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Ah. Sounds like a well fleshed out version of what I was suggesting. Completely understand how Pm's and BB formatting is a bit of a priority at the moment. Thanks for the insight. :)

Just as a thought, but would it be a good idea to add a list of who's subscribed to a particular roleplay? Either that or a count saying "6 people are subscribed to this thread".

Cool. I'll see if I can get the OOC up this afternoon/evening after work. Hopefully a few more people will join when the ooc is up. :)

It's basically a 3 way struggle to try and control the city for their own personal agendas. The Aristocrats being wealthy tend to use their money for bribery and control. The Hudsons desire riches through natural resources and mining, but with the Aristocrat's oppression on the area, it makes it fairly hard to gain money legally. Children of Umbra are a dark organisation, almost like a cult, that is hell bent on power and destruction however they fell off the radar for several years when the leader of the House of Hudson and two mercinaries from the aristocrats killed off the leaders of the Children of Investment. I don't wanna have a full out war or anything but more focus on espionage, back handed deals, deceit and betrayal.

This was an idea for a roleplay that I originally started on another forum, but due to a large lack of player activity it barely got past 5 posts. So I wouldn't mind starting it here and seeing how it goes with a larger community. Coal is a steampunk world that is set within a city that floats on an island in the sky, and a mining town that is located on the ground close to the island. There are 3 families that you can be a part of and each is designated with a particular skill set. The Aristocrats are the first family with a focus on money and close combat/melee; the second is the House of Hudson, a wild west like family that is skilled in firearms and mechanics; the third is The Children of Umbra, a secret organisation that has a fascination with dark arts and pseudoscience. Any questions and any interest, just let me know as I have a pretty fleshed out idea and an OOC post already done, except for maybe a tweak or two.

So the thought came across today. Has anyone had a role play that has somehow evolved naturally into something completely different? Eg: a fantasy that begins to gain elements of a sci-fi, or a school rp that has had to change into life after school. What sparked this thought was while I was looking at the new Mad Max trailer and how the first movie compared to the second, third, and the new one coming out all have a slightly different themes/genres. Yes, they're all somewhat apocalyptic but you can visually say that the first one is very much different to the latest. Just curious if anything has happened in a similar way.

Out of curiosity, can we get a bit of insight about the app system? From what I can gather is it a map that displays the colours, like dots, for the location of people? Also, this buddy system. Would that be a feature in the app or just for writing purposes. Understand that it's supposed to be a bit of a mystery. Just don't wanna add extra features by accident.

> Nutts is now promoted as SiC ^^ Haha! x)

--- **Early Morning at the Bristol Home** --- The living room was dark and eerily quiet except for the faint glow of a muted TV near the far corner. In front of that TV, laying on the sofa, was a middle aged woman who was half asleep. On the coffee table in front of her was a silver ash tray and an empty bottle of spirits accompanying. She sat there staring at the TV when a subtle creaking sound occurred behind her revealing a second source of light from the doorway. "I'm heading off to school, mum," a gentle voice called out from a distance. "Before youu gooo, caan you bring me a drin-k..." a slurred voice replied as Lexie's mother repositioned herself in the seat to drunkenly reach over and grab a packet of cigarettes. "I'm still waiting," she called out again noticing that Lexie hadn't moved at all. "Mum... It's 7am and I need to go to scho..." "You think you're sooo damn smart, going to school and getting those 'perfect' grades... But I am your MOTHER and asked you to do something," at that moment Lexie's mother fumbled her hand over to the bottle before picking it up and flipping it over towards the door. The door quickly slammed shut as the sound of a shattering bottle echoed throughout the household. Lexie, feeling distraught, dropped to her knees as she felt a violent surge of power flow through her body. From the way her mother treated her she should have been used to it by now, but this was a regular occurrence and it affected her every time. However this time she felt like throwing up. The skin on her arms tightened as it began to split open and reveal a grey, dry but simultaneously moist flesh underneath. Her mouth extended it's opening like a boa constrictor and attempted to turn her body almost inside out. In spite of what her body was doing and how her mind began to panic, her body soon began to relax as it realised there was no immediate threat. She felt her sickness fade and watched as the cancroid like flesh disappeared beneath her skin, leaving a young teenager with a very bad case of perspiration and rapid breathing. _"...they also have powers based of a major trait of their personality..."_ "Powers? What kind of power is this?!" she whispered to herself as she reached over towards her school bag and pulled it closer to herself, "I need to find out what's happening to 'us', and why?" --- **Later at School, Class 7-A** --- "Be still." The words created a silence that could cause a mime to think they lost their hearing. A silence that was broken by a teacher barking orders at naughty students who seemly forgot who was truly in charge of the class. Lexie sat in her chair towards the back corner of the room watching the other students walking away from Lucifer. Her seat was in a position that allowed her to view everyone but mostly to avoid getting things thrown at her from behind, similar to what happened in her younger years. She had her pencil case propped open with her phone sitting inside displaying a list of colours in the local area trying to work out how to read the map. "Lexie? Do you understand this map?" a voice secretly enquired from next to her. "Huh? You mean the app?" she replied without thinking properly. "What? No! I'm talking about the assignment he gave us last week," the girl next to her gave Lexie a funny look as if to think she was some kind of idiot. "You know, the environmental pollution in our local city?" "Oh, I haven't had a chance to look at..." Lexie's whispers were cut off by the bellow of the teacher up the front of the class calling for the class to remain quiet. She looked forward noting that the teacher hadn't even made the effort to turn away from writing on the board at the front of the room.

> That might not be a great idea though. Your shadows dissolve in light, and I just flash everywhere. > > I'll probably fight him myself, but I still wouldn't be able to beat him, just run away probably You guys don't have to win every fight. You could always meet up, fight and then withdraw to fight another day. Your characters could learn what they are week against and try to figure out a way to better themselves. Great example would be Megaman ZX. As the character you fight the final boss very early on and actually loose, but this in turn upgrades your powers from Megaman X to ZX and thus you gain some extra strength. Applying the same logic to your RPs will help flesh out characters and build their storyline, sometimes in ways that you may not have thought of before. :)