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This is all a WIP right now, just posting it up to to work on.



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Like most of American history Brimstone's true formation is probably all but lost to time, though many locals can agree (widely in part because of one standing stone monument) that the town was founded somewhere towards the end of the 1700's by a lone fur trapper hell bent on opening a trading outpost. From that time on the town grew until reaching about the size it is now only to oddly stop growing and, even odder, more or less maintain its size regardless of the social or economic troubles throughout the years. Almost more miraculous was the way natural disasters never seemed to foul the land with their presence; the catastrophic dust bowl itself from the 1930's hardly causing even a speck of trouble.

For as long as anyone can remember Brimstone has always been like many other picturesque small family friendly towns; the sort of place where everyone knows everyone and you don't have to leave your doors locked at night. A place where people really still talk to one another at the commonly organized community events such as the weekly Bingo game or yearly Ice Cream Social-most adults in town even belong to a Monday night book club at the library. It's the kind of community that welcomes outsiders just as readily as they take care of their own, a place where seeing a pie on a windowsill is as common as the local Diner being completely full each Sunday after church. It truly is an idealic community blessed with both prosperity and health. Heck, having been around since the 1700's there shockingly has never even been so much as a murder within the consistently small population.

Up until recent years Brimstone had even been somewhat well known as a good place to go for vacations or healing retreats-all largely thanks to the local hot springs and the once 4 star hotel and spa that was quick to build bath houses around many of the largest of the natural springs. When not using one of the hotels many services guests could often be found enjoying themselves in one of the many locally owned small business' along the two intersecting roads that run the whole of the town. To this day the Brimstone Hotel and Spa prides itself in easing the discomfort and pain of those in their final days while also maintaining other equally impressive facilities for those just looking to relax and enjoy some time off. Some locals in town do worry though that the long standing hotel could be going the way of the old Sulfur mines; which is to say a permanent shut down.

But to every up there is a down, and much like with everything in life the towns glowing outward appearance casts a very long shadow-a shadow which many a number of untold secrets and horrors lurk within. Those who come to Brimstone searching for these secretes often leave disappointed; the truly unlucky however do find the answers they seek. Answers they keep to themselves forever within Brimstone.






Brimstone has very odd geography for Kansas: sitting in the bottom of a valley it is fairly wooded and has natural hot springs along with ample sulfur.

Outdoor pets frequently go permanently missing.

The few farms in town have extremely fertile soil.

Despite being one of the oldest towns in Kansas Brimstone isn't on any map

Wildlife is extremely scarce despite the abundant natural resources.

Locals tell tall tales about a creature long ago dubbed “The Egg Man” because of the supposed rotten egg smell that overpowers the air during sightings of it.

It is the second month of summer vacation for the local schools

Sightings of The Egg Man have increased as of late

Kate Wheeler, owner of the popular diner Kate's Kitchen, has recently lost her cat fluffles. She is offering a year of free pie at the diner to anyone who finds her missing feline friend along with a hundred dollar reward

The Comic Cavern has just gotten two new games called “Dig Dug” and “Polybius.”

A rather suspicious man in black, rumored a government agent by those that frequent the Drunken Skunk, has been in town the past few weeks.

Adults that work at the local hotel and Spa have been complaining/brainstorming about the lack of tourists to the town lately.



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Can I place the Germ in the CHAR section?
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Hey guys, check out the new map up top. Capn made it for us all and it looks awesome!
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Got my sheet up and am gonna be turning in for the night rp wise-Capn should be able to answer most stuff while I am gone if anyone has any questions. Like usual I will check the thread before I head out tommorow-See ya then guys.

Oh yeah, and If I read your sheet already feel free to throw em up in the character section. And let me know if you guys would want me to make a main NPC list.

Edit-and lets all give Default a thanks, or else we'd be in a rp called "Born in Bromstone."
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Thank you Default!

Also- yes I am here to answer any questions, concerns, and take any compliments too ;)
@T Risket Is it okay if I put Molly in the character bin?
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Thank you Default!

Also- yes I am here to answer any questions, concerns, and take any compliments too ;)
@T Risket Is it okay if I put Molly in the character bin?


Yeah, go ahead
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And are my characters cleared as well to be added to the character tab?
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And are my characters cleared as well to be added to the character tab?


Sure are, any sheet in the old ooc is good to go.

Gonna get started on the opening post!
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I think James'll go to the arcade for his first post.
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I think James'll go to the arcade for his first post.


The intro will open up a scenario that most us will probably be involved in to an extent-I'd explain it more right now but I'd rather just get it posted up.

I could also write in James and Max just having finished off their last quarter at the arcade.
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That sounds good, actually!
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Got the first post up! *pops confetti*

Sorry it took me so long guys.
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I'll try to get a post up tomorrow :)
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I'll try to get a post up tomorrow :)


I look forward to it.

Edit:I too am gonna head out for the night, see you all tommorow!
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Got my first post up!
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My word, I looked away for two seconds and we're already on our way. Me and my buddy have almost finished our character sheets - @MissCapnCrunch @BubblegumQueen Molly and Lilith seem like Abigail's (my character) sort of people; do you mind if I already make them sort-of friends? I'm not asking for anything too close - Abi only moved in a couple years ago and she doesn't really talk about herself, so we're not going to have any sort of significant, character-developing scenes that we have to write into our backstories. However, I do think she's been haunting their houses and going to every party in town for those two years, as well as getting into varying degrees of trouble - especially with Molly. What do you say?

Oh, and since it's the 80s, I'd like to know a bit about their families too - at least, Molly's mum and grandma. There's no way Abigail would enter a home without treating the other occupants with the best of manners!
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Yes I am more than happy for them to be a "posse" of sorts!!

Molly's mom is a hardworker, she is kind of a broken women since her husband left her and she had to move in back with her mother- she works at the drunken skunk as some live entertainment during the night. She has a pleasant enough voice, nothing ground shaking. During the day she works as a janitor at the high school. This topic is a sore spot for Molly and she tries to avoid her mother as much as possible because its "embarrassing". She's a good mom, hard worker, just a little frazzled, especially because her daughter is kind of a mess.

Grandma is very much a sit infront of the tv and watch game shows and soaps- then bake cookies and yell at kids in her perfectly manicured lawn type woman. Shes going to be overbearing and going to tell your character you probably should not be hanging out with Molly because she's a "bad egg" but when Molly is doing well, "That's her baby!" type of person.
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Yes I am more than happy for them to be a "posse" of sorts!!

Molly's mom is a hardworker, she is kind of a broken women since her husband left her and she had to move in back with her mother- she works at the drunken skunk as some live entertainment during the night. She has a pleasant enough voice, nothing ground shaking. During the day she works as a janitor at the high school. This topic is a sore spot for Molly and she tries to avoid her mother as much as possible because its "embarrassing". She's a good mom, hard worker, just a little frazzled, especially because her daughter is kind of a mess.

Grandma is very much a sit infront of the tv and watch game shows and soaps- then bake cookies and yell at kids in her perfectly manicured lawn type woman. Shes going to be overbearing and going to tell your character you probably should not be hanging out with Molly because she's a "bad egg" but when Molly is doing well, "That's her baby!" type of person.


"Get off my lawn and eat these cookies!"
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Get off my lawn, and eat something for goodness sake you're looking skinny. Ah geez, get inside I have to feed you now.

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Abigail Harlow





"Every now and again you run into a brick fucking wall."




| {Full Name} |
Abigail Harlow


| {Nickname} |
Abi


| {Age} |
18ish? She lost count.


| {Gender} |
Female


| {Sexuality} |
Bisexual


| {Appearance} |
Standing tall at five-foot nothing with a shit-eating grin, a mane of messy blonde hair and inquisitive periwinkle eyes is Abigail Harlow. She is scattered with little scars, nicks, scrapes and bruises that seem to shift about on a daily basis. Spends most of her time outdoors but suntans seem to fade away the moment she steps inside - not even a freckle she could boast about, making her look a bit like a shut-in when it couldn’t be further from the truth. Her physique is best described as ‘gangly’ - packs of muscle here and there but skinny as a twig regardless of whatever she eats. No piercings, no tattoos; she knows she’ll mess them up eventually. A few of her toes are bent at a funny angle after she broke them and didn’t get them set properly.


| {Clothing Style} |
Thrift-store fashionable. Everything is second hand, torn up, patched up and washed out. It might not be necessarily due to the fact that money’s tight but more because she’s always ruining her outfits that she never really bothers to buy anything that could vaguely be considered ‘high quality’. All her money goes into a good pair of trainers - she owns several, each at various stages of use.


| {Likes} |
Running around.
Climbing things (it makes her feel tall).
Wry, sarcastic humour.
Trying to do new, exciting and probably dangerous things.
Plasters, but particularly the colourful ones.


| {Dislikes} |
The A&E, or Brimstone’s equivalent - she is well acquainted with the staff in there. A bit of a regular. She hates every minute of it.
Being bored, staying still, or anything to do with idleness.
Assholes that aren’t charismatic.
Alcohol and drugs.
The cold.


| {Fears} |
Drowning.
Being alone/abandoned.


| {Personality} |
Abigail bears the tell-tale signs of a woman forced to mature too quickly. She fluctuates between being self-sufficient and sensible to acting like any other cheeky teenage girl would. Her sharp tongue and witty comments are more than enough to get her in trouble. Often restless and always fidgety, Abigail has a boundless amount of energy that spills into her everyday life and fuels her moments of irrationality, those famous “fuck-it-let’s-give-this-a-shot” ideas that every young adult has been guilty of before.

She enjoys debates and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, even if they devolve into shouting matches and sulking. Her sharp mind means that even if she couldn’t exactly avoid trouble, she was well equipped for getting herself out of whatever screw-up she inevitably lands herself in. Even if she acts like a smart-ass from time to time, no-one is more aware of their own frailty than Abigail. Almost everything she does is humbled by the constant reminder that she is younger, weaker and less experienced than most of the people around her. Yes, she is passionate and stubborn and will fight for her voice to be heard but there are some situations where Abigail can clearly see she is physically weaker than most.

You'd think that someone as sociable and friendly as Abigail would be a model student, but it's far from the truth. The best way to describe it is that she's inadvertently bad; she tries so, so hard to be the loveable rascal of the town and most of the time she pulls it off, but there's just this indiscernible something that's been ingrained into her psyche and she constantly fights it. It's the reason she won't touch drugs, the reason why she becomes so ruthless when she's drunk. It's why her temper is so short and it's why she'll cross the line every so often with her insults. It makes her big smile seem fake sometimes and it gives her the unnerving, almost predatory gaze of a hardened criminal even though she claims she's never done anything worse than shoplifting.

With this hindrance, it's no wonder that Abigail shies away from trusting others and keeps closer to her uncle instead. It's why everyone is just friends with Abigail and nothing more. It's almost ironic; most kids her age are busy trying to rebel against the system and live a free, uninhibited life; Abigail's doing her damnedest to be a good neighbor. She just doesn't have the part in her brain that should mention when something's a bad idea before it becomes a retrospective thought.


| {History} |
Abigail’s time before Brimstone is kept reasonably vague for privacy purposes, but from what the rumour mill has managed to scrounge up she left the city in a hurry. She showed up with Brooks Lockwood from ‘the big city’ when she was around 16 years old and very clearly kept whatever happened between her and Brooks. It took her a while to settle in but when she did, she immediately made friends and surrounded herself with people. She knew everyone, and everyone knew her; but when it came down to it, nobody was really her confidante, her best friend above all else.

School was a difficult transitioning period - she was the asshole that always called our inappropriate things in class but also sucked up to the teachers. Even then, she hardly got a good grade because she couldn’t stand taking the time to actually study. She went out a lot instead and her recklessness was the cause of many an accident as she grew up. The only ‘odd’ part of her school life were the occasional ‘long weekends’ that she and Brooks would take for vacation, always coming back in a solemn and (in Abigail’s case) openly hostile mood.

As her antics started to burn a hole in her allowance, Abigail took scattered night shifts at  the Drunken Skunk as a waitress. When she isn’t at work, cramming homework or snatching some sleep she’ll wander around town and help out the locals, or get herself into trouble with friends. Whichever happened first.


| {Other} |
Abigail doesn’t know how to swim.
Abigail doesn’t drink, smoke, or take drugs. When subjected to intense peer pressure, she explained that it’s better for everyone if she kept it that way.

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