Ternunda Hunter
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Hello and welcome to ‘Last Mortal Generation.’
Please read this in its entirety before posting. Character sheets are required to join.
This is a near future style roleplay with a focus on socio-political themes. Set in the year 2056, the premise is this: a global pharmaceutical firm has managed to synthesize a drug that stops and to a limited degree reverses the process of physical aging. Needless to say, this is being sold at a premium, with only the most wealthy being given a chance to cheat death. Join us as we explore how the world changes when faced with a change that questions at a very fundamental level what it means to be human.
We’re setting out to tell a story on a personal level to the characters involved with this. This is a story about the people caught in the middle, not about the big movers and shakers within the world. This means we won’t accept characters that are heads of state, government ministers, regional congresspersons etc. Also, the world works entirely within the realms of what’s possible in reality, with the one exception being the eternity vaccine.
What we expect from you if you sign up is this:
Follow this link to the character sheet thread!
The Abstract:
The year is 2056. Over the last 38 years society as we know it has been largely unchanged. Smart products and information networking has improved the lives of most of the population piecemeal while the urban infrastructure becomes increasingly outdated - the ever-increasing rate of technological development ensuring only that civil spending will never keep up with what is available. In contrast, the gap between the rich and the poor has only become more pronounced.
Against this background, a breakthrough in pharmaceuticals leads to the greatest upheaval in recorded history: a cure for death. With the process of physical aging halted or even reversed, the super-rich are set to become clinically immortal. Following this announcement the owner of the pharmaceutical company and first publicly announced recipient of the eternity vaccine is killed by an armed mob. While the wealthy elite across the world queue up with billion dollar cheques to receive the eternity vaccine, the disgruntled masses risking being left behind as endless life is auctioned off place pressure upon their governments to legislate against the manufacture and distribution of the vaccine. Yet others resort to more desperate means still - either to destroy the vaccine or claim it for themselves. This is where our story begins.
Please read this in its entirety before posting. Character sheets are required to join.
This is a near future style roleplay with a focus on socio-political themes. Set in the year 2056, the premise is this: a global pharmaceutical firm has managed to synthesize a drug that stops and to a limited degree reverses the process of physical aging. Needless to say, this is being sold at a premium, with only the most wealthy being given a chance to cheat death. Join us as we explore how the world changes when faced with a change that questions at a very fundamental level what it means to be human.
We’re setting out to tell a story on a personal level to the characters involved with this. This is a story about the people caught in the middle, not about the big movers and shakers within the world. This means we won’t accept characters that are heads of state, government ministers, regional congresspersons etc. Also, the world works entirely within the realms of what’s possible in reality, with the one exception being the eternity vaccine.
What we expect from you if you sign up is this:
- Aim to post at least once a week, circumstances allowing. We understand real life comes first but if people are consistently stalling the RP without explanation we’ll write them out.
- Follow the basics of RP courtesy; do not write reactions for characters you don’t control and keep any animosity between characters firmly in-character. Similarly, even the best detectives can’t tell at a glance what someone is thinking - react realistically with regard to how much your character knows about other characters’ motivations.
- You will notice many of the original writers (Hydro, Tern, and Quix) will often times write longer post. We typically practice multi-paragraph writing. This is not a requirement but we do require every post to be thought out and considered. Shoot for over 300 words!
Follow this link to the character sheet thread!
The Abstract:
The year is 2056. Over the last 38 years society as we know it has been largely unchanged. Smart products and information networking has improved the lives of most of the population piecemeal while the urban infrastructure becomes increasingly outdated - the ever-increasing rate of technological development ensuring only that civil spending will never keep up with what is available. In contrast, the gap between the rich and the poor has only become more pronounced.
Against this background, a breakthrough in pharmaceuticals leads to the greatest upheaval in recorded history: a cure for death. With the process of physical aging halted or even reversed, the super-rich are set to become clinically immortal. Following this announcement the owner of the pharmaceutical company and first publicly announced recipient of the eternity vaccine is killed by an armed mob. While the wealthy elite across the world queue up with billion dollar cheques to receive the eternity vaccine, the disgruntled masses risking being left behind as endless life is auctioned off place pressure upon their governments to legislate against the manufacture and distribution of the vaccine. Yet others resort to more desperate means still - either to destroy the vaccine or claim it for themselves. This is where our story begins.