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Welcome to “The Maple Neighborhood!” So what is this RP about?






(The genre of this roleplay is Comedy, Slice-of-Life, and Episodic.)

It’s an RP about a small apartment, that’s what. Slice-of-life perfectly describes this roleplay, although it does have an eventual end if you ever get that far with dedication. As a roleplayer in this roleplay, you don’t have a goal aside from describing what your character does on uneventful days and, once in a while, perhaps participating in a major “episode.” This requires a surprising amount of consistent dedication, so think twice before you join.

“Episodes” are special events that will be catalogued, and can alter the friendships NPCs have with the Player Characters. From the relatively responsible landowner to the intensely psychotic-looking detective, any interaction will be reacted to differently. NPCs aren’t the only focus of the story- Player Characters live in the same building, after all, so it’s only fair that they talk to each other as well. Episodes can range from a cooking themed episode to a sports themed episode. Sometimes, episodes may cause timeskips. Talk with the GM a lot on this if you don’t want something to be interrupted.

You technically don’t need to participate in the Episodes and have your characters do their own thing, as they can be run alone even by the NPCs themselves, but hey, you can make a moment in the roleplay’s history.

Despite being fairly on the realistic side, keep in mind that as a roleplay centering around comedy, things can be described in bizarre ways. Bear with the fact that this roleplay oftentimes borrows fantasy elements in a parody-like sense. A lot of comical things happen in the RP, but characters can add in their own dose of humor, friendship moments, and even stuff like romance if they choose to focus on that at one point. The general atmosphere of the RP won't change for the most part, though!

I recommend bringing other roleplayers you know of well before you join to get you a natural headstart in the roleplay. This can also ensure that you have something to do with others, though this isn’t necessarily needed.

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If your character is participating in an Episode, post as you normally would! If they are not participating in an Episode but you still would like to show what they are doing, post with the following at the top of the post:

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(You do not need to make it colored like that! Just putting it without any special formatting is fine.)

This makes it easier for me to track down Out-of-Episode posts!

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1. Do your best to make your character interesting in a way that can highlight other characters’ personalities as well.

2. Be sensible for the most part. There aren’t too many competitions here that barely matter, so this won’t be hard.

3. Talk with others and be friendly. This can get us to come up with more interesting episodes together!

4. This roleplay is fairly slow-paced in its own right, so don’t try to pressure others into posting quickly too much. Have something else to do while you wait for a post!

5. If you plan on joining, please, please, please triple check your own thoughts on this RP before joining! Leaving in-between the RP can make things troublesome, even if it's slow compared to other RPs.

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This is an episodic slice-of-life. Episodes may be long or short. They can be made by both the GM and the players themselves after having it approved on the OOC. Episodes will be listed once the RP crosses the first episode with a synopsis describing each one accordingly.

Episodes can differ in themes, such as involving cooking, sports, and maybe even an alien visit (this is a huge maybe, you all). There may be breaks between episodes where anyone can do whatever they want for a moment before the GM announces another episode.

If you want to, you can use Etherpads for the forementioned "break moments" with others for collaboration posts.

Episodes usually start with a post saying a new episode started, and also end with a post saying the episode ended. Everyone posts in-between those posts, so it'll look like a structural sandwich by the time an episode ends. (Intro -> Content Posts -> End)

If someone or some people contribute to the making of an Episode idea, then it will be posted in the "Upcoming Episodes" area with Courtesy to (usernames here) to credit them properly! If everyone discusses about a single Episode idea and makes it official, then it will have Courtesy to everyone! instead. Let's work together, guys!

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If you have anything to ask about, let me know!

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Name: Stella Marie Adams

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Occupation: Martial Arts Instructor

Personality:

Stella is pretty outgoing, making conversation with most people. She refuses to reveal anything about her past as she doesn't trust anyone with that information or think that it is any of their business. She prefers working alone. She just thinks she can get it done better and faster by herself (hint: She can't). She isn't one for helping another person in need unless there's something in it for her though most times she finds a reason to do it.

Stella likes listening to movies and music though she can't ever tell what's going on in the movie. She also rather fancies tea but she has to wait forever for it to cool because she often misses her mouth and ends up burning her chest which, when you can't see, makes it awkward when the only individual around to help happens to be male. She also likes animals. She had a fish once but she didn't know it had died until her friend told her. She hasn't had a pet since.

Stella absolutely hates cooking. She only uses the microwave and even ends up burning her food in that. Often times she'll run to someone else's apartment for food. She also can't stand kids. She still has nightmares of small voices yelling at her from the time she went to work with her mother (an elementary teacher). She doesn't really hate crowded places, but rather just likes to avoid them.

Stella's biggest fear, actually, is being alone. When she can't hear anything, she panics. The thought of nothing scares her more than anything. She's also always afraid that the people she cares about will leave without warning, something she doesn't like to explain to others after any weird freak out's she has.

Stella's biggest hobby is actually reading but she doesn't really like people to know she knows how to read braille. She'd rather people just assume she can see like any normal person, which is also why you'll often find her running into things. She also likes to grow plants. She listens to a guy on youtube explain how to grow them and then does it.

Background:

Stella won't disclose much about her past, preferring to keep it to herself. The best anyone has ever gotten out of her was that someone in her life suddenly disappeared. She also has a CD of a singer no-one recognizes that is labeled, "STELLA" in large haphazard handwriting. The CD is the only thing Stella won't let anyone touch. You'd swear she has a sixth sense! (In reality, she just knows the sound the CD makes when you pick it up.)

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Oh hey.
Third. Might make some edits to my character though, as I made this when I was getting back into RPing and have made much better characters since.

mew



Name: Abigail Hanson

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Occupation: She's a web designer who currently has a job maintaining web pages, keeping them up to date and preventing hacks and such. She can easily do this from her computer at home and so she rarely has a reason to leave the apartment unless she needs groceries and such.

Personality: Abigail is what you'd call the energetic type, the more people she's around the more upbeat she becomes. She's almost always in the mood to chat, to the point where the more introverted of people might get annoyed with her. When she's alone she easily gets bored and usually ends up checking on her web pages or playing video games when she's stuck at home by herself.

She also has a fantastic imagination, and is likely to believe the most ridiculous things.

Background: Abigail never really knew what she wanted to do with her life, she was fairly good with computers, and so when she went to school to become a web designer it was little surprise to her parents. A few years later and she's scored a fairly lazy job of maintaining small company's websites, which she now maintains from her new apartment she recently moved in too.

She moved to Maple 801 - 101 because she heard from a hobo reliable source that aliens lived there. They were probably wrong about that, because she hasn't seen any wild parties yet.

Room Number: 8

I'll get to working on this soon! Once I'm at top condition again

Don't worry, I didn't forget about this. Just hang on (loosely) as I prepare some more things like an updated OOC and some things to talk about.