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I do not "brainrot". I brainferment so my brain will become even smoother and even more potent than before in its smoothness.
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I live. I die. I live again!
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I was gone for a lot longer than I thought >.>"
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Sorry for my absence! A Volunteering position suddenly turned into a Volunteer Leadership position I was not expecting at all so things have been hectic.
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Look at you posers, having to bang dragons or sell your soul for magic when you could just play a lute for some. Anyways, here's Wonderwall. - Bards
@Mercenary Lord Honestly I would stray away from having the "outsider" role namely because I'm not all to comfortable pushing the lid that far. Plus, given the sheer size of the Wals being anywhere between that of a small state to a small nation, you can imagine the size of the fucking parking lot and how you aren't going to see anything.
As for where things come from, thats all part of the mystery that no one has time to really look into, not even the Roofers. Its said that they spend their entire time acting as tribal nomads, always on the hunt for drinkable water. Hell, a Roofer might not be the best fit even the fact that both the Roofers and the rest of the Departments see the other as myths because of such little interaction. I'm sure you could make it work though, but it would have to be a pretty special case.
In my head, its that robots managed to take over all the jobs/missing jobs well enough to feed and supply everything with the Stockerbots restocking shelves and stuff. And yes, I think that many, many generations has passed. You don't have normal people suddenly turn into tree worshippers or the FabGlams of Makeup Department in even two generations, that shit takes a long ass time. Culture don't develop instantaneously and give the permeates and the strength of said cultures, I takes its been a really long time.
@Mercenary LordThere is no lore on the outside since its not important. The way I'm seeing it is that there's been at least one or two generations who have grown up within the confines but given how culture develops its more likely that its been many, many generations. People don't think there's anything beyond the walmart since many have never even seen the actual walls of the building itself much less doors. Plus when your live is reduced to just survival, you tend not to think of where things come from but care about the fact that you can get your hands on it.
Even the Roof people don't know it; some might be able to say they have been to the edge of the roof, beyond the urban maze of machinery, generators, solar panels, AC units and other bits and boos on the roof, but they have only ever spoken of an "endless grey plain with white lines that stretches for miles". History within the walls its isn't well kept so there is no info on what the world was like beyond since most just think that all that has existed was the Wal (although some stories of the time before do exist but have been corrupted and twisted). The only real history that people concern themselves with is who where great leaders/warriors and who recently raided them.
When the sky burned and the ground turned to ash, the Wal protected us from the crash. | When God abandoned us and left us for damnation, the Great Sam brought us salvation. | When leaders became incompetent, the Great Sam only ascended unto omnipotence. | When our old lives were purged, the great Wal’s populatoin surged. | When the World fell, the Wal rose.
Have you ever gone into a Walmart or a mall and say “imagine what this place would be like as a post apocalyptic base”? Welcome to the world of Walmart Apocalypse (WalApoc), where Walmart just kept growing and absorbing until they became the WalWorld Corporation and their stores now covers unimaginable tracts of land on a scale equivalent of some US states or smaller European nations. Everyone inside doesn’t know how large it truly is beyond that they know they will never see even a building wall.
This is entire setting is based upon the "Walmart Apocoylpyse" setting, created by /tg/ over the course a few years some time ago. Its quite the read and I won't bother trying to abbriviating it here but here's the short list I will provide:
Walmart took over the world's industries, becoming the WalWorld Corporation which replaced major world governments built absurdly massive superstores that to this day no one has ever found a way out. They are seemingly infinitely large and absurdly high and are restocked by robots with goods from places unknown, not that anyone really cares.
Calling this place a "super store" does not do it justice as it is more of an internal nation, not even just a city.
Many biomes have been created with people and cultures forming, each as absurd or unsettling as the next, misunderstanding things we would find to be common knowledge. "Departments" have become a catch all term for factions and subfactions which have sprung up out of the departments they inhabit.
The robots who act as restocking units and security are lethal; if they do not kill you outright with machine gun blasts, they will lobotomize you and turn you into a mindless Greeters, forever left smiling as they greet and spout advertisement and act as additional mindless drones for the robots.
Sam Walton, aka the Great Sam, is the basically the new God. While local flavors and other deities may exist, no one doubts the divinity and power of the Great Sam, bringer of great deals and life. Everyone worships him to some extent.
Just read the damn thing, its really cool. Its kinda like fallout/mad max/walking dead/I robot/etc all mashed together put into a nightmarish WalNation.
As to the RP itself, the primary focus will be Bloody Friday, the bastardized version of Black Friday which the Stockerbots line the shelves will all the goodies and things that all the Department wants. Players would be a group of Bargain Hunters and try to scout out and loot and explore whatever they can. Might be lead by a GM character, might not be and the whole thing plays out like a DnD group. Explore stuff, try not to die horribly
The "lore" will hopefully be built upon by the players and GM although I will be bending/altering currently "established" lore. CSs will be given the "mob democracy" review in which everyone gets to review and critique each other's character but I as GM will have final say. That said, come into this RP knowing that I can be a hardass GM at times and that there will still be limits as to what your characters will be like (ie having guns is something that will be heavily looked into) as well as being able to write at a high casual level and remain level headed and accept that things will not always make scientific sense.
Now, any questions on the lore or how I'll do this? If not, I pray to the Great Sam that this will go somewhere and not die horribly at the hands of the nutjobs of the Pharmacy Department.
[center][img]IMAGE (Can just be a face claim)[/img][/center] [.hr][.hr] [indent][b]| NAME |[/b] [indent] Self explanatory. [/indent] [b]| DEPARTMENT |[/b] [indent]Where were you raised/currently live? Your character should make sense with whatever the Department’s culture is[/indent] [b]| AGE |[/b] [indent]Realistic for their experiences, please. [/indent]
[b]| TRAITS |[/b] - This is where you're "personality" traits come in as well as skills, make sure to balance them though. [indent][list][*] [b]Attribute[/b] - [/list][/indent]
[b]| EQUIPMENT |[/b] - Weapons, armor, trinkets, pets, etc. Don't go overboard and what you take should make sense with your character. [indent][list][*] [b]Item[/b] - [/list][/indent]
[b]| BIOGRAPHY |[/b] [indent]Describe your character's life up until now. Where did they come from? Any major events? How did it shape them? Why or how have they ended up as a Bargain Hunter? Doesn't have to be really long though.[/indent][/indent]
(Face Claim, not Armor and stuff)
| NAME |
Lewis Watton Sinesias
| DEPARTMENT |
Clothing/Electronics
| AGE |
29
| TRAITS |
Veteran Bargain Hunter - A life of adventure and exploring the endless halls and alse has given otherwise untrainable skills such as that innate sense of danger and the ability to suppress that feeling paradoxically. He leads with great efficiency and has a good sense of management and navigation.
Minor Noble - Born of a minor noble house within Clothing, Lewis is well educated compared to some others. However, not being a full noble with all the power, prestige and wealth that comes with it means that he doesn’t have the resources to truly pull together s
Stubborn - Strong willed, Lewis doesn’t take things lying down and doesn’t quiet easily. Good thing for when the going gets tough, not so good when you walk head first into the Baby Goods Department.
Ambitious - Between being the child of a lesser noble and being a Bargain Hunter, there’s no way he was never going to be ambitious, it gives him drive to do his work and feeds into his stubbornness (and potential narcissism).
| EQUIPMENT |
Item - Gambeson made of various thicker patches of clothing with a tin can breastplate with faulds and shin guards; isn’t the prettiest nor the newest but it has served Lewis well even if he is jealous of other people’s armors. Also wears a reinforced metal bowl over his head as a helmet with a feathered flume made of Dire Raven feathers (think of British WW1 helmets).
Vambrace Shield - Instead of having an actual shield, Lewis has strong, reinforced forearm guards that he uses to parry and block instead. Lewis got them from his travels in from a clan in the Meat section of the Food Department. Does jack shit against heavy and ranged weapons though.
Bag of Dice - A small pouch of dice that Lewis has on him, often pulling them out on down time to play guessing or betting games with; the pouch contains one twenty sided die given to him by an old dorf friend as a good luck token before he died.
Cleaver Axe and Las-Revolver - Primary weapons of Lewis; the axe came with his Vambrace Shields and is the blade of a meat cleaver on a wooden handle that forms a sort of hatchet/axe while the Las-Revolver was a gift from his father when he first started his life as a Bargain Hunter as a farewell gift, its cylinder can hold 5 AA batteries at once but is single action.
| BIOGRAPHY |
Lewis’s life began as a political maneuver between a minor noble of House Nike and a group of Tronboyz known as the Nervs. His mother was a daughter of the Sinesia and his father a respected warrior of the Nervs; it was hoped that such a marriage would solidify an alliance which would then provide the House of Nike with discounts on blaster weapons.
Growing up, Lewis’s life would be split between time with both Departments of his herritage. In his youth he was brought up by courtiers and tutors of House Nike where he learned to read, write, plot, plan and organize along with how to fight to some extend. All the basics needed for Clothing Department nobility. Which apparently includes knowing how to shank someone and punch them in the face.
When he was 10, he then spent more time with the Electronics Department. For 5 years he learned the ways of the Tron, honing his martial skills as well as creating a lust for old world things. Such was this drive that when he was 16, he set out to become a Bargain Hunter. Sometimes he would do it alone, sometimes with a group. Sometimes he had a patron sometimes he didn’t. Regardless, his life of adventuring has lead him to some rather exotic and interesting places as his experience helps make up the lack of vast sums of money that one sees with greenhorn noble jackass or the reputation of a wal-renowned Bargain Hunter.
the less people that think vaccines will cause autism the better, you know?
People are so stupid. Autism is obviously caused by vitamin supplement pills and hand soap! I mean, just look at everyone with autism, they all wash their hands with soap so clearly there's a connection! /s
@SigmaIt should be obvious at this point, but I thought I might as well confirm it and now try to sneak out but I am dropping out of this RP for various reasons that I'm sure everyone has heard before. The validity of what those thoughts are in relation to what my actual reasons are will be up to the person themselves but I will be bowing out. Apologies. orz
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