Wardonis

A future far divided

I'm afraid I have to step out of this. I've not had much time to sit down and write something, but every time I do, I just don't have the motivation or inspiration to do it. I do apologize profusely. Good luck with the rp.

@IcePezz

Tell ya what, I'll write for you, feel free to come back at any point.

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Tim's face wrinkled with disgust at the thought of eating one of the bugs. "Julius, I realize I don't know you, but; I think i'm starting to." Tim said laughing. "Takes a man with stones to think so logically in the face of this kind of terror. If you had pointed ears I'd probably nickname you Mr.Spock." Tim gave Julius a hearty slap on the back as the group continued into the night.

The hours slogged by and Tim's energy drained with every step. The bugs seemed ever present always there, always watching. Dead on his feet, time was almost meaningless his walk had slowly dropped to slow shuffle moving ever forward. Completely unprepared for it, his foot caught on something and he fell face first to the ground. He opened his eyes and realized he wasn't looking at sand. Sitting up he turned around and saw the root that caught his foot. Looking up Tim saw a dense dark canopy blotting out the sky. Remembering his companions he jumped to his feet looking around for them. He back tracked and found Julius face down in the sand snoring softly. Tim couldn't see any sign of the insects or Sophia. Tim managed to get Julius to his feet and, arm under shoulder, get him to a tree. Julius immediately fell back to sleep.

His own eyes puffy from lack of sleep Tim stumbled back out into the sand looking for Sophia. He jogged for about 5 minutes when he found her weaving tracks in the sand wandering off the direction. He started sprinting along her tracks and almost plunged headlong into a giant hole, nearly 15 feet in diameter. He and the hole were at the edge of tree line about half a mile north of where he left Julius. Tim could plainly see Sophia's foot prints leading right into the hole. Tim dropped to his knees and peered over the edge. it was so dark out and his eyes were so blurry that all he could see was blackness. "Sophia!?!?!" He called into the pit several times. Right before he was about to give up he heard a moan.

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I'll get something up tomorrow. It's been a busy few days.

@Jinxer

no worries. not rushing anything, save up your energy so your creative juices are .. well juicy lol

i'm honestly not in a rush to work on this. if you guys need time off or some extra time to post that's fine. if this thread takes years to finish so be it. Just as long as you're both committed i'm happy.

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The group resumed the slow but steady walk towards the trees and the mountain behind it. "You're right again Julius. There was no debris or trash or anything there on the beach with us that one would expect to get sucked through a portal with us. Even more I think it's really important we don't stop moving till were out of this desert. I've been thinking. This desert shouldn't be here. The temperature is wrong. It's mild and hasn't changed much at all. Something has to be maintaining it. After I realized that I also thought of my tie. What if what ever creepy crawleys that pulled down my tie do so to everything in this desert. Bigger things would of coarse be harder but if they are sensitive to light they'd leave us alone during the day and be a good chance they come after us at night if we were to stop and rest in the sand. I think we should push on till we get to the trees at least."

Not twenty minutes later Tim realized he was right. As they walked he could start to make out what at first looked like foot high tubes of various sizes and heights sticking out of the sand here and there. Looking closely he saw they were insects. They looked similar to a caterpillar with long antennae that continually swept back and forth through the air tasting it. We were being watched. Insects he knew run off instinct, they weren't capable of experiencing curiosity. So they were being watched either as a survival thing or they were being hunted; and if it was a survival thing wouldn't they just drop back under the sand? That left being hunted. By now the others were noticing them but Tim tried to keep calm and rationalize what to do. Were still a few hours walk from the trees. If we run now we'll get tired and need to rest, and if we stop they will attack. We should just keep walking. "Don't run, just keep walking. We need to conserve our energy as long as possible." At the moment Tim could make out 6 of the creatures all within 50 feet, all just watching them pass by. Abruptly he saw another one ahead pop up out of the sand, it too just waited and watched.

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So where are you guys from? I'm in new Jersey usa.

Also I wanted to ask how both of you felt about being directed by me occasionally. I don't have every detail planned out not even a handful of things. But occasionally I have an idea and I might need to ask you to include something in your posts. This wont happen often. I really want this to be a collaborative story, but so were not wandering across thr universe We'll need to have some kind of route in mind. I promise though that anything I may ask you to include or anything I write your characters doing I will try to keep to a minimum. And if I ask you to include something that you don't like or doesn't feel right, tell me and we'll find another way. same goes if I write your character doing something you feel is out of place, I'll rewrite it. I'm gonna do my best to NOT drive this story but to instead nudge it here and there along the path I have in mind, which is actually pretty vague.

I only have a handful of major and minor plot points in mind at the moment and as long as we hit em I'll be happy. So feel free to be as creative with the environment and situations as you want. Just for the moment don't create anything sentient or humanoid. I have a very specific spot in mind where I want to introduce both the Sarulians and the Valorians.

Also I know I mentioned this to one of you, I eventually want to create a novel based off of this. you'd bith get credit, depending on how involved you were possibly co-author status. Depends if you can stay till its complete. I don't have any time line in mind presently and I'm in no rush to get through the story. Take your time and just be creative with your characters and with the story.

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"Get back?" Tim was baffled. He hadn't once thought of getting back home since they woke up. He didn't know why, but it never occurred to him that they should be trying to get back home. "I'm sorry, I don't know why but the idea of getting back seems as alien to me as this place. I have a girlfriend, family and a good job, even a hefty savings account. I'm desperate to get home. But I can't get my mind off this place, the whole time I've been trying to figure out where we are and explore it."

Tim ran a hand through his hair. "If our ultimate goal is to get back home, shouldn't we head back to the beach? I mean, thats, thats where the portal or whatever dumped us out right? So wouldn't it make sense that if it was going to open again, thats where it would open? Not in the forest." Taking a deep breath he continued. "On the other hand what if it doesn't open again; or doesn't open for weeks or months or longer? Were almost half way, its still at least half a day to the forest and its getting dark. At the beach we have no supplies in the forest who know what we'll find but I think it'd be better than waiting at the beach for something that may never come. But, should we keep going or hunker down and wait the night out? Like you said Julius, nothing here to build a fire with, nothing for shelter or to lay on either, just sand. The day was rather mild, it's possible the night may be too. We also don't know how long the night will be. Since this isn't earth there is no rule that says night time darkness has to last eight hours. It might be four hours or sixteen. We don't have any way of knowing. We can't even judge the day cycle since the sun was behind clouds most of the day. What do you guys think? Do you want to wait out the night or push through?" He asked stretching sore legs, unaccustomed to hours of walking.

After he mentioned the clouds and the barren desert nearly devoid of life, Tim felt a twinge of uneasiness. There was something more there, he just couldn't put his finger on it. His tie disappearing into the sand popped into his head and he couldn't figure out why. There was a puzzle here and he couldn't put the pieces together. He suddenly desperately wanted to get out of the desert but he didn't want to push the others into anything and wanted to hear their thoughts.

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"You have a point Julius" Tim said taking off his blazer and slinging it under one arm. "Shall we?" he asked with a broad sweeping wave of his hand before he started back up the beachhead and through the sand. Tim had to stop himself from prematurely judging the man. It wasn't his fault they were here and it was certainly understandable the man was under stress. Hell, who wouldn't be in this circumstance.

With nothing to really talk about accept speculation on where they were or how they got here the three wanderers fell to silence as they walked. Tim licked dry lips and studied his companions. Julius was obviously a studious guy. He seemed to know something about everything. That could prove useful, somehow. First we have to figure out where the hell we are, he thought to himself. He then looked over at Sophia. She hadn't said much but by her body language she was have just as many problems with their situation as the men were.

Tim signed and looked around. They had been walking for hours and this place was so unnervingly devoid of visible life the the silence they encountered as the left the beach behind made his ears ring. The only thing he could hear was the sound of the footsteps and the breathing of himself and his companions. Just when he thought he couldn't take it anymore he began to hear an odd hum in the air from far off. He was sure he was just hearing things because of the silence until his companions also began to look around, Sophia even asked "What is that?". Before Tim could even formulate a guess a flight of huge birds flew overhead squawking quietly. Their wingspan had to be more than three meters wide and he couldn't count how many their were because they moved so fast, they were here and gone. Fifteen to twenty five at least. He did however notice the dangerous predatory look of the head and the strong knuckled claws. These Birds were unlike anything he'd ever seen or heard about. Just as soon as they showed up they vanished into the horizon. He exchanged a few worried looks with his companions but no body said anything.

After the birds flew over Tim had his head down contemplating everything as they walked. He was starting to get the idea that they may not be on earth any longer. Everything was so, off about their situation. Either they got sucked through a portal to another planet or dimension or they were in some giant simulator being studied like rats. Neither seemed plausible but he couldn't think of anything else that would explain it. So lost in his thoughts was he that he didn't notice when Julius stopped and Tim walked right into him. After regaining his balance he apologized. But Julius hardly noticed with his eyes fixed forward on something. Tim followed the mans gaze and found what he was looking at. Before him was the mountain, now much closer than it was several hours earlier. The red mist turned out to actually be trees, an entire forest of red trees in fact. Also above the mountain much of the cloud cover had cleared and Tim could see the sun was setting behind the mountain throwing brilliant blues and golds into the GREEN sky. Without the clouds to block them Tim could make out stars and two distinct moons, a small beige moon and a large grey moon behind it. "Toto, were not in Kansas any more."

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As Tim headed down the beachhead he pulled his tie off and dropped it on the sand before unbuttoning the collar of his shirt and rubbing his neck. His eyes danced over the man and woman with him. It was apparent they didn't know each other or where they were.

"You're both awake, good; I was just about to wake you. I haven't been up long myself. I'm Tim." he introduced himself. "But, to answer your question, no; I have no idea where we are. I've never even seen a place like this in the movies, let alone in person. I was just up the hill there and in the distance there is a mountain, but that's it. I don't see anything else but sand in any other direction. I'm afraid I'm really not a very good judge of distance but I wanna say maybe ten to fifteen miles of sand between us and that mountain. There was some kind of red haze at the base of the mountain but I couldn't tell what it was."

"It also looks like the tide is rising. It's moved about 5 feet up the beach since I woke up. I don't get the pink clouds but it means the desert won't be bad, I hope. We can't stay here. You guys head for that mountain?" he asked gesturing over his right shoulder with a thumb.

Tim turned back around and started for the beachhead without waiting for a response and stopped. "Where'd my tie go?" he didn't actually want to bring it with him, but with nothing out here it perplexed him that it disappeared. He ran over to where he dropped it and saw the last tip of the tie disappear under the sand. He screwed up his face and said "I guess we aren't actually alone out here."

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My Character
Name: Timothy Mallow
Age: 32
Profession: Investment Banker

Background: Originally from upstate New York, Greg moved to DC to try and get into politics, after that failed he found he had an eye for stocks and moved to New York and ended up working for a major firm as an investment banker.

Description: 6’3” 210lbs. In high school he was on the swim team and currently visits the gym every other week so he is relatively athletically fit. Black hair normally in a corporate cut and has blue eyes.

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EDIT: Live thread is here: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/80677-a-future-far-divided/ic

Story Overview

This story takes place millions of years from now. At some point in the future technology began to force an evolution into mankind. We began to become symbiotic with it. Nanites floated through the bodies of many throughout the known territories. But there were purists that opposed this “infection” of technology that plagued their time and they turned away from it, seeking to find a balance and harmony with the universe. Sarulians was the name they took to calling themselves.

Many centuries and millennium past and mankind became truly one with technology. Their bodies now produced a natural EM field that allowed them to interact with electronics with just a touch. Technology as a whole changed and the Valorian Empire was formed. It wasn't an empire of land, but of minds. All though the Valorians were able to communicate mentally by touch and through their technology over range, eons of genetic habit make verbal communication the preference when in close company. They retained a human physic but over time shortened, during the period we will be posting the average Valorian is 5’6” and the tallest wouldn't reach 6’.

While this was happening the Sarulian purists became one with their environment and evolution had a decidedly different direction for them. They grew both spiritually and physically. (Think Ronso http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv67/Golbez01/Ronso.jpg ) Minus the horn and with a much more human face. They became very Shamanistic and the color of their fur is dependent upon the tribe. There are nine total tribes. The Sarulian began to understand the natural elements of nature and how to control them and in time they became very powerful, each tribe devoting themselves to their own specific element. Through collaboration they were able to combine elements and create powerful ships and technology, a match of the Valorians.

What ensued was a civil war that has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years and has consumed four galaxies. The concept of a “whole human” is forgotten in the myths and legends and all notions that the two races were in the past truly one no longer exists. The war has gone badly for the Valorians; and if not for the infighting between the Sarulian tribes they would have been wiped out a long time ago. Now they have only a small territory hidden deep in a remote corner of the Pegasus galaxy. They use this as a home base to make raids against the various Sarulian tribes with.

In the midst of this turmoil a freak of nature throws a wild card into this divided and war torn universe. A rift opens in the desert of a remote planet dumping out a handful of humans from the year 2015.

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The above is a very brief overview of the situation our group would be plunged into. The story would open with a survivalist experience before the group is plunged into chaos of the situation of that time, part of the reason for this is to allow some character growth and bonding before stuff hits the fan. The mouth of the worm hole that sucks the group through time and space opens in times square and sucks up people at random, as a result the group doesn't know each other and is completely unprepared for what they are about to encounter.