New Character OOC Intros

[avalonmods]

Hello everyone! As per the poll results, from here on out we will be posting an OOC intro at the start of our processing apps, with multiple reminders on plurk to check it out. In addition, as per suggestions commented to the pool, we will be linking this in Acceptance Messages and on the most recent Test Drive Meme.

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OOC Intros


Welcome, new players and old players with new characters! This is the OOC Introduction post, made specially as a gathering place to meet and greet and get to know each other and our characters! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. You may do it any way you like or, if you're a fan of structure, please feel free to use this handy dandy copy-paste:

<b>Player Name:</b> Whatever you want us to call you. <b>Contact:</b> Plurk, Discord, whatever it is you use. Don't forget to mention if it's OK for people to add you! <b>Pronouns:</b> Whatever they are, please include them so everyone can be respectful of who you are. <b>Tell us about yourself:</b> Hobbies, favorite times to tag, pets, quirks, favorite times/styles to tag, anything you'd like us to know. <b>Character Name & Journal:</b> Character name and journal here! <b>Tell us about them:</b> Give us a quick little introduction of your character, no more than a paragraph, to let us know a little about them. This will give people an idea of maybe how they can plot with their character and yours depending on potential interactions, but it also gives you a chance to gush about them to everyone. (We know you want to!) <b>Initial Ideas:</b> We know you're just getting started off here so you may not have any solid goals for where you want to go yet, but let us know if there's anything you're looking for to start off with! Types of CR, parts of the setting you want to play with, magic you want to have your character have a disaster with, whatever floats your boat. <b>Favorite Food:</b> This section is going to change for each OOC intro, we just want to put something fun each time. :) This time, put your character's favorite food! <b>Anything else:</b> Permissions, opt-outs, shitposting, etc.

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+1 Flame Champion

[ofsilverflame]

Player Name: Samu
Contact: Samu#6300 on Discord, personal plurk at samuraimarmoset
Pronouns: He/Him
Tell us about yourself: I'm an autistic, married, mid-30s Canadian, with three fatass cats who slings coffee and donuts for a living. I mostly tag later in the evening as I work most days, currently afternoons and early evenings (my shifts end anywhere from 6PM to 8PM EST, with my weekends off) but I'm currently still near the start of a week long mental health break so I have the week ahead and next weekend with no obligations on my time. I also like videogames, superhero media, historical non-fiction (especially Norse/Viking history), and generally prefer a prose style in RPing. I tried the brackets style but it's not for me, but feel free not to match if you don't wish to, I'm easy like Sundee morn. You may have also noticed I don't go in for brevity much, ah-ha.

Character Name & Journal: Chris Lightfellow at ofsilverflame
Tell us about them: Chris is the newly-appointed Captain of the Zexen Knights and even more recently the second Flame Champion who just led a resurgent Fire Bringer army consisting of her own countrymen, the Grassland clans, mercenaries, and other assorted destined types into repelling an invasion from the local theocracy and also preventing a splinter group from blowing up a huge chunk of the continent. She's just coming from the post-game and is still grappling with a lot of things like her newfound immortality as a True Rune bearer and how best to continue to try bridging the gap between Zexen and the Grasslands, so all this is really something she doesn't need right now. Her familiar in Avalon is a Holly Elf, which is a fairy in a holly-themed dress. This is the best image I got.
Initial Ideas: I'm happy with keeping all of my TDM threads canon to give her a leg up on CR, and she's definitely going to be keeping an eye on Yuber, who was a member of that splinter group I mentioned above and is also here. She's also going to apply herself rather studiously to her magic studies (and won't be as bad at it in the game proper as she was struggling in some of her TDM threads) because Chris is actually quite bad at magic in-game, especially if you don't give her the True Water Rune which she's somewhat okay with. She'll also probably be pursuing a knighthood and trying to advance herself that way. Maybe a noble title later on, but for now I think she'll focus on what she knows and prefers.
Favorite Food: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I think despite her noble upbringing at heart she's sort of a meat and potatoes soul, but as long as it's hot and filling she'll be a happy camper. She works in the military, she's trained to eat whatever you put in front of her because you never know when your next meal is coming during a campaign.
Anything else: I don't have a permissions post set up, but if you're unsure feel free to slide me a PM, though in fights I don't mind her getting dinged up at all as long as it's not too serious (ask me about that first!). I love shitposts and partake of them frequently, so give me all you got and I shall do the same!

Re: +1 Flame Champion

[notquitetamed]

I'm happy to keep our TDM canon as well, though we probably should figure out what happens if our two do end up sparring. Enjoyed tagging with Chris so far and am excited to see a Suikoden cast crop up since I so love the canon! Definitely would love more CR with her.

[ofsilverflame]

Absolutely! Chris appreciates his help with the flowers, and is a bit wary of Hawk, but would follow through on her promise. She'd give him a decent fight, and wouldn't be adverse to sharing a drink afterwards if we wanted to go down that route. :D

Me too! I had already resolved to app Chris this round and I was fully expecting to be an LCW about it. I am pleasantly surprised to have been wrong. I hope we see more of them! :D

[notquitetamed]

A decent fight will be welcome and his second favorite activity is sharing a drink with someone. Hawk will remind her way too much of Yuber though because he also uses two swords and is really fast. His style's a bit different though. He's just a bit more tamed and capable of living among humans. If she can deal with the fact that he tends to be brutally honest, he'll like her. His main requirement for people who are okay to be around is that they aren't scared of him.

[eightfoldfiend]

I'm probably starting fresh with CR but I am so happy to see Chris here. She was a lot of fun on the TDM.

Would you prefer Yuber here remember her as True Fire or True Water?

[ofsilverflame]

Sure! Once Chris knows he's here she'll be keeping an eye on him, since she knows he'll close the power gap quickly. So that's gonna be fun for both of them. :D

As to your other question, I think True Fire is probably the easiest option, yeah? Game canon, what's that.

[eightfoldfiend]

Chris the Burninator it is!

[concierto]

Hello Samu! Welcome! I loved Suikoden so much back in the day so I am so pleased and happy to see that you app'd in with Chris! She's amazing and one of my fav characters from Suikoden! I hope you have so much fun here!!

[ofsilverflame]

Thank you! Glad to be here. Suikoden's an old favourite of mine, and for a game about Arthurian knights, a knight-type seemed like the best choice to app. I'm looking forward to it. :D

[cameprepared]

Oh wow, Suikoden III was my absolute favorite game in that franchise and I love Chris a lot. I used to play Thomas once upon a time, myself.

My name's Ax, and I've got Claire Redfield here from the Resident Evil 2 remake. And also Tsuyu Asui from My Hero Academia. I feel like she and Claire would probably get along.

[ofsilverflame]

Hello, Ax! I'd be happy with either Claire or Tsuyu to be thrown at Chris so I leave that to your judgment. My knowledge of RE only goes back to a few hours of Jill's campaign from the very first game way back in the day, so I don't know a great deal about Claire yet, but I look forward to finding out. ^_^

[cameprepared]

That's totally fair. Claire's one of the protags of 2, along with Leon.

For cliff's notes, she's nice? mostly. Bit of a wild-child, extremely helpful, with strong protective instincts, and a survivor's attitude. Spent a night in zombie hell, walked out of it covered in the blood of everything that got between her and the kid she decided to protect. She's been aiming for knighthood, too, which feels like common ground, too?

[standvastig]

Oh wow, there's a name I haven't heard in ages.

Welcome to the game, Samu! I'm Athena, playing Hendrik from Dragon Quest XI. We played in a LJ Suikoden game ages ago, so this feels like a really small world moment.

Looking forward to seeing Chris around. Should be fun to see how she handles the idea of knighthood in a totally different world.

[ofsilverflame]

Oh wow, hi Athena! Yes, I remember you too! Oh wow, someone else from Shukusei, there's something I wasn't expecting to happen. XD

Well, not answering to a bunch of merchants is already putting Avalon ahead, but we'll see where it goes. I'd enjoy her bumping into Hendrik as well. I know absolutely nothing about Dragon Quest but I've never let a lack of knowledge about anything stop me.

Great to see you again!

[standvastig]

Shukusei still remains my favorite nostalgic experience from the early LJRP era, so it's great to see you around!

Hendrik's a dutiful and kind soul who is ... not terribly observant. He's also a knight and general, though he doesn't have any of his armor in Avalon at the moment. I'm sure they'll get along just fine!

[thirdwisestar]

Looks like Yuber got to asking you the big "which rune timeline do you prefer" question first. I can roll with Chris as Flame Champion if you're most comfortable with that. o/

That said, hello! I'm the surprise Caesar out of left field and I'm excited to see other Suikodens around! I kind of just went with a TDM option that was assuming "they've already run into each other". Do we want to keep with already knowing the other is here or still have a first run-in thread somewhere?

[ofsilverflame]

Hello! You were a most welcome surprise, I was really thrilled to see you were apping too. :D

If you'd be so kind, I think that'd be easiest, yeah. And hello! I was so glad to see a Caesar pop up. An actual bumping into each other thread would be fun to thread out, especially since her CR with Yuber is being reset too. So why not do that for these two as well?

I was a Caesar player myself once upon a time in the bad old days of LJ. This minor Suikoden renaissance we're having is so very cool. :D

[thirdwisestar]

Taking the CR from the top is good with me!

And no problem. I figure Caesar would treat all FCs about the same, though he may be ruder about her low magic skills than he might be with the others lol. That's just how he be, right?

[leitstern]

Welcome to the game! I'm Lisa and I've got Jasper from Dragon Quest XI here. He's not as chaotic as Yuber is but he's got a lot of similarities. Snappy dresser? Yes. Brilliant hair? Yes. A demon knight? Yes.

I played Suikoden 1, 2, 4 and Tierkreis to death but never touched 3 because ahahaha that EU release date, right? I tried 5 recently but apparently my PS2 controller is broke.

[ofsilverflame]

oh well that's a recipe for success this is going to be a disaster. So many well-dressed dual-wielding prettyboys here, what has Chris wandered into.

That's a shame! Both about the release date and your controller, HOWEVER, if you have a PS3 available, I'm pretty sure the first three games at least are on the PSN. I replayed Suikoden III myself a few years ago that way!

[leitstern]

Sadly not! But it's fine cause I've spoiled myself on the wiki for years.

I've always liked Chris and her armour design is on point. It should be good seeing what comes of having her here!

[theleadingman]

It's so awesome to see so many Suikodens showing up! I have always loved Chris.

[ofsilverflame]

I am legitimately gobsmacked! I fully believed I was going to be LCW-ing until I saw Yuber, and then a Caesar to boot...at this rate I'll be tempted to throw up a Suikoden cast notice on the next EMP and see if we have any more bites. Apparently there's demand!

Also if you would like to throw Balthier at her, by all means be my guest. She's already dealt with one charming rogue type after all. XD

Yess

[wherethewindtakesme]

Hell yes, I enjoy this influx of Suikoden! Welcome!

[ofsilverflame]

Me too! Thank you. :D