hey kids! name's johnny. as the exceptionally clever of those among you may have already slyly deduced from the subtle hints in my choice of title, i'm looking for a couple roleplay partners. i've been out of commission in the roleplay department for a while now and i'm itchin' to get back into it.

GUIDELINES (doesn't that sound so much nicer than 'rules'?):

i have no limits, but am happy to adjust to accommodate the limits of others -- with the exception of swearing. people swear. my characters swear. if that's going to upset you, this probably isn't going to work out.

please be literate. i don't require any superfluous, ill-defined labels like 'advanced' or whatever's trendy, but i capitalize and spell correctly in-character (except to distinguish characters with distinct manners of speaking) and would like you to do the same. typos, though, are a fact of life, and i won't pitch a fit if you make one every now and then.

here, msn, skype, or email are all acceptable vehicles for me.

most of my characters are queer and a lot of them are trans*, so if that's going to be an issue for you, look elsewhere.

i have characters of a variety of genders; that's not something i think about when choosing who to use. they're characters, not just genders. if only playing as or with a certain gender is a big deal for you, we're probably not going to get along.

that's about all off the top of my head! i'll edit this if i think of more.

GENRES/PLOTS:

alrighty, just gonna list a couple of themes/plot bunnies i'm craving right now. will add more over time. keep in mind i am very much open to suggestions!

intergalactic heist: a group of varying-species thugs with a spaceship traversing galaxies, taking on dirty jobs, and planning high-stakes robberies that don't always go too well. expect lots of space casinos and sleaze. space sleaze.

burke incorporated: a well-respected, influential corporation, really an ancient cult with a bloody history, works around the clock to increase profit margins and bring about the reign of the Dark Ones.

hellraiser: i'd really really like to do something hellraiser inspired while putting our own spin on it. for those who haven't seen the movie: an old, mysterious puzzlebox, when unlocked, opens doors to a horrific hell-dimension in which demonic creatures called cenobites subject whomever summoned them to pains and pleasures beyond human imagination. i'd like to use the same basic plot, but make up our own characters and cenobites.

fallout

dragon age

kidnapping (as long as there's an interesting plot involved)

virtual reality (my idea for this is something involving a bunch of folks in a giant online virtual reality game who wind up unable to disconnect after a power surge and have to fight and protect themselves from a virus that's gained sentience and is trying to infiltrate their minds through the game connection)

dungeon crawlers (a group of adventurers of varying races/classes inspired by sources like DnD and elder scrolls. can either be the traditional pseudo-medieval setting, or an urbanized, 'modern-fantasy' sort of twist)

dream eater x victim (demonic being who feeds off of peoples' life forces by infiltrating their dreams and orchestrating all sorts of horrors inside their heads)

i'd positively love you if you did something in the buffyverse with me, be it BTVS-focused, ATS-focused, or completely OC focused. buuuut i doubt i'm gonna have much luck finding anybody into that idea, as this is neither the late 90s nor the early 2000s.

CHARACTERS:

i have way too many characters to possibly list them all, so here are just a couple that i already have little typed-up summaries of.

sydney:

sydney is a half-demon who dropped out of college in the demonic hell-dimension in which he was born and was subsequently banished (demons really tend towards the over-dramatic sometimes, don't they?). relocated to the human realm and is now bumbling through life working part time at a burrito joint and trying to make a living as a freelance necromancer (albeit not always a very good one) doing little jobs for gangs, evil corporations, rich, lonely creeps, and all sorts of shady characters who, for one reason or another, find use in the prospect of reanimated corpses. tends to oversell himself in the 'demon'/'dark magicks' department but is really something of an anxious dweeb when it gets right down to it.

lost his hand when an employer turned on him and attempted to use him as a sacrifice. he replaced it with a sewn-on corpse hand he manipulates through necromancy; now wears gloves most of the time because of it. he also has a locator spell branded on his back from when he was banished from his home dimension, so the demons can always track his location. he also has a demonic form, but is prevented from using it and is instead bound to his human form by demon magic.

alexandris:

alexandris used to be a servant of heaven — a guardian angel not for any one specific person but as a general spirit of justice and protecting, guarding anyone in need and, in the eyes of the powers that be, deserving.

he did his job for thousands of years, at first deeply loyal and dedicated but becoming progressively more disillusioned with the ways of heaven as he found himself tasked with standing idly by while those who were not “righteous” and “deserving”enough for his services died. finally abandoned his post shortly after ww2 ended, and spent several years dirty stinking drunk, not sobering up once.

now a jaded arsehole, rendered mostly amoral by his witnessing of heaven’s injustices, he gets money for booze, cigarettes, and whatever dump of an apartment or motel room he’s currently occupying by using his abilities to rescue wealthy people and then extorting money from them.

gruff, sarcastic, cynical, and smarmy. he’s been kicked out of several churches for sneaking into mass and then drunkenly heckling the preacher/churchgoers. he’s also developed a fondness of sydneey (much to syd’s dismay), or at least for showing up at his workplace and harassing him.

evelyn:

almost anyone who’s ever met evelyn would describe her as kind, well-mannered, intelligent, and extremely likeable. she’s a sorority girl, a girl scout leader, a model student training to become a vet, and immensely popular among her peers.

she’s also a being of immeasurable evil and dark power. born to a couple of wealthy lawyers, as a child her body was sacrificed to the dark gods by a satanic babysitter; consequently, one of these gods took her over as its earthly vessel. rather than replacing her, however, the spirit of the old god merged with hers; she’s still evelyn, but now with the soul of a dark god. she can devour people to make herself more powerful, and can steal the shape of the people she’s devoured.

at ten years old, she took over burke incorporated, a well-respected, influential corporation, really an ancient cult with a bloody history, working around the clock to increase profit margins and bring about the reign of the Dark Ones. throughout her ‘career’, she’s taken over many other powerful companies and merged them with burke by devouring their ceos/other influential employees, stealing their identities, and taking them over from the inside.

she’s shrewd, dangerously smart, charming, and manipulative as hell. she’s also queer as a three dollar bill.

Hey Johnny, I'm Emily. c: Much like you I haven't roleplayed in a while and want to get back into it. The intergalactic heist idea sounds really good. (Is it weird I sort of thought of Firefly?) I don't have any limits, and I'm up for using email or skype. Most of my characters are queer (or don't care about gender) and I have some trans* ones as well. So all that is cool with me. c:

Dragon Ageeeee. A Do you mean Dragon Age: Origins, or Dragon Age: II? Either is fine with me, just wondering.

: swell! my skype handle is the same as my username here. drop me a line.

: either or! i love 'em both.