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Here be Pirates -- Looking for a Partner for an Adventure on the High Seas

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Here be Pirates -- Looking for a Partner for an Adventure on the High Seas

Hello,

This is a plot that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. But first, here’s some information about me and what I’m looking for:

About Me/Preferences

*My name is Chelsea. I’m a 22 year old female. I was an English major and a theatre minor at college.
*I anticipate this particular plot containing mature content, and will therefore only be comfortable writing with someone who is 18+.
*I’ve been doing the RP thing for about five years. I was on this site before the crash, and I’m pleased to find it back up and running.
*I prefer to write one main female character (third person POV), and however many NPC’s are necessary for what we come up with.
*I prefer to write/communicate via PM.
*I generally stick to 2-4 paragraphs per post, I do tend to get carried away every now and then, but don’t except a novel every time.
*I can usually guarantee a minimum of one post a day; generally I can (and would love to) post more than that (and, of course, if something crazy pops up that will prevent me from hitting that goal/being away for several days, I will absolutely communicate with you what’s going on).
*I love to talk! I want to get to know you outside of just the RP; communication helps build a great relationship and I want to be your friend in addition to being a writing partner.

If all of that floats your boat, here’s the plot I have in mind. In the Background section, there is an OPTION A ending and an OPTION B ending. Depending on which one you pick, there are several different ideas I have for the direction this can go in.

Background

Amelia Pembrooke grew up not knowing her mother, and loving her father more than anything in the world. Her father, Noah, was one of the most renowned blacksmith and sword makers in the land. His swords were praised not only for their beauty, but for their expert craftsmanship, deadly blades, and perfect balance. Mia was trained not only in the art of sword making, but in swordplay as well. And not just by her father; many of the men, pirates and Naval men alike, each traded a trick or two to the girl while they waited for their commission to be finished. By the time Mia was seventeen, she could best just about anybody that came her way with a sword.

One day, when Mia was only eighteen, they had a visitor that they never expected or wanted. The Black Snake, the most feared and deadly pirate in the land, stumbled drunkenly into their shop demanding a sword so fine it would be the envy of everyone on the sea. Her father set a price, and then went to work. Mia kept her distance from the Snake; he frightened her, with his drunken leers and vicious tendencies.

When the sword was finished, Mia couldn't have been happier, for it meant the disappearance of the Snake, hopefully to never return. But, when her father refused to hand over the sword for anything less than the price they had agreed to, the Snake slit Noah's throat and took the sword. Mia watched, horrified, as her father's body crumpled to the ground. The Snake then turned to her, wanting to claim a second prize.

Furious about her father's murder, Mia picked up her father's sword and faced her foe. The Snake was drunk, but put up a deadly fight. Mia had the upper hand, and before long she rammed the sword straight through the man's belly.

OPTION A
With her father dead and nowhere else to go, she quickly thought through available options. She had no other family, and while she thought she was skilled enough to take over the business, people came for her father's swords, and they might not want to pay for her own work. Deciding it was time to make a decision, she took the bag of gold her father had hidden in the house and filled a large bag with as many swords as she could. Then she stripped the long coat that the Snake wore and took his hat. She twisted her brown hair up and stuffed it under the hat, put on the coat--which was just verging on too big, but she needed it if she was going to do what she needed--and finally, she took the black bandana her father always wore around his neck, and tied it up to cover her face. She also took the Snake's pistol, and the sword that her father had died for.

She made her way to the docks, and spotted the Basilisk easily enough. She made her way on board, letting her fury flow through her. Once the crew was gathered on deck and wondering what had happened to their captain, she threw the bag of swords at their feet. "Your Snake is dead," she informed them, lowering her voice a bit and making it sound much rougher. "You can pick up a sword and follow me, and I can promise you riches beyond your wildest dreams. Or you can leave, and no harm will come to you."

And thus, Captain Dread was born, and rumor of his violent killing of the Black Snake and his stealing of the Basilisk spread across the sea. Ten years later, it's still the most feared name on the sea.

OPTION B
With her father dead and nowhere else to go, she quickly thought through available options. She had no other family, and while she thought she was skilled enough to take over the business, people came for her father’s swords, and they might not want to pay for her own work. Deciding it was time to make a decision, she took the bag of gold her father had hidden in the house and filled a large bag with as many swords as she could. Then she stripped the long coat that the Snake wore and took his hat from his head before taking the black bandana her father always wore around his neck and tied it around her wrist. The bandana, and the last sword he had ever made, would be the only reminders of home she took with her.

She put the coat on—which was just verging on too big, but she needed it if she was going to succeed—and donned the Snake’s old hat before making her way to the docks. She spotted the Basilisk easily enough. She made her way on board, letting her fury glow through her. Once the crew was gathered on the deck and wondering what had happened to their captain and why this girl was wearing his accoutrements, she threw the bag of swords at their feet. “Your Snake is dead,” she informed them. “You can pick up a sword and follow me, and I can promise you riches beyond your wildest dreams. Or you can leave, and no harm will come to you.”

A few of the older men left, believing having a woman on board was bad luck, but the majority stayed, deciding to give her a chance. And they were not disappointed.

And thus, Lady Dread was born, and rumor of her violent killing of the Black Snake and her stealing of the Basilisk spread across the sea. Ten years later, it’s still the most feared name on the sea.

Depending on whether you choose OPTION A or OPTION B will dictate how we would proceed in terms of plot. Here are the ideas I had for both A and B.

OPTION A

*Royalty

This can have two different options. Dread decides to kidnap a Prince (or Princess, if you can persuade me) for ransom, growing bored with raiding ships and wanting to try something new. The Prince, once on board, discovers Dread’s secret, and a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, the roles constantly changing. This particular plot could get a little darker in content, given that Amelia was eighteen when she took on the persona of Dread, and has been disguised as a man for ten years, she doesn’t really know what it means to be a woman.

The other option is a royal stowaway. I don’t have as much fleshed out for this particular one, just that perhaps a member of royalty grows bored with their life and decides to run away, and ends up as a stowaway on the Basilisk.

*Rival Pirate

A rival Pirate, who is quickly making his own name somewhat of a legend, either finally catches up to Dread, or Dread catches up to him. Perhaps Dread gets word of the rival talking trash at a bar that pirates regularly frequent, and decides to eliminate the threat. It proves to be much more of a challenge than anticipated, and either Dread gets captured, or rather than being able to kill the rival he gets captured. Either way, the secret is discovered and the plot can go from there.

OPTION B

*Old Friend/Royal Navy

When Amelia ran away, she not only left behind her home but the only friend she had had growing up, a local boy whose father was a member of the Royal Navy, and frequently sought her father out for swords. The day she leaves, he comes by only to find her father’s body, the Snake’s body, the shop ransacked and Mia missing. He searches for her, has his father try to help, but years go by with no sighting and he eventually gives up.

Ten years later he’s now a Commander in the Royal Navy, and his sole mission is to capture Lady Dread and bring her to justice for her many crimes.

Where we take this is open for discussion. Several options are available, he can succeed and capture her, he could attempt to ambush her ship from the inside and gets caught by one of her crew and taken to her. He gets word that she’s docked in a seedy town, he ditches his uniform for plainclothes and goes to the bar she’s supposed to be at to attempt to capture her. She gets word of his latest promotion, hearing his name is like seeing a ghost, and decides to pay an old friend a visit, not knowing that his first assignment as a commander is to capture Lady Dread, dead or alive; he can’t believe she’s alive, is surprised by her appearance and shocked to learn that she is Lady Dread, and it sparks an argument a sword fight in which one or both is severely wounded, and a relationship that is cat and mouse, chase and capture, flirtatious from her end and angry from his. This is my FAVORITE OPTION, and one I very much would like to play.

*Any of the options from A, just with her being Lady Dread. She would be a very different character, which would change the options and the stories.

If you’re interested, please PM me and we can talk about things. If none of the options above interest you and you have one of your own, I’m also open to that as well!

Thanks,
Chelsea

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High Casual - Advanced Partner Search

I feel a little awkward about shouting into the void for a writing partner, but I find myself with a considerable amount of free time and an itch to write I haven’t felt in a long time, so, here goes nothing.

About Me/Preferences

*My name is Chelsea. I’m a 22 year old female. I was an English major and a theatre minor at college.
*I’ve been doing the RP thing for about five years. I was on this site before the crash, and I’m pleased to find it back up and running.
*I prefer to write one main female character (third person POV), and however many NPC’s are necessary for what we come up with.
*I’m fine with writing mature themes, as long as you are too.
*I prefer to write/communicate via PM.
*I generally stick to 2-4 paragraphs per post, I do tend to get carried away every now and then, but don’t except a novel every time.
*I can guarantee a minimum of one post a day; generally I can (and would love to) post more than that, but one a day is my minimum (and, of course, if something crazy pops up that will prevent me from hitting that goal/being away for several days, I will absolutely communicate with you what’s going on).
*I love to talk! I want to get to know you outside of just the RP; communication helps build a great relationship and I want to be your friend in addition to being a writing partner.

If all of that floats your boat, then here’s some stuff I have floating in my head. If you don’t see anything that tickles your fancy, still PM me! These are just some ideas I’ve had wiggling around, but I’m not married to/in the mood for one particular plot or another. I would love to just talk and come up with something off the cuff as well!

Ideas/Plots

I’ll start with super basic pairing/tropes, then move up to more wordy plots. I tend to get a little bit rambly with my plot ideas; if there’s one in particular that interests you I would love to discuss things further.

Basic Pairings
*= indicates the role I would prefer to play

& = indicates I have a plot in mind

Boss X Secretary* &
Super-villain X Civilian* &
Royalty X Tourist* &
Pirate* X Royalty &
Dragon(shifter) X Human* &

I’m also always up for revising/modernizing fairytales\myths. Like a modern Hades/Persephone, or a retelling of Beauty and the Beast where the girl is the monster.

True Lies Inspired

Husband and Wife months away from celebrating their five year anniversary. He is a business analyst, a job that requires him to travel quite frequently, and she co-manages a local catering company with her sister. Despite his numerous business trips that require him to be away from home for trips that last anywhere from three days to three weeks, they’re incredibly happy together; plus, the welcome home sex never gets stale. Besides, even though sometimes he’s gone for long stretches, he usually gets long breaks between trips as well. And, he promises her in another five years or so, a promotion will be coming his way that will be the end of the business trips.

But, as their five year anniversary gets closer, his downtime between trips gets shorter and shorter. Her sister, never having particularly warmed to him, suggests maybe not all of the trips are business related. Wife thinks that’s ridiculous, he would never cheat on her. Yes, their marriage isn’t exactly normal, but she’s so happy and so in love. But the thought plants a seed. And the next time her husband comes home, he’s not even there for twenty-four hours before he’s waking her up at 6am to tell her he has to go, he’ll be gone for at least a week.

So, feeling a little upset and confused, she decides to take her sister up on an offer of a vacation. She books a resort stay/hotel room/cruise (close quarters, could be interesting) for a trip that will last five days (long enough to get away, short enough to get back before her husband gets home). However, on her first day there she goes to the hotel bar/the resort restaurant/the cruise pool/bar and spots her husband at the bar, with another woman.

What she doesn’t know, but is about to find out, is that her husband is not a business analyst, but one of the country’s top spies. And she’s about to get caught up in his latest assignment.

Old Friends

They met in middle school and were inseparable best friends all through high school and heading into college. They went to both of their proms together after making a pact that if they didn’t have dates they would be each other’s date. Going into their first year of college together their dorms were on the same floor, and they took a lot of the same classes. At the end of their freshman year, at a party to celebrate the end of exams, they stumbled back to her dorm, drunk and excited about surviving, fell into bed and hooked up.

She was excited. Sure, they had been drunk, and yes, it was messy and sloppy and not ever how she had pictured it happening, but it was something she had wanted to happen. But she wakes up and she’s alone, she doesn’t see him until move-out day, and when they talk, things are stilted and awkward. Eventually he tells her that he thinks it was a mistake, that it shouldn’t have happened, they had been drunk, and he didn’t want to ruin their friendship like that. She takes it with a smile and a nod, punches him on the arm and says of course, it was just a one-time thing, it wouldn’t happen again.

Her first morning back at home, she wakes up and immediately runs to the bathroom to vomit. She sneaks out and comes back with a pregnancy test and sure enough…bingo. She stays up all night talking with her mom about options, what happened and what was said. After laying out all of the options, and being incredibly grateful she has probably the most understandable mom in the world, she transfers schools and they move halfway across the country.

It takes her an extra year and half to get her degree, but she does it and raises her daughter, Katherine, while doing so. Now, a few months shy of Kat’s sixth birthday, she has a job that she loves as a food critic for one of the top food magazine’s in the city; her reviews can make or break a restaurant, and readers especially enjoy her articles because she includes “Kat’s Corner,” where, if the restaurant has a kid’s menu, she takes Kat along and has her review the options available for the twelve and under crowd.

But, the magazine is getting a new editor-in-chief, and everyone’s job could be on the line. The rumors about the new guy stepping in aren’t particularly nice; he’ll be reviewing every one’s work, going along with them to restaurant visits and interviews, to make sure their work is up to snuff. And who does it turn out to be, but the man she hasn’t spoken to in six years, who has no idea that he has a daughter, and has no idea that said daughter will be accompanying them to the city’s newest restaurant that evening.

Soul Mates

I’ve always been curious about the idea of soul-mates in literature. If you’ve seen the movie Timer, I was thinking something along those lines. But instead of a world where you have a device/are born with a timer that counts down to the moment you meet your soul mate, the world I had in mind was a world where you are born with your soul-mates name on your wrist. This could get complicated, on a large scale (people with multiple names, what about different languages, etc.), but the name is written in different “fonts”/handwritings, colors, and you get a first and last name. (The colors have to match, your name must be on the other persons hand, and in general, unless there’s a language difference, the handwriting is the same; so mistakes rarely ever occur).

In this world, with modern technology, it’s very rare for people not to know who/where their soulmate is. There’s the internet and websites dedicated to finding the name, there’s private detectives, language analysts, tv shows and newspaper articles on how “Not to mess up that First Meeting.” There’s also tragedy, people who discover their intended died young, before they could meet. What do you do after the person who was supposed to be the One for you dies? There’s counseling, there’s also dating for people who have lost that someone. There’s so many endless possibilities with this world. A member of Royalty from a country finds out through his families private detectives that his soulmate owns a tiny pastry shop in Paris and has no royal blood in her whatsoever. A famous movie actress discovers her intended works at a dive bar and can barely pay rent. Best friends who grow up living next door; the straight jock who hides his wrist in the locker room because he knows for sure that “David” is not a girls name. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.

My thought combines this world with either time travel/alternate dimensions. What happens when a girl is born and she has markings on her wrist that no language analyst can decipher. What happens when she overhears a doctor saying to her parents, “Maybe there was a glitch in the system? Maybe there’s just no one out there for your daughter.” As she watches her older brother, older sister, and younger sister all meet their soul mates. You can’t get rid of the name (people have tried, heartbroken widows clawing at their wrists, it just scars over or comes back as the skin heals itself). So she covers it up with a thick leather wristband; tells people who ask her soul mate died in a car accident before he turned ten. She lies, she smiles, she gets on with her life.

Until her entire family takes a trip to [Scotland/Ireland/New Zealand/Wherever] and she gets hurled back in time/to another world, where the writing on her wrist is the language that they use. This could get interesting if it’s back in time in an unfamiliar place, where she doesn’t speak the language, and she meets the person with her name on their wrist but they can’t communicate (unless whatever sends her back does something like a TARDIS and translates things). I have a lot of different ideas/directions this could go in, and if it sounds like something you’d like to explore, we can discover those things together.

If you have any interest in striking up a conversation/discussion about any of the above, or developing something entirely new together, please contact me through PM.

Thanks so much,
Chelsea