FEBRUARY AU WORKSHOP

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AU WORKSHOP

AU WORKSHOP - FEBRUARY Welcome to Recollé's AU Workshop! On this post players new and old are encouraged to help one another make connections for their AU lives and to ask for or offer ideas if they so choose. Please respond to the post with the below form, and/or feel free to comment to anyone else to work things out! Please be aware that posting to this workshop does not guarantee you a reserve, and that multiple players are permitted to workshop the same character. Please find our mod questions comment here. CHARACTER'S NAME: CANON: AU NAME: If there's a name change at all! If there isn't, you're free to put n/a AU AGE: Again, if there's an age change at all! If there isn't, you're free to put n/a AU OCCUPATION: Feel free to list if your character is a student (elementary/middle/high school/college), if they own their own business, if they freelance, if they have a stable job, etc. BLURB: Here you should write what you have for your AU; you can list your character's hobbies, who their friends and family are, if they have any particular quirks or interesting pieces of their history, if they're from a wealthy family or if they're struggling to get by, anything you feel is relevant. LOOKING FOR: Are you looking for family members or friends or enemies for your character to be pre-planned? Or are you asking for ideas or feedback on your AU idea? Anything goes, just specify what you would like. OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: Are you torn between which character to app? Let us help! Post your ideas in a comment and let fellow players offer feedback and CR ideas. You can also use this section to ask for canonmates you would like to see in-game whether it be in your specific AU or for different CR. February Workshop Character Directory <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif;">CHARACTER:</span> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif;">CANON:</span> <br> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;">AU NAME:</span> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;">AU AGE:</span> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;">AU OCCUPATION:</span> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif;">BLURB:</span> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif;">LOOKING FOR:</span> <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif;">OPTIONAL ENABLE ME:</span>

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jack skellington | the nightmare before christmas

[pumpkinking]

this is extremely tentative and i am poooossibly putting another character up here, AND IF I DO APP, it might be next app window but. let me dream, and be a goofus.

CHARACTER: Jack Skellington
CANON: The Nightmare Before Christmas


AU NAME: Jack Mourning
AU AGE: 35 to 40 years old, I'm not sure at the moment!
AU OCCUPATION: Confectioner
BLURB:

☠️ he moved to recolle around five years ago, alone. he launched a candy business shortly after - funeral confectioneries. they specialize in, you guessed it, spooky themed candy. from coffin shaped candy bars to gross gooey spider shaped chocolates, funeral confectioneries makes them all. they have holiday themed goods, too, but naturally, you'll probably see them busiest around halloween.
☠️ it's a fancy little shop where everything is handmade as opposed to mass produced, in chata. everything is high quality. he undersells himself a lot to ensure his candy is affordable, but he's looking to expand so that they can sell in stores! in the hopes it'll help business. stop him
☠️ he lives by himself in a particularly haunted looking two story building in the residential area. it's only like that because jack gets too into his work and forgets to take care of the exterior of his house. it's not actually haunted and jack will insist as much, let his overgrown weeds live in peace.
☠️ if you're wondering where jack got the money to launch a candy shop, looking up jack morning, his name without the u, will reveal he's a former broadway star! ...not really. he didn't make much of a splash, but he had a good flow of work. he worked in the late 80's as an alternative model, too. turns out the pale as death with hair black as raven's feathers look is in high demand in horror themed magazines - who knew.
☠️ he moved to recolle to do what he really wants to do; spread spooky joy and give back to the community.
☠️ jack works in a big brother and big sister program on the side, helping kids get matched up so that they can help each other. he hosts big halloween and christmas parties for the kids every year.
☠️ did i say christmas.
☠️ hell YES i said christmas, jack LOVES christmas. it's probably a surprise considering his, uh, everything, but jack gets just as pumped up about christmas as he does halloween. if you remember a tattooed santa claus entertaining the kids around town, that's jack. i'm sorry.
☠️ potentially gives voice lessons to anyone willing to venture into his house?
☠️ he drives a hearse. not because he works for the funeral home, just because he likes it.
☠️ jack will literally hire anyone. he's not particularly intelligent about his business methods? but he especially will hire kids for the summer. he's a little more difficult to convince during the school year, but enough begging and he'll give you something to do.
☠️ he has a science degree. i feel like mentioning this because recolle is full of science nerds.
☠️ jack's obscenely tall. he regularly walls into door frames. it's hilarious.

LOOKING FOR: I'm pretty open to anything at all, aside from family cr. I'd love for Jack to have people who work for him, possible voice lesson students, like-minded spooky people. He's been in town for a years and is a pretty eccentric guy, so I'm sure we can work out a way for him to know your character if you'd like.
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I AM TORN BETWEEN THIS DUDE and Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. On the other hand, I would probably break the family rule for a Sally the Ragdoll?? We can live like Jack and Sally if we want ??? ...that was bad and i am sorry.

[complementing]

Oh my god JACK SKELLINGTON.............

I love this AU and if you do decide to app him, I'd love to offer some pre-game CR where they've known each other from his work with kids. Minako is really into the volunteering scene and would probably drop into the BBBS program from time to time, or help organize the Halloween and Christmas parties if it's a big neighborhood thing.

Regardless I'd throw Minako at him anyways because JACK FREAKING SKELLINGTON.

Also I hope you find a Sally! I've personally thought about making her a journal sometimes but...I couldn't possibly do her justice...

[pumpkinking]

that would be wonderful! jack is a really friendly guy and anyone who's helpful is someone he'd commit to memory because he is. a very "get it down asap and efficiently as possible" sort of guy, so i could see minako and him getting along well! as far as the parties go, I COULD DEFINITELY SEE JACK TAKING OVER THE WHOLE STREET. unfortunately for his neighbors. he's a tall guy cloaked in a nice black suit who sells candy and has tats probably, he sticks out. we'll make it work.

thankfully there is a potential sally interested, which means everyone in recolle gets handmade costumes. thank god.

[vendettastool]

I would love to throw Yoon-sung at him but I wouldn't even know where to begin unless it was to hire his service for a Halloween themed party and then got addicted to one of the treats so always ends up there when stressed to have some of the treats.

[pumpkinking]

that would actually be pretty cute - jack's the sort to provide if there's a demand so feel free to show up when he's obsessively trying to figure out a new mold or flavor, yoon-sung, jack will open up for just for you.

Re: jack skellington | the nightmare before christmas

[twelfthspark]

I've got a jerk here who's majoring in theater and would be all over a chance to get Actual Insider Info. Even though she's more interested in going into movies than Broadway, whoops. IDK it's a reason for them to meet if/when he shows up.

[pumpkinking]

lmao larxene.... it's okay, though, jack's known people from all walks of life, he probably has some movie set deets. i could easily handwave and say one of the shows he was an original cast member in got a movie adaption and he was on set for that a few times to make it easier for you, but he'd be pretty chill with talking about his old showbiz days.

just don't bring up the modeling, that's when he winces

[me_matey]

important question

will he be bald?

[pumpkinking]

LMAO NAH i'm still working on jack's human appearance but i'm thinking he might rock a mohawk or some kind of unnatural color, perhaps.

[notblayde]

halloween? broadway? spooky aesthetic? 80s alternative model? (not at all) haunted house? CHRISTMAS? imagine the biggest, wateriest, wobbliest eyes ever.

matt would be/is a huge fan... and would probably has tried/would try to trespass to get footage for a ghost hunting show. sorry, jack. honestly, he'd be #goals for matt, so if you wanted an awkward, vaguely clingy fan who is very obviously trying to play it cool and failing, miserably, well. here he is.

[pumpkinking]

jack is flattered you'd even think to include him in your ghost hunting show, matt, but can you try to get his good side. just wondering. also, get in the hearse, come taste test some chocolate.

what i'm saying is i would be ALL OVER THIS. jack would be kind of oblivious, though, or mostly just glad someone wants to hang out, obviously? that's what all that means, doesn't it.

[uncagedbird]

/SLAMS HANDS DOWN

do you need an investor, jack

do you need someone who is also a celebrity

do you need someone who absolutely loves theater and broadway

or perhaps someone who takes after their late father who was a musician

[pumpkinking]

YES TO ALL OF THIS? although jack would insist he's not a celebrity, clearly. just a man trying to sell some candy!!! disregard he has a wikipedia page?

[outpunch]

JACK SKELLINGTON...!!

Juzo may be a regular in his shop if you'd like because damn those candies are great. Who cares if these ghost marshmallows are spooky when they're so good...

[pumpkinking]

I WOULD LOVE THAT... he will know juzo's order by heart the second he walks in, jack remembers all his regulars!!! don't worry, he is on it the moment he recognizes juzo, JUST HAVE A SEAT AND GET COMFORTABLE, FRIEND

Re: jack skellington | the nightmare before christmas

[seriedefragmento]

listen...listen...if you go through with this I'm gonna ask that you let Jacopo be one of his former employees (he used to be kind of nice for context) because Jacopo would definitely have a soft spot for him and invest in his shop the second his big bucks started coming in

He's a bad man but he'll be nice to him specifically I promise

also I would cry if I got to write with you again but that's beside the point

[pumpkinking]

opens arms COME AT ME VIVI

i would be up for this! provided jacopo was someone he could work with, it'd be super easy and jack isn't the type to turn down help with investments. POSSIBLY HE WOULD EVEN ENCOURAGE THEM as a business type. deal. lord.

[hjack69]

XANDER IF YOU APP CAN JACK AND JACK BE BUDDIES

like idk maybe they met at a halloween party and hit it off and ever since then ponyJack just kind of shows up at the candy shop and bugs skeleJack while buying pounds of zombie gummy bears for dinner

[pumpkinking]

dude yes but i have one request.

just one.

if they go out anywhere, they have to call themselves the jack attack.

[madcuriosity]

Big brother/big sister program you say? Alice is currently (though this may very well be subject to change) an orphan. Maybe she has seen Jack around the orphanage? Also she's obscenely short at 3'8" and massive height differences tickle me.

[pumpkinking]

HAHA clearly all jack needs to do is pick her up so that they can have strange conversations. don't give him any weird candy flavor ideas, alice!

[armedwithhands]

Do you need an adorable, cheerful girl to mess with the aesthetics of work part time in Jack's spooky candy store? And later on maybe fearlessly explore some haunted stuff? And relentlessly feed into Jack's enthusiasm for everything with her own?

Because if so I can do that!

[pumpkinking]

hmm! ok, so, the one thing jack will not at all tolerate is messing with his business, i'm sorry :c if she messed with his stuff at all, she'd probably either get fired pretty quickly or made to work in the back, depending on how willing she'd be to work with jack after. him getting mad at her. you know how it is lmao

that said, the other stuff is fine! please just remember that any pictures have to be of jack's good side??? he's fine with it otherwise. but maybe don't call it haunted to his face......

[laodicean]

...Jack! Oh gosh. I'm not even 100% sure if I will go for apping here but I am so happy to see this. He is the most precious, and this au is so good already from what you've thought out thus far. I love it!

And now I imagine this kid feeding off of Jack's excitement for holidays and thus encouraging it within his own family unit, oh boy.

[pumpkinking]

aww, thank you! i'm canon blind to your's, but i love to see Actual Kids in recolle, so i do hope you'll consider it more - i love the large age range we have here, so seeing more of it is always a blessing.

that would be adorable tbh? jack loves kids. they're the only ones who understand how good holidays are. the only ones. join him in decorating the trees on the street??