Escaping Captivity OOC

[corneredbliss]

CLOSED.
IC is here.

Escaping Captivity



Mechanics

In a universe parallel to our own, there exists a primal jungle titled Neevah that is filled with things that challenge our norm:

- Klees are felines that are similar to tigers, but are biped. They can walk, think, and talk. They wear clothing and are intelligent creatures. Klees are at the top of Neevah's food chain, beaten only by the creatures that lurk outside the safety of the walls of their city, Daar;
- Lims: Beasts that could be compared to velociraptors, both in appearance and behavior.
- The roles in this universe are reversed; Humans are slaves to the Klees, used to serve the needs of the superior race. These humans are identical to us, except that they all have elemental powers (i.e. water, fire, etc.). They are all very toned and can maneuver themselves through the jungle with ease.
- The Klees subdue the humans' abilities by forcing crude, metallic collars upon them. (Metal serves as a sort of kryptonite to humans.) This means that many of the captive humans are undertrained in their powers.
- There are rumors of a colony of humans on the other side of Neevah that are free and safe. They have entitled their city Grynde.

Our powers will be similar to those in Avatar. If your character is initially inexperienced with their abilities, they cannot use them without a source. Every element has a color; Your character will be dressed in rags accordingly:

- Water: Light Blue
- Fire: Red Orange
- Earth (this includes plants): Tan
- Air: Gray

Basic Plot

The story will revolve around us, the humans, attempting to break free from our slavery under the Klees and journeying through the dangerous jungle in search for the rumored colony. There will be a lot of character and ability development throughout the story, especially when we escape.

Notes From Yours Truly

- Don't let the classification of the rp fool you. I'm no post nazi, so as long as your post contributes to the story and is literate, it's a-okay.
- Quality always trumps quantity; But in that case, your posts should naturally be somewhat lengthy.
- I intend for this to be a mature RP, so cussing is allowed.
- Keep up with the posting. If you are missing from IC for more than a few days without giving reason in the OOC or by PM, you will automatically be killed off by Lims.

(:


Cast:
1) Ophelia (corneredbliss)
2) Paul (icmasticc)
3) Mika (Jakhi)
4) Ashur (reidster338)
5) Tiel/Nive (InsanitiesJack)
6) Leonardo (KrimpetyCatcher)
7) Hanna (Atrexiel)
8) Scar (KirinLemon77)

[icmasticc]

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Name/Nickname:
Paul

Age:
32

Gender:
Male

Element/Color:
Fire/Red Orange

History:
Paul wasn't born into slavery. Originally he was from a colony of free humans who lived as they pleased before its collapse. He made a basic living with his family but, the threat of the Klees was ever present. Because of this imminent threat, most humans in the colony devoted a portion of their time to training in the use of their elemental abilities. Paul was born as a fire elemental and was put through the same training as most other kids of that time. At about age 17 though, things changed drastically. The Klees invaded in a surprise attack and overwhelmed the humans.

Though Paul could use his abilities, he was no master, and was still defeated by the invading enemy. The colony as a whole was decimated and the humans, including Paul and his family, was transferred to a location with the rest of the enslaved humans and forced into cruel labor. During the years, Paul did his best to follow the rules so he wouldn't be killed but, his family wasn't so lucky. Sickness and defiance got the better of them, and they all died one way or another. Being the last alive, Paul swore that he would escape one day and exact his revenge.

Because of the metal collar, Paul is heavily restrained in the use of his abilities. Now age 32, Paul hasn't used his flame in almost sixteen years.

Personality:
Paul can be described as a determined idealist. He doesn't care if his methods are unorthodox or possibility exists, all he needs is belief and he will give anything a try. Living under the Klees for so long has twisted the man's personality into one of hatred towards them and their kind and one of passion, trying to inspire humans around him to band with him and break their bonds of servitude. He doesn't believe in failure and can only be stopped if he is physically made to do so.

Socially, the man carries a trait of brutal honesty and straightforward conversation. In times like these there is no need for sarcastic wit or crude humor. He says what he means and means what he says. This can sometimes make him seem unapproachable but his intentions are usually admirable.

Other:

-Paul was training in his abilities before his colony was destroyed and he was enslaved. He began as a toddler and continuously practiced until age 17, when he was captured. Since being enslaved though, the metal collar prevents any sort of use and therefore, he hasn't used his abilities in 15 years.
-Paul used to be a smoker and would do so again if he could get his hands on a cigarette.
-Paul garners a strong hatred for anything that is not human.

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Alright, I am finished. Let me know if there is any problems and I'll fix them immediately.

EDIT-I can also lengthen parts if you want.

[Vanido]

1-Who gets trough the jungle easier the humans or the Klees?
2-You mention Klees are at the top of the food chain, does this make humans, food for Klees?
3-Are Lims stronger than Klees? Are they creatures that lurk outside of the city?
4-Have humans been always slaves in this parallel world? Or is it recently?

[corneredbliss]

1-Who gets trough the jungle easier the humans or the Klees?
2-You mention Klees are at the top of the food chain, does this make humans, food for Klees?
3-Are Lims stronger than Klees? Are they creatures that lurk outside of the city?
4-Have humans been always slaves in this parallel world? Or is it recently?

1) Klees, naturally, since they're basically tigers. The humans don't have super speed or anything. Just imagine a bunch of Tarzans running around.
2) Technically. The Klees don't eat us though, cause we're the work force. To them, eating a human could be comparable to cannibalism, since the only difference between the two races is that Klees have fur.
3) Yes, Lims > everything else in this universe. They inhabit all of Neevah, so colonies are only safe if they've built up a wall to keep the creatures out. When Klees need something outside the city walls, they send groups of humans to do it so they don't lose any of their kind.
4) Always. Well, Neevah is a pretty big jungle, that's why there is another colony of humans free from the slavery of the Klees. But where we live, it's been like that for ever.

[Atrexiel]

I'm going out again in a few minutes, but this thing will get the attention it deserves as soon as I get back.

[corneredbliss]

Name/Nickname: Ophelia/Lia

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Element/Color: Earth/Tan

History: Lia's parents were legendary Earth benders, able to create fortresses and monuments with a flick of their wrists. They had been traveling Neevah but ventured too closely to the city of Daar and were taken prisoners by the Klees, who had strategically placed booby-traps on the outskirts of their walls in the hopes of gaining new slaves and killing off Lims that lingered nearby. Ophelia and her younger sister, Lyra, were born soon after their capture, but only knew their parents for a short while; The two were killed trying to escape when they were around the age of six and four, respectively.

At the age of thirteen, Lyra came down with an illness after being forced to hunt outside the city's walls; A Lim had scratched her, emitting a deadly poison into her veins that eventually caused her death. Thus, Ophelia was left to fend for herself.

Like everyone else who was enslaved, Ophelia longed to be able to use her abilities. She felt that the ground beneath her feet was constantly begging for her to exercise her right. But having been born into slavery, she has not been able to do so. Most of those around her have a theory that when she finally was able to train herself, she could be as great as her parents once were.

Since her sister's death, Lia has been working for the Klees as a caretaker for both the young and the old. She suppresses her hatred for the superior race quite effectively and has earned a good reputation among them for that fact.

Personality: Due to her occupation, Ophelia is naturally quite motherly and gentle. She is quiet and reserved, but carries herself with confidence and purpose, and can become a leader when the need arises. Words are stronger than any form of physical punishment, in her opinion; She can persuade and pacify any situation, and can lie on her toes if need be. Though a realist, Lia often strives to see any and all opportunities that come her way. Lia is not one to be pushed around. Her determination is steadfast and her focus is uncanny. She's intelligent and clever, and hates the Klees just as much, if not more, as the next guy.

Other:
- Working so closely with the Klees has given Ophelia information that other people would not have (i.e. where keys are hidden, food storages, etc.).
- She wears an anklet made of vines that her mother gave her when she was little.
- During her downtime with her fellow humans, she enjoys making music and drumming out beats.
- Ophelia doesn't care what you call her, as long as you give her respect.

[Vanido]

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Name/Nickname: Kone
Age: 26
Gender: Masculine
Element/Color: Fire
Gender: Male


Personality: He has a very friendly way of behaving, but the closer people get to him the more they realise how distant he is. He finds it hard to befriend other males, it's either praise me or fight me.

History:

Waking up in a forest around the age of 5 he has no prior history of his life. He had no abilitity to speak or know anything but learned quickly. Wondering into the outer walls of Klee city, and taken inside by the guard, shortly after gaining conciseness he found himself unexplainably shunned until a reflection in a window caught his eye. He was amazingly good looking. One day leaning against a wall and longing to fit in with the other children he found himself sinking into his thoughts. Then he started to realise it wasn't just his thoughts he was sinking into; it was also the wall he was leaning against!

Completely submerged he could no longer hear, see, or do anything other than think. Panicing he found himself running out of the wall. Catching his breath he noticed that something was different. The cold winter air could no longer be felt. Looking at his hand he found it was still the same concreat mixture as the wall he just escaped from, as was the rest of his body. The other slaves also took note of this in awe and disgust. He then ran away from the city and into the vicious jungle.

He lived the next few years of his life in the woods where he learned how to controle his abilities. He would try to incinerate trees, rocks, and even lakes but his techniques were lame and weak. Once he even tried to catch his body with fire, but that just resulted in painful burns. His favorite thing to do was holding a small beast in his hands and then boil/cook him slowly before eating it. If he held too long he would even find himself looking through the animals eyes, but that is not appealing seeing as animal trying to escape the excessive and deadly heat, trying to grip to life.

Later he grew up and could no longer keep up with the constant urge to survive in the vicious jungle of Neevah, so he came back to the city where he happily gave his freedom for protection. By first glance you could never tell that he is quite the freak he is.

Other: Having spent time trying to survive outside what he lacks of social skills and empathy, he has it in strength and motivation.

Lol

[Jakhi]

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Name/Nickname: Mika
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Element/Color: Water/light blue
History: Mika was born into slavery. Her mother was only 16 when she had been raped by one of the other slaves and became pregnant. She was a very biddable slave so the Klees (is the plural of 'Klee' 'Klees'?) allowed her to carry the child to term. She survived the birth, but not unscathed. She could have no more children, and the infection following Mika's birth had weakened her greatly.

Mika grew up toddling after her mother, who she only knew as Maman, helping with tasks as soon as she was able, and watching her masters. Her mother taught her to keep her face calm and serene, no matter the circumstances, and to speak as little as possible.

That was about as close to an education as she got. She can count to 20, sometimes, and can barely add and subtract. She has never seen letters, so cannot read, but when she chooses to speak her words are carefully pronounced and well thought out. She prefers to communicate with body language and facial expressions whenever possible.

There was an uprising among the slaves when Mika was 10. Her mother was executed along with the rebels, but Mika, being only 10, was spared. Once her mother was gone she was sent to many different Masters and worked as many jobs as she has fingers and toes.

Personality: Over her short span of years Mika has cultivated a careful persona of a calm, quiet, shy, biddable girl. The truth is that she is anything but.

She saw her mother murdered in front of her eyes for a crime she was innocent of. Her Maman had worked hard and caused no trouble in her short life, but she was given no trial or chance to explain her innocence. Since her mother's death Mika has continued her careful farce, but has begun to rebel in her own small ways; meat she is set to cooking is burnt on the outside and raw in the middle, vegetables are either under or over seasoned, the fires she tends never last through the night.

Never anything that could get her caught, and she always covers her tracks, but it is a start.

Inside her ever present mask she is hot tempered, foul mouthed, and greedy. If she has the chance she steals food and hides it in small pockets sewn into her robes in the dark of night, she feeds these stolen tidbits to the vermin of her compound, and she is gradually leading them closer to the Master's bedchambers.

As she grows she is finding it harder and harder to keep her mask in place, she's beginning to look for a way out and is desperate to leave.

Other: Mika has no idea that she has powers of any sort. She has heard stories about people, slaves and freeborn, who have powers but has never seen any proof. To her they are little more than stories to calm frightened children at night.

The only hint that she might have some sort of power is that the only time she is truly calm is when she is allowed her weekly bath. All her anger and hatred seep away into the bathing pool and she floats serenely for as long as she can risk it. She never sinks, and her mother used to tell her about how she should have drowned as a baby but the water seemed to push her back out of the pool.

Mika shrugs the story off as one more thing her mother told her that wasn't true.

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I know I'm really new here, but I think this is a great idea and would be lots of fun. I do believe I'm capable of posting at the required limits, and if you'd like to see a sample of my writing I'd be happy to PM you one.

Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to change, or alter and I'd be glad to do so.

I've been out of RPing for quite a while, and I'm looking to get back in. I hope you'll consider me

Jakhi

[reidster338]

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Name/Nickname: Ashur
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Element/Color: Air/Gray

History:

Ashur came from a very distant part of the world. He traveled to the great forest, with his family, when he was five. At this age, he and his sister had been taught the basics of air and how it could affect the world. But his family was different. They were very protective and dangerous in their own sense. As they neared the territory of the Klee's, the mother and father became more and more protective of their two children.

But they were eventually found. The father and mother fought like monsters. They thrashed the air, enveloped the Klee, and killed many. The children simply watched as the minutes passed, and after some time, in a bloody mess, their parents lay dead. The Klee took the children, far away, to a secluded city. There they watched and learned. These children were not like the others they had found. But eventually, they deemed the two safe, and sent them to Daar.

Ashur grew up always wondering about his parents. He and his sister held a tight bond. But that bond was broken when Ashur was only 11. The Klee took her. For what, Ashur did not know. Only when she returned several months later did he realize they had changed her. He did not know how, but he personality was different. She was ambitious, rebellious, and even dangerous. He realized that she had become a mirror image of his mother, or at least what he remembered of her.

When Ashur was thirteen, he changed as well. It was a moment of darkness in his life. He never remembered a thing, but the Klee seemed to hold him in a higher regard after the moment. Ashur's life, after the event, has been dangerously reclusive. He keeps to himself, rarely making contact with others. Ashur's sister is very little to him now. She goes her own way, he goes his. The Klee, while still forcing him to do work, seem to watch him with eyes of wonder. Something is wrong with him. Something is, out of place.

Personality: Ashur is reclusive and spiteful. He talks to no one, and prefers to only work with others when forced to. He believes all those who are weak should be killed off, because only those who are at their apex should continue to live on. He actually admires the Klee, yet still despises them for not removing his collar and allowing him to display his true potential. Other humans usually stay away from Ashur, thinking of him as being a "lunatic" or "crazy". He may be, but he is also ambitious and dangerous.

Other:
-Ashur only has basic skills in the manipulation of air.
-He is physically fit, and quite perceptive when it comes to dealing with others.
-Has a slight tempter that can usually bite him in the butt.
-Is deceptive, cunning, and can usually talk his way out of certain situations.

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This is a wildcard character of sorts, and I hope this is okay. He will add a lot of mystery and spice to the group! If you need something changed just tell me!

[corneredbliss]

Thank y'all for the interest! I'll review them all after a couple more people join up. Then I'll post the final cast list, and the IC thread.