The Zenith of Nadir: OOC

[Xeim]

The Zenith of Nadir

What is the root, the very core of our existence? A body ties us to the physical world and gives us the ability to move about in it freely and easily. It allows us to interact with our environment. But what if this tie was thrown away, what if our shackles were torn off? Would we cease to exist?

That question is something that everyone would probably answer in their own way. But before you rush in to prove your point, why don't you first listen to the tale of those who experienced the unravelling of their ties as they were forced from their bodies. Let them tell their tale.

Setting

Not so far from our own world, there is a plane of existence that is unstable and easily influenced. The true nature of this plane was long forgotten, and now it is primarily a dark abyss. Far off in the distance, you can see the edges of arid deserts, lush forests, deep oceans, and other environments well-known to inhabitants of Earth. They will always surround you, but you cannot reach them.

No, the only way to move about in this universe is with the power of thought- or more specifically the thoughts of astral bodies. If such a being were to focus upon a landscape, creature, or object, the universe would morph to match their thoughts. What was in their head would appear before them. When someone preforms this "amalgamation" of their thoughts and their surroundings, anyone near them at the time will also be affected and transported to a new surrounding or able to see what was created.

This dangerous and lonely world is known as Nadir.

Characters

There are two types of beings in this roleplay.

The Corrivals- These are normal, everyday human beings. The have backgrounds, friends, and homes; basically, they have lives. However, these people no longer spiritually exist in the world of their birth, Earth. Their bodies remain, but their spirits do not. Each and every member of this group has gotten into some sort of tragic accident that has put them into a coma. This event was rather recent, so they remember everything about themselves. However, they do not remember anything pertaining to their accident, and therefore they do not know why they are in Nadir.

In short, when these people were sent into comas, their spirits were sent to and trapped within this unstable plane.

Character Template for Corrivals:

Name: (May be of any nationality. Just please, don't everybody pick some long, Japanese name. This isn't that roleplay.)
Age:
Height:
Weight:
Appearance: (Your astral body, which is what we see for most of the RP, looks just like your physical body.)
Personality:
Background: (Talk about your life...but don't mention your accident! Your character can't remember it. However, you should have a good idea of what happened, since it will be important for the RP.)

The Daemons- The guardians of Nadir. They were once Corrivals but were unable to return to their physical bodies before they died, and were therefore trapped within Nadir. Daemons are often very old, and they can be considered immortal. As they have no aging body, they can exist eternally. They remember almost nothing of their human life, though some of the younger ones may remember a face or two, or a bit about their accident. Their appearances have morphed over time. Since their bonds to their physical bodies have been completely severed, Daemons have no ties to the stable world, Earth. Instead, they are affected by Nadir, and have therefore changed in a variety of ways. These creatures often help Corrivals on their journeys, though they do not reveal the path home. They just give hints and advice and often stay with groups of Corrivals to temporarily escape their lives of loneliness.

Character Template for Daemons:

Name: (Not a normal name. Daemon names are usually one word that is used to describe some creature or object that they either remember or have heard about from Victims. Example: Dragonfly, Path, Monkey)
Age: (of appearance. Please don't give me some number like 1,200,300,689,678,001,223. Not only does that not make sense in a historical timeline, it doesn't give us any inclination of how your character looks.)
Height:
Weight:
Appearance: (Daemons can look human. They can look elven. They can look dwarven. They can look like the abominable snowman or Nessie. They can even look like that unspeakable thing your dog leaves behind at the park when you're too lazy to pick up after him. Have fun and be creative.)
Personality:
Background: (Optional. If you want to put anything here, it must be about their time in Nadir. If they have a person they remember from life, that can go here too. If you have any questions about what else can go here, PM me.)

Plot

This RP will take place in two parts. The first part will be explained below, the second part will be revealed later if this RP lasts that long. the second part will be VERY fun...and I'm not just trying to get you to want to keep this RP alive. *shifty eyes*

Part I- Nadir
The Corrivals arrive in Nadir. They don't know how they got there, but they know they need to get out. They must overcome challenges and be sure to heed the advice of the Daemons. Some Daemons are rather mischievous (referred to as Demons by the Daemons...it's highly derogatory) and will amalgamate the surroundings so that the characters are thrust into a dangerous environment. Sometimes someone will accidently concentrate on something rather...frightening, and the characters will be forced to escape from it.

Just remember that once something has been thought, it cannot be unthought. This means that escaping an object/creature/environment is not as easy as thinking of it being gone, or in the case of environments, thinking of another environment. The only time environments can be amalgamated is when Nadir appears as an abyss. The trick to escaping environments varies. Make sure to heed the advice of Daemons!

The plane, Nadir, has wiped the memory of your accident. To remember, you must overcome the challenges Nadir lays before you. Often times a daemon will hint that you should amalgamate a certain location because something beneficial awaits you there. Benefits include phrases written into the ground or items that pertain to your accident. After you see enough of these, you will start to regain your memories of that time. Not everyone will find an artifact pertaining to their accident at each location, however, and not all locations will have artifacts (like ones amalgamated by "demons").

Important things to note!

• You cannot think yourself home right now, as you have no idea where you are or what condition you are in.
• You MAY think about your life and memories, but all that will do is cause your memories to play out in front of you and the people you're with. You cannot alter these in any way. It's an instant, embarrassing movie theater though...
• Amalgamation does not occur due to a fleeting thought. To amalgamate something, you must focus on it.
• To escape a location containing benefits, you must find all of the benefits before Nadir returns to its usual abyss
• To escape a location that does not contain benefits, you simply must find the edge of the location. Basically, you just need to walk out of it. But whoever has put that location there probably doesn't want to make leaving easy.

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Synopsis

In depth plot information for Part I will be enclosed in spoiler tags below for those who fall behind. Please read it to get help on your posts!

The Beginning; Story Info:

Corrival POV
You have just arrived in Nadir. You're confused and disoriented, and as you float around in this endless abyss you notice others like you...

NOTE: Please don't amalgamate yet!

Daemon POV
Another batch of corrivals have been trapped within Nadir. Observe them from a distance, and introduce yourself if you are feeling so brave...

For more info on this section, see: Getting Started

Terms

Amalgamation- "the act of mixing to make a combination"; will be used in this roleplay to refer to the merging of thoughts and surroundings to create something that was not previously present in the plane.

Daemon- "good or malevolent supernatural beings between mortals and gods"; Not to be confused with demon! I'm guilty of misusing this word on several occasions...

Corrivals- "competitors"; this term is used to refer to the coma victims. It comes from the fact that the Corrivals are, in essence, playing Nadir's game.

To Join

I'm not going to be too strict about join requirements. I would like for you to PM me if you're interested, before you post a profile. I reserve the right to deny your application, but I'm pretty lax so no worries.

If I have contacted you about this RP previously, you can post your profiles at any time.

Character List
Corrivals
Hyzenthlay's Lucy Wright
Lady Rika's Noel Abastor
OmniTense's Salvidor Lisker
Xeim's Stephen Winter
Plaidsheep's William Pitt

Daemons
Omnitense's Prison
Silver's The Undecided
Xeim's Orchid
Itachi Uchiha's Nihility

[Sinister]

I'm in... I can have two chars, right? I'll post one now. But I wanted a Daemon and a Corrival!

Name: Prison (Daemon)
Age: 12
Height: 5'4
Weight: 108
Appearance: He has dark brown hair and an irresistibly adorable face with a sharp small nose and grey eyes. Prison wears dark black robes and a hood that are way too big for him.

Personality: Prison is only concerned with things that hold his interest and he has a tragically short attention span. He's very self-centered and childish. If you aren't actively entertaining him then he will make entertainment out of you. He lives for mischief and loves to test Corrivals as much as their patience will allow. He occasionally shows uncharacteristic bouts of sympathy and wisdom…but not often. He is foremost and always a troublemaker to the point of villainy.

Background: Having been trapped so long in the recess of Nadir, he has forgotten his name and no longer cares about such ancient history. He can only remember his current name because Nadir reminds him of a prison. His mother had been trapped in Nadir with him after a horrible accident. She was able to escape, but Prison never did. Now his cruel tragic story shaped him to be the unsavory brat he is now.



-Sin

[Furore]

Name: The Undecided (Daemon)
Age: Early to Mid 20s
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 90kg

Appearance: The Undecided's typical form is of a clueless or dreamy young man who is tall and kind of lanky. The rest of his features seem to shift every so often including physical traits such as hair style and colour, skin colour, depth of facial features and clothing.

Personality: The Undecided is rather undecided. He has seen much around him and is quick to give answers due to impatience, but his reliability gives a lot to be desired. He spaces out a great deal of the time and spends a lot of that time trying to remember who he once was. Despite his impatience, The Undecided is rarely if ever hostile to any other sentient beings who attempt to converse with him as he believes seeing new things may help to trigger his memory.

Background: The Undecided only remembers one thing from his past life well. He remembers that his life was ended due to his own indecision in a situation requiring quick thinking. He believes he was once human, though even that he can't be sure of and has spent as long as he can remember wondering about his past. He believes that knowing the past will unlock his future, but it's unlikely he ever will meaning he may be damned to an eternal life of being undecided.

[Xeim]

Omni, Silver, both accepted.

And yes, you can definitely have two characters. I'll be posting up my corrival character another time.

Name: Orchid (Daemon)
Age: 24
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 130 lbs
Appearance: Orchid has long, black hair that falls to her waist. Side-bangs are swept to the left and just barely cover the top of her left eye. Her calculating eyes are a deep purple and her skin pale. Her ears are pointed, but not long like an elf's, and she has large, violet wings that slightly resemble a tattered butterfly's wings (note that the rest of the pic does not resemble her). She wears a long, orange ball gown with a red corset top. Around her neck sits a small, bell necklace. Her presence is announced with the ethereal tinkling of the bell.
Personality: Orchid is a haughty woman. She is one of the older Daemons, and therefore expects to be well respected by all creatures in Nadir. She often talks down to people, and there are few she looks upon as anything near her equal. This doesn't mean she is cruel, however. To those she deems worthy she is generous and kind, though this side of her is rarely seen. She is quick to anger, and her anger consists of unsightly outbursts and the amalgamation of rather dangerous landscapes (if the one that has angered her is a corrival).

She does not believe in a concept of good and evil, merely of help and hindrance. If a corrival can impress her she will be willing to guide and protect him or her in any way she can. If one angers or displeases her, they will be quickly taken to an unkind area that they must escape. Thankfully, she doesn't hold grudges.

Orchid is a faithful servant of Nadir. She will do whatever she can to keep the plane "happy," and does everything that it appears to want.
Background: Orchid has been in Nadir for several centuries. She has met many corrivals and Daemons, but has only taken a liking to a couple of them. She is very active in the corrival's struggle; she is either very quick to help, or very quick to hinder. Her memories of Nadir are vast, and her memories of life are lacking. She has always been very in tune to Nadir, and can very easily tell what it wills and what it does not. She does not believe Nadir to be entirely inanimate, but does not believe it to be much of a living being, either.

[Hyzenthlay]

Name: Lucy Wright
Age: 16
Height: 5'7
Weight: 8 stone.
Appearance: Her hair is parted in the centre to reveal a set of dark brown eyes. Her hair itself is a light-brown and is worn up in a pony tail. A set of teeth juts out from her upper jaw, much like a rabbits. Not quite as large, though. She wears a set of loose, navy blue jeans and a white tank top. Her shoes are a brown leather dress shoe. She also carries a backpack and wears a set of wide-framed, black glasses.
Personality: She is a very shy person. Unless she knows who she is talking to. Usually taking an untrusting approach to people. She also has a very short temper. Often lashin out at people for the slightest of things. She has alot of pet hates and reasons to be mad at people.
Background: (Lol, sorry Xeim. I didnt read this or I wouldnt have asked) Lucy is a fairly average teenage girl. She goes to school, reads books, watches T.v. The only think that makes her different is that she has few, if any friends. She has always been the subject of ridicule and teasing. With no musclemass to strike back she just tries to get on with her life. Often feeling very low when she gets home. Her intelligence being the only thing she can see to give her the 'last laugh'.

Short and sweet.

[Itachi Uchiha]

Name: Nihility
Age: 16
Height: 6’0
Weight: 168 ilbs
Appearance: Nihility is perceived in one of two shapes he chooses to take. In the void of Nadir, when a thought hasn’t been amalgamated, his shape is nothing more than a withering black specter. All that can be seen of his appearance are his bright, deep-set golden eyes and the flickering edges of white that burn off his form, that give him a distorted humanoid shape. After amalgamation has occurred he can force his being into something more physical, usually taking an altered version of his once human-self. His appearance becomes that of a young, pale skinned boy with bowl-cut white hair and pony-tail. His eyes, remaining gold, carry a heavy look of impassiveness. Nihility is often clothed in a black Japanese school uniform and dangles a white fan from his hand.

Personality: Nihility speaks in a monotonous tone rarely conveying how he feels on a situation or person. He regards both Daemons and Corrivals with a kind of disinterest yet still wishes to talk to them out of curiosity. On the rare chance he shows his feels, they are in turbulent outbursts that he has forgotten how to control. These usually lead him to awkward or dangerous situations, as they have done in the past.

Background: Regarded by many as a young Daemon, Nihility has only existed in Nadir for a century but has been taken in ideas from those who have passed him (i.e the uniform). Of his previous life, he can only remember three images that he projects and replays to himself over and over. A moment with a group of people, the face of a boy in a frozen forest and a descending picture of water.

[Lady Rika]

How slow of me! I knew about this before anyone else and yet I didn't post my character first?!
Omni you dare post before me! *points* ^_^



~Corrivals~

Name: Noel Abastor

Age: 19

Height: 5’5

Weight: 135 lbs

Appearance: Large blue star like eyes and wavy black hair Noel resembles one of the typical café college girls who sits and reads to the soft voice of poetry being spoke. Usually dressing in jeans with a blouse and tight jean jacket, simple but pretty in casual sort of way, not flaunting or showing off.

Personality: Quite around people she don’t know but sweet once she warms up to people once she’s around them long enough. Can be taken back by unknown things or strange stuff she’s never seen before but willing to look and observe and understand in the end.

Background: Noel enjoys her home in her beautiful panoramic small town of Gordes, France. Every Tuesday morning Noel goes to the merchant market with her mother to sell handicrafts, though she doesn’t make them her mother does a great job and she is proud to show off and sell the lovely items. Every other day but Tuesday she spends her time in the wide fields, the high grasses tickling and itching her pale skin. Picking the petals of red tulips as she reads a new book or sketches the castle in the distance; recently going clubbing with her friends in a larger town nearby she never really enjoys it much. Every time she goes she feels out of place even though she gets hit on a lot Noel always feels like something bad is going to happen. Especially when her friends insist that she drive them home in their drunken state, feeling helpless and vulnerable to anything that could happen; the whole feels like im being watched kicks in or she gets nervous over any other thing that happens. But Noel isn’t a negative person, she tries to be as optimistic as her mind will let her but bad luck catches up with her every now and then.



My Daemon will be up later Xeim.

[Xeim]

Sorry the RP thread isn't up yet, everyone. I'm waiting for a couple more corrival characters before we start. I don't mind that everyone wants to go for a daemon, but that doesn't mean we can go corrival-less, either. xD

I'll be putting up a corrival character pretty soon, and I know that Omni's also working on one. I'd like to get a couple more (which hopefully amounts to more people joining; I don't want to make anyone feel like they should take on a second character if they don't want to) so if you want to join and haven't decided on a character type yet, a corrival might be right for you. =P

I'm not closing down apps for daemons, but I would like to see a couple more corrivals thrown into the mix.

Hopefully we can get this thing started soon!

[Sinister]

*hides from Rika*

Name: Salvidor Lisker
Age: 19
Height: 6'2
Weight: 138
Appearance: Sal has shaggy platinum blonde hair and a thin somewhat boyish yet feminine face. He wears a charcoal blue T-shirt with a black eagle crest inlaid on it with felt. He wears a dark navy blue jacket and long black jeans with dress shoes. Around his neck is a Tien Hau Taoist charm made from Cinnabar. He has an airy light but soft voice. He has dark tinted glasses that obscure his eyes.

Personality: Sal has the spirit of a poet and over romanticizes everything. He exaggerates every story or tale and likes to use ridiculously flowery words. He poses like a model. And he constantly loses himself in humorous chains of philosophical thought that he eventually gives up without bothering to unravel. Many of his sentences come out confused or mixed by his own inner dialog so that not many can understand his outbursts.

He is outgoinginly kind and generous and will do anything to help without pause. He comforts and is generally a good friend. He is usually very brave and can take pretty harsh punishment without showing any effects. That aside…He hates bugs. He's scared to death of them. Particularly of Scorpions.

As a Taoist, Sal looks upon Nadir as the merest of tests and feels that he is totally prepared for it. And it's true that nowhere could feel more natural to him. He isn't terribly knowledgeable, but it is pretty shrewd at times when he isn't locked in a mental monologue or contemplating poetry. He also LOVES games. Any kind of game. And that is why he finds Nadir so agreeable.

Background: Sal was born in Dubai from Finnish and American parents. He learned more about Anthropology, Religion and Philosophy than most children. He was brought up with a classical education that didn't amount much for him as he found it all horribly boring. He was more interested in moonlight, mist, tea and wine. The flux of people around him inspired him to emotionally and socially enlighten himself to the human condition.

[Xeim]

Name: Stephen Winter
Age: 19
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 145 lbs
Appearance: Stephen has bright, uncontrollable ginger hair. It is rather short, coming down just past his ears, and it sticks up in just about every known direction, plus a few more. He has large, kind, brown eyes that always have a mysterious little twinkle in their depths. His skin is pale and clear, and he always has a mischievous little smile playing on his boyish face. Stephen is tall and skinny, but his arms are strong from helping out with sets on his spare time. In all, he is mildly attractive if you can get past his...dynamic personality.

He wears a brown T-shirt and black dress pants.

Personality: Stephen can not be described as optimistic, but he isn't pessimistic either. He looks at situations logically and has a comment ready for everything. He is very intelligent, as he has done a variety of research on thousands of subjects, and often only to make his performance in a play more believable. But, as one thing would lead to the next, his research into old english would eventually wind up somewhere like gothic architecture. He is very observant, so not a detail escapes him. However, he sometimes speaks before he has fully come to understand something, and comes off as looking rather idiotic.

However, the most striking thing about him is his inability to separate one of his plays from reality. He extremely dramatic about well...anything and everything. He overreacts to just about any situation and loves to end any frightened speeches with a feigned feint. His diction is sickeningly perfect, and he is sometimes just a little louder than necessary. And well, he is definitely has no social skills, and often unknowingly puts himself into an awkward situations without even caring.

Background: Stephen was born and raised in England. His life was rather boring, with his perfect dotting parents and perfect sniveling little sister. There was no variety to his life. He got up each morning, ate oatmeal and toast for his perfect breakfast, and was off to school where his schedule was so repetitive that he could probably make it through the day asleep. There was no story to this life. If someone had wanted to record his life one day, they would find nothing there in his early years.

When he was about ten years old he tried out for a play that his town's community center was holding for younger children. He landed the part of the main character. Stephen soon found that he loved to get up on stage and share with people the story of someone that he was not. Every chance he got, he was in a play. When he was able to take a drama class at school, he jumped on the opportunity. He has been acting ever since. Currently, Stephen is majoring in drama and hopes to become a motion picture actor one day.

[Lady Rika]

I've decided not to make a daemon charrie but instead I will make another human character if thats alright. It will not crush my dreams not to have a daemon but you know what im getting at don't ya Xeim! ^^

[plaidsheep]

Hey guys! I talked to Xeim and he said I was cool to post this. Seems like a cool idea, I'm personally pumped for it. Anyway here's my profile.

Name: William “Willie” Pitt

Age: 21

Height: 6’ 2”

Weight: 190

Appearance: Tall with short, buzzed brown hair, Will is athletic and toned. A ‘good ole American boy’ as his father calls him, Will played football throughout high school but refused to play in college. Instead he chose to study abroad in Europe, putting his studies before athletics. He likes to dress nicely, feeling more comfortable in a suit then in casual clothes. Women seem to be attracted to him, but his fear of commitment has left him somewhat lonely.

Will is wearing a black suit with a white-buttoned shirt underneath his suit coat. His tie is black and his shoes are black, along with matching black suit pants.

Personality: Will is not the most intelligent person alive, but he is still rather smart. He is strong willed and after four years of being Quarterback, he sees himself as a leader. He is known to be hot headed sometimes and is not afraid to voice his opinion, even if it is sometimes obnoxious and one-sided. However, stress and worry do not seem to affect him. In harrowing situations he is known to keep his cool and when facing daunting tasks he likes to take them on headfirst. Some would call him stubborn, others would call him brave.

Background: Nearly done with college, Will has spent the last three years studying in Europe. He loves Europe, mainly because it is so different than the small rural town he grew up in. He spent most of his time in Spain, but recently is studying in England. Very much the partying type, Will enjoys the clubs of Europe, spending most of his weekends party hopping and clubbing. Since moving to England, he has made some shifty friends, but since he has never experienced these types of people before, he trusts them.

[Xeim]

Welcome, plaidsheep. ^^

And Rika, yeah, I'd love to get another corrival. You can make a daemon later if you want, though. I don't want to take that from you!

Ooooookay everyone, I have now posted the RP thread. Pardon the delay.

To people who haven't posted profiles but still want to join: Just because the thread's up does not mean you can't join anymore. I purposefully left out a description of which corrival characters were there so that people who post corrival profiles within the next few days aren't left out. However, even after we get a group together, corrival characters can still easily join by running into us in an amalgamated world.

Daemon characters do as they please and are also easy to introduce because of this.

To people who have already joined and posted profiles: Your first post is just to introduce your character. I included some info on this in the synopsis section of my first post. You'll often find information you need there, so check up on it often, especially if you have questions.

A note to corrival characters:

-Please do not list appearances of all the RP characters in your first post. The reason for this is the same reason I did not do this in my post (mentioned above and below).

-If you want your corrival character to start out by him/herself, that's perfectly fine. Just make sure you arrange to meet up with the other corrivals at some point, probably in an amalgamated setting.

-The corrivals will form into a group after intros. If you do not post an intro, I will assume you want to be part of this group from the beginning and will write your character into that situation. If you want to start out on your own, make sure to post.

If you post and make a reference to a group being around you, I'll assume you also want to be part of the initial group unless you tell me otherwise either in the OOC or through PM, or if you make it blatant in your post ( i.e. making everyone around you leave, walking away from the group).

Before we move on, I will post a list of who's in the group and who is on their own, so I don't write you into the wrong spot.

A note to Daemons:

-You guys are free as birdies. Do whatever you want, just don't involve any RP characters in amalgamations. Leave them alone, unless you want to have a little chat with one. Do what you will with any NPCs you want to whip up.

A note to everyone:

If you have any questions/concerns that are not addressed here or in the synopsis section, please ask. As most people already know, I can get a bit confusing. ^^; Once we get into amalgamated settings and such, things should seem freer.

[Itachi Uchiha]

I apologize for the late-ness of my post, but i was hoping for other daemons to post sooner so I'd have something to work too (since I'm only using a Daemon so far). But since it had been awhile since anyone posted I just put it in there with what I could work on without becoming involved before everyone elses introduction.

[Lady Rika]

TFF has been dead for quite a while but its all good, my Rp post will be up most likely tonight.

Life has been sucking especially since Kentucky has been in a state of emergency because of this terrible winter ice storm.