INTRO

“Welcome to Deer Mountain State Park!

Our humble resort area is located in rugged mountains that rise from the west bank of the Hudson River. The park features a large play field, shaded picnic groves, lake and river fishing access, a swimming pool, Trailside Museums and Zoo, hiking, biking and cross-country ski trails. An outdoor rink is open to ice skaters from late October through mid-March. The Dickins Memorial Tower Deer Mountain affords spectacular views of the historic mountainside, and a must visit for potential visitors. Dickins Memorial Drive and Tower are open from April through late November, weather permitting of course.

The Merry-Go-Round at Bear Mountain State Park features hand painted scenes of the park an 42 hand carved seats of native animals including black bear, wild turkey, deer, raccoon, skunk, Canada goose, fox, swan, bobcat, rabbit and more!

Our availiable Lodges include:

Deer Mountain Inn
Effortless hospitality with a spin of mountainside elegance and all the comforts of home are exactly what you will find at the Historic Deer Mountain Inn. Built in 1915, renovations (completed in early 2012) have breathed this picturesque property back to life. The Deer Mountain Inn is truly the 'feather in the cap' of the Paridise Parks. As of right now the historic Deer Mountain Inn is home to 15 guest rooms that combine the best of its rustic heritage with plush comforts in a beautiful setting.
All the Extras at Deer Mountain Inn:

• Fifteen (15) Deluxe Guestrooms and Suites


• Plush Bedding and Linens


• 32" Television with Satellite TV


• Complimentary Local Calls and Wake-up Calls


• Complimentary WiFi High-Speed Internet Access


• Complimentary Parking


• Complimentary Business Center


• Iron and Ironing Board, Hair Dryer, MP3 Alarm Clock


• Convenient to all that Deer Mountain State Park offers

Overlook Lodge
The 24 standard guestrooms of Overlook Lodge at Deer Mountain, NY, are a hiker's dream or a honeymooner's delight - featuring a rustic comfort that allows you to enjoy the countryside and truly become one with the mountain. Relax fireside in the lobby which boasts fabulous panoramic views of the Hudson River or retreat to the peace of your Overlook Lodge guestroom that has a perfect combination of calm serenity and upscale perks that include plush bedding, 32" television and kitchenette with microwave, refrigerator and wet bar with coffeemaker.
Accommodations at the Scenic Overlook Lodge:

• Accommodations with either one (1) King bed or two (2) Double beds


• Plush Bedding and Linens


• 32" Television with Satellite TV


• Workspace with Complimentary WiFi High-Speed Internet Access


• Complimentary Local Calls and Wake-up Calls


• Complimentary Parking


• Kitchenette with Microwave, Refrigerator and Coffeemaker


• Iron and Ironing Board, Hair Dryer, MP3 Alarm Clock


• Rollaway Beds Available upon Request


• Convenient to all that Deer Mountain State Park offers

Stone Cottages
Traditional Stone Cottages are perfect for anyone looking for a rustic, mountain cabin experience. Go 'off the grid' for family vacations, wedding parties, or someone just wanting the authentic state park experience. Each of our four stone cottages is complete with a cozy front porch and a common living area with wood-burning fireplace, microwave, mini-refrigerator and dry bar. The common area connects six individual guest rooms that each have a queen-size bed, private bath, and 32" television. Reserve one bedroom or the entire cottage. Each Cottage is ADA Accessible. NOTE: Leave your laptops at home - there is no WIFI access in our cottages, and there is no land-line phone service in the cottages.
Rustic Comfort in our Cottages:

• Six (6) Bedrooms per Cottage - each bedroom with One (1) Queen Bed


• Plush Bedding and Linens


• 32" Television with Satellite TV


• Wood-Burning Fireplace (seasonal) and Front Porch


• Complimentary Parking


• Iron and Ironing Board, Hair Dryer, MP3 Alarm Clock


• Convenient to all that Deer Mountain State Park offers


• NO WiFi, and NO phone service “

Police Chief Lawrence Chambers took one look at the brochure given to him by a distraught looking journalist just hours earlier. “Please sir you HAVE GOT TO SHUT DOWN THIS PARK.” the poor man had begged him, tears welling up inside his eyes. He had a look of someone who had gone through hell and back.

“I'm sorry sir I can't simply shut down or restrict access to a national park.” Especially a historic one. It would take time and effort to convince the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation that such a thing was even necessary. First of all, he's need proof of the journalist's concerns. He doubted that the OPRHP would ever believe that anything within Deer Mountain was haunted, let alone that there's an entire village hidden within its borders that has gone overlooked for decades.

'Give me a break' he had thought during the guy's testament, twirling a snowglobe idly between his fingers as the man described a tower that only appeared at the stroke of midnight.

“Sir where is exactly is this village?” the Police chief asked the journalist who had then promptly taken out a map of the park. “Right there!”



The man was pointing to a blank area underneath Pond Drive. It was a large area filled with nothing but trees, possibly around 600 acres wide. There were a frew trails that ran through that area, four to be exact, maybe more. He hadn't heard of anyone running into a ghost village while hiking. He was certain the man was full of it. The man was pointing out certain things to him, like the two hills where the two most powerful families in the area stood rule. He was also insistent on that stupid tower of his.

“Sopor's Clock. See?” the man pointed at a building that was marked out next to a railroad track.

“That's where the nightmares happen. Whenever it appears the nightmares- they come to life. It's evil!”

That was about the time Chambers ordered the man to leave, before asking for a nice cup of joe to quell his aching head. Who knew where the poor journalist was now. Probably some psychiatrist, or something. Lord knows he could use a psychiatrist.

Still, he couldn't deny he heard of people disappearing on those trails. The park had blocked public access on them tons of times in the past. Yet there was never any indication of a hidden village or clocktower. They always assumed that it was dangerous wildlife attacking hikers that weren't properly prepared or ignored safety precautions. Or some animals just managed to find their way on trails that were previously thought of as safe. Anything could happen on those trails really. The Park Rangers did whatever they could to insure the safety of hunters, hikers, and campers alike. As the saying goes, “nobody's perfect”.

But why couldn't he shake the feeling that something fishy was going on in Deer Mountain?

PREMISE

“Welcome to Deer Mountain State Park!”

Perhaps you had looked over the brochure hundreds of times before finally deciding to dial the reservation number. Perhaps you were excited, or perhaps you were nervous. Perhaps you were planning a nice camping trip with your friends, or a nice hunting trip with your son, or a nice honeymoon with your new husband. Perhaps you just wanted to escape. Perhaps you needed time to figure your life out. Perhaps you just need inspiration.

For whatever reason, you found yourself at Deer Mountain State Park. You had many expectations, many worries, many fears. You put those behind you. After all, you just want to enjoy yourself. The staff of Deer Mountain warmly welcome you, their smiles plastered on their faces. You can't tell whether they are honestly happy to see you, or were made to do this for all their customers. The front desk at the accommodation of your choice handed you your keys, and you go to your room without any difficulty.

Absolutely nothing was going to go wrong.

But while you have heard many good things about the mountain, you have also heard terrible stories about disappearances along the trails that lead off the turnpike. Hikers would just go out missing, never to be found again, with no hint as to where they were last. They had to close off such trails a number of times, writing the disappearances off as wild animal attacks. Possibly bears. It was plausible, nobody could argue that bears were becoming a huge problem in New York. Still, you couldn't shake the feeling that there was something more to those stories. No matter how you may have felt about the disappearances, something inside of you actually wanted to take the trails, and find out what had truly happened.

The curiosity was too strong to resist.

CS

Name:
Age: (As long as you're not like five or a hundred years old I don't really care. Just be wary that you'll be paying for your lodgings so you have to be of the age where you can have a stable job and such)
Gender: (Male, Female, Transgender, Agender, Genderqueer?)
Sexuality: (Gay, Straight, Bisexual, Pansexual, Asexual?)
Job: (Should be a stable job, preferably your character's career)
Appearance: (A picture is fine, so long as there's a short description along with it of any special details that may not be covered by your image of choice)
Personality: (Be descriptive! I expect a lot of detail! What's your character's likes? Dislikes? Hopes and fears?)
Background: (What made your character who they are today? Anything happen in their life that they regret? Anything they want to change or wish hadn't happened? What makes it hard for them to sleep at night? What memories keep them going?)
Accommodations: This will be given to you by moi, based off of your character's job description.
Quirks: (Little abnormalities that makes your character unique. Or things that they do to keep themselves calm.)
Theme: (Theme song. For fun.)

NPC CS (Max amount of NPCs is 4)
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Relationship to Character:

THE CAST

CS

Name: Olive Bishop

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Job: Music Teacher at Brookfield Elementary

Appearance:

Olive's most obvious features are either her strange gaze which never quite makes eye contact (she's fairly obviously blind) or her out of style, mismatched clothes (which are another clue if you didn't pick up on her disability right away). Olive is also on the short side and a little frail looking, though in reality she's hardly helpless.

Personality: Five words to describe Olive would be: Naive, Kind, Frugal, Gullible and Impulsive. Despite being born blind, Olive's always been a country girl at heart, having grown up on a farm and spent most summers camping with her dad and brother. Getting messy or living on a tight budget are all things she can deal with. The only times she really gets uncomfortable are when she's alone or in situations out of her social and economical boundaries. The former comes from being lost in the woods for a couple days on her own when she was 8, and the latter is simply from not knowing what to do around classy and elegant people. Being lost is right up there in fears along with drowning and accidentally falling off a cliff, but the last two are probably unlikely. In her free time when she isn't teaching, Olive loves to cook (which she's terrible at) or read trashy mystery novels (in braille of course). The mystery novels have been fueling her overactive imagination lately.

Background: Olive's mother left when she was 5. It was obvious that trying to take care of a blind child was more than she had signed up for. One day she took a few things while they were all asleep and never came back. That abandonment is Olive's biggest regret, often making her hate the thing about herself she can never change. Though, things weren't so bad after that. Olive was always very close to her father and brother and they took great care of her, encouraging her to pursue her passion of music and to go to school, even learning to live on her own. No matter what happened, Olive felt confident that if she tried her best, she would either succeed or at the very least still have her family supporting her, so there was never much fear in her life. This changed two weeks ago when her father passed away from a stroke. It rocked her world and all she wanted was to get away from day-to-day life. Her brother suggested they go camping like they used to when they were little, so Jason packed up his jeep and they took off for Deer Mountain State Park.

Accommodations:

Quirks: Blind with a lack of social boundaries pretty much sums up Olive. Maybe it's that she gets away with more since no one seems to want to scold her, but regardless, Olive speaks her mind and is a bit too friendly with complete strangers. She's a bit like a stray dog starved for affection who will try to befriend anyone and everyone she comes across.

Theme: ? (not sure what this means)

NPC CS
Name: Jason Bishop
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Relationship to Character: Brother

Accepted :> You don't see many blind characters, especially ones that are schoolteachers, so I look forward to seeing how you play her! Also, the "Theme" portion refers to a theme song for your character :) Just for fun of course, you don't have to have a theme if you don't want to.

I'll be sending you your character's accommodation right before the RP starts. :)

Sorry this took me so long; got called into work. I love all the work that's been put into this OOC. :)

Name: Zachery Travers
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Asexual
Job: Librarian

Appearance: (I hope a description is fine by itself; I hate trying to find pictures) Zach is a tall, lanky man who could easily be described as bony. His facial features, especially his nose, are sharp and aquiline. It would be accurate to describe his nose as a beak, and if you did he would probably agree with you. This contrasts with his medium length curly auburn hair which is almost always an unstyled mess. He also has blue eyes and long thin fingers, which are almost always cold. Zach makes it a priority to dress neat, usually wearing dark slacks, dress shirts and his favorite black duffle coat.

Personality: Zachery is child-like in nearly every way. He has a serious love of anything fun that extends to outdoor activities like hiking and sports, (though he is abysmal at sports) and indoor activities like board games or even crafts. He will do anything except watch television. Zach's general manner walks the line between childish and flat out immature; it wouldn't be odd to hear him giggling like a girl or blowing a raspberry. It's not in his nature to talk seriously about anything. Though he loves acting silly he wont stoop to pranks because he knows that people's feelings get hurt. He is an entirely different person when he is at work, however. At the library he is quiet, studious and entirely task-focused. Zach is also very pliable and can be easily convinced to do just about anything with no questions asked. Appropriately, he has a fear of the dark despite being an adult. It is a fear that he never grew out of and only got worse as he got older. He is not a person of the world and is often amazed by sights that well traveled people would call trivial. In general, he is friendly with most people and wants to be liked, though he can be selfish at times. He also loves the outdoors and likes to sketch as an amateur hobby.

Background: Zachery grew up in upstate New York's suburbs with his adopted family; his two parents Jack and Marsha, and his sister Angela. His adoption was never a secret. His parents told him once he was old enough and they were a healthy happy family. Zach never found out who his real parents were and he never wanted to know, just thinking about why they would have given him up would depress and anger him. Besides, his adopted parents were good to him, so he never gave his biological parents a second thought. School was different however, and throughout his entire education he was singled out and teased because of his gangly frame and his lack of a dating life. He took solace in books and piano lessons, and although he was good at playing, he never really continued past high school. Zach was quiet in school and wild at home. In college he met his best friend Brian Hanson, and the two became roommates soon after that. After college training he became a librarian for a public library and has been there for two years. A week ago Zachery received a letter informing him that his biological parents were killed in a car accident. The shock of finding out who his real parents were at the same time hearing about their death was trying, so Brian convinced Zach to let him tag along on a vacation to Deer Mountain.

Accommodations:

Quirks: Zach can't help but fidget when he gets bored, and will unconsciously tap his fingers in a piano playing motion when he has to sit still for a long time. He never reads during the daytime, only before bed, though this might be an excuse to leave the light on for as long as possible. The stress of the past week has led to him leaving the light on at all times instead of just when he's reading. Zach also doesn't deal with anger and fights well, and tends to either shut down mentally or hide in a different room.

Theme Song

NPC CS
Name: Brian Hanson
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Relationship to Character: Best friend and housemate

CS:



I will correct any typos and grammar issues later. And I also want to say that I really like the vibe of this rp.

What's the status of this rp?

Not a clue.

sam40books havent been active in 3 weeks so I guess this is a no go.

:( Too bad, I liked this one