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The Water
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The Water is a drama/horror/mystery RP heavily influenced by the works of David Lynch and H.P Lovecraft. This RP will not begin as a straight-horror story, but will instead have its inception as a slice-of-life drama focusing on the lives of the inhabitants of Bridgewater, Oregon-- a seemingly ordinary small coastal town with a dark history hidden to most of its citizens.
I will not go into detail concerning these 'dark themes' here in the OOC, but will instead introduce them organically into the story as it progresses.
We will be playing the role of a group of teenagers/young adults with interconnected backgrounds and pre-established relationships. We will be establishing these relationships through the first scene of the story-- a party in the woods with all our characters in attendance. Before that however, we'll have a short discussion period where we brainstorm ideas about how our characters could relate to each other.
In addition to our primary characters, I am a big believer in having a big cast of colorful second and tertiary characters and encourage you all to create side characters to populate our story with. These side characters can be either be important or act more as window dressing, but I will use them myself if I see the possibility of interesting story developments.
I will let it be known that I am super into collaborating with my players and insist you guys to not be shy and feel comfortable to improvise and create your own sidestories as you see fit. It could be a bit chaotic doing it this way but I think that's what makes RPing fun. :p
THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER
Bridgewater is a small, solitary coastal town with a population of about 1,890. Bridgewater is surrounded by dense woodlands and numerous lakes with the orange sun-touched peaks of Tiger Mountain looming to the north, empty and bereft of the Chinook people who once called the mountain their home. True to the region, Bridgewater is covered in grey clouds throughout the year and thus days of sunlight are a rarity. Still, despite of its dreary weather, the town possesses a haunting beauty that, along with the historical value of Tiger Mountain as a former site of the Chinook Indians, paint it an interesting destination for tourists. The largest and most famous of the bodies of water that surround the town is Moses Lake, a miniature inland sea which empties out into the Pacific Ocean. There are many dark stories surrounding Moses Lake, many of which date back hundreds of years.
Many of the families living in Bridgewater go back several generations to the British settlers who founded the town hundreds of years ago. One family in particular, the Sinclairs, have been the traditional "leaders" of the town for as long as anyone can remember. Owing to this tradition, members of the Sinclair clan are traditionally given high posts of office by the mayor of Bridgewater (the current head of the Sinclair family), and so it is not out of the ordinary to see a member of the large and powerful dynasty as a sheriff or treasurer.
Like many other small towns throughout America, Bridgewater has its own residential section as well as a small downtown area where teens and other young adults can typically be found struggling to find something interesting to do-- Because of this, most of the town's younger residents spend their time hiking, camping and/or throwing parties in the woods.
As far as the town of Bridgewater itself goes, that's as far as I want to go in creating the "universe" of the RP on my own. I'm intending this RP to be "open" in the way that we, the GM and the players, can create the world of "The Water" together. This means that after you submit a CS and are accepted, we'll have a small period of time before the IC begins where we'll be taking the bits of info I've already listed above and using that to pretty much create the "world" of the RP, as in: secondary and tertiary characters (town residents, ect), your characters' families and histories with each other, certain aspects of the town's history, town locales, ect. I think it could be fun to brainstorm together and create this world in an organic way so that we'll all be familiar with it by the time the story begins.
I want to have a couple of days' worth of time where we hash out the world of the RP as well as our characters' relationships with one another, so please, don't hold back! I want you guys to not be shy in pitching in ideas for the setting or character relationships. As for our characters, I don't want us to have an "introductory" period, as that just wastes time, so I want our principal avatars (who are all in the same highschool) to know each other as either friends, enemies, families members, lovers, ect, before the story begins.
CHARACTERS
Our characters will be teenaged residents of Bridgewater, Oregon. We are all students at Antioch Academy, a regional school which takes in students from Bridgewater as well as its two neighboring towns, Liberty and Ashland.
We are all either juniors (11th grade) or seniors (12th grade), so all of us should be no older than 18. Besides your age and status as a student, there is one other storyline-essential detail that you must keep in mind while creating your character.
At school, there is an extracurricular club known as the "Indiana Club", a not very popular program run by Mr. Linklater, the history teacher. The Indiana Club, or "Indy Club", true to its namesake, is an archaeology and anthropology-based after-school program. For the past year, the members of this club, led by Mr. Linklater, have been going on field trips to Tiger Mountain and investigating the Chinook Indians who once lived there. All in all, it is a boring and not very eventful club, but does teach its members (those who were paying attention, at least) vital skills in research and deduction. Even though some less academically-inclined students are forced into it as mandatory extracurricular classwork, the club has very few members. Your character must be one of the few member of this club. Whether they joined of their own free will or were forced to is up to you.
The Indy Club is currently set to go on a class trip to Egypt.
(As you can tell, your character's fateful membership in the small Indy Club is what will allow them to have the skills necessary to deal with the dark events that will eventually befall Bridgewater. It is also what could allow some characters who have totally different backgrounds to know each other-- as in, say, a character from a well-off family and one from a poorer one.)
MAIN CAST
Idony Kierstead
(played by Cwolf0615)
Sai Jackson
(played by Oyoa)
Robin Kirkland-Boivin
(played by Alis_Audāx)
Michael Martin
(played by Phaesaris)
Jason Miguel Chavez
(played by Chris_Reaper)
Nick Dawson
(played by MST3K 4ever)
Quinn Meadows
(played by lost_wisdom)
Mallory Jean Neal
(played by Jerelin)
SECONDARY CAST
The Kierstead Clan (under family)
Sheriff Pete Townsend
Darren Linklater, History Teacher at Antioch High
Sheriff's Deputy Damien Chavez
Troy Chavez
Tonia Meadows-Neal, Owner of Broadway 51 Salon
Miguel Cuevas, Principal of Antioch Academy
Maribel Vera, missing woman
Tyson White, Antioch athlete and lower-ranking Crane Club member
Mickey Parke, KAX-TV weatherman
Grant Kierstead, owner and operator of the Rainwater Pub
RULES
1. This is an RP that's meant to be more grounded and realistic. When it comes to things your characters can do, remember that they're teenagers and not Batman.
2. Please write at least one paragraph per post.
3. Everyone has flaws. No one is perfect. Things WILL befall your character that they won't immediately be able to overcome. Keep this in mind when roleplaying. (basically, no Mary/Gary suing).
4. God-modding is not allowed. Your character is not omniscent nor are they omnipotent. There will be some amount of information to keep track of in this story, and you should always be mindful of what your character knows and what they don't. I.E if "Steven" knows something that would be beneficial to your character, don't try to inch the storyline towards your character finding out by happenstance.
5. As mentioned earlier, I am extremely open to your ideas and suggestions. Let me know if you have anything interesting in mind.
6. The RP takes place in the USA in 2015. Our characters are teenagers and could be of any sexuality, gender or creed and in general the town of Bridgewater is an open-minded and accepting community. I would rather there wasn't anything super hateful, homophobic or transphobic going on in the RP, unless it's a character trait that absolutely makes sense in the given context.
7. The story can and will have sexual themes, but please, nothing super explicit.
8. This shouldn't even need to be said, but please be cool to your fellow RPers. If there are disagreements, be adults about it and discuss in a civil manner. I won't tolerate anyone being a dick, so please try and be friendly!
9. HAVE FUN!!!
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