APRIL AU WORKSHOP

[recollecters]

AU WORKSHOP

AU WORKSHOP - APRIL 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. PLAYER'S NAME: 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. April Workshop Character Directory <span style="font: bold 13px calibri, sans-serif;">PLAYER:</span> <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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Mohammed Abdul | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

[prometheanflame]

PLAYER: Nara
CHARACTER: Mohammed Abdul
CANON: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure


AU NAME: Mohammed [AU last name]
AU AGE: 26
AU OCCUPATION: Archivist at the university/museum, volunteers at an animal shelter part-time
BLURB:

• Born in Cairo to an upper-middle class family as the oldest child. They moved to a suburb of Recolle when he was 5 to live with other relatives. He had some fond memories of his hometown, and he revisited Cairo a few times growing up.


• Did very well in school while growing up and was involved on lots of community events - he's a people person. This also meant that people looked up to him and expected good things from him. Mohammed was happy to provide.


• Studied English/History in university and then got a Master's in Library Science. He was a teaching assistant for a while, so he could have met some college students that way! He was the guy that always participated in discussions and really, really loves the reading material


• Works either at the library or museum preserving old texts. He might also be involved in a book club?


• He's a huge history and culture buff, and he's always reading up on places around the world and taking notes. His dream is to travel around the world and have a bizarre adventure see all of the neat historical sites and stuff.


• He's pretty proud of his accomplishments, but he's not going to brag about it to your face. It's just expected that's he's smart and mature and responsible,
  so why bring it up? This also means that he tends to be the mom friend even when no one asked and gives out advice like he knows best. He usually does.


• Dresses up very nicely and holds himself so that some people mistake him to be older than he really is. His default demeanor is to be polite at everyone (though if you're an asshole to his friends, fear for your safety). Please relax and have fun, Mohammed.


• Actually he can relax, but he's got an image to maintain and he won't share his dirty sense of humor or goof around unless you have a high enough Social Link with him. H


• Owns four pet budgies named after 80's musicians (I haven't decided on the names) that he loves and talks to every day. He has a secret YouTube channel where he posts videos of their daily antics and talks about bird care.


• He's kind of an animal lover, which is how he got involved in volunteering at the animal shelter. He's organized and patient and thinks animals deserve respect. He's also somehow managed to win the grudging affection of a Boston Terrier that was the terror of the shelter, and now it kind of only listens to him. No one really knows how he does it. Mohammed may or may not be considering adopting the ugly dog.


• He throws himself at any opportunity to help out the community and talk to people to the point that he probably should start scaling back a bit.

LOOKING FOR: Friends and coworkers, people to be serious around, people to joke around with. Roommates to help him take care of his birds. Book buddies? Also, all the Jojos.
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: If I can't app this cycle, I can do the next one.

[scythegun]

They might have run into each other at the orphanage, then! And also good pick, he's got plenty of cat items (and if you like them that much he'll be sure to stock more)!!

[scythegun]

He is absolutely here for employees who are only after the money, you can come work for him!!

[prometheanflame]

Hello delinquent child, Mohammed is here to provide guidance.

[notbunaga]

okay good

she's also former high class who ran away from it all let's do this

her friendship with yuuko was basically established as "everytime there was some dumb upper class mingle or party they got dragged to by their socialite parents they caused trouble while adults werent looking"

like we're talking smashing priceless vases and blaming it on other kids because everyone thought they were Sweet and Good proper ladies

and ive kind of alluded to the fact nobu used to be a really awful bully child in some threads

how would you feel if he knew her when she was a much shittier person when they were younger

if her mom hadnt kept her on a short leash until the end of high school she probably would've ended up an awful delinquent tbh so

[sotenbori]

ok Majima and Eijun should definitely meet if not already know each other because a ) Majima is also the dog of his canon (not in a heartwarming way tho) and b ) Majima REALLY LOVES BASEBALL to the point that canonically he has a whole fighting style based around it because of course he does. He's a bit older (23) but they could maybe run into each other if Eijun practices outside of school?

[negativism]

i never knew i needed this but i need this cr like burning

as a fellow animal lover and someone who'd probably need handy things taken care of once in a while for both himself and his boss and needs friends before things get Bad too (in the form of being a mercenary, grump-ass, and part-dragon ayyyyy) I volunteer David here as tribute o7

[notbunaga]

MINI IT'S KIVA so like

nobu here does have a youtube channel but she isn't very successful because she only uses it to archive her twitch streams

where she is really abrasive and rude to her entire chat, and the people she plays against

so it's entirely just...edgy internet kids

i get the feeling she is not the streamer for him

[trappingheart]

I don't know if they would necessarily be friends but Yoshiko would gladly visit this guy's shop every now and again looking for cool hand-me-downs and just kind of be awestruck at how much of a secret badass this guy is? Like this guy can eat her alive and it's terrifying but also really cool oops

[destiny_key]

/TACKLES

[prometheanflame]

Hello fellow book-lover, let's talk about being responsible adults.

Also, Abdul would be happy to go to shows with her if she needs time to relax and hang out.

[notbunaga]

OKAY SO

aki here tried her hand at an esports competition in the past and literally swept everyone away effortlessly up until the final round (she kinda got destroyed in return and never tried again)

how would you feel if he recognised her from that? not necessarily that he was taking part or anything, but i feel as if someone with that much potential at games suddenly going off the radar and never popping up again would be noteworthy to someone like him, if he's into the community and such

she also works at the local arcade so they could def run into each other there too if he'd ever drop by

[sotenbori]

He could've totally been a host!!

Majima is like...a surprisingly good manager and tends to work out the problems he has with his employees but if Yato had a like...consistently shitty attitude about being there or something he would fire him.

But it could also be a situation that like when his new job rolled around and he talked about it but wasn't sure about quitting majima could ""fire"" him to kick his ass into getting another job that suits him better.

poking around your journal it looks like he's at the inkwell (?) - and I think Chuuya and Majima are setting up to have a fairly healthy business relationship so maybe the three of us could also work something out where eventually majima is like hey take this guy it might work out better over there

lowkey hes like this dude is a terrible host and im trying my best pls take him or something??

[glaciers]

Please befriend him, Shouto's not super here for it, but I'll laugh the whole time.

(I'm laughing right now)

[matchbreaker]

PLAYER: Charles
CHARACTER: Elda Marker
CANON: Karin (Chibi Vampire)


AU NAME: Probably still Elda Marker
AU AGE: 40s?*
AU OCCUPATION: Independently wealthy through inheritance. AKA Middle aged Socialite *
BLURB:

• Despite the above stated occupation she is a middle aged woman who lives in an aging manor alone. As such she's basically the crazy cat lady (maybe the crazy bat lady wooo spoopy noises)
  
• Independently wealthy by way of an inheritance and as such has never really needed to work a job, but I'd so be down for her having worked various gigs in the past because she was bored.
  
• Unlike canon she does not have a nuclear family of her own and has not really found a lasting life partner. This means that Elda is as if not more lonely than she is in canon and given her lot in life probably fills that by being as obnoxious in other people's business as possible. Shopping? Local town councils? Maybe even fostering kids? SHRUGS
  
• In that same vein, I'd considered her attempting to join this modern world and trying dating sites. Not sure about that. But anyone want in on that? I'm all for stupid shit man. She'd actually love to have some sort of partner and probably would be okay with romances but. Uh. She's demanding.
  
• Another sort of amusing gag I'd considered would be that she actually has schooling (because I think she'd have gone to college either way) through like nursing and pre-med and such, so I was considering (because hurr hurr vampire) her being a phlebotomist largely just to have something to do with the day, in contradiction to what I said up there. Maybe just for blood drives or whatever? I'd need to look into that more.
  

LOOKING FOR: I'm down for anything except family relations (unless we're like friends OOC and we know each other and in that case hit me up on pp or im or whatever) unless they're like... distant high minded old family shit like you'd need a genealogist or at least a family tree to place them because that shit sounds hilarious to me. Other than that stipulation, however:

• Friends? People she plays cards with? People she goes to the bad or wine club with? People she treats to dinners or invites over to her house? Fellow cat (or bat?) aficionados? Neighbors or people who'd know her from like a village council? People who work at places she frequents and thus she feels like she's friendly with them? There's a number of options here.
  
• "Enemies" by way of some sort of old petty grudge that doesn't necessarily need to be mutual. People who annoyed her back in her elementary or college schooling. People who she thinks are prettier than her and thus she hates. Those damned kids who sneak onto her lawn (okay girl you're not that old). Honestly, Elda has a lot of openings for petty bullshit.
  
• Maaaaybe kids she previously tried to foster? Maybe. People who knew her from previous jobs she tried to do? People who she follows the youtube videos of unexpectedly given her age and disposition? I'm not sure. I'm open for literally anything though so throw it at me.
  

* - I'm not 100% sold on this one. She's a grandmother in canon and while like I said I'm not really looking for family outside of like my friends I've sort of played around with what if she was younger (given her appearance, though I know that can be changed) or older (given her canon vibe) I've also played around with her being in a more dire economic situation, but the AU I've presented here is the one I'm most happy with so far? I think?

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS OUT MORE hi guys.

[megatechbody]

!!!!!!

Okay so like ResiEvil is one of my favorite things ever and Chris is one of My Faves.

You're sweet Chris, and for that she'll only throttle your WiFi when you're watching your favorite show

[notbunaga]

ARE YOU READY FOR TEA BUDDIES

AS SHE IS INEXPLICABLY VERY ATTACHED AND FOND OF HIM

if u app that is

but she'd suplex like ten dudes for him probably

[destiny_key]

gOOFY HI HELLO

[megatechbody]

I am suddenly trying to decide if Mariko shares her Canon Self's predilection for teasing underage boys.

Also get good.

[glaciers]

He is here to argue about comics

[destiny_key]

they can be traumatized together, jade, it's okay.

Also now I'm just thinking about that movie, Ame and Yuki Wolf Children? Jade are you secretly a wolf children.

[notbunaga]

HELLO THERE I don't know if you're familiar with grand order because not everyone is trapped in shitty fate/mobile hell, but this (despite the pb) is nobunaga oda from fate/ and i feel as if cr between them is a definite

she is, unfortunately, neither a student nor interested in space but

she's super into military history. how does he feel about military history

[destiny_key]

but are there

sea salt cupcakes

[destiny_key]

You can absolutely be Sora's friend, strange cat man~

[sotenbori]

sparring buddies!! majima also fights a lot -- (and is also a good dancer also DANCES IN BATTLE yakuza wtf) i would say he probably feels bad about fighting a 16 year old but you fight a giant 12 year old in canon so like i'm 100% here for it

majima is also A PROPER MAN. he was a punk as a kid and would probably try - once they got to know each other outside FIGHTING to help be a good(ish) influence to him until the eventuality where the reality of being from a series literally called yakuza comes calling