OOC INTRO ⟡ 001

[baymods]

⋆✩ welcome! ✩⋆

OOC INTRO

We've gotten a nice first round for the start of the game! There's a form below for you all to introduce yourselves, or get reacquainted after the interest check, and start your plotting in game! Quests will be releasing in about a week along with the first event that will center largely around these quests. Afterwards, we plan on having a temperature check of sorts where you can all express thoughts or concerns on the pacing, handling, or anything else. Things aren't fully set in stone, and we can make adjustments moving forward!

Remember to follow the plurk (baymods) for more minor updates! As you jump into the intro, here are some important things to note:

⟡ ICly, there was a "town meeting" held today where the guild leaders announced that newcomers would be invited to guilds. It has been decided that characters should join a guild to help give back to the city that will, in turn, help them find a way home. Dr. Denne mentions that he's been assigned to make this his top priority for the time being.

⟡ Characters may have been ICly told about this decision before the meeting, depending on their intro blurb.

⟡ This meeting is when characters receive their grumpearls, meaning they have been taught how to use the network! You are free to post open logs or network posts now that the game is officially open. Remember, the network is a psychic connection, so it is quite possible to transmit thoughts unintentionally, have issues, etc.

⟡ The guild leaders are very busy getting everything in order with these decisions, but they will be available for threading with in some limited capacity on the event post. Until then, if there's an urgent question your character would seek them out for, or maybe a message they'd like to send (due to their intro prompts or otherwise), there will be a header below for you to do so.

⟡ Many "newcomers" have vanished. Those faces you met on the TDM are gone just as quickly as they arrived. Some have trouble remembering them. Maybe even you can only imagine a fuzzy outline of someone, no recognition of the conversations you might have had, or maybe certain highlights are more clear. Dr. Denne mentions that this is a known phenomenon, that some of them can recall them, but not others. They say they'll be keeping a record of the Pokemon here now so that they won't be lost, and will try to find out what happened.

LET'S GET PLOTTING

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Your handle
ABOUT: Tell us a little about yourself.
CONTACT: How do you prefer to be contacted?

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Character name
CANON: Canon, or Original if an OC
POKEMON: The Pokemon they ended up as (if this has changed from the TDM, make note), and if they're shiny or a regional variant!
GUILD: Represent your new home! Feel free to change the hex #f29923 to your guild hex color, if you want.
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Link your info/permissions post and any other relevant posts (opt-outs, etc) here!

ABOUT:

Give us a little blurb about your character here! As short or as long as you want, this is to explain to those canonblind what your character is like, so that even someone unfamiliar can encourage you.

PLANS:

Talk about goals, plans, things you're interested in, etc!

SEEKING/OFFERING:

Can your character be the big brother type? Are they the mom friend? Maybe they NEED one of those? This is the section for the type of CR you're most interested in! Feel free to omit if your plan section covers enough.

ANYTHING ELSE: Extra pictures, memes, or other little tidbits you want to add can go here.

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Firoza Istus | Final Fantasy XIV

[bladeofnymeia]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Elaine
ABOUT: Hello, I've kind of been on hiatus from dwrp for a bit but I'm back now with the hyperfixation blorbo...as you do. Outside of that, I like writing, sewing, women with swords in my media, and my ridiculous dog son. He's Jiggy, you'll hear about him a lot.
CONTACT: jackabee

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Firoza Istus (Warrior of Light OC)
CANON: Final Fantasy XIV
POKEMON: Nidoran♀
GUILD: Cheri Berry
INFO/PERMISSIONS: boop!

ABOUT:

Firoza is my Warrior of Light from the critically acclaimed MMORPG etc etc, you know the meme. She's just finished up her cool summer vacation adventure in Dawntrail, so we're kind of on a renewing, healing sort of energy with our travels here. She's used to being a Paladin, aka a tank with some serious defensive capabilities, so becoming a tiny poisonous baby is...weird! Now instead of wanting everything to only hit her, she can't let anyone hit her! Her hobbies include weaving/sewing, enjoying some excellent bread, learning about new sword things, and helping people whosoever they might be. Even if they need you to collect or transport poop.

Final Fantasy XIV sure is a game.

PLANS:

Honestly my top plan is "write more of Firoza doing stuff", but that's awfully broad...to narrow it a bit, I'd love for her to make connections with new and different characters, to learn about different worlds and a little of how they work in addition to this one we've all been tossed into, and to just make friends and have a good time. I also want to explore faults and pitfalls Firoza has as someone who isn't super smart or clever, who is so used to self-sacrifice and helping others, and have her test her limits and grow stronger in a way that works for the game setting.

SEEKING/OFFERING:

I'D LOVE NEW FRIENDS she needs friends. She'd like friends, it kind of fucks her up on the inside to be totally thrown away from everyone she knows? No Scions, no friends from other lands, nobody's here and her expertise is limited. People who would welcome someone who's reliable and kind and can take...a lot of hits...would be nice to be friends with! So let's start with friends and work our way up from there.

ANYTHING ELSE:

You ever just need to drag a man's soul back to his own world and play volleyball with a comically large bomb to do it

[moondregs]

Now they're the same size!!!

[bladeofnymeia]

is time to be smol

[moondregs]

AND they're in the same guild! He'll be grateful to see an at least somewhat familiar face around!

[bladeofnymeia]

Junpei is going to have to explain yeah I was a cow, now I'm not...which is going to be wild to her

but YES, CHERI BERRY FRIENDS we need a support group after Ribombee said ooh okay these are mine now

[quirkynote]

A.B.A needs to check up on her pal, Thirty Winters.

[bladeofnymeia]

THIRTY WINTERS I'm dying every time I remember that...can't wait to try explaining how that's just how you measure your age when you're a winter baby...

[quirkynote]

I won't lie, I was pretty proud of the thirty winters joke. Now I have to decide if A.B.A will even accept that Firoza and "Thirty Winters" are the same nidoran.

[bladeofnymeia]

I mean if A.B.A. wants to keep calling her Thirty Winters...that's a rad af nickname...

[quirkynote]

omg please let her keep calling her thirty winters

[bladeofnymeia]

You not only have my permission, you have my express blessing to keep doing so

[truthdecided]

Akechi isn't exactly what I'd call mister friendship, but he's very fascinated by the diversity of worlds people come from, and I could see that being a possible angle.

He's also grumpy about being tiny. Tiny, round orb...

[bladeofnymeia]

TINY ISN'T SO BAD let Firoza teach Akechi about tiny people who prove themselves time and again to be incredibly badass, maybe that'll help him feel better

[shotinhead]

CUSTOM PROTAG FRIENDS

and i mean perrin is reliable (?) and kind (he hopes) and can take a Lot of Hits (he is certain of this)

[bladeofnymeia]

NO LET FIROZA TAKE THE HITS actually don't let her do that she has no concept of her durability right now, and she's so small, please don't let her to a stupid, physically pick her up and remove her from the situation

[shotinhead]

sorry you're the dps right now firoza. i mean perrin wishes he was a dps, since when i played NV i had his companions kill things--

Though, funnily, my FFXIV!Perrin is a Gunbreaker. So... tank for tank buddies!

[bladeofnymeia]

someday she'll be a Nidoqueen and tank the FUCK out of stuff

[shotinhead]

job class: Big And Shaking Boobs Sometimes? (thank u pokemon stadium)

perrin and her discovering the power of earthquake + flying ally tho--

[bladeofnymeia]

g o d no we're not doing the boob shake (pokemon stadium why)

oh boy combo attacks-

[colorsflyinghigh]

NEW FRIEND TIME (I'm loving their interaction on the TDM, I think it'd be fun if they could continue in that vein HAHA)

[bladeofnymeia]

FRIENDSHIP TIME NEW SOCIAL LINK ACCQUIRED that's the deepest Persona thing I know

[telewarped]

FIROZA IS SO SWEET...😭 if she continues being as patient as she has been so far, Shoka will absolutely be her friend. i'm completely canon blind for most Final Fantasy things but i also NEED to have Shoka fourth wall her a little more eventually...

(close to tears) have you seen an actual Chocobo before?...a-are their feathers soft??? 🥺🥺

ALSO i am laser focusing on that "hobbies include weaving/sewing" bit because that's something Shoka will need to start learning if she's going to keep insisting on battling all the time with her very shreddable disguise on...i have no idea how a porcupine-rabbit-whatever could teach sewing BUT perhaps we will find a way

[bladeofnymeia]

Firoza can absolutely be patient! She likes Shoka and feels bad she couldn't just do some cool synthesis shit to make her lil costume have the earring but them's the breaks. Also you can absolutely keep fourth walling her, she will tell you all about her chocobo named Prompto and how good a buddy he is

and YES once she can actually work with needle and thread and not totally mess it up Firoza's just going to spend most of her money on crafting materials have a lot of fun and if Shoka wants to learn she can teach! She knows how to do it the old fashioned non-fantasy magic way so it will be a worthwhile education in clothcraft!

[telewarped]

(sobs, so jealous she could scream) P-PROMPTO........

and YESSSS this is the ideal...Shoka will probably be quite bad at it at first and get a little frustrated with herself, but i think it would be a nice, healthy hobby for her and a good way for her to bond with Firoza a little more too 🥺🥺

[bladeofnymeia]

Look I never got to play the FF15 but the blond dweeb photo boy is really wonderful AND his name is just Latin-y enough to fit with Firoza's backstory SO, it works

yeh!!! No one is an expert right away (looks at my own dang self) but any progress is better than none! and also we're working with the limitations of new bodies so that's...going to be interesting...