[center][hr][hr][hr][img]http://i.imgur.com/F4jFKCY.png[/img] [color=403d3d]A Roleplay Inspired by [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)][color=403d3d]Tarkovsky's [i]Stalker[/i][/color][/url][/color] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/24/ac/34/24ac34fe303a6cdc2e9ebbfc1a2df06b.jpg[/img][hr][hr][hr][/center][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent]"πΌπππ ππ πππππππ πππππ ππππππ π ππ ππππ ππππ πππππππ π πππππ π. πππππ ππππππ ππ πππππππ ππππ π πππππ ππππππ ππ πππππ ππππ ππ πππππ ππ ππ π ππππ ππ πππ π’ππ ππ ππ ππππππππ πππππππππππππ’ ππ πππ ππππ π πππππ ππππ ππππππππ πππ πππ ππππ ; ... πππ ππππππππ ππππ ππ πππ πππππ ππππππ, πππ ππππβπ ππππππ: π πππ πππ ππππππ πππ πππππ ππππππ, πππππππ ππ πππππ πππππππ πππ ππππππππ’ ππππ ππππππππ ππ ππ π πππππππ. πΈπβπ πππ ππππππππ πππ ππππ; ππβπ ππππππ ππ πππ ππππππ."[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent]~π³ππππ π΅πππππ πππππππ[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][hr][hr][hr]ππ π’ππ'ππ ππππ ππ! πΏπππ πππ πππππ πππ, πππ ππππππ πππππ, πππ πππππππππππ, πππ πππππππ. π²ππππππππππππππ. π½ππ πΈ πππππππ πΈ'π πππππππ ππ ππππ π’ππ, πππ π’πππ ππππππ πππ πππ ππ’ ππππ πππ πππππ ππππππππππ, ππππ πππ ππππππππ πππ πππππππ ππ πππππ π’ππ ππ πππππ. ππππ’ πππ'π π πππ πππ πππππππππππππ πππππππππ. πππ’ ππππ π’ππ ππππ, ππππ πππππππ, ππ’ πππππππ πππ πππππππ ππ ππππ ππππππ π ππππ? ππππ ππππππ ππππππ ππ π’πππ ππππ, πππ π’ππ ππ πππππππππππ πππππππ ππππ π’πππ πππππ πππ πππππ’ π πππππ ππππ π πππππππππ ππππ ππ πππ ππππππ πππππ£π, ππππ πππ ππππππ’ πππππ ? πΈ ππππππ πππππ ππ ππππππππππ πππππ ππππππ. π²πππ; πππππ π πππππ. πΈ'ππ ππππ π’ππ π πππππ πππ, πππ π’ππ πππ ππππ ππ πππ’πππππ π’ππ ππππ: πππ ππππ πππππ’ π’ππ ππ π. πππ’ ππππ π ππππ ππππ π’ππ. πππ'π πππ ππ π’πππ ππππ. ππππ? π΄ππππ’πππ ππ ππππ πππππ πππ π πππππ. πΌππ’ππ π’ππππ π πππ ππππ π’ππ π πππππ ππ ππ π ππππ πππ ππππππππ. ππππ π’πππ πππππ’ π πππ. π°ππ ππ’π πππππππ πππ πππππ πππ ππππ’ π ππππππ. πΈ πππ ππ. πΌππ’ππ πππ ππππ πππππ'π ππππππ πππ’ππππ. ππππ ππ π’πππ πππππ πππππ, π’πππ, ππ, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_rasa][color=ffffff][i]ππππππ ππππ[/i][/color][/url]. πππππ? πΈ πππ ππ. πππ ππππ π πππ π ππππ, π πππ πππππ' πππππ, πππ π πππ‘ ππ πππππππ, ππ π’ππ πππ ππ ππ π’πππ π ππ’. ππππ, πΈ π ππ'π ππππ π’ππ. πΈ'ππ πππππ ππππ ππ πππ πππππππ, πππ πππππ ππ’πππ, πππ πππππ’ πππππ πΆππ-ππππππππ πππππ π ππππππ πππ π’ππ πππ πππππ. π·ππ’. π½π πππ ππππ π’ππ πππππππ π πππππ πππππ π ππππ ππ [i]ππππ’[/i].[hr][hr][hr][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/LnjgFwc.png[/img][/center]Welcome to [i]Cyanide Suns[/i]. This is a [b]Post-Apocalyptic[/b] roleplay with no zombies, no viruses, and no frills. This is the RP for people who like Dostoyevsky, Tarkovsky, and Zamyatin; the people who like to slow down and take it easy a bit with their action and adventure. My brothers-from-other-mothers who throw big dollops of existential angst, depression, and alcoholism into their characters. Here's a rudimentary rundown of the story behind this RP (though I'll keep a list of worldbuilding crap in a Hider down below): It's the mid-nineties, in an alternate universe where the Cold War went suddenly hot about one decade ago. The "Two Days War" resulted in very abrupt and massive destruction both of Europe and of Asia before a sudden ceasefire was [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction]agreed upon by both parties[/url], ending the holocaust as suddenly as it had begun. While the majority of the civilized world continues to function (albeit in a sort of post-war shellshocked state), many pockets across Europe and Asia have been irreparably ruined by the light which blinds the eye and the winds which level cities. Power plants, areas of industry, and major population areas especially were targeted during those fateful forty-eight hours! And amidst the deaths of these places rose the wriggling white maggots: colloquially known as [i]stalkers[/i]. In this RP you have entered an Exclusion Zone for your own reasons. These reasons are up to you. (There's a pretty good list of ideas in [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4042888]the IntChk[/url] if I may say so myself.) What's not up to you is what will stand in your way: bandits, mutants, radiation, weather and climate, hostilities between traders and their factions,...and more. To you who are interested, welcome. I hope this RP will see success for a very long time, and with that goal in mind, here are the rules which will be followed in this thread:[hider=Rules][indent][hider=OOC (Out of Character)][list][*]You know this shit already: godmoding, metagaming, Mary Sues, and so on. These are bad. Don't do them.[*]I like politeness and courtesy. I like freedom of speech even more.[*]If you're going to be absent, give us ([i]me[/i]) some fair warning. I'm not holding up the entire RP for you if you cannot be arsed to show up to the thread once a week.[*]Both PCs and NPCs can die. No plot armor here.[*]Everything in this RP is considered [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/forums/5-advanced-roleplay]Advanced[/url]-level, [i]except[/i] for post length. IDGAF how long your posts are, but competence and style with the English language are a must.[*]You are allowed to enter "speedposting" mode if you and another player have entered a verbal conversation with not very many actions going on nearby. I don't mind this. Use your discretion, and again, when in doubt, ask. Collaborative posts on Skype and Google Docs are cool too![*]Feel free to do your own worldbuilding! But if in doubt, send me a PM. I care mostly about tone and atmosphere, but our bits and pieces of lore should not contradict each other.[/list][/hider][hider=IC (In Character; worldbuilding stuff)][list][*]It's the mid-1990s.[*]There are many [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Exclusion_Zone]Exclusion Zones[/url] all across the Warsaw Pact and NATO countries, where the atom bombs were dropped. Ours is somewhere in southwest Germany.[*]Zombies? What's that? Never heard of it. Surely they don't exist. (Trust me. They don't.)[*]Lots of mutants though. These will be based on the real mutants which live near the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant_sarcophagus]CNPP[/url] to this day, and which crawled out of the fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Obviously some liberties will be taken with science; most real mutants are sterile, but ours will have become actual species by now.[*]It's been between 5 and 15 years since the bombs dropped during the "Two Day War."[*]I honestly don't know how I will handle radiation yet. A player shouldn't be doomed to a guaranteed slow and agonizing death if his character wanders into an irradiated area. But whatever we end up doing, it's still dangerous and you shouldn't go swimming in it.[*]Try to be reasonable when it comes to equipment, both in your inventory and in traders'. What would we successfully be able to smuggle into the Zones? For example, vehicles basically will not exist; only a few people own them, most of these people are military or smugglers, and [i]any[/i] of them will shoot you dead for trying to jack their trucks.[*]Your currency isn't [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2033_(video_game)]bullets[/url] (though barter will certainly be feasible), [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(series)]bottlecaps[/url], or [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.]artifacts[/url]. It's money. Remember, most of the world continues to function somewhat normally outside of the Zones![*]The collection of military checkpoints, barbwire fences, and sniper towers surrounding the Zone is called "The Circle." It exists to keep radioactive dust out of civilization, and to keep civilization away from the radioactive dust. You [i]are[/i] here illegally, and therefore are a criminal; although it's up to you whether you were also a criminal [i]before[/i] coming here.[*][b]etc. (if questions are asked, or I think of more to add)[/b][/list][/hider][/indent][/hider][hr][hr][hr][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/eOmLP28.png[/img][/center]Here's a [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4042888]link to the IntChk[/url], in case I've already answered one of your questions. Here's the template/skeleton for your character sheet:[hider=Character sheet format][code][center] [url=URL LINKING TO UN-ARMORED IMAGE GOES HERE] [img] URL LINKING TO ARMORED IMAGE GOES HERE [/img] [/url] [h1]CHARACTER'S NAME[/h1] [/center] [list] [*][color=#CC5252][b]ππ₯π’ππ¬(ππ¬):[/b][/color] [list] [*]"Real" names, e.g., Danny and Dan for Daniel. [*]As many nicknames as you like, but at least one ought to be profession-based, like in the movie. They refer to each other as Scientist, Doctor and Stalker instead of their real names, and we do that here, too. [*]Another popular trend in the Zone is to be named after a national food or beverage. Alcohol is common. [/list] [*][color=#CC5252][b]ππ π:[/b][/color] [list] [*]Approximate age goes here. [/list] [*][color=#CC5252][b]πππ±:[/b][/color] [list] [*]Male or Female. [/list] [*][color=#CC5252][b]πππ«π¬π¨π§ππ₯π’ππ²:[/b][/color] [list] [*]A rough outline. I don't want to know everything about your character before I've even met him IC. Creating an explicit list of likes/dislikes will result in the character's immediate and unwavering rejection! [/list] [*][color=#CC5252][b][i]ππ«π’ππ[/i] ππ’π¬ππ¨π«π²:[/b][/color] [list] [*]I don't really give a huge goddamn in this area either. Again, the less you tell me here, the more you can reveal during the course of the RP. Short and sweet; trust your gut on what you should mention and what not. [/list] [*][color=#CC5252][b]ππππ©π¨π§π¬:[/b][/color] [list] [*]Weapon 1; name and URL linking to image [*]Weapon 2; name and URL linking to image [*]Weapon 3; name and URL linking to image [*]Weapon [i]n[/i]; name and URL linking to image [/list] [/list][/code][/hider] Also found here are media which, although not always directly relevant to the RP or its genre, will greatly aid the players in the matters of tone and atmosphere, character development, plot progression [i]et cetera[/i], should they choose to indulge in such materials. Many of these are personal favorites:[hider][list][*]Anime and Manga[list][*][i]Angel's Egg[/i][*][i]Cowboy Bebop[/i][*][i]GANGSTA.[/i][*][i]Grave of the Fireflies[/i][*][i]Inaka Isha[/i][*][i]Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade[/i][*][i]Mononoke[/i][*][i]Monsβ er[/i][*][i]Now and Then, Here and There[/i][*][i]When the Wind Blows[/i][/list][*]Film[list][*][i]Aguirre: The Wrath of God[/i][*][i]Apocalypse Now[/i][*][i]Come and See[/i][*][i]Easy Rider[/i][*][i]Fargo[/i][*][i]The Hustler[/i][*][i]The Last Laugh[/i] (1924)[*][i]No Country for Old Men[/i][*][i]One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest[/i][*][i]The Seventh Seal[/i][*][i]Solaris[/i] (1972)[*][i]Stalker[/i][/list][*]Literature[list][*][i]American Psycho[/i][*][i]Brave New World[/i][*][i]Candide[/i][*][i]Catch 22[/i][*][i]Confessions of a Mask[/i][*][i]The Idiot[/i][*][i]Johnny Got His Gun[/i][*][i]Notes from Underground[/i][*][i]Roadside Picnic[/i][*][i]Solaris[/i][*][i]Steppenwolf[/i][/list][*]Interactive media ([i]e.g.[/i] videogames)[list][*][i]Bloodborne[/i][*][i]Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth[/i][*][i]Papers, Please![/i][*][i]Pathologic[/i][*][i]Planescape: Torment[/i][*][i]SOMA[/i][*]The [i]S.T.A.L.K.E.R.[/i] series[list][*][i]Shadow of Chernobyl[/i][*][i]Clear Sky[/i][*][i]Call of Pripyat[/i] [/list][*][i]The Talos Principle[/i][/list][/list][/hider][hr][hr][hr]