Captain Paper

To the Stars, From Death.

Genkai said
It is a bit lacking in detail but maybe once she's engaged in the scene more...I mean, with advanced, it's nice to be concise but it's also good to have detail, depth and emotion. We have plenty of room to expand posts and develop a world and people. I don't know if short posts would really aid in that. But again maybe as things move along...

Alright, got it. I'll try harder next round!

To the Stars, From Death.

I hope my post wasn't too short! This tends to be my average post length, since I opt for conciseness.

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As the rushing train ran its course, Alice thought that she would have more poetic thoughts brewing in her mind than last week’s grocery list and her cat’s face. It was the end; she was all dried out. There was no more room in her heart for fear, only exhaustion. The gristly remains she would leave behind on the tracks would be gone in a few hours, crushed to pieces by cold steel and hosed away by a crew of unlucky maintenance workers. Or maybe they didn’t care – it was easy enough to pretend that the pieces of meat belonged to a cow, or some goat dumb enough to cross the tracks at the wrong time. But all that was over now.

The unending cycle of agony, self-pity, and vitriol had finally ceased to exist. Alice was dead, and that was all she wanted, really. A clean emptiness made her chest feel light and her heart whole. It was an approximation of happiness. She always had to rely on approximates; a yardstick for happiness was relative, and quite frankly, she had never had much experience with the real thing.

Being an artist was supposed to be a liberating and soul-enriching experience, but sometimes Alice felt that with each animal she forged and sculpted, they took a piece of herself with them. And the more beautiful they were, the more they took. Alice didn’t want to disappear. But she didn’t want to stop, either. In the end, she took the coward’s way out – a poor compromise that made everybody feel unresolved.

But it would have to do. There was no way back now, anyway.

Alice opened her eyes. An alien sky greeted her and beneath her grew the greenest grass she had ever seen. Alice closed her eyes, then opened them once more. The vision did not go away; it was real. It was also beautiful.

Gradually, her senses came to her. She heard voices nearby and turned her head. There were people. They were talking, and Alice decided to speak up as well. Her throat was less hoarse than it had always been back on the mortal plane, but a certain roughness still blurred the edges, the mark of smoking unfiltered cloves for years.

Still lying down, she spoke to the others. A man had asked whether they were in heaven, and she couldn’t help but smile.

“Heaven’s really boring, isn’t it? They didn't even bother to welcome us.”

She eyed the woman nearby; full of energy, for someone so newly dead. The man seemed a more somber sort.

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I have also added my timezone~

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Oh, and I have a suggestion. What about we also post our timezones? It could make OOC livelier, maybe.

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Genkai said
I think I got everyone on the first post now, if links don't work or something, let me know. I'm getting the IC up tonight, everyone make sure you stay active so I know you're all still around, etc.

Still here, G. Still here.

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Well, this is turning into a sausage fest. XD

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Character Sheet:

Username: Captain Paper

Timezone: GMT +8

Posting Habits: When/how often can you usually post? How much can we expect to see from you?
I post sporadically; I'll try at least once or twice a week, but on particularly busy days, I might go two weeks before posting. I prefer concise posts (2-3 short paragraphs) because I'm the kind of person who gets lost in overly detailed stuff. But if the scenario calls for it, I can lengthen the post.

RP Peeves: What annoys you about RPing?
I can't RP with people who godmod or turn the RP into a dick measuring contest. I'm here for the story and the characters.

Anything Else: It's my last year in college, so a thesis is in the works. Don't worry, I'll give you all a heads up before any hiatuses.

Character's Name: Alice Liu

Age: 21

Appearance:

Occupation: Student, part-time delivery girl

Beliefs/Religion: Non-practicing Catholic

Personality:
+ Quick thinker: Alice is pretty good at troubleshooting.
+ Determined: Once Alice has a goal, she won't let it go.
+ Patient: it takes quite a lot to push Alice over the edge.
+ Artistic: Alice appreciates the beauty in most things and often uses them to inspire her art.
+ Moral: Alice has certain standards and principles in life that she tries her hardest to live by.

- Pessimistic
- Neurotic
- Afraid of emotions

Cause of Death: Suicide by train.

Hobbies: Alice is an art student who specializes in making large metal sculptures. Most of her subjects are animals, particularly predators and larger herbivores. Sometimes she also makes mythical creatures, or creatures of her own creation.

Fears: Alice fears weakness. She prefers to keep all her thoughts inside, to the point where they putrefy into very dark emotions.

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This chicken has hatched.
I'll have a CS up in a few days or so.

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Hi!