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23 days ago
As a reminder character sheets are due tomorrow. So any final tweaks you may have need to be done by the time I do to bed so that way when I wake up on Tuesday @Pascal will know what we are evaluating.
On a related note. Pascal and I have decided that we would rather play with a short cast than play with writers that cannot communicate. Let me be blunt. There are person(s) that we are having issues with. I'm not going to call them out in a public place, but they are not returning our PMs. I'm not putting up with a lack of communication. Let me say again. This is my first time as a GM. I'm not going to get it right all the time. That is why I need all of us to be open and willing to talk. We don't necessarily need to agree all the time, but we won't be able to come up with answers if we don't talk. Thank you for understanding.
On a different but still related note. You should know if your character is approved by Tuesday night. If you don't like our decision we will allow you to defend your postion. If people are cut I may ask if any one wants to double up. I will not force any one to double up. I may also ask if any one has any good recommendations for another writer. It depends on what ends up happening.
The rules state that it's a two week posting cycle. That means you have to post at least one every two weeks, but you can post more if you like. Due to my schedule the first post will probably late on the 19th. Which means first posts have to be posted between the 20th the 3rd. Does that make sense to everyone?
Hello! I thought about putting this in the same post as Aurum, but decided that since it's not really connected to him to do another post. Hence the double post.
One of the things @Pascal and I are trying to do is create a little group that is a safe place for all the members of that group to work on their writing. We want this to be a safe place to give and receive constructive criticism, improve writing, and learn to really create awesome stories. To that end one of the things that we have done is reached out to discuss characters with their writers in order to clarify things and really take the sheets to the next level. That only really works if people are willing to work with us to answer the questions we have. All of the characters so far are really cool and have a lot of potential. We just want to make sure that everything is as on point as we can make it. To that end this street goes both ways. If you have concerns or need clarification on Juniper or Aurum please ask. We won't know if you don't ask.
On another note. The due date for characters is coming up, and we want to make sure that backstories are as fleshed out as possible. What that means in this case is that if you and others want to connect your Lessers with just one event or years of partnership the OoC is a safe place to do so. If you rather take it to the PMs I understand, but I'm not going to judge your work in progress. Actually I wouldn't mind seeing the work in progress for this. But that is all on you. It looks like we have some of it happening, so that is exciting.
I'm super excited and beyond thrilled that everyone else seems thrilled as well! This is going to be amazing!
Consent is paramount. Without consent it shouldn’t happen.
Name: Argenti, the Lesser Lust
Age: Two Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Eight Years (2358) give or take a decade
Race: Succubus, from the Latin “to lie under.” As such Argenti prefers to identify as a succubus rather than an incubus. Many have called him an incubus, and he doesn’t mind that, but he is, what do the kids nowadays say, a bottom, so that makes Argenti a succubus.
Appearance: Argenti is just shy of 6 feet at 5 feet 11 inches. He’s fit but not muscular. It’s clear he enjoys things like ice cream and carbs, but it also clear that he works out just enough to burn those calories off. Argenti is on the pretty side of average and seems very androgynous. He’s not turning heads, but he’s not bad to look at either. No one would wake up and regret waking up next to him. Age wise he appears anywhere from 16 to 21. It’s not magic or anything, he just has one of those faces. His dark hair is somewhere between wavy and straight and falls to his shoulders. He usually wears it in a ponytail. Argenti is a jeans and t-shirt type fellow unless he’s crossdressing. When he does cross-dress it’s either just enough to make people wonder if he is a girl or a boy, or he goes full on drag queen and looks amazing doing it. The most shocking thing about him that people cannot seem to forget is his stunning silver eyes.
Personality: Argenti is crazy! There is no other way to say it. He is fanatical about consent and if he finds out someone is ignoring another’s consent, he will start planning violence, the extent of which depends on what type of consent is being ignored. Taking someone’s things without permission usually gets broken bones. Touching without permission means you lose fingers. Sexual activities lead to physical injuries up to and including death. Rapists get killed. Child rapists get tortured and broken and then they get killed. Argenti enjoys these acts of violence and does them all with a dark smile on his face. Bloodlust is probably the appropriate word. On the flip side if you don’t ignore consent, he is perfect friendly to you in a way that is almost but not quite annoying. Argenti is bubbly and cheerful so much it seems almost fake. Then you see him react to consent being ignored and you realize you prefer the bright mask that hides the dark smile. On another note Argenti is asexual homoromantic. He is willing to have sex with his partner if both of them are completely sober, his partner has brought him a significant bribe like expensive chocolate or a new knife set, and it’s an important occasion. He will not top and will only bottom and to Argenti it’s more about indulging his partner than anything he gets out of it.
Background: Given the fact that Argenti is a low level sex demon he was summoned by various mundane magical users to fulfill their sexual fantasies. What he wanted was not considered at all. He did not enjoy having his say ignored at all. Then one day his summoner left a flaw in the containment circle that meant once Argenti had been penetrated Argenti was free to kill him. So, he did. And boy did that open this succubus’s eyes. He was always supposed to be a demon of lust but always hated it. Now he knew the meaning of bloodlust and he liked it. Argenti wanted more.
For a while Argenti just killed anyone he could. He perfected the quick kill and the slow death. In his mind’s eyes humans were all despicable people and all deserved to die. The rush that Argenti got from watching a human breath their last breath was exquisite. Then he was captured by an angel named John. Argenti thought that was the end and fought. But instead of killing him or even torturing him John taught him and showed him the good in people, a boy sharing his last apple with another child, a man defending a woman’s honor, warriors dying to keep people safe. John couldn’t get Argenti to give up the bloodlust, and honestly didn’t want to, he just wanted to aim Argenti in the right direction. The angel asked the demon if he was really mad at humans, or just mad at the ones ignoring his choice.
Once Argenti answered that honestly John showed him the evils of humankind. There were people who thought power and force and money meant they could ignore other people’s will. Argenti thought and his bloodlust went from being all consuming to a sharp blade aimed at people who ignored the choices of others, who ignored consent. John left, his mission complete, and now Argenti travels the world defending those that do their best to give against those who simply take. It’s not as easy as just killing, but knowing the person is heading straight to hell makes it all the sweeter.
Argenti was in the middle of hunting down a child trafficking ring somewhere in Asia when he felt the pull of the summons. He was forced to follow the pull and was about to do his level best to kill person who for some stupid reason didn’t summon him with a containment circle when the person introduced themselves as The Detective. This cause Argenti to pause as they quickly explained the Outcasts. Well, then. Argenti supposed that he could help out, but after words The Detective was helping him find all of the ways to summon him and destroy them.
Skills and Abilities: Argenti is a skilled crossdresser and a fashionable dresser. He is also skilled in free running and parkour. His knife skills are impeccable. On the magical side Argenti can travel to and from the demonic realm and the mundane realm as easy as stepping from one to the next. He uses this to travel across the realms in a blink of an eye. He also has a mild hypnosis ability that he can use to encourage people to follow him. He can’t make them follow him, but he can make it seem like a really good idea. Argenti uses this ability to lure is victims away to somewhere private. He can also judge levels of attraction on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels. He uses this to determine how well consent is being respected. He also possesses what he calls the Gift as John was the one to give him this ability: Argenti can identify rapists on sight. He does not need sleep.
Weakness: Since Argenti likes to be up close and personal with his kills he is a very lousy shot. His hypnosis ability is low and easily broken. Argenti ability to judge attraction levels does not tell him for sure if consent is being followed so he has to use his best guess and he does not always get it right. If he spots a rapist killing them becomes paramount to the point of distraction from the original goal. This is not a side effect of the Gift, it’s psychological. Holy water burns and churches, of any dominations are almost a strict no go. He can and will go into a church to pursue someone he spotted with the Gift, but it’s no fun. Though he is a magical creature he cannot actually use much magic. Argenti also has no demonic form. He always looks human. He does need food. Financially Argenti is almost always broke. Hunting child traffickers take money!
Equipment: A smart phone. An id that says he legal to get into bars and clubs. An id that says he’s underage to trap the worst possible kind of monsters. A flask filled with whiskey that he doesn’t actually drink. A thing of cigarettes he doesn’t actually smoke. A joint he does smoke even though it does nothing for him. An amulet that came from John that has no magical properties whatsoever that is the exact same shade as his eyes that is the reason why John say he picked it up. A sleeve of cookies. A key to who knows what. A pair of cheap shades. Like five bucks in emergency cash. An impressive set of knives kept wicked sharp and in easy reach.
Quips: • Argenti is ridiculously fond of chocolate • Argenti is addicted to caffeine but is not a coffee snob. He is one of those people that goes in the coffee shop and orders like 20 shots of espresso and then drinks it all in one long gulp only to be back in two hours with the exact same order. He will tip well so there is that. • Argenti likes the colors of the dawning. John always said that was his favorite time of day.
Okay. This is exciting! We have sheets for 5 of the Seven Sins! Plus we are interacting and quipping about the characters! This is going really well. I'm super excited!
Speaking of 5 of seven I think now is a good time to mention that since I did have someone reach out to me about Greed so I am working on a character sheet for Lust.
Just FYI. @Pascal and I have decided that next Monday, the 13th of June, is the due date for character sheets. That way I can get the first post up the next weekend. Does that sound good to everyone?
To be honest it hadn't occurred to me that more than five people would be interested in this role-play. I know I know. That was a little short sighted. It does mean that I don't know what to do if we get more than the required number of sheets. Right now I'm leaning towards merit rather than first come. Which means eventually, with in a day or two, I'll give a due date for sheets. Then @Pascal and I will take a few days to figure put out which sheets we like for the story. So, for now post the sheet for the character slash sin you want. Then we'll see what happens.
Talvinter
Daxam
IAmAugustReign
Naril
Foster
FulgrimLives
Festive
Tyler Night
Tim the Yeti