Incarceron - A sandbox cyberpunk roleplay

[YoshiSkittlez]

@BrassOtter No worries. The spots are quickly filling up though.

[Raid]

@YoshiSkittlez Well, if ya'll liked the fast and dirty, hopefully you'll like what comes next, too.
***I took some liberties in building onto District 12. If this appears to be unwanted/inaccurate, please let me know. I'm happy to work on it.

Fantasy

<Name:/> Marsha L. Keane-Wilson
<Nickname(s):/> M.K, Marsh, the Tyro (the title reserved for the husband or wife of the current Librarian)

<Gender:/> cis-gendered female
<Age:/> 26

<Occupation:/> Flannery’s night shift manager/wife to the current leader of the Library (and believe her, it’s a job)
<District:/> 12

<Height:/> 5’5”
<Weight:/> 125

<Appearance:/>

<Personality:/> This is what D12 sees: She knows how to compliment you. It’s particular to you and you know because she stumbles a bit over her words when she says it. You like her smile. It comes with the compliments. She looks at you when you talk. Leans in when you slip up and admit some of your woes. Then, you keep talking and she nods her head, asks a question, and soon enough you got it all out and she knows. But then, she surprises you and shares something about herself you didn’t expect. You compliment her. Marsh smiles. You can see she doesn’t believe you. Now, you’re just confused.

This is what Marsh sees: She knows she’s intelligent. Knows it because references from books come up easily in her mind and that she draws connections faster than those around her. She knows she’s charismatic. Working as long as she has at Flannery’s and with the types of tips she pulls in, she has that touch of something else with her that helps pull in customers, and their money, into her pocket. Of course, it’s not that way with everyone. It’s not like one way is the only way. She enjoys getting to know a person so that she can learn what makes them smile or tell their secret.

But for as passionate as she is when she sings or how she likes a good argument, she’s got image issues. Oh, she eats food and enjoys her pleasures, but festering in her stomach are the insecurities of years in a bad marriage and her parent’s pressures. (“You’re chubby. Look at that roll in your stomach.” “Your voices cracked when you sang. How ugly.” “You’re awkward in bed.” “You should have tried better, done more.” “It’s not enough.” “Give more. More. Moremoremore.”) Weeks stack on top of each other where it boils there until it’s hard and it comes up and out. She shuts herself off. No books. Just a blanket and bed and one song played over and over again. Some spells are short. Some are long. Sometimes, at their worst, she’ll find the tallest building, go to the roof, and thinks about nothing and how nice nothing would be because she can’t numb herself to this world around her. No matter how much she tries.

She knows she’s an absolute romantic. She hates it. The dreams, the desires, the curling passion under her skin. But it’s that thought of maybe, just maybe, that has her stepping away from that edge before bringing her back again.

<Biography:/> Marsh was raised by two high ranking women within the Library, D12’s gang. Momma taught her how to sing Bobby Sands poetry and the Clash and Led Zeppelin. Mum read bedtime stories from Alexander Berkman’s autobiography or Benjamin Franklin’s satirical papers on British rule in the colonies. She knows her initials (MLK) were a half-joke from her parents and the other half is full expectations. She learned about Milk and Seneca Falls before she read about them.

She was never allowed to actually touch the books. She wasn’t fully initiated. By the second time she was scolded for handling a book, she knew she wanted to have the title Bookie. What she didn’t know was that everything, everything, was carefully put together so that she would meet Francis Wilson, the current Librarian.

They met at Flannery’s. Not much of a surprise. Marsh had been working in the kitchens since she was thirteen and then as a waitress after she turned seventeen. And that’s when he first flirted with her and slapped her ass. She was honored because he was the Librarian. So when he asked her to marry him two years later, she said. Yes, of course yes. The guy who had all the books and music at his finger tips. Who had the respect of dozens of Librarians behind him. Then, came the drugs. Then, came the rape. Then, came the stillborn. Then, came her Mum’s death and Momma’s confession that they always wanted M.K to marry Francis. We did this for you, they said. After all that talk of independence and revolution, too. The books, the songs, the poetry, it has a whole new meaning. Or maybe, it’s more like she realized the true meaning of Tim O’Brein’s book The Things They Carried.

Francis Wilson isn’t just a bad husband, though, he’s a bad Librarian. So it falls to the Tyro to maintain the reputation of the Library. She knows about the pole out in the community as to when she’ll off Francis, but she’ll bide her time until he’s killed. It’ll cause less strife within D12. With how often he travels into other districts, someone’s gonna be stupid enough to kill him. It won’t be one of the other gangs, though, no they don’t want someone like her in power of such an old gang. She honestly doesn’t care about them. They have free will that they are exerting and it’s not her responsibility to deal with them or keep them in line. New Ancora and the government, well, that’s something she wants to tear down.

<Other:/>
M.K thinks the splotchy birthmark on her back sexy and her most attractive feature.

She enjoys sex with men and women. She not sure who she prefers in a romantic relationship. She hasn’t had the chance to find out.

The Library

District 12 is small. You can walk around the whole place in five hours if you take your time. Due to how the district was shaped, it led to a particular formation of its gang, the Library. Phrases like: “It stays in the family,” “We take care of ourselves,” and “One dies but the family lives on” are common when D12’s gang is involved. Originally, it was one single family, not the majority of D12, that concerned themselves with the collection of literature and music the government attempted to systematically destroy.

As the family became more organized and spread amongst those who aren’t strictly blood related to the Fursts (the family who began this great collection of information), they began to become interested in other fields. That is all things related to smuggling. Throughout the years, each Librarian, the leader of this literature obsessed gang, would sometimes draw the line as to what they ship. Some did not. All Librarians are expected to collect and maintain literature. One Librarian tried to change that. It didn’t go so well for him.

The age of this gang has allowed them to maintain long term connections with other districts. Thus, the one main export of D12 is the very music and literature they protect. For a certain amount of time and for a certain price, they will allow different clubs, communities, and sometimes gangs to borrow or use their goods. There are six couriers. Their task is to oversee the transportation, use, and return of goods. However, each Librarian has the ability to deny access to these goods too. It’s not drugs or money or even access cards, but they maintain tight control over these rare items.

to belong to the gang

Everyone who lives in D12 is somehow associated with the gang, but that doesn’t make them actual members. To be fully initiated, you must complete a task that is randomly decided by the rolling of a 12 sided die. Those initiated are given access to certain materials. The higher up the command chain, the more access. It all breaks down like this:

The Librarian (leader), The Tyro (the husband or wife or the Librarian), the Collections (higher ranking managers that are assigned to oversee specific jobs), Non-Fiction (more like the in house enforcers who make sure any problems within the family are handled by the family; there’s only 3 at a time), Fiction (the successfully initiated)

Fiction can be broken down further to those who specialize: the archivists maintain the current collection of goods and keep track of which goods are checked and by whom; the couriers oversee the shipment of the Library’s goods (books & music); pages smuggle goods across districts and are accompanied by letters, those who protect the pages and the goods they smuggle.

In general, anyone from D12 is called a Bookie by outsiders. In D12, though, a Bookie is an initiated member of the gang.

Enough about the past and boring intricacies. Let’s concern ourselves with now: Francis Wilson, the current Librarian, is a 40 year old sod who spends too much time in D13 watching and betting on the cages. The Librarians were never known for their liquid wealth. What they do have is left to smooth the way for smugglers or to pay gang members for a job well done. Francis seems intent on using it to fuel his many addictions.

In his stead, Marsh, the Tyro, runs the business and attempts to repair the relationships he’s intent on running into the ground. Not only that but during his time as Librarian, he’s failed to collect any form of literature or music. A major failure in the eyes of D12. A smuggler was compromised due to his loose tongue. Then, at one of their many holes where the Librarians stash their goods, Francis caused a fire that destroyed two books and melted a collection of vinyl’s. All in all, people find him distasteful, but you can’t just kill the Librarian and you can’t hire an outsider to come and take care of family business either. With all else that’s happening in New Aurora, this is what’s going on in the little corner of the world called D12.

[Mach2]

@Raid Hella awesome character. Accepted. Welcome to New Ancora.

One thing to consider. You've written it as though everyone in D12 is involved with the Librarians. Maybe change that to the vast majority? Not all, but most?

[Wade Wilson]

The Brains

_{”You can’t live on the edge all your life. Sooner or later, you have to jump; get some air in your lungs, and run!”}



<Name:/>
Alexis Marianne Connors

<Nickname(s):/>
Alex

<Age:/>
28

<Occupation:/>
Freelance Vigilante & Underground Courier

<District:/>
17

<Appearance:/>

5’9” <|> 139 lbs <|> Female <|> Eurasian

<Personality:/>
Alex’s strategic thinking and rationality is what makes her the more liked of the brother-sister duo. She reacts calmly when under pressure, keeping on eye on the enemy and one eye on the exit at all time, before making her way through the obstacle with a mixture of quick reflexes and fluid, fast-paced freerunning. Outside of “work”, she’s constantly on-the-ball and alert, but can also give way to have a good laugh. Though, there isn’t much rest for her, as most of her free time is spent keeping an ear to the ground to find her and Garrett’s^* next criminal to bust up, training and improving her combat and fluidity, or completing a courier assignment.
_{*Next character}

<Other:/>
Despite her constant sarcasm and the sorts with Garrett, Alexis really does care about him on the inside, and curses at herself everytime he comes to her all beaten up. Some days she wishes she didn’t have to “fight to save the District”, but supports Gary because of how much it means to him.

The Braun

_{”Once you get the momentum going and the adrenaline rushing through your veins, there’s no stoppin’ ya.”}



<Name:/>
Garrett Robson Connors

<Nickname(s):/>
Gary

<Age:/>
29

<Occupation:/>
Freelance Vigilante & Hacker

<District:/>
17

<Appearance:/>

6’0” <|> 177 lbs <|> Male <|> Caucasian

<Personality:/>
There is a stark difference between Alexis and Garrett, both in and out of work. Garrett’s go-to for dangerous situations is a head-on approach - run towards the enemy, moving cover to cover, before taking them out with swift, powerful combat, enhanced more with his dual batons, which also become a quarterstaff for a wider range, aswell as his pistols for where the quarterstaff just won’t do. Outside of work, however, he’s less obvious with his actions, and takes great pleasure in the freedom and adrenaline rush of freerunning, so you can probably find him running on some poor guy’s roof, or typing away at a computer while he’s passing through security systems and seeing things the government probably don’t want him to. Also, despite his sarcastic and overall douchebag nature, he really has his heart set on fighting to make the District a better place; one where people can live, and not just survive.

<Other:/>
He claims his mother’s death and his dad’s turn to crime doesn’t affect him, but a therapist wouldn’t touch his emotional state with a ten-foot barge pole.

<Biography:/>
WIP

[Raid]

@Mach2I'll make that clearer. In D12, people who are referred to as "bookies" are initiated into the gang. People from outside of other districts tend to call everyone of D12 Bookies when it's not necessarily true. Make sense?

@Wade Wilson If your characters are going to be involved with smuggling we should talk.

[Wade Wilson]

@Wade Wilson If your characters are going to be involved with smuggling we should talk.

@Raid

Do you wanna do it here or over PM?

[Mach2]

@Raid Ah, gotcha. Sounds good, then!

[Raid]

@Mach2
Wickeddddd.
Does that mean I can post on the character page?

[FantasyChic]

I edited my sheet, finished her personality and biography.

[YoshiSkittlez]

@FantasyChic we have decided to accept your character and you have filled the 4th and final spot.

However...

@Wade Wilson you have impressed us with your sheets and would like to grant you acceptance as well upon a completed CS. If you can get this done in a timely matter, welcome aboard.

[YoshiSkittlez]

For those of you accepted, you may find the OOC here. Thank you all for your interest! And @Wade Wilson, once you complete your backstory, send me a nudge here or something so I can take a look at it.

[YoshiSkittlez]

Just a quick bump. I'm currently opening up a few spots for some new-comers, so let me know if this tickles your fancy at all :)

[Saint Peccator]

@YoshiSkittlez This looks absolutely fantastic and I will try to get you a character sheet as soon as I can. May be in about 12 hours, give or take, but I'd love to be a part of this.

[YoshiSkittlez]

@Saint Peccator Fantastic! Glad to have your interest! Feel free to pop over to the IC page and introduce yourself :)

[YoshiSkittlez]

Bump

[sakurasan]

Extremely interested~ I'll get working on a sheet soon.

[CowboyCommando]

Wait the thread never started? I looked at this when it started. If their is room I'll def be interested and start working. Can't wait to start whiping out realistic tech/gadgets!

PS: Just saw the thread was up ROFL my bad!

[YoshiSkittlez]

Great! We're hoping some new recruits will liven up the rp :)