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Tomorrow Belongs to Nobody Sign Ups/OOC
Topic Started: Jul 5 2012, 08:29 PM (583 Views)
Enigma
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It is the year 2021, and the world is almost devoid of human life. Cars lay rusting, parked for owners who will never return to move them. Buildings are crumbling and in disrepair. Few of them are still worthy of supporting living. The road sigh with pain and regret, and nature has begun to move in and reclaim her own. Trees grow proudly in the streets where before well-maintained concrete would have suffocated them.

Rivers grow and weave around former boundaries, unable to be held back now that man is no longer maintaining it's restrictions. People roam throughout this empty, almost tranquil landscape in the search of somewhere to call their own and try to start over. Governments have tried since the virus to restore order but a hurting humanity never listened. The current government is nothing more than a puppetry, with no real power or strength. They serve as mere guidance to the populace and recite the freedoms that people used to have.

Marauders and small gangs of looters hold the true sway in this broken, bleeding world. They claim what they want and care nothing of it's value to you. They would sooner murder than give a thought toward helping humanity. Their leader is a ruthless man by the name of Luster Kholes, a former Irish immigrant, who sees this as an opportunity to increase his power over the people to eventually become the only form of 'government'. His gangs are constantly seeking more developing communities to pillage and oftentimes they kill after stealing, depending on how much of a reception they received.

The large, empty city where our story focuses resembles Los Angelos in the size, and you can find tons of rivers and streams. The problem isn't finding them, but filtering the water of all of the nasty products that make it undrinkable. Players can choose to be a member of the marauders, a surviver, or a wanderer. The key is to survive in any way possible. I shall be playing, but can also through in twists to the role play. It is up to you to choose how your character reacts to these changes.


Role Player Character Guidelines & Character Template:

  • Follow the Role Playing Rules, posted here.
  • There is no age limit, your character can be a child or a aging elder. But keep it reasonable, you wouldn't find a 109 year old in this environment, even if they were in the best of shape.
  • There are no canon characters at the moment, because Luster is going to remain as a NPC and his actions will be controlled by me.
  • I will be starting the role play when we have at least four players.
  • Every character will be starting the role play fatigued, to simulate as if the event had just happened.




Character Template:
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Name: Character's name.
Age: Character's age.
Gender: Character's gender.
Pre-Virus Employment: What did your character do before the virus?
Personality: What kind of person is your character?
Appearance: What does your character look like? What is your character wearing?
Equipment: What does your character have on their person?
History: (Minimum is one paragraph.) Some questions that could help. Where was your character born? Are their parents still alive? Have they had any trying experiences since the virus? etc.

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Personality:
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Enigma
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Awesome, I'll have my character up soon.

Name: Richard Mannigan, named after his late grandfather Lee Richard Mannigan.
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Pre-Virus Employment: Park Ranger

Personality:

Tough, and oftentimes stubborn. Richard enjoyed his freedom as a bachelor and never could quite settle down. He was always a bit restless and he loved his job. When the virus struck and the environment started claiming back the cities, he found his biology skills/knowledge sought after. Loyal to his friends, and cruel, and heartless to those who betray him. He enjoys hanging out with friends, and isn't afraid to be a little romantic every now and then.

Appearance: Richard Mannigan

Equipment: Richard carries a hunting (bowie) knife, a book bag that holds all of his remaining possessions, a .9mm pistol, and work gloves.

History:
Born into a struggling, lower-class family in the suburbs of a big city. Richard sought to get out and make a difference for himself. By the age of ten he had received several academic awards, and multiple sports awards. He slowly began to drift away from his family until he eventually ran away after graduating high school. He worked part-time at several jobs to pay his way through college until receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Management with a minor in Criminal Justice. He worked hard and got hired as a Park Ranger at the local, National Park. When the virus struck he had been on the way home from work, and had wrecked. Stranded in the wilderness, he had struggled back to the city to find only chaos and terror.
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Arurie
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Name: Nequitia Plurimi
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Pre-Virus Employment: Circus acrobat, ballet dancer

Personality:

Nequitia tends to keep a distance from other people. Her label would definitely be that of a wanderer. Generally pessimistic and unpleasant to converse with. She's unafraid to speak her mind or attack when provoked. She salvages what she can wherever she goes in order to live, but she never takes from others. Unless, of course, they're marauders. Nequitia does not have a sense of justice, per se, but she simply does what she finds natural to do. She is willing to help someone if they have no other alternative, but she would not travel with them. She believes it best not to get close to anyone. Nequitia will, however, approach traders. She thinks such things are necessary in order to survive. Has a short temper and often acts without thinking.

Appearance:
Before the outbreak, Nequitia took a lot of pride in her looks. She had a slim and athletic figure, making her model-material. Her already beautiful face was always covered in makeup. She tried a new color combination with her products every day. Most of the time she kept a pale look to her foundation, to appear as if a doll. Her hair was long and jet-black. She experimented with it as much as she did her makeup. From styles to brightly colored dyes, every night was something new. As a performer in the circus, her looks had to be unbelievable. Strange, yet beautiful, and always slightly perverse to the natural world. She was a creature to be revered and looked upon in awe. From acrobatics to ballet, she always moved with optimum grace. People thought her akin to a swan.
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After the outbreak her appearance changed exponentially, little by little. The harsh sun took her once porcelain-like skin and darkened it. She no longer wore extravagant dresses or played with her hair. Makeup wasn't something one came across often, so she uses only eye shadow. The one thing about her that remained unchanged was her physique. Her build even gave her an advantage to living in the harsh environment. Her hair remained long and black, but became unkempt and wild. It gave her a punk-esque appearance. Nequitia started giving herself piercings and tattoos as time went on. Most of her body has some sort of design from a combination of black ink and her sewing needle. The piercings were made with the needle as well. Opting for simple clothes that prioritize function over fashion, she wears tank tops and black cargo pants the most often. Nequitia does, however, indulge a bit of her former lifestyle with laced underclothing.
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Equipment:

She carries a dagger she made herself. Keeping it sharpened, she is always ready to remove it from its sheath if needed. A dagger suits her best, as her nimble movements allow her to use it efficiently. Also on her person is an over-the-shoulder knapsack. She keeps what little food she finds, a needle to mend clothes with, a reusable water bottle, black wrappings in case she injures herself, a small blanket for cold nights, and other things that might be worth something to trade later.

History:

Nequitia was born into a family that did not want her. They prided themselves on their successful business and wanted an heir to carry on the work load. However, what they received was not a male at all. They saw no point to her existence as she wasn't a viable candidate to help their fortune prosper. Thus, she was branded with a word that solely meant 'worthlessness.' Nequitia doesn't even remember their faces, as they gave her up for adoption once a boy had been born. She had barely turned six year old when this occurred. Taken in by a circus troupe, her whole life began to light up in wonder. Every member of the troupe acted as close as a real family would. She was given love and a broad view of the many diversities of humanity. In accordance with this, she was a kindhearted, bright, and hard-working young woman that accepted people however they may be.

Once the virus broke out, most of her makeshift family died. What was left of them banded together and did their best to survive as one. No one was ever left behind. Every attempt at keeping casualties at bay was prioritized. If someone fell ill, they would stay in one place for a while to care for them. Even though they slowly died off, not one ever gave up on the group. In the end, only Nequitia and a girl she thought of as a sister were left. Surviving was difficult and lonely. Oftentimes her sister could not will herself to move. Nequitia did her best to support the both of them in her stead, but the other girl lost hope in living. As she wasted away more and more each day, Nequitia, in turn, became more and more broken. One the day her sister died, Nequitia screamed so loudly and with her all that her throat became bloody. Even so, she kept screaming. So many tears she had kept inside were unleashed. She was now without anyone she ever cared about, and the pain was immeasurable.

Days went by as Nequitia lay next to her sister's corpse, hoping death would come for her soon as well. Through all that time with nothing but her thoughts, she realized she needed to go on. Her family had tried too hard for no one to live in this world. She then swore that no matter what, she would survive for them all. Although she was surviving, part of her had died. No longer would the sweet Nequitia reach out to others. Losing them was too great of a pain to be worth meeting anyone ever again. Or so she thought.
Edited by Arurie, Jul 9 2012, 11:42 AM.
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Commander, USS Conqueror(CHM-69)

Name: Kelsey McNeal
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Pre-Virus Employment: Security Contractor

Personality: A survivor who, seeing where the world was headed during the outbreak, decided to take the skills she had learned from her time as a Marine and the years she spent working overseas & back in the States' for a certain private military contracting company and follow in the footsteps of various Old West gunfighters post-Virus, traveling to and from place-to-place, offering her services as a gunfighter to groups of survivors. "Have Gun, Will Travel" describes her life in the post-Virus world but she keeps her own code of honor towards those she comes across, regardless of whether they're marauders, survivors or whatever they do to survive & regardless of whoever's in charge. Surprisingly outgoing & friendly for someone in her line of work, she's not above using her model-like looks if necessary but in the post-Virus world she prefers to settle things with cold steel; sometimes, though, her reputation speaks for itself, sometimes allowing her to get things done without having to draw the steel. As for outfits, she prefers wearing mostly black clothes along with a Western-style wide-brimmed hat, which helps add to her reputation as "the Lady in Black"; it also doesn't hurt that she knows lots of Johnny Cash & King's X songs and sings them quietly to herself as she travels from place to place(her favorite Cash tunes are The Man Comes Around, Walk The Line and God's Gonna' Cut You Down; her favorite King's X songs are Black Like Sunday & Mission...considering the way the world's become post-Virus, the songs above are almost perfect music for a gunfighter in their line of work....

Appearance(pre-Virus): Posted Image
Appearance(post-Virus): Posted Image
Other Appearance Notes: 3 tattoos' of note: (1)above her left shoulder blade is a slightly-faded Swamp Fox tattoo and, in quotations, "Member of the Parris Island Swamp Fox Fraternity", (2)along the outside, just above her right hip, is the emblem of her old employer, Blackwater Worldwide, (3)along the underside of her left arm is probably the darkest tattoo of the three...every time she has to draw the Peacemaker and kill someone, she takes one of her throwing knives and cuts a small line into the skin; at the time we run into her, she has 41 of those carved into the underside of her left arm....

Equipment: 1-M14 Designated Marksman Rifle carried over her shoulder, 2-a Colt Peacemaker 3G .45 revolver kept on either a thigh holster or at the hip, 3-a pair of Ziel throwing knives, concealed but ready for use if needed, 4-a shoulder-slung pocketbook and 5-a Marine rucksack containing some clothes & personal items

History: Growing up the youngest of 4 children in the North Carolina mountains, Kelsey had to learn to fight for everything she had; vowing to leave her mountain community and see the world, she enlisted in the Marines right at her 18th birthday and, put simply, had found her calling in life. After five years of seeing the world and serving in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and the Sinai, she left to join the world of private military contracting when Blackwater Worldwide hired her after her enlistment came to an end.

However, like a lot of mountain people, she still felt the pull of her family back home and tried to contact them occasionally without much success; she had all but given up by the time the Virus outbreak began. To this day(2021) she doesn't know whether they survived and at times, doesn't care; other times, she thinks about them a lot and wonders whether they did make it through. However, she keeps those thoughts to the back of her mind...in her line of work, those kinds of thoughts can make you careless, make you sloppy....they can also get you killed.

At the time the Virus outbreak occurred, she was working as a gun-range supervisor at Blackwater's San Diego compound; sizing everything up for what it was, she kept things running there even as society broke down all around her...eventually, she decided to set out on her own and embark on a profession long-thought dead in what was once America, that of an Old-Western gunfighter. Using all the skills & training she had learned over the years, she embarked on her journey through the post-Virus world, traveling from place to place via. stallion rather than risk using vehicles that might or might not work when needed.
Edited by Webster, Jul 12 2012, 02:37 AM.
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Just need one more person and we'll be good to go.
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Arurie
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Come on, people! Pleeeease join. It'll be fun!
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Enigma
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Anyone else know anyone who role plays?
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Jul 9 2012, 01:35 PM
Just need one more person and we'll be good to go.
We could go ahead and start, Nero; if anyone wants to join in after, they could always enter mid-stream....
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Well I won't be able to start it until tomorrow evening, so anyone else willing to join has until then.
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