groundrules | applications

Entry tags:

applications

applications

APPLICATIONS

Eastbound is primarily an invite-only game — each existing player can currently invite up to one person per month, or get in touch about further invites. Existing players can hold two characters in game. A third character can be applied, if players can prove they have met activity requirements for two consecutive months with their existing two characters and have stayed engaged with the game. If you don't have an invite, somehow stumbled upon this neck of the woods, and you’d like to stay, drop the mod journal a line — we'll try to figure it out.

As of Oct. 1, cast/game caps are off. Please note, as of Dec. 1, Eastbound only has 3-4 months of gameplay left.

WHAT CHARACTERS CAN BE APPLIED?

YES: canon and original characters, if they have a solid and consistent personality and background. Characters brought in after they've died are a-okay. For characters taken from a time point just as they're in the process of dying, please read below on meeting medical requirements.

NO (at this time): real people, original characters set in a canon environment, characters from canons or canon instalments that have been released for less than one month, characters with imported development from other games (CRAU), alternate universe, or gender-swapped versions of canon characters.

Children or characters with very specific medical/magical/environment needs: appable, but please make a note of how your character will ICly meet their requirements and stay alive. Likewise, if you are applying for a character taken just as they're dying, provide a suggestion for how they can be kept alive on arrival (this might be easier in some app cycles than others). You can bend the world a little to make miracles happen (ex: a substitute for the medication your character needs to survive can be found for a high price at certain apothecaries, etc.)

Characters that were dropped or swept by activity checks: yes, but they’ll come back without their previous memories, if they are applied in by a different player.

APPLICATION FORM & INSTRUCTIONS

EXISTING / RETURNING PLAYERS

NEW PLAYERS

PLAYER NAME: 
CONTACT:
REFERRED BY: Who invited you, please? c:

CHARACTER: 
CANON:
CANON POINT:

BACKGROUND: written or linked history both fine. Bullet points also a-okay. If no information is available in English, please write this out in short.

ABILITIES | POWERS: Include any relevant power restrictions, so you don’t break our playground.

PERSONALITY: make sure this ties back to the character’s time point and background.

SAMPLE: one or more samples to showcase the nuances of your character’s personality. Submit at least one prose sample of five comments or more. You can link memes, PSL or other game threads, provided they took place within the last 12 months. You can also write a single prose sample in the game or character canon setting, if you think you can cover good introspective ground that way, or a top level with enough variety to show how the character engages in various scenarios. 
 
INVENTORY: No world-breaking items. For living or magical beings, or anything colossal (think... Gundams...) please let's talk beforehand!

SUITABILITY: Eastbound is a plot-heavy game that typically features sleuthing, action and the undead. How is your character likely to deal with all that (and the game bear)?

NOTES: Are there any particular accommodations your character will need? How do you propose to handle that?

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

→ NAVIGATION MENU

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.

A few loose ends, for your pleasure:

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join

eastbound,

lostcompass,

westwhere.

All game-relevant updates will be posted on

lostcompass, but if you’re a fan of plurk memos, consider following

eastbound.

NOTES

We are currently in Arc I, Sa-Hareth. You can find information about our latest event and the upcoming May calendar here. Our recent ship rescue event spells out how incomers reached Sa-Hareth.

Eleven was right to insist on discretion: Hendrik’s large stature makes him stand out, while his armour will likely draw the eye of Sa-Hareth denizens who increasingly fear the odds of fresh battle among undead warlords and might associate him with Unhalad’s forces.

In rare good news, Sa-Hareth is a largely frozen venue, and there are far fewer insects roiling about!

For plotting purposes: how often was Hendrik subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did he (temporarily) surrender each time?

You may have to cap some of Hendrik's magical abilities or check in with the party if they'd like to have their defences or resistances raised, but I leave that at your discretion.

Newcomers may still briefly access the House of Dew’s freebie magical network until their inevitable move-out. Hendrik will inherit the username strapping pillar of righteousness for that use. This username can be changed, if he procures or steals his own quartz translation device.

Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.

A few loose ends, for your pleasure:

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join

eastbound,

lostcompass,

westwhere.

All game-relevant updates will be posted on

lostcompass, but if you’re a fan of plurk memos, consider following

eastbound.

NOTES

We are currently in Arc I, Sa-Hareth. You can find information about our latest event and the upcoming May calendar here. Our recent ship rescue event spells out how incomers reached Sa-Hareth.

Not a problem right now, as there is currently no Darkling at Eastbound — but if one is applied in from a relevant timeline, I leave it at your discretion to discuss how you would both like to handle the power sharing. You can take the route of having a tug-of-war for powers (which seems to be the canon status quo, if I am reading your app correctly), or invoke the shift to a new location as a reason to dim or annul the bond. This is up to you, but I appreciate the two characters are highly inter-connected and you might want the additional option to make playing easier.

While the undead don’t critically suffer as a result of Alina’s light, they are greatly inconvenienced by exposure to it — most come from dark depths and are unused to intense light exposure. Unless they are highly agitated, they will typically try to recoil and withdraw, should Alina summon strong light in their presence.

For plotting purposes: how often was Alina subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did she (temporarily) surrender each time?

Newcomers may still briefly access the House of Dew’s freebie magical network until their inevitable move-out. Alina will inherit the username knelt lady of swallow and song for that use. This username can be changed, if she procures or steals her own quartz translation device.

PLAYER NAME: Dùlin
CONTACT: lomelinde

plurk
INVITE STATUS: Existing player

CHARACTER: Xie Lian
CANON: Tian Guan Ci Fu / Heaven Officials’ Blessing novel
CANON POINT: Post-canon

BACKGROUND:

[CW : contains reference to torture and suicide. May also have a few spoilers.]

° Xie Lian was born as the only son to the Emperor and Empress of the prosperous Xianle Kingdom in the Central Plains. When he was a teen, he saved Hua Cheng’s life and interrupted an important religious ritual he was taking part in to do so. Thus he gained his most devoted believer. At age 17, he defeated the demon ghost of Yi Nian Bridge and ascended to Heaven as a Martial God. He was greatly admired by his people and they built many temples for him.

° After his ascension, the Xianle Kingdom was struck by calamities, war and epidemics. Xie Lian broke the laws of Heaven and descended to the human realm to help his country, but because he was going against fate, every action he took to help his people turned out to make the situation much worse. He started being called a god of misfortune and being blamed for bringing catastrophes to the kingdom.
Unknown to Xie Lian, most of these events were being orchestrated by one of the Four Ghost Kings, a Calamity-level Ghost called Bai Wuxiang who seemed to be targeting him specifically and to want him to fall into despair.
Because he had disobeyed the laws of Heaven by intervening in human affairs, Xie Lian’s punishment was to be banished to the human world. His cultivation was destroyed and his spiritual power bridled with a curse shackle around his neck.

° Xie Lian was forced to live in the mortal realm where his kingdom had been overtaken by Yong'an Kingdom. He lived in a simple shack with his mother, father, Mu Qing, and Feng Xin. Life was hard and work was so difficult to come by that Xie Lian was forced to sell his prized legendary swords and later resorted to street performance and even attempted robbery.
Bai Wuxiang kept orchestrating events to pile up hardships and humiliations on Xie Lian, which culminated in Bai Wuxiang tricking the people of Xianle into torturing Xie Lian by ‘killing him’ repeatedly so they might be cured of the deadly disease ravaging their lands. Following this event, Xie Lian’s last servant left his side and his parents killed themselves. Xie Lian tried to join them but his immortality prevented him from doing so. Overcome by despair, Xie Lian vowed revenge on the Yong’an Kingdom who had destroyed Xianle and rose as the Second White Clothed Calamity.

° Before destroying Yong’an Kingdom while urged on by Bai Wuxian, Xie Lian decided to give them one last chance. He stabbed himself and laid down in the street for three days to see if anyone would try to help him. On the third day, a man gave him his bamboo hat to protect him from the rain and then helped him up and told him to go home. With this one act of kindness, all hatred for people left Xie Lian's heart, redirected towards Bai Wuxiang instead. Ultimately, Bai Wuxiang was defeated by the Heavenly Emperor Jun Wu and Xie Lian ascended for the second time. However, he did not want to live in the Heavens after this and asked Jun Wu to banish him to the mortal realm again with two cursed shackles : one as punishment for his wrongs and one to disperse all his luck. His second ascension took less than the time it took to burn an incense stick to end.

° Xie Lian lived humbly for years in the mortal realm, earning a living by gathering scraps and being a street performer. During the next centuries, he occasionally became embroiled in human politics again. He was at some point hired to be the Guoshi, or Royal Preceptor, of the Yong’an Royal family. He also was a soldier in the Banyue army, and got ‘killed’ when he stepped on a shoelace and was trampled while trying to stop a fight. He then just faked his death and left. He became known as the ‘Scrap Immortal’ because his bad luck prevented him from keeping any jobs but gathering scraps.

° 800 years after his birth, Xie Lian ascended to Heaven for the third time. The exact reason for his ascension is unknown, although it's likely due to his strict and continuous cultivation as the Scrap Immortal.
Following this, he was assigned to work on several cases of haunting and supernatural occurrences. In doing so, he started uncovering a web of deception and corruption within the Heavens, showing that many Heavenly Officials had dealings with ghosts and demons. He also met many people from his past, some of whom had ascended as gods and others who had become ghosts and demons themselves. He was also reunited with Hua Cheng, now become a Ghost King and the Great Calamity Crimson Rain Sought Flower, who seemed intent on protecting him at all costs. Xie Lian started developing feelings for him and was very confused and flustered by this.
During his travels, Xie Lian became aware that most of the misfortunes of his life had been orchestrated by Bai Wuxiang, who got interested in him because of their similar paths in life and who hoped to recreate a ‘Second Bai Wuxiang’ in Xie Lian. His failure to do so infuriated Bai Wuxiang and he now sought to eliminate Xie Lian. In the final showdown, the corruption of the Heavenly Court was laid bare and Xie Lian regained his honor and status as a god.

ABILITIES | POWERS:
° Immortality : As a god, Xie Lian is basically immortal, so no human-level characters can kill him for good. He can, however, appear dead, and has faked his own death several times, but wounds and injuries that would normally kill someone do not work on him. He cannot even kill himself.

° Swordsmanship : to put it simply, he’s a sword jock, and he’s an expert at using all kinds of weapons.

° Physical Strength : Xie Lian originally ascended as a Martial God, and he is extremely strong physically.

° High Pain Tolerance: Due to the amount of torture, battles, and pain he suffered, he has an extremely high tolerance for pain. He has mostly become unbothered by almost any kind of pain, although he does still feel it. He barely reacts to physical pain most of the time.

° Spiritual Power : Post-canon Xie Lian has regained his spiritual powers. As such, he can use most of the powers the gods have access to such as communication arrays, spirit detection, bursts of spiritual power, barriers, talismans and charms.

° Bad Luck : although this is mostly due to his curse shackle, his luck is so bad it’s almost a superpower. He’s basically a walking example of Murphy’s law. If something can go wrong for him, it will. Being around Hua Cheng seems to negate this.

° Bad Housekeeping skills : While he is skilled at craft work and combat, he is horrible at household chores like sewing or cooking. His cooking, in particular, is so bad that no one can stomach his food except Hua Cheng. In fact, some people eating his food have been known to be grievously injured by it, including certain gods.

To avoid any world-breaking stuff, I would propose the reactivation of his curse shackles which greatly limit his access to spiritual powers and some of his physical strength.

PERSONALITY:

Xie Lian is a kind, gentle and down-to-earth person. He does not use his status to tower over other people, and in fact often seems reluctant to disclose his actual identity (for many reasons). He is more likely than not to try and go for the pacifist option first and stop the fighting, and try to hear out everyone’s explanations. When faced with a ghost or a bad spirit, he is very likely to try and talk them down first, even if he ends up having to fight afterwards.

He does not hold grudges, and cares little about what other people’s opinions of him are. He embraced the title of Scrap Immortal, which was given to him mockingly at first, and usually responds to sarcasm with smiles. He will protect even people who have done horrible things to him in the past, and while he was at one point consumed with thoughts of revenge, he has now completely let go of that mindset. he has seen the worst of both humanity and gods, but prefers to see the best in people and try to understand them. He is very loyal to his friends.

He is unfailingly courteous and polite. While he does occasionally get angry, it takes a lot for him to actually get to that level. Even when he is angry, he doesn’t use rude words or derogatory language.

Having lived for a long time, he has wisened up a bit from his younger years where he didn’t have an interest in politics. He is smart, calm and collected and usually able to discern people’s motives, and in a fight, he doesn’t lose his cool and can think up strategies on the fly.

Xie Lian is a little more stunted emotionally. His cultivation path required him to abstain from both sex and alcohol, and while he is not completely innocent, he did remain a virgin for 800+ years. He is usually flustered by flirting attempts, and has been known to deflect them by claiming impotence. In general, he is pretty uninterested in romance for himself, at least until Hua Cheng enters the picture. Even then it takes him quite a long time to realize that Hua Cheng’s feelings for him are not just those of a believer for his god and run much deeper than that, and that no, kissing is not just a way to ‘transfer spiritual power’. He battles with his body’s reactions to Hua Cheng for a while before he finally admits his own feelings to himself.

SAMPLE:

https://weifinder.dreamwidth.org/597.html?thread=116821#cmt116821
https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/6548084.html?thread=2879110516#cmt2879110516
https://scrapgege.dreamwidth.org/497.html?thread=6897#cmt6897 (somewhat NSFW)

INVENTORY:
Ruoye, his sentient silk bandage spiritual weapon
A crystal ring on a chain that he usually wears around his neck
A beat up bamboo hat
The white robes he’s wearing

and that’s it, he’s poor. Possibly at a later point, he might be able to regain his spiritual sword, Fang Xin?

PLAYER NAME: Kiki
CONTACT:

kikibug13
INVITE STATUS: Existing player

CHARACTER: Lan Sizhui
CANON: The Untamed
CANON POINT: Post-canon (we're not including the story of the Walking Dead.)

BACKGROUND:
(Wiki is for the novel AH WELL)
- Son of a cousin to Wen Ning and Wen Qing. Wen Yuan was a young child when the Wen clan made their bid for total control (Sizhui may or may not have been made a puppet temporarily along with his elders around this time) and then during the sunshot campaign.Wen Yuan, along with Grandma, Uncle Four, several others and Wen Ning and Wen Qing, ended up in a Lanling Jin sect labor camp.

- Wei Wuxian broke the whole group of them out of there to bring them to the (not safe and not nice but) safer and nicer settlement at the Burial Mound. They had about a year of peace during which time A-Yuan was exposed to demonic magic, the near impossible recovery of Wen Ning, mood swings, witnessing experimentation during Wei Wuxian's R&D, meeting and then parting with Lan Wangji, and sometimes questionable cooking. (Wen Ning can cook; Wei Wuxian mostly includes a lot of spice.)

- After everyone else is gone, A-Yuan is found by Lan Wangji, alone and with fever, at the Burial Mound. He is taken in, raised as a Lan, and does not remember his life before that for the next sixteen years.

- Around the time when Wei Wuxian is brought back, Sizhui is of an age where he goes out to night hunts unsupervised, acting as a leader of the group of juniors, also known as ducklings. He seems very properly Lan, sometimes acting as Lan Wangji's voice when he does not bother to speak, though it is clear that he has some experience to gather before he can be a fully-fledged cultivator on his own.

- Along with other juniors, both of the Gusu Lan sect and others, he gets lured and later kidnapped into danger, but doesn't shy away from pulling his own weight. His memories start trickling back (with some assistance as Wen Ning recognizes him) and come back more or less fully around the time of the final showdown with the bad guy. He leaves with Wen Ning to attend to family matters.

ABILITIES | POWERS:
* Cultivation: Discipline for controlling and enhancing the inner / spiritual / qi energy, allowing various effects, both internal and external, to be possible (improved health, strength, and speed; higher resilience, quicker recovery. Later, maintaining youth. Abilities to produce bursts of energy, or imbue objects or processes - such as music - with spiritual energy. Ability to transfer spiritual energy to help another body recover from damage, poison, or illness. Ability to control weapons, especially spiritual weapons, from a distance, and fly on them.)
* Self-discipline: The Gusu Lan sect's path to cultivation has two foci - self-restraint and music. Sizhui has been learning to contain, control, and discipline himself since he came under their care.
* Six arts: Because all the cultivators in this canon know these.
* Sword fighting: Sizhui is fairly proficient within the Lan technique.
* Talismans creation and use: A lot of the magic effects are done via talismans - they can be used for protection as well as attack, to start fire or simply produce light, and various other actions that are necessary for night hunts. (An extension, of sorts, is that Sizhui is able to draw and use spirit-attracting flags, a technique that is somewhat dangerous but he can use it in a safe manner.)
* Lan music techniques: Lan cultivation is heavily based upon using music as the medium of power transfer. Spiritual-energy-imbued music can attack, protect, calm, agitate, query the (un)dead. Sizhui is still learning, but his skill with the guqin is deemed decent by his dad, who is an expert.
* Beginner healer knowledge: he can do basic diagnosis from the pulse (very basic), transfer energy, and apply medicine (probably field first aid as well) - he is the first to get to the aid of someone stumbling out with overload of dealing with resentful energy.

PERSONALITY:
The first impression Lan Sizhui gives off is 'almost too good to be real'. He is well-mannered, quick-thinking, gentle, considerate, clear-headed in a tight situation, respectful but not letting wrongs happen on his watch without taking action. He is competent and capable, yet also knows when a situation has gone beyond his limits and he needs help. Nobody among the junior questions his decisions, instructions, and even quiet beratings when they are breaking one of the many rules. He has earned the respect of his peers and they follow his instructions willingly, knowing that his choices are the best for them. With time, even (very stubborn) juniors from other sects and high standing accept his leadership.

And he is that good - with the provision that he is still rather young. Unlike the previous generation, who grew under the certainty of a coming war and so were pushed to their limits constantly, Sizhui is allowed to be young and inexperienced, to be sent off to and advised to do things according to his abilities, rather than expected to succeed always, at any cost. He is even (not often, but while he tries not to, he doesn't seem upset at the slip) allowed to be a little childish sometimes.

What is not easy to see in the beginning, and what he tends to keep under wraps, beneath a gentle smile and kind words (an attitude he probably learned from his adoptive uncle, Lan Xichen, the Sect Leader and Lan Wangji's older brother), is that the calm and restrained nurture that is the one thing he remembers helps, but doesn't quite bridge the gap between the serenity that he knows and the other aspects of his nature and earliest upbringing. Then, for a while, he was raised by Wei Wuxian, who was never known for his restraint. Sizhui only very recently remembers growing up among his close family as well as the intense resentful energy of the Burial Mound, the wildness and freedom of it have always been within him. More than likely not strictly subdued by Lan Wangji.

At best, the result is that he can interpret situations and make decisions that are more creative than the rule-following of the Lans would suggest. He also finds it easier to recognize and follow non-formulaic solutions, and less bothered for his own sake by behavior outside the lines of strict propriety. And he can tease Wei Wuxian just as hard as Wei Wuxian teases others. At worst, he might join in fights/squabbles among his peers when under pressure or even break some rules.

It is of note that while he has a relatively clear head regarding what he, or the group he is with, can handle, he doesn't seem to have much of a concept of fear, at least for himself. It's definitely something to work on.

Another trait of his is the utter admiration and trust he has for Lan Wangji, and how much his adoptive father's approval means to him. His chosen instrument is the guqin, like Wangji, and he has learned and been evaluated on its use for Lan techniques songs by Wangji himself.

Overall, Sizhui is a good, sweet, warm boy, mature, steady, and reliable and, after the complete loss of his blood family, growing up a little too sheltered.

SAMPLE:
With Wen Qing
With Wen Kexing

INVENTORY:
Sword
Guqin
Robes, a spare set of robes, forehead ribbon
Paper for talismans, brush and ink
Lan signal lights/fireworks

NOTES: N/A

Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.

A few loose ends, for your pleasure:

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join

eastbound,

lostcompass,

westwhere.

All game-relevant updates will be posted on

lostcompass, but if you’re a fan of plurk memos, consider following

eastbound.

NOTES

We are currently in Arc I, Sa-Hareth. You can find information about our latest event and the upcoming May calendar here. Our recent ship rescue event spells out how incomers reached Sa-Hareth.

You are welcome to shackle Xie Lian, if you’d like, or just to dilute his powers gradually. If you opt for shackling him again, we can honour his bad luck streak as follows: at any point, when plotting, you can ask for the worst possible luck outcome, and you will be presented with it, for Xie Lian’s dubious pleasure.

Note: I appreciate Hua Cheng’s presence seems to greatly affect Xie Lian’s luck and other access to his powers, so I am open to us revisiting and restructuring his power control, should a Hua Cheng be applied into the game. We can consider the current power arrangement temporary.

Given his peaceful and polite nature, the staff of the House of Dew will favour him with better food and cloth scraps. It may strike Xie Lian that some are, perhaps, treating him not unlike a... pet.

For plotting purposes: how often was Xie Lian subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did he (temporarily) surrender each time?

wonderful thank you <3

For plotting purposes: how often was Alina subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did she (temporarily) surrender each time?

probably like once or twice a day at sea. her memories of Mal would have been messed with, as well as her ability to use the Cut. The latter would have made it a little too easy for her to escape with how powerful it can be. Or at least cause significant havoc.

Thank you!

I will have Xie Lian back to having both of his shackles active, because this will be the most hilarious for me. Should we get Hua >Cheng, we can see about if/when his power limiting shackle might be broken again or just spiritual power 'shared'.

For the mirror, I'm going to say about 3 times, and as for things surrendered :
(highlight for spoilers)
- His bad cooking.
- The time when Bai Wuxiang convinced his people that they needed to have killed someone to be immune to the Human Face disease, and then helpfully mentioned that Xie Lian is immortal, so they can just take turns 'killing' him and then they will all be fine and then Xie Lian was stabbed approximately a thousand times.

- The time when he was hired as the Guoshi of Yong'an and he was 'killed' by the young Crown Prince supposedly for massacring the whole royal family (he didn't, he only killed the King to prevent a whole out civil war but it was easier to take the blame for all of it), and then decided to just chilled in the coffin he was locked into for about a hundred years.

Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.

A few loose ends, for your pleasure:

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join

eastbound,

lostcompass,

westwhere.

All game-relevant updates will be posted on

lostcompass, but if you’re a fan of plurk memos, consider following

eastbound.

NOTES

We are currently in Arc I, Sa-Hareth. You can find information about our latest event and the upcoming May calendar here. Our recent ship rescue event spells out how incomers reached Sa-Hareth.

Regrettably, it is unlikely that Lan Sizhui’s spare set of robes survived the rescue mission intact. They might end up a little ash-stricken, or perhaps... crispy.

Given Lan Sizhui’s gentle and considerate manner, he too might suffer from the curse of another resident boy and find himself constantly subjected to House of Dew courtesans who attempt to speak sultry nonsense in his ears and make him blush. As he is older, some might even offer him... the privilege of beautiful company, for his first occasion.

For plotting purposes: how often was Lan Sizhui subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did he (temporarily) surrender each time?

Newcomers may still briefly access the House of Dew’s freebie magical network until their inevitable move-out. Lan Sizhui will inherit the username blushing beads of heft and beauty for that use. This username can be changed, if he procures or steals her own quartz translation device.

Thank you!

- Oh no, his poor spare robes, and he thought he was so thoughtful having a set while traveling with Wen Ning...

- Watch Sizhui accept the company and conduct the time in very respectful conversation. What would he have to pay if he does accept?

- Sizhui being young but with a lot of emotions, and discipline which was trying to snap him back to himself, he was probably taken in every couple of days. The memories messed up from it are mostly the most recent ones, especially after Wei Wuxian's return, and especially about Wen Ning. The rest he remembers spottily but this will take a moment to come back.

- I'm ... snickering. He probably won't get it.

Please consult this extensive fee menu for Lan Sizhui's options.

Thank you for this!

Hello! Just wanted to check in and ask if you've perhaps had the chance to think about the below?

For plotting purposes: how often was Hendrik subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did he (temporarily) surrender each time?

Totally fine if he you'd rather he weren't taken before the mirror at all — just need to know for basics :)

Coming back to this, just to formalise — apologies, I initially forgot to include Xia Lian's username Newcomers may still briefly access the House of Dew’s freebie magical network until their inevitable move-out. Xie Lian will inherit the username deft hand of little deaths for that use. This username can be changed, if he procures or steals her own quartz translation device.

PLAYER NAME: Livvy
CONTACT:

undecipher
INVITE STATUS: Existing player

CHARACTER: Jiang Cheng/Jiang Wanyin
CANON: The Untamed
CANON POINT: Post-timeskip, prior to learning of Mo Xuanyu's identity.

BACKGROUND: Born to Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan, Jiang Cheng lived a sheltered, privileged life in his home of Lotus Pier. As a child, he went from spoiled only son to youngest of three when his father took in Wei Wuxian whose parents had been killed on a night hunt and left him orphaned and destitute. The pair of them had a rocky start, with Jiang Cheng furious that his dogs had been given away ahead of Wei Wuxian's arrival due to the boy's fear of them. They got over it and became fast friends from there under the watchful eye of their sister Yanli, and together they grew up into more or less fine young lords of the Jiang sect.

There was always some trouble at home, the fact of Wei Wuxian being the son of someone Jiang Fengmian was allegedly in love with. This caused no end of conflict between Jiang Cheng's parents, resulting in their older sister Yanli having to do most of the emotional labor of raising the two boys.

All went well in his life aside from his parents' martial issues until the Wen clan grew greedy and ambitious, their leader Wen Ruohan more or less going off the deep end trying to collect pieces of an incredibly cursed object known as the Shadow Iron. Wei Wuxian got himself caught up in this mess, which meant Jiang Cheng by default had to get himself caught up in it too, going so far as to sneak out of Lotus Pier on his own to hunt down his brother and whatever mess he was getting into.

From there matters escalated, the Wen clan forcing all the heirs of the various rival sects to attend instructional lectures on the Wen clan territory of Qishan where Wei Wuxian's mouth got them into further trouble, up to the point they wound up left for dead in a cave inhabited by a centuries old monster.

They located an escape route but were separated, Jiang Cheng escaping ahead of Wei Wuxian with the promise of returning to with help to rescue him when the monster prevented Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji alone from making it out. Jiang Cheng made good on his word, and once his brother was retrieved the pair of them returned home to Lotus Pier.

Bringing the issue of the Wen clan to his father, Jiang Fengmian quickly set off to neighboring Lanling to consult the Jin sect. Unfortunately, while he was gone the Wen clan laid siege on Lotus Pier, citing retaliation against Wei Wuxian for humiliating Wen Chao. It was a massacre, and by the end of it the entire Jiang sect was slain to the last save for Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Yanli. The three of them were able to get away, but the Wens were only ever one step ahead of them and when they stopped in a neighboring town to rest, Jiang Cheng was caught by their men and dragged back to Lotus Pier.

There, he was essentially stripped of his powers when Wen Zhuliu, a man notorious for his ability to destroy the spiritual cores fundamental to any practitioner's abilities, destroyed his core and left him helpless, a civilian in a time of war. Jiang Cheng took this development very poorly, and eevn after he was rescued by Wei Wuxian and taken to Yiling to recover, he sank into a deep depression. He did not eat or drink or sleep, merely dwelled on his own misery as Wei Wuxian poured himself into desperately trying to fix this.

Eventually, Wei Wuxian came up with a solution. All he could do was trade his core for Jiang Cheng's own, but for Jiang Cheng he was willing to do it. The exchange was made, entirely without Jiang Cheng's knowledge as Wei Wuxian presented the solution to him under false pretenses, and Jiang Cheng was happy, grateful, and none the wiser.

However, they were supposed to meet in town after and though Jiang Cheng waited in town for a week for Wei Wuxian to come back, he never did. Months passed with Jiang Cheng chasing only rumors, unable to accept any outcome other than finding his lifelong companion.

Without a core, however, Wei Wuxian was driven to increasingly desperate, dangerous methodology to defend himself and protect what was important to him.

By the time he was found again, he was different. Changed. Wrong. He would not speak of what happened, and though Jiang Cheng tried to go back to how things once were, Wei Wuxian strayed further and further.

War came. Violent backlash against the Wen clan, as the remaining sects would no longer stand for their aggressions. They called this the Sunshot Campaign, which ended with the death of Wen Ruohan at his fortress of Nightless City. In the aftermath, Wei Wuxian's politics split with the popular view of vilifying, even dehumanizing the Wen sect's members universally, with no regard to the innocent, to the children or the elderly. He stood for them when no one else would, when Jiang Cheng could not, and as a result was cast out of the Jiang sect entirely.

The rebuilt Jiang sect was too tenuous, too fragile to do anything but uphold the status quo, so that was exactly what Jiang Cheng did.

Officially, their relationship was severed but they still maintained contact behind closed doors, much at the behest of Jiang Yanli. Jiang Cheng brought her in her wedding finery for Wei Wuxian to see before her wedding, had Wei Wuxian choose their future nephew's courtesy name. Griping about it the whole while was just part of Jiang Cheng's love language.

For a time, it seemed as though things might yet turn out. Efforts were made by the Jin sect to welcome Wei Wuxian back into the fold. And then, as it were, things took an abrupt turn for the worse. Wei Wuxian lost control of Wen Ning, his resurrected Ghost General, and killed Jin Zixuan, heir to the Jin clan and Jiang Yanli's husband. The death was placed entirely on Wei Wuxian's shoulders, and all the doors that had cracked open for him slammed shut evermore.

The remaining Wens under Wei Wuxian's protection turned themselves in to try to spare Wei Wuxian any further tragedy and disgrace. They were summarily executed, or so went the public announcement from the Jins, and a celebratory gathering was made at Nightless City to scatter the ashes of Wen Qing and Wen Ning with all the sect leaders in attendance.

Deeply unwell by this point, Wei Wuxian stormed the gathering for revenge and somehow, in the fight, Jiang Yanli managed to get caught in the crossfire, taking a blow meant for Wei Wuxian and dying in his arms while Jiang Cheng watched. Reeling from this loss, having come so close to reconciliation and reuniting his remaining family, Jiang Cheng turned on Wei Wuxian completely. Upon witnessing Wei Wuxian attempting to jump off a ledge only to be caught by a desperate Lan Wangji, he followed after, struck out with his sword to try to finish the job. He missed, but Wei Wuxian released Lan Wangji's hand and fell all the same.

After that, Jiang Cheng was a man obsessed. He had a sect to run, an infant to raise, and still he searched the foot of the mountain for Wei Wuxian's body. He found only the flute, and spent the next sixteen years chasing the slightest rumor of Wei Wuxian's enduring existence.

This is, of course, a perfectly well-adjusted hobby for a young man to have, and he is meeting his late thirties as well as can be reasonably expected of him. He remains immaculately dressed, another clear sign of unshakable mental health.

ABILITIES | POWERS:
Training in swordplay, archery, and uh whips.
Comes with all your bog standard fantasy China magic such as sword-assisted flight, enhanced strength/speed, decelerated aging, and spirit-based exorcism skills.
The stunning ability to hold grudges for an incredibly long time.

PERSONALITY: Jiang Cheng is a man who possessive many layers, very few of them flattering. To most he is dour and impersonable, quick to violence with his volatile temper and inflexible (though by no means consistent) standards. He is rash and bullheaded, struggling to see any perspective outside his own. He does not listen to reason when it comes in any way that may put him on the defensive, more likely instead to simply dig his heels in and push back for the sake of pushing back, making him difficult to deal with for even seemingly straightforward tasks. He's the kind of person who will do something he has no interest or desire to do simply because someone he disliked told him he couldn't, who is prone to being contrary for the sake of being contrary.

There's a tense undercurrent of insecurity, too, borne of years of pressure and expectations from the dysfunctional parenting dynamic he was raised with which he's never felt able to live up to. This colors most of his moods and informs most of his actions, that leaves him despondent and discontent in his daily life. He remains hard on himself in the absence of his parents' scrutiny, compulsively competitive in things that have no need to be seen as such.

He's quick to judgement and quicker to retribution, often taking out his foul temper on whoever is closest at hand. This can vary from loud grousing to physical violence, Wei Wuxian bearing the greatest burden of this as both Jiang Cheng's sworn brother as well as the person most willing to put up with him. His relationship with Wei Wuxian is the most central and deeply meaningful connection in his life, especially now that his parents are gone. Though they are both close to their sister Yanli, the two boys grew up together and into each other, personalities opposite but complimentary, often butting heads but their love and loyalty stronger for it.

There is no one who can make Jiang Cheng angrier or more hurt than Wei Wuxian, and he would die for his brother and closest friend without question.

For that matter, Jiang Cheng is also easily made jealous of others' relationships with Wei Wuxian, as his looming (and now realized) future as leader to the Jiang sect feels insurmountable without him. Wei Wuxian has been his only comfort all these long years of never living up to expectation, his promises of support and solidarity carrying him through the worst of their various tumults and clashes with Jiang Cheng's parents.

Jiang Cheng is petty, is stubborn and terse and irate, but although his shortcomings are great and varied, at his core he is a good man struggling both to do his best for his family while trying to understand what that even means. Though he isn't fully cognizant of it, he is not the Jiang clan's voice of reason. In fact, he and Wei Wuxian are more or less the same amount of immature but in completely different ways. Wei Wuxian tends to look without leaping, likes to goof off and have a good time, but when push comes to shove he takes full accountability for his actions and looks after the whole of the group rather than just himself. Meanwhile Jiang Cheng maintains a persistently serious nature but lacks Wei Wuxian's sense of personal responsibility, choosing instead to blame others and make excuses, prone to tantrums and fits. But they're good for each other in that way, each shoring up the other's weaknesses,

That all said, Jiang Cheng is loyal and endlessly loving. Though clumsy to show it, he cares deeply for his family and is primarily driven by the urge to do the right thing, to bring a sense of fairness to a cruel and often senseless world. Wei Wuxian brings both the best and worst out of him, and though he is loathe to admit it, he would not trade that for the world. For all he complains about the trouble Wei Wuxian brings, despite deflecting his brother's pouty plead to be brothers again in the next life, Jiang Cheng wouldn't give Wei Wuxian up for the world. When life gets difficult Jiang Cheng tends to stray from this one absolute truth of his life, but he always comes back to Wei Wuxian in the end. If asked, right now, he would vehemently, violently disagree, but his rage would come from the truth of the fact of it.

Even if he can't see it right now, even if he can't begin to bear imagining it—

He comes back to his family in the end.

The years as sect leader, alone, with no family or even disciples who remember the Lotus Pier of his father's time, have hardened Jiang Cheng at least on surface. He's a tense, unyielding, unsmiling man, severe and steadfast in his leadership. He's vocal about his displeasure and quick to discipline, especially when it comes to the child he raised. His nephew, his sister's son, bears the unique burden of being Jiang Cheng's only surviving relative, both a symbol of his sister's enduring love and a testament to all that has been lost. Jin Ling with the same princess temper they once mocked his father for and his mother's tender heart, having met neither of them.

All of Jiang Cheng's life is strangely cut off in that way. He is all that connects the past and future of Lotus Pier. He alone remembers all the disciples they laid to rest, remembers his family as they truly were, imagines how life might have been different for A-Ling, for all of them, if only they'd lived. He alone is responsible for what comes next, for what becomes of the Yunmeng Jiang legacy. It makes him as tense and joyless as he has ever been, and still he cannot let go of the past.

He ever chases Wei Wuxian's ghost, as he did those months with Lan Wangji when he first went missing, mercilessly punishing those who dare to remind him of the man who failed him the most. Who Jiang Cheng failed in turn.

Jiang Cheng, at the heart of him, is a man who tries to do everything, to be everything, for everyone at all times. And, as a result, he is able to do nothing for anyone in the end.

SAMPLE: tdm sample

INVENTORY:
Sandu, extremely purple sword.
Zidian, electric whip with exorcism properties. Transforms into a bangle in the shape of a snake with an attached ring when not in use.
Chenqing, Wei Wuxian's extremely cursed demon flute he's been holding onto for him, a safe and healthy way to cope with the loss of your brother.
A small jar of liquor from Lotus Pier.
Silk purse with ancient Chinese currency.
Gold hair accessories for fixing his nephew's hair with.
Purple robe set, silver crown.
Cloth pouch of lotus seeds.

NOTES: Punish him for existing, he needs the help.

PLAYER NAME: Kalyn
CONTACT:

ovals
INVITE STATUS: Existing player ypp

CHARACTER: Vanya Hargreeves
CANON:The Umbrella Academy
CANON POINT: Season 2, end of episode 10, right when Five is jumping them to the present

BACKGROUND: https://umbrellaacademy.fandom.com/wiki/Vanya_Hargreeves_(Netflix)#Biography

ABILITIES | POWERS: https://umbrellaacademy.fandom.com/wiki/Vanya_Hargreeves_(Netflix)#Powers_and_Abilities

Essentially Vanya can channel sound into a weapon, has telekinesis, and the weather tends to be tied to her emotions. She also has the ability to change her clothes into a sick white suit upon fully activating her powers, and it turns her violin white too.

Also able to 'gift' her abilities to others, though the method for how she does so is unknown.

As for nerfing, probably...Gonna make her ability just peter out once she gets to "destroy the moon and cause the apocalypses" levels of it. Just sudden cut off like pulling a power cord.

PERSONALITY: Vanya is someone who tries to keep putting one foot in front of the other to keep moving on, but ultimately always ends up stumbling somewhere down the line. Vanya's isolation from her family defines her at first. It's always The Umbrella Academy + 1, and that +1 just wasn't interesting or worth anyone's time. Being constantly pushed aside, the neglect of her father and lowgrade bullying from her siblings gave Vanya deep-seated issues with her own supposed 'averageness'.

While mild-mannered and almost bland at first, Vanya just drifts through life feeling like an outsider to everyone she meets, and it's because of her trauma that she falls so easily for others' manipulation. She wanted desperately to feel needed and special to someone, so when Leonard came along and gave her all the praise she'd missed, she latched onto it almost obsessively.

All of her anger and hurt that had been brimming under the surface and suppressed thanks in part to the pills her father put her on suddenly began to bubble up. The powers Vanya didn't know she had began to manifest again and Vanya, completely unprepared for it, began to lash out violently against perceived threats and the power she'd been denied so long.

It isn't until her siblings knock her out and she ends up losing her memory that she begins to heal. In a safer environment, feeling loved and happy, Vanya is able to cope better once Five shatters the bubble she'd enclosed herself in. Her siblings actually try to empathize with her and take responsibility for their own actions towards her, and she in turn takes responsibility for her destructive powers and they're able to forgive each other.

Vanya is loyal and hard-working, passionate about music and dedicated to her craft, to the point her violin is the main focal point for her sound-based abilities. While Vanya doesn't have the greatest control over it, she's quick to learn about it and has grown comfortable enough to joke with her siblings about it, or prank them.

However, in a lot of ways Vanya is still a ticking time bomb. Triggered the wrong way, or when she gets too emotional and overwhelmed, Vanya's powers begin to manifest without her input and can quickly go wildly out of control if someone isn't able to talk her down from the ledge. When in control of her powers, though, Vanya is deadly and protective, pushing her and her abilities beyond what she might normally in order to save those she cares about (such as pushing all the water out of the lake ala Moses to save Harlan).

SAMPLE: https://westwhere.dreamwidth.org/2035.html?thread=227827#cmt227827

INVENTORY: - A violin

NOTES: Vanya will try very, very hard not to start an apocalypse for the THIRD time.

Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.

A few loose ends, for your pleasure:

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join

eastbound,

lostcompass,

westwhere.

All game-relevant updates will be posted on

lostcompass, but if you’re a fan of plurk memos, consider following

eastbound.

NOTES

We are currently in Arc I, Sa-Hareth. You can find information about our latest event and the upcoming May calendar here. Our recent ship rescue event spells out how incomers reached Sa-Hareth.

Alas, Jiang Cheng's wine jar is unlikely to survive the rescue event. The captain will personally have drunk it down. Jiang Cheng is welcome to pick up the sad, empty jar from the cabin.

Given his particularly sour, unsmiling manner, Jiang Cheng will often be taken for a visiting high merchant or tax official, with locals subserviently offering their services left and right for a modest fee. This might also entitle him to occasional freebies from lesser merchants looking for a benefactor — at least, until (or unless) Jiang Cheng establishes he is not actually a highly-placed representative.

For plotting purposes: how often was Jiang Cheng subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did he (temporarily) surrender each time?

Newcomers may still briefly access the House of Dew’s freebie magical network until their inevitable move-out. Jiang Cheng will inherit the username bashful bard of the emboldened flute for that use. This username can be changed, if he procures or steals her own quartz translation device.

Aaaaaaaaall aboard… the absentee caravan! Thanks for applying and welcome to the game.

A few loose ends, for your pleasure:

ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join

eastbound,

lostcompass,

westwhere.

All game-relevant updates will be posted on

lostcompass, but if you’re a fan of plurk memos, consider following

eastbound.

NOTES

We are currently in Arc I, Sa-Hareth. You can find information about our latest event and the upcoming May calendar here. Our recent ship rescue event spells out how incomers reached Sa-Hareth.

Vanya’s Big Sister vibes will earn her the easy-going trust of the courtesans at the House of Dew and of some of the young apprentices along the port pier.

Vanya’s powers are fairly take-them-or-leave-them, so I’d say there’s no way to completely nerf them without redacting some of her character growth since she learned she had them — just dampening them a little bit so she doesn’t condemn everyone to the apocalypse is totally fine. We’ll figure something out with a convenient nerfing accessory, if we end up in a situation where she’d want to eradicate the world (again).

For plotting purposes: how often was Vanya subjected to the ship mirror, and what abilities or memories did she (temporarily) surrender each time?

Newcomers may still briefly access the House of Dew’s freebie magical network until their inevitable move-out. Vanya will inherit the username brimming cup of earthly passions for that use. This username can be changed, if she procures or steals a quartz translation device.

Hi there,

I really don't think he was subjected to it much, but whatever memories he would have given over would be ones of Jasper, his childhood friend turned to darkness.

PLAYER NAME: Thea
CONTACT: discord: theasaurus#0842
INVITE STATUS: modly green light

CHARACTER: Wen Qing
CANON: The Untamed
CANON POINT: post episode 31, just after departing from the Burial Mounds after leaving Wei Wuxian incapacitated.

BACKGROUND: history although it's primarily novel-based. the bottom has additional differences between the novel and the live action drama.

° Orphaned at a young age, her younger brother left with issues after encountering a fairy statue, Wen Qing grew up in the fairly bleak castle at Nightless City under the care of Wen Ruohan, leader of the Qishan Wen cultivation sect and chief cultivator in what is essentially ancient fantasy China, just with spiritual powers instead of magic.

° Wen Ruohan frequently bullied Wen Ning, her brother, to get Wen Qing to do what he wants. He sends them off to Cloud Recesses to do some sneaking around and try to find the Yin Iron (a magical macguffin with demonic cultivation powers? It's not made entirely clear). Her cousin, Wen Chao, makes an ass of himself and she steps in to try to soothe ruffled feathers.

° During one of the major wars in the series, Wen Qing is appointed to the Supervisory Office in Yiling, and reluctantly agrees to take in Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng after her brother rescues them from Lotus Pier (which had been destroyed). She's vexed about it but agrees to help them eventually, curing Jiang Cheng's injuries and then letting Wei Wuxian talk her into doing a golden core transplant.

° Important to note: she impersonated a legendary immortal in order to do this. (okay it's not important, I just like this fact.)

° The war is won, and the remaining Wen's are deemed pariahs, most of them taken off to prison camps and treated horribly, used as targets, and generally abused. Wei Wuxian finds Wen Qing on the streets of Lanling, and she begs him to find her brother. He does and even takes her to him, but things can't be simple, and he's mostly dead when they find him. Which leads her to beg Wei Wuxian to fix him, which also leads to them (Wei Wuxian, Wen Qing, and the rest of the Wen's, including a very young child) giving the middle finger to the cultivation world and fleeing off to a literal graveyard (it's named the Burial Mounds).

° Things are rocky, as you know, living in a place called the Burial Mounds isn't easy, but they manage to make it work: Wei Wuxian finds a way to bring back Wen Ning as a fierce corpse, Wen Qing is eternally grateful, they argue over what to plant in the toxic soil, things are going just swimmingly until Wen Ning accidentally kills Wei Wuxian's brother-in-law and everything goes to hell. (Wen Ning was believed to be controlled by Wei Wuxian, so he's blamed for Jin Zixuan's death.)

° Wen Qing makes the ultimate decision that she and Wen Ning are going to take the fall for Wei Wuxian and march off to sacrifice themselves, along with the rest of the Wen remnants (minus A-Yuan, the child). She incapacitates Wei Wuxian in order to do this and says "I'm sorry and thank you" to him.

ABILITIES | POWERS: She's a cultivator, so, improved health, stamina, and senses, with magically perfect hair, glowing skin, and nails that always seem manicured, even when digging in the dirt. She has carried a sword, so presumably knows how to fight with it, is capable of flying on it, is familiar with talismans, and knows how to deal with demons/ghosts/monsters.

Specific to Wen Qing, a physician: ° Knowledge of acupuncture points and medicinal herbs, along with knowledge of anatomy and physiology, able to knock a man out. General healing skills.

° Silver needles: She's used her silver needles (a common part of the physician's bag in ancient China) as devices for seeking wards/barriers, pinning people, and knocking them out. They seem to function as a spiritual weapon for her, through which she can channel her qi.

° Impressive skills as a surgeon, able to do organ transplants (or rather, spiritual power core transplants) and stitch up wounds.

° Knowledge of the six arts/liberal arts.

PERSONALITY: The tl;dr: She's a bitch, she's a boss, she's not going to deal with your nonsense, and she'll look good doing it.

Perhaps not the most notable trait Wen Qing has, but a core component of her personality: Wen Qing is a proud individual. She's smart, capable, and competent, assured in the knowledge that she's highly skilled, well-trained, and educated, especially in the healing arts. While not egotistical, she knows her strengths and isn't afraid to use them. She's also well-versed in the polite societal rules that make up life in the cultivation world, having developed an ability to read situations and pacify people when necessary, thanks to growing up in her uncle's court and trying to watch out for her younger brother. She knows what roles to play when she needs to, soothing ruffled feathers when the Wen delegation causes a scene at Cloud Recesses, causing her own scene when she encounters Jiang Cheng at a teahouse and wants to impart information without anyone overhearing them.

She can come across as aloof or haughty to people, especially if they take her at a surface level. But it's mostly there to hide the big heart she has. Her pride makes it a significant blow when she is left to fend for herself in the streets and she ends up begging Wei Wuxian to save her brother.

Wen Qing is a dedicated, devoted elder sister and a filial daughter, ready to help her extended family however possible. When Wei Wuxian finds her, she doesn't beg for anything for herself, other than to find her brother, and then, when they find him close to death, she begs for further help, unable to sit by and watch him die. When Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng are hiding in the supervisory office in Yiling, her initial reaction is vexation because she doesn't want to bring trouble upon herself and her brother (knowing that it would mean imprisonment at the hands of her uncle). But she still lets them in, agrees to heal Jiang Cheng, and even goes along with Wei Wuxian's schemes to get his brother another golden core.

She's shown taking care of her family in the Burial Mounds. It's the first time in a very, very long time that she's had a chance to not be guarded, surrounded by family that isn't actively hostile, and it shows. She comforts a-Yuan when he cries, teases her grandmother, purchases lotus seeds for Wei Wuxian, among other things, and does what she to make the place a home, even though it's a pretty miserable place.

Even though she is capable of great kindness, she's gruff and doesn't take anyone's shit, cutting to the heart of situations when she can. She's no-nonsense herself, practical and efficient with everything she does. When she needs to play political games, she's adept and capable, but ultimately, she's happiest when she's doing her medical work, which requires attention to detail and seeing beneath the surface to understand the problems facing her patients.

She frequently nags her younger brother to watch what he's doing and not put himself in danger, doesn't buy into Wei Wuxian's teasing and flirting, and will tell him off and call him out when he's acting up — she tells him not to yell at a-Yuan at one point, as he's just a child— and isn't afraid tell her cousin, Wen Chao, to stop causing a scene because it's interfering with her work. (Was her work wrong? Perhaps, but she was obligated to be Wen Ruohan's spy, between filial duty to her uncle and a responsibility to watch out for her brother.)

In her final decision, Wen Qing is once again proud, refusing to be victimized by the world. While her decision to turn herself, Wen Ning, and the rest of the Wen's over to the Jin Clan was not all hers to make, it was a decision, and she went to her inevitable death with her head held high, assured she had done what she could to help her family.

SAMPLE: a tdm sample

INVENTORY:
Some classy red and black robes
Two silver needles, used by physicians for acupuncture (the third was left in Wei Wuxian)

NOTES: N/A

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 4 of 41

applications

APPLICATION RECEIVED

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

Xie Lian || Tian Guan Ci Fu/Heaven Officials' Blessing Novel

APPLICATION RECEIVED

Lan Sizhui | The Untamed

APPLICATION RECEIVED

ACCEPTED

no subject

no subject

no subject

ACCEPTED

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

jiang cheng | the untamed

APPLICATION RECEIVED

Vanya | The Umbrella Academy

APPLICATION RECEIVED

ACCEPTED

APPROVED

no subject

wen qing | the untamed