The Portal
First, please make sure to read the Intro found in the IC section.
Return here after you are finished.
Return here after you are finished.
Before we dive in, let me explain the mechanics of this RP, because it is a little different than normal.
We will be using Discord for two hours a day, one day out of every week. That day will either be a Saturday or Sunday. Every Monday, we will discuss exactly when that will be, depending on our schedules that week. Hopefully by midweek every week, we will have decided on an exact time. We will still be using the IC section here for character development and time gap summaries, but character interactions will take place on Discord. This lets conversations and action sequences flow more naturally.
Please don't post in the IC section that week, if you don't think that you'll be able to join the Discord chat that week. You can, however, talk in the OOC section and post character sheet(s).
So that's basically the structure of this RP. Moving right along...
In this RP, you will be playing the part of one of the people that were in range of the mysterious light. Maybe your character lived or worked in the area. Maybe they were just unfortunate enough to be commuting through the area. Maybe they were a tourist or business person from another country. Almost anything is possible, considering the location.
From here, you'll need to know some spoiler information about the plot.
First of all, your characters did not "die" when they were caught inside the light, at least not in a sense. Their consciousness was instead transported to an unknown world and into the body of a recently deceased person on that planet. By recently deceased, it is meant that the body you find yourself in had JUST died through some unexpected means. When your consciousness landed in the body, it also healed the body of whatever injury or illness had just killed it.
This means that you will have to make two character sheets: one for your character as they were here on Earth; one for the body that they now inhabit. More on this later.
Back to the necessary spoiler information.
The planet on which you find yourself is much like Earth, but far more intense. Think steampunk. As your character will quickly find out, the countries of this entire planet have been in intense war for as long as history dates back. Technology is a little more advanced than Earth of 2040, but far more crude in its use. Instead of focusing on clean energy and curing disease, this planet's resources have been spent on war. This isn't to say that gun-toting chaos reigns supreme. In fact, quite the opposite can be said to be true.
While most of the planet is ravaged in war, there are plenty of well defended cities, where life inside is relatively normal. There are sports, clubs, bars, and all sorts of entertainment, as well as schools, hospitals, government buildings, and other things that make up a city. The main difference here is that, because everyone on this planet has only known war times, pretty much everyone is aggressive and ready to fight at any time. To keep the peace, cities are heavily policed.
Now, back to building your character's "body".
What you'll want to know first is that everyone on this planet is stronger, faster, and more durable than humans on Earth. Basically, they have evolved for combat. Now of course, since everyone is this way, you don't have some advantage over other people, and you're not going to be able to go busting down doors with ease, because they are obviously build to be sturdier. So in actuality, while you are stronger now, you're also at a disadvantage, because you have to adjust to the new body.
Beyond your physical attributes, your character's body could have been in any number of vocations. Maybe you (as in your body) was a doctor, or a soldier, or an athlete, or any number of possibilities. Or maybe you landed in the body of an out of work mother or child. Basically, anything is possible.
Whatever your body's past was, will also come with inherent skills. So if your character was a pizza delivery boy here on Earth, but they landed in the body of a doctor or soldier, they will now have the knowledge of said doctor/soldier.
What's more, you will also find fuzzy memories that aren't quite your own, the memories of your former body. These memories aren't readily accessible, but may occasionally come to you as flashbacks or dreams. And if the former owner of your body had any particular habits or dominating personality traits, you will now find yourself compelled by these urges; of course you can fight them; you don't have to give in to them.
With all this in mind, you can now begin to draft your character sheets. I will have character sheet layouts officially posted in the Characters section soon enough. In the mean time, you can brainstorm and make rough drafts.
Any Questions?
