Hi all. Currently takibg care of a personal emergency. Will be back and online by the weekend. If you see me online its because i just leave my accpunt on.
Advances in the world would mainly be focused on transportation. Dirigibles and submarines would be more common. Subsequently, the use of a few dials would also be a thing. Some locations, school as prisons and bases would be changed while everything else will mostly stay the same.
Since you mentioned that dials would be a thing I take it the concept of sky islands are now a common thing? As i remember sky islander's were not a common thing in the era Luffy and co existed. Also I was wondering what "Schools as Prisons" indicate, it's a specific enough phrasing that I take it this is a specific idea.
As for location will we be visiting established areas in the canon and if so will they have changed?
Also in terms of arc, since you mentioned initial arc I have to ask if we're starting already as a group or as individuals that will become a group?
The general idea for Mission Control is that there will be a pretty big rotating cast with a minimum of 8 to 10 playable characters at the start. Within those PC's there can be as little as just two PC's or all of our individual players that we created. I imagine starting this with just a small group first with several unconnected arcs, but after a while a much bigger arc will develop all while the team/organization will continue to get bigger and bigger to the point that the cast will involve even non superhero personnel.
I'd like to do a trial run first, with two characters each, going on a joint mission together. They don't have to be super fleshed out and the story itself will be quite short I just want to see if this process will work. Naturally we will make the story together from planning to execution while still leaving a bit of surprise for the each us.
Hi, recently decided to return to this site and try RPing again after what is probably a four year break. To get back into the swing of things I've decided to try for 1x1's that I hope will be quite lengthy.
There's a number of things i'm interested in doing, most of which are listed here, from fleshed out plots to just general ideas. Generally speaking most of these will require you to at least play more than one character, and will require active participation in terms of world building and plot creation outside of just responding to post. I do understand this is a bit much to ask to some, i know it can be for me too, but I want this to be both challenging and time consuming while still being enjoyable.
Everything after this quite is lengthy, which is why everything is in a hide. I don't wanna barrage y'all with a wall of text that you may not be interested in.
The S.S. Titania · The story will take place in the early 2000's. It is about a group of people all aboard a cruise going around the world. The majority of the passengers are upper middle to high class people who can afford such a trip, like various celebrities, middle class families who go on such a trip every few years, and political powerhouses. The ship is an exceptionally luxurious vessel and was designed to be aesthetically similar to the Titanic, but better in terms of utility. These people will interact form bonds and by the end of the cruise, they will leave long lasting impression on one another. That's only the first half of the story though. · The latter half will once character arcs and interactions have been established. It will focus on the action and thriller part of the story. A ship like the S.S. Olympia hold many rich passengers who are bound to attract pirates and other people who will want to take advantage of the fact that over hundreds of people are ripe for the taking. Once the second half occurs, our characters will one way or the other find a way to survive and eventually get the passengers to safety by any means necessary. Starting a rebellion comes to mind. · As the Titanic inspires it the ship will eventually sink, but no one is supposed to die since one of the goals is to stop the pirates and lead the people to safety, How this happens is totally up to the characters. · This is a very character driven story, the first half anyway. Once the second half occurs the pirates, their plans, and what they will do will be set and it's up the player character to deal with the pirates. As the ship is supposed to sink I'll place a bomb in the ship somewhere.
Cabin Kids · Inspired by Gravity Falls, Gilmore Girls, Teen Wolf, Paranatural, and Welcome to Nightvale · A story about a group of teens being forced to attend a summer camp by their parents in the middle of nowhere Colorado. The camp is located on the outskirts of a forest, a mountain, and a lake, near sleepy and peaceful town full of quirky characters. During their stay these outsiders are exposed to the many weird and supernatural wonders that surround the town. · The campers soon realize that there is more to this camp and themselves. The camp, is not just a camp, but a supernatural magnet for people who belong to the dark unknown side of the world. · The small town attracts paranormal forces of all sorts of nature and acts as a magnet of some sort. One of the things they attracted is an alien virus plant/microbe that begins infecting all the residents of the town. The campers who arrive late suddenly realize that because they are foreign creatures they still have the channel to save the town or become creatures like them. · The cast follows teenagers who are normal when they were introduced, but thanks to the camp they realize their not so normal heritage.
Animus · This story is about a group of college aged students who quickly become friends after an incident on campus where they all nearly died. In the process they become Animas, people who's souls have been broken when they nearly died, and have been restored by the soul of an animal who died at the same time as them. · Their soul, broken, latched onto an animal that just died to replace the missing parts. The closer someone is to dying the more powerful the animal side is. Through this process they gain the ability to take on the abilities, and qualities of the animals who's souls they've bonded with, and some say even transform into. · Their adventures begin when another victim of the incident of they were all in disappeared, and found mauled to death by a very large animal.
Paralyzed Fear · When someone experiences sleep paralysis they often see hallucinations that are often nightmarish creatures. This is not just something the mind sees; when in paralysis creatures from beyond the realms of darkness crawl through that person's sleeping body, and use the awakened mind to escape. If they succeed in planting fear then the demon escapes into the world. On the other hand, if that person defeats the demon then they can contain that demon within them and gain access to the dark world. In the dark world, they can use the demon's abilities. · This story is about a group of young adults in college who simultaneously defeated their demons in one night and proceeds to explore the demon world. The reason they were able to do this is because a professor who was holding a trial experiment, all four were participants, used them to find a way to in and out of the demon world. The four help the professor explore the demon world to further his research, but soon realize that he plans to bond the two worlds together to cause anarchy and madness because as a child his inner self was invaded by a demon. The students feel responsible and decide to help the professor decide to stop him somehow.
Falling Down to Venus • It is a science-fiction fantasy story about the planet Venus and its many residents. The world is vast and filled with creatures of all forms and sizes. In this world there is magic, magitech, and advanced scientific technology exist. The story take place thousands of years into the future in an alternate dimension on the planet Venus. • “Magic” is the result of spatial energy floating freely around in the planet. Sentient beings are capable of shaping the spatial energy and channel it in themselves to create an effect of their choosing. Nearly anyone is capable of performing some kind of magic, but there are those that have dedicated themselves to the science of magic. • People who practice magic professionally are called magicians, different magicians learn different types of magic. • Trained magicians and the most powerful sources of magical resources can be found in the most spiritual of places such as temples, monasteries, shrines, and natural life. •Technology is the active progression of developing and expanding their knowledge. Each country and city has their own rules and specialization utilizing the resources and magic available to them and that they specialize in. At the center of this technological revolution is the central continent • Central borrows inspiration from a fantasy version of southern European cultures. • Setting: Use Central Asia, South Asia, Northern Asia and South East Asia, Australian, Mediterranean, Middle Easter, Norse, Egyptian, and Celtic Mythology for inspiration on the various continents. • The story follows a group of people who fell into this world from their old one, earth (via a portal in a liminal space). The people who fell into this world come as they are and are. All that they have are the clothes that they have on their back and the skills they have learned. In this world they are called as Travelers. The travelers are blessed with enhanced strength, speed, agility, reflexes, bodies suited for traversing the harsh fantastical world. The travelers of this world have also been blesses with an amazing capacity for magic as if they were made of it. • Humanoids are the dominant race in this world, but they are weak and often powerless creatures who do not possess any abilities. • When a person arrives in this world a woman, a goddess who lives inside a giant clam creature, greets them. This woman greets the person kindly into this world and gives them a gift. The gift she gives is a companion/weapon/tool meant to help guide them in their quest. • This companion will grow with them, protect them, and share their dreams, wishes, and hopes. The companion may also act as a weapon as they are imbued with magical properties that reflect the nature of the traveler. As they go forward into their journey, the companion will change shape to match the power of the traveler.
Castle Town Tigers • Castle Town Tigers is a fantasy story that tells the lives of the seven royal children. As members of the royal bloodlines they possess various supernatural abilities. As the prince and princesses they are each fighting for the title of the next ruler, each with their agendas and reasons to be or not to be the ruler. They will fight against each other, but will also fight against all those who wish to overthrow their kingdom.
Lost in the Jungle •A story is about a group of people who were on a cruise, but their ship was lost at sea when the it was subjected to a mysterious storm that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. • The people in the cruise wake up one by one on an island located in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a thick tropical jungle. • The jungle is host to dangerous and mysterious creatures both familiar and new, and mystical forces seemingly intent on keeping the stranded people in it's forest.
Uncharted Waters: A Tale of Two Treasure Hunters • Inspired by the Uncharted series • It's about two people who meet and fall in love, both adventurers in their own right. One is a world renowned journalist who covers everything from politics, war crimes, and even the best beaches and travels spots, and the other is a professional adventurer, salvager, and occasional mystic. • They go form heists, escape plans, daring rescues, and travel exotic locals to find treasures and fight off bad guys, mercenaries, and monsters.
Iverson Academy/Castle of Alturisia • Set in the faraway future on earth there are schools built to teach future generations of space cadets. Students gather at the prestigious school in hopes of becoming explorers, pilots, scientists, engineers, etc. in the wonders of space. The story follows one class the junior cadets located at Iverson Academy, the third of its kind located on earth. • The story takes place thousands of years into the future where humanoids and aliens live in relative harmony. There are the good and there are the bad, and then there are the young. This story follows the adventures of a new class of cadets studying at an Interstellar Academy on earth, a military preparatory school wherein dream of venturing out into the open space will be fulfilled at the end of their four year adventure within the sacred halls of the academy.
Fairy Tale Gods • Inspired by the Percy Jackson Universe series universe by Rick Riordan, this story follows the lives of people who are are demigods, half human and half fairy tale god and goddess. • The story follows Halflings, creatures of magic and mundane. They are born out of a relationship between a powerful World of Magic and Lore entity, and a human from the Mundane world. Straddled between the two worlds Halflings fight to bring balance to the two worlds they inhabit. • The World of Magic and Lore comes from another dimension. It is full of magical creatures and beings, and other fantastical elements. The World of Magic and Lore has affected the Mundane world by bridging the two through the power of stories. The residents of the World of Magic and Lore provide inspiration and influence to those in the Mundane world to create stories, and in turn those stories give power to the World of Magic and Lore. • The story follows the adventures of Halflings. They are half humans, and half fairy tales or folkloric beings, creatures from another dimension that overlaps with the mundane one’s. As Halflings they are both blessed with supernatural abilities and magical gifts associated with their fairy tale parent, but also cursed with misfortune and villains and monsters hunting them. Their gifts and curse allows them to live long lives, near immortal beings, but as Halflings, children of heroes of stories bear burden to that role stopping modern incarnations of monsters and villains, preventing the complete separation of the two worlds, and the complete merging of the two.
The Thirteen Colonies • Scientist have predicted that in the immediate future a number of large meteorites will hit the planet. The impending damage will wipe out billions, the few remaining millions will die out in the next few weeks in a short ice age. Humanity will not survive. They devised shelters to protect humanity, but even then they asked themselves what if they failed. As a last ditch effort to save humans each country devised a plan to cryogenically freeze people that would one day repopulate the earth. They would sleep out the death of everyone they loved until the time has come for them to wake up and face the world at it rawest and wildest form. • Project 13 Colonies was America's plan. Thirteen groups of eight people would be frozen, a reference to the thirteen colonies that came to the US. Each group would have one. Each group would contain one guide, a trained survivalist, and seven young and healthy people. The project also allowed them to have the most bunkers, survival pods containing rations, books, and equipment that would help the survivors, and teach them to rebuild modern society located in strategically around the country. • The chosen seven would be plucked from anywhere in the country, unaware of what the future entails, so long as they met the physical and psychological qualifications. Outside of the physical requirements, they also wanted the elites, young people who were the best at their field, gifted, youths that would have the skills and abilities to survive and rebuild society. Their guide would be put under the same criteria, but they will be a trained adult who will protect, guide, and police the chosen seven eight. The only difference would be is that the guide would be fully aware that they would be leaving their lives behind, the seven were going to be kidnapped. • The group would be frozen with their guide and be launched into space. Years later, an on board computer would begin launching pods yearly. The pods would scan a predetermined area to see if it was a suitable environment. Once approved the computer will launch the group down to earth where their group pod would be launched towards a large body of water. After set time the individual pods would begin the thawing process. The guide's pods would be opened first, after which they would check the area and open the eight other pods. Once they wake up all that is left is to survive. • NOTICE: There are two ways i've decided to run this story, one is by having a group that contains Wild Cards, or to have a group made completely of Wild Cards. Wild Cards are the people who are not elite and are their complete opposite in terms of upbringing, background, personality, and skill set. Not too different they're failures, but their characters are more questionable, eccentric, and problematic.
Mission Control • This is a superhero story following a new superhero team made up of formerly independent heroes, and small teams based around a certain part of the country. • This is 100% all about just starting a new superhero universe where heroes have been around for a couple of decades and maybe even a century. • Our characters are government licensed heroes who finished college and wanted to start their own hero agency in a city. At the beginning it will just be a small group, but as the story progresses we'll have bigger and bigger cast etc. • The general theme for this is inspired by the Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, and Young Justice cartoons.
Immortal Blue · A group of characters who are not related to each other except for one particular person or event are thrust into a dark world of immortality and magic when they die together. · It all started one night when all of them are invited by some friends of theirs to a party. The entire night began great, but later and later the night became blurrier and blurrier. The next day each of them found themselves back home, and news of their friend or friends having been found dead. · They’ve discovered that after that blurry night their bodies have changed. Their injuries heal faster, any previous medical dilemmas have disappeared, and they’ve become better looking objectively. · One night they find themselves gathered in one location together with a wild creature who seem hell bent on hunting them down. In the process of fighting this strange human like creature they’ve discovered other abilities such as increased senses, strength, agility, and jumping ability. They’ve learned that their bodies require less sleep during nights and instead experience fatigue when exposed to direct sunlight. In the heat of battle they become bloodthirsty and when off battle they crave release through sex or violence. · They later discover that they have been chosen as warriors for a vampire like clan fighting for power in the city. The night of the party they died and the clan simply chose them to revive under the condition they must fight for clan, and if they don't they will die even and never be able to get their human bodies back or go back to normal. · The other clans include allusions to :Werewolves, Zombies, Invisible People, Mummies, Witches, SWamp Monsters, etc.
Cellular · In the year aliens attacked 2045 Humans. They appeared in the sky in the form of malleable globs of energy that would fall down from the sky. The aliens would take the shape of the nearest non human living creature in the vicinity. · This forced the government to force a military program that forcefully enlists teenagers to help them fight in the war. They are given the training and specially crafted weapons that help fight the aliens.
The Black House · This story is set in a fairly supernatural world wherein there are demons, witches, modified humans, oddities, freaks etc. At the very center of all this madness is the known house of Blake. · The Blakes are an eccentric family. No one has ever seen them in the 10 years that they moved to the mansion on top of the hill surrounded by forests, yet the house is still up and running managed by the staff members. · The people who run the house are people with supernatural backgrounds who have been adopted and collected by the Blakes to help protect the mansion from any sort of attack that comes their way. The Blakes have been known targets by people in the supernatural community because they have been hiding a secret that is the key to all supernatural forces. · The plot is centered around the staff members who are protecting the manor because the Blake are constantly around the world trying to keep the world safe/collect oddities from the people who want something in the house or things that want to get out of the house. · Inspired partly by the Addams Family and Black Butler
Play Time · In the modern age of warfare, magicians have long since abandoned their traditional wares for toys that allowed them to enhance their diminishing magic powers. The wares they used to have enhanced the large amounts of magic they had, but now since their magic has spread all over the world and the quality has lowered they are relying on toys that rely on the magic of children. · The adults who "play" are the magician’s sons and daughters fighting for power. They use toys that allow them to perform their magic. The magicians however are only limited to using magic that resemble the toy. · The story follows a small group of magicians who are living in one city fighting for power in the city.
The Eventmakers · Inspired by Baccano and Durarara it is the story of a group of people who all live in one city. These characters come from various walks in life, each with their own goals, desires and plans. · The story will begin once an event has been set, ant sort of event that will involve all the characters. The event will take place days later, but the official story will start days before the event and the goal is to get the characters to that event. Before the story takes place each character must have a role that makes them n important piece in the story. · Within the world of the story there ar several factions that a character can be a part of. There are the officials, observers, the professional criminals, the street criminals, and the miscellaneous. The officials are lawful good people who work for the city and keep the peace they are typically comprised of police, detectives, and government employees. The observers are neutral third party members who want to observe what happens due to their personal reasons; they are typically journalists, information brokers, and spies. The professional criminals are by nature the bad guys who’s job are always part of the underground world. The street criminals are gang member,sthigs, etc who want to make it big. The miscelanous are people who are just there for the story and just happen to get in trouble. · Each character must have some sort of underground connection, past, present, or future. They must have secrets and have live double lives or have lived double lives,
The Green End · A few years into the future, a large green meteorite headed for earth. The meteorites eventually burned up in the earth’s atmosphere upon entry into tiny millions of pieces. The meteorites all burned up in the atmosphere. Everyone assumed that the threat of the green meteorite was over, but it was far from over. · The meteorites itself was a rock, but a clump of microorganisms. The microorganisms didn’t die from burning up in the atmosphere, but burned up into even tinier microorganisms that eventually scattered all over the earth. The microorganisms spread and attached itself to the ground and the ocean. · Over the next few years the microorganisms would eventually evolve and grow with living organisms. The microorganisms were too weak to invade animals and humans that had a complex structure instead they chose to grow with the plants forcing them to mutate into a dangerous species. After several months cases of dangerous, overgrown, and semi-sentient plants were found. · For several decades the governments were able to contain the situation, but microorganisms that did land on earth and remained in the atmosphere eventually evolved with the clouds and the water cycle. The microorganism cycled through the ocean, earth and everything else which eventually lead into mutated clouds. In span of few weeks the atmosphere began to rapidly change with the microorganisms attached to the microorganisms that evolved with the plants. · The collective, sentient, hive mind like nature of the microorganisms eventually made the clouds changing the weather. The weather changed to the most suitable weather cycle that the plants would need. From a weather that cycled and changed the weather mutated into something like that of a tropical rain forest. The nature of the microorganisms in the water would spread the microorganisms in the plants, allowing more of them to reproduce.
Sunday Bests · It is a story that takes place hundreds of years into the future of humankind. Hundreds have passed since the great age of humanity, the age of prosperity and the green planet earth, but capitalism, consumption and humanity’s own sins eventually lead to the fall of humanity. People turned the once green earth into a toxic place where only trash and machine strives. People could no longer live on earth, so they escaped. Humans escaped into Mars, a planet that could be inhabitable, but of course only few could afford it. Naturally, those who can were able to live on mars, but everyone else, the poor, the weak, and the unfortunate were left behind. · Years after the great migration those who were left behind were forced to live in a world of ruin.
One Piece • This is set in the far future of the current One Piece story, OC heavy in a more technologically advanced setting, but still retains the feel good elements of what makes One Piece good. The general story will follow the same principle, island hopping pirate adventure in search of a great treasure. • In terms of setting it will be very much into the far future. - In terms of timeline the world is currently in the "Booming Age". The Fourth Pirate King just passed after a great 10 year pirate war, which the marines profited highly in. - Airships and submarines are things that can appear in terms of ships, mostly marines. - Devil Fruits are more common, especially Zoans since they're being produced artificially albeit weaker than regular DF's. They can come in regular full animal or partial transformations/specific parts only. - Devil Weapons - weapons imbued with Devil Fruit abilities are in circulation and highly sought after even though the method of the process is still highly unknown. - Devil Pills AKA Rumble Balls - are also highly valued in the black and are well sought out for their ability to bring out side effects/transformations in Devil Fruit users. - Devil Metal AKA Wapometal which allows for transforming weapons and ships are also highly sought after. - The other races/humanoid species are more traversed in and around the grand line even though slavery is still a thing. - Knowledge and travel to the Sky Island are common information.
• The story will begin at the start of the Grand Line with at least a handful of crew members present (minimum four). The story will follow after wherein the first arc is about finding two new members who are native to the Grand Line.
Sense8 • It follows the same premise as that of the show, a group of different people from around the world all telepathically connected. • OC Based, minimum of at least 6 so three characters per user at the least.
Soul Eater • OC based set in the same universe, several years set in the future of the Soul Eater storyline. • Requires multiple characters i.e. each of us will make at least three, one complete pair, and an individual that we will partner with each other.
RWBY • OC Based • It can be set within the school or follow the story of more accomplished hunters in their early years. • To follow along with the general premise, a team of four characters at the least.
DreamWorks’s Dragons and Pirates · It is a story set in the universe of DreamWorks’s Dragons lore. The story follows a small village located in an Archipelago inhabited by Vikings and dragons. The story would later go on to tell the story of the inhabitants of this island and how they become sky pirates.
The following Marvel Universe stories are based on the preexisting Marvel 616 Universe pre-Secret Wars, and borrows elements from certain post-Secret Wars story line. I've aptly called this the Marvel 919 universe, and as such certain story lines will be set in the story line universe I've made at least in terms of where we will be starting off.
Unless otherwise stated please assume that they will require you playing established characters in the Marvel universe and have at least a familiarity with said characters. I'm more than familiar enough with some to fill you in on certain characters. Please note that while the characters that are not OC's have predominantly existed within the background, with little to no exposure or story lines outside of certain titles and major story events, as such their current characterization and background is subject to change, exploration, and free interpretation within reason.
I understand that this requirement of playing non-OC or famous characters may be off putting to some, but i enjoy the challenge of making obscure/unused characters my own and trying to flesh them out as i feel that they deserve better than simply being background fodder or the occasional plot decide/author favorite. If you do not see a name that you feel like should be in said storyline please ask as I may be able to find them for you. These character deserve to be taken away from character limbo.
Marvel X-Men Violet • Characters: Helix – Julian Keller, Mercury – Cessily Kincaid, Match – Ben Hamill, Celeste – Celeste Cuckoo, Trance – Hope Abbott, Sprite – Jia Jing, Triage – Christopher Muse, Kid Gladiator - Kubark • Story: Classic hero X-Men story based, bad guys need beating up, crime needs fighting, and the public needs heroes to look up to.
Marvel X-Men Cyan • Characters: Surge - Noriko Ashida, Elixir – Joshua Foley, White Kingd – Manuel Enduque, Cipher – Alisa Tager, Three-In-One - Phoebe, Transonic - Lauri Tromette, Shark Girl - Iara dos Santos, Broo – Broo • Story: An X-Force based story wherein the mutants are on the offense, time to to beat up baddies in an espionage and paramilitary way.
Marvel X-Men Green • Characters: Anole – Victor Barkowski, Rockslide – Santo Vaccaro, Bling! – Roxxane Washington, Three-In-One - Irma, Hijack – David Bond, Primal – Teon Macik, Nature Girl – Lin Li, Graymalkin – Jonas Graymalkin • Story: X-Factor like and in San Francisco ready to brandish it's detective noir-esque action and soap opera dramedy hi-jinks.
Marvel X-Men Pink • Characters: Pixie – Megan Gwynn, Dust – Sooraya Qadir, Gentle – Nezhno Abidemi, Ink – Eric Gitter, Indra – Paras Gavaskar, Morph – Benjamin Deeds, Eye Boy – Trevor Hawkins, Crosta – Crostan • Story: The Amazing X-Men are back in eccentric adventures on off earth in an effort to save mutants from all kinds of dangers.
Marvel X-Men Orange • Characters: Blindfold – Ruth Aldine, Armor – Hisako Ichiki, Velocidad – Gabriel Cohuelo, NO-Girl – Martha Johansson, Ernst, Glob Herman – Robert Herman, Face, Goldballs – Fabio Medina • Story: New-X Men based story where those left behind still have work to do saving the mutants at home and training the next generation of mutants
Marvel Runaways • Characters: Nico Minoru, Chase Stein, Karolina Dean, Victor Mancha, Klara PLast, Xavin, deHalle, vaDanti, Cammi, Sanna StrandGertrude "Gert" Yorkes, Lillie McGurty, Mulholland Black, Living Lightning • Story: They're Runaways, they try not to die and try to bring vigilante justice to Los Angeles and it's corrupt underbelly.
Marvel Initiatives • Can be OC based entirely, but not necessarily as certain characters have literally no backgrounds, and those that do have little to no backgrounds. • Existing characters in the Initiatives stories generally just have their names, general power idea, and the location they were in as the available information. • Story: Various, but stories are at least limited within one state, independently working on their own thing.
If something is of interest to you just let me know, I'm more than happy to answer questions and expand more on the premise presented, until you decide on what we can do.
I'd be interested, can i ask what's the range of post quality you're looking for, and story tone in terms of One Piece (early OP which is more slapstick, to Ennies Lobby which is more drama with comedy)?
Also where are we in terms of the worldbuilding, i mean i doubt much has changed, but i'd like to think certain things in terms of technology, lifestyle, and location has changed.
Johnathan has not been outside in days. Going to the corner store to buy candy and soda did not count. Going out implied putting on clothes that did not include the words sweatpants, flip flops, and an old baggy shirt, and at the least clean ones and not three day slept in clothing. In the few days that Jonathan has spent hiding from society he’d ordered takeout food from six different restaurants, and have seen nine different delivery men and women. In turn the delivery people have seen Jonathan wearing nothing but boxers, wallet in hand, eyes twitching, and paint smudges wherever they laid their eyes on. To the untrained eyes of strangers and delivery people they would have assumed that he was a shut in, but the truth is he was just earning money. He just happened to look like a shut in whenever his work consumed him.
Jonathan was an artist, and thankfully not the starving kind. He’s had his fair share of starvation though. He worked for an agency that sent artist to where their skills could be of use. Jonathan specialized in digital character design concept for 2D and 3D art in a fantasy setting. His skill set allowed him to work in field that required a fantastic flair. In the past few days Jonathan has been working for a company that needed art renders for a computer generated short story. His job would end the moment the company green lit some of his designs, which happened the day before. Since then Jonathan still hasn’t left his apartment. He was playing Elder Tale. The concept of stopping anytime soon wouldn’t leave Jonathan’s head for a while.
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It wasn’t a feeling of waking up because to Jonathan it was a feeling of being hit with cold water right after waking up, or taking a series of vodka shots both woke him up from a state that wasn’t asleep, but not awake. In one moment it he was in sitting down with posture so bad it was guarantee that he would be a small old man, a stack of takeout boxes in one corner, and the smell of a guy who’s been in his apartment for too long, and then in the next moment he was laying down in a grassy field, bow in his hand, and the smell of forest, not that he knew what forests smelled like since he’s never to one. Jonathan knew that he was in a new world, the skies were too blue and rich with clouds, or at the least he could not have been in the city. He guessed the countryside of a faraway country, he was somewhat right.
Jonathan didn’t dare stand up for a while. He laid there taking in the senses. It was one part fear of what he could not see, and one part he enjoyed laying in the soft ground. When he started hearing voices, and not the “in your head” kind, he began to prop himself up using his elbows. There were people who were arguing, or maybe they were just talking very loudly since they wanted to be noticed. There were also people crying, and not the pretty crying that they showed on the small and big screen, it was the ugly snot filled crying children made. And then there were others like him who just stared, laid there, and remained quiet on the outside while their insides were bursting with emotions getting ready to pop when their outsides began to weaken.
Jonathan didn’t take long before he realized where he was. He’s been at this place for so long that he couldn’t help not noticing where he was. He was in Elder Tale plain and simple. If the clothes weren’t a dead a giveaway then the menu screen that appeared in front of him, above people’s heads, and the NPC’s.
The moment he felt like rising he realizing he noticed his body feeling weird. The first thing he noticed was the muscle definition, he couldn’t see through the clothes, but the pronounced muscles were there. When John made Jaune the first time he played Elder Tale he immediately designed it with a lean and athletic build in mind. Thenhe noticed the height difference. Jaune was a little short, but any taller and the character would have looked too odd the young John thought, but because his player character who he now inhabited was much shorter than him the world felt around him so much bigger and heavier. He never figured that being six foot four would come to make him feel vertigo in this way.
Quickly figuring out what he needed to do Jaune decided to move. His new body spawned in a small town just outside of the player city. When it was still a game the town was used to help newbie players move around since they were surrounded by high-level monsters. Jaune would have been scared too, but he was level 80, and they all feared him in this area. His heart sunk at the idea of jumping straight into the chaos that he expected would be in the player city, but he needed to be with people that were reliable and at the least slightly familiar to him. He was going to see some friends.
Name:Johnathan "John" Hernandez-Lau Age:27 Gender: Male
Appearance:
He is a relatively tall, average built young man with black hair, dark skin and lanky build. He tends to be clean shaven, but on days wherein he gets too sucked into his work he will look like a hobo. He has an exceptionally clear and youthful looking face, with an amazing set of pearly white teeth, but sadly his self-confidence doesn’t match his looks.
Background: Johnathan has never really been much into games, and even less when it came to MMO’s. He first started playing Elder Tale in the spring of freshman year in Boston University as a way of coping with the new changes in his life. He moved into the dorms, his parents divorced, he’s questioning his sexuality, and was worried about his future. Elder Tale was only the good and steady thing going on in his life.
He eventually stopped playing Elder Tale around senior year of college to focus on his schoolwork; at the time his character was at level 65, his progress being quite slow given his play style and character creation choice conflicts. In the same year that he stopped playing to focus on graduating he realized that he still had no idea what to do with his life. He graduated from Boston University with a degree in Computer Science.
A year after he graduated he was living with his mother and her new husband. He was working at a small business company as their tech expert, local young guy, and occasional and unofficial IT. He hated his job, he tolerated his stepfather, he had no social life, his then current boyfriend was horrible, and truthfully he hated everything. At the age of 23 and a half he already felt like an 80 year old widow. Taking the advice of his mother Johnathan decided to try something new and enrolled in an art class at the community college. In a short amount of time he discovered something new about himself that made him happy and felt passionate about. In three years’ time he had already quit his old computer science job and now a full time concept artist and computer graphics designer. He had his own apartment, not the best, but it made him feel like an adult.
Elder Tale came back to his life when Johnathan saw an advert for the 12th expansion pack. Jonathan immediately pulled out his old account and started replaying the game. While playing the game he was able to meet some new people that led to various work opportunities, which led to Elder Tale inspired work, With his artwork out there some people contacted him about a possibility for working for the company to hire him for promotional concept art. All in all things were going great for him until the new expansion pack is released.
Personality: He is a pretentious little snob who is incredibly honest and kind of mean. He is confident in himself and his skills. He's mostly pleasant around strangers, but those who know him well will tell you that he is a jerk, granted he is a jerk who cares. In the game he acts the same way, and while he is not the best when it comes to playing in a group, he is very knowledgeable and has a good understanding of how to fight in a group.
IN GAME
In-Game Name: Jaune Smythe In-Game Gender: Male Race: Race of Ritual In-Game Appearance:
Jaune and Johnathan look pretty much the same, but Jaune the avatar is much shorter than John in real life. The height was appropriate at the time, but when he hit an second growth spurt he outgrew his character. The hair and eye colors different are also much different, but Johnathan opted for fancier hair colors and eye colors, the red orange hair and gold eye colors spoke to him. As a Race of Ritual his body is adorned in tattoos. The tattoo patterns he chose have an art noveau style that is primarily seen on his left arm that spreads outward into a flowery patter that can be seen on his chest, back, and up to his neck.
Class: Bard Class Level: 80 Skills:
Resonance Beat – Magic Attack Skill - Imbues a tune onto a weapon, causing a shockwave on impact, causing a resonance effect with the enemy's body as a medium. Even after the attack is over the effects of the shockwave remains and if an additional attack is made, it will cause a resonance explosion dealing further damage. As 2 hits are needed, the damage dealt is very high.
Grand Finale – Emergency Skill - It is powerful magic spell that deals massive damage to a group of enemies. It can only be used once per every day cycle in the game. It’s named after a literal grand Finale because when the enemy is defeated when using the technique the player is bathed in a spotlight.
Sword Speed Etude – Cover Song = It is a permanent status buff song. When the song is in effect it raises the weapon attack speed of the members of the caster's party. , which raises their damage potential.
Ritardando – Cover Song – A permanent enemy debuff spell that decreases the enemy’s movement. This increases the chances of players doing what they want or letting them get more attacks and casting in.
Duet - Melee Attack Skill- A skill performed using a melee weapon and an ally. After designating an ally whenever the ally hits an opponent during the time frame of this skill both players’ auto attack damage is increased.
Subclass: Tracker Subclass Level: 60 Sub Skills:
Tracer – It is a detection based skill that allows the user to track the movement of a specific target without being noticed by that specific target. It is good for picking off large group of enemies.
Wide Sense – It is a passive detection skill that allows the user to increase their ability to know where nearby resources and traps are located. The higher the level are the farther and more accurate the detection.
Sneak – It is an activated hiding skill that allows the user to disappear from the map and in the environment for a very short amount of time. Traces of the user still appear on screen, but the user is very hard to notice.
Equipment Head: Hawk Glasses - It is a magical class pair of glasses he puts on when in combat. It allows the user to see in the dark, and the distance. It isn’t particularly rare or powerful, but for a mid to long distance combat type it is essential. Body: Chameleon Skin Cloak - It is a high end production class item approaching artifact class. The cloak increases the wearer’s agility and provides low imperceptibility. The effectiveness increases at night or in darkened areas. It’s one of his most prized possessions. Arms:
Left: Roaring Lion Bow - It is an artifact class weapon obtainable in a raid. It has an elegant design, with an intricate lion faced design. The weapon has a relatively low to normal attack power for a high-level bow compared to other artifact class bows, but this is compensated by increasing the users casting and attack speed, mana restoration speed, and spell effectiveness.
Right:Black Feather Arrows - Its is a production class arrow made by high level weapon-smiths. It has a high attack power and affordable. It also has an elegant design, black bolt and black feathers with a silver arrow tip
Accessories: Rabbit’s Feet Skin Boots - It is a magic class item that increases movement speed. It’s temperature controlled, cold in warm weather, and warm in cold weather. It’s functional with a simple and elegant look.
Title: The Wandering Bard Party: N/A He’s played on hundreds of Pickup Gorups though, but never been part of a specific group. He’s met and made some good friends on some party based quests though. Guild: Artists Unite (defunct) – They disbanded after some artistic differences between several parties. He’s still in contact with people that were in the guild and often meet with some of them to collaborate on artwork.
Miscellaneous: His preferred play style/build is called “Virtuoso - Curse Song Specialization” It focuses on aiding allies using their Curse Songs to weaken opponents and provide cover attacks. This build is rather unpopular due to the relatively short range of Bard attacks compared to Assassins and Swashbucklers, as well as the lower damage it deals. It is however popular among Bard players who also want to go on solo quests and missions.
