I'm definitely interested in this!

Yay~! :)

well, since you're the first one to show interest, I'm giving you the chance to pick what character that you'd like to play. My character is going to be a magician/illusionist. You may pick whatever you'd like. ^_^

Oh, this sounds like fun... Would a slight ounce of reality-warping mime/clown shenanigans be called for/accepted? Because if so, I'm down.

Interested. Still very much on the fence about joining it or not, though. I could use a little more information about the roles. What is "Magic?" More specifically, what are your limitings on it and/or general things you can tell me about it? Also, what's the immortality like? Do characters heal? Can they even get hurt? Or are they just not able to die?

ErsatzEmperor said
Oh, this sounds like fun... Would a slight ounce of reality-warping mime/clown shenanigans be called for/accepted? Because if so, I'm down.

I think that would be really cool. When I read that, I imagined Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. XDD But I think that it would make for a wonderful twist, especially if they were a mime and could only show other dimensions as their way of speaking.

Silent said
Interested. Still very much on the fence about joining it or not, though. I could use a little more information about the roles. What is "Magic?" More specifically, what are your limitings on it and/or general things you can tell me about it? Also, what's the immortality like? Do characters heal? Can they even get hurt? Or are they just not able to die?

Any role that you would see at a circus or carnival is open for the taking, except the ringmaster, of course. The "magic" that I'm speaking about is extremely talented folk. In the illusionist's case, she could preform actual feats like vanishing and creating doves from handkerchiefs. Does that kind of make sense? It's like the stage magic is actual magic, like it's really being transformed. The type of "magic" that your character could use would be solely based on what role you wanted to play. Like a tamer, for instance, could actually be able to transform into animals and speak to them as if they were people. A fortune teller could actually tell you your future if they chose to give you the full truth.

And the immortality... ah, this is going to be one of my favorite twists. The immortality is something that prevents the members from dying. They can get injured and sick, but they heal at an abnormally fast rate. Aging-wise, they never age. They are trapped in a sort of time limbo where they can not move forward nor can they move backwards. Their body performs regular functions, such as consuming food and drinking liquids, as well as expelling them. They are fairly normal, except for the healing and aging part. Due to the healing part, they are unable to die. They no longer possess souls, as they are part of the circus as a whole--that's what powers the circus and gives it an air of mystery. Say an acrobat were to fall from the ropes, which is highly unlikely but still possible, something or somebody would catch them. Most likely a rope would wrap around their legs and prevent them from hitting the ground.

And I'm sure you can imagine how many of the older performers would like to be able to move on and simply die, but they can't. Leaving the circus would only drive them mad and bring them back, and they can't commit suicide or get ill enough to fully kill off their bodies.

Hopefully this makes sense.

Hello! Sorry to ask but im a little confused, so we would be taking the roles of the people who perform in the circus? Because i thought we would be playin as the guys who are invited to it.

Whether you play as a person who comes to the circus and happens to get sucked into it (say it activates some hidden power that you have or you are selected to be a stagehand of some sort) or as someone who has been trapped there for centuries is completely up to you. I want you to have the choice of being introduced to the sorrow of the performers or to be able to have struggled as part of the circus for years. ^_^

Hope that makes sense!

Ok, thanks for clarifying! It makes perfect sense.

I'm interested! It you don't mind I'd like to be the fortune teller. But instead of just being a seer, having them a psychic.

Yup, you may have the fortune teller. ^_^ Since so many people seem interested, I'm almost tempted to put the OOC and whatnot up.

Mad Scarlet said
I think that would be really cool. When I read that, I imagined Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. XDD But I think that it would make for a wonderful twist, especially if they were a mime and could only show other dimensions as their way of speaking.

Ooh, hadn't even thought of that, yeah. But thanks for the go ahead on that.

Mad Scarlet said Any role that you would see at a circus or carnival is open for the taking, except the ringmaster, of course. The "magic" that I'm speaking about is extremely talented folk. In the illusionist's case, she could preform actual feats like vanishing and creating doves from handkerchiefs. Does that kind of make sense? It's like the stage magic is actual magic, like it's really being transformed. The type of "magic" that your character could use would be solely based on what role you wanted to play. Like a tamer, for instance, could actually be able to transform into animals and speak to them as if they were people. A fortune teller could actually tell you your future if they chose to give you the full truth.

And the immortality... ah, this is going to be one of my favorite twists. The immortality is something that prevents the members from dying. They can get injured and sick, but they heal at an abnormally fast rate. Aging-wise, they never age. They are trapped in a sort of time limbo where they can not move forward nor can they move backwards. Their body performs regular functions, such as consuming food and drinking liquids, as well as expelling them. They are fairly normal, except for the healing and aging part. Due to the healing part, they are unable to die. They no longer possess souls, as they are part of the circus as a whole--that's what powers the circus and gives it an air of mystery. Say an acrobat were to fall from the ropes, which is highly unlikely but still possible, something or somebody would catch them. Most likely a rope would wrap around their legs and prevent them from hitting the ground.

And I'm sure you can imagine how many of the older performers would like to be able to move on and simply die, but they can't. Leaving the circus would only drive them mad and bring them back, and they can't commit suicide or get ill enough to fully kill off their bodies.

Hopefully this makes sense.

It does make sense, thank you. ^^

Take my interest; It looks like a good RP to get into the swing of things again! I'd like to reserve an equestrian act, if that's alright. (I'm not too sure of the proper term for it - Equestrian performer? It's a circus show with horses.)

I just wonder what the rules are for immortality with the animals - are they also chained to the circus? Can they die, and get sick? Admittedly, it would be a pain in the behind if the horses died every couple of decades and new ones have to be re-trained, not to add the concept of how much that would cost all of the time.

And do we get one power, or multiple?

Anyway, take my interest, and I eagerly await the OOC!

So the ringmaster position/role is already taken correct? By the main antagonist?

Or is Madame Sombre just overlook the whole circus act?

Cuz I'd be interested in playin the ringmaster.

Wonderful to see that a couple more people are interested!

I'll make the OOC promptly!

QT said
So the ringmaster position/role is already taken correct? By the main antagonist? Or is Madame Sombre just overlook the whole circus act? Cuz I'd be interested in playin the ringmaster.

We could have an assistant ringmaster? I mean, I was hoping to keep Mistress Sombre to be an NPC and viewed as the main antagonist. But I think having someone who she trusts the most out of the rest of the performers would be cool. ^_^

Mad Scarlet said
We could have an assistant ringmaster? I mean, I was hoping to keep Mistress Sombre to be an NPC and viewed as the main antagonist. But I think having someone who she trusts the most out of the rest of the performers would be cool. ^_^

Then I'd like to reserve the ringmaster position. I'll have a character up tomorrow or midnight tonight cuz I'm off to work right this moment.