Emma

Ocean Horizon: The Shardseeker Chronicles

I'll have my finished CS later today!! :D

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

1.) Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
2.) Laura Palmer - Bastille
3.) We Call This Dancing - The Parlotones
4.) Turn It Off - Paramore
5.) Masochist - Ingrid Michaelson
6.) When I'm Gone - Ally Rhodes
7.) Blank Space - Taylor Swift
8.) Shine - Birdy
9.) Demons - Jasmine Thompson
10.) Words -Low

Station Five

Here is something to tide you all over while you wait. It is a Photo and Info gallery. Under some pic, in the description box there are little tidbits of info.

Link

Station Five

OK!! Mother is having emergency surgery on her appendix! So the OOC will be up late tonight or early in the morning tomorrow.

Station Five

@Space Boyfriend Made it for a previous post-apocalypse RP from like two years ago.

@Caramelcorn Awesome !

@AlysCole Thank you!
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The OOC will be up sometime tomorrow! :D

Ocean Horizon: The Shardseeker Chronicles

So anyone hoping to build relationships just PM me! My character Yara has been a crew member for three years. She is still a WIP but her personality is finished so that might help.

Station Five

@AlysCole Rations will not necessarily run out. Many of the colonies are farm colonies, and help feed the stations. And Station to specializes in farming, and agriculture. (Cosma is one of the alien plants.)

Nutrition powder = is like a more advanced form of Soylent or other meal replacement powders. It meets all nutritional requirements for an average adult. People are given nutrition powder when they collect their monthly rations. Nutrition powder is used as a substitute for real natural food as farming it not very easy to do in space, and the colonies, space station two, and planet Cosma's farms, can not fit the supply with demand for real food. People can make soups, patties, mash, gelatin, pudding, cream, bread, and cheese consistency things to eat from the powder, but it taste like chalk, mixed with sawdust, so thats where 'concentrated Flavor extracts' come in. A tablespoon of extract onto a serving of powder makes it taste like what ever flavor you chose to buy. Not only do the extracts come in simple ingredient flavors such as banana, butter, cheddar, ham, tomato, chocolate, or potato, so that you can mix up your own meal, but they also come in meal flavors like, beef stew, fried chicken, BBQ ribs, gumbo, tacos, seafood Alfredo, pizza, or stir-fry.

Monthly Rations

Ration day is the 10th of every months. This is also the day anything ordered from outside the Station is available to pick up.

Pick up at the Ration depo, is organized alphabetically by last name, A-E come at 5:00am, F-K at 7:00am, J-P at 9:00am, Q-U at 11:00am, and V-Z at 1:00pm.

Pick up for payed for orders happens after 3:00pm. Stores, Restaurants, businesses, all come to pick up there: ingredients, stock, supplies, merchandise, tools, and other things they ordered.

Individuals can also trade in old shoes for a new pair every 6th months for free.

Things in parenthesizes mean you can be given any of them, depending on whatever is in stock/season.
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Basic Monthly Rations for ages 14 and up.

- A package of 100 gelatin sheets
-Three 16 oz Jars (Jam, pickled eggs, spiced peaches, honey, olives, pickled peppers, sauerkraut, tomatoes, applesauce, nut butter, rice, powdered milk, Pickled beets, radishes, sprouts, or Cosma syrup.)
- Three Cans of Meat (Native Fish/meat from Cosma, Salami, jerky, spam, chopped liver, chicken, beef gravy, Ham, or Vienna sausage.)
- Ten Shower Tokens
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 1 cup salt
- 24 oz of (butter, oil, margarine, or lard)
- 4 cups of (soy flour, rice flour, corn flour, barley flour, or regular flour)
- A 10 oz package of freeze dried (Banana, Mango, apples, peaches, corn, peas, papaya, or prunes)
- six 5lbs bags Nutrition powder
- A box of 60 water purification tablets.
- A 1.5 oz tube of mint toothpaste
- 30 days worth of deodorant powder
- 5 laundry tokens
- Small can of Beans (Pinto, lima, kidney, butter, lentils, Garbanzo, or soy)
- Refill of Multi-Vitamins (only if you bring in your old bottle for refill)
- One Treat (candy, wine, beer, marshmallows, lotion, underwear, package of biscuits, dozen eggs, art supplies, a carbonated beverage, package of noodles, a few potatoes, raisins, yarn, candles, popcorn kernels, rum, canned yams, coffee beans, teabags, mustard, hot sauce, socks, tissues, tape, cheese wedge, or a pack of cigarettes. Just to name a few)

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*** Only For women/parents with babies between the ages of NB-1 year old.
- Baby Formula 480 oz.
- Baby food - 15 jars (Banana, peas, carrots, apple, mixed veggies, beef & potatoes, cinnamon oatmeal, mixed berry, chicken & gravy, veggies & rice, green beans, or yams)
- 1 baggy of Baby powder
- 14 oz can of condensed milk.
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*** Children Rations Ages 6-13
- A package of 100 gelatin sheets
- one 18 oz Jar (Jam, pickled eggs, spiced peaches, applesauce, olives, pickled peppers, sauerkraut, tomatoes, honey, nut butter, rice, powdered milk, Pickled beets, radishes, sprouts, or Cosma syrup.)
- Two Cans of Meat (Native Fish/meat from Cosma, spam, Salami, jerky, chopped liver, chicken, beef gravy, Ham, or Vienna sausage.)
- Ten Shower Tokens
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 cup salt
- 20 oz of (butter, oil, margarine, or lard)
- 3 cups of (soy flour, rice flour, corn flour, barley flour, or regular flour)
- A 15 oz package of freeze dried (Banana, Mango, apples, peaches, corn, peas, papaya, or prunes)
- five, 5lbs bags Nutrition powder
- A box of 60 water purification tablets.
- A 1.5 oz tube of bubble gum toothpaste
- 4 cups of plain oatmeal
- 2 laundry tokens
- 1 Small can of Beans (Pinto, lima, kidney, butter, lentils, Garbanzo, or soy)
- Refill of children Multi-Vitamins (only if you bring in your old bottle for refill)
- One Treat (candy, marshmallows, underwear, package of biscuits, condensed sweetened milk, art supplies, a carbonated beverage, package of noodles, raisins, yarn, popcorn kernels, canned yams, pistachios, hot coco powder, socks, cheese wedge, small tube of yogurt, or juice box. Just to name a few)

Station Five

@Emma this looks amazing and I hope it gathers more interest. Do you mind if I pm you to help with lore/world-building, and I also have a concept for a story arch that might make things a little interesting. I may be getting way ahead of myself but I find this to be really interesting.

@AbysmalDemon

Thank You! And Yeah totally PM me!

@Emma What's the current situation with Station 5 then?

What's life like there? 1000+ years is a long time, it's certainly enough time for humanity to work things out and get the station into top shape, but it's also plenty of time for things to go very wrong. Is the Station itself wellkept or is it in serious disrepair?

What the politics like? Is there racism against our alien allies? Is it out of fear and xenophobia or perhaps it's more of a condescending colonialist viewpoint because they're less advanced?

Also is the ship a democracy after so many years, or were they under martial law after the exodus from Earth?

@Space Boyfriend

Beautiful questions!

All will be answered in the OOC, which will be up by the 29th! :D

Ocean Horizon: The Shardseeker Chronicles

WORK IN PROGRESS.

"Trust is not a privilege, it is something you earn."

Name: Yara Catalina Loras
Alias(s):
Age: 23
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Silky Black
Eye Color: Olive Green

Crew Position: Medic - Surgeon

Physical Appearance:
Yara has straight raven black hair that reaches just past her mid back. Her skin is an copper color, with warm olive undertones. She has dark green eyes with golden flecks, and is considered average high for a woman. Though she does has a small frame, she is fit and as tough as any other pirate. She has tattoo on her upper left arm (as pictured).

Attire:
Yara's wardrobe consists of quite a bit of lace, ruffles, corset belts, and black fabrics. Needless to say she dresses like a typical pirate, though on the more modest side of the the spectrum. Showing off massive amounts of cleavage, and wearing tiny short skirts is not her cup of tea. She hates wearing stocking and shoes, so most of the time she goes barefoot. When she is not wearing pants, her go to dresses and skirts are usually knee length.

Personality:
Most of the time Yara can come off as dispassionate. Do to her history she has learned to put up a wall between people, and her true self. She puts on a confident, and uncaring attitude as a way of making sure no one can hurt her. She has also become a tad more cynical then your average girl, do to the many betrayals, and hardships in her past. Her wall comes down when inebriated, but otherwise she tries to remain as stoical, and relaxed as possible. She is capable of being utterly ruthless against those who mess with her or her loved ones. She is truthfully the most loyal person you'll ever meet...as long as she considers you a friend. Yara is someone who is suspicious of others, and unforgiving towards those who wrong her. By unforgiving I also mean vengeful, so basically you don't want to mess with her...then again it's actually kind of hard to get on her bad side. She takes peoples bullshit in stride, and basically ignores idiots. Count yourself lucky if Yara chooses to be her genuine self around you.

Weapons & Equipment:
Daggers - A pair made of white iron

Medical Kit
-- Surgical Tools
-- Bone Saw
-- Tourniquet
-- Bandage Rolls
-- Hydrogen Peroxide
-- Tweezers
-- Scissors
-- Sutures/Needle
-- Gauze

Shard Ability:
Electrokinesis- She can generate raw electric energy, which she can with proper training, control at will for various purposes. At the moment she is basically a human taser.

Brief History:
Her mother, Olinda, was the pretty young lady from Verdante, who worked as a silk weaver. Yara's father, Jiminy, was a pirate for the lesser known captain Rockwell of the ship 'Drakon'. Yara was born in the middle of the Kiryan, only six months after the young couple married. She was a sweet little baby, with her mothers green eyes, and her fathers black hair.

The first few years of her life were spent in Rexa, a small Wandering Island. Her father became a dock worker for a short time after she was born, trying to be a family man and good husband. But once a pirate always a pirate, so when Yara was two years old her father went back to his swashbuckling ways. Every few months he would come home with stories about his adventures, and he would bring home presents for her.

Unfortunately when Yara was five years old, her mother died giving birth to a stillborn, and Yara was left in the care of the local midwife, until her father sailed home. A month later he arrived, distraught about his wife's death, and having no idea what to do with little Yara. No one was willing to take her in, and Jiminy refused to sell her off or place her into an orphanage. Thankfully with a little negotiating and a few bribes his captain agreed that Yara could come aboard and stay on the ship.

It quickly became apparent that a pirate ship was no place to raise a little girl. Though the crew had grown fond of her, it was extremely unsafe for a child. To many close calls with bullets buzzing by and steel swords hacking away. Four months later Jiminy left Yara in the care of an old friend, none other then Immortal Archivist Cagen.

Cagen was already raising a young boy named Fletcher, so one more child couldn't hurt. Yara excelled under his guidance, and Fletcher became like an older brother to her. Anytime she was scared during a thunder storm she would sneak into Fletcher's room, and he would let her crawl into his bed. Two years past and sadly when she was eight years old Fletcher left to see the world, and shortly after news of her fathers death came.

Five months later her aunt Zendra showed up looking to claim Yara, and take her home with her. Cagen had tried to reason with the woman, but in the end the stubborn witch would not take no as and answer. Yara left with Zendra, and cried herself to sleep every night the whole journey to her aunts place in The Broken Spires.

Life was very different for the eight year old Yara. Her aunt was the madam of a brothel, and Yara spent most of her day cleaning, and cooking, for the prostitutes that lived there. Nights where spent handing out drinks to clients, and keeping the illegitimate toddlers occupied in the basement. She was ten years old when her aunt sold her virginity off to the highest bidder. Yara had hit, kick, and scratched hard enough to draw blood, but the real kicker was she had bitten the bastards ear off. Afterwards Zendra had her flogged for injuring the customer who purchased her for the night. Then she told Yara that she was old enough to earn her keep, and expected her to smile from now on.

Yara ran away two weeks later, and at the age of 10 she was on her own. She stowed away on a ship that was heading to New Haven. Three days into the voyage she was caught. Half the crew wanted to though her off the ship into the ocean, and the other half had no opinion on the matter. Benji, the ships medic came to Yara's defense, saying he needed an assistant anyway, and that tossing her overboard would be a waist of free labor. The captain reluctantly agreed, and Yara spent the rest of the voyage swabbing the deck, doing laundry, and peeling potatoes. By the end of the three month trip across the sea, she had become the little mascot of the ship.

After docking in New Haven, Yara didn't really know what to do with herself. Benji took her under his wing as a assistant, and she joined him on board a sky ship he had contracted with. She learned how to fight with daggers, and how to handle a gun. Benji taught her how to get bullets out of people, amputate limbs, and sew up wounds. She was thirteen when Benji's drinking got out of hand, and she spent more nights cleaning up his vomit then anything else. He got fired multiple times, and no one would higher him since he became a drunken liability...nobody but pirates anyway.

Yara was able to find Benji a position on a rickety old ship. Little did she know the crew was not made up of the most loyal and friendly people. Two weeks into the journey, there was a mutiny and the captain was killed. Dwaine the cook took over as acting captain, and anyone who went against him ended up dead or locked in the brig. Benji unfortunately couldn't keep his drunk mouth shut, and Dwaine shot him in the head. Thus Yara ended up in the brig, and was told she that she was to be sold off somewhere. Weeks later, they finally docked, and Dwaine sent his goons to sell Yara on the black market in the city. It was at this point in time that she started building walls between people, and not giving her trust out willy-nilly.

As she was being dragged to the market in the middle of the night, by some miracle she was able to slid the mans gun out of his holster as shoot him in the arm. She shot a bullet at the other goon, and missed the first shot, but the second got him in the knee. She ran, as fast and far as she could. A few days later she sold the gun, and used the money to by passage to the City of Shoel. The voyage was safe and uneventful.

She was able to obtain a job working as a courier for a small pharmacy. Most of her meager pay was spent on renting a room, and keeping herself fed. Life seemed to move at a slow pace for awhile, she was alone more often then not. She slowly made friends with an old retire navy surgeon named Boris, and his wife Cleo. She brought them their medications every Pashiphsday, and would end up playing chess for hours, and staying for dinner. Two years later Cleo passed away, and Boris was left on his own, in a big old house. He had explained that Yara was like a daughter to him and Cleo, and that is how she came to stay with him.

He taught her everything she knows about surgery, and medicine over the next three years, until he passed away at the age of 89. He left everything he had to her. She sold the house, and most of the furniture. Other thing were donated to the local orphanage. She would never forget Boris and Cleo who had been some of the most genuine caring people she'd ever met.

She wanted to live a simple life, just as Boris had wished for her. So now that she was eighteen, and she had enough money, she decided to enroll in the medical university to become a surgeon in honor of Boris. It only lasted tow semesters, as one night walking home she witnessed a woman being beaten in an alley. In a surge of something unnatural within her, she electrocuted the assailant to death, and unfortunately the girl too.

Relationships:

Fletcher Gulliver Payne - Friend. Closest thing she has to family.
Petros Avakian -
Aloysius Poole -
Carlos Cunningham -
Fergus Gallagher -
Maria Siddiqui - Friend.
Silver Kingsly -
Gitanjani Mariposa -
Dominic James Anders -
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Station Five

@Emma Cool. Ok, so some questions:

• So are the space stations stationary? The Human race seems to be looking for a new Earth, where are the stations now? They are stationary, and set in a planets/moons gravitational fields, so they orbit like a satellite. Though they can be moved, of the need arises. When planets come up on radar that have the similar composition, and livable conditions as old earth, a specialized crew is sent out to scout and research the planet. They typically are sent by shuttle, but they are put into stasis for longer journeys, and monitored by ship AI until they reach their destination. Station locations are varied, and I will elaborate more on them in the OOC. But Station 5 is located in _____ Galaxy orbiting the planet Cosma. Cosma is home of one of the intelligent aliens I was planning for the RP.
• And who are the other Alien species and why aren't they able to send us in the right direction for a planet to call home? I was thinking of making only one or two alien races, and they would not be as technologically advanced as the human race. Basically before contact with humans, space flight and travel was a foreign concept to them. They would not know any planets for Humans to settle on. I was also going to make the Alien races home planet unlivable for humans, due to crushing gravity, temperatures, and unbreathable air. So it was basically impossible for humans to take over and colonizes there planet anyway.
• Is Station 5 one of the places the elites/wealthy of Earth went to or was it one designated for those last humans/their donated progeny? Station five was a mix, of elites and last humans. Though that was over 1000s years ago so it has little meaning in the present time. The donated Progeny as you put it, were sent to each station.
• If the elites are there, is the same disparity still present on the station? There is always disparity in every society, but elites are not necessarily the wealthy anymore, rather they are the educated, and people with specialization such as doctors, scientists, and engineers. Other elites would be the people with connections and power, so police, government officials, and crime lords.
• Are the stations still in contact with each other? The stations are all in contact with each other, except for number 2 which was lost after an unknown plague basically killed everyone about 400 years ago. The colonies also have contact through radio, but only with the stations closest to them.
• (not really a question) I feel like 20 years might be unrealistic amount of time to build a bunch of space stations capable of housing millions of people, unless they were already nearing completion when humans realized how dire their situation was and were re-purposed. ...Lets just say they had been building the stations before hand...And building stuff was fast since technological advance of the future blah blah.

I'll leave it there for now, but I'll probably have more :)

@Space Boyfriend