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[kilakan]

Sanity's Eclipse:A Horror RTD
Back-story (Long version):

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You were an out of town visitor when the attack began.  At first the officials declared it just a bad outbreak of some normal, and completely curable disease.  In reality they had no clue, perhaps if they had taken some precautions it wouldn't of come to this.  Within a week of the first case, a man dragged from his home covered in the blood of his daughter, screaming that she had become a monster which needed to be destroyed, the quarantine began.  The cases multiplied far to quickly for it to be a disease, it seemed like everyone was on a timer whose countdown ended in madness.  The fighting and suicide levels grew so quickly that the local enforcement agencies called in the army, and the army in turn evicted everyone to designated 'safe buildings'.  You had attempted to leave via the local airport on only the third day after the initial outbreak, and by the time you realized that they weren't letting any flights at all out it was far to late to leave by land or sea.
    Trapped in an unfamiliar city you were helpless as everyone was rounded up and locked in rooms of 6 people each, no regard was given to families or current state of mind.  Every single night you could hear screams from the surrounding rooms as people snapped and in turn ended up being killed or killing.  Even you feel as though something is begging to afflict you, and you can tell the others in the room are no better off.  Last night, as the soldiers made the rounds with the rations they put a single piece of paper on each tray.  It read "It was in the water, as of this moment everyone is considered infected and to be taken to another facility for treatment."  despite this, the next morning no one made the rounds, no food was given out and at noon the power cut out for just a moment.  The doors clicked open as the power came back on, and with it your struggle begins.

Basic Story(quick synopsis):

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-About a week ago, there was the first of many cases of madness which lead to violence and death.
-Your were a traveler visiting the city from away at the time.
-By the time that the outbreaks got so severe you wanted to leave, all modes of transport had been closed down by the army
-You were quickly locked into a room in a designated 'safe-building' with 5 other people.
-You and the other people have begun experiencing strange varying effects.
-Last night a message was delivered by the army stating that they were transferring to another facility as everyone was infected.
-This morning no food or water was delivered
-Around noon the power flickered off for a second, and as it came back on the door slowly swung open to the room you were previously imprisoned in.
-Here it begins.

Rules:

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The system shall be a 1d10, with 1 being epic fail, and 10 being overshot.
Generally no skills will be recorded on a 'level' basis, but exceptional feats may lead to character traits that will influence rolls somewhat.
Wounds will not magically heal in just a few turns, so always avoid any serious injury.
Hunger and thirst are important, but the thing you really want to always watch is exhaustion.
High levels of hunger, thirst, and exhaustion will lead to negative modifiers to rolls, but not immediately to death.
There are plenty of other potential modifiers to your health, so beware poisons and anything else similarly deadly!

Your mental health is just as important as physical health.

Time is always an important factor, and generally the smaller turns will take 10 minutes of game time (but in reality only about 1-2 minutes) this includes combat.
Otherwise most turns will default to a hour, so plan your actions accordingly, if you want to string a few smaller actions on the longer turns, your character will just complete as many as possible.

Ammo is abstracted, and will run out according to actions and rolls.  It is however required to make the gun work, no magical never ending hailstorms of bullets guys ... well maybe a few hah.

The default limit on carrying is-
1 Heavy items
2 medium
6 small
1 heavy=2 mediums
1 medium=3 small
you can always attempt to carry more but will suffer some penalties.  Of course backpacks and other carrying peices of equipment can increase this but sometimes come with their own penalties.

This may be updated as the game proceeds, but otherwise always just have fun! (if you want to see a change feel free to recommend it!)

Possible mutations caused by the outbreak.

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Your skin as become mottled from tans and sun burns
Your skin is calloused and cracking
You have urges to act on impulse
Things seem to Twist and Warp under your touch
You have a deep Fever
Your Vision is hazy and full of tiny pinpricks.
You are constantly aware of your own heartbeat
You can hear a constant droning in the back of your own mind.
You are repeatedly shocked by static discharge
Your throat burns, and your stomach is upset.
You suffer withdrawals from the wonders of technology
You have a sense of constant Déjà vu
Your old scars are fading away
You feel stabbing pains along your arms and legs, though it is bearable.
You have nightmarish visions every time you close your eyes
You feel somewhat disconnected from reality
Your skin feels as though something is growing tendrils just beneath it.

*Once one is chosen, no one else may choose that same one.

Character Creation:

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Name:
Gender:
Appearance:
Other:
Reason to come to The City:
Mutation:(choose one from the above list, one that is already chosen can not be chosen again)
Item:(choose a single item that you smuggled past the guards into the room where you were previously kept prisoner. Only medium to small items allowed, a gun will come with two sets of ammo, and some other items will be allowed multiple 'charges')

The first 6 people will be chosen, further ones will be placed on a waiting list.  Luck and ingenuity are all that keep you alive, and remember to always have fun!  That said, survival is not at all assured and player turn over rate may be high , so this rtd is not for the faint of heart or easily disturbed.  You have been warned, it will live up to it's title!

Players:
Chrome1
Caellath
Seriousconcentrate
Sinpwn
Dwarmin
Tiruin

Waiting List:
Mcclay

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either wailtlist me or add a sixth slot if that is cool
Name: Alex Voldgas
Gender: Male
Appearance: about 20, red hair no freckles, lean body build, kinda shady looking.
Other: European history enthutaist, espically Scotland and Germany.
Reason to come to The City: Wanted to chill out and not get infected by a deadly virus
Mutation: Your skin feels as though something is growing tendrils just beneath it
Item: a kanto. (notice: I will be not using japnese bladed weapons past this small kanto. If this charcter works how I think he does I have much bigger plans >:3.

[chrome1]

Name: Alec Rickshaw
Gender: male
Appearance: 5'9", 140 pounds, slim build. Medium length messy black hair. Short beard. Brown eyes. Wearing black tshirt, blue jeans, adidas running sneakers.
Other:-
Reason to come to the city: To start a new life after being released from his old towns prison before outbreak.
Mutation: Your old scars are fading away
Item: 7" Hunting Knife
 

[Caellath]

In. Sheet coming soon.

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Name: Mortimer Alexanov
Gender: Male
Appearance: Around 5'9", 168 pounds, lean but strong build. Shoulder-length black hair, hazel eyes. Wears a black jacket over black cargo pants, with combat boots.
Other: A rookie shooting enthusiast of college age, he occasionally participates in competitions, with good results.
Reason to come to The City: He went to the city to check for a contest he had heard about through a friend.
Mutation: You feel stabbing pains along your arms and legs, though it is bearable.
Item: Silenced Makarov inside a quick-draw holster.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Name: Benjamin Forrester
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6'1", 170 pounds, athletic build. Hair is brown and cut short, eyes are brown. Currently wearing a blue jacket, white shirt, jeans, and black sneakers.
Other: -
Reason to come to The City: Benjamin is a relief pitcher for a college team that had come to the city for a game before the outbreak started.
Mutation: Your Vision is hazy and full of tiny pinpricks.
Item: Folding knife; Benny carries one everyone and the guards forgot to check his jacket for it.

[Dwarmin]

Got it. 

Name: Desmond Green
Gender: Male
Appearance: Well dressed man in his late 20's-a fashionably cut power suit, and silvered watch (that stopped ticking), among other accouterments of the financially successful and socially mobile. Brown hair and green eyes, behind a pair of thick lens eye-glasses. Looks very nervous. 5.9 and 189 pds.
Other: A Stock broker by trade, he lives with numbers and calculations-he trusts his own intellect over anything else. He is the oldest son of an extended family-and very protective of those he comes to call family.
Reason to come to The City: His sister Elaine (long estranged) called him from far off, saying she needed to be bailed out of jail-another robbery charge. Something Desmond has done before. He grudgingly agreed, and made the drive to the city...but, when he got to the jail, it was already in chaos. She was no where to be found. He was taken into custody not long after.
Mutation:You are constantly aware of your own heartbeat
Item: A wallet sized picture of Desmond's family-Mother, Father, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. He protects it as he would any precious thing...

[Tiruin]

In 

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Name: Ires Reon
Gender: Female
Appearance: A woman of about 5'4" and in her early 20's, lean in build and with long black hair stretching to elbow-length. Her features could be described as 'soft' or 'fair' in color and texture and her skin tone is light in complexion. She is dressed in common attire, preferring darker shades of blue and grey, oh, and a blue wristband around her right wrist.
Other: An Architecture student, currently employed in field duty, she holds a curious outlook on the world and is mightily friendly towards others, easy to trust her kinsmen - which may prove her own weaknesses.

Reason to come to The City: It's library. This city's library boasted a compendium of resources about mostly everything! That, and the fact that Ires needed to find a place of employment, or somewhere to at least continue her studies.

Mutation: You have nightmarish visions every time you close your eyes

Item:A gilded locket that holds a picture of a very important person in Ires' life - family and friends. It is attached to a thin, sturdy chain.

[kilakan]

Name: Alec Rickshaw
Gender: male
Appearance: 5'9", 140 pounds, slim build. Medium length messy black hair. Short beard. Brown eyes. Wearing black tshirt, blue jeans, adidas running sneakers.
Other:-
Reason to come to the city: To start a new life after being released from his old towns prison before outbreak.
Mutation: You are constantly aware of your own heartbeat
Item: 7" Hunting Knife and 2 pint bottles of vodka.

I'm gonna make a call, and since this was edited after dwarmins post, say you need to change your mutation mate.  Also one item, yea get the knife or the vodka, hard choice

[Sinpwn]

sheet coming up.

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Name: Clara Grachev
Gender: Female
Appearance: 5'4" 120 pounds. Unusually pale. Shoulder-length black hair and light blue eyes. Wearing jeans, running shoes and a gray sweatshirt
Other:
Reason to come to the city: Searching for cheap computer parts.
Mutation: You feel somewhat disconnected from reality
Item: Small custom laptop.

[kilakan]

ehmk just waiting on calleth now then we can get going!  Tiruin can finish his sheet whenever, it's not really important for the first turn anyways.

[Caellath]

Searching for a mutation. Done.

[Tiruin]

Done.

Also, horror. 

[kilakan]

Turn 0:Escape
Alec, Mortimer, Benjamin, Desmond, Ires and Clara stand in a small room, just 6 mattress without sheets, a sink and no windows.  This is where they have been locked in for the last 3 days, after the army captured and quarantined everyone they could find.  Every waking hour for the last three days has been punctured by screams and blasts of gunfire.  Last night it seemed that the army was going from room to room either evacuating people as the note with dinner had mentioned, or occasionally the sounds of gunfire ruptured forth.  The grim procession of what sounded like executions and evacuations never made it to your room, which was situated at the very end of a hallway on the top floor.  For the last few hours it has been eerily quite, as the power flickered on and off, continuously plunging you into darkness.  With one last flicker the power cuts out for what seems an eternity, and when the lights finally come back, the door to your former prison hangs open slightly.  You can hear nothing, absolutely nothing coming from outside the room, as the power continues to flicker.


Time-Around Noon?

Weather-Unknown

Local Safety-Unknown

Alec

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Gender: male
Appearance: 5'9", 140 pounds, slim build. Medium length messy black hair. Short beard. Brown eyes. Wearing black tshirt, blue jeans, adidas running sneakers.
Other:-
Reason to come to the city: To start a new life after being released from his old towns prison before outbreak.

Mutation: Your old scars are fading away

Items: 0/1H 0/2M 1/6S
7" Hunting Knife

Health:
Fine
Hunger:Slightly Hungry
Thirst:Slightly Thirsty
Physical energy:Fine
Mental State:90/100

Mortimer

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Name: Mortimer Alexanov
Gender: Male
Appearance: Around 5'9", 168 pounds, lean but strong build. Shoulder-length black hair, hazel eyes. Wears a black jacket over black cargo pants, with combat boots.
Other: A rookie shooting enthusiast of college age, he occasionally participates in competitions, with good results.
Reason to come to The City: He went to the city to check for a contest he had heard about through a friend.

Mutation: You feel stabbing pains along your arms and legs, though it is bearable.

Items: 0/1H 0/2M 1/6S
Silenced Makarov- Loaded
  +quick-draw holster
  +1 Magazine spare
Health:
Fine
Hunger:Slightly Hungry
Thirst:Slightly Thirsty
Physical energy:Fine
Mental State:90/100

Benjamin

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Name: Benjamin Forrester
Gender: Male
Appearance: 6'1", 170 pounds, athletic build. Hair is brown and cut short, eyes are brown. Currently wearing a blue jacket, white shirt, jeans, and black sneakers.
Other: -
Reason to come to The City: Benjamin is a relief pitcher for a college team that had come to the city for a game before the outbreak started.

Mutation: Your Vision is hazy and full of tiny pinpricks.

Items: 0/1H 0/2M 1/6S
Folding knife; Benny carries one everyone and the guards forgot to check his jacket for it.

Health:
Fine
Hunger:Slightly Hungry
Thirst:Slightly Thirsty
Physical energy:Fine
Mental State:90/100

Desmond

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Name: Desmond Green
Gender: Male
Appearance: Well dressed man in his late 20's-a fashionably cut power suit, and silvered watch (that stopped ticking), among other accouterments of the financially successful and socially mobile. Brown hair and green eyes, behind a pair of thick lens eye-glasses. Looks very nervous. 5.9 and 189 pds.
Other: A Stock broker by trade, he lives with numbers and calculations-he trusts his own intellect over anything else. He is the oldest son of an extended family-and very protective of those he comes to call family.
Reason to come to The City: His sister Elaine (long estranged) called him from far off, saying she needed to be bailed out of jail-another robbery charge. Something Desmond has done before. He grudgingly agreed, and made the drive to the city...but, when he got to the jail, it was already in chaos. She was no where to be found. He was taken into custody not long after.

Mutation:You are constantly aware of your own heartbeat

Items: 0/1H 0/2M 0/6S
 Family Photo-Helps Desmond's Mental State
Health:
Fine
Hunger:Slightly Hungry
Thirst:Slightly Thirsty
Physical energy:Fine
Mental State:90/100

Ires

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Name: Ires Reon
Gender: Female
Appearance: A woman of about 5'4" and in her early 20's, lean in build and with long black hair stretching to elbow-length. Her features could be described as 'soft' or 'fair' in color and texture and her skin tone is light in complexion. She is dressed in common attire, preferring darker shades of blue and grey, oh, and a blue wristband around her right wrist.
Other: An Architecture student, currently employed in field duty, she holds a curious outlook on the world and is mightily friendly towards others, easy to trust her kinsmen - which may prove her own weaknesses.

Reason to come to The City: It's library. This city's library boasted a compendium of resources about mostly everything! That, and the fact that Ires needed to find a place of employment, or somewhere to at least continue her studies.

Mutation: You have nightmarish visions every time you close your eyes

Items:0/1H 0/2M 0/6S
Gilded Locket and Chain-Helps Ires Mental state
Thirst:Slightly Thirsty
Physical energy:Fine
Mental State:90/100

Clara

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Name: Clara Grachev
Gender: Female
Appearance: 5'4" 120 pounds. Unusually pale. Shoulder-length black hair and light blue eyes. Wearing jeans, running shoes and a gray sweatshirt
Other:
Reason to come to the city: Searching for cheap computer parts.
Mutation: You feel somewhat disconnected from reality
Items:0/1H 0/2M 1/6S
 Small custom laptop

Health:
Fine
Hunger:Slightly Hungry
Thirst:Slightly Thirsty
Physical energy:Fine
Mental State:90/100

[Caellath]

Mortimer sighed. The door was open, he was hungry and thirsty and there was no way he would wait forever until something happened. Finally making his choice, he sprung up and unholstered his pistol, the quick-draw hoslter already turning its safety off and causing the gun to chamber a bullet.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to check what is outside."

Open the door a little and cautiously peek outside.

[SeriousConcentrate]

"Right behind you, Mort."

Benny follows the Russkie to the door and peeks over his head to check it out.

(We've been here for three days with nothing to do, so I assume we've - at the very least - told each other our names. >.>)

[Tiruin]

"H-hey, wait. I'm going with you.

"It's quiet again. You don't think the schedule is...off, right?"

Follow Mortimer and change my location to near the door.

Try to look for anything that resembled the structural map or emergency exit map in looking outside.

((Yep, along with some side-talk and knowledge on what we were and who we basically are.))