[OOC] Recollections: The Othergrounds [Complete]

[Punished GN]

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Urban-Fantasy | Horror | Character Driven | Pretentious-Themes | Existential Anguish | Lonliness

OVERVIEW

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Welcome to Recollections: The Othergrounds. The second spin-off (and sort of sequel) to Vivid Recollections and the third RP in the Recollections Universe. It takes place in a new timeline after the destruction of the world eating monstrosity known as the Glutton was defeated and magic was suddenly returned to the universe. This creates a wide range of different ramifications as new beings and problems turn the system upside down. In The Othergrounds, random teenagers and other children are suddenly teleported to an empty city. The city has cars, food, and everything they would need to survive... except no life other than them. Some take it as paradise, others wonder if it's hell for their actions. However, they quickly find out the place is no normal city as the stakes get higher and higher and they desperately try to find a way out.

This story will be an urban-fantasy story that will cast a certain light on "magic" while leaving it ambiguous whether or not it's truly magic or not. The storyline will have elements of superpowers, horror, and more. The primary thematic of this RP will be Lonliness, Strangers, and Healing. The characters should be damaged or lonely indivuals that have nobody to reach to but the other people in the Othergrounds as they come to terms with their various issues. The cast should have problems but be realistic about it. Like Vivid Recollections, it's secondary themes will be Memory and Emotion.

DISCORD SERVER

RULES

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1. OOC Rules

^{⋗ 1 . 1 |} Remember that everybody is here to have fun above all else. We may throw a few flowery jabs at each other, but remember it's all in good fun. The Golden rule is: don't be a dick.

^{⋗ 1 . 2 |} That said, remember that I have the full right to deny anyone access to the RP, and I am willing to remove anyone from the RP should they get too unruly. I hope it doesn't come to that, but I'm just putting that out there.

^{⋗ 1 . 3 |} I enforce a policy of not informing people of every time they should post (unless their character is in the middle of interactions). If you go inactive without a peep, I'm not going to babysit you. It's a player's responsibility to keep up with the RP.

^{⋗ 1 . 4 |} Please be respectful towards all other players.

^{⋗ 1 . 5 |} Please do not post a "wip" sheet. I find it very irritating when someone posts an incomplete character sheet. If you want me to read over what you have so far, just PM it to me. If you need a place to work on it just private message the sheet to yourself (or write it on one of many platforms).

^{⋗ 1 . 6 |} This RP will strictly be "first come, first serve." Meaning I will not reserve any powers/character roles/etc, and they will go to whoever finishes their character sheet first. If there's a conflict over it, I will decide the outcome.

^{⋗ 1 . 7 |} Character applications will go into the OOC (where we can work things out) until they are accepted. In other words, the character tab is for accepted characters only. Also, do not "reserve" a spot in the Character Tab unless you were given permission to by me.

^{⋗ 1 . 8 |} Try to keep the OOC active as possible. Even chit-chatting about random games is perfectly okay.

2. IC Rules

^{⋗ 2 . 1 |} No Powergaming, God-Modding, Metagaming, etc, etc... You know, the "don't"s of Roleplaying. You know the dealio.

^{⋗ 2 . 2 |} PM ME YOUR CHARACTER SHEET!

^{⋗ 2 . 3 |} All I ask for is one post a week. If it's been a week since your last post, your character will be placed into the inactive section until they are written off (mostly by death). Once a character is inactive, however, they are officially an NPC and can be used freely by the GMs, or the players. Unless you give notice of your absence, then your character is off the table.

^{⋗ 2 . 4 |} I am not a stickler for post length. I'd rather have a meaningful paragraph, over an essay full of filler. But, I request one paragraph.

^{⋗ 2 . 5 |} This RP, at times, will get very dark. I plan for it to be a very mature, and down-to-earth Roleplay. There will be death, drinking, drugs, and tickle fingers.

^{⋗ 2 . 6 |} Character death is a real possibility. By submitting a character, you understand that they have to take responsibility for their actions. They will not be bailed out by me and possibly get injured or die. I won't jeopardize the story for one character. They can also be killed by other characters. I won't go out of my way to kill off any character - that I like - but I may injure them for the sake of the story.

^{⋗ 2 . 7 |} Romance/Sex/Whatever is allowed in the RP. "Fade to black" is so beaten into your heads by now that there's no point in even repeating it.

^{⋗ 2 . 8 |} To keep things a bit more organized, please say where your post is taking place at the start of your post.

^{⋗ 2 . 9 |} If you're also expecting me to hold your hand every step of the way, then you're going to be disappointed. This is going to be an RP that rewards taking initiative, and starting plotlines of your own. I'll provide a storyline, but I'm not going to be railroading everyone.

3. Character Creation Rules

^{⋗ 3 . 1 |} I expect some moderate detail when writing your character sheet. Remember, this RP is more grounded in realism, and I want each character to feel like a person. Try to give them a believable past, goals, personality, etc.

^{⋗ 3 . 2 |} If your goal is to basically make the strongest/best character, and try to "win" the roleplay, let me stop you here and say you won't get far. This is a story, not a place for you to wank your OP self-insert. Nothing says "I'm a bad writer" to me than giving your character the strongest abilities (along with an asston of skills). I will not hesitate to ask you to change whatever I dislike about your character sheet.

^{⋗ 3 . 3 |} If your character is a sociopath/psychopath, complete badass, perfect character, edgelord, then they're likely not going to get accepted.

^{⋗ 3 . 4 |} You can create a character of any ethnicity, gender, sexuality, background, etc, within the bounds of realism of course. You can definitely get creative here.

^{⋗ 3 . 5 |} Following abilities are banned: Anything related to "power manipulation" (such as replication, removal, etc), Immortality, Gravity Manipulation, Magnetism, Matter Manipulation, "instant death" powers, reality-warping, anything with "Omni" attached to it, and complete defense/indestructibility.

^{⋗ 3 . 6 |} I'm not placing a hard character limit, but I'm going to recommend you have no more than three characters. Afterward, you better bring something new to the table.

^{⋗ 3 . 7 |} I suggest writing a description of your character's appearance to get everyone in that writing mood. If you must, you can use a picture. Just no anime. The pictures have to be of real people, or realistic art (but, let's shy away from A/B List Celebrities).

^{⋗ 3 . 8 |} When creating a character, try to be diverse. Look at the character sheets and try to fulfill a role that no one has. No one wants a million street fighters, or nice girls. You can be pretty creative within the bounds of the lore.

^{⋗ 3 . 9 |} Please refrain from tacking skills onto characters. Try to make everything feel natural to your character.

^{⋗ 3 . 10 |} On the other hand, I'm going to be allowing more powerful abilities such as time manipulation, mind control/suggestion, memory manipulation, etc. There are limits in place to keep the playing field even, so keep that in mind.

^{⋗ 3 . 11 |} Powers reflect some aspect of the character, so keep that in mind when creating one. I'm not asking for something super symbolic, but maybe something loosely related to your character.

^{⋗ 3 . 12 |} Also, don't fill out the weaknesses/limits section of the character sheet. I'll fill that out for you!

^{⋗ 3 . 13 |} This is optional, but I can choose a power for your character. It'll be a fun little thing for both of us

[Punished GN]

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"The world of the Extra-Normal is like falling down a hole. The kind of hole you can't get out of. At least not easily."

There out there exists a force, a force like no other. One that allows a person to go further beyond the limits of what is considered natural and become something more... or less, depending on how you look at it. The simplest word for it all is Magic, and it's the gateway to infinite possibilities. It was originally locked away in this world because of the magic was used to keep the Glutton away, however when the new timeline was born the magic was returned to the universe. The collective term for it all is Extra-Normal, and there are many different types of Extra-Normal beings. Each of them gets their abilities depending on mere circumstance. Some get their abilities from a moment of powerful emotions, others inherit it, some are phantasms of the deceased or spawned from belief and emotion, and others are the result of a chance encounter with those phantasms.

Each of them has innate abilities that each of them have across the board. To begin many magical abilities are completely invisible to those who aren't Extra-Normal (Known as Blind). Only the Extra-Normal can perceive them but there are certain abilities that can be seen by all. The Extra-Normal can read the auras of things that they have a connection through walls and over distances, have a barrier around them known as an Emotional Field which protects them from each other's abilities, and can experience a Recollection, a vision of the past that is somewhat related to them.

However, these are merely sub-abilities, and every Extra-Normal being has an ability that is unique to them known as an Abstraction. Abstractions are the collective term used for a magical ability of any time and it's determined by the type of being. However, Abstractions are vast, strange, and no two abstractions are ever the same.

Extra Normal Beings

AWAKENED

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The Awakened are the most common and versatile type of Extra-Normal beings. They open their minds to the greater universe via a moment of powerful emotion, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a negative emotion. The abstraction they gain reflects them in some way or another (Such a person who desires control would get a telekinetic power or an angry person would gain pyromancery) and they have a brand on them known as a Sigil on them that denotes their ability. Sigils are invisible to the Blind and the Awakened have their own set of abilities. The Awakened are capable of transferring their abstractions amongst other Awakened (or to Blind that they have a particular connection to), either wholly or bits and pieces. An Awakened can have several abstractions but they can only use one at a time... unless they're in a Collective-Awakening. Which many people Awaken at the same time and they each get a piece of everyone's ability in the Collective along with a mechanic in which their abstractions interact. A member of the Collective can use every ability at the same time. Finally, there's the Subsequent-Awakening, in which, after great change, an Awakened can manifest a brand new ability to reflect them. It's possible for a Subsequent-Awakening to be a Collective.

GM Notes

The bread and butter of the setting and probably the most common and simplistic of the types. All I ask for is that the abstraction reflects some part of their character, I'm pretty loose about that. Just don't be lame and say something like "Likes running so has super speed". I'm thinking stuff like somebody gets the ability to launch people because they were attacked, someone with kindness gets healing, etc. The Collective-Awakening can also be interesting.

ADEPTS

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Adepts are individuals from a different universe known as Glint, a universe owned by a collective known as the League of Luminescence. Ages ago the world of Glint was nearly wiped clean by the universe eating abomination Glutton and after it's defeat the magical families that once were in the shadows took over. Establishing the League of Luminscience, but most of the people in this universe are one of the exiles or runaways that were cast away and carried their genes. The Adepts are more in line with traditional wizards and mages, and they use an object known as a Channeler to cast their spells. A channeler is an object in which the Adept has an emotional connection to and it's possible to use an object that they don't have a connection to but the casting is far weaker. Each Adept is connected to a different light known as Lux which unlocks different magical abilities, the more kinds of Lux an Adept is attached to, the less powerful they are overall. Each light of Lux corresponds with a particular emotion and when the Blind carrying Adept genes experiences that emotion they undergo a Kindling Event. A Kindling-Event is when the Blind receives a vision of their ancestors who tells them about their heritage, or alternatively a vision of the future of them using their spells. In any case an Adept has a collection of Spells they must learn and practice before they are able to utilize them - Adepts find it easier to learn spells that correspond with their personality. Older Adepts are among the most powerful.

Types of Lux

Red (Rage/Hatred): Elemental Lux, the most common type of Lux. Examples: Fire, ice, electricity, earth, plant manipulation, and similar abilities.

Green (Happiness): Biological Lux, the second most common type of Lux. Examples: Healing, shape-shifting, wing generation, etc,

Yellow (Fear/Caution): Stealth and shielding Lux. Examples: Invisibility, barrier generation/forcefields, dumbing sound down, etc.

Pink (Love): Mind Lux, and the fourth most common type of Lux. Examples: Emotion manipulation, mind control, telepathy, illusion creation, etc.

Gold (Pride): Summoning Lux, the third rarest type of Lux - allows an Adept to create or summon a minion. Examples include: Creating minions of choice, summoning a defeated monster, etc

Purple (Anticipation): Movement Lux, the third most common type of Lux. Examples include: Teleportation, Portal Creation (a common abstraction in the League), telekinesis, etc

Cyan (Nostalgia): Sight Lux. Examples include: Observing locations remotely, seeing into the past/future, enhanced vision, etc.

Orange (Courage): Infusion Lux, the ability to infuse objects temporarily or permanently with Extra-Normal properties. Orange Lux synergizes well with every other type of Lux. Examples: Creating a magic sword, making an object levitate, etc, etc.

Blue (Sadness): Curse-Lux, the rarest form of Lux. The ability to cast curses, but needs a stipulation to be broken - synergizes often with Black and Gold Lux. Examples: Cursing someone to turn into a monster, creating a deadly illness, cursing someone to be haunted by the dead, etc

Lavender (Hope): Purification and Strengthening Lux. Examples: Boosting other Extra-Normal beings power, removal of curses, removing diseases, etc

Black (Apathy): Necromancery Lux, the ability to manipulate the dead. Examples: Creating zombie minions, manipulating apparitions and spirits, etc

GM Notes

Adepts are probably my second favorite out of the types so I'm biased. They're probably the most complex given how Lux n' shit works. I should note that newer adepts (aka what should be most of the cast) should only have access to three or five spells at a time - and I demand a list of spells they can cast in their abstraction section. Keep in mind the more types of Lux they have access to, the overall weaker their abilities should be. Also please run any new spells by me first.

APPARITIONS

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Ghosts, Phantasms, Demons, whatever you call them, they are strange beings. Apparitions are likely the vaguest and esoteric of all the Extra-Normal beings but are among the most impactful. They are in line with ghosts as they are not comprised of flesh and blood, but instead, magic. They are beings that were created a particularly powerful emotion or belief or they're the phantasm of a deceased with strong emotion in them. The Awakened are more likely to become Apparitions just from their nature. They are powered by the same emotions/belief that created them and can grow exponentially powerful depending on how great it is. However, on the flip side they can fade from existence if it fades. This is why some Apparitions are ancient in age. Apparitions can have any type of abstraction reflecting their belief or the person they once were when they passed - but their abstractions can shift in time. If an Apparition is destroyed they'll merely regenerate in time, which is why a technique known as Sealing is used to disable them. Apparitions are invisible to the Blind unless they choose to be visible.

How to seal Apparitions

It's simple to seal an Apparition. First one needs an object to seal them inside of, something small preferably so it can be easily hidden. Then an Extra-Normal being has to draw sigils, or any symbol that they truly believe will seal the Apparition into the object. Then they must battle the Apparition, damage it enough, and get it to the sigils. Then they can activate the seal and trap the Apparition inside the object. Larger apparitions require bigger sigils to be drawn or for them to be far weaker, but all an Apparition has to do is be in the area to be sealed.

GM Notes

Apparitions are going to be heavily restricted for a number of reasons, you can only make an Apparition if you get permission for me. Apparitions apart of an Aberration are fully allowed.

ABERRATION

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Aberrations are what are considered to be "outside the lines". Aberrations are people who have had contact with the Extra-Normal and gained either a blessing or a curse from their abilities. Almost all Abberattions are created from Blind interacting with Apparitions in one way or another but there are cases of Aberrations being created from other Extra-Normals. Unlike the other types of Extra-Normals; Animals and humans alike can become Aberrations due to their strange nature. Aberrations are considered to be extra-normal beings, so they can use all of the baseline abilities, but only the Blind can become an Aberration. Due to the odd nature of the Aberrations, they are separated into five subclasses:

Affixed: Are those who have an Apparition attached to their soul and utilize their abilities. Either the Apparition uses their own abstraction or the Affixed is allowed to use it - or both.

Afflicted: A person who gained an abstraction through being cursed by an Apparition.

Agent: A person who has contact with an Apparition that has been sealed inside an object and can use their abstraction by proxy.

Adjoined: A person who has been fused with an Apparition on a physical or mental level. Is either capable of shifting into the Apparition's form, mentally combined and can use their abstraction, or is permanently fused.

Abscised: An Abscised is an Apparition that has taken over somebody's body and can use their abstraction through them.

GM Notes

My favorite type of Extra-Normal beings. They'll require a bit of thought as you'll have to come up with how they'll become an Aberrant (mainly running into an Aberrations). But with Aberrants you aren't limited by belief or personality or whatever and can come up with anything.

OTHER BEINGS

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The Blind: The term used for people who do not have an Extra-Normal ability of any type. After coming in contact with the Extra-Normal enough a Blind can become One-Eye-Open and perceive the Extra-Normal.

Traveler/Counterpart: A person from one of the many strange universes out there. In proximity to their counterpart they'll gain a mental link that'll allow them to share thoughts/memories and possibly see each other's auras.

The Hound: The embodiment of black death that leads souls to the other side. An absolutely ancient and powerful being that is beyond even the other types of Extra-Normal. Strange and mysterious, but takes the shape of a black wolf. If a person doesn't die when they're supposed to, he'll know and hunt them down to the end of the earth. The only other time you'll see him is if you seek him out and he deems you worthy of his time. He acts in mysterious ways; he will sometimes cut deals with people for his help or a bit of his power... but he always has a price. The Hound is universally feared across the multiverse.

GM Notes

You can be a Blind or have One-Eye-Open along with being a Traveler (If you're making a traveler run the universe they're from by me first; certain things are out the question). Just know that your character won't have an Emotional-Field and will be susceptible to the wide range of powers!

And no, you can't play the Hound.

The Tragedy of Farmer Hill

Farmer Hill, Montana.

A place few people have heard of, being a small town in the middle of nowhere. However, it couldn't have been more important. Eons ago, all the magic in the universe was used to seal a powerful God-like being known as the Glutton. This thing was an incomprehensible ball of orange light that tortured countless universes and then devoured them and has feasted to the point where it was near invincible. Its rampage was brought to an end in the universe of Glint where combined forces brought the thing down and sealed it in a mountain in a different universe. That different universe is the world where the story takes place, and that mountain was Mount Ever Reaching in Farmer Hill.

It was where the Glutton lied dormant for ages upon ages - the League of Luminscience manipulated Farmer Hill to keep the citizens away from the mountain and the existence of magic a secret. However, it all changed when the seals that kept the Glutton dormant were broken by somebody's foolishness and it was allowed to feast off of what sustained it: emotions. The Glutton's first action was attacking a campsite full of people by corrupting one powerful minion and inadvertently Awakened the people that would defeat it. It tormented this group as they tried to find a way to defeat it; ultimately knocking them into a coma for a few months.

In this few months, the Glutton turned Farmer Hill upside-down - mind-controlling countless people and turning the town into a chaotic warzone. Anyone who entered Farmer Hill was enthralled as well and in this chaos; the Glutton slaughtered any Awakened or Extra-Normal beings that it could with impunity and tortured them endlessly in its domain. However, the Awakened that was put into a coma, well, awakened from it and rebelled against it. Ultimately, they engaged in one final battle against the Glutton in the mountain, and, out of desperation to escape, the Glutton broke the seals that were binding it. However, by doing this the Glutton injured itself to the point where it was eliminated and the multiverse was free from it.

However, these events were reversed as a new timeline was born from the "death" of the Glutton. A new timeline where Farmer Hill was destroyed in a catastrophic earthquake and the Awakened that the Glutton killed were resurrected. However, with the death of the Glutton, the magic was returned.

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Paradise... a place that is strange beyond all strangeness. The city Paradise is only named by the signs and the pamphlets and media that have its name on it. However, what's strange is that the name "Paradise" seems to be added on top of other cities pamphlets and signs haphazardly. The city of Paradise is expansive, endless even. One could keep walking and more and more of the city keeps coming. However, what's strange is that the layout of the city seemingly changes depending on who is there. It'll become a familiar reflection of places the people there have been before - mainly their birth town or even other locations that are special to them. The town of Paradise is, generally, a sprawling city... that can change into a small town in desert-Nevada in an instant. What's strange is that the city of Paradise is completely... empty. Paradise has everything a person needs to survive - food, water, shelter, electricity - everything you'd expect to see in a regular city. Except minus the people that live in it, but the few people that do live in Paradise can sustain themselves for all eternity. Thus, the city of Paradise can be considered, well, a paradise.

However, inside of the city of Paradise lurks a hidden danger that betrays its name.

MYSTERIES/DANGERS

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Hider

Inconsistent Geography

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The Othergrounds is constantly moving, changing. You could step through a door and be in a completely different part of it.

Apparitions

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Seemingly there are Apparitions that wander the city of Paradise that violently attack anyone they come across in an attempt to gain access to their bodies. The Apparitions cannot be reasoned with as they seemingly went insane.

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@silvermist1116@Ratattack@Majoras End@Atrophy@Loony@Shovel

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The OOC is here!

[Ratattack]

I thought it was here

[Atrophy]

@Ratattack That's the other othergrounds.

[Ratattack]

So this must be the other other othergrounds then?

[Atrophy]

Anothergrounds.

[Punished GN]

Anothergrounds.

@Atrophy

that could totally be a title for a sequel

Also I fucked up. Sooooooo I accidentally forgot to take the stranger sheet out and add the new sheet, so don't use the stranger sheet and just PM me your character sheet and post just their appearance.

[Punished GN]

also remember to pm me your character sheet

[Loony]

@Ghost Note Will do, just expect some delays. I'm going to be busier than I anticipated the next few days.

[silvermist1116]

My bad.

[Punished GN]

@silvermist1116 you could have totes posted him straight to the tab. lol

[silvermist1116]

Oh shit. I thought it was OOC.

[Ratattack]

What happended to King's awesome blue hair?

[Atrophy]

What happended to King's awesome blue hair?

@Ratattack

SAVE THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR THE IC.

[Majoraa]

@Ratattack

I changed her appearance a bit to differ more from Zoey's. :/

[Ratattack]

But it was awesome :(

[Punished GN]

i kinda like her new faceclaim more

[Tangerine]

Is this still open? I love the idea of supernatural teens.