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Name: Saru (she/her)
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« CHARACTER INFORMATION »
Character: Juno Steel (he/him, also goes by feminine forms of address like 'lady' and 'dame')
Canon: The Penumbra Podcast
Canon point: End of season 2 (just after Soul of the People)
OU or AU?: OU
Age: 40
Species: Human
« RECORD »
Disposition: [ CW: mention of mental health struggles, sibling death, an abusive parent, and self-destructive behavior. ]
Picture every stereotypical noir detective you can think of, and that’s Juno Steel—at first glance anyway. He’s got a no-nonsense attitude, a sarcastic sense of humor, and a strong moral compass. That last thing is what motivates him in his work more than money, fame, or anything else: Juno wants to do good in the world. He’s extremely jaded and is quick to see the worst of a situation—and a person—but deep, deep down, he believes that a better, more just universe is possible.
Unfortunately for Juno, life has taken that optimism and beaten it to hell time and time again. He’s lost people he cared about, bungled cases and relationships that were important to him, and at the end of the day he blames one person: himself. Through seasons 1 and 2 of the Penumbra Podcast, Juno struggles with incredibly low self-esteem and self-destructive tendencies. He’ll throw himself into any dangerous situation and take the hits for the greater good even if it almost kills him, because he doesn’t consider himself or his own life to have any inherent worth.
A lot of this stems from his childhood and early adult life. Juno’s mother blamed him for the fall of her career and the family’s descent into poverty, and her struggles with her own mental health and lack of access to resources led to a downward spiral that ended with her killing Juno’s twin brother. She didn’t know it was Ben at the end of her blaster though—she thought it was Juno, and made sure Juno knew it when he found his brother’s body. Juno has never forgiven himself for not dying that day, and this in no small part contributed to his persistent need to throw himself in harm's way before anyone else gets hurt.
Juno will be apping in from the very end of season 2, right after he’s had a chance to face this aspect of his past and his guilt head-on. He realizes he wants to live after all. He comes to terms with the legacy he has inherited from his mother, her bad coping mechanisms and her mental illness (Juno canonically struggles with depression). He sees that not everything is his fault and, by extension, he doesn’t have to do everything alone.
This makes this canon point a great entry point for him into Noctium—this version of Juno is a little less harsh, a little less angry, but he still has a lot to process and a lot of character development to go through. Being put in a setting where intimacy is a focal point of life will play really well into that realization that he needs others, and that need isn’t something to be ashamed of.
And don’t you dare tell anyone, but Juno is secretly a romantic. He tends to fall fast and fall hard when he does catch feelings for someone. He cries at weddings. His thoughts (which we get to hear firsthand on the podcast) can be downright poetic when he’s focused on someone he cares about, even if he struggles—or chooses—not to say any of it out loud. Although he’s been hurt before—his fiancée betrayed him and his most recent love interest is a con man who robbed Juno of more than just his heart when they first met—he can’t seem to shake this particular trait. He’ll be heartbroken still and guilty over his own betrayal of said con man when he arrives in-game, So Juno’s time in Noctium will be colored by that love and that loss in a bittersweet way.
Another thing that defines Juno, aside from the way he views himself and his relationships, is the way he views the world around him—particularly people in power. Driven by that innate desire to do good, Juno started a promising career in law enforcement in his incredibly corrupt hometown of Hyperion City as a young man. The cops there are as bad as the criminals though, and through some unspecified scandal he was ousted from the force. So despite having been an authority figure himself as a cop (and perhaps because of this insider's view), Juno has a healthy distrust of authority. Politicians, socialites, the police—where he’s from, they’re as likely to do you in as a common criminal, but with much better resources at their disposal.
Suitability: Juno has always figured out how to roll with the punches life throws at him, but even this will be a doozy of an adjustment to make. Back in his canon, he’ll have just started off on a new leg of his life: new home, new direction in life, new friends and compatriots. He’ll be incredibly angry about having been taken away from all that right when he was starting to get his life together, but he’ll channel that anger into investigating anything and everything he can see. There won’t be an area of the world accessible to him that Juno won’t explore, and he’ll be eager to talk to the locals if only to learn more about what he’s dealing with. Part of it is knowledge being power, but it will equally be a distraction from his heavier emotions. You can’t have a breakdown if you’re working hard enough, right?
He’s coming into this game not trusting body modifications in particular, having just recently had a stint with a mind-control AI implanted in his own head. Suffice it to say that he’s not going to like the whole gem thing no matter what the benefits are. The abilities and transformations will be something he’ll both fear and be fascinated by deep down.
Depending on the bonds he forges early on, Juno may quick or slow warm up to the world and its mechanics. He’s a lot more personable than he’d care to admit, and he’s less combative towards positive attention at this canon entry point. That means he could take to the gembonded system quite well. On the flip side, he could spiral into distrust and turn inward, falling victim to manna hunger before seeing any positive benefits. He has a long history of retreating inward instead of reaching out, and being around strangers could exacerbate that despite his recent character growth. It’s really going to be a matter of seeing how his CR plays out.
Condition upon arrival: Juno will be in good health when he shows up, and he will have been in perhaps the healthiest place he’d ever been mentally before arriving in-game. That of course won’t mean he’s happy to be here. Juno won’t go as far as to get violent with anyone, especially once he’s been given more information about the circumstances, but he’ll be incredibly distrustful and resentful from the get-go.
Abilities: Juno has no extrasensory abilities or magical powers, but he does have a few things he’s good at. He’s been a renowned sharpshooter since his time at the HCPD, able to land shots that many find astounding and impossible. However, since losing his right eye (and then its mechanical replacement), he’s been working on building his skill back up. And no detective would be anywhere without their detective skills. Juno has a keen eye, a good memory, and a knack for putting disparate pieces of a puzzle together. It’s served him well and kept him alive through many a case.
Inventory: Blaster (in-universe equivalent of a gun); one reload cartridge for said blaster; comms (in-universe communicator, won’t work for actual calls or messages in Noctium); plasma cutter (a knife with a laser-like blade); handwritten note (from a special someone)
Gembond: Amethyst
Gem Location: On the back of his right hand.
« MISCELLANEOUS »
Sample: Erku TDM (Sept 2021)
Noctium TDM (Feb 2022)
Notes: Here's link to his Penumbra Pod wiki page, and here is a picture of him and a cat because I heard you like animal pictures.
Noctium Thread Tracker
FEBRUARY;
2/05/22 -- TDM top level
2/06/22 -- Rooming with JINWOO
2/06/22 -- Shelter with ROCKET
2/06/22 -- Shelter with NOTT
2/06/22 -- Rooming with JINWOO
2/06/22 -- Shelter with ROCKET
2/06/22 -- Shelter with NOTT
2/10/22 -- Network with STARKILLER
2/10/22 -- Baths with KIRK
2/16/22 -- Survey with ILLYAN
2/16/22 -- Network post
2/17/22 -- Network with REVENANT
2/17/22 -- Network with PERSEPHONE
2/17/22 -- Network with EMIL
2/17/22 -- Network with V
2/17/22 -- Network with REY
2/17/22 -- Network with GRAHAM
2/18/22 -- Network with LUMINE
2/23/22 -- Café with VIKTOR
2/25/22 -- Wasteland with RUBY
2/26/22 -- Station with VAX
2/26/22 -- Station with SCULLY
2/27/22 -- Network with ROXAS
2/16/22 -- Survey with ILLYAN
2/16/22 -- Network post
2/17/22 -- Network with REVENANT
2/17/22 -- Network with PERSEPHONE
2/17/22 -- Network with EMIL
2/17/22 -- Network with V
2/17/22 -- Network with REY
2/17/22 -- Network with GRAHAM
2/18/22 -- Network with LUMINE
2/23/22 -- Café with VIKTOR
2/25/22 -- Wasteland with RUBY
2/26/22 -- Station with VAX
2/26/22 -- Station with SCULLY
2/27/22 -- Network with ROXAS
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« sharpshooter » TEXT ✧ AUDIO ✧ VIDEO ✧ ACTION Juno Steel ✦ The Penumbra PodcastRESIDENCE ✦ Emerald district
GEMBOND ✦ Amethyst
"Juno Steel here. Assuming answering machines work the same around here: You leave me a message. I listen to it. Maybe I call you back."
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Electricity LOG with CHAR(S) | Food LOG with CHAR(S) | Somnophilia LOG with CHAR(S) | Ritual LOG with CHAR(S) | Messy LOG with CHAR(S) |
Writing LOG with CHAR(S) | Roleplay LOG with CHAR(S) | Strip tease; exposure LOG with CHAR(S) | Anal LOG with CHAR(S) | Masturbation LOG with CHAR(S) |
Chastity; virginity LOG with CHAR(S) | Mirrors LOG with CHAR(S) | FREE SPACE LOG with LIOR | Voyeurism LOG with CHAR(S) | Service LOG with CHAR(S) |
Latex; rubber; leather LOG with CHAR(S) | Vehicles LOG with CHAR(S) | Flexibility; contortionism LOG with CHAR(S) | Licking LOG with CHAR(S) | Pervertibles LOG with CHAR(S) |
Photography; videotaping LOG with CHAR(S) | Coercion; blackmail LOG with CHAR(S) | Clothing LOG with CHAR(S) | Fighting; wrestling LOG with CHAR(S) | Bloodplay LOG with LLOYD |
Erku Navi
"Any place calling itself paradise is just trying to sell you something."
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"Hey, Juno Steel here. Assuming answering machines work the same around here: you leave me a message, I call you back. Probably. Depends on why you're calling."
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Greed
If you were to ask Juno, he'd say Greed is like a knife: wicked sharp and eye-catching, if you have an appreciation for that sort of thing. Turns out Juno does. He wouldn't go as far as to say he trusts the guy, but that didn't stop Juno from leaving a ramshackle bar with him shortly after his arrival in Erku.
Lloyd Asplund
Juno wasn't sure what to make of this guy at first, but Lloyd also dropped the bomb that death isn't permanent around here, so. Took Juno a second to recover from that. He's obviously been through the wringer in Erku and is a good source of information, so he's someone Juno would like to run into again at some point.
Lioriley
She and Juno met during a scriptwriting class neither of them signed up for, and the encounter ended with them almost getting caught sneaking into a recording studio (and not for its intended purpose). Juno shouldn't have offered to show her what a camera is, but something about her innate enthusiasm drew him in despite himself.
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September;
October;
10/02/21 -- October catch-all
10/04/21 -- The hangar with HEERO
10/08/21 -- Event TL
10/08/21 -- Lost in the woods w/ LIOR
10/08/21 -- Vampire snack time w/ LLOYD
10/08/21 -- Low-tech life w/ SETETH
10/09/21 -- Street fight w/ MINGJUE
10/14/21 -- Street art w/ JESTER
10/14/21 -- Phone distraction w/ LIOR
10/22/21 -- TDM w/ NUREYEV
10/30/21 -- Mingle w/ LIOR
10/30/21 -- Mingle w/ LB
10/30/21 -- Mingle w/ LLOYD
10/31/21 -- Missing persons w/ REN
10/31/21 -- Fight w/ HAKKAI
10/31/21 -- Chat w/ CINNIS
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10/04/21 -- The hangar with HEERO
10/08/21 -- Event TL
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10/08/21 -- Lost in the woods w/ LIOR
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10/08/21 -- Vampire snack time w/ LLOYD
10/08/21 -- Low-tech life w/ SETETH
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10/09/21 -- Street fight w/ MINGJUE
10/14/21 -- Street art w/ JESTER
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10/14/21 -- Phone distraction w/ LIOR
10/22/21 -- TDM w/ NUREYEV
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10/30/21 -- Mingle w/ LIOR
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10/30/21 -- Mingle w/ LB
10/30/21 -- Mingle w/ LLOYD
10/31/21 -- Missing persons w/ REN
10/31/21 -- Fight w/ HAKKAI
10/31/21 -- Chat w/ CINNIS
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ic stats canon: Penumbra Podcast canon point: End of S2 age: 40 pronouns: he/him/his gender: nonbinary trans femme species: human game: Noctium |  | player backtagging okay? yes threadjacking okay? ask first |
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| ✓ anal (giving or receiving) ✓ alcohol use ✓ biting ✓ bondage ✓ dirty talk ✓ edgeplay ✓ face slapping ✓ fingering ✓ foreplay ✓ frotting ✓ hair pulling ✓ handcuffs ✓ gags ✓ kissing ✓ masturbation ✓ multiple orgasms ✓ oral sex ✓ orgasm control/denial ✓ overstimulation ✓ pegging ✓phone/video sex ✓ praise kink ✓ rimming ✓ rope ✓ rough sex ✓ sex toys ✓ teasing ✓ threesomes/multiple partners | ◌ blindfolds ◌ bloodplay ◌ breathplay ◌ dub-con ◌ electric play ◌ fisting ◌ hypnotism/mind play ◌ objectification ◌ public sex/exhibitionism ◌ sexting ◌ roleplay ◌ somnophilia ◌ whipping/flogging ◌ voyeurism | ✗ ageplay ✗ adultery ✗ bestiality ✗ force feeding ✗ gore ✗ incest ✗ infantilism ✗ inflation ✗ necrophilia ✗ non-con ✗ pregnancy ✗ prolapse ✗ sounding v scat/watersports ✗ weight gain/loss |
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🌙 SEXUALITY & PREFERENCES: Juno is bisexual with no preference as to gender with his partners. He's also 40, so his preferred partners are going to be in their twenties or older. See here for kinks/sexual preferences. 🌙 PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Juno doesn't really engage in a lot of casual touching or affection, so it takes to it slowly. He'll warm up to it the longer he's known you. 🌙 HUGGING: Depends on how well he knows you. He's not likely to initiate one, but he doesn't hate them either. 🌙 KISSING: Kissing is usually a go if there's a mutual attraction there. 🌙 FLIRTING: He's actually a better flirt when there's less on the line. The more he really likes you, the more awkward he might be. Come at him with your own flirtation though. He's more likely to be flattered than not and he'll dish it right back. 🌙 RELATIONSHIPS: It takes most people a while to warm up to Juno's prickly personality, but he's a decent friend when you do. He's also still very much in love with someone in his current canon. While romantic relationships aren't totally off the table, it's going to take him a long time to be able to open up to someone else in that way again. That being said, he's open to friends-with-benefits situations as well as one-night stands. 🌙 PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Juno is a sharpshooter and can be scrappy when the situation calls for it. He won't shy away from violence if it's warranted. 🌙 DEATH: He's killed before, but it's a last resort and he will exhaust every other possible option before taking this route. 🌙 OFF LIMITS: Nothing is strictly off-limits. | ||||
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🌙 BACKTAGGING: Yes, I'll backtag forever basically! 🌙 FOURTHWALLING: Not so interested in this unless something about your character/canon warrants it. 🌙 HANDWAVING/DROPPING THREADS: Absolutely, just shoot me a PM. 🌙 CRAU: If you know another Juno from another game, feel free to have your character recognize him. He won't know what they're talking about though. 🌙 OFF LIMITS: Nothing is strictly off-limits to discuss. 🌙 OPTING OUT: Juno has experienced the death of a sibling, has struggled with drug abuse, and suffers from depression and suicidal ideation. I'm happy to avoid any and all of these topics--just PM me. | ||||
| 🌖 FIRST IMPRESSIONS | ||||
🌙 VISUAL: Here! Height is 5'8". Not all his icons have the eyepatch, but he'll always be wearing it unless otherwise noted. 🌙 FASHION: Juno sticks to the detective basics when on the job: trench coat, slacks, nice shirt when he can manage it. He'll just as often wear skirts or blouses, and he'll wear lipstick and do his eyes up when he can be bothered. 🌙 DEMEANOR: Juno is a prickly sort when you first meet him. He's got sarcasm in spades and won't be shy about letting you know if he doesn't like you. But he's also got a good heart deep down, which will make itself known in small ways. 🌙 SOUND: Here! 🌙 MENTAL ABILITIES/DEFENSES: None in particular. 🌙 MAGICAL ABILITIES/DEFENSES: Nope. 🌙 PHYSICAL ABILITIES/DEFENSES: Juno was a prolific sharpshooter before he lost his eye, known for making impossible shots. He's working on getting that skill back now with practice. He can also hold his own in a fistfight if need be. | ||||
Mun
Name: Saru
Pronouns: She/Her
Age: Early 30s
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
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