The year is 1913. Tension is high among nations as each power house vies for dominance in the race to be the most industrialized nation. The steam engine and all that had flourished since then are backing the driving force of this mechanical race. Bigger buildings, bigger boats, bigger airships, bigger guns, bigger everything. And most importantly, bigger power. Smaller powers cluster together and form larger ones with similar goals. Already larger powers fight for more land, more resources to help further their control.
Tension leads to outright strife then to warfare within a year. Europe is the center of the action, though non European powers butt heads as well and the violence blossoms outward to near every land mass. The America’s, Africa, large portions of Asia, and even a few skirmishes in Australia. Even with the few newly invented battle automatons the war is bloody and drags on for years.
Finally a ceasefire is reached, but no true winner is declared. The world merely reached a point that if they had continued, mutual destruction would have been the outcome and no one wanted to win by being defeated. Since the cease fire, a sort of peace has settled, though more accurately, it is a cold war. Few nations have totally withdrawn into themselves, bottlenecking any outside influence, placing heavy tariffs on imported goods and few, if any visitors allowed in. Other countries continue on as before, pouring money and goods into the armed forces and defense at a heavy toll to the civilian population. While others still have turned more peaceful, even if they keep a hyper vigilant eye on their easy peace.
It is now 1930, the “cold peace” has lasted for ten years. Things look hopeful that maybe true peace is possible, but bitterness and longer burning opposition still lingers and threats to bubble the pot again.
With the rise in technology, there has been a corresponding rise mysticism. Even among the educated, there is more than just talk about things of divine, supernatural, or other worldly. But nothing so far has been found to prove these thoughts true. That doesn't stop the rich, or the foolhardy, or adventurers from trying to find items lost to time that might hold importance higher than just money or history.
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I've set up the general feel of the world, but left ideas vague enough that we could have things be more flexible and open enough for personal interpretation. It's a world full of airships, growing automatron industry, social change, and adventure coming slowly out of the shadows of war.
Character profiles will be simple on my end, but if you want to write something more detailed you're welcome to. I'll just be asking for basics like name, age, appearance, personality, simple background. Anything more than that is up to you.
I'm looking for something like a Steampunk Indiana Jones/Lost World sort of thing. Going after something that might or might not exist.
For reference, the hider is a list of things I like and what not to maybe help see if we'd mesh and what not or any suggestions you'd like to add to this haha.
I Do:
Moderate post length. I'd say that I sit nicely between Casual and Advanced. I can post anywhere between 1-4 paragraphs if I'm inspired enough and the person I'm RPing with is posting equal amounts. I normally average around two, though if I'm pushed or I really like the plot/characters I can probably do more. I really hate one liners, though I'm totally guilty of them myself. I'd like someone who would always push me to make sure it was at least a decent length.
Romance. Not totally needed, but I do prefer if it happens. I'm not hugely fond of insta romance. Attraction upon meeting is fine, but 'I love you' will not be said right off the bat.
Violence. I'm really okay with violence and cussing and things like that and I'm okay if they're graphic too. Funny thing to follow the one above I know, but it's how I am.
Drama. I love drama and angst and doing awful things emotionally to characters. Crying builds character and makes people stronger.
Probably some other stuff, that I can't think of to mention right now. :]
I Do Not Do:
Canon characters I just like using their universes for fandom settings.
Graphic Sex I write at a PG-13 level when it comes to that. Which means implied things are fine, I just fade to black. There is no exception to this rule, so even if it's a PM like rp, I won't change that.
Probably some other stuff, that I can't think of to mention right now. : p
I prefer threads over anything else as I can keep better track of them for the most part. I'm on pretty much every day, though weekends not as much sometimes as week days. I am capable of posting several times a day, but at the moment it's much more likely to be once a week, though it's likely to be longer. Life is a little crazy for me at the moment so I'm going to be rather slow. If it's getting too long and you haven't heard anything from me, just give me a poke. It's unlikely I've forgotten, but more likely that I've been swamped rl and I keep thinking I'm going to get a reply up so I keep not saying anything to you.
I play either gender though I prefer girls. I'm fine with doubling up or playing more then one character. I'm also fine with mxm and fxf couplings as well as mxf. I'm cool with or without CS, though I kinda like 'em sometimes. I don't normally tend to use pictures as appearances unless I think it really looks like them, and you might have to accept that the picture may not fit the setting if I do use one, use your imaginations.
Tension leads to outright strife then to warfare within a year. Europe is the center of the action, though non European powers butt heads as well and the violence blossoms outward to near every land mass. The America’s, Africa, large portions of Asia, and even a few skirmishes in Australia. Even with the few newly invented battle automatons the war is bloody and drags on for years.
Finally a ceasefire is reached, but no true winner is declared. The world merely reached a point that if they had continued, mutual destruction would have been the outcome and no one wanted to win by being defeated. Since the cease fire, a sort of peace has settled, though more accurately, it is a cold war. Few nations have totally withdrawn into themselves, bottlenecking any outside influence, placing heavy tariffs on imported goods and few, if any visitors allowed in. Other countries continue on as before, pouring money and goods into the armed forces and defense at a heavy toll to the civilian population. While others still have turned more peaceful, even if they keep a hyper vigilant eye on their easy peace.
It is now 1930, the “cold peace” has lasted for ten years. Things look hopeful that maybe true peace is possible, but bitterness and longer burning opposition still lingers and threats to bubble the pot again.
With the rise in technology, there has been a corresponding rise mysticism. Even among the educated, there is more than just talk about things of divine, supernatural, or other worldly. But nothing so far has been found to prove these thoughts true. That doesn't stop the rich, or the foolhardy, or adventurers from trying to find items lost to time that might hold importance higher than just money or history.
○●○●○●○
I've set up the general feel of the world, but left ideas vague enough that we could have things be more flexible and open enough for personal interpretation. It's a world full of airships, growing automatron industry, social change, and adventure coming slowly out of the shadows of war.
Character profiles will be simple on my end, but if you want to write something more detailed you're welcome to. I'll just be asking for basics like name, age, appearance, personality, simple background. Anything more than that is up to you.
I'm looking for something like a Steampunk Indiana Jones/Lost World sort of thing. Going after something that might or might not exist.
For reference, the hider is a list of things I like and what not to maybe help see if we'd mesh and what not or any suggestions you'd like to add to this haha.
I Do:
Moderate post length. I'd say that I sit nicely between Casual and Advanced. I can post anywhere between 1-4 paragraphs if I'm inspired enough and the person I'm RPing with is posting equal amounts. I normally average around two, though if I'm pushed or I really like the plot/characters I can probably do more. I really hate one liners, though I'm totally guilty of them myself. I'd like someone who would always push me to make sure it was at least a decent length.
Romance. Not totally needed, but I do prefer if it happens. I'm not hugely fond of insta romance. Attraction upon meeting is fine, but 'I love you' will not be said right off the bat.
Violence. I'm really okay with violence and cussing and things like that and I'm okay if they're graphic too. Funny thing to follow the one above I know, but it's how I am.
Drama. I love drama and angst and doing awful things emotionally to characters. Crying builds character and makes people stronger.
Probably some other stuff, that I can't think of to mention right now. :]
I Do Not Do:
Canon characters I just like using their universes for fandom settings.
Graphic Sex I write at a PG-13 level when it comes to that. Which means implied things are fine, I just fade to black. There is no exception to this rule, so even if it's a PM like rp, I won't change that.
Probably some other stuff, that I can't think of to mention right now. : p
I prefer threads over anything else as I can keep better track of them for the most part. I'm on pretty much every day, though weekends not as much sometimes as week days. I am capable of posting several times a day, but at the moment it's much more likely to be once a week, though it's likely to be longer. Life is a little crazy for me at the moment so I'm going to be rather slow. If it's getting too long and you haven't heard anything from me, just give me a poke. It's unlikely I've forgotten, but more likely that I've been swamped rl and I keep thinking I'm going to get a reply up so I keep not saying anything to you.
I play either gender though I prefer girls. I'm fine with doubling up or playing more then one character. I'm also fine with mxm and fxf couplings as well as mxf. I'm cool with or without CS, though I kinda like 'em sometimes. I don't normally tend to use pictures as appearances unless I think it really looks like them, and you might have to accept that the picture may not fit the setting if I do use one, use your imaginations.
