welcome to pollux.

[etrayamods]

❬ welcome to pollux ❭

Arrival went as expected.

You're sleeping, until you're not. There's the soft beep, beep of a vitals monitor nearby, keeping track of your heartbeat - or lack thereof, if you don't have one. Everything feels heavy, like your body's being weighed down to the comfortable cot beneath it. Eventually, that heavy, sedated feeling starts to wear, and you're able to open your eyes, to sit up. You can stay there and pretend to sleep as long as your heart desires if preferred.

Regardless, once your eyes are open, your attention will be drawn to the hologram of a man flipping through the pages of a (hologram) book. Once he has noticed you have become conscious, he’ll turn his focus onto you, albeit with a look that implies he’s irritated by the responsibility given to him.

“It took you long enough, didn’t it? I am running on an extremely tight schedule, and am now running,” his attention turns to the watch on his wrist, checking the time, “approximately four minutes behind. Ah, well, I can't do anything about it now. Welcome to Pollux. And good luck to you.”

He will stay for a little while, checking his watch every few moments as if ensuring he isn’t falling too off track. If one does not speak up, he will simply leave. If they are rude, he may stand and leave the room, noting he will not allow himself to lose time to someone who is making him tardy.

Otherwise, he will explain that the multiverse is slowly falling apart. While worlds have not begun dying off just yet, they're on the cusp of destruction. Echo has made an impossible choice: only some worlds will survive, and the individuals pulled to Pollux are the ones who will get to decide which world is worthy of being saved. Through their actions on Pollux, they'll earn Echo's favor, thus saving their universe.

There is no alternative, Castor explains. Many have tried to find one, spending years, decades, searching for the answer to save everything. Unfortunately, the multiverse is just too big, and trimming it down is the only way to ensure the world as a whole survives at all.

At some point in time your character has arrived to Pollux, a bubble city very similar to Etraya in that those who arrive there are told that they are present in order to prove their world is worth saving.

Every other month or so, they embark on a mission meant to aid them in proving something - whether it’s their strength, their character, how sound of mind they are, how kind, wise, clever - missions can be nearly anything, but are always made to test something. We ask that you don’t get too specific on previous missions without checking these through the others coming in with your application round! But this post is your area to plot out previous missions, discuss how they went, and decide what you would like for your characters to have gone through during their time. You are welcome to decide how long their stay with Castor had been, too!

The city of Pollux is similar to Etraya in that it is a bubble city run by an AI, but the similarities end there. This particular city is extremely high-tech, with tall buildings that reach up to the end of the protective barrier’s limitations. There is a small park toward the center of the city, but the rest of it is composed of buildings all maintained by the companion bots - who are always very, very busy. Castor seems much more obsessed with maintenance of his city and keeping everything crisp and updated than focused on the residents themselves: he sends them off on their missions, ensures they have what they need, but otherwise leaves them be to do as they please. And he has a habit of. . . forgetting some residents on occasion.

This isn’t the first time Castor has called it a day and left others behind when they were not at the portal on time. After all, he is a very busy man! A whole city to attend to! People to feed, bots to maintain! If others cannot keep on his schedule, that sounds like a problem for them to solve themselves, not one for him.

Your characters, while initially fighting to save their world on Pollux, have now been left behind while on a mission on Auriel, a country of the Fae.

❬ BETWEEN THE NIGHT AND MORROW ❭

As a note, the majority of this is pasted from our upcoming plotting post, so this information will repeat what you will see on Friday.

Auriel is a country that is known for rejecting outside influences. While it is situated on a massive planet with many different continents to explore, Auriel has shut itself off from everything else, adding a barrier around its lands to prevent others from entering. The Fae who reside within the barrier once depended on the belief of others in their world to survive, but centuries of evolution and adaptation have allowed them to sustain themselves based merely off of their own belief in their existence. They do not rely on outside sources, and instead shun other cultures entirely.

Instead, Auriel has separated itself into five Courts, each with their own specialties, weaknesses, and talents therein. While Fae are not born into these specific courts, they discover their own specialties around their ninth birthday, and are removed from their parents’ care and into the care of their Court instead. When they are sorted, they are moved into one of four main Courts, one for each season and two each for Seelie and Unseelie.

The fifth court, Corvinae, is populated by outcasts who discover later in life that they do not quite fit in with the Court they were destined for. Perhaps their abilities later - shifted. Perhaps they discovered with age that despite their specialty being flames, they simply did not have the affinity to maintain the fire within them. Regardless of the circumstances, all outcasts are welcome in Corvinae -- but the change is permanent, as they're branded as oathbreakers to the rest of the Fae and widely shunned. Corvinae live in secret.

The continent is broken up into four areas, one for each main Court. While the Courts do generally keep to themselves, there are quarterly gatherings at the lands where their continents merge in which they share resources, offer their assistance to other Courts, and throw large parties in which they can celebrate one another and what they have accomplished.

❬ THE FAIR FULL MOON DOTH TURN ❭

... to swift decay, and burn her fire away.

From November 14th to November 28th, the annual winter festival is held, hosted by the winter court Umbraean. Characters will be separated into one of the four courts, and instructed to integrate themselves with the Fae. Their main mission objective had been to show cultural understanding by successfully blending in with the Fae during their initial arrival from Pollux. However, the Etrayans' main objective will be to find those stranded from Pollux. In order to accomplish this, they must participate seamlessly in the festivities without letting on to any Fae that they are outsiders, and they will accordingly be subject to all Fae laws and customs.

Upon arrival, they will receive a glamour. This can be as extreme or as light as you’d like! Perhaps their appearance changes entirely to help them blend in, or perhaps it just adds a certain... elvish look to them, making them appear closer to a Fae’s idea of “perfect” than they might have usually. Characters will be given abilities (boons) corresponding to their Court - these abilities will not travel back to Etraya with them, as they are environment-specific. Along with these abilities, they will also have flaws - negative effects that are part of belonging to their specific Court.

At these gatherings, the Fae play games and put on shows -- described as side quests. These sidequests will be visible on the main plotting post going up on November 7th.

Fae Laws

To know a name is to hold a leash.

• A Fae’s true name carries power over them, and those who know it have power over them.
• These names do not have to be their birth names, but can be established as part of joining their Courts.
• Characters will instinctively know their true names.

A guest is both blessing and obligation.

• Fae cannot cross thresholds without the permission of those residing within them. This translates over to other Fae, too.
• An invitation can be literal or symbolic.
• Once invited, they must abide by the terms of entry. The host must show gracious reception and the guest must not disrespect their home.

Every gift demands a return.

• Fae society runs on equivalent exchange. Be careful who you thank.
• To accept a gift without returning it puts the Fae under a binding debt.
• Those who break the law of exchange may be branded dishonorable.

Words are hidden blades.

• Promises and oaths are binding.
• Breaking an oath causes physical or spiritual decay, as well as banishment from one’s Court.
• Those clever enough will word their vows carefully, avoiding lies whilst still twisting the truth.

❬ courts of the fae ❭

Florere
Seelie Court of Summer
Daylight. The natural organic world. Dryads and rangers. Color theme is golds and browns. Prizes athleticism and kindness.

Boon: Shapeshifting or healing. If the former, the character will have a dedicated animal they can shift into at will that reflects their spirit; if the latter, healing includes restoring any organic life, including making plants grow.

Flaw: Florere need regular skin-to-skin contact or verbal affirmations (praise). They're closer to their heritage than the other courts, so they require additional energy contributions in the old way to stay healthy. Without this, they become sluggish and wilted.

Umbraean
Unseelie Court of Winter
Nighttime. The unseen world of dreams. Poets and politicians. Color theme is black and silver or pale grey. Prizes austerity and eloquence.

Boon: Illusion magic or empathy. A facility with illusions makes them especially prone to trickery -- the subtler the better. A truly masterful illusion will be one the victim never realizes was an illusion at all. For empathy, the ability to lightly detect emotions in others or even project and emanate an emotion of their own allows them an equally subtle advantage in manipulation.

Flaw: Those of the winter court are unable to directly lie themselves. This means they're typically masters of oration, weighing each word with precision.

Aestus
Seelie Court of Spring
Order and creation. Wild unrestrained growth. Mages and artisans. Color theme is anything bold and gaudy. Prizes skill mastery and courage.

Boon: Elemental magic or crafting specialty. Each Aestus specializes in either a school of elemental magic or a craft such as sewing, cooking, painting, or smithing -- anything that results in a tangible creation. Characters in Aestus will find themselves with a sudden strong affinity for their specialization, whatever it is, for the duration of the mission.

Flaw: Tapping into the raw power of creation makes them volatile. Aestus feel emotions particularly strongly, and their pride is immense: they can't back down from any challenge leveled at them.

Sirena
Unseelie Court of Autumn
Decay and entropy. Inevitable decline of life to death. Hedge witches and mystics. Rather than a color, their aesthetic theme is artful transience (wabi-sabi). Prizes patience and insight.

Boon: Potions or divination. Sirena are masters at using the flow of time to their advantage, either by reading it directly via divination (future and past) or by intuiting what components are needed for a potion to create a desired effect. Characters will either gain a divination method they excel in or an innate knowledge of how to create potions, which are the most versatile and lasting form of Fae magic.

Flaw: Being so tuned into how temporary life is, Sirena are extremely curious and drawn to mysteries. They can't resist asking a plethora of questions about the slightest novelty, all too aware it might occur only once and this is their sole chance to learn of it.

Corvinae
The Fifth Court
Those who don't belong. Dark gothic aesthetics. Mischief and loyalty to found family. The only constancy in life is that it's ever-changing, that it cannot be contained or understood.

The outcasts take great pleasure in flaunting their defiance of hierarchy. Every year, the Corvinae cycle through their members to designate a new monarch; thus, every member is both ruler and subject at different points in their life. Their love for one another grants them extraordinary power, enough to defy the standard rules of Fae... and as a result, they encourage expression of love any way that is consensual. Nothing is off limits.

Boon: None of the Fae laws apply to them, and they can leverage their belief in one another to bloom their natural gifts beyond what is possible in the traditional courts.

Flaw: Cannot survive outside of their community, as they depend on their mutual devotion to exist. This creates an insular and secretive subculture, almost cult-like.

❬ LOST VESTIGES ❭

Yet amongst the native residents that are meant to be within it's city's walls are 13 individuals who do not belong with them. During a previous mission given by their own AI, Castor, they had been left behind. Perhaps Castor had miscounted his residents, perhaps he simply forgot these ones specifically. A lapse in judgement, certainly, but Aurora's mission here is simple: gather those who had originated from Pollux, and take them back home along with her own citizens to Etraya. Given Castor had already removed them from his own count, he will not be re-adding them to his own citizenry; rather, Aurora intends to take them for herself.

Your characters have been blending in amongst the Fae for twoish months, and have integrated themselves in with their courts. The duty of the Etrayans is to find the individuals from Pollux and provide them with one of Aurora's tokens to ensure she will be able to locate them to pull them back to Etraya. However, these tokens cannot be given to the Fae -- anyone who does so will fail the mission. The Fae are extremely prejudiced against outsiders, so a character's ability to blend in amongst them will be their most important skill for survival while they are stranded.

❬ COURT ASSIGNMENTS ❭

Florere

Ignis Scientia cheffeur
Gojo Satoru rikugan

Pavel Morozov goodcommunist
Eddie Munson metalled

Umbraean

Cameron Phillips the_infiltrator
Geto Suguru gorb

Nicholas D. Wolfwood caso
Selina Kyle catscratching

Aestus

Sandrilene fa Toren threadmage
Travis Touchdown crownless

Zack Fair cartierfirstclass
Ieiri Shoko reversive

Sirena

Aerith Gainsborough inemeraldfaith
Clara Oswald timefracture

Bucky Barnes bracchium
Talmai venesect

Corvinae

Viktor the Machine Herald sweetmilk

❬ NOTES ❭

📌 — Please feel free to NPC characters who had previously been on Pollux! If you're going to use any canon characters of any sort, please let the mods know under mod queries.

📌 — For all questions relating to Pollux, Castor, or what characters had been getting up to - please refer to the mod queries comment on this post. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.

❬ PLOTTING FORM ❭

<b>Player:</b> <b>Contact Info:</b> How should other players reach out to you? (discord, plurk, etc.) <b>Limits:</b>Things you'd rather avoid—e.g. death, certain triggers, etc. <b>Character Name:</b> <B>How long have they been on Pollux?:</B> <b>Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?:</B> <B>CR You're Looking for:</B> <b>Anything Else:</b> Links to permissions posts, opt-outs, misc additional notes.

🔵FULL NAVIGATION🔵

Comments

mod queries.

[etrayamods]

[bracchium]

Quick questions re: glamour!

Do those from Pollux also have the glamour (and still have it after months of being left behind)? Or did they lose it?

Will the Etrayans be able to see through the glamour to recognize those from Pollux?

[cheffeur]

What's the coffee situation in fae-land. This is Important to determine just how Done my guy is.

[crownless]

Hi mods! For canon characters who were previously on Pollux, could I handwave that Travis briefly had 1 or 2 castmates with him? (I was thinking minor cast who are unlikely to be picked up in the future, fwiw!)

[caso]

Heyo, mods! I'd just like to ask if Wolfwood here would have his weapon with him? His signature weapon is the Punisher: a massive, multi-function crucifix that serves as a high-caliber machine gun, a long-range sniper rifle, and a formidable bludgeon.

I'd like for him to have been in Pollux for maybe a year or two. So lemme know if he would or would not have the Punisher with him. Thank you!

[rikugan]

will polluxians across the fae courts have comm with each other or will comms not be functional with castor gone?

[metalled]

hi :>

A somewhat two threefold question: can/would Eddie have a guitar? I'm thinking of wrapping his glamour in some sort of entertainment/musician theme.

Second to that, what would we be looking at? With Pollux being very tech heavy, would it be some kind of futuristic electric guitar that needs no cord/amp/etc.? Or given the need to blend with the fae, would we be looking at something more acoustic (and possibly nature-inspired in shape, given his court)?

And can he keep it when he makes it to Etraya?

Re: mod queries.

[bracchium]

Sorry for the late question but are Polluxians allowed to share the information about the multiverse collapsing and some worlds have to die for others to survive with Etrayans? Or is this ooc information not ic?

[cheffeur]

Player: Suze!
Contact Info: Discord and Plurk are both fine, I'm soozaphone at both!
Limits: I'm good with anything fam

Character Name: Ignis Scientia
How long have they been on Pollux?: let's say just a month before the disaster two months being marooned in the fae court. He hates the AI Castor. Absolutely incompetent.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?:
Let's be real, he's been getting deep into the court and aristocracy. Lots of schmoozing, building allies, and learning the deets of which nobility hates who and for what reason, et cetera. I assume while he's stuck here he's stuck as close to power as he can just for more INFO.... So yeah maybe working as a steward or some shit, idk. I'm open to plotting this is all just off the top of my head.

Or hell let him have earned some honorary title. Political Theater is what he was trained for. Also many many other stupid skills but you know, all of them about existing in royal spaces!


Also he definitely screwed up one time at the beginning and accepted a favour and became some fae's servant for like a week.
CR You're Looking for: ALL OF IT. Ignis is Nosy and Bossy (though he does genuinely mean well, but also he's probably been stressed out since arriving in Pollux because HIS KING ISNT HERE--). Feel free to hate this guy. Or be pals! He's a great cook.
Anything Else: i don't have anything ready guys, we yolo over here

[bracchium]

I would love for Ignis and Bucky to be friends (or as friendly as Bucky gets). He hates being on missions, but he’s aware other people are good at politicking. They aren’t in the same court, but I’d be down for some grumpy man times. Or if Ignis needs a bodyguard for any reason!

[sweetmilk]

i NEED them to have crossed paths at a party and helped each other despite being in completely different courts.

[sweetmilk]

Player: ell
Contact Info: brutallyamish (discord, plurk)
Limits: Good with pm anything (save for SA)

Character Name: Viktor, the Machine Herald
How long have they been on Pollux?: A couple months, let's say. He was initially interested in the AI, but he has some complaints now.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Mr Outcast here has been doing more subterfuge than anything. Because he's not part of any of the "main" courts and he's more interested in finding and helping like minds, he's been around the fringes, guiding and assisting anyone who feels like they don't belong to their little family. He's also been leading off anyone who might have been searching for them for nefarious reasons.

He was involved in the recent change of the monarch and he is very protective of them, having been brought into the fold by them so anyone plotting against them will have to face him down.

Also? Because he's immune to the fae rules, he goes out of his way to mess with the ones who are. Sorry about it if he got you caught in a debt. Sucks to suck.
CR You're Looking for: Everything and anything! Viktor is a little abrasive and reclusive in general, and prickly more often than not, but he is interested in helping people who need it and is kind and lonely beneath all the chem-treated steel and augmentations. Also, as a Corvinae, he needs to show signs of love, which will really take the shape of things he's made to help people, so people are welcome to find things like that around (they're there for the outcasts), but I think showing that affection to others might help him too.
Anything Else: I've got all his old lore written up here, since he's different from the Arcane version by a wide margin. The glamour's covering up a lot of his augments at the moment save for the unnatural orange glow of his eyes but he's mostly metal under there.

[bracchium]

Recluse to recluse! Bucky is part of a court, but he’d prefer to be a fringe element. Maybe they hung out on a previous mission and are kind of friendly?

[crownless]

Player: Danni
Contact Info: smithsyndicate @ plurk, beamkatanachronicles @ discord, pm to this account
Limits: permadeath & sexual assault

Character Name: Travis Touchdown
How long have they been on Pollux?: I'm gonna be the funny guy and say he was here for MONTHS. Approx 4 months prior to getting stuck, so 6 months "here" in total? Guarantee he lost at least one month to purely fucking around and dawdling (eating food! sneaking into movie theaters! playing fancy future video games!!!!) so for both comedy and flexibility of plotting's sake he will ICly not give straight or coherent answers to what he was up to.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Having a Bad Time. He's already a pretty loud and annoying guy and having landed in the Aestus court with "pride & emotional" as flaws? Phew. If he started a fight that you heard about he's not sorry, that guy had it coming. He also found a lot of difficulty adhering to Fae laws and is probably still paying back weird Fae debts he incurred before he figured everything out. Somehow he's managed to get away without causing any major incidents, but that's because he's both too direct and not wily enough to have engaged in any political wheeling and dealing. He stayed (mostly) out of trouble!! What more do you want from him!
CR You're Looking for: Everything, both positive and negative! Fellow nerds, fellow mercenaries/assassins (though unless it was ever mission relevant he was probably lowkey about his profession), people from the modern day, people who are still irritated with That Guy who kept not following mission rules, others who also found difficulty blending in on Auriel. People who got sick of seeing him posting food reviews to the network. Also, sparring buddies, he does swords and hand-to-hand. :|b
Anything Else: I'm still setting everything up rip but most important is his fourth wall permissions! please lmk what you are comfy with, i am incredibly flexible and definitely do not want to step on people's toes. <3

[cheffeur]

he has absolutely heard about the fights you started, travis, and is internally judging. when even the floreres are gossiping about your exploits, you know you done fucked up.

(lbr, if it happened in another court, they're probably thrilled to gossip about it. we love drama that we aren't involved with.)

[bracchium]

Player:Dha
Contact Info: derecho @ plurk, derecho. @ discord
Limits:Terminal illness

Character Name: Bucky Barnes
How long have they been on Pollux?: Long enough for Auriel to be his second mission (Several months to a year)
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Fae-Heist with Ignis! Otherwise open!
CR You're Looking for: People who are cool with hermits who are recluses or people looking for silent muscle for jobs. He's a bit difficult to unstick from walls. Go-getters would be loved.
Anything Else: He may need some nudging to leave Auriel.

[crownless]

Heyyyyy Mr. Barnes I have a guy who likes the sound of his own voice AND would have also been looking for grunt work. Would you want to plot some previous mission cr? Maybe Bucky and Travis were both working at the same gig somewhere?

[threadmage]

Player: Em
Contact Info: biowafers @ plurk and discord, PM
Limits: Death, physical harm.

Character Name: Sandrilene fa Toren
How long have they been on Pollux?: Three months in Pollux, two months in Auriel. Enough time to get used to future technology, get settled down, get abandoned and be righteously furious about that.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: She knows how to hold her own in societies given her noble background, and she's gained somewhat of a reputation for her thread magic, most of which she uses to get more commissions. She's not particularly concerned about advancing her station as long as she gets to do more thread work.
CR You're Looking for: She's 15 and very social, so she'll make friends with just about anyone. Except she couldn't make friends with Castor which annoys her greatly. She has a lot of opinions about him and they aren't very kind.
Anything Else: She likes to stick her nose in other people's business.

[cheffeur]

I'm so ready for all these new residents to etraya to unanimously bitch about their useless AI


Also when we get to Etraya he will introduce Sandry to His Crew, they need some little sister energy

[the_infiltrator]

Player: vil
Contact Info: Discord or plurk! I'm justghosts at both
Limits: Nope!

Character Name: Cameron Phillips
How long have they been on Pollux?: I'll say about a year
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: She's so stressed she can't lie, you guys. But she kind of enjoys the Court.
CR You're Looking for: She'll be looking for allies who can help her get back to Pollux or help her bring John Connor to Auriel. She'll keep a close eye on everyone from Pollux, whether they know it or not.
Anything Else: Nothing comes to mind right now

[bracchium]

Cameron and Bucky cyborg friendship!

[goodcommunist]

Player: aki
Contact Info: shomonkai @ plurk, seraphita2033 @ discord
Limits: Eh, nothing really!

Character Name: Pavel
How long have they been on Pollux?: Let's go with around three to four months. Honestly, he was having a pretty good time until the abandonment mid-mission. Let's be real, annoyingly so.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Oh, boy, well, first of all I am down to assume CR some interesting shit into having happened. Pavel is already an overly friendly guy who tries to be in everyone's business and being sorted into the Florere court is just straight up encouragement for that. So he'll be trying to get along with all his fellow fae whether they like it or not! He'll definitely be trying his best to shamelessly butter them up and get in with the in crowd. No amount of asskissing is too much. Also he's a shapeshifter now. I haven't decided on the familiar yet but just give me a minute.

Also um. He will either go full scorched earth when he realizes he's stranded, probably getting in major trouble with the fae, or the complete opposite - trying to permanently establish himself high up in the court at the expense of literally anyone. Which one is a 50/50. It depends on outside influence.
CR You're Looking for: All of it. Let him successfully win your character over or have them mildly tolerate him or have them not tolerate him at all. I'm down to clown. He will try to make friends with just abut anybody. If your character knew him on Pollux, they would likely know he comes from an apocalyptic wasteland world if they had cared to ask. So he's especially interested in folks with equally gritty backgrounds or who can hold their own in a fight. Of-age ladies may have to endure some flirting.
Anything Else: man standing emoji hi i'm shy but happy 2 b here

[threadmage]

We need to figure something out between them when we're both not slightly dying.

[caso]

Player: Kiera
Contact Info: dessin @ plurk
Limits: Nothing in particular.

Character Name: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
How long have they been on Pollux?: About 2 years. His canon point is after the destruction of July City.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Thrown into the world of the Fae, he'd be using his new illusion magic to work as a hired gun/fixer. Probably carved out a niche as a reliable, if morally flexible, problem-solver. Likely the guy you hire to find someone who doesn't want to be found, to convince a debtor to pay up, or to deliver a package no questions asked. 👀 He would keep to the shadows to avoid attention, and his clients will know him as The Haunt. It's a simple, effective code name—someone who can get in, get the job done, and vanish without a trace. His life so far has likely been a cycle of sketchy jobs, cheap drinks, and restless sleep. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
CR You're Looking for: Open to all kinds of cr for him! Wolfwood's the type to keep his cards close to his chest, so even if our characters have known each other for weeks or months or yearsssss, he'd still be a bit of a mystery, carefully avoiding talking about his past. That said, he's not a recluse. He'd absolutely be the type to share a drink or a smoke with your character, using those casual moments to build a quiet camaraderie. Happy to discuss anything from established professional contacts and wary allies to closer, more complicated friendships. 🥂
Anything Else: Excited to be here! Feel free to add me on plurk if you'd like.

[cheffeur]

Wolfwood!!! Look, sometimes you just Need Shady Folk for things to operate smoothly, ok. No one has to be happy about it but they need to understand that reality.

Which is to say that Ignis will never Formally Acknowledge his works (if he even knows LMAO. tho who's to say he hasn't made requests of the haunt before...), but probably appreciates his discretion and competency. A++ would get a drink with and talk about everything except for things that matter.

[gorb]

Player: sarah
Contact Info: qingya
Limits: death

Character Name: geto suguru
How long have they been on Pollux?: a brief day or so before they headed to auriel.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: he will absolutely be playing it as safely and as diplomatically as possible, so that means schmoozing for want of a better word. he needs allies, and will fully swallow down any anti-normie sentiment that he usually carries around with him. he's good at playing the conscientious and considerate buddhish monk ( it is a lie ) and so it's very possible he'll be as affable as possible. a well-rounded good guy.
CR You're Looking for: let him use those new empathy powers to manipulate u into thinking he cares about people and will listen to your woes. come unburden yourself to him. he promises not to use it against you down the line. ( on the other hand, if anyone uses theirs against him they'll fully note he is a MESS. think duck paddling underneath the water. ) alternatively fellow shady people, or people who will loan him cigarettes and bitch behind the scenes w him, let's go.
Anything Else: he WILL try his hand at poetry. it will be terrible. he has good calligraphy though. he probably won't be leaning into the politician role but he will be pretending he's interested in soothing over relations between the courts ( until he finds gojo and fist fights him in public anyway ) so really geto will have been nice, and calm, and quiet for the two months staying here. feel free to have noticed his curses also as a guy in black robes is probably the norm but one riding a manta ray is maybe not?

[catscratching]

hey sarah! i'm matches!

i've got selina kyle (catwoman) from dc comics who is in the same court as geto. she's a shady type herself since she's a criminal and thief, so i'm down with them getting into something together. they can definitely smoke (or drink) and bitch together. or they could find something else to get into if he has his sights set on anything shiny and fancy.

[timefracture]

Player: Rose
Contact Info: intercession
Limits: SA and descriptions of eye injury

Character Name: Clara Oswald
How long have they been on Pollux?: I'm going to say a year, long enough for her to have realized she's actually stuck.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Clara would have taken to this fairly quickly, being a natural liar and honestly interested in the fae and everything going on in her court (Sirena). She would have probably tried to hone her boon of potion-making. I could see Clara having become something of a little hedge witch, living out of the way and being seen as a quirky, curious person willing to brew up a potion in exchange for sharing some stories.
CR You're Looking for: I'm open to anything and anyone, really. I'd love to have her make some connections and friends, and am open to handwaving some stuff to get through some layers of her BS. Clara is friendly, flirty, and really easygoing when she's approached in a friendly or at least non-hostile way, so I can work with anything!
Anything Else: Happy to be here, really! That's about it!

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How does Clara feel about having tea time and chatting with a very social 15 year old? I know not everyone is interested in younger characters so lmk if that's alright with you!

[rikugan]

Player: laws
Contact Info: voicelog or pm!
Limits: ota but discussion required for more sensitive topics.

Character Name: gojo satoru (last name, first name)
How long have they been on Pollux?: he has been around for 2-3 months.
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: since they're competing to see who all's universes make it or break it, gojo is gonna be fuckin' locked in with coming up on top, so naturally, he has been ticking off the boxes for the auriel mission objective. he has fully integrated into the summer court by now, ingraining himself in their culture, politics and social affairs. hilariously, he will have the healing boon which is not something he has ever concerned himself with learning back home, so he has been having a ton of fun mastering the ability in both an offensive and defensive capacity with much more concentration on biology over the botany side of things.

since it is more or less his joke dream job, he would have found an influential and noble fae sugar momma to help him climb the political and social ladder, mainly as her companion for important events and parties.

he would have done his best to make contributions to the realm during his two months in florere as well.

CR You're Looking for: ota to both pos and neg cr! notably, i would love some preestablished cr with fellow polluxians, especially the ones who are in florere with him. he would have kept tabs on them, since that bitch castor up and left them.
Anything Else: info + permission | inbox | he is peak psycho at 19 so blanket apology in advance for him. 💁‍♂️

[gorb]

infinity down, fists up, let's goooooooo.

[catscratching]

Player: matches
Contact Info: dms, batwithmatches @ discord, or batbrain
Limits: death! but otherwise, let's clown

Character Name: selina kyle (catwoman) / dc comics
How long have they been on Pollux?: a couple weeks
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: she'll have played it cool for the first couple weeks, but since then, she'll have used her powers of illusion to burglarize and terrorize the fae by stealing and conning as her alter ego. but as her normal self, she'll appear to be the helpful soul looking out for those in need of guidance and family.
CR You're Looking for: everything! but especially someone who would be interested in doing some con / thieving jobs. have something especially valuable you're interested in, you could have hired her to steal it; need to get information, she'll do some recon for you; need some lovely sleight of hand done, she's got your back. she loves taking in strays, so if your character has a sad story or needs someone to lean on, she will happily take them in. otherwise just general 'friends', drinking buddies, some literal partners in crime.
Anything Else: inbox | info, happy to answer any questions if you've got them!

[crownless]

hiiiii, I would be REMISS to not seek out selina cr, she's a cat, travis is a tiger, it's perfect.

I have two silly CR proposals for you: she could have either conned him (he is very dumb and an incredibly easy mark, it's a Thing) OR he helped her, wittingly or unwittingly, by being a big loud diversion somewhere? i am very flexible & down for other ideas too! :|b

[venesect]

Player: chels
Contact Info: curbstomps, knifeplays @ discord
Limits: explicit depictions of animal cruelty

Character Name: talmai / "tal"
How long have they been on Pollux?: we'll say a handful of months!
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: tal's boon would've been touch-based divination, but i'd keep it vague so all he sees are flashes of memories, potential impulses when doing a reading. his readings only become clearer via closer physical contact, so if u want a clearer reading u gotta let him kiss him or let him bite u or bleed u just a little bit. he'll trade readings for trinkets, cigarettes, or liquor. he's deeeeeeefinitely gotten into mad fights since his arrival on auriel.
CR You're Looking for: anything! tal is a little feral half-human hybrid Science Experiment who stands out at a solid 6'5" and he doesn't particularly do well without some kind of interpersonal connection to attach himself to, so he'd be looking for people he can chill with/be friends with. people who could pull him out of fights/calm him down, people he can fight with, anything ur down for i'm also probably down for. he forms pretty intense bonds with people he fucks with and will be slightly crazy over them, as a heads up.
Anything Else: quick bg info/powers info, i don't have a permissions up yet but i'm generally down 2 clown w anything.

[inemeraldfaith]

Player: London
Contact Info: PM, roseofmay
Limits: N/A

Character Name: Aerith Gainsborough
How long have they been on Pollux?: A few months? Maybe somewhere around 4 ~ 5 total?
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?:
Aerith is certainly the type to be somewhat adventurous and curious, so it's likely that she's spent a lot of her time talking to anyone who is willing to talk with her, information gather, and in general just try to create good impressions and make friendly relations.

I'm certain it's been an adjustment period for her, but she's pretty good at adapting, or at least seeming like she's good at adapting. She wouldn't have gotten involved in anything too intense and likely is avoiding anything that might put her under the spotlight whilst she's trying to figure out innovative ways of returning home.

(Also spending what time she can available to her likely in Zack's company because it sure is nice to have someone from her home world there in the same boat.)

CR You're Looking for:
Very open to possibilities here. Aerith is the kind of person who will talk with just about anyone, even people who may not necessarily be the most personable. She has a penchant for creating bonds and connections with others, often whether they want them or not.

Do you like books? Aerith likes books.
Do you like adventure and a little bit of danger? She likes this stuff too.
Do you like plants? These are some of her favourite things ever.

Anything Else: I don't really have anything here, but her app (with background, lore) and a somewhat sparse permissions are in her journal for the curious.

[metalled]

Player: Cat
Contact Info: sometimesamuse or PM
Limits: Heads up before any kind of injury or gross body stuff; chances are if the thread is already heading in that direction I'm cool with it but just want to be aware instead of surprised

Character Name: Eddie Munson
How long have they been on Pollux?: Let's go with a few months. Enough time for canon injuries on arriving to have healed up a bit, enough time to have somewhat adjusted to technology more advanced than the 1980s, and enough time to have realized he Does Not Appreciate This Bullshit. Eddie's well aware that there's no return "home" for him; he was on the brink of his death, canon-wise, and had enough time on Pollux to have started to settle into it as his "new life". Being abandoned after that? Honestly not thrilled about it!
Anything interesting happen during their time on Auriel?: Having to play these games with the Fae? He was more of an outcast back home so it's really not the most comfortable thing trying to fit in with all these rules now. His boon will at least be shapeshifting, so perhaps he'll be able to slip out of some uncomfortable situations; surely no one will notice a little bat flitting into a hidden corner. He's practical enough to realize as well that if those in his court need touch to stay healthy, well, maybe they need to meet up regularly and take a walk holding hands or something. Gotta keep the disguise going, right?
CR You're Looking for: Anything and everything! Eddie is a musician and he absolutely will be turning that skill towards maintaining a disguise. Not sure if the Fae like heavy metal, but he'll figure something out.
Anything Else: I don't have info/permissions/etc. posts set up for him yet, but should in the next few hours from this comment.