MonsieurShade

The EWIP- Fantasy RP

@SpookySquid A slew of problems at home to include your health and you still find time to let a couple of random folks on the internet know what's up so they don't get annoyed that they can't rp in a certain thread? Squid, truly you are the most based of spook inducing cephalopods.

The Family That Slays Together [Reboot] [Family of Supernatural Hunters]

Dimitri woke to the sounds of shouting and sat up in his bed with a groan. Despite taking a long hot shower to remove the stench of ghoul from him before going to bed his muscles were stiff and sore from last night's escapades, though the scars on his forearm had thankfully stopped throbbing, meaning there was no infection to worry about. The slayer tossed off his blanket and swung his legs off of his bed as he prepared to gather his things for school. After applying a healthy portion of deodorant and men's cocoa butter to help relieve any linger ghoul scent, Dimitri started to get dressed pausing briefly to glance over toBrutus, who was still sound asleep on his dog bed in the corner. Dimitri's outfit for the day was rather simple: A black tank top, a dark grey long sleeve mock turtleneck, some dark blue jeans, and his black lunar glide +5s. Dimitri spared a moment to eye the running shoes, finding himself momentarily amused with the leopard pattern that cropped up and reflected the sunlight through his skylight whenever he tilted them a certain way. He eventually got over his amusement and gathered up his toiletries before trotting out of his room and towards the bathroom.

On the way there he noticed the scent of weed wafting through the air, however he ignored the strong smelling herb in favor of paying attention to Jack as he came down the hallway. Dimitri waited until Jack was about to pass him and reached out, placing a large hand on the smaller slayer's chest, "You're riding with me to school today, little man. We've gotta talk about something important." He stated plainly before moving on. Despite his usually gruff demeanor, Dimitri was always a tad bit more patient with Jack than he was with the others. He saw a bit of himself in Jack, especially when it came to their mutual "take on all challengers" mindset, though the age gap between them as well as the sound ass kicking Dimitri had received before becoming a slayer had done wonders to temper Dimitri's combative nature. His message passed along, Dimitri stepped intro the rest room and went through the regular routine of brushing his teeth, washing his face, and shaving away the ever increasing stubble on his face.

When it was over Dimitri whistled loudly and waited for the familiar sounds of nails clacking against hardwood flooring to go downstairs and into the kitchen. "Sup Damien, you look like shit. I think I know what'll set you straight though." Dimitri said somewhat off handedly as he walked over to the sliding door and opened it to let Brutus out just as the dog trotted into the kitchen. He waited until the dog was preoccupied with doing his business before he meandered over to the coffee pot next to his brother and pressed the on button, grateful that he'd had the presence of mind to clean and refill it every night. Dimitri sat back and waited, both for the pot to fill with coffee, and to see if the scent of the caffeinated beverage would breath life into Damien.

Space Adventures

An almighty racket could be heard from within the cargo bay of the Gallant. The veritable chorus of thumping and slamming was the sound of the "muscle" of the crew Rakans'mei Jakarta -better known by his friends as Rocky- moving things around in preparation for the next load of supplies that he and the others were going to be picking up on the next planet. Rocky hefted a massive metal crate over his head and shoved it into a storage shelf, an action which was preformed with ease despite the fact that the contents of the crate brought it's weight to about at least three hundred pounds. The Skalen secured the crate with several straps and stepped back to wipe a scaly hand over his brow. the action was, admittedly, a rather pointless one, as he and his kind lacked sweat glands and pours to actually secret the cooling liquid. It was something that Rocky had picked up, a gesture which believed to mean that one was content with their hard work paying off.

The Skalen turned away from the secured crate to take a good look at his surroundings, he wanted to be certain that everything was in place for loading and unloading supplies. The cargo hold was the largest room in the ship, and yet, much like the rest of the ship, it was still rather small, especially for Rocky's hulking frame. There was no decor to speak of in the room, that is, unless one counted dozens of neatly stacked boxes of varying size as decor. The interior walls were the same shade of metallic grey as the hull of the ship, the floor; a basic series of grates that could be lifted away to either store a few small items below them in a pinch, or to add extra height for massive items. The main source of lighting in the room was a series of overhead lamps that Rocky usually kept off due to the annoying buzzing sounds that they produced. Instead he relied on both his natural senses and a series of LED strips that ran along the two wall of the cargo hold, all the way up to the stairs and door to the main ship to get around the room.

With the last of the boxes secured Rocky slid down into a seated position on the ground and fished an inhaler from his jacket pocket. Moving the boxes wasn't really that a strenuous task, however, the lower oxygen levels of the ship and of the planets that he and the others frequently visited often left him short of breath a lot sooner than he was comfortable with. His inhaler was rather simple in design: A breathing mask not too dissimilar from those used in human hospitals. It's only differences where that it sported a vial of blueish green liquid attached to where a hose would have gone, the fact that it was made of flexible graphene rather than plastic or glass, and the fact that it was far larger than something used by the average human. Rocky pressed the mask to his face and breathed in, pulling the liquid from the vial and into the mask where it would be turned into mist and breathed in. He did this twice, then folded the mask and placed it back into his pocket before sitting back onto the shelf and resting a bit in the darkness of the cargo hold.

Space Adventures

@olcharlieboiCool, I just got back from work. I'll have a post up shortly.

Imagine Nation (Super-Hero and Villian City)

Perhaps if you were to start up a role-play after gaining at least two or three other participants to get the ball rolling you might be able to get more people interested. I was honestly enjoying the idea of participating in that space adventure RP you made about two weeks ago. It seemed like one of those things that would have taken off after a few IC posts between you me and shikaru. With some RPs you have to give people a taste of what they can expect. Say if we'd continued that idea despite there being only three people: eventually someone's going to get curious due to the number of posts and pop in for a quick glance, they like what they see and they may sign up. You might've even been able to alter that RP a bit so it starts with a trio of ragtag mercs that end up recruiting other crew members from other planets as time goes on, maybe making little story arcs out of it and making the RP more organic as a result.

But I digress, my point is that despite success in the past you still occasionally have to give people a glimpse at what you've got going to refresh their memory of why you had such successes to begin with, as well as bolster their confidence in the idea that the RP they're looking at is something really worth joining.

Imagine Nation (Super-Hero and Villian City)

You'd probably have a better chance of getting something up and running in the casual section dude. The issue with the free section is that a lot of the threads here are either reboots, long standing role-plays, or the same shit as at least three other threads just rebranded with a different name. Not much room for new and inventive ideas when most people gleam over something new to sign up for supernatural academy thread #876. I tried to make a space horror Rp on the free section a few months back that would actually have legit suspense and kill-your-character-dead consequences without so much as a single response.

You've got a bit more substance in Casual since there's usually several different types of role-plays going, not to mention that those you can actually get the attention of tend to stick around longer since casual CS' usually have higher standards and can't easily be written up in about five minutes.

The Family That Slays Together [Reboot] [Family of Supernatural Hunters]

Dimitri shot Krystoff a brief glare as Brutus slipped from beneath Izzy's hand and snatched the piece of meat from the air before trotting out of the kitchen, "I got a case of voltage dew in my room. You're welcome to a can provided you stop giving my dog table food.". After speaking, Dimitri grabbed a slice of meat lovers and a slice of vegetable pizza before tucking into his meal and listening to everyone come up with theories for why the ghouls had been gathered. It wasn't until Izzy and Damien took their leave for the night before he piped up again, "You were saying Jack's got an issue with skinwalkers Krys? I can talk to him in the morning on the way to school." he said around a mouthful of alfredo. Dimitri was no stranger to skin walkers, they were how he'd been introduced to the supernatural world, not to mention how he'd met Mathias. The hulking young man reached up and brushed his hand over a gnarled spot on the back of his head, a memento of the skin walker that had thoroughly kicked his ass all across an Oregon forest "Last thing we need is the runt going off and getting trounced, eh?".

The Family That Slays Together [Reboot] [Family of Supernatural Hunters]

@Blizz Happy 100 erry body! Oh, Blizz, by the way, I feel I should mention that Jack isn't the only one that dealt with skinwalkers, especially considering that Dimitri's bio states that he was almost killed by one before Mathias stepped in and saved his ass. Just saying some citation might be needed on the "no slayer has faced before" thing is all.

The Family That Slays Together [Reboot] [Family of Supernatural Hunters]

"I do what I can." Dimitri retorted as he watched Damien dig into his food. Dimitri mulled over the idea of having to look further into the ghoul issue and gave a small sigh at the idea of more work being piled on top of the nightly patrols. "Guess it can't be helped. I still wanna know why whoever did this chose ghouls of all things. I mean, there are plenty of other fast breeding creatures. Wendigos spread like rabbits thanks to that bite of theirs, and they're smart enough to follow orders so long as you give 'em fresh meat." Dimitri stated while opened up a cabinet to fetch his own plate and a fork, meanwhile Brutus trotted into the kitchen and promptly sat in front of Izzy, having long since learned that most of the males in the house weren't nearly as likely to give up food if he gave them the puppy dog look. Dimitri ladled a healthy bit of alfredo onto his plate and gave a pointed stare at his dog, "Cut the shit Brutus, you know you can't have table food. I'm raising a hunting dog, not a lardass.". Brutus' ears swiveled in Dimitri's direction, a clear indication that he'd heard what was said, however the pup stayed planted and began to whine softly and paw at Izzy's feet in an effort to ramp up the cuteness factor to get both a treat and Dimitri off of his back.

The Family That Slays Together [Reboot] [Family of Supernatural Hunters]

Dimitri chuckled at the reply he got over his headset, "Good to know, and don't worry, I ordered a large deepdish meatlovers.". After a brief drive and a few questionable looks and inquiries about the bandages on his arm from the clerks and a few of the restaurant patrons, Dimitri came away with dinner for the night and booked it back home as quickly as he could manage without breaking the speed limit to ensure the food would still be hot upon his arrival. After pulling into the driveway of the Blackwell estate, Dimitri was forced to undergo a combination of a juggling and balancing act as he carried in the food while trying to avoid stepping on Brutus who bounded playfully around him. Once at the door Dimitri somewhat awkwardly pinned the boxes of food between his body and the doorframe long enough to open the door, keeping it open long enough for Brutus to slip inside and disappear down one of the halls to go and harass one of the others before he slipped inside himself. After closing the front door with his foot Dimitri bounded over to the kitchen to set down the food and his keys before calling out to the others to announce the presence of dinner, "Food's here! If anyone's still conscious, now's a good time to come down and eat!".