Spirits in The Dark

In another time, a parallel world to our own exists. In this world the weather had become predictable in different parts of the world: the north became cold and snow ridden in a blizzard, the south became hotter from an expanding equator and jungle-like plants and trees sprouted, the east became a vast savannah and the west turned into a heated desert. Though, most of this now belongs to the Dark Lands.

As well as the changed landscapes in the north, south, east, and west, the lands are plagued from the appearance of an uncharted island that expanded and attached to the shores of America and Europe. With it being named the Dark Land masses of evil creatures seeped from its borders and plagued the locations they touched, making it the same as the Dark Land from which they came.
With most of the world now turned into Dark Land, humans sought refuge inside large cities protected by barriers, The Nine Shield Cities. Although the human population was not heavily reduced the animal populations were almost completely extinct.
Due to this, the spirit of the last animal from each species chooses a human to make a pact with and lends them their powers in order to destroy the Dark Land and the Dark Creatures that are spawned from it.

The Dark Creatures are a reptilian-like race, although nothing like Earth reptiles. They are more humanoid in appearance with a midnight blue colour to their scale-like skin. Although these creatures aid the spread of the Dark Land they are not the ones who infect others to become one, instead the Dark Land infests the dead bodies killed by the Dark Creatures and mutates them into these creatures. The Dark Creatures are much faster and stronger than humans; they have both human and reptile features and abilities making them highly formidable but not un-killable. According to reports in the battle of the tenth Shield City one man killed a Dark Creature alone but died from his injuries shortly after. Rumours then spread that when the tenth Shield City fell, he became a higher strength Dark Creature, but no one can be certain any one Dark Creature is different.

The Dark Land that appeared and infected the world is a complete mystery, nothing is known about it other than what it does to the land and creatures it touches – mutation. It is known that dead humans become Plagued, that animals become more animal-like Plagued, plants become tendrils of the Dark Land itself but the land becomes barren and black. Venturing into these lands is surely death unless you’re prepared, especially with the rumours of a dragon-like Dark Creature called the Dark Lord scouring it‘s interior. Though the lands have become black the weather and climates have not changed. The north is still a snow land, the south is still a tropical jungle and so on and so forth. The only difference is the twisted appearances they have adopted, but not all the world is Dark Land.

What is left of the original lands remain as they should be. About 20% of the original world still remains with the majority being Dark Lands.

The spirit of each animal species that pacted with a human lend their enhanced abilities to them, the abilities of the spirit depends on the animal, in other words the abilities are the aspects of the animal but greater and given to the human pact holder. Due to the pacts being formed with the last of a species, there is only one spirit of a given species in existence, and is bound to only one human.
In addition to abilities granted to the human, the spirit also gives the human a weapon; indestructible, as it’s forged from the strength of the animal. This is what grants a human the ability to destroy the Dark Creatures.

Each Shield City is connected by an underground railway system. This is used as the primary transport and each tunnel is rigged with multiple explosives in case a Shield City falls. The trains themselves move at the speed of bullet trains and are stocked with emergency rations in case of a breakdown, although a breakdown has never happened.

*The RP will begin in the New York Shield City.


Rules
1. The sections rules. http://www.kh-vids.net/showthread.php?t=80885
2. 1 character max so far.
3. Do not try to take over the story in any way, I will remove you instantly if you try.
4. Try to progress the story and not stay in the same place for the whole RP without breaking rule 3.
5. There can only be one of each animal spirit, if someone already has the animal you wanted then pick another. Arguing or forcing someone to leave and give you that animal will result in an immediate denial of your character.
6. Do not go beyond the abilities your animal spirit gives you, so if you have the power of the Pelican you can’t pull a Kamehameha wave out your ass.
7. If your spirit is a cat, your character will have the abilities like a cat such as cat-like flexibility but you won’t take on any cat features.
8. Weapons must be normal, no giant swords or anything outside of what you’d find on Earth. Weapons are also relative to your animal; for example, if your spirit is a rabbit you can’t have a battle axe, but you can have a small sword or dagger.
9. Both Wolfie and I are in charge of this RP as it was her idea and I just wrote the thing out xD
10. No guns, but ranged weapons like bows are okay as long as your not shooting miles.

OC Form
Username:
Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Personality traits:
History:
Animal Spirit:
Weapon:
Other:

Characters:

Spoiler

Username: Fayt-Harkwind
Name: Lawrence Blane
Age: 17
Appearance: http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users...default/anime-boy--large-msg-119479397947.jpg
Personality traits: He is a very laid back person, yet he has a great amount of honour although he doesn’t look it.
History: Originally from England he was raised in the north. After the Dark Lands plague began he and his family went to the evacuation point where the British Shield City was soon created. He wanders the city almost every day and sometimes goes out onto the snowy plains that used to be his country. After seeing images of a lion he followed a trail which led him to an underground train system developed by the governments to keep the shield cities connected and headed towards the New York Shield City barely knowing he had been chose by the Lion Spirit.
Animal Spirit: Lion.
Weapon: A broadsword that’s assembled into three parts (easier for travelling)
Other: N/A

Username: DPWolf
Name: Rei Verd
Age: 16
Appearance: http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac276/DPWolf/idontevenknow.png
Personality traits: Has a sharp mind, but is quick to anger and mistrusting of other people. She holds loyalty very highly.
History: She was born and raised in the New Jersey Shield City in the north. However, the city was on the verge of collapse because of constant violence among the survivors. One day a riot broke out, which escalated into bloodshed. Her family was killed, and she barely escaped the city with her life, though her escape was the outside of the city. She spent a night there; during that time she was visited by the Wolf Spirit in a dream. When she awoke, she found that the spirit had given her a means to fight the Dark Creatures, and returned to the NJ Shield City. The city was abandoned for the most part because of the riot, but the spirit had told her where to find an underground train to the New York Shield City.
Animal Spirit: Wolf
Weapon: Metal long claws (like this: http://sango.weekend.lu/pics/suikotsu.jpg)
Other: N/A

Username: Cherry

Name: Carrie Riya Conley​

Age: 19​

Appearance: http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq72/brookncole/shadows/l_4365fd98e4d640449a03183ce82705c8.jpg​

Personality traits: Talented at drawing, loves listening/attempting to make up a music piece from an acoustic guitar she carries around everywhere... She may be clumsy, may even lose her temper quite easily, but overall she's quite a nice person. She is very honest, and likes to voice out her opinions, even if they sound completely ridiculous to everyone. She can be lazy at certain tasks, unless she knows she'll get a reward from doing the deed. Then she'll get very competitive and work extremely hard to get what she wants. Loves to read and play games.​

History: Born and bred in New Zealand, Carrie lived the everyday life; waking up, going to school and so on.. However, everything changed when the Dark Land started plaguing the earth with its malevolence... Carrie and her family planned to evacuate to the Sydney Shield City in Australia to be with the rest of their family, but somehow amongst the midst of screaming, confusion and a huge crowd running like mad, they were separated. She woke up and found that she was on a boat, alone... On a one way trip to no-where... She knew from that moment onwards, she'd never see her family again. She spent months on the boat, barely surviving on the fish and remaining food left... After months of toil and despair, she finally found the shore in which she began seeing images of a cat waiting for her on the other side.. Not knowing what kind of place she had just stepped into, she followed the ghostly trail of a cat, which led her to New York Shield City. Her story begins with her breaking into an unused property so she can find a place to sleep.​

Animal Spirit: Cat​

Weapon: Shuriken​

Other: N/A​

Username: Midnight Star
Name: Anya Moonshine
Age: 16
Appearance: http://s.bebo.com/app-image/7978309132/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/06/30/blonde.jpg
Personality traits: Fairly quiet due to always being an outsider, quick, likes to have a laugh. She's a nice person and it takes a lot to make her mad. She always wants to help and has good intentions although it doesn't always look like that. Likes to pull a joke on people, but never hurt them. She loves to be around other people and loves all kinds of animals.
History: Origionally from England, she never really fit in at school and was often on her own, but craved to fit in. When the dark land started to plague the Earth, she fled to the shielded city but felt so sorry for all the poor animals. She even tried to go out on a resue mission to see if she could save any animals but was stopped. Hating being trapped in that city she left to go to New York.
Animal Spirit: Lemur
Weapon: 2 small daggers
Other: N/A

 

Posting mainly to subscribe.
I don't particularly feel like manually doing it. xD
How many people do you want to wait for to start?

 

A few I guess xD

 

Accepted.

I think 2 more people would be a good starting point :/gasp:

 

Username: Midnight Star
Name: Anya Moonshine
Age: 16
Appearance: http://s.bebo.com/app-image/7978309132/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/06/30/blonde.jpg
Personality traits: Fairly quiet due to always being an outsider, quick, likes to have a laugh. She's a nice person and it takes a lot to make her mad. She always wants to help and has good intentions although it doesn't always look like that. Likes to pull a joke on people, but never hurt them. She loves to be around other people and loves all kinds of animals.
History: Origionally from England, she never really fit in at school and was often on her own, but craved to fit in. When the dark land started to plague the Earth, she fled to the shielded city but felt so sorry for all the poor animals. She even tried to go out on a resue mission to see if she could save any animals but was stopped. Hating being trapped in that city she left to go to New York.
Animal Spirit: Lemur
Weapon: 2 small daggers
Other: N/A

 

Accepted .

Cherry, your gonna have to change your weapon. We've decided that we're not allowing guns.

 

If you want to stick with ranged weapons, I'd say shuriken.
Katana might work too, but a pitchfork seems a bit...odd for a cat. xD

 

Alrighty then. I guess we'll start now.

IC: As the trained pulled into the station and stopped Lawrence was already at the door. As soon as it opened he stepped out and onto the underground platform. Seeing a stair way ahead of him he made his way up there. As he walked, faded illuminating images of a lion continually appeared to appear infront of him. Not understanding it and barely realising it he followed the lion to the surface, the New York Shield City. He looked up at the buildings before looking back infront of himself and moving on.

 

Alright, awesome.

IC:
Rei was hunched over in her seat on the train. She still had not recovered from her family's murder, and the strange wolf that had spoken to her in her dream was on her mind. Rei had seen brief images of the wolf, almost as if it was taunting her to follow it. The train came to a stop, and looking up, the wolf spirit's image forced her to get up and exit the train.
Rei followed the wolf through a short tunnel and up some stairs, where she found herself staring at what was supposed to be the infamous New York City skyline - though most of the grand skyscrapers were now unrecognizable for what they were. She continued to walk away from the station, not particularly aware of where she was going, but subconsiously trusting the spirit to lead her.

 

Anya blinked a few times as she got off the train, her head was still whirling about the strange dreams she'd been having about lemurs. She sighed and walked on the platfom, so this was New York. She frowned as she saw another image of a lemur in front of her, she shook her head to dispell it from her mind only to see a different image by the exit. She paused then followed it curiously.

 

''One...

Two...

THREE!''

Carrie yelled as she made a fifth attempt to forcefully open up the door. She slammed the door with her leg, then attempted slamming her whole body. Nothing. No luck in here then, She thought to herself disappointingly, looking around to see if there was a house she could occupy whilst she was in the city. She then looked behind her, and saw a ghostly image of a black cat staring back at her. A cold shiver went down her spine, her mind once again weaving out dreadful thoughts of her becoming insane (due to the intensity of these images occuring both in her sleep and in reality) and how many people she thought would be left here... Let alone around the world.

The black cat then walked down a dark narrow allyway just beside the house, and meowed for her to follow. Trying to ignore the cat, Carrie got a rock and began to look around the house for a reachable window she can crawl into. She then threw the rock with all her strength at the side window, and hoped for the best.

A loud smash echoed throughout the street, along with a shrill ''YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!'' from Carrie's lips. She then piped down and quietly went inside the house, hoping that there was no habitants still occupying this old house.

 

Lawrence wandered subconsciously following the lion's trail straight towards a district of abandoned buildings. Everyone had moved into better accommodation, every city had a district like this. A ghost town.
Continuing his path for a few minutes, the lion suddenly disappeared leaving Lawrence alone in what appeared to be a former district square. Not knowing what to do or where to go he sat on a battered bench, lent back tilting his vision to the sky and waited.

 

Rei continued to follow the wolf. She still wondered if she had gone insane; how many people would believe that she was following a wolf spirit?
She noticed that she was in a rather shifty part of the city, and to her surprise, she could hear sounds that she knew she couldn't hear before the wolf met her. Somewhere to her side, she heard movement. Realizing the wolf stopped and was now looking at her, Rei sighed to herself.
"You're trying to tell me someone's coming, and that I should use those things you gave me when you found me, aren't you?" Rei said to the wolf spirit. The wolf stared at her.
"Alright..." Rei said, focusing on the spirit's eyes. Concentrating hard, she willed the wolf's energy to her, and in a flash the wolf was gone, but Rei was now armed with metal claws. At the same time, a large dog lunged at her from the side. Rei dodged, then ended the crazed animal's life with a quick stab with a claw. Not bothering to dissipate her weapon, Rei continued forward, where she saw an opening among the old buildings.

 

Anya frowned as she followed the lemur up loads of stairs, she still didn't really believe she was following it, it was probably just a figment of her imagination. But still it had a pretty good sense of where it was going, she thought as she ran to catch up with it as it went up yet another set of stairs and down a corridor.
She almost didn't stop in time to stop herself tumbling down a massive hole where the floor had eroded away. She raised her eyebrows as she watched the spirit lemur swing across the hole using the bars on the ceiling. "You want me to do that?" She asked it, it waved its arms in reply. "You've got to be kidding me. Okay, but where-ever you're taking me better be worth it"
Anya took a deep beath, and concentrated on the animal. This had happened only once before and she just hoped it would work again. Then, sure enough, the lemur vanished and she felt her arms and legs get stronger. She paused for a second then quickly ran upto the hole and jumped further than was natural for a normal person. She grabbed the bars and swang across them easily, landing firmly on the other side as if it was something she'd done her whole life.

 

Lawrence remained seated with his head tilted still. He felt like he was being watched to which he then fully the lion lay behind him. "Dopey looking", he muttered with a yawn to which the lion yawned as well. Lawrence's eyes closed when he yawned but when he opened them again the lion was gone. Though, he felt different and a lot more tired.

 

Carrie shivered nervously as she climbed into the house, not quite knowing what was to come next if there was someone living in the house. Once she had fully climbed into the window, for a brief moment she sighed in contempt, and then crouched down quietly against a nearby table, not quite sure what to do next. She then heard thumps from the above floor, and looked around to find a hiding place.

Panicking, she followed the image of the cat and hid in the wardrobe.

 

Anya carried on running quite fast, the lemur hadn't reappeared and she still felt different. Her arms and legs felt stronger but also her senses were better. Her eyes moved around alertly, she felt restless and wanted to move around to do something.

 

OOC: Agh, sorry for not replying for a while, I've had...well, not a great week.

IC:
Rei continued to walk towards the gap in the buildings, noting that her senses were heightened. . Once passing through, she found herself on the outside of a seemingly abandoned town square. That is, until she saw a man sitting on an old bench across the square. He was the first person she'd seen in a while, so she started to walk towards him.

 

OOC: Thought I replied to this. I mustn't of ._.

BIC: Lawrence heard footsteps getting closer, he sat up slowly and looked behind him, the footsteps sounded closer yet the person was further than he thought. It was a woman, probably not much of an age difference between the two of them, he looked at her waiting to see if she was coming to him or just passing by. Lawrence had the feeling it was the first of his two guesses.

 

OOC: I don't blame you, not with all the lag we've had. >>

IC:
Rei sensed that the man was looking at her. After a few more moments of walking, she had closed the distance between them. She stood a few feet from him. Glancing him over, she silently sniffed the air. "Smells like different air," Rei thought.
"You're not from around here, are you?" she said, looking at him. It was then she realized too late that she was still armed with the metal claws.