THE THESEUS MASTERPOST
if you’ve been around @streetlight-spam or i’s tumblrs, you might have seen a lot of art for something called the theseus. confused about the characters or plot? fear no longer!
the plot
Two staff members on the passenger ship Theseus- dock hand Ambrose and apprentice surgeon Jordie- discover one horrifying night that they are thrust into a world neither were prepared for. After a horrible storm that leaves all other passengers devoured by the waves and the Theseus sunk, Ambrose and Jordie are forced through a transformation by the Sink, the great unknown eldritch entity that lies beneath and in the waves. They become avatars/hosts of this entity, and are cursed to sail the Theseus for centuries, unchanging and growing ever hungry.
the characters
(artwork courtesy of @streetlight-halo)
Ambrose Celestine- late twenties, deep red hair. Uses he/she pronouns, for what is gender to an eldritch sea captain?
History- grew up in a small, secluded village with his single mother. When she was around 20 his mother got sick, and progressively got worse until he was forced to travel to the city in hopes of finding the medicine she needed. This is how he ends up boarding the Theseus, as a dock hand travelling to find a medicine that could help her mother.
Deluded, cocky, and quick-witted, Ambrose is someone you don’t want to be on the bad side of. After the Sink and his consequential death and rebirth, Ambrose has taken full advantage of his new existence, delighting in his loss of humanity and responsibility. She has visions and hallucinations of the entity that took them over, but sees it more as a conversationalist than a dire warning.
(artwork courtesy of op)
Jordie Lovelock- late twenties, dark brown hair. uses all pronouns.
History-Jordie grew up in a smaller family in the city, always knowing that in whatever form it took, they wanted to help people. That opportunity finally came when, at a young age, they began study as a surgeon to a well-known doctor in the city. As they got older, this apprenticeship took them to the Theseus, where they would be all but a practicing doctor. However, fate had different things in mind for them.
Jordie is horrified by this transformation from human to… well, not. Killing makes them sick, a forever reminder that they can’t help people, only bring them fear and harm. Jordie is quiet, stubborn, and in a constant state of calculated impulse.
Barnacle- the ship’s cat, found in the wreckage after the Sink. Orange, small, and a complete bed menace.
@thesillys Motivations for #thesillysmasterocpost: Both of these characters have extremely different motives, and yet need to work together and trust one another in order to survive. They are both sopping wet beasts, and miserable to a fault. They are completely eligible for the sillies.
