Hi! I'm Bri. Welcome to my roleplay. It's likely you have been part of the small group that joked about coming to work on my dream farm (Real life, I haven't decided that Someday Dreams Farm will be the final name of this ranch, but it is a legitimate someday goal in my life to have this farm, the land, and to do some good in the world, saving horses and giving them a new chance at life.) as a hired hand, a cook, etc. This roleplay is mostly for that group of friends, though many are welcome to try their hand at this roleplay.
The unique twist? You're playing yourself as your character (Though I may open up the option of playing an animal on the farm, whether it be a horse rescued from the kill pens, or a goat, or a dog, or even a cow.), as true to yourself as you can be, though you aren't required to be completely honest; it is set in 2018, after all. The profile information will be filled out with your own details, as opposed to a made up character, and it could prove a fascinating social experiment, in a way, to reflect upon yourself as you fill it in; what interesting quirks do you have that you didn't really notice before?
Basically, the roleplay is set primarily on my dream farm, way out in the sticks of the Toutle area, west of Mount Saint Helens (not all that far west, even), with excursions into the surrounding towns of Castle Rock, Longview, and a few other larger cities. Mainly for food and feed not grown on the farm itself. Then there are the trips to the Kill Pens throughout the state, but those may be a while in coming.
The roleplay will begin, set just before the offers to hire arrive in your email, Skype, or mailbox (Though, really, who uses them any more?), and to add to things, I disappeared for a year and a half after winning the lottery; without warning, just poof. Bad me. Once everyone's gotten their profiles up, and I've accepted them, I'll start it off, and then a time skip starter from each of you (As in: "A week later... The letter arrives." Or you arrive having received the email a week or so ago. Anywho.).
That brings us to another little unique twist: Journal entries. I haven't fully settled on this idea, but I do rather like it. Basically, your starter post for a scene would begin with a sort of journal entry, written in present tense, first person (as though you yourself were writing this) and in italics between speech marks. After that, your post would continue as normal, though I'll have to get a round-table vote on whether we'll go first person or third person. Past tense is a given.
So, any questions?
The unique twist? You're playing yourself as your character (Though I may open up the option of playing an animal on the farm, whether it be a horse rescued from the kill pens, or a goat, or a dog, or even a cow.), as true to yourself as you can be, though you aren't required to be completely honest; it is set in 2018, after all. The profile information will be filled out with your own details, as opposed to a made up character, and it could prove a fascinating social experiment, in a way, to reflect upon yourself as you fill it in; what interesting quirks do you have that you didn't really notice before?
Basically, the roleplay is set primarily on my dream farm, way out in the sticks of the Toutle area, west of Mount Saint Helens (not all that far west, even), with excursions into the surrounding towns of Castle Rock, Longview, and a few other larger cities. Mainly for food and feed not grown on the farm itself. Then there are the trips to the Kill Pens throughout the state, but those may be a while in coming.
The roleplay will begin, set just before the offers to hire arrive in your email, Skype, or mailbox (Though, really, who uses them any more?), and to add to things, I disappeared for a year and a half after winning the lottery; without warning, just poof. Bad me. Once everyone's gotten their profiles up, and I've accepted them, I'll start it off, and then a time skip starter from each of you (As in: "A week later... The letter arrives." Or you arrive having received the email a week or so ago. Anywho.).
That brings us to another little unique twist: Journal entries. I haven't fully settled on this idea, but I do rather like it. Basically, your starter post for a scene would begin with a sort of journal entry, written in present tense, first person (as though you yourself were writing this) and in italics between speech marks. After that, your post would continue as normal, though I'll have to get a round-table vote on whether we'll go first person or third person. Past tense is a given.
So, any questions?
- How Do I Describe Myself?
- Try to look at yourself from another person's point of view.
- Look into a mirror; how do you hold yourself? What shape is your face?
- Write it as though you are a character. (Third person helps a lot here.)
- It's set two years from now, so you have the freedom to twist the current truth a little. Maybe by then, you're at your ideal weight, or level of fitness? Maybe you got rid of the glasses you didn't like, and got your eyes fixed, or started wearing contacts.
- How Do I Describe My Personality?
- Well... Think of how you feel in certain situations. Are you shy, outgoing, a mixture? Are you the life of the party, or the wallflower?
- What makes you angry? Are you exceptionally easy to rile up, or do you have a long fuse? Is your anger explosive, but short lived? Is it a cataclysmic lahar such as the eruption of Mount Saint Helens?
- What are your pet peeves?
- What makes you happiest?
- These are all things that you can reflect on, and might help in describing your personality. Again, writing in third person descriptor can be very helpful.
