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Handwaved CR Meme!!

Handwaved CR Meme!

(Taken from the last time we did this!)

Our characters live in close quarters, and it's impossible to thread out the minutiae of each and every day-to-day interaction! That's what this meme is for: helping establish some of the less "exciting" details of what our characters are up to and what acquaintances they might have!

Examples:

People on the SS Paisley with Stefan will often see him baking ma'amoul (date-filled shortbread cookies) OR chocolate chip cookies in what could only be described as "stress baking."
People on the SS Vanquish who know Clay's routine may have picked up on the fact that he doesn't sleep in his pilot's seat as much as he used to. Probably due to a disapproving boyfriend.

There will be headers for each ship for general ship-related things, but use them as jumping off points! Don't feel restricted to your own ship (for example, Stefan spends a lot of time on the Huntress, even though he's the Paisley's captain). Make your own top-levels, build some handwaved CR, and let's smush our characters together!

(BTW, just so we know what we're working with: Here's the link for each upgrade, as well as the spreadsheet for the entire fleet.)

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Edited 2016-10-18 00:20 (UTC)

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Edited 2016-10-18 00:22 (UTC)

Adalwolfe Hawke recently moved to the SS Three Twins and is trying to make a good impression since he may have already made a bad first one... He can often be found around the ship doing the following:

+ playing with his dog (Ser Drools, who is near 100lbs of muscle, wrinkles, and slobber and yet still somehow a puppy)
+ playing games on his communicator (he's trying to get over a million points on Robot Unicorn Attack and he's so close)
+ annoying his boyfriend Anders in the med lab or sparring with him in the cargo bay
+ actually manning the comms once in a blue moon

For the times he's off the ship, which are frequent when they're docked, he's either tending bar at Malum for Crowley or he's on whatever planet they've stopped at this time because let him tell you about how solid ground is much better than the endless void of space. He also likes to visit friends!

Other notes:

+ The transporter makes him feel a bit queasy so he gets kind of green in the gills when he's just used that
+ He has a custom staff with a blade made of metallic-looking bone, dragon head at the top holding a sparkling crystal. The whole thing is quite cold to the touch and clearly magical to anyone that can sense it. It's usually in his room but he's been known to leave it out on occasion
+ He has a tendency to tap his foot or shake his leg while thinking hard
+ Adalwolfe makes an effort to really listen and isn't afraid to share things about himself either
+ The whole crew prooobably knows he and Anders are a thing. He's not shy.
+ He has a bad habit of leaving his socks to dry in the bathroom hanging on whatever surface. Sorry crewmates!
+ Like I said, he's not shy. Everyone's probably seen him without a shirt at least once so it's worth it to mention he has two rather large scars across his chest, the horizontal one of which goes all the way through to his back. He always has pants on in shared areas though, at least.
+ His vision is a bit wonky and sometimes he has to hold things very close to his face to read them
+ He's red/green colorblind but not very severely

Go ahead and ask about anything else you're curious about!

Edited 2016-10-18 02:22 (UTC)

Kitty is the occasionally intangible co-pilot of the Windrose.

• She splits her time between the Windrose and the Tourist for shacking up with her boyfriend (Winn) reasons.
• Whenever applicable on worlds or waystations she stocks up on food for her ship and the Tourist which she makes available to everyone there. If she knows a shipmate likes something she'll get extra of that.
• She is a mutant and one of the X-Men. Her power is phasing which means she can walk on air and through walls and disrupt electronics if she passes through them. (Just not the ships for reasons.)
• She loves her power and uses it lots. Expect to see her standing on air to reach higher shelves, etc. or just slipping through walls because it's faster.
• She can sometimes be found being especially cute around the foxes and other pets like the Wrath's Officer Snuggles.
• Formerly a regular chain smoker, she has mostly quit, but still smokes sometimes especially if offered.
• She gets stir crazy after awhile cooped up on ships, so she hits the Iskaulit practically daily for training and grabbing new books and if they are planetside she'll probably be exploring even if the place doesn't agree with her.
• She reads a lot and works on picking up new languages for fun. She also explores ship systems, augment or not.
• She wears two lockets all the time. One contains pictures of her parents. The other has a picture of Winn and one of Kurt.
• She is usually wearing silver metal gauntlets on her forearms. They contain retractable, metal claws.

Edited 2016-10-18 14:08 (UTC)

Stefan is your local captain and lab support and as such, tries his best to be available for anyone who might need him!

His name on the roster reads "Stefan Salvatore," but he considers Alesci his second surname. IC, he's yet to call himself both. It's a matter of time!
He divides his time between the Paisley and the Interfaith Center on the Iskaulit; he rarely visits other ships these days, unless it's for lessons and/or friend-related reasons.
As a vampire, he doesn't consume human food (save for black tea). He consumes either blood pills or chilled animal blood, depending on how recently they've visited a planet. The med bay's fridge is locked for that reason.
Stefan Alesci was raised both Catholic & Muslim; he formally reverted to Islam during his senior year of high school. His faith colors his perspective on everything.
So he prays five times a day without fail or hesitation, usually in his room or the med bay (or the Interfaith Center's prayer room). Said prayers last between 5-20 minutes. On that note, he can often be found muttering verses from the Qur'an.
He releases stress through cooking / baking. He and Kirito usually divide up kitchen duty!! They've moved past protein for the most part, but every now and then, something'll happen and that glop will be around (sorry).
Tea is a staple, and the tea kettle in the kitchen is his best friend. You'll be hard-pressed to find him without a cup of black tea in his hands.
On that note, his most prized possession is the replicating tea stash in the kitchen. The quality isn't as good as it could be, but it's black tea. It's enough.
He wears a lapis lazuli ring constantly. If asked, he'll claim it's a family heirloom. It actually protects him from sunlight.
If you hear acoustic guitar wafting through the rooms, you've caught him playing when he thinks no one's around. Try not to accuse him, because he's awfully self-conscious about it and his taste in music.
He trains and spars with Kirito and Isaac in the cargo hold. Any crew member or visitor is welcome to join them, though Stefan will pretend to be a weak puny human if caught by someone not in the know.
Thanks to a recent sponsor drop, sometimes he smells like pomegranates and pears. You can blame that on his fruity hair gel.
Unless it's laundry day, he refuses to wear those jumpsuits. He prefers blue jeans & t-shirts (and usually a light jacket).
Does all the paperwork and budgeting for the Paisley! As such, he's the person to ask about monetary concerns & budgeting & all that legalese type stuff (and he'll probably be the one you talk to, should something on the ship go awry).

Edited 2016-10-18 22:51 (UTC)

Fenris is your grumpy security officer and first mate - lucky you.

He very rarely sleeps (because nightmares) so he can often be found in the kitchen at some stupid hour in the morning, or pacing around the cargo hold.

Thedosian elves eyes reflect light like cats do- which means he can see in the dark and would probably scare the shit out of anyone who walks past him in the dark (sorry guys)

Those tattoos of him are actually brands and made of Lyrium, a magical and highly toxic substance in his world - they allow him to go intangible. Anyone on board or visiting the Tourist who has any connection to magic would be able to sense it. It feels like a metallic taste at the back of your mouth.

He's always barefoot (it's an elf thing)

He has a massive greatsword - bigger than he is - which he stores in his security room. Kara's probably the only other person who can lift it, but anyone is welcome to try.

He has an apple tree in the cargo hold - it's only a little one, made for him by a previous crewmember. He will shares his apples with crew (and Kitty)

Thanks to the whole slave thing, he was never taught to read - he's got better at it recently, thanks to efforts by others. He can often be found sitting in some corner, quietly mouthing words as he reads whatever he can get his hands on - so long as he isn't made to feel like a fool, he will always welcome someone helping him with this.

He has three fluff slugs that occasionally follow him around the ship. He hasn't named them (feel free to name them crew)

He is the grumpiest of grumps, but has some real fondness for his crew. They're some of the few people he has genuine smiles for.

When he's not on ship, he's either working in the Space Bar on the Iskaulit, or he's on planet, doing mercenary work and earning credit which he puts into the ship's coffers.

Edited 2016-10-18 00:57 (UTC)

Allen Walker can usually be found either in the medical bay or at the exercise equipment in the cargo bay during the day, or in the kitchen around meal times. He is often accompanied by Timcanpy. Timcanpy may also be found in other spots of the ship where Allen isn't (just let me know if you decide to have him around)- but far away from any cats.

Other things to note:

Allen looks 16-17ish, but he's actually 24. Thanks timey-wimey bullshit.

Crowley and Clay are often be visitors to the ship to see him - or in Crowley's case, use their bathtub. Sorry guys he's family. On the flip-side, he'll often spend the night over at the Vanquish or elsewhere if planetside.

He eats a lot. If he hasn't been using his powers, he eats about 2-3x what an average person eats. If he's been using his powers, well, it could be a lot more than that.

Is your first mate! Is probably regularly bogged down by paperwork thanks to it. WHERE IS ALL THIS PAPERWORK COMING FROM? WHAT IS IT EVEN ALL ABOUT? WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

He handles the ship's budget. Thankfully, he's very good at it. To make sure there's enough funds for ship repairs, supplies and upgrades- he asks each crewmate to give a certain amount of money a month to a shared account (exact amount is handwaved - but you can imagine it's a reasonable amount unless they totally blew all their income). He'll work with someone that's short on funds, but refusing or neglecting to pay will get them an all protein diet until they pay up. PULL YOUR WEIGHT FREELOADERS.

Only a few icons show them and I regularly forget to mention them, but Allen wears reading glasses! Nothing special about them, just standard glasses.

This is his canon bedroom. Make it more sci-fi, and his quarters basically look like this too. I promise he's not a serial killer.

He's an acrobat! This means he can do all those fancy flips and handstands and can usually be found doing that stuff during his training. There's a few additional pieces of exercise equipment in the cargo bay to help with this, thanks to Clay.

Between his canon and his time in RPs, Allen has seen a lot of crazy shit. A lot. Thus it's pretty hard to weird him out or freak him out. Most of the time, he'll just be like "Oh okay /shrugs".

Edited 2016-10-18 01:46 (UTC)

Kitty is Winn's live-in girlfriend from the Windrose. They split their time between the two ships. She's around more in the evenings and mornings than during the day.

• General Kitty things!
• Even though she's on the Tourist a lot she tries to do the bulk of her showering and eating on the Windrose so as to use less of their resources (though she does provide food sometimes!)
• She is happy to strike up conversation if she runs into someone, but doesn't press for it.
• There is occasional PDA in common areas. (But only if Winn is with her. Otherwise, that would be extra weird.)

Crowley is your communications officer.

He is extremely lazy and is almost always lounging on a chair somewhere, doing seemingly very little.

He uses his augment to listen in on other people's conversations, and catch up on the gossip on the Fleet

He is also responsible for almost all the games that have appeared on the network so far.

He has a LOT of houseplants, these are dotted all over the ship. He often threatens them if they're not growing perfectly.

When he's not on the ship, he's usually in his bar on the Iskualit, Málum.

He also spends quite a bit of free time on the Starstruck, to be with Felix. He'll also occasionally go to the Blue Fish for Allen...because family or something.

He always wears sunglasses, inside, in the dark, it doesn't matter. They're always on.

He's a demon so anyone who can sense that kind of thing who lives on the ship or visits is welcome to notice.

He likes alcohol a LOT and has a lot of fine wine. He won't share.

Edited 2016-10-18 01:07 (UTC)

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Handwaved CR Meme!!

SS PATHSTONE

SS WONDERDUCK

SS TOURIST

SS VANQUISH

SS WINDROSE

SS THREE TWINS

SS RED FISH

SS PAISLEY

SS STARSTRUCK

SS HERON

SS HUNTRESS

SS GOLDEN

SS BLAMELESS

SS BLUE FISH

SS CAPRINE

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SS FIRST BREATH

SS BLOODSPORT

SS BISHOP

Kitty Pryde

Stefan Salvatore-Alesci

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