OOC for "the River Runs Red"

This is the OOC for "The River Runs Red" and the place for the threads writers to make all out of character comment, observations and general flirtations as well as any readers who might like to comment as well...

FYI....Currently our writers are:

SweetP4u - Lana Ver'idian

Light Ice - Jack Sullivan

kittenofdeath - Isaac Redgrave

Yeishia - Shaylyn Morgana

Veroe - Edgar Eugene Harrison jr.

Black Bart - Talon Lafayette

VampiricTouch - Mayakavosky Romanov (Maya for short)

DarkEmperess - Sky

STORY RULES

City History Link 1

City History link 2

Carnal Knowledge lay out

As we post our bios we can chat here on general plots and interaction...

So, Questions? Ask them HERE

Comments or observations? Here too!

Since this is a multi genre race thread and can include vampire, were-wolf, succubus, incubus and human I'm asking we all state our characters abilities carefully.... But not demanding the true nature of each if you feel you need to keep that quiet until later in the thread....

Do NOT use your characters abilities in any way to control another characters OR read anything more than they are willing to let you do so, ok?

If you're not sure? Ask HERE

I'll continue to add to and update this first post as writers join us, as well as addressing other pertinent subjects as they come up in later posts...

Thanks once again

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Name: Jack Sullivan
Race: Human
Height (as a Man): 6'1"
Weight (as a Man): 185 lbs
Profession: Detective

Bio:
A Graduate of the Criminal Justice program and skilled officer, Jack Sullivan is one of the more notorious Detectives operating within the Great City. His reputation is derived from his grit and determination, his notoriously unpleasant personality, and his pension for breaking otherwise impossible cases. He has functioned within the Division's Old City Unit, so called for their authority over cases where the suspected are suggested non-humans. He is the only Detective on the force to survive an assault by a non-human assailant and has done so on multiple occasions.

He lives alone and does not date. It is highly suspected that he frequents many brothels, some illegal, though he has never been identified by anyone inside. His personal sidearm is a specially made Smith and Wesson Top-Break 6-Shot Revolver chambered in the massive .460 caliber.

A nickname by the many officers he has made enemies of is "Van Helsing" given his rumored use of silver bullets. If he is aware of this moniker he has never shown it.



Abilities:
- Talented Detective with Uncanny Natural Intuition
- Skilled Marksman
- Extremely Fit and Naturally Strong

Bio

Name: D'Lana Ver'idian (Lana for short)
Race: Succubus
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Weight: 130 lbs. B cup, curvy in all the right places with a nice rounded ass. Tattoo on her inner hip of a little she devil fucking herself with her own tail. Belly button ring but otherwise natural. Shaved bare. Black hair down to her ass and green eyes when she isn't adjusting to other's desires.
Sexual preference: Bisexual
Age: 232 years old. Physical appearence is that of a thirty-two year old woman when she is herself.

Owner of Carnal Knowledge and Ver'idian Ent.

Carnal Knowledge is a safe house/haven for the "Others" as she refers to immortal beings. Four floors.

Basement: Kitchen, storage, alley entrance/exit, employee lunchroom/ break room

Ground floor: dance club, bar, VIP rooms (4 total), Guest seating , stage, bathrooms

second floor: Hotel/guest rooms. Lab, Business office and laundry room

Fourth floor: Lana's penthouse accessed via private locked elevator. No one can get in without a key or buzzed entry to come up.

Rules of the sanctuary: come in peace or leave in pieces (that is a borrowed phrase)

Lana brews signature drinks using her abilities which I will list below. Using her ability to draw emotions and form them into an essence type mass of silken liquid she can manipulate into orbs for transfer. Bottled bits that hold for many years if need be but are barely 2 cc's per vial. This pure undiluted essence sample taken from Lana can do some pretty bad things in the wrong hands, some can even kill if ingested, but that is not common knowledge. No one should know and Lana would kill if she had to, to keep that secret.

Drinks offered:
Bloody Mary - Blood and alcohol mixture

High Hymen (a shot) - Blood of a Virgin /w a dash of Vodka

Blow Job (a shot) - Butter rum and Kahluah with a bit of essence in it that gives the sensation of a light bit of oral pleasure.

Screaming Orgasm: A mixed drink, bright blue and rim is coated in surgar crystals. This drink is an "Other" drink as most humans can't handle it. This drink will give one an orgasm right there. Sip small, small orgasms. Drink deeply, screaming orgasm.

Sex on the Beach: Basic human drink with a little tingle of sexual pleasure

7th Heaven: basic White Russian, mixed drink with a cooling mint flavor that also tends to make one's nipples feel cold and harden. A human drink as well as "Other" - mild reaction

The rest of the drinks offered are all standard human bar drinks without any additives. Lana is currently working on Body Shots.


Lana's Abilities:

1. Is capable of changing her physical appearance to that of her prey's desires in order to reel them in. So she gets a vague impression from their unguarded thoughts of the woman they are looking for, if they are looking. She can adjust herself to what they crave visually for a few hours at a time but no more than four hours in one night. It is draining to do it too often, so she tends to stick to just being herself unless she has to change. (changing her hair color to green for a few hours is a minute little trick that doesn’t do much to drain her, but her entire body is what drains her down)

2. She feeds off emotions. The very essence of the person, but it has to be emotional of some kind. Sexual, sadness, even fear; just some kind of emotion to feed. She absorbs what she needs to recharge, and she can then pull pieces of it from herself, bottle it and mix it into her drinks. The more intense the emotion, the more intense the drink sample is, also the longer she can go without feeding again.

With emotion feeding comes abilities to absorb bits from a crowd so no one in particular is drained by her. She doesn’t have super hearing or direct mind reading abilities. She can get a brief impression of their sexual preferences but its more of a aura reading that mind probe. Lana will see one's aura that surrounds them, but she is no psychic and doesn't read things into one's coloring.

4. Last ability - Impregnating. She has the ability to change sexes if she chooses to do so. She can also absorb a man's sperm or take a woman's egg and plant them where ever she chooses. Being a demonic type being, this ability is usually used to infuse parts of the succubi/inccubi into the sperm/egg and plant their stolen baby into another target that will be born part human and part Succubi/inccubi.

All her abilities center around aiding her in seduction and sex. So muscle control isn't a power, its a talent

Immortal isn't completely accurate, Lana can be killed but as a demonic species she can be reborn/summoned *not likely to happen tho*

Lana can't stand the scent of most colognes, most make her sneeze uncontrollably. Allergy to garlic, no she isnt a vampire lol and like all demons, nocturnal for a reason.

Thanks for the invite I shall be posting my bio soon.

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Name: Shaylyn Morgana
Race: Human - Witch by bloodline.
Height: 5 ft 6 ins.
Weight: 125lbs.
Eyes: Violet!
Age: 23 years old.
Sexual Preference: None she is a free spirit will try anything once!


An orphan she had been raised by her grandmother who had schooled her in the art of witchcraft using the family book of Forgotten Spells! Growing up dutifully learning the spells and use of herbs and rituals that her granny had insisted on she had always had the itch to travel putting her Nana’s nonsense behind her! It was her destiny the old crone had drilled in her and although she easily mastered the tricks and potions she had never taken them seriously. On her deathbed her Nana had made her a promise; “When you come of age promise me Do what you will, so long as it harms none” An easy promise to keep when you are 18 and anxious to spread your wings!

Shaylyn traveled most of Northern England, finding people to be intolerant of her abilities and the red hair and startling violet eyes that clearly labeled her "The Devils Spawn". She moved from town to town working were she could dancing, tending bar, ,and sometimes breaking hearts until her 21st. birthday when she came into her full powers. With the addition of her familiars whom she could barely control at first, it became harder and harder to blend in, people were afraid of that which they did not understand.

Shaylyn was lonely all she wanted was acceptance; her free spirit was being slowly crushed by the cruelty and intolerance she found around her! When she heard rumors of a new place filled with immortals who welcomed humans in their midst she was very, very interested. Her eyes brightened the idea of actually finding acceptance in a place where she could finally be herself; her spirit resurfacing once again she made her preparations! Shay aged very slowly but was far from immortal and the thought of immortality intrigued this pleasure seeking witch greatly!


She had arrived in the human part of town and was not impressed, the place stunk of corruption and decay! Shay sat in the middle of her bed in the dilapidated hotel located somewhere on anchor pier and placed wards around the room, before sending her familiars out into the night to seek knowledge; Rune into the surrounding areas and his brother into the immortal's domain on the southern side of town.

Tomorrow she would decide her plan of action. Not bothering to undress she lay back on the bed and was soon asleep!



Her Abilities:

She is still discovering all that she can do…

-She has twin familiars, small black panthers, Rune & Runic who had appeared by her side the minute she had come of age. They are her constant companions, visible or not they never leave her!

-She is more or less skilled in the use of spells, potions, incantations and magical rituals, for those are the foundation on which her craft is built; although occasionally she will still make colossal blunders, ones that would make her granny weep if she were still alive to see them!

-She has the innate ability to change parts or all of her appearance at will. Though it irks her that she still cannot hide the curses that are her deep red hair or her violet eyes, for more than a few hours at a time!



Shaylyn is balanced on the fence between bad and good. As a rule she is fun loving and mischievous and enjoys pushing her boundaries and those of others.

Hey Bart!

Really glad you're back on the pony with this concept. I hope you don't mind but after careful thought and an awareness of all the many non-human characters coming back I've decided to modify my original concept to a full-human.

Yeishia hon, dont take this wrong as I love your writing and brilliance AND I do want you to write in the story hon, but she's over powered.

She's human, the vampire misting thing is a bit much but I can deal with that. However please, no mind reading. With familiars, and spells and apparration she's too powerful and that tends to ruin the fun for all if we get too carried away.

Witches alone are powerful beings, able to control the elements, wards, hexes, etc. Please tone her down a bit, for me?

I do like the idea, just need her a bit more human

Cool I willl make the changes ,I want to get it right this time

lol vamp misting is the apparation thng, sorry my brain isnt working tonight at all

*hug* ty hon

*smiles*

I aim to please.

Can keep her ability to alter her appearence hon, it is helpful and a witch ability

That was a good ability and it wont be over powering to another's character. The familiars are also good to slink around and spy.

Light Ice said:

Hey Bart!

Really glad you're back on the pony with this concept. I hope you don't mind but after careful thought and an awareness of all the many non-human characters coming back I've decided to modify my original concept to a full-human.

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Light,

You are welcome in any shape or form you choose, you're a gifted writer and I appreciate your concern and thought you put into your posts and actions, if i can help in any way please let me know?

OK, going to toss out some bits about the history of the city and also in time the past and current political undertones, feel free to make comments (nice ones ONLY from you SweetP) or discuss what I've written...

The City:

Created in the 1600's it was originally a city of outcasts and outlaws, brought to the spot by a underground water source that produced continual pure drinking water and with the discovery of gold a minor "boom" in the later years.

To the west sits a range of majestic mountains, the sunsets always remarkable, the snow clad peaks adding to the river with each spring thaw. To the east lies a vast desert that only the strongest or most foolish attempted to cross on foot, an immense plain of sand and cactus that was considered a natural defense as well as a cemetery that spoke no evil of the dead who rested within it.

North of the river became the natural domain of the mostly human population, the grassy plains lifting from fertile soil and eventually becoming farm and ranch land, while south of the river the black forest created another sort of haven for the "non-humans" who moved from it each night in search of water and food.

An un-easy alliance was formed between the two breeds, death for the most part was an accepted part of life after all, and the small town formed in a small city that steadily over the years grew and became a permanent and grim reminder of how the harshest, strongest and most arrogant lived.

But like all good things there was a rift, the difference in who they were was one, the greed and constant struggle to be the "best" was another, and a war raged below the almost peaceful surface that flared with the tempers of the desperate and most greedy. Minor battles on the streets flared up, then a war that drew lines and nearly destroyed all the gains the members of the city had made, a war that filled the river with blood from all sides and when it was over brought about the division of the city once and for all

These are some of the basic posting rules I asked everyone (you TOO SweetP) to abide by...

What's more important is we all play by the same set of rules, more so than what the rules are, SO......IF we all feel something has to be modified, lets get it done here, before we write in the soon to come main thread, OK?

Here we go....


We keep it simple and realistic, as real as you can considering the characters we write of, that is.

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No God Moding, period... You'll be asked to edit it, and if not done, it'll be deleted.

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No controlling your co-writers character without previous consent, and then please realize it's only the rare occasion, not all the time...

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No chatting in the main threads, we've an OOC and you can ask questions, flirt, or do anything that doesn't concern the story lines there.

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Please realize that each character is unique by design, and if you don't understand how to interact with it you have to do two things first, before posting...

Look in the OOC for that characters bio & ask the writer if what you want to do is appropriate, then after you understand and have permission, post, ok?
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Respect your co-writers, both in the main thread and in this OOC, if there's to be a "loud" discussion we'll do it OFF the board and by a medium of my choosing. We're all adults and experienced writers, so lets a good example... You Too SweetP!

I had a point to this post but I keep getting distracted by the picture in Yeisha's avatar.

Light Ice said:

I had a point to this post but I keep getting distracted by the picture in Yeisha's avatar.

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Ummm, *glances upwards and drools* Yeah, exactly....

HEY!!!!! Its not nice to pick on me, I will bite back

AND! you wont like it

*looks up*

But I do like it, and YOU know it!

So you going to get us started, Bart? I'm anxious to get into it.

Light Ice said:

So you going to get us started, Bart? I'm anxious to get into it.

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waiting for two ladies to answer me...from the first thread and thus complete our numbers or give those spots to a couple more, we've four male writers and only two females

Sweet would love the attention I'm sure but we'd wear her and Yeishia out too quickly, don't you think?

Either way the thread goes up this weekend... or to be more exact Saturday evening, I'll post a link in my first post in this OOC and send one to each writer... I'm anxious to see it take off too

It's going to be great, Bart. I'm real glad you brought it back. It was an awesome concept.

BLACK BART said:

OK, going to toss out some bits about the history of the city and also in time the past and current political undertones, feel free to make comments (nice ones ONLY from you SweetP) or discuss what I've written...

The City:

Created in the 1600's it was originally a city of outcasts and outlaws, brought to the spot by a underground water source that produced continual pure drinking water and with the discovery of gold a minor "boom" in the later years.

To the west sits a range of majestic mountains, the sunsets always remarkable, the snow clad peaks adding to the river with each spring thaw. To the east lies a vast desert that only the strongest or most foolish attempted to cross on foot, an immense plain of sand and cactus that was considered a natural defense as well as a cemetery that spoke no evil of the dead who rested within it.

North of the river became the natural domain of the mostly human population, the grassy plains lifting from fertile soil and eventually becoming farm and ranch land, while south of the river the black forest created another sort of haven for the "non-humans" who moved from it each night in search of water and food.

An un-easy alliance was formed between the two breeds, death for the most part was an accepted part of life after all, and the small town formed in a small city that steadily over the years grew and became a permanent and grim reminder of how the harshest, strongest and most arrogant lived.

But like all good things there was a rift, the difference in who they were was one, the greed and constant struggle to be the "best" was another, and a war raged below the almost peaceful surface that flared with the tempers of the desperate and most greedy. Minor battles on the streets flared up, then a war that drew lines and nearly destroyed all the gains the members of the city had made, a war that filled the river with blood from all sides and when it was over brought about the division of the city once and for all

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Quick question. Is it safe to say that humans vastly outnumber the non-humans? Just to kind of balance what would happen if the peace ended?

Yes, I'd say a 50 to one ratio, where if the "peace" ended their numbers would be an advantage, but it would be a costly war.... the non-humans would make them pay dearly