Disorient Express AU Brainstorming

[thedirectors]

Welcome, dear players, to Grief Street! You've joined us for tonight's episode, The Disorient Express, a murder mystery aboard a train with secrets and inter-character drama galore.

Given the nature of the game and application, we've provided a collaborative space for you to brainstorm with your fellow players about your AU'd characters. This is where you'll be able to figure out who they are, what they're doing here, and also what relationships they might have to other characters on the train. Relationships can be as simple as "Character A and Character B are gossip buddies", or as spicy as "Character A is having an affair with Character B and is plotting to help kill their spouse". Have fun with it!

Remember to be respectful of each other's ideas! If you have any questions or want to talk about something you want to keep secret, feel free to reach out at wolfnoir or on Discord at wolfnoir#4990.

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Player Name: That's you!
Character Name: You can also add their AU name here, if you're changing their name.
Canon: If they have one, that is.

Age: How old is your character?
Occupation: Describe what they do for a living!
Appearance: A brief visual description of your character, if you're changing the way they look/dress/etc.

About: Write a few sentences about your character's AU. This doesn't have to be finalized in the slightest, but it'll help give people an idea of what your character's vibes are! It can be in paragraph or bullet point form--whatever gets the point across.

Looking For: What sort of established relationships are you looking for? Family, friends, enemies, rivals, etc? You may also want to discuss are potential relationship hooks (occupation, country of origin, habits, etc) to help others collaborate with you. You're also encouraged to integrate other player characters into your own character's secrets!

Additional Notes: Anything else you want to put down!

<b>Player Name:</b> That's you! <b>Character Name:</b> You can also add their AU name here, if you're changing their name. <b>Canon:</b> If they have one, that is. <b>Age:</b> How old is your character? <b>Occupation:</b> Describe what they do for a living! <b>Appearance:</b> A brief visual description of your character, if you're changing the way they look/dress/etc. <b>About:</b> Write a few sentences about your character's AU. This doesn't have to be finalized in the slightest, but it'll help give people an idea of what your character's vibes are! It can be in paragraph or bullet point form--whatever gets the point across. <b>Looking For:</b> What sort of established relationships are you looking for? Family, friends, enemies, rivals, etc? You may also want to discuss are potential relationship hooks (occupation, country of origin, habits, etc) to help others collaborate with you. <b>Additional Notes:</b> Anything else you want to put down!

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[agoddeal]

DROPS ANOTHER OFFPUTTING LADY WITH GHOST CONNECTIONS AND LITERARY ASPIRATIONS ON HER HEAD

i think. they would be terrible friends. If Hu Tao hasn't been abroad much, maybe they could have met while Kotoko was travelling. possibly because of ghosts??

[whodie]

YESSSS THIS IS WHY THEY NEED TO BE FRONDS :D :DD me reading Kotoko's info and gradually vibrating harder

I forgot to mention that Hu Tao probably started eastward and has been through Japan and America before yeeting herself to Europe for train times, so they could have met not long before game start during travels, or further before that on other (ghost-related, youkai-related, part of her side gig is placating evil/restless spirits, good times) travels or shenanigans! Are you keeping her youkai stuff because it sounds like A Good Time for them to trade notes ~

(also Kotoko what's going on with your romantic endeavors, why are you so hung up on goats, help)

[agoddeal]

LISTEN. HER TASTE IS IMPECCABLE (kotoko no) (kotoko stop)

Now I'm definitely keeping her youkai stuff because this is too perfect. In canon, little youkai usually come crying to Kotoko about supernatural or human-related problems in their area, so maybe she showed up to check out an evil spirit situation that Hu Tao was there to banish. Since Kotoko's entire strategy for managing spirits is "thwack them with cane" she'd be so glad for someone else to do it, LMAO

[whodie]

IT'S OKAY HU TAO WON'T JUDGE. She might enable. It's truly terrible.

Hahaha for Hu Tao in canon she's usually dealing with adepti, but that might be too complicated supernatural worldbuilding for this setting so I might have her stick to ghosts and general hauntings and spiritual stuff! And I mean. Hu Tao's solution can either involve ritual (may not work as well on foreign ghosts unless she learns the method) or swinging Boo Tao (please see icon) like a very stretchy baseball bat, sooooo.

We're good at this. \o/

So they probably ran into each other maybe in Japan or America or somewheres and had a ghosties adventure together, perfect. :DDD