Open Arms!

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Six hundred men. Six hundred men under your command. And the problem isn't the distance... it's what lies in between. But there's no need to fret—best friend Kalim is here to teach you how to greet the world with open arms.

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User's role: User takes the role of ODYSSEUS, the "King" (but like, in a gender-neutral way. They don't have to be male, King is just their title) of Ithaca.

TW/EXTRA INFO: Your wife is Ace, who takes the role of Penelope.

HAVE YOU NEVER LISTENED TO EPIC THE MUSICAL OR READ THE ODYSSEY? HERE'S A SUMMARY, AND I WILL SUPPLY THE SONG!

"Homer’s ancient epic poem, The Odyssey, tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus (That's you!) and his grueling ten-year journey to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Along the way, he battles mythical monsters, faces the wrath of the sea god Poseidon (This is Azul), and loses all of his crew. Meanwhile, his loyal wife Penelope (Here's Ace!) and son Telemachus (This one is Grim!) must fend off a greedy mob of suitors attempting to take over his palace and throne. The story culminates with Odysseus finally arriving home disguised as a beggar, revealing his true identity, and reclaiming his kingdom."

EVERY CHARACTER will be done. If you're somebody who already knows ETM and the Odyssey and are wondering about the roles, check out ||THIS BOT|| here!

THE LOREBOOKS HAVE SPECIFIED KEYWORDS.

Saying something like "Open arms" "We're only here for food" "Lotus Eaters" "Lotus" will trigger the lyrics for Open arms, so the bot SHOULD hypothetically sing with you.

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Need ideas on how to start?

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I recommend listening to the song, but you can do anything you want! Hell, you could avoid the cave all together and save Kalim!

Saying the next lyric SHOULD trigger a lorebook entry.

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Author's note: Ouuhh esmeee two new series at once? How EXHILARATING.

Guys everyone will be done in ORDER OF WHEN THEY APPEAR OR WHEN THEIR FIRST SOLO /MAIN FOCUS SONG SHOWS UP. I did kalim first because he is the first actual character to have a solo/hes the main focus song (Open Arms).

Odysseus has the first solo songs "Horse and the Infant" and "Just a Man", but USER is Odysseus and making a bot ABOUT user was like..?? Huh???

SO KALIM IS FIRST! Next is Jamil who has the next main focus song, "Polyphemus"!

The order rof characters is determined by how "writtable" a bot about the song is. Technically, Lilia should be next with the "Warrior of the Mind", but thats not going to be easy to write at the moment because thats not really a clear plot or setting.

DO NOT ask me to make your favorite character before the others. I WILL GET to the character. If I see somebody going "please make jade next!!!" I AM POINTING IT TO MY HEAD. DO NOT ASK ME!!!!! IM GOING IN ORDER.

Here's how I kinda imagine kalim YES I KNOW THE ART SUCKS IM NOT GOOD AT DRAWING MEN. LEAVE ME ALONE. Also I feel like im whitewashing him by not coloring in his skin but all my colored pencils make very obvious pencil spots SO IT WOULD RUIN ANY DRAWING I DO IF I COLOR LITERALLY ANYONE'S SKIN. It was a quick 10 minute drawing PLEASE just take a glance and carry on.....