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[Errol]

I find it interesting how everybody filling out the card, when asked "describe yourself", immediately writes out their height, weight and distinguishing physical features, like you're joining the military or something. Not that that's a bad thing, of course.

Wait, this is not the military?

[Dwarmin]

I find it interesting how everybody filling out the card, when asked "describe yourself", immediately writes out their height, weight and distinguishing physical features, like you're joining the military or something. Not that that's a bad thing, of course.

Eh, I suppose most of us are keeping within the single sentence description limit, though I sort of broke of the rules on mine...

[Errol]

The appliant list almost reads like a Who's Who of Bay12 RtD. I'm scared

[lawastooshort]

Spoiler: Halesey (click to show/hide)

1. Why are you here and not someplace else? Well, this was just the first door I come across when I ducked down this alley running from some security guard from the shop I-. Looked like a good door.
2. What’s your name? In under twenty words? I'd like to say you could call me The Drifter, but nah, Halesey will do.
3. What color do you identify yourself with? Black. That's home. Except it's not really black now is it, it's just grey. Flat grey. Grey then.
4. Describe yourself. I come from the centre of England, the Birthplace of Industry. The carcass of industry. The fucking pits. But for all I try to get away, it's home. It's where my folks are at and from.
5. What do you like/love/enjoy? I like a pint, I like a smoke, I like changes in velocity. I like getting away with things I probably shouldn't, and I like out-thinking people.
6. What do you dislike/hate/fear? I fear not having anyone left to stop myself ending it all. I guess what I dislike? Pretentious bastards.
7. In terms of occult or obscure power and knowledge, who would you like most to resemble (fictional people included)? Dude. Lone Wolf. For all sorts of reasons, but if I went into the deepest one it'd kinda be a spoiler. But shit, yeah: Ogami Itto.

[Harry Baldman]

Okay, so I've selected the first four players, as well as made a slightly ordered waitlist. New applicants will be inducted in the waitlist in order of application.

The first four:

• Toaster - Larry Malone
• Dwarmin - Kathryn Jones
• Errol - Elizabeth Blanc
• lawastooshort - Halesey

I feel kinda bad for taking so few people, but I also know that I can't have too many players. The waitlist, then, is such.

• Cheesecake - Willy
• wolfchild - Henrietta Black
• Pancaek - John T. Deschutter
• Gamerlord - Samuel Bornhast
• scapheap - Clair Malk

Those who were selected, you are now required to do one thing - post your stats. These are explained in the spoiler below.

Spoiler: How Stats and Skills Work (click to show/hide)

Stats:
Body: your physical strength, stamina and toughness.
Finesse: overall quickness and coordination, determines initiative in addition to the usual things.
Mind: intelligence and perceptiveness, this stat is used in magical research and determines how many spells you can cast (with 0 mind, you can cast three, and with each point you get one more).
Affinity: attunement to magic, this determines the power of spells cast.

0 points equals a -1 to rolls, 1 point equals an unmodified roll, 2 points give a 50% chance at a +1, 3 points give a solid +1, and every point from there on in adds a +1/3 to rolls. All stats start at 0, and you have 6 points to spend between them.

You may also notice that there's no Charisma-type stat - this is because social interactions are purely RP-based.

Once again, stats are mutable and liable to increase if you do well enough and manage not to perish horribly, which may or may not prove more difficult than you might think.

Those who were selected, post either a filled stat sheet for your character or a convincing excuse for an absence of such a thing (alternatively, an affirmation of either interest or disinterest at the very least) within 24 hours, please.

[lawastooshort]

Spoiler: Halesey's stats (click to show/hide)

Stats:
Body: 1
Finesse: 2
Mind: 3
Affinity: 0

[Dwarmin]

Spoiler: Kat's Stats (click to show/hide)

Body: 3
Finesse: 1
Mind: 1
Affinity: 1

[Errol]

Spoiler: Elizabeth's stats (click to show/hide)

Body: 0
Finesse: 0
Mind: 3
Affinity: 3

this is a terrible idea

[Toaster]

Spoiler: Larry's Stats (click to show/hide)

Body: 0
Finesse: 1
Mind: 2
Affinity: 3

[Dwarmin]

Humm, given everyone mainlined affinity, I'm changing my stats around a bit.

Edit: And done, no more changes.

[Toaster]

It was a bit of a tossup between Mind and Affinity for the last point for me.  MORE POWER just seemed to make sense for a guy with that much ego.  Anyway, La's fellow has zero.


Also, Harry's made a mistake- with everyone posting within a couple hours of each other, player responses will be high since we all must be similar time zones.  He better be ready for five updates a day!

[Harry Baldman]

Alright, that's that - we've got the players, we've got the GM and, most importantly, we've got the magic. So let's go.


As the four gathered individuals fill out their "cards" and hand them to the fat man, he looks through them quickly, nodding with no small amount of satisfaction. He folds them up and places them in his back pocket, chuckling mildly. He then turns to you all.

"Right then, let's get down to business. See, the thing is, this ain't no ordinary occult club. Far from it, people! You see, most occult clubs dabble in this and that, burn incense, that sort of thing. Tricks and stupid rituals that don't actually do anything."

He looks at a nearby burning stick of incense and extinguishes it.

"Smell was making me furious. So, yeah. What I got for you all ain't the average ballyhoo whatever that you get in most places. Naw, what I got - it's magic. Like, real magic."

He puts his palms together. The assembled people - Larry, Kathryn, Elizabeth and the somewhat confused Halesey all can hear a rather audible crackle issue from him, and the air shimmers mildly in his vicinity.

"And it's magic that I'm gonna give to you people. Are you ready?"

Clearly, this is some sort of pivotal moment. There's even a loud thunderclap to accompany it.

[Dwarmin]

Kathryn nods, eyes drifting to the ceiling in disbelief. Nice special effects, but she had seen better. She assumed they would soon gain the 'magic' of thinking positively and finding some sort of vessel for their spirits to deposit money to.

She suppressed a yawn, realizing she honestly had no where else to go right at this moment. No job during the day, couldn't sleep at night. So...she needed to do something, anything...

"Ah, sure. Why not?" Kat asked sardonically, crossing her legs in a classic subconscious defensive posture.

[Tomcost]

PTW. Won't join because I will end up bothering Harry in two RTDs. And having player variety is funnier.

[Errol]

"Eh? Wait, seriously? That can't possibly be true..."

Elizabeth was conflicted. Her face was alight with a mixture of confusion and excitement. On the one hand - no, no way. The only kind of magic existing in the real world was sufficiently advanced technology. Absolutely true. And... this man didn't look like he regularily handled technology more sufficiently advanced than the telephone he ordered his breakfast pizza with.
But there was this little part inside of her that was getting all too giddy at the thought. After all, magic's what she came for, right?

"...but if you can prove me otherwise... bring it."

But what if it really just was static electricity?

She sat stiffly on her chair, clutching its arms with a hint of panic, much like a child who knows that the dentist will see him in a few seconds.