MintRolls

Black hollow (small town horror)

Colt Kaneko | 20 | Male | He/Him

FC - Mike Angelo

Personality: Not particularly friendly, and often comes across as rude and abrasive whenever he speaks, Colt is not very social. He has a 'don't care' attitude towards others, and often rolls his eyes or scoffing if he thinks that something is dumb. He is a huge sceptic, and does not believe in ghosts, ghouls or monsters. He certainly does not believe that people just go randomly missing for seemingly no reason, and is of the opinion that they're just getting lost while walking in the forest (which, as he'll say, happens all the time everywhere there's a forest).
Colt does have a warmer, kinder side to him, and is very protective and loyal with those he may grow close to... if one has the patience for him to slowly warm up to them. For the most part, he keeps others at a distance with his abrasive nature so that they cannot get close enough with him to hurt him, his trust having been damaged multiple times in the past. So now it's just easier to not let other people want to be near him.

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@SouffleGirl123 Looks great! I'm already pre-writing a reply haha.

@shylarah Yep! I'll give another day or two before nudging and we'll go from there. Don't want anyone to be waiting too long between rounds.

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Gabriella was awakened quite early so I'm also happy for her to have been 'tasked' with going to meet Lara and help her if you wanted? I can make either way work :)

@SouffleGirl123

We can do that, no problem with me! Although I will warn that Lara won't be particularly pleasant or grateful to start with. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

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@SouffleGirl123 I would have put her over in London, but given everyone so far is in the US (or going there) I'll have her in NYC too lol. Brooklyn. Office of a finance company.

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@Pathei Mathos I was just going to keep things to the OOC here, but a Discord might help keep things a little more organised. I'll give it a think about some more.

@Athol I'm in BST, but like with most others, I can be online at varying times anyway.

@SouffleGirl123 That's fine, best of luck with your move!

I'm loving everyone's introduction posts so far, I'm looking forward to the characters starting to interact.
Lara is still available for someone to join her in her fight if anyone is unsure where to start. Otherwise, if anyone wouldn't mind me throwing Calista their way for her first post, let me know!

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@shylarah Now I hadn't considered that 🤔
A hammerspace would be a necessity. Otherwise some of these guys are ending up with their weapons confiscated and/or getting detained at the airport.

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@Sadie Yes please! Everyone will end up in the same place at the same time anyway. (There'll be some timeline rejigging I'm sure).

@shylarah You can if you'd like. The Titan successors are NPCs that anyone can utilise.

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The roleplay has now started!
Lara is open for any Successor(s) that wishes to jump in and help. I will write up a post for Calista later on when there's another new Awakening happening for her to aid with.

I have also given the Titan successors names, weapons/objects and powers, under the Quests tab.

I don't typically do a strict post order. I think the most in that regard would be waiting until everyone's posted in a 'round' before posting again.

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Unbeknownst to the citizens of Earth, chaos is brewing. So far, several successors of the Greek Gods have been Awakened, but there are still just a few more before their adventure can truly begin. Fortunately for these last few, they shall be aided by the already Awakened successors - a luxury (if one could call it that) that said successors did not get. At least they'll get a travelling companion as they make their way over to Central Park, NYC.

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Lara Kairos

Successor of Persephone | Loc: Office | Tags: Open

Friday, 2pm. The office was getting ready to leave, if they hadn't already snuck out extra early. Lara still had a bit of work to finish up. Well, an application for a wildlife reserve that she'd been trying to complete all day. Shocker that she was expected to do her job while she was at work. Mainly taking and transferring calls, or being lumped with photocopying or faxing documents. No one stuck by her desk long enough to see her computer screen, though she'd switch tabs, just in case. It was exhausting being nice to people that didn't quite seem to care, and her smile dropped as soon as the last person left the office. Security was still on site, elsewhere in the building, and the cleaners would be around soon, so she wasn't concerned with being locked in. She couldn't think of much worse than that happening.

About half an hour must have passed when she heard a distant thud or a crash from elsewhere in the building. It caught Lara's attention, but she put it down to the building being old, or perhaps one of the elevators making a weird noise. She was not going to investigate, that's how people in horror movies got killed. She had just about finished anyway, so she submitted her application, and prepared to leave.
She listened out for any other odd sounds. Silence. That was that, then. She would just leave and get home, and ignore the weird gut feeling she had that was practically screaming at her that it hadn't just been a regular 'old building' sound.

Lara turned away from the door of the office entrance to pick up her bag. Typical that she heard someone entering the office as she did so, but she assumed it was the cleaners.
"I was just leav-" Lara started, as she turned back around, but stopped short when the person before her was not someone she recognised. Someone holding a scythe of some sort. Definitely not the cleaners. Her professional tone dropped, as she asked, coldly, "Who are you?"
"Who I am doesn't matter. All that matters is that you are eliminated." the young man responded, his voice weirdly echoy.
Before Lara could ponder over how weird the phrasing was and the situation she was now apparently in, the young man lunged at her, swinging the scythe towards her. Lara moved backwards, the blade just catching her arm as she did so, to which she hissed in pain. Shit that hurt, but she wasn't going not fight back. Grabbing a nearby hefty binder, Lara threw it at the man, hitting him square in the chest so he stumbled back a little.

Before anything else could happen, Lara blacked out. At least, it seemed like she did. Everything went dark, and a voice spoke to her. Gentle, but commanding.
"Lara. Listen carefully. My name is Persephone, and you are my chosen Successor. This is not the most ideal circumstance for us to communicate for the first time. The Titans are determined to break out of Tartarus and reclaim the Earth. Use the lantern I grant you to get out of here and find the other successors. Trust your intuition."
With that, her vision returned, and she was holding a bronze storm lantern, the light glowing brightly. She was still reeling from the experience. It felt like she was brimming with a renewed energy. She thrust the lantern towards the young man, the light shining brighter as the would-be attacker flinched, dazzled by the light.
It was at this point someone else ran into the office. Another stranger that Lara was currently unsure as to whether they were another enemy, or somehow some form of aid.

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@shylarah Yes! I'm working on one now, hope to get it up for the weekend. Sorry it's taking so long. 😅