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BLANKET CONTENT WARNING: Prejudice is a big ol' theme with a lot of these, mostly against werewolves, but there's a chance of racism and homophobia coming up as well.
EARLY CHILDHOOD (8-10-ish)
1. (mixed-positive) Grant got in a fight at school, and now his mom is trying to explain why he gets in more trouble for that than other kids - and that that isn't his fault. You have to agree to be safe.
2. (largely positive) Hanging out with his also-werewolf baby cousin on the full moon, it’s WEREWOLF PUPPIES TIME BABEY. You have to lie there and get chewed on by a baby and cry.
CHILDHOOD 2, IT'S A BAD TIME
1. (negative; CW: child abuse) An early foster care experience with being blamed for messes that he didn’t make. You have to defend yourself, and make things worse.
2. (negative; CW for child abuse including dehumanization, and potential body horror) Grant gets chained to a beam for the full moon because his foster parents didn’t want him damaging the house, and this was easier than werewolf-proofing a room. You have to stay put and not break anything.
3. (negative; CW for medical coercion, continued dehumanization) Foster parents signing him up for a study meant to find a “cure” for lycanthropy. You have to agree to let them fix what's wrong with you. (Kazuki)
4. (negative; CW for medical abuse and serious injury of a child) HOW GRANT GOT THAT SCAR ON HIS BACK aka, turns out implanting a substance that werewolves’ soft tissues react violently to under a werewolf’s skin does not actually make them stop being a werewolf, but does leave them needing years of both mental and physical therapy. You have to describe what the silver does under your skin, until you can't anymore.
TEEN/ADULTHOOD
1. (positive) Grant gets into magic, and things start making sense. You have to read.
2. (negative) Grant gets threatened by a boyfriend’s family/friends, this also happened a FEW times so could be like… high school. College. Whatever. Lots of people don’t trust a werewolf to date their son/brother/friend/etc. You have to nod, and promise, and be polite.
3. (????; CW: murder talk, cults) Grant meets Sophie Welman, who would go on to be his best friend... but at this point was a pissed-off teenage vampire busting into his store. You have to help her.
4. (negative; CW: blatant emotional manipulation, talk of terminal illness, one (1) undead headless rodent) Grant meets Foster van Denend, who will go on to frequent Grant’s store and probably nothing else of note. Guilting Grant into helping him do something illegal and bringing an undead mouse into his store are probably the worst things he will do. You have to help him, even though he's wearing only pajama pants and brandishing a headless mouse.
5. (positive; CW: probable references to child abuse) Grant finds out Chip is part demon, Chip finds out Grant is a werewolf, Grant will now protect this child with his life (i say as if that wasn’t already true). You have to accept them.
6. (positive) Despite Grant repeatedly telling them absolutely not to go into the cellar on full moons because Grant is afraid of accidentally hurting them, Chip goes into the cellar on a full moon, and… it goes fine. You have to snuggle your kid.
7. (positive; CW for potential references to assassination) Grant's cousin is a little nervous to introduce him to her girlfriend. You have to break the news that her girlfriend was already your best friend.]
THE NASTY STUFF
Some of these will be journal-only because they're A Lot and don't really belong on the comm!
1. (negative; CW: sexual harassment by peers, potentially nsfw dialogue) One of many instances of Grant being reminded that he just… doesn’t get to casually express attraction the way other people do, because it gets turned into a whole Thing. You have to brush it off.
2. (negative; CW: attempted manipulation by an intimate partner, nsfw conversation) Big ol’ breakup time, in which an at-the-time-boyfriend starts by dismissing Grant’s limits on what he’s comfortable with and then moves rapidly to making some pretty nasty assertions about Grant as a person/werewolves in general. This one will be journal-only and may be closed to the polycule! You have to enforce your boundaries, and leave.
3. (negative; CW: violence, attempted murder, severe injury including eye trauma) Foster breaks into Grant’s store and tries to kill him. You have to survive.
EARLY CHILDHOOD (8-10-ish)
1. (mixed-positive) Grant got in a fight at school, and now his mom is trying to explain why he gets in more trouble for that than other kids - and that that isn't his fault. You have to agree to be safe.
2. (largely positive) Hanging out with his also-werewolf baby cousin on the full moon, it’s WEREWOLF PUPPIES TIME BABEY. You have to lie there and get chewed on by a baby and cry.
CHILDHOOD 2, IT'S A BAD TIME
1. (negative; CW: child abuse) An early foster care experience with being blamed for messes that he didn’t make. You have to defend yourself, and make things worse.
2. (negative; CW for child abuse including dehumanization, and potential body horror) Grant gets chained to a beam for the full moon because his foster parents didn’t want him damaging the house, and this was easier than werewolf-proofing a room. You have to stay put and not break anything.
3. (negative; CW for medical coercion, continued dehumanization) Foster parents signing him up for a study meant to find a “cure” for lycanthropy. You have to agree to let them fix what's wrong with you. (Kazuki)
4. (negative; CW for medical abuse and serious injury of a child) HOW GRANT GOT THAT SCAR ON HIS BACK aka, turns out implanting a substance that werewolves’ soft tissues react violently to under a werewolf’s skin does not actually make them stop being a werewolf, but does leave them needing years of both mental and physical therapy. You have to describe what the silver does under your skin, until you can't anymore.
TEEN/ADULTHOOD
1. (positive) Grant gets into magic, and things start making sense. You have to read.
2. (negative) Grant gets threatened by a boyfriend’s family/friends, this also happened a FEW times so could be like… high school. College. Whatever. Lots of people don’t trust a werewolf to date their son/brother/friend/etc. You have to nod, and promise, and be polite.
3. (????; CW: murder talk, cults) Grant meets Sophie Welman, who would go on to be his best friend... but at this point was a pissed-off teenage vampire busting into his store. You have to help her.
4. (negative; CW: blatant emotional manipulation, talk of terminal illness, one (1) undead headless rodent) Grant meets Foster van Denend, who will go on to frequent Grant’s store and probably nothing else of note. Guilting Grant into helping him do something illegal and bringing an undead mouse into his store are probably the worst things he will do. You have to help him, even though he's wearing only pajama pants and brandishing a headless mouse.
5. (positive; CW: probable references to child abuse) Grant finds out Chip is part demon, Chip finds out Grant is a werewolf, Grant will now protect this child with his life (i say as if that wasn’t already true). You have to accept them.
6. (positive) Despite Grant repeatedly telling them absolutely not to go into the cellar on full moons because Grant is afraid of accidentally hurting them, Chip goes into the cellar on a full moon, and… it goes fine. You have to snuggle your kid.
7. (positive; CW for potential references to assassination) Grant's cousin is a little nervous to introduce him to her girlfriend. You have to break the news that her girlfriend was already your best friend.]
THE NASTY STUFF
Some of these will be journal-only because they're A Lot and don't really belong on the comm!
1. (negative; CW: sexual harassment by peers, potentially nsfw dialogue) One of many instances of Grant being reminded that he just… doesn’t get to casually express attraction the way other people do, because it gets turned into a whole Thing. You have to brush it off.
2. (negative; CW: attempted manipulation by an intimate partner, nsfw conversation) Big ol’ breakup time, in which an at-the-time-boyfriend starts by dismissing Grant’s limits on what he’s comfortable with and then moves rapidly to making some pretty nasty assertions about Grant as a person/werewolves in general. This one will be journal-only and may be closed to the polycule! You have to enforce your boundaries, and leave.
3. (negative; CW: violence, attempted murder, severe injury including eye trauma) Foster breaks into Grant’s store and tries to kill him. You have to survive.