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๐•ฎ๐–”๐–Ž๐–“๐–˜


Order and Chaos, Chaos and Order


Two opposing forces... Think of a coin, tossed into the air and landing upon the ground. One side faces up, basking in the Sun. It takes in the light, the glory, the warmth. Some would even say itโ€™s the winning side. The other side? It faces the Earth. On that side thereโ€™s nothing but shadow, cold, and dirt. Everyone wants to be on the light-side. The thing isโ€ฆ Sometimes itโ€™s hard to tell which side is which.

Thatโ€™s Order and Chaos. One side takes in the glory; the other is steeped in shadows. One is revered; the other, forlorn. The light-side of the coin? People will tell you itโ€™s Order. People think, then, that Order is Good, but Good and Evil are different from Order and Chaos. So how do you know what side is actually facing up? Which side is facing in the heavens? Which side is staring down to the depths?

Thatโ€™s the thing. Nobody can tell you which side is which. Or rather, you canโ€™t trust anybody to tell you the truth. The whole โ€˜history is written by the victorsโ€™ and โ€˜lions donโ€™t have their own historiansโ€™ thingโ€ฆ You canโ€™t rely on society, history, or The System to tell you whatโ€™s right. You have to figure it out for yourself. Sometimes, you can find out.

Sometimes you realize youโ€™re on the wrong side.

Thatโ€™s Order and Chaos, Chaos and Order.

Some of us just seemed to be plagued by Fate. Destined to be opposed by the world. Whether or not you recognize that youโ€™re wrong or the worldโ€™s wrong, the whole goddamn globe is your opposition. Thatโ€™s what happens when you take on โ€œThe Manโ€, โ€œThemโ€, societyโ€™s shadowy puppeteers. The people in controlโ€” they always think theyโ€™re right. What do you think?

Actually, Iโ€™m not sure your opinion really matters. You probably think youโ€™re all mighty and righteous too, donโ€™t you? Taking on global arms dealers and crime syndicates that deal in death for profit, fighting secret societies orchestrating terrorist attacks to manipulate and create wars at a whim, or challenging shadow corporations as they manipulate politics on a level that surely disregards the worldโ€™s delegatesโ€ฆ Sure, sounds nice in principle, but when you boil it all down and get rid of all the buzzwords and boogeymen, you know what you are. A criminal, a misfit, a societal reject.

In the eyes of your peers, youโ€™re the problem. Youโ€™re the bad guy. So again, what do you think? Which side of the coin are you on? Which side is the right side? Are you Order or are you Chaos? Which is Good and which is Evil? Do you think someone as small and insignificant as you could even have the answers? Maybe societyโ€™s right. Maybe you are the villain in the story of objectivity.

Are you ready to continue on your little crusade anyways? Do I still have your attention?

Good.





Thereโ€™s a reason powerful people donโ€™t have many enemies. Thereโ€™s a reason why the top dogsโ€”the guys weโ€™re afterโ€” arenโ€™t criticized out in the open. When they do hear about opposition, it gets erased. Why do you think Gage has us holed up in this abandoned construction site? Sure, he saves on expenses, but thereโ€™s more to it than that. You get caught while out on any operation? You donโ€™t exist anymore. The law isnโ€™t on our side after all. No better place to hide than in plain sight, right? Itโ€™s not the most comfortable, but as long as weโ€™re still alive, itโ€™s all kosher to me.

When it comes to Gage, try not to ask too many questions. Trust me. Everyone on the team has gone through that phase. Heโ€™s the organizer; weโ€™re the operators. Files appear on the desk, information appears on the projector, then we go and do our business. No, none of us really know why we got picked, just that weโ€™re here now. Now we can choose to go back into the desolate city, the normalcy, chasing whatever two-and-a-half kid, white-picket-fence lifestyle you may have once dreamed of, but now you know the truth. Do you think you could do it? Go back to the real world and forget all that youโ€™ve seen and heard? There are a lot of people in this world that are very, very evil. What are you going to do about it? You can leave, content to be a follower who watches the mysterious forces who control the world, or you can fight. The choice is yours. Iโ€™d be happy to forget about you, but we could also use all the help we can get...


Overview

Welcome to ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–Ž๐–“๐–˜! In this thriller roleplay, each of us will take on the role of one lost soul, finding their purpose deteriorating just as the city deteriorates around them. By some astronomical chance, youโ€™ve had a run-in with or gained knowledge of the mysterious corporation known only as โ€˜Pyramid Microsystemsโ€™. When you are approached by an equally mysterious man who tells you that Pyramid is actually a front for a global gun-running cartel responsible for the deaths of millions of people, the catalyst for a number of wars, and massive shifts in political power. Perhaps you believe him. Perhaps you donโ€™t. Either way that mysterious man, โ€˜Gageโ€™, tells you that you could help take them down. He tells you that it will be dangerous. He tells you that you will have to give up your previous life almost entirely. He tells you that you could change the world. The choice to do so, however, is ultimately yours. Take it or leave it. Youโ€™re given a time and place to meet the rest of your crew should you choose to accept the offer. As ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–Ž๐–“๐–˜ carries on, the cast will be introduced to a series of great threats to worldly order and humanity. They will be forced to walk the fine line of morality, compromising values they once held dear. Will it all be worth it?

The idea behind this roleplay is to bring together a band of misfits that give up their lives for a cause only to realize that they may have to give up more than that. Becoming something of a fugitive organization, your characters will suddenly be forced to live alongside one another while undertaking dangerous operations in an attempt to prevent the loss of unprecedented lives. Pyramid Microsystems is only the beginning. Together, you will have to uncover what secret orders may be at play that direct the forces of the world. You will have to discover the purpose of your employment and who your mysterious employer is. You will have to choose between compromising your values and doing what is right in the long run. As they fight for what they believe is right, they'll have no choice but to commit greater and greater criminal acts.

The roleplay will all be run out of the operationโ€™s safehouse based in a more derelict part of New York City, where characters can freely interact and go about daily escapades while not engaged in operations. It is here that you will have a chance to explore yourself, get to know the rest of the cast, and pursue deeper lore of the world around you. As much as the story will be about action, intrigue, and grave operations, it will also be about the relationships, bonds, and dynamics of the squad that has been so randomly forced together by their strange circumstances.

Character Information

While you might expect Gage to be recruiting super-spies and soldiers covered in accolades, you canโ€™t help but notice your incredible ineptitude when it comes to global-scale politics and espionage. The squad seems to be made up of people that were quite literally randomly selected off of the streets. Perhaps they wereโ€ฆ

A central theme of ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–Ž๐–“๐–˜ is the reinvigoration of each โ€˜lost soulโ€™ character. Each of us may seem to be purposeless or at an impasse in life at the start of the roleplay. They join Gageโ€™s operation because something seems to be missing in their lives. Whether they have lost their purpose or just havenโ€™t ever connected with other people, this operation may offer your character a second chance at something they are missing. Each character, however unqualified they may seem, will have a โ€˜roleโ€™ on the team. Roles are essentially where characters' talents lie in terms of what they can do during a mission. This will be elaborated upon more after I have secured some interest and am ready to make the OOC. In general, our ragtag bunch of characters will each find themselves a sort of niche among the team. All characters will be meeting one another for the first time at the start of the RP in a rather unique wayโ€ฆ

This is the general CS skeleton weโ€™re going to be using. I am going to make changes and elaborate on certain things before we begin, but if you want to get a general idea, here it is.




With all that said, I intend to expand on a lot of the ideas left a little bit vague in this interest check. The general idea for the roleplay will be a mixture of morality-rocking decision making in the face of action and the more slice-of-life aspects of our squadโ€™s day-to-day interactions. As we work our way through missions, the characters will understand more and more about the forces that run their world and itโ€™s going to be up to them how they choose to react, maintaining this central theme of challenging authorities and organizations that are more powerful than any one society itself.

I kind of want to keep the start of the RP a bit secret for the moment, but Iโ€™ll just say that it will throw our characters straight into the action. The group will thus be forced to work together with limited information despite them having never met one another before. Iโ€™m very excited to see how we can put it together!

Feel free to make any suggestions or ask any questions youโ€™d like. Iโ€™ll be preparing the OOC within the next few days and we can work together to create any missing pieces of lore from there. With that said, have I got any interest?
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Anyway, several questions.

1. How many roleplayers are you exactly looking for this RP?

2. How divergent is this timeline from ours? Are contemporary geopolitical events exact replicas such as 9/11, the War on Terror, the Berlin Wall, the 2008 Economic Depression or is it slightly different?
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Anyway, several questions.

1. How many roleplayers are you exactly looking for this RP?

2. How divergent is this timeline from ours? Are contemporary geopolitical events exact replicas such as 9/11, the War on Terror, the Berlin Wall, the 2008 Economic Depression or is it slightly different?


Glad to have you back aboard my friend!

1. At the very least, I'd like four to five other players. At most, I'd take like seven to ten considering the turnover of players once RPs actually begin (see Futility).

2. As I had planned it, all events of the past will be as they are in the real world. The only new or changed historical events regarding the organizations we are going to take on will be mentioned as we learned about them, though I may elaborate on one or two in the beginning post so as to set the scene for the world's very recent events.
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Consider me interested, questions to follow up at a later date.
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Interested.
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I'm also interested.
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Consider me interested, questions to follow up at a later date.


Interested.


I'm also interested.


Good to have you guys aboard! Let me know if you've got any questions.
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Iโ€™ll throw my doubloons in the pot. Looks most interesting.

What kind of posting frequency would you be looking for with your players?
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Iโ€™ll throw my doubloons in the pot. Looks most interesting.

What kind of posting frequency would you be looking for with your players?


From what I've come to understand from RPGuild, posting frequency can often rush players and lead them to drop. In an effort to maintain a long-running RP, I'm not really putting any limits on frequency. My main concern is hearing from the players, so that I know whether or not they are working on a post, dealing with other matters, or MIA.
For a general idea, though, if we could each get a post up every week or two, that would be pretty fantastic.
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Very intriguing.

I'd love to participate!
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I am also interested in this. Looks great for an opening perspective.
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Am I the only one getting slight XCOM vibes from this? Either way consider me interested.
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Very intriguing.

I'd love to participate!

I am also interested in this. Looks great for an opening perspective.

Am I the only one getting slight XCOM vibes from this? Either way consider me interested.

That's a good way of putting itโ€” gives me plenty of ideas. Welcome aboard! Let me know if you have any questions.



I really wasn't expecting interest to garner so quickly for this RP. That's exciting to see. I'm planning to have the OOC up within the next day or two. I have a lot of ideas to suddenly flesh out, but ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–Ž๐–“๐–˜ is coming soon!

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And we're live!

You can find the OOC here! There's plenty of new information and mechanics that have been added and updated, so I urge you to read through again. Let's get started!
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Is this still open?
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@Holiday

It is! We are still in the character creation stage. More information can be found in the OOC here. I'll be on standby if people need help with any drafts or have any questions.
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Thank you! Iโ€™ll start working on something and hopefully have it up sometime next week.
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