hollyhobbies ([personal profile] hollyhobbies) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2026-11-07 10:18 pm

Doorstep

the d o o r s t e p meme

You're outside somebody else's door. You've already come this far, so you may as well knock. Or ring. Or pound hard enough to wake the neighbors. Sooner or later, the door opens.


i n s t r u c t i o n s

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o p t i o n s

01 EMERGENCY: Something happened and you ran out of better places to go. You need help now, and this is the door you came to.
02 APOLOGY: You said something rotten. Or did something worse. The apology sounded fine on the way over; with them standing in front of you, it suddenly needs work.
03 DELIVERY: You have something of theirs that needed returning. It did not require a personal visit, but you brought it yourself anyway.
04 DRUNK: You're in no condition to trust your judgment. Somehow, coming here still seemed like the thing to do. Now they've opened the door.
05 SHELTER: You can't go home tonight, and you'd rather explain why after they let you inside. For now, you're on their doorstep asking for somewhere to stay.
06 CHECKING: They missed something they were supposed to show up for. Then they missed your call. Eventually, you came over to make sure they're all right.
07 FIGHT: The argument wasn't finished. You came here because you still have things to say, and judging by the look on their face when they answer, so do they. Round two starts at the door.
08 MISTAKE: You knocked on the wrong door. That would be easy enough to laugh off if the person answering wasn't someone you knew.
09 MISS YOU: There wasn't an emergency. You don't have anything to return, and nobody asked you to come. You just wanted to see them badly enough to show up at their door.
10 WILDCARD: Pick one of the above, or make up your own.

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pantalone / genshin impact

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( caught up with 7.2 and main event. Wow. Any timeline or canon divergence works. Tag spoilers if needed. Castmates preferred, no Travelers if it's shippy. )
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[ Ostentatia shows up outside of Danielle's home, arms laden with a kit-n-kaboodle full of makeup supplies and jewelry. ]

Knock knock, girlfriend, open up! It's time for MAKEOVERS!!
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[ permissions/info. Will's home is in the middle of nowhere, so ideal for a desperate stranger to have only One Option. interested in 1/5/potentially 4 for new CR. other options open to prior CR. ]
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Grace Ashcroft | Resident Evil | ota

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[ permissions. can be either role, since she's recently ~shenanigan prone~. would love her being the one answering the door so she can be the one helping though! mostly seeking 1/5, can do others with discussion. ]
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'Pinhead' | Hellraiser | ota

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[ permissions in journal. hold on, now. picture this: the other character isn't solving the puzzle box to Pinhead's hell dimension because they're seeking new sensations. they're either so desperate that summoning demons sounds like a good last option, or they don't actually know what the box does - but they could use some help. i'm thinking something not unlike the comic book story where the cenobites take away someone's abuser, even though the victim is the one who opens the box.

so, looking for 1 'emergency' prompts. anyone whose 'problem' is objectively worse than they are stands a chance of being rescued instead of taken to hell.
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Arid | The Fall | OTA

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[Info and preferences; cross-canon/medium, assumed CR, AUs and OCs welcome. Could turn up on someone’s doorstep out of desperation or necessity since she’s on the run and prone to getting in trouble, or might be determined to check in on a friend who hasn’t been responding to messages.]
doormancy: (concern)

5 - I'm voicetesting, and I know you're down to clown.

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The doorstep that ARID has found herself on is that of the prestigious Baroness Hotel. It's not the sort of place she should be in her current condition, clearly injured damaged, and yet...

And yet, the doorman, in his crisp maroon hotel livery, looks her over with eyes that are far too bright blue, and smiles slightly as he opens the glass door to admit her into the hotel.

"Do come in. It appears you've had an exciting evening."

heck yeah!

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Barbie | The Barbie Movie | ota

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Blitzø | Helluva Boss

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