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[b]Welcome to Pine Hollow, Oregon![/b] [/center]

Pine Hollow is in many ways a quintessential small town. Everyone knows everyone, they're usually in each other's business a little [i]too[/i] much, and no one ever really leaves. It's the kind of town where you're born, you're grow up, and you die. The town itself is beautiful, if not a little remote. There's only one road leading out to the highway, and the town is surrounded on all sides by dense forests. Fortunately, this gives the town a buffer between itself and the rest of the world. 

In this universe, monsters, paranormal entities, supernatural beings, and cryptids are uncommon, but still [i]very[/i] real. Big cities are havens for vampires and the occasional ghost or gremlin, but are usually mostly human-populated. Supernatural beings that have more trouble blending in than the usual werewolf and mothman tend to live on the fringes of society, though there are few exceptions -- four towns, in total -- of communities that are at least half-supernatural. Pine Hollow is one.

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So, let's get right down to it! Characters will be members of [i]Pine Hollow Supernatural Investigation[/i], a run-of-the-mill paranormal investigations team that does everything from exorcisms to trapping chupacabras. As the requirement for a position with the company is a six-month training course and a high school degree, characters will [sub](hopefully!)[/sub]  come from many different backgrounds.

I'll have more information tomorrow! Sorry about the bare-bones Interest Check, trying to roll this out as quickly as possible so that the OP of the original interest check doesn't get flooded with notifications for a RP he's not really feeling anymore.

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[u][b]Name[/b][/u]
First, middle, last. A nickname they go by replaces their first name and is in quotes.
[u][b]Age[/b][/u]
Self-explanatory. If they age differently than humans, give an approximation of their age in relation to their species.
[u][b]Gender[/b][/u]
Self-explanatory.
[u][b]Species[/b][/u]
Though we don't have to have a cast filled with horror icons, try to stick with a recognizable species.
[u][b]Appearance[/b][/u]
Whether or not you have a picture, this should be about a paragraph. Include style of dress, differences between themselves and the norm for the species, etc.
[u][b]Personality[/b][/u]
One to two paragraphs is fine for this.
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[b]Being Human[/b]: A cast of classic hammer-horror characters struggling getting by on a day-to-day basis is a core theme of the RP, so it moves to the top of the inspiration list.

[b]Supernatural[/b]: Think early supernatural, before it got all biblical and shit. Our characters should not be as cool as the Winchesters, but it's fair to assume they'd be as well prepared.

[b]Gravity Falls[/b]: A universe that has gnomes and little green men [i]iand[/i] terrifying demons and horrorterrors? Check!

[b]Buffy the Vampire Slayer[/b]: The reason Buffy isn't higher on the inspirations list than Supernatural is because Buffy is sometimes [i]too[/i] cheesy. On another hand, now seems an opportune moment to mention that we can definitely focus on subplots unrelated to supernatural shenanigans in the same way as BtVS.

[b]Welcome to Night Vale[/b]: Don't worry, we're probably not gonna get that strange. Main takeaway here is that the town is fundamentally [i]weird[/i], and will have a "cast" of regularly appearing NPCs representing various degrees of the supernatural.

[b]In The Flesh[/b]: The same original theme of "supernatural folk getting by", but also, drama about things that don't pertain to their supernatural characteristics. I don't just want to see werewolves, I want to see [i]werewolves struggling with alimony payments[/i]. 

[b]X-Files[/b]: Because the answer to any given question has an equal likeliness of being "demons" or "cryptids". Though I'd like to stray away from aliens for the most part, I wouldn't object to a stranded grey alien in our ranks, if that's your thing.
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Here's the [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/90014-pine-hollow-nightcall/ooc]OOC[/url]