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Steampunk
Victorian era London meets the future. This is a time of refinement and exploration! Anything you can think of is being invented and with all the noble and gracefulness of gentlemen and ladies. But not everything in the big city is not as it seems. People have been disappearing, never to be seen again. And then, one day, a life-size clockwork doll staggers down main street. Her delicate, golden butterfly wings flutter weakly as she gasps. Her left arm is a metal machine made of the same gold as her wings, her left mechanical leg and the pumping metal heart in her chest. The glass plating above the heart just barely peaks out over the corset of her short, ballerina style dress. She clutches two ornate, golden skeleton keys. One had a heart on it, the other a pair of miniature wings. "Someone...help me...he's gone mad!" She manages to say before falling to the ground.

Who is this strange girl and where did she come from? Why is she the way she is? Can you help her? Can you stop whatever is happening? And more importantly, can you do it in time?

Form:

Name:
Age:
Personality (can be RP'd):
Gender:
Appearance (prefer a picture but can be a well described written response):
What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless! :
Background (why are you in the city and who are you):

My Form:
(sorry, not much I can give. She reveals much as the plot thickens.)
Name: to be revealed.
Age: Doesn't remember but looks about 20
Personality: She is a fighter but scared and hurt at the moment. More to be Rp'd.
Gender: Female
Appearance:
The best I could find. She has the golden limbs and gold heart behind the glass in her chest as well. The dress is green and gold, not orange. And she has green eyes and golden blonde hair.
A clockwork doll.
Background: to be revealed.


Name: Aurora Nightshade
Age: 20
Personality: She's loyal as all get out and a short spit fire of a girl. She might be a little too trusting and that's gotten her into trouble. Aurora is prone to acting on impulse so she normally dives right in.
Gender: Female
Appearance:
But she has a midnight blue corset
She's a lady turned street rat.
Background: After finding out she had been kidnapped as a child and sold off to the current Lord and Lady Nightshade, Aurora runs away. She wants to find the parents she never knew. If that means she has to give up wealth and a cushy life to do it, then so be it! Aurora came to the city to find her birth parents. A nice black cloak and her messenger bag is all she needs. She's got money, a whole purse full! But she keeps it guarded on her person. Those bladed fans aren't for nothing! This street rat can fight. And she fights well.

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Name: Autumn Finncantation (goes by Autumn or Finn)
Age: 19
Personality (can be RP'd): A hyper girl, she creates life-sized mechanical animals to assist her. She doesn't need much to create her creatures and gets pretty inventive with some of her materials... Her side-kicks are a small mechanical rat named Hazel, which she uses to gather information without putting herself in danger, and a large mechanical dragon named Coal, which she uses for transportation and protection. If you're nice, she might even offer to create you a side kick.
Gender: Female
Appearance: She usually has some sort of soot or oil smudged on her face, hands, and clothes. Her hair is long and ragged, dark brown, nearly black on top and fading the whole way down until it's platinum blonde, and she will often messily tie parts of it back so it isn't in her face, and in the way. She is very short- only around 5 feet tall, and is very thin. This is a result of the malnutrition she suffered her entire life of living on the streets. She doesn't seem to mind it, though- the world is much kinder to children. She wears a torn up red and black dress which goes a bit above her knees, and tall black-and-white striped socks, which go to the bottom of her dress, and knee-high black boots with large silver buckles. Her childish mannerism and size lead many to think she's much younger than she is- as young as 13. She's crudely sown many pockets into her dress in which keeps various tools for tinkering and creating. On the back of her dress she has hooked on a set of mechanical wings. They don't allow her to fly- just glide. She uses them if she ever finds herself in trouble. A decent jump and one pump of the wings allows her to rise several feet into the air and she can glide at that height for some distance. Hazel is a small, black mechanical rat which often sits under Autumn's hair. Coal is a large, smoothly-running black mechanical dragon with red wings and eyes. She actually did not make him- she found him in pieces one night deep within the city's inner reaches, where young ladies should avoid, and took him back to her home. She fixed him up into working order, and he has faithfully followed her since. (I will updated and add pictures as they become available to me- I have to draw Hazel and Autumn)
Coal's Appearance

What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless! : She is a maker. She specializes in mechanical animals. They tend to be messy and clunky, but they're sturdy and work well. If requested, she'll work extra hard on a piece to make it run more smoothly.
Background (why are you in the city and who are you): She grew up in the underworld of the city. A truly street-wise gal, she sells animal trinkets to earn her living.

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Of course you are accepted, dear Finn!

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Name: Phoenix (yeah like it be anything else XD)
Age: around 25 or so
Personality (can be RP'd): He is guarded and has his secretes. More to be RP'd.
Gender: male
Appearance: Tall (over 6 foot), dirty blond/brown hair, sharp green eyes and a green outfit. (you know the one XD) and he has a sword on his hip. No one takes it away.
What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless! : He is a bodyguard for hire.
Background: He came looking for work. more in rp XD

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LOL XD Imma have to bring out Aurora then :3
Can't let Phoenix have all the fun ;)

Of course you're in Phoenix! :D

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Name: Jason (yeah i know :D )
Age:18
Personality (can be RP'd): A Joyful young man who can be deadly serious when it vomes to his friends. He keeps a lot of secrets but all of them are suddrnly revealed throught the story.
Gender: Male
Appearance: (prefer a picture but can be a well described written response): He is a medium height boy with black gair and icy blue eyes. He's slightly muscular with somehow swimmer's body. He wears a tight leather jacket, tight black Jeans and black T-shirt. He has a Tiger's Toot mad out of some gemstone on his neck and a leather bracelet on his left aram. A small flesh earing and big smile. He wears high sneakers and fingerless gloves.
What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless! : I'm a bartender who came to london to seek for a job. After i was fired from my last palce (unown reasons) in Shefield i decided that probbably the big city will work better for me:
Background (why are you in the city and who are you): I grew up in an Orphanedge (St Lilly's) so when i got out i had to finda a job and a living place quick. I worked for a whole year in my previous place but i got fired. The friend i was living with told me to try the big city so here i am walking down London's streets coming back form my new job.

I'M SO EXCITED! accepted. :D

I am going to wait until later today (it's half past one in the morning for me) to see if there are anymore takers. I hope we can start before reset.

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YA! :D

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Name: /Picks a random name that I like Vivian should be fitting for this RP. =3
Age: 15.
Personality (can be RP'd): She's quiet, to the point and logical. Usually unbiased to her feelings when making a decision. She's pretty anti-social and out of touch. Thought I'd try a new personality.
Gender: Female.
Appearance (prefer a picture but can be a well described written response): She has black hair, a ponytail, long bangs, black high heel boots, black nylons, a short skirt (not a mini-skirt, but not long, either), black shirt with lace around the neckline, purple eyes, dark purple headband and has an acoustic guitar strapped to her back.
What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless!: She plays her acoustic guitar for spending money.
Background (why are you in the city and who are you): She's without parents, due to them leaving her to an orphanage in the city. She's quite the rebel, like every young teen in the world, so she's always sneaking out of the orphanage to play her guitar for money. She mainly buys clothing and junk food.

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Of course you're accepted, Cynda! :D
Oh! I don't think I have to say it with this group of wonderful people, but please try to use as much detail as possible. One liners only if the situation is desperate. Think about what they are doing as they say something or what they are thinking. I don't think we'll have a problem though. You guys are awesome!

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Name: Selinia Krakalenge

Age: 16

Personality (can be RP'd): To be RP'd (I'm to tired to do this right now. You know what she's like anyway)

Gender: Female

Appearance (prefer a picture but can be a well described written response):

What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless!: Assassin/Street Urchin

Background (why are you in the city and who are you):

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Neverlight, of course you are accepted! :D

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Alright, I think we can start. We just have to be careful not to get too far. There might be another couple coming. (Also, I'm going to post next after we've had everyone post :3 )

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Name: Raika
Age: female
Personality (can be RP'd): Actually unknown. She barely talks.
Gender: female
Appearance (prefer a picture but can be a well described written response):
What are you? a maker? a lord or lady? The possibility is nearly endless! : Just walking through the streets, exploring the outer world.
Background (why are you in the city and who are you): It won't be revealed. Again, she never talks.

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Go for it, Raika! I know you're good :3 accepted.

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Name: William
Age: 18
Personality (can be RP'd): A cheeky Gentlemen :P
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall and slim, with short, scruffy blonde hair.

Wearing Charcoal Suit trousers and waistcoat (With a Copper pocket-watch hanging out), with a black shirt, and a purple tie.

Comes from a rich family that owns the steam trains, but prefers the company of his dogs Arya and Sansa. He tries to learn mechanics by observation, as his parents disprove of him ever looking scruffy.

He is clumsy.

Warning, I suck at RP

Welcome, Squilliam! :D accepted

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Phoenix sighed as he walked back to his temporary home. He found a room with a good manager that allowed him to stay longer as long as he helped keep unwanted people out. So far, he had no luck getting a real job. Though he did have a good bouncer job at a bar, but it wasn't what he wanted. Very few ever really bothered him no mater how bad the place he walked thru.

(hope this was enough. XD)

(Casually pulls out Aurora Nightshade to help get things going. See my first post to get her bio)

Aurora had been watching the blonde haired man. He seemed like he could help, but she wasn't sure. Pulling her hood up farther, she stepped out of the shadows and held out her hand in a stop motion to get him to stop. She wanted to see how he reacted to surprise encounters. While she could protect herself in a fair fight, lately, those who tried to jump her were not fair! And when looking around a strange city, she didn't want to be lost without anyone noticing.

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Phoenix stopped, looking at her. He didn't really react, having a dagger already ready. He didn't look on alert, but he was. He was ready for an attack, to decent, to pary, for just about anything.

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(Hey Phoenix, just wanted to say that you should probably wait for at least a few other people to post before you post again. We don't want to run off without people :))

Selinia stood in the darkened alley, her cloak fluttering slightly in the breeze. The hood drooped low over her face, not that it really mattered. She had been standing there for nearly two hours now. Hopefully it would be worth it. She knew from the days spent gathering info that her target would be walking home now, and that he would pass right in front of her. She also knew what he sounded like, and what his footsteps felt like, so there would be no mistaking him. The tips of her fingers tapped against her weapons of choice, two long retractable blades, concealed in her sleeves. "Funny how many enemies bouncers make" She thought. It would be over quick, with little fuss. He wouldn't even feel it. Footsteps approached her, causing her to tense slightly. As they came closer, a second set joined the first. They were much lighter, obviously a female. "He was supposed to be alone! Who's the girl then?" Moving silently, she approached the two, who had stopped walking. Using her dark cloak to hide her, she listened, waiting to hear what they said. Though she stood in full view, it would take a very keen eye to detect her in the shadows.

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