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2016-06-17 14:17:20
The floating isles are all the home you have ever known. It is peaceful in the sky-bound cities and life is comfortable. Or at least it was until about five years ago. That was when the rot started to form, strange cracks, like sores, bubbled up on the fringes of the outer islands, slowly eating through the stone. And then they fell. One by one, the smaller floating islands began to crumble apart and topple to the ground.

But the rot only continued to spread, eventually taking hold on Alstor, one of the six great isles and home to the greatest scientific minds the skies had to offer. They tried to stop it, tried to investigate its cause, but anything and anyone that touched the rot soon fell ill. Eventually the island began to crumble, and all of its citizens were evacuated, scattered into the remaining five great floating islands.

Since then, great strides have been made to discover the origin of the rot, and eventually it was learned that the rot was rising from far below. There, a barren wasteland called the Lower World also cracked and bled with rot, its scorched land torn apart by polluted rivers, as if by the claws of some great beast had dug deep into the world. Many were sent to investigate this long forgotten world, and very few have survived.

Desperate and on the brink of destruction, the five great isles resorted to a raffle of sorts. Any who willingly enters their name into the raffle receives monetary compensation, but those lucky, or unlucky, few whose names are chosen will be sent to the Lower World in hopes of finding a cure.

This is where your story begins.

Why you entered your name, only you know. But all that matters is that now your name has been drawn, and now you are headed to the Lower world.



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Edited on 29/06/16 @ 20:49:42 by Davina {Mottled|Hematite} (#68950)

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RULES

This Rp is going to be Semi Lit to Lit. Posts must have proper grammar and must be at least 1 paragraph (3-5 sentences) long, preferably more. Please try to use correct spelling as well, though I do understand we all make mistakes every once and awhile. No God-moding and no Mary or Gary Sues. Every character has their flaws, every power has it's weakness. If you've read this far, include the word bunny somewhere in your character sheet or in the 'other' section at the bottom. Keep things pg13, no excessive gore or sexual situations... if needed, fade to black. This rp is lgbt+ friendly, any out of character discrimination will not be allowed. Play nice. Use common freakin' sense. I'll add more to this as i see fit.


WORLD INFO

This world has no electricity or modern technology, but rather, is much more like the industrial revolution or a steampunk setting, with steam powered engines powering the factories and trains on the islands. The islands themselves are highly varied in environment and inhabitents.

Kraen- The largest floating city, mostly inhabbited by farmers, the east side of the ile is the most inhabited, having one small city where many merchants live while working in Arstal

Riter- Riter is the second largest of the floating islands, though far smaller than Kraen. One of the most populated of the five isles, Riter is covered in densely packed apartements and factories. The whole city seems to be constantly covered in a thick blanket of smog and is called "the city hidden in shadow". Be careful though, Riter is known to be a hot bed for violence and theivery.

Arstal- Arstal is the capitol of the five floating cities and is known as the jewel of the skies. Though smaller than Riter and Kraen, Arstal is the richest of the five floating cities. It is covered in elaborate feats of architecture, beautiful gardens, and open air markets, with some buildings even reaching up to the sky and deep into the roots of the isle.

Janra- Janra is the least populated of all of the floating isles though it known to be one of the most beautiful as it is covered in lush forests and rolling hills. Several huge rivers cross the isle and topple over the sides as powerful waterfalls.

Nar- Nar is the smallest of the isles and is wracked with poverty. Nar, itself however is extremely rich in minerals, metals and gems and those who live there are most often miners, hoping to buy their way off the isle someday.

Rockfall- An older isle, formerly known as Alstor, Similar in size to Arstal. The first of the main Isles to begin rotting. It was eventually renamed for its demise shortly after all inhabitants were evacuated. Half of the island has now crashed to the gorund and the rest is unstable and crumbling.



TRANSPORT

Drakes are the main modes of transport around and between islands. Drakes come in several types- Runners, Diggers, Draft, Gliders, Fliers, and Goliaths. You will be allowed to take one of the five smaller drakes with you on your mission to the Lower World. If you do not already own one, you will be provided with one.

Runners are low bearing scaled creatures- fast, agile, and also good at climbing.

Diggers appear similar to runners, save for their long curved front claws- they are good at burrowing, and digging, and their claws are powerful weapons.

Draft are the largest wingless drakes, they are big, fluffy and extremely strong and they can withstand almost any weather.

Gliders are the most common of the winged drakes- they have small wings, extremely sharp fangs, and their bites easily become infected.

Fliers are the rarest drakes, they appear wyvern like, with no front legs- they and are extremely agile fliers and while smaller than other drakes, they are big enough to carry a man.

Goliath are giant,hulking, slow moving creatures- ten times larger than a draft drake, they are used to ferry people and flightless drakes between islands.



APPLICATION

Name:
Isle of Origin:
Age: (Characters must be 18+ to have entered the raffle)
Gender:
Appearance: (3-5 sentences description required, pics are welcome in addition)
Personality: (at least 3-5 sentences)
Likes:
Dislikes:
Backstory:(at least 3-5 sentences, including why your character entered the raffle)
Mutation: (these will not come in until you are on the lower world, unless you have already been exposed to the rot. Due to an overwhelming amount of applications having powers, I will only be accepting mutations for awhile)
Other: (anything extra)



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Edited on 20/06/16 @ 01:20:16 by Davina {Mottled|Hematite} (#68950)

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2016-06-17 18:04:01
((reserved just in case))



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Davina {Hexa Feline
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Name: Katarina "Kat" Hawthorne
Isle of Origin: Riter
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Appearance: Kat is short an thin, only about 5'2'' and barely more than a hundred pounds. She is extremely lithe but also athletic, and her arms, legs, and abs have clearly defined muscle. Her skin is light tan, her eyes are dark blue and she has long wavy black hair that is shaved short on the left side.
Personality: Kat is a fun-loving and outgoing kind of girl. Though, since her mother died she has had to take on a much more serious and motherly attitude in order to raise her sister. This has made her extremely protective and loyal towards her friends and she will do almost anything to help those she cares about. Kat is not hard to befriend, but she is also not someone you want as an enemy. She knows her way around many different bladed weapons, and is not afraid to resort to violence.
Likes: Knives, Money, Adventure, Music, Her sister
Dislikes: Flying, Storms, Cops and Authority figures in general.
Backstory: Kat grew up in the streets in Riter. Her father was never in the picture and her mother died when Kat was only eleven. This left her alone to provide for herself and her younger sister. She has always done everything she can to give her sister a good life, even though this involved a life of thievery and other criminal activities for herself. By doing this though, she's been able to pay for an apartment on the nicer side of town and has been sending her sister to a private school so that she can hopefully get a better education and, maybe someday, move on to bigger and better things. Kat applied for the raffle as a means to get more money. She never expected to actually be chosen.
Mutation/Power: Kat's mutation will came as a cruel surprise to her, When she first arrives to the lower world it will start as a harsh chill. She will be unable to regulate her own body heat and will require staying in the sun as frequently as possible. At night she'll suffer horrible chills and will need to stay close to a fire, meaning the group will be visible to anything and anyone that might be out there. Then, soon after they arrive the migraines will start, and then small horns and small scales will begin to fringe her face.
Other: she has a weak spot for small fluffy animals like bunnies

Name: Kylin Renner
Isle of Origin: Alstor
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Appearance: Kylin's curly, dark-red hair often falls into his face and his face is usually scruffy. He has strange golden eyes and pale skin dotted with light freckles on his cheeks and shoulders. He is an average sized boy, and not the most fit, and he has many scars all over his body, but he has an attractive face and a smile that could melt hearts. More often than not he can be seen wearing thick leather gloves, and baggy clothes that cover most of his skin.
Personality: Kylin is a charismatic leader demanding of respect. He refuses to let anyone question his authority, but he also refuses to harm anyone in his group down on the surface. His over protective nature leaves him seeming a bit irrational at times, but it is only because of all of the things he has already experienced.
Likes: Adventure, knowledge, potions, helping others
Dislikes: Seeing others in pain, the wastes, death
Backstory: Kylin was born on Alstor to a rich family, long before the rot ever came to his home. After both of his parents fell ill, he volunteered on the second mission to the lowwer world. He was once a carefree boy, smart in the ways of alchemy and potions and science, but his time on the surface world has hardened him. He has been there for longer than anyone else, and he takes no pride in that. He has seen countless men and women die, from illness, and mutations, and the horrifying things out in the wastes. His only comfort is saving others from the same demise.
Mutation/Power: When Kylin first cam to the lower world, he became extremely sick. For moths he was quarantined to a small tent, until one day, as he was almost about to die and one of his teammates came to comfort him. When she touched his arm, Kylin's illness left his body, and the girl, Alyssa, immediately fell dead. Since then, Kylin has discovered he can take away the pain and illness of others and bring it onto himself with a single touch, or he can use the same touch to transfer all of his wounds and illnesses to someone else.
Other: Kylin's drake, Lilly, was Allyssa's former pet. She is an old Glider, slightly larger than most, with a sweet disposition and a knack for finding strange baubles in the wastes.



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Edited on 22/06/16 @ 09:38:31 by Davina {Mottled|Hematite} (#68950)

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2016-06-17 19:20:35
Name: Obroox Buile
Isle of Origin: Janra
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short, robust, and bulky. He has long, black hair that covers most of his face, a squarish but handsome face, darkish skin, and grey eyes with purple central heterochromia (grey eyes with a ring of purple). He tends to wear jeans, cargos, hoodies, and band t-shirts. His wardrobe is almost exclusively black.
Personality: Light-hearted banter, and a very relaxed attitude. He's protective of his friends and goes to extraordinary lengths to protect them.
Likes: rock music, neat stones and fossils, axolotls, tarantulas. (Secretly loves pop, his favourite artist is Mika)
Dislikes: Spicy food, flying, definitely pop hates it 100%.
Backstory: Lived in Janra most of his life with his dad, though takes frequent trips to Kraen to stay with his mum who's a farmer. His life is pretty easy-going, though his dad was big on being self-sufficient. He and Obroox built their cabin together from the forest and live off a small farm. Obroox is fairly good at general survival.
Mutation/Power: Invisibility, although it only works on his body, he has to be naked otherwise he's a set of spooky floating clothes. Unfortunately he also grew a set of weird long claws that seem almost unbreakable.
Other: Is a huge nerd, in a band

Name: Polaris
Isle of Origin: Arstal
Age: 21
Gender: Male androgynous
Appearance: Generically handsome, bleached white short hair, slight tan, bright blue eyes, tends to wear high-quality loose-fitting or flowing clothes.
Personality: Quiet, very determined and righteous, manipulative but only tends to talk to people if he needs something from them.
Likes: Nice jewellery (gold, silver, gemstones), hot tea, drakes, fairness.
Dislikes: Low quality anything (is super fussy), dirt, heavy lifting.
Backstory: Born in one of the higher-up merchant families. He's adept at getting what he wants and can determine the value of both items and people with a glance.
Mutation/Power: Has grown 4 wings, two large ones and two smaller ones, that allow flight. While this is impressive, his bones have become lightweight, hollow, and incredibly breakable.
Other:



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Edited on 18/06/16 @ 02:32:28 by Ser Isles (#57298)

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2016-06-18 02:46:03

ooo this is p neat Dav :o

Name:
Eric Deux

Isle of Origin:
Riter, moved to Astral when he was old enough to get around on his own.

Age
19 years

Gender:
Male

Appearance:
Image | Source
A tall, lean built boy who sometimes looks like he'll break in two. His shirt is a tad too small for him, seeing as he doesn't care enough to buy a new one after growing so much. Contrary to popular belief, though, he's actually quite strong, especially in the arms and upper body, due to lugging around machinery and the like so often. He has brown-red hair, always wears a pair of flying goggles and a long knit scarf, and has dark brown eyes that are often narrowed in concentration, or lit up in awe at his own creations.

Personality:
Cheerful and kind most of the time, though that's usually just a farce he puts up in order for people to like him. Most of the time, he would much rather spend his time around machinery and the equipment he creates for himself, from gliders he has yet to test, to small trinkets built for random jobs. He will, however, open up to anyone that attempts to confide in him about mechanics and the like. He's really just an anti-social nerd.

Likes:
The prospect of human flight; he has a mindset similar to that of DaVinci.

Observing various animals and their anatomy, particularly the wings of birds and drakes.

Tinkering with anything he finds, be it entirely broken or just in need of a few touch-ups.

Researching artificial intelligence. He's made many a robot, or automaton as he likes to call them, in his life, but only one has actually worked.

Dislikes:
The sounds of people. While he enjoys the loud noise of gears shifting and turning, he hates the human voice, especially when there's many of them at the same time.

Open spaces. He has terrible social anxiety, and would much rather stick to a small area where he can properly see around him, and where there's not too much to take in.

The water. He despises it. Not only can he not swim at all, but even putting his feet in water that isn't touched by man (i.e. the ocean or a river) terrifies him.

Backstory:
Born in Riter to a prostitute not wanting a child, Eric was soon abandoned after birth, raised instead by a clockworker who found him days later, as a newborn just about to die from starvation. He learned to read and write, how to make a clock and fix the various machines people came to their shop with. He moved to Arstal when he was 14 and created his own small business, where he built various machines and tinkered with what needed tinkering. He joined the draft in order to research the rot, for both himself and for his business.

Mutation/Power:
Something akin to alchemy, that allows him to take a piece of his soul, the size depending on the object he is working with, and connect it to a smaller being. This being can only be made of metal, and cannot exede his own mass. The larger the object is, the more of his soul it requires to actually move. That being the case, it is rare for him to ever have more than one object moving about, and never does the object reach over a pound or so.

Other:
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He currently has one small familiar of sorts, a 6-inch tall automaton which he created prior to reaching the surface and, when they arrived at the surface and he was granted his ability, he gave life to. He calls the small being Todd, a name he came up with as a pun of sorts to the "Ton" in automaton.
(btw bunnies are like hella fluffy I can understand why kat likes em)




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Edited on 18/06/16 @ 13:44:23 by Trash Panda (#69500)

Vespering [MAIN] (#33076)

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2016-06-18 03:07:27
I will join this later when I have more time. I have two newer characters I want to try out and they'd be perfect for this.



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2016-06-18 06:33:41
:o both are accepted! Thought we might need to talk about Eric's power a bit, since i want the powers and mutations to be a bit more dangerous to use or have. Maybe extended use can cause migranes and fainting or something similar.

Also glad to hear you're interested potato! :D



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2016-06-18 06:39:20
Well I mean he will die if he overuses it c': and the bit of his soul that he gives away is never returned, so yeah, it's one of those things where if he uses it to often he's gonna just drop dead. All lifeless n such. cx But I can add a few more downsides to it if ya want :o



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Davina {Hexa Feline
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2016-06-18 06:40:45
Ps: ya'll need to go read the rules though ;P



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Posted on
2016-06-18 06:42:04
Oh okay. I guess I just didn't get it. Those downsides you have are aready good. XD



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2016-06-18 06:42:16
wait where are the rules I didn't see any o-o


EDIT: oH IM STUPID OOPS my bad ;; I'll add that little bit in



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Edited on 18/06/16 @ 13:43:03 by Trash Panda (#69500)

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Posted on
2016-06-18 06:46:38
May enter this



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2016-06-18 06:52:35
Midoooo hi ovo



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2016-06-18 07:43:58
Feel free to fill out an app! The more the merrier!



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2016-06-18 10:18:52
I really want to enter this, but I probably shouldn't. There's a possibility I may be losing my Internet connection for awhile so I should worry about what I'm already involved in rather than adding more. :( I wish you all the best of luck regardless.



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