first SOTP???????????????

[everythingoes]

I'm still new enough and don't have enough threads to really merit one of these but I love a good bandwagon!!




Colton: Not much going on at the moment! Just acclimating and worrying about Danny/Enfield and waiting for this place to either send him back or bring Danny here.


* There are a few things in particular he's been struggling with:

- He's from 1876 and has spent his most of his existence stuck in a tower so technology is a big ??? find him struggling to do basic things on a computer like copy paste, just like your grandpa. Kinda weird about the phone, probably wants to use it but is intimidated and mostly just leaves it in his bag where it can't intimidate him.

Thusly~ he's also never been to school before so that's been A Lot for him. I would love to thread with other teenagers at school if anyone wants to.

- He misses his booooooooyfriend. puke, get over it Colton!!


* Because He Is A Ghost Who Does Not Realize He's A Ghost:

- So back in his world Colton couldn't leave his tower (SORT OF. He could observe the town with his clock spirit powers and also ended up being able to leave the tower a short distance, ig he just never bothered pre-Danny.) and he wasn't supposed to be able to leave Enfield BUT there was one way, which was to take the central cog from his clock tower and that gave him enough energy to sorta exist beyond Enfield. I was gonna keep this going in Darrow, but it didn't make much sense considering time doesn't work that way here, so I just have him at full energy. which MEANS

he can't dream anymore! something he'd only been able to do when he left Enfield because he was at such low energy

his dreams turned out to be memories of when he was actually alive and a person (to his knowledge he has always been just a clock spirit) which means he has no more clues of his past life. so I'll do something with that......eventually. because from the point I took him he was kinda sus of them already.

(also damn @ being in love with past life!boyfriend Castor from his dreams and Danny irl lol)

- ftr he's not telling most people he's a clock spirit, because clock spirits were a myth back in his world. even though he's figured out that no one here knows wtf that is, he's still like Nothing To See Here But A Normal Human and just trying to blend in until he can get back home (like wearing a winter coat because everyone else does, even though he doesn't need that shit)

also very protecc of his cog/gears which he carries in a backpack of sorts everywhere


* OMG A METEOR

- Because Colton is so naïve and unworldly I want him to find the Alien Cult and buy into it and really Believe the aliens are gonna save the town! I don't want him to actually join the cult bc creepy, but I want him to get into it because if I have a character and they aren't doing something dumb I'm not having fun!


* Valentines~

- I'll have to look up what Valentine's Day was like in 1876 England, but no matter, Colton will just be pining for Danny and Castor haha and being a sad


Me??: haha still feeling insecure about being back, like I left and no one wants me here again~ but I'm always insecure about all sorts of things so I'm trying not to let this be a thing my brain dwells on. I spent a good chunk of 2020 feeling unmotivated in every aspect of my life, mainly because of the pandemic and general state of the world (and my host of mental Things: ~*~depression~*~ ~*~anxiety~*~ and ~*~adhd~*~ + physical fatigue) but I'm making a real effort, especially now that 45 is gone, to not let myself spend this year in a fucking fugue state.

If our marriage certificate ever actually gets here that means I'll have health insurance again and maybe I can get the sleep apnea treated which would be a huge help. Because I will say even pre-pandemic I was struggling extremely hard just having enough energy to write, which is a big part of why I left the game/rp. Working zapped my energy so badly. Now that I don't have a job bc of covid my sleep schedule is super fucked, but at least I can get enough sleep to where I don't feel dead all the time.

Lastly, there are some family health things going on that have really affected Will and I, so my mood which is usually all over the place is especially all over the place lately.

Anyway!! mini therapy vent over, as far as the game goes I'm just looking forward to some fun shenanigans, and with just the one pup even the personal stuff doesn't really get in the way of threads rn so no problems there.

Comments

[gripyfish]

Rosie is always happy for more teen friends! Depending which school he's going to, we could even do a little something with her, like, helping him figure out class schedules or something, idk.

Additionally, Darlington has experience with a) history and b) ghosts, so seeing what happens with putting him and Colton together (especially considering he's already met Alex) might be fun too.

[everythingoes]

OH MAN I FORGOT THERE WERE SEPERATE SCHOOLS. Is there one a majority of the playing chars go to?? /o\

But yes I'd love to thread with both! :D Colton is kind of a weird teenager because he acts young, but also he's existed for hundreds of years so he's also not a kid? So I feel like he can easily get along with all ages of people.

[gripyfish]

So you already got the answer to this on Twitter, pretty much, but I think most of the played characters are at Darrow High now, though Rosie and a few others are/were across town at Petros High. Even if Colton's at Darrow, we should still do a thing for him and Rosie--maybe there's a cafe people from both schools do their homework at or something, idk.

[everythingoes]

Yes of course! I was going to write a private EP anyway so I'll put a prompt in it that Rosie could tag if you want? :)

[everythingoes]

I wrote a thing if you wanna tag it! <3 just let me know if you don't wanna do that third prompt since I only wrote one thing outside of school ^^

https://sunshine-on-metal.dreamwidth.org/946.html

[gripyfish]

ahhhh, lovely! If he's going to be at Darrow, the third prompt probably makes the most sense for a meeting between him and Rosie, and she'd definitely help him rescue a cat/make sure he's okay after being jumped. I'll try to hit it up today!

[everythingoes]

Yes! I made an out of school prompt with Rosie in mind. idk why it was a cat in a tree, it was really late and my mind went blank XD

[campraeden]

I really, really, really enjoyed (am enjoying? Technically it's still going!) threading Regan off of this dumb babie, and she's looking forward to seeing him around and helping him out as he needs. She really likes looking out for people; as much as she won't admit it, it reminds her of looking out for Marcus and Beau ha ha ha and makes her feel like she has a little more purpose.

[everythingoes]

THANK YOU FOR CALLING HIM WHAT HE IS. Which school does Regan go to btw? I've just been reminded there are two high schools so I guess I gotta pick one. XD

(Beau?) I'd love to thread them at school together!

[campraeden]

She goes to Darrow High! She's actually my first school-aged pup who did lmfao everyone else, Caleb included, went to Petros XD

(ha ha her brother that died at the beginning of her canon and she blames herself it's fine)

[everythingoes]

Okay i'm gonna send Colton to Darrow since Regan is there and most of the kids are! I'm gonna make a private EP at school, I know we already have a thread but if you wanna ftb on that or thread both we could >.>

(OH RIGHT the poor babby ;__;)

[everythingoes]

(here if you wanna tag it at any time /o\ https://sunshine-on-metal.dreamwidth.org/946.html )

[andrealyn]

I meant to tag Nicky into his debut, but then I was away from computer for a while, BUT I WANT NICKY TO MEET HIM! He was around in 1876 and understands what it's like to pine for someone, so I very much do want those two to meet.

[everythingoes]

That's okay! I'd love to thread with you again at any time. ;__; Also yay for time period-related friends, what is Nicky's canon?

I'll either make a post closer to the meteor thing, or a top level if there's some kind of gathering for that! If not he does have a tl in the snow post.

[intheenditslove]

Jamie is a teen! Which... you know. XD But he and Colton could be a lot of fun.

I AM ENJOYING HIM AND SWEENEY SO MUCH, TOO.

[everythingoes]

I would be very happy to thread with Jamie! :D Is he still in hs? If not we could do a thread anywhere~

YES HIS BIG DRAGON BUDDY ;__;

[intheenditslove]

Yep! He's in his senior year right now!

[everythingoes]

Okay great! Colton is also a senior even if he's never been to school before lol... I'm writing up a private EP for school stuff so we could do a thread there if you want? I know you have your exam coming up so it's okay if you wanna wait til after that, or I'm fine with slowplaying :)

[everythingoes]

i have 0 chill so I wrote a private EP here! you can tag with Jamie and Marcus, or just one! whoever bc I know you're busy ^^

https://sunshine-on-metal.dreamwidth.org/946.html

[wildefae]

Either or both of my 1800s pups are available for Colton, when I get my shit together? Grantaire will probably be a bit of a mess in the near future, but he understands not getting technology (though now, five and a half years away from Paris, he does do things like text) and pining, so, you know, there's that. And Eponine is still, technically, a teenager (even if she's getting the fuck out of high school this spring) and hangs with teenagers, so that makes sense.

Also, of course, Blue, if he wants to suddenly feel a lot less ghostly in...whatever way suits his canon. If he has his cog and his cog is his energy source, it might not do MUCH, but he might feel SOMETHING.

[sunshine_on_metal]

I'm happy to play with any of yours!! Whoever you're feeling whenever you wanna thread. :D

so Colton's ghost thing works differently than Noah - when he's at full energy (at home, that's in his tower or close to his tower in Enfield) he's perfectly solid and can pass for a person. The farther he gets from his tower the more faded~ he gets, though the cog can keep him solid enough that most people probably wouldn't notice.

however since Darrow doesn't work like his canon, time just runs linear and normal and doesn't need the clock towers to function so I just have him at full energy all the time in game. i could have gone with his cog still giving him power like when he leaves Enfield in canon, but it still wouldn't really make sense bc time doesn't work the same way.

[wildefae]

Hmm! I don't know if he'd notice anything especially weird about Blue then, but if you think of something (a power or an effect he has/that things have on him/etc) that you want to play with, or just have her feel unusually nice to be around, whatever -- ball's in your court!

I suppose the obvious one is that if she canonically makes ghosts feel more human, he could get flashes of his human life around her the way he might have when he was dreaming, but that seems like a big plot thing to just HAPPEN. It might be something to keep in our back pockets for later if that's something you ARE interested in, since I want (always, I'm so bad about it) her to start developing her powers and her finesse with them a little bit more. If that isn't something you're interested in doing, of course, no pressure!

[sir_samuel]

Ahhhh, okay, I have NO idea how their interaction would go, given that Vimes is Old and Grumpy, but this dummy literally threw his phone into the ocean his first month in Darrow and enjoys complaining about modern technology! Also, you know, he's from psudo-Victorian England and fairly chill about the undead?? idk, I am just suddenly amused by the idea of him somehow running into Colton!

[everythingoes]

HELLO You probably don't know this about me (bc I don't know why you would lol) but I'm a Big Fan of the Night Watch series. XD It's been awhile since I've read them, but way back in the day I even used to play Angua! SO YES I would love to thread with Vimes! Plus they have kinda opposite personalities so that's always fun!

[sir_samuel]

Ahahaha, I DO know that, because I am the same Becca who played Vimes at TR. XD But yes, let's definitely throw these two at each other!

(Sidenote: I just finished re-reading The Fifth Elephant for the millionth time, so I'm full of Angua feelings at the moment. LOVE HER.)

[everythingoes]

OMFG I'M SO DUMB I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE I WAS TALKIGN TO YOU SADJFDJK I guess this is what I get for not exploring the wiki to see who's playing who since I got back. I should have known from the icons though. XD Also this is the same username you had on LJ isn't it?

UGH I LOVE HER TOO, SO MUCH. I LOVE ALL OF THEM D:

[sir_samuel]

Ahahahaha NO WORRIES. Yeah, it's the same journal name and I'm still using de Niro as the PB. But I totally understand!! I'm never sure who anyone plans, lolol.

SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT THEM XD

[melly]

i wanna talk more Ahn and Colton being buddies when i have time, i'm gonna start rambling at you on discord and we can just send each other jimin and jinyoung gifs, ok? ok

[everythingoes]

Sounds good to me XD Also I really need to watch Ahn's canon, as I have never actually watched a k-drama!

[melly]

NEVER? Oh boy, they're wild rides, to say the least lmaoooo