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SAIL WITH ME: AUGUST 2024

An abbreviated version of our CR Workship! Same concept, just a lot smaller. If you have multiple characters, make an individual toplevel for yourself with your player info and comment to it with each character separately.

We also include a designated toplevel for Crew Recruitment where players can make OOC ad posts for others to either join or request to join or make a crew. This is all for OOC coordination, so you'll have to figure out how it works ICly.

PLAYER INFO

Player:
Contact: Preferred means of contact

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Character
Canon: Include canon point
Armada: Paladin or Corsair

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! You can include a link to any character profile sheets or entries you might have, too.

PLANS

General: Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term or long term.
MANTA Board: Any plans for the MANTA Board?
Event: Any plans for the event? Topleveling? Tagging out? Specific prompts that caught your interest?

Etc.: Anything else or, you know, the usual memes. NOTE: we have an image code for players to use as it will fix the width of the image to 400px. This is so large images don't take up entire pages. If your image is smaller than that you can remove the code, otherwise please use the code.

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 | ARMADA <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">PLAYER INFO</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Preferred means of contact </div> <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">CHARACTER INFO</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>Character:</b> Character <b>Canon:</b> Include canon point <b>Armada:</b> Paladin or Corsair <b>About:</b> 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! You can include a link to any character profile sheets or entries you might have, too. </div> <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">PLANS</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>General:</b> Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term or long term. <b>MANTA Board:</b> Any plans for the MANTA Board? DELETE IF NOT USING <b>Event:</b> Any plans for the event? Topleveling? Tagging out? Specific prompts that caught your interest? <b>Etc.:</b> Anything else or, you know, the usual memes. IF POSTING AN IMAGE OR GIF, USE THE FOLLOWING CODE. We want all images to be MAX 400px in width or it's going to screw up the page. <img src="IMGURL" width="400"> </div>

Comments

[cetra]

I will never get over moogles in ffvii:r but i also personally have a vendetta since I’m the worst at those minigames

Oh I’m totally on board with more stuff with the gorls, if you’ll write up something for them planting and playing in the dirt, i can do the moogle party (or visa versa i don’t mind)

Caprica l Sorey l Tales of Zestiria l Paladin

[historiology]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Caprica
Contact: Pplurk @ caprican, ask me for Discord, or just pm Sorey's journal.

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Sorey
Canon: Tales of Zestiria, canon point being that he is taken from earlier on when he passes out with the fight against Heldalf and is taken back to Rose and the gang's ruins base.
Armada: Paladin

About: Sorey is the most sheltered and oblivious seventeen year old who was raised among seraphim (elemental spirits) who basically leaves his village and goes on a journey to try support relations between the seraphim and the humans and to save his world from Malevolence (like a negative energy that can corrupt sort of deal). His bff is a water seraphim named Mikleo and it is honestly a miracle Sorey has survived in this game as long as he has without his water bff. Mikleo grounds him and is basically 99% of Sorey's impulse control with how reckless he can be.

His thing is that he can armatize or basically ala fusion in Dragonball, with the seraphim in his party to help him fight and make use of and control their different elements.

I have his app and more info in his journal if anyone is curious and has yet to get through Zestiria.

Abilities:

Shepherd:

As the Shepherd, I'm going to try umbrella this since it covers a few things:

Armatization - being able to channel the seraphs in the party and use this to their advantage in combat. Combining into one (the seraphs using Sorey's body as a vessel) and thus granting Sorey access to their Seraphic Artes (using their particular element that seraphim is attuned to, out of fire, water, earth or wind) in combat along with their particular Divine Weapon. This does take time initially for him to adjust to in willing it to finish however, but he does eventually come able to revert back to himself at will.

Resonance - Ability to see and hear seraphim, potentially other supernatural beings most other normal humans cannot usually sense, due to his having been brought up among seraphim back home at Elysia. Think of it as like some sort of spiritual sense. Along with this is his ability to sense Malevolence, which is sort of like a dark energy that makes him feel ill, tight in the chest. It's basically a big part of his whole 'purity' thing, really. His resonance is what allows him to become the Shepherd, basically, because he can see and hear Lailah in order to make a pact with her. This pact is what allows him to thus be able to purify the hellions. He can manage animal or plant based hellions fine, but humanized hellions, according to expanded information in the anime, means Sorey takes on their Malevolence.

Pacts - Sorey can make a pact with another human with resonance to take them on as a Squire. A Squire can essentially also assist in purifying hellions and help the Shepherd on their journey, basically. Acting as a support to them along the way and assisting them in carrying out their duties to deal with the hellions. If the Squire has a high enough resonance, such as Rose in the game, they can also then armatize with the seraphim once they have made their pact and been given a True Name by the Shepherd. In Sorey and Rose's case, if something happens to the Shepherd, the Squire can thus make a pact to take on their role in turn too.

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- History/Ruins Knowledge - Sorey is really keen on this sort of stuff and grew up wanting to explore ruins and learn about history so this is kind of his Thing. He and Mikleo are all about geeking out over ruins together. So he will easily pick up on this sort of thing in Incensed's setting and all.

- Fighting/Hunting ability - Sorey has a sword and can use a bow when hunting as well, so he can fight/defend himself or go hunting for meat for example if he has to with these basic survival skills.

PLANS

General:Sorey is part of Cid's crew and is the biggest history nerd so is always up for exploring (maybe finding ruins!!!!) and helping out in general. He is the kind that can't really say no. He is also trying to learn more in general about things with this world and learning about and meeting everyone to work together. Because that helps in not being as clueless and sheltered a country bumpkin.

That's about it in general terms? I don't have particular major plans for him necessarily. Just seeing where cr/events go?
MANTA Board: I need to check but there's prob some things on there I imagine.
Event: Maybe the party/games?? I'm still figuring things but I might top level. Or just tag around depending. See how I go I guess???

Etc.:

[soulofgood]

Well, two out of three one out of two isn't bad!

[flamekthunder]

Just gotta lightning snap that we deserved seeing more of /shakefist

But yes this all sounds good to me 👀 Hm, what would be the best way to make the thread with Cid and Aerith? Closed log? Unless you're doing a log O:

[catsgothistongue]

:D

I'll have him shoot her an invite real quick.

[scooba]

Will do!!

[makoglow]

Cloud and Aerith with seeds???~~~~

[cetra]

I was actually going to do an open post for her quest stuff, so I can have something in there for Cid and the lightning stuff. I’ll probably do an event top level as well so gimme eustace there for moogle time 👏

[cetra]

Yes please join her on her journey to be the world’s best gardener she’s gonna need all the help she can get

[flamekthunder]

Oooh yeeeee I'll keep an eye out!!

Miriam | Bloodstained: RotN | Paladin

[crystalrepose]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Blueraven
Contact: blueraven

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Miriam
Canon: Bloodstained: RotN, post-game, before DLC
Armada: Paladin

About: Application!
Miriam's a young woman who's seen and been through some shit, but hasn't lost her kindness or sense of justice. Sure, she might be full of demonic rocks, but she's using that power to do good things. She wants to be helpful and prove that she's still human, let her be helpful!!

Those roses and petals on her aren't tattoos; they're part of a cursed crystal that lets Miriam use said phenomenal demonic power, but will eventually turn her into a crystal statue and kill her, or corrupt her mind and delete her sense of self and free will. Either or. The curse's spread is currently halted, but using her power too much or absorbing too many Shards (fragments of a demon's power) at once could cause it to start advancing again. So Miriam's in a constant balancing act of needing to use her powers to best help others but not so much that she crystalizes. No pressure.

Abilities: For canon ones, she's got all the ridiculously OP abilities of an endgame Castlevania protagonist—which she's usually fairly mindful about using, with such severe consequences for their overuse. She can do so much shit, though.

PLANS

General: Miriam's helpful nature tends to lead her to volunteering herself everywhere, which would be an easy way for her to meet people. Someone to help remind her to take a break occasionally would also be welcome.

While she didn't have a great time under the care of the Alchemist's Guild (they kind of grafted her with the crystal bullshit to use her as a reagent for a massive demon summoning ritual), she doesn't hold grudges against alchemists in general; one of her friends and her father figure were alchemists too. She's familiar with how her world's version of it works, and she'd be interested in talking to others with different systems too.

Event/MANTA Board: Miriam will be doing her best to stay busy and helpful, though this month she'll be more subdued and kind of glum at times in the aftermath of the hauntings and the Abyss. Something about living through your fears of losing your free will and a sense of self (and hurting someone she cared about) and getting painful reminders of unresolved grief kind of does that to someone. So she'll be a bit out of it for awhile and could use some cheering up.

I'm unsure if I'll be topleveling yet! Miriam Feels Awful that she hurt people while possessed and wants to make amends like yesterday.

She also has the heliobi that possessed her imprisoned in a Shard; she wants nothing to do with it, but also wouldn't trust just anyone to handle or dispose of it. If she finds someone trustworthy enough she might be convinced to let them study it, but Miriam has had someone use her Shards against her before so she's especially gunshy now.

CR Dreams: Friends, sparring friends, music friends. She's reasonably good with a piano, and has brought one into the Seventh Heaven bar now! It's available for anyone to play if they're interested, not only crewmates.

[astudyinviolet]

No ideas atm I just want more Alhaitham in my life, and Sherry should hang with his dad more

[astudyinviolet]

Fremi, do you want to befriend bee bunnies or something? Or idk write stories about the animals at the sanctuary. Sherry could illustrate them for him

[astudyinviolet]

Dad, did you know we share fathers dying and mothers handling it badly to the detriment of their kid(s)? In addition to being choked by ghosts of a parent? (Thanks friendship lvl up for teaching me this)

It may not be a thing to touch on now with all that's going on but perhaps a future thing

[indispensable]

sorry sherlock alhaitham is the distant father figure you never asked for

BUT YES I was thinking they could like. have an outing with Kaveh's butterflies or something maybe if Sherlock is interested in doing that?? learn more about Teyvat?? Alhaitham is happy to talk about that as long as Sherlock is interested...

[astudyinviolet]

His real dad died when he was 6, and Sherry remembers the absence of him more than the person. Alhaitham's doing pretty good all things considering.

We could do butterflies! Sherlock can't help with creating energy, but perhaps he would be a good baseline. And he would like to learn more about Teyvat

Dehya | Genshin Impact | Corsair

[legendofthelion]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Athuria
Contact: monochromic, game discord, PM

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Dehya
Canon: Immediately after her conversation with the Traveler in Chapter IV Act I: Soloist's Prologue
Armada: Corsair

About: Bold, brave, noble, sharp-minded, and extremely free-spirited. Dehya's a good natured and good humored woman who balances hard work with hard play. She doesn't let hardship or obstacles get her down, but she's conscientious of their existence and the inequality layered in them. Her sense of justice is strong and she believes in doing the right thing by her life. She doesn't seek to lord her sense of righteousness over others, just stand strong in her own convictions.

PLANS

General: Honestly just doing the same as she always does which is live life one step at a time. Always up for new CR, good bad or whatever ends up sticking.

MANTA Board: Looking at Getting Caught in the Rain for just casual chatting and getting tipsy or All Tied Up (can be gen but F/F if anyone wants to get saucy with it). Dehya's understanding of tying someone up is in the "dragging them off for questioning" kind of way so uh. That may need some trial and error.

Event: Dehya has never seen a casino in her life, her impression of gambling is drunk card games around a tavern so all this glamor is going to be exciting. Time to be decadent and try not to lose all her money on slot machines and poker.

Re: Miriam | Bloodstained: RotN | Paladin

[menaceunleashed]

FIRST OFF bloodstained was such a good game, my god

SECOND OFF mental image of her getting a gloom shard tho...

[astudyinviolet]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Avie
Contact: PM this journal, aviekokyre, aviekokyre, Discord @ aviekokyre

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2023)
Armada: Paladin

About: Sherlock is a 23 year old pretty, pathetic, babygirl Victorian still very much learning how to be a consulting detective. He's more emotional than the average Holmes and is. trying. his. best. He hasn't gone on any of the cases he's known for yet. His first adventure with John Watson is chasing a Cthulhu cult across the world. Now, he's stuck here despite Cthulhu trauma, getting seasick, and being majorly aquaphobic and thalassophobic.

Abilities:
- Normal Victorian era human, pistol marksmanship
- Consulting Detective: but with shaken confidence
- Violin, acting, disguise, sketching
- Weakened mental fortitude (for potential RP shenanigans more than an actual ability Sherlock can consciously use)

No tattoo yet - but... he's starting to consider it

PLANS

General:
- And I thought I was mean to Sherlock last month

MANTA Board:
- Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls: Paladin: Actively AVOIDING doing this challenge. He probably went when summoned by the Paladins, but when he realized what it involved, he is probably making a bit of a scene despite trying not to. ie Sherlock is terrified (also a Holmes never has good times with waterfalls). Honestly, it's probably about time his phobia got known to others...
- Megamaki Madness: General: doing investigation stuff but not fighting
- Whale Watchers: Special: from solid ground only, he'll be useless on a ship (see seasickness)

Event: Diamond Dust Casino
- So that Cthulhu trauma... Sherlock will have a very hard time going near for the sake of catching moogles. Not saying it's impossible, but someone is going to have to coax the baby detective to uh... even go near Astares and Naughtilust...

Re: Miriam | Bloodstained: RotN | Paladin

[astudyinviolet]

Poor Miriam 8(

Sherlock isn't that good at cheering up people, but maybe he can play her violin or something. He has that exact same fear, but like her, how to get him to open up about it to someone, even if it is same hat...

[indispensable]

Yeah that sounds good!! Have a talk for once that won't end up in embarrassment for poor Sherlock lmaooo

[astudyinviolet]

Pfff yes. They can talk without accidentally causing Sherlock's brain to short circuit

[indispensable]

Sherlock doesn't need his LGBTQIA+ education expanded... this time

[astudyinviolet]

Dad, he doesn't need to learn about the birds and the bees because that doesn't make any sense at all Watch it still manage to happen somehow

[indispensable]

no he will not teach you how to kiss the men