AU Planning Meme (December + January)

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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

New Player Approaches! Command?

[soulofmagus]

Hello, I am Farli, and I've been meaning to app here at Brave New World for some time. I'd actually intended to send one in for this character last year, but due to RL and time restraints, thaaaat got rather indefinitely delayed. Until now.


Player Name: Farli
Contact Info: Plurk at farlichu; AIM at "Summonerskies".

Character Name: Sophia Nate
Canon Name: Super Robot Wars
Brief History: Scientist in distress who just wants to take an extended nap in a huge underground secret bunker and wake up in a peaceful future. But sudden but inevitable betrayals by (former) colleagues who just can't say no to POWER, alien invasions, and villains from alternate universes keep interrupting such good intentions. Fortunately, there are heroes around to save the day (including Swords That Smite Evil) - though she's still left to clean up the mess by herself afterwards. Sigh.

AU Ideas:
Since elements of Gigas make a good parallel for the Divine Crusaders, the faction Sophia was nominally a member of in the Super Robot Wars series, I've opted for Sophia being a servitor in their service, and has been for most of her life.

Born in Sanctuary during the Gigas occupation, Sophia was conscripted at 6 years old from one of the older mage families who'd fallen on hard times due to the conflict. Given a new surname (Nate), she was taken far away to raised in service, and has been involved in the development and maintanence of defensive technology for as long as she can remember. Working under one of the more prominant leaders of one of Gigas' political factions, due to her quality of work she gained something of a high position in spite of being a "tool" of her adoptive nation.

However, when ownership of her servitor group changed hands, she began to uncover evidence that parts of her work were being used for weapons development. Due to this, she was betrayed by one of her more conniving colleagues in order to take both her position and credit for her creations, as she would not permit projects where said work might be used to cause harm. Believed to have been killed in a workplace 'accident', some time later she would be revived many many miles away -- at the Forest Shrine near Union.

She'll have no memory of who she used to be or where she was from, but still possesses a natural talent with technology. Said memories will begin to return over time, depending on levels gained and player-plots, as well as encounters out in the world.

Looking For: Science! CREATING THINGS. New Friends to help with memory recovery! People who do not mind helping an adult woman work to start a new life when she has few to no memories of her past one, as well as teach her how to control her Enlightened abilities. May look into becoming a Seeker, since they're actively researching The Past. Alternatively, people who may distrust her, especially as memories slowly come to light - is she really an amnesiac or actually a spy/mole from Gigas?

Anything else?:

Sophia is a grass/steel type, who will have awakened as an Enlightened: a Child of Unbound Knowledge with Engineering secondary skill. Given Sanctuary's dislike for technology and Gigas' love of it, this seemed a fitting combo. :D

Sophia is accompanied by a overprotective Honedge called Ymir, though she has no idea where she met him (and is unaware that he shared the name of a failed Enhanced project that was attempted at the facilities she served at.)

Turned into a borg queen in the future veryvery bad end timeline of Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, complete with a very scary giant robot. This may or may not provide inspiration for several of her future powers - in spite of her being very much a pacifist by nature.

[smitesevil]

:o :o :o

[soulofmagus]

Fancy meeting you here! :P

[faithfulflame]

I can at least provide a few small things. IF she joins the Seekers, Yukiko is a member and more than happy to help her learn the ropes there, and help with Enlightened abilities.

Yuuna, one of my OCs, actually runs a martial arts dojo that has special programs for Enlightned as well. She's helped quite a few people get on their feet or back on their feet, and would be more than happy to help. She could even by the Ranger that helped haul her back to Union from the shrine if you want.

[soulofmagus]

All the help will be very welcome. She'll likely need a couple of weeks to get to grips with life in Union, and after that... We'll see, though Seeker is currently the most likely track.

I am also absolutely open to PC players replacing the NPC rangers for an escort back from the shrine! :)

[rainsrespite]

Then if that's what you'd like, I can definitely oblige that. :)

like two days late with Starbucks??

[copperpiercing]

Yeeeeessss. :D Good!

Vin and Sophia could meet, especially if she became a Seeker? Vin is probably joining them. She was a street rat from Sanctuary who found out she had superpowers was a non-Child of Unbound Knowledge Enlightened and later left for Union.

Also, her dad is a Gigan who was involved in the occupation. He could have known Sophia prior to not!Feff doing his thing?

hope you brought enough for everyone!!

[soulofmagus]

I'd absolutely be down for that, very different generations from the same city (not that Sophia remembers any of that!)

Ohh, that could definitely be interesting. Would he have been involved in the servitor conscriptions at all?

oh shit uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh brb

[copperpiercing]

This sounds good! There can be fun discoveries as she gets her memories back.

And he definitely could have been! He is a pretty minor character in canon and a blank slate at BNW; about the only note is he's high-ranking and didn't know Vin existed.

/taps foooot

[soulofmagus]

Absolutely. I'm kind of looking forward to some skewed perspectives due to difference in how they were (or weren't) being raised, too.

I think we could definitely work with that, I'd imagine different projects would have meant different officers would have toured facilities at varying times over the years. (It's been forever since I read the Mistborn books, I'll have to see if I still have them or if I gave them to the library at work.)

[smitesevil]

I look forward to them being cute and/or awkward together.

[soulofmagus]

Which will be highly entertaining for anyone who knows Sanger, I'm sure! :)

(Now we just have to find you an Elzam/Ratsel, to complete the bingo card)

[smitesevil]

Excellen will probably want to play matchmaker, oh god

And yes, real men need to ride each other

[soulofmagus]

Gods help us all. (But not Excellen. Please.)

[copperpiercing]

Yessss. Many of those! Vin was poor as dirt and kinda shaped by that. Not a lot of trust for the upper crust or Gigas! But, well. Ex-Gigas.

And yeah! They're good stuff. Vin's canon dad wasn't much to speak of so I'm pretty free to innovate. I figure he definitely might have toured facilities and stuff, and also maybe checked on how servitors were doing? "Fine examples for the people back home!" and such.

[vistapoint]

Player Name: Amber
Contact Info: twistingkage

Character Name: Geo Stelar
Canon Name: MegaMan Star Force
Brief History: Sad shut-in boy with a father that went missing IN SPACE meets a weird alien. Shenanigans, heroics, and learning about The Power of Friendship ensue.

AU Ideas: His AU is gonna mostly mirror canon with a missing father and Geo becoming a shut-in for some time after that! He's Union-native so while he's kind of vaguely aware of the things that have been going on, he's... not really been inclined to actually care and doesn't really know any details or anything.
Looking For: People to punch holes through Geo's shell and forcefully pull him out, people who will show him that there is indeed life outside his house and he's only gonna see it if he leaves... CR of that nature mostly, but anyone who will put up with him trying to push people away and friendship at him despite that will also be welcomed!!

Anything else?: He's going to be a Psychic/Fighting type Enlightened, probably an Engineer! He'll be accompanied by an Espurr that may or may not have been the family pet.

also JFC WHY CAN'T I QUIT THIS AU, I KEEP COMING BACK-- okay no I kid I love you guys

[lunchleader]

Here! Have this Normal/Fairy-type Kindred Soul come pull him out and go camping because FRIENDSHIP and ADVENTURE and SAVING THE WORLD shenanigans.

Just...don't mind him eating too much. Or being a little childish sometimes. Or having entire conversations with Pokemon.

[vistapoint]

but noooo he doesn't wannaaaa but he'll probably get dragged into it anyway because that's just his luck (and his Pokemon would probably encourage this, especially his Espurr)

... I mean I can't promise Geo'll be fun to take camping, but he'll at least go along with it

[ideologic]

Player Name: Stark
Contact Info: Plurk @ starkxravingxmad

Character Name: Kon Shinonome
Canon Name: Amatsuki
Brief History: Hacker from Modern Japan somehow ends up long term in a virtual simulation of Edo-era Japan. He can see and interact with the youkai of the virtual world, and makes a bunch of strange friends while he pulls strings both within and outside of the simulation. Due to a variety of circumstances surrounding the youkai, he can't use his right arm while he's in the simulated world. Incidentally, that's also the same hand he uses to interface with the computer system...

He also can and will chew the scenery-- literally. It's a thing. Expect him to be doing everything from smoking to sucking on lollipops to hanging onto that plastic spoon he used to eat his ice cream.

AU Ideas: The general idea for the AU so far is that Kon is going to be a Normal/Ghost type Engineer, and that he's travelling to Union from Citadel after being stranded among the tribes there for some time while he recovered from injuries he recieved when he was separated from the party he was travelling with. Incidentally, he awakened to his Enlightened abilities at that time. He likes to cook, likes history, and is pretty darn handy and adaptable.

He's coming to Union to get some help with managing his Ghost typing, since he never expected to awaken to any powers-- and he certainly never expected to be a Ghost-type!

Looking For: People who knew him in Citadel, people to help him manage his 'Ghost problem', people he can pick fights with, people that he can harrass until next tuesday about anything and everything that seems relevant at the time.

Anything else?:


I hope you didn't want to keep that cup for anything.

[sparrowfeathered]

Player Name: Tex
Contact Info: texside @ Plurk

Character Name: Rose
Canon Name: Tales of Zestiria
Brief History: Rose is the leader of a group called the Sparrowfeathers and the Scattered Bones. By day, she's the leader of the merchant group called the Sparrowfeathers; by night, she's the leader of an assassin's guild called the Scattered Bones. Somehow, she joins an RPG party!

AU Ideas: Rose is the leader of a small band of merchants called the Spearowfeathers (heh heh). They're made up of former Steel Battalion members. Conveniently, they're also a group of mercenaries specializing in information gathering, reconnaissance, and the occasional bit of assassination. They mostly work for Caldera, still. Recently, Rose decided to move them to operate out of Union.
Looking For: All of the friends!

More seriously: people who knew Rose back when the Spearowfeathers/Scattered Bones operated as a legit Steel Battalion unit would be fun. So would people who have bought stuff from the Spearowfeathers!

And also friends. c:

Anything else?:

[sparrowfeathered]

Being lazy and commenting with this journal despite suggesting Mami ideas:

I am 100% down with Mami having met him before, being a Valkyrie from Citadel. She could have rescued him if you want, but we definitely don't have to go that route!

I'm not sure if Rose met him before, buuuut she's scared of Ghost-types. So that could be a thing?

[ideologic]

Considering I'm figuring he'd end up as a Normal/Ghost Enlightened, he's not going to have too terribly many ghostly traits that'll trigger your Rose. But, he does have a wild personality that might make him rather rough company to be around.

Regarding Mami-- I love that idea. He hangs around a tough lady in canon who helped him get oriented into his new state of affairs, and he'd definitely be interested in how the Valkyries are like.

He's also fairly physical, so arguments that turn into impromptu sparring might be hilarious.

[sparrowfeathered]

This sounds good! We can throw the excitable and sassy person at the wild person and see what occurs! Impromptu sparring is definitely possible.

And sure! Mami could definitely have rescued him and probably checks in on him sometimes because, well, nosy and helping out. She'd be curious about his inventions, too.

[ideologic]

Actual fighting? Bring it! He's more than down for that!

--And, honestly? He's more likely to be bribed into cooking for people than showing off any inventions. It's practical stuff that he pulls on on an as-needed basis, not stuff he just makes up.

That said? He's probably one of the best self-trained cooks that Mami would ever meet-- and cooking for a pretty girl is pretty fun!

[sparrowfeathered]

Oh ho! Cool. Sounds good!

And yesss, Mami loves cooking. She'll be quite impressed!