forum Lost and..running? (O/O, CLOSED)

Started November 17, 2019 by @Mojack group

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The war on Earth still runs the same. Since their arrival, the Oagon have demonstrated power over humanity. Loose and small rebellions still struggle, hiding and attacking when possible. However, during these raids sometimes humans are captured, taken to the Oagon camps upon Earth, and generally imprisoned and forced to work or used as a source of information.

A raid has recently been conducted, and some humans were captured and brought to one of these camps. It is unknown of what their fate will be.

On the other side, a fifth column occurs in the Oagon mainland. This faction, sympathetic to the human cause, is relatively unknown to most humans. And it will remain that way, if the Oagon have anything to say about it. The Oagon capture some of these known faction members and bring them to this same camp.

Perhaps they can find common ground..

Alright so welcome to LaR! Lost and Running!

I had the idea of, what if a human and alien meet? But that idea seemed kind of boring..so I added a literal conflict. It’s a futuristic RP, but the humans are a little less advanced in tech compared to the Oagon, the alien race. You, the human, will play as the captured human in prison, while I, the alien, will also play as the captured alien in prison. Now, what’s the goal of this RP?

Well, there isn’t a specific goal - just an outline, rather. We’ll decide how it goes together, and what events may happen along the way. The starting goal is to get out of the camp, of course - the question is, how?
I would like to mention the huge chunk of this RP is in a jungle, including the beginning. We may move elsewhere, so keep that in mind.
DEFINITIONS
Anything that we come across in RP will be put up here to look back at. I’ll be converting this to a google doc at some point.

Oagon Scaly, often bulky aliens. Despite their reptilian looks, they’re actually mammals; this is not common knowledge however. The invaders of Earth.
Fifth Column: A group within a country or place at war, that has sympathy for the ‘enemies.’

RULES

1. Nothing too overpowered!
2. No META. Meta means knowing something you’re told outside of RP. Play as your character. What would they think or do?
3. Cussing is allowed, in all sorts of languages too.
4. Know the difference - violence and gore. Violence is permitted, gore is permitted but know that we may have some stalkers on here so I don’t want an essay on full on gore.
5. I’m not that active, but I’ll try and post at least once per week. I’ll hope you will too, but let me know if you’ll be inactive.
6. If you need clarification, don’t be afraid to ask!
7. Try to check your grammar and spelling at least, and avoid one liners. I understand English isn’t everyone’s first language, or they may not be good at it, but make an attempt!
8. Follow all RP rules!
9. This is all subject to change.

TEMPLATE
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Backstory: (Doesn’t have to be long or detailed, just brief if you want. Family members? Why did they start fighting?)
Sexuality:
Personality:
Skills: (anything, from instruments and writing into sharp shooting and medics, etc.)
Other: (put anything else here)

(Is she good? Sorry it took so long.)

Name: Madalyn Olivia Peterson
Age: 21
Gender: female
Appearance: https://pin.it/fnwlwmrzh3mzyp
Backstory: (Doesn’t have to be long or detailed, just brief if you want. Family members? Why did they start fighting?)
Maddie has a mother and a father, and an older brother aged 25. The battle for them began when her father announced that he was going to enlist in the military to "fight for the rightful freedom of his country," he claimed. Not long after, her brother made a similar announcement, and that's when she made her decision. She spoke to her brother, who agreed to help her prepare to fight for their country as well. She didn't want to go into the military, but she wanted to help so with her brother's help she was able to go solo and she got captured while traveling to enemy territory.
Sexuality: bi
Personality: Maddie is sweet and caring, although she is easily manipulated, since she doesn't have it in her heart to actually tell people no. Even when she ends up attracting toxic friends, she's not afraid to stick up for them, even if they only drag her down. It's kind of strange, but when she's stressed or nervous, she'll just pretend she's playing her flute.
Skills: (anything, from instruments and writing into sharp shooting and medics, etc.) Before she left her home, Maddie played the flute, and was part of a chamber group she and her friends created, which was made up of two flutes, a violin, and a cello. She knows some basic medical care, but beyond that, nothing else.
Other: (put anything else here)
-Nicknames: Maddie, Olivia
-Pets (past and present): Used to have a pet fox named Ember, (he was a gift from her father) but as he grew up he became more aggressive and like being outside more. Eventually he ran away to the world of the wild where he belonged anyways.

((Nice, she looks good to me!))
Name: Silergi Wilm
Age: 23 equivalent of human years.
Gender: Male
Appearance: Following the main blueprint of the Oagon, Silergi is very reptilian like, but as I mentioned in definitions - still mammalian. His tail is long, capable of being used as a weapon in fights but usually just serves as a method of balance. He’s got two pairs of arms; two higher, smaller arms often hidden on his back while his larger (or normal arms) are always visible. His scales are dark green - grey, with a tiger like pattern to it almost made of darker colours.
He has brighter green frills, which lie against his neck, rarely coming up. Small ears sit on his head.
His eyes are a dark yellow, and he has four eyes, keeping two of them closed as a norm.
Backstory: Silergi was at first dragged into the movement by some friends, but found his place in the movement as one of the guards in their smuggling ships. He was only captured when that ship was shot down, and he was on the run for a few days; before he could finally run no more and was captured.
He is a mainworlder, meaning he comes from the original homeworld of the Oagon. His childhood was relatively normal, for an Oagon, but his parents left to join in the cause against humankind, leaving him to his own work.
Sexuality: Asexual
Personality: Silergi is an opportunist. He scans his surroundings, and takes what he must - using his given materials in whatever way.
Despite being in the fifth column, Silergi states himself as no human lover, he just supports the movement since that’s what’s right; because the humans do not deserve an unwarranted invasion. He believes in other solutions.
He’s incredibly intelligent, in terms of memory, able to remember faces, voices and information he was told. He doesn’t understand humans sometimes, or other creatures, but he tries his best to learn.
Skills: Spear fighting, a traditional way of Oagon fighting. Obviously, he had his spear removed, but just about anything can be used as a makeshift spear..
He’s also got good tracking skills, due to his excellent memory. Tracking animals, people, vehicles, etc.
Other: Can speak English. Albeit, he may butcher some words or not know the correct word to describe something. Very expressive in body language.

((Would you like me to start? Or should I?))

The temperature was humid, but not unbearable. Fitting, for a jungle.

It was a bit harder to tell in the camp, though. Set in a clearing, it was very industrial, with guards almost constantly patrolling. The entire camp was build like this big rectangle, with an opening in the middle, serving as the courtyard or a place where the prisoners were to do their jobs.

Silergi, recently brought into the prison, was still escorted by guards. Five of them, walking him down the corridor. Their lightning rods crackled, preparing to strike if Silergi provoked them. He did not, however. Silergi knew better.
They turned the corner and one of the guards moved, opening the door to the courtyard for them. It was time for him and other captured to spend some time in the yard, he noted. Most of the prisoners were human, aside from one or two other Oagon. Most of those humans seemed to avoid him, while the other Oagon looked on in curiosity, or just ignored.

Both reactions are understandable, Silergi knew. Most humans wondered why an Oagon was in the camp. As a prisoner, anyways. Most of them didn’t know about the faction.

And that was fine by Silergi. Taking one last look around, he retired to an area in the yard by a rock. He sat down in the sun, closed his eyes, and rested, though he did not sleep. Just rested, regaining his energy for now.

Maddie brushed her hair back once more, to keep it out of her face. She glared at the guards, unwilling to believe that there wasn't a way out of here. There had to be… right? In case of accidents? Or maybe that was just her brain, fabricating ideas to keep her hopes up. She didn't know what to believe anymore. But what was this? Another Oagon in the camp? As prisoner too? Huh, that was interesting. When one of the guards moved to allow her to enter the courtyard, she took exactly three steps into the courtyard, and sat down. It wasn't like she was trapped her for life anyways. Feeling her stress rising slowly, she raised her hands once more, and lightly blowing air into the imaginary flute, she closed her eyes, remembering the piece she would've played for one of her recitals, if the war hadn't started.

Silergi opened his eyes, adjusting to the sun. He spotted one of the two other Oagon in the courtyard approaching him, and he lifted his head. The Oagon, a sandy red colour, sniffed, before croaking. It wasn’t a frog type of croak, more of a deep bellow. While to the outside eye, it may seem they spoke nonsense, it was an exchange of information. Casual questions, like what are you in for, how long, and other things. They never exchanged names, though.

It didn’t take long for the Oagon to retreat back to the other one. Silergi watched it leave, then turned to look around. His small ears swiveled and he spotted a human. It wasn’t exactly uncommon, seeing a human here. But it was the action she performed catching his attention.

What is she doing? he wondered. He batted at a mosquito off to the side, but didn’t lose focus. Instead, he watched from his spot, though didn’t move closer.

Maddie relaxed, as she imagined the soothing sounds of her flute running through her head. opening her eyes, and lowering her hands, she caught sight of the Oagon she'd seen earlier being led into camp as a prisoner. He, it, whatever gender it was was staring at her. She looked away, a little creeped out. After all, it wasn't every day that an alien stared at you. She wondered why the Oagon was staring at her, and although she didn't act as if she was affected by this new information, she was unnerved. What was so special about her in particular that had caught the Oagon's eye?

It didn’t take long from him to notice that HE had been noticed.

Silergi held their gaze for a moment, but he was thinking of what she was doing. That gesture that she did with her hands, looked familiar. It almost reminded her of studies from his homeworld. Yes; human studies. He was sure humans would do the same, though. Maybe they already do. Oagon studies..

He snapped out of it, blinking once, before taking a breath in, and out. He stood up, then turned away, circling the rock he was at for a few times, then sitting down, facing away from the courtyard entrance. He then seemed to lay down, as if resting, once again.

(I do know that Silergi is a male, but Maddie isn't quite sure.)

Maddie stole a glance back at the Oagon once more. He, it, it was getting confusing. After what seemed like an eternity, she and her brain had settled on using the pronouns he/him for the Oagon. He was lying down on the rock, once more. No longer looking at her. Her unease lessened a little, but still lingered. Once more, Maddie raised her hands again, but this time it wasn't to relieve stress. She was practicing, for the moment when she would be able to pick up her flute again. But this time, she stole glances back at the Oagon, every now and then. To check in on him. For what? She didn't know.

Silergi wasn’t quite asleep just yet. Oagon, even then - they rarely slept. They found the fact that humans needed quite a few hours of sleep to be running at optimal conditions rather silly, quite frankly. He lifts his head and turns around for whatever reason, catching the human in a glance to him.

He’s had enough at this, and he doesn’t feel like being in a continuous loop of just exchanging looks. Standing up, the Oagon approaches, walks a bit closer, then sits down, staring at her.

This time Maddie didn't even bother hiding her head turning to look at the Oagon that just walked closer to where she was and sat down. She gave him a strange look and started to say something. "Um… hi?" she offered, unsure of why he did what he did.

Silergi stays silent for a moment, then he speaks. His voice is deep. “Hello,” he returns the greeting. He looks into the open skies of the courtyard, then back down again. He blinks.

Maddie doesn't speak, for she is unsure of what to say. (srry for short reply, gtg now. if u want, i can make it longer later. perhaps during 6th pd i can finish it)