters' reincarnated names (if decided!) and pre-incarnated names and canons in the comments' subject lines.

For characters of either status, toss up a comment and any information you see please; go on ahead and use this form if you'd like a place to start or take it however you feel -

<b>Character:</b> <b>Pre-Incarnation:</b> [Feel free to write them up a blurb here - especially encouraged if they're a character you're considering rather than one established in-game! Alternatively omit.] <b>Pre-Network CR Opportunities:</b> (Family, colleagues, or mentors/students you're open to player control of? Friends and enemies from here-or-there you'd like them entering things with? Etc.) <b>Open/Wanted CR:</b> (Have you any certain types of CR/dynamics you hope to bring into development?) <b>Other Info:</b> (Anything a person ought to know - any plans for them or things you've wanted to write them doing? Where characters may encounter each other? What they like, what they've been up to, what they do and do not get along with?) <b>Anything Else?:</b> (Anything else you'd like to say?)

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Ravindra Savarna

[healspec]

Character: Ravindra Savarna

A former combat medic who is now an RN at LCUH's ER and also a volunteer at the LSR clinic. He has a pair of cats who are his babies, and an expensive Corvette that is also his baby. Loves terrible movies.

He has an anxiety disorder and OCPD, both well-managed thanks to medication and therapy, but it's still a major aspect of his personality in both cases. He can be passive-aggressive and controlling, but mostly he's just TERRIBLY AWKWARD AND SHY.

Pre-Network CR Opportunities:
- Frequent Fliers at the LCUH ER may have met him
- He was in the Army from 1999-2007, stationed at Ft Turner in Locke City and deployed to Iraq twice
- Raised in New Delhi and moved to Los Angeles in 1995, so knowing him from either place is a longshot, but possible
- He has several ex-boyfriends that were all nasty breakups because he just keeps picking overbearing/insensitive dudes and doesn't learn

Open/Wanted CR: Mostly I want ARMY BUDDIES!!! Would not mind an ex-boyfriend showing up. Coworkers at LCUH are also always welcome, and if all else fails you can always meet him at LSR when your weird echoes require medical attention. I also enjoy people who will casually flirt with him because he has no idea what to do with it and gets incredibly awkward.

Other Info: He is a healspec paladin! He is moving into a role as Team Healer and he is okay with that. His magic hurts anything it considers "evil" though (it will still work, just painfully). He'll also be regaining some assassin abilities along with the paladin ones.

Also he will probably be getting more morally grey and less attached to people as a general concept as the game goes on--but MORE attached to people he's actually acquainted with. His preincarnation was a misanthropic hermit for the latter portion of his life.

Anything Else?: Obligatory warning that this character suffers from generalized and social anxiety, and I do write the unhealthy thought patterns that stem from those things. If this is uncomfortable for you to read, let me know and I will avoid it around you!

[professorwolf]

... well, now I wanna see what Ravi's healing magic would to do an undead werewolf >.>

[pianistofraielin]

It is entirely up to you tbh! There are two types of evil according to his magic. Type 1: Creatures who are evil by their very nature (demons, certain lore interpretations of vampires, and so on), and Type 2: cruel and wicked people who intentionally hurt others for their own gain.

Lyall is definitely not a type 2! But his particular brand of werewolf could be a type 1 if you wanted.

[professorwolf]

Is it really "evil intented supernatural" then or is it... hmm. Dietary restrictions? XD The supernatural in Lyall's canon technically views humanity as food, and are harmed by sunlight (unless, in werewolves' case, they're old enough or high enough ranked to resist it), and usually wind up with a kind of grey morality themselves due to living so long, but they come in all kinds of personalities.

[healspec]

It's highly variable honestly, I have it pretty loosely defined so other players can decide how they want to roll with it. Basic metric I guess, ask yourself, "If this was an RPG, would this be an enemy that is weak to holy attacks?"

[persuaderoll]

Oh no he sounds adorable can these two be friends.

In a more helpful comment Daylen takes part in a vague, unformalised Huntington's research and trials so maybe since LCUH is a teaching hospital there could be something there he goes to?

[healspec]

YES OK LET'S DO IT

Since Ravi's ER staff, he wouldn't really have much to do with the folks running research trials, BUT he does end up picking up shifts on other floors occasionally, and they could always meet by running into each other in the hallways or cafeteria or something.

[persuaderoll]

Yes I figured it would be something like that (running into each other or sharing a coffee table or something)

Would you prefer to make this vague assumed pre-network running into each other or RP IT OUT RIGHT NOW as running into each other (I am fine with both) (as long as there is RP eventually) (because it will be cute I think)

(but if you befriend him Ravi and he finds out you are a number eventually he WILL ASK YOU ABOUT THE ZOMBIE he can't get his head around Anthony)

[healspec]

I think we can assume they have run into each other a couple times pre-network, just enough to establish a passing familiarity, and then we can RP out the next time they run into each other. Hopefully with realizing they're both network.

lmao yes good. Ravi feels so bad for Anthony but he's never quite sure how to approach that kid... I have no idea how he'd even try to explain Anthony's deal haha

[magewarden]

Daylen convinced himself it was This and all the talk of being dead was intense depression.


YEP.

[healspec]

oh god hahaha SORRY DAYLEN YOU ARE SO WRONG.

Ravi will correct him and possibly lose all medical credibility in the process...

[shiromadoushi]

Sooo... how does that magic judge what's evil or not, since 2/3 of this kid's soul leads very heavily towards the chaotic evil side of things (Even if TKB had his 'I'm only evil because I disagree with you!' speech. Desecrating graves totally counts as evil) Might be fun to even just have a convo over ICly?

[healspec]

Ravi has echoed back the lecture on it but doesn't quite buy into the mindset so it might be better to postpone a discussion on the topic until he actually remembers, like, believing in that stuff.

As for how it works: type 1, creatures that are evil by their very nature (demons and etc); type 2, people with wicked hearts. basically type 1 is "would this be an enemy weak against holy attacks in an RPG?" and type 2 is people who intentionally cause harm without any objections of conscience.

Mainly it's up to you if either of those applies! It's pretty loose and vague for that reason.

[shiromadoushi]

Hrrm... so sounds like with everything Bakura related, it'd be a contradictory two fold. Since a big deal was made in canon of Diabound being god/divine type even though TKB was being the picture of chaotic evil in his actions, and YB follows TKB's mold while regular Bakura is almost painfully on the side of good and Bakura 2.0 here is basically good but not any sort of nice for the most part and has no qualms over hurting people he thinks deserve it.....

I think a dice roll might be needed for this :D


And yeah, once he gets back his mindset, then they can debate. :)

[healspec]

lmao... it could be that Bakura is safe for now but as he echoes back more evil traits from the past lives it could flip?

or it could just be a case of "aligned with the wrong god, AUTOMATICALLY EVIL" if you want, haha

[shiromadoushi]

Yeah, likely. He's currently got more echoes of regular Bakura than either of the batshit ones, and hasn't gone full on crazy yet. So still in the Neutral category. If he gets more MPD esque, it can also depend on who's more at the front, possibly?

And none of him really do the god thing. (unless TKB trying to kill God on Earth counts?)

[twopercent]

So I heard you say something about Army buddies! Although 'buddy' might not be the right word, considering personalities, but...

[healspec]

omg army cr with raiden, everything i have ever wanted

Ravi was deployed to Baghdad twice for a year each and he mostly ran around with infantry units as the squad medic. He could've been assigned to Jack's squad for a while? Also he was stationed at Ft Turner and worked at the hospital on base as his regular duty assignment. I've got a service timeline on his info post if you need specifics to see if they line up right.

On his first deployment he was A HUGE MESS because high-stress situation, very far from his comfort zone and support net, with extremely limited access to his therapist and anxiety medication. He could function in the field and do his job but he was NOT fun to be around and barely functional whenever he didn't have a crisis to focus on.

Second deployment he was a lot more stable but also a lot more "fuck this." He was very resigned and bitter because it was interrupting his transition to a regular life. He still did his job because saving lives was just about the only thing he saw as worthwhile out there, but he had an extremely low tolerance for military bullshit and probably got himself into trouble more than once for arguing with superiors.

I am okay w/Jack being there for either or both, whatever works for your timeframe!

[twopercent]

Looking at our respective character histories, they were both stationed in Iraq around the same time (although Jack was a couple years younger than Ravi back then).. around 2003-2007ish? He was pretty damn good at his job, but during down time often seemed a bit 'out of it' or distant... bit of an opposite situation here, since Jack got less stable over time. Shit always happens though, so maybe they could have met at some point in medic/wounded capacity? Also worth noting; his time in Iraq ended with a really messy almost-court-martial after killing a few civilians, but I'll leave that up to you if you want Ravi to have heard about that or not, ahaha.

(He was also on the news in Locke City this April wanted in connection with a multiple homicide/arson, which might be a good point for like "hey, I remember that guy..."? But at least if Ravi went back far enough on the network, he'd know that Jack didn't do it.)

[healspec]

Damn that timeline fits in perfectly! Sounds easy enough to say they could've met during both Ravi's deployments.

We could say that Ravi was assigned to accompany Jack's squad for a while, but wasn't present for any of the really awful stuff. He'd definitely remember the name and face, and probably the way he seemed to slowly withdraw over time.

He probably did hear about the court martial and wasn't really sure what to think of it. Like. What Jack did was awful, but WAR DOES SHIT TO A PERSON, MAN. So horror tinged with understanding tinged with horror at being able to understand...

Definitely would've seen his name in the news and recognized it as the guy he served with, but he was around on the network early enough to have seen the old FAQ which explained Jack's innocence.

I think his current attitude toward Jack would probably be best described as "apprehensive but tentatively cooperative."


SORRY IF I'M COMING ON REALLY STRONG HERE I'm just a big MGS fan and I really love Raiden lmao...

[twopercent]

That sounds like a pretty reasonable attitude to have, considering! Some initial caution aside, I'm sure that once they catch up, Jack will feel a bit reassured that there's at least another competent guy around -- they both might have had to go through some horrible shit, but there's still a certain amount of comraderie with fellow ex-military types, y'know? (Exception to the rule: his business with Aaron at LSR, which is ...somewhat less cordial, ahaha.)

Ahahaha I'm really hyped about this CR too! And it'll probably be obvious I really really enjoyed MGR:R please don't judge me! Once I get back into the swing of things we should wrangle some kind of excuse to interact!

Re: Ravindra Savarna

[stillshrill]

Anders is a healer in canon -- though being new to Locke City he hasn't regained any of his healing magic, I do plan for him to do so eventually, and it would be nice to know someone with similar abilities for when the time comes!

He is a veterinarian. He also loves cats. I would be up for pre-game CR of horrible ex boyfriends if you are still looking, since Anders has lived in Southern California and could conceivably have known him there, and would also have been a terrible boyfriend to have

[healspec]

WOW I SURE DID DELAY ON REPLYING TO THIS I'm sorry!!

More healers =>!! Ravi is definitely down for healer buddies.

Oh man LA CR...! Unfortunately I don't think ex-boyfriend CR works with that. Looks like Ravi is 3~4 years older and he was only in LA for high school (came at 14, ran away into the Army at 18). BUT I am totally down with saying they went to the same school!

Ravi in high school did not have many friends. He came in partway through freshman year and he was the perfect storm of a target because he was foreign, had a very poor understanding of English, and he was a meek and shy loner type. He dealt with a lot of bullying up until he started fighting back (uhh, literally/physically), and then he earned a reputation as an explosively angry loner and went from mocked to feared. He was sort of like a porcupine that was constantly bristling; he guarded himself by staying on the offensive and even neutral interactions with him would have been difficult or intimidating.

But he probably had at least a handful of people he could actually socialize with. That would've required a lot of effort on their part to squeeze through his shield and actually get to know him, though. IF YOU WANNA GO THAT WAY I'M DOWN but it's also cool if Anders was only familiar with his reputation.

[stillshrill]

I should have looked at your timeline before posting! I think Anders would've been just a little too young to go to high school with Ravi, and hadn't realized Ravi left SoCal as soon as I see now he did.

I like tossing Anders at porcupine-type people, though.

*edit* I should add there is the whole Templar thing; if you are not familiar with Dragon Age canon, Dragon Age involves mages who are locked up in Circles of Magi for life, and Templars who are their guards and hunt them down if they run away, among other things. Templars don't have magic but use a drug that gives them some magic-like abilities in order to subdue mages. Anders hates Templars. And Anders is a healer. A healer-Templar is totally unheard-of and would cause him to be very confused indeed.

[healspec]

With a 4 year age difference we could probably swing Anders as a freshman when Ravi was a senior, but yeah--Ravi got the hell out of dodge after graduation.

UN(??)FORTUNATELY Ravi is not quite as porcupine-y these days! Though he can be if you rub him the wrong way in your first impression ha ha...

i'm not familiar with DA at all so ty for the rundown! Ravi hasn't remembered the vocabulary yet (ie that he's specifically a paladin-Templar) but when he does that sounds like an interesting point of interaction and I'd defs like to see that go somewhere!