We are born of the Blood, made men by the Blood, undone by the Blood. Our eyes have yet to open. FEAR THE OLD BLOOD!
9 yrs ago
If anyone wants to be part of an rp skype chat, hmu on skype. My username there is mikkishtheleprechaun. Or you can give me your username and I can find you.
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10 yrs ago
MAn, this place has changed. Wonder if anyone else is here from way back in 2012
The white flakes of a typical November day in Colorado sprinkled from the clouds all over the growing city of Denver.
Among many newly built tall buildings stood one in particular, largely ignored by most but the most unique in the entire city. Maniacles Corporation, an organization gaining recognition and prestige throughout the country, had recently set their sights on Denver for an unknown reason for which there were many theories. Regardless, Maniacles had already significantly boosted the economy of Denver and surrounding areas, hiring for everything from mercenaries to accountants.
And Maniacles took good care of their workers, having a cafeteria for which they hired skilled chefs to prepare much better dishes than thin dried burgers or mac n cheese from a box. Many workers commented on thr generosity in the quality and extravagance of what these "cafeterias" had to offer.
And this is why, across the street, at a Starbucks, Nathan sat sipping black coffee and preparing for his interview.
The rotting man looks past your knife, ignoring it to continue his threatening gaze right in your eyes.
And then, more shadows move in the dark outside. Another, rotting person, a woman this time, but she isn't stumbling but walking quickly. A piercing, psychotic screech fills the air, and then another man starts stumbling, though very quick at a jogging pace, towards the church.
Unnir had been observing this world for awhile, trying to decide if he could entertain himself with this world, and he grinned when he saw the perfect pranking opportunity. He appeared crouched beside the guy who was obviously scared@MikkishtheLeprechaun, and whispered, "What are we hiding from?"
I flinched when someone suddenly appeared right beside me. I paused. This person, probably actually some monster, knew I was trying to hide, and just...out of nowhere was already right next to me.
I looked at him, taking a stern expression. Anyone could see I was afraid, but I still wanted to hide it as much as I could, and not give him the satisfaction.
I leapt back instinctively as the Traveller shot her revolver.
"What the hell are you doing?" I shouted, looking around frantically. In her own words, she was seriously trying to get others to come attack us. This was what it was. My punishment. Punishment for thinking I was a badass all this time.
I always envisioned myself in a dangerous situation beating up an armed enemy, taking the gun, and going on to kill everything else that threatened my life. Sometimes I imagined cartoons of myself in which a dangerous monster appeared before me right before the scene cut to one of the monster being horribly beaten or ripped apart. No epic battle, just two scenes to show what a bad idea attacking me was.
But of course, now it was actually happening. I wanted to run, but they could come from anywhere. I began shaking. I was in a panic. Shit was coming, to eat me, or skin me alive, or god knows.
There was no real place to hide, so I did the next best thing. The Traveller was looking in one direction. I got up behind her, and face opposite. Knowing I couldn't really fight, as I had some martial arts training but no literal combat experience, I crouched down to make myself less visible. I couldn't breathe normally, and my whole body was quivering out of control, but I resolved I could at least warn if something was coming.
Looks good. Is there some sort of story arc this will follow? I know you said it will mostly be a free choice but will there not be something to start it off?
Not so much a story as a few paths the details of which I will work on tonight and tomorrow. I actually have a few things I may add tomorrow.
Our world, with all its mundane shit we have always known, is home to vampires, mages, cults, and eldrich monsters. Yes, fanged freaks suck blood, crazies set people on fire with their mind, and super reach secret organizations perform sick experiments on innocent people (Or not so innocent. Thats not the point here) right under our noses.
Now, perhaps I am just preaching to the choir here. Hell, in all likelihood you already know about everything I jut told you. But then, who are you? Are you a mage? A vampire? A mercenary? Something else?
But before you choose, let me give a little lore.
Mages Mages are not "special humans born with magic talents." Mages are people who discovered that energy all around them could be harnessed by the human mind, and took the time and effort to achieve a good understanding of how to use it. There are slight changes that take place as the mage continues to practice and master their art that could arguably classify them as another species. Their metabolism speeds to a point where most mages appear gaunt and almost sickly. Some of their blood slowly turns into a different unusual substance, which causes a weakness to silver and deadly allergy to agloephotis, a rare Arabian plant.
There are many magic cities and schools throughout the world, in hidden places, where people can study to become better practitioners of magic. Each of these cities have their own governments and way of doing things.
There are several schools of magic:
Psionics (Which is basically telekinesis and manipulation of elements like fire.) Buff (Which includes buffing your own strength, speed, durability to reach unnatural levels, and healing.) Soul (Which includes necromancy and communication with spirits) Illusion (Which includes casting illusions and reading minds.) Blood (Which involves manipulating another's blood and sacrificing your own blood for a temporary body enhancement.) Shapeshifting (What it says on the tin) Enchantment (Imbue some object with magical properties.)
Vampires These "blood sucking psychos" are horribly misrepresented and mistreated, even by those who know about the supernatural world but especially by mages. Nobody knows where the vampire curse came from or if its really a curse or disease but some blame the Mages, others blame some god, and scientists who will entertain the idea think it to be some unexplainable illness. Despite the usual depiction of undead Romanians with two fangs on the top row of their mouths that are retractable, these people are not undead but have four long fangs, two up top two on the bottom that do not retract, and abnormally big black irises. They need blood to keep their strength, but can go hundreds of years without actually "starving to death." That being said, their craving for blood isn't ravenous, but like a human's craving for food, and many vampires truly don't like the taste of human blood.
All vampires are much stronger, faster, and more resilient than a typical human being. Religious items have no effect on them, and all garlic does is activate their gag reflex. They are however unable to handle silver without dissolving as if they were touching acid, and mage blood is poison to most of them. It is unknown what agloephotis would do to one, but they avoid it.
Mages and vampires have been enemies on and off throughout time. Vampires will say that Mages hunt them for sport. Mages would say the vampires invade their societies and prey on the young and helpless. But these quarrels are petty in comparison to the true threat of the world.
In addition to these two "species," are two secret factions that know about the supernatural world and deal with them for profit.
Human
Really? You don't know what a human is? I have to explain this shit? FML
As for the secret organizations, these two are major. Pretty much all supernaturals know about them.
Maniacles Corp This corporation is known for its mercenaries and high tech equipment. They also research the supernatural and have developed several drugs that many have yet to even dream of. They are extremely corrupt, however, and hard to trust. The tech includes power armor, which is exactly how you would imagine, plated robot armor. There are also high tech weapons and modifications, one example of a weapon being the Plasma Blaster, which is actually morel like a flame thrower but hotter, and sprays hot plasma short distance.
Templars Nobody would know about this group of psychotic religious freaks if they hadn't launched that major failed campaign years ago, killing countless mages before being defeated on that island. These are Christians who see mages as the ultimate heretics and vampires as abominable Satan spawn. These people, too, have power armor but in addition to that have their own abilities (Aka Magic. Hypocrites much?).
The rest you may or may not find out about throughout the course of the rp. Hell, you can even create your own but...PM me first.
Paradiso, Nevada: Maniacles HQ is based in a large city in the middle of the deserts of Nevada known as Paradiso. In addition to this corrupt corporation and various gangs, many supernatural beings live here.
Moonlight Hills, Ohio: The rise of this city seemed pretty random when it went from a rural sprawl to a large city in just over one year. Maniacles has a few warehouses and some infrastructure here, but it is theorized that Templars have a large, though hidden, presence here. For some reason, while many mages and vampire live here, they are not very active. Even in fights against each other, they try to appear as average humans, choosing to fight with guns and the ordinary means as opposed to supernatural strength or telekinesis.
Denver, Colorado Known by some as the "Green State" for the legalization of a certain hobby many enjoy, this wonderful city is only a short drive from the Rocky Mountains. For some reason, Maniacles has started investing in Denver and the surrounding areas, and some mages, vampires, and others aware of the supernatural, have come here hoping for work with the corporation.
Anyway, here are the rules.
1. So this is a pretty free, open RP. It has its own lore and facts, such as its own version of vampires and magic. Do not deviate from the lore I have given you for each.
2. Vampire, Mage, or Human are the only species you can be. Most other fantasy species you imagine, such as Neko don't exist unless its a shape shifter mage. Others, like demons...well let me control all the demons and please don't create any, even an NPC, at least until everyone has an idea of whats going on with them.
3. No auto hitting or controlling other people's characters. No controlling an NPC that I say not to auto hit or control or if you can clearly tell its important like a boss or something.
4. No OP characters, and unless you stated it in your cs, you don't have the ability in the IC. I have had people in the past put "telepathy and kung fu" as their skill and ability, but then make a post about conjuring a hurricane to kill every other PC. None of that.
5. I might add to this as I see fit. If I see you do something that screws with the plot or hindering the experience for others, I might tell you to edit or simply never do that again.
Alright, so finally, I will show you
The CS Template
Name: Age: Group: (Remember, either Human, Mage, or Vampire) Appearance. Personality: Bearings: (What does your character have on them?) Abilities: (You get three. It has to make sense given your group. Putting an ability here, such as guns or buff magic, gives you average skill with it. It can get better over the course of the rp.) Other:
There will be no single goal as everyone's character is different, but I can give suggestions.
Greed Possibly the most cliche yet relatable goal. Your character might seek to gain the most money, legally or illegally...probably illegally, with some supernatural dealings mixed in.
Revenge Despite there being a magic and fantasy element in this rp, the world is still as corrupt and gritty as in real life if not more so. Conflict is everywhere, as is death, and in a world full of horrible people, the wronged might seek retribution.
Knowledge Magic, the study of the supernatural, the study of old gods, or even the study of something "ordinary" such as a trade is another possible goal. Perhaps this knowledge will help you get your fortune or revenge, or maybe you just want to be known as the greatest, most dangerous necromancer around.
Shadow Dragon