A World Beyond (Closed/Sign-up/Interest)

[Al-Harakut al-Islami]

Oh crap, a child is here. This one will have a miserable existence.

Approved. This is going to be so much fun.

"Hey there miss..."

"Hello Principal Sewar... where are your pants?"

"Um..."

"Why... why do you have a rose in your mouth?"

"I... I can explain that."

"Start. Now."

"Well, you see, I wa-

BAM! NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! ESPECIALLY NOT IN A NATIONSTATELANDSVILEL SKIT!

Oh crap, a child is here. This one will have a miserable existence.

Approved. This is going to be so much fun.

Oh good, a minor for Mark to molest.

Oh, good. I'm jailbait.
First time I've ever said that in my life.
And, done intentionally.

[Olthar]

Christ, it seems like no one in this RP knows what time it is. :/

We've had afternoon, morning, dusk. Seriously people. The OP says it's 3:45 AM.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Christ, it seems like no one in this RP knows what time it is. :/

We've had afternoon, morning, dusk. Seriously people. The OP says it's 3:45 AM.

Shush.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Christ, it seems like no one in this RP knows what time it is. :/

We've had afternoon, morning, dusk. Seriously people. The OP says it's 3:45 AM.

Shush.

Just edit your posts.

And go to the town square, to kick off the plot.

[Al-Harakut al-Islami]

Is it just me, or does Annette just seem like a younger, German Mika?

Her last name and bisexuality is inspired by Mika (the musician), oddly enough~
But it's good that Annette has someone to talk to~~

[Nationstatelandsville]

Shush.

Just edit your posts.

And go to the town square, to kick off the plot.

So Vernon was driving around for a few hours. He's like that.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Just edit your posts.

And go to the town square, to kick off the plot.

So Vernon was driving around for a few hours. He's like that.

Then how is it 3:45 for everyone else?

[Nationstatelandsville]

So Vernon was driving around for a few hours. He's like that.

Then how is it 3:45 for everyone else?

I'm only saying this because Damien was at the school, expecting people to be there, and Vernon is with Damien.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

At this point, I'll edit the OP to just say 6:45.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Wait, what the hell is Damien doing at school in Winter Break?

Meh, I'll attribute this to his insanity and not realizing it was break.

[New East Ireland]

Wait, what the hell is Damien doing at school in Winter Break?

Meh, I'll attribute this to his insanity and not realizing it was break.

Actually, some kids are dumb, so they go to school in winter break... At least, Jasper, California does this...

[Metanih]

Umm, hey NEI isn't there a four line per post requirement?

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Umm, hey NEI isn't there a four line per post requirement?

Hard did under 4 too.

[New East Ireland]

Umm, hey NEI isn't there a four line per post requirement?

I missed once... It won't happen again! Don't get the whip!

Get the whip!

[Hardened Pyrokinetics]

Umm, hey NEI isn't there a four line per post requirement?

Hard did under 4 too.

Aw, crap, I did.

Welp, no help for that now, considering he's drunk.

[Nationstatelandsville]

I'll be back in a half hour.

[Olthar]

Wait, what the hell is Damien doing at school in Winter Break?

Meh, I'll attribute this to his insanity and not realizing it was break.

High school Winter Break usually doesn't start until a couple days before Christmas. At least, that's how my high school did it. We usually got let out on the 23rd, if not the 24th.

Also, teachers and staff typically go in anyways because they usually have a lot of paper work.

[New East Ireland]

Nat, Mal was married to James, not Timothy. And they overdosed on pcp when the God's Curse thing ended anyways...

[Hardened Pyrokinetics]

Nat, NEI, stop bringing Elfen High into this, or at least keep MY CHARACTERS out.

[New East Ireland]

Nat, NEI, stop bringing Elfen High into this, or at least keep MY CHARACTERS out.

Pfft. You're not the Roleplay Police.

[Metanih]

At request of Nightkill, i editted my post to little further along in Hailey's own time. Mainly so she could enter the square.

[Norvenia]

NS Name: Norvenia

Character Name: Gabriel Thomas

Age: 33

Personality: Gabriel is a study in contradictions. He is possessed of a deep religious faith in God, but his view of the world is grim indeed, and he tends to assume the worst in people. He realizes that the greater part of morality is choosing the lesser evil, yet struggles to hold himself to his own impossibly high standards of moral conduct. He is in many ways a quixotic figure, struggling to live with dignity and honor in spite of his own inner demons, trying to play the game by his own rules rather than according to the standards of others. Yet he clearly sees and understands the minds of others, and is able to play upon their beliefs and opinions with tremendous subtlety and eloquence. He battles with fits of nigh-uncontrollable violent anger but is utterly dedicated to the maintenance of his unflinching and complete self-control. He can go from the sweet assurance of perfect faith to the agony of doubt in minutes. He is a soldier and a priest, and the two do not coexist happily.

Weakness/Flaws: Gabriel is morally uncompromising - understanding that sometimes one has to commit a lesser evil for a greater good, he nevertheless tends to draw lines in the sand beyond which he will not go. He is not averse to judging others, often based on insufficient evidence and his own prejudices. For these reasons he tends to seem cold and puritanical, and this often hinders him in establishing close relationships.

Far more importantly, Gabriel suffers from fits of nigh-uncontrollable rage, which have been present his whole life but which became much worse after his time in Afghanistan. These fits can be brought on by the most trivial of things, but are tremendously intense - to the point of homicidal fury. Gabriel's own self-control and religious faith, developed over a lifetime of experience, are generally sufficient to hold back these fits - but behind that psychological dam is a roiling sea of violence, whose periodic attempts to break out plague Gabriel with some regularity.

Powers:

Detect Evil: Like the D&D spell. Some can seem muddy in alignment, making it difficult to tell. However, Gabriel can detect evil in most creatures now.

Lay on Hands: Like the D&D spell. Gabriel can heal wounds by touch. The greater the wound, the longer the touch. Same goes for diseases.

Divine Charm: Gabriel can use his honesty and faith to be more persuasive.

Ward vampires: Using his Faith, Gabriel can, provided he has a holy symbol of his faith, ward off an undead creature from coming more than twenty feet closer to him. He can choose who to ward off, but the stronger the creature or greater the numbers, the more difficult it will be.

Daylight: Create a sphere that will cause 60-ft. radius of bright daylight.

Super Strength: Lift up to 300 lbs

History: Born in Massachusetts to middle-class parents. From an early age, he was noted for his remarkable leadership ability, which was founded on an intuitive mastery of oratory and rhetoric. He also began to suffer from the violent rage that would plague him his entire life, and began to develop the skills and discipline he needed to keep it in check.

At fourteen, Gabriel underwent an intense conversion experience, after which he became deeply religious. He moved between a variety of Protestant churches, unaccompanied by his largely secular parents, before settling on the Episcopal Church. By the time he graduated high school, he had resolved to become an Episcopal priest.

Gabriel excelled in his studies and ended up becoming a noted youth leader in the community, again due to his potent oratorical ability. He was admitted to Princeton University, where he majored in philosophy, still intending to pursue a career in the priesthood.

Shortly before Gabriel's graduation, however, a shocking rape and murder rocked the Princeton community. The victim was Gabriel's longtime girlfriend, to whom he had proposed the night before. Bewildered, his faith deeply shaken, Gabriel no longer felt able to pursue a career in the clergy and, in recognition of his own inner violence, turned instead to the military.

Gabriel enrolled in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. Accepted and commissioned as a second lieutenant, he was soon deployed to Iraq. In a point-blank firefight in "Sadr City," Baghdad, Gabriel - for the first and, thus far, the last time - lost control of his rage. When he regained his self-possession, Gabriel found that he had killed ten insurgents in less than a minute with a cold precision that his fellow marines described as "horrifying." The military hierarchy disagreed, and awarded Gabriel the Silver Star. Shortly afterward, he was quietly given an honorable discharge. He still has no direct memory of the events in Sadr City, but he has been told by another Marine present that not all of those he killed were armed insurgents - a story never corroborated by the commission investigating the events.

In the next few months, Gabriel slowly found a way back to his faith. Never as certain as it had been before, it nevertheless gave him a lifeline. His view of the world remained grim, especially since his struggle with his own violence has become meaningfully more difficult since the events in Baghdad. Yet in this grim world, his faith in God seemed a lifeline, a ray of light that made life worth living. Gradually, his sense of vocation returned, and he attended Union Theological Seminary and was ordained as an Episcopal priest upon his graduation.

Japer, California, is his first parish.

Appearance: 6 foot 2, 185 pounds. Lightly tanned skin, close-cropped charcoal hair, intense blue eyes. Minor facial scarring from his time in the Marines. His face is all hard planes and angles, a little too harsh to be handsome, but not objectionable by any means.

Weapons: .45 Colt 1911 - his privately purchesed sidearm from his days in the Marines. He also keeps a shotgun at home, and sometimes carries his old combat knife.

RP Sample: A Modern-Day Fairy Tale

[Nightkill the Emperor]

snip

It's closed, but I like it so much I'll let you in.

[Olthar]

At request of Nightkill, i editted my post to little further along in Hailey's own time. Mainly so she could enter the square.

Though it still implies that it's the afternoon...

[Norvenia]

NS Name: Norvenia

Character Name: Gabriel Thomas

Age: 33

Personality: Gabriel is a study in contradictions. He is possessed of a deep religious faith in God, but his view of the world is grim indeed, and he tends to assume the worst in people. He realizes that the greater part of morality is choosing the lesser evil, yet struggles to hold himself to his own impossibly high standards of moral conduct. He is in many ways a quixotic figure, struggling to live with dignity and honor in spite of his own inner demons, trying to play the game by his own rules rather than according to the standards of others. Yet he clearly sees and understands the minds of others, and is able to play upon their beliefs and opinions with tremendous subtlety and eloquence. He battles with fits of nigh-uncontrollable violent anger but is utterly dedicated to the maintenance of his unflinching and complete self-control. He can go from the sweet assurance of perfect faith to the agony of doubt in minutes. He is a soldier and a priest, and the two do not coexist happily.

Weakness/Flaws: Gabriel is morally uncompromising - understanding that sometimes one has to commit a lesser evil for a greater good, he nevertheless tends to draw lines in the sand beyond which he will not go. He is not averse to judging others, often based on insufficient evidence and his own prejudices. For these reasons he tends to seem cold and puritanical, and this often hinders him in establishing close relationships.

Far more importantly, Gabriel suffers from fits of nigh-uncontrollable rage, which have been present his whole life but which became much worse after his time in Afghanistan. These fits can be brought on by the most trivial of things, but are tremendously intense - to the point of homicidal fury. Gabriel's own self-control and religious faith, developed over a lifetime of experience, are generally sufficient to hold back these fits - but behind that psychological dam is a roiling sea of violence, whose periodic attempts to break out plague Gabriel with some regularity.

Powers:

History: Born in Massachusetts to middle-class parents. From an early age, he was noted for his remarkable leadership ability, which was founded on an intuitive mastery of oratory and rhetoric. He also began to suffer from the violent rage that would plague him his entire life, and began to develop the skills and discipline he needed to keep it in check.

At fourteen, Gabriel underwent an intense conversion experience, after which he became deeply religious. He moved between a variety of Protestant churches, unaccompanied by his largely secular parents, before settling on the Episcopal Church. By the time he graduated high school, he had resolved to become an Episcopal priest.

Gabriel excelled in his studies and ended up becoming a noted youth leader in the community, again due to his potent oratorical ability. He was admitted to Princeton University, where he majored in philosophy, still intending to pursue a career in the priesthood.

Shortly before Gabriel's graduation, however, a shocking rape and murder rocked the Princeton community. The victim was Gabriel's longtime girlfriend, to whom he had proposed the night before. Bewildered, his faith deeply shaken, Gabriel no longer felt able to pursue a career in the clergy and, in recognition of his own inner violence, turned instead to the military.

Gabriel enrolled in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. Accepted and commissioned as a second lieutenant, he was soon deployed to Iraq. In a point-blank firefight in "Sadr City," Baghdad, Gabriel - for the first and, thus far, the last time - lost control of his rage. When he regained his self-possession, Gabriel found that he had killed ten insurgents in less than a minute with a cold precision that his fellow marines described as "horrifying." The military hierarchy disagreed, and awarded Gabriel the Silver Star. Shortly afterward, he was quietly given an honorable discharge. He still has no direct memory of the events in Sadr City, but he has been told by another Marine present that not all of those he killed were armed insurgents - a story never corroborated by the commission investigating the events.

In the next few months, Gabriel slowly found a way back to his faith. Never as certain as it had been before, it nevertheless gave him a lifeline. His view of the world remained grim, especially since his struggle with his own violence has become meaningfully more difficult since the events in Baghdad. Yet in this grim world, his faith in God seemed a lifeline, a ray of light that made life worth living. Gradually, his sense of vocation returned, and he attended Union Theological Seminary and was ordained as an Episcopal priest upon his graduation.

Japer, California, is his first parish.

Appearance: 6 foot 2, 185 pounds. Lightly tanned skin, close-cropped charcoal hair, intense blue eyes. Minor facial scarring from his time in the Marines. His face is all hard planes and angles, a little too harsh to be handsome, but not objectionable by any means.

Weapons: .45 Colt 1911 - his privately purchesed sidearm from his days in the Marines. He also keeps a shotgun at home, and sometimes carries his old combat knife.

RP Sample: A Modern-Day Fairy Tale

It's closed, but I like it so much I'll let you in.

Why, thank you. As the length of the bio may suggest, I actually started it before the thread was closed; I appreciate your confidence.