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Plottage needed!
Topic Started: Sep 29 2011, 03:53 PM (194 Views)
Lurhstaap
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roly-poly wher attack!
My name is Jack, but I usually go by either Lurhstaap or KnifeSmile online. You can call me Jack, Knife, Lurh, or whatever. So long as I recognize it, you can call me whatever.

I have two characters here at Vaioa. The first is Vr'verrin, a blue rider who was a Journeyman Healer before Impressing. His most interesting character trait for the purposes of plottage is probably his use of fellis and other, similar substances. It started with a legitimate injury but over time became a general habit of self-medicating in response to all kinds of things... an extremely painful recurring headache (the cause of which he doesn't know and which worries him), anxiety, stress (he has rather poor coping skills in some ways), insomnia, and other, similar things. He doesn't use it every single day and he generally uses very little -- his goal isn't to become intoxicated but to relieve whatever distressing state of being he is experiencing at that moment. He does become slightly intoxicated, but he never deliberately uses more than he needs to treat the problem as he sees it. The problem of course is that he has to more or less make his own, which is a challenge. He has to be very sparing with his supply, then, when he's running low, make "supply runs" to unpopulated parts of Nerat or Ista to look for ripe fellis fruit. These he smuggles carefully back to his weyr, peels, and stews the peels to make fellis juice as he learned how to do in the Healercrafthall. He also collects other euphoric painkillers/anxiolytics such as poppy-milk and the many varieties of handleaf, creating a personal "blend" which he puts into his klah when he feels the need of it. Sometimes he varies the proportion of the ingredients -- more or less poppy-milk relative to fellis juice, different types of handleaf... but those three components are consistent.

He's very careful not to be caught at what he's doing, but, frankly, no one is perfect. There are all kinds of plot opportunities here. I know he isn't the only fellis user in the game, so he could perhaps form a "drug buddy" relationship with someone. Alternatively, other characters with dark secrets might have fun with scenes in which they catch each other in a compromising position and are forced to promise to keep each other's secret, with ensuing long-term plottage as a result of course. (Will they keep their promises? What happens if they don't, or if one does and the other doesn't? If they both do, but both worry the other won't? In short, lots of fun future threads perhaps.)

And of course there's always the chance he'll get caught. I'd rather that not happen for a while so he gets to play out being how he is for a little while at least rather than being forced to change almost immediately, but I do expect him to have to deal with some kind of consequences in the future when he's found out. For now, near-escapes and pacts of silence are the rule of the day. Maybe someone finds him out but they're more sympathetic than he might have expected them to be? Maybe they're even curious about what he likes about the stuff so much and want to try it themselves? Even if they don't, there's a lot of interesting possibilities.

And of course he is a blue rider whose dragon has a well-developed personality so the more "standard" type of plots also apply.

My other approved character is Arikorr. She's a Trader-bred fighting wherhandler. She and her bronze wher Arisk only recently rode into Vaioa and they're still getting their bearings. I'd especially love to participate in the wher-related events with her, but I'm not certain how to get her involved. Some plot-help with that would be awesome. :) And just general plottage with her would be great too. She has a lot of potential plot hooks, although her extremely close relationship with Arisk and refusal to sleep with males are probably two of her traits most likely to provide interesting stories. I'm open to a whole lot, though, so feel free to reply here or PM me!

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http://z10.invisionfree.com/Vaioa_Weyr/ind...?showtopic=1041
http://z10.invisionfree.com/Vaioa_Weyr/ind...?showtopic=1016
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Zeppelin
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I feel like Tavian and Vr'verrin might get along, since they both over-analyze things. I'm not completely sure how they could start interacting, since he's a young candidate and Vr'verrin is a rider. Maybe Tavian comes to him for Mindhealing? Planning a little bit ahead, what if Tavian started to look up to him as a role model, but then somehow discovered he was using drugs and got disillusioned?
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Lurhstaap
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roly-poly wher attack!
That sounds VERY interesting and could have fascinating development potential for both of them. Vrr doesn't see what he's doing as 'drug abuse' because he's not doing it every day and isn't doing it just to feel good. He sees it as self-medication. But of course he knows other people won't necessarily see it that way, which is why he's secretive about it. If he had that kind of relationship with someone and they found out and got mad he'd definitely try to explain and get them to see his side of it. Depending on how your character reacts he could either start to see it Vrr's way... or not. And either way it would be very interesting.
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Lurhstaap, I'd love to get some Vrr and Pertor interaction going on. Pertor tries to keep a loose group of medical contacts that he bribes for his fix, and ex-healers are his favorite source. There's no doubt he'd seek out your blueboy for that reason. Also, I know Vrr's profile says non practicing bisexual, but they could make a very interesting casual couple. :3 Pertor's never said no to a romp in the bedfurs.

Also, please feel free to throw Arikorr at the Gearing Up thread! She could come across the scene if she was taking her wher out to feed him "breakfast," or whatever other reason she would leave the hold for. She might not have equipment there and made for her, but she could at least talk to Pertor and find out what's going on. :3
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Lurhstaap
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Ooh, cool! She has riding gear already, though goggles I hadn't thought about. Probably since her father could certainly afford such things and the trading caravan didn't only move at night... so yeah goggles would be very important I think. :P Taking him out to feed and then noticing the commotion would make sense. They like to go out just to exercise and stay fit, too.

And as for the stuff with Vrr and Pertor... actually that's a -very- good idea, since Vrr makes his own. He could introduce Pertor to the wonders of Pern's other euphorics, too, possibly. XD That has SO much potential right there. He'd be a bad influence on Vrr but I have no problem with that. He's a big boy, he can manage himself. And if he doesn't... oh well. The idea of them in a casual relationship amuses me to no end. Vrr is kind of shy when it comes to that sort of thing so he'd have to make the moves... but it could happen. Especially because, when Vrr is feeling indecisive, he always does what Zhaimorexth says to do. And Zhai's opinion is almost invariably, "You worry too much. If you want to do it, why not do it?" Because he is a dragon and has almost no concept of the FUTURE and therefore of CONSEQUENCES.
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