Lightless City (A Creepypasta RP)-interest thread/sign up (Open, Not Started)
- Thread starter Froggy Slayer
- Start date
Recommended Videos
maninahat said:
Youre 100% correct ! A while ago I was apprehensive thinking that my character would meet his untimely demise very quickly, but then I realized - it's going to be more challenging and fun this way. I must admit, your character is my personal favourite so far, he really stands out from the others and very believable.
I am curious how far my character could get in a horror scenario. He won't be able to sprint anywhere and he's not going to hold up in a fight - so that means I have to be either extra careful, or very good at keeping the young bloods between me and the fray. Perhaps he'll get killed after five minutes and I'll have to roll a slightly more hale and hearty character. Who knows.pierre666lol said:
I based the phobia off of a person I knew for real. What made it worse was that she actually worked as a haberdasher. As long as she avoided noticing buttons she was fine, but one day, whilst she was trying to squeeze through a small gap, a button popped off of her shirt. She was completely petrified the moment she realized what had happened, and remained that way until I could get the button out of sight.DarkRawen said:
It's odd, but that isn't even the oddest phobia I've heard. Her niece was terrified of fishes (specifically their eyes), a guy I talked to the other day had a fear of open grand pianos (and their visceral looking interior), and even I get funny feelings when I see toenails being clipped.
Wow, seriously? People have it rough. I mean, I know people have these kinds of phobias, but when you hear of actual people with them it's a completely different thing. Closest thing to a phobia I have i getting hit by a car, and that's not a phobia, considering it's not very illogical.maninahat said:
Edit: I notice now that this might seem kind of rude, but I don't have any rude intentions, so I'm sorry if that's how it is. I'm just bad at putting what I feel into words (when it's my own opinions or questions)
It's interesting, but I'm even more interested as to how you'll pull it off in a horror context without it seeming comedic ("Ah, a monster made entirely of buttons!"). That's not to say you can't mix comedy and horror together to great effect ("John Dies in the End" is a brilliant example).maninahat said:
And that's not me being snarky, I really am curious. I can actually think of at least one way to make buttons creepy (i.e. that movie Coraline).
It's generally a very good game plan for any of thoose situations Mr. Maninahat. Here's hoping you keep the same awesome character through whatever RP has to offer.maninahat said:
Do you mean the people in the thread? If so I do if you had a question, or are you talking about the characters?Froggy Slayer said:
I thought the point of the knives would be as a tool, not a weapon.maninahat said:What if he was defeated by ten guys with ten penknives? I think we might be in with a chance against the Slender man.James Joseph Emerald said:Hah, the funniest part is that in this kind of horror setting, it doesn't seem like a weapon (particularly a knife) would even be useful.DarkRawen said:Imagine the arguments, everyone suddenly pulls out knives and start waving them around.If it helps, my character doesn't carry any weapons.maninahat said:
Any bad guy who can be defeated with a penknife is a pretty pathetic bad guy.
I have a couple of penknives in real life, but I always forget to bring them. Luckily, I very rarely have to dig bullets out of people's legs. It's kind of convenient that everyone remembers to bring theirs along for the RPG, but meh, never mind.
That's correct, but people will inevitably try to weaponize them if they can't find anything better.oversizedant said:I thought the point of the knives would be as a tool, not a weapon.maninahat said:What if he was defeated by ten guys with ten penknives? I think we might be in with a chance against the Slender man.James Joseph Emerald said:Hah, the funniest part is that in this kind of horror setting, it doesn't seem like a weapon (particularly a knife) would even be useful.DarkRawen said:Imagine the arguments, everyone suddenly pulls out knives and start waving them around.If it helps, my character doesn't carry any weapons.maninahat said:
Any bad guy who can be defeated with a penknife is a pretty pathetic bad guy.
I have a couple of penknives in real life, but I always forget to bring them. Luckily, I very rarely have to dig bullets out of people's legs. It's kind of convenient that everyone remembers to bring theirs along for the RPG, but meh, never mind.
I don't plan for my character to have it at first, just when creepy shit actually starts to happen. Even then, yeah, a knife won't do a thing to slendy. Perhaps Jeff, but he can be killed fairly easily me thinks.
I don't live near a forest unfortunately :\
I don't live near a forest unfortunately :\
Seems Idaho or something would be great - big state, most heavily forested in the US. Post Falls as the city - plenty of space and surrounded by quite a lot of tree covered mountains?Froggy Slayer said:
Not that I live in the US - this is all based on 10 minutes on google.
I'm in the northern End of Utah and there are quite a few heavily forested areas in and around here, with streams and mountains and suchFroggy Slayer said:
If that works, lemme know
Pretty good; the character cards all seem to be in order. There's one more person who's character card I'm waiting to see, but after that we're essentially ready to go.maninahat said:
Name: Thana Corbin
Age:24
Height: 5?7?
Eye Colour: Grey
Hair: Long wavy blonde hair.
Clothing: Expensive designer clothing, dark navy boot cut levi jeans, black boots, lilac pussy-bow blouse and a black leather jacket. She adopts less fashionable clothes when killing and wears the comedy mask to both hide her appearance and frighten her targets.
Miscellaneous Appearance Descriptors: Tries her best to blend in, adopting the fashion styles of the then and now, whichever is the leading trend of the time, or whatever she feels like if she just can?t be bothered that day. She has sharp features and a thin build, she takes time over her a appearance, finding the right balance between standing out from the crowd and blending in. Preferring muted colours to bright ones, but something identifiable enough that she'll be recognised by her style of clothing.
Personality: Dancing on the edge of sanity since early in her life, Thana has finally slipped and fallen off, of course she wouldn't admit that herself. She believes her unique understanding of life just puts her at odds with the status quo. She has taken to acting out her life, not just the ones she has been given on stage, platitudes, compliments and lies easily roll of her tongue with her even really thinking about it.
Occupation: Theatre Actress, Serial killer
Abilities: Acting, Disguise and Planning.
Fears: Getting caught, being judged by others, being haunted by those she has killed.
Items:
A designer hand bag containing the following:
-Make up
-Car and house keys
-Smartphone
-Purse with her debit and credit cards, a few notes and some lose change
-Sunglasses
The contents of a black dufflebag she keeps hidden in her car:
-Knives
-Rope
-Gaffer tape
-Change of clothes, plain black hoody and jeans
-Comedy Mask
Background:
She grew up a normal household with a normal upbringing in a normal community. And like 30 percent of all teenagers in the USA - not that she was born there - was bullied to a severe extent, scarring her psyche. Nevertheless, she found comfort, submerging herself in the classic Shakespearean literature, she quickly became fond of the plays of that period obsessing over their finer details, especially those whose major themes were revenge, such as Macbeth and Hamlet. She isolated herself in the worlds that Shakespeare had created, imagining herself as the main characters, exacting her revenge on those who had ill treated her.
Her parents found her isolation from her peers disturbing and tried to encourage her into so called 'healthier' hobbies, playing sports, socialising, even gardening anything to stop her obsessing over the macabre tales she had found solace in. Despite their best efforts, each one failed. They started to feel that Thana was setting them up to fail and like her schoolyard tormentors, they started to despise her well. Nevertheless they carried on with their campaign to get her out of the house.
Relenting, they signed her up for drama school and went on to homeschool her in more academic subjects, certain that it was something she would stick with. The teachers there saw her talents, she wasn't just another actress, drunk on the dreams of finding fame and fortune or an, she didn't just play the parts, she lived them; the troubled Ophelia, the brooding Lady Macbeth, the tragic, innocent Desdemona and the star-crossed lover Juliet, not to mention the bewitching Cleopatra VII. But others were jealous of her talent and gossiped behind her back, spreading cruel rumours, vindictive little remarks that dug great emotional scars into her back. It was just like high-school again.
One night after hearing about being called some particularly bad things, she snapped. She invited the gossiper over, to discuss part of the play the rehearsing, her true intent was to confront here about the name calling and rumour mongering and tell her if it didn't end she would file an official l complaint. All she got however was rebuttal after rebuttal, the woman claimed that it was just Thana own lack self-confidence that made her here these things, that no one had been gossiping about her or calling her names.
Lair. She knew the woman was lying. She hated it, hated her, hated every word she spoke.
That knife on the counter top did look tempting though.
Age:24
Height: 5?7?
Eye Colour: Grey
Hair: Long wavy blonde hair.
Clothing: Expensive designer clothing, dark navy boot cut levi jeans, black boots, lilac pussy-bow blouse and a black leather jacket. She adopts less fashionable clothes when killing and wears the comedy mask to both hide her appearance and frighten her targets.
Miscellaneous Appearance Descriptors: Tries her best to blend in, adopting the fashion styles of the then and now, whichever is the leading trend of the time, or whatever she feels like if she just can?t be bothered that day. She has sharp features and a thin build, she takes time over her a appearance, finding the right balance between standing out from the crowd and blending in. Preferring muted colours to bright ones, but something identifiable enough that she'll be recognised by her style of clothing.
Personality: Dancing on the edge of sanity since early in her life, Thana has finally slipped and fallen off, of course she wouldn't admit that herself. She believes her unique understanding of life just puts her at odds with the status quo. She has taken to acting out her life, not just the ones she has been given on stage, platitudes, compliments and lies easily roll of her tongue with her even really thinking about it.
Occupation: Theatre Actress, Serial killer
Abilities: Acting, Disguise and Planning.
Fears: Getting caught, being judged by others, being haunted by those she has killed.
Items:
A designer hand bag containing the following:
-Make up
-Car and house keys
-Smartphone
-Purse with her debit and credit cards, a few notes and some lose change
-Sunglasses
The contents of a black dufflebag she keeps hidden in her car:
-Knives
-Rope
-Gaffer tape
-Change of clothes, plain black hoody and jeans
-Comedy Mask
Background:
She grew up a normal household with a normal upbringing in a normal community. And like 30 percent of all teenagers in the USA - not that she was born there - was bullied to a severe extent, scarring her psyche. Nevertheless, she found comfort, submerging herself in the classic Shakespearean literature, she quickly became fond of the plays of that period obsessing over their finer details, especially those whose major themes were revenge, such as Macbeth and Hamlet. She isolated herself in the worlds that Shakespeare had created, imagining herself as the main characters, exacting her revenge on those who had ill treated her.
Her parents found her isolation from her peers disturbing and tried to encourage her into so called 'healthier' hobbies, playing sports, socialising, even gardening anything to stop her obsessing over the macabre tales she had found solace in. Despite their best efforts, each one failed. They started to feel that Thana was setting them up to fail and like her schoolyard tormentors, they started to despise her well. Nevertheless they carried on with their campaign to get her out of the house.
Relenting, they signed her up for drama school and went on to homeschool her in more academic subjects, certain that it was something she would stick with. The teachers there saw her talents, she wasn't just another actress, drunk on the dreams of finding fame and fortune or an, she didn't just play the parts, she lived them; the troubled Ophelia, the brooding Lady Macbeth, the tragic, innocent Desdemona and the star-crossed lover Juliet, not to mention the bewitching Cleopatra VII. But others were jealous of her talent and gossiped behind her back, spreading cruel rumours, vindictive little remarks that dug great emotional scars into her back. It was just like high-school again.
One night after hearing about being called some particularly bad things, she snapped. She invited the gossiper over, to discuss part of the play the rehearsing, her true intent was to confront here about the name calling and rumour mongering and tell her if it didn't end she would file an official l complaint. All she got however was rebuttal after rebuttal, the woman claimed that it was just Thana own lack self-confidence that made her here these things, that no one had been gossiping about her or calling her names.
Lair. She knew the woman was lying. She hated it, hated her, hated every word she spoke.
That knife on the counter top did look tempting though.
Knives for everyone :3
@Froggy Slayer: I'll add some info on the murders in a bit, sorry it took so long to get the sheet up, but you know, life happens.