{ cr meme: July 2022 }

[dreamposts]

✵ CR MEME: JULY 2022 ✵

Welcome to Songerein's CR Meme! A place where players can dump info on their characters and try to plot with others to continue existing or create new CR. We have a handy dandy form so go forth, tell us about yourself and your characters, and start plotting! You can refer to the Mod Announcement for plotting ideas for the month and beyond! Continuing or using things from the recent TDM.

If you have multiple characters, make an individual toplevel for yourself with your player info and comment to it with each character separately.
Player:
Contact: Preferred means of contact

Character: Character | Journal
Canon: Include canon point

About: Briefly talk about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits—whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them!

Abilities: Include both canon and whatever kind of abilities you're thinking about developing with them, especially when dreamwalking!
Dreamwalker Form: Does the character have a cool, unique form when dreamwalking or do they look like themselves? Do you change it up depending on the dream?

Plans: Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term, such as what items from the Dream Board or TDM, or long term.

CR Dreams: What kind of CR do you wish to have? Include what you can offer with your character as well.

Etc.: Anything else or, you know, the usual memes.

IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHARACTERS, create your own toplevel and comment with each character separately to it. Include your name in the subject line. Although not specifically included, you are more than welcome to write up a greeting message along with the form! SUBJECT LINE: CHARACTER | CANON <b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Preferred means of contact <b>Character:</b> Character | Journal <b>Canon:</b> Include canon point <b>About:</b> Briefly tell about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits—whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them! <b>Abilities:</b> Include both canon and whatever kind of abilities you're thinking about developing with them, especially when dreamwalking! <b>Dreamwalker Form:</b> Does the character have a cool, unique form when dreamwalking or do they look like themselves? Do you change it up depending on the dream? <b>Plans:</b> Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term, such as what items from the Dream Board or TDM, or long term. <b>CR Dreams:</b> What kind of CR do you wish to have? Include what you can offer with your character as well. <b>Etc.:</b> Anything else or, you know, the usual memes.

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Alastor | Hazbin Hotel

[lonelysmiles]

Player: Cybra
Contact: Character journal or cybrarp

Character: Alastor | lonelysmiles
Canon: Hazbin Hotel, right after cooking jambalaya for the hotel residents at the end of the pilot
About:
Alastor is a demon from literal Hell. In life he was a radio broadcaster and serial killer with a penchant for cannibalism. He died and went to Hell, eliminating all of the old Overlords upon arrival. He himself then decided to just let others take the territory and do whatever entertained him...only after nine decades he's gotten pretty bored of Hell.

He likes to screw with people and takes delight in others' suffering. However, he has a warped moral compass that compels him to protect the weak. He's taken to traveling to various people's nightmares with the idea of being entertained. He'll step in when he thinks it's not being fun anymore.

Plans:
General Plans
Alastor is slooooowly working his way towards becoming a guardian though he'd never admit to such a position. He likes hopping from nightmare to nightmare to witness all the fun forms of torment but if someone is weak, he'll step in due to his moral code. He can't be relied upon to save you but as time goes on and he starts to care more, he could at least be counted on to pull people out of jams.

I also have a series of dreams based on the official Alastor comic which allows a character to walk a proverbial mile in his shoes if you're interested in that sort of thing. There is one more part left to go, but I’m not sure when that will be posted. Though mind the key content warning: This is Hell from the prospective of a cannibalistic serial killer. Not Nice Things can and will happen.

Honestly, he needs more friends. Being the boogeyman of Hell means that he doesn't get much socializing in. Arguably one reason he bargains in souls is to collect people who won't leave him. He's used to having people flee before he can even finish saying "hello". Redemption is a big theme in Hazbin Hotel but it's doubtful that Charlie's more idealistic measures will really work for him. He's lonely but his social skills are hella rusty.

Fair warning though: Alastor picks favorites but he's a pretty amiable (if kinda terrifying) person all around. Once he's decided you're one of his favorites, he'll invade your personal space every opportunity he gets though he won't let you touch him unless it's on his terms. So be prepared to be pulled in for random side-hugs, song-and-dance numbers, and other such nonsense.

Unfortunately, he's starting to get into trouble. All these trips into nightmares are going to drive him to full noctaere form sooner or later (current tentative timeline is October), so he's definitely going to need people to snap him out of it.

Month-Specific Plans

Glitching

Alastor is still glitching but the crystals to absorb nightmare energy plus Eustace volunteering his communicator for Alastor to periodically connect to is going to help with it some. However, you still might find him huddled somewhere from time to time, holding one of those moon crystals in his hands as he tries to dump off the excess into them.

Moon Crystal Caves

Alastor is going to go looking for where to get more of those moon crystals because he has a lot of negative energy built up and the dummy is going to keep nightmare-walking and playing with the noctaere in the wild which will not help at all. He'll be looking under the pretext of idle curiosity.

Beach

Yes, Alastor will be going to the beach but unless they have 1920s-style male bathing suits, he's going to be frying in his usual suit. Welcoming shenanigans of all stripes!

Dream Board Plans

No specific plans but open to being invited along for someone else's!

Etc.:

Ira | Kingdom Hearts

[iracorn]

Player: Megan
Contact: urbaninja or PM

Character: Ira | iracorn
Canon: Post-KH3

About: Ira is an Keyblade Master from the Age of Fairy Tales, which is the earliest known point on the KH timeline that also fed directly into the Keyblade War. Also he might have helped start that. Whoops.
For those familiar with the now ended mobile game, he was the leader of the Unicornis Union and we have an aesthetic to uphold.

Personality-wise, Ira is rather serious and a lot of that tends to carry over to all aspects of his life. He's trying to lighten up a little though, and the reality is he's kind of a giant nerd who will probably ask lots of questions if you give him the opportunity. He's certainly not ignoring any sort of trauma or is in need of a hug.

Abilities:Canon wise, Ira can wield a keyblade and has access to KH magic, which he is steadily amplifying with his dreamotion abilities. Slowly figurijng out how to do some cool shit.
Dreamwalker Form: Ira sometimes turns into a Unicorn when Dreamwalking. Sometimes he's cool and majestic, sometimes he's My Little Iracorn. Depends on how I'm feeling.

Plans:Overall, Ira is still coming to terms with what happened during the keyblade war. The last event kind of did a number on him and so he's keeping his distance and hiding in the library/sticking close to home.
I am on hiatus for July, so I won't be doing much this month, but if someone wants a specific thread, I'll likely be around

CR Dreams: All kinds!
Ira is good for being a mentor/teacher, a quest buddy, a friend!
I would love for him to gather more students and friends. He could also really use a mentor type as well. As much as he is the responsible adult, he needs a responsible adult. His last mentor was questionable at best.

Etc.: Again, on hiatus for July so not doing much until August.

Rob | The Amazing World of Gumball

[nulland]

Player: Kaito
Contact: kaitodoushi, Discord: Kaito#0721

Character: Rob | nulland
Canon: The Amazing World of Gumball, after vanishing in "The Future".

About: Rob was a background student until he was deemed a mistake and taken out of the world. But he broke his way back in, leaving him deformed and glitchy with no role to play. The only opening was for a villain, so he had to take it. He wasn't happy with that, which ironically made him a good fit for it. More recently he had turned his villainy from trying to destroy Gumball to finding ways to stop his series from ending in the final season.

Abilities: His body is worth reading up on. He has your standard cartoon character abilities otherwise, like being able to survive ridiculous hits or falls. His dreamotion powers are still unexplored, but they'll be lightning-based plus an ability to summon, shall we say, a limited selection of weapons.
Dreamwalker Form: It's his original body! I still need to let him discover this. It'll involve feelings.

Plans: He's still figuring out what sort of place he can make for himself when he's not trapped by the confines of the show he's from. He will definitely be doing the seagull trapping of Quest 703 in his cartoon villain fashion if anyone wants to coordinate! Think Wile E. Coyote but more modern.

CR Dreams: Friends, framily, mentors... everything he doesn't have back home! I really want to see where he can go with help from others and hope it's not still down the nefarious path.

Etc.: Rob has an opt-in/out post here for the various fourth wall aspects he comes with. Basically he knows he's from a TV show and alludes to such, and he might be able to recognize your canon if you want him to.

Unnamed | Original

[zomboii]

Player: Dolly
Contact: owlits | Dolly#0571

Character: Unnamed | zomboii
Canon: Before meeting a group of survivors
About: He is deaf and a zombie of the undead variety, caused by a pathogen he can't spread here in Songerein c: Despite this, he is actually a gentle soul who just wants to Connect With Someone^{pleaselovehim}. He's cold to the touch, smells a little like potpourri, and could really use a change of clothing.

Abilities:
HE HAS NO SUPERPOWERS he's just undead and has trouble feeling pain 8') Also, he has a strong sense of smell and will probably sniff u. His dreamwalking power is a sort of empathy/telepathy that lets him convey what he's thinking or feeling in any given moment, like how when you have a dream you just sort of "know" what the people in your dream are saying/doing even if they don't say it.

Dreamwalker Form: His dreamwalking form is the same, but he has much better coordination and isn't hampered by his lack of dexterity as an undead. Yay! One day he may try to give himself pink or blue hair.

Plans: Currently he is learning how to read, write, sign, and spell :') It's a lot. But he is doing his best and trying to learn how to communicate with everyone he can. He may or may not go around showing off his horrendous writing and giving out deathly-hot peppers he's sure are filled with love thanks Asura. Aside from that, it would be nice to delve more into the whole him realizing that HE IS KIND OF DEAD and the reason everyone else is warm is because they are Alive and all that. Just your normal zombie stuff...

CR Dreams: Any and all CR would be nice, but especially people willing to help bridge the communication gap, people who will teach him about Functioning, Pre-Apocalyptic Society, people who will look after him, BE HIS FRIEND FOREVER, mentor figures, etc etc. Also okay are: people who would take advantage of his naivete, negative CR, bad guys, since he needs to learn that Not All People Are Good. Also: people who don't mind that sometimes u just gotta Eat Raw Meat.

In return, he can offer CR in the form of the most devoted friend ever, a chance to meet a member of the undead who won't try to eat you, and ofc, someone who will do his best to help anyone ever so long as they talk to him deargodsomeonepleasetalktohim,he'ssolonely.

He may also adopt you as a mom/dad/aunt/uncle.

Etc.:

[everblooms]

Player: Agatha
Contact: pm, plurk: hagclub

Character: Aerith Gainsborough | everblooms
Canon: Immediately Post Remake!

About: I have a first impressions post at the bottom there but I'll quote it for ease!

straight-forward and rebellious, aerith wears her mischievousness like a badge of honor. she's a spunky young woman and shrewd business woman, having spent a great deal of time selling flowers— as a naturally adaptable person, she's surprisingly street smart even though she definitely comes off as being very quirky.

Abilities: Many! I outlined them in my app, but the main thing you're likely interested in is her sixth sense! She does retain that, via dreamotion, and I'm more than happy to hash out how we can use that in threads if it pings you. I want to tailor your experience! As far as dreamotion-related things go... I'll be playing it by ear. ✨ My main interest is having Aerith connect with people and make friends! I would love for her to struggle with controlling it a great deal, though, since it's completely different from FFVII magic, so!
Dreamwalker Form: You know, I think she's going to enjoy this and have fun being different things, but I changed her into a hummingbird for TDM and had fun with that, so I want to mention it!

Plans:

Right now, Aerith is brand new so I'll probably be sampling the buffet to get an idea of what I like playing with most. She'll be at the beach party, doing her thing, and I'd love for her to drag people into games with her as much as possible. She's very friendly, but hasn't had the ability to get out on her own, so she might be a little out of her element beneath it all. If you've got a grump who needs pushing, she's your gal.

What I would love to have her do on the log is the moon viewing stuff: Tell her stories and make lanterns with her. Please. Tell Aerith all your hopes and dreams. She'll make you believe in them coming true, I promise.

Otherwise, the dream board has a few things on it I am looking at!
🎀 Boatbuilders! Aerith's zest for adventure might lead her here quickly. Who wants to sail the high seas with a healer?
🎀 Seagulls... the mental image of her getting mad at them gives me so much joy, please join her.
🎀 Ice Cream Crush, because she's a sucker for helping out local business in any way.

Otherwise, I'm playing it fast and loose to capitalize on getting on much CR as possible. Watch out...

Also, Aerith's inserting herself with the staff at the Wild Harvest, so watch out there, too. She's a nuisance, and will talk you into getting extra.

CR Dreams:

Aerith is a very friendly young woman who loves to put her nose in people's business if it's funny. I'd love for her to make friends but also:
🎀 Aerith played match maker on TDM a few months back and I would love to continue the joke. Tell her about your love lives. Let her help.
🎀 She's going to sell flowers... "professionally arranged" and all! If she upcharges you, don't worry about it. :)
🎀 Friends... she's very easy to get along with and likes hearing about other people, so talk to her about yourself. She enjoys it.
🎀 I think it's funny when people dislike her for seemingly no reason so hey. Give me that. I want negative CR.
🎀 I looove, love, love Aerith as a big sis figure. She's a gremlin with total mom energy, give me your brats.
🎀 can i say.... everything. LOL

Etc.:

i made it .. finally.... ... if we have a thread on tdm i'm getting back to it now that i don't have anxiety about my app.

Gina Lestrade | The Great Ace Attorney

[lestray]

Player: Gore
Contact: goreo or ask for discord

Character: Gina Lestrade | lestray
Canon: The Great Ace Attorney (Post-Game 2)

About: Gina's a plucky Victorian orphan with a Cockney accent who used to be a pickpocket and has been training to be an apprentice detective. She calls herself an Inspector and likes to refer to her dog Toby as the Chief Inspector. She can be friendly and eager to help, but she can also be petty and has trust issues that she's partially worked though. She mostly has street smarts and has trouble wrapping her head around some complicated situations (having taken some time to start understanding how she can use dreamotion) but she has also been studying and learning more.

Abilities: She's an ordinary human for the most part. While she's learned some things from detective training on subjects like solving mysteries and tracking, she is also a former pickpocket who is very skilled at sleight at hand and sneaking around. She's accompanied by a dog named Toby, who is great at tracking people or objects through his sense of smell. She's also armed with a gas grenade that can fire colorful clouds of gas or sometimes fireworks, and her dreamotion involves the ammunition changing depending on what she's feeling/dreaming of in the current situation (such as shooting nets if she really wants to catch something).
Dreamwalker Form: Gina's form will usually adapt to the dream she's in, while often retaining some counterpart of her usual outfit. She has also started to assume a cloaked form when specifically channeling nightmare energy.

Plans: Most recently, Gina tapped into nightmare energy on the moon, so she's dealing with the aftermath of that and wondering about her own inner darkness. And what better way to deal with that than with a day on the beach?! Gina will most likely partake in a variety of activities on the beach log! In terms of the Dream Board, she will be drawn to the task about the seagulls and make them her enemy. This will also be a chance for her to offer her detective-ing services!

CR Dreams: I'm up for various types of CR! Gina could always use all sorts of friends, whether they can connect to her detective side or pickpocketing past or just someone to have ordinary friendships with. More mentor or family figures could also be interesting. In turn, she can be a snarky friend who can help solve crimes/accomplish quests or take part in chaotic plans and mischief. She can also be protective of younger folks, especially ones who might be of a similar background as her. She also comes with a dog!

Etc.:

christine | kainé, balthus & dohalim

[shithogs]

Player: Christine
Contact: necrofancy or PM! I’m also around in the discord, but more of a lurker there.

kainé | nier (gestalt)

[shithogs]

Character: Kainé | shithogs
Canon: NieR: Gestalt | Late in Act II, post-Aerie.

About: Kainé is foul-mouthed, short-tempered and quick to solve most problems with violence. She presents herself as being incredibly difficult and with a tough exterior, but much of this is to keep people at arm's length in order to protect them as well as herself. Coarse as she is, she has a soft spot for kids, even though she doesn't really know how to interact with them. Despite what she's willing to show people, she is kind in her own prickly sort of way, and loyal to any cause she devotes herself to. Loves to fight and prefers problems that can be solved by swinging a sword at them. More in-depth info can be found at her app. Aside from her language, I will never drop anything that would require a major content warning in a thread without discussing it with my thread partner first!

Abilities: Kainé shares her body with a Shade named Tyrann (think demon possession), which grants her some enhanced strength and durability, though her regenerative powers are nerfed here. She's an incredibly skilled close-combat fighter, having dedicated several years of her life to hunting Shades, and has some very limited magic. She previously had a lot of hesitation about dreamwalking and dreamotion, with the reasoning that nothing that comes out of her could possibly be good or anything anyone wants to see, including herself, but has steadily been working on mastering dreamotion in particular with the hope that she can get a handle on it before it backfires on her. Thankfully, she’s had a little encouragement from friends.

Dreamwalker Form: While Dreamwalking, Kainé is afflicted with the Black Scrawl— she will have dark script over much of her exposed skin, which seems to be constantly moving, as shown here. Her eyes have also begun to glow yellow, letting a little more of her Shade nature peek through.

Plans: New month, new stuff! As of right now, she is definitely:
➝ Going on a cave field trip with her new dad, Soldier 76.
➝ Reluctantly, she will head to the beach party. It’ll be nice to see the ocean again, if nothing else.
➝ She’ll want to explore a lot of the new terrain that’s appeared and see it for herself, plus get a feel for anything nasty that might be living out there that needs keeping an eye on.
➝ Possible quests include Seagulls, Seafood Dining (she’s not as good at fishing as Nier, but no better time to practice), and Choya Chop, but she’s easy. She’ll do pretty much anything for a reward of some kind.

CR Dreams: Kainé has done really well for herself in stumbling into friendships and even a little bit of found family, but I’m always here for her to make new friends. Also really down for rivals or otherwise prickly CR; she’s not always easy to get along with and goes out of her way to make herself unpleasant in a lot of situations, so negative CR is welcome and expected. People who feel they’re somehow monstrous or otherwise outcasts are a Big Want for friendship, there’s a lot to talk about there. Noctaere stuff counts for sure.

Etc.:

balthus von albrecht | fire emblem: three houses

[grappleking]

Character: Balthus von Albrecht | grappleking
Canon: Fire Emblem: Three Houses | Act I, Chapter 11, Golden Deer route.

About: Balthus is a bonafide himbo with a heart as big as his muscles (though really, the heart is a muscle, so it makes sense), a love of drink and gambling, and very little financial savvy. He's open and friendly, enthusiastic and energetic, and sometimes a little bit too much, but he always means well. He's self-appointed himself as the King of Grappling (often preceded by increasingly stupid adjectives) and loves a good brawl just as much as he loves free beer. He's older than most other students at Garreg Mach, being 27, and confesses to being a student for the second time around since he's been living underground at the monastery to hide from his evil stepmother and also debt collectors. Yes, this is real.

Abilities: Most of Balthus' abilities come down to skill and physique. He's incredibly skilled at hand-to-hand combat, whether it's with claws or bare-fisted, and the Crest he was born with allows him to occasionally heal himself after laying into a foe. He knows some limited magic thanks to his training as a War Monk (minor healing, and some offensive fire and white magic), and he's built like a human tank. Don't want to get hurt in combat? Stand behind this guy. He's interested in exploring what dreamotion energy allows him to do while dreamwalking; he may not be the smartest guy, but he has a certain degree of emotional intelligence, so being able to soothe or calm tumultuous emotions or dreams would be right up his alley and something I would like to focus on in the near future.

Dreamwalker Form: An Ashen Wolf at heart, Balthus has started sporting sharp, pronounced canines and wolf ears (gray, tapering into white at the tip) while Dreamwalking. Claws or a tail is probably next…

Plans:
➝ Looking to expand his CR circle some more; I’ve been hitting up new characters with him regularly in the interest of doing so, but if you want to hang out with this guy, just say the word.
➝ Beach stuff is high on his list; after last month he would really like to just relax for a little bit. The lunar dreamscape was rough…
➝ He has some serious stuff to discuss with Hilda this month, for their friends who love to pry.
➝ Possible quests: Ice Cream Crush, Dream Vehicles? He’s an easy quest buddy to get along with, and he’ll do just about any of them, honestly.

CR Dreams: Friends, sparring partners, drinking buddies- I would really love for him to get involved in some light gambling with anyone who might be inclined (even if it’s just cards and the like) for him to slip into some old habits. He’s been doing well, since there’s no currency here, but he can always backslide and find something else to bet… As far as offering, he makes a great sparring buddy, bodyguard, workhorse, whatever. He’s here to help you with your manual labor, just feed him for it.

Etc.:

dohalim il qaras | tales of arise

[menancia]

Character: Dohalim il Qaras | menancia
Canon: Tales of Arise | Post-game.

About: Dohalim is a former lord who has, for a multitude of reasons, established himself as being Not Like Other Renans by choosing to build his realm's future on a foundation of peaceful coexistence rather than the default of Dahnan slave labor. He is well-educated, thoughtful and softspoken, and from a distance seems to be a paragon of nobility. Once someone gets to know him a bit more personally, he shows himself to be rather eccentric and much more interested in music, art and poetry than politics. He is also shown to be lacking in a lot of basic life skills, but rather than allow himself to be embarrassed about this, he is concerned with learning to live a little more like normal people. It's mostly working, but he still... has his moments. Because his realm is the land of green, he has a strong affinity with nature.

Abilities: Dohalim is proficient with staff-based martial arts as well as a wide array of magic known as "astral artes." He has a number of healing and support abilities, and his offensive spells are both earth- and darkness-aspected. He can tap into some of them here, but he has largely focused on learning to use dreamotion energy to replicate and expand his arsenal from back home. He is able to use it to shield and heal, as well as manipulate earth and plantlife.

Dreamwalker Form: He has started taking on some nature-themed traits while dreamwalking, largely in the form of flora in his hair or woven into his clothing that reflects the current season.

Plans: Last month was really heavy for Dohalim, so looking to keep it light this month while he works on processing having finally shared some pretty major trauma against his will.
➝ He needs a beach day badly, so he’ll be around on the beach log!
➝ Follow up with anyone who might want to check in with him following the lunar dreamscape.
➝ He’s going to start offering music lessons to those who would like a teacher! He is aiming to get back to his roots in the arts, and there has been more interest in such things since we gained a theater district awhile back, so thanks to some encouragement, he’ll be offering lessons in a variety of instruments as well as teaching people how to properly read music if they so desire.

CR Dreams: Fellow musicians, fellow nature nerds, other nobles who may find themselves a bit at a loss, anyone wanting to further develop their dreamotion… he is very easy to befriend due to his relaxed and pleasant nature. He is a fan of all fine and performing arts, as well as an enthusiastic historian and lover of artifacts, so there are lots of jumping off points if you would like to befriend this nerd!

Etc.:

LONDON

[roseofmay]

Player: London
Contact: PM, Discord (if you have it), or ofthesky

BEATRIX | FINAL FANTASY IX

[roseofmay]

Character: Beatrix | seditiousrose
Canon: Disc II - Post the destruction of Burmecia and Cleyra

About:
A military general with a very hard outside and a much softer inside. Beatrix is a frustrating individual to attempt to get to know, but maybe, just maybe she's worth the payoff. She's growing a little in Songerein, but is still largely attached to her comforts of professionalism. She tends to be a little too obsessed with self-image, reputation, and not exposing vulnerabilities, weakness, or much in the emotive category. She does, however, feel things very deeply.

Abilities:
- Beatrix is a phenomenal sword user, having been put in her position when she was just seventeen.
- Back home she also has access to some rather powerful white magic, which she can kind of access on the dreamotion front. It just doesn't really work the same way and she's not as good with it.
- Much of her dreamotion energy takes the form of ice as a result of her rather cold demeanour.

Dreamwalker Form: I've still never done anything with this, oops.

Plans:
► Whilst I am charmed by some quest ideas, I told myself I wasn't going to make catch-alls this month because I did last month. However, I've done this before and gone back on it, so I could be convinced if there's interest.
► Twin moon viewing. Back home, she's aware there was a case of a planet being within another planet and the twin moons will likely make her think of this.
► She will absolutely be at the beach event with some help of likely some very lovely ladies who will be helping her dress in just the right suit. (I have only assumed that Oriphi too, will offer some of her expertise.)
► I'm tempted to play around with some lunar gardens. Beatrix will be curious if she can use the moon drops as assistance for this barrier idea she's trying to construct.
► Beatrix is holding onto some regain baubles. I have to go back in time and check to see how many she has. (I think she has two?) But since she doesn't have anything from home that she wants, she'd like to give them to people who do need them. (Feel free to request one.)
► Something-something-something seagulls...

CR Dreams:
► Beatrix has amazing CR with some amazing characters, but she can always use more.
► Sparring partners, people who want to continue to help knock Beatrix off of her self-claimed pedestal or something, and people who genuinely just want to get to know her and are intrigued by her are all welcome.
► I love positive, negative, and all CR in-between.
► Did you know Beatrix has committed a bunch of war crimes back home? It's a lot of the reason she keeps people at a distance in this new world. A couple of people are aware of what she's done, but I still dream of a time in which that may become public knowledge and potentially change the opinions of others regarding her person.
► Continuing to be in the works is the creation of a protective barrier for the town proper, which Beatrix has had several ideas presented to her that she's currently investigating. If you have more, please feel to bring them forward. Additionally, Kisara made mention of natural disasters that could possibly plague the area and now Beatrix has become even more ambitious and would like to create an all-encompassing barrier that would ward against those sorts of things as well.
► Also on the continued path is Beatrix's desire to form an officially established protective guard, offering escort to those who may need it, providing a defence against outside threats, and in general keeping things in order and attempting to alleviate crime. Beatrix has hesitated to make any motions to lead this herself, though feels she would be the obvious choice for such a role. She values and understands the need to gain the trust of those around her, and wants a future council's blessing to instate just such a thing.

Etc.:

NIER | NIER GESTALT

[heseesonlyher]

Character: Nier | heseesonlyher
Canon: Post Ending D

About:
An old man with a daughter whom he loves very, very much. Nier is an incredibly sacrificing man and spends most of his canon time doing things for the benefit of other people. He could be considered a bit meddlesome, which wouldn't be entirely inaccurate. He seems incredibly gruff and serrated and in some ways, he is, but he's a deeply caring man with an interest in found family and connection with others. In Songerein, he's had the privilege of experiencing life again and this has allowed him to be a far happier person than he normally would be, though it's oft with a bittersweet note.

Abilities:
- Nier is... also good with one-handed and two-handed swords, and polearms. He came to Songerein with a two-handed sword and that seems to be his favourite weapon to use.
- His dreamotion isn't great and he hasn't used it enough to determine if it involves a certain element or not. He can make flowers bloom, though. (THANKS, HILDA.)

Dreamwalker Form: No. Nothing here either.

Plans:
► Nier will also be at the beach event. I can't see him getting into a swimsuit, though, so it seems wiser to assume he'll be that guy in his weird leather and chain garb.
► He's planning to form a friendship with the Lunar cave dwarfs in hopes of getting access to the crystals. He has a thought to take any he obtains to a smithy in hopes of crafting it into protective armour or weapons.
► There's new herbs and flowers! Nier will be very interested in exploring the new climes available to everyone to see what kinds of goodies he can find.
► Who's good at moving blocks? This guy. As such, he'll be very willing to lend a hand to anyone partaking in the Ice Cream Crush quest.
► He would like to help Build-a-Boat. He's never had the opportunity to go on one (at least, none that aren't unimpressive in size), but has wanted to.
► THIS MAN LOVES TO FISH. So something, something, something about Seafood Dining here.

CR Dreams:
► Nier is terrifically easy to get along with and generally gets along with everyone. He's eager to help, believes in bartering and trade, and much of the time doing things for unconditional reasons.
► He made an agreement with Kainé at some point that he wanted to grow a whole field of Lunar Tear flowers for her. Now seems like a great time to start doing that...
► He still struggles a lot with the idea of 'existence' and is continuing to spend a good deal of his time reflecting on actions he took back home, especially those involving his daughter. He has a lot of regrets about things he could have done, should have done, would have done if he'd had more time, and I continue to want him to explore this and find ways to better himself as a person.
► Please let him meddle in your affairs and offer to help when you really don't want him to, because in his canon it seems like most people just enthusiastically accepted his help. (Or told him to help, etc etc.)
► Maybe help this big guy relax because he seems to like being on the go-go-go constantly.

Etc.:

Sakura Kinomoto l Cardcaptor Sakura

[keystaff]

Player: Caprica
Contact: PM or Plurk (caprican). I also have Discord if you prefer, just ask me for that!

Character: Sakura Kinomoto | keystaff
Canon: Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (sequel manga, chapter 30).

About: App is over here in her journal. But basically, teenage Magical Girl in fictional Tomoeda, Japan in the modern day. She has a boyfriend, Syaoran, who is also of the magic persuasion, her bff Tomoyo makes her clothes and magical girl outfits because of course. She lives with her big brother Touya and her father (mother died when she was young).

Essentially, CCS is pretty slice of life as she deals with school and friends and her relationship with Syaoran as that develops through the course of the series, the magical cards and Guardians not withstanding. She has two Guardians that protect different aspects of the cards (Keroberos, powered by the sun, usually a bitty soft toy, can be a huge flying, fire breathing lion. Yue has a human disguise form of her brother's boyfriend as Yukito, and then the angelic winged appearance of Yue, getting his power under the moon) that guide her in finding and sealing/capturing the cards she accidentally let loose from the book of Clow's she found in the basement of her house when she was a bitty. Nowadays, she is powerful enough to create cards herself and did not even initially realize that it was her doing in creating them so yay chaos.

Abilities:

Basically the same as canon. She can create new cards here, can have her prophetic dreams. She only has Flight here at the moment but I do want to get more/make up new ones!

Dreamwalker Form: Probably just as herself (likely in some strange Tomoyoesque outfit)

Plans:

Starting with school? Figuring some sort of part time job somewhere or other? Delivery service or something maybe?? Since she has Flight? Or could just ride Kero if she had to. Also like I said, want to figure more cards. So I dunno if people might want to do something with that as a player plot or something or just have her quickly deal with it.

CR Dreams: Any and all cr really. Fellow mage types to talk shop with now she is opening up about her magic which she only has done with a certain few people back home. Big sibling types since she doesn't have Touya around to tease her/eat her snacks (okay no that still happens, thanks Kero!!) Younger kids around her age to bff? Not looking for romance because I could never do that to Syaoran but. Friends!!

Etc.:

Trahearne | Guild Wars 2

[pactmarshal]

Player: unkie
Contact: unkie or find me on the discord!

Character: Trahearne | pactmarshal
Canon: Guild Wars 2, post Heart of Thorns

About:
The first of his kind, leader of a united/multiracial military force, and renowned scholar... But not like any of that matters here in Song! Here, he's a generally kind and curious plant guy who is trying to find his identity outside of the above and is actively working for the betterment of his new home and neighbors. He's pretty good at seeing others' strengths and positive sides, and knowing what to do to draw those points out. Deep down, though, he's a big ol' loner, a bit of an awkward guy, and maybe a little too humble. He's also starting to realize that he actively needs to face the ghosts that haunt him from life, lest the big spooky nightmare energy gets him.

He's also like, 6'2 or something absurd like that. A large tree the size of a small tree.

Abilities:
Trahearne is a necromancer! Undead minions made of flesh and bone, lots of dark magic that makes creepy sounds, life drain, conditions, etc. Just really gross stuff that seems in contrast to his demeanor. He's also pretty mean with a greatsword, but he is not allowing himself to wield one because what is moving past your mistakes?

In terms of dreamotion, he's slowly getting a handle on it. He's taken more readily to manipulating vines (much to his chagrin), and is still struggling with the lighter/warmer version of it. It's fine. He'll get there.

Dreamwalker Form:
Retains his regular self (though he has not done much dreamwalking o o p s), though will have fun leaf clothes if the setting demands it.

Plans:
Trahearne is taking it easy this month after being in a coma for all of June and waking up to a terrible nightmare. He'll be trying to have "fun" at the beach party, and I plan to top level for that. Me? I'm not taking it easy!!! I'm gonna tag shit!!!

He also has a cave field trip with 76 planned and will be attending the music concert to watch. I think that's it, though. We'll see what happens baybeee

In the long term, Trahearne will continue to maintain the wiki Archives (you should submit something, it helps everyone!). And while he's cautious of exposing himself to too much nightmare energy, he might get it in his head at some point soon to explore the Wastes. WHO'S IN

CR Dreams:
- More nerd friends. I know this game is full of nerds. y'all building a school? only nerds do that
- Related, I think it'd be an interesting challenge (for me?) to have Trahearne befriend some of the younger cohort. He's an excellent mentor and treats everyone like everyone else, so he could be great for kids or teens that desperately want to be treated like adults. But he has to get past the "oh you are an adolescent [insert animal species here]" hangup first.
- Another interesting challenge would be negative CR. Where is his negative CR? Nothing has worked so far.
- People who can help him keep his emotions in check in a healthy way are key right now. He gets bits and pieces from other people already, for which he is grateful, but I would love to expand on this (and u get a very loyal plant friend in return).
- Honestly I'm down for whatever! Throw anyone at him, see what sticks and what happens!

Etc.:

give him hero points and a fucking gun. let him evolve beyond core necro.

shirou emiya | fate/

[projections]

Player: senami 
Contact: springbloom 

Character: Shirou Emiya | Fate/
Canon: fate/ stay night heaven's feel 11th day 

About: Once upon a time there was a man named Kinoko Nasu who made a visual novel called fate/stay night. Fate/ is that one franchise of type moon fame with a million spin offs, aus , adaptations and saber faces. We're mostly known for the many iterations of a certain saber face. 

This Shirou is more specifically from Heaven's Feel route of Fate/stay night.  Just a heads up that this series deals with some really explicit context and you're welcome to use my opt out post if any of it makes you uncomfortable. 

When Shirou was young he was inspired to become like a hero of justice because it was the only way for him to live. He grows up and matures in Heaven's Feel when he realizes that he could no longer be a hero of justice.  Shirou just focuses on protecting his friends and his family. His first and foremost goal is to save Sakura Matou.  He's earnest, kind, stubborn, has ridiculous amounts of endurance and determination but he mostly just wants to live a peaceful life with his friends. 

There's a film trilogy about the series created by Ufotable. It's a very shiny anime powered by whales and gacha money. Thanks Fate/Grand Order.

he's also that one character who says this infamous line 




Abilities:

Shirou is a magus and therefore he can use magecraft.  He excels in a certain type of conjuring called projection magecraft. He create items with a very low success rate. For some reason he was never told how to do it properly so instead he just makes things up as he goes along. yeah, i know. A very bright way to go about doing things. 

Normally he ends up damaging his body everytime he uses projection magecraft. In Heaven's feel that type of spell might actually kill him so he seals it away with the Shroud of Martin. 


Dreamwalker Form: a dreamwalker form where he looks like a certain man in red. 

Plans:
I would like to have him properly learn how to integrate dreamotion with his projection magecraft. That way he can use projection without it damaging him.  Some dreamotion logs might be nice in the future.
 
Shirou might also be interested in finding warding seals or something similar to a powerful mystic code so that he can have an edge in his next battle. 

I have some plans to tag some posts and follow up on the tdm threads so I'd be glad to continue those. 


CR Dreams: 


He's great at cooking and house work so please let him cook for you. Shirou likes taking care of people and he takes pride in his cooking abilities.  If you're ever in need of a care taker or someone to just do your chores this is your man. 

Shirou could use more friends and honestly I'm just seeing how things are because he's still a new character. 

Etc.:

[recreator]

Hi Agatha! I know we talked briefly before and we're both somewhat canonblind to each other's games, but Emet-Selch is going to be very, very interested in her. Very. (And not in a creepy way, actually, even though Grandpa here probably seems kinda suspect...)

He's very invested in the survival/revival of the "Ancients" and even if Aerith isn't one of his world's Ancients, specifically, they've got a lot in common. He also has a connection to the lifestream and he can see souls, so I think that might be of some interest to them both.

And he just so happens to be very good with magic (he could totally help her with hers, if he wanted if he was bullied into it) and a gremlin magnet, so if nothing else I think their interactions could be hilarious!

[lonelysmiles]

Hello, fellow being with a fashionable red long coat! Would you like to run into a demon sometime? This guy likes to dreamwalk in nightmares specifically or play stupid games with the noctaere outside of the town.

Soldier: 76 | Overwatch

[steadypulse]

Player: Leo
Contact: PM, catch me in the game Discord, or Leicon

Character: Soldier: 76 | steadypulse
Canon: Overwatch, post-Valkyrie, and CRAU from Forgotten Tales

About: 76 is an enhanced super soldier, turned golden-boy-head of an international government funded peace keeping organization, turned bitter and jaded vigilante.

He's a rough and gruff old man these days, seeking out the truth and his new personal kind of justice. He's a very hands on type of guy from Indiana who was raised on a farm and basically forced to be the Golden Boy American Dream for a majority of his life. Thins got turned upside-down after a life of pressure and personal sacrifices and basically he is going one man army on his hunt for those responsible.

Sometimes you gotta break a few eggs, and beat some gang member's head with a smoldering piñata.

Abilities: Man has enhanced strength, speed, agility, senses, endurance, stamina- Super Soldier Shit, basically. Under his belt is also military training to go with that, along with a natural charisma he buries and the fact he will run head-on in to danger at the drop of a hat even still. More about this is of course in his app.

I'm going with a shadow based and also electrical based dreamotion type deal, the first leaning a little on to something he had in Forgotten Tales. Things will be added on, little extra pieces as he learns and grows with it(like having shadow armor and gauntlets, the oddly warm and velvety fluid-ish feel to his shadows, and weird little shadow portals that he's learned to move through{bit of shadow walking!}). Has figured out how to conjure wolves from a mix of light and shadow dreamotion, they're pretty neat. Recently learned he can shapeshift in to a wolf, still practicing.

He's also got a bit of an ice and fire thing going, stemming off from the shadow and electrical dreamotion of his a bit. On top of this he's discovered his ability to grow and manipulate plants of various sorts; flowers, constricting vines, you name it and he can grow it and will get better with practice!

Dreamwalker Form: Partially a callback to Forgotten Tales, it's more on the wolfy side of things. Old war dog and all that. It also changes to adapt to whatever event dreamscape of the month, keeping some aspects of the original wolf-y form.

Plans: Currently working at the Wild Harvest as a cook, and helping out the local farmers. Even after recent events 76 is still keeping up to the usual business of late night patrols in town, being a little more feral than usual in keeping out of town as much as possible outside of the late night moonless patrols. There are a few plans just going along in the background, and I'm up to adding any fun ideas with others to things.

76 is also involved in looking out for both Erasers and Noctaere, and as only a few characters ICly know dealing with some Noctaere corruption since Day 1 of the game. Hid it a little too well.

He's working a lot on the farmlands and helping the farmers get ready for planting and also tending to whatever animals and mending that needs to be done. An old had at helping around a farm given he was raised on one.

There is an ongoing player plot I've been running for a few months in the background, involving a Noctaere repulsing flower discovered by Kazuma and 76 called Glowing Dawns. The last thing done is he, Yujin, and Sholmes went to the cave and explored, discovering that things are not as dead and vacant as he thought; this has ICly decided to be kept a secret, outside of a few characters, to protect the creatures and "Ents" that call in their home. That being said? I'm very willing to have 76 escort a couple people there outside of the small handful he feels are trustworthy to keep the secret.

If anyone is curious about this ongoing background character plot I'm happy to answer questions about that, too.

Given that the Glowing Dawn cave is going to be an IC secret with ho that thread went, I'm developing something I'm calling Glowing Dawn Coves that are more open to discovery and if anyone wants to come across one hit me up and I'll give you the deets!

With that out of the way- I do plan on tossing a catch-all log up this month, as well as sending 76 out to the daytime portion of the open intro log beach party to help pass out goodies in advertising for The Wild Harvest.

CR Dreams: I honestly enjoy pulling this man right out of his comfort zone, and getting him people he can be friendly with; easy mode is of course military folks, or anything similar there. People he can get comfortable around, and eventually give an actual name- maybe go maskless around in more proof of that comfort whether he realizes it or not. He's already gotten some of that, but I welcome more.

76 is also pretty good at training those who are less inclined to fighting. Wanna learn to toss someone twice your size over your back? Grumpy old man can be one of those guys. He's also skilled with his own dreamotion abilities, and a few more "sensible" things that could come in handy with living in a place like this.

He's also got something of a habit of accidentally 'dadding' younger characters in subtle ways of just- feeding and encouraging. For a guy that's never had kids, despite his own thoughts, he's a pretty descent parental figure and example of what not to do with your life. So if you're interested in that type of CR? There's this old grump for you.

Etc.:

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[stupidmammon]

Hello! I don't really know much about Nier, but Mammon here has cr with OldMan Nier and he's thought a few times about how he thinks Mammon and Kaine would get along

tifa lockhart | final fantasy vii

[starshower]

Player: Sheila
Contact: PM or @ crystariums

Character: Tifa Lockhart ( starshower )
Canon: Final Fantasy VII, end of FFVII:Remake

About: Tifa is "Mom Friend" personified. She's a kind, empathetic, caring, patient soul who is always looking for ways to help others. But don't let her shy, timid disposition fool you, because she can kick a lot of ass, too—Tifa is an expert martial artist who specializes in delivering powerful kicks and punches to the face! Although she is much more reserved than she looks, and although she's as friendly a soul as you can find anywhere, she hardly wears her heart on her sleeve and keeps her emotions close and her heart even closer, but will always put on a smile to be strong for others.

Internally, Tifa has struggled a lot with grief and loss. She struggles with her past, has some confidence issues, and harbours guilt for what Avalanche has done, but she hides it well, and she perserveres. Despite that, none of it changes who she is as a person, and she comes out of her struggles still as kind-hearted as she's always been, and is always trying to do the right thing to help anyone in need, regardless of who they are or where they come from.

Recently in canon, the gang left their fight against Shinra, the big bad power company sucking all of the mako from the Planet, to pursue Sephiroth. Next winter, please come faster... She is also CRAU from Isle of Avalon, so this isn't her first rodeo!

Abilities: Tifa is a Typical Final Fantasy Party Member, specializing in hand-to-hand combat. She's come in equipped with a few materia as well, so if you need someone with fiery fists and a fiery summon, or even a Cure spell, she's your gal! Her dreamotion energy usually manifests in fire as well, and being someone who isn't as in control of her emotions as she'd like people to believe, it can be a bit unpredictable at times, so she tries to avoid using it unless it's absolutely necessary.
Dreamwalker Form: Nothing cool! Just her usual canon appearance.

Plans: I won't be top-leveling for the event, but I'll definitely be tagging around, but I can also whip up closed starters for anyone who would like one! She'll likely be doing a little bit of everything at the event, but there are some other big things in the works for her right now!

🌠 Biggest thing is that she's sort of officially-unofficially engaged to Eustace? As in they talked about marriage on the horizon and agreed that it was a Thing they wanted to do, so... please look forward to that in the future?
🌠 She's still looking into learning some different combat styles and how to wield different weapons, and has learned the way of the sword thanks to Kaine. Staff is next (looking at you, Dohalim!), but she isn't about to stop there!
🌠 I'm still pondering about giving her a second elemental magic for her dreamotion to start manifesting as, the more she gains control of what she has now? It would probably be water, but we shall see.
🌠 Because Lae shoved it at me handed it off to me and I totally volunteered, Tifa will be the one hosting the pet party as a celebration for both the flower pups not being pups anymore, and as just a general mingle for people to meet up and chat! Eustace is sad about his dogs growing up so!!! This will be in August!

CR Dreams: Any and all. Negative/positive/in-between! She works well with literally any type of character but she's especially fun to play against the grumpier types and kids (who can also kick ass with her)! She'd benefit from people who can teach her some new combat styles as well as people who are really good with controlling their dreamotion energy. Also more Mom Friends would always be fun!

What I can offer in return is who can cook, clean, kick, punch, and who is just an all-around genuinely friendly and good person/friend.


Etc.:

[shithogs]

From what I know about Mammon, yeah, yeah, that tracks. I can send her his way on the beach log if you like! It would be good for her to get to know more of Nier's friends. c:

[projections]

HELLO

that sounds super cool! I'd enjoy that a lot! If you make a post or have plans for the upcoming event I'll be sure to hit you up!

[menancia]

Hello, fellow plant-enthusiast and nerd. Hey. Hey. Why aren't we building a school?

In all seriousness though, I think these two would get along famously; in addition to having friends in common they are both ~in tune with nature~ so there's a great jumping off point there. Dohalim is also great with keeping his own emotions measured, so he may be able to be of assistance there!

[zomboii]

dad why didn't you tell me you were married