[OOC] The Walking Dead: To Greener Pastures

[FortunesFaded]

@Foster Are the other people in your group IC still active?

[Foster]

Yes, we're waiting for @LPFan to post though.

[Shoe Thief]

Okay! Been behind recently, I have time to post now, getting to that.

[FortunesFaded]

Yes, we're waiting for @LPFan to post though.

@Foster

Feel free to puppet his character, it's been quite a while. I'd like to get all the characters in the same place relatively soon

[Desire]

@Remipa Awesome Noo, curse you Bills fan! That's why he pushed him! Okay he MAY have knocked them out of the playoffs and all... But they did have a pretty good defense.

[Foster]

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Feel free to puppet his character, it's been quite a while. I'd like to get all the characters in the same place relatively soon

@FortunesFaded

Well, I'm waiting for @Love Me Dead to post, so they can puppet @LPFan and this can get moving.

[Shoe Thief]

@Desire
Defense is really awesome on the team to be honest, actually the team should be play off materials. Just... They never seem to pull it off... it sucks..

[Desire]

@Remipa Awesome Exactly why I made the reference. They have good defense, but it's not perfect. And they don't have a good enough offense to support the defense. Score some points, not have the defense on the field tired the whole time. They're a great first half team, but when they get tired, they start losing because the offense can't pull it off. Though with Shady and Taylor there, and Watkins, they could do something good.

And yeah they never do make it for some reason. So perfect fit for Cole to be that guy haha. Rushing touchdown in the final seconds of the fourth quarter. That would definitely be grudge worthy.

[Darkraven]

Hi FortunesFaded, here's my CS as promised. I'm going to need some help with the RP though. It's gone so far along and it's going to take me awhile to read through everything. Also, I'm not sure where I can 'spawn' my character... In the safehouse or out? I'm not sure if the former is even possible anymore, I doubt it.

This is the first draft, so do tell me if it needs any tuning. I'll be fixing it up here and there though, whenever I see something that's off.

Name: Fong Yong Gun

Age: 29

Occupation: Furniture Maker (Triad Member on the side)

Nationality: American Chinese

Appearance: Yong Gun isn't someone you'd remember from the streets. Standing at only 1.8m and being neither well-toned nor muscular, what meat he had was owed to his trade, which requires a fair bit of physical labour. His skin was a natural slightly-tanned hue, and not any darker because unlike in the old days, he didn't need to craft his furnitures out in the open - His family business had its own warehouse to work in.

Being Chinese, he had black hair and dark brown eyes, the former which was taken cared of well enough that it was raven. Otherwise, his face would be plain looking, with his not-so-flat nose, not-so-high cheekbones and not-so-beady eyes. Perfect for someone counting on non-description in a shady side-job. What wasn't non-descriptive however, was the dragon tattoo covering a good part of the left of his back, going over his shoulders and onto his left chest, along with Chinese words for 'West Dragon Brotherhood' on his left ribs.

As he is visiting Delaware on some... business, he's pretty well-dressed for a furniture maker, with a grey suit over white shirt.

Place of Residence: Washington, Seattle

Strengths:
- Deadly fighter: While by no means a master, Yong Gun is still well-trained in hand-to-hand combat, and melee combat with swords, polearms and whatever's within reach. Has nothing to do with more modern means of subduing or killing opponents though.
- Ingenuity: Yong Gun, through his martial and non-martial pursuits, became unconventionally brilliant, being able to find solutions to difficult problems more often than not, even if it requires an outlandish idea.
- Handy: He's a furniture maker, so he's good with his hands and able to make or repair or tinker with things.
- Loyal: He will never, ever abandon a brother or sister, never ever betray them, and the same goes for friends and allies. It might prove to be his downfall, however.

Weaknesses:
- Shady Background: Although he's just a grunt in Seattle's own Chinese triad, he's already committed several crimes (arson, assault, murder). Granted he's acquitted of all of them by corrupt cops and court officials, there's always a good chance some law enforcers or people would know about him wherever he goes.
- Physically Unimposing: His lacking physical build meant that when it comes to unskilled brute force in a brawl, he's going to lose. Also, it's going to take him some creativity if he wants to physically threaten a person.
- Stubbornly traditional: Yong Gun is rigid in his thinking, taking into account sex, race, class and occupation when he's sizing someone up or reacting to them. He would be further burdened by some superstitions, and limited by hierarchies wherever they're present.

Belongings: For weapons, Yong Gun had a custom-made short Jian (Chinese straight sword) and Beretta 92FS Inox (with suppressor) with two spare magazines hidden behind his suit. He had little else but a khaki-coloured slingbag with a few cans of meat and spam, a spoon and can opener.

Otherwise, his personal effects include a lighter, a pack of cigarettes, a Sony smartphone, keys to a rented Toyota car, his wallet with a few hundred dollars, and a photo of his wife, son and daughter.

Personality: Fong Yong Gun has always been a meek person, not unlike the office worker occupying the corner cubicle in an office setting. He spoke little and was even less showy in his actions. It was his association with the Chinese Triad, the West Dragon Brotherhood, that opened him up. He saw the need to protect his kins and clan from real and imagined threats, and he rose to the occasion.

It had always come down to protecting those he was loyal to, and those he considered his own, and he would do so with relative calm, a compromise between his original meek self and the gang member he had to be.

The world he came from, however, had made him a simple man, prone to othering people, prone to judging others too easily. While he bore heavy responsibility for those he considered his own, his disregard for 'the others' not his own acted as a counterbalance, such that he could ruin their lives and take them without losing a night over it.

That said, being a low-ranking gang member, he was ultimately obedient and a little delusional, the perfect pawn for the games his Da Lao Ban (Big Boss) would play against rival clans and gangs, and the police. He sincerely believed that he was protecting kin, kith and clan, acting as an unofficial police force and militia of sorts, and that was taken advantaged of at worse and entertained half-heartedly at best. It was also the reason why he was never in his gang's inner circle, as the bigger boys saw him as naive and weak.

Other: While he's a killer and scumbag-lite, he's by no means a complete monster, and could really go either way.

[FortunesFaded]

@Darkraven I really like the CS. Accepted! Though, small note, you don't need to list food/provisions under Belongings. Other than that, the CS looks good as is.

As for where to start out.. Hm, I wonder if there's any other character(s) who have been accepted, but have yet to come into the RP? Perhaps @Ktyria?

Anyway, if you could start somewhere a few blocks away or so from the safehouse, meet up with others, and then happen upon the rest of the group, it may be a little less awkward than just strolling right on up (because that's happened about 8 times)

[Darkraven]

@FortunesFaded Yeah, I was afraid my character's introduction would be as mundane as him walking up to the safehouse. But I guess I can consider myself rescued from that.

Anyway, I guess I'll go ahead and put my CS in the characters tab.

I'll check out Ktyria's character sheet, try to come up with a maiden post that might suit both characters.

Just a note about me though... I'm working full time, so I'll only have a few hours' window a day to post. I apologise if I slow this RP down.

EDIT: Hi @Ktyria, any idea how our characters can meet? From what I'm reading, it looks like your characters are vulnerable, so the obvious choice is for Fong to (reluctantly) save them. What do you think?

Also, @FortunesFaded, is it possible for me to have an NPC tagging along with my character, or must I create an actual new character?

[FortunesFaded]

@Darkraven Depends on how long you want to keep the NPC around. If they're going to die within your first few posts? Just go for it. Longer than that? A CS would be good. And if you aren't sure, PM me and I'll try to figure it out with you/

[Desire]

@FortunesFaded Would it be unreasonable if soon we time skipped the apartment group to being at the safe house, or at the very least, on their way? We can wrap things us, but I don't want to waste a few posts to make sure everybody's in, seats buckled, gas good, have everything, all that.

If not that's fine, but I was just suggesting.

[FortunesFaded]

@FortunesFaded Would it be unreasonable if soon we time skipped the apartment group to being at the safe house, or at the very least, on their way? We can wrap things us, but I don't want to waste a few posts to make sure everybody's in, seats buckled, gas good, have everything, all that.

If not that's fine, but I was just suggesting.

@Desire

Yeah, I was considering doing just that.

[Shoe Thief]

So is it safe for me to post again? I waited a decent amount of time and no one has really posted in a while. So chances are I will post again tonight.

[FortunesFaded]

@Remipa Awesome You're fine, mate

[Darkraven]

Here's Fong's partner, though their relationship is complicated. Calling him Fong's ally and comrade just doesn't quite cover it. Let's just say he was following him to keep him in line.

It's still under construction. EDIT: 1st Draft complete. Waiting for approval.

Name: Jeremy Lim

Age: 26

Occupation: Chinese Triad Enforcer

Nationality: American Chinese

Appearance: Jeremy was a weedy looking man who stood at a short 1.74m, and was as light as he looked. He looked even more unremarkable than Fong Yong Gun, and had even dressed to look far less remarkable, with his black beret and heavy jacket over grey long-sleeves and black navy blue pants.

Place of Residence: Washington, Seattle.

Strengths:
- Ruthless: Jeremy will never bat an eyelid over killing a man or doing far worse, especially when he's on the job. He won't be losing any sleep over what he did, and moral dilemmas, to him, don't exist.
- Brutal: What Jeremy lacked in finesse and technique, he made up for with his lack of hesitation in hurting his enemies and really messing them up.
- Loyal: Jeremy was loyal almost to a fault, to those he swore fealty to, to friends and family and allies.

Weaknesses:
- Physically Unimposing: Jeremy simply wasn't gifted with the right physique to harass someone. He would have to work harder than the stereotypical bouncer-type to assert himself.
- Mildly Sociopathic: His ruthlessness was also his weakness. As a result of his activities, he found it harder to connect with people, to empathise with them. His background and indoctrination didn't help either.
- Minion: Jeremy had the habit of being over-enthusiastic and obedient about serving whoever was above him. Usually, that would be the Lao Ban of his Triad. It would give anyone the goosebumps.

Belongings: Jeremy had an ornate cleaver and sawed-off shotgun hiding behind his jacket.

Personality: Jeremy Lim was a poster boy of the Chinese Triad: Unyieldingly loyal, willing to do anything in the name of kin and clan and gang. Removed from the triad, he would be listless and purposeless, as if an addict of chasing the dragon going cold turkey.

[FallenTrinity]

I'll post tomorrow morning. Work graveyard shift so that's fun....

[Darkraven]

So... About Ktyria... Did she quietly slip away and quit?

Right now I'm thinking of alternative ways to introduce my characters just in case. Willing to wait for days first though.

EDIT: One possibility I'm thinking of is that they could just be doing their own thing and they were approached by some survivors. So who's up to meeting a pair of hardcore killers?

[FortunesFaded]

@Darkraven I'm sure she'll be on soon; it's only been a couple days since her last post here, so I'm not too worried.

Also, your other character is accepted.