MancerNecro

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Okay, I will be making a post, either today or tomorrow. Had a lot of things happening this week. Just a short question for the post I am about to write though, what is the extent of Nemsemet's ability that lets him keep all of the supernaturals in New Camden? How far does it spread? I have no idea what the plans are with regards to that so I feel like I have to ask first before I make my post. Thanks.

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Just made my post. Hope the context with which I dropped Celest into the party is okay.

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Celest let out a groan as she opened her eyes and slowly began to take in her surroundings. She was in an unfamiliar room. Had she fallen asleep there? Celest couldn't think straight: Her head was pounding and there was this insane nausea that was steadily getting worse. Her head was pounding, as though something had hit her really hard on her head. She put her hand on the spot that was pounding and felt a small lump which ascertained her suspicions.

What just happened?

Celest slowly got up only to realise that she had been lying on some sort of makeshift stage, with the remains of a wild party gone horribly wrong around her. There were people slumped about, probably drunk, drugged, or both. A quick glance into the next room showed a woman, who Celest vaguely remembered as Stella, in her underwear, and a largely rough and hairy man trying to make a phone call. Celest was still slightly dazed as a teenage girl ran into the house, towards a corner of the room. The teenage girl jumped into a frantic conversation with a man who had been lying in the corner.

Celest took a step towards the kitchen, and then felt a huge wave of energy surge through her body. Her mind suddenly cleared up and she remembered the events of tonight: She was here as a guest singer for Parael's party, full of people of so many personalities and energies. She was singing, everyone was enjoying and into the party. Why and how did she fall unconscious? Celest remembered feeling a sudden tide of nausea and sickness spread throughout her body. She felt the energies of everyone and everything in the town darken as a wave of evil energy swept throughout the town. Even the energies present in the room now were considerably changed and darkened. Celest could feel a sludgy dirtiness permeating throughout every part of the room and town. Celest felt the nausea rise again and she had to take several deep breaths in order to clear her mind.

Parael came into the room and began a whole stream of sentences of which was mostly gibberish to Celest. Celest only managed to catch phrases of what Parael was saying: "Mummy... Nemsemet..." Something about a radioactive wasteland being left in Egypt. Nobody seemed to be paying any attention to her amidst the chaos. It seemed this Nemsemet was the source of the evil energy that had affected the entirety of New Camden.

Celest took a step, then two. Her mind had cleared up significantly. The sickness was still there, but was manageable, a side-effect of Celest's ability to feel the energies in the world around her. This evil energy was clearly something that had to be stopped, something to be dealt with. From the sickness that Celest felt, it was apparent that this Nemsemet mummy creature was corrupting the place. Celest wondered if everyone's energy had been disturbed and distorted by his appearance, causing everyone to behave so erratically and frantically.

Celest gathered her energy in her mouth like she had learned to and focused it all on the words she was about to say: "Everyone, please calm down!"

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Nice posts, guys. I will make mine in a bit as well. The general idea is to move towards Parael's place, right?

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If anyone is around, we can set up a collab or whatever.

@HeySeuss

I'm around but I need to head off to sleep already cause I have school early tomorrow morning. If you want a quick discussion or something, I can be on Discord for a while more but any post-making will have to be done tomorrow, during periods of time when I can squeeze in the post.

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@MancerNecro Everything you wrote about Violet and Allard Park looks great to me.

I really liked the way you described how their friendship developed (Celest wandering in because of calming/nice energies and at first not knowing about the dryad).

Related, the "energy" of the park as something calming/nice is a great idea that I didn't really think about. It would provide a wonderful explanation for why mortals/supernaturals find the park increasingly pleasant to visit!

@Vowel Vagabond

Hey, thanks so much! I was hoping you'd be okay with what I written about our characters' friendship with each other.

And, using the work @Aleranicus had us do with creating spots in the city, what places do you think it's best to start this in? I think, given the large numbers, we need at least a couple.

@HeySeuss

I think we could try starting some characters out around Allard Park? Several of our characters have reasons to be in the vicinity of the park: Suzanne has her bakery close by; Celest visits the park often; Many people visit the park daily so there's many reasons for each character to be there.

Also, for the purposes of the RP, I want a clear sense of why your characters are opposed to Nemsemet.

@HeySeuss

Celest doesn't know about Nemsemet or much about the supernatural world yet but she does feel Nemsemet's corrupted energy growing and taking over New Camden, tainting it and poisoning the town's energy. Such an unnatural energy and entity is definitely something that needs to be stopped and eliminated.

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@MancerNecro I like it! Only thing I might adjust is the Yes, and: section. It's meant to be a direct tie to everyone, a reason why we would vouch for each other and say "This person won't rat us out to the mummy."

I'd volunteer Parry as someone who might've babysat your character in the past, was approached as a magical coach, or might have used some wards to turn her powers down a bit when she was younger. Or heck, maybe she has met the lovely Dryad at some point!

Otherwise, I really like what I read there!

@Aleranicus

Ahhh okay. I will go around to rewriting that section in a little bit.

EDIT: I have changed that section. Hope everyone is okay with it. I tried to fit it within what might be reasonable of everyone's histories.

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Celestine "Celest" Azeroth

Name: Celestine "Celest" Azeroth
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Breed/Species/Type/Lineage: Halfling (Wizard/Human)

Physical Description:

The first thing you will notice about Celest is her height and build. She is noticeably tall and really slim and slender. Celest's second feature is her shining golden eyes which radiate a mysterious feeling. Celest frequently carries a solemn expression in her eyes, which coupled with its colour, appears uncannily mesmerising. This is probably a result of the wizard blood she has in her veins. Moving away from the eyes, one will notice that Celest has an extremely pale skin colour, almost as if she is fading away from existence. Surprisingly, Celest's skin tone manages to stay the same shade no matter how much sun she is exposed to, and she doesn't get sunburned at all.

Apart from the above features, Celest also has long silver hair which reaches down to her waist. She has slender facial features: A small nose and thin bridge, thin lips, and thin yet sharp and distinct eyebrows. Her ears are rounded and one will frequently see Celest's hair tucked behind her ears, especially when she is reading a book. Celest is frequently seen in casual and comfortable clothes, which usually comprises of a t-shirt and pants. Accessory-wise, she only wears a locket left behind by her father around her neck.

Talents:

Magical Sight
Celest has the ability to sense energy flows around her. Her ability works on both magical and scientific energy flows. Her ability manifests itself sensually, affecting each of her five senses. This allows her to perceive the energies in the world through each of her five senses, with enough focus and concentration. When Celest is not actively focusing or searching out for the energy flows, her ability becomes more like a nagging sensation. The stronger the energy source, the stronger the sensation. Depending on how strong the energy source is, the feeling Celest feels can range from being barely noticeable and easily ignored to being so strong that it affects her five senses.

Low-Level Spellcasting
Celest is able to cast basic and low-levelled spells. These spells aren't really useful in combat but may be used to help out with domestic chores and minor tasks. Such spells and magic can be used to hurt someone physically if used in certain ways, such as by throwing a rock at another person, but are usually not created for the purpose of fighting.

History:

A small bit about Celest's parents

There isn't much of note in Celest's past. Her father was a wizard working for the magical council. Her mother was a singer, performing at a bar in New Camden. Celest never knew who her father was. He had been in a short relationship with her mother before disappearing completely, leaving nothing but a locket behind. Celest's mother only found out she was pregnant a month later, when her stomach starting growing and she had felt the nausea and mood changes related to pregnancy.

Celest's mother worked hard to raise her as a single mother. Thankfully, the money she received for her performances was not meagre. Celest spent most of her life wondering about who her father was. She had asked her mother about him many times but received no answers. Either her mother did not know about her father or she was unwilling to share anything about him.

Celest grew up as a human, out of the supernatural world. However, she was greatly fascinated by the supernatural and read up frequently into the topic. It did not help that her powers eventually developed and she began seeing and feeling trails of energy. No one believed or could see what Celest claimed to see, and many believed that she was making things up. At her peers' reactions, Celest holed up within herself and continued her studying and research in secret.

On her 16th birthday, a man whom she had never met before approached and passed her an old book. Until now, Celest did not know why she had allowed the man to approach her. It was a mysterious occurrence, one that Celest would never forget. Celest had looked down at the book, opened it, and saw a note on which was written, "To my dearest Celest...". Celest had looked up, but the man had disappeared, nowhere to be seen on the streets.

Back home, Celest had studied the book which she had been handed. The book contained spells of various sorts, useful for a variety of tasks, and even for fighting. Curious, Celest tried out the simpler spells in the book and to her surprise, realised that the spells were real, although the spells were weak and caused Celest to greatly tire out physically. Throughout the years, Celest secretly practiced the spells in the book, growing stronger. However, without a proper magical coach, her magical ventures went with somewhat limited success and her progress was probably slower than that of a normal wizard.

Present Celest

Celest is now performing alongside her mother. She's also taking over some of her mother's shifts and work. This is sort of like a planned transition from Celest's mother to her. Celest's mother wants to pass on her job and work over to Celest so she can retire and have an easy life, especially after all that she had done to raise Celest all on her own. Celest does have her mother's talent for singing though, despite being much shyer and quieter than her mother, so it all works out.

Celest's double life has been somewhat peaceful, except that she had felt a huge wave of uneasiness and sickness pass all over her body on one fine day, the day known to everyone in the supernatural circle as the day when Nemsemet was revived. Now aware of her ability to sense and perceive energy, Celest knew that a strong and evil force had taken over New Camden. She knew nothing of what was happening in the city but she knew that her peaceful days would not last for much longer.

Psychological Profile:

Celest is generally a quiet and reserved person. She doesn't really speak much or want to speak much to anyone, although she will if she does not have a choice. She holds the rest of society at a distance from her, in part due to how she had been regarded as weird by her peers in school. The only person who she will speak much to is her mother, with whom she has a very close relationship with. Celest also has a somewhat persevering personality. She is persistent, in both her goals and her ideals. She does not give up easily if she believes in what she is doing. Celest dislikes attention and being noticed, which is in stark contrast with her appearance which frequently causes attention to be placed on her. Celest prefers to be alone, and in a quiet place, if possible. She finds peace when she is alone. Another reason why she dislikes being in a crowd is because the high amount of energy from the crowd is stifling and makes Celest feel nauseous and unwell.

Possessions:

Celest's main and only treasured possessions are the locket left behind by her father and the spellbook which the mysterious man had handed to her.

Celest always wears her locket around her neck. The locket is made of gold, which is apparent in its weightiness. The main part of the locket is round. There is no lock on the locket. However, try as Celest and her mother may, they could not open the locket. The contents of the locket is unknown, and probably will never be known.

Celest's spellbook is a large leather-bound book, with old and tattered pages showing the amount of use which the spellbook had been put through. The note which Celest had found in the book is still kept on the first page, where it was originally placed. The pages of the spellbook are special and appears blank to anyone other than Celest, a weird peculiarity that Celest still does not know about due to her not having shown her spellbook to anyone else.

Yes, and:

Celest and Rusty

Celest and Rusty has run into each other in one of her performances at L'élégant given how famous and popular the bar is. They had chatted and had a drink together and then parted. Celest sure does remember Rusty due, in part to his appearance, and in part due to the otherworldly, almost beastly and fierce energy she senses from him, that makes him stand out from the other customers in the bar.

Celest and Parael

As a young teenager, Celest had been following traces of energy throughout New Camden, and had found herself in the vicinity of Little Angels Day Care. They have a short meet up somewhere near the day care and Parael sees through Celest's lineage completely, although Celest denies it due to being unaware of it herself. Celest remembers the meeting due to the somewhat warm and powerful energy she feels from Parael.

Celest and C.C.

Celest and C.C. had run into each other in a dark alleyway during one of C.C.'s investigations. Celest's half-wizard ancestry had set her apart from other humans and C.C. had taken an interest in Celest. However, after a short conversation in which Celest notes C.C.'s distinct energy flow, C.C. deems Celest as innocent and harmless.

Celest and Violet

Celest frequently wanders into Allard Park when she wants to be alone, unaware of the dryad who controls the park. There is a calming and healthy energy throughout the park, which Celest finds refreshing. The park is where Celest spends most of her free time in, and is where she feels the safest and least vulnerable. Celest had found and wandered into the park because of the strong clean and green energy which radiates from it. It is at the Allard Park where Celest first meets Violet. The place where Celest considers her hideout is close to Violet's bonded tree. It is due to her frequent visits and long stays in Allard Park that Violet eventually takes an interest in Celest and comes down to check her out. The two become close friends quickly and spend quite a lot of time together in the park.

Celest and Suzanne

The Corvid Cronuts is one of the places Celest frequents. This is due to the delicious pastries which her mother loves and always asks Celest to buy and because of the mysterious energy level of the shop which she finds intriguing and heartwarming. Celest also knows the owner of the shop, Suzanne, well, due to how regularly she visits the shop. They have chats with each other at the Corvid Cronuts occasionally, though neither of them knows about each other's relation to the supernatural world.

L'élégant Bar

Location of Note: L'élégant Bar
Notable Persons: Marie Sherine and her daughter Celestine Azeroth performs at the bar regularly.
A fact everyone knows about this place: The bar serves some of the best cocktails in New Camden. Many people, both human and supernatural, are regulars at the bar.

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@Utrax

Hey, there's already a roleplay thread for the roleplay (https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/163603-the-hidden-people/ooc).

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I am working through the character sheet about now. Had quite a few things to settle throughout the day. I'm grappling with my idea for the talent. I had initially planned on making my character a clairvoyant but I fear that it might become too powerful in any potential battles to come. I'll spend a little more time working on the talents section to see if I can work out something better. Most of the other sections are already in place.

EDIT: I am done with Celest's character sheet. I probably need @Vowel Vagabond to endorse the "You, and" section though because the contents of that section pertains to Violet and Allard Park.