un: bahamut | text

[oblige]

Good day, fellow Etrayans.

Concerning Antigone's warning regarding our real names, it occurs to me that we would benefit from collaborating on this front.

To that end, I wish to open discussion.

For those who have chosen a name, please respond with what you have selected, that we may know what to call you.

For those who have not, you may use this posting to discuss your ideas or invite suggestions from others.

As for myself, I shall be using "Lucien", the name of a character from a novel in my world.

Mission Names
Dion → Lucien
Antigone → Shadow
Dwayne → Harry M'Egg
Jayce → Prometheus
Sunday → Dominicus
Prompto → Vesper
Odin → Joss
Mayuko → Murasaki
Vax → Kalas
Clive → Crandall
Percival (Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III) → Scanlan (Keylethus Pikegratia Taryon d’Shorthalt-Grogson, Heir to the Shattered Glory)
Samil → Whiskey
Noctgar → Navyth
Accelerator → Isuka
S.Rogers → Ruirthech
Nico → Slash Brightburn
Jason → Edmond
R.B. → Harker
Lady Vex'ahlia de Rolo → Velora
SquirrelPower → Sally Awesomelegs
Shinra → Evan
Emet-Selch → Eubulus
Vincent Valentine → Garm
Sciel → Céline
Vivi →
Gustave → Jean-Napoleon
Maelle → Esmé
Scott → James Bond / 007
Sleeper → Stevens
Joshua → Praeclarus
Zagreus → Dionysus
Gladio → Heliodorus
Apollo → Artemis
Dylan Brock → Reed Richards

Note: This list will remain available until the date of our deployment. At such time, it will be omitted as a precaution.

[ ooc: Free-for-all on responding to one another, of course. ]

Comments

un: kingofthedeadpan; Video

[demigoth]

[ Nico is trying SO HARD not to laugh. ]

My real name's Niccolò, but I think the rules about names are true if it's your chosen nickname? So Nico wouldn't work. Can you put me down as Percy Jackson, until someone gives me a name that's more metal?

[oblige]

[ He will match the use of video, though that just means Nico is seeing a man there with a furrowed brow trying to make sense of this, because— ]

"More metal"?

[demigoth]

[ He's a time-displaced teenager just doing his best here. ]

Yeah, something like Tenebris Gravemourn. But I can't use anything about darkness or death. They said not to leave any clues.

[oblige]

[ Oh, he wants to sound like one of those Saturday morning animated characters. Dion understands. ]

If it must be unrelated to darker themes, perhaps something such as Ray Brightburn.

[ He...is the light guy... ]

[demigoth]

[ Hm. He can tell that the man's only trying to help, but it doesn't have the same weight as Tenebris Gravemourn. ]

Brightburn's not bad. I've never met anybody named Ray, though. What if the fae know that everyone named Ray is at least fifty years old with a mustache?

[oblige]

Surely children must be named Ray if there are adults bearing the name.

[ But if he mislikes it, that is reason enough for Dion to bring a hand to his chin and consider alternatives. ]

Does "Cyrus" strike you as an old name?

[demigoth]

Or there were kids named Ray, and then they all grew up and swore they'd never name kids Ray ever again.

[ He shrugs. ]

Besides, Ray sounds like he should be one of Apollo's kids. I don't want to call myself anything that might offend my father.

And yes, Cyrus is old like Niccolò. That's why I go by Nico.

[oblige]

[ It occurs to Dion that he may not be the best person to select names that don't sound old. His world seems rather antiquated compared with others. ]

Could you provide examples of names you deem young? That may be a place to start.

[demigoth]

[ Nico thinks that sounds like a swell idea. ]

I guess names like Will, Austin, Paolo, Jason...

[ He goes a little paler on that last one and looks down at his hands. ]

Frank and Leo are good, too.

[oblige]

[ He notes that, and it's evident for a moment as his lips thin, yet he doesn't comment. ]

Why not Leo then? It should lend itself to most any surname, I should think.

[ Leo Brightburn has a certain ring to it, so he thinks. ]

[demigoth]

Because if I get in trouble with the fae, I know Percy can handle it. Leo's awesome, but I don't want to put that on him, especially with the no-iron rule.

[ He shrugs a little. ]

I was worried I might not remember a fake name, so I picked one of my friends. He's not here.

[oblige]

[ He nods along. Remembering is a reasonable concern. ]

Very well. I will add the name to the list then.

[demigoth]

[ He's seen the post. ]

Can you put my name as Nico please? When this is over, I don't want everyone calling me Niccolò.

[oblige]

Allow me but a moment, and I shall amend it.

[oblige]

[ A few moments later, because he meant what he said— ]

There. It is ready for your review.

[demigoth]

For my review? Yeah, it's right now.

[ Nico hadn't expected to be asked to inspect a simple switch. ]

How long do we have to memorize these before you delete them?

[oblige]

[ His eyebrows pinch together. ]

Delete them?

[pursuitofcappiness]

Titanius, maybe? Or do you want to avoid anything about the Titans?

[ Yeah he knows Nico doesn't really mean metal literally, but titanium is a metal metal!! ]

[demigoth]

[ Nico's already shaking his head before he even starts to answer. ]

Probably a bad idea? I just freed Iapestus a few weeks ago.

I think anything connected to Greco-Roman mythology is banned for me.

[pursuitofcappiness]

How's Bismuth?

It's Germanic.

[ Is he just going to suggest metals? Maybe ]

[demigoth]

[ Nico wrinkles his nose at this. ]

My family fled Italy in 1942.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Strontium then? I think it's named after a village. In Scotland.

[demigoth]

I like it for a surname. Do you think it sounds better than Brightburn?

[pursuitofcappiness]

Well, I like Brightburn, but it's a name you gotta pick.

[demigoth]

Yeah, I know. It's just that I don't know if I like anything enough to put up with it for five weeks. I like my name.