TDM 1 ⬡ The Oval Portrait

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	Casting Call The Oval Portrait Edgar Allan Poe »» "Long — long I read — and devoutly, devotedly I gazed." Name: The Aristocrat Casting Call: Characters with a Birthday from September through December Physical Notes: Desperately wounded, to the point of being bedridden, but not losing consciousness. Personality Notes: Curious, and prone to becoming enraptured by the pursuit of learning about whatever has caught their curiosity. Mildly delirious due to injury. Compulsions: To learn about their surroundings, whether through study of the portraits in the chateau apartment, conversation with a companion, or ill-advised exploration. «« »» "We established ourselves in one of the smallest and least sumptuously furnished apartments." Name: The Valet Casting Call: Characters with an Unknown Birthday Physical Notes: Older than The Aristocrat by ≥ 5 years. Personality Notes: Willing and able (by force or by cleverness) to break in to a home for the well-being of their employer. A caretaker by nature. Compulsions: To see that The Aristocrat is comfortable for the night and their wounds are tended to, and to get some rest themselves once their duty is complete. In the absence of The Aristocrat, The Valet is free to act as they please. «« »» "She was a maiden of rarest beauty, and not more lovely than full of glee." Name: The Maiden Casting Call: Characters with a birthday from May through August Physical Notes: Young, aged from 15-20. Personality Notes: All smiles, loving and cherishing of all things, hating only The Painter's art, for they deprive them of their lover. Compulsions: To live life to the fullest, to love, to be happy... But also to make their husband, The Painter happy, by being a good and willing subject for his portraiture, should he ask. ⬡ Will slowly waste away and die, should they sit and allow themselves to be painted. «« »» "And evil was the hour when she saw, and loved, and wedded the painter." Name: The Painter Casting Call: Characters with a birthday from January through April Physical Notes: Older than the maiden by ≥ 10 years. Personality Notes: Passionate, studious, austere, wild, moody. More in love with his art than his wife. Compulsions: To paint. To paint, and paint, and paint some more. To ask their lovely wife to be the subject for their next piece, and to throw themselves into the completion of it. ⬡ Unaware they are doing harm with their painting, until it is complete. «« code @ efryndiel The Chateau ⬡ Common Cast Characters most likely to originate in The Chateau are The Aristocrat and The Valet ⬡ Literary Description "To all appearance it had been temporarily and very lately abandoned. We established ourselves in one of the smallest and least sumptuously furnished apartments. It lay in a remote turret of the building. Its decorations were rich, yet tattered and antique. Its walls were hung with tapestry and bedecked with manifold and multiform armorial trophies, together with an unusually great number of very spirited modern paintings in frames of rich golden arabesque." ⬡ For Your Exploration Characters may attempt to explore the Chateau, but it will be shrouded in darkness, and every room they enter will bring them back to the apartment chosen by The Valet. What decorations may be seen are dark and victorian in design, and the room and halls may be lit by candlelight. The Maiden's portrait is on the wall, and will initially be cloaked in shadow for The Aristocrat to find. It appears remarkably lifelike, almost as though it is a window instead of a portrait. The other paintings on the walls will contain figures that are almost familiar to The Aristocrat and The Valet - as though they could be someone they know, but only if they squint. There is no electricity. Characters will not have access to any powers. The Artist's Tower ⬡ Common Cast Characters most likely to originate in The Artist's Tower are The Maiden and The Painter ⬡ Literary Description "But she was humble and obedient, and sat meekly for many weeks in the dark, high turret-chamber where the light dripped upon the pale canvas only from overhead. But he, the painter, took glory in his work, which went on from hour to hour, and from day to day." ⬡ For Your Exploration Should characters leave the Painter's studio, they will immediately be transported outside, to a sprawling field of wildflowers. There won't seem to be anything else around, but there will be a light breeze and the sound of the sea in the distance. Inside the studio, the air is stale and musty, smelling of oil paints and turpentine. It's dim, lit only by a skylight. There is a stool for the subject and an easel with canvas sitting in the light, but everything else - art materials, more canvases, both empty and with the beginnings of paintings, and props - are all pushed to the sides of the room and cloaked in shadow. Like The Chateau, there is no electricity, and characters will not have access to their powers. The Library ⬡ Welcome! Free from their roles, through either death, completion of the Story, or from not being pulled into the tale in the first place, characters will find themselves in the gardens outside of the Library itself. As always, it will look and feel like a temperate, autumn afternoon. As this setting is part of the Library itself, characters will have full access to all their powers. ⬡ Grand Opening Coming Soon! The front door will, unfortunately, be locked, and a sign will be taped on the doors, detailing how the Library will be opening soon, but in the meantime to please enjoy the grounds and the pizza party in the courtyard. ⬡ Pizza party? Pizza party! In the courtyard, there will be tables set up that will be absolutely covered in stacks of paper plates, 2-liter bottles of any soda one could dream of, and stacks and stacks of pizza boxes, containing any flavor combination that could be desired. Opening a random box will provide a random, but popular, flavor. Opening a box with an Intent and a Desire for something specific will provide exactly that. Enjoy! It won't run out. navigation • premise • reserves • faq

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Jyushimatsu Matsuno | Osomatsu-San | Maiden

[kiboutraveler]

[I]
[Jyushimatsu opens his eyes with a start. And he's sitting on a stool, and he's not quite sure why, but he feels compelled to stay there. He's pretty happy about it, though. Someone important told him to do that! That's what matters, right? Someone important!

And in came that important person now. Ah. He gets it now! It's a painting! He's gonna be part of a painting. He beams.]

You really think I'm worthy of being your muse??? Right???

[He presses his sleeves to his cheeks. He loves this.

Good luck getting him to sit still enough to paint him.]

[II]
[There's a flower field outside!!! Jyushimatsu bolted outside, taking a deep breath of the vibrant, open air...and dove straight in.]

BANZAIIIIIIII!

[Flower petals fly everywhere. He howls with laughter, and then sneezes.]

This is fun! This is too fun!!!

[He's rolling in the middle of these petals, humming to himself. At least he's making the best of things.]

[III]
[Well, that was...kinda fun? Mostly weird. Kinda fun! But weird. Mixed bag there. But hey, pizza party. This is what results in Jyushimatsu uncapping a bottle of Sprite, pouring it into his mouth with his cheeks puffed out, and then marching over to the pizzas. He then swallows that entire mouthful of soda before stuffing his cheeks with pizza.

He looks like a chipmunk.

But hey, he's enjoying himself. He looks back, seeing someone in line behind him, and he steps aside, beaming, pointing down to the pizza with one sleeved hand.

Here go. Have some.

It's pineapple.
(Sorry.)]

[IV - WILDCARD]
[PM me or just toss me something, I can roll with it. Thanks.]

III

[inlikethebrume]

[He may look like a chipmunk with all that food but he's also polite. While Mira is fine waiting in line, it's when Jyushimatsu gestures for her to go ahead and grab a slice.]

Oh! Thank you!

[Now she has no idea about the pizza discourse involving pineapple. Which is why she takes a slice without a second thought and tries it out.]

Mmm, this is quite good!

[Nom nom, thanks for recommending this to her, it's good.]

[kiboutraveler]

[chewchewchewchew swallow]

I'm glad someone else has taste!!! Most people don't like pineapples on pizza, but you're a pretty lady with a smart mind to like these! You've picked the right side, Miss!

...Not that there's big fronts, but most people think it's gross~ except me. Even my own brothers don't get it.

[inlikethebrume]

Gross? Why is that?

[Ignoring the pretty lady comment mainly because the focus is more on the food. Mira personally cannot understand why people would be picky about food...or perhaps it is due to her own upbringing that the idea is dumb.

Given that she's taking another slice after finishing the first? Yeah, she likes it.]

Should it matter what is on there? Although I have seen a different flavor before, they did serve this alongside a plate of lobster.