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The All-Purpose CR/Plotting Meme

The All-Purpose CR/Plotting Meme

The meme is open to, as per always, making arrangements with and between:
- Current characters in game.
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- Potential characters - any characters you may have in mind up for app/re-app consideration, who there is a header for under the main post.

If you have an app in that has not been processed, please, don't be shy about commenting around for prospective CR and plans on entry - though, of course, remember that plans will be tentative!

Locations in which characters may have had their first echoes are the current echo boundaris: Locke City and Las Vegas (USA), the area around Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany/Austria), Lapland (Finland), Christmas Island (Australia), and the future echo boundaries: Tokyo (Japan), the Galapagos Islands (Equador), the area around Santarem (Amazonas, Brazil), London (UK). The future echo boundaries will open up between now and early April.

For ideas, here is the last plot post. Of special note are the doppelgänger in the Neuschwanstein Area and the anti-numbered musical in Las Vegas.

For characters of either status, toss up a comment with your character's reincarnated name, pre-incarnated name, canon, and occupation in the subject line. E.x. "Cinderella | Rarity | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | Family Pet" In the body, of course, place any information you see fit; go on ahead and use this form if you'd like a place to start or take it however you feel -

Character:
Pre-Incarnation: Name/Canon
Location(s): Where does your character hang out?
A blurb about them:

[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.]

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: (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.)

Open/Wanted CR: (Have you any certain types of CR/dynamics you hope to bring into development?)

Hooks: (Places where one might meet them, hobbies/activities through which one might know them, things in others that would make the character get into contact, whatever would bring your character and others together!)

Plans/ongoing character plots: (Anything a person ought to know - any plans for them or things you've wanted to write them doing? Anything about what they've been up to?)

Anything Else?: (Anything else you'd like to say?)

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Thinking about bringing someone new into StE, or bringing someone back? Put your comment here!

Character: Liam Benedict
Pre-Incarnation: Legolas - Middle-earth
Location(s): Las Vegas in the mountain, Family property in Locke

A blurb about them: Fail vegan hippie with a big heart, lacks common sense - BUT HE'S LEARNING. Works in Data entry for Rain Industries, an sustainable housing, urban planning, and investment firm. His family has two properties in Locke (rather expensive ones.) He's actually intelligent and can learn quickly, but he lacks common sense.

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: A few family members are open, and he graduated from College last year, so college buddies are possible! (particularly of the environmentally friendly / hiking club sort of type) ...Dad's limo driver could also be a thing. Don't you want to be a limo driver?! Rain Industries also has four main locations in terms of headquarters. NYC and Seattle, Washington are the biggest, two smaller locations in Europe - Paris and London. His family also has property in Paris.

Open/Wanted CR: ~~somebody who is just as helpless as he is~~ Buddies for shenanigans to get into and drive everybody crazy. More "adult supervision."

Hooks: Camping / hiking pals, working at rain industries, or anybody who works at vegetarian / vegan restaurants. He's currently living in the mountain - except for the past 3 weeks he's been in Locke again. He still goes back and forth to check on the family properties, and go look at the beach (less so in winter, he'll be doing that more often soon.)

Plans/ongoing character plots: My plans are pretty much open right now. Just finished something rather big with him. When new echo locations open up I might have him move around a bit.

Anything Else?:

Edited 2015-02-04 15:01 (UTC)

Character: Xander Jarle
Former soldier of the military during 2002 - 2006, was honorably discharged due to the death of his twin brother, Conleth. Did talk to a non-numbered therapist who suggested to record his days on a voice recorder, takes anti-depressants, sleeping pills and occasionally smokes to make it through the day. He moved to Locke in the middle of August 2013 with his black Siamese cat, Connor. He's now a grocery store baker, owns a second cat and is presently at war with himself due to his preincarnation's echoes.

Pre-Incarnation: Sandrath
A former arch-angel before being corrupted by a substance known as 'demon blood' during several wars. He went to the surface to find answers after spotting an unused vessel but ended up getting side-tracked by gaining new abilities and indulging in more 'demon blood'. Another angel interfered with his search, causing the vessel to compensate for two beings instead of one and was dragged along for various adventures. Until they found a gateway to "below", which he betrayed his 'allies' and switched sides. He's a fallen arch-angel now and enjoying his new life in a body of his own, but he has to deal with some interesting opponents from time to time.

Location(s): Home in Locke, visits Las Vegas for additional work (through the night to occupy himself)

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: Extended family (grandfather on dad's side is very religious), old class-mates from elementary to high school (although Xander's family moved about every few years), military relationship with him, his brother or father. Ex-roomates or ex-boyfriends / girlfriends. Regulars that frequent the bakery section or co-workers. Anyone that he might have saved during the Wise Snake or Possessed Car or Refined Shell events via the shadows.

Open/Wanted CR: I'm open to any type of CR.
Although, he can be a bit socially awkward at first if it is a friendly conversation since he tends to distance himself from others. He gets better over time, especially now that he's echoed back being more sociable.

Hooks: He usually keeps to the bakery section of his work place in Locke or the appropriate aisles if he's out getting ingredients. He's usually seen walking everywhere unless he's using his shadow mimicry to travel longer distances.

Plans/ongoing character plots: I have nothing really planned with Xander and sadly this has been going on for several months. So, I'm open to ideas. Although he's presently in a log with Stefan and bound to be discussing echoes.

Anything Else?: I can be reached through plurk with:

joccatpaw or private messaged on this account.

Character: Lazarus "L" Lawliet
Pre-Incarnation: L Lawliet from Death Note
Location(s): Locke City!
A blurb about them: Lazarus Lawliet was born in Locke City and raised by his uncle. He was a homeschooled chess prodigy who started college obscenely early, and then burned out extremely spectacularly. He's spent time in a mental hospital, was rejected from the police force when he left and tried to put his Criminal Justice degree to some use, and fell into a dark place following that where he attempted suicide and developed a few bad habits. When he started getting Pulses, he was living out the last months on his lease in a cheap apartment on a bad side of town, attempting to write a derivative and cheesy detective novel for the 17th time.

Since then, he's come into his own considerably. He moonlights as a private eye and started a business, purchasing a coffee shop and prioritizing hiring Numbered, regardless of how their echoes have affected their appearance. Recently, he purchased an ancient, bank-owned boarding school that he's been working to fix up, and this building currently houses the teleporter that connects the locations within echo boundaries, so it sees a lot of foot traffic. He's made the rooms available to those who need a place to crash or even a long-term roof over their heads, and though he has a reputation for being eccentric and odd, he has a close-knit group of loyal friends who can vouch for the fact that he puts the welfare of his Numbered brethren first.

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: Hit me up! If your character was staff or a patient in a psychiatric hospital (Locke City's own White Pines)between 2007 and 2009, they might have CR with Lazarus. If they're in their late teens or early twenties, they might remember him speaking to their school's chess club if they lived in or around Locke City at the time. If they played chess competitively, they might have gone up against him, and if they went through a wild or lost phase, they probably brushed elbows with him at a rager of a party between 2010 and 2012.

Open/Wanted CR: I'm open to anything. I like positive and negative CR; my character is endearing at times and abrasive at others, so things could go a lot of ways!

Hooks: Lazarus is interested in hiring people who are not necessarily well-suited to combat situations. Weaklings, computer nerds, tech-savvy people with bird bones... all are welcome at the intelligence center he has rigged up in the finished basement of his boarding school, where he lives. If you're planning to use the teleporter, you can and likely will run into him on the way there. If you've ever been to the notorious Espresso Yourself, you've probably seen or even been served by him (since he works behind the counter when he needs to). On his good days he's very productive and can be found in a lot of locations around the city.

Plans/ongoing character plots: L's trying to build a base of operations to better remotely handle the groundbreaking gamewide events. He has a fond brother/mentor relationship with Tony Sparado, of whom he is very protective, along with Nathan Brook, with whom he shares a common canon. He has recently started getting closer to Cesar Sanchez-Ortiz, and this may or may not spell disaster for him in the long run, but he's very content with the way things are going currently. He's probably, overall, happier than he's ever been, with more of a sense of purpose and joy for life than he had when he joined this game. Shaking that up, one way or another, is always welcome, but because I'm interested in playing him in a sequel or at least a big musebox after endgame, I'd prefer not to kill him. Aside from that... pretty much anything goes, for existing or new CR. I'm up for dynamic and I don't mind if it gets brutal, hit me up.

Anything Else?: title or description

Edited 2015-02-04 02:47 (UTC)

Emi needs to do more stuff with him, yep.

Heck yeah, she really does! I should probably set up an open post for him, unless you think she'd approach him on her own? I'm totally up for either and can roll with it, since it makes sense at this point for him to be a convenient character to get ahold of.

Edited 2015-02-04 03:00 (UTC)

Open post works

Character: Misa Amane
Pre-Incarnation: Same, Death Note
Location(s): Locke City
A blurb about them: Misa just arrived in Locke City, and just arrived in the United States for that matter. She has plans of staying for a few weeks and finding out what she can while using up her savings/vacation time at the tabloid she works at back home. When she inevitably winds up too deep in this thing to be willing to leave, if she doesn't think ahead she's basically going to be broke and homeless. Also probably an illegal immigrant. BUT FOR NOW she's shacking up at a hotel and trying to unravel all the mysteries she can! She is an outgoing, curious girl in her 20s with a desire to become a great journalist that can affect change.

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: While Japan is a big place, if anyone else is from the Kyoto or Tokyo area it's possible they could have met. Otherwise, Misa would definitely enjoy having someone to talk to in her native tongue and bonding could happen over that! Other possible bonding topics: writing, journalism, dead parents, someone being willing to talk to her about wtf has been going on in this place.

Open/Wanted CR: ALL THE CR.

Hooks: Right now Misa's really trying to explore, so it would be logical for her to bump into someone just about anywhere!

Plans/ongoing character plots: Absolute zero.

Hit me up here or on plurk @ Pensulliwen.

Edited 2015-02-04 03:04 (UTC)

Character: Dr. Aaron Strider
Pre-Incarnation: Aragorn/Lord of the Rings
Location(s): Locke, LSR clinic, in the bad part of town
A blurb about them: Aaron's an ex-army doc, paying his way through medical school by agreeing to serve in the military for an equivalent number of years. After his time was up, he traveled around the Middle East, then came back and started the charity clinic you all know and...well, know. He's really sketchy-looking -- the kids at the high school call him Doctor Strungout and think he's got a meth lab in the clinic -- but he turns no one away from that clinic, and if you take the time to get to know him, he's a really standup guy.

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: Most of his family is spoken for. His mother, Gillian, earned the ire of her respectable family by marrying Thornton, who had escaped his incredibly shitty family by joining the army. Relatives of Gillian and Thornton, though, are up for grabs. He attended undergrad in Boston, and I'd be so, so okay with someone being an old college friend. Acquaintances from the army are also excellent. If all else fails, you might have wound up in his clinic at some point. Finally, it's completely possible he's sold you weed in the past. It's damn good weed, never anything unexpected in it.

Open/Wanted CR: Mostly, I want friends -- though I'd be down for negative CR with the right person, especially if you're a Certain Kind of Army Person. Aaron is a goddamn hippie, and if you're the kind of person with a GO ARMY bumper sticker, he'll be less than kindly disposed towards you. Also, if you want to work at the clinic, you're completely welcome to. He's actually paying his employees now and tries to hire people who are in some kind of need -- supporting or helping to support families, in debt or some other trouble, things like that.

Hooks: College friends, distant family, army acquaintances, weed buyers, patients, and ex-relationships are all things I'm down for. Also, I'd love to have numbered Sketchy Connections -- Aaron has been cutting deals with the organized crime in the area for years, making sure he can operate without being tied to one particular gang. If you're on the wrong side of the law, he just might know you. Bonus points if you can forge an identity -- he's going to need that soon.

Plans/ongoing character plots: The clinic is going to be temporarily shut down by the police very soon, thanks to accusations from arrested criminals that Aaron had made deals with them (true) that he dealt drugs (not true for over a year) and that he killed people for money in the back of the clinic (absolutely false). It may reopen again in the charge of the (currently NPC) other doctor there, but Aaron will be echoing back Aragorn's physical appearance and will use that to disappear. From there, I want to get him involved in the game's big events. I'd love for him to get talking with the movers and shakers among the Numbered -- the ones who react and go out when crises happen.

Anything Else?:

Edited 2015-02-04 03:05 (UTC)

L speaks fluent Japanese, failed to write the same horrible novel 17 times, and has dead parents! He's also very connected to Numbered goings-on and can offer her a place to stay rent-free. ~~Those Comcast fuckers finally got the internet sorted out~~

I'll probably put up an open post for him soon since he is massively due for one, but if you're planning this with Misa I'm good at finding reasons for him to be places. That or they can plan something in their current thread, I'm easy. :)

I'm due for one anyway, so I'll make sure one of these goes up in the next couple of days. Any preference for location, or a specific prompt you can think of that would suit Emi especially well?

No, I can go with whatever.

I wanted CR with Aaron the last time you were here, and I still plan to hit up his open post, which I will do immediately after I finish typing this comment. I love your concept for him and I would love to latch onto the excited-about-Strider bandwagon.

For starters, L knows a guy who goes by "Mack," who's a decently well-known drug kingpin in Locke City and was L's primary dealer back when he was heavily using (between 2010 and 2013.) He's not above pulling strings or cutting moral or legal corners for what he perceives to be the greater good. He is also excellent at forging identities, and has done it for other characters before, so he's got Aaron covered if that's an angle you'd be interested in exploring.

Eyyyyyyyyyy

If Misa gets past the other aspects of his personality she will totally crash at his property to save money (and then because no money).

I'll probably put up an open post for Misa next week, otherwise I'll tag into yours! Assuming they don't meet up in current thread, which they very well might.

OK, then, I'll think of something cool. Watch for it before Thursday. :D

You mother fucker return that cake.

Oh excellent. I was hoping I could get a PC to do it once this all starts going down. Is it plausible Aaron would know he could go to Lazarus for forged papers?

Word gets around! I think it's very likely that Aaron would have heard or be able to find out from someone that this is the case, since L makes no secret of it to trusted individuals and encourages people to approach him for help.

Uh, no. My cake.

>:C

Brat.

She clearly needs to get to see Emi flying or using her powers...

Need some criminals scared into silence? Emilia can do that.

Lazarus is much sweeter than L, so it's possible that they'll actually get along very well surprisingly quickly! As always, though, whatever happens will be epic and I've got total faith in our chemistry as players to make it incredibly entertaining regardless. XD

Mine's going up before Thursday, if all goes well, and I'm also totally game for them meeting in the current thread if it starts to go that way (which I'm thinking it could be, given the excitement of OMG MAYBE WE WERE FRIENDS IN OUR PAST LIFE!

...yeah, Lazarus. Sweet summer child.)

Character: Stefan Yunas Alesci
Pre-Incarnation: Stefan Salvatore
Location(s): Locke City
A blurb about them: Stefan was a pre-med college junior at Princeton (and heavily involved in interfaith organizations in Locke) until he figured out he was a Numbered. He's currently taking the semester off to figure out his next course of action - besides studying for the MCAT and lounging around the house since he never officially told his parents he was taking a leave of absence.

Pre-Network CR Opportunities: Stefan's family is mostly accounted for [his parents and his younger sister Olette live in Boston], but if anyone is interested in playing his older brother or extended family members, I would be keen on it! Beyond that, Stefan attended Locke City High so former classmates, ex-girlfriends, old family friends, etc. is all fair game! I don't think anyone has Muslim characters in-game, but Stefan would've definitely known of them if they were involved in the Muslim community at any point in time.

Open/Wanted CR: I want it all, but if I had to be more specific: I'm interested in developing mentor-pupil type relationships, whether Stefan is the mentor to a younger character OR Stefan is the pupil to an older character. In general, Stefan could always use more friends (especially while he's sociable, as future Echoes will make him more reserved).

Hooks: Stefan's at the masjid every Friday (and can often be spotted at various churches for interfaith meetings). Outside of that, he frequents the library and various coffee shops and can even be spotted doing mundane tasks - grocery shopping, anyone? Now that he has the semester off, he's looking into volunteering at various hospitals and/or research labs [he majors in Biology], so that might be another place to find him.

Plans/ongoing character plots: Stefan's taking a break from school! This, coupled with a few Echoes I plan on giving him, will make him rather irritable and guilty all at once - and hopefully this may culminate in him becoming a vampire again? I'm iffy on the details, but if your character knows how important Stefan's education is to him, this is definitely something we should talk about.

Anything Else?: Not at the moment!

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The All-Purpose CR/Plotting Meme

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Misa Amane | Death Note | Tabloid Journalist

Aaron Strider | Aragorn | Middle Earth: LOTR | Doctor

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