The Year was 2035.
The world was at the pinnacle of its corrosion and decadence, and the suffering of its people and the ambitions of its rulers were signalling the end of days for it.
The fires of war spreads across even the most secure of countries, as chaos and anarchy topples even the finest of governments into a state of supreme disarray. The armies of the world fight even within the food sources of the world, without a care for the vegetable and livestock farms they burn in the crossfires of their battles, resulting in a mass famine. In the wake of this famine and the carelessness of man's armies, widespread disease and pestilence was all but inevitable. Finally, as if Mother Earth has finally had all she could take, natural disasters on a global scale began to arise, skyrocketing the toll of death in all the world.
The metaphorical horsemen all came down one by one to weaken and cast the earth in the brink of destruction. The humans of the world thought that by uniting together into a one world government, that they could keep things under control and they could fix their mistakes, but even that led to worse situations of misery for mankind as they are subjugated and massacred in the name of the greater good.
The world was simply beyond salvation at this point, and so came the Beast, the great demon, the bringer of judgement and destroyer of worlds, summoned forth by the pain and despair of the world and its people to finally bring an end to Mother Earth's misery.
The judgement was decided; staring down at the final stage of war, Armageddon, the beast swallowed the desires and evils of the world and manifested it into a great unholy cataclysm from the skies.
Fire rained from the skies, the rivers and oceans boiled to nothingness the earth quaked with fear as the sun was blacked out, and down came a giant comet of violet flames to deliver the final blow to this dying world. Only then did the people begin to stop fighting among each other and bear to see the monstrous wrath of heaven rain down upon them. Some prayed for salvation from their gods, others simply sat back and accepted their fate.
But none, not the hopeful, the despairing, not even the Beast itself, could have predicted what happened next.
The ground began to crack open and from out of it came a golden light, shooting up into the sky before raining down upon the world. The light parted the waves and calmed the violence of nature, it soothed the hearts of man and animal alike, revived the crops and livestock, rebuilt the cities of the world and made rich its resources once more. As final act of this miracle, a man, the source of this holy light, appeared in the capital of its one-world government before all the people and destroyed the great comet before it could ever impact the earth. The light he sent against it then reached the beast who brought it upon them and with a radiant might, erased its being from the world. As if because of this, the golden light grew and covered across the sky, across the cosmos, and eventually across the entire universe.
The light since faded from sight as night and day returned to the world, but its radiance the feeling of its warmth was all around them. Angels of immaculate golden wings descended from the heavens and encircled the man and praised him as the messiah, the king of kings who would rule all, and bring about an eternal era of paradise and perfection.
And brought it he did, but perfection always comes with a price.
The year is now 2300. 265 years after the incident which came to be known as the "Global Resurrection", and the world is now at peace. The cities are now laced with gold, silver and jewelry and further technology given to them by the angels to boot. The resources of the planet has refreshed themselves to before man has ever dug for them, places not given to humanity are now rich with more wildlife and plant life than it ever had in the past thousand years, and not since the dawn of time itself has the oceans, the rivers and lakes, and all the life within radiate with vitality as it has now.
To top it off, the people of the world are now collectively happy, peaceful even. Crime and war and disease is now virtually nonexistent, everyone has a job, everyone's health is excellent, to a point where the prime members of society are all, every last one, at their best condition for any task they may have. Nobody complains or hate or are upset, whenever one makes a mistake of some kind, they're apologetic and determined to fix it.
There are still weapons, officers of the law, and governments of the world, every country given back their government after the incident, but they're all for show, useless in this state of society, and only given to them by their messiah, who became the ruler and essentially center of the universe, and the angels watching over the domain of man for reasons man did not bother to ask.
There are still bizarre, sarcastic, or outright cynical personalities out there, but they are also only for show, merely serving as a proverbial spice of life for the people to be amused and entertained by, who in heart have no questions or lack of loyalty to their Messiah or the angels above.
Everything is perfect in this world...and that's the problem.
Immediately after the incident, after the descent of the angels, humanity's evils were expunged from their lives. But so too were there desires, their wants, their freedom, their will and ambitions. Not a human soul in this world, not a living soul in this universe has any desires to call their own. The universe has been "purified" of such corrosive things, and now all of their needs, their roles in life, even their personalities are not of their own, but simply "assigned" to them by the heavens above. Oh they "think" they have free will, that they choose for themselves whenever a choice arrives, but it is merely an illusion the angels concocted as their "consciences". A mere farce used only to amuse them.
They are slaves to their angels, to their savior who declares himself a King of the world...and so are you.
You are a student, a teen born in the divine captivity of the world, of which is all you've ever known. Your personalities may differ, your tastes for things may differ, but that is merely choices your "conscience" made for you, and led you to where you are now: A school bus on a field trip to a canyon (Not the Grand one) in the Nevada desert for the purpose of a research expedition, for you are all "Destined" to be archaeologists.
But upon reaching the canyon in question, and accidentally entering the caverns within as a result of the canyon roof you're standing on collapsing from under you, feelings you've never felt before begin to spark within your hearts, feelings of fear, of worry, ...of Curiosity.
An encounter with an enigmatic corpse, mummified within the cavern walls infects you with a dark and ominous power upon physical contact, power that breaks you free from the golden chains that bounded you, and from the "conscience" that controlled your every decision. What's more, the energy infecting your body does more than just freeing you, it manifested those desires you have, and turned them into extraordinary inhuman power.
Free and empowered, the collective class begins to realize how good this feels, how..."natural" it feels, in contrast with the rest of the world. So it is decided that the world as it is now, its order, must be undone. Need it be because it is the right thing to do, or simply for reasons of individual ambitions like wanting to rule, the world must be freed.
How? By playing the villain the world will think they are. Fear and curiosity is what broke you all from captivity, perhaps a more extreme form of that will break free everyone else.
They must terrorize, conquer, and Burn the world down in order to save it. Sure, people may die, but if it means breaking their souls free from divine captivity, whatever afterlife awaits them must be better than this eternal life of slavery.
And so these students, to help the world or simply to help their own ambitions, have vowed to burn this paradise down, freeing the world, and rebuilding the world with their own hands, by their own will.
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Without further adeu, here are the rules:
1. The GM's (and future Co-GMs') word is the word of god. We may not be perfect human beings, and as such, you have the right to appeal, but ultimately, if we decide to stand by our decision, then it is ultimately final.
2. No God-Modding: A no-brainer in a site like this, I'm sure. You may have become superhuman, but you are far from invulnerable in the wake of the challenges you will face. Likewise you are far from all-powerful, so no one-punch man-ing any situations.
One more thing before I move on: Time/Space powers are forbidden.
3. Regarding confrontation of the OOC kind: We all want to have fun in RPs, but one or two people having a gripe with someone or something is always a possibility. Normally, GMs would say to take it outside via PMs. But after reading a heated arguement from a certain RP on a different site, it's occured to me that we are ultimately a community, and if there's an elephant in the room that must be discussed, we should do so as a community. Therefore, Personal issues with posts or people should still be "taken outside" as it were, but if you feel there's an issue that must be addressed that could be an issue for everyone here, discuss it with us. Either way, no flaming rages please.
4. Since this is the Free Roleplay section, I only ask for three things: Good spelling, Good Grammar, and No one-liners. I ask for two lines minimum. Of course, this doesn't need to be said, but you are welcome to go beyond that if you desire.
5. D.S.G.S.: A signature rule I seem to always have in all of my RPs, it seems. The explanation for this rule is simple: "Causality", or to put it another way: "Do Shit, Get Shit". You are free to satiate your desire or fight and burn to your heart's content. But remember that all actions have consequences, be they good or terrible. You make wise decisions, such as retreating from a situation you know you can't win against (If you're able/in a position to, that is.), your characters will be fine. You make stupid or simply unwise decisions in your characters' lives, such as immediately charging head-first and guns ablazing to the capital of the world, wanting to kill off the King of the world immediately, and they will be punished. The consequences of your actions depends on the intensity of how wise/unwise the decision is. An effective strategy could put the enemy in disarray, a very bad move could prove disadvantageous, or even fatal for your character.
Ultimately though, as long as you follow your common sense, you'll be fine.
6. More rules may be added if it proves necessary.
7. Have fun! ^^
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Next up is the CS. But first there's something that must be clarified:
The powers you gain is your inner desires made manifest. Essentially mean that what powers you gain and their respective strength is dependent on your personality, and the depths of your desire and will respectively. Of course, you just broke out of the captivity of your mind, a captivity you were born and raised in for your whole life up to now. So the strength of your will and ambitions, are likely relatively weak right now. But the more you exercise your power, your mind, and your will, the stronger your abilities become.
(It's not much, but if you need some help: Here's a link to a TVtrope page about Personality powers.)
However, it should be noted that the power of Desire can be a corrosive power to one's mind and heart. Desire is what gives rise to both Hope and Sin alike, and so there is a risk of corroding and decaying both your heart and your mind.
It should also be noted that the power of desire you possess, and the power of "Purity" that your enemies and original captors possess share a relationship similar to light and darkness: They are each other's weakness. Your attacks may be more effective on them, but in turn, they're attacks are more effective on you.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (Can be an image of any kind, or a description)
Desire: (What is the goal you have immediately after waking from captivity, and manifests as your power?)
Ability: (The power your Desires manifest as.)
Weapon: (When you obtain a weapon, what will it be?)
Personality:
Backstory: (Optional)
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Any questions, feel free to PM me, and I'll answer them to the best of my ability.
I hope you enjoy. :D
The world was at the pinnacle of its corrosion and decadence, and the suffering of its people and the ambitions of its rulers were signalling the end of days for it.
The fires of war spreads across even the most secure of countries, as chaos and anarchy topples even the finest of governments into a state of supreme disarray. The armies of the world fight even within the food sources of the world, without a care for the vegetable and livestock farms they burn in the crossfires of their battles, resulting in a mass famine. In the wake of this famine and the carelessness of man's armies, widespread disease and pestilence was all but inevitable. Finally, as if Mother Earth has finally had all she could take, natural disasters on a global scale began to arise, skyrocketing the toll of death in all the world.
The metaphorical horsemen all came down one by one to weaken and cast the earth in the brink of destruction. The humans of the world thought that by uniting together into a one world government, that they could keep things under control and they could fix their mistakes, but even that led to worse situations of misery for mankind as they are subjugated and massacred in the name of the greater good.
The world was simply beyond salvation at this point, and so came the Beast, the great demon, the bringer of judgement and destroyer of worlds, summoned forth by the pain and despair of the world and its people to finally bring an end to Mother Earth's misery.
The judgement was decided; staring down at the final stage of war, Armageddon, the beast swallowed the desires and evils of the world and manifested it into a great unholy cataclysm from the skies.
Fire rained from the skies, the rivers and oceans boiled to nothingness the earth quaked with fear as the sun was blacked out, and down came a giant comet of violet flames to deliver the final blow to this dying world. Only then did the people begin to stop fighting among each other and bear to see the monstrous wrath of heaven rain down upon them. Some prayed for salvation from their gods, others simply sat back and accepted their fate.
But none, not the hopeful, the despairing, not even the Beast itself, could have predicted what happened next.
The ground began to crack open and from out of it came a golden light, shooting up into the sky before raining down upon the world. The light parted the waves and calmed the violence of nature, it soothed the hearts of man and animal alike, revived the crops and livestock, rebuilt the cities of the world and made rich its resources once more. As final act of this miracle, a man, the source of this holy light, appeared in the capital of its one-world government before all the people and destroyed the great comet before it could ever impact the earth. The light he sent against it then reached the beast who brought it upon them and with a radiant might, erased its being from the world. As if because of this, the golden light grew and covered across the sky, across the cosmos, and eventually across the entire universe.
The light since faded from sight as night and day returned to the world, but its radiance the feeling of its warmth was all around them. Angels of immaculate golden wings descended from the heavens and encircled the man and praised him as the messiah, the king of kings who would rule all, and bring about an eternal era of paradise and perfection.
And brought it he did, but perfection always comes with a price.
The year is now 2300. 265 years after the incident which came to be known as the "Global Resurrection", and the world is now at peace. The cities are now laced with gold, silver and jewelry and further technology given to them by the angels to boot. The resources of the planet has refreshed themselves to before man has ever dug for them, places not given to humanity are now rich with more wildlife and plant life than it ever had in the past thousand years, and not since the dawn of time itself has the oceans, the rivers and lakes, and all the life within radiate with vitality as it has now.
To top it off, the people of the world are now collectively happy, peaceful even. Crime and war and disease is now virtually nonexistent, everyone has a job, everyone's health is excellent, to a point where the prime members of society are all, every last one, at their best condition for any task they may have. Nobody complains or hate or are upset, whenever one makes a mistake of some kind, they're apologetic and determined to fix it.
There are still weapons, officers of the law, and governments of the world, every country given back their government after the incident, but they're all for show, useless in this state of society, and only given to them by their messiah, who became the ruler and essentially center of the universe, and the angels watching over the domain of man for reasons man did not bother to ask.
There are still bizarre, sarcastic, or outright cynical personalities out there, but they are also only for show, merely serving as a proverbial spice of life for the people to be amused and entertained by, who in heart have no questions or lack of loyalty to their Messiah or the angels above.
Everything is perfect in this world...and that's the problem.
Immediately after the incident, after the descent of the angels, humanity's evils were expunged from their lives. But so too were there desires, their wants, their freedom, their will and ambitions. Not a human soul in this world, not a living soul in this universe has any desires to call their own. The universe has been "purified" of such corrosive things, and now all of their needs, their roles in life, even their personalities are not of their own, but simply "assigned" to them by the heavens above. Oh they "think" they have free will, that they choose for themselves whenever a choice arrives, but it is merely an illusion the angels concocted as their "consciences". A mere farce used only to amuse them.
They are slaves to their angels, to their savior who declares himself a King of the world...and so are you.
You are a student, a teen born in the divine captivity of the world, of which is all you've ever known. Your personalities may differ, your tastes for things may differ, but that is merely choices your "conscience" made for you, and led you to where you are now: A school bus on a field trip to a canyon (Not the Grand one) in the Nevada desert for the purpose of a research expedition, for you are all "Destined" to be archaeologists.
But upon reaching the canyon in question, and accidentally entering the caverns within as a result of the canyon roof you're standing on collapsing from under you, feelings you've never felt before begin to spark within your hearts, feelings of fear, of worry, ...of Curiosity.
An encounter with an enigmatic corpse, mummified within the cavern walls infects you with a dark and ominous power upon physical contact, power that breaks you free from the golden chains that bounded you, and from the "conscience" that controlled your every decision. What's more, the energy infecting your body does more than just freeing you, it manifested those desires you have, and turned them into extraordinary inhuman power.
Free and empowered, the collective class begins to realize how good this feels, how..."natural" it feels, in contrast with the rest of the world. So it is decided that the world as it is now, its order, must be undone. Need it be because it is the right thing to do, or simply for reasons of individual ambitions like wanting to rule, the world must be freed.
How? By playing the villain the world will think they are. Fear and curiosity is what broke you all from captivity, perhaps a more extreme form of that will break free everyone else.
They must terrorize, conquer, and Burn the world down in order to save it. Sure, people may die, but if it means breaking their souls free from divine captivity, whatever afterlife awaits them must be better than this eternal life of slavery.
And so these students, to help the world or simply to help their own ambitions, have vowed to burn this paradise down, freeing the world, and rebuilding the world with their own hands, by their own will.
-------------------------------------------------------
Without further adeu, here are the rules:
1. The GM's (and future Co-GMs') word is the word of god. We may not be perfect human beings, and as such, you have the right to appeal, but ultimately, if we decide to stand by our decision, then it is ultimately final.
2. No God-Modding: A no-brainer in a site like this, I'm sure. You may have become superhuman, but you are far from invulnerable in the wake of the challenges you will face. Likewise you are far from all-powerful, so no one-punch man-ing any situations.
One more thing before I move on: Time/Space powers are forbidden.
3. Regarding confrontation of the OOC kind: We all want to have fun in RPs, but one or two people having a gripe with someone or something is always a possibility. Normally, GMs would say to take it outside via PMs. But after reading a heated arguement from a certain RP on a different site, it's occured to me that we are ultimately a community, and if there's an elephant in the room that must be discussed, we should do so as a community. Therefore, Personal issues with posts or people should still be "taken outside" as it were, but if you feel there's an issue that must be addressed that could be an issue for everyone here, discuss it with us. Either way, no flaming rages please.
4. Since this is the Free Roleplay section, I only ask for three things: Good spelling, Good Grammar, and No one-liners. I ask for two lines minimum. Of course, this doesn't need to be said, but you are welcome to go beyond that if you desire.
5. D.S.G.S.: A signature rule I seem to always have in all of my RPs, it seems. The explanation for this rule is simple: "Causality", or to put it another way: "Do Shit, Get Shit". You are free to satiate your desire or fight and burn to your heart's content. But remember that all actions have consequences, be they good or terrible. You make wise decisions, such as retreating from a situation you know you can't win against (If you're able/in a position to, that is.), your characters will be fine. You make stupid or simply unwise decisions in your characters' lives, such as immediately charging head-first and guns ablazing to the capital of the world, wanting to kill off the King of the world immediately, and they will be punished. The consequences of your actions depends on the intensity of how wise/unwise the decision is. An effective strategy could put the enemy in disarray, a very bad move could prove disadvantageous, or even fatal for your character.
Ultimately though, as long as you follow your common sense, you'll be fine.
6. More rules may be added if it proves necessary.
7. Have fun! ^^
---------------------------------------
Next up is the CS. But first there's something that must be clarified:
The powers you gain is your inner desires made manifest. Essentially mean that what powers you gain and their respective strength is dependent on your personality, and the depths of your desire and will respectively. Of course, you just broke out of the captivity of your mind, a captivity you were born and raised in for your whole life up to now. So the strength of your will and ambitions, are likely relatively weak right now. But the more you exercise your power, your mind, and your will, the stronger your abilities become.
(It's not much, but if you need some help: Here's a link to a TVtrope page about Personality powers.)
However, it should be noted that the power of Desire can be a corrosive power to one's mind and heart. Desire is what gives rise to both Hope and Sin alike, and so there is a risk of corroding and decaying both your heart and your mind.
It should also be noted that the power of desire you possess, and the power of "Purity" that your enemies and original captors possess share a relationship similar to light and darkness: They are each other's weakness. Your attacks may be more effective on them, but in turn, they're attacks are more effective on you.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (Can be an image of any kind, or a description)
Desire: (What is the goal you have immediately after waking from captivity, and manifests as your power?)
Ability: (The power your Desires manifest as.)
Weapon: (When you obtain a weapon, what will it be?)
Personality:
Backstory: (Optional)
--------------------
Any questions, feel free to PM me, and I'll answer them to the best of my ability.
I hope you enjoy. :D
