After a strange series of events, beautiful ice elemental Jack Frost has found herself in the underwater, steampunk city of Sybil with a Ghoul named Orion. Another ghoul is looking for her new partner, and he's got a mysterious third party helping him. It seems that Jack and Orion's test is to put a stop to the infamous ghoul known as "Swordsman".

Okay I know that's super short but I'm not about to recap everything so far. This thread is a continuation of an rp between myself and over the course of a long time, so if you join, you'll have to jump in. For your skelly, you must include name, age, race, appearance, and a quick bio to give us some kind of idea as to who your character is. I will post skellies for all characters I have used so far for a go by. will post the intro, as it is her turn.

if you need to wait a couple posts to get a feel, you can. Don't worry, you'll pick up on the story quickly enough.

Sophia Beatrice Cainan Age: 19 Race: Humanoid Appearance: Sophia wears clothes that match the steampunk theme of the town she is from. She wears post-modern and even futuristic, Victorian-like clothes (as is the steampunk way). But that is not what defines her look. Her right arm was lost as a young girl, and replaced with a steam-mech prosthetic. Her hair is simple, just past chin length, and a shiny black. She wears light makeup, often with red lipstick, and her favorite color is purple. She wears a purple necktie that belonged to someone she loved. Bio: Sophia's parents, as well as her right arm, were eaten by a ghoul known as the Swordsman. And she was taken in by her father's friend who runs a saloon called the Guilded Siren. She tends the bar, and rooms Jack and Orion in exchange for their promise to bring the swordsman down.

Orion "Blankface" Age: 22 Race: Ghoul Appearance: Orion, when not in ghoul mode, has beautiful, light blue eyes. His white hair is often a mess, and he wears very simple clothing. Rarely if ever does he wear shoes, and he has extensive tattoos all over his body in clouding both sleeves, chest and lower legs. When he is in ghoul mode, his eyes become deep red with a blacked out retina. His Kagune (will be explained later) is an Ukaku and takes a shape resembling a pair of bone wings. (Search Tokyo ghoul Kagune for an idea of the general look of them. His nickname comes from the totally blank mask he wears when in ghoul form. It is white with eye holes and nothing else. Bio: Orion was a part of a large organization of ghouls after he moved from America to Japan in search of himself. After the eyepatch brought that group down, he had nowhere to go, until a warrior called Tristan found him and sent him on his way to Sybil where he promised to reunite with the young ghoul and bring him into a team of people who could help him. He is now with Jack, and is battling with his own natural need to eat human flesh to survive.

Rin Kazmond "Swordsman" Age: 18 Race: ghoul hybrid Appearance: Rin wears a loose necked, black cevlar silk shirt with forearm length sleeves. He has simple steel shoulder pads and a smartmag weapon mount strapped to his back. On his hip is a one handed sword with a chain at the pommel that holds a bright red lock of hair on it. He wears brown BDU pants and black combat field boots. On his back he carries a large caliber sniper rifle. His hair is silvery grey despite his age, and he only has one ghoul eye. His normal eye color is hazel. His mask is a simple and functional, black respirator. Bio: a ruthless killer who is known for his hand in killing a large number of People in America, he know lives in Sybil where he is a crime lord who runs a gang known as the "Blades". He has met a mysterious man who plans to "have some fun" in Sybil. And he can't wait to help and hopefully find the mythical "Blankface", a ghoul who had a part in the takedown of the Aogiri in Japan.

Tsitukaiza (Tsitua for short) Age: uh, like mega old. 600k+ Race: hybrid Appearance: Tsitua stands six feet tall and is built like a fighter: lean, fast, and like a marble statue. He has long brown hair but his head is shaven on the sides. His left arm, left leg, and lower right leg are all advanced bioflex prosthetics. He wears cargo pants blouses over tactical boots and usually a tank top. His eyes are golden and wolf-like. Bio:Tsitua had a very long, very extensive history, but for this story, he stumbled upon Jack Frost after nearly allowing himself to die in a snowstorm. Now he is testing her to see if she is capable of joining his team.

(( I do need a bit more background, and information on the setting, because that's not very clear. What sort of magic is there? What kind of a place is this? What exactly are ghouls? I'm not familiar with Tokyo Ghoul at all.))

[so glad you asked. I'm sorry I've never really picked an rp up and did this before, so this city is an underwater city built by humanoids thousands of years ago. The term "humanoid" in this story refers to any person who is more than a normal human. Anyway the city is a three tier metropolis under a series of thick, glass panes. The tiers are separated by class with the lower tier being a bit of a slum and the upper tier being the rits. This city is a safe haven for all humanoids and is populated almost entirely by them. nYou may have any kind of magic, mutation, or ability as long as it is fair and has a solid backstory. You may base your character(s) off of any show, game, movie, etc. you like as long as you have a fair character with a solid backstory as well. nnGhouls are humanoids with enhanced strength, speed, and senses, along with regenerative power, but they can only survive by eating human flesh. Any other food makes them sick and tastes awful.. Except coffee. Their eyes are red with black retinas, but they can change them to "normal" human eye color at will. When hungry, a ghoul either eats human flesh, or goes insane with a hunger that no other person can dream up in their worst nightmare.nnDid I miss anything, or do you need more? ]n

Jack Frost : 23 (can’t remember if she ever really had a define age so we’ll go with that…) : Humanoid Elemental : Jack stands just about 5’4”, a small thin figure with a subtle bit of tone from her musical performance background. Long bright blonde hair, hits mid to lower back. Her big green eyes are occasionally rimmed with black eyeliner, ranging from simple to thick. Her style can be a flip of a coin, girly to comfort. Living alone for a couple years with her French Bulldog Bruce (Yes named after Bruce Wayne cause of her slight Batman obsession) Jack was starting to have dreams again she hadn’t had since she was little. That she could control the snow. It was all starting to come crashing forward after she met Tsitua. A story, that was once fictional, only ever shared with her older brother Jason coming true, she started to question what her life was all about and went off on this new journey to learn how to control the newly discovered powers. Bruce still never leaves her side in the quest to, as she puts it, Believe in at least 6 impossible things before breakfast.

( I can help in any way too... for some reason this skelly was hard to write for an established character lol)

(( right, sounds good. Does the entire story take place underwater? I have some chars that wouldn't make sense in that context. And...hm. I dun wanna use Amune for this. Jareth /might/ work, but...hm. None of my chars are popping out at me. Maybe I'll make a new one.

To be honest I have trouble jumping in without a lot of details about the history of the rp. ^.^;; ))

no this is just a brief detour in a vast story that I have planes and ready to execute. This storyline is years in the making. I know it's hard to jump in without much background, but the background itself was vague. My strategy in this thread is to open your characters to a new world that they had no clue even existed so it kinda has to be that way, however! Jack and Orion literally just arrived to Sybil hours ago (in the storyline) by way of a boat/submarine, so if you were to say that your char also just made it for some reason, you can. OR (BETTER IDEA) start in your chari's hometown/current whereabouts and I'll get you there. Orion and Jack were both guided by members of the team I keep mentioning, so who's to say that another of my 83 potential mentors wouldn't pick yours up. Just message me and I'll set you up so that you know what's going on and why. I got you covered, I promise. Like I said, this is YEARS in the making, so I can fold you in like eggs in batter.

(( sounds lovely. I need to sleep soonish, though, so I probably won't make char decisions until tomorrow))

(( Hopefully this works out to start... ))

Jack watched her little dog be the comforting little being he was to her to another. “Bruce has a big heart, I know he’s small and might not always be good for travel, but he is my best friend” She admitted looking back at her half eaten sandwich, going to take another piece off to save for the pup when he was done letting Orion pet him. “No, I don’t mind if you don’t hide your eyes any more. No need to hide around me, no need to hide much I feel in our partnership.” Jack looked back at him.

She stat forward a little bit shedding her jacket tossing it back over towards the bed. It fell just short, hitting the edge of the bed and just sliding off to the floor. The sound of it startled Bruce who jerked his head over. Seeing it slumped on the floor, he pushed himself off of the chair letting his front paws hit the floor again and trotted over. Stepping on the jacket, he circled once, twice, and finally curled up laying his head on his paws facing the three.

Jack yawned a bit looking over at the glass of water. Lightly she started running her finger along the rim. Slowly frost started working it’s way down, breaking the little bit of light that still trickled through the air. “I guess… there is a lot I guess I still don’t need to hide as well. Though I’m not fully sure how to control it.” She said starring at the frost getting thicker. “All I’ve noticed, is sometimes when I touch things, this happens, I can control it with my touch. As you’ve noticed I get colder with my emotions. Sometimes my hair starts to turn blue, and back at home, I some how accidentally created and emotionally controlled a snow storm. At least I think I did…”

Orion watched the dog with his red and black eyes as it took its place on the jacket, but his thoughts were about Jack. She was beautiful, and not in a meal presentation kind of way. She was like an undiscovered royalty, so fitting for bigger things yet stuck in a hellish world full of people like him. He meant to steal a glance at her, but couldn't look away. She was like easy, comfortable perfection. He had been too preoccupied to notice since they got off the boats, but in that moment he realized that he wanted to protect her, and at the same time he also realized that a part of him wanted to stay away from her. He felt this conflict within himself that he didn't understand, so he pushed it into the back of his mind along with his thoughts of the coming hunger. nnHe saw that Sophia was still lingering there in the doorway, and looked at her. She had her own beauty, but she was young and afraid, and... staring at him. When they met eyes, she blushed and looked away. "I'll leave you two alone then." She said, ducking out of the room before either of them could say anything. n"Try to get some sleep." Orion suggested, looking at Jack again, "I'll be awake, so don't worry." He offered a subtle smile for the first time. And the strange part was that he actually wanted to smile bigger for her. He looked away, turning his attention to the now very dim lighting of the huge outer lamp that had been acting as the artificial sun. It was like a makeshift sunset. But he wasn't tired. Not tired enough to allow himself to dream anyway. nn n if you want to see drawings of my characters, look on Twitter, screen name Hail Titan or there are drawings there of each of my chari's

Orion watched the dog with his red and black eyes as it took its place on the jacket, but his thoughts were about Jack. She was beautiful, and not in a meal presentation kind of way. She was like an undiscovered royalty, so fitting for bigger things yet stuck in a hellish world full of people like him. He meant to steal a glance at her, but couldn't look away. She was like easy, comfortable perfection. He had been too preoccupied to notice since they got off the boats, but in that moment he realized that he wanted to protect her, and at the same time he also realized that a part of him wanted to stay away from her. He felt this conflict within himself that he didn't understand, so he pushed it into the back of his mind along with his thoughts of the coming hunger. nnHe saw that Sophia was still lingering there in the doorway, and looked at her. She had her own beauty, but she was young and afraid, and... staring at him. When they met eyes, she blushed and looked away. "I'll leave you two alone then." She said, ducking out of the room before either of them could say anything. n"Try to get some sleep." Orion suggested, looking at Jack again, "I'll be awake, so don't worry." He offered a subtle smile for the first time. And the strange part was that he actually wanted to smile bigger for her. He looked away, turning his attention to the now very dim lighting of the huge outer lamp that had been acting as the artificial sun. It was like a makeshift sunset. But he wasn't tired. Not tired enough to allow himself to dream anyway. nn n if you want to see drawings of my characters, look on Twitter, screen name Hail Titan or there are drawings there of each of my chari's

She had looked up hearing Sophia, “Thank you!” She had called after her, sort of breaking out of her little trance she’d put herself in. Her water now had a thin frozen layer on the top of the liquid. “Guess I never really thought about ever having to worry while I slept” She admitted taking her hand away from the glass looking back at him, with a little smile of her own. “But I’d assume it is getting late, based on the light outside.” Glancing out the little window again yawning. “Don’t be afraid to wake me if you need me, or if anything weird happens” She said as she got up going over to the bed slipping off her shoes before laying down.

Jack pulled part of the pillow down wrapping her arms around a corner hugging it. Not bothering to change or even get under any blanket. She drifted off rather quickly, her back sort of facing him. The dreams started to return. Snow twirling around her, but they were her now, not the child in her previous dreams. Other figures were shadowed, that was a new one. She couldn’t quite make them out, they didn’t look like Jason, was it Orion? Tsitua? Or was this starting to turn into a nightmare? The snow started getting more violent, the skies gray. Unknowingly her temperature started dropping again. This time her finger tips started turning blue, in her dream she could reach out and have a blast of ice come from them. Some of the bed started to frost a bit from her touch, even that didn’t wake her, the cold had no affect against her skin.

Alright, I guess I'll join. Gives me some free room to make new characters.

Kreos Maki Age: 19 Gender: Male Race: Demigod, son of Thanatos. Appearance: Kreos stands at about 5'11", with purple eyes, and black, short yet messy hair. He has a slender yet well-built frame and he wears a hooded leather jacket, as well as a steel melancholy mask when in battle. When not in battle, he simply wears it on top of his head. In addition he wears a simple set of black steel bracers and greaves, and on his back he carries an ornate scythe made from black steel and silver. Personality: Despite looking like the edgy type, Kreos normally acts easygoing and almost cheerful. During battle however, he hides his face under his sad steel mask, to hide his pleasure of battle. Bio: Kreos normally lived a quiet life with his mother in a small house. He had many pets before, but he eventually realized he could never have any of them forever, passing away as his life moved on. Death came to everything eventually. Kreos sat by her mother as she fell ill and died, swearing he could see his father in the dark corner of the room, but he though nothing of it. He then decided to become an adventurer once he couldn't afford to keep the house, his exploration eventually landing him in the city of Sybil.

I might make another character

[long time no see. Feel free to have as many as you can handle. But I want let you know that as a demigod, Kreos would most likely have heard of Tsitukaiza. Its up to you to decide if they have met and whether or not they are friend or foe. Or he may have no clue. Your choice, I just thought you should have the option.]

(( Hey there! Good to see you. Yeah, I think my char would start out separate...adn I wanna use Amune. ^.^ And...sure, Jareth can get dragged in. ^.^))

[sounds good! Go ahead and post an intro and I've got you covered. I'll mold someone in there:) ]

(( just so yinz know and I are just gonna keep the ball rollin... Jump in when yinz can ))

nnOrion watched as she quickly fell asleep, and marveled as crystalline swirls of ice formed around her body, especially the areas where her skin actually was against the sheets. He couldn't help but envy her ability to sleep so soundly. He hadn't slept like that since childhood. He walked over toward the bed and sat down on the floor so that he could look at her face. It was so calm and so serene. It was beautiful.. But then it began to change. The Ghoul could tell that her dream had taken a bad turn, and as the frost began to spread faster, he became more concerned. Soon the frost stopped spreading and began to grow, creating a crystalline formation on the metal bed frame as snow began to collect from the condensed humidity in the room. Orion wanted to wake her, but by the look of it, his hand could freeze solid by touching her. He took the risk, using only his index finger he shook the girl's shoulder, "Jack! Wake up!" He shouted. His finger lost feeling and turned black as he shook her. He couldn't move it anymore, so he assumed it was lost, so he kept shaking her, trying to wake her.

Sensing the concern in the actions of Orion, and the cold surrounding him. Bruce got up barking to help wake Jack. She woke with a start surprised at the way she was woken up and the closeness of her new partner. “Wha… oh…” She sat up looking around, “I have no idea how that happened… I’m so sorry” She said in a slight panic. Jack sat up pulling her legs close to her hugging them as she looked at what she had unknowingly done. “Maybe sleep isn’t a good thing right now” She admitted softly looking over at him not noticing his finger at first. “I was dreaming, it got bad…” She looked down at her own hands, “Yeah, that happened in my dream too. I have no idea what’s going on” She said looking them over still seeing the blue finger tips. “I’m so sorry” She said softly trying to process what just happened.

With his left hand, Orion grasped the finger he had touched Jack with on his right hand. It was hard and cold as he held it in his fist. With one sharp movement he jerked the finger back, breaking it off at the knuckle. "Nine hundred, ninety-nine" he said softly to himself as the remaining knuckle bone grew back followed by ligaments and the first finger bone, "nine hundred, ninety-eight." The second and third finger bones grew back along with the ligaments, "nine hundred, ninety-seven." Muscle fibers and tendons began to stretch up the finger bones and attach, giving the finger mobility, "nine hundred, ninety-six." The last layers of connective tissue and blood vessels strung through the finger, "nine hundred, ninety five." A thin layer of fat formed, followed by the final component: skin and nail. The skin was fresh and pinkish, but the nail was black like the others. It was an effect of repetitive regeneration.

"I suppose I can't really complain, can I?" Orion whispered. The counting was a coping mechanism. When Jason was torturing him, he was told to count backwards from a thousand... to keep him sane during the process. It halfway worked. He was semi-normal. He looked at the thawed out finger in his hand for a moment, then put it in his mouth. It was mostly bone, but the tendons would be good to chew on for a while. He stripped the muscle and tendons off the finger with his powerful jaw and teeth, then tossed the bones in a nearby trash bin. As he chewed on the flesh like it was jerky, he looked up at Jack. "Don't judge me.." He quietly pleaded.

Watching a bit wide eyed, Jack was almost fascinated watching him break off his own finger and it quickly growing back. “That’s crazy” She said softly watching. “I guess I can’t if it’s something you need” She nodded her look softening as she looked up to his face. “I can tell you’re kinda use to that” She added.

“I also don’t know how long this will last or if we can melt it” She said turning her attention again to the room around them, still a bit of a sparkling winter land. “Might as well start working on something for it to keep myself busy so I don’t fall asleep again. Clearly nightmares are even worse for me now.” Jack sighed stretching out a little bit moving to the edge of the bed. The frost and ice cracking a little bit under her movement. “Crash corse on how to figure out how to control it” she said as her feet touched the floor reacting normal. Her body temperature was down, not creating any extra ice creations.