BreezyB
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Notice! The in-character forum is opening tomorrow (the 4th)! If you regret missing the interest check, fear not! Feel free to fill out a character sheet and shoot me a PM so we can set up a natural way for you to enter the story.
Sunshine Falls, Arizona, was established as a gated community. It was designed to be completely self sustaining, producing it's own power and food and other necessities. It's exports were primarily lumber at the time, though the town now produces large quantities of metals, stone, and other valuable underground goods - although there is no know mine in the area.
Today, it seems like the perfect home for new families. It's safe, well maintained, and full of friendly neighbors. Beautiful houses with dirt-cheap rent are plentiful, although upon closer look many of them are empty. In fact, the current population of Sunshine Falls is the subject of some debate, in part thanks to the refusal of the community to communicate with outsiders.There is one road in, and the same road is the only one out. It is guarded 24/7 to keep outnundesirables.
What the world doesn't know is that Sunshine Falls is home to the largest cult in American history.
James May, a well educated man, came to the town decades ago. When he first moved into the community, he brought with him a massive influx of people whom he call his Family. Every one of these people voted for James May as mayor, and nobody has been able to run a campaign against him since. As the mayor, he worked tirelessly to bring followers into the town, expanding his Family (and voting pool) and driving out the well-meaning original inhabitants. Now the Family runs every aspect of the town, quietly pulling the strings and monitoring each other to keep out dissent.
In the month of August, an ad was put in the paper to attract new families to "the perfect home," a place where "families are welcome!" No amount of research could unearth the sickness growing in the heart of the town. And so, like every year before, one or two clueless families saw the ad and put their down payment on one of the beautiful houses in town.
They don't know it yet, but election day is coming.
So! This roleplay is for a small to medium group of people depending on interest. The town is run by a nearly omnipresent cult bent on expanding their numbers and keeping their secrets hidden. Will you pry where you're unwanted or give in to save yourself and your family? Will you fight back quietly, or would you rather poke the beehive? That's up to you.
I will write for James May and many of the cultists. There is room for a second in command, if somebody would like to help control the cultist forces.
It is in no way required, but I would like to see one or two "families" of two to three people, rather than complete strangers. I think that that will raise the stakes.
Ultimately I hope to keep this RP fairly realistic, although there may be some supernatural forces going on as well..
Please be willing to post at least once a day. There is no requirement to post length, I only ask that everybody have a good time!
P.S. this is my first interest check, feel free to ask questions or offer suggestions!
Sunshine Falls, Arizona, was established as a gated community. It was designed to be completely self sustaining, producing it's own power and food and other necessities. It's exports were primarily lumber at the time, though the town now produces large quantities of metals, stone, and other valuable underground goods - although there is no know mine in the area.
Today, it seems like the perfect home for new families. It's safe, well maintained, and full of friendly neighbors. Beautiful houses with dirt-cheap rent are plentiful, although upon closer look many of them are empty. In fact, the current population of Sunshine Falls is the subject of some debate, in part thanks to the refusal of the community to communicate with outsiders.There is one road in, and the same road is the only one out. It is guarded 24/7 to keep outnundesirables.
What the world doesn't know is that Sunshine Falls is home to the largest cult in American history.
James May, a well educated man, came to the town decades ago. When he first moved into the community, he brought with him a massive influx of people whom he call his Family. Every one of these people voted for James May as mayor, and nobody has been able to run a campaign against him since. As the mayor, he worked tirelessly to bring followers into the town, expanding his Family (and voting pool) and driving out the well-meaning original inhabitants. Now the Family runs every aspect of the town, quietly pulling the strings and monitoring each other to keep out dissent.
In the month of August, an ad was put in the paper to attract new families to "the perfect home," a place where "families are welcome!" No amount of research could unearth the sickness growing in the heart of the town. And so, like every year before, one or two clueless families saw the ad and put their down payment on one of the beautiful houses in town.
They don't know it yet, but election day is coming.
So! This roleplay is for a small to medium group of people depending on interest. The town is run by a nearly omnipresent cult bent on expanding their numbers and keeping their secrets hidden. Will you pry where you're unwanted or give in to save yourself and your family? Will you fight back quietly, or would you rather poke the beehive? That's up to you.
I will write for James May and many of the cultists. There is room for a second in command, if somebody would like to help control the cultist forces.
It is in no way required, but I would like to see one or two "families" of two to three people, rather than complete strangers. I think that that will raise the stakes.
Ultimately I hope to keep this RP fairly realistic, although there may be some supernatural forces going on as well..
Please be willing to post at least once a day. There is no requirement to post length, I only ask that everybody have a good time!
P.S. this is my first interest check, feel free to ask questions or offer suggestions!
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