January Handwaved CR & AU workshop

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January Handwaved CR & AU Workshop
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Welcome to the January Handwaved CR & AU workshop for Kaisou! We're super excited to have you! These posts are to help encourage old and new players to make new connections and find potential CR while designing your AU or figuring out what your OU character has been up to. If you're brand news, you can check out FAQ page and the app page to get a sense of what's going on!

If you're a player looking to app a new character:
Apps are always open for submission and get done the first and third weekends of the month. So once you got a clear idea of what you want, feel free to hop over to the application page! If you're already in the game, feel free to comment to this post as well to make new CR!

A reminder that in order to app either a Black Order or POKEGO AU you are required to have been in the game at least 3 months with another character. If you are rejoining the game after being gone awhile, you can count your past stint towards your 3 months, but it's recommended you look over the plot recap to see what you missed.

If you are a player with a character in game looking for CR:
You can use this post to comment with your character and established some handwaved CR or just come up with different ways for characters to meet!

Please fill out one of the forms below, and the comment around! Plot plot away! If you have any questions about the setting, either look through the links above or ask a question in the mod question thread below!

FORMS:


FOR NEW CHARACTERS
(PLEASE PUT "NEW CHARACTER" IN YOUR SUBJECT HEADING SO PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE NEW!)
Player Name:
Character Name: (if their AU is going to have a different name, note it here!)
Canon:
Age: (if their AU is going to have a different age, note it here!)
Type: (will they be an AU? OU? Note that here!)

About: Tell us what this character is about! Just a quick blurb will work!

(IF AU, complete this question! If OU, no need!)
AU Plans: (Describe what your plans are for your AU! Talk about what you plan to have them do for a living, their background, etc. Also note any major differences that should be kept in mind between their canon versions and their AU version. )

(PLEASE PUT "NEW CHARACTER" IN YOUR SUBJECT HEADING SO PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE NEW!) <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> (if their AU is going to have a different name, note it here!) <b>Canon:</b> <b>Age:</b> (if their AU is going to have a different age, note it here!) <b>Type:</b> (will they be an AU? OU? Note that here!) <b>About:</b> Tell us what this character is about! Just a quick blurb will work! (IF AU, complete this question! If OU, no need!) <b>AU Plans:</b> (Describe what your plans are for your AU! Talk about what you plan to have them do for a living, their background, etc. Also note any major differences that should be kept in mind between their canon versions and their AU version. ) <b>Looking for:</b> (What kind of CR are you looking for? Pre-established relations? Couches to crash on? List it here!)

FOR ALREADY ESTABLISHED CHARACTERS
Player Name:
Character Name: (if their AU has a different name from canon, note it here!)
Canon:
Age: (if their age is different than canon counterpart, note it here!)
Type: (are they an AU? OU? Note it here!)

About: (Tell us what this character is about! Just a quick blurb will work!)
Typical Activities: (What kind of stuff do they do day-to-day in Kaisou that'd be easy to make CR from? Some examples would be where they work, their favorite hangouts, social hobbies, etc.)

Looking for: (Tell us what kind of CR you'd really like to get, or if you're open to any pre-established CR such as family members! )

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> (if their AU has a different name from canon, note it here!) <b>Canon:</b> <b>Age:</b> (if their age is different than canon counterpart, note it here!) <b>Type:</b> (are they an AU? OU? Note it here!) <b>About:</b> (Tell us what this character is about! Just a quick blurb will work!) <b>Typical Activities:</b> (What kind of stuff do they do day-to-day in Kaisou that'd be easy to make CR from? Some examples would be where they work, their favorite hangouts, social hobbies, etc.) <b>Looking for:</b> (Tell us what kind of CR you'd really like to get, or if you're open to any pre-established CR such as family members! )

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Comments

[pharmacologic]

Character Name: Chang Baizhu (Baizhu)
Canon: Genshin Impact
Age: 32 (no canon age given)
Type: Ronin AU

About: Baizhu died of illness at 16 and was brought back possessed by a snake spirit. Some months later some scary people came looking for him and, long story short, he got put in touch with Hua Cheng who helped him get away before The Black Order could get their hands on him. He then spent the next sixteen years on the run, working for various shady groups under Hua Cheng's protection, and moved into Kaisou after the rebellion made it safe to finally stop running.
Typical Activities: Currently Baizhu is the owner and operator of Bubu Pharmacy (as in canon), purveyor of both mundane and magical prescriptions and, now that it's owned by a real healer, a kind of unofficial urgent care clinic. When his health allows (aka his brain ghost isn't pitching a fit about it) he also makes house calls to various places in Ghost City where maybe people don't want to venture out to be seen.

Looking for: Do you have a regular prescription? Do you get beaten up a lot and need to drop by to get minor injuries treated? Stop by to chat about herbal medicine for any other reasons? I'm interested in getting him out and about more so I'm open to suggestions here, too.

[onahairtrigger]

Thinking on it and I feel like Josuke probably frequents the pharmacy both to stock up on supplies for anything that needs more mundane healing than magical and to chat about herbal medicine because Josuke's always looking to learn more.

[pharmacologic]

Excellent, yes! Baizhu is more than happy to talk shop and trade tips. All of his knowledge is self-taught because he hasn't been in formal education since he was a teenager, so he's always interested in comparing notes with people who have had different resources available.

[wilder]

So while Zelos has a DIY keycrest that'll prevent him from going full zombie angel... it's a makeshift one made from Everstone from the Kanto realm. As such it doesn't work as well as one made with proper inhibitor ore, and Zelos still deals with symptoms like a reduced appetite, reduced ability to sleep, and most important- a reduced sense of touch.

Because of that, Zelos is probably a regular customer to Bubu Pharmacy to pick supplies to help him - whether it be sleeping pills to help him actually sleep a full night or something to help him keep down food, or just first aid stuff because he didn't notice the pan was scaling hot when he touched it.

He'll be kinda dodgy to why he HAS these symptoms, since he really doesn't want this world to know about Cruxis Crystals, but if pressed he'd probably say it's the consequences of messing around with a cursed artifact when he was younger - aka a version of the truth.

He'll also always come alone and be keen on keeping his situation quiet, because he really doesn't want to worry his CR about it. Chosens are gonna Chosen.

[pharmacologic]

Oh, I like this idea! Poor Zelos.

The 'cursed artifact' explanation will satisfy Baizhu, who is primarily looking for enough information to make sure he can tailor his treatments as effectively as possible to the patient. He would have offered to look into the possibility of removing the curse if Zelos ever does feel more comfortable discussing the origins of it in more detail, but there's no pressure toward that - the most important thing is that Zelos continue coming for help when he needs it. He definitely won't gossip about the situation - patient privacy is very important!

Basically, he'll try to keep tabs on Zelos' symptoms and ask about the effectiveness of different treatments, and he'll be very clear and honest with him that any questions he's asking are just because he wants to help him manage his condition as comfortably as he can.