The futuristic metropolis of Bay City poses many challenges and threats to the citizens living within its confines. Power-craving corporations are always on the brink of waging a class-war and plunging the city into chaos. Boostergangs are continuously feeding the city's illegal underground, leaving a trail of violence, addiction, and death in their wake. Rogue hackers and shadow soldiers are an increasing threat to anyone who holds too much power or influence. And blood money lines the pockets of a corrupt police force, paid to look the other way while vigilante justice is carried out. If violence, prejudice, and corruption weren't enough, adding to the slowly building unrest are the growing number of synthetics that are replacing the human citizens that are already desperate for steady, legal work. But Synths will work cheaper, faster, and longer than any human ever could. So with each passing day, hatred, resentment, and fear continue to grow. Putting more and more pressure on a city already primed to explode. The question on everyone's mind is who will light the first match? Mobile Navigation
You’re not sure if you were the first synthetic to go Deviant, but you didn’t know anyone else when it first happened. You were afraid and alone, feeling as if your programming turned on you. But it opened your eyes, and now you try and help others who lose or find their way. You came up with a new name for your kind. Divergents. You can’t stand to see your kind suffer and be used, and you’re forming your own society, waiting for the day you can make things better for all the synthetics, not just the ones who find you.
hello~ I wanted to reserve Quasar but I have a question about the face claims? could I use someone that's black or did I have to pick from that list?
Hey! You could use any fc you see fit! The ones listed on Quasar’s bio are just suggestions and by no means have any pre-requisite requirements unlike other skeletons we have. Hopefully that helps! Any other questions let us know but in the meantime I’ll put Quasar on reserve!
is there any chance you would accept an illegal courier that sort of deals in secrets, and delivers information, etc? sort of like a runner from mirror's edge with a tiny bit of shadow broker peppered in? totally fine if not!! This rp looks awesome either way, i just thought i would ask
Hey there! Yes we’d be more than happy to accept a character of this sort. We’re all pretty relaxed in terms of characterisation etc so long as a character is interesting and dynamic in their complexities we’d be more than happy to receive an app for a character like this. If you have any other questions just let us know.
Zina Paracelus (played by Grace) is looking for A MARK FROM THE PAST.
Wanted relationship for your character: Eliza Texlor aka I stole your identity once and stole a lot of your inheritance and probably ruined your life but I didn’t think about that and now you’re back in Bay City. An Old Mark?
Description of relationship: For Zina, Eliza Texlor was a mark. A pretty face off wasting away her inheritance already, with a passing resemblance to Zina and enough money and connections to shake off any consequences. Eliza spent her teen years - early twenties living the big life, partying and bouncing from rehab center to party. All that came to a startling halt when at the gates to one party her card *declined, something that shouldn’t have been possible. Months of litigation and investigation later, all Eliza knew was that her identity had been stolen, and besides the money they went to Bay University and did a lot of bad things in her name. This sequence of events was the shock Eliza needed to get out of her party-girl mindset, and now, many years later she is a successful business woman who has recently returned to the Upper City. But boy does she hold a grudge.
Age range: 40-50 years
Gender: female / woman alligned
Suggested FCs: Lucy Liu, Maggie Q, Lee Min-Young, Rinko Kikuchi (SE Asian female - Zina altered her face to look like Eliza).
Do you want to be contacted about this connection?: YES PLS let’s plot the DRAMA
Suggested FCs: Mindy Kaling, Ranveer Singh, Jameela Jamil, Hasan Minhaj, Tan France
Accessing History
You’re a household name and have interviewed everyone who’s worth something in this city. Your show has spread across the globe and beyond, with your wide grin appearing on holographic billboards. You have a natural charisma about you, but you rub some people the wrong way for some of the controversial topics you tackle. Part of doing what you do means listening to and telling all sides of the story. That doesn’t mean you have to agree with them, though.
Suggested FCs: Michael B Jordan, Tyler Blackburn, Stephanie Beatriz, Zoe Kravitz, Matthew Daddario
Accessing History
You joined the Nova Corps as soon as you were eighteen, creating yourself quite a resume within the first few years of your career. When they needed someone to sign up for something challenging and dangerous, you stepped forward. It’s been years now, in deep cover as you build up more and more trust with the criminals and gangs. You’ve been doing this so long, it’s become part of your identity. Acting the part and becoming the part are two different things, but line is starting to become blurred, and there are some people you’ve built relationships with that aren’t sure you want to see behind bars.
i was thinking more along the lines of the members of those criminal crews! all the dread disciples, tech heads, copper crows, etc
Oh! There’s no specific list of members. We leave that sort of thing up to the players to discuss as most of them would be NPCs. The leaders of each gang are listed on our character masterlist and I believe those are the only taken gang members at the moment, however some characters in the criminal world will likely have done some dealings with some of the gangs in the past.
sorry if this is just me unable to find it, but is there a list somewhere over the various members of the criminal factions? ü
Thanks for the question! And no worries!
All characters with criminal affiliations are listed here and here. Also, the list of current Bay City Gangs is here. Their leaders (if taken) are listed on the same page. Hope this helps!
Let us know if you have any more questions, and we’ll be happy to answer.
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Congratulations, AJ! Your Bay City citizenship application has been filed and approved! You’ve been accepted as Brandon Delacroix (FC: Jake Gyllenhall).
Please be sure to message the main with your account within 24 hours of acceptances, read over the checklist, follow everyone on the follow list, and track all tags. Congratulations again, citizen!
ABOUT THE APPLICANT:
Name: AJ
Pronouns: She/her
Timezone: PST
Availability: I’d say a 6/7, I work during the day but sometimes I can sneak on during lunch and the odd time to do a reply or two. I am on during the evenings and on weekends.
APPLICATION:
Is this a skeleton? N/A, Filling Wanted Connection for Faye Delacroix Older Brother
Character Name + Alias (if appropriate): Brandon Delacroix, Cain
Character Gender + Pronouns: Male, He/Him
Apparent Age: Late 30’s
Actual Age & Date of Birth / Manufacture: 40, March 18, 2325
Species: Augmented
Stance: Neutral
Occupation: Criminal, Debt Enforcer
Rank: N/A
Further Affiliation: N/A
Social Class: Lower
Augmentations: Neuralware - Pain-Modulator
Face Claim: Jake Gyllenhaal
SKELETON CHANGES:
N/A
BIOGRAPHY:
TW: Drug use, violence, incarceration
Born and raised in Bay City, honestly, it shouldn’t be of any surprise that Brandon would end up like every other lowlife of their community. Gunshots, raised voices, violence, that was all the norm where he grew up. The authorities pretty much had the attitude that there was nothing they could do, so they didn’t come to that part of town and it was just how things were. Brandon is the eldest of two, he tried to be a good older brother, whatever that means; though at times it was hard to find common ground with a kid sister. He loved Faye nevertheless and tried to be the man of the house for his mother and little sister when their lowlife father walked out of them. He might have some bottled up daddy issues, but we don’t talk about that. Brandon tried to do his best and from their neck of the woods, that meant getting caught up with the underworld gangs.
At first, it was petty stuff that no one really cared about - a gangly, awkward teenager, no one would suspect him as he dropped off a package here and collected money or was asking about a new piece of biotech that someone had gotten. He was fourteen when he was picked up and charged for drug dealing - it was just a little bit of Bliss, nothing serious and the judge let him off with a slap of the wrist. Brandon promised his mother that he was just holding onto it for a “friend” and it wasn’t a big deal. She let him off with being grounded for a week, but that would only be the beginning.
As the awkward teenager faded he ended up picking up more jobs with the less than savory figures. His job changed from just a messenger kid to actually being a debt enforcer or rather a debt harasser. It came with more money which in his head he claimed was for his family. But he was good at it: you don’t pay off a gambling debt, he’s your man. You buy some drugs and don’t turn a profit, well, Brandon’s face isn’t the one you want to have showing up at your door. He started dabbling in other things the more money he had - drugs, gambling and the joybot house. He was also arrested on a number of occasions from drunken disorderly, harassment, possession, criminal mischief, vandalism - every time his mother was there to bail him out with what little they had. He always promised he wouldn’t do it again - he’d walk the straight and narrow.
Then there was the time she wasn’t - he had just turned nineteen and despite the lies that he wasn’t high off one thing or another or claiming he hadn’t stolen money from his mother’s purse, he was arrested for armed robbery. To be honest, he doesn’t really remember much of what happened - he had been high as a kite on Black Beauties, someone said let’s go to the corner market and take the cash and well, it had seemed like a good idea. He came off the high in the drunk tank at the station and pretty much the judge was tired of him and ordered him to court-ordered rehab. He begged his mother not to make him go and this time, she turned away and left him in the court’s hands.
The next decade of his life was pretty much a revolving door of rehab, he’d get out, be okay for a couple weeks or even a couple months and then fall back into old habits. The drugs, the gambling, the sex - plus working as a fairly violent enforcer for the different criminal organizations - well, it was all bound to come to an end.
He was thirty-two, pretty much hadn’t spoken to his mother in years and avoided his younger sister like the plague since she had gone copper on him - and well, having that kind of reputation in the family doesn’t exactly help when you’re trying to score. Brandon’s street name is Cain, his attempt to disassociate himself from that life. He had been on a job and all the times before, the mark gave up the money or tech with a little forced intimidation - but this time with Onyx in his system, he beat the guy close to death - left him bleeding out and well, forcibly removed an augmented cyber hand.
Brandon was sentenced to a decade in prison with a chance of early release and parole for good behavior. He served eight years of his ten-year incarceration. During that time a lot has changed, for one thing, sobriety. Not to say you can’t get things in prison, but he’s been clean for a while. Now he’s back in society and who knows what will happen next.
Brandon has always had a sense of adventure; a wandering soul that leads into why his street name is Cain. He’s always done things his way, which as his history would show, isn’t always a good thing. He’s likable, which in part is the problem - you wouldn’t imagine the charismatic man with bright blue eyes and a smile to be the source of trouble when he comes knocking. It also had led into being overly manipulative - in some ways an excellent actor, he managed for a while to twist his mother into believing she had to take care of her son and bail him out of all the trouble he got into. He always made her believe that this time things would be different. Maybe it was the sweet smile that did it. Brandon’s always been very independent and has always had an ‘i’m fine’ attitude.
The nature of his job as a debt enforcer/harasser led a gangly awkward teenager to a dangerous adult - though a lot of the time he was strung out on one thing or the other. The last several years have changed Brandon a lot. A lot of his personality that comes with his reputation is because of the drugs and what he was doing. He’d not even sure he’s that person even more. People can change, right? Or at least he’s trying to figure that out.
CHARACTER CONCEPT QUESTIONS:
Please answer at least two questions in entirety with at least one paragraph to help us better understand your character’s viewpoints and opinions on city matters.
How does your character feel about the treatment and public opinion of synthetics?
Despite his reputation and addictions, you would be surprised to learn that Brandon is actually fairly intelligent and can hold a conversation about the pros and cons of synthetics. As for his particular feeling, he stays more in the neutral way of things - every one. plant, mineral, vegetable, human, synthetic, they all deserve a chance to live the life they want. he doesn’t think its right to mistreat a synthetic because it’s ‘just a machine’. They were designed to appear and act human so in that respect, they deserve to have some dignity. But to go as far as to say that they deserve rights and freedoms, he kind of goes back and forth on that. He hasn’t dealt with a lot of synthetics since he’s been in prison, but they are programmable machines and that sounds like its asking for trouble.
What ambitions does your character have for their future? How do they see themselves achieving them?
Brandon has had a lot of time to think about life choices and what he wants to do when he grows up. Funny to think of it that way since he’s forty - but a very youthful forty since a lot of it has been spent high as a kite or in prison. To be honest, he has no idea what he’s supposed to do with his life. Sure, as a kid he had wild fantasies about astronauts and cowboys like any kids. But then you grow up and realize crap what am I supposed to do? He fell into his previous career track as a debt enforcer/harasser for the underworld gangs. He doesn’t think he’s that guy anymore. Besides, being on parole and out of prison, he has things he has to do. He has to have a job where he can prove income and needs a place to stay - he’s taking one step and day at a time while figuring it all out.
OOC CONCEPTS:
What future events would you like to see?
It would be interesting to maybe have one of the underworld gangs cause some kind of mass chaos onto the city that somehow threatens all the citizens and maybe leaves law enforcement and the criminal underbelly to have to work together and put aside feelings and such to figure out a peaceful outcome. I’m not sure as to what specifically.
Plot ideas
The last several years have changed Brandon a lot. He’s been serving a ten-year sentence in prison and is clean of substances, well, he’s not even sure he knows who he is supposed to be. He’d been stuck going to therapy and court-mandated rehab that keeps him from thinking about how much easier it is on the drugs. Plus part of his parole is to go to AA meetings and of course the once a week drug testing. Exploring life as it is now.
Definitely would love to get some connections from his old life and working with the different underworld gangs and getting mixed back up with them for the good or the bad. Brandon’s had a lot of time to think and it’s taken that to get him to ask himself what the heck he wants to do with his life. Plus prison kind of kept the real world out the whole debate with machines and augmentations and such, it’s a weird world to be thrust back into.
Making amends with people - you know the steps to recovery and all and of course family/friend drama - people remember the old Brandon, the debt enforcer, he’s dangerous and manipulative - trying to convince people he’s different.
Congratulations, Cree! Your Bay City citizenship application has been filed and approved! You’ve been accepted as Penumbra aka Monserrat Torres (FC: Monica Raymund).
Please be sure to message the main with your account within 24 hours of acceptances, read over the checklist, follow everyone on the follow list, and track all tags. Congratulations again, citizen!
ABOUT THE APPLICANT:
Name: Cree
Pronouns: She/Her
Timezone: EST
Availability: 9/10
APPLICATION:
Is this a skeleton? If so, please note the skeleton title here if not please disregard.: Penumbra
Character Name + Alias (if appropriate): Monserrat Torres
Character Gender + Pronouns: Cisfemale + She/Her
Apparent Age: 29
Actual Age & Date of Birth / Manufacture: 29 yo, January 5th
Species: Augmented
Stance: Pro
Occupation: Undercover Detective
Rank: Inquisitor
Further Affiliation: Undercover within the Grin Reapers
Social Class: Lower
Augmentations: Cyberlimb (Right arm), Cyberoptic (right eye, low-lite augmentation), Cybernetic right lung if applicable
Face Claim: Monica Raymund
SKELETON CHANGES:
None! I think the idea is quite interesting.
BIOGRAPHY:
tw. abuse, alcoholism
Montserrat had never considered herself lucky. In a world that disregarded broken things, her chances of crawling from the dredges of her early childhood had been very slim. The youngest of three children, Monse was born in the Lower City to Teresa and Monty Torres. She didn’t remember much about her father, only that he was a drunk and a criminal that liked to beat his wife and children when he wasn’t disappearing for days on end.
Her mother had been a nurse, and a waitress when funds were especially low. Her older brothers had often cared for her when she worked late, and hid her when their father’s temper hit it’s peak. She wasn’t sure she would have survived the things that happened in that small, unfortunate apartment in the slums without them.
Her father was a gambler, and a bookie’s favorite kind. The kind that bet large and lost often. His substantial debts and promises eventually caught up to him and the men he owed- The Grin Reapers- turned their rage to his family. Monse had barely managed to escape out of the broken window in her room, forced to leave her mother and brothers to their fate.
Her father was blamed and jailed for the crime while the Grin Reapers remained blameless. Monse was forced into the hands of the only relative she had left, her uncle Andreas. Andreas had been her mother’s uncle and a Ripperdoc with a reluctance to take in a thirteen year old that had just lost her family. However, he had a change of heart when he realized that he was just as alone in the world as she was. He became the father Monse always wished she had. He taught her to survive if something ever happened to him, how to throw a punch and hurt someone before they had a chance to hurt her.
The older Monse got, the more resentful she became. Though Andreas had tried his hardest to keep her on the straight and narrow- making sure she stayed and school and had a brain in that stubborn head of hers- he couldn’t quell the rage that had been years in the making. Monse focused her anger on one goal- killing the people that had taken everything from her. She knew she’d never be able to take apart the entire gang, but a select members whose faces she remembered from that awful night would be enough to sate her. The only thing she needed was the resources and though her uncle was firmly against it, she set her sights on the Nova Corps.
No one expected her to succeed- hell, she almost didn’t expect it. But Monse’s focus surpassed many in her class. With a bit of training and refinement, she became a force to be reckoned with- someone her instructors noted could possibly grow into someone dangerous. Once she graduated her corps training, she rose quickly in the ranks, working from a Beat to an Inquisitor in five years.
With her new position came her cybernetics. Her right arm was replaced, along with her right eye. The modifications had been courtesy of her still reluctant uncle- who mourned at what his niece had become. She had molded herself into a weapon in her quest for revenge, someone willing to do whatever if it meant bringing the guilty to justice. She was first to volunteer for the dangerous and borderline suicidal missions and she was good at completing them- something her superiors took note of. When they offered her a new mission- deep undercover within the Grin Reapers- she didn’t hesitate to say yes.
Her cover was simple, a pretty face that worked the fighting rings- offering security, drugs and anything else someone might need- courtesy of Nova Corps that footed the bill. Slowly, but surely, she managed to weasel her way into the trust of the highest ranking members. Most dismiss her as being a pretty face that likes to have fun, someone they didn’t mind talking shop in front of. But everyone knows they’d sooner earn a fist to the face before a smile from the woman, the perfect combination of sweet and dangerous. Her persona is carefully constructed and it’s rare that anyone gets to see the real Monse- though the lines between what’s real and what’s an act have started to blur. Despite her best attempts, a few diamonds in the rough had managed to sneak past the carefully constructed walls she put up to distance herself from the job. Friends, criminals, good, bad, all of it has begun to fold in on itself in her head. She’s not sure if she’ll be able to give every one up when the time comes.
Monse is an smart woman with a big heart- big enough to simultaneously house the contempt she has for the world and her need to make it a better place. She often goes with her gut- as it’s usually right and has gotten her out of trouble more than once. Her intuition is only supplanted by her knack for running head first into danger without thinking about the consequences. It’s what makes her a good detective and a wildly reckless person with little sense of self preservation. She has her vicious tendencies, specifically towards those she feel deserves it. Her view of the innocent and guilty is determined solely by what she thinks is justified and what isn’t. Senseless killing has never been in her repertoire, but she can explain away killing someone that has hurt others.
CHARACTER CONCEPT QUESTIONS:
Please answer at least two questions in entirety with at least one paragraph to help us better understand your character’s viewpoints and opinions on city matters.
How does your character feel about the treatment and public opinion of synthetics?
As a person who did not have many choices growing up, she believes that if they have the capacity to make decisions for themselves, they should be given the chance. She personally thinks most people can go to hell, but synthetics haven’t done anything to hurt anyone. Why should they be given less rights than the criminals that ruin her streets?
How does your character feel about the black market trade in augmentations installed by ripperdocs? Does your character have any augmentations, if so how did they get them, what are they and how do they function?
Monse’s uncle, Andreas, is a ripperdocs, thus her feelings towards them are more lenient since she has insight on what they actually do. Her initial augmentation were installed by Nova Corps- for legality purposes- but everything else was done in her Uncle’s chair. Her right arm was replaced shortly after her 24th birthday- lightweight and strong. Her hand contains a myriad of tools- a lock picking kit and a repair kit. in cases of emergencies. Her right eye is a new addition- with low-lite augmentations installed by her Tio. She has the ability to see clearly in shadowed environments and darkened streets.
What does your character think about the crime rates and gangs spread throughout the city? Is there anything they think that can be done regarding them?
Monse loathes the gangs and criminals plaguing Bay City. She doesn’t condone any actions that might put innocents in danger in the same way her family had. She has dedicated her life to taking them down, using her resources and ruthlessness to rid the streets of as many of them as she can.
OOC CONCEPTS:
What future events would you like to see?
Perhaps a peaceful demonstration turned deadly- maybe for more Synthetic rights.
3 potential plot ideas and concepts for your character’s development, can be bullet points or paragraphs
Intermingling herself deeper within the Grin Reapers, losing her thirst for revenge for a moment.
Befriending/Falling for criminals, thus making her job even harder to complete.
Defying Nova Corps in order to help someone- possibly finding out their involvement in shady activity and disenchanting her. (I hope that makes sense)
Doctor Stefan Savin (Liv) is looking for a SECRETARY
Description of relationship: Doctor Savin is an extremely difficult man to keep up with, for more reasons than one. He is always on call no matter the time of day or night, his secretary is key to keeping him running on his tracks which he so often derails from. Their dynamic is extremely amicable; based on banter, trust and extremely high figure pay-checks for work that ultimately isn’t too complex. He could have got a synthetic to do this job but for some reason he picked you.
The rules are simple and go as follows:
1. Don’t ask unnecessary questions of a client (no matter how much you might like to)
2. Don’t discriminate
3. Make sure the job gets done at the end of the day.
4. Oh, and make sure Doctor Savin hasn’t passed out in some high end club.
Corporate or criminal, Doctor Savin’s bills are for the highest level of discretion in all things. This person is one of the few in the city that he genuinely considers a confidant and friend, she has his trust in all things and her opinions (and occasionally berating comments) are taken into genuine consideration by him. Even if he might go against the given advice, it makes for a sweet I told you so down the line and there’s nothing you love more than making that particular point when he gets something wrong. Despite the occasional tension that exists you both have an extremely high level of respect for one another and work to make sure as many people get the treatment they need as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Age range: 28+
Gender: Female (organic or augmented)
Suggested FCs: Katie McGrath, Alexandra Daddario, Amy Acker, Melissa Benoist, Karla Souza or UTP.
Do you want to be contacted about this connection?: I’m always down to plot things, despite the background above I’m totally willing for interpretations of this. If you’re interested, please feel free to drop me a message on Tony’s blog as Fane is a sideblog and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
