Nightworld OOC

[badbabysitter]

Heya

Hows my cast of thousands

I certainly didnt expect the huge turnout I've gotten and I ma very flattered to say the least

I thought this would be a good place for people to discuss..brainstorm.. work out my mystery..help me out of technical nightmares

While I havent pm'ed everyone, I will get to it when I get clearer idea of where I want this to go..as every character who enters will play a massive role

I was also reflecting on something..which i noticed some of you have done...there was an old thread about gladiators which had something i liked

flaws

i notice we all want our heroes to be the best..thats one of the reasons i gave everyone a blank slate to start this story..but some of you have taken that further

i started with a mild scar..but i will expand on that..my character is not only scarred, but short, slim and rather shy and mild.. a far cry from other characters i have played

playing with flaws is completely optional..but take a look at what it can do

for example..how exactly did krazykyotee lose his hand..or kula and his destroyed eye

this was just an idea..and flaws dont have to be physical..perhaps you're a stutterer..or clausorphobic, or epileptic

please give me your thoguths..talk amongst your self and lets keep up the input

 

[msboy8]

Hey bbs, I would like to play in your thread. My heroe would be a German-American that is expected by his parents, their friends, his friends, etc. to return to the Fatherland and be a good German. He has a heavy German accent and takes a lot of crap for that.

His one true love, who he is supposed to marry, is a staunch German/Nazi and is working on him using her sex appeal. Does this fit in with your story?

 

[badbabysitter]

hmmm...i dont know if you're being serious

but part of the ideals as posted in the second post is that..everyone is a blank slate..complete amnesiac..here..i'll give you the run down on the universe rules

Nightworld is a world of perpetual night as the name implies.Thats where the similarity to 'Night City' as many of you may think ends.

There are simple guidelines for joining this thread..rules you might say about how this universe works.

1...Every character that enters this story is an amnesiac, complete blank

2.. You may define your characters apperance, and perhaps practical skills, but any knowledges or 'powers' you have no idea of..that accounts for you as well as your character.

3..All players entering the thread, will arrive in the same condition. Awakening from sleep in nothing but a hospital gown and a tatoo.

4..the emphasis is on roleplay..so build them skills or only people who think they have the skills to write

5...there are dark and sinister forces at work in this Night World..and i'll be running them

6.. this entire story is set in this city

7.. it is a curious amalgm of modern tech with 40's coutre.. 40's and 50's fashion as well as modern day..all phones and cars are straight from the 40's and 50's..as are the advertisements, food stuffs, tv's and radios..oddly enough computers also exsist.

9..those people who play will occasionaly get private pm's from me..flashes of their past..insights.. skills..knowledges..powers

10.. there is a reason everyone is here..everyone fufills a purpose

11..the city of night awaits you

so while you can look germanic..speak with a heavily german accent..and maybe a bigot if you insist..

but he has no knowledge of his love, his family, his past..anything

like i said before this is an experimental rp

its sort of like an rpg where i'm running the game..your characters are the heroes..you just start off with zero on your side

i'll occasionaly fill in the blanks with private pm's..in which share as much or as little as you like..i've already sent out three

 

[msboy8]

OK bbs, I misunderstood. I'will join now. BTW, why did you think my character was a bigot?

 

[badbabysitter]

lol..not at all my dear.. i guess iwas just thinking of the flaw thing..and i thought that would definitely be hard trait to roleplay and still be sympathetic

lordy i'm not suggesting it mind you

 

[msboy8]

No problem. I was thinking of 40's films, there were a lot of Natzi spy films. That's the preposition I was going on.

 

[badbabysitter]

mein gott

yes, the mystery figure that was laid low in the alley will be explained dear fans..as more pieces come together..and finally a hint of the adversaries

ominous music

 

[BadForm]

BBS: You generate one hell of an interesting thread! If there is room, I'm bouncing around a character idea of my own - one with something most would see as a significant flaw.

She would have Dissociative Identity Disorder related to early trauma (what trauma I would leave unspecified until I got more info from you). Her core self (and hence body) would be a black woman around her 30s. Her first alter would be an angry young man (yes, some folks with DID end up with other-sex alters) who acts as the system's protector - that is to say he comes out when either of the other two alters become afraid. Her other alter a young white woman, quiet and shy, too trusting and naive. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that she IS tall, African-American, and heavy set. Thus mirrors could be problematic for either of the other two alters who believe they are not so.

Given the amnesia that you desire us to have, I could happily ensure only limited information on any one of the alters is remembered by others when they appear. This kind of forgetting is natural to DID anyhoo.

 

[badbabysitter]

badform..now thats very interesting and very challenging..i'm up for it if you are..i can already think of possibilities..if you're ready just jump on in to the story..you know how everybody else starts by now, lol


as for the rest of you

I am hoping this experimental rp is coming across well..and I hope as author/director i'm not being too heavy ahnded.. right now, I'm hoping to give enough of a clue to people to get them a crude back ground and get them together..and from there ..lessening the degree

and if you dont like how I'm ahndling it let me know and we can just call it a regualr srp and I can back off my story and just play and not author it

 

[badbabysitter]

ye olde story thus far

heres someunravelling for those trying to catch up or know what the hell is going on

in some nameless timeless city where it is eternal night, a set of strangers awake from sleep..with no idea of who they are

the girl BBS---short, sweet, slim, with a scar across her face..not offsetting but she hides her beauty under it..seems extremely sensitive to the events unfolding, frequent to nosebleeds..has found refuge in the one handed man

one handed man kraxyky--- tall dark mysterious, his left hand is missing, seems truly lost within himself, is only alive around the girl

MissBrooks collegecutie-- some sort of celebrity, a redhead with ahollywood figure, may or may not have an evil doppleganger

Martin poohlive --Miss Brooks apparent bodyguard, apparently somewhat of a roguish figure

the german msboy8--woken prematurely from a sleep, rmembers violence and has killed a man

the tall man tvayumat-- only one with sense to arm himself..with a screwdriver, but hey, its a start

the man who fell kuda-- scarred from an unknown injury, volatile, scared, has dreams of falling falling falling

the patient marcus--wakens delirious and being pumped full fo drugs, wanders into the haze of the night

all are tattoed and in hospital gowns as they make their way into a 40's style city beyond time..where everything is free..but what is the ultimate price


the death of the man at the germans hands has summoned 4 adversaries

Hugo and Roger..two thugs it seems..hugo seemingly somewhat more clever

Miss Brooks..or is she..she seems to hate that name and speaks in a strange sibilant language on the side

the man in shadows..german himself..seemingly part of an experiemnt heis trying to control

they fear the one they call themaniac is free

the protagonists have been hit with a wave a psychic terror as the enemies entered the story..none so more affected than the girl and the shattering kulda

two seek shelter in the Luna cafe..as the others make sense of their world


so

hows that in anutshell

 

[Kuldaboli]

An explanation

Hey bbs.

Ok. Uhm, the scar thing, that was just the first thing that came to mind when I thought of the caracter. I didn't want him to be "perfect" by any means.

Many people try and give their characters "the perfect looks" (rock hard body, colgate smile or breasts so big and firm you could bounce a truck off of them) and the perfect personality.
I don't care too much for that.

Although my character may be tall (6'6"), athletic and has the whole rock-star-hair thing going, I had to find a way to make him physically un-atractive as well. And this was the first thing that came to mind. Let's just say he got into a knife fight (ala "Gangs of New York") earlier in his life that left him scarred. That sounds good, right?
And the hair thing, simple expanation. He grew it long to try and hide said scar. He's allways been touchy about it.

When it comes to his personality, you may have noticed he has a temper.
He also has a problem with emotions (how to handle them, show them, etc.) that usually results in frustration.
He also has a tendency to be the quiet type and speak only in short scentences and then usually using small words. The fact is, he studders. But he's come up with a way to mask it to some extent. He tends to add tiny extra words into his scentences to keep himself "on a roll" (words like "uhm", "y'know", "like", "sort'a", "kind'a", "sort'a like", "kind'a like", etc.). If he doesn't do that, he tends to get stuck. Leading to him getting frustrated with himself and setting off his temper.
Oh! And one more thing. He's afraid of heights. Terrified.

Of course, these are probably things he has to re-discover about himself. Concidering the whole amnesia thing.

So, I hope after this short explanation that you won't think I'm trying to make this character out to be a Demi-God or something.
He's a guy with issues.

 

[badbabysitter]

oh kulda my dear..dont you worry..you're coming along rather nicely..and as for that scar..i whipped up something today that when you find out, you are going to love

and i totally agree with you about the charaterizations often portrayed in srp's

i myslef fall into that trap a lot..alot of my characters are sex goddess hourglass figured nymphos..but at least i try to add some colour..well..sometimes

i feel in somerp's it degenerates into ego..or wit competitions

like in my dawn of the dead story..my character is supremely toughas nails..but when you read it, you can tell shes just keeping her sanity by the skin of her teeth..unfortunaltey in my scenario..eveyone who wants to be an action hero signs up, when i simply made the character to forward the plot as the tough character to begin wth, and in the original thread had to fight just to keep the story pretty much on the planet

thats why i made this srp..its a novel, a game..you are the actors with the characters i've given you..you're trying to solve my riddle..everyone including me is on the same level..no one is bigger or better than the next..at the same time i'm afraid of stepping on toes or insulting feelings of control

i'm an actor in r/t, i like being given characters and makingthem my own

i just hope my experiemtn does the same for you

 

[CollegeCutie]

Here is how I picture "Miss Brooks"...

http://www.sea.fi/foto/gilda.jpg

And here is how I picture her scar...

http://itsb.ucsf.edu/~vcr/E13MarciaCrossMelrose.gif

Except of course that her hair has grown out and now covers it completely. That's why she didn't notice it until she FELT it.

 

[badbabysitter]

very cool cutie, lol, and thanks for the graphic graphic