The Savant

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

I guess I'll put my two cents in and go for Nickel, publicly, so I can try and snatch that one.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

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We're at a post a week, and there's no minimum on the length, just a few paragraphs is fine. :)

I think that's a great idea! I would send you your Wealth to your secret district via PM, in the 0th post we would just call it a paycheck.

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That's a great question! Yes, Anime/Manga aesthetics are good. And The God Father aesthetics are always right on par with Nocturnia's vision. Example clip below, it has mafia, cops, the whole bit:



Painted art, realistic art, photo face claims are all good. Besides that, not really any restrictions. If you have a concept/artpiece you want to run by me, you're more than welcome to PM me.

Does that answer your question alright?

@Estylwen

It does, thank you! I have a concept idea in my head and halfway on paper. I'll most likely be DMing you the pre-product before hard finishes are written or decision making. I hope I have it up by the mid of this week.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

Time to get writing.

Question before I start, is there any... particular art themes/aesthetics to stay away from and safe for use?

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic (Cops and Robbers)

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Yes I do that sometimes hehe :p

@Qia

I do that as well. It's fun to spice things up every now and again.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic (Cops and Robbers)

@The Savant omg 😲 yayy

@Qia

Salutations once again, Qia. I didn't recognize you at first, your profile picture has changed.

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Handcuffs are definitely included! Very happy to hear it, thanks for your interest. We're now at four!

@Estylwen

Goodie. Four is a lovely number. I hope Nocturnia and you receive even more interest. :)

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic (Cops and Robbers)

My semester is ending and I'll have a lot more time on my hands. Count me interested. I'm a sucker for cops and robbers. Especially if hand-cuffs are included ;P All jokes aside. I love the concept of Nocturnia.

Morior Invictus [Hiatus]

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Roman Egorova

His expression might have been pretty neutral though the way he looked at the other two adults talking to him would give anyone the impression that this Genesis project was extremely offended by their presence. Why couldn’t they mind their own business? It wasn’t like he was going to eat him now. The child practically begged him out of it and spoke Russian which was something that was stopping him… for now.

“ Komrrrade Kannibal?” SU 2775 spat out as he looked back to Roman. He quickly rolled his eyes at the comment — He’s just a kid. — so what if he is a kid? An adult. Or whatever he is. He is still food.

His blue eyes sharpened with furrowed brows, he still had a hold of Roman’s ankle, and he was holding it a little too tightly at this point. Roman whimpered, “Can you ease up?” he politely choked up those words. “ I think you are going to break my ankle…” A light gasp could be heard when he shifted his form because of the pain he was feeling from the grip.

SU 2775 shook his head, “Mhm…” He did not know where to begin with the other two adults yapping at him because he couldn’t find the English words that they would understand. When Freya brought up Doctor Taylor, that was when he loosened his grip on Roman, and Roman nodded while bringing his knees to his chest. “My whole family has passed away for one or another reason,” He shakingly breathed out. His adrenaline was going crazy. His heart felt like it was going to explode.

“W-w-who is —” Before Roman could get anything else out, he was being yanked up and falling. A scream echoed in the building though SU 2775 did not drop him — he was hanging onto the boy when he jumped down and landed perfectly. Roman hung there with the back of his clothing all scrunched up as he hung by it in the Genesis Project’s hand.

The man waved them away, “Go away,” He huffed out as he began to carry Roman off. Roman just looked terrified because he believed that the man holding him would eat him. “Ca-can you guys please help me. I don’t want to be eaten,” he began to beg as he began to struggle. Grabbing at SU 2775’s wrist and arm.

“Kamp,” The tall man stated as he looked back at the other adults before continuing.

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Interactions Roman {myself} and @BearlyAllThere Freya & Sawyer.

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Roman Egorova

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The project did not know how long he spent with Doctor Taylor, though his eyes opened before her, and he wondered if he should stay or not. She had been in his arms for hours. His blue eyes watched her sleeping presence before he pressed a kiss to the side of her head, “I vill be back,” he whispered to her before pressing a kiss to her temple. She seemed to appreciate the attention though he wasn’t sure about any of it.

Snuggling into her, his head rubbed up against hers, and he held her for a little tighter — he didn’t want to let her go or stop this flaring moment. He enjoyed it too much. This will end the thoughts roamed through his mind as he stared at her unmoving face. Fingers gently moved hair away from her face as he stared at her for a little longer.

“Please be herrre vhen I get back,” he whispered one more thing before pressing a kiss to her cheek and slowly getting up. SU 2775 was trying his best to not wake her up or disturb her at all. Moving out of the bed, he noticed his clothes were neatly folded on a platform in the room. When did those get here? He did not remember anyone coming into the room but he didn’t realize that he was decompressing with the woman so much that he was completely out of it.

An uncomfortable sensation flooded his body as he decided to get dressed in everything that he had. Making sure he was ready to face the camp or the outside world once again. He was hungry. He wasn’t allowed to eat anyone in the camp so he was going to have to go outside again.

By the time he exited the researchers home and workspace, he noticed the ominously looming sky which casted a canopy of gray which was only darkening the world around him. Was it going to storm? Possibly. It might have been getting late out along with the fog to cause such an effect.

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SU 2775 was not with anyone at first. He decided to leave the camp without notifying anyone since he was hungry along with wanting to do a few other things. The problem was that he could hear the echoing footsteps of the area that he found himself in. He could sense multiple people around, alive, but he was focusing on the footsteps that echoed out farther away from the group of what sounded like two other individuals — heavier.

Picking up a rusty crowbar lying around, the man quickly swung it, hitting it right against a metal beam, and missing the individual he was stalking for the last little while. A gasp of surprise and hard to vocalized shock echoed out into the rest of the area. “What the hell are you doing!?” The skinny young man asked while putting distance between him and the larger beast.

“Where did you even come from!? Have you been stalking me!?” Roman decided to jump up onto a fallen shelf and grab an attachment to the building to hoist himself up to get away from the giant that was trying to attack him.

SU 2775 patiently watched the younger man climb up higher to get away from him, “You make too much noise. You vill be eaten by something else if not me,” The Genesis project calmly stated while watching Roman move around and try to distance himself as far as possible. Until he froze.

Roman’s eyes were wide, “What the fuck do you mean you’ll eat me!?” The young man looked horrified at this point. “People don’t eat people. Why are you eating people!?” The boy decided to jump and catch onto a rafter before pulling himself up into it. He found himself in the buildings high up metal rafters and what he assumed to be safely away from the man that tried to smash his skull in with a crowbar out of nowhere.

“I kan eat people. Outside of kamp and you arrre outside of it,” Those were what was said earlier. He cannot eat people inside the camp or bring the body parts of people he was eating to the camp because people did not want to hear or see it.

Hiding his smaller body up in the rafters where SU 2775 couldn’t see him, his heart was pounding against his ribcage, and wanting to come out of his chest. He began to mutter in Russian, a prayer, since he didn’t know what else he should do as he held onto the pendant around his neck. That was when he looked back down to see that the gigantic man was gone. His brows furrowed in confusion before he yelped in surprise and felt his body swing into the void.

That was when Roman switched from English to Russian, “Please. Please. Please. Do not drop me. Do not eat me. I promise, I can be useful in some way or some fashion,” Roman was begging as quickly as he could process that his leg was caught and he wasn’t falling out of the rafters to a brutal death. He noticed the larger man had one of his ankles in hand while he dangled there like a toy. “I can cook you something. I’m not horrible at cooking. I can hunt. Do you like boar or like… I don’t know, fish? I can fish for you and feed you. Just please, please, please, do not eat me,” Roman was in full panic mode.

Hearing the boy switch to Russian surprised him as he allowed the teenager to dangle there, “You speak Russian?” He sounded a little surprised with the question.

“Are you insane? That is the question you got from me begging for my life?” Roman threw his hands up in the air — downward? It was hard to articulate what was happening as he let his body go limp as he wasn’t trying to fight and get dropped. “Yes, I speak Russian. Why does that stand out so much to you?” Roman questioned while looking up at the stranger who wanted to eat him.

That was when he felt his body being pulled back up into the rafters. “Please. Let me down. I don’t want to be eaten,” Roman began to beg even more since the face of the predator that was staring at him was not comforting for him at all.

“You want to be dropped on your head?” SU 2775 asked while loosening his grip to cause Roman to drop a little more and a gasp to come out of him.

“Oh god! No! NO! That is not what I meant. Please do not drop me for god sake. Please do not. I want to live,” That was when SU 2775 dragged him back into the rafters and made sure he was safely on one of the connecting frames so he wouldn’t fall off easily.

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Mentions @Vixere Doctor Taylor
Interactions @The Savant Roman
Characters Close by to scene @BearlyAllThere Sawyer & Freya

Morior Invictus [Hiatus]

Roman Egorova

Roman Egorova

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Name Roman Egorova
Alias/es Roma or Romi by his family.
Gender Male
Age 17

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Physical Description

Roman is not done growing or filling out into his adult body. He is a lengthy and semi-muscular individual when it comes down to it. During the years before the fall of society, he played sports, and was active which helped him after the fall of society — lean natural muscles for his age. He has paler skin which might be enhanced from his constant hiding from the undead. He is a dark brunette with curly to wavy hair. His eyes are a husky blue with gray in them. Roman stands about 6’0 at the moment and weighs roughly 150 pounds.

The young man has no tattoos or missing limbs. He does have a few scars from over the years, but they were not very distinctive. The most distinctive scar that he has hides under and along his jawline.

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Family All the family that he knew he had, his parents, along with his siblings have passed for one or another reason during or after the fall of society. He is the last one of his immediate family.
Virus status susceptible
Role/occupation before and after the Fall

Before the Fall of society, Roman was an honors student, and someone that had a bright life ahead of him. His parents were Russian foreigners that obtained citizenship when he was around seven years old. His father was a medical doctor and his mother was a doctor in wildlife biology and marine sciences. He was already taking pre-college courses to follow in their footsteps.

After the Fall of society, his only mission was to help keep his family alive and make sure they all got to point B from point A, safely. He feels like he failed his parents along with his siblings because they all perished. He is currently wandering without hope.

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Skills

> CPR
> Top 5 student on his swim and cross country team (good stamina)
> Basic to intermediate medical knowledge
> Leadership
> Critical thinking
> Problem-solving
> Primary and secondary education in general education and biological sciences.
> Skinning, tanning, and butchering wildlife/game.

Weapon proficiencies

> Hunting rifle, grew up with his father hunting.
> Hunting knife, knows how to skin animals, tan hides, and properly butcher them.

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Psychological Weaknesses and Strengths
Weaknesses

> Chronic Nightmares from horrendous memories of his family dying and the things he had experienced after the Fall of society.
> Tremble/shaking from psychological issues, gets worse when he’s feeling pressured, anxiety, or heightened emotions in general.
> Sensitive, cares too much about others.

Strengths

> Strong-willed
> Strong-minded
> Balanced way of thinking or fairness in decision making
> Communicating his emotions
> Listening to others

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Chronic pains/illnesses None that he knows of.

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Background

Roman spent the first seven years of his life in Russia with his immediate and extended family. At this time, he had two older siblings, a younger sibling, and his parents as his family. His parents ended up obtaining citizenship in America where they moved to Boston, Massachusetts where both of his parents could start work.

They only lived in Boston, Massachusetts for roughly a year before moving to Seattle, Washington.

It wasn’t a very long time until they moved again, Seattle, Washington to Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta, Georgia to Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Colorado Springs, Colorado to San Antonio, Texas.

Over roughly six years, they moved constantly, until about eight months before the Fall of society, they were planning to establish themselves in Portland, Oregon. Everything seemed wonderful except for what was going on in the world — tension was high, school was a medical field experimental prison setup, and distancing from everyone was normal. Most of his classes were online, so he didn’t attend physical school for the most part which sucked in his mind — being the social kid he was. They still had outdoor sports so he was big into swimming and cross country.

Everything turned into chaos when the Fall of Society hit in 2020, Roman was only thirteen years old. During the initial fall, the family lost their mother and their youngest sibling. Emotions were high and loneliness was rampant in the sense of loss — a single father with six children.

Over the past four years during the fall, Roman continued to watch his siblings get sick, pass on to the next life for one or another reason, or become infected with the virus. By the end of it, it was Roman and his older brother. They had no clue what to do and his older brother gave up, practically, and stopped trying as hard.

Sadly, only a week ago, he got to watch his last family member turn to the virus. He feels like it is all his fault because if he was being more careful, they wouldn’t have been in the situation that they found themselves in, and his brother would still be here today or at least he believes that. Survivors' guilt.

Morior Invictus [Hiatus]

Good afternoon, @Timuir!

I noticed that the character draft sheet is not in this thread, so I will post it here, and update the zeroth post.

Character Sheet draft

Visual Reference - No anime/manga references, please; photography or realistic art

Name
Alias/es
Gender and pronouns
Age
Height and weight
Hair, eyes, skin color
Notable physical characteristics - scars/tattoos, missing limbs, etc
Family, if any
Immune or susceptible to the virus?

Role/occupation before and after The Fall

Skills
Weapon proficiencies

Psychological weaknesses and strengths
Chronic pains/illnesses

Background

Any companions (horses, dogs, cats, etc)

You definitely have some interesting concepts in your character sheet, but I would say it's a little everywhere for the setting. In this setting, we have three major categories of people:

Projects are individuals who went through the Project Genesis. You can find all the information you need about that character concept above.

Humans are individuals who are simply, human, and have no alterations to who they are.

Augmentations are individuals are people who are practically cyborgs. Extremely advanced robotic body parts.

From your above character sheet, you seem to have blended all of the categories and made a very hard-to-follow character. You seem to have put very old/traditional aspects into the character (1900s and before) when this is taking place in the current year. It is hard to understand if your character is a project or not from Genesis. If they were, they wouldn't be working for multiple governments, they would be under one, and they would have had a handler or handler(s) depending on how old they were, difficult, and so on. They were not treated like humans and did not get "proper" names or nicknames. For example, SU 2775 is known as that because he was a Soviet Union Project Genesis and that was what they referred to him as or USSR V because he was picked up as the fifth individual they took for their super soldier program during the USSR government control.

Projects were not given affection unless there were underlying variables. For example, the majority of Genesis projects were not allowed to touch others UNLESS they were killing them or protecting them. Other than that touch was bad and they would get punished for it. SW017 or known as Freya was a Genesis project by her father, a reason she is an oddity, and SU 2775 touches is because he was used as a breeding stud for the project facility he was in.

Animals were not experimented on. They would definitely not become immortal.

For augmentations, no one can have access to those unless they have been seen by Doctor Taylor (the beautiful Vixere's character) since she is the developer of that technology and so on.

As I said before, you have a lot going on in your character sheet that doesn't fit into this universe. I believe if you have a focus or want to ask questions to build a well-rounded character that would fit in this universe. You can. We will have to decline your character application currently for the above reasons.

Thank you for your interest in the thread, if you want to try and build up your character appropriately, please contact me or Vixere,
~ S