'Eeeyyyyyyyyy!

[and_after_thrall]

Guess who has two thumbs, likes Pokemon, and also likes The Dresden Files?

This chick right here!

I'm apping in Elaine Mallory to be your resident sorceress-next-door, and everybody's big sister. (Eventually.) Thanks to those who helped me out on the TDM, I really appreciate it since Elaine is a brand new muse for me. I've always liked her as a character, but this is my first time playing her in a game.

I go by Faetan, and have my Plurk by the same name. faetan. See? Right there. I'm very excited to be playing, because I have a huge soft spot for game mechanics, so I'm thrilled to start doing some Pokemon math.

A trivia fact about me? Uhhhhh... Well, one of my favorite things to do is name my Pokemon after awful/embarrassing diseases and then trade them on the global system ('Herpes is being sent to Greg! Bye bye, Herpes! Take good care of Herpes!'), because I'm a horrible person who likes playing video games the way they should never be played.

So now you know what to expect if you choose to add me on Plurk. Or trade Pokemon with me.

BEYOND THAT! I'm genuinely happy to be here and I can't wait to get started!

Comments

[no_love_potions]

Don't trade Pokemon with her. She is a demon.

[and_after_thrall]

What? No. Everyone loved it when I sent them Barf Pilaf the Pokemon.

[actsmagnificent]

Welcome to BNW! I'm Mari and I'm one of the mods, but mostly I play Natto the costume expert Leavanny and his Trainer, Haruka Tenoh from Sailor Moon. I also just apped in Ken from Digimon as a tiny and very frustrated villain.

I'm having a lot of fun with Elaine on the test drive so I'm looking forward to having her in-game!

[and_after_thrall]

I'm having a ball with that thread as well, thanks for tagging it! It's definitely helping me get comfortable with the character. I look forward to having them meet for real!

[actsmagnificent]

Sounds good! (Though I'm also OK with claiming that thread really happened in game canon - whichever you prefer. <3)

[and_after_thrall]

YES CAN WE? She's meeting Harry at the Day of Fire thing, and once she realizes he doesn't want to choke her head off, she'll start being more open about her business. Unless you're okay with meeting her in one of the smaller village settlements, then we can do that right away!

[actsmagnificent]

We can say this happened after she set up shop in Union, maybe? So they haven't met "yet" in game time but shortly afterwards. That way she doesn't have to hear the actress spiel all over again and Gold still gets his nice massage. ^_^

[and_after_thrall]

Sure! I think Harry will likely pull Elaine along to Union with him to get her set up with a communicator at the very least, and there are a lot of Pokemon in need of massages around there, so she can freelance it for a while until she feels comfortable enough to settle in more permanently.

[actsmagnificent]

Sounds good. ^_^ We can go with that, then!

Good to have you, Skitty.

why just say "kitten" in a pokemon game, okay

[untalented]

Oh my god, that's the best hobby ever!

Echoing Mari above, welcome! I'm Stark, and I believe our paths may have crossed elsewhere in RP land-- we're a small, fairly insular community after all. All I've got here in BNW is this dweeb, Waver Velvet, who hails from Sanctuary.

He's a self-taught Magus, and his hobby is hating on everyone. Frankly, his wandering, vaguely amorous Foongus has more friends than he does...

Regardless, though I'm mostly blind to anything beyond the first couple Dresden Files books, I look forward to seeing Elaine around. This'll be totally fun!

[and_after_thrall]

I have you on my Plurk, so we must have RP'd before. I'm guessing Ruby City, likely when I was playing Orihime or Sailor Venus?

Either way, thanks so much for the warm welcome. May our characters be friends soon. Or maybe she'll just make friends with the Foongus, since that's what all the cool kids are doing.

[untalented]

It might've been Orihime-- I was looking at Ruby City for a bit with Jushiro, so that would explain the coincidence here. Regardless, it's awesome to be in a game with you!

And, yes. Do befriend the Foongus. It might be easier than befriending the dweeb, but it has been done. He's unfortunately, all bark and no bite.

[and_after_thrall]

OHHHHHHHHHHH oh oh, okay, I know you for sure now! We had those awesome AU threads with Ukitake and Orihime being in an arranged engagement, those were so cute!

But let's be real Elaine would absolutely big sister the crap out of the dweeb.

[untalented]

Oh my god that's right! SORRY FOR DROPPING THAT PSL THOUGH I LOVED IT.

I swear, I'm much better at keeping up with game plots. It's why I lose track of the PSLs every time!

[and_after_thrall]

No no, gosh, no need to apologize! It was fun, I had a good time! Things like that tend to pass from my limited attention span once I've tagged it, so it's not like I was resentful or anything. Just forgetful. It was awesome, though! And I've got Rukia running around in another game if you ever decide you want to play him again. I know she'd be happy to see her captain.

But for now, Elaine and Waver can hang out and be buddies, it's all good.

[faithfulflame]

Welcome to the game. I'm Ax, and like Mari am one of the mods. I currently play Rei Hino out of the SM manga and an OC named Yuuna here. They're both from Union, though participated in the Sanctuary liberation stuff. Also somehow Rei has been Dadded at by Harry so that's a thing.

Elaine's one of my favorite characters, I will not lie. I was really pleased to see your app and I look forward to seeing her around.

[and_after_thrall]

Rei's my favorite of the sailor senshi, A+ for playing her! I see Harry's habits of adopting Rei have not changed one little bit, ah ha ha!

And aw, thank you! Elaine's one of my favorites too, I'm dying to see her pop up again in the books. I'll make sure to tag your characters!

[wise_maiden]

Hi there, welcome to BNW! I'm Sapphire, and I play Raine here. She's also a transplant from Sanctuary, and works currently in the Union Library. Resident reserved nerd, et all.

(I've also tagged Elaine on the test drive as "Arachne", and am enjoying that interaction a lot! it's really making me think outside the box for her, which is great as well as terrifying...!)

[and_after_thrall]

Ah, I love Raine, she's awesome! I have a feeling those two might nerd out. I'm not familiar with Arachne, but I'm really having fun letting them interact too. We can keep going with it as long as you like. Thank you for the welcome!

[sparrowfeathered]

GOSH DO I KNOW YOU??

Hi! I got Rose here, and I believe you played Zesty. Rose is similar to canon: a merchant and secretly an assassin who's a Dark and Fighting type here. She's kind of a sneaky sort, who is doing an act as a merchant selling people goods imported from other cities.

[and_after_thrall]

I'M NOT STALKING YOU I PROMISE >_<

But yes, I'm probably more than halfway through Zestiria, so I'm familiar with Rose. Elaine does enjoy doing a little shopping, so I'm positive they'll have a reason to interact sooner rather than later.

[sparrowfeathered]

This sounds good to me! I may try to get an open post up after the 4th of July weekend too.

[and_after_thrall]

Perfect. Elaine will be less secretive by then, so I'll make sure to pounce it. I need to think up a good open starter for her too. For now I'm just going to poke at the Caldera holiday thing.

[my_father_is_a_tycoon]

HELLO THIS IS CHIAKI AND LEVY MUN FROM THE OTHER GAME WE'RE IN TOGETHER OMG

[and_after_thrall]

HELLO AGAIN TO YOU I'm surprised you don't play the FF character over there!

[my_father_is_a_tycoon]

Yeah, I had her here before Kim decided to take Bartz to Melodies, or I probably would have thrown him a castmate. I ended up taking her here instead because there were a lot of nobility shenanigans to get into at the time. Looking forward to playing together, though!

[soulofmagus]

Heya! I'm Farli, and welcome to the game! :)

I play Sophia Nate here from Super Robot Wars, an amnesiac mage who's not aware she's spent most of her life as a servitor in Gigas, and Gwendolyn from Odin Sphere, who is a Valkyrie from Citadel. The latter is here as a representative for Citadel's fighting forces, while Sophia is presently quartermaster for the Rangers. I'm sure they'll have a chance to run into each other! :)

[and_after_thrall]

Yay, I remember you from my MUSHing days! I was so happy to see that you and Tex came over to the DWRP side of things. I'm not familiar with either of those games, but who cares, I'll still totally tag you. Thanks for the welcome!