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Original Regency era RP characters
Solo: The Ice on the Inlet
Jan. 11th, 2019 09:08 pmWritten for ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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Midshipman Anthony Pratt sat with his bare feet hovering just above the thin layer of ice that had formed overnight on the still water of the inlet. His bottom froze on the rock he sat on; though the thick cotton of his trousers was good, they were for work, and years of sliding down oiled ropes, washing in briny waters and exposure to heat and cold and rain had worn them thin.
They’d been new when he’d last seen his sister. In fact, they’d been his third pair, tucked away on the bottom of his trunk.
Break the ice, and you’ll summon a spirit. That’s what the man had said. The first ice of the winter. Never do that, son—you might not like what comes up.
He plunged his feet down into the water. The ice broke apart so gently, the barest resistance was the only sign it had been there at all. As the creature crawled out, his heart stopped, then took off at a gallop.
“What?” it asked in the voice of seaweed and mud.
“My sister. Is she… all right?”
There was a hiss… like laughter? The spirit’s clammy paws wrapped themselves around Anthony’s ankles. “No.”
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Midshipman Anthony Pratt sat with his bare feet hovering just above the thin layer of ice that had formed overnight on the still water of the inlet. His bottom froze on the rock he sat on; though the thick cotton of his trousers was good, they were for work, and years of sliding down oiled ropes, washing in briny waters and exposure to heat and cold and rain had worn them thin.
They’d been new when he’d last seen his sister. In fact, they’d been his third pair, tucked away on the bottom of his trunk.
Break the ice, and you’ll summon a spirit. That’s what the man had said. The first ice of the winter. Never do that, son—you might not like what comes up.
He plunged his feet down into the water. The ice broke apart so gently, the barest resistance was the only sign it had been there at all. As the creature crawled out, his heart stopped, then took off at a gallop.
“What?” it asked in the voice of seaweed and mud.
“My sister. Is she… all right?”
There was a hiss… like laughter? The spirit’s clammy paws wrapped themselves around Anthony’s ankles. “No.”
Solo: No Belle of the Ball
Jan. 11th, 2019 04:48 pmWritten for femslashficlets and crossposted there. Modern AU schoolgirls because why not.
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Starters: Mr Thomas
Jan. 2nd, 2019 08:10 amSee comments below for open starters for Mr Thomas. Once a starter here has been tagged, it will be closed for other partners.
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Starters: Lady Phyllida
Jan. 2nd, 2019 08:02 amSee comments below for open starters for Lady Phyllida. Once a starter here has been tagged, it will be closed for other partners.
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Dec. 31st, 2018 01:46 pmLady Phyllida
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Miss Pratt
Mr Thomas
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History on Tumblr:
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Starters: Miss Pratt
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Biography: Lady Phyllida Francis
Dec. 11th, 2018 03:22 pm{ Lady Phyllida Francis }
Born: August 1775
Gender Identity & Pronouns: female; she/her
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: pansexual biromantic
Occupation: a lady
Religion: Church of England, since her marriage
Physical Appearance: Her ladyship has great quantities of dark brown hair, which is naturally wavy, but that she tortures into fashionably tight curls. She is short and curvaceous with a pleasant, animated, rosy face which shifts from soulful contemplation to anger, indignation, or laughter with equal ease.
Tag: c: Lady Phyllida
History on Tumblr: lady-phyllida-francis, nothing-ventured
History
Personality
Clio - Skye terrier
Polyhymnia - Pekingese
Euterpe - Pomeranian
Calliope - Maltese
Terpsichore
Thalia
Melpomene
Born: August 1775
Gender Identity & Pronouns: female; she/her
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: pansexual biromantic
Occupation: a lady
Religion: Church of England, since her marriage
Physical Appearance: Her ladyship has great quantities of dark brown hair, which is naturally wavy, but that she tortures into fashionably tight curls. She is short and curvaceous with a pleasant, animated, rosy face which shifts from soulful contemplation to anger, indignation, or laughter with equal ease.
Tag: c: Lady Phyllida
History on Tumblr: lady-phyllida-francis, nothing-ventured
History
Lady Phyllida Winiger Francis was born near London in January 1775 to second generation German immigrants. Her parents manufactured machinery for weaving; their parents manufactured the steel for it. As an only child, Phyllida has expectations of great personal fortune. While her father still lives she has her husband’s to spend.
Baron Charles Kentworth Francis (“Chucks”) is a small and taciturn man who never comes to London. He and Lady Phyllida are practically separated, but neither wishes to divorce or remarry. He is very happy in the country, and she is very happy in the city. They have one son, Lord Alfred Francis, who is somewhat foolish and inexplicably tall.
Her default year for new conversations is 1814.
Personality
She expresses her creative soul by painting, mostly vases. She adores music and musicians, of which she has seduced many. She has a political bent: she is passionately anti-slavery, but does not like the religious fervour that is driving the cause; she is in favour of freedom of religion, and has been known to voice nearly atheistic sentiments; she is in favour of social mobility, but has always believed herself to be a “soul sister” to Marie Antoinette.
She adores witty conversation and tiny dogs, of which she has seven.
Clio - Skye terrier
Polyhymnia - Pekingese
Euterpe - Pomeranian
Calliope - Maltese
Terpsichore
Thalia
Melpomene
Biography: Mr Thomas
Dec. 11th, 2018 02:19 pm{ Mr Martin A. Thomas }
Born: February 1772
Gender Identity & Pronouns: male; he/him
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: homosexual homoromantic
Occupation: depending on period, student, revolutionary, or gentleman, but always a painter
Religion: Church of England and Catholicism have both marked him, but he worships at neither church now
Physical appearance: Thomas is 5'6’’, with very dark brown curls and clear blue eyes. As a young man, his build could have been described as athletic, as he was active, fond of running and climbing. In his forties, he is thin and frail beyond his years, but the most prominent lines on his face crinkle at the corners of his eyes. Many would once have described him as handsome, though his vitality always ran soft and gentle, and may rather have merited the name of beauty.
Tag: c: Mr Thomas
FC: Well, like, Tom Hiddleston, but short, in his early 40s, and too skinny.
History on Tumblr: nothing-ventured
History
Personality
Mr Thomas is, and always was, a follower at heart. He bristles to follow a leader he does not find just, but if none other are available, he will adjust himself before he will go entirely without direction. His nature is resilient, but not strong, and this weakness has repeatedly lead to calamity and disappointment to those closest to him. He is aware of it. He tries not to think about it too much.
Absent-minded and a lover of beauty, and of people, and of the joy of simply existing, Mr Thomas makes friends easily, as he is always ready to see the good in other people.
Born: February 1772
Gender Identity & Pronouns: male; he/him
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: homosexual homoromantic
Occupation: depending on period, student, revolutionary, or gentleman, but always a painter
Religion: Church of England and Catholicism have both marked him, but he worships at neither church now
Physical appearance: Thomas is 5'6’’, with very dark brown curls and clear blue eyes. As a young man, his build could have been described as athletic, as he was active, fond of running and climbing. In his forties, he is thin and frail beyond his years, but the most prominent lines on his face crinkle at the corners of his eyes. Many would once have described him as handsome, though his vitality always ran soft and gentle, and may rather have merited the name of beauty.
Tag: c: Mr Thomas
FC: Well, like, Tom Hiddleston, but short, in his early 40s, and too skinny.
History on Tumblr: nothing-ventured
History
Mr Thomas has led a colourful life. He would usually be played in 1814, after his return from America and retirement to the countryside, and subsequent return to the City. He lives in rooms on the top floor of a respectable boarding house.
Once he was young, bright, and full of passion. These days he is quiet and thin, and his curly brown-black hair has broad swaths of grey in it.
In short, the events of his life are these:
He was the second son of a well-to-do merchant until the death of his brother, which proscribed the twenty-five year old unrecognized painter a new responsibility over his two sisters. Resolved to give up his wastrel dreams and do right by his family, he took a position in his father’s trade. The venture, never promising, ran aground when, while travelling to Italy on business, he fell in love and stayed in the country for two years. Upon his return he found his father had remarried and produced another son, who was now the apparent heir.
Thomas spent more time on the continent and in Ireland, becoming more political and dissolute in turns. Eventually his luck and money ran out. With his then-lover, he booked passage to America to start a new life. They attempted running a farm, which failed, leading to the break-up of the relationship. Thomas found himself penniless and nearing forty in the slums of New York. The years spent there left their mark upon him. He was out of passion, out of drive, and out of faith, and so when the opportunity arrived, he took the long journey back to England. War between the two countries broke out soon after.
His sister Olympia, now Mrs Babcock, took him in to live with her family. He spent his days quietly painting, and sometimes told improbable stories to her youngest children. Then, while visiting London to see his solicitor, he ran into a charming young man, and found himself drawn back into society.
Personality
Mr Thomas is, and always was, a follower at heart. He bristles to follow a leader he does not find just, but if none other are available, he will adjust himself before he will go entirely without direction. His nature is resilient, but not strong, and this weakness has repeatedly lead to calamity and disappointment to those closest to him. He is aware of it. He tries not to think about it too much.
Absent-minded and a lover of beauty, and of people, and of the joy of simply existing, Mr Thomas makes friends easily, as he is always ready to see the good in other people.
Biography: Miss Pratt
Dec. 11th, 2018 01:58 pm{ Miss Anna Pratt }
Born: September 1792
Gender Identity & Pronouns: female; she/her
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: unsure (somewhere on the ace spectrum)
Occupation: depending on period, a lady, a lady's companion, or the manager of a bookshop
Religion: depending on period, Church of England or none
Physical appearance: On the short side, with a youthful softness that tends towards plump, Anna has somewhat unruly blonde hair and large grey-blue eyes. She is pretty but not overwhelmingly so, and tends to dress in blues and greys, with no excess of fripperies. She rarely smiles.
Tag: c: Miss Pratt
History on Tumblr: miss-anna-pratt, nothing-ventured
History
Anna is overly serious, of a nervous and sullen disposition, and desperate to be good, balancing that which is expected of her with the commandments of Christ, and finding in her own nature a resistance to both. Neither can she feel as grateful as she thinks she ought for the condescension of her relations. She very much suspects that she is incurably wicked.
Born: September 1792
Gender Identity & Pronouns: female; she/her
Sexual & Romantic Orientation: unsure (somewhere on the ace spectrum)
Occupation: depending on period, a lady, a lady's companion, or the manager of a bookshop
Religion: depending on period, Church of England or none
Physical appearance: On the short side, with a youthful softness that tends towards plump, Anna has somewhat unruly blonde hair and large grey-blue eyes. She is pretty but not overwhelmingly so, and tends to dress in blues and greys, with no excess of fripperies. She rarely smiles.
Tag: c: Miss Pratt
History on Tumblr: miss-anna-pratt, nothing-ventured
History
Miss Pratt, though without a fortune of her own, is the protege of her uncle, Mr Berkeley, who has considerable wealth tied up in land in Northamptonshire and a lively interest in the Atlantic trade. Orphaned at ten, Miss Pratt was raised from that age with her cousins Maria and Josephine at Berkeley Hall. Her brother Anthony was at that time fourteen and was bought a commission as a midshipman, a rank he is yet to advance from.
As she has no prospects or a particularly arresting figure, Miss Pratt’s coming out was modest, and she is expected to find a position as a lady's companion.
Miss Pratt is fond of art and creates, according to her protectors, some very pretty watercolours and embroideries. Granted, they may be over-generous in their praise, as they wish the girl to be married before she turns into a hopeless spinster.
An alternate situation
In 1814, Miss Pratt, then acting as a lady's maid to a Mrs Admiral Lascelles, upon being pressed into a tolerably advantegous marriage, ran away with a pirate and now minds his book-shop while he sails the seas. (This is based on long RP with captain-f-merivel.)
Anna is overly serious, of a nervous and sullen disposition, and desperate to be good, balancing that which is expected of her with the commandments of Christ, and finding in her own nature a resistance to both. Neither can she feel as grateful as she thinks she ought for the condescension of her relations. She very much suspects that she is incurably wicked.