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[TOKAM]

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TOKAM - Eric Fischer/concertoGamer - [e-mail]
Golden Emblem - Anthony Valihan/maskedShadeII - [e-mail]
simple tactician - Mettli D'Stavia/medicDynamic - [e-mail]
Celia - Felicia Emet/minervasAbyss - [e-mail]
shadowdeath - Jonathan Jennings/bugInsectist - [e-mail]
KM8 - Cassey Lucas/laughingGhost - [e-mail]



Welcome, friends, to Housetrapped, an RP of the webcomic Homestuck. Much like the comic itself, this will be an incredibly experimental RP. If you're really not cool with that, please don't join. If you don't mind seeing where this ride takes you, I encourage you to go for it.

There's a few different ways we can go into this. Option 1: You don't read the comic, and I explain the key concepts. I'm perfectly okay with this, and if you do it this way, you'll probably enjoy the game more, although if you decide to read the comic afterward some of it may end up being spoiled for you. Not all, but some.

Option 2: You read the comic before the RP. The upside of this is that you understand what's going on. The downside is that the comic is REALLY FUCKING LONG (in the thousands of pages), and you'll see what's coming in the game from a mile away.

Option 3: You read the comic as we go. The big issue here is that there's not really any way of knowing when to start and when to stop, and again, there's a lot of it to go through. Not only that, but it's really complicated stuff. Also, the comic is still updating, and it moves at a pretty blistering pace.

I leave it up to you, but if you plan on reading the comic beforehand, please let me know. I'll have to make sure to factor it into my plans.



Before we really get going, there's a few things you should know.

1: This thing is going to go off the rails in some spectacular ways, hopefully. This is a good thing. I'm not planning on this being a heavily plot-driven RP, so feel free to take off on wild-ass tangents. If you get too far off, I'll pull you back on track.

2: This is going to get complicated real fast, especially in regards to time and when people are doing things. I'm going to lay it out clearly right now: don't worry if your timeline doesn't match up with other players. If one character has done three hours worth of things in the time it took you to do one, that's fine. Keep posting what you're doing, you'll catch up eventually, and maybe at some point you'll be in the future relative to them. Again, if you get too far off the timeline (say, days or so), I'm more than willing to help you get caught up.

3: This game is going to require some amount of time investment. Not terribly much, but if you can manage an hour or so a week, that'd be great. I am available for literally half the week, so any time from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday night (GMT-5, for time) is good with me.

4: On a related note, I'm capping the number of characters at eight. Any more and this is going to get too crazy for me to keep track of. I'd also really like to keep an even number of characters. If you can't keep playing your character (lack of time, loss of interest, or other reasons), Let me know. I'll try to find somebody who might be interested in playing your character. If nobody is available, another player will take over. I'd really like to be able to keep the same characters all the way through. The nature of this game will make it very hard to swap characters in and out. I may or may not be allowing multiple characters per player, depending on how much interest there is, but the limit is eight.

5: This is NOT a terribly serious RP. Serious things can happen, yes, but overall this is going to be a fairly lighthearted affair. The very premise of the comic's world demands it, really. I mean, we've got blatantly game-like things like inventory systems and equippable items, and the fourth wall is subject to some fairly heavy abuse. It's hard to be too serious with things like that going on.


Moving on to character creation.


So what's your name?

Gender? (We still need one of each to balance out)

How old are you? 13 (note that I've filled this in for you. Leave it like that. Also note that just because your character is physically 13 years old doesn't mean that they necessarily have to act like it. The age is mostly a thematic thing; most of the characters act like they're about five or six years older anyway)

So what do you look like, anyway? (I'm not looking for a novel, here. Basically, I want hair, eye color [feel free to pick any color you want, there's no limit], facial accessories, what shirt they're wearing, if they wear pants or shorts or skirts or what have you, and footwear. That's basically it. I'm not looking for anything more detailed than this, people)

Who is that person you live with? (who do they live with? Who is the person that cares for them? Also, note that I'm only looking for a singular guardian, for reasons that will become clear later on. Also, none of your characters have siblings. Laying that rule out right now.)

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more? (make up a dead family member, or a pet, or maybe just that crow you accidentally speared with a katana a few hours ago. This will also be clearer later on. EDIT TO ADD: If it's somebody or something emotionally close, there should be a memorial of some sort, even if it's just a picture over the fireplace. If it's just the crow out in your back yard, don't worry about it.)

Hey, what kind of person are you? (general personality at the beginning of the game. Again, I'm not looking for a whole lot, although this should be a little longer than physical description. Also, feel free to be a little ridiculous with this. The main characters are your typical everykid who lives in a typical everyhouse on the typical everywestcoast with his typical everydad; an occult-loving, knitting, sarcastic, wannabe psychologist who is constantly locked in passive-aggressive oneupsmanship with her mother in their not-quite-a-mansion somewhere in New York; a spacy, silly, generally strange girl who lives on a deserted volcanic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a crazy future-tower with her grandfather and dog; and a white, Texas-based rapping irony-loving hipster-ninja whose [also ninja] brother makes a living filming [IRONIC] puppet porn. You can hardly do weirder.)

So what kind of things are you into? (general interests. Doesn't have to be in-depth, just give me 4-7 things your character is interested in)

*What's your house like? (again, we have your typical two-story everyhouse, a not-quite-a-mansion, a crazy future-tower, and the entire top floor of an apartment complex. This will also be important later)

*Uh-huh. And where do you live? (Anywhere in the world. Just pick a place, maybe give the time zone [GMT +-, if you please], and you're set.)

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music? (pick an instrument. Main characters play piano, violin, electric bass, and sound-sampler/turntables. If you can use it to make music, it's open to you. I'm not honestly sure if this is relevant or not at this point, so I'm playing it safe and having you pick one.)

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it? (Every character in this 'verse carries all of their equipment around in an abstract inventory-space called a SYLLADEX. Every character also has a way of accessing what they want from said inventory by using something called a FETCH MODUS. Three characters use programming data structures [queue/stack/array {he upgrades}, tree, and hashmap] and one uses various board games [Memory {match the cards that have the item you want}, Jenga {pull the three blocks that correspond to your item} and Pictionary {draw something to CAPTCHALOGUE it, draw something again to access it, and sometimes it can't understand what you're trying to draw so you get a ghost image of something completely random instead}]. Go ahead and be creative with this one.)

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS? (your character's weapon type of choice. I don't need to know that your sword is a precious family heirloom, or that your rifle is a WWI vintage model, I just need to know what kind of weapon you use. Examples: hammerkind, needlekind [knitting needles, no less], bladekind, 1/2bladekind, riflekind, sicklekind, canekind, lancekind, bowkind, 1/2bowkind, 2x3dentkind , and the list goes on and on.)

*Hey, Light or Dark? (just pick one. Going for a 50-50 split on this one, too. I'm still looking for one of each.)



Here's where the really experimental stuff comes into play. Unlike most games, this one won't be entirely forum-based. In fact, most conversations between players will (ideally) take place over a chat client like AIM or MSN. Maybe even a great deal of the actual action, too. It might end up being that the actual forum thread will just be a Cliff's Notes version of what goes on in chat.

To that end, I'll need you to pick a username, called a chumhandle from this point. Your text color should end up being the same color as your character's eyes, hence why I'm letting you go wild on your eye color. You'll also need to come up with a consistent "typing style" for your character. I won't ask you to try to post that here, just keep it in mind. So without further ado. . .


What is your chumhandle? (Probably oughta have something to do with your character interests. It should follow the case-format of the examples: ghostyTrickster, ectoBiologist, tentacleTherapist, turntechGodhead, gardenGnostic, twinArmageddons, and so forth. First word is lowercase, second word is capitalized.)

Would you prefer AIM, MSN, or other? If other, please specify. We've decided on MSN. Please make sure you have a username.


Most of the plot and character development will take place in chats. Unlike most RPs, I'm going to explicitly ask you guys to dick around, spend a lot of time messaging each other as your characters. I'll say it again, this is not a heavily plot-driven RP. That's not to say that there won't be a plot, but this is a game where I'm much more interested in building a story rather than telling one. And the best way to build a story is, in my opinion, to build the characters.

It would be best to log most of your conversations between characters. Once you've finished a log, one of you will post it up on tinypaste.com, and when it becomes relevant in the main thread, make sure to include a link to said conversation.



There's also a certain format I'd like posts to be made in. Unlike the typical "X did this, and then he did this, and he said 'blah'", or "*x does something* then speaks", I'd like it to be like the format of the comic, which I have posted a sample of below.


> John: Examine room

Your name is JOHN. As was previously mentioned it is your BIRTHDAY. A number of CAKES are scattered about your room. You have a variety of INTERESTS. You have a passion for REALLY TERRIBLE MOVIES. You like to program computers but you are NOT VERY GOOD AT IT. You have a fondness for PARANORMAL LORE, and are an aspiring AMATEUR MAGICIAN. You also like to play GAMES sometimes.

What will you do?

> John: Quickly retrieve arms from drawer

Your ARMS are in your MAGIC CHEST!

> Remove CAKE from MAGIC CHEST.

Out of sympathy for John's perceived lack of arms, you pick up the CAKE for him and put it on his BED.

> John: Quickly retrieve arms from MAGIC CHEST.

You retrieve your FAKE ARMS from the chest. You use these for HILARIOUS ANTICS.

You CAPTCHALOGUE them in your SYLLADEX. You have no idea what that actually means though.


Something like that.


And after that massive, massive beast of an intro post, we're done. I'll probably be posting a discussion thread if there seems to be interest in this game, where I'll be posting things like key terms, short synopses of what's gone on so far, and we can all discuss what direction we're going in and any issues that might come up.

EDIT: To make it easier on anyone else who signs up, here's the raw code for the character sheet. Apologies to the rest of you, it didn't occur to me to do this until right now.


[b]So what's your name?[/b]

[b]Gender?[/b]

[b]How old are you?[/b] 13

[b]So what do you look like, anyway?[/b]

[b]Who is that person you live with? [/b]

[b]So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more?[/b]

[b]Hey, what kind of person are you?[/b]

[b]So what kind of things are you into?[/b]

[b]*What's your house like?[/b]

[b]*Uh-huh. And where do you live?[/b]

[b]You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music?[/b]

[b]That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it?[/b]

[b]You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS?[/b]

[b]Hey, Light or Dark?[/b]

[b]What is your chumhandle?[/b]

[TOKAM]

Of course, no RP is complete without a rules post. Unlike most, the rules on this one are going to be rather relaxed.

1: Don't be a dick.

2: No, seriously, don't be a dick.

3: There probably will not be much fighting between characters, or maybe not any at all. Most interaction will be done over online chat, both from an in-game perspective and out. That said, if a situation arises where there is fighting between characters, please keep it relatively fair. I say "relatively" because unlike most RPs, this one is going to have something of the structure of a console RPG. That means that there will be instances where one character is just flat-out better than the other.

4: Remember that IC =/= OOC. This reminder probably isn't necessary, but it's there just in case.

5: Unlike most RPs, there will be points where godmoding is not only allowed, but in fact encouraged. These points, however, will largely be limited to character vs. mook battles, or any other PvE instances I can think of.

6: Despite things like Sylladex and Strife Specibus fuckery, this game still takes place in some version of the real world. No crazy things that you couldn't do in real life.

6.5: On a similar note, I'd like your characters to abide by the RP title and stay in their own homes for the time being. This will eventually change, but at the beginning I'm more interested in making connections between characters and building them up before any real big stuff starts going down.

7: I said it before and I'll say it again; you are encouraged to fuck around, waste time talking about pointless shit, and in general do anything but play the game "correctly". There is no "correct" way to play this game. No matter how you go into it, it'll be perfectly okay, so long as you stop short of outright jacking the game.

7.5: That said, I'd like to keep any true "dialogue" out of the main forum posts. You can mention that your character had a conversation with someone and link to a copy of it, or have something like "X says blah blah blah. You say oh.", but no real talking between characters. With luck, that should keep things from getting too terribly bogged down with people waiting for others to respond. Guardians get no visible dialogue at all, and they can't be controlled with commands. That's not to say that they don't talk or do anything, we just never get to hear what they actually say, and they don't take an active part in the game.

8: Game master has final say. I'm pretty lenient with what I let you get away with, but if I have an issue with an action, I'll let you know. Also note that if you feel that I'm wrong, you are free to argue your point with me. Just keep it to PMs, if you do. I try to be pretty reasonable.

9: For a final time, don't be a dick. This is the only rule I won't budge on.

Happy creating!

[TOKAM]

So I know I said I'd be posting my character sheet last, but I'd like to give you an idea of what I'm expecting. If it turns out that we end up having far more guy characters than girls, I'll swap in my other character, but for now this is what I've got.

So what's your name? Eric Fischer

Gender? Male

How old are you? 13

So what do you look like, anyway? short dark-reddish-brown hair, dark blue eyes, square glasses, grey t-shirt with a white D-pad on it, blue jeans, and white sneakers

Who is that person you live with? Sister. Tends to be a little overprotective and smothering, which can be pretty annoying, but she always manages to provide for you.

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more? Your grandfather. You keep a picture of him on your dresser.

Hey, what kind of person are you? You have a tendency to be short-tempered and irritable, and also a bit impatient. You curse like a sailor, but you don't do it to offend, it's just the way you are. You're a perfectionist, which can be a huge source of aggravation for you. You also have a tendency to be a little bit terse, with your friends and everyone else. Despite putting up an uncaring facade, you still care deeply for the people who are close to you and you'd do just about anything for them.

So what kind of things are you into? Video games (particularly terribly flawed games, which you don't really enjoy but can't help playing anyway), books, art (most especially drawing), music, and you dabble in amateur philosophizing.

What's your house like? A single-story, two-bedroom house. Pretty normal, apart from all of your sister's crazy music memorabilia. You love music too, but really, that stuff is just way too much.

Uh-huh. And where do you live? Outskirts of Chicago, GMT-6

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music? You've got an old strummin' guitar lying around somewhere, but your typical instrument is a keyboard.

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it? You use the obscure CHEAT CODE MODUS as a general rule of thumb. Each CAPTCHA CARD in your sylladex is assigned to a classic video game cheat code. You never have more than ten captcha cards at one time, mostly because you can never remember more than that, and when in the world will you ever need to carry more than ten things anyway? You can captchalogue any item at any time, but you have to input the right code on your small wrist-gamepad to retrieve it. Your fetch modus also has the secondary GLITCH MODUS, which is more versatile but carries the risk of breaking whatever you're trying to retrieve if you use it incorrectly. You don't use that one very often.

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS? Your STRIFE SPECIBUS is allocated with the STAFFKIND ABSTRATUS. In retrospect, it probably would have been wiser to go with one of the more powerful BLADEKIND, RIFLEKIND, or BOWKIND abstratuses, but you can't imagine it'll ever be relevant, so who cares.

Hey, Light or Dark? Dark

What is your chumhandle? concertoGamer

Would you prefer AIM, MSN, or other? Doesn't matter to me. AIM is more like the IM software used in the comic and it's easier to sign up for without needing to tie it to a particular e-mail address, but MSN is more versatile and less likely to hate any username you pick.

[Celia]

hell, I love me some good mspaintadventures. i'm in.

So what's your name?

Celia Joann-Smith

Gender?

Female

How old are you?

13

So what do you look like, anyway?

you have long brown hair, and wear a jacket that depicts a cuttlebone on it.

Who is that person you live with?

You next door to a female real estate manager who acts as a parental figure to you, and claims gaurdianship whenever there's some irritating paperwork that needs to be filled out.

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more?

You keep a nautilus fossil in a glass case in your condo.

Hey, what kind of person are you?

You appear sweet and outgoing, but are vicious in defense of allies. You are bold in her actions, and while you often do not think terribly far ahead, you are rather intelligent.
It should also be noted that Celia often has some difficulty telling between gender roles, and often mixes up gender based figures of speech.

So what kind of things are you into?

marine biology, glass bowing and glass work, fencing, analyzing things through observation

*What's your house like?

a higher floor rather expensive condo

*Uh-huh. And where do you live?

The condo is located next to a rather wealthy borough.

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music?

saxophone

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it?

Chamber Modus- The cards in this inventory spiral outwards from the center. All cards added attach to the closest unoccupied "chamber" to the center. Cards that take up the interior chambers are not accessible until chambers on the outside that are in contact with said interior chamber are not occupied.

What do you have allocated to your strife specibus?

fencing rapier [foilkind]

Hey, Light or Dark?

Light, although there is no assigned bedroom for you on prospit (or whatever light world tokam has decided on). Instead you are haphazardly crammed in to the bedroom of [one of my characters which has yet to be posted].

Chumhandle:

celiaSquire

communication:

i will almost certainly communicate through the facebook instant messanger. if you see me there, just contact me.

ihave three more characters that I will post. please be patient.

[TOKAM]

Depending on interest, I may or may not be allowing multiple characters, so you might need to modify a few parts of that. Also, if you could change "fencing rapier" to something like "rapierkind", that'd be great. And you just did that. Struck out.

Otherwise, it looks good.

[Admin]

So what's your name? Mettli D'Stavia

Gender? Female

How old are you? 13

So what do you look like, anyway? Greasy brown hair with bangs, gray eyes, long white t-shirt that more resembles a dress, denim shorts, and leather sandals

Who is that person you live with? Father. Very quiet, and seldom interacts with humans outside of work.

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more? Mother. Her jewelry box in locked in the living-room

Hey, what kind of person are you? You aren't a responsible person, and you don't enjoy others relying on you. You have no problem solving skills, and are prone to crying and collapsing during the most unnecessary situations. Overall, you're docile and try being helpful, but seldom prove to be useful to others due to your "when it rains, it pours" attitude.

So what kind of things are you into? Girls (despite a pretty feminine attitude), stuffed animals (which actually make your room impossible to move in. Your room isn't small, but your stuffed animals are EVERYWHERE.) You have a strange obsession with reading other people's blogs and vlogs, particularly ones about cancer patients. You pretend to listen to underground music, but you really just sit around and listen to Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus songs on repeat. You also tend to like the smell of pennies. Is also particularly interested in the origin of her name.

What's your house like? It's a very old fashioned 1940's classic house featuring two floors with identical amenities, a kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, knickknacks, and old letters, papers, and newsclippings that just seemed to have fallen into places somehow. It's fairly disorganized, but has a charming appeal. At least the first floor does. The second floor is unused space.

Uh-huh. And where do you live? In Poughkeepsie, New York, GMT-5

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music? You're not a musical genius at all, and would rather edit music with a free-to-download music editing program, but you can play an ocarina like nobody's business.

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it? It's not that crazy of an inventory system... You can carry one object, and if you pick up another, the object already being held is projected up and back about 25 feet in the air (give or take some aerodynamics)

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS? Your STRIFE SPECIBUS is allocated with the SCISSORKIND ABSTRATUS.

Hey, Light or Dark? Dark, why not?

What is your chumhandle? medicDynamic

Would you prefer AIM, MSN, or other? MSN plz, Facebook chat works, AIM is fine, and Skype is always an option. But this is the order of preference: MSN, Skype, Facebook Chat, AIM, others.

I KNOW I must've done something wrong here.

[TOKAM]

That's actually pretty much perfect. Also, sylladex shenanigans, ahoy!

We're probably going to end up going with MSN at this point. I'd like to keep things all on one messaging client if possible, so if we're gonna pick any single one, MSN will probably be it.

[Golden Emblem]

So what's your name?

Anthony Valihan

Gender?

Male.

How old are you?

13

So what do you look like, anyway?

Anthony has short black hair with green streaks, and deep purple eyes. He has fairly strong features. Anthony wears a black muscle shirt with a jean jacket, and capris pants. Other than that, he wears Converse shoes, as seen below.



Who is that person you live with?

Anthony lives with a man his parents hired years ago for some form of help, and are close friends with. He’s a hacker with the government, and that’s all Anthony knows about him. Anthony never sees him.

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive anymore?

Anthony’s parents had very close friends that acted as Anthony’s grandparents, and they died within a year of each other. This took place about four months ago. You might have realized by now, but he really doesn’t have much family.

Hey, what kind of person are you?

Anthony generally seems to be a cold or uncaring person. He doesn’t react much to anything, especially things that would normally be deemed to be sad. He often makes morbid statements or jokes, although he never resorts to using swear words or jokes relating to sexuality (a topic he seems to steer clear from). He can be caring, but those moments are rare, as are moments where he shows any sort of emotion. He is also training to be a hero of some sort, although he lacks in the costume department.

So what kind of things are you into?

Comic books, martial arts, hacking, computer games, reading about religion, making clothing.

*What's your house like?

Anthony lives in a strange, futuristic tower of glass and metal. It seems to be many years ahead in terms of technology. There are many different items in it, such as strange, disc-like computers that have 3D imagery, teleportation pads, food replication systems, and other gadgetry. It is about five stories tall. GMT -6.

*Uh-huh. And where do you live?

The tower where Anthony lives is on an island in the middle of nowhere. Some believe that it is the island where Amelia Earhart crashed, although it never appears on a map. There’s a dormant volcano on the island, but little else of interest.

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music?

Anthony has a love for the steel drums, and he often plays them all over the tower.

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it?

Anthony’s FETCH MODUS is the COMIC BOOK MODUS. Each issue is assigned to a different CAPTCHA CARD; however, he only starts with one comic and needs to buy more in order to gain more cards. Also, these issues need to be bought in order to be effective, as a gasp in issues will make the system more likely to fail, rendering CAPTCHA CARDS unusable.

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS?

Anthony uses ropekind, which would seem to be useless to many people. However, Anthony has no issues with it.

*Hey, Light or Dark?

Light.

What is your chumhandle?

MaskedShadeII

Would you prefer AIM, MSN, or other?

I would install AIM if the need arose, but I prefer MSN, Skype, or Facebook chat.

[TOKAM]

The only thing that's a little off is the chumhandle. maybe something like masterShade (or whatever M. is supposed to stand for)? Awesome, good to go.

Otherwise, it's good.

EDIT: Looking for at least two more characters before we begin. Ideally there will be four more, but beggars can't be choosers and the forum might be a little too dead to expect that right now. Also still need someone to volunteer to be the Leader. I'd prefer it if it wasn't me or GE.

[shadowdeath]

So what's your name? Jonathan James Jennings the Fifth

Gender? Male

How old are you? 13

So what do you look like, anyway? Messy red hair, freckles all over, extremely big black square glasses, t-shirt that says "Cool dude!", and cargo shorts.

Who is that person you live with? Mommy, who always overprotects you and is always worried about her "poor lil' Triple J the Fifth"

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more? Bobby the ant that you accidentally stepped on. He's splattered all over the concert right now. He was a huge ant too, so it wasn't a small splatter.

Hey, what kind of person are you? You're the loudest and most complainy person ever. Usually starts sentences with like "MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID THAT..." even though the person is right next to you. Sometimes you use this line with your own mother.

So what kind of things are you into? You absolutely love most bugs and incests, except for spiders. You absolutely hate spiders. You're also into all sorts of animals, drawing pictures in crayon, and you love running around and playing on swings.

*What's your house like? You live in a bungalow (bungalow, isn't that a fun word?) that has two bedrooms. There's a small yard in the back with a swing set that you enjoy a lot.

*Uh-huh. And where do you live? In the middle of the US. You pronounce US like the word "us".

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music? Cowbell.

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it? You use the HUNGRAY MODUS as your SYLLADEX. When you want to store something you have to CONSUME an object (edible or nonedible). Then when you want to retrieve the stored item you must CONSUME the same object from before.

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS? Boxingglovekind

Hey, Light or Dark? Light

What is your chumhandle? bugInsectist

Would you prefer AIM, MSN, or other? If other, please specify.
[e-mail]

[TOKAM]

. . . Um, I know I said go crazy, but that's maybe a little too crazy XD. Also, "unworkable" is fine for a fetch modus. "Impossible", probably not so much.

In all honesty, though, it's not too far gone from what I need. Maybe switch up a few of the interests (variety is a good thing, as you'll discover later), and go for a little less absurd with the house and Fetch Modus (honestly, how does that even work? You eat an item, and to retrieve it you have to. . . eat. . . an item?) and it'll be good to go.

EDIT: Also, dead thing needs to have some sort of physical presence.


SON of EDIT: Assuming SD keeps his character and just does some tweaking, we still need at least one more character, preferably a girl aligned with Light. Also still looking for someone who is willing to be the Leader; like I said, it's not a huge thing, it just means that you get to start the game off (with my help). I'm not looking for much in the way of first posts, just a few commands and a paragraph or two.

I'll be accepting characters for quite awhile, at least until we hit the cap of eight or we reach a Point of No Return, so if we've already started don't let that stop you.

[Celia]

okay, an inherent problem arose with my character, and it was entirely my fault. I misread tokam's post and believed there to be a cap of eight characters per person as opposed to eight characters total. the problem with this is that my plan for celia meant that I had to have at least one other character for her to work, and I preferred to have four so that these characters would not stand alone. for this reason, I am withdrawing celia and am replacing her with a dark female.

[Celia]

So what's your name?

You are Felicia Emet.

Gender?

female

How old are you?

13

So what do you look like, anyway?

You have chin-length bright red hair (bordering on pink) that directs away from your head at it's bottom. You wear a black jacket that bears the image of several white feathers drifting towards the ground.

Who is that person you live with?

You were adopted by a studious geologist at an age younger than you remember, and you are quite aware of the fact that you have been adopted.

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more?

You keep a tank of eurycea in your home. Regrettably, your favorite one has recently died.

Hey, what kind of person are you?

You are naturally adventurous and relatively fearless. You also suffer from the fact that you are fairly hot headed and often let your curiosity get the better of you.

So what kind of things are you into?

You are an amateur spelunker, which has given you notable upper body strength, and are a very talented chef, although unfortunately you rarely have anyone to share it with other than your father. You also enjoy glassblowing although you are not very good at it.

*What's your house like?

You live in a three story house that is built into the wall of a massive cenote. It is secured very stably, and so there is no fear of it falling.

*Uh-huh. And where do you live?

You live in the Yucatán Peninsula in southeast Mexico. Your home is fairly isolated, save for the occasional food importer.

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music?

You are a powerful drummer and quite enjoy music to settle your nerves. You have also recently taken an interest in experimenting with how your music reverberates off of cave walls.

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it?

You are often irritated by the mind-numbing prism modus, which has several branches for each prism (with a maximum of seven) and requires each item at the base of a branch to have either seven or zero branches off of it in order to be used. Cards at the tip of each branch may be removed freely and without penalty.

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS?

cleaverkind

Hey, Light or Dark?\

dark

What is your chumhandle?

minervasAbyss

[TOKAM]

That ought to work. Character's good.

Also, oh god, I can't even imagine having eight characters per person. That would get so crazy. So crazy.

[TOKAM]

Okay, double-posting to bump. We've got four approved characters right now, and one pending a few adjustments. I'd like to have at least one more, but right now we have the bare minimum of what I'd like to work with, and I feel like this thing is going to die before it even gets off the ground if we don't get started soon. so, here's what we're gonna do:

SD, you can either tweak your current character a little bit or start over from scratch. It's up to you. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill, but even as crazy as things could get, Jonathan just doesn't fit the game's tone right now. The house is the big thing that bothers me, the rest of it can be worked with (although YOU may end up wanting more variety in your interests further down the road).

Everyone else, if you don't already have MSN/Live Messenger right now, I'd like for you to download that real quick. You can get it right here and it's not really too big of a deal to download and install. It'll just be easier overall if everyone has the same messaging client. If your messaging client of choice can already communicate with MSN, you don't need to worry about doing this.

Once you've done that and signed up with a screenname, make a post here letting us know what it is. Everybody starts out as friends in this, so you should friend everybody; you may want to have a separate login just for this game, or you may not. It's up to you.

For reference, I will be using [e-mail] on MSN for the purposes of this game

I am still looking for someone willing to be the leader. Please, people, this isn't a huge responsibility. I'd even be happy to forgo you writing the first post, if that's what is putting people off. What I'm really trying to do is spread the initial important positions around, just to keep one character from being uber-special right from the get-go.

Game starts ASAP. I know I might be forcing this a little bit, but I really don't want this to die without at least getting somewhere. And hopefully getting the game active could help interest people who might be on the fence.

[Golden Emblem]

For the RP, I'll be using [e-mail].

[Cetasaurus]

I really do want to join, but I can't make an entry right now. I'll get one up as soon as I can.

[TOKAM]

No worries. Any interest is appreciated.

[Admin]

My MSN/Chumhandle is [e-mail]

Add me and stuff.

[Housetrapped GM]

I will be using this account for important NPCs, or events that change the nature of the game in some large way.

[Cetasaurus]

So what's your name? Cassey Lucas

Gender? Female

How old are you? 13

So what do you look like, anyway? Shoulder length, copper-tinted hair. Green eyes, flannel shirt, denim jeans, tennishoes.

Who is that person you live with? Mother. Very eccentric and spontaneous. Also very forgetful.

So is there somebody or something close to you that isn't alive any more? Her old grey cat. Cassey drew a picture of the cat when he was very young. They were good friends.

Hey, what kind of person are you? Has a wry sense of humor. Nothing like her mother. Somewhat manipulative and shrewd, but really pretty friendly if you befriend her.

So what kind of things are you into? She likes music, whether playing it or listening to it. She likes reading and writing. She likes the kind of work that involves using both your hands and your mind (and often does puzzles). She likes going fast... just in general be it on a bike, skateboard, car, etc.

What's your house like? It's a modern, blockish house. There are two floors inside. The first has a kitchen, living room with a television and couch, an office for his mother, a small guest room, and a bathroom. The second floor is mostly their rooms and private bathrooms. There is also a game/book room where they have all their board games, books, and whatnot.

Uh-huh. And where do you live? Somewhere in Idaho. GMT-7 (I think).

You've got some musical talent. What do you use to make music? Piano/keyboard mostly, but also the drumkit.

That's a crazy inventory system you've got there. How do you use it? It's a book really. He opens it to a blank page and forcefully pushes the item inside. The image of the item will appear on the page. If he wants to get it out again, he simply opens to that page. The image will disappear and the item will appear on the ground in front of him.

You probably don't ever have to use it, but it's good to have it available just in case. What do you have allocated to your STRIFE SPECIBUS? Slingshotkind.

Hey, Light or Dark? Light

What is your chumhandle? laughingGhost

Would you prefer AIM, MSN, or other? MSN: [e-mail]

[TOKAM]

Okay, your strife specibus is slingshotkind, then.

A chumhandle is, like I mentioned in the first post, basically your character's screenname for their chat client, which is known as Pesterchum. So just make up a name, preferably about your character's interests, and use that.

A few examples from our own game right now: concertoGamer, maskedShade, minervasAbyss, medicDynamic.

As long as it follows that format, I don't really care what the name actually is.

Also, a gender change would keep things even, but there's two more spots open (although there might not be two more players available). Worst case scenario, a couple of us run two characters at once and both of the new ones end up being girls.

[Celia]

altered felicia to be a drummer instead of saxaphonist. seemed a lot more fitting.

[shadowdeath]

@kev

Is my Fetch Modus that ridiculous? it's totally workable, I just said object to be general. But he can eat food. So like eat an apple to store something, find another apple and eat it to retrieve whatever you stored. Honestly I said object so he could eat like little ants or rocks.

Also I edited the other stuff, let me know if this works.

[TOKAM]

SD: Changes are good, you're set. I still have no idea how your fetch modus works, but I guess I'll find out. And if it ends up being too unworkable (although eventually fetch modi are gonna fall by the wayside anyway) we can change it in-game. OH, I gotcha now. I thought it meant you had to eat the object you were trying to captchalogue, and all I could manage when I was trying to imagine that was a faint ". . . bzuh?"

Once we get MSN info all set, you'll be good to go.


A compiled list of MSN contact info:

TOKAM - Eric Fischer/concertoGamer - [e-mail]
Golden Emblem - Anthony Valihan/maskedShadeII - [e-mail]
simple tactician - Mettli D'Stavia/medicDynamic - [e-mail]
Celia - Felicia Emet/minervasAbyss - no contact info yet
shadowdeath - Jonathan Jennings/bugInsectist - no contact info yet
KM8 - Harrison Poole/no chumhandle yet - [e-mail]

We've got six good characters right now. We'll get started soon after all the contact info gets squared away. If you've got anything blank on this list, please try to get it taken care of. KM8, I'm assuming that your current info is your personal username. You may or may not want to set up a different account for the purposes of this game. If you don't mind in-character communication on your own username, then don't worry about it, and if it's not your default, don't worry about it at all.

I still need a Leader character - This doesn't require any knowledge of the game world, or any special abilities, I just need someone who is willing to take the first place in the chain.

Contact info list will be added to the original post.

[shadowdeath]

updated contact
[e-mail]

[Cetasaurus]

So I put my chumhandle as laughingGhost...Also, that MSN account will be alright, it's not my default. I will work on changing the gender of my character. If I'm going to do that, I would like to make some additional changes as well. Would that be all right?

[TOKAM]

You don't really need to change your character's gender if you don't want to, but any changes you'd like to make are fine.

[Cetasaurus]

I'm sorry for my brief absence. x.x
I modified my post to even out the genders. My character is now Cassey Lucas.

[Celia]

after extensive searching i've found a client that lets me run msn messenger through linux. my contact is [e-mail]