Many say that death is a metaphor, others say it's a simile, it can take many forms, one may say it has wings made with skeletal bones, another may say its an animal (a rat or some other disease ridden animal) but most say its a skeletal figure with hourglass in hand and a scythe in the other hand. Whoever is touched by the figure dies instantly and goes to the afterlife to be judged

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You are dead, You're surrounded by blackness hearing nothing until a voice suddenly pierces the silence. "We've been expecting you. Let's make a deal."

The last thing you remember was that you died. You sense that you aren't alone. "Right on time," the voice pauses and the silence stretches on until it forms a sense of nervousness shivering on your spine. "You don’t remember? You died, remember?" A group of voices laugh. "I see moderate potential in you, would you like to work for me? You could say it’s another chance at life" As the group await for your response, you begin to shake your hand frequently as your mind is flooded with worry and relief at the same time. For whatever reason, you looked over the essence of details and quickly agree without asking any question about the job details. A cold grip grabs your shoulder and now you're at the same spot where you have died, however, no one remembers of your momentary death. You examine your body quickly, you look fine, no missing limbs and organs, basically everything is in place. In actuality, you feel better than you ever have. That's when you notice something , an extremely bright cuff and an attached chain around your wrist, you follow it to the hand of another person. The nightmare has just begun, the lethal scythe slung over their shoulder like an ordinary accessory leaves you speechless and lost for words.

It turns out that you have made a deal with a Reaper by signing a contract with blood-red ink. They fill you in on every chilling detail including the part about being bound to them forever...or until you decide it's time to die yet again. A Reaper’s special duty is to safely escort the dead on their journey to the afterlife. They also protect the dead from evil spirits and demons trying to devour them for power and vitality. This is something that you will have to do for an eternity. However, there are some benefits and drawbacks from being a Reaper. Unless you're severely injured by an evil spirit, you will never die. You have the appearance of the human and you can return to your family or whatever/wherever that makes you happy. However, you’re required to see your closest friends and your loved ones grow and die while you remain the same. Also, your soul is bounded to the Reaper that you signed a contract with. Furthermore should you ever attempt to desert them, they will either kill you or you can move on to the afterlife. If you ever grow tired of being a spirit chaser, betraying the Reaper is a good way to end the contract and the agreement and move on to the afterlife.

This is your new life, as a Reaper-in-training. You are assigned to a certain squad codenamed "Se7en Sins" which is made up of 7 reapers-in training led by a Head Reaper. You can carry about your daily routine, but at any time or place, you may have to safely escort a spirit on their journey to the afterlife or fight with a murderous spirit/demon. However, the Pantheon (a group of 5 gods and goddesses) plan to stop you at a moment’s notice with the purpose of creating a perfect utopia and to oversee death in their own way. Will you stop the Pantheon and keep the world in balance?

Reaper Abilities (see The Powers of A Reaper for More Details)
-Immortality: A reaper cannot be killed by normal means like humans. They can only be killed by evil spirits, or another Reaper.

-Ghost Steps: In order to do their jobs without being noticed by humans, Reapers have the ability to step into another spirit world on earth. Everything looks the same, but instead of humans walking around, it's wandering souls and evil spirits. This is where they find both to send them on. Apprentices have to be careful, their power can be sensed by spirits and staying too long would mean getting swarmed by the enemy.

-Individual Power: all Reapers have two specialized abilities, one is something physical and the other is a mental/magical one.

-Grave Dance: His is a final move all Reapers do to send spirits on. The act depends on the individual, it could be anything, a phrase or something more intricate. Apprentices get to make up their own after serving long enough.

-Homeward Bound: this is just a quick slice in thin air, or any other place, to open a portal back up to the Reaper world, where actualized Reapers call home.

Se7en Sins

Pantheon

There is no character limit but the ones listed above are the main roles, if you want to participate, you're free to do so

Character Sheets

Reapers-in-Training

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Reapers

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    [b]Grave Dance:[/b] (can be revealed later)
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Pantheon

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CREDITS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Eisling for her "The Chains that Bind" roleplay, I deeply apologize for the lack of credit, I was busy and there was too much going on.
and
Sheoul for his REAPERS roleplay

Again, I apologize to the following people for the lack of credit, it is my fault and I hope you guys will forgive me.