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 Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:29 pm
this tigress fair has claws, as I well know
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:31 pm
 Name: Elaine Carlisle Nickname: Lyonesse (professional name), Leo Gender/Pronoun: she/her Age: 29 Birthday: December 26th, 1995 Sign: Capricorn Occupation: “Hospitality” Hobbies:Arthuriana - Does it pertain to medieval legend? She’s into it. She is voracious and indiscriminate. Malory, White, Bradley? Give it to her. She’s read the entire Lacy Vulgate. She can sing every word of Camelot and she doesn’t even like musicals. She once bought a sewing machine just to see if she could make a bliaut (she couldn’t). She’s run out of new sources of movie trivia about Excalibur. If a theater in a thirty mile radius is doing a midnight showing of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, she’s there with bells on. She has four Arthurian tattoos. If she had a kid she’d name them Tristan or Iseult. Playing the Field - Her love of not paying for her own food and equal love of admiration keeps her on the dating apps a little more than is healthy - and she’s not out for commitment. Three dates maximum is her rule of thumb, and that’s only if they’re high rollers willing to finance a damn fine dinner. Everything about the process is a pleasure, even complaining about the dregs, and every new date is an excuse to doll herself up and buy something nice to wear. She is not opposed to being swept up in a whirlwind romance and taken away on a vacation by a stranger, so long as it’s over by Monday and she can block their number. Ephemera - While she is not a collector for much, she has an obsession when it comes to scraps of other people’s long-ago lives: old postcards, books with interesting marginalia, and bins of old letters at the flea market will never fail to have her getting her hands dirty. She has an impressive and impressively organized collection of old paper and sometimes falls down the rabbithole of trying to dig up information about the people whose notes and letters she has found, which has given her a bit of a knack for OSINT as a side benefit. Virtues:Unflappably Confident - With a belief in herself that borders on the delusional, Leo is almost impervious to insult or mockery. Her self-love is genuine and unshakeable, and she thinks everyone else should feel the same way about themselves, too.
Socially Adept - Social anxiety and Leo have never been in the same room together. She finds it easy to talk to strangers, she’s adept at navigating social awkwardness, and she is usually quick to pick up on social cues, especially in a group setting - engaging with those who seem to be shy or holding back, smoothly maneuvering the conversation away from someone attempting to monopolize it, or kindly taking on the attention of someone who’s clearly annoying a third party. Honest - Outside of a professional setting, Leo speaks frankly and openly. She does not believe in deception or two-facedness, but she also doesn’t believe in being brutally honest for the sake of being brutal. If you ask her for criticism, you can expect to get it without cruelty but also without beating around the bush. She is also a woman of her word - if she makes a promise, she will damn well keep it, come hell or high water, whether it’s a matter of punctuality (she is never late to a date) or something more vital. Flaws:Stubborn - It can take Leo a long time to let go of something she isn’t succeeding at, or that turns out to be a bad idea. Her confidence results in her being at times unwilling to question her own ideas or actions - whether it’s trying too long at a harebrained side hustle, refusing to let go of a puzzle or mystery she can’t quite solve, or trusting a dishonest friend for longer than she ought to, she is reluctant to second-guess herself to the point of trapping herself in mistakes. While she doesn’t usually react with anger to criticism, she’s apt to dismiss it as well-meaning but wrong - even when it’s very right. Gotta Hustle - The child of an extremely poor rural family, Leo has transitioned to her life of relative wealth with a lot of emotional baggage. She often feels guilty for pursuing a hobby that she cannot monetize and therefore abandons it, or takes on unnecessary side hustles to fill up time that she feels is “wasted” if it’s not earning her more money, and ends up overworking herself to the point of ill health. She is constantly trying to find ways to turn some aspect of her hobbies into cash, even in ways as small as selling books as soon as she’s finished reading them - and then, often, regretting it. Even her ephemera collection has been subject to this urge, as she sometimes internally justifies her collecting as “searching for a valuable piece” that she can turn into a few bucks. This rubs off on her treatment of her friends, as she’s forever encouraging artists to sell their paintings, knitters to sell their patterns, and bakers to sell their cakes. Exacting - With such a rigid adherence to honesty, punctuality, hard work, and self-love, it’s perhaps no surprise that Leo holds those around her to a very high standard as well. She has very little patience for failure or disrespect, and while she initially assumes the best of people, she will discard them readily if they fail to live up to her ideas of what a friend or companion ought to be. This generally keeps her from becoming close to people, and sometimes sabotages otherwise-promising friendships. It can also make her come across as unrealistic and unsympathetic when it comes to the difficulties other people face. AppearanceEyes: Dark brown, large. Doelike, but often have a slightly squinted appearance. Hair: Waist-length. Naturally pale brown, but bleached to anything from a honey to a platinum blonde, well-maintained but sometimes with visible roots. Generally kept pulled back, usually in a french twist or chignon for work or in a messy topknot when she’s off the clock. Face: Round, plump, with a dimpled chin and dimpled cheeks. She has a very full mouth with a slight overbite, and a tendency towards a youthful, baby fat appearance that a less kind person might simply call chubby. Skin Tone: Pale with a peachy-pink undertone and a naturally high blush. Some slight scarring on her cheeks from a teenage battle with very severe acne, which always has her resorting to chemical peels and expensive treatments to no avail. Body Type: Abundant and curvy, all soft edges, bordering on fat. Her figure is hourglassy - pear shaped, before some modest surgical assistance brought some balance to it - and she is quite short. Clothes: For work she usually tends to wear businesswear that leans to the sexier side - blazers, pencil skirts, translucent stockings, bodysuits and strappy bras under her jackets, and red-bottom heels with a red lip. On her days off she usually wears slouchy sweats, makeup free with her hair thrown into a messy bun or a hair clip, or threadbare oversized t-shirts and sweaters and ratty shorts.  link goes off-site Elaine has a dog - some sort of predominantly-Chihuahua rescue, retrieved by a neighbor from a dumpster and put into her care not long after Elaine arrived in Destiny City. Petitcru is one of those shaky little rat-dogs who perpetually broadcasts a vague aura of distress and the suspicion of extremely high veterinary bills. She has a lot of fuzzy sweaters and has to eat prescription food. If Elaine is going anywhere that dogs are allowed, Petitcru goes with her. Her name is one of the many spellings for the name of a dog owned by Isolde in Arthurian tales, described as a magical fairy-dog that could make anyone who was near it happy by means of an enchanted bell on its collar. Presumably Isolde's Petitcru required less in the way of meticulous gastrointestinal oversight.
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:32 pm
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A long red silk ribbon.
Squire:
A short riding whip with a red silk handle, incapable of breaking the skin and causing only blunt force damage. Flowering vines erupt from the ground and reach to about knee-high in a ten foot radius, wrapping around the opponent's legs to slow them down. Although the vines are breakable, the scent of the flowers induces an urge to seek Joy's approval, praise, or affection, although the urge can be fought with active focus. Joy can channel for approximately 35 seconds at this stage.
Knight:A much longer bull whip with a red and gold handle, still incapable of breaking the skin and only causing blunt force damage. Flowering vines erupt from the ground. The vines are thicker and more difficult to break through and encompass a fifteen foot radius, and may snare wrists or forearms. Performing actions in direct opposition to her commands can be done but will require active focus. Joy can channel for approximately 45 seconds at this stage. Forgotten Spell:By cracking her whip, Joy can unleash a spectral blast that takes the shape of the end of a lance made of light, aimed at an opponent's chest within a 15 foot radius. The resulting impact has an effect similar to a blunt force blow as if from a capped jousting lance. This can be used three times per battle.
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:33 pm
 The castle of the Joyous Guard was, in its time, more remarkable for its beauty than its size. Its ruins - comprising an underground chapel, a mostly-intact keep, ramparts, and curtain walls in various states of repair - occupy a chunk of land hugged by a broad river very near the sea, the waves of which can be spied from the highest tower windows. According to Earthly legend, Joyeuse Garde was the name of the French castle occupied by Lancelot, where he retreated with Guinevere after saving her from execution. It was also, in its time, the home of Tristram and Iseult during their flight from Cornwall, and according to some tellings is where Tristram met his end at Mark's jealous hands. One thing nearly all legends agree on is that the castle was renamed by Lancelot - and that it had once been called The Dolorous Guard. According to some stories, the castle has become the Dolorous Guard once more, made so by the siege of Gawaine and by the eventual fall of its master. So much for the Earthly version of its history: as for the reality, it was indeed once known informally as the Dolorous Guard, and some - including those who in the course of protecting it have been given its name - consider "Joyous" to be a title given ironically.    The name Dolorous certainly suits the ancestral ghost of the ruins better. Gouvernail is as stern and unyielding in death as he was in life, with a quick temper and an aloof contempt for any who fail to meet his own exacting standards of honor. In life he was known as being somewhat humorless and isolated, but scrupulous in his duties, quick to think, quick to act, and motivated by a strict sense of right - provided his mind wasn't clouded by anger. Regardless of the voluntary nature of his recruitment, by the time of his death Gouvernail had come to think of himself as an unwilling conscript in a war he had no faith in. This doesn't seem to have softened him to Elaine's own reluctance to accept her fate - if anything, he sees in her the embodiment of his cynical doubts and resents her for it, even if they aren't her fault. He also feels contempt for what he considers her craven attempts to dodge her obligations, whether asked for or not - something he deems both cowardly and (perhaps worse, to Gouvernail) undignified. She is spared from the full brunt of his disgust, however, by a habitual and sexist chivalry, which nothing ever fully shook from him - not even being involved in a cosmic war largely fought by women.
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:35 pm
 Silver Whistle When blown, the whistle can disorient all opponents within fifteen feet. The whistle can be used once per day and effects should be discussed with your RP partner before use, but can include dizziness, nausea, headaches, and temporary deafness, any of which can linger upon player desire. Anyone who is not considered hostile will not hear any noise when the whistle is blown.  Signet Ring Fully upgraded. Discorder installed by Viatrix (not currently operational) Aspect of Earth: As upholders of virtue, Earth Knights have a saintly presence and seem to be always followed by sunlight, even at night. They have increased sensitivity to movements around them, and can always tell when someone is trying to sneak up on them -- which means there is no advantage to fighting them any way but honorably. Available for ten minutes per day.  Lady's Favor Player distributed item. A red silk ribbon woven with white flowers, which perpetually emits a very faint, pleasantly floral fragrance. Once per day, donning the ribbon in any way causes a brief boost of general motivation and a feeling that the wearer must strive to do their best that day and impress someone (or possibly themselves). There is no compulsion tied to the feeling - it is merely an encouraging sensation that lasts for ten to fifteen seconds.  𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶Joy typically stocks her subspace with the sort of things you might need for camping or an emergency, items for helping her make progress on cleaning up her wonder, and the sort of things you might want while sunbathing and swimming. She is vigilant about keeping it stocked and refreshed, and sometimes transfers shelf-stable provisions and supplies to her Wonder.   Palamedes - or Pal - is the name of Joy's summons: a Questing Beast of fearsome appearance, with a snakelike neck scaled with the heads and jaws of many hounds, a leopard's claws in the front, hooves in the back, and an elegant tail. Despite her towering height she is lean and lightly built, with a summoned mass nearer to that of a large deer than a small horse and the corresponding agility despite the ungainly length of her neck. While this does make her incapable of being used as a mount, it does mean that she will absolutely try and fail to sit in your lap instead. She is capable of dealing damage with both her retractable claws and also - of course - her many, many, many teeth. When bitten, Pal's victims (at the discretion of their player!) may experience a sensation of being pursued or hunted for up to four hours following the bite. Despite her appearance and the frankly horrifying sound she makes (which is something like a dozen hunting dogs baying at once), Pal's demeanor when not in battle is that of a goofy and not entirely intelligent dog. She will fetch every stick at once and loves belly rubs and forehead scratches. Which forehead? You choose!
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:36 pm
 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖗𝖊R | ✔ | The Politeness of Princes | civ, with America R | ✔ | When Nature Calls | civ, with Todd S | ✔ | Cardinal Sin | solo S | ✔ | Phone Home | solo S | ✔ | Awakening | solo R | ✔ | Baader Meinhof Phenomenon | civ, with Todd R | ✔ | Well, this is Awkward | civ, with Waru S | ✔ | That Feeling in the Air is Burning | solo S | ✔ | Luftpause | solo S | ✔ | The Absence of Itself | solo S | ✔ | Conscript | solo/Gouvernail (2400 words) R | ✔ | Anklebiter Club | civ, with Mel B | ✔ | Knight in Shining Seifuku | battle, with Encke and Viatrix B | ✔ | Leash Law | battle, with Brassite S | ✔ | Ascetic | solo/Gouvernail (2200 words) R | ✔ | Mean Streets | with Grieve R | ✔ | Unpaid Intern | with Ekstrom R | ✔ | Graveyard Girls | civ, with Morgan B | ✔ | Friendly Game of Tag | battle, with Nymphe B | ✔ | Devil in the Details | battle, with Diaboleite R | ✔ | The First Step Forward | orp battles: ⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊ | roleplays: ⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊ | solos: ⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊ 𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖜S | ✔ | Living Things | solo/Gouvernail (2200 words) B | ✔ | Destiny City has a Dog Problem | with Faustite!dog* R | 500, incomplete | Third Person Perspective | with Hy-Brasil * within two weeks of art dropping (02/25)𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖕𝖚𝖗𝖘B | ✔ | A Falling Star Fell From Your Heart | with Hestia S | ✔ | The Morning, in Happy Analogy S | ✔ | Advances, None Miraculous R | ✔ | Parley | with Brassite R | ✔ | Photographic Evidence | civ, with Myth R | ✔ | The Soil and the Glory | with Camelot R | ✔ | Hug Every Cat or at Least One | with Pyewacket R | ✔ | Speed Dating | with Myth and Rowan R | ✔ | Clear as Mud | with Nagyagite S | ✔ | I Loved It Better than Anyone Else, You KnowR | ✔ | French Tourism Board | with Ekstrom S | ✔ | A Thing Too VaporousB | ✔ | Misunderstandings | with Nis B | ✔ | Run, Run, Run Around | with Totoro R | ✔ | Pseudonymous | with Myth R | ✔ | Girtalk | with Ekstrom R | ✔ | Doggy Date Day | civ, with Mel R | ✔ | The Storm Will Be an Eager Beast | with Tempesti B | ✔ | SB - At World's End | meta orp S | ✔ | HomemakingR | ✔ | Back to Reality | with Encke R | ✔ | Do You Need an Exorcist | with Pendour B | ✔ | Stroll in the Forest | vs Villon S | ✔ | Out Like a LambS | ✔ | Make Somehow a Queen of MeR | ✔ | The Dating Game | civ, with Mel R | Just Checking In | with Ekstrom battles: ⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊ | regulars: ⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊ | solos: ⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊⛊ 𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔱S | ✔ | FavorS | ✔ | HeelR | ✔ | Neon in the Nightime | with Blarney R | ✔ | Wandering Witless | with Cuan Oilean S | ✔ | In Time the Night May SoftenB | ✔ | Bark | vs Demantoid R | ✔ | The Earth from a Distance | with Nis S | ✔ | The Painful Eagerness of Unfed HopeB | ✔ | Don't Wanna be a Chicken | with Blarney vs chicken R | ✔ | When Legends Collide | with Robinhood R | ✔ | Well, You Know | with Halley, vs Chicken* B | ✔ | When the Dovetails Cry | with Albite R | ✔ | Middleman | with Grieve* R | A Bit of This, A Bit of That | with Almadel S | ✔ | Nautical Nope | Starfest S | ✔ | You Would Believe Actually | Starfest S | ✔ | You'd Be Prettier if You Smiled | Starfest S | ✔ | Presque Vu | Starfest S | ✔ | Delegated Godmothering | Starfest S | ✔ | Wishing Tree | Starfest S | ✔ | Half BlindedS | ✔ | Is There a Good Knight* wisp RPs Wonder-related tracker (off-site)
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:37 pm
 ℭ𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫
America Jhones
desperately needs some sort of phonetic instruction but solid albeit illiterate head on her shoulders and did not kill petitcru, which is sort of a miracle.
Mel
beautiful sweetheart with ideal dog for doggy playdates! could be besties if she had better taste in men.
Morgan
probably despises elaine, which is fine with her. very entertaining. bribeable with food but not as compliant as todd.
Myth aka Nis
in a mutual alliance that she'd rather skip, if she'd had the chance. big ol' softy but reasonable enough.
Todd the 7-11 Guy
can't tell if he's sort of pathetic or if she just thinks that because he's got good cheekbones. willing to perform minor acts of heroism. awful tattoos.
Waru
beefcake with memory issues. charmingly self-effacing.
𝔅𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔱
Blarney - so young and so eager it's a little exhausting, but seems to have more than two functioning brain cells, which is a rarity and a positive quality.
Little bratty nega s**t head with a dog (name unknown: Brassite)
says it all really. seems to be at least attempting to use her powers for good, as much as someone that age can have the judgment to do it.
Camelot
would probably hit on him if he wasn't, you know. magical bullshit. might hit on him anyway, if ever given the opportunity.
Cuan Oilean
cutest cat with funniest juxtaposition between appearance and demeanor. owed a visit to the garde if possible.
wet noodle (name unknown: Diaboleite)
pull his ******** hair out by the roots!
Ekstrom
a close and valuable ally. have visited wonder; has visited the garde.
Encke and Viatrix
encke was being a bit of a domineering sourpuss but did save her a** and is a chill hang, so he gets points. viatrix insanely cute and helpful in every form and much beloved. have visited the garde.
Grieve
scary but maybe less scary than it seems at first. good judge of character, obv. one of the only order people with their head on straight, which is sorta scary.
maid cafe (name unknown: Hestia)
evil evil b***h but proper submissive streak, which is nice to see.
Hy-Brasil
helpful. joy probably made a bad impression by being in a bad headspace.
reasonable snake (name unknown: Nagyagite)
seems to have some kinda tragic backstory. possibly some of the negaverse are conscripts, too. still not making any alliances, though.
Nis aka Myth
some sort of psychopomp. a bit too quick to exasperation. knows joy's identity. have visited wonder.
Nymphe
very helpful and very kind but also maybe on the eager side. good for her, less good for elaine.
Pendour aka Sadie (identity unknown, name known)
a bit too meek and passive to suit joy's tastes, but banger wonder and sweet enough. ancestor ghost is a sour c**t. have visited wonder.
Pyewacket
best cat best cat best cat
Rhysi
questionable moral compass, but undoubtedly competent, at least at anything that isn't singing.
Tempesti
charmingly eager and probably better at being magical bullshit than joy is. has visited the garde.
Totoro
why why why are there child soldiers? he's so cute. he's so eager. what the ********, actually.
eldritch tongue horror (name unknown: Villon)
this one is probably gonna end badly for joy if they have another run-in.
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:38 pm
 grew to third on 05/25 wonder visits: 05/25, 06/01, 06/08, 06/15, 06/22 06/29, 07/06, 07/13 thank you liz <3
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:39 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:40 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:40 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:41 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:41 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:42 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:42 pm
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