[OOC] The Collector (2) [Closed]

[shi12]

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I’m sorry you had to wake up like this, sleeping on the cold ground isn’t very comfortable. You’re probably wondering where you are though and why you’re here. Well that’s simple; you’re in my mansion which will probably be your home sooner or later. It doesn’t have to be though. If you can escape you’re free to go, don’t just try to break out through brute force though. My house doesn’t take that kindly and I don’t want damaged collectibles. Oh that reminds me, if you can’t escape you become mine, that is why I chose you. I wanted another special thing to add to my collection.
Well good luck, I look forward to spending the rest of eternity here with you all.
Signed,
The Collector.
A group of special individuals, people or creatures with unique abilities, all find themselves trapped in the basement. They have no idea where they are or why they are there. On the door at the top of the basement stairs they find this letter and their confusion and worry spreads. The door is surprisingly unlocked.
A key out of the mansion is hidden somewhere, guarded by dangers and fierce creatures/monsters. They aren’t the only monsters there however, seeing as a few of the kidnapped individuals are not human themselves. No-one can just jump out a broken window either, the house is enchanted to repair itself quick enough that trying to escape from said window would result in losing a limb or more. These individuals have to team up to face the challenges of the mansion and find the key to freedom, seeing as the front door is locked from the outside.
In this we’ll all mostly be playing the individuals who were taken, but they aren’t average people either. Each one of them have an ability, though some are inhuman, that caused this Collector to become interested in them. If anyone wants to play a previous collection though please ask, these are the creatures/ people around the mansion who now unwillingly work for The collector.
Do not hesitate to ask questions or ask for help.
GM- Shi12
Co-GM -TheWindle

Human CS

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (description/ picture/ or both)
Personality:
Fear(s):
Ability: (This needs to be something more than what the average person is capable of. It’s more along the line of powers.)
Short History:
Other: (Non-mandatory)

Supernatural CS

Name:
Age: (if they don’t age then put both their actual age and the age they appear.)
Gender:
Species:
Appearance: (Description /Image/ or both)
Personality:
Fear(s):
Ability: (This needs to be something that makes your character stick out from the rest of their kind and humans, something that no one else can do.)
Short History:
Other: (Non-mandatory)

If anyone shows interest in being someone who was previously collected I’ll put up a separate CS.
Need to Know Information

The Collector

The Collector is a non-playable character, at the beginning he is just a letter but when he eventually comes in I’ll be working him. This is due to the fact that he shows up too far in for me to make someone wait for; he’s not even in the mansion until that point.
It is unknown if the collector is a he/she or even human.

How we came to reside in the mansion.

The Collector watches us, determines if we’re really worth being a ‘Collectible’. If he decides yes he sends paid henchmen to subdue and deliver the target.
There is no specific way these henchmen subdue their targets.

The Mansion

The mansion is actually alive and it intends to keeps us prisoner. Walls and windows can repair themselves fast enough to keep us inside. Putting an arm through a broken window will most likely result in the loss of said limb. The mansion is also completely conscious, it can hear and see us so planning escapes needs to be done carefully.

The Previously Collected

These are those who did not succeed in escaping in previous collections. They no longer have a free will and are not capable of disobeying the Collector’s orders. Their entire goal is to break our will, keep us busy until the Collector returns to do what he/she has done to everyone else he ever took. They will even go as far as killing, but most likely they will maim and injure or merely capture and hold us.

-----ACCEPTED CHARACTERS-----
-Shi12
-TheWindle (Co-GM)
-Blox
-Alice Zara
-Siaya Dragalorn
-RedOX
-Miss24601
-Lugubrious
-RangingWolf
-drallinix

[TheWendil]

Marianne

Name: Marianne Age: ??? Gender: Female Species: ??? Appearance:

Personality: Appears to hold up a friendly front and actually enjoys making small conversation and the like. Is her kindness genuine or does it hold some ulterior motive? Fears: As of now, nothing seems to faze her at all. Ability: Unknown, as no one can diagnose just what she is. Judging by the confident aura in which she carries herself with…it’s probably not good. Short History: An enigmatic girl found in the Collector’s Manor that seems to be looking for something…or someone. She encounters his latest group of collected subjects, choosing to either help or hinder their ploy for escape depending on her mood. Other: To those of a more feral nature, the smell of rot and decay can be caught wafting from her figure.

Scarlet

Name: Scarlet Age: Appears to be between 17 and 23 Gender: Female Species: Vampire Appearance:

Personality: Scarlet is a person who seeks to resolve all problems without the use of needless violence; it’s time consuming, and frankly it’s sloppy as well. That being said, she unfortunately must resort to such things a good fair amount of the time. In which case, Scarlet will regretfully commit herself to battle. Calm, level-headed, and sometimes appearing stoic, Scarlet can appear to act robotically most of the time but she does genuinely care about the people around her. She may act cold, but trust us, she means well. In fact, the only time she will ever lose her cool is if one insults her master. If that occurs, Scarlet dons off all regard or value for the instigator until they are properly put in their place. Fears: Fears nothing but the wrath of her elusive master. Ability: Although she is naught but a mere human, Scarlet is well adept in the art of combat to take care of herself. She carries around a plethora of knives…in fact, so many that one has to question just where she stores them all. She in fact has the power to summon her bladed friends, meaning she has an nigh-unlimited amount of weapons, all of them knives. She can use such tools as deadly projectiles or close quarter weapons. Furthermore, Scarlet’s entire demeanor will change when in battle, especially if her master’s pride is at risk. When in combat, her eyes become the color of blood and her speed is said to be twice as fast as before; so fast in fact, that spectators can see the streaks of light created by the arc of her knives. However, she possesses one vital weakness. After all, she is still only human. Short History: An enigmatic girl found in the Collector’s Manor that seems to be looking for someone, specifically someone she only refers to as “the master”. She encounters the Collector’s latest group of collected subjects and chooses to help them on their route for escape, reasoning that she can find her lost master by sticking in a group. Other: As an apparently skilled and exceptional maid, Scarlet is trained in the art of…well, doing maid stuff. That includes washing the dishes, fixing dinner, cleaning the house, folding laundry, knifing idiots…the usual stuff.

[shi12]

TheWindel said
Reserved GM post.

I think you meant to put Co-GM...

[TheWendil]

shi12 said
I think you meant to put Co-GM...

Whoops! Fixing that now.

Edit: Just went ahead and added my character in for time-sake.

[RedOx]

Name: Howard Phillips
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Species: Illithid/Human
Appearance: Howard, when he appears human, is 6'2", has slick, black hair, typically Slavic features, blue eyes, and is of a very slim build. In his alternate form, he maintains dimensions but bears slick, grey skin, a head reminiscent of both insects and octopi, a number of extraneous tentacles, inverted knee joints, and clawed hands and feet.
Personality: Howard is a bit of a shut-in, isolating himself from others lest they discover his nature, of which he is ashamed. He is intelligent and hardly shy, but does not enjoy people, as he's come to associate them with derision and snide commentary.
Fear(s): Being discovered, fire, crowds, holy relics
Ability: Howard has the ability to change between an Illithid, a child of C'thulhu, and a human. His Illithid form is stronger, more durable, and faster than most humans, but radiates an aura that decays the mental state of all within in, including Howard. As a human, Howard retains some of this control over madness, with the ability to madden others to an extent parallel with his level of bodily exertion.
Short History: Howard was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, from which he scarcely departed. A majority of his life was spent studying law and the natural sciences, but this was cast away upon his spontaneous first transformation while visiting a beach. A cephalopod, something he had never seen prior, induced him to take his Illithd form for the first time and subsequently flee to begin a new life elsewhere.

[shi12]

RedOx said
Name: Howard PhillipsAge: 28Gender: MaleSpecies: Illithid/HumanAppearance: Howard, when he appears human, is 6'2", has slick, black hair, typically Slavic features, blue eyes, and is of a very slim build. In his alternate form, he maintains dimensions but bears slick, grey skin, a head reminiscent of both insects and octopi, a number of extraneous tentacles, inverted knee joints, and clawed hands and feet. Personality: Howard is a bit of a shut-in, isolating himself from others lest they discover his nature, of which he is ashamed. He is intelligent and hardly shy, but does not enjoy people, as he's come to associate them with derision and snide commentary. Fear(s): Being discovered, fire, crowds, holy relicsAbility: Howard has the ability to change between an Illithid, a child of C'thulhu, and a human. His Illithid form is stronger, more durable, and faster than most humans, but radiates an aura that decays the mental state of all within in, including Howard. As a human, Howard retains some of this control over madness, with the ability to madden others to an extent parallel with his level of bodily exertion. Short History: Howard was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, from which he scarcely departed. A majority of his life was spent studying law and the natural sciences, but this was cast away upon his spontaneous first transformation while visiting a beach. A cephalopod, something he had never seen prior, induced him to take his Illithd form for the first time and subsequently flee to begin a new life elsewhere.

Accepted.

[Riven Wight]

Name: Faira Sellwood
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Personality: Though outgoing when around people she knows, she is usually quiet when meeting new people and tries to avoid large groups of people unknown to her at all costs. She has a fiery spirit and is up for almost anything with friends. She is loyal, and would do anything to keep her friends and family safe. When angry, she is a raging fire that would quickly—if not accidentally—burn her contender, both metaphorically and literally.
Fears: Drowning, the possibility that her powers will not remain forever, and losing her loved ones.
Ability: Control and mimicry of darkness/shadows, and fire manipulation.
Short History: Found abandoned when she was a baby with only strange flute and a note with her name on it, Faira was placed with an adoption agency, where she was quickly adopted by a loving couple.
She grew up mostly happy and knowing she was adopted, always wondering who her biological parents were.
A few weeks before her seventeenth birthday, one of her friends had dragged her to a party.
She hung back, hoping no one would notice her and wishing she could blend in with the shadows of the poorly lit room. Suddenly, she found that that is exactly what she could do.
Not long after that, she discovered her ability to control fire after she and her best friend got into a heated argument. She had stormed off to a single bathroom in a corner of their school to try and cool off, but instead set the toilet paper roll on fire.
She chose to share her abilities with her few friends, but a majority of them reacted with fear, and drew away from Faira. Because of that, she chose to keep the abilities from her parents.
Both intrigued and frightened by her abilities, she began to practice and play with her new-found gifts, doing what research she could on the powers by both reading and trial-and-error, until the day when she found herself waking in a strange manor along with a few others, and only a note signed by someone calling his/herself “The Collector” as an explanation.
Other: She has a strange, swirling scar on her shoulder which she has had since placed into adoptive care, and tends to favor clothes of the color black. She always carries the flute she was found with, which is conveniently collapsible, and has had a special pocket sewn onto a couple pairs of her pants specifically for the instrument. Still not entirely capable of controlling her powers, they tend to “act up” with emotions.

[Riven Wight]

Hope it is okay. Let me know if I need to change anything. It has been a while since I made a character profile for a roleplay.

[shi12]

Siaya Dragalorn said
Faira Sellwood 17 Female Though outgoing when around people she knows, she is usually quiet when meeting new people and tries to avoid large groups of people unknown to her at all costs. She has a fiery spirit and is up for almost anything with friends. She is loyal, and would do anything to keep her friends and family safe. When angry, she is a raging fire that would quickly—if not accidentally—burn her contender, both metaphorically and literally. Drowning, the possibility that her powers will not remain forever, and losing her loved ones. Control and mimicry of darkness/shadows, and fire manipulation. Found abandoned when she was a baby with only strange flute and a note with her name on it, Faira was placed with an adoption agency, where she was quickly adopted by a loving couple. She grew up mostly happy and knowing she was adopted, always wondering who her biological parents were. A few weeks before her seventeenth birthday, one of her friends had dragged her to a party. She hung back, hoping no one would notice her and wishing she could blend in with the shadows of the poorly lit room. Suddenly, she found that that is exactly what she could do. Not long after that, she discovered her ability to control fire after she and her best friend got into a heated argument. She had stormed off to a single bathroom in a corner of their school to try and cool off, but instead set the toilet paper roll on fire. She chose to share her abilities with her few friends, but a majority of them reacted with fear, and drew away from Faira. Because of that, she chose to keep the abilities from her parents. Both intrigued and frightened by her abilities, she began to practice and play with her new-found gifts, doing what research she could on the powers by both reading and trial-and-error, until the day when she found herself waking in a strange manor along with a few others, and only a note signed by someone calling his/herself “The Collector” as an explanation. She has a strange, swirling scar on her shoulder which she has had since placed into adoptive care, and tends to favor clothes of the color black. She always carries the flute she was found with, which is conveniently collapsible, and has had a special pocket sewn onto a couple pairs of her pants specifically for the instrument. Still not entirely capable of controlling her powers, they tend to “act up” with emotions.

Accepted, I love her ability.
I now have to figure out a new species for my character. (She was originally going to be a shadow person... Not anymore...)

[TheWendil]

@Siaya Dragalorn. Accepted.

[Riven Wight]

Hope it is okay. Let me know if I need to change anything. It has been a while since I made a character profile for a roleplay.

[Riven Wight]

Woot! And oh, my bad! Sorry for taking that! Great minds think alike :-). Also, sorry for that double post. My computer spazzed out or something.

[shi12]

Siaya Dragalorn said
Woot! And oh, my bad! Sorry for taking that! Great minds think alike :-). Also, sorry for that double post. My computer spazzed out or something.

It's fine, honestly it happens.
Plus it won't affect much, she was still in the 'putting together' phase.

[shi12]

Rosaline

Name: Rosaline
Age: Appears 23, is actually 837 years old.
Gender: Female
Species: Nebula; magic wielders who have no true physical form. Instead they are seen as mist or fog, often leading people astray for amusement. It is possible for them to take on human form, usually taking on the form that was once theirs before they gave up their mortal body in exchange for longevity.
There are only seven of the species, six males and one female.
Appearance:
Personality: Rosaline comes across to most as harmless, but underneath that nice girl persona is a vengeful spirit. Those who wrong her are doomed to suffer from her magic. She has a quiet temper and will rather act unfazed until the opportune moment to get her revenge. Rose has trust issues, but for those who gain her trust she will go to the ends of the earth for them. Once you get past her cold outer shell she is actually a bit of a trickster with an odd sense of humor.
Fear(s): Enclosed spaces, her brothers (minus the youngest of the six), and breaking.
Ability: Rosaline has the ability to create illusion inducing fog, a skill she developed after losing her misty form. She also has mastered several branches of magic and is much more skilled than the rest of her kind. The thing that really sets her apart from her six brothers, the only others of her species, is the fact that she is the only female of her kind.
Short History: Most of Rosaline’s life as a human has been forgotten. She does remember that it was just her six older brothers and herself when they gave up their human shells and took on the form of mist. For many years she wandered the globe, causing trouble, watching, exploring, and further expanding her grasp on magic. Then one day, around 1867 or so, she came across a powerful warlock. Becoming interested, she took on her human form and approached. The Warlock jumped, shocked that someone had snuck up on him, but nonetheless introduced himself. Rosaline introduced herself as well before asking him if he could help her with her magic. The warlock became intrigued and agreed.
Unbeknownst to her the warlock became infatuated with her, both her power and herself. Then one day he spotted her in the arms of a man, in truth one of her older brothers, but he believed him to be her lover/ courter. The next time she went to see the warlock he confronted her and without letting her explain he cursed her. Since then she has been trapped in a form of porcelain and she never saw the warlock again.
Since then she has strengthened her magic. It did not help her much however when she was captured recently by those who work for the ‘Collector’.
Other: Rosaline is trapped in a porcelain replica of her human form.

[Blox]

Just saw this thread open up! Thanks for making the second one. I'll create my CS between today and tomorrow.

[shi12]

Blox said
Just saw this thread open up! Thanks for making the second one. I'll create my CS between today and tomorrow.

Alright!

[Riven Wight]

Question for you: when it comes to descriptions of the rooms/house when we get into the actual IC posts, is it going to be more GM controlled, player controlled, or somewhere in between, like the basics being laid out by one of you two, then the rest being up for grabs?

[TheWendil]

Siaya Dragalorn said
Question for you: when it comes to descriptions of the rooms/house when we get into the actual IC posts, is it going to be more GM controlled, player controlled, or somewhere in between, like the basics being laid out by one of you two, then the rest being up for grabs?

A little of both. Generally, the initial threats and description of the rooms will be detailed through GM/Co-GM posts and can then be described further in player posts; although the threats will remain the same regardless.

[Riven Wight]

TheWindel said
A little of both. Generally, the initial threats and description of the rooms will be detailed through GM/Co-GM posts and can then be described further in player posts; although the threats will remain the same regardless.

Thank you for satisfying my curiosity. :-)

[Blox]

-no longer in rp-