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villca · 3 years

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* RICARDO HOYOS, CIS MAN + HE/HIM | you know CHASER ‘CHASE’ VILLCA, right? they’re TWENTY-THREE, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, ONE YEAR? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to TRUTH by ALEX EBERT like, a million times this year, which makes sense, ‘cause they’ve got that whole COWER OF A DOG AROUND FIREWORKS, FULL BODY FLINCH OF A HELD HAND & CAKED MUD IN THE KNOTS OF THEIR HOODIE’S DRAWSTRINGS thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is NOVEMBER 10TH, so they’re a SCORPIO, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( tasha, 22, est, she/her)

hullo!! my name is tasha and i Hope Everyone is Doing Well During these Unprecedented and Uncertain Times n also having a happy ny x my second lockdown quarantine fixation of choice was degrassi n it shows FJGHK anyways b4 i go back to binging more (it’s all on youtube?? iconic??) here r the deets on my boi! i look forward to plotting w all of u :~) my discord is tasha#3566 pls feel free 2 add me!! tw for cults and brief mentions of violence/neglect/abuse.

backstory !

was raised in a traveling commune, which bounced between state parks and forests. all intense survivalists but also...not, like obvs can’t have sustained agriculture traveling from park to park, so the group’s leaders would often detour alone to pick up supplies every now and then.

but a horrible place to grow up, not that he knew that ‘cos it’s the only life he’s ever known. was just a pretty violent / toxic atmosphere with a hyper survival of the fittest mentality, a lot of sparring that would go too far, not nearly enough resources for the weather conditions, or anyone with actual medical training for when anyone got sick or injured - all under the guise of self sufficiency.

also very poorly homeschooled, chase barely knows how to read, and stories/info was often read to them or recited by memory.

at eighteen he’s given more responsibility, gets to go on supply runs. goes to like, cvs, for the first time. hates it FJHG, really just has no desire to explore more of the world even though he knows for sure it’s out there now. his ‘family’ are thrilled about this - knowing they basically have him for life.

trains and mentors the younger members, unwittingly encourages violence, sort of pushing them to their limits because for the group it’s less about winning and more about being able to survive - endurance and being able to endure is so wrapped up in reverence which he mistakes for love.

when he’s twenty the whole commune gets busted, apparently they had been secretly under investigation for a while. his parents were in the commune too but never make that distinction known so the cops tell him and he’s like ok and ? just like, doesn’t know that that’s meant to mean anything.

goes to jail directly to jail does not pass go ... takes a bit to go to trial, but he ends up serving two years. and that’s what you missed on glee ! currently living with his grandparents at lilac ridge, which is weird. they feel very much like strangers. also on parole still, f in the chat.

personality !

hates it here, feels like shit just wants to go vibe in the woods again. is a lot more quiet than he used to be, truly flopping like a fish out of water.

always saying the wrong thing then getting frustrated at himself bc humiliating ! and if no one respects him, ‘cos he knows nothing about anything anymore then how can anyone ever love him ! this thought depresses him - finds it super hard to make friends ! doesn’t understand any pop culture references.

can be a bit rude, a wee bit hostile, physically aggressive, immature. just doesn’t think before he speaks smh. won’t admit when he’s wrong either will just be like, ya that’s what i meant.

competitive as heck ! catch him trying to out chin-up the person next to him at the outdoor gym down at the beach. loves games too, but not like board games, think he’s only ever played cards anyways ... but like, duck duck goose.

for all the survivalist training, not even that street smart (and not book smart at all). like ya he can identify types of mushrooms and wipe his ass with a leaf in a pinch but i mean he doesn’t need to do that now rip.

easily influenced but pretends he isn’t, his grandparents were like chaser ? that’s no name. we’ll call you chase. and he was all like whatevs ... but now he introduces himself to people as chase.

fun facts !

other song choice for app was cop car by mitski, but chase doesn’t listen to music. or particularly like it, but he’s had to get used to his grandparent’s excessive radio use.

has dimples, very cute when he smiles. this is a fact and i personally find it very fun.

will eat anything. tho his fave food is honey on toast the cottagecore girlies are quaking !

favourite story is jack and the beanstalk which he still thinks was made up by the commune. doesn’t know it’s an actual book/tale bc they’d always recount it by memory.

everyone called him chaser because he was good at chasing people FGHJ, king of tag !

begrudgingly saving up for a phone, doesn’t see the point of it but apparently it’s imperative for his “ future life prospects ” ???

wanted connections !

really feels out of the loop with everything like he’ll never be caught up but, someone give him a pop culture 101 lesson !

someone to get him into music, film, art etc ...

makeover montage ? rly do imagine him with the worst style !

someone who gets him out of his shell a lil, makes him has fun, takes him to a party or the arcade, endless possibilities truly.

a future roommate, he simply does not have the funds to move out yet... but imagine...if they let him stay with them for free KFGH or let him crash whenever. honestly probably the worst housemate, just pacing at all hours, leaving the fridge door open.

alternatively people who either know his grandparents ( who i imagine as a muriel and eustace FGJKH ) or live in lilac ridge !

people he gets in fights with...grew up where violence was a first resort unforch so the moment things get heated he’s throwing hands. or like, him asking who do you need me to beat up to someone sad over an ex or smth and actually meaning it...

co-workers ( where he works tba ).

and all the usual jazz, friends, enemies, hook-ups, unrequited crushes.

also stuff specific to the locations could be rly cool !

#thnk u past me for pre writing this knowin i wld wanna do absolutly Nothing today <3 #irvingintro #cults tw #abuse tw #violence tw #neglect tw

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koboldburrow · 5 years

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Sonata Form update

so now that I’ve given this blog a lil context on who Eska even is lmaooo: we wrapped up the second arc of the campaign last session, and BOY DID WE DO IT WITH A BANG:

After rescuing the Jormun Arakosh from the temple of Umberlee, we had all headed under the sea to put a stop to this “something is raising hordes of undead pirate ghosts” problem. Discovering that the Jormun, who live underwater and all, were being hit by the problem 10x worse, Arakosh decided to come with us to keep more of their people from getting absolutely fuckign shredded.

We made our way through the perilous deep-sea cavern that was the source of the problem in true Sonata Form fashion: with Cash stealing every single bit of loot possible for himself and Eska having a claustrophobia-induced panic attack when their shell got stuck in a narrow stone crevice

but also with a lot of avoiding having to kill things through Eska’s Calm Emotions and Arakosh’s knowledge of the local fishy wildlife. Eska continues to be really really grateful that the party is willing to give their whole “avoid killing a thing for defending its territory/just trying to live its life” thing a chance, this party is so good

So for the most part, we’re still pretty intact and good to go on spell slots by the time we hit the endboss chamber: the wreck of a ship, where the body of Munin (the missing Jormun leader) and the trident that’s an important relic of her people lie fallen. Arakosh rushes over to her (and Eska comes the fuck with them because FINAL BOSS SENSES TINGLING DON’T STRAND THE CLERIC NEXT TO WHATEVER’S GONNA POP OUT), and.... nothing pops out

Rather, the trident starts to glow, and Munin’s decomposing 14-foot-tall corpse rises, ready to KICK OUR SHIT

And kick our shit, it does. Eska starts off with a Stunning Strike and uses that moment to take the trident from Munin, and Eustace hits her body with a Dispel Magic. For a moment, she falls, and we’ve all got our pretty clear proof that “oh, hm, okay, something is magically puppeting her, wonder if it has anything to do with this big glowy trident,” buuuut IT AIN’T THAT EASY FAM

The trident gets its own legendary actions, you see

So it simply recasts whatever it’s using to raise Munin, then summons itself back into her hand. Since she’s no longer stunned, she lets us know what she can do: about 3d8+9 damage per attack

She lets us know this by IMPALING OUR ROGUE A LITTLE BIT, y’know, as one does

Cash takes 23 HP of damage, and Eska, who heals by losing their own HP, has 23 HP left

Meanwhile, Synn, being a gnoll, has been in combat for like three rounds, and thus starts making Wisdom saving throws. She fails, which means she goes absolutely berserk AND IS ABOUT TO START THRASHING THE PARTY’S SHIT WITH MUNIN AND THE TRIDENT TOO

So here’s how Eska’s turn goes down:

They’re an unarmed fighter, so they can’t really do damage to the trident itself and stop it that way. They also realize that hitting Munin is pretty useless, because we’ve witnessed the trident can just animate her corpse all over again. They also also cannot tank by keeping Munin stuck engaged with them, because one of the legendary actions she can do each turn is a free Disengage

but they can still heal, at least, as long as they’ve got that one last ki point in their tank

So they swim up to Cash, pull the trident out of his chest, and heal him for 22 HP, knocking themself down to 1 hit point. They’ve got the trident in their big scaly mitt again, but they know it can just poof itself right back into Munin’s hand if they just sit there doing nothing with it. This thing can do a LOT of damage, both it and Munin still look like they’ve got plenty of juice, and that’s all without factoring in the 2d12+10 or so of damage per round that Synn is about to unleash on us

shit’s fucked

so eska

tries to shove the trident

into their bag of holding

It actively resists, so we make it a Strength contest. Fork rolls a 23, ESKA ROLLS A 24. THEY DO IT. THEY PUT A FORK IN A BAG. DM sits in stunned silence for a second, then goes “uh, let me check something real quick”

“...so it turns out that the inside of a bag of holding is a different plane”

“and it can’t use its magic across planes”

“so uh Munin’s body falls limp once more”

AND WE’VE SOLVED HER DEAD FISH PUZZLE

unfortunately, we have not solved the “our ranger wants to kill us” puzzle, Eska is still at 1 HP, and is entirely out of ki. They can’t Calm Emotions this away, they fail an attempt at grappling Synn, Eustace fails a Persuasion roll to chill her down, the rest of the party is ready to kill her

And Eustace’s violin, which has been previously established to be sentient and capable of magic WAY beyond our level, pipes up with a Command with an insanely high DC, and forces Synn to calm down before shit goes full PVP.

Said god-violin then teleports us out of the dungeon with Munin’s body and directly in front of the Jormun throne room, where Eska tries very very hard to tactfully explain to the current acting leader that uh. “hey so your cherished important relic is the thing responsible for wiping out half your city and it was also trying to Weekend at Bernie’s your mom’s corpse into killing us”

Discussions are had. We figure this trident is one of those Sentient And Very Dangerous relics our sponsor is sending us to find, the Jormun leader wisely does not want to risk pulling the trident back out and getting the undead up in their shit all over again, and it’s eventually decided that we’ll bring the fork back with us to the Marquess (our sponsor), in hopes that it can be calmed, sealed, or barring that... destroyed?

but for now, we recover, because our ranger and bard are both Cutscene Unconscious, funerary rites must be prepared for Munin, Arakosh has to decide what they want to do from there, and the whole party’s prrrrobably due for a meeting on the whole “if we hadn’t been THIS lucky about neutralizing the boss and the NPC-violin chilling her out, then Synn could have gotten all of us killed” dilemma

#eska #sonata form

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