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raiamods ([personal profile] raiamods) wrote in [community profile] raiamemes2021-05-19 09:00 pm
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MAY MINGLE & CR MEME


MAY MINGLE & CR MEME ❀
OOC intro/mingle posts in Ethyraia serve a dual function as CR memes for current players. The hope is that this will encourage current players to scan through and greet our new players. Take this opportunity to get to know your fellow players, plan hatching log threads, check-in regarding the keeping of TDM threads (which can be made game canon), find plot hooks, and plan for future CR.

(In the future, we will have a thread at the top of the post for new players to link their comments, to help boost visibility — please keep an eye out for this in the future! Obviously, this round, everyone is new.)

Note: If we find that combining these functions isn't working, we'll reevaluate this set-up. Please don't hesitate to share your feedback.

REMINDERS:
The HATCHING LOG goes up on 05/21. Because pretty much everyone was on the TDM, we're going to expand this one considerably to extend beyond what was present there. Expect additional prompts!
☆ The first month's activity check will just be a check-in. Remember to visit the ACTIVITY PAGE to get yourself all set up.
☆ Player plots and questions should come through our PLOT ENGAGEMENT page, and the more PCs you have on board, the more we can give you.
☆ You can ask general setting questions on our FAQ page.
Our FIRST EVENT will be 06/10.
☆ Our next applications round opens on July 1st, at which point we'll start monthly cycles. We were just too excited this time.




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Kabe

[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-20 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Player;
PLAYER NAME: Kabe
PRONOUNS: She/Her
CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] kabriel (feel free to add!) or kabriel#7332 on Discord
Character;
CHARACTER NAME: Alex Price
CANON: InCryptid novels by Seanan McGuire
JOURNAL: [personal profile] cryptoherpetology
INFO: Alex is a zoologist from an urban fantasy setting where cryptids, magic users, ghosts and all sorts of mythological creatures live in secret. He's human (as far as he knows...) but was born into a blood feud with the secret "monster hunting" organization his ancestors defected from. He had a very strange childhood filled with ghost aunts and talking mice but a happy family life. I've got his full app over here if you want to read a longer, more detailed bio I wrote for him.

SKILLS:

-An uncanny tendency to be in the right place at the right time.
-Animal Handling.
-Firearms.
-Wilderness survival.
-Biology.
-Teaching.
-Melee/bladed fighting.

AREAS OF INTEREST: Exploration, nerding out about the local ecosystem, dealing with the shock of being sucked into another world when he was about to be married with a kid on the way, icly trying to avoid dealing with those feelings by helping other people with theirs
PLANS/GOALS: Develop as much CR I can and see where it goes.
CR PREFERENCES: I don't see romantic stuff happening just yet given where in canon I'm taking him from, but open to discussing it if things develop on a longer term.
His family's prone to adopting strays so if you want a nerdy older (or younger) brother figure, he's really good material for that.
He has literally no male friends that have shown up in canon that aren't related to him so it'd be nice for him to make a few of those.
MISC HOOKS: He has a pet church griffin- imagine a cross between a Maine Coon cat and a raven. His name is crow and he's smarter than any cat or bird he might resemble. He's more outgoing than Alex is and can be used as an icebreaker by approaching people for food or scritches.

NOTES: Like Alex, I was in the right place at the right time to see the TDM ad and do not really know anyone here. I look forward to changing that!
Edited 2021-05-20 02:22 (UTC)
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[personal profile] neversmall 2021-05-20 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hey Kabe! I'm Shira, playing Nina here -- I'm *vaguely* familiar with the InCryptids and I'm excited to see Alex in the game! Poor guy, about to be married with a kid on the way and winding up a world away, smh. He'd have a perspective on the world that would be *fascinating* to Nina, considering her background, and I hope to throw her at him at some point!
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, I can imagine him having some Opinions after hearing about her world- as well as being fascinated by the study of grisha abilities being their own fields of science instead of "magic."
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[personal profile] neversmall 2021-05-20 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Cool! Let's throw them at each other and see what happens XD
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-20 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds great!
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[personal profile] unclesam 2021-05-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I super want to keep their CR going, maybe we could time skip past the tdm rat warren encounter and play a little based on the aftermath?
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-20 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
I'm open to that! Sam would be one of the better people for helping Alex through the "pregnant fiancée back home" feelings I think.
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[personal profile] unclesam 2021-05-20 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Poor Alex :< yeah Sam liked Alex in their planning interaction, so he's definitely gonna be interested in getting to know him better and help him cope.
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[personal profile] northerndragon 2021-05-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Sword pals! Sword pals!

Honestly, Jon will basically Big Bro pretty much any decent person who’s receptive, so this could be a thing that works.
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-20 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Jon might end up finding Alex's skills a bit lacking compared to his, but Alex will be excited to have someone capable of kicking his ass to spar against. It's easier to tell when you're improving that way, and he's an over-achieving nerd faced with potentially limited ammunition.
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[personal profile] wittingly 2021-05-21 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I get the vibe these two might hit it off. He's an engineer that eventually went into teaching it, also trying to avoid feeling feelings by getting balls deep in projects and helping other people. Science bros could be rad!
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-21 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I am very down for this! Science bros compartmentalizing together.
nonscriptum: she just tells them where they're going (no she doesn't ask people out)

[personal profile] nonscriptum 2021-05-21 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Exploration!!! That's Nate's immediate priority, and it's always nice to have a buddy. Nate has...a little experience wrt being sucked into another world so he can at least pat you on the back in consolation, bud
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Re: Kabe

[personal profile] mylawn 2021-05-21 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't get a chance to touch Alex on the TDM but he seems DELIGHTFUL. Very excited to see him enjoy alien cryptids
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-21 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Always happy to have Alex team up, talk marksmanship or just keep his birdcat from pestering Jack because Crow expects the glowy eye visor to have a laserdot.
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[personal profile] cleaningsolutions 2021-05-21 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Threading with Alex was really fun! It was great to get to have Mops be out of her depth with science terms and confused and curious about human families. How nice of him not to condescend lol!
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Re: Kabe

[personal profile] pawper 2021-05-21 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
he nerds out over the ecosystem, lys tries to eat the ecosystem

i'm sure they can find some common ground
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[personal profile] cryptoherpetology 2021-05-21 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wolf ate my field samples."