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[yourcupoftea]

Hey, everybody! I'm Dee. I'm completely new to the game and DW role-playing in general, so I hope you'll be patient with me while I get the shape of things. I'm really excited to dig in here, though, and to start writing with all of you. HoC's concept is fantastic.

I'll be bringing in Meera, a Four of Spades. You can read more about her here, but I'll give you a quick rundown. Her mother was something of a wunderkind in her day. People expected a lot from her. But, around the time that she met Meera's father, her interest in the game started to dwindle. Her competitive spirit was passed down to Meera. Meera is incredibly motivated and determined to one day be the Ace of Spades. Keywords: one day. For now, she's perfectly happy to run errands for her betters in the castle. You never know what you might overhear changing the linens, after all.

What else, what else. She's extremely chatty and is less socially graceful than most other Spades. She's still very courteous, but if she sees someone, no matter their rank or suit, chances are she'll try to talk the ears off them.

Meera was born in the Deck to a Spade mother and (though Meera herself doesn't know it) a Club father, so she's bound to know a lot of people. I love all kinds of CR, so just toss anything at me. And apologies in advance to the Spades. She is going to pester the socks off all of you.

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[dreamsofwords]

Hello! I'm Muzy, and it's great to have you (Also, we just moved last month from LJ, so we're all learning the DW thing together). I play a gazillion characters in this game, some of whom Meera would likely know better than others.

This one is Alasdair DeWitt, and he's a Six of Hearts. If Meera went to the Town school, she likely had him for literature until she was 18. He doesn't tend to be friends with many Spades, though he has nothing against them. Friendship just hasn't happened.

Zoe (headfollowheart) is a year older than Meera and will be challenging up to Six of Spades, um, tomorrow, with a counterchallenge next week. A little over a year ago she switched from Hearts to Spades, and she's the head accountant in the Castle. She's kind of a fashion plate, but she also is a huge bookworm and spends a lot of time in the library. They might know each other that way? She's also marrying one of the Tens, Victor, in a little over a month.

Jordan (falsepretences) is a Seven of Spades who just switched from the Hearts last month (yes...I have a theme.) He's the scion of two old Spade families, the Bernards and the Novaks, who might know Meera's family. He runs the Spade archives and the information management department, and I think Meera should pester the shit out of him in particular. XD He's used to people giving him a wide berth, since he and his family was disliked in the Hearts.

Briony (civilizedpoison) is a Nine of Clubs. She's the Deck pharmacist, and ran from the Spades when she was fourteen, after her mother (a schizophrenic Queen of Spades named Medea) was killed in a challenge and their was a regime change. There are still members of her family in the Spades, though, and she goes everywhere, so maybe they know each other? If her mother was ambitious, she might have tried to get into Medea's inner circle before the regime change.

Elisha (cipherspeak) is King of Clubs. He's an Israeli-American with considerable military experience that he doesn't advertise, and also a visual artist (which he advertises a bit more). He became King a little over six months ago and has been playing musical Faces with his Jacks and Queens ever since. His best friend is a Ten of Spades, and he's dating Jordan's younger brother, so he's been in and out of Spade Castle a lot in the last seven years he's been in the Deck.

Avery (uncutclarity) is the current Ace of Diamonds. She just recently broke up with an Eight of Spades and runs the Diamonds' PR department, something that has her in and out of all the Castles with some frequency. She's a gregarious, flirtatious bohemian and basically defies every Diamond stereotype she can. She has a prickly relationship with the Queen of Diamonds, but is good friends with the Queen of Spades.

Ben (intotherough) is a Five of Diamonds who's been in the Deck for about three years now. He's Scottish and retains the accent to varying degrees - it gets heavier if he's trolling you. He was the Diamonds' handyman for much of that time, though he got shanghaied into a desk job for a few months before he threw in the towel and ran off to over a pub in Town. His pub is situated near the Spade section of Town, and Meera should absolutely come in. :) He's also in Spades a fair bit, since he's best friends with Victor (the same Ten Zoe is marrying and Elisha is friends with. Yes, the CR is kind of a tangled knot. XD)

Peter (wherethewild) is a year older than Meera too, and a recently arrived Two of Diamonds. He's also an MI-5 agent sent to investigate the mysterious death of a British Interpol agent with another Interpol agent and a CIA agent, but he's been playing harmless IT guy in the meantime. In and out of all the Castles trying to gather information, and he recently broke into the Spade server room.

I'm happy for any and all CR /o/

[yourcupoftea]

I am a fan of having a gajillion characters.

She did go to the town school and she'll be deeply offended if Mr. DeWitt doesn't remember his star pupil. Meera was one of those students who tried harder to get chummy with their teachers than their peers. She still probably runs after him when she sees him in town to try to ask his opinion on some book or another.

Meera would be a little threatened by Zoe. She's so pretty and smart and successful, etc., etc. I can definitely see them being casual friends with maybe a weird undercurrent of tension?

Pester Jordan, you got it! She would anyway, just because he's from such powerful families and has access to important records. I expect she's barged into the archives several times already with a pot of tea and some biscuits and basically forced him to chat with her.

I can see that. Meera's mother would have tried to distance herself from Medea after her fall, so Meera would be taught not to talk to Briony. Which, really, would just make her all the more curious about her. So Meera might snoop around the pharmacy and awkwardly try to engage Briony.

Idk about any set CR, but Meera would definitely look at Avery with stars in her eyes. So beautiful, so happy, so free~ There might be a schoolgirl crush a-brewing.

Yes, she will definitely come visit Ben. I imagine she goes in quite a lot, since it's basically a bartender's job to listen to people gab. Ben and Meera could be good friends, or maybe he's just doing his job humoring her and she values him a lot more than he values her? Your call!

Ooh, just from reading through his profile, I can see Meera and Peter hating each other. They're both arrogant know-it-alls, but their personalities go in completely different directions. I'd love to have them clash at some point.

Just tossing out ideas! Woo, this got really long.

[falsepretences]

Excellent. He will remember her very well and probably be used to her popping into his classroom to ask if he needs any help grading papers and that kind of thing. She probably sucked up to him by reading all of his favorite authors, which tend to be in the Fitzgerald/Hemingway/Lost Generation vein. XD

I can see being threatened. Zoe is one of those girls who seems like she gets everything she wants dropped in her lap (though she does work for it) so I can see there being some intimidation. She's usually quite friendly and nice, though, so unless Meera was a complete bitch to her, she wouldn't try to intimidate.

Oh God. He probably is getting used to it, but at first just stared at her like "Why are you here again I just had tea half an hour ago." He likely gets irritated with her in time, but if she makes herself useful...less so. XD

Both the Briony and Avery CR seems good to me. Briony is pretty used to a lot of old Spades giving her a wide berth or coming around curiously. And if Meera wanted to spout off medical facts at her, she'd be so amused. She also can't stand Julien, so she'd probably be absolutely cool with Meera's ambitions (actually, Zoe can't stand Julien either, and Jordan is ambivalent, mostly.)

Ben will sit there and patiently listen to her babble. Maybe use it as an excuse to talk to someone about all the things he learned in uni, too, since most people in the Deck don't really care much about, say, his thesis on the Battle of Bannockburn. XD

Oh, they will. There will be so much snark, I can see it now. She should catch him the next time he wanders into Spade Castle or in Town sometime. XD

We both wrote novels, but it's cool~