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So Jules's original application is here, and what follows is a canon update. idk what I'm doing
P L A Y E R;
NAME: Airdra
AGE: 35
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hyper_air_dragon
TIMEZONE: Central
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Airdra
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Hajime Aikawa, Sento Kiryu
C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Julian "Jules" Thibault
CANON:Changeling: The Lost OC
POINT IN CANON: Four years after his last stint in Synodiporia
AGE: Physically, 34, mentally, about 25, thanks to timey wimey shenanigans
APPEARANCE: Jules's mien has taken on a few changes since he was last in Synodiporia. He's still a purplish gargoyle of a Lurkglider, just a slightly larger one. He's had an unfortunate growth spurt as the result of an incident with some hobgoblins (please don't make him talk about it), and he now stands seven feet tall, not counting his horns. The tip of his left horn has been broken off, and while he may try to attempt to lie about how it happened, the sad reality is that he got caught in a doorway and had an accident. He's also developed some stony, splotchy gray spots across his back and shoulders as the result of a Winter Court assassin trying to take him out in the Hedge, which is not a story he likes telling because he's pretty sure no one would ever believe it.
Despite the growth spurt, his wingspan is still one foot, or, if he stretches, he can manage a full twelve inches.
Even with his Mask, he looks a bit different as well. He's grown even more light-sensitive, and he's always wearing sunglasses. He's also given up on getting Lurkglider paws to cooperate with shoes, and he now always goes barefoot, or, if shoes are an absolute must, he'll wear flip flops. "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs are now one of the banes of his existence. He looks even paler and scrawnier, like he never goes out in the light of the sun and subsists on a diet consisting mostly of energy drinks and cereal. (This is because that is exactly how he lives his life.)
CANON HISTORY: Picking up from where the original app left off, shortly after just getting settled in with his freehold, Jules found himself pulled into Synodiporia for the first time. There was a great deal of screaming to be had, but every now and again, Jules's skills with computers came in handy, and he was actually able to help. (Help, or to accidentally contribute to even more disaster like that one time he started up a machine that broke Liminal Space and directly caused a fourth wall event, oops.) He was marked by the Empress with a truly impressive full-back Mark, which Jules once livestreamed for everyone, immortalizing his ass on the psychic network for all eternity. He also picked up a Pogemon companion, Squeak, who was both Done with Jules's screaming and quick to start screaming on his own. He made friends, annoyed a lot of people, and generally just kept trying to survive.
Jules eventually fell out of ambit, and, at that point, he went right back to doing what he'd been doing before--trying to adjust to Winter Court life. This was easier said than done. He'd get into minor trouble with his oni BFF Haru from time to time, and he was doing pretty well for himself working on fake identities and cybersecurity for the freehold, but Court politics were beyond him. Problem was, "the computer guy" was a valuable asset despite his own obliviousness to most everything, and in politics, assets become quite important. And Crystal, the Snowskin Elemental who had made herself the defacto leader of Jules's little motley, was prepared to use that asset to her advantage.
Jules found himself tricked into both accidentally betraying Frosty Jack, the bear-themed Beast who was the then-current King of Winter and into electronically leaking a bunch of sensitive Winter Court documents. Because Darklings are easily mistrusted and because Jules's reputation wasn't the greatest, almost everyone assumed the amiable idiot act must have, in fact, been an act and that he was actually a cunning mastermind out to get Winter's crown for himself. In all the chaos, he was forced to flee into the Hedge while Crystal was able to snag Winter's crown in the chaos and Frosty Jack's downfall.
Jules should never be allowed to be unattended in the Hedge, but that's where he ended up--unattended in the Hedge. He knew of a few Hollows where he could lay low, and he was lucky enough that for whatever stupid reason, hobgoblins tended to view him as one of their own. (Unfortunately for him, several of them tried to "help" him on one occasion, using hob logic, and he grew a foot in the process. He refuses to speak about this process.) He also found himself the target of a would-be Winter assassin who attempted to poison him, and either thanks to his own ability to eat pretty much anything and not die or the assassin's incompetence (possibly a bit of both), the only ill effects he suffered were the development of a few stony patches across his shoulders.
This went on for a couple of very tense weeks by his reckoning, but Haru, his oni friend, was having none of this. She'd picked up on what Crystal had done and was royally pissed off that her stupid friend got dragged into the crossfire. She went into the Hedge, retrieved Jules, and, after a bit of discussion (during which Jules expressed a fear of going back), they hatched a plan. (At least, Haru hatched a plan; Jules mostly just loudly bemoaned his fate and the past couple of weeks he'd had in the Hedge and everything was awful, screaming, crying, etc. etc.)
All Jules would have to do was use one of his contracts, a Darkling one Haru didn't have access to. Jules agreed, and thanks to the fact that he was a Lurkglider who had, against all odds, gotten pretty decent at sneaking around, was able to get in close enough to Crystal to use the Balm of Unwakeable Slumber, a contract that renders the target all but impossible to wake. He then proceeded to get the hell out of there to establish some plausible deniability somewhere else, because though Haru hadn't told him the full extent of the plan, he had a pretty good idea of where it was going.
Haru was very upset with Crystal for throwing her idiot friend under the bus, after all, and she was nothing if not loyal. Crystal had proven herself to be anything but loyal, as well as far too dangerous to continue to do what she wished. Haru took the most Ogre way out, and she killed Crystal. And, despite the fact that she and Jules figured that the crown would go to the most suitable person in the Court, she ended up the new Winter Queen in the process.
Jules was less than pleased, Haru was less than pleased, such is life if you get too close to Court politics. Notably, while Jules is still a member of the Winter Court and ended up pretty well politically placed in this whirlwind of disaster, his Mantle hasn't really matured. It's still there, though it's very faint. It's reflected in the Contracts he's picked up; he's avoided Winter contracts in favor of others. His relationship with the rest of the Winter Court and with the rest of the freehold remains tense. There are those who are absolutely convinced the disaster-plagued idiot act is just an act, and that Jules is actually the sort of devious mastermind who would pull the strings to install an easily-manipulated ogre in the role of Winter Queen.
CANON PERSONALITY: Jules is still high-strung and prone to yelling about things. If he can be dramatic, he will take that opportunity. He may even take the opportunity where none actually exists. Politics are a particularly sensitive subject at the moment, mostly because he doesn't know how he got so wrapped up in them and because they've actively tried to kill him on several relatively recent occasions. He also has issues with bears at the moment; he is not absolutely certain Frosty Jack, a bear themed Hunterheart, is dead, and he knows that Frosty Jack would like to kill him. Ghosts also bother him deeply, just because they are still scary and people assume that because he is a Darkling, he is comfortable with such things.
That said, in some ways, he's matured. Being left on his own in a dangerous situation (while still something that may make him complain loud and long) won't actually faze him as badly as the constant complaining and his previous track record would have anyone believe. He's gotten out of Faerie once before and survived on his own in the Hedge for a couple of weeks, including hobgoblin "help" and an actual assassination attempt (why, how, he constantly wonders). He's also become very Done with seeming-related prejudices, because wow have those ever been popping up to slap him and Haru in the face lately. On that note, his capacity for revenge has leveled up somewhat; he's much more comfortable quietly using his luck-altering contracts, his single fear-inducing contract, and all of his "move around quickly and quietly in the darkness" contracts to very quietly give people a hard time, but only if they've given him (or Haru) a hard time first. Granted, he's still an awful liar and very quick to wilt in the face of physical threats, so the results of these attempts are somewhat mixed.
He has also developed some issues surrounding doorways and passing through them properly, which has come off to most in his freehold as a weird fae thing, the result of having spent all that time in the Hedge on his own. It's actually pretty practical; he is still not comfortable with being seven feet tall, and he got badly stuck in a doorway once, breaking the tip off of one of his horns in the process.
POINT OF DEPARTURE: Same as before, really. He's going to be presented with all these strange situations and he'll have to choose between watching out only for number one or trying to help these people, some of whom he's really come to care about. He'll resign himself to having to be the Designated Worrier and Alarm System because some of the others really don't get worked up at all about the proper things to get worked up about.
Even then, because he's been through so much more Weird and Dangerous Crap, it's not out of the question for him to very, very quietly continue trying to leverage some more of his fae power to get things done. His Clarity has taken a bit of a hit, and so his decision-making skills are likely going to be a bit more nonsensical than they once were.
Most importantly, his meme game has been updated, and he'll now be able to be even more irritating with his Adversary of the Internet powerset. You're welcome, everyone.
VETERAN?: N/A
ABILITIES: In addition to the Contracts he possessed his first time in Synodiporia, Jules has had a few years to matureha and hone his skills. He's picked up the following new Contracts:
He has also, in a fit of terrible decision-making skills at a Goblin Market and an attempt to be more helpful to his motley in one particularly extenuating sent of circumstances, picked up a single Goblin Contract:
INVENTORY: In addition to an updated laptop with a hard drive full of new things and new games (and, of course, Doom), he's got what appear to be a variety of odd coins in his pockets. Most of them are normal Chuck E. Cheese tokens, but one of them is special and identifies him as a member of the Winter Court--and a fairly important one at that.
ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? I honestly can't think of anything.
M A R K S;
JUSTIFICATION: Empress still has his heavily-Marked ass.
VETO: N/A
S A M P L E S;
ACTIONSPAM SAMPLE: Got a link here!
PROSE SAMPLE: Fourth wall link here!
P L A Y E R;
NAME: Airdra
AGE: 35
PLAYER JOURNAL:
hyper_air_dragonTIMEZONE: Central
CONTACT:
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: Hajime Aikawa, Sento Kiryu
C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Julian "Jules" Thibault
CANON:Changeling: The Lost OC
POINT IN CANON: Four years after his last stint in Synodiporia
AGE: Physically, 34, mentally, about 25, thanks to timey wimey shenanigans
APPEARANCE: Jules's mien has taken on a few changes since he was last in Synodiporia. He's still a purplish gargoyle of a Lurkglider, just a slightly larger one. He's had an unfortunate growth spurt as the result of an incident with some hobgoblins (please don't make him talk about it), and he now stands seven feet tall, not counting his horns. The tip of his left horn has been broken off, and while he may try to attempt to lie about how it happened, the sad reality is that he got caught in a doorway and had an accident. He's also developed some stony, splotchy gray spots across his back and shoulders as the result of a Winter Court assassin trying to take him out in the Hedge, which is not a story he likes telling because he's pretty sure no one would ever believe it.
Despite the growth spurt, his wingspan is still one foot, or, if he stretches, he can manage a full twelve inches.
Even with his Mask, he looks a bit different as well. He's grown even more light-sensitive, and he's always wearing sunglasses. He's also given up on getting Lurkglider paws to cooperate with shoes, and he now always goes barefoot, or, if shoes are an absolute must, he'll wear flip flops. "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs are now one of the banes of his existence. He looks even paler and scrawnier, like he never goes out in the light of the sun and subsists on a diet consisting mostly of energy drinks and cereal. (This is because that is exactly how he lives his life.)
CANON HISTORY: Picking up from where the original app left off, shortly after just getting settled in with his freehold, Jules found himself pulled into Synodiporia for the first time. There was a great deal of screaming to be had, but every now and again, Jules's skills with computers came in handy, and he was actually able to help. (Help, or to accidentally contribute to even more disaster like that one time he started up a machine that broke Liminal Space and directly caused a fourth wall event, oops.) He was marked by the Empress with a truly impressive full-back Mark, which Jules once livestreamed for everyone, immortalizing his ass on the psychic network for all eternity. He also picked up a Pogemon companion, Squeak, who was both Done with Jules's screaming and quick to start screaming on his own. He made friends, annoyed a lot of people, and generally just kept trying to survive.
Jules eventually fell out of ambit, and, at that point, he went right back to doing what he'd been doing before--trying to adjust to Winter Court life. This was easier said than done. He'd get into minor trouble with his oni BFF Haru from time to time, and he was doing pretty well for himself working on fake identities and cybersecurity for the freehold, but Court politics were beyond him. Problem was, "the computer guy" was a valuable asset despite his own obliviousness to most everything, and in politics, assets become quite important. And Crystal, the Snowskin Elemental who had made herself the defacto leader of Jules's little motley, was prepared to use that asset to her advantage.
Jules found himself tricked into both accidentally betraying Frosty Jack, the bear-themed Beast who was the then-current King of Winter and into electronically leaking a bunch of sensitive Winter Court documents. Because Darklings are easily mistrusted and because Jules's reputation wasn't the greatest, almost everyone assumed the amiable idiot act must have, in fact, been an act and that he was actually a cunning mastermind out to get Winter's crown for himself. In all the chaos, he was forced to flee into the Hedge while Crystal was able to snag Winter's crown in the chaos and Frosty Jack's downfall.
Jules should never be allowed to be unattended in the Hedge, but that's where he ended up--unattended in the Hedge. He knew of a few Hollows where he could lay low, and he was lucky enough that for whatever stupid reason, hobgoblins tended to view him as one of their own. (Unfortunately for him, several of them tried to "help" him on one occasion, using hob logic, and he grew a foot in the process. He refuses to speak about this process.) He also found himself the target of a would-be Winter assassin who attempted to poison him, and either thanks to his own ability to eat pretty much anything and not die or the assassin's incompetence (possibly a bit of both), the only ill effects he suffered were the development of a few stony patches across his shoulders.
This went on for a couple of very tense weeks by his reckoning, but Haru, his oni friend, was having none of this. She'd picked up on what Crystal had done and was royally pissed off that her stupid friend got dragged into the crossfire. She went into the Hedge, retrieved Jules, and, after a bit of discussion (during which Jules expressed a fear of going back), they hatched a plan. (At least, Haru hatched a plan; Jules mostly just loudly bemoaned his fate and the past couple of weeks he'd had in the Hedge and everything was awful, screaming, crying, etc. etc.)
All Jules would have to do was use one of his contracts, a Darkling one Haru didn't have access to. Jules agreed, and thanks to the fact that he was a Lurkglider who had, against all odds, gotten pretty decent at sneaking around, was able to get in close enough to Crystal to use the Balm of Unwakeable Slumber, a contract that renders the target all but impossible to wake. He then proceeded to get the hell out of there to establish some plausible deniability somewhere else, because though Haru hadn't told him the full extent of the plan, he had a pretty good idea of where it was going.
Haru was very upset with Crystal for throwing her idiot friend under the bus, after all, and she was nothing if not loyal. Crystal had proven herself to be anything but loyal, as well as far too dangerous to continue to do what she wished. Haru took the most Ogre way out, and she killed Crystal. And, despite the fact that she and Jules figured that the crown would go to the most suitable person in the Court, she ended up the new Winter Queen in the process.
Jules was less than pleased, Haru was less than pleased, such is life if you get too close to Court politics. Notably, while Jules is still a member of the Winter Court and ended up pretty well politically placed in this whirlwind of disaster, his Mantle hasn't really matured. It's still there, though it's very faint. It's reflected in the Contracts he's picked up; he's avoided Winter contracts in favor of others. His relationship with the rest of the Winter Court and with the rest of the freehold remains tense. There are those who are absolutely convinced the disaster-plagued idiot act is just an act, and that Jules is actually the sort of devious mastermind who would pull the strings to install an easily-manipulated ogre in the role of Winter Queen.
CANON PERSONALITY: Jules is still high-strung and prone to yelling about things. If he can be dramatic, he will take that opportunity. He may even take the opportunity where none actually exists. Politics are a particularly sensitive subject at the moment, mostly because he doesn't know how he got so wrapped up in them and because they've actively tried to kill him on several relatively recent occasions. He also has issues with bears at the moment; he is not absolutely certain Frosty Jack, a bear themed Hunterheart, is dead, and he knows that Frosty Jack would like to kill him. Ghosts also bother him deeply, just because they are still scary and people assume that because he is a Darkling, he is comfortable with such things.
That said, in some ways, he's matured. Being left on his own in a dangerous situation (while still something that may make him complain loud and long) won't actually faze him as badly as the constant complaining and his previous track record would have anyone believe. He's gotten out of Faerie once before and survived on his own in the Hedge for a couple of weeks, including hobgoblin "help" and an actual assassination attempt (why, how, he constantly wonders). He's also become very Done with seeming-related prejudices, because wow have those ever been popping up to slap him and Haru in the face lately. On that note, his capacity for revenge has leveled up somewhat; he's much more comfortable quietly using his luck-altering contracts, his single fear-inducing contract, and all of his "move around quickly and quietly in the darkness" contracts to very quietly give people a hard time, but only if they've given him (or Haru) a hard time first. Granted, he's still an awful liar and very quick to wilt in the face of physical threats, so the results of these attempts are somewhat mixed.
He has also developed some issues surrounding doorways and passing through them properly, which has come off to most in his freehold as a weird fae thing, the result of having spent all that time in the Hedge on his own. It's actually pretty practical; he is still not comfortable with being seven feet tall, and he got badly stuck in a doorway once, breaking the tip off of one of his horns in the process.
POINT OF DEPARTURE: Same as before, really. He's going to be presented with all these strange situations and he'll have to choose between watching out only for number one or trying to help these people, some of whom he's really come to care about. He'll resign himself to having to be the Designated Worrier and Alarm System because some of the others really don't get worked up at all about the proper things to get worked up about.
Even then, because he's been through so much more Weird and Dangerous Crap, it's not out of the question for him to very, very quietly continue trying to leverage some more of his fae power to get things done. His Clarity has taken a bit of a hit, and so his decision-making skills are likely going to be a bit more nonsensical than they once were.
Most importantly, his meme game has been updated, and he'll now be able to be even more irritating with his Adversary of the Internet powerset. You're welcome, everyone.
VETERAN?: N/A
ABILITIES: In addition to the Contracts he possessed his first time in Synodiporia, Jules has had a few years to mature
- Night's Subtle Distractions: This allows Jules to avoid notice by enhancing physical conditions that would limit perception. Shadows are darker, background noises are louder, and even background scents can mask Jules's scent. It requires less Glamour if he's outside and it's nighttime when he uses this.
- Balm of Unwakeable Slumber - Renders a target extremely difficult to wake up. You can move them around, make loud noises, etc., and they won't rouse. Injury, however, will cause them to wake. If a target is asleep in their own bed between sunrise and sunset, this requires less Glamour.
- Boon of the Scuttling Spider - Jules can run along walls and ceilings the way a spider would.
He is the worst Spider-Man who knows nothing of responsibilityIf it's a stone or wood wall outdoors and at night, it requires less Glamour. He first tested this contract with a Naruto Run when he was drunk at an Area 51 party; it worked, but he now has a lifetime ban from that bar.
He has also, in a fit of terrible decision-making skills at a Goblin Market and an attempt to be more helpful to his motley in one particularly extenuating sent of circumstances, picked up a single Goblin Contract:
- Fool's Gold - An object granted by the changeling is made to appear much more valuable, but those duped by this contract will remember exactly who gave it to them when the spell wears off.
INVENTORY: In addition to an updated laptop with a hard drive full of new things and new games (and, of course, Doom), he's got what appear to be a variety of odd coins in his pockets. Most of them are normal Chuck E. Cheese tokens, but one of them is special and identifies him as a member of the Winter Court--and a fairly important one at that.
ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? I honestly can't think of anything.
M A R K S;
JUSTIFICATION: Empress still has his heavily-Marked ass.
VETO: N/A
S A M P L E S;
ACTIONSPAM SAMPLE: Got a link here!
PROSE SAMPLE: Fourth wall link here!