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 Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:06 pm
Intro
Ethan Cottle's hazel eyes followed the cars as they passed him. Rain pounded the dreary sidewalk in front of him and behind him, and each step was accompanied with a loud splash. He glanced over the side of the bridge at the long river of water that he was crossing as traffic sped by. A streetlight illuminated only parts of the bridge for him, and Ethan felt that he was literally made out of the water that drenched him. He had never seen a storm quite as like this one.
A flash of lightening startled Ethan and he found himself clutching his ears as the thunder drolled over him. He returned to his stride and he reached the middle of the bridge. He would have been in a warm car like everyone else, except it had broken down three miles behind him. It simply stopped as if it was struck down by God himself. Ethan chuckled at the thought of God taunting his existence by using divine intervention.
"Your one crazy son o-,"Ethan's voice was drowned by another crack of thunder and blinded by the flash. He removed the hood from his drenched sable hair. It was flat on the 23 year old intern at the local hospital. He couldn't recall why he turned around when he recalled that night years after, maybe out of instinct. Maybe because the man in white had done something he didn't mean to that got Ethan's attention. Maybe Ethan just felt those cold shivers down his spine that tell you the man in white is behind you, who was walking casually while the pouring water completely ignored his wiry frame and simply made its way past his dry clothes. Those shivers that tell you need to get moving.
And that's just what happened. Ethan turned, stared and felt his heart clutch violently as a shroud of fear enclosed him. The sheer appearance of the man in white was somehow wrong and horrifying. Ethan ran to put it bluntly. A bright white robe with a hood obscuring his features followed with aspiring swiftness. Ethan felt the mad fear drive him on as the specter continued its chase. His foot slipped and he slid, landing on his hip, bruising it badly.
The man in white continued to pursue Ethan, calling out to him in a symphonic voice. His words were gibberish to Ethan and only made his terror escalate. In desperation to out run the man in white, Ethan charge into oncoming traffic. He felt a small glimpse of hope that the maneuver would discourage the pursuit. He dodged the first line of cars when another crash of thunder and the blinding light as he barely missed a collision with the second row of traffic. Another flash of lightening blinded Ethan and as soon as he got his vision back he saw the man in white waiting on the other side of the bridge.
"CHRIST!" Ethan yelled and turned back in panic. He slipped again and turned around and began crawling toward the opposite side. When he turned he found the man in white just inches from his, robe swaying and sympathetic eyes burning into Ethan.
HONK!!!!!
Ethan turned indifferently and saw the semi-truck bearing down on him.
Let there be light.
Ethan felt his eyes blinded by a new light, not a flash, but a light. He rolled over onto his back, trying to block out the sun. Long waves of grass bent beneath him. He felt the wind rushing against him, and it made him stretch his legs. He observed a large tree above him, and as he got up to his feet he noticed...
He noticed he had a muzzle. He noticed how long it seemed. He noticed a bushy sable tail wagging behind him. And Ethan had noticed his four paws were unusually comfortable beneath the grass. Fur riddled his skin and he felt tentative ears at the top of his head twitch. The tongue in his mouth strangely shaped mouth ran along two sharp sets of teeth. His powerful nose caught odors that sent his mind into relapse. He began to panic as he did when...when did he panic last? His mind relapsed but found little information other than-
The man in white. Ethan stamped the ground letting out loud barks expressing the fear he had of the memory. He found the rusty voice attempting to use words, and finally got a whines out, "Wh-waaaa-," These struggled attempts to speak took a few moments of barking but soon he found he still had his human voice. Just not the right body. It was apparent he was a wolf of some kind.
"What happened to me!?" He finally took notice of other animals ahead of him, in trance like sleep as he had been a few moments ago. He went to the task of awaking them.
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A few minutes before Ethan's arrival...
Devin Rayshide Eckert dropped the wooden stave he had been leaning on as soon as the light came. Sheep began to bleat and Devin himself was shivering uncontrollably. A few miles away to the north, in the deep woods, some kind of enormous dome of light suddenly arose out of nowhere it seemed. It seemed to tower over the sky, getting a clear good look at its surroundings.
The dome brought with it a low hum. The top of it glistened and Devin was drawn to it, his fear melting into awe. A few seconds of this awe made his fear completely dispel. He didn't doubt everyone in nearby villages and traveling on roads were getting the same feeling as he was.
Then, without warning, the shining top exploded and blinded Devin. The flash seemed to expand and finally tear into pieces that flew off into random directions. Devin shielded his eyes as one got bigger and closer to him. Before he could shout in surprise, the beam collided with Devin. It threw him far from the hill he had been standing on. The beam seemed at the same time to collapse itself into Devin's chest.
Devin felt numb all over after he hit the ground. The brilliant light was gone. The silver dome was as well. The bright sunny sky was once again the only thing ahead of him. Devin attempted to stand up but found his entire body paralyzed from the shock. The sheep began to gather around him, some chewing on grass, others taking in note of him.
"Do ya think he’s dead?" Devin turned sharply his head toward the source of the voice. Two sheep stared back at him.
"No, see he looked at us."
"Good, cause from what I hear the pasture by Shepherd Oschan's grass has dried up. Tw'ould be terrible if Eckert got killed and we got sold there."
"Where'd you hear that?"
"Oh, I heard it from the horses by Deschain's pasture. They kept going on sb-"
Devin screamed.
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:28 pm
A few notes...
As the intro implies, their are two roles you as the player can choose. You can choose to be one of the humans that has been transported from Earth into a new and strange world as well as taking the form of an animal with strange abilities. This is the work of the Man in White. Your first post would depict a simliar incident as Ethan had.
Your second role is a civilian of the world these people have been transported to. However, like Devin in the intro, you have witnessed the dome of light that was responsible for the now animal people from Earth and has suffered from a beam of light that was directed at you. These beams of light have unlocked an ability, like Devin's new ablility to speak the language of animals. You are allowed to choose which ability you are given, but it must have a detailed description of it's quality. Your first post would depict where you were at the time of the silver dome and the collision with the beam of light.
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:35 pm
The Nation of Uessia
The Land and the Situation
Uessia is a colorful landscape dotted with small villages and towns. Many of villages live off of the land, hunting and collecting timber, hides, and trading varieties of items. In the center of this land is the city Archand. Many of the land in Uessia is forests, mountains, and plains. Most villages have farmers and traders, inns, pubs, and the always reliable church. The small villages are normally run by the most popular person in the vicinity, usually the innkeeper or the barkeeper. Towns are governed by counts appointed by the King, Validas Aschuin, and protected by his guard unit, The Daydin. There is a small conflict between the Church and the Monarchy regime of followers that is slowly evolving into a small war. But if things continue as they are, the war will escalate.
Far to the east lies the desert and the unconquered region of the dark skinned citizens of Calissuer. Surrounding the northern border is the nomads frozen wastelands of Balgir. Everything to the west and the south is supposedly under Monarchy’s control.
The Monarchy
King Validas was previously third in line for the crown and the challengers for the crown mysteriously disappeared. He hasn’t been leaning toward the role of a dictator, but still holds some qualities of a perfect candidate. There is a small balance between corruption and justice in the Monarchy. The distribution of both are varied on the situation and who’s in charge of the decision. These decisions are made by a system of courts rising with authority until it ends with the king himself. The Counts also are in the line of authority in the courts and it is not peculiar that some strings are pulled in some courts on their order. . The Daydons have a strict set of rules concerning their interaction with the citizens of Uessia. New recruits are positioned in a town or village to be apprenticed harshly by a guard.
The military is a more organized group of men who fight in the name of the Monarchy. There are many departments with different responsibilities. There is a special regime of warriors, The Gradias Cochon, that carry out special duties ordered by the Counts and on occasions from the King himself. The military is massive, but consists mostly of conscripted commoners and locally based militias.
The Church
The Church of the Three controls much of the activity in normal villages and towns. The three gods they worship, The Pure Three, are Incarah, God of the Righteousness, Falash, God of Nature, and Gataret, God of Night and Day. Incarah is the head of these three and made the laws of the morals of humanity and civilization, as well as humans. He also symbolizes the holy wars the Church often goes into. Falash created the earth and its creatures. She weaves the wind and the clouds through the sky as well and building the plants that fertilize the land. Gataret created the sun and the moon and moves them along the sky, giving greetings to Falash every day. He dotted the night sky with stars and guides the light from the sun and the moon to bring joy and happiness to the land below.
There is another God, which is what the Church uses as a source to blame everything that goes wrong. Hhist the Deceiver is the enemy of the Pure Three and of the people of Uessia. The Church brings up that the icy lands of the North and the scorched lands of the East are remnants of Hhists devilry.
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:39 pm
Rules
-Godmoders will be be burned at the stake.
-Standard ToS and Guild rules apply.
-No flaming.
-Make one liners as rare as is humanly possible.
-Don't make me come down there...
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:56 pm
A Clever Cast Please PM me your profiles titled "I own the skin of..." and I will put them below. Animal Template:Quote: Gaia Username: (Obvious) Character Name: (Obvious again) Age: (A reasonable number) Gender: (Hopefully obvious sweatdrop ) Animal Form: (Any animal form can be used. Whether it be badger, lion, rat, praying mantis, or moose. But there is limit. I won't accept any fantasty animals like dragons, unicorns, minotaurs etc.) Appearance: (Any characteristics your animal has. Pictures are acceptable but be sure it's an acceptable picture.) Personality: (What are you like? Are you sane now that you've been transformed into a beast? What were you like before the Man in White?) Backround: (Simply anything we need to know about your life as a human) Quote: Gaia Username: (Obvious) Character Name: (Obvious again) Age: (A reasonable number) Gender: (Hopefully obvious sweatdrop ) Occupation: (This is a medevial kind of world so you won't see many computer designers or big shot lawyers. You could be an innkeeper, adventurerer, merchant, farmer, locksmith, Daydon, whatever.0 Appearance: (I would rather have written descriptions, but pictures are allowed if I find your picture acceptional.) Personality: (Simply any of your attributes.) Bio: (Give me a little histpry on your characters life so far. It doesn't need to be an auto-biography, but it doesn't need to be a short cliche at the same time.) Quote: Gaia Username: Lord of the Forest Character Name: Ethan Cottle Age: 23 Gender: Male Animal Form: Wolf Appearance:  Personality: Ethan still lives up to his cocky sense of humor, making sure to stir up a laugh every now and then. But he is a kind of coward that is both afraid of work and danger, but is slowly getting used to his instincts. Backround: Ethan has some medical knowledge, but it is now useless now that he is a wolf. Four legs aren’t easy getting used, and he has been known for a clumsy fool. Quote: Gaia Username: Your Personal Princess Character Name: Devan Elizabeth James Age: thirteen Gender: female Animal Form: wolf Appearance: What happened?Personality: Devan is very shy and cautious. She doesn’t trust anything in her surroundings and avoids contact with other living animals. When Devan thinks someone is coming a little too close, she will react a bit agressive. Before she was transformed into a wolf, she was a rather bubbly girl. Very social. Her transformation made her lose trust in others. Backround: Devan was born as an only child and she was thus a bit spoiled. She always got what she wanted, when she wanted it. But it didn’t make her mean. She became a very friendly person, always caring about others and wanting to help out in any way she could. Devan had quite a lot of friends, and nearly no enemies. She was doing well at school and had a few hobbies, in which she was pretty succesful. Quote: Gaia Username: aki_bloodlust Character Name: Mishkal Nyphm Age: 21 Gender: Female Animal Form: Fox Appearance:  Personality: Mishkal was sweet, and trustworthy. She used to be able to overcome anything life threw at her, even lemons. Until the change, she was, somewhat, normal. She was caring, loving, helpful, and kind. But after the change, she was barely herself anymore. Mishkal is now too cautious, she doesn't trust anyone, she's slightly aggressive but has her soft side. She's not as sweet as she used to be. Backround: Mishkal was born into a family of one. Her father was the one to take care of her since her mother left once Mishkal was born. Because her father didn't know much about children, Mishkal had to basically teach herself some things. She attended school of course, and graduated from highschool early. Her father was abusive to her, verbally and physically. Her put her down with words, as well as kicks. She learned to forget about all of that, after she moved out, and live her life the way she wanted to. Of course her life wasn't everything she wanted it to be, but it was close. All that changed after she met the man in white. Quote: Gaia Username: Your Personal Princess Character Name: Emma Freya Bulstrode Age: seventeen Gender: female Occupation: farmer Appearance: Just an ordinary girl..Personality: Emma is rather introvert. She doesn’t really like talking to people she doesn’t know very well and tends to be very quiet. People often think she doesn’t like them, because of the silence she brings along, but they’re wrong. Emma likes being on her own, surrounded by the farm animals. To them, she opens up and when she is taking care of them, you can see her liven up. Bio: Emma’s father died three years ago, in a civil war. Both her and her mother suffered a lot from the loss. Emma and her father had a really close bond, she loved spending time with him much more than spending time with her mother, because he was never strict and didn’t have much rules. As said before, her mother was also devistated by the death of her husband, but a few months ago, she got engaged again. This time with someone from the upper class. Emma is happy for her mother, but she doesn’t like the ‘rich’ lifestyle. She is much happier helping her grandparents out on the farm, than attending all the chique balls and having diner with ‘important people’.
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:33 pm
*Reserved for further use*
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:36 pm
Tarra was walking down the street when she heard footsteps behind her. She glanced back and saw a man in white that she had seen before those encounters having not been pleasant. She sped up. Next thing she knows it feels like something hit her in the head and she went unconscious. She woke up but was in a forest glade instead of on the streets of her neighborhood. She stretched and her tail twitched..........wait...........TAIL!!!!!!!!!!! She looked down at her body and realized she was a...........black panther!!!!!!
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:44 pm
Still delirious from the recent discovery of his new body, Ethan turned rather violently toward the panther. It had just woken up and Ethan felt a string of hope shiver donw his spine. His tail wagged involuntarily as he approached the panther. It's face suddenly contorted, and Ethan at first thought it was going to pounce on him. He backed away from it, ears flat against his skull.
But it didn't take long for him to realize that the panther was expressing surprise, not the exhilaration of bloodlust. Ethan approached the panther, trying to form the words that he would use to calm it. This might be another person who had been forced into a new body as he had, "Hel- hello? Do you understand me? Can you talk?" He couldn't help but shudder at the sound of his voice coming out of this wolf's mouth.
The thought occured that he the panther might not be able to speak as he had so easily learned to do in this body. Ethan clumsily sat as he waited for the panthers reaction.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:56 pm
"Okay totally weird. Am I dreaming or m I really panther and is a wolf really talking to me?"Tarra said uncertainly her voice came out in a low growl. She looked at her paws sheathing and unsheathing her claws.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:13 pm
Ethan chukcled a bit and startled himself by the low growls that replaced his normaly normal chuckles, "I'm starting to think the same thing right now," He said in a nervous voice. Was this really just his imagination? No, it couldn't be. The terror that the Man in White inflicted on him was all too real to be just a nightmare. The woman seemed to be exploring her own body.
"Okay, lets try to make sense of this. What's your name? I'm Ethan," He said getting control over his vcoice little by little. The slacking of his jaw made it difficult to get the lips forming words. He realized that he was panting, his tongue hanging out limply. Ethan wondered if the woman found him both terrifying and adorable?
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:36 pm
((A panther finding a wolf terrifying and adorable what a funny concept.^_^))
"I'm Tarra. Nice to meet you Ethan"Tarra replied with a smile. She stopped smiling when she realized she probably looked terrifying.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:38 pm
Mishkal opened her eyes, feeling strange and not remembering anything at all. It was almost as if she was drunk.. She did remember being chased after, then chained up, then put in a cage. The rest was all too blurry. She was walking around a tree when it all came crashing back to her. The needles, the machines, the man in white.....it hurt her inside and she fell into the grass below her. She was holding her head in her hands and crying.
She moved her hands to her face to wipe her eyes when she figured out she didn't have hands at all. They were paws!! She looked flabberghastedly at her paws, then ran. Not only did she have paws, but when she was farther away from the tree, she realized she had a tail as well. "What?!" she screamed but it only came out as a strangled yelp. She stared down at her nose seeing as it had become a muzzle. She yelped again and spun around, trying to see if anythig else had happened. Her entire body was covered in fur and she was standing on four legs, instead of the normal two.
What happened to her?
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:54 pm
"What's happening to me?" Mishkal asked herself but mouth had lost most of its form for talking so it came out as spit. Ew... she thought. She turned around once more to see that she'd become an animal. A fox to be exact. She swung her tail in little circles, then gasped. So that's that it's like to have a tail... she thought and swung it around some more.
"Am I the only one like this?" she asked herself quietly, hearing her actual voice this time, then clapsed her paws over her mouth and fell forward. She'd forgotten that she needed all four legs to stand. Once she got up she trotted around, getting used to her paws and not having fingers anymore. Once she was used to it she leaped and jumped and ran around, soon seeing the wolf and the panther. She blinked a couple times, running past them then wheeled around and came back to see if they were actually real. This time her muzzle was open in shock and she ran into a tree, hitting it with a loud thud, then falling to the ground.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:22 pm
(Hey I try =P)
The fox startled Ethan. He jumped at the startling shout, which probaly meant there was another human around who had just awoken to a brand new terrifying experience. He glanced back at Tarra. He was glad that the smile had been removed because it indeed disturbed him slightly seeing those bright teeth parted back, "Did you just see that?" He wanted a confirmation that he indeed had just seen a fox run straight into a tree.
The wolf trotted over to the prone form of the fox, not sure sure if Tarra was following. Ethan towered over the fox, "You okay?" He asked politely.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:41 pm
Mishkal's eyes opened too see a wolf standing over her, they widened when he talked to her. She blinked a couple times then leaped to her feet, slowly backing away from the wolf. "Y-yes, I'm f-fine. I think..." she spoke clearly, which surprised her. She stopped backing away and stared at the wolf's tall from. She looked down at her paws, seeing as they were black and the rest of her, except for her tail, ears, and muzzle, were orange/red. "Who are you?" she asked the wolf.
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