#romeo is like a cat a goblin and a nervous dog all in one

[auduux]

MCSM Season 3

This is just a small teaser on what I have currently have, or the start of it in other words. I've decided on the chapter word count to be 20k and the first 10k words of this chapter will be posted on ao3 as a teaser when i have it. Until then I'll be posting small, spread out excerpts from what I have. This is an au where Jesse makes a deal with romeo and he keeps his powers but isn't allowed to kill people or destroy their homes. Xara is also given back her admin powers.

Note, this is with female Jesse not male, I have yet to start on male Jesse's version. Also note that this is subject to change, I actually don't like it very much.

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“…Nd this is why you were always the leader, because you're a control freak!"

"Maybe I would actually trust you if you didn't try and kill us all and lock us under bedrock!"

Jesse recognized the voices, they were, in fact, who she was intending to see. The admins keep was a perfect mix of Xara and Romeo's colors, a surprisingly well mix of red, black, purple, and white. It wasn't that far from Beacontown but it was on top of a mountain, because Romeo wouldn't agree otherwise. He still wasn't on the best of terms with Beacontown and liked ignoring his problems rather than face them. Petra and Lukas liked to say that Xara did it on purpose to terrorize the admin.

It was hard in the beginning, trusting him, but Jesse’s access to the golden gauntlet kept him in line at least. They’d formed somewhat of a friendship, more of a strained partnership than anything. Romeo helped with a lot of things around Beacontown, even though he wanted to stay out of the public eye. His shape shifting abilities helped with that.

The double doors that she was about to open burst open before she was able to grab the handle, making her jump back. Romeo was the one who had opened them, storming away while muttering something to himself. Another bad fight then.

"Ohh, he pisses me off!" Xara yelled once he rounded the corner, throwing something at the wall which shattered on impact. She was seething, Jesse could even see it from across the room. Xara was never that good at handling her emotions.

"Bad fight?" Jesse asked as she stepped in, Radar and Petra, who had wanted to come along, following her. Radar wanted to help with what Jesse and Petra had planned for their return, and Petra didn't trust the admins. Well, she didn't trust Romeo. Her and Xara got along well enough.

"Yeah, yeah, no, no, no...it wasn't. Just the usual." Xara sighed, running a hand over his face before waving the hand to make the shattered item vanish. Her admin appearance was less "regal" than Romeo. By choice. She chose to take on a more human form after so long of being stuck as a human. It gave her comfort was always Jesse's guess for the reason.

"Just give him a chance, he's trying. In his own way." Jesse said, walking over to Xara and putting a hand on her shoulder.

"I still don't know how you forgave him so quickly." Xara responded, shaking her head. The statement sounded like it was meant to be an insult, but it wasn't, she knew that. Took a while to get used to it though.

"I'll...I’ll try. It's...hard though. He's done so much; I don't know if I can ever trust him again." Xara continued, grabbing her arm and rubbing it. It was a nervous tic she had, like Romeo and his tail and ears. It always swayed when he was nervous, and his ears started flicking.

"You'll never know unless you try." Jesse smiled, retracting her hand from Xara's shoulder. They were almost the same height, though Xara was taller. Romeo was a lot taller than both of them, actually he towered over everyone she’d had him meet.

"Thank you, Jesse." Xara responded, walking away from Jesse to get Radar away from an item he was about to pick up. Romeo had a lot of odd trinkets laying around, he liked creating things. Challenges, items, blocks, mobs. Anything, really. Having to participate in his challenges was always tiresome though. Sometimes it was fun, and he would usually give them rare items, but he was always making new ones and harassing them until they agreed. Even Radar, he'd taken a liking to him.

[spyridonya]

15 and 28 for soluna and zophus please!

Thank you Romeo! Some of this surprised me!

BG3 Questionnaire

15: What NPC's do they like? Which one's do they dislike?

Soluna

As a bit ditzy and curious as she is, Soluna has a fairly standard take on who she likes and who she doesn't like.

She genuinely likes most of the tieflings, Zelvor, Dammon, Rolan, and Mol standing out despite their various 'alignments' and takes on things. They're genuine people adapting to crisis and they don't always do the best things. She genuinely respects Nettie and her gut. She admires Florrick and despite herself she loves to hate Mizora. She's all but ready to defend the bugbear who wants to come into Baldur's Gate in Act 3, despite everything. She's incredibly fond of Volo and doesn't blame him for the eye incident.

There's really only a small handful she doesn't like.

Beyond the Dead Three's Chosen, Soluna doesn't like Kagha and wasn't a fan of the druids outside of Nettie and Halsin. Z'nell really creeped her out among the cultists. The Emperor at present is someone she doesn't like because of the usage of her father as her dream visitor and how he treated her under that guise. She's also very cranky towards Isobel because hiding her background puts so many at risk and takes her a long time to warm up, despite very much liking Isobel's partner.

Zophus

As a rule, Zophus doesn't really like many people because of how he's been taught to see people rather than just ... seeing them as people. The exception to this is always kids, he's always kind to kids and understands that's what they are. Kids. Able to change, able to become. As such he likes all the kids with the tiefling refugees and adores Yenna. He essentially dislikes all the Druids, despite their actions would likely fall under his facton's tenets. The very concept of the dictations of a god in a place where Gods are killed every other Tuesday and replaced by a human over the needs of others offends him to his core. He's not a fan of the goblins not because of what they are but the actions they're taking - though he's sure to be 'knock out' the Goblin children while saving Halsin. 

He does have a fondness for Gut, despite her attempts to betray them, and might have gotten along with Minthara if she hadn't been brainwashed. Hey, are you a slaver? He's gonna murder you and everyone connected to you, so help him his own damn will. The Emperor? Dislikes, he knows about Illithids, he knows how they act and why they are. Orphus? Wait, another fucking Absolute Monarch dedicating how an Empire is to be run? Fuck no. Valeria? You're a goddamn celestial, you should fucking know better.

Besides all the kids (including Mol), he genuinely likes Zelvor while he tolerates the tieflings (no particular grudge to their ancestors). He finds himself liking the pixie in Act 2 and finds himself very nervous around Aylin who might tip off he's an actual aasimar to her godling. He... understands Ketheric a little too much, if he has to admit. He also wants to adopt every cat he sees and learns to like dogs because of Scratch.

Oh, and he hates Raphael. Why the fuck does he smell so good, though? He doesn't get it. Doesn't like him, and he hates the fact devils are a part of this damn mess. And he hates the fact Raphael knows what he is and where he's from.

28: Is your character the de facto leader of the party? Or do they consider someone else to be the leader?

Soluna thought Lae'zel was the head of the party until it was clear that Lae'zel didn't know much and had no social skills whatsoever. Lulu became the de facto leader because she didn't have nearly as much emotional baggage as the others with varying levels of self-esteem. She really didn't become the leader in everyone's eyes until how she handled herself in Act 2, notably with the Thorns.

Very light sexism and literal classism probably helped Zophus establish himself as the leader much earlier on. He's the largest member of the party until Halsin joins and the second highest charisma with a soldier's background. He found himself faking it a lot due to not knowing Faerun outside of general advisory warnings about traveling to that particular Prime realm - but the chain of command is something that can be translated anywhere.