At long last...

[sunshinenpcs]

The NPC Meme



I'm sure someone knows their names...

Welcome to the NPC meme! This meme has certain special rules and functions unlike many other memes! In this meme, the NPC journal isn't just encouraged, it's how you play. Or, at least...how someone involved in the thread does.

The premise is simple: You post your character to lure in some characters who aren't currently being played, and someone else brings in the NPC journal with their interpretation of that character. You play a thread! CR gaps filled!

Alternatively, if you have a character you might be interested in playing in the capacity of an NPC (such as a character you don't want to app, and thus put in a test drive, for one reason or another) then post a top level for that NPC.

Currently played characters may tag out only to NPC top level comments, not to each other. NPC characters could tag to anyone. However, since threads in this meme are eligible for AC (and therefore game canon), it's best for NPCs to tag current characters, rather than other NPCs.

Steps/Rules

1: Post a top level with either your character or an NPC you'd like to play for the meme (Using the NPC account!) - If you're looking for someone specific to tag you, be sure to include it in the top level somewhere so people know to bring them.

2: With your characters, tag out to NPC top-levels or wait for an NPC to tag you. With NPCs, tag out to top level 'current' character threads, or respond to characters that tag your NPC of choice.

3: Thread things that can't yet be played out, or might never be able to be played out!

4: When playing an NPC, since you'll be using the NPC account to do it, don't forget to track the thread with one of your own accounts! (If you have a paid, at least. For free accounts, it's still recommended that you track at least the entire post so you don't miss anything!)

Comments

[sunshinenpcs]

He studied the girl for a moment in open contemplation, and only after he decided that he rather liked her sense of... intensity, did he approach, saying nothing and instead making himself comfortable to wait her out and see exactly how she reacted to him inviting himself to the party. He had the time, so there was no need to rush.

[pursuitoftruth]

Nanako had noticed him almost as soon as he had stepped into her range. It wasn't normally difficult to identify a shinobi who was banking their chakra signature, but he twisted and folded his own in as easily as creasing an origami crane. If it weren't for the necessity of noting even the most minor fluctuations in chakra on the interrogation table, Nanako might have taken much longer to notice him.

As it was, she had the chance to finish her current chapter by the time he was in speaking distance. She gently closed the book, place mentally marked, and tilted her head to one side. "May I help you, sir?" Her eyes appeared to be still and unruffled in the slightest, even as she drank in any and every detail she could gleam from his appearance.

[sunshinenpcs]

A slow, pleased smile came to his lips. That was a wonderful look that this one had, dark and deep and bottomless like a pit of vipers. He knew with absolute clarity that someone else had beaten him to taking this one home, but that didn't mean he couldn't enjoy a moment of the like company. Perhaps another day, his luck might be better for getting her for more than a conversation. "Unless you have something you wish to teach me... no."

[pursuitoftruth]

"I save my lessons for naughty children who need to learn," she demurred, lowering her lashes and allowing her smile to slip into something a little... well, it was a type of nostalgia, technically. It was just better applied to the case of a predator thinking back to a particularly filling meal, rather than a fond memory. There was a sense of intent from this man, though she doubted he had a specific one in mind for her. He was firmly outside her normal range for a 'child', which meant he was either an enemy, an opportunity, or something... other.

She hadn't met many 'others' since the end of the war.

"Well," she raised her fingers to her mouth, as if in thought. "I suppose I could always give you a lecture on making a lady scramble to hold up a conversation..."

[sunshinenpcs]

He leaned forward, long hair falling forward against his cheekbone, and an amused, though rather sly, smile on his lips. "You could, but that wouldn't be anything I haven't been told before." He lifted a hand, turning it palm up as he waved it out. It gave the definite air of a shrug without being one. "Unless, of course, you had a partcularly interesting twist."