ayzrules

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@Stern Algorithm awesome! and Alys is Shy's character that she's working on, who is going to be a prof at the Polytechnique Institute :)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

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OK, I will address your points in an itemized list:

1. Magic: I initially PM'd the character idea to @ayzrules, and this is what we ultimately arrived at. However, the possibility exists that I misread something. Ayz, please confirm.

2. Age: I will mention that 8 is his actual age since inception and that his physical/apparent age is around 12-13. Since being created, he went through about three years or so of rapid learning as well as red tape with his father, at which point he was about as mature as a 14 year-old should be and was enrolled in the Polytechnique Institute for the next four years of his life, making him a fairly recent graduate. I'll make it so he hasn't yet officially joined a guild, though he has plans to follow in his father's footsteps.

3. Magnetic Gift: So I'm a bit of a scientist IRL, and the answer to this question depends on how science-y or magic-y the world is. If we're willing to 'handwave' away hard science, then it would just be all metals. If we wanted to be a bit more scientific about it, then iron, nickel, cobalt (and some rare-earth metals) are 'magnetic', with other metals being 'paramagnetic'. Magnetic metals are attracted to a magnetic field, allowing them to be pulled, even if the metal object is not in motion relative to the magnet. Paramagnetic metals only form magnetic fields when in motion relative to a nearby metal, and results in repulsion, allowing them to be pushed. What this means essentially is that Arsenio can attract magnetic metal objects, and push paramagnetic metal objects, but only if said paramagnetic metal objects are in motion near or around him. I could say that his limbs and accessories are built with a unique combination of magnetic and paramagnetic metals allowing him the ability to finely control and levitate them, but for all other objects, its just pull (for magnetics) and push/deflect (for paramagnetics in motion).

4. Cute as a Doll: Initially, I was thinking that his face and hands were covered in a synthetic, rubbery texture so that his face joints and finger joints were not readily visible, but that the rest of his joints on his body would have to be covered up with clothes. Anyone who touched him and felt the coldness, hardness, or presence of ball joints would know immediately. But it does make the ability to seduce extremely difficult, because seduction requires drawing attention to oneself, and realistically speaking, that level of scrutiny would probably give him away. No matter how 'thirsty' someone is for a young piece of ass enamored someone might be with Arsenio, realization that he's a doll should ring a million alarm bells. Sentient dolls just aren't common enough for one to walk up to you, accept your advances, and be willing to have a steamy rendezvous without there being something seriously wrong with the situation. Unless there really are people stupid enough that they would let the needs of their nethers override their logical reasoning and survival instinct. Maybe this is a bit of meta-balancing. Some might argue that its OP to have a character to have attended both schools, so as it turns out, the few classes that Arsenio took an interest in at Madame Geraldine's are realistically unapplicable due to his nature. It might make more sense for his infiltration tactics to involve going by unnoticed, so dressed as an urchin or a serving boy/girl so no one pays him any attention. I don't know if this answers your question or not, but TL;DR I'm flexible and am willing to give up one of his skills for the sake of believability.

5. Machine weakness: I think that being controlled by those who can control machinery is an inherent weakness that I'm willing to RP with. On the other hand, one could argue that Arsenio is immune to telepathy, not having a biological, organic brain to begin with. So there's gives and takes. Maybe after it happens for the first time, Arsenio will try to seek out some sort of countermeasure, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

6. Magical weakness: Same as above, as long as the first time he encounters something like that is not immediately and instantly lethal to him, giving him a chance to realize his weakness, and either learn to overcome it, or learn to avoid it.

A. Sorry, not one of your points: I want to know if radio exists in this world. I intend for Arsenio's head, torso, and hips to be able to separate from each other, but since his 'soul' resides only in his head, there needs to be a way for him to 'remotely' control the electromagnetic cores in his torso and hips. If radio does not exist, then it's fine if these parts do not separate.

B. Sorry, another of my points: As a scientist, I believe in the conservation of energy. As such, Arsenio needs energy to continue to 'live'. I was thinking he has a mechano-electric motor in his torso, something that converts kinetic into potential energy that is slowly converted into electrical energy, which is used for movement, and excess is stored in batteries in the head, torso and hips. In other words, he has a windup key that goes into his back that winds up a spring, connected to a flywheel, connected to a turbine/generator. He typically gets close friends to 'feed' him by winding his key for him, but in a pinch, he can hook up to anything that provides rotational energy. I was thinking that fully wound, the spring/flywheel combo lasts for a day, after which, his fully-charged batteries will last 5-7 days (similar to the amount of time it takes for someone with access to water to starve to death).

Okay, that's it, sorry for the super-long post. Hope we can get this character hammered out.

@Stern Algorithm

1. what you have is correct!
2 & 3 look good to me-we are both fine with whichever form of magnetic gift that you deem appropriate for him
4. Honestly I'm cool with whichever route you decide to take him in, in terms of appearance-in my mind, it's more plausible for the urchin/serving boy/girl thing you mentioned to, well, work, but whatever floats your boat!
5 & 6 sound good to me! The immunity definitely makes sense

No problem with attending both schools! And radio does not exist, no

I like your idea about the energy! It makes sense to me; the initial lustrya transfer wouldn't be able to animate/power/whatever him forever, anyway, because son dude was dying.

Once you add the points/edits to sheet, feel free to move it over to CS tab!

(@shylarah LMK if I missed anything)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@DracarysBitch yep!

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@Stern Algorithm Yay! So glad he's up. I've nothing to say besides what @shylarah has already covered

@DracarysBitch yooo!

For the titles what Shy said is correct-I just want something a bit simpler and "lady whatever"/"lord whatever" has sort of a nice ring to it, lmao. The Triarchy Barons and Baronesses are something totally different, and it's not so much a noble title than a title given to the people who rule the cities (like "Minister" in HG)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@MorningStar1399 alexander looks good, feel free to move him over to CS tab :)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

This one still accepting?

@Yorutenchi

Yes!!!

(will get back to other posts in a bit, I just woke up and family wants to go out to eat)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@ayzrules Gotcha. I said "soul magic" because I had forgot both the name of the healing "goodly magic", and how to commence with the Herculean task of scrolling up. All of these issues are easily editable.

Update: All fixed! What say you?

@bloonewb

she looks good! feel free to move her over to CS tab when convenient :)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@bloonewb Alright cool!

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1/2. I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to this world; there is so much and I legit just made shit up...and copy/pasted from the old thing. None of his abilities ever end up being used anyway.
3. How am I supposed to insinuate the stuff that happened...like...there also really isn't a spot for trigger warning unless I put it beneath the clicky bit...
4. I have no idea how his spy network works; you made that, not me.
5. What I mean to say is he's essentially gone through and made his name more popular than his father's, so no one really thinks of his father when they think of Amidale.

I love him, but I love his personality and his eccentricity more than anything...and nothing else about him makes any sense in general. Plus what the hell is the point in having a character that is markedly similar to someone else's, esp. if they point it out, and extra esp. if that person is the mod? It seems kinda tacky. IDK if it's the late hour making me all depressed and hating my stuff, or if I'm actually realizing the fact that Alexander is a shit-ily written character now that things have actually been pointed out, but I'm really not seeing enough of a reason to actually use him. He's really not useful to the plot anyway. Like, what good can he do in the whole overarching plot that has been established? He really can't. He's just comedic relief. That's a terribly-written character if they're only good for a flat purpose. :-/

@MorningStar1399

You could put the TW just right under the line that says "bio", maybe? like in ( ) ?
And how his spy network works is up to you! I intentionally left that part open on PV so that whoever wrote Alex could decide for themselves
and gotcha about the name thingy

I can assure you with 200000% confidence that he's a great character who has tons of use for plot purposes! <3

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@shylarah SHY DON'T BE MEAN

@bloonewb elodie looks great! just a few teeny lil things-

teeny things

1. Knights, uh, aren't really a thing in this universe, just lords/ladies (for no reason other than I am a lazy POS and differentiating is a lot of effort, plus I'm not tryna make HG be totally the same as Victorian England lmao). You could say "daughter of a minor noble", which would make her a lady but still imply that her fam isn't that important, compared to others

2. You say she was healed with "soul magic" or something in bio, and Shy and I were kinda confused about what that meant

3. Last really tiny thing-you're sure Elodie went to Geraldine's at 16, yes? Normally people start at 14 and go until 18

(...and it's totally my fault for not putting this info in OOC, which I am going to do RN, lol)

🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

@ayzrules I'll delete the post for now and fix stuff later. Right now I can't think clearly. (and I'm not even sure I'll actually end up being able to do this considering groups and me don't usually do well)

@shylarah i should probably not use him then if he's so similar...

this was probably a mistake dude...

@MorningStar1399

uhhh u can't delete posts on here (just thought i'd save you the trouble of trying to figure it out)-trust me, it makes MANY people super bitter LOL

and def not a mistake! I <3 alex, there's just a couple teeny tiny things that we want a lil bit of clarification on, is all

You should 100% use him ;) ;) ;) I adore Alexander and a few similarities is really NBD