Island of Elysium Recruitment Thread (LGBT friendly sci-fi sandbox)

[Vergil1989]

Lol sorry Wolf, but I'm sure whatever you come up with it'll be awesome.

Lol on that note, I plan to make a joke in my first IC post about how the Ashenti may or may not have kidnapped George Lucas way back when, which would explain why he came up with so many crazy ideas for what later became Star Wars if that helps at all.  No one would believe him if he said he'd seen actual aliens, SO he told everyone about aliens in the one way he could get away with it lol.

[ShinigamiWolf]

Do I make a Space Wolf or come up with something weird....I'm leaning Space Wolf...but I will take input from current and applying players on their preference on furred individuals.

[Vergil1989]

Meh, trying to keep furries and anthros out of this, along with more monster girl types, as much as possible after a couple of other people already went that route or asked about them after I said no more, sorry to say.  Actual aliens as much as possible please and thanks.

[Supias]

I'm going to need to withdraw my request to be in this due to work obligations.  Love this though everyone.

Supias

[ShinigamiWolf]

This will take longer if I'm to find a more traditional alien species...or if I'm to make one.

[Vergil1989]

There's far more than you might realize out there.  Star Trek, Star Wars, Defiance, Valerion the City of a Thousand Worlds, Marvel, DC, the list goes on!  And those are just the ones I can think of.  Now granted, they might need to be slightly adapted a bit to make them fit for this, but don't make doubt your own ability to make something awesome.  :D

[ShinigamiWolf]

Looking at making a male form of this.

Amphibian Alien Species

I am gonna alter it slightly to provide tentacles along the hips too, given the lack of webbing in the hands for a species obviously aquatic then they need a better form of propulsion. So think squid for underwater movement...thoughts?

[Vergil1989]

That'd be fine.  ;D  I've actually seen that pic before honestly, I always found her attractive lol.  But yeah that'd work, and we don't have anyone with tentacles anyway so that'll be a bonus lol.

[mayovagn]

Pictures to be determined...


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Player Name: mayvagn

Character Name: Freyr Juliet Parish

Age: 18

Species:  Letni - Originating on the planet Lefnine, which in the leading local dialect means 'ground'. Letni were force evolved by the Radkin, bread for infiltration, espionage, assassination and close protection the species as a whole is sentient down to the cellular level, though each individual cell is intelligent in only a very rudimentary these base building blocks communicate and co-operate with each other to make up the whole of each individual. The more mass a Letni has the more mental processing they are able to bring to bear, though due to complications arising from weight and mass they are not, at least in Earth gravity, able to maintain more than around three hundred pounds in weight or over about six and one half feet in height without having serious integrity issues. Letni cells are able to re-arrange themselves at the will of the whole, to accommodate new shapes and take on new bodily configurations. If they sample other living forms by touch they are able to copy them well enough to fool biometric, spectographic, laser ranging and other forms of physical sensing. However telepathic species will find the Letni very strange as their distributed minds come across as billions of tiny voices all talking at once, sometimes in concert, sometimes not. Changing shape is a simple matter for a trained Letni once they are aware of their nature as a gestalt entity with this ability, but without training can take some time to master. This ability extends to producing convincing copies of almost all fabrics but most especially natural fibres and other biological cloth elements. Metallic pieces such as buttons, eyelets or zippers can be 'faked' but will not pass close inspection.
Letni are able to ingest most organic compounds through touch and though they can 'eat' normally have no real need to as they are capable of simply 'sucking' whatever they need nutrition wise though any exposed skin and process/absorb it at leisure. Waste is processed and excreted where necessary yet Letni bodies are really very efficient and require generally less sustenance than most other species.
In their native form Letni are slightly stronger with slightly higher reaction time compared to a baseline human, their eyesight and sense of smell is usually fairly acute however their hearing is not able to pick up the full lower range that a human is able to and bass notes are often lost on them. They are able to perceive infra-red and ultra-violet wavelengths.
Letni are capable of being dismembered without serious effect but the various component parts of the organism will immediately go into a panic mode as the 'link' between all of the cells in the whole is severed and will seek to re-establish the connection as quickly as they can. Often taking on the form of intermediate organisms to do so and following pheromone scent trails to re-assemble themselves. This can of course be exploited. Letni are extremely vulnerable to burning and very high temperatures in general, though they are slightly more able to deal with the cold than a baseline human.

Gender:  Other

Sexual Orientation & Status: Bi / Virgin / Poly

Job: Student

Personality: Freya is an observer, a watcher, someone who takes the time to see the lay of the land before making a move, not quick to judge. Freya is fun and sarcastic with people that are well liked. She is an information sponge and is extremely happy when she is learning something new. Challenges that tax her mentally are seen as something to be sought after and overcome. Freya is generally easygoing and not quick to anger, she is of the opinion that all creatures have a right to exist and that one beings rights end where another's begin. She is practical and creative and likes to read and write, especially fantasy fiction.

Appearance:  Freya's appearance is somewhat changeable given her nature, however due to circumstances since she is not currently aware of her own native appearance she tends to present as a human female in her late teens. Around five foot in height, with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes, Freya tends towards dark colours and modest clothes. She wears spectacles, but as an affectation not because she needs them, she refers to these as her 'brainy specs'. Her practicality is reflected in her dress sense, often she is seen wearing army surplus fashions such as army boots and military greatcoats. Her long hair is often worn in pigtails or down flowing to just above the small of her back. Freya doesn't wear much jewellery but is often seen with a necklace of choker. She is often wearing a t-shirt for some band of other, frequently this is something truly obscure.

Further Pictures

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History: It is unknown how Freya wound up on the planet, leave alone how, as a baby, she was left in human form in a basket outside 'Our Lady of Mercy' in Singleton, West Sussex, England. Having been found and taken in, the story on the subject on the local media soon found her being taken in by a very nice couple living in a converted sixteenth century barn just outside of the village of her discovery. Barren, the couple had determined that they were to adopt a few hours before the story showed up on the TV and both Martha and Steven agreed that this was clearly a message from someone that this was the baby for them, though discussions were many and various as to just who was sending said message. Having been adopted Freya was given her name and found herself a few years later growing up in the rolling countryside of rural Sussex.

She attended some very nice schools, first the local infants school from five to eight, then on to secondary school from eight to eleven. High school was at an all girls school in Chichester, her parents moved the family to a house on the outskirts of town to accommodate this. It was late in high school the trouble started.

Freya was normal for a girl of her age, so it seemed, she had developed as a human girl should, though she was thin and fast on her feet and fairly sharp, she didn't have nearly the same issues with her 'cycle' other girls her age did. This was put down in her own mind to excellent luck and her slight frame, but when the dreams started soon after her fifteenth birthday she began to get the impression something was wrong. In those dreams she wasn't always a girl, sometimes she was a boy, sometimes she was something in between, other times she was an alien and in a scant few of those dreams she was able to switch from one to another at will. The dreams set her mind to racing and each time she had them she would awake with her heart racing and her mind on fire with the sheer possibilities if this could be made real, if she could actually have these abilities. Coupled with raging hormones and an interest in the girls around her at school and the boys in her neighbourhood fifteen was a confusing time.

Sixteen came and as she sped through her exams and out the other side, to the end of school she awoke one day to a particularly vivid dream of having changed into a boy to find that the dream wasn't entirely inaccurate. Her hands were bigger than they would normally be and she had more body hair on her forearms than was normal, panic set in and Freya locked herself in her room, blowing off friends and parents and sitting staring in horror at the reality of her body for pretty much the whole day.

The hands were still there come the end of the day, despite all efforts to mentally wish them away, and Freya was finally forced to show her parents what had happened. There followed some very invasive medical examinations, which culminated in the inevitable conclusion that Freya was not your common or garden human as was previously believed. She was an alien and one that was not previously known on the planet. Where she had come from and what she was, what she was capable of, was quite up in the air.

Freya's world had been turned inside out, upside down, and stomped on repeatedly by Lady Fate, she was quite tempted to go a little insane, yet found that she really could not. After a week of 'man hands' she went to sleep one night and woke up herself again, but still the dreams of changing shape persisted.

Her parents, who were fairly well off decided that their beloved daughter deserved some answers to the obvious questions of her life and provenance and so decided to move the whole family out to Elysium. They could both still work their normal jobs from wherever they were on the planet thanks to telepresence and from there they would be more likely to find answers as that was the spot with the most off planet visitors.

Freya was enrolled in a school in Elysium, as high school in North America does NOT end at seventeen as it does in the UK, and found herself in a world filled with strange creatures and people not of her own adoptive world. There had only been one alien girl at her old High School and she just had golden skin and prehensile hair so she was just, well, kinda exotic and sexy. This was something of a culture shock.

Practising changing her shape and grasping her nature as a gestalt entity made up of sentient cells is an ongoing process the former Freyay is making slow progress with, the latter is a topic that she hasn't even the merest idea of. She has always thought the way she does, with all the voices in her head reaching consensus and then acting and assumes that all people think the same way.

Alignment: Selfish Unprincipled (The DnD alignment system never made any sense to me and one of the few things I like about Palladium is it's take on things there)

Abilities:

• Shapeshifting - As detailed above Letni are capable of changing their shape quickly and at will, their form seeming to 'flow' as they re-align their cells into a new shape, texture, colour or form. Though Freya currently is only at the very beginning of understanding her ability in this and isn't very good at it at all.
• Third sex - Though brought up to be a girl to match her biology, Freya has always felt mentally somewhere between or apart from traditional gender roles and is comfortable and content with either.
• Heightened senses - Letni possess heightened sight and smell, seeing sharper, further and into wavelengths that normal humans cannot. Their sense of smell is very acute and they are on par with bloodhounds in this regard.
• Quick Study - Freya has a natural affinity for learning, especially language, logic, mechanics, electronics and materials. She picks up information quickly, particularly from reading, lectures or practical demonstration and enjoys the process of exploring new ideas and concepts.
• Stealthy - Freya is able to move extremely quietly and does this subconsciously most of the time, she doesn't mean to but often finds herself inadvertently sneaking up on people.

Flaws:

• Inexperienced - Freya hasn't really had a boyfriend or a girlfriend, has little idea of her ability to change shape, doesn't know what she is species wise and what that means and her true identity and family is shrouded in mystery.
  The reasons she was stranded on Earth, if they came to light, could be quite detrimental.
• Letni physical drawbacks - Freya's species are quite vulnerable to heat and burning and their hearing is somewhat lacking in the base range. Letni can be easily scent blinded by extremely powerful scents and Freya does not enjoy perfumes.

Character Relationships:

• NAME OF CHARACTER - Explanation of Association

Associated NPC's:

• Freya's parents Martha and Steven are good people, Steven is very English, from Sussex and a biotech engineer designing brain/machine interfaces, Martha is a researcher for an applied Artificial Intelligence company developing more complex, compact and capable nano AI

Character Ons: Unknown as yet, though the BDSM scene interests Freya and she does want to find out what her 'bent' is at some point she is quite worried about her strange nature turning others off and being ostracised for not being a 'normal' human, or indeed any kind of human at all.

Character Offs: Harm committed to others, anything non-consensual.

Player O/Os: Harm committed to others, anything non-consensual. For more see player O&O's.

Dark Plot Participation: Yes

Other Characters:

• CHARACTER NAME

Current Scenes:

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Planned Scenes:

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[mayovagn]

Looking at making a male form of this.

Amphibian Alien Species

Abe Sapien from the Hellboy movies?

[ShinigamiWolf]

I might use him as the basis for the male form and use the head tentacles and hip tentacles addition. I think the females would have the coral like flukes to help attract males...mayhaps?

[Vergil1989]

Both using Abe and using multiple pics or just descriptions would work fine with me.  I loved the Hellboy movies, so that's a bonus lol.  So yeah, you'd be good to go with that Wolf.

Also Mayo?  Holy crap!  I am curious about her alignment only because I'm not familiar with the term, but I do agree with you about the D&D system, it's a bit too black and white or just plain nonsensical in some cases, but it's also what I'm familiar with lol.  But overall she looks pretty awesome.  You simply need a couple pictures and you'd be good to go.  And as much as you might not like D&D, a doppelganger from their extensive list of demons and monsters might be the way to go for her 'true' form, if she has one I mean lol.  I am however going to ask you to make her 18 at the bare minimum unfortunately.  I know site rules say 16 is the absolute lowest, but I get uncomfortable with anything below 18.  Sorry to be a bother Mayo.

[ShinigamiWolf]

Alright, I've hashed out a fair bit of the character concept. Now mostly I gotta work on the species nonsense, and then the character history.

[Vergil1989]

No worries Wolf, we've barely gotten started so you still have plenty of time to get into things.  :D  Take your time and post it up when you're ready, so don't worry.  ;D

[mayovagn]

So, ah, am I accepted? *Blinks*

[Vergil1989]

Yes, yes you are.  ;D

[mayovagn]

And is, ah, my, you know, character accepted? *Teasing grin*

[Vergil1989]

Lol yes Mayo, you can post your gal in the Character Database and make an appearance in the OOC.  From there you can post in any of the threads that are currently up.  Enjoy yourself eh?  :D

[Vergil1989]

I've been thinking about playing the first guy I've written in a long time and making him an android, a fully sentient one to be precise.  Possibly even one of the first to obtain full rights as a sapient being rather than a tool to be replaced when parts go bad.  Might even make it so he's a famous club owner in the better parts of the Black Hole.  While he'd be running a club devoted to catering to people's kinks and stuff on the surface, really he's made a safe haven for runaways or other androids like himself who need a hand getting their lives together again, or simply started as the case might be.  This would be once second characters are allowed of course, but I'm wondering what you guys think of my late night insanity lol.

At any rate, we're still accepting most characters, and while I'd like a few more guys, I won't flat out refuse more women either.  See ya!

[ShinigamiWolf]

Apologies, I normally put out a bit more aggressively on my posting. My heads not been in a right place so I'll likely be taking one more day of personal time to get my head on straight, afterwards I shall be back in the game with ferocity. ^_^

[Vergil1989]

No worries Wolf.  Take all the time you need my friend, truly.  :D

[Vergil1989]

I probably should have done this from the start, but I think I'm gonna open this to second characters now.  We've gotten a fair amount of activity already and it's been pretty decent all told, but we could always use a few more people.  For now though, if anyone wants to make a second character that's already got someone, feel free to do so now.  It's the same routine as the first, so just post 'em here or PM them to me as you like.

I'm still wanting to get a couple of assistants to help me get Dark Plot related stuff going for those who want to go that route, as well as just generally interesting characters to interact with the players whenever I'm not able to do so myself.  If anyone wants to volunteer for a Co-GM spot, just let me know.  Thanks guys and gals, and for those already here, you've been awesome.  ;D  ANYWAY, I'm still wanting at least one more guy to help balance out the guys from the gals, but other than that just people to fill the city in general would be appreciated.  Anything from your common variety teacher to someone in the upper reaches of Elysium society, to even a stripper at a club would be welcome.  So come along folks, and let's have some fun.  ;D

I'm only requesting we not have a lot of 'criminal types' since we have a couple of those already, but even they're pretty decent people, so I won't outright refuse them if you go that way, just be aware I'm not actively seeking the more morally gray folks either is all, not at this exact moment at least.  Anyway, see ya!

[Gardsorm]

Well, with that in mind then~

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Player Name: Gardsorm

Character Name: Kiel Erickson

Age: 28

Species:  Human

Gender:  Male

Sexual Orientation & Status: Straight /  Non-Virgin / Single

Job: Elysium Police Department Officer (May be expanded on)

Personality: For someone working in the EPD, you would think Kiel has a more work-focused mind... Though you would be partly wrong. Kiel hasn't lost sight of his fun-loving and often times joking behavior, though he knows when he needs to get serious and drop all acts. Considered one of the EPD's more popular figures due to an outgoing and friendly persona, he nevertheless accepts he won't get nearly as much recognition as those who pull more than three times their weight, metaphorically speaking. He's the sort of officer you wouldn't see at a desk dealing with paperwork, for fear of turning them into paper airplanes. He'd much rather be on the streets, busting bad guys and knocking back beers on his time off. Not one to shy away from darker areas, he'll hang out wherever good food, drinks, games, and girls will chill. Has recently suffered a major injury that people feel will have changed his personality, though he still seems to be the same old Kiel.

When he needs to get serious, he tends to get serious. Where most officers would be afraid to use force, he doesn't hesitate in the slightest to knock the deserving down a peg, physically if needed. Often times, due to his excessive use of it, he's put on reserve until the truly deserving are up to recieve it. To him, he feels he's doing what needs to be done, else giving the enemy an inch lets them take a mile. He's been hit with a suspension once for it, though he neither regrets his actions nor dwells on it. instead playing to the rules the department sets for him. Despite these minor personality setbacks, he still feels himself a pretty good guy, definitely looser than alot of the other stiffs on the force (Loose being used broadly considering he's had past flings).

Appearance:  Kiel stands at a fairly tall 6'1, with a weight of 172 lbs. His hair is primarily colored black, save for a large patch being colored white, leading to him being called a skunk jokingly, though sometimes also derogatorily. His physical profile is fairly above average, featuring well-toned muscle and chiseled abs that he didn't mind showing off at one point, though after his latest mission is much more hesitant to show it now. As it stands, his somewhat tanned self now features numerous scars where surgeries were needed to be performed to properly mitigate the damage done before it became severe. His artificial arm is chrome in color, and though it often looks like it starts from the middle of his arm, it actually begins from the shoulder. One scar that was always present even before he joined the force was a slash mark across the bridge of his nose, something incurred from long before.

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History: Many stories of Kiel's origins are spoken by coworkers and others, tales of his arrival from some distant planet where explosions occured at every hour, and you couldn't do anything without it being positively explosive... Or stories of how a can of whoop-ass was opened and poured into a pot of badass stew, and he promptly rose up from it. Naturally the stories couldn't be faker, however, his true origins hailing from the eastern reaches of the United States. Even growing up, he was no stranger to merriment and hilarity, and often made sure he had equal doses of both in his day to day life, whether he was at home or going to school. He often went down in his yearbooks as the class clown, but he still managed to do his work and earn some respect for it, where being called the Class Clown was more a sign of respect than anything spoken against him. Even from a young age, he was always fascinated with law enforcement, telling himself he would one day join them.

His life was mostly unimpressive, though he enjoyed befriending aliens as much as he did humans, finding them exotic and cool. Some of his earliest crushes even turned out to be species from beyond the stars, though nothing really came of them. After all, growing up meant your first signs of love were usually just puppy love, whether it was a student or your hot school nurse. His life was nothing short of interesting and fun growing up, and he feels if he were allowed to relieve it, he totally would. However, as life goes on, he would slowly work his way into adulthood, where time to play came considerably less. College was rough, taught by collections of even the most tight-assed teachers to ensure their students were ready for the future. All work and no play left Kiel a boring man, however, and so when free moments of time came up in his life, he invited many others to large get-togethers to party and forget their worries. It was one of these events that marked the first time Kiel ever got laid, but he can barely remember what happened. However, it was thanks to events like these that he made it through college life without going stir crazy, ultimately graduating and left able to look for what he wanted to do in life.

His dream lay in the once-mythical lands of Elysium, effectively brought to life off the coast of Los Angeles. The Elysium Police Department was one of the most powerful forms of law enforcement within the United States' jurisdiction. and though they were only stationed at Elysium, their tech advantage meant many of the latest and greatest inventions were often test-run or even concepted by their numbers. Moving to Elysium, he feels, was one of the greatest choices he'd ever made, residing within a city so unbelievable, it still felt like fiction or something out of a game he once played. Though life wasn't as kind to him, he still made the best of his existence in Elysium as best as he could. During his initial run to take the test to join the EPD, he didn't do as well when it came to written segments and practiced exams, his methods considered crude and arguably dangerous. He'd failed the test twice before he finally bettered himself to the point where he could complete the test properly and be welcomed officially to the EPD. His earliest memories were being trained by a fierce-looking tall woman of red skin that tended to underdress, though she managed to get a great deal of obedience from him in the ways it counted. Despite her looks, she was the drill sergeant from hell, whipping him into proper shape and making him a more respectful figure of the EPD. Between her idea of training and that of regulation training, he was soon fit to be able to patrol the streets on his own. Though he still had a couple of problems here and there, he managed to reel in enough of his attitude to weigh it out with the good he could do, careful not to overstep too many boundaries. However, a time came when he still lost his temper and beat a man into unconsciousness while on the job for resisting arrest following an attack on a woman. Though he was suspended for this act, he maintains it needed to be done as it was either him or the other guy, and if the other won, worse things would have happened.

He returned two weeks later, ready to make up for lost time. Some felt he was justified to do what he did, others still remained adamant he went too far... Nevertheless, he doesn't mind the gossip, instead trying to watch the situations he winds up in, and keeping better tabs on his behavior. From then until the present, he's worked to keep himself out of trouble, but a police raid a few months back had left him with several scars on his torso and a useless right arm that necessitated removal. In its place, he was given a more advanced limb to work with, considered experimental at the time but worked perfectly for someone who required a great deal of articulation on the job. Though it was a challenge to get used to, he eventually came to adopt the limb as its his and returned to the EPD in as high spirits as ever. Many don't know he regrets losing his old arm, and he prefers to let people be happy with the fact that he still seems to be his old self, not wanting to drag anyone down with a pity party... After all, he was one of the liveliest of the EPD. What would it say if the public saw him moping?

Alignment: Chaotic Good - He'll upkeep the law and fight for good, but the methods he uses aren't always approved of, nor are the lengths he goes to in order to see justice done.

Abilities:

• Grappler - A fairly strong guy, while he can let punches and kicks do the talking, he prefers to grapple and drop foes to keep them from getting any ground on him as a holdover from his days of fighting in backalleys for cash. Often times he will purposefully take a hit if it lets him get into an advantageous position to grab and throw his opponent off-balance.
• Heavy Weapons - He works for the EPD and utilizes many normal weapons, but his preference lies in the big guns. The sort of person who will bring an Anti-Tank Rifle or a Rocket Launcher to a warehouse battle in the off-chance the enemy side is packing serious ordinance. Better to have and not need it, than to need and not have it, right?
• Demolitions - Accompanies the above ability, the man loves his explosions. While he certainly isn't on the same level as Michael Bay, his range of explosives varies anywhere from hand grenades to pipe bombs to even Semtex if he finds a good place to put the stuff to use. Thankfully such places are few and far inbetween.
• Bodyguard - He often prefers to play a more defensive role in the presence of allies. he considers himself the self-imposed tank of the EPD, and often it shows in his armors, which tend to be something approaching powered armors than actual body armors. Due to their experimental and prototype nature, they aren't widely produced yet, used solely by the heavier forces in the EPD... For now.
• Artificial Arm - A recent acquisition from events that occured not long before, Kiel lost the use of his right arm from a severe firefight and an errant grenade. Though it doesn't look like it, the entirety of his right arm from the shoulder down has been replaced by a bionic limb. Though he jokes and says it makes masturbating all the more fun with a vibrating hand, the truth is he can still sometimes feel his old limb there and its departure leaves him more shaken up than advertised. However, the qualities it affords him far outweigh the negatives, and it still has room to be enhanced.

Flaws:

• Loose Cannon - A little extreme, but he definitely shows moments of aggressive and reckless behavior. Usually the only life he tends to endanger tends to be his own, though it's liable to happen if coworkers are with him too. He tries his best to avoid situations like this when in the company of allies, but he isn't perfect.
• Shortsighted - When it comes to him and his goals, he'll often take the shortest road, no matter how rife with danger it may be. Bonus points if he's behind the wheel or at the handlebars of any sort-of transportation, no amount of traffic or obstructions will keep him from chasing someone down.

Character Relationships:

• NAME OF CHARACTER - Explanation of Association

Associated NPC's:

• Name of NPC - Description of NPC

Character Ons: Would be easier to tell you what turns him off.

Character Offs: Toilet play, extreme violence, needle play... Anything else, and you may need to check my preferences

Player O/Os: Check mah preferences~

Dark Plot Participation: Yes

Other Characters:

• CHARACTER NAME

Current Scenes:

• Location - Time - Day / Other Characters / Brief Description of the Scene

Planned Scenes:

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[Vergil1989]

Telpono:  "Erickson, glad you could join us."

Lol he looks good Gardsorm.  You know the drill.  ;D

[Gardsorm]

Kiel: "Kept you waiting, huh?"

*Shot for reference*

Alrighty. o= One sheet in storage, coming up~