Backdated to December, the word's gotten out: Dr. Elias Coldwood, the lighthouse keeper and biologist, has been found to have been tending to an eldritch entity, given the name Glory, who's origin has been revealed through another recently found journal. Recently bailed out from a few-month jail sentence for both this and potential conspiracy with the cult of Nyarlathotep, he's returned to his home, and has assumed care of her once more.
With this angle of the plot, Elias is guarded (as if he hadn't been before), and defensive; interaction directly with Glory will require some establishing of CR with Elias! Save for tolerating his Town Hall appointed constable (Shen Qingqiu), he is very touchy about the situation.
That being said, I would love to establish some CR with him! He will not respond well to direct offers of assistance with Glory, and worse yet to parenting advice, but he'll be tentatively receptive to solidarity and understanding. Presently, he's operating on an assumption that he will be shunned by the community at large, so outreach will be met with wariness at first, but ultimately acceptance. Once there's a level of trust there, he'll begin to be cautiously open with people about her!
(Additionally, direct interaction can be fast-tracked with the aid of Shen Qingqiu's routine visits, but at a price - Elias has a lot of deep-seated distrust in his control of the situation being bypassed.)
On the other side of this situation, Glory is a character that will be played, and is in a strange point in her existence. Having been born of being "planted" in a host with magical abilities, notions about what she was to be, and continuously sustained in a world with a potent magic in and of itself, her development changed from that of the standard-fare offspring of Shub-Niggurath. Instead of being something that only carries the will of the Black Goat, or a vicious monstrosity alone, she is sapient, and slowly developing an understanding of the world around her! She still carries instincts and biological needs of her nature, but much has been changed by the world around her and her means of existence.
As the person she is presently, Glory is skittish and easily provoked, prone to attacking that which is unfamiliar to her. Part of this is fear, and part of it is the insatiable hunger at the core of her being. In a comfortable environment, however, she's got a childlike curiosity about the world around her, and from some ball-park musing on it, is probably somewhere within the age of 3-4 cognitively - she "plays" with things in her cell (some examples being hand-made toys and other ins and odds), tinkers with stones, and when she starts to understand Emeran, can identify herself and others by names! Currently she's struggling to understand things like rules and concepts of distant future, but can be convinced to agree to things like waiting until tomorrow.
I'd love to work out some plans for CR to explore this further, and get the opportunity to crack this situation open more deeply as time goes on!! For thoughts/general interest/plan arranging, let me know here or on Discord @ summertiide!
Dr. Elias Coldwood | Metaplot ft. The Eldritch Godling In The Basement
With this angle of the plot, Elias is guarded (as if he hadn't been before), and defensive; interaction directly with Glory will require some establishing of CR with Elias! Save for tolerating his Town Hall appointed constable (Shen Qingqiu), he is very touchy about the situation.
That being said, I would love to establish some CR with him! He will not respond well to direct offers of assistance with Glory, and worse yet to parenting advice, but he'll be tentatively receptive to solidarity and understanding. Presently, he's operating on an assumption that he will be shunned by the community at large, so outreach will be met with wariness at first, but ultimately acceptance. Once there's a level of trust there, he'll begin to be cautiously open with people about her!
(Additionally, direct interaction can be fast-tracked with the aid of Shen Qingqiu's routine visits, but at a price - Elias has a lot of deep-seated distrust in his control of the situation being bypassed.)
On the other side of this situation, Glory is a character that will be played, and is in a strange point in her existence. Having been born of being "planted" in a host with magical abilities, notions about what she was to be, and continuously sustained in a world with a potent magic in and of itself, her development changed from that of the standard-fare offspring of Shub-Niggurath. Instead of being something that only carries the will of the Black Goat, or a vicious monstrosity alone, she is sapient, and slowly developing an understanding of the world around her! She still carries instincts and biological needs of her nature, but much has been changed by the world around her and her means of existence.
As the person she is presently, Glory is skittish and easily provoked, prone to attacking that which is unfamiliar to her. Part of this is fear, and part of it is the insatiable hunger at the core of her being. In a comfortable environment, however, she's got a childlike curiosity about the world around her, and from some ball-park musing on it, is probably somewhere within the age of 3-4 cognitively - she "plays" with things in her cell (some examples being hand-made toys and other ins and odds), tinkers with stones, and when she starts to understand Emeran, can identify herself and others by names! Currently she's struggling to understand things like rules and concepts of distant future, but can be convinced to agree to things like waiting until tomorrow.
I'd love to work out some plans for CR to explore this further, and get the opportunity to crack this situation open more deeply as time goes on!! For thoughts/general interest/plan arranging, let me know here or on Discord @ summertiide!