#februaroc

[ofdarklands]

Z - ...

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coming from my youth's extensive dog phase: my long travels companion! ready for all modes of transportation! flying, driving, sailing, it can do it all. love them

i'm sure astute pokemon enjoyers can guess where the base shape originally came from

[ghost-town-story]

FebruarOC Day 8: Harmony

(Should this have been posted before ockissweek started? Yes. Did I plot and write it during said week? Also yes. Am I still posting it late? Blame Day 7 XD)

It was close to 2 in the afternoon by the time anybody stirred from the guest room. Somehow, Harmony noted, it wasn’t anywhere near the latest they’d gotten up though.

The first to emerge was a woman Harmony didn’t know, all messy blonde hair and smudged mascara, wearing Jayy’s shirt and not much else as far as she could see. When she caught sight of Harmony, her eyes widened and she covered her mouth with a little giggle.

“Whoops, sorry,” she said, sounding absolutely not sorry. “I didn’t know he had a girlfriend.”

“Not their girlfriend,” Harmony corrected, returning her gaze to the laptop in her lap. “I’d suggest changing though. They don’t like sharing their clothes."

“You sure sound awful jealous for “not the girlfriend”,” the woman teased.

Harmony just raised an eyebrow and took a slow sip of her coffee. Maybe once upon a time she would have thrown a fit at this scene, back when their relationship was fresher and she’d still had hopes of reconciling, but by this point she knew how Jayy was and had no patience for how petty some of their flings could get.

Before she had to sincerely contemplate if she wanted to respond or not, Jayy stumbled out of the guest room, shirtless and still looking half asleep. Their eyes locked onto the woman still standing in the middle of Harmony’s living room, and they narrowed for a moment as Harmony saw the living embodiment of a computer loading wheel spinning in their head.

“Hey baby,” the woman said, flashing Harmony a smug smirk.

Jayy blinked a few times, then held out their hand. “I want my shirt back.”

The woman startled for a moment, but quickly regained her composure. “In front of your roommate?” she teased.

“Not my roommate. Shirt.”

That pulled a frown from the woman, but with a huff she complied and pulled the shirt off. Again, if Harmony were a few centuries younger she might have been scandalized, but she was too used to it by now.

“Cool.” Jayy took the shirt back and slipped it on over their head. “Now get out.”

The woman made a face that was reminiscent of a fish gasping for air for a moment. “I—what?”

“Out.” Jayy brushed past her to head towards the kitchen. “Coffee?” they called over their shoulder.

“Last of the pot is here,” Harmony responded, lifting her mug for a second before draining it.

Jayy turned around just in time to catch the tail end of the action and responded by flipping her off. “Asshole.”

“Love you too darling,” Harmony said with the fakest, most saccharine tone she could muster.

The woman finally recovered from her shock and turned on her heel with a huff. Harmony watched her retreat to the bedroom with a small smile, because while she hated dealing with Jayy’s flings herself she did enjoy watching them deal with a grumpy, hungover Jayy. After a few minutes she reemerged in last night’s dress, and with one last glance after Jayy in the kitchen and a scowl for Harmony, she tugged her shoes on and slipped out the door, closing it harder than strictly necessary behind her.

At the sound of the slam, Jayy reappeared. “Where the fuck is your coffee?” they grumbled.

“Look harder,” Harmony said.

“Fuck you.” Jayy crossed the living room to collapse across the couch, landing with their head in her lap. “What’re you doing?”

“Internet stalking our new friend,” Harmony replied, adjusting her laptop so she could still see the screen around their bedhead.

“Mmph. Nerd.” Jayy reached out blindly and slammed the computer shut.

“Rude.”

Jayy ignored her and just used her shoulders to pull themself somewhat upright until they could nuzzle into the side of her neck. “I’m bored.”

“I’m sure if you run you can catch up with your girl from last night.” She knew better than to let them pull her in again, but habit and remnant fondness had Harmony running her fingers through their hair, smoothing out the tangles.

She practically felt how hard Jayy rolled their eyes even with their face buried in her skin. “Too needy.”

“You sure know how to pick them.”

“Mmm.” Jayy’s lips skimmed her collarbone, half a kiss and half nipping at the skin. “What does that say about you?”

“Arranged engagement,” Harmony replied instantly, tugging their hair in an admonishment she knew they would ignore.

“So better than anybody I could ever choose.” Jayy’s mouth wandered higher on her neck.

“I know what you’re doing.” Harmony tilted her head to try and pin them with her best unamused stare.

“And?” Jayy brushed a kiss along the edge of her jaw. “I don’t see you saying no.”

Harmony hummed, letting them bask in the thought of their victory for just a moment before she shoved them off her lap. They landed on the floor with a loud thud and a startled yelp, and she stood with a smirk. “I’ll go make some more coffee,” she said.

“You, my dearest,” Jayy said, dramatically flinging an arm over their eyes, “are an asshole.”

“And yet your still surprised,” Harmony teased.

[quinjao]

[masterfuldoodler]

G - Gigi

[smol-feralgremlin]

FebruarOC Day 21: Ubon

[beccadrawsstuff]

A(my)          B(3)

C(ascada)  D(ragonForce)  

[littleladymab]

FebruarOC - Xochitl

OOOHHHHHH SUSHI MY BELOVED!!!!!! She is my character for our Werewolf game (which we're playing TOMORROW) it had been on hold for four solid years due to pandemic (we play (mostly) in person) and life/job stuff, but we finally got to start playing again on NYE! Nothing like sounding in the new year trying to remember a game you haven't played in four years ;;;; 

(It was fine I killed something in one hit) 

Xochitl is the 5'3" alpha of her pack and team dad (her beta, Rory, huge 6'something, is team mom). One of the first notes I made for her was that her fighting style is: (ง •̀_•́)ง !!! and a little bit of (*｀ω´)/――――― ●)´Дﾟ) I was nervous about picking up the role of alpha originally, but I made the choice after figuring that no one else would probably do it (and I was right lol) in the end, I'm really glad! I've had a lot of fun, and she's the right amount of impulsive (it is one of her flaws) to carry them forward, and I'm the right amount of "I can't stand awkward silences at the table" to keep conversations going. Whoops. 

She's from the Fiana tribe, though she's got a Hispanic name because of her father (Who was a Shadow Lord of Spaniard descent who left his tribe when he fell in love with Jael lmao), and she gets along most with her father who is also an Ahroun (meaning they're real good at fighting). Her mom had another child in a first... not marriage? I don't think they got married, but she had another child before she married Arturo and had Xochitl, but Xochitl never knew her sibling that well as they disappeared and presumed dead when she was still very young. 

And by presumed I mean they actually did die, but they're back now! Hah hah! And working for the Autumn King, which, you know, isn't a real thing, so totally normal and okay and nothing wrong here, amiright???? 

Well, We're going to find out tomorrow, because we're totally going to finally kill the autumn king and save Zeke's mom and ????? something Xochitl's sibling. 

the nickname Sushi comes from when the pack went to a bar and we met a group of Fae for the first time -- we were all being super paranoid about the Fae and you KNOW you're not supposed to give them your real name, except that Grace (the GM) said one of them was FC as Janelle Monae and I made some sort of involuntary sound and Grace asked "was that you or Xochitl?" and I went "(makes ionno sound)". But in her all her awkward grace, Xochitl introduces herself as 'Sushi'.

And then Ashanti (Janelle Monae) just won't stop rolling 10's when interacting with Xochitl and becomes instantly SMITTEN which now means that Xochitl is dating a really powerful fae lord of the winter court! And she's promised to bring back the head of the false king for her girlfriend! I'm so normal about them. 

AND! ONCE THEY GET BACK FROM AUTUMN! There's something in the sewers that has been encroaching upon Rat territory, and well it's not like Xochitl and Remy are a thing, but also, Xochitl has two hands and I wouldn't be mad if she and Remy flirt a little hehe BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, She's been keeping in touch with Remy (who is also team tattoo) about the goings on, and at the moment the ratkin have it under control, but Xochitl is gonna help investigate and deal with it later. 

Now, generally, the pack is an investigation agency called City's Eyes! through a few different series of events during their investigations, everyone did get a gold lightning-scar tattoo on their body (hence the Team Tattoo) -- this marked them all as chosen by these lost totems, and so one of our big quests was to go and save all these lost totems! Xochitl switched from Clashing Boom Boom to Quetzalcoatl as a result, which is like, her learning some responsibility and really taking ownership of being a leader and not just going about it as pell-mell as she had been. 

She has been one of my favorite characters to play, and even with our 4 year gap, the one that I've played the longest (we've been playing since like 2018). It's so easy to slip back into her! And even tho she no longer has her chaos twin that was Theane, she now has another Ahroun in Tali who is also more Mature(TM) than Theane was and I think that'll help keep Xochitl on the right track! Especially because right now she's distressed because her estranged "I thought you were dead but now you're working for someone who is legitimately insane and you're going mad but occasionally you remember who I am to you and try to warn me" sibling is there and she REALLY wants this king's head to give to Ashanti. She only just met Tali but insofar feels like she can rely on her! And of course, she can always rely on Rory and Theo to help protect the others. 

Now, forgive me, I have a lot of playlists and a lot of pinboards for her, so I'll end with all of those! I've also uploaded her character sheet and her profile for free to patreon (which includes her gifts and weapons). Please know that when I roll to hit, I'm rolling a minimum of 9 dice, and then if I hit, WOAH BUDDY. What a satisfying sound!! 

Pinboards: 

Xochitl's Board 

Xochitl and Ashanti's Board 

"We went to a fancy party and all I got was second place in a tournament and also this fancy pinboard of outfit inspo"

Playlists: 

Xochitl's character playlist 

Xochitl's "Workout" playlist 

Rowan's playlist (Xochitl's sibling) 

City's Eyes playlist 

Xochitl and Ashanti playlist (ver1)

Xochitl and Ashanti playlist (bodyguard AU edition)

I told you: normal. 

Wish us luck storming the castle and killing the false king of autumn!!! 

[wildjuniperjones]

FebruarOC 4: D is for Dove

I don't have a ton to say about Dove, as she's another character from The Delta that I just don't have a good grasp on anymore. She's the leader of the Wet, the same workgroup Baza is part of, and according to my notes she's a neuroscientist. She's the closest we get to having an antagonist in The Delta, and one of the few characters that we see both before and after the landing.

As a character, she's the most aloof and cold character I've written. She's this way on purpose (within the bounds of the narrative), in contrast to Magpie's blatantly emotional demeanor.