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Road Sign: Supernatural, Superamped.

The gigs have been going well. Neither you nor your bandmates can deny that, though all of you have a little bit of doubt about your band's potential to go far, especially considering the group's name.

Road Sign. Who came up with that, anyway?

At your last venue, Brandi Michaels, your current bassist in a long line of players, spotted a man in a five-figure suit and gold tinted sunglasses watching the concert with interest.

Sure enough, he was a talent agent named Luke Fifer and thinks that RS has potential. The band is supposed to meet with their potential agent soon, but something seems a little bit off with him, and Brandi has said that Luke “gives her the heebie jeebies.”

Whatever, RS is going to the top of the world!

Important stuff:

This is gonna be short cause most of this is self-explanatory. Players are members of the band “Road Sign,” or part of the support staff, hopefully about to sign their first record deal, for the distribution of the album “Guardrail,” but something seems to be a little strange with their agent, and a few of the more... Loco members of the group have suggested that he isn't quite human.

Th others don't believe them, of course.

FAQ:

On the note of the band's genre: Players will decide the type of music Road Sign plays, but it will most likely be rock, for storyline purposes.

“Oh, Kaithas, it says supernatural up there, what does that mean?” Well, we'll get there. I'll distribute some powers/abilities in the early game.

Rules:
Don't be a dillweasel. That covers most of it, but more specifically:
1. Listen to the staff.
2. At least at the beginning of the game, your characters are ordinary people, and a guitar will not beat a gun. Keep that in mind.
3. No gmodding, metagaming, or autohitting.
4. Profiles have to be approved.
5. Killing without permission ain't cool.
6. In case you couldn't tell, this is fairly lighthearted. Don't fuss at people for making jokes unless it's out of hand.
7. No bunnying.
8. I swear, if higher than PG-13 sexiness happens, I'll flip. Fade to black, take to PM, nobody wants to see that unless it involves them.
9. Have fun!

Profile Form/Staff Character:
Name: Duh.
Age: Duh 2.0. Should be in the 18-23 range for bandmates.
Instrument: What role do you have in the band? Be creative, I'll allow electric bassoon players. (do those even exist?)
Appearance: Duh 3: Revenge of the Duh.
Personality: How your character acts. This be optional.
Requested Supernatural, Superamped Ability: This may be granted when the time comes, it might not be. Most likely, this is the one you'll get. If you want me to pick, put in “Random.” If you want it secret, just PM me.
Bio: Your character's history.

Name: Brandi Michaels
Age: 18
Instrument: Bass
Appearance:
Personality: A little bit crazy, but all around a sweet kid.
Requested Power: Secret.
Bio: Road Sign has had bad luck with their bassists, having lost count around number 7. Brandi has lasted longer than the others, but that's not saying much when the previous record was a month, held by the first, Zack*. She's fresh outta high school, but is very skilled for her relative inexperience.



*Zack died in a freak basketweaving accident.
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Oh, one other thing. This may be the first RP I actually close to new applicants, at least for members of the core band. I don't think I will, but who knows.
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Profile Form/Staff Character:
Name: Stephen Headon
Age: 25
Instrument: Lead guitar
Appearance: Stephen
Personality: Stephen is rather modest to say the least. He isn't the type to blast out some fast pased impossible guitar solo that essentially sounds like a bunch of noise, he'd rather make a riff that at least semi-good guitar players could play while making it sound melodic and brilliant rather than hard to play and impressive. He doesn't really like parties but is rather energetic and lively when on stage.
Requested Supernatural, Superamped Ability: Random
Bio: Stephen was born in Manchester to a folk guitarist and a pub owner. His mother ran the pub while his father played there with his band, it was a winning combo all year round. Stephen grew up with his father teaching him guitar from an early age only for his father to discover that Stephen took to a guitar like a fish takes to water. He was a prodigy and was playing songs his father found difficult by his teens. As he grew his taste matured, he ventured out of the folk that his father made him listen to and into the rock category. He was generally interested in all genres of music but never strayed far from rock. He later studied music at university and moved to America soon after to seek fame and fortune. He helped form the band a few weeks later, and has stayed as a constant member throughout.
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Interesting, Reminds me somewhat of Brutal Legend.

Profile Form/Staff Character:
Name: Max Fletcher
Age: 24
Instrument: Vocalist.
Appearance: 5' 10"/Caucasian/Dark shaggy shoulder-length hair/Blue Eyes.
Personality: Joker.
Requested Supernatural, Superamped Ability: Random.
Bio: Max joined Road Sign with two things in mind; making money and getting girls. So far he was yet to get much of either, but the gigs weren't bad and he often got free drinks so the young vocalist figured he'd stick it out and see where things went..

I'm happy to change my band role if you had someone else in mind as the vocalist.
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I'll be rhythm, give me a bit to put up my CS.
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Name: Patrick "Pat" Lewis

Age: 23

Instrument: Rhythm guitar/backing vocals

Appearance:

Personalty: Patrick is a well-meaning and free spirited young man with a knack for telling snarky jokes. However, he does have an ill temper, and does not take kindly to any of the other band members slacking off - A testament to his devotion to music and the band. Patrick is very adamant on Road Sign becoming a successful band.

Power: ?

Bio: Patrick grew up in a small Midwestern town known for nothing much more than being very industrious. His parents were very humble workers who emphasized the importance of hard work and dedication to your craft, a lesson Patrick keeps up with to this day. From the first day he picked up the instrument, Patrick has been glued to the guitar. Mainly influenced by southern blues, Patrick is also a student of the classic rock greats, as well as the sloppy grunge style of the 90's.

Due to his poor academic feats in high school, Patrick enrolled into community college and spent two fairly lazy and unmotivated years trudging from class to class before founding a small time garage-blues band called "The Happenings." Patrick soon fell out with his bandmates, and in a fit of frustration failed to enroll into college for his third year. After a year of striking it out as a solo musician, Patrick met Stephen Headon at a local music club, where the two guitarist on a whim decided to form what became known as Road Sign.

Patrick takes Road Sign very seriously, and has a broad vision of what he wants the band to become. He works very diligently with the other members of the band to come up with music and eventually be able to fund an album, and then perhaps a tour if the band strikes gold.
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All approved.

Oh, and y'all are actually picking Random. I did not expect that.

Well. I'll have fun with this. XD

IC when I get the chance.
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Whoa, should we bump until we find someone who wants to be the drummer?
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I might use the drummer just so I have a character that has a little more say so in how the band is run, but until there's a gig we don't necessarily need one.
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Sounds good.
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Is it too late to take the drummer?
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Nope, definitely not ^^
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I'm ready whenever you guys are :)
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Okay here she is:

Name: Born as Taliah Winter-Dewitt, goes by Taya Rivers
Age: 19
Instrument: Drums
Appearance: Taya used to have flowing brown hair in a rather classic look, but when she changed her image she cut it short and dyed it black. She usually has colored highlights, and at the start of this rp she has chosen a flashy purple.
Personality: Taya tries hard to fit in and be a cool rock chick, but her upbringing is hard to hide. Most of what she knows from the 'real' world comes from books.
Requested Supernatural, Superamped Ability: Hmmm I think I'm just going for random, I'm curious what you come up with!
Bio: Taliah Winter-Dewitt was a rather sheltered girl from a wealthy family in Europe. She started learning to play the cello when she was 6, with success. When she grew older however, she got fed up with the 'hobbies' her parents chose for her (ballet, classical music, etiquette). A friend in school once let her listen to a recording of a rockband, and since then she has been secretly in love with the rockscene. By the time she was 16 she had taught herself how to drum. As soon as she was old enough to move out, she left home to start a new life, choosing a new stage name and a new image. Taya Rivers had been travelling rather aimlessly when she met the band. While she hasnt told anyone about her background, it is clear that she isnt completely at home in this new world yet.

edit: I appear to be in a different timezone... I hope that isnt going to be a problem
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So how are we going to decide on which songs to play? I mean we can't all have the same taste.
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Taya approved.

My final classwork assignment of the year is over, so I should be posting the IC soon.

@Mr_Pink: Ideally speaking, we'd have original songs, but as for covers... We could put it up to a vote. I personally lean toward rock, and for what we're doing later it'll work better than, say, Frank Sinatra, but I'm open to suggestions.
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Rock is far more interesting and broad than most any other genre we could do as far as I pictured the setting. But I could be wrong.

IC Within the hour.
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Yeah I thought Rock would be best too, but who is stopping us from performing one or two songs outside of the genre just to shake things up?
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Kaithas said
Taya approved.My final classwork assignment of the year is over, so I should be posting the IC soon.@Mr_Pink: Ideally speaking, we'd have original songs, but as for covers... We could put it up to a vote. I personally lean toward rock, and for what we're doing later it'll work better than, say, Frank Sinatra, but I'm open to suggestions.


On the subject of original songs, how would that work? Wouldn't it be better just to use other real bands songs and use them as our fictional bands original songs within the RP universe?
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I don't see why we have to complicate ourselves much on the matter, I mean, if we say "Rock" the people who are into classic can imagine it being classic, people who are into punk can imagine it as punk, people who are into blues can...well, yeah, you get the picture.

We can just come up with original song titles. I mean, is the music the main focus or is the supernatural aspect more important?
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