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Your Muse: Leila Talbot & Lydia Moreau
Muse wanted: Dorian Gray (yes, THE Dorian Gray), Dracula, Leila's ~~two~~ brother (the last of the triplets), ~~the Harker Kids (including Leila's boyfriend)~~, The (Franken)Stein Kid(s), and the Hyde Kid(s). Not to mention parents and possibly a big bad or two. You know, like a demon version of Jake the Ripper. Or Elizabeth Bathory. Maybe a coven of witches.
Community:

sixwordstories,

bakerstreet,

darkness_within (musebox)
Fandom: Original
Canon or AU: Original
Medium: Loosely based on gothic horror novels and ideas
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There are many many things I blame for this. Penny Dreadful, my obsession with Jack the Ripper, my recent reading of The Madman's Daughter, and the now closed Jekyll and Hyde Club in Times Square (*sob*). During one of our many visits to the club, a friends of mine and I started talking about horror "bloodlines" and what we thought the modern descendants of some of the great names in horror would be like.

Which lead to me putting together the following families...

The Harkers (Dracula): Descended from Mina and Jonathan Harker, the Harkers carry "the blood of the Dragon". Mina's children were not actually Jonathan's, something she hid from everybody as she wanted to spare them their monstrous parentage. Still, Drac's blood is there, flowing through their veins and if tapped into could bring great power.

The Talbots (The Wolfman): Descended from Lawrence Talbot, they (obviously) carry "the blood of the Wolf". The lycanthrope gene runs in the Talbot family, though it hasn't showed truly for a generation or two. However, the family is still very VERY careful. It's why they're vegetarians. No use tempting the beast. While none of the children know of this "affliction" it's uncertain whether their father does. On a separate note, the Harkers and the Talbots have been friends for years and Leila is actually dating one of them.

The Moreaus (The Island of Dr. Moreau): Descended from Henri Moreau. There's a madness that comes with the Moreau blood. It hasn't been overly apparent since Henri, but it's there. Always lurking just below the surface.

The Steins (Frankenstein): Descended from Victor Frankenstein. Many Many years ago, the Frankensteins changed their name to simply Stein, feeling it would be easier to blend in that way. But name change or no, they can never escape their family's dark legacy.

The Hydes (Jekyll and Hyde): Descended from Henry Jekyll. Like the Frankensteins, somewhere along the way the Jekylls changed their name, feeling that Hyde fit in better. And like all the others, there's something lurking deep below the surface. A dual nature of sorts.

Yeeeeeah. Crappy descriptions are crappy, but hopefully you get the point. Each family carries something, though none of them know it yet. And aside from the Harkers and the Talbots, none of them have ever met. UNTIL they all receive a summons to a private club in New York. A summons sent to them by Dorian Gray, who has called them together because he needs their...unique talents to stop an evil far greater than any in their past.

IDK. I just like the idea of some modern horror that harkens back to the greats. And I have like 10,000 thoughts on the character dynamics, especially when it comes to Leila and her boyfriend's relationship.

So yes. Come. Join me. And feel free to ask any and all questions cause answers, I probably have them.

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*slaps a "dibs" sticker on Leila's bf for reasons*

I KNEW YOU WOULD GO DOWN THIS ROAD OF HEARTBREAK WITH ME. Well fluff and heartbreak. And then more fluff. LET'S JUST SAY IT'S A LOT OF FEELINGS.

DID YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS?

NOT REALLY, NO. <3 <3 <3

SO LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE

*SQUEES AND GLOMPS*

Would totally be interested in this.

Excellent!

Leaning towards The Hydes I think.

Oooooh. Yessss.

I know a friend of mine is bringing one of Leila's brothers. And I think another is gonna make a Stein. So the Hydes would make at least one representative from each family. XD

Nice, then we're lookin` good.

Seriously.

So excited.

This will be the Hyde boy's journal.

Yessss. Excellent.

THANKS FOR HAVING SUCH AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND LETTING ME SHOEHORN MYSELF IN.

THE MORE THE MERRIER.

Because that's less people Leila's player and I will be playing. LMAO

Listen, playing 36 out of 40 characters isn't even that much, okay.

Right??? I don't know why Alex/Frankie-mun acts like that's a big deal.

Delusional, clearly.

Still stoked about this -- just let me know when everything pops off.

XD

Right now we're kind of all voice testing. Both Leila and Lydia have posts in SWS, if you want to throw Eddy at either of them. Or if you want to make a post, my girls will definitely come bother them.

Then once my friend gets off his ass and makes Leila's brother, we should be able to do some more plotty based things as we collect the final few. Though right now we're hedging around the edges of a plot as Alex is trying to get Leila to try meat not realizing there's a REASON no Talbot has eaten meat in a while.

HEY NOW! Said friend has had this journal set up for a few days, I was just making sure I had the best icons ever. -shifty eyes-

YEAH YEAH YEAH.

And you do have the best icons ever. Now give this bb a name and bring him to meeeeeee. Leila needs to discuss this whole meat thing with him.

What are you trying to say, huh? Is Pedro* not good enough for you?

Pretty much. Yep. :P

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.

Deal with it. *kiss kiss*

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I'll answer this with Lydia since it concerns her the most. Ummm...either one works for me, really. When the SL begins, there are VERY few who know what their family bloodlines hold. Not even they, themselves know.

Like Leila has no clue that her family's vegetarianism is their way of holding back the beast. It's just something that her family's always done. She's a vegetarian, her brothers are vegetarian, her dad's a vegetarian (and her mom), and her dad's parents are vegetarian. If her dad wasn't military, she'd probably assume it was a freaky hippie thing.

Just like her boyfriend, Alex, has no idea that part of the reason he's been trying to get her to eat meat is that subconsciously he's trying to awaken the predator...get her to a point where the curse could be triggered. To strengthen the connection between the wolf and the dragon.

In fact, I think the only person who really knows what's up right now is Alex's grandma. CAUSE GRANDMA ALWAYS KNOWS WHAT IS UP.

But obviously, once the secret comes out, anyone involved with them would have to know...be sworn to secrecy. So yeah. I can totally see it.

But Lydia is also not opposed to family members. XD

But let's see...so far in play we have Lydia, obvs. And Leila, who's journal made the post. Leila's boyfriend, Alex. And the Stein girl, Frankie. Oh! And one of my friends is bringing at least one of Leila's brothers (using Dylan O'Brien)...as soon as he comes up with a good journal name.