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The Wolf Plague

EDIT: Added a Clothing section to the form

The Wolf Plague

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𝙏𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙𝙮

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PREMISE

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We all thought of werewolves of creatures as creatures of fantasy. They were in books, movies, and video games, and plenty of people wanted to be one at some point in their childhoods. Now, nobody wants that. They have become painfully, tragically real, and not in a way that anyone could consider appealing. Lycanthropy, as the condition has been so aptly named, is a real infection, and is what the residents of Deadware (A painfully fitting name, we all agree) have to deal with. Sent to the previously abandoned town as soon as one contracts the infection, you are condemned to the conditions one might expect from some sort of apocalypse. There's little resources, bodies in the streets, violence at every turn. Its dehumanizing, cruel, and we know that those outside the town get to continue life as usual, never sparing even a thought about those sent to die.

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OVERVIEW

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The World

The roleplay takes place in the modern United States. Approximately current time. The exact location of Deathware isn't necessarily important, but its a small town somewhere in the midwest. The towns population was previously declining, and after the outbreak started the town was completely evacuated to make way for those affected. There is a good amount of rural land outside the town, and past that, the massive, sturdy fence recognized as the point of no return. Anyone who passes through the massive gate at the front, you're not allowed back into normal society. You are considered much too far gone, no longer human, regardless of the stage of your condition.

The condition itself, cutely named Lycanthropy, is much different from what we typically associate with werewolves. People do not transform instantly, and certainly not on the full moon. Symptoms take hold slowly, and are usually spread through contact with any bodily fluids of another infected, particularly associated with saliva from a bite, but really its more commonly translated through kissing and sexual activity with someone who doesn't know they're infected, or when a similar person donates blood and it is then given to someone else. Sometimes its completely random, and the source can't be traced, although this is rare and usually only occurs with the first person in a community, although many don't know exactly how they contract it. Overtime symptoms will gradually take hold, starting with disrupted sleeping patterns, an increase in the growth of body hair and potentially a change in its color, increased appetite, and stronger emotional outbursts. Anger is the primary emotion that can advance symptoms. Angry outbursts lead to rapid quickening of symptoms, as well as any survival instinct, such as extreme hunger and the fight or flight response, as well as bloodthirst and desire for violence. Over time, you start to transform more, your teeth being pushed out and replaced with more wolf-like teeth, your ears elongating, almost elf-like at first, parts of your body- particularly extremities such as the hands, feet, and ears, slowly spreading inwards, as well as up the body on the stomach and chest. Your hands and feet will grow callouses like paw pads, and eventually form into claw-like appendages. Your internal systems change too, more processed foods usually causing some disruption in the digestive process (more than usual, anyway) and you typically have a deeper inclination for eating meat, and can safely eat it raw. You also get a large desire to hunt for yourself, although doing that with your new wolf features will result in an even faster transformation. You get more prone to violence and animalistic desires, and you loose a lot of the thinking power. All that knowledge you learned in school? Even more gone than usual. Your ability to think critically and evaluate situations logically also deteriorates and you use your instincts much more. Eventually, you will lose your human mind completely, loosing all your previous logic and personality, and becoming a violent and mindless beast as your body is changed further, transforming into a full wolflike beast, able to walk on two or four legs interchangeably. These fur covered, vicious beasts usually retreat into the less occupied and more wooded areas surrounding the town. They usually either fight and kill each other, end up dying while trying to escape, or in the worst case scenarios, have to be killed by the residents of the town in order to stop them from violently murdering others.

The Characters

Everyone is essentially a werewolf, but definitely not in the cool way. Lets face it, it sucks. Your character can have been living in the town for any amount of time and can be at any stage of the disease, aside from completely too far gone. I'm thinking that we might start with some of the characters arriving in Deadware. And any newer person will be still in the earlier stages of the disease, and those there longer are likely to be further along, but there's a lot of room for variation within there. Mostly what i'm looking for is characters that have a will to survive but aren't overly emotionally hardened or angsty about their situation.

The Purpose

There's really no end goal here. I just want character interaction under dire circumstances, and what I really want is for like a close, almost family unit to form between all the characters. Its important for them to be able to interact with each other and also survive (although survival wont be as big of a focus as just on the characters)

The Style

As far as writing goes i'm not picky, I just expect maybe a paragraph at least, and anything more than that is cool too. I really prefer forms to be simple however, I don't wanna read excessive flowery language in your form. Just a detailed but straightforward explanation. Save all that real writing talent for the actual RP. Forms shouldn't be in first person, but I haven't quite decided what pov the actual posts are going to be in yet, i'll set the style when I actually start writing.

The Form

Form

Character Summary

Name:(Full Name)
Aliases:(Nicknames, previous names, maiden names, etc.)
Age:
Birthday/Zodiac:
Gender:
Occupation: (Before Infection)

Appearance

(Can all be combined into one paragraph if you prefer that)
Height:
Weight:
Build:
Eyes:
Hair:
Skin Tone:
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:
Clothing:

Psychology

Positive Trait * Negative Trait * Positive Trait * Negative Trait

Sexuality:
Relationship Status: (If applicable)

Personality: (This is probably the most important thing so I expect a good amount of detail here)

Fears: 2 real fears that make your character unhinged

Likes:

Dislikes:
(As few or as many as you want for both likes and dislikes, or you can leave it out if you really don't want to deal with it lol)

Skills

Pre Infection Skills: Max 5 -

Post Infection Skills: Max 5

History

History Before Deadware: (Doesn't have to be super in depth, will include up until they were diagnosed)

History Since Diagnosis/Arrival: (Includes how far they had to travel, and how they've been surviving since then, as well as how the disease has progressed within them)

Other:

If you've gotten this far congratulations! If you have interest, just say so and then post a bare-bones description of what you're thinking for your character, if you wouldn't mind to do so. Once we have a couple people interested i'll post like the real thing.

The Dark Circus

A sudden unwanted creature flung themselves onto their back, and started speaking in dumb rhymes. They quickly snatched them by the back of the neck and held the little vermin out in front of them. "Now what in the hell do you think you're doin'?" They asked, "And I ain't a man and I certainly ain't no doe either. Don't go assumin' it again." They said as they tossed the gremlin into the ground. "And put that eye back in your head, creep."

The Dark Circus

Another stranger waltzed in, with hair the color of flames in the most ridiculous cut, shaved on the sides aside from their sideburns, which were also dyed in an obnoxiously bright shade of yellow. They had several face piercings to boot, and nothing they were wearing was free of rips, aside from their studded leather jacket.
"What's happenin' in here?" They asked in a thick southern accent as they walked further in the room. "I would say I hope i'm not interrupting, but who am I kidding, I love it if I am." They laugh and elbow the man with the grocery bag in one of his hands. He seemed to have a decent head on his shoulders, even they could recognize that. "So really, whats happening in here?"

@Canidae

☆Summers In Sympathy☆

QɄ₳Ɽ₮Ⱬ

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It was early in the morning. The blissful time where nobody else was awake and the house was for once quiet. Quartz had been up since 5, and had showered and gotten dressed long since then. Now they were enjoying a lovely cup of earl gray tea as they checked on their houseplants, seeing if they needed water, and swapping the places of two plants, since one seemed now to be getting too much light and the other not quite enough. Just as they had watered their peace lily and finished their last sip of tea, they heard the telltale knocking of Kejirah. Calmly they finished what they were doing and set down their mug, and somehow in that time Damien had managed to rise from his eternal slumber and complain about the incessant noise from their housemate.

"It's actually a very nice time in the morning," They told him gently, pulling the blankets unceremoniously off of him. "I think you should stop being a lazy little bitch and just get up." They folded the blankets quickly, and tossed them out of easy reach of the bed, before opening up the door to the room to appease Kejirah.
"We'll be ready soon!" they informed her, "One of us just needs to be persuaded to get up. I bet you can guess who."

☆Summers In Sympathy☆

Quartz

Name: Quartz Cain

Apperance

Image 1

Image 2

Their Piercings

This is the placement of their ear Piercings, but not necessarily what they would wear.

And minus the one between the eyes, this is the pattern of their facial piercings

Age: 25

Gender: Nonbinary (Pronouns: They/Them)

Ethnicity: General Caucasian. To be honest, they’re not even fully sure.

Sexuality: Demiromantic, Asexual
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Personality: An extremely unique individual, Quartz is a person not a lot of people really understand, but that’s also what makes them interesting. Seeming to be going in 50 directions at once, they have more goals and plans than they could probably accomplish in 3 lifetimes. Fascinated by everything, they’re willing to try anything and everything just for the experience, and almost can’t justify doing the same thing twice. In some people, this might lead to unnecessary risk taking and reckless behavior, but Quartz always weighs decisions before making them, and never lives beyond their means, always careful with their money and surprisingly cautious when there is risks involved. That said, they can be rather indecisive at times, paralized by the sheer amount of options, and thus have to plan many things out in advance so they don’t get conflicted later. Chances are, if they go out to eat they’ve had the spot and their exact order planned out for weeks.

Almost uncannily observant, their eye for detail is nearly unmatched. They seem to be able to look through people, noticing things that many wouldn’t or would simply overlook. The closer they are to someone, the better they get at reading their subtle changes in behavior and mood, particularly if they have any notable quirks or habits. They also pay attention to the details of many other things, and can be rather picky, because once they notice something they can’t seem to unsee it or ignore it. They take an annoyingly long time to get ready in the mornings because they have to get every detail of their outfit and makeup perfect or else they won’t be able to think about anything else all day long.

They love to be around others, as long as the interactions are surface level on their end. They love to hear others life stories, helping out with deep problems, all sorts of stuff. But then it comes to themself, they have nothing to say. Nobody is quite sure of the reason, but they just sort of dismiss questions, particularly about their early life. They love to talk about their career, their college education, all the interesting things they’ve done, but never their struggles, childhood, family, ect. A lot of it is just left to mystery.
Likes and Dislikes:
Likes:
-Unique Items of Clothing/Jewelry: There’s nothing they like more than something that stands out. They’re extremely attracted to things that stand out from what everyone else is wearing, and even their most toned-down outfits draw attention. If it’s some sort of gaudy statement piece, chances are they’re going to buy it.
-Detailed Plans and Intense Schedules: They can’t stand having time unstructured and things unaccounted for when they go out. Every minute is accounted for in their plans, and they do make note of when they get off schedule, even if they don’t intend to make up that time.
-Listening: Even if they’re competent in friendly banter and enjoy a good conversation, their favorite thing is just to listen to people talk. Often it can feel like you’re speaking to an interviewer because they do their best to always ask questions but never answer any, or at least not in full detail.
-Houseplants: They find themselves allergic to most animals, and just have never really wanted to own a reptile, as much as they do like them. So some cute plants are a good alternative. They’re little green friends who just give you so much love and all you have to do is water them and make sure they get good light!
Dislikes:
-Disorganization/Untidiness: Loose plans, something out of place, laundry stacked up so high in the hamper that its overflowing, all little things many wouldn’t even blink at, but it secretly greatly upsets them. Although most of the time, they’ll fix the issue themselves, whatever it takes for them to not get into a spat over something silly.
-Routine: Routine is not the same as good planning and a tight schedule. Routine is monotonous, and that’s something they can’t handle. If every day was the same for them, they’d feel cooped up and trapped by that situation, and that’s no way to live.
-Excessive Sun: Do you want to get skin damage? They certainly don’t. They fully plan on having perfect skin until their 50, even if they have to look like a vampire to do it.
-Staying at Home: A good day in is nice now and again, but they can’t go too long without getting out of the house and doing something. Even if it’s just a walk, they’d do anything to escape for a bit.
Reason for sharing the duplex?: Do you even know how hard it is to find an affordable apartment in this town? They’re not paying 800$ a month just to live in what amounts to a walk in closet.

Room Aesthetic: Their space is dark, monochromatic, and elegant. Looking at it by itself, you’d almost think you were looking at a black and white image, so they’re guaranteed to be the most colorful thing in the space. Everything is meticulously put together and constantly clean. The only real visible color is the various unique looking houseplants they have stashed around. Some of the notable furniture they have is tall black bookcase with many various books arranged on it, as well as a few of their plants and some more geometric decorations. The books they have are on a range of topics, really everything one can imagine although nearly all of them are nonfiction. Their bed, which they always make when they get up in the morning, is one that has drawers below the bed, which are completely packed with clothing. Their nightstand also has a cabinet beneath stacked with boxes of jewelry, and at the foot of their bed is a chest filled with most of their shoes. They also have taken over the closet in the room, which is completely packed with their ridiculous clothing and other possessions that they haven’t managed to shove somewhere else in the room.

Backstory: Most of their past seems to be a mystery, and they certainly don’t go out of their way to talk about their childhood. The only thing most people can be sure of is that the town they were living in just wasn’t their speed. Unable to find any opportunities they wanted, they swiftly moved out after finishing highschool early. Always an incredibly fast learner and more intelligent than their peers, living out in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere provided them with nothing. At first they moved to a small city, getting their first degree in Psychology as well as an online degree in Counseling, and are now moving on to study pre-med.

As far as work goes, they have many artistic endeavors they take on simultaneously. Interested in everything from digital art to painting to photography to sculpture, even music and creating clothing, they gravitate towards one thing for a bit, do commissions or make pieces to sell, then move on to the next thing in as little as a month, or really as soon as they’re done.
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Other:

☆Summers In Sympathy☆

Quartz

Name: Quartz Cain

Apperance

Image 1

Image 2

Age: 25

Gender: Nonbinary (Pronouns: They/Them)

Ethnicity: General Caucasian. To be honest, they’re not even fully sure.

Sexuality: Demiromantic, Asexual
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Personality: An extremely unique individual, Quartz is a person not a lot of people really understand, but that’s also what makes them interesting. Seeming to be going in 50 directions at once, they have more goals and plans than they could probably accomplish in 3 lifetimes. Fascinated by everything, they’re willing to try anything and everything just for the experience, and almost can’t justify doing the same thing twice. In some people, this might lead to unnecessary risk taking and reckless behavior, but Quartz always weighs decisions before making them, and never lives beyond their means, always careful with their money and surprisingly cautious when there is risks involved. That said, they can be rather indecisive at times, paralized by the sheer amount of options, and thus have to plan many things out in advance so they don’t get conflicted later. Chances are, if they go out to eat they’ve had the spot and their exact order planned out for weeks.

Almost uncannily observant, their eye for detail is nearly unmatched. They seem to be able to look through people, noticing things that many wouldn’t or would simply overlook. The closer they are to someone, the better they get at reading their subtle changes in behavior and mood, particularly if they have any notable quirks or habits. They also pay attention to the details of many other things, and can be rather picky, because once they notice something they can’t seem to unsee it or ignore it. They take an annoyingly long time to get ready in the mornings because they have to get every detail of their outfit and makeup perfect or else they won’t be able to think about anything else all day long.

They love to be around others, as long as the interactions are surface level on their end. They love to hear others life stories, helping out with deep problems, all sorts of stuff. But then it comes to themself, they have nothing to say. Nobody is quite sure of the reason, but they just sort of dismiss questions, particularly about their early life. They love to talk about their career, their college education, all the interesting things they’ve done, but never their struggles, childhood, family, ect. A lot of it is just left to mystery.
Likes and Dislikes:
Likes:
-Unique Items of Clothing/Jewelry: There’s nothing they like more than something that stands out. They’re extremely attracted to things that stand out from what everyone else is wearing, and even their most toned-down outfits draw attention. If it’s some sort of gaudy statement piece, chances are they’re going to buy it.
-Detailed Plans and Intense Schedules: They can’t stand having time unstructured and things unaccounted for when they go out. Every minute is accounted for in their plans, and they do make note of when they get off schedule, even if they don’t intend to make up that time.
-Listening: Even if they’re competent in friendly banter and enjoy a good conversation, their favorite thing is just to listen to people talk. Often it can feel like you’re speaking to an interviewer because they do their best to always ask questions but never answer any, or at least not in full detail.
-Houseplants: They find themselves allergic to most animals, and just have never really wanted to own a reptile, as much as they do like them. So some cute plants are a good alternative. They’re little green friends who just give you so much love and all you have to do is water them and make sure they get good light!
Dislikes:
-Disorganization/Untidiness: Loose plans, something out of place, laundry stacked up so high in the hamper that its overflowing, all little things many wouldn’t even blink at, but it secretly greatly upsets them. Although most of the time, they’ll fix the issue themselves, whatever it takes for them to not get into a spat over something silly.
-Routine: Routine is not the same as good planning and a tight schedule. Routine is monotonous, and that’s something they can’t handle. If every day was the same for them, they’d feel cooped up and trapped by that situation, and that’s no way to live.
-Excessive Sun: Do you want to get skin damage? They certainly don’t. They fully plan on having perfect skin until their 50, even if they have to look like a vampire to do it.
-Staying at Home: A good day in is nice now and again, but they can’t go too long without getting out of the house and doing something. Even if it’s just a walk, they’d do anything to escape for a bit.
Reason for sharing the duplex?: Do you even know how hard it is to find an affordable apartment in this town? They’re not paying 800$ a month just to live in what amounts to a walk in closet.

Room Aesthetic: Their space is dark, monochromatic, and elegant. Looking at it by itself, you’d almost think you were looking at a black and white image, so they’re guaranteed to be the most colorful thing in the space. Everything is meticulously put together and constantly clean. The only real visible color is the various unique looking houseplants they have stashed around. Some of the notable furniture they have is tall black bookcase with many various books arranged on it, as well as a few of their plants and some more geometric decorations. The books they have are on a range of topics, really everything one can imagine although nearly all of them are nonfiction. Their bed, which they always make when they get up in the morning, is one that has drawers below the bed, which are completely packed with clothing. Their nightstand also has a cabinet beneath stacked with boxes of jewelry, and at the foot of their bed is a chest filled with most of their shoes. They also have taken over the closet in the room, which is completely packed with their ridiculous clothing and other possessions that they haven’t managed to shove somewhere else in the room.

Backstory: Most of their past seems to be a mystery, and they certainly don’t go out of their way to talk about their childhood. The only thing most people can be sure of is that the town they were living in just wasn’t their speed. Unable to find any opportunities they wanted, they swiftly moved out after finishing highschool early. Always an incredibly fast learner and more intelligent than their peers, living out in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere provided them with nothing. At first they moved to a small city, getting their first degree in Psychology as well as an online degree in Counseling, and are now moving on to study pre-med.

As far as work goes, they have many artistic endeavours they take on simultaneously. Interested in everything from digital art to painting to photography to sculpture, even music and creating clothing, they gravitate towards one thing for a bit, do commissions or make pieces to sell, then move on to the next thing in as little as a month, or really as soon as they’re done.
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Other:

Café Crème, the Catmaid Café! ♥

oof i forgot to check roleplayer guild for like forever because I put it on the wrong set of tabs
and ive been,, incredibly busy umu

Café Crème, the Catmaid Café! ♥

oof i'll try to figure out a way to wrap that one up when I get the chance
hopefully i'll be able to post soon enough because I wanna get to the good interactions haha

Café Crème, the Catmaid Café! ♥

@OliveYou oo yes! absoutely they should ^^