Buglet

World of Wander [Light Sci-Fi / Fantasy]

This thread has been posted. Due to an unexpected long-term AFK, I have had to revive it. Didn't want to harass the old thread (poor soul) so I'm making another! Here you go:

And no, that title isn't a typo - it's meant to say 'Wander'.

Welcome to the world, boy,
It's waiting for you.

Clouds collided like brutes of the sky, pushing past each other with a sentient anger about them. A sheer cliff dropped to the bottom of the world, giving way to the infinite blue of the sea in the sky. Jutting out from the end of the land a rickety wooden pier balanced on the emptiness – clouds swirled and weaved within its legs as if the wooden structure was floating. Having walked to the edge of the world and beyond, Dana didn’t dare cast his eyes down into the depths below. Perched on the end of the pier, his eyes watched the clouds above for the expected arrival.

It's a simple world. Dana and his brother remained to themselves, rarely having to leave their small fishing village on the coast of Cherm. Their world, however, was tipped upside down when their village was swallowed by the clouds of a storm. With nothing left other than the clothes on their back, they must venture out into the world in search of a new path. Who knows what they will encounter when their feet tread the paths of fabled adventurers that have, until now, remained solely in stories.

-Adventure
-Light Sci-Fi and fantasy
-Small group (2-5)
-Any questions, either PM me, comment here, or read some of the pieces including Dana on my blog (linked in signature).

1x1 Apocalypse Survival Plot

Bumping since the person I originally did this with left me :(

Buglet's Advanced Interest Check

I'd like to bump this if that's ok!

2001: A Space Oddysey - Europa Expedition

Still open!!!

World of Wander [Adventure, V. Light Sci-Fi]

@Amaralyn@Avanhelsing Its up!

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/81866-world-of-wander/ooc

I won't be able to get a character out by tomorrow, unfortunately. Once we're good to go, I'll shove the first IC out there.

Dana's brother, whoever plays him, remember the Cherm guide: poor, poverty, fishing villages, humble. I imagine he'd be no older than 13 years, as Dana is 17. Have fun with him! I can imagine him being a fab character.

World of Wander

Her we are! Any people reading this can submit a character, providing they're up to date with the plot and understand these things:

The World

Somewhere in space, there exists a planet similar to Earth in only a few respects, the most notable being that it can support life. The terrain is fraught with monumental natural structures such as gigantic mountains that pierce the atmosphere, cliffs and trenches that fall so far down that the bottom is unseeable, and oceans that the planet's inhabitants have yet to cross due to their impossibly large span. The planet, itself, offers climates very similar to those on Earth - the further north, the colder.

Dana and his brother reside in the small country of Chern - half of the land's boarder is coastline, the weather is much like that of Italy, and it's primary export is fish and wool. In comparison to the rest of their species, the people of Chern are poor, famished, and in poverty - regardless, they are also considered the most humble.

Another similarity of this planet to Earth is the inhabitatnts' relationships to eachother. Some countries are at war, some are in alliance, and others are too poor and too dishevelled to even consider conflict.

What sets this world apart, however, is its creations. While there is no electricity, computers, or modern mechanics, the planet is host to a number of inventions that would be quite unfamiliar to one of us - ships that dominate the sky on huge white sails are the most notable, however the planet's notability is not only in its man-made trinkets. Huge mammals, more than twice the size of a Blue Whale, walk the same earth that acts as a hunting ground for the predators that stalk all living things. Elite animals of prey, such as packs of wolves that reach numbers of over forty, are feared by even the most powerful of people. It is not a hospitable planet for the ill-prepared.

The Technology

One should consider this: the world I'm discussing is not less developed than our world, but merely developed in a different way. They do not have phones, computers, or hair dryers in the same way that we do not have sky-ships; they do not have rocket ships in the same way that we do not have certain potions that can make you run faster, jump higher, thing harder, or hide more sneakily. I'll allow the technology of the time be created throughout, rather than impose strict rules. Remember this, though: gunpowder has been discovered, but is only used by the richest of armies; the potions that I have mentioned are also limited - expensive, and only used by those who can afford them.

The most common weapons are made of steel or animal bones, sharpened to a blade. The most common houses are made of wood, sand, or stone (region-dependant), and clothes are fashioned from anything natural that won't damage skin.

What To Write

This is purely dependant on what came before. If the response needed depamnds no more than a short sentence, so be it. If, however, the sittuation requires detail, explanation, or long narrative, feel free to post anything up to a few paragraphs.

Rules

Don't bite. The usual: anything racist, sexist, gory, discriminative, -phobic, or rude should remain IC only. If it moves to OOC and real people are being offended, action will need to be taken in order to keep the peace. Simple stuff.

Please keep the sex stuff down. If it has to be done, move it to PM's and give anyone that needs to know the simplest details you can. Characters can have relationships, but let's keep it PEGI 15. :)

Once characters are all up, we'll start. I'll be playing Dana, anyone can play his brother as its on a first come first serve basis. Any questions about character creation, ask me!

-Buglet

World of Wander [Adventure, V. Light Sci-Fi]

@Avanhelsing@Amaralyn Perfect! I didn't imagine the group being any smaller than 3, so unless anyone else wants to join right now, we can start!

YOU CAN STILL JOIN MIDWAY THROUGH SO JUST ASK,

Sorry, don't want to scare people off! Everyone happy with me making a thread right now?

World of Wander [Adventure, V. Light Sci-Fi]

@Amaralyn thanks for showing interest!

I was imagining a hybrid of both of the scenarios you mentioned. As a whole, I would like to just see where it leads, but there are a few things that I'm planning on dropping in - I've had a few ideas such as Sky-ships that Dana wishes to see, the brother being kidnapped by some sort of evil people, etc...

World of Wander [Adventure, V. Light Sci-Fi]

Still open!!!

World of Wander [Adventure, V. Light Sci-Fi]

Still open :)