Lorerei
beware the violet brigade
Lorerei's Library
"ᴀ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ ɪs ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪғ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍs."
:: the player ⇊
"ᴀ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ ɪs ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪғ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍs."
:: the player ⇊
- Years of roleplay experience.
- Daily replies when possible.
- Plays females primarily, but will play males when the mood strikes, or as secondaries.
- F/M and M/M.
- Friendly, understanding. Been around the block a few times, despite being new to this site.
- Para/literary, third POV, past tense. Willing to use present.
- Will consider thread dead after seven days of inactivity without warning.
- Looking for two-three partners. Reply here or contact privately.
“Well, I was hoping to see if that neighbor of yours down the road was going to drive by in his new flashy car and give me a chance to ogle him for a while.” Thyone kidded, referring to the oldest son of the family that owned the vineyards several miles to the east of Rosmerta’s farm. In the intervening ten years since he’d taken to meandering in their direction, first on foot, then on horse, motorcycle and finally a lovely little black Alfa Romeo Spider, he’d grown into a fine specimen of eye candy who still misguidedly believed they didn’t notice him doing a U-turn a mile down the road and driving back since there was nothing up that road for another twenty kilometers. As far as Thyone was aware, he’d never quite taken either courage or audacity by the hand and actually stopped for a conversation.
She held up the basket, hand under the base since it was heavy. “Hors d’oeuvre, oui toujours et pour toujours. Good to see you as well. Is that mulled wine I smell?” Thyone asked smoothly, weaving the questions and answers together as only old friends could do. Though in comparison to their lifespans their friendship was not long, they had much in common. One of which was, of course, the love of good food and good wine. A mutual appreciation for France was enough to bond even perfect strangers who might have otherwise detested each other.
The smell of the cooking stew combined with the underlying sweet spice of real mulled wine was a rich bouquet that, though not familiar from her childhood, still inspired images of hearths and snowy winters in the mind’s eye. Thyone carried the basket into the kitchen once she was inside the house, since that was where they always gravitated to sooner or later, more so when something was being cooked and needed an eye on.
:: the requirements ⇊
:: the ideas ⇊
To simplify, characters will always be referred to below as Alpha, Beta. Unless otherwise stated, I will usually be interested in playing Alpha.
1. Alea Iacta Est: Fantasy / Action
In a world where magic is worthless without knowledge, and Mages zealously guard their spells, Alpha is a strange young woman who requires the skill of a thief with experience in stealing from Mages. Beta is precisely the person she's looking for. She's willing to pay him well, and he's, well, intrigued. It's not often people fearlessly seek him out. But as he learns she's more than willing to risk her life to steal from the most powerful Mages in the land, he has to wonder; who or what is Alpha, and is the paycheck worth it?
Notes: Something rather epic, Tamora Pierce meets Ocean's Eleven; rich world building, and an intricate magic system which may or may not be about to come crashing down. Genders are interchangeable.
2. Bouncing off padded walls: Contemporary / Psychic
They're the teenagers no one wants and are too dangerous to be left alone; they have psychic powers, and most of them have no clue how to use or contain them. In comes the government, putting them in a secret safe house with a few adults to keep an eye on them, expecting them to behave and to not kill each other. If avoidable.
Alpha can't control her dreams; she's not sure if they're premonitions or nightmares, but one thing's for sure. From the moment she meets Beta, she knows they're going to be important to one another. How? Why? That's a little more difficult to say, but Alpha's had unsettling visions about fire and death, and she's starting to think that there's someone else out there pulling all their strings. Trapped in a house with people she's not sure she can count on, trusting Beta may be the only chance she has.
Notes: Obviously this is a slightly darker storyline from the get-go, some conspiracy and difficult in dealing with both their powers and the tentative relationships with those around them, as well as their pasts. Can work as M/M.
3. Contract; Alternate History Earth / Fantasy
Monsters have existed on earth for well on eight hundred years. The crusade wars? Those were against monsters. So on and so forth. Yet, for the differences this caused, the modern world is remarkably familiar. American Idol is still on air. The Kardashians are still awful. The difference? Well, along with monsters, the world was also invaded by a far more friendly populace; the Guardians, who backed the humans in the fight. In the end, a truce was struck. The Guardians would leave earth, only to be summoned by specially trained humans -- and the rest of the monsters would live peacefully, given the same rights as human beings. In present day, Russia is recognized as the motherland of monsters, though they're everywhere; vampires, satyrs, shapeshifters, nagas, the like. Going to work. Paying bills. It's not perfect, and monster racism still exists, but the Guardians, along with their human partners, are there to put a stop to that, as well as take care of rogue monsters who still fight against the treaty.
Today is Alpha's final Summoning Ceremony. Her first year at the academy, she actually failed; rarely does a second chance succeed.
Of course, someone does answer the summons, and thus begins a new partnership of Summoner and Guardian, learning to deal with one another -- and the rising threat of terrorism.
Notes: Willing to switch from Summoner to Guardian. Guardian may be an entirely original being or based off a mythical creature.
4. like fire and powder; urban paranormal / fantasy
Like Shakespeare's Capulets and Montagues, Beta and Alpha's families have been fierce enemies for so long that the original sin is negligible compared to the atrocities they have heaped upon each other since. A key difference, however; war between powerful families is bad enough. War between powerful witch families are even worse. Add in the ancient custom of arranged marriages which are chosen by an arcane ritual that reveals soulmates, and you arrive at Alpha and Beta's current difficulty.
As children, the Law of Magic placed them together. This, of course, was not tolerated, and in an unheard of move, the families viciously declined the customary betrothal. Now adults expected to assume positions of power within their families, and robbed of what should have been a close relationship since the ceremony, they're utter strangers to one another, forced by the Grand Covens to treat each other civilly, even as their families constantly seek to weaken the other.
Destiny says they're meant to be together. Society expects them to be the ones who somehow negate all the bad blood that has brewed for centuries. Their families demand they hate each other.
It's a wonder neither of them has cracked yet.
Notes: I've some idea for world building here, something almost vaguely Harry Potter-ish in that witches live secretly in plain view of humans but have their own private society and norms they're expected to follow. This is a bit, more straightforwardly romantic than the other plots, but there's a lot of different paths to take with it.
:: the extra
If none of those grab your eye, but you'd still like to play, feel free to still contact me. Those are just a handful of ideas to get started, I'm more than willing to work on other things.
She held up the basket, hand under the base since it was heavy. “Hors d’oeuvre, oui toujours et pour toujours. Good to see you as well. Is that mulled wine I smell?” Thyone asked smoothly, weaving the questions and answers together as only old friends could do. Though in comparison to their lifespans their friendship was not long, they had much in common. One of which was, of course, the love of good food and good wine. A mutual appreciation for France was enough to bond even perfect strangers who might have otherwise detested each other.
The smell of the cooking stew combined with the underlying sweet spice of real mulled wine was a rich bouquet that, though not familiar from her childhood, still inspired images of hearths and snowy winters in the mind’s eye. Thyone carried the basket into the kitchen once she was inside the house, since that was where they always gravitated to sooner or later, more so when something was being cooked and needed an eye on.
:: the requirements ⇊
- Must posses decent grammar, syntax and spelling. Please provide or link to a sample.
- Must be able to post at least once every couple days.
- Para/literary, third POV, past or present tense. Must consistently reply two paragraphs or more.
:: the ideas ⇊
To simplify, characters will always be referred to below as Alpha, Beta. Unless otherwise stated, I will usually be interested in playing Alpha.
1. Alea Iacta Est: Fantasy / Action
In a world where magic is worthless without knowledge, and Mages zealously guard their spells, Alpha is a strange young woman who requires the skill of a thief with experience in stealing from Mages. Beta is precisely the person she's looking for. She's willing to pay him well, and he's, well, intrigued. It's not often people fearlessly seek him out. But as he learns she's more than willing to risk her life to steal from the most powerful Mages in the land, he has to wonder; who or what is Alpha, and is the paycheck worth it?
Notes: Something rather epic, Tamora Pierce meets Ocean's Eleven; rich world building, and an intricate magic system which may or may not be about to come crashing down. Genders are interchangeable.
2. Bouncing off padded walls: Contemporary / Psychic
They're the teenagers no one wants and are too dangerous to be left alone; they have psychic powers, and most of them have no clue how to use or contain them. In comes the government, putting them in a secret safe house with a few adults to keep an eye on them, expecting them to behave and to not kill each other. If avoidable.
Alpha can't control her dreams; she's not sure if they're premonitions or nightmares, but one thing's for sure. From the moment she meets Beta, she knows they're going to be important to one another. How? Why? That's a little more difficult to say, but Alpha's had unsettling visions about fire and death, and she's starting to think that there's someone else out there pulling all their strings. Trapped in a house with people she's not sure she can count on, trusting Beta may be the only chance she has.
Notes: Obviously this is a slightly darker storyline from the get-go, some conspiracy and difficult in dealing with both their powers and the tentative relationships with those around them, as well as their pasts. Can work as M/M.
3. Contract; Alternate History Earth / Fantasy
Monsters have existed on earth for well on eight hundred years. The crusade wars? Those were against monsters. So on and so forth. Yet, for the differences this caused, the modern world is remarkably familiar. American Idol is still on air. The Kardashians are still awful. The difference? Well, along with monsters, the world was also invaded by a far more friendly populace; the Guardians, who backed the humans in the fight. In the end, a truce was struck. The Guardians would leave earth, only to be summoned by specially trained humans -- and the rest of the monsters would live peacefully, given the same rights as human beings. In present day, Russia is recognized as the motherland of monsters, though they're everywhere; vampires, satyrs, shapeshifters, nagas, the like. Going to work. Paying bills. It's not perfect, and monster racism still exists, but the Guardians, along with their human partners, are there to put a stop to that, as well as take care of rogue monsters who still fight against the treaty.
Today is Alpha's final Summoning Ceremony. Her first year at the academy, she actually failed; rarely does a second chance succeed.
Of course, someone does answer the summons, and thus begins a new partnership of Summoner and Guardian, learning to deal with one another -- and the rising threat of terrorism.
Notes: Willing to switch from Summoner to Guardian. Guardian may be an entirely original being or based off a mythical creature.
4. like fire and powder; urban paranormal / fantasy
Like Shakespeare's Capulets and Montagues, Beta and Alpha's families have been fierce enemies for so long that the original sin is negligible compared to the atrocities they have heaped upon each other since. A key difference, however; war between powerful families is bad enough. War between powerful witch families are even worse. Add in the ancient custom of arranged marriages which are chosen by an arcane ritual that reveals soulmates, and you arrive at Alpha and Beta's current difficulty.
As children, the Law of Magic placed them together. This, of course, was not tolerated, and in an unheard of move, the families viciously declined the customary betrothal. Now adults expected to assume positions of power within their families, and robbed of what should have been a close relationship since the ceremony, they're utter strangers to one another, forced by the Grand Covens to treat each other civilly, even as their families constantly seek to weaken the other.
Destiny says they're meant to be together. Society expects them to be the ones who somehow negate all the bad blood that has brewed for centuries. Their families demand they hate each other.
It's a wonder neither of them has cracked yet.
Notes: I've some idea for world building here, something almost vaguely Harry Potter-ish in that witches live secretly in plain view of humans but have their own private society and norms they're expected to follow. This is a bit, more straightforwardly romantic than the other plots, but there's a lot of different paths to take with it.
:: the extra
If none of those grab your eye, but you'd still like to play, feel free to still contact me. Those are just a handful of ideas to get started, I'm more than willing to work on other things.
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