It is the year 1715, we're at the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy where famous and semi-mythical figures such as Mary Read, Black Caesar, Calico Jack and Anne Bonny, Blackbeard and Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts roamed the waters of both the Spanish Main and the Middle Passage wreaking havoc and taking boundless treasures. This era in history has been defined as one of the freest ages that ever existed, pretty libertine for its time politically, socially and sexually (piracy was one of the few avenues open to you if you were some sort of minority and didn't want your life to completely suck ass). Everybody's heard of it, this span of about seventy years has made such an impact on history that it has captured the imagination of the world at large hundreds of years later, been immortalized in hundreds of books, movies and productions but surprisingly rarely taught in schools.
..Fast forward about 305 years to the year 2018, the age of cell-phones, modern medicine and increasing equal rights for humans everywhere. Also known as the time of information and innovation. With Google, we can have most answers to our questions in seconds at our fingertips. In our comfy but fast-paced western tech bubble, most of us are living pretty comfortably and are content with our lives (save for the occasional dead-end job we hate or rough patch with our spouse). Mankind has dreamed big ever since we were on this planet, and with our modern inventions we come ever closer to achieving those dreams as each decade passes. However, there's always been one dream of mankind that we just haven't quite grasped yet and has been doomed to remain in the annals of science fiction stories, and that's time travel. Oh we've talked about it, written about it, experimented and even wished it but most of us know that such a thing is impossible and could probably never happen.
...Until now, that is. Scientists have discovered a mysterious substance that they've named temporium...also called time crystal. It takes the form of a brilliant green, crystal-like substance that was found inside a meteorite during a rare shower of them thirty years prior. Conducting many experiments, they've actually found that this crystal will teleport one in time under the right conditions. Unfortunately, temporium is highly unstable and the few times that the scientists have managed to time travel, fewer have made it back. Temporium's structure is made volatile by moonlight, flinging someone holding a piece or standing near a source to some random point in time...often with no way out. This is where our story starts. Cape Cod, Massachusetts...June 5, 2018. Scientists are carving away at a meteorite that contains a temporium crystal the size of a house...once they're done unearthing it, they plan to build the first functioning time machine. Unfortunately, that will not come to pass. Temporium must be kept in a completely dark room unless moonlight activates it, unfortunately a careless associate left a window open. The crystal immediately exploded, and a crystal that size exploding is enough to throw about a city's block worth of people into the time warp. You are one of those people, and you were sent back into 1715 Nassau, where our journey begins. You're in the heart of the piratical Golden Age, and seemingly there's no way back to your own time. Fortunately for you, you have the ability to sense when temporium is near due to the energy imbued into you by the explosion. A returning pirate starts talking about a huge cache of rocks with emeralds inside of them that he discovered in Madagascar, about a few weeks after you've arrived. From the description, it sounds like it could be temporium crystals. Now this very well could just be the ravings of a madman, but if there's even the tiniest hope...
Now every pirate and their grandpa is out on the hunt for this supposed cache, and you have joined a pirate crew in the hopes of finding this cache for yourself. You each choose the crew and captain you are stuck serving under for the time being (whether historical or somebody you made up, idc) and now you must decide whether you will take your chance at returning home and remain fixed on that goal, or maybe even fall in love with life under the black and decide to make a name for yourself in this era (if the Navy, jealous crew, rival pirates and 18th century diseases and shit don't kill you first). Or perhaps you want to go your own way and do something else entirely, the choice is up to you and you have from here to Madagascar to decide. And yes, there will be a giant kraken attack or two.
Rules:
I'm the OP, my word is law.
Be respectful of each other, seriously
Since this is an RP, some historical liberties have been taken (clearly)
Ladies, you may have an easier time if you dress like a man but this is not a requirement
Don't kill off a PC without the permission of the one who made that character.
Try to be as active as possible, I'm pretty understanding when it comes to that since sometimes I get busy myself. Three times a week I think is reasonable as long as you're not holding anyone else up.
Pirates were pretty chill with homosexuality historically so no probs there (unless the Navy gets you)
Some of your 21st century mannerisms (like short shorts for girls or whatev) probably won't fly with everybody else if you want to blend in. If you wanna make some cool RP opportunities tho, go for it.
If you wanna have some inter-time period romance with the historical hottie of your choice, go for it man. In fact, I encourage it.
You can play historical figures if you want, go right ahead (except for Black Bart Roberts, I'm playing him).
High-seas hijinks are the order of the day, feel free to goof off and get a little crazy
And most of all...HAVE FUN (seriously, or else you'll walk the plank).
Application:
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance:
Occupation:
Captain (the schlub you're stuck serving under for now):
Bio:
Goals:
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Weapons (keep it 18th century)
Special Skills:
Equipment (stuff you had on you from your time, stuff you found in this time, or both):
French (don't delete, this is for finding apps).
