[Q+A] Mortis Ramble Thread

[skinstealer]

blood fever is, to be blunt, an adaptation of our stupid vampire/werewolf hybrids back in the original roleplay group that would eventually become morbit. people with blood fever need to consume blood (the fresher the better) or they risk turning into a temporary terror state that lasts until the desired amount of blood is consumed. these terror states vary wildly and those afflicted with it do temporarily lose sapience once the form is fully reached- though, with careful blood dosing and lots of mental training, some are able to achieve a halfway state where their impulses may be a bit risky, but the strength payoff and persistence of sapience is worth it, especially in bad situations.

[ThreadLurkingComorant]

What are your vampire takes

[skinstealer]

i'm more of a werewolf person myself (you know this) but i did have a twilight phase in general and i respect vampires. they're cool. not monstery enough though if they just look like people with fangs

[MarxzVulpez]

does blood fever only affect sentient/sapient morbitians, or can plants animals and others catch it too?

[skinstealer]

well, rin did something incredibly generous and gifted a character back to me that was kind of both of ours back in the day... she's extremely important to both of us but rin hasn't been able to figure out stuff to do with her in a long while (or at all really for the modern morbit iteration...) so-




plethora vladi- the first ever morbit character, blood fever afflicted, terrible at managing her condition. works for a diner we haven't named but is The Actual Morbit Denny's, mainly with as much manual labor as her girlfriend (who owns the place) can get out of her. very bad at social interactions, kind of fighty. doesn't like to talk.

[Ignispark]

(re: blood fever. that's pretty interesting. i like that alternative takes on vampirism because i think, its fun. i do have to agree that like...vampires when they just are people with fangs are a bit too tame for preference.)

oh! a diner.
what's the aesthetic of the diner? what sort of decor does it have?
what's on the menu?

what's plethora's favorite food (um, presuming, normal food is edible and not just blood.)

[skinstealer]

it's a pretty cozy local place, but it has huge ceilings due to having its gimmick be centered around catering to monsters (horror-mutated people, such as those with blood fever). as such they stock a lot of meat dishes and have heaping large servings for those who need them. decor is pretty goofy, lots of framed pictures of patrons doing dumb expressions, but that's what makes it nice.

plethora likes french onion soup when she's not devouring steaks raw. it would probably not be called "french" onion soup, though.

[knux400]

Who's the smaller character standing with Plethora in the first pic?

What job does she work at in the diner (cashier, cook, etc)?

What's the first thing you remember doing with the character (if you're both comfortable sharing it, of course)

[skinstealer]

so...that's not actually a morbit character- that's the first iteration of plethora, back when she was an edgy 13 year old vampire werewolf tiger. this was for a memoir article that rin wrote a while back, about the old RP group and what it meant to us. kind of a passing of the torch gesture.

pleth mainly does manual labor, stuff like carrying shipments and boxes around, and is in charge of delivering particularly big meals to customers as well. kind of an unorthodox position, but it works.

uhhhh plethora back when we were kids ran a gang called "the forgotten", which was for cool monsters like her. it was also notoriously hard to get in because you had to have your character beat her in a fight and she was overpowered as fuck, and we kept disappearing for long stretches because of various life circumstances. it kind of pissed people off lol

[skinstealer]

tony + miles here, our turn for a q+a. we've got a bunch of characters between us so here they come


TONY CHARACTERS


badd boy- badd for short. he/him, kind of an obnoxious ham, means well but ends up bragging his ass off. doesn't really have friends. freelance sex worker (be tame about questions here pls, save anything more risque for the discord or 18+ thread), poor as dirt but tries to pretend he isnt



braxton- he/him, fashion blogger/influencer, lives in hoopla. has a permanent case of the sillies.



needy- they/them, lived in hoopla with braxton for a while before moving back to monte to work for the hearts mob. kind of a bastard who needs to clean up their life and get somewhere safer.


stellaris- she/her, potion type that sells potion liquid on the hoopla black market. pushes herself way too hard and really needs someone to help her out. felid factor TCP.


unnamed pitcher plant guy- maze trials TCP, i do not have a lot for them yet but they're here and probably pretty dangerous


mark + park- two twin guys, up to no good.


noidea- survivor of a peaceful TCP session, team was run by Slate, who is not listed here because he doesn't have a ref or details yet. she/her


price- raised in the tcpdex research facility, now lives in a TCP exclusive city. not a lot down for this guy but he used to have aggression problems "growing up" that he's trying to move past

crush- TCPsona, [PASSWORD_JOURNAL] on the felid factor forums. a huge flirt and prone to making messes, but he also just likes making friends and gossiping.


vix- no idea for this guy but they probably have a bone to pick
 

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MILES CHARACTERS


biome- they/them, no details yet aside from living in hoopla



zebbie- assassin for hire that's currently on a revenge bender for his fallen mother. powerful scrap user and most likely to have a boss battle out of anyone else listed here.


cecelia- a "princess" for the god Decorum (one of rein's lesser gods), kept as a weird fucked up pet and deals with regular ritual consumption. discovers the internet and writes really goofy cringe stories about wizards. she/her, felid factor character

biscuit- it's a cookie! this is bad. maze trials character, he can sense scraps


letterhead- lives in TCP-exclusive city, formerly from TCPdex research facility. it/its


carver- scary, but gentle. designer gore type.


have at it