You, most unlucky one, have been tossed from the cult that had cradled you for almost a decade. Left to survive in a world that over the years has become largely unfamiliar to you you're forced to seek help from the only other living heretic.
Play as one of a small population of enchanted people. Gifted with the ability of identifying other abilitants and their potential at a glance, you have been blessed with a power most useful. Making it all the more confusing why you've been abandoned.
Monochrome is an 18+ dystopian horror story and contains sensitive themes such as explicit violence, child soldiers, religious trauma, religious psychosis, depression, mentions of suicide, kidnapping, cults, and body horror. This list will be updated as the story progresses.
Customize your character including their appearance, personality, and background
Choose one of five major cities to originate from allowing you to customize your MCs story
Romance one of six (for now) ROs
Stalk a cult
Decide whether you'd see them fall, die, or be released from this cult
Or maybe you'd rather join them? Rule over them even
Be hunted by a "God"
Be stalked by cultist
Discover secret tunnels, labs, and castles and long forgotten cryptids
Romance Options
Caine Crow (F)
Caine is the third born leader of a very powerful crime syndicate tasked with keeping tabs on you. Her branch specializes in theft, and thus Caine herself is known to be one of if not the single most talented thief in modern history. Mean and sardonic, she can be very difficult to get along with if you fail to provide her with something she deems entertaining or useful. She's notoriously clever and cunning and will do almost anything to get what she wants, no matter how small and petty that want may be.
Caine is a very pale woman, she stands at five-foot six with extremely long (and often tangled) black hair. She has grey eyes that compliment her permanent eye bags. She has heavy shadows around her eyes and wears black lipstick to match them.
Atticus Crow (M)
The second born of the Crows, Atticus is known to be cold and unbelievably intelligent. He leads the charge of a huge network of mercenaries beside his siblings. Despite being considered very physically attractive and undeniably intelligent Atticus lacks the social prowess his siblings have been able to demonstrate, which doesn't seem to bother him too awful much anyways. He does at the very least seem less malicious than them though. . .
Atticus, like his siblings is extremely pale, he has brown hair so dark it's almost black and dark brown eyes. He has freckles scattered across his nose and cheeks and stands at six-foot he can usually be found bearing a hardened expression.
Xaphan Lienth (M)
Xaphan is the heir to the lethal cult you've been cast from and the subject of your vicious boss's wrath. He's charming and seemingly kind in spite of what his "Organization" as he calls it has done. He is endlessly loyal to the leader of his organization and loves his followers dearly.Even if they don't all seem to feel the same way about him...
Xaphan has tan skin with a gold touched hue. He has long straight blue hair and beautiful yellow-gold eyes. He stands at five-feet and nine inches. He often wears make-up and has an extremely diligent skincare routine. He could easily pass as a prince straight out a fairy-tale.
Arthur Crow (M&F)
The first born of the Crows, responsible for their rise to notoriety and wealth. She serves as the face, manager, and leader of the family. Known to be a ruthless business person there are few that have the kind of notoriety, wealth, and fear factor Arthur does. She as the leader of the family hoards the most wealth which he uses to create extravagant looks for his drag races. As their leader Arthur is the by far the most assertive, cruel, and manipulative of the Crows. Despite this Arthur seems to truly adore his siblings and they love her just the same.
Arthur is the tallest of the crows standing at six inches and two feet, with pale blue-grey eyes. He has long curly hair dyed an assortment of peacock themed colors. When out in public she can be found in a full face of makeup and expensive and clothing, only a select few know what he looks like in his leisure clothes.
Clay (M)
A resident of the most poverty ridden city and an obvious abilitant. Held together by staples and stitches Clay is one of the more relaxed cultist and seems to be a bit more socialized than his peers. Cool headed and goofy, Clay is easily the amongst the friendliest of his peers. When hes not "Working" he's usually at home taking care of his older brother.
Clay stands at a whopping seven feet, his shaggy brown hair covers the bulk of his face. Underneath the hair Clay is a heavily pierced Korean man who often applies eyeliner (Not that you can see it most of the time). He is covered in bandages and stitches and his skin is a tan with a sickly hue due to his ability. He has dark brown eyes.
??? (F)
The last person to turn her back on the cult before your boss. Her legacy now serves as a warning for anyone who would consider following her footsteps.
This RO has long black hair and narrow brown eyes. You've often seen her depicted as an Asian-American woman.
"So-" He grins at you and you're immediately certain he's about to say something clueless. More importantly he's about to say something loudly enough to alert Luna. Tragically- it's already too late. "You think I'm pretty? I haven't gotten to look at myself yet, so I'll have to settle for your eyes in place of mine-"
Next chapter you get to meet your two non-romancable (for now) companions and decide from there whether or not you have a fighting chance
MC was intentionally groomed to be as malleable as possible by their environment, making them easy to control. They naturally are naive, polite, and a bit passive. This will change with time depending on how you play, but for now they start here.
However, MC has had hobbies and a few natural quirks, as everyone does. What were your MCs doing in the coven, and what are some of your MCs traits that you'd like to share or see incorporated into the story?
Btw main cast members and ROs CAN die in the story, and not all relationships have to be good relationships. Your RO of choice and your MC can hate each other and still be a couple of that's what you want.
All four Crows (Caine, Peacock, Atticus, and Dove) made an appearance in the first chapter, unfortunately it will be a chapter or two before their antagonism comes back into play. For the time being- is there a favorite Crow?
About the abnormal physical features.
I liked what is already there, especially the eyes/ears customization.
But I was wondering if the physical traits could extend beyond what the normal eye could see. As an example maybe parts of the MC can only be seen if they are viewed in a mirror.
Like long black claws where nails should be, or reddish/leathery skin. Or maybe the MC's shadow is always moving on its own. Nothing that would make it stand out too much, but small twitches or maybe a turn of the head opposite of the direction the MC is looking.
But if it has to be strictly physical traits that can be seen I wouldn't mind sharp teeth. Or True Polycoria, which is when someone is born with two pupils.
Sorry for the long post, some of these ideas came while writing.
Your brain is huge anon 🖤
Regarding physical traits, sharp teeth were originally an option but I took them out as they can almost be an ability all of their own (good for combat} but so can ram horns I guess so I might put them back actually! I've only heard about True Polycoria once, so it didn't even cross my mind, but it sounds like a super cool option to have.
Regarding the mirrors, mirrors already play a huge role in the story as the cult places a great deal of significance in them for reasons that come up later. Thus there are several examples of MC being distorted (or low-key antagonized) by them planned for later chapters.
So, starting on the next chapter and revising the first chapter. Does anyone have other abnormal physical features they would like their MC to have, or a favorite of the one's provided? I admittedly had a hard time coming up with any and would like to add more/ change some of the ones available
Monochrome is your starting point in the story, It's a densely populated corporate hell. Once many years ago it was a symbol of Innovation and the countries ingenuity, home to brilliant inventors, entrepreneurs, innovators of kinds. Unfortunately, over time it has decayed into an endless maze of office buildings, factories, and dead end opportunities.
The sun no longer penetrates the cloud and smog filled sky and the excitement that once fueled the cities residents migrated to nearby Providences, as did their wealth. Most of Monochrome's population makes enough money to live and not much else, the luckiest of them make enough to live comfortably, but never enough to move somewhere better.
Life in Monochrome is dreary and the lack of motivation to keep going presents itself throughout the providence in many ways. The architecture is all gray and brutalist (with the exception of a few buildings on the very edge near the neighboring city), the typical attire is same corporate clothes they wear to work, and Monochrome city has the highest suicide rate of any of the providences.There is almost no wildlife save for the occasional strays, rats, and pigeons.
Despite the blandness of the city, it comes with its own seedy underbelly and is held in a tight grip by corrupt politicians and corporations. In recent history most of these groups have gotten suspiciously quiet . . .
I just read the first chapter I'm intrigued and the customization for MC is very cool! I love when the mc can have non human features will there be any reaction from others on mcs appearance?
Yes they will! The characters you've encountered so far have either been polite enough not to say anything or simply didn't care enough to comment.
The trade off for MCs ability is that while they can spot any abilitant right away- everyone else can also spot them. Eventually it's bound to put MC on someone's radar.
