plotting...

[do_what_thou_wilt]

Plots/connections/comments/complaints? Yes please! Auryn's new in town, so he's a blank slate, though he may know old families by name as he has immersed himself in esoteric witch trivia.

His background is here. Or, for the quick and wacky version:

• Auryn always wears a set of dog tags given to him by his father during an early visit to him in foster care. They're pretty obviously charmed but Auryn hasn't looked into it, and doesn't need to. They're almost a part of him at this point and they're the only thing he has of his father.
• He's quite a powerful magic user himself though he hasn't got the finesse he'd like to.
• Auryn would not describe himself as an optimist at all, but it takes a certain kind of optimism to believe in the power of revolution, of resistance, to change, and he does.
• He absolutely, without question, believes in civil disobedience, and he is not a pacifist about it.
• Auryn craves acceptance and love, but he doesn't really believe in it.
• He was in love once, in Montana. He wasn't willing to give up fighting for it though.
• He has a bit of a southern accent: like most things about his childhood he goes to pains to hide it but it kind of gently affects vowels. He speaks very carefully.
• He enjoys debate. He enjoys riling people up and getting them thinking. He would definitely use the term 'riling (someone) up'.
• Auryn gives a person one chance and he does so completely and ends it just as quickly. Doing something that hurts him specifically doesn't always negate that chance, but it's not always explicitly necessary, either.
• He nearly always carries a knife of some sort on his person.
• He's capable with his hands, without the use of magic: he picks up manual skills fast and isn't afraid of hard labor.
• He's been arrested quite a few times but has only a couple convictions, mostly on slap-on-the-wrist charges.

Comments

[do_what_thou_wilt]

Yesss. I'm so excited to see what what happens with these two.

Those parts aren't that confusing, Nerium >:D
(I'm twelve years old, I swear to god.)

Actually that could be really fun to play out. Auryn would absolutely be drawn to her, and I could absolutely see them having chemistry. I also think the two of them would be totally awkward turtles about it for different reasons. At least, any emotional part of it.

OH AND I'm holding you to gender conversations with these two. That's a part of Auryn's character that isn't like - absolutely important but I find really interesting.

[starsfallen]

Get him to her woods ;)

But yes, I am rally intrigued by their potential dynamic/relationship. Nerium will clearly be drawn to him based on the strength of his power and the fact that he agrees with her about regulatons on witchcraft where few others have means a) she will view hm as an ally/potential partner in magic which is something she has long sought, and b) he will likely be in a key position to challenge her very small worldview (on things like gender, for example)

I love the idea them challenging one another - because Nerium has never allowed herself to be challenged by another. Not to mention potential chemistry... Dear god I fear for the world where Nerium is in love/lust/crush