Welcome to Affliction, everyone! In place of an OOC Intro (since those are being done on Discord), here's a CR meme where you guys can talk about your characters and future CR!
Name: Fyre Contact/Timezone: I'm in PST but sometimes I'm around at odd hours because consistent sleep schedules are a Myth. You can add me at muffyre or come haunt my DMs anytime at FFFyre[#]4083. /opens arms
Character Name: Tamamori Canon: Hashihime of the Old Book Town Team/Partner: Team #7, partnering up with Kawase Blurb: He's currently a failed student working on trying to get into university again, but actually spends most of his days lazing around and trying to become a writer and pretending to sell books. He's kind of a basketcase who only really puts effort into things he's interested in and forgets about everything else. No thoughts, head empty, living his best life. Tamamori is from Japan in 1922, towards the tail end of the Taisho Era -- an era of rapid modernization, interest in Western culture and new technologies, and burgeoning democracy and liberalism. This means that modern amenities like electricity, movies, and railways are still developing and interest in Western literature is seeing a boom. Basically, old-timey cheapazoid Japanese nerd who likes to pretend he's important; has a lot of interest in Western and metropolitan lit and customs. Noodle who could probably be blown over by a strong breeze but talks like he's 10 noodles.
PLEASE NOTE: Hashihime deals with some heavier topics, so I have an opt-out available for those who would rather not have that come up in threads! Please use freely. o/
Looking for: So many kinds. I'm open to positive, negative, everything in between. Give me a book club, give me people who know tech, give me people who don't know tech, give me people from outside Japan so he can pretend really hard he Knows About Foreign Countries (what are other dimensions), give me people from Japan for countrymen! Give me military-related people because he thinks the military is cool in an abstract sort of way. Oh, and he loves mysteries and horror and the supernatural and the weird. Give him non-humans, give him the ghostly and the otherworldly. Honestly I'm just here stretching my greedy palms at everyone, trust me, come at me, we'll make it work.
Offering: He is such a moocher. Unless the shady vibes are at 120% he can be tempted by anything from money to snack foods to favors to a nice story; in general he just likes seeing what others can do for him and will latch on to those he deems useful and/or easily swayed by puppy eyes. People who will praise his writing and/or him are welcome; people who want to bully him are also welcome, his ego is huge and easily bruised and he squawks like an angry rooster at most provocations. If you get close enough to him you just might end up as inspiration for a story or two. Also, he gets along surprisingly well with those younger than him -- he's "young at heart" which just means he's immature and really likes messing around. Also he's a ye olde what the fuck is an Internet.
As an aside, he will definitely be curious about those interacting with Kawase and potentially flabbergasted if anyone actually gets along with the guy. Means the end of times is nigh.
Character Name: Portgas D. Ace Canon: One Piece Team/Partner: #12 | Sabo (As played by Naru) Blurb: Ace is a pirate who can be fun loving until you say something to piss him off. He's got quite the temper when it's poked at. He's smart, but also a dumbass. Polite for a pirate, but also can be quite rude over certain things. Please feed him delicious stuff.
Looking for: Honestly, anything! I love all kinds of CR. People that will party it up with him or people that will piss him off. Give it all to meeeeeee. I love some neg CR stuff, too. /chef's kiss
Also, someone please try to put a shirt on him. Please.
Offering: An Idiot that will be down to get into a lot of trouble and is very curious about things. He loves to party and eat! So he'd have fun kicking back and having a good time with people. Though, watch out, he might get mad if certain things are said! It's fine, though. Promise!!!
Name: Adrian Contact/Timezone: PST; reachable on discord or PM
Character Name: Gentaro Yumeno Canon: Hypnosis Microphone Team/Partner: #5, Bennett! Blurb: Gentaro is an author, first and foremost! He's very popular and well-loved, and he keeps every single fan letter he's ever received. Besides being an author, Gentaro is part of a rap group named Fling Posse, which represents Shibuya. As is completely normal in Hypmic's Tokyo, he faces off against other divisions in battles... specifically, rap battles. It's fine, don't worry about it.
Aside from that normal premise, Gentaro is a genuinely excellent singer and rapper. Here is an example of his singing/rapping in a solo song, and here's his verse during a battle song (which is an absolute banger).
Finally, Gentaro is absolutely full of shit all day every day 24/7/365. He lies a lot (and is honestly very convincing), and plays jokes on people, but it's never really out of malice! He just likes teasing people and seeing how they react. It's fine. Gentaro likes playing up the dramatics, and will probably introduce himself using a fake name with everyone he meets. Despite all of that, Gentaro's honestly a good guy who cares way too much... but like, only if you manage to take a sledgehammer to the absurdly strong walls he's got built up. He's spent a long time being lonely and fending for himself, so... good luck!
Looking for: Anything, really! Gentaro's going to be friendly and interested in getting to know everyone, but it's extremely surface-level initially, because he's going to be actually a wreck because of his canon point. However! I'm super down for any CR!! Gentaro's one of those people who can generally get along with most people, if they aren't (understandably) annoyed by how obnoxious he can be. I really want him to be a protector of sorts, particularly for those who've experienced hardships, loneliness, etc. Basically: If you're a sad boy or girl, Gentaro Is Here. Offering: - Book-related CR! Gentaro is extremely well-read, along with being an author! - Cooking! Gentaro's a pretty good cook, since he lives alone and can't rely on takeout all the time. He also really likes cafes, so he'll nerd out about coffee. - Being an annoying bastard! If he picks up on something that annoys you and he's got less than rosy feelings about you, he will be obnoxious. - Story-telling! Gentaro often makes up stories about the people he encounters while people-watching. - Animal-lovers! Especially cats. Fun fact: Gentaro can actually* turn into a cat!
✔ Authors ✔ Cafe enthusiasts ✔ Full of shit ✔ Yumeno ✔ Friendfiction
Hello we need CR I absolutely insist. Also Yumeno Kyusaku is a big part of Hashihime so I’m like 👀 any relation to his last name… inquiring minds need to know the Lore™.
YES PLEASE oh my god. the friendfiction too. I need this.
Also we know jackshit about his past because Hypmic hates me in particular. But this is an interesting connection that he will surely definitely 100% not play into 👀
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