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A thousand years ago, a grand king made a fatal mistake. When he had come to power, he persecuted a number of magic users, on no grounds other than he was afraid of their power.
The witches and warlocks under his rule were understandably upset. Those still free began stirring up trouble by infecting livestock with magical diseases, turning valuable wells and rivers into useless mud pits, and hurling curses and jinxes at anyone who crossed their path.
What started out as harmless protests soon became much more violent. Witches and warlocks began killing entire villages, and used the blood of the dead to cause their magic to grow stronger, only to start the entire process over again.
Eventually, they began attacking the king's family and household. No one suspected much when a scullery maid fell ill, but everyone panicked when the king's daughter was turned into a rat.
But one warlock had had enough. Tired of all the fighting, he used all his power to trap the soul of every single magic user into a gemstone - including himself.
The king foolishly had the gemstones fashioned into elaborate jewelry, and decided to wear them himself. He wore five of the rings, all at once, along with a brilliant amethyst amulet around his neck. It wasn't very surprising when he was found dead the next day.
It looked like the warlocks had gotten their well-deserved revenge on the king after all.
The new king declared the gems dangerous, and had them sealed away in a hidden vault so no one would feel the wrath of his predecessor's mistakes. But nothing lasts forever.
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One thousand years later, a ruthless band of treasure hunters found the vault, and the jewels inside.
Their leader wasted no time in trying on several rings, bracelets, and amulets. But when he went to take them off, he found he couldn't.
His crew tried their best to remove them, but not even a sledge hammer could dent the golden casing, nor the jewel it held. Within a day, the captain was dead.
The hunters pawned off the remaining jewelry, not wanting anything to do with them. The gems made their way around the world, even in most countries, with the souls of the witches and warlocks still trapped inside.
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As they waited, the souls learned. When they were put on, they still latched to the wearer, and couldn't be removed by anything less than cutting the limb off.
But instead of killing the wearer instantly, they fed off of its life force little by little. Of course, the jewelry could slide off if it found its wearer unworthy, but that is rare.
A gem has the potential power to crack another, but only if aimed directly and using extremely powerful magic. It can be risky though. There is a 'point of no return' for artifact wearers. After a while, the warlock's soul has drained so much of their energy, it's the only thing keeping them alive. Cracking the gem would kill the wearer as well as the warlock.
In exchange for the person's life force, the jewelry gave the user certain powers, such as the ability to manipulate fire, or perform telekinesis, all individual to the warlock soul inside.
Of course, the wearer cannot access the warlock's full power, but that's just another price of imprisonment. Oh, and the jewel can actually talk to you as well telepathically. It can also talk to other jewels similar to it, and it can talk to other artifact wearers. How cool is that?
Whether you found your gem in a flea market or jewelry store, a museum or on the side of the road, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that you can't get it off.
Then there's that little voice inside your head. The little voice telling you that you can read minds, or control water, or something else equally fantastic.
You had every right to believe you were going crazy, and eventually, just to get that voice in your head to shut up, you did as it said.
It wasn't lying.
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But you weren't the only one to find an artifact. Others did too. And while some are in the same position you're in, a few of them sought out the warlock souls on purpose. They believe they can find away to free the soul, and bring the warlock back to life. They also think that the warlock will be indebted to them, and serve their commands.
This cult has found a few of the artifacts, but they want more, including the one attached to you. It doesn't matter how drastic the measures, they want it off, but they don't care what happens to you.
The cult is called The Unbinding. At the moment, it contains roughly 5,000 members. They're not just thugs off the street, however. Certain government officials were greedy enough to join, and as a consequence, what The Unbinding is doing is considered legal within their spheres of influence.
They've also managed to con a multi-millionaire or two. Which means funding isn't a problem. If the cult needs two dozen plane tickets to Africa, all they need to do is make a phone call.
The point here is: They're not people to be trifled with. And you're in their way.
Suggestions
1. From now on we'll call these special jewels, gems, jewelry or whatever, Artifacts. It's just easier that way, at least for me.
2. Remember that the artifacts are, in the long run, killing your human character. Most of the time, they aren't your friends. Your character might be power hungry enough to not want to remove the artifact, but they're gonna die because of it eventually. They won't die immediately, but wearing an artifact definitely won't do any favors for their lifespan.
3. Also remember it's incredibly hard to remove an artifact without the wearer dying, unless the artifact just plain wants to not be on the wearer, in which that case it would literally slide or open off. Even if the human hates the warlock, if the artifact wants to be there, it's not coming off.
4. Don't be afraid to make your artifact a conniving little gemstone. Maybe it 'forgot' to tell its wearer that it's draining his life force very slowly?
5. Don't be afraid to make your character freak out.
6. Of course, a gem has the potential power to crack another, but only if aimed directly and using extremely powerful magic. Just know that not many people would know this, actually, only a few gem wielders would know this. So, if you're trying to kill or harm another gem wielder, or shut down the gem, you won't most likely aim directly at a jewel with nearly all you've got, you would most likely try to kill the host.
Rules
1. The RP takes place in modern times.
2. Basic RP rules. Don't be overpowered, don't powerplay, don't metagame.
3. Put at least a little effort in your character sheet.
4. Ask for permission OOC before trying to kill a character, or trying to attempt to shatter another person's artifact.
5. Romance at your own risk.
6. Don't use the, "but it's not on the rules excuse" - more rules might be added later.
7. Please don't be a jerk, or cause too much drama OOC, but you can be a jerk IC.
8. No overpowered magic.
9. If an admin asks you to change something on your character sheet or with any of your posts, please listen.
10. The more powerful the spell, the more it takes out of your character, or the more exhausted your character will feel. If your character uses the artifact's full power, they would likely very much die, so be careful.
Admins
- Pickachugirl - owner
- Englandish
- Platypus73 - did most of everything
- Carnage8471 - helped with brainstorming and ideas
Character sheet - Human
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Bio: (optional)
Artifact; (you don't want to have one if you really don't want to. if you don't have one just put n/a)
Inventory: (things currently on you)
Alignment:
Other:
Character sheet - Artifact (REQUIRED if you want to use an artifact.)
Name:
Age: (approximations are ok)
Gender:
Type of Jewelry: (necklace, ring, bracelet, choker)
Type of Gem:
Appearance: (not a human appearance)
Only Active Magic: (the one and only magic-type thing the wearer can use.)
How was it found?:
Bio: (before it got caught. was it bad, or was it decent? optional)
Relationship with Wearer: (optional?) |
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marc12267Join Date: 2008-11-25
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What's the limit to active magic? Is it just things like controlling elements and telekinesis or can it be expanded to things like mind-reading or conjuring objects from thin air?
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i think controlling elements, telekinesis and those kinds of things would be fine, mind-reading would be okay but conjuring objects from thin air, changing space and time itself, the ability to instantly kill someone with just a snap of a finger is pushing it |
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All right, it's just you didn't give any boundaries for what is magic and what's just godmodding.
Of course there are TONS of possibilities, is there like a set list of magical abilities or can you just make stuff up and hope for the best? I want to join and have a unique type of magic, so I can be original, but it's so hard to see what's okay and what's not.
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ah sorry um
yeah you can just make up stuff and if it's not like controlling space and time or killing people instantly, or really anything vague that isn't explained at all like "controlling the darkness in people's hearts" it's fine. |
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foIieJoin Date: 2009-10-10
Post Count: 9504 |
Character sheet - Human
Name: Fenric Servaet
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance: (It seems lazy but it's not because IT TOOK FOREVER) prntscr.com/7loub2
Bio: fhskdhf
Artifact; A golden bracelet with an aqua-coloured gem
Inventory: Parasol, wallet, phone, pocket knife (with tools)
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Other: He's a bit... eccentric, to say the least.
Character sheet - Artifact
Name: Caliber
Age: 1050 years(?)
Gender: Male(?)
Type of Jewelry: Bracelet
Type of Gem: Malachite
Appearance: A gold bracelet with an oval-shaped malachite gem in the middle, surrounded by golden and silver lining.
Only Active Magic: Hallucikinesis - control of illusions and creation of illusions. However, Fenric isn't very skilled with it and can't do major hallucinations. It also saps a bit of his energy. Though, he is able to cover himself in an illusion (so as to look different to anyone else) easily, however not for elongated periods of time.
How was it found?: It was found in a labyrinth.
Bio: Similar to a Trickster - good, though enjoys stirring up trouble.
Relationship with Wearer: He thinks good of Fenric and enjoys his company. |
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Kk
Well here's my CS and I hope it's fine
Character sheet - Human
Name: Jack Sparks
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Appearance: A fairly small, thin man, Jack has long and pointed fingers and a hooked nose, which he conceals with thick rectangular-framed glasses that sit in front of his light brown eyes. His hair is a dark blond colour and is cut short around the edges, making his ears stick out. Jack also has some short, scratchy stubble. He can normally be seen wearing baggy jogging bottoms and a short-sleeved grey tee. He also has a scar at the top of his nose where someone once punched him and made his glasses cut into his skin.
Bio: He grew up in town with his family and was educated in a specialist languages college. Though he paid little attention in class, he has limited understanding of the Italian language and makes trips to Tuscany annually. Jack makes his keep by renting out bungalows that he inherited from his rich grandparents to holidaymakers.
Artifact: Lykos Masters; bracelet
Inventory: A black biro pen, black wallet containing some coins and a card, a piece of torn paper with someone's number scrawled on it.
Alignment: Lawful good.
Other: Drives a white Fiat Panda.
Character sheet - Artifact
Name: Lykos Masters
Age: 46 at time of imprisonment. Currently unknown but thought to be some number over between a 1000 and 1100 years.
Gender: Female
Type of Jewelry: Bracelet
Type of Gem: Crystal quartz
Appearance: A bronze-iron alloy bracelet, about three centimetres thick with a rectangular stone embedded in the top. Other than that the bracelet is completely featureless other than for some marks caused by gradual rusting.
Only Active Magic: Control of nearby animals
How was it found?: Lykos was bought at a jewellery shop by a Tuscan waiter. She later deemed him unworthy and slipped off, dropping on the floor near Jack's table in a restaurant. He saw it and tried it on before discovering it was stuck.
Bio: Lykos, as a witch, was subject to curses by her peers and lived at the edge of some woodland, setting nearby animals on whoever tried to come and find her. She did, however, live with her 'pet' bat and loved it like a son.
Relationship with Wearer: Negative - she sees potential in Jack but is constantly frustrated by his unwillingness to obey her instructions, even though he is terrified of her.
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both english and senpaisaur are accepted
when do you guys want to start? |
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any time
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Character sheet - Human
Name: William 'Will' Taylor
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance: Will could be described as 'forgettable'. If you passed him on the street, you probably wouldn't remember the skinny boy with spiky brown hair, narrow hazel eyes, and a great deal of freckles. It's a look Will's happy to have, since he's trying to stay under the radar. His clothes also reflect his wish for anonymity. He's normally wearing and old pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and a pair of tennis shoes. If it's cold enough, he'll put on a dark gray hoodie.
Bio: When Will was 13, his twin brother and best friend, Jacob, died in a car accident. Will hadn't been in the car at the time, but still gets nervous when riding in them. After his brother's death, Will became distant and moody. He pushed his friends and parents away. Which was why his parents were extremely surprised when, nearly four years late, he came home and wanted to speak to them. It turned out he had found a bracelet lying on the ground near a dumpster. He had put it on, but now couldn't get it off. His parents tried everything from bare hands to a crowbar, but nothing worked. In frustration, Will accidentally used his artifact's power: Seismokinesis. He knocked over a vase, and broke a picture frame or two, but nothing too bad. His parents panicked anyway, running out the door. A hurt and bewildered Will packed a bag and left the house. He had no intentions of returning. Word of his outburst got around, and The Unbinding picked up on it. They've been tracking the now homeless boy for a few weeks now. Will suspects something's up, but he's been blaming it on paranoia.
Artifact: Lyriad
Inventory: Aside from his few clothing items, Will carries a nondescript backpack that contains: a toothbrush, a near empty toothpaste container, a few spares of underwear, a sleeping bag, around seventy dollars in cash, a Swiss army knife, and a lighter.
Alignment: Neutral
Other: He's had his artifact for a few weeks, enough to learn it has dark intentions.
Character sheet - Artifact
Name: Lyriad Rivvae
Age: He's roughly 1,024, but Will claims he acts like a nine-year-old
Gender: Male
Type of Jewelry: Bracelet
Type of Gem: Kyanite
Appearance: The bracelet was fashioned to look like a silver serpent which wraps around the wrist twice before seeming to devour its own tail. Gold details highlight things such as scales and ridges, while a small kyanite gemstone takes the place of an eye.
Only Active Magic: Seismokinesis - The manipulation and generation of vibration
How was it found?: Will was walking through an alleyway when he spotted something shiny near a dumpster. When he realized it was a valuable looking bracelet, he put it on.
Bio: Lyriad was never very interested by the whole 'revenge on the king' thing, preferring just to use his magic for fun. But his older brother was neck deep in the conspiracy, and dragged Lyriad along. As a gemstone, Lyriad's brother telepathically urges him to use his powers for greater goals, but Lyriad is usually too busy trying to find out more about modern pop culture to care. He loves the 'future', and will hop from person to person just to find out more. Once he left his last wearer, his bracelet was thrown out. Luckily, he bounced out of the dumpster and was picked up by another human. He liked Will much better than some of the previous humans he'd met. He decided that the human child would provide him enough life energy to start listening to his brother. Lyriad still hasn't figured out why Will gets extremely annoyed whenever the topic of brothers comes up.
Relationship with Wearer: Lyriad likes Will and tries to strike up friendly chats. During one of those chats, Will learned that his life force was being drained, and got upset. Will also blames Lyriad for the fact that he left home. But despite all that, the one reason Will can't stand the talking gemstone is because it has a tendency to tell bad puns. |
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(I know I've been a huge jerk lately...
but this is absolutely amazing, not to mention original)
Name: Karen Evans
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Appearance: Karen is a decent-looking individual, although having a couple flaws here and there. Her hair is a dirty blonde, tumbling down just past her shoulders. Her eyes are a glittering emerald color. Her eyes are a bit larger than normal, and are very slightly almond-shaped as well. She has a thin nose and thin lips. Her stature is a bit shorter than usual for a twenty-five year old, about 6 feet tall. Her body shape is quite slim and she can look as if she's anorexic, but she really just has a high metabolism rate. She wears a dark blue simple t-shirt and jeans with black and pink Nike sneakers.
Artifact: Yes, she has an artifact.
Inventory: Karen carries an IPhone 4S, a flashlight and some pepper spray.
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.
Other: There isn't much else about Karen that is needed to know.
Artifact Sheet
Name: Aria Verne
Age: 29 is when she was locked in the gemstone, so she stayed that way. Her actual age is around 200 years old.
Gender: Female
Type of Jewelery: Choker.
Type of Gem: A red garnet, about an inch wide and an inch tall.
Appearance: She looks like a Victorian-era choker, a black band fastened in the back with a deep red garnet set in the front.
Only Active Magic: Telekinesis. If this is not allowed, she can control fire instead.
How was it found?: Karen found Aria on the side of the street. Getting it checked out at a jewelry store, she was told it was a real garnet and Karen happily worn it, much to the delight of Aria.
Relationship with Wearer: Karen is a reluctant acquaintance with Aria, only because she can't get her off. Aria is very wise, but mischevious. Aria tells her things like what Karen should do if she's in a bad situation, for example, and Karen gives her information about the outside world. Aria has not told Karen about the life-sapping.
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(it's actually quite entertaining to read these bios
I imagine conversations between the characters and the gemstones)
(oh, I also forgot to mention that Aria has grown quite fond of Karen and they often have lengthy conversations with eachother)
(and if Aria is too young, sorry about that, I'll bump it up to 900 something years old) |
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Character sheet - Human
Name: Lana Wild
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Appearance: A black tank top; Cobalt blue shoulder pads with a small knife held in each one; black and red fingerless leather gloves; denim shorts; black large leather boots with red and cobalt laces (left is cobalt, right is red); and a long red cape, half of which is cobalt. She has rose red eyes; stands at 5'8"; and her hair is shoulder length, black and spiky, with a long fringe that falls to the left of her face, thus partly covering her left eye.
Bio: (leaving blank as I'm feeling lazy.)
Artifact: Metallic Red gauntlet (like what Yang has in RWBY, only without the shotguns in them and there's only one.)
Inventory: a white iPhone 6 and a purse with a bank card in it (she never carries change).
Alignment: Neutral
Other: That's it.
Character sheet - Artifact (REQUIRED if you want to use an artifact.)
Name: Gabriel
Age: 30 when trapped, but actually 300 years old.
Gender: Male
Type of Jewelry: Metallic red gauntlet
Type of Gem: Cobalt
Appearance: A gauntlet that covers her wrist, with a fingerless black leather glove attached to it.
Only Active Magic: Polarity (basically the manipulation of metallic objects... even cars.)
How was it found?: She was looking through a jewelers when she came across the gauntlet. She thought it suited her very well, and so bought it.
Bio: He was neutral, not really likely to engage in any conflict, unless provoked.
Relationship with Wearer: (leaving this blank as I have no idea what to put here.) |
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(robloxfan is accepted, and yes you can use telekinesis, ponyman is also accepted, but be careful with literally manipulating large cars; that's something which should take a couple winds from lana) |
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(I know pick. I'll be sure to factor that in. Obviously smaller cars won't take as much energy from her.) |
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(Holy Crappola this took a while as well as with responding to other threads and working.)
Name: Virgil Augustine
Age:23
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6’0 in Height, Dark brown zipped fleece jacket, Spiky light blonde colored hair, Emerald colored eyes, Slim yet stocky build, Faded dark blue jeans, White undershirt, Birthmark across half of his neck, Black leather boots, Black leather gloves, Spiral marking tattoo across his entire right arm, and an ear stud in his left ear-lobe.
Bio: Virgil Augustine was born in a considerably small yet overwhelming town with his parent being his only mother to raise and care for him. Virgil succumbed to multiple crimes as a child having his home broken into by thieves and watching his mother get beaten severely, often as a child Augustine would be robbed while strolling to school on the sidewalk by passing adults. One day Virgil after coming home from his school he noticed that his front door was jarred open as if someone intruded into, as he stepped within he observed multiple objects broken across from the entryway. At that instant he heard a ear-deafening scream come from the kitchen as his mother hits the floor abruptly being heaved down by a mysterious towering figure wearing a wool ski mask. Virgil drops to the floor in a panick and wields the closest thing he can find which happens to be a fire-poker, as the towering figure leans over towards his mother he swiftly stops to clench his throat with extreme force as the end of the fire-poker pierces through the back of his neck and out the front. After the assaulter falls over upon the ground in a pool of his own blood Augustine quickly drops to his knees facing his mother as tears form within the ducts of his eyes, subsequently later after arriving to his parent’s hospital bed he discovers that she has been paralyzed being set in an everlasting coma that she cannot pull out of. Ever since that tragic day he decided to dedicate his entire being to butchering those which have caused innocent lives to suffer.
Artifact; Silver Alloy Bracelet
Inventory: Dual leather hip holsters both carrying Glock 20 handguns, Medium twin leather Chest holsters concealing compact KRISS Vector sub-machine guns, Large leather back holster wielding a Mossberg 500 Shotgun, Hiking backpack containing ammunition, and a wallet.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Other: Augustine’s Transmutative power allows him to perform multiple strategic feats in battle considering he is able to alter the forms/structures of beings and objects.
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Character sheet - Artifact (REQUIRED if you want to use an artifact.)
Name: Serena Styx
Age: Physical age is 22 and actual age is unknown .
Gender: Female.
Type of Jewelry: Silver alloy bracelet with the gem embedded with in the skull's forehead. http://g03.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1kcJXIXXXXXaSXpXXq6xXFXXXZ/2015-High-Fashion-Cool-Jewelry-Men-Biker-Gothic-Chunky-Chain-Skull-Bracelet-A-Great-font-b.jpg (What is looks like without the gem on the exterior.)
Type of Gem: Tourmaline
Appearance: Gem's physical appearance is in the outline shape of a pear, the Tourmaline stone is also very reflecting but somewhat transparent. The Gem is in pristine condition.
Physical appearance(Optional): Serena wears a red and black reversible cape with shady crow-like feathers hanging around the collar of it, Long ebony colored hair with curls at the ending tips, Lightly lavender colored eyes, 5'5 in Height, Black Victorian styled corset attached with lower dress, Dark velvet colored leather waist wrap, Spiraling detailed silver jewelry wrapping around her forearms and shins, Silver necklace, Black Victorian styled heels, Serena often carries a redwood staff around her person. (Her appearance: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/legendofthecryptids/images/a/a1/Sheol,_Witch_of_Hades.png/revision/latest?cb=20121130063335)
Only Active Magic: Transmutation
How was it found?: Virgil discovered the bracelet hanging down off a discolored tree branch within the nearby woods.
Bio: Serena Styx was born in Warlock factioned village along with multiple others receiving their special and unique gifts of sorcery bestowed upon them through birth, Serena practiced witchcraft at a young-age as she deemed it to be fascinating in her own mind and at once she trained with one of the eldest instructors of her village so that she was able to perform marvelous feats which supported her village incredibly! However once the Grand King exiled her as well as her encompassing village the vast amount of foot-soldiers within the King’s dominant army invaded the camp and slaughtered hundreds of them once the Warlocks refused to leave. She swiftly ran away from the camp never to return with her educator and took refuge inside a far-away cave. Serena grew older as the time went by and she also became quite accustomed to her powers and decided to assist her teacher in ending the cruel conflict. During the ending phase of the war she observed as her master summoned an enormous amount of mystical energy. Afterwards she fainted and then awoke to realizing that she was encased within a gem.
Relationship with Wearer: Annoyed and rather vexed.
(I believe we should at a physical appearance to the Artifact, you know what the Warlock looked like before being encased within the Artifact? If not that's fine just ignore the physical appearance then. Feels lie more of an optional thing.)
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VVrathfulJoin Date: 2015-05-19
Post Count: 286 |
(Can I reserve fire?) |
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(also carnage is accepted
and also all the admins can accept other people just forgot to say so because im silly) |
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(when can I start and how?) |
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(uhh i think you can start now someplace, i mean sorry for taking too long to finish my character but yeah you can start now if you want to
also it's decided that we're all going to be within a small/medium sized city so it's easier to find characters and interact with them )) |
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(Cool!)
[Lana]
I wander around the city streets, my right hand with the gauntlet on it hanging by my side. |
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