OOC -- "Shop 'Til You Drop"

"Shop 'Til You Drop"
The OOC Thread

The IC Thread

Please do NOT post anything here.
Profiles are to be PMd to the Host.​

(Note: Links are coming to all of the below headings. Patience.)

Introduction -- Everything you need to know about the RP and about joining.

The Setting -- Maps and Descriptions of the Gateway Mall.

List of Characters -- Those characters already being written and some ideas for prospective characters, too.

Character Profile Sheet -- Create your character here.

Writer Profile Sheet -- Tell us about yourself here.

Synopsis -- Some of the more important things to know about what's happened so far.

Image Gallery -- A complete gallery of pics, maps, and other images.

Introduction

"Shop 'Til You Drop"

Introduction

IC Thread​

Terrorists have released a deadly virus in Eugene, Oregon, causing the Governor to declare a state of emergency and put the whole of the Southern Willamette Valley on "lock down". Businesses and schools are ordered closed, people are instructed to stay indoors, and the highways and freeways leading in an out of the area are closed by the Police, supported by National Guard troops, who -- with medical professionals -- are slowly but surely screening anyone on the move for signs of the virus.

The date is January 13, 2012 ... a Friday, of course.

Our story takes place primarily inside the Springfield's "Gateway Mall", situated next to Interstate-5, which separates the city from its larger sibling, Eugene. Just before opening Saturday morning, as word spreads across the airwaves of the horror beginning to overtake the community, the Mall's entrances are locked, the individual stores are ordered to keep their gates down and doors closed, the ventilation systems are turned off, and the normally unarmed Security Staff -- all five of them -- are armed by one of the shopping center's newest tenants, the outdoor outfitters, Cabela's, and ordered to keep those inside in their shops and those outside the mall out altogether.

The initial thought by the General Manager is that by day's end -- when the Authorities have gained control of the situation out in the Eastern half of Lane Country -- the Mall doors will be opened and its occupants will go home to be with their families. At the worst, he assumes, the Mall and its dozens of stores will lose two, maybe three days of business...

Yeah ... not gonna happen.

Instead, as the virus sweeps uncontrollably throughout the State of Oregon and beyond, those inside the Mall realize that they are safer inside here, and that -- to stay alive -- they are going to be here for a long time ... possibly a very, very long time.

The Basic Story I am Looking For​

1. I don't have a specific plot in mind. This is essentially a story about how those people inside the mall -- and to a lesser extent, those outside the mall -- interact with one another. Will the Owners, Managers, and Employees of the various stores work together to keep one another happy and safe...? Or will turf wars break out over the available resources -- food, beds, clothes, weapons -- leading to arguments, physical conflicts, and possibly even deaths?

2. I will, on occasion, toss out big twists, but for the most part the story will be driven by you, the writers. The only "story" that I am anxious to see is how characters will use what they have available to them: will the Grocery Department Manager at Target distribute food to anyone who needs it, or will he/she want something in trade; will "Cabelas" offer sleeping bags to everyone; will "Sears" and "1-2-3 Funish" provide mattresses, comfortable chairs, and bedding; will the Food Court cafes cook for all; will people still value the American Dollar, or will they want to barter for goods instead; and will the jewelry stores be able to trade diamonds and gold for food and bottle water when no one knows whether diamonds and gold will ever mean anything, to anyone, anywhere ever again?

3. Writers are invited to play 1 or more roles. I would prefer if each of you wrote a store owner/manager/employee and either a second one of these or a customer; but no one is required to write more than one character. There will be other character opportunities as well, including the security guards, the old folks who use the mall as an indoor track for their cardio-exercises, the homeless guy who arrives at opening and leaves at closing every day and sleeps under the nearby overpass, and many more.

4. I like to see writers use initiative and be creative, but don't do something major that will effect most of the other writers' characters without first running it by the Host. You wouldn't like it if you spent the next week or so building up this wonderful story about survival inside your store, only to have another writer say he set fire to his shop and it spread to yours ... right?

5. This IS LitEROTICA ... so I expect that there will be some sexually based themes -- in fact, I'm hoping for it and excited to get involved in them -- but because this is the "ORP" forum, and it's a little less sexually based that the "SRP" forum, sex scenes are to be conducted in a separate thread and linked back here, so writers and readers have an opportunity to pass them up if they wish without missing the rest of the story. (I will explain the process for doing this in another reply.)

The Setting:

Springfield's "Gateway Mall"​

Basic Directory Map -- The general layout of the mall.

List of Stores (alphabetically) -- Including those that have a character in place.

Gateway Mall Stores

Alphabetically By Store Type​

Anchor (Multi-Department) Stores:


Food:


Electronics, Music, and Video:


Clothing and Accessories:


Cards, Gifts, Crafts, and Games:


Entertainment:


House Ware and Home Furnishings:


Jewelry:


Health and Beauty:


Military Recruiters:


Mall Offices and Management Services:

Character Name:

Gender; Age:

Place in Mall:

Details about Current Mall Situation:

Personal Information:

Character Direction Ideas.

(More to come; just establishing the Profile for now.)

List of Characters​

Host's Characters: Main characters written by the Host.


Writers' Characters: Characters written by the Writers.


Available Characters: Characters begun by the Host but available to anyone.



Character Concepts: Character ideas the Host would love to see written.

Character Name:

Gender; Age:

Place in Mall:

Details about Current Mall Situation:

Personal Information:

Character Direction Ideas.

Character Profile Sheet

NOTE:
Do NOT post profiles.
Profiles are to be PMd to the Host.
Profiles posted by writers will
not be linked to the
List of Characters​

To complete and submit a Profile:


Character Name:

Gender; Age:

Place in Mall:
(Work place, title, etc.)

Details about Current Mall Situation:
(Pre-virus dealings with other mall employees, opinion about working in the mall, how you're dealing with the current post-virus period, etc.)

Personal Information:
(Stuff about your personal life that will help us understand you and RP with you well.

Character Direction Ideas.
(Do you have something special you would like to do with your character?)

Writer Profile Sheet

NOTE:
Do NOT post profiles.
Profiles are to be PMd to the Host.
Profiles posted by writers will
not be linked to the
List of Characters​

To complete and submit a Profile:


Your Literotica ID and Preferred Nickname:

Gender; Age:
(Gender is a must; age is not, and can be a "sort of" if you wish. For example, I am 40-ish.)

Your approximate location, time zone, and most common time to RP:
(This is so we know when you will be online to collaborate.)

Tell us about your sexual writing preference:
(Be honest. If you don't like to write certain subjects, tell us. What do you LIKE to write about; and what would you like to try for the first time? Will you write same-sex, bondage, forced/coerced? Do you prefer erotica or porn.)

Personal Information You Care To Share:
(Remember this is the world wide web. You tell me, you tell the world.)

Anything that didn't fall into a category above:

Character Name:

Gender; Age:

Place in Mall:

Details about Current Mall Situation:

Personal Information:

Character Direction Ideas.

Your Literotica ID and Preferred Nickname:

Gender; Age:

Current Characters:

Your approximate location, time zone, and most common time to RP:

Tell us about your sexual writing preference:

Personal Information You Care To Share:

Anything that didn't fall into a category above: