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King Edin & Duchess Victoria

Interactions: @Helo Callum

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Victoria was seething with anger as she made her way towards King Edin. She had no intention of holding back. When she finally reached the king, she wasted no time in expressing her grievances as he looked down at her with wide eyes.

"Your Majesty," she began, "I must bring to your attention the disgraceful behavior of your son, Prince Callum. It is a matter of great concern and shame."

With a dramatic pause for effect, she continued, " Prince Callum had the audacity to approach our table with a fake smile and false pleasantries. But his true intentions were anything but noble."

"He proceeded to insult us, insinuating that we are not generous, and then, Your Majesty, he deliberately untied his shoes and removed his socks, right in the presence of ladies and gentlemen! He left his shoes and socks near me as if he were at some uncivilized gathering of homeless people. He is using this behavior to taunt me with the rumors that your son takes my daughter into the forest at night."

Victoria's voice grew sharper, her anger evident in her every word, "His behavior was nothing short of scandalous and this was all performed amongst many of our elite. Please think of what people will think of you if your son continues to act without decorum in such a public manner, for the sake of you, your family, and all of Caesonia."

Before King Edin could even quite reply, she gave a huff and stormed off.
He scratched his chin, slowly taking in the rant as he chewed a piece of cake. His gaze slowly slid to Prince Callum. Then it narrowed.

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Count Landon Monet, Duchess Antoinette Petit, Countess Melanie & Countess Liliane

Interactions: @Helo Callum

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"I'm alright, dear. So nice to see you Prince Callum."

She smiled and sat down to tea as Callum had. Then, the group had listened as he spoke.

"Aw. I see no harm in a little walk through the woods. What a lovely way to spend time together." Duchess Antoinette had commented.

Count Landon Monet was staring at him with a disgruntled look on his face while Melanie simply appeared concerned, her attention latched onto the back of Duchess Victoria as she spoke to King Edin. However, her attention returned as he spoke of the charity event.

"We'd... love to attend." Countess Melanie smiled at him.

"Oh yes, it's such a creative idea during the courting season. I am going to simply tell everyone about it, Prince Callum! You won't have an empty seat at this auction. Trust me!"

"... I will let my daughters know. I am sure they will be interested in attending." Countess Liliane's addition was softer than the others.

Though initially reluctant, Count Landon did seem swayed after some thought. "Hmm... Perhaps I will assist in sponsoring this event, Prince Callum. My name will help give it some extra interest. I shall spread the word as well."

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Man, I dunno whether to be flattered or sad. 😭

I hope you'll reconsider, but all the best to you regardless.

@pugbutter

All the best to you as well. I am very sorry to make you sad :C

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At your service, mademoiselle.

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^{Guillains de Pontviliard
(gī-YĒYN' də pо̄n-VÎL'-ī-ār)}

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Age 38 Height 5'9" Weight 12 Stone Eye Color Br Hair Color Br Hair Length/Texture Medium-Long, Fine, Full, Straight Skin Color Pale Facial Details ♠ Several prominent moles ♠ ♠ Waxed moustache ♠ ♠ Sunken, forlorn eyes ♠ Distinguishing Features ♠ Strange, flamboyantly side-braided hairstyle, indicative of his time in the 2nd Hussars ♠ ♠ His distinctive sword—a spadroon, both stouter and heavier than the smallsword of the modern style—also eschews in its handguards the usual brass or pinchbeck in favor of sterling silver ♠ Clothing Preferences Dark, Stiff, & Durable ______________________________________________________

Likes ♠ Single Combat—participating or spectating ♠ ♠ Billiards, chess, piquet, & misc. games of skill ♠ ♠ Schnapps ♠ ♠ Solitude ♠ Dislikes ♠ Sycophants ♠ ♠ Bragging, and other worthless noise ♠ ♠ Apathy, lethargy, listlessness—call it what you will but a better man lives by a code, relentlessly and sincerely ♠ ♠ Most people in general, truth be told ♠ ♠ Opium—the one vice he fears and forgoes ♠ Sexuality Heterosexual Hobbies ♠ Provoking better men into fighting him ♠ ♠ Killing those men ♠ ♠ Gambling ♠ ♠ Drinking ♠ ♠ Brooding ♠ Life Goals, Dreams He hasn't been free long enough to have yet decided. His elderly mother succumbed to tuberculosis while he was "away," so he hasn't anyone left to protect; the authorities would have confiscated his modest fortune long ago and yet it particularly interested him to begin with. He has no need for power. He supposes vengeance sounds nice, but hardly even knows what he might avenge at all: his wounded pride? His disgraced name? The freedom of which he was very deservedly robbed, because of the crime he most assuredly committed? Bah. Personality To describe de Pontviliard, first describe a creature whose hand is spurned to its hilt at even the slightest insult (imagined or otherwise); a creature engorged with hot, musky, vinegary pride behind the promontory of its breastbone. Describe the fervent, almost religious slaking of thirsts and lusts, as it stands to reason that no worthy God, or "gods," or fate, or constellation, or any other idol would festoon the earth with such sweet sacks and honeys and breastmilks and mean for man, in his finite and flimsy resolve, to abstain from them. The creature loves much, and it loves unabashedly, and it loves equally, and so describe a tongue which worships at all of its altars with the very same undying veneration: the altars of grape and grain and quim and deadly, caustic jape. Describe—ergo—a creature who refuses, altogether and regardless of the cost, to regulate his passions—for even death itself is preferable to boredom.

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Prior Occupations

♠ Career Soldier—a Chef de bataillon in the Varian Grand Royal Army ♠

Current Occupation

♠ Vagabond ♠
♠ Grifter ♠
♠ Sponge ♠

Relatives

♠ Valabrandt—Father, for which Guillains has not forgiven him ♠
♠ Alesna—Sister ♠
♠ A web of insignificant cousins, nephews, uncles, et al.—he doesn't know them and nor does he care to ♠

Skills

♠ Fencing—his first and finest love ♠
♠ Shooting ♠
♠ Horseback Riding ♠
♠ Oration ♠
♠ Wargaming ♠
♠ Bluffing ♠
♠ Wine Tasting—for such a shameless lush he's surprisingly knowledgeable about fine liquors ♠

History Summary

Very few can attest—at least, not with any credibility or candor—that they'd have been better off born amongst Varian's commons than her landed gentrymen; that they yearn, truly, for the grueling hours and the squalid conditions of a textile factory, or a slaughterhouse, or even the decks of a whaler over the pampered, powdered lap of idle luxury—that they envy the farmhand's sunburnt nose and the boatswain's blisters. After sixteen hours in a sweatshop, with all the body's reserves of vigor thusly sapped, the intellect, itself depleted by tedium and rote, longs for nothing more than the sedation of a hot meal (though lukewarm will do), cold gin, and straw-stuffed burlap's blithe oblivion. (One will find this principle, on the whole, divulges why the intellectuals of the time, and every time, are always bred in the taverns: where blends that heady admixture of late hours, plentiful beer, and melancholic humors which in one or another ratio has produced all human philosophie.) But Guillains de Pontviliard, soldier and gentleman (if only in the past tense), might indeed be counted among that rare breed: a being haunted by his own cynicism, hollowed by grief, and perpetually doomed to either destroy or despoil whatever he touches.

There comes that event horizon in every boy's maturation—his fermentation, as Guillains puts it—where he has just had his very first thought which he can truly consider his own; a thought not bored into him by the intentions and expectations of others but which materialized from his own matter, like the bubbles at the bottom of a soup cauldron; when he first realizes his father is a dullard, for instance, or he has for the first time violated the household's curfews and received no punishment, or formed his first conjectures, volatile and indignant, on god or king or family or some other pillar infallibly sacred and yet evidently powerless to strike him down for his apostasy. It's been since that vague day, Guillains supposes, that he has abhorred life: its futility, its tyranny, and its futile, tyrannical dullness.

But even in his tenderest boyhood he hated when he wanted a cup of watered wine, for there was ever and always a servant there to fetch it for him. (Soon he'd learned not to seem thirsty whatever, absconding instead to the wells and streams to reel up the farmhands' jugs and sneak sips from their switchel.) He hated that he would grouse and fuss when he was made to sit down for horn lessons, and rather than whack him upside the head and guard the door until he'd recited his major scales, and the minor as well for the inconvenience, his father would acquiesce, and grovel, and after the boy had pecked at his supper that night would allow him the same heaping dessert as every other. And more than anything else, the young Guillains hated Midwinter—when both his parents and all his grandparents and godfathers, his uncles, even some of the more doting servants would muster, to spend an entire week lavishing him with undeserved gifts, gorging him on feasts of chocolate; plucking, honeying, and roasting whole flocks of pheasants in his honor; celebrating deeds he hadn't performed and virtues he didn't possess. A bizarre child, he; these appeasements would have rotted any other boy through with vulgar haughtiness, while Guillains bittered instead with a precocious disdain for all such pomp and ceremony, and the likes of people who profit thereon.

Never did he feel more pathetic, however, than a mild day early in the autumnal harvest of his eleventh year. Tucked his breeches into sagging stovepipe boots did he, and went forth into the fields in a slouch hat hoping to assist the sharecroppers, and share in their ways, but each of them at best ignored him, or likelier rejected him outright; for wheresoever went the little lord went also the men tasked with his utmost safety, wearing carbines slung over their backs and sabers at their hips. They would not be responsible for the snapping of an ankle in a gopher hole, or the trampling under a draft animal's metal shoes, or the opening of his hand on one of their deathly-keen sickles, and so they sent him away to eat the breakfast they'd reared and slaughtered that morn, and bathe in the waters they'd arduously lugged up all those stairs for him, and dress into the fineries they'd years ago embroidered from their finest wools and cottons.

Not even the boy's personal physician could fully rationalize why Guillains's humors tinged so strongly melancholic at what should be such a carefree and choleric age; nor why before his twelfth birthday he was already a socialist. But in that unripe shade of life, owing at least partly to his rigid countenance and his seething disposition, he already passed for a man of sixteen, and therefore in that year successfully lied to a recruiter and enrolled himself in the military academy in Stravy. The choice surprised and appalled many among the manor, father most of all, though perhaps it shouldn't have; if Guillains wanted to feel like he had earned his place at the family table, and in the world itself, what sacrifice among young men would be more readily lauded than to offer up body and limb and spirit to be crushed under the iron spokes of war? But on the whole they had taken him at his appearance—that of an undisciplined, sulking, disaffected little wretch—and so as he packed his paltry belongings and departed, they suckled on the comfort of knowing he'd drag himself not two months through a military career before he'd struck a commanding officer, or ignored a direct order, or in some other way effected his own discharge.

Four years later, then a man of "twenty," Guillains graduated from the academy and entered the Grande Armée Royale as a sub-lieutenant. By unsubmitted technicality, he was the youngest commissioned officer in the army.

Of course, no small degree of mischief happened along the way. It is there at the academy, for instance, via the centuries-old tradition of Mesure, that our fiery Guillains discovered both his penchant for dueling and his talent for it. Every cadet wore a sword by compulsion, and having joined a fraternity, as was the fashion, his tendency—indeed, his duty—was to defend his fraternity's honor and his own whensoever arose even the faintest opportunity to do so. That meant both accepting every challenge issued out to him, and, as he soon learned, challenging others as well over any slights he could perceive no matter how subtle. Daily for all those four years these flashes of violence erupted in the squares and forums of the school, and even in the city beyond, with a dozen or more bystanders always gathering round to bear witness for the contestants. And although no one "lost" these duels—the "loser" displaying just as much bravery by taking a scar, as the victor did skill by inflicting one—Guillains made it his purpose to develop and nurture his deadliness as far as it could naturally strive. Thankfully as the son of a landed man he'd already had some training, but what truly set him above his peers in this period was his utter disregard for the value of his own life; thus, his fearless abandon in the face of his enemies, even when their intent was terrifying, and vicious, and dangerously real—aimed at organs and arteries in lieu of the cheek.

Those scars from his academic days have long since faded (those few opponents who marked him having been very deft indeed, their cuts clean), though for as long as they lasted Guillains wore them proudly, as does any Varian man of any worth.

And it was there, standing at the precipice of greatness, that Guillains de Pontviliard, then a young man filled with strength and cunning and courage, met again his lifelong mortal foe: he could never have realized military life would be so frightfully dull until he'd already signed on, but there he was, ordering his troop (and later on an entire battalion, as he climbed to the rank of major) to dig defensive trenches against an enemy which would never come; to march themselves up and down unneeded communications lines; to polish their boots and scrub the cannons and cut the frays from their tassels. Fourteen years and five ranks and outside of drills and training, Guillains could recall precisely one time a gun was fired amongst his unit: a negligent discharge during a routine patrol across from the Caesonian coast, for which the guilty corporal received a terrible rebuking. Yes, as it happens the world has no need of career soldiers during over a century of industry, trade, and the kingly cowardice called "peace"; and though the Chef de bataillon de Pontviliard could think of many ways in which to incite a conflict, he would instead go on to scapegoat several others for his pent-up bloodlust. The Grande Armée Royale strictly forbade dueling between men of different ranks, so Guillains could only challenge other sub-lieutenants, then lieutenants, and so forth as he climbed the ranks himself. And challenge them he did: at least eight of them, in fact, over the course of a year, though likelier ten. And though normally the Varian military courts did not sufficiently care to enforce this rule, instead allowing dozens of officers to die each year to their own comrades' indignantly drawn blades, this year there was supposedly a cold war with Caesonia—supposedly, on one side of the river a landed family had stubbornly refused to relocate and make way for the construction of a new railroad route through their property. And with one kingdom defending the family's right to homestead where they had been settled for over a hundred years, and the other kingdom grousing that they alone should not renegotiate a new route and shoulder the additional construction costs (several hundred thousand pounds of silver by the sound of it), each side watched the other warily from across the choppy waters, leering for any sign of instigation—escalation. And while the war slowly, tediously amounted to nothing, there was Battalion Chief de Pontviliard, taking out his aggression and his meanness on his fellow officers for injuries and insults nigh-imperceptible to everyone but himself. And with the whole world holding its breath, watching for any escalation, any dropping of a hat, someone high up in the Varian military tribunal must have decided they should not overlook the law this time—not with such great bloodshed and national embarrassment at stake. So they court-martialed de Pontviliard, and dragged him before the tribunal, and because he is not ashamed or a liar he confessed to all ten duels, although only six of them stuck (on the basis of their having resulted in "grievous bodily injury which has rendered the victim, whether by death, dismemberment, or other affliction, unwillfully derelict in his duties to God, queen, and country"). The court contemplated the heedless waste of life at de Pontviliard's hands; but to his surprise, so too did they consider that the deaths had occurred under the code of honorable combat, with each of the slain consenting to the fight beforehand, and even this only after allegedly besmirching the plaintiff's personal reputation in the first place. In the end he would serve six years in a military prison near Kolonivka: one for each of the captains he maimed, with two of them laying figuratively dead at his feet, their literal bodies delivered to their homes for burial.

That was six years ago to the date. They release him today, and learn whether his time in a dank, cold cell has changed the man for the better, or driven him ever deeper into the throes of his angst and his wrath.

let me know if it sucks ass lmao @princess@Tae

@pugbutter

Hello @pugbutter!
Unfortunately, after some discussion, we are going to decline this application.
You have an enormous talent for writing very beautifully, however, we have decided it may require too high of reading comprehension for the casual atmosphere of the roleplay.

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Time: Late Morning
Location: Sorian Beach
Interaction: @FunnyGuy Lorenzo
Attire:Bathing Suit, Light-colored beach sandals, Hair loose

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Charlotte felt her shoulders ease with tension as Layla finally departed, her hopes riding on this being their last encounter. She couldn't help but feel a subtle spark of excitement as she considered the prospect that they may finally all get to have a little bit of fun. However, there remained an issue before she could even consider such a thing. Her gaze drifted toward her father, his words echoing in her mind once more.

"Lottie had no hand in this! Please, spare her from suffering! I'll bear any burden! Just shield her from that wretched Calbert Damien!"

Her expression shifted as she frowned. Without a word, she knelt down before her father and enveloped him in a tight, heartfelt hug. It may have been the first hug they had shared in days. Though that quarrel days ago had estranged them, his words reminded her that, despite everything, they both wanted the same thing.

"Everything's okay, Lorenzo. No one is going to suffer and I am right here."

After a moment, she gently broke the embrace and extended her hands toward him. "Ready to stand?"

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Time: Late Morning
Location: Sorian Beach
Interaction: @PapaOso Cassius @Potter Olivia/Layla, @Samreaper Kazumin
Mention:@SausagePat Ruby @FunnyGuy Lorenzo
Attire:Bathing Suit, Light-colored beach sandals, Hair loose

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Charlotte's brows lifted and her lips parted slightly as if a question had died on them. She watched Cassius lift up Ruby. Even though she had been the one to ask him for help, she still found the whole scenario rather peculiar when compared to their first meeting. She shrugged off the thought for a rainy day and rose to her feet as well. She took ahold of Olivia's hand and followed Cassius over to the blanket. It was there that she knelt down and arranged a makeshift pillow with one of the towels. She then slipped it under Ruby's head as she was laid down. "Poor thing... I hope she isn't afflicted with anything."

“Not another word. This stops now.”

Her gaze slowly rose toward the sky as if it would have answers to why her life was like this.

“Doctor Williamson, I think you've said quite enough. Shezhadi Layla appears more refreshing than this strawberry smoothie tastes but no need to ogle her beneath your sunglasses.”

What in the world is he on about? Charlotte's head whirled in time to hear her stepfather cry out as he touched Layla's chin. Her expression filled with dread and her pupils dilated as he fell to his knees. Not this again!

"What the fuck is going on? Is it always this…chaotic? Don't get me wrong, I love a bit of chaos, but this has been a very peculiar morning.”

Charlotte met his eyes sadly, "Seems so. Just... Just wait here." She had been on the verge of rising to her feet when Calbert finally arrived. Thankfully, his arrival seemed to command everyone's attention, momentarily silencing the trouble. She shot a fleeting glare at his back as he began to make his rounds. Although her initial thoughts had veered toward anger, the peculiarities of the situation started to gnaw at her as her gaze locked on the invitations in Henry's hands. Her frown deepened as she leaned her hands back on the blanket.

After a hard swallow, she felt the urge to consult Olivia, but it was too late, Calbert was already on his way over. Instead, she downcasted her gaze toward her own hands as they started to tremble. Charlotte kept her head down, even as Calbert's footsteps in the sand grew audible as he approached. She made no move to touch the invitation that had been thrown her way, her eyes fixated down on her lap. Even as he addressed Olivia, she remained silent.

Once he finally moved on, Charlotte's attention shifted to the source of the slurping sound, and she offered a smile. There was a brief pause before she gestured to Kazumin, inviting them to join them at the blanket. Hopefully, he could provide Olivia with some comfort. She adjusted her positioning to sit on her knees, her eyes setting upon Lorenzo.

"He's still clutching her legs... I have to stop this. Olivia, please do not get involved." Charlotte finally rose to her feet and addressed both Cassius and Olivia. "Hopefully this is the last of this madness and we can all go for a nice swim as Lord Roman suggested."

With a sigh, she hurried over to Layla and Lorenzo. "Lorenzo, please let go of her." She pleaded wearily as she came to stand before them.

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Duchess Victoria Edwards, Count Landon Monet, Duchess Antoinette Petit, Countess Melanie & Countess Liliane

Interactions: @Helo Callum

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"... And Duchess Edwards, I almost didn’t see you there.”

A hush grew over the table as all eyes slid to Duchess Victoria. Her eyes widened abruptly, and her facade momentarily faltered. It was as though she was a tea kettle on the verge of boiling as her emotions began to quickly rise below the surface. Her brows arched in astonishment, and her lips, which were initially poised in a self-satisfied smile, quivered with an unspoken indignation.

Count Landon held up his hand as if to alert the women he needed to speak first. He hesitated though as he watched the Prince begin to untie his shoes. Then with a forced but somewhat charming smile, he acknowledged Callum's greeting with a nod. "Ah, Prince Callum, always the eloquent one... " He had some difficulty maintaing the pleasant tone as he reached the word eloquent; they all knew that was indeed not the case. Out of all of Edin's sons, Callum, who obviously was dropped on his head as a babe, was the one to come to their table.

"Hm. Well. We appreciate your kind words...Charity, you say? We'll consider supporting your cause if it aligns with our interests. Tell us more." His brows furrowed and a deep scowl started to slowly form on his face.

Antoinette, meanwhile, had gestured to an empty seat with a beaming smile, "Oh, Prince Callum! Come sit, sweetie. What a pleasure it is to see you!... A charity event? How wonderful! I'm sure we'd be more than happy to offer our support-Oh... Wow! What are you doing, dear?"

Melanie's attention was shifting between Duchess Victoria and Prince Callum. The gears in her head seemed to be spinning as she recalled the paper this morning. As he slipped out of his shoes and socks, Melanie tried to subtly shake her head at him to persuade him otherwise, She's not the lady you wanna start with right now, Callum.

Duchess Victoria's brow twitched with irritation, her foot tapping impatiently beneath the table. After a tense moment, she abruptly stood, her chain sliding back noisily against the pavement. Her chin lifted defiantly and a glint of determination formed in her eyes. Countess Melanie attempted to slide a plate her way.

"Duchess Victoria... Have you tried the scones?"

A dark, chilling smile played at the corners of her lips as she spoke in a voice as smooth as silk but with a distinct icy undertone. "Please, do excuse me for just a moment."With a deliberate motion, she practically kicked Callum's shoes out of her path as she made a determined beeline for King Edin. In her haste, Duchess Victoria nearly collided with Countess Liliane, who was returning to the table with a plate of cucumber sandwiches. Countess Liliane let out a startled gasp as she stumbled backward, her plate of sandwiches tilting dangerously for a moment. Once she righted herself, her gaze fixated on Duchess Victoria's leaving figure.

Countess Liliane returned to the table with a concerned expression. Her eyes fell on Prince Callum's bare feet momentarily then slid up to his face. She smiled at him and held the plate out toward him, "Hello Your Highness! Sandwich?"

Avalia

Mari & Aerilyn

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Mari narrowly evaded the swinging sword that threatened to slice through the air, her body twisting and tumbling onto the tavern floor. She landed on the rough wooden floor with a roll, a searing pain coursing through her arm as blood trickled from a gash. He’s fast!

Luckily, Thraash had given her an opening with his token spicy burp of his. Just a few seconds later, she suddenly channeled her light energy with a focused intent. A brilliant flash of light erupted, momentarily blinding everyone in the room. The scene had shifted entirely once the glare subsided. Aerilyn now occupied the very spot where Mari had been standing just seconds ago, while Mari found herself in Aerilyn's place. However, known to Mari alone, this was not reality. She had not moved from where she stood. She was banking on the idea the warforged would at the least be confused a moment, if not fooled.

Finally, she hurled the orb toward him. “Okay you overgrown solar box. Attacking people the moment you walk into a place is VERY rude.” She got to her feet with a grin, “I mean, my feelings are seriously hurt, and you haven't even given me a proper apology! Come on, isn't there something called manners anymore? No 'hello'? No 'how are you'? Geez!” She hurled a few smaller light orbs with each question, “Where’d you learn your manners? Were you raised by beast men!?”

Aerilyn held her breath as gas spewed from the Warforged after narrowly dodging her initial attack, forcing her to back off. Her attention was then drawn to Mari and the Dragonborn. She watched as flames shot forth towards the Warforged from Thraash, followed by a blinding flash of light. As the brilliance subsided, Aerilyn saw what appeared to be herself across the room where Mari just stood armed with a hammer, ready for action.

'Incredible!' She tightened her grip on her hammer and swiftly lunged forward for another attack. Aerilyn’s body had taken the form of a magical sphere glowing with radiance shot from an illusionary Mari to any onlookers.

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I'm okay spending a few posts alone to do some character writing, but yes, thank God for the railroad. I can 100% work with the logistics of what I wanted to do in the north.

Might have the application ready as soon as this evening.

@pugbutter

You may not want to do your initial plan as a heads up, a day is taking a few months to get through.
Another heads up just in case as we have had this misunderstanding before: the genres of this roleplay are romance, drama, mystery... as opposed to nation wars.

Can't wait to see what you have in store.

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@princess Sure. Ignoring the strait for convenience's sake, how long would it take to walk, say, from Kolonivka to Montauppe? What kind of a land scale are we looking at here? I was thinking of placing the prison where it would be cold, alienated, and inaccessible (ie. near Kolonivka); but not if it'll take me three months IC to hit the scene lol

Is there an established, canonical lore I should be reading up on and strictly adhering to on when I'm invited to the Discord, or are we free to worldbuild?

In the same vein as the previous question, when was the last time this setting was embroiled in total war, or any conflict large enough to upheave power structures, borders, etc.? Anything you can tell me about that conflict, such as numbers, factions, results, famous battles, etc.?

Here in the OOC tab, one GM post says this is a pre-industrial society, while another GM post declares this universe has developed steam ships, dirigibles, trains, etc. Which of these is accurate? If we were to look at firearms as a microcosm of the technological epoch, are people using flintlocks? Percussion caps? Matchlocks? Earlier, or even no firearms at all?

That's what I've got for now.

@pugbutter

Kolonivka is quite far from Montauppe. To walk, definitely months. A train would take a week.
I would suggest you write him walking from the prison as a flashback and past situation if you want to insist on that so that you can arrive right now into Sorian.

My apologies about the confusion as the first GM post is outdated. We are within a industrial revolution.

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Please see here for history.