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Dramatis Personae
Story of four (+1) former basement-dwelling board/miniatures gamers who get together at... a store almost daily. You know, when they aren't in classes. Also, they have a transgender character in the group, which might make for an awesome selling-point, but really, there's more than one character in the story.
The Main Characters:
By @rookie .
Aidan McCutcheon: FtM transgender, but really, just one of the guys. One of the more stable and less messed up people in the group. Sure, he's prone to panic attacks and nervous breakdowns due to years of fucked up body chemistry and dysphoria, but he holds a job in tech support, lives in an apartment flat on their own money, and is aiming to go to college to fulfill his dream of working in the aerospace industry. Comes here since this is the only area he knows of that allows him to game, since it's bs to play minis online. Dreads the day either Stephen or Chris finds out he's an FtM. Is an avid bicyclist and motorbiker due to space in the area and the experience of riding such machines.
by @theBox .
Stephen ["Sensei Kenichi"] Adamsson: super-generic uber-white kid being as Japanese as possible. Like all otaku, he is utterly obsessed with anime and spends what spare money he has on DVDs and miniatures for the war game they all play. Can't speak fluent Japanese, but loves to correct people who say Japanese words incorrectly. Also spouts pointless Japanese trivia. Not only that, but this guy should screech in rage and try to argue dubbing should it ever come up in a conversation. He randomly drops romaji into stuff he writes and speaks it out loud for no reason. Also should claim to be a master of Aikido or some other type of martial arts, even though they weigh a buck ten soaked and have no muscle or skill at all. Anime choices are pretty much mainstream shit you'd see in Shonen Jump or edgy shit like Hellsing or Berserk. He is driven there by his put upon mother, since he has no driver's license. The car is a beat-up Toyota from 1995, and he claims it will one day be his due to Japanese superiority in automobile manufacturing. He believes in all of the katana myths and should ragequit when his weeb character is killed at one point due to him acting like a fool. Also rages when his sword wielding minis lose to gun fielding units. Is currently bombing art college in animation due to being a lazy weeb.
https://kiwifarms.net/attachments/concept-shit-png.49792/
by @MarvinTheParanoidAndroid , @falsely_rendered
Tram Tri ("tree"): A third generation Cham-American whose family emigrated during the Vietnam War. Is an occasional player of this particular group, though they are by no means not a regular. Next to Chris is probably the most knowledgeable player when it comes to rules and strategies. Is a classmate to Aidan in some of the classes, but is in a different field. Works in a pet shop and lives with their parents to help keep the burden reasonable. Earned the one sided rivalry with Stephen due to both being Asian and not giving a shit about anime.
Chris Phillips: Smells a bit like a homeless man and cheap cologne. Regularly looks shabbier and shabbier until he's suddenly much cleaner and smells nicer. This cycle occurs on about a monthly rate. Claims to be incel in private, but is usually too chickenshit to say that outloud. Is the ultimate rules lawyer in the game, but more in a mechanical sense rather than being an unfair munchkin sense. Graduated with no degree and lives at home. Makes money mostly by selling figures he's painted.
Billy-Bob Ichiro: He's the laptop Skyping from Japan. Former friend and roommate of Chris when Chris' family was stationed in Okinawa. A member of the Rokabiri subculture, he tends to lapse between the stereotypical Japanese-English accent to that of a half-decent Elvis impersonator.
"The Table:"
The Table are recurring characters that come and go in episodes.
DeoiridhHayden: (Half-Chinese? Korean? Filipino?): Assigned male at birth. A lover of all things Scottish. MtF transgender and feminist. Helps people check their privilege and show sensitivity to the oppression minority groups suffer. Always ready to inform the "Cis" people at the Devil's Pajamas of their status, and helps them recognize their microaggressions. And of course, she will remind people, when necessary, that she is a proud woman of color. Loves LARPing, and often will discuss the benefits of the claymore over other weaponry, and proudly professes their skill at wielding one (made of foam, of course).
Mathis "Owl-Eyes" Dupuis: The store owner of The Devil's Pajamas Comics and Games. He was a roadie for the Grateful Dead, then later just about every heavy metal band. He's finally put down roots in his hometown. He is defined by the concert tour t-shirts he's always wearing. People love to call him a Satanist, and he does nothing to discourage this image as he seems to love decorating the place with demonic imagery. He's the sage of the store, often imparting wisdom, when he's not pissed off at something.
Gloria Shaw: A 60 year old woman whose children have since long moved away. Rather than go do "old people" things, like playing Bingo in smoke-filled church basements, she's instead taken up role-playing. A product of the sixties, she never quite escaped the counter-culture movement that sprang up during the time. A fond member of a new age movement and natural remedies, she is often critical of western medicine, since it failed to save her brother's life. She constantly wears a necklace of crystals that she collects since she believes each mineral has the ability to heal. A pescetarian, she has not eaten any meat besides fish since the Reagan administration. Is a nascent hoarder, she has eleven cats at home, and she babies them regularly. She often plays free-natured people such as elves and fae.
Frank Stone: A Viet Nam veteran who was drafted in the late sixties. He never was quite the same when the Tet offensive came about and he was forced to do things during that time he regrets. He has been in and out of mental wards and on and off the street. He is currently in one of his more stable periods, since he's been loaded up on meds by the veteran's hospital and has an aide to check in on him and a part-time job as a greeter in a halfway house. In spite of snapping utterly and needing hospice care, is a genuinely fun player, although he occasionally slips into memories depending on if Tram is there. Most of the time, it's fonder memories, since Tram reminds him of an ARV trooper that he befriended during his time there serving as an advisor to South Vietnam's troops. But on bad days he has to leave early or else will have a panic attack or lose control.
Onan Boggs: Raised in a very strict fundamentalist Southern Baptist home. Closeted homosexual, and lives every day denying who he really is. He has to sneak out to go to the store, so he's often dressed nice amongst the filthy peasants. He is virginal in many senses of the word, from relationships with others to role-playing games. Finds them and the heathens interesting, but he is, unlike his parents, not one to proselytize.
Other characters:
Harold and Svetlana Reynolds: The married couple. Harold is fairly unattractive and middle-aged. Balding and glasses. Svetlana, however, is young and glamorous and speaks with a thick Russian accent, making people suspect she was a mail-order bride. Harold loves playing the Organic Universe game when it's high fantasy day at the store. Brags about what his Enchanter did in previous sessions. Svetlana has a fighter character, but she lets Harold dictate her actions as she's often filing and painting her nails or texting people.
Scripts:
Pilot: Plastic Barbarians at the Gates.
Episode 2: There were no survivors. +Death by weeb.
Dramatis Personae
Story of four (+1) former basement-dwelling board/miniatures gamers who get together at... a store almost daily. You know, when they aren't in classes. Also, they have a transgender character in the group, which might make for an awesome selling-point, but really, there's more than one character in the story.
The Main Characters:
Aidan McCutcheon: FtM transgender, but really, just one of the guys. One of the more stable and less messed up people in the group. Sure, he's prone to panic attacks and nervous breakdowns due to years of fucked up body chemistry and dysphoria, but he holds a job in tech support, lives in an apartment flat on their own money, and is aiming to go to college to fulfill his dream of working in the aerospace industry. Comes here since this is the only area he knows of that allows him to game, since it's bs to play minis online. Dreads the day either Stephen or Chris finds out he's an FtM. Is an avid bicyclist and motorbiker due to space in the area and the experience of riding such machines.
https://kiwifarms.net/attachments/aiden-png.48236/
Stephen ["Sensei Kenichi"] Adamsson: super-generic uber-white kid being as Japanese as possible. Like all otaku, he is utterly obsessed with anime and spends what spare money he has on DVDs and miniatures for the war game they all play. Can't speak fluent Japanese, but loves to correct people who say Japanese words incorrectly. Also spouts pointless Japanese trivia. Not only that, but this guy should screech in rage and try to argue dubbing should it ever come up in a conversation. He randomly drops romaji into stuff he writes and speaks it out loud for no reason. Also should claim to be a master of Aikido or some other type of martial arts, even though they weigh a buck ten soaked and have no muscle or skill at all. Anime choices are pretty much mainstream shit you'd see in Shonen Jump or edgy shit like Hellsing or Berserk. He is driven there by his put upon mother, since he has no driver's license. The car is a beat-up Toyota from 1995, and he claims it will one day be his due to Japanese superiority in automobile manufacturing. He believes in all of the katana myths and should ragequit when his weeb character is killed at one point due to him acting like a fool. Also rages when his sword wielding minis lose to gun fielding units. Is currently bombing art college in animation due to being a lazy weeb.
Tram Tri ("tree"): A third generation Cham-American whose family emigrated during the Vietnam War. Is an occasional player of this particular group, though they are by no means not a regular. Next to Chris is probably the most knowledgeable player when it comes to rules and strategies. Is a classmate to Aidan in some of the classes, but is in a different field. Works in a pet shop and lives with their parents to help keep the burden reasonable. Earned the one sided rivalry with Stephen due to both being Asian and not giving a shit about anime.
Chris Phillips: Smells a bit like a homeless man and cheap cologne. Regularly looks shabbier and shabbier until he's suddenly much cleaner and smells nicer. This cycle occurs on about a monthly rate. Claims to be incel in private, but is usually too chickenshit to say that outloud. Is the ultimate rules lawyer in the game, but more in a mechanical sense rather than being an unfair munchkin sense. Graduated with no degree and lives at home. Makes money mostly by selling figures he's painted.
Billy-Bob Ichiro: He's the laptop Skyping from Japan. Former friend and roommate of Chris when Chris' family was stationed in Okinawa. A member of the Rokabiri subculture, he tends to lapse between the stereotypical Japanese-English accent to that of a half-decent Elvis impersonator.
"The Table:"
The Table are recurring characters that come and go in episodes.
Deoiridh
Mathis "Owl-Eyes" Dupuis: The store owner of The Devil's Pajamas Comics and Games. He was a roadie for the Grateful Dead, then later just about every heavy metal band. He's finally put down roots in his hometown. He is defined by the concert tour t-shirts he's always wearing. People love to call him a Satanist, and he does nothing to discourage this image as he seems to love decorating the place with demonic imagery. He's the sage of the store, often imparting wisdom, when he's not pissed off at something.
Gloria Shaw: A 60 year old woman whose children have since long moved away. Rather than go do "old people" things, like playing Bingo in smoke-filled church basements, she's instead taken up role-playing. A product of the sixties, she never quite escaped the counter-culture movement that sprang up during the time. A fond member of a new age movement and natural remedies, she is often critical of western medicine, since it failed to save her brother's life. She constantly wears a necklace of crystals that she collects since she believes each mineral has the ability to heal. A pescetarian, she has not eaten any meat besides fish since the Reagan administration. Is a nascent hoarder, she has eleven cats at home, and she babies them regularly. She often plays free-natured people such as elves and fae.
Frank Stone: A Viet Nam veteran who was drafted in the late sixties. He never was quite the same when the Tet offensive came about and he was forced to do things during that time he regrets. He has been in and out of mental wards and on and off the street. He is currently in one of his more stable periods, since he's been loaded up on meds by the veteran's hospital and has an aide to check in on him and a part-time job as a greeter in a halfway house. In spite of snapping utterly and needing hospice care, is a genuinely fun player, although he occasionally slips into memories depending on if Tram is there. Most of the time, it's fonder memories, since Tram reminds him of an ARV trooper that he befriended during his time there serving as an advisor to South Vietnam's troops. But on bad days he has to leave early or else will have a panic attack or lose control.
Onan Boggs: Raised in a very strict fundamentalist Southern Baptist home. Closeted homosexual, and lives every day denying who he really is. He has to sneak out to go to the store, so he's often dressed nice amongst the filthy peasants. He is virginal in many senses of the word, from relationships with others to role-playing games. Finds them and the heathens interesting, but he is, unlike his parents, not one to proselytize.
Other characters:
Harold and Svetlana Reynolds: The married couple. Harold is fairly unattractive and middle-aged. Balding and glasses. Svetlana, however, is young and glamorous and speaks with a thick Russian accent, making people suspect she was a mail-order bride. Harold loves playing the Organic Universe game when it's high fantasy day at the store. Brags about what his Enchanter did in previous sessions. Svetlana has a fighter character, but she lets Harold dictate her actions as she's often filing and painting her nails or texting people.
Scripts:
Pilot: Plastic Barbarians at the Gates.
Episode 2: There were no survivors. +Death by weeb.
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