AU Planning Meme (December + January)

[bravenewmods]

AU PLANNING MEME (DECEMBER + JANUARY)

Given the nature of AU, below is a form that can be used for planning purposes when plotting out your character. While it is not required to fill out the form, we encourage you take a look at the listings in this post and use them as a guide when setting up plots or planning character backgrounds.

<span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 13px;"><b>Player Name:</b> (What name you go by in-game) <b>Contact Info:</b> (What is the best way to contact you for plotting purposes) <b>Character Name:</b> (The name of your character) <b>Canon Name:</b> (What canon they come from) <b>Brief History:</b> (A brief blurb about the character, does not have to be overly detailed. This is used to give a basic idea of who this character is) <b>AU Ideas:</b> (Here is where you talk about what plans you may have for your character's intended AU. Reading this, others should hopefully get an idea of what you intend to do with your character's back story pertaining to the game's setting.) <b>Looking For:</b> (This section is for hypothetical things you would like to see, be it events, people related to them, whatever; canon parallels, character proxies, all of that goes here.) <b>Anything else?:</b> (Anything that you feel has been overlooked or that should be noted goes here.)</span>

Comments

[vistapoint]

PRETEND THIS IS ON RAQUNA'S JOURNAL

Oh, I can definitely see these two brushing shoulders at some point! She'll be shocked to see him alive but also very pleasantly surprised (Hayato should expect shoulder punches from her though)

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Ryuko wasn't a street kid. I'm leaning toward growing up in an orphanage but they could easily have been old childhood friends before Rose was adopted. Maybe running into each other for the first time in so many years in the game?

[ideologic]

Hah. I'd love to see this, because he's the sort who goes for cheap shots and dirty tactics. That said? Ryuko can definitely beat him because GODDAMN WOMAN STEEL/DRAGON/FIGHTING?

That's a heck of a combo!

[ideologic]

There's plenty more icons where that came from!

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Haha! Yeah, I wanted a powerhouse combination because Ryuko. She dishes out the damage and she soaks it up at the same time, it's her thing. Though it might come with an Enhanced drawback or two to kinda nuke it, and I'm thinking she'll have a habit of bonding weaker Pokemon to look out for them so she can be outnumbered by somebody with a strong full team.

Either way, I'm always down for a fight going either way regardless of typing!

[ideologic]

We'll play it by ear.

Regardless, he might make food for her. The menu consists of a few more things besides mystery meat croquettes!

[sparrowfeathered]

Ooo, sure! That sounds good to me! Old friends reunite!

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Sounds fair to me.

And I guess free food is a pretty good result of a fight that ends with friendship. If he does, she'll probably consider herself owing him one so he'll get a favor to call in too.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

I like it! Ryuko'll be kinda surprised to see her old friend heading a mercenary/merchant group but, hey, gives her some incentive to catch up.

[sparrowfeathered]

Yeah! And Rose'll be a little surprised to find Ryuko out there, to say the least. But, that's a good thing!

New player?

[partyfog]

Player Name: Prof
Contact Info: ProfessorProf

Character Name: Suika Ibuki
Canon Name: Touhou Project
Brief History: Suika is an oni, one of the Four Devas of Mt. Ooe. More relevantly, she's a ridiculous party animal with super strength, whose primary engagement with society is to get as drunk as possible, attend wild parties, and accidentally break things. Actually pretty intelligent, but usually doesn't apply that intelligence to anything constructive. Hobbies include drinking, causing a ruckus, punching things, attending parties, and doing all of those things while drinking.

AU Ideas: I'm looking at Suika as a Fanalis, like Morgiana! The idea is that she'd show up, possibly looking like the start of some new mystery or subplot, but then instead she just hangs out with everyone getting shitfaced and trolling people, possibly occasionally helping out when there's a big fight. Tentative power list: Super strong, Can turn insubstantial (ghost type), doesn't age properly (age 70).

Looking For: Any of the following:
People who enjoy loud parties for her to hang out with.
People who enjoy friendly violence for her to punch.
Stuffy people who she can be irreverent around.
Big things for her to pick up and throw at other things.

Anything else?:
One pokemon is probably enough. I'm thinking a Slowpoke, or maybe a Snorlax. I haven't looked into how starters work really.

Re: New player?

[flying_chains]

Finally! Someone she can learn of her people's culture and legends from! I'm sure Suika will have many insightful wisdom and lessons for Morgiana, right?

...right?

[partyfog]

Prepare to be surprised.

[flying_chains]

The funny thing is she probably does. She just won't be sharing them dilue to being too drunk.

[platinumlucifer]

So I heard that onis Fanalis have the good stuff.

[partyfog]

This reminds me that I need to figure out what to AU for The Gourd. Either it's some kind of strange item that will require reading up on the setting in more detail to sort out, or she'll just stick to local booze sources.

[partyfog]

Enhanced Item. Converts water into booze when filled. This might work.

[ruleoftwo]

Player Name: Tex
Contact Info: texside @ Plurk

Character Name: Sheev Palpatine
Canon Name: Star Wars
Brief History: The secret Sith Lord who masqueraded as a Senator, to arrange a galactic civil war that overthrew the Republic. Then he formed an Empire, exterminated the Jedi, and got to do the best hammy villain lines ever. We're talking some Black Forest maple glaze quality villainy here.

AU Ideas: Palpatine is a humble Councilman of Union, who is concerned first and foremost with agricultural policy. He is typically grandfatherly, kind, and humble; of course, the truth is something else. His act as an Unenlightened, ordinary human is quite an act. In truth, he is a power hungry and vicious manipulator with rather terrible plans for the entire world. He also is the leader of a cult known as the Sith, which rejects the philosophy of the Savior, and instead believes that Enlightened should become the new gods of the world.

He also sometimes moonlights as Darth Sidious, a mysterious cloaked individual who explores ruins and the countryside. He is something of a mysterious, but extremely menacing, figure here.
Looking For: Lots! Palpatine is here to be a bad guy. He has an agenda and he is pushing it. He is looking for people that he can manipulate into doing his bidding; he is also looking for people that he can manipulate into joining the Dark Side him. If you're interested, hit me up. He is out as both Sidious and being a more genial, pleasant fellow as the Councilman.

He can also provide opposition and whatnot. Palpatine is interested in the past; this especially includes ruins, where he wants ancient technology and knowledge. If you're organizing a ruins exploration and want him to try to beat people to the punch, I'm happy to do that!

Lastly, as a simple Councilman, Palpatine has been serving in Union's Council for 43 years. He likely knows any given noble family; he definitely knows anyone else on the Council. Palpatine was typically humble and kind of to the side -- advocating agriculture, infrastructure expansion, and other issues is hardly controversial -- but there can certainly be past interactions.

Anything else?: Palpatine has an obfuscation ability; this keeps people from realizing that he is Enlightened when he pretends to be a simple, unenlightened Councilman. You can read the specifics here.

[rememberher]

Since he's a councilman, I imagine he knows Lux's father. Her family has been involved with the council for a number of years. What are your thoughts of them knowing each other, and how do you think he'd treat her? (She was really cute and precocious as a kid)

[faithfulflame]

Well, he probably knows Councilman Hino's daughter by reputation. She's a bit of a black sheep among the nobles because she chooses to stay out of the limelight and lives in Ninetale's Vale as a priest with a regular person job (Exorcist) but she's pretty popular because of her visible actions in defense of the people of Union. She's going to start becoming more active in politics with his disappearance during the battle (He's going to be found dead later on.)

Maybe it's time for a little cozying up to a wealthy, young heiress with a heroic reputation?

[ruleoftwo]

Oooh, yeah! That makes sense! Palpatine's politics were basically all about improving Union's infrastructure and vaguely populist (but not enough to be offensive to conservatives), if that'd affect how her family interacted with him.

I think he probably was nice to Lux (and, really, other politicians' kids), ostensibly because he doesn't have his own. He probably sent birthday gifts and stuff growing up, but typical gifts for a kid that weren't personalized or especially thoughtful. He definitely approved of her getting more involved in the world and getting married, I think, because he likes it when Enlightened take their destinies into their own hands (so they can join him under his rule and enslave the gods but he's mysteriously leaving that part out). So he might have given her and Ezreal an abruptly nice wedding gift?

Also, Palpatine likes Rhyhorn racing, so that might have come up if there was some noble get together.

[ruleoftwo]

This sounds good to me! He probably knows about Rei and will come check on her because heeeeeeeeeyyyyy an Enlightened playing by their own rules. And she'll be involved in politics, now. (This could be a problem.)

He probably was nice to her, if they met when she was younger, in the same way he's nice to most of his fellow politicians' kids.

[demenscantrix]

I'm perfectly happy and willing to work with you on something like this. Rei's got a heated temper and a few pushes here and there might make it interesting. I doubt she'd ever do anything to compromise her morality but a few questionable choices and a headstrong young woman? Probably an interesting thing.

And I imagine she liked him well enough, in so far as she likes any politician/man.

And ignore the account, I'm just appwriting.

[ruleoftwo]

No worries!

This sounds cool to me! I think his early plan as Palpatine will be encouraging more readiness for events like the Elite Four (and Gigas); he isn't going to advocate going on the offensive immediately, but he's going to suggest building their defenses up and being ready to strike back if someone insists on waging war on Union. Maybe we can do something with that?

[demenscantrix]

absolutely!