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 Anne Andrews quote:Dad used to say that there was no monster worse than human greed, and standing up for the working man was the best way to fight that. These days he doesn't say much, just sits and watches t.v. and drinks all the time. After the accident at the old plant killed most of his buddies the heart went out of him. I don't blame Mom for leaving, it's like living with a ghost some days. The company men that went round the town after the accident told everyone that it was "operator error" that caused the explosion, and because they promised to build a new plant in town no-one wanted to make a fuss. I guess they didn't want the jobs to go overseas, or to the next state. Dad tried to get an investigation going, to get justice, but everyone was too scared. Character Sheet posted:Anne Andrews, The Chosen a place posted:The Old Plant has been shut down and closed off for a few years, declared unsafe since the explosion that killed more than a dozen workers. Of course, that doesn't stop nosy teens from going in to explore it, or to find somewhere private to make out for a while. What did they make here? Some kind of machines - maybe something military? Dad never said. a rumor posted:There's supposed to be a mass grave up in the hills, where there used to be a mine. Story goes that back in the 1890's a bunch of miners went on strike when people started dying in the mine, and the bosses hired gun-thugs to scare them back to work, only it ended up with almost all of the miners getting killed. Dad used to say that the spirits of the dead miners would yell at him if he got sloppy at work. a person posted:Mr Hill is the school custodian, and my Dad's only friend who's still in town and alive. He retired from working at the plant before the accident and he's hella old. Cool guy though, used to be in the Marines. Sometimes he comes round to talk to Dad, and it's the only time Dad seems alive again. RP Agenda posted:I want to learn more about the monsters - where they come from, what they are, how to kill them. thatbastardken fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Oh ffs of course someone got a chosen app in before me.
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walruscat posted:I can app something else. walruscat posted:Weird that we both introduced a custodian npc.
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GodFish posted:Anne Andrews - The Chosen "Don't tell anyone - and I mean that, breathe a word of this and I'll beat the poo poo out of you - but I was there that day. Not in the plant, the guard wouldn't let me in and I was cutting school anyway. I wanted to see Dad, talk to him about some stuff without Mom being around. I was waiting for the shift to change at the picnic spot that looks down on the plant and I saw something, a man made of smoke and flame. He walked into the plant, put his hand on one of the buildings and it blew up. So yeah, I saw a monster, or a ghost or something. I've seen some other ones since then but they didn't seem as bad. Mom and I...We had a lot of arguments before she left. I said some things that probably sounded pretty crazy, and I think she thought I was trying to protect Dad in my mind. Making up a story with a villain so that things weren't Dad's fault, y'know? We haven't really talked since she left. She invited me to come and stay with her a few times but if I leave, no-one's going to look after Dad. Or go after that monster."
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GodFish posted:
"There hasn't been another explosion like that since the one that I saw. I spent a lot of time looking out for other fires and reading police reports in case something seemed familiar, but nothing stood out. Just meth labs and arson for insurance. I think...I might have been looking in the wrong direction. Instead of looking forward from the explosion maybe I should look back? If it's an old monster someone might have tried to fight it before." "The other monsters...mostly I just watch them, try to figure out if they're actually hurting anyone. I can just sort of see them, know that they're different, once they do something, uh, wrong. Not like a crime but like, walking through walls or changing shape. There's more than you'd think, especially for a town like Salvation. I guess they figure that hiding out in a loser town makes them less obvious. I've only had two fights with them for real. The first time I was working a late shift in the diner with the manager Mia Jackson. We had just closed and I was cleaning up when this trailer-park skinhead came in, all meth scabs and cheap tattoos. He pulled a knife and yelled about this place being his territory now, and then I looked at him and he was a dead man who smelled like poison, his flesh splitting whenever he moved. So I hit him in the head with a frying pan until he fell over, took his knife away and stabbed him with it a bunch of times. He didn't bleed. He stayed down, but I don't know if he was dead for real. Mia made me go home, and she didn't speak about it again. The cops didn't show up either." "The second one was worse. There had been a news report about a man following girls who were out jogging after dark near the railway tracks. I go jogging most days to stay in shape for the track team, so I figured I could change my route and check it out. If it's just some creep, I can call the police, right? If not I thought I'd figure something out. So stupid. Long story short, he saw me first, and clotheslined me as I came round a corner. Nearly broke my neck, knocked the wind out of me. Felt like he was made of stone or something. He starts this big speech about how 'people like you keep chasing me' and we should just leave him alone. I stood up, and he grabbed me and threw me through a window. Abandoned house, thank God. At this point I just ran for it, heading across the tracks towards town. I don't know why he chased me. I don't know why neither of us had noticed the train coming through. It sure as hell didn't notice him. I didn't stay to look for a body. I don't think Dad even saw that I was all cut and bruised." "Fighting monsters sucks rear end" OOC Answer: I'd prefer explosion man to be a long-term background threat, and deal with other poo poo for the most part. Edit: Is the purpose of the "Hit the Books" move to only be used against one big enemy, or whoever is my enemy of the moment? thatbastardken fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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GodFish posted:
School's OK, I guess. I mean, I like reading and learning, I like gym class, I'm not getting bullied or anything these days. Most of the teachers seem to like me, they keep putting words like "conscientious" and "diligent" on my report cards. I do an OK job of balancing school, work and other stuff. I don't really have any close friends though, just people I hang out with. I used to be close to a few people, but that's one of the things that changed after...you know. I don't know if I made it clear but Dad was the safety inspector at the plant. He didn't get officially blamed or anything, but a lot of people got mad at him anyway, and I got in a lot of fights about it with other kids who pushed that blame on to me. One of them was with Matt Collins, who was pretty much my best friend since elementary school. His dad died in the explosion, and his Mom blamed my dad, and when I tried to talk to him about it we ended up in a screaming match. We beat on each other until a couple of teachers pulled us apart and we haven't spoken since. So that sucks. The other thing that changed apart from basically losing all my friends is now I'm pretty loving sure some of the kids in the school are monsters, and I have no idea what to do about it. I haven't seen anything, but there's this constant feeling like a storm's coming. Eventually someone's going to notice that I'm getting twitchy and weird, or I'm going to see something and flip out and hurt or kill another student. No-one's going to buy a story like "Oh he was secretly a demon from hell, officer. You can trust me, I have some kind of second sight." Christ, maybe I am just losing my mind. No way I'm talking to the counselor about this though, I've seen what the kind of drugs they give crazy people do to them. Edit: OOC: I was looking for a song to capture Anne's combination of a sense of purpose, the realization that she's stronger now, and her fear that she's crazy. Thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmPNuruWMTA thatbastardken fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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Also we seem to have about one mother between us.
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Anne Andrews, the Chosen "I heard that her dad hits her like, all the time. She shows up to school sometimes looking like she was in a car accident or something. It's really sad the way she stands by him."
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quote:You have two friends who you can rely on for monster-slaying support. Take a String on each. This one was tricky because Anne isn't a seasoned monster slayer with a support network, she's just getting started. Opted for the two who I thought would be most likely to have offered some kind of help The day after I first fought a monster I was pretty freaked out. Partly because of the violence, the thought that I might have killed someone. Partly because of how much I enjoyed it. So when I had a spare moment I went to church. It felt a little weird, my family aren't really religious and I don't know what I though would happen - some cliche confessional scene with a wise old priest? We're not even Catholic. Anyway, the door was open and I went and sat down, just thinking about what had happened, when this girl came over and sat next to me. I didn't spill my guts or anything, but we talked for a while about...feelings, and doubts. She was a really good listener, and if I had to talk about my problems I think I could trust her. Gain one string on Zoe Haven I shouldn't get along with Ortiz. Dad practically spits whenever he hears the name, and his family have been bossing this town around (or trying to, anyway) for about as long as Salvation's been here. He's kind of an awkward nerd. But when I had my second fight and I was trying to attend school the next day looking like a crash test dummy he had a first aid kit in his locker, and he helped me get cleaned up. He didn't ask questions, or look at me with sad eyes like I'm some kind of victim. I think on some level he understands having to deal with this pressure to do things that people won't understand. Gain one string on Matthew Ortiz quote:There’s someone who knows that you’re the Chosen one, and wants you dead. The MC gives them a name and two Strings on you. This one is all for you.
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GodFish posted:
I think that Salvation is somewhere in the Rust Belt, maybe West Virginia? (I'm not from the U.S. but a quick look at Wikipedia makes it feel right.) The local industries used to be mining and manufacturing, but the mines ran out or got too dangerous to work, and the factories either shut down or blew up. The school mascot should be something that starts with an S: Serpent? Colors would probably be red or green, like the apple. I don't know how the U.S. grade system works but...the second last one? It should be the beginning of the school year. Anne lives with her Dad in a slightly run down two story house a not-too-lovely part of town. Her Mom has moved away, and they talk mostly on the phone or by email. No other relatives live in the town itself, although there's a non-zero chance that some crazy grand-uncle or other lives in a shack out in the boonies.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_i8OlEMnPA West Virginia is in the same mountain range as Kentucky, right?
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It's going to be easier for Zoe to seek Forgiveness than to ask permission.
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Hey Godfish, just so you can cross out a couple of those question marks in the OP of the game thread: Anne still works part time at the diner, usually weekdays after school, occasionally late or on weekends. The railway is still running, although there aren't any passenger services and the goods trains don't have any reason to stop. They do slow down enough for an enterprising hobo to hop on or off though.
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GodFish posted:The scene seems to be wrapping up, could everyone post here what their character is planning on doing for lunch? Do you just mean eating, or general plans over the lunch break? Because in terms of food Anne is going to hit up the cafeteria, avoid anything with red meat or sauce, and probably isn't super hungry to start with. Otherwise she just mostly wants to chat with Jamie, maybe see what River's planning on wearing to the party, avoid Linda, chill with Zoe/Matt, and maybe be dimly aware of the existence of Maria.
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quote:Some people say Anne is outta her mind thatbastardken fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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Dec 11, 2014 13:12
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Yeah, let's roll.
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my timing was terrible, I'll edit that out.
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Dec 15, 2014 09:57
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Taking a move from another skin for Anne's advance:Smiting posted:When smiting the wicked, add 1 to
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1) Fine for the scene to end. 2) Anne is going to try and cut the last half of school. 3) Prepare for the party - Rosie the Riveter costume with tool-belt for improvised weapon action.
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I just posted in the MIA thread that I'll be traveling for the next three weeks. Feel free to put Anne on autopilot/NPC status to keep the game moving if you need to.
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I'm back and able to post again.
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Feb 22, 2015 12:09
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Wow Jamie, things got Dark last night.
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Thanks for running, it was fun while it lasted.
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