Last night, I had a vision. While watching a tv show the idea struck me; what if we made an Rp built around not the usual idea of singular goals, but around smaller episodes where the characters could be faced with multiple challenges rather then just hacking and slashing our way though to the final bad guy as it were. Slowly the cogs in my head got grinding together and by the time I started writing this the idea was ready to take flight.
Before you even continue to look at the ruff idea below and signing up, there are a few extra rules I must first lay down aside from the Forum wide ones
1: The way I have this thought about this Rp, it is most likely to be a rather long term thing, one that will require people who are willing to stick with it. I truly am not worried about what speed the Rp progresses at and there will be periods when we find ourselves waiting on someone to have free time to make their post, so you must be ok to keep running with it for the duration, other wise it will fail miserably. You cant simply drop out after joining, though there may be ways out later, but please be sure of what youre getting into.
2: All partakers must be able to contact me in some way for communication purposes during the Rp, and favorably not just by PM. Ideally Id like to be able to talk to all concerned over an Instant messaging system, though that does not mean that the lack of one would exclude you from the Rp, that would be unfair. PM is workable, but IM is far easier.
3: The actual goals will be more short term, especially in earlier Episodes, with a finite mission as it were in the background, just like in every good Si-Fi show, as you will see if you chose to read on.
4: Our core characters will have absolutely no magic power, special abilities or life time training to their name. This will be about everyday people who are thrown into an extraordinary situation and not about whos character is more powerful. Other Canon characters or special guests, no one will have powers in this RP, it is as simple as that. The fact is, when all the others are the same as you, theres no reason to have power, it just complicates matters.
5: There are only five or six slots for players, so could everyone who wants to join please send me their character bios over Private Messaging ASAP so I can pick out those who Id li+e to join. Dont feel left out if I say you cant join. There may be alterations I can suggest but in the end if we are already full then no one else can join anyway. Dont jump to the conclusion that just because you were the first to PM me that youre automatically in either, its not first come first serve, its my own judgement.
6: If I say youre in, then youre in and you must stick with it for the good of the other Rpers, as Ive said please keep in mind that youre making a commitment. I dont want to sound discouraging here, but this is just how it is, I really want this Rp to do well.
Heres the general out line for the start of the first episode.
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There will be five or six characters with a minimum of two being female (for interaction purposes), aged early to late teens, all friends that live in a small suburban town at the foot of some hills/mountain, on earth (humans at the moment).
During the night, the town is rocked by inexplicable earthquakes that cause several rock falls in the mountain, exposing a cave system. No ones really sure whats going on up there at the start of the Rp, just that as of about three days after the earth quake a lot of government activity has been concentrated around the resent rock falls. Our friends, unable to get answers out of the local counsel or the government people themselves, take matters into their own hands and brake into the now cordoned off area, discovering the cave entrance and the unusual set up within. They find a large array of serfisticated equipment, centered around a large ancient artifact. This structure is composed of large rings and is made of a metal that is both light, strong and can hold a massive electrical charge (as the first and last pore bloke who touched it found out)
Somehow, not sure how yet, they end up accidentally turning on this ancient artifact.. and the rest is stereotypical transport stuff, ya know, bright light, feeling nauseous, falling unconscious etc
When they awaken, they find themselves in a slightly dusty metal room, apparently some sort of empty storage bay, an artifact of a similar type to the one they just saw at its center, only less rusted and old. The features of the room suggest advanced technology, though the light seems to be malfunctioning, dim and too dark to see quite right
One of the girls in the group will be, of course, the first to notice that it is not only their surroundings that have changed. Somehow, the transportation has changed them into humanoid creatures, furry in nature. (Primarily this means felines, mustelids or canines like cheaters, ferrit's or wolfs, it keeps the realisam up and makes it easyer to see this as somthing totlay seporate from the sonic univerce, Im open to others though so include your characters change-specie in the PM you send me, but please, no headgehogs. No offence to anyone, but they are pritty hard to work with and keep that clasic steriotype of sonic hanging around them.)
After a period of utter panic and depression over the loss of thire humanity (and possibly maturity too, who knows what youll be after being dragged though that kinda wormhole) our charactors quickly start exploring to try and find someone, figuring out that they are in some form of 'forren' facility, the glowing righting on the walls (actually data panels) totally alien in nature, yet some how strangely familiar. Though once they reach the promenade their view changes...
Someone messes around with a control panel, causing the blinds on the outside of the window to retract ... There beyond the thick glass, is the most beautiful and terrifying sight they have ever seen. They're in space, in a ship that is sat inside a debris field orbiting a small planetoid, two bright stars (one blue and one yellow) shining in the distance. And promptly the blind panic starts up again.
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Thats all Im going to reveal for now, Id rather not spoil anything for people. Though I have go some plots worked out in ruff form for the first and second episodes, this will be something of a group effort. Ill be looking to you, my fellow writers to provide some ideas of your own for the subsequent episodes. This Rp is all about trying to survive and find a way home, so in a way its sort of like Star trek Voyager, though with a lot less high tech language. With this background goal in mind, well build our episodes around it, each featuring a different goal or mission that we must set ourselves to complete. In a way you could look at this as almost like writing our own Si-Fi TV series, and who knows what this will lead to in the long term. Ive got some grand ideas for this, and already feel a little passionate about its success. This is why I ask that each person in the Rp group has a way of contacting me, ideally over instant messaging, so that posting schedules can be organized between us and thus we wont have to worry about oh I hope so and sos going to post soon or I wonder where so and so went?. Ill also probably start a Mun discussion for this RP, if this is ok by the Admins, because of the shear volume of OOC posts we will no doubt have for correspondence between us. This is mainly because I'd like us to organise the series of events between us, so that we know who should be posting and who should be doing what, effectivly planning ahead instead of just wanding blindly untill the GM (namely me XD ) makes somthing happen.
I really hope this gos to plan as I think it could tern out really fantastic if we get it right and a good experience for all involved. There will be opertunities in later Episodes for 'guest' charactors, maybe even a main chractor switch if someone gets tired of it, though that can't be for a while though. What I'm saying is, just because you don't get in now, dosn't meen you can't have your chance later.
And now, its time for me to jump and hope I get a responce in time to catch me! I have to say I'm kinda despirate for this to work (though it could be because its three in the morning) so if you're intrested, post once here saying that you'd like to join and send me your short charactor bio (Incuding the species they become) over the forum PM system and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Have a nice day aannnd good night people ^^,
O.O This looks awesome!!!
I am so joining! Try and stop me! Astral I'll message you a bio today!
Wraith
Oooo...this does look interesting. I would like to join too, if you don't mind, Astral.
Ahh, good to see there's at least some intrest 
I thought it might flunk like the last one, but it looks as though we could pull this off. You both should have recived Personal Messages in your Ez-Inbox to make it easyer for you to send your charactor bio's, thanks a lot guys ^^,
OOC EDIT: Unable to commit the time.
Good luck and have fun!
Please ignore this post please. Wrong thread.
I would like to join as well please!
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Sounds great!
after long, dark months of dormancy (due to depression amung otherthings) I've been insighted to brink this Rp back from the pit of lost causes. I've sent all involved a Pm, and I would apresiate it to know just howmany are still even relitivly intrested in this long project.
I know I sound depressive here, its just that I don't hold out much hope unless I can find at least six decent players. I've taken the time to look over the more resent Rp activity of those who applyed, and I can say there are very few whom I'm actualy conserned about, and frankly I think we can start pritty soon. Please, if you want to join, send me your bio via PM (I've got James already, but thanks to my damn inbox I've lost the others >.< so if you could resend them I'd be eternaly gratefull)
Ok, heres all the BIO's for the charctors, so now there in one place and easy to refrence ^^, I'll be adding IC pritty soon.
Name: Maria Edwards
Age: 17
Appearence: Blonde,straight hair, reaching her shoulders. Blue eyes. Slightly tall for her age, and has a slightly tomboyish attitude, so she usually wears T-shirt and shorts.
Animal Alter-ego: Lynx
Personallity:
A bit of a tomboy, she is very outgoing and excitable, although she does have emotions and does show them often. Her attitude has also led to her taking some martial arts training (to add an element when they reach the ship, in case there are any situations that call for force). When they change though, it is a massive shock to her, and she reverts into herself, becoming very quiet and reserved. She still has her forcefull, powerful personallity, but turns more to actions than words to express herself, as she battles to understand just what has happened to her. She becomes the "strong but silent" type, and has to try and come to terms with their situation before she can hope to return to her normal, boysterous self.
History: She was brought up with twin brothers (that's where she got her bravado streak) and initially a loving family, but just two years ago (before the story starts) her father and brothers were killed in a car accident, leaving just herself and her mother. She now feels a responsibillity to her mother, and takes care of her to a degree (also something that could possibly be explored in the story...her guilt feelings when she realises she can't help out her mother any more).
Name: Iris Leksac
Age: 16
Change Species: Cat
Personality:
Very basically and briefly, she's extremely shy. However, she decided to try to become more extroverted by joining the school newspaper. She found she loved journalism, but she still has trouble talk frankly with people. She absolutely hates her last name and will do anything to be referred to as just "Iris". She's never had a boyfriend, since her innate comeliness is negated by her shyness.
Name: Mike (second name not specifyed yet)
Age: 19
Average height
Medium build
Black hair/brown eyes
Change Specie: Tiger
Personality:
Brave, caring soul but has a very volatile temper. Always ready to help. A little shy around females, otherwise is silently confident. Aspires to be a hero. Logical.
Name: Kiera "KJ" Jenna Irke (Pronounced 'Irk')
Age: 17
Appearance: Kiera has shoulder length blonde hair, and hazel green eyes. Her fur is that of a vibrant orange, with black-tipped fox ears. Her fox tail is of same stature, she wears long black dress pants, that tuck into a pair of black boots. A belt keeps the pants from falling down any further, and she wears a dark grey tanktop under a angel white padded vest.
Gender: Female
Species: Domestic Fox
Persona:
A slight bit of a smart-ass is one quick statement one could deplcit from talking to KJ. Shes technically a nice person, but no one really has gotten close enough to her to find such. She tends to know how electronics work and how to take them apart and put them back to together well. Shop tended to be a good class for her unusual love to tinker with stuff that could kill her with one touch. Shes always thinking of decisions before she makes them, which is a good trait in general.
Name: Rayne Brightwater
Age: 14
Hair: medum lengh for a male, ruffly cut and always looking as though he's just been dragged backward through a headge, the only thing that realy gives away his geeky undertone
Eyecolour: Hazel
Apearance: Usualy has a relitivly casual dress, cargo pants with mulitiple pockets that usualy contain misc items, thin black jacket that he never seems to take off, even indoors, tends to wear grey tee-shirts too, though has octaionaly been seen in a blearing orange one depicting a hung teddy bair and the words "Bear's have feelings too" printed in depresive lettering at the bottom.
Change Specie: Raccoon
Personality:
Floord, to say the least. For one, Rayne is somewhat parranoied. The small group of friends he dose have are more like the people he simply taged along with since he was little. He hides his true self behind an ilution of 'the taggalong', even though his apearance is gradualy becoming more like the cuboard-geek he acutaly is, his hair always ludicursly untaimed. He was bullied for a large protion of his time at the last school he attended and thus has built emotional walls up to anyone he dosn't know. Even though he apears not to like company, the truth is he simply wants to be around people he feels safe with and whith whom he can act natural. Standing on ground between 'the quite one' and 'the open cynic', Rayne has a habit of hiding his true emotions (and his obsetion with the technical's behind startrek) even when he's relaxed and acting himself without fear, which makes it dificult to decypher when he's actualy needing help. Being the youngest in the group, he tends to look up at the others and resently has begun to emulate some of thier charactoristics, which hasn't half goten him in trouble before now. It is also worth mentioning that vast qunatities of natural suger have a rather drastic effect on his behavure... lets just say he's one of those people who can get a buzz from a few slices of watermellon and often it takes more then a few people just to slow him down afterwards.
Episode 1.0: Every New Begining
"Its strange, how the dice of fate fall beyond our controle. Life, in all its monotany and repetativness, deludes us into thinking that we have rule over our destiany, giving us the sence of power as we hold those dice in our hands, so selfconfident that our cirumstances, while changing mildy, will remain fundamntaly constant. Of course you might wake up late or with a cold, or maybe you'll find out that that report you left till last minuet is actualy now due in two hours, but overall people expect that the fabric of their world will remain the same. They go to sleep and wake up the same person in the same word. They go about their buisness with every confidence that they are in controle. Then, there comes a time when nature knocks those dice of fate from our hands, casting them onto the board where they clatter to a stop, the snake eyes looking up at us like a death sentance, as fate personaly reminds us all, that it is in controle of our existance and that our own sense of free will, is nothing but an ilution."
Diary of a Cynic, page 149
A calm buzz of activity wafted across the diner like waves braking on a sereine beach. The sun streamed though the windows and outside the mainstreat was alive with people going about their everyday buisness with a smile on their faces. Daffie's Diner was something of the cultural hub in the quint town of Ridgeford, and it was here that many groups of friends would arange to meet for dinner or a fruit smothy. There were no less then five groups already chatting away by the time midday arived, the weekend having decended with avengence for the overworked staff. Yet dispite this air of relationships and weekend excitment, a youth sat on his lonsome in the sunshine, sucking at one of the six straws coming out the top of the giant rasberry smothy that was set on the table before him. There wasn't anything spectacular about him, a little short maybe with hair that looked as though it had been stiled by a caveman, but none the less a pritty adverage looking kid.
Rayne leaned back from the table, resting against the back of the chair and trying to look as inconspicuse as posible while checking the door every few moments as though awaiting something spectacular. Having been called only this morning by Iris and told to meet her at the diner with everyone elce, Rayen been sat there for at least a half hour now after setting off early, the meating providing a valid excuse to get away from his 'mother's' constant nagging about school work and how he should get out more. But by now he was starting to get a little impatiant, his eyes flicking to the door every few seconds and giving him the impression he had been waiting several hours, even though he'd last checked his watch only five minuets ago. Sighing, the boy leaned back to the straw and took another few gulps from the smothy, muttering to himself "Just where is everybody?"
Suddenly a shout broke the peaceful background hum of the town. "Yeah, and that's what I think of your mother too!" shouted a girl's voice...one that sounded familliar. Rayne looked round, staring out the window.
Apparently a group of teens hadn't been looking where they were going and had blundered into someone who wasn't too happy about it. Yup, that was Maria all right.She always had a firey temper, and more often than not ot got her into trouble.
The teens that had walked into her shouted a reply, but they were a little far away for Rayne to hear what they said. Maria heard though.
"You what??? Care to come over here and say that?"
The other figures turned and walked off.
"Hey I'm talking to you! Come say that to my face, jerks!"
She turned and came towards the diner, her face frowning. She had a pretty face...not delicate, not dolled up with makeup, but pretty all the same. Her hair was blonde, reaching her shoulders, and her eyes were blue, and some boys in the town thought she was quite good looking, but they never dared say anything.
The fact was that for all her looks, Maria was a tomboy. Growing up with twin older brothers and no sisters, she had taken on many boyish traits, and could nowfight, play football etc just like the rest of them! She was quite a character!
She stepped into the diner and looked around. Spotting Rayne at the table, she smiled and came over. "Hi, sorry I'm late..." She looked down at her watch suddenly. "...am I? Oh hey I'm not! First time ever!" She grinned and sat down at the table.
"Where are the others?"
Rayne smiled behind the straw, seeming to perk up now that someone was finaly here. The boy's eyes followed Maria as she sat down oposit him, savouring the rasberry drink for as long as posible before replying.
"I was wondering that myself..." He muttered, pushing a straw toward the girl "Hmm, smoothy?"
(OOC: Sorry I didn't realise you were waiting for me...I thought everyone else was going to intro their characters first ><)
IC:
"What flavour?"
"Rasberry."
Maria made a face. "Ugh...if you'd have said banana I would have agreed."
Rayne shrugged and sucked on his straw again.
"I am, however, hungry!" continued Maria, standing up from the table again. "One sec." She moved over to the counter and placed an order, returning a moment later with a large cheeseburger. She grinned as she sat down. "Wow I've been looking forward to this!"
She took a bite, sitting back and enjoying the taste. Rayne just watched her quietly. She was as boysterous as ever!
"So..." mumbled Maria through a full mouth, "...what's this all about? What's going on?"
"Your guess is as good as mine," Rayne mumbled, shaking his head slightly "All I got was the message to meet here and a few garbled sentances about the government.. you don't supose she's after finding out what their doing in the mountain, do ya?"
The mountain that Rayne was refuring to, the one that the town was located at the foot of, was one of the highest in the small range. Dispite the fact that it was called a mountain, it only just qualifyed for mountain status, being a meeger nighty feet above the needed hight to class as an actual mountain. But what it lacked in hight it more then made up for with hype in resent times. It had been nealy a mounth since the earthquake, aparantly the largest one ever recorded in this part of the contry, even though it was only a weedy 3.2 on the rictor skail. But it was what happened after the quake that stired the most attention. A landslide on the north slope had uncovered what appeared to be an anchiantiant cave system, something that it now turned out, was hunnycomed across the entire strata of the mountain. But even then, this soon dwindled in awa as less then a week ago, a large government convoy had dirven right though the town center and off toward the site of the colapse. Within hours the mountain was sealed off, passes manned by road blocks and a large crued fence had been errected right the way round the entrance to the caves. They'd even had a very formal looking governemt offical come into school for a special asembily, expressing how dangerous the caves were and that they had come under goverment for a reason that he couldn't disclose. This of course had promted several individuals to attempt to get to the cordened off site, but they had all been picked up and braught back within a few hours. It was all rather paquliar, and this was bound to get Iris's imgaination going.
To tell the gods honest truth, Rayne had been expecting something like this ever since the goverment rolled into town. It didn't take a genious to work out that there was something more to the governments involvement then just the suposed 'dangerous radioactive substances' that the town had been told about.
The boy sighed, looking toward the door in the hope that the others would arive soon, mumbling "Why do I get the feeling we're gona get roaped into helping with something ileagle.. again."
ooc; peeps, you can start making your entrances now. Hawk could you stave off untill we've got all the chractors together? It'd make more sence rather then having to explain the situation twice when the straggelers catch up.
Mike quietly walked down the street, on his way to meet the others in the diner. He kept his eyes down so as not to be blinded by the sun. Being such a sunny day, it was unsurprising to see so many people out and about enjoying the fine weather. However, this meant that the more than unsavoury citizens were out making a nuisance of themselves. He had just been passed by a group of loud-mouth youths. But such trivial things weren't a worry to Mike. He tried to concentrate on more pressing matters.
"I hope I'm not the first one to arrive," he thought to himself, turning a corner into the street where the diner was located. Seeing someone else has arrived before him will comfort him in that he has the right time and place.
He stopped and looked up. The quaint, little diner stood before him. It was a pleasant place to meet, have lunch etc. Mike glanced through the glass window and saw Maria and Rayne sitting at a table, having what appeared to be a rather serious discussion. No doubt about all the commotion that had recently erupted around here.
Maria noticed Mike peering through the glass and waved to him, Rayne noticing Mike too when she did this. A smile crossed Mike's face and he pushed the door to the diner open and stepped inside.
"Hay, Mike." Rayne said, smiling slighlty again and moving up to the window to free up some space "The other's can't be too far away, and we've got smothy!"
Mike took a seat next to Rayne. "Mmmm, I like smoothy,' he said in a comical way. He smiled at Maria across the table.
He sighed as he leaned back, gazing at the ceiling.
"Anyway," he said, bringing his head back down and looking at the smoothy set before him, 2what flavour is it?".
Maria raised an eyebrow at the "I like smoothy" remark, but smiled in response to Mike's grin. Suddenly her mobile phone went off, signaling a text message, and she pulled it out.
"Geez mum, I told you where I was!" She began to type away in reply, then noticed the other two staring at her. "She's still very worried...ever since the accident she keeps having to check I'm still alive every hour or so."
Her face had a hint of sadness as she said this. It had been nearly six months since "the accident", but she still missed her father and brothers. Even worse was the effect it had had on her mother...already quite shy and reserved, she had almost had a breakdown when she heard the news. Now she was suffering from terrible mental health problems, and Maria had become an emotional and physical support for her, going out to work to bring in money and being there for her when she felt down.
She quickly finished her text and looked back at the others, smiling again. She didn't get much time away from her responsibillities, and any time she could get dhe wanted to enjoy!
Another person seemed to bust through the door in a matter of seconds. "So whats the deal?" a fammilar voice asked as "KJ" entered the diner. Wearing the usual white vest, dark grey tanktop, and black-ish grey dress pants. A pair of sunglasses however where tucked behind her ears, so the glasses didn't fall on her eyes just yet. She had her beeper attached to her belt- something she was constantly poked at. But then again she couldn't really afford a phone. And the beeper itself was pretty old and was given to her a few years back. She smirked smugly as she took a quick breath.
"Well, what do we have here?" she grinned lightly.
One of them turned. "Ah, there you are."
She nodded.
"Take a seat."
She nodded, "I plan to." with that she took a seat at the groups table and spoke.
"So, whats so important?"
"Your guess is as good as ours" Rayne shrugged, retreaving his straw and continueing to demolish the giant smoothy, sudenly remembering Mike's question "Oh, its rasberry bytheway"
OOC:
Right so we now just need Froggy and Hawk, I'll go prod them next time their online.
"On second thought, no thanks," Mike said, looking to Rayne, "I don't like drinking milkshake in this hot weather,".
Mike wiped his brow. "Is it just me, or has it been getting hotter? I wasn't very well last night 'cause of the heat,".
Rayne sighed a little and reterned to the smothy with a furrened brow, a little put out that he'd apparantly baught the large fruit drink for nothing. "I had noticed," he mumbled from behind the straw "but its nothing unusual realy is it, remember that heat wave we had a few years ago? never seen the mountain with so little snow on it."
OOC: go see!
http://www.deviantart.com/view/24127829/
Maria made a face. "Ugh, I hated that. I had to practice my fighting in that too!" She finished her burger and sat back in her seat. "And there's all this about Global Warming being untrue...huh, they should come see our summers nowadays!"
Mike snickered.
"That's good," he sighed, "I was worried I may have been coming down with something,". Mike checked his watch.
"I think I'll get myself a drink," Mike said getting to his feet. "Sorry Rayne, milkshake kinda makes me more thirsty," he said, turning to Rayne. Rayne nodded.
Mike went to buy himself a drink.
"Did I miss anything?", the next member of the small group said as he approached. It wasn't a flashy entrance, quiet, unassuming, and coming right down to buisness. That was to be expected from James.
The tall 18-year-old with brown hair and eyes took a seat next to Maria, craddling his chin in his hands and looking intently at the group, wondering what was up. He had a feeling his friends had something devious in mind...which ment trouble for him. He had always been a voice of reason and wisdom in the group, doing his best to keep them out of trouble, despite their own best efforts to circumvent his. Still, he always stuck with them, loyal to the end.
"About time you showed up!" muttered Maria, digging James in the ribs with her elbow. "That's Mike's place by the way, F.Y.I." She had built up a bit of a rappore with James over their time, and since he was so level-headed andthoughtful, she never missed an oppertunity to playfully make fun of him. She did it to everyone to some degree, but James especially. Most of the time he played along and got back with remarks of his own.
(OOC: Froggy if that's out of character for James, let me know and I'll edit.)
"I think Mike feels safer on the other side of the table", James said with a grin, "And what are you doing here, anyway? I figured you'd be yelling at the cook for getting your burger wrong."
They both knew it was all in good fun. James always enjoyed having Maria around; her firey personality complimented his own.
"So what's up? I know you guys have something in mind."
Noticing James had arrived, Mike ordered his drink and returned to his seat.
"Hi James," Mike said as he sat down.
"Uh-oh, you two aren't winding each other up again are you?" Mike laughed, and he took a large gulp of cola.
"Uh-oh, you two aren't winding each other up again are you?" Mike laughed, and he took a large gulp of cola.
KJ snickered lightly, "You know them." she replied.
OOC: Sorry guy's, I should have posted this long ago. I've decided to let this RP die, primeraly for my own reasons I can assure you. For all those who were looking forward to it I'm realy sorry, but I just felt I couldn't do as much as I wanted to with it in the Guild.
Please don't continue this RP, as I wish to continue the project elcewhere at a later date and don't wish it to apear that I've ripped the idea.
Aw man Astral, I was all psyched up for it and everything...I reckon it could have been awesome!!!
Downer man. Obviously it's your RP to do with as you will, but it's a shame....I was majorly looking forward to this.
Wraith
Same here
But...it's your Rp.
