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also holy shit one more year till space jam
Gosh 1995, I was still just a wee swaddling back then. Also Jumanji gets released this year I'm very excited.
Any chance we could get an exact year and possibly month the rp starts in? So I know what VHS' I'll be pawning? Also so we can respond to events of that year? Like that could be a way to kickoff a sub narrative, like the gm could announce news bulletins '1994, it's a sunny morning in april and you wake up to the news on the radio that Kurt Cobain has been found dead', stuff like that that easily would have created an impact on the artist community, and can help create conflict or even creativity in our characters?
Stephanie96 said
Evie could have seen Deb at the video store a few times? It could be situated not too far from her apartment?
Perhaps? Really we should think up some core places where these characters could meet and interact, like the video store ('Video Dungeon', known for it's back room with a wide selection of gore and horror titles) and the record store that Mat works at, or whichever cafe/restaurant/coffee shop any of the characters might work at, places like that.
Stephanie96 said
So are we already a group of friends? Or...? It may be difficult/slow starting to have everybody meet and start getting to know each other during the initial stages of the RP.
I'd be cool with Deb having at least one pre-established friend. It'd certainly be an easy way to help characters meet and join up.
Name: Deborah 'Deb' Cohen
Age: 23, creeping up quickly on 24.
Gender: Identifies as female and presents as such the majority of the time.
Sexuality: Gay
Occupation: Store Clerk (Video Rental store), Zine writer and distributor
Apartment Description: Deb lives on the top floor of a so-and-so apartment building off Avenue B in Alphabet City, it has two bedrooms, the second of which is now free due to disagreements with her previous roommate.
A person has to have either a particular amount of charm, a hell of a lot of patience, or just a pair of long, beautiful legs to be able to become friends with Deb, and even then many people will write her off as difficult to deal with. Which, to be fair, she is.
Possessing a steely, almost solemn disposition, coupled with a preference to observe and judge rather than interact, Deb can easily present as very standoffish, and at gatherings can usually be found either outside having a smoke, or lurking on the fringe of the festivities, studying faces and hand gestures with a semi-detached interest over the rim of a glass of stoli. Nonetheless she performs quite well at her job, despite it being in customer service, and employs a much more involved interest and heartfelt dedication in her on-the-side work as a zine writer and distributor.
Though tough to get along with, once you're a friend of Deb, you're a friend of Deb, and she's known to be willing to go the extra mile for acquaintances in dire need of favours or, at the very least, a couch to sleep on and a smoke to bum.
Hailing from Cranston, Rhode Island, Deb was born to Jerzy and Marie Cohen, both children of Polish Jews that immigrated to the US following the closure of the camps after World War II. Descended from survivors of the war haunted by the memories of the camps proved a very delicate upbringing for Deb, as both sets of Grandparents lived with them, so she was taught from an early age how to step quietly around others so as not to provoke, maintaining peace for her family but not giving Deb herself much space to grow and express herself. It's largely because of this upbringing that Deb grew into the stern, reticent woman she is today, as well as why she's more inclined to observe quietly and attempt to read a person from a distance rather than through first-hand interaction.
Possessing a good head for numbers, Deb was expected to help run her parent's Grocery business after she graduated High School and, eventually, take over the business entirely and run it with her future Husband. However, Deb, who craved a change of scenery, better opportunity and freedom from the stifling atmosphere of her home, decided against her parent's plans and moved State, enrolling at NYU to study film.
Coming to New York City ended up saving Deb, giving her the air and space to come into her own, discovering the riot grrrl zine scene and exploring and solidifying her new-found sexuality. Deb fell in love with the city, hard, eventually dropping out of school in her second year so she could have more time to enjoy it, and to focus on zine work. And here she has remained since, going through life at her own particular pace, living each day as it comes and quietly relishing in the freedom she's been able to achieve, and would fiercely protect with every bitter, desperate ounce of her being.
Holy shit, slice-of-life rp set in the queer scene of 90's new york, I am here for this.
Zacharius said
:PIf I had an actual issue, I would have explicitly stated that previously, I just feel sorry for all the other demographics in society who appear to have feared worse with the collapse of society, despite generally being better equipped to do so, alas. I won't cap something so arbitrarily, but if people are looking for parameters as to what the group needs, it certainly doesn't need more tiny young women, as much as I'm very happy with the sheets for the current amount of tiny young women.Also bloody hell, in comparison to this bunch of survivors, Marius is practically ancient.
Personally I feel a lot of zombie rps lack young, female characters. Generally the norm seems to be white dudes in their 30's with a bit of stubble. Though I see your point, I kinda wish I'd gone back and revised Quinn's character a bit more to express a bit of variety. I mean, she's already queer, but she could have just as easily been a woc, or trans.
Hopefully we might all get the chance to rp more than one character in the future?
I did originally have my character aged up a bit but then I was really interested in her being a uni student and exploring the anxiety and pressure such an institution could put on a young woman. Though she is still a bit thin, more lanky, and then she is a recovering addict and living in a zombie apocalypse.
With the whole idea of there being 'too many' female characters, well the setting description does state that the majority of survivors in the airport are women and children so...
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