"The Akashic Record (AKA Record of All Truths, Prison of the All-Knowing) suffers from being too often misunderstood. It does not contain every permutation of literature. It is not where gods go to review the history they have built. It is not intended for anyone's perusal. That its Keepers entertain visitors at all is merely an adaptation to the incessant curiosity of outsiders, and at the same time, a lethal deception..."
One Way To Find Out
Premise
It doesn't matter who you are, where or when you came from, or what you want, as long as it's an exceptional kind of knowledge. The key to someone's heart? The solution to an ancient riddle? The formula to a forbidden creation? The strategy to win a war? The foresight to save your world?
There is a legendary library outside of all realities, where everything that is true is written. It is inaccessible to all but the most uniquely and divinely powerful beings, except during miniscule intervals ages apart, and most who go do not return.
That is the story of the Akashic Record.
In the span of seconds, untold numbers of worlds have just experienced a window of opportunity, when the Record could be reached with merely an idiosyncratic spell or complex machine. Most were not aware of this opportunity. Most did not have the means to take it. There were exceptions.
The Start Of Your Story
You are anyone, from any universe that the imagination can reach.
Whether it was a trip and fall into a portal built ages ago, a product of long personal research, or the culmination of all your world's efforts, you accessed the dangerous interversal plane that houses the Akashic Record in a moment of opportunity, and then the moment passed.
If you meant to come with a team, most did not make it fast enough. If you meant to come with a friend, they'd best have been close behind. If you needed more time to prepare or investigate, you did not access the Record, and this is not your story.
Whether or not you were the only person in your universe to leave, you were not the only one to arrive. There are others here, from places you have never known of.
The Record holds knowledge that you need. Eventually, you may want to read about how to get back home.
The rest of your story has yet to be recorded.
The Course Of Your Story
This will be an adventure. There will be dangers and trials between you and your goal, and the natures of both will be affected by the natures of you who seek the Akashic Record.
Expect to be challenged in ways you did not prepare for. Fear failure. Get as close to your companions as you dare. Hold your breath, breathe again, breathe your last.
Some of you will find what you came for, if you persevere. It is a rare accomplishment.
But of course, a story is only as heavy as its characters allow it to be. Maybe this'll be an easy ride after all.
(What I’m saying is I'll pick the tone based on who's interested)
Character Creation
I'm not an expert on character sheet layouts, and I won't pretend to be! I barely know how to use BBCode. With that said, I do know what I want to know about your character, and I know what I want you to know so you can play them right. (These are separate things.) Format your sheet any way you want as long as it tells me what I want to know: -Appearance, pics are good and text is good -Name/gender/age/etc -Personality, in bullet points if you must -Powers n stuff, all detail is appreciated -What they want from this place
Since you'll probably want one anyway, here's the Official One Way To Find Out Character Submission Sheet™ in three flavors: //Lines that are "commented out" like this should be replaced or removed upon submission. They're here to tell you what I want in ways that examples can't.
Jonathan Amogus
//picture and theme song packaged into one, both optional because you’ve got text. use text no matter what because a) pretty and b) it can tell us things like apparent height and weight that may not be shown in your pic A cartoonish red spacesuit, notable for its opaque visor, what appear to be cut scars all over its surface, and fleshy wrinkles on its facial area. About three feet high, but back-breakingly heavy.
Basic
//superficial stuff, mostly what we'd know from looking and listening Name: Jonathan R. R. Amogus, Jr., Esq. (Aliases/Nicknames: Sus, Red) Gender: F Age: 22 Species: Impostor //entities beyond taxonomic classification may adjust this line to say "make/model" or "divinity class" or w/e you make up Voice: Squeaky, slavic accent //experimental drop of flavor/tonesetting, skip as desired. i wont make you guess where Nyarlathotep's accent is from
Personality
//consider how they talk, think, and act - illustrative examples are super good
"Ara ara~ you thought you were safe here?"
Devious Jonathan, it can safely be said, is always plotting. As an Impostor, her drive to kill and destroy never fades.
Impolite Jonathan doesn't care about your feelings.
Showoffish Jonathan's insatiable killer drive has forced her to neglect her recreational needs. As such, she derives fun as well as she can from her job, by making it into an art: you'll often see her varying her approaches and methods of killing, deliberately sabotaging herself for challenge's sake, or going out of her way to act visibly.
Powers
//come after personality. rebrand this as "spells," "cybernetics," w/e, any abnormal ability innate to your character. this is just the format that works best for jonathan: if you only have one power, don't make a list; if your powers are extremely detailed (good!), use spoilers for godsake; be specific, but avoid unit measurements where you can use qualitative examples
VENT Jonathan can jump into nearby air vents or underground tunnels, becoming entirely invisible and untrackable until she chooses to re-emerge. She can travel near-instantly between all vents within a large room-sized radius of the vent she currently occupies, and see their surroundings as if she were outside them. If Jonathan is seen entering or exiting a vent, she is sus. Jonathan's other abilities do not work while venting.
KILL Jonathan can instantly clear up to 2m of distance between herself and a crewmate, audibly detonating the upper half of their body and killing them. This ability has a 60 second cooldown. If any crewmate or impostor finds the body, they can REPORT it. Jonathan can "self-report" for deceptive purposes.
REPORT Jonathan can alert all crewmates and impostors to the existence of a body that she can see, which instantly transports them to the emergency button to vote on someone to eject.
Skills
//things your character can do that real people in their position could also learn to do. if they aren't good at anything just say so, it'll be a "mood" as the kids say and everyone will love it
Cooking things boy does jonathan know how to cook stuff
Possessions
//equipment, inventory. what did you bring with you? here go your chainswords, teddy bears, treasured jewelry, wallet, rations
Kitchen knife Unknown brand. Alarmingly well designed for stabbing.
Makeup kit
Pink lipstick
Orange blush
"Radioactive green" eyeliner
Background
//even if your old life is literally in another dimension now, it still made you who you are, and can still serve as hooks and threads for conversation and investigation, while writing it can serve as a testing ground for the kind of person you’ve built. the only thing i’ll beg to know is why you’re here, but…
Jonathan grew up in a Martian penal colony in the Sol system, where she was bullied by all the other impostors for her red coloring and unusually effective KILL power. She killed every crewmate she saw effortlessly, and while that made her amazingly powerful and an extremely high-quality impostor, it also made her a freak. It's like being hated for being too beautiful. That happened to me when I was a kid and it still does.
Anyway she put on clown makeup and killed all the other imposters one day because of the bullying. She still has that clown makeup to this day, and she keeps it in her oxygen pack to remind her to never tolerate bullies ever again. If you bully her she will KILL you and so will I.
Oh by the way she came here to become omnipotent because she's pretty sure there's like books that teach you how to be god in like the center or bottom or like whatever of the library. She found out the alignment was coming and how to take advantage of it by thinking really hard about math. She just calculated what to do in her head and then made a portal machine. She's really smart.
//Color, url, and img tags as used in the templates will be ugly and not function unless filled in properly
[hider=Title] [color=Base color][center][h2][color=Highlight color]Name[/color][/h2] [url= song ] [img] pic [/img][/url] //picture and theme song packaged into one, both optional because you’ve got text. use text no matter what because a) pretty and b) it can tell us things like apparent height and weight that may not be shown in your pic [i] appearance description [/i] [/center] [h3]Basic[/h3] //superficial stuff, mostly what we'd know from looking and listening [color=Highlight color]Name[/color]: [color=Highlight color]Gender[/color]: [color=Highlight color]Age[/color]: [color=Highlight color]Species[/color]: //entities beyond taxonomic classification may adjust this line to say "make/model" or "divinity class" or w/e you make up [color=Highlight color]Voice[/color]: //experimental drop of flavor/tonesetting, skip as desired. i wont make you guess where Nyarlathotep's accent is from [h3]Personality[/h3] //consider how they talk, think, and act - illustrative examples are super good [hider=My Hider //summarize any way you like] [center][h3]"illustrative quote"[/h3][/center] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [h3]Powers[/h3] //come after personality. rebrand this as "spells," "cybernetics," w/e, any abnormal ability innate to your character. this is just the format that works best for jonathan: if you only have one power, don't make a list; if your powers are extremely detailed (good!), use spoilers for godsake; be specific, but avoid unit measurements where you can use qualitative examples [hider=My Hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [h3]Skills[/h3] //things your character can do that real people in their position could also learn to do. if they aren't good at anything just say so, it'll be a "mood" as the kids say and everyone will love it [hider=My Hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [h3]Possessions[/h3] //equipment, inventory. what did you bring with you? here go your chainswords, teddy bears, treasured jewelry, wallet, rations [hider=My Hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [h3]Background[/h3] [sub]//even if your old life is literally in another dimension now, it still made you who you are, and can still serve as hooks and threads for conversation and investigation, while writing it can serve as a testing ground for the kind of person you’ve built. the only thing i’ll beg to know is why you’re here, but…[/sub] [hider=My Hider] blabla [/hider] [/color][/hider]
The number one priority when running or participating in an RP is being glad to be in it. Have fun. Make sure others do. Every other rule comes from this.
I aspire to have everyone posting something meaningful, whether IC or not, once a week at minimum. If you intend to disappear, tell me, and tell me how to handle your character in the meantime. If you don't, I'll assume that you're in prison, dead, married, or otherwise permanently incapacitated, and take control of your character as an NPC. This doubles as me asking you to make posts that contribute. If no one can understand your language or all you're doing is reacting to people, you're not really participating.
I'm not explicitly banning you from playing a small rodent, nor banning a Nyarlathotep from manifesting His avatar in the Akashic Records, but some degree of power parity will be good, wherever we decide the line is. When I know where it is, I'll update this rule. If you don't know why power balance is a good idea, find out before you apply. //i might retract this one - not sure if i need everyone on the same level
If you don't understand what this means, find out before you apply.
No FC restrictions.
No post length restrictions, within reason as dictated by rule 2.
I guess I'll take characters from existing IPs, but I like originals better. This is a mostly original setting.
An active OOC is not a substitute for an active IC, but it helps. I don't know what tone I want for this RP yet, for instance - if we can have an argument about that it'll help investment.
//Lines that are "commented out" like this should be replaced or removed upon submission. They're here to tell you what I want in ways that examples can't. //Color, url, and img tags as used in the templates will not function and be ugly unless filled in.
Jonathan Amogus
//picture and theme song packaged into one, both optional because you’ve got text. use text no matter what because a) pretty and b) it can tell us things like apparent height and weight that may not be shown in your pic A cartoonish red spacesuit, notable for its opaque visor, what appear to be cut scars all over its surface, and fleshy wrinkles on its facial area. About three feet high, but back-breakingly heavy.
Basic
//superficial stuff, mostly what we'd know from looking and listening Name: Jonathan R. R. Amogus, Jr., Esq. (Aliases/Nicknames: Sus, Red) Gender: F Age: 22 Species: Impostor //entities beyond taxonomic classification may adjust this line to say "make/model" or "divinity class" or w/e you make up Voice: Squeaky, slavic accent //experimental drop of flavor/tonesetting, skip as desired. i wont make you guess where Nyarlathotep's accent is from
Personality
//consider how they talk, think, and act - illustrative examples are super good
"Ara ara~ you thought you were safe here?"
a blabla
Devious Jonathan, it can safely be said, is always plotting. As an Impostor, her drive to kill and destroy never fades.
Impolite Jonathan doesn't care about your feelings.
Showoffish Jonathan's insatiable killer drive has forced her to neglect her recreational needs. As such, she derives fun as well as she can from her job, by making it into an art: you'll often see her varying her approaches and methods of killing, deliberately sabotaging herself for challenge's sake, or going out of her way to act visibly.
Powers
//come after personality. rebrand this as "spells," "cybernetics," w/e, any abnormal ability innate to your character. this is just the format that works best for jonathan: if you only have one power, don't make a list; if your powers are extremely detailed (good!), use spoilers for godsake; be specific, but avoid unit measurements where you can use qualitative examples
a blabla
VENT Jonathan can jump into nearby air vents or underground tunnels, becoming entirely invisible and untrackable until she chooses to re-emerge. She can travel near-instantly between all vents within a large room-sized radius of the vent she currently occupies, and see their surroundings as if she were outside them. If Jonathan is seen entering or exiting a vent, she is sus. Jonathan's other abilities do not work while venting.
KILL Jonathan can instantly clear up to 2m of distance between herself and a crewmate, audibly detonating the upper half of their body and killing them. This ability has a 60 second cooldown. If any crewmate or impostor finds the body, they can REPORT it. Jonathan can "self-report" for deceptive purposes.
REPORT Jonathan can alert all crewmates and impostors to the existence of a body that she can see, which instantly transports them to the emergency button to vote on someone to eject.
Possessions
//equipment, inventory. what did you bring with you? here go your chainswords, teddy bears, treasured jewelry, wallet, rations
a blabla
Kitchen knife Unknown brand. Alarmingly well designed for stabbing.
Makeup kit
Pink lipstick
Orange blush
"Radioactive green" eyeliner
Background
//i don't actually care much. it's good for your sake as if you know what your own character came from, but it probably won't come up unless you bring it up. write a lot for your own good, or just be confident in what's in your head
Jonathan grew up in a Martian penal colony in the Sol system, where she was bullied by all the other impostors for her red coloring and unusually effective KILL power. She killed every crewmate she saw effortlessly, and while that made her amazingly powerful and an extremely high-quality impostor, it also made her a freak. It's like being hated for being too beautiful. That happened to me when I was a kid and it still does. Anyway she put on clown makeup and killed all the other imposters one day because of the bullying. She still has that clown makeup to this day, and she keeps it in her oxygen pack to remind her to never tolerate bullies ever again. If you bully her she will KILL you and so will I.
[hider=Red] [color=aaaaaa][center][h2][color=FF0000]Jonathan Amogus[/color][/h2] [url= youtu.be/ekL881PJMjI ] [img] i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/75/da/3a75d… [/img][/url] [sub]//picture and theme song packaged into one, both optional because you’ve got text. use text no matter what because a) pretty and b) it can tell us things like apparent height and weight that may not be shown in your pic[/sub] [i]A cartoonish red spacesuit, notable for its opaque visor, what appear to be cut scars all over its surface, and fleshy wrinkles on its facial area. About three feet high, but back-breakingly heavy.[/i] [/center] [h3]Basic[/h3] [sub]//superficial stuff, mostly what we'd know from looking and listening[/sub] [color=FF0000]Name[/color]: Jonathan R. R. Amogus, Jr., Esq. (Aliases/Nicknames: Sus, Red) [color=FF0000]Gender[/color]: F [color=FF0000]Age[/color]: 22 [color=FF0000]Species[/color]: Impostor [sub]//entities beyond taxonomic classification may adjust this line to say "make/model" or "divinity class" or w/e you make up[/sub] [color=FF0000]Voice[/color]: Squeaky, slavic accent [sub]//experimental drop of flavor/tonesetting, skip as desired. i wont make you guess where Nyarlathotep's accent is from[/sub] [h3]Personality[/h3] [sub]//consider how they talk, think, and act - illustrative examples are super good[/sub] [hider=crime show villain //summarize any way you like] [center][h3]"Ara ara~ you thought you were safe here?"[/h3][/center] [list][*][color=FF0000]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]Devious[/color] Jonathan, it can safely be said, is always plotting. As an Impostor, her drive to kill and destroy never fades.[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]Impolite[/color] Jonathan doesn't care about your feelings.[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]Showoffish[/color] Jonathan's insatiable killer drive has forced her to neglect her recreational needs. As such, she derives fun as well as she can from her job, by making it into an art: you'll often see her varying her approaches and methods of killing, deliberately sabotaging herself for challenge's sake, or going out of her way to act visibly.[/list][/hider] [h3]Powers[/h3] [sub]//come after personality. rebrand this as "spells," "cybernetics," w/e, any abnormal ability innate to your character. this is just the format that works best for jonathan: if you only have one power, don't make a list; if your powers are extremely detailed (good!), use spoilers for godsake; be specific, but avoid unit measurements where you can use qualitative examples[/sub] [hider=hey guys have you ever played among us] [list][*][color=FF0000]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]VENT[/color] Jonathan can jump into nearby air vents or underground tunnels, becoming entirely invisible and untrackable until she chooses to re-emerge. She can travel near-instantly between all vents within a large room-sized radius of the vent she currently occupies, and see their surroundings as if she were outside them. If Jonathan is seen entering or exiting a vent, she is sus. Jonathan's other abilities do not work while venting.[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]KILL[/color] Jonathan can instantly clear up to 2m of distance between herself and a crewmate, audibly detonating the upper half of their body and killing them. This ability has a 60 second cooldown. If any crewmate or impostor finds the body, they can REPORT it. Jonathan can "self-report" for deceptive purposes.[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]REPORT[/color] Jonathan can alert all crewmates and impostors to the existence of a body that she can see, which instantly transports them to the emergency button to vote on someone to eject.[/list][/hider] [h3]Possessions[/h3] [sub]//equipment, inventory. what did you bring with you? here go your chainswords, teddy bears, treasured jewelry, wallet, rations[/sub] [hider=Possessions] [list][*][color=FF0000]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]Kitchen knife[/color] Unknown brand. Alarmingly well designed for stabbing.[/list] [list][*][color=FF0000]Makeup kit[/color] [list][*]Pink lipstick [*]Orange blush [*]"Radioactive green" eyeliner[/list][/list][/hider] [h3]Background[/h3] [sub]//i don't actually care much. it's good for your sake as if you know what your own character came from, but it probably won't come up unless you bring it up. write a lot for your own good, or just be confident in what's in your head[/sub] [hider=sob story] Jonathan grew up in a Martian penal colony in the Sol system, where she was bullied by all the other impostors for her red coloring and unusually effective KILL power. She killed every crewmate she saw effortlessly, and while that made her amazingly powerful and an extremely high-quality impostor, it also made her a freak. It's like being hated for being too beautiful. That happened to me when I was a kid and it still does. Anyway she put on clown makeup and killed all the other imposters one day because of the bullying. She still has that clown makeup to this day, and she keeps it in her oxygen pack to remind her to never tolerate bullies ever again. If you bully her she will KILL you and so will I.[/hider] [/color][/hider]
[hider=Title] [color=Base color][center][h2][color=Highlight color]Name[/color][/h2] [url= song ] [img] pic [/img][/url] //picture and theme song packaged into one, both optional because you’ve got text. use text no matter what because a) pretty and b) it can tell us things like apparent height and weight that may not be shown in your pic [i] appearance description [/i] [/center] [h3]Basic[/h3] //superficial stuff, mostly what we'd know from looking and listening [color=Highlight color]Name[/color]: [color=Highlight color]Gender[/color]: [color=Highlight color]Age[/color]: [color=Highlight color]Species[/color]: //entities beyond taxonomic classification may adjust this line to say "make/model" or "divinity class" or w/e you make up [color=Highlight color]Voice[/color]: //experimental drop of flavor/tonesetting, skip as desired. i wont make you guess where Nyarlathotep's accent is from [h3]Personality[/h3] //consider how they talk, think, and act - illustrative examples are super good [hider=My Hider //summarize any way you like] [center][h3]"illustrative quote"[/h3][/center] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [h3]Powers[/h3] //come after personality. rebrand this as "spells," "cybernetics," w/e, any abnormal ability innate to your character. this is just the format that works best for jonathan: if you only have one power, don't make a list; if your powers are extremely detailed (good!), use spoilers for godsake; be specific, but avoid unit measurements where you can use qualitative examples [hider=My Hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [h3]Possessions[/h3] //equipment, inventory. what did you bring with you? here go your chainswords, teddy bears, treasured jewelry, wallet, rations [hider=My Hider] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [list][*][color=Highlight color]a[/color] blabla[/list] [/hider] [h3]Background[/h3] //i don't actually care much. it's good for your sake as if you know what your own character came from, but it probably won't come up unless you bring it up. write a lot for your own good, or just be confident in what's in your head [hider=My Hider]
