Okay I feel like I better formally ask about what's okay to use for AU backstory before it's something I actually need to know the answer to. As in, in my app I said Stan could either currently still be going undercover for Cirrus (and either A. spying on someone in Unholy or whatever, or B. just using this as a cover for a false identity for reasons unrelated to Unholy, so there's no direct betrayal to Unholy), or else he's had some falling out with Cirrus and actually left the Family.
Honestly either way I'm playing it the same as far as anything that would affect the Families goes - like, even if he's undercover for Cirrus he's still not going to sabotage Unholy or be handing over info, etc. Whatever job he has outside the boat isn't relevant to what's happening on the boat, whoever he answers to or is spying on isn't here, he'd need to keep up his story so it doesn't cause problems when he leaves! And also I'd want him to get attached to his cabinmates so that if it got revealed to them that he's still with Cirrus, it would be "but I genuinely care about you guys, I WANT to be here and help you". Probably option B would be better than A.
Basically it's mostly for flavour, what his exact thoughts and motivations are at the start, what people can eventually/potentially find out about him. I promise to be cool about it if he's secretly still with Cirrus. But I totally get it if just promising to be cool isn't good enough. I think it's the Stronger Option so it would be fun and all, but I've got options for a reason!
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Honestly either way I'm playing it the same as far as anything that would affect the Families goes - like, even if he's undercover for Cirrus he's still not going to sabotage Unholy or be handing over info, etc. Whatever job he has outside the boat isn't relevant to what's happening on the boat, whoever he answers to or is spying on isn't here, he'd need to keep up his story so it doesn't cause problems when he leaves! And also I'd want him to get attached to his cabinmates so that if it got revealed to them that he's still with Cirrus, it would be "but I genuinely care about you guys, I WANT to be here and help you". Probably option B would be better than A.
Basically it's mostly for flavour, what his exact thoughts and motivations are at the start, what people can eventually/potentially find out about him. I promise to be cool about it if he's secretly still with Cirrus. But I totally get it if just promising to be cool isn't good enough. I think it's the Stronger Option so it would be fun and all, but I've got options for a reason!