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Baker Ranch

Fri, 16 May 2025 02:12:49 GMT

Baker Ranch is John Rambo's former property, now managed by Edgar (hate_gettin_older) and Radar, located at 486 Juniper Drive in the Northwest Hollow farmlands. It's a large swath of partially-wild land, most of which is used for grazing. Not a lot of fencing breaks it up despite the presence of several horses and other farm animals.

NOTABLE LANDMARKS

Main house: A small two-story house, set back pretty far on the land, that serves as the primary residence. Downstairs is the kitchen, living room, and one guest room; upstairs are three more bedrooms. (One of those rooms, formerly belonging to John, remains largely untouched.)

Workshop: A large shed about ten yards from the house to produce artisanal products like syrups, teas, dandelion wine, etc.

Chicken coop: Also close to the house. Fairly large, allowing for a full flock of chickens ruled over by Co, Queen Chicken, who used to be John's emotional support animal.

Barn: Mostly given over to stables for the horses, but also has bedding space for the other animals if they want it.

Farmland: A more traditional farming parcel, taking up about a quarter of the land, that Radar started not long after John left. Contains crops like wheat, corn, and a small variety of fruits/vegetables.

Forest preserve: The land backs up against the forest, allowing for space to "raise" wild game (mostly rabbits and hares) along with a variety of forage plants. The area maintained by the ranch covers about 2000-2500 square feet.

Memorial stone: Raised up by Serranai after John's departure. A medium-sized stone on the property's highest hill inscribed with JOHN RAMBO, surrounded by orange day lilies.

NOTABLE (NON-HUMAN) RESIDENTS

DANFORTH

stallion. persnickety and spirited. has Opinions about everything.

HELGA

mare. patient, even-tempered; good for riding.

LAURA

helga and danforth's first foal. eternally curious. named by artemy burakh.

Queen Chicken (and she knows it).

BAO

indoor rabbit. (almost) never met a lap she didn't want to commandeer.

BESSIE

cow. forever unbothered and in her lane.

HUMPHREY

bull. gentle giant; the smaller you are, the more protective he'll be.

TIGER JUNIOR (TJ)

dachsbun. just happy to be here!

TREBLE

clefairy. small, but gives great hugs.

BANDIT

purrloin. would sell her own mother for one corn chip.

NIBBLES

indoor rabbit. has chewed his way out of six hutches and counting.

GRETA

saanen goat adopted from the former kaspbrak farm. headbutts are her love language.

JOHNNY BOY

friendly arcane construct, gifted to radar from serranai as the boon of the earthen son.

NIMONA

she's a lot of things. (but mostly a maniac.)

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VISUALS

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:46:47 GMT

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DAHLIA LEEDS
"being gentle saved my life"

I started out working as her assistant, but we got to be friends outside of that pretty quick. Pretty soon she was one of my favorite people on the whole island, and then she asked if I wanted to go steady (even though I wouldn't be her one and only), and then I found out she's the Pine Devil too, and -- oh jeez, it's a lot sometimes.

I know what matters, though. She's trying so hard to be more than just a monster. She fights every day against what she got made for, same as me and all the other guys at the 4077th fight against our war. I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure she gets to do what she wants someday, not just what her awful dad forces her to do. And... she already is a whole lot more than a monster to me. She's smart, she's fun, I could listen to her talk for days and I'd never get bored 'cause of all the interesting things she knows. She makes me feel like there's no one else she'd rather be with when we're in the same room. And she's not just putting up with me being short and soft and not real manly. I got no idea why, but she likes me because of all that, not in spite of it.

Hawkeye told me once I'd know I met the right person because I wouldn't get sleepy around them. When I'm around Dahlia? I'm never sleepy. Not even a little.

HAWKEYE PIERCE
Confidant

There's nobody here I trust more than him, same as back in Korea. He's the guy I'm always gonna go to first if I got a problem. But it feels like things with us are changing a lot. A few weeks after I got here I screwed up something the worst I think I ever screwed up, and even if we made up after, I've still never fought with Hawk like that before, ever. Plus I can't talk about Dahlia with him, either -- he hates that she's killed so many people, which honestly I can't really blame him for. I don't know what I'm gonna do if we ever stop being friends. I think we're okay for now, but for once, I don't know what's coming, and it scares me a little. I just want things to stay the same as they were back home.

FATHER MULCAHY
shadow of the past

Sometimes I forget that the Hawkeye I know here isn't the exact same guy I know from Korea. I never forget that with the Father. He got pulled from Uijeongbu into a place worse than I can ever imagine and got stuck there for six years. Worse than a POW camp, worse than a thousand battles at the front. He's done things I never thought someone like him would do. It kinda hurts knowing he's so different now, and I worry about him all the time even when I'm trying not to -- but he's still my friend. I just gotta get to know the new him a little better, that's all. (And maybe bring over some rabbits from the ranch so he can hold 'em while we're talking.)

MAJOR HOULIHAN
PATCHED UP?

Jeez did Major Houlihan give me a scare when she turned up on the island. I just about had a heart attack walking into Hawk's clinic and seeing her there like we were right back in Korea! It's funny, though, she's actually kinda... nice to me now? And spends every day working with Hawkeye without them biting each others' heads off? I mean she's still Major Houlihan, so she doesn't take guff from nobody, but it seems like I don't gotta worry so much about her yelling at me or calling me a non-comm-poop. I guess something really big must've happened between when I got here and when she got here. Hope that means we can get along better.

JOHN RAMBO
solid ground

I know as long as Mr. Rambo's around, I always got somewhere I can go. Baker Ranch is the closest to being home -- really being home, I mean, all the way back to Ottumwa -- that I've had in years. He's regular army and real protective in a way that makes me nervous sometimes; I don't ever want him hurting anybody for me, even if that's what he got trained to do. But even if he's nothing like Colonel Blake was, I kinda look up to him the same way. I'm glad he's here, permanent, like I ain't always had in Korea.

EDGAR
not-quite-war buddy

We met working on Mr. Rambo's ranch together. He reminds me a lot of the wounded at the 4077th -- not 'cause he got hurt physically, but on account of how he's on alert all the time, looking for orders, ready to fight as soon as you need him to. He's a real decent guy, though. I like teaching him about farm things, and I know he'll keep me from losing my head if I need it. Plus it's nice having a friend who's closer to my own age that I can talk about stuff with sometimes.

LAIOS TOUDEN
LOTS IN COMMON

Why was I ever nervous around Laios??

Okay, I know why: because he's one of Dahlia's other sweethearts and he's kinda like me, only plus all the extra stuff I wish I was sometimes. I didn't wanna be thinking it, but at first it was hard not to wonder why she'd bother with me when she already had him. But then I spent more than five minutes around him, and gee, he's great. It's impossible to be jealous of a guy who's so nice and so excited just to talk to you! About adventuring, about food, about anything, really. And wow he's an amazing cook. Even better than my mom! If I ever get stuck on KP duty once I'm home, I'm gonna knock the 4077th's socks off with everything Laios's taught me.

FEVER
rebuilding what's broken

She's the one who got me my first job at Town Hall. I like her a lot -- she's always been helpful and kind to me, and when we've gotten into bad spots together she trusts I can help us get out of them, too. But... she's killed a whole lot of people. A whole lot. She's even thought about killing me. I had no idea for the longest time because she kept it all so quiet I couldn't hear nothing. She's a lot like Dahlia that way, though: it's something she got made for, not something she wants to be doing. So I hope I can help her the same way, too, if we all figure out how to make it stop for good.

BRONWYN THYSANIA
more than what it seemed

We only met once, but I got no idea what my life'd be like if I hadn't run into them. They're the first one who told me I was psychic, 'cause they are, too -- they figured out me hearing stuff wasn't just, you know, hearing stuff. It used to feel funny thinking of myself like that, but I'm almost used to it now, and I'm getting better at doing psychic things. I can even hear ghosts sometimes! I really hope they're doing okay, wherever they are. Maybe we'll see each other again and I'll get to tell them all about what I've learned.

SHEOGORATH
GOING CRAZY

It figures Fever's dad is kinda scary, too, but in a whole different way than her. She suggested I go to him to get some extra help with being psychic, since sometimes it's real easy for people to mess with my head on account of me hearing so much all the time. What that mostly means is Mr. Sheo really messes up my head and lets me practice stopping him, or getting out of it again, kinda like when my Uncle Ed taught me to swim by chucking me right in one of the swimming holes near the farm. It's tough, but he's honest about how tough it is, and I think he appreciates it when I'm honest back at him. And I can tell all our hard work's working, too... even if sometimes I can taste colors for a couple days after we practice. Boy, that's weird.

SERRANAI
schoolboy crush

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INFO/PERMISSIONS/ETC

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:52:50 GMT

PLAYER

NAME: Phoenix
PRONOUNS: they/she
AGE: very very much 18+
CONTACT: PM this journal; Discord available on request
ACTIVE TIME: US Eastern evenings/weekends

OOC PERMISSIONS

BACKTAGGING: Go for it! I'll do my best to tag for as long as the other player wants to keep going. (If it's been more than a couple months without a tag, though, I might ask that we start a new thread instead.)
THREADHOPPING: Ask first, please
FOURTHWALLING: No thanks
BRACKETS/PROSE: Prose. I am old and my eyes are almost as bad as Radar's, please have mercy on me :(
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Sexual assault/noncon is a hard no; prefer a warning for in-depth discussions or depictions of self-harm/suicide

CHARACTER

NAME: Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
CANON: M*A*S*H
PRONOUNS: he/him
AGE: 21
HISTORY: Fan wiki page
CANON POINT: 6x03, "Fallen Idol"
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Because (a) we're in a fantasy setting and (b) it's hilarious, I've chosen to play Radar like he really is psychic. More info + opt-out here! Tl;dr he can hear surface-level thoughts, has limited precognition, and while he can do a little bit of psychic shielding, he's not great at it yet. It's noisy in there if you try to snoop.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: Knows a tiny bit of D&D-style magic (just the Mage Hand cantrip currently)
MEDICAL INFORMATION: Terrible eyesight and extremely sharp sense of hearing, but otherwise completely average for a guy in his early twenties.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL: Grey eyes, wavy brown hair, stout, and noticeably short for his age (about 5'4" or 163 cm). Always wears a pair of wire-rimmed glasses and almost always wears a newsboy cap; the latter covers up the fact that he's prematurely losing his hair from the stress of being in a war zone, and in the rare times he does take it off, he looks a fair bit older.
AURAL: High-pitched and pleasant, with a strong American Midwest accent (sample). Capable of working up a commanding shout that silences a whole room when he wants.
OLFACTORY: Teenage Boy™️ (though it's not as obvious since he got access to a private shower), mud, ink, occasional barn animal.
DEMEANOUR: Gregarious, cheerful, and polite, if a little high-strung sometimes. Between his height, the round baby-face, and a general air of guilelessness, he also tends to come off as young no matter how tough or grown-up he's trying to act.

IC PERMISSIONS

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Yes! He might squeak like a chew toy if he's not expecting it, but he's an affectionate guy at heart.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: He's more likely to run away from a fight, but if you rile him up enough: yes. And he will 100% lose. Please touch base OOCly if things'll get much worse than a cut or a bruise.
RELATIONSHIPS: Not at the moment. Technically he's in an open relationship, but he keeps his side of it monogamous.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: War, little kids getting hurt or dying, animal injury/death. It's fine if they come up -- just be aware he'll have a strong reaction to them.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Before coming to PH, Radar spent nearly two years clerking for a frontline hospital in the Korean War. I'll do my best to warn for anything major, but expect general war-related topics to pop up in any of his threads. Also, being from the 1950s, he may on very rare occasion bring up period-typical prejudices, but I will always warn in advance and strongly tone it down because literally none of us want to deal with that while we're playing online barbies.

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RADAR O'REILLY

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IC INBOX

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