Magic, Science, and all-the-ways-they-mix Research Team!
There are a lot of forgotten relics, forsaken lands, and forbidden arts lost to the waves and time. The Raiders of the Lost Arts are dedicated to finding, researching, and potentially utilizing whatever they can find. Legal methods of acquiring information and research materials may or may not be followed. The crew is also incredibly inclined towards Moon-themes and most of them are bibliophiles.
projects + library
general projects
Tombstone from the Ghost Ship, ghoul's moon 2023
dongfang qingcang
alternate motherstone
rem tokimiya emet-selch, dongfang qingcang
general magi-tech research
crew-wide interest
other-world curses
dongfang qingcang
research project
primary researcher
library
A wide (and growing) variety of books, research notes, specimens, and magitech are available in the researh library for reference and study by the crew for their various projects and/or niche interest binge reads
Notable Items
Ancient Tome of Forbidden Knowledge "A tome depicting ancient, forbidden arts from a long-lost arcane practitioner. The book is so ancient it's actually difficult to read or make out anything, and it also seems to have a habit of trying to bite the reader."; picked up on the off chance it has something in there that matches the handwriting from the Tombstone Rem is investigating and starting the magic research library off the correct way: with forbidden knowledge and violence (biting) - Donated by Dongfang Qingcang
Player: Cirrus Character: Reno User Name:general_affairs Alliance: Paladin. On paper. Personality:
Sociable, witty, adaptable, observant, aloof, thoughtful. He's excellent at cold-reading personalities and conversations, which lends to his adaptability. Slides into or maintains conversation easily with others, and blends into many social situations with natural ease when he needs to. Otherwise prefers the company of his inner circle and can be aloof/distant with others.
However! When bored or understimulated, he's more readily sociable, and will venture to find someone to interact with in his own playful/cocky manner. This will likely be the main means of initial bonding with him.
Protective and caring of close friends, and will admit to accepting randos' lives as collateral damage for the safety of his inner circle. Tends to be supportive and thoughtful of the needs(and possible future needs) of his inner circle, though he can be known to be mischievous on purpose if someone he's fond of seems stressed or upset for the sake of distracting them from their problems for a little while.
He knows a little bit about a lot of things, and being ever nosy and curious, he soaks up new information (especially gossip) like a sponge. He's not above putting in the effort to dive into and do his research on necessary topics, but it's rare to see his studious and hardworking. He prefers to wear a mask of laziness.
Handwaved Interactions/Assumed CR:
Pulls odd, and sometimes inconsistent hours depending on his personal itinerary. It's possible to see him up and in the kitchen getting food at or before dawn, but it's also possible to see him lounging on the deck at night, scrolling through his shellphone and taking notes on his personal phone. Every so often he'll sleep an entire day, or he might wake up at 2pm.
Cannot sit properly in a chair. Typical disaster bi signaling.
Usually does laps around deck every other day. Workouts focus heavy focus on cardio and agility if he's left alone, but he enjoys working out with others. Those that take him up on the offer might find theirselves in friendly competitive work-outs with him a lot. He's also perfectly happy with sparring, and particularly enjoys when he can get more serious and use his mag rod. He has fun letting the energy out.
Does not like people coming into his quarters without invitation, and extremely cagey/protective about his personal things. He usually does his best to strong-arm them out of his room with subtle cues, such as: getting uncomfortably close until they back up, and walking them backwards out of his room, begrudgingly throwing on one of his coats and leading them out of his room while they talk. If that doesn't work, he'll shoo them out, and usually at least join them in the open to see what they want.
Probably the one that scrungles around the masts to handle sails, even though it's probably entirely unnecessary for him to do so. He just likes the workout and practice.
Ever-fond of explosives and gadgets, he'll likely spend a lot of time around the tinkerers. Books or note might go missing into his quarters, then reappear a few days later at where they're supposed to be. He may or may not have permission to be holding whatever he is holding. He may or may not be tinkering with various volatile ingredients or gadgets. At least he's careful with them and usually knows what he's doing.
Always open to games of cards, and any kind of horseplay involving alcohol, though it's rare he gets drunk. Buzzed? Sure. Tipsy? Sometimes. Drunk? No.
If they're growing particularly close to Reno, he'll more or less be a clingy cat that yowls for attention and gets pissy when he doesn't get it.
Can and will engage in petty warfare.
Does often actually contribute to the ship's wares and upkeep, but he tends to restock/clean/mend things on his own, and doesn't draw attention to it. He doesn't hide that he contributes. But he doesn't advertise it or exactly do these things out in the open, either.
Hmm... I think for now he would not put the copies in the library. Given the ways that most people have taken to using technology currently (for war/bloodshed etc.), Emet would not be comfortable leaving advanced engineering schematics around where anyone could take them. That said, anyone in the crew is welcome to come up to him and ask about them. He's not going to keep it a secret that they exist; he just wants to assess whether he can trust people with the knowledge.
Player:Liz Character: Daria Morgendorffer User Name:standingonmyneck Alliance: Corsair Personality: Massively intelligent, well read, but somewhat lazy Daria is a young woman with a sharp mind and as sharp of a tongue. She may be antisocial, sarcastic, and a bit aloof but she has a heart of gold with principle and belief to what’s right. There is a love of just watching on the side lines and watching the world burn with it yet Daria, now in her twenties and a little older, is willing to put at least a little elbow grease into working on what she believes in for the people she cared about. As long as there’s a good book and a place to write her morbid short stories, she can easily keep herself occupied. As a friend, you can also expect her to be loyal and sincere when you need more than just a funny, dry, morbid quip or two. Handwaved Interactions/Assumed CR: - Daria keeps to herself mostly with Bramblesong and Wendy, reading or writing. You’ll mostly see her with a new book every so while since she’s a heavy reader. But she has been using inspirations for her journeys to write short stories or keep writing notes and observations for future intelligence. - Every once in a while, Daria will make a pizza to share in the kitchen. Dongfang seems to like her pizza so…why not. People who are generally friendly to her at least may also get to share. - Mostly will probably be in her room unless if she has an assigned task. - Wendy the Bunger serves as almost like a body guard. Though she’s mostly playful with people, ever cause Daria a problem expect the Bunger to be a little threatening. Her charging bull run isn’t anything to sneeze at. - Daria has plant magic, which serves as the most helpful to her for quests and has kept having that around. She also has a pistol that shoot elemental style bullets. Her shot is actually pretty good.
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