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Introducing Laser Kiwi 2.0, now with 50% less flakiness
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If you're reading this, you just lost The Game
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Cronus disease sounds like something you'd get by eating your own children
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I will lie here forever and sing to you all the things I stopped myself from saying while we were alive. - Neil Hilborn
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Had a lot of stuff on my plate lately. Should be more active in a day or two!
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Call me Laser. I run on NZDT and Wellington coffee.
Actually, that's a lie, I don't run at all if I can help it.
Always keen for new RPs, books, music, recipes, and conversation. I'm occasionally funny and will tell you the same 7 stories over and over - what else do you need from a friend?
@Dark Cloud I appreciate it! We'll see how the roster looks - I don't want a huge crowd, but if we get a good number of players there shouldn't be any problem fitting your character in. If the first arc doesn't work out, we can always see about putting them into the action after the Supreme is decided!
@Kenshi Thanks for your interest! What kind of character do you have in mind?
@sassy1085 Thank you as well, and same question. :)
Do either of y'all have any questions or suggestions for me?
The devil-child would probably be another member of the student body, maybe wants to gain something from the Coven.
Hm. I like the concept, but I'd like to have a more solid plan for what your character is after. I think a devil-child stirring up trouble could be an excellent side plot, but I'm worried that your character won't have much to do with the Supreme plot arc. I also want to make sure we have enough Coven members. I'll probably double up and take two myself. Would you want to play a Witch character in addition to your devil-child?
@Dark Cloud I hadn't specifically planned for any non-humans, but I'm not opposed to the idea as long as they pass for human. Though Magic exists in this world, most people wouldn't be aware of that fact and ideally it should stay that way. Would your devil-child also be a Witch, or another member of the student body/community who wants something from the Coven?
Announcement: the Roleplay is now live and still accepting applications!
Briarwood Community College
September 2017
Community College isn't usually full of thrills and danger. The student body is the typical unassuming mix of high school underachievers, working class kids with a dream, and older people going back to class after years in the workplace. BCC, like the ox it has for a mascot, is a hardworking but unassuming campus. Most of the 62 students who signed up for Sociology 171: Witchcraft & Superstition were expecting a marginally interesting humanities credit.
This semester is not going to go as planned. As per the syllabus, the third day of class involved a discussion of Covens & Supremes. To demonstrate the power of superstition, the professor had the class read aloud an incantation which, supposedly, will awaken any latent Supreme.
Then the lights all went out. A few students screamed or shouted, and one or two people ran for the doors. The lights switched back on a few moments later and the the professor calmed everyone down, explaining that it was nothing more than a demonstration illustrating the power of superstition and suggestion. Most people laughed, went to sleep that night, and forgot about it.
Most people, but not all. A few people had very strange dreams that night, and every night since. The days are little better. In the two weeks since that class, there have been a lot of strange incidents around town: A student's car burst into flames and he was badly burned before he could escape, a wild deer walked into the food court at peak lunch time, and several exams have been cancelled by fire alarms which were manually triggered despite security cameras showing empty halls.
But things are about to get even weirder. The awakening Witches' dreams are getting more vivid and more powerful, and they're starting to sense each others' presence. As the new Supreme comes into their power, Briarwood may get its first full-fledged Coven in decades... unless everything goes terribly wrong.
Hopefully, if you've read this far, you're interested and down for things to go terribly wrong. Giving a bunch of unqualified kids supernatural abilities can really only end poorly, as a myriad of horror movies go to show. I'm looking for 2-4 other adult writers to build this small coven with and guide them through discovering the Supreme, learning to use magic, and dodging the increasingly suspicious authorities.
The only future event that's really set in stone is the Coven coming together to discover who the Supreme is. I don't have a specific idea for how this will happen, so I'm more than open to suggestions. After the Supreme rises, the action opens up. Does the sudden rise in unusual crime and unexplained incidents get law enforcement on our Coven's tail? Do a posse of witch hunters, or even a rival Coven, show up? Or does the Coven start to tear itself apart from the inside as the witches turn on each other? There's opportunity for plenty of story arcs, and I'd love for them to be consensus-driven.
So... yeah! If I can find at least 2 other interested people, we can refine this idea and move forward. I'm new around here and just getting back into RPing after a looooong absence, so please ask questions and put your ideas on the table!
Witches
About 1% of people have some latent witchcraft in them, but the vast majority will never awaken their powers. A witch's magic cannot awaken or function properly without a Supreme. Typically this only happens once they're in a Coven and have bonded, but in rarer cases (like this RP), it can also happen if they spend time in the presence of an ascending Supreme who has yet to learn how to focus their powers. All witches have access to all three types of magic, but it's rare for someone with powerful Gifts to also be a talented Spellcaster and vice versa.
Magic
Knacks: Everyone with some latent witchy abilities has exactly one Knack - this is the only sign that someone has the potential to become a witch. Knacks are usually subtle, the sort of thing that could be mistaken for dumb luck, strange coincidences, or natural talent. A Knack can neither be gained nor lost, but is with a person from birth til death. Ex. this person's dice roll 7s half the time, they have an unusually tight bond with exactly one animal (a familiar), they get a sense of impending doom before something bad happens to their loved ones, or they can throw things with near-perfect accuracy despite never practicing.
Gifts: Gifts are the true magic witches can perform on instinct, without needing to focus their power using a spell. Gifts will only work if the Witch has a magical connection to a Supreme; if cut off from their Coven, a Witch will lose all of their Gifts. Every Gift comes with a price, and the powerful Gifts tend to make their users very sick or weak afterwards. Every witch has at least one Gift. Reasonably powerful witches have two, and very powerful witches have three. Supremes typically manifest 5-7. Ex. pyrokinesis, telekinesis, telepathy with 1 or 2 other people or certain animals, precognitive dreams.
Spells: Spellcraft is where the real power of witches comes to light. While Gifts usually only allow a Witch to use her magic to slightly shift reality in her general vicinity, Spells can be used to cause much greater changes that are less constrained by time and space. A curse might cause a rival's car to crash several hours or days from the time of casting, or abruptly shift the weather in the Bahamas. Spells require focus instead of instinct, have certain rituals and practices, and usually need 2 or more witches to cast correctly. Spells feed off of the magic of the environment around them, making powerful spells impossible without either the presence (not necessarily consent) of a Supreme or powerful magical source. Improperly cast spells may work differently than intended or even backfire against the Witch trying to cast them. Ex. love charm to make the quarterback enamored with the cheerleader (if it backfires, could cause him to stalk her), curse to make a the roof leak onto a stack of exams (cast improperly may cause the roof to collapse), ward of protection against dark spirits.
Supremes
Supremes are a rare type of Witch that serve as a conduit to bring magic into the world. Though not necessarily more powerful than their fellows, magic comes more easily to them than to other Witches, best exemplified by their myriad of Gifts. Even the weakest Supremes still manifest at least five Gifts which they can use at will, and most will manifest additional abilities if their lives or their loved ones are threatened. Their spells almost always go through, though not with any more accuracy than a regular Witch. A fully mature Supreme can detect other potential Witches and choose whether or not to awaken the magic within them, but before a Supreme has come into their own their presence is enough. This makes it very difficult to tell which dawning Witch is the Supreme, since everyone in the Coven will be supercharged by the presence of an unrestrained Supreme's power.
Covens
A Coven is a group of witches who share a magical bond which allows them to combine their power to cast spells cooperatively. Covens form around Supremes, who have a great deal of de facto power over them as a fully mature Supreme can control who can use them as a conduit. However, Supremes are not always the leaders of their Covens - especially before they mature enough to control their power output. Though there is no way to force a Witch to join a Coven, the magical connection they feel to their fellow Witches is typically irresistible, haunting their dreams until they find their people.
I'm currently about halfway through Infomocracy by Malka Older. I picked it up because the dust jacket featured the quote "If you always wanted to put The West Wing in a particle accelerator with Snow Crash to see what would happen", which sold me on the spot. So far it feels less cool than the dust jacket promised, but I'll reserve judgement until I finish.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Did you like it? I think Snow Crash is stylish and brilliantly stupid, but it's definitely not everyone's taste.
@Dark Cloud I don't know what kind of songs I was expecting, but that wasn't it. Props! Kiwis are such dumb yet amazing birds. I had the honor of being screamed at by one at the local zoo. If you haven't heard one scream, it's basically the last sound you picture such a peaceful, dumpy little animal making and it's fucking hysterical. 10/10 would recommend.
Hello beautiful humans & miscellaneous sentient entities! After a good six years of resisting the addiction, ya girl Laser Kiwi is back on the Roleplaying bandwagon.
Quick about me section: - I'm in my mid twenties. She/her pronouns are fine until we're living in a post gender society. - Wellington, New Zealand is my current home but I'm originally from rural Texas. If you're wondering if this is a massive warning sign for incomprehensible slang and lackadaisical mixing of grammar and spelling rules... the answer is "chur, y'all". - Visuals aren't really my thing, but I love finding new music and vibing while I write. My latest obsession is Alien Weaponry - if you're into thrash metal, colonialism in pop culture, or just anything fucking sweet I suggest you check them out! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kwIkF6LFDc&lc=UgxEW7ZPVhbQDK59YJd4AaABAg&ab_channel=NapalmRecords
In regards to roleplaying, I haven't done a group RP in years but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things here. I have had some one on ones in the meanwhile, in addition to plenty of creative writing (especially smut. Dear god, there has been a lot of smut...) I really enjoy worldbuilding and character development and I look forward to finding some likeminded writers to craft long term and slower paced stories with. However, I'm also looking to get my feet wet with some more casual ventures so I don't over-commit.
Anyway, I'm not too sure what else there is to say about me, so instead let me flip the tables and ask y'all a question: what song have you been playing on repeat lately? Drop me some brainworms in the comments, bitte.
Call me Laser. I run on NZDT and Wellington coffee.
Actually, that's a lie, I don't run at all if I can help it.
Always keen for new RPs, books, music, recipes, and conversation. I'm occasionally funny and will tell you the same 7 stories over and over - what else do you need from a friend?
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Call me Laser. I run on NZDT and Wellington coffee. <br><br>Actually, that's a lie, I don't run at all if I can help it.<br><br>Always keen for new RPs, books, music, recipes, and conversation. I'm occasionally funny and will tell you the same 7 stories over and over - what else do you need from a friend?</div>
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