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[seaboards]

SAIL WITH ME: DECEMBER 2023

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>

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Sheila (tifa lockhart & benedikta harman)

[garudas]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Sheila
Contact: PM or crystariums. You can also ping me in the game discord.

benedikta harman | final fantasy xvi | corsair

[garudas]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Benedikta Harman
Canon: Final Fantasy XVI, post "Wings of Change"
Armada: Corsair

About: Benedikta Harman is a woman who is all about her survival and self-preservation first and foremost. Having climbed out of the depths of a cruel and terrible youth, she ascended to a place of power within the Kingdom of Waloed after being rescued, both by way of her talents in subterfuge and swordplay, and awakening as the Warden of the Wind, the Dominant of the Eikon, Garuda, which allows her to wield powerful wind magic. She is the Commander of Waloed's Elite Intelligencers, and is fiercely loyal to King Barnabas.

However, not everything is as it seems with her. She is loyal, yes, but to a fault, and is stung by the bitter bite of betrayal. She is ruthless, unkind, only cares about her own skin, and resents the world for what it has done to her. But deep down, who she really is is a woman who has looked and continues to find love and validation in all the wrong places...

In short: she's a mess. :)

PLANS

General:

🍃 Still working on that "freedom" thing. After living in servitude her whole life, she doesn't understand what it's like to live on her own terms, for herself, so she's going to be trying to reconcile with that in a number of ways. Basically, Benedikta is on a journey of "finding herself", so to speak.
🍃 She has also learned that anyone can be sent back at any time, so while Cid is working to find the relic that could possibly keep them here, Benedikta is trying to find a way to permanently close the rifts. Forever. So that no one can leave. Ever. (Obviously this will not work, but that doesn't mean she's not going to try!)
🍃 There will come a day when she learns about what happened to her after her death, and that will be the day that she primes into Garuda's full form, so keep an eye on the horizon, and stay away from those dark clouds.
🍃 I still really want her to steal a ship. But who is going to do that with her now? :(
🍃 On that note, stealing a ship with someone and then marooning them on an island would be fun. So would placing a bounty on someone's head just for pissing her off, so if you want a bounty on your character, she's your gal!
🍃 Just a general note: while I'm not looking to fully redeem her (because let's be real, she is far from fully redeemable), my main goal for her is to eventually come to terms with everything she's done wrong. She's gotten a taste of that after what happened in canon before arriving, but still has a long way to go before she accepts it. I have some plans in the works for how that's going to come about, but it's going to be a long journey to get there.

MANTA Board:

🍃 Bite-sized blessings: She'll probably try to capture it and take it back to Nogard, though whether she'll set it free or give it to the highest bidder...
🍃 Coins of the Crescent: Still very interested in doing this one since I didn't get the chance to last month!
🍃 A Steamy Winter Heist: She's definitely stealing that tea. To sell, and to use. :) Feel free to join her, or try to take the same one she does—
🍃 Poke 'n Prance: Knowing where to stab someone is Benedikta's specialty. :D
🍃 Untitled Goose Bounty 2: She's going to be so mad when she sees it.
🍃 Monty's Python: Why not? Though she'll hate the reward.

Event: I am still waffling on whether I want to top level with her for the event or give her an open log for quests, or neither of those things... But we'll see.

🍃 Mistletoe bats: WHO WANTS TO FIGHT HER (sorry, kisses are reserved for one person 😌)
🍃 Gifts: She won't be giving away any gifts, nor will she be accepting them from anyone, but she will be happy to help people break into some fancy rich homes and steal something nice from them. Can also run into people trying to steal the same shit.
🍃 Special activities: I'll probably have her get caught up in some ribbons or something, just because I enjoy making her miserable.
🍃 Toy Island: I need to find a way to get her there first dragged there by Cid, probably, but she will be taking on her little Garuda form while there!

Etc.: ( source )

Re: benedikta harman | final fantasy xvi | corsair

[yuezun]

wanna get powered up to full and go ham on the goose?

[garudas]

Oh my gosh YES?? Hahaha, this sounds amazing! She is out for revenge for that stupid goose so anything to at least take one of its heads as her prize! I can hit up your open log once I get mine all finished up, if that works? :)

[yuezun]

Absolutely!

[vermilloci]

god im like thinking.... plz show rem where to stab people to not kill them because

she only knows where to stab to kill people. if she wanted to incapacitate a soldier, she'd clonk them on the head. but to stab them and not kill them??? how???

[garudas]

OKAY BUT Rem might actually be one of the few people she would refuse to actually STAB (will get to the reasons in our thread hehehe) but she could definitely show her where and how to do it and not ask questions about why she is asking.......

Well, maybe ask a few questions only because she's curious why she might need to stab someone and not kill them.

[vermilloci]

oooo fair fair! rem doesn't need to stab someone, she just wants the knowledge.

so if it's too difficult to coordinate this quest because of that, i'm totally up for a different one! do you have one you'd rather them do?

[garudas]

NO NO it's perfectly fine! The quest itself could be a good segue into it. I can make it work ;D

[pinksidekicking]

I want a new Nimona and Benna thread. Maybe tiny dragon thread, where Nimona tries to convince Benna to set it free instead of selling it.

Because it could be interesting to introduce Benna to her pink dragon form, this time. Not as a fight, just like "this is also me".

[garudas]

Oohh yes please! :D I'd love a new thread with them too!

I have a prompt for the baby dragon ready on my open log, but we can always wing it too! She hasn't grown particularly fond of the dragon yet, but she might budge a little if she saw Nimona's form!

But also learning that the Paladins were trying to cage it......

[pinksidekicking]

Excellent, I will go hit that up now!

Re: benedikta harman | final fantasy xvi | corsair

[moremystyle]

Faris is going to be dancing with daggers, going after that rabbit, and going to the island of toys in dressup doll form so those are all opportunities to make uh....... friends? frenemies?? with Benedikta. Do you have any particular preference?

[garudas]

OH NO THE LINK BROKE

I have absolutely no preference but it might be hilarious if they run into each other in their toy forms HAHAHA. Especially since she is neither friend nor foe with Faris yet. But Benedikta is going to be so pissy on the island, I can't wait. 😂

But I also have an open log planned and ready to post tomorrow if any of the MANTA board prompts strike your fancy!

tifa lockhart | final fantasy vii | paladin

[starshower]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Tifa Lockhart
Canon: Final Fantasy VII Remake, post-game, right before Kalm
Armada: Paladin

About: Tifa is the "Mom Friend" if there ever was one. She is a kind, empathetic, patient, protective soul who is always looking out for others. Sociable and friendly as she can be, she's much more reserved than she appears—she never wears her heart on her sleeve and keeps her emotions close, and prefers to talk about anything but herself. But don't let her shy, timid exterior fool you. She is a savvy business woman who ran a bar and can kick a lot of ass, too.

Internally, Tifa carries a lot of grief and has had plenty losses in life, is incredibly self-critical, and it's because of this that she is always pushing herself to do better. She'll always try to think things through first and put on a smile for others, but deep down beneath all of that is a woman still struggling from her past. In spite of her anger and her past, she is still always trying to do the right thing and to help anyone in need, and treat everyone with kindness, regardless of who they are or where they come from.

PLANS

General:

🌠 She's now thinking about opening up a martial arts dojo! It would be a place where she can pass on Zangan's techniques and teachings while also teaching her own style! But also, martial arts isn't just about kicking and punching, but it would also include things like strength training, stretching, meditation, and all that other cool stuff. It's still just an idea right now, but it's there in her head and now she can't get it out. This will definitely not be until after the new year though! She needs to gather some points first.
🌠 She'll be looking to join a crew of fellow Paladins as well. I'd prefer it if she had CR with the group first before committing to anything though. hey, ff7 crew, what's our plan
🌠 Besides that, she's mostly just been laying low and trying to keep out of trouble!
🌠 Always love sneaking her into Nogard because she makes a terrible Corsair so if anyone wants a Paladin buddy to help with any of the quests, she is (not) your gal!?

MANTA Board:

🌠 Bite-sized blessings: She'll want to return this baby dragon to the sanctuary!
🌠 A Storm of Sneezes: She wants to help the poor giant turtle...
🌠 A Picture of Dorina Gray: She has a very pretty soul, tyvm.
🌠 Magitech Madness: She isn't an expert in technology but she would be willing to help.
🌠 Paladin's Gambit: There's a lot here but she'd be wanting to help however she can. She'll be trying to keep the peace with Corsairs while also understanding their issues, as well as trying to find the Paladin responsible.
🌠 Untitled Goose Bounty 2: She hasn't faced off against the geese so she's a little confused about this one?
🌠 Monty's Python: Definitely a normal white rabbit that's cute and fluffy and totally harmless...

Event: I'll just be tagging around with her this month since she got a top level on October's event, but as always, I am open to plotting.

🌠 Gifts: Not sure who she'd be giving gifts to, but maybe some baked cookies or something to her CR? Also slapping the wrists of any Corsairs who might be stealing!!!
🌠 Special Activities: She's so there for the wintery fun of all kinds.
🌠 Toy Island: I want to turn her into something cute like a little stuffed rabbit so she'll be there one way or another!

Etc.: HAVE YOU SEEN TINY CHRISTMAS TIFA YET? NOW YOU HAVE

[activatingcombatmode]

The plan is somehow conning Cloud into making the crew and being the captain because 100% that's what all of them would do, force Cloud to be the fancy leader they all know he is

Also I'm just imagining Tifa having the most beautiful portrait there is- She's such a beautiful soul!! A BABE!!! A SOUL BABE!!!

[starshower]

LMAO so should Tifa and Zack somehow find a way to team up against Cloud to get him to do it...

AND RIGHT?? SHE WOULD HAVE THE PRETTIEST PORTRAIT. Tifa's soul is far too good for this world.

Also what is Joshua up to, I might want to do something cute with her and Josh soon :3