Into The Vortex

Multifandom Multimuse featuring canon, canon-inspired, and original characters from Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and more. 18+ & mutuals only. Written in the stars by Ziggy (they/them).

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While I'm not 100% back yet, I am working on coming back from hiatus. Mostly in the fact that I'm trying to get caught up on the 'end of the year maintenance' stuff from 2023 that I didn't get to do with everything going on irl, so here is what's been updated and what I'm still working on.

All forms are new, so unless you've filled it out in the last few weeks, then you will need to fill out the respective interest tracking forms in order as soon as possible.

RULES & GUIDELINES - UPDATED JUNE 5, 2024 - Please note that there are new rules regarding things such as the forms, a couple banned fandoms, and other important changes. If you have any questions, please reach out to me via the inbox or on discord.

NEW FOLLOWER INTEREST CHECK (FORM) - If we're not mutuals, and you want to write together, this brief questionnaire covers the basics of which muse(s) you're interested in interacting with, among other factors that will help determine compatibility. Required for all new followers/non-mutuals who are interested in writing together - I will not follow your blog(s) back until this form is filled out.

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I think I got all instances of the links to these forms updated on all the pages, but since I'm also going to be reworking a lot of the muse info (ie the dossiers and verse pages), I'll be doublechecking while also handling those updates.

Some muses (including NPCs attached to a few muses that are written occasionally as part of larger threads but not as independent muses in their own right) will also have their info moved to new Irregulars pages that I will be setting up in the near future, in addition to the new guidelines regarding the selectivity with which they'll be handled.

@smokedanced asked: ❝Sorry, but I’m not who you think I am.❞ + reverse / donna & ten, ME!verse?

With her fiery red hair, and even more fiery personality, Donna is more than used to being recognised, even by the various other species on the Citadel as news of the attack on Eden Prime spread. She's already encountered a handful of people calling out for her attention with shouts of 'Major Noble!' as she tracks down leads in search of evidence against Saren.

But to hear someone call out to her with an overtly familiar 'Donna! Donna Noble!!' certainly brings her up short. The encounter with the tall, thin stick of a man quickly jumps near to the top of the list of weird things that have happened to her in the last 24 hours, just under the… everything on Eden Prime.

She’s definitely Donna, and she’s definitely  not Donna,  both. Well... he’s not sure what he expected; it’s a different... universe... But it’s not as if she’s not surprised him, before. No, his Donna Noble doesn’t remember him, cannot remember him, all he can wish for her is a good old regular life. Still feels like fate of some sorts (not that he believes in such silly notions), that he would run into a version of her, here...

The Doctor stares, speechless for a second, short-circuiting. He’s not picked the best approach, but considering... can one blame him?!

"You too, Doctor," she offers politely, though there's a slight twitch to her expression with her exasperation. It's not as though she's not used to people knowing who she is - between her family's military history and her grandfather's involvement in the Relay 314 Incident when he and a turian soldier kept each other alive while trapped in a bad situation, only to manage to free themselves on the day that the cease fire was announced, and her own accomplishments within her career, though much of the details of such were often considered classified - but she's never been particularly comfortable with having 'fans'. Particularly with her mother's reaction to such, using those same fans against her as a reason to resign from the Alliance - as if they'd let her go so easily, with her being biotic...

@smokedanced || semiplotted starter.

Martha pauses outside the Citadel Tower, looking out over the Presidium, still a bit in shock that that actually worked. Her impromptu speech to the Council to get them to induct her into the Spectres in order to chase after Saren wasn't what she had expected how things would go, but fortunately travelling with the Doctor had given her plenty of inspiration for such things.

Turning to look at her companions, she's also still a bit shocked at the new crew she's managed to pick up within just the last few hours, and none of them human to boot. She just hopes the Normandy crew doesn't give any of them any trouble, because she sure as hell isn't going to turn away invaluable help from someone more qualified than anyone currently on the ship for dealing with some of the situations that are bound to come up in this mission simply because that person doesn't happen to be human.

Though they certainly seem to be drawing a number of questioning looks with their group consisting of a human, turian, quarian, and krogan. Huffing slightly in amusement, she smiles at the others. "Thanks for being there with me through that. I need to stop by C-Sec Requisitions, and then stop somewhere to order dextro supplies to be delivered to the Normandy. If you have any last minute business to take care of, now's the time, or you're welcome to head on to the ship. I'll message Joker so he knows to let you onboard."

"I'll head on," Wrex notes with a nod, which Martha returns before glancing at Tali.

"I'll be sure to pick up a sterilization unit and plenty of antibiotics and antihistamines for you, Tali, if you want to go ahead and go check out Engineering," she offers with a knowing smile. "I'm sure our chief engineer will be more than happy to give you a tour."

"Thank you, Shepard," Tali says, nearly bouncing in her excitement before she takes off to catch up with Wrex as they head back to the docking area, Martha watching them almost fondly as she sees Wrex slow down just a little to let the quarian catch up with him.

He likes this human.  Garrus had thought he would lose his mind trying to not get caught in the red tape in the case against Saren, very nearly deciding to fuck all and steamroll over C-Sec regulations to the point of risking losing his job in the process. But then this Martha Shepard had marched in, and somehow now she’s the first human Spectre and he’s part of the team to hunt Saren.

He’s impressed by her ability to take charge and get things done. Human Alliance, so it’s mildly surprising with what ease she cooperates with not only the Council species, but a quarian and a krogan alike. (It’s not that he thinks humans don’t like other species; just that they’re very new to Citadel Space, so it’s not surprising when they fumble around, a little. Shepard, however, seems so at home & unfazed by it all.)

So, yeah, he likes her. And it was no question at all, whether he wanted to join her on the Normandy. To get away from C-Sec regulations, to work under someone who really gets things done...

Screw what his father will think. (Oh, he dreads that confrontation, but he chooses to focus on the excitement.)

A thoughtful look passes over her features at that, as she murmurs, "I should probably talk to Chakwas to get an updated field medical guide to look over. Multispecies first aid is standard training in the Alliance, sure, but the kind of stuff we're likely to be facing, I don't trust 'throw some medigel on it, and don't get the dextro and levo mixed up' for the groundwork of emergency trauma treatment..."

Shaking her head, she pauses to look at Joker's reply, smiling at the slightly disgruntled response - not because of the new crew's species, but because he's the one who will have to pass on the message so there's no surprises when they step out of the airlock onto the bridge. She should probably make sure to pick up a few things for him as well while shopping, and see about getting his flight chair and bunk upgraded - stars know the Alliance didn't put his disability into consideration for the design of the ship, considering what she's heard about how he got the job in the first place.

"As for how I managed all that, well... Let's just say there's stuff that isn't covered by my service record, and this isn't the first time I've found myself having to take on an impossible task," she offers vaguely with a sly smile.

I've been having to play caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

I've been having to play caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

I've been having to pay caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

I've been having to pay caregiver for my mom 24/7 for the last couple of weeks when the rest of my immediate family came down with COVID again. Mom's still non-weightbearing, and her next appointment with orthopaedics is still a bit over a week away, and with no one available to relieve me for a break at all, I can't go home (despite only living next door), and I struggle to type on mobile due to hyperhidrosis and touchscreens not really playing well together.

Once I'm where I can get back to my desktop more regularly again, I'm going to work on the end of the year stuff that got disrupted by mom breaking her ankle and needing surgery and whatnot, if I can manage to get enough time to actually rest properly as well while I'm there (I need at least a month vacation at this point, as it's been a daily thing since December 1st and has been extremely stressful for reasons I don't want to go into right now.)

Questioning Sentences, Vol. 10

(Questioning sentences from various sources to ask all kinds of muses. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Do you think I'm spooky?"

"Do I seem capable of that kind of aggression?"

"Will you please stop trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Am I your boyfriend?"

"Is there a woman alive that hasn't been hurt by a man before?"

"So, how's your cooking?"

"If you can't trust your doctor, who can you trust?"

"Are you refusing to cooperate?"

"Is it even possible for you to know what's going on?"

"Psychologists make you angry, don't they? Why is that?"

"I'm not going to tell you what to do. You'd probably hate that, right?"

"What is your type? For the record."

"What are you going to do? Shoot me?"

"You question my ability?"

"What do you spend your money on?"

"You really get off on this, don't you?"

"It's all about sex with men, isn't it?"

"It happened just the way you said it would. How did you know?"

"If this is the truth that you've been looking for, then what is left to believe in?"

"Have you ever entertained the idea of trying to find life on this planet?"

"Have you got a girl in there?"

"So you'll risk the consequences even though there may be nothing here?"

"So, do you want in on this opportunity or not?"

"Can we talk about this over dinner? Please?"

"Would it soften your opinion of me if I confessed that I've always had a particular affection for you?"

"How could you possibly understand what it's like to lose everything that you've ever loved?"

"You just jump at whatever explanation is the wildest and most far-fetched, don't you?"

"When did you get a waterbed?"

"Do you ever think about dinosaurs?"

"What are you even after out there? Do you ever even think about that?"

"How long are you going to refuse to trust me?"

"Don't you ever sleep?"

"Am I the love of your life?"

"Were you watching me sleep?"

"Why am I letting you do this to me?"

"With all due respect, what the fuck are you talking about?"

"What is it you want me to understand? The secrets or the lies?"

"I did do the right thing, didn't I?"

"What would you do if you were a werewolf?"

Angry & Irritated Sentences, Vol. 6

(Angry and irritated sentences from various sources. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I don't take orders from you."

"You just wait for me to make a mistake, don't you?"

"Please don't cry in front of me. We're not in that stage of our friendship yet."

"I'll thank you not to test my intelligence or credulity with your ridiculous fabrications of truth and fictions."

"Flattery will get you nowhere."

"Not everything can be reduced to psychology."

"I may be petty, but I'm not that petty."

"I'm delusional? Did you just hear yourself?"

"Did you hear a word of what I just said? No? Well, maybe you didn't want to hear it."

"Don't be so damn naïve!"

"What the hell are you doing? Why can't you stay out of this?"

"Please tell me you're not saying that love is the answer."

"Be honest; you're angry because you're jealous."

"I see your renowned arrogance has been left quite intact."

"You just calm the hell down, before we both get pissed off."

"You question my ability?"

"Why am I even talking to you?"

"I find your attitude rather disappointing, if I may say."

"Will you please stop trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Have you considered that something else might be going on here?"

"It's time to start telling me the truth!"

"No one understands because you won't let anyone understand!"

"Look, I was just living my life. Can't a person just live?"

"If you're going to stab me, stab me in the front."

"Next time you think about breaking the law, you talk to me first."

"Your eye is twitching. When people aren't being honest, their eye twitches."

"Accept who you are, however repulsive that may be!"

"How long are you going to refuse to trust me?"

"What about my face says 'let's share our secrets'?"

"You really are an oaf. You know that?"

"I don't like to share."

"You have no shame."

"You really get off on this, don't you?"

Detective Sentences, Vol. 9

(Sentences from various sources for detectives and/or muses that like to solve mysteries. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"He can't tell you anything if he's dead."

"I've always believed that evil is born in a cold heart and a weak mind."

"I've seen some violent crimes, I mean, some seriously screwed up stuff, but this is extreme."

"You should trust your instincts more."

"The closer we get, the less it makes sense."

"Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later."

"We need you here on this one. We need your abilities."

"Whoever did this is capable of terrible violence."

"Are you refusing to cooperate?"

"How do you know these things?"

"If we ever go undercover again, I get to choose the names, okay?"

"Time had a way of shedding light on injustices."

"I worry about killers, victims, their families. That's my curse; I worry about everybody."

"If he was murdered, there would have to be a reason for it. Maybe he knew something?"

"How did we get to this place where the only thing we're good for is notifying the loved ones?"

"I'm sorry, but this is like good cop, insane cop!"

"You want to go to Heaven? Then get another job."

"If you make every one of these personal, you'll go insane."

"This is a pro job. They made it in and out of here without a sound."

"Next time you think about breaking the law, you talk to me first."

"You come off so rational, but maybe you know less than you think."

"The elaborate nature of the murder shows that he's performing for us."

"I'd like to prove that I'm capable of something more."

"Am I the only one with reservations about this suspect?"

"You blame yourself for what happened to him, don't you?"

"Now, what I want is facts."

"You know I hate to ruin your beautiful theory with ugly facts, but stop to examine the incident. "

"Don't panic but there's a dead person there!"

"If you could prove anything, you wouldn't be here."

"You know everything that goes on around here, don't you?"

"If I wanted to harm somebody, I'd do something to someone they care for."

"The FBI isn't a place for personal crusades."

"So I'm the bad guy because I'm trying to do what's right?"

"The killer doesn't see the world like everybody else."

Oblivious Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences for characters that have a habit of missing the obvious. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Why would I make them so uncomfortable?"

"How do you know when someone likes you? You know, like that."

"You thought this was a romantic engagement?"

"Why would I need your private number?"

"Maybe you'd better start paying a little less attention to the heart of the mystery, and a little more attention to the mystery of the heart. "

"You're wearing lipstick. You weren't wearing lipstick before."

"For a genius, you can be remarkably thick."

"He quite likes you, you know. Do you like him?"

"You can't tell what's going on in somebody's head just by looking at them."

"You can connect to people. It just frightens you."

"You still don't get it, do you?"

"Are you making conversation?"

"Do you remember that conversation we had about personal space?"

"Don't be so damn naïve!"

"On the contrary, I think I've been exceedingly polite."

"I don't understand. I said I'm sorry - isn't that what you're supposed to do?"

"Is this your idea of seduction?"

"You seem angrier than I'd expected. May I ask why?"

"Reputation? I have a reputation?"

"It really bothers you? What people say?"

"That really wasn't very good, was it?"

"You're not very observant, are you?"

"I'm an expert in many things, but love is not one of them."

"Couldn't you see I was in love with you?"

"That was very rude. You know better than to stare at people."

"I'm way too old to feel sexy."

"Is it even possible for you to know what's going on?"

"Your expression. What does it mean?"

"You don't think I'm interfering, do you?"