[M] Where We Fear To Tread

[Average Hero]

Excessive Violence, Overactive Nightmares, Language, Nudity.
Co-Gm; Miss Spelling

Dreams, a vague collection of unprofound memories located in a subconcious mind that barely even exists at all. We wander on a lonesome path that seeks companionship and a journey built for enlightenment.

But in truth what is it we really seek? This world is a mash up up dreams dictated by my real life mind and a story of thousnads of truths that rummage through my head looking for questions to answer.

Welcome to my fairytale. With every fairytale comes a nightmare. Those of the week heart should avoid my world.

Between fog ridden villages and everlasting campfires that burn in the darkest depths of forbidden wood, you are born. Surrounded by tall grasses and small fairylike creatures that speak in a squeaky voice watch over the new borns as the grow within the next cycle of night and day into bodies that can survive the world. But as you are born you are born with certain traits. The personality of one born in the mystics forest is split down the middle, containing two people in one body.
One might be born with anger and hate
A second born with joy and contentment
A third born with sadness and pain

The mystic born are those chosen to walk a certain path. This path is one many dare not, nor can they. They are born to seek the truth through a certain unprofound perception of lost memories.
Mystics, as they have been called, are only born every so often, and only in times of worldly crisis. The world itself is falling to pieces.

Bit by bit the only truth is being lost to nothingess as a condemning cloud washes over the once beautiful, rolling plains. Dark waters flood the now twisted roots of the once brilliant red wood. Pure white snow was now decayed with a lackluster of color it once shown and the desert sands had gone from tan to rocky black.

The truth is held at the end of a road, to gain its knowledge and to save our world we must look to the end of the path and tread carefully. The territory is ever changing, and the dream world is wrought with hellish nightmares flowing from the openings of the dark mind.
The road is long, winding, and dimly lit. We must trudgeo on through thickened mudd with splattered and torn clothes.

End of Story Explaination.

Spoiler: Technology and Rules Behind Them. 

Technology and Explanations and Rules:
Technology of the dream world is modern, aka computers, cell phones, digital watches, and a hybrid of dream ideas. Computers may have virtual reality link-ups and cell phones may be through video or hologram call. Guns do exist.
The Rpers will rarely use any of this equipment and never use guns.
But enemies or other sights might include them.
Summary:
Modern technology with a dreamworld twist for extravagance.

Spoiler: Rules/FAQs/Notes 

Rules/Notes/FAQs:Please Read

Rules:
Standard RPA Rules Apply
Personal Rules:
1. No Godmodding/metagaming
2. Paragraph limit is 2-3 minimum. (If it isn't satisfactory I will ask you to fix it)
3. Characters have limitations- most powers have a written weakness.
4. Players should make an effort to be original. The list of base emotions isn't to long but there is enough, so I shouldn't see duplicate characters.

ALL PLAYERS: Must choose between psychic or elementa.
Elementa Users are allowed One power
Psychic Users are allowed Two
Example in CS:
Psychic:
Primary- Mind Bullets
Secondary- Barrier
Elementa:
Primary- Fire

FAQs:
I'm confused about the setting.
Aequitas- In many of the GM posts which are generally going to be my posts, there will be a stating of the setting to some extent- If I refer to myself as being in the city- then if you look in this post there are important locations, A city is one of them, there is only one city, this should help narrow down your wonder.

What kind of technology is being used?
Aequitas- The best way I can explain this is modern-futuristic with a dreamlike twist, computers include virtual reality, cell phones are video call or hologram chat, and thing like that. Very lit up.

Can two characters share emotions or powers?
Aequitas- Yes, however you should attempt to be original and different.
I don't want to see duplicate CS

Can characters have their emotions manifest physically?
Aequitas- Yes if preferred. Though its not necessary.

Can you explain the emotion bit, does that effect their personality?Miss Spelling-They are the essence of the emotions. Those emotions would outweigh the others, and generally show more often than not. There are always other emotions at play, but the base emotions would be stronger than the others, though all other emotions would still be felt. Like Anger can lead to rejection and hatred. Rejection could cause a person grief. The same could be said for Joy. Joy could lead to pleasure and hope, but bad things could happen during the RP to make the character's happiness falter.

The Seven Dwarfs are a good example. Think of it as 'Grumpy' from Snow White always being grumpy, but with small bouts of other emotions showing along the way. Happy was always happy except when he thought Snow White died.

I believe all characters are supposed to grow, and develop other emotions as the story progresses, but the base emotions are still their key essence. Changing that in the slightest way could upset the balance, so to say.

Notes:
For any specially designed characters please speak with Aequitas or Miss Spelling for approval.

Spoiler: Note on Emotions and Lists of Emotions and Powers: 

Negative emotions and positive emotions are both static and can be used either as defensively or offesnively- also note that seconary and teritary emotions are dynamic.

Example is as follows: Rage= Basic emotion. Rage may lead to secondary emotions such as Jealousy or Hatred.

List of Emotions:
Grief, fear, rage, shame, rejection, pain- Negative Emotions
Joy, courage, desire, wonder, pleasure, hope- Positive Emotions



List of Powers:
Offensive- Telekenisis, mind bullets, Assume Control, Singularity, Charge
Defensive- Futuresight, Aurasight, Barrier, Stasis, Pull, Push, Veil, Warp
Dynamic Elementa- Fire, Water, Earth, Air

Spoiler: Explaination of Powers 

Explaination of Psychic and Elementa Powers:
Elementa- Powers based offesnively and defensively in the natural elements of the Earth.
Fire: Fire is born to destroy and protect from enemies brought by nature and mankind. Fire burns with passion of those who wield it with a strong heart, as well as those who are consumed by it.

Water: The power of the tide is one of beauty stemming from the moons awesome gaze as it hovers in the sky to heal and destroy.

Earth: The steady rockhard immovable force that is Earth, a power that is one to be feared and one to be adored.

Air: Symobolizes freedom but also prison and is used to cut as well as contain and control.


Offensive:
Telekenisis- The abitiy to lift and control, in terms of throwing or pulling to, small and medium sized items. Such as- Mail-boxes, small trees, small and medium sized rocks. All items should be able to be lifted. This can change based on characters strength, a small petite female would not be able to physically lift as much as a large athletic male. Depending on user the power still holds strength but can become exhausting.
Corresponding Emotions- Rage, Pain, Courage, Wonder

Mind bullets- A small orb like creation formed just infront of the forehead that can act as a lethal bullet from roughly 200 yards distance. After prolonged usage user may become overly exerted and require rest as well sleep from a massive headache. Headaches are also very common and some dehibilatating.
Corresponding Emotions- Courage, Rage

Assume Control- The ability to assume control of a single inanimate object or coprse, mind you these objects should be able to move in some way. This skill requires full concentration and renders the user immobile.
Corresponding Emotions- Pleasure, Pain, Shame, Desire

Singularity- This is the ability to tear the space and time deminsional shield to cause a rift and use the rift's unknown forces as a medium controllable mass of energy. This mass takes the shape of a ball that has a gravity field that pulls in close by targets and forces the into the rift. The distance between the two objects must be within centimeters.
Corresponding Emotions- Rejection, Hope, Grief

Charge- This is a power that encompasses all the minds force into a singular point around the users body and allows them to dash at high speeds and tear through solid object such as metal and concrete.
Corresponding Emotions- Joy, Fear


Defensive:
Futuresight- A defensive power that allows a slight and very momentary look into the future, allowing knowledge of what is to comes in the next 30 seconds. This however may call severe pain like being stabbed in the side of the head. Not enough pain to kill, but enough pain to cause on occasion collapse. The further into the future seen, the more pain.
Corresponding Emotions- Wonder, Fear

Aurasight- Is the ability to see the aura of all people similar to a mirror. As the aura stresses the image given to the user is that of seeing the target as cracked or broken, the situations worsens as the stress climbs. Has no viable weakness
Corresponding Emotions- Courage, Shame, Pain

Barrier- The use of psychic force formed into a solid wall that allows absolute defens while concentration can be maintained. User must remain still at all times while holding the wall upright.
Corresponding Emotions- Hope, Rejection,

Stasis- Freezes the target in a psychic field. Must focus on the target.
May freeze up to three targets but will become exhausted with longer stasis fields or more held.
Corresponding Emotions- Fear, Joy

Pull/Push- Forces a target toward the user as well as away from the user depending on what is happening. No viable weakness as the target is not generally hurt unless pulled into an object that can maime it, but the target will only move in a straight line from the user.
Corresponding Emotions- Fear, Desire

Veil- Allows masking, invisibility, of the body in small or large quantities. Not just vision but heat, and smell as well as sound. User must hold their breath to focus
Corresponding Emotions- Rejection, Grief, Shame, Hope, Desire

Warp- Allows transporting through the same deminsion that singularity forces open. You may go from one point to the next but must stay within a 1 mile diameter. Can render you momentarily directionless, and cause you to be lost as well as exhausted.
Corresponding Emotions- Fear, Courage, Hope, Rejection, Shame



I am open to further suggestions as well as suggestions of using certain powers for different styles, you will have to show me some ability to use that power as so.
As well as maybe powers with new corresponding emotions.

Spoiler: Lost Memoirs of the Indifferent Mystics 

Lost Memoirs:
Memoirs are old Artifacts lost to the descrepency of time. However these artifacts have recently come to light and the Indifferent one, or the destroyer, he goes by many names, has been sending his thralls into deep caverns. The caverns, gorges, and woods, run far, wide, and deep.
You will meet them, you will contest against them and some of them aren't just as small as you but as large as a hundred or so feet high.
They birth nightmares.
The artifact reign as three seperate pieces of a triangle. The edges were once seperated long ago to purify the Lands of Dreams when it had been overrun by the nightmare minions.
Now they reappear in the absolute time of need, but of course, He is after them, and you must follow, and gain a step ahead and take control of the pieces to destroy him and his nightmares.

If he even has one piece, are very world is at stake. Walk your path to knowledge and walk your path to purifiying our world.

Spoiler: World Locations and Descriptions 

World Locations:

City of Dreams- A central hub holding together all the surrounding areas. This place is similar to a real city bustling with people, but is also a key component to the Lands of Dreams. It is where all dreams, nightmares, and its characters originate.
Tall buildings touch the skies and small buildings are dwarfed an seem from a distance insignificant to the everything in their surrounding. The streets are vacant of cars but not void of men in suits and women strutting across the sidewalk.
With windows stacked high and always glistening your reflection is in every single one of them. But something is odd. Its your reflection.


Cloud Castle: North, far north past the villages in the dense wooded area where the dwarves and elves dwell, as well as creatures hidden by the darkness of nightmarish woods, lies a castle hidden high on the mountains covered by the clouds of the Lands of Dreams. The Castle holds eerie legends nad myths of the Ghosts that were once banished from its doors but somehow hid themselves secretly until a The King of Old and his hateful Queen fell prey to age.


Nightmare's Sanctuary: A church hidden in the deep south beyond lonely roads and broken gorges. Sleep within the walls, and be haunted by the knowledge of things that destroy you and your mind. Behind its walls and cracked bell tower lay a graveyard. The crypts are numerous and literally reach unto the horizons. Its almost tranquil be it not for the hovering laterns that curse the name of those who tredge on their lands. Beware them and all of their fury.


Waste of Space: Between all large areas are the lands inbetween. A quiet whistle of irony waves itself over the lifeless lands and hundreds of deadtress in which live the animals. The animals, live in the hollows of the sand and the trees and even some high into the clouds that don't seem tangible. However they are. These wastes hold a secret. This land is not what it seems. Welcome to it, and see what you see, and in what you believe, whether it is green leaves or blood red spines hanging from the branches in your eyes it will be seen, but not by the others. They will see what they see.


Spire of the Sand: A tall lonely spire stands in union surrounded by thousands of old ruins that are housing many of those who can't afford to live within the city. In truth the Lands of Dreams has no form of currency, but in each world you need the poverish and the sick, and so they dwell here hidden in the dark shadows created by the blocking of the sun's beams.
But what is behind the Spire that noone dares venture? Symbols blare into your mind. You see the knowledge it holds, but do you walk toward, or away from?
Courage or fear?


Home of the Mystic Born: A lost realm to where only the knowledge bearing ones tread, and to where the destroyer of this world dwells. He sits upon his throne deep within a temple guarded by previous Mystic thralls. A challenge to the current Mystics to oppose him.

Spoiler: Enemies 

Enemies:
Nightmare Cursed:
Many of the creatures and people of the Lands of Dreams have been corrupted and turned into thrall creatures. They show morphs in their eyes and teeth, but play on your darkest thoughts and fears. As it stands, they can only be described as a curse as they have no true form, but are bound by the mind.
They are the essence of your fear.

The Indifferent Mystic:
The main enemy, of which you know nothing aside from his want to destroy and his need to cleanse the world of dreams through logic.

I am open to new enemy ideas.

Spoiler: Character Skeleton: 

Character Skeleton:
Name: Any name is suitable
Origin:
Northern- Pale white
Western- White
Eastern- Tan
Southern.- Dark
Age: Should be relative to experiences and ect.

Insta-Bio: An instant size-up of the character, please keep it brief and avoid important emotions aka basic emotions which are place in the aforemention listed
- Base Emotions:
Positive/Postive
Negative/Negative
Positive/Negative

Please keep in mind, that with basic emotions will come secondary and tertiary emotions. Rage may lead to jealousy, or hatred or ect. The same conept applies with all basic emotions. Any other emotions should be downplayed as only somewhat important.

Powers:
Elemanta- Anyone choosing any of the for elements does not get a secondary choice. Elementa are dynamic which means that can be used offensively and defensively.

Those choosing psychic powers:
Please choose from the list of power corresponding to the emotion. You may choose a primary and secondary power.
Rage=negative= select from negative list
Courage=positive=select from positive list
Those who choose both offense and defense roles keep in mind you swill not be as powerful as a purist but will have a wider range of combat style focus.

Combat Style: Offensive, or defensive, or mix
Focus Item: Should be special and detailed.
Keep in mind it should be something that can be used for alterior purposes such as a compass, but shouldn't exceed pocket size.


Appearance:
The appearance should be loosely based on either the power if it is elemental or the emotion if it is psychic

Approved Characters:
Sirius Cedric Hilde- Circular Logic
Amy Grimlie- SmileyCassandra
Nailah Ankh- Whimsical Wail
Lorali Draconion- Brimming
Milles Hendson- SikstaSlathalin
Dawson Tolbert- Extraordinaire
Evelynn Allen-Wright- Miss Spelling
Zealous Trivinati- The Imposter
Harkin Medea- Rho Aias

[SmileyCassandra]

What kind of pictures do we use? Real, or anime?

[Miss Fortune]

I asked Aequitas the same thing. He said Anime/CG style pictures, but leans more on actual character description.

[SmileyCassandra]

Okay, thank you getting started on cs now. If I do anything wrong, please let me know. I wish to get this right, and make an awesome character!

[Average Hero]

Character Skeleton:
Name: Sirius Hilde Cedric
Origin: Western
Age: 23

Insta-Bio: Logic. A cold baser instinct that trumps emotion shattered by a past experience of one who delved deep into the knowledge of a sacred emotion.
A once immature mystic who sought knowledge that he was not fit to comprehend.
Sirius was once a mystic, born exactly one hundred years ago and destroyed when his original body was mangled by the fruition of nightmares and curses that enveloped him and tore down all of what he stood for. There are two portions to his existence.
One of them is 23 year old Sirius, born-again mystic who would soon come to begin a journey of knowledge.
The second of them a one-hundred and twenty-three year old mystic who harnesses the power that has consumed his heart for the last hundred or so years.
His name is Suiris, the exact opposite in most ways of Sirius.
Between the two of them sleeps an ancient power.
A legend. A King.

Personal history: In the last one-hundred and fifty or so years, people have come and gone and only one remains on his mind. Lost with his past life and sewn into his memory, but irreplaceable. Her name was Karien. A young beauty who was at the time his age, a glorious girl who's knowledge far exceeded many and even more so she understood the oddities of being a mystic. He remembered her still with absolute precision.
When he had risen to King he was going to name her Queen, however during years she faded from being sickly, and as she faded his mind began steadily to grow feeble and weak kneed. For this he became two, those two without emotion.


- Base Emotions:
Indifferent: No emotions

Powers:
Mind Bullets: Offensive; A small orb like creation formed just infront of the forehead that can act as a lethal bullet from roughly 200 yards distance. After prolonged usage user may become overly exerted and require rest as well sleep from a massive headache. Headaches are also very common and some debilitating.

Futuresight: Defensive; A defensive power that allows a slight and very momentary look into the future, allowing knowledge of what is to comes in the next 30 seconds. This however may call severe pain like being stabbed in the side of the head. Not enough pain to kill, but enough pain to cause on occasion collapse. The further into the future seen, the more pain.

Combat Style: Offensive/Defensive
Focus Item: A small platinum pocket watch engraved by words from a voice of a fond memory. This watch is broken with the hands stuck on 12 and 6, the time is clocked at 12:30. This of course isn't all to important but in the lid of the watch are words. "From all beginnings are born ends, I begin and end with you."
The chain was one link short of a full chain and hung a shorter distance than most pocket watches, and only served a somewhat odd purpose of showing a time through a sun-dial that is carved in a special way into the top of the lid so that it never has to be opened.

Appearance: Sirius Hilde Cedric
Sirius is young male appearing a bit younger than his actual age. With deep eyes void of emotion and color he gazes in a very lifeless analytic manner, seeking out knowledge in all forms. His body is lean and not profoundly athletic. As with many mystics his body takes on a very lean and frail appearance that he hides beneath loose clothing and thick jackets.
White hair is a very apt attribute of the indifferent, its a very specific color that is a misty white void of most color with only fragments of grey plastered in and amongst it

[SmileyCassandra]

Name: Amy Grimlie
Origin: Northern
Age: 23

Personal history: Amy grew up on a farm, but never talked to anyone. There were many farmers that tried to befriend her, but she would brush them off and leave. Her mother died when she was ten, and her father vanished when she was fourteen. She showed nothing about it, and still talked to no one. Until she met a boy, and she finally talked. It was only to him, and she soon they were like best friends. One day; he decided to run off and marry another girl, and Amy hardly ever talked again.

- Base Emotions: Rage/Joy

Powers:
Telekenesis: The ability to lift and control, in terms of throwing or pulling to, small and medium sized items. Such as- Mail-boxes, small trees, small and medium sized rocks. All items should be able to be lifted. This can change based on characters strength, a small petite female would not be able to physically lift as much as a large athletic male. Depending on user the power still holds strength but can become exhausting.

Stasis: Freezes the target in a psychic field. Must focus on the target.
May freeze up to three targets but will become exhausted with longer stasis fields or more held.


Combat Style: Offensive/Defensive
Focus Item: Amy has a bracelet that she keeps, and it used to belong to her dead mother. She says nothing about it, and never shows anyone.

Appearance: Amy has red hair like fire, and ice blue eyes. She stands 5'9, and weighs 160 pounds a lot of it being muscle. Although she looks petite from afar; when close you notice she has more muscle then you thought. She wears pink on some days, and black on another it just depends.

[Average Hero]

Looks good
If you want you can flesh out the bio with personal history or not its not in the character skeleton or anything also I know the focus item is tough. just remember anyhting pocket sized, small dolls, pocket knifes, compasses, necklaces, bracelets.
I'll accept it as soon as you've filled in the last part.

[SmileyCassandra]

Alright, all done hope she suits your fancy ^^

[Average Hero]

Approved my dear

[SmileyCassandra]

Thank you ^^