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"Time is but an illusion, to cause us all confusion. Take one man who tried to stand, against the flow. See how he was brought down so low..."
-Unknown
Tick
On the streets of New York, a veritable jungle burst forth from the streets at peoples very feet.
Tock
In Canada sightings of large animals are on the rise, some call them Mammoths in scope.
Tick
In Russia Horseman are seen in the Wilderness, one would describe them as Mongolians, Mongolia has yet to respond.
Tock
A Colosseum long sense ceased in the art of blood shed, now has echoes of battles in the night.
Ti-
A space ship(?) lands in the San Francisco Bay, hundreds flock to it, and boats go to investigate it. The internet calls it a joke as it floats on the sea, until one clearly points out that it floats above the sea.
...
A knight is seen riding in L.A, many assume it is a joke or a prank.
...
A plane flies over Florida, its only passenger surprised at what she sees, and still mourning the loss of her navigator and friend.
Something has gone wrong with Time itself, you are just someone who gets caught, or rather stuck, in a wrong moment. Be you from pasts, presents, or futures, how will you survive or even solve this?
An adventure with no goal except for perhaps making time whole? It is up to you for what you do, this is simple and true.
Safety perhaps, free from time and its horrid way, finding a future with a brighter day, or simply living giving more then what you have to say.
Questions and Comments?
FAQ
Paradoxes?-There may or may not be them, but no worries, I'll keep them under control?
Balancing?-Let me put it this way, if you can take down a fully armed 4 man tank with machine gun on top in DIRECT combat, you might be a tad over powered.
Races?-This takes place on Earth, maybe divergent evolution and what not can be played, but aliens are a rarity, and gene-splicing is mostly a future thing. Robots, Cyborgs, and Augmented Humans are just fine.
Magic?-Evident and present.
You do not Choose were you get to Begin. Please send me your sheets via personal message.
(For Copying and Pasting! See Below for more Information)
Name:
Background:
Age & Gender/Race:
Height & Weight:
Appearance:
History:
Reason to be here/things to do:
Personality:
Powers:
Notable skills:
Equipment
Name:(Obvious)
Background:(This is not your personal history, just 3 things that should be known, oh! And your known LANGUAGES)One of the trickiest things for character creation will be time period, to simplify it I'll prefer you to keep it down to 3 vital pieces. You can elaborate on each further if you wish, or simply keep them short simple and sweet when you answer them.
THERE IS NO SINGLE TIMELINE that we adhere to in any case for characters background, you can if you wish work with others.
Events can be wild, skewed, and out there, it's up to you to see if you create something that can be believed.
Period-A time frame in HISTORY or the future, I.E 1800's, 20XX, 30XX, or even 10,000 years from now.
Era-This means, well the obvious. Feudal, Industrial, Colonial, etc. Modern is one, but this can also include attached to it specifics. I.E Modern-Zombie Apocalypse, Industrial-Steam Punk, Modern-Supah Powahs, etc. Most of the time you can post anything, but much of the time I'll nerf/balance it if I think it is to outrageous or out of place at the time.
Origin-In the event you are a time traveler, magician, super powered being, technomancy wizard, or something or another, state so HOW you just went through time. I can accept things as simple as a hole in space/time or otherwise, or even looking in to a NOMB field.
Age & Gender/Race:(Obvious, Race is for Ethnicity, or on occasion mixture of species/tech. I.E Cyborg, Gene Spliced, Meta-Human, etc.)
Height & Weight:(Obvious)
Appearance:(Obvious, please be in the clothes you exit your time from and current location then)
History:(Obvious, but your personal history before time traveling events, and after, disruptions are occurring throughout, up to you either making a jump/travel/flash/doing the 88, or any other title for time travel stuff)
Reason to be here/things to do:(Any overarching goal or quest you are on? You do not need one but still. In any game you don't need to always play the hero, sometimes you can just be a protagonist.)
Personality:(Obvi., motivations, reactions, habits, etc.)
Powers:(Anything that exceeds human limits or modern science and skills)
Notable skills:(Any and everything on you, details for future or magic skills that are inherent)
Equipment(Any and everything on you, and their use)Clothing, armor, weapons, food, money, aids
<spoiler=Some Example Sheets>Name:Fredrick "Franken" Bartol
Background:Period:20XX, Modern-Zombie Apocalypse, Origin:Falling down scaffolding in to a dumpster, turns out random worm hole.
Speaks English of all forms and can do a decent accent and mannerisms of Irish, British, and Nearly any other known variant. Speaks Spanish and Mandarin as well up to at least 2010 standards.
Age & Gender/Race:28 Male, 98%(?) Human, 2% Parasitic Virus
Height & Weight:5'9" weighing in at 121 lbs.
Appearance:Lean, muscular, and shaved black hair, he looks like a combination of a male model and a shut-in. He's tan below his knees and shoulders to a healthy brown, but his chest and covered areas are white enough that a difference is clear as any Caucasian.
His eyes are a common brown with a rather defined nose, his face well rounded as well. Sunken and looking like he has gone through countless nights without rest, it's offset by the fact his teeth are almost blindingly white and straight.
History:Growing up in the Bay Area, Fredrick has forgotten nearly every one he knew and loved sense the Apocalypse. Easier that way (The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later. -HHGTG) he tells himself every day.
Around 10 years ago some virus rose out from beyond science, were it came from and how it came to is a mystery he still hadn't solved before the time mishap. It killed people relatively slowly, and was blamed on food for the most part, until low and behold the dead began to walk.
The usual events happened, Panic, "Riots", Massacres and Military intervention, the whole shebang.
Eventually a small community formed in the Bay Area, using the wide and varied hills, solar/wind power, and the coast to provide for what they could. It fell apart soon enough, boats were scuttled, and people were troubled, and in the end Fredrick was left all alone as far as he knew.
The first year was spent running and surviving, the next building and getting back to a community, followed by a year of fears and failures, and the rest with solitude and learning.
As far as he concerned he is a Jack-of-All-Trades, and nothing else good came from the years sense.
Well besides finding out that the Virus is really a Parasite, that it may or may not be created off-world or by science, reading/playing a bunch of video games, books, and doing life-sized games of mouse trap among other things.
He also may have been infected(?), then again that was when he wasn't very grounded in reality, but he's pretty sure he heals faster and can't feel things as much anymore.
On a routine check up for a mall he rigged with scaffolding, a helicopter, and what he considered his main base (including useable parking lot/sweet ass rope bridge, gaming station, etc.) he accidentally fell in to a dumpster.
Quite (in)sane, he is on a quest to find the right present, both obsessive and meticulous, he might be called a tad suicidal.
Reason to be here/things to do:Looking for the right time.
Personality:A Nerd, Geek, (In)Sane, Jack-of-all-trades, he goes through moods swings but is usually quite amicable. At the same time he is decisive and headstrong at times when the going gets tough, for better or worse, he can be hard to reason with.
Tendency to make jokes or comments only he gets, and you can think of him in the mind set of a teenager at times.
Powers:Possible increased healing factor, numb to a small degree of pain (dulled vision and hearing/taste, then again this may just be from bad habits/good habits)
Notable skills:Jack-of-All-Trades in common workings with machines, wiring, electricity, and weaponry to a modern standard, a well-learned and read man indeed. Can hunt, fight and do quite a lot with most weapons before 2000's.
EquipmentTBC
Play Thread, Go here if your sheet is approved.
"Time is but an illusion, to cause us all confusion. Take one man who tried to stand, against the flow. See how he was brought down so low..."
-Unknown
Tick
On the streets of New York, a veritable jungle burst forth from the streets at peoples very feet.
Tock
In Canada sightings of large animals are on the rise, some call them Mammoths in scope.
Tick
In Russia Horseman are seen in the Wilderness, one would describe them as Mongolians, Mongolia has yet to respond.
Tock
A Colosseum long sense ceased in the art of blood shed, now has echoes of battles in the night.
Ti-
A space ship(?) lands in the San Francisco Bay, hundreds flock to it, and boats go to investigate it. The internet calls it a joke as it floats on the sea, until one clearly points out that it floats above the sea.
...
A knight is seen riding in L.A, many assume it is a joke or a prank.
...
A plane flies over Florida, its only passenger surprised at what she sees, and still mourning the loss of her navigator and friend.
Something has gone wrong with Time itself, you are just someone who gets caught, or rather stuck, in a wrong moment. Be you from pasts, presents, or futures, how will you survive or even solve this?
An adventure with no goal except for perhaps making time whole? It is up to you for what you do, this is simple and true.
Safety perhaps, free from time and its horrid way, finding a future with a brighter day, or simply living giving more then what you have to say.
Questions and Comments?
FAQ
Paradoxes?-There may or may not be them, but no worries, I'll keep them under control?
Balancing?-Let me put it this way, if you can take down a fully armed 4 man tank with machine gun on top in DIRECT combat, you might be a tad over powered.
Races?-This takes place on Earth, maybe divergent evolution and what not can be played, but aliens are a rarity, and gene-splicing is mostly a future thing. Robots, Cyborgs, and Augmented Humans are just fine.
Magic?-Evident and present.
You do not Choose were you get to Begin. Please send me your sheets via personal message.
(For Copying and Pasting! See Below for more Information)
Name:
Background:
Age & Gender/Race:
Height & Weight:
Appearance:
History:
Reason to be here/things to do:
Personality:
Powers:
Notable skills:
Equipment
Name:(Obvious)
Background:(This is not your personal history, just 3 things that should be known, oh! And your known LANGUAGES)One of the trickiest things for character creation will be time period, to simplify it I'll prefer you to keep it down to 3 vital pieces. You can elaborate on each further if you wish, or simply keep them short simple and sweet when you answer them.
THERE IS NO SINGLE TIMELINE that we adhere to in any case for characters background, you can if you wish work with others.
Events can be wild, skewed, and out there, it's up to you to see if you create something that can be believed.
Period-A time frame in HISTORY or the future, I.E 1800's, 20XX, 30XX, or even 10,000 years from now.
Era-This means, well the obvious. Feudal, Industrial, Colonial, etc. Modern is one, but this can also include attached to it specifics. I.E Modern-Zombie Apocalypse, Industrial-Steam Punk, Modern-Supah Powahs, etc. Most of the time you can post anything, but much of the time I'll nerf/balance it if I think it is to outrageous or out of place at the time.
Origin-In the event you are a time traveler, magician, super powered being, technomancy wizard, or something or another, state so HOW you just went through time. I can accept things as simple as a hole in space/time or otherwise, or even looking in to a NOMB field.
Age & Gender/Race:(Obvious, Race is for Ethnicity, or on occasion mixture of species/tech. I.E Cyborg, Gene Spliced, Meta-Human, etc.)
Height & Weight:(Obvious)
Appearance:(Obvious, please be in the clothes you exit your time from and current location then)
History:(Obvious, but your personal history before time traveling events, and after, disruptions are occurring throughout, up to you either making a jump/travel/flash/doing the 88, or any other title for time travel stuff)
Reason to be here/things to do:(Any overarching goal or quest you are on? You do not need one but still. In any game you don't need to always play the hero, sometimes you can just be a protagonist.)
Personality:(Obvi., motivations, reactions, habits, etc.)
Powers:(Anything that exceeds human limits or modern science and skills)
Notable skills:(Any and everything on you, details for future or magic skills that are inherent)
Equipment(Any and everything on you, and their use)Clothing, armor, weapons, food, money, aids
<spoiler=Some Example Sheets>Name:Fredrick "Franken" Bartol
Background:Period:20XX, Modern-Zombie Apocalypse, Origin:Falling down scaffolding in to a dumpster, turns out random worm hole.
Speaks English of all forms and can do a decent accent and mannerisms of Irish, British, and Nearly any other known variant. Speaks Spanish and Mandarin as well up to at least 2010 standards.
Age & Gender/Race:28 Male, 98%(?) Human, 2% Parasitic Virus
Height & Weight:5'9" weighing in at 121 lbs.
Appearance:Lean, muscular, and shaved black hair, he looks like a combination of a male model and a shut-in. He's tan below his knees and shoulders to a healthy brown, but his chest and covered areas are white enough that a difference is clear as any Caucasian.
His eyes are a common brown with a rather defined nose, his face well rounded as well. Sunken and looking like he has gone through countless nights without rest, it's offset by the fact his teeth are almost blindingly white and straight.
History:Growing up in the Bay Area, Fredrick has forgotten nearly every one he knew and loved sense the Apocalypse. Easier that way (The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later. -HHGTG) he tells himself every day.
Around 10 years ago some virus rose out from beyond science, were it came from and how it came to is a mystery he still hadn't solved before the time mishap. It killed people relatively slowly, and was blamed on food for the most part, until low and behold the dead began to walk.
The usual events happened, Panic, "Riots", Massacres and Military intervention, the whole shebang.
Eventually a small community formed in the Bay Area, using the wide and varied hills, solar/wind power, and the coast to provide for what they could. It fell apart soon enough, boats were scuttled, and people were troubled, and in the end Fredrick was left all alone as far as he knew.
The first year was spent running and surviving, the next building and getting back to a community, followed by a year of fears and failures, and the rest with solitude and learning.
As far as he concerned he is a Jack-of-All-Trades, and nothing else good came from the years sense.
Well besides finding out that the Virus is really a Parasite, that it may or may not be created off-world or by science, reading/playing a bunch of video games, books, and doing life-sized games of mouse trap among other things.
He also may have been infected(?), then again that was when he wasn't very grounded in reality, but he's pretty sure he heals faster and can't feel things as much anymore.
On a routine check up for a mall he rigged with scaffolding, a helicopter, and what he considered his main base (including useable parking lot/sweet ass rope bridge, gaming station, etc.) he accidentally fell in to a dumpster.
Quite (in)sane, he is on a quest to find the right present, both obsessive and meticulous, he might be called a tad suicidal.
Reason to be here/things to do:Looking for the right time.
Personality:A Nerd, Geek, (In)Sane, Jack-of-all-trades, he goes through moods swings but is usually quite amicable. At the same time he is decisive and headstrong at times when the going gets tough, for better or worse, he can be hard to reason with.
Tendency to make jokes or comments only he gets, and you can think of him in the mind set of a teenager at times.
Powers:Possible increased healing factor, numb to a small degree of pain (dulled vision and hearing/taste, then again this may just be from bad habits/good habits)
Notable skills:Jack-of-All-Trades in common workings with machines, wiring, electricity, and weaponry to a modern standard, a well-learned and read man indeed. Can hunt, fight and do quite a lot with most weapons before 2000's.
EquipmentTBC
