Name: Morris Cohen

Age: 43

Ethnicity: German Jew

Occupation/Place in the Combination: Ward Boss of the Jewish West Side

Personal History: Having emigrated to America as a child, Morris was raised in Central's 'Uptown' West Side. He had an ordinary upbringing in the German Jewish community, attending synagogue regularly. Morris was always a sociable fellow, and belonged to numerous clubs and organizations, fundraising among the German Jewish community for sponsoring a group of 'poor Russians' to immigrate to Ottoman Palestine and settle an agricultural commune there. Morris is especially talented at persuasion, quoting from the Torah and Talmud to convince others to give money. Although the commune folds two years after it's founding due to continued ideological grievances between the anarchist and the social democratic factions of the commune, Morris counts it as a personal success. Leaving the dry goods store to his brother, Abraham, Morris takes up politics as his profession, integrating himself into the Combination. Morris is successful with courting the German Jewish vote, handily winning their votes for the Combination. With the growing trend of new Russian immigrants arriving from the Pale, Morris has had to start to adapt, but so far his strategies have proven effective. The only other politics these greenhorns know about is socialism, but that's such a joke that nobody is ever going to listen to that except for a few bozos, right? Besides, all Morris has to do is play up his faithfulness to the new Orthodox crowds, convince a couple factory owners to let them have Saturday off instead of Sunday, and they love him!

@Byrd ManI'd love to participate in this, but I'm stuck between several character ideas: A beat cop, new to the force, who has wide-eyed aspirations and laughable hope for the world; A woman who's been jailed several times for prostitution, but has finally wizened up, and decided to start working on the management end of that whole thing (i.e. she runs an escort service/whorehouse); A woman who lives among the political machine, with no official position, but who finds ways to influence it nonetheless, through 'romantic' entanglements. Which would be best for this RP?

I'm fine with the second and third one just because the first one is kinda similar to one of my characters. Plus, I'd like to see a lady.

Name: Morris Cohen

Age: 43

Ethnicity: German Jew

Occupation/Place in the Combination: Ward Boss of the Jewish West Side

Personal History: Having emigrated to America as a child, Morris was raised in Central's 'Uptown' West Side. He had an ordinary upbringing in the German Jewish community, attending synagogue regularly. Morris was always a sociable fellow, and belonged to numerous clubs and organizations, fundraising among the German Jewish community for sponsoring a group of 'poor Russians' to immigrate to Ottoman Palestine and settle an agricultural commune there. Morris is especially talented at persuasion, quoting from the Torah and Talmud to convince others to give money. Although the commune folds two years after it's founding due to continued ideological grievances between the anarchist and the social democratic factions of the commune, Morris counts it as a personal success. Leaving the dry goods store to his brother, Abraham, Morris takes up politics as his profession, integrating himself into the Combination. Morris is successful with courting the German Jewish vote, handily winning their votes for the Combination. With the growing trend of new Russian immigrants arriving from the Pale, Morris has had to start to adapt, but so far his strategies have proven effective. The only other politics these greenhorns know about is socialism, but that's such a joke that nobody is ever going to listen to that except for a few bozos, right? Besides, all Morris has to do is play up his faithfulness to the new Orthodox crowds, convince a couple factory owners to let them have Saturday off instead of Sunday, and they love him!

Approved! Everyone who has been approved, you can post your sheets in the characters tab.

So, when does IC fire?

I'll post the first post sometime tomorrow.

Here's my character! tl;dr: A woman of seemingly ambiguous ethnicity and origin who hitches herself to power to influence politics through her beau.

Name: Olivia Dawson, née Anika Popov

Age: 28

Ethnicity: Russian/Indian

Occupation/Place in the Combination: Professional Divorcee, No official position

Personal History: Olivia's parents emigrated when she was a toddler, and she grew up on the West Side. Her Russian father fell into debt with the wrong people- Olivia never knew the details, but it was she who found his body. Her mother, an Indian seamstress who spoke little English, died of heart failure mere days later. The fifteen year old Olivia came into a small inheritance, just enough to buy a few costumes; the sorts of things the politicians' wives would wear, complete with jewelry and pretty new shoes, and a new name. An unknown face, with an odd accent and a seemingly ambiguous ethnicity, she seamlessly inserted herself into the lower ranks of the social ladder. A Precinct Captain took a liking to the girl, and kept her as a side girl for a little while. As soon as he decided to run for political office, though, he discarded Olivia without a thought. A week or so later, she was hitched with his closest rival, who won the position. However, she didn't stay long, after she met another man, of slightly better power.

Since the age of sixteen, Olivia has bounced from fling to fling, some approaching seriousness. Twelve times, she has been engaged. Only once has the wedding actually come to pass- giving her the chance to steal a new surname. Her relationships end when her partner approaches failure, or defies her recommendations. They end in moments of dissidence and strife, and sometimes, a few end in her partners' deaths. She is seen by the public as a pretty face, tossed from success story to the next; to the people holding power, she is nothing but a little pretty object. However, to those who have fallen for her, or rather, entered a business agreement with her, she is a reliable source of information, and suggestion. She may not hold any real power, but her abilities lie in her manipulations of the men she claims to love.

Should be fun!

Actually, my interest might be renewed if there's a Chinese segment of the population to influence...

Make up your damn mind! And there might be some Chinese, but I imagine it wouldn't be big enough to form a political bloc with.

Here's my character! tl;dr: A woman of seemingly ambiguous ethnicity and origin who hitches herself to power to influence politics through her beau.

Name: Olivia Dawson, née Anika Popov

Age: 28

Ethnicity: Russian/Indian

Occupation/Place in the Combination: Professional Divorcee, No official position

Personal History: Olivia's parents emigrated when she was a toddler, and she grew up on the West Side. Her Russian father fell into debt with the wrong people- Olivia never knew the details, but it was she who found his body. Her mother, an Indian seamstress who spoke little English, died of heart failure mere days later. The fifteen year old Olivia came into a small inheritance, just enough to buy a few costumes; the sorts of things the politicians' wives would wear, complete with jewelry and pretty new shoes, and a new name. An unknown face, with an odd accent and a seemingly ambiguous ethnicity, she seamlessly inserted herself into the lower ranks of the social ladder. A Precinct Captain took a liking to the girl, and kept her as a side girl for a little while. As soon as he decided to run for political office, though, he discarded Olivia without a thought. A week or so later, she was hitched with his closest rival, who won the position. However, she didn't stay long, after she met another man, of slightly better power.

Since the age of sixteen, Olivia has bounced from fling to fling, some approaching seriousness. Twelve times, she has been engaged. Only once has the wedding actually come to pass- giving her the chance to steal a new surname. Her relationships end when her partner approaches failure, or defies her recommendations. They end in moments of dissidence and strife, and sometimes, a few end in her partners' deaths. She is seen by the public as a pretty face, tossed from success story to the next; to the people holding power, she is nothing but a little pretty object. However, to those who have fallen for her, or rather, entered a business agreement with her, she is a reliable source of information, and suggestion. She may not hold any real power, but her abilities lie in her manipulations of the men she claims to love.

Approved!

And the IC is open.

Swiggity swooty

Kind of don't want to respond yet, lest this become a 1x1, lol.

"I should really write a post, but all these dank memes tho"

@Dinh AaronMk Because of your signature, I read every post you make as though it's being screamed by Mr. Ed.

You know, I hate to be one of those guys that @Dinh AaronMk and I occasionally talk shit about, but I'm gonna have to put the brakes on this game for a while. I'm preparing to move cross country next week and need to devote time to that. I mean, if you guys still want to post then by all means go ahead. I just won't have time for it.

@Byrd Man

I'll await your enigmatic return then.

And I guess this can give me some time to think about my post if things are going to slow down for a bit.

I'm just going to apologize that I've been in such a distracted slump I basically haven't been able to do jack-shit for a long time. I'd usually be drawing a lot too on top of that but I can't work myself up to do that.

Hence why no post posted on my end.

New IC post edited into goof post.