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Please adopt me

@offxthexclock Doge

@Dark Cloud

Woof

In Search of Gaea A Seafaring Fantasy Adventure (REBUILD)

Jk lol

Thanks for letting new faces apply! I think it's going to be a really great story

Please adopt me

You know everyone, valentine's day is coming up and it can be a lonely time. If you need a boyfriend character, let me take you on a rp date lol

It doesn't need to be a fancy concept. If you just need to 1x1 to let off steam from work, I will pretend to be your boss lol

Please adopt me

@offxthexclock I love the puppy pic. I'm always looking for 1x1 partners if you're interested or are you more interested in group RPs?

@Demi

Thanks :) Definitely more familiar with group rps but would be excited to do a 1x1, too. I checked your profile and it looks like you're back after a hiatus? I saw The American Prince on there and took a look, would be interested to hear more about it. Do you have other interest checks? Feel free to post links

Please adopt me

@offxthexclock what the dog doin?

@Dark Cloud

It's waiting for someone to come and play with it lol

I thought it would be fun to introduce myself by incorporating aspects of roleplaying as a dog. But I kind of regret it now lol it was a really weird and embarrassing idea and now I guess I should change my name if I need to rebuild my rep after this loool

Please adopt me

hello

I've been roleplaying for a few years but I'm new to this forum and I am looking for a new home.

I'm trying to find my first rp to join here, so please recruit me! I can provide writing samples, I'm open to a lot of different characters and ideas. Also I have zero ego :D very open to feedback and direction. Will play fetch woof

I don't have very strong preferences for settings or characters and I'm not very familiar with most fandoms but I love to learn. Right now, I'm just trying to build clout so I will try my best at whatever role I can find. My favorite part of roleplaying is learning more about other characters and seeing them interact, and helping to build a great story Please pick me

If you need an extra person to play a role that you want in the plot but nobody wants to take it... pick me

Woof

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Small droplets of water splashed over the edge of the boat and clung to his skin. They were sailing by a small floating town. Market stalls of prepared food items as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, and spices lined the banks of the river, filling the breeze with delicious smells. The boat continued down the river until it reached the dock where the other small boat was docked.

Frinn got off the boat and walked across the wooden boards to where Valens was standing, looking at a map. Valens pointed to a spot marked in red ink.

"Is that where the Lord lives?" Frinn asked.

Valens nodded, tucking the map away and already starting to move. "He should be expecting us. We shouldn't keep him waiting."

Frinn quickened his pace, trying to keep up with Valens. They were making good time when a street stall suddenly collapsed, causing fruits of various sizes and shapes to roll into their path. Valens sighed impatiently before turning to where a young woman was yelling at a couple large, shady-looking men.

"That's 200 coin for those fruit, you bastards! How do you expect me to pay the Lord back when you keep ruining my merchandise!?"

"We don't give a shit about your fruit. If you don't have the money by dusk tonight, we're dragging you to the House."

"That's impossible! I keep telling you! How do you expect me to have the money when you keep sabotaging my business?! Are you too stupid to understand?"

One of the thugs suddenly grabbed the woman's arm, jerking her mercilessly. She yelled. Valens took a step towards them, when a small, shiny apple suddenly flew across the path and hit the man's bald head. It bounced off the back of his tattooed skull and he turned around, releasing the woman. Frinn flinched and dropped the pear he had also been getting ready to throw.

Valens sighed. "Well that's one way to get things started."

As soon as he said that, the thugs were charging towards them. Valens dodged the tattoo-headed man's swing and easily restrained him from behind, bringing him to his knees and twisting his arms behind him. Frinn was less successful, taking a blow to the cheek from the other man, who was tall and lanky, not as stocky as his partner. Frinn groaned as he stumbled backwards from the impact of the punch, slipping on a piece of fruit and landing on the ground. As the man drew closer, Frinn grabbed a wooden plank from the disheveled fruit stand. When his opponent was close enough, he lurched forward and shoved the end of the plank into the man's knee. The man yelped out in pain, stumbling forward. He let out a growl and lunged. Frinn ducked and used the plank to hit the man again, this time in the groin. The man shouted as he grabbed his crotch, rolling onto the ground.

Valens released the tattoo-headed guy, who spat on the ground between them before turning towards his thug partner. The short, stocky man slung the thin man over his shoulder before leaving, disappearing down an alley.

Valens began collecting the fruit and putting the stand back together. Frinn approached the young woman cautiously. "Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine," she mumbled. She noticed Frinn's cheek starting to puff up and placed her fingertips on his chin, turning his face to get a better look. She winced. "Looks like you're the one who's hurt. Wait here."

She jogged across the path to a fish vendor, who had laid out his fish on a bed of ice. She came back with a small ice pack. Before Frinn could protest, the woman grabbed his face again, pressing the ice to his cheek.

"Ugh," he groaned. "Thanks for the help. But could you be a bit gentler?"

The woman rolled her eyes as she let go of his face. "There. You're fine. Now go and be on your way."

Valens came over, rolling the cart of fruit. "You don't sound very scared for someone who was attacked by some dangerous men just now."

"I could have handled it," the woman muttered. "Thanks for the help. Now good day."

Valens reached into his pocket for the map, but it wasn't there. He turned around and saw that it had fallen out during the commotion. He went to retrieve it right as a mule carrying goods passed by, kicking it into a puddle and trampling over it. Frinn walked over to the puddle and fished it out, grimacing.

"The ink is all blurry," he complained.

In Search of Gaea A Seafaring Fantasy Adventure (REBUILD)

I also have a last minute character sheet! I've been checking on this one for a few days now and I thought it might be full already but I want to give it a shot, even if I'm kind of a new face on here. The water world theme is too cool to pass up.

Edit: I can change the Aether ability to a different Sun/Moon. Please let me know if there's anything at all that should be changed. Sorry if that wasn't clear!

Chen Xiaoyan

Chen Xiaoyan

“You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from dropping dung in your hair!”

Appearance

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Age

21

Gender

Male

Home Sea

The Dragon Sea

Aether Sign

Sun (Light)

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Aether Abilities

Unfortunately, Chen’s Aether abilities are weak. The temple frequently warns its disciples that misusing Aether could lead to serious consequences and even self-destruction, and disciples are trained to only use Aether when absolutely necessary. The temple permits disciples to use Aether to promote harmony, keep peace, and to protect the community. As a result, Chen’s skills are mainly defensive and combative techniques are underdeveloped at best.

Light Generation: He lacks the power to produce anything bright enough to stun or blind. Even if he could produce powerful light, he also lacks the training to focus the light into beams or lasers that can hit an intended target, especially at long-range. However, he is capable of producing small orbs of light to be used as lanterns and can produce short flashes of light for flares. The lantern orbs will exhaust his energy over time and Chen has passed out from using it for too long before. The duration for sustaining light will vary depending on his current physical state and stamina.

Cloaking and Illusions: Chen can bend light to turn things invisible. The smaller the object, the easier it is to sustain invisibility for that object. In the past, the monks have cloaked the temple and some small communities around Xi’An to hide from attacks, but cloaking on that scale is impossible to achieve for an individual. Light illusions exhaust Aether immensely and several monks and disciples must work together to cloak entire buildings or villages.
He can also bend light to create minor, temporary color illusions. This could be temporarily changing the color of a piece of fruit or someone’s hair. Unfortunately, the bigger the illusion, the less realistic it will be. Sometimes, the color will flicker or change when the illusion is difficult to sustain.

Invisibility: Chen can make himself invisible for a limited time, but no more than an hour even when he is in good physical condition. His vision is weakened while he is in an invisible state. Everything becomes too bright and it feels similar to having the sun glaring in one's eyes.

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Personality

Master Lao would describe Chen’s personality as bright and playful, although other monks have described him as brash, a bit of an airhead, and even sacrilegious. He is generally gentle and fun-loving, and has taken the monks’ teachings somewhat literally. He is an eternal optimist and strangers may be unsettled by his naivety.

He has some habits that are markedly related to his upbringing at the temple. He enjoys drinking tea, dresses in simple robes, and tries to find joy in small, everyday things. He also recites poetry and quotes from the proverbs of wisdom using incorrect characters and in the wrong context.

Chen carries a flute and has a deep appreciation for music. The temple’s teachings encourage temperance and abstinence but Chen has a weakness for pleasure and beauty, indulging in art, food and wine.

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History

One early morning, the monks prepared to perform the Ceremony of Spring at Xiaoyan Pagoda near the temple grounds. When the monks approached the pagoda at dawn, they discovered an infant crying on the steps below. The monks decided to name him "Chen," the spiritual character for "dawn." They gave him the surname "Xiaoyan" after the place where he was found.

It was widely known around the land that the temple followed a tradition of accepting orphans into their monastic community. The monks would educate the orphans as disciples of the temple, teaching them ethics, science, math, arts, spirituality, the history of the Seas and Aruth, and about Aether. After their education was completed, the young disciples would be given the choice to stay at the temple or to leave and pursue an independent life.

Despite being raised by monks, Chen grew up to be a cheerful and high-spirited youth, often running around the temple and climbing the trees and pagodas, splashing in the lotus ponds, and playing with whatever he could find—animals, plants, sacred artifacts. He grew up to be healthy and energetic, getting along well with the other young disciples. Chen was never rebellious, but always a bit too curious and perhaps a bit mischievous. He had trouble concentrating on his academic studies because he would not sit still long enough to concentrate.

His mentor, Master Lao, tried his best to instill the temple’s values in the young boy—virtue, harmony, modesty, patience, self-control. Master Lao decided that it would be good for the boy to channel his energy into martial arts, and so Chen began training to fight with a strong focus on self-defense. The temple grounds did not permit swords or knives, so Chen began training with a broomstick, eventually graduating to a bamboo staff.

After graduating from his studies, Chen was the only disciple in his class who decided to stay at the temple to remain as a monk. He had rarely traveled outside of the beautiful and peaceful temple, and his disenchanting glimpses of the outside world had been limited to the dirty, bustling city of Xi’An.

So Chen began his adult life as a monk, tending the temple grounds and teaching young disciples. But Master Lao soon fell ill with a mysterious, spiritual disease. The head priest of the temple found an ancient scroll with instructions for making the medicine that would cure Master Lao, but the ingredients needed to be sourced from outside. This prompted Chen to leave the temple for a couple years. He traveled across the archipelagos of the Dragon Sea to acquire different ingredients from merchants, doctors, artisans, shamans, and even pirates. Through this journey, he heard incredible stories from around the world about exotic places and people. In particular, he was fascinated by the stories of Divers and their great adventures.

He returned to the temple in time for the medicine to be brewed and Master Lao was cured. Chen considered Master Lao his father and was deeply moved, but the journey had changed his perspectives. Master Lao had just smiled knowingly when Chen announced that he would leave the temple to explore the world.

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Gear

Chen carries his bo staff and flute and wears a jade talisman on his belt. The talisman has been with him since he was found as a baby and he believes it’s likely to be some kind of heirloom related to his parents. Generally, he travels light but likes to collect and trade small trinkets and souvenirs, sometimes carrying them around in a small pouch that also hangs from his belt.

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Atam stirred in his sleep. Someone was shaking his shoulder.

It was dark, and when Atam opened his eyes he could barely make out a face looming over him. Before he could make any noise, he felt hands clamping over his mouth. He blinked as his eyes adjusted to the darkness and he realized it was Juhn. Juhn removed one hand and raised an index finger to his mouth, his eyes warning Atam to keep quiet. Atam brushed Juhn's hands away and sat upright, sighing sharply.

"What's going on?" he whispered. Juhn gestured around the room. Atam noticed the other beds were empty.

"They dared Silomon," Juhn said. "They dared him to climb the clock tower."

Atam blinked. "And so what? What's going on?"

Juhn huffed, frustrated. "So he's doing it! Now!"

For a second, Atam was absolutely motionless. Then he shot up from the bed and grabbed Juhn by the collar, his fist flying into the air. Juhn squirmed, his arms flailing in front of his face.

"You need to stop him!"

"Shit," Atam hissed, shoving Juhn away. He grabbed his jacket and threw it on over his pajamas.

Atam and Juhn ran down the staircase. They ran through the halls until they burst through the heavy double doors, the cold night air hitting their faces and seeping through the thin material of their clothes. They circled around the side of the building, weaving through a line of rosebushes. Thorns snagged at their pajamas and Atam kicked his legs through a stubborn patch, tearing the fabric. His heart was pounding faster and faster as they moved. They trampled through the bushes before rounding a corner, stopping when they finally saw the others.

The other boys were crowded outside in front of the fountain, huddled under the shadow of the old clock tower. They were staring up, their faces highlighted by the moon. Their expressions varied. Some were gaping in amazement, while most of them looked nervous. Atam recognized Devid, who looked struck by terror. He felt Juhn jabbing him in the side, pointing up to where they were all staring.

Atam felt a chill run down his spine when he looked up at the clock tower. Silomon was up there on the roof of the turret, clinging to the cross that extended from its peak. Atam shoved past the other boys until he was standing directly below.

"Get down from there!"

Silomon shifted, taking one hand off the cross, waving. Suddenly, a large cloud moved across the sky, blocking the moonlight for a moment. There was a terrible scream as Silomon lost his grip and fell. The scream was followed by another sound, one that Atam would never forget, as Silomon reached the ground.

the alphabet game. lol

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