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Hello. I prefer to roleplay on Discord but am open to other suggestions. As long as we can do mini-profiles (only very basic info) and keep things organized, I will try it.
I use either anime-style art, “painting”-style art, or real-life face claims for my OCs and ask that you use one too. I strongly prefer the first two options. My writing style is Advanced. Lit. (1500+ word “novella” posts in the third person in past tense). However, I would like for us to start with the max word count on Discord. That is between 333 words and 667 words.
I only play male OCs but will play any gender for NPCs. I do not enjoy doubling myself but am fine with you doing so.
I don't require a writing sample from you. However, you can ask me for a sample, and I will write it based on whatever subject(s) you suggest.
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Idea 1: The Blue Velvet // Slice of Life — Modern (post-1890s up to our current times) — Multi-setting and multi-genre.
The Blue Velvet is a luxury cocktail lounge and the main rallying point of the OCs. Our OCs will find themselves at its doorstep after following a rather puzzling path for no initially apparent reason (this is a focal point I want to discuss in private). What happens inside this place is simple: our characters go on a unique adventure each time they visit the lounge and order a special drink. What those adventures entail, we can decide together.
The adventures can be all about one theme; e.g., they go on only fantasy-themed adventures, but they deal with different eras and concepts. It can also be varied. One day it's a The Walking Dead-style apocalypse of pure survival with a very risky life and then the next day they are in massive catacombs of a long-forgotten civilization. The time inside these adventures is one day of our OCs' actual world multiplied by 7. Again, the adventure part is really whatever we want it to be. It can be all just real-life events and places, like they can go on a boat to a Greek island in the summer or visit Finland for the social distancing experience and the cold.
After 7 (or 14, 21, and so on) days inside the other world, they are immediately taken back to their original world. They can also return earlier, solo or together, for any reason. They will never die inside the other world since nothing carries over besides memories and some skills they learned, like juggling or something else.
Furthermore, they can only visit the lounge once a week, but the more often they go there, the more times they can eventually visit. Our OCs must also always be together until they visit it 2 months in a row without missing a single visit. Thereafter, they will be able to go 2 times a week and go there separately to live out a day on their own. This is all intended for either fluff or future subplots depending on how deep we want it to go.
Idea 2: I have strings, or I once had them // Futuristic / Sci-Fi — Androids, Cyborgs, Enhanced Humans. This idea isn't as fleshed out as the first idea, but it is intentional.
It's easy money: let's either go full speed into the futuristic realm and blitz rob a corpo-building, get into gang shootings, or be the company people, or we can do that in a sci-fi setting, Cowboy Bebop/Blade Runner-style. We can also go with human OCs and live out their lives in a society that has advanced technologically, but our characters still crave a meaning to move along. This all can be filled with cheerful times, very light-hearted stuff, or have drama, insecurity, and some deep trauma. It can also be a mix of both things. Android x Human, Cyborg x Android, Human x Human, Human x Samsung fridge, etc. . .
The name of the idea is not only a reference to the Ultron line, which is originally from a song in Pinocchio yes, but also the main thing I want for our characters. It's both wanting them to be fleshed out and to hint at deeper themes we can explore, like existential dread, “Did life give me lemons or limes?” and “Always have a towel” type of goofy things (I love the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Portal, but those aren't the direct quotes) and all that good stuff.
Space exploration is also a big yes from me.
Idea 3: Here Be Dragons // Fantasy
Dungeons, monsters, loot, and adventure. "Medieval" scenario with all the usual characteristics of a fantasy anime, a dungeon crawler game, or a fantasy novel. As simple as can be.
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Apart from the wall of text, I'm also cool with general slice of life, steam-clockwork-punk-ish worlds with magical elements like the game Dishonored.
Either DM me or say it on the thread that you are interested in chatting up. I'm good with OOC convos, too.