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ximilia mods ([personal profile] ximilian) wrote in [community profile] ximiliugh2023-08-04 08:32 am
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MISSION [ gold sails, red skies ] + plotting post

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OVERVIEW

The continent of Hhial, divided into three separate countries, has seen a rapid evolution of technology during the industrial revolution, and steam power has made aerial travel possible — a fact that has then given rise to a number of crews calling themselves “sky pirates”, divorcing themselves from the rule of any of the nations and following their own paths. Many of them have taken to the skies to chase after a mythical sky island, Dracness, where riches are said to await those who can find it.

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OBJECTIVE

The team’s objective is to find the orb. Viveca has traced the orb to somewhere around the Hhial region, but its exact location is something the team has to find out on their own.

In order to have the best chance of finding information, the team will infiltrate three different sky pirate crews. Viveca and Degar will make it so that it is possible, and the crews are divided as follows:

On The Blue Dawn: A2, Alina Starkov, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Clarke Griffin, Daisy Johnson, Gamora, Hibiki Fujiwara, Laurel Lance, Lúthien Tinúviel, Marta Cabrera, Natasha Romanoff, Rey, Sabriel, Yelena Belova, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Yuri Egin, Ziggy Berman, Zoya Nazyalensky

On The Hawking: Dante, Finn Mertens, FitzChivalry Farseer, Iris Black, Kazuma Asogi, Lan Sizhui, Malyen Oretsev, Minimus Ambus, Newton Geizler, Nico Robin, Noah, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Phoenix Wright, River Song, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Sean Diaz, Shuntaro Chishiya, Stephen Strange, Thistle, Tianyou Zhao, Wei Wuxian, Yujin Mikotoba

On The Silent Plunder: Anakin Skywalker, Andromache, Alucard, Cal Kestis, Felix, Guillermo de la Cruz, Itachi Uchiha, Jake the Dog, Joric, Kylo Ren, Leonard McCoy, Lillium White, Nie Huaisang, Nikolai Lantsov, Peter Quill, Poison Ivy, Prince Arctic, Takeshi Kovacs, The Darkling, Tony Stark, Vash the Stampede, Yzak Jule

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LOCATIONS

The country of freedom and innovation, of artists and creators and writers and inventors — Kellir touts itself as a celebrator and patron to the arts and sciences and their advanced technologies boast as much. The city is made up of beautiful and detailed architecture, and the most fashionable individuals walk the manicured streets of Kellir’s downtown core.

Towards the northernmost point of Hhial, shielded by a range of snowy mountains with access to mines, lumber, and fresh water, lies Muchter, which takes pride in their technology to harvest raw materials, exporting them as supplies and goods for the other two countries and establishing a very strong economy as a result. Flourishing in jobs and currency, Muchter is arguably the most affluent country in all of Hhial.

Just a little west of Hhial is Zefindam, which boasts a more indulgent lifestyle. Filled with some of the best places for truly transcendental food and alcohols, gambling parlours, and substance dens, the people here truly live their lives as though it is their last. The cities never sleep, and much of their economy is generated through their casinos and love hotels, of which there are many.

With its lush, hilly landscapes and a single dormant volcano, the Golden Haven is an island past Hhial surrounded by crystal-blue waters and white sand beaches, and does not answer to any of Hhial’s known governments. It is instead governed by its own set of rules, something a little more akin to a ‘code’, and any sea or sky farer is welcome — so long as they respect that code. Reachable only by ship, there are transitory residences and commercial venues for trade, and the only real permanent establishment is a pub at the core of the island that has existed ever since the Golden Haven was made a pirate’s place of refuge.

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PERSONS OF INTEREST
JILLEH "THE OCEAN QUEEN" RAHTAR
The captain of The Blue Dawn, a ship that has an all-female crew. Jilleh is well-known for recruiting women who are on the run or otherwise want to leave their circumstances behind, and the crew has gained a reputation for ruthlessly taking down many fellow pirates. No one, except for Jilleh’s first mate Lai, knows how she became a pirate, but everyone knows she is the queen of the skies — Dracness, too, if she can find it.

THE HISTORIANS: BESS AND BOWIN
The twins who are co-captains of The Hawking. Instead of chasing riches, they are focused on historical artefacts, books and documents — their crew is on the more peaceful side, but they will not hesitate to defend themselves, or resort to tricks when trying to find a particular item on their list. Bess and Bowin have long searched for the lost history of the continent, and believe the answers they seek will be found on Dracness.

EDIL "GREYBEARD" HAMM
The captain of The Silent Plunder, Greybeard is both charming and cold, jovial and cruel — those in his crew are absolutely loyal to him, and he in turn to them. Together, they are known as the Scourge of the Sky, attacking not just other pirates but also ships belonging to the governments or merchants, taking what they need from those who already have too much. Greybeard is determined to find Dracness, and has promised to share the riches with his crew once he does.

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OOC NOTES

This mission will span the months of August and September.

The team’s main objective is to find the orb and retrieve it. To do that, they will have to learn where the orb is located and who might be in possession of it.

Characters will be sent out as three separate groups, each being taken on as crew of the pirate ship that they have been sent to.

Though magic does exist in the continent, those not in humanoid form will have to take a potion that will either make them look humanoid, or alter their features in a way that will make them seem like one of the more alien-looking races on Hhial (some even look like animal faces but on humanoid-shaped bodies). Which one it is is up for the player to decide.

For any questions about any of this, feel free to ask HERE.

As always characters are encouraged to share their findings and information through the network, and a mod-provided voting post will be posted later on in the month to prepare for the conclusion.

The personal goals have been assigned, and can be found HERE. If you have any questions about your goal, please ask us HERE! In the same comment, there are instructions for what to do if you are unhappy with the task your character has received.

Please use this post to plot for the mission and make your own plotting comments. You can use the form below as a guideline:

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[personal profile] evicerated 2023-08-04 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
For the humanization: if I put Arctic in scaly alien mode, is it ok for him to keep his wings à la the Sargorn in Jupiter Ascending? Or should he be ironically grounded for this sky pirate mission?

(I'm fine with either, just want to know what my options are heh)

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[personal profile] softshoes 2023-08-04 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi mods! Requesting a new goal please ❤️

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yennefer of vengerberg | the witcher (netflix)

[personal profile] choicely 2023-08-04 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Carly
Character: Yennefer of Vengerberg
Personal task: Get information using seductive means. This made me LOL because Yen probably has not had to play the role of the honey-pot in quite a while, but on the other hand... maybe it's worth trying to see if she can cozy up to the captain (or her first mate?) to get some more insight on Dracness and where they're headed/what sort of wealth they're looking for.

Crew: Blue Dawn! GIRL CREW GIRL CREW — definitely hit me up for some crew threads, for sure; Yennefer will partly be keeping an eye on Ciri but I'm also here for downtime interactions as well as potential investigation routes.
General plans for the mission: Well, apart from potentially using a more seductive route to garner information, I'm open to just about anything and everything here. It's been a while since Yennefer has had to do anything resembling manual labor, so she might try to find other ways to be useful to the crew (maybe making herself available as a healer on the ship) or position herself as part of the group during any docking time that they happen to stop in certain locations.

ETC: Feel free to hit me up on either [plurk.com profile] favoritings, Discord @ the same username, or DW PM for plotting!
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[personal profile] doooooog 2023-08-04 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to continue this nice little established CR beat of these two not hanging out for a long stretch and then sitting down and talking for like five hours. This time: pirate edition (and i guess jake-is-human edition). He's gonna need her to submit the dirty deets on her seduction efforts for him to provide running commentary over, thank u

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[personal profile] laviny 2023-08-04 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Jess
Character: Yelena Belova
Personal task: Dress three teammates in outfits outside their comfort zone

Natasha and Daisy are definitely being subjected to this, so there's room for one more. And honestly she’d be willing to do this with more than 3 people, it seems like a good time. Come to her. She will dress you in bright colors.
Crew: The Blue Dawn. Lady crew!!
General plans for the mission: I am notoriously bad at plans until the log goes up, but she will be inclined to have fun with this. Being a pirate sounds awesome. And so does giving people make overs.
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[personal profile] durante 2023-08-05 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I know our two are on different crews, but I still want to volunteer Dante to get made over anyway - perhaps in meeting at the Golden Hand or something like it. They need outside help or they're going to be conservative forever. It's tragic.

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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-08-04 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Jess
Character: Shuntaro Chishiya
Personal task: Follow a teammate’s every command for 24 hours.

Idk, does anyone want to try to herd a cat? He will be inclined towards malicious complaince if he actually attempts to do this.
Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission: once again, I am bad at this until the log goes up. But, I think he’ll be most drawn to Kellir for the arts and sciences and possibly Zefindam for game playing.
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joric | original character

[personal profile] drawsblood 2023-08-04 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Contessa
Character: Joric
Personal task: Speak your every thought for 24 hours. Probably not bothering because it would be impossible for me to remember to thread this out correctly.
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission: He will love flying through the sky for sure but he'll also spend a ton of time at every port they make to properly question people or search suspicious locations! I'll know more once the log is live but expect him to be checking out seedy areas.
ETC: I've been wanting him to get in a fight/hurt defending crew for awhile now so if there's an opportunity to facilitate that while questioning dangerous individuals/in a sky battle/etc. I want to take it. Fuck him up!

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[personal profile] morethan084 2023-08-05 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Daisy must see Joric in his pirate get up. That’s it. That’s the plan.

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jake | adventure time

[personal profile] doooooog 2023-08-04 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Em
Character: Jake the Dog Human (he is back, baby - like he never left!)
Personal task: Obey a teammate's every command for 24 hours.

Jake cares absolutely zero about completing his personal goals. Living with your regrets is kind of his personal philosophy... which begs the question, WHY ARE YOU HERE? I'm thinking this might be a good opportunity to dig into that question, maybe over the process of generally discussing goals generally? He has an answer, but not one he's ever talked about aloud. Food for thought!

Crew: The Silent Plunder, SCOURGE OF THE SKYS BABYYYY
General plans for the mission:
turns the pirates of the caribbean soundtrack to max. who else is freaking excited for this mission. Gonna split this up into categories and randomly bold a few sentences to try and make it easier to read:
GENERAL VIBE: Jake was a very prolific thief in his younger days. He headed up a gang of his own and knows how to throw his weight around and get his hands dirty. Expect immediate crew-loyalty setting in a la Color War at camp. Y'all drool, Edil Hamm rules. Also, expect a lot of really immature jokes on their ship's name. The Silent Thunder is right there mods, you shouldn't give him this kind of low hanging fruit to bite).

PIRATE MORALITY? Hanging out with a bunch of ne'er-do-wells is right up his alley and he will definitely getting a little too into it, both in a comedic sense and a less funny sense. Jake is the kind of person who has to choose to be good every day and defy their more natural inclinations towards hedonistic desire (counteracting that is why he got into Buddhism). Giving into that in a roleplaying-for-the-mission context might start to blur the moral line in ways that go beyond pure roleplaying, and I am HERE for consequences of that. Be they corruption of others, being called out, or just meaty talks on the subject.

APPEARANCE: Jake will be human again for this mission, which I'm interested in exploring further! He only had to be human for a little under a week in Ankata, and was very compelled by the novelty. Two months as a human is going to start feeling weird fast. I would love to play with the growing malaise of human anatomical limitations + discovery of human anatomical improvements (i.e. your noses suck hard, but the colors y'all can see is pretty amazing, along with weightier observations).

BACKSTORY: I would love to link up on backstories with someone and build a fun narrative for our characters to roleplay together. If left to his own devices, Jake will probably just use his own actual criminal background with some setting-specific tweaks. Substitute 'stealing bikes/mugging sweet old ladies/robbing banks/running cons' with 'smuggler/pickpocket/plunderer/fraudster'.

MISSION STRATS: In true Treasure Island/Planet fashion, Jake is going to attempt to get hired to the Plunder's crew as the ship's cook. If that position is taken, he'll settle for any other crew position provided it does not require he do any work he finds boring (lol). If his desired job isn't available, he'll probably spend most of his time cozying up to the crew with a charm offensive.

FUN FACT: Sailing and navigation is actually a hobby of Jake's! This dog carries a pocket sextant with him at all times in canon and can do navigational math in his head to plot courses, etc. We're subbing sea for sky, but it could come in handy!
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mal oretsev ‣ grishaverse

[personal profile] tochnyy 2023-08-04 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Grimm
Character: Mal Oretsev
Personal task: Be brutally honest to three different teammates.

More than happy to do this with more than three people!
Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission: Mal's about to be in his element on this one. He's been on the seas a privateer for months (He learned that means being a legal pirate!) and the ship he's on can both sail and fly. So he's going to be trying to work closely with the crew as he can and get information that way.

Other than that, I'd love to do a backstory with him and anyone around. I think I'll have him be from Muchter originally but that's up for change for a good fake family moment.

ETC: Feel free to PM or reach out at [plurk.com profile] spinaltap for plotting!

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[personal profile] ravkas 2023-08-05 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
pls be brutally honest with nikolai </3 i think i'll have nikolai also from muchter since it seems to suit him best, and i'm planning to top-level with at least one prompt at the golden haven, so they could meet there for reasons if you want to tag him during the event :)
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sean diaz | life is strange 2

[personal profile] wolfbrother 2023-08-04 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Em
Character: Sean Diaz
Personal task: Hurt a teammate's feelings. - Sean is ride or die for completing his goals, his regret is super important to him, sooooo get ready to be read 'cuz the library is now open.

I'm choosing to interpret this as he needs to successfully hurt someone's feelings, not just say something shitty to someone. I'd love to have him fail with several people before succeeding with one!

Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission:
Build CR! Please partake of this organized list:
GENERAL VIBE: This will definitely be the first mission where a sense of wonder really takes hold for Sean about where he is and how incredible it is to see. I'd love to have a moment like that of just, wow this is really happening. He's a normal-ass kid from normal world with a brother who loves pirates, and this whole thing would just make his day. I feel like Sean would be obsessively trying to soak it all up in some urge to be able to tell his little bro about it someday. He misses him a LOT, okay.

APPEARANCE: Sean has an eyepatch so like, that's gotta come up. Please feel free to have your character make the joke to him. It'll be like playing roulette where instead of money you get a teenager exploding on you disproportionately.

BACKSTORY: Sean's mind will be so blank on this. Someone with better improvisational skills, please assist him.

MISSION STRATS: Much like on Ankata, Sean will feel more focused on his personal goal than on the mission. I'm looking to dig into why he feels disengaged from the orb collection side of things and add some texture to his journey here.

FUN FACT: Sean made up a pirate-themed game called Ship, Captain, Crew to pass the time for his little brother while they were homeless. It is a real game that is genuinely pretty fun, please let him teach it to you.
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[personal profile] dispassioned 2023-08-04 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Go ahead and try to hurt Chishiya's feelings

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Ryunosuke Naruhodo | The Great Ace Attorney

[personal profile] locumstudentesquire 2023-08-04 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Possum
Character: Ryunosuke Naruhodo
Personal task: Confess to a teammate a quality you most admire about yourself. Ryunosuke never does his personal goals but there's a chance he could complete this one by accident? Then again, maybe not. He's too humble for his own good sometimes.
Crew: The Hawking!

General plans for the mission: Probably won't be making any SUPER specific plans until the log goes up but I will note for the record that Ryunosuke is fucking terrified of heights and he's going to be VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS SITUATION. Which works out because honestly he got so much to do investigation wise in the last event, this is a good excuse for him to take a backseat for a bit and let me focus on establishing my new character. Still absolutely up for threading dumb shenanigans and interpersonal drama though :3b

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Help Him

durante: <user name=sheltered>, dnt (value.)

[personal profile] durante 2023-08-05 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
aw buddy...Dante will at least check in on him when they're in the sky to make sure he's still alive.

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Leonard McCoy

[personal profile] homeostatic 2023-08-04 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Personal task: Write three sentimental letters to significant people in your life but do not send them. Get ready cuz he's gonna be a sad sentimental bastard without the additional motivation.
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission:

Ideally he'd plan a fake background, as being from Kellir would make perfect sense, but his BFF boyfriend Jim also just departed and he's not feeling super creatively inclined at the moment. He is also not great with heights, with anything flying that isn't to Starfleet-level engineering standards, and he gets air sick. 🫠 He's planning to self-medicate so he's still of some use on the medical end of things, but if anyone wants the cr equivalent of coaxing a stressed out yowling cat down from a tree, let's do it.

Also? Let's drag him into a fight, forreal.

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Prince Arctic | Wings of Fire

[personal profile] evicerated 2023-08-04 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Possum
Character: Prince Arctic
Personal task: Confess to a teammate an unachieved dream of yours. I have to think a little bit about what his unachieved dream actually is, because he's sort of a 'no hope remaining' kind of shithead. It does just say an unachieved dream so he will probably avoid jumping to any of the big soul-bearing subjects, because he doesn't trust anyone yet!!! Maybe he'll talk about wanting to go back to the Ice Kingdom? That's still a touchy subject for him, but it's better than talking about anything related to the powers that he's trying to keep secret.
Regardless, if you've got someone nosy and kind enough to be a potential recipient of some Tragic Dragon Backstory, hit me up!
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission: This is Arctic's first mission, so he's going to be doing a lot of adjusting. Like, a LOT of adjusting, considering he has to get transformed into a humanoid to fit in, which is going to both freak him out and make him extra grumpy! I'm going for more of a Space Furry vibe than strictly human, so he'll still have scales and claws at least. And MAYBE wings? We'll see. If he DOES have wings, that will probably be useful for people who might need flight related assistance on certain investigative endeavors! If he DOESN'T... He's going to be EXTREMELY grumpy, which will be hilarious.
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This fandom doesn't have any funny memes for me to link 8'(
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[personal profile] rootlessly 2023-08-06 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
vash isn't quite nosy but he does have a way of getting under your skin if you interact w him enough ... he def has vibes of someone you COULD tell about a personal thing and who would take said thing to their grave if you asked them to at least

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Phoenix Wright // Ace Attorney

[personal profile] servesyouwright 2023-08-04 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Tossino
Character: Phoenix Wright
Personal task: Phoenix's task is Loudly express an emotion and create a scene, which probably won't be too difficult but he's so used to keeping his emotions under pretty tight control nowadays. For the most part, anyway. But he'll definitely try to do this one.
Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission: This crew is definitely his vibe and he'll happily go into the whole nerding about history thing. Definitely more tentative about the pirating bit and he wants nothing to do with any battles please and thank you. But also hey maybe this is the time for him to learn some actual fighting.
ETC: Channeling his 20-year-old self for this personal goal.
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Finn Mertens | Adventure Time

[personal profile] heroooic 2023-08-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Sam
Character: Finn Mertens
Personal task: Tell only lies for 24 hours.

This is going to take Finn many attempts over the course of the entire mission due to mistakes & forgetfulness. I'll likely pepper his attempts into all my threads to some degree, usually in the form of him messing up.

While I'll be playing this mostly for laughs, I think it could be differently funny/genuinely interesting if this Goal Mini-Arc culminates in him finally making it to the last hour after weeks of effort, only for one of his close CR or close-CR-by-proxy to approach and start up an earnest conversation of some kind with him.

Crew: The Hawkins
General plans for the mission: Stealing this format from Em...
GENERAL AMBIANCE: I would like to use this mission as an opportunity to recenter the arc I started for Finn several months ago and dig into some richer storytelling. A few recurring Finn Themes weighing on him include:
- Equating self-value with usefulness!!
- How morality works when you move beyond the good/evil binary
- Straining under the weight of your own repression
- The lifelong dream (and recently, ongoing nightmare) of trying to fit in with other humans for the first time in his life. Peers (let alone peer PRESSURE) are very new to Finn. Navigating the urge to just be himself vs. sand off his harder edges to be accepted by some standard he's largely made up.
-Lots of weird jealousies of an unexamined nature
- Being seventeen and emotionally trapped between the comfort/safety of Wanting To Be Baby and the freedom/independence of Wanting To Be A Grown Up Man

Now I don't think this is the mission to explore ALL of these things, but drop me a reply if any of them ping you as something you'd be interested in exploring together, and I'll brainstorm an idea that works specifically for our characters!

Finn will also be doing plenty of his usual mad lad bullshit, stuntin' in the crows nest, getting his pirate cosplay on, general swashbuckling etc. But I'm excited to get some meat with my dessert!

BACKSTORY: Like Aldyhion, Finn will probably get REALLY into coming up with an backstory for himself in a way that may or may not reveal some personal wish fulfillment for anyone looking closely. I'm down to coordinate backstories too if anyone would like, even if we're on different ships!

MISSION STRATS: Finn will be vibing in a big way with the twins captaining The Hawking; in ways that are embarrassing and make him miss his girlfriend a lot for reasons unclear. He's also just generally going to be excited about the adventuring and experiencing the pirate lifestyle he Has Read So Much About…which is basically just above ground dungeon crawling, he’s pretty sure.
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[personal profile] drawsblood 2023-08-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Equating self-value with usefulness is Joric's whole damn thing. He thinks if he can't be of use than he's worthless so yeah, I would be very into two guys just trying to figure out how to be without it needing to have a positive result for others.

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[personal profile] ravkas 2023-08-04 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: eden
Character: nikolai lantsov (grishaverse)
Personal task: nikolai's task is to abandon a teammate in a time of need, which tbh i'm not sure he's even physically capable of doing but i'm open to it! he would have to be under duress or like. literally locked in a cage (which i'm fine with — nikolai turned into his demon form and did crimes last mission so maybe you want him in a cage anyway)
Crew: the silent plunder. nikolai is the captain of his own ship so being a crew member will be funny.
General plans for the mission: nikolai is going to be happier and more helpful on the seas. i would love to do something with a character who is afraid of water/heights or gets seasick (motion sick??? air sick???) easily and is having a rough time on the ship. he will save you if you fall overboard or he will sneak into the captain's quarters with you in search of Quality Liquor. since greybeard is down for attacking all ships indiscriminately, patching up injury threads post attack would also be so good!

for people not on the silent plunder, pls meet him at the golden haven for shenanigans.

nikolai also has built his own flying ships so he’s going to be an insufferable know it all.

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[personal profile] rootlessly 2023-08-05 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
sneaking into captain's quarters for the Good Booze sounds very fun, i am here for it

this is the kind of piracy he can get behind ok

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[personal profile] deaddrop 2023-08-05 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Saro
Character: Natasha Romanoff
Personal task: Commit an act of violence towards someone who doesn't deserve it. If anyone is interested in getting in on this, we can do something, otherwise NPC?
Crew: Blue Dawn
General plans for the mission: Nothing too specific. I'll probably come up with more once we get the log, but I'm excited for lady pirate crew, so if anyone wants to play out some of that, let's do it!
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[personal profile] rootlessly 2023-08-05 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
i can offer a boy to be violence'd if u like!

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[personal profile] greenpower 2023-08-05 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Saro
Character: Poison Ivy
Personal task: Confess to a teammate an unachieved dream of yours. This will be a supervillain dream. Full stop. She might try to dress it up a little somehow, but honest to god, this is going to be something like replaced every billionaire in Gotham with a plant clone and used their fortunes to advance environmental causes. Look, I'm not sure EXACTLY what it it'll be, but it'll be something like that.
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission: Ivy is excited to do some crimes. She's good at them. Maybe they can steal some shiny shit!
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alucard | netflix's castlevania

[personal profile] ananym 2023-08-05 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Timmy
Character: Alucard
Personal task: Betray the trust of a teammate. who wants to get their feelings hurt!!
Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission:
PIRACY: Alucard is pretty lukewarm on piracy, so he's looking for arguments or encouragement on why to pursue it. He's here for taking down potentially corrupt governments or greedy people who have too much, but not hurting people who don't deserve it. Maybe getting some ire from the captain because of it? Or murder yay or nay??
GOLDENHAVEN: Alucard is hitting the pub, someone join him for drinks and sleuthing out rumors.
KELLIR: While Alucard is no slouch with tech, he is very far in the past. So he'll take the opportunity to learn more. A guide or just someone clueless would be welcome.
OTA: open to any other ideas/stuff

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[personal profile] rootlessly 2023-08-05 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
i would love for these two to get heat from the captain for not pirating enough

and perhaps some stuff about Murder Opinions??

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[personal profile] durante 2023-08-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Mira
Character: Dante
Personal task: Create an awkward situation for a teammate and do not help them out of it. Yeah, they're gonna need help on this one....
Crew: The Hawking!

General plans for the mission:
  • They're going to be doing their utmost to figure out what they can do in terms of skyfaring, but there's definitely going to be outright awe and admiration for being a sky pirate. New tech is fun!
  • Absolutely down to coordinate backstories with someone - they're going to pretend they're from Kellir, and that they're merely an eccentric in an advanced mask. Someone to back this up would be greatly appreciated and they'd owe them a favor.
  • I'd like a situation to come up where they can demonstrate that they're not actually a good person and have really no qualms about using violence through other people. Whether this is a standard fight or something greater, I'm sure there'll be opportunities for it!
  • Trying to get into the twins' good graces to be allowed to pore over at least some of the documents and books they have - the more research they can start and the sooner, the better for it.
  • Hopefully being able to coordinate with other orbers at the Golden Hand and trade stories about what's going down!
  • My personal wish is for someone to convince Dante to get in cooler pirate fashion. It's the one thing I need out of this mission over everything else.
  • Beyond what's stated, I'm eager to get back on the horse after July left me a little wobbly, so I'm willing and able to throw Dante anywhere someone needs or wants them to be.

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[personal profile] rootlessly 2023-08-05 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
hello! i didn't get around to doing too much in the last mission but i would still love to get cr with dante!

i was thinking it might be fun to explore the whole violence issue, since vash very much Has Qualms about it 8|a

tho also if dante wants backup on his cover story when he's out and about apart from his crew, vash would be perfectly willing to lie for him lol

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[personal profile] rootlessly 2023-08-05 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Batty
Character: Vash the Stampede
Personal task: "Write three sentimental letters to significant people in your life but do not send them." Vash is definitely going to do this! It'll be letters to Rem, Nai, and Wolfwood. He doesn't really need help specifically, but if anyone's interested in stumbling across one of the letters we could thread about it? Rem is his late adoptive mother figure, Nai is his estranged twin brother, and Wolfwood is a self-described "undertaker" who Vash had been traveling with for a few months, with whom he sure has had Some Arguments.

Crew: The Silent Plunder
General plans for the mission: This will be an interesting mission for Vash, since he was already a man with a bounty on his head in canon, so he's used to not being persona grata with the law! H o w e v e r he issss aggressively a pacifist.

- He's going to get himself an entire Reputation for being a Weird pirate who refuses to ever shoot first or shake people down for their valuables in general. He might even steal back people's things for them if they seem to be in need / unable to stand up to the bigger and more dangerous crews.

- I am open to him having tension with crewmates or getting in trouble with the captain because of this attitude.

- His cover story will be that he is just a Simple Mechanic with a Dream, nobody particularly skilled or interesting. He basically got on the crew because he was persistent and hardworking, pretty much.

- I am very interested in the idea of exploring the more uncomfortable and occasionally self-destructive aspects of his pacifism/altruism, such as being willing offer a hand even to those who have been actively willing to harm him. If anyone wants to work out some double-crossing/betrayal/etc for a personal goal or such and then have some deeply awkward aftermath, hmu!

- PIRATE FIGHTS. Vash is an exceptionally skilled gunslinger, which is something that he does not advertise and only comes up in situations where he is forced to fight instead of flee. He is available for protecting your character, or alternatively protecting others from your character, since he's desperately unwilling to accept ppl getting killed if he can prevent it in any way.

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Daisy Johnson | MCU

[personal profile] morethan084 2023-08-05 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Andrea
Character: Daisy Johnson
Personal task: Speak only the truth for 24 hours. I mean, an attempt will at least be made. Anyone want to play this out?
Crew: The Blue Dawn

General plans for the mission: Besides having fun with the ladies on board The Blue Dawn?! Just a lot of exploring, I think Daisy might find this mission rather calming in some ways? While also missing certain people who aren’t on the ship with her. I prefer to keep it vague until we see the log, but I’m here for just about anything! :)

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Minimus Ambus

[personal profile] legalcy 2023-08-05 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Nara
Character: Minimus Ambus
Personal task: Allow yourself to be vulnerable in front of a teammate.
I'll go hard mode for this and make Minimus open up emotionally. Someone poke at him and get him to talk about himself outside of work.
Crew: The Hawking
General plans for the mission: Minimus is going to hang out with the captains and offer to help with managing the boat - he's not too eager to be involved directly in crime, but he likes reading.
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[personal profile] romancekiller 2023-08-06 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: K
Character: Clarke Griffin
Personal task: Confess your guiltiest pleasure to a teammate.

This is kind of tough for Clarke to really define because most of anything she enjoys or finds herself indulging aka anything fun!! is something that she considers a guilty pleasure because it wasn't something she could really afford to do back home. She knows that it's different here but you know, some habits are hard to break, etc. so there's probably a lot to unpack there if anyone wants to listen to her confession on this and help her with her goal? Let me know and we can plot something out!!

Crew: The Blue Dawn aka Lady crew!!
General plans for the mission: Pirates are definitely new thing for Clarke so this will be another learning experience for her. I don't have too many plans yet and I will have a better idea of what she'll be up to once the log goes up but general plans are that she is gonna lean into her medical background and get a place on the crew as a medic and to do lots of exploring. If anyone wants to collab on backstories or team up for potential search requests, let me know!
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Thistle | OC

[personal profile] tnr 2023-08-07 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Name: Harry
Character: Thistle
Personal task: Accept help from someone you do not trust. He doesn't trust many people yet so this should be pretty straightforward!
Crew: The Hawking

General plans for the mission: This will be Thistle's first time being shaped like a human and he's going to be annoyed about it. No fur! Terrible hearing! He can see colours he couldn't before and they're fucked up! I thought about making him some kind of catboy or furry but it's funnier if he just has to deal with the whole package.

This is also his first mission, and as someone whose world was very small (not literally, but in his capacity to experience it), being presented with this whole new world full of even more people and things and experiences and customs and stories will be overwhelming for him... Mostly in a positive way, but fellow members of the Hawking might need to step on his foot to stop him from asking questions that make it too obvious he's really not from here. They might also need to remind him they're looking for the orb, not learning about the world they're visiting. NEEDLESS TO SAY the Hawking is a great fit for him lol. The idea of historical documents and artifacts will be mind blowing for him. Why didn't cats think of that

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[personal profile] deadanimemom 2023-08-07 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Hydok
Character: Yuri Egin
Personal task: Do not come to someone's aid when they need it. that's the worst task, she hates it, she'll be looking for opportunities to be unhelpful for a very mild situation like idk saying no to tying a bow on someone's pirate outfit.

Crew: Team Girl Power / The Blue Dawn

General plans for the mission: Yuri just got here so it's time to make friends and be nosy about pirates. She's going to be focused on meeting new people and figuring out team strengths for the purposes of mission success.

ETC: hit me up on plurk at [plurk.com profile] hydok or on discord at hydok

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