[OOC] Merry Circus (everyone welcome)

[Squirrel98]

You are standing in front of the mirror, preparing for the upcoming show like you always do.

When suddenly a voice is echoing inside of your head, the voice of a girl from your age.

At first you find it a little weird, but you try to ignore it.
When the voice repeats itself, a fear starts to rise.
After a third time, you decide to go take a look.

Where is the voice coming from? It can't be your imagination, can it?

You are walking in the hallway with the bedrooms of the other performers and notice that others are coming out of their rooms too.
Is everyone hearing it?
Not just you?

You end up before a locked cage.
Inside of it is not a wild animal that is supposed to be used for the circus.

But there is a girl...
Maybe the girl you heard?

Who is she?

Is the girl good or bad?
Does she have to do anything with the attacks on you and your friends and with all the other things that are happening?

Are you going to save her and flee with her from the circus?
Or don't you trust her at all and have faith in your home?

It is all up to you...

What choice do you make?

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This story is about "Merry Circus".

It is the place you work at as performer, but it is also your home and the home of many others.

All of you have a story, a sad and maybe dark one.

Because you are not a normal human, you can do something or have an appearance that is not like the others, and you don't have any family or friend anymore other then the other performers and your boss.

Your personalities are totally different: some enjoy the attention of the public, others are more nervous and full of stress. Some are happy about where they are right now, others prefer to have a family and a normal home. Some like being different, others want to be a normal human.

In this roleplay, the choices are totally up to you!
You can decide yourself what you do in the story and you don't have to follow the other players either, even if you find yourself at different places, you all get to have your own story.

As this is a casual roleplay, I would like you to be able to write AT LEAST several lines for every post.
Something that other people can react to.

For the kind of power/creature you are, keep it a bit realistic.
For example: your height can be out of the normal - if you want to be a giant - but you can't be bigger then the building or the circus itself.

For roles: the girl that the performers find, is played by myself.
All of you will be a performer - as the public will be normal humans - but if you really want to be someone from the public and a normal human, we can fit you in the story if you can give me a reason why you would be allowed backstage. Maybe if you have a family member there? A friend from the past that you want to appologize to for freaking out when he showed you his power?

I will not write down the basic rules as everyone probably knows them.
Everyone gets allowed one character (two can be discussed).

Put your character in this tab and move it to the character tab after being approved.

We begin the day that you meet the girl in the cage.
I myself will make an intro post as narrator.

your character

Put these items down, you can create your own layout and can add things id you want. These are just the necessary items to know.

- Appearance by picture (a description about clothing style etc. is optional)
- Full name
- Gender
- Age
- Personality
- Behaviour with other people
- Background story
- Role in the circus
- Opinion about the circus
- Relationships with other performers that are worth mentioning

[golani]

Name: Dana Halabi

Gender: Female

Age: 22

History:

Dana is the Merry Circus’ “Queen of Jungle Cats” and one of its star attractions. In reality, Dana is an Egyptian born were-cheetah. Dana was a child of the street of Alexandria, Egypt and besides her first name, never knew who here parents were. Dana would eventually stow away on a cargo freighter from the port to escape a local gang war, and wound up in Marseilles, France.

A local Corsican crime syndicate found her on the docks and she would have sold into white slavery or wise had the man she would call “Uncle Marcel” not intervened. Marcel Halabi, a former Lebanese Christian, was an up and coming figure in the Marseilles underworld. To show off his power, he wanted a special girl of his own. Even at 16 Dana was very beautiful, but she was also headstrong, tough, and stubborn. At first, Dana tried to escape. But Marcel had dealt with others of her kind before, and armed his men with guns loaded with silver bullets.

Eventually, the two struck a deal. In return for “services,” Dana would be made into a proper lady. Uncle Marcel brought in tutors who taught the street girl how to speak, read and write in French, and English, and even in Arabic. Other than that, Dana’s education was kept basic. Instead she learned more useful skills, such as how to act, how to eat with a fork and knife, how to dress, how to “perform” in bed, how to tend bar, how to drive, and even how to handle a gun.

After five years, Uncle Marcel had climbed to the top of the Marseilles underworld, and got his dream girl. In that time, the relationship had changed significantly. While still a trophy and occasional sex toy, Marcel respected Dana’s business sense and began to teach her about the drug trade. Alas, all good things must end. Uncle Marcel was gunned down in a hit organized from within his own gang. Dana knew she was next, and decided to flee once again. Taking cash and a few clothes, Dana traveled north to Caen, where she was able to bribe a ship captain to give her passage to the United States, the land of wealth and freedom. Dana landed in Elizabeth, New Jersey a few days later and soon learned that not having the proper documentation in hand was going to make it very difficult for her to gain the wealth and freedom she desired. Going back to the old job as an escort also didn’t appeal to her. She needed somebody to hire her with no questions asked.

It was some kind of strange tug that brought Dana to the Merry Circus. As she approached the camp, she quickly saw tigers, lions and leopards all locked in cages and looking terrible. Her heart sank. But what could she do? She was in luck, for the last lion tamer had just quit after almost being mauled by Ashanti, a huge Bengal tigress who went “on strike.” The circus was desperate for a new lion tamer for their six big cats. Of course those don’t grow on trees. Dana knew she had a knack for talking to or controlling cats. Gathering up some courage, Dana approached the circus’ owner and offered him a deal. If Dana could get Ashanti to calm down and perform again, he would make her the circus’ new animal tamer.

The owner agreed to giver her a chance, if only to get Dana to stop bothering him. Dana boldly approached the cage and spoke a few hushed words to the tigress. She then opened the cage door, and stepped inside without Ashanti lifting a paw. Though it took a few minutes for her new boss to recover from his near heart attack, he hired on the spot. Dana soon put a stop to the abuse the cats suffered by circus staff, and does what she can to comfort the cats, even secretly climbing into their cages to lie with them at night. They have become her new family. Dana desperately wants the cats to be freed unharmed but she has no idea how to do so or what to do if she could free them. It’s a dilemma that eats at her every day. She will never leave the circus cats, and has become just as trapped as they are.

To cope, Dana often sneaks off to sample the local nightlife. She usually returns in the morning smelling of alcohol, (but is never drunk), tobacco, and looking like she spent the night in somebody else’s bed. The owner of the Merry Circus calls Dana a “wild one,” when he is in a charitable mood and worse when he is not. Dana’s trysts often causes trouble and occasional visits by the local polices. But as long as she continues to bring in big crowds, the circus’ owner will do nothing.

Personality:

Headstrong, stubborn, rebellious, caring, fearless, independent, reckless, and sultry.

Dana LOVES the attention she gets from her act.
She is extremely protective of the big cats, and anyone harming them will answer to her.
She also gets a real kick out of being an object of desire.
Dana has killed people before, but will do so but only if it is absolutely necessary. She does not want to become a murder suspect.

Appearance:

Heigh: 5’9”
Weight 124 lbs
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: dark brown worn shoulder length
Is clearly of Arab descent with tanned olive-white skin. Her English is accented by both French and Arabic. Dana is very beautiful, and has a high level of sex appeal to men. And she knows how to use it. For example, Dana's usual lion tamer outfit consists of a black top hat, a black coat with tails, fishnet stockings, knee high boots, and not much else. Dana covers this up with a robe before going out to perform. When she is not performing, Dana can usually be found in jeans, practical shoes, a shirt and sweater.

Powers:


Enhanced Strength, Durability, Agility and Speed. Has an extremely high tolerance for poisons (such as alcohol), and is not affected by low-level infections like colds

Can regenerate wounds unless it was committed with a silvered weapon or bullet.

Her eyesight, hearing and sense of smell are enhanced to feline levels.

She is extremely stealthy and has the instincts of a predator.

Can communicate and command cats of all sorts

Dana can transform into the following forms: a female African Cheetah, a hybrid bipedal cheetah/human, or a small domestic tabby cat. She retains her personality, memories, and knowledge during the transformation.

[Squirrel98]

@golani She is approved ! I love her so much, she is perfect for the roleplay I had in mind, thank you so much :D you can move her in the character tab

[OrkytheOrc]

sorry its taking a bit for me to post im drawing my character in a clown outfit which is a new experience for me

[Squirrel98]

Bump

[Squirrel98]

Bump

[ayzrules]

potentially interested-thinking about a trapeze artist who can float and control air

also, what time period would this be in?

[Squirrel98]

That sounds good!
I was thinking about the modern times

[Squirrel98]

Bump

~ waiting excited for other characters to be posted ~

[Athol]

@Squirrel98 Currently banging my head against a character sheet

[Athol]

Extremely rough WIP

_{(Old photo taken in 1948)}

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Apperance

Gender: Female

Age: ‘25’

_{(Roughly 225 in reality…she lost track when she had to adjust to a more ‘Western’ calendar)}

Height: 5’4”

Weight: 110 lbs

Hair: Down to the small of her back, it is black with an off-centre red streak. In her off hours she generally had it free or in a loose pony-tail, but during her performances, she keeps it in a long single braid.

Clothing

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Personality
Behaviour with other people
Background story (Kitsune)
Role: ‘Lady of Knives’ Knife thrower juggler acrobat prankster slight-of-hand magician
Opinion about the circus
Relationships with other performers that are worth mentioning

[RavensMuse]

I'm interested if this is still live!

[Squirrel98]

@RavensMuse it is !
You can make a character

[Squirrel98]

@RavensMuse@Athol@ayzrules@OrkytheOrc@golani

I will soon be posting the intro, that way the characters that are ready can already think for a post and maybe inspire others that are still making characters ;)

[Athol]

@Squirrel98 Damn...due to real world time commitments, it looks like I won't be able to run a character :(

[Squirrel98]

@Athol Oh that's sad to hear, but I understand
I hope that everything will be alright for you soon!

[RavensMuse]

I'll get to a CS tonight

[Squirrel98]

Bump