RESIDENT EVIL Project: Dunlake [sign ups]

[Weasel Overlord]

RESIDENT EVIL
Project: Dunlake

Alpha report 3. January 25th 2019.

The world is much the same today as it was a decade or two ago – that is, full of the same old shit as it always was. Kidnappings are almost the norm, the police think nothing of destroying entire cities, the precedent of Raccoon City gives them free reign when it comes to decisions like that. After all, no-one wants to be a part of the next lost generation, right? No-one in their right mind would want that.

But if it was to bring power, then what? Humans have always been swayed by power. That's what makes us bastards. You never know who among you would give in to that sweet-ass siren power, and to hell with the consequences.

Thank god we've got the police to stop all that. Right?

Only lately... well, those kidnappings? They've been getting more frequent. Sightings of red and white stripes and then bam, nothing. Whoever's doing this, they're clever. And they don't care enough to erase evidence behind them. Maybe they want people to go looking.

There's been rumours. Rumours of an island being built somewhere, whispers that they don't have enough room in their old place for all the dead bodies, but that's gotta be bullshit. It's probably just another scientific research lab, those guys are always needing bigger places.

Shit, this report sort of started to ramble, didn't it? Kidnap numbers have increased by approximately 30%, an alarming number, and even more so when you set it aside the percentage of bodies found, which is hovering around the 5% mark. What the hell is going on here?


Alpha report 5. January 26th 2019.

Not a time for irreverence, if my last report is anything to go by. Sorry boss. So kidnap rates have gone up a further 2%, and this “island” is finished, supposedly. I wonder what's going on there. People don't just build random islands for no reason. I can see the thing from my office window, it looks like a freaking fortress.


Alpha report 8. January 27th 2019.

Okay so fuck this shit, I can't deal with this any more. I'm out of here. Tricell can go fuck themselves. I quit.


Alpha report 9. January 30th 2019.

I decided not to quit after all. I am a loyal Tricell employee, and always will be. End Report.


Dunlake Island has been a looming shadow of dread for too long. A series of investigations into the disappearance of several Tricell employees has led to only one conclusion – something fishy is going on. Bravo STARS team has been deployed to investigate Dunlake, rescue any survivors, and to shut down its facilities, if necessary.

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This is an RPG with a difference. I have unofficially dubbed it the “choose your own path” RPG type, after the books of the same genre. There are rules, and they are to be followed stringently.

You play one of a choice of two groups of characters: a STARS Bravo team member, or a kidnapped survivor, in Dunlake Mansion. At some point, the two groups will meet – of course, the nature of this meeting depends entirely upon your actions, and how well you work together as a group. Out of character interaction away from the RPG is highly encouraged. The nature of this RPG also means that characters can come and go as they please. If someone dies, well boo hoo for them, but if you wanna sign up again later as a Survivor or as something else, that'd be awesome.

The premise of this kind of RPG is simple, but effective. I will be playing, for the most part, as an OOC dungeon master. The RPG will be split into chapters, and each chapter will have set points where the DM steps in. When this happens, I will be posting a series of things; these can be a selection of choices for your party to pick from, a choice of which direction to go, a battle, and so on. After these posts, your group must RP among themselves and decide which action you will be doing, after which I will DM post again to tell you of the barebones consequences of your choice, or the monster description and actions, if it is a battle. You will then RP the consequences however you choose. For an example of this, see the Dunlake Mansion Saferoom topic, and if you have any questions, please feel free to accost me on msn (messy_hair_welcome@msn.com) or via pm, and I shall answer them for you.

The nature of this RPG means that I will not be stepping in as a player character until much later. It also means that there are rules, which are as follows;

- Posts may be of any length, save one or two sentences. Use your head and decide. We want to be able to tell what's happening, but the RPG won't go anywhere if they're 2000 words or longer.
- If you get infected during the course of the RPG, you will mutate (woo!) and perhaps become a hindrance to other players. In essence, this means you become a bad guy. Not a bad thing, honest. You get to nom on the others. XD
- If you're sent information via a PM, you are not to tell anyone about it.
- The RPG is survival type, and so expect nastiness. If you don't post within a set time period (before your group has decided upon their action, etc.) you will be killed. No questions about it. However, if you wish to come back, ask me and allowances can be made via Las Plagas.
- Interaction is key. This means that there should be a minimal amount of backstory and expositioning for your character. Your focus should be on the events of the RPG, not some emo crap from your character's background.
- Your posts should be on-topic. This links to the previous points. If you're not caught up with your character, you will be killed off or infected with a strain of virus or plaga. Basically, no posting about something that happened last chapter, unless it relates to what's currently happening.
- There are also rules for each character group: Survivors and STARS. These will be detailed in the sign up section.

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STARS

STARS are an elite special ops team, trained in close combat (in some cases, various forms of martial arts), firearms and control of dangerous situations. If anyone can rescue those survivors, STARS Bravo team can! The STARS uniform is a navy shirt with the logo on one sleeve, black pants and heavy duty boots. Protection gear can also be worn. Various holsters are in evidence – thigh, cross-chest, wherever – along with a sheath for your combat knife.

Name: This is a realistic RPG. Nothing fantasy/made-up please, and only have a foreign name if you explain why in your History.
Age: Reasonable ages. Starting at 25 and working up to around 40, I reckon.
Sex: Durr.
Appearance: Again, durr. You will be wearing the STARS uniform, and whatever protection you want, but don't be too over the top. No-one wearing bulletproof vests and whatnot, plx. More protection gear may be found during the course of the RPG.
Personality: Durr.
Rank: Are you a Medic? A Captain? Or anything else?
Weapon: Maximum one gun and a single combat knife. You will be finding more later on. Choose from varieties of Handgun, and the senior ranked person may have a shotgun.
History: Blah blah. There won't be much room for history exposition in the RPG, so anything that's pertinent put in here.
Other: Randomness.

Survivors

The Survivors vary in age, sex, background and everything else. A ragtag bunch of people, thrown together by the machinations of an unseen power, there are many skills within this group, as well as many weaknesses. Together, they can escape! Some among you may have been experimented upon, and will therefore have some kind of minor mutation. If you choose to have a mutation physically manifest, you will be forfeit to further, randomised mutations throughout the RPG. These may not be a bad thing. If you wish to opt out of this, simply state that you have no physical manifestations of mutation. Most of you will be wearing standard laboratory clothes – a long, white robe-type thing. More clothes will be found throughout the RPG.

Name: Same as STARS.
Age: Ages are more flexible here. Go mad. But do remember this is survival, and if you're a little, 5 year old girl, you will be much more likely to die.
Sex: Durr.
Appearance: Ties in with Mutations section. No one will have body protection unless you come across some in the RPG.
Personality: Durr.
Mutations?: Do you have physical manifestations of a mutation? You can have hidden manifestations if you wish, but you must clear it with me first.
History: Same as STARS.
Other: Durr.

Characters

- lafitte demore :: survivor :: mystic clown -
- marcus venton :: survivor :: unbraced -
- jason rogers :: survivor :: darktyranitar -
- roxanne violet :: survivor :: chobichibi -
- david warner :: stars :: roy karrde -
- vanessa strong :: stars :: crystal tears -
- jeremy rush :: stars :: virtualplay -
- reservee :: asilynne -

[Mystic_clown]

Name: Lafitte Demore
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Appearance: He’s a tall, lean man, standing just under six foot with a slim build and a slightly pale complexion. He’s got chestnut brown hair, cut just below his chin, and rather unnerving green eyes. As with most of the survivors, his stuck wearing a basic hospital gown, something he finds a bit embarrassing.
Personality: Quite the intellectual, always trying to think of the best solution to a problem. He comes off as a little bit eccentric, but polite and willing to let others talk. He’s quite proud of his intelligence, and tends to get irritated when he’s mocked. However, beneath this seemingly friendly exterior, there seems to be something more sinister to him lurking.
Mutations?: None
History: Not much is known about this man, but judging by his intellect and his love for science, one would think that he was a scientist before being captured by Tricell. However, there may be more to him than meets the eye. (Will be revealed as RPG goes on)
Other:As one may guess from his accent, he's French.

[Weasel Overlord]

Yay! Thanks Ben. Youse accepted. First Survivor, mwahahah.

I guess I should go edit stuff about Uroboros into the Saferoom, hm. *ponders*

[Roy Karrde]

I got a wild urge to try this out last night, guess it was just the uniqueness of it Weasel

Name: David Warner
Age: 38
Sex: Male
Appearance: Once considered a pretty young police officer, that has now changed, he stands around 6' tall, with short cut almost shaved off black hair. A thick scar runs down from his forehead, across his right cheek, to his chin.
Personality: He won't talk about his past, but is far from a dark quiet figure, he continues to have a dark sense of humor, able to find humor in most situations despite the life threatening odds they may face.
Rank: Lieutenant, he is took reckless for Captain
Weapon: Sig P220
History: He was once a rising star in the ranks that seems to have hit a glass ceiling a few years back. He is more of a trained killer than a cop, who finds the action in STARS more enjoyable than pulling over pedestrians and writing tickets.
Other: Gah this may have been the shortest, most vague sign up I ever wrote, but I am trying to keep it within your rules Weasel xD

[Unbraced]

Survivor

Name: Marcus Venton
Age: 14
Sex: Male
Appearance: Slight Acne, short Brown hair, and Blue eyes. Mutation on palms, wear's gloves. Sandard laboratory clothes – a long, white robe-type thing. Average build, around 5feet 10in.
Personality: A joker, Marcus tries to lighten the mood with humor. He is anti-social, but cares about his friends. He tends to judge people on first impressions.
Mutations?: Mutation on palms, so far nothing more than a discoloration.
History: Marcus was living a normal life when he was kidnapped off the streets by a masked figure. He was then past off to Tricell.
Other: Durr.

[Weasel Overlord]

YAY PEOPLE! You're both accepted, guys.

Just wanna say though, it's not Tricell who're doing the kidnappings. No-one knows who's doing those, yet. The reason they were mentioned is because Tricell employees were kidnapped, and STARS were sent in to investigate.

Just clarifying. And I know, Royboy. I'd be cringing at short signups myself usually, but rules say so.

[DarkestLight]

I wanted to pop in and say this is an awesome idea for an RP. I'd love to join, but my erratic periods online nowadays dictate I don't jump into anything longstanding. But rock on Weezy n_n!

[Weasel Overlord]

Sob, DL, I thought you were joining for a sec then. *shakes fist* Well, it won't be starting at all if we don't get a few more people, dang it.

[Crystal Tears]

Name: Vanessa Strong aka Ven
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Appearance: Vanessa has wild black hair that comes down to her shoulders, and unevenly cut bangs, the shortest of which end just above her eyes. Her eyes are a cold steel-blue, and her skin is lightly tanned. The woman stands at 5’10’’, making her above average. She’s built to move quickly, having a lean, athletic build over an imposing one… She’s also.. Bendy (Flexible).
Personality: Vanessa is normally quiet, not going out of her way to talk to anybody. She’s very focused on her goals, and absolutely hates when some idiot blows the plan to hell. She doesn’t hesitate on an order, whether it’s to save someone or abandoned them. When she speaks, Ven has a definite edge, whether it be sarcastic or just mean. She’s the type of gal who can make and follow through with the hard choices, and punishes those who fail.
Rank: <_<; Shoot First Ask Questions Later
Weapon: Taurus PT92... >_>; Oh and some combat knife.
History: Over her life she has discovered a love for shooting things. :3
Other: Everyone knows her as Ven, absolutely no one can call her Vanessa and get away with it. You’ve been warned. She also has a faint accent, perhaps Australian? Nobody really knows, it's too faint to decipher and like hell would she tell anyone.

[VirtualPlay]

After some chatting and character management in other RPGs, I will now be able to join this RPG. I was hoping to take place in the choose-your-own idea that you came up with, and now I think I can manage.

So yeah, save me a spot!

EDIT: Forget saving me a spot, I got my form done already.

Name: Jeremy Rush
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Appearance: Stands somewhat tall at around 6 feet, with a nimble yet strong build. He is somewhat tanned, but only from forced sun exposure. His hair is long, down just past his shoulders; it is flat and smooth, brown in color, and kept in a tight ponytail. His eyes are green and either shine with brightness when he's happy or glow with determination when he's focused. He is unable to grow any facial hair, so always appears clean-shaven.
Personality: Usually very cheerful and outgoing, when it's time to be serious then he is. He loves a good laugh, but never at anyone's expense.
Rank: Captain
Weapon: NeoStead 2000 Shotgun, Cold Steel SRK
History: Reached the rank of Captain two years prior, being one of the youngest to attain it. His amicable demeanor yet serious action when getting down to business helped in his superiors choosing him. Has always been "the young upstart" in the STARS program, but is never truly viewed that way as he takes his role seriously.
Other: See, I can play a totally normal male. The age is gonna be awkward, though…

[Weasel Overlord]

OMG YAYS!! *bounces excitedly* People!! <3

You're both accepted~ Sie, if you dunno what rank to be, you could be something like Weapon's Specialist, Marksman, Explosives Expert, or like, Pointman, Rear Security, whatever. Check out this page: STARS

To be honest, it won't really effect the play - it's more just a... thing. You know.

What's with everyone choosing such sexay guns! *drools over the Taurus* OM NOM NOM.

Well, you guys make five, so if we get Bex's signup, we may be able to start. And then Asi will be an added bonus, when she gets back from DownUnderLand. And if anyone else wants to join, I would obvs be ecstatic. We could use another few Survivors, I reckon. *hints obviously*

[ChobiChibi]

Imma surviving! Just watch me survive with a mutant arm from my face...

In other words, I am going to be a survivor, but I cannot post until Sunday, but I shall. Just watch me >:3

I'm quite tired atm... Like... The kinda tired that makes you slightly insane. Yes. I apologize for my ramblings, but leave them here for your amusement. Bring on zombie killing *huzzah!*

[darktyranitar]

Moar survivors:

Name: Jason Rogers
Age: 22
Sex: Male
Appearance: Stand at about 5’5”, with a thin built, and some signs that it has been abused and neglected in the past by its owner. His hair is long and unruly, covering over his dark brown eyes, giving him that unreadable face. His attire is that similar to a hospital gown.
Personality: Jason is quite pessimistic, seeing most things from a negative point of view. The good(?) thing about this is that he is not easily panicked, since, well, there’s no point worrying over something that going to happen anyway. He’s not one to really share his point of view, so most of the time, he’ll just come across as one of those quiet people.
Mutations?: Small patch on his left thumb, although it appear no more than a splotch
History: Jason has been a hapless homeless as far as he could remember. Things were looking quite bleak then, and when he was kidnapped… well, things could certainly become worse, couldn’t they?
Other: Naw

[Weasel Overlord]

FAIZ OMG *embraces* I <3 you. Or M3 you, which I just typoed. Haha you wish, M3 is an epic shotgun. Ahem.

Accepted, my darling. With gusto!

Bexxor, I eagerly await your signup. Everyone's mutations are so boring! XD Someone have extra eyes already. You know you want to.

[ChobiChibi]

Name: Roxanne Violet
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Appearance: Rox is around 5'8'' with an average, if not slightly curvy build. Her hair is naturally red, just reaching her shoulders, her fringe completely covering her right eye. Her eyes are green, framed by black, thick rimmed glasses (tres emo). Otherwise, she also gets the pretty hospital robe thing, much to her disgust. They're icky.
Personality: Roxanne is a feisty girl, having a few temper issues that could be stereotyped with the colour of her hair (although she's not THAT bad...). She's very clever and thinks logically, also extremely good with computers. If she knows she's right, she will not back down and will more than likely rub it in your face if it turns out to be true. She is a nice girl though, looking out for others over herself, and so long as you don't irritate her, she is pleasant to be around.
Mutations?: None that she knows of (you can give me one if you want 8D).
History: Works for Tricell, dealing with data analysis rather than any of the science stuff. Imputed data, produced charts, ran simulations... However, she found out too much, and once she gave herself away by protesting about what they were doing, they captured her too.
Other: She has a limited knowledge of the building, since she worked there. Basically, getting to her lab and back out again. Otherwise, she has no idea what the building holds, and no idea where she is being held with the other survivors.

[Weasel Overlord]

BEXXOR you is approved. And wow, someone withOUT a mutation. I am shocked. You may live to be glad of that decision. *cackles evilly*

Now I'm just debating whether to wait for Asi, or to go ahead and start. I've got the details hammered out, so it's not really a problem either way. *rubs hands excitedly*

[Everoy]

I can has playing?

Name: Evan Rossi
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Appearance: Evan is 6'4" and has a lean muscular build. He has short black hair and sea blue eyes. He is clean-shaven but he has to shave about every other day. His uniform is a dark navy blue, and he wears a thigh holster (left) and sheath (right) for his handgun and knife respectively.
Personality: Evan is often percieved as catty and mean, as he has a tendency to make sarcastic jokes at others' expenses. However, he wasn't exposed to very much kindness as a child - if he makes a joke about you, he probably thinks you're a pretty cool person. Genuine compliments are very hard-won from him. He's very reserved about his personal life, though he tends to open up more to girls.
Rank: Lieutenant? Idk.
Weapon: Beretta 92FS and a knife like this except dark blue.
History: Evan's childhood was very strict and regimented. His father was an Army man and believed in nonstop discipline. This was very hard on Evan and his twin brother Dylan. Evan realized at the age of 14 that he was gay and told Dylan (who was very much straight, but accepting). It was kept a complete secret until Evan was 16 and his father walked in on him doing the nasty with the neighbor's son. His father sent him to a Christian ex-gay camp, but after two months of hell Dylan came and broke Evan out of the camp. Dylan was living on his own in an apartment and brought Evan to live with him. Evan found a way to re-enroll in school and lived semi-normally. He was, however, curious about how Dylan was paying rent and also living somewhat frugally. Shortly after the boys turned 17, Evan found Dylan shot execution-style in their apartment, and when the police investigated he learned that Dylan had been dealing drugs - originally, it was only pot, but he got deeper and deeper into the black market and found himself dealing cocaine and heroin. With nowhere to live, he found himself with his uncle Charlie, his mother's brother who had been upset with his sister for kicking Evan out. Evan lived with Charlie for two years until he died a mysterious death... And that's when he encountered STARS for the first time. Charlie, it turns out, had been an employee of Tricell. STARS refused to tell Evan anything about his uncle's death - how it happened, why it happened, etc - nor did they tell him anything about Tricell and why his uncle's employment there had assisted in his death. Evan, having nothing to do with his life - he had poor grades in high school due to total apathy, despite being very very intelligent for his age - decided to pursue the death of his uncle and the things surrounding it on his own. He had quite the bank account, as his uncle was surprisingly wealthy and had nobody to leave his estate to other than Evan. The house was now under control of STARS, but Evan suddenly had nearly a million dollars at his disposal. He took martial arts classes, becoming extremely proficient in karate and judo; he learned how to shoot a gun very skillfully; he learned knife skills, having kept a knife he found in his twin brother's dresser after his death. It took two years to get any clue, but sudenly the dominoes knocked one another over... And STARS took notice. When Evan was 23, he was approached by a member of STARS to 'cease and desist his personal investigations'. Always having hated being told what to do (especially in official sounding language), he continued. Two years later he was asked to join STARS and did nothing but trained to be in the same physical state and have the same technological proficiency as other team members for the next year.
Other: Evan really likes taquitos. Just saying.

...sorry, I really get into the histories of my characters. I could have done more but I don't know enough about the RE universe to go deeper heh.

[Weasel Overlord]

SOMEONE ELSE! *embraces heartily* HALLO! You are very merrily approved, dear Everoy. And never apologise for a lengthy sign-up in my presence again. *thwaps* I am obsessed with such things, as you would see, if my character was for the public eyes, ahaha.

Ums, I know I've told someone online about this, but I'm stuck in Yorkshire (my bf's house) while he's ill, and I am minus my laptop, which is in the next county across. Alas, this means all my Dunlake stuff is also in the next county across, so unfortunately we won't be starting until I get back, which will probably be the weekend. Apologies all! But maybe we'll get some more sign-ups in the meantime?

[VirtualPlay]

SURVIVOR:

Name: Kat (Katharine) Blairre
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Appearance: Before being kidnapped, Kat stood around 5'10" with a slim frame, but with some slight pudge to her from lack of exercise. Her skin was slightly pale (again from lack of outside exercise) and her eyes were a pale green. Her hair was shoulder length, very frizzy, and a dark brown color. After spending months locked up, her weight has gone down considerably, her skin has gotten paler (if that were possible), and her hair has somehow turned itself blue (and is now reaching a few inches past her shoulders.
Personality: Kat is normally very outspoken, refusing to back down when she knows she's right. She will accept challenges that people don't expect a girl like her to take, which often leads to the challenger either losing horribly or squirming out of it (not saying Kat never lost, it just didn't happen often). Overall, though, she's a nice girl who just wanted to live her life. Unfortunately, the kidnapping and experimenting has left Kat a shell of her former spunk, and is usually on the verge of tears at all times (though she refuses to let them fall lest she get reprimanded for them).
Mutations?: Do you not see the head of bright-flipping-blue hair on her head? …Yeah, that's her mutation.
History: Kat had been having heated arguments with her parents for weeks before she finally lost it and went to go room with her friend for a few weeks. Unfortunately she never arrived at her friend's house, and as her friend didn't know and Kat didn't tell her parents where she was going, nobody knew that she had indeed been kidnapped.
Other: Kat is an Irish/Italian mix, which explains where she got all her spunk from.

[Weasel Overlord]

VPface, you be approved! Obvs.

[DarkestLight]

Oh what the hell RE is my life, and I figure I can keep up now.

Survivorz!!!

Name: Derek Laster
Age: 20
Sex: 5 days a week, giggity! (M)

Appearance: What happens when you get Usain Bolt and Beyonce to have a child? Yeah, that's Derek. Black hair, brown eyes, low cut-bald in some areas now. But he always wears a smile-if nothing else.

Personality: Derek was always a jokester. Saying some kind of quip even when it wasn't appropriate. It got him out of sticky situations, and even landed him a job for a short time. But deep down, he does have respect for people, you just gotta take the jokes 10 at a time.

Mutation: His feet are perfectly healthy, and his toenails are long and thick-to the point that they tap the floor when he walks-but they don't hurt. His skin is also ominously hard on his feet-and flakes off in chunks at times-each new layer becoming harder than the last..

History: 6 feet of pure African American sinew and bone, leaned but tone muscle strung together with loose ligaments makes him an adept specialist at getting into hoodlum things (cause its fun). Least, that was the way things were before he robbed that grocery store. The events were foggy at best, he remembers sliding under the gate, and then his head was hit by a bottle?
Now, months later, his joints crack every time he stretches, due to his declining health. It hurts to switch stages of speed because it forces his muscles to stop doing one activity. And all he really wants is a meal. His waist caves in, ribs easily played like a xylophone. Kid's in bad shape-with bald patches on his head. His feet feel so heavy to lift because of their unnatural state.

[Weasel Overlord]

*flying tacklehug* EEEEE DL YOU'VE JOINED, I <3 YOUUU

only you're not approved. Hahah jk you are really. You can join in at the next intersection for Survivors along with VP's new char. Shouldn't be too long in coming, as long as everyone else gets a move on and posts their bloody next lot of actions.