ramblingbard

13674 Island Sunset Blvd / A simple Boarding House/Dorm based slice of life RPG

@ Proxy: Yeah, sorry about the cards played so closely to my chest. I've been burned a lot in RPs before so I tend to not actually expose truths that no one should know in character. Bee said it was unnecessary, and it appears she was right. Is it okay if I break it into two different histories? Like "What you know" and "The Truth"? Once I finish the revisions on the sheets, I'll let you know the plan.

Edit: I edited the profile.

13674 Island Sunset Blvd / A simple Boarding House/Dorm based slice of life RPG

Here's the first:

Username: ramblingbard
Name: Vincent Spencer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Schedule: He wakes up at 6:30 every morning to go out for a run and continues on with his day of classes and random errands. When he’s back in and/or if he ends up having to go out late is sporadic and not really something up to scheduling.

Education Level: High School Graduate, some college - starting college at Lovell to major in Graphic Design
Life Goal: To design websites
Current Goal: Just get by until he graduates

Appearance: Vincent stands about six foot tall with a body of well sculpted muscles - not too muscular but definitely imposing if he needs to be with the six pack abs and muscled arms like he bench presses. His dark chestnut brown hair is always kept short and messily gelled into spikes, which makes his thick hair seem a bit thinner. Almond shaped, chocolate brown eyes tend to hold a calculating look in them - or sparkle deviously if he smiles just right. His year round tan lightens in the winter to look less defined than during the summer months when he can be outside. Although there is no mistaking him for masculine, he does have soft lined features that make him look youthful - though not necessarily young. He tends to wear shirts t-shirts that fit him without conforming, carpenter jeans that allow for freedom of movement, and either sneakers or combat boots.

Personality: Socializing comes second nature to him and he enjoys company; although he doesn’t see it as flirting, he has a tendency to speak to females like each one is the only person in the world - a soft voice and coy smile, almost intimate atmosphere thanks to body language. He seems pretty easy going, but if someone is causing trouble for a friend or him all that easy going and friendly nature to him just melts away to a cold look and intimidating manner. He enjoys playing sports as much as he enjoys sitting in cafes with a good book and browsing local art galleries.

Reason for moving into the dorm: Gave him better scenery than living in a dorm at Lovell
Romantic/Sexual Experience: He’s not one to kiss and tell, but his attention is always toward the ladies.

History: As far as you know: An average kid to an average family, his schooling was no different with a string of more Bs than As for grades. He was on the football team, quarterback and captain his senior year, and participated in track - both all four years of school. After a few years of drifting from place to place without holding an address or job for more than six months, he finally decided to settle down and get an actual education once he found direction in his life.
Sometimes hidden things come out when you look for them. The housing allowed him freedom to live how he wished while still attending school. He’s just moved in, and is still looking for a job in town but at least he has enough money squirreled away to pay rent until he finds one.

The truth: Vincent is not his real name, and even his personality is part of the cover. He’s actually a serious, very private guy that prefers to be alone and work alone. Growing up an only child on the move, his early education was much different than normal kids - handling firearms, knives, and defending himself with martial arts was something that was second nature by the time he was 11 - things taught to him by his parents over the summer - then it was off from one boarding school to another, never staying at one school for more than a school year. Despite the moving lifestyle, he was a straight A student - almost always top of his class and used the school to build up skills he knew his parents were good at - like gymnastics and languages - and even went out for sports to fill his day. Temporary friends got him into things like skateboarding and testing himself with ‘free climbing’ buildings and some delinquent behavior that he managed to keep from getting caught with.
He didn’t know what his parents actually did for a living; all they told him when he was little was that they stopped bad people from doing bad things, and that answer never really changed. Until the day he turned 18, and his father showed up at school with someone “from work”. That was the day he learned that his parents were secret agents and he was recruited into the agency. After graduation, he parted from his friends of that year and immediately dove into missions which kept him overseas in Europe. After a few years of those, he was offered an opportunity to get back into a regular education while working a case; it was rumored a professor from Lovell was a part of a ring that was forging art and switching the originals out for the forgeries. Although it wasn’t his preferred option, he accepted the mission anyways and the arrangements were made about a month ago.

Notes: As far as everyone in character is concerned, this information is true and he will not tell you otherwise.
He knows a handful of languages: German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish. He also has a handful of skills that are relevant to him being a secret agent, like picking locks.

13674 Island Sunset Blvd / A simple Boarding House/Dorm based slice of life RPG

Hey, so I've been on the fence about joining this but Bee finally convinced me. I've got one sheet in the works and am going through my list to figure out a second character to put in for the minimum. More might come up later, but I'll have at least one sheet done tonight.

One Last Summer

At my co-mod's recommendation, I have altered the initial pitch and made it a bit more streamline.

One Last Summer

Spot 1: Me
Spot 2: Beebee2121
Spot 3: Beebee2121
Spot 4: Chupatoasta
Spot 5: Chupatoasta
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One Last Summer

Hey, this is our last summer to hang. We've got our own things going on come Fall - I mean, heck, I won't even be on this side of the country come August - and I thought it would be great if we got together for one last blast, make one last memory. My dad helped me rent a beach house out on the Cape and I'd love for you to join me. We've got it from June 21st until July 31st, and unless something major comes up - that's how long I'd like the trip to be.
Let me know ASAP if you can make it; I'm getting together a group for this and will be providing transportation in the form of passenger van so I need the head count so we have enough seats for everyone, and space for their stuff.
Anyways, let me know. Hope you can make it! <3 ~Harper~

Several of Harper's friends received this message over the week leading up to graduation.
Basically, Harper's looking for one last big fun get together with her friends before she leaves. There aren't really any concrete plans aside from drive out and hang out on the beach and party at the house. Plans beyond that can be discussed in character, or we can have a chat about it beforehand once the OOC goes up if people would rather.

Info About Harper

You know your buddy Harper, the chick with the metaphoric rose colored glasses. She's always sharing the spotlight by telling amazing stories that happened to other people you know - or at least have heard of - and encouraging you and other friends to share their own stories. Maybe you two met because she's the one that got that bully to leave you alone, or gave you that ride home when she saw your car was broken down. Could be you met just being in the same class, or because she introduced herself to you at a party for a mutual friend.
Sure, she models and has acted in more than just school plays - like playing a semi-main character for several seasons of a series - but she always makes time for friends. Like maybe she helped you study for a big test in a class she was acing, or she showed up to a game to cheer you on, or even encouraged you to ask out that crush of yours (maybe even setting you two up in some elaborately planned way involving a group activity) or even to go out for a lead of a play. At any rate, she's always willing to stay after a party to help you clean up the mess, or - when you had a fight with your parents - give you a futon to crash on while you cooled down, or even cover babysitting for you when you had a date. When you showed up with a friend or relative to one of her small parties, she just smiled and said 'the more the merrier' and made sure the additional person was taken care of too; so you can feel confident in asking if a friend or sibling or other relation could come along for the trip and know she'd say sure and include them in too.
And, unlike some of the rumors, she did actually landed a role in a made for TV movie for a series picking up steam. She's headed to California; this may be the last time you see her aside from on TV or talk to her aside from a social media website.

*Note, the above doesn't have to be how you met or why you're friends. It's just a list of things she has done and ways she has met friends. If you have an idea not seen or doesn't exactly fit what was said, feel free to ask me about it anyways. I enjoy being asked things, and am certainly willing to spitball until we find a situation that is in line with both characters.*

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These are the very basic rules:

You can have up to 2 characters, but if you do then one of the characters must be a friend of Harper's. Any characters submitted must either be friends of Harper or know one of the other characters going on the trip.

That said, I'm only accepting up to 16 characters. We don't have to have 16 people, but that's the limit.

Aside from requesting that at least half of the people attending are actually friends with her, the only real restriction for characters is that friends receiving the invite are 16-18 years old (either having just graduated high school or will be seniors in high school next year.) *Note this can be negotiated if you have an idea for a character that isn't a high school friend.*
Gender, interests, personalities - those are all up to you. All I ask is you think very carefully before submitting a loner or someone that could be labeled 'asshole'; this is a social experience, and - even though Harper might be friends with them - she would have used her better judgement than invite along someone that would make the others miserable or put someone in a social situation which they would probably prefer not to be.

As this is just an interest thread, I'll post up more concrete rules (posting, expectations, blah blah blah) and the character sheet in the OOC if this gets interest. All characters are subject to approval (but I am willing to work with someone if they produced a Sue/Stu). Although this is a first come, first served kind of deal for characters - people that posted interest here will have spots reserved for being able to submit characters in the OOC; please let me know how many spots to reserve for you.

((One final note: Beebee2121 is my co-mod. Forgot to add that.))

Camp Half Blood: Stolen Symbols

Okay, we're clearly holding people up. go ahead and move on without us.

Solar Defence Initiative

I'm interested - though I haven't heard of any of those video games. I have several characters in mind - though the front runner is someone that would fit the medic role.