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Post by Tayl on Sept 17, 2015 9:46:59 GMT -6
The gist is this: you're extremely poor and you need a place to live. Meridian seems to be no stranger to large influxes of stranded beings, and as such this apartment complex is only one of many dirt-cheap living spaces that specifically cater to the displaced and disgruntled. Fortunately for anyone who got stuck in Meridian with just their wallet and phone on-hand, an elementary schooler could've paid rent with their chore money. Of course, there's a catch. This complex looks more like a ghost town. Nothing seems to be up to standard, so egregiously so that this place was probably built before standards existed. Everything was old and fragile and falling apart, looking more like the movie set for a post-apocalyptic scene rather than a place you're supposed to live in. If that wasn't discouraging enough, there are rumors that the area is popular amongst creatures of the night who prey on flesh and blood thanks to the total lack of security and anyone giving a shit when someone leaves a dead body in the street. And then there's the rumors that the landlord is hell, and probably literally in some capacity. Still, if you don't have a job or anywhere else to stay... well, what other option do you have? It's not going to be any safer out on the streets, so you might as well have a roof over your head. Each building has two floors and four apartments per floor (apartments 1-4 on the bottom, 5-8 on the top). Each apartment has two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, a closet, some barebones furniture, and also they're really small. It's the kind of place a real estate agent would say is "cozy" and "full of character" and "please just live here I'm desperate and have a family to feed". The number of buildings in the complex isn't important because there are as many as we need. They're all arranged in a way that they share a large park full of the kind of equipment that turns into the fires of Hell during the summer. There's also a pool off to the side, but it probably hasn't been cleaned in years. Finally, each apartment building has a lobby inside, which is weird for an apartment of this caliber. True to form it's just as impressive as the rest of the complex, involving some squeaky couches, a water cooler probably full of blood, and a CRT television so small you probably wouldn't notice it was there until it started screaming commercials in your ear. Perhaps as an effort to make itself look less pitiful, the TV has a game system called up to it. It's called "Game" and all of the controllers look different and the only cartridge available is called "Videp Game". "Uhh... dude, are you sure this is the right place?"The entirety of Halyn's Alliance (well, aside from Halyn and all of the non-core members but listen you know what I mean you can see the avatars can't you) hesitantly entered the building, following Dicro like a pack of frightened baby birds. "Yep!" he answered bluntly, hoping his overwhelming fake optimism would be enough to ease their perfectly reasonable unease. "Let's see... we're apartment 3, which is... right here!"The alliance huddled around him as he unlocked the door to the apartment in question, jumping as the door fell off of its hinges and onto the bloodstained carpet. Even Dicro looked around warily before stepping inside, not exactly comforted by the bullet holes in the wall. "Is this really all we can afford?" Soleil frowned, hugging her suitcase like she was afraid someone was going to jump out from behind the couch and steal it (which was honestly a valid concern). "I mean... you have a job, don't you, Dicro?""Well, yeah, but not right now." Dicro answered, rubbing the back of his neck. "I mean, I can't post in a topic that doesn't exist.""...What?""Nevermind. Just remember that this place has free wi-fi! So we'll be fine!" he assured the group. "Welp, that's good enough for me." Lun shrugged, tossing his bag on the table next to the kitchen. Which promptly collapsed. "Free wi-fi." Dicro whispered, staring off into the distance with a twitch. [[basically this is a topic where your ocs can live and hang out with other ocs who live there but sometimes leave to go places and come back and maybe even bring people back!! who knows!!!!!!! it's just like real life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also i will have things happen relatively frequently!! so be excited or something!!!!!!!!]]
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Post by lodnir on Oct 6, 2015 20:16:36 GMT -6
Hearing some sort of commotion from the dilapidated lobby, Apallas cautiously descended down towards the source of the clamor. She had been more or less squatting in the building since she had arrived in this reality a few nights ago, and although there was a few others living here this was the first time such a large group arrived. Normally such a thing wouldn't have bothered her as much, there was a few qualities about this "home" that put her on edge. She doubted the group harbored any serious ill-intentions considering where they were and all; though the place seemed appropriate for some low level mooks to set it up as their base of operation and summon giants rats for an hero-aspirant to eventually come and wipe out. Apalla hated tutorial dungeons filled with rats, so she decided teh prudent thing was at least to listen into their conversation from the hallway. Hopefully it wouldn't trap her in a dialogue loop if she tried to skip through it. Meanwhile whoever was paying enough attention would notice a serpentine tail that had been innocuously lying as much as a serpentine tail could around a corner and into one of the bedrooms. Spooky.
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Post by papes on Jan 3, 2016 20:49:41 GMT -6
Two nerds arrive at the apartment next to Dicro and Co.'s, one of them seeming very concerned about the environment. The other was frighteningly casual about the whole thing. Upon opening the door to apartment 2, the girl just got even more worried, becoming slightly horrified when she saw blood on the walls. "Lazul, I don't think this is a very safe place to live in...""Nah this place is totally fine.""There's blood on the wall, and there's probably a corpse in the closet.""I can handle this, Papes. Besides, if anyone tries stealing my headphones while I'm asleep they're fucking dead.""T-that doesn't make me feel much better..."While the two were having a conversation about Lazul's... new apartment... a small dog that has been with Papes the whole time went out the door, looking around. Ears perking up at what was going on in the enxt apartment over, she poked her head into apartment 3, wagging her tail excitedly. These people looked like a friendly bunch to her, especially the guy in the green longcoat. She slowly backed up, making a pose as if to pounce on something. Without warning, she darted straight towards Dicro and jumped, quite possibly knocking him over in the process. "Hi! I'm Bug! What's your name? Are they your friends?" The small dog was asking a lot of questions, but she was harmless enough and looked very excited to meet a new group of people.
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Post by Tayl on Jun 8, 2016 5:45:17 GMT -6
Weighing maybe about as much as a fat cat, Dicro was no match for the power of an excited small dog. He yelped - almost adorably, to be honest - which drew the attention of his fellow alliance members. "Um... I'm Dicro, and yeah they're-" he began, a little baffled, before being interrupted by Fray. "Whoaaaaa, a talking dog! I've always wanted a talking dog! Can we keep her?!" she beamed, looking fiercely determined. "Fray, I think if the dog is talking then it has free will and autonom-""I'M GONNA NAME HER FLOOFLES AND FEED HER TWENTY BISCUITS!!!!""Well first off she said her name is Bug,"
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Post by papes on Jun 15, 2016 18:07:18 GMT -6
Either she wasn't really paying attention, or she was listening but couldn't quite understand what Dicro meant by free will and auto-whatever. Despite that, she was able to make the connection that the girl Dicro was talking to is named Fray. Bug turned to Dicro's fellow alliance members, her tail basically wagging a mile a minute out of joy. "Hi! Are you all Dicro and Fray's friends???"She still has not moved from her spot on top of Dicro. Someone should probably help with that by picking her up or something Meanwhile, since he brought it with him along with the amplifier, Lazul began to jam it out on the electric guitar. Normally it'd be barely audible since they're not properly plugged in, but fuck you Lazul has electrical powers. Papes is still vibrating nervously from the creepy vibes the room's current state gives off. The sound of Lazul's instrument could be heard from the squad's location it sounded like...... a nightcore version of Careless Whisper? Why is there someone singing along to it.
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Post by Exuro on Aug 8, 2016 23:49:36 GMT -6
A decidedly short, stocky individual wearing a black duster and a motorcycle helmet trudged in through the front door, a suitcase tucked under one arm and what appeared to be a model motorcycle beneath the other. After removing his helmet, the man readjusted his rather-impressive goatee and gave a cursory glance towards both parties present in the lobby before starting towards the elevator, shuffling past Papes while trying not to make eye contact with the people closest by. Anyone watching the man pass by would be able to see a very prominent red cross of the medical sort on the back of his coat. A doctor, perhaps? Brings up some questions of why he'd be living in a place like this.
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Post by Tayl on Sept 14, 2016 8:41:57 GMT -6
Dicro gingerly lifted Bug off of him, patting her on the head before standing back up and brushing himself off. "We sure are!" Soleil proudly answered, puffing out her chest. "And what about you? Who are your owners? They gotta be pretty interesting to own a talking dog...""Or maybe they're pretty illegal. This could be, like, a black market scientific experiment puppy!" Lun argued. "Hey, dude over there!" Lun called out to the short man at the elevator. "Are talking dogs normal in this Reality?! Is that, like, a thing?!""How come you've never questioned one of our friends being a talking rabbit...?""That's totally different, dude."
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Post by Exuro on Sept 15, 2016 23:28:50 GMT -6
Based on what I've witnessed thus far in my brief time here, I'd surmise that they a talking animal of any sort would be the least out-of-the-ordinary thing you'll come across in a room. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have patients who require my attention."
The man paused only briefly mid-step into the elevator, not so much as bothering to look back as he spoke. Well, at least that confirms that he's a doctor of some sort. That, and the fact that he's also fairly new to Meridian as well.
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Post by papes on Sept 15, 2016 23:54:01 GMT -6
"What's a black market???" This was the only thing on the small dog's mind right now. That, and also the pat. The patting was real nice. Oh yeah, that lady asked her a question. Was it a question? She made a comment about an owner. "Hmmm? Oh! You mean Papes! She's a really kind person! I think She's next door helping one of her friends move in???"
Because Lun was saying something about a talking dog, her being within hearing distance, and her realizing Bug had wandered off, she began to look for the small pup. It didn't take her long to find the puppy in the next apartment over.
"There you are, Bug! I-I'm sorry if she was bothering you,"
"Hi Papes! Look, I made some new friends! There Dicro, and Fray, and, uh..... um......." She didn't know the names of the others.
"Oh, um. That's great! H-hello, everyone..." Well her being shy is kind if an interesting thing to find out about the owner of a talking dog,
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Post by Tayl on Dec 8, 2016 16:39:12 GMT -6
"Huh. Well, that seems fair then," Lun shrugged, satisfied enough with the apparent doctor's answer to psychologically accept the existence of talking animals without permanent emoji-esque expressions and answer said talking animal's question: "I'll tell you when you're older, kid. I'll tell you when you're older."The other alliance members focused instead on Papes, all with warm expressions. Well, minus Tintra, who seemed pretty dismissive. "Oh! I'm Soleil, that's Lun, and that's Tintra!" Soleil hastily introduced, with Tintra glancing away when her name was mentioned. "It's nice to meet you, Papes and Bug! Are you guys new here, too?"
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Post by papes on Dec 19, 2016 0:54:17 GMT -6
"Yeah! Uh, sort of. I'm mostly only here because a friend of mine just moved in, so you probably won't be seeing me around very much!" While Papes was talking to them, and it sounded like she was going to correct Soleil on something but she decided against it at the last moment, said small dog's ears twitched for a bit before she dashed out of the room.
Someone else had seen Bug run out of the apartment room, and she headed straight towards him. "Hi!!!! Do you live here too?" He didn't say anything, just gently picked up the small dog and made sure to stop by the apartment where the group currently was. "Excuse me, does this dog belong to anyone? I saw her run out of this room a moment ago, so I'm just assuming..." Papes, very confused, turned around and there Bug was being carried by a stranger. She gently took Bug from him, looked at the small pup, and said worriedly, "Bug, why. You keep wandering off and it scares me when I don't know the place that well," Naturally, Bug just stared at her and happily wagged her tail. The man chuckled for a bit, "It's fine, she didn't cause me any trouble. Anyway, I'm Yvalhaell. I just arrived here recently. I wish I could stay and chat, but I'm already very tired, so maybe some other time?" He didn't even bother waiting for an answer, just continued his path down the hallway before entering the apartment next to them, which was the 4th one of course. Papes turned back to Dicro and his squad, "I don't know about you guys, but I picked up some pretty illegal vibes from him just now," Bug was, of course, just as oblivious as ever. Yeah he's very pretty and all, but
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Post by Exuro on Jan 11, 2017 1:18:41 GMT -6
"You've got to be kidding me! Today is just a conga line of one bad deal after the other. I'll see what I can wrangle up, but keep me posted. Crank, out."
Out from the elevator once more burst the short, stocky individual, the fanciest-looking tennis racket humanly imaginable clasped in his left hand. Turning to face the sound of conversation from further down the hall, his expression looked as if he was about to regret his next decision for just a moment before being replaced with a business-like grin.
"Pardon my forwardness, but from the looks of you, some of you over there are versed in at least some kind of magic. Anyone want to make a quick buck?"
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Post by Tayl on Jan 11, 2017 1:40:06 GMT -6
"Illegal?" Fray spoke up, furrowing her brow, "I dunno, that guy looked perfectly law-abiding to me!""Well, hey, you should drop by more often if your friend's here! This place needs all the life it can get!" Soleil suggested to Papes. "We should throw, like, a party here or something! It could be pretty fun!"Before any party shenanigans could be planned - or even confirmed, for that matter - the group was interrupted by the return of Tennis Racket Guy and his fancy tennis racket. "We like money!" Lun shouted, squeezing past his comrades and waving his sleeves frantically. "Lun! We can't just accept offers from strangers like that," Tintra scolded, quietly but audibly. "Aww, c'mon Tintra, you really wanna be stuck in this dump forever? We gotta load up on the dough!" Lun argued. "Erm," Dicro interrupted, drawing the attention of the rest of the alliance, "What exactly is it that you need help with?""Also how much money dude"
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Post by papes on Jan 11, 2017 2:09:28 GMT -6
She made a motion towards Fray. "Well, I don't want to keep interrupting this, so I'm going to go for now! See you all again soon hopefully!" And with that, she left for Lazul's apartment with Bug. What have you gotten yourself into Soleil, don't you dare suggest so everyone in the group who's not Fray that they should take Papes up on the card game offer, How annoying. He was about ready to take a nap in his new place, and suddenly this asshole shows up. Yvalhaell tried not to show some form of annoyedness as he looked over at Tennis Guy. "Depends. What do you need help with?" Hell. If he's going to wind up accepting whatever this guy's gonna say next, he might as well change into something not so... revealing. This wasn't even his adventuring outfit he was wearing at the moment! He decided to make the seemingly split-second decision of quickly re-entering his apartment, making sure the door behind him was shut completely, and after what seemed like a very short amount of time, he walked back out in this outfit, along with the arcane focus he needed to be able to magic. Just how the hell was he able to change outfits in so little time... In any case, even if this turned out to be something he wasn't very interested in, he would've headed back out soon after taking a nap anyway. So that needed to be done anyway. [/div][/div]
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Post by Exuro on Jan 11, 2017 2:47:33 GMT -6
"Wasn't expecting it to be that easy... glad I have your attention!"
The man, apparently just now becoming conscious of the manner in which he was flailing his tennis racket about, slid it back into his coat before clearing his throat before continuing. He cast a brief, wary side-eye at Yval as well once he took a closer look at the sorcerer, but didn't skip a beat getting back into business mode.
"It's nothing exceptionally dangerous; just providing an escort for a well-off client through some of the sketchier parts of Meridian here. The mercenary company I'd hired onto as magical backup apparently went up in flames not too long ago, so I'm left without able bodies to keep away the murderhobos. Pay is 100 credits up front per head, with another 100 upon completion of the job. Easier money will never fall into your lap like this."
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