^(Inspired by Chainsawman and Psychopass - CASTAGATION is coming to life!)
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ONCE HUMANITY REIGNED AS GODS......and then, with our power, we broke the moon.
>You can still see her resting place in the star-ridden heavens above. An orbital shattered in a flakey debris field living high atop the world. She has many names. The Wedding Band of War...yes, that was what they named her long ago, when the rockets hit, when so many died. Named for the scattershot remnants of the moon forming a ring around the planet, the forever reminder of war and what we could do. The start of the end. In dismal memory, no one can remember any longer the time it was Whole..
>World texts once say that humanity lived with angels above. Metallic things with eyes that watched the movements of the world and relayed communication quicker than the blink of an eye. Now the skies are empty, devoid of the watchers and instead littered with only the remains of humanity's wrath and sin. Perhaps, once, there were real angels as well.
>There are other cities in the world that still cling on to life, but none stand quite as reminiscent of the old world, as quite together, as Arch-York. In the middle of this withering continent is our grand, tiered mega-city, holding together the ant colony of life that gathers from corners of the world to try and shelter and survive against a since-past Doomsday. At the top are the rich and eating their slop and living in their shadows at the bottom are the working. A starch reminder of the structure of the world that led to it's slow, gasping demise in the first place.
>The world is dying. From a decay of the past, and something continuing to eat away at it still.
>And you.... oh, right, you have died.
>Unfortunately for everyone, even the dead have to clock into work.
>WELCOME TO GRAVESIDE.
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- Do you like darker settings, Necropunk, Biblical Horror, and a grunge and grim world that lends itself to persistent fighting for a better future from the characters? Do you like to play bad or nuanced characters, or characters trapped in a terrible situation attempting to overcome and grow despite the odds? Hee and hoo even, Graveside may be for you!
- This is a text roleplay! No voice chat, but occasional once a month scheduled missions for you and your squad. It's partially a day to day sandbox, partially a mechanized investigation and battle game, more on that in a second-
- Graveside is a casual to literate roleplay, that will have daily active posts ranging from quicker shotgun roleplay (fast responses with shorter posting) to long novella if a scene calls for it. I tend to rule that my players should go based on vibe for the situation. A fun, gag scene doesn't need 10 paragraphs of internal monologue. But someone dying in front of you probably warrants more than 1 sentence.
- We are a 21+ MATURE CONTENT roleplay. This means that darker topics will be touched on, NSFW is allowed though not the main focus, and there will be a large amount of horror-related scenes. Similar to games like Call of Cthulu, we ask that our players consider themselves to have a bit of a thick skin - or at least be mature enough to not make fun of serious topics.
- You play as a REVENANT, or a citizen who died and was brought back to life by a PSYCHOPOMP. For five years, your soul will be judged, and you will help to fight against the secret plague of GHOSTS threatening the mega-city of ARCH-YORK - one of the last bastions of humanity. In the past, you were rightfully or wrongfully convicted for a crime, and will now attempt to show you can be rehabilitated and released back into society with your soul and live saved after this contract is expired....if not.....well..............
- Systems and mechanics! We have them! The primary focus of the roleplay will be about balancing your SOUL INDEX (hiiii psychopass hiiiii don't sue me) - or the likelihood of whether or not you are safe enough to be released back into human civilization. Too high, and you are retired into ISOLATION, never to return. There are many ways to balance this, primarily a secret SIN system that you and me alone know about for your character - a secret mechanic to try and use throughout the course of the game that will probably cause drama. The other part of the game is solving crimes and fighting ghosts! We have a fairly coherent battle system, and are currently in the midst of creating the INVESTIGATION mechanics - so that you and your squad can try to find clues and solve mysteries that connect into the end of chapter story events. The system designed is entirely original, but we try to keep it as simple as possible and automated by a discord mod to keep it simpler for players. So if you aren't intensely mechanically inclined, don't worry, you will be able to pick this up!
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