OverconfidentMagi
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CHATTER
Use this space to discuss anything you wish, whether it's related to the RP or not. This is first and foremost you're place to chat with everyone else. If you have questions for me about the RP this is also the place to ask them. Questions I think are good or important enough I will edit down and add to this first post for people to see without having to look through all of the comments.
The circles are player characters in the city, the faded red spots are where players died.
Why doesn't my character have a name?
Your character arrives in the city with no memories at all. The lack of memories works like this: if your character hasn't seen it or been told about it, they don't know it or the word for it. If your character hears signing, they will be able to say "that's a song" without having known what a song was before that moment. They know what they see. Names are the same. Characters don't even know they are missing one until they're told they need one. This means most people in the city don't have a name until someone else feel the need to give them one. When asked to identify something, they suddenly know the words, but when asked to describe something they've never seen they cannot. That isn't to say words for things that don't exist in the city aren't floating around. Minnow is an example of a word that's been repurposed to describe something else, in this case fresh arrivals into the city.
What's in the Dark City?
Countless simplistic buildings that all look similar, made of the same dark stone that makes up the ground and daggers everyone carries around. But unlike those things, the buildings aren't nearly as indestructible. Aside from the buildings the only things in the city are the people with their robes and daggers. Anything else in the city must have been made by one of the Kings, in most cases the Gold King. You might notice that basic things like plants, food and water aren't on that short list. Those things do not exist in the city, yet no one dies of hunger or thirst. The only way to die is to be killed it appears.
Okay, but what is there to do in the Dark City?
Jack and shit. Mostly people in the city just waste time or try killing their peers, but there are some things to do in the city that many do flock to. There's the duels and fighting tournaments in the Orange district, decorating the floating buildings in the Green district, and a very competitive football (soccer) scene in the open space cleared out by the building's Green's removed, the Red district is kind of barren for entertainment (aside from prostitution, which we're gonna gloss over for site rules), Yellow promotes music and has a whole collection of instruments made by the Gold King for people to use. But yes, the point is that there's a lot of people trapped together in a limited space with very little to do and nothing they really need to do. So with the slightest motivation most eventually reach the point where they just take part in game of killing. That's why I help you find a storyline to grab onto at the beginning, so keep you from getting too terribly bored.
What are the Kings?
Super-powered anime protagonists. Next question! Joking joking, but not very much. The Kings are the most powerful and influential people within the city. Most of them have been around longer than anyone in the city can remember, before they arrived at the very least. Some of the Kings - Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Black - have claimed pieces of the city for themselves. Others just wander, like the Gold King. Each has an incredible power that sets them apart from even lesser power users within the city. The Red King is burning flames, and is best known for creating the red sun that provides light and warmth for the entire city. The Green King uses his power to levitate a portion of the city in the air. The Yellow King uses hers to protect those under her car. The Orange King embodies lightning, nothing but flashy violence as the Red King would say. Orange and Red are frequently seen fighting, much to either the entertainment or annoyance of the rest of the city, as it usually means the sun goes out until Red's done beating up the brat king. There are other kings I've yet to introduce or describe, so keep your eyes out for them.
So... powers?
Yup, there are supernatural powers at work within the Dark City. If your character survives long enough they might even begin to show signs of having some of their own.
What is this Reset thing?
Everything in the Dark City is an a locked state. Once it is not being observed, it resets back to how it was originally. That means that buildings that get destroyed are eventually simply fixed back to how they were. This applies to the people in the city as well. Any injury that isn't fatal can be made like it never happened by having the person sleep unobserved. When they wake up they will be in the exact same condition as when they first entered the city. This keeps anyone in the city from aging as well. The only things that don't follow the Reset is things made my a king's power. Those stay until damaged to the point where it no longer fulfills its purpose as whatever it is and loses its identity, at which point it simply disappears.
But is there dirt?
No, there is no dirt. The floor of the city is smooth black stone, undentable and unscratchable. There isn't any dust either, in case you were wondering. The reset wipes away dead skin and all that junk that would usually be left floating around. Of course there will be dust and that when buildings are destroyed, it's just the nature of demolishing things and the rubble left afterwards. It cleans itself up as soon as its allowed to reset though.
Magi! My character got killed! Do something!
*slaps you* Yeah, I told you it would happen. You probably made a bunch of very stupid decisions that got them killed, either that or they were just very unfortunate and stumbled onto the beginning of a particularly dangerous plotline. You are now faced with a choice: to get discouraged and leave or make another character and try again. If you decide on the latter, click on the next tab.
New Game +
Yup, that's right, this game has a NG+ feature. Once your first character bites the dust, you can have your subsequent characters begin at the level you reached previously. What I mean by that should become clearer as people get farther IC.
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