Starting Over - Character Thread

Red Thread Fate

Red Thread Fate

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Post your characters for Starting Over here.

Rules:

1. Observe site rules. Duh.

2. Don't copy someone else's character. If it's close to your idea, come up with something new or discuss with them first before posting yours. Maybe your characters are family, friends, or grew up together. Or even rivals. Work it out.

3. No real life face claims. Art only, and nothing M or XXX. I shouldn't have to say that.

4. Characters can only be between the ages of 13 to 23 unless there is a good reason for them to be older or younger. If that's the case please make it clear in their bio.

5. You can have up to 2 main characters at a time. If you want a new character, we'll work out how to organically phase one of the others out.

6. If you want to join but just as a "guest", you can send me a profile by private message and if approved, just hop into the game for a bit and shake things up. Think of them as the baddie of the week or the guest star if this was a tv show. Only do this if you're going to be active, though.

7. Romance and violence as well as dark themes are allowed. But keep underage characters out of it. Be aware of site rules and don't be overly graphic. Troubled pasts for younger characters are ok so long as any unsettling details remain vague.

8. If you drop out without warning, we're going to assume your character strayed from the group and got lost. If you stay gone, they'll be presumed dead. Conversely, if you just want a break, we can discuss handling the absence.

9. You can play NPCs and shape the plot yourself, just don't take direct control of someone else's character. I may interject about locations and backstory if no one else has input about it, but really I want us all to share this story and run with it creatively.

10. I'm in control of the timing. That's the only "GM thing" I will do. I'm reserving the timing so we stay on the same page and nobody gets left behind or in the dark. For example, if I say it's 1 in the morning, it's 1 in the morning until everyone has posted, then I'll skip ahead in time based on what the characters are doing. If everyone is asleep I'll probably skip to morning unless something interesting happens while they are asleep. Just take note of where and when we are and don't ignore other players.
 
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Name: Brooke Tory

Nickname: "Book" or "Story" (An evolution of little kids saying her name quickly or with a lisp, and it stuck.)

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Age: 21

Strengths: Caretaking, Patience, Determination

Weaknesses: Physical Strength, Food, Socialising

Favorite Quotes:

"If we don't read, we won't remember who we are. Just be careful what you read, or you'll get some strange ideas about yourself."

"There are no useless books. The only book I would ever burn is a cookbook. It doesn't help you if you're hungry to look at things you can't eat. Still, if you make it glow, at least it will keep you warm."

"I can't do it for you, but I can show you where to find a book that'll teach you how to do it."

Personality/Bio:

Story was shaped by being the oldest of a big, relatively wealthy family. Her family shrank when her parents died, but grew ten fold when children started coming to the library where they made their home. As one who always enjoyed playing school, she rose to the occasion and became the teacher and mother figure for dozens of children. She pretends that it hasn't affected her, all the chaos and death and destruction. But really she holds it together for the little ones so that they will know about resilliance and peace. Her inspiration was a teacher on a cartoon she saw a long time ago... something about a school bus... and it's from this that she gets her bubbly personality. Troubles and cares wear her down to the point of despair sometimes. But instead of giving up, she just packs a bag and makes for another settlement when she feels overwhelmed. For that reason, though, it's not very easy for her to relax or confide in others. She feels she always has to carry burdens in secret for the better of others. Her carefree fascade makes her come across as a bit of an airhead. But sometimes she can use that to her advantage.
 
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Name: Mike Robertson

Nickname: "The Shadow" or "That Crazy Ninja Guy"

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Age: 18

Strengths: Aside from motivating, annoying, or making people laugh, nobody really knows.

Weaknesses: I mean come on. Look at him. He's insane.

Favorite Quotes:

Spoken reverently with a bow in greeting "Cowabunga."

"The floor is lava. It has always been lava, and it always will be lava."

"I believe in Chaos Theory. My ultimate goal is to find the Strange Attractor."

"Don't mind me. I'm just a pigment of your exaggeration."

Personality/Bio:

What do you get when you leave an eight year old kid alone for 5 years with his big brother's workout equipment and his dad's collection of 80s and 90s vhs tapes? Meet Mike. Ok, maybe that's oversimplifying things a bit. I mean, he managed to survive the outside world somehow. And create his own religion based on outdated and often misquoted pop culture references, but that's a different story. So yeah. He's... creative... sometimes helpful... Just don't listen to his ramblings for too long, or they might start making sense.
 
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Name: Melia

Nicknames: Mel, Lia
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Age: 19

Strengths: Physically strong, good at fighting, conventionally attractive

Weaknesses: Doesn't trust easily, super mean, prideful

Favourite quotes:

"I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad." (Kevin O'Leary)

"There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king." (Bruce Springsteen)

"Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it." (Norman Mailer)

Personality/bio:

So yeah, as I said, she's a mega bully and has trust issues because her parents abandoned her even before the virus thingy arrived in her town. Little does she know, they were looking for a cure for her (not knowing that it wouldn't affect her) and died on the journey. She hates boys, like, a lot, and is definitely demiromantic/demisexual (can only catch feelings if they're already good friends - correct me if I'm wrong though), but what gender(s) she likes is/are unclear. She's actually super affectionate with children, mainly little girls, and they usually take quite a shine to her. Plus, they like hearing the tail of how she lost a foot (surprise! She lost her right foot, but a lot of people don't know because she stuffs her boot with random stuff to make it look normal. If you look closely, you can see the tinyiest of limps when she walks. She hates people knowing and mocking it though).
Oh, and no-one knows her surname :)
 
Name: Sasomi Jay

Nickname: Saso, Junkie Jay,

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Strengths: High endurance and decent fighting skills. She's picked up stuff over the years. Also knows how to siphon fuel and drive 'decently'(like a deranged NASCAR driver), from traveling on her motorcycle.

Weaknesses: She would rather do anything than be bored, and will put her own life and others at risk for a kick.

Appearance: Tan and well built, with a good sprinkling of freckles on her face to set off her red hair. Her cheeks are full and her blue eyes sparkle with mischief. Her wardrobe sack dresses and old jeans and tee shirts, all of them dirty from years of use. She often sports scrapes and bruises as well as a few scars from the past few years, and she wears these proudly. [Drawing Coming Soon!]

Favorite Quotes:

Unironically, before doing something incredibly stupid, “YOLO"

"You're not living if you're not nearly dying every other day."

"The apocalypse was just what I needed, so maybe you're just not doing it right."

Bio/Personality: Sasomi’s father was a wealthy businessman, and she and her family lived in a sizable mansion, far away from most others. She grew up being coddled, but also stunted, as she was not allowed to go to public school and most of her interests were dismissed. Even in her private school, she was an outcast, though she had a ‘friend’ group, she never was invited to parties. This led her to become bitter, cruel, often bullying those she saw herself in, refusing to let anyone in her situation be happy. After the adults died, Sasomi was ecstatic and ran rampant, destroying things, getting messy, and generally making a ruckus. After a week or so, this died down, but she still felt the need to do more, so she set off on her own, taking a motorcycle of her dads and riding around the country, doing what she wanted, surviving off canned goods she found and stealing if she had to. This led to her developing a bit of a loner streak, more than before. To deal with this, she made her bike into her inanimate comfort object, calling it Zaxxie, and taking it everywhere with her. She always chooses to do whatever is new, interesting, and different, even if it seems dangerous. Sasomi saw the apocalypse as a gift and has no interest in rebuilding society due to her worldview. Because of this, she seems very selfish and is generally dismissive of any problems others have because of the apocalypse. She has kept her cruel streak, often uncaring if her actions affect others, as long as it doesn’t affect her. Though she has stopped her bullying, as she sees it as an old coping mechanism, one which she has no guilt for. To others, she can seem very hyper, and rightfully so. The apocalypse has turned her into a full-on adrenaline junkie, and she revels in it.
 
First Name: Rowan

Last Name: Jones

Nickname(s): Row

Accent: UK Street accent

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Species: Human

Appearance (Physical Features): She has freckles and her natural hair color is jet black, but most people don't know that because she is always in disguise. She is extremely athletic and tall. This makes it pretty easy to disguise as a man.

Outfit(s)/Inventory: Bow, arrows, and a dagger, Buckskin clothes and knee high moccasins. I have a small black scarf that covers my face. I have a belt with pouches all over it and a draw string bag that never leaves my side.

Personality: She keeps to herself

Fear(s): Never finding a home

Belief(s): She is somehow cursed to be alone.

Secret(s): She wants to live a normal life

Interests: Strategizing

Dislikes: Those who don't appreciate what they have

Talents: Make really convincing disguises and is an excellent shot.

Special Abilities/Powers: None

Weakness(es): Parental figures

Occupation(s): None

Family: Father and Mother (deceased)

Best Friend(s): What are those?

Romantic Orientation: Male

Relationship status: Single

Background: Her parents had been killed by the virus but she had survived it. She had no other siblings, no other family, so now, she faced the world alone. She learned to survive off the land and learned how to make sure things went her way. The last thing she needed was to make a deal and then be blown off. She had to survive. She had this desperate need to find a place where she belonged. She HAD to find a place to call home.
 
@KeekeeI

Question. Does she disguise her hair and face, or only that she is female? Also, just for clarification, by "romantic orientation" do you mean her sexual orientation, or the sex she is romantically attracted towards?

Welcome aboard, by the way.
 
Red Thread Fate said:
@KeekeeI

Question. Does she disguise her hair and face, or only that she is female? Also, just for clarification, by "romantic orientation" do you mean her sexual orientation, or the sex she is romantically attracted towards?

Welcome aboard, by the way.
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She disguises all the above, depending on what she is doing and its who she is romantically attracted to. Thanks! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. It's been a busy week. I may be doing some edits to the character sheet if that's ok. This is a character I dug up that I made on the fly a bit ago.
 
I know females currently outnumber males in the current cast 2 to 1, but too often I use male OCs. I've decided I want to experiment a little, use a gender (and a personality) that I haven't done a million times.

Name: Evelyn

Nickname: Eve

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Strengths: Independence, Sneak, Speed, Dexterity, Street-Smart, skilled with most basic weaponry, secretly a very skilled singer and pianist.

Weaknesses: Paranoia, Charisma, Endurance, Strength, Low Self-Esteem, easily manipulated by means of morality.

Favorite Quotes:

"Truth be told, I'm pretty sure you were ugly before being horribly disfigured."

"Sure, even though you're an asshole I'll teach you piano. These two keys right here are 'F', and 'U'."

"Now that's a katana."

Personality/Bio: Born into a relatively normal home with relatively normal parents, Eve was raised to be a relatively normal girl. Her mother was a devout Christian, and raised her children to follow in her footsteps. Eve was the youngest to three older brothers, all with two year gaps between them. Her father was a firefighter, but a very busy man. She never got to see much of him. She was brought up to be a proper young girl, complete with bible study, piano lessons, and more bible study before bed. Shortly after her eighth birthday, the world came crashing down around them. Her father was one of the first victims claimed by the mysterious, deadly virus. It didn't take long for it to claim her mother, and then her two oldest brothers, leaving her alone with her last brother, Earnest. The next decade was spent in constant motion, the two learning to brave this sudden, new, hostile world before them together. They scrounged what food they could, collecting any valuables they could find for trading, as other survivors had begun banding together and forming small towns with their own trading posts. During their travels, they found many books and learned a lot from them, including various martial arts that the two would practice together. Eve doubts she's as good as any actual martial artists of the past, but she has enough skill to land even the most macho of honcho's flat on their ass. Another thing she and her brother learned over time was a little parkour skills, though theirs is very basic and not exactly performed flawlessly. From all the books the two would study together, a fair amount of education came out of it as well, leaving Evelyn to being far more knowledgeable than a majority of survivors her age and younger.
Evelyn lost her brother during a powerful tornado. While she survived, the experience traumatized her into having a paranoia of most storms. Four years later, and she continues to do what she'd always done. Scavenging for food and valuables, intent on just living to the next day, avoiding most interactions with people. There were times where she tried to settle into a community, but found she didn't fit in. She preferred the solitude of traveling alone, and having only herself to rely on. She's turned from her Christian roots, turning devotion to hatred, blaming God for her life and the fate of her family. While she still believes in the religion, she retains no respect for it.
Over the years, her personality changed from that of a God-fearing, curious, honest little girl into a sarcastic, nihilistic, hardened, rude young woman. While her outward personality is cold and demeaning to many, there have been rare occasions where others have witnessed her soft side. Beneath the layers of hate, regret, and fear lie somebody who is unconditionally compassionate for others, as well as a gentle soul. This side is most easily witnessed when she's at her weakest- behind a piano, lost in song and memory as she plays and sings. She also has a habit for seeking out hair dye from the old world, as she really enjoys changing the pigmentation of her hair.

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Name: Roman James
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Strengths: Loyal, intuitive, Macgyver type
Weakness: Passivity, gentle natured, fear of the dark
Skill Set: A mechanic who can scrap things together to make basic tech or improve living situations, an inventor, decent fighter with hand to hand combat, blunt objects and a hand gun

Biography
Roman grew up in a family of four where his dad owned a mechanic and tech shop. He taught Roman and his sister how to fix cars and technology. Most of it would be considered analogue since a lot of the newer aged technology was designed specifically by the company to be fixed by them and not a third party. Everyone was happy and things were good. You could call them James family a modest family with a modest income living in a friendly neighborhood.

When the virus hit, only three of them survived. Roman, his sister and their father. Their mother was the first to pass away. They managed to survive for weeks, avoiding a lot of the looting and killing. For a long while, they were on their own until they found a friendly camp. For months, they stayed there until it was attacked by raiders. Mr. James was killed protecting his kids and Roman's sister was injured. Fleeing for their lives, the kids roamed through the woods till they found an abandoned hunting cabin.

Roman worked relentlessly to try and heal his sister but he knew little about first aid. But by the grace of God or some higher power, she managed to pull through. Together, they roam through a broken world looking for a new place to live. They're tired of being alone and always on the move. They want a place to settle. But there is always that fear that another camp they stumble upon will be attacked by raiders.

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