Descent Into Hell

[Regicidal]

Driving down the main road in his hometown in a heavy rain, our main character notices oddities in the blurred, reversed reflections of the streetlights from the pools collecting in lower points on the side of the road. After a mile or so, he turns off into the minuscule parking lot of an abandoned coin laundry and slides out of the little blue sedan after killing the engine. The oddities he had been seeing in the puddles were shapes, moving to and fro on the opposite side of the reflection. As the constant rain soaks his jacket, cold water seeping through to the shoulders of his black t-shirt, he squats at the edge of a puddle and looks into it's reflection. On the opposite side, another face looks up (or was it down for the young man in the reflection?). The reflection's face is a few years younger, with darker hair that looks to hang to his shoulders. Even in the constant ripples of rain, Ethan can clearly see the shading of facial hair along the Reflection's jawline.

However, rather than looking back up, trying to get someone's attention drawn to these amazing images in the puddles, Ethan only stares in awe. And against his better judgment, he leans forward with his hand outstretched toward the Reflection's face. That was when the Reflection smiled, and everything around Ethan went black...

Thus begins Ethan Gusty's journey in what he thinks to be madness...

A world from which the demons and angels thought to be myth and legend watch ours, and until that night, Ethan was the first in two thousand years to reach forward.

I'm thinking about roughly five people, seven at most.

Oh and abandon any hope of meeting God or Satan or any of that crap. This is my little world, and it takes a turn toward Philip Pullman's version of the two. Where those beings are long gone, replaced by corrupt followers fighting for what they think the right thing is.

And here begins the Interest Thread!

Comments, suggestions, and questions are always welcome.

[vitamin_kitten]

So would this take place in their world or ours?

[Regicidal]

Both, actually.. Though most of the things taking place in our world would be the transferring of humans from this world to theirs. There is a plot, but I'm keeping it to myself.

[vitamin_kitten]

Right right. Sounds cool. Sounds like it could be interesting.

[Regicidal]

Now we just need some more people..

There will be slots for Demons and Angels, though those are very limited.

[vitamin_kitten]

Cool. The plot will probably determine what kind of character I'd like to have.

[Regicidal]

There is going to be the obvious fight for the control over our world...

But the key to the plot lies in those who have broken through already.

[vitamin_kitten]

So the humans then. Would it be possible to play more than one character, or will you prefer to keep it one character per person (I'm fine with either- I'll just have to pick which one I'd like to have if there's a limit)?

[Regicidal]

Two character limit.

[vitamin_kitten]

Awesome- I'll probably have a human and one of the other side, if that's okay. Again, depends on the plot, or what you can divulge to the rest of us.

[Regicidal]

There are shades of gray between the lines of good and evil....

I'm trying to get away from the classic black and white visions of good and evil, while using the iconic characters of them. Oohh.. so much fun. Do know that there is an Authority on either side, and that the humans who cross over will be indefinitely changed by the fact that they have crossed.

[vitamin_kitten]

Sounds intriguing. :O Okay. I'll get to thinking of a character then.

[Bad Kitty]

I have a question. Can these doorways form in any reflection, or just that of a rain puddle, while it's raining?

[Psychotic Felix]

Hmm..im interested in this. could you describe more of how the demons and angels would be if there is not Satan or God. and if it's not the classic Black and White. trying to determine what kind of character id like.

that is if you dont mind the fact that i have to leave in a little over 2 weeks

[Regicidal]

The reflections are limited to natural reflections. Not man-made ones. In other words, a mirror wouldn't work, where as a lake would provide a HUGE doorway into the other world.

As for how the demons and angels are. Most of the visions people in our world have had of demons and angels are true. Angels are fairly uniform creatures, people with wings (however the shades of the wings may range from mottled gray to pure white) and demons are... well demons. They come in many variants, but the most powerful have an all too human form.

Both are trying to gain a solid hold on the human world, but their reasons are.... disturbed when looked farther into. The good are fighting for a conquest that sounds more like a dictatorship, for angel-kind only, while the higher level demons have an agenda of their own.

[Psychotic Felix]

Hmmm interesting. and what of the humans, how are they "changed" when they cross over?

[Bad Kitty]

Okay, natural reflections only. So a reflection in, say, an uncut piece of quartz would maybe give a very blurry glimpse into the other world? Or is it limited to water? Also, does it depend on the weather?

[Regicidal]

Weather, not so much.

An uncut piece of quartz would basically be a window.. However in order to pass through the reflection must be in something that you can pass into: Water.

The humans are beacons of a sort, and in essence pick up energies from their world and have the ability to bring them back. Think of them like completely untrained mages with an assload of power that they are clueless to.

The only thing, is that once the Demons and Angels figure this out, it's on. Because they are beings that can physically effect the human world whereas all they can do is whisper and hope that natural human willpower will carry out their limited bidding.

Examples of people whispered to? The Pope, Hitler... umm... yeah those are extreme measures who were whispered to by very powerful Demons and Angels.

[Regicidal]

We can do this with four people...

Making an ooc.

[vitamin_kitten]

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