Introduction
Little kids think we got the good life of high school house parties and staying out late. Adults think don't remember what it's like and thinks the worst thing to happen to us is to get our phones taken away by the teacher or getting more than one classes homework assignments. But we know what it's like. Not only do we have to deal with school work, we got to deal with drama too. A lot of teenagers deal with different, and the same, drama. Our drama goes from first time sex with our boyfriend or girlfriend to our sexual orientation to our parents pressuring us. That's what this Roleplay is about. It's about the real life of an American Teenager. Of course that can't be it. So, what's the catch?
Our Story
This Roleplay takes place over the Sumer the place where all of our characters have Sumer jobs so, unless your character is taking Sumer school or reverences something about school, our characters should not be in a school!
Our story takes place in Chicago, Illinois. Our character (list below) all works at Navy Pier. A big-small pier that has a mall, an IMAX Theater, a mall like building full of various fast food places (ex. McDonalds, Panda Express, Donkin Donuts, Starbucks, ect.), a green house, a House Of Mirrors, a ferris wheel, various speed boat rides, various small cruises, and various other small things along the dock. Now, to get you started on your characters, I decided to create little hints and labels for each character, but I shall leave the actual creation up to you.
The Street/Ghetto Girl: TAKEN BY ME - IAmAlien
The Street/Ghetto Girl is from the poorer ghetto part of the Chicagoan area. She's an in-the-closet bisexual (at least at the beginning of the RP). She's fines a like of interest in the White Hoodlum/Gangster, Gamer Chick, and Richie Guurl. Friends with (so far) the White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude.
The White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude: TAKEN BY ME -IAmAlien
The White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude is from the more violence and gang run area of Chicago. He's straight. Has a like of interest in the Street/Ghetto Girl, the Richie Chick, and the Smart Asian. Friends with (so far) the Richie Chick, Street/Ghetto Girl, Black Gangsta.
The Gamer Chick: TAKEN BY Echo_Rose
The Gamer Chick is from the suburbs outside of Chicago (ex suburban areas for character are Crete, Piotone, Steger, Beacher, Monee, ect). She is an in-the-closet homosexual (gay/lesbian) (at least at the beginning of the RP). She has a like of interest in the Street/Ghetto Girl, Richie Gurl. Friends with (so far) the Nerdy Guy, White Hoodlum/Ghetto Dude, Black Gangsta, Football Play (one in suburbs), Artsy Chick.
What I Would PreferI would prefer this character have a girly scene appearance with the colorful puffy hair and tight clothes. YOU DO NOT NEED TO FOLLOW THIS IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION!
The Richie Gurl: TAKEN BY BOO!
The Richie Gurl is from one of the rich communities with the big fancy houses. She's straight but questioning. Has a like of interest the White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude, small like of interest in the Street/Ghetto Girl. Friends with (so far) the White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude, Football Player, and Smart Asian.
Smart Asian: OPEN(boy) GIRL TAKEN BY MissBrightside_ / BOY OPEN
I don't really have an idea for the smart Asian. I guess there can be two smart Asians, a boy and a girl, since the Hoodlum/Gangster Dude has a like of interest in a Smart Asian. So you get to be a little more creative here.
Black Gangsta: TAKEN BY Geekly
Again, don't really have an idea for this guy. Their friends with (so far) The White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude and Gamer Chick, so they're from the same place. He's also a playa' so LADIES GOTTA WATCH THEY ASSES!! XD (me couldn't help it) Again, you get to be a little creative.
Nerdy/Geeky Guy: TAKEN BY Banshee
Form Chicago Heights. He's gay. Like of interest in Emo Guy, Football Player, and Black Gangsta. Friends with (so far) The Gamer Chick.
Football Player: RICH AREA - OPEN / SUBURBS - OPEN
One is from the rich area and one can come from suburbs. Can be creative here too. One from suburbs is friends with Gamer Chick and Artsy Chick.
The Artsy Chick: TAKEN BY PhychicBastard
The Artsy Chick is from the suburbs. She's straight. She has a like of interest in the Football Player (one from suburbs). She is friends (so far) with the Gamer Chick, Football Player (from suburbs).
The Emo Kid: TAKEN BY Sonohra
You get to be a little creative with this character.
The Exchange Student: TAKEN BY Luxe
The Exchange Student is a girl that came from Astralia! (More To Be Added About This Character)
Any suggestions for a different character just PM me.
Character Sheet | All Must Be Filled out CORRECTLY or no acceptation! | Does not have to be super long as long as I get the general idea. If you want it long, make it long.
NAME: (Full Name)
NICKNAME: (if they don't have one put "Doesn't Have One" or something like that)
AGE: (Between 16 - 19 unless you wish to make a teacher/parent then between 29 - _)
ROLE: (Ex. The Street/Ghetto Girl, The White Hoodlum/Gangster Dude, The Richie Gurl, ect,) (If teacher/parent, put "Teacher" or "Parent") (If parent, explain of whom)
APPEARANCE: (MUST HAVE PICTURE) (CANNOT BE ANIME) (No links, use that ---> [img]URL%20HERE[/img] (make sure you put the URL/website address to picture where it says URL HERE)
PERSONALITY: (Short description of how they act) (can be just three personality traits like motherly, tough, rough, rude, ect,)
Crushes: (can put from description on home screen) (may add more crushes of the NPC type)
Friends: (can put from description on home screen) (may add more of the NPC type)
History: (brief history of character) (must include family and why they have a job a Navy Pier and what their job is) (characters may work in the same place ex a few can work at the IMAX Theater while others can work at a gift shop in the mall or McDonalds)(may include how your character meant another character in the RP that you can discuss in OOC Forum)
Okay, that's it! I worked very hard on this RP, so I want to see if I can make this thing run for at least a month. My sister, when she was on here, had a really good RP that was active for about 2 in a half to 3 months. Lets see if this can be as successful as hers was! FOR-NAROLEPLAY!
RULES:
Sorry, but for every great Roleplay, there is order in the rules.
1. No Godmoding yet we don't really fight each other in this type, but I wouldn't know that just yet.
2. Cursing is allowed as long as there's not a curse word in every sentence. (I allow cursing because I believe that curse words are just that. Words. No matter what they mean. And we're all gonna end up cursing no matter what our fucking parents do!)
3. No Sex. I understand I said something about first time sex in the intro, but I don't want to read that shit on this. You can say you and a NPC or an other character had sex if its okay with the owner of here say character, but I don't want details.
4. Fighting. It happens a lot between teenagers, so I'll allow it as long as nobody takes it personally. Like, I can imagine one of the football players bullying the nerdy kid or the street/ghetto girl, but you need to make sure the characters owner isn't taking it personally.
5. Join the role play. Join it now. I may add more rules later. Until then, have fun with the four easy rules to follow! :D Yay!!
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I wake up to the sound of alarm clock ringing. Today's the first day of my new job at Navy Pier and I'm suppose to be working at the IMAX Theater giving people their pop-corn and candy at the snack bar. So, I got off the only bed in the house. I put on some dark green baggy cargo pants on over my shorts and a tight dark bile tee shirt on. I brushed through my hair then put on my grey, black, and pink Converse with padded high tops and blue, purple, and pink shoelaces. I grabbed my favorite blackish brown hoodie and put it on as I walked out of the apartment and down that stairs, making sure I haven't hold on right before going outside.
I look around to see a few people here and there that are sitting down in allies against the wall. I look up and see the tall buildings. It's sad because it looks like its gonna rain, but I guess that's a good thing because who wants to come to Navy Pier when it's raining? Nobody, that's who. I walk to the train station to take a train up into the city by Navy Pier. Stepping on the train, I take a seat close to the door near the back, hoping that no one comes back here with me. I stay quiet and look out the window as all the buildings pass by.
1stP POV: Chase
"Chase! Chase! Chase!? Chase!! Wake up you dumb ass! Your gonna be late for your first day of work! Damn. Do you need a ride or what?" My eye flutter open to see Terry running around grabbing stuff off the ground and throwing it on the bed. "I'll just walk. It's only a couple blocks away." I say and stand up grabbing my hoodie off the ground. On the way out, throw my hoodie on and take my snap-back hat off the counter with an apple. I hold the apple in my mouth and, while still walking out of the building and down the street, I adjust my hat. I shout to some of the gangs and dealers to say hi then continue to walk the four block to Navy Pier for that job I got. I'm just glad I ain't staying in one place all day and get to walk around and talk some.
((Sorry it's so short! Anyways, you can now start posting! Can't wait to see 'em all))
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After putting on her combat boots she made her way downstairs with a small backpack "Mom are you taking me? she asked as she took a protein bar off the counter.Ill be taking you to the train station then I have to head to work myself her mother said as she grabbed the car keys and went outside, Evie followed her out and got int the car. It was a quiet drive to the train station, she had music playing from her ipod in her ears so she didnt make conversation with her mother.
As the car stopped at the train station Evie waved bye to her mother then made her way inside the train station then got on the train that was headed to Navy Pier. She looked for a seat and found one two seqts from the back, she noticed a girl with green cargo pants and a hoodie on, she coulsn't help but smile to the girl then she quickly sat down thinking she made a fool of herself once again.
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I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, when I checked it, it was a text from my mom asking me where I was. Or, well, it was a little more like this:
'Dany grl whr r u??"
Shaking my yea slightly, I texted her back saying I was going to work at Navy Pier. It killed me sometimes how forgetful she was about everything that had to do with me. One year she had even forgotten my birthday. As I jammed my phone back in my pocket and glanced back at the white blonde girl, the train halted to a rocky-bumpy-jerking stop. Everyone jerked and a old lady a few seats down dropped her groceries. I stood up and walked to the lady, smiling slightly and saying excuse me when I passed the white girl with those dreads, and combat boots. So cute and hot. Okay, back to what I was doing, I went and helped the lady pick up her bags and groceries and setting them on the seat next to her before getting off the train to walk the next block to Navy Pier, considering the train only stops a block away.
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She got up and walked off the train and started walking towards Navy Pier, the girl from the train was ahead of her and was going the same direction she was. She really didn't want the girl to think she was following her sonshe cleared her throat a little "Um im not following you we just seem to be going the same direction" she said then pretty much mentally face palmed at how stupid she must of sounded. She looked down to the ground and continued to walk, feeling like she just made a fool of herself in front of the girl.
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((Sorry, it's short. Was too scared I'd end up power-playing))
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((ooc: its fine :) ))
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He was still brooding over it as he got dressed for his shift at the arcade. Bastian didn’t really have to be in for another hour, but he liked to be early and maybe get in a couple of games first. He pulled on a pair of black slacks and the mandatory polo. He topped it off with a pair of suspenders because he could, and grabbed his keys on the way out the door. His car wasn’t the best, but it ran pretty reliably and was better than the train in his opinion.
Bastian drove through a McDonald's on the way, picking up a couple of breakfast combos. Evie was supposed to start work that morning, too. He was excited to have a friend working there with him, even if she did beat him eight out of ten times on most games. Bastian didn’t have many friends, but those he called friend he tended to spoil when and where he could. Paying for a cheap but tasty breakfast was something he could certainly do.
It took another ten minutes just to find a parking space that wouldn’t have him hiking out to Timbuktu. Sack of food in one hand, his rucksack emblazoned with a red dragon symbol slung over the other shoulder, Bastian locked his jalopy and started the shortish walk down to the pier. Oh yeah, he needed to pick up an IMAX application. Couldn’t hurt to at least try, he figured. Maybe for the summer he could even work both jobs, wasn’t like he had social engagements to keep. Pffft.
He spotted a handful of people walking ahead of him, and was pretty sure he recognized one by the dreds alone. Bastian wasn't sure if he wanted to call out and draw attention to himself though, so he just walked along behind them several yards. He figured he'd catch up with Evie at the arcade anyway and he didn't want to run to catch up. Way too early in the day for running.
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His geek was showing a little, but he knew Evie wound up with just a power bar for breakfast more times that he wanted her to confess to. Power bar, really? Bastian believed a well balanced meal three times a day actually helped. Not that McDonalds was balanced, but it was the thought that counted.
He glanced back to the other girl and not wanting to seem rude, he murmured, "Uh, hi. I'm Bastian." Fingers did this little wriggle wraggle, then he realized how nerdy that looked and ran them through his hair instead.
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Evie was acting like she liked Danny, like liked like. He didn't know if Evie swung that way or not. Then again, he hadn't ever come right out and told his friend he batted for the same team, too worried that it'd somehow get back to his family. A muscle along the side of his jaw clenched briefly before he pushed all that aside to focus on the day.
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I walked over to the snack bar and started talking to one of my so called 'friends', Loriel. I took off my jacket and put it behind the counter of the snack bar. I then grabbed my red vest that had my name tag on it off the peg on the wall and put it on. As Loriel talked to me, I looked back over at Evie. I'm not even sure what to call the expression that was on my face. I was smiling very slightly and softly, and my eyes were a little wide and were getting a little watery. I'm not even sure if I was happy that we might meet up during break or if I'm nervous about it. I don't even know. I'll just remind myself to flash her a smile every now and then when I see her. Yeah, that's the plan for now. Baby steps, Danny, baby steps.
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On the edge of the pier sat a young girl, by the name of Athena Crombie. Her light brown hair reached just past her shoulders, and she was wearing a plain black t-shirt with denim shorts. Athena had just moved from Australia. She didn't know many people, and she was hoping to make some friends. She pulled out a pink-coloured notebook and scribbled the words 'What I must do today- Find some friends' She shoved the notebook back in her handbag and stood up. A few meters away from her was a girl with blonde hair in dreadlocks, another girl with dark hair, and a boy with brown hair. She debated with herself for a minute, but then jogged over to them.
She twiddled her thumbs and then gave a warm smile.
"Hi! my name is Athena and I just moved here from Australia" She awkwardly stumbled, but then composed herself and flashed another smile
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Luckily for her, the money her mother and father had given her was enough to buy a house near the Pier. And so, she ran down the street to the outside of the Pier where she stopped to gather her breath. Slowing down, Natasha stumbled into the Pier with her head down, hiding her face with her hands slightly, and made her way to the gift shop.
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"Ma, I'm going to work." she tells her and walks quickly out of the house, grabbing a piece of toast as she left.
She lightly kissed the heads of all the babies and closed the large red front door to their small house.
She hurries down the pier to the gift shop, looking around to see if any of her friends got there first - Seems not.
She straightens her while blouse and red checked skirt before slipping into the side door and takes of her jacket, hanging it on the allocated slot, she stood behind the till, resting her chin on her fist as she watches the mum's and children walk by, looking at cuddly toys and all manor of gift rock (A sweet).
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"This is Evie and, uh," though it took him a moment to recall, he remembered the other girl's name, "Danny." There was that sideways grin and dimple again. Bastian tended to do that while he tried to figure out what he should do or say next. "We're, uh, on our way to work." Maybe one day he'd strike it rich and not have to work for a living again.
And maybe one day pigs will fly.
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After Danny got all settled into her job and was shown what to do, she went and stood at the cash register. She leaned on the counter and started watching the people outside, seeing Evie go to the arcade after some girl walked up to her and Bastian. A couple and, what Danny assumed, their kids walked in the theater. Danny could pretty much hear the kids whining about wanting to go to the arcade, she could also hear the couple saying "No." One of the older employees at the theater was giving out tickets at the ticket booth. The theater had two managers. One manager for the people who work at the theater dealing with the employees that work around the movies, snack bar, and tickets. One manager for the people who work at the arcade part of the theater dealing with the employees that work with all the games and the prizes. Yeah, it's a very close yet distant work between the two jobs. The two managers were standing in the lobby by the entrance to the arcade. They did this a lot to run trough the schedule for the day, and to also talk about their employees.
As they talked, Chase decided to do the normal thing he does at work. He walked to the IMAX Theater first, knowing by heart that that place has to be running in good power, considering it's a theater and an arcade. Chase decided to go through the front door since it's still early. He nodded to Bastian and the girl as he walked by them. He decided to check out the Showing Rooms first, since he saw the people at the ticket booth. Chase said hi to both managers and continued walking to the Showing Rooms that hold the Projectors for the theater. "Hey-hey, Dan-nay!" Chase said as he passed Danny. Danny just gave a small smile and nod and Chase went straight to the projection room. He kept a mental check list in his mind as he went through what he was suppose to. Projector? Check. Working? Check. Clean? Check. After he was finished with that, he walked back out to the lobby and went in the arcade where he saw the new blonde chick with dreads turning on machines. Chase started going around to every machine she turned on and looked behind it to make sure there was no sparks.
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He grinned, eyes crinkled at the edges, as he moved to one of the older games they had. Sometimes nostalgia drew in people as much as having the newest and greatest games. Not that the arcade had the newest and greatest, they often had to wait a month to get a chance at them, otherwise it was too expensive, but the one he liked was much, much older, but still pretty popular. Gauntlet. He couldn't help but grin big each time he heard the game talk.
"Elf shot the food!"
"Wizard is about to die!"
He loved this game.
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@IAmAlien, you can be sure ill be using those so thanks foshizzel... I had to say that at least once, lol
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&Yeah homie, you should haha. Here's some phrases me & my homies use.
(Phrase then meaning)
Hit 'em up! - to call them up
Hit me up, nigga/homie! - call me buddy/friend
I was rollin'! - Shortened version of rolling on floor laughing my fucking ass off
Niggas be tweakin'! - People are slow
Yo, man, that's my gee! - Hey, man, that's my best friend
There's a few haha XD we use these all the time.
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my only question is how did ty and evie ever meet to become friends?....
I feel like it would have been something really awkward but just cant figure out what..... -.-
Oh right @IAmAlien chase and ty are best friends just cause their homies (needs no other explanation) same with Danny and ty, homies till the end.... I should learn more phrases of the gang variety. ×…×
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Also, Ladies don't need to worry about watching their Asses cause he's gonna be watching it for them! (lol I'm sorry I had to)
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I've been really busy lately but i do plan on finishing up/posting tonight(or tomorrow morning if i post at 4 in the morning e__e)