Grand Opening OOC Post

[theearth]

Hello, everyone and welcome to Save the Earth!

I'm extremely excited to say that our game will officially be opening on April 1st. I deeply hope you're all classy enough to avoid making fake drop posts on the first day.

The reason for the short delay in opening is simply because I'm spending Sunday with family (as I'm sure some of you will be too) and won't have time to give the opening the attention it deserves. Sorry!

But in the meantime, we can have this post here to get to know one another. Tell us a bit about yourself and your character. Tell us the sorts of direction you want to take them in, any plots you've already half formed, etc.

Some points of business:

• Anyone who was accepted before I began requesting them with application acceptance, please create and link to an info post for your character so I can add it to the taken list.

• A more detailed post regarding the circumstances of the first three plot threads will go up Monday, which will introduce characters to the invasion and the dangers of revealing themselves. One of the three plots is closer to foreshadowing than anything that can be directly be interacted with at the start, but with a game like this you never know.

• You won't have to make AC for the first two months, but I will be requesting you fill out the form when it comes up and then giving me your feedback regarding how easy or hard you found it, both times. The current AC requirements may change in the future based on that input.

• Although applications aren't open yet, I'll be looking for two extra mods soon enough! Duties to be shared will be applications (which will be dealt with in shifts), organisation help (including AC and the taken list), being my American culture expert (what the heck are 'grits' and why would I eat them?) and finally, being privy to and assisting in running plots (so don't consider yourself for the position unless you're okay with spoilers).

As always, questions and comments are welcome.

Comments

[professorwolf]

Oh, how exciting! :)

Hi folks, I'm Gail, a thirty-something accounting clerk in Southern California who has problems with being addicted to rp (this is my seventh game, eheheh >.> ). I'm going to be playing this slightly geeky biology professor here, who was once a dapper and polite Victorian werewolf from the Parasol Protectorate books. (No, he's not the fourth Doctor, sorry :( I just found the actor online and thought he suited). I look forward to tormenting him with slowly turning back into a werewolf again :D Future plots include learning the shapeshift before learning how to keep his human mind, having trouble with an emerging desire to stick to werewolf-like pack rank, and the full-monty monster come his first full moon after getting wolf shape back >: 3

I also look forward to rping with everybody and saving the world, one plotline at a time! <3

[shendude]

Hi, people!

I'm Malicious Insect, usually called Mal because that's a pain to type. I'm your resident Mod and my player character is Shendu, the most persistent villain from the TV show Jackie Chan Adventures.

Usually he's a giant dragon demon sorcerer, except for when he's a statue or a ghost and he's all of those at least twice each at some point. In game though, he's an old man and an ex-member of Chinese organized crime who has chilled out a lot these days. His first Echo gave him the power to... float!

My eventual plan for him is to slowly shift from being a creaky ol' grumpy guy who mostly has to sit around at the back and offer advice to being a dangerous guy who abuses his powers for personal gain and who wants to save the Earth only for the chance to carve a chunk of it out for himself.

I'll also be playing what will probably be the only NPC who gets Echoes at first, based on The Walking Dead game's Ben Paul. For those of you unfamiliar, he's basically the Squeaky Voiced Teen from the Simpsons but forced to fight zombies. Don't get attached, he'll be dead in a week, because two universes want to screw him over apparently.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to vibrate with excitement until Monday.

[shiromadoushi]

Hey all, I'm Fran who plays this nerd EVERYWHERE. For those who don't recognize him, this is Bakura Ryou from that one manga that's all about card games, Yu-Gi-Oh! [or Yuugiou for the other romanization that's faster to type out :)

Only this isn't just the RPG loving nerd with horribly luck this time. Nope, this guy is ALL THREE Bakurae, Bakura Ryou, Yami Bakura and Thief King Bakura, in one. I'm still not 100% sure how that's going to work but.. it'll be a fun ride either way :D

I can be pestered at Frandenut on AIM or frannyan (feel free to add!) Looking forward to playing with you all!

[twopercent]

Hi, folks! I'm Skai, and I'll be bringing in the guy that everybody loved to hate (until he became cool) and star of the most recent Metal Gear game, Raiden. Okay, his real name is Jack, but he has reasons for not liking it too much.

Preincarnation, Jack went through a lot of traumatic shit, pulled through his emo existential crisis phase, and ended up as a vigilante cyborg ninja with a penchant for turning robots into piles of scrap and enemies into small meaty chunks.

Reincarnated, he's a special forces veteran who got his arm blown off and is now working for a security company... at least when he's not drinking himself stupid. He's got a real pretty face, but saying he has a lot of mental and emotional problems is like saying Antarctica is a bit chilly.

I'm hoping to eventually see him get his shit together to a greater or lesser extent, and I think there will be a lot of interesting drama to play out (how will he react to being used by unknown forces to protect the earth when he gets back memories of being a pawn of the Patriots? Only time will tell!)

I've been stoked about this game for what feels like ages, and I'm super-hyped for game opening and the chance to finally RP with every single one of you. LET'S DO THIS THING!

Info post!

[secondcomingof]

Classy? Sir, you suffered through read my app. You know I am the very definition of classy. Also, yeah, I'm pretty sure very, very few people will be around tomorrow, so no worries about the delayed opening.

Anyway, my name is Deus (or Desu, or Lisa, whatever your preference) and I am bringing to you one (1) Full Frontal from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, that wonderful series about fabulous giant robots and the fabulous men (and women!) who pilot them. More specifically, Full Frontal is the Big Bad, cloned from the kindly gentleman (maybe you've heard of him) who tried to throw the world into nuclear winter by means of colony/asteroid/various objects of massive size drops. At the moment, he's thinking less nuclear winter, more FREEDOM FOR THE SPACENOIDS, but he's still a pretty nasty guy who'd shoot you in the face if he thought it would aid his glorious cause. He's fond of candlelit dinners, long walks on the beach, terrorizing civilians, and shoving young men against hard metal surfaces.

You could've stopped this, Banagher. You could've stopped this.

Also, he is merely a vessel. Once he reacquires his memory, expect to hear this a lot. Like, a lot a lot.

As far as plans go, Full Frontal has EVOLVED INTO!!! Casval Mass, a former captain in the Royal Air Force and current bigwig politician who has some Issues, primarily with popping pills, also primarily with finding out the hard way how shitty humanity is. Expect to see him nosing about as a major military presence here and getting in everyone's business. And likely setting up a black market of sorts because hey, we gotta work up to that Big Bad status eventually, right? I am a terrible person so expect to see poor Casval put through the ringer as he gradually comes to learn that the Earth he's been saving was the same one he declared fit for eradication in his past... past... life. Feel free to call him Captain Mass/make his life even more terrible however you see fit.

Beyond that, I've got nothin. Feel free to add me on my plurk, notagundam, and listen to me fangirl over things absolutely no one cares about.

[shendude]

Just letting you know, I'm totally going to start reading this series now. Looks fascinating.

[secondcomingof]

Dude. Dude.

I was totally the Deathwing that tagged you on the villains meme awhile back. Your Shendu is boss and you are boss for playing him. Seriously, you just went up ten million cool points in my book. Also, fellow future partners in genocidal crime, y/y? The hair, man, you can't deny the hair.

[shendude]

Receiving your app caused me to wonder where my deck went, just saying.

Looking forward to seeing how the first combo app works out too!

[twopercent]

Seconding Mal, I really need to find these books. (I love werewolves too, so that probably helps. Vampires, meh, whatever, werewolves are where it's at.)

[shendude]

Oh really. What a welcome surprise, it's almost like I planned this ahead of time.

Sounds like a party. Especially considering by the time that's viable Shendu will probably be bald :(

[shiromadoushi]

So many people have that reaction :D This account is like a nostalgia bomb for so many people which always makes me giggle. :)

And the combo thing is actually what got me to give this a try! Since it just kinda seemed far too perfect all things considered :)

[twopercent]

Yu mo gui gwai fai di zao! Yu mo gui gwai fai di zao!

[professorwolf]

I highly recommend them ^^ Steampunk fantasy, very clever writing, loveable characters... great stuff. Plus, ya know, Lyall is wonderful :: chinhands ::

[secondcomingof]

It's alright, Shendu. If you ask nicely, you can borrow some of Frontal's slick 'do, he's got plenty to spare. It'll look fetching with your... your, uh... yeah, it'll look good. Probably.

Giant dragon + giant robot. The epic, murderous bromance that was always meant to be. ♥

[really8adegg]

Hi! I'm Harry, I'm from London but I've been in the US for the last month, balancing travelling with telecommuting. Right now I am in Missouri, but I'm heading back home in a week, which will put me firmly back into "oh god my time zones don't line up with ANYBODY" mode (theoretically I'm in GMT, but my work schedule is super weird)

ANYWAY this is Mindfang from Homestuck, she is a sexy alien pirate captain and all around nasty piece of work – her reincarnation, Arianna, is significantly less of a nasty piece of work, and I'm looking forward to having her struggle with what an unpleasant person her past life was! Eventually she'll be regaining mind control abilities – initially she'll be opposed to using them but ha ha we will see how long that lasts. She lectures in history at whatever the university in this city is called so if anybody playing college students or potential other faculty wants CR on that basis then HIT ME UP c: She also writes trashy purple-prosey pirate romance novels under the pen name Nancy Fluke in her spare time

(Also I am completely stumped about finding a PB for her, so if anybody has any suggestions for ladies with some good varieties of smug, stern and condescending then let me know, otherwise I am just going to have to draw myself some icons or something)

If you wanna get in touch with me for anything I am sexy biopsy on AIM, ormery on plurk and tigerhazard on tumblr! looking forward to playing with you guys OuO

[professorwolf]

Hee, you'll like these, then. The werewolves are generally more central to the story. The vampires can be fun, though, particularly one Lord Akeldama ^^

[shendude]

Your first comment there immediately reminded me of the Two Best Friends Play where someone says 'if you told me four years ago Raiden would be cooler than Dante I would punch you in the face.' How fickle we are.

[secondcomingof]

ONEEEE MOOOOOOOO TIIIIIIIING

[professorwolf]

I am anxiously awaiting the opening, tooooo :D I am so excited for this game, man.

Also, playing creaky old grumpy guys FTW. I have a couple fandom characters like that and half a dozen OCs XD

[secondcomingof]

>mind control

Tell me more.

[shendude]

NOT AGAAAAAaaaaaaaain...

[professorwolf]

I only watched a few episodes of that show when it was a Saturday morning cartoon (I show my age, I know), but I vaguely recall this guy being cool XD

Welcome!

[twopercent]

Having reviewed MGS2 prior to writing my app, it's okay, he... really wasn't... that cool then... Raiden plz stop arguing with your lying spy girlfriend on codec jesus h. christ.

(Matt and Pat are great. They have exactly the right attitude towards Metal Gear: loving it because it's so goddamn stupid.)

[struckout]

Hello everyone here so far! I'm Anduin and play lots of Farron girls from Final Fantasy XIII.

Here I have Lightning, master of Really Intense Looks and being completely fucking badass. She's a former soldier who, in the process of being especially protective of her little sister, found herself running from the government who thinks that just because - since she was magically branded by a being from the place her civilization believes wants to destroy everything - she needs to die ASAP. Later she gets herself redeemed but then disappears from the normal timeline and becomes even more super ridiculously magically powerful as she runs around in the realm of the dead. WOO!

Meanwhile, her reincarnation goes by Kallie instead and is pretty painfully normal. She's a sophomore athletic training student at Locke City University and works part-time at the health center there... so it's possible that if your character has a reason to be there and especially if they have reason to go to the gym or something, they might have already met her in passing.

Her initial Echo was caused by an attack on her at said health center, not very long before the start of the game- something people around there might have heard about too, perhaps? She's gained the ability to use weak Thunder spells as a result of part of her soul being changed to the 'chaos'-made spirit of FFXIII. :F

Obviously I don't have too many solid plans for her so far aside from a few Echo ideas like... making her hair start turning pink. :D That and just the fun of her regaining powers and memories of a woman who grew up in a radically different culture and then became a demigod fighting to keep reality from imploding.

Aaaaanyway, I'm at plurk at Anduin, where you're free to add me if you'd like. Just drop me a line first if your profile doesn't make it obvious who you are!

[twopercent]

So many fond memories of reading that series ages and ages ago... and the WHAT A TWEEST game at the end. OHHHH shounen manga.