Stanifly

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no worries at all! hope you get to calm down from all the holiday biz.

happy new year! I'm sure 2026 will turn out fine... OR WILL IT?

TADC RP

oop that does help actually 👀 maybe my char can pull a Zooble and disappear into their room for a bit if life gets too busy. I shall see...

TADC RP

POV: you want to join this but you're in too many RPs so you can only offer your spiritual interest

(in seriousness, I will probably stalk for a bit and see if I'm realistically able to join at some point 😔)

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I really, really, wanted to put "Student" as Vicis' occupation on his sheet. it just seemed funny to me. for the sake of avoiding confusion, though, I controlled myself.

in other news, new char sheet for the big worm snake dragon thing! :)

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Vicis

see snek here

Appearance | Oh, him? That's 20 metres of muscle you're looking at. Sleek black scales striped with sandpaper yellow diamonds - has anyone seen a more dashing hide? Of course not. And those green slit pupils! It's a shade that's vivid enough to poison with a mere look. He's got mandibles along his jaw, pincers out his tail, and a fine form that betrays nothing of his voracious appetite. Only the witless would look at him and scream.

Species | Elder Wyrm
Age | 40 short years!
Gender | Male
Occupation | Self-proclaimed academic

This sheet may be updated as the RP goes on.

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Teresa’s Catharsis

@Tlazolteotl@Auragreedia@silver21@JJ Doe

They were back within the walls of this place’s caricature of Tipsy Chambers, left with nothing but the haunting echo of Westbound’s scream. Teresa straightened, sheathing her sword.

‘Well,’ said Sirpa, settled in her armchair, ‘looks like we did it.’

Teresa managed a nod in response. Had they, really? It was hard to think so when the server himself was shrugging off the whole affair, claiming that Westbound would be back with tepid certainty. All Teresa had done was quiet the pounding noise blanketing the man’s mind. A stopgap. She wasn’t one for dwelling on could-haves, but the whole point of the exercise had been to uncover a way to leave this place. Teresa would gladly face whatever problems this place had to throw at her, except it didn’t seem eager in the slightest to show her, Sirpa, or Morgan what they were there to solve! How were they supposed to–

‘Wait. Where’s Morgan?’ She swept her gaze over the bar’s interior. No dice. She looked back to Sirpa, questioning. ‘He was just here.’

Had he been forced out alongside Westbound, somehow? It was a question she would have taken up with the server – along with many others – but it was then that a newcomer fizzled into existence.

‘—g̸͚̀o̴͓̎ṯ̶͝ ̵͎̅g̷̩͠ö̶͜t̸̥͛ ̷͙̈́g̶̯͑o̸̐͜t̷̖̑ ̷̠̓t̸̔ͅo̵̩͝ ̶̭͗g̵͚͒e̴̦͒-̴̰̋ḡ̴̟ë̵̯́ṫ̵͍ s̷̗̊o̵͎͂m̵̟̊e̸̜̿t̶͉̍h̷̬͆ĩ̷̜ṉ̶͒ġ̷̝ ̵̟͆o̷͉͛f̵̞̈́f̷̱̀ ̴̠́ỵ̸͛o̸͎͆ư̷͍r̵͕͝ ̷̰̄c̷͖͐h̷̦̑e̴̢͂s̷̫͝t̴̪̚?’

In the ensuing introductory spiel, Teresa could only stand next to Sirpa’s armchair in mild bemusement. The bar’s faceless patrons had shuffled themselves into a rough circle of chairs at some point. Was this another Catharsis in action? A glance towards the server offered no clue; he was busying himself behind the bar counter, whistling as he went. Sirpa introduced herself. Teresa bore Jay’s attention with all the grace of a person with three years worth of mandatory PR seminars under her belt.

‘Silver Blade,’ she answered. ‘Did you come here of your own volition, Jay?’

Everyone else seemed to have stumbled here on accident, after all. It was curious to see someone who had, by their own words, sought this place out. As she waited for a response, Teresa grabbed a nearby chair and dragged it close, seating herself.

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@Tlazolteotl@Auragreedia@silver21@JJ Doe

In This Catharsis

• Teresa perceives Jay post-corrupted text, Sirpa, Morgan (or the lack of him), and Little Miss Princess in the background. I feel like I missed someone, but I think that's everyone...

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in the interest of not leaving ppl hanging, I will post Vicis first! Teresa is coming soon 😭

@Tlazolteotl ahhh, that makes a whole lotta sense. that multilingual spice just makes wesley all the more interesting! I'd be interested in how his Catharsis progresses later on in if he ever makes a reappearance. Miscommunication: Electric Boogaloo (except we alr did a dance club thing... maybe the next time will be somewhere less overstimulating lol).

In my head, I meant that I was guilty of using bad grammar... but then I realized later on that it sounded like I get frustrated at seeing bad grammar 😭

if it helps, I understood it as the former when you said it at the time 😜 personally I'm always worried about over-explaining in my own attempts at avoiding miscommunication. the worst is when ppl think you're thinking too much abt it when you're just trying to make sure that everyone's on the same page 🥀

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Vicis’ Catharsis

@silver21@DaftJive@JJ Doe

Something odd was happening to the baphomet. His attention didn’t seem to stay quite all there the longer Vicis spoke. His words became few. His tone quiet. Vicis bristled, clicking his mandibles.

Was the baphomet growing bored of him? He’d hardly seemed impressed by the form of a species that he did not even recognise. And to refuse to offer up his own name in response to Vicis’ gracious introduction! It was only the awareness of his companion’s demonic nature that stilled Vicis’ tongue from making any sharp retorts.

Perhaps such rudeness is the norm in a place like Hell, Vicis thought. I can hardly fault the critter for following the norms that he is used to.

Even so, he allowed himself one haughty sniff. Today was bringing forth a display of spectacular patience from him, it seemed. At the very least, it would make an interesting tale to recount in his next–

The thought stopped there. There would not be a next. Vicis clicked his mandibles again in irritation; he would not allow despondence. Not in himself, and certainly not in this sad, little goat creature with its drooping candle and murmured speech!

‘Blast where you came from!’ snapped Vicis. A low chitter undercut his words in his impassioned indignation. ‘We are here, are we not? In this peculiar place with its queer gathering of all kinds. What a waste it would be to think lowly of yourself, when you have miserable meatsacks like this one over here.’ With a great snort, he jabbed the pincers of his tail towards the regular-haired human slumped over the bar.

He might have said more, if it were not for the bizarre flicker of another human at the end of the bar fading into existence.

‘I heard this is the place to come when you got—’

Zzzt. The human disappeared, cutting out of the air with nary a whisper. Vicis blinked. It was a motion that involved less actual blinking and more thin membrane sweeping over his eyes in a horizontal slit.

‘...As I was saying,’ he continued, slowly. What had he been saying? Ah, yes. He was in the middle of distracting himself from unimportant troubles and becoming carried away in uplifting the little one in the process. Goodness, he was far too squishy these days! ‘We are mighty creatures, bephomet. Do not concern yourself with the puny thoughts of those beneath you.’

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@Tlazolteotl@silver21@DaftJive@JJ Doe

In This Catharsis

• Vicis perceives Jay briefly flitting into existence, but isn’t able to perceive them after Jay cuts out with the corrupted text.
• Vicis also pokes Silas with his pointy butt, or at least attempts to. Whether that actually goes through I'll leave up to @DaftJive.

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<Snipped quote by Tlazolteotl>
I'll come back eventually, don't worry!

@Auragreedia

yay!! t'was fun RPing w you so I look forward to your return :)) and also honestly even if Morgan wasn't a fleshed-out character, he felt fleshed out to me, in terms of his mannerisms and dialogue. you did a great job making him seem complete!

@Tlazolteotl yes, I'd be interested in knowing what's up w Wesley too 👀

@Stanifly If we do go with this, I'm thinking maybe the easiest option is to use the hiders and explicitly tell us what the others do or do not hear from Teresa and Vicis.

in that case, I'll do hiders. I'd say for now that Teresa atm can perceive the chars there were alr present when she arrived + Jay, and Vicis can perceive Damien, Jay, Silas, and Aelvira.

Dragonbone Liar

it is now my turn to reassure you that I am indeed still here LOL. been doing other Things, but I will hopefully get my response up in a day or two.

also, your description of the Old One is delicious. looking forward to taking it down (or not 🫣)