Pine Hollow is in many ways a quintessential small town. Everyone knows everyone, they're usually in each other's business a little too much, and no one ever really leaves. It's the kind of town where you're born, you're grow up, and you die. The town itself is beautiful, if not a little remote. There's only one road leading out to the highway, and the town is surrounded on all sides by dense forests. Fortunately, this gives the town a buffer between itself and the rest of the world.
In this universe, monsters, paranormal entities, supernatural beings, and cryptids are uncommon, but still very real. Big cities are havens for vampires and the occasional ghost or gremlin, but are usually mostly human-populated. Supernatural beings that have more trouble blending in than the usual werewolf and mothman tend to live on the fringes of society, though there are few exceptions -- four towns, in total -- of communities that are at least half-supernatural. Pine Hollow is one.
So, let's get right down to it! Characters will be members of Pine Hollow Supernatural Investigation, a run-of-the-mill paranormal investigations team that does everything from exorcisms to trapping chupacabras. As the requirement for a position with the company is a six-month training course and a high school degree, characters will (hopefully!) come from many different backgrounds.
I'll have more information tomorrow! Sorry about the bare-bones Interest Check, trying to roll this out as quickly as possible so that the OP of the original interest check doesn't get flooded with notifications for a RP he's not really feeling anymore.
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[u][b]Name[/b][/u] First, middle, last. A nickname they go by replaces their first name and is in quotes. [u][b]Age[/b][/u] Self-explanatory. If they age differently than humans, give an approximation of their age in relation to their species. [u][b]Gender[/b][/u] Self-explanatory. [u][b]Species[/b][/u] Though we don't have to have a cast filled with horror icons, try to stick with a recognizable species. [u][b]Appearance[/b][/u] Whether or not you have a picture, this should be about a paragraph. Include style of dress, differences between themselves and the norm for the species, etc. [u][b]Personality[/b][/u] One to two paragraphs is fine for this.
Being Human: A cast of classic hammer-horror characters struggling getting by on a day-to-day basis is a core theme of the RP, so it moves to the top of the inspiration list.
Supernatural: Think early supernatural, before it got all biblical and shit. Our characters should not be as cool as the Winchesters, but it's fair to assume they'd be as well prepared.
Gravity Falls: A universe that has gnomes and little green men iand terrifying demons and horrorterrors? Check!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The reason Buffy isn't higher on the inspirations list than Supernatural is because Buffy is sometimes too cheesy. On another hand, now seems an opportune moment to mention that we can definitely focus on subplots unrelated to supernatural shenanigans in the same way as BtVS.
Welcome to Night Vale: Don't worry, we're probably not gonna get that strange. Main takeaway here is that the town is fundamentally weird, and will have a "cast" of regularly appearing NPCs representing various degrees of the supernatural.
In The Flesh: The same original theme of "supernatural folk getting by", but also, drama about things that don't pertain to their supernatural characteristics. I don't just want to see werewolves, I want to see werewolves struggling with alimony payments.
X-Files: Because the answer to any given question has an equal likeliness of being "demons" or "cryptids". Though I'd like to stray away from aliens for the most part, I wouldn't object to a stranded grey alien in our ranks, if that's your thing.
Tagging everybody who expressed interest in the original Nightcall thread, as I have since taken over (with some changes). If you're no longer interested due to the changes or time since you expressed interest, feel free to ignore this post.
Resident victim of necromancy reporting in. I'll have the skellington up sometime. Shame what happened to the last RP, though.
Still going to join this one, though, I wonder if people are going to be okay with the change of atmosphere. Guess I'll have to switch from my darksynth/retrowave playlist to my small-town country/acoustic folk.
Interested. I think the town might be too small to support a sizable vampire population who hunt for their prey, so my idea is for a relatively normal "blood donor" who makes their money with providing for a vampire and has maybe picked up a few vampire-like traits from repeated exposure.
Quick Question: Where in the dramedy scale will this lie?
Fluctuating. I'd like to keep it somewhat serious for the most part, interspersed with occasional 80's tongue in cheek zaniness. Not the best description, though we'll hopefully figure out the right tone with the first few posts.
Interested. I think the town might be too small to support a sizable vampire population who hunt for their prey, so my idea is for a relatively normal "blood donor" who makes their money with providing for a vampire and has maybe picked up a few vampire-like traits from repeated exposure.
I assume by exposure you mean letting the vampire feed off of them, so that sounds good with me, though I imagine they'd probably start to turn. Unsure on the vampiric rules for this universe, though I'm considering having a lot of different categories (Some vampires will be Dracula-y, some will be Nosferatu-y, etc.), so that's an idea to play with.
Hmm...interested. I will draw something up and send you a PM to discuss an idea.
I eagerly await it.
Working on the OOC as we speak! Should have it up by tomorrow. If anyone has questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to post 'em here or PM me.
@DeadBeatWalkingDid you want re PM's of the originally accepted characters?
Originally I was going to wait until the OOC was complete to ask for short sample posts, though PMs are good for now if you'd like a headstart on your character and getting accepted. It would also help me with the current worldbuilding!
