Eudio App

[destenebres]

PLAYER INFORMATION

NAME: Moony
AGE: 23
CONTACT: PM this journal; transmute01@gmail.com for e-mail or Google Chat
CHARACTERS PLAYED:

The Dragonborn (drehnifusbahi)

CHARACTER INFORMATION

NAME: Armand
CANON: The Vampire Chronicles
AGE: 500+, looks 17-18
CANON POINT: Post-Prince Lestat

BACKGROUND:
The Vampire Chronicles
Armand’s History
INCENTIVE: He doesn’t have any pressing need to save lives or save his world; all he’s after is a brief respite - for Lestat not to have any crazy, potentially world-ending shenanigans for the next few decades, or at the very least for the rest of the coven not to have to suffer the consequences when he does. He was also intrigued by the rep’s claim that they could help him feel passion like a mortal man again.

FIT: Rice’s vampires technically can’t have sex, the equipment no longer functions (but they generally don’t care because their senses are enhanced to such a degree that literally anything else can feel just as good). But, provided some hand-wavy magic to get everything in working order again… Armand would have no issues with sexual intimacy. And even without it, he has no particular issues with other forms of physical intimacy.

Given his history, emotional intimacy is going to be a whole other kettle of fish - which I’m hoping his time in Cuddle City will help with somewhat.

Re: consent. Given rules to follow, he'll adhere to them rigidly (see: his following the rules of the Children of Darkness long after the founder of said cult had stopped bothering). His most extreme and impulsive behavior tends to happen in the absence of clear rules (see: his meltdown when Lestat proves that the cults beliefs are false). That much is canon; his personal understanding of consent isn't gone into as such, but because it's a rule he'll follow it.

Though the wiki link doesn't go into it, The Vampire Armand states that he was most likely raped by the Tatar raiders who sold him into slavery, and implies that the sexual abuse continued in the brothel. These experiences left him with a very thorough grasp of what consent isn't, and (delving into headcanon) a disgust for sexual abusers of all stripes.

SAMPLES: Last I played him anywhere was 2012, so...

He showed up to the meet and greet dressed well, but not to the nines, and didn’t interact much with anyone at first. Better to get the lay of the land, and glean what he can about his fellow volunteers - without use of the Mind Gift. He’d been warned very sternly about what would happen if he went about reading peoples’ minds or biting them without their express consent, and he was intrigued enough by this whole premise to play by the rules the city administration set.

Reflexively, he flagged down a passing waiter for a glass of champagne, and raised it to his lips in a mimicry of drinking. He’d also been told up front that there was no need for him to hide here -in fact, the representative who initially made contact with him had strongly encouraged him to, in her words “come out of the coffin,” once he arrived- but, well... old habits died hard. Particularly when one spent five hundred years cultivating them.

The evening wore on, with him exchanging little beyond greetings with any of his fellow volunteers. After spending centuries interacting as little as possible with humans, it was… more overwhelming than he’d anticipated, to be thrust into a room full of them and told to go socialize. But it was the price he paid to be here, and it wasn’t a terribly high price in the grand scheme of things. So he squared his shoulders, glanced around the room again… and when he spotted someone else hovering on the fringes of the gathering, he made his approach.

“Good evening.” He held out the champagne glass he’d picked up earlier, which was still mostly full. “Would you like the rest of this? I’m afraid it’s not to my taste, but it would be a shame to waste it.”

ANYTHING ELSE? The standard power set for his sort of vampire includes a couple of iffy elements:
The Mind Gift - equal parts telepathy and telekinesis, with a minor empathic component; Armand is particularly adept at this one; typically it’s used for communication and for scanning the humans around him in search of Evil Doers (the kind of human it’s ok to kill when hunting). If possible, I’d like him to keep this one in some capacity and give other muns the option of opting in/out of having their characters’ minds read.

The Spell Gift - this is the one used to compel/bedazzle people; it can also be used to create illusions/glamours (for example, when he encourages people to see normal human teeth in his mouth instead of fangs, this is the power he’s using to do it). I’d like for him to keep the latter ability (mostly for his own comfort; the Masquerade is still very much intact in his world and it might take him some time to be comfortable enough in Eudio to “come out of the coffin”). I’m perfectly fine shelving his ability to compel people, though.