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Streetlight Dragonflies

@Mokley
Alright, neat! Here's my character sheet! I'll put up a picture when I find it, but I can't guarantee it won't be a horrible weeby one unless you outright say you don't want anime around these parts. Also, I kind of ended up doing it semi-in character completely by accident, so yeah, enjoy that mess.

Jeremy Lindall

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Jeremy Lindall. Call him Jeremy, and goddamnit, you’d better not call him Jerry. It sounds stupid!

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Tired, bored eyes, kind of like a dead fish. Other than that, he looks pretty much average in every way. Somehow, despite his hair being kind of short, it still looks almost unmanageably messy.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Well, it probably wouldn’t be great… He’d seem pretty lazy, bored, and almost kind of standoffish. He also tends to see himself in a pretty negative light, and kind of useless. A pretty good fisherman and cook though, so you know, there are some merits to his continued existence…

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Jeremy’s a Duskwick native, born and raised. He mostly enjoys spending time by the lake, where things seem… well, peaceful.
Or at least they used to.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
His two best friends, Adrian Clark and Hannah Washburne, as well as his older sister and legal guardian, Eleanor Lindall. Without them, he wouldn’t be the wonderful, charming person he is today! Yeah yeah, hilarious, I know. Still, there's no way he'll actually tell them how much he cares about them.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
He’s very new to it, but he’s currently working as a chef in one of the local restaurants. As for strengths, well, apart from the cooking and fishing things, he really couldn’t give you an answer. Maybe his hilarious, ever present snark? His actual strengths though… There are a couple of those worth mentioning. For one, he’s far better at improvising than he cares to admit, even to himself! Along with that, despite his tendency to deny it, he can find himself getting pretty fired up once he actually finds something he cares about, and it gets difficult to stifle his determination once it gets to that point. Finally, thanks to his sister’s insistence on learning, he’s fairly good with a gun, as well as martial arts. Usually, he’d probably have seen it as a waste of time, but Ellie decided that, if all the crazies would have access to firearms, he should at least learn how to defend himself as well. Actually, the martial arts kind of was his idea. He… He watches a lot of anime…
And before anyone brings it up, yes, he knows his strengths, weaknesses and overall general personality seem like the perfect, toxic cocktail that usually ends up making a school shooter, but no. He's not. And he's tired of old classmates making the damn joke!

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
What, apart from the general fear of death? Well, he’s terrified of heavy mist, after getting lost in a large, empty field during a day that was full of it. The fact that he’d just watched the movie ‘The Mist’ right before didn’t help much. Also ghosts. Just… Fucking ghosts. For flaws, he really is pretty lazy most of the time, and it's rare for him to actually get interested in a lot of things. For him to put in the effort to even pretend to be interested is pretty rare. There's also the fact that, while it doesn't come up too often, Jeremy has absolutely no artistic talent. This is odd, considering he draws a lot. In fact, it's also probably the only way his nature as an optimist comes out, and he rarely writes anything by hand without a few badly drawn little doodles did their way onto the paper, to the endless amusement of anyone he leaves a note to. He only really has one secret, and that's… well… He's actually so grateful to his friends and sister, to the point that he can't even say it because after this long it would be too embarrassing. Also that he's actually an optimist, even if he never acts like it. And the ghosts thing, but that's not quite as much of a secret considering most people know about it already.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
I don't know, how about some goddamn peace and quiet!
But nah, in all seriousness, he really wants to find out what happened to Adrian, because OOPS OH NO SPOILERS he totally disappeared. Funny enough, thats actually also what he really needs, so hey, at least his priorities line up properly!

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Wow, kinda putting him on the spot, aren't you? Maybe… Summoning. Yeah, probably that. Summoning familiars, weapons, stuff that he uses in everyday life, whatever he needs so he doesn't have to get up all the time. Or portals. That could help too.

WHY ARE THEY HERE IN DUSKWICK? WHAT IS THEIR OPINION OF THE STRANGE RUMORS?
He lives there, and he hates it because now there are a bunch of idiots running around filming themselves shouting and exploring old buildings with their phones. And they always do it in vertical! So, you know, he kinda hopes they disappear… Just a little…

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
Maybe he'd stop being so aloof and lazy, open up to some of the goddamn bloggers who keep showing up all over town… Hell, maybe he'll even make some friends! And he'll show everyone how much of a badass he is too, so that'll be fun.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Well, Adrian, his second oldest and best friend in the whole goddamn world has disappeared, so he's also kind of invested in discovering what the hell is going on. Maybe he'll even make some new friends in the process.

SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

Well, I know the male female thing is already a little unbalanced, but I was thinking about maybe bringing Joseph back to the city, having left it briefly for his training arc/timeskip. Almost every single one of his friends are no longer in the city, so it might be a little difficult to get him back in, but you know, I might still have a chance.

Streetlight Dragonflies

So, I know I got here a little too late to be part of the pre-OOC crowd, but is there still room for newbies? Also, do the characters have to be out of towners coming to investigate, or is there room for a guy who's lived in the town for at least a good half of his life?

Rebirth: At World's End

@Lyla
Yeah, nah, I get that. I just figured the demons would be a fun way to do it. Also, sorry if I'm being annoying. I know I tend to sound like I'm acting crappy when I keep coming up with ideas for my character, and they don't fit with the GMs ideas, but I'm hoping you realise I'm not trying to be.

Eɴᴛᴇʀ — Into an Isekai World

"Yeah!" Kai said happily as he continued towards the shrine. "I can start helping people properly again, instead of just getting beaten up all the time! It's gonna be great!"

When he reached the shrine though, he paused for a moment, trying to figure out how to open the door without dropping his giant bundle of wood. Reluctantly, he took one hand away from the pile, immediately pausing when he felt the pile shudder. However, after about a minute of very slow, careful movements, he finally managed to open it without dropping anything too big.

"Hey guys! I have superpowers!" He shouted gleefully as he walked inside. "Look at this pile! And the weedy little beanpole body! This shouldn't be physically possible!"

And then he placed all the wood beside him and sat down right in the spider free area that, unknown to him, had been the subject of a great battle of wits.

The Obivec Isles: Battle for Abbaden [Lore Rich, Lots to Explore]

Gotta say, that's probably the first time I've gotten a decent post out within a week of the person I'm replying to in a long time. I'm gonna add it to my wall of small victories, right alongside the fact that I'm finally beginning to come up with characters who I don't think are just carbon copies of ones from anime I watched recently.

Rebirth: At World's End

@Lyla
Oh. Damn. I had a great picture picked out and everything. Well, if demons do exist in this, how evil would they be? Like would they actually be evil and monstrous, or more like just youkai style spirits, with good and bad ones? Because if the second is possible, I'll probably make him prince of a civilisation that is culturally entwined with them to the point that many other countries would have considered them demons as well.

I don't know, I'm mostly trying to make a character who many would have heard to be evil, when really he was just trying to protect his people. Probably going to have him die trying as well, and then spend the time of the repeats not knowing whether the ones who defeated him continued on to destroy his people or not.

The Obivec Isles: Battle for Abbaden [Lore Rich, Lots to Explore]

Sage

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@bobert778@lavulman

"Ah..." Sage said dumbly, as his spell resulted in what could only be described as 'localised utter bedlam'. He failed to restrain the Pinurans familiar, merely panicking the poor creature, and now he'd torn up half the market place!

"I have to say, usually the results aren't quite this bad..."

Despite all this, however, he still managed to gain a small amount of satisfaction, as the woman begrudgingly told the truth about her familiar.

"Well, in spite of... all of this... I can at least rest a little bit easier knowing that I brought the truth to the forefront. Perhaps now, your friendship can grow without the burden of hidden truths restraining it."

Honestly, he probably could've stopped talking in his purposefully annoying, arrogant way of speaking by this point, but he was having too much fun with it by now to bother him. That being said, it might be about time to bring some of that sage-like humility into it, considering what he'd done.

That, and he had just caught sight of one of the scariest-looking old ladies he'd ever seem.

He listened to the armoured woman explain the situation, wincing slightly as she mentioned the Pinurans familiar. He'd just wanted to keep it from causing trouble and get her to tell the truth, not get it killed! Hell, it was kind of the main reason he didn't wait to let the order get involved! Then again, maybe this was a blessing in disguise, and could perhaps allow him to at least partially salvage this disastrous first impression with the Pinuran sage candidate and her friend.

"I'm afraid that what the young armoured woman said isn't entirely true." Sage said, turning to the elderly woman with a small, closed-eyed frown. "You see, there was no such creature under the earth here. The part about the butcher is true, but after that it is largely fabricated. The simple truth is that when I entered the city, I sensed a surprisingly high amount of spirit activity for such a built up area. When I tried to reach out to speak with them, they seemed to get slightly... over excited. As you can see, the results were less than optimal. But may I please ask that you do not punish either of these two? I don't know why they would cover for me, someone they just met, but I am very grateful to them."

And then he looked around the area, taking in the damage he'd inadvertently caused.

"Anyway, would you be so kind as to let me attempt to repair the area I damaged? Now that I've noted the change in the spirits power here, I can adjust my power to prevent another accident."

Before he finished however, he turned to Tirnea and Veronica.

"One more thing, I understand we got off on the wrong foot, and I would like to apologise for that. However, I would ask just one last, small favour of you. Would you be willing to feed my familiar Tarfal while I am locked away? He is in the forests just a little ways from town, waiting so as not to scare the villagers. And please, don't just kill him. He's fairly big, and might be wary of you at first, but he will become quite friendly if you mention my name."

Rebirth: At World's End

@Lyla
Well, because he's a demon. Like, with horns and stuff. When I say he's just trying to protect his people, those people are demons. Or you know, at least some kind of horned people who are generally viewed as evil by humans and the other 'good' races.

Rebirth: At World's End

@Apocalypse
Damn straight! Drifters is great!

Also, sudden new idea, all my demon princes (yes, he's just a prince now, it's complicated) artifacts are musically based, because he uses ancient songs (songs I steal from Nier) to manipulate the world around him to his benefit. For example, he has a sword which, while the edges of the blade are normal, in the middle are a series of chimes, kind of like on a tamborine, which rattle whenever he hits it against anything.