Vandy

Men vs. Women Race to 1000

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BEFORE

In the interest of trying to get more players I'm going to post this here.

BEFORE

In May of the year 2020 American, Chinese, and Russian soldiers all converged on the country of Pakistan over the abundant natural resources in the region. A Three sided battle ensued killing hundreds of troops and thousands of civilians caught in the middle. In response to this, the large-scale terrorist group, ISIS, attacked the three nations in full scale battle. They had grown immensely more powerful than any of the three nations had believed. The United Nations convened to try to put a stop to the conflict. Instead, alliances were made and battle lines were drawn. World War 3 had begun.

That was almost a year ago now. The world is in a state of war unlike any it has ever seen before. Russian soldiers have invaded Alaska while a Chinese navy sits a hundred miles away from the coast of Hawaii. American soldiers are engaged in a brutal campaign along the border of their two warring enemies. Fear of the end of the world is now the only thing stopping nuclear conflict.

Unbeknown to the rest of the world, a new European terrorist group calling themselves the Organization, has spent the past two years developing a biological weapon unlike any seen before. They have taken over the ISIS infrastructure and now have control over the largest army not associated with a single nation in the world.

Their weapon? A fungal virus which turns all those infected with it insane with an insatiable hunger. Infected individuals have fungus grow out of their pores and will eat anything living that they can get their hands on. The disease not only affects humans, but animals as well and is resistant to all forms of medicine. And now, the weapon is ready to deploy.

The date is February 25, 2021 in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Thousands have gathered for Mardi Gras celebrations hoping to forget about the bleak state of the world. Behind the parade barricades dozens of people of all walks of life wearing bomb vests filed with fungal spores explode. On top of those killed in the initial blasts, thousands of citizens are infected. The city is thrown into a state of total anarchy and the National Guard creates a city-wide quarantine. Their numbers are stretched thin however as most of the military is busy fighting the war.

Now the calendar starts, 300 days BEFORE…

Before What?

Before the end of the world, silly. So this is the beginning of what will hopefully become a series of RP’s set in a new original world. Before takes place over the three hundred days it takes for civilization to fall. We will be watching the world fall apart.

The basic premise is that we are not superheroes or the ‘chosen ones’ or anything like that, we are simply people who were unfortunately caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Larger scale global events and major plot will be mostly in the background as we will see outside events on news stories or hear about them second handedly.

Our characters are all present in New Orleans at the time of the Organization’s attack. We don’t know what is going on and it will take a while until we find out. The city will be in a state of total and complete anarchy as we try to survive. Players are encouraged to create multiple characters, as people WILL die.

The military is currently shooting first and asking questions later. President Trump is currently planning to build a wall around the city. (That is only kind of a joke.) We all start out as scared average people running around and not knowing what to do. You can have characters with military experience or in the military currently but no over powered badasses who are invincible.

Now I do have an end point for this RP, three hundred in game days after we start. What happens is up to us and we will use this as a building up of the world in the sequel RP, aptly called “AFTER.”

The infected are not zombies and you do not need a head shot to kill one. Anything that would kill a person will kill an infected. They have nasty looking fungus growing out of their skin and eat pretty much anything that is alive and not infected. There is no talking to them and there is no cure. Get bit and you turn. It happens pretty quickly too, the infected person has a sort of seizure as the fungus grows out of their skin and they start coughing up blackened blood. Infected can run, jump, climb, and all that good stuff. Animals can also be infected, do not pet the mushroom dogs.

As we go on there will be more ‘advanced’ forms of the infected that we will encounter but at the very beginning they are ‘normal.’ Have an idea for a new type? Let me know. This entire RP is a world building experience as well as an emotional and character driven one. I want to make a series in this world and I want help in doing so. As we go we will encounter all kinds of factions and such that are beginning to populate this world.

Remember that the world has not ended yet. I plan on having us eventually escaping the quarantine and visiting places that are relatively peaceful. As I said we are watching the world fall apart. I have a vision of us getting to a safe place outside of New Orleans only to have to survive invading Chinese soldiers. This is the answer to the one question everyone will ask after. Where were you when the world ended?

Rules

• Don't leave for weeks without letting me know. If you can't post for a certain amount of time tell me. If you disappear without a reason your characters will be killed in the most brutal ways possible.
• This is a mature RP so cursing, racism, and all that good stuff is acceptable to a point. I don't want to read porn, if there is something frisky going on use a fade to black.
• Do not control a player's character without their permission.
• Any fights or arguments are to be handled via PM, keep the OOC nice and friendly.
• Random off topic conversation is encouraged in the OOC, it adds a sense of community and is all around fun. If you don't have time to post IC you can still talk to your friends here. Discuss movies, comics, and tv shows at your leisure but try to keep spoilers to a minimum.
• I prefer collab posts to different post interactions between characters. This isn't a requirement, just a preference.
• Basic advanced rules, put some effort into your posts and have at least 4-5 good paragraphs. One liners are never acceptable.
• Any questions about characters or anything feel free to PM me. Want to send your character to me that way instead of posting it on the OOC? That's fine with me.
• Recognize that Superman is the greatest superhero ever created.

Sheets

Character Sheet

Picture: (No anime please, this is a realistic world. If you can't find a picture that is to your liking just add a appearance description somewhere in the sheet.)
Name: (Obvious)
Age: (ditto)
Height:
Weight:
Occupation: (What does your character do for a living?)
Personality: (What are they like? Strengths, faults, do they collect anything, etc...)
Skills: (Anything that makes your character special or that will help them survive. Are they a good shot? Can they cook?)
Flaws: (Character flaws and weaknesses. Are they a drunk, overly trusting, kind of a dick?)
Bio: (Life up to the point of February 25, 2021. Doesn't have to be insanely long but give us an idea about their life.)

More to come. I plan to add faction, creatures, mutant, and area sheets. I'll get to these as we get further into the RP.

OOC link

BEFORE (Accepting new players)

Hey @ADParis @Wade Wilson @Monster @sakurasan how are those characters coming?

Frontier Justice (Wild West RP) [Closed Down]

@VandyFlatterer.

@heatThen Mary is a glorified side character. Feminists around the world are unanimously revoking my Feminist card. Lol.

@Blue Demon

Feminist card? Is that a thing?

Frontier Justice (Wild West RP) [Closed Down]

Deadwood... never watched it... lemmie check the internet for it.

@Orlan

It's on HBO but I'm sure you can find it somewhere if you don't want to pay to watch it. Be warned, the language is quite vulgar.

Frontier Justice (Wild West RP) [Closed Down]

It fits with the theme in an odd way.

<Snipped quote by Vandy>

I think the average day of the Soursprings vigilante will be after getting up and out: Killing outlaws, get a drink from Joshua after he's altered the crime scene; making it look like they killed each other then divide the plunder from the outlaw remains.

Or who knows, might drown the outlaws in buckets of poor quality booze then divide the plunder, saving the saloon owner more time.

@Orlan

You sir, have been watching Deadwood.

BEFORE (Accepting new players)

@paragloan
Cool cool, accepted. Move her to the character section.

@Rockerman403
I'm going to go ahead and accept Michal too, just add a little "went to New Orleans" thing in his bio. Move him to the character section.

EDIT*
So I changed Eric's picture to something I liked better. Not as high quality art but it'll do. I might keep looking for an actual picture though.

EDIT 2*
And I changed it again, now I'm happy with it even if he does look a bit older than he should. That's it though, done. Now I just need to finish Sam.

Frontier Justice (Wild West RP) [Closed Down]

Personally I think if anyone could pull of using two player controlled characters, @Blue Demon could. That's just my opinion however.

Anyways, on another note, when are we officially starting? No rush or anything, just ready to go! I wanna kill me some outlaws.

BEFORE (Accepting new players)

@paragloan
Looks pretty good, maybe expand on the bio just a little bit. Just a bit more background information on her and she should be good to go.

Frontier Justice (Wild West RP) [Closed Down]

Elmore Vance

Elmore Jonathon Vance

Alias - Elmore "Fiddler" Vegas

Age - 40

Gender - Male

Occupation - Former Confederate soldier/Bounty Hunter

Appearance - Elmore has long black hair and brown eyes. He is almost always seen with a cigar or dip in his mouth. He talks with a heavy Cajun accent and has a trimmed beard. He is never seen without the hat that his father gave him or the medallion given to him by his dead wife. (Seen in picture)

Height - 5'10

Weight - 174 lbs.

Apparel - As stated above he is always wearing his hat and medallion. Other than that expect a pair of jeans, poncho, and buttoned down shirt with boots.

Weaponry - Two Colt .45 revolvers and a Winchester Model 1873.

Equipment - A black horse he calls Mamba, two 1 liter canteens, a box of cigars and an ample supply of dip. He carries a picture of his wife and two children. He also never leaves home without his fiddle.

Skills -

• Elmore is an excellent shot and one of the fastest draws in the west. He has killed many a man in a duel.
• He can track with the best of 'em. He has hunted outlaws from Louisiana to the MidWest territories and back. He always finds his man.
• Elmore is a damn good fiddler, hence the name.
• He can be damn intimidating. Rumors say he once caused a man to wet himself just by staring him down.

Flaws -

• Elmore has a gambling problem, a bad one. The first thing he does when he enters a town is find a saloon with a poker or craps table. While he is good at it, he loses just as often as he wins.
• He smokes like a train engine and drinks to boot. When he is drunk however he is reduced to an incoherent lout.
• He is quite racist against most non-white people at first glance. This does soften a bit if a person of another race impresses him however.

Personality - Elmore is a vulgar man and an arrogant one. He normally believes he is in the right and good luck trying to change his mind. He is also quite cynical though he does have a sense of humor. Once he warms up to a person he becomes a reliable friend but it takes a bit to get there. One thing about him though is that he truly cares about his family. His wife is dead and his kids nearly grown but he does the best he can for them. He says that is why he's got the job he does, it is good money to track outlaws.

Backstory - Elmore was born the second child of tow plantation owners in New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandfather was a Belgian immigrant and his mother comes from a long line of french settlers. Both of his parents died of fever when he was only ten years old and his older sister, Clara, took over the plantation with her husband Ferdinand. He met his future wife, Bonnie, a couple of years later as her family had just moved from Mississippi. She was the youngest daughter of the family which bought the nearest plantation to the Vance's.

It was Bonnie's father who taught Elmore to play the fiddle and he always had great respect for the man. When he was only fifteen he and Bonnie were married and the two plantation families united. Three years later the Civil War broke out and Elmore joined the 4th Louisiana infantry regiment. He fought in battles from Bull Run to Gettysburg in General Lee's army.

When the war ended and the slaves were freed he returned home to a diminished fortune. Hard times had fallen on his family and Elmore became much more cynical than he was as a child. Despite this he and Bonnie were still in love and had two boys, Ross and John. During this time Elmore started gambling to try and raise money for his sister's failing plantation but he ended up being in debt to a local loan shark. Eventually the loan shark's men attacked Elmore's family killing Bonnie and Clara and burning the Vance family plantation to the ground.

Elmore left his children with his wife's brother, Buck, and hunted the loan shark down. After a year he had killed the man and stolen quite a bit of money from his estate which mysteriously showed up at Buck's plantation. Eventually he became a bounty hunter and traveled the world for years catching outlaws and gambling. Ross is now a young man himself and has begun to fix up the Vance plantation and John is planning on moving to New York to study law. That life is not for Elmore however, instead he has followed an outlaw named Jimbo "Horsehoe" Boden to the small town of Soursprings, Texas.