I think my app is finished, probably. I hope if it's okay to add NPC's to the community through sheets like I did.
Yeah, that's perfectly fine. I hope more people add NPC's. Otherwise they'll all just be nameless background extras/cannon fodder/walking meals for when our characters resort to cannibalism.
All these people have completed sheets, and I'm still struggling through the backstory section of mine. Ah, well, I'll probably have it finished tomorrow, I think.
Don't worry; take your time. I made the mistake of making the OOC and then realizing I still need my own character. I didn't really give it any thought, and I don't know why I didn't. Ah, well. I'm off to a great start.
Oh, also, @Palindromatic, do you plan on creating a group Skype chat for this role play? Or will all OOC communicating take place in the OOC section? (Frankly, I don't care either way, but I am a bit curious, haha.)
I must be the only person in existence who has yet to use Skype. Remember landline phones, and snail mail? Yeah... I miss those days.
I've seen some RPs that use Google Docs, and I like that idea for making collaborative IC posts. OOC-talk can stay here for now, I think, unless it gets hectic and we need to rethink it. Honest question: what are the benefits of using Skype chat?
Alright. Time to get through these first character sheets.
Damn, can I make a character? This is great, it's so hard to find any stories that don't involve zombies or some similarly overdone concept.
I'm gonna make a character anyway
I'm really thinking my plot twist to include zombies isn't going to fly in this RP anymore after everyone's said the same thing. Shucks. Guess I'm back to the drawing board.
You most definitely can make a CS. Keep in mind though, because of how many people are applying, I'm going to have to be picky with them and select only seven(ish). So you may want to make sure your character will be original enough and different from the ones above.
Waiting on the GM to reply to me via PM before I work more on my sheet.
Here's my draft. I've knocked it out and will probably return to make some modifications but I believe it gives the core character I'm aiming for some life.
Name: Julius Charlton Age: 21 Gender: Male Former Occupation: Student/Part Time Worker at a phone shop. Appearance:
(Yes, it is Thomas Brodie-Sangster).
Julius wears thin, half-rimmed glasses (he prefers not to have the rim at the bottom of his vision as it is a constant reminder of his terrible eyesight). They are plain in design, black with silver arms and no visible designer logo. This goes for almost all of his clothing - plain with no large logos or statements. Julius prefers to wear white or pale blue polo shirts, clean dark blue jeans with no rub marks or 'designer styles'. If the weather calls for it he has a black, ankle-length, wool and cashmere trench coat and prefers to use an umbrella, dislike hoods of any kind on clothing.
Height: 5' 6" Weight: 70Kg/11lb Scars/Tattoos/Other: Wears glasses (is very short-sighted so he must wear them at all times), no tattoos or scars. Past Affiliates: Julius has (had?) a fiancée back in Wales (UK) where he went to the same university right on the coast in a small town called Aberystwyth. Both his parents and his little brother, three years junior to him, lived in south-west England while his older brother, just under six years his elder, lived in the midland area of England. A few friends from his course at university (and a few others) had travelled with him across the Atlantic as part of an exchange programme. He has found the vast majority's corpses while two, maybe three (he's not sure how many exactly were on the programme) might still be alive. Only one he knows by name (Andrew) and he has yet to find evidence of either his death or continued life.
Current Affiliates: None. Andrew maybe alive but Julius has no clues as to where he might be and whether he is, in fact, still alive at all.
Skills: Julius is intelligent, mostly in an academic sense and has a particular skill for skimming through books for the information he needs. This largely comes from having studied history at university, now in his third and final year. He has little experience with practical applications but is not too poor with a hammer although more complex constructions will leave him intimidated. He also happens to know some basic first aid from his final years at school volunteering at the local hospital; perhaps more vital is that he worked on the burns ward at the hospital and so very few injuries will now upset his stomach. Unfortunately, due to his lack of qualifications or certified training his first aid skills are largely self-taught with no consistent knowledge.
Strengths: He is quick to grasp new concepts, situations and is a fairly good read of people. He remains calm in (most) stressful situations but will become panicked when a problem he feels he is incapable of solving presents itself.
Weaknesses: Julius does not have masses of initiative, preferring to follow than to lead even when he disagrees with the course being taken. He is often both short-termist and long-sighted in equal measures, often failing to come up with a middle ground solution. He also lacks empathy, which is an asset in reading others' emotions but a definite disadvantage when it comes to handling emotionally charged situations. As a result he can come across as cold and calculating, even during times when he's attempting to factor in others' feelings.
Julius also very particular. Sometimes this can be a boon when quality is the most important aspect of choice but his unstinting insistence on some areas, such as clothing, can be disadvantageous and rule out a wide variety of choice. So strong is this part of his personality that it will genuinely throw off his entire mood and confidence if there is no option which fits his criteria.
History: Born and raised in England, in various parts of the country, Julius has no particular region to provide loyalty to other than the country as a whole of which he is tremendously patriotic (but nationalistic, it must be said). At a young age it became clear that he had difficulty understanding others' emotions and reasoning as his was so far off anyone else's, although he had no trouble in reading and identifying emotion. In fact, he had quite a talent in this area and led a long series of doctors to confusion as to the diagnosis; he was not very far on the autism spectrum which was the usual culprit in such matters.
Eventually his parents simply accepted that Julius was 'different' from others'. There was no event or condition that this peculiarity could be assigned to, especially as Julius himself was not unfeeling; he had simply locked down his emotions at a young age having dismissed them as illogical and irritating. His friendships were often difficult arrangements, and few in number, as a result of his dismissal of 'illogical' social etiquette such as small talk. This lead him to be a hard studier, many more social activities thus becoming shut off to him, as he realised he made most people feel uncomfortable.
A successful academic career had him going to an isolated university, rather than Cambridge or Oxford which both gave him offers, on the corner of Wales where he could enjoy a degree of seclusion despite the high numbers of boisterous students in the town. A part time job gave him the income he needed to afford his fairly luxurious requirements (comfy seating, bedding, intelligent storage for his numerous books both academic and leisure, white goods to save time on more mundane tasks) with his scholarship funds going on academic supplies.
Due to his continued success at university, at least in the academic sphere - he had briefly joined a few clubs and societies in an attempt to broaden his skill base but had quickly found he did not fit in with any of the groups, he was chosen with a few others to take part in an exchange programme. Julius saw this as an opportunity to increase his experience with the world without overly stepping outside of his comfort zones and instantly accepted the proposition, the expenses all paid for. He left for the States with one other from his history course and other selected students from a variety of subjects; one of whom was Andrew who had switched from a Marine Biology course to studying psychology and found Julius a fascinating subject.
The programme had only begun at the end of September so Julius had only been in the States for a short time before hell itself seemed to come to Earth. It has been some time since he has had human contact, often avoiding groups as he suspected some would turn to less civilised methods of interaction in the devastation. The library had been his place of refuge for the past few months, having moved the corpses out of the building and finding methods to block entrances in case less friendly sorts came to his new home.
An old radio, whose batteries he had replaced several times now, which had been silent for about two months suddenly started up with a broken message. Piecing together what he could from the poor reception, Julius gathered a few essentials and then headed out for this place promising safe refuge.
After all, even he would go stir crazy without anyone else to talk to.
Gah! The first CS goes up right before I have to leave! I promise I'll read through it once I'm home and done being a grown-up with grown-up responsibilities. Great to see yours up so soon, though!
EDIT: Yes. I double-posted. I also occasionally jaywalk and put recycling in the garbage. Society's afraid of me.
Glad to see this thing is getting off the ground! Expect my character sheet sometime today or tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to reading it! Now hopefully we get enough people to make a full group. Come on, Cleric, use your precognitive powers to predict a bunch of people coming here again!
That's some fancy formatting.
I know I'm a little late to the party and didn't attend the Interest Check RSVP, but I hope you'll forgive me for barging in. This post serves merely to express my intention to craft a character sheet; since you mentioned quality-over-quantity selection, I hope to be accepted on merit despite my late arrival.
Well thank-you, Hank! I'll admit, I had a little too much fun formatting it. This may be the beginning of my slow-burn insanity.
You're not late at all, don't worry. And I will forgive you for barging in just this one time. Everybody gets one.
Based off of how articulately and formally you write, I'm really excited to read your CS. Post it whenever you can, there's no rush. If there's a massive influx of applications, it'll take me a few days to read through them all and accept everyone. So take your time!
I'll be working on a sheet immediately.
Good to see you're still here, Gowi! I'm looking forward to this non-katana-wielding-teenage-badass character of yours.
Hey, @Palindromatic, the OOC mentioned Amina Ali is the only person at the Towers with sufficient medical knowledge. Does that mean that our characters are not allowed to have been doctors, or a profession in medicine?
Definitely not, no. I more meant that Amina's the only NPC with medical knowledge. You know, I see now how that's confusing. Let me fix that. Thanks for pointing it out.
Alright, folks! The OOC is up! Keep in mind, it's still a semi-rough draft. So if you see something that doesn't make sense, is horribly ignorant, or downright crappy writing, I'm probably already on it. Point it out anyway, just so I don't look like a complete idiot thinking my trip to Wikipedia about the population of Belize was enough.
Coincidentally, I've actually got a bunch of tabs open right now, and that picture's one of them. But seeing as it'd be a few years until weeds started breaking through the pavement and moss started growing on it, and the RP's only six months into the end of the world... maybe I'll be a rebel and ignore that bit of logic.
”… is Annette Danes… oadcasting from 128 Diana Drive… not alone… peat, you… ave food, shelter, medi… ocated at The… Towers. I repea…
You are not alone.”
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Welcome to the Us, Redux RP, about a group of survivors trying to get by in a post-apocalyptic world.
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If you're interested, we're able to take on two or three more people. So let us know, post a CS whenever you can and I'll have a look at it!
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If you have anything you'd like to add (locations, NPCs, additions to The Towers, bits of history, etc.), you're more than welcome to share it and contribute to the OOC and setting as well. I purposely left information about the city and (most of the) other residents open for additions for this reason. We're going to build and expand this world together, as a group. So let those ideas flow!
October 18th, 2013: first case of virus appears in South America. Varying accounts have cited either Brazil or Argentina as the originating sources. Initial accounts of virus are broadcasted over local news station; -
October 19th, 2013: first few reports begin flooding news stations globally. Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela experience outbreaks. Early traces pop up in Costa Rica, Belize and Nicaragua. WHO makes public announcement regarding virus, insisting research is being conducted to further control virus; -
October 20th, 2013: majority of South American countries become unresponsive with very few posts over social media being only contact. Video footage from Central America portrays entire streets and buildings covered in bodies. WHO declares the virus – dubbed – as a full-blown pandemic; public service announcements in North America advise people remain indoors, avoid human contact. Panic in North America begins, reports of rioting, looting, rise in violence. Virus hits Mexico City, claiming thousands within hours; -
October 21st, 2013: through social media, young woman from Brazil updates world she “has not seen another living human in days,” remains one of several sources of communication from South America. Contact with majority of Central America is lost. Entirety of Mexico falls overnight. By morning, virus spreads into Texas, New Mexico, Arizona; by nightfall it reached Virginia and New York. Crime rates are at a national all-time high across the United States. Many flee further north. WHO is absent from the press; -
October 22nd, 2013: virus claims millions as it spans across the United States. By the end of the fourth day, virus reached California and spanned northward to British Columbia. The combined populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba succumbed to the virus within half a day. Ontario and Quebec have sparse, unaffected activity. -
October 23rd, 2013: the last day contact came from anywhere in South America or Central America. The United States are in shambles. Virus appears in Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut; -
October 25th, 2013: Hawaii becomes infected, as does Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island. Their populations are demolished almost immediately; -
February 15th, 2014: small pockets of civilization have begun forming in places of high population density. With no electricity to communicate with, it remains unknown what happened to the rest of the world. Former mayor of Rittendale, Annette Danes, meets Alexander J. McMurray and Amina Ali. They take up permanent residency in 128-136 Diana Drive, The Emerald Towers condominiums; -
February 22nd, 2014: group of six survivors find Annette Danes’s group. The nine begin stockpiling and scavenging supplies. Heavy snowfall and harsh winds brings overall temperature down to -38* C; -
February 29th, 2014: Marshal White of Annette Danes’s group jumps from East tower rooftop, dies upon impact. Group experiences frostbite, extreme cold temperatures; -
March 5th, 2014: group of three discovered while Annette Danes and Alexander J. McMurray search Woodrock Mall, group joins The Emerald Towers; -
March 17th, 2014: lone survivor finds The Emerald Towers. -
March 21st, 2014: group of nine survivors found living in downtown mall, Annette convinces them to join her group. Residents Edward Wright and Nedine Rivera begin work on broadcasting location by radio to other survivors. Common cold begins circulating. Party room B of West tower converted to multi-faith center, open to all religious practices; -
March 28th, 2014: construction crew begins work on East tower rainwater collection system. Food supplies growing. Common cold has affected almost everyone. One elderly resident, Marjorie Lafond, becomes weak, previous illnesses worsened by cold. Amina Ali begins treating the ill, unofficially opens medical clinic; -
March 29th, 2014: radio broadcast attracts group of seven survivors, they arrive at The Emerald Towers, broadcasted simply as “The Towers”. Progress on East tower rainwater collector complete. Party room A of East tower becomes official meeting place – “Town Hall”. Small groups sent out daily to scout for supplies, survivors, and post papers detailing location of The Towers across city; -
April 1st, 2014: fire ravages buildings across the street, reducing them to ash and rubble. Construction begins on East tower rooftop garden. Large quantities of canned goods discovered to have vanished from main food stocks. No longer “take what you need” policy; fair amount handed out daily, food stocks monitored hourly. Annette officially voted in as leader of The Towers after enforcing new policy; -
April 5th, 2014: one survivor found while group out scavenging. Coffee shop reopened, bad-tasting coffee available. Ned Rivera begins converting backroom into library. While on food stocks watch duty near midnight, resident Naz is attacked, left unconscious, right arm fractured. Majority of food supplies taken, group of two flees The Towers in public transit bus; -
April 8th, 2014: construction complete on East tower rooftop garden. Building a chicken coop in courtyard becomes new construction goal. Marjorie Lafond succumbs to illnesses. Efforts to restore food stocks are main priority. Naz attempts to rally other residents into building walls, defenses, search for firearms, but her suggestion is denied; -
April 12th, 2014: two survivors arrive at The Towers. East tower rooftop garden complete. Food stocks near %15 of previous amount. Annette Danes prepares to send large group out to major supermarket for supplies; -
||K N O W N | S U R V I V O R S||
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||R E S I D E N T | A P P L I C A T I O N | F O R M||
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Name: Age: Gender: Former Occupation: Appearance: (preferably a picture (no anime, please), but a written description is welcome as well) Height: Weight: Scars/Tattoos/Other: Past Affiliates: (any lost loved ones or anyone significant worth mentioning) Current Affiliates: (is your character travelling/surviving with anyone?} Skills: (what can your character contribute? If nothing, that’s perfectly fine. Some characters will grow skills, others will start with them) Strengths: (fairly self-explanatory. Keep it realistic, though. Don’t go overboard} Weaknesses: (same as above) History: (doesn’t have to be long or impressive, just a rundown of who they were beforehand. It doesn’t need to be a full biography, either. An explanation of their life prior to the end of the world will suffice]
Alexander J. McMurray: a fifty-seven-year-old man who had once been a security guard for The Towers before the outbreak. He had a wife and two adult daughters living in different cities, neither of whom ever responded to Alexander’s persistent calls and messages. Currently Alexander works as the head of construction and as Annette’s second-in-command;
Amina Ali: a twenty-six-year-old woman. Before the outbreak, Amina had been a nursing student at Rittendale University. Having moved to Canada for school by herself, Amina had no immediate family nearby; her parents and siblings lived back in Mumbai. To Amina’s knowledge, her father had been the only surviving member of her family. Contact had been lost when the power finally went out, and Amina has not found means to speak with him since. Amina currently works as one of The Towers's medical professionals;
Maria Santos: a forty-two-year-old woman and a former stay-at-home mother. Maria had three children and a husband, all of which passed away. Suffering from depression, Maria often monitors the radios, though she was never assigned to;
Edward Wright: a thirty-year-old man from South Essex, England, who had been backpacking across Canada by himself when the outbreak began. He had recently been employed as a radio talk show host and viral Youtube personality. As of late he works with Alexander’s construction group;
Nedine “Ned” Rivera: a thirty-seven-year-old woman, former manager of Books & Bargains, alleged countrywide chess tournament finalist, expert wordsmith. Having lived alone and with few friends, Ned didn’t experience loss like others. Perhaps it’s the reason why she’s talkative and upbeat, or perhaps it’s a coping mechanism as she’s afraid to face the truth. She works as a farmer at East Tower and manages a small library of scavenged books in the backroom of the former coffee shop;
Naz: a forty-two-year-old woman who has yet to offer much in terms of a past-life. A defensive, wordless, skeptical and occasionally aggressive woman, Naz prefers scavenging nearby locations for food, water and necessities. She is one of the few residents who actively carries a firearm and advocates training others to use guns for fear of territorial disputes;
Sheila Carter: a sixty-one-year-old woman, and one of the more recent arrivals to The Towers, having traveled for days from the countryside further north. Though she may not say much, Sheila enjoys listening to others. A now-widowed farmer, Sheila prefers to tend to the rooftop gardens and balcony crops more than necessary;
Melissa Reynolds: a high school teacher from David’s original group, relatively young and suffering from neurotic fits of temperament. She taught literature to 10th grade students before the apocalypse came;
Richard Levitski: an idealistic former police officer who has a habit of being the best of the people around him despite having a frail physique—not that his uncle cares anything about him at all. To Detective Levitski he is nothing but an naïve mouth-breather who shouldn’t even be in the same time zone as him, despite the fact he is family even before the epidemic the former detective cared nothing for his family as he saw them as relentless chores to deal with and that is without mentioning his particularly toxic relationship with his brother that sired the idiot nephew he so depressingly seems to be stuck with;
Thomas Wilton: a retired folk singer who achieved minor fame some odd decades ago, he’s been with David since before the community was developed and despite his age strives to keep everybody’s spirits high through song and storytelling. Apparently worked as a plumber and general laborer after his music career failed him professionally;
Mary-Ellen Cooper: a fifty-two-year-old former garbagewoman who had been in the midst of filing divorce papers from her loveless husband when the virus hit. Mary-Ellen's an affectionate gal, albeit in a rough, potty-mouthed kind of way. Protective, strong-willed and stubborn, Mary-Ellen's a reliable sidekick at best. She's good to have around for a laugh or two or if you want to watch someone show-off how much weight she can lift;
Elliot Rice: twenty-eight-years-old and a public transit bus driver, Elliot Rice had an okay life lacking in excitement or the change he wanted. Living alone and spending free time at bars or playing video games, he often felt he didn't have much to boast about but was never motivated to attempt to fix that. He's got a big heart, is laidback, finds enjoyment in talking to anyone, and trips on air. Once he met up with Hannah Pritchard and Charles Okeke, he formed an immediate bond with the two and often travels out on scavenging trips with them. What he lacked in the past life, Elliot's trying to make up for in the new one;
Charles Okeke: prior to the apocalypse, Charles had been working full-time in retail. At nineteen all of his friends had been in college or university, but Charles never found his stride, something he fussed over for a long while. Working was the next best thing, despite the stigma attached to it. He rolled with it; he didn't have many other choices and was too driven and hard-working to sit at home lazily. Considering himself to be Alexander's assistant, Charles works on the construction projects, preferring to not venture out and ever see what became of the dead now that they're thawing;
Gerry Tran: because of the language barrier and a lack of other Vietnamese folks around, not much is known about Gerry Tran. From his ID it's understood he's forty-five, and that's essentially it. Languages aside, Gerry doesn't interact much with others. He stares off at empty spaces a lot and spends most of his waking hours trying to sleep;
Sarah: a five-year-old orphaned girl who arrived at The Towers alongside Thaddeus Hower. She is bright and compassionate, and has a close bond to Thaddeus
"Father": an elderly man and former priest who had taken the initiative of leading services in the new prayer room;
||K N O W N | L O C A T I O N S||
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The Towers consist of two eighteen-floor condominiums connected by a row of shops, restaurants and offices; the main building in itself is only two floors high. There is an open courtyard on the rooftop of the connecting building, accessible from the fourth floor of either tower. An open park spanning across 50 yards is found behind The Towers; forestry is beyond that. Across from The Towers was a strip of office buildings that have since burned down. The Towers are a block away from the main intersection of Underbridge & King Street West in an up-and-coming middle-higher class area.
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There are currently thirty-two residents living at The Towers. A message is broadcasted hourly over the radio, inviting other survivors. Projects are constantly being undertaken to better the state of The Towers, and to make them more self-sustaining.
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I'm still working on this one, okay? So maybe I procrastinated a bit. Get off my back, you'll have it soon.
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Rooftop garden A; -
Annette Danes’ office (apt. 718); -
Isolation Room/Jail (basement, former laundry room); -
Town Hall (party room A); -
Rainwater collection system (rooftop);
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Rainwater collection system (rooftop, under construction); -
Speaking of character sheets, I have a rough shell of mine completed, but I think I'll hold off on posting until I see the OOC and get a better idea on the world and story mechanics.
You shouldn't have to wait too much longer. I'm putting it all together now into something OOC-friendly. Heads-up, though: I'm purposely leaving some things about the story and world vague. If the survivors wouldn't know it, I feel it's better that we don't. Now back to formatting the OOC.
Which really means I'm trying to find a pretty image on Google to open the OOC with.
I can see this has gotten a lot of interest, and I can understand I'm late for the running! But if you don't mind, I'll toss my hat into the ring and get working on a CS. As many have said before me, this will be an interesting take from the usual, "Beating the shit out of zombies with a crowbar" routine.
You're not late at all. I don't know how many applications I'll get in the end, but I'm going to limit it to about eight people. If there's more than that, it'll be which ones I think will suit the RP and are solid overall. Definitely still do write up a CS, however. I look forward to reading it!
Alright, while I'm still working on the OOC, I'll drop this here so everyone has time to make those extraordinarily average characters:
Character Sheet:
Name: Age: Gender: Former Occupation:
Appearance: (preferably a picture (no anime, please), but a written description is welcome as well} Written Description: (because a picture can't capture all the details - height, weight, build, etc. A small paragraph will do)
Past Affiliates: (any lost loved ones or anyone significant worth mentioning) Current Affiliates: (is your character travelling/surviving with anyone?}
Skills: (what can your character contribute? If nothing, that’s perfectly fine. Some characters will grow skills, others will start with them) Strengths: (fairly self-explanatory. Keep it realistic, though. Don’t go overboard} Weaknesses: {same as above}
Former Home: (where were they living/from before the outbreak?) Current Location: (you don't have to automatically start off at The Towers) History: {doesn’t have to be long or impressive, just a rundown of who they were beforehand. It doesn’t need to be a full biography, either. An explanation of their life prior to the end of the world will suffice
In terms of when the OOC will be up, I'm aiming for Monday. Perhaps tomorrow night now that The Walking Dead is done and I have nothing left to do but feel empty inside.
To be fair, the katana-wielding baddasses I saw in great number long before The Walking Dead hit its popularity! That last one I recall was around 2006 or 2007, you know who I was? A simple construction worker with a wrench.
Well it's not like you have a huge bar to rise above for me, most people want to play "action (badass) simulator" not "survival (humanity really sucks) simulator". So if it's in the tone of State of Decay, Telltale's The Walking Dead, Resident Evil Outbreak, and similar titles I think it will live up just fine!
The last character I played was a snarky high school teacher with a checkered past, and boy is he fun to write but is entirely antagonistic. I might run a variation of my other characters from my "collected zombie character works" text file I have lying around, it depends what you are looking for in me as a player.
Hey, a wrench can be deadly. Have you ever been hit by one? They leave bruises. Granted, maybe don't bring a wrench to a katana fight. I don't know, it's just a hunch I have.
In terms of what I want from you as a player, I'm looking for people who like world-building and who create plots/events that affect the whole group and RP in general rather than just sticking to what I start. Aside from interacting with others, personal stories and adding to the main plot, your character should also act as the vessel to introduce other ideas and concepts you want to explore.
Also, because you mentioned an antagonistic character, don't feel like your character has to be the good guy/girl all the time. Most characters' morals will waver given time, sometimes to the extreme. So if you want your character to start off a contributing member of society but eventually become violent and aggressive, it's acceptable. People change in dire situations like the end of the world, right?
Did anybody watch this show? I think it really represents the feel of this rp. A bunch of people are thrown into a realistic simulation of the apocalypse and are told to survive. They construct means of electricity, showers and toilets, hell, even a solar panel that tracks the sun's movements and follows it.
I'd recommend watching it, both the first and the second season. Here's a link if anyone wants it.
I used to love that show - mostly the second season. I always wondered how much help they were receiving, though. Sometimes things seemed to work a little too conveniently.
Now I want to go back and watch both seasons again. Just when I thought I'd have a productive day...
If it's not too late, I would be happy to express my interest.
Cleric had it nailed down; I was halfway through the first paragraph and I was completely enthralled by your writing. Also your 'long, drawn-out message' gave me a few laughs! I have a pre-made character in my head (who I have sadly realised is essentially a younger, slightly more extreme and isolated version of myself at university sans having met my wife and turning into a (half) decent human being. But hey, we all draw inspiration from ourselves, people we know and our experiences... right?).
Definitely not too late, though depending on how many CS's we get in the end, I may have to do a "quality over quantity" method of accepting people. I didn't want too large of a group; they tend to get confusing and messy. We'll see.
You're probably ten times cooler and more interesting than just half a decent human being. A young person who isolates themselves after losing everyone sounds like a good basis of an idea. It'll be a good balance, to have some characters who want to be proactive and social, needing human comfort and connection, and then characters who require the exact opposite. A fun group dynamic.
Festive
