[OOC] 🎀 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓻 . 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 . 𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 . 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 . (a steampunk RP of petticoats, poison, and propriety)

[shylarah]

@MorningStar1399 They could be in a guild -- merchants includes some, and I imagine healers might have the equivalent of flying ambulances. I did ask about a guild specifically for aeronauts, but I believe @ayzrules declined to make one. Furthermore, having the machine gift does not mean one must be an aeronaut, and being an aeronaut does not mean one must have the machine gift.

The issue of wings is an interesting one, and while this will need Ayz's confirmation, I suspect there are people who make or commission a pair just for the fun of it, if they have the gift of machine communication. Why not? For others, they may come in handy regardless of guild, and be worth the price of manufacture and maintenance. I mentioned that I'm pretty sure there's a portion in the military comprised exclusively of winged soldiers, who help maintain air superiority in a fight and are able to easily reach places otherwise accessed only with difficulty. *envisions a winged fellow fetching a cat down from a tree, instead of using a ladder* They'd be a boon to any police force or team of firefighters as well. However I also figure that there's any number of people with machine gifts that do not have mechanical wings, for one reason or another.

[MorningStar1399]

@MorningStar1399 They could be in a guild -- merchants includes some, and I imagine healers might have the equivalent of flying ambulances. I did ask about a guild specifically for aeronauts, but I believe @ayzrules declined to make one. Furthermore, having the machine gift does not mean one must be an aeronaut, and being an aeronaut does not mean one must have the machine gift.

The issue of wings is an interesting one, and while this will need Ayz's confirmation, I suspect there are people who make or commission a pair just for the fun of it, if they have the gift of machine communication. Why not? For others, they may come in handy regardless of guild, and be worth the price of manufacture and maintenance. I mentioned that I'm pretty sure there's a portion in the military comprised exclusively of winged soldiers, who help maintain air superiority in a fight and are able to easily reach places otherwise accessed only with difficulty. *envisions a winged fellow fetching a cat down from a tree, instead of using a ladder* They'd be a boon to any police force or team of firefighters as well. However I also figure that there's any number of people with machine gifts that do not have mechanical wings, for one reason or another.

@shylarah

I'm going to have to reread everything in the morning because now I'm thoroughly confused and the lateness of the hour will only make all the text more confusing. A lot seems to have been changed (I was told it was pretty much the same except for a few name changes) and it's already a lot to process.

[ayzrules]

@MorningStar1399 nah it’s basically the same except gift =/= Guild

But shy’s got it pretty much spot on (when she says “aeronaut” she’s referring to ppl who do air/flight related stuff, not former aeronaut guild ppl)

[shylarah]

@MorningStar1399 alright, here's the tl;dr.

Gifts are something you're born with. They do not automatically determine which guild you're in. Figure out what you want your character to be doing and what training they have, and if the gift "matches", great! If not, also great!'

If you wanna talk over what you're thinking, I'm around...though I can't promise to be helpful. ^.^;; I'm very good at complicating stuff.

AN AERONAUT IS SOMEONE WHO NAUTS...IN THE AIR. *flailing* pilots, captains, crew. People involved in airship maintenance, people handling routing for airships might fall in this group.



It's less the traveller and more people whose lives revolve around airships, etc.

[MorningStar1399]

@ayzrules Okay. I don't know if that changes Alexander any, but I doubt it does.
@shylarah I know that gifts are born traits, but last time your gift equalled what guild you were a part of. For example, there was a character that wanted to be an aeronaut but couldn't be because her gift was that of a craftsman (metal manipulation). I've already got my character fully (over)formed, I'm just waiting on @ayzrules here to answer my tumblr questions (hint hint wink wink cough cough). Thank you, though. I'm also incredibly skilled at overcomplicating things, so I feel ya there.

[shylarah]

@MorningStar1399 Yeah, I was looking through the lore, and I went "but...but...you know that (list of gifts) are good for (every guild but the labelled one), right? Who does this task?"

[ayzrules]

@MorningStar1399 haha brt I don’t have app on phone but I’ll get on laptop

@MorningStar1399 Yeah, I was looking through the lore, and I went "but...but...you know that (list of gifts) are good for (every guild but the labelled one), right? Who does this task?"

@shylarah

Ye which is why I wanted to change 😂

[MorningStar1399]

@shylarah *shrug* Idk. My bab should be up soon, just gotta fix a thing or two.

[MorningStar1399]

@MorningStar1399 haha brt I don’t have app on phone but I’ll get on laptop

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Ye which is why I wanted to change 😂

@ayzrules

lol alrighty. & thanks (also why am I awake it is 3AM)

[ayzrules]

@MorningStar1399 ME. i should be passed out asleep, seeing as I've not gotten more than 1-2 hours straight of sleep in the past however many hours thanks to being on planes, but here i am unable to sleep :^)

(and unable to do anything remotely productive, either. blegh)

[MorningStar1399]

@ayzrules that sounds like me too tbh. (also, you want Alex posted here or...?)

[ayzrules]

@MorningStar1399 yes please! Just in OOC is fine

[MorningStar1399]

nope bad character bit gotta reconsider everything

[ayzrules]

@MorningStar1399 Shy and I have gone through his sheet and it's mostly good, except for a couple of minor things-

notes

1. Since metal can't just come out of thin air, we were wondering the scope of his ability to change the size of metal. Shy suggested a 10% change in either direction as a limit, which also allows for mild change in density

2. Both of us are a bit iffy on the part "can change the temperature of metal so it burns the bearer or becomes too cold to comfortably carry; he is immune to these changes"; changing temp is fine, but Alex wouldn't be immune to feeling the temp changes. Shy suggested that as an alternative strategy, he could possibly change the temperature of half an iron rod or whatever, so that he could still hold it and then whack people with the charged end (:D)

3. Shy pointed out that the first big paragraph of the bio could be potentially triggering to some people, and I'm inclined to agree with her. Would you be okay with re-wording it? Maybe hint/imply that all that shit happened but not outright state? Or include a TW? IDK I'm not good at TW stuff lol

4. Is Alex's spy network an open secret, or more "hidden"?

5. Shy pointed out that if he kept his last name and took over his dad's factory, most people probs would know who his parents were

Would you mind editing post a lil? HMU if you have questions about anything up there <3

[shylarah]

@MorningStar1399 also you should know that I'm laughing my head off because my char has a number of similarities, especially in her dark version (which may or may not turn up).

[MorningStar1399]

@ayzrules I'll delete the post for now and fix stuff later. Right now I can't think clearly. (and I'm not even sure I'll actually end up being able to do this considering groups and me don't usually do well)

@shylarah i should probably not use him then if he's so similar...

this was probably a mistake dude...

how do you delete a post

[shylarah]

@MorningStar1399 no, he's not that similar. But there's echoes and it amuses me. microexpressions, intense blue-gray eyes, the line about masks. Masks was a huge thing for Vendetta!Alys. The refusing to acknowledge the father, the changing name, the disliking a certain shortening. <3

Go ahead and edit and submit again. I'm looking forward to these two tangling.

Edit it to say nothing, but I'm copying the whole thing first.

[bloonewb]

CS is done and ready for inspection!

[ayzrules]

@ayzrules I'll delete the post for now and fix stuff later. Right now I can't think clearly. (and I'm not even sure I'll actually end up being able to do this considering groups and me don't usually do well)

@shylarah i should probably not use him then if he's so similar...

this was probably a mistake dude...

@MorningStar1399

uhhh u can't delete posts on here (just thought i'd save you the trouble of trying to figure it out)-trust me, it makes MANY people super bitter LOL

and def not a mistake! I <3 alex, there's just a couple teeny tiny things that we want a lil bit of clarification on, is all

You should 100% use him ;) ;) ;) I adore Alexander and a few similarities is really NBD

[shylarah]

@ayzrules people editing posts out infuriates me when there's no good reason.

@bloonewb *grabby hands*