First thing's first, I'm writing this while insomnia beats me senseless, so please forgive me for the tone and quality of this post.
A long, long while ago, I made an Interest Check and roleplay for something called Blackharbour. Unfortunately, it died due to unfortunate circumstances on my behalf. As a result, despite how much fun it would have been, Blackharbour has simply.. stagnated.
After multiple years of dead silence, I'm back, and I'd like to dig up Blackharbour's corpse and bring it back with me.
You can find the old OOC, full of information, here. As much as I'd like to renovate the entire thing in this interest check, I'm not particularly eager to throw a bunch of effort into it with no guarantee that my time won't be wasted. That OOC contains all of the relevant information, though I'll mention here that a minor rework of many things will be on the table if enough interest is gathered. While massive, sprawling changes aren't a likely possibility, I'm honestly dissatisfied with prior my work on Blackharbour. I can't claim to have actually become a better writer since then, but I can claim to believe that I have.
The fundamental story won't be changed, so, in summary;
Blackharbour is a horror-mystery based around the region of Bell's Cove. Our main protagonists are a tightly-knit group of people who joined the Blackmoore College Occult Club. One day, the leader of this club mysteriously vanishes, and for the next week, the Occult Club's members all have an identical, recurring dream featuring him. On the seventh day, the dream apparition of their club leader asks a simple favor; "Find me." Thus begins the Occult Club's search for answers in a region utterly brimming with things that go bump- and worse- in the night. Superstition and beliefs run deep in Bell's Cove. Every inch of the place seems somehow unnatural. In a place like that, who knows what awful fate could've befallen their best of friends?
Big, long, relatively in-depth spooky mystery roleplay with a decently chunky cast, long posts, plenty of fun (not for our characters!), and multiple endings depending on certain factors you'll just have to discover~
While the main cast are the Occult Club members, who've been friends for at least a little while years, there are also other roles available with significant narrative heft.
A Detective from out of town is hired by an anonymous employer to assist in finding the missing club leader via any means necessary.
Local law enforcement are on the prowl as well, intent on rectifying what the local media has called 'a major failing of Blackharbour's younger population'.
Our missing club leader's family are eager for answers, too. Even worse, icy whispers flutter through the streets; the current head of the Bell family has launched a silent, private investigation. Chess pieces are moving. A storm has already begun brewing.
On top of that, players are free to play their own entirely unrelated characters, though with significantly less narrative weight behind them. Someone who plays the Detective will be actively hunting for clues and answers, while a random student who studies at Blackmoore College is much less likely to get involved.
... Or so you might be inclined to think. True safety is quite hard to find in Blackharbour.
However, priority goes to the Occult Club, and the other Set Roles you can find in the OOC.
Set Roles come with certain specific backstories and cemented character information. Additionally, it's very likely that the Leader's Mother, Father and the English Teacher will be handled by me. While I'm willing to give these specific Set Roles away if someone really wants them, they are the lowest on the priority list; unless, of course, you bring an amazing idea forward or just REALLY want them. Additionally, certain Set Roles will have a pseudo-NDA attached; you'll be given important information, but can tell nobody.
This will not affect the major mysteries of the story in a way that ruins them for you.
You can also probably tell plenty about the kind of story from this post's tags. Additionally, I'm hesitant to put the 18+ tag, but the roleplay will deal with mature themes and topics, so there's a high likelihood I'll throw it in.
I'd like to apologise again. I'm dead tired while typing this up.
Please feel free to read the old OOC, or just drop a hi here.
I'll be coming back to this interest check to spruce it up a bit later on, but I wanted to get it up and available to be read while I (hopefully) knock out. If I don't post this now, I'll just keep procrastinating on it until I eventually wind up never doing it.
and it would drop when most people are asleep, probably? time zones do be time zonin'
With all this said, I'll be off to once again attempt to try and sleep, so please don't be surprised if I don't respond right away. I hope you enjoy reading what I had and have for you, and I also hope you have a wonderful coming week. Thank you for your time.
A long, long while ago, I made an Interest Check and roleplay for something called Blackharbour. Unfortunately, it died due to unfortunate circumstances on my behalf. As a result, despite how much fun it would have been, Blackharbour has simply.. stagnated.
After multiple years of dead silence, I'm back, and I'd like to dig up Blackharbour's corpse and bring it back with me.
You can find the old OOC, full of information, here. As much as I'd like to renovate the entire thing in this interest check, I'm not particularly eager to throw a bunch of effort into it with no guarantee that my time won't be wasted. That OOC contains all of the relevant information, though I'll mention here that a minor rework of many things will be on the table if enough interest is gathered. While massive, sprawling changes aren't a likely possibility, I'm honestly dissatisfied with prior my work on Blackharbour. I can't claim to have actually become a better writer since then, but I can claim to believe that I have.
The fundamental story won't be changed, so, in summary;
Blackharbour is a horror-mystery based around the region of Bell's Cove. Our main protagonists are a tightly-knit group of people who joined the Blackmoore College Occult Club. One day, the leader of this club mysteriously vanishes, and for the next week, the Occult Club's members all have an identical, recurring dream featuring him. On the seventh day, the dream apparition of their club leader asks a simple favor; "Find me." Thus begins the Occult Club's search for answers in a region utterly brimming with things that go bump- and worse- in the night. Superstition and beliefs run deep in Bell's Cove. Every inch of the place seems somehow unnatural. In a place like that, who knows what awful fate could've befallen their best of friends?
Big, long, relatively in-depth spooky mystery roleplay with a decently chunky cast, long posts, plenty of fun (not for our characters!), and multiple endings depending on certain factors you'll just have to discover~
While the main cast are the Occult Club members, who've been friends for at least a little while years, there are also other roles available with significant narrative heft.
A Detective from out of town is hired by an anonymous employer to assist in finding the missing club leader via any means necessary.
Local law enforcement are on the prowl as well, intent on rectifying what the local media has called 'a major failing of Blackharbour's younger population'.
Our missing club leader's family are eager for answers, too. Even worse, icy whispers flutter through the streets; the current head of the Bell family has launched a silent, private investigation. Chess pieces are moving. A storm has already begun brewing.
On top of that, players are free to play their own entirely unrelated characters, though with significantly less narrative weight behind them. Someone who plays the Detective will be actively hunting for clues and answers, while a random student who studies at Blackmoore College is much less likely to get involved.
... Or so you might be inclined to think. True safety is quite hard to find in Blackharbour.
However, priority goes to the Occult Club, and the other Set Roles you can find in the OOC.
Set Roles come with certain specific backstories and cemented character information. Additionally, it's very likely that the Leader's Mother, Father and the English Teacher will be handled by me. While I'm willing to give these specific Set Roles away if someone really wants them, they are the lowest on the priority list; unless, of course, you bring an amazing idea forward or just REALLY want them. Additionally, certain Set Roles will have a pseudo-NDA attached; you'll be given important information, but can tell nobody.
This will not affect the major mysteries of the story in a way that ruins them for you.
You can also probably tell plenty about the kind of story from this post's tags. Additionally, I'm hesitant to put the 18+ tag, but the roleplay will deal with mature themes and topics, so there's a high likelihood I'll throw it in.
I'd like to apologise again. I'm dead tired while typing this up.
Please feel free to read the old OOC, or just drop a hi here.
I'll be coming back to this interest check to spruce it up a bit later on, but I wanted to get it up and available to be read while I (hopefully) knock out. If I don't post this now, I'll just keep procrastinating on it until I eventually wind up never doing it.
and it would drop when most people are asleep, probably? time zones do be time zonin'
With all this said, I'll be off to once again attempt to try and sleep, so please don't be surprised if I don't respond right away. I hope you enjoy reading what I had and have for you, and I also hope you have a wonderful coming week. Thank you for your time.