The Last of Us: Firefly Stories [OOC/Signups/CLOSED]

[Skaldia]

I tried to make it clear that he was insane before he even joined the military. In fact, it was the military that allowed him to hide the fact so well, giving him the discipline he desperately needed.

This is the first time iIve ever made a character like Melanie.

Usually my character is the friendly, loyal, helpful voice of reason.

Not this time

Yeah. I rarely go for the darker, more vile character but it seemed like it would be fun this time.

[Whittington]

This is the first time iIve ever made a character like Melanie.

Usually my character is the friendly, loyal, helpful voice of reason.

Not this time

Yeah. I rarely go for the darker, more vile character but it seemed like it would be fun this time.

same here. It's fun so far !

[Tiltjuice]

A few things opened up, and a few other things were postponed, so I'll be making an application after all, I guess.

[The Keystone Federation]

A few things opened up, and a few other things were postponed, so I'll be making an application after all, I guess.

This is great! Glad you're that interested!

[Camicon]

US Military Application
Name: Sarah Clarke
Age: 23

Personality: Timid and unwilling create conflict between people, Sarah tries to hide her nervousness and fear as best she can, though she does not do so very well. Most times, an adequately loud and authoritative voice is enough to make her follow instructions, although she may not do so with a full effort. While she would be the first to admit that fighting Infected and Fireflies scares her, she does her best to work through her fear and complete given objectives as best she can. Sarah has an extraordinary amount of concentration, and can block at almost all distractions when she has something to focus on. She feels a great deal of empathy for people that have been infected, but have not yet turned, and avoids killing them whenever possible.

Appearance

Biography: Sarah was eight years-old when the infection first hit. As she lived in Washington state with her parents, they did not encounter any infected until well after the entire international community had entered a state of emergency. For ten years she lived in the Seattle quarantine zone, though when it showed signs of failing, she fled westward with her parents.

The journey taught Sarah a few hard lessons. At one point, she was forced to put down both her mother and father, as they had become infected after a small skirmish. Another time she narrowly escaped a life of slavery and eventual death at the hands of a group of hunters, when she was saved by a horde of Clickers that had picked up the noise they were making and destroyed their campsite, allowing her to make a clean escape. Though she has done her best to forget the events of her journey, she frequently has nightmares about them.

Eventually, Sarah wandered upon Boston, one of the last remaining quarantine zones in post-America. Upon gaining entry she enlisted in the US military, terrified of the prospect of Boston falling, and once again being forced out onto the road. Though she does not always agree with the actions taken by the military or FEDRA, and sympathizes slightly with ideals held by the Fireflies organization (which she keeps to herself at all times), at the end of the day she chooses security and life in a FEDRA QZ, over anarchy and death in a Firefly QZ.

Roleplay Ex. (Except Invites): Invited

[Konariona]

US Military Application
Name: Sarah Clarke
Age: 23

Personality: Timid and unwilling create conflict between people, Sarah tries to hide her nervousness and fear as best she can, though she does not do so very well. Most times, an adequately loud and authoritative voice is enough to make her follow instructions, although she may not do so with a full effort. While she would be the first to admit that fighting Infected and Fireflies scares her, she does her best to work through her fear and complete given objectives as best she can. Sarah has an extraordinary amount of concentration, and can block at almost all distractions when she has something to focus on. She feels a great deal of empathy for people that have been infected, but have not yet turned, and avoids killing them whenever possible.

Appearance

Biography: Sarah was eight years-old when the infection first hit. As she lived in Washington state with her parents, they did not encounter any infected until well after the entire international community had entered a state of emergency. For ten years she lived in the Seattle quarantine zone, though when it showed signs of failing, she fled westward with her parents.

The journey taught Sarah a few hard lessons. At one point, she was forced to put down both her mother and father, as they had become infected after a small skirmish. Another time she narrowly escaped a life of slavery and eventual death at the hands of a group of hunters, when she was saved by a horde of Clickers that had picked up the noise they were making and destroyed their campsite, allowing her to make a clean escape. Though she has done her best to forget the events of her journey, she frequently has nightmares about them.

Eventually, Sarah wandered upon Boston, one of the last remaining quarantine zones in post-America. Upon gaining entry she enlisted in the US military, terrified of the prospect of Boston falling, and once again being forced out onto the road. Though she does not always agree with the actions taken by the military or FEDRA, and sympathizes slightly with ideals held by the Fireflies organization (which she keeps to herself at all times), at the end of the day she chooses security and life in a FEDRA QZ, over anarchy and death in a Firefly QZ.

Roleplay Ex. (Except Invites): Invited

Hey, look, a Military character that's not a crazy mothatrucka!

[Mincaldenteans]

Unaligned Application
Name: Anita Tessasohn
Age: 36
Personality: Hotheaded, ruthless, direct (often mistaken for terse, rude or adversarial), a bit of a loner but can (and has before) worked in a team/group setting.
Appearance:

Biography: Born to the average American mid-sized suburban family in Austin Texas, Anita's childhood/teenage life had been pretty simple. A supportive family and siblings (Kelly 19 and Jason 24), she was always surrounded by friends, something of a popular girl and the attention-getter of every jock in high school, a part time job, a car: Anita’s upbringing was literally a smooth ride. Then the infection happened, and the blur of horror and chaos that swept through her hometown forever changed her perspective on life. The first few people she lost contact with were her closest friends. She lost contact with all her friends by death or by communication black out that swept through the city and much of the state. By the time the infection became something to run from instead of fighting against or ‘weathering’ it out; she had lost her oldest sibling - Kelly – to the infection which spurred her family to take what they had and leave their home. Though she wasn’t sure where they were heading to, murmurs of a safe haven among the roving bands of survivors spoke of Utah and it was all that was needed by Anita’s parents to make their way northwest.

The journey would take four years and was a spectacular failure as they never reached the promised land of safety. In those four years, at 22, she lost her father who died defending the family from scavengers desperate for relief (much like themselves) while the family took off under his cry that they flea and not look back. At 23, Anita’s mother would follow suit; not the same way as her father but by succumbing to grief and despair. Unable to handle the rigors of surviving without her husband she put a bullet in her head, leaving an apologetic letter begging her remaining daughter and son to carry on despite her own weakness, and to forgive her if they ever could.

Anita and Jason were left to their own devices and moved through towns and cities in almost a snail like pace, taking one day at a time. Survivors, bandits, the infected, all these were common place and obstacle. Quarantined areas provided little as a safe haven, it being constant targets for the Fireflies and the military themselves degrading to nothing more than thugs when it suited them or beyond the purview of their superiors. Not having a place to call home, they traveled the southern states mostly before deciding to take a new direction north.

Six years ago, Anita lost her only remaining family to a bandit attack. The fight was swift and brutal. Initially cut off from each other, Anita had attempted to track Jason for days before picking up a trail and following it. Despite all her experience since the infection, she dared to hope to find a living brother, desperate to not lose anymore than she already had. She had sneaked into a bandit controlled town, an event of sorts had attracted most of its residents into a crowd and Anita had quietly entered a building that gave a view of the event and hoping the vantage point would give her an idea on Jason’s whereabouts. She had to look no further for the center of the fight was her brother against three bandits; hopelessly overmatched they had cut him down within minutes, splaying his body and even fed on him afterward. Anita had slipped out of town unnoticed and resolved to keep to herself from here on out.

On her own since the death of her brother (with a few encounters of other survivors) Anita has eked a living primarily on scavenging from bandits or abandoned places (houses, shops, etc.). Anita has yet to find a place to call home and resolves that such a notion is a fool’s errand at best and suicide at worse.

Roleplay Ex: Invited

[Whittington]

Unaligned Application
Name: Anita Tessasohn
Age: 36
Personality: Hotheaded, ruthless, direct (often mistaken for terse, rude or adversarial), a bit of a loner but can (and has before) worked in a team/group setting.
Appearance:

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Biography: Born to the average American mid-sized suburban family in Austin Texas, Anita's childhood/teenage life had been pretty simple. A supportive family and siblings (Kelly 19 and Jason 24), she was always surrounded by friends, something of a popular girl and the attention-getter of every jock in high school, a part time job, a car: Anita’s upbringing was literally a smooth ride. Then the infection happened, and the blur of horror and chaos that swept through her hometown forever changed her perspective on life. The first few people she lost contact with were her closest friends. She lost contact with all her friends by death or by communication black out that swept through the city and much of the state. By the time the infection became something to run from instead of fighting against or ‘weathering’ it out; she had lost her oldest sibling - Kelly – to the infection which spurred her family to take what they had and leave their home. Though she wasn’t sure where they were heading to, murmurs of a safe haven among the roving bands of survivors spoke of Utah and it was all that was needed by Anita’s parents to make their way northwest.

The journey would take four years and was a spectacular failure as they never reached the promised land of safety. In those four years, at 22, she lost her father who died defending the family from scavengers desperate for relief (much like themselves) while the family took off under his cry that they flea and not look back. At 23, Anita’s mother would follow suit; not the same way as her father but by succumbing to grief and despair. Unable to handle the rigors of surviving without her husband she put a bullet in her head, leaving an apologetic letter begging her remaining daughter and son to carry on despite her own weakness, and to forgive her if they ever could.

Anita and Jason were left to their own devices and moved through towns and cities in almost a snail like pace, taking one day at a time. Survivors, bandits, the infected, all these were common place and obstacle. Quarantined areas provided little as a safe haven, it being constant targets for the Fireflies and the military themselves degrading to nothing more than thugs when it suited them or beyond the purview of their superiors. Not having a place to call home, they traveled the southern states mostly before deciding to take a new direction north.

Six years ago, Anita lost her only remaining family to a bandit attack. The fight was swift and brutal. Initially cut off from each other, Anita had attempted to track Jason for days before picking up a trail and following it. Despite all her experience since the infection, she dared to hope to find a living brother, desperate to not lose anymore than she already had. She had sneaked into a bandit controlled town, an event of sorts had attracted most of its residents into a crowd and Anita had quietly entered a building that gave a view of the event and hoping the vantage point would give her an idea on Jason’s whereabouts. She had to look no further for the center of the fight was her brother against three bandits; hopelessly overmatched they had cut him down within minutes, splaying his body and even fed on him afterward. Anita had slipped out of town unnoticed and resolved to keep to herself from here on out.

On her own since the death of her brother (with a few encounters of other survivors) Anita has eked a living primarily on scavenging from bandits or abandoned places (houses, shops, etc.). Anita has yet to find a place to call home and resolves that such a notion is a fool’s errand at best and suicide at worse.

Roleplay Ex: Invited

JOIN THE DARK SIDE....I mean...make your person part of the military

[Tiltjuice]

Meh. For some reason I like playing female chars in post-apocalyptic settings. But I need a change of pace. I might make a second char though, if I decide to kill Jerome off if he gets too reckless.

Fireflies Application
Name = Jerome Russell
Age = 18
Personality...
"Don't call me Junior just because my initials are JR." Brash, cocky, and reckless. A bit of a rebel, he revels in defying expectations and trying to be that guy who, given an order to do something, will accomplish it but in a totally unexpected way. He loves to joke around and prank people, and will give as good as he gets. The worst of it is that he looks completely innocent, until you turn your back. And then you realize he has no concept of personal space, or something equally or more outlandish.

Appearance...
5'8" 138. Light brown hair cut very short. Hazel eyes. Tanned from being in the outdoors. A long, wide scar along the back of his left calf and thigh where he fell off one branch, caught himself on another and skidded down it, skinning himself a bit as a child. The remnants of good shape from his boot camp experiences are fading away, though he's still very much a lightweight.

Biography...

As the overlooked fourth child of international bankers, he was often left idle while they went about their work. As a result, during his childhood in St Albans, Vermont, he would go out by himself to explore the forest behind his house. From those experiences, he learned to be quiet and patient - and then to spring into action with a water gun. Usually that resulted in very wet and surprised squirrels or the odd bird. He didn't always escape from that unscathed; he tried it once on a family trip to Yellowstone National Park. Unfortunately he got caught by a park ranger, his parents paid the fine, and he spent a month at a boot camp for misbehaving teenagers. It only reinforced his distaste for authority and desire to have as much freedom as possible.

As the government fell and the QZs were established, he was given a choice between fleeing the U.S. with his parents and the rest of his siblings, or joining the military or police "to make something of himself". Naturally, Jerome being Jerome, he took the third choice of running away and hitchhiking from Philadelphia - where the Russells had moved for job-related reasons - to Pittsburgh. He considered that he'd made the right decision after hearing of the military's execution of the six Firefly militiamen. Feeling that FEDRA was becoming overbearing, he joined up with the Fireflies at the first chance.

Roleplay Ex. (Except Invites) = Invited

[Whittington]

I will be in Vegas Thursday to Monday, but when I'm not drinking, I'll be pool side most of the time, with my iPad of course, so I'll still be able to contribute to the RP !!

[Gaveo]

I will be in Vegas Thursday to Monday, but when I'm not drinking, I'll be pool side most of the time, with my iPad of course, so I'll still be able to contribute to the RP !!

Ha you lucky person. :p

Oh and ooh for Unaligned Application... Maybe a ally for Kevin?

[The Keystone Federation]

Tilt, Minc, and Camicon, you're all accepted and are now allowed to post in the IC! Welcome!

Also, not sure if I really made this to clear or not, but any of my Co-OPs are certainly allowed to assist me in applications when I'm not around, just to keep things flowing properly.

[Whittington]

Tilt, Minc, and Camicon, you're all accepted and are now allowed to post in the IC! Welcome!

Also, not sure if I really made this to clear or not, but any of my Co-OPs are certainly allowed to assist me in applications when I'm not around, just to keep things flowing properly.

Noted !

[Tiltjuice]

They start off in a fight?

Hmm...any tips on how to enter?

[Landenburg]

US Military Application
Name: John Snowden
Age: 27
Personality: Quiet, Brave, Respectful
Appearance: http://nemesis-19.deviantart.com/art/US ... -180632012
Biography: John was born in a backwater town in Indiana and was practically raised to be shooting. He was well known for being able to get the squirrels and deer he wanted but he really didn't have much career options. Opting to use his shooting background to his advantage, he joined the US Army at the age of 18. Once joined he was deployed to Iraq to root out enemy positions. Taking a bullet in the gut, he was sent home with a Purple Heart. He was not discharged however, as his family pulled some strings to keep him in. He loved the Army life. Once he recovered he was deployed to Saudi Arabia at the age of 20 to guard the embassy there. For two years there wasn't much heard from him, he didn't really have to worry. Saudi Arabia wasn't that dangerous. Then the infection happened. The US Army immediately pulled him and and the guards out whenever the infection began spreading out of quarantine. He was deployed to Boston to set up a safe zone for survivors. There he did his job and did it well. But later on he would come to find out that his parents had died out there, while he was in a safe zone. The loss consumed him and he has never been the same. Armed with an M16A2.
Roleplay Ex. (Except Invites):I looked around, muttering. You were missing, again. This was becoming a problem that really hurt me. You always left the TV on though, I don't really know why you did. I could never seem to get control of my nerves, I was too shaken up to open the door and go out looking for you, instead I merely sat in my bed, waiting. After a while of you not coming back, I got really scared. This wasn't normal. I ran to the door, a bit too fast and ran into it. It didn't feel nice, but I was determined. After calming myself a bit, I got the door open and went out. It was my first time out looking for you, but hopefully it would be the last. I went off in the direction where I smelled your perfume, hoping to find you. After some distance, I came up to an alley where the smell stopped. You were crumpled up in a heap, blood pooling everywhere. I cried out and frantically ran to you. But there was nothing I could do. You were dead. A passerby saw me by you and called the police, but you were dead. I was crushed. When the officer came over, he found stab wounds on you and your cash gone. Suddenly, he turned and picked me up, stating "Come on puppy, you don't need to be here."

If only I wasn't a dog.
I could have saved you.
If only.

Finally had the time to complete this.
Thoughts?

[Camicon]

*snip*

Hey, look, a Military character that's not a crazy mothatrucka!

It's why I made her military, and not a Firefly. We need someone that isn't a tad (or completely) crazy with the military troops.

I will be in Vegas Thursday to Monday, but when I'm not drinking, I'll be pool side most of the time, with my iPad of course, so I'll still be able to contribute to the RP !!

I look forward to your tipsy and/or drunken posts.

Tilt, Minc, and Camicon, you're all accepted and are now allowed to post in the IC! Welcome!

Also, not sure if I really made this to clear or not, but any of my Co-OPs are certainly allowed to assist me in applications when I'm not around, just to keep things flowing properly.

Wicked.

[Tiltjuice]

Hey, look, a Military character that's not a crazy mothatrucka!

It's why I made her military, and not a Firefly. We need someone that isn't a tad (or completely) crazy with the military troops.

I will be in Vegas Thursday to Monday, but when I'm not drinking, I'll be pool side most of the time, with my iPad of course, so I'll still be able to contribute to the RP !!

I look forward to your tipsy and/or drunken posts.

Tilt, Minc, and Camicon, you're all accepted and are now allowed to post in the IC! Welcome!

Also, not sure if I really made this to clear or not, but any of my Co-OPs are certainly allowed to assist me in applications when I'm not around, just to keep things flowing properly.

Wicked.

I noticed a lot of the Fireflies were the same, actually. Also that there's a lot of male characters. I almost changed Jerome to Jane.

Tilt, Minc, and Camicon, you're all accepted and are now allowed to post in the IC! Welcome!

Also, not sure if I really made this to clear or not, but any of my Co-OPs are certainly allowed to assist me in applications when I'm not around, just to keep things flowing properly.

Ta.

[Arcerion]

Fireflies Application
Name: Ryan Thompson
Age: 31
Personality: Boisterous, passionate, and hot tempered. Everything about Ryan emphasizes doing what makes one feel right. As for him, he feels dismantling the remnants of the government that betrayed his hometown by leaving them without a quarantine.
Appearance: Appearance
Biography: Raised in canada until the age of ten, then moving to New Hampshire, Ryan's parents settled down, a Liberal family in a state that was everything but democrat often. His father believed in many things, and one of those was service to one's country. Still a Canadian citizen, Ryan left and served in both the American and Canadian militaries for a decade, only returning home after the infection had gotten so bad that governments discharged soldiers to return to their homes and defend their families.

Except for Ryan, there was no home. The tiny hamlet he had spent so much time in, learned how to drive in, went to high school in, had his first love in, and buried his grandparents in was no more. Ryan entered the town in his civilian clothes, and his chest rig full of empty and half-filled magazines. He had spent the past for months fighting the early stages of the infected, and now, the one place he had hoped was safe was now gone, a scorched ruin. The Air Force had bombed it when a relatively large horde had moved through, leaving very little left standing. Ryan had his hometown heart ripped out, and he was determined to destroy the government that had caused him so much pain.
Roleplay Ex. (Except Invites): Pardon me for the examples,

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[Arcerion]

Woops were we supposed to put an example, I put links. THink the OPs will mind, or do you guys mind?

I can post one should you wish.

[Gaveo]

They start off in a fight?

Hmm...any tips on how to enter?

Well my guy is south of Boston. If your person needs supplies and/or anything Kevin is the man. :p

So if you want to start that way there's one avenue.

[Whittington]

Woops were we supposed to put an example, I put links. THink the OPs will mind, or do you guys mind?

I can post one should you wish.

Accepted, links are fine

Landenburg, great app, glad to have you aboard as well !!

[Arcerion]

Woops were we supposed to put an example, I put links. THink the OPs will mind, or do you guys mind?

I can post one should you wish.

Accepted, links are fine

Landenburg, great app, glad to have you aboard as well !!

Ah why thank you. So, can you give me a quick run down of what is happening in the IC? Or is it short enough to read through..?

[Tiltjuice]

They start off in a fight?

Hmm...any tips on how to enter?

Well my guy is south of Boston. If your person needs supplies and/or anything Kevin is the man.

So if you want to start that way there's one avenue.

*scratches head* I'm not sure if all the Fireflies are starting off in Pittsburgh or not. Or I would have him link up with yours.

[Landenburg]

I'm only mildly nuts..

[Whittington]

Accepted, links are fine

Landenburg, great app, glad to have you aboard as well !!

Ah why thank you. So, can you give me a quick run down of what is happening in the IC? Or is it short enough to read through..?

short enough to read through