JANUARY AU WORKSHOP

[neosapienmods]

JANUARY AU WORKSHOP

Welcome to the AU Workshop! We understand adapting a character for an AU game can be a difficult process, even if you have all the creativity in the world, so we've put this together to help! Just fill out the form and post it in a comment below, and sort of brain out which ideas stick!

Keep in mind this is not a reserve. Reserves will open on the 3rd, as always, and you don't need to use this if you're already sure of your ideas! This is just a fun creative exercise that we hope you enjoy and find helpful!

Be sure to check out our Premise, FAQ, Locations, and NPC posts for worldbuilding info to help you get started!

Here's the form!<b>PLAYER:</b> <b>CHARACTER:</b> <b>CANON:</b> <b>AU NAME:</b> if the character's name is different, you can note so here! If not, feel free to put n/a <b>AU AGE:</b> same here! <b>BLURB:</b> Write a short description of your character's AU! Are they a Meta-human? If so, what are their powers? Are they a normal human? Do they have anything else unusual about them, such as cybernetic parts or other features? What's their background? Hobbies? Anything interesting you want to say! <b>LOOKING FOR:</b> Are you looking for family members or friends or enemies for your character to be pre-planned? Or are you asking for ideas or feedback on your AU idea? Anything goes, just specify what you would like. <b>OPTIONAL ENABLE ME:</b> Are you torn between which character to app? Let us help! Post your ideas in a comment and let fellow players offer feedback and CR ideas. You can also use this section to ask for canonmates you would like to see in-game whether it be in your specific AU or for different CR.

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[fonewearl]

PLAYER: Espilan
CHARACTER: Mirys Hargrave
CANON: Phantasy Star Online / OC
(basically just an OC for the purposes of this game, since canon-flavored Mirys has previously been played as being completely unrelated to the canon's plot anyway)

AU NAME: Marise Hargrave (uses "Mirys" as a preferred alternate spelling)
AU AGE: 16 years

BLURB: heck ur blurb have some bullets
• Meta-human with a powerset based on one or more of the elemental types used in Phantasy Star canon. It's not set in stone right now, but I'm strongly considering Light specifically, which would more or less translate to light generation/manipulation with the capability of weaponizing it (lasers! hard-light construct weapons! annoying bubble shields that burn on contact!), and with some less-combat-oriented uses as well (illusions! lightening or darkening rooms! glowing in the dark like some freaky human light bulb!).
• Blue hair and pointed ears are physical traits that might possibly give her away to normal humans. She could possibly mask the hair color via illusion, but maintaining it over extended periods will get kind of tiring after awhile, and the ears would still be An Issue either way...
• The discovery of Mirys's Meta status was probably pretty darn early in her life with the physical traits being noticed, and then discovering what she could do came sometime later (around age 13, or 14, maybe?).
• I want to say that her father (Dorian Hargrave) was a researcher with the NSO that threw himself into his work even more when he first learned his daughter was a Meta. What he specifically did for the NSO (if that particular information even needs to be determined) will be up to the mods if having that association is fine; I don't wanna say he did one thing and have it turn out later that the game's plot requires something else.
• Key word: "was." Dad's been missing for a year and is assumed dead by now. Same goes for Mom (Ellen), she went missing at the same time. Mirys has probably been under the care of the NSO itself ever since.
• She believes her parents were murdered by a person or people with anti-Meta views, so she now tends toward assuming that literally anyone outside the NSO is a threat to her unless proven otherwise. She also initially won't be terribly social to most within the NSO either, except maybe Aya.
• She has interests in robotics and AI. She doesn't actively hide these interests, but also doesn't go out of her way to make them known.
• Yes, she still wears that goofy-ass outfit.

LOOKING FOR:
• I'm still trying to hammer down some backstory deets to avoid things being too barebones; any ideas on that front would be very appreciated!
• CR-wise, I'd like primarily for anyone to try chipping away at the shell she's gone and built up; make her want some friends dammit!

[burndownforwhat]

Yang's own history involves her also having a supportive parent at the time of her accident-slash-Meta-human awakening, but was forced out of her community by those around them. so she's basically all about collecting kids who were in the same situation and giving them some hope. she also has the one missing mother (who left of her own volition, but still, that stings) so she can sympathize with that plight and will gladly lend her aid in a search for answers, even if that just means keeping an ear out while on the streets.

for overlapping interests, she's a tinkerer and gearhead, specializing in the mechanical side of things with limited programming skill. could be they've caught each other studying up on the subjects? or even just witnessing Yang banging away at her latest contraption. (also Yang's fashion sense is what one could call interesting so that's another thing they could bond over.)

[fonewearl]

Common interests are the absolute fastest way to for anyone to actually get along with Mirys.

Mirys has also only been around the NSO for one year compared to Yang's eight, but maybe once someone notices that it looks like she might actually be interested in the stuff Yang's doing, she gets herself shoved in Yang's general direction in the hope that she might start opening up a bit.

[burndownforwhat]

showing newbies around town is just part of what she can do to help transition them into a life under the NSO's care. Yang's respectful of boundaries too, but she just so happens to know a few good quiet places to hang out too, if that's what Mirys needs! she can always work her social magic in after establishing that baseline.

[fonewearl]

I'm currently thinking that Mirys had already been living in the Middle Ward before things ended up happening with her parents disappearing and all that, since being there already would mean it wasn't a long commute for her father going to/from work, but Mirys herself actually going out anywhere was somewhat rare because she would want/need to do something to hide the hair and ears and doing that whenever she wanted to go out was really just Annoying.

So for that first year of being at the NSO, Mirys would have been familiar with some places already but not too much else, and definitely could have used a guide if you want to go with Yang having filled that role. It'd give her a head start toward being someone that Mirys is actually willing to trust, especially if there'd been an effort to not go making her uncomfortable.

[burndownforwhat]

conversely, Yang's tried to branch out from the Middle Ward regularly but still finds the surroundings the most comfortable and familiar. she knows a one size fits all approach won't work for everyone but she's not immune to missteps along the way in trying to make Mirys feel more at home, and less out of place.

saying things like "people who are staring at the ears are just jealous (nottalking)"