[OOC] Prey Tell (Modern Supernaturals and Hunters) STILL ACCEPTING

CURRENT TIME IC: TUESDAY, MAY 19TH. 11AM.

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UPDATES/Q&A

(in response to questions asked):
Q: What is the scope of "supernatural" creatures in this RP. Is it limited to Gothic stuff like ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, or is it literally any supernatural creature? Hypothetically, could I play as, say, a chupacabra?
A: As long as it can take a human form, you can play it. For instance, one of my characters is going to be half golem, half panswé Belu.
Q: Are Supernaturals everything that is not a normal human? Or could Hunters with, for example, Psychic abilities exist?
A: Hunters are like...1000% human, no freakiness about them. I feel it would be a little unfair for the supernatural if a hunter could read their minds and know what they were at the drop of a hat. The only way I could see your scenario is if the character in question was a hunter, developed the powers-therefore finding out about a hidden supernatural lineage or something(idfk)- and had to flee the hunter lifestyle....
Q: Spies?
A: I don't even really know if spies are a viable choice, given supernaturals can identify each other so they'd know if a human was just lurking around. Unless it really is just a human not trying to hide they're a human? Like...pretending to be on the supernatural side? It wouldn't work on the supernatural side because Hunters have their personal spaces protected.
Q: How do magic users fit into this rp? Are mages or sorcerers strictly supernatural, or are they potentially hunters or random humans as well?
A: They're Supernatural. My character is the last True witch, but there are still mages and sorcerers around, they just have more limited abilities than a witch born and raised in magic. So mages and sorcerers would have to train and use tattoos and staffs and stuff to access any magic as it doesn't inherently run through them like it would a Witch.
Q: How do Hunters typically identify Supernaturals?
A: Often it's much like in teen wolf or supernatural or damn near any show with hunter references 😂: Research. They hear some kid say his neighbor has glowing eyes? Stake it out for a couple days before ensuring the kill. Someone says they bought this protection amulet from someone with a small stand at the corner of Smiths and Broadsfield? Well that fucker might still be there, time for a classic kidnap and torture. Sometimes they'll get tipped off by another hunter that knows the Family name of supernaturals (such was the case with Darnies's aunts and cousins) and sometimes they'll kill anyone that is even hinted at being weird, depending on how big their reason or bias is. Mundane humans have been killed by hunters who don't care if an accusation is true.

Gravette's Ivy View Apartments Picture Reference

The building:
Darnies's Apartment:
Chasa's Apartment:

[Aces Away]

There's a long-standing feud between Humans and the Supernatural; Humans have their Hunters, the Supernaturals have themselves, and it's forever a game of cat and mouse. Some get caught, some retaliate, some just want to be left alone. They city of Gravette seems to be experiencing an influx of new inhabitants; You can only guess who they are.

The underground world of the Supernaturals just got a little more cramped. It can only be expected that some new hunters follow them.

The Humans, who are unaware of these struggles, are getting rather scared at the sudden spike of corpses on their streets and in their alleys. Some have wounds from what seems to be a wild animal, others are shot full of unconventional bullets and chemicals. There's obviously some type of war. But- the humans ask- between who? And how long before normal citizens fall into the mix?

Welcome, one and all, to Gravette; A beacon that's sure to draw nothing but strife for all involved.

>Hunters are humans who are aware of the supernatural and have a bias against them for one reason or another- which should be explained in the History or Other section of the CS. They have necessary equipment- Silver, iron, Magic dampening cuffs or ties, etc.- needed to take down Supernaturals. Hunters usually excel in one Supernatural type, but others know a little about many different ones.

Ok so you can play as any type of supernatural creature (barring a Witch) as long as they can gain a human form, a Hunter- they can have their own special weapon or trick- or an unaware Human caught in the crossfire.

Supernatural Creatures have a way of Identifying each other. They can have tattoos or hidden symbols on their skin that appear should they so Will it. (i.e. Darnies has a shimmering crescent moon under his eye that appears should he let it, and Chasa has her Chai tattoo, which shimmers to show she has Supernatural energy imbued in it, not just average tattoo ink.) Whether or not you choose to add this to your CS or reveal it later in the story is up to you. Darnies and Chasa are my characters and you can read their CS's in the OOC.

I know the summary is small so feel free to ask questions!

UPDATES/Q&A

(in response to questions asked):
Q: What is the scope of "supernatural" creatures in this RP. Is it limited to Gothic stuff like ghosts, vampires, and werewolves, or is it literally any supernatural creature? Hypothetically, could I play as, say, a chupacabra?
A: As long as it can take a human form, you can play it. For instance, one of my characters is going to be half golem, half panswé Belu.
Q: Are Supernaturals everything that is not a normal human? Or could Hunters with, for example, Psychic abilities exist?
A: Hunters are like...1000% human, no freakiness about them. I feel it would be a little unfair for the supernatural if a hunter could read their minds and know what they were at the drop of a hat. The only way I could see your scenario is if the character in question was a hunter, developed the powers-therefore finding out about a hidden supernatural lineage or something(idfk)- and had to flee the hunter lifestyle....
Q: Spies?
A: I don't even really know if spies are a viable choice, given supernaturals can identify each other so they'd know if a human was just lurking around. Unless it really is just a human not trying to hide they're a human? Like...pretending to be on the supernatural side? It wouldn't work on the supernatural side because Hunters have their personal spaces protected.
Q: How do magic users fit into this rp? Are mages or sorcerers strictly supernatural, or are they potentially hunters or random humans as well?
A: They're Supernatural. My character is the last True witch, but there are still mages and sorcerers around, they just have more limited abilities than a witch born and raised in magic. So mages and sorcerers would have to train and use tattoos and staffs and stuff to access any magic as it doesn't inherently run through them like it would a Witch.

Whether or not you choose to add this to your CS or reveal it later in the story is up to you. Darnies and Chasa are my characters and you can read their CS's in the example and character tab.

STANCES:

• Active- If you take the active stance, whether you are a Hunter, Human, or a Supernatural, that means you are actively going for and possibly killing/hunting the other party. (Hunters going after Supernaturals and Supernaturals going after Hunters. Humans would be on the Supernatural's side, lest they become Hunters themselves.)
• Oblivious- Human yet to be immersed into the World. If you take the Oblivious stance, you are a human who knows nothing about the war going on between the Hunters and Supernaturals at the start of the RP. But a while after the RP starts, you become aware that there are Supernaturals and Hunters duking it out in the world.
• Inactive/Uncaring- If you take the Inactive/Uncaring stance, you are a human or a Supernatural who is aware that there is a war going on between Supernaturals and Hunters, but don't want anything to do with it. You don't care about the war, and you don't want to join. In short, a neutral. However, if a Hunter or Supernatural forces you (in any way) to retaliate, you can do that. Not applicable to Hunters.
• Further Explanations courtesy of @Loki Odinson

Rules:

• Post at least a paragraph.
• Warn me beforehand if you're going to leave so I can find a replacement/Have you write a post of your character dying.
• 3 Character limit per person.
• Don't get into an argument with other members.
• I gave up on rotating posting a long time ago; if you have something to post/someone to directly reply to, go ahead.
• All CS's need at least one picture reference.

Hunter CS

Name:
Age:
Ethnicity/Race:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:
Weapons:
Supernatural Target (i.e. Werewolf, Ghost, Banshee, etc.):
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Stance:
Other:

Human CS

Name:
Age:
Ethnicity/Race:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:
Involved Yet?:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Stance:
Other:

Supernatural CS

Name:
Age:
Supernatural Race:
Ethnicity/Race:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Stance:
Special Power/Skill:
Other:

Examples/My Characters:

Darnies Magula

Name: Darnies "DarnDarn" Magula

Pronunciation

Dhar-nee-iss Mahg-you-luh

Age: 19

Supernatural Race: Witch

Ethnicity/Race: Ashkenazi Jew

Appearance:

Two Pics

Standing at a slanted 5'8, Darneis has a skinny form that belies his strength.

Personality: Darnies is laid back and sarcastic. His intelligence is hidden behind his snappy comebacks and a devil may care attitude. He doesn't show regret or embarrassment, but rather embraces his mistakes and brushes them off. However, he does tend to turn dark or angry at certain topics or affronts, but no one knows what those are.

History: Born to a mother who never told his father she was a witch, his family was her coven because his dad left upon learning her secret. He learned magic from the moment he showed a spark and all of his 'aunts' treated him perfectly well to the point of doting; He was the first male with in 5 generations, after all, he should take pride in his rarity. When he was 11, after much training and preparation, him and his mother set off to find his father after scrying for him. Darnies thought they were going to talk, but his mother was out for the man's blood for abandoning her. "You don't abandon a pregnant witch," She had told him. "It's one of the worst offenses to a witch and her Coven. They can leave after the Birth, but they must be with us throughout the Creation."

In a dingy motel outside of Carson, North Dakota, his father was sitting with a shotgun, years of paranoia from the Coven's curse causing him to always expect the worse and always have a finger on the trigger just in case. His mother blew the door down and entered the room, Darnies right behind. With one twitch, his father had filled his mother's stomach with a scatter shot. Not to be outdone, his mother pulled out her wand- only needed for the strongest of spells and curses- and looked to fire a mirror curse. He'd bleed out the same way she did with the same bullet pattern. She didn't notice that some of the scatter shots had caught Darnies's right side, shattering his right knee cap and leaving wounds up and down his arm and leg.

Lying on the ground, Darnies became aware that he was now alone. His coven -The Last Existing Coven- had been taken out the previous year by a group of Hunters who'd burned them alive while him and his mother hid in the woods near their home, and his two parents were bleeding out on the floor across from each other. Tears streaming down his face, the young boy dragged himself first to his mom to pick up her wand, and then out of the room and called for an ambulance, a story already forming in his mind to explain the scene.

He couldn't heal his own knee- "Witches can't heal themselves, DarnDarn, that gift is meant to be used on others."- so he had to heal the normal way. And that would have been fine- had he not been captured by Hunters as soon as he left the hospital. It turns out his father was a retired Hunter, and the ones that had burned his family had found and killed them in hopes of breaking the curse. When they heard of his death, they searched hospitals looking for GSW patients and waited for his release. They kept him for a year, torturing him for information and for fun. They liked to mess with his leg them most. One day, they left a rookie to watch the now twelve year old Darnies, and the idiot took his rune filled cuffs off to get a better angle for his crowbar, and Darnies's power surged forth and flung the man across the barn he was held in. The man died on impact when he hit the opposite wall. Darnies dragged himself out of there and far enough to call upon the help of the Dryads in the nearby forest. They saved him and cleaned his wounds, but his leg never healed correctly.

Now he walks with a limp and uses a latch cane. So with no parents and no coven, knowing he couldn't go into a foster home or be adopted without having to restrict his powers, Darnies dropped off the map. 7 years later and he's finally settled in Gravette, having been there for a year after constant travel. He makes his living through creating runes and talismans for other supernaturals- being the last Witch alive means he gets plenty of business-, and playing honest card games and collecting the bounty when he wins.

Strengths: High Endurance, High Pain Threshold-not including right leg-, Just barely above average Healing Rate, knows how to fight.

Weaknesses: Right leg, magic dampening cuffs and ties, Large fires can cause him either brief pause or even send him into full blown panic attacks, depending on the situation.

Stance: Inactive/Uncaring

Special Power/Skill: Especially skilled at charming objects/talismans.

Other:

• He is very good at fighting, having to always defend himself from hunters.
• His mother's wand makes up the tip of his cane, and depending on which latch you press, one of the two releases the wand, while the lower latch releases the hidden blade, and the wand acts as the hilt.
• Lives in apartment 2-J, underneath Chasa

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Chasa

Name: Chasa

Age: 26

Supernatural Race: Half-Golem/ Half-Panswé Belu

Ethnicity/Race: Half Mizrahi Israeli Jew/ Half Burmese

Appearance:

Two Pics

at 6'2, Chasa can be rather intimidating, especially with all the muscles added on top of the height, and the curved fangs when she allows them to be seen. She has a Chai tattood over her heart.

Personality: Kind and caring, Chasa can become easily upset by the fact that people are afraid of her due to her stature. She loves to play around and wrestle, though is quick to worry and apologize if she thinks she's being too rough. She's, over all, a gentle soul.

History: Chasa was born in Israel to a Golem father and Panswé Belu mother. For the first 10 years of her childhood, Chasa lived with her parents in Israel. However, once her mom began to get homesick, her family moved to Burma, and she spent the next 10 years with her family there in a small house. Just before her 21st birthday, she moved to America in hopes being able to better blend in with normal humans- her family had faced much persecution in both her homelands due to the relationship between Golem and Panswé Belu, creating a child that honestly just confused them- and had her parents visit as often as possible, as her family was not poor and loved travel.

She's been in America since then, and graduated college with a Masters Degree in Botany. She keeps a small garden on the patio of her apartment, growing some of her own plants and giving the rest to her neighbors.

Strengths: Enhanced strength, durable/tough skin, knowledge of poisonous plants, High Pain Threshold(Golems being made of Clay and all, her nerves aren't well developed enough to feel surface wounds. She would be able to feel, say, being stabbed, but I'd like to see someone get close enough to try, and find a blade that could do it properly in the first place.)

Weaknesses: Emotionally weak/Gentle Soul, marring the Chai tattoo can render her anywhere from disoriented to comatose depending on the damage. Destroying it completely causes her death (much as erasing the Aleph from the Aleph Mem Tav on a pure Golem would deactivate them.) Consuming meat can make her sick.

Stance: Inactive/Uncaring

Special Power/Skill: Due to her Dual heritage, Chasa can switch between the extremes of her two beings; using the Panswé Belu to suppress her size and strength, and the Golem to suppress her curved fangs. She is neutral in between the two, a perfect balance, in her apartment. When fighting she uses more Golem lineage and when dealing with plants she uses more Panswé Belu lineage due to their affinity for them.
Other:

• Due to her mother's influence and genes, she is a vegetarian and enjoys the taste of flowers that are normally not meant to be eaten.
• Lives in Apartment 3-J, above Darnies.

[blackdragon]

Alright, allow me to address the points you made in the interest check one by one

1. Change it to Caucasian, easy enough

2. For whatever reason, images are a bitch on this site for me. Coding issues, perhaps

3. Alright, a little adjustment here to fit with your lore. She was psychic, and one of the ghosts was an old Native shaman. He taught her what he knew, and she was able to intuitively fill in a little more around the edges. There was a book, too, that she managed to find in Boston, that taught her more about necromancy

4. First, she put her soul in the crystal while she was alive. At this point, her physical body was dead. She used necromancy to manipulate her corpse into grabbing the knife, performing the "surgery", and placing the crystal into her body to restart it.

Hope that helps.

[Aces Away]

Works for me! @blackdragon go ahead and put her in the character tab with your edits.

[blackdragon]

leaving shortly, will have edits done tonight.

[Ciaran]

@AnaSilan Sunja I quite like the look of this. Are you still taking applications?

[thedman]

Pretty sure we're still open.

[sassy1085]

Human Girl

Name: Emily Andrada

Age: 25

Ethnicity/Race: Filipino

Appearance: Personality:

Personality: Emily is Kind and caring young woman but she also very awkward and shy, she rather read books than talk to people sometimes.

History: Even though Emily was born in the Philippines, her family move to American in new York city when she was two years old. While growing up at school, Emily didn't have friends, so over time, she spend her school years in the library. When high school roll around, she became the library assistant in the school library, while she was organizing the books, she develop photographic memory, where she remember where the books supposes to go without looking the labels.

After graduated college, she decided to move to Gravette for hoping to make a book but so far she is as librarian in the local library. Emily thought Gravette is a quiet and peaceful town but sometimes she think there is more then quiet and peaceful in this town.

Involved Yet?: Well, she does believe in the supernatural

Strengths: Fast reader, Photographic Memory.

Weaknesses: Can't see with her glasses, Not very good with hand to hand combat

Stance: Inactive

Other: Her job is a librarian in the local library

Mage Boy

Name: Alberto Guillermo
Age: 12

Supernatural Race: Mage

Ethnicity/Race: Latin

Appearance:

Personality: Alberto is like any twelfth boy, he kind, hyper, funny and optimistic but being a mage, he also that the world is a scare place to live in for a Supernaturals being but overall he can still kind to everybody he met.

History: Alberto and his older sister,Anahi, grew up with a family of mages, where they have hide to their magic to blend in to the human crowd. So they train and use their magic their family, aunts, uncle and cousins houses. The family main priority is trust and love, so Alberto and Anahi trust and love each other but Anahi trust her uncle the most.

Alberto didn't have many friends at school but he at least try to make friends, but overall, he think his cousins are his true friends and do what friends, they talk about life, they play, they joke but most of all, they have each other and nothing going to change that.....But one night, everything will change in Alberto and Anahi life forever.

It was a family party at Alberto and Anahi aunt house and Alberto was having fun until his sister, Anahi, came busting in the house saying hunters are coming. alert and scared, Alberto doesn't know what to do but Alberto and Anahi mother and father tell them to take the younger cousins to their home, pack their things and run away from here while their father, their mother, their aunts, their uncles and other cousins stay here and fight the hunters. they do that but when Alberto and Anahi reach to their house, they see fire from their aunt house, which means their family including their father and mother have die.

Alone with each other and homeless, Alberto and Anahi run away to Gravette for hoping for a better life and for someone to take care of them.

Strengths: Swiftness and Agile, Loyal

Weaknesses: Trust people little too much, Get distracted easily, Inconvenient

Stance: Inactive

Special Power/Skill: Though still training, he is really good with fire spells

Other: Alberto have a sweet tooth for candy

Mage Girl

Name: Anahi Guillermo

Age: 18

Supernatural Race: Mage

Ethnicity/Race: Latin

Appearance:

Personality: Anahi is kind, lovely and caring to her family but after the incident, she became overprotective of her brother safety, quick temper and have bad trust issues, it hard for her to trust anyone after what her uncle did.

History: Anahi and her younger brother, Alberto , grew up with a family of mages, where they have hide to their magic to blend in to the human crowd. So they train and use their magic their family, aunts, uncle and cousins houses. The family main priority is trust and love, so Alberto and Anahi trust and love each other but Anahi trust her uncle the most.

With many adults were so busy with jobs, her uncle was the only one who train the children how to do magic, she treat her uncle like a mentor and only person that she can talk to like her problems, her life and her special interest. She feel like her uncle is the one she trust the most and nothing going to change that.....But one night, everything will change in Anahi and Alberto life forever.

It was a family party at Anahi and Alberto aunt house and Anahi was wondering where her uncle is, her track him where she found him, on his knee begging the hunter not to kill him. scare but brave, Anahi was ready to fight the hunter but before she do, she hear uncle telling hunter where the family of mages are. Anahi was shock, her uncle, her flesh and blood, betrayed his own family. without hesitation, she run back to her aunt house busting in, saying hunters are coming. Anahi and Alberto mother and father tell her and her brother to take the younger cousins to their home, pack their things and run away from here while their father, their mother, their aunts, their uncles and other cousins stay here and fight the hunters. they do that but when Anahi and Alberto reach to their house, they see fire from their aunt house, which means their family including their father and mother have die.

Alone with each other and homeless, Anahi and Alberto run away to Gravette for hoping for a better life and for someone to take care of them but how can she trust anyone after the uncle did?

Strengths: Protective, Hand to hand combat

Weaknesses: trust issues, Quick temper, Poor communication

Stance: Inactive

Special Power/Skill: Very skill with attack and protective spells

Other: Her Orientation is Biromantic, Demisexual

[Aces Away]

@thedman yes I am!

[thedman]

@AnaSilan Sunja When can we expect the first IC post?

[Aces Away]

I want at least one more character from someone before I start @thedman

[sassy1085]

@AnaSilan Sunja
i'm done with my characters

[Aces Away]

@sassy1085 go ahead an put them in the tab! I'll have an IC up soon

[Aces Away]

IC is up! You do not need to post nearly as much as I do, and I won't be doing that much every time either, it's just long because it's an intro to a scene that will be important throughout the story-(the bar)- and setting dman's character up to appear.

Also, I have 2 characters to work with dialogue wise so I can go longer lol

[Aces Away]

Sorry to post before your intro @sassy1085 but we're gonna have a couple people trickle in later and all our characters were sort of directly interacting so

[sassy1085]

@AnaSilan Sunja
Ok, when will I post? after they are done talking or...?

[Aces Away]

@sassy1085 Whenever you want. You can enter the bar or have already been in it, or you can have your characters somewhere else. We'll find a way for then to be part of everything.

[Ciaran]

@AnaSilan Sunja How do Hunters typically identify Supernaturals?

[hagroden]

Harold Stein

Name: Harold B. Stein

Age: 37

Supernatural Race: Druidic Mage

Ethnicity/Race: Caucasion/Slavic

Appearance:


Personality: Even from a young age, Harold had an incredibly dark aura about him, along with a sociopathic nature. His duties as the Stein Family Librarian have only amplified these dispositions, leading him to be incredibly apathetic to the difficulties of others. This is not to say however, that Harold is nothing but a creepy, psychopathic Librarian. He is a creepy, psychopathic Librarian with a sense of humor; Although Harold is incapable of empathizing with others, he's entirely capable of getting along with them quite well, and even enjoying their company. However, that isn't to say he wouldn't happily slit their throat at a moments notice, should he deem it beneficial.

History: The Stein Family is one of the oldest druidic orders in the modern world, as well as one of the largest and best connected. Harold was born into this tradition of practice, the oldest of his numerous siblings; Each Stein child was obligated to perform different duties to the family, the majority of which being casual responsibilities, allowing them to intermingle with the human world easily. However, the strongest few of each generation are obligated to uphold far more involved roles, the most important of which being Harold's title; The Librarian.

As the Librarian, It is Harold's responsibility to maintain, catalog, archive, and protect the Stein family's massive Library of Supernatural Tomes, as well as maintain absolute authority over the greater Stein Family. The Stein Family Library is located in the Stein Estate, the largest privately owned building in Gravette. This Estate is reminiscent of the mansions one expects to see royalty inhabiting, albeit far less aesthetically pleasing.

Strengths: Focused, advanced knowledge of Druidic Magic, advanced experience with firearms and close quarters combat.

Weaknesses: Sociopathic, Obsessive, and Sadistic.

Stance: Inactive.

Special Power/Skill: Telekinesis - Along with most other formidable Druids, Harold finds telekinesis comes quite naturally to him, and has excelled in it's use since his earliest recollection.

Other: Harold has been known to be incredibly hospitable to other Druids, Mages, and Witches, (despite the Stein Family's tradition of hostility towards witches and protests from the Family Council) often allowing them to visit his home and browse his Library.

[Aces Away]

@Ciaran often it's much like in teen wolf or supernatural or damn near any show with hunter reference 😂 Research. They here some kid say his neighbor has glowing eyes? Stake it put for a couple days before ensuring the kill. Someone says they bought this protection amulet from someone with a small stand at the corner of Smiths and Broadsfield? Well that fucker night still be there, time for a classic kidnap and torture. Sometimes they'll get tipped off by another hunter that knows the Family name of supernaturals (such was the case with Darnies's aunts and cousins) and sometimes they'll kill anyone that is even hinted, depending on how big their reason or bias is. Mundane humans have been killed by hunters who don't care if an accusation is true.

@hagroden That's good! Something I posed to blackdragon: as your character seems to have an intrinsic ability as well, is that to say he has that as a psychic ability? Is it common in the family? Is it what originally led them to researching Druidic practice?

[hagroden]

@AnaSilan Sunja

In order of Questions; No, Moderately, No.

In the Lore I'm using, telekinesis is an ability common among two types of people in Druidic Families; those born with intrinsic druidic talent, and those who have become powerful enough druids to use it. Harold himself was born with a predisposition towards druidcraft, which stood out even in a druidic family as large and powerful as the Steins. Because he was born with Intrinsic talent at druidcraft, Telekinesis came naturally to him; however for most druids, it would take decades of practicing before one could efficiently use telekinesis. As the Steins family hierarchy is based exclusively on power, most/all of the higher ranking members of the family would likely be able to use Telekinesis as well, although the weaker members likely wouldn't. Telekinesis is simply a type of magic Druids tend to be good at, particularly the stronger ones.