.:Fear:.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Fear is everywhere around you these days. It's waiting, and stalking you in the shadows. Like a cobra waiting for the perfect moment to bite, it's always ready even when you aren't. And everyday, you fear fear itself, knowing death may be accompanying it.
Now what's going on in the world around us these days? Well, it all started a few years back when strange phenomenons began happening all over the world. Meteor showers began happening every night. The scientists blamed it on two giant asteroids twice the size of Earth colliding before breaking apart into smaller bits and pieces. That's where most of humanity believed how they got here, right under our noses and in plain sight at the same time
Well then people began to go missing at an increasing rate, but then returning in the same day except... Different. They looked the same, sounded the same, but they weren't the same. They acted differently, as if another person took their skin and started wearing it themselves like it was a coat.
More people also were admitted into asylums as they were deemed a "danger to themselves or others". They reported seeing a demonic creature everywhere they went. Whether it be in a dark movie theater or in their own office building, but no one else could see it. They reported dreaming about it, having nightmares about it every single night. They said they saw it every time they closed their eyes so they refused to blink. Then, literally overnight, they get seemingly better and are no longer unfit to live in society.
That's the symptoms. When they choose you, you'll know. They'll toy around with your mental health for a bit usually but sometimes it'll happen with zero warning. Remember this phrase for your form: You are never safe. It's as if they themselves are studying you, studying your fears and taking note of that. No one knows where they take you but I'm not interested in finding out, for I fear it's a fate far worse than Hell.
You're probably asking yourself, who are "they" exactly. Well, it depends on where you live. People with different nationalities call them different things, but we call them Shifters, for their ability to shift into the form of any living thing, whether it be animal or man. Not a lot of people have ever seen their true form, however... Well, seen it and lived that is. It supposedly looks something like this:
And then there's our small little group that we call "Fear". We reside in the ruins of our founder's city known as Atlanta. It's South, of course, so you Northerners feel free to be stereotypical, but you'd be stricken blind, deaf, and dumb to refuse a spot in this group for a stupid reason like that. Fear is probably the most well trained, best off group in the planet. Shifters even seem to fear them a little, which is why they don't usually target the group or its members as often as other groups, but still it's not uncommon for the Shifters to break that pattern with the group.
Rules
~ You are in a group already when you sign up. Don't ask me if you can join it later because I will say no. ~
~ No power playing and no Godmodding. I don't want to see you're character kill 50 Shifters without a scratch or kill another character without the owner's permission. That being said, if you have more than one character expect one of them to die eventually. ~
~ Semi-Advanced only. If you expect to get away with one liners I'll ban you so be cautious. ~
~ No text talk or bad grammar. I don't want to read: "he walked over to everyone else and said hi he then walked away and towards the woods" Yes, some spelling mistakes are acceptable because it happens to everyone no matter how perfect you are, but if it's in every post I'll ban you. Just act like you've been in an English class. ~
~ No explicit romance. Kissing: Acceptable. Making out: On the side of caution. Nobody wants to read about how your character stuck his tongue into her mouth. Sex: Hell no. Pm or fade or something, but if you put it on this thread I delete the post and then ban both of you. ~
~ Do not go off and do your own thing. You're in a group, it's a dangerous world, and if you go off into the wilderness and kill 100 Shifters than I'm going to get onto you about it and we'll have a friendly pm discussion about it. ~
~ Put the phrase in your code word section of your form. ~
~ Nothing in the form is optional. That means no Meet Him's / Her's and no mystery histories. ~
~ You only have to do one RP sample. If you have more than one form you don't need to make one for each character but you could if you want to, so long as you have at least one ~
~ If you have any questions about the thread, feel free to ask either in a pm or on the Sign Up, just not in the RP Thread. ~
~ Don't make your character a sexy, hot beast because it's the apocalypse and it ain't happening. If your characters attractive, that's acceptable but no where do I want to read the words "beautiful" or "hot" or anything like that. ~
~ Disregard the last rule if you read the rules please. ~
~ Don't advertise your threads on the Sign Up or RP Threads because I will talk to you about it and delete the post. { If it's a banner in your signature that's one thing but if you're going around posting about it in the RP that's where I draw the line } ~
~ If you're going to be inactive or leaving the thread please pm me about it first. If you tell me you'll be gone for a certain amount of time it'll be OK, but if you don't and you've been gone for a week than I'll give your position to someone else. Same thing if you leave the thread but please pm me about it first so I can go ahead and give the position to someone else. ~
~ Your character is not going to be the center of everything. I expect you to be active in what's going on but if we're doing something that's not about you so you go off and get hurt or something for attention, I'll ignore you. It's one thing when we're in battle and you're hurt, but it's another when we're doing something else and you break your leg or something. ~
~ No first person RPing. No I's, me's, or my's. ~
~ Drama is encouraged because drama makes for interest but what's not encouraged is stealing boyfriends/girlfriends or making yourself the center of everything. ~
~ If you have a problem with someone, pm me about it and we'll calmly work out the problem. ~
~ No being disrespectful OOC:. IC: is OK but it's just rude and mean if you do it OOC: ~
~ If you read the rules, put "Shifter" in your code word section. ~
Fear Ranks
Leader ~ Travis White { ~ ♥ Mad Father ♥ ~ }
Commanding Officer ~ One Spot Available
Medic ~ One Spot Available
Soldiers ~ Theresa White { ~ ♥ Mad Father ♥ ~ } ; Always Open
Scavengers ~ Amber Allaway { ☣❃☣S h i v e r☣❃☣ } ; Always Open
Form
My Form
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Name ~
Travis White
Age ~
23 Year Old
Gender ~
Male
Rank ~
Leader
Appearance Description ~
He's a tall guy that's around 5'10". He has silky brown hair with natural blonde highlights that he keeps short enough to where a Shifter can't grab onto it. Interestingly, Travis also has different colored eyes, one grey and one blue, even though at first glance they appear to be the same color as the shading is pretty similar. He's also covered from head to toe in tattoos that he had gotten when he was at his rebellious teenage years. He has somewhat of a beard that he doesn't really shave until it gets bad as he just doesn't really have a whole lot of time for it.
Personality ~
Travis is a rather calm guy that doesn't really have much of a temper. He despises the Shifters like any sane person but his attention is rarely focused on them as his top priority is keeping his group safe above all, but if the Shifters do become a problem for the group again he will do his best to eradicate the issue. He's protective of his sister like any big brother would be in these situations but, much to her annoyance, he still puts the group before her.
History ~
Travis was born and raised in the outskirts of Atlanta City. He was a quiet boy who rarely talked to anyone, even friends or family. He had an anxiety disorder which made him prone to panic attacks and social awkwardness so he learned that he would be put into the best position if he just didn't talk and followed the rules. When he was 5, his little sister, Theresa, was born and at the time he didn't really pay her much attention. All she did was cry and sleep all day so how was that interesting to a five year old boy? He actually hated her to some degree at that age. His parents stopped taking him to school themselves because they were too tired as Theresa cried all night, they never went to any of his little league baseball games as Theresa was too little to stay outside in the heat, they never went to his school play either, as they feared Theresa would start crying and interrupt the show. In the end, it was all because of Theresa. So one night, while his parents were sleeping, Travis decided to end it for Theresa so he could have his parents back. He took the 5 month old from her crib and threw her down the stairs. Theresa didn't even cry when she hit the floor, she just laid there as she bled to death. His parents, however, didn't take long to get out of bed to see what was going on and were horrified to see the stair case a bloody mess with their daughter at the bottom of it and their son smiling proudly. Theresa made it through surgery, thankfully, but not all was well with Travis. The police were questioning him to the point of him just sobbing in confusion. He didn't know what he did wrong, he thought he did a good thing for both him and his parents. The six year old was then arrested and sent to Juvie for a sentence of 8 years and when the 14 year old came out, he wasn't the same happy-go-lucky kid anymore. He was bitter and resentful both towards his parents and especially Theresa. He didn't want anything to do with any of them and for the first week, stayed locked up in his room. After that school started so Travis was sent back to be ridiculed and pointed at. What Travis did had been all over the news and it had been well known to his classmates that he had been released and coming back. He was bullied to the worst possible extent imaginable for him. He was beaten in the hallways and everyone made fun of him. If they didn't make fun of him, they were either pointing and staring and whispering which drove Travis crazy. Travis then found comfort in drugs and alcohol. It was well known to everyone, even his parents, that he was drinking and smoking but no one did a thing to help him. They were afraid to. There were interventions, of course, but it always ended badly for his parents or anyone trying to help him as it seemed to send him further and further into drugs. He also started getting countless tattoos that he would flaunt like battle scars but they were, of course, the least of everyone's worries. Then, when he was 16 he found his first love, his first girlfriend. She was like him, ridiculed and hated by everyone who didn't understand her. The relationship sent him even further into drugs to the point where he had gotten into some dangerous stuff, but that didn't matter. He had found a kindred soul and he was happy with her. Then one night when they were taking random pills from a bowl as if it was m&m's, Travis crossed the line and passed out. He was going into cardiac arrest and on the verge of death but, miraculously, he managed to pull through. When he got out, he vowed to himself that he would stop it with the drugs. And that's exactly what he did. He told his girlfriend he wouldn't do drugs anymore, wouldn't be rebellious anymore. She broke up with him on the spot and left him heart broken and in the pit of emotional distress. He didn't go back to drugs anymore, like he promised, but he started something new. He started to cut himself. Even when it was in triple digit weather, he always wore long sleeves to cover up his cuts. It was short lived though and never got too bad, lasted five months and then he stopped. He was 18 at that point and dropped out of high school. He got himself a job as a tattoo artist, proposed to his sweetheart, and was doing happy for a while until he was 21 years old. His fiancé was acting strange, stranger than usual. She was constantly angry with him even though she usually was quite happy and cheery. One day, she was making them dinner and Travis walked in to get himself a beer, when she accused him of loving that alcohol more than her. He tried to explain the ridiculousness of that theory as he rarely drank anymore, but there was no use. She stabbed him in the shoulder with a butcher knife and attempted to stab him in the head with the other one, but he pushed her into the stove and caused the boiling water to pour over her head. It caused her skin to melt to reveal a horrible, black, evil creature that defiantly wasn't his fiancé. The injured creature quickly fled and disappeared before his eyes. The police, knowing Travis's criminal past, questioned him about his fiancé's disappearance before arresting him. He was to be sent on death row before it all came crashing down. The Shifters were everyone and everything and were destroying the world. They were bombing cities, one of which was Atlanta. Travis managed to survive the initial blast and was reunited with Theresa who had been out of town at the time. Travis, determined to keep himself and Theresa safe, created Fear and was determined to rid the world of these demonic creatures.
Relationships ~
His little sister, Theresa. He's reluctant to let another woman into his heart, however, considering the first one broke his heart and the second turned into a monster.
RP Sample ~
Code Word ~
I know them
Other ~
Nope
Name ~
Theresa { Terri } White
Age ~
18
Gender ~
Female
Rank ~
Solider
Appearance Description ~
Terri has wavy blonde hair that reaches a little bit below her shoulders. She has light green eyes that are rather vibrant in appearance. She's not very tall, only 5'3" and she's also rather skinny. She has often been accused of being anorexic because she's so skinny, even though she'll clear a table of food.
Personality ~
Terri has a rather bubbly, happy personality. She's also rather forgetful as well due to brain damage which her parents said was the fault of falling down the stairs when she was a little girl. Terri, like her brother, has anxiety issues but not to the same extent as her brother. She's also as stubborn as a mule and a good shot with a gun.
History ~
Terri was born and raised in the city of Atlanta. She never really knew her brother until she was 8 years old as he had been arrested for throwing her down the stairs when she was 5 months old. Her parents were concerned about bringing him back with Terri but while Travis never liked Terri, he never bothered her either. She was just there and Terri took the hint pretty well to leave him alone. She never really understood the concept of him doing drugs and sex with his girlfriend, for his girlfriend, but still she was a little intrigued by it. When she was 11 she managed to sneak a curious sip from Travis's beer can and ended up hating it. She thought it tasted like horse urine and even looked like it to. Terri didn't miss her brother when he dropped out of high school and moved out as they were never really close to begin with. Travis did, however, give Terri a tattoo when she was 14. It was a crescent moon but no one ever saw it as it was usually covered up by her shirt. Terri did, however, like Travis's fiancé. She was nice and she worked in a chocolate factory so she would bring Terri sweet candy almost every time she saw her. But once she started acting weird, Terri stopped talking to her. She scared Terri sometimes and she didn't like that. Well when Travis had supposedly killed his fiancé, Terri was a bit shocked that her big brother could do such a thing. Then when Terri went on a trip up North to Chicago with her high school band, she was shocked and devastated to hear that it had been bombed. She ran straight to her home to see Travis already there with a grim look on his face. She had asked where their parents were, but Travis just shook his head and told her they were in the promise land. Terri still doesn't fully understand where the promise land is as neither of them were Christian, but she understands they're not on Earth anymore.
Relationships ~
She has her older brother, Travis. She's open to more friends and maybe even a guy-friend but she's not looking too hard for one as Travis is always there to step in between them.
RP Sample ~
I already posted one.
Code Word ~
I know them.
Other ~
Nope
Are we gonna wait for more members to start RP?