I’ve been hankering after some RPing for some time. I desire one that lasts for a bit, since all mine are dead it seems. I have a new, rather undeveloped world that I would be happy to explore with someone else. Any invention I have the right to retain and I will be selective about who joins. Hopefully this doesn’t turn you off from joining.
The world might be considered African mythology based, but I am afraid I know little about the many African mythologies, so I’m grinding gears with more of a vibe rn ig.
It’s gonna be a simple quest, a journey. No heart-squeezy tale, as I prefer to work with genuine friendships. Plot discussion and backstory breadcrumbs will commence after acceptance.
It's been a while sense I've done an RP they kept dying on me. I don't know how you feel about my RP and writing style (which has evolved a lot sense last the last RP I did) but If It's alright with you this sounds enjoyable and I'd like to join.
Ooh I like you. You have a recent sample?
Yup, Not my best work here but everything most recent is for NaNoWriMo and my grimoire for that is the right genre
“noice to meet you Scale, Sorry you had to deal with Her Majesty alone for so long.” Scale nodded, too on low battery to form a proper response, her peeper’s focused on Killian’s wings, they were stunning, bat-like in structure, dark brown, maybe even black .
“You could just ask and I’d let you touch them.”
Scale snapped her peeper’s back to look into Killian's, amusement and a hint of curiosity in the dark peeper’s. “Feana right?” She asked, Killian gasped, over exaggerating the sound, throwing a hand over his chest in mock offense.
“How dare she, obviously I'm the most human one could ever human.” Killian responded sarcasm laced throughout his voice. Killian was giraffy, very giraffy, dark gray skin covered with patches of white freckles. He had light hair, blonde, silvery almost white, he had recently gotten his hair cut by the looks of it, his undercut still crisp. His peeper’s were unnerving, almost entirely a dark black, when the orange light from the fire hit them just right she thought she could see flecks of blue in their depths. “No, I’m Feana, a rather good looking one I’ll have you know, even a Wenad would be jealous of my looks.”
Azizia scoffed, “Get a Mirror and Get a human containment unit.”
Good timing! I just got up. Yeah, you’re in.
So some worldbuilding knowledge. Fate is the first and eldest. Though in maturity she is in her early teens. She brews the souls of all sentient creatures, sometimes in her drum, and carries them around in a hand wagon. She has a bodge habit of mixing different inner ghost potions which can lead to monsters like Agahsi the Smoke slippery dippery long mover or creatures like the Mor’yudr, the frogman that controls death. (He gave Death (a pale man with white feathers and wings and a very angular face) a magic ring that enslaved him to the Mor’yudr.) Agahsi and the Mor’yudr are eternal enemies after the Mor’yudr stole the magic ring from the Smoke slippery dippery long mover. The Mor’yudr challenged him to a game where if he won he got the ring, but if Agahsi won, he could keep the Mor’yudr’s inner ghost. Then he just stole the ring while Agahsi was distracted, though he forever (ᵔᴥᵔ)(ᵔᴥᵔ) a lighter scar on his head from where Agahsi burned him with his tail.
The first god Fate created was the Star Smith. He made the stars first, and the nocturnal cheese wheel, and then with Fate’s help made the moonlit hours Spirits and the Sky Giants.
I’ll give you more in a sec but I’m gonna eat some. Any questions so far?
Great! We have this grimoire of African myths that I grew up on so I saw that part of the description and was immediately interested. No questions, Just going to take some notes, I'll let you know if I have any.
It's just called "African Folk tales" retold by A. Ceni, It's a children's grimoire, Wouldn't have taken so long to answer that but I had to go find the grimoire. It has 18 different stories in it, a very fun short read.
The moonlit hours Spirits are bodiless, giraffy and pure black. They have humanoid outlines, but are not bound to that shape. They can only appear above ground after the sun sets and before the sun rises so they spend most of their time in their underground caves and palaces. Though they rarely speak to humans without being asked, they know many things and are occupied with human affairs. They live longer than men, but when they die reincarnate as ignua EEN-yoo-ah, which are small black lions with the noses of elephants and tails of slippery dippery long movers. They too can only appear after dark but also vanish from the world in sunlight (though they do not die). They are drawn to strong emotions, sadness over lost love especially.
The Sky Giants are elemental giants that control cloud juice and lightning. It is their job to hold up the sky. When they die, which is rare since their lifespan is hundreds of orbit parties, they turn into earth pimples which may or may not be living.
A god I forgive to mention is the Sun Lion. Haven’t come up with much for him except Fate made him and he made the world and the sun, obviously.
There’s a monster that looks like a brittle star, but also a bit like an earthworm. It can cast illusions to look like things it isn’t not, though they can be seen through by those that know. It feeds on fear and flesh. It is fast moving and strong, though it can be cut through easily. It becomes stronger and tougher the more it is feared. It has a head, though as all five grabby limbs look identical, it is hard to cut off. It also bores into creatures to control when it wants to travel fast.
Interesting, I am intrigued. So we have traditional creation gods, do we have a creation myth?
The void gave birth to Meaning which gave birth to Fate and it went from there
Understood, is there a general plot line we are going to be following?
I’m brain brewing I’m gonna go with my character trying to save
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deletes thoughts and backtracks
OOOOH!
How about two friends, one of which is dying slowly, and they’re searching for a cure?
Ooh yess, the drama, I like.
So like we brain brewing a magical sickness a normal sickness, or like a wound they were delt that is slowly corrupting their body, (Think frodo and the morgul blade ) or because souls are a big deal, I mean really big deal in a lot of African myth, something is slowly trying to eat their inner ghost so they wouldn't even have like an afterlife they'd just be gone gone forever, and their body could then become a vessel for some sinister force.
Or there is the chronic illness that also works, like they were just born with a weak body and they're trying to find a way to make them healthy, lots of good options.
I’m brain brewing unknown sickness so maybe magical but maybe not. Gotta cause weakness and occasional fainting I’m brain brewing for that sweet angsts
Probably gonna start before the sickness gets bodge to establish some character
Indeed, show them happy and healthy so we can rip it away suddenly.
Exactly.
Other bit of lore. Meaning yeeted out after she got offended when a woman tried farming for the first time instead of trusting her to provide all for life. This allowed darkness to enter the world, but it also gave humans more free will and ability to control their destinies.
Makes sense, so who get's the sick character.
Great I have some brain bubble's for them, You have a character templet you want to fill out or reveal it to each other as we go.
They’re black in case that wasn’t obvious and put something out bc we have a supposed like seven orbit parties lastpast yesteryear of friendship
That do make sense and, yeah I assumed, I'll fill out a basic template then.
What age range do you want for them?
Name: Liu
Age: 19
Looks: Dark skin, deep peepers, small hands, long, thick hair he often ties up.
Personality: He’s a quiet inner ghost, not really fond of crowds, though he gets along with most people pretty well. He has few friends, but takes his friendships very seriously.
More will be added later
Name: Azi
Age: 18
Looks: Dark skin, Warm brown peepers, giraffy and very fit, shoulder length dark hair that he usually wears in a half up style with a few braids.
Personality: Azi is very outgoing, he likes people especially kids, He’s the kind of guy everyone knows and considers a friend but he has very few people he considers close friends. He feels emotions at the extremes, a bit dramatic. Doesn’t like to worry people. He likes fixing things, he thinks it’s fun, He’ll break something so he can fix it. Lots of energy, sunshine boy.
