oc voicetesting again

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ALARIC THURN

Queen Blanche's attack dog-slash-bodyguard. Alaric was partially responsible for putting her on the throne in a bloody coup and now seeks to keep her safe. This would be easier if they weren't stuck in a timeloop replaying the same horrid events over and over and dying each time. Maybe eventually they'll get some character development, but that sure hasn't happened yet!

LARIMAR

Formerly a king of a flourishing nation, Larimar's rule was overthrown by his twin brother and if that wasn't bad enough, he was betrayed again by someone close to him after he slowly learned to trust once more. So yeah, he's doing great. Now out for revenge against two people, he will stop at nothing to make them pay for hurting him.

MALICE

The only valid vampire, Malice hates his kind, but wasted no time in mashing betray on his fellow rebels the second he had the opportunity for wealth and a more stable future. The woman who took him in (who might be his actual mom? weird) tried to turn him into a vampire noble. It didn't go well. So he ran away with his bestie, except it turns out his bestie was using him and had Malice beat up until he learned how to control his powers. Cool! He just managed to get free and is out for revenge.

REINA

Once a famous explorer and supposedly a skilled fighter, now she's working for her ex (who tried to kill her) and ultimately pretty unhappy with how her life's gone. Oh yeah, and due to some crazy bastards she's now going to be taken over by a god in an indeterminate amount of time and will cease existing... and her shitty ex is also dealing with the same thing. Thanks, world.

ZVEI, THE NECROMANCER

A deimori (demon) who is missing his memories, Zvei's become obsessed with finding a way to get them back, particularly because he's had realistic dreams of a place beyond the world... so naturally this escalated into him trying to end the world by obtaining god-like power by merging with the world tree. He's taken from directly after this point where he was forcibly ripped from said world tree and is near death but eh, it's fine. Did he learn anything from this? Hell no!

Oh look, it's another oc voicetesting post. Well, okay, I'm not voicetesting Zvei anymore but he's here because why the hell not. I wanna play him, you know how it goes. Anyway! Please help me voicetest some ocs, I definitely have some work to do with all of them!

Feel free to go as in-depth as you'd like with setup for where our characters are if you'd like to write a starter - we can play fast and loose with a generic jamjar or murdergame setting, or we can get into the worldbuilding if you want something more intense! You want to play in one of our characters' settings? Sure, we can do that! You want to steal from an actual rp? Why not? If you're not feeling like writing a starter, leave a comment with who you want and I'll give you one!

As always, murdergame settings are my beloved and I will gladly play in them, but we can do anything! Assumed cr is also totally fine if you want to skip over introductions and get into something else! I would prefer to avoid AUs right now since I'm voicetesting, but pretty much anything else goes! For inspiration, here are some memes: texting, stargazing, rain, random scenario, train to the afterlife.

The code used here is by lucavi!

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[ganymed]

[ ... Oh, good. Larimar isn't someone like Heinz—though, he imagines that there might be some so foolishly naive, and subsequently, idiotically as impetuous to try to see such a present be granted just like that. ]

Right? The guy won't even show us his face. He's hiding behind his dark cloak, acting so evil, powerful, and mysterious...which is incredibly stupid. Who does that?

[ Their captor, apparently, but Ganymede is dunking on the guy now.

That said, with Larimar offering that nugget of logic, Ganymede's finding himself wondering briefly. The world must be filled with terrible people like this; but even his cynicism can land him into fallacies. Often times even amongst humans, the numbers are often low, so surely, even this can be considered an oddity, right?

Speaking of humans and such, though, he has to wonder. ]

...Do you this guy is some kind of crazy god?

[spellcost]

[Larimar scoffs at the first part, nodding in agreement. It's all so... over-the-top. It almost makes him wonder if there's more to it, but there's no sense in trying to believe that their captor is anything other than a sadistic freak right now. After all, they've been told to kill one another to escape. "Sadistic freak" is being generous here.

It's that second question that gets him to pause, his gaze drifting up to the elaborate ceiling as he considers it.]

It's true that power like this seems completely impossible - even the strongest witches I know couldn't manage anything like this. But a god? I don't know about that.

[Gods are a concept that humanity has by and large forgotten in his world; the ones the mages pray to are foreign entities entirely as well. So for their captor to be a god...]

It would be unfortunate, were that the case. I'd prefer to be able to kill him at the end of all of this.

[ganymed]

[ This kind of nonsense might be doable by a very powerful creature of some type that isn't necessarily a god—not that Ganymede has personally encountered any other beings other than gods and humans. But, anything is possible—was possible back in his home, which is why people turned to gods for assistance. To help them get through the 'anything'. Of course, Ganymede only learned that about, oh, give or take a few thousand years, that such notions have been folly.

Gods have no true interest in assisting humans at all. ]

I don't know of a 'witch' back home—powerful or not. But, before all of this, humans have been at the mercy of gods for a long time. Beings that are capable of stealing others to other dimensions or places on a whim.

[ ...But, despite all of that making him believe that is the most likely kind of being they're dealing with, Ganymede hopes that is sure as hell isn't. They are absurdly hard to kill. He knows. He's tried. ]

Maybe there'd be something like a god-killing weapon lying around if that's the case. Or, well...maybe we're dealing with a powerful demon? That might be easier to deal with?

[ He sighs as he turns on his bed to look over at Larimar on the other one. ]

...Ugh, do you think he'd even spill the beans about what he actually even is?

[spellcost]

[Larimar listens, and the more his roommate speaks, the more he realizes that they really are from completely different places. Where he's from, everyone knows about witches - and greatly fears them. A world without that sounds... interesting, maybe. It doesn't really matter to him because it wouldn't be his world.

But his roommate seems quite knowledgeable about gods, so it seems he's dealt with something like that before. Fascinating...]

Demons are merely stories where I come from... but then, so are gods. There's no telling exactly what he is, because he could come from any number of worlds.

[Larimar sighs at that, finally leaving the bedspread alone to fold his hands in his lap.]

There's only one way to find out, isn't there? I imagine he won't react well to being pressed for information, so perhaps a more... gentle approach would work better.

[Lull him into a false sense of security and try to weasel as much information from him as one can, in other words.]

[ganymed]

Of course...the bastard couldn't have told where he was from which place, naturally.

[ Those words are a mutter-grumble, because it might have helped in narrowing things down on what can bring the guy down in the first place. How typical that it's not an easy situation to deal with.

Which, like, is expected that it wouldn't be so easy. But, Ganymede has had thousand of years of difficulties to contend with. The fates could have at least conjured some sort of leeway.

But, Larimar's other comment makes the blond immediately flash back to his initial conversation with a 'god'. Yeah, if it could even be called that. There is a lingering pause as a result, and then...he clears his throat. ]

...A more gentle approach, huh?

Are you the type of person to be skilled at that sort of thing?

[ Ganymede can just see it now, the jerk making a mockery of him, and the conversation de-evolving into yelling, as well as threats to kill him where he stands. Not conductive for getting that juicy info. ]

[spellcost]

[Larimar is quiet for a moment, eyes downcast as if considering that question.]

...Not particularly.

[It sounds like it's a Struggle to admit...]

My brother was always the one who handled situations that required a more delicate touch. Until he overthrew me, anyway.

[So basically Larimar is completely useless here, great!!]

[ganymed]

Mhm...I think my brothers were better at diplomacy than me—

[ But then Ganymede startles at that, because, well...he is going to go back a bit on that there at that revelation. ]

—hold on. O-overthrew? Why would he do something like that?!

Family is supposed to protect one another!

[ Out of all the things that he has experienced, it is not betrayal by a family. In fact, his brother tried to protect him as much as he could. The same for his father, and his mother... ]

[spellcost]

Agreed, that's what he was supposed to do.

[The venom that drips into his voice is all too obvious, but Larimar's expression darkens to match it too. Needless to say, he's real pissed.]

We were pit against each other from an early age to see which of us - or our other siblings - would take the throne. He agreed to help me take it so we could gather more support, and he did that... until he decided he wanted the throne. Several years back he staged a coup and succeeded in driving me out of the country.

[That's a very abridged version of events, but it gets the point across well enough. Though it is making assumptions about his brother's actions, because Larimar didn't exactly have a chance to ask his brother why the hell he was doing any of this. Whoops.]

I don't know what drove him to that decision, and I don't care. I will take my throne back.

[ganymed]

[ Ganymede doesn't blame him...this guy sounds like a real asshole. He can't imagine either one of his brothers doing anything like this.

Not a single one. Besides, he was the youngest, and never had much interest in the throne. Even if he was the favorite. Though the circumstances sound fucked up too. ]

...He just basically used you, then. He's out of his damn mind! Not a single one of my own brothers would have done that to me, and we never even had to fight for the throne. It just was going to the eldest one. But still...

[ He sits up immediately, thinking about it. He has long since accepted he couldn't return to how his kingdom used to be, but still. ]

...You were in the middle of trying to do that when that bastard kidnapped us, right?

[spellcost]

Would that our situation had been that simple. I can't imagine what my life would be like if neither of us had taken the throne.

[It would have been more peaceful, that's for damn sure. Still, the emphasis on family - and what family should do - is something of a relief. Emerald had always tried to see both sides of the issue and never allowed Larimar to simply be angry about the betray without insisting that his brother must have had his reasons.

It feels good to finally complain about it to someone who will listen and agree with him.]

I was, although my situation has been... complicated, I suppose. I need to retrieve something from the bastard who stole it from me.

[Because he just cannot escape people stabbing him in the back...]

Regardless, when I return home, I will pursue my revenge - against the both of them, now.

[ganymed]

What need was there anyway to pit both of you against one another too?

[ Ganymede doesn't feel the need to keep from grumbling about that. Even if it has nothing to do with him, the fact that he was a prince himself is something that makes it hard to ignore.

Not to mention because he had family of his own. ]

...Right. Wait, you had someone steal something from you...?

[ ... ]

You — you've got a lot of bad luck, don't you?

[ Just going to say that right out of the gate. Not that Ganymede doesn't know what that's like. Being used to further someone's goal, and find out he was being used twice over, maybe thrice...so, yeah. But still, he points it out anyway. ]

[spellcost]

Politics.

[That response is to the first question and Larimar waves a hand as if to dismiss it. Warring factions within the kingdom, complications from their father, and of course, just a general sense of competition fostered through years of forcing princes and princesses to compete for the throne. Normal things!

But he scoffs at that final question, rolling his eyes.]

I suppose that's one way to put it. I've been told I was cursed, so I suppose that may have something to do with it.

[Though given the flippant words and tone, he doesn't really buy it.]

[ganymed]

[ Ganymede tilts his head at that. He knows very well about politics, but being good at being immersed in them or imagining the possible intricities...?

That's definitely way beyond him, so he doesn't bother questioning more about it for now, just assuming he'd end up confused anyway. Plus, they are from different places, so there could be more nuances to be explained...all too troublesome to go through since the two of them still barely know one another.

What catches his attention a bit more is the cursed comment. ]

Who told you that? And did they just say you were cursed or was there a whole entire doomsday prophecy fortune telling format along with it?

[ He asks idly, even if there is that tone. Just, you know, out of curiosity. ]

[spellcost]

[Larimar raises an eyebrow at that. That's... a little specific, isn't it...?]

An artifact I retrieved was said to be cursed, and a mage who examined it confirmed as much. I've never bought into such things.

[Though it must be true in that he suddenly developed the ability to use magic despite being human, but that's not something he really wants to think about right now. Curse or not, if it gets him closer to destroying those who wronged him, he'll take it.]

Though I do have to wonder if you have some experience with the latter.

[ganymed]

[ The perks of being from a place that believes in such things. The legends and myths speak of various curses, enough to make the average citizen of Troy superstitious. ]

So...basically because the thing was cursed, you ended up being cursed because you touched it. Or so the mage says.

[ It is up in the air whether something is cursed or not, from his perspective. Which, well, indicates unlike Larimar he does believe in the possibility.

Though, the mage can truly be like a snake oil salesman. ]

Not directly. But where I'm from, originally, we believe in blessings and curses, which are both possible to be bestowed by gods, if you piss them off, or evil creatures. So the idea that something might be cursed doesn't sound too farfetched.

Generally, considering how powerful gods are, no one wants to end up cursed or otherwise by them, though. Was this artifact something that helped you out?