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Up above the clouds dwells a floating city known as Columbia. Life is peaceful, the citizens going about their daily lives as they have for years. Many citizens follow blindly in the word of the prophet and founder of Columbia, Zachary Comstock. A few have grown wiser, have learned not to trust everything that the "prophet" says. These people have started a group, a society that specializes in matters that are best kept out of Comstock's view. They call themselves the Knights of Songbird...



Far below Columbia, hidden deep in the Atlantic Ocean lies another city. Rapture. It is a bustling underwater utopia, the people are happy and spoiled. But with the recent discovery of a substance called ADAM, things are looking down in parts of the city. ADAM has been used to create plasmids, and now some people have become addicted to splicing, and so are referred to as Splicers. This is not the worst of the evil in Rapture... to get ADAM, it must be harvested from young girls. But the process renders them into walking zombies, known as Little Sisters. Orphanages have been created as a front for ADAM factories.

The scientists who have been working on the Little Sisters caught wind of an experiment performed by Columbia's own genius, Rosalind Lutece. The experiment involved one child and used quantum physics to allow the child to seemingly open multidimensional "tears", windows to parrallel realities. The success of the Lutece experiment sparked curiosity into Rapture's scientists, and they have now began experimenting on the Little Sisters, as well as any unfortunate civilian they can manage to lure in. The experimentation is practically torture, the victims trapped in a prison. This experiment has been taking place for months, and has managed to stay under the radar from the rest of Rapture as they continue to splice and go about life. But one victim sees an opportunity... and they take it. One experimentee has escaped, and they are in search of help...
Some knowledge of the Bioshock series will be required for this roleplay, if you have not played the first game or Infinite, I suggest going to the wikia for Bioshock and checking out the timeline/history for Rapture and Columbia.

This roleplay will take place in both Columbia and Rapture. Most of the characters will be part of the Knights of Songbird society, but there can be exceptions. The escaped victim is an open part, and if you wish to roleplay as them, just let me know. First come, first served. I am fairly flexible on characters, so if you have a plan for how to bring your character into the story if it be different from being in the society or what not, just let me know and the worst I can do is say no, haha.

The plan is for the escaped victim to make their way to Columbia in search of Madame Lutece, and after warning Lutece of the experiments, she approaches the Knights of Songbird to help. So the roleplay will begin in Columbia and lead to Rapture after a short period. Vigors will be available for use in Columbia settings and of course Plasmids once in Rapture. Weapons are allowed as well, for a weapon list, check out the wikia also.

RULES
1. No God Modding.
2. Be respectful.
3. Be patient, not everyone is going to be able to post 20 times a day.
4. Please try to post AT LEAST one paragraph per post (4-6 sentences).
5. 2 character limit unless otherwise approved.
6. What I say is law, I can change/add rules at any time.

CHARACTER SHEET
Name:
Age: 18+
Gender:
Appearance: (Pic or description)
Bio:
Vigors/Plasmids: (2 to begin with, can be interchanged during roleplay)
Weapons: (2)
Faction: (Are you a Knight? A Victim? Or other?)
Other:


CHARACTERS








Hidden 11 yrs ago Post by rocketrobie2
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Could I reserve a spot for the escapee?
Hidden 11 yrs ago Post by The Lamb of Columbia
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Yep, the spot is yours
Hidden 11 yrs ago Post by rocketrobie2
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Working on the CS now :D
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I planned for my character to start in rapture, maybe help the escapee get to columbia? probably indirectly as he/she is likely to be crazy like a lot of my other characters.
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That will be fine, just understand you might have to be on your own a little but more until all characters get together.
Hidden 11 yrs ago Post by rocketrobie2
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Would the escapees tears count as a vigor or plasmid?
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Name: Fidelia Shaw
Age: 23
Gender: Female

Bio: Fidelia is the child of a seamstress and a barber, so her appearance has always been a high priority, but not just to keep business good for her parents. [still thinking.]
Vigors/Plasmids: Bucking Bronco, Charge
Weapons: Shotgun, Hand Cannon
Faction: Knights
Other:
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Name: Jeremy Gustav
Age:31
Gender:Male
Appearance: still searching for an image
Bio: WIP
Plasmids: Insect swarm, Cyclone trap
Weapons: tommy gun, hammer
Faction: whoever he feels like siding with at the time
Will fix either later tonight or tomorrow.
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Knights of songbird

Name: Jonathan Cranfar
Age: 21
Gender: male
Appearance: He has tanned skin and has a skinny build and has many scars all over his body. He has dull green eyes and Black hair with a soft featured face.
Bio: Jonathan was born above the world of Rapture and was brought down by his parents. His Father was an aspiring scientist and his mother was a renowned artist. Jonathan was brought down when he was to young to remember most from above though he still has to this day the distinct memory of the sun which he misses dearly. He wasn't a very smart kid as a child and his artistic skill wasn't much to marvel at but he had great comprehension of time travel and parallel universes which made him a great candidate for the tear projects.
He was 'recruited' after the tests had been going on for a while but there were still quite a few victims after him. He had quite a few sessions of painful tests on him which resulted in scaring mostly on his back and a few permanent scar marks on his shoulder from needles being inserted into his arms but eventually it paid off when they finally made him able to create tears when a '*hole' opened up near the testing facility which the scientists took advantage of trying to use the hole to kick start their abilities. Sadly most attempts didn't work and resulted in much pain in most of the subjects but Jonathan was the last one to be used on the hole which closed on the toe of his shoe, severing his left big toe and the one beside it. After that he began to be able to open tears though he didn't let the scientists see him do so or else he thought they would do a autopsy on him or something of that sort. At first they were the equivalent of a peep hole to other universes but then he began to be able to progressively create larger tears until he found he could create them big enough to swallow himself into them though he never did. He knew he needed a plan. He slowly began to gain information on a secret society in some place called Colombia so finally he mustered enough Courage to get to Columbia in order to bring them back down to Rapture to save his fellow test subjects.
Vigors/Plasmids: Tears, old man winter
Weapons: pistol, Wrench
Faction: Escapee
Other:
* the holes are the ones from infinite that allow music to be heard through and such

Instead of the traditional Sky-hook he has an Air grabber

Might add more later. Also still wondering about if tears count as vigors/plasmids.
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Everyone so far is accepted even though a couple are still working on their CS.

@rocket - since your character is able to use tears I would say just have one plasmid, to keep it even with other characters.

@Ermine - yeah you can reveal stuff in the roleplay, but I'd still like just a short bio for reference so we know your character a little better.

And sky hooks will be available to use by everyone without taking up a weapon spot.
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Name:
Daniel R. O'Prie

Age:
24

Gender:
Male

Appearance:


Bio:
It's surprising that the orphaned son to a bartender would ever be different, in fact that isn't a rather far fetched word for this young man.
Many would say that living in Columbia was wonderful, that the floor you walked was one made to be an almost perfect replica of the heavens just above. Or, that's what the prophet would say through the many perfectly placed voxophone recording everyday. As it was, it did look beautiful....though, everything has a dark side. It just so happens that this city was the dark that ensued the minds of the people. It may appear beautiful but to Daniel, and a few others', this city was a floating pool of fools. All blinded by honeyed words, and a false sense of peace. They all lived in self made cages.

The young man knew, at midnight, in the dark, the Vox Populi and the Police would be battling once again. Hurriedly, trying to keep any from wandering the cobblestone roads and seeing the bloodbath. In Columbia, the lies it was built on were exactly how it kept afloat in the sky. To the people, they would wander aimlessly believing that the Vox were just a dark and twisted fantasy. Though, soon enough it would be a harsh reality. One that if it spiraled out of control, it could wreck all that this floating city had. When that would happen, a smile would creep onto the man's face, one filled with pride and something else, something darker.
Trudging down the bloodied cobblestone roads had become a common pastime for Daniel. His light caramel eyes fluttering over the fallen, the wounded, and the scrambling. He would be hidden, of course, and watch from wherever he had positioned himself. They had begun to make executions public, and the crowds had now become viscous, almost primal in their lust for the Vox's blood. Watching these silent riots, the deaths without the screaming, the one's with those who wished for escape, but never to get it. To the common man of Columbia; the duke, they were not but fallen savages. To Daniel, they were fallen warriors. Though, he wasn't a total Vox supporter, mind you. He had seen the horrible things they had done, in their revenge. The one thing he admired most about them, the one that caused him to watch daily, was their truth filled words, or impassioned one's. That was something rare in Columbia, something dangerous, something fantastic.
As he turned to go, his mouth set into a perfect line, his heart racing furiously.
He had some unfinished business to attend to, and the two that could help him were currently awaiting his presence. As a scholar, and young man who could provide work, as well as the talent to avoid the repeated messages. He was invaluable to what they had in mind, to what they would need. But most of all, they needed his ability to keep his word, and that, he would do. Sometimes, he wondered if he had done so too well....

Vigors/Plasmids & Weapons
Bucking Bronco, Electro Bolt || Tommy Gun, Hand Cannon

Faction:
Knights
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Hey, Nightwing: Partners? Similar age, similar vigors, similar weapons, and both would look totally badass if they just showed up somewhere. That, and they look like the type to make a dramatic entrance, even in situations where it wasn't called for.
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Ermine said
Hey, Nightwing: Partners? Similar age, similar vigors, similar weapons, and both would look totally badass if they just showed up somewhere. That, and they look like the type to make a dramatic entrance, even in situations where it wasn't called for.


Sure, that sounds interesting, especially the loud entrance. Although, fair warning, my character is a bit of a.... deep thinker. Let's leave it at that. If in fact we are allowed to have a partner within the Knights, then sure, I'll agree to a partnership.
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Doesn't have to be an official partnership.
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Alright, that's fine. It'll be a good balance though in combat, if and when that occurs.
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I wanted to ask if there was still room for another?
Hidden 11 yrs ago Post by The Lamb of Columbia
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Yep, still room for about 4 more. Everyone accepted also
Hidden 11 yrs ago Post by thetruenovice
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Why is the bio always the hardest part for me?
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I'm here. So I assume that, although we are in Columbia in 1912 and Rapture doesn't come around til the 50's, we can still use Plasmids from Rapture? Even though they probably haven't been created yet?
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