"Wear the face of the Machinist who gives motion to the machine's many gears, a great clamor brought as the machine's harsh iron and bright steel stirred to life by the hand of the machinist..."
Terra Aparattus
Global warming, pollution, continental flooding...all man-made catastrophes that brought the entirety of humanity--once the greatest civilization to hold reign over the planet--to its humble knees. There is little water safe to drink, little land left fertile enough to grow food, and no village under a sky that is not eternally gray. Those who are lucky will live to see the age of forty. Many, however, are not so fortunate. Malnourishment, as well as air and water contamination, has crippled the life expectancy. Being the way of things, there has been no one alive in the last two hundred years that remembers a time when the human population breached 2,000.
For some, what little time they have alive is not so precious. Radioactive waste among a number of hazardous pollutants has caused physical and mental deficiencies for hundreds. Still, as always, even in the darkest of times, humanity has found hope. This time, in the shape of a book. The only remaining printed book, in fact, and with all accomplishments and knowledge of their species left behind in their flooded cities and towns, its perfect print and seamless binding are considered a sign of holiness and its contents law. Only a few are capable of reading it.
The book is titled Terra Aparattus and states a variety of decrees, first and foremost being that the use of any machinery is an abominational sin, the very one that brought the planet into such decadence in the first place. Anyone who has questioned the contents of the book has promptly been put to death.
But what if the meaning of the book has been terribly misinterpreted? What if, rather than a means of religious faith, the book was made to be a guide--a manual of sorts--for something much greater? Rest assured, it was. Written hundreds, if not thousands of years ago, the book was written as a cryptic guide for a great machine with the ability to "save the world", should it descend into a state of decay such as the one it's in, now. A few have deciphered this, but for fear of their own lives, have been forced to keep it a secret. Yet still, they conspire and plan with the intentions of stealing the book and finding the planet's last hope for long-lost vitality...though not even they can predict the final outcome of the machine's launch.
"...That which is forsaken in the eyes of the rightly guided will save the world."
-Terra Aparattus, article I
-Terra Aparattus, article I
Guidelines
-Let me say, right off the bat, that in order for this RP to be successful, I'll need some players willing to see it through to the end. I've got something special planned. It'll be worth it, I promise.-As such, this RP will probably be more structured than most others. This means that I may send you a PM or two at some point, asking you to take your character in a certain direction. Don't worry, I won't ask you to do something your character wouldn't do.
-Again, being a semi-structured RP, LITERACY IS A MUST, even moreso than I would expect in my other RPs. Please, please, please READ EVERYTHING in this post because if you make any errors due to outright ignorance, you will not be asked to edit, but simply to leave.
-The characters in this RP will be making and using their own weapons. This means that any creative hybrid you can come up with is allowed...imagine creating a gun from scratch. That's what the characters will be doing. This means no uzi, AK-47 crap. However, melee weapons such as clubs, knifes, etc. are acceptable, obviously.
-You may play a character up to the age of forty, but remember, with the life expectancy low, people start to lose their physical capabilities around the age of thirty.
-English is the only remaining language. Not that that's detremental to the RP, but I thought I'd let you know.
-If you wish to play a non-rebel character, PM me, though I doubt anyone will be interested in that role.
Alright, folks, here's the template:
Name:
Age:
Weapon(s):
Appearance:
Brief Background:
Theme Song [optional]:
My template:
Name: Mahdi
Age: 16
Weapon(s): Primarily an old, rusty machete, though Mahdi has taken to secretly synthesizing her own firearms. These include a handgun that she has been refining for some time and a rather make-shift sniper rifle, all made from scraps considered to be ancient.
Appearance: Like many in her generation, Mahdi has an ambiguous blend of genes, leaving her features rather neutral. However, unlike others, she is smaller than average, standing somewhere around 5'0". She has thick, dark hair that she keeps tied back either in a pony tail or a short braid, and medium-toned skin that distracts from her slate gray eyes. Her clothes are nothing extraordinary, mostly plain hand-me-downs salvaged from whatever material was available. Around her neck is a thin golden chain (though, there is much visable deterioration in the metal) with a six-pointed star hanging from it. Mahdi found it in a nearby junkyard and while she doesn't know its meaning or origin, she finds it symbolic and personal.
Brief Background: Mahdi grew up in one of the many villages, has been taught the customs of "the Book" since she could identify words, and is considered rare for her ability to read and write. However, it was not long before Mahdi began to question the ways of her disgraced people . When she was fourteen, her father died due to unknown causes, and it wasn't long after that that her mother insisted that she be married and have children of her own. She refused, claiming that she dare not bring another human soul into "this wretched world". Some time has passed since then and Mahdi has found others like her who abhor the oppression of humanity at the will of those who follow the falacies of the Book, and together, they have created their own weapons with which to fight their undoubted opponents and have formed plans for stealing the book and uncovering the truth in its deceptions.
Theme Song: YouTube - t.A.T.u. - White Robe Finalized HQ [ENGLISH!!!!!]
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