[The Zealots] This group of individuals believe that it is time for those with supernatural abilities to throw away the old ways of hiding in plain sight, carrying out their lives in secret and overtake those who are the weaker species - human beings. There is any number of things that can be done with humans once they are overthrown as the dominant species of the planet - they'd be a fantastic food supply for some, breeding stock for others, and still others think turning them into mindless slaves sounds like a brilliant idea.
[The Hardliners] These individuals believe that a specific species of supernatural should be in charge of all the other species (typically they believe that their individual species is by far superior to all others, although this is not always the case). They seek to put their most capable species leaders in charge of all the city operations, but unlike the first faction, they wish to use their supernatural abilities sparingly, letting the humans believe they are still in control of the situation, and letting them remain ignorant that those who are behind the scenes are true, literal monsters.
[The Mainstreamers] This group is attempting to share control of the city with all the supernatural species as equally as possible, but otherwise, is much like the Hardliner Faction.
[The Uninvolved/Neutral] These guys are just doing their best to keep their heads down and establish "safe havens" for those members of their own species (or morals) that are in danger of being harmed or killed by members of opposing factions.
This is typical politics, yes? Unfortunately, that thing about oblivious people that I wrote about up above? Oh. Not so much. Don't get me wrong - most of the people in the city truly are completely ignorant of the dangerous creatures that share the limits of their city with them. But some? Some are starting to figure out that something's up. Some have seen things they shouldn't have seen, some have abilities (or disabilities) that allow them to discover supernatural individuals, some are raving lunatics who think maybe something's up, but have no proof. What happens if they start trying to discover information about supernatural creatures? What happens if they try to actually kidnap or kill some of these individuals?
Can the disparate groups of supernatural individuals work together for their own protection? Or will they simply sacrifice their enemies to those humans who know something is up in order to let themselves get ahead in the game and to further their agenda?
Characters for this game are created using a simplified version of White Wolf's World of Darkness. Please see the OOC for more information. It can be found here. Another link will be shown below.
The Rules
1. Be literate. Start your sentences with capital letters, use proper punctuation, and treat the English language with a bit of respect. Your characters can speak in slang or text in txt talk all they want - but you as the narrator need to have control over the English language at all other times.
2. I’m not putting a post limit down - sometimes, it’s almost impossible to write a very long response, particularly when you’re leaving a scene or just entering a scene. However, that being said, I’m not going to put up with someone who just posts one-liners repeatedly. I will warn, then reprimand, then ask you to leave the group. I will then take over control of your character or give them to someone who can follow the rules.
3. If you are having a conversation between two characters and both players are online, instead of posting a large amount of short posts, please PM one another and then have a single person post the entire conversation. I also hear you can do something like this in the chat room, although I’m unaware because I’ve never used the chat on this site.
4. Be logical. Don’t make your vampire character frolic around in the daylight, don’t make your human character so awesome that they can best the oldest, biggest, baddest monsters. Remember - despite the fact that some of these monsters aren’t bad guys, they aren’t human and will not act as if they are. To even the kindest supernatural being, humans are dangerous - they’re cunning, they’re sneaky, and they’re everywhere - in the same way that only the dumbest monster would reveal themselves to be more than human to Joe Schmoe walking home from work, a human who says, “That guy’s a vampire! I’m going to go kill him now! Alone!” is not going to last very long.
5. Once again, these individuals are monsters, and even some humans are monsters. If you have something disturbing you want your character to have an affinity for doing, that’s fine - HOWEVER, be respectful of others. If someone voices a concern about something your character chooses to do, don’t get angry, don’t be mean, and don’t ignore their concerns. Either explain or fix the situation. And keep everything to a PG-13 level - otherwise take it to PMs.
6. Speaking of concerns, if you have any issues with another individual, please speak with them. In PM. If you’re uncomfortable confronting them, PM me. I’ll do it. I don’t mind being the bad guy. Don’t call one another out in the OOC, and DON’T talk OOC in the IC. At all.
7. Respect other people’s characters - don’t god-mod, don’t kill them without the two of you working it out together beforehand, etc.
8. Take what characters you can control, but don’t take more than you can handle. And be sure to respond to any scenes your character is involved in - I recommend that if there are a number of posts between the one you are replying to and your reply, quote them. For example :
Dan and Sally are having a scene together, as are Bill and Heidi. Sally posts a reply to Dan’s most recent post, but before Dan can reply, Bill, Heidi, and Susan all post. Instead of simply replying to Sally’s post, Dan quotes Sally’s most recent post in his new reply, making it easier to follow the storyline.
9. Have fun. Enjoy yourself - just because it’s a storyline about monsters doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and gloom.
10. Any questions or concerns? Please PM me. And please PM me if you are going to be missing from the group for any extended period of time.
11. Final rule. Please rate one another's posts and please rate them fairly. I, for one, believe that ratings can let people know when their work is subpar as well as let them know when they're doing well. So please use the system accordingly.
Cast of Characters:
Aaron Davidson - Human
Alexa Valentine - Mage
Avery Valentine - Human
Daven Ferric - Vampire
Holly Marcell - Vampire
Jericho Gravelord - Vampire
Maya Valentine - Mage
Rafael Biche - Vampire
Raikou Touketsu - Werewolf
Rina - Changeling
Sybil Cleareyes - Changeling
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