AU Planning Meme - April

[bravenewmods]

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.

<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.)

Comments

[strangestbluerose]

Player Name: Emmy
Contact Info: PM is easiest and quickest but I do have a plurk which is here or my AIM name is ItzAPirateThing.

Character Name: Garry
Canon Name: Ib
Brief History: Took over teaching at the university once his parents died and has been doing so for a few years; unconventional teacher, uses art in class, enjoys hanging up student works and his own, home tutors if necessary. Took in Mary and Ib when their parents disappeared. Is only just starting out where adventuring is concerned and hesitant to do so.

AU Ideas: I'm not too sure about full blown class logs or anything like that but private tutoring in made up things while he sort of transitions from being a teacher to being a trainer and that sort of thing.
Looking For: Lots of CR! Trying to get my feet wet and plant myself in the game. Student CR would be lovely. Fellow teacher CR would also be just as lovely. Passer-by CR (he frequents the museums often! also cafes, macaroons and tea are his favorite). Parental help\comfort\wise words CR. All the CR! Maybe more experienced trainers giving him pep talks and things like that when he becomes a bit of a wuss when confronted with the idea of leaving the safety of the wall.

Anything else?: That's it for now I think!

[actsmagnificent]

Player Name: Mari
Contact Info: ghoulfriend or PM this journal

Character Name: Haruka Tenoh
Canon Name: Sailor Moon
Brief History: Half-assing smartass who can be a real asshole sometimes but ends up the butt of her partner Michiru's jokes. Is also a bit anal regarding her Mission. I'm going to get my Uranus jokes somehow.

AU Ideas: Haruka is in the Divine Defense Force and just played the male lead in their play, which was a beautiful disaster because she had neither time nor inclination to memorize her lines. Things rapidly spun out of control from there, but she makes such a good male love interest the play was a success anyway. Afterwards she'll probably want to poke around and do more looking-for-signs-of-Legendaries things. Because Mission. Also, Rhyhorn racing at some point.
Looking For: Everything! She apped in with a large cast and is just getting to know a few of them so she's mostly stuck to castmate threads. I'd like to expand beyond that, so if you have any interest in setting something up just let me know!

Anything else?:

I think we're good.

[second_destiny]

Player Name: Chris
Contact Info: AIM (HurricaneChris04) or Plurk (HurricaneChris)

Character Name: Asemu Asuno
Canon Name: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
Brief History: The scion of the Asuno family, and a talented young trainer and ranger who is trying to follow in his father's footsteps. Once outdueled a wild Medicham on his own.

AU Ideas: I want two things for Asemu at this point. First, I want him to discover something. Hopefully the map expansion will give him an opportunity to do just that. Second, I'd like a rival for him -- such as a member of Team Evolution who enters Union undercover and befriends Asemu before his true colors are revealed.
Looking For: The rival mentioned up above! Fellow rangers! People to embarrass and/or confuse him! Shipping! Really, I'm up for just about anything.

Anything else?: Asemu always dresses in mostly white. Make of that what you will.

[globetrotting]

Player Name: Reena
Contact Info: message this journal or message me on plurk at timidnatured

Character Name: Blue
Canon Name: Pokémon
Brief History: Blue is a people (and pokémon!) loving girl who likes to explore and help out those that she meets. She has a fairly simple history, a Far From Ordinary who decided to become a trainer so she could be around pokémon and venture out into the world. yay fun.

AU Ideas: Not too many plans. She's helping to gather materials for the boat in plan to be built right now and will be training her pokémon and maybe bonding with a few more.
Looking For: More CR? I'm not picky. I'm up to her getting involved in more and maybe helping other characters to go exploring themselves.

Anything else?: Not what I can think of!

[bejustorbedead]

Player Name: Shini
Contact Info: AIM: Shinigamikitsune, Plurk: RShini

Character Name: Ky Kiske
Canon Name: Guilty Gear
Brief History: Last surviving member of the Kiske family, and cousin to the Crownguards, Ky is member of the Swords of the Savior

AU Ideas: Generally more CR - specifically a rival, or someone that will regularly get on his nerves.
Looking For: A rival mainly! Someone he's going to measure his skill against and trying to improve himself with

Anything else?: mmm... nah.

[realmenknitplushies]

Player Name: Sleepy
Contact Info: Plurk sleepyphoenix, PM, or AIM oneirologue.

Character Name: Kanji Tatsumi
Canon Name: Persona 4
Brief History: A scary almost-dropout punk with a huge heart of gold and fluff and an insane skill for making cute stuff.

AU Ideas: A teenaged Engineer whose mother runs an art gallery/craft store. He's trying to find a balance in his life between finding a way to be strong as he thinks he needs to be, finding a way to indulge his artsy talents and not get told 'so when are you going to do some REAL work', and just get by in life... usually by shouting at things. Can't all be winners.
Looking For: All the CR! But as for some specific ideas that might be fun...

* Fellow artsy types, for example who might have visited his family's gallery/store, or who'd want to talk about his projects? Feel free to have met his mother in the store, too, or his dad while he was alive. I'm considering putting their place on the list of businesses. (Probably there aren't going to be any characters who'd remember his parents from their Delver and Ranger days...)
* A mentor figure to get this troublemaker back on the straight and narrow? Someone to help him work out what he wants to really do? At the moment, he's flailing around.
* Other teen friends or co-troublemakers. I'm really looking to expand his circle of friends outside of his castmates.
* Anyone he can go training with?

Anything else?: Nothing for the moment? Though I apologize for some of the bad icons... I'm still working on getting him a consistent set for around here.

[strangestbluerose]

Garry might be good for the first two. He's a teacher who likes art and displays art he's made\others have made in his classrooms so he'd probably visit the gallery\store on a regular basis. And he'd probably be pretty encouraging about any sort of projects Kanji is working on.

[strangestbluerose]

Garry most likely needs a lot of help and pushing to go exploring if you're interested in that. He scares easily and has probably put off going outside the wall for quite some time haha

[realmenknitplushies]

Haha, brilliant! Basically, Kanji's a good artist, but he's worried that it's not going to mean a lot in the long run, so any encouragement or help would be brilliant. He can be a bit distrustful of authority figures, but knowing that Garry's not just there to tell him to put the sewing needles down and do his homework would be nice. He might be showing off something he's been working on later in the week, actually!

[strangestbluerose]

Garry will be full of encouragement. And a strange kind because he is a teacher haha but art is important too! So if that's what Kanji likes to do he'd totally try and help any way he could. Even if homework is late sometimes.

[wordsidk]

Player Name: meru
Contact Info: merururu

Character Name: Ib
Canon Name: IB
Brief History: Ib is a quiet little girl who comes from a wealthy family (not like nobility just the kind of wealth you get from a generation or two of luck and hard work). Unfortunately she lost her parents so now she and her adopted sister, Mary, live at Garry's place. He's their guardian.

Mostly for the past couple weeks she's been gently hassling people about art and wandering around in the woods.

AU Ideas: She's pretty smart for a 9-year old and a good learner with an eye for little details.
Looking For: Pretty much anything. She needs all the CR. Anyone who wants to take a little trainer under their wing or have friendly battles (most of her pokemon are around level 10) or just play games. Teach her things like art history or survival. She likes learning pretty much any subject, reading and vocab is her weakest though.

Any other kids she might have had arranged playdates with or met in some way. She was taught through tutors so school is pretty much out as a way of meeting friends.

Anything else?: If you want at her money, sorry, you'll have to wait like nine years. She doesn't have any access to it.

[portraitor]

Player Name: Taku
Contact Info: PM or on plurk at wailords

Character Name: Mary
Canon Name: Ib
Brief History: A cheerful young lady who was adopted into Ib's family under some odd circumstances. After Ib's parents disappeared, the two of them started living with Garry for now. Very friendly and loves Pokemon, though occasionally can be loud and has a penchant for trouble once in a while.

AU Ideas: At the moment, she's mostly been bonding with her new Pokemon friends, as well as snooping around for any details and clues regarding a very reclusive artist named Guertena that she wants to meet, potentially even planning to travel to any places that the man may have been to according to some of the paintings he did.
Looking For: ALL OF THE CR. Anyone who wants to befriend a young new trainer and play games with her and her Pokemon (they're all around level 10 at the moment) or have battles and teach her things about being a new trainer. CR with any other kids that she might have met in some way would be great too.

Also, she'll be very interested in talking to anyone who is familiar with art, especially if you may of heard of Guertena. If you would like for your character to be someone who has somehow heard of the guy or saw one of his paintings in Union, then feel free to comment here!

Anything else?: Not at the moment!

[globetrotting]

i would be up to having Blue help him get outside! Garry you should go out into the big wide world, if you don't then who shall watch Mary and Ib!

[strangestbluerose]

But it's scary!
He'll appreciate it in the long run even if he does drag his feet a little.

[wordsidk]

Garry, do Ib and Mary have to drag you out into the woods?

[strangestbluerose]

It's not safe out there!
Also yes.

[wordsidk]

I was thinking since they both have a more diverse team maybe they could have a mock battle some time soonish.

[portraitor]

Oh that would be fun! I'd love to see how both of their Pokemon would do in a battle, even in a mock one against one another. When would be the best time for us to thread it out?

[wordsidk]

I can get started in a couple hours or tomorrow. If you want to start on it that early. ICly and OOCly I don't have anything going on that it might interfere with.

[portraitor]

Oh, I'm ready to start whenever you are! I don't think I have anything ICly that would interfere with it (I do work early in the mornings on weekdays, but I'm home around 2ish usually?) So whatever time is convenient for you is good with me.

[celebrity_commentator]

You know, Rise has a Rhyhorn bonded. She's not normally a racing type, but she's also easy to goad.

[celebrity_commentator]

Rise's definitely willing to help out a little kid, especially if she gets in trouble or needs any advice for making her Pokémon pretty.

She's not really much for teaching things other than acting, singing, or getting people/Pokémon to do stuff though.

[wordsidk]

Hey I got a chance to set it up now, just wanted to ask you about the rules or terms of the battle.

like,
They're allowed 3 pokemon
it's one-on-one
match goes until forfeit, no knockouts

idk just random things off the top of my head

[wordsidk]

Ib has been pretty good about not getting into trouble so far. We'll see if her luck holds out. But she can use some advice is prettifying these beauties.

[gunned_and_winged]

I'l still working on his app, but Kanone here would totally take a promising little trainer under his wing. She can play games with him (and his growing army of cat mons). Can also teach survival skills, but is more likely to hang around innocently and dispose of anyone who'd try to harm her tbh.

He's pretty much a kid at heart if you ignore the slight yan tendencies. And he bakes cakes!