In My Mind, There Are Mountains. [OOC]

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In my mind, there are mountains.

GM'd by G and ZeeZee.

Meet Lyen Stilhold. She's twenty-eight, she has a stable job, her boss likes her, and she has Disorganized Schitzophrenia. But it's fine, it's fine! It's medicated. Taken care of. Lyen can function pretty much as normal, and her boss understands, makes things easier for her.

She takes two pills a day, one in the morning, when she wakes, and one in the afternoon, when she arrives home from work. Enough for twenty-four hour coverage; whole days of sanity. Lyen is rigid in her schedule - she'd never forget to take her pill. She wouldn't dare jeapordise the organised, functional life she has made for herself.

But on one particular thursday, Lyen's whole world was tipped on its head. Everything seemed as normal, that morning. She took her pill, took the same bus route she took every day to get to work. Walked into the office - and all hell had broken loose.

In the place of her kind-hearted, understanding boss stood a tall, intimidating-looking woman, surveying the room with a skeptical eye while a simpering girl behind her prised the nametag from her bosses' door.

"I'm Adrian Wyatt. Your new boss, since the old one proved... untrustworthy." the woman had informed them all, and then proceeded to inform the entire room that some serious changes were going to be made. This next few weeks was a trial period, for all of them. Anyone found to be falling behind would be replaced.

Lyen swallowed, sat down at her desk without a word, finished the work her former boss had laid out ready for her, gratefully noting that the reminders her old employer had written on her calender, to eat, to hydrate herself, which files to work on, had been filled in for the next week. It wasn't until she got home that it sunk in.

Untrustworthy? HER boss? Lyen knew something was wrong. But was it a misunderstanding... or an intentional lie? She knew she had to find out the truth.

And in the excitement and stress of the day, Lyen, for the first time since before she could remember, forgot to take her pill.

Everything changed.

Lyen is about to fall into another world - a world filled with familiar faces, but also with impossible things. A dream world, where an angry boss becomes a cruel ruler and an unattainable loved one becomes a princess trapped in a tower, surrounded by impenetrable thorns.

But which world is more real? When Lyen starts to notice strange connections between the two - an injury sustained in the dream world happens in the real world too, a connection formed can still be felt, though the feelers might not understand it - she begins to realise that to solve her problems in the real world, she must overcome them in the dreamscape. But can she do it? Will you help her? Or are you one of the problems?

Spoiler: Plot Explanation 

You play one of the people in Lyen's life. You may be her father, a co-worker, the woman who owns the coffee shop down the road. Whoever you are, you have a goal - some dream that keeps you going, keeps you motivated in the day-to-day. When Lyen forgets to take her pill, it isn't just her world that changes. You now enter different world each night, one that, once you wake, is forgotten. But not erased. To achieve your desire in the real world, you must fight; and win; another adventure in the dreamscape.

As well as your own personal goal, you all share a single story. Lyen is right in thinking something is amiss about the switch in rulers, or bosses, as the case may be. Whether you're fighting for the old or the new, it's up to you to prove your rulers' integrity, and ensure that the dreamscape's rightful leader have the throne.

Spoiler: Characters: 

Nice male co-worker who goes out of his way to say hi / Knight

Newer female employee in her department that is trying to one up her, even though she isn't competing / Maiden trying to win the heart of the knight

Father and Stepmother. - In the real world, Lyen has been hurt by her father, though he would never intentionally do so. He met a woman, married her, and unfortunately, Lyen didn't fit in with her new stepmothers' idea of her life. So with sweet whispers, she convinced Lyen's father that it would be better for her, help her independance, if Lyen was to leave their house, find a flat of her own. When Lyen enters the dream world, she discovers her father is there. At first she is elated - she has help! But she soon realises that her daddy has no memory of his daughter, and her first encounter with the witch her stepmother had become tells her why. Now on top of vanquishing the evil ruler that looks identical to her new boss, she must find a way to make her father remember her.


Mother / Guide; Guardian angel; Subconscious - Lyens' mother lives a long way away, though she calls her daughter often, to catch up and make sure everythings' ok. In the dreamscape, Lyens' mother becomes the archetypal 'guide' or 'helper' to the people of the dream world - the teacher, who offers advice and guidance, but rarely physically intervenes.

*Please note: We are very open to your ideas, so if you'd like to take one of these characters and change it, feel free, or if you'd like to make up one not listed here, you're welcome to do that also.

Spoiler: Character Sheet. 

Real World.

Name:
Age:
Job: (If not in Lyens' office, they must come into contact with her in some way - live in the same building, etc..)
Physical Appearance: (picture or written description is fine.)
Personality:
History: (doesn't need to be extensive.)
Greatest Desire: (what do they want?)
Greatest Issue: (What do they need to overcome?)
Relationship to Lyen:

Dreamscape:

Name:
Age:
Job: (The dreamscape will be largely medieval fantasy type thing, so something that fits with that. Be creative )
Physical Appearance: (should be close enough to real world appearance to be recognisable as the same person.)
Personality:
History: (doesn't need to be extensive.)
Greatest Desire: (what do they want?)
Greatest Issue: (What do they need to overcome?)
Relationship to Lyen:

Spoiler: Rules. 

1. The GM's are your new gods. Worship us, and obey our every word. Or be smited.
2. No Godmodding, or powerplaying, obviously. Abide by forum etiquette.
3. All RPA rules and conditions apply.
4. Offer a delicious dessert of your choice to show that you've read these rules.
5. This is an all-ages rp. Keep that in mind and keep it reasonable.
6. Please try to post at least 1-2 paragraphs. It's much easier for people to respond well to your posts when you give them some substance.

Accepted Characters.

Lyen Stilhold -ZeeZee

Adrian Wyatt/Lady Adrienna Wylde -G
-boss/ruler-

Jason Walker/James Jones -crazydawg444
-coworker/blacksmith-

Aaron Oakes/Flinn Tiber -the Imposter
-writer/servant-

Raiyne Eurseg/Enyiar -Equilita
sister
-game designer/bard-

Julie Skys/Lahari -moondream
-coworker/lady knight-

[crazydawg444]

is there a limit to the length of each post

[G]

Post length requirements added to rules.

[crazydawg444]

1-2 paragraphs, that should be simple enough. as long as its not like 5, i couldnt do five every time. can i reserve the male co-worker/knight. i love a good knight role. and is it ok if we use anime or cartoon pictures? Some people dont like it, but it helps me visualize the story.

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I don't mind a picture, just spoiler it please. Post a cs when you're ready.

[crazydawg444]

Spoiler: Character sheet 

Real World.

Name: Jason Walker
Age: 25
Job: Works in Lyen's office
Physical Appearance:

Spoiler: picture 

Personality: He is very smart. He is conciderate of others and always tries to help. He enjoys history and ythology and loves making refferences to his knowledge of them.
History: jason came from a normal family. Then his parents were killed in a mugging when he was nine-years-old. He went into a depression as he went to an orphanage, since none of his relatives wanted him. He was adopted at the age of eleven, and given a nice home with a forty year old woman who could not give birth due to medical problems. He fed off her kindness and wanted to give people happiness like she gave him.
Greatest Desire: To make a difference in someone's life
Greatest Issue: He is very vain at times. He will often praise himself, and he knows he does this but will catch himself doing it at times.
Relationship to Lyen: a co-worker and friend

Dreamscape:

Name: James Jones
Age: 25
Job: Blacksmith
Physical Appearance:

Spoiler: picture 

Personality: He will go out of his way to help others. He often donates most of his earnings to orphanages and chapels or temples. He loves to show off his intelligence.
History: His father was a traveling merchant. He went to all corners of the world, and learned much. It was durung these travels that he grew a love of two things, helping and contibuting. His father helped many people on their journies and by the time James was nineteen he left his father. He became a blacksmith to help others in their travels.
Greatest Desire: He wants to be help and protect others
Greatest Issue: He is very narssisistic
Relationship to Lyen: an aquaintance from town

i hope that thats ok. i also hope the pictures look similar enough.

[G]

Um, the real world part of the sheet looks fine to me, though the picture isn't working. But with the dreamscape part, well... I guess it's a bit too contradictory to who he really is. Like, his greatest desire going from 'make a difference in someone's life' to 'being very rich' is just a bit too much of a stretch. Can you change James a bit to make him match better with Jason?

Remember that the dreamscape is created in Lyen's mind, so how the people she knows appear there will be affected by what she knows of them.

[crazydawg444]

good point i should have thought about that. sorry, i wasn't really paying attention as much as i should, i have not had much sleep lately. But what is wrong with the picture?

[crazydawg444]

i fixed it, i hope it works now. sorry again i was kinda zoned out for a bit and tried making James a little more unique to Jason.

[ZeeZee]

Yay, it's up!