Satori's Lazy Plots

[Nascha]

Nascha | Manakete | ~1500 | APP

Nascha is a descendent of the Earth Dragons, an ancient dragon tribe known for kind of being assholes, then all but one of them going feral. She's fairly laid back, though, just so long as you don't pry too much or ask too many personal questions. Not the friendliest person in the world, but part of that is not being entirely sure how to act around people. She's lived a large chunk of her life in isolation, and another large chunk getting close to a group of fanatics, so this whole "one of the good guys" thing is new to her. She's trying, though, so don't take it personally. Currently, she's a new recruit to the Knights of Cydonia, at least for as long as she believes they have a chance of defeating the Fell Dragon.

Oh, that's probably another important point. Grima, to her, is all around bad news and also probably killed her family (something REALLY hard to come by for a Manakete) so she wants that abomination dead and unable to be resurrected. She will resort to extreme measures for that if it comes to it.

Friends: Nascha's not the friendliest person, but she's trying. Patience is a good thing to have when dealing with her, and something that she admires. If she's working with the Knights, she'll be very professional and down-to-earth, but if you happen to catch her on her own, she'll be a little bit easier to approach. Just so long as you're not Grimleal or riding a wyvern.

Enemies: She turns into a dragon. Just try her.

Lovers: Nascha's well aware of the fact that, unless she hooks up with a Manakete, she's not going to be able to keep a partner for more than a few decades. Because of that, she's not particularly picky when she seeks out companionship (read: she's pansexual), and she's also pretty up-front about the fact that anything between her and someone else would be "temporary". She means temporary for her, but...well, it can give the wrong impression sometimes. Granted, she's not opposed to flings, but that's really not what she meant at all.




Sonya | Bandit/Assassin | 26 | APP

You'd never know Sonya's past just from casually meeting her. She's nice, open, friendly, easy-going, and pretty charming to boot. She seems to genuinely love and care for people. She's a bit on the eccentric side, and a bit (more than a bit) on the promiscuous side, but seems to have good intentions. So why is she the leader of a group of bandits?

Yeah, about that, her life's been one disaster after another, and it's turned her into a total wreck with a finely honed killer instinct and absolutely no remorse. She's "getting better", but that mostly consists of shoving all the bad stuff away and hiding it under the mask of being a good person, while desperately trying to become that mask. But, her position as a bandit leader, being paid off by Matthias, and still doing just about everything she wants to run away from is currently keeping her alive. So her "good person" act is, depending on perspective, either incredibly confusing or paper-thin.

Friends: Sonya wants friends. Sonya tries to be friends. Sonya is not in a good position for friends. But if you or she don't end up hunted down or dead in the process, plenty of people could end up here. At least, temporarily, until her secrets get out.

Enemies: Sonya has a buttload of enemies. Lots of people want her dead, and lots more want her thrown in a dungeon. She really does try to be nice and agreeable and not the type to make enemies, but come on, she kills people for a living.

Lovers: She's gotten really indulgent after her previous lover's death, so plenty of flings are possible. She also has a tendency to seduce what targets she can, calling it an act of kindness in their last moments. For anything long-term though, that's more than likely spoken for already.
EDIT: Her heart belongs to Trinity.



Edana | Champion | 24 | APP

What is it with me and bandit characters lately? Well, in Edana's case at least, she's left that life behind, and moved on to newer, better things. Which is to say, more fighting. Fighting's just about the only thing she's good at, so she's thrown herself entirely behind that, until she got a chance to challenge and take the place of the West Ferox Champion. So now she holds that distinguished title and is taking all challengers. Other than that, she does some mercenary work on the side, is decent at surviving in the wilderness, loves a good drink, and is so hot-blooded that she's uncomfortable in anything more than skimpy clothes. (Not quite, but that's her story.)

Friends: Edana likes the strong and the brave. She doesn't like underhanded tactics, preferring to meet opponents, and really all problems, head-on. Even if they can't match her, she's likely to be friendly (if pretty damn boisterous) with anyone who matches those attributes.

Enemies: Edana picks a lot of fights and is likely to get a lot of enemies that way. She's also rough, uncultured, foul-mouthed, and abrasive, so nobles and the faint of heart beware. As for getting Edana to hate you, the easiest ways are consistently being a liar, fighting dirty, being hypocritical, and similar two-faced attributes.

Lovers: Edana's not much of one for long-term relationships. Which isn't to say she's incapable of them, she just naturally assumes that anything intimate will be a fling. Her longest relationship so far might've lasted a month. So, flings are wide open, but if you're looking for an S-rank support, you may have to spell it out for her. That said, she's open to messing around with anyone she considers friends if they catch her interest enough.

[brendan]

I'm getting Brendan to the Knights. As a Plegian (a heritage that is not evident on his physical features, despite the strong Fell blood in him), it would provide interesting results when it builds up and Nascha finds out. There is also something tying Brendan to the manaketes, though he is unaware of this too. He does know quite a bit on them. For some reason, his dad did too.

Brendan will not reveal to her his origins. He knew Ylisse and knew than the truth would not be good for his position. I don't think he would think Nascha would be such a fanatic (assuming she would charge Plegians as guilty as Grima automatically); it would cement Brendan's belief that people - human or Manakete - shouldn't be trusted.

We can thread them and see how it goes. Nascha's first step in being one of the good guys could be helping a lost kid.

[Nascha]

Nascha...actually wouldn't condemn anyone for being Plegian. Unless they were openly Grimleal, she would probably give them the benefit of the doubt. Wouldn't be the most trusting person, but, well, that's notmal. Now, Brendan being a Fellblood...that could be a problem. Nascha's not above killing someone of Fell blood to keep them from Grima. Of course, she's not particularly happy about it, but when it comes to the Fell Dragon, you do what you have to. Even if it's just minor Grima and he wouldn't make a suitable vessel, there's still a chance Grima might come for him, at which point she may consider it a mercy to off him first.

Of course, if Brendan's not going to reveal this, then it's all good, at least until Nascha figures it out. Which, given her lineage, and given Tiki's initial reaction to MU in Awakening, may well happen eventually. We'll just have to see.

But yeah, helping out a lost kid could be a good start.

[Maeve]

Nascha HELLO. I AM HERE /late

So, let's do a thing where Grima dies, Y/N? Okay, I'm just kind of putting this thread on my participated list. I'll be back with real ideas, I swear. For now, I'll say that I don't see a reason for Maeve to dislike Nascha. I think she'd admire her actually.

Also, should Nascha want to hang out with Ender--neighborhood, unfriendly killing machine of a manakete--let me know. He's a grouch and is kinda an ass to everybody, but I swear he's a big softie. He's been waking up every few decades to participate in various wars, so maybe they've run into each other before?

[Nascha]

Yes, let's do a thing where Grima dies!
More seriously, Nascha would be a bit wary of Maeve at first, but once it became clear that Maeve opposed the Grimleal, Nascha would warm up to her quite a bit. Actually, that's probably not the right phrase, since she's still getting used to the idea of casual social interaction (imagine being all business and subterfuge for centuries when you talk at all, that's Nascha), but it's the thought that counts.

I won't discount Nascha having run into Ender, although unless he left a hell of an impression on her she's not likely to remember him. That said, I'm kind of amused by the idea of them being on opposite sides of a conflict and, if/when Nascha does remember him, being like "Didn't I try to kill you last time?"
I doubt they'd get along all that well though. Nascha knows being a huge jerk comes with the territory sometimes, but she's still not going to take kindly to it.

[Sonya]

Updated with Sonya's plotter.

[Oliver]

You Are A Good Person - Sonya, really deep down, seems like a good person and a victim of circumstance. A very dangerous and powerful victim of circumstance, but still to great degree a victim. While at first someone with a more "heroes and villains" worldview like Oliver would see her as a villain, and probably distrust and fear her, if he ever found out more about the person behind the bandit his animosity would start to vanish pretty quickly.

I can imagine a very odd friendship forming between the two. If he starts to trust her enough he might even try to stand up to those giving her trouble. Said trust can easily get him hurt, of course, but if he's at the point where he trusts Sonya enough to fight on her behalf he's definitely 110% on board with the risks.

[Vaigali]

Why do I want to see Vai get his face kicked in by both of these women because he was dumb enough to try flirting with them the way he does everyone else? Why oh why? *sits in corner of failure*

[Sonya]

Oliver: I think you may be overestimating Sonya. Sometimes the most dangerous people are victims. But, that said, I guess it would be hard to see Sonya as a villain once Oliver sees her better half. I tend to prefer showing them that side first, then the bandit/assassin side because throwing a wrench in the works is fun, but the reverse would probably be interesting too. Oliver better expect to be called an idiot or even suicidal for trusting her too much though. She's killed plenty of people by winning their trust.

(She does actually appreciate it though, and doesn't like having to do things like that.)

Vaigali: Well...That depends on his means of flirting, really. Sonya would probably actually be pretty receptive to it, although since she's now taken she'll probably have to fight him back if he gets too forward. Nasha's more likely to just stonewall him. If he's nice enough she could potentially take it well too, though.

[Vaigali]

His usual method involves presenting flowers and pretty smiles. Or just going right for kisses and using cheesy words. He tries to be a snake in the grass, and funnily enough, he's supposedly taken too. He should be chasing after Kama, he's just far more used to using flirting to set up the end of the world. He does seem nice enough on the outside, but well... if he doesn't live up to the terms put on him by the Valmese government, his brother will be executed. Not really though, Layle escaped, but shhhhh, Vai doesn't know that.

[Sonya]

Nah, I don't think either of them would object too much for flowers or smiles. Kisses? Maybe a little. Cheesy words? Probably won't earn him any favors, but they wouldn't earn any kicks unless they were especially bad.

As for his true nature...I'm not sure they'd care about that either. Sonya's not going to do anything unless her, those close to her, or her interests are threatened, and unless he ends up an enemy of the Knights (in which case Nascha would be obligated to do something due to being one of them) Nascha doesn't care unless he's...actually setting up the end of the world.

[Vaigali]

Vai lives for cheesy and flirting and *shakes head* Doooooooork.

And yeah it actually might end up where he's going against the Knights. Right now the only things that really bring him in check are his little brother Layle and his love interest Kama. He used to be starting to at least have a passing interest in the Knights not getting destroyed but now that that's gone caput no one's really safe. No one.

[Edana]

Well then he should definitely watch out for big angry Earth dragons if that ever happens.

UPDATED with Edana's plotter.