Hello and welcome to Inside The Beltway, a Politics and Co. roleplay set in the modern United States. The starting date is January 20th 2017 - you know exactly why. Yes, the Annoying Orange Mr. Trump has just been elected president. It's gonna make for a much more interesting scenario.
So how's this one gonna work?
The first IC post will be written by me detailing the 2016 election results. Afterwards, I expect characters to trickle in. Senators, representatives, lobbyists, their chiefs of staff, that's all good. Unless there is exceeding popular demand, I will keep the executive closed. Where needed, I will play the President. Maybe the Vice President too, but I'd prefer to duo that with Byrd.
Now of course this shit isn't going in real time. I currently envision this working as building a world in which many stories can take place. Whether we're talking about legislation passing, personal conflict, political arm-twisting, foreign crises, involvements and affairs with characters, and whatnot. Plots/stories involving only a few characters, especially those characterised as side plots can go in their own timeframe, but that's of course dependent on what exactly it is. If you're having loads of skin contact and are about to fade to black or a few side characters having a night out, I won't bitch about it taking long. However, if you have a group of, say, three senators discussing a plan of action before rejoining the rest I might PM the people involved or ping them elsewhere. (Discord server?)
Furthermore, I would like to set the time for everyone at the same date sometimes when it suits everyone. Think of it like episodes in a show.
So now we know that--
I'm gonna go get a pizza. And you're gonna make characters. And ask me questions here.
