Countenance of Culmination OOC

[Inerio]

These are sad times my friend.

If you're reading this, while I may not be dead, I've left this place. I think they know I'm here now, and thus I have to leave. Pity, I've become quite partial to this city and it's inhabitants. I suppose all good things must, without fail, come to an end. While chaos exists everywhere and bloodshed is a prominent part of society, only reckless murder follows in my wake. They're onto me, and with good reason too.

I'm old, but my memory is sharp. I can still remember when this all started. Or, at least what I've read. This calamity is even older than me. Though, the life span for humans isn't exactly what it used to be. Still, I ramble. Where was I?

Oh, yes, 2053. That was the day that the scientists made quite an advancement in technology. This proved to be more fatal than the creation of the black hole, which thankfully turned out to be successful. Apparently a man by the name of Lysner Vandit had found a way to open a "door" of sorts into other dimensions. At first it was closed, nothing could exit nor could anything enter. What was the worst that could happen, they must have thought. I wonder if they were familiar with the term "curiosity killed the cat."

At first only interference could be picked up, along with shadows. Then, an odd clicking noise followed by buzzing sounds. There was nothing extraordinary for a good eight years. That's when they apparently picked up a voice.

"Hello? Hello? Are you there? I'd like to have a word if I may."

The voice sounded human enough, polite enough. It posed no threat, it certainly didn't sound intimidating. So, Dr. Vandit decieded to strike up a conversation. The discussions between Lysner and the man on the other side started normally enough albeit kept under government protection. No one found out about this mystery man until April 14th 2066. Things started normally enough. They played conversations with him over the radio. It even got to the point where one could phone in and ask him questions about his world. The world he described himself living in wasn't unlike our own. Sadly, it was all a lie. It was, or at least is now, apparent that they had been watching us for a long time.

It was on January 1st 2073 that we made a grave mistake. We wanted him to enter our world on the new year. This mystery man was to welcomed with open arms and the sensation of bubbling champagne on his upper lip as he sipped his drink and toasted to another year together with us. We were looking forward to it, in fact it was a televised event. I remember it as if I'd just been sitting at the television last night. What came through our world wasn't one single man, but a whole array of creatures so grotesque they'd give Rob Zombie nightmares.

Now, in 2108, things aren't looking too bright. Mankind is struggling, and hiding like vermin. We face merciless slaughter, being devoured, or even becoming incubators for insect like beings. Thirty five years of this anarchy. . . But, you know what? We're still around. People say that thirty five years ago was the end of days. I would beg to differ. Humanity has gone through many a struggle and, call me an optimist but, I think this is simply another hurdle for us to jump over.

After all, Dr. Vandit wasn't a complete fool. In the event that something went wrong with Project Finestra Vandit created Kismet. I'm not one hundred percent sure just what Kismet is, but I do know it can help us.

Excerpt from Adrian Reed's journal

For reasons even you may not know, a copy of this journal page has found its way to you. Written crudely on the back of the page is an address. It seems someone wants your help, will you answer their call?

Name: (Any aliases should also be included. Please, can we try to be original? Nothing like Moon slayer or Of The Blood. Though, I shouldn't have to say that to you guys.)

Age: (I'd prefer we don't have anyone too young or two old. Teens are acceptable considering the lifespan but no one who's 16 and adept at fifty something fighting styles. I doubt that those have been handed down in such bedlam)

Race: (You may want to look down at the next entry for this one. No half something or others, I don't think that humanity has become that socially accepting given the state of things. Also, Shirks are always evil. Don't chose it unless you intend to play the enemy.)

Gender: (Varying on your character's race they can be asexual if you'd like.)

Appearance: (I'm not accepting anime pictures. You may use drawn pictures for non-humans, so long as they aren't too cartoony. Nope, sorry, not going to do it. I'd also like at least a bit of description with a picture. Any scars we should know about? Tattoos? Body type? Height? You catch my drift right?)

Abilities: (Race once again builds heavily on this one. If your character is a human, I'm sorry, they can't read minds and fly. However, that doesn't mean they can't hack computers, use firearms, or create homemade bombs. Remember the state of the world when you type this up.)

Weapons: (Lets clench our teeth and try our hardest not to write katana or nuchakus. I know, we all want to be ninjas, but lets do our best to filter through the weapons section of wikipedia and find something cooler. Also, firearms would probably be useful.)

[Inerio]

You should know these things. . .

Insectum
From the other world crawled out hideous insect like creatures. Such creatures were known as Insectum. Insectum used to be able to incubate their young in the open when they inhabited their world. However, the Earth's atmosphere proves to be detrimental to the growth of their young. Thus, they have made a habit out of using other living things to house their eggs. Insectum come in varieties be it spider like to fly like. They feed off anything they can get their mandibles around, and generally don't have a species preference when it comes to sustenance.

Insectumsapien
The result of an Insectum using a human body to incubate its young. Insectumsapiens range in their capacity for emotion, but are all certainly more insect-like than your average homosapien. Generally, an Insectumsapien when not human friendly is ten times more lethal than an average Insectum. However, it has been shown that those that are on humanities side have proved to be their greatest ally.((Playable Race))

Bodig
A bodig is what a human body might look like if our arm sudden decided it wanted to graft itself to other parts of our body. Horribly grotesque bodigs trudge about, sometimes blindly, looking like horrific sacks of flesh with lacerations walking about on emaciated legs. The disgusting contortions differ from bodig to bodig, but either way they aren't pretty to look at. Every body has a mouth of some sort, which is sometimes just an open wound with teeth. They use that to devour the flesh of whatever unlucky human dares to wander too close. It's been thought that bodigs are whats left of the other dimension's human race.

Slidrian
Essentially, they are oversize serpents with human like arms that they use to climb up walls or propel themselves through water if need be. Slidrians are territorial creatures, usually staying within their nest and only attacking should something provoke them. It has been rumored by some that Slidrian's are capable of speech, and some have even said that they've held conversations with such creatures. This is debatable. Males and females are usually indistinguishable, though it's been said that females faces are thinner.((Playable Race))

Shirk
No one is sure what exactly a Shirk's actual appearance looks like. Most appear as large clouds of black mist though they can shift shape and can turn tangible. Apparently, Dr. Vandit was deceived by a Shirk. They have been known as energy suckers, and can drain life from an object with a touch. They seem to be content drifting from planet to planet, though they may have a hidden agenda. Shirks don't have a defined gender. ((Playable Race))


Rules

-If you'd like, you can play Adrian. He's about 48. He's not a necessary character, but he is playable.

-You can start with two characters. As time goes on you may add however many characters you can manage.

-No mary sues, I'll hate you forever and ever if you make a Mary-Sue. I know, that's a long time.

-In case you haven't noticed this isn't a romance role play. Now, I don't mind romance. However, I have been in roleplays where when a character should be fearing for her life she/he is pining away over their love interest. I think we can all agree that's unrealistic and annoying. Romance is allowed, but do it realistically.

-Don't be an ass in the OCC. Your character can be the biggest insufferable jerk known to roleplay kind. However, I expect you to take other people's feelings into consideration. If I find that your acting immature I will call you out and give you a good slap on the wrist.

-Recently on another site I've had someone roleplay immaturely. If you don't know what that is, let me explain. "I'm not team leader? Fine, I'm leaving" to which the character storms off and does its own thing. No, don't do that. I don't think I have to tell you, but I will anyway just in case.



Name: Avery Landon

Age: 22

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Appearance:
As one can imagine, Avery doesn't strut about in heels. She instead wears combat boots, matched with cargo pants and a leather belt pulled tight. You can't exactly afford to have your pants fall down when running away from a bodig. She stands at five foot six and is probably a tad underweight. Avery has muscular build, due to years of combat and various scars and scratches that run along her body. She also wears a pair of leather gloves and goggles.

Abilities: Avery is resourceful. She could probably turn a can of aerosol into a bomb if you asked her to. If it can explode, Avery will make it explode.

Weapons: A swiss army knife, two pistols, and a grappling hook. She also has a lighter and several packs of matches, if one can call those weapons.


Name: Verxx

Age: 28

Race: Insectumsapien

Gender: Male

Appearance: Verxx is a tall individual, standing at six foot eight. He's a shade of gray in color, with wiry white hair. He has a total of eight eyes, two major eyes with eyelids while the remaining two look more like markings above and underneath their larger counter part. Like a human he has a nose and mouth with lips. However, pincers are hidden within his cheeks, which retract when fighting, angered, or eating. He only has one pair of arms both of which are sectioned and end in claw like fingers. His lower half is more or less spider like, with six long legs.

Abilities: Verxx can both drool and inject deadly poison into his enemies veins. As one can imagine, the poison is far more potent on an open wound but it does burn a great deal on flesh. He can also shoot web from both his mouth and backside. As one would expect from a spider, he doesn't have trouble climbing up and around buildings.

Weapons: Two daggers, one handgun, a set of flashbombs

[Gunneh]

Name: Ezekiel "Zeke" Roberts

Age: 25

Race: Human

Appearance:


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Don't worry: Even though he looks like he just walked out of Hot Topic after a particularly large shopping spree, Zeke is actually a very respectable young man. Looking past the piercings (actually, forget the one below his lip and the nose ring are even there), the eyeliner (forget about the nail polish) and the hair (there's just the black and blond intermingled in there), he stays in his black tactical pants and combat boots most of the time.

Unlike the picture likes to try and point out, his torso is also covered by a black tactical jacket over a black
tactical vest over a black rashguard shirt.

Abilities: ((I'll Edit))

Weapons: ((I'll Edit))

[Inerio]

Gunneh, your accepted because A) I know how you rp and B) because you aren't going to fuck things up and make Gary-stu or god mod. But as your secretary I'm warning you that you better not procrastinate on finishing the profile. ::Finger waggle::

[Gunneh]

I know, babe, I know XD I'll get it done...eventually...

[Eternity]

Name: Haruko Tokikiri / "Haru"

Age: 29

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Appearance:

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Abilities:
-A strong hand-to-hand fighter. He is not necessarily as strong as he is perhaps a good tactician. Haru takes his time to analyze a target before engaging it, and keeps in mind an endurance styled attack plan; usually trying to wear out an enemy before truly going ''all out''.

Weapons:
-(1) Rusty Machete
-(2) 9mm
-(4) 9mm clips (ammo for reloading)
-(1) Butterfly Knife





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Name: Avalon
(Her name cannot be pronounced by humans because it is more-so a chirping array of noises that only she can produce with her tongue against the inside of her ribbed jaw. BUT she does have an alias of sorts, or a nickname.)
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Her nickname was given to her by Haru, who met her underneath an apple tree (Avalon means Apple Tree in Welsh, not saying Haru knows Welsh or anything though)

Age: 20

Race: Insectumsapien

Gender: female

Appearance:
(Drawn by me <3 lolz.)

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Standing a height of 6'2, Avalon might appear like a woman... Nah, take that back. She has a soft green tinted skin, like this. She is lean and looks muscled, but not too much so. She has a brown and black exoskeleton that ranges from previously noted shade of brown, to (duh) black. It rolls over her body in rib-like manners and protects her body which has an inward skeletal structure of cartilage and muscle (meaning she's quite light and easily lifted). Her exoskeleton is hollow, but almost impenetrable. If she were to be targeted for an attack, her best spot for attack would be between the rib-like armor or her head. She has long powerful looking legs. Around them are silvery rings that almost look metallic. The insides of her legs are unprotected by exoskeleton, but instead this silvery structure. It looks almost like armor of the unknown, and has ridges and tiny dents all over and within it. When she rubs her legs together, she can create loud noises using these rings and structures. Her head is something more human like... Kind of. She has high cheekbones and full lips the color of black cherries. Her nose is thin but small as well. Her eyebrows are not of hair but instead of just pigmented strips over her eyes. She has long lime-colored eyelashes. Her eyes are odd. Unlike humans, she has no ''white''. Instead, her iris expands to the corners of her eyes and her pupil is scattered through out the iris. So if her eyes were to ''dilate'', her eye would blotch black from many places. Otherwise, her eyes are a rich golden color with flecks of earthen green and browns. Her hair is braided and copper-toned. It rolls over her head in corn-row like fashions, with exoskeletal ribs between her hair, and then falls down her back. Most of the time, this woman is only draped in a bikini, or nothing at all. Though if she wears nothing, she has no ''nipples'' and her ''downstairs'' is not something you can see directly thanks to her exoskeleton. On the other note, she has two long thin sheets that attach to her back and side, that look almost like paint hanging over her skin and exoskeleton. They are about six inches wide by looks, and a dull bronze color with the texture of a tarp or maybe old stretched leather. When she jumps, these can protrude and allow her longer distances (almost like ''gliding'') and safer falling. As well, these thin attached ''wings'' are somewhat see through... Otherwise, she has two scars. One is a bullet wound against her abdomen that looks almost like a low set belly button from afar. The other is a slash-like scar under her left clavicle.


Abilities:
-Jumping: Being a grasshopper-like Insectumsapien, she uses her strong long legs to propel herself to inhuman heights or distances. Sometimes this ability can be obstructed by passing objects, trees, etc. etc.
-Sonic Siren: She can rub her tongue against her jaw to create a soft chirping, like a normal grasshopper. But when she rubs the insides of her legs together, she can create a loud chirp; or she can do it a certain way and speed to create a loud siren-like sound that occurs when her chirping noises run back to back. This proves good in emergencies or in sounding off danger.
-Fighting: Hand to hand, she is a definite fail. But foot-to-face, she is the can of ass-whoop you want on your side. She has powerful legs, and can propel or thrust enemies back with a simple kick. She may not have much strength in her arms, but when it comes to leg-based fighting, she does well.

Weapons:
- (0) None.


XD TADA

[Riknas]

I'll be participating in this, I believe that is all I'll need to say for now...

[Inerio]

Yes Rik, remain a mystery! ::pushes you back into the shadows::

Eternity, you're accepted, but you knew that. X3 Heh, an Asian and his grasshopper.

[Kædai]

Humanumanumanum...

After I'm done playing with Eternity, I'll put a character.

[Klikxx]

After careful deliberation I have decided to represent the Sliderian side of things. Far too many bugs already to add another.
You know the ritual. Thought, thought, thought...some more thought and whoosh there he/she is.

Weapons? We can get our slimey little claws on anything??

[Inerio]

Kaedai you better post your character quick, or I'll kick you in the. . . leg.
Yeah, you thought I was going to rhyme, didn't you? >]

Klixxx, serpents can use weapons seeing as they've got posebale thumbs and intelligence. Though, nothing too fancy.

[Klikxx]

Nothing fancy. So the standard projectile variety as opposed to grenade launchers or flame throwers. Imagine a fire spitting serpent.

Still too early to pinpoint. Still need that quirky personality first. Chainsaws are a bit unwieldy and over the top. I've always been partial to exploding things. We are in the future so I can make something up and throw it by you?

[Inerio]

You can, nothing too advanced as I said. While we're pretty far into the future there have been thirty five years of unproductive anarchy.

[Klikxx]

I was thinking along the line of a weapon symbiote. A living organism that feeds off it's host and provides the host with its defensive weaponry.
The Slidrian will be a burrower of some sort. Like I said. Still early in the creation process. This is normally done through PM's.

[Inerio]

Probably not. Such a creature wouldn't exist, neither would the technology.

[Klikxx]

Mechanical Masterpieces of destruction it is.

[Weiss]

At first I thought I was being unoriginal because my character reminded me of Batman. Then I realized that he reminded me even more of Ironman. Then I realized that it wasn't worth it figuring out who he reminded me of so I decided to just finish the damn profile, submit it and see if the character is acceptable with the assumption that I can be trusted to play him without stepping beyond obvious boundaries of what is and isn't possible in a pseudo-post-apocalyptic world.

So, without further ado:

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FIND:
alexander halcyon weiss

cross-referencing ‘alexander halcyon weiss’
commencing data retrieval…
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loading data…


Name: Alexander Weiss
Age: 23
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Appearance: [access surveillance database]

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 149 lb.
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Gray

Abilities:

Alexander relies on his intelligence and charisma to keep things going his way at all times. He’s the analytical type as well as a strategic thinker, finding the quickest route to his objectives and making it shorter.

Weapons:

• [ACS-9X03][x] Armored Combat Suit – an ACS in development by Halcyon Industries before the invasion. The suit is powered by multiple energy capsules and provides an array of functions using an integrated network designed by Alexander to simulate an artificially intelligent system without the capacity for unassigned data assimilation. As such, the system can compile data, including information pulled from local networks, but does not carry the risk of developing self-awareness that would allow it to rebel against Alexander’s commands.
  
  The suit has no integrated weapons system, but provides a considerable increase to physical parameters by recognizing slight muscle movements and reacting accordingly to assist its operator while being only slightly more cumbersome than standard riot armor. Typical parameter increases are approximately 80% in lifting and weight displacement capacity and 20% in running speed.
  
  The armor uses shear-thickening fluid, a substance with impact resistant properties that provides ample protection from bladed weapons and low caliber gunshots. The thin suit is then overlaid with carbon Kevlar plates to provide optimal protection and stability.
  
• As his suit does not incorporate an integrated weapons system, it relies on the use of standard military-grade weapons for assault:
  
  • [M24A2 Carbine] – fires both 10mm explosive-tipped caseless rounds and 18mm grenade cartridges. Its capacity is fifty 10mm rounds and three grenade cartridges.
    
  • [M3A3 Marksman Rifle] – fires 7.62mm NATO rounds with a magazine capacity of 42 rounds. Equipped with a Nikon 4x Tactical Scope for ranged assault.
    
  • [Barrett M82A1] – fires 12.7x99mm NATO rounds with deadly efficiency, allowing Alexander to annihilate even large targets from great distances with relative ease. The rifle has a magazine capacity of 10 rounds and is fixed with a Nikon 10x Tactical Scope for sniping.
    
  • [M625 Pistol] – semi-automatic; fires caseless 9mm rounds with a 15-round magazine capacity. Equipped with laser sight. This weapon is not commonly used alongside the ACS, but is often carried by Alexander as personal protection.

[Inerio]

The character itself is okay.
However, his weapons aren't. Thirty years of anarchy hasn't exactly been good for technology, which means weaponry is somewhat crude. You're going to have to tone it down, like make his suit a rust bucket or something. Either that or rethink weapons.

[Weiss]

Mm... then could I ask for more details on how things are? My assumptions went something like this:

1. A great deal of the human population has been annihilated, meaning that resources are abundant for those humans remaining alive to use them (weapons, non-perishable foods, etc.).
2. Said humans are hiding away in the underground, crawling through the cracks. Their supplies are what they manage to scavenge from ghost cities, warehouses, and other places of note.
3. Despite being forced into the underground, humans are, of course, working toward redemption, attempting to utilize what's available to them to strike back at the invaders.

Considering Japan recently invented a battery-powered suit that can allow a cripple to lift a 50 lb. sack of sand, I figure it's only a decade or so into the future until these suits are being marketed at a basic stage. Between then, 2019, and 2073, we leave a window of 54 years to expand on the technology. I might even be underestimating things by assuming that we won't have the type of suit I've proposed in my sheet by 2040-2050.

The weapons I've selected will also be considered old-fashioned weaponry by that time. Considering they're weapons of a present-day or very near-future design, in 2073, they'll be nearly obsolete. No one in their right mind would use a rickety gun that could crumble when you squeeze the trigger, so it's natural that my character would have them properly cleaned and maintained, but degenerated technology shouldn't be particularly harmful to the availability of weapons and ammunition in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Anyway, just my views/justification on the matter. If you still want me to make the changes, I will. I simply want to understand the boundaries so that the same mistakes aren't repeated, if changes are indeed necessary.

[Inerio]

Most things have been destroyed due to the creatures now inhabiting the Earth. This means that most resources(with the possible expection of oil) have been destroyed or consumed. Most humans, due to the creatures now living on Earth, are forced to be nomads. Staying in one place to long and establishing long term residences would result in being found and eaten like a Hershey's Kiss in an Easter egg.

I've told everyone else this too, for the most part. If I gave you your super suit, then I'd have to let everyone else I told couldn't have some weapon or another that they could have it.

[Weiss]

I can't say that I understand your logic here, but you're the boss. I'll work on a new profile when inspiration strikes.

Edit: Can I get some kind of overview of what technology does still exist? Are we using sharpened sticks, bottle bombs, bolt action rifles?

[Inerio]

Pretty much. Old guns, rusty cars. It could have been sophisticated at one point but due to the decay everything has been severly downgraded.

[Kana_Takashi]

Here is the ultra cool and impressive Mac....His profile is short and to the point. I might make another character later on.


Name: Mac

Age: 25

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Appearance: Mac

Mac stands at six foot three and weighs about 170 pounds. His black hair is short but the middle part is up in a small mohawk. He is not just big as in tall, his body is well toned and firm. Light brown eyes look out of a face covered in a bit of stubble.

Abilities: He is fairly skilled at fixing machines seeing as he's the son of a machanic. Not to mention Mac could probably beat someone hands down in a smoking or drinking contest.

Weapons: A box of old, some fairly rusty, tools and a sawed off shotgun.

[Inerio]

And I'm a PC. . .
YOU ARE ACCEPTED KANA! I'll probably get to writing the IC soon.

[Eternity]

So are we still doing this thing?

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