AU Planning Meme - Pre-Game

[phantommods]

Welcome to the first AU Workshop for Phantom Thieves International! This post is intended to help incoming players plot their AU and figure out who their characters are in this setting and where they want to go. This is completely optional but players are encouraged to use this post to establish some pre-existing CR and goals for their characters.

CURRENT EVENTS

The following events will be occuring in the setting as the game begins:

-There’s an open casting call for extras for the production of an artsy film by a well-known Hollywood producer.
-Pop superstar Leanna Rapide is playing at the Staples Center. Tickets are almost entirely sold out.
-There has been an uptick in vandalism in Chinatown and Japantown, including anti-Asian graffiti as well as light damages to local independent shops and restaurants.
-Tensions remain high as police continue to conduct drug raids in poorer neighborhoods not seen since the height of the war on drugs.

To post to this meme, please use the format below.



<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> Include AU name if different <b>Original Canon:</b> <b>AU Role:</b> Infiltrator, Operator or Accomplice <b>AU Species:</b> Human or Guide <b>Arcana:</b> The Arcana you hope to assume with this character <b>AU History Blurb:</b> A short blurb about who they are and where they come from <b>Tentative Plans for character:</b> Things you want to do with the character outside the mainline story <b>Pre-Established CR:</b> What are you looking for in terms of pre-established CR as you enter the game <b>Desired CR:</b> What kinds of CR would you like to build in the game?

Comments

[discerp]

Player Name: Kalyn
Character Name: Mikan Tsumiki
Original Canon: Super Danganronpa 2
AU Role: Operator
AU Species: Human
Arcana: Prooobbly the Hanged Man
AU History Blurb: Much of her backstory can remain unchanged-- Neglected and bullied by everyone since she was young, but also moved around a lot so she was always starting over at new schools until fairly recently. Constantly putting herself into weird situations, taking on debts, letting people do whatever they want to do because all attention is good attention and no attention means people don't care about her existence. Got into nursing/taking care of others because A. it was useful and something she was good at
B. she could help people
and C. it gave her power over the only people she'd consider weaker than she is.

However there's no despair brainwashing and apocalypse starting this time around, she's just struggling to get through life to go to college for nursing at. At least that's all I got so far!
Tentative Plans for character: I really want to see her establish good relationships with people and become a little more confident in herself. I'd like to get her involved in nursing stuff and I mean, hey, it happened in canon so i'm also curious/would be interested in her going down the ~wrong path~ and being brainwashed/lured to the dark side, so to speak.
Pre-Established CR: I really don't have any limits on stuff. Is your character a jerk who'd totally bully Mikan, cut her hair, take her money/make her responsible for your debts? HAVE AT IT. I feel like she may have one or to people she's close to, but for the most part she's been bouncing around schools for a while and doesn't really reach out to people anymore since she's pretty convinced everyone secretly hates her or that she's not worthy of having friends...
Desired CR: please go someone hug this child. Getting her to a place where she's not bursting into tears and/or begging forgiveness for the smallest slights, real or imagined, would take a bit of work but I'm willing to work with anyone on it. I JUST WANT HER TO BE HAPPY.

[zangenasai]

I WANT HER TO BE HAPPY, TOO...

...Naomi might not be the best influence, but she would totally make it her mission to teach Mikan to be an anger nugget like her because then you don't get stepped on if they met.

Spoilers: Don't get life advice from someone as fighty as Naomi

[has_too_many_moles]

Oh! Doctor friend! I offer Yukio who wants to be a doctor!!!


and maybe tempted to go down the dark path as well.