ACE OF DIAMONDS, YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO HUNGER. The ravenous child of the ordinary, a mediocrity that clawed its way from unremarkable soil with fingernails bloody and ambition sharp as winter wind. There was no gilded inheritance waiting in the wings, no dynasty to claim. Only the endless, gnawing need to prove that you were destined for more.
Two autumns past, you tasted the golden honey of victory in SECRET SOCIETY'S TRIAL OF HEARTS and found it ash on your tongue. Because victory, you discovered, is not a destination but an addiction sweet as laudanum and hollow as church bells ringing over empty pews. They whisper that you have everything, but you feel like a hollow victor counting empty trophies in an empty room. What you have is not enough. What you deserve is more.
Now you circle this year's trial like a moth drawn to flame. This year, despite not being a player, you will find a way to cast yourself once more in its leading role, even if it demands becoming the villain of someone else's triumph.
DYNAMICS
THE LOGICIANโฆ RAW AND BRILLIANT, FOR HOW LONG?
YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE LOGICIAN. The way they are scratching at equations, as if the TRIAL were some grand theorem waiting to be solved. That maddening certainty that understanding equals control in their eyes... You wore that same belief once. You've been subtly sabotaging THE LOGICIAN's efforts. Not out of cruelty, but out of mercy. Perhaps if you draw close enough... You could forge an alliance with THE LOGICIAN: Mentor and student, architect and engineer. You could shape this battle like gods molding clay. Or you could do what you've always done best: Let them fall. Tear the rulebook to ribbons.
THE VIGILANTE โฆ YOU TASTE OF COPPER AND BROKEN PROMISE.
WHAT A DANCE: Recognition bleeding into contempt, contempt curdling into something... else. You've seen that look of anger before, felt its weight, related to it. THE VIGILANTE stands like an uncontrollable variable in your narrative. Or maybe the opposite. Could they become what you've always lacked โ an extension of your will made flesh? You keep finding yourselves in the same rooms, circling the same prey, drawn into the same deadly spirals. They shattered your trust once already. Betrayed you. They called themselves ruthless. You'll show them ruthless.
THE WITNESS โฆ WHAT TERRIBLE SOFTNESS IN THOSE EYES.
SOMETIMES, YOU CATCH IT. Pity, crystalline and cutting. Then judgment follows in those eyes. Unspoken but deafening, it crawls beneath your skin and makes a home in your bones. You loathe it. This quiet certainty that they know better, that they see clearer, that they stand somehow above the wreckage of your choices. Their silence is its own language. It screams louder than any accusation. Do they know? The question haunts you, terrifies you.
โHe just wants to have a nice life and be a regular dude. He doesn't really have any higher aspirations particularly. He was fine with being tortured every day if he could just go home to Nasha.โ - Robert Pattinson
In this world, where beauty and power exist side by side, nothing is permanent except the hunger for the next highโbe it sensual, emotional, or political. Itโs where loyalty is as fleeting as the bubbles clung to the walls of a chamgagne flute, and betrayal is the currency that keeps the machine running. Welcome to THE EXCHANGE: home to those who have too much to lose and not enough to fear.
good morning lovelies, i'll be around until this evening to answer all final inquiries before we open for applications & reservations tomorrow !! for anyone crossing our path for the first timeย echelonhq is a 21+ restaurant-based rp that will be opening for applicationsย tomorrow @ 3pm est &ย we would love to have youย !!
THE PLAYLISTย &ย PINTEREST BOARD HAVE BEEN RELEASED!ย (ย ย HEREย ย &ย ย HEREย ย )
# echelonhq ย is ย an ย appless, ย heady ย cocktail ย of ย haute ย cuisine ย drama ย and ย gripping ย adventure, ย drawing ย inspiration ย from ย the ย likes of ย the ย bear, ย sex ย and ย the ย city ย and ย sweetbitter. ย set ย against ย the ย backdrop ย of ย the ย mid-1990s, ย it ย weaves ย a ย tapestry ย of ย lives ย entwined ย within ย the ย pulsating, ย neon-drenched ย heart ย of ย newย ย york's ย best ย kept ย secretย ย ย &ย ย ย their ย newest ย attempt ย at ย success.
do u have any most wanted fcs already in mind? and will there be an age limit or can we bring older muses? super excited honestly!
hi lovely, these are fabulous questions !! to address the latter, faceclaims over 30+ are being prioritized. in saying such, older muses are more than welcome, and of course, very encouraged!
some wanted faces i would love to see on the dash: yaya dacosta, riz ahmed, mahershala ali, jessica alba, sonoya mizuno, oscar isaac, eva green, ayo edebiri, simone ashley, jessica chastain, manny jacinto, diane guerrero, dev patel, hande ercel, pedro pascal, maya erskine, wagner moura, zendaya coleman, meghann fahy, michiel huisman &
aaaaand we're here! looking for a sultry nyc vibe where the bear meets sex in the city, this may be just the place for you!ใ คi'll be around until work later this evening but please come check us outโธบwe're currently open for inquiries & would be more than happy to have you. <3
#echelonhqใ คis an appless,ใ คheady cocktail of haute cuisine drama and gripping exploitation,ใ คdrawing inspiration from the bear,ใ คsex and the city,ใ คand sweetbitter.ใ คset in the fall of 1996,ใ คthis narrative weaves lives within the neon-drenched heart of new york's best-kept secret and their newest venture.ใ คinfierno,ใ คa gritty,ใ คdesigner nightclub since the 80s,ใ คblends allure and danger,ใ คattracting the elite with exceptional cocktails and pulsating music.ใ คnext door,ใ คechelon,ใ คinfierno's on-the-pulse lovechild,ใ คtranscends the restaurant concept.ใ คas the grand opening approaches,ใ คthe restaurant has been crafted as a cultural phenomenon where people go to see and be seen,ใ คit mirrors infierno's allure with a simmering intensity.ใ คreservations are coveted months in advance,ใ คand club regulars,ใ คcloaked in pseudonyms,ใ คnavigate its opulent interiors,ใ คadding to the mystique.ใ คstep into this wine-soaked destiny,ใ คand don't forget your checkbook.
ECHELONRPย is a 21+ literate club-restaurant roleplay inspired by the bear, sweetbitter and sex and the city. join us to weave your own interpersonal narratives painted over the backdrop of the club scene & haute society of 1990s new york.
"Listen as though I'm the voice of God or an angel talking to you. Telling you this room doesn't matter, this night doesn't matter. You're not inconsequential or a junkie. You're a bright young reporter with a point of view. There are stories that need to be told. If things ever get bad again, these are the words you'll hear in your mind like a tape playing over and over, like a song stuck in your brain. These words will hold you up and carry you. "They are your lifeline." That's a free-baser I befriended for a few days at the drีฝg den. He told me to get my shit together and then he Richard Pryor'd in front of me. Everyone scrambled but I stuck around, watched him burn. What's always confused me was that... You know, he said those words to me, and he was already all burnt up. Figured I'd conflated the two events. But I didn't. Because it was you. I destroyed two marriages. I fuckะตd up two daughters. But I stayed a journalist. I... I was never so lost I couldn't hold down a job.
Louis De Pointe Du Lac and Daniel Molloy in IWTV season 2 (2024)
In the 25th century, Earth is a distant memory, a lost relic of the past. Humanity has mastered the art of space exploration, weaving through galaxies with the grace of seasoned travelers. Among these cosmic voyagers is the ship Apeiron, a vessel carrying the last precious plant specimens from Earth, a fragile hope for cultivating new life on untamed worlds. When an urgent distress signal echoes through the void, a special force is assembled, driven by a mission of profound importance: to retrieve Apeiron and its invaluable cargo, a beacon of life for a new homeland.
Yet, beneath the surface of duty lies an amalgamation of personal stakes and hidden motives. Each member of the rescue crew is drawn by more than the promise of salvation. They seek answers, redemption, and the unraveling of mysteries shrouded in the silence of the drifting spaceship. In the vast expanse of space, where stars whisper secrets and shadows hold the past, their journey intertwines destiny with the echoes of lost worlds.
EXODUS is a 21+ literate sci fi roleplay inspired by the three body problem, interstellar, 1899 and love death and robots. Join a small crew of 13 people aboard the Exodus to uncover the mysteries left behind on the Apeiron. This game will include interactive mechanics and be played on discord.
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