KATHARINE: Bleat softly, then; the butcher hears you cry.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:59 am
Sparrow Riley went missing in September 2023. Ze has sent extremely intermittent messages to zyr family and friends since them, implying ze is alive, but further information is unclear.
name: Sparrow* Riley (*this is a preferred name. Zyr legal name is still Jordan, and ze will respond to both Jordan and Sparrow as a civilian in-public.) nickname: Do you think you're funny? No. Online friends are one thing, but not in public... gender/pronoun: Agender*, ze/zem/zyr/zemself age:182324 25 birthday: November 15th, 1998 sign: Scorpio gemstone: Beryl blood type: B+ favorite food: Anything with butter; but, more specifically, anything warm and baked and soft with butter. hated food: Fish school/occupation:Was partway through a BFA in Lighting Design at the University of Cincinnati before zyr grandmother died and ze got dragged back to Destiny City. Working at an antique shop a friend of zyr mother owns; has a ridiculous overachiever courseload at DCU. Primarily working towards a BFA in theatre with a focus on Design & Technology. As a half-youma, Larimar has completely retreated from civilian life.
hobbies: technical theatre: Ze's long since given up on any ambition to make it back to the stage proper, but, hey, it turns out that running the light board is a lot more workable as a technical skill, and ze's good at that. (Or at least ze is at this point, but that's irrelevant. It's not something ze ever had a natural gift for - it's all hard work and sweat and long, long hours.) Before zyr return to Destiny City, Sparrow was even working through a bachelor's degree in exactly that; called-forward memory, muscle and otherwise, covers other things. In a pinch ze can handle a soundboard without risking breaking anything, can help put a set together with hammer and nail and drill, but where Sparrow excels is running a theater's lights.
enamel pin collecting: It's something physical, something without an explicit downside, and something ze doesn't exactly feel guilty about spending money on. All variety of pins find a place on Sparrow's bags and pinboards, but pride pins are a rarity, although asexual and aromantic flags do pop up occasionally -- more often it's aesthetics and fandoms or anything else. If nothing else, people do like to strike up conversations in public about common fandoms...?
dear diary, my teen angst bullshit now has a body count: Ze's still running that Tumblr blog, same as it's been for the past ten years. Ze posts a lot of body horror and bloody stuff, along with some theatre jokes and a lot of trashy comic speculation -- Sparrow's kept it as unconnected from zyr IRL self as possible, and that’s just how ze wants it. What better way to be disgusting than to know you can't be associated with it?
while you were being gay, i studied the blade: It started with being intrigued by stage combat practice, and it evolved into a hobby of its own. Nowadays Sparrow is professionally-trained with the rapier and dagger -- most of it is stage combat training, of course, but an aspect of that is always knowing how something could become deadly and making sure it doesn't become that way.
virtues: look into their eyes and you’ll see what they know: Sparrow isn't necessarily a lie detector, but ze has an extremely powerful eye for bullshit of all kinds, whether it be exaggeration, avoidance, or the classic flat-out lying. It's not always a good idea to call attention to it, so ze won't, but ze always seems to have an idea when someone's twisting the truth to their own benefit; and when it wouldn't cause too much of a scene, ze's more than willing to call people out in pursuit of the truth.
even if i crash and burn / ten times a day: Sparrow is, down to zyr bones, a resilient creature. Ze won't back down and change their beliefs unless it's clearly the best plan of action by a large margin, and never truly gives up even if the going gets rough. Determination is zyr resolute virtue - ultimately ze's almost unshakeable, unbreakable.
what can i do or undo: Backups upon backups. As much as Sparrow might sometimes try to cultivate the outwards appearance of being a bit devil-may-care, in truth, ze's not the type to act without making sure ze has at least one backup plan - having no backups is so embarrassing when something fails unexpectedly, and everyone else always appreciates someone who comes prepared.
flaws: fight the urge to strike a match: Sparrow started off mean and only got meaner. Ze's deeply unhappy with life and the state of the world and just about everything, and instead of dealing with it reasonably, ze's let it fester until it's practically a poison in zyr heart. There's a sort of ease that comes with driving the (metaphorical) knife deeper, anyways. Ze's convinced the world has repeatedly, harshly, ******** zem over, so why try to make it good? Nothing good comes without someone else getting hurt. There is nothing better than this -- and if you don't believe that, ze'll just have to show you by force.
it is true some find misfortune: There's nothing that brings zem quite as much glee as watching other people fail miserably. Sparrow loves it when other people run into problems or have their hopes crushed -- the well, I might not like my life, but at least I'm not you can buoy zyr feelings for ages. When ze was younger, ze might've treated it like being the main character -- nowadays it's just a plain, cruel joy in the face of other people's misfortune.
then we hung the son of a b***h: Sparrow does not forgive, regardless of if ze may forget! Ze smiles, says 'oh it doesn't matter', but it does. Ze holds grudges like lifelines for years and years, and even though ze'll act like it's nothing at all...it's everything. It's how ze defines zyr social web: by the people ze hates. Which is nigh-everyone, really. There are people ze feels skeevy around, people ze hasn't known for years and don't remember why ze hates (and of course Sparrow still smiles, it's the expected societal nicety), but it's not hard for Sparrow to hate someone: it's very difficult for zem to let go of a grudge.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION eyes: Amber-gold, and exceptionally tired. Dark circles, maybe a little bit of eyebrow pencil to make their brows dark. Perpetually surprised expression, with thin, dark eyebrows and short eyelashes. hair: Purple (somewhere between #9a29a4 and #94249d), tight curls, in a fauxhawk. Think this. face: Large ears, strong nose, softer jawline. skin Tone: Pale enough that someone might think ze never goes outside, and they wouldn't necessarily be wrong. Warm, golden undertones, but more often than not it just makes zem look a little sickly. body type: 5'9", stocky, somewhere between hourglass and rectangle body shapes. A bit chesty, but binds both as a civilian and as Larimar. clothes: Tends towards 'average' -- hoodies, jeans, layered t-shirts, beanies. Halfway to hipster. Likes cold colors (particularly blues/greens/whites), usually dislikes graphics and text. Layers a lot; ze gets cold easily.
(For full clarification: Sparrow is out to varying degrees in varying groups and contexts; whether any individual character would use she/her, he/him, they/them, or ze/zyr for Sparrow depends on the context they would know zem from, and is up to player discretion. As General Larimar, ze is likely to be read as male; therefore, depending on the individual character, ze/zyr, they/them, or he/him would all be appropriate.)
Name: Jordan Riley Nickname: ‘Junior’, from their initials (JR) Age:1819 20 Gender / Pronouns: Neutrois, they/them (presents as a butch woman and uses she/her when a civilian) Birthday: November 15th, 1998 Sign: Scorpio Gemstone: Beryl Blood Type: B+
Fav. Food: Anything with butter; but more specifically, anything warm and baked and soft with butter. Their mother feels they’ll probably have a coronary before the age of thirty. Every time she says that, Jordan chews with their mouth open and stares at her until she leaves. Hated Food: Fish. How can you stand to eat that, knowing it used to have eyes? That’s disgusting, and you’re disgusting, and the ocean is a cesspit.
School: Sovereign Heights
Hobbies:
Community Theatre -- Well, alright, they’re more of a techie than anything nowadays - but once upon a time, when Jordan had a lot more time and wasn’t feeling fit to rip their eyes out the next time they saw AP gridding, little baby Jordan Riley was hopelessly in love with the stage. Nowadays, however, they just do reviews on their blog and complain a lot about local shows without actually participating. Not a lot of time for fun, anymore; they like to think they’ll go back to the stage when they graduate, maybe they'll head to Broadway someday (but that's more wistful thinking than anything; 50 techs to an actor, best Jordan thinks they'll ever get is running the light board off-Broadway).
Blogging -- How else would you find out you’re queer? Hint: it’s Tumblr. Jordan maintains a blog and has since they were thirteen; posts a lot of body horror and bloody stuff, along with some theatre jokes and a lot of trashy comic speculation. They’ve kept it as unconnected from their IRL self as possible, and that’s just how they want it. What better way to be disgusting than to know you can't be associated with it? They can be uncomfortably weird there and pretend to be smiley in the flesh.
Useless Fact Memorization -- Comics, webcomics, an entire wikipedia of game trivia: Jordan eats it all. Want a useless fact about sharks???? Sure, coming right up? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PARENTING OF CHINCHILLAS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘NO’. This is not an option. They soak up weird facts like a sponge and love to get their hands on any and all information. (Even moreso when it comes to theatre history, of course.)
Virtues: even if i crash and burn ten time a day / i think i'm here to stay -- Jordan has a fire in their soul, and it's called 'debatable righteousness'. They will not back down or change their beliefs even if they act like they will, and they do what they need to do, but make no mistake: Jordan Riley, no matter how they act, is solid right down to their bones when it comes to their beliefs and their moral compass (regardless of how askew it is). You will not break them. They're gifted with a resilient soul, and will stick to their guns. Jordan never gives up, even when the going gets tough.
ready with a handshake and an open palm -- Oh, hello! Yes, they're so very glad to meet you, very much so. Out loud - or, at least to people's faces - Jordan will rarely say a harsh word. They're genteel, and soft-spoken, and come off as the perfect gentleperson so far as you don't look too hard at the things they say and ways they say it. They're a schmoozer, making 'friends' is what they do -- after all,
perfect for you, i can be perfect for you -- Jordan is good at self-adaptation; they can figure out who you want to see them be, and be that kid. Young adult? Kid? Young adult. Perfect for you, they're going to be as perfect for you as they can be; but what that means is that Jordan rarely acts exactly the same way with two different people. They're not pliable: just adaptable, and making what appears at first glance to others to be a meaningful positive connection is what they want. In groups they'll try and hit a pleasant neutral, but then again...Jordan doesn't particularly like interacting with large groups of people at once.
Flaws: learned the world doesn't owe you a cent -- GUESS WHO'S PISSY ABOUT THE WORLD? That's right, it's Jordan! They think the world has royally ******** them over repeatedly and harshly, and while they may not be entirely wrong, there’s no reason for them to be as bitter as they are. There’s nothing good in the world, says Jordan Riley, and what will make them happy is slamming a baseball bat into the faces of the people in power. Optimists? Foolish assholes. Charity movements? Our government sucks, there’s no point. Humankind sucks and sometimes they really want to just sit on a rooftop and scream at the sky. Good things don't happen without hurting other people, and instead of trying to change that, Jordan uses it towards their own benefit.
i'll never be / the kind of man who dwells / on how moths got into the tapestry / or why the dungeon smells -- You’re not important, you don’t matter, what matters is what Jordan wants. That's all. They're self-consumed and everything!! Has!! To cycle around them!! It’s not that they don’t care...it’s just that they don’t care. The thing is: Jordan Riley just doesn’t understand that other people are real, three-dimensional beings. They can pretend that they do, and they do pretend: but if other people don't really have as much going on as Jordan does, what's the point of helping them? Jordan is the main character in their own life -- and in yours, too. Admittedly, this is all really in their head unless they're alone, because otherwise they act however they're expected: but Jordan is callous and unpleasant if they drop the facade.
you think you'd stay livin'? -- Jordan does not forgive, regardless of if they may forget! They smile, say 'oh it doesn't matter', but it does. They hold grudges like lifelines for years and years, and even though they'll act like it's nothing at all...it's everything. It's how they define their social web: by the people they hate. Which is nigh-everyone, really. There are people they feel skeevy around, people they haven't known for years and don't remember why they hate (and of course Jordan still smiles, what's a schmoozer to do), but it's not hard for Jordan to hate someone: it's very difficult for them to let go of a grudge.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Eyes: Bright gold, and very, very tired! Dark circles, maybe a little bit of eyebrow pencil to make their brows dark. Perpetually surprised expression, with thin, dark eyebrows and short eyelashes. Hair: Purple and curly, fauxhawk Face: Hecka pale! Nerdchild never goes outside. Build: Relatively 'average', somewhere between the rectangle and hourglass body shapes. 5’7”, unornamented. (Large ears and a big nose, and flushed cheeks from blushing easily.) Clothes: No real specific preference. Jordan has a lot of clothes, but they tend towards very average on the general; jeans, sneakers, layered t-shirts and beanies. They like blues and greens and whites, and they don't much like graphics or text but they enjoy patterns. Halfway to hipster, really.
Challenge: We can start and finish wars. Alt: I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. Alt: Words don't change people. Wounds do.
Weapon Lieutenant: Blunted craft scissors
Captain Weapon: A thin, needle-like dagger, just slightly longer than Larimar's forearm. Magic: After piercing skin, the area around the wound begins to feel cold, as though ice is pressed to the skin. This effect lasts for ten seconds. The blade itself is always slightly cold.
General Weapon: A swept-hilt rapier with a black metal hilt and a blue leather grip, as well as a matching parrying dagger (roughly the size of zyr Captain weapon). Magic: Both blades are always chilly to the touch; the tips are ice-cold. They could be used to chill drinks, if someone was so inclined.
Falconiforme: Larimar has a set of bird wings. These are not capable of flight, gliding, or any lift (due to both size and zem not having hollow bones like a true bird), but are fully controllable extra limbs; being hit with them will hurt. To complete this birdlike similarity, Larimar's nails have also become clawlike, and will break skin or tear objects if pressure is applied. Glacial: Larimar runs cold. Really cold. Zyr body temperature sits in the 'severely hypothermic' range at all times and often lower, with zyr extremities feeling like they've been dipped in a bucket of ice. Prolonged skin contact will frost objects over, and if in contact with other people, is likely to cause them pain and discomfort; at player fiat, extended contact with Larimar can cause injury.
Larimar previously served as the commanding officer for Captain Aegirine, Corrupt Aschera, and Corrupt Mirabilite. After becoming a half-youma, ze ghosted zyr subordinates, who have been picked up by other commanding officers.
BROOKE: You can also use the patented handle-grips To shatter your attacker’s spine And all for three small payments of Nineteen ninety-nine!
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:28 pm
past life.
in zyr past life, larimar was xanadu knight of lysithea.
what happened to him and his body is unknown.
ELPHABA: No good deed goes unpunished. All helpful urges should be circumvented.
rp log. (🔳 | regular used towards growth 🗡️ | battle used towards growth 💬 | solo used towards growth 🔘 | used towards growth (substituting for solos) ⚔️ | used towards growth (substituting for a regular)
🔳 [R] | Dog Walking Can be Dangerous –- Dawn DeLumos | [Complete] [BAT] | BULLI -- Dark Mirror Sailor Loreley, Dark Mirror Super Lovejoy | [Dropped] 🗡️ [BAT-ORP] | FREE TRAINING | [Complete] [BAT] | Needle Points -- Super Sailor Nereid | [Dropped]
opinions. (this is not all characters sparrow/larimar has met, only ones ze has notable feelings about. ranks may not be current; they are whatever rank larimar last met this person at / is aware they are now at.)
civilians.
william corday: Unfortunately we do have each other's best interests in mind and he gave me a damn good essay critique once, so, I mean. We're friends. It's a normal human friendship?? People including me have these, I'm only batshit when I'm on the clock. malory medraut: Every moment we are friends is a moment where my explicit and extremely vehement WE ARE NOT FRIENDS. STOP INSTAGRAMMING ME gets ignored once again. I ******** hate it here. (Okay, okay, he's not that bad, he's just the vainest person I know, which... says a lot. Respects my opinions, though. Which is good. Because my opinions are great.)
officers.
general ashanite: You know, I'm pretty sure at this point he's realized I'll never actually respect him, so good. Unfortunately I would be pissed and also kind of upset if he went and got himself mauled or, whatever, and he is absolutely never allowed to know that. Every day I respect his authority as a General by knocking on his office door and then assert my authority as a General by coming in without waiting for a response. general-king faustite: he was going to ******** kill me captain leifite: general wavellite: God, she's annoying. Yes I think everyone's annoying but, hear me out, I'm right, and they are. It doesn't help her girlfriend has rabies. general-king jet: general aquamarine: lieutenant andesine: Surprisingly enough not a complete waste of time. Did get s**t luck on the uniform roll, though. I wouldn't say no to working with her which puts her head and shoulders above... eighty percent of this organization? Eighty-five? It's not my fault everyone who works in the Negaverse sucks. general ???????: That ******** b***h. She stabbed me! Okay, whatever, I tried to stab her but I'm allowed. It's my thing. She's so ******** lucky that writing her up in the Database would probably've gotten me an inquiry re: 'why were you getting stabbed by another General in the first place', because that's the only damn thing that kept me from it.
negaverse senshi.
eternal victoria: I think he might still be a decent person under there, but there's also something crazy wrong with him, so at least he fits in. eternal xenia:Control your ******** brat, Wavellite. eternal chrysocolla: On the plus side I think she's stupid. On the minus side I think she's goddamn annoying, pushy, blunt, and really not someone I would've chosen to be stuck in a void rift with for two weeks, but wow! It turns out you don't get to choose! She has no idea I'm an officer and thank god for that. corrupt aschera: eternal albite: corrupt mirabilite:
order senshi.
eternal kerberos: super lysithea: super monoceros: Oh, I ******** hope I take up real estate in his brain and he lives every day taking into account the idea that I could potentially find and stab him at any time. It's not even a personal personal vendetta. But the dumb b***h did a full 180 right back out of here, and he did hit me with his magic, so I'm going to make his life exquisitely painful if I find him again.
knights.
whisler knight: lieutenant lapis lazuli: Just because I was mean to him until he cried wasn't a reason to leave the Negaverse, come on. Get a thicker ******** skin. Get some anon hate or something. I don't even want to pressgang him back to the Negaverse, I just want to antagonize him until he cries, again, because he's pathetic and he sucks. page ???????: Die die die die die die
mauvians.
other.
There was a lynching mob that came before a judge who accused them of hanging a man without a fair and objective trial.
“Oh, your Honor,” the leader said, “we listened very fairly and objectively to every word he had to say.
miscellaneous. Sparrow is a moderator for an online panfandom application-based roleplay community based on Dreamwidth that started in 2019; ze was not a founding member but joined the moderation team in 2020 and has been there since. Ze devotes... probably too much time to this!
EMMA: Just breathe, Emma. Picture a beach with golden sand. Just breathe, Emma. Picture a Xanax in your hand. Try journaling, or start a blog, just end this inner monologue...
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:34 pm
items obtained IC
shirt from donating blood at Destiny's Star hospital note and medal from General Obsidian/Captain Angelite for being an unwitting player in the Destiny's Star mini-event medal from General Obsidian for getting involved in FREE TRAINING violet star charm from Destiny City Star Festival 2022 broken dagger ic rp item from One Abyss cybercritter ic item from ARTIFICIAL COSMIC POWER
LYDIA: Gee, I hate to break it to you. The universe is just the contents of time, matter and space. Ninety-one billion light-years across and the Earth’s a small place where good people die.
35MM: A Musical Exhibition, music, lyrics, and book by Ryan Scott Oliver Agnes of God, by John Pielmier Angels in America, by Tony Kushner Beetlejuice, music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect, book by Scott Brown and Anthony King Heathers: The Musical, music, lyrics, and book by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy Into the Woods, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine Jagged Little Pill, music by Alanis Morissette, book by Diablo Cody Jesus Christ Superstar, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice Les Misérables, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, book by Trevor Nunn and John Caird Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, music, lyrics, and book by Dave Malloy Pippin, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson Spring Awakening, music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater The Children's Hour, by Lillian Hellman The Mad Ones, music, lyrics, and book by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk The Man From Earth, screenplay by Jerome Bixby, adaptation by Richard Schenkman [title of show], music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, book by Hunter Bell We Are the Tigers, music, lyrics, and book by Preston Max Allen
HADES: How long? Just as long as Hades is king, nothing comes of wishing on stars. And nothing comes of the songs people sing, however sorry they are.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:36 pm
playlist.
moremoney - hate -- (the only feeling that i've got is hate) them crooked vultures - interlude with ludes -- (is my face still bleeding? then what is your problem?) iDKHOW - choke -- (the sycophantic teens, what a precious basket case) foster the people - pumped up kicks -- (all the other kids with the pumped up kicks; you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet) venus hum - do you want to fight me -- (something wicked this way comes, is it god's or is it yours?) atsuover - past my prime time -- (reaching my goals was a mere mirage, and now i'm stuck here, self-sabotaging) princess chelsea - the cigarette duet -- (honey, can't you trust me? when i want to stop, i can) the hush sound - magnolia -- (your heartbeat is pulsing at night in your chest) mother mother - burning pile (live) -- (if i catch fire, then i'll change my aim; throw my troubles at the world again) get set go - i hate everyone -- (some stupid chick in the checkout line was paying for beer with nickels and dimes) AViVA - GRRRLS -- (i am the latest colors, i hate the newest songs; i can't stand the lyrics, i'd never sing along) american psycho: the musical - selling out -- (there's a race we're running to the breakdown coming; we say uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh)
MARTHA: Aunt Lily, the amount of disconnected unpleasantness that goes on in your head could keep a psychologist busy for years.
ART: Well, look at the popular myths surrounding the Kennedy assassination in a few short years - You had, uh, conspiracy, mafia, CIA - That's a mystique that'll never go away.
DAN: It's always been a small step from a fallen leader to a god.
EDITH: I don't think anybody will deify Kennedy. We're more sophisticated than that.
DAN: We are? We are.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:37 pm
VERONICA SAWYER: That knife is filthy.
J.D.: What do you think I'm going to do with it, take out her tonsils?
VERONICA SAWYER: Excuse me, I think I know Heather a little bit better than you do - If she were going to slit her wrists, the knife would be spotless.
