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2 mos ago
Current Every once in awhile I come back after having a failed rp and seeing so many familiar usernames reminds me of how many of us have been here for years. It's like coming back to your hometown lol
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8 mos ago
Being back to roleplaying after three years honestly feels so cathartic. Writing really is so therapeutic, I'm having so much fun lol
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1 yr ago
Considering coming back to RPG and I come back to ads all over the site, AHH
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2 yrs ago
Life really said I'm kidnapping you for nearly 2 years huh, I'm so sorry to all my rp partners for suddenly just disappearing for 2 years.
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3 yrs ago
All partners and groups I`m in, sorry for being so absent, in the new year I`ll be getting out more posts for everyone ^^ I`ll be MIA for the next few days however, Happy New Year <3
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☕About Me☕
Hello to whoever is reading this, I hope you are well and if you aren't hang in there, it'll get better ^^
You can call me Star or Fox if you'd like, I have gone by many names throughout the last forever of the internet. My username no longer really fits me but I have an identity crisis every time I try to think of a new one so it stays for now.
I`m a college student studying accounting, I also have a degree in media and design (animation, photo editing, graphics, marketing, exc). This year has kinda thrown me every which way so much of my time is all over but I try to write as much as I can. I do have a full time job on top of school.
☕I`m a bit of a coffee addict.
♀I`m female and I prefer she/her pronouns. I also prefer to write female characters in a FxM setting.
🌟I`ve been roleplaying for over a decade now.
⏳ I try to get posts out as fast as I can but my life is a bit chaotic, and I don't think it`ll slow down anytime soon. It makes it hard to respond straight away. Usually you may see a while between my posts, I do the best I can just as I expect from the people I write with. So please be patient with me, I really enjoy writing with people.
❤Romance in roleplays is nice but instant romance is unrealistic and most of the time really boring. I like it when characters gradually fall in love, it makes their relationship interesting.
👌I'm a very happy-go-lucky kind of person and very uncensored, I will cut through the bullshit, especially if it's late. I'm also a kluts, I trip over flat ground quite literally. My roleplaying style is much the same way, I write how I perceive situations. Making great literary choices is a top priority, but we're all human, it's not always going to be perfect. My responses will be as interesting and as thought out as I can make them though.

P.s. I exclusively fade to black.

I hope to write with you soon, don`t be afraid to send me a message ^^

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@ZayZe

Actually the plot points I had planned came back to me today as I thought over the plot! So I`m still super excited XD
There are some twists that I have planned for the Sol. Sky I have to think of some things to deepen her character. I just added that she was traveling for quite some time so that will help open up a lot more.

How has that all been going by the way? It`s been a super hot minute.
My apologies everyone but until further notice I think I`m going to have to withdraw from this. I`ve been going through a job change recently and things have been messy for months but decided now was a great time to get worse before they get better. There are a few roleplays that I have that are 1x1s and a lot more manageable, but this is a lot bigger and I don`t want you guys to have to wait on me. It`s hard to find time to catch up with all the posts since the collaboration. The characters are amazing and I`d love to come back when I have more time but for now I`m gonna have to go dormant.

I`m sorry! I thought I should let you all know.
"I'm really hoping the secretive part of it all will disappear soon now that we're signed on. It all is kind of exciting though. It's like being a secret agent or something." Sky said with a small grin at the thought. He said this company was good to him. It probably wouldn't be too bad then. The idea of seeing her ancestors life was pretty damn intriguing!

The music calmed her nerves a little as she rocked back and forth on the heels of her converse. This was all a lot to take in. As a child she'd never thought she'd basically sell herself away, then again she never thought she'd kiss someone she wasn't dating either. God, she had been an awful human being! No matter how hard things had been she shouldn't have done that. This being said the idiot should have just talked to her instead of writing a letter about what they were going to do now. If she had been able to just tell him back then, maybe things wouldn't have been so messed up. The past was the past though. It'd stay there until it could just be put behind them.

"I actually came here just to figure out if I would be coming on board. Currently I work with a computer company downtown as a inspector and coder. It feels a bit strange to give up a regular job for something like this. You`re probably going to think I`m nuts but something about all of this seems natural. There isn`t any sense of second thoughts that usually comes with such a change." She probably sounded crazy. The last couple months she had been living a stable life. She lived in a one bedroom apartment 15 minutes away from her job. It was a pretty nice place on the forth floor. The plants that littered the place, along with how she decorated it, made it feel like a comfortable fairytale escape. Every day she went to work and came home, occasionally going out with people. This being said she had moved away from here a year after they broke up. While taking online classes she traveled around the country and few times out of it. Sky met a lot of people along the way but for the most part she`s just been on her own.

It was going to be strange to be constantly around others again.

"How long have you been working here?" She asked looking over at him as the elevator doors slide open.
I'm still totally down!

My life got really busy too, the other day I noticed it was five months since this started and it honestly caught me off guard. It felt a bit shorter.

I'm up for continuing!
@TheDookieNut I`d be down to figure something out, I`ve been craving a slice of life recently myself~ ^^
Morning Rescue and Tea Talk


@Lucius Cypher

Crimson, Malakaus

Day 1, Morning - Late Morning


So he was apart of the Tower already, meaning they were comrades at least. Maybe one day they`d work on a mission together. It certainly was possible. He was new so there was no doubt he was a knight unless he seriously had impressed someone up there. In her experience the tower wasn`t much one for just handing out ranks however. They took how good you are, an how you could benefit them, on a very serious level after all. He seemed serious, and his abilities certainly were skilled. There was no doubt in her mind he could climb the ranks if he tried.

"Ehh I`m not a knight anymore, I found that position didn`t really fit well. It can be a rather group activity. Plus you`ll find the tower is everywhere, especially in the cities and towns closest to it." Crimson commented as she watched him pick pocket all of them, she wouldn`t judge. She killed and/or hunted people for a living, there really wasn`t much room to judge. With a simple nod of her head she followed him out of the alley of meanies to somewhere he`d deem better.

Which turned out to be a quaint tea place.

The elf simply watched him as he paid for the drinks before following him to a table where she sat down and looked around the shop. Her gaze turned to look him in the eyes with her pale blue ones. The vibrant colors she had naturally certainly stuck out in this city didn`t it. This is what most likely made black all the more appealing in her line of work. In the tower she wouldn`t be in her current get up though that was for sure. Wearing black all the time, not to mention purposely using her sex appeal to her advantage in the field, wasn`t her real choice. Wearing a nice dress that wasn`t black was nice at times.

"So what brings you to becoming a Knight of the Tower? Not the kind of place most people find themselves wanting to be, more ending up in now a days."

"Guess that makes me special then. All I did was walk in the front door and ask if I could join."

Malakaus took a long sip from his can, letting out a satisfied breath as he finished half of it in one gulp. That old man made some good tea. Malakaus glanced up to the girl in front of him and sized her a bit. Just something of a habit he's formed running the gangs back at Krumpus Bay. Obvious features that stood out were her ears, eyes, and hair. She had pointed ears as sharp as knives, making her elvish heritage about as obvious as an eclipse. If the ears didn't show it than her eyes certainly did. Malakaus has seem plenty of blue eyes before, but only elves have them in such a deep yet notable gleam. They were kinda of like the sky on a sunny day: obvious and omnipresent. The eyes of a spy in plain sight. And her hair... Well it was red. Red, long, and kinda poofy. Malakaus could count the amount of redheads he's met on one hand, so this girl would certainly be on his mind.

But there was more to her than a pretty face. He didn't get to watch her fight due to his own issues at the time, but from what he saw he knew she wasn't just a street fighter. Her moves were far too graceful and flashy. A martial artist perhaps, but he's seen martial artist. Even the fancy ones had moves with plain, practical applications, just spiced up a bit. Hers was more like a dance, an art. The stuff of assassins. Malakaus didn't know what was with assassins and being so showy in a fight. He supposed he should be grateful, if more assassins were basic and straightforward they'd kill him already. A bullet in his head from a hundred yards off, and no amount of magic or muscle could stop that. Still, as odd as he found her fighting style, there was no denying that she was good at what she did. It made him wonder how he'd fare in a fight against her. Whether she was one of those "Thrill of the hunt/It's an art" type of assassin or "Complete the mission" type. Seeing her fight wasn't enough for him to judge that.

And of course she was part of the Tower. He wasn't sure if she was just shilling for the Tower or if Malakaus was that ignorant, because he only heard about the Tower of Star and it's knights in passing. Then again, much like the Goroshi Family, perhaps the Tower of Stars simply make sure they don't make a reputation. Fame and the fortune is bring might be enticing for a short-minded soldier of fortune, but when you're a multi-million dollar organization playing ball with the big boys, you need to watch your every step. All it takes is a single crack to break everything apart.

So in the span of about five seconds Malakaus finished his analysis and spoke again. "I figured that joining the Knights would be a nice change of pace. Put my muscles to better use than getting into brawls and stuff. I wish I could say I had a noble reason like protecting the innocent or something, but I'm mostly just looking for a better way to make use of myself. All I'm good for is fighting so I figured I'd go find someone who needs a fighter." Malakaus secretly hoped that this lady didn't know about his magical abilities. He'd like to keep the image of just being a big dumb fighter to lower people's guards. It's how he survived the mage guild after all; even after the others knew he was a student, they expected him to pick up a stick or conjure up an axe and charge at them. They never see the golems coming. "So if you ain't a knight, what are you? In fact, who are you? I don't think I've gotten your name. And I know you've already gotten mine."

"Oh! How rude of me!" Crimson said with a sheepish smile. "I`m Crimson Sparrow," she reached her hand for a hand shake whether he took it or not she returned it back to the canned drink to take a sip of it. "As for my rank, the official title is Paladin of Sight, fancier terms for an assassin at it`s most basic elements. Paladins in the tower hold the same kind of power as a Knight Captain. We just are more specialized in our fields. For me that means I get to work solo or with only a few other people, the way I prefer it if I`m being honest."

The elf half-breed let out a bit of a laugh as her features curved into an amused smirk. "Ironically I think I`ve held the title about as long as you`ve been alive." This year would mark her 40th year with the tower. It seemed like only a short time ago she joined them and now she was 40 years in. It was strange how that was but a bat of her eyelashes, while to other races it was half a lifetime. Crimson held no doubt that eventually her years would start showing. She was half human after all. The only bad part of it is that she really didn`t have anyone to base her lifespan on.

He was a strong fellow, but he wanted to be known for his brute strength. Apparently he didn`t understand that she`d seen his little magic show. He wasn`t just a mass of muscle. Inside that head of his was a brain. Magic did not come to idiots. Now that being said there were magic users that lacked decent common sense, but idiots they were not. "I am much the same in reason to join the tower. There is no place for me to belong, so why not belong to them."

Crimson was playing off everything very witty and nonchalant, but the way she joined the tower was anything but a walk in the park. 40 years ago many people lost their lives, blood was everywhere, the only sound was that of which her body barely made. If the people of the tower had found her any later she`d probably have taken her last breath a very long time ago. One day it`d all come to light, what happened, how she survived the massacre. For now she`d keep it to herself and play it off like it was nothing. That joining the tower was something she did on a whim.

"I`m sorry I know so much about you but you do not about me. In your file I saw you happen to be half human. I too am apart of that strange little club."

Malakaus shrugged his shoulders about her comment about being a paladin for as long as he was alive. He's frankly gotten used to meeting people 100+ years old with the same youth and vigor as himself. He stopped trying to wrap his mind around how they could act so... Immature for their relative age. Easier on his head. Still how the long-lived could just see ten to twenty years as a breeze did still boggle his mind. While his youth was naught but a memory in his mind, Malakaus could hardly handle sitting around for an ten minutes, let along for ten years. Again though, some of these conundrums were best left to more philosophical minds. Less headaches for him.

Still, it was comforting to know that Crimson's reasons for joining the knights were not dissimilar to his own. He had actually worried for a while that his less-than-noble intentions would make him seem like a ruffian among more honorable or highborn members of this guild. But to hear that they employ assassins also made Malakaus wonder just what sort of an organization he's joined. He figured them to be a fighter's guild of sorts. Evidently there was more to them than what the brochure showed him. Finishing off his tea Malakaus smirked.

"Tis fine. I suppose I ought to be flattered that anyone would want to bother knowing who I am. Half-Orc you know, most just make their own assumptions." Malakaus was still uncertain just how much about him Crimson knew. He could understand if she knew he was a new recruit to the Knights, and possibly his time with the Mage's Guild, but he wondered if she knew anything about the Goroshi family. They were still a bit of a sore point for Malakaus, mainly since he hasn't really been keeping the best tabs on them as he should've. He's only spoken to his friends back at Krumpus Bay, none of whom are particularly involved in the Goroshi family's business. It concerned Malakaus because he didn't know how his family was doing, and more importantly, if they needed his help. "But I'd say we solve that little problem about what I don't know about you. Crimson Sparrow, yes? If you don't mind me asking, where did you get your skills from? You're certainly no brawler. And I don't imagine that the knights would've trained you to be an assassin if you didn't already have the skills to show for it."

A real question, one that dug into her past, something she didn`t really like to discuss. The past was full of hardships and fighting. There would always be the happy memories that she would keep with her. They still didn`t change the bad ones she left behind her. The clan`s state was up in the air, she had yet to go back to check them out nor had she asked about them. In the back of her mind Crimson wondered who would be the next leader. She had a feeling she knew who it`d be.

"No, you`re right. They didn`t train me at the Tower, I was trained in the arts long before ever joining. In my earlier youth my training in the arts of combat was started in the elven clan I was raised in. We often had fights over territory and foul play wasn`t uncommon. As a child you had to learn to protect yourself or you may ended up captured in a cage somewhere. The assassination parts of my training were half self-taught and half learned by one of my instructors. That didn`t come till much later when things got a lot rougher."

The instructor that taught her assassination tactics wasn`t supposed to teach such methods, but Crimson was young and ambitious. As she grew up she loved dancing and combat is a dance in itself. Assassination tactics are a deadly dance. The thrill of combat had never ceased, but her craving to be in it had. Two hundred years is a long time to think and understand the world. She doesn`t agree that the world is a bad place. It has it`s beauties just as it has it`s flaws. The only thing bad about it truly are the situations in which bad things breed and spread.

"Where did you learn your art of combat? I know you`re from Krumpus Bay, but I didn`t dig too far past that as it were."

"I learned how to fight by fighting."

Malkai wasn't sure how privy Crimson was about his upbringing, so Malakaus will be as honest as he could. But he wouldn't tell her anything she didn't need to know. "I lived in a pretty ghetto place. My folks were well off enough that we could afford a nice place to live, but unless I was a shut in I'd end up tangling with gangbangers and thugs anyways. Making friends just meant I had more guys at my back to face bigger mobs and well... Long story short I pretty much grew up fighting." Malakaus put some money on the table and the old man came out with two more cans for Malakaus and Crimson.

"I left Krumpus Bay to get away from that life. Try to make something of myself. I still got friends there fighting, an I wish one day I could go back. But... it's a shame really. Krumpus Bay's got character. Got culture, and wealth. All sorts of style and people call it home. As a port, lots of trade goods coming through too. Exotic stuff you just can't get around here, exotic people you won't meet anywhere else. Everyone wants to call it home... Most don't want to share though." Sighing Malakaus popped a cold one and took a long sip, finishing his can of tea in one go.

"Anyways. I think I've gabbed enough. You busy right now Crimson?"

"Sounds like an interesting place to live, very different compared to where I grew up I must say." The crimson haired elf commented as she opened and drank a little of the second tea. "To be honest I was out on the town exploring, in the mornings I often do so when they aren`t using me for something. Living in the tower you can explore everything and know it like the back of your hands but living things are always interesting. Every once in awhile you`ll find a person that truly amazes you by their uniqueness."

She stretched her arms above her head as she leaned back in the chair before pushing back from the table. Standing to full height she looked down at him. "I actually should be on my way back to the Tower. They get a bit squirmy if you go without communication for awhile."

A sudden thought occurred to her. This man was a knight now. Had he been to the Tower and received room and board yet? Did he just arrive here? There were questions she didn`t quite get too nor realize till this moment. While she was intelligent sometimes she could be rather clueless on normal social ques. Wait, maybe that was why she was clueless on them, the long life of intelligence and learning has made her overthink her surroundings and social interactions had become overly thought out and complex! These were definitely thoughts for the middle of the night and not now. This was a strange amount of time to stand here and say absolutely nothing.

Crimson cleared her throat a bit awkwardly before leaning over the table with an easy smirk blossoming on her pale features. "Would you like to accompany me back Malakaus? You are apart of us now after all. We may not be your family and friends back home but I`d say the Tower is still full of colorful individuals."

"Sounds like a plan. Better than what I had in mind anyways. Lead the way, Crimson." Malakaus stood up and threw away their trash, leaving a tip for the old man and gesturing for Crimson to take point.
@Themerlinhawk

Still around, been kind of afk, trying to work on that little detail ^^'

Our collab should be almost done or done.

*edit, it is done and posted!
@Smystar99

Sorry for the wait. If we're going to chat, wanna do a lil convo collab to speed things along? Wouldn't want to spam the IC with chatter.


Sorry for the long wait, I'll pm you when I get home about it!
Fighting Boredom


@Lucius Cypher

Crimson

Day 1, Morning


Guy had moves, that was to be expected from someone of his history though. No one survives long without knowing how to fight. This being said she could analyze all she wanted after these guys were out of the way. The tower would come looking for her if she wasn`t back in a few hours or so. She wanted to know what his deal was before she went back.

Leaning back she dodged a punched aimed to her gut by an ogreon, using the momentum to flip her legs up to tangle around his neck. In less than two seconds his head smashed into the ground and she stood up to handle the next one. The screen was showing her momentums and strength behind the attacks but Crimson has learned to never really listen to her computer in combat. It was more of an assistant and alarm of danger she couldn`t account for.

The elf ran at the two remaining ogreons getting between them. Each punch they tried to land she redirected to a different angle. When the moment arrived she hit pressure points on each of them before dodging one head shot. The ogreon to her left took the hit and the last one she round house kicked into the asphalt. The adrenaline of a fight done caused her to smirk in satisfaction. Her heart was racing and her breathing was elevated, that feeling of power was why she loved her profession. The ability to push your body past what it wanted to accomplish, now that was truly an amazing feeling.

"Sign off, Crimson elfman." Crimson thought to herself before turning to her companion in the fight as the screen disappeared from her vision and her computer shut off.

"Not cocky, just confident."

Strolling forward until she stood a few feet in front of him she looked him up and down before nodding. "Do you have any affiliation to the Tower because you certainly have high potential. You can certainly color me impressed." She asked as she folded her arms leaning back on her right hip. "Also I`m not apart of any gangs or vigilantes, in case you were wondering. So no need to look at me as if I`m a potential threat."
Fighting Boredom


@Lucius Cypher

Crimson

Day 1, Morning


"Late Firith Sparrow,"

"Crimson Sparrow, Paladin of Sight, access granted, now online." A feminine voice in her head solidified as light blue transparent lines framed the assassin`s vision. Just thinking about what to do next was all she had to do and looking at the scene in front of her she was more than ready for action. It would save this subpar day anyway. The Tower had sent her to scope out the area and report back on anything “suspicious”. In this city everything was a bit suspicious, from the food to the people living in it.

All of this was besides the point however. Currently in front of the scarlet haired assassin was a fight in the alleyway below. ”Let`s see here,” the icon in her vision shifted from person to person searching identities and criminal history along with any notable details such as fighting style and known abilities. ” Malakaus, half-blood, welcome to the club mate.” She said to herself as she studied them all with her left hand under her chin. Currently she was perched on the edge of the rooftop above. It was giving her a great view of the overcompensation happening below her.

This Malakaus was known on record for playing a bit dirty in the past. This being said there wasn`t anything about magic in his data and this is why Crimson nearly lost her shit in a good way when he literally handed the orc in front of him`s ass to him, using magic! A street fighter who learned Will, this wasn`t an every day event friends. Most street fighters either chose to use magic at first or chose not too, not many changed so drastically in style. She couldn`t help but laugh to herself.

This was going to be fun!

Looking to the others she calculated a fire healer, five ogerons, and two, well one orc. The other one was out like a light on the ground. She knew getting into a fight was probably not the best thing to do in her position, she probably should just report it right? Well they had attacked an innocent civilian, one that could actually defend themselves granted, but why leave that part in.

With that she stood up and jumped down from the roof landing gracefully on the ground behind the fire healer.

“Why not let a local have some fun, after all I`m sure you really could use the help.” Crimson commented sarcastically to Malakaus looking at him with a playful but dead confident look on her face. She wasn`t vein, just confident in her own abilities, after all she was over 200 years in age, there was a LOT of time to practice.

He really didn`t need the help.

But she was bored, impressed, and overall intrigued.

Raising her foot up she landed a blow straight to the fire healer`s head with no hesitation. This signaled the continuation of the fight as now they were mad at him and now her for interrupting said fight.
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