[OOC] Southvale Investigations (urban fantasy/paranormal investigation + mystery)

[dead anime dad]

_{urban fantasy + mystery + adventure
^{during ritual sacrifice, it's considered "bad form" to take bits home for later.}}

A group of morons paranormal investigators in Detroit Southvale trudge haphazardly into actual paranormal shit legitimacy. hilarity tragedy idiocy Shenanigans ensue.

^{_{? Players + ? Characters + No Vacancy}}

rules & ''rules''

The goal here is to have fun. Rule #1 is that you don't intentionally fuck that up.

The mods will come up with a few plot twists for each character - do your best to roll with the punches on those. If there's something you profoundly disagree with, let either @dead anime dad or @dead anime mom know how you're feeling, rather than letting it fester.

Otherwise? Just know that if you don't post in the ic for one week, you're out. Simple, that. We'll assume you've dropped, unless you let us know otherwise.

For those who prefer enumerated lists:

1. Don't be a dick.
2. Post at least once a week, per character
3. Don't post your character sheets in the character section until they've been mod-approved.
4. Your character can die; be careful. Or reckless. Whatever; it's your flesh puppet.
5. The length of your post doesn't matter; be sure there's something to reply to.
6. Don't be a dick.
7. Double or more-ing is encouraged; mind rule #2.
8. Don't be a dick.

[dead anime dad]

_{setting + magic + universe information.}

Southvale is the 3^rd most populated city in ██████████. It boasts an illustrious history, the Milo Center (the renowned performance art conservatory, eponymous of playwright Robert Milo, not the stuffed-cake treat), the most expansive selection of fossils of any non-private collector in the northern hemisphere, and the highest instance of homicide per capita of any city in the country.


here's more or less what you need to know about the paranormal investigation group:

• Very creatively named Southvale Investigations.
• Has existed in some form or another for ~14 years. Membership has waxed and waned over the years.
• Of the original 4 person team, the longest-involved was Cynthia Wiles. At some point last autumn, Cynthia severed all ties with Southvale Investigations.
• Some 80 people have called themselves members of Southvale Investigations since its inception. A few of these keep in contact with current members. Others? Restraining orders.
• Southvale Investigations has an "office" downtown; it's more of a closet than an actual office. There are a few files on previous cases in a rusty filing cabinet - as you can imagine, paperwork's not incredibly popular.
• More often than not, Southvale Investigations winds up tracking down lost pets and spying on cheating lovers than actually investigating anything "strange". They advertise in the phonebook, but otherwise rely on word of mouth and hand-drawn business cards.
• Southvale Investigations, almost without exception, is regarded as a side-project by its current members. The shift from quasi-legitimate business venture to... substantially less than that, has happened over the last year.
• Southvale Investigations isn't what you'd call financially prosperous, especially in the wake of Cynthia's departure.

excuse the dust, and remember to check back. this section's under heavy revision.

_{race + species information.}

will be added to as things surface. for now, keep it human.

_{character creation.}

Jumping juniper, batman! There's no CS in sight! Yup. We've got a mystery on our hands. The real meat & mettle of who your character is should be pmed to @dead anime dad and @dead anime mom.

Things we need to see in your character PM:

• age, gender, day job, place of residence
• description of appearance.
• how they came to join Southvale Investigations

Things to consider including in your character PM:

• sexuality
• desires/wishes/aspirations
• fears
• family information
  
  • siblings, parents - any sort of significant relationship.
• likes/dislikes, especially those with significant reasons behind them
• emotionally significant items
• history with the supernatural
• basically: anything that might have given your character their sense of self, and informed their personality.

The GMs will shore up the information you supply us with to fit a small sheet, which you'll then be free to post in the character section.

[dead anime dad]

_{npc roster.}

NPC roster forthcoming. If you've got an idea or a character you'd like to see here, PM @dead anime dad or @dead anime mom.

[dead anime dad]

for those who were accepted in the previous thread: please hold off on posting your accepted character.

the gms will pm you a character-section ready profile to post for your character within the next few hours. otherwise: the thread's good to go. you are now free to move about the cabin.

[dead anime dad]

& with that, everyone who was accepted should have been pmed a shortened character sheet to post here. if you haven't, pm me or dead anime mom, and we'll get it fixed!

[Little Bill]

[hagroden]

I'm afraid this isn't likely going to happen, so I'm going to pull out, PM me if things get started up, otherwise....

[MiddleEarthRoze]

Um... is this still open?