shieldmaiden_rohan | Entries tagged with sotp

Why do I always do the SOTPs in Eowyn's journal? Dunno. I just do.

Nikita: She works a shift or two a week as an EMT and manages Bondurant's the rest of the time. She's maybe actually becoming friends with Joel, as much as Joel wants to have friends, and I am amused at her penchant for trying to befriend Certified Grumps. She just likes them, and somehow they tend to like her snarky self too. She and Daisy have established a very casual friends with benefits situation, mostly consisting of them sparring while taunting each other, going for a drink after, and then going back to one of their respective flats.

Future plans: Possibly a minor fire at Bondurant's so it has to close for repair and renovation for awhile. It would reopen, of course. She might adopt a senior cat, as well. She talked to Regan about it and I just didn't do anything with that, but I like the idea of her having a little companion who didn't mind that she wasn't home much.

Eowyn: Still living in the country, working at the stables, and avoiding the city except when needed. She does like modern conveniences like hot water and plumbing, but she'll never be modern or want to live in a modern city.

Future: I'm not sure. She's a bit stagnant. She still has a few good friends, but there hasn't been any real plot for her recently and I don't know what to do about that. Maybe I need to rewatch LOTR.

Daniel: Daniel has had plenty of plot in the last year! Work-wise, he got a promotion, so he has a small team of NPCs now. He's also had quite a lot of personal plot. He realized he wasn't straight and that he was attracted to Tom, thought about it for six months, then told Tom about it last October and they started a relationship. He and Tom moved in together in June, right before Daniel went to his first ever Pride. I haven't posted either of those threads, but I should. He's really happy and I am delighted for him.

Future: I think he's going to get injured again. Just a little bit. I've been trying to decide if he should do more with the Darrow Dirty Cops plot that's been sort of floating in the background for a couple of years and would welcome input from any of the other cops or players of cops.

Me: I've been traveling a lot, mostly for work, and have been busy with work when I've been home. I'm going on vacation this month and may or may not be willing to pay for international internet charges, so we'll see how much tagging I do.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

Nikita: Just sort of going along. She lost a few friends, but that happens and she's used to it, so she's okay. She's still working two jobs and probably not sleeping enough, but she's also used to that. No real plans for her, although I'm always willing for her to be involved in others' plans. I hope there's another fight club soon. She likes those.

Daniel: Engaged! I need to have him talk to Wanda about being his Best Woman. The wedding will probably happen by the end of the year, depending on how much fuss they decide they want to have. He'd sort of like to establish an SSR branch here or at least develop a liaison type thing between the various little groups, but there are so many others working in the same direction I don't know if that's useful.

Sam: Also going along. He's probably going to help out Biffy and Lyall with their agency, at least unofficially. He hears things. No plots planned for him either. He would still like to be dating someone, but I just don't like to do NPC relationships if I can help it.

Eowyn: Eowyn worries me. I've only tagged her to one thread this month and I don't think she made reqs last month either. She's just lost so many people that it's hard to find her voice and get her out there. She's on the bubble. If this doesn't improve, she's a drop.

Nikita: Fully fledged EMT and thus working two jobs, but generally happy about it. I almost gave her an item last month but it seemed like there were a lot of item posts, so that will probably wait until September. I have an abundance of terrible items to give her, so I picked one that should allow a lot of interaction with anyone who tags it. She will eventually need to decide if she can or should continue to work two jobs, but since she doesn't have much of a personal life (by choice!), she isn't as worried about not having time to do things.

Eowyn: Might get an Aragorn or an Eomer at some point, which would be fantastic. Other than that, she avoided being in a fairytale and has just been working at the stable and getting to know people. She's pretty content, but her voice is strong, so I'm happy to let the plot come to her. She transitioned from wanting to date someone and being a little lonely to deciding that perhaps she is not meant to do that. I have opinions about the way her story was wrapped up in canon, but I'm trying not to push too far away from that lest I be set upon by Tolkien scholars.

Sam: Sam just spent about a month stuck in Dean's shape, although he is now human-shaped again. He did not enjoy being dog-shaped for that long and is trying to now clean up the literal and figurative messes from that. I will probably do something with his magic again during the Unmaker plot. This time, he's not going to change at the full moon during the plot, so he'll be out and about during three nights when he usually isn't. Personal-life wise, he doesn't have one, but he's got a bit of a pack in Biffy and Lyall and that's a good thing for him. He feels somewhat older-brotherly towards Daine, too.

Daniel: Daniel is pretty sure he won the lottery about three months ago and has continued to be in a general state of bemused bliss. He's getting an item in August right before his six month anniversary in the city, but it's a goodish item. He's continuing to make friends with people from Marvel and not, and I think he and Hawkeye Pierce are someday going to get a little drunk about how terrible war is. I have an idea about a Hydra/HYDRA (which of those is correct? Do I just pick one?) plot this fall, jumping off from the Drembleydrop plot, and there will be some Action there if I do it.

Future: None.

Nikita: Just finished her first semester at Darrow Community College, though her grades were not all that good since she kind of went on lockdown mode and stopped attending classes for awhile. She didn't get kicked out, but she definitely didn't make the Dean's List and she might have to work a little harder to be allowed to stay beyond next semester. She's continued to run Bondurant's and probably always will do that, though if/when she finishes school she'll have to rebalance her schedule again. In terms of people, she should interact with the usual suspects because she probably ghosted them for awhile. She won't explain that, but the usual suspects wouldn't expect her to either.

Future: She might get an item post sometime in the spring, although I already gave her the worst one, so whatever it is won't be quite that traumatic. Maybe.

Eowyn: Enjoying the winter. It feels like Rohan, and she's generally found in layers that are a bit more reminiscent of her Rohirric garments during the winter. She is still thinking about dating, but she's terrible at finding someone to date, so if anyone wants to volunteer their pup, let me know.

Future: Canon update? If I do, it would be to the Houses of Healing. I'd like her to know that she did defend her people and did fight, but the downside is she'll be post-Witch King and that might take awhile for her to recover from both physically and emotionally. She'll need her friends very much during that time.

Sam: I'm a little worried about Sam, although not as much as I have been. Sam's kind of a loner, but for awhile he was a little too much of a loner. He's tagged a few people lately that might end up being good for him, so his drop possibility has gone down.

Future: Still need to do the puppy play date. Life got away from me.

Future pups: I have an app ready to go, but as is usual, I'm not telling who it is because that'll jinx it.

None of mine are going to be alted for Darrow 2 because I'll be traveling for two weeks in the middle of the plot. I'm happy to play with alts, but I decided that travel plus major plot would end up equaling me dropping threads like I drop my phone (twice today!).

NIkita: Nikita will be starting classes at DCC this fall. She'll start out slow, mostly trying to catch up with the fact that her secondary school experience is pretty much nonexistent. Fortunately for her, she's intelligent and will pick up and possibly eventually test out of most of the really remedial classes. But it's Developmental Math and Developmental English for now.

Future: John Reese interests her, and I would like to see where that goes. I'm interested to play her as a student. It'll be a whole different kind of stress for her, and it'll mean she'll possibly have to give up some of her defensiveness about her lack of education.

Eowyn: There are several new horses at the stable, which Eowyn is quite pleased to know. She's met a few new people recently and I think she's developing a friendship with Arry Pottah. That tickles me to pieces, for obvious reasons.

Future: Please to be bringing me an Eomer, someone? Or a Faramir or Aragorn or Legolas, or really, anyone from LOTR. She tends to be sort of perpetually noisy and wanting to be played, but her blind date EP has gone over like a lead balloon, so I guess I'll just keep tagging her around.

Sam: Sam is also not good for EPs, I think. He's much more of a tag-around person. He's getting to know all the two-natured, though he hasn't met Luke yet, which we should fix.

Future: Puppy Play Date. It has to happen.

Nikita: Moseying along. Being involved with the Kirin plot a few months ago was a good thing for her, because she reached some mental closure about being in Section. She realized the skills she has are less important than how she uses them, though she's still not particularly willing to use them. It has to be a really really good reason. She's going to be thinking about going back to school this summer and may have an EP this month where she's studying a college coursebook. She doesn't have a GED or anything beyond about an eighth-grade education, consistently, so she'll likely have to take about a zillion catch up classes, and she won't really want to admit that to too many people. The ultimate goal of going back to school is that she has decided she might want to be an EMT. This would mean a lot of change for her, including whether she could continue to run Bondurant's, but first let's get her into school consistently for the first time in ten years!

Future: That EP, but nothing much else. Plot finds Nikita.

Eowyn: Has her horse, and she is SO HAPPY about it. There are very few things that she could have gotten that she would want more, leaving aside Eomer. She will continue to work at the stables and tag various people. I really can tag her to anyone, and so I have.

Future: I still want her to go on a date.

Sam: Running the bar, but getting a bit restless. In some ways Darrow is better than Bon Temps because he doesn't have to hide who he is as much. He's made some twoey friends and some non-twoey friends, and he is definitely a fan of Adaline (not in love, though). But at the same time, he worries about how things are going back home. Specifically, he worries about Sookie. He's very quietly in love with her, which I don't think is a spoiler for the series!

Future: Maybe this month there will be a puppy play date, if anyone would like that?

Eowyn: Settling in nicely. She has friends (Hild, Krem, Tolkienites, Jamie) and she has a job and she really sort of likes Darrow some days. She desperately wants to go home, though, and she worries about her friends and family at home. Who knows what Eomer will get up to if she's not there to watch out for him?
Silent Darrow: Yes. I think she'll be seeing Dead Eomer, Dead Theoden, and Unfortunately Alive Grima and Orcs, since those are her big fears. The Orcs represent Rohan being overrun by the shadow. Taking care of the Orcs and Grima is easy, but I haven't quite figured out how she'll defeat Dead Eomer and Dead Theoden. I may have just Orcs and Grima appear.
Future Plans: None, really. I'd like her to get to know more people and despite her words to Krem about dating, I kinda want her to find someone and go on a date. I am hopeful that defeating Grima in Silent Darrow will help her feel less self-conscious and panicky when men touch her.

Nikita: Might have actual friends? That she has told actual details about her life to? I know, it's weird. She does not want to go home, but she'd really like Walter to arrive. Or Birkoff, she could be happy with Birkoff. And because of that ... she's getting an item post. Maybe this month, possibly even next week. It will be traumatic. She'll want friends around, if they can deal with learning more about her past.
Silent Darrow: No way. You don't even want to deal with how Nikita's fears would manifest. Nikita doesn't either. She'll stay in Darrow and make endless pots of coffee for the people who are still here.
Future Plans: I really need to find someone for her to casually sleep with. She needs it.

Future pups: I am superstitious and never put anything here. It's a guaranteed app-rejection if I do.