forum Lost in the Lapse // o/o // Private with Knick

Started February 25, 2020 by @Mojack group

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You told me you were interested in doing one, so here it is.

Do you have a plot in mind? I've got nothing in mind right now, so I'm leaving it up to you on what this is.

Found it and thanks.

So I do have a plot in mind, you said you’re good with just about anything? I’ve seen your other RPs and I think this’ll fit into what you like.

Yup! I like a lot of sci-fi, and while not often I also do fantasy. I’m good with violence/fights, swearing; and although I do not write it often, romance.

Alright cool.

What I had in mind was a cyberpunk esque RP. Takes place in a city; you know, one of those futuristic looking ones with all those big buildings and whatnot. I was thinking of one of us having our characters, and just seeing how they interact. A template would prob be needed to further explanation.

Oh and the bigger plot point of it would be the ‘kaiju’, but they’d only be about 30 metres in height max. But these Kaiju would have something called a ‘Link’ which can be established with one human per their lifespan. Without it the kaiju are essentially without purpose. Now what these Links do is that they fight. For entertainment. You know like fight clubs and such? Imagine that but larger.

Now one of us would have a Link while the other would not. It would be interesting to see how they interact with each other imo.

Now since it’s a cyberpunk setting there’d be things like body mods and whatnot, so there’s be lots of option for customization.

And a quick question, what type of romance do you prefer? I typically do straight.

Sounds pretty interesting! Yeah I’d be up to do that!

If you don’t mind, I’ll probably give this RP a title. And did you want to make a temp or should I?

I’m good with all types of romance, but since it’s your pref, I’ll do straight if need be.

I can do the template. It’ll be up in a few minutes.

Sweet!

Template

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Nationality:
Employment: (if any, and if they have multiple jobs)

Personality:
Appearance:
Link Appearance: (only applicable if they have the Link)
Skills/hobbies:
Backstory:
Relations: (any other important people; you can RP as these other people and do not need a temp for them)
Other: anything else goes here

Alright!

Quick clarification, did you want to be the Link?

Nah, you can be the Link.

Okay. I’ll work on my character now!

Name: Emil ‘Carito’ Bahr
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Nationality: Austrian-Spanish (Austrian mom, Spanish dad)
Employment: Think of Emil as some sort of law enforcement worker. He keeps those with Links in check; though he’s not really supposed to fight them if things get out of hand. He’s also an investigator.

Personality: Emil prefers to keep to himself while doing his job, but if he sees something out of the ordinary, he will not hesitate to ask questions. He won’t hesitate to press into sensitive issues, either; which can often have him come across as rather insensitive.
He’s very persistent, and doesn’t let failures let him down, either.
Despite that, Emil retains the attitude that ‘I’m not doing it, someone else is probably doing it instead.’ Which can lead to conversations like ‘I thought you were doing it?’
He’s willing to help people if he’s thought through a plan…and for a price, of course.
Appearance: At around 5’8, Emil is in no way the tallest person around, but he’s not the shortest, either. Most of his true appearance remains unknown due to the clothing he wears, which is typical for someone of his status. Of course, he does take it off..maybe? It’s almost like armour with a helmet and coloured grey and charcoal grey as well. No visible visor, but clearly Emil is able to see. He wears what seems to be a black kama occasionally. It goes down to slightly above his knees.
He also wears boots and gloves.
Link Appearance: N/A
Skills/hobbies: Emil can aim one handed with a gun. He’s also good with climbing and can run for a decent amount of time. One of his (not exactly good) hobbies includes betting and gambling.
Backstory: Emil was born in the city, living a decent life. He lived a fairly average childhood, with later in life his mother having two more kids; twins (non identical), a younger sister named Mina and another named Maria. At around 13, his father (who oddly enough had a similar job to him) was caught in a rogue Link incident and was sent into a coma, which he never woke up from. Emil has prejudices against Linked ones, but tries to not let it get in his way. When he was of age, he went to live on his own, getting a job shortly after.
Relations: Will update as needed; Mina and Maria (both 16.) Blossom (22)
Other: will update as needed

Name: Kimberly Castle
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Nationality: German-Canadian
Employment: Sometimes works at a bar. She tends to jump around. Her more common job is the kaiju fighting one, though.

Personality: Kimberly, when off the job, sports a tired attitude. She tends to act a lot more casual, and can often seem careless; but she is in fact one of the most alert people. She sort of needs to be. While calm most of the time, Kimberly doesn’t shy away from very detailed/strong threats. She’ll also live up to those. Never ‘no-balls’ her. She can be sociable for the job as well.
On the job, Kimberly puts up quite an act and show. For the crowd.
Appearance: Kimberly is 5’9, with pale skin and..no eyes. Her most peculiar feature is the double eyepatches, in which if you were to remove any of them you would see no eyeballs. They’re just gone. She has shoulder length brown, nearly black hair. She wears a white shirt, black pants and boots. Usually a light yellow jacket and hat.
Link Appearance: 3 metres in height, with a long tail, crocodile like tail and mouth. Kimberly, in her Kaiju form has a very long light pink tongue and four blue eyes. Her scales are coloured light blue with white highlights, and seem to stand slightly pointed like a bush viper. Strong legs and arms.
Skills/hobbies: Wrestling; running. Tracking. Cooking, and caring for things such as plants.
Backstory: When her parents learned of the Link, they used Kimberly as a way for money. Kimberly didn’t mind as much at first. But she grew tired of it all, eventually. Admittedly, her first years of being a teenager were spent being a delinquent. She met up with a man named Niklas and befriended him, becoming close friends. Niklas does not have a Link, but he helps her to this day getting ready for and cleaning up after Kaiju fights. Kimberly set away from her parents ASAP, but once you’re in the ring, you generally can’t sign out.
During her delinquent years, she met someone named Albi. While not as close friends with him as Niklas, Albi and Kimberly had a love-hate relationship. At one point, Albi joined the law enforcement. At another point, they were both dating, but decided that the relationship didn’t do well. Now she takes up a casual job at a bar and whatnot.
Relations: Niklas (close friend,) Albi (former lover, frenemy), updated as needed
Other: N/A

Nice! Sorry it took so long, my progress got deleted like 3 times ;-;

Did you want to start first?

The city, as usual, was crowded.

But when was it not?

Emil strode through the streets, careful not to run into anyone. It wasn’t like people really wanted to; if you were familiar with the city itself, you were probably familiar with the uniform that Emil wore. Borderline similar to the ones that the Riot wore. Which, at one point, Emil considered joining. But not right now.
As of today, Emil had a list of places to investigate. Just watch, act casual. Etc. It wasn’t a coincidence that the places give to him were generally Linked one infested places, either. His superiors generally didn’t trust the Linked ones to not get up to no good, so people like Emil were put forth as a warning system of some sorts.

His first stop was a bar. Maybe stay there for twenty, thirty, maybe forty minutes. Upon entering the decently crowded place, Emil grabbed himself a lone seat. He sat in a way that he was comfortable and able to see what was going on around him. Others that noted his appearance; at least the few that did seemed to avoid him or give him a glance.

Curiosity killed the cat. Emil gave those people a long stare, but it was hard to tell where his eyes were going aside from where his head was facing.

He could really go for a morning drink right now. But he had to stay focused at this early in the morning.

Kimberly was at her other workplace. The bar. Currently, she was in the back, getting prepared. Her phone buzzed, and Kimberly picked it up before moving away from the talking and sweeping her thumb over the phone, before settling on one. She pressed it, moving the phone to her ear.

One minute ago
Niklas Jones

are you working at the arena tonight?

The text was read out.

Kimberly thought of a reply quickly before speaking out her answer.

Yes, I will be there tonight as long as nothing comes up. If something does I’ll try to inform you before then.

She sent it, then pocketed the phone.

Currently clothed in her work uniform, Kimberly left the room and into the main bar. She was able to navigate the area with ease, and without running into anyone, either.

She started work by cleaning up some of the empty tables with a dish cloth, though someone tapped her shoulder.

“Yes?”

“You see that..oh, never mind.” The stranger said, probably upon noticing the two eyepatches.

“No, do tell me. What do you see?”

“Uh, a Riot lookin’ dude just entered or something. I don’t know, he just sat down and started looking at people. He’s by the window table. Can you ask him what he needs?”

A Riot member? No, that wasn’t it. It must be someone else..Albi, maybe? But she hadn’t seen Albi in some time. Why would Albi come to the bar, given how much work he had? And Albi was never a Riot member, either..

Moving away from the tables, Kimberly whispered to the stranger. “I’ll take a look.” She shuffled off, feeling around the walls to locate where she was to go.

Finally, arriving at the supposed table, she spoke. “Hello sir! Do you need anything?” She spoke in a kind voice.

He turned upon hearing the voice. And immediately noted her lack of…. eyes. He gave a slight tilt of head, but nothing else as he replied.

“I am fine.” Emil glanced back to the bar again, looking out at it. He turned back to the woman. “Do you work here? What’s your name?”

Kimberly stood at attention, listening to him. When he was finished, she responded. “It’s Kimberly,” she avoided giving her last name on purpose. Though if he were to ask she would be forced to give it.

“And yes, I do work here. Now, do you need anything?”

“Yes, actually.” Came his response. “I’d like you to sit down.”

Ah.. That gave Kimberly a pause. Looks similar to a Riot? He’s probably law enforcement. Maybe here to ask Kimberly something, given her record. After a few moments, Kimberly sits.

Emil watches her sit down, taking another few seconds before asking. The question was, simply put; rather blunt in his wording. And straight to the point.

“Are you a Linked One?”

Well. There was no point in lying.

“I would be, yes. Why?” She questioned, keeping her tone calm, though it seemed to stray from the kinder one she had on earlier.

Emil makes a note in that just in case. He also studies her appearance, a thing he’s generally good with.

“I cannot disclose that information right now, ma’am. Do you know the approximate number of Linked Ones that come in here daily? Or at least right on this hour?”