Estrus: The RPG (informational and Character Thread)

[ImageKlonoa]

Back by popular demand (well...mainly just Nyerguds...but thats all that matters). Its Lust Nights, with a new and much more fitting name.

Basics!

This RPG takes place in a place called Durgan City, a busy yet scenic metropolis (office buidings and towers are tall and clumped together, and are linked together by road networks and single story buildings, mostly obscured by forests)

You are a anthropomorphic mammal (think Disney. with fur.) You are basically just handling the normal hassles of life in the city. But there's a catch: when the sun sets, the city transforms. It goes from a peaceful and somewhat bland place to one of excitement and enticement. Glitz and glamour galore. it takes on a resemblance of Las Vegas, but with half the casinos and twice the J_t :beer: . I hope I got the point across without actualy typing the words.

Rules!

You can post only when the most recent one isnt yours. Try to aviod redundancy (repeating whats happens on a previous post) unless youre providing a backstory.

This may not be the highest volume RPG out there, so at the moment, you can play as many characters as you wish.

Remove signatures when posting in the main story thread, they break the flow of the story and are unnecessary, feel free to leave them on in here.

OOC comments should be made in this topic, not the main game thread, for similar reasons as signatures.

Everyone can use everyone's characters as long as it keeps it in character.

Always try to use correct english (does not apply to dialects). Also, proper punctuation would be nice (cuz sentences like dis show just how smart you are also more importantly annoy the bejeezus out of me plz use this ex. as to what to aviod k thx bye)

If theyres any questions, please ask. I'm easy to get in touch with as I am online quite often.

[Master Chris]

Coolio, from memory I was jaunting about with Ivan, the bear. I'm good for this little caper.

I agree with your rules, my man, they all make sense and are fair.

Is there going to be a character thread, or is this it?

Cheers.

[Nyerguds]

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGESSSSSS!!! :D:D:D

it's back! Wewt wewt wewt!!!!!

[edit]

with fur? So no sharkpeople, or lizardfolk?, or hairless monkeys? :\

oh wait, nm that last one. That's humans anyway :p

[Artificial Idiot]

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGESSSSSS!!! :D:D:D

it's back! Wewt wewt wewt!!!!!

^What he said, with added THRILL POWER because it's AIES! :moonie:

Right, now I'm done ripping off 2000ad...

YOU GO IK! :D :D :D

[Wesforce]

Hot Diggetty damn, lets go kids!

[SW Freak]

Sounds funky. You got anything planned for it or are we all just gonna' wing it?

EDIT: Only mammals, eh? So, no bird people? Blast...

[Artificial Idiot]

Yo, IK. Is there a template for character design, or do we just make it up?

And I've pieced togeather pretty much all of my wolf character except her fragging name. So I'll most likely take her again.

[ImageKlonoa]

Man Nyerguds..you sure are excited. :cool:


Master Chris: this will be the character thread as well. I'll just keep adding to the first post if there is a needed update to the rules.

To Nyerguds and SW Freak: I chose mammals for two reasons. The most obvious of which is that it is the most commonplace. Second is geography. Durgan City is in a temperate area far from any large bodies of water. Dolphins, sharks, whales, etc would just be out of place.

To SW Freak: Yep, you will pretty much be "winging" it, but there could be a loose storyline which could tie these events together. I promise it wont be too linear.

To Artificial Idiot: There is no set template in refence to body structure if thats what youre talking about. personality wise, there isnt a limit (only your imagination)

[Artificial Idiot]

I actually meant char profiles, like the shadow one for example:

http://forums.cncden.com/showpost.php?p=40061&postcount=1

except not as detailed hopefully :p

[ImageKlonoa]

That profile you linked to will work nicely.

[Desolator12]

Ooh, an anthro RPG. Shweet. And apparently WITH the 'Y' word in it. I like the setting too.

Lemme grab the char template from S0, and I'll remove the 'runner fields. Unles you want some stuff like that?
I still have to think of a name... I already have a description in mind.

ok, so far...
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Owner: Desolator12

Name: Victor Darkraevn

Nickname: Raven

Race: Wolf

Age: 23

Appearance: Victor looks as if he were night embodied in a furson. He has dark black fur, charcoal eyes, and the look that could send shivers down your spine. He usually wears dark clothes that almost perfectly match his fur coloring, along with a dark hat with an anarchy symbol on it.

Personality: Victor is the kind of furson who hates laws and morals, throwing both to the wind as he lives on. He has a dark, sometimes evil and sinister mind, and his mood on life is darker than his fur. However, calling him a goth will result in a sharp pain somewhere on your body as he stabs you to death.

Background: Victor was born on the 3rd of May, Anon Domingo. His parents consisted of a father always at work and a mother constantly with another man. He never really had a father to disipline him, nor a mother to provide comfort in times of distress. Victor was truely alone...

...and that's just how he liked it.

Accommodation: An apartment in East Durgan City, off of Pulaski street.
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[Master Chris]

Owner: Master Chris

Name: Ivan Polaire.

Nickname: Snowy.

Archetype: 'intelligensia' (ie. academic).

Race: Polar bear.

Age: 34

Appearance: A hulking, hairy brute with a dull white coat and an enigmatic pair of beady black eyes. He wears odd clothes, generally a pair of shorts and an airy, pale blue singlet (as the climate disagrees with him).

Personality: Generally, the strong silent type. Slow to speak but certainly not slow witted (if anything, he delays speaking in order to ensure that when he does he is clear, concise, and correct.).

Background: The chilling polar regions held little interest to the inquisitive Ivan, who moved to the more *interesting* Durgan City to continue to learn about life, love, and other such vitally important ideas.

Gear: Books (lots of them).

Accommodation: A manky, unkempt townhouse on the outskirts of Durgan City.

Associates: A few other scholar types from both the artic regions as well as Durgan City.

[ImageKlonoa]

upon actually looking over that profile, I feel that the archetype, gear , and associates fields wont be necessary. You can use these, but its not a requirement.

I guess I'll go ahead and post who I'm RP'ing...

Owner: ImageKlonoa
Name: Ringo Johnson
Nickname: N/A
Race: Labrador Retriever
Age: 27
Appearance: built like a tank and twice as tough. Dark grey on white fur, blue eyes. Usually has a grin pasted on his face.
Wears loose khakis or "painter's jeans, and either a tight-fitting sweater or a baseball jersey.
Personality: He's a relatively easy-going guy, almost to be point of being naive. Not naturally agressive despite his intimidating looks. Overall a pleasant person to be around. Far from being a push-over though.
Background: Born from a litter of 3. He was always the "paperboy" throughout his childhood which taught him how to deal with many kinds of people. Took up wrestling during high school. Eventually moved to Durgan City living with his fiancee, Rose.
Currently works as a carpenter.
Accommodation: townhouse in central Durgan City. Located at the intersection of 14th and Vine.

Owner: ImageKlonoa
Name: Mia Monteigo
Nickname: Peaches
Race: Holland-Lop Bunny
Age: 19
Appearance: Top-heavy. somewhat short in height compared to other girls her age. Wears less cotton than what can be found on a Q-Tip. Orange on white fur with mahogany colored hair. Brown eyes.
Personality: Everything about this girl is edgy, from what she wears to the words she choses to speak (casual dress to her means wearing a bra).
Background: Mia learned early on that she must act promiscuous at all times if she is to get anything from anyone.
Unemployed, but can be found occasionally in strip clubs.
Accommodation: Split-level house on the outskirts of the city (Maeva Gardens housing area).

Mia does have a profile pic, but I will not post it because I do plan on posting on the boards some more. Although I do have a indirect link in my sig...

[Wesforce]

Owner: Wesforce

Name: Tabitha Shackleton

Nickname: Bolts

Race: Cat, Domestic

Age: 21

Appearance: Very skinny, reasonable height, straight stature and wears all black denim and combat gear, big stompy boots and a big long coat. Wears jewellery made from rusting bits of metal like nuts and cogs and bolts, from where she gets her name, see? Also has a pair of goggles pushed up on her head which may or may not help her when she's doing her industrial-wedling thing. Yes, maybe this is just a textbook copy of an industrialist, but hey, she's an Industrial cat :D
Lots of earrings, and metal bits hanging off her coat. Also chains... she likes chains.
Fur: Black and silver tabby.

Personality: Neurotic and reclusive, Bolts doesn't *do* people, and opts to lounge about her self-created dystopian hellhole full of rusting metal and pain. Values her own company but is secretly looking for someone... Or at least attempting to build a companion. She likes the idea that a robot could be more 'human' than actual living people, and her natural savant-like aptitude with machinery helps this. She likes to sneer a lot at peaople and acts all superiror to hide her own faults, which one day will cause her to enter a total brain-collapse.

But maybe, somewhere, somehow, there's someone who can change this doomed course.

Then again, maybe not.

Background: Once concerned friends tried to get her socialising a bit, but she ended up on one of those Grudd-awful makeover TV shows, which was almost as bad as being back in the Cat pound. Bolts has no idea who her Mother was, only that her entire litter was drowned at birth (or so she's been led to believe by her elderly cat mentor, Johnathan Tibbles). Tibbles championed Bolts' entry and rise through Durgan City Institute of technology, where she is nominally a student, despite almost never turning up, citing 'Cat's Prerogative'.

Accommodation: Flat in an all-but abandoned apartment block, on the failed 'Paradise Heights' Projects in East Durgan city. A veritable fortress of jagged rusty metal, broken drainage culverts and razor wire, Bolts is right at home :color1:

[Nyerguds]

Owner: Nyerguds (duh, I'm posting it)
Name: Joshua Lefevre
Nickname: Josh
Race: Cat. Just cat. ...what? Not good enough?
Age: 22
Occupation: Car Mechanic
Appearance: Josh is a grey-furred cat with black stripes. His hair has the same pattern; slightly darker grey with black streaks running through it. When at work he wears his protective working clothes, which consist of blue jeans and a dark grey denim jacket. When he's not at work, his idea of casual clothing is just a (usually light-colored) t-shirt and a jeans.

Personality: Well he's a cat... laid-back but alert, intelligent, and easy to make friends with as long as he doesn't have to come close to kittens.
He's helpful though, and a good worker at his job, even though he annoys some colleagues with his irregular napping breaks.

Background: Not much to say there... like most cats, Josh comes from a big litter, and went out to lead his own life as soon as he could.

Accommodation: rather small appartment just outside the center of the city.
Oddly enough (for a car mechanic), Josh has no car. He prefers running when he wants to get somewhere.

Acquaintances:
-Josh's boss, Rick, is a rhinoceros who runs a car repair shop in the center of Durgan City. The place is conveniently called "Rick's Car Repairs". So, he might lack imagination, but that doesn't make him a bad boss, k?
-Borran, a dog of unidentifyable race ("Well my momma wasn't picky."), is one of Josh's colleagues at the repair shop. He gets slightly annoyed by Josh's naps at work, and even more by the fact Josh gets more work done than him despite his naps. He's an overall great guy though, and they work well together.

[Artificial Idiot]

Owner: Judge Aies (don't like it? You're going for the big ride, CREEP!)

Name: Violet Vulpotis

Archetype: Uh... cleaning lady? :freek:

Race: Red Fox

Age: 22

Appearance: Violet has a quite modest appearance. Quite short and mildly attractive, a kind of "aww, isn't she sweet", look that makes you more inclined to imagine tucking her up in bed with a hot water bottle, than a wild night of passion. However, also has a minor disadvantage of always looking like she's up to something, or holding something back. A natural look of "I know something you don't know", that give foxes their generally cunning ability. She has a pretty nice, glossy coat that she does look after and take a lazy kind of pride in. Although, she does get a bit bashful if complimented on it. It's red, with white running from under her chin down to her stomach, stopping at her knees. She has black fur on both her hands and feet and around her ears, one bent slightly downwards. With a mane of long, black hair, her ears sticking through the top.

As towars clothing, for work generally her older clothes with an apron and disposable rubber gloves thrown on top. And for casual she usually wears whatever T-shirt or short-slleves shirt she can get a hold of, coupled with whatever trousers are handy at the time. A raincoat is always a must, as you never know when a downpour will take place.

Personality: Shy, retiring and patient, Violet is the kind of person who likes her own company for the simple reason that everybody elses makes her nerveous. Despite this, she is quite friendly once you get to know her. She's very complacement and easy to please. Finds it hard to make decisions on a whim, doesn't mind other people making them for her. While always lookin slightly cunning, she very rarely is. She considers it sterotyping, and doesn't really apprciate it. However, she does have an irraitional dislike to dogs and horses as well. Then again, there are times you do get bored of your own company. So maybe it's time to get out there and enjoy life for a change...

But then again, there is a nice, hot cup of tea on the table and a good movie on.

Background: Born to quite a large litter, Violet's character formed very early on. She always had the habit of shying away from the rest of the "family", waiting her turn and generally questioning herself on the simplisest of matters. The only "drastic" decision she made in her life was moving away from the sleepy British countryside to the hustle and bustle of Dugan City (A situation that wil most likely change during the course of the RPG) because she didn't want to be stuck in the same place her whole life. Although, the dogs in red coats and silly little black hats did also have a lot to do with it. She works as a cleaner in an office block in Central Dugan City and lives in a small room in a block of dirty-grey high rise flats.

Accommodation: A small, or in Violet's terms "cosy", room in a block of dirty grey high rise flats. It's designed in many pale pinks and creams, and even the odd bit of white here and there and only has one stuffed animal. Which, for a woman of Violet's age, might be considered rather sad... especially as she still sleeps with it.

Associates:

Dot: A large, ugly, middle aged Bison. Dot is basically Violet's boss, and close friend.. Full of the kind of "shoulder to cry on" wisdom sterotypical old women are full of, she's more likely to opt for the harsh "Pull yourself togeather girl!" routine, or her own sarcastic sense of humour to "comfort" people.

[SW Freak]

Owner: SW Freak

Name: Patrick Rossgray

Nickname: Blades

Race: Bat

Age: 21

Appearance: Black fur and long black hair, usualy tied back away from his sensitive ears. Skinny yet decently toned. He's tall, but almost tries to hide, as though afraid of being noticed. His wings have several small holes in them, but are still capable of flight. His claws are no longer clipped, unusual considering that this is generally looked down upon by people in his country. He usualy wears black jeans, heavy army issue boots and goes bare chested, as his kind can't wear shirts (Due to the whole wing thing. It's socially acceptable....What? Don't judge me.) He wears pitch black sunglasses and never gives anyone the chance to see his eyes.

Personality: Blades rarely speaks, but always listens (As one might expect from a bat). He has few friends, as he finds it hard to communicate. He is kind but untrusting.

Background: No one knows much about Blades. His nickname came about because of his claws and the fact that he always has several knives about his person, much to the distress of his friends. None of his few friends have any idea how he came to be in Durgan City, or how he got so good with throwing knives.

The people who know Blades know that he is slow to anger, but when he gets into a fight the other man is generally lucky to walk away. Patrick is a street fighter and even though he doesn't like to kill, he has before. Blades is much stronger than he seems.

Shortly after arriving in Durgan, he was attacked by a couple of drunkards looking for some money. He survived, though he was beaten badly. He doesn't know how Naomi, a lioness, came to find him but she payed for his wounds to be treated and gave him food and shelter. Once he got a job, the details of which have never been clear to Naomi, he payed her for the trouble and, upon Naomi's offer, became her roomate.

Accommodation: A decent flat in the downtown region, nestled among others off Crescent street.

[SW Freak]

Owner: SW Freak

Name: Naomi Drisden

Nickname: Ní (Nee)

Race: Lion

Age: 20

Appearance: Medium height, fair haired and furred and decently..."endowed" (Alright, so she's not supersized, but I bet the bunny's are fake). Usualy wears a trouser suit at work but jeans, boots and tops in bright, cheerful colours.

Personality: There's not much to say about Naomi. She's near terminally cheerful, and cares for her friends more than herself.

Background: Ní is from the plains of the southern lands, but moved to Durgan city because she was just plain bored with her home. That, and she didn't want to marry the guy her father had picked out for her.

Accommodation: A decent flat in the downtown region, nestled among others off Crescent street.

[Nyerguds]

lol. I smell a Monty Python reference :D

[SW Freak]

She didn't live in a castle on top of a castle on top of a castle on top of a castle (I think that's them all) that sank into the swamp and, in one case, burnt down, fell over and then sank into the swamp.

Was that the reference? 'Cause it was unintentional. And, uh, sorry if you're not talking to me...

[Artificial Idiot]

Nyer, are you trying to say she's a knight entralled by a certain word? :p

Or at least a referance too one? :shifty:

[Nyerguds]

Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!

Oh come on, everybody's seen The Holy Grail :p

[SW Freak]

Ah. Yes.

I was wondering if that would be noticed... 'Cause I totally meant it...

<.<

>.>

Yeah.

[Desolator12]

Ok, I edited my original post, and now Victor is ready to enter Durgan City...

...that is if I didn't get my computer taken away...again. I'm typing from school...

...acursed Chesapeake... that book will be my doom!

[Nyerguds]

ehm Deso... you DO realize this is one RPG that totally doesn't need Evil Badguys, right? :rolleyes:

[Wesforce]

Um, on a somewhat-related note Bolts' creation is only meant to be a minor detail and nothing major...

[Desolator12]

He isn't an 'Evil Badguy' per se, he's just a evil-thinking person... kinda like me when I'm facing a complete n00b, How will I destroy you?

more later!

[Nyerguds]

...uhuh... only, this RPG is hardly about destroying... anything...

and deso, don't delude yourself, you are a n00b, lol ;)

[Desolator12]

I'm better than some at least ;)

Dude, he's an anarchist... he hates anybody and either avoids or punishes whoever gets in his way. He's like a goth but with more of an attitude problem and a lack of rules and morals...

*Victor comes out of the blue and puts a knife to Deso's back*
Erm... did I say, Goth?
*stab*

[ImageKlonoa]

well...your charcter is gonna miss out on the fun bits with an attitude like that.

[Nyerguds]

My point exactly :p

[Desolator12]

Relax... he doesn't attack unles he is attacked...

...or is extremely pissed off.

and actually, even though he's an anarchist, he sometimes acts...strangely...good. Usually around the girls, as he wants to do a better job as a parent than his parents did to him.

[SW Freak]

Deso, for one thing that's the kind of ****e that goes into your character sheet.

For another, will you just stop trying to prove everyone wrong and post in the damn RPG?

[Nyerguds]

Whoops... my last post there seems to collide with SW Freak's one...
In my defense I made it while cleaning up my room, and started it long before SW Freak posted his. And I did think Wes' char was in a quieter part of town...

[Artificial Idiot]

Usually around the girls, as he wants to do a better job as a parent than his parents did to him.

You know... that kind of implies that he wants to have children with every other female he meets! :p :D

Sorry, couldn't resist :lol:

[SW Freak]

Yeah, Nyer, I'm editing mine. This time round it a second guard who say it.

[ImageKlonoa]

SW Freak, all you had to do was take out the bit telling about Pat landing near the Institute in the first empty post, and put that in the second one.

Now those posts are gone. :\

[SW Freak]

Yeah, I know. But I made a lot of mistakes. I just wanted to get rid of them. I'll post something else later. When I can actually think straight. Sorry about leaving the unsightly empty posts.

[Desolator12]

Deso, for one thing that's the kind of ****e that goes into your character sheet.

For another, will you just stop trying to prove everyone wrong and post in the damn RPG?
For the former, I'll shove that in there...

for the latter, I can't... my parents took my computer away (again, DAMNIT!!!!1) because I didn't read enough of that god awful book by James Mitchner, Chesapeake over winter vacation... All my posts come from my mom's laptop (now) and at school.

[Wesforce]

Alright, couple of things:

Can ppl stop making Bolts act like some simpering klittle girl please? Sure she's depressed and bitter and unstable, but in an angry way, not in a *crying in the corner* way (at least maybe not until much later).

And Nyer she definitely does NOT giggle. I should have you killed for that.

Btw I didn;t mean the monster to be anything big plot-wise. Do we want this to be a mechanical creature feature? No problem if we do, just wondering if all of you are ok with it...

[Artificial Idiot]

Where. The. Frag. Is. Every.Body?????? :( :( :(

Come on guys... don't make IK get his whip out... :scared:

[ImageKlonoa]

Alright, couple of things:

Can ppl stop making Bolts act like some simpering klittle girl please? Sure she's depressed and bitter and unstable, but in an angry way, not in a *crying in the corner* way (at least maybe not until much later).

Touché. :redface:

Guess I will do some more god mode-ing. Seems only the cool/respected guys can have threads with auto-pilot.

[Nyerguds]

And Nyer she definitely does NOT giggle. I should have you killed for that.
Pshaw. And Josh would never say "Oh GOD!" either... so we're even :p

It's generally pretty hard to play with other ppl's chars... especially in less-than-normal situations. And you're an extremity even in that :p


IK... it's perfectly normal for an rpg to be inactive for a few days... Prob is with Wes' char going home I have no idea where the heck my char is right now, or what I could do... I had a situation that could lead to more story, but instead it was broken off and I got no idea what to do :\

[Wesforce]

Pshaw. And Josh would never say "Oh GOD!" either... so we're even :p


He's a man, and therefore weak-willed and dominated by sex. Most men don't know what the frag they're saying most of the time anyway. Its more of a reflex than actual written words. Actually its hypothesised that ppl say than during the cat because sex is the closest people can come to heaven on earth, but meh.

Shove that up your nose, fragger.

[Artificial Idiot]

I'd post... but I put my char to bed, as that seemed the only option at the time. :p

[Nyerguds]

Most men don't know what the frag they're saying most of the time anyway.
"most men" meaning you, I presume :p

[Artificial Idiot]

"most men" meaning you, I presume :p

MeeeOW! Put those claws away Nyer! People might think this is a lovers tiff or something.... :p

[ImageKlonoa]

Actually Nyer, Bolts did head back out to town, so feel free to add on to that.

I meant to post yesterday, but the Ringo/Ivan interaction has proven incredibly difficult...I'll try to think of something though...

I did mention I will probably do some artwork depicting some of the events in the RPG, right?

[SW Freak]

Hey, cool. Any of my fights?

[ImageKlonoa]

I havent actually started them yet, but thats a strong possibility.

[Nyerguds]

I did mention I will probably do some artwork depicting some of the events in the RPG, right?
Wewt. In Vectra's Den or the Random Junk section? J_t

MeeeOW! Put those claws away Nyer! People might think this is a lovers tiff or something.... :p
Shut.
Up.
:p

[ImageKlonoa]

Wewt. In Vectra's Den or the Random Junk section? J_t

You guys are cool, so it will be under its own folder. :D

[Nyerguds]

While that is certainly cool it doesn't really answer the underlying question about how PG these images will be :p

[Wesforce]

No-one wants to argue. And stop spamming the thread up AI :p

Issue closed, will delete spam posts.

[SW Freak]

To comment on my last post: Feel the angst!

Don't worry, he'll cheer up.

[ImageKlonoa]

Oh yeah, just when I tried to brighten the mood of the RPG.

Good going. :|

[Artificial Idiot]

Sheesh, sand castles aren't cheery enough? :p

[SW Freak]

No problem.

By the way, looking at the characters, you're prolly not gonna have too cheerful an RPG, leastways not where Bolts is involved. He'll cheer up, don't worry. Besides, angst and depression are all part of the normal hassles of life which we're all apparently slaved to.

RPGs don't always go the way they were planned. Get used to it, work around it, and it'll swing back into shape. You never complained about Wes' character, despite the fact that she's just as gloomy as mine but with more metal. He'll cheer up. Give it a while.

Thank you.

[Wesforce]

I wouldn't say Bolts is overly gloomy. Hey, she's already had one relationship and friendship is budding with another :color1: And I thought the idea was to start off sad and end up happy... It'll be more believable that way, surely?

[ImageKlonoa]

SW Freak, i just dont want this turning into a text version of the Better Days webcomic (extreme right-wing graphical douche-land)

[SW Freak]

Okay. I'll lay off on the angst. Maybe throw in some disgustingly lovey dovy stuff in.

[Nyerguds]

Maybe throw in some disgustingly lovey dovy stuff in.
Actually that's what the RPG is all about :p

[Artificial Idiot]

Um yeah... in case people didn't realise... that last post was meant for somebody else to pick up on if they wanted too... thus why there's no name to the figure. :)