[OOC] Ghost Island (Sandbox Twilight Zone - High Casual to Advanced)

Long Island
google.com/maps/@40.6613634,-73.69142…

[Mitheral]

You have awakened on a Ghost Island, not just any ghost island, but a ghosted version of Long Island, NY. Not another living soul around. There are several situations you may find yourself in initially when you first wake up.

In you home or apartment if you already lived on the island.
In you car - stopped - if you were on the road.
Homeless, if you were.
On a subway. (They still run right on schedule.)
On a bus - if you were on one.
In your seat on a plane - at the airport (either at the terminal or sitting on the taxiway).
On a boat (if you were on one). You WILL be docked.

If you are from this area, you will be one up on others. (I said you woke up alone. That doesn’t mean noone else is on the island. If not, good luck, not my problem. Get a map.

You can do pretty much whatever you want. However, there are some oddities about the Island you need to know. Feel free to roleplay discovering these things.

Stores are stocked - including grocery stores - and the produce and meat are fresh.
Soda machines work.
Cars run (unless they are obviously junk). They never run out of fuel.
Utilities work - however, there are no plugs. (Creepy huh?) No cords either, but the damned things all work.
Phones work - including cell phones. However, you can only call locally. For all public services you will get hold, music, voicemail, etc.
All ammo are blanks. All weapons are fake. (Of course, you can always grab a baseball bat or tire iron.)
Internet works, but you an click on Contact Us and likely never get a response.
You can get as far as midway across a bridge and hit an invisible wall. If you take a boat out you will run into a similar barrier. Same with subway, rail, etc.
Planes will not take off. (Neither will a helicopter.)
Fuel Pumps at Gas Stations don't work. Well, the readouts change, but nothing comes out.

Posting
Try to include real addresses or even links I am using Google Maps. (Remember, Long Island, not Manhattan …)
Add an in RP time for your post.
Try not to drag scenes out.
Detailed or High Casual writing

Characters
docs.google.com/document/d/1wxaatoW4K…
There are no other people other than the characters we create.
Yes, you may create more than one character, but start separately.
I am looking for something a little unique about each character, so add details.

NOTE: Come back and check this description later as it may change. (I will probably add to the list of oddities and ways to arrive as I think of things I forgot or people ask.)

[rabidbacon]

I am interested.

Is death possible in this RP? Or are people just reborn?

[Mitheral]

Why?

As a spoiler, have you ever read or watched the TV miniseries Riverworld?

One thing I am going to avoid here is a bunch of gangbangers and ex cons. They simply wont fit. ONE ... maybe ... and only after several others are active. It would be an experiment to see what happens. And ... odds are once he's killed, he won't come back.

[rabidbacon]

I asked because some people might try to kill themselves just to see what happens. Or maybe they go mad from the strangeness of the world they are in.

No I haven't watched it, maybe it's better if I don't to keep things fresh?

[Mitheral]

Ahh ... yeah, familiarity with Riverworld is hardly a necessity. Basically yes, people keep being brought back, usually in a fashion similar to either how they arrived, or the moment of their death. So, if you drive a car at 200 mph off a cliff ... you will probably wake up after a short time somewhere ... in a parked car. But if you abuse this and go on a binge of suicide you may not wake up again.

[rabidbacon]

I see. Sounds good.

Can I start making a character sheet now?

[Mitheral]

Absolutely. Once approved you can start posting. But it might be best to see if we can get at least one more. After that people can wake up here and there at whatever point in time we are at.

Oh .. I need to add that cars don't run out of fuel - if I didn't already.

[rabidbacon]

"Character Sheet"

Image:

Full Name: Basil Weiss
Nickname(s): Bassie, Bass

Gender: Female
Age: 27
Physical Appearance
Height: 5'6''
Weight: 125lb
Hair: Hazel
Eyes: Dark Brown
Appearance:
Dishevelled, but low-key presentable. Fit physique, due to part-time bike messenger and porter work. Sometimes smells vaguely of food due to staying in kitchens waiting for the orders to be made.

Clothes:
Trendy secondhand jackets she buys from her richer classmates when they're tired of it (Superdry aesthetic)

Jewelry and Tattoos:
Labrys on right arm and a quote on her lower left ribs in some typewriter font. The first happened because of an ex, the latter because of a bad night out. The quote: "Can't repeat the past?…Why of course you can!"

Home:
LA until age 16, Texas until age 20, Manhattan until present

Job / Wealth / Education:
Currently an architecture student who works part-time as a bike messenger/porter. Previously worked in various bartending and waitress jobs after leaving Texas. Comes from money but has become estranged from parents after coming out and moving to Long Island to follow her girlfriend, now ex.

Personality and interests:
Resourceful, keen observational skills, and really enjoys aesthetics. Basil is also a hobbyist street and architectural photographer, usually of buildings and structures that catch her eye. She's also quite friendly but can be careless or reckless when following her intuition.

Background:
Daughter and third child of an old merchant family. Was estranged after exhibiting behavior unbecoming of-in her parents' words-a respectable human being-and has since tried to find her own path. She made her way to New York to follow her dreams-whatever that meant-but, though she is loath to admit it, she is still lost.

Unusual Attributes:
Experiences synesthesia

Skills:
Keen sense of direction, excellent sketching and drafting skills, relatively high cardiovascular endurance, bartending, photography

[Mitheral]

Just need the image and to move the CS over to the Characters section ...

[Mitheral]

Oh ... one thing I realized ... most bike messengers work in Manhattan ... not Long Island. So she might end up in less familiar territory.

[rabidbacon]

@Mitheral Done, made an edit that she lived in Manhattan instead of Long Island.

[Mitheral]

Can you copy the character to the Characters folder? Don't want to make everyone search everywhere for characters .... lol.

[Mitheral]

I am working on a few characters to use in the RP - both male and female. Posted a link to what I have created so far. If you want to start the RP, just let e know which character You'd want me to start with. Depending on which one I end up using, they could start driving all over the island honking a horn ... or just head to a beach.