Champions of Idun (OOC/Signup)

[Salroka]

CHAMPIONS OF IDUN

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Many years ago, the world was torn apart by mankind. War, famine, pollution, crime, and more... no country was spared the consequences of humanity's hubris. Billions perished as people fought over scraps of food, over trickles of water, over who would deliver them from their suffering... until there were less than ten million humans left alive. Realizing that the future held only extinction if this continued, the remaining world leaders pooled what resources they had and saw to the construction of the city that would come to be known as Idun.

A massive clockwork city powered by both geothermal and nuclear energy, Idun was a marvel of engineering. To maximize living and working space, its walls and buildings towered high into the sky as well as delving deep into the earth. This also allowed the city to tap into many deep aquifers to slake the thirsts of its many inhabitants and irrigate the immense greenhouses used to grow the city's food. The world had been saved, in a sense. Not the whole of it... but enough of it.

Still, there is unrest. Some question how such a city can operate so smoothly. Others are unhappy that their taxes are so high. Nevermind the fact their basic needs, such as water and electricity, are all met. And a few have been outspoken and even violent in their distrust of the city's leadership. Any such outbursts are generally dealt with harshly, so as to dissuade further violence... but that never lasts as long as the authorities would like.

Those who commit serious crimes are exiled to the polluted and inhospitable wastes outside the city walls, as Idun's finite resources cannot support a large system to incarcerate these criminals for extended periods of time. Minor crimes are dealt with via resource penalties. For example, someone caught stealing from a shop might have their power cut off during set times of the day or their ration chips restricted for several weeks. It is not a perfect system, but it works.

Rumors have been circulating about the automated systems keeping Idun running, though. A few nutcases here and there are always saying things like "There are demons running this city" or "Your sandwich there is actually made from dead 'exiles', not animal meat" or even things like "I swear I saw some guy literally run up the side of the central spire last week." ... and every now and then, a tabloid picks up on one of these stories to gain publicity and hands the crazies a few ration chips for the stories.

One thing concerns some of Idun's older citizens, though. The crazy stories? Maybe they're not so crazy. After all, they are always the same general tales. Even the ones about people doing impossible things often followed a theme. If they were so crazy, wouldn't they be different or more outlandish? In the five centuries since Idun was founded, only a select few had ever been assigned to maintenance duty in the greenhouses and utility sections. Why? Was the city just that autonomous? Or was there something to hide...

You are one of the around eight million denizens of Idun. You go about your life in whatever manner you are accustomed to. Are you a baker, making sweets not covered by ration chips for folks to buy on special occasions? Maybe a factory worker, processing rations to feed the masses? Perhaps an athlete on one of the city's menagerie of sports teams? A musician? A journalist? A mechanic? Regardless of your profession, your world suddenly changes and you are unsure what to do.

Last night, you awoke in a sweat. ... no... awoke is not the right word... it was like a waking dream. You were not quite asleep, but neither were you awake. A womanly figure shrouded in a silvery light appeared before you in your room and spoke of the atrocities committed in the belly of Idun. The automated zones are not so automated as the people are led to believe. She says that "exiles" are corralled and controlled as if they were less than dirt. Enslaved. Abused. Raped. Beaten. Murdered. Why? All to keep those above living in luxury.

Many have tried, she says, to change the city and free Idun's mercilessly oppressed underclass. You hear of them sometimes from the "crazies", who speak of people doing unlikely or even impossible things. It seems the stories are not so crazy as they seem. Are the other stories true as well? She cannot tell you, for time grows short and some things must be learned first hand. Touching your forehead, she says "A parting gift for Idun's newest champions"... champions? But you are only one person. Wait! Don't go! There are so many questi-... your alarm buzzes annoyingly in the background as you spring to alertness once more.

Perhaps you brush it off as a weird dream. Perhaps you think about it all day. Either way, you soon find you have an unusual ability that you did not have before the dream. This is not good. Soon you might be the one the crazies are talking about... and then the police will probably come for you. Will you hide this gift and try to live your life as usual? Will you become a criminal by using your power to exploit those beneath you? Will you usher in change for the better and try to save those trapped in the automated zones?

This is your story... now turn the page and see what happens next.

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RULES

1.Obvious but obligatory. Follow all RPA Rules.

2. This RP will be fairly sandbox-y. If you are expecting a linear experience, this is not the RP for you. There is a plot, but it will be up to the players to discover it.

3. I am always willing to consider the stances of my players. If you have an idea, let me know. If you have an issue, let me know. My office is always open. But if I say something is final, it is final. I advise you not argue it at that point.

4. Your power is assigned, not chosen. If you want to write a story for your character based on your power, you will obviously need to roll your power first.

5. Your character can be from pretty much any walk of life. However, they may not be in politics, city planning, or an exile. Chances are fair that there are other roles I do not want players to be, but I cannot think of them at the moment. I will let you know if you pick a career that is off-limits.

6. This RP is not for short posts. The general accepted MINIMUM is two paragraphs per post.

7. If you have an argument or beef with another player, do NOT air it out in the OOC. Bring it to me and I will try to mediate. If it is particularly bad, take it to RPA Staff.

8. Write "An apple a day" at the end of your CS so I know you read these rules.

9. Do not post OOC material in the IC thread and do not post IC material in the OOC thread.

10. Characters are allowed to become romantic or intimate, but do not go into explicit detail. Sex scenes must "fade to black". NO character under the age of 18 may be part of such a relationship.

11. Writing should be done in third-person, not first-person. That is using he or she instead of I when referring to your character. You may also refer to them by name, as that is also third-person.

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CS TEMPLATE

Image at top of CS, please and thank you.

Name:
Age: (16-50)
Gender: (Male or Female)

Career: ( Give a short [2 sentence or so] description of what your character does for a living)

History: ( Detailed, 3 paragraph minimum. What was your life like before being blessed with the gift you were given? What were you doing when you discovered what your ability was? Do you have a family? Stuff like that. )

Power: ( Be sure to roll for your power, everyone. )

Possessions: ( What does your character have? Keep it reasonable, please. )

Hacksilver: ( 1 Hacksilver Bit is about the same as $1USD. Hacksilver Coin is about the same as $10USD for larger amounts, Hacksilver Scrip is used, which is paper money. Each slip of Scrip is about the same as $50USD )

Ration Chips: Everyone starts with at least three but can have no more than seven.

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ACTIVE ROSTER

Sivil Ann Gardner, played by Kortaga
Dillon Doyle, played by Kiro Akira
Ardan Malétma, played by IsaacGaming
Allison Zeigler, played by Dunwich
Johnny Jones, played by Cfavano
Carrie Moore, played by Dawscombine
Dunkirk Silvas, played by Iwazuma

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Notable Citizens of Idun

Spoiler: Arthur Elfriede IV, Jericho PD 

A veteran of the force for the last fourteen years, Arthur has a distinguished career of service to the people of Jericho District. While some might think the 36 year old too young to be a police captain, his subordinates quickly jump to his defense. He is fair and level-headed most times, but refuses to go easy on individuals that cross the line and commit violent acts. Were it up to him, the bomber who was finally stopped in Harald district would not have been allowed to appear on television... and instead taken out by a sniper. Still, he does not question the judgments of the city's leadership. The chain of command is important, after all.

Spoiler: Jeanette Bradburton, the face of Idun's News 

Graduate of the Shanxi Academy of Journalism, Jeanette clawed her way to the top of the media by doing what she does best: telling the stories people want to hear. She always has a knack for snagging the attention of others, regardless of what the story is. A kid in Patroclus District selling his toys to help his friend afford a doctor for their pet? She gets everyone to feel for the boys and help them. A murderer pleads insanity in hopes of not being exiled? She digs into the meat of the story and brings you the facts. She may not be the most liked by her peers, but the city loves her. She is, after all, the face of Idun's most reliable news network.

Spoiler: Lautrec Kingston, Lead Vocalist from the Sable Spirits 

The Sable Spirits is a popular Hard Rock band hailing from the Harald District. They are known for hits such as "Claymore", "Usurper", and "Gilded City". Lautrec himself likes to say he's just a kid who likes to run his mouth into a microphone, but his fans tend to think he is downplaying it and that he is a musical genius with a humble streak. Whatever the case, his band's popularity led them to reach #1 on the Idun Top 50 List three times over the last six years. Success like that is rarely a fluke, and even Lautrec cannot downplay that. There is something about the music his band plays that people simply love.

[Kiro Akira]

Spoiler: Dillon Doyle 

Appearance Details:He often wears a Jacket. Along with a light blue shirt and blue jeans. His shoes are a pair of black running shoes.


Name:
Dillon Doyle

Age:
24

Gender:
Male

Career:
Musician.

Dillon's job is composing and writing up music. When he is not writing up music, his job is to perform and teach for other kids. Dillon gets booked for parties and plays music through the course of them. When he's home, he is setting up classes for younger children to learn how to play one of three instruments. The Violin, Piano and Flute.


History:

Spoiler: Bio 

Dillon was born into a small family, when he was born it was him and his two parents. For the first four years, his father worked days, while his mother worked nights. The two parents took care of him while attempting to keep the family financially stable. Five months after his fourth birthday, his mother birthed two twin little girls. Yet the birth brought forth multiple health problems for the mother.

As the family wasn't in the most fortunate state, and couldn't provide the proper funds to assist the mother into a better condition she passed away six months after the birth of Dianna and Alice Doyle. This had brought harder times onto the family, Dillon tried to do his best to help take care of his family but being such a young age he could do no more then change a diaper on his sisters.

Five years had passed, and Dillon was Nine years old. His sisters were only five themselves. Dillon and his siblings, being watched by a babysitter received a word only an hour before their father was supposed to be home speaking of him being mugged and murdered on the streets while on the way home that night. This planted the now family of three into an orphanage home for many years.

During the years of the orphanage, Dillon gained a passion for music. Finding it to be one of the few things he could confine in and find just the right tone of music for his feelings at the time. His personal favorite song was The River Flows by Yurima. He enjoyed the flow of music and eventually through listening to different types of songs played on the Piano, he became a self taught player. Adept at using the sounds, Dillon could play the song after hearing it a few times as long as he could hear it in the background to go off of.

As he grew older, Dillon learned to play violin through schooling. And eventually made something of himself in doing so. As he went into his senior year of schooling, he began to perform at small parties to begin with only asking for a small amount. Soon enough he bought his own Violin and some business cards where he eventually expanded his business to larger groups of people and gatherings. His price always depending on how many people he was planned to perform for.

Now that Dillon is older, he has gained a fairly decent business as a musician and has begun writing his own music composing it as he feels right. This wealth has bought him his own one bedroom apartment and pays rent fairly. While he has fallen on hard times Dillon always keeps in mind his job is a thing he loves to do and even if left homeless he’ll do what he can to keep his music going around and around.

Power:
Grace of Freyja:

Dillon can conjure up a cloak of Translucent feathers that drape down his back. In doing so, he can fly up to ten minutes a day as long as he doesn't go above 100m (328ft). His maximum speed can go up to 100km/h (60Mph). While the cloak is translucent, it is not intangible and can be damaged by attacks or other environmental hazards.


Possessions:
Not much, he carries around his flute and at times he will carry the violin around, his phone is often kept on him at all times in case he is needed on the spot for a job.

Dillon also keeps An Apple A day in his bag.



Hacksilver:
6 Bits
4 Coins
2 Scrip


Ration Chips:
5

[bluemoon]

I am interested!

[Dunwich]

This sounds fun. Looking forward to it.

[Cfavano]

wouldn't this fit better in sci fi or fantasy?

[Salroka]

I don't think it really fits in either one too well, as it is kinda both. So I plopped it in General. If staff wants to move it, they can.

Updated Opening Post with CS Template and additional rules.

And everyone please be sure to roll for your power. A dice roll app can do the job. Just roll a D20. That, or you can pick a number from 1 to 20. I would prefer you roll, though.

[Scottie]

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[Salroka]

@Kortaga - Looks fine, but please add an image at the top so people can get an idea what Sivil looks like. After that, I will PM you with your power. Also, she would have a couple hacksilver coins and a few bits. Even poor folks like me usually have a few dollars here or there.

also, I added a small detail to the CS Template.

[Kortaga]

If you want a real person or a different picture let me know. Also re-added character sheet with updated money stuffs. Looking forward to hearing my power and getting started!

Spoiler: Character Image 

Spoiler: Sivil Ann Gardner 

Name: Sivil Ann Gardener
Age: 22
Gender: Female

Career: Sivil works as a caretaker for a local orphanage. She works hard to make sure the children are taken care of. While she herself was an orphan and therefore uneducated she does not handle their teaching. She mostly aims to act as a mother for these children when the need one as an example. She is staff, she is not the manager nor is she involved in how things are run, though she tries to throw in her opinion.

History: Sivil was born and raised in a small house. She barely remembers it. Thinking back to those times often brings a small warmth back to her heart. She has almost healed from the loss. A fire took Sivil’s home from her and a reason was never truly found. She ended up at an orphanage. While she did not pay too much attention in her early years to schooling she did focus on athletics. Eventually this caught the attention of someone who wanted her to run errands. These errands, while she did not know it at the time were illegal.

Eventually the group was caught and she was punished just like everyone else. Thankfully they did not exile her. Once she realized she needed to be more careful she started to focus on her studies. She was terribly behind though. It was then that she decided she needed to be the person to keep these kids out of the streets getting into trouble. She decided she would never leave the orphanage and eventually learned child care, psychology, and housekeeping.

Cooking was particularly challenging considering the rations but she made due with what she had. Things have only been getting worse for the orphanage and one night she has a dream…she awakens and discovers she has a gift that she thought only in fairy tails. The real questions for her now is…what should she do? Are there others? Should she just forget about it…she feels she has no choice.

Power: Sleipnir's Stride: You can run up to 150km/h and can run up to 200m along a vertical surface. If running normally, yoi can maintain this speed for up to thirty minutes, but must rest for one hour for each five minutes you run at this speed. Short bursts of speed (one minute or less) require one half hour of rest. If running up a building or wall, you must reach the top within the 200m stated or fall to the ground... and likely perish.

Possessions: Very little, only what is in her room provided by the orphanage, so very little.

Hacksilver: 3 hacksilver coin and 5 hacksilver bits…maybe An apple a day? : 3

[Cfavano]