- Posting Speed
- 1-3 posts per day
- One post per day
- 1-3 posts per week
- Writing Levels
- Beginner
- Elementary
- Intermediate
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- Genres
- Fantasy, Modern Fantasy, Animal based, Scifi, Modern, Horror, Comedy, Slice of life.
They are the
Specter Obliterating Assembly Protecting Society
But most people know them as the
Super Organized Aesthetic Placement Service
Specter Obliterating Assembly Protecting Society
But most people know them as the
Super Organized Aesthetic Placement Service
They are the only people who know ghosts exists. They've each had their turn with trying to convince others of the existence of the paranormal but they have all received the same result.
Laughter.
Cruel, unrelenting laughter.
They were shunned and ridiculed, but even experiencing all of that abuse, they could not turn their backs on the ignorant people. They cared too much.
And so they formed a task force that masqueraded as a Housekeeping service and began taking jobs in households that attracted ghosts. Their history and real estate expert researched the houses, going all the way back to it's foundation and the land that the building had been built upon. When they gathered enough intel, they would approach the family, offer their services, and get to work.
They eliminated numerous ghosts in that fashion, and in the end it all paid off. Their consciences were clear and their worries greatly decreased.
Even if they still had to clean someone else's toilet.
Laughter.
Cruel, unrelenting laughter.
They were shunned and ridiculed, but even experiencing all of that abuse, they could not turn their backs on the ignorant people. They cared too much.
And so they formed a task force that masqueraded as a Housekeeping service and began taking jobs in households that attracted ghosts. Their history and real estate expert researched the houses, going all the way back to it's foundation and the land that the building had been built upon. When they gathered enough intel, they would approach the family, offer their services, and get to work.
They eliminated numerous ghosts in that fashion, and in the end it all paid off. Their consciences were clear and their worries greatly decreased.
Even if they still had to clean someone else's toilet.
Their HQ is located in a damp, decrepit basement under a dry cleaning store owned by the co-founder's mother, but the members all have their own homes or dorms in the case of the ones that are still in college.
In order to fight ghosts/specters, the team utilizes their cleaning equipment as weapons because they don't have enough money to buy actual guns/swords/knives etc. Oh how they long for the day when they can hold actual ghost hunting equipment in their hands...But for now they'll just have to make do with what they've got. Despite their lack of resources, these people are far from novices. Quite a few of the members have over five years of martial arts training under their belts.
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Their story starts in the small town, Lindle, Massachusetts, current population: 392 humans and 4 ghosts. For awhile now, the resident ghosts have been quite peaceful. They keep to themselves and lurk in the places that they perished. They never seemed to hold a grudge against anybody, and they didn't resent the S.O.A.P.S, in fact they approved of the group. Many a time have they congratulated the group for ridding the town of an angry ghost. Gave them a bad name, they had said. But in reality, the ghosts just needed a few patsies to rid them of the presence of the other ghosts.
There is a myth about ghosts that says that too many spirits in one place can stunt the abilities and block the opportunities of others.
And now that they're gone, the four ghosts can finally do as they please. And that involves wreaking havoc on Lindle and getting revenge on the descendants of those who wronged them.
Rules
In order to fight ghosts/specters, the team utilizes their cleaning equipment as weapons because they don't have enough money to buy actual guns/swords/knives etc. Oh how they long for the day when they can hold actual ghost hunting equipment in their hands...But for now they'll just have to make do with what they've got. Despite their lack of resources, these people are far from novices. Quite a few of the members have over five years of martial arts training under their belts.
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Their story starts in the small town, Lindle, Massachusetts, current population: 392 humans and 4 ghosts. For awhile now, the resident ghosts have been quite peaceful. They keep to themselves and lurk in the places that they perished. They never seemed to hold a grudge against anybody, and they didn't resent the S.O.A.P.S, in fact they approved of the group. Many a time have they congratulated the group for ridding the town of an angry ghost. Gave them a bad name, they had said. But in reality, the ghosts just needed a few patsies to rid them of the presence of the other ghosts.
There is a myth about ghosts that says that too many spirits in one place can stunt the abilities and block the opportunities of others.
And now that they're gone, the four ghosts can finally do as they please. And that involves wreaking havoc on Lindle and getting revenge on the descendants of those who wronged them.
Rules
- I need long term dedicated people who are active. However, I am aware that school is starting for some of you and I will take that into consideration.
- The post requirements are: Third person, past tense, at least one paragraph (min. ten sentences). Medium level grammar and spelling is required. You don't have to be perfect but your posts can't be riddled with mistakes.
- The appearances will be anime based, but with realistic eye colors. (No red, lack of pupil, heterochromia with a red eye etc). The only characters with oddly colored eyes are the ghosts.
- Although the appearances are anime based, the characters are not all Japanese. So please try for some western/other culture names.
- No superpowers save for being able to see/hear/talk to/touch ghosts.
- No abused background characters. This rp is supposed to be a comedy.
- No Godmodding. No "parroting". AKA when someone responds to somebody by copying and pasting what they said into their own post.
- If you are applying for co-founder say so in your sheet. No applications are final until I accept them.
- Rules are subject to change.
The Four Ghosts
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At one time Lindle was home to a popular store called Nat's Snacks. It was owned and run by it's founder, Kent Nathaniel and his sons, Garrett and Hunter. Nathaniel provided many jobs for the people in town and he was a strong advocate for health and equality. His sons, however were not. They could have cared less about the people or whether the companies products were healthy or not. They just wanted money.
There came a time when a fat cat from the city came to offer Nathaniel an opportunity to turn his small business into a mega corporation, but Nathaniel refused. He knew that taking the man's offer would destroy the warmth and integrity of his store.
His sons were enraged, so one day, when Kent was completing paper work in his study, his sons came in, locked the door and murdered him. They pinned the blame on Kent's accountant who was in the store at the time. The brothers ran off to the city where they tried to make it big with the the store, but due to their rash decisions and tainted moral compasses, they failed, went bankrupt and returned to Lindle.
Target: Garrett (80) and Hunter's granddaughter Lizzie (21) -
Unlike the other ghosts, this man, Sam Owens was not a Lindle native. He was simply an upbeat college kid, high off of life and the fact that'd he'd finally graduated after years of intense study. At the time, he was driving through Lindle with the intent of meeting up with his friends in the next city and going on a road trip. Unfortunately he got lost in the many twists and turns of the town and when he asked for directions, the locals didn't help one bit. That's how it was in the town. The most of the locals didn't quite like city folk, and so they messed with them whenever they could.
They got Sam so turned around and bewildered that he dropped any hope of meeting with his friends and instead tried to return to the road going back to the other city. He never made it that far.
No one really knows what happened that day. Some say the guy was hysterical and that's why he didn't see the oak tree on the side of the road. Some say he'd screamed obscenities over his shoulder and slammed the tree with his car with the intent of destroying it.
Either way, Sam Owens died, and now with all the lesser ghosts gone, he's the strongest ghost and the one with the biggest grudge of all.
Targets: Everyone in Lindle. -
The town of Lindle has only had a few cases of twins in their history. There were the two sweet old men, Charlie and Chester. There were the inseparable fraternal twins, Jason and Juliet and then there were Akifumi and Aiko. Unlike the previously listed twins, these two girls did not have a loving sibling relationship. For a reason unknown, Akifumi always hated Aiko and she bullied her constantly. Aiko was a submissive girl and so she never stood up for herself and simply endured the abuse. It was later revealed that Akifumi was extremely mentally unbalanced and she had schizophrenia.
One day during her routine of daily abuse of her sister, Akifumi decided to try something new. She had recently seen a certain horror movie about a knife wielding maniac and desperately wanted to achieve the same results that he had. Because no matter what she did, Aiko always remained silent and never made a peep.
But Akifumi wanted to hear her scream and what better way to achieve that, then to chase her through the house with a knife? She expected her sister to scream and maybe beg her to stop. What she didn't expect was for Aiko to shove her out the third floor window.
Target: Aiko (23) -
On May 12th 1998, Shay Tammy was out playing in the woods with her cousins. They were playing hide and seek and Shay was winning because she was the smallest and could find great hiding places. After quite a few failed attempts at finding Shay and winning, her cousins became fed up and decided to play mean trick on Shay. They snuck off and gave the pretense that they had left. Shay, at the time was only ten and very afraid of being by herself. After not hearing her cousins for quite awhile, she rushed down from her hiding place, the highest branch of an oak tree, lost her footing and broke her neck.
Targets: The children of her only living cousin Bobby Flynn. Sadie (8) and Billy Flynn (5).
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Appearance: [Anime]
Fashion Style: [Description or Polyvore/Pinterest/Tumblr link]
Name:
Age: (18 - 25)
Gender:
Personality:
Bio: [At least five sentences not counting dialogue. Include any encounters with ghosts and how you joined the team.]
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Specialty: [Are you a historian? Do you rake in the jobs? Etc.]
Weapon: [Max. 2] -
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