October 2018 AU Workshop

[recollecters]

AU WORKSHOP

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Crow Armbrust | Trails of Cold Steel

[jurai]

PLAYER: RC
CHARACTER: Crow Armbrust
CANON: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

AU NAME: Crow Armbrust
AU AGE: 21
AU OCCUPATION: College Student (second year) | Odd-Jobs Man
BLURB:
♠ An almost endearingly laidback 21-year-old at Recolle University with questionable attendance. Majoring in paramedicine to be an EMT. It's not unusual to see him skipping his non-paramedicine classes (like math or English)...or straight up falling asleep during lectures.
♧ Is actually really good at fashion--can think of some pretty decent outfit ensembles if he puts his mind to it. He almost went for it as his major, but he felt like there's a line separating hobby and job.
♦ Hails from the upper coast of Maine. Portland, to be exact. An only child raised by his grandfather as his parents are not around (either passed away or just couldn't end up taking care of him/out of his life)
♧ He left Maine when his grandfather passed away, when he was around the age of 18. His love of card games and gambling came from him, and it's something that makes him feel closer to him even after his death.
♡ Came to Recolle at age 19, after sorting out things with his Grandpa's house and inheritance. Met a friend there who helped him get an apartment which he lives in alone (for now).
♠ Can often be seen hitting up coffee shops (either skipping class or on his off days) for the free wifi, listening to the live performances (one Elliot Craig comes to mind), and reading the paper. Notorious for his tab there.
♧ Is a bit of a gambler--he likes to use some of his paychecks to buy the $1 lottery tickets at the gas station to try his luck and win some decent money. Said luck isn't the greatest, so he's always looking for people to go halfway with him and borrow 50 cents off them. He'll give it back--seriously!
♦ Along with lottery tickets, he absolutely loves card games, often playing UNO or Go Fish with kids for candy. Loses on purpose though, since kids always tell when you're about to pick their best card.
♡ LOVES gacha phone games, especially the idol ones. He's always trying to bring home the hunnies.
♠ Since his grandpa only had dial-up (oof) he's a bit new to the trends that are going around these days. What's an MMO, what's Neopets.
♧ He doesn't necessarily have a -job- per say. But more like he takes up odd requests from the paper or word of mouth and getting payment for it. Need help moving something to your apartment? He'll do it. Don't want to assemble that IKEA bookshelf? He'll do it (pretty well too).
♦ Very good at cooking seafood (it's also his favourite food) and knows how to make homemade fish burgers, fish sticks, and lobster rolls.
♡ Despite his lax personality, he's quite reliable in a fight, and is actually quite a good marksman should the need arise. Not that he necessarily OWNS a gun yet, but the natural skills both physically and magically will be a regain.
♠ Will be starting out with black hair and brown eyes, to match the 'Crow' name. His parents were those people who wanted something more creative than 'Raven', ok.
♧ One giant bisexual.
♦ Surprisingly an old soul--and talks like one too. He'll often call himself 'Uncle Crow' to people around him (esp if they're younger), he'll act like your mentor too if that's the case. 'Kids these days', 'ah, youth', and other such OLD MAN SAYINGS are commonplace with this one. Then again, that's what happens when you're raised by one.

LOOKING FOR:
♠ Friends and acquaintences around the city? Past customers, people who know of his notorious scams of 50 cents, fellow classmates catching him cutting history, anything!
♧ Classmates! Especially ones that let him crash their dorm when he wants to raid their fridges.
♦ Teachers...if they want to put up with this disaster of a student.
♡ Kid/High Schooler CR! Crow is excellent with kids and often takes the big brother role (Although...idk if role MODEL is entirely accurate). He's very reliable when it comes down to it, though--absolutely no harm will come to said kids under his watch, so let him be your wise, wise senpai!
♠ Has probably had multiple dates with both men and women--so previous flings or one night stands are open!
♧ Cousins/People from his hometown! I have Crow set on being an only child but that doesn't mean that there aren't distant relatives out there he didn't account for! Same goes for people from the same city he grew up in.

Should you have any questions or want/need to reach me for other ideas(?) I am found at rceus !

PLANS

[jurai]

PLACEHOLDER FOR FUTURE EDITS DO NOT REPLY, PLEASE! ♡

[fiddlestick]

ITS YOU!!!

I'm still up for Crow and Elliot knowing each other via live performances and card games! I'll say the black hair threw Elliot off and it will suddenly dawn on him that he's from Class VII and he'll be like GAAAAAASP

Sometimes Elliot is dumb ok.

[jurai]

YES I definitely agree Crow's probably a regular to Elliot's live performances and maybe invited him to a game of cards afterwards.

Don't worry Elliot he'll get that beautiful old-man hair back soon enough!

[fiddlestick]

YES I LIKE THIS. Elliot would've happily played cards with him because he's sociable and yay friendship!!

GOOD. May there be jokes about him acting like such an old man his hair went prematurely gray.

[maskreant]

how do we delete this one

[jurai]

Here you go~ ❤️

[maskreant]

Stop.

i think i faintly remember that Crow was going to be a regular at Akira's cat cafe?? and they would be university mates and he will DO his Best to help Crow. please let this continue.

he will house this hobo

[interlucere]

Hello! So Lucille here is Elliot's younger cousin, and while that doesn't offer much in the way of CR, it's possible that these two could have a gen ed class or two together. She is a tryhard when it comes to school, so she won't hesitate kick his ass for skipping if they manage to hit it off well enough.

[jurai]

Oh I would LOVE for him to have classmates that kick him into high gear and try to make him attend! He's that sad cocktail of being a good student...but only in classes he cares about.

[interlucere]

Oh boy, he's one of those. So I'm envisioning this now, a long-term group project from Hell. She will drag you over the finishing line Crow because so help her if she gets anything less than an A- on this thing because of you she's going to murder you in your sleep. In class, because that's where he decided to nod off. Like a fool.

But on the other side, I would love to have someone help her not... be so fake, for lack of a better term? Lucille's your textbook good girl who concentrates way too much on how people see her. Please help this girl learn how to chill out or she's going to have an aneurysm by age 40.

Ohai.

[hexem]

Emma here is likely to be a street urchin currently in premed? So? Things?

[jurai]

Oh my gosh Emma!

Wow I bet they'd have a bunch of classes in common too..they could def spend their breaks between classes together (Crow's probably napping on the table)

the real question: does she have a cat

[hexem]

Emma might not be a candidate for getting the app until Dec 1 (for purely logistical reasons, I need two months of activity with two characters, and Touya just came in) but yuuup.

THEY PROBABLY DO and yis, that makes sense. Crow what did you do all night... oh wait. ... yes, she wants to know, just in case.

... yes. Although my first thought is 'a bedraggled white and red tabby tomcat who lost an eye in a fight at some point but is really sweet and cuddly around Emma' so basically the opposite of Celine.

[fabrefactions]

BASEBALL SLIDES OVER








sup

[jurai]

THE MAN OF CULTURE HAS ARRIVED

[fabrefactions]

Culture and style and all that jazz.

Actually, I did some stuff with Yusuke having a roundabout interest in fashion for the art side of it when he first joined that I wouldn’t mind playing with more, so maybe something something walk walk fashion baby? He likes admiring the couture as heck stuff but can’t sew or anything...

[promisedyou]

I don't have any pre-game CR to offer but did someone say idol gacha phone games 👀

[jurai]

AH, I SEE YOU TOO ARE A PERSON OF CULTURE

please be in gacha hell with him he's going to need people that u n d e r s t a n d!!

[twostringsonebow]

joining in for idol game hell actually,

goro also frequents coffee places (though especially his boyfriend's workplace, catmosphere cafe), he likes studying there and stuff, he's the type of person who sees someone that's interested in the same things as him he can't resist speaking up. no matter what it is, embarrassing enough, let the crows be friendly he can fund you

[jurai]

Omg AKECHI PLEASE I'm so glad both Crows can die in idol hell together...Please say his luck isn't the pits

Having them meet or frequent the same cafes would be so cute though, especially if its the cat cafe--he'd probably go there to play solitaire or do the homework he actually likes doing

[floret]

JAMIE IS ALSO 21 AND IN medical-adjacent college (though he's a senior... and aiming for med school, ultimately hoping to become a trauma surgeon) and likes to get high and works at a cafe (the Tea Kittle, which obviously specializes in tea, but he himself specializes in all the same espresso drinks they serve at Starbucks, which is where he used to work until he fled with the trade secrets)

he's broke and doesn't have any extra food but you could pet his cats probably

also he is a lonely thot so if Crow himself had any interest then dates/flings/etc. could 100% have happened

[jurai]

Oh my gosh ok but they can have poor college student solidarity 💪

And he tends to reach out to the more lonely looking ones so I can definitely see him having a date or two with Jamie. Took him out to a local burger joint or sat him down at a cafe.

Crow's actually very good with cats/animals too so you can bet he'll be pettin' those kitties~

[strawberrypunch]

I can offer a fellow college student (pursuing arts!) who can always be suckered into giving 50 cents towards the lotto tickets because he is a giant doormat. He's the kind of hopelessly good kid who tends to go along with whatever even if he's well aware he probably should have turned this down like, fifteen minutes ago, but it's okay because being good to others is v important.

[jurai]

Oh my goodness this poor boy should've kept that 50 cents and gotten himself a soda.

BUT CROW WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU FOR YOUR DONATION, TATSUMA. He'll...make sure you're fed at the very least. He can never trust the art students.