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Pumpkin Hollow Inbox
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Pumpkin Hollow CR Chart
Oct. 28th, 2023 10:20 pm
EDDIE KASPBRAKPROMOTE AHEAD OF PEERS
Surprisingly adaptable for a comrade well ahead of his fighting prime; performed admirably at the parade, personable and sociable in day to day interactions, very open to new experiences. Completely wasted in whatever his prior career was. Suggested actions: divert resources to education and cultivation of Comrade Kaspbrak with an eye towards a supporting command.
ERIK OSBORNESHOCK TROOPER
Strong primary combatant and terror weapon; personable, but doesn't know when to let personal business go. Seems used to a more high-intensity social environment, similar to corporate executives that I've had the misfortune to know and the fortune to butcher revise previous before formal submission into records, as it is irrelevant. Erik has been a strong asset and can only get stronger as his social and economic ties to the island deepen. Suggested actions: onboard strongly, preferably via Zelda or Comrade Eddie, as they may prove more suitable to forming formal social ties. Improve island communications to more easily convene in case of emergency, both in general and in the specific case of Erik Osborne, who is suited for emergencies both military and medical.
CHRIS FREEMANSEVERE BURNOUT
Comrade Freeman has been extremely ill-served by their former employment and has arrived ill-used and in need of counseling and care. I am not capable of providing either, but as a comrade-in-arms maybe I'll be some help regardless. The pressing need for medical staff here takes second place to their recovery, both as a living person and as an asset. Thankfully I suspect some of the following can be expressed to Comrade Chris's face with them understanding it. Suggested Actions: seek Chris out for advice on the administration and supply of medical teams (note for the record: ask carefully in case their triggers extend further than previously suggested), divert communal support and care to Comrade Chris's well-being, avoid topics of career choice or the appearance of pressure thereupon.
PRINCESS ZELDAMANAGEMENT
In a rational organization and also most irrational ones, Madam Princess Zelda would be in overall command. Though perhaps I should be grateful for the bizarre lack of a formal structure, since we seem to be dating, and that would have to stop if I were reporting to her...her compassion and insight are remarkable assets, as will be her bravery once she has teeth to bite with. She is very warm to be around. Fuck. Rewrite this entire entry before submission to record, I'm getting distracted by my feelings again. Let's at least try to get the last part right. Suggested actions: strengthen ties between Zelda and other contractors of the white-haired lady, secure cooperation and, ideally, overall command under her leadership. Protect and possibly kiss her. Wait. I DID IT AGAIN.
ANNABEL LEE WHITLOCKWASTED POTENTIAL
Here I will be frank and border on the unprofessional: if given the choice between owning my left arm and having Comrade Whitlock on my combat team, I would give up the arm. Unfortunately contact after the Parade Day incident has been sparse, likely due to my own social mistakes (i.e. came on too strong). Zelda appears to have an in here...I may broach the topic with her again and try to meet Comrade Whitlock socially before thinking about her role in the overall project. I owe her an apology on the matter in any event. Suggested actions: apologize & mean it, secure further information on her capabilities for the overall project, secure further information on her tailoring skills (post-apology; I would also give up my left arm for a proper suit).
SALLY BOYLEMISSION CRITICAL ASSET
Though I may have made a poor impression in my hopes for a surgeon (note to self: apologize), Comrade Boyle's status as our only dedicated pharmacologist makes her valuable beyond all measure for the ongoing health of both the project and the community. Long-term consultations will need to be made eventually, possibly sooner rather than later, both for short term objectives such as harm reduction, first aid, and supplying a medical team, and for the long-term scenario of preventing a de facto massacre upon successful disruption of the barrier and restoration of natural death. Personable and friendly, though I get a Backstreets air from her. It's the way her eyes move. Suggested actions: divert extensive resources to the supply and defense of Comrade Boyle's pharmacy and the research of critical medicines. Encourage local clients of appropriate age to apprentice under her for the ongoing health of the community. Prevent monopolization of Comrade Boyle by any faction, here to include my own allies the Ocularum. Until or unless another pharmacy manifests, she must remain neutral ground.
THE SHADEUNKNOWN QUANTITY
I have had minimal meaningful conversations with The Shade, a fellow contractor who claims deathly powers, despite learning tailoring from him on a regular basis. Having sat down to think about this as part of this record I can only conclude that I have fallen prey to a non-anomalous memetic attack; that is, I believe the Shade to be a dad, and, having never had a dad, I am not sure how to cope socially or, as it were, emotionally, when confronted with the powers derived from fatherhood. Suggested actions: deferred until the memetic attack can be breached; possibly consult Comrade Eddie for advice on how to counter dads.
CECIL PALMERCOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
Another mission-critical asset, though from the way he reacts around me I suspect I may be personally unsettling to him for some reason. I'll need to push through; Comrade Cecil's expertise and social acumen will be vital for improving communications channels for the island no matter what else he does. Radio alone could be a game-changer in terms of saving lives, especially if typhoons still get through the barrier - I shudder to think of the cost to lives and infrastructure that would result if one hit without proper warning. Suggested actions: invest significantly in communications technology in consultation with Comrade Cecil, suppress objections to sudden raise in local technology levels that may hold back such a project. This is one arena where preservation of the local culture and the ramifications of rejoining the world with a tech leap cannot be a concern. If the whole world changes because of radio they can deal with it.
FIRST AIDMISSION CRITICAL ASSET (UNFORTUNATELY)
Similar concerns apply to Doctor First Aid as to Doctor Boyle, though I have a greater concern that Doctor First Aid will violate the neutrality of his practice of his own initiative, given his strident political opinions. I unfortunately have no choice but to be somewhat hands-on with this particular project, as much as I'd prefer to palm him off to Zelda and speak no more. As the only qualified surgeon on the island I need him to live, to say nothing of the value to the overall project he represents. Suggested actions: attempt to stress the social necessity of political neutrality, call for backup (i.e. Zelda, Comrade Eddie, possibly Comrade Cecil if he can be persuaded).
GERRYARCHIVES AND RECORDS
Brief initial and only conversation with Comrade Gerry did not, I believe, end in a favorable impression on my part, but I will need to cultivate a better working relationship in order to keep appropriate records. On a more personal note, his fashion and comportment are the most familiar to me of anyone here and it would be nice to have a friend with a touch of home in that way given the otherwise strange fashion and mannerisms of this place. Suggested actions: strengthen social ties on own initiative, gently probe to determine confidentiality and trustworthiness; one's bookbinder knows all of one's secrets.
JON SIMSINFOVORE
Brief initial interaction with Comrade Sims had several unsettling aspects despite its consensual nature; post-encounter examinations suggest subtle memetic compulsion, to unknown limits and only partially known ends. I need to find an approach off the clock; though we now serve together on the same fishing ship, I find it difficult to be fully at ease around Comrade Sims, which can only be a detriment to the overall project. To reach out is my responsibility in this case, though I should also gently probe Zelda to ensure she is not operating under some manner of compulsion. I learned that lesson with Melting Love. Not happening again. Suggested actions: gather information on subject.
LUCASESOTERIC INVESTIGATION
Self-describes as a 'medium', capable of some manner of retrocognition psychometry. Initial contacts were positive but dwindled after exposure of his powers to my past, possibly for the better; though I do not believe there is any personal or professional antipathy, if I am hazardous to Comrade Lucas it is better if we work at a remove from one another. Nebulously connected to Erik Osborne, who can likely serve as his handler. Pleased to report that any social or political complications that might otherwise result from Comrade Lucas's employment in law enforcement are a non-issue thanks to the complete toothlessness of that office. Suggested actions: open and maintain appropriate communication channels to better coordinate while reducing potential memetic hazards.
MORTGIVEN UP ON WRITING THIS PROFESSIONALLY
All attempts at appropriate professional detachment are failing so let's get this out and try again in a month: why is Mort being a cat-person attractive to me in itself. Why does it always feel like I'm about to die when her attention is on me and yet I can't get enough? She's been brave and playful and full of the kind of absolute life I haven't seen on anyone ever and I want to plunge into the fire of her and just burn. Suggested actions: scream into a pillow, work up the nerve to kiss her.
IANTO JONESWILDCARD
Comrade Jones seemingly has similar training and inclinations to myself, and is not to be underestimated without further information. He's aligned himself with Dahlia and her Historical Society, which is convenient in that it's a known factor, but evidence has yet to bear out if his restraint during the Parade Day massacre was professionalism or sentiment. In a best-case scenario he may be a moderating influence on the brewing social conflict, and in a worst-case scenario he's a problem to handle first and handle hard. Suggested actions: find inroads into his social life to get additional information, assess capabilities, determine overall loyalty to the project.
DEGASMORALE OFFICER
Comrade Degas professes belief in supernatural beings ("gods") of unknown provenance, concerning in itself from my perspective. However, he is a highly important element of the community and its overall morale. Is his lack of support staff part of why Pumpkin Hollow has taken such a reactionary stance to the relatively weak siege it's been under? Without more evidence it may be difficult to tell, but I'm not the one to make contact on this end. Hopefully I can at least moderate antagonism between the Ocularum and the Temple via my association with Neil; the threat of withholding assistance is the scorched earth option there, but I'll put it on the table if I have to. Suggested actions: maintain physical defense of the Temple and its grounds.
DAHLIA LEEDSNEPOTISM HIRE
Negligent management gets people killed, but open antagonism needs to be moderated here lest I lose access to the library. Suggested actions: maintain distance, interact through intermediaries when possible.
NEIL WESTUNFORTUNATE ALLY
I wonder if Doctor West appreciates how much weight Zelda's endorsement of him is carrying with me. He seems responsive to a professional affect, which is good; if I had to interact with him as a social peer rather than a collaborator I'm not certain I could maintain this relationship. To put it bluntly, if I showed this man a toaster he'd stick his cock in it in order to measure the voltage. That he would somehow actually measure the voltage in this way in no way makes the behavior less concerning. Suggested actions: manage carefully with an eye towards harm reduction. Someone on this island left the R&D department completely unsupervised and that's the sort of thing that ends in massacres. I am displeased with being that supervision now, de facto if not de jure.
CLIENT EISOLATED ASSET
[Jean's attempt to write a report on Elsie has failed and instead resulted in a pencil sketch of her in soft lines, with the trees and the beach behind her. She is smiling in delight at being understood.] Suggested actions: Careful outreach; divert resources to accessibility and interpretation. Under no circumstances should Client E be made to feel as if she cannot rely on the community.
Pumpkin Hollow Pages Opt-In
Jun. 23rd, 2023 10:24 amDo you like Kirby, Mega-Man, and Metroid? Would you like them if they were a traumatized corporate soldier raised in a hellscape that boggles the imagination? Then welcome to the Pages Opt-In!
What are Pages?
The short answer is: they're the light behind your eyes that makes you who you are. Jean's canon is one in which they received power by extracting it from victims of the Library, enabling Jean to cosplay as said victims and adopt their strengths, weaknesses, and combat techniques. Here in Pumpkin Hollow, the strange intersection of Jean's magic and the island's has altered how they do this and what it might mean, but the core ideas remain the same: Jean can pillage looks, weapons, combat techniques, and inherent strengths and weaknesses from those they can extract a Page from, altering their look, generating clothes and weapons from the Light, and also adopting your gender.
How does Jean get Pages?
Per discussion with the mods before apping, Jean can extract Pages in two ways with some distinct differences. The first is that they might get them from your corpse, either by finding your body or, y'know, by killing you. Highly emotional deaths (in terror and rage, at the height of your triumph, if you somehow died in the middle of that good sex) are more likely to produce Pages; surprise attacks, deaths in your sleep, getting hypnotized into walking into something's mouth, etc are less likely.
The second way is by developing close and meaningful CR, for weal or for woe. This idea is new to Jean, and the resulting Page would be more about the relationship itself, embodying it like some manner of murderous Care Bear and resulting in strange new combat techniques that reify the CR rather than being pillaged from you directly.
What does your character lose if a Page is extracted?
Nothing directly! This is not the Library, you don't need to be turned into a book and become functionally dead. However, it does mean someone is out here using some of your power set, and maybe combining it with others. This is part of the reason for the opt-in! If you'd prefer your character remain strictly unique, or don't like the idea of someone being able to, say, frame you by using your powers, well, here we are.
If you're open to, or actively interested in, getting Pages extracted from your character please Opt-In here by replying! Questions, comments, and such are extremely welcome, as are expressions of specific interest if you've got 'em!
What are Pages?
The short answer is: they're the light behind your eyes that makes you who you are. Jean's canon is one in which they received power by extracting it from victims of the Library, enabling Jean to cosplay as said victims and adopt their strengths, weaknesses, and combat techniques. Here in Pumpkin Hollow, the strange intersection of Jean's magic and the island's has altered how they do this and what it might mean, but the core ideas remain the same: Jean can pillage looks, weapons, combat techniques, and inherent strengths and weaknesses from those they can extract a Page from, altering their look, generating clothes and weapons from the Light, and also adopting your gender.
How does Jean get Pages?
Per discussion with the mods before apping, Jean can extract Pages in two ways with some distinct differences. The first is that they might get them from your corpse, either by finding your body or, y'know, by killing you. Highly emotional deaths (in terror and rage, at the height of your triumph, if you somehow died in the middle of that good sex) are more likely to produce Pages; surprise attacks, deaths in your sleep, getting hypnotized into walking into something's mouth, etc are less likely.
The second way is by developing close and meaningful CR, for weal or for woe. This idea is new to Jean, and the resulting Page would be more about the relationship itself, embodying it like some manner of murderous Care Bear and resulting in strange new combat techniques that reify the CR rather than being pillaged from you directly.
What does your character lose if a Page is extracted?
Nothing directly! This is not the Library, you don't need to be turned into a book and become functionally dead. However, it does mean someone is out here using some of your power set, and maybe combining it with others. This is part of the reason for the opt-in! If you'd prefer your character remain strictly unique, or don't like the idea of someone being able to, say, frame you by using your powers, well, here we are.
If you're open to, or actively interested in, getting Pages extracted from your character please Opt-In here by replying! Questions, comments, and such are extremely welcome, as are expressions of specific interest if you've got 'em!
Permissions Post
May. 13th, 2023 06:16 pmPLAYER
NAME: Vox
CONTACT: prince_of_knives#2373 on Discord
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: I'm on EST and tend to work retail so who even knows but when I'm on I tend to be fast
BRACKETS/PROSE: Prose
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Mocking male abuse victims
CONTACT: prince_of_knives#2373 on Discord
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: I'm on EST and tend to work retail so who even knows but when I'm on I tend to be fast
BRACKETS/PROSE: Prose
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Mocking male abuse victims
IN CHARACTER
PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Yes!
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Good god yes. This poor creature is not likely to initiate but they might if they think they're protecting someone else.
RELATIONSHIPS: Open for business but likely to be...not closed off at first but someone might need to teach Jean that caring for others is socially acceptable.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Jean is not inherently psychic or psionic and does not have special defenses against mental intrusion (though see below); that said, this poor bastard has seen man-made horrors beyond A. their comprehension and B. usually the comprehension of their creators, victims, and also selves. Contact me if you're gonna go diving and we can plot something neat!
MAGICAL INFORMATION: Oh boy, buckle in. Most of this information will, deliberately, change or bend for whatever game(s) Jean is apped to, but this is the baseline from which variations are made.
Assistant Librarian: Jean's physical form is composed of the Light which powers the Library at which they are employed. In almost all ways they're a physical human person; they eat, drink, and sleep, they bleed, you can touch them and sense their mind, all of that. However, Jean's current skill set and equipment is determined by the Page they're wearing. Do they have something from a cowboy? Meet Cowboy Jean and their lasso skills. Have they instead donned Neo from The Matrix? Maybe expect some cut-rate telekinesis and kung fu. Are they wearing Shrek? They have layers now. Jean cannot change Pages on the fly, and requires access both to the actual physical Pages and time to doff and don them. If they're being Cowboy Jean for an event and aliens attack or something, they're a cowboy for the whole alien attack until or unless someone can get them the cover needed to change.
Warrior of the City: The martial arts of the City get a bit...intense. Jean can parry bullets and less tangible attacks (Lovecraftian shrieks, mind lasers, fireballs, just to grab some examples from their canon). They still need to actually execute the parry correctly, and of course the Page they're wearing will influence how successful such a move can even be (i.e. it's easier to parry if they're, say, wearing the Green Knight than it's going to be if they're currently wearing a barista).
Emotion Level: As a situation gets more emotionally intense, Jean gets second winds, recovering from exhaustion but not wounds. In their canon this is used in combats but I'm extending it to other situations here (square dances, sex, running from the Indiana Jones boulder) both as a logical extension and 'cause I think it's funny.
Death Animation: Jean's body explodes into flying pages of light when they die. Their currently worn Page can then be picked up from where they fell, along with any 'real' objects Jean was carrying (that is, a sword generated by a swordmaster Page vanishes with the body, but a cell phone given to them as part of the setting will hit the ground).
MEDICAL INFORMATION: Jean lives and dies like a human being; examinations of their physiology may turn up signs of lifelong food insecurity (only recently corrected), minor cybernetic augmentation, and superhuman reflexes. Whatever's going on in Jean's nervous system, humans aren't supposed to live like that. Jean's pupils do not dilate and their night vision is therefore shit.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Magical birds. Ask them about it when they're drunk and you may get a Tale.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Good god yes. This poor creature is not likely to initiate but they might if they think they're protecting someone else.
RELATIONSHIPS: Open for business but likely to be...not closed off at first but someone might need to teach Jean that caring for others is socially acceptable.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Jean is not inherently psychic or psionic and does not have special defenses against mental intrusion (though see below); that said, this poor bastard has seen man-made horrors beyond A. their comprehension and B. usually the comprehension of their creators, victims, and also selves. Contact me if you're gonna go diving and we can plot something neat!
MAGICAL INFORMATION: Oh boy, buckle in. Most of this information will, deliberately, change or bend for whatever game(s) Jean is apped to, but this is the baseline from which variations are made.
Assistant Librarian: Jean's physical form is composed of the Light which powers the Library at which they are employed. In almost all ways they're a physical human person; they eat, drink, and sleep, they bleed, you can touch them and sense their mind, all of that. However, Jean's current skill set and equipment is determined by the Page they're wearing. Do they have something from a cowboy? Meet Cowboy Jean and their lasso skills. Have they instead donned Neo from The Matrix? Maybe expect some cut-rate telekinesis and kung fu. Are they wearing Shrek? They have layers now. Jean cannot change Pages on the fly, and requires access both to the actual physical Pages and time to doff and don them. If they're being Cowboy Jean for an event and aliens attack or something, they're a cowboy for the whole alien attack until or unless someone can get them the cover needed to change.
Warrior of the City: The martial arts of the City get a bit...intense. Jean can parry bullets and less tangible attacks (Lovecraftian shrieks, mind lasers, fireballs, just to grab some examples from their canon). They still need to actually execute the parry correctly, and of course the Page they're wearing will influence how successful such a move can even be (i.e. it's easier to parry if they're, say, wearing the Green Knight than it's going to be if they're currently wearing a barista).
Emotion Level: As a situation gets more emotionally intense, Jean gets second winds, recovering from exhaustion but not wounds. In their canon this is used in combats but I'm extending it to other situations here (square dances, sex, running from the Indiana Jones boulder) both as a logical extension and 'cause I think it's funny.
Death Animation: Jean's body explodes into flying pages of light when they die. Their currently worn Page can then be picked up from where they fell, along with any 'real' objects Jean was carrying (that is, a sword generated by a swordmaster Page vanishes with the body, but a cell phone given to them as part of the setting will hit the ground).
MEDICAL INFORMATION: Jean lives and dies like a human being; examinations of their physiology may turn up signs of lifelong food insecurity (only recently corrected), minor cybernetic augmentation, and superhuman reflexes. Whatever's going on in Jean's nervous system, humans aren't supposed to live like that. Jean's pupils do not dilate and their night vision is therefore shit.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Magical birds. Ask them about it when they're drunk and you may get a Tale.
OUT OF CHARACTER
BACKTAGGING: Feel free!
THREADHOPPING: Ask first
FOURTHWALLING: Also ask first
NOT INTERESTED IN: If something comes up I'll let you know
THREADHOPPING: Ask first
FOURTHWALLING: Also ask first
NOT INTERESTED IN: If something comes up I'll let you know
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
VISUAL: Jean's a relatively short kinda person, 'round five-five in boots, with short and rough-cut black hair, but their most defining feature is just. The resting slasher face. Jean's neutral expression is wide-eyed with a toothy grin; legitimately that's where their face goes to rest, not helped by whatever medical condition they have that stops their pupils from dilating. They're perfectly expressive once you talk to them! Friendly even! They make normal human expressions! And yet, the face.
AURAL: Jean makes your usual human noises but they do tend to have volume control issues due to enthusiasm.
OLFACTORY: Jean's scents are curiously neutral; though they make usual human scents (they sweat, they cry, they can bleed), there's a...secondhand quality, to them, as if the scent in question was a well-made perfume rather than a biological process.
DEMEANOUR: Jean is protective, enthusiastic, and bombastic. They tend to laugh wildly in the face of danger, and in other situations still tend to leap in with both feet. They have an odd combination of confidence and servility; Jean will kick the ass of any task you assign them (they claim), but, uh, can you assign them a task please?
AURAL: Jean makes your usual human noises but they do tend to have volume control issues due to enthusiasm.
OLFACTORY: Jean's scents are curiously neutral; though they make usual human scents (they sweat, they cry, they can bleed), there's a...secondhand quality, to them, as if the scent in question was a well-made perfume rather than a biological process.
DEMEANOUR: Jean is protective, enthusiastic, and bombastic. They tend to laugh wildly in the face of danger, and in other situations still tend to leap in with both feet. They have an odd combination of confidence and servility; Jean will kick the ass of any task you assign them (they claim), but, uh, can you assign them a task please?
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