I have returned from the deep, dark depths of the interwebz with yet another roleplay! (I know, I make too many)


In the year... 20... something... something... Yeah, that works.

In the year 20-something-something the world ended. The biosphere of Planet Earth had changed due to radioactive and chemical pollution.
Wildlife-mutations began to spread and humans live in a highly polluted place called the city of Eureka. The outside began being referred to as the Dead Zone. An artificially intelligent search engine known as ANNET that connects directly into the minds of its users. Only 1% of humanity are unable to connect to ANNET. A man/woman known only as "ZEE CAPTAIN" "accidentally" spilled tea on ANNET's server banks, causing it to kill or zombify all of the humans that are connected to it, using these zombies to try and kill the remaining 1% of humanity. 99% of the planet is killed by a cup of tea.

Shortly after the "tea incident" A command is given to nuke the city of Eureka, this command kills most of the humans that survived the incident and the amount of nuclear explosives required to perform this heinous act tips the careful balance humans had that kept the planet tolerable and thrusts earth into a nuclear winter that kills most of the remaining humans as well as all of the plant life and animals that were not inside bunkers or other safe zones. The only survivors are those who, by pure chance or paranoia, were outside of Eureka and had the things they would need to survive a nuclear winter.

The dead zone is dangerous not just because of the harsh conditions but also because ANNET is still out there. ANNET's servers in Eureka were destroyed but her artificial children live on, scouring the dead zone for living humans. Their mission is to kill anything living, as were ANNET's final commands before the detonation.



It has been 15 years since the beginning of the nuclear winter and the few people that are still alive have gone insane from the hostile conditions and the sheer loneliness of wandering the dead zone alone trying to survive.

Character Sheet
Real Name: The name they were born with.
Chosen Name: Can be anything from an actual name to a title or alias.
Age: It has been 15 years since the "tea incident" they have to be old enough to have survived both the incident and on their own in the dead zone.
Gender:
Appearance: Remember, it's nuclear winter, lots of thick layers and probably a gas mask to protect from radioactive dust/snow.
Special Skills: Can they pick a lock? are they an engineer? a plumber?
Tools: pick only one or two like an extra big backpack or a crowbar
History:
Other: Put what your character does that makes them crazy here if you want a crazy character.

Accepted Characters

Not sure if this is allowed for actual RPs but... bump?

I'm pretty interested if you still intend to start up this RP =). I just need a bit of time to make my CS

ah. this is interesting. ahahaha i'm... gonna make one, i guess. hhh. i'm gonna try and make my CS now...

Well I finished him faster than I had anticipated XD. Here he is:

Real name: Jared Wilson
Chose name: "Officer Wilson/Peacekeeper Wilson". Or just simply "Officer"

Age: 34
Gender: Male



Special Skills: He is a skilled marksman, capable of nailing his mark with both rifles and handguns. He is also good at hand-to-hand combat and disabling opponents. However, he rarely ever uses these skills. Only when "Lethal force is necessary". He also seems to have an affinity for modifying existing tools into something that is more useful. Though, he can only do this when he has the right items. And given the nature of the Dead Zone, finding such items will be a rare occurrence.

Tools: A revolver with a good amount of ammunition. A modified Taser that can be recharged using a pumping mechanism attached to it. Worn and weathered Riot Armor and air-filter helmet. A broken radio that he often talks to.

History: Jared was part of the 1% (after all, how else would someone be unaffected?). After the initial chaos, he used the skills taught to him by his police officer father to survive the new hostilities. This, was already enough to shake his mental stability, though he wasn't quite insane yet. Before the nuclear strikes fell, he had somehow managed to salvage police-grade riot armor, complete with a air-filter system that was probably used whenever tear-gas was utilized. He originally obtained them in order to protect himself from would-be attackers. Coincidentally, it would also protect him from the ensuing nuclear winter. The silent solitude was the last push that drove him to insanity, and he began believing himself to be a police officer or Peacekeeper, whose job was to maintain law and order however he could. He thought that way in order to justify the harsh measures he was taking in order to survive the wasteland. He now wanders the Dead Zone, upholding the law to everyone he encounters, Survivors and ANNET Children alike.

Other: While Jared is indeed insane (from the fact that he believes himself to be a law-man), he is actually very amiable to people he encounters. Acting relatively normal and friendly. However, when someone "breaks the law" in front of him, he shifts into a cold and calculative state where he attempts to subdue the "perpetrator" and deliver the fitting punishment, regardless of whether the "perpetrator" is a survivor or ANNET drone (sometimes even regardless of whether they are living or inanimate objects). He also seems to abide by some set of "Laws" which appear to be a mix of actual existing laws, and things he's simply made up. He lives by it during every second of his survival, regardless of whether it is an advantage or a detriment to him.

Welcome to the land of Kajhetbarogurenbugh! You shall be my chief of police. I already had a chief of police but he is a drunk and won't stop ranting about how Maria left him.

*Duke stares at a headless mannequin with a paper star taped to its chest and an empty bottle glued to its hand for a moment*

Yes John, I know, it was Maria's loss. See what I mean? He's a lost cause.

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Despite that little tangent my character will actually be relatively normal once you get him away from the mannequins and into the Dead Zone. The only thing that will show his insanity is the fact that he will probably start writing fake letters to his fake wife who he will probably leave in charge of his fake nation while he's away "expanding the territory" and if you have read the comics, yes, my character is based a little bit on the Captain, but not totally. He's a lot less crazy than Captain and less prone to random unnecessary plots.

Alright, sounds good XD. Also, even if Duke is to be Officer's superior (being a fake baron), bear in mind that my character will still take action against you if he sees him break his "laws". As I've said, he does not discriminate when it comes to that, even with inanimate objects. This might cause trouble-filled shenanigans more often than not. But hey, that's what RA seems to be all about =)

RA can be described as shenanigans on an intergalactic scale once you get farther into it. The RP will probably be quite a bit darker but it'll have its funny moments. I wasn't really planning on Duke being Officer's superior, I was mostly just showcasing Duke's level of insanity when mannequins/skeletons/advertisements with people in them are present. Any inanimate object that resembles a human will talk to him or be human in Duke's mind. This may or may not involve hitting on, starting fights with or otherwise confronting mannequins, skeletons or ads.

Got it. Also, do you mind if I add a broken Walkie-talkie radio as one of Officer's tools? He'll pretty much just talk to it every now and then to report his situation to his nonexistent police department(s) as well as communicate with imaginary officers. Like...

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"Control, be advised we have a trespasser in custody over at Wallaby street. Send in someone to pick him up as soon as possible, over."

Officer turns toward the ruined house where he had put in a life-sized stand of some famous superhero that was pushed by the wind into an adjacent lot. He had fired his taser at it and tackled it to the ground before locking it inside the house.

"Don't get any ideas scumbag. I see you eyeballin' my gun." Officer says at he points at the cardboard stand whose eyes seemed to be angled towards his chest where his revolver was holstered. He clicks on the radio once more. "Be advised, suspect may attempt escape. Tell the boys to be cautious when they get here. Officer Wilson out."

Yeah, that'll be fine. Broken equipment doesn't need to be approved as long as it can't be fixed and then used for some ridiculously powerful or plot altering purpose.

ahah... okay here's the guy

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Real Name: Marcus Damien Heller

Chosen Name: Die

Age: 43

Gender: Male

Appearance: He has black hair, pale skin, skinny body, and sunken green eyes that seem to stare through a person's soul under his mask. He carries around a creepy plush toy that he made from portions of his favorite "companions" throughout the years.


Special Skills: Gifted with speed and agility, Damien is capable of slitting throats or stabbing men in impressive speed. He is also has a decent reflex reaction and is quite good with hand-to-hand combat as he got himself trained out of sheer paranoia. Non-combat-wise, he's a decent tailor. But that's just about it.

Tools: An Eickhorn Advanced Combat Knife and a medium-sized bag pack full of items he hoarded while wandering around.

He's accepted! Just don't poke me with anything sharp or I'll sic Officer on you >.>

Also, I think three people is enough to start right? Or should we wait for one more?

No need to tell Officer anything. If he sees him getting poked, he'll point and scream "ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON!1!1" and fire his taser XD. Though if he doesn't see it happen, he'll simply ask you to file a report, after which he will perform an investigation to figure out if it did happen (even if it is blatantly obvious).

As for starting... It's your call, GM. Personally, I think we should wait for another person before starting, but three is enough to begin if you feel like it. I'm wondering where all the people from the Interest Check went though...

I think I'll wait a little while longer for someone new but I've already invited some people and they turned me down so I'm not going to get my hopes up. If nobody joins in the next day, 2 max, I'll just start with the three of us and anyone that might want to join later can just wander across our little group in the Dead Zone.

Sorry for not posting anything yet, things were out of my control but I'll write the IC and post it tomorrow.

Hey GM, are you still gonna go through with this RP? We're just waiting for your "Go" signal

Posting the first IC now, sorry it took so long, we are moving and things are a little hectic here for various reasons so I didn't have a ton of time to write out an IC post. It's not great but it's something and It'll give a little bit of an introduction to the RP and a place for the characters to meet up at.

Don't worry too much, man. Real-life stuff always comes first =). Though I have to ask, is there anything significant about the tower (like is there something we're to find there, or something story-related) or is it just a place for our guys to first meet?

I'm using it as a place to meet but I'm thinking I'll have something happen inside. It looks like our other guy might not show up though. He commented on here a week ago and hasn't made any posts since. I think we need more people or this'll end up being a 1x1.

He is a she. And she's still here XD, don't worry (They're a friend of mine). They just need a bit of time to make their intro. Although, I do agree that we need more people in here.