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Jan. 8th, 2016
Your name or online alias: chicklet
Your email: Dwlogswriteme.com
Another preferred means of contact: ChickletLarp (Plurk)
Character's Full Name: River Song/ Mels/ Melody Pond
Character's Canon: Doctor Who
Character's Canon Point: at the very end of Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
Character's Journal Name: ProfessorSong
What would you like your character's tag to be?: Spoilers
Answer the following questions in no less than 300 words but no greater than 1000 words put together...
Character's background (their past and present):
Timeline
River is a Time Traveler who was taken as an infant, experimented on, and altered for one purpose, to be the woman who kills the Doctor. She was raised for this purpose, and the Doctor encountered her as a child, trapped in a space suit meant to keep her alive. She was badly injured and regenerated. It was hinted that there were more regenerations. Eventually she wound up in the time frame of her parents, when they were kids, and she was in the form of a kid herself. So in a way, her parents got to see her grow up, got to raise her. Her mother was forever getting her out of trouble, giving her the disapproving mom glare, even as a kid. She "grew up" on stories of the Doctor, who Amy - her mother - had met as a little girl. She knew she was supposed to kill him. She listened to stories from her parents when they came back and forth from adventuring with the Doctor when they were all older. So she arranged to meet him. By then she was almost half in love with him, but more... she knew what she was meant to do. She was there to kill the Doctor, but there was nothing to say she couldn't have an adventure first. So she held him up at gunpoint to demand a trip to the past. She had plans to kill him, but those plans were cut short when she took a bullet to the gut. She regenerated, and used looking her new form over as the excuse to apply her poisonous lipstick out of sight and prepare for the kill. She got to give him a kiss before jumping out of a window and wandering around WWII Berlin, making as much trouble and sowing as much chaos as she could.
The Tesselecta - a robot that can change it's appearance and form, was there to kill horrible criminals and decided in that time and place, she was the WORST criminal. Many disagree. They tried to kill her, for the crime of killing the Doctor. But dying, suffering, in pain... he still argued for her life, acted like he cared about her. He spoke to her, and kept calling for someone called River. In the end, she gave her regenerations to him, to cancel her poison. The effort took a lot out of her, and when she awoke, she had been left a gift by the Doctor, a small blue notebook and the start of her rules.
It wasn't the first time she had met the Doctor, and it wouldn't be the last. She would always meet him out of order, though, but she would wind up adventuring with her parents, with Amy, Rory, and The Doctor, all clueless as to who she actually is. At her parent's wedding, she weasels a proposal of her own out of the Doctor, leaving him confused.
Eventually though, Madam Kovorian - who raised her to kill the Doctor - catches up with her, and she is once again pressed into a space suit. She is to kill the Doctor. It's a fixed point in time. The Doctor dies on that date. It's a historical fact. She had witnessed it herself in her own past, unknowing what she was seeing. But River refuses to kill her love, and she breaks time.
With the fixed point erased, time broke. The Silence - a malicious race that are forgotten the moment you no longer see them - were working with Kovarian, and River wound up back working with them. But each - Kavarian, River, and the Silence each had their own plans. River refused to let the Doctor die, at least... not until he knew he was loved. She and Amy worked to make sure he knew that. They were handfasted for a wedding then, and he showed her a secret, that when she killed him he wasn't going to actually die, just... vanish for a while. As they were wedded, and touched again, time reverted, returning her to the moment where she had refused to kill him. Knowing what she knew now... she pulled the trigger, killing not her beloved, but the Tesselecta. The world believed though, that the Doctor was dead, and she was arrested, and sent to the most secure prison in the universe - Stormcage. Most of her interactions with the doctor happen during her incarceration, and almost none of them happen in the jail.
For example, at one point in Demons' Run, an alarm goes off, she picks up a guard phone from the wall outside the cells, dressed for a grand night out, "Oh, turn it off. I'm breaking in not out. This is River Song, back in her cell. Oh, and I'll take breakfast at the usual time. Thank you!"
River continued to cross paths with the Doctor and her parents, sometimes they remembered the wedding, sometimes they didn't. She went with it, however it was, and even confessed to her father one time that she knew the worst day of her life was still ahead of her. That one day she would look into the Doctor's eyes, and he wouldn't know who she was.
That day came in the Library, with the 10th doctor. The Doctor had no clue who she was. It nearly broke her heart. It killed her... just hours before she died. River gave her life in the library, to save the Doctor, to save his life. He said he could take the risk, instead of her, he said "Time can be rewritten", not knowing what happened when she tried to do that. She told him not to dare to change even one minute of their time together. And then she gave her life to save everyone, and to save him. She died, or... she was supposed to die. She thought she died. But Q happened instead.
Character's personality:
River? Personality? Oh sweetie, as she said on the dance floor, you might want to find something to hold on to. River is strong, stubborn, self assured, confident, a bit flirty, impish, impulsive, temperamental, and clever. She can keep up with the Doctor, she can even twist him around sometimes, but she also knows when to defer to him, and how to bolster him. She was created to kill him, instead she's made herself one of his strongest allies.
"Such a basic mistake, Madame Kovarian: take a child, raise her into the perfect psychopath, introduce her to the Doctor. Who else was I going to fall in love with?
River is as quick to reach for her gun as the Doctor is to refuse to touch one. She has her weapons, and she has no fear to use them. A gun, a blaster, hallucinogenic or poisonous lipstick, to River these are weapons, tools, and toys all. She can be sharp tongued, but usually only with those that she knows can handle it, usually the Doctor.
The Doctor: Don't let them build to full power!
River Song: I know! There's a reason why I'm shooting, honey! What are you doing?
The Doctor: Helping!
River Song: You've got a screwdriver, go build a cabinet!
Character's skills/abilities/powers:
Any special equipment your character is bringing along? This includes weaponry, magic items, etc.: She will have the following:
Her notebook, of course.
The lipsticks as discussed (Mod approval before she uses them on NPCs, and there WILL be repercussions, and only on a player if discussed and approved before hand for plot reasons and there may well be repercussions.)
Squarness gun - yes, a squareness gun. She has been prohibited to use this on the enterprise, and those restrictions MIGHT be relaxed off ship. Mod approval discussion needed at all times. She will be under orders to keep it holstered, in her room, or in weapons lock up.
Her sonic screwdriver
The portfolio of all the doctor's faces (Aka "the spotter's guide")
Are you bringing your character to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ten_fwd from another game? If you are, which game?:Nope
If you answered yes above, briefly summarize how they were changed by and what challenges they faced in the climate of their previous game(s): N/A
Why do you want to play this character in Ten Forward, and what do you plan to do with them? Well, you know the plot idea for how she would come in that is proposed. After that, adjusting to multiple versions of the Doctor at the same time, one or more of her parents, dealing with other companions, meeting Cridhe, and snarking at the world. I tested her with a lot of people already in game, and want to continue those relationships!
Writing Sample #1: http://ten-fwd-meme.dreamwidth.org/4433.html?thread=646737#cmt646737
Writing Sample #2 (optional):
"The Doctor? I trust that man with your life, more importantly, I trust him with mine. I trust him to the ends of the universe, and we've been. Me? Now, sweetie, that's a whole other story, and frankly, I don't think you're ready to know about me. I've seen Angels kill and Demons Run. I have been everywhere you ever wished to go, and met everyone you've ever wished to meet. I'm not sure you can handle my story. But the Doctor, me, these aren't the things to be most concerned about. Really, I would think you'd be more worried about the fact that this location is set to blow up in, oh... about ten seconds, and between you and me..." she leaned in close. "Only one of us has an escape plan."
With that, she drops back from the window, knowing she will be fine. He will catch her, her love, or... she will use the Vortex Manipulator. More fun to let him catch her of course, and he needs the ego boost, poor dear, but she's not about to go splat because he's late. After all, she's River Song.
Flavor Text: These videos add to the profile, but are not needed, some may have spoilers up to her canon point. Plus, I wanted to share.
Her name is River
River is always a woman
This shows a little of what happens when she refuses to kill her beloved, and how he convinces her to fix the fixed point. Also shows her getting married in front of her folks.....
River sees guns as toys, sometimes, and her mum approves.
Your email: Dwlogswriteme.com
Another preferred means of contact: ChickletLarp (Plurk)
Character's Full Name: River Song/ Mels/ Melody Pond
Character's Canon: Doctor Who
Character's Canon Point: at the very end of Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
Character's Journal Name: ProfessorSong
What would you like your character's tag to be?: Spoilers
Answer the following questions in no less than 300 words but no greater than 1000 words put together...
Character's background (their past and present):
Timeline
River is a Time Traveler who was taken as an infant, experimented on, and altered for one purpose, to be the woman who kills the Doctor. She was raised for this purpose, and the Doctor encountered her as a child, trapped in a space suit meant to keep her alive. She was badly injured and regenerated. It was hinted that there were more regenerations. Eventually she wound up in the time frame of her parents, when they were kids, and she was in the form of a kid herself. So in a way, her parents got to see her grow up, got to raise her. Her mother was forever getting her out of trouble, giving her the disapproving mom glare, even as a kid. She "grew up" on stories of the Doctor, who Amy - her mother - had met as a little girl. She knew she was supposed to kill him. She listened to stories from her parents when they came back and forth from adventuring with the Doctor when they were all older. So she arranged to meet him. By then she was almost half in love with him, but more... she knew what she was meant to do. She was there to kill the Doctor, but there was nothing to say she couldn't have an adventure first. So she held him up at gunpoint to demand a trip to the past. She had plans to kill him, but those plans were cut short when she took a bullet to the gut. She regenerated, and used looking her new form over as the excuse to apply her poisonous lipstick out of sight and prepare for the kill. She got to give him a kiss before jumping out of a window and wandering around WWII Berlin, making as much trouble and sowing as much chaos as she could.
The Tesselecta - a robot that can change it's appearance and form, was there to kill horrible criminals and decided in that time and place, she was the WORST criminal. Many disagree. They tried to kill her, for the crime of killing the Doctor. But dying, suffering, in pain... he still argued for her life, acted like he cared about her. He spoke to her, and kept calling for someone called River. In the end, she gave her regenerations to him, to cancel her poison. The effort took a lot out of her, and when she awoke, she had been left a gift by the Doctor, a small blue notebook and the start of her rules.
It wasn't the first time she had met the Doctor, and it wouldn't be the last. She would always meet him out of order, though, but she would wind up adventuring with her parents, with Amy, Rory, and The Doctor, all clueless as to who she actually is. At her parent's wedding, she weasels a proposal of her own out of the Doctor, leaving him confused.
Eventually though, Madam Kovorian - who raised her to kill the Doctor - catches up with her, and she is once again pressed into a space suit. She is to kill the Doctor. It's a fixed point in time. The Doctor dies on that date. It's a historical fact. She had witnessed it herself in her own past, unknowing what she was seeing. But River refuses to kill her love, and she breaks time.
With the fixed point erased, time broke. The Silence - a malicious race that are forgotten the moment you no longer see them - were working with Kovarian, and River wound up back working with them. But each - Kavarian, River, and the Silence each had their own plans. River refused to let the Doctor die, at least... not until he knew he was loved. She and Amy worked to make sure he knew that. They were handfasted for a wedding then, and he showed her a secret, that when she killed him he wasn't going to actually die, just... vanish for a while. As they were wedded, and touched again, time reverted, returning her to the moment where she had refused to kill him. Knowing what she knew now... she pulled the trigger, killing not her beloved, but the Tesselecta. The world believed though, that the Doctor was dead, and she was arrested, and sent to the most secure prison in the universe - Stormcage. Most of her interactions with the doctor happen during her incarceration, and almost none of them happen in the jail.
For example, at one point in Demons' Run, an alarm goes off, she picks up a guard phone from the wall outside the cells, dressed for a grand night out, "Oh, turn it off. I'm breaking in not out. This is River Song, back in her cell. Oh, and I'll take breakfast at the usual time. Thank you!"
River continued to cross paths with the Doctor and her parents, sometimes they remembered the wedding, sometimes they didn't. She went with it, however it was, and even confessed to her father one time that she knew the worst day of her life was still ahead of her. That one day she would look into the Doctor's eyes, and he wouldn't know who she was.
That day came in the Library, with the 10th doctor. The Doctor had no clue who she was. It nearly broke her heart. It killed her... just hours before she died. River gave her life in the library, to save the Doctor, to save his life. He said he could take the risk, instead of her, he said "Time can be rewritten", not knowing what happened when she tried to do that. She told him not to dare to change even one minute of their time together. And then she gave her life to save everyone, and to save him. She died, or... she was supposed to die. She thought she died. But Q happened instead.
Character's personality:
River? Personality? Oh sweetie, as she said on the dance floor, you might want to find something to hold on to. River is strong, stubborn, self assured, confident, a bit flirty, impish, impulsive, temperamental, and clever. She can keep up with the Doctor, she can even twist him around sometimes, but she also knows when to defer to him, and how to bolster him. She was created to kill him, instead she's made herself one of his strongest allies.
"Such a basic mistake, Madame Kovarian: take a child, raise her into the perfect psychopath, introduce her to the Doctor. Who else was I going to fall in love with?
River is as quick to reach for her gun as the Doctor is to refuse to touch one. She has her weapons, and she has no fear to use them. A gun, a blaster, hallucinogenic or poisonous lipstick, to River these are weapons, tools, and toys all. She can be sharp tongued, but usually only with those that she knows can handle it, usually the Doctor.
The Doctor: Don't let them build to full power!
River Song: I know! There's a reason why I'm shooting, honey! What are you doing?
The Doctor: Helping!
River Song: You've got a screwdriver, go build a cabinet!
Character's skills/abilities/powers:
Any special equipment your character is bringing along? This includes weaponry, magic items, etc.: She will have the following:
Her notebook, of course.
The lipsticks as discussed (Mod approval before she uses them on NPCs, and there WILL be repercussions, and only on a player if discussed and approved before hand for plot reasons and there may well be repercussions.)
Squarness gun - yes, a squareness gun. She has been prohibited to use this on the enterprise, and those restrictions MIGHT be relaxed off ship. Mod approval discussion needed at all times. She will be under orders to keep it holstered, in her room, or in weapons lock up.
Her sonic screwdriver
The portfolio of all the doctor's faces (Aka "the spotter's guide")
Are you bringing your character to
ten_fwd from another game? If you are, which game?:NopeIf you answered yes above, briefly summarize how they were changed by and what challenges they faced in the climate of their previous game(s): N/A
Why do you want to play this character in Ten Forward, and what do you plan to do with them? Well, you know the plot idea for how she would come in that is proposed. After that, adjusting to multiple versions of the Doctor at the same time, one or more of her parents, dealing with other companions, meeting Cridhe, and snarking at the world. I tested her with a lot of people already in game, and want to continue those relationships!
Writing Sample #1: http://ten-fwd-meme.dreamwidth.org/4433.html?thread=646737#cmt646737
Writing Sample #2 (optional):
"The Doctor? I trust that man with your life, more importantly, I trust him with mine. I trust him to the ends of the universe, and we've been. Me? Now, sweetie, that's a whole other story, and frankly, I don't think you're ready to know about me. I've seen Angels kill and Demons Run. I have been everywhere you ever wished to go, and met everyone you've ever wished to meet. I'm not sure you can handle my story. But the Doctor, me, these aren't the things to be most concerned about. Really, I would think you'd be more worried about the fact that this location is set to blow up in, oh... about ten seconds, and between you and me..." she leaned in close. "Only one of us has an escape plan."
With that, she drops back from the window, knowing she will be fine. He will catch her, her love, or... she will use the Vortex Manipulator. More fun to let him catch her of course, and he needs the ego boost, poor dear, but she's not about to go splat because he's late. After all, she's River Song.
Flavor Text: These videos add to the profile, but are not needed, some may have spoilers up to her canon point. Plus, I wanted to share.
Her name is River
River is always a woman
This shows a little of what happens when she refuses to kill her beloved, and how he convinces her to fix the fixed point. Also shows her getting married in front of her folks.....
River sees guns as toys, sometimes, and her mum approves.