[OOC] The Impossible City

[Banba]

we are now closed, sorry

Arom, an ancient city on the very edge of the sea, filled with wonders and magic. Merchants traveled from all directions, bringing goods from across the dessert to the west, the sea on the east. The dangerous marshlands to the north produced the most expensive and exquisite fruits and plants, while the frozen tundra's to the south brought strange meats and pelts of savage beasts, covered in amazing markings and colours. This isn't to mention the goods brought in from other dimensions. The sea was so close; the city was part of it, the streets surrounding strips of water, boats used as passage in exchange for the horses, mounts and automobiles many other cities sported. All manner of people live and travel through Arom, sharing secrets and exchanging stories. It is a friendly city, one where strange folk could find sanctuary from the dangerous minds of the rest of the globe. A city where the space was thin, and the worlds collided. A plethora of wonders inhabit the city, and it's known for its rare items. the city is a crossing point from all the relms, all the galaxies, all the worlds. with this being so, every imagnitable thing can be found in at one time or another in Arom. The city welcomes you, and its people wish you a good time.

A sandbox roleplay where the characters are inhabitants in the city, each day an adventure of it's own.

Some things to consider:
•Arom, the city, is based visually off Venice. (I'll have some pictures up for visual aid in a bit)
•With the city being so varied, your character can be of any race imaginable.
•Arom has no specific authority or goverment. There are police, but the crimes are few and far between.

~Rules~
1. No god-moding.
2. Don't make overpowered characters
3. No killing other characters without their expressed permission
4. Romance is great, but lets keep it PG
5. Swearing is alowed, but don't go overboard.
4. I make mistakes. If you see one that bothers you, tell me. I'll try my best to fix the situation.
6. I am alowed to ban you from the roleplay, but I only will if you break the rules enough.
7. I am a scatterbrain, so I am alowed to add rules, since I probably forgot some.
8 maximum of two characters per player.

Character Sheet!
Name:
Age:
Race:
Looks: (picture or discription, doesn't matter. As long as we get what you look like.)
Personality:
Short bio:
Other:

[Banba]

Name: Moe Wickens
Age: 18
Race: Not Quite human- not quites are mutations on the original race. They look like the race does, and act like it does, but have a quality that is beyond their race's ability. Most Not Quites don't even realize what they are, assuming their ability as extraordinary luck and practice.
Looks:



Personality: quiet and reserved, Moe doesn't speak much. She lives inside her head, and will ovten trail off in coversations, looking blankly ahead. When her interest is caught by someone, however, she'll open up to them, almost becoming outgoing around them. She is slow to anger, and will let insults directed towards her roll off her. But when another is ridiculed, she will become feirce and protective.
Short bio: Her pen name Hannah Talons is common in the city, as she is known for writing stories and books that captivates the readers. She realized when she was very young that she was a Not Quite, her extra ability bing that of words and writing. Fearing ridicule of her mutated state, Moe kept quiet about it, and started using a pen name for her writings. She now lives alone in the heart of the city, a small three story house, the attic being her bedroom and where she spends the most time writing.
Other: Moe speaks with an Australian accent.

[LetterA]

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[Gabriel Evings]

Name:Toby Teichi
Age:18
Race:Human
Looks:

Toby

Personality:Caring and compassionate. Odd in sensibilities, tends to refer to objects as living entities. Believes that all things have a soul.
Short bio: Toby was never popular with the people of his village. His parents left the village when he was a young boy, leaving him behind. Worse still he had a tendency to refer to objects as living things had made sure that there was no way he could fit in to normal society. However despite the backlash in his unusual habit, he kept on. This was because Toby had a secret, he could see the spirits that were held in all objects and people. There was no outstanding difference in the spirits of the living despite what many had preached to him.

One day after the town bullies had chased him down for food that was given to him by the elder, he encountered something he had never seen in his short life. A small man with a large nose picking bugs and mushrooms from the ground and eating them. When approached the creature was shocked, it was incredibly rare for a human to be able to see a spirit, even a Gnome who was more in tune with the natural world than any other spirit. He explained that while all living things have a soul, all souls have a spirit to shape, guide, and protect them. This was when Toby found his true calling, asking for guidance the gnome taught him about the land of the spirits and each spirits purpose. In learning such things it wasn't long before the Gnome, Loess, began introducing him to other spirits and with time he befriended them as well.

Now with the spirits of fire, water, earth, and air at his side he sets off to meet even more spirits to find out just what their purpose is and why he can see them.
Other: Traveling with him are the invisible spirits: Loess the gnome, Pyre the Salamander, Isobar the Fairy, and Inlet the Nymph.

[cerozer0]

Name:
Kai Lycoris

Age:
Died at nineteen so... Nineteen?

Race:
Possessed Doll:
A porcelain doll that is being controlled by a dead spirit. Their mouths do not move when they speak and they always seem to move as if they were robotic. The longer the spirit stays in a doll, though, the more control they gain. While breathing and eating are not a problem, their bodies are very frail and break easily, and if the key (item being used as the doll's pseudo soul, somewhat connected to the owner of said item) is taken away or broken the spirit looses all control of their doll body and are stuck for eternity in an unmoving shell. If the key is returned or fixed, then the body is once again given life. Kai's key is one of Jonah's old rings

Looks:
Kai is a girl of unnatural beauty, which would make sense because she actually just a ball jointed doll. Her skin is the cleanest of porcelain, kept that way by her own constant tidiness, and is quite easy to blemish and crack. Her hair is extremely long, reaching down to her knees if not tied up, and is usually fashioned in twin tails to keep out of the way. She has a round face, small lips, and large, fathomless, black eyes. Being a doll, she often has trouble moving and must stretch and oil her joints daily. Her mouth also doesn't move when she talks, though it is very possible for her to make expressions. Stands at about 5 feet and weighs 80lbs, and she often wears whatever is available to her (which is, more times then not, very ornate dresses).

Personality:
A fiery, hard-working girl, Kai has no time for anyone or anything. She has a very sharp tongue and is well known for her clever insults and slight wit (which is mostly used to craft stupid plans and even stupider puns). Kai is sarcastic, cynical, and prideful, having an ego the size of a whale and a bite as sharp as nails. Even though she is somewhat of a bitch, though, Kai can be considerably sweet and loyal to the people she trusts, and has a soft spot for kids and older folk, often going out of her way to make sure that they won't have any trouble from the more annoying trash of the human(oid) race. A skilled liar, Kai has no problem telling large scale lies to get out of trouble, and is a rather sneaky individual, especially around rare items and money. Despite her frail appearance she is actually very strong, and if not for her jerky, hard to move body she would be quite feared for her punches and kicks. Kind of an idiot.

Short Bio:
A ruthless thief in her past life, Kai died as she lived, in the middle of a huge heist with her hands wrapped around someone's throat. A spear to the neck and stomach, a final smirk, and then darkness, that was all she remembered. Kai was never a good girl, her entire life was spent on the streets, beating people for money and stealing food and shelter was just the way of living for her. Death was always looming over her shoulder, and she had been prepared for it after she had killed another man at the age of fourteen. Years of torture was expected, an eternity in hell was her destiny... At least... Until someone called her back.

Now, ghosts are a tricky subject. Some go to heaven, some go to hell, and some hang around Earth with too many regrets to pass on. There are numerous ways to pull the dead back, and Kai just so happened to get sucked into one of them. She had felt it first, a sudden pulling where her chest should be, and then she was tugged straight out of Hell and into the quietest place possible. One second she was surrounded by stars and silence, her ghostly flesh still scorched from the hellfire, and the next she was sitting in a cold room with another man. Her body wouldn't move, as if it were made of lead, and the man stared at her with expectant eyes. After a long moment of confusion, Kai finally yells out,

"Where the HELL am I?"

Over the year(s) she spent with the man named Jonah, Kai eventually got used to her new body, much more fragile body. She was put to work as a potion-stirrer and odd jobs working, often running around to do errands for the pervert while he scams as many people as he can. She has grown accustomed to the ways of the city, and finds enjoyment in taking walks by the waterways and playing with the children who inhabit the sidewalks and alleyways.

Other:
- Has the power to lift at least three wooden crates with one hand.
- Hates to get dirty.
- Cannot read.
- Cannot swim.
- Owner: Jonah

[Banba]

Nice characters guys, all are accepted! :)

[LetterA]

so when is this party getting started???

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Is this okay?

Kido

Name: Kido Järvinen Vanhanen
Age: 16
Race:

Chibi-shifter

– this character has the ability to turn into a real-life chibi. While in chibi form, a lot of natural laws of physics and such do not always apply the same way to the character, allowing them to prevent injury and accomplish some feats normally unattainable by humans (Within reason, of course. He can’t survive absolutely anything, nor can he fire lasers or levitate without an appropriate explanation). This comes with its own set of problems, however, such as being too short to reach many objects or places; being small enough to be easily picked up, tossed around, or trapped under medium-sized objects (or on top of large objects); being mistaken for a plush toy; and other comedic difficulties. The character retains the same strength in both forms.

Looks:

Kido

Normal Form – Almost shoulder-length auburn hair, dark brown eyes, slightly short for the average 16-year-old boy
Chibi Form – About 7.5 inches tall, with the same basic features, but simplified into a smaller size and less proportionate shape.

Personality: Very cheerful, optimistic character. He is happy with both physical and artistic activities, even if he is not exactly “first pick” material for either. He really likes painting, and is actually fairly decent, although almost all of his paintings tend to reflect his childish nature. He alternates between wearing girl’s clothes and boy’s clothes, depending on what he feels comfortable in that day.

Short bio: Kido arrived in Arom with Felice one day with only a little memory of who he was. For a while, Felice had to translate even what he was saying since he could only remember his native language when he first arrived. He’s slowly starting to remember who he is, though, and does not always need to be translated for anymore.

Other: He lives with Felice, who he claims is either his “best friend” or his “cousin.” If you ask Felice, though, he will gladly tell you differently. Kido also seems to know the conditions of Felice’s “doll curse,” but getting the information out of him is oddly difficult.

I'll have Felice's up soon as well. I just have to finish the edits.

[BlackCat]

Name
Demogorgon "Demo"

Age
Unknown

Race
Demon

Personality
Demo is quick to act and doesn't trust anyone. She doesn't talk much, but gives off the aura of an ice queen. She tends to hold grudges and is quite violent. The sword that she carries at her hip is her most prized possession, and will not hesitate to kill someone if it is stolen. Demo has an unnatural amount of strength that does no help in meeting new people as she has a short temper. However her sword is not her only weapon as her nails are extremely sharp and long and are her first choice of weapon if annoyed.

Short Bio
Demo has lived in Arom for quite a long time. Owning a home that is most commonly known as 'The House of the Demon'. Not many people have actually seen Demo in person as she isn't very social and most people tend to avoid her. However, Demo does her part for the town by creating trinkets, jewelry, and other metal objects. She has been making these items and selling them for quite some time, since finding out that she is quite good at blacksmithing. Her home is on top of a hill, but she has a little shop at the bottom of the hill called 'The Wicked Den' which sells her items. The shop works with a system of you grab the item you want and leave the money on the desk, where Demo's highly trained black cat picks up the money.

Other
- Owner of The Wicked Den
- Has a pet black cat who is highly trained
- Constantly wears armor
- Wears a metal Collar

[Banba]

Both new characters are accepted!

Sorry, I was busy for a few days. I'll leave the rp open until tonight, when I'll have a post up. As for posting order, I don't particularly care, as long as you wait until two others have posted before going again. Keeps a nice pace for everyone.

[soph]

uh
i have a thing
but i dunno a race
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[soph]

wip

Name: Leigh Trussell.
Age: 20.
Race: Human.
Personality:
She is very, very quick to trust people, even if their first impression is terrible. She likes to think that people aren't terrible at first, because maybe 'they're in a bad mood!' or something else. With being very quick to trust, she is also incredibly loyal to people that she trusts.

With this too, she is also a bit of a night owl. Lots of the time, she cannot sleep, and this is when you see her outside, adventuring. She is also very adventurous, something she got since there was 'nothing to do at night' besides sleep, apparently. With being sleep-deprived and trusting people easily, these are probably two major flaws. One is; for being sleep-deprived, she can also fall asleep at any time, and the other is that, well, she trusts to easily. That should say the most about her massive flaws.

She likes to be polite to new people as well, as kind of told before. And she tries to act...I dunno, normal. Not sound incredibly tired 24/7, because then she'd sound uninterested and rude! And that is no good. But, yeah.

Something expected is just her fun loving personality. She likes fun. And adventure, which are two things that go...really well together, actually. She likes, uh, funny and lighthearted jokes. Maybe because she's too stupid to understand crude humor.

Short bio: Let us see. She was part of an, uh, traveling 'group.' And by 'group,' it was essentially just her and her family. They weren't poor, they just really wanted to see...places. And an effect of this went into her older years, because she ended up staying late. Sometimes for lookout, sometimes because they had to travel even longer. Hell, she even has some momentos from the trips. They went to places like small, scattered villages;


To even resting near mountains, where they would hike. But, this was soon proving to cause strain and such things for their family. And then there may be unsuspected poison ivy, that happened often. So, they decided to settle down somewhere.

They tried a small village, but for their large-ish family, it was really hard. So, they tried a city. This city. And it worked out perfectly. But, soon it was too much space.

Starting with the father, the family, naturally started decreasing. Then, there was the mother, actually dying fairly young, the two. Then, the only cousin that came with them, when our girl was in her teens over here. The cousin was the last, though, since that was when she was in her teens, and she's essentially an adult now.

So, she still lives in the huge house that they settled in with her younger brother.
Other: - Apparently she has a bit of a brother complex, due to the situations she is in. Like, not 'oh I love my brother so muuuuch' bad, but they're, like, best buds.

[Grothnor]

Question: Would a sci-fi character be appropriate in this thread? I feel the need to ask, considering the RP is being populated with anime/fantasy themed characters.

[Banba]

Yes! Please go ahead! Variety is perfect. :)

[Banba]

Yes! Please go ahead! Variety is perfect. :)

[Grothnor]

Cool, I'll get to work on my CS.

Aaand done.

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Name: Raymond Skalter

Age: 184

Race: Human

Looks:

Raymond

Hoverbot

Personality: Raymond is quite friendly to most everyone, and despises people who can't use their manners. He is a rather serious person, but can get quite excited. He enjoys learning about new things, so his stay in Arom has been quite enjoyable; every day is a learning experience.

Short bio: Ray is an employee of TechroCorporation, and has worked for them for over a century. They have provided him several replacement organs, including an artificial voicebox after an incident that Ray doesn't like talking about. If asked, he will say that he is an engineer for TechroCorp, but won't speak much about the company, claiming a lack of knowledge, which is half-true.
Ray is in Arom to oversee the TechroCorp trading post in the city of Arom, which has turned out to be a rather boring job. Raymond is the only person assigned to the Arom Trading Post, so there is nobody he really knows. Though Raymond finds many things that interest him, he only purchases things that interest TechroCorp, which means advanced technology. TechroCorp has sent several thousand platinum ingots for Ray to trade with, but platinum is not a terribly valuable mineral in Arom, and it is rare for someone to come through who will buy the platinum for a decent price, so Ray often spends weeks doing nothing in terms of official business. Any communication with Techrocorp takes about one month to get to its destination, and another month for a reply, so Ray is quite out of touch with things back at TechroCorp.
Regardless of his lack of work, Ray enjoys his posting and will often take courier jobs or work involving heavy lifting to make ends meet.

Other: Though physically frail, he possesses an armored exoskeleton which helps him move around and perform considerable acts of strength. He is armed with a pistol, though he rarely, if ever, uses it, and a Tech Staff, which possess a variety of tools for various uses, the most notable of which is a chain-axe. He also has a TechroCorp Hoverbot, which can carry up to 200 pounds of cargo, and is equipped with a shock gun as a non-lethal deterrent and defense. It possesses a lethal mode, but it has been deactivated by Raymond for the duration of his stay in Arom.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Felice

Name: Felice

Age: “Seventeen.” He says.

Race: “Human.” He says.

Looks: (I’ll have a picture up later, but I’m drawing still drawing it.)
A little short for his age, though at least a couple of centimeters taller than Kido. Light blue hair that goes halfway to his shoulders and bright amber eyes.

Personality: A bit sarcastic and slightly cynical, at least on the outside. Although he seems difficult to reach out to, he is secretly a very caring individual and fiercely loyal to his friends. He has a tendency to do nice things for people at random as an apology for being rude, which happens fairly often since he also tends to run his mouth without thinking. Felice does not ever admit to these intentions of repentance, though, and gets flustered if caught in the act.
He likes spicy foods and puns, though he would never admit to the second one. He would admit to being a bit of a pyromaniac, though…

Short bio: Felice was part of a performance troupe when he was younger, but they all disappeared under some very odd circumstances. Although the details after that seem a bit blurry to him, he remembers finding Kido and travelling with him for a while before arriving in Arom.

He always comments on how weird Kido is, but seems to genuinely care about his well-being despite the fact that he doesn’t even fully know what their relationship is.

Other:
-Felice is under what he calls a “doll curse. ” The curse he refers to turns him into a completely lifeless puppet between the hours of midnight and noon. He’s pretty sure that’s not all it does, but he currently has no proof, and Kido’s not dropping many hints.
-Kido seems to know more about it than him, though. He adamantly denies Kido’s claims of being his “best friend” or “cousin,” but he does live with him.
-He’s a street performer.

[soph]

Finished my charry.

[soph]

second one

"I have, about, 5 names. Maybe 6. If you can figure out what I mean, then you are probably a genius. Or you know how to use common sense.


Name: Quin Thrussell.
Age: 23-ish.
Race: Human.
Personality: He isn't quite the-uh- polar opposite of his sister. In fact, some traits they have seem to be consistent trough their family. Mostly the staying up late. That's a bit recent in their family, though.

He isn't as sleep-deprived and adventurous as his sister. In fact, you could say that's something that didn't...pass on? He doesn't have that, he could say. Usually, what he calls a jolly good time is staying in his room, drawing something for one of his aliases. Oh, and he has different personalities he gets past in his drawings.

Another one of his aliases is a nature-lover. One that loves peace, and draws peaceful things. This shows in his normal life, too. In fact, he is very much a peace lover, and doesn't like fights. He is probably a lot of a pacifist.

This same alias also draws people at peace. Gigantic empires, cities, put into one simple drawing. Not at war, just lots of people on the streets chatting in these pictures. This is probably the case for most of this city, and most likely the inspiration.

And there are others that probably will be revealed later.
Short bio: This bio is the same as his sisters, except he took an early interest in nature and drawing. He liked to draw with his few supplies he got from his family's travels. They weren't detailed very much, but they were a thing. A very good thing, actually.

As they settled in this city, his drawings got much, much more detailed, due to more inspiration from the city. Then, he thought that he could make money off of this.

And he did.

He decided that he would have many aliases, since his...'fans' may not like the suddent change. So, it would be much better to have different faces, to avoid the type of 'its not the same' complaints. He also has one where he expresses anger and sadness in his drawings, when he was in deep depression. Such as, family members dying and other things.
Other: He has a sketchbook he likes to carry around.

[MonkeyBusiness]

Name: Theo "Wizard" Sven
Age: 23
Race: Human
Looks:
Personality: Theo is an outgoing person who enjoys being with people a lot of the time but can also enjoy the company of just his golems in his workshop. He is driven by money most of the time and will do almost anything within reason for the right amount. He can get lost in thought sometimes as people find him to be a scatter minded person who can easy forget what he is doing outside his workshop.
Short bio: Theo grew up in a caravan that traveled in the far west of Arom which brought rare good to and from the west to Arom. The Sven family traveled with the caravan as part of the entertainment part of the caravan while the others sold their merchandise the Sven's used their pasted down knowledge of techno-alchemy to dazzle crowds with works of mechanical golems powered by magic, as well as their ability to transform lead into gold. When the family secrets were passed down to Theo, the young man was only fifteen but he has already seen that techno-alchemy could be used for more than just cheap entertainment and started to make plans to settle down and create a business around selling his skills to others who could pay for his abilities. It took another 4 years before the caravan finally made its way to Arom which was where Theo saw his opportunity to make a living for himself away from his family who gave him their blessing as well as a large amount of money so that he could start his business. Theo opened up the business under the name Golem's For You,which had a specialty for selling of robotic golems for manual labor but the business also sold chemial ointments and other useful items.
Other:
- Techno-Alchemist
- has a golden robotic left arm which is powered by magic

Sorry, if the personality is a bit lacking. I like to built them up on the move.