Lamentable Nights

Lamentable Nights is a roleplay mass-collaborative fiction writing by a small group of online friends. The setting includes undead, psychics, furries, random monsters, and generally crazy plot.

Page maintained by martia.

Tropes used in Lamentable Nights include:
"It was hard to paw in the letters, before he could rewrite the email he has sent it already.
 * All Part of the Show: Cassius uses this to coverup Jacket's public appearance.
 * Ancient Conspiracy
 * Butt Monkey: several.
 * Jacket for anything to do with his complexes/phobias (teenage girls, his hat, his jacket, cats, etc.)
 * Martin for Lanette's gavel.
 * Redmist for Hailey.
 * City of Adventure: Pebbleton, the Town of Risen Spirits.
 * Chewing the Scenery: happens, Jacket does this the most often.
 * Combination Attack: Graciel firing a Sophia-powered bullet results in an explosive incendiary shot.
 * The Corruption: what almost happens to Jacket before he bonds with Mirto.
 * Played straight with Diesel.
 * Crash Into Hello: between Makoto and Sophia. Also between Martin and Sanae. (Lots of S and M pairs here... 'kay, that did not read right.)
 * Crowning Moment of Funny
 * Graciel's email reply

Great, now they think I'm a mentally challenged cat. ~_~;"

"Jacket: ... Hey, princess.
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming
 * Mirto healing Jacket after he is (accidentally) shot by Cassius

Mirto: ... Don't call me that. What is it?

Jacket: Thanks."

"08:52:28... 08:52:29... 08:52:30 PM"
 * Enomena Is A Blight Magnet
 * Foreshadowing
 * Hammerspace: the panzers' MPUDs.
 * Hand Wave
 * The Heartless: all of the blights.
 * Hidden Elf Village: the Panzer HQ and similar panzer cities.
 * Invisible to Normals: ether and strays.
 * Inverted by the highly visible Phantom Jacket.
 * Loads and Loads of Characters: becoming this, soon.
 * Magic by Any Other Name: we call it Enomena.
 * Mix-and-Match Critters: just what the heck is with that dog + lamp post blight?
 * Mood Whiplash: happens rather often because of the different writing styles of the rplayers.
 * Museum of the Strange and Unusual: Not that anyone knows it, but the Herston Public Museum and Library is actually a store for many ether artefacts.
 * Not Quite Dead : The Train blight, at one point. Thankfully, that was soon amended.
 * Oh Crap: several characters do this at various times.
 * Our Souls Are Different
 * Public Domain Character: the NPCs, sort of.
 * Rashomon Style: because this is a sort-of-like-RP, with a cast main by different people, the posts read like that.
 * Schizo-Tech: the panzers are supposed to be much more technologically advanced, yet their weapons are modelled after existing human ones. It is explained by the panzers being fans of human weapons.
 * Ship Tease: Martin and Sanae's rplayer does this to them.
 * Shout-Out: nearly every shop that exists in Pebbleton.
 * "You're waiting for a train."
 * Redmist's facepalm.
 * The clock that keeps on running in one of Martin's posts.


 * The katamari ball formed by the three strays and Alex.
 * Martin describing Jacket as "Full Metal Jacket".
 * The panzer's moon-gravity technology.
 * Supernatural Sensitivity: many of the characters.
 * Synchronization: between linked crossers and their strays to a certain extent.
 * The Three Faces of Eve: of the initial cast - Sophia (child), Mirto (wife), Hailey (crone). Coincidentally, they are main by the first three creators of the RP.
 * Tracking Device: Kayte placed one in the modified MPUD she gave Heisel.
 * Two Guys and a Girl: of the inital cast - the three strays (Jacket, Makoto, Sophia). Again, main by the same three rplayers.
 * Unreliable Narrator: justified since the characters are main by different people.
 * Vampiric Draining: all blights do this to absorb ether.
 * World of Ham

Crossers

 * I See Dead People
 * Psychic Link: with their linked stray.
 * Psychic Powers

Mirto
She was previously bonded with Jacket.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Barrier Maiden
 * Hot-Blooded: can be so at times, surprisingly.
 * Only One Name
 * Only Sane Woman
 * Power Nullifier: one way to use her ability.
 * Tsundere: Mirto and Jacket to each other, Type A.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: dogs.

Randall Kayne

 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Energy Ball
 * Keet: sometimes.
 * Punny Name: R. Kayne and K. Aios, main by the same rplayer. Arcane Chaos.

Martin Chang
His linked stray is Sophia.
 * Berserk Button: mocking Martin's competence, or lack of.
 * Cluster F-Bomb
 * Conveniently Orphaned: though he is already an adult.
 * Non-Action Guy

Redmist
The Hikikomori.
 * Adult Child: when he is alone, yes.
 * Conveniently Orphaned
 * Knowledge Broker: one of the two characters created specifically for this purpose.
 * Last-Name Basis: both himself and to others.
 * Loners Are Freaks
 * Memetic Badass: amongst some of the rplayers, he is the Batman.
 * Not Good with People
 * The Stoic: Redmist invokes this when he is with others.
 * Technopath: his abilities.
 * Neural Implanting: enables him to control certain machines with his mind.
 * Unreliable Expositor

Sanae Fujiwara
Her linked stray is Makoto.
 * Dandere
 * Naive Everygirl
 * Naive Newcomer: more so than the other crossers.
 * Older Than They Look
 * Visual Effects of Awesome: the bonding pact she had with Makoto was a comparatively extravagant ceremony.

Lilia Auen
An experienced crosser. Her linked stray is Leuel.
 * Action Girl
 * Cool Big Sis/Team Mom
 * Sweet Tooth
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: as much as a skilled crosser could be, anyway.

Lanette Hindfell
Hero-wannabee.
 * Badass in Distress: recently, she's like this.
 * Big Damn Heroes: tries at this, but gets sadly subverted each time.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Dojikko
 * Drop the Hammer: her infamous gavel.
 * Genki Girl
 * The Ingenue
 * Large Ham: SHADOW BUSTER LANETTE!
 * The President's Daughter: the "princess" of the Hindfell family.

Heisel Warren
His linked stray is Diesel.
 * Nice Hat
 * Chekhov's Gunman
 * Mr. Exposition: to both Randall and Redmist.
 * The Woobie

Strays

 * Amplifier Artifact: Crossers become stronger when bonded with a stray.
 * Dead to Begin With
 * Ghost Amnesia: all of the strays. It is their main motivation in life undeath, really.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different
 * Psychic Link: with their linked crosser.

Jacket
He was previously bonded with Mirto.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Chew Toy: Jacket's rplayer admits to enjoying doing this to him.
 * Cool Mask: it is his face.
 * Expressive Mask: averted, as, it is not a mask, but his face.
 * The Dulcinea Effect: for Tethys.
 * Fearless Fool: Jacket.
 * Fun Size: 10.5cm Mini-Jacket.
 * Incredible Shrinking Man
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Keet
 * Large Ham: PHANTOM JACKET OF PEBBLETON
 * Knight Templar Big Brother: to Sophia.
 * Made of Iron: very literally. Subverted in that he receives physical damage very easily.
 * The Mario
 * Nice Hat: has a complex for his. Lampshaded by Sophia.
 * Oops I Did It Again: Jacket is constantly mistaken for a blight.
 * This Is Sparta: everytime Jacket's ham level maxes.
 * Tsundere: Mirto and Jacket to each other, Type A.
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: cats.

Sophia
Used to be called Oriole. Her linked crosser is Martin Chang.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Sophia really raises the temperature when she is upset.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Big Brother Instinct: Sophia seems to induce this in most male characters, especially Makoto and Jacket.
 * Cheerful Child
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cute Ghost Girl
 * The Ditz
 * Legal Jailbait: possibly the oldest stray so far, and also the youngest-looking one.
 * Moe: the main source of it.
 * Mighty Glacier: has the highest offensive power amongst all the strays, but terrible eyesight and movement speed.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: after she causes the etherplosion which launches Jacket into the middle of a crowd of humans.
 * The Empath: Sophia is able to hear the internal monologues of others.
 * Detect Evil: is able to tell stray from blight.
 * Tastes Like Diabetes
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: crowds of people.

Makoto
Used to be called M, which is short for Mad Hooder. His linked crosser is Sanae Fujiwara.
 * Casting a Shadow: glowy shadows, in fact.
 * Closet Geek: he really likes watching cartoons.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fragile Speedster: has little to no combat ability, but is really good at getting away.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Makoto is quite the Jerkass to everyone, but has a soft spot for Sophia.
 * Mr. Exposition: to Martin, Alex, and Sanae.
 * One-Letter Name: his old name, M, an abbreviation of Mad Hooder.
 * Only Sane Man: despite his old name, Makoto, who is main by the same rplayer as the other only sane woman, is this.

Threads

 * Improbable Accessory Effect: due to the different intentions behind the different items Threads puts on.
 * Kleptomaniac Hero
 * Mega Manning: his powers enable him to do this.
 * Use Item: and how his does it.

Leuel
Used to be called Lazarus. Her linked crosser is Lilia Auen.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Dropped a Bridget On Him: to Jacket, with Thanks for the Mammary.
 * The Faceless: there is no face under that bear head.
 * Kids Are Cruel: not Leuel herself, but her previous crossers.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: hasn't happened yet, but can be expected.
 * Shock and Awe: Leuel's powers.
 * Psycho Electro: subverted. Leuel isn't that psycho, she is just extremely paranoid.
 * Ride the Lightning: can use electricity to great enhance her speed.

Lucifer

 * Consummate Liar
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Names to Run Away From

Diesel
His linked stray is Heisel Warren.
 * The Corruption
 * The Corruption
 * The Corruption

Panzers

 * Fusion Dance: a ritual done to all infant panzers, complete with a Mental Fusion of their humans minds and the animal instincts.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Talking Animal: some of them, in their animal transformation.
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight: the panzer ears and tails at times, though justified by the fact that wearing animal ears is considered a fashion style.

Graciel Flay
Cat panzer.
 * Cat Boy
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: prime example of this.
 * The Ditz
 * Nice Guy
 * Right-Hand-Cat: seems to be this to Noco.
 * Sempai-Kohai: is senpai to the newbie Cassius.
 * Sniper Rifle: Graciel's Weapon of Choice.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: is blue to Cassius' red.

Hailey Geminesca
The resident bitch. Raven panzer. Was previously a scientist.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Berserk Button: calling Hailey anything that implies that she is old.
 * BFG
 * Christmas Cake
 * Deus Ex Machina: Hailey is turning into a walking one. Granted, she is the most intellectually-competent and combat-capable one of the mains.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Noco.
 * Hot Scientist: though, no one is interested in her, no thanks to her personality.
 * Knowledge Broker: one of the two characters created specifically for this purpose.
 * The Nicknamer: with usually not-so-nice nicknames.
 * Troll

Cassius
Dog (norwegian buhund) panzer.
 * Adult Child
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cool Gun: has a pair of them.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * The Ditz
 * Dual-Wielding: with his two Eagles.
 * Fear of Thunder: Cassius has astraphobia.
 * Good Is Dumb: Cassius' train of thought, just read them.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Keet
 * Large Ham
 * My God, What Have I Done?: when he realises that he nearly killed two innocent strays.
 * The Nose Knows: he is a dog after all.
 * Only One Name
 * The Pollyanna
 * Sempai-Kohai: has this relationship with Graciel.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: is red to Graciel's blue.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: is red to Graciel's blue.

Palmarr Berry
Bengal tiger panzer. Married to Noco Sue.
 * A Father to His Men
 * Badass
 * Cool Shades
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: this is Graciel's superior. What else do you think?
 * Hot Dad: of a 5-year-old daughter.
 * Knight Templar
 * Large Ham/No Indoor Voice
 * Shock and Awe: Taser knuckles duster! How cool is that.
 * Shout-Out: to the father and son in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, Palmer and Barry.

Noco Sue Berry
Dog (english sheepdog) panzer.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: with Hailey.
 * Hot Mom: of a 5-year-old daughter.
 * Shipper on Deck: for Hailey and Redmist. (Why...?)
 * Shout-Out: to two dogs named Noko and Ludo Shubarie

Kayte Aios/Kate Herston
Peregrin falcon panzer.
 * Emotionless Woman
 * Not Good with People
 * Older Than They Look: Kayte Aios/Kate Herston is 5216 years old.
 * Punny Name: R. Kayne and K. Aios, created by the same rplayer. Arcane Chaos. Get it?
 * The Quiet One

Tethys and Noa Blue
Siamese fighting fish panzer twin divas.
 * Idol Singers
 * Meaningful Name: a pair of fishes? Yup.
 * You Gotta Have Colorful Hair

Benzene

 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Laugh
 * Mad Scientist
 * Robot Master
 * Mecha-Mooks: Benzene's "weapon" of choice.

Cyanate

 * Evil Is Hammy: so much, yes.
 * Exploding Knives Nut: exploding daggers, his Weapon of Choice.
 * Mad Bomber
 * Mind Control Device: has one for Feradine.

Reapers

 * Nature Spirit

Lisken'Pell

 * Blade on a Stick
 * Man in White
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Bel'Tagus

 * The Stoic

Feradine

 * An Ice Person
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: how he was forced to become a stray-blight.
 * The Corruption

Hyder

 * Ambiguous Gender
 * Emotionless Child
 * Gray Eyes
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: so much, that it causes even Cyanate to behave.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: so much, that it causes even Cyanate to behave.

Lin

 * Dandere
 * Girl Friday

Tropes that occur in the Meta include:

 * Art Shift: when the characters are portrayed by different illustrators with their own style.
 * Back Tracking: due to all of the writers' different timezones and computer habits, and the need to cover missing exposition between posts, this has to be done.
 * Bold Inflation: used by the writers sometimes for emphasis on words.
 * Art Shift: when the characters are portrayed by different illustrators with their own style.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: how the writers show who is saying what in their posts.
 * Crack Pairings
 * OTP: Hailey and Redmist. It's almost official. Also an Unequal Pairing.
 * Sophia's reverse-Harem!
 * There's Redmist and his computers.
 * Ho Yay: So much from the two Graciel and Cassius posts.
 * Jacket and his one-sided crush for Tethys.
 * Creator Thumbprint: the rplayers have their own distinct writing and characterization styles
 * Jacket, Hailey & Cyanate's
 * Large Ham
 * Ham and Cheese
 * World of Ham
 * Ham-to-Ham Combat
 * ... you get the idea.
 * Oriole, Redmist, Lilia and Hyder's
 * Moe
 * Stoics
 * Cloudcuckooland
 * Rule of Cool: occasionally.
 * Mirto, M, Lazarus and Benzene's
 * World of Snark
 * Lampshade Hanging: goes hand-in-hand with her snarking.
 * Randall and Threads'
 * Novel: possibly the only rplayer's whose posts read like an actual prose.
 * Martin and Sanae's
 * Soap Opera
 * Shipping
 * Graciel and Alkane's
 * Lighter and Softer
 * Cassius'
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * Cloudcuckooland: occasionally.
 * High School AU
 * Most Writers Are Male: currently, 5 males and 2 females.
 * Walls of Text: some rplayers are extremely guilty of this.
 * Wish Fulfillment: all of the player characters are either
 * Author Avatar
 * Escapist Character
 * or related to some other form of wish fulfillment. (Whether they deny it or not.)
 * Write Who You Know: Why there are more male mains then female mains.
 * Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: nearly every one of the rplayers do this. (In fact, this is encouraged!)