forum Red is the Rose // a choose your own adventure rp // Roleplayer spots - 2/2 // 'Adventurer' spots - 3/3 // CLOSED - stalkers welcome!
Started by @blue_topaz
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@blue_topaz

How this works: You've all heard of choose-your-own-adventure stories, right? Those books that'll have options for different outcomes at the end of every scene, and you can choose which one you read? This roleplay is a bit like that! Officially, it's a one-on-one with me and one other person, but there will be up to three additional people who get to control what happens (to a certain extent). Every now and then, I'll post several different options for the 'Adventurers' to vote on, thus deciding the outcome of a scene, and the other rper and I will roleplay that outcome!


Rosa Elizabeth Blythe– everybody knows that name. The insane girl, they whisper behind close doors and curtains drawn tight. She'll murder you in your sleep.. But she knows that's not true. She sees things, hears things, beings made of shadow, men that knock on the front door, maids that come in the middle of the night– but there's no one there. This much is correct. There is no one there, or at least that's what everyone tells her. How can she be sure? They all seem as real as can be.

She's rich… They murmur, watching her as she twirls in her gown of scarlet, pearls catching the light. And unmarried. Imagine the dowry…. But no one would marry the crazy young woman who stays locked up in the manor, despite her famed beauty, despite the fact that she's a human being who cries herself to sleep every night because not even her single father loves her, because the demons of her mind come out to play every day with claws that feel very, very real. But no one sees the person inside. No, she's just the insane girl from 31 Pinehyll Road. Alone, forever.

But then a man comes along, a man with a musical laugh and an open smile, a man who doesn't care about her visions, or her nightmares, or the fact that her brain cannot seem to work the way it's supposed to. She falls deeply in love with him– who wouldn't? He's the only one that seems to care about her. Who isn't afraid.

What she doesn't realize: He isn't real. A cruel trick of her imagination, so incredibly tangible and life-like…. but it isn't meant to be. She doesn't know that yet, but it won't be long until she finds out that her whirlwind romance is all in her head.


Overview: Basically, the other roleplayer will be rping as the man Rosa is in love with, who is ultimately a hallucination. Write him like you would any other, real, character, pretend he's not a figment of her imagination. Eventually, you'll be asked to bring another character in, who is real, who will turn out to be a second love interest OR I will ask one of the adventurers to be the second character. I will be playing as Rosa.


Some rules:

  • Ask before joining!
  • Experienced rpers only
  • Preferably people I know already
  • I am allowed to deny you entry, please don’t try to argue or cause commotion
  • If I deny you entry, I do not necessarily have anything against you! Please don’t take it personally or as an insult!
  • Swearing and gore allowed, no smut please
  • LGBT+ accepted (obviously), but be conscious of homophobia in the time period, and keep in mind that this is a boy+girl romance
  • No one liners, four lines at minimum please
  • Be nice! No IRL hate or you’re out!
  • Please don’t make up a character for this, use a relatively developed one
  • No mary/gary sues
  • OCs only
  • No magic/powers
  • There will be mature content in this, eg. self harm, hallucinations, etc.
  • Have fun!

Template:

Name:
Age: (other rper must be 19-22)
Sexuality:
Societal Status:
Appearance:
Personality:
Other:

@blue_topaz

for sure to both of you!
I'll do my best to have my template up tonight whoops I forgot to put a template in the description lemme do that one sec

@blue_topaz

Name: Rosa Elizabeth Blythe
Age: 18
Sexuality: straight
Societal Status: High class, daughter of a wealthy lord
Appearance: Long, black hair in subtle waves falling up to her shoulder blades, in a middle part. Widow’s peak, hair always kept down so that it spills over her shoulders and obscured her eyes from view. Sunken, grey-toned eyes with hints of both warmer and cooler shades underlined by bags and dark circles, a wistful light ever-present in them, occasionally replaced by insanity, constantly shadowed by fear. Prominent cheekbones, ivory skin marred by criss-crossing scars, veined hands with slim, trembling fingers. A slightly curvy body shape, though with the appearance of being underfed, 5’7”, broad but slim shoulders, a particular, raised scar rubbing over the bridge of her nose and under part of her left eye, chapped, occasionally bloodied lips from being bitten. An old scar on the outside of her worst of a badly etched rose that she carved into her skin. When she laughs— which is very, very rarely, her whole face lights up and becomes ten times more beautiful.
Personality: Very, very withdrawn, has built wall after wall around herself, sturdy fortifications around her heart and mind that can come crashing down during worse hallucinations, only to be quickly assembled once more. Watchful, observant, notices everything both outside and in the manor— she spends hours looking outside her window at the people below, giving them names and guessing at their lives. Her memory is tricky, extremely sharp at moments and blank of everything at others, can quickly forget and remember things, often has altered memories because of the blanks she had to fill on her own. Doesn’t open up to anyone, doesn’t trust anything, has such incredibly deep thoughts, wishes every night even though she knows it’s futile, is almost poetic at times. A very lonely soul, quick of mind, feet, and judgement, usually obedient, hates everything about herself.
Other: Has had various hallucinated friends throughout the years, all have faded away, she’s learned not to trust them by now. Both a love and a fear of the dark, a fear of being touched, a fear of sleep due to constant nightmares and hallucinations that come after.

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I will get it soon! I have a ton of notifications.

I know I keep saying that, lol. Should I make two characters?

@blue_topaz

Heyo
Np Lol dw about it
No, just one for now, since I may ask one of the adventurers to give rping a turn after Rosa realizes the man is a hallucination
Probably not tho. Idk I’m indecisive

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I have a really good idea for a second, I was just curious. I’ll get started on a first.

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Name: Jaxon Eruidite
Age: 22
Sexuality: Straight
Societal Status: High Class in family surname
Appearance: Long shining black hair that shimmers a gray color in moonlight. His eyes are a shimmering golden yellow that are encapsulated in droopy eyelids and a bright, loving smile. He has a sharp jaw and his nose is fine and sharp. Extremely handsome and tall at 6’, with a medium frame.
Personality: Loves to laugh and have fun. He’ll try his hardest to make someone smile just a smidge and never give up. He’s much too determined to get his own way. But he rarely thinks abou himself. He is extremely possessive and will protect anyone he cares about. A wonderful friend and an open book.
Other: He likes the color green, darkness, and has a phobia of werewolves.

@blue_topaz

Looks great! The only thing I’d ask for is a bit more detail, maybe some more in the personality section and something in the ‘other’ section, like phobias, what he likes, etc