Hey everyone..! Sorry it has taken me so long to respond; I was house-sitting this weekend, and as it was the last day, I needed to tidy things up before leaving. Now that I'm at home, I can address everything that you guys have brought up :'3

First of all... [@POOHEAD189]; the roleplay is going to begin with the plane crash, and our characters trying to get out of the water and to shelter (the lighthouse). If I do my job correctly, and you're all happy with what I'm doing, then our characters will be able to experience the world of all three of the Bioshock games- yes, all three. I will be bringing Columbia into this roleplay as well.

Also, I'm not sure if it's just me, but I've noticed that the 50's theme is creeping into the characters that are being made; while I love it, I just want to remind you all that this roleplay is set in modern times for us, with Rapture stuck, frozen in the 50's. I have tried to explain this while answering some questions posed to me in the interest check; but in case you missed both the questions and the responses, I have collected them, and popped them into the hider below for everyone to have a look at if they want to..! :'3

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[b][color=Cyan]Is it safe to assume our OCs will be heralding from the surface? And if so under what premise do they go to Rapture? How far in the future or past or Rapture will we be RPing? Is it Pre-Jack? Post-Jack? I'm assuming Jack is involved in this since he is in the characters section, so what kind of role does he play, or is that secret?[/color][/b]

You are, indeed, correct in your assumption that our characters will be coming from the surface world into Rapture- much like the first game, this will be done on by them crashing into the ocean during a plane ride from America to England. One of the eight characters will have ties to Andrew Ryan in some way, shape or form, and will be the one who causes the crash landing the group in Rapture; however, no one in the group will know who it is, as this will be kept a secret until the time it comes out. That one person, whoever it may be, will be the only one who willingly goes there (even though they act like they don't), for the others, it will be more of a "wrong place, wrong time, wrong plane" type circumstance.

[b][color=Cyan]Alright, so what kind of time period will we be exploring? Relative to Jack?[/color][/b]

The way that I have set this roleplay in my mind; the roleplay will take place semi in the present- Rapture is stuck in a kind of stand-still place at this point in time; much like (if you are familiar with the references, if not, ask and I shall explain) the Lotas Hotel in the Percy Jackson series, or the Safe Haven's in The Peculiar Children series. Life continues on; though seems to be in its own sort of world- frozen in that one time (the 50's) until someone or something sets it in motion again.

The person to put Rapture back into motion, is Jack.

Our group of characters arrive after Jack; he is wandering around Rapture (at a much slower pace than in the games or there would be no roleplay, loll) under the instruction of Atlas. When our characters arrive, it throws a spanner into the works- they will meet the characters at any given time; help them, refuse them, trust them, etc. All in order to survive Rapture, and find a way up...

[b][color=Cyan]Well, when you think about it the game wasn't the most realistic, Jack just went through all of it in what must have been two or three days, if you factor in the fact that he would need to sleep, scavenge food and drinking water, recover after engagements with enemies and use the bathroom, he'll be bumbling around for much longer. So is there some kind of hard reset like there is in The Peculiar Children series? Like watching the bomb fall and total the house? Will that be an element in the plot or are you just using it as an analogy for the whole time loop thing?[/color][/b]

I'm sad to say analogy cause I couldn't think of the words "time loop" in all of my explanation, though I will indeed think on that now the idea is planted in my mind o:
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I hope that bringing these across into the OOC helps in some way or another, and answers even some of your questions; though should you, or anyone, have any other questions, or are still unsure about things, please don't hesitate to ask me, I'll do my best to answer them for you. :'3

I hope this helps in some way; now... onto the CS'..! x'3


[@FantasyChic]; I'm really liking Daphne; she's basically the complete opposite of Isaura, which can either lead to a few very good interactions, or a few bad ones... either way, it's going to be a very interesting a bumpy ride with the dynamics they both bring to the group. I see nothing really that would need changing, or tweaking in your roleplay so... welcome aboard flight BAW229 from Los Angeles to London..! Feel free to pop her across into the character section..!

[@Ulstermann]; hey..! Okay, so I love the idea for your character, having a mature person in the group who understands, and has been through things like he has is an amazing premise, especially for this kind of roleplay, and I would love for him to be apart of it, however, I did notice a couple of things that made me have to stop and think. The first thing I noticed is that there is quite a bit of information missing from the CS; personality, likes, dislikes, relationship section, etc. Unfortunately I can't accept a character that doesn't have all the fields filled out. The second thing, and I'm not sure if you noticed the questions and answers when they were in the interest check, and if you didn't, that's no problem at all (plus the picture I used for my face-claim probably doesn't help), however, the way that I'm working this roleplay is that it is set in the present day- our characters are living in the same modern world that we are.

You see, with Arthur Kingsley being 43 years old, and having participated in both WW2 and the Korean War... it doesn't really work with the time setting for the roleplay... If that were the case, he would have been born around 1925 (estimate), and would be entering, if not already be in his 90s today. Truthfully, I don't know a lot about the wars that have happened around the world... that's more my dad and my little brother's thing; so I asked them about it (mostly my dad), and got their opinions and suggestions, and they helped to come up with a few really good ones.

For Arthur to be 43 years old in 2016, and still have similar experiences, he would need to be born in 1973. Now; during a time of crisis, most people are drafted into the army at 18 years old, however, a lot of people lied and manipulated their age in order to join up early, and to serve their country- Arthur could have been one of the many who did that. From 1990 to 1991, America sent forces over to Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, and participated in the Gulf War... not long after that ended, troops were sent into Somalia in 1992 to 1995 and to stage an intervention in the Somali Civil War. There is also the choice of the Bosnian War which went from 1994 to 1995. After both of those wars, US troops were sent to Serbia to fight in the Kosovo War lasting from 1998 through to 1999; the war only just one part of the much bigger Yugoslav Wars. It would then free him up for his retirement into the LAPD for a decade I believe, so from 2000 through to 2010, from there he could have set up shop as a PI in 2011, and been his own boss since o:

I'm not saying in any way, shape, or form that this is what you have to go with... I'm merely trying to offer up some suggestions that could prove to be helpful in some way. And besides, as I said earlier, I really love the premise of your character, and would love for him to be apart of the roleplay :'3

[@Mag Lev]; I like William a lot..! He's definitely going to make an interesting addition to the group, and above that, I'm rather excited to see his interactions with Poole play out once they meet in the roleplay. So with that... welcome aboard flight BAW229 from Los Angeles to London..! Feel free to pop him across into the character section..!

As for everyone else ([@POOHEAD189], [@Fat controller], [@BlackPanther]); due to the insane way this roleplay blew up, literally over night, I shall be adding another four Plasmids to the current list, bringing the total number of Characters up to ten instead of eight.

Also, as a side note; I realized that in my CS I had [i]Sexuality[/i] and [i]Relationship Status[/i] listed twice... I'm so sorry about that, and I have fixed that up; feel free to only list it once, in the relationship section of the CS :'3

NOW, to carry on my tradition of lightening things up after a long and rambling post on my behalf, I shall present to you guys an apology picture and hope you all like it x'3

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