New York, New York
This story focuses on the lives of the tenants living on the fifth floor of the apartment building at 304 W 14th Street, in Manhattan, New York. This particular building is located on the border of the West Village and Chelsea, and is approximately a fifteen minute walk from both Union Square Park and Washington Square Park. The building isn't the nicest, so at least once a month, you'll probably be knocking on the building manager's door about a leak, pest problem, or utility issue that you know will never be fixed, but considering it offers decent, livable apartments in one of the most expensive cities in the world, it's not a horrible place to live either. It's a walk-up building, with no doorman or elevator service, though there is a keypad at the front door of the building as a puny security measure. Pets are not permitted in the building, and it does not offer any services such as a rooftop area, gym, or swimming pool. However, on the block and in the surrounding area are many restaurants, coffee shops, gyms, and schools.
The building has seven floors of apartments, with ten apartments per floor, made up of a mixture of studio, one bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom apartments. Studios generally run around $1800 a month with a kitchenette/bedroom and bathroom per apartment. One bedrooms separate the bedroom from the kitchen/living room, and also have one bathroom, and run around $2000 per month. A two bedroom apartment, with two separate bedrooms, a kitchen and living area, and one bathroom will run you $3000 a month, and a three bedroom apartment, fitted with three separate bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and living space will cost approximately $4500 a month. The fifth floor consists of a mix of all four of these apartment types.
Apartment 5A is a studio apartment, currently occupied by one male. He's the newest addition to the floor, having only resided in the building for three weeks.
{Room 1: Open - Male}
Apartment 5B is a three bedroom apartment, currently occupied by four females. Room 1 is occupied by a pair of siblings who have lived in the building for three years, but lived in a studio apartment on the first floor for the first year and a half of that. A year and a half ago, they moved into the three bedroom apartment when the room prior tenant's lease ended. The two remaining roommates moved out over time, which allowed for the current two additional roommates to move in. Room 2 is occupied by a female who has lived in the apartment for ten months, while Room 3 is occupied by a female who moved in eight months ago.
{Room 1: Makayla Wright, Holly Maddon}
{Room 2: Open - Female}
{Room 3: Open - Female}
Apartment 5C is a three bedroom apartment, currently occupied by three males. They all moved into the apartment seven months ago, having seen the listing on Craigslist, and before moving in, none of them knew each other. However, it didn't take very long for the three males to become good friends, despite their differences.
{Room 1: Open - Male}
{Room 2: Open - Male}
{Room 3: Open - Male}
Apartment 5D is a two bedroom apartment, currently occupied by one male and one female. They are a pair of siblings who moved in a year ago.
{Room 1: Open - Male}
{Room 2: Open - Female}
Apartment 5E is a three bedroom apartment, currently occupied by two males and two females. The female in Room 1 has lived there for two years, and is the sister to one of the boys in Room 3, who has also lived there for two years. The female in Room 2 is best friend's with the other male in Room 3, and along with him, has lived there for one year. Up until last month, Room 2 had also been occupied by her boyfriend, but after finding out that he cheated on her with the female in Room 1, he was forced to move out.
{Room 1: Open - Female}
{Room 2: Brooklyn West}
{Room 3: Open - Shared by two males}
Rules
Character Sheet
The building has seven floors of apartments, with ten apartments per floor, made up of a mixture of studio, one bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom apartments. Studios generally run around $1800 a month with a kitchenette/bedroom and bathroom per apartment. One bedrooms separate the bedroom from the kitchen/living room, and also have one bathroom, and run around $2000 per month. A two bedroom apartment, with two separate bedrooms, a kitchen and living area, and one bathroom will run you $3000 a month, and a three bedroom apartment, fitted with three separate bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and living space will cost approximately $4500 a month. The fifth floor consists of a mix of all four of these apartment types.
Apartment 5A is a studio apartment, currently occupied by one male. He's the newest addition to the floor, having only resided in the building for three weeks.
{Room 1: Open - Male}
Apartment 5B is a three bedroom apartment, currently occupied by four females. Room 1 is occupied by a pair of siblings who have lived in the building for three years, but lived in a studio apartment on the first floor for the first year and a half of that. A year and a half ago, they moved into the three bedroom apartment when the room prior tenant's lease ended. The two remaining roommates moved out over time, which allowed for the current two additional roommates to move in. Room 2 is occupied by a female who has lived in the apartment for ten months, while Room 3 is occupied by a female who moved in eight months ago.
{Room 1: Makayla Wright, Holly Maddon}
{Room 2: Open - Female}
{Room 3: Open - Female}
Apartment 5C is a three bedroom apartment, currently occupied by three males. They all moved into the apartment seven months ago, having seen the listing on Craigslist, and before moving in, none of them knew each other. However, it didn't take very long for the three males to become good friends, despite their differences.
{Room 1: Open - Male}
{Room 2: Open - Male}
{Room 3: Open - Male}
Apartment 5D is a two bedroom apartment, currently occupied by one male and one female. They are a pair of siblings who moved in a year ago.
{Room 1: Open - Male}
{Room 2: Open - Female}
Apartment 5E is a three bedroom apartment, currently occupied by two males and two females. The female in Room 1 has lived there for two years, and is the sister to one of the boys in Room 3, who has also lived there for two years. The female in Room 2 is best friend's with the other male in Room 3, and along with him, has lived there for one year. Up until last month, Room 2 had also been occupied by her boyfriend, but after finding out that he cheated on her with the female in Room 1, he was forced to move out.
{Room 1: Open - Female}
{Room 2: Brooklyn West}
{Room 3: Open - Shared by two males}
Rules
- This roleplay, its ideas, and all of the text above and below this, must be credited to the original creator, Collapse! She's GMed this roleplay more than once, and has given me permission to try it out since her schedule doesn't permit her to be online much, at the moment. I'm not taking credit for her wonderful work, simply bringing it back to life :).
- More than anything else, the most important rule in this roleplay is that you must be active! I really don't want to be that annoying GM sending PM's every week asking if you're still interested, so if you don't have the time to post at least once every three days, don't join. More important than the three day guideline, though, is that you just need to post to an extent where your character is slowly down the scene. I ran this roleplay a few months ago and it went great for a while, but all it took was one character to stop posting regularly for the entire thing to fall apart. I really do not want that to happen again, so if you are just looking for a quick roleplay to satisfy a craving, please do not join this!
- Being active in the IC is obviously very important to me, but I would love it if everyone was active in the OOC too! I want this to be a fun and social roleplay, so I think it's important that we all are comfortable with each other and are willing to bounce ideas off of each other!
- I won't obsess over minor grammatical errors since none of us are perfect, but please make sure your posts are understandable. Read everyone's posts so you aren't writing completely out of the current plot and try to put effort into your writing. I hate putting numbers on posts, since I do prefer quality or quantity, but I think a minimum of 300 words per post isn't asking too much of anyone.
- Multiple people can try for the same role since this will not be a first come, first serve roleplay. When you post in the OOC, please just state that you will be able to post once every three days, to stress that you read these guidelines. Please also include the character that you are trying for, and what face claim you will be using if you'd like to swap it for a different one. You have three days to get a WIP up, and five days to finish the character sheet. The character sheet code below is simply an outline. Make it as fancy as you want, but make sure your writing is as detailed as all of the frilly, prettiness ;D.
Character Sheet
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