forum A Change of Heart // OxO (Closed)

Started June 10, 2020 by @lavender_ladybug group

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Edan is the kingdom’s most popular and youngest villain, enabled with the rare ability to create, control, and manipulate heat. Joan is the highest general of the King’s guard. After months of tracking him, Joan finally arrests Edan at his weakest and most vulnerable point, and strips him of his power. Edan is left powerless, frail, exhausted, devoid of his identity—or at least what he thought his identity had been. Because he is so young, he is given the chance at a new life as a lowly stablehand under Joan’s command. He is subjected to abuse from the higher ranking soldiers, but at least he isn’t in prison. Edan has no intention of becoming a “better person”; he swears that he will get revenge on Joan… until his feelings for Joan begin to change.

Welcome!
Joan is a placeholder name. You can either keep it or choose a new name.
I will be Edan.

Some notes and rules

• andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)’s rules apply
• Please ask before joining
• This might eventually turn into a romance, but not until my boy, Edan, has some major character development
• Ideas for more drama in the plot are gladly received!
• Detailed responses please, or at least ones that further the plot
• Good grammar is appreciated
• Magic in this world does exist, but it is rare
• The time period can be discussed, but I’d like this to be pre-19th century
• If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

I’ll post a template when someone joins!

(gonna do a stalk if that's alright, since we already have three ongoing role-plays lmao)

(Of course! True lmao)

(Hmmm. If someone doesn't join in 10 minutes. I might join.)

Alright. It's been 30 minutes. Can I join? Of so should I post a writing peace?

Hello! Thank you for showing interest, but for this particular RP, I think I’m gonna go with somebody else. You’re welcome to stalk this if you’re interested in the storyline!

(I don’t mind at all! Here’s the temp)

Name:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Appearance:
Personality:
Power (if any):
Other:

Name: Venna Lenn
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bi
Age: 19
Appearance: Venna has very boring features, long plain straight hair. Dark brown eyes, and an olive completion. Her face is rounded, and her nose his very straight. She has a slim frame with little to no curves, has some muscle,stands at about 5'6.
Personality: Venna has always been the type to try and defend others, even if she does seem a little blunt sometimes. She has a very sarcastic personality, and hates showing weakness. She is the kind of person who refuses to cry when around other people, and tends to keep her feelings and emotions to herself. joking is her main way of hiding most of her feelings.
Power (if any): none
Other: her nick name is lenny

Here’s my boy! Also, my bad, I forgot to add the age on the template. How old is Venna?

Name: Edan Barron
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Pan
Age: 18
Appearance: Edan has generally younger looking features, particularly in his scraggly body type, shorter-than-average height, little to no muscles, and a rounded jawline. Other than the dark bags under his eyes from little sleep, he has freckled sun-tanned skin with pink-undertones. His light ginger hair is messy, unkempt, and usually kept in a sloppy ponytail with way too many strands hanging out of place.
Personality: Edan doesn’t have much care for people other than his close family, who he moved away from. Being the only one in his immediate family born with powers, he practically idolizes it and wants to push his abilities to the limits, even at the expense of other people. His demeanor relies on his powers: without much energy he is sluggish and irritable & with more sunshine/heat he is charismatic.
Power (if any): Thermokinesis. Basically a literal energy vampire. Edan can transfer heat from himself to other things —water, a person, etc.—but it drains him. In order to strengthen himself, he drains the heat from other people to himself, giving him a sense of exhilaration and satisfaction. The people he leeches off of later feel sedated, exhausted, comatose or even dead in some cases from hypothermia. In order to use his power, he must touch whatever he wants to drain/warm.
Other: Edan thrives in sunlight and takes small naps outside during the day when he can. However, it’s easier to practice his abilities under the cover of night, so he doesn’t get much sleep.

There must have been a thousand places to hide in the capital of Eprea, and even easier to stay concealed in them while the streets were bustling with crowds. Merchants, passers-by, and other typical foot traffic one might find in a populated city taking advantage of the daylight hours. Nighttime was dangerous; anyone with a sense of self-preservation stayed indoors after the sun went down. Best to get all the errands done before then. He—the vampire—hunted at night, and he drained the life out of anyone or anything he came across, even the children. At least that’s what they murmured during gossip hours.

In one of the thousand places to hide in the capital of Eprea, Edan used his arm in place of a pillow while he took his nap. Half asleep, half listening to the distant chatter from just outside the alley he’d made himself a little makeshift home in.

(I'm assuming this is how they'll meet?)

Venna Lenn pushed her way through the crowd. She wasn't small by any means, nor was she weak, but with such boring looks it was hard to get people to move out of the way. On the other hand, everyone seemed to move for the 'pretty' people. Though Venna didn't see the appeal.
She knew of the dangers of nighttime just like every other person, but with so many other bustling bodies around, she wasn't to sure that making it home in time was going to be an option.

(It can be yeah! Originally I was thinking Venna would arrest Edan while he’s vulnerable here, but I’m cool with going in a different direction too)

The vampire was a myth, the result of rumors based on gossip. Though the myth was based on fact: citizens were disappearing, or if they didn’t disappear found with all the warmth in the body drained out of them. Cold to the touch. Only a handful of victims lived to tell what happened.

Edan drifted in and out of sleep. Dusk was approaching, and that made it all the more difficult to doze off completely. Eventually, supposing he wouldn’t be getting much more sleep, he dragged a hand down his face.

(Ah sorry I haven't been on, things have been busy. ALSO! I completely forgot what the plot was and had to go back and read it. Yes she can arrest him, sorry for my stupigoity. I'll do a bit of a 180 with this one.
And since she's supposed to strip him of his powers but doesn't have any of her own, how would you feel about some kinda of magical trinket??)

Venna cursed, the sun was setting fast. Most days she'd left the palace early, or had even stayed in the guards baricks, but today had been a completely different story.
Originally the guard had planned to go straight home but had caught wind of some rumors. The smart thing to do would have been to go in her armor, at least that would have made people move out of her way. Would have made things go much faster.
But now she was caught in the busy square, what ever leads she'd gained on this famous vampire seeming to disappear into thin air.
Frustrated and not wanting to be caught out past dark she slipped into a side alleyway first chance. Maybe the guard would have better luck this way.

(No worries! It’s all good :) And ooh that would totally work!! I really like that idea, it might be a way for the government to control the criminals that do have powers)

Edan lifted his head at the sound of footsteps, narrowing his gaze towards the end of the alleyway. He whispered a curse at the sight of a dark silhouette, or maybe an expression of happiness would have been more appropriate given the appearance of the figure. Armor-less, and if not female rather slim for a man. At first glance, he assumed whoever it was very well could be an easy first target for the night. A reckless decision, perhaps, but what could really happen? He pushed himself up stand against the wall— in hopes the figure wouldn’t immediately notice him.

One of Venna's hands came to rest on the strap of her satchel. Just because it was way less crowded here in the alley didn't mean it wasn't any safer. Heck, without another soul in sight it just might have been more dangerous.
Inside the old beaten up leather satchel sat a few things of very little value. A book, some notes, and a map. Venna had learned very early on that keeping valuable in a bag was dangerous.
So in her left pocket, hidden by the bag, sat a very precious stone. Not the kinda that could be used as currency, or the kind one would trade on a whim. But much rather one of magic.